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Spawning the future RAVEN BROOD STATION SOURCE OF MILLIONS OF TROUT BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Nestled away in the woods, along one of the very best glacier-fed springs in Alberta, sits rainbow trout central. But there’ll be no getting out the fishing rod. This is very much a no-fishing zone, even though there are literally thousands of fish and millions of fish eggs at the Raven Brood Trout Station. Located 13 km southeast of Caroline off Hwy 22, the station has had different fish culture roles since the land it is located on was purchased by the Alberta government from the CPR in 1940. Today it’s all about the eggs of rainbow trout — harvesting and fertilizing them, and getting them to the “eyed up” stage. That’s when they are developed and stable enough to be sent off to fish hatcheries in Calgary and Cold Lake to eventually become catchable fish for stocking Alberta water bodies. Brian Charles, senior fisheries technician with Alberta Environment and Parks, lives at the brood station. The facility’s main role is its production of 3.5 million rainbow trout eggs each year. They also hatch about 80,000 fish, which translates into 30,000 to 60,000 production fish. These, like the brood trout when they are done their work, are eventually placed into Central Alberta lakes. They use three- and four-year-old fish as brood stock. When the female fish are spawning — June and July — the eggs are taken from them and manually fertilized with the milt of male rainbow trout. “I assure you no romance is involved,” said Charles. Alberta has about 800 bodies of water that actually support a fishery but within these, only about 350 are readily accessible to people, said Charles. “We have about 350,000 licensed anglers. That

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ABOVE LEFT :Senior fisheries technician Brian Charles monitors yearling fish which will make up the brood stock at the station in 2017. TOP RIGHT: Retired Rainbow Trout brood stock living out their lives in the nearby Raven Springs pond. BOTTOM RIGHT: Rainbow trout eggs sit in an incubator prior to hatching. doesn’t include anybody under 16, over 65 or of First Nations descent. Fishing pressure is actually closer to 500,000 anglers in a season, fishing 350 bodies of water. “If we didn’t manage it in some way shape or form there would be no fish left.” Six months ago the Raven brood station was able

Red Deer woman scores big with scholarships BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Between brushing up on her French and getting ready to work towards her PhD at McGill University in Montreal, a Red Deer woman was grateful to receive more than $150,000 in financial assistance from the university and the Canadian government. Emily Moore, 22, finished up her bachelor of psychology at the University of British Columbia this spring and graduated with honours. But she’s nowhere near being done with school — her next step is a five-year PhD program at McGill. Usually a program of that length and that prestigious carries with it a heavy financial burden, but for the Notre Dame High School class of 2011 grad, a financial fellowship has lightened the load. “It’s a huge relief being offered so much money that you don’t have to worry about anything but your studies and research once you get there,” said Moore. “It is a very intense program.” She has been accepted to McGill’s clinical psychology PhD program. At first, she was offered $20,800 for each of the five years, plus the cost of tuition totalling $25,800 annually. Moore was also offered a one-time $5,000 research excellence fellowship in recognition of her academic and research excellence. In total, she will receive $134,000 in fellowship funding to pursue her PhD. And then the federal government chipped in to help the young student with the Canadian Graduate Scholarship Program, which is awarded through the Canadian Institute of Health Research. In April, the Canadian government offered to help Moore out for her first year with a scholarship of $17,500. “For this year, McGill will top up the scholarship (to $25,800), but the majority of the money comes from the Canadian government,” said Moore. “I’m really grateful for the Canadian government’s assistance.” The email informing her that she had been accepted said she was one of 15 people offered acceptance into the program out of the close to 250 who

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to produce up to 95 per cent of Alberta’s rainbow trout but aging infrastructure has seen some of the egg production operation reduced. Now it produces about half the rainbow trout eggs in the province.

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Icon of versatility — the summer beach store BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

had applied. Moore is determining if she would rather focus on researching psychology in academia or exploring the clinical side and be a therapeutic psychologist. “There’s a lot of psychologists who combine the two and work in hospitals doing half time research and half time therapy,” said Moore. “That’s what I see myself doing, but my degree is very research focused.” Four years ago when she started at UBC, Moore took a broad range of courses in her first year. She weas not quite sure if she wanted to go to medical school or law school.

Ice, ice cream, screamers, fishing tackle, booze, DVDs, propane, toys, souvenirs, batteries, and maybe even a latte, or a pair of wooden shoes — all in one place, the summer beach store. You never know what you’re going to need, want or run out of when vacationing — but chances are you’ll find it at the summer beach store down the road from the lake or campsite. Two separate stores along Gull Lake have been friends to holidayers for many years. The Wooden Shoe Gull Lake is on the south end of the lake and Parkland Beach General Store is on the north end. “Can you just give me a minute, I’m just serving up some burgers and fries,” says Parkland Beach store owner Jill Mitchell, so the interview is done between her running the till and pauses in customer traffic. Mitchell and her husband Robert came to Canada from the United Kingdom in 2003. They eventually ended up owning store seven years ago. “I just fancied the challenge and I’d never worked in a store in my life or used the till in fact,” the former youth worker said. The store is unusual in that it also is able to sell alcohol, a big seller, said Mitchell. But they also sell a lot other things like ice cream and cold drinks It has a small kitchen for take out food. “We certainly try to sell everything. ... the usual things including ice cream, children’s toys, a bit of everything really.” When summer hits, it’s batteries, dairy products, frozen meals, maggots and worms and other things in big demand. When they took over the store, located on Parkland Beach road off Hwy 771, the community helped them with ideas on what to sell. They operate yearround and the winter is busy enough selling fishing equipment to ice fishers.

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Emily Moore of Red Deer will receive more than $150,000 in financial assistance from the university and the Canadian government she pursues her PhD at McGill University.

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Petition urges provincial review on town’s finances BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A petition is circulating in Rocky Mountain House urging the province to review how the town is being run. Local businessman Dale Shippelt said many residents are concerned about how council is managing the town’s finances, as well as general dissatisfaction with how local elected members are doing their jobs, including questions about possible conflicts of interest. Shippelt said many feel it’s time for a formal Alberta Municipal Affairs review of town and council operations. To get a review to be considered, a petition signed by at least 20 per cent of the electorate must be forwarded to Municipal Affairs within 60 days. Shippelt said since they started circulating their petition on June 8, they have about 1,100 of the 1,460 names required. Rumbles of discontent have been heard in Rocky since last fall. In May,

‘WE’RE TAKING THE PETITION TO HAVE BASICALLY AN EXPERT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE FIND AS QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE.’

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Shippelt presented a list of 40 concerns to council. Councillors voted to direct administration to look into the scope of a review, but on May 19 voted against requesting a formal Municipal Affairs inspection. Council did agree to consult the province on other options. The petition asked the province to review the management of the town, distribution of town funds, conduct of members of council, governance with a focus on potential conflicts of interest, abuse of power and positions by some council members, and council’s consideration of the community’s welfare and interests as a whole. A number of hot-button issues have become the topic of local conversation over the last year:

● The multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the town’s main street, a project where some feel council overspent. ● Questions have been raised about staff hiring and firing practices. ● Some are concerned that a new seniors complex is reachable by a single road, which is considered a safety issue. ● Shippelt said those behind the petition were also not happy that three councillors, who are landlords, voted against a business licence bylaw that would have required landlords to pay a $100 business licence. It was voted down, and Shippelt believes that raises legitimate questions of conflict of interest that needs to be reviewed by Municipal Affairs.

“We’re taking the petition to have basically an expert to look at what we find as questionable practices and determine whether they are,” he said. Council passed a motion on May 19 asking Municipal Affairs for clarification on whether council members who are business owners are in conflict of interest when approving a new business licence bylaw. Once the province receives a petition, it must be checked to ensure it’s valid before any further steps are considered. If a review is called, it will likely be many months away. A message was left for Mayor Fred Nash on Friday but he could not be reached for comment. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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FISH: Catchable size As some brood fish are retired, the up and comers are brought in. The facility has three years of brood stock — the 2015 fish spawning now, and then the 2016 and 2017 recruits, said Charles. The primary role of Raven and other related fish culture operations by the province is to raise a stockable fish to catchable size for Alberta anglers, he said. Charles is enthusiastic about engaging the public and wants more people to know about and visit the facility. At one time public visiting stopped but he’s been there five years and has been reviving this aspect since 2011. The brood station uses clear cool water from Raven Spring, which originates from the James River Glacier. The spring is one of the best water sources for raising fish in Alberta and is not affected by dry weather, he said. It flows at a constant 4,500-litres per minute, all day every day, and is the main reason for the brood station’s location. “That’s why this spot is so special and so amazing.” The 1980 catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State resulted in the spring’s flow stopping for several days. There is a moratorium on certain types of seismic activity in the area. All of what they do at Raven is open to the public. When Charles is not busy with the fish, and a FinS program that involves Caroline School and one other school raising trout in the classroom, he is trying to make improvements for when the public visits. A FireSmart program has resulted in workers clearing out areas to lessen the potential of a wildfire. As well, a new trail to be called the Wren Trail is being established so people can watch birds and other types of wildlife. The historic Thompson interpretive trail allows visitors to view the ponds and young children can feed the fish. There is a day-use picnic shelter with a wood stove and primitive outhouses for the public to use. “The whole point of what we’re doing out here is to make Raven more of a destination for anglers and bird watchers and outdoor enthusiasts,” said Charles. Last year they had 3,000 visitors. “We run an awesome program for

STUDENT: Focused “I’ve always been really interested in how the brain works and how people think,” said Moore. “It was really solidified in my first-year psychology class, my professor was awesome, and I knew this is what I wanted to do.” Then she focused on excelling in psychology courses. She applied to and was accepted into the UBC bachelor of psychology honours program in her second year, paving the way for her acceptance into McGill. “I’m grateful to my family, my boyfriend, all my past teachers at UBC. I really couldn’t have done it without them,” said Moore. “I’ve developed a huge passion for psychology and research in general.” Moore was in French immersion growing up in Red Deer when she attended Camile J. Lerouge Elementary School and continued up until Grade 11 at Notre Dame High School. She’s fine-tuning her French ahead of her move to Montreal, although McGill is an English-language university. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

STORE: Next to a marina Located next to a marina, Mitchell said she has noticed a big change in activity since the Parkland Beach Summer Village posted signage at both ends of Hwy 771. A lot of people don’t realize there is a beach, said Mitchell. Many people go to Aspen Beach Provincial Park’s day use area, on the south end of Gull Lake, but there have been occasions lately that no one can get in after 11 a.m. because they are full. Mitchell works at the store full time by herself while her husband works in Red Deer. As for ice sales, “Oh my gosh, now

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From the left, Clara Hoffer, Peyton Dudley, Ellie Hoffer and Audrey Hoffer enjoy an ice cream treat at the The Wooden Shoe Store and Coffee Shop at Gull Lake on Friday morning. The four girls rode their bike to the store from Brewers Campground with the Hoffer’s mother Simone. we’re talking. I bag the ice. That’s a big seller. I have an ice machine. I had forgotten about the ice on purpose.” The store is flanked on two sides by RV parks. On hot days she sells a lot of ice cream, but sales are right across the board, and on cooler days it’s chocolate bars, chips and dip. And because of her European background, she also sells lattes and cappuccinos. Down south, at the Wooden Shoe Gull Lake, manager Caitlin Luymes has been busy at the store “with the blue roof.” Luymes worked at the store — owned by her cousins Val Vanaaken and Christy Luymes — as a summer job for eight years, and has been full time for the past three. A staff of eight people work there because it also has a restaurant, which offers a buffet on weekends. “It’s been really busy. We actually sold 25 tubs of ice cream on (June 27) in six hours. It’s been crazy, especially with the heat.” They ran out of ice — something that hardly ever happens — that same weekend when temperatures in Central Alberta hovered around 30C.

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The most popular ice cream flavours appear to be tiger and Rolo but they do sell a lot of plain vanilla as well, Luymes said. Also a year-round store, the summer is busier because the beach is open. A lot of people come in looking for things like ketchup, camping supplies like eggs and bacon, hot dog roasting sticks, table cloths, ropes, flashlights, said Luymes. “Fishing gear in the winter is one of our biggest sales, live and frozen bait. Lots of people ask for different kinds of hooks. We try and help out as best as we can.” This store also has something people from as far away as Texas want. The area has a lot of people of Dutch ancestry so the store stocks a variety of Dutch food items like licorice, soups and cake mixes. And for something unusual and indicative of the versatility of the summer beach store, they also sell modern style, black “wooden shoes” also known as klompens. “I just got off the phone with a lady that is taking six pairs to Texas,” Luymes said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canadians will choose ‘security over risk’ - Harper BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Justin Trudeau is no longer alone in Stephen Harper’s crosshairs. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is now there too. The prime minister launched a blistering attack on his two main competitors in a speech to party faithful at his annual Calgary Stampede barbecue on Saturday in advance of this fall’s federal election. Harper used much of his speech to outline his government’s response to national security, saying Canada was “brutally reminded” last October it is not immune to the threat of “jihadist terrorism.” He continued to refer to Mulcair and Trudeau simply as the “other guys” who he said refuse to acknowledge that Canadians are at risk and wouldn’t have been willing to provide the necessary leadership to send Canadian troops to take part in the international battle against terrorism. “Thomas Mulcair actually refused to admit the October attacks on Canadian soil were terrorism,” Harper said. “That’s the NDP approach: if the facts don’t fit your ideology, just pretend the facts don’t exist. “And, of course, both Mr. Mulcair and Mr. Trudeau have opposed the military mission, said they would withdraw our forces and our aircraft, in Justin Trudeau’s case saying so, as you will remember, in terms laced with contempt for the Canadian military,” Harper added. “Friends, these guys just don’t get it. We’re living in a dangerous world.” Harper also chastised Trudeau for confirming he would take Canada out of the international coalition in the battle against the Islamic State and make strong diplomatic relations with Iran a priority. The prime minister said the eco-

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper serves hamburgers at a barbecue in Calgary Sunday. nomic policies of both the Liberals and NDP are “remarkably similar” and neither leader appears to have even a working knowledge of budgeting and how job creation works. “Friends, here is the bottom line: the Liberals and the NDP voted against every single tax break and every single family benefit we brought in. And their economic policies are remarkably similar,” Harper said. “They will tax away, in whole or large part, the universal child care benefit, income splitting, and tax-free savings accounts. “Friends, we’ve come too far to take risks with reckless policies. That’s why I’m confident that this October Canadians will choose security over risk.” Harper’s speech was a marked departure from last year where he focused almost exclusively on Trudeau and made scant mention of Mulcair and the NDP.

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REGINA — Close to 1,000 military personnel are on their way to help fight wildfires in Saskatchewan. Duane McKay, commissioner of emergency management with the province, says some of the military are expected to begin deploying as early as Sunday. Others may take longer to arrive, as McKay notes that being a soldier is different from being a firefighter, so additional training may be required. “They will be completely self-contained and they will augment wildfire operations and so we’ll see them on the fire line,” McKay said. “Hopefully that will bolster our ability to do two things — to fight the fires as well as maintain our fire operations over the next 10 to 14 days.” Provincial officials say the amount of land that’s burning in Saskatchewan this year is around 10 times what’s normal. Steve Roberts with the wildfire management branch of the environment ministry said over the last five years, 30,000 hectares burn annually in high-priority zones. He said 300,000 hectares are burning in those zones this year. The military’s help was already anticipated from the Canadian Forces base in Cold Lake, Alta., when the province announced Saturday that evacuees from La Ronge would head to centres in the neighbouring province. Premier Brad Wall said Saturday that he’d spoken on the phone earlier in the day with Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the possible need for military help, and that Harper had been “accommodating” to such a re-

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quest when it was officially made. McKay said municipal fire services in Saskatchewan were also sending equipment and firefighters to help. The Alberta government said it was preparing to receive up to 5,000 people from the La Ronge evacuation. Saskatchewan officials said 1,136 had registered in La Ronge and were transported to Cold Lake on Saturday night, while thousands of others were travelling out of the community on their own and would likely stay with friends or family. Local officials made the call to evacuate La Ronge, as well as the neighbouring community of Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, when the flames crossed a safety threshold, McKay said. On Sunday, he said the fire burned on the edge of the airport about five kilometres north of the town. “There’s a large number of folks that are still up there supporting the ongoing operations,” McKay said. Karri Kempf with Saskatchewan’s social services ministry said the decision to send the La Ronge evacuees to Alberta was made to ensure there would still be some room left in the Saskatchewan centres where earlier evacuees from other fires are being housed. “We’re noticing now a lot of people moving on their own into our system who had started out with friends and family and some of those places have been exhausted and they’re coming back in and receiving service now,” Kempf said. “We’re receiving people at our reception centres and shelters who are returning from vacations,” she continued, noting there were other communities where there may be more evacuations.

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Putting a lid on oilsands If nothing else, the G7 countries’ recent agreement to end fossil fuel use for energy by 2100 signals a shift in the way we talk and think about global warming. Previous agreements were about reducing carbon emissions from burning coal, oil and gas. This takes matters a step further by envisioning a fossil fuel–free future. DAVID There are SUZUKI reasons for cynicism: the long time frame means none of the politicians involved in the commitment will even be alive, let alone held accountable, for meeting the target in 2100; Canada and Japan watered down Germany’s proposal to end fossil fuel energy by 2050; and many governments, including Canada’s, haven’t met even their current weak commitments. But in calling for deep emissions cuts by 2050 and an end to fossil fuel energy by 2100 — “decarbonization” — the nonbinding pledge at least shows governments recognize the need to confront climate change. Canada could show it takes the

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commitment seriously by heeding the advice of 100 scientists (including 12 Royal Society of Canada fellows, 22 U.S. National Academy of Sciences members, five Order of Canada recipients and a Nobel Prize winner, from a range of disciplines) who released a statement with 10 reasons why “No new oilsands or related infrastructure projects should proceed unless consistent with an implemented plan to rapidly reduce carbon pollution, safeguard biodiversity, protect human health, and respect treaty rights.” According to Simon Fraser University energy economist and statement co-author Mark Jaccard, “Leading independent researchers show that significant expansion of the oilsands and similar unconventional oil sources is inconsistent with efforts to avoid potentially dangerous climate change.” Another author, Northern Arizona University ecologist Tom Sisk, said it’s not just about climate: “Oilsands development is industrializing and degrading some of the wildest regions of the planet, contaminating its rivers, and transforming a landscape that stores huge amounts of carbon into one that releases it.” The reasons for a moratorium include: oilsands expansion and investment are incompatible with climate protection and are slowing the shift to clean energy; monitoring and enforcement are inadequate; landscape is be-

ing contaminated and reclamation is insufficient; First Nations treaties are being violated; affordable alternatives are available; cumulative impacts have been ignored; and Canadians are demanding solutions. Of course, it will take more than a non-binding pledge and slowing or halting oilsands expansion to avert the worst consequences of climate change. In an article in the journal Nature last year, eight scientists who signed the moratorium statement, including Jaccard, argued Canada and the U.S. must stop treating “oilsands production, transportation, climate and environmental policies as separate issues, assessing each new proposal in isolation. A more coherent approach, one that evaluates all oil-sands projects in the context of broader, integrated energy and climate strategies, is sorely needed.” As part of a co-ordinated strategy, they proposed putting a price on carbon, through a carbon tax or cap-andtrade, to “ensure that the full social costs of carbon combustion are incorporated into investment decisions about energy and infrastructure.” Carbon pricing is widely accepted as an effective way to discourage fossil fuel use and encourage clean energy development. In future, people will look back and question why we burned such precious resources so wastefully. Fossil fuels

are solar energy, concentrated over millennia and useful for numerous applications, many of which we probably haven’t even discovered. Yet we’ve burned them largely so people, often solo drivers, can move around in tonnes of metal and plastic on land-destroying and expensive infrastructure. And we’ve used them to create increasing amounts of plastic packaging and unnecessary products that are now choking our oceans and land. Moving toward zero carbon emissions — in a much shorter timeline than agreed upon by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States — is absolutely necessary, and not just for the climate. Eliminating fossil fuel energy will cut dangerous pollution, create new economic opportunities and ensure resources are available for wiser applications. The words of scientists, government leaders and other experts — and now Pope Francis and the Dalai Lama — make it clear that it’s time to turn the page on this destructive and relatively recent chapter in our history. Now we must ensure our leaders strengthen and act on their commitments. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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What kind of Canada do we want in the future? We have never been in a more critical state as we are right now in the nation of Canada! With the federal election around the corner, here we sit all asleep! As we have seen in the Alberta provincial election, people are fed up with our leaders and policies. The results of the provincial election showed that people really didn’t care who but they just wanted change and any change would do. So basically the knee-jerk reaction caused us to throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak. We now have to ride out the next four years, however it is going to unfold. So for the next four years we Albertans had better pay close attention and wake up to what is going on around us. Alberta represents prosperity and because of this we are the bread basket of Canada. Ours is the only province in Canada that does not receive federal funding. In fact, our province gives to every other province to support their sustainability. If for some reason Alberta goes bust, not only does Alberta suffer drastically but so does the rest of Canada. The results being devastating! This is a precursor to our federal elections! If we do not wake up, our time is short for the way we know Canada today as to what it will become. For instance, the federal Liberal leader said that if we elected him as PM, this would be the last time we do elections this way. He offered a few options and when asked if his party would take this to a plebiscite for the people to respond, he said no they would just make a bill and have it passed in Parliament. You need to hear this for yourselves so please search it out. We want democracy, not dictatorship in Canada. There is a hefty price to pay for our complacency and passivity. We no longer can sit back and say “Oh well, this is Canada, no big deal.” Our forefathers paid a hefty price to set the foundation in Canada as we see today. People we need to wake up, Canada is in trouble, this federal election is a turning point! The outcome will enhance Canada or hinder Canada! The decision is up to us. And yes you still have a voice, let it be heard. Our land is still free as of today, let’s keep it that way! Please research the person as well as the party for this next election, think for yourselves. What kind of Canada do you want for tomorrow? What does it look like? How do we get there? Who best to govern and lead us? The choice is up to you and me, chose wisely. Your decision speaks for the next four years! Joan Barnes Sylvan Lake

Is Notley the second coming of Rae? BY JASON CLEMENS AND BEN EISEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE There are many parallels between Alberta’s first NDP premier, Rachel Notley, and Ontario’s only NDP premier, Bob Rae. Some similarities, like the fact neither was expected to even contest the election let alone form a majority government, are interesting for conversation but not necessarily impactful on the lives of average Albertans. There are, unfortunately, similarities that will adversely affect the Alberta economy and the prosperity of Albertans now and for the future. The first worrying similarity is that Notley, like Rae before her, seems totally unconcerned with controlling government spending in the face of large deficits. Rae inherited a $3.0-billion deficit when he was elected in late 1990. His government increased spending by over $5.3 billion (or 13 per cent) in one year, resulting in a deficit of $10.9 billion. These increases came on top of the large increases introduced by Liberal Premier David Peterson. In the three years the Peterson Liberals governed as a majority, they increased program spending by 35 per cent. The early actions of the Notley govScott Williamson Pre-press supervisor

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ernment suggest it is following the same course. The government has announced over $600 million in new spending, including $39 million for social assistance and housing, over $100 million for education, and a whopping $500 million for health care. The second worrying parallel between Rae and Notley is their proclivity to increase taxes without understanding (or worrying about) how such increases affect competitiveness and economic incentives. The Rae NDP aggressively increased personal income taxes and raised a host of other taxes including business taxes. These tax hikes came after large increases to the same taxes introduced by the Peterson government. The result was that Ontario was markedly uncompetitive with respect to many key taxes and the incentives for work effort, savings, investment, and entrepreneurship were eroded. The result was predictable: a sluggish economy throughout Rae’s tenure. Alberta’s NDP government appears determined to repeat the tax and competitiveness mistakes of the Rae government. In the Throne Speech, the Notley government confirmed it will proceed with a 20 per cent increase in the province’s general corporate tax rate and introduce two new personal

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income tax brackets, eliminating the country’s only single-rate tax. These changes mean all that remains of Alberta’s once meaningful tax advantage is the absence of a provincial sales tax. However, most economists agree that this is in fact not an advantage, since consumption taxes are among the least economically harmful taxes. Alberta would be better served economically with a low sales tax that allowed for even lower personal and business income taxes. Surprisingly, unlike the Rae government that unsuccessfully tried to promote manufacturing, the Notley government seems uncompromisingly committed to reigning in what has been an anchor of the provincial economy: the oil and gas sector. There have been a slew of announcements that undermine investment and development in the oilpatch including the review of the province’s royalty regime with a clear eye towards collecting greater revenues and new environmental regulation including a doubling of the carbon levy. Jason Clemens and Ben Eisen are economists with the Fraser Institute and co-authors of Fiscal Policy Lessons for Alberta’s New Government from Other NDP Governments. This column was supplied by Troy Media (troymedia.com).

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Paramedics run beside parked ambulances outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi after heavy shooting started for the third time since the morning Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. A federal review recommended better security and awareness training for personnel posted abroad after an employee at Canadaâ€™s High Commission in Nairobi was killed during a terrorist attack on a shopping mall, newly released documents show.

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event,â€? the review summary says. For instance, the appointment of a liaison officer from Citizenship and Immigration as the single point of contact for Deslogesâ€™ family was â€œabsolutely vital.â€? However, the fact that Desloges was on assignment with the border services agency â€œcaused a delay in CBSA becoming involved in the response,â€? the summary says. For missions such as Nairobi, where the high hardship level is largely a reflection of the security situation, personnel â€œare being made aware of the risks associated with working in difficult operating environments through the training they receive and the overall preparations they conduct prior to departing for the post,â€? it adds. Still, the review recommended enhancing Foreign Affairsâ€™ training and awareness program related to personal security abroad. The review also found: â€” Even though Foreign Affairs headquarters called for suspension of all non-essential requests to the Nairobi mission, multiple requests for the same information from various people poured in; â€” It can take months to return to a normal state of operations following a crisis, and options for maintaining activity â€œneed to be exploredâ€?; â€” Counsellors who met with high commission staff from Canada as well as local hires were â€œhugely appreciated,â€? although some Kenyan employees preferred to talk with someone from a similar cultural background.

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A federal review recommended better security and awareness training for personnel posted abroad after an employee at Canadaâ€™s High Commission in Nairobi was killed during a terrorist attack on a shopping mall, newly released documents show. The internal review also called for re-examination of the overall plan for responding to critical incidents overseas involving federal personnel, says a summary of the findings. The summary, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, flowed from a February 2014 meeting of interdepartmental task force members who had grappled with the horrors that unfolded in Kenya five months earlier. On Sept. 21, 2013, al-Shabab gunmen attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Among those murdered in the assault was Annemarie Desloges, a Citizenship and Immigration Canada foreign service officer on assignment with the Canada Border Services Agency at the high commission. Vancouver businessman Naguib Damji was also killed. Upon learning a federal employee may have been a casualty in the Saturday attack, the Security and Emergency Management Bureau of Foreign Affairs convened an interdepartmental task force meeting at noon eastern time, just under five hours after headquarters was alerted. A number of things worked well during the emergency response, despite the fact the incident was â€œquickly evolvingâ€? and there was â€œa lack of clarity surrounding the nature and scale of the

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special inspector. â€œUSAID has cited a jump in students enrolled in schools â€” from an estimated 900,000 in 2002 to more than 8 million in 2013 â€” as a clear indicator of progress,â€? wrote Sopko. â€œThe data USAID uses to measure this progress came from the MOEâ€™s Education Management Information System (EMIS), which USAID has said it cannot verify, and which it now appears that officials from the Karzai administration may have falsified.â€? In May, Afghan media reported that Minister of Education Asadullah Haneef Bakhi told parliament the government of former president Hamid Karzai made up education data to get more money from the international community. After Sopkoâ€™s concerns were made public, Bakhi reiterated some of his own. â€œIn some of the insecure areas, there are no schools, but the benefits, opportunities, money for infrastructure, money for teachers and so on have taken place,â€? he told TOLOnews, according to an English translation of the interview that appears on the channelâ€™s website. When asked to explain why Canada wasnâ€™t worried about the veracity of the same data, Foreign Affairs took a different approach. In a follow up email, a different spokesperson said Canada seeks to validate the data it gets from Afghanistan via the World Bank, which oversees some of the largest education-oriented programs. Their latest figures state 7.6 million children were in primary school in 2010. â€œNevertheless, given the conflict, basic insecurity, and rugged terrain it is difficult for all parties involved to fully confirm these figures,â€? spokesperson Diana Khaddaj writes. In its response to Sopko this week, USAID said it believed Bakhiâ€™s words were misinterpreted and he was not alleging actual fraud, just bad data collection, as well as a tendency by the former government to publicly overstate known enrolment. They said there is no hard evidence of corruption or fraud.

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Argos roll past Roughriders in OT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Argonauts 42 Roughriders 40 (OT) REGINA — The legend of Trevor Harris continues to grow. The Argonauts QB led his team on a last-minute touchdown drive to send the game into overtime and then threw two touchdown passes in extra time to lead Toronto to a 42-40 double-overtime victory over the host Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday. Harris, in his third game as starter for the injured Ricky Ray, led Toronto (2-0) to a 26-11 upset over the Edmonton Eskimos in Week 1. “I just want to be the best possible back-up I can be,” said Harris, who went 30 for 38 with 267 yards and four touchdowns and one interception in the game. “Ricky Ray is one of the best quarterbacks ever in the CFL. My job is to steer the ship in the right direction when he’s not available.” Playing in front of 31,907 fans at Mosaic Stadium, Saskatchewan led the game 28-21 with just over a minute left in the game. Scrimmaging from the Toronto 25, Harris led the Argonauts on a last-minute touchdown drive, capped off with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Chad Owens, to send the game into overtime. In a crazy overtime session filled with penalties and a few reviewed plays, Saskatchewan opened up the scoring on its first possession when Rob Bagg took the ball one yard into the end zone on an end around. Running back Jerome Messam was tackled in the backfield on the ensuing two-point conversion. The Argos stormed back with a nine-yard receiving touchdown by running back Brandon Whitaker in their first overtime period. They, too, failed their two-point conversion attempt when Harris was sacked by Rider defensive back Macho Harris. In the second overtime, Harris threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tori Gurley and then hooked up with running back Anthony Coombs on a three-yard strike for the two-point conversion to put Toronto up 42-34. Saskatchewan (0-2) had a chance to tie the game after QB Kevin Glenn connected with Chris Getzlaf for a 25-yard touchdown on the next drive, but Glenn just missed Getzlaf on the ensuing twopoint convert. “I was on the sideline and coach said these are the moments you live for,” Harris said. “I remember thinking, ’I’ve done this in my backyard a few times. Now you’ve just got to go do it with 30,000 thousand people in the stands.’ We took a punch in the mouth from a great football team and we were able to come back and keep fighting.” Owens, who led Toronto receivers with eight

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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Ryan Smith, right, makes an acrobatic grab against the Toronto Argonauts during second half CFL football action in Regina on Sunday. Toronto won the game in overtime 42-40. catches for 88 yards and one touchdown, said the team has always believed in Harris’ ability to lead. “He’s a guy who doesn’t go out there to prove guys wrong; he just goes out there and does his job,” Owens said. “This just shows that this a guy who can go into a hostile environment, go into a situation where there’s still question marks surrounding him, and get the job done.” The Riders put up over 500 yards of offence in the loss. Glenn went 33 for 40 for 477 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for the Riders, while the Riders’ Ryan Smith led all receivers with eight catches for 174 yards and one touchdown. It

was a similar story in Week 1, where the Riders put up nearly 500 yards in offence in a 30-26 home loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. “It’s bittersweet since we didn’t get the victory, but I’m still proud of the guys on the offence side of the ball because we went out and showed a lot of resiliency,” Glenn said. “We don’t want to be 0-2, but that’s what professional sports is all about. We’ll learn from our mistake in this game and move on.” Veteran kicker Paul McCallum, who returned to Saskatchewan last week after being released by the B.C. Lions on June 3, hit all four of his field goal attempts in the game, including a 49-yarder.

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. hole. The putter broke when Streb — Danny Lee was overcome with tossed it at his bag next to the green. nerves after qualifying for a four-man “It hit the bottom of the bag and the playoff at The Greenbrier Classic. (putter) head went flying,” Streb said. By the time he walked to the first “It was not my intent, but that was what playoff tee, he was ready. happened. And so I said, well, let’s see Lee earned his first PGA Tour vic- what we can do with a wedge.” tory when he parred the second hole of He three-putted No. 17 for bogey, Sunday’s sudden-death playoff, elimi- but got in the playoff with a 6-foot birdnating Canadian David Hearn after ie at No. 18. Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb falStreb was allowed a replacement tered on the first playoff hole. putter for the playoff, but he never got “All I can say is wow,” Lee said. “I to use it after missing the green. finally did it.” Lee and Hearn made birdie putts Hearn, from Brantford, Ont., Lee, on the first playoff hole, also eliminatKisner and Streb were tied at 13 under ing Kisner, who lost in a playoff for the after four rounds on the Old White TPC third time this season. course. And Lee wasn’t in a good place On the second playmentally heading into off hole, Hearn drove the playoff. ‘I’VE JUST GOT TO behind a tree on the “I was so nervous,” par-5 17th and made KEEP GIVING MYSELF he said. “My head was bogey. blank, and I was just CHANCES LIKE THIS, “That was probably trying to breathe.” the only bad tee shot I AND IT’S GOING TO For good measure, hit all day,” said Hearn, HAPPEN SOON.’ Lee said his caddie, who is still looking for Kurt Kowaluk, put the his first PGA Tour win — DAVID HEARN piece of paper indicatin 164 events. “I’ve just ON HIS PLAYOFF LOSS ing his playoff starting got to keep giving myposition into a mock self chances like this, wishing well on the and it’s going to happen par-3 18th tee. soon.” “He put it in there so Lee also missed the I can win it,” Lee said. fairway, but reached By then, Lee had his the green in three shots focus back. and two-putted from “I felt ready,” he across the green for said. “I felt like I could par. really win this thing.” It marked the third The South Koreanplayoff in the tournaborn New Zealander ment’s six-year history. earned $1.2 million and Tiger Woods started became the ninth firstthe day seven shots betime winner on the tour this season. hind the leaders, shot a bogey-free 67 The former U.S. Amateur champion and said he made some “nice strides” was competing in his 27th event this heading into next week’s British Open. season, including his eighth in nine “Best I’ve hit it in a long, long, long weeks. He is trying to qualify for the time,” Woods said. international team for the Presidents “I had full control over all clubs. Cup in October in South Korea. He was This could have been one of those spe47th in the standings heading into The cial rounds.” Greenbrier Classic. Woods broke a streak of 55 consecu“I never get tired of playing golf,” tive rounds with at least one bogey. It Lee said. was his first time under par in a final “I mean, it’s my job, and I just love round since the 2013 Tour Championdoing it, and I’m just happy to be out ship. here every week.” Lee, Hearn, James Hahn and Greg Kisner shot a 6-under 64 to get to the Owen earned spots at St. Andrews. clubhouse at 13 under. There also were four spots handed out Hearn (67) and Lee (67) birdied No. a week ago at the Travelers Champi17 to join the playoff. Both missed bird- onship and one more is available this ie putts for the lead on the final hole in week at the John Deere Classic. regulation. Russell Henley shot 63 and finished Streb shot a 5-under 65 in the final fifth at 12 under. Seven others were at round by making five birdie putts on 11 under, including Chad Collins (69), the back nine with a 56-degree wedge who was tied for the lead before bogeyafter breaking his putter on the ninth ing the final two holes.

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The United States Women’s National Team celebrates with the trophy after they beat Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, Sunday.

U.S. blitzes Japan early leading to win in Women’s World Cup final BY THE CANADIAN PRESS U.S.A. 5 Japan 2 VANCOUVER — Carli Lloyd put an exclamation point on her country’s stunning four-goal barrage in the opening 16 minutes with a hat-trick strike from the halfway line as the United States demolished Japan 5-2 in the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday. Lauren Holiday and Tobin Heath had the other goals for the Americans, who claimed their third title after previously winning in 1991 and 1999. “It’s been amazing,” said Lloyd. “We just wrote history today and brought this World Cup trophy home, which is unbelievable.” Julie Johnston put a ball in her own net in the second half, while Yuki Ogimi had the other goal for Japan, which won its only World Cup by beating the U.S. on penalties four years ago. This one wasn’t nearly as close. In front of a raucous pro-American crowd of 53,341 at B.C. Place Stadium that included U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, Lloyd opened the scoring in the third minute on a nicely worked corner kick, guiding home Megan Rapinoe’s low drive after making a strong run to the penalty spot. The American captain then made it 2-0 with her fifth of the tournament just two minutes later by poking home Holiday’s free kick after it was flicked on by Johnston in a chaotic penalty area. Holiday went from provider to scorer in the 14th minute, jumping on a terrible mistake by defender Azusa Iwashimizu to volley it home past helpless Japanese goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori. Lloyd then completed her hat trick

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two minutes after that on a goal that will be replayed over and over. She picked up the ball in her own territory and moved towards half before unleashing a shot towards goal. Kaihori stumbled as she tracked back and could only watch as the ball went off her hand, off the post and in. “I’ve dreamed of scoring a shot like that,” said Lloyd. “I did it once, I think, when I was a little bit younger on the national team in a training environment. “Very rarely do you just wind up and hit it.” As the Americans on the pitch and in the stands celebrated, Kaihori lay on her back with her hands covering her face. “We talked about trying to start fast,” said U.S. head coach Jill Ellis. “That’s been one of our mantras — start fast, finish strong.” When play resumed, Lloyd could have easily scored a fourth goal on a header moments later that went just wide. Japan eventually steadied its ship and got one back in the 27th minute when Ogimi collected a ball in front of Hope Solo and beat the U.S. ’keeper with a high shot she could only get a finger to. The goal was the first the Americans had conceded since their opening game, a span of 540 minutes. Japan subbed on veteran midfielder Homare Sawa and striker Yuika Sugasawa later in the half, but the Americans took a 4-1 lead into the break. Japan cut the lead to 4-2 in the 52nd minute when Johnston accidentally headed an Aya Miyama free kick into her own goal, but Heath got that one back just two minutes later on another scramble off a U.S. corner.

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Williams sisters to face-off in fourth round BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROGER’S RECORD

Roger Federer is the only current player with more Wimbledon singles titles than a Williams, and the seventime champion is one away from a record-setting eighth. Federer has had a relatively straightforward first week, winning his first two matches in straight sets and his third in four. His next opponent is 20th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, a Spaniard who is playing at Wimbledon for the third time and has never reached the fourth round.

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Venus Williams returns a ball to Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday, July 3, 2015. Venus faces sister Serena in the fourth round in today’s action at Wimbledon. But for Federer, the pursuit of No. 8 and breaking the tie with Pete Sampras and 1880s player Willie Renshaw doesn’t seem to be the only thing spurring him on. “This is more something like you talk about for a couple weeks, it’s gone again, then you have to wait a year if you don’t do it,” Federer said. “I just take Wimbledon as such, what a huge tournament it is, what an opportunity it is.”

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Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, the other two Grand Slam champions in the fourth round, have been two of the most consistent players at this year’s tournament, and another pair of wins for each would set up a semifinal meeting on Thursday. Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, has lost only 15 games through three rounds and will next face Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. Aza-

Burris throws 3 TDs to lead Redblacks past Lions CFL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are a different team with a different attitude in 2015. For the first time in their short franchise history, the Redblacks have won two-straight games after a 27-16 victory against the B.C. Lions on Saturday night. Last year, it took Ottawa (2-0) 13 games before it won two games and that’s all they managed for the season. “We don’t even remember what happened last year,” said Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris. “We’ve added some great pieces in the right places. We all believe in each other in this locker room and now we’re making the plays that help stack on top of that and the potential and the belief in here is sky high and the confidence is sky high.” Burris was a big part of the victory — throwing three touchdowns and finishing the game completing 23-of-29 pass attempts for 290 yards and one interception. A strong second half was the difference for the Redblacks as they outscored the Lions (0-1) 17-9 in the final two quarters in front of 24,376 fans at TD Place. An 11-yard TD pass to Ernest Jackson and a 30-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ellingson helped sparked the offence. Delbert Alvarado also connected on a 28-yard field goal.

OLDS GRIZZLYS The Olds Grizzlys have traded defenceman Jarod Hilderman to the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for future considerations. The Alberta Junior Hockey League team had acquired the six-foot-two, 210-pound Hilderman from the B.C. hockey League’s Penticton Vees in June in exchange for former Canadian Junior Hockey League rookie of the year Chris Gerrie. Hilderman is Kamsack, Sask., native and a product of the Notre Dame Hounds hockey program in Wilcox, Sask., and has already committed to

“We talked at half time that belief was a big part of this thing and that you believe that we’re going to find a way to get it done and that the guys are going to step up and make the plays,” said Ottawa coach Rick Campbell. “Our guys have bought into that.” Receiver Brad Sinopoli stepped up for the Redblacks with nine carries for 99 yards. Sinopoli was a quarterback at the University of Ottawa during his university football career and Saturday’s win was a special return. Sinopoli scored the first touchdown of the game on a seven-yard pass late in the second quarter and was instrumental in getting the Redblacks into field goal range in the dying seconds of the first half to take a 10-7 lead into the locker room. “It was incredible,” said Sinopoli. “The crowd, the atmosphere, it was awesome.” The Lions, playing their first game of the season, had their opportunities, but were unable to take advantage. Twice in the first half B.C. was forced to settle for field goals when they were in touchdown range. Richie Leone gave the Lions a 6-0 lead on 11 and 13-yard field goals. B.C. quarterback Travis Lulay was playing his first regular season game since injuring his shoulder in Ottawa last September. He was 18-of-32 on his pass attempts for 246 yards, one touchdown and an interception. “We did a lot of good things, especially early in this game, but we didn’t finish those drives,” said Lulay. “That’s where we need to be better.” play for NCAA Div. 1 power MinnesotaDuluth for the 2016-17 season. Last season he had six assists in 49 games with the Vees while playing on one of the deepest blue lines in the country. When they acquired him, Grizzlys head coach and director of hockey operations Dana Lattery had hoped Hilderman was part of the solution to their leaky defensive corps what gave up an AJHL South Division worst 235 goals in 2014-15. Gerrie was second on the Grizzlys in scoring last season with 61 points (25 goals, 36 assists) in 59 games last season. The Bruins are loading up to host the Western Canada Cup this coming season.

renka, a two-time Australian Open champion, has lost 17 games and will next meet 30th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. Sharapova has played Diyas once before, beating her 6-1, 6-1 in the third round at this year’s Australian Open. “You can’t underestimate anyone’s level,” Sharapova said.

GO GO DJOKO

Novak Djokovic missed out on a chance to make a run for a true Grand Slam when he lost to Stan Wawrinka in the French Open final. But the topseeded Serb can still defend his title at Wimbledon, a victory that would give him a third championship at the All England Club. “I try to put myself only in the present moment, not fight against the thoughts and the pressure and the excitement,” Djokovic said, referring to his past experiences at the grass-court major.

Djokovic’s next opponent will be Kevin Anderson, a 14th-seeded South African who has never been past the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament.

MAJOR MISSION

Four women who have come close but are still looking for their first major title will also be on court Monday: Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Lucie Safarova and Jelena Jankovic. All four of them lost to 20-time major champion Serena Williams in Grand Slam finals. Wozniacki lost to Serena in the 2014 U.S. Open final, Radwanska was beaten in the 2012 Wimbledon final, Jankovic in the 2008 U.S. Open final and Safarova in this year’s French Open final. Wozniacki also reached the U.S. Open final in 2009, losing to Kim Clijsters.

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LONDON — One five-time Wimbledon champion is guaranteed to reach the quarterfinals. Another is assured of elimination. That’s what will happen Monday when Serena Williams plays older sister Venus Williams for the sixth time at the grass-court Grand Slam in southwest London. “They’ve been unbelievable for the sport. I’ve said that many times,” said Roger Federer, a seven-time Wimbledon champion who will also be playing on Manic Monday. “Their headto-heads, I don’t know how much that has to do with it. I think it’s more their individual play.” Individually and together, the Williams sisters have become two of the greatest champions at the All England Club. They have each won five singles titles, and have teamed up to win five more in doubles. Against each other on the grass at Wimbledon, Serena leads 3-2, with all three of her wins coming in finals. Venus won one final, and also won a semifinal match against her younger sibling in 2000 — the first time they met on court at the tournament. Although Serena is still at the top of her game and going for a true Grand Slam this season, Venus has been struggling for the past few years and was diagnosed with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease in 2011, three years after her last Wimbledon title. It was the previous year, in 2010, when she last reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. But this year, Venus has been nearing her past high standards, winning all three of her matches in straight sets. “She’s playing so well,” Serena said. “I’m practicing next to her every day and I’m in awe of how she’s doing. It’s a little frustrating because I know I have to play her.” The Williams matchup is just one of the 16 fourth-round matches on the schedule for Monday — eight for the men and eight for the women. Here are some things to know about Monday’s matches:

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Blue Jays break up sweep in Detroit BAUTISTA, SMOAK HOMER AS BLUE JAYS BEAT JUSTIN VERLANDER, TIGERS TO STOP 3-GAME SKID BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson singles during the fifth inning to drive in Devon Travis against the Detroit Tigers during a baseball game Sunday, in Detroit.

Blue Jays 10 Tigers 5 DETROIT — Turns out the Toronto Blue Jays got a break by facing Justin Verlander. Jose Bautista and Justin Smoak homered in a six-run fifth inning against the 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner and MVP, leading the Toronto Blue Jays over the Detroit Tigers 10-5 Sunday. Toronto stopped a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in seven games. “We definitely needed this one,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “We’ve had to go against (Anibal) Sanchez and (David) Price the last two nights, and we’ve got (Chris) Sale tomorrow, so we needed a game where the offence could get things going.” Marco Estrada (6-4) improved to 5-1 in his last seven starts, allowing two runs and five hits in five innings. Roberto Osuna got four outs for his third save. “It is always great to get a win, but today was even better because it is my birthday,” said Estrada, who turned 32. “The guys got me a nice present by putting up 10 runs.” Verlander (0-2) gave up seven hits and two walks in five innings, striking out five. He needed 94 pitches to get 15 outs. He now has a 6.75 ERA in four starts after missing the first several weeks of the season with a triceps injury. “I was seeing reactions that I haven’t seen for a while on my off-speed pitches, and that felt good,” Verlander said. “It is a shame that I fell out of sync

in the fifth, but this is only my fourth start. You have to keep that in mind.” Toronto went ahead after seven pitches when Jose Reyes led off with a bloop double and scored on Josh Donaldson’s single. Verlander’s error on an errant pickoff attempt allowing Donaldson to take third, but pitched out of the jam. “I think that was huge for us,” Donaldson said. “We got the quick run, and then Marco and the defence kept putting up zeroes, so the momentum kept building. We knew it would break out eventually.” Verlander didn’t allow another hit until the fifth, helped by a spectacular play by Jose Iglesias that ended the fourth. The shortstop ranged into the hole and threw to second for a forceout. Danny Valencia walked leading off the fifth after being down 0-2 in the count, Kevin Pillar singled and Devon Travis hit an RBI double. Reyes’ groundout made it 3-0 and moved Travis to third, and Donaldson singled through a drawn-in infield. Bautista followed with a two-run homer over the Tigers bullpen in left and, four pitches later, Smoak homered to right for a 7-0 lead. “There are two ways you can look at this,” Verlander said. “You can look at the fifth inning and think negatively, or you can look at the rest of it and think positively.” TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: LHP Felix Doubront, who spent much of the first half of the season recovering from a shoulder injury, could fill the vacant spot in Toronto’s rotation Tuesday in Chicago. Doubront was called up on Friday, and came through a 2 1/3-inning relief outing that night without problems. UP NEXT Blue Jays: Mark Buehrle (9-4) starts Monday at his old team, the Chicago White Sox, and faces former protege Chris Sale (6-4). It will be the first meeting between the pair since Buehrle left Chicago after the 2011 season.

Royals dominate all-star voting with four starters BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The AL champion Kansas City Royals had so many starters voted into the All-Star Game on Sunday that they ran out of seats for all of them. Not that it was a problem. Salvador Perez, their affable catcher, simply hopped off the platform and grabbed his own chair from the crowd. With a good-natured smile, he carried it back onto the stage and settled in alongside shortstop Alcides Escobar and outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon. Cut the Royals some slack, though. This is the first time in franchise history that they’ve had four starters voted into the Midsummer Classic, and the most players they’ve had total since George Brett led five All-Stars onto the 1982 team. The last time Kansas City had any starters was 2000, when outfielder Jermaine Dye was chosen to start. “I really do feel great,” said Royals manager Ned Yost, who will have his entire coaching staff along with him when he manages the AL squad on July 14 in Cincinnati. “We’re going to have a blast,” he said. “The All-Star game is an experience you never forget, and to do it with so many of our teammates there is really special.” The Royals could have a whole bunch more, too. Relief pitcher Wade Davis, who is 4-1 with a 0.25 ERA, is a near-lock to make the squad when pitchers and

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Kansas City Royals All-Stars for the 2015 game in Cincinnati are Salvador Perez, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain, who gathered for a photo at Kauffman Stadium following the teams 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on July 5, 2015 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. reserves are announced Monday night. An injury to first baseman Miguel Cabrera could also open a spot for Eric Hosmer, who for a while had been leading the voting at their position. Regardless, one more addition would match the franchise record of five total players set in 1982, when George Brett started the game and Hal McRae, Dan Quisenberry, Frank White and Willie Wilson were part of the festivities at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. “It’s just been the support of our

fans, really, over the last two years,” said Gordon, making his third straight All-Star appearance. “Winning brings attention and that’s what we’ve been doing. I think we play with a lot of energy, a lot of fun. People have noticed it.” For years, the Royals only had the minimum of one All-Star, and often it was a token player who was hardly deserving — Mark Redman and Gil Meche, for example. But after their impassioned run to the World Series a year ago, the Royals

became the darlings of not only Kansas City but much of the country. And the result was millions of votes cast in their favour in the first balloting to be done entirely online, a number so overwhelming that many pundits began to argue that the system for voting All-Star starters must be changed. At one point, the Royals had eight players leading the voting at their respective positions, and second baseman Omar Infante — hitting just .231 this season — was still tops in the AL in the final update before getting overtaken by Houston’s Jose Altuve at the finish. “Thanks to the fans. Thanks for the support, for coming to the ballgame every day,” said Perez, who will also be making his third All-Star appearance but, like Gordon, will start for the first time. “When we see all those fans, we play a little more aggressive to win the game.” Tempting as it might be for Yost to fill out his roster with the ones who were overtaken — Infante, Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas and designated hitter Kendrys Morales — he insisted Sunday that he will use his few selections on the players that are most deserving. “It’s hard,” he said, “but I want to do the right thing here, for everybody. The integrity of the All-Star game is important for me. I want to do the right thing — I want to do the right thing for Major League Baseball, I want to do the right thing for each organization and I want to do the right thing for each player, so I can go to bed at night and my conscience is clear.”

Jay’s Donaldson gets most votes for all-star game FRAZIER GETS NOD TO START IN HOME PARK, ALTUVE MAKES LATE CHARGE TO OVERTAKE INFANTE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Houston second baseman Jose Altuve passed Kansas City’s Omar Infante in the final days of voting, leaving four Royals as starters for the All-Star Game. Todd Frazier of the host Cincinnati Reds leapfrogged St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter and will be in the NL starting lineup for the July 14 game at Great American Ball Park. The voting results were announced Sunday. AL champion Kansas City will be represented in the starting lineup by outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar. Four players ties the AL record for fan-elected starters, achieved nine times previously. “Winning brings attention, and that’s what we’ve been doing,” Gordon said. “I think we play with a lot of energy, a lot of fun. People noticed it.” Eight Royals were on track to start in vote totals announced June 15, but first baseman Eric Hosmer, third baseman Mike Moustakas and designated hitter Kendrys Morales also were overtaken. “We’re going to have a blast,” said Royals manager Ned Yost, manager of the AL team. “The All-Star Game is an experience you never forget, and to do it with so many of our teammates there is really special.” Yost has already made one decision:

Cain will play right field and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels will play centre. Trout will make his fourth straight All-Star appearance. Seattle’s Nelson Cruz, suspended for the final 50 games of the 2013 season for violating baseball’s drug agreement, was elected to start for the second straight year. In the closest vote at any position, Cruz’s 10.6 million votes edged Morales’ 10.32 million. Toronto’s Josh Donaldson will start at third for the second straight year after receiving a record vote total of 14.09 million, topping Josh Hamilton’s 11.07 million in 2012. Trout was second this year with 14 million. Washington outfielder Bryce Harper set a mark for NL players at 13.86 million, topping the previous record of 7.62 million set three years ago by San Francisco catcher Buster Posey, who was elected to start again this year. MLB said 620 million votes were cast, breaking the old mark of 391 million in 2012. At least two elected starters will miss the game because of injuries: Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton broke a hand on June 26 and Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera hurt his left calf Friday. In addition, the Cardinals’ Matt Holliday, who finished third among NL outfielders behind Harper and Stanton, has been sidelined since straining a quadriceps on June 8 and is uncertain when he will return. Each fan could cast up to 35 ballots in online voting. Pitchers and reserves will be announced Monday.

Altuve overturned a 232,000-vote deficit in totals announced Monday and finished with 9.63 million to top Inante, who was just shy of 9 million. Frazier trailed Carpenter by 2.5 million votes in mid-June and by 63,000 at the start of the week but finished ahead by 2.1 million. “I was really nervous. I was excited.

It was a huge comeback,” Frazier said. “I’m pretty much on Cloud Nine.” NL starters include Arizona first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, Miami second baseman Dee Gordon and St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta, who also was suspended 50 games following MLB’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America clinic.

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Mistakes cost Renegades at home BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Northwest United 4 Renegades 1 The Red Deer Renegades are generally a friendly bunch, but head coach Paul Morigeau felt they were their own worst enemies Sunday at Edgar Park. The host Renegades coughed up a pair of ugly goals and failed to convert on a few of their own grade-A chances while dropping a 4-1 Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League decision to Edmonton Northwest United. The Red Deer squad failed to connect on three excellent scoring opportunities late in the first half, with two chances ruined by a comedy of errors. “We had three balls inside the six,” said Morigeau. “We muffed on one, on another two players on our team ran into each other and the other one the goalie saved.” The Renegades trailed 2-0 at that point, with the visitors’ first goal coming as a result of an early Red Deer miscue. “We kind of had an unfortunate situation,” said Morigeau. “Our player passed it back to the goalie (Annie Ulliac), she took her eye of it and it went in.” The home side got an early secondhalf goal from Paula Dadensky, but any momentum was short-lived as Northwest United scored on a free kick at the 65-minute mark. “We put our three shortest players on the wall and their player put it over the wall and in by the short post,” said Morigeau, who didn’t let himself off the hook. “That’s something the coach should have spotted, I guess.” Getting credit for the visitors’ goals were Jennifer Lam, Charlotte Rath, Suekiana Choucaz and Jaylene Tye. The Edmonton team, which came into the contest with a league second-best goal differential of plus-14, improved to 5-2-0 with the positive result. Morigeau was somewhat encouraged by his team’s performance considering Northwest United was an 8-0 winner over Red Deer earlier in the season. “Today it was 3-1. We had two bad goals against us and we should have score two or three (more),” he noted. “But they are a good, veteran team. They make you pay for your mistakes.” The Renegades possess a 1-2-5 re-

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Michelle Jang of the Red Deer Renegades fights to keep possession of the ball against her Northwest United opponent during Women’s Major League soccer action at Edgar Athletic Park on Sunday afternoon. cord with six regular-season games remaining on their schedule. “It’s the second half of the season and we’re building and getting better each and every game,” said Morigeau. “I truly think we can win . . . although I don’t know if winning is the focus, but we can compete and get points off any team. “Today there were two indescribable goals we never normally give up and we created some good opportuni-

ties against a great team, so we can build every game and our goal is to win five of our last six games.” The Renegades return to action Saturday versus the host Edmonton Angels and then entertain Lethbridge FC at noon Sunday. “This next weekend is probably the biggest weekend of our season,” said Morigeau. “I’d like to take six points out of the weekend.”

Rampage hammer Silvertips, close in on clinching first place BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Rampage 13 Silvertips 5 The Red Deer TBS Rampage will have to win their final two games of the season to cinch the top seed for playoffs. The Rampage (13-4-1) are currently in first place in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Junior B Tier I North Division following a weekend split, losing 14-12 to the Edmonton Warriors on Friday and beating the Rockyview Silvertips 13-5 at the Kinex on Sunday. But their hold on the top spot is tenuous, one point up on the Manitoba Blizzard (13-5-0), who are responsible for three of Red Deer’s defeats. The Rampage will wrap up their calendar with two games in Calgary next weekend, against the Junior Mounties on Saturday and the Chill on Sunday afternoon. “Every weekend’s important, whether you’re playing the first week or the last week, every game is two points ... we’ve got to finish hard with the two games we have left, we have to come out with wins,” said Rampage head coach Dustin Reykdal. “We have to treat it like any other game and come in for the win no matter what.” Their play this weekend was inconsistent, through they are battling the injury bug. The Warriors outlasted them on Friday night, then it took 25 minutes to really get going against the Silvertips, the last place team in the south. Declan Johnston led the way for Red Deer on Sunday with a five-point night (three goals, two assists), Levi Whitney (two goals, three assists) and Blayne Friesen (two goals, three assists) while Ryan Beatson and Dawson Reykdal scored two goals each. Mat Giele and

Brandon Blaine had single markers. Darrian Banack made 19 saves for the win. Micheal Halladay, Matthew Dyck, Parker Vockeroth, Connor Shantz and Jesse Bootland responded for the Silvertips. “We just need to develop some consistency,” said Reykdal. “When We’re playing good, we’re playing very good and we have the odd chances to swing the other way. Playing 60 minutes at our best level is key come playoffs.” But sweeping next weekend will not be easy. The Mounties (14-4-0) have won seven straight games and are one of the top programs in the country, let alone Alberta, while the Chill (8-9-1) are a tough out despite their current fivegame slide. It will also be one last chance for the Rampage to make a statement to the league in before the playoffs begin. “You only get one chance to see those guys before seeing them in the playoffs,” said Reykdal. “We try and do as much scouting and knowing what systems they like to run really helps later on in the playoffs.” ● Dawson Reykdal and Jordan Waddell scored three goals each in Friday’s 14-12 loss to the Warriors in Edmonton. Johnston added two more goals while Whitney, Friesen Nate Bellanger, and Logan Elliot scored once each. Banack took the loss in net. ● The Lacoka Locos ended their tier II junior B season with a weekend split, losing 15-7 to the Medicine Hat Sun Devils on Saturday in Ponoka and beating the Okotoks Ice 15-4 on Sunday in Okotoks. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Canadian coach John Herdman recalls favourite moments from Women’s World Cup BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — As the Women’s World Cup wound down, Canadian coach John Herdman pointed to his team’s very first game when asked about his favourite memories from the tournament. The biggest is Herdman’s joyful embrace with Christine Sinclair after the Canadian captain scored on a stoppage-time penalty for a 1-0 win over China in the tournament opener June 6. “The memory that I’ve worked hard for and I’ll carry forever now is the celebration with Sinclair the opening game,” he said. “I mean the pressure

on us in that game and for her to do what she did. And then she called my name and ran towards us. She’s one of the greatest women I’ve ever met. And to have someone in that moment want to share that with you and then the players was just priceless. Priceless.” After scoring, Sinclair turned and raced towards the Canadian bench at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. She pointed at a jubilant Herdman and the two embraced on the sidelines, only to be swallowed up by a mob of teammates. It was Sinclair’s 154th international goal. Herdman also pointed to the 1-1 tie against the Netherlands two games later when 20-year-old midfielder Ashley Lawrence scored in the 10th minute. It was her first goal at the senior level. “We showed (the team) some stuff on England (at the) 1990 (World Cup) and how they were getting criticized for their opening games being bland and drab. And we talked about a young Paul Gascoigne stepping up ... and being a top player,” Herdman said.

● The Red Deer Renegades premier men’s team battled Fort McMurray to a pair of weekend exhibition ties at Edgar Park. The two sides drew 2-2 Saturday and 3-3 Sunday. The Fort McMurray team is challenging for a berth in the Alberta Men’s Major League this year and the Renegades will mount their own challenge in 2016. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Jockey Rafael Hernandez rides aboard Shaman Ghost on their way to winning the 156th running of the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Sunday. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Shaman Ghost rallies to capture 156th running of Queen’s Plate BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It took seven years but Brian Lynch finally earned his Queen’s Plate redemption. Shaman Ghost rallied to capture the $1-million race Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. The three-year-old chestnut finished 1 ¼-lengths ahead of Danish Dynaformer in a battle of the two race favourites, delighting an overflow crowd that produced a record handle of $11.06 million, breaking the 2013 mark of $9.7 million. In 2008, Lynch could only look in disappointment as Ginger Brew finished second by a head to Not Bourbon, earning legendary trainer Roger Attfield a record-tying eighth Plate victory. On Sunday, Lynch not only celebrated winning the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown for the first time, but forced Attfield to wait another year for the historic win. “I still wake up thinking of Not Bourbon . . . and I look at that photo finish and I still think I won that so it’s justice. Well, it’s racing,” Lynch said. “I’ve been beat by a nose one day and I walked away from here like I was carrying the weight of the world but now I feel I’m on top of the world. “It’s a prestigious race, it’s an old, traditional race, it’s a classic distance at a mile and a quarter, it’s a big field and to do it for Frank and Mrs. Stronach, that’s just fantastic.” Attfield had two horses in the race as Billy’s Star led Danish Dynaformer late before finishing fourth. “They both were excellent but they got beat by the horse I was worried about,” Attfield said. Jockey Patrick Husbands, who rode filly Lexie Lou to victory in last year’s race, settled for second aboard Danish Dynaformer. Jockey Rafael Hernandez, in his first Plate mount, led Shaman Ghost from fourth in the straightaway. They took an outside line to move past Billy’s Star, Danish Dynaformer and Breaking Lucky en route to a fourth straight victory — all coming after his blinkers were removed — and fourth win in five races this year. The $600,000 payday more than quadrupled his career earnings to over $749,000. “He (Danish Dynaformer) made a

move too early, I let him pass me,” Hernandez said. “I know my horse always got a kick . . . he made his kick down the lane and we got them back.” Heady stuff, indeed, considering Shaman Ghost had two fourths and a sixth-place finish in his first three races as a two-year-old. “He was never a precocious twoyear-old, he was a slow learner,” Lynch said. “When he first started going to school he had to sit at the back of the bus, he wasn’t the smartest. “He always showed he was talented but it took him a few starts to get it together. He seems like he’s the ultimate professional now. He’s settles, he’s got a turn of foot, he does everything right.” The Plate win was the third for owner-breeder Stronach Stables but first since Awesome Again in 1997. Basqueian earned Stronach its first victory in 1994. “It’s exciting . . . maybe the first one is the most exciting one but it’s nice to win a race like that,” said Frank Stronach. “No matter how good the horse is you always need a little luck. “Shaman is a holy man and the Holy Ghost so I prayed to heaven (for) a little help from them.” Shaman Ghost won the 1 ¼-mile race in 2:03.45 with Conquest Boogaloo finishing third. Shaman Ghost paid $8.60, $5 and $3.20 while Danish Dynaformer returned $4.30 and $3. Conquest Boogaloo paid $3.90. The remainder of the field, in order of finish: Breaking Lucky; Oakton; Ault; Ami’ Flatter; Easy Indygo; Bear At Last; Portree; Sweet Grass Creek; and Academic. Milwaukee Mist was a pre-race scratch. After Shaman Ghost captured the Grade III Marine Stakes on May 16, Lynch opted to skip the Plate Trial to ensure having a fresher horse for Sunday’s race. Shaman Ghost certainly didn’t look taxed after Sunday’s win and Lynch said the plan is for the horse to run in both remaining legs of the Triple Crown, the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on July 28 at Fort Erie Racetrack and $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes on Aug. 18 at Woodbine. “We have some gas in the tank for the Prince of Wales and then on to the Breeders’,” Lynch said.

SCOREBOARD Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 44 38 .537 Baltimore 43 39 .524 Tampa Bay 43 41 .512 Toronto 43 41 .512 Boston 39 45 .464

MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015

Local Sports L.A. Angels at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. GB — 1 2 2 6

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 46 33 .582 43 39 .524 41 40 .506 38 43 .469 36 43 .456

GB — 4 1/2 6 9 10

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 48 36 .571 44 38 .537 41 42 .494 38 44 .463 38 47 .447

GB — 3 6 1/2 9 10 1/2

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 8, Toronto 3 Boston 6, Houston 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 2 Pittsburgh 1, Cleveland 0 Oakland 2, Seattle 0 Minnesota 5, Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 13, Texas 0 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 10, Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Boston 5, Houston 4 Baltimore 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2 Seattle 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 12, Texas 6 Monday’s Games Houston (Keuchel 10-3) at Cleveland (Carrasco 10-6), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (W.Chen 4-4) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 7-6), 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Colome 3-4) at Kansas City (Volquez 8-4), 6:10 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 9-4) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-4), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Simon 7-5) at Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m. Miami at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Arizona at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 77 277 43 97 .350 Fielder Tex 81 317 41 110 .347 Kipnis Cle 80 320 56 109 .341 JIglesias Det 70 232 19 75 .323 Paredes Bal 62 241 36 75 .311 Pedroia Bos 69 281 34 86 .306 LCain KC 72 275 48 84 .305 NCruz Sea 80 303 41 92 .304 Bogaerts Bos 80 295 37 89 .302 Moustakas KC 75 289 39 87 .301 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 25; JMartinez, Detroit, 23; NCruz, Seattle, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 21; Teixeira, New York, 20; Donaldson, Toronto, 19; Valbuena, Houston, 19. Runs Batted In Teixeira, New York, 59; Bautista, Toronto, 57; Donaldson, Toronto, 56; JMartinez, Detroit, 56; MiCabrera, Detroit, 54; Pujols, Los Angeles, 53; Vogt, Oakland, 53. Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 10-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 10-5; Carrasco, Cleveland, 10-6; Gray, Oakland, 9-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 9-4; McHugh, Houston, 9-4; Richards, Los Angeles, 9-5.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 46 36 .561 42 41 .506 40 42 .488 35 48 .422 28 56 .333

GB — 4 1/2 6 11 1/2 19

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 53 28 .654 47 34 .580 44 36 .550 36 44 .450 36 48 .429

GB — 6 8 1/2 16 1/2 18 1/2

West Division W L Pct 46 37 .554 42 41 .506 40 42 .488 39 45 .464 35 47 .427

GB — 4 5 1/2 7 1/2 10 1/2

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Saturday’s Games Washington 9, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 2, San Diego 1 Pittsburgh 1, Cleveland 0 Chicago Cubs 7, Miami 2 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 5 Arizona 7, Colorado 3

Sunday’s Games Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0, 10 innings St. Louis 3, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Miami 0 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 N.Y. Mets 8, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 3, San Francisco 1

Today

● Senior men’s baseball: Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Canadian Brewhouse Rays, Printing Place Padres at Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Monday’s Games Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-6) at Washington (Fister 3-4), 5:05 p.m. San Diego (Shields 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 7-3), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 6-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-6), 6:05 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 2-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 5-9), 6:10 p.m. Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 1-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Surkamp 0-0), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-8) at San Francisco (Heston 8-5), 8:15 p.m. Tuesday’s Games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m., 1st game Cincinnati at Washington, 5:05 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Miami at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Arizona at Texas, 6:05 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Goldschmidt Ari 82 296 58 103 .348 Harper Was 76 259 58 90 .347 DGordon Mia 79 342 43 116 .339 Tulowitzki Col 74 274 43 88 .321 Aoki SF 67 262 33 83 .317 YEscobar Was 74 287 40 90 .314 GParra Mil 81 260 38 80 .308 Span Was 58 236 37 72 .305 Posey SF 79 286 44 87 .304 Panik SF 80 306 41 93 .304 Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 27; Frazier, Cincinnati, 25; Harper, Washington, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 20; Pederson, Los Angeles, 20; Braun, Milwaukee, 15; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 15; Rizzo, Chicago, 15. Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 68; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 67; Stanton, Miami, 67; Harper, Washington, 60; Posey, San Francisco, 57; Braun, Milwaukee, 55; Frazier, Cincinnati, 54. Pitching GCole, Pittsburgh, 12-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 10-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 9-3; BColon, New York, 9-6; Scherzer, Washington, 9-6; Arrieta, Chicago, 8-5; Heston, San Francisco, 8-5.

Golf PGA-Greenbrier Classic Sunday At The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,287; Par 70 Final x-won on second playoff hole; a-amateur x-Danny Lee, $1,206,000 63-69-68-67 — David Hearn, $500,267 68-64-68-67 — Robert Streb, $500,267 68-67-67-65 — Kevin Kisner, $500,267 67-69-67-64 — Russell Henley, $268,000 70-66-69-63 — James Hahn, $195,736 66-67-70-66 — Greg Owen, $195,736 65-67-70-67 — Andres Romero, $195,736 67-67-68-67 — Chad Collins, $195,736 65-67-68-69 — David Lingmerth, $195,736 67-70-64-68 — Bryce Molder, $195,736 68-64-67-70 — Brendon Todd, $195,736 65-69-67-68 — Tony Finau, $107,944 68-67-68-67 — J.J. Henry, $107,944 68-66-69-67 — Morgan Hoffmann, $107,944 68-67-69-66 — Scott Langley, $107,944 62-69-74-65 — Jason Bohn, $107,944 69-69-61-71 — Steven Bowditch, $107,944 68-68-67-67 — Sean O’Hair, $107,944 66-67-66-71 — Shawn Stefani, $107,944 69-67-67-67 — Bubba Watson, $107,944 67-68-68-67 —

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Ryan Armour, $60,396 69-69-68-65 — Derek Ernst, $60,396 67-71-68-65 — Chez Reavie, $60,396 68-70-67-66 — Jonathan Byrd, $60,396 63-69-69-70 — J.B. Holmes, $60,396 67-69-69-66 — George McNeill, $60,396 67-68-68-68 — Pat Perez, $60,396 67-68-68-68 — Keegan Bradley, $45,560 68-69-71-64 — Scott Piercy, $45,560 67-66-71-68 — Patrick Reed, $45,560 68-68-67-69 — Eric Axley, $37,922 68-67-70-68 — Brice Garnett, $37,922 69-68-67-69 — Kevin Na, $37,922 65-70-71-67 — Johnson Wagner, $37,922 69-68-67-69 — Tiger Woods, $37,922 66-69-71-67 — Paul Casey, $22,851 66-71-71-66 — Brian Davis, $22,851 64-70-73-67 — Scott Brown, $22,851 67-69-67-71 — Chad Campbell, $22,851 66-72-68-68 — Kevin Chappell, $22,851 65-67-72-70 — Graham DeLaet, $22,851 68-70-67-69 — Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, $22,85167-70-66-71— Robert Garrigus, $22,851 66-67-71-70 — Andres Gonzales, $22,851 68-66-72-68 — Luke Guthrie, $22,851 67-70-67-70 — Tom Hoge, $22,851 68-66-69-71 — Billy Hurley III, $22,851 67-71-69-67 — Justin Leonard, $22,851 66-68-70-70 — Seung-Yul Noh, $22,851 69-65-68-72 —

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Alstom Open de France Sunday At Le Golf National (Albatross Course) Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Purse: $3.36 million Yardage: 7,331; Par: 71 Final Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 68-72-66-65 James Morrison, England 71-68-68-67 Jaco van Zyl, South Africa 68-71-64-73 Martin Kaymer, Germany 69-69-69-70 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Spain 68-70-72-69 Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France 75-70-67-68 Andy Sullivan, England 71-70-69-70 Francesco Molinari, Italy 70-69-70-71 Brendan Steele, United States72-69-67-72 Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 70-74-65-72 Maximilian Kieffer, Germany 70-70-65-76 Kristoffer Broberg, Sweden 72-69-68-73

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Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned INF Ryan Flaherty to Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Steven Wright Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Noe Ramirez to Pawtucket. DETROIT TIGERS — Placed 1B Miguel Cabrera on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of 3B Jofry Marte from Toledo (IL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Alex Meyer to Rochester (IL). Reinstated RHP Ervin Santana from the restricted list. SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned LHP Roenis Elias, RHP Tom Wilhelmsen and LHP Vidal Nuno to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled OF James Jones and RHP Mayckol Guaipe from Tacoma. Reinstated LHP David Rollins from the restricted list. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP C.J. Riefenhauser to Durham (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Everett Teaford from Durham. Designated 1B-OF Marc Krauss for assignment. Announced RHP Ronald Belisario declined an outright assignment to Durham and elected to become a free agent. TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated LHP Matt Harrison from the 60-day DL. Recalled RHP Anthony Ranuado from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez to Round Rock. Designated RHP Neftali Feliz for assignment. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated LHP Patrick Corbin and C Oscar Hernandez from the 60day DL. Optioned INF Danny Dorn and RHP Matt Stites to Reno (PCL). CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contracts of LHP Clayton Richard and C Taylor Teagarden from Iowa (PCL). Placed C David Ross on the 7-day concussion DL, retroactive to July 2. Optioned RHP Donn Roach to Iowa. Transferred INF Tommy La Stella to the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Gonzalez Germen for assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Mitch Harris from Memphis (PCL). Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis. Eastern League TRENTON THUNDER — Sent INF Greg Bird to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Added INF Rob Segedin from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Released RHP Bryan Grieg. FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed C Mike Schultz. Released C Mike Leach and INF Tyler

Doughty. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Chris Bodishbaugh. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed RHP Carlos Fuentes. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed OF Christian Torres and RHP Michael Nannini. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Ryan Fennell. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed INF Ron Bourquin. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Daniel Meyer. QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed LHP McKenzie Acker. SUSSEX COUTNY MINERS — Released OF Chris Valencia. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Jordan Spencer. Released RHP Troy Barton. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed OF Turner Gill. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Acquired 1B Joe Rapp from the Kansas City (AA). Released INF Ryan DiMascio, OF Jon Minnuci and RHP Joe Pavlovich. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed D Derek Smith to a one year contract. MINNESOTA WILD — Re-signed G Devan Dubnyk to a six-year contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Cody Bass to a one-year. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed G Dan Ellis to a one-year contract. Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated 2B Jonathan Schoop from the 60-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Drew VerHagen to Toledo (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF Domingo Santana to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated OF Jake Marisnick from the 15-day DL. Sent RHP Scott Feldman to Corpus Christi (TL) for a rehab assignment. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Assigned INF Nate Freiman outright to Nashville (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Assigned OF Julio Morban outright to Jackson (SL). TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned INF Hanser Alberto to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated OF Delino

DeShields from the 15-day DL. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Transferred C Tuffy Gosewisch to the 60-day DL. ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled RHP Arodys Vizcaino and promoted RHP David Carpenter from Gwinnett (IL). Designated RHP Nick Masset and LHP Dana Eveland for assignment. Agreed to terms with SS Derian Cruz and OF Cristian Pache on minor league contracts. CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned OF Matt Szczur to Iowa (PCL). Reinstated OF Jorge Soler from the 15day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Ben Rowen on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Carlos Frias on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Recalled LHP Daniel Coulombe from Oklahoma City (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Jarred Cosart and OF Marcell Ozuna to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated 1B Michael Morse from the 15-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded RHP Chris Oliver and LHP Josh Taylor to Arizona for the 201516 No. 1 international signing slot. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed 1B Travis Ishikawa off waivers from San Francisco. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed LIHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Recalled LHP Tim Cooney from Peoria (MWL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent RHP Dale Thayer to San Antonio (TL) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed RHP Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Taylor Jordan from Syracuse (IL). American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released LHP Chris Cummins. GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Released C Brandon Cummings. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed INF Austin Stubbs. Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed INF Marcel Champagnie. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed C Landon Ferraro to a one-year contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Nazem Kadri to a one-year contract extension. American Hockey League TORONTO MARLIES — Signed F Richard Clune.

Tuesday

● Junior golf: McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event at Innisfail. ● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Midget AAA baseball: Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Carstar Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics at N. Jensen’s Bandits, Stettler at Topco Oilsite Panthers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2. ● Senior men’s baseball: Play it Again Sports Athletics at Canadian Brewhouse Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2.

Wednesday

● Junior golf: McLennan Ross Sun Junior Tour event at Lacombe. ● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Parkland baseball: Red Deer Razorbacks at Innisfail Indians, 7 p.m. ● Peewee AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs at Red Deer Dairy Queen Braves, 7 p.m., West Park.

EDMONTON — Shawnacy Barber set a new Canadian track and field championships record in the men’s pole vault on Sunday. The Toronto native leapt 5.60 metres to break the previous record that he set in 2014. Deryk Theodore was second at 5.05 while David Foley took third at 4.90. Kimberly Hyacinthe posted the fastest time in the women’s 200 dash. The Terrebonne, Que., native won the race in 22.56 seconds with a 2.6 wind aide. Toronto’s Aaron Brown won the men’s event in 20.11 with a 2.1 wind aide. Fiona Benson captured the women’s 800 run in two minutes 8.52 seconds. The Dawson Creek, B.C., native edged out Melissa Bishop and Jessica Smith in the final. Corey Bellemore of Windsor, Ont., won the men’s event in 1:51.70. Bellemore’s teammate, Alex Ullman, was edged out by Sacha Smart for second. Sarah Wells posted the best time in the women’s 400 hurdles. The Unionville, Ont., native finished the race in 56.03.

Montreal’s Gabriel Slythe-Leveille won the men’s 400 hurdles in 51.67. Tim Nedow of Brockville, Ont., placed first in the men’s shot put with a 20.53 throw, while James Steacy of Lethbridge, Alta., threw a 71.15 in the men’s hammer throw. Jared Kerr of Brampton, Ont., jumped a 7.85 in the men’s long jump with a 1.1 wind aide to win the event. Calgary International’s team of Janelle Khan-Nielsen, Teneshia Peart, Amaka Ashiofu and Tegan Wilson raced a 46.56 to win the women’s 4x100 relay races. Capital City Track Club ran uncontested in the women’s 4x400 relay. Daniella Clonfero, Cassandra Grenke, Gracia Muamba and Ashley Whiteman finished in 3:48.02. The team of James Linde, Rohan Stewart, Nathan George and Jerome Blake were first in the men’s 4x100 relay in 41.23. Capital City Track Club’s team of Callum Macnab, Braxton Garneau Santiago, Filip Radulovic and Brendan Calef won the men’s 4x400 in 3:19.52.

Friday

● Parkland baseball: Acme Pirates at Red Deer Razorbacks, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Saturday

● Junior B tier 3 lacrosse: Lethbridge Barricudas at Olds Mavericks, 2:30 p.m.; Crowsnest Pass Ravens at Olds Stingers, 5:30 p.m. ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Jr. Mounties at Red Deer Rampage, 5:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Division 2 rugby: Calgary Saints at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park. ● Women’s division 2 rugby: Calgary Saints at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park.

Football CFL East Division GP W L T Toronto 2 2 0 0 Ottawa 2 2 0 0 Hamilton 2 1 1 0 Montreal 2 1 1 0 West Division GP W L T Calgary 2 1 1 0 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 B.C. 1 0 1 0 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 Saskatchewan 2 0 2 0

PF 68 47 75 45

PA 51 32 50 31

Pt 4 4 2 2

PF 35 56 16 11 66

PA 52 78 27 26 72

Pt 2 2 0 0 0

WEEK TWO Bye: Edmonton Sunday’s results Toronto 42 Saskatchewan 40 (OT) Saturday’s results Ottawa 27 B.C. 16 Friday’s results Montreal 29 Calgary 11 Thursday’s results Hamilton 52 Winnipeg 26 WEEK THREE Bye: Hamilton Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Saskatchewan at B.C., 8 p.m. Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m. WEEK FOUR Bye: Toronto Thursday, July 16 Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 17 Edmonton at Ottawa, 5 p.m. B.C. at Saskatchewan, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18 Winnipeg at Calgary, 5 p.m. Sunday’s summary Argonauts 42, Roughriders 40 (OT) First Quarter Tor — FG Pfeffer 50 4:40 Sask — FG McCallum 9 10:46 Second Quarter Tor — TD Elliott 2 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 0:49 Sask — FG McCallum 30 8:37 Sask — FG McCallum 49 10:36 Sask — TD R.Smith 28 pass from Glenn (Messam 3 run for two-point convert) 14:52 Third Quarter Sask — FG McCallum 22 6:10 Tor — Single Pfeffer 39 10:03 Sask — Single Early 82 12:00 Fourth Quarter Tor — TD Jefferson 100 interception return (Pfeffer convert) 5:10 Tor — FG Pfeffer 39 12:14 Sask — TD B.Smith 1 run (McCallum convert) 13:43 Tor — TD Owens 16 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 14:54 Overtime Sask — TD Bagg 1 run (two-point convert failed) Tor — TD Whitaker 9 pass from Harris (two-point convert failed) Tor — TD Gurley 11 pass from Harris (Coombs 3 pass from Harris for two-point convert) Sask — TD Getzlaf 25 pass from Glenn (two-point convert failed)

Toronto 3 7 1 17 14 — 42 Saskatchewan3 14 4 7 12 — 40 Attendance — 31,907 at Regina. TEAM STATISTICS Tor Sask First downs 24 31 Yards rushing 100 110 Yards passing 267 477 Total offence 367 587 Team losses 18 8 Net offence 349 579 Passes made-tried 30-38 33-40 Total returns yards 88 105 Interceptions-yards by 1-100 1-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Sacks by 1 4 Punts-average 3-41.7 3-59.0 Penalties-yards 13-71 14-131 Time of possession 26:35 33:25 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Tor: Whitaker 8-69, Harris 4-25, Durie 1-2, Josey 1-2, McPherson 1-2; Sask: Messam 1984, Allen 4-13, B.Smith 4-6, R.Smith 1-6, Bagg 1-1. Receiving — Tor: Owens 8-88, Hazelton 5-60, Whitaker 6-47, Gurley 4-42, Coombs 5-16, Elliott 2-14; Sask: R.Smith 8-174, Dressler 5-82, Getzlaf 6-79, Messam 6-72, Richardson 4-40, Bagg 3-23, Moore 1-7. Passing — Tor: Harris 30-38, 267 yards, 4 TDs, 1 int; Sask: Glenn 33-40-477-2-1. Saturday’s summary Redblacks 27, Lions 16 First Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 11 8:06 Second Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 12 7:33 Ott — TD Sinopoli 7 pass from Burris (Alvarado convert) 10:59 B.C. — Single Leone 53 13:24 Ott — FG Alvarado 46 15:00 Third Quarter B.C. — Safety 1:38 Ott — FG Alvarado 28 9:04 B.C. — TD Collie 26 pass from Lulay (Leone convert) 11:23 Fourth Quarter Ott — TD Ellingson 30 pass from Burris (Alvarado convert) 0:13 Ott — TD Jackson 11 pass from Burris (Alvarado convert) 6:48 B.C. 3 4 9 0 — 16 Ottawa 0 10 3 14 — 27 Attendance — 24,376 at Ottawa. TEAM STATISTICS B.C. Ott First downs 17 26 Yards rushing 59 141 Yards passing 254 296 Total offence 313 437 Team losses 10 29 Net offence 303 408 Passes made-tried 18-32 23-29 Total returns yards 122 108 Interceptions-yards by 1-1 1-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-0 Sacks by 2 2 Punts-average 7-40.9 5-39.6 Penalties-yards 15-95 11-118 Time of possession 27:10 37:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — B.C.: Harris 13-48, Lulay 2-11; Ott: Walker 24-103, Burris 6-30, Williams 1-8. Receiving — B.C.: Arceneaux 7-112, Collie 5-65, Gore 1-29, Harris 3-26, Burnham 1-12, Morrah 1-10; Ott: Sinopoli 9-99, Williams 4-82, Price 5-43, Ellingson 1-30, Jackson 2-19, Verdone 1-15, Walker 1-8. Passing — B.C.: Lulay 18-32, 254 yards, 1 TD, 1 int; Ott: Burris 23-29-296-3-1.

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T D.C. 21 10 6 5 Columbus 18 6 6 6 Orlando 18 6 6 6 New England 20 6 8 6 Toronto 16 7 7 2 New York 17 6 6 5 New York City 18 5 8 5 Philadelphia 19 5 10 4 Montreal 15 5 7 3 Chicago 16 4 9 3 Western Conference GP W L T Seattle 19 10 7 2 Vancouver 19 10 7 2 Los Angeles 21 8 6 7 Dallas 18 8 5 5 Portland 18 8 6 4 Kansas City 16 7 3 6 San Jose 16 7 5 4 Salt Lake 19 5 6 8 Houston 18 5 7 6 Colorado 18 3 6 9

GF 23 27 23 25 22 23 20 22 20 18

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Pt 35 24 24 24 23 23 20 19 18 15

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GA 18 19 23 23 20 17 16 23 24 18

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Shawnacy Barber sets new Canadian championships record in men’s pole vault BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Thursday

● Men’s golf: Alberta Mid Amateur at Coyote Creek. ● Women’s fastball: Topco Oilsite Panthers at Snell and Oslund Badgers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler, 7 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres at Play it Again Sports Athletics, Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Lacombe Stone and Granite, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

Saturday’s results Columbus 2 New York 1 Montreal 1 New York City 2 Dallas 3 New England 0 Colorado 2 Vancouver 1 Salt Lake 1 Orlando 1 Los Angeles 4 Toronto 0 Sunday’s results San Jose at Portland, late Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 9 p.m. 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup THIRD PLACE Saturday’s result At Edmonton England 1 Germany 0 (extra time) CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday’s result At Vancouver U.S. 5 Japan 2

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Hamilton wins thrilling British GP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVERSTONE, England — Rain soaked Silverstone and water then filled Lewis Hamilton’s eyes. The world champion won on home soil for the third time on Sunday as the inclement weather provided the conditions for a thrilling British Grand Prix — a riposte to some of the complaints about Formula One being boring this season. Hamilton overcame a bad start to hold off Nico Rosberg’s challenge in front of 140,000 fans for his fifth win of the season, extend his championship lead over his Mercedes teammate to 17 points. “As I came round that last lap I was welling up seeing all those people on their feet,” Hamilton said. It was a different feeling on the first lap, as Hamilton started from pole position but was overtaken on the first corner by McLaren pair Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. “We had poor grip,” Hamilton said. “It made the race even more exciting for the fans.” But Hamilton recovered and his late decision to switch to intermediate tires allowed him to beat Rosberg by almost 11 seconds. The result may have been predictable, but Mercedes’ ninth straight 1-2 finish was anything but boring. “It was exciting for me, the start made it exciting and the English weather helped,” said Hamilton, who became the first back-to-back Silverstone winner since David Coulthard 15 years ago. “It’s an indication for us not to throw our toys out of the pram and say everything is wrong.” Sebastian Vettel, who remains third in the drivers’ standings, was also thankful for the late downpour. The Ferrari driver was able to battle his way up to third from as low as ninth. “I had a really bad start — I nearly didn’t get off the line and lost posi-

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British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates in his car with his teammates on the pit wall after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit, Silverstone, England, Sunday. tions,” the four-time world champion said. “We recovered through strategy, mostly by being very aggressive. ... I’m sorry for the people that got wet, but the rain helped us today.” The loser was the Williams team, which looked set for a third consecutive podium finish after the openinglap drama when Massa stormed out in front from third. However, he was slowed down by the safety car, which came out after a first-lap incident when Fernando Alonso span into McLaren teammate Jenson Button, who was forced out of his home race. Alonso was able to return to the race after repairing his front wing and went on to finish 10th and collect his first points of the season. Lotus duo

Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado also collided and had to retire. Having locked out the front row in qualifying, the Mercedes duo found themselves behind the Williams drivers, who were initially prevented by their team from racing each other. “It would have nice to be able to race at that point when I had the best opportunities,” Bottas said. “I wasn’t allowed to overtake. Obviously then we were allowed to race but I never had that sort of opportunity again.” And the race swung in Mercedes’ favour. Massa and Rosberg went into the pits at the same time, then Bottas went in, and Hamilton forced his way back in front on lap 21 to roars from the crowd in a four-way fight for the lead.

Hamilton’s eight-second lead over Rosberg was cut in half, but the perfect timing of the Briton’s pit stop to switch to intermediate tires with eight laps to go allowed him to take the 38th career win with ease. “As the one in front it was so hard to judge where to push and my front tires went so cold,” Hamilton said. “I think that’s the best pit call I’ve ever made to come in at that time. From there it was just bringing it home.” Massa and Williams were left to reflect on a missed opportunity after a great start. “It could even have been possible to win the race if it had stayed dry,” Massa said. “We waited one lap longer on the second stop which is where we lost the opportunity to be on the podium.”

Froome and Contador on the front foot in Tour de France NEELTJE JANS, Netherlands — In ferocious winds and thunderous rain, Chris Froome and Alberto Contador managed to use the conditions to their advantage on the second stage of the Tour de France. That gave them the early leg up on main rivals Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana. While it’s too soon for anyone to gain a decisive advantage in the race, British rider Froome and the Spaniard Contador are certainly on the front foot in what is widely touted as a fourway Tour battle. They’re more than a minute ahead of defending champion Nibali and Quintana after both rivals fell behind when the peloton split up in the heavy winds. “We knew that in stages like today there might be even more differences made than in the mountains,” said Contador, who is bidding for a third Tour title. “I was speaking to Froome and (Tejay) Van Garderen and I told them that these are the kind of opportunities you have to take.” They certainly did. Froome crossed the line in seventh place, 1 minute 28 seconds ahead of Nibali and Quintana, while Contador gained 1:24 on those two after placing 13th. Langley, B.C., native Svein Tuft was five minutes 47 seconds off the pace in 101st place. Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal was 132nd. The action-packed trek swept along the spectacular Dutch coastline, with Andre Greipel winning a sprint to clinch a seventh Tour stage victory. The German rider trumped an all-star cast featuring three-time defending Tour sprint champion Peter Sagan, four-time world time trial Fabian Cancellara, and 25-time Tour stage winner Mark Cavendish. The 34-year-old Cancellara’s smile beamed as brightly as the sunshine that finally pierced through the clouds late in the afternoon as he pulled on the race leader’s yellow jersey — 11 years after wearing it for the first time. But the day also belonged to Froome, the 2013 Tour winner who crashed out early in last year’s race,

NOVA SCOTIA OPEN HALIFAX — Abraham Ancer won the Nova Scotia Open on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, beating Bronson Burgoon with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. The 24-year-old Ancer became the tour’s fifth Mexican winner, following Keoke Cotner, Esteban Toledo, Alex Aragon and Carlos Ortiz. Ancer was

CALGARY STAMPEDE CALGARY — Canadian Tanner Milan leads the overall steer wrestling standings after three performances at the Calgary Stampede. The Cochrane, native scored a 4.0 on Sunday, ahead of K.C. Jones and Casey Martin. Jones and Martin, both of the United States, had 4.4 scores. Jones is second ahead of the final performance on Monday. Clint Laye of Cadogan, Alta., has a slight lead in the standings ahead of the fourth performance in the bareback. Laye scored a 84.50, just behind Kyle Bowers of Brooks, who had an

and to Contador. Froome, 10th overall, is now 1:21 ahead of Nibali and leads Quintana by 1:39 in the standings. With the exception of Van Garderen — the American rider is four seconds ahead of Froome in eighth overall — none of the others in the top 10 is a threat for the Tour victory. “This is a huge advantage for us to be sitting in this position after one flat day out on the road,” Froome said. Contador, who is 12 seconds behind Froome in 14th spot, moved 1:09 ahead of Nibali and 1:27 clear of Quintana overall. “We joined our forces with (Nibali’s) Astana (team) and kept the gap closer than it could have been,” Quintana said. The stage finish in the heart of the Zeeland Delta offered a spectacular backdrop. Riders rode over a pier with waves crashing beneath them, and then snaked through treacherously narrow streets packed with crowds. Nearing the line, Cavendish moved first but Greipel timed his riposte perfectly. Swiss veteran Cancellara, who is riding in his last Tour, took the race leader’s jersey from overnight leader Rohan Dennis after finishing third and picking up a time bonus. Sunday’s 166-kilometre (103-mile) trek started out from the Dutch city of Utrecht, where Dennis had won Saturday’s individual time trial. As the weather conditions worsened, crashes became inevitable. “It turned out to be hectic, chaos, wind, rain,” Cancellara said. Wilco Kelderman, Geraint Thomas — Froome’s Team Sky teammate — and Thomas De Gendt all fell following an intermediate sprint through the Dutch city of Rotterdam. They got back on their bikes to continue. Later, Australian rider Adam Hansen fell, got back on his bike clutching his right shoulder and with his legs caked in dirt. Then, Nacer Bouhanni was one of several involved in a spill at the back of the front group that Nibali narrowly avoided. It was the Italian rider’s only bit of luck. With side winds causing havoc, the peloton was split apart with 50 kiloborn in Texas and has dual citizenship. “It was a pretty straight putt. It was right-edge and I smoked it dead centre,” Ancer said. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a while. To win out here is tough. I don’t think it’s going to sink in for a while.” Part of a tour-record six-way tie for the third-round lead, Ancer and Burgoon each birdied the par-4 18th in the final pairing in regulation. 85.00. Tanner Byrne of Prince Albert, Sask., scored an 85.00 in the bull riding to finish first in the third performance. Mike Lee of the U.S., managed an 75.50 on Sunday, but still leads the competition. American Blair Burk leads the tie down roping after a 7.1 in the third performance. Mary Walker, of the U.S., had a 17.77 in the third performance of the ladies barrel racing. She trails Fallon Taylor in the overall standings with Kamloops, B.C., native Julie Leggett the top Canadian in fifth place. American Rusty Wright leads the competition in the saddle bronc after a 89.00 in his third performance.

metres (31 miles) to go, as 26 riders — including Froome and Contador — peeled away into a front group while Nibali was dropped. “One second Nibali was next to me, and the next I couldn’t believe it when I heard he was distanced,” Froome said. “I’m very thankful to my teammates for keeping me in front all day.” Quintana was huddled into a third group even further behind, but the Colombian managed to catch up with Ni-

bali. With 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) remaining, Nibali pulled up on the side of the road with a puncture to his front right tire and, with no teammates around him, had to catch up to the yellow jersey group by riding several kilometres on his own. The Tour swings into nearby Belgium on Monday for stage three: a 159.5-kilometre (99-mile) route from Anvers to Huy.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

Why Does My Wife Hate The Dentist? Dear Dr. D: I'm having little luck in persuading my wife to go see a dentist – any dentist. She actually breaks out in a sweat thinking about it. We've made appointments in the past, and I actually believe she 'wills' herself to be ill so as to avoid her checkup. She has had multiple problems with the same teeth. I have no issue with the amount the other guy charged in Winnipeg, but nothing seems to last more than a couple of years. Cumulatively it has been expensive. She is almost at the hated 'D' word time (denture). What causes this in an otherwise very together woman? I don't take any of that personally. Over the past couple of decades A: I've met your wife (or someone very much like her) umpteen times. You're right about her physically willing herself to be ill. The mind is a very powerful instrument, and it can talk you into or out of just about anything. The physical reasons she reacts the way she does are a combination of past experience (you didn't say her age, but if she is 45+ she may have experienced a dinosaur who has long since retired), or she may have run into someone who didn't provide comfortable sedation. Most people speak of the needle and that alone is enough to make them dental phobic. We do a lot of minimally invasive dentistry with alternative ways to sedate, so it hasn't been a problem for us. As a practice focusing on restorative dentistry including implants, we use oral sedation methods and they work well to relax people. Pain management is critical. If I can't provide that nobody is going to let me do my job. The drill itself has changed radically over the years. They no longer sound and feel like construction tools. I suggest she bring along an Ipod or her favourite source of music to take her mind off some of that. She must feel comfortable with her dentist. We do some pretty invasive things. My best Associates over the years have developed techniques to help people relax, and sometimes it means no dentistry is done on the first meeting. Another factor that causes great problems are the smells of a dental office. Ever take your pet to the vet? After the first time they smell the place 75 feet away. Anxious patients are exactly the same when it comes to the smells and sounds of dentistry. Patients also tell me they hate lectures about brushing and flossing. We are the 'no lecture' practice. It is really your oral health at stake. We'll make suggestions, but if our patients choose to ignore them we shall still repair their dental damage as it occurs. I'm willing to take this on as a personal challenge. Ask your wife if she will meet me for a no-charge consultation. If she feels right about it – perhaps she'll continue. If not – both you and I have given it our best shot. Good luck! Call us for a free consultation. Also, call our 1-800 'Ask the Dentist Hotline' at 1-800-970-9212 or email askthedentist@alpendental.com with any questions you would like us to address in future columns.

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LOCAL The Calgary Stampede might have been in full swing this past weekend, but Red Deerians looking to take in live, western-style equestrian competition didn’t have to venture outside of the city to do so. The Reining Alberta Summer Classic Horse Show kicked off early Friday morning at Westerner Park in the UFA Agricentre, and ran until Sunday evening. The event, which began in 2006, showcased over 300 reiners from across the province, and serves to further promote and develop the unique sport. Reining is designed to show the athletic ability of a ranch-type horse. Riders are required to run one of ten different patterns, each including 360 degree spins, small and large circles at varying tempos, flying lead

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changes and sliding stops that have been called the hallmark of a reining horse. Pairs are judged on their performance of the manoeuvres and their degree of difficulty. As NRHA Hall of Fame inductee Jim Willoughby puts it: “to rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement. The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely.” The Summer Classic followed the Spring Classic-a show which has become one of the largest and most popular in Western Canada. The Fall Classic and Western Canadian Regional Affiliate Championships will take place September 10-13 at Westerner Park.

Photos and story by Ashli Barrett/Advocate Staff ABOVE; Keith Cake warms up Sailors Golden Taffy outside the UFA Agricentre prior to competing in the Provincial Championship Prime Time event Saturday afternoon during the Reining Alberta Summer Classic Horse Show. BELOW; Future reiners wave to familiar faces in the audience as they are paraded around the ring. BOTTOM LEFT; Austin Seelhof leads his daughter, Hadley Seelhof, 1, around the ring. MIDDLE LEFT; Brittney Rogers and her horse, Yor Showdown At Noon, showcase rhythm and speed as they perform a series of small, slow circles and large, fast ones during the Provincial Championship- Green Reiner event Saturday afternoon. TOP LEFT; Jade Whitmarsh of Cochrane, puts Smart Little Senbar through a 360 degree turn Saturday afternoon.

Tanya Hollasch takes her horse, Hesa Hot Gunner, through a a series of large circle maneuvers during the Provincial Championship Prime Time event Saturday afternoon during the Reining Alberta Summer Classic Horse Show at the UFA Agricentre East.

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Greeks vote no to continued austerity BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Greece — Greeks overwhelmingly rejected creditors’ demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans in a critical referendum Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger hand to reach a better deal. Tsipras gambled the future of his 5-month-old left-wing government on the vote. The opposition accused him of jeopardizing the country’s membership in the 19-nation club that uses the euro and said a “yes” vote was about keeping the common currency. With 70 per cent of the votes counted, the “no” side had more than 60 per cent. The interior ministry predicted that margin would hold. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Sunday night that creditors planned from the start to shut down banks to humiliate Greeks and force them to make a statement of contrition for showing that debt and loans are unsustainable. On Sunday night’s result, he said that “’no’ is a big ’yes’ to democratic Europe. It’s a no to the vision of Europe an infinite cage for its people. It is a loud yes to the vision of the Eurozone as a common area of prosperity and social justice.” Thousands of government supporters gathered in central Athens in celebration, waving Greek flags and chanting “No, No, No.” “We don’t want austerity measures anymore, this has been happening for the last five years and it has driven so many into poverty, we simply can’t take any more austerity,” said Athens resident Yiannis Gkovesis, 26, holding a large Greek flag in the city’s main square. Governing left-wing Syriza party Eurodeputy Dimitris Papadimoulis said that “Greek people are proving they want to remain in Europe” as equal members “and not as a debt colony.” The referendum was Greece’s first in 41 years. Minister of State Nikos Papas, speaking on Alpha television, said it would be “wrong to link a ’no’ result to an exit from the eurozone. If a ’no’ prevails that will help us get a better agreement.” Tsipras’ high-stakes brinkmanship with lenders from the eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund resulted in Greece defaulting on its debts this week and shutting down its banks to avoid their collapse. He called the referendum last weekend, giving both sides just a week to campaign. “Today, democracy is defeating fear ... I am very optimistic,” Tsipras said earlier in the day after voting in in Athens. European officials had openly urged Greeks to vote against the government’s recommendation. The

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Supporters of the No vote celebrate after the results of the referendum in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Sunday, July 5, 2015. Greeks overwhelmingly rejected creditors’ demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans in a critical referendum Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger hand to reach a better deal. leaders of Germany and France called for a European Union summit Tuesday to discuss the situation. “I hope people say ’yes,”’ European Parliament President Martin Schulz told German public radio. “If after the referendum, the majority is a ’no,’ they will have to introduce another currency because the euro will no longer be available for a means of payment.” Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt was one of the first eurozone ministers to react to the initial results. “This likely ’no’ complicates matters,” he told Belgium’s VRT network, but insisted the door remained open to resume talks with the Greek government

within hours. The vote was held amid banking restrictions imposed last Monday to halt a bank run, with Greeks queuing up at ATMs across the country to withdraw a maximum 60 euros per day. Banks have been shut all week, and it is uncertain when they will reopen. Large lines once again formed at ATMs on Sunday. Daniel Tsangaridis, a 35-year-old Athens resident, said he didn’t expect banks to reopen soon, despite a government pledge that they would do so Tuesday. “It’s not going to happen in the next 48 hours,” he said. “If the situation improves and we can have a deal, then the banks will open.”

Report flags challenges with Arctic oil spills BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill in the Arctic or in deep water offshore. The document “An Emergency Response Biomonitoring Plan for Accidental Spills” dated May 23, 2014, was prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It was written by the consulting firm SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd. of Ottawa, and released under Access to Information laws. “To date, there have not been any major spills related to offshore oil exploration in Canada’s Arctic, but should they occur they could pose some challenges for monitoring,” it says. Knowledge of key marine species found in the region’s unique habitat, such as Arctic cod, is limited, says the report. Marine research in the area is ongoing and should be regularly gathered and assessed to offer a baseline against which any potential oil exposure could be measured, it recommends. The report also raises concerns about the oil industry’s increasing tendency to drill in 1,000 metres of water or more. Major spills at such depths create unpredictable plumes that can take days to surface. “From a monitoring perspective, subsea disper-

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The semi-submersible oil rig Eirik Raude sits anchored in Halifax harbour on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003. An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill in the Arctic or in deep water offshore. sant injection into these deep, subsea blowouts poses a significant challenge as evidenced by the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010,” it says. “The behaviour of these subsea plumes is still poorly understood and will require extensive monitoring.” The Deepwater Horizon explosion April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 rig workers. An es-

timated 3.19 million barrels of oil spewed into the water before engineers could cap the blown-out well 87 days later. Newfoundland and Labrador relies on offshore oil for about one-third of government revenues. Deepwater prospects in the Flemish Pass more than 1,200 metres down and 500 kilometres offshore are touted as the next frontier for the province, along with a role in possible Arctic exploration.

Trends of high net worth Canadians The wealthy may have more money than the majority of us, but like most people they want to live well and maintain their lifestyle in their retirement. Some recent studies by BMO Private Banking show that high net worth (HNW) Canadians (those who have $1 million or more in investible assets) share some things in common. The primary residences of HNW Canadians, for example, are worth on average $1.5 million. Almost all of them (95 per cent) own their residence versus renting. Fifty-eight per cent say they have paid off their mortgage and among those that still have a mortgage the average amount they have left to pay back is only TALBOT about $176,000. BOGGS On average, wealthy Canadians plan to retire at about age 60 and feel they need an average of $2 million for their retirement. The majority plan to stay in Canada during their retirement and want to spend their time travelling, with family, pursuing their hobbies and volunteering. The majority of affluent Canadians have an average of $2.1 million in their portfolios, which they either hold by themselves or share with their spouse or partner. Nearly one quarter of the affluent have

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more than $2 million in their portfolios. Ninety-one per cent plan to use the money in their portfolio to fund their retirement, 42 per cent plan to use it as an inheritance for their family and 23 per cent plan to use it as income. Almost two thirds consider themselves to be balanced investors, 24 per cent say they are conservative and 14 per cent are aggressive investors. “Given that so many affluent Canadians plan to use their investments to fund their retirement or take care of their family in the future, it’s crucial that their portfolios are properly structured in order to ensure that their wealth is insulated for the long term,” says Richard Mason, President and CEO of BMO Private Investment Counsel. “Having a properly diversified portfolio that takes into account your age, life stage, income requirements and risk tolerance along with your short- and long-term goals is key to successful investing.” Studies confirm that people today are living longer. According to Statistics Canada more than 5.3 million people in Canada are 65 or older, accounting for about 15.3 per cent of the entire population and by 2061 more than 78,000 people over the age of 100 will be living in the country. While people are living longer, they are not necessarily living longer well. “More and more of us are living longer, which is good news, however the promise of living well longer has not necessarily come true,” says Gordon Graves, vice president and national director of trust and estate services with BMO Private Banking. ”The

(financial) industry generally has put too much of an emphasis on wealth transfer. But what is more important is to look at seniors and how they age because many of us may reach a point where we need the assistance of others to handle our affairs either temporarily or for the long term.” BMO recently launched a program that offers a suite of services for seniors as they age. BMO Continuity is an all-in-one service catered specifically to high net worth individuals designed to address both the financial and non-financial needs as one ages. It includes investment management, cash management and bill-paying services, private banking services, power of attorney for property, estate settlement and wealth transfer, tax preparation and a variety of lifestyle services such as concierge and health and wellness solutions. All services are available for a bundled fee based on the size and complexity of one’s estate. “Continuity links your financial care and management to your personal health at every stage of your life ensuring you have a wealth plan that works for you now and later on, whatever might happen,” Graves says. “It’s good to have this conversation with family, loved ones and advisers earlier rather than later so you are prepared, because you never know when circumstances can change.” Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Cheque-mate HOW THE BIGGEST PLAYER IN PERSONAL CHEQUES MARKET REINVENTED ITSELF Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Marjie Lynn is seen in Hantsport, N.S. on Friday Lynn is one of a growing number of Canadians who are ditching their traditional television subscriptions

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HALIFAX — A growing number of Canadians are ditching their traditional television subscriptions, according to a new CBC research report. The May 2015 report said more than half of Canadians currently without cable television have “cut the cord,” meaning they had a television subscription and cancelled it. “With the prevalence of TV content on the Internet and Netflix, Canadians are seeing less need to have a TV subscription,” the report said. Sixteen per cent of Canadians don’t pay for a traditional TV service, up from 12 per cent three years ago, the report said. “We consider it a big jump,” said Mark Allen, senior director of corporate research at CBC/Radio-Canada in Ottawa. “People have realized that if they’re a light TV viewer, they can get what they need on the Internet.” Allen said cord cutters are finding other ways to watch their favourite shows and some believe they were paying too much for television. Marjie Lynn was looking for ways to save money when she decided to cut ties with her television provider. “We’re the average Nova Scotian family, living paycheque to paycheque to paycheque and...you look at things that you can do, and one of those was cutting off cable,” said the educational

assistant in a recent interview from Hantsport, N.S. “With the wonders of Netflix and online streaming... you can basically achieve all the TV watching that you want.” The report also said a fifth of television subscribers were interested in cutting the cord, with a third already having taken steps towards that end. Allen said whether or not the number of cord-cutters continues to rise will depend on how much choice Canadians have in the future to watch television online and the success of the CRTC’s “pick-and-pay” and “skinny package” rules for television providers, which become mandatory in December 2016. “Up until this point, cord-cutters have been light TV viewers,” said Allen. “But there are a lot of new overthe-top services that are making it easier for people, like Netflix and in the U.S. there are things like HBONow. “It will depend on how the over-thetop options roll out and whether they are available to Canadians.” The report also shows a divide among Anglophones and Francophones, said Allen. Twenty-three per cent of Anglophones said they were likely to cut the cord eventually, compared to 14 per cent of Francophones.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ten years ago, Toronto-based DH Corp. made virtually all of its money by printing cheques. But over the past decade, the company once known as Davis + Henderson Corp. (TSX:DH) has transformed itself into a technology business serving financial institutions, with cheques now comprising only 20 per cent of its revenue. “It’s long been predicted that cheque usage will decline,” Duncan Hannay, president of the company’s Canadian division, said in an interview. “I think that was the thing that really prompted the company to look at its future and assess how it could better position itself with its banking clients — both in Canada and potentially globally, to diversify its revenue.” With the emergence of new digital forms of payment such as email money transfers, use of paper cheques has been steadily on the decline, shrinking by roughly five per cent a year, according to the Canadian Bankers Association. While personal cheques have been losing their popularity by high single digit percentages annually, business cheques have fared somewhat better, with usage slipping by low single digits. “Canadian business still depends on cheques to a great extent,” Hannay said. “It’s highly integrated into their workflows, so the decline of cheques in business is not nearly what it is on the consumer side.” The declining popularity of cheques has caused DH to shift gears, expanding into new lines of business such as digital payments and providing technologies that banks use to make loans. In fact, the company’s lending segment now makes up more than 40 per cent of its revenue. In March, DH acquired New-York

‘IT’S LONG BEEN PREDICTED THAT CHEQUE USAGE WILL DECLINE. I THINK THAT WAS THE THING THAT REALLY PROMPTED THE COMPANY TO LOOK AT ITS FUTURE AND ASSESS HOW IT COULD BETTER POSITION ITSELF WITH ITS BANKING CLIENTS — BOTH IN CANADA AND POTENTIALLY GLOBALLY, TO DIVERSIFY ITS REVENUE’ — DUNCAN HANNAY PRESIDENT OF DH CORP CANADIAN DIVISION

based global payment services firm Fundtech for $1.25 billion, a deal that will help broaden its customer base in the United States. Meanwhile, Hannay says predictions about the death of the cheque have been somewhat overblown. “The cheque has not declined at nearly the pace that was predicted.” In fact, Hannay says there is some opportunity for DH to grow its cheque business. Although the dominant player in Canada’s personal cheques market, DH’s overall market share is roughly half. “Given that we only have a 50 per cent share of the business cheque, and that’s our most profitable cheque segment, there is an opportunity for us to grow a little bit into that space,” he said. The introduction of remote deposit capture technology, which allows customers to deposit a cheque simply by taking a picture of it with their smartphone, has likely extended the cheque’s lifespan for a number of years, Hannay added.

5 things to watch for in As trading pits close, old timers recall the ’roar’ Canadian business this week from the floor BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

NEW YORK — Pete Meegan had every intention of going back to college, but then he got a summer job in the Chicago trading pits and fell in love with the “roar” of the floor, the excitement of “4,000 people yelling, ’Buy! Buy! Buy!”’ and decided no more classroom for him. That roar will soon go silent. On Monday, most futures pits in Chicago and New York, where frenzied buying and selling once helped set prices on cattle and corn, palladium and gold, and dozens of other commodities, are expected to close for good. Traders yelled and shoved and flashed hand signals, just as they did in the movie “Trading Places.” But now the computer — faster, cheaper and not nearly as noisy — has taken over. It will be a sad day for Meegan, still in the pits 34 years after dropping out of college, donning a trading jacket and mustering the courage to tell his dad. “I thought he was gonna kill me, but he was like, ’I don’t care if you pick up garbage or you’re a dog groomer. If you are happy doing what you are doing, you’re ahead of 99 per cent of the people in the world,”’ recalls Meegan, now 54. The few dozen jobs that will be lost when the pits shut down is just part of it, veterans say. What’s also disappearing is a rich culture of brazen bets, flashy trading jackets and kids just out of high school getting a shot at making it big. The pits were a ruthless place, but they were also a proving ground where education and connections counted for nothing next to drive and, occasionally, muscle. “If people came to your spot, you shoved them out of it. ’This is my twofoot space ... so get out of it,”’ says Dan Sullivan, a broker who’s been working in the pits since 1981. The competition, he adds, also bred camaraderie. “These guys knew me better than my wife.” Dan Grant, 53, traces his love affair with the pits to a $150-a-week job as a “runner” ferrying messages between clerks taking phone orders from customers and brokers executing them. Six years into his career, on Oct. 19, 1987, stocks were plunging around the world and he was a clerk taking orders from the head traders at Chemical Bank and Drexel Burnham Lambert desperate to buy anything to protect themselves. Grant still marvels that, just 24 years old and with no college degree, he wielded such power in the crash, later known as Black Monday. “They were buying Treasurys and

currencies, and watching their stock portfolios go to zero,” he recalls. “It was a lot of fun.” The pits that are closing deal in futures, or contracts to buy or sell something at a later date at a set price. They’re used by farmers to lock in prices for their crops before harvest, for instance, and investors as a way to bet that prices will go up or down. Not all futures pits are going away. In its February announcement about the closings, the owner of the exchanges said the pits where Standard and Poor’s 500 stock futures and options on futures are traded will remain open. Floor trading of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, which is owned by a different company, won’t end, either. But the few remaining pits are a small, perhaps fleeting, victory for the dwindling number of traders who still use hand signals to buy and sell. Where once futures on everything from pork bellies and wheat to Treasurys and Eurodollars were only traded in this “open outcry” system, now just 1 per cent are. Where once thousands of futures traders stood shoulder to shoulder, now just a few dozen show up on a typical day. “There were five (people) in the wheat pit today,” laments broker Virginia McGathey after the closing bell in Chicago last Wednesday. “Back in the day, there were 400.” Scott Shellady, a broker standing nearby, worries that fewer humans could mean more violent swings in food prices. He fears turbulence could be triggered by an unusually large offer from a stranger in India or another far off place to buy or sell a futures contract. “That pit, with 500 guys, you can’t have a flash crash because ... there are 499 people that know he doesn’t normally trade that big,” says Shellady, who wears a black-and-white cow print jacket, a reminder of a time when brokers needed to stand out on the floor. Since at least 1870, when the first octagonal pits were installed in Chicago, traders have been reading the “tone” of the crowd to sense where prices might be heading and feeling the “rush” when placing a big bet. After more than 40 years of trading, George Gero knows all about the feel and thrill of the pits. But he is also familiar with wrenching change, and learning to adapt to it. After fleeing from the Nazi’s in wartime Hungary, he came to New York, and found a home in the commodities pits downtown. And at 79, he’s still at it, marveling at how the computer allows him to find prices for gold and currencies around the world, no matter the time of day.

Here are five things to look for in Canadian business this week: Bank of Canada business outlook: The Bank of Canada will release its latest business outlook survey amid speculation that the country may be in a recession. The central bank had already flagged the sting of lower oil prices in its last outlook in April, and crude prices have remained relatively stagnant since. Energy conference: Top brass in Calgary’s oilpatch will be trading in their suits and ties for plaid shirts and jeans at the TD Securities Energy Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. The annual event, which coincides with the Calgary Stampede, will be held against a backdrop of low oil prices and the Alberta government’s impending royalty review.

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Summits: Next week Toronto will play host to the Climate Summit of the Americas and the Toronto Global Forum. A number of leaders in politics, business and the environment are expected to attend both events, including Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and federal cabinet ministers Tony Clement and Lisa Raitt. Postmedia financial results: Postmedia Network Canada Corp., owner of the National Post and other newspapers across Canada, will report its thirdquarter financial results Thursday. The company recently completed its acquisition of Sun Media’s English-language newspapers. Jobs report: StatCan releases its labour force survey for June on Friday. The national unemployment rate in May remained locked at 6.8 per cent for the fourth straight month despite more people entering the workforce.

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The Raccoons creator eyes possible reboot BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Thirty years after becoming one of Canada’s biggest animated TV hits, The Raccoons is plotting a return. Creator Kevin Gillis says he’s currently hashing out a possible reboot of the beloved children’s series, which followed the adventures of Bert Raccoon and his friends from the Evergreen Forest. “I’d been thinking about it for the last four or five years but ended up spending a lot my time developing interactive authoring platforms,” says Gillis, whose many sidelines include creating interactive e-magazines through his company Skyreader Media Inc. “Part of what’s really driving me here is we’ve had so many people who grew up on Raccoons all over the world who’ve been saying, ’Wow, I loved that show. It was great, it was fun, why don’t you do a new one?’ Because they’re all raising kids now.” Surrounded by treasured Raccoons memorabilia at a downtown workspace, Gillis says he’s spoken with Canadian broadcasters and is musing on the possibility of a co-production with another country, given that the series was also big in the United Kingdom and France. He’s sure the time is right to bring back the rambunctious bunch, including married couple Ralph and Melissa, and Bert’s best pal Cedric, a nerdy pink aardvark. Then there’s Cedric’s money-grubbing, tree-cutting dad Cyril Sneer and his trio of henchmen pigs, who were always causing trouble in the forest. “In the last three months I had two companies reach out to say they’d like to just buy it. And that made me think,” says Gillis, who more recently has produced the animated series Atomic Betty, Jimmy Two-Shoes and Producing Parker. “I think, frankly, I’d like to partner with somebody who can help it really take off in a new way.” The question facing Gillis now is how best to relaunch the show. “If I take Raccoons into a brand new relaunch, do I do the obvious and age it up? Is it Raccoons’10 years later? Or is it Baby Raccoons’ like Looney Tunes

Kevin Gillis, creator of the television cartoon Raccoons and President & Chief Creative Officer Skyreader Media Inc, poses for a picture with a stuffed animal from characters from the show, in Toronto, on Thursday. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

did, Muppet Babies did?” says Gillis, who’s also working with Stan Lee on developing a live-action cop show with a Canadian hero. “What might work the best is just go back a little bit from when they first met and they were teenagers in school. Because the relationships would have been formed then.” Whatever it looks like, it would be a much different production than the first time “The Raccoons” hit the air — a pre-computer era when the animation was painstakingly hand-drawn in Ottawa and then shot frame-by-frame on 35-millimetre film that was shipped to Montreal for processing. The gang first appeared in the TV special The Christmas Raccoons in 1980, followed by Raccoons on Ice in 1981, and The Raccoons & the Lost Star in 1983 — a key instalment that refined the animation, introduced key characters including the pigs and served as the series pilot. The Raccoons Let’s

Dance followed in 1984. The Raccoons series debuted on the Disney Channel in the United States on July 4, 1985 and on CBC-TV that October, says Gillis, citing a review in Variety to help jog his memory. Back then, Gillis notes that scenes were meticulously composed of handpainted cels and background drawings — a now-abandoned process in which characters on a transparent sheet were laid overtop of a static background. He estimates he has about half-a-million of those cels in storage. Gillis says there were 25 people in the colouring department alone, with another six-to-eight people responsible for backgrounds and anywhere between 50 and 70 animators, depending on the episode and deadline involved. Sound effects were also done from scratch, he adds, recalling messy experiments including smashed watermelons. The costs were also relatively high.

In 1985, the first 11 episodes ran $4.75 million, says Gillis, adding that was typical at the time, especially since they chose not to outsource to Asia as many other animation studios did. Now, he says twice as much can be done for less, with a more recent project he did costing $9 million for 26 half-hour episodes. Plus, computers allow you to “turn a show around lickety split.” “It wouldn’t be half-an-hour, but would you need half-an-hour? Maybe it’s two or three minutes, maybe it’s six minutes? These are the kinds of debates that I’m going through.” Gillis says he’d like to canvas fans for ideas, possibly through an interactive, online comic book for The Raccoons. “The Raccoons, arguably, is probably one of the more famous shows to come out of Canada. We were very fortunate we ended up in 180 countries around the world,” he says.

Which Colbert will host the Late Show? BY SORAYA NADIA MCDONALD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Who needs a focus group when you’ve got the Internet? We have to say it: Stephen Colbert, or whoever came up with the idea to have him host a cable access show, is quietly brilliant. Colbert’s guest-hosting stint on Only in Monroe, a show that serves Monroe County, Mich., basically served as a La Jolla Playhouse workshopping of the Late Show. Obviously it’s a great way to generate buzz; this is the sort of thing the Internet loves, almost as much as it loves debating the merits (or lack thereof) of peas in guacamole. Sure, it’s got a similar appeal to Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, but doing Only in Monroe afforded Colbert and his writers the opportunity to do a junior varsity, low-stakes run of the Late Show, all while collecting feedback that allows them to gauge how Colbert will likely be received. And that’s important, because while Comedy Central, as Jon Stewart so often likes to joke, may be one or two steps up from cable access, Colbert’s run hosting a late-night network show has much more riding on it. CBS is considerably more risk-averse. It’s pretty clear that Colbert took this seriously — this wasn’t just a seatof-the-pants operation. His producers went through old footage of “Only in Monroe” to draw out interesting tid-

bits about his guests, the two women who normally host the show. And that’s precisely what they’ll be doing when Colbert hosts the Late Show, just with ever-so-slightly more famous additions — you know, like Eminem, who made a winning appearance on “Only in Monroe.” And yes, folks, he was in on the joke. The locale was deliberate as well. Colbert had his pick of any cable-access channel in America, but choosing Michigan was significant. It appears that Colbert is still going to bring some of his trademark “Colbert”-itude to the Late Show, but in a way that doesn’t offend the sensibilities of the flyover states. Colbert’s blowhard send-up of Bill O’Reilly hasn’t been softened, but it has definitely been de-politicized. Everyone was wondering what version of Colbert would be debuting with the new Late Show. Would he set aside the character of “Stephen Colbert” who testified before Congress and skewered both the press and President Bush while hosting the White House Correspondents Association dinner? From the looks of it, not exactly. Colbert’s earnest-but-funny segment with “Only in Monroe” hosts Michelle Bowman and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson served as reassurance that he’s not the elitist, condescending East Coast showbiz liberal that some might fear he is, given his sly takedowns of conservative politics that made the Colbert Report a hit. On the Michigan show, he was warm and charming toward Bowman and Wilson; he put his guests at

ease. But while Colbert steered clear of condescension toward smalltown America, he didn’t coddle it either. Instead, he poked fun of local busybodying by highlighting the actions of a ridiculous and disgruntled Yelp reviewer. Suddenly, it’s easier to tease out the strategic merits of Colbert’s recent tribute to Toby “We’ll-Put-a-Boot-InYour-A--” Keith at the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame induction. The two, despite their ideological differences, are

genuinely friendly. Keith was a guest on the Report. The message is clear: this Colbert is for all of America. But the Only on Monroe appearance also showcased enough irony to appeal to the well-to-do millennials and Gen-Xers who were Colbert’s core Report audience. That’s exactly the wide cross-section of the American populace CBS is hoping he’ll snag. Colbert has to be nice enough to appeal to your grandparents, but sharp enough not to put you to sleep.

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