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IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE RHONDA RUNNINGBIRD WALKED INTO THE BUSH H NEAR SWAN LAKE — AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN

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A 2010 anniversary memorial of the disappearance of Rhonda Runningbird contained a computer-aged image of the missing woman, in hopes someone might notice her.

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Pained by questions that may never be answered, family and friends will gather to remember a Red Deer woman who vanished without a trace 20 years ago. The last time anyone reported seeing Rhonda ‘WALKING WITH OUR Runningbird, 25, alive was SISTERS’ COMING TO on March 26, 1995. RED DEER MUSEUM A2 Next week will mark the 20th anniversary of POLICE REVIEW OF her mysterious disappear- MISSING WOMEN ance in the Swan Lake CASES A2 recreational area. A memorial and supper for the young mother will be held at the Tsuu T’ina Nation on March 28. Barb Wiebe, who has acted as the family’s spokesperson over the years, said Runningbird has never been far from anyone’s thoughts, especially at this time of year. “It’s been very hard on (her mother) Mavis,” said Wiebe. “She always talks about it. We always talk about ‘did we do this or did we do that? Should we have done this or should we have done that?’ ” Runningbird, a mother of three, was on a hunting trip with Fred Lagrelle, her common-law husband, their 18-month-old son and his aunt. Lagrelle, who reported his wife missing, told police that Runningbird left to find help for the family after their truck got stuck in the muskeg. The puzzling case grabbed headlines, especially after the Siksika Nation administration called on then-Premier Ralph Klein to take action. Runningbird was living in Red Deer and taking classes at the Red Deer Native Friendship. She was born and raised on the Siksika Nation an hour east of Calgary. At the time, Klein said that police were doing everything they could, including ground and air searches, to locate the missing mother of three. For several years, friends and family organized their own searches and appealed to the public for clues that would one day explain what happened to Runningbird. Hopes were pinned to a website dedicated to the search. Memorial services were also held marking the anniversary of her disappearance. Some family members believed foul play was involved and haven’t changed their minds since 1995. Wiebe said the family does not believe the police did as much as they could in the early days of her disappearance. “At the beginning, they were looking for a person who was missing in the bush,” said Wiebe. “When they first searched, they didn’t search for anything that could have been a grave site. That was our feeling.” Runningbird was in poor health when she vanished and had been a frequent guest at local women’s shelters. She was wearing a kidney colostomy bag and was scheduled for an operation. Wiebe said that’s the reason no one believed that she had walked anywhere. But no one was ever charged and Runningbird is still considered a missing person. “There is nothing to say the stories that were presented at that time were not believable,” said Rocky Mountain House RCMP Cpl. Bob Schultz. “It didn’t result in any kind of discovery. Everybody can continue to point fingers. There were two people with her. ... Their stories are similar but nothing glaring that comes out of that. To the general public, yeah, that story doesn’t make any sense, but sometimes it does.” Schultz said they said they went hunting on a whim and sometimes people in this area do that.

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Mavis and Walter Shingoose searched extensively for clues into their daughter’s disappearance. At the time they were convinced Rhonda Runningbird had been killed. Walter has since died and Mavis has remarried. The decades-old case recently came up for review and landed on Schultz’s desk. Schultz, who has been stationed in Rocky for close to six years, said police exhausted all avenues they could at the time. Extensive ground and air searches were conducted throughout the area. Witnesses were interviewed and polygraph tests were done. “There has been heavy review,” said Schultz. “Everything that I am reading so far ... everything has been done. I know it’s hard to accept. Everything that we could have done was done. Unfortunately, it hasn’t yielded any results by way of finding her.” The Swan Lake region, 40 km southwest of Rocky, is a huge recreational area that is flooded with hundreds of people year after year. “It is a wide open wooded area,” said Schultz. “It’s a ravine. There’s lots of wildlife out there. The possibilities are endless at what could have happened to her. Not to mention if she had any medical conditions that could have caused her to ... I don’t know.” Schultz said the tips were countless over the years

but there has not been any new leads in his six years in Rocky. “The problem is this was in the stage when we did everything by hand,” said Schultz. “Even reading the file is difficult. Every interview they could have done has been done. All searches they could have done has been done. There wasn’t a whole lot that could be done more on it. ... Until there is clarity on it, it’s hard for anyone to accept what has happened.” A recent RCMP report revealed that 1,181 aboriginal women vanished or were murdered between 1980 and 2012 in Canada. Wiebe hopes that the memorial will keep Runningbird’s name out there and may trigger someone’s memory about that day. The memorial at the at the Chiila Elementary School on the Tsuu T’ina Nation on the southwest edge of Calgary is open to the public and begins at 11 a.m. on March 28. If you have any information on this case, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Efforts increase to close files on missing women ● The RCMP is leading task forces across the country dedicated to actively reviewing files of missing women, including Aboriginal women. ● The National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains was established in 2011. It provides specialized police services to law enforcement, medical examiners and chief coroners across Canada conducting missing children, missing persons and unidentified remains investigations. ● Canada’s Missing (www.canadasmissing.ca) is a national website that contains information on missing children, missing persons, and unidentified remains cases. It is intended to solicit tips from the public and help with investigations. It does not contain a complete list of the current and ongoing missing persons or unidentified remains in the country. In late 2013, an RCMP-led study of reported incidents of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across all police jurisdictions in Canada was commissioned. Among the highlights of the report: ● Of the 1,181 Aboriginal females in the review, 164 were missing and 1,017 were listed as homicide victims in the police-recorded incidents between 1980 and 2012. ● There are 225 unsolved cases of either missing or murdered Aboriginal females. Of 105 missing for more than 30 days as of Nov. 4, 2013, the cause of disappearance was categorized at the time as “unknown” or “foul play suspected.” There were 120 unsolved homicides between 1980 and 2012. ● The total indicates that Aboriginal women are over-represented among Canada’s murdered and missing women. Aboriginal women make up about 16 per cent of murdered women, while they only represent 4.3 per cent of Canadian women. ● Most homicides were committed by men and most of the perpetrators knew their victims. ● The majority of all female homicides are solved (nearly 90 per cent) and there is little difference between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal victims. The report lays out the following steps for police, going forward: ● Enhancing efforts on unresolved cases. ● Focusing prevention efforts. ● Increasing public awareness. ● Strengthening the data. Source: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, RCMP National Operational Review and Royal Canadian Mounted Police released in 2014. See complete findings and background information at www.rcmpgrc.gc.ca/pubs/mmaw-faapd-eng.htm

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Memorial display comes to museum vamps. The beaded vamps are arranged in a winding path formation on fabric that includes cedar boughs. Viewers remove their shoes to walk on a path of cloth alongside the vamps. Each pair of vamps represents one missing or murdered woman. The unfinished moccasins represent the unfinished lives of the women. The children’s vamps are dedicated to children who never returned home from resi-

Walking with Our Sisters is coming to the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. The crowd-sourced commemorative art installation honours the lives of the missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and the United States. It will be showcased at the museum from June 1 to June 21. The floor art installation is comprised of more than 1,700 donated pairs of beaded moccasin vamps and 108 pairs of children’s

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Saying goodbye to winter SPRING MAY HAVE JUST STARTED, BUT MOST OF THE SNOW LEFT A LONG TIME AGO

Winter is dead — at least officially. Friday was the first day of the spring equinox. But that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of more snow and cold temperatures. This is Alberta, after all. However, as far as the winter of 2014-15 is concerned, Red Deer and area weather warriors didn’t face much of a battle. It was more like a small skirmish in the grand scheme of Canadian winter. Regional meteorologist Bill McMurtry said on Friday that we had it pretty nice for a long time this winter. “The winter that wasn’t.” Since the beginning of December, winter temperatures have been quite a bit above normal, with the exception of February, which was “bang-on normal,” said McMurtry. December was about 2.8C above normal for the month, January was 3.1 above normal, February was just below normal by 0.1 degrees, and March so far has been about 2.9 degrees above seasonal values. So for the entire period to date, over about three and half months, temperatures have been about 2.2 degrees above average. “That’s a pretty significant departure from normal,” McMurtry said. The winter’s average temperature is -8.2C. “We’ve had warmer. In fact, just recently we’ve have had a warmer December, January, February, and that occurred in the winter of 2011-2012, where the average temperature was

-7.6C for that time period.” The warmest winter of record for Red Deer occurred in 1986-87, where the average temperature was -5.5C, so Red Deer is still quite a ways from that. “Still, it’s been fairly warm and significantly warmer than average,” McMurtry said. The warmest temperature since Dec. 1 was 14.9C, on March 14, and the coldest was on Jan. 4, when the overnight low hit -32.2C. There was only one other day the thermometer went below -30C during the entire winter and that was Feb. 3 at -30.4C. There have only been two days below -30C in that time period and normally there are eight, said McMurtry. While temperature stands out, precipitation doesn’t so much. “Since Dec. 1, Red Deer has received about 60 cm of snow and normally we would see 66 cm.” January was quite snowy as Red Deer had close to 34 cm — the average for that month is just under 19 cm. December and March, so far, were quite dry. Looking ahead to spring, “In most cases what’s happened in the past really isn’t an indication of what’s going to happen in the near future with the exception of sometimes when we have a very wet spring, that can lead to a very active summer severe weather season.” The long-range forecast for the Red Deer area is not really showing much about whether it will be above or below normal, he said. “Right now, it’s showing perhaps slightly below normal temperatures for the March, April, May time period,”

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Dentoom’s Greenhouses retail manager Rebecca Bouw checks on some of the Coolway Pansys growing in the Red Deer greenhouse on Friday. Staff at Dentoom’s have been busy preparing and planting bedding out plants since February and have thousands of plants ready for spring planting in their 3 1/2 acres greenhouses. Although most gardeners will hold off until May before planting Bouw says they have already had some customers buying some flowering plants. according to a forecast generated at the beginning of March. But the further west one goes, the more confident the forecast is, McMurtry said. “Vancouver Island is expected to

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Parkade construction work starts at hospital Motorists should expect traffic delays starting on Monday around Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre as construction continues on the hospital’s new parkade. Slow-moving construction vehicles will be delivering large, precast concrete beams to the site. For safety purposes, traffic and pedestrian flow on streets immediately surrounding the hospital will be temporarily rerouted. Traffic disruptions include: ● Street parking will be unavailable along 52nd Avenue, west of the hospital, as construction and delivery trucks will use the street for staging. Motorists are advised to access the hospital from 50A Avenue to the east to avoid heavy truck traffic. ● Access to the hospital’s main entrance and public parking lots will be from the east only (off 50A Avenue). The west access (onto 52nd Avenue) will be for exiting the hospital site. ● The southwest portion of 39th Street, including the sidewalk, will be closed. Only local residential traffic will be allowed access. ● Red Deer Transit bus stops along 52nd Avenue and 39th Street will be closed. People can use bus stops on 50A Avenue, which will be served by Route 1. Patients and visitors are advised to leave at least 10 minutes earlier than usual to get to their appointments. Motorists should slow down when approaching or driving in construction areas and obey all signs and personnel directing traffic. Pedestrians are also asked to keep to posted sidewalks for their own safety. Alberta Health Services says all construction activity will comply with City of Red Deer noise and traffic bylaws.

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ing and analysis of intelligence on potential threats to national security. He would not provide more details about the investigation. “While it may be difficult for parents to come forward to the police, it is important for families and communities to contact police as soon as they suspect that an individual is being radicalized,” said Pfleiderer. Several Canadian young people have already travelled to the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State. Ottawa’s national security report said at the start of 2014 that more than 130 individuals were abroad and suspected of terrorrelated activities. In September, the Canadian Somali Congress of Western Canada wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper warning that young people in Alberta were being recruited to join ISIL. Jeremy Laurin, press secretary for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, said the case is a reminder of why the government’s proposed anti-terror legislation is needed. Bill C-51, introduced in January, would give police broader powers and allow them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada’s spy agency. Opposition parties have criticized the bill for being too broad and vague and point out that there are already some powers in place that Canada’s security agencies aren’t using.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Two men accused of plotting to derail a passenger train travelling between Canada and the U.S. were found guilty of eight terrorism charges Friday, while a mistrial was declared on a ninth charge after the jury reached an impasse. After a marathon 10 days of deliberations, the 12-member panel found Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier guilty of a terror-related conspiracy to commit murder, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison. Jurors also convicted both men of two counts of participating in, or contributing to, the activity of a terrorist group. Esseghaier was found guilty of an additional count of the same offence. The jury, however, remained deadlocked on a charge of a terrorism-related conspiracy to damage transportation property — in this case, a railway bridge. Esseghaier, 32, was found guilty on that charge, but jurors could not agree on a verdict on the same charge against 37-year-old Jaser. As a result, Justice Michael Code, who presided over the case, declared mistrial on that charge. Esseghaier — a Tunisian national who only wanted to be judged by the Qur’an — appeared unruffled as the verdict was read. He calmly repeated that he hadn’t participated in the trial and didn’t want to take part in sentencing arguments, scheduled for April 10. Meanwhile, Jaser looked at the ceiling, then kept his right hand up to his face through the rest of the proceeding, biting his knuckles at one point. His father looked upset as he sat in the front row, and one of Jaser’s brothers put his hand on the older man’s shoulder as the family left court. Outside the courthouse, Jaser’s lawyer

said his client, a permanent resident of Palestinian descent, wasn’t happy with the verdict. “Raed is obviously disappointed, but he remains resilient, he remains strong, he continues to have confidence in us and continues to have confidence in the administration of justice,” said John Norris. Jaser may consider an appeal of the verdict, Norris added. Norris had argued his client was only feigning interest in the alleged terror plot as part of an elaborate con to extract money from Esseghaier and an undercover FBI agent who befriended the pair. Crown prosecutors had argued, however, that there was “overwhelming evidence” in the case to find both Jaser and Esseghaier guilty of all charges. They had said Esseghaier travelled to Iran in 2012 where he met people he believed were jihadists. He returned to Canada intent on establishing a terrorist cell, and Jaser became a part of that cell, they argued. “I would describe them as real serious public dangers, based on the evidence we heard,” lead Crown prosecutor Croft Michaelson said of Jaser and Esseghaier after the verdicts were delivered. “It was an overwhelming case and I stand by that.” Michaelson also thanked U.S. authorities for their help in the months-long investigation which led to Jaser and Esseghaier’s arrest in April 2013. The Crown’s star witness in the case was the undercover FBI agent who gained Esseghaier and Jaser’s trust, resulting in hours of secret audio recordings of their conversations, which made up the bulk of evidence in the case. The trial, which began Feb. 2, heard 25 hours of those conversations in which Jaser and Esseghaier were heard musing about alleged terror plots which could be carried out in retaliation for Canadian military action in Muslim lands.

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CALGARY — Wildrose leadership hopeful Brian Jean (JEEN) says he is suspending his campaign until further notice because of an unexpected death in the family. Jean says in a statement that his scheduled events for the next few days will go ahead with Derek Fildebrandt stepping in for him. Fildebrandt is seeking to win the legislature seat of Strathmore-Brooks for the Wildrose in the next election. Jean is a former northern Alberta Conservative MP. He is running against Wildrose MLA Drew Barnes and former Strathcona County mayor Linda Osinchuk (OH’-sihn-chuk). About 24,000 Wildrose members began voting on Monday and a new leader to replace Danielle Smith is to be announced March 28. Smith, along with eight other Wildrose legislature members, crossed the floor in December to sit with the Progressive Conservative government. Wildrose interim leader Heather Forsyth is not seeking re-election when Albertans next go the polls.

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Mountie in Dziekaski case lied at public inquiry BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - A former Mountie who was involved in Robert Dziekanski’s death and was later held up by the force as an example of a bad apple within its ranks was convicted Friday of perjury for his testimony at a public inquiry. Former corporal Benjamin (Monty) Robinson was charged along with three other officers for their testimony at hearings that examined what happened when Dziekanski was stunned with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport and died in October 2007. He is the second of the officers to be convicted of perjury. One officer was acquitted and another is awaiting a verdict. While each officer faced the same charge, Robinson’s case had the most notoriety. He was the senior officer on the scene at the airport and was later convicted of obstruction of justice in an unrelated case involving a fatal vehicle accident. The four officers were summoned to Vancouver’s airport in the early morning of Oct. 14, 2007, after Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant who spoke no English, started throwing furniture in the international terminal. Within seconds of the officers’ arrival, one of them stunned Dziekanski repeatedly with a Taser. The Crown alleged the four officers colluded on a story to tell homicide investigators and then lied again at the public inquiry. B.C. Supreme Court Judge Nathan Smith said the officers all made similar mistakes when their statements are compared with the video, notably their incorrect assertion that Dziekanski had to be wrestled to the ground. Smith said Robinson had a motive to lie and must have known what he told homicide investigators was incorrect. “I simply do not believe that a police officer of his experience could make such a crucial mistake in these circumstances,” Smith said as Robinson listened from the prisoner’s dock. “I agree with the Crown that he had a direct motive to exaggerate the threat posed by Mr. Dziekanski and to justify the response to that threat.” Smith said it’s clear the officers talked about what happened before speaking to homicide investigators,

which Robinson denied while on the stand at the inquiry. Much of the Crown’s case was circumstantial. Prosecutors argued the officers’ statements and notes all contained similar errors when compared with an amateur video of the confrontation, proving they worked together. The Crown did not produce any evidence that the officers actually collaborated on the night of Dziekanski’s death, such as a witness who might have seen them huddled together at the airport. The Crown further alleged the officers met in the Vancouver area in the days or weeks before testifying at the inquiry in early 2009 to plan their testimony. A witness, whose ex-husband is Bentley’s cousin, told the court the officers met at her home, but the defence presented telephone records, credit card receipts and other evidence to cast doubt on her testimony. The Crown has not explained how the public should reconcile the differing verdicts, especially since prosecutors’ theory was that all four officers worked together to tell the same lies. Robinson, who is in his mid-40s, left the RCMP in 2012. Earlier that year, he was convicted of obstruction of justice in an unrelated case. Robinson was behind the wheel in October 2008 when his vehicle struck and killed a 21-year-old motorcyclist in Delta, south of Vancouver. He told his trial that immediately after the crash he went home and drank two shots of vodka to “calm his nerves.” A judge concluded Robinson had used his RCMP training in an attempt to fend off accusations of impaired driving. He was given a conditional sentence of 12 months. Around the time of Robinson’s obstruction conviction, the RCMP’s top officer in B.C., Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, held up the case as an example of the challenges facing the force when it wants to deal with problem officers. Callens said he was “outraged” with Robinson’s conviction and said it demonstrated the need to change the law that governs how Mounties can be disciplined or fired. Const. Bill Bentley was acquitted of the perjury charge in 2013, though the Crown is appealing the verdict.

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Canadian jets bomb ISIL targets OTTAWA — The military says Canadian warplanes bombed two more State targets in northern Iraq over the last 24 hours. The joint operations command says CF-18s hit a roadside bomb-making factory near Kirkuk on Thursday and were back in the air on Friday dropping laser-guided munitions on fighting positions and construction equipment east of Mosul. Navy Capt. Paul Forget would not say whether special forces troops have helped guide any further air strikes, beyond the three the military described in January. He now says revealing that information could indicate where the troops are operating and should be kept secret. Dual investigations into the friendly fire death of Sgt. Andrew Doiron are continuing. Forget says two soldiers wounded by Kurdish fighters, who mistakenly opened fire on the Canadians, have returned to duty in northern Iraq while a third soldier is still recovering at a Canadian hospital.

Bar association denounces anti-terrorism bill OTTAWA - The Canadian Bar Association says the Conservative government’s anti-terrorism bill contains “ill-considered” measures that will deprive Canadians of liberties without increasing their safety. The bar association objects to the planned transformation of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service into an agency that could actively disrupt terror plots. It argues the bill’s overly broad language would capture legitimate activity, including environmental and aboriginal protests. The association wants a sunset clause that would see the bill expire and trigger a parliamentary review no more than five years after its passage. The association, which represents more than 36,000 lawyers across Canada, released a draft summary of its concerns today. Association representatives are scheduled to appear before the House of Commons committee studying the bill next week.

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The science of doubt WHY SCIENCE DENIAL IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN CORPORATE INTERESTS BY CHRIS MOONEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It’s not An Inconvenient Truth — yet. But for a movie focused on climate change, Sony Pictures Classics’ Merchants of Doubt — based on the widely read book of the same name by historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, and directed by Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) — is already generating a huge volume of discussion. It seems poised to become a must-watch film in the climate debate. The new film explores a long history of challenges to the science behind a variety of environmental and public health risks. Smoking. CFCs. Acid rain. Climate change. In many cases, these challenges were linked to corporate interests — thus the tobacco industry, for many years, questioned the emerging science of smoking’s risks. Merchants of Doubt is certainly landing in the right news cycle. It comes out in the wake of reports about energy interests’ funding of climate “skeptic” researcher Willie Soon, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In a statement posted on the website of the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank, Soon responded that he had been the subject of “attacks” in the media, but acknowledged that his research had been partly “supported” by “some energy producers” — something he said had “long been a matter of public record.” Soon added that “in submitting my academic writings I have always complied with what I understood to be disclosure practices in my field generally, consistent with the level of disclosure made by many of my Smithsonian colleagues.” It all plays into a common narrative: That industry doesn’t want government regulations, so it tries to cast doubt on the science behind them. Many of those who go to see Merchants of Doubt will, I suspect, go with such a narrative in their minds. But the film itself presents a more complex picture. True, Merchants of Doubt focuses a great deal on the role of industry in supporting scientific arguments that are consistent with less regulation. But it also shows that denial of science on issues like climate change is about much more than that. It’s about certain deep seated beliefs and ideologies — particularly those championing the free market and individual liberty (which we tend to call libertarianism). “None of this is about the science,” says Oreskes, a Harvard historian and co-author of the book behind the film, in the movie. “All of this is a political debate about the role of government.” In another segment, the film follows libertarianleaning Skeptic magazine founder Michael Shermer as he tries to convince his ideological compatriots that climate change isn’t just something that liberals made up. Shermer concludes that the whole issue has become tribal. Indeed, you can see the emotion on screen at one point as Shermer is challenged from the audience at a libertarian gathering, where he’s gone to present the case for climate change being real. So what really drives attacks on certain bodies of environmental and public health science? Is there a root cause? To address that question in the context of Merchants of Doubt, I called the woman behind it all — Oreskes. In our conversation, I asked Oreskes — whom I’ve known for a long time — about my concern. And she brought up what I considered a very good analogy to help both address it and also explain

it. “That’s the chicken and egg thing,” she explained. “There’s two stories to be told: One is the supply of disinformation, and the other is the demand, why do people accept it, and buy it. Our book is definitely a supply side story, because we stumbled across a supply side story. I think the demand side is also important to understand.” Supply and demand. It fits the situation nicely. Supply in this context would refer to the volume of arguments and claims in the public arena that challenge mainstream science with respect to environmental or public health risks. For many of these issues, these claims take a similar form. Scientists have asserted the existence of a risk — say, smoking causes lung cancer — and the claims in question then sow doubt about this conclusion. (Hence the film and book title.) The more people who make these doubt-mongering arguments (and the farther they are broadcast), the greater their supply in the marketplace of ideas. Moreover, there’s no doubt that if there are funding sources available, whether for think tanks that attack the science of climate change or for the scientists that they embrace and promote, a greater supply of arguments can be generated. But there’s also demand: Who believes and embraces these arguments. Who needs them. And this varies with time and many other factors. There’s little demand now for arguments that raise doubts about smoking’s health risks — our culture seems to regard the question as settled — but there’s still demand for doubt on climate change. That’s because it’s a live political issue that goes straight to the heart of the role of government in the economy, an ideological live-wire issue. Demand can generate new supply: To reinforce their beliefs, people create arguments, and if they’re smart, they may even generate novel and insightful ones. But these come from a need for something to say to support one’s beliefs.

Thus, you can’t argue that our fights over science are just about the role of industry in wanting to stop regulation. They’re also about the beliefs of citizens who want less government, and who are naturally sympathetic to industry because it represents an ideal to them — people striving to succeed in life based on merit, insight, innovation and hard work. Which is not to go easy on the resulting, often questionable scientific claims. “By supplying the disinformation, it keeps the controversy alive,” says Oreskes. “It keeps the whole thing muddled, and especially for people who aren’t really paying attention, it keeps the background noise going.” But that’s not the only factor — as Merchants of Doubt itself shows. The film ends by telling the story of Bob Inglis, the conservative former South Carolina congressman who changed his mind about global warming, accepted that it was real, and — for this reason among others — was voted out of office in the Tea Party sweep of 2010. Inglis now makes it his job to talk to conservatives in their own language about climate change, and to try to move them — meaning he’s perhaps closer than anyone to the sources of resistance. So it’s appropriate to end with a quotation from him in the film, showing just how powerful the “demand” side remains: “It’s not just a head thing, this is very much a heart issue. … Many conservatives I think see action on climate change as really an attack on a way of life. The reason that we need the science to be wrong is otherwise, we realize that we need to change. That’s really a hard pill to swallow — that the whole way I’ve created my life is wrong, you’re saying? That I shouldn’t have this house in the suburbs, that I shouldn’t be driving this car. … And you’re not going to tell me to live the way that you want to live. And along come some people sowing some doubt, and it’s pretty effective, because I’m looking for that answer. I want it to be that the science is not real.” Chris Mooney is a Washington Post columnist.

Our standards are running off the rails Ever since the tragedy at Lac-Mégantic, Que., I have been more aware of the types of cars that are on the rails. And of all the trains that I have observed, the large majority of cars have been oil tankers. But then, that is where the money is. While on the way to Canmore last week, a train went by consisting of 87 cars, of which 85 were oil cars with two grain cars thrown in. It was pulled by two very large engines which when they passed us, created an intense thrumming vibration indicatCHRIS ing that they were working at SALOMONS capacity. So of course it got me to thinking about how we as people so easily set our sustenance aside in order to make more dollars. In other words, we discard or reduce our daily bread or even the maintenance of life or rail for the sake of sweets. Interestingly enough, this is true in all walks of life, right from the world’s halls of power to businesses all the way to the folks on Red Deer’s streets and all levels in between. It invades the best intentioned organizations and groups that start with high standards, but over time justify setting some of those standards aside for what seems to be gain but is actually a superficial and often a destroying compromise.

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Many and loud then are the justifications for the compromise. Sadly enough it reminds me of a joke that’s been around forever; it says that when God was handing out brains we thought he said trains, so we chose a long one with a loud whistle. There is no one in society who can pat themselves on the back as if to say that this does not apply to them; they all confess to stick to the right way when at the same time they are busy making changes for their own comfort or enjoyment rather than their well-being or benefit. As one example, not too many years ago gambling was against the law for all the right reasons. When governments saw the large amount of money to be made, they compromised by saying they were just bowing to demands from the public, and so with the court’s help, legalized it. Isn’t it strange that with the money they are taking in, it is still up to organizations like churches and other help agencies to pick up the pieces from the results of over-indulgence? We see them at Potter’s Hands often. Habits or addictions lead people down the path that when they started, looked so appealing or right; to the point that life once hocked has no meaning without them. We know what is right or even the best for us. But for many and varied reasons, we walk down the path that eventually leads to a destructive, demeaning or incomplete lifestyle. When we as adults make these wrong choices in our own lives, it’s bad enough. But when our children see and eventually copy us,

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we have then done more damage than what we can control. That is, in my opinion, where society is right at the moment. Because it is so expensive to police drugs, etc., we are ready to legalize marijuana. We now consider and convince ourselves it is a minor drug, and it won’t be too long before other drugs fall into the same category. And look at the money we will save not having to police this trade. Already there is a move to legitimize one or more of them, because in some small way they might have “medicinal value.” By taxing these “sins” (even the government that ignores the concept of them calls them sins), we can justify the legalization of what once was wrong for our society. We spend our time listening to cries of foul by those addicted (if we try to stop or limit gambling), and change our laws to shut them up. The voices of many concerned groups, individuals and even mine are read, listened to, then set aside or ignored, because we just don’t want to give up what we have. We hang on to the sleigh just a little tighter because the ride downhill is so much fun! We have changed and justified what we do, even when like on the railroad, we are at the point when the rails give way. Democracy rules! Is it any wonder why we have so many train wrecks lately? Sadly enough, it’s not just trains that run off the rails. Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Canada faces big economic challenges Canada faces huge economic challenges, and they’re best seen in our jobs crisis — too many lowpaying jobs, part-time jobs, insecure contract jobs and too few full-time middle-class jobs. A recent economics note by CIBC economist Benjamin Tal showing that the quality of jobs in Canada is at a record low only served to reinforce this point. But what to do about it? An all-day parliamentary debate on the economy, and an NDP motion calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to introduce a budget to stimulate the growth in middle-class full-time jobs, unfortunately, demonstrated that our MPs don’t have answers in the face of huge structural changes unDAVID derway not only in our econoCRANE my, but the global economy. Rapid technological is eliminating many middleclass jobs, globalization is intensifying competition, the urgent need to transition to a low-carbon economy is making obsolete current ways of doing things, and demographic changes from aging populations will change consumption and savings patterns. Economic recovery is not about returning to the way things were before the recent Great Recession but moving to a new normal that will be quite different. Little of this emerged in the parliamentary debate — MPs still seem more fixated on returning to an old normal than coming to grips with the implications of a new normal.

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For the Conservatives, there’s not even a problem. As Finance Minister Joe Oliver put it, “the Canadian economy is the envy of the world.” The government’s plans have worked, the opposition parties want to plunge the country into debt and more Canadians are working than at any time in history. The key narrative of the Conservatives is that government and taxes are barriers to well-being. As Pierre Poilievre, minister for Social Development, put it: “The best way to improve families’ income and quality of life is to reduce the taxes they are paying.” This argument is dismissive of public goods and the possibility that spending on good education and training, health care, public infrastructure and innovation may actually do more to make Canadians better off than a tax cut. Taxes are not seen as the price we pay for a more successful society but as a “burden” that must be cut, and cut, and cut. Yet if low taxes are so potent a source of economic well-being, why are we doing so poorly? In many respects, we are still worse off than we were in 2007, before the Great Recession. Last year, the number of unemployed was 245,100 higher than it was in 2007, with 1.3 million Canadians jobless. Just 61.4 per cent of Canadians of working age had any kind of a job, compared to 63.4 per cent in 2007. Moreover, of the barely one million new jobs since 2007, about 260,000 were part-time jobs because full-time jobs were not available. Prospects this year don’t suggest any real improvement. Yet Conservatives keep on saying their economic plan is working. A recent survey underlines the difficulties we face. One, the Index of Consumer Confidence, pub-

lished by the Conference Board of Canada, shows “deteriorating confidence among respondents about their current and future financial situations, their willingness to make a major purchase, and, in particular, about future job projects in their region.” Consumer debt is at record levels as Canadians borrow to keep their heads afloat. Yet the opposition parties had little to offer. The NDP is banking on small business to create the future jobs we will need, promising to cut the small business tax rate from 11 per cent to nine per cent. But most small businesses, once up and running, are not an important source of job growth. Moreover, many of the jobs created by small business are not the kind the NDP wants. They often are part-time and pay the minimum wage. The Liberals talked of spending more on infrastructure, post-secondary education and research and innovation. But these remain vague platitudes until the Liberals believe we can be trusted with knowing what they would actually do. What all three parties have in common is a failure to come to grips with the really big structural changes underway — the challenges of next-generation technological change, the intense competition from globalization as emerging countries become centres of innovation and a new cohort of powerful multinationals, the pressures on societies from changing demographics, and the urgent need to transition to a low-carbon world. Our MPs are just tinkering at the edges and that isn’t good enough. Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

Gunny Sack Boy meets the Pipe of Peril Right, so I’ve managed to ramble for two whole columns already about various escapades involving the awesome spiral slide fire escape tube that was attached to the tall old Central “Castle” School downtown, and how it was such an honour to throw one’s junior high self into the pitch dark metal beast armed only with a gunny sack. (For you youngsters, by the way, a gunny sack, by definition, is a “bag made of gunny,” which made the slide slicker and slidier.) I mentioned that umpteen dozen Grade 6 to 9 kids would hurl themselves onto HARLEY the swirling slide deep inside HAY a cylinder the size a successful farmer’s grain silo and momentarily get stuck when the doors at the bottom wouldn’t open. You could hear the kid-cacophony all the way up past Michener Centre, which coincidentally had a spiral fire escape slide of its own on the big sort of creepy looking Administrative Building. As many locals and non-locals and random strangers know, both of those buildings, the only two local buildings with said spiral slide fire escapes, were destroyed by fire. At different times and by different causes, but still. One shakes their sad head at the irony of it all. But as I mumbled last week (and it’s not all that easy to mumble on paper), my Central School Castle spiral slide stories became uncommonly common in our family, as I inflicted them upon the Better Half and Rotten Kids whenever the opportunity arose. So when we found ourselves at that paragon of excess and poor-man’s Disneyland called West Edmonton Mall many full moons ago, how could I not tackle the tubes? You see, the Better Half and I had taken our young Rotten Kids on an adventurous overnight holiday to the West Edmonton Mall, which we did on several

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occasions once we realized that when your kids are young enough they really like staying in a hotel room where the beds are shaped like large plastic half-ton trucks or the room is made to look like a large plastic African safari. Let’s just say whoever came up with the idea of making hotel rooms look like railroad cars or a “Luxury Igloo” had a completely wonderful idea. Also, they were clearly on LSD. So there we were at the WEM amusement park called Galaxyland, which used to be called Fantasyland before they were sued by the Disney Corp. There we were in the midst of a Fun Zone attraction with ball pits and trampolines and climbing thingies and tube slides and … did someone say, “tube slides”? There they were: huge red, orange, blue and green plastic tubes starting waaaay at the top and snaking down and up again and around the Fun Zone attraction. Not water slides, mind you, those were located and the Universe’s Most Largest Water Park at a different part of the mall, to be tackled the next day. These were humongous slide tubes of fun, spitting out laughing children at an alarming rate. So of course being a former Gunny Sack Boy, there was only one thing I could do. Our youngest Rotten Kid, the daughter one, is playing away happily in the plastic castle pretending she’s a princess, which of course she is, whilst the oldest Rotten Kid, the son one, he sees me gazing with shining eyes at the tallest tube, a blue seriously scary cylinder starting at the very top of the Fun House stairs and winding around about 10 km and ending up at ground level, where worried parents await to make sure their precious children come out the other end in one piece. “I don’t know, Dad,” says the RK, knowing me too well, reading my mind. “C’mon!” I say, “Let’s DO THIS!” And off we go, the words of my BH echoing behind us: “Um, I don’t think this is a very good idea. …” At the top it seems much higher than I remember the Central School slide being. But my RK throws himself into the Blue Pipe of Peril and is immediately out of sight, his manic descent echoing distantly downward.

There’s no turning back so I take a deep breath of stale and possibly toxic amusement park air, and I flop into the slide with wild abandon and several Hail Marys. And I’m not even Catholic. The first thing I notice is that it’s quite a small tube, actually, diameter-wise. The second thing I notice is I’m not really going that fast. In fact, I reach a fairly level spot and I seem to be stopping. As in dead stopping. It seems to be a tad too big for this slide; it seems that I may be a bit too old for this slide; it seems that I’m stuck here … I can’t get out of this … OH MY GOD, I CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS SLIDE! The next excruciating hours (well, minutes) are a blur. Suffice to say, I vaguely remember flailing and scrambling like a gerbil trapped in a tin can, wailing away like a little girl, squirming and squishing and thrashing in the airless dank duct of death, random five-year-old kids piling up behind me. Me pushing and wriggling inch by inch, metre by metre of strangling suffocating claustrophobia until finally, a mere seconds away from losing consciousness — a literal light at the end of the literal tunnel! In desperation, I finally flounder myself to the end of the tube like a flopping flapping fish out of water. And suddenly some rescue saint has a hold of my ankles, yanking and dragging me free from the smothering tubular clutches. A gaggle of unhappy kidlets spilling out behind me. It’s the Better Half and she’s not overly impressed, both RKs standing there, hands on hips, shaking their worried heads in disbelief. “Daddy!” And just behind them I notice for the first time a sign on a post beside the stairs to the slide. There’s a horizontal red line and the words: “You must be under THIS HEIGHT to slide.” The line comes up to my waist. “So,” I say, wiping away the sweat. “Roller-coaster next?” Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Netanyahu wins in Israel with his campaign of fear Midway through the election campaign Israel’s leading satirical TV show, Eretz Nehederet, came up with a new take on the man who has dominated the country’s politics for the past 20 years. Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, it suggested, was cursed as a child to be Israel’s prime minister for eternity. His only chance to break the spell was to become its worst-ever leader. Well, if that was his strategy, he has failed again. Despite having run a government that delivered too few jobs, stagnant wages, a rapidly rising cost of living, and a fullblown housing crisis — it now costs the average Israeli 148 months’ salary to buy a home, compared to 66 months for the average American — Israelis voted him back into power in Tuesday’s election. Only a week ago, he was GWYNNE running behind in the polls, DYER but a massive last-minute scare campaign turned it around. On polling day, Netanyahu even put a video clip on his Facebook page in which he warned that “the rule of the right is in danger. The (Israeli) Arabs are moving in droves to the polling stations. Left-wing organizations are bringing them there in buses.” And who was paying for those buses? “American money,” explained Bibi’s campaign team. Israel’s voting system of strict proportional representation has never given a single party a majority of the Knesset’s 120 seats in any election in the state’s 67-year history. Netanyahu’s Likud Party won 30 seats, while its nearest rival, the centre-left Zionist Union, got only 24. But that gives Likud will the first chance to form a coalition with the required 61 seats, and there are enough smaller right-wing parties to make up the numbers. Bibi is back for up to five more years (which would make him the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history). But turning the tide had a price, and Israel has not yet begun to pay it. Netanyahu won mainly by cannibalizing the vote of the parties to Likud’s right, but that strategy required him to say some things out loud that he had previously conveyed to his hard-right admirers only by nods and winks. The most dramatic shift came just one day before the election, when he finally said plainly that he would never allow the creation of a Palestinian state. “I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuate (Israeli-occupied Palestinian) territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel,” he said. Does that mean that a Palestinian state would not be permitted if he were re-elected, asked the inter-

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viewer. “Indeed,” Netanyahu replied. This will come as a vast surprise to practically nobody. Netanyahu’s entire political career has been dedicated to sabotaging the 1993 Oslo Accords (which envisaged Israeli and Palestinian states living side-by-side in peace) and planting so many Jewish settlers on the Israeli-occupied territories that a separate Palestinian state becomes physically impossible. He largely destroyed the Oslo agreement in his first term as prime minister in 1996-99 (the creation of a Palestinian state was scheduled for 1998). Almost 10 per cent of Israel’s Jews now live in the occupied Palestinian territories (east Jerusalem and the West Bank) that would make up a Palestinian state. But to keep his American allies and his European supporters happy, he never actually said he would not allow an independent Palestine. Netanyahu finally spoke the truth on Monday because that’s what the settlers and their supporters wanted to hear, and he needed those votes in order to survive politically. But it destroyed the myth, useful to the United States and the European Union, that there is some surviving “peace process” that must be protected by keeping the Israelis happy. The “peace process” is dead, dead, dead. Has been for years. There is no “two-state solution” on the table. This makes it a lot harder for the U.S. to veto resolutions critical of Israel at the United Nations, as it

has done 51 times since 1972. Without the cover of peace talks, these vetoes become votes for perpetual Israeli rule over the Palestinian people. And it will accelerate the broader erosion of the old pro-Israel reflexes of people in Europe and the U.S. who needed the reassurance that some day, somehow, there would be a just peace settlement. Netanyahu made matters considerably worse during the campaign by openly showing his contempt for President Barack Obama. His panic-mongering speech to the U.S. Congress, painting Obama’s quest for a nuclear deal with Iran as a naive surrender to Iran’s alleged desire for nuclear weapons, was an unprecedented foreign intervention in the U.S. political process. It will not be forgiven or forgotten by Obama. His election promise to speed up Jewish settlement in the Palestinian territories (which is illegal under international law) was another nail in the coffin of peace negotiations. Still, it did help to get Netanyahu re-elected, and for him that’s all that counts. He still truly believes that only he understands the real and existential dangers facing Israel, and has the will to do something about them. Except that all he ever really does is kick those dangers down the road a bit. Unable to believe that a peaceful settlement is possible or even desirable, he condemns his country to perpetual conflict and growing isolation. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Salisbury Cathedral has the largest cloister in Britain at 80 acres in size (320,000 square metres). A cloister is an open space surrounded by covered walls.

HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IS A MUST-SEE THIS YEAR I stood on the castle wall walkway castle for all the visitors. at Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire, EngMagna Carta is one of the most land, trying to capture a photograph important documents in history and of the castle and the cathedral in the many books have been written about hazy afternoon light. its medieval origins, as well From my vantage point as its lasting impact on sohigh above the town, I saw ciety. people milling around But it is the legends the cobblestone streets about it that never cease to and watched a construcappeal to me. tion crew working on a The story of Robin Hood new building and exhibit is based on the history of to house Lincoln’s copy of Magna Carta and the CharMagna Carta. At the time of ter of the Forest. my visit, the wall and castle For centuries, the story were closed for the renovaof Robin Hood and his tion, but I was allowed onto Merry Men has captivated the site with a few other audiences and although hisDEBBIE journalists for a hardhat torians have had a difficult OLSEN tour. time determining whether There are only four surthe hero of the fable ever viving copies of the 1215 truly existed, the villain Magna Carta and Lincoln most certainly did. Engowns one of them. It is the only place land’s King John is remembered for in the world where you can view the levying heavy taxes, executing subjects original 1215 Magna Carta together from hunting in “his” forest, being with the 1217 Charter of the Forest. self-serving and taking liberties with With 2015 marking the 800th annobles’ wives. niversary of Magna Carta, it’s not surprising Lincoln is sprucing up the Please see OLSEN on Page B2

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Magna Carta has been called “the birth certificate of democracy.” Historians say this document was the beginning of the establishment of basic human rights.

At left, Lincoln Cathedral is the third largest in Britain and was the tallest building in the world for more than 238 years. Lincoln Castle Renovation 2015 marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and Lincoln is building new exhibit space for the document. At right, John Campbell, dean’s verger of Lincoln Cathedral, points to the screen carving inside the cathedral that dates to the 13th century.

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Above: Lincoln Castle Renovation 2015 marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and Lincoln is building new exhibit space for the document.

Top left: Salisbury Cathedral is home to one of the four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta, and has the tallest church spire in the U.K. Far left: The Charter of the Forest was sealed in 1217 after the death of King John, in large part to prevent war and secure the throne of the young king. It gave additional rights and eliminated the death penalty for hunting in the king’s forest. Middle: The Lucy Tower Cemetery contains the graves of prisoners executed at Lincoln. One of the most famous was Priscilla Biggadike, who was hanged in 1868 for murdering her husband. She was convicted on circumstantial evidence and it was later discovered that she was in innocent.

But for all his vices, history has shown that England’s much-maligned king got one thing right during his reign. On June 15, 1215, King John sealed Magna Carta as law in England. Unfortunately, being who he was, he later reneged on the agreement. Magna Carta is Latin for “The Great Charter” and it is one of the most important documents in the history of the world. It outlined basic human rights and declared that no one was above the law — including the king. It addressed issues like the right to a fair trial and limits on taxation without representation. Its guiding principles inspired the creation of other great documents like the United States Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For King John, Magna Carta was a peace treaty — the only way to make peace with powerful barons who were so exasperated that they had taken up arms against their king. Eight hundred years hence, we realize that Magna Carta has become much more than any of the barons who drafted it likely ever imagined. Many people around the world can trace the human rights and liberties they enjoy back to Magna Carta — and that makes its 800th birthday something really worth celebrating.

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Durham Cathedral’s 1225 issue of Magna Carta will be coming to Canada in 2015, along with its companion document, the Charter of the Forest. Durham Cathedral has three editions of Magna Carta dated 1216, 1225 and 1300 and seeing the three documents together shows the evolution of the charter. After the death of King John in 1216, Magna Carta was re-issued at Bristol by the counsellors of King Henry III, then aged nine. It was re-issued again in 1225 when Henry III reached the age of majority and included a phrase that said the charter was “issued spontaneously and of the king’s own free will.” The 1300 copy is the final issue of the document, by Edward I. Durham’s Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest will form the centrepiece of an exhibit entitled History, Legacy and Justice. The tour runs from June 11 to Dec. 29 in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmonton. The Edmonton exhibition will take place in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Visitor Centre from Nov. 23 to Dec. 29. For more information on Magna Carta’s tour of Canada, visit http:// www.magnacartacanada.ca or http:// www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/. Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@ telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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medieval castle wall walkway is thrilling. You can also visit a Victorian prison and take part in Magna Carta programming that varies from academic lectures to Robin Hood plays. (www. visitlincoln.com or www.lincolncastle. com) ● Salisbury Cathedral: Home to one of the surviving copies of the original 1215 Magna Carta, Salisbury Cathedral has developed a new interactive exhibition especially for the 800th anniversary. The exhibit helps tell the story of Magna Carta and on-site educational programming throughout 2015 will also assist visitors in discovering the fascinating history of Magna Carta. Even without the Magna Carta, this 750-year-old cathedral would be worth visiting. It has the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom and a tower tour will take you to the top of the hallow spire. The architecture of the cathedral is beautiful and it contains the world’s oldest working clock (dating from AD 1386). (http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/magna-carta) ● London’s Temple Church: Inside London’s Temple Church are the effigies of several English Knights of the Templar and amongst these is the grave of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, who some believe is the greatest of them all. William Marshal was a loyal advisor to King John and one of his chief mediators. He played a pivotal role in the granting of Magna Carta in 1215. After King John’s death, he was appointed regent for Henry III and was responsible for issuing revised versions of Magna Carta in 1216 and 1217. You can enter the church and see the effigies for a small fee. (www.templechurch.com)

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four top spots to visit this summer. ● British Library: The British Library has organized the largest Magna Carta exhibition every staged from March 13 to Sept. 3. Two of the four surviving original Magna Carta documents will be on display, along with Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and one of the original copies of the U.S. Bill of Rights. These will be displayed along with paintings, statues and relics that help depict the dramatic history of Magna Carta. There will also be learning programs and events. (www.bl.uk/events/magna-carta--lawliberty-legacy) ● Lincoln Castle: When Magna Carta was sealed by King John, copies were distributed to places of worship throughout England, so they could be read to the illiterate populace. After its initial reading, Lincoln Cathedral’s copy was placed in the archives and was not rediscovered until the early 19th century. For this reason, Lincoln has one of the best-preserved copies of the four that survived. Lincoln also has a copy of the 1217 Charter of the Forest sealed by young King Henry III. The Charter of the Forest was a companion document to the Magna Carta that re-established rights of access to the Royal Forest for free men and eliminated the death sentence for hunting wild game. Beginning on April 1, Lincoln’s Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest will be on display at Lincoln Castle in a new visitor centre built specifically to house the documents. The exhibit has a 180-degree cinema screen and other activities and displays. Touring the refurbished castle, which was built by William the Conqueror in 1068 and walking along the

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An art lover’s paradise THE SOUTHWEST REGION OF THE UNITED STATES ARE NOTED FOR THEIR ART COMMUNITIES Photos by DUANE MCCARTNEY/FREELANCE

These wooden creations are all made from individual pieces of wood. Just some of the art pieces you can see at art shows in the southwest of the United States.

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ABOVE; These two girls are fascinated by the colourful creatures made from steel at the South West Art Festival. ABOVE RIGHT; There are all sorts of interesting art pieces at outdoor art festivals at cities in Arizona, California and New Mexico. RIGHT; Brother-in-law Bill Long from Victoria is amazed at the craftsmanship of this hand-built wooded canoe. It truly is a work of art and it’s only $17,000. art festival is held in late September and has been going for 40 years. Santa Fe, N.M., a small town with a very large number of artists and galleries, is one of our favourites. We spent a week there and visited numerous galleries in the downtown area near the railway complex, and in the Canyon Road area where old homes and related buildings have been converted into high-end galleries. Founded in 1610 by the Spanish, Santa Fe has become the second largest art market in the United States. People from all over the world come to Santa Fe because of the phenomenal selection of fine art. Each November, the community of Fountain Hills, just north of Scottsdale, hosts one of the biggest annual arts and craft shows in the southwest. They close down some of the downtown streets to create an open-air gallery. More than 100,000 people come to view the wares of some 400 to 500 artists. Fountain Hills is noted for its 170-metre water fountain that goes off every hour. It’s well worth the drive just to see the fountain. Back in Chandler, Ariz., one of the several cities that make up greater Phoenix, the Basha grocery chain family has one of the largest collections of contemporary and American Indian Art in the western United States. With more than 3,000 pieces in different mediums, they have the largest collection of western style bronze sculptures I have ever seen. The gallery is part of the Basha head office and distribution centre in Chandler. Exposures International Fine Art gallery in Sedona, Ariz., is the largest gallery in Arizona with 20,000 square feet of art on display. They represent 25 painters and 45 sculptures. Their large gardens surrounding the gallery

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There are art festivals and then there are art festivals! The southwest region of the United States — mainly New Mexico, Arizona and California — are noted for their art communities. You can basically find some sort of art festival on any weekend during the fall and winter in these regions. Over the years, my wife Joan and I have made it a practice to seek out neat art galleries and festivals on our many trips to the great southwest. One of the most was the annual Indian Wells Art Festival, east of Palm Springs, Calif., in early April. It features more than 200 artists from the surrounding states. It’s held outside in a beautiful park setting and all the artists display their creations under white tent canopies. As we wandered, a jazz band played an awesome arrangement of Canadian Sunset. Our first encounter with an evening art walk was in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 40-year Scottsdale Art Walk takes place every Thursday evening at the galleries along Main Street in downtown Old Scottsdale. The galleries extend their hours and show off the work of outstanding artists. Art walks typically feature show openings, artist demonstrations, food and wine samplings, and live music. In Scottsdale, the palm trees on the boulevards are all decorated in white lights, creating a festive atmosphere. In Palm Desert, Calif., the El Paseo Art Walk is held on the first Friday evening of the month in conjunction with Cruise Night. That’s when the really jazzed-up hot rods and collector cars drive down the main street. People bring lawn chairs or sit on the curb, and make a night of it. All the galleries are open that night. I was very impressed with Elan Vital’s gallery in Palm Desert. He has developed a method of creating brilliantcoloured abstract paintings on very large canvas, some as large as sevenby-seven-feet. He uses high-tech clear aerospace enamel and blends it with a wide collection of pigments and finelyground materials to create his secret paint. The gallery is huge, filled with the massive abstract paintings. We recently attended the South West Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club in Indio, which is east of Palm Springs. This show features traditional and contemporary art, paper collage, bronze sculpture, photography, glass works, jewelry, basketry and pottery, created by professional artists from California and surrounding states. Items ran from high-end purses made of stainless steel mesh and walnut to exotic wood strip canoes worth a meagre $17,000 a piece. The canoe builder had a half dozen of his creations on display and he was actually selling them! It was the most detailed handmade canoe that I had ever seen. On a trip along the mountain roads from Colorado Springs south to Santa Fe, N.M., we happened upon the tiny community of Taos, N.M. There we discovered more than 25 art galleries. The community once claimed to have more artists per capita than any town in the world, even Paris. Apparently, everyone in Taos is an artist. There are murals throughout the historic downtown that depict Taos life and history, and outdoor sculpture abounds. Their big

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Rebels roll past Oil Kings BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 6 Oil Kings 2 EDMONTON — In contrast to Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the host Calgary Hitmen 48 hours earlier, the Red Deer Rebels were sharp from start to finish Friday at Rexall Place. There was scarcely a lull in their intensity as they struck for four unanswered third-period goals and dropped the Edmonton Oil Kings 6-2 in a Western Hockey League contest viewed by 16,014 fans. “We played 60 minutes here tonight,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “All four lines were going and our defence played well. Our game was much more defined (than was the case Wednesday). We were under control tonight.” Riley Sheen and Brooks Maxwell, selected as the first two stars of the evening, each collected three points, with Sheen scoring twice and Maxwell potting his 27th goal of the season. Maxwell, in fact, opened the scoring

with a short-handed tally at 17:02 of the opening period. The lead held up until Lane Bauer notched a power-play goal 2:42 into the middle stanza. Red Deer got the lead back at 8:06 when Sheen scored his 23rd of the season, but the hosts pulled even again when Brandon Baddock connected late in the period. From there, it was all Red Deer. Defenceman Nelson Nogier scored the

eventual winner at 3:30 of the final frame and Wyatt Johnson, Scott Feser and Sheen followed suit to put the wraps on the convincing victory. The Rebels got a 32-save performance from Taz Burman, who outplayed veteran Tristan Jarry. The Oil Kings goaltender also stopped 32 shots. “Burms made some big saves,” said Sutter. “Their second goal was a bad goal, but other than that he was pretty solid.” The performance was precisely what Sutter was hoping to see with the playoffs opening next weekend. “We wanted to be a 60-minute team tonight, we wanted to show good habits,” said the Rebels boss. “We wanted to have a mindset that it’s time to get ready for playoffs and we have to be doing things the right way.” The Rebels’ penalty kill, a strength all season, was big-time impressive as the Oil Kings were a mere one-forseven with a man advantage. “Our penalty killing was very good,” said Sutter, whose team enjoyed just one power play. “They had a five-on-

three for a full minutes and we didn’t give them much. Our penalty killers did a great job.” ● Red Deer captain Conner Bleackley will finally draw back into the lineup tonight at the Enmax Centrium when the Rebels close out their regular-season schedule against the Oil Kings. Bleackley hasn’t played since suffering a groin injury Feb. 6 at Vancouver. ● The Rebels are well aware of the fact that they’ll finish third in the Central Division. What they don’t know is who they will face in the first round of post-season play. The Calgary Hitmen hung onto first place in the division with a 2-1 win over the host Kootenay Ice Friday, while the Medicine Hat Tigers remained a point behind with a 3-1 win at Saskatoon. The Tigers will host the Blades in their final regular-season contest tonight and the Hitmen will entertain the Ice Sunday. Red Deer will play the second-place team in the opening round. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Elks stay alive with win over Chiefs BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Elks 4 Chiefs 0 The Red Deer Elks were fully aware of the situation as they entered Friday’s game versus the Strathmore Wheatland Chiefs. Due to a 4-2 loss to the Calgary Royals late Thursday, the Elks knew they couldn’t afford anther setback in the provincial midget AA hockey championship. Clearly up to the challenge, the Red Deer crew blanked the Chiefs 4-0 at the Kinex to even their record at 1-1 with two Pool A games remaining today. “It was a must win, it was desperation time,” said Elks head coach Kyle Scott. “We knew that based on the standings after just one game that we had to win or else it would have been a tough road to come back. “The boys responded and had a good game.” Two rapid-fire goals from Landon Siegle just past the midway point of the first period had the Chiefs on their heels and the visitors never recovered. With the Elks on the power play, Siegle buried a rebound at 11:05, then beat Wheatland netminder Nolan Kent with a wrist shot to the glove side 65 seconds later. Just five seconds after Wheatland’s Kody Hammond was tagged with a tripping penalty, Reid Sterling fired a sharp-angle shot past Kent and the Elks had a cozy 3-0 lead after 20 minutes. Kobe Scott accounted for Red Deer’s fourth goal, a short-handed marker, 3:43 into the second period. Scott pounced on a turnover at the Strathmore blueline, broke in alone and went top shelf on Kent, who was pulled at that point and replaced by J. Mack Clark. Kent and Clark combined to make 36 saves, while Elks netminder Carter Gendreau stopped 17 shots for the shutout. The one-sided conquest wasn’t necessarily expected since Wheatland

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Red Deer Elks Brady Park gets in close and takes a shot on Wheatland Chief goaltender Nolan Kent during first period action at the Kinex in Red Deer during Midget AA Major provincial championship action on Friday. captured the South Division title of the South Central Alberta League this season and are currently involved in the league’s championship series with the Red Deer Indy Graphics Chiefs. However, they played earlier in the day — posting a 5-2 win over the Taber Golden Suns — and by taking nine of 12 minor penalties never really gave themselves a shot at beating the Elks. “They’re a very good team,” said Kyle Scott. “I think we pretty much caught them on their second game of the day. We had to take advantage of that and we did a good job.” In the end, the Elks could take pride in the fact that they played a solid game, complete with excellent special teams play and flawless goaltending.

“From the goaltender on out, everybody played hard and we rolled the lines pretty well,” said Scott. “Everyone chipped in and it was a good win.” The Elks wind up Pool B play with two games today, taking on Taber at 11:45 a.m. at the Arena and meeting the Peace River Royals at 7 p.m. at the Kinex. “We can enjoy this for a good 10 to 15 minutes, then get something to eat and get some rest,” said Scott. “We have a big day tomorrow.” In Thursday’s late game at the Kinex, the Royals jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the second period was six minutes old en route to their win over the Elks, whose goals came off the sticks of Kyle Skogan and Anthony Neurauter. Calvin Bliid’s goal at 5:26 of the middle

frame was the eventual winner. Gendreau and Royals goalie Draven Rees each made 31 saves. Meanwhile, the provincial tournament host Indy Graphic Chiefs ran their record to 3-0 in Pool A with a pair of victories Friday, whipping the Wainwright Polar Kings 8-2 at the Arena and edging the Northeast Panthers 4-3 in the final game of the day. Josh Bussard and Logan Linnell each tallied twice against the Polar Kings. Keagan Kingwell, Samuel Damchuk, Justin Paarup and Tanner Zentner also scored for the Chiefs, who were up 2-0 after one period and carried a 5-1 lead into the final 20 minutes.

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Wranglers get bucked out of Heritage League final BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Copperheads 4 Wranglers 1 BLACKFALDS — For all of the success the Blackfalds Wranglers have had, they just can’t seem to win the Heritage Junior B Hockey League championship. They are headed to provincials again this year but will once again be on a wild card entry after being swept in three games by the Coaldale Copperheads, who finished them off with a 4-1 victory in Blackfalds on Thursday. The last time the Wranglers won the league championship was 2010, since they have won provincials twice (2011, 2014) and the Keystone Cup Western Canadian Championship once (2011). Why they struggle in their own league final is a mystery to coach Sean Neumeier. “It’s important to win the league, but the bigger prize is provincials and obviously that’s our next focus,” he said.

“We just have to look back on history, we didn’t win this last year (bit we won provincials). Now we just have to go do the same thing.” Craig Lyon, Connor Gross, James Price and Dustin Houghton all scored for Coaldale while goalie Dillan Kelly made 43 saves to earn the franchise’s first league title. Quinn Brown scored the lone goal for Blackfalds while Thomas Isaman made 30 saves in net. The key to victory for the Copperheads was their ability to do something no one else in the league could do, shut down the Wranglers’ big guns. They held Blackfalds to three goals in the three-game series, while keeping Wranglers captain Robin Carlson, who led the HJHL with 92 points (43 goals, 49 assists) in 36 games, off the scoresheet completely. “I thought it was going to go five games, right to the bitter end, that’s a hell of a team on the other side, and I’m just super happy with the outcome,” said Copperheads head coach Derek Wiest. “We just prepped our-

selves all year to start playing playoff hockey. Obviously they’ve got a lot of skill and we just had to contain them and cut down their speed.” Friday night the Wranglers were snakebitten, outplaying the Copperheads for 54 minutes, but they could not solve Kelly. Blackfalds was ahead 20-8 on the shot clock after 20 minutes, but trailed 2-1 where it mattered most. Despite a strong second period, the gap widened with a power-play goal at 5:15 by Price. With Blackfalds still buzzing in the final frame, Houghton put it away on a bit of a fluky goal, as Isaman misplayed the puck and deflected it into his own net at 10:54. “We played well tonight, we deserved a better fate tonight but we got burned,” said Neumeier. “They’re a good hockey team and their goalie played well, what are you going to do?” Kelly was the story, stopping 98 of the 101 shots he faced in the series. “He’s unbelievable, I’ve had him in past years, he’s a true winner and he

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comes up huge in big games like this,” said Wiest. The Copperheads gave Blackfalds trouble all year, as the only team the 34-2-2 Wranglers could not beat. Coaldale (31-6-1) won both games in the regular season and then were clearly the better team in the league final. “We didn’t have a very good series, that’s not how we’ve been playing all year,” said Quinn, adding they had difficulty finding another gear to meet Coaldale’s intensity. “We knew how to win but we just got a little overwhelmed by the pressure, not everyone was used to it.” Up next is the junior B provincial championship in Stony Plain from April 2-5 and Neumeier is confident they can repeat last year’s feat. “If we go out and play like that, we’re going to win at least two out of three in the round robin and give ourselves a chance to win provincials,” said Neumeier. “I like the way we played tonight, I just feel burned.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Raptors get run over by the Bulls BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bulls 108 Raptors 92 CHICAGO — Nikola Mirotic’s maturation on the court has impressed everybody around the Chicago Bulls. Mirotic matched a career high with 29 points to propel Chicago to a 10892 victory over the Toronto Raptors, who were without All-Star guard Kyle Lowry. Mirotic had 11 rebounds to go with his 29 points for the Bulls, who pulled a half-game ahead of the Raptors for third place in the Eastern Conference. “I’m working hard to improve, especially on the defence because I know the offence is not a problem,” Mirotic said. “If I want to be on the floor, it’s playing good defence, and I’m working on that.” The Bulls also took a 3-0 lead in the season series, assuring them the edge in any potential playoff tiebreaker. They’re in that position after Friday thanks in part to Mirotic, who scored at least 20 points for the sixth time this month. Joakim Noah had 10 rebounds, equaled a career high with 14 assists and scored eight points to come within one basket of a triple-double, while Mike Dunleavy had 21 points for Chicago. Mirotic continued his strong March. Heading into Friday, Mirotic was averaging 20.8 points and 8.2 rebounds this month. He was also proud of his defence, something he knows is important to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. “Just a continuation of what he’s been doing,” Thibodeau said. “It’s been a great run for him, and he’s doing it. ... It’s effortless for him right now.” Things weren’t as easy for the Raptors without their All-Star as they failed to win their third straight. Lowry is averaging 18.1 points and 6.9 assists for the season and he was missed by Toronto, as the Raptors shot 38 per cent from the floor. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 27, while Patrick Patterson had 17. Start-

ing in place of Lowry, Greivis Vasquez had 11. Lowry dressed, but didn’t play after bruising his back against Minnesota on Wednesday night. “I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t go out there and play,” Lowry said. “I tried to go out there and warm up. It just didn’t happen.” The Bulls, who won their second straight and third of five despite playing without Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler, stayed in their offensive groove against Toronto. They entered Friday averaging 114.5 points per game against the Raptors and stayed near that pace by shooting 53.2 per cent from the field with 32 assists. It was an effort that didn’t please Toronto coach Dwane Casey. “They just kicked our butt in every which way you wanted to go in the first half,” Casey said. “I thought we came out with some fight in the third quarter but it was too, too late. They punched us and we never recovered.” Chicago, meanwhile, got a contribution from someone who hadn’t played all month. In his first game since spraining his left ankle Feb. 27 against the Timberwolves, Bulls forward Taj Gibson had six points and three rebounds in 10 minutes. The trusted reserve missed Chicago’s previous 10 games and played after testing the ankle during pregame warmups, checking in for the first time with 4:03 left in the first. Gibson made an immediate impact, dunking after a lob pass from Pau Gasol with 3:33 left in the opening quarter. Later in the first, he threw down a onehanded slam with 55.9 seconds to go in a period that ended with Chicago up 32-24 on a one-handed leaner by Mirotic. That was just one of Mirotic’s firsthalf highlights. He scored 15 during the first 24 minutes, helping Chicago take a 60-48 lead into halftime as the Bulls had 26 baskets on 20 assists, capped off by Dunleavy’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer. “It was a good win for us tonight,” Noah said. “We needed it real bad.”

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Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah dunks during the first half of an NBA game against the Toronto Raptors, Friday, in Chicago. The Raptors lost the game 108-92.

Smoak hits 2 home runs in the Blue Jays’ win

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Cougars stay alive with win over grande Prairie at provincials EDMONTON — The Notre Dame Cougars staved off elimination in the 4A high school senior boys basketball provincials Friday with an 85-64 victory over Grande Prairie Composite. The Cougars had 11 players on the scoresheet, with Tony Bornyi scoring a team-high 21 points and adding six assists. Keegan MacDonald and Daniel Gurdian each netted 12 points and Ken Villaluz and Nelson Martin scored eight apiece. The 13th-seeded Cougars were set to face No. 14 Okotoks Foothills in their final game today at 10 a.m. Notre Dame opened with an 80-69 loss to No. 3 Cardson Thursday. Bornyi and MacDonald each netted 17 points for the Cougars, who were up by six at halftime, while Gurdian chipped in with 12 points and turned in a solid defensive game. In their second game Thursday, Notre Dame fell 70-62 to Edmonton St. Francis Xavier. Nelson Martin had eight points and 11 rebounds in a losing cause, while Nico Lachia came off the bench to score seven points and also contributed three steals, three assists and four rebounds. ● On the senior girls side of the 4A provincials, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders posted a 1-1 record Thursday, opening with a 73-53 loss to Cardston and then upending Foothills 72-52. The Raiders were 61-51 losers to host Jasper Place Friday and were scheduled to take on Calgary Western Canada in their final game today at 10 a.m.

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ELKS: Pair of goals Jayden Buxton and Logan Smith scored for Wainwright, which directed 26 shots at Indy netminder Geordan Andrew. Hayden Missier faced 53 shots in the Polar Kings net. Bussard scored a pair of goals in the win over the Panthers. Ryan Morrell and Zentner accounted for the other Indy markers. Justin Anderson made 31 saves for the Chiefs, outshot 34-29. ● In other Pool B contests Friday, Peace River battled the Royals to a 4-4 draw and Taber blanked the Royals 2-0. Peace River sat atop the pool heading into today’s action with a 1-0-1 record, followed by the Royals at 1-1-1, the Elks and Wheatland at 1-1 and Taber at 1-2. ● Indy Graphics, which faces the Spruce Grove Saints today at 4 p.m. at the Arena, holds down top spot in Pool A. Next in line are the Spruce Grove Saints with a win and a tie, Edmonton Southside and Wainwright, each with a tie and a loss, and Northeast with a tie and two setbacks. In Friday’s other Pool A games, Spruce Grove doubled Northeast 6-3 and tied Southside 3-3. The top two teams in each pool following today’s action will meet in cross-over semifinals Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Arena Enmax Centrium and Kinex. The championship final will follow at 3 Tickets at ticketmaster p.m. at the Arena. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Justin Smoak hit a pair of long home runs — one landed atop the Rays’ office building beyond the right field wall — Daniel Norris struck out five in 5 2-3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 11-5 on Friday. Smoak, who entered the game batting .077 in 11 exhibition games, connected off starter Burch Smith in the third for a two-run drive. Smoak followed in the fifth with his shot that knocked the Rays’ offices, off Ernesto Frieri. Norris, one of Toronto’s top prospects, yielded five hits, walked one and allowed a run on a sacrifice fly by Evan Longoria in the first. “I thought he was fantastic today, but he’s good,” manager John Gibbons said. “The key is his confidence and starting to stretch some things out a little bit. He’s getting some innings under his belt and the sky’s the limit. We’ll see where it takes him.” Ryan Goins added a two-run homer in the fifth for the Blue Jays. STARTING TIME Rays: Smith, a contender for a spot in the rotation, allowed six runs on six hits in 3 2-3 innings. The right-hander also walked three and struck out three on 63 pitches. “I think I did some stuff well,” Smith said. “I felt

Jennifer Jones falls to Switzerland in one-two Page playoff SAPPORO, Japan — Alina Paetz scored a deuce in the ninth end as Switzerland beat Canada’s Jennifer Jones 6-4 in the one-two Page playoff on Saturday at the world women’s curling championship. The Canadians, who have now lost two straight at the tournament, will play Russia’s Anna Sidorova in the semifinals later in the day after the Russians beat Scotland 7-2 on Friday in the three-four Page playoff. “Pretty disappointed,” Jones said. “We didn’t come out and play as well as we would have liked in the first half of that game. But we made a couple

like I threw some good off-speed pitches. I’m glad I got my pitch count up.” TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman had season-ending surgery Thursday to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Stroman was not available for comment, but tweeted: “Surgery successful. Thank you all for the well wishes. I feel amazing!” ... INF Maicer Izturis left in the second inning with a groin strain. Rays: OF Brandon Guyer (strained oblique) started in centre field and went 2 for 3. ... LHP Drew Smyly (shoulder tendinitis) played catch from 100 feet on Thursday and is expected to throw off a mound on Saturday. Manager Kevin Cash said he wants Smyly to throw three or four times before being reevaluated. STILL NO STARTER With ace Alex Cobb sidelined for the near future because of right forearm tendinitis, Tampa Bay is still in search of a starter for its season opener against Baltimore on April 6. But Cash isn’t rushing to name one. “We’re not naming anybody ’til Buck does,” the first-year manager quipped, referring to Orioles manager Buck Showalter. All jokes aside, Cash said he wants an opportunity to examine all of his options before officially jumping to a decision. Right-hander Chris Archer, 10-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 32 starts last season, seems to be the likely choice. big shots when we had to, and we’ll just have to be a little sharper (against Russia) and hopefully we’ll have another opportunity tomorrow.” The Swiss opened the game with a pair in the first end before Winnipeg’s Jones replied with a single in the third. After adding singles in the fourth and sixth ends, Jones evened the draw at four by drawing her last stone in the seventh and stealing a single in the eighth. Patz finished the game with a double takeout in the 10th. “We just couldn’t get our draws in the right spots, and that’s the thing we’re going to have to figure out before tonight,” Jones said. “The draw I missed in the fifth was a big opportunity for a (second) point. We’ll just fight our way through now and see if we can find our way to the final.”

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GA 201 211 224 245 202 298

Pt 93 92 87 78 73 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 70 51 13 5 1 296 x-Victoria 71 38 29 3 1 240 x-Prince George71 31 35 2 3 220 Kamloops 71 27 37 4 3 209 Vancouver 70 27 40 1 2 184

GA 178 216 290 256 242

Pt 108 80 67 61 57

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Everett 70 42 20 3 5 234 191 92 x-Portland 70 42 22 2 4 279 228 90 x-Seattle 70 36 25 4 5 205 196 81 x-Spokane 69 34 31 3 1 212 215 72 Tri-City 70 30 37 0 3 185 236 63 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top two positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s results Swift Current 5 Lethbridge 3 Red Deer 6 Edmonton 2 Calgary 2 Kootenay 1 Moose Jaw 7 Brandon 6 (SO) Prince Albert 5 Regina 4 (SO) Medicine Hat 3 Saskatoon 1 Prince George 3 Kamloops 1 Everett 4 Victoria 3 Seattle at Spokane, late Tri-City 4 Portland 2 Kelowna at Vancouver, late Saturday’s games Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Lethbridge at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Kootenay at Calgary, 1 p.m. Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m. Everett at Spokane, 6:05 p.m. Friday’s summary Rebels 6, Oil Kings 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Maxwell 27 (Fleury) 17:02 (shorthanded-SH). Penalties — Johnson RD (kneeing) 2:28, Bobyk RD (cross-checking) 16:42, Bauer Edm (delay of game) 19:02. Second Period 2. Edmonton, Bauer 25 (Sautner, Koep) 2:42 (pp). 3. Red Deer, Sheen 23 (Maxwell) 8:06. 4. Edmonton, Baddock 19 (Koep, Sautner) 16:56. Penalties — Polei RD (cross-checking) 1:37.

Third Period 5. Red Deer, Nogier 3 (Sheen, Nell) 3:30. 6. Red Deer, Johnson 25 (Feser) 7:43 (shorthanded-SH). 7. Red Deer, Feser 17 (Polei) 11:21. 8. Red Deer, Sheen 24 (Maxwell, Cote) 12:26. Penalties — Cote RD (delay of game) 6:09, Johnson RD (fighting) 6:09, Magnes Edm (fighting) 6:09, Pawlenchuk RD (boarding) 13:06, Pawlenchuk RD (boarding) 13:06, Feser RD (boarding) 14:11. Shots on goal Red Deer 12 15 11 — 38 Edmonton 10 9 15 — 34 Goal — Red Deer: Burman (W, 9-5-1); Edmonton: Jarry (L, 23-26-3). Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 0-1; Edmonton: 1-7. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 72 45 20 7 97 Tampa Bay 72 44 21 7 95 Detroit 70 38 21 11 87 Boston 71 36 24 11 83 Ottawa 70 35 24 11 81 Florida 71 32 25 14 78 Toronto 72 27 39 6 60 Buffalo 71 20 44 7 47

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GA 159 185 189 183 185 196 230 238

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts 69 44 18 7 95 72 43 25 4 90 71 39 22 10 88 72 39 23 10 88 71 31 29 11 73 73 29 29 15 73 71 32 35 4 68 70 26 35 9 61

GF 207 222 197 212 163 188 190 162

GA 159 203 177 177 180 210 223 193

N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh Washington New Jersey Philadelphia Columbus Carolina

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts St. Louis 71 45 20 6 96 Nashville 72 43 21 8 94 Chicago 70 43 21 6 92 Minnesota 71 39 25 7 85 Winnipeg 71 36 23 12 84 Colorado 71 33 26 12 78 Dallas 71 33 28 10 76

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GA 172 176 158 178 189 198 230

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 73 46 20 7 99 214 199 Vancouver 70 40 26 4 84 199 191 Calgary 71 39 27 5 83 209 186 Los Angeles 70 34 22 14 82 188 175 San Jose 71 35 28 8 78 199 199 Edmonton 71 19 39 13 51 167 243 Arizona 71 21 42 8 50 147 236 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 5 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 6 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

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● Minor hockey provincials: Major midget AA at Red Deer Arena and Kinex, first game at 9 a.m.; Peewee AA major at Olds; Midget B at Ponoka; Midget C at Trochu and Three Hills; Peewee D at Big Valley. ● Gymnastics: Zones/trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Curling: Canadian college championships at Olds. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, third game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook league final, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Detroit, 10 a.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Arizona, 6 p.m. Friday’s summaries Ducks 3, Avalanche 2 (OT) First Period 1. Anaheim, Sekac 8 (Fleischmann, Rakell) 3:37. Penalties — Beauchemin Ana (hooking) 14:36. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Tanguay Col (tripping) 2:58, Landeskog Col (roughing) 19:55. Third Period 2. Colorado, Iginla 24 (Duchene, Hejda) 5:28. 3. Colorado, O’Reilly 13 (unassisted) 7:19 (sh). 4. Anaheim, Rakell 7 (Despres, Sekac) 9:04. Penalties — Tanguay Col (interference) 6:26. Overtime 5. Anaheim, Perry 29 (Vatanen) 1:25. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Colorado 7 12 5 0 — 24 Anaheim 14 11 13 2 — 40 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (LO, 25-17-8); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 31-10-5). Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 0-1; Anaheim: 0-3.

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Devils 3, Sabres 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Severson NJ (holding) 3:11, Greene NJ (hooking) 19:35. Second Period 1. New Jersey, Bernier 11 (Gomez, Henrique) 9:08. 2. New Jersey, Bernier 12 (Henrique, Gomez) 13:53. Penalties — None. Third Period 3. New Jersey, Tootoo 9 (unassisted) 8:14. 4. Buffalo, Moulson 11 (Ennis, Gionta) 11:41 (pp). Penalties — Zubrus NJ (hooking) 10:43, Buf Bench (too many men) 13:20, Josefson NJ (hooking) 14:50, Ristolainen Buf (stick holding) 18:16. Shots on goal New Jersey 5 10 12 — 27 Buffalo 7 13 9 — 29 Goal — New Jersey: Kinkaid (W, 5-4-3); Buffalo: Lindback (L, 3-12-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — New Jersey: 0-2; Buffalo: 1-4. Lightning 3, Red Wings 1 First Period

Thursday’s Games Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1, SO San Jose 4, Toronto 1 Montreal 4, Carolina 0 Ottawa 6, Boston 4 Florida 3, Detroit 1 Washington 3, Minnesota 2 Dallas 2, Pittsburgh 1 Calgary 4, Philadelphia 1 Columbus 6, Vancouver 2 Colorado 5, Arizona 2 Friday’s Games New Jersey 3, Buffalo 1 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1 Anaheim 3, Colorado 2, OT Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Minnesota, noon Columbus at Calgary, 2 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. San Jose at Montreal, 5 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Boston at Florida, 5 p.m.

No Scoring. Penalties — Callahan TB (charging) 4:45, Callahan TB (roughing) 4:45, Helm Det (roughing) 4:45, Abdelkader Det (holding) 16:15. Second Period 1. Tampa Bay, Stralman 7 (Hedman, Palat) 1:22. 2. Detroit, Tatar 26 (unassisted) 6:57 (pp). Penalties — Hedman TB (tripping) 6:30, Pulkkinen Det (interference) 11:52, Zetterberg Det (tripping) 15:17. Third Period 3. Tampa Bay, Killorn 15 (Hedman, Drouin) 10:31. 4. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 40 (Boyle, Palat) 19:32 (en). Penalties — TB Bench (too many men) 11:23. Shots on goal Detroit 13 11 7 — 31 Tampa Bay 11 14 7 — 32 Goal — Detroit: Howard (L, 20-12-9); Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 35-11-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 1-3; Tampa Bay: 0-3.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 41 28 .594 — Boston 30 38 .441 10 Brooklyn 28 39 .418 12 Philadelphia 17 52 .246 24 New York 14 55 .203 27 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 53 16 .768 — Washington 40 28 .588 12 Miami 32 36 .471 20 Charlotte 29 38 .433 23 Orlando 22 49 .310 32 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 45 26 .634 — Chicago 42 28 .600 2 Milwaukee 34 35 .493 10 Indiana 30 38 .441 13 Detroit 24 44 .353 19

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Curling Germany (Driendl) 4 7 U.S. (Sormunen) 3 8 Finland (Puustinen) 2 9 Norway (Skaslien) 1 10 x — clinched playoff berth; t — played tiebreaker. PLAYOFFS Page Playoffs Friday’s results Three vs. Four Russia (Sidorova) 7 Scotland (Muirhead) 2 One vs. Two Switzerland (Paetz) 6 Canada (Jones) 4 Thursday’s result

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

Tiebreaker Scotland (Muirhead) 9 China (S.Liu) 4 Saturday’s games Semifinal Canada (Jones) vs. Russia (Sidorova), 2 a.m. Bronze Medal Game Scotland (Muirhead) vs. Canada-Russia loser, 6p.m. Sunday’s game Gold Medal Game Switzerland (Paetz) vs. Canada-Russia winner, 12 a.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Dwayne Bowe. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB LaMichael James, QB Matt Moore and Louis Delmas to one-year contracts. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with T Bryce Harris on a one-year contract. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE George Selvie. NEW YORK JETS — Agreed to terms with DT Kevin Vickerson on a one-year contract. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with LB Nate Irving. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed DT Ahtyba Rubin. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed P Andrew Wilder. TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced the retirement of president and CEO Tommy Smith.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Montreal D P.K. Subban $3,000 for diving during a March 12 game against Ottawa. ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Justin Hodgman from Portland (AHL). BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled C Mikhail Grigorenko from Rochester (AHL). Assigned F Tim Schaller and D Chad Ruhwedel to Rochester. COLUMBUS BLUE JaCKETS — Activated F Boone Jenner and F Jeremy Morin off Injured Reserve. Assigned F Ryan Craig to Springfield (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Activated D Alec Martinez from injured reserve. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Viktor Arvidsson from Milwaukee (AHL). WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Jimmy Lodge on a three-year entry level contract. American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Signed F Max Novak to an amateur tryout agreement. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed RW Eric Rob-

POWER SOCCER A distinctive form of soccer will be on display Sunday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The Calgary Storm and Edmonton Assassins will hook up in a power soccer match, a game played with athletes in power wheelchairs. The 1 p.m. match will be the third and final game of a best-of-three series. John Clubb from Alberta Soccer initiated the PowerSoccer program — part of an initiative from the Alberta Soccability program — and is seeking support from Central Alberta.

inson to an amateur tryout contract. ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Promoted Joe Gelderman to vice-president and general manager of business operations. READING ROYALS — Announced F Cam Reid was loaned to Adirondack (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Loaned MF Collin Martin, D Jalen Robinson, D Luke Mishu and G Travis Worra to Richmond (USL) for the 2015 season. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC — Waived F Kevin Parsemain. Signed M Pablo Rossi. SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Loaned G Jon Kempin to San Antonio (NASL). BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Tim Berry and RHP Mike Wright to Norfolk (IL). CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with OF Adam Eaton on a five-year contract.

“It would be great if some players from Central Alberta could come and join us. We would welcome new players whether they wished to simply watch or even better get involved and play,” said Clubb. The players will be sporting new competitive guards on the chairs that were funded from a grant received from the Rick Hansen Foundation. Following Sunday’s game 11 Alberta players will be travelling to Penticton next month to compete in front of the national coach for power soccer, with some of the players setting their sights on representing Canada in the near future.

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Thursday’s Games Minnesota 95, New York 92, OT Houston 118, Denver 108 Phoenix 74, New Orleans 72 Utah 80, L.A. Lakers 73 Friday’s Games Philadelphia 97, New York 81 Orlando 111, Portland 104 Miami 108, Denver 91 Brooklyn 129, Milwaukee 127,3OT Cleveland 95, Indiana 92 Chicago 108, Toronto 92 Oklahoma City 123, Atlanta 115 Memphis 112, Dallas 101 San Antonio 101, Boston 89 Sacramento 101, Charlotte 91 New Orleans at Golden State, late Washington at L.A. Clippers, late Saturday’s Games Brooklyn at Indiana, 5 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 6 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 6 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Miami at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 1 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 1 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 1:30 p.m. New York at Toronto, 2 p.m. Washington at Sacramento, 4 p.m. Denver at Orlando, 4 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE

2015 World Women’s Curling Championship SAPPORO, Japan — Standings and results Friday from the 2015 women’s world curling championship, to be held through Sunday: ROUND ROBIN Country (Skip) W L x-Switzerland (Paetz) 10 1 x-Canada (Jones) 9 2 x-Russia (Sidorova) 8 3 t-China (S.Liu) 7 4 tx-Scotland (Muirhead) 7 4 Japan (Ogasawara) 6 5 Sweden (Prytz) 5 6 Denmark (L.Neilsen) 4 7

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● Minor hockey provincials: Major midget AA, semifinals at 9 a.m. at Red Deer Arena and Kinex, final at 3 p.m. at Red Deer Arena; Peewee AA major at Olds; Midget B at Ponoka; Midget C at Trochu and Three Hills; Peewee D at Big Valley. ● Gymnastics: Zones/trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Men’s basketball: Playoffs — Grandview Allstars vs. Orangemen, All Sports Cresting Lacombe vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, Johns Manville vs. Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. TBA, Rusty Chuckers vs. Alken Basin Drillers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven provincial/Chinook league final, 5 p.m.

W L Pct Los Angeles 9 4 .692 Miami 10 6 .625 Arizona 11 7 .611 Pittsburgh 9 7 .563 New York 10 8 .556 Philadelphia 9 8 .529 Cincinnati 8 8 .500 Colorado 8 8 .500 San Diego 8 8 .500 St. Louis 7 7 .500 Washington 7 8 .467 Chicago 8 10 .444 Milwaukee 6 10 .375 Atlanta 6 11 .353 San Francisco 5 13 .278 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Friday’s Games Toronto 11, Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Yankees 11, Detroit 2 Baltimore 11, Boston 5 Pittsburgh (ss) 6, Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh (ss) 4, Minnesota 2 Washington 7, Houston 5 N.Y. Mets 5, St. Louis 4

Milwaukee 5, Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs 10, Chicago White Sox 7 Texas 4, Seattle 4, tie Oakland (ss) 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Oakland (ss) 3, Colorado 2 Miami 5, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 11, Texas 6 Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 5 L.A. Angels vs. Cleveland, late Kansas City vs. San Diego, late Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit., 11:05 a.m. Miami vs. Washington (ss), 11:05 a.m. Minnesota (ss) vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m. Atlanta (ss) vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m. Washington (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss), 11:05 a.m. Boston vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m. Houston vs. N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Baltimore vs. Minnesota (ss), 11:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas, 12:05 p.m. Colorado (ss) vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. Arizona vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Colorado (ss), 2:10 p.m. San Francisco vs. L.A. Angels, 2:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay vs. Toronto, 10:37 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Baltimore, 11:05 a.m. Detroit (ss) vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Boston, 11:05 a.m. Washington vs. Detroit (ss), 11:05 a.m. Minnesota vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. L.A. Dodgers, 2:05 p.m. Texas vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. San Francisco (ss), 2:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Golf PGA-Bay Hill Friday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 a-denotes amateur Second Round Morgan Hoffmann Matt Every Henrik Stenson Harris English Ben Martin Danny Lee Rory McIlroy David Lingmerth Matt Jones Louis Oosthuizen Ian Poulter Sean O’Hair Brooks Koepka

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Hoffman holds on to lead at Bay Hill PGA TOUR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Equipped with his first PGA Tour lead in 67 starts, Morgan Hoffmann played Friday like he wanted to keep it in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Hoffman made birdies on half of his holes for a 7-under 65, giving him a three-shot lead over Henrik Stenson, Harris English and defending champion Matt Every going into the weekend on soft and defenceless Bay Hill. Stenson, English and Every each had a 66. Rory McIlroy also got into the mix — finally — by making five straight birdies on his back nine for a 66, his first sub-70 score in three PGA Tour events this year. He was five shots behind and headed in the right direction in his final start before the Masters. Bay Hill has greens that are so stressed that they will be replaced this summer. They are slow and receptive, a recipe for low scoring, and it shows. Hoffmann was at 13-under 131, one short of the 36-hole record at Bay Hill. The cut was at 142, matching the lowest score to make the cut in 27 years at Bay Hill. It was the first time the cut was under par, but only because the tournament changed par to 70 (instead of 72) in 2008. “I’m trying to birdie every hole out there, so it was good,” Hoffmann said. “Just hitting great putts and good shots into the greens really helps. It’s nice to hit some greens for a change. This year hasn’t been that great, and it’s a good change.” The 25-year-old from Oklahoma State made six birdies on the front nine, including

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Stacy Lewis has 7 birdies in 9-hole stretch, shoots 8-under 64 to take Founders Cup lead BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Stacy Lewis had seven birdies in a ninehole stretch Friday morning to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s JTBC Founders Cup. The 2013 winner at Desert Ridge, Lewis was 2 under through six holes Thursday when play was suspended because of darkness. After opening with a bogey on No. 7, she birdied Nos. 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 16 and finished with an 8-under 64. “It was just solid,” Lewis said. “The golf course is in such good shape, you get some putts around the hole, you can definitely make them. Just hit a few close. I hit a 4-iron into about 6 inches, so that always helps.” The start Thursday was delayed four hours because of rain and wet conditions. South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim was a stroke back. She played

four in a row, and he finished with a 6-iron out of the rough and over the water — the ball landed just four paces onto the green — for a par that kept him in control. Hoffmann came into the week at No. 158 in the “strokes gained” statistic from tee-togreen. He leads the field at Bay Hill. Next up is how well he holds up on the weekend. Stenson, who has finished fourth in his two Florida events already, birdied his last four holes for a 30 on the back nine. He will be playing in the penultimate group with English, who is No. 52 in the world just outside qualifying for the Masters. “Got to keep the pedal down and keep aggressive,” English said. He is coming off a top 10 at Innisbrook in which he closed with a 65, which moved him up eight spots in the ranking. McIlroy had dinner with Palmer on Thursday night and was treading water Friday morning until an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 second hold got him going. He birdied the next four holes, though he lost some momentum at the end with a bogey on No. 8 and a scrambling par on his final hole. “It would be nice to finish the round off a little better, but still a good score and sets me up well for the weekend,” McIlroy said. “I think each and every day I’m feeling a little more comfortable, especially on the greens. Obviously, we played in the morning so we got the best of the greens, and it’s easier to trust the lines you pick for yourself. But happy with how I putted today, and putt like that over the weekher final 12 holes Friday. Top-ranked Lydia Ko, Tiffany Joh, Sophia Popov, Kim Kaufman and Karine Icher shot 66. Icher played her final 11 holes Friday. Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont., opened with a 68. The 17-year-old Ko has six LPGA Tour titles and 10 worldwide victories in pro events, winning the Women’s Australian Open and the Ladies European Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open in consecutive weeks this year. She nearly won last year at Desert Ridge, squandering a three-stroke lead with 13 holes left and ending up tying for second — a stroke behind Karrie Webb. “I wasn’t surprised Lydia shot what she did,” Lewis said. “Just kind of motivated me to get up there with her.” The second-ranked Lewis had a 50-minute break before starting the second round. “If you’ve got to play a lot of holes and you’re on a roll, that’s where you want to be,” Lewis said. “Things feel good. It will be a quick turnaround.” Webb, also the 2011 winner, had a 67 playing alongside Lewis. “Very solid,” Webb said. “I feel like 5 under is perhaps the worst I could have shot, so that’s always a nice thing to say. I felt very comfortable out there.” Michelle Wie opened with a 73 on Thursday. She’s playing in a group with Ko.

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts as he barely misses a putt for birdie on the 11th hole during the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Friday. end, I’ll have a chance.” A lot of that depends on Hoffmann, who is coming off a pair of 12-hour range sessions this weekend to try to rely on a slight fade. Every has only one top 10 since he won at Bay Hill a year ago, and he has not finished in the top 25 in his last 17 tournaments. But he is confident he is headed in the right direction with his swing, and it showed for two days. He ran off four straight birdies at the end of his round for a 66 and was at 134. “I’m really excited to play golf because I know I have

good stuff coming really, really soon,” Every said. “And I said before, you can lie to yourself. I’ve done it before all the time where I think I can win at the start of weeks. It’s like probably how Rory feels every week.” McIlroy, playing in Palmer’s tournament for the first time, had dinner with the King on Thursday night after his opening round (and a drug test). They chatted more about commercial possibilities and old-time golf stories than McIlroy’s bid to win the Masters and complete the career Grand Slam. Palmer also insisted the

25-year-old McIlroy have a banana split. “I’ll be going to the gym this afternoon,” McIlroy said. “It was fantastic, it really was. He’s telling stories of the old days and talking about a few of the things he’s done more from a commercial standpoint, the drink and golf courses and all this sort of stuff — stuff that I could potentially be getting into in the future.” He said Palmer also told him how close he was to his father. “It was just great to be in his presence, and great to be in his company, and I had a good time,” McIlroy said.

Raonic beats Nadal to reach semifinals at Indian Wells BY THE CANADIAN PRESS INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canadian Milos Raonic earned one of the biggest wins of his career Friday with a 4-6, 7-6(10), 7-5 defeat of Rafael Nadal to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., rained down 18 aces in a nearly three-hour struggle in which the sixth seed held his nerve throughout to deny Nadal a spot in Saturday’s semifinals against Roger Federer. Instead Raonic will line up against the four-time champion after beating Nadal for the first time in six meetings. “I’m about as happy as I can be,” said Raonic, who has improved his showing at this desert venue with successive appearances. “I’m delighted and very fortunate. “But there is a day of work tomorrow and I have to prepare for that. I need to keep up the momentum.” Federer booked his place in the semis as he crushed Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-0. The ATP No. 2 has won eight of nine against Raonic,

with the 24-year-old Canadian catching the Swiss with a win at Paris Bercy last November indoors. Raonic lost the opening set against Nadal but turned in an heroic second to level after missing on multiple set points. In the third, Raonic did not waver, matching Nadal toe-totoe and breaking for 6-5. The Spanish third seed saved a break point in that game earlier, but could not handle a Raonic return that dropped dead on the baseline. A game later, Raonic sent over an ace for a match point and took victory as Nadal sent a return wide. Raonic ended with 48 winners and 59 unforced errors in his controlled display of power tennis. Nadal finished with just 25 winners. Raonic has now advanced to the quarter-finals or better at eight of his last 10 Masters 1000 events, a feat matched only by Federer. Nadal swept up the opening set in quick fashion after 38 minutes thanks to his single break of Raonic’s serve in the third game. But life got more complicated for both players in the

second as Raonic began to get stuck into his game and concentrated as much on holding his nerve as in diffusing the shotmaking genius of his opponent. Raonic played even with the Spaniard as he saved break points to hold for 3-2 and again for 5-4. But the Canadian missed a chance to level at a set each as he missed on two set points in the tenth game. Raonic drove an easy forehand into net on the first and could only watch as Nadal fired an ace on the second as the set went to a tiebreaker. The tension tightened in the decider, with Nadal failing to convert on three separate match points. Meanwhile Raonic had difficulties with set-point chances before finally converting after 81 minutes when Nadal hit the net with a return. In doubles, Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil and American partner Jack Sock, the Wimbledon champions, were playing to reach the final as they faced Poland’s Marcin Matkowski and Serb Nenad Zimonjic, former partner of Toronto’s Daniel Nestor.

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Duke survives scare, Miami pulls off upset MARCH MADNESS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DURHAM, N.C. — Duke advanced after getting a scare from Albany. A couple other underdogs almost pulled off upsets, but only No. 11 Miami, No. 11 Gonzaga and No. 10 Arkansas were double-digit seeds to win. And unlike in the men’s bracket, 14 and 15 seeds are still winless in the women’s tournament. That’s 0-172 and counting since 1994. Top seeds Notre Dame and South Carolina won their openers easily. SPOKANE REGIONAL DUKE 54, ALBANY 52 Rebecca Greenwell hit a 3-pointer with 14.9 seconds left to lift Duke past Albany. Greenwell finished with 20 points for the fourthseeded Blue Devils (22-10). They overcame a seasonworst 27 turnovers, and have won their NCAA Tournament opener in each of their 22 appearances. Imani Tate had 17 points and Shereesha Richards added 12 for the Great Danes (24-9), who were denied their first NCAA Tournament victory. They had two chances to retake the lead after Greenwell’s big shot in the final seconds put Duke up 53-52. Tate missed on a drive down the lane with about 8 seconds left and Duke’s Azura Stevens hit the first of two free throws with 6.4 seconds left. She missed the second and the Great Danes raced downcourt, but Erin Coughlin’s corner 3 clipped off the back iron at the buzzer. MISSISSIPPI STATE 57, TULANE 47 Breanna Richardson scored 15 points and Mississippi State beat Tulane. Morgan William added 14 points for the fifth-seeded Bulldogs (27-6). They shot 48 per cent in the second half and advanced to a second-round matchup with host Duke, the fourth seed, on Sunday. Kolby Morgan had 17 points for the 12th-seeded Green Wave (22-11), who ended the season by losing two straight and four of six. They shot 28 per cent and went 10 minutes between baskets, missing 11 consecutive shots after taking their only lead of the second half. Richardson had 11 points during the 22-2 run that pushed the Bulldogs’ lead well into double figures. OREGON STATE 74, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 62 CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Sydney Wiese scored 23 points and Ruth Hamblin scored 10 of her 17 points during a key second-half run to lead third-seeded Oregon State past South Dakota State. Oregon State (27-4) trailed by seven points in the first half, and four early in the second half before taking control of its first home game in the NCAA Tournament. Wiese hit five 3-pointers and tied her season high for points. The 6-foot-6 Hamblin, the Pacific-12’s defensive player of the year, scored 11 second-half points, shot 8 of 11 from the floor and finished with seven rebounds. Ali Gibson added 16 points for Oregon State, which earned its first Pac-12 championship this season. Macy Miller and Megan Waytashek scored 14 points each for South Dakota State (24-9). GONZAGA 82, GEORGE WASHINGTON 69 CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Keani Albanez and Sunny Greinacher each scored 19 points to help No. 11 Gonzaga upset sixth-seeded George Washington. Elle Tinkle added 11 points for the Bulldogs (25-7), who had a vocal cheering section at Gill Coliseum. Jonquel Jones had 11 points and 14 rebounds, despite being limited to 23 minutes by foul trouble, and Kelli Prange came off the bench to score 13 for the Colonials (29-4). George Washington outrebounded Gonzaga 51-39, but shot only 29.3 per cent compared to the Bulldogs’ 42.3 per cent. Gonzaga took a quick 7-0 lead, forcing turnovers on George Washington’s had first four possessions. The Colonials took a hit when Jones, the Atlantic 10 player and defensive player of the year, got into early foul trouble. Gonzaga will face host Oregon State in the second round Sunday. OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL NOTRE DAME 77, MONTANA 43 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 18 points and top-seed Notre Dame used its size and speed to overwhelm 16th-seeded Montana. Brianna Turner added 12 points and Michaela Mabrey, Taya Reimer and Lindsay Allen added nine points each as Notre Dame shot 62.3 per cent against the Lady Griz (24-9). Montana entered the game fourth in the nation in field-goal defence, allowing opponents to shoot 33.8 per cent. The Irish (32-2) won their 18th straight game while Montana lost for the 11th straight time in the opening round of the tournament. Kayleigh Valley led Montana with nine points and six rebounds. The Irish outscored Montana 42-24 in the paint and 8-0 on fast-break points. It was largest margin of defeat by Montana this season and its biggest loss in the NCAA Tournament, breaking the mark of 31 points to top-seeded Southern California in 1986 DEPAUL 79, MINNESOTA 72 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Megan Podkowa scored 23 points and No. 9 seed DePaul used a 224 second half run to come from behind and beat eighth-seeded Minnesota. The Blue Demons (27-7) missed 20 of their first 22 3-pointers, but DePaul’s dormant perimeter game suddenly came to life five minutes into the second half when Podkowa hit consecutive 3-pointers to spark the long run. That burst took the Blue Demons from a 15-point deficit to a 56-53 lead with 9:23 left after Ashton Millender’s line-drive 3-pointer from the left wing. Chanise Jenkins added 16 points for DePaul. Amanda Zahui B. led Minnesota (23-10) with 21 points and 22 rebounds. She came one board short of matching the NCAA Tournament record. Shae Kelley added 17 for the Gophers, who committed a season-high 28 turnovers. MIAMI 86, WASHINGTON 80 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Adrienne Motley scored 30 points and 11th-seeded Miami beat No. 6 Washington 86-80 on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Iowa City. Jessica Thomas had 19 points and Michelle Woods added 17 for the Hurricanes (20-12), who pulled off the upset in part by shooting 7 of 12 from 3-point range. Motley hit a jumper in the lane to give Miami a 7371 lead, and four free throws put the Hurricanes up six with a minute left. Kelsey Plum and Talia Walton each had 17 points to lead Washington (23-10). But Plum and fellow star guard Jazmine Davis combined to shoot just 10 of 30 from the floor. IOWA 75, AMERICAN 67 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Ally Disterhoft scored 18 points, freshman Whitney Jennings had 16 and thirdseeded Iowa held off American in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Iowa City. Melissa Dixon had 15 points with four 3s for the Hawkeyes (25-7), who will host 11th-seeded Miami in the second round on Sunday.

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San Diego State’s J.J. O’Brien (20) is fouled by St. John’s Sir’Dominic Pointer (15) during the second half of an NCAA tournament college basketball game in the Round of 64 in Charlotte, N.C., Friday. No. 10 Iowa State. Nicole Kidd Blaskowski’s 3-pointer cut Iowa State’s 17-point deficit to seven with 2:32 remaining. But that was as close as the Cyclones would come before succumbing to Dayton. Iowa State also had nine of its 12 turnovers in the second half. First in the Atlantic-10 conference this season in field goal percentage, Dayton continued that trend into the post-season; it shot 48 per cent, including 16of-28 in the first half. Malott was efficient in scoring her game-high 18 points, going 7-of-13 from the field. Dayton will move on to the second round Sunday to play the winner between No. 2 Kentucky and No. 15 Tennessee State. The Cyclones finish their season 18-13. KENTUCKY 97, TENNESSEE STATE 52 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Linnae Harper scored 16 points to lead No. 2 seed Kentucky to a win over Tennessee State. The Wildcats (24-9) advance to the second round of the Albany Regional and will host Dayton on Sunday. The Flyers (26-6) defeated Iowa State 78-66 in the first game of the doubleheader. Harper led six players in double figures for the Wildcats. Alexis Jennings followed Harper with 15 points while Jennifer O’Neill, Bria Goss and Makayla Epps had 13 points each. Jaycee Cole added 10 for the Wildcats. Brianna Lawrence led Tennessee State with 16 points. Briana Morrow followed with 11 points for the Lady Tigers, who made their first tournament appearance since 1995. TEXAS 66, WESTERN KENTUCKY 64 BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Brooke McCarty made two free throws for Texas with 20.8 seconds left and Alexis Govan missed a potential winning 3-pointer for Western Kentucky in the final seconds, sending the fifth-seeded Longhorns to a victory. Imani McGee-Stafford had 24 points and 14 rebounds as sloppy Texas overcame 19 turnovers — including one that could have cost the Longhorns the game. Ivy Brown’s 3-pointer with 39.5 seconds left pulled Western Kentucky (30-5) within one, and then Texas lost the inbounds pass with 38.3 to go on Brady Sanders’ turnover. Texas (23-10), which missed chances in the first half by committing 13 turnovers, will face the winner of Friday’s second game between No. 4 seed California and 13th-seeded Wichita State in one of the toughest four-team pods in the bracket.

It wasn’t easy for Iowa though. American had the game tied at 36-all at halftime, and the Hawkeyes needed a 15-6 run after the break to start feeling comfortable. American rallied within 69-64 with 2:47 left, but couldn’t get any closer. Jen Dumiak had a game-high 23 points for the Eagles (24-9), who were making their NCAA Tournament debut. BAYLOR 77, NORTHWESTERN STATE 36 WACO, Texas (AP) — Nina Davis scored 17 points and Baylor won at home again in the NCAA Tournament, advancing with a first-round victory over Northwestern State. The Big 12 champion Lady Bears (31-3), the No. 2 seed in the Oklahoma City Regional, took control with an early 14-2 run in which Davis and Khadijah Cave each had six points to break a 7-7 tie and go ahead to stay. Alexis Prince had 14 points for Baylor, including a 3-pointer to cap a 15-3 run after halftime with seven of eight shots made to go up 60-29. The Lady Bears have won 20 home games in a row overall, including the first two rounds in last year’s NCAA Tournament. They opened at home for the fourth time in five years, and are now 7-0 in those NCAA games. ARKANSAS 57, NORTHWESTERN 55 WACO, Texas (AP) — Jessica Jackson scored 14 points, including the tiebreaking free throw with 30 seconds left as Arkansas overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Northwestern in a first-round NCAA Tournament. The free throw by Jackson made it 56-55, giving the Razorbacks (18-13) their first lead in the second half. They overcame three consecutive missed free throws after that, including Jackson’s miss on the second attempt that Melissa Wolff rebounded. Wolff had 13 points and 15 rebounds, while Kelsey Brooks had 15 points and Jhasmin Bowen 12 for Arkansas, the No. 10 seed in the Oklahoma City Regional. Ashley Deary and Alex Cohen each had 13 points for No. 7 seed Northwestern (23-9), which was in its first NCAA Tournament since 1997. The Wildcats opened the second half with three consecutive layups to break a halftime tie. They didn’t score after Cohen’s bank shot with 3:59 left for a 55-51 lead. ALBANY REGIONAL DAYTON 78, IOWA STATE 66 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Ally Malott had 18 points and 12 rebounds to help seventh-seeded Dayton beat

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Saturday, March 21, 2015 How do you pamper yourself for Valentine’s Day? The Sylvan Lake Municipal Library hosted its first Ladies Only XOX Valentine’s Party on Friday, Feb. 13, to roaring success. Sixty-five ladies and 14 vendors were in attendance for wine, chocolate, delicious fruits and cookies, and a variety of pampering services, including massages, nail treatments, makeup and more. The following local businesses donated products, gift cards, and art for the grand prize: SAK’s Shoes, Spotted Gecko, Whole Show Dance Wear, Mulberry Lane, Lakehouse Furniture and Décor, Soulcase Tattoo, Dairy Queen, and Shopper’s Drug Mart. Vendors donated to individual door prizes, which were drawn every half hour. Vendors included local businesses Rainy Daze Spa and 30-Minute Hit, as well as independent reps for Mary Kay and Younique, South Hill Designs and Mialisia Jewelry, Passion Parties, Steeped Tea, Sublime Celebrations, essential oils and bath salts, Reiki, and massage therapy. The only charge for this event was the wine; the first glass was free until 7:30, after that the charge was $5 per glass. Many thanks to Lakeshore Liquor for their support. Participants could sample desserts from M&M Meats, as well as fruits, cookies, and pretzels to dip in a chocolate fountain, then wander from vendor to vendor for demonstrations, samples, draws for giveaways and free memberships. Every service provided at the Ladies Only XOX Valentine’s Party was free, although products could be purchased from each vendor. Library staff was pleased with the popularity and success of the event and look forward to hosting it again next Valentine’s season. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event happen and shared their feedback with us.

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Seniors housing gets boost INNISFAIL TO GET NEW UNITS, THANKS TO $17.6 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF INNISFAIL — Seniors in Innisfail will soon have more affordable housing options. The town is getting a new 60-unit seniors lodge and a seniors apartment with at least 30 self-contained suites, thanks to $17.6 million in funding from the federal and Alberta governments. The affordable housing projects will replace the 62-unit Autumn Glen Lodge, at 4045 50th Ave., and the neighbouring Poplar Glen Court with 16 selfcontained suites.

Replacing Autumn Glen has been a priority for Parkland Foundation. Some residents living at the 55-yearold lodge don’t even have their own washrooms. “The lodge has been a great home for residents but like many buildings of its age, it doesn’t meet the needs of our seniors today,” said Connie Huelsman, board chair of Parkland Foundation and Red Deer County deputy mayor, during the funding announcement at Autumn Glen on Friday. The existing lodge and apartment facilities will be demolished once the new units are ready for occupancy. Construction is expected to be com-

pleted by early 2018. Facilities will be operated by a partnership of Parkland Foundation and Bethany Group. “We want to start right away. We were shovel ready when we submitted our business plan,” Huelsman said. The province and federal governments each contributed $8.8 million. Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle said Alberta has an infrastructure deficit and is trying to deal with it. “We have said for a long time that our facilities and our lodges need renewal and if we didn’t head down this path then seniors would be forced to leave our communities. I think this is a clear commitment to seniors in our

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province,” said Towle. Federal funding is coming from the Investment in Affordable Housing program, which the federal government has renewed to 2019, said Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen. “The governments of Canada and Alberta have signed an agreement that provides for a joint investment of some $202 million over this period to help more individuals and families in need access affordable housing. The replacement of Autumn Glen Lodge is one of many projects that will be funded under this agreement,” Dreeshen said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Dawson pulls out of PC race BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

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Artist Judy Sutter and dancer Bryan Senn work the floor at one of the final practices before the Sheraton Celebrity Dance Off on Friday evening. All money raised from the popular fundraising event supports the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre. Celebrity dancers included Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood, Robin Armitage, Vic Cheba, Kyla Belich, Bill Haldane, Melisa Mine, Luke Spicer and Sutter. Aspire’s board chair, Judy Robins Weir, said the centre will use the money to upgrade its downtown facilities. Aspire provides services to children with special needs and their families.

BRIEF Adult male’s body found, probe launched in Rimbey Police are investigating the sudden death of an adult male, whose body was found beside a rural road near Rimbey on Thursday. The on-scene investigation began at 6 p.m. on Thursday, several kilometres northwest of Rimbey, and was continuing on Friday. It involved members of the RCMP Major Crimes Unit. An autopsy was expected to be done today. Alberta RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Josée Valiquette said a possible cause of death will not be known until autopsy results are obtained. She had no information about the deceased’s age or identity. Valiquette said further information will be released as it becomes available.

White roof proposal offered to city council A Red Deer committee is asking city council to consider using white roofs on city-owned buildings to reduce energy consumption. The Environmental Advisory Committee recently passed a resolution that calls on council to look at viabil-

ity, cost effectiveness and environmental impact of the benefit of white roofs versus black roofs on city buildings and facilities. “The idea being in the summer on a hot day you would need less air conditioning if you had a white roof versus a black roof,” said Brandon Leask, committee chairman. White roofs absorb less of the sun’s rays than typical black roofs and have cooling properties. Energy conservation is one of the goals within the city’s Environmental Master Plan. The motion is expected to come to council in the coming weeks.

Rain barrel discount through city, Rona Harvest the spring showers with a helping hand from the City of Red Deer. The city is offering 75 coupons for $50 towards a Castilla rain barrel from Rona Home Centres (both city locations) starting on April 1. With the discount, the customer will pay about $50 for the barrel. Coupons will be given out on a firstcome, first-serve basis. A rain barrel is a container that collects rain runoff from roofs and downspouts. The water can be stored for use on lawns, gardens and household plants. Only 0.5 cm of rainfall from the average roof is needed to fill up a typical barrel, which usually holds 200 to 400 litres.

One of the three candidates seeking the Red Deer North PC nomination withdrew one hour after advance polling started on Thursday. Jeffrey Dawson announced that he was removing himself from the Progressive Conservative nomination race. That leaves Red Deer City Coun. Buck Buchanan and Red Deer County Coun. Christine Moore still seeking the nomination. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce that I am withdrawing my nomination bid for the PC Party of Red Deer North.” Dawson, a former Red Deer city councillor, tweeted at about 5 p.m. on Thursday. An hour earlier, he had encouraged party members to come out and vote in Thursday’s advance poll, which ran from 4 to 8 p.m. Voting is scheduled today to determine the winner of the nomination. On his website, Dawson stated: “The people of Red Deer have clearly indicated that they support me; however, many indicate they will not vote for me as a PC Party candidate. I respect the opinion of the constituents of Red Deer North and have voluntarily removed myself from the ballot effective 5 p.m. March 19.” When Dawson was reached on Friday, he said he had nothing else to say beyond what was on his website. Asked about the possibility that ballots may have been spoiled, he called it “Unfortunate.” The party issued a news release after Dawson withdrew stating that those who voted for Dawson in Thursday’s advance poll, prior to his withdrawal, would have their second choice, if indicated, counted as their vote. Those ballots without a second choice marked will be considered spoiled. The two remaining candidates expressed surprise at Dawson’s sudden withdrawal. “I know that Jeff’s been knocking on a lot of doors ... I was very surprised at the 11th hourness of it,” Buchanan said on Friday. Moore said she was “really sad and shocked because I know how much work goes into this. Anyone who enters a race like this, it takes a lot of courage and my thoughts are with him.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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the auction raised $161,000. Businesses paid for the right to have their names and logos on the tarps on pony chuckwagons that will race in the Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships. The races go nightly during the annual Westerner Days Fair and Exposition from July 15 to 19. Nearly 4,000 spectators watch the races each night.

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Warmth forces closure of Canyon Ski Resort

Candid cameras will watch motorists at a number of Red Deer photo radar sites until March 31. School zones: Nolan Street, Pamely Avenue, 55th Avenue, 40yh Avenue, and 39th Street. Playground zones: Northey Avenue, Boyce Street, 57th Avenue, Oak Street, and Vanier Drive. Traffic corridors: Taylor Drive, 30th Avenue, 40th Avenue, 50th Avenue, 43rd Street, 49th Avenue, and 49th Street. Police reserve the right to change sites without notice.

Unseasonably warm weather has melted plans for weekend events at Canyon Ski Resort. The ski hill east of Red Deer announced on Friday that it is now closed for the season. The ski area usually ends its season with a weekend of events called the Slush Cup. However, warm weather created washouts that can’t be repaired without a big dump of natural snow that is not in the forecast. Daytime temperatures are expected to hover around 0C all weekend.

Pony chuckwagon tarps raise $146,000 at auction

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Businesses hitched themselves to 56 wagons during the 17th annual Westerner Days pony chuckwagon tarp auction on Wednesday. In total, $146,150 was raised for the pony chuckwagon drivers. Last year,

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Sadie Flynn offers up a strong season finale Husband killer Sadie Flynn stepped off the bus this week and into a pretty riotous Central Alberta Theatre production. Sadie Flynn Comes to Big Oak, which opened on Friday at Red Deer’s Quality Inn, North Hill, is the group’s last dinner theatre of the season and probably the strongest of this year’s CAT pickings. It boasts a deLANA pendably funny MICHELIN script by Canada’s go-to playwright Norm Foster, a veteran cast of talented community actors, and some solid direction by Erna Soderberg. With kooky characters ranging from earnest-but-dumb cafe worker Orson, to gossipy receptionist Rachel, to jilted, tell-it-like-it-is hairstylist Bev, the play and its depiction of small-town life scored some serious points with Wednesday’s preview audience. When flirty ex-con Sadie, played as a tongue-in-cheek femme fatale by Deb O’Brien, arrives in Big Oak, she’s surprised to find herself a celebrity. The town is apparently sleepy enough to welcome a notorious murderer into its arms even though local folks know Sadie was convicted for offing her cheating Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff husband with two shotgun blasts. (Her Michael Sutherland as Tom and Deb O’Brien as Sadie Flynn rehearse at the Quality Inn. The Central Alberta Theatre lawyer had unsuccessfully argued they production of Sadie Flynn Comes to Big Oak is a CAT dinner theatre production. were “accidental.”) Big Oak’s cafe owner and self-professed ladies’ man Tom, smarmily porWednesday’s preview, with forgotten lines and a bit benchmark for other actors to measure up to for trayed by Michael Sutherland, seems particularly energy level and comic timing. From the moment of slack pacing in the second act, but this should be willing to give the cute newcomer a chance in hopes her plain-speaking stylist enters with the line “I overcome with more performances. that she’ll date him. must have done something to piss off God because Don’t look for anything but broad laughs from SaBut then love’s been in the air ever since Tom’s my life’s coming apart like a fat boy’s pants,” she bedie Flynn Comes to Big Oak, a comedy of errors, full of dopey sidekick, Orson (Jim Claggett), confessed his comes a scene stealer to watch for. 16-year crush on the recently separated hairdresser Glorene Ellis also provides consistent amusement double entendres and jokes about male endowment. But it’s OK to just have a good chuckle every now Bev. as town gossip Rachel, a medical receptionist who and again — heck, it’s even necessary. Andrea Hughes Coleman, a seasoned community apparently doesn’t know the meaning of “personal actor who recently moved to Red Deer from Sarnia, The dinner theatre comedy runs to April 18. and confidential.” Ont., is absolutely priceless as Bev and sets a high There were a couple of rough patches during lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Corden proves a most gracious host BY LYNN ELBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — James Corden is the perfect host. He offers a visitor to his modest office at CBS Television City a pillow for an uncomfortable chair. He raids a mini-fridge for drinks, suggesting bottled coffee (“Only three calories!”). He’s attentive and appealing in conversation. That’s for an audience of one. Now Corden must demonstrate that he’s got what it takes to please viewers when he takes over CBS’ The Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson’s former home, on Monday just after 12:30 a.m. EDT. He’s proved himself elsewhere. Corden sang, danced and tumbled his way to a 2012 Tony Award for the exuberant farce One Man, Two Guvnors; co-starred in the movie adaptation of “Into the Woods”; and scored TV hits in his native England including Gavin & Stacey and The Wrong Mans. But a U.S. talk show is an unlikely next step for a shortish, chubby-cheeked Brit who has the look of an amiable game-show host rather than a polished late-night TV ringmaster in the mould of the two Jimmys (NBC’s Fallon, ABC’s Kimmel) or Stephen Colbert, David Letterman’s replacement this fall on CBS’ Late Show. Despite Corden’s estimable reputation on Broadway and in Britain, he’s largely unknown to viewers on this side of the pond. “No matter how shocked you or anyone else might be that I’m doing the show, I’m as shocked if not more,” he said. “I never thought that this would be something that would come my way.” It was Corden’s New York stage performance that prompted CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler to consider him as a possible successor to Ferguson, who exited in December. “You knew that you were in the presence of someone a little crazy and someone incredibly talented,” Tassler told reporters earlier this year. “He’s a combination of Jack Black and Fred Astaire. He’s pretty magic.” Performing was his childhood dream and a family tradition, Corden said. His great-grandfather was a musician and so was his grandfather, who toured with Shirley Bassey and other prominent singers. Corden’s father, now a Christian book salesman, was a musician in Britain’s Royal Air Force. “There was never a minute where I ever, ever wanted to do anything else,” Corden said. For Late Show, he brought in a trusted friend and colleague from back home, producer-director Ben Winston, to serve as executive producer along with Rob Crabbe, who worked with Fallon on his late-night shows. The inventive Reggie Watts, known for his music and comedy, was handpicked by Corden as bandleader. The show they’re building aims to feature Corden’s talents and provide a comfortable spotlight for his guests, the producers said — a message they’ve delivered to celebrity publicists

James Corden who may be wary that Corden shares countryman Ricky Gervais’ mercilessly sharp tongue. “His comedy is never nasty and cynical. It’s always generous and warm,” Winston said. As for specifics, Corden and his producers said the show is and will be a work in progress, even as it airs. They are eager to import an element that’s part of some British talk shows: bringing all the guests out together, rather than one by one as is common here. The intended result is spontaneity, Corden said, “seeing people interact in a way that is a bit more interesting.” The show’s location is a reflection of the talkshow traffic jam in New York — including the transplanted Tonight Show — which has made guest bookings more competitive. In Los Angeles, Late Late Show has Kimmel and Conan O’Brien as its chief rivals in the talent hunt. “We could be like third banana here, while in New York we’d be like ninth banana,” Crabbe said. Tom Hanks, an undisputed A-lister, and Mila Kunis are the opening-night guests, followed by Kerry Washington and Chris Pine on Tuesday and Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell on Wednesday. Modest Mouse and Leon Bridges are the announced musical performers. The show is starting out with an abbreviated launch, making way on Thursday and Friday for CBS Sports’ coverage of NCAA basketball.

She Has a Name set to become a movie project BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A locally-written play about human sex trafficking could soon become an independent movie that merges activism with commerce. Local investors are getting behind the She Has a Name film project, which will be based on a script by local playwright Andrew Kooman. Nearly $500,000 has been raised towards creating the movie, which would need about half of its budget of $2.6 million if filming is to go ahead this summer in Thailand, said executive-producer Lance Kadatz. Kadatz, who is a vice-president and chief financial officer of the Red Deer car finance company Rifco, believes the film stands to make a good return for investors. While She Has a Name deals with weightier subject matter than the 2002 sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a $5-million film that earned $241.4 million across North America, he sees parallels. Kadatz believes Kooman’s story about the plight of a young girl who is turned into a captive prostitute would also interest a broad audience — from religious to humanitarian to the indie film festival crowd. “I don’t think anyone is in favour of sex slavery,” said the executive producer, who sees the project as becoming a “catalyst for change.” When Kadatz saw Kooman’s powerful She Has A Name play in 2011, he was left feeling “what can I do to make a difference?” Imagine how many people would have that same reaction if the movie was distributed worldwide, he added. In turning his stage script into a screenplay, activist/ playwright Kooman hopes more people will realize they can support non-profit advocacy groups that are trying to stop human trafficking. His two-act stage drama was produced by Calgary’s Burnt Thicket Theatre, and toured across Canada after its initial run in Calgary and Red Deer. It’s still being staged by various groups in the U.S., and it being translated for a Latin American version, said Kooman, who wrote the play after 54 people suffocated to death in a tiny sea container in 2008 while being smuggled from Myanmar into Thailand. He also sees the film project as another creative opportunity, in terms of allowing him to expand his story line and cast. While no actors have yet signed on for the project, Kadatz would like to see some Canadians with name recognition in the cast. Filmmakers are hoping to start shooting on location in Bangkok in August. Digital footage would be edited this fall in the local Unveil Studios in Red Deer, which Kooman runs with his brothers Matt and Dan Kooman, who will be involved in the directing, producing and editing process. Matthew previously directed the 2007 documentary E for Everyone: The Mouse and the Elephant, which was created by a team of Red Deer filmmakers and is about how prosperous Westerners view the developing world. If all goes well, the She Has a Name film might be ready for distribution by the end of the year, said Kadatz. He aims to get a distribution deal in commercial theatres, but also plans to make the film available for private showings as fundraisers for non-profit groups. More information about the project, as well as investment opportunities, are available at unveilstudios.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Conservatory Grade 4 voice category from a recent performing arts festival. The home-schooled Grade 10 student travelled to London, Ont., to receive the award. Nelson said she was thrilled to win the medal, as well as the Eileen Higgins Scholarship. “I’d like to have a career in music,” said the student, who’s particularly interested in musical theatre. What is This Feeling? from the musical Wicked was one of the songs she performed for festival judges. Her voice teacher, Teresa Allred of Red Deer, said Nelson was up against dozens of talented singers from across the province, but she trained hard and showed a lot of natural talent. “I’m proud of her. Her voice just excels — especially in musical theatre,” added Allred, who noted Nelson takes on a character during her performances to really shine on stage.

Award-winning author Stenson reading in Red Deer

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Musician and producer Joel Plaskett: he turns 40 next month and ruminates on aging, alcohol and ambition on his latest CD.

Joel Plaskett shares wisdom on age, alcohol, work BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — On April 18, Joel Plaskett will turn 40 — and while that milestone doesn’t make him feel old, it might have a different effect on his fans. After all, some have been following him since the early ’90s, when his sneaky-ambitious, ’70s-worshipping outfit Thrush Hermit kicked up a frothy teenage racket out East. Plaskett’s latest, the deliberately homemade The Park Avenue Sobriety Test, finds the Dartmouth, N.S., songwriter ruminating on aging, alcohol and ambition — and The Canadian Press pried deeper into Plaskett’s feelings on his thematic inspirations.

On alcohol:

“A lot of the environments I’ve played music in for years all involve boozing. And a lot of social circumstances involve it. It’s not like the record’s about being sober. It’s not like I’ve ever really had a drinking problem — although I like drinking, sometimes. Then I don’t all of a sudden. “But more like, you can use booze to heighten your good time or really deepen your bad time, depending on where you’re residing in your cycle of ups and downs. And the record has a bit of that. “I’m not trying to romanticize it or condemn it. It’s not really a comment on drinking per se. “I didn’t drink at all as a teenager, in my 20s, but then that changed. And now, alcohol’s part of my life, but it’s not a debilitating part. But you can feel the pull of it, do you know what I mean, and the allure. And the idea that it’d be way easier to have a few drinks right now and not do anything else.”

On aging:

“I’m deeper in my career than I realize. I start thinking about the guys whose records I admire, like Neil

Young or Elvis Costello, and where they were at in this stage in their careers when they were in their 40s. And I’m like, ’Wait, was I even listening to the records they were making in their 40s?’ “I believe there’s only one way to go: up. I love the idea of getting old with my friends and family. Love might be a strong word. But I don’t have a problem with it. I like that collection of memories that continues to deepen. I’m ready to embrace that. There’s something reassuring about that. You can’t run from it. If you run from it, you just end up being unhappy. “The record wrestles that, a little bit. I can feel myself going grey. And building the studio was really stressful. I’m taking on a lot. But it’s all firstworld problems. Actually, I hate that phrase. Don’t quote me on that. You can quote me on that, but quote me saying I hate that phrase.”

On his career:

“I haven’t toured as much. I did a lot behind (2009’s) Three. I did a lot behind (2012’s) Scrappy Happiness too. But I’ve got a seven-year-old son and my studio’s a few blocks from my house. I’m still as busy as I’ve ever been, but I’m home a lot too. “Part of the reason I built the studio is ... I didn’t want my livelihood to be exclusively on the road. Because really that’s where the money is as a musician if you want to make a living, because records don’t sell enough to fund what you’re doing. I’m not the sort of person who writes songs that people cover, because they’re all of a personal nature. I tend to dwell on the idiosyncratic. “When Three was as received as it was, I think it dawned on me that my career isn’t going to go away. And I was nervous about that album. Because that was like, so much material. And it got a lot of critical response. I was like, I guess I’ve been doing this a long time ... and it’s not going to evaporate all of a sudden. So that gave me a sense of security.

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Two shows at RDC this week Two chances to hear some great music are coming up next week at Red Deer College. On Wednesday, new student compositions will be premiered at a noon-hour concert in Studio C of the RDC Arts Centre. You can bring your lunch and it’s free admission. Then homage will be paid to the Giants of Jazz at a evening concert featuring the RDC Big Band on Thursday on the RDC Arts Centre’s main stage. Big band musicians and their guests will tip their hats to the great jazz composers, “whose music and performances have left a lasting impression on the sounds of our time.” Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $21.80 ($17.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Canadian a cappella group HOJA will perform in Red Deer on March 28. HOJA will be perform at a casino night as part of a fundraiser for Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society. The event will have a cash bar, silent auction and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $60. The fundraiser is at Festival Hall from 7 p.m. to midnight. Festival Hall is located at 4214 58th St. For further information or tickets, call 403-356-0055 or email rdchs@telus. net.

Doerksen speaks in Red Deer Tuesday A Calgary based artist who has held exhibits in the Brazil, the U.K., U.S. and throughout Canada will speak in Red Deer on Tuesday. Hannah Doerksen’s work often makes use of a variety of materials and conveys strong emotions. She is speaking as part of the Visiting Artist series through Red Deer College. Doerksen will speak at the Welikoklad Event Centre from 7 to 9 p.m. The centre is located at 4922 49th St. The event is free and open to everyone. For more information, visit the visual art department page at rdc.ab.ca.

Until Red playing at Gilmore Guitars Some Manitoba-roots music is coming your way from the band Until Red. The three musicians from Brandon, Man., will perform on Sunday afternoon at Gilmore Guitars, at 4676 61st St. in Red Deer. Having performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Brandon Folk Festival, Harvest Sun Festival, Dauphin Countryfest, Rockin’ the Fields of Minnedosa, and more than 100 other shows since their demo tune Johanna was released last year, Until Red is working on a new album. Other goals include “fame, fortune, girlfriends, regular meals, and freshly washed clothes.” The lineup of drummer Roman Clarke, lead vocalist/guitarist Dylan MacDonald and bassist Liam Duncan will perform at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 from the venue, or by calling 403-986-1152.

Nelson earns medal of excellence Performing a song from the musical Wicked landed a 15-year-old Blackfalds student a top vocal medal for Alberta. Emily Nelson was awarded top marks in the province and received the medal of excellence in the Canadian

The Creative Process with Margaret Atwood

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Red Deer residents can enjoy an afternoon reading by an award-winning Canadian author. Fred Stenson is a founding member of the Writers Guild of Alberta and has won the Grant MacEwan Author’s Prize. Who by Fire, his latest book, goes from the 1960s to present, focusing on the relationship between people and progress. Stenson will read from Who by Fire on March 27 at 3 p.m. at the Red Deer College library. The reading will last about 45 minutes and is free. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 403-342-3344.

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Eager dater smells of desperation Dear Harlan: I’m 21 and single. ed in having sex before marriage, they I tend to get very emotional very jump to someone else. fast. The early stages of a relationship How do you find someone who is become endless overthinking. open to waiting until marriage, and I’ve started to shy away because I’m how do you bring it up in a conversatoo afraid of messing it up. tion? What’s a good first few steps How do you find someone to get to know someone that from the start who lines up you meet without seeming with your religious beliefs? too eager? — Slow Cooker — Waiting and Searching Dear Slow: I used to be Dear Waiting: I don’t like too eager. using the Duggar family Women could smell it. (from 19 Kids and Counting) I pretended not to be, but as examples, but their kids I would come off as too are pros at not having sex needy. before marriage (according My problem: I didn’t to TLC). have options, I hated reTake Jessa and Jill Dugjection and I was nervous gar — they were virgins who that someone who liked had never even kissed a boy me would stop wanting me. (as reported). Jessa met her HARLAN Then something changed. I husband after he visited COHEN worked to build a life that the Duggars’ church. Ben’s was interesting. I took on family went to the Duggars’ personal challenges that home for fellowship and the didn’t include finding a girlfriend. two spotted each other. Jessa’s dad, I trained to run a marathon, wrote Jim Bob, made the introduction and a book, took improv classes, got fit and the two connected over studying scripthrew myself into my business. ture. I dated, but dating didn’t define me. The next oldest, Jill, met her husWhen I met my wife, I had options, in- band Derick Dillard through religion terests and didn’t need to be wanted. (shocker). Derick reached out to Jim The best way to not look eager is to not Bob to be his prayer partner during need to be wanted. humanitarian work in Nepal. Her dad Put together a list of five challenges introduced Derick to Jessa and the two you want to take on this spring (one started chatting via text and Skype. physical, emotional, social, spiritual Then boom! Married. and professional). Make them chalPeople with strong values meet peolenges that don’t involve dating. Work ple with similar values by doing things to make dating less important. that revolve around faith and values. While you can’t control who wants If you aren’t religious, then you get inyou, it’s easier to control this urge to volved with activities and originations be wanted. When you have love in your that revolve around your strong values. life without being in love, it’s much Spend time surrounded by men with easier to look less eager. similar values and sex won’t be an isDear Harlan: It’s not as easy as you sue. Spend time at a bar with drunk make it sound to find someone willing men at 2 a.m. and sex will be an issue. to wait to have sex. Dear Harlan: I’m not sure where to Every guy I meet wants to jump into go from here. I’m a 21-year-old man bed. When I tell them I’m not interest- who has dated a lot of women, but I

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can’t seem to find one who meets everything I’m looking for. I think the problem might be me. Should I get into a relationship if I’m not 100 per cent satisfied with myself? — Can’t Get No Satisfaction Dear No Satisfaction: I’ve been married 11 years and I’m still working on me. I’m like a busy highway in the summer — I’m a constant work in progress. We are all works in progress. What matters most is that you know what you need to work on and are committed to doing the work. Women find this hot. If you know your insecurities and are working to turn them into strengths, you’ll be in the right place. If you can meet someone who loves you for the person you are today, and understands that you’re working to be your best, that’s a perfect match. The problem is that too many people are looking to meet someone to cover up their own fears and insecurities. They aren’t in a place of strength. As for meeting someone who meets everything you’re looking for, make the list shorter. Pick essential qualities that are must haves. Make a partner’s desire for self-improvement one of them. If you find a woman who is working to be her best, and you continue to work to be your best, the qualities that are missing will be negligible because you have found the best. Dear Harlan: My friends tell me that my boyfriend and I are strangely similar. We share a lot of the same interests and spend a lot of time together doing the same things. I don’t see the problem. Do you think that being very similar to a significant other can be detrimental to the relationship? — Strangely Similar Dear Strangely Similar: My interpretation — your friends are telling you

that you have no life other than your relationship. Being too enmeshed can be dangerous. It’s hard to set boundaries and be honest when you don’t have a life that belongs to you. Also, interesting things lose interest when it’s all you talk about. You always need to have interests that belong to you. He needs to have interests that belong to him. Without other interests, life isn’t as interesting. Having two different lives while together makes you that much more interesting. You meet different people, have unique experiences and share different stories. But if I’m wrong and you have independent lives, share similar interests and love being together, there isn’t a problem. Disregard all my advice. Dear Harlan: I haven’t hooked up (kissed or had sex with, whatever someone’s definition is) with anyone while I was sober, since my high-school years. I don’t know what I can do to fix it — it’s not like I lose confidence if I’m sober, or girls don’t like me sober — they just always friend-zone me first. What the heck is that all about? — Drunk Love Dear Drunk Love: You get friendzoned when you’re sober because you act like a friend. When you’re drunk, you act like a guy who wants to hook up. No inhibitions. The scary part — no such thing as consent when drunk. Want to do an experiment? Don’t drink for three months. Instead, pretend that you’ve been drinking. Act fearless like you do when you’re drunk. If you can’t function while sober, get help for your drinking and self-confidence issues. Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

Battlefield Hardline cheesy but doesn’t disappoint GAMES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “We’re playing a dangerous game, detective.” Rule of thumb: When a video game character warns you about the game itself, you’re in for some grade-A cheese. And Battlefield Hardline (Electronic Arts, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, $59.99) doesn’t disappoint. The latest entry in EA’s long-running combat franchise represents a radical departure from formula. Instead of playing an American soldier battling enemy forces abroad, you’re an American cop battling drug dealers at home. At times, you actually act like a policeman, searching for evidence and taking perps into custody rather than just shooting them in cold blood. But it quickly escalates into fullblown, Michael Bay-style chaos. That leads to some flamboyant set pieces — one memorable firefight takes place in a mall that’s being ripped apart by a hurricane — but any pretense of gritty realism goes flying out the window. The story is presented as a series of 10 TV episodes, each about 45 minutes

long. That presentation is enhanced by a few familiar faces like Benito Martinez (The Shield) and Kelly Hu (Arrow), and you even get a “Previously on ...” highlight reel if you’ve stepped away from the series for a while. Still, don’t expect an elite crime drama like, say, Justified or True Detective; instead, Hardline aims more for the ridiculous hyperviolence of Bay’s Bad Boys movies. It’s probably unfair to expect subtlety from Battlefield, a series known for serving up instruments of destruction and then inviting you to do your worst. Hardline doesn’t skimp on the hardware, offering more than 50 weapons and a couple dozen turbo-charged vehicles. For most Battlefield veterans, the solo action will merely serve as an appetizer for multiplayer competition. After the glitchy online launch of 2013’s Battlefield 4, fans have reason to be wary, but EA’s servers seem to be operating smoothly this time around. I’ve had no trouble joining online matches — although, given the number of times I’ve been shot in the back, I clearly need more practice. Hardline offers eight types of online competition. Some are variations on established formats like team death match and capture-the-flag. (The “flag” in this case is a big pile of cash.) The

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U.S. Presbyterians approve gay marriage CHANGE CHURCH CONSTITUTION; NEW DEFINITION ADDS ‘2 PEOPLE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved redefining marriage in the church constitution Tuesday to include a “commitment between two people,” becoming the largest U.S. Protestant group to formally recognize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddings in every congregation. The new definition was endorsed last year by the church’s General Assembly, or top legislative body, but required approval from a majority of the denomination’s 171 regional districts, or presbyteries. The critical 86th “yes” vote came Tuesday night from a presbytery in New Jersey. After all regional bodies vote and top Presbyterian leaders officially accept the results, the change will take effect on June 21. The denomination has nearly 1.8 million members and about 10,000 congregations. The Rev. Robin White, a leader of More Light Presbyterians, which advocates for gay acceptance within the church, said many families headed by same-sex couples “have been waiting for decades to enter this space created for their families within their church

communities.” So far, 41 presbyteries have rejected the redefinition, which includes a provision that no clergy would be compelled to preside at a gay marriage or host such a ceremony on church property. The vote in one presbytery was tied, according to a tally by the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, a pro-gay group that works to keep Presbyterians united despite theological differences. Last year, the church had allowed ministers to preside at gay weddings if local church leaders approved in states where the unions were legally recognized. The new wording for the church Book of Order, which authorizes same-sex marriages church-wide, will read, “Marriage involves a unique commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman, to love and support each other for the rest of their lives.” Church leaders released statements on Tuesday urging “mutual forbearance” amid disagreements over the amendment. “We hope that such ’up/down’ voting does not mark the end, but the continuation of our desire to live in community,” the two top General Assembly officials said. Between 2011, when the

Presbyterian church authorized gay ordination, and 2013, the latest year for which figures are available, 428 of the denomination’s churches left for more conservative denominations or dissolved, though some theological conservatives have remained as they decide how to move forward. Carmen Fowler LaBerge, president of the conservative Presbyterian Lay Committee, said the new definition was “an express repudiation of the Bible” and approved “what God does not bless.” LaBerge’s group has urged Presbyterians to protest by redirecting donations away from the national church until the original marriage definition is restored. Paul Detterman, national director of The Fellowship Community, a network of theologically conservative Presbyterian churches that have stayed with the denomination, said his organization will “remain faithfully engaged in conversation” with those of different views in the church. He said the Fellowship’s opposition to the amendment is “in no way intended to be antigay,” but aims “with humility” to uphold the traditional Bible view of marriage. Although several U.S. Protestant denominations have taken significant steps toward

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In this June 19, 2014 photo, Gary Lyon, left, of Leechburg, Pa., and Bill Samford, of Hawley, Pa., celebrate after a vote allowing Presbyterian pastors discretion in marrying same-sex couples at the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cobo Hall, in Detroit. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved redefining marriage in the church constitution March 17, 2015, to include a “commitment between two people,” becoming the largest Protestant group to formally recognize gay marriage as Christian and allow same-sex weddings in every congregation. Christ became the first major Protestant denomination to back same-sex marriage, urging its congregations to develop wedding policies “that do not discriminate against couples based on gender.”

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C9 Cheap gas keeps inflation low

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2015

STATISTICS CANADA REPORTS FEBRUARY RATE HOLDS AT 1 PER CENT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate held steady for the second straight month as higher price tags nearly across the board met headwinds created by low gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency’s consumer price index increased by just 1.0 per cent last month compared with a year earlier, in large part due to the 21.8 per cent drop in pump prices. However, economists pointed to the strength in February of the core inflation rate, a measure closely monitored by the Bank of Canada that excludes some volatile items such as gasoline. The core rate was 2.1 per cent last month, down from 2.2 per cent in January. The central bank aims to keep that core reading as close as possible to an ideal two per cent target and it can adjust its overnight interest rate to help guide it toward that mark. Jimmy Jean, an economist with Desjardins Capital Markets, said the core rate’s resilience should have considerable influence on whether the Bank of Canada moves its trend-setting rate next month. “That’s something that might tell

them maybe it’s better to wait,” said Jean, who anticipates the bank will keep its rate at 0.75 per cent at its next rate announcement on April 15. A pair of upcoming speeches, scheduled for next week, by Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and deputy governor Timothy Lane will attract a lot of attention from observers scouring for cues on the timing of the next rate move, Jean added. In terms of upward pressure on prices, the report found higher costs in broad categories such as food, which rose by 3.9 per cent, and shelter, up by 1.8 per cent. The biggest year-overyear price increases included meat at 12.4 per cent and natural gas, which climbed by 10.8 per cent. Without seasonal adjustment, the headline consumer price index increased by 0.9 percentage points between January and February. Analysts said many of the month-tomonth price gains were tied to items that were particularly sensitive to changes in the exchange rate, such as travel tours and furniture. The Canadian dollar has been sinking for months. “The inflation outlook in 2015 can best be described as a battle of the forces,” TD Bank economist Diana Petramala wrote in a note to clients. “More specifically, as the combi-

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Oil has fallen close to its lowest level in 6 years, and many expect it to fall much further in the coming weeks because supplies are still heading up and the summer driving season is still months away. nation of the drop in gas prices and a weak Canadian dollar continue to drive a wedge between headline consumer prices and the Bank of Canada’s core measure of inflation.” To demonstrate the inflation-dampening effect of lower pump prices, Statistics Canada noted the rate would

have increased to 2.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in February if gasoline had been excluded. Still, February’s month-to-month gasoline price index registered a gain of 9.4 per cent compared to January.

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A la carte channel selection Free wi-fi threatens jobs, kids content zones set up

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SOME TV PRODUCERS FEAR RESULT OF RECENT CRTC RULING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An a la carte system gives TV fans more choice but they’ll ultimately have fewer channels to choose from, say some Canadian producers who predict job losses and less programming for kids. But most at risk are channels that don’t really license original content anyway, like Book Television, says the head of the Canadian Media Production Association, referring to the struggling Bell Media channel that’s become a poster child for what’s wrong with the current bundling system. “All broadcasting channels are going to be under pressure. Some will disappear and some won’t and that will really be determined by consumer choice,” said Michael Hennessy, noting that’s not entirely a bad thing. “How many channels today — from our perspective that are really buying original content — are there? That are attracting a lot of audience? It’s a relatively small number. I would say once you get beyond your top 20 or 30 channels there’s a whole bunch of channels nobody’s watching.” He estimates independent TV producers were responsible for more than 125,000 jobs and almost $6 billion in economic activity in 2013/14. The CRTC’s new rules likely won’t boost those numbers, he predicted. “All you will do is shrink the number of companies without making anybody bigger.” Consumers across the country will soon have the chance to subscribe to individual channels or small-

Foundation seeks images and stories supporting agriculture The FarmOn Foundation is again urging farmers to raise their voices in support of agriculture. FarmOn, which is based in Bashaw, launched a public awareness campaign in 2013 through which farmers were asked to share photos and messages on social media. The initiative was repeated in 2014, and is now underway for a third year. Last year, FarmVoices attracted thousands of electronic submissions from farmers around the world. Although its goal is to raise public awareness

er TV bundles under regulations introduced Thursday by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The CRTC also ordered TV providers to offer a basic package at no more than $25 a month. Just how that could change the TV landscape has yet to be seen, but some observers celebrated the likelihood of a thinned-out dial, where truly great homegrown productions might have a shot at finding audiences. “Because there are so many channels, everything is massively fractured,” says Adam Shaheen of Cuppa Coffee Studios, responsible for animation productions including “Glenn Martin DDS.” “You’re getting two people on every channel and that now makes up a sort of normal audience.” And if people lose their jobs, maybe they deserve to go, he suggested. “The cream of the crop rises to the top. Meaning the people who are producing programming that people actually want will stay in business,” said Shaheen. “I’m not fussed about that at all.” Still, Hennessy worried about the fate of kidsfocused channels. “Everybody I think would agree that having children’s channels is a good thing. But at the same time, if you have no children, you’re very unlikely to actually subscribe to a kids channel,” said Hennessy. Jacob Leibovitch, director of public policy communications and research at ACTRA national, predicted the changes would mean “less for performers, less for writers, (less for) directors.”

Please see CRTC on Page C9 about farming, organizers say it’s also encouraged interaction between farmers. To participate in FarmVoices, farmers can post a photo on social media that illustrates what they love about farming, the challenges they face or how they care for their land and animals They can share other images or stories. Contributions can be made using the hashtag #FARMVOICES, with submissions available for viewing at http://farmon.com/pages/farmvoices.aspx The campaign culminates each year on April 22, which is Earth Day. The FarmOn Foundation promotes agriculture and farming as a career.

O-NET TO OFFER SEVERAL FREE INTERNET HOOKUPS THROUGHOUT TOWN BY ADVOCATE STAFF Internet users in Olds will soon be able to tap into free Wi-Fi access points. The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development announced on Friday that the service will be offered by O-NET and Mountain View Power, both of which are owned by the Olds Institute — a community-owned, non-profit economic development organization. Wireless access points are planned for Uptowne Olds, the Cornerstone area along Highway 27 west, Olds Town Hall and the south-east industrial area this spring as part of the first phase of the three-year project. O-NET already provides free Wi-Fi at Olds College, through a partnership with the college. The Olds Institute said the Mountain View Power, which is a local electricity reseller, will fund the project from its profits — all of which are invested back into the community. That will consist of an initial capital investment of $154,000 and operating cost of $42,000. The technology will be furnished by O-NET, which operates a broadband network service in the town. A release issued by the Olds Institute said those within range of the Wi-Fi access points will be able to perform such functions as making phone calls or texting, listening to music, reading electronic books or uploading photos to social media accounts, without the need of a data package for their devices. O-NET, which operates a fibre-optic broadband network, was recently identified by the Huffington Post as having the fastest broadband download speed of any community in Canada. The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development created in 2001 by the Olds and District Chamber of Commerce, Olds College, Olds Regional Exhibition and the Town of Olds. It’s since expanded to include Mountain View County, Chinook’s Edge School Division and Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools as associate members.

Tips for dealing with the stress of being laid off Dear Working Wise: I was just laid off from my job after five years with the same company. Unfortunately, the whole industry has slowed down and no one is hiring. I’m a bit shocked and not sure what to do. — Unsure Dear Unsure: Losing your job can be one of the most stressful life events you may ever face. Getting a pink slip doesn’t just affect your cash flow — it can affect your confidence, self-esteem and the friendships you’ve made through work. If you feel like you’re wrestling with the emotions from losing your job, check out the Coping With Your Loss section on the Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) website at alis. alberta.ca/jobloss. Emotional support is also available through the mental health helpline at 1-877-303-2642 or albertahealthservices.ca/mentalhealth. asp. First, negotiate your severance and settlement. Don’t feel pressured to accept a severance or settlement package immediately. Take some time to think

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surance (EI). Contact your nearest Service Canada Centre if you haven’t received your record within 14 days of your last pay from your employer. Fourth, apply for EI online at servicecanada.gc.ca/ei or in person at your nearest Service Canada Centre. Apply for EI as soon as you stop working. You can even apply for EI before you receive your record of employment. Fifth, review your finances and develop a budget for when you are looking for a new job. Ask your accountant, banker or financial adviser for advice, or check out the free tips on the Money Mentors website at: moneymentors.ca. If you don’t have a severance package, are not eligible for EI and have no other resources (e.g., family support, investments or savings) you can apply for income support assistance while you look for a new job through Alberta Works. For more information on income support, visit humanservices.alberta. ca.

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Gold futures: US$1,184.60 per oz., up $15.60 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.250 oz., down up 89 cents $715.34 kg., up $28.62 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $4.10 lower $460.90; July ’15 $3.10 lower $457.90; Nov ’15 $4.60 lower $444.90; Jan. ’16 $4.90 lower $446.10; March ’16 $4.90 lower $448.30; May ’16 $5.00 lower $450.70; July ’16 $5.10 lower $453.10; Nov. ’16 $4.60 lower $450.40; Jan. ’17 $4.60 lower $450.40; March ’17 $4.60 lower $450.40; May ’17 $4.60 lower $450.40 Barley (Western): May ’15 $8.00 higher $196.00; July ’15 $6.00 higher $196.00; Oct. ’15 $6.00 higher $187.00; Dec. ’15 $6.00 higher $187.00; March ’16 $6.00 higher $187.00; May ’16 $6.00 higher $187.00; July ’16 $6.00 higher $187.00; Oct. ’16 $6.00 higher $187.00; Dec. ’16 $6.00 higher $187.00; March ’17 $6.00 higher $187.00; May ’17 $6.00 higher $187.00. Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 291,580 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 291,580.

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“The industry itself will suffer,” said Leibovitch. Others took a wait-and-see approach. “Will we be better off or worse off? It’s very hard to say right now, I know there’s a fair bit of panic in the industry,” said Maureen Parker, executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada. Of course, there will be opportunities in this new era of emerging online platforms. But these new services are not commissioning much original Canadian content, nor are they regulated, said Hennessy. Nevertheless, Shaheen said today’s producers can’t rely on the old TV model. “We’re working now on putting together a whole package of shows that just go straight to a major IT provider,”

It said the increase followed seven straight monthly declines and was the largest gain since it rose by 12.4 per cent in March 2007. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the consumer price index was up 0.2 per cent in February, following decreases of 0.2 per cent in January, December and November. Geographically, inflation rates increased in six provinces in the 12 months leading up to February, with Ontario registering the biggest gain at 1.3 per cent, Statistics Canada said. Statistics Canada also said Friday that total retail sales for January fell 1.7 per cent to $41.36 billion.

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they had been excluded. Also, Statistics Canada said retail sales were $41.4 billion in January, a one-month decline of 1.7 per cent. It said sales were lower in seven of its 11 subsectors but gasoline stations represented a majority of the decline between December and January. Excluding gasoline, retail sales fell 0.8 per cent in January. The TSX telecom sector took a hit, down 0.5 per cent, after regulators unveiled major changes in how consumers will get their television services. The CRTC revealed Thursday that it will order cable and satellite companies to offer a socalled “skinny basic” package of channels for no more than $25 a month. Consumers will also get more freedom to “pick and pay” the channels that they want. Information technology stocks dropped 0.9 per cent overall, with BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) shares falling 3.3 per cent to $11.95 ahead of its fourth-quarter financial results next Friday.

South Korea has given no indication when it will lift a temporary ban on Canadian beef despite reassurances from the federal government about a case of mad cow disease found last month in Alberta. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was in the country this week as part of a trade mission aimed at bolstering exports to Asia. Ritz said he urged South Korea to lift the ban, noting that Canada’s official international status as a controlled risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy hasn’t changed. “They seem to be going more on the court of public opinion as opposed to using science as the right tool to move forward in this regard,” Ritz said from Tokyo during a conference call Friday. “We are going to continue to put pressure on them. “They do have a group coming to Canada next week. Hopefully that will help underscore that everything that we are doing is in Korean consumers’ best interests.”

South Korea is one of six countries that imposed temporary trade restrictions on beef imports from Canada after a breeding cow was found in February with BSE. The other countries include China, Taiwan, Peru and Belarus. Indonesia has suspended imports of non-edible bone meal. Canada and South Korea have a free trade agreement that went into effect on Jan. 1 — Canada’s first free trade agreement in the Asia Pacific region. Canadian food and agriculture exports to Korea totalled $622 million in 2014. “Concluding a free trade agreement is one thing, making it work on a dayto-day basis for our producers and our processors is, of course, another thing,” he said. Ritz said the BSE case wasn’t raised by officials in Vietnam or Japan, the other countries that were visited during the trade trip. Dave Solverson, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said officials he spoke with in these two countries suggested that they have no concerns.

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Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.04 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.06 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 62.47 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.31 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 35.13 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.21 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.85 Canyon Services Group. . 6.32 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 21.04 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 13.87 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.03

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.34 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.46 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.20 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.63 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.57 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.37 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 93.25 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.90 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.03 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.28 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.39 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.88 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.18

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO - Higher commodity prices propelled the Toronto stock market to a solid gain Friday as both the energy and metals sectors finished in positive territory. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 68.48 points to close at 14,942.41, marking a climb of 1.4 per cent over the week. The TSX mining and metals sector rose 6.1 per cent, with the May copper contract ahead 10.1 cents to US$2.76 a pound, while April gold bullion rose $15.60 to US$1,184.60 an ounce. The TSX energy sector was up one per cent Friday as the April contract, which expired at the close of the session, rose $1.76 to US$45.72 a barrel. The May contract gained $1.04 to $46.57 a barrel. Colin Cieszynski, senior markets analyst at CMC Markets Canada, said commodities have been boosted partly by comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday over interest rates. The Fed signalled it wants to see the job market improve and inflation to come off its lows before it begins raising rates. The outlook on interest rates weighed on the value of the U.S. dollar against international currencies, which helped prop up commodities. The loonie moved ahead 0.92 of a U.S. cent to 79.50 cents after Canada’s latest inflation figures showed lower gas prices offset higher prices for nearly everything else. Annual inflation held steady at 1.0 per cent in February, in line with analyst estimates. Statistics Canada said lower gasoline prices were a major factor and the inflation rate would have been 2.2 per cent if

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 14.02 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.62 First Quantum Minerals . 15.01 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.30 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.85 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.06 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.10 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.70 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.88

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.54 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.82 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 25.33 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 48.35 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.43 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.99 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.43 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.45 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.55 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.17 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 53.84

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 129.49 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.27 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.19 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 63.44

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.38 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.90 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.24 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.50

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 136.57 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.33 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.99 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.95 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.52 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.71 Cdn. National Railway . . 85.90 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 237.76 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.44 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.37 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.04 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 47.29 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 60.90 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.76 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.93 General Motors Co. . . . . 38.87 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.65 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.60 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.82 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.07 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.08 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.77 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.52

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Cabin Pressure Season 2 THE LID FINALY POPS Blimey. Is it really a year since we launched Cabin Pressure, Season 1, onto a hitherto unsuspecting TV audience? Little did our audience know, back then, what lay in store. To say we’re proud of that series is an understatement: we opened our hearts and delivered an honest appraisal of our log cabin reno — a project that employed minimal spend and a timetable of just four short months. Tackling the build, our eyes were opened — that which we thought would be an easy transformation turned into a professional monolith, a wolf in sheep’s clothing that drained our wee Scottish COLIN & sporrans. JUSTIN The word ‘hellish’ only touches the horror we met whilst peeling off the layers of a house that disclosed more rot and decay than an entire season of The Walking Dead. But that was then. We lived. And, damn it, we learned. The only consolation was that, having bought the cottage with another couple, every ‘correctional’ bill was apportioned 50/50. As a group, we were staggered by everything we encountered, but we found solace knowing we’d morphed one of the worst houses on the lake into one of the best. So you’d think, by now, we’d be well versed in the art of spotting a problem property, huh? Well yes — and, erm, no. Every house, no matter the level of pre-purchase inspection, has the potential to throw up surprises. And the term ‘buyer beware’ seems seldom more relevant than it is in the cottaging context. Which brings us neatly onto Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure, Season 2, which starts, incidentally, on March 22 at 9 p.m. Yup, we’ve done it again, only this time with higher stakes, having invested alone. The subject of our TV documentary, this time, is an 800-square-feet cabin in beautiful Haliburton, with a southwest elevation on Drag Lake. The parcel of land upon which the house sits is gorgeous and the adjacent fishing is excellent. Verdant outcroppings and lashings of Canadian Shield made it a beautiful prospect, but OMG, the cabin itself was rough. Dog rough. If last season’s cottage was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, then this one was a pig in lipstick. Sure, we imagined it was bad, but nothing prepared us for the drama that lay ahead. We knew the slanty shanty’s piers were collapsing (when first we viewed it was literally sloping by 30 degrees) but the problems ‘unwrapped’ by Randy Blain, our diligent contractor, were almost too much to bear. By Randy’s account, it would have been better to knock the house down, but, as much as we understood his reason, we liked our naive wee shack. Randy recognized the mathematical benefit of starting from scratch — but we barged ahead, blithely, with

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There’s nothing like a new coat of interior paint to make you feel good about your home and your life. But there’s also nothing like bad wall preparation and masking to make you feel crummy about the time and money you wasted getting bad painting results. That’s why every handson homeowner should know something about patching drywall and masking before paint. If you do your own painting, wall prep skills are just plain essential. Paint applied to unprepped walls is simply a waste. But even if you hire a professional painter, they’ll charge less if walls are in good shape before they arrive. Sometimes much less. Wall prep and masking skills also STEVE let you fix up little dents and MAXWELL dings as they happen between paint jobs, staving off household shabbiness in a way that extends time between full-blown repainting campaigns. Fixing drywall damage is all about filling holes and making repaired areas blend seamlessly with surrounding surfaces, and you’ll need four things for success: a utility knife to trim away loose areas of damage; a tub of spackling compound to fill the damaged cavity; a spatula-like tool called a drywall knife to spread the compound; and a sanding sponge to smooth the hardened compound so it’s level with the wall. The process of using these items is not unlike what dentists do to repair cavities, and like any good dentist you need to make sure all the bad stuff is gone before filling begins. Failure to remove all loose bits of paper and drywall before filling is the most common mistake I see beginners make. The trick is to get rid of everything — and I mean everything — that’s loose or extends above the surface of the wall before filling. Frazzled paper, loose chunks of drywall and flaky paint, it all has to go. Fear of making the damaged zone larger is what causes beginners to be timid at this stage, but don’t worry. Filling is easy, no matter how much larger the damaged zone has become. When it finally comes time to fill the cleaned and enlarged cavity, remember two things. First, swipe enough spackling compound into the cavity with your drywall knife so it rises slightly above the surrounding wall surfaces. And second, when you do sand the damaged area after it’s dry, it’s vital that the edge of the patched zone taper smoothly and flawlessly with the surrounding wall. Allow any step-shaped zone between these two surfaces to remain and it will become painfully obvious after paint goes on. Normally patched areas need to be primed to prevent new paint from peeling, but that’s just beginning to change. The only spackling compound I know of so far that accepts new paint properly without priming is 3M Patch Plus Primer. It’s quick drying too, so it makes the prep process easier. It also maintains a consistent paint sheen in the patched zone after sanding — something that other spackling compounds I’ve used often fail to do. With your wall prepped, it’s time to think of masking areas where you want fresh paint to stop around trim, baseboards or areas of other colour. As strange as it sounds, run-of-the-mill masking tape doesn’t really do a good job masking surfaces for painting. It actually takes a special tape to mask paint properly. I’ve had the most experience with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape. It works well, but only if you apply extra pressure along the edges to seal the zone between tape and wall. That’s key. A crinkle-free texture and well-behaved adhesives are the reasons painter’s tape works so well. But even still, it needs to be applied correctly to create crisp lines. To see how to choose and use masking tape properly, go to stevemaxwell.ca/wall-prepcourse for a free step-by-step video tutorial on the whole wall prep and masking operation. Follow this knowledge up with a careful paint job, and you’ll be amazed how much better you feel about your home and yourself. Steve Maxwell has been teaching homeowners to be more self-reliant since 1988. Visit SteveMaxwell.ca for Canada’s widest collection of home improvement articles, videos and real live help.

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transforms the heater into an exciting piece of modern art. And if you prefer to design your own image, that can be done, too. Shown here, a photo of a wallpaper pattern has been burned onto the heater’s glass front. The personalized result is non-fade, durable and easy to clean. Dear Debbie: I have a traditional house with framed pictures on the walls. I see many pictures with no frames that I would like to put up. Is there a decorating rule that says I can mix both framed and unframed pictures in the same room? Thank you. — MaryAnn Dear MaryAnn: There are no rules at all. I like to create long, narrow shelves, about three inches deep, with a small lip. Beloved pictures look fabulous standing in your gallery whether framed or not. Many larger paintings are sold frameless, simply wrapped around wood frames. These can be positioned alongside traditionally framed pictures as well. Take some time to move your pictures around, easier to do on the floor, and you will find a pleasing display that enhances all your art and photos. Dear Debbie: I am 80 years young and still like to decorate my house. I usually have artificial flowers in my living room — nice ones. What type of arrangement would you suggest between Christmas and spring? — Helen Dear Helen: As they say, 80 is the new 50! Glad you love flowers. I think it would be lovely to replace artificial ones with spring bulbs such as daffodils or crocuses. If you prefer artificial, there are some fabulous realistic grasses that will look fresh and are multi-seasonal. Lay down some stones or crystals or sand at the base of your arrangement. Tiny birds and forest creatures are also cheerful additions. Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Dear Debbie: We are looking into options for adding some additional heating to a bedroom and a playroom. We don’t want to go to the expense of turning up the heat in the whole house, but want these rooms cozy for children to play and sleep. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. — Nadine Dear Nadine: I came across the perfect solution for your heating questions when I was at the Interior Design DEBBIE Show in ToTRAVIS ronto. The company is called Camouflage Heater, and their heaters use safe, clean and healthy radiant heat (www.camouflageheater.com). Camouflage heater’s radiant heat is like the sun’s rays without the harmful UV rays. “The radiant warmth generated by their heaters warms up people, animals and objects — floors and walls, that it encounters, not the air around the room,” explains Manon Delorme, the company’s marketing manager, “so you can keep your thermostat low and still be comfortable while at work or play.” Clean, quiet and dust-free, they run on low wattage as there are no fans, and can be plugged in anywhere, on walls and ceilings in any room in the house. For the bathroom, choose a mirrored finish and enjoy the dual advantage of heat and practicality. This innovative heater is a designer’s dream come true. Available in standard colours and dimensions to fit small and large spaces, the heaters are flat, and can be hung like a flat-screen TV. They also have a stunning collection designed by artist Julie Hawkins that

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Tips on reviving gardens for spring TORONTO — Gardening enthusiasts may be anxious to dig in as the weather warms up, but after a tough winter across much of Canada, outdoor green space may be in need of a little extra TLC. Denis Flanagan said homeowners should be surveying their property for any damage as a result of heavy snow and ice. “It tends to tear the bark where it joins the trunk and the sooner you can clean off that damaged branch ... the less likelihood is that pests and diseases are going to get into that plant,” said Flanagan, public relations manager of Landscape Ontario, co-founder of Canada Blooms, the country’s largest flower and garden festival which concludes Sunday in Toronto. Depending on soil conditions due to the volume of accumulated snow, gardens are going to be a bit wet this spring, Flanagan noted. He advised not to go out in gardens too early since treading on damp soil will compact it — “which is a bad thing.” As the ground freezes and thaws, Flanagan said the crown, or centre, of perennials tends to get pushed up from beneath the soil. “Then we get some drying winds and it dries it out.” He recommended checking plants and adding 2.5 to five centimetres (an inch or two) of mulch around them to protect them. “When we’ve had late, cold rains and gardens flood and that perennial is sitting in cold frozen water, they can actually rot off and get damaged. That is possible. “You’re not going to know that till early spring until you poke around and see some green shoots coming up.”

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Landscape Ontario public relations manager Denis Flanagan: he advises not to go out to work in the garden too soon. Sometimes after a long winter some plants aren’t killed but are delayed — a prime example being the rose of Sharon. “It looks dead and people panic and dig it up.”

He suggested using a thumbnail to scratch below the bark. “If it’s green below the bark you know that that is eventually going to come. It might just be a few weeks later than what you normally would see.”

For novices seeking to flex their green thumbs, Flanagan recommends starting with more manageable container gardening. “You can have it close to the back door. You don’t have to march down to the garden to look after it. “I always believe your first attempt at a garden should be a successful one so that encourages you to move on the following year — and that’s why I think container gardening is such a good way to start off.” Raised-bed gardening may be another option. “Instead of actually digging down into the ground, you’re getting some timber or some stones and building a bed up to 10, 15 inches (25 to 38 centimetres) high, filling it with brand-new soil. “You’ve got a fresh start and it makes gardening a lot easier.” For gardeners keen to add some fresh blooms for the warmer months, here are a few of Flanagan’s recommendations. BrazelBerries: The new forms of blueberries and raspberries are hybrid plants, which tend to be on the more compact side, making them ideal to fit into small spaces. Haskap: Flanagan said the deciduous shrub bears the fruit of a honeysuckle which can be used for cooking. L.A. Dreamin’ and Red Diamond: Flanagan said the new varieties of hydrangeas are “absolutely stunning.” “The colours on these are just magnificent, and the blooms tend to last most of the summer; so those are going to be very, very hot. Oh So Orange: Flangan said bold orange colours will be big in blooms this year and foresees this citrus-hued geranium being among them. Online: http://canadablooms.com

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COOK Bruce Burton Oct. 11, 1957 - Mar. 15, 2015 Bruce passed away unexpectedly at home from complications due to pneumonia. He was survived by his brother Greg and predeceased by his parents Burt and Cathy Cook. He is leaving behind many loved ones including Crystal and Patricia, Joseph, as well as his beloved grandchildren Jacob, Keltyn, and Aryia. For most of his career, Bruce was a precision stainless steel fabricator, primarily at Halbar Stainless Products in Edmonton. He took great pride in his work. He was tremendously gifted at everything he did including martial arts, drumming, and piano and has always been a student of life. A tribute to Bruce will commence on Sunday, March 22, at 1:00 p.m. at Foster and McGarvey Funeral Home inside the Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Mill Woods. 4820 - Meridian Street, Edmonton, Alberta. There will be an open mic if anyone would like to pay their respects.

GUNN James John With sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and uncle, James John Gunn, on Thursday March 5, 2015, at the age of 87. He died peacefully in his sleep, with family at his side. Jim is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Ellamae; sister Doris Upshaw and Frank, of Calgary; daughters Linda, Brenda, Louise and Valeen Gunn; granddaughters Heather Gunn and Talia Chase; sons in law Ray Schmidt, Robin Kramar, and Darren Chase; extended family in Canada, the US and Scotland; and a host of friends. Jim was predeceased by his parents, Ben and Ruth, and his sister Viola Blaney. He owned and operated Gunn’s Clothing store in Provost AB for more than 30 years, before retiring to Devon, and later, Edmonton. Jim quietly did countless good deeds for others, so in his memory, please consider paying it forward by making a donation to a charity of your choice. A memorial service will be held at Southminster Steinhauer United Church, 10740 19 Ave Edmonton AB, on Sunday 17 May at 2:30 PM. Reception to follow. Welcome to everyone able to attend.

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DAHL, Mable 1926 - 2015 Mable Evelyn Dahl of Red Deer, passed away peacefully in her sleep, at her home on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the age of 96 years. Mable was born to parents, Ole Dahl and Inga Bergeli Dahl on November 26, 1918 at Claresholm, Alberta. Her father, Ole was born on January 26, 1875 at Tondheim, Norway and her mother, Inga Bergeli Dahl was born on August 1, 1888 at Valbre, Norway. They immigrated to Canada and settled at Claresholm, where they homesteaded a small section of land just on the edge of what is now the downtown section. Mable grew up on the farm with her brother and sister. She loved to ice skate and play dress up. She loved wearing hats and remained a very smart lady who always wanted to look her best. Mable came to reside at Michener Centre during her late teens and was well loved by all her caregivers, the staff and residents. Her favorite colors were pink and purple and she loved bright fresh flowers of every kind. Mable will be deeply missed by all who loved and knew her. Mable will be lovingly remembered by her brother, John ‘Ollie’ (94 years) of Calgary, Alberta; her sister, Dorothy (99 years) of Kelowna, British Columbia; and her niece, Roxanne of California; as well as her loving caregivers and many dear friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Ole and Inga Dahl. A Family Graveside Service will be held at Queen’s Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta. Mable’s family would like to extend their deepest and most sincere gratitude to her loving caregivers, and all the wonderful staff and friends Mable had at Michener Services for so many joyful years of her life. We are truly thankful that Mable was so happy and loved by so many. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer 403.340.4040

ROBSON Nicholas Alexander Nicholas Alexander “Nick” Robson of Red Deer passed away peacefully at home on March 15, 2015 at the age of 33. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

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MCFADDEN Grant Stephen Grant Stephen McFadden passed away peacefully on March 17th at the age of 85. He was born February 7th, 1930, on the farm four miles east of Alliance, Alberta. That’s where he lived and farmed for many years, before becoming a grader operator. Grant moved to Red Deer in the late 70’s to be close to family. He leaves to mourn four sons, James, Jack, Ken, and Earl, numerous grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Dan and daughter Vicki-lynn. Grant was a proud hardworking man, and will be missed by all who knew him. The McFadden family would like to say thank you to Jack McFadden for the extraordinary job you did looking after Dad in his final months. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Gaetz United Church on Ross Street, downtown, Red Deer, Alberta.

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SYD VOPNI Sydney Vopni passed away March 11, 2015 after a battle with cancer. Syd was born July 3, 1949, first born to Gerald and Jean Vopni of Kenville, MB. Syd worked in the logging industry, farmed and ran a backhoe business throughout his life. He leaves to mourn his wife Joyce (Campbell); daughter Rhonda (Joel) Grenier and their daughters, Janessa and Skyla of Airdrie, AB; son Kelly (Kristin) and their daughters, Brooke and Haley of Red Deer, AB. He also leaves behind his mother Jean Vopni of Swan River, MB; sister Susan (Bill) of Edmonton, AB; sister Carla (Dennis) of Swan River, MB; and brother Miles (Andrea) of Sylvan Lake, AB, along with numerous other relations. In addition, he leaves behind extended family: sister in law Jean Adamchuk of Minitonas, MB; brother in law Ken Campbell of Swan River, MB; brother in law Lawrence (Carmen) Campbell of Red Deer, AB; and sister in law Marion (Keith) Barber of Eckville, AB. Syd was predeceased by his father Gerald, sister in law Betty Campbell and brother in law Pete Adamchuk. Syd will be remembered as a dedicated worker, a caring and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He is forever in our hearts. At Syd’s request, there will not be a funeral. Cremation is to take place and burial in the Harlington Riverside Cemetary at Kenville, MB will take place at a later date. Donations may be made in Syd’s honor, to the Red Deer Hospice Society at 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. The dedicated people in this hospice filled Syd’s final days with compassion and the dignity he so well deserved. To express condolences to Syd’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A WOMBOLD FAMILY FUNERAL HOME ~

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for approx. 64 hours per month, to provide support in the community and in your own home, for a 53 year old retired gentleman. If you like music, food, movies and shopping, this is the position for you! Some personal care assistance is required. The successful applicant is a good role model, and a patient, positive support person. A copy of the job description is available on our website: www.carsrd.org For more information please contact Karla by March 25, 2015 @403-342-4550 Ext. 112 Direct resumes to C.A.R.S. #101-5589 47 St. Red Deer, AB., T4N 1S1 Or fax 403-346-8015 Email: karlal@carsrd.org FULL-TIME in-home caregiver for two children, aged 4 months and 3 years, $10.20/hr., 44 hrs./wk., room and board provided, must have at least one year exp. Duties: bathe, dress, feed, meal prep., and light housekeeping duties. e-mail resume to: xyrilq@yahoo.com P/T F. caregiver wanted for F. quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846 Tiny Tots Playschool seeking individual to team teach. Must have Early Learning & Child Care Diploma. Start date: Mid August 2015. Closing date: March 27, 2015. Email resume to tinytot@telusplanet.net or drop off Mon-Thurs. between 3-4pm to 4030 Embury Cres. Red Deer, Ab.

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EQUS, Canada’s largest member-owned utility, requires an Administrative Assistant to the C.E.O. This is at minimum a 15 month term position. Based in Innisfail, you will review and prioritize communications to the CEO, coordinate appointments and schedules, draft presentations and letters, coordinate travel arrangements, and respond to inquiries as directed. You will take minutes, provide assistance for specific events, and manage projects, as assigned. As the ideal candidate, you possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, including exceptional grammar and proofing skills. You are an experienced user of Microsoft Office with advanced Microsoft Outlook expertise. You are willing and available to travel out-oftown on occasion. Your post-secondary education and/or work experience are related to this position. Apply by April 1st to bbassett@equs.ca

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Medical

P/T Professional Medical Secretary needed in Red Deer. Fax: 403-314-0499

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Oilfield

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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Oilfield

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RESTORE MANAGER JOB DESCRIPTION

REPORTS TO: The Executive Director POSITION TYPE: Full-time (37.5 hours/week) Permanent JOB SUMMARY: PRIMARY ROLES & DUTIES: Including the: A. Sales & Customer Services at Restore B. Managing Inventory & Merchandising at ReStore C. Managing Safety & Warehouse Maintenance At Habitat D. Managing the Volunteer Program at ReStore E. Financial & Administrative management of ReStore F. Management of all human resources at ReStore G. General Responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director which may include working with other management members to: • Develop and manage a successful Salvage Program • Develop and manage advertising and publicity within an approved budget, policies, practices and procedures • Develop and implement the procurement strategy for ReStore • Develop new and improve upon current policies and procedures • Develop yearly budgets, operational business plans and strategic plans Experience in retail and management essential and working with volunteers preferred. Note: Forward your resume, with cover letter, by email no later than March 29 to info@habitatreddeer.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates chosen to be interviewed will be contacted.

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Qualifications: Must hold a minimum of a class 5 driver’s license Experienced and comfortable with towing and backing up trailers Is knowledgeable of tools Professional attitude Exc. communication skills Good listening skills Capable of taking direction Organized and dependable Duties include but are not limited to: Cleaning vehicles inside and out Expediting & hotshots Maintaining inventory and tool cribs Preparation of vehicles and equipment for field use Vehicle maintenance and record keeping Various other duties as required Preference will be given to candidates who are reliable, efficient, accurate, highly organized and capable of multi tasking and able to complete tasks in a timely manner. We are looking for Team Players. Please send resumes to: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com AND keggen@ newcartcontracting.com OR Fax to 403-729-2396 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Newcart Contracting (1993) Ltd. is looking for a

Certified Safety Trainer Must have valid H2S, First Aid/CPR, Confined Space Entry /Monitor, WHIMIS, and Fall Protection certification. Safety Contractors will also be considered for this position. Fax, Resume, tickets and current drivers abstract to (403) 729-2396 or E-mail to: resumes@ newcartcontracting.com No phone inquiries please Start your career! See Help Wanted

for busy dealership req’d. Send resume to Box 1104, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (SUMMER STUDENT)

Blackfalds Base

Strathmore

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.ca

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry. www.ferus.com

The term of this position will be from May 2015 to August 2015.

Ferus is looking for a Summer Student to work with will be handling duties that are more labour intensive such as grounds maintenance, ofﬁce organization, and inventory organization.

Ferus has an immediate opening for a Plant Assistant at our Strathmore liquid nitrogen production facility. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

You will be require to perform grounds maintenance such as sweep/mop ofﬁce & shop ﬂoors, cut grass, clean up debris around yard site, paint, clean trucks and wash equipment.

Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree. • Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Ability to work in a team setting • Knowledge of trucking industry would be considered an asset • Strong communication skills • Experience in operating and maintaining various heavy equipment such as a grader, dozer, backhoe, excavator, and mower would be considered assets. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume by April 15th, 2015 to recruiting@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125

Duties • Assist in general maintenance work as required • Wash Equipment • Work independently and as part of a team • General Plant and Yard Maintenance • Ensure correct environmental and safety practices are adhered to and upheld at Ferus facilities Requirements: • Currently enrolled in a two year Diploma program or working towards a Degree. • Ability to understand and follow detailed instructions • Valid Class Five Driver License • Clean Drivers Abstract • Own transportation • Ability to work in a team setting • Strong communication skills

Please visit www.ferus.com/careers or fax your

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted. 517873C18-D15

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• Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program with current CARNA registration.

Full-time permanent & casual positions.

• Excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave. FULL and PART TIME Kitchen Staff Send resume to: FandB@golfsylvanlake.com

NOW HIRING STEEL STUD FRAMERS Light/Heavy Gauge Framing. Must have experience. Great opportunity for long term employment. Email: info@lwbsi.com or Fax: 403.668.1142

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OPEN HOUSE Sun. 2 pm - 4 pm 2 ARDELL CLOSE An Immaculate Executive Home w/4 Bedrooms 3 Baths w/bonus room & lots of features, total of 3100 sq. ft. MLS CA0050955 $575,000 Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399 Start your career! See Help Wanted

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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Competitive wage, travel allowance, health and dental benefits, RRSP program and a positive working environment!

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Located on the east side of Ponoka, overlooking the scenic Battle River Valley, Northcott Care Center is a 73 bed nursing home committed to providing quality care to the residents of our community.

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We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss your employment future. If you are interested in starting a new and rewarding career, please fax your resume to: (403) 783-6420 or call (403) 783-4764. Email: tserle@northcottcarecentre.com Website: www.qualicarehealthservices.com

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS GUTTERS CLEANED & Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 with oilfield service Handyman companies, other small businesses and individuals Services RW Smith, 346-9351

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(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK, Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer between 2-4 pm.

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• Experience in long term care an asset.

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5806 44 AVE. Red Deer Sat. 1 - 3 pm Mar. 21 Peggy Lane, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-872-3350

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LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Full Time Waitress’s. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please