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BY MARY-ANN BARRADVOCATE STAFF

On any given day, an average of about 32,000 vehi-cles pass by Innisfail on Hwy 2.

If you’re a billboard owner, it’s not a bad place to put one.

But of you’re Faye Hallett, and the billboard sign is electronic, it’s not a great idea.

Hallett, who lives in Red Deer, is concerned about electronic billboards on the highway and the distrac-tion they cause at night.

One winter night as she was heading south on Hwy 2, concentrating on the road and fast traffic, she was startled by the electronic billboard on the west side of the highway at Innisfail.

“All a sudden to my right, going through Innisfail … some huge electronic flash just scared me silly, and I jerked my vehicle. It took me several seconds to realize it was a billboard.”

Again, recently she was on the highway at night and found the electronic signage distracting. There’s another electronic billboard on the west side of Hwy 2 just south of Bowden.

Hallett’s concern is that electronic billboards are too distracting to drivers. She believes they should not be allowed beside the highway and raised the issue with the provincial government in January but is still waiting to hear back.

Alberta Transportation does not allow electronic signs within the development control zone of rural provincial highways but it does offer a list of recom-mended practices. Municipalities are responsible for approvals outside the right-of-way.

“Alberta Transportation encourages both rural and urban municipalities not to permit electronic message signs adjacent to provincial highway right-of-way, especially those that function as graphic and/or video display signs,” it states on its website.

The department’s electronic message signs used to communicate safety and other pertinent informa-tion are permitted but governed by strict guidelines.

It turns out the two-sided electronic billboard adjacent to Innisfail is owned by the Innisfail Cham-ber of Commerce and was approved by the Town of Innisfail.

Dog Bos was Innisfail Chamber president when the sign was installed about five years ago. He said the electronic billboard was his idea.

Now a town councillor, he said revenue from the sign has been key in helping the Chamber dig itself out of the red.

The electronic billboard cost about $200,000. Ad-vertising on it generates about $2,000 per month net revenue for the chamber and when it is paid off this fall, it will provide about $5,000 per month, Bos said, adding the funds allow the chamber to do more to help local businesses.

He said he just returned from the United States where he noticed electronic signs everywhere, and there are a number of them around Central Alberta now.

The Chamber LED sign has a sensor so it is about 90 per cent of its capable brightness during the day, and dims down to about 30 per cent at night.

Bos said he has only heard a couple of complaints and one was about three years ago when the light sensor malfunctioned so it was too bright at night but was quickly repaired.

BY MARY-ANN BARRADVOCATE STAFF

A national nonprofit group has arrived in Red Deer to help people improve their computer skills in an ever-increasing digital world.

Ladies Learning Code will offers workshops to help people learn technical skills and computer pro-gramming so they can do things like build web pages and place content on them, said Mary Medinsky.

Medinsky, a librarian, and Edward McIntyre, a web developer, are co-leads for the new Red Deer chapter of Ladies Learning Code.

“I definitely see how people are impacted every day by having strong digital literacy skills. The world is complicated and there’s a lots out there and to be able to navigate that effectively requires some under-standing of what’s happening in the background.”

Ladies Learning Code workshops are open to men and women, and the Red Deer chapter hopes to branch into children’s classes as well. The code.mo-bile, a travelling commuter lab for children, is coming to Red Deer this summer but the date hasn’t been an-nounced, Medinsky said.

The workshops have one mentor for every four stu-dents who want to learn beginner-friendly computer programming and other technical skills, Medinsky said. Participants will need to bring their own laptop, and have some understanding about using a comput-er and common applications. There is a charge per workshop to recover costs however scholarships are available for people who demonstrate financial need, Medinsky said.

“The goal is to open it up for as many people as possible.”

People who want to learn how websites work, from “content consumers to content creators” would ben-

efit. Small business owners may want to learn more about how to manage their websites and create on-line stores, or artists may just want to showcase their work, she said.

“The world is changing and this is a great way to be able to participate in what the new digital world looks like.”

Started by a group of women in 2011 in Toronto, Ladies Learning Code is now in over 20 cities in Can-ada. They also have Girls Learning Code and Kids Learning Code chapters. The first Red Deer workshop — CSS/HTML for Beginners — launches May 14. Par-ticipants will learn to build a one-page website from scratch. It runs from 10 to 4 p.m. at the Welikoklad Event Centre, at 4922 49 St. For more information go to the website page: ladieslearningcode.com/chap-ters/red-deer or Facebook at Ladies Learning Code - Red Deer Chapter.

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Efforts to control Alberta’s wild horse population through adoption and contraception are working, says the group behind the programs.

Bob Henderson, of the Wild Horses of Alberta So-ciety (WHOAS), hopes that won’t be lost on the prov-ince, which has yet to commit to abandoning what was becoming an almost annual roundup of dozens of horses.

Henderson said adoption has proven successful with 34 horses adopted out in the last year, and more than 80 in the last few years.

“Things are going pretty good for us,” he said. “We’ve adopted everything we’ve had come through our facility.”

There was some concern the economy and high hay costs could pose a problem, but that hasn’t mate-rialized.

“There are people willing to step up to the plate and take on these wildies and turn them into their own horses. It’s good. We haven’t had any issues yet.”

A pilot project to target fertile mares with contra-ception darts is also on track.

“We had a good winter. We’re running pretty much on target with what our reproduction biolo-gists have told us we have to hit.”

Biologists recommended targeting about 80 mares with a contraception that prevents pregnancy for three years. More than 70 have been darted so far in the wilderness west of Sundre. A few tweaks to the dart gun, improving the barrel for better range and accuracy, has paid off, he said. A small tracked ve-hicle was also purchased by the society to better get into the back country. The contraception program is on hold for foaling season, but they will go out again in the summer to reach a few more. It also allows the group to track and document the herds.

It is hoped these successes will finally convince the province to abandon the roundup, which was not done this year so a long-term feral horse strategy could be worked out, said Alberta Environment and Parks.

The province considers the horses feral — de-scended from abandoned logging and ranch animals — rather than truly wild. About 800 to 900 are be-lieved to be roaming free.

Those opposing the spring roundup see the horses as distinct and wild. The roundup amounted to a cull

because many horses in the past ended up at slaugh-terhouses, they say.

Henderson said those coming to the horses’ de-fence insist the province back up its view that there are too many horses with solid scientific evidence and proof they are damaging grasslands.

“We’re still encouraging them that there’s a bet-ter way to do it, to get rid of that old way of thinking that culling is the only way to manage the herds out there.”

If there are problem areas, those can be dealt with instead of a random cull, he said.

It’s a position shared by the organization Zoo-check, which came out against the cull earlier this year.

In February, Zoocheck said a recent study found no scientific evidence the horses are over-populat-ing the landscape and causing ecological damage.

The 1 ½ -year study of available data, as well as visits to the horses’ habitat and a technical review by a biologist of the province’s free-roaming horse man-agement program showed no evidence rangelands were being damaged by hungry horses.

Damage to rangelands, parts of which are leased to cattle producers, has been a cornerstone of their argument that the horse population has grown too large and is hurting the environment.

The 90-page report authored by B.C.-based con-servation biologist Wayne McCrory says the gov-ernment’s existing horse management policies and strategies “lack scientific rigor and objectivity” and the province’s staff have made factual claims contra-dicted by peer-reviewed scientific journals.

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While rain and temperatures hovering just above the 0 C mark kept many Red Deerians indoors on Saturday, the city’s population of ducks and geese — including this one seen in Mackenzie Trails — were happy with the wet conditions. The rain, which fell for most of the day, turned into snow later in the day. Temperatures are expected to warm up this week.

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Efforts to help control the wild horse population in Alberta have been working, according to the Wild Horses of Alberta Society.

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Justin Trudeau and his 30 ministers have arrived at a luxury mountain resort in Alberta for a cabinet retreat.

The prime minister says the retreat will focus on the “challenges and opportunities” facing the prov-ince, which is reeling economically from the plunge in oil prices.

He says it’s also a chance for his cabinet to take stock of what they’ve accomplished in their first six months in power and “all the hard work” that lies ahead.

This is the second cabinet retreat Trudeau has held.

The first, at a seaside resort in New Brunswick in January, cost almost $150,000 and the price tag for this one is likely to be similar.

But Trudeau says it’s important for him and his ministers to get out of the Ottawa bubble.

“One of the things we talked about a lot during the … election campaign was the need to get out and be strong voices for our communities in Ottawa,” Trudeau said as he and his ministers arrived in a chilly rain for the first meeting Sunday.

“And that requires us, MPs and ministers, to be engaged on the ground, connecting with people and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”

The cabinet is to meet Sunday evening with Al-berta Premier Rachel Notley.

Notley refused to comment upon her arrival at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, a spectacular resort nestled in the Rocky Mountains about 80 km west of Calgary.

But the premier’s office has said she intends to bend federal ears about the desperate need for a pipeline to get Alberta’s oilsands crude to tidewa-ter and will reiterate her objections to Edmonton’s exclusion from recently bolstered Employment In-surance benefits for jobless Canadians in hard-hit regions of the country.

The retreat wraps up midday Tuesday.

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VICTORIA — British Columbia has adopted codes of practice for commercial dog and cat breeders, as the province moves towards regulating the unli-censed and controversial industry.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick announced Sunday that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act now recognizes the Canadian Veterinary Medi-cal Association’s codes of practice for kennels and catteries as generally-accepted practices for dog and cat breeders.

The codes of practice set out minimum standards for housing, ventilation, food and water, care and su-pervision and record-keeping.

“It gives breeders the benchmark by which they should look at all their practices if they’re going to breeding in B.C.,” Letnick said in an interview. “It also provides the SPCA enforcement officers clear standards that they can look at when they’re visiting breeders.” Premier Christy Clark announced plans to adopt the codes in February, weeks after the SP-CA revealed two mass seizures of sick and neglected animals in alleged animal cruelty cases.

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OTTAWA — The Liberals are facing calls to reopen a new peacekeeping training centre three years after the demise of Canada’s former school, The Canadian Press has learned.

The new centre would be located in Kingston, Ont., near the Canadian Forces base and military college, but would be a civilian-led operation, es-sentially a revitalization of the Pear-son Centre, which was shuttered in 2013.

The proposal comes from the Cana-dian non-governmental organization Canadem, a contractor that has estab-lished a reputation for staffing United Nations missions with civilian experts in security reform, election monitoring and building democratic institutions.

One of the Liberal government’s major foreign policy planks is to re-turn the country to UN peacekeeping missions after Canada’s contribution dwindled to an all-time low of a few dozen.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a UN audience recently that Canada would be recommitting itself to peace-keeping as part of its bid to win a tem-porary seat on the world body’s Securi-ty Council in 2020.

But the capacity of Canada’s mili-tary to conduct peacekeeping opera-tions has largely disappeared after a decade of war-fighting in Afghanistan, a recent report suggests, amplifying the need for a new training centre.

“Many of the senior command rec-ognize their need to re-invigorate their training for UN peace operations and recognize the advantages of draw-ing upon civilian trainers,” said Paul LaRose-Edwards, Canadem’s execu-tive director.

LaRose-Edwards said his agency maintains a list of experts who can fill that void.

“We’ve got thousands of individuals on our roster who are out in the field with current knowledge of UN and UN field operations.”

The Pearson Centre in Cornwallis, N.S., was closed in 2013, after its gov-ernment funding dried up. Its demise came after the Canadian Forces refo-cused itself on the Afghan war in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, at-tacks on the United States.

The Pearson Centre was funded by both the Defence and Foreign Affairs departments, and it could easily be reconstituted with a modest budget in the $10- to $20-million range, said Wal-ter Dorn, a professor at the Canadian Forces Staff College in Kingston.

Dorn, who has traced the decline of Canada’s contribution to UN peace-keeping, said it makes sense to have ci-vilians and military in close proximity in a new training centre because both groups have lessons to learn from the other.

“This would really help us regain the expertise because we could bring Canadians up to date,” said Dorn, one of the country’s leading peacekeeping academics.

“We’ve lost a whole generation of officers and soldiers have not been participating in peace operations.”

LaRose-Edwards said civilians have a lot to learn from the military, such as mine awareness and personal protec-tion. Meanwhile, military personnel would benefit from training that civil-ians would receive on how UN opera-tions actually work.

The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre was founded in the mid-1990s, and be-came a leading international training centre on the topic.

It was named for former external affairs minister Lester Pearson, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for proposing the first UN mission in 1956. With the backing of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, Pearson proposed the force to help defuse the Suez Cri-sis.

In the 1990s, Canada had upwards of 3,300 peacekeepers deployed on UN missions in the 1990s. As of October, Canada had 31 military personnel and 85 police officers deployed with five UN operations, according to a tran-sition report prepared for the incom-ing Trudeau government that was ob-tained under Access to Information.

Canada’s internal training capacity also dwindled in the post-9/11 era, but its civilian trainers stayed active over the last decade exporting the country’s know how. LaRose-Edwards said it was Canadem that helped the German gov-ernment set up its own international civilian peacekeeping training centre, called ZIF, which has now become “a major training agency” since its incep-tion in 2002.

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and jackpot Chase the Ace rises to $2.6M

SYDNEY, N.S. — The jackpot is expected to be $2.6 million on May 7 when the Chase the Ace fundraising draw resumes in Sydney, N.S.

There will be five cards left in the deck as players chase the elusive ace of spades.

Sheldon Boutilier from Mira, N.S., drew the king of spades on Saturday and won the split prize of $380,524.

Chase the Ace is like a 50-50 draw in which players buy numbered tickets for $5 each.

The winner gets a percentage of the total ticket sales and a bigger jackpot if they pull the ace of spades from a deck of cards that gets smaller with each successive draw.

Row house fire in Smiths Falls, Ont., leaves more than 20 homeless

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — More than

20 people are homeless after fire ripped through row houses in Smiths Falls, Ont.

Fire crews got the call just before midnight on Friday and when they arrived, everyone from the homes had evacuated.

No injuries have been reported.Firefighters from Smiths Falls and

Montague Township were able to get the fire under control but remained on the scene on Saturday to monitor hot spots.

Fitness studio owner Brian James Paquette opened his doors on Satur-day morning to collect donations for the victims. They are accepting dona-tions of soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, food and other hygiene products.

Two-year-old boy found in Montreal hotel pool with

father has diedMONTREAL — A two-year-old boy

who had been fighting for life since be-ing found at the bottom of a Montreal hotel pool on Wednesday has died.

The coroner’s office says the child died on Friday night.

The boy had been in critical condi-tion since he and his 36-year-old father were found without vital signs in the indoor pool of a Mariott Residence Inn earlier this week.

The child’s father, an American tourist, was declared dead after para-medics failed to revive him.

The incident is under investigation.

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Had he so chosen, Mike Duffy could have left his familiar courtroom perch Thursday, made a hard right and taken a step on the long road to redemption.

He could have marched down the wide expanse of Elgin St. toward the War Memorial, veered left and into the Centre Block’s east doors leading to the Senate chamber.

He could have sneered at the media throng, including former friends and colleagues, which has tormented him so over the past years.

He could have flipped the bird to his Senate colleagues who rushed to judgment, ignored due process and kicked him to the curb — “lancing a boil” as one once put it to me — and he could have had the last laugh at the Conservative MP for Calgary Heritage, one Stephen Harper.

It turns out Duffy was right. The plan by Nigel Wright to pay him $90,000 in return for a public declara-tion of wrongdoing was a “monstrous conspiracy.”

At least it was in the eyes of Justice Charles Vaillancourt, who provided as complete and thorough an exoneration of Duffy and as complete and thorough

excoriation of Harper’s PMO as any courtroom could possibly have heard.

It was a decision that is unlikely to immediately turn public opinion on Duffy or the Senate, but it was the day the ol’ Duffster could have only imag-ined in his most vivid, Technicolor ver-dict-day dreams.

It was six hours in which every charge — 31 in all — was stripped of credibility and dismissed. It was a complete deconstruction, sometimes mocking, of an incomplete and inept Crown case, an indictment of the lack of rules and oversight in the Senate.

Then Vaillancourt capped his day with his unprecedented takedown of the ruthless gang in Harper’s PMO, words delivered from the bench and destined to live in posterity to be stud-ied by historians and political scien-tists.

This may not be the Mike Duffy most Canadians believe they knew, but this was the Duffy described by Vaillancourt Thursday — a credible, hard-working senator (as Harper him-self had written on a photo introduced as an exhibit) who never padded ex-pense claims, never ran away from questions about his residency and sought the advice of Senate leaders and was told he was doing no wrong.

If it was not the Mike Duffy we thought we knew, it was the Mike Duffy his lawyer Donald Bayne expertly sketched.

Oh, some of his contracts were un-orthodox and perhaps some of his trav-

el could raise eyebrows, but Vaillan-court could not find Duffy was evading Senate oversight because there was no oversight in the first place.

It was a late and taxing victory that clearly took a toll on Duffy, but it was a three-pronged victory nonetheless. His trial obscured Harper’s early campaign messaging and played into the resounding defeat of the Conser-vatives, he has official condemnation of a PMO that was essentially found guilty of “mind-boggling” scheming by Vaillancourt and he was completely cleared.

It was Duffy’s legendary gift of the gab that came to his rescue again. Vail-lancourt said his introduction of ex-traneous facts enlivened court pro-ceedings, but never tarnished Duffy’s credibility.

Duffy rambled on for hours in his defence, unchallenged, waxing on with remarkable clarity on everything from meetings with seniors or veterans, a Peterborough trip that was alleged to be a trip to buy a puppy, the great work done on his Cavendish residence by Prince Edward Island contractors, his work with an exercise consultant and a sudden interest in the fitness of se-niors.

There will be those who dismiss Duffy as old news. The real intrigue of the case was the inner workings of the Harper PMO and it is yesterday’s news, a government sent packing six months ago, now a historical relic.

That ignores the jolt of a respected

jurist pronouncing on the inner work-ings of a Canadian government from the bench.

“The political, covert, relentless, unfolding of events is mindboggling and shocking,” said Vaillancourt, who said Wright was moving PMO opera-tives and senators around like so many chess pieces.

“The precision and planning of the exercise would make any military com-mander proud. However, in the con-text of a democratic society, the plot-ting as revealed in the emails can only be described as unacceptable.”

Ultimately, Duffy’s free will was overwhelmed and he capitulated to the threats from “Wright and his crew,” the judge found.

There you have it. Poor Mike. The problem that wouldn’t go away for Harper’s operatives.

It collides with the image of the cocky, verbose, self-preening Duffy, but as Vaillancourt asked: “Why is the PMO engaged in all of this activ-ity when they believed that Senator Duffy’s living expense claims might very well have been appropriate?”

Somewhere Thursday night, Pame-la Wallin slept soundly. And Wright, eight months removed from his bi-ble-quoting, altruistic explanation for his role in this case, should be tossing and turning.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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TIMHARPER

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Donald Trump put the cat among the pigeons when, talking about foreign policy, he characterised him-self as “America First.”

For the historically minded, this expression evokes memories of the America First Committee (AFC) that was passionately opposed to any U.S. involvement in the Second World War. Although largely forgotten now, the AFC was very big in its day. Indeed, historical journalist Lynne Olson goes so far as to call it “the most powerful, vocal, and effective isolationist organi-zation in the country.”

If we reflect at all on pre-war Amer-ica, we tend to think of isolationists as stodgy, ill-informed nativists. The reality, though, was much more com-plicated.

In fact, the AFC began at Yale Uni-versity, one of the most intellectually elite institutions in the country. And after its 1940 founding by law student R. Douglas Stuart Jr., the organization took off like wildfire, soaring to ap-proximately 800,000 paid-up members spread over 450 chapters.

At Yale, supporting students includ-ed future president Gerald Ford and future Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. From Harvard, John F. Ken-nedy sent a $100 donation with a note extolling the “vital” nature of the en-terprise.

And it wasn’t just university stu-dents who got on board.

There were businessmen such as Sears-Roebuck’s Robert E. Wood and newspaper publisher Robert McCor-mick; politicians like Socialist leader and perennial presidential candidate Norman Thomas; the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh; the novelist Sin-clair Lewis; the film producer Walt Disney; and so forth.

However, creeping unease over Ger-man successes in Europe, the suspi-cion that some AFC supporters were closet Nazi sympathisers and the wili-ness of Franklin D. Roosevelt all com-bined to chip away at the organiza-tion’s support. Then Pearl Harbour struck the decisive blow. Within days of the attack, the AFC dissolved.

As you’d expect, the political en-vironment after the war was very dif-ferent from what it had hitherto been. Mistakes had been made, perceived lessons had been learned, and, in con-sequence, both Democrats and Repub-licans adopted a new internationalist orthodoxy.

Collective security was now the or-der of the day with America acting as

the ultimate guarantor. And if this led to military entanglements hither and yon, such was simply the cost of lead-ership. Kennedy’s inaugural address proclaiming a willingness to pay any price and bear any burden received wide acclaim, vigorous idealism was in the air and naysayers were scarce.

For countries sheltering under the American umbrella, this provided the best of both worlds. You could kvetch about American imperialism, deplore the military-industrial complex, ques-tion who appointed America as the world’s policeman, and generally feel morally superior. Meanwhile, you could sidestep the necessity of fully looking after your own defense.

Reaction to the 1986 Reykjavik summit neatly illustrated the implicit dependence. When Ronald Reagan’s loathing of nuclear weapons and ab-horrence for Mutually Assured De-struction briefly put a nuclear aboli-tion agreement on the table, key West-ern European leaders were appalled. To them, a non-nuclear America would inevitably drift towards isolationism, thereby leaving Western Europe on its own to cope with the Soviet Union.

So what about Donald Trump? In the event of his becoming president, would he fit the 1940/41 America First mould?

Rosa Brooks is a law professor and national security consultant who spent a couple of years in Barack Obama’s

administration, and she doesn’t see Trump quite that way. But neither does she see him embracing the con-ventional orthodoxy of both major par-ties.

Writing in Foreign Policy, Brooks characterises Trump as “crazy like a fox.” And although it explicitly pains her to say so, she also acknowledg-es that he’s largely “articulating a coherent vision of international re-lations and America’s role in the world.” While his perspective isn’t one she much cares for, she understands where he’s coming from.

Trump, she thinks, “hasn’t the slightest objection to being perceived as a bully, but he doesn’t want to be ripped off.” Consequently, everything would be a negotiation. American al-lies would be treated like potential business partners in a real-estate transaction, always subject to the sim-ple question: “What have you done for me lately?”

No doubt, many of us find this dis-comfiting and take consolation from the pundits who tell us that a Trump presidency is very unlikely. Mind you, they said the same thing about the prospect of his winning the Republi-can nomination.

Troy Media columnist Pat Murphy worked in the Canadian financial ser-vices industry for over 30 years. Original-ly from Ireland, he has a degree in history and economics.

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Canada’s heritage minister says that bringing a “digital approach” to the country’s decades-old cultural policies will be one of the cornerstones of her mandate.

Melanie Joly announced Saturday she will lead a series of public consul-tations over the next several months that will examine the government’s role in supporting Canadian content creation.

In an interview Sunday, she said the raft of government tools to support the cultural sector predate the Internet and need to be updated.

“All the acts, all the different funds, from legislation to regulation to incen-tives and direct contributions, we want to make sure that these are all rele-vant,” she said.

“If there are new ways of dealing with supporting Canadian content in a digital area, we’ll look at it and we will create it.”

Federal support for the cultural sector is currently provided through a combination of funding mechanisms,

legislation, national institutions and policies.

These include institutions such as the CBC and National Film Board, leg-islative acts such as the CRTC, regula-tions governing Canadian content on the airwaves and rules on foreign in-vestment, as well as funding and cred-its. Joly said she didn’t want to go into the consultations with preconceived notions of what they might yield, and would not speculate on what eventual changes could be made as a result.

However, she said a “vacuum” has emerged as a result of government pol-icies not keeping up with changes to technology and the way people con-sume culture.

“There was a lack of political will-ingness to study the impact of all the different levers, and at the same time there were many initiatives that were taken, but not at the political level,” she said.

“Therefore, because of that, there was a lot of frustration and anxiety among the different players and with-in the industry. And that’s the case here and in many countries around the world.”

Joly launches public consultations ahead of cultural policy review

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Trainers Challenge competitor Patrick King lets his colt burn off a little excess energy during his fourth training session before a full audience Saturday afternoon in the Hi-Hog Arena.

ABOVE: Clinician Pat Parelli, right, works with rider Sue and her horse during the “Hurry Up and Slow Down” clinic with Pat Parelli during the Mane Event Saturday at Westerner Park.

RIGHT: Samantha Pritchard takes her horse over a jump during a jumping clinic with Jim Wofford in the Hoffman’s Arena at Westerner Park Saturday afternoon.

Sue and her horse work with a ball during the “Hurry Up and Slow Down” clinic with Pat Parelli during the Mane Event Saturday at Westerner Park.

Katrina Holt takes her horse over a jump during a jumping clinic with Jim Wofford in the Hoffman’s Arena at Westerner Park Saturday afternoon.

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Horse lovers from across Western Canada descended upon Westerner Park this past weekend for the largest equine expo in the country.

The Mane Event, a three-day equine education and trade fair, featured more than 100 hours of clinics, presentations and demonstrations in its tenth annual visit to the city.

The Trainers Challenge —one of the biggest attractions of the event — saw hundreds of attendees pack the stands to watch trainers Patrick King, Scott Purdum, Doug Mills and Steve Rother work with unbroke colts.

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TORONTO — With physician-assisted death soon to forever alter the face of med-icine, Canada’s medical schools are under pressure to decide at what point in the curriculum future doctors should be intro-duced to this paradigm shift — and what that teaching needs to entail.

Starting on June 7, patients with a “grievous and irremediable” condition will be able to request a doctor’s help to end their lives, following the Supreme Court of Canada decision last year that struck down the law banning assisted suicide and eutha-nasia.

But just what medical conditions will make patients eligible is still to be worked out. Draft legislation tabled April 14 by the federal Liberals must first be passed by the House of Commons and Senate, following what is likely to be fractious debate over its relatively narrow interpretation of the court ruling.

While some of the universities that train the next generation of doctors have begun preparations to add assisted dying to their curricula, many have been taking a wait-and-see attitude, conceded Dr. Genevieve Moineau, president and CEO of the Asso-ciation of Faculties of Medicine of Canada.

“They’re waiting to see what the law of the land will be and how it is interpreted province to province,” she said of the coun-try’s 17 university-based medical schools.

“The next step, once we know what the rules are, is how to train physicians to be able to follow the rules. That’s when it will be incorporated into the curriculum and that’s when medical students will be in-formed about what they would be expected to do.”

Anthea Lafreniere, a fourth-year medi-cal student at the University of Ottawa who will soon add MD after her name, said that as part of second-year courses, students take part in “Palliative Week,” when they are introduced to concepts around end-of-life care.

“We’ve always talked about how to com-municate with patients about their goals of

care,” said Lafreniere, who’s also president of the Canadian Federation of Medical Stu-dents.

“That’s a really important goal of the curriculum already.

“And certainly the conversation about dealing with a patient who’s made a re-quest to die, that’s been in the curriculum and that’s one of those challenging conver-sations we already talk about.

“So I don’t know if curriculum needs to change. Certainly it needs to incorporate the new legislation … but I think in my ex-perience at the University of Ottawa, we’ve done a good job talking about those diffi-cult conversations with patients, which is probably the most important part for medi-cal students to learn.”

At Dalhousie University in Halifax, stu-dents in first- and second-year medicine discuss ethical issues around end-of-life care as part of the faculty’s professional competency unit, including a “paper case” and lectures related to aid in dying.

“That’s been part of our curriculum since the beginning,” said health-care eth-icist Christy Simpson, adding that even be-fore the Supreme Court ruling, it was im-portant for students to explore the issue because some patients had already been requesting help to end their lives.

“We always knew that assisted suicide and euthanasia was a topic that was going to need to change as legislation changed,” Simpson said of the curriculum.

“So this year it changed…. (We’re) kind of bringing them up to speed on the court ruling, but also identifying that we don’t have legislation in place yet.

“So stay tuned, essentially.”The University of Toronto’s faculty of

medicine has put together a team of ex-perts to integrate provisions of Bill C-14 in-to its second-year ethics seminar on end-of-life care, which will take place next month.

The course will use discussion cases to illustrate how the proposed legislation might work in practice, said Prof. Erika Abner, the faculty’s lead on ethics and pro-fessionalism.

“The facts of the discussion cases will raise issues such as eligibility, the nature

of informed consent and the review pro-cess,” Abner said by email.

“The students should understand that the bill is not yet law, but these key issues will need to be addressed in any proposed legislation.”

Under Bill C-14, a person must be some-one who is “suffering intolerably” and for whom a natural death is “reasonably fore-seeable” to be eligible for a medically as-sisted death.

They must also be a consenting adult, at least 18 years old, with a serious and incur-able disease, illness or disability, and be in “an advanced state of irreversible decline.”

The draft law makes no provisions for so-called mature minors under age 18, those who seek help to die due to a mental ill-ness, nor does it include patients diagnosed with dementia who want to make an ad-vanced directive for assisted suicide or eu-thanasia at a point when they are no longer mentally competent.

The government is promising further study on those issues.

Dr. Tom McLaughlin, president of Resi-dent Doctors of Canada, said newly minted doctors now training in various specialties are watching “with a keen eye” to see what form the final legislation will take.

“So I think our education right now is in a bit of a holding pattern” said McLaughlin, a third-year pediatric resident at the Uni-versity of Toronto.

“Residents ask frequently what their role will be in an age of physician-assisted death,” he said.

Like all doctors, “there’s a huge breadth of opinion on physician-assisted death among residents,” said McLaughlin, not-ing that some object on religious or moral grounds.

Medical schools preparing to teach future doctors about assisted death

“WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS GOING TO NEED

TO CHANGE AS LEGISLATION CHANGED.”

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Conservative party lowers membership

fees

OTTAWA — The Conservative party’s na-tional council has voted to lower its membership fees after several MPs called for change.

A one-year member-ship has dropped to $15 from $25, and a two-year membership is down to $25 from $30.

On Friday, former defence minister Jason Kenney published a post on his website, saying the party should lower fees to $10 annually to encourage broader membership.

He wrote that the fee had recently been raised to $25 by the national council, and he feared the cost was discourag-ing people from joining the party.

Earlier in the month, Conservative MP Deep-ak Obhrai issued a press release that said he thought the $25 fee would turn the party into an “elitist and white-only” club.

Obhrai said the Con-servative fee was the highest of all of Cana-da’s parties.

Three-year and five-year membership fees have also dropped in the new plan, and a new four-year membership option is now available.

The party says that anyone who purchased a party membership this year for $25 would re-ceive an additional year of membership for free.

Surrey Mounties appeal to public after 911 call about woman

firing gun

SURREY, B.C. — Sur-rey RCMP are asking for the public’s help after receiving a single 911 call reporting a woman had fired a gun on the street.

Mounties received the call just after 6 a.m. Sunday reporting that a woman was outside (on the 9500-block of 168th Street) and had discharged a firearm be-fore entering a home.

Officers responded to the scene and contained the home, and when the occupants came outside they all denied knowl-edge of the reported incident.

RCMP say officers searched the residence and failed to find a gun, or any evidence to sup-port that shots had been fired.

Mounties say neigh-bours also said they had not heard or seen the reported incident.

Surrey RCMP are asking anyone who may have observed the inci-dent or a woman with a gun in the area to con-tact police or CrimeS-toppers.

Kamloops RCMP investigate at three

locations after shots fired

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Kamloops RCMP are in-vestigating an incident in which several shots were fired into a home.

Mounties say no one was injured in the shoot-ing and it was an isolat-ed incident.

An area in the Brock-lehurst neighbourhood was cordoned off Sun-day morning.

Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says the investigation led po-lice to two other scenes in Kamloops.

Shelkie says further resources have been called in and investi-gations are active at all three scenes.

Anyone with informa-tion is asked to contact Kamloops RCMP.


Calgary’s mayor says he had no idea his comments bashing Uber were be-ing livestreamed while he was using a rival ride-hailing service during a recent trip to Boston.

Naheed Nenshi has apologized in a news release for using a coarse word during the ride to describe Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, and he says he wasn’t clear when explaining what he considers to be holes in Uber’s back-ground checks for drivers.

Nenshi was in Boston to give a speech at a conference at MIT and was catching a ride with Lyft when he dis-cussed his views with the driver on ride-hailing services.

U b e r C a n a d a s p o k e s m a n Jean-Christophe de Le Rue says in an email that it’s “disappointing” to see the mayor “stoop to name calling” and he defended the company’s back-ground checks, noting they’re the same as ones done by other national and provincial organizations.

Lyft did not immediately respond on Saturday to a request for comment.

The video has been posted on sever-al websites, and Nenshi appeared not to be aware others were listening in until the driver told him at the end of the ride.

“Who knew I’d have my very own episode of Taxicab Confessions? I should have stuck with Carpool Kara-oke,” Nenshi said in the release Satur-

day afternoon.“I was not aware that this driver

was live broadcasting our discussion on the Internet, and he certainly didn’t have my consent to do so.”

Still, Nenshi said a person should be the same person in private as in public.

Uber temporarily suspended opera-tions in Edmonton and Calgary earlier this year after the Alberta government announced it would not make insur-ance available to drivers until the summer. The province says it will also require drivers to have at least a Class 4 driver’s licence, which is a commer-cial licence.

The driver states in the video that he also drives for Uber.

Nenshi explained in the release that he often uses services like Uber and Lyft when travelling to places where ride-hailing services are legal, and that he speaks with drivers so he can learn more about their jobs. He said he’s always up front about who he is, and described his conversation with the driver in Boston as “free-flowing.”

“I told him the story, repeating what I have said many times publicly: that Calgary’s rideshare regulations are not unreasonable, and that Uber, in par-ticular, has been very difficult to deal with. I’ve called them ‘jerks’ publicly in the past, but this time I used a more colourful term,” Nenshi stated.

Nenshi appeared to say in the video that Calgary tested Uber’s background checks with registered sex offend-

ers and people convicted of violent crimes, and he said they passed Uber’s background tests.

In the news release, Nenshi said he was not aware of anyone convicted of a sexual offence clearing the back-ground check used by Uber in Calgary.

“I realize that I did not explain my-self clearly at all. I apologize for any confusion that I have caused,” Nenshi said in the release.

Uber said its background check searches RCMP and local police data-bases.

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Bos said there are two sides to the

electronic sign argument, adding they may actually help drivers stay atten-tive because of the movement. He said that distracted driving law applies to drivers inside their vehicles, not what’s going on outside the vehicle.

The Chamber has a 99-year lease agreement to have the sign on town right-of-way, he said.

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possible Listeria contaminationOTTAWA — Costco

is recalling Organic by Nature brand frozen Or-ganic Sweet Peas due to possible Listeria con-tamination.

The product was sold in 2.5 kg packages at Costco locations in Brit-ish Colombia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatch-ewan (UPC code 8 46355 00061 9). Anyone who purchased the sweat peas should return them to the store or throw them out.

The Listeria bacte-ria can cause a range of symptoms including vomiting, fever and se-vere headaches, howev-er, there have been no reported illnesses linked to the product.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall in Canada was triggered by a recall of the product in the Unit-ed States. It’s the sec-ond recall this month of a food product sold at Costco. Nature’s Touch Organic Berry Cherry Blend was recalled a week ago due to possi-ble Hepatitis A contami-nation. The frozen berry mix was sold at Costco locations in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and New-foundland and Labrador.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said 12 cases of Hepatitis A had been linked to the product.

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A9BUSINESS

With huge losses in financial mar-kets and the election of a new federal government in Ottawa, 2015 was a busy and eventful year for Canadian taxpay-ers and investors.

Financial markets took a beating last year. While financial losses may seem intrinsically bad there can be a silver lining in that you might be able to claim those losses against capital gains going back up to three years in the past and going forward indefinite-ly.

This might be a good year to consid-er selling any non-principal residence property and use your losses against any gains from the sale. You can car-ry the losses forward in case you are expecting future gains. With the lower Canadian dollar foreign currency ex-change rates could make your losses even higher.

“Stock markets took a beating last year but down markets don’t last for-ever, so this might be a good time to do some strategic planning and consider claiming those losses against any capi-tal gains,” says Cleo Hamel, senior tax specialist with American Expat Taxes in Calgary.

The annual contribution limit to the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) was dropped back down to $5,500 for 2016 from the $10,000 limit implemented in

2015 by the former Conservative gov-ernment. The change could cause con-fusion. It’s important to make sure you don’t over contribute to avoid a penal-ty of one per cent per month on every dollar of over contribution.

“People should be careful not to look on the TFSA as a regular day-to-day banking account because the government primarily looks at the con-tributions coming into the account,” says Hamel. “A good strategy for the TFSA is to invest in interest bearing investments because interest is taxed 100 per cent on what you earn, so the tax savings are the greatest.”

The new federal government made some changes to the federal tax rate for middle- and high-income Canadi-ans but did not make any changes to the credits available on this year’s tax return. The federal tax rate on earn-ings between $45,282 and $90,563 will drop to 20.5 per cent from 22 per cent, putting a maximum of $679.22 more a year in the pockets of many Canadians when the tax reform is implemented in

the 2016 income tax year. The federal tax rate on earnings over $200,000 will increase to 33 per cent.

In 2015 parents received a boost from the former Conservative govern-ment to their Universal Child Care Benefits which jumped to $160 a month for each child under the age of six, up from $100, as well as a new benefit of $60 a month ($720 a year) for children between six and 18.

The benefits must be claimed on form RC62 by the lower income spouse. Single parents can transfer the benefits to the children. They must file a return from the children who will pay not tax because they have no income.

The new government has made changes to child credits. Effective in 2015 parents will be able to claim $1,000 more for child care expenses and the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit now is refundable, which means you can claim it even if you didn’t earn enough to pay tax. However, the Child Tax Credit which resulted in $330 in savings per child has been eliminated.

In September, 2015 under an in-tergovernmental agreement between Canada and the United States, Cana-dian financial institutions began re-porting financial information on U.S. citizens living in Canada to the Canada

Revenue which is sharing it with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

“If you are a U.S. citizen living in Canada and have not fulfilled your U.S. tax obligations the IRS may be able to find you through this data,” Hamel says. “The U.S. used to be very lenient but now is tightening the reins. It has taken a lot of people by sur-prise.”

Many Canadians these days are earning money from non-traditional sources such as driving for Uber, rent-ing property through Airbnb and roy-alties and sales on Amazon and EBay. The CRA now is requiring Canadians who have a business to claim profes-sional or business income on their per-sonal returns and pay tax at their per-sonal tax rate.

“Organizations like EBay do report high-volume/value transactions, so if you do have business income make sure to claim it on form T2125 state-ment for business and professional ac-tivities, also make sure to claim all eli-gible car, property and other expenses that are appropriate,” Hamel says.

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CALGARY — Shady Hashem trav-elled part way around the world to study as a mine engineer in Canada, at times paying triple the local tui-tion and working at a call centre to put himself through school, only to gradu-ate in one of the worst job markets in recent memory.

“There’s no jobs,” says Hashem, 28.“I talk to a lot of engineers, and the

expected time to get a job is between six months and a year.”

He came to Calgary to look for work after finishing classes at Halifax’s Dal-housie University in December, hop-ing to find something in Alberta’s oil-sands with his co-op work experience at Syncrude last summer. But postings are slim, and he hasn’t heard anything back after applying for 50 or so jobs in recent weeks.

“I’m applying everywhere, but I ha-ven’t heard back from anybody yet, not even an email that says: ‘Sorry, this po-sition has been filled,”’ said Hashem. “That’s very frustrating.”

Hashem, originally from Egypt but now a permanent resident of Canada, is one of the many recent engineering grads who are struggling to find jobs as the oil-and-gas industry continues to slash jobs in the aftermath of the glob-al oil price plunge.

Those still in school looking for work experience also face a daunting market as summer approaches.

Colleen Bangs, manager of career services at the University of Calgary, says only about a third of the 659 en-gineering students at the school have found placements for their year-long internships as companies cut back on campus recruitment.

“Something I’ve noticed, particular-ly in this last semester, is that there’s a bit of an impending feeling of doom,” said Bangs.

That’s in stark contrast to the situa-

tion just a couple years ago, when the industry was booming.

“It was just a very different climate. Employers were racing to make of-fers,” said Bangs. “Whereas now it’s a bit more sombre to be totally honest. It’s a lot slower, much like we’re see-ing in the general marketplace.”

Several companies are cutting back on student hirings. Suncor says it’s re-duced hiring compared with recent years without giving specifics, while Cenovus Energy says it isn’t hiring any students at all for now, paid or unpaid.

Cenovus spokesman Brett Harris said in an email that the company sus-pended the program given the chal-lenging economic environment, which has resulted in more than 30 per cent of the company’s overall workforce be-ing cut since the end of 2014.

It’s not all doom and gloom, howev-er.

At the University of Alberta, close to 70 per cent of the 1,300 students looking for four-month co-op place-ments have found them, said assistant professor Tim Joseph at the universi-ty’s school of mining and petroleum engineering.

He said employers still have short-term hiring needs — and while the co-op students are paid a healthy sal-ary ranging from around $3,000 to over $6,000 a month at times, companies aren’t on the hook for senior-level sal-aries, benefits or other long-term obli-gations.

“It’s not the same expense as a full hire. You can normally get two to three people for the price of one,” said Jo-seph.

Joseph said he’s hoping to get over 80 per cent of students in co-ops this summer, compared with a peak of 96 per cent in the boom years. Students who can’t find placements risk losing their spot in the co-op program, and graduating without crucial work expe-rience.

But even those graduating with ex-

perience are struggling, said Joseph, as they look for those elusive long-term, full-time jobs. He recently asked for a show of hands in the graduating class of about 850 of those who had a job lined up, and said only about 20 per cent raised their hands.

Hashem was fortunate enough to find co-op placements throughout his program so has some savings to live off, but he’s cut back on expenses where he can.

With few jobs to apply for, he’s spending most of his time these days trying to further improve his skills, taking an online course on project manager principles so he can apply for civil engineering jobs.

He says he has up days and down days as he tries to stay focused and optimistic.

“I’m doing my best,” he said. “I’m improving my qualifications, but I’m still waiting.”

Tough times for engineering students

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Shady Hashem, a recent university graduate seen in Calgary on Thursday. Hashem travelled part way around the world to study as a mine engineer in Canada, at times paying triple the local tuition and working at a call centre to put himself through school, only to graduate in one of the worst job markets in recent memory.


MONCTON, N.B. — Denis Arsenault hosted an important visitor the other day at his Moncton offices, a moment that revealed much about his compa-ny’s grand ambitions.

Arsenault is CEO of OrganiGram, producer of Canada’s only organic medical marijuana, and the only li-censed grower east of Ontario.

His visitor was Brian Gallant, the boyish, 33-year-old premier of New Brunswick, who came to offer wage subsidies to help the company expand.

Arsenault, whose company aims to get a running start on a legalized rec-reational marijuana market, did not miss the irony of Gallant’s visit.

The premier is supporting marijua-na production just 30 years after one of his predecessors, Richard Hatfield, was arrested and put on trial for mari-juana possession.

“It’s clear society has evolved,” said Arsenault, a tall, clean-cut executive who looks like he would be comfort-able in any corporate boardroom in the country. “Seventy to eighty per cent of the Canadian population is in favour of some form of legalization.”

Last Wednesday, Health Minister Jane Philpott announced that the fed-eral government will introduce legisla-tion to legalize marijuana next spring.

Arsenault said he expects Health Canada will have to license more pro-ducers across the country to be able to meet the demand for recreational marijuana. He expects to carve a por-tion of that market, and is preparing for the day.

OrganiGram Holdings Inc. — pub-licly traded on the TSX Venture Ex-

change — already owns a neighbour-ing building and land where it can ex-pand.

“I’d say we can get to 25,000 kilo-grams production capacity, which would take us in the vicinity of $200 million per year in annual produc-tion,” Arsenault said.

OrganiGram - which opened in 2014 and had its first sales last year - is one of only 30 producers licensed by Health Canada.

Behind barbed wire at its offices in an industrial park, prescribed mari-juana is packaged and direct mailed to patients across the country.

“In terms of sales we’ve posted our last quarterly results at about $1.4 mil-lion for the last three months,” said Arsenault. “Things are going in a very nice direction.”

Arsenault said the current expan-sion will give OrganiGram a sales ca-pacity of about $25 million, a level he expects to reach sometime in 2017.

The expansion - which is strictly for medical marijuana - is adding new areas where different strains of mar-ijuana will be grown, processed and stored.

“There are two main ingredients in marijuana. You’ve got THC which is psychoactive ingredient. You’ve got CBD which is really the medical com-pound in it, and when we talk about children with epilepsy, it’s really the product in there that helps with those seizures,” he said.

“You grow different strains because not everybody wants a product that is very high in THC or high in CBD, so there’s a very wide variety of products that we grow.”

Marijuana is also prescribed to deal with pain and the symptoms of MS,

Parkinsons, PTSD, sleep disorders and anxieties.

Security at the Moncton facility is tight. Staff and visitors must don white lab coats and hair nets while high-tech equipment monitors environmental conditions, and an untold number of security cameras track every move-ment.

Travelling from room to room, you see horticulturalists tending to plants at varying stages of growth, all bathed in a surreal pink glow from special

lighting.“Our climate control is very import-

ant,” said Nico Nache, OrganiGram’s director of operations. “The tempera-ture, humidity, the airflow, and light intensity is all controlled via computer according to the plant needs.”

The company currently has about 47 employees, but that will grow quickly. Gallant’s announcement last month means the province will provide a pay-roll rebate of about $8,800 for each of 113 new jobs.

Organic marijuana company ramps up production


Cured flowers of cannabis intended for the medical marijuana market are shown at OrganiGram in Moncton, N.B, OrganiGram is the only organic marijuana grower in Canada, and the only licensed grower east of Ontario.


OTTAWA — The federal govern-ment has identified a potential source of cash to help pay for Canada’s mounting infrastructure costs — and it could involve leasing or selling stakes in major public assets such as high-ways, rail lines, and ports.

A line tucked into last month’s federal budget reveals the Liberals are considering making public assets available to non-government investors, like public pension funds.

The sentence mentions “asset re-cycling,” a system designed to raise money to help governments bankroll improvements to existing public in-frastructure and, possibly, to build new projects. For massive, deep-pock-eted investors like pension funds, as-set recycling offers access to reliable investments with predictable returns through revenue streams that could include user fees such as tolls.

“Where it is in the public interest, engage public pension plans and other innovative sources of funding — such as demand management initiatives and asset recycling — to increase the long-term affordability and sustain-ability of infrastructure in Canada,” reads the sentence in the new Liberal government’s first budget.

Asset recycling is gaining an in-creasing amount of international at-tention and one of the best-known, large-scale examples is found in Aus-

tralia. The Australian government launched a plan to attract billions of dollars in capital by offering incen-tives to its states and territories that sell stakes in public assets.

Like the Australian example, ex-perts believe monetizing Canadi-an public assets could generate much-needed funds for a country faced with significant infrastructure needs.

The Liberal budget paid consider-able attention to infrastructure invest-ment, which it sees as way to create jobs and boost long-term economic growth. The Liberals have committed more than $120 billion toward infra-structure over the next decade.

Proponents of asset recycling say enticing deep-pocketed investors to join in can help governments avoid amassing debt or raising taxes.

“Asset recycling is a way to attract private-sector investment into activi-ties that were formerly, exclusively, in the public realm,” said Michael Fenn, a former Ontario deputy minister and management consultant who specializ-es in the public sector.

“It’s something that we should pay a lot of attention to and I’m really pleased to see the federal government is looking seriously at it.”

Fenn serves as a board member for OMERS pension fund, which invests in public infrastructure around the world. He stressed he was not speak-ing on behalf of OMERS or its invest-ments.

Two years ago, Fenn wrote a re-

search paper for the Toronto-based Mowat Centre think-tank titled, “Recy-cling Ontario’s Assets: A New Frame-work for Managing Public Finances.”

In Canada, he said there have been a few examples that resemble asset recycling, including Ontario’s part-nership with Teranet to manage its land registry system and the province’s more recent move to sell part of the Hydro One power company.

For the most part, Canada’s big pension funds have been fo-cused on international infrastructure investments because few domestic op-portunities have been of the magni-tude they tend to look for.

“That money is going offshore, it’s returning good returns for Canadians in the sense that the pension funds are making good returns, but it would be nice to be able to invest more of those

funds in infrastructure in Canada,” Fenn said.

Australia’s asset recycling model has been praised by influential Cana-dians such as Mark Wiseman, presi-dent and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

“With growing infrastructure defi-cits worldwide … we often reference this model with our own government and others as one to follow to incent and attract long-term capital,” Wise-man said in prepared remarks of a September speech in Sydney to the Canadian Australian Chamber of Com-merce.

The massive CPP Fund had $282.6 billion worth of assets at the end of 2015. Wiseman’s speech noted more than 75 per cent of its investments were made outside Canada, including about $7 billion in Australia.

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TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business:

Sino-Forest: Closing arguments con-tinue in Toronto this week in the On-tario Securities Commission case in-volving Sino-Forest. Final submissions are expected from lawyers for the de-funct forestry company’s former CEO, Allen Chan, and others facing fraud accusations.

Energy: More than 200 global smart energy industry stakeholders, devel-opers and service providers meet in Halifax on Monday for the 11th annual Smart Energy Event with the aim of advancing the technology in Atlantic Canada.

Valeant: The embattled Que-bec-based drugmaker is expected to

make a few waves next week. CEO Mi-chael Pearson is scheduled to testify Wednesday before a U.S. Senate com-mittee looking into rising drug prices. The company also has a self-imposed deadline of Friday to file its restated 2015 financial statements to regulators.

Bombardier: The aerospace manu-facturer holds its annual general meet-ing Friday in Montreal as it still awaits word on whether Ottawa will pony up US$1 billion for its CSeries commer-cial aircraft.

Oilpatch: There’s a slew of activity among companies in the hard-hit oil-patch this week.

Husky Energy reports its first-quar-ter results on Monday, while Suncor and Cenovus are among those report-ing Wednesday. And on Friday, pipe-line giant TransCanada holds its annu-al meeting.

5 things to watch for in business this week

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B1SPORTSRebels head home in a hole

BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF

Wheat Kings 6 Rebels 4Two close, but tough losses have the Red Deer

Rebels in a hole early in the Western Hockey League Eastern Conference Final.

On Saturday, the Brandon Wheat Kings and Reb-els lit up the red lights for 10 goals. But when it was over, the Wheat Kings had emerged with a 6-4 win.

Two nights of home cooking for the Wheat Kings and they have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

“It was almost the same script as Friday night,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “We’re up 4-3 with eight minutes to go in the game and we have to lock it down. We gave up a goal on the next shift and then a couple of shifts after that we give up an-other goal. We’re not getting it done when we get the lead.

“We have to have everyone playing well though. In this series we haven’t had the full load yet. That’s been the frustrating part because there are individ-uals who need to play better. Our team game has struggled at times because some individuals haven’t played to the level they need to play at.”

Four goals in four minutes swung the game back-and-forth, as the Rebels and Wheat Kings exchanged leads throughout the third period.

Nearing the end of a Rebels PP, mayhem in front of the net didn’t lead to a goal, but a pass from Adam Musil to Colton Bobyk and then a blast from Bobyk was what it took to tie the game up at 3-3. Less than a minute later a flurry of chances by the Rebels led to another Haydn Fleury wrist shot from the point that found the back of the net. The goal put the Rebels up 4-3.

The frenetic energy continued when Tyler Coulter scored on a scramble for the puck in front of Rebels’ goalie Rylan Toth. His goal tied the game back up at 4-4.

The Wheat Kings got on top for good as Nolan Pat-rick got his second goal of the night with a little more than five minutes to go in the third to put the Wheat Kings back on top 5-4. John Quenneville added an empty net goal to seal the game.

“They’re a good team,” said Sutter. “That be-ing said there were some shots that needed to be stopped too. There were opportunities they can’t be given. There were breakdowns in our system play and some mental lapses and that hurt us.

Penalty trouble hurt the Rebels early as Nelson Nogier and Akash Bains took penalties 10 seconds

apart, giving the Wheat Kings a lengthy 5-on-3 power play. It took about a minute for the Wheat Kings to strike with Tim McGauley scoring on the two-man advantage.

“That’s the kind of stuff we can’t have happen,” said Sutter.

Luke Philp led the Rebels with a goal and two assists while Adam Helewka was held goalless, but pitched in with two assists.

Patrick paved the way for the Wheat Kings with two goals and two assists and Jayce Hawryluk had four assists.

“We have to come out and take care of business and win Game 3,” said Sutter.

The series now switches to Red Deer as the Reb-els host the Wheat Kings for two games on home ice. Game 3 at the Centrium starts at 7 p.m.

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Brandon Wheat Kings’ Tanner Kaspick fires off a shot on Red Deer Rebels’ goalie Rylan Toth as teammate Colton Bobyk looks on during the first period of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final, Saturday at Westman Place.

CAPITALS CLOSE OUT SERIES WITH

SHUTOUT OVER FLYERSBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Capitals 1 Flyers 0PHILADELPHIA — Early in the third period, a

Flyers fan held up a sign directed at Washington that read, “You’ll choke.”

Not these Capitals, and certainly not against punchless Philadelphia.

Nicklas Backstrom scored, Braden Holtby had 26 saves, and the Washington Capitals beat the Phila-delphia Flyers 1-0 on Sunday in Game 6 to win the series 4-2 and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Capitals will play the Pittsburgh Penguins, setting up a marquee matchup of Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby.

“It’s going to be a hard series,” Ovechkin said.The Capitals scored two goals over the final three

games of the series and clearly need more from Ovechkin and Co. to have a chance against the Pen-guins, who beat the Rangers in five games.

Against the Flyers, it was just enough, though.Ovechkin had an assist on Backstrom’s second-pe-

riod goal that easily held against the Flyers.Riding the momentum of Michal Neuvirth in net,

the Flyers won two straight to force an unlikely trip home. Neuvirth was sensational again, but the Fly-ers were ultimately doomed by a power play that could not cash in against Holtby.

The Flyers wasted nearly 2 minutes of a 5-on-3 power play in the second period that made a critical difference.

“We sacrificed our body 5-on-3,” Ovechkin said. “We paid the price and we won.”

The reward: keeping alive the pursuit of the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history.

“It’s a different group. The past is a different re-gime,” Holtby said. “We are trying to write our own history.”

Holtby, who had a 19-save shutout in Game 1, was barely tested with solid shots the last two games. The Flyers took only 11 shots against him in Game 5 and matched that feeble total midway through the second period. Most of their shots Sunday came from long range, and the Flyers never really attacked Holtby.

The Flyers entered a miserable 1 for 21 on the post-season power play.

Backstrom was whistled for a double minor for a high stick and Matt Niskanen was hit 5 seconds later for hooking, giving the Flyers 1:55 of a 5-on-3. The Flyers missed both shots with a two-man advantage. They later got hit with a penalty to make it 4 on 4 and wipe out the one-man edge.

“We just had to find a way to get a goal on the power play,” Flyers captain Claude Giroux said.

The Flyers finished 0 for 3 on Sunday, but it’s the 5-on-3 failure that will linger with them into the off-season.

The Capitals’ penalty kill deserved credit, too.“We watched a lot of their 5-on-3s and knew ex-

actly what they were going to do,” defenceman Karl Alzner said. “Holtby made some big saves and that was the turning point.”

Backstrom helped Washington break Neuvirth’s shutout streak that stretched 72 straight shots over nearly 110 minutes when he scored on a one-timer just below the circle with 8:59 left in the second pe-riod.

“Good pass, unbelievable shot,” Neuvirth said. “I don’t think I could have stopped it.”

Blue Jays continue to swing a hot bat in win over AthleticsBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Blue Jays 6 Athletics 3TORONTO — Manager John

Gibbons says it’s too early to say the Blue Jays are on fire. But To-ronto is definitely heating up.

Ezequiel Carrera and Jose Bautista homered Sunday as the Jays continued to swing a hot bat in a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics that brought them back to .500 at 10-10.

The Toronto attack, which was sluggish to open the season, woke up against the A’s with 20 runs, 32 hits and six home runs to win the series two games to one. Carrera, a backup outfielder making the most of Michael Saunders’ sore hamstring, helped trigger the of-fence from the leadoff spot with seven hits in the series.

“I’ve always thought, I think most people did, it was just a matter of time,” said Gibbons. “You’re not going to hold us down for ever.”

A three-game series starting Monday against the visiting Chica-go White Sox will be another good test, he suggested.

While Bautista, Josh Donald-son and Troy Tulowitzki, with two, all homered against Oakland, To-ronto also got contributions else-where.

Witness the third inning Sun-day. With the Jays trailing 1-0, Carrera opened the inning by slamming a solo homer to the second deck in right-centre. The other three runs came two outs later on an intentional walk to Tulowitzki and consecutive sin-gles by Justin Smoak, Kevin Pillar and Darwin Barney — hitters six through eight — as Toronto sent nine men to the plate in a four-run outburst against starter Eric Surkamp (0-2).

Pillar had six hits in the three-game series while Barney had four, including a homer, in two games.

“The guys you’re really concen-trating on are the guys 2 through 6. It was a lot of the other guys that got us this series,” said Oak-land manager Bob Melvin, whose team dropped to 10-9.

Pillar, who is hitting .387 since dropping down in the order from leadoff, pointed to Carrera as an offensive catalyst.

“I think the last couple of days he really ignited this offence,” he said. “I’ve been in his position before, I know how tough it is to come off the bench and make con-tributions. What’s he’s been able to do is really get us going.”

Carrera, who raised his batting average by 160 points to .346 over the weekend, went 6-for-9 with four singles, a ground-rule dou-

ble and a home run in the series. The 28-year-old Venezuelan has no doubt won another starting as-signment.

Drew Hutchison, called up from the minors for a one-off start to give Toronto’s rotation an extra day’s rest, left to a standing ova-tion after giving up just two runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two, throwing 55 strikes in a 95-pitch outing.

The only blemishes on his afternoon were solo homers by Khris Davis, in the second, and Josh Reddick, in the sixth. Chris Coghlan also homered off Jesse Chavez in a seventh inning that saw two other A’s hammer moon-shots to the warning track.

Roberto Osuna pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.

There was a full house of 46,300 for Josh Donaldson MVP Bobble-head Day, with fans lining up for hours before the game to get one of the 20,000 giveaways.

Prior to the game, the reign-ing AL MVP was presented with his Silver Slugger Award as the best-hitting third baseman in the American League, as well as Play-ers Choice Awards as 2015 Player of the Year and AL Outstanding Player to a standing ovation. The 30-year-old Florida native also caught the ceremonial first pitch from his mother, Lisa French.

Donaldson had the fans on

their feet in the first inning when his deep drive to left was caught at the edge of the warning track in left.

Bautista kept the scoreboard ticking with a two-run homer to left-centre in the fourth, driving in Donaldson with his fourth of the season.

The 25-year-old Hutchison was the Jays’ Opening Day starter in 2015, when he went 13-5 with a 5.57 ERA, but found himself on the outside looking in this sea-son and opened for the Jays’ farm team in Buffalo.

Hutchison (1-0) came into the game with a 29-21 record with a 4.92 earned-run average in the majors. But 20 of those wins came at the Rogers Centre, where he has won 12 of his last 14 starts.

Despite another victory, the right-hander said he felt he was “a little off” but made some good pitches when he needed to.

“I gave our team a chance to win. With our offence and the guys behind me, that’s what you need to do,” he said.

Gibbons said Hutchison provid-ed a timely victory.

“He won a lot of games last year but he had his struggles, up and down, things like that. But he executes when he needs to, he always does. And he brings out the best in the offence, we always score. So he’s also the good luck charm.”


Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar, right, beats the tag from Oakland Athletics’ Chris Coghlan to steal third base during fifth inning AL action in Toronto on Sunday.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Islanders 2 Panthers 1NEW YORK — John Tavares tied it in the final

minute of regulation and scored the winner at 10:41 of the second overtime, leading the New York Is-landers past the Florida Panthers 2-1 Sunday night and into the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1993.

Tavares skated in and fired an initial shot that Roberto Luongo saved, but the New York cap-tain got the rebound, wrapped around the net and stuffed the puck in to end the longest home game in Islanders history.

The Islanders will next face Tampa Bay.Thomas Greiss finished with 41 saves in the

teams’ second straight two-overtime game and third in the series to go past regulation. The Islanders won Game 3 here 4-3 in the first extra period, and took Game 5 in Florida 2-1 at 16 minutes of the sec-ond OT.

Jonathan Huberdeau scored late in the first pe-riod for Florida, and Luongo stopped 49 shots for the Panthers.

On the tying goal with just under 54 seconds left in the third period, Islanders defenceman Nick Leddy took the puck behind his own empty net,

skated all the way down the right side and sent a centring pass from behind the Panthers’ goal. Niko-lay Kulemin tried to tip it in, but Roberto Luongo dived to his left on top of it.

But the puck trickled out from underneath him to his right, and Tavares swooped in and put it in for his fourth of the series.

Both teams had solid chances in the extra peri-ods, but were stonewalled by the goalies.

Reilly Smith, held without a point since having four goals and four assists in the first three games, fired a shot that deflected off the crossbar early in the second OT.

On an Islanders rush, Kyle Okposo got the puck on the left side, but his wrist shot was turned aside by Luongo near the 6-minute mark. Okposo was also open at the left side of the net, but Tavares’ pass went between his skates.

Greiss smothered a wrist shot by Huberdeau with about 6 minutes remaining in the first OT.

The Islanders pressed from the start of the third. Luongo stopped a pair of snap shots by Cal Clutter-buck and a slap shot by Leddy in the first few min-utes of the period. Clutterbuck also had a backhand attempt denied by the goalie about 5 minutes in. Okposo had a couple of chances less than 2 minutes later, and Luongo stopped Travis Hamonic’s snap shot after that.

U.S. routs Canada for bronze


An off-day on the ice for Canada’s under-18 hock-ey team grew out of hand quickly.

Joey Anderson and Logan Brown both scored twice in a six-goal first period as the United States routed Canada 10-3 on Sunday in the bronze medal game of the world under-18 hockey championship in Grand Forks, N.D.

The Canadians were coming off a 6-5 shootout loss to Sweden on Saturday night and faced a quick turn-around against the U.S. Head coach Shaun Clouston says Canada’s loss is very disappointing.

“There was some fatigue. I think emotionally the guys were really drained,” Clouston said in a post-game phone interview. “I think as much as you want to refocus and turn the page and get ready, I think coming as close as we did yesterday and not getting there I think affected everybody.”

The Americans were the defending champions and had won the tournament in seven of the last eight years, but fell to Finland in the semifinals on Saturday. Finland went on to beat Sweden 6-1 Sun-day for gold.

Clouston opted to go with goaltender Stuart Skin-ner instead of Evan Fitzpatrick, who had made 29 saves in Saturday’s loss. Things didn’t start Skinner’s way as he allowed goals to Anderson, Brown and Kieffer Bellows on his first three shots of the game.

William Bitten had a first-period goal for Canada before Connor Hall and Owen Tippett responded in the third.

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Raiders set for another

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF

Zone champions and bronze at provincials the last time they took the pitch, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders boys rugby team have been training since Feb. 15 for the 2016 season.

Head coach Dean Plant said last year’s squad was a solid older squad who played a close semifinal game at provincials.

“You get cycles where Grade 12s leave,” said Plant. “Ultimately they’re only here for two or three years and then they move on.

“It’s important that we have a really solid pro-gram and the kids are knowledgeable and want to win.”

Plant said he doesn’t quite know yet how his team will do this year, saying Hunting Hills could be a strong team this season and have an up-and-coming program.

Hunting Hills and Lindsay Thurber met for an exhibition game last Monday night, the Raiders won 29-21.

They have been training indoors since Feb. 15, putting the wrestling mats down and practicing ball handling and as much contact as they can. Plant said they can’t full-out tackle until they get outside.

Plant said this year’s team will have a strong backfield featuring a Grade 12 rookie, Ben Pasiuk. Pasiuk has a football background and this is his first year playing rugby.

“Just from practice we know he will be a force to be reckoned with,” said Plant.

Another important players to the team include fourth-year player Dawson McRae.

“We have a good scrum half including Adrian Ollewagen, he’s quite good, and I have a big, big number 8 — Carter O’Donnell — another football player,” said Plant. “And Connor Stalwick, who played some provincial rugby last year. He’s going to be quite good.”

Two players Plant may rely on this year come from a football background. He said often times he will get football players, but typically only in their Grade 12 year.

“It’s different, it’s not like football,” said Plant. “I have to start from scratch with them. Where if I had them in Grade 10, they could learn a bit, get a few games under their belt and by Grade 11 they’re on the field and by Grade 12 they’re stellar.

“It’s a very steep learning curve in a very short season.”

Plant said the team wants to try to get to provin-cials this year.

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Stars hold off rally from Wild to win game and series


Stars 5 Wild 4ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Dallas Stars were cruis-

ing into the second round, dominating their slum-bering opponent, when the Minnesota Wild jolted awake.

Minnesota’s remarkable rally ended a fraction of an inch short, a fitting metaphor for an intensely up-and-down season. Dallas advanced in the playoffs for the first time in eight years, extracting some valu-able experience from a nerve-racking finish.

Jason Spezza scored his fourth goal of the series and added three assists, and goalie Kari Lehtonen and the Stars needed every last one of them to hold off the Wild 5-4 on Sunday and wrap up the first-round series in six games.

“A lot of respect for what Minnesota can do on their side,” said Patrick Sharp, who had one of three first-period goals for Dallas. “It was a tough series, but we’re happy about moving on.”

John Klingberg, Jamie Benn and Alex Goligoski also scored for the Stars, who will face the winner of the Chicago-St. Louis series, which is tied at 3. The Blues host the Blackhawks in their decisive Game 7 on Monday night.

Jared Spurgeon scored two of Minnesota’s four third-period goals, both on the power play, and the Wild nearly tied the game with 34 seconds remaining when Nino Niederreiter whacked at a loose puck in the crease.

Freeze-frame replays showed it in the net, but not quite fully across the goal line as it connected with Lehtonen’s right pad, an oh-so-close call that was

upheld by review. Another angle revealed the puck taking a slight hop, which might have put it all the way in, but it was awfully difficult to determine.

“It seems like it always comes down to that: inch-es, a fluky play, whatever you want to call it,” Wild centre Charlie Coyle said. “It’s crazy. It was right there.”

At the end of a sleepy second period, with the Wild and their fans seeming more than ready for summer vacation, Benn put the Stars in front 4-0 on his top-shelf shot with 24 seconds remaining until the break. Benn had two assists and finished with 10 points in the series.

But the Wild weren’t ready to pack it in, as they proved during the torrid 20 minutes that followed.

“It was fun. It was a blast,” Wild coach John Tor-chetti said, “but we didn’t get the job done.”

The Wild squeezed months of drama into one final period after waking up from a figurative after-noon nap during the first 40 minutes of the game. Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin scored 16 seconds apart, pulling the Wild to 4-2 with 15-plus minutes to play.

In one of many odes to Minnesota’s late musical prodigy Prince, the song “Let’s Go Crazy” played on the arena system after each score by the Wild, who put 16 shots on goal in the third period. Lehtonen finished with 25 saves and a 3-1 record in the series, but the Stars were all out of sorts down the stretch.

“Obviously, it’s tough when they get the crowd going. They were pretty loud. But I think we were pretty calm the whole game,” said Klingberg, who knocked in a one-timer from Spezza during a 5-on-3 just 5:56 into the game after Coyle was called for elbowing Jason Demers and Marco Scandella’s high stick hit Sharp in the face.

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Dallas Stars left wing Patrick Sharp, right, and teammates celebrate after a goal by Stars defenseman John Klingberg against Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, left, during the first period of Game 6 in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday. The Stars won 5-4 to advance to the second round.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Simon Pa-genaud once again won after getting a favourable ruling from race officials. This time, the runner-up didn’t protest the no-call.

Pagenaud led most of the way and overcame late contact with Graham Rahal to win the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday for his second straight Indy-Car victory.

The Frenchman lost the lead briefly after contact with Rahal on the road course. Team Penske’s Pagenaud ap-peared to inch over in an attempt to block Rahal, who made contact with his right rear with eight laps to go. Pagenaud, who also won last week at

Long Beach, went into the grass before working his way back to the front.

Race stewards reviewed the inci-dent and didn’t impose a penalty. Pa-genaud said he was a little steamed af-ter that dustup. “I said, yeah, ‘I’m going to get that one back no matter what,”’ he said.

But he demurred when asked if In-dyCar should have made a call one way or the other.

“I felt like I was being pushed,” Pa-genaud said.

“I don’t want to sound like — I’ve obviously had enough of that. It was just a great race, and it was a great battle.”

Last week, Scott Dixon believed Pa-genaud should have been penalized for crossing a blend line as he re-turned to the track following a pit stop. IndyCar only issued a warning.

Rahal called this move “a really sol-id block” but felt there’s no doubt it was intentional.


SAN ANTONIO — Charley Hoffman made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole at the Valero Texas Open on Sun-day for his fourth PGA Tour victory.

The 39-year-old Hoffman closed with a 3-under 69 at TPC San Antonio for a one-stroke victory over Patrick Reed. Hoffman finished at 12-under 276 and earned $1,116,000.

“This was my hardest one,” Hoff-man said after a vigorous fist-pump and drill-team leg kick when the win-ning putt fell at 18. “Grabbing that lead and holding on to it — it’s tough to keep the pedal down and give yourself birdie opportunities and win golf tour-naments.”

Playing alongside Hoffman, Reed

also birdied the par-5 18th for a 69. He missed birdie putts inside 8 feet on the par-3 16th and par-4 17th.

“Today I was missing a lot of short putts, so I’m shocked I even had a chance,” Reed said.

Reed, who was born in San Antonio, put the pressure on Hoffman with a tap-in birdie at the 18th after reach-ing the fringe on the 595-yard hole in two. His shot to the green came from the left-hand rough, and had to clear an oak tree and creek in front of the green.

Hoffman followed by hitting his third shot from a greenside bunker to set up his birdie.

“It was about a cup outside left,” Hoffman said. “I said to myself ‘Let’s finish this here. Let’s not play any-more.”’

Hoffman also won the 2007 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 2010 Deutsche Bank Championship and the 2015 OHL Classic at Mayakoba.

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Edwards edges Busch for Richmond winBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RICHMOND, Va. — Carl Edwards had been grinding for 30 laps, doing everything he could to catch Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in a two-way breakaway from the pack at Rich-mond International Raceway.

When he finally caught him on the last lap Sunday, and in the final turn, he had no time to think about what would be the prudent thing to do. In-stead, Edwards focused on the reason they are racing: to win.

Edwards bumped his some-times-volatile teammate off his racing line in the last turn and passed him to win his second consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, and the fourth in a row for the Gibbs racing stable.

“I wish it was anybody but my team-mate that we had to race like that with, but big picture to me is we’ve both got some wins, we’re in the Chase, and it’s fun to have to race your teammate for the win,” Edwards said. “If the roles were reversed, I would have expected him to bump me the same way.”

Then in a bid to throw a bone to Busch, whose car was sponsored by Banfield Pet Hospital, he said: “If my cat ever gets sick, I don’t care how much it costs, I will take it to the Ban-field Pet Hospital, if that helps.”

Gibbs said there’s no game plan for how to handle the next team meeting.

“What you do is you just start out

and work your way through it, and that’s what we’ll do,” he said.

Edwards, who had fallen nearly 1.5 seconds behind after a restart with 36 laps to go, gradually ran him down, catching him on the final lap. Then he slipped underneath Busch, a mas-ter blocker in late-race situations, and nudged him just enough to allow Ed-wards to get inside him for his sec-ond consecutive victory. It was also the fourth in a row for the Gibbs stable, and fifth in nine races.

“Kyle’s an amazing teammate and it’s like he got really slow there at the end,” Edwards said. “Something hap-pened that last lap, it’s like his rear tires went off or something, and he went down into (Turn) one and I dove it in and I got to him, and I thought, ‘Man, I’ve got something here.’ Then he went to get down to the bottom to park it in three and four and I’d al-ready decided to go down there, so I thought, ‘Man, I’m going to give him a little nudge.’

“We’ve both got wins. We’re racing for fun and getting these trophies. Just an awesome day.”

After falling so far behind, Edwards was surprised to find himself in posi-tion to challenge for the victory.

“Man, I didn’t think we had any-thing. Kyle was just so good for that run. I was just doing everything I could. He never spun his tires,” he said. “If Dave (crew chief Rogers) hadn’t screamed at me to just go get

him, I don’t know if I would have dove it in there that hard.”

Busch seemed less than amused af-ter being denied his third victory in the last four races.

“We just kind of gave it up a little bit there on the last lap, but I guess that’s racing and we move on,” he said. “… We had a really great car. … We were fast, maybe not as good as Carl

was on the long runs, but we did every-thing right, everything we were sup-posed to do.”

Jimmie Johnson finished third, fol-low by Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Kasey Kahne and pole-sitter Kev-in Harvick. Gibbs placed all four of its drivers in the top seven, with Denny Hamlin sixth and Matt Kenseth sev-enth.


Carl Edwards (19) competes against Joey Logano during the Sprint Cup auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., Sunday.

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WHL 2016 PlayoffsCONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCEBrandon (E1) vs. Red Deer (C2)(Brandon leads series 2-0)Saturday’s resultBrandon 6 Red Deer 4Friday’s resultBrandon 4 Red Deer 3 (OT)Tuesday’s gameBrandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Apr. 27Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Friday, Apr. 29x-Red Deer at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, May 1x-Brandon at Red Deer, 5 p.m.Tuesday, May 3x-Red Deer at Brandon, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCESeattle (U1) vs. Kelowna (B2)(Seattle leads series 2-0)Saturday’s resultSeattle 3 Kelowna 2Friday’s resultSeattle 2 Kelowna 1Tuesday’s gameKelowna at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.Wednesday, Apr. 27Kelowna at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.Friday, Apr. 29x-Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.Sunday, May 1x-Kelowna at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.Tuesday, May 3x-Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.x — played only if necessary.

Saturday’s summaryWheat Kings 6, Rebels 4

First Period1. Red Deer, DeBrusk 6 (Philp, Helewka) 13:39 (pp).2. Brandon, McGauley 7 (Patrick, Erkamps) 17:44 (pp).Penalties — Mahura RD (holding) 3:26 Musil RD, McGauley Bdn, Thomson Bdn (roughing) 6:34 Kaspick Bdn (inter. on goaltender) 11:48 Toth RD (tripping) 16:34 Nogier RD (slashing) 16:44.

Second Period3. Red Deer, Philp 4 (Doetzel) 0:23.4. Brandon, Patrick 6 (Hawryluk, Erkamps) 8:30.5. Brandon, Clague 5 (Duke, Wheaton) 11:02.Penalties — Patrick Bdn (tripping) 3:16 Doetzel RD

(hooking) 13:44.Third Period

6. Red Deer, Bobyk 2 (Musil, Helewka) 10:36.7. Red Deer, Fleury 3 (Pawlenchuk, Philp) 11:33.8. Brandon, Coulter 4 (Patrick, Hawryluk) 12:21.9. Brandon, Patrick 7 (Hawryluk, Coulter) 14:29.10. Brandon, Quenneville 10 (Hawryluk, McGauley) 19:18.Penalties — Wheaton Bdn (interference) 6:28 Polei RD, Erkamps Bdn (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:15 Duke Bdn (tripping) 8:22.

Shots on goalRed Deer 11 8 14 — 33Brandon 11 19 11 — 41Goal — Red Deer: Toth (L, 2-4) Brandon: Papirny (W, 10-3).Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 1-5 Brandon: 1-4.

WHL Playoff Scoring LeadersAdam Brooks REG 7 16 23Reid Duke BDN 6 14 20John Quenneville BDN 10 9 19Tim McGauley BDN 7 11 18Nolan Patrick BDN 7 10 17Jack Walker VIC 8 8 16Dryden Hunt MJ 7 9 16Cole Sanford REG 7 9 16Brayden Point MJ 6 10 16Sam Steel REG 6 10 16Jayce Hawryluk BDN 2 14 16Jayden Halbgewachs MJ 9 6 15Adam Helewka RD 9 6 15Tanner Jeannot MJ 6 9 15Brett Howden MJ 4 11 15Jake DeBrusk RD 6 8 14Mathew Barzal SEA 4 10 14Rourke Chartier KEL 7 6 13Luke Philp RD 4 9 13Justin Kirkland KEL 8 4 12Tyler Soy VIC 7 5 12Tomas Soustal KEL 5 7 12

Alex Forsberg VIC 5 6 11Ethan Bear SEA 3 8 11Macoy Erkamps BDN 2 9 11Michael Spacek RD 2 9 11Evan Polei RD 6 4 10Kale Clague BDN 5 5 10Connor Hobbs REG 4 6 10Keanu Yamamoto SPO 3 7 10Brandon Hagel RD 1 9 10Scott Eansor SEA 7 2 9Lane Zablocki REG 7 2 9Gage Quinney KAM 3 6 9Noah Gregor MJ 3 6 9Austin Wagner REG 3 6 9Ivan Provorov BDN 3 6 9Colby Williams REG 2 7 9

2016 Stanley Cup PlayoffsFirst Round

DIVISION SEMIFINALS(Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionFlorida (1) vs. N.Y. Islanders (WC1)(N.Y. Islanders win series 4-2)Sunday’s resultN.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 1 (2OT)Friday’s resultN.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 1 (2OT)

Tampa Bay (2) vs. Detroit (3)(Tampa Bay wins series 4-1)Thursday’s resultTampa Bay 1 Detroit 0

Metropolitan DivisionWashington (1) vs. Philadelphia (WC2)(Washington wins series 4-2)Sunday’s resultWashington 1 Philadelphia 0Friday’s resultPhiladelphia 2 Washington 0

Pittsburgh (2) vs. N.Y. Rangers (3)(Pittsburgh wins series 4-1)Saturday’s resultPittsburgh 6 N.Y. Rangers 3Thursday’s resultPittsburgh 5 N.Y. Rangers 0

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionDallas (1) vs. Minnesota (WC2)(Dallas wins series 4-2)Sunday’s resultDallas 5 Minnesota 4Friday’s resultMinnesota 5 Dallas 4 (OT)

St. Louis (2) vs. Chicago (3)(Series tied 3-3)Saturday’s resultChicago 6 St. Louis 3Thursday’s resultChicago 4 St. Louis 3 (2OT)Monday’s gameChicago at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m.

Pacific DivisionAnaheim (1) vs. Nashville (WC1)(Anaheim leads series 3-2)Saturday’s resultAnaheim 5 Nashville 2Thursday’s resultAnaheim 4 Nashville 1Monday’s gameAnaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.Wednesday, Apr. 27x-Nashville at Anaheim, TBA

Los Angeles (2) vs. San Jose (3)(San Jose wins series 4-1)Friday’s resultSan Jose 6 Los Angeles 3x — played only if necessary.

Sunday’s summariesIslanders 2, Panthers 1 (2nd OT)

First Period1. Florida, Huberdeau 1 (Trocheck, Jokinen) 18:58.Penalties — Jagr Fla (hooking) 13:29.

Second PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties — Kulemin NYI (hooking) 10:22 Okposo NYI (tripping) 17:26 Hudler Fla (interference) 17:35.

Third Period2. NY Islanders, Tavares 4 (Kulemin, Leddy) 19:06.Penalties — Hickey NYI (interference) 9:11 Hu-

berdeau Fla (cross-checking) 12:37.First Overtime

No Scoring.Penalties — None.

Second Overtime3. NY Islanders, Tavares 5 (Okposo, Quine) 10:41.Penalties — None.

Shots on goalFlorida 5 12 13 8 4 — 42New York 7 10 15 15 4 — 51Goal — Florida: Luongo (L, 2-4-0). NY Islanders: Greiss (W, 4-2-0).Power plays (goals-chances) — Florida: 0-3 NY Islanders: 0-3.

Stars 5, Wild 4First Period

1. Dallas, Klingberg 1 (Spezza, Ja.Benn) 5:56 (pp).2. Dallas, Spezza 4 (Janmark, Eaves) 9:07.3. Dallas, Sharp 3 (Eakin, Ja.Benn) 18:11.Penalties — Dallas bench (too many men, served by Janmark) 1:57 Coyle Minn (elbowing) 4:16 Scan-della Minn (high-sticking) 4:51.

Second Period4. Dallas, Ja.Benn 4 (Sharp, Spezza) 19:36.Penalties — Fiddler Dal (tripping) 4:48.

Third Period5. Minnesota, Spurgeon 1 (Granlund, Koivu) 3:48 (pp).6. Minnesota, Brodin 1 (Haula, Niederreiter) 4:04.7. Minnesota, Spurgeon 2 (Koivu, Suter) 8:39 (pp).8. Dallas, Goligoski 2 (Janmark, Spezza) 10:28.9. Minnesota, Pominville 4 (Brodin, Niederreiter) 15:13.Penalties — Roussel Dal (holding) 3:10 Johns Dal (high-sticking) 8:22.

Shots on goalDallas 13 5 6 — 24Minnesota 6 7 16 — 29Goal — Dallas: Lehtonen (W, 3-1-0). Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 2-4-0).Power plays (goals-chances) — Dallas: 1-2 Min-nesota: 2-4.

Capitals 1, Flyers 0First Period

No Scoring.Penalties — Giroux Pha (hooking) 13:18 Simmonds Pha (slashing) 18:13 MacDonald Pha (high-sticking) 19:03.

Second Period1. Washington, Backstrom 2 (Johansson, Ovechkin) 8:59.Penalties — Backstrom Wash (double high-stick-ing) 4:25 Niskanen Wash (hooking) 4:30 White Pha (stick holding) 6:55.

Third PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties — Gagner Pha (hooking) 1:23.

Shots on goalWashington 12 11 6 — 29Philadelphia 5 10 11 — 26Goal — Washington: Holtby (W, 4-2-0). Philadel-phia: Neuvirth (L, 2-1-0).Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 0-5 Philadelphia: 0-3.

2016 NHL Playoff Scoring Leadersfollowing Saturday’s games: G A PtsNikita Kucherov, TB 5 3 8Reilly Smith, Fla 4 4 8Sidney Crosby, Pgh 3 5 8Brent Burns, SJ 2 6 8John Tavares, NYI 3 4 7Jamie Benn, Dal 3 4 7Artemi Panarin, Chi 2 5 7Tyler Johnson, TB 2 5 7Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 2 5 7Patrick Kane, Chi 1 6 7Joe Pavelski, SJ 5 1 6Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 4 2 6Jaden Schwartz, StL 3 3 6Phil Kessel, Pgh 3 3 6Jason Pominville, Minn 3 3 6John Carlson, Wash 3 3 6Alex Pietrangelo, StL 1 5 6Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 1 5 6Logan Couture, SJ 1 5 6Andrew Shaw, Chi 3 2 5Jason Spezza, Dal 3 2 5Alex Killorn, TB 3 2 5Patric Hornqvist, Pgh 3 2 5Ryan Getzlaf, Ana 2 3 5Jake Muzzin, LA 1 4 5Marcus Johansson, Wash 1 4 5Kris Letang, Pgh 1 4 5Kyle Okposo, NYI 1 4 5Jonathan Toews, Chi 0 5 5

Tuesday● WHL: Brandon Wheat Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium

Wednesday● WHL: Brandon Wheat Kings at Red

Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium

Thursday● Alberta Cup Hockey: Central vs. Calgary South, 11:30 a.m., Canmore

Friday

● Alberta Cup Hockey: Central vs. Northeast, 9:30 a.m. and Central vs. Edmonton Blue, 5:30 p.m., Canmore● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Brandon Wheat Kings, 6:30 p.m., the DriveRocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Red Deer Rampage at Edmonton Jr. B

Warriors, 8:30 p.m., Edmonton

Sunday● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer Rampage, 2:30 p.m., Kinex arena● WHL: Brandon Wheat Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 5 p.m., Centrium

NBA PlayoffsFIRST ROUND

(Best-of-7)

EASTERN CONFERENCECleveland 4, Detroit 0Sunday, April 17: Cleveland 106, Detroit 101Wednesday, April 20: Cleveland 107, Detroit 90Friday, April 22: Cleveland 101, Detroit 91Sunday, April 24: Cleveland 100, Detroit 98

Toronto 2, Indiana 2Saturday, April 16: Indiana 100, Toronto 90Monday, April 18: Toronto 98, Indiana 87Thursday, April 21: Toronto 101, Indiana 85Saturday, April 23: Indiana 100, Toronto 83Tuesday, April 26: Indiana at Toronto, TBAFriday, April 29: Toronto at Indiana, TBASunday, May 1: Indiana at Toronto, TBA

Miami 2, Charlotte 1Sunday, April 17: Miami 123, Charlotte 91Wednesday, April 20: Miami 115, Charlotte 103Saturday, April 23: Charlotte 96, Miami 80Monday, April 25: Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m.Wednesday, April 27: Charlotte at Miami, 6 p.m.x-Friday, April 29: Miami at Charlotte, TBA

Atlanta 2, Boston 2Saturday, April 16: Atlanta 102, Boston 101Tuesday, April 19: Atlanta 89, Boston 72Friday, April 22: Boston 111, Atlanta 103Sunday, April 24: Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OTTuesday, April 26: Boston at Atlanta, TBAThursday, April 28: Atlanta at Boston, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCEGolden State 3, Houston 1Saturday, April 16: Golden State 104, Houston 78Monday, April 18: Golden State 115, Houston 106Thursday, April 21: Houston 97, Golden State 96Sunday, April 24: Golden State 121, Houston 94Wednesday, April 27: Houston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.Friday, April 29: Golden State at Houston, TBA

San Antonio 4, Memphis 0Sunday, April 17: San Antonio 106, Memphis 74Tuesday, April 19: San Antonio 94, Memphis 68Friday, April 22: San Antonio 96, Memphis 87Sunday, April 24: San Antonio 116, Memphis 95

Oklahoma City 3, Dallas 1Saturday, April 16: Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70Monday, April 18: Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84Thursday, April 21: Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102Saturday, April 23: Oklahoma City 119, Dallas 108Monday, April 25: Dallas at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.Thursday, April 28: Oklahoma City at Dallas, TBASaturday, April 30: Dallas at Oklahoma City, TBA

L.A. Clippers 2, Portland 1Sunday, April 17: L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95Wednesday, April 20: L.A. Clippers 102, Portland 81Saturday, April 23: Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88Monday, April 25: L.A. Clippers at Portland, 8:30 p.m.Wednesday, April 27: Portland at L.A. Clippers, 8 p.m.Friday, April 29: L.A. Clippers at Portland, TBASunday, May 1: Portland at L.A. Clippers, TBA

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA PtPhiladelphia 7 4 3 0 10 7 12Montreal 7 4 3 0 10 8 12Toronto 7 3 2 2 8 5 11Orlando 7 2 2 3 13 11 9D.C. 8 2 3 3 10 10 9Columbus 7 2 3 2 7 9 8New England 8 1 2 5 8 13 8Chicago 6 1 2 3 6 7 6New York City 7 1 3 3 9 12 6New York 8 2 6 0 8 17 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA PtDallas 9 5 2 2 15 13 17Colorado 8 5 2 1 10 6 16Los Angeles 7 4 1 2 17 7 14Salt Lake 7 4 1 2 12 11 14San Jose 8 4 2 2 11 10 14Kansas City 8 4 4 0 9 8 12Vancouver 8 3 4 1 9 11 10Seattle 7 2 4 1 7 10 9Portland 7 2 3 2 11 14 8Houston 7 1 4 2 13 14 5Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Saturday’s resultsPhiladelphia 2 New York City 0Toronto 2 Montreal 0D.C. 3 New England 0Columbus 1 Houston 0Colorado 3 Seattle 1Los Angeles 5 Salt Lake 2Vancouver 3 Dallas 0

Sunday’s resultsSan Jose 1 Kansas City 0New York 3 Orlando 2

Wednesday, Apr. 27Montreal at New York City, 5 p.m.Portland at New England, 5:30 p.m.Kansas City at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 29Dallas at New York, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 30San Jose at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.Colorado at Montreal, 2 p.m.Columbus at Seattle, 2 p.m.Vancouver at New York City, 2 p.m.D.C. at Chicago, 3 p.m.Orlando at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 1Toronto at Portland, 1:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Kansas City, 6 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA PtsLeicester City 35 22 10 3 63 33 76Tottenham 34 19 11 4 64 25 68Man City 35 19 7 9 66 34 64Arsenal 35 18 10 7 58 34 64Man United 34 17 8 9 42 30 59West Ham 34 14 14 6 57 43 56Liverpool 34 15 10 9 58 45 55Southampton 35 15 9 11 49 37 54Chelsea 34 12 11 11 53 46 47Stoke 35 13 8 14 37 51 47Everton 34 9 14 11 53 48 41Watford 34 11 8 15 33 40 41Bournemouth 35 11 8 16 42 61 41West Brom 34 10 10 14 31 42 40Swansea 35 10 10 15 34 49 40Crystal Palace 35 10 9 16 36 45 39Sunderland 34 7 10 17 39 57 31Norwich 34 8 7 19 35 60 31Newcastle 35 7 9 19 38 64 30r-Aston Villa 35 3 7 25 25 69 16r-Relegated

Saturday, April 23Manchester City 4, Stoke 0Aston Villa 2, Southampton 4Bournemouth 1, Chelsea 4Crystal Palace vs. Everton, Ppd.Liverpool 2, Newcastle 2Norwich vs. Watford, Ppd.West Ham vs. Manchester United, Ppd.

Sunday, April 24Sunderland 0, Arsenal 0Leicester City 4, Swansea 0

Monday, April 25Tottenham vs. West Brom, 1900 GMT

England FA CupSEMIFINALSaturday, April 23Everton 1, Manchester United 2 in LondonSunday, April 24Crystal Palace 2, Watford 1 in LondonFINALSaturday, May 21Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace in London, TBA

National Lacrosse LeagueEast Division

GP W L Pct GF GA GBx-Buffalo 17 12 5 .706 239 207 —x-New England 16 10 6 .625 214 190 1.5Georgia 17 7 10 .412 224 234 5Rochester 16 6 10 .375 181 194 5.5Toronto 17 5 12 .294 173 206 7

West Division GP W L Pct GF GA GBy-Sask. 17 12 5 .706 220 181 —x-Colorado 17 11 6 .647 192 192 1Calgary 17 7 10 .412 198 199 5Vancouver 16 5 11 .313 182 220 6.5x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

WEEK 17

Saturday’s resultsNew England 21 Georgia 11Buffalo 15 Rochester 13Colorado 10 Toronto 5Vancouver 14 Saskatchewan 12

WEEK 18Friday, Apr. 29Vancouver at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, Apr. 30Vancouver at Georgia, 5:05 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.Saskatchewan at Rochester, 6 p.m.Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.Sunday, May 1Rochester at New England, 4 p.m.End of 2016 NLL Regular Season

Major League Baseball American League

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 11 6 .647 —Toronto 10 10 .500 2 1/2Boston 8 9 .471 3Tampa Bay 8 10 .444 3 1/2New York 7 10 .412 4

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 13 6 .684 —Kansas City 12 6 .667 1/2Cleveland 9 7 .563 2 1/2Detroit 8 9 .471 4Minnesota 5 14 .263 8

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 10 9 .526 —Texas 10 9 .526 —Seattle 9 9 .500 1/2Los Angeles 8 11 .421 2Houston 6 12 .333 3 1/2

Saturday’s GamesWashington 2, Minnesota 0N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2Toronto 9, Oakland 3Cleveland 10, Detroit 1Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3, 11 inningsHouston 8, Boston 3Baltimore 8, Kansas City 3L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 2

Sunday’s GamesTampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 1Toronto 6, Oakland 3Cleveland 6, Detroit 3Washington 6, Minnesota 5, 16 inningsChicago White Sox 4, Texas 1Kansas City 6, Baltimore 1Seattle 9, L.A. Angels 4Boston at Houston, late

Monday’s GamesChicago White Sox (Mi.Gonzalez 0-0) at Toronto (Stroman 3-0), 5:07 p.m.Baltimore (Gausman 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 0-4), 5:10 p.m.Boston (Porcello 3-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 0-2), 5:10 p.m.Oakland (Graveman 1-1) at Detroit (Zimmermann 3-0), 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-2) at Texas (C.Ramos 0-0), 6:05 p.m.Cleveland (Salazar 2-1) at Minnesota (Milone 0-1), 6:10 p.m.Kansas City (Kennedy 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Richards 0-3), 8:05 p.m.Houston (Fister 1-2) at Seattle (T.Walker 1-0), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesChicago White Sox at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.Oakland at Detroit, 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 6:05 p.m.Cleveland at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.Houston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Machado Bal 17 71 16 27 .380Trumbo Bal 17 67 12 25 .373TShaw Bos 17 58 7 20 .345Kinsler Det 17 75 15 25 .333MeCabrera CWS 19 66 10 22 .333Andrus Tex 17 60 7 20 .333Mauer Min 19 67 7 22 .328Castellanos Det 16 58 7 19 .328Lindor Cle 16 62 12 20 .323Beltre Tex 19 72 8 23 .319Home RunsDonaldson, Toronto, 7 Cano, Seattle, 6 CDavis, Baltimore, 6 Machado, Baltimore, 6 Moustakas, Kansas City, 6 ColRasmus, Houston, 6 Saltalamac-chia, Detroit, 6.Runs Batted InDonaldson, Toronto, 19 Bautista, Toronto, 16 ColRasmus, Houston, 16 Trumbo, Baltimore, 16 Saltalamacchia, Detroit, 15 Betts, Boston, 14 Cano, Seattle, 14 Fielder, Texas, 14 Ortiz, Boston, 14.PitchingSale, Chicago, 4-0 Latos, Chicago, 4-0 ERamirez, Tampa Bay, 4-1 Volquez, Kansas City, 3-0 Zimmer-mann, Detroit, 3-0 Hamels, Texas, 3-0 Stroman, Toronto, 3-0.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 14 4 .778 —New York 10 7 .588 3 1/2Philadelphia 9 10 .474 5 1/2Miami 6 11 .353 7 1/2Atlanta 4 14 .222 10

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago 14 5 .737 —St. Louis 10 8 .556 3 1/2Pittsburgh 10 9 .526 4Cincinnati 9 10 .474 5Milwaukee 8 11 .421 6

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 12 7 .632 —Arizona 10 10 .500 2 1/2Colorado 9 9 .500 2 1/2San Francisco 9 11 .450 3 1/2San Diego 7 12 .368 5

Saturday’s GamesWashington 2, Minnesota 0Cincinnati 13, Chicago Cubs 5N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 2Philadelphia 10, Milwaukee 6

L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 1Arizona 7, Pittsburgh 1St. Louis 11, San Diego 2San Francisco 7, Miami 2

Sunday’s GamesChicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 0Washington 6, Minnesota 5, 16 inningsN.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 5Miami 5, San Francisco 4L.A. Dodgers 12, Colorado 10Pittsburgh 12, Arizona 10, 13 inningsSt. Louis 8, San Diego 5

Monday’s GamesBoston (Porcello 3-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 0-2), 5:10 p.m.Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Synder-gaard 2-0), 5:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 0-2) at Colorado (Bettis 2-0), 6:40 p.m.St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-1) at Arizona (Greinke 1-2), 7:40 p.m.Miami (Chen 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 0-0), 8:10 p.m.San Diego (Pomeranz 2-1) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 1-2), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Washington, 5:05 p.m.Boston at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.St. Louis at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.DMurphy Was 17 63 9 25 .397Fowler ChC 18 65 17 25 .385Yelich Mia 17 58 10 22 .379Braun Mil 18 66 12 24 .364AGonzalez LAD 19 74 9 26 .351Jaso Pit 17 64 7 22 .344CGonzalez Col 18 73 14 25 .342Prado Mia 14 50 4 17 .340Molina StL 18 65 8 22 .338SMarte Pit 19 78 11 26 .333Home RunsHarper, Washington, 9 Rizzo, Chicago, 8 Story, Col-orado, 8 Arenado, Colorado, 7 NWalker, New York, 7 WCastillo, Arizona, 6 7 tied at 5.Runs Batted InHarper, Washington, 23 Rizzo, Chicago, 21 Are-nado, Colorado, 17 Braun, Milwaukee, 15 Bruce, Cincinnati, 15 Bryant, Chicago, 15 Carter, Milwau-kee, 15 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15 AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 15.PitchingArrieta, Chicago, 4-0 Strasburg, Washington, 3-0 Maeda, Los Angeles, 3-0 Hammel, Chicago, 3-0 Siegrist, St. Louis, 3-0 CMartinez, St. Louis, 3-0 Niese, Pittsburgh, 3-0.

Valero Texas OpenSundayAt TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course)San AntonioPurse: $6.2 millionYardage: 7,435 Par: 72FinalCharley Hoffman, $1,116,000 66-71-70-69—276Patrick Reed, $669,600 65-73-70-69—277Chad Collins, $421,600 73-69-67-69—278Ricky Barnes, $233,740 68-70-67-74—279Kevin Chappell, $233,740 71-70-70-68—279Billy Horschel , $233,740 70-72-67-70—279Ryan Palmer, $233,740 68-70-72-69—279Martin Piller, $233,740 70-68-71-70—279Jon Curran, $161,200 70-68-71-71—280Branden Grace, $161,200 72-72-69-67—280Tom Hoge, $161,200 76-68-71-65—280Harold Varner III, $161,200 69-72-70-69—280Luke Donald, $103,075 69-70-68-74—281David Hearn, $103,075 73-71-67-70—281J.B. Holmes, $103,075 72-70-71-68—281Chris Kirk, $103,075 71-71-69-70—281Peter Malnati, $103,075 67-71-76-67—281Scott Stallings, $103,075 74-70-70-67—281Brendan Steele, $103,075 64-70-72-75—281Daniel Summerhays, $103,075 72-70-71-68—281StuartAppleby, $66,960 67-70-74-71—282MichaelKim, $66,960 73-69-72-68—282ScottLangley, $66,960 69-68-73-72—282Nick Taylor, $66,960 75-68-66-73—282Zac Blair, $49,445 70-70-74-69—283Padraig Harrington, $49,445 70-71-68-74—283Brandt Snedeker, $49,445 70-69-72-72—283Mark Wilson, $49,445 69-69-72-73—283Aaron Baddeley, $37,743 74-70-66-74—284Ben Crane, $37,743 71-71-74-68—284Zach Johnson, $37,743 69-75-70-70—284Whee Kim, $37,743 72-70-72-70—284Spencer Levin, $37,743 69-70-74-71—284Luke List, $37,743 71-72-68-73—284Shawn Stefani, $37,743 72-69-71-72—284Tim Wilkinson , $37,743 73-71-69-71—284Keegan Bradley, $27,900 71-71-72-71—285

Jason Gore, $27,900 70-70-72-73—285William McGirt , $27,900 71-70-72-72—285Rob Oppenheim , $27,900 73-68-71-73—285Kevin Streelman, $27,900 70-71-69-75—285Thomas Aiken , $19,468 71-72-72-71—286Abraham Ancer, $19,468 73-69-70-74—286Roberto Castro, $19,468 73-71-70-72—286Mark Hubbard, $19,468 72-70-72-72—286Sung Kang, $19,468 71-67-76-72—286Matt Kuchar, $19,468 71-73-70-72—286John Merrick, $19,468 70-74-73-69—286Bryce Molder, $19,468 70-71-70-75—286Francesco Molinari, $19,468 68-75-73-70—286K.J. Choi, $14,787 71-70-72-74—287Brian Harman, $14,787 70-73-71-73—287Andrew Landry, $14,787 70-73-71-73—287Kyle Reifers, $14,787 71-71-74-71—287

LPGA-Swinging Skirts ClassicSundayAt Lake Merced GC. YardsDaly City, Calif.Purse: $2 millionYardage: 6,507 Par: 72Finala-amateurHaru Nomura, $300,000 65-70-71-73—279Lee-Anne Pace, $181,723 71-69-69-74—283Gerina Piller, $116,903 70-69-72-73—284Na Yeon Choi, $116,903 68-70-71-75—284So Yeon Ryu, $82,081 63-75-73-75—286Lexi Thompson, $51,438 72-74-70-71—287Jenny Shin, $51,438 72-73-70-72—287Mi Jung Hur, $51,438 72-72-69-74—287Lydia Ko, $51,438 68-71-73-75—287Brooke Henderson, $51,438 71-71-69-76—287Tiffany Joh, $36,065 70-73-70-75—288Minjee Lee, $36,065 73-65-74-76—288Brittany Lang, $31,638 69-70-74-76—289Catriona Matthew, $31,638 68-72-71-78—289Eun-Hee Ji, $26,664 70-78-73-70—291Carlota Ciganda, $26,664 74-68-76-73—291Danielle Kang, $26,664 69-72-75-75—291Ryann O’Toole, $26,664 69-73-72-77—291

Sunday’s Sports TransactionsHOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueDETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned F Evgeny Svechnikov to Grand Rapids (AHL) from the Cape Breton (QMJHL) and D Joe Hicketts from Victoria (WHL).BASEBALL

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Roenis Elias and RHP Noe Ramirez to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled LHP Henry Owens and RHP Pat Light from Paw-tucket.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed C Alex Avila on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Kevan Smith from Charlotte (IL).

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Living Stones Church seniors luncheon will be offered on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Guest singers will be A-Chordin to the Gospel. The cost is $10 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311.

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VEGETABLE SCRAPS GO UPSCALEROOT-TO-STALK CHEFS COOK WITH

KALE RIBS, POTATO PEELSBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Don’t toss out those potato peels, cauliflower leaves, kale ribs and carrot tops.

Frugal great-grandmothers have long known the secret of root-to-stalk cooking. Now creative chefs, who have been experimenting with nose-to-tail in-novations, are looking at ways to make the most of seasonal produce.

Home cooks too can get more bang for their buck and enjoy some new textures and flavours by using the entire vegetable.

With Earth Day this past Friday, Andrea Buckett was thinking about how kitchen waste can affect the environment.

According to the David Suzuki Foundation, each Toronto single-family household discards about 275 kilograms of food waste each year. Although the city’s expanding composting program captures about 75 per cent of that, taxpayers spend nearly $10 mil-lion a year getting rid of food waste that’s not com-posted.

So Buckett was inspired to waste less.“It never occurred to me in all the years I’ve been

cutting up a cauliflower and removing those leaves that those leaves are actually edible,” says Buckett, who gives cooking classes and does catering and rec-ipe development in the Toronto area.

Depending on the size of the cauliflower, she gets two to four servings out of the outer leaves. She slic-es them up, cutting along the thick veins to thin them so they’ll cook quicker. She tosses the pieces in a lit-tle olive oil and salt and pepper and roasts them in a 190 C (375 F) oven until tender. The chopped leaves also work well in stir-fries.

She does discard the outside leaves of cabbage — “I know there’s been a hundred people picking up that cabbage in the grocery store” — but carefully uses everything else except the core. She chops broc-coli stalks to puree in hummus or to add to soups and stir-fries.

Peeling spuds for mashed potatoes? Buckett toss-es peels with olive oil and salt and pepper, then roasts them in a 180 C (350 F) oven for 20 to 25 min-utes.

“They are super crispy and crunchy like a potato chip,” she says.

“I made a batch the other day and my husband just stood and ate them before dinner. It’s a healthy snack, I would say.”

Local asparagus, that harbinger of spring for ma-ny, will soon be available. Yet many people waste several centimetres of this delicious vegetable, snap-ping off and discarding the woody stem ends where they naturally break. Chop the pieces and add to pe-sto to bump up its nutrition, fibre and volume.

Similarly with herbs like dill, parsley and cilan-tro, instead of discarding the stem ends, whirl them in a food processor with garlic and lemon zest for a vibrant salsa verde to dress up fish or mix into pota-to salad to ramp up the flavour.

Many recipes call for only the white and light green parts of leeks. But the dark green section also has culinary value.

“If you slice those leek greens thin enough you can saute them and make a beautiful garlic and gin-ger stir-fry with the leaves, or you can put them into a tart with bacon and eggs. There’s many things you can do with them besides throw them out.”

Buckett keeps a plastic bin in her freezer to hold vegetable scraps. When she has about one litre (four cups), she makes stock. She puts the scraps and three to 3.5 litres (12 to 14 cups) of water in a slow cooker for six to eight hours, then strains it. The stock can then be frozen in small portions.

She avoids cruciferous vegetables like cauliflow-er, cabbage, kale, broccoli and brussels sprouts for the stock because they tend to give it a sulphur flavour. However, this can be tempered with garlic, chilies or strong spices like ginger or cardamom, if desired.

“People can spend $4 to $6 on a box of stock and so that’s somewhere you can save a lot of money if you’re willing to put in some time.”


Potato peel nachos with chipotle sour cream is shown in an undated handout photo. There are a surprising number of uses for the stalks, tops, ribs, fronds and stems of vegetables and they can add delicious flavour to home cooking. Andrea Buckett says the most underused parts of vegetables are the leaves and tops of carrots, radishes, beets and cauliflower.

Root-to-stalk recipes using cauliflower leaves, potato peels, herb stems

There are a surprising number of uses for the stalks, tops, ribs, fronds and stems of vegetables.

Andrea Buckett says they can add delicious flavour to home cooking and the most underused parts of vegetables are the leaves and tops of carrots, radishes, beets and cauliflower.

“Typically we’re buying them for the main vegetable and we’re not thinking about the leaves,” the freelance chef says.

Here are three recipes she has created to help you get started using the parts of vegetables you might normally discard.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER SALAD WITH TAHINI DRESSING

This salad is great served warm or cold. Using local seasonal cauliflower works the best for this, as the green leaves can be more tender.

1 small head cauliflower, core removed1 red onion, sliced into half moons10 ml (2 tsp) olive oilSalt and pepper, to tasteDressingIf the dressing is too thick, thin it with a couple drops of water.30 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil15 ml (1 tbsp) apple cider vinegar15 ml (1 tbsp) tahini3 dashes TabascoPinch of salt and pepperGarnish50 ml (1/4 cup) sliced almonds, toasted50 ml (1/4 cup) dried currants15 ml (1 tbsp) capersPreheat oven to 190 C (375 F) and line a baking sheet with

parchment paper.Remove outer leaves and green stalks from cauliflower and trim

off any brown bits. Cut more fibrous green stalks into matchstick pieces. Use hands to break head of cauliflower into small florets.

In a large bowl, toss red onion and cauliflower florets, leaves and stems with olive oil season with salt and pepper. Spread on prepared baking sheet and roast for 30 to 35 minutes until cauliflow-er begins to brown.

Dressing: Meanwhile, whisk together olive oil, vinegar, tahini, Tabasco, salt and pepper.

Place roasted cauliflower and onions on a serving platter. Toss with tahini dressing and garnish with almonds, currants and capers.

Makes 4 to 6 servings (depending on size of cauliflower).

POTATO PEEL NACHOSThis recipe makes the most delicious before-dinner snack.Peels of 4 potatoes (russet or sweet potato work best)10 ml (2 tsp) olive oilSalt and pepper, to taste125 ml (1/2 cup) finely grated jalapeno Monterey jack cheese1 Roma tomato, diced2 green onions, thinly sliced (white and green parts)Chipotle Sour Cream125 ml (1/2 cup) sour cream2 ml (1/2 tsp) ground chipotle pepper5 ml (1 tsp) lime juicePreheat oven to 190 C (375 F). Line a baking sheet with parch-

ment paper.Toss potato peels with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Place on prepared pan and roast for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through.

Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine sour cream, chipotle pepper and lime juice.

Remove potato peels from oven and top with cheese return to oven for another 2 minutes until cheese has melted.

Transfer potato peels to plate. Top with tomato and green on-ions. Serve with chipotle sour cream.

Makes 2 servings as a snack.

HERB STEM SALSA VERDEUse this delicious condiment made out of the parts of the herb

that might have gone to waste to top grilled fish, poultry, pork and beef. It’s fantastic mixed into potato, tuna and chicken salad or as a sandwich spread, says Buckett.

Freeze herb stems until you have enough to equal 500 ml (2 cups). Before freezing, wash stems and dry thoroughly, then seal. It’s unnecessary to thaw before making salsa verde.

500 ml (2 cups) packed herb stems (any combination of parsley, cilantro, dill)

50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil1 jalapeno pepper, seeds removed from half1 clove garlic15 ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice10 ml (2 tsp) lemon zestSalt and pepper, to tasteIn a food processor, combine all ingredients and blend until

herbs are well chopped.Place in an airtight container and refrigerate until needed. This

will keep for about 1 week in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.Makes about 250 ml (1 cup).

Germany celebrates 500 years of beer purity lawBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INGOLSTADT, Germany — To some it’s the re-al deal, to others it’s a bland brew, but thanks to a 500-year-old rule everybody can be sure what’s in German beer.

Chancellor Angela Merkel was among those toast-ing the anniversary Friday of a law that allowed only water, hops and malt as ingredients — yeast was add-ed to the list later.

Praising the law at a ceremony in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, Merkel half-jokingly quoted re-ligious reformer and bon vivant Martin Luther, who said that “he who has no beer, has nothing to drink.”

Records have that in 1516 Duke William IV of Bavaria signed a beer purity law in the city that was eventually adopted throughout Germany. It’s still on the books, albeit with some exceptions, today.

The law originally stipulated that only barley should be used for beer. Other grains, such as wheat, were considered too valuable as food to be turned into beverages, according to Nina Anika Klotz, edi-tor of beer magazine Hopfenhelden.

Another argument was consumer protection: brews that contained ingredients such as fungus and herbs sometimes had “quite undesirable results,” said Klotz.

Critics say the so-called Reinheitsgebot — whose

name means divine commandment in German — is little more than a marketing trick dreamed up in the early 20th century to promote German beer against foreign competitors.

While brewers in neighbouring Belgium merrily make beers containing coriander and orange peel, for example, such ingredients are theoretically “ver-

boten” in Germany. This has proved particularly frustrating for a young guard of craft beer enthusi-asts trying to break into the German market.

But some old-fashioned brewers feel stifled by the law, too.

Helmut Fritsche, owner of Klosterbrauerei Neu-zelle brewery some two hours west of Berlin, started what became known as the Brandenburg Beer War after authorities ruled that his black beer was illegal because it contained sugar.

“We fought for ten years,” he said. “Fought with the federation of brewers, with the state government, until the highest administrative court in 2005 decid-ed that our black beer, that includes a pinch of sug-ar, could be called beer.”

Fritsche now brews many beers with added natu-ral ingredients, such as cherries, asparagus and even potatoes.

“What do we want beer as a product to represent? We want it to represent flavour. And we shouldn’t inhibit the variety of flavours. Of course we should never add ingredients that are dangerous to hu-mans,” he said.

Fresh ideas may be needed if German brewers don’t want their income to dry up.

While Germans are still ranked second — just after the Czechs — annual beer consumption per capita has fallen from 141 litres in 1991 to 98 litres last year.


A musician holds a bierstein during a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the German beer purity law in Kaltenberg, southern Germany, Saturday.

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Sales &Distributors 830

LTC Inc in Innisfail is seeking

Telephone SalesAgents to take incomingand outgoing sales calls

and provide qualitycustomer service. $11.75/hr+ commissions+benefi ts

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LTC Inc in Innisfail is seeking an

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developing a sales team tomanage sales and service

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Resolve customer complaints etc. Wages

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Trades 850BUSY dealership

now hiring. Pike Wheaton

Chevrolet is currently seeking an

exp. licenced automotive technician. GM Dealership exp. would be considered

an asset. This position offers a competitive wage with a bonus system. Pls.

apply in person with resume to the Service

Manager. No phone call pls.

Site ConstructionManager Required

Currently acceptingapplications for RTM site

construction manager located in Red Deer, AB.

We are looking for an individual with proven ability to organize and lead contractors and

possibly a small crew in our new RTM location.

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license is required. Send resume to:

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ObituariesKRAFTRonald1950 - 2016Mr. Ronald Allen ‘Ron’ Kraft, beloved husband of Mrs. Gloria Kraft of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the age of 66 years. Ron was born on January 23, 1950 at Ponoka, Alberta, and raised just east of Ponoka. After marrying, he and Gloria lived at Red Deer, where he worked for the City of Red Deer Parks Department for over thirty years. Ron had strong sense of family; his commitment to family and friends alike was never ending. His cherished grandchildren had a very special place in Ron’s heart. He had a wonderful sense of humor and Ron always put others before himself. He loved to travel, camp, and ride motorcycles, and spent many weekends at RV Heaven with family and friends. He also loved history and enjoyed target shooting, among many other activities. Ron will be lovingly remembered by his best friend and devoted wife, Gloria Kraft; two daughters, Tracy and Melissa (Lovens), all of Red Deer; and three grandchildren, Colton (Kendra), Jarod and Logan. He will also be sadly missed by his brother, Bob (Loretta) Kraft and his sister, Esther (Dale), all of Ponoka, and sister-in-law, Carol Leclerc and family; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Ron was predeceased by his parents, Elmer and Jeanette Kraft and a brother, Russel (Joy). A Celebration of Ron’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Cremation entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. If desired, Memorial Donations in Ron’s honor may be made directly to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed atwww.parklandfuneralhome.com

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Clothing 1590NURSES’ uniforms,

pants & tops. med. to X large size. $5 each.

(approx. 30) good shape. 403-347-2526

Equipment-Misc. 16201500 Watt Pure Sine Wave Inverter never used $425.4 Ton log splitter with stand $225. 403-347-1637

Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, of ce, well site or

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Tools 1640METRIC Socket, plus tool

box. $100.403-343-6044

Firewood 1660B.C. Birch, Aspen,

Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Air strikes and shell-ing pounded Aleppo for a third straight day on Sunday, killing two young siblings and at least 24 others in Syria’s largest city and former commer-cial capital.

The northern city has been bitterly contested between insurgents and government forces since 2012. Opposition groups control the eastern part of the city but have come under intense strain as the government has choked off all routes to the area except a narrow and perilous passage to the northwest.

At least 10 people were killed by rebel shell-ing on government-held areas in the city, accord-ing to activists and Syria’s state news agency, SANA. Rockets struck schools and residential areas, SANA reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two young siblings were among the dead.

Air strikes on the opposition side of the city killed 16, including a mother and her daughter, the Observatory said.

A video posted on social media by the Syrian Civil Defence first responder group, known as the White Helmets and which operates in oppo-sition-held areas, suggests some of the strikes hit a market in the neighbourhood of Sakhour, with footage showing overturned vegetable carts strewed among the wreckage.

The opposition High Negotiations Committee, which suspended its formal participation in peace talks with the government in Geneva last week, called the strikes “an attack on the Gene-va process that is the only possible pathway to peace.”

Salem Meslet, HNC spokesman, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold its Damascus allies to the terms of a U.S. and Rus-sia-brokered cease-fire that parties signed onto nearly two months ago.

“The key to ending these attacks, and to mak-ing progress in the talks, lies in Moscow,” said Meslet.

The cease-fire is still technically in place, but may have completely unraveled on the ground — with violence returning to most of the contested areas of the country. The U.N.’s Special Envoy to Syria last week called on the two superpowers to salvage the truce before it totally collapses.

The Aleppo Conquest rebel coalition on Sat-urday threatened to dissolve the truce if pro-gov-ernment forces continued to strike civilians in opposition areas.

The al-Qaida branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, and its more powerful rival, the Islamic State group, are not included in the cease-fire. The Nusra Front is deeply rooted in the areas in northern Syria controlled by opposition forces, complicating the oversight of the truce.

U.N.-mediated talks in Geneva have also been bogged down by the violence, with the Sau-di-backed opposition delegation suspending its formal participation last week. The government delegation is nonetheless set to meet with U.N. envoy Staffan De Mistura Monday.

Opposition groups have said reports of a new government offensive on the opposition-held side of Aleppo would wreck the peace talks.


This image made from video posted online by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a vegetable stand covered in debris after airstrikes and shelling hit Aleppo, Syria, Sunday. Air strikes and shelling pounded Aleppo for a third straight day Sunday, killing two young siblings and more than a dozen others in Syria’s largest city and former commercial capital. The northern city has been bitterly contested between insurgents and government forces since 2012.

At least 26 killed as fighting rages in Aleppo

SYRIA


COLUMBUS, Ohio — The slayings of eight family members in rural southern Ohio “was a pre-planned execution” and the investigation will be lengthy, the state’s attorney general told reporters Sunday.

The Friday killings at four different homes near Piketon was “a sophisticated operation,” Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a news conference in the small community that has been on edge since the seven adults and one teenage boy were found shot in the head.

Authorities said it was clear that the Rhoden family was targeted, and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said he’s told relatives to be armed.

Reader said he did not believe there was a safety issue for other residents. But “If you are fearful, arm yourself,” he said.

Authorities have been scrambling to deter-mine who targeted the clan and why. Investiga-tors have interviewed between 50 and 60 people in hopes of finding leads, and a team 38 people is combing wooded areas around the shooting scenes to ensure no evidence was missed, Read-er said.

Authorities found marijuana-growing opera-tions at three of the four locations of the shoot-ings, but neither DeWine nor Reader elaborated on what, if any, role they had in the deaths.

Reader said in his 20 years in law enforce-ment, he never interacted with the family “in a criminal nature.”

DeWine said the state’s crime lab was looking at 18 pieces of evidence and five search warrants

have been executed.“This was very methodical. This was well

planned. This was not something that just hap-pened,” said Reader, saying most victims were targeted while they were sleeping.

The victims were identified Saturday as 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr. his 16-year-old son, Christopher Rhoden Jr. 44-year-old Ken-neth Rhoden 38-year-old Gary Rhoden 37-year-old Dana Rhoden 20-year-old Clarence “Frank-ie” Rhoden 20-year-old Hannah Gilley and 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden.

Hanna Rhoden was in bed with her newborn baby nearby, authorities said. The infant was 4- or 5-days old.

The newborn, Hannah Gilley’s 6-month-old baby, and one other small child were not hurt.

Since the slayings, authorities have refused to discuss many details of the crime, a potential motive, weapons, or the search for the assailant or assailants.

“We don’t know whether it was one or more people involved in this,” DeWine said.

More than 100 tips have been given to inves-tigators, who’ve set up a number for people to call as police seek information about the crimes. A Cincinnati-area businessman also put up a $25,000 reward for details leading to the capture and conviction of the killer or killers.

Two of the crime scenes are within walking distance of each other along a sparsely popu-lated, winding road that leads into wooded hills from a rural highway.

The third residence is more than a mile away, and the fourth home is on a different road, at least a 10-minute drive away.

Ohio attorney general: Slayings of 8 ‘pre-planned execution’

Teen charged with plotting alleged terror attack

SYDNEY, Australia — A teenager was charged with plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran’s Day ceremony, police said Monday, the second year in a row authorities say they have thwarted an attack linked to the na-tional holiday.

The 16-year-old boy was charged with one count of planning a terrorist act after being ar-rested at his home in western Sydney on Sunday, one day before Australians across the country gathered at ceremonies to mark ANZAC Day.

The annual holiday commemorates the April 25, 1915, Gallipoli landings in Turkey — the first major military action fought by the Australian

and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.

Police believe the teen was acting alone, and he had previously been on authorities’ radar, New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said. The teen’s home was searched, but Scipione declined to say if anything was seized. He would not release any other details.

In court documents, police accuse the teenag-er of trying to get a gun over the weekend as part of the alleged plot.

His case was adjourned until Tuesday. He could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

This is the second year in a row that police say they have stopped an attack on an ANZAC Day ceremony. Last year, police in Melbourne arrested five teenagers on suspicion of plotting an Islamic State group-inspired attack intended to coincide with the city’s ANZAC service.

The age of the Sydney suspect was troubling but unsurprising, Justice Minister Michael Keenan said.

AUSTRALIA

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, April 25, 2016

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April 25 2007 — Shell Canada delisted after 45

years on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Royal Dutch Shell bought out the minority share-holders for $8.7-billion, and folded Shell Can-ada.

1991 — United States hikes tariffs on Ca-nadian softwood lumber.

1972 — Paula the cat, a ten month old tabby, survives a fall from the 26th floor of an

apartment building in Toronto, Ontario.1967 — Commons passes Bill C-243,

“The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act,” unifying the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force into one service, the Canadian Armed Forces, with common uniform and rank designations; act comes into effect February 1968.

1950 — BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man-itoba, Ontario and PEI sign an agreement with Ottawa to build the Trans-Canada High-way, to be the longest national highway in the world. Construction starts in the summer of 1950 but road not completed until 1970.

TODAY IN HISTORY


LOS ANGELES — The Jungle Book remained king of the box office in its second weekend in theatres, beating new opener The Huntsman: Winter’s War by around $40 million, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

Disney’s live-action/CG spectacle is proving to be a true all-audience success story. With a PG-rating and solid word of mouth, it fell only 41 per cent in weekend two, earning $60.8 million and bumping its domestic to-tal to $191.5 million in just 10 days in theatres.

The spectacular and somewhat unexpected hold of The Jungle Book overshadowed the debut of The Hunts-man: Winter’s War, which, despite its high-wattage cast of Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jes-sica Chastain, had a somewhat lacklus-tre $20.1 million bow.

The movie cost $115 million to pro-duce and is a follow-up to the 2012 fairy tale fantasy Snow White and the Huntsman, this time focused on Hemsworth’s character. The first film was budgeted at $170 million, earned $56.2 million in its debut and went on to gross $396.6 million worldwide.

There are a number of factors that may have contributed to the uninspir-ing performance of the sequel, one of which is the absence of original star Kristen Stewart, comScore senior ana-lyst Paul Dergarabedian noted. “Snow White and the Huntsman” launched in June 2012 — right in between the releases of the final two Twilight films.

“She was a key reason for the open-ing of that first film,” Dergarabedian said. “That was going to be a tough act to follow.”

The Huntsman also failed to impress critics and is hovering around 17 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. Opening weekend audiences however gave the film a more promising B+ CinemaS-core.

“I would have liked more people to go see ours, but I certainly wouldn’t call it a flop either,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic dis-tribution. “The final chapter of this one has not been written, but with a B+ CinemaScore and the audience appeal that it has, I think there’s a chance we’re going to play out a bit better than that word (flop) would indicate.”

Barbershop: The Next Cut landed in third place with $10.8 million in its second weekend in theatres. “Zooto-pia” and “The Boss” rounded out the top five with $6.6 million and $6.1 mil-lion, respectively.

But this weekend, up 29.3 per cent from last year, is all about “The Jun-gle Book.” Dergarabedian noted that it could actually help jumpstart the summer movie season too. The year is already up 9.2 per cent and now the big Jungle Book audiences are being exposed to all of the trailers for the upcoming season which kicks off with the launch of “Captain America: Civil War” in the first week of May.

“Just like Furious 7 last year, The Jungle Book’ is providing a great lead in for a really big summer movie sea-son,” Dergarabedian said.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore. Fi-nal domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “The Jungle Book,” $60.8 million.2. “The Hunstman: Winter’s War,”

$20.1 million.3. “Barbershop: The Next Cut,” $10.8

million.4. “Zootopia,” $6.6 million.5. “The Boss,” $6.1 million.6. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of

Justice,” $5.5 million.7. “Criminal,” $3.1 million.8. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,”

$2.1 million.9. “Compadres,” $1.4 million.10. “A Hologram for the King,” $1.2

million.

Rock fingers were finally waved in the air at the Red Deer College Arts Centre Saturday night, as Collective Soul performed a sold-out show that started with fans politely singing and swaying in their seats.

The restraint had everything to do with over-vigilant ushers rather than a lack of excitement about the band’s exuberant, transcendent performance.

After all, 600 young to middle-aged fans had showed their devotion by giv-ing the U.S. group enthusiastic stand-ing ovations after nearly every song.

At last, a brave audience member spoke up after fans were prevented from dancing in front of the stage or standing in the auditorium by ushers. The man asked Collective Soul’s front-man, Ed Roland, was it OK if people stood and danced?

Roland looked like he could kiss the guy for finally addressing the issue.

“Yes! You can dance — and stand up!” the grinning singer proclaimed. (The musicians must have been think-ing, geez, what does it take to get a Red Deer audience pumped at a rock concert?)

Fans immediately jumped to their feet while the band pulled out the stops for Gel. The delighted Roland, sporting a greying mane of untamed Gene-Wilder-style hair, ran back and forth brushing palms with audience members.

After 23 years of putting on rock shows, the singer really knew how to work a crowd. Like a bandmeister, he began shaking hands, giving a newly engaged fan a peck on the head, and drumming up applause with a one-armed peace sign. Fans roared in re-sponse.

Although the RDC Arts Centre is more associated with button-down symphonic concerts than howling electric guitars, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Live Two Five album was re-

corded in the same venue in 1991. “I used to listen to that all the time,” said Roland, “it’s kind of cool we’re now on the same stage!”

The Georgia-based musicians, in-cluding Dean Roland (Ed’s younger brother) on rhythm guitar, bassist Will Turpin, lead guitarist Jesse Triplett and drummer Johnny Rabb, had en-tered the stage to a recording of Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Mu-sic. (An in-joke about a quarter-century in the music business… ??)

They dove right into a smashing ren-dition of Smashing Young Man, a strobe light-accented Heavy, from the 1999

album Dosage, and Precious Declaration from 1997’s Disciplined Breakdown.

Fans went wild over December, which included a very cool guitar solo that Triplett delivered downstage.

“Thanks for inviting us to your par-ty!” responded Ed Roland, before introducing a trio of songs from Col-lective Soul’s new album, See What You Started By Continuing. The guitar hooks and catchy melodies the band became known in the 1990s were evi-dent in the tracks Hurricane, about a bleak period in Roland’s life, This, and the jangly AYTA (Are You the Answer).

The audience sang the chorus to

Why, Pt. 2, from 2000’s album Blend-er, and Roland crooned a powerhouse Better Now. But one of the evening’s most deeply felt songs was Needs. Whether about God or a woman, the tune is incredibly stirring.

The 52-year-old singer’s casual, quirky stage presence involved doing microphone tricks. At one point, he ex-claimed “Let’s slow down boys,” after noting 10 songs were performed within 45 minutes.

“We’re going too fast. We’re just too excited! Calm down!”

Collective Soul performed a mes-merizing cover of the vocally difficult Led Zeppelin song Going to California, a brand-new tune (Rule #1), as well as a spectacularly showy Confession. The latter song from the band’s new album runs the entire emotional gamut, from quiet and introspective to loud and brash.

The biggest hits, Where the River Flows, Shine and a slightly slower ver-sion of the emo-anthem The World I Know, were saved for near last. By the time the concert was wrapping up with Run, it was clear, the musicians didn’t want the show to end. Roland kept re-prising verses, getting the audience to sing along.

When group members reluctantly left the stage more than three hours after the concert began, it was still too soon for many fans.

Collective Soul proved its excep-tional talent twice at local concerts over the last two years. Not every band can still give 100 per cent and writing songs that hold up some 23 years. No wonder they sell out in Red Deer.

Energetic Edmonton rock quin-tet Royal Tusk opened the show with grooving tunes such as DealBreaker, the title track from a new album com-ing out May 6. Curse the Weather was an appropriate selection, considering the weekend snowfall.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Avoid being cooped up in-doors today Rams. You’re in the mood to move around, as your restless gypsy gene is stirred. But expect a fair amount of confusion and chaos along the way!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get any routine jobs out of the way early so you can relax, wind down and de-stress your jangled nerves. But be careful with joint finances, as retro-grade Mars stirs up money matters.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t jump to conclusions about the motives of a loved one or work colleague. If you look into the situation more deeply — and use your intuition — then youíll see things from a broader perspective.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Conscientious Crabs are in the mood to knuckle down and get things done. Don’t assume you know what a loved one or work mate is thinking though — you may be way off the mark.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have the opportunity to influ-ence a child, teenager or close friend in a powerfully positive way today Leo so don’t waste it. Make sure the advice you give is practical and relevant.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Versatile Virgos like to be self-sufficient but don’t feel you have to do everything on your own today. Get others on board to lighten the load. Help is at

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Attached Scorpios — look to the future and set goals together. Singles — don’t just dive into the dating pool. Research and planning are required, so that you give yourself the best possible chance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s time to extend yourself at school, college or work, as you experiment with a surprising new approach. But the results will be slow to mani-fest so you’ll have to be unusually patient.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A domestic situation is in a state of flux but don’t let it throw you. If you stand your ground and are firm yet flexible, then you’ll get through the day fine. And don’t sweat the small stuff!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t get carried away with vague thoughts and strange moods. Channel your over-active imagination into professional or domestic pursuits. And take your mind off yourself by helping others.

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Dear Annie: I am 15 years old and I love your col-umn.

Here’s my problem: Ever since I was a little girl, I had one dream — to become an astronaut. I would gaze at the stars for hours each night, and I learned everything I could from books.

However, my parents have always drilled into me that I was to become a doctor or lawyer. They are very strict, and I always have obeyed them. I believe they do this for my benefit. My parents grew up poor. They want me to make heaps of money so I will want for nothing.

Whenever I bring up the topic of becoming an astronaut, they quickly shut it down, because they don’t believe astronauts earn enough. My parents will never support me in this. I have only one path, already drawn, complete with college courses and

job openings. My parents see their friends’ children becoming lawyers, surgeons or specialists, and they expect me to do the same. Even my teachers and friends give me doubtful looks when I tell them what I want to do.

But let’s say that I cut ties with my parents and take college classes in physics and astronomy and don’t get into NASA. Medicine is a solid field. You can find jobs anywhere. Shoot for the stars? Very funny. Do I live for myself or my parents? — Trapped in the Grave of a Dream

Dear Trapped: Dreams are great, but they do not always translate to reality, as you know. According to NASA, the competition to be an astronaut is, well, astronomical — there are an average of 4,000 appli-cants for 20 openings every two years. You’d need a degree in engineering, science or mathematics, and then three years of related experience. Astronaut salaries are solid, but will not make you wealthy. But we don’t want you to give up your dream if you are that committed to it.

The good news is, you don’t have to decide today. In college, a pre-med program will require many of the same science classes that you would need to be an astronaut. This will give you an opportunity to see how well you do in those subjects, and your parents

will have no objections.Dear Annie: My husband died recently from com-

plications due to Parkinson’s disease. He, too, suf-fered the indignities of incontinence, and initially refused adult diapers, even though he needed them.

I solved the problem by asking the nursing staff not to use the “D” word. After all, infants wear dia-pers and I did not want to infantilize my husband. I asked them to use the word “undergarments” to pre-serve the patient’s dignity.

I am happy to report that the entire staff eliminat-ed the word “diaper” around my husband, and prob-ably around all the other residents of the nursing home, as well.

Hopefully, they understood that one must give dig-nity and respect to everyone, no matter the circum-stances. — Advocating for My Husband

Dear Advocate: Sometimes the solutions to such problems are simple.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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