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Woman’s fate unclear BEVERLY WILLIAMS WAS HIKING IN HIMALAYAN FOOTHILLS
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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer business woman is still missing after Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal and a former Red Deer politician who was climbing Mount Everest at the time had to be airlifted to safety. Beverly Williams, 60, was on a seven-day tour with about 10 people hiking to Langtang National Park in the Himalayan foothills when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck. John Oldring, 62, served both as Red Deer South MLA and was a city councillor. He is safe in Nepal after the noon-hour earthquake triggered at least one deadly avaBeverly Williams lanche on Everest. Williams’ partner Michael Dawe, who is running as the Liberal and Green Party candidate in Red Deer North in next week’s provincial election, said there has been no update regarding her so he’s spreading the word in hopes that someone will know her location and condition. So far, Williams has not turned up on any casualty or hospital list. “We’re hoping she’s in a tent and that they have water and rations for them,” Dawe said on Monday. “They are just out there somewhere. We have no idea where they are. We hope they’re OK. But I guess you just don’t know until you get that actual confirmation.” The earthquake’s epicentre was about eight km northeast of Kathmandu. Dawe said Williams was probably as close to the epicentre as she was to Kathmandu. Dawe said vehicles were used to transport supplies for the hikers so they did have some support while on route to Langtang. The last time he talked to Williams was April 22, the night before she left Kathmandu to hike. Williams operates Woolen Wonders in Red Deer and was in Nepal to buy business supplies before joining the tour.
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Nepalese and Indian rescue teams remove a body from the collapsed Sitapyla church in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. A Red Deer business woman is still missing after Saturday’s earthquake, and a former Red Deer politician who was climbing Mount Everest at the time had to be airlifted to safety.
OTTAWA NOT DOING ENOUGH, SAYS CANADIAN A2 AID FOR QUAKE VICTIMS INTENSIFIES D3 Bonnie Oldring said her husband John, who has climbed both Mount McKinley in Alaska and Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, had advanced beyond base camp on Everest and was stuck at Camp 1 after the quake struck.
“It was a harrowing few days,” said Bonnie Oldring, now of Calgary. “The route that they went up through the ice fields became impassable with the earthquake and avalanche. That’s why they had to be helicoptered out.”
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Thirteen candidates make RCMP wants to focus on helping their pitch to voters BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF
RED DEER ELECTION FORUM
The meat and potato issues of this Alberta election campaign — health care, education, corporate taxes, too much dependency on oil and gas, maybe it’s time for a change — all made appearances at Red Deer election forum on Monday evening. The eight candidates in Red Deer South and the five in Red Deer North constituencies all attended the tightly scheduled two-hour event sponsored by the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce, and which drew about 300 people to the Memorial Centre. Voters go to the polls on May 5. Wildrose Party candidate for Red Deer South, Norman Wiebe, started the forum with the nowfamiliar platform that his party will not raise taxes, and “I want to see integrity brought back to government.” Wiebe ended the forum by saying the Progressive Conservatives are crumbling, electing an NDP government would be an “unmitigated disaster for the economy” and the Wildrose Party is the only party that can stop the NDP.” Ben Dubois, the Green Party candidate for Red Deer South, said his main goal in running has been to push participatory democracy and he has run into a lot on cynicism at people’s doors. Dubois said that with eight candidates in Red Deer South, only 12.6 per cent of the vote is needed to elect a representative. “If we have a 50 per cent voter turnout in Red Deer South and someone is elected with 12.6 per cent of the vote, only 6.25 per cent of the people in riding have elected that person, which means 93.75 per cent of people in the riding either did not support that candidate or did not vote.” Krystal Kromm, Alberta Party candidate for Red
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Deer North, said now is the time to make strategic investment in the Red Deer airport and expand the runway, which would be an economic driver. She said her party wants to diversify the economy with market-driven solutions to make it easier start and grow a business, and gradually phase out Alberta’s small business tax. Barb Miller, the Red Deer South NDP candidate, said “There’s something very special happening in Red Deer in this election. I’m finding on the doorsteps people are wanting change ... people are telling me that after 44 years Alberta continues to be stuck in a boom and bust cycle.” People are frustrated that the PC government can’t get on the right track with health care and “To me this election is a referendum on Jim Prentice’s budget.” “After 44 years this PC government is only focused on one thing. The PCs.” Michael Dawe, for Red Deer North, representing both the Liberal and Green parties, said his aim was to provide a positive voice for change that does not follow traditional party politics. “If I do not agree with a particular party platform I will vote according to the wishes of the voters and my own ethical principals. I will be one of those who will not be simply following the orders of a small groups of partisan power brokers.” He was last elected chair of the Red Deer Regional Hospital board before members were appointed and believes that “true public input must be restored to the health care with decision-making regional bodies restored.”
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missing youths BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF
Helping chronic missing youth is one of the new strategies in the Red Deer RCMP’s policing plan for 2015-16. While the statistics were not available on Monday, police say youth made up a large percentage of the 826 missing persons files in 2014. Red Deer RCMP Supt. Scott Tod said the youth are not necessarily missing but they may have simply walked away from a group home and returned later that evening. But police record the youth as a missing person when the call comes into the station. Over the next year police hope to work with a total 10 youth including five high risk youth between the ages of 12 and 17 years and five chronic missing youth. “This is about keeping our youth safe,” said Tod. “These are individuals that are (not) safe on the streets. Our concern is that not if something bad might happen, it is when something bad might happen to these high risk kids.” Tod said they will work with the identified youth to help understand the roots of the issues they face and hopefully develop healthier strategies and coping mechanisms. “(We’ll) be building relationships with them so we are not seen as the enemy,” said Tod. “That’s one of the biggest things and get a better understanding of what’s driving them to leave and work with them.”
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Nunavut grapples again with retail alcohol sales
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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS IQALUIT, Nunavut — Canada’s most restrictive liquor laws may be about to loosen as Nunavut politicians grapple again with the emotional issue of whether to allow the territory’s first retail store for alcohol. “It’s a very sensitive topic and a topic where people have very, very strong beliefs,” said Chris D’Arcy, the territory’s deputy minister of finance. Last week, Iqaluit residents voted strongly in favour of opening a retail store for beer and wine. More than three-quarters of the voters approved the motion in a plebiscite. “It’s 2015,” said Joe Ferjus, 61. “We’re a city now, it’s time to live up to it.” But there remain many who fear greater access to beer and wine would cause further booze-fuelled social problems in a community that already has plenty of them. Linda Lyta, 16, said she watched a drunken brawl Friday night just outside her apartment door. “I just don’t think it’s a good idea,” she said. “There’s a lot of people that I know that get really intimidating when they are drunk.” In a three-hour community meeting held before the plebiscite, D’Arcy said only about three people spoke in favour of opening such a store. Many elders, he said, have bad memories of the community’s last liquor store, closed by government back in the 1970s. “So much hurt, so much pain,” said D’Arcy. “Many of them are having difficulties coming to grips with it.” Lawyers and police freely acknowledge that booze and drugs are behind most of Nunavut’s high rates of assault, sex crime and domestic violence.
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QUAKE: Struck while climbers advancing up mountain She was able to speak to her husband from Camp 1 on Saturday. Oldring and fellow climbers were flown to base camp, where at least 18 people were killed and dozens more injured when an avalanche hit part of the camp. Bonnie said the earthquake struck while her husband and others were advancing up the mountain. “They didn’t know it was an earthquake happening. They just thought it was an avalanche that was making the ground rumble. It was pretty close to them.” His tent at base camp was untouched by the avalanche. “They expect to be at base camp for probably a week because there’s really nowhere to go. They at least have a bed and a sleeping bag at base camp.” John Oldring is a vice-president and managing director with BMO Nesbitt Burns. The death toll from the earthquake exceeded 4,000 as of Monday. Canada has responded with $5 million to provide life-saving support to the region and is deploying an assessment team to identify opportunities to assist. Locally, Rotary members raised more than $3,000 in donations for earthquake victims in Nepal on Sunday at Parkland Mall to purchase tents and supplies from ShelterBox Canada. Glenn Moore, world community service chairman with Rotary Club of Downtown Red Deer, said people were quick to respond to the tragedy. Each shelter box kit costs $1,200. It provides one tent that fits up to 10 people, along with blankets and essential equipment. To donate online, visit shelterboxcanada.org. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
MISSING: Policing plan He said they hope to create a relationship where the youth would text or phone them. “Instead of us spending hours trying to track them down and generating that workload,” he said. “That would be an excellent initiative.”
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A cyclist rides along the Lakeshore Drive promenade on a sunny Monday afternoon. With the ice off the lake, it won’t be long before boaters and swimmers are making use of the lake. The Red Deer RCMP presented its annual policing plan (APP) outlining five focus areas at a special news conference on Monday. The plan outlines objectives including cracking down on organized crime, reducing property and persons property crimes, and contributing to safer roads and keeping youth safe. The goals and strategies are in addition to the department’s daily and core duties. Other initiatives in the plan include identifying and monitoring high risk domestic violence offenders and prolific offenders. Police will conduct random and unscheduled visits to identified high risk domestic violence offenders and prolific offenders to ensure they are complying with court conditions. “In terms of prolific offenders we’re sending a strong message that we watching and to make sure they are complying with their conditions,” said Tod. “There’s a deterrence element but also if they are not compliant, they will obviously be sent back to the courts.” Tod said they are hoping to provide victims with an increased sense of safety. A new multi-jurisdictional approach to tackling organized crime is also in the plans. It also in line with the Central Alberta-based Priority Crimes Task Force which is made up of Red Deer RCMP General Investigative Section (GIS), Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP detachments and the K Division reduction strategies. “We continue to target prolific offenders in these areas of drug trafficking and property offences,” he said. “This objective is very strongly enforcement oriented.” After the investigation is completed, police will be assessing the impact and harm imposed to the community. The target for 2015/2016 is to create a baseline to assess the ability to disrupt organized crime networks. “We will be targeting the people who we think impose the biggest threat,” said Tod. “It will be interesting to look back and say they were either a high or medium or high risk to the community. Next year I am fairly confident this will remain on the table for next year’s APP.” The policing plan is reflective of the crime statistics and the perceptions of crime survey that was conducted earlier this year. The top three reported crimes in 2014 were property crimes, motor vehicle collisions and crimes against persons. The annual policing plan officially rolled out on April 1, 2015 and will run until March 31, 2016. City council and the public will receive quarterly reports on the progress. The first report will be in June. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
Stranded Canadian says Ottawa not doing enough to help Canada is sending more relief supplies to earthquake-stricken Nepal, promising to match donations to a fund specifically set up to help — and defending itself from claims that affected Canadians aren’t getting the assistance they need. The federal government will match — dollarfor-dollar — all eligible contributions to the Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund between April 25 and May 25, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson announced Monday. Relief supplies from emergency stockpiles in Mississauga, Ont., and Dubai are also being deployed to help meet immediate needs, including blankets, jerry cans, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, and tarps. Defence Minister Jason Kenney said more than 40 Canadian Armed Forces personnel were aboard a C-17 Globemaster aircraft that’s already been deployed, including 18 DART assessment team members, seven urban search and rescue team members, six medical personnel and a member of the Canadian Red Cross. They were expected to arrive in Nepal by early Wednesday, but that depends on the condition of the airport in the capital city, which suffered some damage in the earthquake, Kenney said. Canadians trying to escape the chaos are having difficulty, however, and at least one complained Monday that Ottawa’s not doing enough to help stranded expats and travellers. Emilie-Anne Leroux said that while other countries have pulled out all the stops to get their citizens home, she and other Canadians haven’t received a phone call from officials despite having registered as being in Nepal. Leroux, who is in Nepal working for the International Organization for Migration, says that’s left some people feeling neglected and “very panicky.” “I feel like they haven’t reached out any type of support or help,” she said. “It’s just frustrating — compared to the Australian Embassy, who have booked hotels, picked up people at their apartments, helped them get their (stuff) out and fly them home if they want to, I think the Canadian government is showing a very poor example of how much it cares for its citizens who choose to work abroad for development.”
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Voters deserve clarity, says Premier BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s election campaign has hit the home stretch with the Progressive Conservatives accusing the NDP of being pipeline defeatists, while the New Democrats chastise the Tories for backing projects they know will never be approved. Premier Jim Prentice attacked NDP Leader Rachel Notley on Monday for her promise to take a hands-off approach on two pipeline projects to get Alberta oil to the coast. Prentice said it reflects an NDP ethos in other provinces. He noted the party in British Columbia is against the Northern Gateway project and the New Democrat government in Manitoba doesn’t like plans for the Energy East pipeline. “We will fight for every single pipeline project to get our product out of this province to market,” Prentice told reporters at an event outside a pulp mill in Grande Prairie. “We need pipe-
lines in every direction.” The B.C. NDP has been one of the chief opponents of Northern Gateway, but Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger has said little about Energy East. Manitoba has applied for intervener status with the National Energy Board and a spokesman said Monday the province wants to “ensure that all environmental, public safety and economic safeguards associated with this project are met.” Notley said on the weekend that her party would move away from the Northern Gateway pipeline, which would take oil from Alberta to tankers on the B.C. coast. She also said she would let the Keystone XL pipeline debate play itself out in the United States. The Keystone line would take oil from Alberta to refineries and ports on the Gulf Coast in Texas. She said there is more potential for Energy East, which would take product to refineries in Eastern Canada. Notley said Monday the Northern
Gateway plan is hopelessly entangled in environmental fights and legal challenges by First Nations. “Anyone who knows anything about the way these things unfold understands that nothing is happening there for decades.” Notley said it makes little sense to focus time, money and strategy on longshot causes. “It becomes the law of diminishing returns ... focusing or planning around something that they can’t control and can’t make happen in a timely way. “We need to be realistic in our efforts.” Notley has already said she will investigate ways to get more oil refined inside the province to add value and create jobs should her party win the May 5 vote. Prentice called the election a year earlier than required to gain a mandate for his budget, which he calls a transformational blueprint for the next decade. The theory was Prentice would
cruise to another majority with the opposition in disarray, but polls are suggesting there’s a tight, three-way race between the Tories, the Wildrose and the NDP. Notley, whose party has never held more than 16 seats in Alberta, is coming off a leader’s debate that most pundits say she won. Prentice’s budget increases 59 taxes and user fees, cuts or freezes most program spending, runs up a $5-billion deficit this year and is on track for $30 billion in infrastructure debt by the end of the decade. Opponents have criticized it for failing to address growth pressures in hospitals and classrooms. The Tories said Monday that the NDP plan to continue investing in health and education, while balancing the budget by 2018, has almost $11 billion in unaccounted-for spending. Notley said her numbers have been independently OKed by experts and suggested the attack “is a clear indication that the PC party is becoming increasingly desperate.”
Prentice has confidence in Denis despite asking him to step down CALGARY — Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Prentice says he has confidence in Jonathan Denis as a candidate, despite asking him to step down as justice minister over a legal dispute with his estranged wife. The Alberta premier says he requested that Denis resign after learning over the weekend that legal proceedings had started between Denis and his wife, Breanna Palmer. Records show a private hearing was held at Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday but a publication ban was placed on the evidence. A request by the media for more information on the case was rejected by the court. “This was a private hearing and a
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FORUM: Who has the most effective plan? He also supports Red Deer College becoming a polytechnic university providing proper planning is done, and he does not support a sales tax. Darcy Mykytyshyn, the PC candidate for Red Deer South noted that the city is thriving and he has heard three key messages knocking on doors. “We solely cannot cut our way to prosperity, we solely cannot tax our way to prosperity” and people want the province run the way they run their households. Regardless of the price of oil, the PCs will reduce spending, raise rev-
statutory access and publication prohibition order has been granted by a judge of the provincial court of Alberta,” wrote Richard O’Gorman, assistant chief judge of Calgary Family and Youth Court. Prentice told reporters Monday that, under the circumstances, it wasn’t appropriate to have Denis stay on as justice minister. “I think this is a private matter between him and his spouse. It’s not appropriate for anyone to serve as the minister of justice and the attorney general when they have legal proceedings or are a party to legal proceedings that are before the courts,” Prentice said. “The minister of justice and the attorney general are responsible for the administration of justice and he cannot be a private litigant at the time he serves as the minister.”
Prentice said he is comfortable with Denis continuing as the PC candidate for Calgary Acadia. “I have confidence in him as a person and he will press ahead as our candidate.” Denis has not spoken publicly about his situation, but issued a statement on Saturday. “My wife and I have had difficulties in our marriage over the last several months. I am very saddened by these recent circumstances,” he said. “This is a very difficult time for my family, and I would ask for respect for our privacy on this matter while it’s being resolved.” Denis agreed it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to continue as justice minister while the matter is being handled. NDP Leader Rachel Notley, speaking to reporters Monday in Edmonton,
said it was appropriate for Denis to leave his post, but questioned the timing. “It is true that it’s not appropriate for someone who is the subject of a personal legal battle to be in the position of attorney general,” said Notley. “I don’t know exactly when the legal dispute officially commenced in relation to when he stepped down from being the attorney general, but certainly it would be troubling if his tenure as attorney general extended into the time when he was a party before the courts.” Notley said she does not have an issue with Denis remaining as a candidate. Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson will take on the justice portfolio on a temporary basis.
ised to get rid of the fees, while the NDP has said it would get rid of fees for essentials such as busing and lunchroom supervision. Swann says a Liberal government would also build schools as community hubs, and hire 1,500 more teachers and support staff to reduce class sizes. Voters go to the polls May 5.
yard coops. Other councillors were concerned about disease, noise and smell. Jones said he’s visited people with chickens and the birds are no worse than other animals. But he and Carra couldn’t convince enough of their colleagues to at least try a pilot project in 20 inner-city communities. “I had a next-door neighbour who had five dogs,” Jones told council on Monday. “You want to talk about noise, every time you moved on your deck, five dogs would bark. Want to talk about smell? When spring comes, it was a delight to sit on my deck and eat my steak and smell what I was smelling” Coun. Sean Chu said he had a number of concerns about avian flu and pointed to Vancouver, where a backyard chicken contracted the virus. Shane Keating was also hesitant because there were still questions about
many chickens would have been allowed and where they would be kept.
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Red Deer North, William Berry, independent for Red Deer South, and Patti Argent, independent, Red Deer South. barr@reddeeradvocate.com
Calgary council nixes city chicken project CALGARY — City council in Calgary has plucked off the drawing board a pilot project that would have allowed people to keep egg-laying chickens. Councillors voted 9-6 against the proposal. Gian-Carlo Carra and Ray Jones had argued there is a lot of interest in city chickens and pointed out there are already communities that allow backenues and balance the budget by 2018, he said. In this election voters get to make a choice about who has the most effective plan to move Alberta forward and who the most qualified candidate will be, he said. Serge Gingras, Red Deer South Alberta Party candidate noted that many seniors cannot afford privately operated facilities and he is also concerned about government support to municipalities, pointing out that the city is still waiting for word on whether the former RCMP building can be used for much-needed extra courtroom space. Christine Moore, PC candidate for Red Deer North, said that these are tough times ahead, and tough choices will need to be made. “We need to make sure health care is efficient and more dollars are directed to the front line,” she said. Deborah Checkel, Red Deer South Liberal candidate, said the Liberal’s fiscal plan is reminiscent of the days of Peter Lougheed because it will invest
Memo asks Alberta paramedics to pay for medical equipment via payroll deduction CALGARY — Alberta paramedics are angry about a memo leaked by the NDP that asks them to fund the purchase of medical equipment through a voluntary payroll deduction. Elisabeth Ballerman, president of the union that represents paramedics, wonders if they next will be asked to take out car loans to pay for ambulances. Ballerman with the Health Sciences Association of Alberta says the government needs to take a good look at planned budget cuts.
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Just get out of the way AS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HEIGHTEN, SOME GOOD NEWS: CANADA IS NO LONGER CHAIR OF THE ARCTIC COUNCIL The world received a welcome piece of good news over the weekend: Canada has passed off chairmanship of the Arctic Council, and it will likely be 16 years or more before we get it back. That leaves the world plenty of time for real leaders to address the alarming environmental changes that are occurring in the region, and hopefully to curtail unwarranted energy exploration in GREG the North, with NEIMAN all of its pollution risks. The council meets every two years, in the country of the current chair. (The members are Canada, the U.S., Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland, plus all circumpolar indigenous peoples.) Friday’s meeting in Iqaluit was supposed to be preceded by a showcase event in Ottawa the day before. The event was to celebrate the council’s accomplishments during our two-year stint in the rotating chairmanship, but it was abruptly called off.
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The reason was politics. How would it look if senior Russian officials were invited to visit Ottawa for what is essentially a photo-op, while Canada/Russian tensions over events in Ukraine were so high? It would remain for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq to repeat Canada’s outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its military support for rebel forces wanting to secede parts of Ukraine into Russia. As it was, Russia already had received the message and didn’t care to hear it again. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had attended every Arctic Council meeting since 2004, but gave this one a miss. Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi came in his stead. And in the due course of events, chairmanship passed to the United States, which wasted no time in announcing the agenda of the last two years has been ended. The Arctic Council is no place for geopolitical messing around, while back doors were being opened for accelerated industrial development of the North, at the expense of the environment. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assumed the chair and announced that the priorities of the Arctic Council have changed, starting now. Global climate change is occurring fastest at the poles, and addressing the results of
receding sea ice, rapid acidification of the ocean, the collapse of permafrost, rising sea levels and general warming would take immediate priority. “This is not a future challenge, this is happening right now,” Kerry said, adding that all member nations “must do everything we can to prevent worse impacts” of greenhouse gas emissions. “The Arctic Council can do more on climate change,” Kerry said. News reports of the change of chairmanship say the move was welcomed by the other members of the council, who also want to focus on the threats of a warming climate both on the land and on the people who live there. Canada, for its part, has made no secret (or at least it has been a very poor one) of its lack of concern regarding climate change. In the minds of our governors, the best protection we should offer the wild areas of the north is a good dose of profiteering. Thus the formation of the Arctic Economic Council, a self-selecting group of businesses that work in that formidably difficult region. The economic council was a chief highlight of Aglukkaq’s term as chair of the Arctic Council. Except in corporate boardrooms, our current government has made very few friends globally for its environment policies. Rather, our government has made our country a global embar-
rassment on issues of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. Remember when Canada’s global brand used to be our forests, glaciers, clean rivers and open, unpolluted vistas? Not so much any more. So, well and good that Canada no longer drafts the agenda for the Arctic Council. Far better to be a follower, in the presence of better leaders. The next decade is expected to be a watershed space of time for the Arctic. Either we will preserve what we can, or we will risk losing it all in the greatest global disaster in human history. Activists around the world still hold out hope that with strong measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions, we can avoid the worst. Based on its record, the Canadian government scarcely gives climate change in general and its effects in the north in specific, a reluctant second thought. The Arctic Council can be a strong voice, based on its highly industrialized member nations and historic indigenous peoples as stakeholders. Let us hope that a rotation of strong leadership can help bring that about. Lord knows, leadership on the environment from the outside is the best Canadians can hope for. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.
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The law should apply equally to all, including Red Deer politicians The mayor and city council failed to uphold any minimal standard of conduct for it members by allowing Coun. Paul Harris to remain on council even though he was disqualified by Sections 174 and 175 of the Municipal Government Act. Then we see in the April 22 Advocate, Harris is given ample opportunity to lambast the federal government’s budget, while he was caught red handed in not paying his taxes on time. Are laws only meant for the average citizen? Not for a privileged member of Red Deer city council? Is this why every year the city of Red Deer takes a lane out of commission in front of his business? And some wonder why politicians are held in such great contempt. Ted Johnson Red Deer
Affordability, availability should be keys to seniors care Recently, the NDP promised 2,000 more senior care beds for the shortage in Alberta. As if that addresses the whole crisis! We are 20,000 short and that’s just one issue only! A senior placed in a home must surrender their pension to cover the cost for care. If by some chance they are in a lower-end facility, a $2,000 a month pension would barely suffice to cover their existence there. Our government would still liquidate their assets and hold those funds in anticipation of “future needs” while the senior is without a budget for so much as a Christmas card for a grandchild. Oh, but there’s more. I have seen a senior who lived on the same street as a rest home get shipped off to another town due to “availability of beds.” I have witnessed a couple of a 60-year marriage have to file separation papers so his needs could be covered at a long-term facility while she stayed behind in another. Something is wrong when senior care costs them everything they ever had and would have preferred to cling to. We need provision for seniors to be able to stay in their home towns, stay with their spouse, and we need affordability of their care. Bailey Coltman Red Deer
be used for oil and just plain nutrition. The stems can be used to make paper and clothing. We could revitalize the toilet paper industry. Pot can be grown indoors or outdoors. People can work in the industry, lots of people. Oh, and the government can make so much money taxing the smokers. Barb Ferguson Ponoka
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Almost every day I read something in the news about how bad the economy is. We need new renewable resources. We can get on board with solar power and wind power for starters. There is nothing stopping us except big oil companies. Oil runs our province. I suggest we also start growing pot. Every single bit of the plant can be used. Then it can be planted in a few weeks and grown again. The medicinal users are numerous. The seeds can
It is good to see that knee and hip replacement wait times have been shortened in Alberta, according to a recent article in the Advocate. I would wonder then why I was recently told that my needed back surgery will be a two-year wait, as many others find, mostly because the surgeons are limited in the number of hours they can operate (quoting from my doctor). Is it any wonder that some Canadians are looking to other countries for treatment?
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CONSULTATIONS SOON: MACKAY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government will not introduce new legislation to govern doctor-assisted dying before the expected October federal election, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Monday. Rather, said MacKay, the government will soon reveal details of its long-promised public consultations on the emotionally charged issue, noting that Justice department officials are working behind the scenes to frame the discussion. “The process will be announced in terms of the consultation,” MacKay said Monday. “You should not expect that there will be any legislation certainly before the election, no.” The Supreme Court struck down the prohibition on physician-assisted suicide last February. It gave the federal government 12 months to craft a new law recognizing the right of clearly consenting adults who are enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical
help to end their lives. Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised to consult widely on doctorassisted death, but the government has not disclosed how it would canvass the views of Canadians on the subject. MacKay acknowledged that time is running out, but says he needs to tread cautiously because of the sensitivity of the issue at hand. “It’s very much the balancing act of the diametrically opposed views that many people have on this subject matter. Hence the necessity to proceed cautiously, respectfully and to do so in a way that will be inclusive of those various competing views,” he said. “It is a very sensitive issue, a very personal issue for many, many people, and it has far reaching implications to say the least.” With Parliament scheduled to sit just six more weeks before an extended break for the summer and an anticipated fall election, the government has only three or four months in which to introduce, debate and pass a new law. Time is so short that Conservative MP Steven Fletcher suspects the most likely upshot is there will be no new federal law, leaving provinces to
Former combat commander named defence chief BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A former combat commander who has led operations at home and overseas has been appointed to the country’s top military job. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney say Lt.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, 51, will be the next chief of defence staff, replacing the soon-to-retire Gen. Tom Lawson. Vance takes over at an important time, with Canada helping to fight extremists in Iraq and Syria and as measures are being taken to reassure eastern European allies in the face of Russian aggression, Harper said Monday. “I’m sure Gen. Vance will do a tremendous job for this vital national institution,” said the prime minister, noting that the transition would not take place for a couple of months. NDP defence critic Jack Harris said he’s concerned about the amount of time that will pass before there is a change of command. There’s been an open invitation for Lawson to appear before the Commons defence committee, and Harris said he’d like to hear from Vance about his vision for the future of the military and expectations for the mission in Iraq and Syria before Parliament breaks in advance of the fall election. “I think it would be good for the
public to know what Gen. Vance’s views are and whether he has any particular concerns,” said Harris. Vance twice led the army’s task force in Kandahar during the Afghan war. Lawson, a former fighter pilot, announced earlier this year that he would step down after two-and-a-half years in the job. Vance currently serves as the country’s joint operations commander and has been the face of high-profile public briefings on the combat mission against the militant group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Aside from twice being task force commander in Kandahar — in 2009 and again in 2010 — Vance has also served in other key posts, including head of the strategic joint staff, the military’s nerve centre in Ottawa. He also served as deputy commander of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command in Naples. Retired major-general Lewis MacKenzie called Vance blunt and known for speaking truth to power, which could make him a popular choice for a military struggling to redefine itself following the Afghanistan mission. Vance also takes over at a time when the military is juggling multiple deployments on a reduced budget, something that’s likely to weigh on the new defence chief, he added.
fill the vacuum with a patchwork of laws, within the parameters of the top court’s ruling. “It’s quite possible there will be no federal law,” Fletcher said in an interview. Indeed, Fletcher, who has championed legalization of medically assisted suicide, said he believes it’s already too late to meet the court-imposed deadline. “I don’t see where there’s the time to pass legislation between now and Feb. 6 that would deal with this issue. I just don’t see how it can be done.” MacKay was asked whether he had ruled out asking the high court for an extension. “We haven’t contemplated that yet,” he replied. The Harper Conservatives voted two months ago against a Liberal motion that called for a special, multi-party committee that would consult and report back to Parliament by mid-summer with a proposed framework for a new law. At the time, the government promised that it would launch its own consultation process. Bob Dechert, parliamentary secre-
tary to the health minister, argued that consultation by a committee wouldn’t be broad enough to do the issue justice. “In fact, we are suggesting tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of Canadians need to be heard on this issue,” he said, promising that “meaningful consultations” via the Internet, public meetings and other means would be launched “very soon.” Not another word has been heard about the consultation since. Opposition MPs have suggested the Conservatives are dragging their feet, reluctant to take action before the election on a issue that could alienate some of their supporters — including some incumbent Tory MPs who’ve called on the government to invoke the constitutional notwithstanding clause to override the court’s ruling. Fletcher acknowledged that most politicians “would rather have their eyes scratched out” than deal with the issue of doctor-assisted dying. He said that’s why two private member’s bills he introduced on the subject two years ago have gone nowhere fast.
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BRIEF Conservatives commit $13.5M for pre-election budget-ad blitz in April, May OTTAWA — The Conservative government has booked $13.5 million for an all-out, co-ordinated blitz in April and May to advertise its 2015 pre-election budget. The push, detailed in internal government documents obtained by The Canadian Press, builds on existing Finance Canada and Canada Revenue Agency campaigns to promote Conservative tax measures both past and proposed — the backbone of the Harper government’s re-election strategy. “Phase VIII” of a CRA campaign entitled “Tax Relief Measures” comes with a $6-million budget this fiscal year and is described as a “continuation of the 2014-15 ad campaign.” The ad buy is listed as a bulk purchase of TV for April, a “heavy-up” April TV buy and an “April 2015 NHL
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Rob Ford’s driver had $900 in pot money when cops nabbed him: trial TORONTO — The arrest of then-mayor Rob Ford’s driver and a dry cleaner followed months of intense police surveillance that involved officers, aerial spotting, electronic tracking and even a camera mounted on a street pole, an Ontario court heard Monday. In the end, police nabbed Alexander (Sandro) Lisi carrying $900 in cash they say was used by an undercover cop to buy about 220 grams of marijuana, and a fake pop can containing 6.4 grams they said belonged to Lisi. Ford, who would later admit to smoking crack cocaine, was spotted with Lisi on numerous occasions but was never arrested or charged. Police arrested Lisi, 36, outside a west-end dry cleaners owned by Jamshid (Jay) Bahrami, 49, on Oct. 1, 2013, and charged both men with trafficking. Lisi is also charged with simple possession of marijuana. Det.-Const. Daryl Bell, who helped arrest Lisi, testified that his professional standards team became involved in tailing Ford’s friend in June 2013 because they believed he had swapped drugs for the return of the mayor’s cellphone earlier that year. “Obviously, it involved his association with the mayor,” Bell testified of the interest in Lisi. “Our goal was not to find out what the mayor was up to; our goal was to find out what Mr. Lisi was up to.”
Parliament’s omission of Srebrenica from genocide motion raises eyebrows OTTAWA — The Bosnian government is calling on the Canadian Parliament to correct its “mistake” of not including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during its Friday recognition of 20th century genocides. A leading Bosnian Muslim organization says it, too, is surprised that the House of Commons did not include the Srebrenica killings during its Friday debate and vote. “My impression is that it is an omission and there is still enough time to rectify this kind of omission, or mistake,” Fuad Didic, the charge d’affairs of the
Accused terrorist said he’d die for man he thought was a high-ranking terrorist VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court has heard recordings of an accused terrorist begging a man to supply plastic explosives so he could fight the infidels and non-believers. The jury in John Nuttall’s trial heard him explaining on the recording to an officer — who was posing as a high-ranking terrorist — why he wanted the C4 explosive material. Nuttall and his wife Amanda Korody are on trial for allegedly plotting to blow up the provincial legislature on Canada Day two years ago. Nuttall is also heard in the recording telling that undercover officer that he loved and would die for the man he believes is an Arab businessman, but was really a key officer in an elaborate RCMP sting operation. Nuttall believed this businessman, whose identity cannot be revealed, was helping him with his alleged terrorist plot and referred to him often using the Arabic words for brother and beloved. Both Nuttall and Korody have pleaded not guilty to four terrorism-related charges.
Winnipeg police looking for ‘person of interest’ in deaths of two street men WINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg have removed trash bins from a downtown alley as officers investigate the weekend deaths of two men who spent much of their time on the streets. A lane near a homeless shelter was blocked off with police tape and a flatbed was used to remove the tarp-covered bins. Police say they believe one suspect who was unknown to the men is responsible for both homicides. Investigators say the bodies of the men — one in his 40s and one in his 60s — were found less than a block apart on Saturday. Police are searching for a “person of interest” who may have had contact with them and could provide valuable information. They are also looking for a man and a woman who were in the back lane on Friday night. Sgt. John O’Donovan says police are asking the homeless to be careful, avoid secluded areas and walk with others if possible. One of the men who died was homeless and the
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Bail hearing in June for two Montreal teens in terrorism case MONTREAL — Two Montreal teens who each face four terrorism-related charges will have a bail hearing in early June. El Mahdi Jamali appeared before a judge in Montreal on Monday, while Sabrine Djermane was represented by her lawyer. The 18-year-olds have pleaded not guilty to attempting to leave Canada to commit a terrorist act abroad; possession of an explosive substance; facilitating a terrorist act; and committing an act under the direction or for the profit of a terrorist organization. Federal prosecutor Richard Roy has said the Crown will oppose bail because it believes the pair are flight risks and a danger to the public. Before charges were laid one week ago, their arrests were described as a “preventive measure” because authorities feared they would commit a terrorism-related offence. An RCMP statement said the short investigation was triggered by a tip from the community, while Radio-Canada reported last week it was Djermane’s sister who tipped police off about an alleged plot.
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Lightning strike down Red Wings TYLER JOHNSON SCORES TWO GOALS TO HELP TAMPA BAY FORCE GAME 7 IN SERIES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lightning 5 Red Wings 2 DETROIT — With two splendid passes and a shot, the Tampa Bay Lightning covered the length of the ice in about six seconds — and offered their response to the laborious nature of the playoff grind. Tyler Johnson scored that beautifully orchestrated goal in the first period, then added another in the second to lead Tampa Bay to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night, forcing a seventh game in their first-round series. The league’s highest-scoring team during the regular season, the Lightning had looked ordinary amid the tight, disciplined structure of post-season hockey. But they had enough room to skate in Game 6 against the Red Wings, and Johnson was their biggest star again. “Either give up or come out fighting,” Johnson said. “I thought we came out 100 per cent.” Johnson and Jason Garrison scored in the first period, and Johnson’s tally in the second gave the Lightning a 3-0 lead. Tomas Tatar scored twice for Detroit, but Alex Killorn answered with an unassisted goal with 5:09 remaining, and Cedric Paquette added an emptynetter. Ben Bishop made 22 saves for the Lightning, although it was his counterpart, Petr Mrazek, who had the stop of the night — and maybe the season. With Brian Boyle seemingly about to shoot into an open net after stickhandling around Mrazek in the second period, the Detroit goalie reached his stick back and blocked the shot out of midair. But at that point, Tampa Bay already had a 2-0 lead. Lightning coach Jon Cooper had suggested the day before the game that
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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Marek Zidlicky and Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat battle for the puck in the first period of Game 6 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series in Detroit, Monday. Detroit was stretching the rules a bit after he was asked by a reporter about interference, but Tampa Bay looked plenty comfortable on its first goal. Defenceman Victor Hedman, standing near his own net, hit Nikita Kucherov at the opposite blue line with a perfect stretch pass. Kucherov immediately flipped the puck to Johnson, who came into the zone with a head of steam and calmly beat Mrazek. “I thought we were going along pretty fine there at the start, then next thing you know it’s in our net,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. Steven Stamkos, who was taking a decent amount of heat for a quiet
series, set up the second goal by patiently passing the puck from near the top of the right circle to Garrison, who scored from the slot. “We skated. That’s what changed,” Cooper said. “Pucks were going tape to tape and we put them in areas we could get them.” Boyle nearly made it 3-0 early in the second, only to be denied by Mrazek’s terrific save. But later that period, Johnson again was left with too much space in the Detroit zone, skating in on a counterattack with only one Red Wings player in the vicinity. His sixth goal of these playoffs tied Vladimir Tarasenko of St. Louis for the league
lead. The Red Wings had a two-man advantage for 18 seconds later in the second, and although they didn’t score during the 5-on-3, the Lightning couldn’t kill off all the power-play time. Tatar beat Bishop high with a wrist shot to make it 3-1. Detroit defenceman Niklas Kronwall knocked Kucherov’s helmet off near the end of the second period with a high hit, but the Tampa Bay forward was able to play on. “I didn’t see it,” Cooper said. “It was on that part of the ice that I didn’t see. The refs didn’t call a penalty, so it must have been OK.”
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin prepares to shoot past New York Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy during Game 7 in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Monday, in Washington.
Capitals clinch series with Game 7 win over Islanders BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Capitals 2 Islanders 1 WASHINGTON — Unburdened by the catastrophes of past Game 7s littering the Washington Capitals’ playoff history, rookie Evgeny Kuznetsov delivered a breathtaking, series-clinching goal that got Alex Ovechkin’s seal of approval. “Pretty sick,” Ovechkin declared. Sure was. Skating around every opponent on the ice as he swooped across from the right boards, past the slot and waited, waited, waited for the right moment to lift a rising shot over sprawling goalie Jaroslav Halak, Kuznetsov scored the go-ahead goal with 7:18 remaining, and Braden Holtby only needed to make 10 saves Monday night, leading the Capitals to a 2-1 victory that eliminated the
New York Islanders in the first round. “If you’ve never played hockey,” Kuznetsov said, “you’ll never feel this.” Joel Ward gave Washington a 1-0 lead late in the second period, and Frans Nielsen pulled New York even early in the third. The Capitals now face the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers, who eliminated Washington from the 2012 and 2013 playoffs — in Game 7 each time. That’s part of a long history of postseason failures for the Capitals, including never advancing beyond the second round since Ovechkin arrived and began earning MVP trophies and leading the NHL in goals year after year.
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CALGARY — Facing his former team in the second round of NHL playoffs is a spicy prospect for Calgary Flames goaltender Jonas Hiller. Prior to Hiller’s arrival in Calgary last summer, the Anaheim Ducks were his first and only NHL team. He was their No. 1 for the majority of his seven seasons in Anaheim until a precipitous fall from favour just over a year ago. The Calgary goalie’s familiarity with their playoff foe adds an interesting wrinkle to what is already the Cinderella story of this year’s NHL post-season. “I can’t deny that it’s something special,” Hiller said Monday. “Knowing a team you used to play seven years for, I think that makes it a little more special than playing against another team.” Calgary wasn’t considered a playoff contender in the second year of a rebuild, but the Flames open a best-ofseven Western Conference semifinal in Anaheim later this week. The NHL had yet to release the schedule Monday. The Flames haven’t won a regularseason game at the Honda Centre since 2004. Calgary won a single playoff game in three played there in 2006. Hiller went 2-2 against his former club this season, including a pair of losses in Anaheim, but he feels comfortable in that arena. “You walk in there and everything just feels so much more familiar than any other rink because I’ve been there for such a long time,” he said. Hiller was pulled less than eight minutes into Calgary’s 7-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday to take the series four games to two. Hiller gave up two goals on three shots before reliever Karri Ramo stopped 17 of 19 for the win. Flames head coach Bob Hartley didn’t hesitate, however, when asked Monday
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who his Game 1 starter will be. “Jones Hiller, there’s no doubt in my mind,” the coach stated. Hiller’s 33 saves helped Calgary clinch a playoff spot with a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings in the last home game of the regular season. The 33-year-old from Felben-Wellhausen, Switzerland, carried a solid goals-against average of 1.84 and a save percentage .942 through the first five games of the opening round against the Canucks. “Look at the games that Jonas gave us all year, but more importantly against the Kings and then in the playoffs,” Hartley said. Hiller started the majority of Calgary’s regular-season games for a 2619-4 record in 52 outings, a 2.36 g.a.a and a save percentage of .918. But Hartley fostered a natural competition between Hiller and Ramo as he was quick to switch goalies during games and gave Ramo five consecutive starts midway through the season. The coach’s philosophy was the goalie who won the last game, or who played well enough for the Flames to win even if they didn’t, started the next. Hiller tightened his grip on the starter’s job for the post-season with a 4-1 record in his last five starts of the regular season, including 42 saves in a 4-1 loss to St. Louis. Ramo also was injured in the regular-season finale, which clarified Calgary’s goaltending for the playoffs. The Ducks demoted Hiller from starter to third-stringer in the final days of the 2013-14 regular season in favour of Frederik Andersen and John Gibson, now 25 and 21. Hiller did appear in Anaheim’s second-round series against the Kings when Andersen was injured, but the Ducks did not offer Hiller a contract extension.
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Hopkins and Nail Yakupov first overall was supposed to lead to exciting moments, coupled with the drafting of Jordan Eberle and signing of defenceman Justin Schultz. But it took “McDavid Day” for owner Daryl Katz and the organization to make big changes. Longtime president Kevin Lowe is out of his hockey role and now in charge of business. Under Nicholson, who presided over an era of success for Hockey Canada, Chiarelli is in charge of the dayto-day hockey decisions. Chiarelli won a Stanley Cup with
Doughty, Karlsson, Subban voted as Norris trophy finalists BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — The National Hockey League announced on Monday its finalists for the 2014-15 James Norris Memorial Trophy. Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings, Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens were voted as the three finalists for the trophy that’s awarded “to the defence player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position.” Doughty played all 82 games this season for the Kings and was second in the league for average time on ice at 28:59. The 25-year-old native of London, Ont., produced seven goals and 46 points. Doughty is a Norris Trophy finalist for the second time after finishing third in voting in 2009-10. Karlsson led all defencemen in points for the third time in the past four seasons with 66 — including a ca-
reer-high 21 goals. The 24-year-old Swedish blue-liner appeared in all 82 games for the second consecutive campaign and ranked third in average time on ice at 27:15. This is the second time he is a Norris Trophy finalist after capturing the award in 2011-12. Subban also skated in all 82 games and registered career highs in goals with 15 and points with 60. The 25-yearold Toronto native ranked sixth in average time on ice with 26:12 — another career high. He is a Norris Trophy finalist for the second time after winning the award in 2012-13, when he became the first Canadiens defenceman to earn the honour since Chris Chelios in 1988-89. Members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association submitted ballots for the Norris Trophy at the conclusion of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists. The winner will be announced June 24, during the 2015 NHL Awards.
Four Red Deer players selected for Peewee Prospects Cup FOUR OTHER CENTRAL ALBERTA PLAYERS WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE Four Red Deer players are among eight Central Alberta skaters selected to compete in the Hockey Alberta ATB Peewee Prospects Cup May 7-10 at Olds. Eight teams — two selected from players attending each of four regional camps held April 17-19 — will compete in the tournament. Twenty athletes comprise each roster, along with volunteers serving as head coach, assistant coaches, coach mentor, trainer, and director of operations. Forward Silas Buijs will suit up with Team South Black, while defencemen Alex Litster and Kayden Robinson along with forward Noah Danielson are on the Team South Yellow roster. Meanwhile, forward Kayde Budgell of Bentley and defenceman Ronan Seeley will skate with South Black and forwards Brett Meerman of Blackfalds
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and Wyatt Fluet of Sundre are with South Yellow. Cara Corsiatto of Olds is the director of operations with South Yellow — with Rick Polutnik serving as the coach mentor — and Elwin Weins of Innisfail is the director of operations for South Black. The ATB Peewee Prospects Cup is a new component of the Team Alberta program. This year’s event is for male athletes born in 2002. “Last weekend’s zone camps showed that Alberta has an immense amount of young hockey talent across the province,” said Dustin Moore, coordinator for Team Alberta. “We are pleased these athletes will be able to compete against each other, but also learn from one another and a very knowledgeable group of coaches, as they begin their journey through the Team Alberta program.”
JUNIOR B LACROSSE The junior B tier 2 Red Deer Renegades split a pair of season-opening Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League games during the weekend, falling 14-7 to the visiting Calgary Axemen before downing the Lacoka Locos 8-5 at Ponoka. Kane Weik netted two goals and picked up an assist in the Red Deer setback at the Kinex. Also scoring in a losing cause were Colton Levie, Richard Watt, Cody Rush, Aiden Wilson
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CAPS: Intense This was the eighth time in 10 playoff series involving Ovechkin that went to a Game 7, and his team was only 2-5 in such contests until Monday. Until Kuznetsov — a 22-year-old centre taken with the No. 26 pick in 2010, six years after Ovechkin went No. 1 overall — came through, adding to the two goals and assist he had in Game 3. “That’s the best I’ve seen us play,” Holtby said. “Start to finish, that’s the game we’ve been trying to groom all year.” The Islanders’ loss ends their playing days at Nassau Coliseum, which opened in 1972. The team is moving to Brooklyn next season. “We wanted to get back home,” coach Jack Capuano said. You have to go back 22 years to find a playoff series won by the Islanders, and that victory in 1993 came against — guess who? — the Capitals. Since then, New York has lost seven consecutive first-round series. “It’s just hard to believe it’s really over,” said Islanders captain John Tavares, who had two goals and four assists in the series. “It was intense. It was physical. It was draining.“ Halak pointed to Washington’s 26-11 edge in shots, saying: “We needed to
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‘We’ve got to take it back with us.’ I kind of knew that was going to be the same thing.” Chiarelli now has decisions to make, starting with the rest of the front office and the coaching staff. As much as Todd Nelson got out of the Oilers in replacing Dallas Eakins, coaches such as Todd McLellan, Paul MacLean, Dan Bylsma and Peter DeBoer are already available and Mike Babcock, Ken Hitchcock, Claude Julien and Dave Tippett could be soon. Another decision on the docket really isn’t one at all. Even though Chiarelli wouldn’t confirm it, the Oilers’ store might as well start printing McDavid 97 jerseys. “He’s a heck of a player,” Chiarelli said. “I love him as a player.” When McLellan left the San Jose Sharks, he answered a question about coaching McDavid about the team. “One thing that I’ve learned: You can have the best player and still not have the best team,” McLellan said. “It’s about team, it’s about a group, it’s about the whole organization and the culture of the organization.” With Nicholson and Chiarelli running the show, the culture seems ripe for McLellan or another elite coach to step in and make these very exciting times in Edmonton. and Ryan Margetts. Margetts sniped two goals and added two helpers in the Renegades victory. Tyler Schumacher also tallied twice, while Travis Mears scored once and contributed two assists and Carson Stuve, Nickolas Scott and Chase Boswell also connected. Scoring for the host Locos were Brennon Elder, Dylan Rowley, Brody Thomas, Braden Grant and Dustin Bell. The Renegades were assessed 59 minutes in penalties in the chippy affair, with the Locos spending 56 minutes in the box. shoot a little more. Obviously you’re not going to score if you don’t shoot.” Only three teams have produced fewer shots in a playoff game since 1990, according to STATS. This was the first Game 7 of this year’s NHL playoffs, fittingly. Through the first six games, each team scored 14 goals. Each won on the road. Each won in overtime. During the regular season, both finished with 101 standings points. But Monday was the Capitals’ turn to thrive. “By Game 5,” coach Barry Trotz said, “I thought they wore down a little bit.”
FLAMES: Great story Calgary signed the free agent in July to a two-year, $9-million contract. Hiller downplayed the notion of revenge as a motivator in the upcoming series against the Ducks. “I don’t know if I need extra motivation to prove them wrong,” he said. “If you’re in the second round of Stanley Cup playoffs, I don’t know if you need extra motivation to play a former team. “In the end, I’m really happy how it turned out because otherwise I couldn’t have lived through what we went through with this team in Calgary here this season, which has been a great story, great fun and hopefully we can keep it going.”
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Connor McDavid hasn’t donned an Edmonton Oilers’ jersey yet, but already he has changed the franchise’s path. McDavid hadn’t even been the Oilers’ prospective first overall pick in June’s NHL draft for 48 hours when former Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson was put in charge of Edmonton’s business and hockey operations. “When you look at McDavid day, it was so exciting for all of us,” Nicholson said. Almost immediately Nicholson reached out to former Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli. On Friday, Chiarelli became the Oilers’ president of hockey operations and GM. The two experienced hockey men provide Edmonton with the outside voices and expertise that could lead to the end of an almost-decade-long playoff drought. “These are exciting times for this organization,” Nicholson said on a conference call Friday. “For my first move in the National Hockey League, this is a pretty exciting moment.” Getting Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-
Boston, and the Bruins got to another final in 2013. He replaces Craig MacTavish, who admitted at the end of the season he might be “losing credibility” after decisions went wrong. Nicholson wasn’t specific about MacTavish’s role Friday because the process with Chiarelli moved quickly. It all started with lottery balls falling in the Oilers’ favour to land McDavid — and Chiarelli. “It certainly wasn’t a deal-maker,” Chiarelli said. “The group here with Bob and Kevin and Daryl, the relationships there really helped out. That pick is a tremendous pick. To try and move up from three or four to get that pick under normal circumstances — you couldn’t do it, and especially with the calibre of player that’s available. “That was a huge, huge cherry on top to have that. But the decision wouldn’t have been any different.” When Chiarelli flew to Edmonton with his wife and son, it wasn’t a slamdunk decision. At first the Oilers’ interest was “flattering” but then Chiarelli started taking it seriously. “I said to my wife, it’s like when we went out and got our second dog,” Chiarelli said. “We weren’t planning on bringing that dog back with us, but when we saw it in the cage, we’re like,
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Goalkeepers: Stephanie Labbe, Stony Plain, Alta., unattached; Karina LeBlanc, Maple Ridge, B.C., Chicago Red Stars; Erin McLeod, Edmonton, Houston Dash. Defenders: Kadeisha Buchanan, Brampton, Ont., West Virginia University; Allysha Chapman, Courtice, Ont., Houston Dash; Robyn Gayle, Mis-
Canadian Women’s World Cup team much more than just soccer players The 23-woman Canada roster announced Monday for this summer’s Women’s World Cup is more than a collection of soccer players. It is an eclectic group with many strings to its bow. Here’s a look at some of the women’s off-the-field talents.
Erin McLeod, artist and entrepreneur A renaissance goalkeeper, McLeod is a talented artist whose first solo show, titled “Limitless,� in Toronto was a hit in the fall of 2013. “I’ve always drawn. It’s always been kind of my release. I’m a total overthinker, to a fault.� She currently has 13 commissioned pieces on deck. McLeod says her strength is “pencil sketching and attention to detail� but often mixes the pencil work with acrylics to add colour. The Alberta native, who has a home in North Vancouver, also is an investor in and brand ambassador for Peau de Loup, a clothing line founded by Vancouverites Adelle Renaud and Beccy Anderson. The company has a date on the “Dragon’s Den� TV show and is slated to create travel suits for the World Cup team.
Desiree Scott, Zumba instructor The tenacious five-foot-two Winnipeg midfielder, known as The Destroyer, loves to dance and took a course in 2014 to get sissauga, Ont., unattached; Carmelina Moscato, Mississauga, Ont., unattached; Marie-Eve Nault, Trois-Rivieres, Que., unattached; Lauren Sesselmann, Green Bay, Wisc., Houston Dash; Rhian Wilkinson, Baie D’Urfe, Que., Portland Thorns; Emily Zurrer, Crofton, B.C., unattached. Midfielders: Jessie Fleming, London, Ont., London NorWest SC; Selenia Iacchelli, Edmonton, unattached; Kaylyn Kyle, Saskatoon, Portland Thorns; Ashley Lawrence, Caledon East, Ont.,
Melissa Tancredi, chiropractor The veteran striker, who has three degrees, started her chiropractic studies in 2006 and graduated last year, after essentially taking 2013 and 2014 off from soccer to focus on her studies. She started in premed at Notre Dame but became interested in becoming a chiropractor, recommended by the football team, after seeing one for back problems. “He treated me and he started giving me books and stuff to read and I really fell in love with it.� The native of Ancaster, Ont., graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in suburban St. Louis.
Emily Zurrer and Selenia Iacchelli, food truck co-owners The two friends and teammates, along with Iacchelli’s sister, own a Vancouver food truck called Sweet Ride FroYo n’ Waffles, which hit the road in the summer of 2013. The business is currently on the backburner because of their soccer demands. The big seller? That’s easy, says Zurrer, a defender from Crofton, B.C.. It’s the “Sweet Monkey,� which is a Liege waffle with frozen yogurt, peanut butter, Nutella, banana and (optional) Skor pieces. “Don’t tell Cesar about that one,� joked Zurrer, referring to Cesar Meylan, the sport scientist tasked with ensuring the women are in peak physical condition. West Virginia University; Diana Matheson, Oakville, Ont., Washington Spirit; Desiree Scott, Winnipeg, Notts County Ladies (England); Sophie Schmidt, Winnipeg, unattached; Josee Belanger, Coaticook, Que., unattached. Forwards: Jonelle Filigno, Mississauga, Ont., Sky Blue FC; Adriana Leon, Maple, Ont., Chicago Red Stars; Christine Sinclair (capt.), Burnaby,. B.C., Portland Thorns; Melissa Tancredi, Ancaster, Ont., Chicago Red Stars.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Red Sox 6 Blue Jays 5 BOSTON — Mookie Betts has proven he can turn on a fastball in his brief time in the majors. He didn’t miss one for his game-winning hit. Betts hit a game-ending RBI single to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Xander Bogaerts and Ryan Hanigan singled off Miguel Castro (0-2) before moving up on a wild pitch. Betts then lined a 96 mile per hour fastball through a drawn-in infield — to the left of shortstop Jose Reyes — for his third hit of the night. “He throws a 100 so I figured I had to get ready for that,� Betts said. “I got a decent pitch to hit.� Red Sox manager John Farrell has seen how well Betts hits hard throwers since getting called up last season. The 22-year old centre fielder made the club with a strong spring training. “When he generates that rhythm, the bat speed is there,� Farrell said. Pablo Sandoval homered for the second straight day for Boston, hitting a solo shot before leaving the game with a sore neck. He also had a two-run single. The Red Sox have won the opener of each of their seven series this season. Russell Martin had a two-run double and rookie Devon Travis belted his sixth homer for the Blue Jays, who were coming off a three-game sweep against Tampa Bay on the first leg of their 10-game road trip. “It’s tough,� Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It wasn’t a great lead for this ballpark. We had a nice little lead. They just kept chipping away, chipping away. They’re dangerous. They got us there at the end.� Koji Uehara (2-1) worked a perfect ninth for the win. Trailing 5-4 in the eighth, the Red Sox loaded the bases and David Ortiz was walked intentionally before Hanley Ramirez hit a tying sacrifice fly. Left fielder Dalton Pompey saved at least one run with a diving grab in the gap. Third baseman Josh Donaldson ended the inning by making a leaping grab of Daniel Nava’s liner. Boston’s Joe Kelly struck out 10 in six innings, but gave up five runs and five hits. “Up and down is exactly how you put it,� Kelly said of his start. “These guys are a very good hitting baseball team. When you don’t make pitches, they make you pay for it.� Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez allowed four runs, three earned, and struck out seven in 5 2-3 innings. “It’s frustrating, they score three and I give them two right back in the first,� Sanchez said. The Blue Jays jumped ahead 3-0 in the first on an RBI single by Travis and two-run double by Martin. Boston got two back in the bottom of the inning on Sandoval’s two-run single. Travis homered into the Green Monster seats in the third, making it 4-2. Kevin Pillar added an RBI single.
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VANCOUVER — Midfield dynamo Diana Matheson, sidelined by a serious knee injury last October, has made Canada’s 23-woman roster for this summer’s World Cup. What role she will play on the field remains to be seen, however. The 166-cap veteran, whose work ethic and passing help Canada unlock defences, tore her anterior cruciate ligament in a 3-0 friendly loss to Japan. She has been seen with crutches in recent days after injuring a foot during her rehab. Matheson walked gingerly down the stairs at Monday’s announcement, taking a shorter route than her teammates. Head coach John Herdman, calling Matheson “one of the best Canadians I’ve met,� said the compact midfielder can make a difference whether she plays or not. “Her health won’t impact the leadership role she has off the pitch,� he told a news conference. “Our goal is to have her back playing in that tournament,� he added. “And she’s very clear that if there was ever a chance that she wouldn’t be able to play, I know from her perspective she wouldn’t have taken a (Canadian) shirt. “And if there’s ever a chance she won’t play, there’s always the (roster) rule of 24 hours before the Women’s World Cup starts that Diana can hand that shirt over to someone that can. But either way, we’ll have Diana Matheson in and around our environment, because she’s got an X factor that can push us on the podium.� The 31-year-old native of Oakville, Ont., is no stranger to comebacks. Matheson, who stands just a halfinch over five feet, had knee surgery to repair torn cartilage in her right knee in November 2011. The recovery time was longer than expected but she recovered to play in the 2012 Olympics, scoring the stoppage-time goal that beat France in the bronze-medal match. Defender Lauren Sesselmann, who tore up her knee in February 2014, has already returned to action and is also on the roster. Talismanic forward Christine Sinclair, with 222 caps and 153 international goals, will again serve as captain. The 31-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., is one of six players on the squad with more than 100 national team appearances. The others are Matheson, fullback Rhian Wilkinson (163), midfielder Sophie Schmidt (131) and goalkeepers Karina LeBlanc (110) and Erin McLeod (104). They form the spine of a team that went from dead last at the 2011 World Cup to the medal podium at the 2012 Olympics in London. The made-for-TV roster announcement took place in the rain at downtown Vancouver’s Robson Square against a backdrop of screaming, flagwaving young girls. Arm in arm, the Canadian team sang “O Canada� to
end the ceremony. With 25 players including Matheson in residency, there were not many roster decisions to make. Janine Beckie, a 20-year-old forward with five caps, and Rebecca Quinn, a 19-year-old defender with nine caps, will likely be part of a group of some six alternates on standby. They could see action. Defenders Marie-Eve Nault played an important role after being called in when Robyn Gayle and Emily Zurrer were injured at the Olympics. All three are on the World Cup squad. Forward Melissa Tancredi (99 caps), midfielders Kaylyn Kyle (95) and Desiree Scott (89), and defenders Carmelina Moscato (91), Zurrer (82) and Gayle (81) add experience and moxy to the Canadian squad. Only one player — 28-year-old midfielder Selenia Iacchelli — has less than 10 caps (with four appearances). Thirteen of the 23 players chosen are 28 or older, with nine in their 30s. But despite that experience, goals have been hard to come by at times. Eighth-ranked Canada was beaten 1-0 by No. 3 France and No. 6 England in its last two outings. And the Canadian women have scored one goal or less in nine of their last 15 matches, during which time they went 8-5-2 with all five losses coming to Tier 1 opposition — although they did tie the U.S. and tie and beat Sweden during that stretch. Young talent includes 17-year-old Jessie Fleming, a midfielder with exquisite touch, and 19-year-old Kadeisha Buchanan, a hard-nosed centre back. Both are expected to play key roles this summer. For Fleming, who has 15 caps, it’s her third FIFA world competition since March 2014 when she captained Canada at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014. She also played on home soil last summer at FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014. Buchanan already has 34 caps. Canada, playing out of Group A, plays June 6 against No. 16 China and June 11 against No. 17 New Zealand in Edmonton, before travelling to Montreal to face the 12th-ranked Netherlands on June 15. Now that the roster has been announced, the Canadian women can now look forward to 10 days off — their last break until their World Cup campaign ends. They will reconvene May 7 for a week in California, where they will have a training match with the U.S., before heading to Mexico for a week. They return to the Toronto area May 21 to prepare for their final friendly on May 29 against England in Hamilton. The 24-team World Cup, which wraps up July 5 in Vancouver, will also see games in Winnipeg, Ottawa and Moncton. Canada World Cup roster
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WHL PLAYOFFS THIRD ROUND Conference Finals (Best-of-7)
Vancouver (2) vs. Calgary (3) (Calgary wins series 4-2) Wednesday, April 15 Calgary 2 Vancouver 1 Friday, April 17 Vancouver 4 Calgary 1 Sunday, April 19 Calgary 4 Vancouver 2 Tuesday, April 21 Calgary 3 Vancouver 1 Thursday, April 23 Vancouver 2 Calgary 1 Saturday, April 25 Calgary 7 Vancouver 4
N.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Pittsburgh (WC) (N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-1) Thursday, April 16 NY Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 1 Saturday, April 18 Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers 3 Monday, April 20 NY Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 1 Wednesday, April 22 NY Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 1 (OT) Friday, April 24 NY Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 1 (OT)
Brandon (E1) vs. Calgary (C1) (Brandon leads series 2-0) Friday, Apr. 24 Brandon 9 Calgary 4 Saturday, Apr. 25 Brandon 3 Calgary 2 (OT) Tuesday, Apr. 28 Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 29 Brandon at Calgary, 7 p.m. Friday, May. 1 x-Calgary at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May. 5 x-Calgary at Brandon, 6 p.m.
Washington (2) vs. N.Y. Islanders (3) (Washington wins series 4-3) Wednesday, April 15 NY Islanders 4 Washington 1 Friday, April 17 Washington 4 NY Islanders 3 Sunday, April 19 NY Islanders 2 Washington 1 (OT) Tuesday, April 21 Washington 2 NY Islanders 1 (OT) Thursday, April 23 Washington 5 NY Islanders 1 Saturday, April 25 NY Islanders 3 Washington 1 Monday, April 27 Washington 2 NY Islanders 1
Kelowna (BC1) vs. Portland (US2) (Series tied 1-1) Friday, Apr. 24 Kelowna 3 Portland 2 Saturday, Apr. 25 Portland 3 Kelowna 2 Tuesday, Apr. 28 Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 29 Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Friday, May. 1 Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, May. 3 x-Kelowna at Portland, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May. 5 x-Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. x — if necessary.
Monday’s summaries Capitals 2, Islanders 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. Washington, Ward 1 (Orpik, Ovechkin) 18:35. Penalties — None. Third Period 2. NY Islanders, Nielsen 1 (Hickey, Strome) 3:13. 3. Washington, Kuznetsov 3 (Chimera, Carlson) 12:42. Penalties — Carlson Wash (roughing) 17:06. Shots on goal NY Islanders 3 4 4 — 11 Washington 11 10 5 — 26 Goal — NY Islanders: Halak (L, 3-4-0); Washington: Holtby (W, 3-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances)NY Islanders: 0-1; Washington: 0-0.
WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis (1) vs. Minnesota (WC) (Minnesota wins series 4-2) Thursday, April 16 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 2 Saturday, April 18 St. Louis 4 Minnesota 1 Monday, April 20 Minnesota 3 St. Louis 0 Wednesday, April 22 St. Louis 6 Minnesota 1 Friday, April 24 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 1 Sunday, April 26 Minnesota 4 St. Louis 1
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs FIRST ROUND Division Semifinals EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal (1) vs. Ottawa (WC) (Montreal wins series 4-2) Wednesday, April 15 Montreal 4 Ottawa 3 Friday, April 17 Montreal 3 Ottawa 2 (OT) Sunday, April 19 Montreal 2 Ottawa 1 (OT) Wednesday, April 22 Ottawa 1 Montreal 0 Friday, April 24 Ottawa 5 Montreal 1 Sunday, April 26 Montreal 2 Ottawa 0
Lightning 5, Red Wings 2 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Johnson 5 (Kucherov, Hedman) 3:47. 2. Tampa Bay, Garrison 1 (Stamkos, Kucherov) 11:10. Penalties — Palat TB (hooking) 12:23, Sustr TB (roughing) 16:58. Second Period 3. Tampa Bay, Johnson 6 (Palat, Kucherov) 9:09. 4. Detroit, Tatar 2 (Kronwall) 12:26 (pp). Penalties — Kronwall Det (high-sticking) 2:49, Johnson TB (roughing) 3:33, Stamkos TB (slashing) 3:33, Ericsson Det (roughing) 3:33, Callahan TB (cross-checking) 6:02, Killorn TB (roughing) 9:34, Hedman TB (slashing) 11:16, Glendening Det (hooking) 13:17, Paquette TB (roughing) 20:00, Abdelkader Det (roughing) 20:00. Third Period 5. Detroit, Tatar 3 (Datsyuk) 1:39. 6. Tampa Bay, Killorn 2 (unassisted) 14:51. 7. Tampa Bay, Paquette 1 (unassisted) 19:03 (ensh). Penalties — Stamkos TB (goaltender interference) 1:58, Callahan TB (roughing) 16:34, Miller Det (roughing) 16:34, Coburn TB (cross-checking) 18:46. Shots on goal Tampa Bay 7 13 8 — 28 Detroit 9 6 9 — 24 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 3-3-0); Detroit: Mrazek (L, 3-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Tampa Bay: 0-2; Detroit: 1-7.
Nashville (2) vs. Chicago (3) (Chicago wins series 4-2) Wednesday, April 15 Chicago 4 Nashville 3 (2OT) Friday, April 17 Nashville 6 Chicago 2 Sunday, April 19 Chicago 4 Nashville 2 Tuesday, April 21 Chicago 3 Nashville 2 (3OT) Thursday, April 23 Nashville 5 Chicago 2 Saturday, April 25 Chicago 4 Nashville 3
Tampa Bay (2) vs. Detroit (3) (Detroit leads series 3-2) Thursday, April 16 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 2 Saturday, April 18 Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 1 Tuesday, April 21 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 0 Thursday, April 23 Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 2 (OT) Saturday, April 25 Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 0 Monday, April 27 Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 2 Wednesday, April 29 Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.
Anaheim (1) vs. Winnipeg (WC) (Anaheim wins series 4-0) Thursday, April 16 Anaheim 4 Winnipeg 2 Saturday, April 18 Anaheim 2 Winnipeg 1 Monday, April 20 Anaheim 5 Winnipeg 4 (OT) Wednesday, April 22 Anaheim 5 Winnipeg 2
Wednesday ● High school boys soccer: Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m. ● High school girls rugby: Rocky Mountain House at Notre Dame, Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 4:30 p.m., Titans Park 1 and 2; Wetaskiwin at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.; Rimbey at Olds, 4:30 p.m. ● High school boys rugby: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, Wetaskiwin at Rocky Mountain House, 6 p.m., Titans Park 1 and 2.
Thursday ● High school girls soccer: Central Alberta Christian at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m. ● High school boys soccer: Sylvan Lake at Innisfail, 4:15 p.m.; Hunting Hills at
Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 12 8 .600 — Boston 11 9 .550 1 Tampa Bay 11 9 .550 1 Baltimore 9 10 .474 2 Toronto 9 11 .450 3
Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota Cleveland
Central Division W L Pct 14 6 .700 13 6 .684 8 9 .471 8 11 .421 6 12 .333
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Houston Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Texas
West Division W L Pct 11 7 .611 9 10 .474 8 11 .421 8 12 .400 7 12 .368
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Sunday’s Games Detroit 8, Cleveland 6 Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 1 Baltimore 18, Boston 7 Chicago White Sox 3, Kansas City 2, comp. of susp. game Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 Texas 5, L.A. Angels 4, 11 innings Houston 7, Oakland 6 Minnesota 4, Seattle 2, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Monday’s Games Kansas City 6, Cleveland 2 Boston 6, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, ppd., public safety Seattle 3, Texas 1 Detroit 5, Minnesota 4 Houston at San Diego, late Tuesday’s Games Kansas City (Guthrie 1-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 2-0) at Boston (Buchholz 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 1-1) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 1-1), 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Happ 1-1) at Texas (Detwiler 0-2), 6:05 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 1-2) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 1-0), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2) at Oakland (Gray 2-0), 8:05 p.m. Houston (R.Hernandez 0-2) at San Diego (T.Ross 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Houston at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 6:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.
New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Washington
National League East Division W L Pct 15 5 .750 10 9 .526 8 12 .400 8 12 .400 7 13 .350
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St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee
Central Division W L Pct 12 6 .667 11 7 .611 11 9 .550 9 10 .474 4 16 .200
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West Division W L Pct 11 7 .611 10 8 .556 11 9 .550 8 10 .444 8 11 .421
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Sunday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2 Miami 6, Washington 2 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 3 San Diego 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Pittsburgh 8, Arizona 0 San Francisco at Colorado, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Monday’s Games Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 6 N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 1 Atlanta 8, Washington 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1 Colorado at Arizona, late Houston at San Diego, late San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, late Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee (Lohse 1-3) at Cincinnati (Cueto 1-2), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 0-1) at Miami (Phelps 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Washington (A.Cole 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 1-1), 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia (S.Gonzalez 0-0) at St. Louis (Wacha 3-0), 6:15 p.m. Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-2) at Arizona (Bradley 2-0), 7:40 p.m. Houston (R.Hernandez 0-2) at San Diego (T.Ross 1-1), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m. Houston at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Kan. City 011 001 300 — 6 13 0 Cleveland 000 020 000 — 2 4 3 J.Vargas, Madson (6), F.Morales (7), K.Herrera (8), W.Davis (9) and S.Perez; Kluber, Hagadone (7), McAllister (7), Rzepczynski (9) and R.Perez. W—J.Vargas 2-1. L—Kluber 0-3. HRs—Cleveland, Aviles (2). Toronto 301 100 000 — 5 6 1 Boston 200 110 011 — 6 10 0 Aa.Sanchez, Loup (6), Osuna (8), M.Castro (9) and Ru.Martin; J.Kelly, Ogando (7), Uehara (9) and Hanigan. W—Uehara 2-1. L—M.Castro 0-2. HRs— Toronto, Travis (6). Boston, Sandoval (2). Tampa Bay 000 001 000 — 1 6 0 New York 000 012 01x — 4 9 0 Karns, B.Gomes (5), Teaford (6) and Rivera; Warren, J.Wilson (6), D.Carpenter (7), Betances (8), A.Miller (9) and B.McCann. W—J.Wilson 1-0. L—B. Gomes 0-1. Sv—A.Miller (8). HRs—New York, B.McCann (2). Seattle 200 010 000 — 3 5 1 Texas 000 100 000 — 1 8 1 T.Walker, Furbush (8), C.Smith (8), Rodney (9) and Zunino; Gallardo, Pimentel (7), Claudio (8), Mendez (9) and Chirinos. W—T.Walker 1-2. L—Gallardo 2-3. Sv—Rodney (5). Detroit 410 000 000 — 5 11 0 Minnesota 100 010 110 — 4 9 0 Price, A.Wilson (7), Chamberlain (8), Soria (9) and Avila; Milone, Stauffer (5), Boyer (7) and K.Suzuki. W—Price 2-1. L—Milone 2-1. Sv—Soria (8). HRs— Detroit, J.Iglesias (1), Cespedes (4). NATIONAL LEAGUE Wash. 001 000 120 — 4 5 4 Atlanta 100 103 21x — 8 13 2 Fister, Grace (6), Ra.Martin (7), Barrett (8) and W.Ramos; Stults, Co.Martin (7), Ji.Johnson (8), Avilan (9) and Pierzynski. W—Stults 1-1. L—Fister 1-1. HRs—Atlanta, K.Johnson (3). New York 000 000 003 — 3 5 0 Miami 000 000 010 — 1 6 0 Gee, C.Torres (8), Familia (9) and Plawecki; Cosart, Cishek (9) and Realmuto. W—C.Torres 1-0. L— Cishek 0-1. Sv—Familia (9). HRs—New York, Dan. Murphy (2). Milwaukee 001 001 004 — 6 11 1 Cincinnati 043 002 00x — 9 9 0 Nelson, Wooten (3), Cotts (6), W.Smith (8) and Maldonado; Marquis, Badenhop (9), Chapman (9) and Pena. W—Marquis 2-1. L—Nelson 1-2. HRs— Cincinnati, Bruce (4). Pittsburgh 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Chicago 003 010 00x — 4 11 1 Worley, Scahill (7) and Cervelli, Stewart; Hammel, Strop (9) and M.Montero. W—Hammel 2-1. L— Worley 2-2. Phila. 000 000 301 — 4 11 0 St. Louis 001 000 000 — 1 5 0 Hamels, Giles (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz; Lackey, Siegrist (8), Belisle (9) and Molina. W—Hamels 1-2. L—Lackey 1-1. Sv—Papelbon (5).
Future of coach Casey one of Raptors’ biggest questions after horrible ending BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Dwane Casey was wearing the golf-ball sized NBA championship ring Monday morning that he won with the Dallas Mavericks — perhaps as a reminder of happier times. The Toronto Raptors were swept by the Washington Wizards in the opening round of the playoffs, and the day after their embarrassing 125-94 rout in Game 4, questions swirled around the team in the wake of one of the biggest blunders in franchise history. Of the most pressing questions: the future of coach Casey. Will he back next season? “No one’s told me any different,” Casey said. “I’ll say this — I’ve never worried about a day of sitting back. I don’t read the blogs or read the comments. But I work my butt off and do my job to be prepared, and our staff did the same thing. I think our staff did a heck of a job this year preparing the players each and every day, film work, on the court. I don’t think our staff has anything to be ashamed of.” The harsh ending was in stunning contrast to a season that began with so much promise. After taking Brooklyn to seven games in last year’s playoffs, the Raptors raced out of the gate to lead the Eastern Conference, but the wheels fell off around the February all-star break. They won a franchise-record 49 games, but staggered into the playoffs playing their worst basketball of the season. “I just felt a sense of complacency among
all of us, coaches, myself, ’It’s going to be OK.’ No it’s not going to be OK,” Casey said. “I saw the defence get worse, and we kept preaching about it, talking about it. . .We took our foot off the gas pedal defensively, and continued wanting to score more and score more. “The mood was guys felt like everything was going to be OK. ’We’re going to be all right. Once we get to the playoffs, we can flip a switch.’ No you can’t, and I think this playoff should be a lesson to all of us, coaches, players, everybody, that you can’t flip a switch to go into the playoffs and be a different team.” All-star point guard Kyle Lowry was a shell of himself, averaging 12 points a game and spending good chunks on the bench in foul trouble. Lowry has said it took him months to get over last season’s ending — Paul Pierce’s block on his final shot of Game 7. This one was even worse. “The way we lost, yeah,” said a glum-looking Lowry. “Last year we left with a high, at least kind of a high. This year we’re just disappointed. It just sucks, to be honest.” There’s been speculation the all-star was hurt after missing nine games with a back injury down the stretch. Lowry insisted that wasn’t the case. “I don’t make excuses. I wasn’t injured, I was healthy. I played in the games and I gave it my all,” Lowry said. Lowry alluded to “things internally” that hindered the team over the second half of the season, saying “we lost each other.”
Friday
● High school girls soccer: Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake, 4:15 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m., MEGlobal Athletic Park.
Saturday
J ● unior B tier 2 lacrosse: Okotoks Ice at Lacoka Locos, 6:30 p.m., Ponoka.
Sunday
● Senior women’s lacrosse: Calgary Cougars at Red Deer Rage, 2:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex.
Basketball NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta 2, Brooklyn 2 Sunday, April 19: Atlanta 99, Brooklyn 92 Wednesday, April 22: Atlanta 96, Brooklyn 91 Saturday, April 25: Brooklyn 91, Atlanta 83 Monday, April 27: Brooklyn 120, Atlanta 115, OT Wednesday, April 29: Brooklyn at Atlanta, 5 or 6 p.m. Friday, May 1: Atlanta at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, May 3: Brooklyn at Atlanta, TBA Cleveland 4, Boston 0 Sunday, April 19: Cleveland 113, Boston 100 Tuesday, April 21: Cleveland 99, Boston 91 Thursday, April 23: Cleveland 103, Boston 95 Sunday, April 26: Cleveland 101, Boston 93 Chicago 3, Milwaukee 2 Saturday, April 18: Chicago 103, Milwaukee 91 Monday, April 20: Chicago 91, Milwaukee 82 Thursday, April 23: Chicago 113, Milwaukee 106, 2OT Saturday. April 25: Milwaukee 92, Chicago 90 Monday, April 27: Milwaukee 94, Chicago 88 Thursday, April 30: Chicago at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. x-Saturday, May 2: Milwaukee at Chicago, TBA Washington 4, Toronto 0 Saturday, April 18: Washington 93, Toronto 86, OT Tuesday, April 21: Washington 117, Toronto 106 Friday, April 24: Washington 106, Toronto 99 Sunday, April 26: Washington 125, Toronto 94 WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State 4, New Orleans 0 Saturday, April 18: Golden State 106, New Orleans
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99 Monday, April 20: Golden State 97, New Orleans 87 Thursday, April 23: Golden State 123, New Orleans 119, OT Saturday, April 25: Golden State 109, New Orleans 98 Houston 3, Dallas 1 Saturday, April 18: Houston 118, Dallas 108 Tuesday, April 21: Houston 111, Dallas 99 Friday, April 24: Houston 130, Dallas 128 Sunday, April 26: Dallas 121, Houston 109 Tuesday, April 28: Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, April 30: Houston at Dallas, 5 or 6 p.m. x-Saturday, May 2: Dallas at Houston, TBA San Antonio 2, L.A. Clippers 2 Sunday, April 19: L.A. Clippers 107, San Antonio 92 Wednesday, April 22: San Antonio 111, L.A. Clippers 107, OT Friday, April 24: San Antonio 100, L.A. Clippers 73 Sunday, April 26: L.A. Clippers 114, San Antonio 105 Tuesday, April 28: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30: L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7 or 7:30 p.m. x-Saturday, May 2: San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, TBA Memphis 3, Portland 0 Sunday, April 19: Memphis 100, Portland 86 Wednesday, April 22: Memphis 97, Portland 82 Saturday, April 25: Memphis 115, Portland 109 Monday, April 27: Memphis at Portland, late x-Wednesday, April 29: Portland at Memphis, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 1: Memphis at Portland, 8 or 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 3: Portland at Memphis, TBA
Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Steven Wright from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Heath Hembree to Pawtucket. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled OF L.J. Hoes from Fresno (PCL). Optioned RHP Asher Wojciechowski to Fresno. TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired OF Josh Hamilton and cash considerations from the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named or cash considerations. Transferred RHP Nick Tepesch from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Recalled LHP Alex Claudio from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Tanner Scheppers to Round Rock. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled OF Junior Lake from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Brian Schlitter to Iowa. CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Carlos Contreras from Louisville (IL). Placed RHP Homer Bailey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 24. COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Adam Ottavino on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jorge Rondon from Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Traded LHP Xavier Cedeno to Tampa Bay for cash considerations. MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated C Jarrod Saltalamacchia from paternity the list and designated him for assignment. American Association LAREDO LEMURS — Traded OF Byron Wiley to Rockland (Can-Am) for a player to be named. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed C Ryan Wiggins. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed RHP Ryan Rodebaugh. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed INF Casio Grider. Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released RHP Eric Smith. QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed OF Kalian Sams. Released LHP Ari Ronick and RHP Eric Beaulac. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Daniel DeSimone to a contract extension. Signed RHP Nathan Carter. FRONTIER GREYS — Sold the contract of LHP Trevor Lubking to Milwaukee (NL). WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed SS Matt Ford. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Cleveland G J.R. Smith two games and Boston C Kelly Olynyk one game for their roles in separate incidents during an April 26 game. Thorn, President, Basketball Operations. Announced the Flagrant Foul 1 called on Cleveland C Kendrick Perkins, was upgraded to a Flagrant Foul 2 and he was fined $15,000. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released DB Jonte Green. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Re-signed LB Jerrell Freeman. NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived RB Michael Cox. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Promoted Ross Taylor to director of communications. Named Zena Lewis media services co-ordinator. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released CB Robert Sands and QB Matt Scott. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DE Jason Vega and OL Steve Morley. SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Loaned MF Danny Garcia to Arizona United (USL).
Police seek arrest warrant for UFC champ Jon ‘Bones’ Jones following hit-and-run BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones ran from a crash that hospitalized a pregnant woman but quickly came back to grab “a large handful of cash” from the car, witnesses told police. According to police, the accident occurred in southeastern Albuquerque just before noon Sunday when the driver of a rented SUV ran a red light. The driver, whom an off-duty officer identified as Jones, ran from the scene but then returned for the cash before fleeing again, police said. “Witnesses stated he shoved the cash into his pants and ran north,” the report said. Albuquerque police were seeking an arrest warrant for Jones on Monday, saying he would likely face a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident since the woman broke her arm in the crash. Police said they have been unable to reach Jones or his lawyer. Officers found a pipe with marijuana in the SUV as well as MMA and rental car documents in Jones’ name, according to the police report. His agent, Malki Kawa, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press. Jones (21-1) is scheduled to defend his title against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 187 in Las Vegas on May 23, headlining one of the promotion’s biggest shows of the year. “We are in the process of gathering facts and will reserve further comment until more information is available,” the UFC said in a statement. Although he is widely considered the world’s best pound-forpound mixed martial artist, Jones has endured legal problems and questionable behaviour as champion. Jones was arrested in 2012 after crashing his Bentley into a telephone pole in Binghamton, New York. He had his driver’s license suspended after being charged with DWI, but did no jail time. Last August, Jones and challenger Daniel Cormier were involved in a brawl in the lobby of the MGM Grand casino while appearing at a promotional event. Jones was fined $50,000 and ordered to do community service by the Nevada Athletic Commission. In early December, Jones tested positive for metabolites of cocaine while training for his bout. Jones was allowed to compete because the test was conducted out of competition, and he beat Cormier at UFC 182. When the failed drug test became public, Jones publicly apologized for a “mistake,” but spent just one day in a drug rehabilitation centre before checking himself out.
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Good timing for Nova expansion BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR When Nova Chemicals confirmed two years ago that it would proceed with a $1-billion expansion of one of its polyethylene plants at Joffre, there may have been concerns about the resulting drain on Central Alberta’s pool of skilled labour. Now, the project’s hefty manpower requirements are helping to blunt the impact of job losses in the region’s energy sector. About 300 tradespeople — plus another 75 support personnel — are currently involved, with this figure expected to ramp up to 800 by the end of summer, said site leader Rick Van Hemmen. Meanwhile, Nova is also refurbishing five of the 11 furnaces in one of its ethylene plants, with 100 to 150 tradespeople active on this $250-million project. And on May 20, the company’s other polyethylene plant will undergo scheduled maintenance for a month, with that $25-million project requiring a peak workforce of 650. “That 650, on top of numbers that are climbing on the polyethylene 1 expansion and on top of the furnace revamp is definitely a significant number for the site,” said Van Hemmen, noting that the normal operating staff and contractors at Joffre and Nova’s offices in Red Deer number between about 1,150 to 1,250. He said he’s pleased that the spike in Nova’s labour requirements coincides with a time of downsizing elsewhere. “It’s certainly important for us and I’m happy that we can also support the local economy.” Van Hemmen acknowledged that there might have been concerns about getting the workers needed if petroleum producers had remained busy. “If the pressure had stayed where it was in all the other projects in the province, it would have been a bit of a struggle. “It definitely doesn’t hurt now that there’s a bit of slack in the province.” Nova is being impacted by low oil prices in other ways as well. Although it relies on natural gas for the ethane feedstock it uses for ethylene and polyethylene production, many other producers in the world use oil. Accordingly, low crude prices have pushed global polyethylene prices down, affecting Nova’s bottom line. “Our earnings are impacted significantly by a reduction in crude prices,” said Van Hemmen.
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The skyline at Nova Chemical’s Joffre facilities has changed noticeably as the $1-billion expansion of one of the company’s two polyethylene plants continues. Although the workforce on site is expected to ramp up considerably this summer, much of the remaining work will be less visible. Fortunately, he added, demand for polyethylene — a key ingredient in many plastic products — remains strong, despite the energy industry slide. “We’re really finding that there hasn’t been a slowdown in demand for our products.” Although the skyline at Nova’s Joffre plant has changed considerably in recent months, the polyethylene expansion project is only about 30 per cent complete, said Van Hemmen. “It’s always easiest to get the big structures and the big items in place, but that’s by no means where the bulk of the work is and where all the detail takes place.” Much of the electrical, instrumentation, mechanical and other work remains to be done, he confirmed. The addition should be mechanically complete by
SNC-Lavalin gets boost from analyst over federal changes BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Embattled engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin got a boost Monday when an analyst upgraded his rating for the company after the federal government signalled a change in its procurement policy in last week’s budget. Analyst Chris Murray of AltaCorp Capital said his new target price for SNC shares (TSX:SNC) is $51, up from $43. The shares peaked at $59.63 last summer and closed at nearly $44 Monday on the TSX. The improved estimate is mainly driven by Ottawa’s move to restructure its so-called integrity framework, which automatically imposes a 10-year debarment on companies convicted of bribery or corruption of public officials. In last week’s budget, the Conservative government said it would introduce a new integrity regime for procurements that is “consistent with best practices in Canada and abroad.” It wasn’t immediately clear when the government plans to make the changes. Public Works spokesman Pierre Alain Bujold said the department has been consulting with industry associations and has hired two third-party experts in procurement ethics before deciding on how to proceed. The changes won’t resolve all legal issues facing SNC-Lavalin, but Murray said the tone of the budget acknowledged that the current system results in unintended consequences for companies like SNCLavalin (TSX:SNC), which has overhauled its ethics practices. A 10-year debarment would have likely forced SNC-Lavalin into a significant restructuring, possibly including a creditor protection filing, he said. “While impactful, we believe the company can absorb a substantial fine and be able to continue in its existing form,” Murray wrote in a report.
the middle of next year and ready for commissioning by the end of 2016, said Van Hemmen. Related work has included expansion of Nova’s rail yards at Joffre and development of a nearby community nature trail. “That project is coming along nicely,” said Van Hemmen of the 220-acre natural area, which could be ready for public use by the end of this year. “We’re really at the mercy of Mother Nature.” Nova will hold an open house this Wednesday to discuss its various projects and any other topic raised by attendees. The event will take place at Haynes Hall (at the corner of Range Road 24-4 and Township Road 39-0) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with a presentation and discussion planned for the second hour. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
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SNC-Lavalin has said it will plead not guilty to the one fraud and one corruption charge filed in February by the RCMP against the Montreal-based company and two of its subsidiaries over dealings in Libya. Maxim Sytchev of Dundee Capital Markets said the planned procurement change confirms his belief that there was a low risk that the government would derail Canada’s largest engineering and construction firm. SNC-Lavalin declined to comment on the government’s intentions, saying it will “abide” by a new federal procurement regime. Spokesman Louis-Antoine Paquin added that the company will work with the Quebec government to reach a “fair” settlement to recover money improperly paid for public contracts. SNC-Lavalin, which reports its first-quarter results and holds its annual meeting on May 7, has warned investors of another difficult year for its core operations. But industry observers say a recent federal award of a $3-billion to $5-billion Montreal bridge contract to a consortium that includes SNC-Lavalin, and an impending award by the Ontario government of the Eglinton LRT transit project in midtown Toronto, should accelerate the company’s future earnings. Sytchev said SNC-Lavalin’s prospects are brighter after three years of problems. He estimates SNCLavalin’s share of the two contracts could be worth more than $3 billion, while at least $2.4 billion after taxes could be realized from the planned sale of its 16.8 per cent stake in the Highway 407 in the Toronto area. “The expectations are still quite low on this story so when you have the massive 407 divestiture, the big contracts coming in and the regulatory regime more tolerant you don’t need a lot for this thing to move up just because the sentiment was so sour,” he added in an interview.
Pipeline regulator asks public to guide emergency plans for oil spills
Crude price collapse hits Precision Drilling’s bottom line in first quarter CALGARY — North American demand for drilling services failed to meet “even the most pessimistic forecasts” in the first quarter and it’s going to take much higher oil prices for it to pick up again, the CEO of Precision Drilling Corp. said Monday. “While oil prices have improved from 2015 lows, we believe a substantial oil price increase would be needed to stimulate a significant improvement in overall activity and customer demand,” Kevin Neveu told analysts on a conference call. Crude prices languished around the US$50 a barrel mark in the first quarter, causing a pullback among the oil and gas producers that hire Precision to drill wells. Prices have since been firming and on Monday the contract for U.S. benchmark crude closed at US$56.99. Canadian industry activity usually slows every spring when the ground thaws, but this year it was worse — 53 per cent below 2014 levels, Precision said. In the United States activity is less than half the peak activity in November. The Calgary-based oil and gas driller (TSX:PD) said its profit plunged by 76 per cent in the first three months of 2015 to $24 million. Precision has consolidated three operating facilities in North America, cut its salaried employee head count by 14 per cent and cut 2,500 positions in the field. “At Precision we deal with this challenge head on. We do the best we can for our staff and field crews during the downturn. But we also do what is necessary to ensure the company’s stability,” said Neveu. While Canadian and U.S. activity has plummeted, Precision’s international operations have held up “remarkably well.” A new rig is expected to start working in Kuwait in mid-2015. “We’ve got the bid book right now that’s as long as it’s ever been. We have active bids in three or four different countries where we have, we think, a reasonable shot.”
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD
VANCOUVER — The chairman of the National Energy Board says the regulator has been “too conservative” in demanding information from oil pipeline companies and is moving to bolster disaster cleanup plan requirements. But Peter Watson contends that issues such as climate change remain outside his agency’s mandate — a situation that can’t be changed without federal legislation. Watson said the energy board will open a new round of public consultations on the specific emergency response information it should request of pipeline companies. “To tell you the truth, I haven’t really been happy about it,” he said Monday in a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade. “The amount of emergency response information that the companies or the NEB is sharing has got to increase.” The invitation for public input comes just weeks after Vancouver’s harbour was fouled by 2,700 litres
Surge says $430-million asset sale will reduce debt, help invest in discovery
of bunker fuel. The accidental leak from a grain ship highlighted gaps in cleanup response. Watson got an earful on Friday from Vancouverarea mayors who lambasted the board for pipeline spill-response procedures. He outlined the proposed new measures for shoring up confidence in the regulator as part of an unprecedented, cross-Canada speaking tour aimed at convincing the public it’s devoted to public safety. The consultation period closes June 25. Once input has been gathered, the energy board is to revise its standards for what details must be handed over by companies about their emergency response plans. The NEB will decide what data to make public and what to keep confidential, Watson said. He noted the energy board has found itself “struggling” under increased scrutiny, such as a skyrocketing of requests for intervener status during hearings into proposed pipeline construction.
CALGARY — Surge Energy Inc. (TSX:SGY) is selling some of its oil-producing assets in Saskatchewan and Manitoba for $430 million to an unidentified Canadian company. Calgary-based Surge said the sale will allow it to reduce its indebtedness and prepare it to redeploy capital to the Upper Shaunavon oil discovery in southwestern Saskatchewan. The assets for sale currently produce the equivalent of about 4,750 barrels of oil per day. They have 12.6 million barrels of proved reserves while proved plus plus probable reserves total 23 million barrels. Surge said it plans to maintain its current dividend of 30 cents per share annually, paid monthly. The shareholder payout was reduced starting with monthly dividend for January, which dropped to 2.5 cents per share from five cents per share.. The company’s stock was uo 39 cents or 10.4 per cent at $4.14 in midmorning trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 125.64 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.89 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.57 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.38 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.01 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.27 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 236.42 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.57 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.31 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.67 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.47 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 65.85 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.91 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.70 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.78 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 26.35 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.97 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.98 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.70 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.46 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.28 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 58.07 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.28 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.53 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.61 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.97 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed sharply lower Monday as strength in mining stocks courtesy of higher metals prices was more than offset by weakness in energy, financials and most other sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index finished 64.25 points lower at 15,344.08. The loonie rose 0.47 of a U.S. cent to 82.64 cents. New York markets also retreated as investors awaited earnings news from scores of major companies this week, including a report by Apple Inc., the world’s biggest company by market capitalization, after the close. When it did report, Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL), turned in another blow-out earnings statement that far surpassed analyst expectations, largely on continuing strong sales of its iPhone. More than 61 million iPhones were sold in the first quarter, accounting for more than two-thirds of Apple’s $58 billion in revenue and the lion’s share of its $13.6 billion in profit. Apple’s shares, up more than 60 per cent in the past 12 months, advanced $2.21 to US$132.49 in regular trading Monday, then added $2.05 to US$134.70 in early after hours trading following the earnings news. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which reached an all-time record high last week, lost 31.84 points to 5,060.25, while the S&P 500 gave back 8.77 points to 2,108.92 as it also pull back from its record high on Friday. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 42.17 points to 18,037.97 ahead of a two-day meeting of the Fed that begins Tuesday amid concerns that data this week will show the U.S. economy weakened in the first quarter. American markets were initially higher, but then drifted lower, led by declines in health-
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.62 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.23 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.39 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 27.20 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.52 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.72 First Quantum Minerals . 18.70 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 23.20 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.58 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.78 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.33 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.92 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.34 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.71 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 24.96 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.03 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 68.40 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.87 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 37.55 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 40.58 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 12.60 Canyon Services Group. . 8.08 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 23.23 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3300 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.90 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.07 care stocks. Mylan, a maker of generic drugs, slumped nearly six per cent, after rejecting a $40 billion buyout offer from Teva Pharmaceuticals. Adrian Mastracci, portfolio manager at KCM Wealth Management in Vancouver, noted that U.S. indexes have had “a pretty good run-up, so not unusual for some profit-taking to be on the table.” But Mastracci warned against getting caught up in the dayto-day gyrations of the market. “Anybody that tries to make heads or tails of the markets as to what they’re doing and which way they’re going on a daily basis -- boy they have a tall order,” he said. “What I like to do is simply say if prices of stocks go up I sell a bit, if prices of stocks go down I buy a bit. I keep it simple.” In commodities, the June crude contract was down 16 cents at US$56.99 a barrel. The June gold contract rose $28.20 to US$1,203.20 an ounce and May copper rose two cents to US$2.77 a pound. The metals and mining sector was the leading advancer on the TSX, up 3.81 per cent. In corporate news, the parent of Tim Hortons and Burger King missed analyst estimates for first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings, but comparable store sales were up at both. Its stock closed down $1.45 or 2.87 per cent at $49.14. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,344.08, down 64.25 points Dow — 18,037.97, down 42.17 points S&P 500 — 2,108.92, down 8.77 points Nasdaq — 5,060.25, down 31.84 points
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.01 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.43 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.96 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.69 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 54.23 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.08 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.81 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.32 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.85 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.53 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.88 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 5.02 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 58.62 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4800 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 80.40 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 66.93 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.05 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.60 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 37.22 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.98 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.15 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.17 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 49.15 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.76 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.68 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.33 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.17
Currencies: Cdn — 82.64 cents US, up 0.47 of a cent Pound — C$1.8426, down 0.47 of a cent Euro — C$1.3177, down 0.49 of a cent Euro — US$1.0889, up 0.21 of a cent Oil futures: US$56.99 per barrel, down 16 cents (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,203.20 per oz., up $28.20 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.832 oz., up 97.8 cents $669.75 kg., up $31.44 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ’15 $3.40 higher $452.80; July ’15 $1.80 lower $449.80; Nov ’15 $3.20 lower $443.10; Jan. ’16 $2.90 lower $444.80; March ’16 $2.70 lower $445.20; May ’16 $2.70 lower $445.90; July ’16 $2.70 lower $446.40; Nov. ’16 $2.70 lower $441.00; Jan. ’17 $2.70 lower $441.00; March ’17 $2.70 lower $441.00; May ’17 $2.70 lower $441.00. Barley (Western): May ’15 unchanged $207.00; July ’15 unchanged $207.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $192.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $192.00; March ’16 unchanged $192.00; May ’16 unchanged $192.00; July ’16 unchanged $192.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $192.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $192.00; March ’17 unchanged $192.00; May ’17 unchanged $192.00. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 378,820 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 378,820.
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Cups of coffee sit on a counter in a Tim Hortons outlet in Oakville, Ont. on Monday September 16, 2013. Sales of dark roast coffee and additional lunch combos added momentum to revenue growth at Tim Hortons and helped parent company Restaurant Brands International pare down its losses in the first quarter.
Dark roast coffee, lunch combos give Tim Hortons some sales growth BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Q1 RESULTS
Sales of dark roast coffee and lunch combos added momentum to revenue growth at Tim Hortons as parent company Restaurant Brands International pared down its losses in the first quarter helped by recent cost cuts. The owner of Tim Hortons and fellow restaurant chain Burger King posted a net loss of US$8.1 million attributable to shareholders on Monday, which is equal to four cents per share. The marriage of Timbits and Whoppers was finalized late last year, meaning there aren’t actual comparable financial figures. In the fourth quarter, the combined operations logged merger expenses within a US$514.2million loss, which recognized costs from the layoffs of 350 employees and other expenses. At Tim Hortons, samestore sales were notably higher as the key industry barometer, which tracks locations open more than a year, rose 5.3 per cent. Chief executive Daniel Schwartz said the quarterly same-store sales growth was one of the best Tim Hortons has achieved in several years. “It’s just a function of consistent execution and great operations,” he said in a phone interview. Tighter expenses helped lower Tim Hortons’ quarterly cost of sales
to $419.6 million, compared to its estimate of $426.3 million in costs that would have been logged if the merged company was operating a year ago. Schwartz, who was CEO at Burger King before the Tim Hortons takeover, said the Canadian coffee brand should focus on what has made it successful in the past as it looks for more growth. “The best way to stay ahead is constantly asking your consumers and guests what they want, listening to that and innovating,” he said. “You’re going to see us doing more of the same of what we’ve done in the past — launch great products, give guests great value and run great restaurants.” Filtering out some factors, quarterly adjusted net income was $83.6 million or 18 cents per share, which fell short of analyst expectations of 20 cents per share, according to estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters. However, a separate analyst survey by Bloomberg showed that profits beat estimates of 15 cents per share. Restaurant Brands (TSX:QSR) reported US$932 million of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, little-changed from what it would have had last year if the two companies had been combined.
Greek PM says initial deal with bailout creditors ‘very close’ RULES OUT EARLY ELECTIONS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister voiced hope that bailout talks between the cash-strapped country and its international creditors are “very close” to an initial deal, and ruled out early elections if the dragging negotiations fail. Alexis Tsipras told private Star TV that he believes a first agreement can be struck by the end of next week, which can then be ratified by Greece’s European partners. “I think that by the 9th of May we will have an agreement” that will allow release of some bailout funds, he said in a three-hour interview screened just before midnight Monday. Since its election in January, Tsipras’ radical left-led government has been locked in increasingly fraught talks with other European countries that use the euro currency — which provide the bulk of the bailout cash that has kept Greece afloat for five years. At stake is a final 7.2 billion-euro ($7.8 billion) rescue loan installment, which will enable the country to keep up payments to its European creditors and the International Monetary Fund — as well as to state employees and pensioners. Greece’s cash reserves are perilously low, and failure to meet its
obligations could potentially trigger a chain of events eventually forcing the country to abandon the euro. A major test would be on May 12, when Athens has to pay the IMF about 700 million euros ($757 million). Tsipras said that if the government has to choose, “our priority is our responsibility towards society, it is (paying) pensions and salaries.” Creditors are demanding further reforms and savings, and have encountered strong opposition from Tsipras’ government that was elected on promises to alleviate five years of income cuts and fiscal pain. Tsipras ruled out early elections if the talks fail. But, while insisting he expects an agreement, he did not exclude holding a referendum on the matter. “If I end up having an agreement that puts me outside the limits (of my mandate), I will have no other resort,” he said. “The people will decide — obviously without elections, I want to make that clear.” Earlier Monday, Greece reshuffled its bailout negotiating team following fierce criticism of its flamboyant finance minister, meeting with market applause as investors hoped it will facilitate a deal to save the country from bankruptcy. Tsipras insisted that Yanis Varoufa-
‘IF I END UP HAVING AN AGREEMENT THAT PUTS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS (OF MY MANDATE), I WILL HAVE NO OTHER RESORT. THE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE — OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT ELECTIONS, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.’ — ALEXIS TSIPRAS GREECE PRIME MINISTER
kis, who has come under fire from his European peers for dragging his feet in the bailout talks, continued to enjoy the government’s support. He will continue to lead the negotiations. But Euclid Tsakalotos, who is minister of international financial relations and part of the foreign ministry, will handle the co-ordination within Varoufakis’ negotiating team. Tsakalotos is close to Tsipras and has often accompanied Varoufakis on trips to European capitals during the negotiations.
The moves suggest Athens is intent on reaching a deal and the main Greek stock index rallied on the news, closing up 4.4 per cent. Yields on the country’s two-year bonds — a gauge of market fears that the country might default — fell almost 2 percentage points to about 23 per cent. Varoufakis was rebuked by Greece’s creditors most recently at a finance ministers’ meeting in Riga, Latvia, where he failed to come up with a list of economic reforms creditors are demanding.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
DEBATE OVER USE, SOURCE OF RESERVE FUNDS CONTINUES BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Public School District is offering Alberta Education Minister Gordon Dirks a math lesson, responding to comments he made about school boards having $460 million in savings. A statement released on behalf of all nine public school trustees also said that while the minister is telling boards to dip into their reserves to fill budget gaps, that is the opposite of what they were told by Alberta Education on budget day. In a Sunday release, the public school district said the $460 million in savings is spread across 62 school boards. “To any fair-minded person, the accumulated reserves of 62 Alberta
school boards are not a simple $460 million saving account. To imply otherwise is greatly misleading,” said the release. According to the release, the Red Deer board has just $500,000 in unrestricted reserves that it could access quickly. Of the district’s $115 million budget, there is about $2.5 million in total reserves. Board chair Bev Manning said the total reserves includes individual school reserve and school-generated funds, which include such things as bake sale fundraising profits. “It has to be accounted for somewhere and we have to run it through the books,” said Manning. “There is a lot of money out there like that for different purposes. Some schools save for textbooks and some schools have lease payments on buses
they save for.” Last week, 19 school boards in Alberta — including Red Deer Public, Red Deer Regional Catholic Schools, Chinook’s Edge School Division and Wolf Creek Public Schools — issued a joint statement saying the proposed budget the Progressive Conservatives are campaigning on does not include new funding for schools to deal with an increase in students. The boards estimate they will have 12,000 new students next year in Alberta and 36,000 over the next three years. Earlier, Dirks said “These are school boards not school banks.” Dirks added that school boards have $460 million amassed in their savings accounts and need to step up to fill any gaps in funding. During Thursday’s provincial leaders debate, Progressive Conservative
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Premier Jim Prentice repeated the number that Dirks had referenced, saying the boards have $460 million in their reserves to offset budget reductions. The statement issued from Red Deer’s nine trustees said a budget letter from the deputy minister of Alberta Education on March 26 indicated boards should avoid drawing down reserves to fill budget gaps. “Are Mr. Dirks’ and Mr. Prentice’s recent statements a public effort to reformulate their budget? Or is it a desperate attempt to survive past the May 5 election?” asks the statement The Red Deer public district ran a $1.2-million deficit last budget year and Manning expects to do the same this year, drawing down reserves further. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
Council approves 2015 tax rates
RESIDENTS WILL SEE 3.75 PER CENT TAX INCREASE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF
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With a dusting of snow still clinging to its back this female moose browses the new growth off branches in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre Sunday Morning.
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake election forum to be held tonight in Penhold An election forum for the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake will be held today at 7 p.m. at Penhold Regional Multiplex. Candidates in the riding include incumbent Kerry Towle of the Progressive Conservatives, Donald Ma-
cIntyre of the Wildrose Party, Patricia Norman of the NDP and Danielle Klooster of the Alberta Party. The public forum will be held in the library in the multiplex, at 1 Waskasoo Ave. For more information, call 403-886-2636.
Teen in serious ATV collision condition after near Rocky being hit by vehicle Mountain House leaves one dead A collision between two all-terrain vehicles has left one man dead near Rocky Mountain House. Early Saturday morning, Rocky RCMP and emergency services were called to a collision between two ATVs on Township Road 38-0, southeast of Rocky. Police said a 24-year-old male and a 42-year-old male were operating two ATVs travelling east. There was also a male passenger on each ATV. The ATVs collided and the 42-year-old driver was seriously injured and transported to hospital, where he died of his injuries. Police are not releasing the identification of the man at this time, pending notification of next of kin. Rocky Mountain House RCMP and a collision analyst continue to investigate.
A Rocky Mountain House teen was taken to hospital in serious condition after a collision on Hwy 11, and police are looking for the vehicle that hit him. Early Saturday morning, Rocky Mountain House RCMP and emergency services were called to a report of a pedestrian versus motor vehicle collision on Hwy 11 two km west of the intersection of Hwy 756. On scene, police found an injured 16-year-old male. He was taken to hospital and remains in serious condition. In their investigation, police determined the youth was walking on the road and was struck by an unknown vehicle, which had left the scene. The make, model and description of the suspect vehicle is not known by police. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Rocky Mountain House RCMP detachment at 403-845-2882 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Calling it competitive, Red Deer city council set the property tax rate for 2015 on Monday. Council landed with a 3.75 per cent property tax increase when combined with the legislated provincial requisitions for Alberta Education and Piper Creek Foundation. An owner of residential home assessed at $325,000 in 2015 will pay $2,703 in 2015, up $97 from a $2,606 tax bill in 2014. Mayor Tara Veer said she is pleased the city is in a more competitive position than it was when it first began crunching numbers in January. Veer said the city tries to keep it as much in line as possible with the cost of living adjustment. But Veer said she is deeply concerned about the cost of living in Red Deer. Veer said administration began the budget process in September in a very different economic climate. “Every week there are more and more reports of people who are being subject to layoffs,” said Veer. “We have tried to be as competitive as we can.” The city will collect $41.8 million in property taxes for the government to fund education. Owners of multi-family properties will pay 3.23 per cent more and non-residential properties will pay an increase of 3.41 per cent. Council set a 3.73 per cent municipal increase that resulted in the different total tax increases for each class of property. Both Councillors Ken Johnston and Dianne Wyntjes expressed satisfaction that Red Deer has the lowest overall level of property and business tax rate on non-residential property in the province. Red Deer does not have a machinery or equipment tax which is good for economic development, said Wyntjes. Johnston said the city provides good value for tax dollars to its residents. “We don’t have the machinery tax which I think is good for our economic development,” said Wyntjes. “We are getting less and less taxation support from both our federal and provincial governments which then impacts us as a city.” Wyntjes said the municipal government is the closest to the residents providing a variety of services such as clean water, electricity, road maintenance, recreation, transit and libraries from the tax dollar. Property tax notices will be mailed on May 27 and taxes are due on June 30. In other council news: ●Council directed administration to begin delving in the next year’s budget process with several resolutions involving various timelines, guidelines and parameters. ●Coun. Dianne Wyntjes was appointed to the city’s audit committee until October. Wyntjes replaces Coun. Paul Harris who was removed because he did not pay his corporate taxes on time. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
Search resumes for Red Deer man missing in B.C. BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Almost five months after a Red Deer man went missing near Terrace, B.C., search efforts have been renewed. Dustin Steele, 23, went missing on Nov. 1, 2014, in the area of Copper Flats, on the Skeena River, about 10 km west of Terrace. Twice this month, Terrace Search and Rescue have tried to locate the man. “The Skeena River very rarely gives up its people,” said Dave Jephson, Ter-
race Search and Rescue team leader. Using new underwater cameras, six to eight members of the search team used a Kodiak motorized raft to gain access to a new area of search interest. Steele entered the water at the Copper River. A log jam not far downstream from where he entered was a search target. “It is a high probability, but there is no science to it,” said Jephson. “You do the best you can to get in there and poke and prod around looking for any signs. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to find anything.”
Steele’s grandfather Ron said the family has been wondering what happened. “We haven’t heard anything,” he said. “We’re certainly very thankful they’re starting up the search again. “It’s been stressful. There’s not closure and we’re just left wondering what’s going on. We certainly hope they come up with something, we’d really appreciate it if they can find something and bring some closure to it.” The water level on the river is low at this time of year, allowing the team to revisit the site. The search operation had to be sus-
pended in the winter due to freezing and adverse weather. “We want to continue to try to search for an individual if we haven’t been successful,” said Jephson. “Finding that closure is so important and to have him just allows a certain chapter to close.” Steele was last seen with two of his friends in the Copper Flats area. The truck the three were in became stuck in the river and was caught in the current. The two friends managed to escape and the truck was recovered in November. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
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BRIEFS Radio-thon this week helps youth-related charities Optimist clubs throughout Central Alberta are joining forces to put on a radio-thon to raise money for several youth-related charities. The clubs of Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Piper Creek, Red Deer and Penhold will hold the Cures for Kids radio-thon from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at Parkland Mall in Red Deer, at 4747 67th St. Camp Quality, a free camp and youth programming organization for kids with cancer; MS Teen Escape, a weekend getaway for teens who have family members with multiple sclerosis; and the Optimist Reading College are the charities receiving money. To donate, call 403-342-5437.
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An Alberta Health Services tobacco-cessation program returns to Red Deer in May. QuitCore, the free program, allows those who want to kick their tobacco habit by accessing tools and support needed to build a tobacco-free lifestyle. Starting on May 7, the program will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays in Room 206 in the Provincial Building at 4920 51st St. The program will be led by trained cessation professionals. Participants will learn how to develop a plan to quit while using strategies to address recovery symptoms, manage stress and prevent relapse. The program also connects participants with others who are trying to quit. Phone toll-free 1-866-710-QUIT (7848) to register. More information is available at www.albertaquits.ca.
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CrossRoads Church starting at 11 a.m. For more information on the event, visit www.relayforlife.ca.
Brent Butt to perform as part of crime week event The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre is hosting a special event ahead of Crime Prevention Week, featuring a famous Canadian TV and stand-up comedian. Brent Butt, known for his work on the Saskatchewan-based Corner Gas, will headline the event on May 10 at 2 p.m. with a meet and greet to follow his performance. Tickets cost $50 plus fees and can be purchased through the Black Knight Inn Ticket Centre at www.bkticketcentre.ca, by calling 403-755-6626 or by visiting the Black Knight Inn, 2929 Gaetz Ave. For more information on the crime prevention centre, visit www.cacpc.ca.
Watershed alliance breakfast in Stettler The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance is going on tour for its monthly ambassador breakfast. On May 8, the alliance will hold its breakfast at the ATCO Electric Service Centre in Stettler, at 4105 50th Ave. This month’s guest speaker is Gates Bilodeau, engineering operations manager for the Town of Stettler’s regional
water treatment plant. The breakfast goes from 8 to 9 a.m. and costs $15 per person. For more information and to reserve a seat, email info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by noon on May 4.
rest. Two males were arrested nearby. During their investigation, police recovered a stolen ATV, a sawed-off firearm and a small amount of methamphetamine.
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Two males appear in court over car crash, stolen goods
Children and parents can learn to build a programmable robot at the Collicutt Centre on Friday. The free session is intended for children in Grades 2 to 6. Children will use science, technology, engineering and math to build a robot with a motor and sensors. The event runs from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. For details, call 403-341-6110.
The two males arrested after fleeing from a smashed up car west of Sylvan Lake made their first appearances in Red Deer provincial court on Monday. A man and a 17-year-old male were arrested on April 23 near Half Moon Bay. Sylvan Lake RCMP said they were found not far from a truck found abandoned in a vehicle that had reportedly been involved in a collision on Hwy 11 near Range Road 20. Crown prosecutor Blair Brandon reserved election in the case against the man, saying he had not received all the information from the police. Against the youth, Brandon elected to pursue the charges by indictment — which carries a stiffer penalty. The man will next be in Red Deer provincial court on May 5 while the youth will appear in Red Deer youth court on April 30. Police said a truck reported stolen out of Leduc was recovered in a field near Half Moon Bay. It had crashed through several barbed wire fences before coming to a
GrammaLink-Africa fundraiser at the HUB A fundraiser for women and children will bring entertainment and food to the HUB on Ross Street on May 9. The event will feature international singers and dancers, silent auction, baking goods, Somali samosas, henna tattoos, massage and jewelry. The fundraiser runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at 3936 Ross St. in Red Deer. Entry is free. Sales of items and services will go to support education for Somali girls and boys as well as GrammaLinkAfrica.
A special launch event for the annual Relay for Life in Red Deer is set for more than a month before the big day. The annual 12-hour fundraiser raises money and awareness for cancer research. This year, Red Deer’s event is scheduled for June 13 from noon to midnight at the CrossRoads Church, SPECIAL at the southwest corner of 32nd Street and Hwy 2. Teams walk for 12 hours. Not everyone walks at the same time WITH FRIES OR BAKED POTATOES but at least one team member is walking at all times. But before the big day, the organizers are ALL DAY BREAKFAST holding a launch event with Canadian Cancer Garden Visit SERVIN Society staff, committee Patio OW members, cancer surviGLENN’S GIFT SHOP GLE GL N OW vors and team captains. Now Open 6:30 am - 10:00 pm next door. Exciting new items souvenirs The launch event is OPEN 125 Leva Ave., Gasoline Alley • 403.346.5448 BE E and Fairy Garden Houses R & WINE scheduled for May 7 at
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After a week of giving, the students at Normandeau School in Red Deer had a lot to be proud of. Here Grade 7 students Nikhil Sami and Katherine Ellis move a box of some of the 845 items donated by students that will find their way to the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter. The staff and students exceeded their daily goals over the week, bringing in more money and products to be donated than they had expected. As part of the week-long event, money will go to the veterans at the Red Deer Legion, to the SPCA, and food items to the Red Deer Food Bank.
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Finding meaning, Find healthy balance in kids’ media choices value in family I woke up this morning with poetic sentences yodelling at the tip of my tongue. Of course, I didn’t have the wherewithal to write them down while snuggled cozily in my bed. With a sixyear-old sprawled across my legs, a four-year-old subconsciously fighting him over who gets the cushy area of my hind quarters, a dog in my face and a husband spooning me, it was impossible to get to a pen and paper. So now the words have been carried off into oblivion. Figures. Poetry is too ceremonial for how I am feeling today anyway. Thoughts of family float in and out of my skull as I pound on the keys of this old laptop. My Dad in particular, I think of the years I appointed him as my hero, the moments I inked him as the villain. I think about how on and off the two of us have always been. Since the birth of my children, we’ve been on, which, by the way has taken great care on both of our parts as we are perhaps the two most stubborn people I know. Nevertheless, despite all of our shortcomings, I love the pigheaded man dearly. Now forgive me if the following gets a little sentimentally sloppy, I’m sick with a cold and the feels have caught up to me in my weakened state of mind. I always tend to gravitate towards writing about my family when feeling at odds; don’t ask me why, I’m not a brain doctor. When I was 19-years-old and about to set off on my first real journey, I hit a road stop before even taking off the parking brake. The problem at hand was that my mean old landlord at the time wouldn’t give back my damage deposit — I needed that money to get out to the West Coast, where I had decided to move. I cleaned the place spotless but he still contrived reason after reason to withhold the $400 from me. Back then, that amount of money was worth a small fortune. Many things from my past have faded, now just morsels of memory suspend between conscious thoughts and hopes for the future. Not this, however, this recollection has always stayed clean and detailed. I had gone to my parent’s house after a particular-
ity angry yelling match with this blasted landlord and I told Mom and Dad about my troubles. Dad was appalled. No one treats his family like that. We hopped in Dad’s truck not 10 minutes later and drove LINDSAY to my apartment BROWN building. With some words of ME PLUS THREE conviction on Dad’s part, I had the 400 bones in my pocket before dinner time, and the next day I was off to Vancouver Island. Dad is always unthinkably humble when I bring up this specific moment in time. “Oh well, that’s what family does.” He will say, or something textbook like that. He and Mom have always been firm believers that one must stick up for their own. “If you don’t have family, you don’t have anything.” They told me and my brother that a lot when we were kids. Now that I am, admittedly, older and hopefully a little bit wiser, I understand what “family” my parents were always preaching about. Perhaps they may not always be blood related. Maybe we fight with them, maybe we butt heads. Maybe we don’t share the same ideas and that can sometimes cause friction between us. Maybe we go months without talking or seeing each other. Families are the people that can participate in all these things and still love unconditionally. I look at Lars, Sophie and Jamie and I know that they are my family. I can truly see what my Mom and Dad meant when they talked about family so many years ago. I guess my parents did have some pretty important things to say as I was growing up. Funny how those likeminded ideas begin coming to light at a certain point in one’s life.
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Question: How do we establish workable media standards for our teenagers? I understand the importance of teaching thoughtful discernment, but sometimes I feel the need for more solid guidelines in order to gauge the merits of movies, television programs and music. Can you suggest anything? Jim: Personally, I think it’s a good idea to avoid extremes. Some moms and dads choose to lay down the law: No movies. No television. Period. This approach may simplify your entertainment-purchasing decisions, but it can also breed rebellion. Other parents go to the opposite extreme: Anything goes. Do whatever you want. But this permissive approach also has some major drawbacks. I’d encourage you to steer a middle course by agreeing on shared moral values and then working together with your kids to set healthy boundaries. It’s basically a question of deciding how much you want to shield your teens from questionable entertainment, and to what extent you’d like to discuss popular media with them. Try to strike a healthy balance between the two. Put your ideas into writing and develop a “family entertainment constitution.” Where possible, include suggestions from the kids — this will ensure their buy-in and ownership of the parameters. Once the document has been drafted, post it on your refrigerator door. Make it clear that it applies to all members of the family. Stick to your guns when violations occur. Where music is concerned, it’s wise to remember that styles can be deceptive. It’s entirely possible for harder genres to offer up positive messages, while some mellower musicians dump all sorts of lyrical sewage on their fans. Try not to be swayed purely by personal preference. Don’t get distracted by the style or look of the messenger. Instead, take a close look at the ideas being conveyed. Question: My spouse doesn’t get along with my parents and siblings. This has led to serious conflict in our marriage. My mom and dad have always enjoyed hosting big family gettogethers, especially during the holidays, but things have gotten so bad that my spouse is no longer willing
to participate in these gatherings. I’m tired of dealing with the tension. Can you suggest a solution? Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family Ministries: The problem you’re describing is extremely comJIM mon, but that DALY doesn’t mean that you can’t solve it. I suggest you sit down together and discuss it in a rational manner. Find a time — maybe over coffee or after dinner at a nice restaurant — when you can lay your concerns on the table. It’s vital that the two of you come to a meeting of the minds over this issue. Relationships with extended family are an important part of every marriage. This is something you’re going to have to face together if you want to build a marital relationship that will go the distance. You may be able to work out a compromise. Why not skip certain holidays or plan alternatives to the family gatherings every other year? You could tell your parents that you and your spouse have decided to spend a quiet Thanksgiving or Christmas with your own immediate family this year. This could remove some of the stress and make it easier to face the next big get-together. A second choice would be to attend the gathering, but stay at a local hotel rather than at your parents’ home. Explain that while you’re looking forward to seeing them, you’d also like to have some time and space to yourselves. Then, if the family get-together becomes unbearable for you or your spouse, you can always escape to your hotel room. Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.
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Trying to please the people isn’t always worth the effort “In trying to please all, he had pleased none.” — Aesop, Ancient Greek fabulist “And how is the lovely Miss Dallas today?” It had been a good day and Jerry was in a great mood. Dallas eyed him suspiciously. “And just what is it that you want, Jerry?” she asked, half smiling. “Not a darn thing,” he replied. “Just that you have a good day.” “I see,” said Dallas. “Usually a compliment comes with a request.” “You’ll have to excuse Jerry,” said Jennifer, Jerry’s office colleague who happened to be standing nearby. “Jerry’s a bit of a suck up.” Both girls laughed. Jerry laughed too, though he didn’t find the comment funny. In fact, the words cut him to the quick. You see, Jerry had long been accused of being a people-pleaser. It was a coping mechanism he had developed as a child in an attempt to manoeuvre through the minefield of his early upbringing. In Jerry’s defence, he had worked long and hard to curb his people-pleasing tendencies. He tried to maintain a positive and optimistic outlook and offer help when needed without crossing the line. Jennifer’s off-hand comment rattled Jerry’s fragile self-esteem and made him feel like a failure. I can relate to Jerry. As a recovering people-pleaser, I know what it’s like to want everyone around you to be happy and like you. I know the overwhelming need for validation and the stress and suffering that results from constantly trying to avoid conflict and confronta-
tion. In her best-selling book 250 Ways to Say It and Mean It and Stop P e o p l e Pleasing Forever, New Jerseybased social psychologist Susan Newman says that with peopleMURRAY pleasers FUHRER their “personal feeling of security and self-confidence is based on getting the approval of others.” According to Newman, at the core of peoplepleasing is a lack of confidence and self-esteem. When I initially read a psychological profile of the people-pleaser personality type, I was horrified. It described me to a tee. The profile spoke of people-pleasers as being nice, helpful and never saying no. The people you can always count on for a favour. That didn’t sound so bad. It went on to say that people-pleasers have an unhealthy need for validation and tend to avoid conflict and confrontation. That didn’t sound so good. It concluded by saying that people-pleasers are prone to depression and self-loathing due to a lack of self-love and self-esteem. I had to ask myself why I was a peo-
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ple-pleaser. After some soul searching, I concluded my unhealthy “need to please” had to do with fear — fear of rejection and fear of failure. Owing to events in my early childhood I had a tremendous fear of abandonment. My belief was, “If I don’t do everything possible to make these people happy they may leave or stop caring for me.” Looking back, I never felt totally secure within the family unit and considered myself faulty merchandise. I was always striving to prove that I was worthy and deserving of acceptance. Fear of failure had to do with the consequence of making mistakes or, more accurately, not living up to the expectations of others. Early experiences with harsh criticism and punishment invariably led to anxiety when I attempted a new task. I have discovered – as have many – that anxiety is an emotion that can live on years after the initiating events have faded. Regardless of the origins, peoplepleasing has some pretty dire consequences. Self-neglect. Living with a heightened level of stress or anxiety puts a tremendous strain on the body. And placing your worth in the hands of others is a direct path to heartache. Repressed resentment. Failing to speak up for ourselves is a sure-fire way to build anger and resentment. Communicating openly and honestly is the only way to avoid resentment,
though it may it may not make all concerned happy – a frightening concept to the people-pleaser. Reduced enjoyment. When we do things out of fear or a need for validation, we often find ourselves feeling unfulfilled. Being present but disengaged is not better than being absent. Stress and depression. Peoplepleasing can easily turn into a vicious cycle of chronic stress and lead to other unhealthy behaviours. As stress builds, our ability to cope plummets. Exploitation and manipulation. It’s easy to take advantage of someone who has an unhealthy need to please. The people-pleaser typically has shaky or easily crossed boundaries. Back to Susan Newman and her 250 Ways. Her top five strategies for shifting a people-pleasing mentality are as follows. Realize you have a choice. Says Newman, you don’t always have to say yes. Try saying no occasionally. Not everyone is going to like it or be happy and that is the reality of life. Set your priorities. Acknowledge your priorities and values. Try to look beyond the fear or need, and ask yourself if you’re comfortable saying yes or if you’d rather say no. Consider if you’re being manipulated.
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Boy’s dream defied many IRAQI DANCER’S STAGE DEBUT FLIES IN FACE OF CONSERVATISM AND THREATS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMMAN, Jordan — As a boy in prewar Baghdad, Adil Faraj dreamed of becoming a dancer, inspired by a Michael Jackson performance he watched on DVD. For over a decade, he pursued his passion despite daunting challenges and harassment by strangers and police. He taught himself by moving to dance videos in his cramped family home — hiding from a conservative society scornful of the art form and from the chaos that engulfed Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Last weekend, the sweat and tears paid off when the now 22-year-old performed on stage for the first time, to a packed house at the Amman Contemporary Dance Festival in the Jordanian capital. After his solo — machine-like moves to the haunting Gary Jules’ song “Mad World” mixed with break dancing — the audience erupted in applause, and Faraj raised his fists triumphantly before bowing. “I felt tremendous joy,” he said, his chiseled frame sweaty after the dance. “It is like a dream.” It was a long journey from his tiny Baghdad bedroom to the Amman stage — the last stretch helped along by the New York City-based Battery Dance Company that mentored him through lessons via Skype and brought him to Jordan. The young dancer’s struggle highlights the decline of the arts in Iraq after years of political upheaval. In the 1960s and 1970s, music and the arts flourished in the then relatively secular country. After the 1991 Gulf War, in which a U.S.-led coalition dislodged Iraqi troops from Kuwait, the space for artistic expression shrank due to Saddam Hussein’s embrace of more religious themes and U.N. sanctions that prompted artists to flee abroad. Iraq’s once vivacious dance community was gutted by violent sectarianism, including the emergence of Sunni and Shiite religious extremists who
rejected many forms of art and threatened artists, said Waleed Shamil, a history professor in the town of Dohuk in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdistan region. Baghdad, a city of 7 million, now has only three theatres for performances and one cinema. Faraj said Iraq no longer feels like home, though he returned to Baghdad this week to finish a law degree. “If there were no problems in Iraq with dance and people liked dance, then I would have no problem being there,” he said. “But that isn’t so and I can’t imagine any other solution than to leave Iraq ... I will come back to teach and dance, but I will never permanently return there.” In Baghdad, Faraj’s parents are proud but said it was sometimes difficult to have an aspiring dancer as a son. When they heard about the dancing, some relatives and neighbours appealed to his father, Qais, to get him to stop it. “Some of them expressed their objection and approached me so that I could convince him to give up,” said the elder Faraj, who sells air conditioners in Baghdad’s commercial district of Karrada. “I severed ties with some of them, while some of them changed their opinions when they saw his successes and are now encouraging him,” said the 50-year-old father. Faraj continued dancing, and increasingly participated in the digital world that was his classroom, social network and creative outlet. He also practiced in parks at odd hours — for the space and to avoid public scrutiny. He made short films break-dancing or “doing the robot,” another street-style set of moves, considered less risque in Iraq than modern dance. Last year, he uploaded his first video, called “Annoying.” It begins with him sitting in Baghdad’s Abu Nuwas Park on the Tigris River, reading a newspaper while listening to an Iraqi love ballad. A friend interrupts the traditional setting with a boom box, and the pair dance for two minutes. But such displays came with a price.
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Adil Faraj waits backstage for the cue to begin his final rehearsal before his on-stage debut at the Amman Contemporary Dance Festival in Amman, Jordan. Faraj taught himself dance in the chaos of post-2003 Iraq, facing public discrimination, police brutality and social stigma. He was discovered by the Manhattan-based Battery Dance Company and brought to Jordan to train professionally and perform for the first time on stage. Once, as he danced in a park, he was assaulted by three young men. “One of them hit me, saying, ’You’re dancing, you are gay, you are like a woman’,” he said. He said he fought back. Another time, a hefty police officer caught Faraj and a friend dancing in a park. The officer punched the friend and dragged him across the ground with his nose bleeding. When asked for a reason, the officer said that “dancing is not normal,” Faraj said. At the same time, the videos caught the eye of Jonathan Hollander, director of the Battery Dance Company that began teaching Faraj via Skype. Hollander said it was difficult, with his young protege sometimes dancing into furniture in his small living room during online lessons. “Sometimes his little brother would walk across the screen,” Hollander said.
Vets share health-care tips SPRING CLEANING FOR YOUR CAT OR DOG BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — With spring in full swing, a small animal vet says it’s important to ensure dogs and cats are in good health with the arrival of warmer weather. Canadian Veterinary Medical Association member Dr. Ian Sandler, who practises at Toronto’s Rosedale Animal Hospital, shares key pet care suggestions for the new season: 1. Monitor weight changes It’s not uncommon for adults to see a spike in their weight when the temperatures nosedive — and pets are no different. Dogs often aren’t walked with the same frequency during the winter, which may lead them to pack on a few extra pounds. Sandler said owners should be monitoring their pets’ activity level and food intake. “Even if we can just go on a couple of extra walks a day, it will slowly start to have a huge impact on their lifestyle,” he said. “Obviously with cats that may or may not be going outdoors, it may be a little more difficult. But oftentimes, just using cat trainers or other toys
like laser pointers to help cats move around the house a little bit really, really helps.” Sandler said healthy snack options like apples or carrots for dogs, or lowcalorie treats for cats, also work well. 2. Watch for seasonal allergies and sensitive skin Unsure if your pooch has seasonal allergies? Be on the lookout for dogs who start to scratch as a result of very itchy skin. “They may be more prone to skin infections, to skin irritations, so they may require antihistamines, sometimes anti-inflammatories, special shampoos.” While salt and sand may no longer be on the streets or sidewalks, Sandler said pet paws may still be quite dry. Salves can be used a couple of times a week to moisturize pads and prevent cracking. However, for extra dry and cracked paws, daily applications may be needed. If coats have grown in considerably during winter, brushing or shaving will help aerate the hair and skin, Sandler said. 3. Be mindful of animals outdoors Owners should be mindful of pooches ingesting old leaves and sticks
which had been buried under snow. “When dogs eat a lot of this decaying plant matter if they’re digging in the backyard, it can actually cause quite a significant upset stomach or gastroenteritis,” said Sandler. “Certainly in the city, you want to be a little bit careful with the ravine systems this time of the year, both in terms of the fast-running waters but also in terms of what’s actually becoming exposed and what dogs will eat.” For heartworm disease — a parasite passed from dog to dog by mosquito bites — treatments can include a chewable tablet or topical ointment. “These drugs are very, very safe and very helpful at preventing the transference of this disease from one dog to the other.” Sandler said flea control for both cats and dogs should also be top of mind for owners, as fleas can jump from one animal to another and potentially result in an infestation. Many of the topical and oral products available can help prevent heartworm, fleas and ticks and some will also have coverage for intestinal parasites. “The good news is between one and two products a year can cover your pet for multiple diseases.”
After six months of lessons, Faraj joined the New York dancers for intense practice sessions in Amman — preparing for his solo and for a performance with his two American mentors, Sean Scantlebury and Mira Cook. For the past two weeks, he rehearsed more than five hours a day — his first experience in a dance studio — and got three floor burns to prove it. Scantlebury, the Iraqi dancer’s main Skype teacher, saw the injuries and chuckled. “Now you’re one of us,” he said. “Welcome.” Cook praised Faraj’s determination. “It is inspiring to me to see him take on this huge work load and just do it without cracking,” she said. “He’s so resilient, and it reminds me how strong dancers have to be.”
Manure trade show offers chance to sling slogans Entries are piling up for a slogan contest being held this year by the North American Manure Expo. The trade show, now in its 13th year, showcases the latest technology in manure handling, treatment and application. It’s being held in July in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. An official event slogan has already been settled on: “2015 Manure Expo: Manure than you can Handle!” It will appear on the front of a T-shirt. But contestants are vying to land a spot on the back of the T-shirt, which event organizers say will display 10 of the “crappiest” also-rans. Writers of the 10 alternate slogans get a free T-shirt. Many entries, predictably, contain a vulgar substitute for “manure.” Here are some of the entries from the approximately 200, that were submitted by Thursday: z Manure Expo, where nobody stands behind their product. z You provide the creek. We provide the paddle. z Keep your friends close, and your manure further. z The future of what’s left behind! z We do doo. Do you? z Manure Happens (to be Nutritious!) z Been there, Spread that ... the North American Manure Expo z Proud survivor of North American Manure Expo ... It got deep.
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BROWN: What families are for Now, however, as I teach my children and help them grow into the human beings they are meant to be, I will take this meaning of “family” one step further. I want Lars and Sophie to know that they can treat anyone like family. To help those in need as though they were their kin, because in some universal way, we all are. Imagine the breathtaking world we could live in if we all had a “that’s what families are for” approach to one another. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.
There are users in the world who will take advantage of your “pleasing” nature. Ponder each request carefully to determine who benefits. Create a mantra. Newman suggests you create a mantra that you can say the moment you feel the urge to please. It can be something as simple as
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Musical nominated for film industry awards BY ADVOCATE STAFF Year After Year, a locally-filmed musical about the angst of turning 30, has been nominated for five Alberta film industry awards. The news has elated producer Matt Grue, of Red Deer’s Ignition Films, who helped turn his original 2010 stage musical into a screenplay. “Never in our wildest imagination could we have predicted that our little stage musical would find its way to the big screen, let alone be recognized by one of the most prestigious film and television organizations in Canada,” said Grue. Year After Year, made by a branch of Ignition Theatre in association with The Matchbox Theatre Foundation, was nominated in five categories for Alberta Media Production Industry Association (AMPIA) Awards, or “Rosies.” The categories are: best feature film (Grue), best director (Dustin Clark), best actor (Joel Crichton), best cinematography (Don Armstrong), and best editor (Clark). Clark said the nominations honor the talents of the “small, but fiercely creative and hardworking team of artists that ... elevated the film to something truly magical ... I’m beyond thrilled,” he added. The award winners will be announced in Edmonton on May 23. The official release of Year After Year — a film about a young man and his friends, and the changes they face as they leave their 20s — is expected in September, as part of the Alberta Arts Days celebration. Red Deer College students and alumni who are nominated for 2015 Rosie Awards: Best Dramatic Feature Film Matt Grue, Producer (Year After Year ) Best Music Video The Wet Secrets, Maybe We’ll Make A Plan — Trevor Anderson, co-producer The Wet Secrets, Nightlife — Trevor Anderson, co-producer The Provincial Archive, Daisy Garden — Blake McWilliam, producer Reuben and the Dark, Rolling Stone — Blake McWilliam, producer Best Short Production Blake McWilliam and Trevor Anderson, producers (The Little Deputy ) Best Student Production James Williams, producer (No Good Deed ) Peter Kominek, producer (Refraction) Best Director — Drama Over 30 Minutes
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hour-long process each day for Bettany that involved a skintight suit, lots of makeup, a bit of computergenerated flair and that metallic headpiece. Bettany noted “the solution is often in the problem itself,” and that the oppressive costume provided a sense of calm to his interpretation of the Vision. “I never thought I was going to play someone being born, obviously, because I’m 43 years old,” said Bettany. “It’s actually a really interesting opportunity and peculiarly edifying to imagine yourself as a
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total innocent without any moral compass experiencing the world as it hits you, and at the same time be omnipotent and extraordinarily powerful. ” The character, who is romantically involved with Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) in the comics, is expected to play a part in the upcoming Avengers sequels: Infinity War — Part I in 2018 and Infinity War — Part II in 2019. Bettany acknowledged he doesn’t totally know Marvel’s grand vision for Vision — and he doesn’t want to hear it just yet, either.
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Paul Bettany appears as Vision in the poster art for the film, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron.’ After five years of voicing Tony Stark’s soothing operating system sidekick J.A.R.V.I.S. in the previous ‘Avengers’ and ‘Iron Man’ films, Bettany’s role as the purple-skinned Vision marks the first time in front of the cameras in a Marvel film for the lanky British actor.
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BURBANK, Calif. — Paul Bettany couldn’t hear anything. When the 43-year-old actor initially donned a noggin-encasing headpiece to portray the mysterious Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron, in theatres Friday, Bettany could barely make out what anyone was saying around him. That isolation ended up fueling his imposing performance in the follow-up to the 2012 smash that brought together Marvel’s mightiest heroes. “I would go to a place of real Zen, where I meditated on the line of thousands and thousands of actors that would love to be in my position in an uncomfortable suit,” said Bettany . “However, I would be lying to say it didn’t take a great deal of (expletive) effort not to rip it off. They ended up drilling holes in it because I literally couldn’t hear anything.” After five years of voicing Tony Stark’s soothing operating system sidekick J.A.R.V.I.S. in the previous Avengers and Iron Man films, Bettany’s role as the purple-skinned Vision marks the first time in front of the cameras in a Marvel film for the lanky British actor best known for starring in such films as Wimbeldon, The Da Vinci Code and Priest. “The first day I walked on set, Robert (Downey Jr.) made a lovely speech welcoming me,” said Bettany. “Everybody was completely convivial and pleasant. They were making jokes — or at least I think they were making jokes because I couldn’t hear a (expletive) thing. It’s actually a really nice atmosphere on those sets. Often, it’s not like that.” Bettany is portraying perhaps the best-kept secret of the second Avengers outing. In the comics, the commanding Vision is a type of android dubbed a “synthzoid” by Ultron, the nefarious robot that created him. The cinematic rendition is similarly fashioned by Ultron (played by James Spader as an evil artificial intelligence program). However, this Vision might not be what he seems. “He’s an android, technically, but I would say he’s what’s next,” said writer-director Joss Whedon. “He’s more evolved than the rest of us, which may prove to be a good thing or not. To me, this Vision feels like what it meant to me to read him as a kid. He has that calm distance but is also strangely emotional. Paul is just soooo phenomenal as him.” The critics apparently agree. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review of Age of Ultron that “Vision is given a striking profile and overall presence by Paul Bettany, and it can be hoped, if not assumed, that this most intriguing character will play an even more important role in the final two Avengers ‘installments.” It’s a new chapter that’s been years in the making for Bettany. “I knew that I was going to be the Vision for three years because there was a bit of business to do,” said Bettany. “The contract for voiceover work wasn’t the same, so I knew that for a long time and had to keep it secret, which I did really well. I had to travel everywhere on set in a (expletive) bag because there were so many cameras everywhere.” Transforming into Vision was a three-and-a-half-
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GILBERTSON Betty Fern (nee Marvel) May 28, 1918 - March 29, 2015 passed away peacefully at the Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe, Ontario after a very brief hospital stay. She was in her 97th year. She was born in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, to Jay and Florence Marvel, the second of five children. Indian Head was the home of her mother’s family, the Bells, who had homesteaded in southern Saskatchewan after selling their farm near Collingwood, Ontario. Betty was very close to her Bell relatives. Times were tough for many during the drought and depression of the Dirty Thirties. The Bells struggled but were able to hold on to their land. Betty’s father left to find work in the US and never returned to the family. She and her siblings were brought up by her mother in Swift Current and on a farm near Wymark. Helping her mother gave her extra responsibility at a young age. She particularly hated the locusts. To keep them off her, she would hide under a wool blanket when driving in a car full of people on a hot Saskatchewan summer day. Saskatchewan was always a part of her. She loved being able to see the horizon and the wide expanse of land reaching to the sky. After completing high school, she attended Swift Current Business College and worked as a secretary for Cominco in Trail, British Columbia and for the Ministry of Education in Regina, Saskatchewan. She desperately wanted to go to university but her family could not afford the cost. In 1945, she married Ferdinand Peter (Ferd) Gilbertson. They met in Regina where he was the manager of Macleods Hardware. They lived in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Lacombe, Alberta (where Ferd owned a hardware store). In 1955, the family moved to Red Deer, Alberta where Ferd became a real estate broker and established Red Deer Realty. They had many friends and connections in the community. Betty served as secretary for the Home and School Association and was a member of the IODE. Ferd and Betty had two children, Joan and Lorne. When her beloved husband died in 1979, Betty continued to live in Red Deer. In her eighties, she moved to Simcoe where her son, Lorne, lives. Betty was a strong advocate for education and encouraged her children to go to university. She set an example by taking night and weekend university courses in Red Deer and ultimately obtained her B.Ed. from the University of Alberta in 1972. She loved being at university and talking with the students. Getting her degree was a proud moment for her. She taught several courses at Red Deer College and created a course on understanding the gifted child, a subject in which she was intensely interested. She was active in the University Women’s Club in Red Deer and in Simcoe, enjoying her association and her many friends in this club. Betty liked to read. She was good with both numbers and words, a great speller and a wonderful grammarian. She loved crosswords of all kinds and mind-bending logic puzzles. Sadly, in her final years, short-term memory loss impaired her facility with words and puzzles. She was a fastidious person who loved clothes. She dressed up in her suit and pearls to go grocery shopping and put on a jacket to go to the dining room in the Cedarwood Nursing Home. Betty was ahead of her time in being health and nutrition conscious. She was careful about her diet from the time she was a young woman, and cooked healthy meals for herself until she was in her nineties. She loved to skate and enjoyed it from her youth until she was in her eighties. She was an enthusiastic member of the Silver Blades Skating Club in Red Deer. Survived by her daughter, Joan Welch (Howard) of Edmonton, her son, Lorne Gilbertson (Sue) of Simcoe, and her four grandchildren, Mary Agnes Welch (Joff Schmidt) of Winnipeg, Cara Gilbertson (fiancé Michael Boese) of Ottawa, Georgina Welch (Jeff Wright) of Edmonton, and Brian Gilbertson of Calgary. Also survived by her sister, Jean Whitaker (late Doug) of Vancouver and her brother, Lorne Marvel (late Betsy) of Oakville. Pre-deceased by her husband, Ferdinand Peter Gilbertson in 1979, her mother, Florence Marvel in 1985, and two brothers and their wives, Jack (Gerry) Marvel of Golden, British Columbia and Neal (June) Marvel of White Rock, British Columbia. Also pre-deceased by her six sisters-in-law and their husbands, Violet (Les) Musgrove, Gladys (Jack) Cullen, Julia (Earl) Moritz, Teddy (Manlie) Rehill, Lillian (Chic) Miller, and Mickey Jones, all of Alberta. Special thanks to her caregivers at the Cedarwood Nursing Home and the Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. The JASON SMITH FUNERAL CHAPEL 689 Norfolk St. N., Simcoe in care of arrangements. Those wishing may donate in Betty’s memory are asked to consider the Salvation Army or to the University of Alberta. Personal online condolences at www.smithfuneralchapel.com (519) 426-0199
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GESSHE Emmanuel Leslie Emmanuel Leslie Ray Gesshe, beloved son of Shannon Rae Gesshe, passed away suddenly in Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the age of 13 years. ‘Manny’ was born in Calgary, Alberta on September 13, 2001. He was a beautiful baby boy and his mom’s pride and joy. Manny spent his early life in Olds, AB and then Red Deer became his home. As a young boy Manny loved the outdoors, his chickens, hiking and was a talented swimmer. More recently, Manny enjoyed being part of the 126 Red Deer Sea Cadets where he participated in a variety of activities such as sailing and camping. Manny also took great joy in spending time laughing and playing with his adoring little brother, Malachi. Manny was in grade 8 at St. Francis of Assissi Middle School where he benefited from a talented and caring staffing team. He also attended St. Mary’s Parish where he was confirmed Catholic during the spring of 2014. Manny is survived by his loving family: mother, Shannon; grandparents, Ray and Lorraine Gesshe; stepfather, Douglas Burden; brother, Malachi Burden; uncle Brian Gesshe (Dixie); uncle Todd Gesshe (Kristi) and cousins, Evan and Julia Gesshe. We are heartbroken by our tragic loss and will love our Manny forever, until we meet again. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Parish 6 McMillan Ave., Red Deer with Father Les Drewicki Celebrant on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Emmanuel may be made to 126 Red Deer Sea Cadets (registered charity). Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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PSIKLA Joseph Edward Mar. 19, 1921- Apr. 25, 2015 Joseph Edward Psikla of Red Deer, Alberta, born on March 19, 1921 in Coleman Alberta, passed away peacefully, at the Red Deer General Hospital on April 25, 2015 at the age of 94. Joseph is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Jennie and his children, Ronald (Val) of Red Deer, Gerald (Linda) of Eckville, Joan (Jack Carroll) of Valleyview, Robert (Darlene) of Eckville, Loretta (Lorne Bilinski) of Red Deer, one surviving sister Virginia (John Safronovich) of Eckville, brother in law, Edward (Lillian) Trautman and sister’s in law, Josie Liska, Marion Trautman, Carol Albers, Fern Psikla, along with thirteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Joseph was predeceased by his parents Mary and Louis Sr. and sisters Mary and Helen and one brother Louis Jr., brother in laws Frank and Carl Trautman, Peter Liska and sister in law Delores Trautman. In 1930 Joseph at the age of nine moved up from Coleman to the Eckville area to farm with his parents. Joseph met his soul mate Jennie and they were married in 1949. They remained on the family farm until they retired in Red Deer in 1993. Joseph was a long standing well respected member in the Eckville community with many accomplishments. Joseph was very involved in the community serving on many boards, and belonging to several groups, where he dedicated his services. Joseph was also well known in the community for the family band with his wife, brother, sister in law and brother in law. They entertained generations of people in the community playing old time music for many wedding dances and social functions for over 50 years. Funeral service will be held at the Sacred Heart Church at 5508-48A Ave. Red Deer, Alberta, Friday May 1st, 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made of Donor’s choice or Red Deer Hospice Society 99 Arnot Ave. Red Deer, AB R4R 3S6. Eventide Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements. HAWLEY Ruth Emma Jan. 189, 1924 - Apr. 20, 2015 Ruth was born and raised in the Cumberland district near Delburne, AB. Ruth passed away at Grey Nun Hospital in Edmonton, AB at the age of 91 years. Ruth was predeceased by her daughter Carolyn and grandson Michael. She is survived by her children, Greg, Daryl (Bonnie), Clayton, Carla (Jerry) and Anna. Also twelve grandchildren and numerous relatives. She will be sadly missed by all.
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STEWART Christina Jean 1974 - 2014 Christina Jean Stewart passed away on November 30, 2014 after a battle with diabetes for years. Christina touched many people with her thoughtfulness and her kindness, but most of all she loved her three children more than life itself. Christina is predeceased by her mother Judy Stewart, and she is survived by her three beautiful children, Casha, Steven and Raymond; her father Raymond; and her brother Jason. Christina will be missed greatly by her family and friends.
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SHUDRA Victor June 20, 1942 - Apr.23, 2014 It is with heavy hearts we announce that Victor passed away suddenly, but peacefully, surrounded by his loving family and the caring staff of the Red Deer Hospital intensive care unit in Red Deer at the age of 72 years. He is at peace with his son, David, who left us in 1983; parents, Alex and Lucy; siblings, Pete, Nancy, and Helen; brother-in-laws, Frank and Ken; and sister-inlaw, Annette. Victor leaves behind the love of his life, Rosemary; children, Robert (Christine), Debbie and Shane; and by his precious grandchildren, Alexa and William. He will be remembered by his siblings, Mary, Anne (Harvy) and Walter; sister-in-law, Cec; brother-in-law, Joe; as well as numerous nephews, nieces and extended family and close friends. Victor was a kind-hearted, jovial and remarkable soul who touched many lives. He shared his wisdom, courage, strength and happiness with all. He will be deeply missed, forever loved and remembered always. The family wishes to extend their gratitude for the overwhelming support offered by family and friends. The family would like to invite all who loved Victor to join them in celebrating his life on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity, P.O. Box 535, Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1. 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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IN Loving Memory of Alex “Rusty” Rutherford April 6, 1931 - April 28, 2011 ~Forever in our hearts The Rutherford Family
Trudy M. Perreault June 2, 1950 - April 28, 2013 You left us beautiful memories Your love is still our guide, Although we cannot see you, You’re always at our side. Damien, Marc, Michael & families
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Classifieds 309-3300 Obituaries OLDFORD David “Dave” In Loving Memory. It is with heavy broken hearts our family announces the passing of our beloved father and grandfather, David “Dave” Oldford. Dave passed away with family by his side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital after a short courageous battle with cancer in the early morning of Friday, April 17th, 2015 at the age of 70 years. David was born on May 19th, 1944 in Red Deer, AB to Bruce and Anna Oldford. He married Claudia Schneider on August 29th, 1964 and together they had three children; Theresa, Glenn and Laura. Left to cherish Dave’s memory are his daughters; Theresa Giesbrecht of Winfield, Laura (Rod) Duckett of Ponoka and son Glenn Oldford of Lacombe. Grandpa will also be lovingly remembered and terribly missed by his grandchildren; Thomas Young, James Young (girlfriend Meredith Conrad), Cole Giesbrecht, Taylor Duckett (fiance Steven Krause) and Colin Duckett. Left also to mourn is his beloved mom Anna Oldford, brothers; Art (Elaine) Oldford, Tim (Lucy) Oldford, Peter (Shelly) Oldford and sisters; Carol (Chris) Gregory, Barb Geigle and sister-in-law Sybil Oldford, along with thirteen nieces and nephews. David was predeceased by his father Robert Bruce Oldford, brother Robert James “Bobby” Oldford, best friend and brother George Oldford, brother-in-Law Don Giegle, nephew Chad Giegle and niece Debbie Oldford. As a young man Dave practiced as a journeyman mason and graduated with honors from NAIT’s first graduating class on August 30th, 1966. His plaque is still on display in the halls of Nait. Together with his brother George, they built an outstanding mason business “Oldford Brothers Masonry” which grew to be a business that has left a visible presence in several cities yet today. Dave was well respected for his business savy as an estimator and his work ethic. Dedicated to detail and perfection, David also had a passion for horses and livestock - specifically the cattle industry. He started with an outstanding herd of cross-breeds and later expanded into purebred polled Herefords. Working diligently to improve his breeding program, David nightly studied pedigrees and percentages on crossbreeding specific blood lines. This led to an incredible herd of “beef” cows and a strong line of breeding bulls. He was the first person to ship frozen Hereford embryos to Norway in the early 1980’s and was also successful with his embryo transplant program. David was a devoted Father and Grandfather who gave his all to support his family. He always loved being with family and friends. He enjoyed working outside in the yard with his grandkids, going fishing, a good game of cribbage and placing the odd wager on the “hoss” races. We invite you to come and celebrate and remember his life with us at the Kozy Korner, 5024 53 Street, Lacombe, AB, on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons 15 vacancies at each location for FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANTS for 3 locations $12/hr. + benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights, evenings. Start date as soon as possible. No experience or education req’d. Job description avail. at www.timhortons.com Apply in person to 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer, 6017 Parkwood Road, Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. Lacombe. or Call 403-848-2356
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F/T live in caregiver needed for 3 kids, ages, 8 6, & 12 yr. old. Must love kids and do light housekeeping. $2000 wage less room and board, tax, CPP and EI. Call Brian 403-314-0895 FT caregiver needed 40 hrs/wk, Red Deer, $10.20/hr. to aid special needs adult, male, permanent position, light housekeeping, 12 mo. exp., high school diploma, must speak english. Contact eurocan5@telus.net
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MUSIC CENTRE CANADA is looking for a piano/vocal teacher. Interested applicants, pls. call 403-986-4701 or e-mail mitch@ musiccentrecanada.com
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Instrument/Electronic Technician needed in Lacombe, AB at Decoking Descaling Technology, Inc. Position will include working locally in our shop facility as well as field work. Please apply to calvin@decoking.com Thank you for your interest 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
Professionals
For residential & commercial concrete work in the Red Deer area. -Excellent rate of pay -Benefit packages Send Resume to: apply@pmcl1964.ca or Fax Resume to 403-342-1549 SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQ’D IMMED. Truck exp. preferred. 8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811
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BOOTS, leather, Italian ladies chocolate, soft glove fit over knee length, zippered back, 2 3/4” heel, $200. 403-227-2976 LADIES TOMMY Hillfiger
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AIR Compressor, Porter Cable, 40’ hose w/ nozzles, 3 HP, 4 gal., $100. SOLD RASPBERRY mature canes, free. ALL GONE
SPRING START GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca
HERITAGE LANES BOWLING Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s permanent F/T & P/T front counter staff for all shifts (days, eves. and wknds). Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
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SEARS Radial Arm Saw with stand and blades, $125 obo. 403-342-0754 TWO SEARS Craftsman table saws, 1 lrg. $275 obo, 1 sm. $110 obo. 403-341-3334
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LIZ ARDEN NY, NEW, 1 red croc., make-up bag, w/12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. This would make a great Mother’s Day gift, $195. value, Asking $50. 403-227-2976
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SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, bought at Sims $125 403-352-8811 VHS movies, (100). $75. 403-885-5020
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EARINGS, pierced, Stirling Silver, Made in Israel, never worn, w/case, 1 1/2” drop, appraised $135. Asking $100. 403-227-2976
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32” x 82” STEEL door, $50 obo. 403-341-3334
Beswick, horses, porcelain, with Welsh Cob (rearing), made in APARTMENT size built-in England. $175. dishwasher to give away DCSHOES Cap, sz. 7 3/8, 403-309-7787 like new. $18. DEEP FRYER, Sears, 403-352-8811 used once. $25. DEEP freeze 7 .5 cu. ft. 403-343-1503 $100 obo, antique rocking GAS DRYER $195 OBO chair $100 obo 403-506-1907 403-347-3079 or 403-872-0329
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LAWNMOWER, Craftsman Push, scissor cut action, quiet! Used once. $25. 403-343-1503 3 BIG LIVINGROOM CHAIRS, floral $30/ea. Something for Everyone 403-342-1934 Everyday in Classifieds BLUE COUCH and chair NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC some wood on front $110 40 Year Collection. can deliver 403-342-1934 $200. obo 403-346-2503 COUCH and chair floral $125 can deliver RECLINERS, (2), Maroon, 403-342-1934 cloth, $45. each. Wine END Tables, (2) matching, making equip., $55. Queen size. air bed with electric $14. ea. or both for $25. pump, $30; 403-343-2618 403-782-7439
ROYAL Dux Bohemian Cat, porcelain, mint cond. $35. Merrill Ortholight shoe, sz. 6.5, air cushion, women’s, like new. $40. Maui Jim Sunglasses, Makaha, with brown sport case, brand new. $95 403-352-8811
GUN SHOW May 2, 10 am - 5 pm, May 3, 10 am - 3 pm. UFA Agri Centre West Info: 403-347-3767 PROSET Hockey Card, one box (NEW) 1991 - 1992, $30. GOLF bag, black, traveling style. $45. 403-885-5020
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3 BDRM. 2 bath, bi-level, 5 appls., n/s, no pets, $1495. Avail. June 1. 403-505-1740 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT 3 BDRM. duplex in Anders possibly pet friendly, fenced, new reno, $1500/mo + DD + utils, N/S. 403-347-2526
FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot. 4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740 SYLVAN LAKE 1 bdrm. home, ref’s req’d. May 1, $900 rent, $900 d.d. + utils. No calls after 8 pm. 403-887-5374
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CLEAN TOWNHOUSE 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, fenced back yard, storage shed, n/s. $1195 + DD June 1st. 403-343-0761
MORRISROE 3 bdrm. townhouse, across from park, 1.5 bath, fenced yard, 5 appls., rent $1350, SD. $800. Avail. June 1 Call 403-304-5337 NICE Upper Level 2 bdrm. condo, avail. now or May 1. Very large master bdrm. w/walkin closet, good location in Sunnyside. Prefer no pets. $1350. & d.d. 250-859-6689
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CONSTRUCTION WORKER with 13 yrs. exp. in all kinds of building and renovating. Get the deck that would make a good impression, or a fence that will be to your taste, or finish the bsmt. that once seemed impossible. To get a quote today, call Justin Pullen @ (403) 519-1059.
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SIDING, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.
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TWO 6’ mahogany 5 shelf wall units, like new $50/ea., beige glider rocking chair, like new $45, 2 CHOPPED POPLAR - free, beige highback bar stools, you pick up. Very close to $20/ea, 2 black bar stools Red Deer. 403-392-8385. $10/ea, dbl. stainless steel sink $5, white ceiling fan FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, w/ 4 lights Can deliver $15 403-358-5568 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227
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A Nepalese man consoles his friend during the cremation of his relative killed in the recent earthquake, at the Pashupatinath temple, on the banks of Bagmati river, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday devastating the region and leaving some tens of thousands shell-shocked and sleeping in streets.
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Sister believes in-law is cheating Dear Annie: I believe my sister’s husband, “Roy,” is having an affair. He and I have been flirting for several years, and we’ve had several occasions where we could have been together, but because of my sister, we never have. My sister’s marriage has been troubled for years. The two of them live together, but in separate rooms. They haven’t been intimate for ages. My sister also has some health issues. Roy has said many times that the two of them should be able to see other people. Recently, I saw Roy with some younger woman, and the way they were looking at each other, I knew they were more than friends. He has never looked at my sister that way. We do a lot of things together as a family. During our most recent family weekend, Roy kept taking off alone. I believe Roy knows that I’m aware of his affair, even though he hasn’t said
anything. I’m pretty sure my sister already knows and is hurting. She barely speaks to him and spends most of her time with her grandchildren. They both act as though nothing has happened. Roy has MITCHELL cheated before. & SUGAR I don’t want my sister to be hurt again, but I also don’t want to make things awkward between the two of us. I think it’s time for my sister to let Roy go and move on. How do I handle this? — Hurting, Too Dear Hurting: We think you are
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overly involved in your sister’s marriage. You have no proof of anything, only suspicions, and the fact that you have flirted with your brother-in-law in the past raises questions about your motives now. Your sister may be choosing not to confront her husband’s behavior, and that is up to her. Please try to be emotionally supportive of whatever path she takes to deal with this. Be a shoulder to lean on when she needs one. You don’t have to do more. Dear Annie: I have liked this boy for almost a year. When I first started hanging out with him, one of his friends told me he liked me, too. He eventually asked for my phone number at church, and I gladly handed it over. But we soon stopped hanging out, which left me feeling hopelessly confused. My friends say I should just go for it and ask him for his number. What should I do? — Hopeless
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Dear Hopeless: This boy may have needed a lot of courage to ask for your number and didn’t have enough in reserve to actually call. Or he may have been teased by his friends and pretended that it was a joke to save face. Or he may be less interested than you hoped. There’s no way to know unless you take the next step yourself. We know it’s difficult, so imagine a negative result — he turns down your request for his number. So? At least you’ll know he’s not the guy for you, and you can put it behind you. It’s better than hanging in limbo indefinitely. Good luck. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
Thief sneaks ice cream cooler past sleeping gas station clerk OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — Deputies in Florida say a thief worked for 15 minutes to drag a cooler full of Good Humor ice cream past a sleeping clerk at a gas station near Fort Lauderdale. Surveillance cameras captured a man walking up to the Oakland Park store at 4:09 a.m. on April 2 to find the clerk sleeping. Authorities say the man opened the ice cream cooler, peered at the clerk, looked directly into the camera and flashed a middle finger. After a few minutes, he carefully pulled the $2,500 cooler through the store’s doors. Authorities arrested Dennis Norman on grand theft charges on April 22. He was released from jail on $1,000 bond. There was no phone number available for Norman.
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BOISE, Idaho — Wildlife officials have wrangled a moose that meandered through a park in Idaho’s largest city, the second sighting of the animal captured last year in Boise. The 400-pound young female moose snacked on leaves and laid down in the shade Thursday in the park on the north side of Boise before authorities tranquilized and captured it. Police had blocked off the park to prevent people from being harmed by the 2-year-old animal. Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Mike Keckler says wildlife officials moved the same moose out of Boise last June, dropping it off about an hour north, and gave it a green ear tag.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: When arranging a vegetable platter, why not have a coconut tree featured in the centre; Creating Nemo the fish takes minutes and yet wows people; To transform a penguin from a eggplant, level the oval shaped eggplant by cutting the bottom to make a flat surface. Create flippers by peeling the thick skin either side from the bottom up, leaving it intact so it becomes the armpit. Place the rounds that you cut from the bottom into the armpit to create flippers. Remove the skin at the front to form the characteristic white belly and use toothpicks to stick grapes or black olives for buttons. Photos by ATUL BADONI/Freelance
Play with your food APPLYING A LITTLE ARTISTIC FLARE CAN MAKE AN ORDINARY CARROT STICK APPEAR A LITTLE MORE TEMPTING Thinking of taking a vegetable or a fruit platter or a dip to your next potluck? Sounds a little boring, but you can add a little pizzazz to the boring same old — simply do what you have always been told not to do and play with your food! OK, maybe not play, but how about applying your artistic flare to your food? It will not only make an ordinary carrot stick appear a little more tempting, but it will seem that more effort was put in MADHU than just grabBADONI bing an already prepared tray of veggies. I’m not talking about carving roses out of beets, carrots and radishes or sculpting elegant flowers out of pineapple, watermelons and cantaloupes that you see when you visit a good Thai restaurant. That would defeat the purpose of why you are taking a quick platter in the first place. I am suggesting adding quick creative twists to your platters that will awe your guest while still taking only minutes to do. For instance, if you have decided to take a cool baba ganoush for a summer cookout, why not present an eggplant penguin at the side. Level the ovalshaped eggplant by cutting the round bottom to make a flat surface so the penguin will stand. Take the removed section and cut it into half rounds. These will create flipper support. Create flippers by cutting a slit on either side from the bottom up, leaving the top intact — that becomes the armpit. Place the rounds of eggplant that you cut from the bottom of eggplant into the armpit to create flapping flippers. Remove the skin at the front to form the characteristic white belly and use toothpicks to stick grapes or black olives for buttons. Carrots make nice sturdy feet and nose while inside fleshy eggplants with cloves becomes the eyes. When arranging a vegetable platter, why not have a coconut tree featured in the centre: the stump of the pineapple provides the island of the tree, the carrot is the trunk, a zigzag green carved half pepper becomes the green tree top, while the grape clusters hanging with a toothpick on the side become the coconuts. Another effortless conversion is transforming a lemon into Nemo the fish. This really takes minutes to make and yet wows people. Take a lemon, make a tiny horizontal slit to the protruding bud to form the mouth, make slits on the side and top, and insert carved carrot fins. Use skewers to make it look like it’s swimming over a vegetable or fish platter. Though this Nemo could be squeezed to season the food, chances are it will remain untouched and just be admired. Everybody loves fruit! They are great appetizers and the perfect way to start or finish a meal. They are also a really good medium to carve into animals. One of my favourite things to do is converting a cantaloupe into a cute little panda that could be used as fo-
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ABOVE: Converting a cantaloupe into a cute little panda makes a great focal point for either a fruit or vegetable platter. Two melons are joined together for the body of the panda; zucchini halves are skewered to the side to make the arms and legs, while carrots and grapes create the pupil of the eye. The fleshy cantaloupe makes the perfect background for whites of the eye and the fruit skin creates the panda’s ears! Cut a kiwi in half and join it with a toothpick to make a cute little nose. INSET: Banana ‘dolphins’ appear to leap out of a bowl of fruit. cal point for either a fruit or vegetable platter. Two melons are joined together for body of the panda; zucchini halves are skewered to the side to make the arms and legs, while carrots and grapes create the pupil of the eye. The fleshy cantaloupe makes the perfect background for whites of the eye and the fruit skin creates the panda’s ears! Cut a kiwi in half and join it with a toothpick to make a cute little nose. Take advantage of the prickly-
skinned pineapple to mimic the feathers of an exotic owl. Using the crown green leaves for its natural hair, carrots and grapes for eyes. This owl is a hoot to make! If you are thinking of serving a fondue with some fruits, why not surround strawberries, and grapes around a banana dolphin? This is just as easy as the lemon Nemo! Slit the stem of the banana and insert a grape or a strawberry into the mouth to create a playful dolphin; eyes are simply a dot of chocolate applied
with a toothpick! These quick fruit and vegetable transformations probably won’t get you hired on as a professional food carver at a Thai restaurant, but they will definitely add a personal touch to the next platter you take to a potluck. Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based freelance food writer. She can be reached at madhubadoni@gmail.com or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masala-Mix blog on www.reddeeradvocate.com.