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Students mourn ‘fantastic kid’
Students are mourning the death of a classmate who killed by a pickup truck driven by an off-duty police officer.
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BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF
The City of Red Deer wants to build a community where everyone feels safe and able to fully partici-pate in the community.
Starting on Sept. 23, the city will host 10 communi-ty conversations that will shine the spotlight on how Red Deer is doing in its efforts to become a welcom-
ing and inclusive community. The sessions run until Sept. 30.
The community workshops are part of the city’s commitment to UNESCO’s Canadian Coalition of Mu-nicipalities Against Racism and Discrimination. The city became a signatory on March 18, 2013, joining 14 communities in Alberta and 63 in Canada.
The community conversations will help identify what’s missing, what’s available and inform an ac-tion plan to fill the gaps in Red Deer.
“It is an opportunity for people to come and learn what the vision is from the city and learn about what the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism means,” said Tymmarah Zehr, the the city’s human resource specialist — diversity and inclusion. “We will talk about the different dimensions of di-versity.”
A MOTHER’S ANGUISH
Warming centre still looking for
a homeBY CRYSTAL RHYNO
ADVOCATE STAFF
Time is ticking on a place for homeless people to stay warm during the winter days.
Kath Hoffman, Safe Harbour’s executive direc-tor, said she was disappointed that council recently nixed a proposed temporary daytime warming site at 4934-54th Ave. in Riverlands, but she is confident a place will be secured before the snow falls.
She said she understands there are processes in place that must be followed and is encouraged that everyone in Red Deer wants to make sure there is a place for people to stay warm this winter.
The plan is to have the daylight centre open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 1.
But enough time will be necessary to have staff in place and trained.
“We are hoping a solution will be found right away that will make everyone happy,” she said. “We are working hard on that and so is the city. Every-body has been going full on in trying to find a spot for us. We recognize the reality of when Safe Harbour comes, there might be more people around. There may be, but it will also be a place for those people to go into and staff right there to help.”
She said a big part of the criteria for a warming centre is its location to services and amenities.
“We have to consider people will be walking and it will be 30 below,” said Hoffman. “How far are they going to have to walk? It has to be easily accessible by foot. It can’t be too far away from where that food is and all of that. That’s a big criteria that has to be met.”
Hoffman said appropriate shelter space for the community is a big part of the plan to end homeless-ness.
“They are an ‘in the meantime’ solution as they are waiting for housing and as they are waiting for those resources,” she said. “Shelters are necessary and the appropriate space for this community is nec-essary.”
Earlier this week Safe Harbour received $45,427 in provincial funding through the city to add 11 more overnight beds at People’s Place on top of its 35 ex-isting beds between Nov. 1 and April 30, 2016.
“What we know internally at Safe Habour is work-ing on a long-term solution to this so we aren’t put-ting on these Band-Aids at the last minute every year,” said Hoffman. “We know that for sure and that is a process and it takes time. At the same time we are working on the short-term solutions.”
Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cheyenne Dunbar breaks down as she speaks to the media about the murder of her daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and the girl’s father Terry Blanchette, in Blairmore, Wednesday. See related story on Page A3.
BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF
Access to midwifery care is getting a little easier in Alberta— not so much in Red Deer.
Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman an-nounced this week an additional $1.8 million to fund up to 400 more midwife-supported births, bringing the total to as many as 2,774 this fiscal year.
Government funding pays for the full course of midwifery care — pre-natal, birth, labour and post-natal support.
Nicole Matheseon, president of the Alberta Asso-ciation of Midwives, said not all midwives are work-ing at capacity and the funding will allow each of Alberta’s 94 midwives to provide 40 courses of care.
“Currently Prairie Midwives, the Red Deer mid-wives, are working at capacity, so they won’t be tak-ing on any additional clients for this current funding year,” Matheseon said on Wednesday.
“But it’s certainly helping province-wide.”Prairie Midwives has three midwives who serve
Red Deer and area.She said the funding will pay for midwifery ser-
vices for women due to give birth before March 31,
2016, so there isn’t enough time to bring in more mid-wives.
But it’s not too late for some of the 700 women in Alberta on the wait-list for a midwife to get service, she said.
“There are women who chose to transfer their care from a physician to a midwife.”
Matheseon called the provincial funding a great short-term solution.
“The government was very, very responsive and we’re so happy. We did go to them in the spring of this year and talk to them about what the additional needs for midwives in Alberta, and women in Alber-ta, are for this year.
“Everyone should know that this is a very posi-tive announcement. It means we have a government that’s supportive of women’s choice and midwifery and growing that. It’s a good first step,” Matheseon said.
She said Alberta Association of Midwives will meet with provincial officials next week to discuss long-term planning for midwifery growth in Alberta.
Alberta has publicly funded midwifery care since 2009. In the past five years, the number of midwives practising in Alberta increased 163 per cent.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
‘IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME
AND LEARN WHAT THE VISION IS FROM THE CITY AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT
THE CANADIAN COALI-TION OF MUNICIPALI-TIES AGAINST RACISM
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Please see DIVERSITY on Page A2
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Zehr was hired in May to take the lead on the ini-tiative within city departments and in the communi-ty. She has worked in the field for nearly 10 years in Grande Prairie, Edmonton and as the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s program manager for welcoming and inclusive communities initiatives. She recently completed her masters degree in In-ternational and Intercultural Communication. Her thesis was about newcomer integration into a host community.
“The City of Red Deer is looking at the wide as-pect of diversity not just newcomers which is often
the focus with the welcoming and inclusive initia-tives,” she said. “They are looking at all the aspects which I think is phenomenal.”
That includes newcomers, multi-culturalism, multi-faith, persons with disabilities, sexual gender minorities, aboriginal people, seniors, youth, women and other aspects.
Zehr said she hopes to find the “hot topics” that should be discussed in Red Deer and put a plan together to address them. In her four months on the job, she has heard some concerns about aboriginal relations and integration of newcomers in the city.
“Those appear to be the top two but there is also the ability-related topic,” said Zehr. “A lot of people are interested in reducing the barriers for persons with disabilities.”
She said the concern about aboriginal relations is actually coming from non-Aboriginal people. She said the Truth and Reconciliation report is out there and people are very aware and want to take action to make things better for the community.
The city has been working on developing a wel-coming and inclusive community for several years but focused on the newcomers perspective. Zehr said this initiative is building on work that has already been done.
The city will take the information from the work-shops and create an action plan to address the issues stemming from the conversations. It will also devel-op a welcoming and inclusive communities network in Red Deer. Diversity champions in the community who will be part of the network will be identified. They are the leaders in the community who are ei-ther working in the diversity roles or organizations or stakeholders, said Zehr.
The city will post information on services and re-sources available for the various diversity groups on its website.
For a full list visit of conversations and to register visit www.reddeer.ca/whats-happening/open-houses/
Call Zehr at 403-406-8649 or [email protected] if you have questions.
STORY FROM PAGE A1
DIVERSITY: Hopes to find ‘hot topics’ to discuss
SMILE COOKIE
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Red Deer Public School District board trustee Bev Manning gives school superintendent Stu Henry some helpful — or maybe not-so-helpful tips — as Henry competes in a smile cookie decorating contest at Tim Horton’s in Red Deer on Wednesday. Manning, along with a number of the media gathered at the Tim Horton’s location at Gaetz Ave. and Bennett St. in Red Deer, then got a chance to show their decorating skills. From Sept. 14 to 20, all the proceeds from the sale of every $1 Smile Cookie will go to the RDPSD Bright Start Program, which provides pre-kindergarten placements to students needing early intervention. Last year the Red Deer Tim Horton’s store owners group raised about $31,000 from the Smile Cookie campaign.
‘Goofing around’ led to death of youth crushed by bus
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
SYDNEY, N.S. — A 15-year-old Cape Breton youth was not acting differently than a typical boy his age when, in the middle of ordinary horseplay, he pushed a fellow high school student under the wheels of a moving school bus, one of the boy’s law-yers told court Wednesday.
Defence lawyer James Snow made the remark in his closing submission at the boy’s trial for criminal negligence causing the death of 18-year-old Christo-pher Walter Chafe, who died on the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2015.
Snow said Chafe’s grisly death was the result of “momentary inadvertence,” not reckless behaviour. He told the judge-only trial in Sydney provincial court that there was rowdy “goofing around” among students outside Sydney Academy that day, but he said there was no evidence of fighting or aggression.
The defence lawyer noted that some witnesses testified that the fatal push wasn’t a firm shove, but rather a “go on, get out of here push.”
The accused, whose identity if protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, should not be con-victed of the crime because his actions were within the norm for a boy his age, Snow said.
“This has to come into play here,” Snow said. “We’d have a different case altogether if we were dealing with a 30-year-old.”
Snow also argued that it was reasonable to con-clude the accused did not see the bus until it was too late, based on the fact that neither boy was facing the approaching vehicle.
Crown prosecutor Mark Gouthro argued that ev-idence from the majority of the witnesses showed both they and the accused knew the yellow, 11-metre bus was coming at a relatively slow speed.
Gouthro told the court the accused was also aware of the danger because he had pushed Chafe over a snowbank and into the slush-covered street once be-fore the bus arrived.
More than one witness testified the Chafe had joked with the accused over what would happen if he was pushed in front of the bus. Another witness said he heard the accused say he would do it, and then asked Chafe if he was ready.
As for the push itself, Gouthro drew the court’s at-tention to witnesses — most of them students stand-ing nearby — who testified that the accused used two hands to shove Chafe in the chest.
There was conflicting testimony on how fast the bus was going.
Chafe suffered fatal head wounds and was pro-nounced dead at the scene at 2:31 p.m.
Gouthro said the accused was aware of the dan-ger, but “went ahead and did it anyway.”
The prosecutor said the actions of the accused showed a wanton disregard for the safety of others and a marked departure from what a reasonably prudent person would do in similar circumstances.
“The accused should have known that Chris Chafe was going to fall … and that a bus was approaching,” he told the court.
Air Canada pilot diverts Tel Aviv-to-Toronto flight to ensure dog’s safetyTORONTO — Air Canada says one of its pilots
diverted an international flight to ensure a dog could travel in safety.
The dog, identified in media reports as Simba, was travelling in the cargo hold of a flight bound to Toronto from Tel Aviv.
En route, however, the unidentified pilot got an indicator that one of the heaters in the cargo hold had malfunctioned.
Air Canada rules state that minimum ambient temperatures need to be at a minimum of 10 degrees when dealing with canine travellers.
Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick says the pilot recognized that the cargo hold would soon be far colder than that as the plane flew over the
Atlantic Ocean and realized that the dog might not survive.
Fitzpatrick says the pilot diverted the plane to Frankfurt, transferred the dog to another plane, and made it to Toronto only 75 minutes behind schedule.
Quebec makes it easier for transgender people to change sex on documents
Quebec is making it easier for transgender people to legally change their sex on official documents.
The provincial government two years ago dropped its requirement that transgender people undergo re-assignment surgery before changing the sex on their birth certificates.
But it still required that people seeking the change have lived full time as their chosen sex for at least two years and obtain a letter from a medical professional confirming that they are transgender as well as an affidavit.
A policy change published Wednesday says peo-ple seeking the change must now swear the chosen sex reflects their identity, that they intend to contin-ue living as that sex and that they do so voluntarily.
CANADABRIEFS
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
BLAIRMORE — Bewilderment compounded a small Alberta mountain town’s grief Wednesday as residents learned a young man from a well-liked lo-cal family stood charged with the murders of a father and his two-year-old daughter.
Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette’s mother broke down into tears as she described an old friendship with the accused killer, Derek James Saretzky, saying she had no idea why anyone would want to harm her sweet child.
“She was my baby,” Cheyenne Dunbar, 20, told reporters outside the Blairmore RCMP detachment Wednesday. “I don’t know why anybody would do this to her.”
RCMP say Saretzky, 22, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Hailey and her father Terry Blanchette, 27. He also faces one count of committing an indignity to a body in the girl’s death.
Hailey’s body was found Tuesday evening in a ru-ral area near Blairmore after her father’s body was discovered in their home in the town a day earlier.
An Amber Alert issued after her father’s death beamed the smiling toddler’s picture across Western Canada and into the northern United States. Author-ities launched a massive search in hopes of finding the youngster alive. News that her body was found came during a candlelight vigil meant to lend hope to that effort.
Court records show Saretzky had recently been charged with breaking into a Blairmore home in Au-gust.
The homeowner in that case, Ray MacGregor, told The Canadian Press he was not home at the time of the break-in. But he said he heard from his neigh-bours that it happened overnight and some liquor was stolen. Someone returned the next day and was caught in the act of trying to steal a TV.
The Saretzky family is well-known in Blairmore as the owners of the local dry-cleaning business.
A woman working at the establishment said Saretzky didn’t work for the business, but did live in a home behind it. Police had the alley behind the cleaners closed off Wednesday.
Townspeople said Saretzky had two brothers. Dustin Saretzky said he didn’t want to comment be-cause he hadn’t had a chance to talk to his brother since the murder charges were laid.
“I’m still in shock this could have even hap-pened,” he said via Facebook.
CTV News reported that the Saretzky family had posted a statement to Facebook saying they were “heartbroken and devastated … shocked, sad, em-barrassed, devastated, numb … hurting for the vic-tims and families.”
Matt Neufeld, who was born and raised in Blair-more, knows the family.
“They were all from the community and they were raised with the same moral standards as everybody else here, so it doesn’t make sense,” said Neufeld, who moved away in 2002, but still travels to the area on business.
“They’re really great people that worked hard their whole lives to get where they are and that this happened is really unfortunate.”
Not everyone had good things to say about the ar-ea, however. Cheyenne’s father, Kevin Dunbar, told reporters he left the town “because of the badness that’s here.”
“I lived in Sparwood for two years when I moved my family out here, and the whole time we were here was — it’s terrible,” he said. “The kids out here are into drugs and they’re all into just being bad kids. It was having an effect on my kids and we needed to move.”
Blanchette and Dunbar were separated, but Dun-bar, who recently moved to Edmonton, said the two maintained a good relationship and both cared for Hailey.
Blanchette has been described as a devoted sin-gle father. He worked as a cook and had many crim-inal convictions between 2010 and 2012 for issues such as failing to appear in court, evading police, minor theft and assault.
But after Hailey was born, there were no more court appearances. Blanchette’s Facebook posts switched from talk of court dates to photos of him with his baby daughter.
Police said Saretzky and Blanchette were ac-quaintances, but Dunbar didn’t know how they knew one another.
Becca Harrington, Hailey’s godmother, said she was so close with Blanchette she considered him more than a best friend. She said she didn’t believe Blanchette and Saretzky were friends.
“I’m sure they’ve probably met. Terry had lived here for so many years, and Derek grew up here, so guaranteed, they’ve probably run into each other,” she said. “But he never said anything. He never felt fear of him. So you wouldn’t see it coming.”
Dunbar said Saretzky was an old friend of hers, but they never dated as some reports had suggested. She said she hadn’t spoken to Saretzky in years and had forgotten about him.
“When I knew him he was a great kid. That is all I know,” she said. “We were friends, we hung out ev-ery once in a while. Me and his friends all hung out. It was fine. There was never any upsetness in the group. There was never any madness.”
A woman identified as Hailey’s maternal grand-mother, Terry-Lynn Dunbar, posted a statement from the family on Facebook thanking people for their support.
“I’m sure you have read all sorts of awful things on social media about our families as well as news broadcasts and radio programs, but just know this: Terry and Cheyenne loved their little girl more than anything in the world,” it read.
Hailey’s mother said she will miss everything about her little girl, who was born on New Year’s Eve 2012.
“She was smart, beautiful, the greatest child ev-er,” she said. “I am going to miss her smile. The way she ran around saying mummy.
“Everything.”
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ALBERTA A3THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015
‘She was my baby’
Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
An impromptu memorial for two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father Terry Blanchette is shown at a playground near their home in Blairmore, Wednesday.
TOWN SEEKS ANSWERS AS YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING
DAUGHTER, FATHER “He realized he needed to be a dad and he did that, but he did that in the most remarkable way I’ve ever seen. He went to work every day, he never missed a day of work, any money he had it always went to Hailey first … He always made sure she had food, clothes, shelter over her head, before Terry even thought about feeding himself. His whole world revolved around that little girl.” — Becca Harrington, Hailey’s godmoth-er, on Hailey’s father.
“He was a great listener, and listened to all my problems and talked with me. And sitting and listening to the Habs games on the radio was always a riot.” — Courtney Hoscha-jew, who worked alongside Blanchette as a line cook
“The Dunbar and Blanchette Families will be forever bro-ken. Terry Blanchette and Hailey meant the world to my little
family. Regardless of our differences we need to stand togeth-er as one to get through this. I pray for comfort for our fami-lies. As a mother and grandmother my pain is unimaginable at the loss of my only grandchild in such a horrific manner.” — Statement posted on Facebook page of Hailey’s maternal grandmother, Terry-Lynn Dunbar.
“The loss of a child is the most difficult sorrow a family can bear. For Hailey’s family, now deprived of her sunshine, these are the darkest of days. Please know that all Albertans share a part of that darkness with you. Over the past two days, we joined you in your anxiety and worry, and now we share in your loss, and offer our deepest condolences.” — Statement from Alberta Premier Rachel Notley.
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COMMENT A4THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015
For Teflon Tom, a moment of reck-oning is at hand.
Tom Mulcair may appear vulner-able on the mechanics of his vow to abolish the Senate, his gut-ting of the Clarity Act or questions of buy-in on his national daycare plan.
But those issues have not stuck. They will not grow into ballot questions. None will become walls blocking his path to power.
But if the NDP leader cannot provide a coherent ledger sheet that shows he can account for his cam-paign spending promises and still balance the budget as promised, he and his par-ty could squander a historic opportunity to grab power.
If he pulls it off, Mulcair is closer to becoming the country’s next prime minister.
The next two days are the most pivotal for the Mulcair campaign. Wednesday, his party will lay out its numbers in a briefing for journalists. Thursday, Mulcair will take those numbers into battle against Conser-vative Leader Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in a prime-time economic debate.
If his fiscal framework appears too vague, relies on unrealistic projections or contains holes, the NDP will stum-
ble on its old Achilles heel, the per-ception that it cannot be trusted with the national treasury.
This week, Mulcair has promised a $100-million mental health fund for children and youth. He has committed $40 million for a national strategy on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, $500 million for more medical clinics and $1.8 billion for an expansion of seniors’ health care and palliative care services.
He has pledged $1.3 bil-lion in annual funding over 20 years to cities for infra-structure and transit, plus another $1.5 billion in an-nual transfers to municipal-ities for four years.
His signature $15-per-day daycare plan would cost Ottawa about $5 billion annually if fully im-plemented.
He has pledged $90 million, over the life of an NDP mandate, for a program that fosters innovation in the automo-tive sector and a $200-million program, partnered with the private sector and non-governmental organizations, to create jobs, paid internships and co-op placements for young workers.
How do you promise all that and balance your budget?
You backload your spending com-
mitments over the life of your govern-ment.
You take advantage of a $1.9 billion cushion, the size of the surplus for the past fiscal year, although the outlook for the current fiscal year is cloudy.
New Democrats will point to their decision to cancel Harper’s in-come-splitting plan, something that will give them $2.2 billion in the first year of their mandate, $8.8 billion over four years.
You hike corporate tax rates, “in a reasonable fashion … it won’t be a shock to the system,’’ Mulcair said Tuesday.
The current rate of 15 per cent is down from 21 per cent when Harper took office in 2006. New Democrats will stress their hike still leaves the rate lower than under previous Liber-al governments.
Sources are coy about the size of the hike, but a hint may come from Alber-ta where NDP Premier Rachel Notley was able to win election with a prom-ise to hike corporate rates two points.
They will point to the daycare spending ramping up slowly. Harper would spend more on income-splitting in one year than the NDP has commit-ted to daycare in the early years of the program.
They will claim $500 million in sav-ings by closing a loophole that allows CEOs to pay taxes on only 50 per cent of stock options as part of their com-
pensation package. It’s unclear the end of that program would actually flow revenue into government coffers or whether corporations would merely find other ways to compensate execu-tives.
The NDP will also claim savings by killing Harper’s law on union trans-parency because it will eliminate the extra costs of complying with the pro-gram at the Canada Revenue Agency.
The NDP will claim it will create jobs with its pledge to drop taxes on small businesses from 11 per cent, ul-timately to 9 per cent. But the first per-centage drop will cost it $600 million in revenue.
But the NDP vows there will be no cuts — key spending on health care, veterans or aboriginals will not take a hit under the NDP program.
At Wednesday’s unveiling, the party will have “third party” endorsement of its plan.
Mulcair will need voter endorse-ment, not just from those who are considering giving the NDP its first chance to govern, but also from some rank-and-file New Democrats who are wondering why the party found it nec-essary to pray at the Conservatives’ balanced budget altar.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.
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Budget is Teflon Tom’s biggest test
Give council credit for supporting call for indigenous women inquiry
I congratulate Dianne Wyntjes and the City Council for joining the Federation of Canadian Municipalities asking the federal government to hold an inquiry into the murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada.
I too was very moved with the Walking with Our Sisters installation at Red Deer Museum in June and hearing the very sad stories from families.
The Red Deer Council’s endorsement of five Truth and Reconciliation recommendations aimed at municipalities opens the door for much needed healing conversations and we eagerly await further developments.
Shirley ChallonerRed Deer
Need to find different way of helping addicts than needle program
I walk daily in Bower Ponds to Heritage Ranch. The examples of pollution horrify me. I happened to see a worker as he cleaned the
paths. He told me he finds these (needles) in playgrounds and on tables, the pathway, everywhere. This is shameful and disgusting.
We spend so much time and money to insure the quality of life for everyone and this is how those who try to help are repaid. Diabetics have to buy there own needles and dispose of them responsibly. As a tax payer, we should help. But this is the classic example of irresponsible behaviour by those who give the needles and those who use them. We need to save that money and attempt rehab as opposed to supporting unhealthy high-risk lifestyles. When families are trying to deal with the increasing drug addiction, we have an organization handing out needles with no regard as to where the needles wind up.
More attempts need to be made to encourage addicts to help clean up rather than carte blanche support. For the love of God, lets help rather than assist this type of program that is supported by the United Way. We need to protect the innocent, and support those in helpful ways in disease prevention.
Let’s try using our heads instead of our hearts to support families as they helplessly watch the spiral of addiction.
Lucille GaumondRed Deer
Tired of Stephen Harper, changing party support
I have been a contributing member of the Conser-
vative Party for years, but in the last couple I have had to withdraw my support.
Those of you who want an experienced leader, don’t vote for Harper. He has no leadership experi-ence. He’s a dictator.
I was hoping when Jim Flaherty resigned, he was planning to run for leader. Unfortunately he passed away. Our loss as he was minister of finance, and a good and honest man.
We need a leader we can trust.“You can fool all the people some of the time,
some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time.”
Harper has no concern for the environment, or Aboriginals, and is downright vindictive towards Kadhr.
He’s tried bribery (recent cheques to families) and fear mongering (the Muslims) to get your vote.
He’s trying to scare seniors that other parties will take away their income sharing. Both Mulclair and Trudeau have said they won’t do that.
If you want a leader who is devious and clever, vote for Harper. He has nice hair too!
I’m voting for a leader with ethics.Life is about more than money and power.I always said I would never vote NDP.I guess I’ve gotten older and wiser.
Dianna SchultzRed Deer
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Students mourn classmateBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
PENTICTON, B.C. — Students at a Penticton, B.C., school are mourning the death of a five-year-old classmate who was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by an off-duty police offi-cer.
Holy Cross School iden-tified the vic-tim as Grade 1 student James McIntosh.
“ H e w a s a f a n t a s t i c kid ,” princi -p a l S h a w n Campbell said W e d n e s d a y . “He was a very lively kid, very i n t e n s e k i d at times, but boundless energy. One of these young people that everyone likes.”
McIntosh was struck around 5 p.m. on Tuesday as he crossed an intersec-tion at Highway 97 while riding his bike with his father and older brother, Campbell said.
“As anybody would be, they’re just devastated by the loss,” he said after visiting with the family of the boy, who police initially said was four years old.
A teacher from Holy Cross was one of the first people on the scene, Camp-bell said.
The teacher comforted the older boy as the father, a paramedic, worked to save his youngest son, before the kids’ mother arrived. She is also a paramedic.
The officer involved in the collision is a member of the Penticton RCMP detachment, which has handed the in-vestigation over to British Columbia’s police watchdog.
Ralph Krenz of the Independent Investigations Office said the officer was making a right-hand turn when he struck the boy, who apparently was us-ing the crosswalk correctly.
Krenz couldn’t say what contributed
to the collision.“Any and all factors in relation to
the driver will be lines of inquiry for this investigation,” he said.
The IIO investigates incidents of se-rious injury or death involving RCMP and municipal police forces in British Columbia.
The RCMP did not immediately re-
spond to a request for comment.Staff at Holy Cross, an independent
Roman Catholic school for kids in kin-dergarten to Grade 8, are keeping a close eye on students as they grieve their classmate.
A small memorial of teddy bears and flowers marked the spot where the child died.
“It’s a really difficult thing, obvi-ously, with small children,” Campbell. “Even with the explanations we can give them, sometimes it’s going to take a while for them to internalize exactly what happened.
“I know that they miss their friend and they may not understand why he’s not here.”
JAMES MCINTOSH
MOUNTIE BEING INVESTIGATED AFTER CAR HITS, KILLS, 5-YEAR-OLD B.C. BOY
Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
A small memorial has sprung up at the intersection in Penticton, B.C., where James McIntosh, 5, was killed Tuesday while riding his bike with his father and older brother, on Wednesday.
Federal leaders prepare for debate on economy
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s ri-vals defended the costs of their cam-paign promises Wednesday and the Conservatives deflected bad news from global analysts in a spurt of last-minute positioning before a lead-ers debate on the economy.
A panel of NDP candidates, in-cluding former Saskatchewan finance minister Andrew Thomson, released the party’s proposed fiscal plan at an Ottawa news conference, forecasting balanced budgets and surpluses in the years to come.
The party, which has never formed government federally, is trying to com-bat criticism that it is fundamentally ill equipped to manage the economy, as well as ideologically incapable of being business-friendly.
New Democrats say they will pay for platform items such as a national child-care program and more afford-able housing through such measures as the elimination of income-splitting plan for families, cuts to fossil fuel subsidies and raising the corporate income tax rate to 17 per cent from 15 per cent.
Harper has not yet released a full costing of the Conservative party’s proposal fiscal plan, although each
platform announcement comes with an individual price tag. The prime min-ister has been emphasizing Finance Department figures released Mon-day showing the federal government booked a $1.9-billion surplus for 2014-15 — a year earlier than projected.
But on Wednesday, the Organiza-tion for Economic Co-operation and Development lowered its estimate for Canada’s economic growth this year to 1.1 per cent — down 0.4 of a percentage point.
The international organization blamed lower prices of natural re-sources for the slip in projected growth in countries that depend on such exports, such as Canada and Aus-tralia. It also downgraded its projec-tions for growth in Canada in 2016.
Moody’s Investors Service also cut its outlook for Canadian Oil Sands Ltd, due to falling oil prices.
“We are living in a very fragile glob-al economy which is precisely why we need a serious, grown-up national gov-ernment that is focused on job cre-ation, fiscal discipline and lower tax-es,” said Conservative candidate Jason Kenney, speaking on behalf of Harper.
“We see those reports as underscor-ing our economic message.”
FEDERAL ELECTION
Oland murder trial opens with details of fatal beating
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — High-profile New Brunswick businessman Rich-ard Oland was killed in a violent out-burst that resulted in 40 blows to his head and neck, the Crown alleged as it opened its murder case against his son.
“The manner and cause of death point to an act committed by a per-petrator who, in a rage, intended to
kill Richard Oland but not in a sim-ple senseless act of a strike or two, or three to the head,” Crown attorney P.J. Veniot told a jury in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saint John.
“Richard Oland suffered no less than 40 blows. The perpetrator for whatever reason or reasons contin-ued way beyond what was required to cause Richard Oland’s death.”
Dennis Oland has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his 69-year-old father, who was found dead in July 2011.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Conservatives said Wednesday they want the Supreme Court of Canada to consider the issue of whether face coverings can be banned from citizenship ceremonies
This comes in the wake of a Federal Court of Appeal decision that tried to quickly quash that ban so that at least one woman could get the right to vote next month.
But whether Zunera Ishaq will be able to vote on Oct. 19, as the appeal court justices hoped, remained unclear as the government did not say whether it also intends to seek a stay of Tuesday’s deci-sion.
“At that one very public moment of a public declara-tion of one’s loyalty to one’s
fellow citizens and country, one should do so openly, proudly, publicly without one’s face hidden,” Con-servative Jason Kenney told reporters in Calgary Wednesday.
“The vast majority of Canadians agree with us and that is why we will be appealing this ruling.”
Ishaq, a devout, 29-year-old Muslim woman, had refused to take part in a citizenship ceremony be-cause she would have to show her face, thanks to a rule change implemented by Kenney in 2011 when he was immigration min-ister. She challenged the rule in Federal Court and won. The ruling said the policy violated the Cit-izenship Act, which says candidates for citizen-ship must be allowed he greatest possible religious freedom when they take the oath. The government appealed but lost. The three-judge appeal pan-el ruled from the bench, saying they wanted to pro-ceed quickly so that Ish-aq could become a citizen in time to vote. In order for her to do that, the Cit-izenship and Immigration Department must formally invite her to a ceremony.
Several are scheduled in Ontario between now and Oct. 19 and one of her lawyers said Wednesday there is no reason she couldn’t be added to the list.
The department did not immediately answer questions about whether it would do that, or if the government would seek a stay of the judgment pend-ing the Supreme Court’s decision on whether to hear the case.
“In my view, they either have to give her her citi-zenship or seek a stay,” said Lorne Waldman, one of Ishaq’s lawyers. “We’re waiting to see what they are planning to do.”
People seeking to appeal a decision to the Su-preme Court have 60 days from the date of the deci-sion to file the required paperwork. In this case, the government has to act by mid-November.
It could take the Supreme Court up to three months to decide whether to hear the case and if it goes to trial, the decision could take months.
A Conservative government wouldn’t take any chances, said Denis Lebel, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Quebec lieutenant.
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Suspect in custody in homicide caseBY THE CANADIAN PRESS
The hardest moment of Dave MacNeil’s two-de-cade police career came early Wednesday morning when he arrived at the family home of one of his pa-trol officers with devastating news that their missing daughter was dead.
The chief of police in Tru-ro, N.S., said he drove with his deputy and arrived at the home of Dwight and Su-san Campbell in Stellarton at about 2 a.m. after the body of Const. Catherine Camp-bell had been found near the base of a bridge that crosses Halifax harbour. Her death is being investigated as a ho-micide.
“In my 22 years as a police officer this is the most diffi-cult day I’ve had to put in,” MacNeil told reporters out-side the department’s head-quarters on Wednesday afternoon.
Several members of the force who watched Mac-Neil speak struggled to control their emotions. Mac-Neil hugged each of them after he spoke. A steady flow of people left gifts and flowers nearby at an impromptu memorial.
Investigators in Halifax said they were interview-ing a 27-year-old man who was taken into custody in connection with Campbell’s homicide.
Supt. Jim Perrin of Halifax Regional Police said they don’t believe Campbell’s death is related to her work.
Police say her body was found in a wooded area of Halifax near an overpass that leads to the Macdon-ald Bridge at about 12:10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Just over an hour later at 1:20 a.m., they say they took a Halifax man into custody for questioning. No charges had been laid by Wednesday evening.
Earlier this week, Campbell’s parents issued a public appeal for information after she didn’t show up for work at the Truro Police Service on Monday.
Perrin said Campbell was last seen at a bar in downtown Halifax early on Friday morning.
Officers arrested the man they were question-ing in a car, which has been seized, and were also searching two homes in Halifax, said Perrin.
He said there is nothing in Campbell’s work histo-ry that is a factor in their investigation.
“Catherine Campbell did nothing to cause what happened to her. Our focus is what did happen,” Per-rin told a news conference.
“I have no details to suggest that her being a po-lice officer had anything to do with what ultimately happened to her.”
Perrin said police believe Campbell knew the man they have in custody.
“What we don’t know is how long they have known
each other for, that’s all part of the investigation,” he added.
Campbell’s mother said her daughter loved being a police officer.
“Catherine was a loving person, a dedicated po-lice officer. … She was conscientious,” Susan Camp-bell said in a telephone interview.
The young woman was also a volunteer member of the fire department in her hometown of Stellarton for a decade, and her mother said she’d held a vari-ety of jobs in the community before deciding to train as a police officer, finding a job in Truro as soon as she graduated.
Campbell’s brother-in-law, Calvin Garneau, de-scribed her as “an exceptional person.”
“She was very friendly, very outgoing and very outspoken,” he said from his home. “She’d give any-thing that she had to help anybody else.”
Garneau, who is married to Campbell’s older sis-ter, said she had been with the force since 2009. She was not married and did not have children, he said.
In Truro, one person who left a memento said she is seeking answers.
“Any loss, but especially someone who has devot-ed their life to serving the public, it’s devastating,” said Tara MacIsaac, who added that she and her hus-band work in law enforcement.
“As a community, we all look forward to knowing what happened to her.”
HOMICIDE OF POLICE OFFICER IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO WORK: INVESTIGATOR
CONST. CATHERINE CAMPBELL
Ottawa to take controversy over face coverings to top court
‘AT THAT ONE VERY PUBLIC MOMENT OF A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF ONE’S LOYALTY
TO ONE’S FELLOW CITIZENS AND COUNTRY, ONE SHOULD DO SO OPENLY, PROUDLY, PUB-
LICLY WITHOUT ONE’S FACE HIDDEN.’
— JASON KENNEY
ZUNERA ISHAQ
Canada’s ‘most notorious bank robber’ arrested in Geneva
GENEVA — A man police have described as Can-ada’s most notorious bank robber — known for his technique of jumping over bank counters during his heists — has been arrested in Geneva.
The 53-year-old suspect — nicknamed “The Vaulter” — was intercepted by plain-clothes police while he was driving a compact car on a Ge-neva street on Tuesday, and taken into custody without incident, Swiss police said Wednesday.
The French-American cit-izen, identified by Canadian police as Jeffrey James Shu-man, had been sought under an international arrest war-rant issued by Canada in con-nection with 21 bank robber-ies over the last five years.
The Canadian Bankers Association had offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Geneva police spokesman Jean-Philippe Brandt said the man is being held pending extradition pro-cedures.
Canadian police said the robber first struck in York Region north of Toronto in February 2010 and since then hit banks in Mississauga, Hamilton, Vaughan, Toronto and Ottawa, as well as some in Calgary.
CANADABRIEFS
‘THE VAULTER’
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — P.K. Subban says hockey fans will discover he’s not the person many critics make him out to be and that his pledge of at least $10 million for a children’s hospital should demonstrate his altruism.
“When I hear things about me being a selfish person or being self-centred or cocky or arrogant, these things don’t bother me,” the Montreal Canadiens defenceman said Wednesday after handing over a giant-sized cheque to the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
“These people don’t deserve a voice because they don’t know me, but for the people that know me, it’s very easy to understand.
“Montreal has seven another seven years to get to know me,” he said, re-ferring to the eight-year, $72-million deal he signed prior to the beginning of last season.
The hospital is calling the $10-mil-lion donation the largest philanthropic commitment ever made by a profes-sional athlete in Canada.
In recognition of the donation, the Children’s officially inaugu-rated the “Atrium P.K. Subban,” a 486-square-metre, three-storey public space located at the heart of the hospi-tal’s new facilities.
“It is really an amazing feeling to be here,” said Subban, who will now be-come a spokesperson for certain fund-raising campaigns and flagship events organized by the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
“I am proud to walk in the footsteps of my idol Jean Beliveau by giving back to the community and feel privi-leged to be able to help transform the lives of sick children and their fami-lies.”
Beliveau’s widow, Elise, also joined Subban’s family at the news confer-ence.
The partnership with the hospital foundation will also see the creation of P.K.’s Helping Hand, a fund dedicated to assisting vulnerable families finan-cially hurt by a child’s illness.
“A lot of people don’t realize that having a sick child often means one parent has to stop working, and it be-comes tough to make ends meet,” said Subban, 26.
“P.K.’s Helping Hand is dedicated to making sure that these parents don’t have to worry about paying for necessi-ties like food and medicine and can in-
stead focus on what’s most important: helping their child get well.”
Subban noted that his father was an educator for 30 years and that his two sisters and one of their husbands are also teachers.
“I’m surrounded by educators and people who give more than they re-ceive every day,” he said. “I’m sur-rounded by people who put others ahead of themselves so that’s all I’ve known in my life.”
His father Karl Subban said in an interview he’s proud of his son — as a hockey player but also as a person.
“We know about his abilities on the ice and now we’re knowing about his character off the ice,” he added.
Subban’s father was asked if his son would make a good team captain for the Habs, who will name one before the regular season starts.
He didn’t tell reporters what they were hoping to hear.
“I worked in a school 25 years as a principal and I was a leader because a leader helped people to grow and get better and that’s how I see P.K.,” he said. “That’s how I want him to be, not so much caught up in a title, but just be a leader.”
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Blue Jays 9 Braves 1ATLANTA — David Price is emerging as more
than Toronto’s ace. The left-hander is showing he can also be the team’s stopper, the pitcher who can be trusted to halt losing streaks.
Price allowed one run in seven innings, Russell Martin hit a homer and drove in four runs, and the Blue Jays beat Shelby Miller and the Atlanta Braves 9-1 on Wednesday night to protect their lead in the AL East.
Price (16-5) gave up six hits and had nine strike-outs as he improved to 7-1 since coming to Toronto in a trade with Detroit in late July. Four of the seven wins have followed losses the latest stopped a two-game skid.
Price said he didn’t know so many of his wins had followed losses, but he embraced the stopper role.
“I’ll be that guy,” Price said after taking the AL lead with his 2.42 ERA.
The Blue Jays stayed three games ahead of sec-ond-place New York in the division. The Yankees beat the Rays 3-1.
Toronto manager John Gibbons said Price made his strong win look easy, even though he struggled with his location at times.
“He did a nice job picking us up after we lost a couple games,” Gibbons said.
“That’s what we brought him over for and he’s been great.”
Toronto had 12 hits as it returned to its customary high-scoring pace after managing only a combined two runs in the two straight losses. Martin hit a two-run double in the four-run first and added a two-run homer off Ryan Kelly in the ninth.
“It’s the best offence in all of baseball,” Price said.
Miller (5-15) gave up five runs, four earned, in 3 2-3 innings — his shortest start of the season.
“Just kind of didn’t have anything going for me at all, really,” Miller said.
Miller’s streak of 22 winless starts is the longest for any pitcher in a season he was an All-Star. The right-hander has the worst run support in the majors and has 14 losses since his last win on May 17.
Ben Revere drove in two runs with two hits, in-cluding a double in the fifth, for Toronto.
The Braves’ run came in the first. Nick Markakis hit a leadoff double and scored on Freddie Free-man’s fly ball. Christian Bethancourt had three hits.
GOOD AS NEWToronto 1B Edwin Encarnacion had three hits and
two walks in his return after missing two starts with a sore left middle finger.
UNUSUAL 4-6-5 DPPrice walked Bethancourt and pinch-hitter Ryan
Lavarnway to open the fifth but then had help from an unusual double play. Second baseman Cliff Pen-nington couldn’t catch a shallow pop fly by Markakis, but his throw to Goins forced Lavarnway at second.
Goins threw to third baseman Josh Donaldson, who tagged Bethancourt when he slid past the bag.
TRAINER’S ROOMBLUE JAYS: Gibbons said RHP LaTroy Hawkins
was available after being held out with right forearm soreness for four days.
BRAVES: RHP Jason Grilli, recovering from sur-gery on July 17 to repair his ruptured left Achilles tendon, said he hopes to be ready for spring training. He said he’ll soon be free of his walking boot. Grilli was named the Braves’ Roberto Clemente Award nominee. … OF Cameron Maybin was 0 for 4 and struck out in his first three at-bats in his first start since suffering an abrasion in his left eye on Sept. 5.
UP NEXTBLUE JAYS: RHP Marco Estrada will try to give
the Blue Jays the series win over the Braves. Estrada (12-8) is 6-3 with a 3.03 ERA since the All-Star break. He is 2-0 in three games, including two starts, against NL teams this season.
BRAVES: Rookie RHP Matt Wisler will try to snap a personal six-game losing streak. His last win was on July 26. Wisler is 5-7 with a 5.60 ERA after win-ning five of his first six decisions.
Price powers
Jays past Braves
Kane’s future among storylines to watch as training camps open
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — When training camps open this week around the NHL, Pat-rick Kane will be on the ice with the Chicago Blackhawks while Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is moving forward without a new con-tract.
The Toronto Maple Leafs begin the Mike Babcock era by escaping to Hal-ifax, and the Montreal Canadiens are close to naming a new captain. Out West, Connor McDavid is ready to be-gin the next chapter of his career.
Questions on all those fronts and more should be answered before the 2015-‘16 season gets underway Oct. 7. Here are the top storylines to watch in the coming weeks:
KANE CLOUD HANGS OVER BLACKHAWKS: Kane is set to attend training camp despite the legal issues he’s facing in his hometown of Ham-burg, N.Y. Police have started an in-vestigation over an incident that oc-curred at his house. Kane has not been charged.
Kane is accused of sexually assault-ing a woman in her 20s at his off-sea-son home near Buffalo, a person fa-miliar with the investigation told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because police have not revealed the nature of their investiga-tion.
The decision to allow Kane to be on the ice beginning Friday at the Uni-versity of Notre Dame belonged to the Blackhawks, not the NHL. How Kane and his teammates handle the subject will overshadow any talk about repeat-ing as Stanley Cup champions.
Asked about it last week, Conn Smythe-winning defenceman Duncan Keith said: “I don’t even want to get into anything as far as just not even how I feel about going into camp or anything like that.” Expect a lot of that in the coming days.
MCDAVID MAKES THE LEAP: Mc-David was already the subject of buzz when he took a big hit playing for the Edmonton Oilers in a rookie tourna-ment, and the No. 1 pick’s every move will be watched when he’s on the ice with grown men.
Like No. 2 pick Jack Eichel with the Buffalo Sabres, there’s no doubt McDa-vid will make the NHL as an 18-year-old, but everyone’s curious to see how he does.
“I’ve heard a lot about him,” Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty said.
“I’m excited to play against him. I think it’s pretty obvious no one can take him lightly, so he’s going to come into the league with a big target on his back right off the bat.”
STAMMERGEDDON 2.0: Stamkos has one year left on his contract and could become an unrestricted free agent next summer. On the surface, it’s
amazing to think that’s a possibility, but it’s a major question mark for the Lightning.
Stamkos and his agents haven’t yet decided whether they want to keep negotiating into the season. So the next few weeks could be paramount for the future of the franchise.
The Lightning also have to figure out who their backup goalie will be as Andrei Vasilevskiy will miss time after having surgery to remove a blood clot. Latvian netminder Kristers Gudlevskis has a shot, but veteran Ray Emery is in camp on a tryout.
TRY, TRY AGAIN: Emery is one of several players on professional tryout agreements across the NHL after a summer in which teams were strapped by the salary cap, leaving many out in the cold.
The Maple Leafs have forwards Brad Boyes, Devin Setoguchi and Cur-tis Glencross on PTOs, and the Black-hawks have forwards Daniel Paille and Tomas Kopecky and defencemen Lubomir Visnovsky and Jan Hejda in camp after an off-season of cap purges.
With injuries aplenty up front, the St. Louis Blues invited Scott Gomez and Scottie Upshall, while the Cana-diens will give winger Tomas Fleis-chmann a shot at earning a job.
PLENTY TO ‘C’: Canadiens camp has not only the intrigue of Alex Gal-
chenyuk moving to centre but the promise from general manager Marc Bergevin that the team will name a captain before the start of the season.
Winger Max Pacioretty is the bet-ting favourite, according to the online sports book Bodog, but superstar de-fenceman P.K. Subban may be at just the right point of his career to accept that responsibility. And don’t rule out Brendan Gallagher or Andrei Markov, either.
COACHING CAROUSEL: Babcock goes into his first Leafs camp with more hype than perhaps any coach in NHL history, thanks in large part to his $50-million contract. He’ll take the team to Halifax for three days of prac-tice as the process of getting to know players gets underway.
Jeff Blashill replaces the Cup-win-ning coach with the Detroit Red Wings. His AHL replacement is Todd Nelson, who was left out of the Oilers’ picture amid the regime change in Edmon-ton. Nelson was replaced by Todd Mc-Clellan, who will be expected to turn things around.
In Philadelphia, Dave Hakstol brings his experience from the col-lege ranks at the University of North Dakota to a veteran Flyers team. And in Buffalo, Dan Bylsma got the job Babcock turned down and a chance to coach Eichel.
Glenn returns as Riders QB
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Kevin Glenn is back as the Sas-katchewan Roughriders’ starting quar-terback.
The 15-year veteran will be under centre Saturday night when the Riders host the Ottawa Redblacks. Glenn, 36, hasn’t played since suffering a torn pectoral muscle in Saskatchewan’s 31-21 home loss to the Hamilton Ti-ger-Cats on July 26.
Rookie Brett Smith started six games for Saskatchewan (1-10), includ-ing the team’s lone win — a 37-19 victo-ry over the visiting Blue Bombers — on Sept. 6. Glenn made four starts after incumbent Darian Durant suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in the Riders’ season-opening 30-26 loss to Winnipeg.
Glenn completed 115 of 159 passes (72.3 per cent) for 1,483 yards and six touchdowns but also had five intercep-tions. He was the CFL passing leader at the time of his injury.
Smith was 91 for 149 (61.1 per cent) passing for 1,016 yards with eight TDs and seven interceptions. He complet-ed 13 of 28 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown but also had two picks in Saskatchewan’s 22-7 loss to Winnipeg on Saturday.
“Kevin starting certainly isn’t an in-dictment of Brett Smith’s play,” inter-im Riders head coach Bob Dyce told reporters.
“If you look at it from the beginning Brett came in here as the fourth-string quarterback … one thing Brett didn’t get a chance to experience is being a backup quarterback.
“We didn’t want him to miss that phase in his development. It’s not that we’re saying Brett Smith will never play this season but going in Kevin gives us the best opportunity to win this week.”
Glenn certainly provides expe-rience at the game’s most important position. The five-foot-10 203-pound Detroit native has over 44,000 career passing yards and 245 TDs in his CFL career.
Glenn said Smith, 23, will still bene-fit watching from the sidelines.
“It’s the same thing as taking a men-tal rep in practice,” Glenn said. “You see more.
“Every game we play, and not nec-essarily a guy plays in but he actually watches the game and gets to see it, mentally he’s storing what’s going on in that game and he’ll be able to learn from it.”
Ottawa (6-4) should provide a stiff test for Glenn. Defensively, the Red-blacks are second in fewest yards al-lowed (293.3 yards per game) and rush-ing yards (76.4 yards), third against the pass (246.4 yards) and tied for third in interceptions (13).
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion (10) scores on a Russell Martin double as the ball gets away from Atlanta Braves catcher Christian Bethancourt (27) in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, in Atlanta. The Blue Jays won 9-1.
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Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane celebrates after scoring a goal in Game 2 of an NHL Western Conference hockey playoff series in Nashville, Tenn. When training camps open this week around the NHL, Patrick Kane will be on the ice with the Chicago Blackhawks while Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is moving forward without a new contract.
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CFL: Tied for second in the East
Ottawa, tied for second in the East Division with idle Toronto (6-5), has won two straight, including last week-end’s 31-18 victory over the B.C. Li-ons. Quarterback Henry Burris threw for 317 yards while Jeremiah Johnson added 102 yards rushing and two TDs.
The Redblacks beat Saskatche-wan 35-13 at TD Place on Aug. 30. The Riders could be without rugged tail-back Jerome Messam (concussion), the league’s second-leading rusher.
Pick — Ottawa.
B.C. Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders, Friday night
B.C. (4-6) is 3-1 against Western teams but Calgary (8-3) holds a 4-1 di-vision mark and is 6-0 at McMahon Sta-dium. What’s more, star tailback Jon Cornish (thumb) is expected to return to the Stampeders’ lineup. Cornish has been the league’s top Canadian the past three seasons and was its MVP in 2013. His presence wouldn’t be good news for a Lions defence allowing 135 yards rushing and 392.1 net yards per game, both league highs.
Pick — Calgary
Edmonton Eskimos vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saturday afternoon
Mike Reilly makes his second straight start for Edmonton (7-4). He returned from a season-opening knee injury to complete 22 of 40 passes for 352 yards and two TDs in last week-end’s 27-16 win over Calgary. Reilly missed the Eskimos’ 49-20 home loss to Hamilton (8-3) last month. The Ti-cats have won seven of their last eight games and are 11-1 at home since Tim Hortons Field opened. Zach Collaros leads the CFL in passing yards (3,286), TDs (24) and passer rating (113.2).
Pick — Hamilton
Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Montreal Alouettes,
Sunday afternoonMatt Nichols made a solid debut
with Winnipeg (4-7) last week, complet-ing 21 of 30 passes for 283 yards and a TD versus Saskatchewan. He also ran for 36 yards on seven carries.
But the Bombers will be without receiver Matt Moore (shoulder). Mon-treal (4-6) could start Jonathan Cromp-ton, who resumed practising this week after suffering a shoulder injury in the Als’ 20-16 season-opening loss to Ottawa.
Pick — Montreal.
Last week: 2-2.Overall: 28-20.
STORY FROM PAGE B1
Young stars lead rookies over U of A
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
The NHL will have concussion spot-ters at all 30 arenas this season to help teams identify visible signs and symp-toms of the injury.
Under the league’s concussion protocol, teams have had spotters at games in the past. But deputy commis-sioner Bill Daly said some have found it difficult on the road to isolate one person whose sole responsibility is to keep an eye on players who may have suffered a head injury.
The decision to remove a player from a game still resides with team trainers and medical personnel, but now there’s guaranteed to be an extra pair of eyes watching.
“It was really an effort to provide an extra tool or an extra alternative for our clubs in performing the spotter function,” Daly said by phone Wednes-day. “The whole concept of the spotter is to help the trainer and to help oth-er club medical personnel who might not see a given play or really see the results of a given play and really just
give them a heads up at what hap-pened.”
The concussion spotters will be watching from various parts of are-na, depending on configuration. Daly said the most important thing was the spotters having access to live video feeds and replays. The spotters do not have to be medical personnel, but they must study written materials and take NHL-mandated online seminars.
In the NFL, concussion spotters now have the authority to stop games if they see a player exhibiting visible signs of a concussion. Daly said it will be different in the NHL because the focus is usually on the end of a play with a player on the bench at the time.
“You’re not really in a position where you’re going to have to stop games,” Daly said. “But clearly there are some visible signs which a club is mandated to remove a player from the game for evaluation.”
The NHL has prided itself on con-cussion awareness. Commissioner Gary Bettman has said repeatedly that the league was among the first to begin studying concussions in the 1990s.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Oilers rookies 6 Golden Bears 3EDMONTON — Connor McDavid
played his first game as an Edmonton Oiler before the home crowd Wednes-day, and didn’t disappoint.
The 18-year-old centre set up two goals on two power plays in the first period and added another assist in the third to lead the Oilers rookie squad to a 6-3 win over the University of Alber-ta Golden Bears in the teams’ annual scrimmage game.
More than 14,000 came to watch at Rexall Place. Fan interest in McDavid was so high, the game was moved from its usual venue, the 2,700 seat rink on the university campus.
Many fans wore replicas of McDa-vid’s No. 97 jersey, and McDavid said he noticed.
“It’s pretty special to play in here for the first time and it is cool to see a couple of 97s out there,” he said.
The highlight goal came with eight minutes left in the first period.
McDavid, skating around the back of the net, passed the puck back between the legs of a chasing defender to Alex-is Loiseau in front. Loiseau spun and fired the puck past Golden Bear goalie Luke Siemens to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead.
McDavid said it was quick math.“One guy was on (Draisaitl) who cy-
cled it, and another guy came to me. Just by those numbers alone there should be a guy open, so I just tried to throw it out there, and obviously Loi-seau made a pretty spectacular play,” he said.
Three minutes earlier, McDavid ignited a tic-tac-toe play, passing to winger Braden Christoffer stationed at the side of the Bears’ net. Christoffer redirected the puck to Leon Draisaitl as Draisaitl crashed the net and fired the puck in.
McDavid almost scored earlier in the first period, breaking in alone on Siemens, shifting the puck from his forehand to his backhand as he swooped past the net, failing by just an inch to tuck the puck past Siemens’ left skate
When the Bears moved to within a goal 4-3 late in the third period, McDa-vid showed off his speed, turning on a dime at centre and accelerating to cre-ate a two-on-one, passing to Cole San-ford in front for a goal to seal the win.
McDavid logged 17:58 of ice time and played a regular shift with wing-
ers Anton Slepyshev and Sanford.Draisaitl, 19, continued his strong
rookie camp with a goal and two as-sists.
Head coach Todd McLellan has said he will look at moving Draisaitl to wing in training camp as the centre posi-tion, once a weakness, now has McDa-vid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The Oilers have now won 12 of the 25 annual games against the Bears, who are back-to-back Canadian univer-sity champions.
The game marked the end of the Oil-ers rookie camp.
Oilers main camp begins Friday and McDavid is again expected to be the focus of fan interest.
The first three days are being held in Leduc, south of Edmonton. Fan turnout for McDavid was so high, the Oilers held a lottery for tickets for fans to get in.
McDavid, with his skill set of speed and soft hands is being called hockey’s next superstar.
Since being drafted by the Oilers this spring he has reignited fan inter-est in a team that has missed the play-offs for nine consecutive seasons.
NHL to employ concussion spotters beginning this season
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Get ready to see plenty of three-on-three hockey during the NHL pre-sea-son.
Before the league goes to five min-utes of three-on-three overtime when it counts, 45 exhibition games will fea-ture the experiment so that every team gets a chance to play it at least three times regardless of the score.
The Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators will get things underway Sunday night in the second game of their split-squad doubleheader.
No matter the score, the teams will begin a five-minute three-on-three overtime.
“That was a response to club inqui-ries and requests over the summer be-
cause I would say most coaches don’t spend a lot of practice time practising three-on-three,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday from New York. “So they want to kind of get a sense of how it operates, probably get some familiarity and comfort level with it before the regular season starts and they’re deciding games with it.”
The league and NHL Players’ Asso-ciation agreed to adopt the policy for the pre-season, Daly said.
In the pre-season, the games des-ignated for three-on-three overtime that aren’t tied won’t have to go to a shootout.
For record-keeping purposes, the team winning at the end of regulation will be given the victory.
Any game that is tied will also give teams the opportunity to try three-on-
three overtime.The Toronto Maple Leafs and Mon-
treal Canadiens are set to play three-on-three after their exhibition game Sept. 22 at Bell Centre.
The implementation of three-on-three overtime came after the Amer-ican Hockey League sharply reduced shootouts last season by playing three minutes of four-on-four overtime fol-lowed by up to four minutes of three-on-three.
General managers voted to move to some type of three-on-three overtime last spring, leaving it open whether to adopt the AHL seven-minute for-mat or simply five-minutes of three-on-three. Five minutes of three-on-three was eventually approved by the joint competition committee and the board of governors.
NHL teams to get taste of new OT in preseason
EACH TEAM TO PLAY 3-ON-3 OT AT LEAST THREE TIMES
MCDAVID, DRAISAITL PACE OILERS IN WIN OVER GOLDEN BEARS
IN ANNUAL GAME
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Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid is stopped by University of Alberta Golden Bears goalie Luke Siemens during first period exhibition hockey action as the Oilers rookies take on the university team in Edmonton, on Wednesday.
LA Kings defenceman Voynov is returning to Russia after domestic violence troublesDefenceman Slava Voynov an-
nounced Wednesday that he will re-turn home to Russia with his family, leaving the Los Angeles Kings in the wake of his legal troubles resulting from domestic violence charges.
In a statement through his agent, Rolland Hedges, Voynov apologized to “those in and around the game of hockey who have been affected by my situation.”
Voynov was suspended for the fi-nal 76 games of last season, and he pleaded no contest in July to a misde-meanour charge of domestic violence against his wife, Marta Varlamova.
The Kings announced Wednesday that they had planned to terminate the final four seasons of Voynov’s contract Thursday when they open training camp, saying Voynov will never play for them again.
The club says the termination is no longer necessary because Voynov’s de-parture for Russia should eliminate their obligation to pay the $19.25 mil-lion left on his deal.
PONDERS PLAYING 2018 OLYMPICSBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CALGARY — During the four months her foot didn’t touch the ground, Hayley Wickenheiser won-dered if she’d walk normally again, let alone skate.
She was able to do both in time to re-join the Ca-nadian women’s hockey team for this week’s camp in Calgary. Wickenheiser, a four-time gold medal win-ner and Canada’s all-time leading scorer, underwent season-ending surgery in Toronto on Feb. 18 to have a plate and eight screws inserted in her left foot. She played in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, with a broken bone in that foot and helped lead Can-ada to a 3-2 win over the United States for the gold.
Wickenheiser, from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, leads Canada all time in goals (168), assists (207), games (270) and penalty minutes (312).
Her foot responding the way it has, she was con-templating a seventh Olympic appearance in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.
“I’d like to play through 2018,” Wickenheiser said. “Today, I don’t see any reason why I can’t. Physically I’m fitter than I’ve ever been really, considering my foot and the way I was able to come back and feel pretty healthy and good on the ice.”
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The best remaining players on the PGA Tour are north of Chicago for the third straight tournament that features an $8.25 million purse and a chance to claim the $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup.
The rest are in North Carolina for the second event in the Web.com Tour Finals, which offers a $1 million purse and a chance to keep their jobs.
Sean O’Hair knows both worlds.Less than a year ago, O’Hair finished another
fruitless season and was relegated to trying to earn his full card back at the Web.com Tour Finals. He missed two straight cuts, and then came through in the third event with a tie for third that effectively locked up his job status.
And now he’s at the BMW Championship with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and the rest of golf’s biggest stars. O’Hair is No. 38 in the FedEx Cup, on the cusp of moving into the top 30 and ad-vancing to the Tour Championship, which would get him into the majors next year and give him a mathe-matical chance at golf’s biggest payoff.
“This is not pressure,” O’Hair said Wednesday. “This is opportunity.”
Pressure was what he endured a year ago after finishing 160th in the FedEx Cup and being relegat-ed to the Web.com Tour Finals, his world ranking at No. 513 and his doubts about his future starting to fill his head.
It was his second straight year at the tour’s new version of Q-school. It wasn’t much fun.
“I had to ask myself, ‘Do I still want to do this?’ And then I had to ask myself, ‘Do I still have the drive to do what it takes?’ And I was able to answer both those questions,” O’Hair. “I had to remind my-self that I wasn’t a Web.com player.”
The secret was to keep his game simple.O’Hair realized that for too long, he was relying
on too many people who offered advice and instruc-tion on his game. He began leaning more on them than his own instincts, which ran against how he reached this stage in the first place.
He works with a club pro in Philadelphia, though more as a second set of eyes. O’Hair puts in the work on his own.
Wednesday was no different. He stuck to a strict schedule nearly three hours before his tee time in the pro-am at Conway Farms — a putting drill for 30 minutes, a visit to the physical therapist for stretch-ing, range time and the pro-am. The time was filled more with concentration than chatter.
That’s the work ethic that made this year such a strong recovery.
It started in March when O’Hair made four bird-ies over the last six holes and saved par on the final
hole for a 67 to get into a three-way playoff with Spieth and Patrick Reed in the Valspar Champion-ship. He had a 12-foot putt to win on the second extra hole to win only for the ball to spin hard out of the lip, and then Spieth won it on the next hole with a 35-foot birdie putt.
Still, it was a boost that brought some stability to O’Hair’s game. He had another chance at the Green-brier Classic, and he started the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Labor Day two shots out of the lead and tied for fourth.
One more week like that and he’ll be at East Lake.But that’s the goal of so many others this week at
Conway Farms. Day, Spieth and Boston winner Rick-ie Fowler are virtually certain to be in the top five in
the FedEx Cup going to Atlanta, meaning they only have to win the Tour Championship to claim the $10 million prize.
Henrik Stenson is at No. 4 after runner-up finish-es in the opening two playoff events. Hunter Mahan is at No. 52 and is trying to keep alive his streak of never missing a playoff event since the FedEx Cup began in 2007. Harris English is No. 32. He missed the Tour Championship by one spot in 2013 and by two spots a year ago.
So there’s a lot at stake in an event that has no cut. It just doesn’t feel that way to O’Hair, who has turned one corner by getting into the FedEx Cup playoffs, which sure beats where he was at this time a year ago.
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RDC golf teams to be contendersBY DANNY RODE
SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
RDC golf coach Scott Bergdahl did a lot of work over the last six months in building a team to compete near the top in a strong Alberta Colleges Athlet-ic Conference.
It appears he’s been successful.Bergdahl has depth and talent on
the men’s side and with the addition of Kate Griffiths, one of the premier women in the conference, his women’s team will be no pushover.
Griffiths attended Jackson State University last year but returned home after leaving the U.S. school.
“I understand their whole women’s team quit,” said Bergdahl. “I know she’s a great addition to our program.
With her joining Rochelle (French) we should contend for a silver and possi-bly a gold in the ACAC.
“Kate will be one of the top women in Canada if not the top in Alberta.”
French was the lone girl on the team last year and placed 10th at the ACAC finals.
The RDC men’s team has Bennett Williams returning after finishing 23rd in the ACAC last year with a 162 total over 36 holes.
“Bennett moved to Edmonton during the summer and worked a lot on his game and looks good,” said Bergdahl, who added Grant Numrich, Logan Hill, Jeremy Rietze and Cole Morrison out of the Central Alberta junior program.
Mike Lougheed of Spruce View and Kyle Antochow and Rylan Plan-
te-Crough round out the roster.“I’m certainly excited about the
team,” said Bergdahl. “We’re as deep as we’ve ever been on the men’s side. We don’t have a lot of veterans in terms of playing college golf, but we do have veterans in terms of tourna-ment play. All of them have won at one level or another and some of them have national and international expe-rience. I’m looking forward to seeing what they bring to the tournament play this year.
“Many of them are capable of shoot-ing under par, yet they also have been a bit inconsistent,” he said. “They in-dividually skilled yet inconsistent and we only have three weeks to work on that.”
Bergdahl does like the fact the play-ers bonded quickly and play as a team.
“They’re all wonderful people and win or lose they will be winners,” said the veteran coach.
RDC will compete in the North Re-gional tournament Saturday and Sun-day in Camrose, then host the South Regional tournament Sept. 26-27 at In-nisfail. The ACAC final is Oct. 3-4 in Medicine Hat at Desert Blume while the CCAA final is Oct. 13-16 at the Chil-liwack Golf Club.
Bergdahl feels they have the tal-ent to qualify for the CCAA finals as a team. The top three men’s and two women’s teams go to the finals.
“That’s our goal. I feel we have a good chance in both.”
Danny Rode is a retired advocate re-porter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog
O’Hair goes from saving job to chasing big prizes
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Sean O’Hair watches his tee shot on the first hole during the pro-am round of the BMW Championship golf tournament at Conway Farms Golf Club, Wednesday, in Lake Forest, Ill.
Wickenheiser gets back to work after foot surgery
SCOREBOARD B4THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015
Baseball Local SportsToday
● High school football: Drayton Valleyat Ponoka, 4:30 p.m.; Rocky MountainHouse at Camrose, 4:30 p.m.● Senior high volleyball: Notre Dame atLindsay Thurber; girls at 6 p.m., boys tofollow.● College preseason hockey: CamroseAugustana Vikings at RDC Kings, 6:45p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.
Friday● High school football: Wetaskiwin atStettler, 4:30 p.m.● WHL preseason: Edmonton Oil Kings atRed Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium.● College preseason hockey: BentleyGenerals at RDC Kings, 8 p.m., Red DeerArena.
Saturday● Peewee football: Red Deer Steelers atRed Deer Hornets, 11 a.m., Great ChiefPark.● College soccer: Lakeland at RDC,women at 2 p.m., men at 4 p.m.● Bantam football: Lindsay ThurberRaiders at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 3 p.m.● WHL preseason: Medicine Hat Tigersat Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., StettlerRecreation Centre.● Heritage junior B preseason hockey:Blackfalds Wranglers at Red Deer Vipers,8 p.m., Red Deer Arena.● Heritage junior B hockey: Banff Bearsat Ponoka Stampeders, 8 p.m.
Sunday● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at OldsGrizzlys, 2 p.m.
Hockey2015 Western Hockey League
Preseason Schedule
Wednesday’s gamePrince Albert at Regina, late
Thursday’s gameLethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.
Friday’s gamesEverett at Portland, 4:30 p.m.Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.Victoria at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19Tri-City at Spokane, 3 p.m.Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.End of 2015 WHL Pre-season
2015 NHL PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Sunday, Sept. 20Boston vs. New Jersey (at Providence, R.I.), 5 p.m.Florida at Nashville (split-squad doubleheader), 2:30 and 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 21New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.Carolina at Washington,5 p.m.Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m.Philadelphia (ss) at N.Y. Islanders (ss), 5 p.m.Philadelphia (ss) vs. N.Y. Islanders (ss) (at Allen-town, Pa.), 5 p.m.Ottawa (ss) at Toronto (ss), 5:30 p.m.Toronto (ss) at Ottawa (ss), 5:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Calgary (ss) at Edmonton (ss), 7 p.m.Edmonton (ss) at Calgary (ss), 7 p.m.Arizona vs. Los Angeles (at Bakersfield, Calif.), 8 p.m.San Jose vs. Vancouver (at Victoria), 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22Washington at Boston, 5 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.St. Louis (ss) at Columbus (ss), 5 p.m.Toronto at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.Nashville at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Dallas at Florida, 5:30 p.m.Columbus (ss) at St. Louis (ss), 6 p.m.Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Anaheim at Colorado, 7 p.m.San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.Arizona at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 23Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Nashville, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 5 p.m.Minnesota at Columbus, 5 p.m.Washington at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.Calgary at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25N.Y. Islanders (ss) at New Jersey, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders (ss) at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Buffalo at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Florida at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.Chicago at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.Arizona at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.
FootballCFL
East Division GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 11 8 3 0 392 221 16Ottawa 10 6 4 0 224 259 12Toronto 11 6 5 0 277 322 12Montreal 10 4 6 0 207 196 8
West Division GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 11 8 3 0 287 224 16Edmonton 11 7 4 0 272 197 14B.C. 10 4 6 0 222 281 8Winnipeg 11 4 7 0 209 317 8Saskatchewan 11 1 10 0 262 335 2
WEEK 13Bye: TorontoFriday, Sept. 18B.C. at Calgary, 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 19Edmonton at Hamilton, 2 p.m.Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 20Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.
WEEK 14Bye: HamiltonFriday, Sept. 25Calgary at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 26B.C. at Edmonton, 2 p.m.Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 27Montreal at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.
Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders(x—scored two-pointconvert): TD C FG S PtJ.Medlock, Ham 0 39 26 4 121B.Bede, Mtl 0 12 25 6 93G.Shaw, Edm 0 19 21 8 90R.Paredes, Cgy 0 14 24 4 90L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 12 19 8 77P.McCallum, Sask 0 13 20 2 75R.Leone, BC 0 16 17 7 74x-Je.Johnson, Ott 8 2 0 0 50R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 11 12 2 49x-E.Rogers, Cgy 7 4 0 0 46C.Milo, Ott 0 15 9 1 43
T.Gurley, Tor 7 0 0 0 42x-A.Collie, BC 6 2 0 0 38D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 11 0 37A.Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36K.Stafford, Edm 6 0 0 0 36x-C.Marshall, Wpg 5 4 0 0 34x-K.Elliott, Tor 5 2 0 0 32x-K.Lawrence, Edm 5 2 0 0 32B.Banks, Ham 5 0 0 0 30A.Bowman, Edm 5 0 0 0 30V.Hazleton, Tor 5 0 0 0 30J.Mathews, Ham 5 0 0 0 30T.Toliver, Ham 5 0 0 0 30
National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE
East W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 31 10Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 27 14New England 1 0 0 1.000 28 21Miami 1 0 0 1.000 17 10
South W L T Pct PF PATennessee 1 0 0 1.000 42 14Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 20Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 27Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 14 27
North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 33 13Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 13 19Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 21 28Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 10 31
West W L T Pct PF PADenver 1 0 0 1.000 19 13Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 20San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 33 28Oakland 0 1 0 .000 13 33
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 0 0 1.000 27 26Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 17Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 24 26
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 26 27
South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 1 0 0 1.000 26 24Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 20 9Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 42New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 31
North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 1 0 0 1.000 31 23Detroit 0 1 0 .000 28 33Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 3 20Chicago 0 1 0 .000 23 31
West W L T Pct PF PASt. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 34 31Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 31 19San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 3Seattle 0 1 0 .000 31 34
Monday’s GamesAtlanta 26, Philadelphia 24San Francisco 20, Minnesota 3
Thursday, Sep. 17Denver at KansasCity, 6:25 p.m.
Sunday, Sep. 20Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m.Arizona at Chicago, 11 a.m.Houston at Carolina, 11 a.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.San Diego at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.Tennessee at Cleveland, 11 a.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.St. Louis at Washington, 11 a.m.Baltimore at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 2:05 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 2:25 p.m.Seattle at Green Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, Sep. 21N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m.
TransactionsWednesday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALLAmerican LeagueCHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled RHP Scott Carroll from Charlotte (IL).Oakland ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Cody Martin from Nashville (PCL). Selected LHP Barry Zito from Nashville. Placed RHP Jesse Chavez on the 60-day DL.Can-Am LeagueQUEBEC CAPITALES — Exercised the 2016 con-tracts option on LHP McKenzie Acker, RHP Shaun Ellis, RHP Jon Fitzsimmons, RHP Karl Gelinas, LHP Mark Hardy, RHP Deryl Hooker, LHP Jay Johnson, RHP Ryan Leach, LHP Sheldon McDonald, RHP Luis Pardo, LHP Derrick Penilla, C Jean-Luc Bla-quiere, C Justin Marra, C Jose Peley, INF Jonathan Malo, INF Yordan Manduley, INF Cedric Vallieres, INF Tyler Young, OF Alexei Bell, OF Joash Brodin, OF Yunieski Gourriel, OF Kalian Sams and OF Will Walsh.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationPHOENIX SUNS — Signed C Henry Sims, Fs Cory Jefferson and Kyle Casey and Gs Deonte Burton and Terrico White.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueNFL — Fined Cincinnati CB Adam Jones $35,000 for his personal foul against Oakland WR Amari Cooper during a Sept. 13 game.CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DE Lavar Edwards.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed LB De-
koda Watson. Signed LB Eric Martin to the practice squad. Released LB Alex Singleton and DL Jimmy Staten from the practice squad.NEW YORK JETS — Released DL Kevin Vickerson from injured reserve.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Traded WR Brice Butler to Dallas for a conditional 2016 draft pick. Signed WR DeAndre Carter to the practice squad. Released LB Josh Shirley from the practice squad.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed LB Orie Lemon. Signed CB Isaiah Frey, DT Derrick Lott and LB Julian Stanford to the practice squad.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Houston Bates to the practice squad.Canadian Football LeagueWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released WR Jhomo Gordon from the practice roster.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueNASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned F Justin Kirkland to Kelowna (WHL), F Anthony Richard to Val-d’Or (QMJHL), D Alex Carrier to Gatineau (QM-JHL) and D Aaron Irving to Edmonton (WHL).NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Agreed to terms with F Jiri Tlusty on a one-year contract. Signed F Tyler Kennedy and F Lee Stempniak to PTO contracts.NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Re-signed C Brock Nelson to a three-contract.American Hockey LeagueHARTFORD WOLF PACK — Signed F Jack Combs.ECHLATLANTA GLADIATORS — Agreed to terms with F Garry Nunn.
Major League BaseballAmerican League
East Division W L Pct GBToronto 83 62 .572 —New York 80 65 .552 3Baltimore 71 74 .490 12Tampa Bay 70 75 .483 13Boston 69 76 .476 14
Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 85 60 .586 —Minnesota 75 69 .521 9 1/2Cleveland 72 72 .500 12 1/2Chicago 69 75 .479 15 1/2Detroit 66 78 .458 18 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBTexas 78 67 .538 —Houston 77 69 .527 1 1/2Los Angeles 73 72 .503 5Seattle 71 76 .483 8Oakland 62 84 .425 16 1/2
Wild Card W L Pct WCGBNew York 80 65 .552 —Houston 77 69 .527 —Minnesota 75 69 .521 1Los Angeles 73 72 .503 3 1/2Cleveland 72 72 .500 4Baltimore 71 74 .490 5 1/2
Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore 6, Boston 5, 13 inningsKansas City 2, Cleveland 0Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3Atlanta 3, Toronto 2Texas 6, Houston 5Detroit 5, Minnesota 4Oakland 17, Chicago White Sox 6L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3
Wednesday’s GamesBoston 10, Baltimore 1Cleveland 5, Kansas City 1N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 1Toronto 9, Atlanta 1Texas 14, Houston 3Chicago White Sox 9, Oakland 4Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 1
Thursday’s GamesOakland (Nolin 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quin-tana 9-10), 12:10 p.m.Baltimore (Tillman 9-11) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1-4), 5:10 p.m.Kansas City (Ventura 11-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-13), 5:10 p.m.Toronto (Estrada 12-8) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-7), 5:10 p.m.Houston (McCullers 5-5) at Texas (Lewis 15-8), 6:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Santiago 8-9) at Minnesota (Milone 8-5), 6:10 p.m.
Friday’s GamesBoston at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.Kansas City at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 6:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.Oakland at Houston, 6:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.MiCabrera Det 107 390 58 131 .336Bogaerts Bos 139 545 70 175 .321Brantley Cle 130 504 67 159 .315Fielder Tex 141 547 71 172 .314Altuve Hou 138 569 71 178 .313NCruz Sea 138 536 83 166 .310LCain KC 129 503 95 155 .308Donaldson Tor 143 564 109 170 .301JIglesias Det 120 416 44 125 .300Hosmer KC 142 533 87 160 .300Home RunsNCruz, Seattle, 42 CDavis, Baltimore, 42 Donald-son, Toronto, 38 JMartinez, Detroit, 36 Trout, Los Angeles, 36 Bautista, Toronto, 35 Ortiz, Boston, 35 Pujols, Los Angeles, 35.Runs Batted InDonaldson, Toronto, 119 CDavis, Baltimore, 107 Bautista, Toronto, 102 KMorales, Kansas City, 101 Encarnacion, Toronto, 99 Ortiz, Boston, 97 JMarti-nez, Detroit, 94.PitchingKeuchel, Houston, 17-8 FHernandez, Seattle, 17-9 Price, Toronto, 16-5 McHugh, Houston, 16-7 Lewis, Texas, 15-8 Eovaldi, New York, 14-3 Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7.
National LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBNew York 83 63 .568 —Washington 75 70 .517 7 1/2Miami 63 83 .432 20Atlanta 57 89 .390 26Philadelphia 56 91 .381 27 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 91 54 .628 —Pittsburgh 87 58 .600 4Chicago 84 61 .579 7Milwaukee 62 83 .428 29Cincinnati 61 83 .424 29 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 84 61 .579 —San Francisco 76 69 .524 8Arizona 69 77 .473 15 1/2San Diego 69 78 .469 16Colorado 61 85 .418 23 1/2
Wild Card W L Pct WCGBPittsburgh 87 58 .600 —Chicago 84 61 .579 —San Francisco 76 69 .524 8
Tuesday’s GamesPittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 1st gameChicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2nd gameWashington 4, Philadelphia 0Miami 9, N.Y. Mets 3Atlanta 3, Toronto 2St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 1, 10 inningsArizona 6, San Diego 4Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 16 inningsCincinnati 9, San Francisco 8, 10 innings
Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 2, 12 inningsWashington 12, Philadelphia 2Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 0Toronto 9, Atlanta 1St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4San Diego 4, Arizona 3L.A. Dodgers 2, Colorado 0Cincinnati at San Francisco, late
Thursday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 9-7), 10:35 a.m.Miami (Cosart 1-4) at Washington (Roark 4-5), 5:05 p.m.Toronto (Estrada 12-8) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-7), 5:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lackey 11-9) at Milwaukee (Nelson 11-12), 6:10 p.m.
Friday’s GamesSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.San Diego at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Harper Was 138 470 109 159 .338DGordon Mia 129 548 76 182 .332Posey SF 136 499 70 164 .329YEscobar Was 126 489 69 157 .321Goldschmidt Ari 143 514 90 162 .315Pollock Ari 141 546 98 172 .315Votto Cin 142 488 89 152 .311LeMahieu Col 138 516 78 160 .310DPeralta Ari 136 429 56 131 .305MDuffy SF 132 504 69 153 .304Home RunsHarper, Washington, 40 Arenado, Colorado, 39 CaGonzalez, Colorado, 37 Frazier, Cincinnati, 34 Rizzo, Chicago, 29 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28 AGon-zalez, Los Angeles, 27 Stanton, Miami, 27 Votto, Cincinnati, 27.Runs Batted InArenado, Colorado, 111 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 100 Kemp, San Diego, 97 Bryant, Chicago, 93 McCutch-en, Pittsburgh, 93 Harper, Washington, 92 Rizzo, Chicago, 90.PitchingArrieta, Chicago, 19-6 Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-7 Greinke, Los Angeles, 17-3 Wacha, St. Louis, 16-5 GCole, Pittsburgh, 16-8 Kershaw, Los Ange-les, 14-6 BColon, New York, 14-12.
Barber opts to turn pro on heels of world pole vault victory
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Shawn Barber’s first day back on home soil as a professional athlete didn’t go quite as smoothly as planned.
The newly crowned world pole vault champion’s trip home from Europe took three flights. The lug-gage — including his world gold medal — had yet to arrive. And he still hadn’t managed to secure a hotel room thanks to the Toronto International Film Fes-tival.
Barber and his dad George sat guzzling coffee at a downtown cafe Wednesday morning in the same clothes they’d been wearing for nearly two days — Shawn in a red Canada jacket, George in a black version of the same one. Shawn talked about the whirlwind past couple of weeks.
“Absolutely (crazy). I’ve worked more since the summer started than I have all year of being in the NCAAs,” Barber said of the added demands of meet-ing with the media and sponsors.
“It’s a lot more difficult than some people give it credit for. I don’t want to say it’s work, because it’s all very enjoyable for me, but it is a lot of early mornings and late nights.”
The 21-year-old won gold at the world champi-onships last month in Beijing — Canada’s first-ever world pole vault medal, and first gold since Perdita Felicien’s hurdles victory in 2003.
A couple of days later, he turned pro by signing a deal with Nike, opting to forgo his final NCAA season at the University of Akron. He’ll continue to train and take classes at Akron.
“For me it was pretty clear, a pretty easy choice after winning world championships,” said Barber, who won one NCAA outdoor title, and two indoor titles.
“I think that my best bet for good competition and quality meets next year is to go pro and to expose myself to those larger meets.
“I think that I’ve done just about everything I want to do in the NCAA, and I’m very happy with my years there, and I think I’m just ready for a new chapter.”
His decision was the opposite of Andre De Grasse, who will compete for the USC Trojans in his senior NCAA season. The young sprint star won bronze in the 100 metres in Beijing, and then turned down the chance to sign lucrative endorsement deals — including a multi-year shoe deal worth up to seven
figures — to remain with USC.Barber’s contract, which like any shoe deal is
merit-based and so on a sliding scale, would be sig-nificantly less than what De Grasse stood to earn. The 100 metres is track and field’s marquee event.
De Grasse is relatively new to track and field, and said he feels he has a great deal still to learn. Bar-ber, on the other hand, has competed since he was a young boy.
Barber also said his decision to go pro, and the ability to focus on higher-level meets such as the Diamond League circuit, sets him up better for next summer’s Olympics.
“I won’t be required to do some of the lower meets that are just kind of brutal on your body,” Barber said. “That being said, I think as long as (De Grasse) doesn’t try to change a lot of things going into Rio, he will still be very successful next year and hopefully I’m going to try to do the same thing.
“That’s the main reason I’m going back to Akron, to continue studying, and to continue working with the same coaching program, and to continue doing everything as close to the same as I can…”
Barber’s coaches are his dad — a former vaulter who introduced Shawn to the sport when he was just four — and Akron’s Dennis Mitchell.
The six-foot-three red head grew up in New Mexi-co but lists Toronto as his hometown. He holds dual citizenship and competes for Canada largely be-cause of his father, who’s from Kincardine, Ont.
He admitted it was a bit strange watching the Ma-ple Leaf go up to the playing of “O Canada” on the podium in Beijing.
“It is a very unique experience, and I feel very fortunate to be able to experience it, and I think it’s very humbling because you’re just one person in an enormous country of people and you have the ability to represent that whole country on an international stage,” he said.
“To be able to do it well enough to say ‘Hey Cana-da is doing this’ to every other country in the world I think is the most special thing in the world.”
Barber closed out his competitive season in Eu-rope and only arrived back in North America early Wednesday morning. Neither he nor his dad had seen any press clippings from the worlds, and so were unaware of the interest the victory generated back home.
“That’s very cool,” Barber said. “Hopefully that’s going to drive me to compete
better knowing that people are looking for me for
inspiration, and if I can encourage people to get into the sport by my performances, I think that’s the most special thing that anybody can ask for, so I’m defi-nitely going to try my best to go out and perform for them.”
Barber planned to take a few weeks off vaulting. Asked what he does when he’s not training or study-ing, he said laughing: “I don’t remember. It’s been so long since I’ve done anything else.”
He’s into beach volleyball, he added. There are several beach volleyball courts on campus.
“I’ve hurt myself more times doing that than pole vault I think.”
File Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pole vault gold medalist, Canada’s Shawn Barber, holds his medal following his medal ceremony at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing. Barber is opting to turn pro on the heels of his world pole vault victory.
OPTS OUT OF FINAL YEAR AT UNIVERSITY OF AKRON TO
SIGN DEAL WITH NIKE
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Anthony McCleary and Desai Williams have been fired as coaches with Canada’s track and field team.
Athletics Canada announced Wednesday that Jeff Huntoon has been hired as head coach of the East High Performance Hub in Toronto as part of a restructuring, replacing McCleary and Williams.
Charles Allen and Jason Kerr will work as mentor coaches.
“The reorganization follows a re-view of the high performance plan to ensure Athletics Canada is on the right performance path towards Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020,” Athletics Canada said in a statement on its website.
Huntoon is the personal coach of
high jump world champion Derek Drouin, and joined Athletics Canada in October of 2014 as the combined events and jumps coach.
The Wisconsin native has 25 years of coaching experience. Prior to join-ing Athletics Canada he was associ-ate head coach at Indiana University, coaching five NCAA champions and helping the Hoosiers to 12 individual and two team Big Ten Championships.
McCleary and Williams led a sprints and hurdles group in Toronto that included Nikkita Holder, Phylicia George, Gavin Smellie, Khamica Bing-ham, Kim Hyacinthe and Crystal Em-manuel, among others.
They also coached Canada’s wom-en’s 4x100-metre relay team, which broke the national record three times this season, and the women’s 4x400 team.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, Australia — With a vocal crowd cheering her on, Ron-da Rousey had some fighting words for Holly Holm less than two months before their UFC bantamweight title bout in Melbourne on Nov. 15.
At a hype-filled promotional event filled with more MMA fans than media, Rousey, when asked if she had seen much of Australia’s second-largest city, replied: “I wish I had a chance do some more touristy things. After I beat Holly I will have some time.”
Rousey (12-0) will make her seventh title defence against Holm (9-0), the boxing champion from New Mexico, in the headlining bout at Etihad Stadium.
Rousey has become one of the most prominent U.S. female athletes while winning her last three bouts in a com-bined 64 seconds. In her last so-called fight, she stopped Bethe Correia in 34 seconds on Aug. 1.
Holm underscored Rousey’s form, saying on Wednesday that against Rousey she would take it “one second at a time.”
“Mentally, a lot of things that I’ve gone through fighting against some of the best in the world in boxing, has giv-en me that confidence that I’m going to be able to deal with coming in as an underdog,” Holm said.
Rousey was scheduled to defend her bantamweight title against Holm on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas, but a thumb in-jury to welterweight champion Robbie Lawler changed the UFC’s schedule.
Lawler was slated to defend his ti-tle against Carlos Condit in the main
event at UFC 193 at Etihad Stadium, which will seat more than 55,000. Due to the time difference, the live pay-per-view event will be broadcast in the United States on Nov. 14.
“What makes Holly such an in-triguing challenger for me is that I’ve been watching her since the day she started in the ring,” Rousey said. “I have known that our paths were going to cross at some point. I know that if there’s a 19-time boxing world champi-on coming into my sport, I have my eye on her.
“She’s been really impressive with how she’s adapted to MMA from pure boxing to head-kick knockouts. I know she’s the type of fighter that I want to test myself against. I still have more to prove, and Holly is one more person that I’m going to prove myself against.”
Rousey criticized the suspension of fellow UFC competitor Nick Diaz for marijuana use. This week, the Neva-da State Athletic Commission banned the welterweight fighter for five years because of a third marijuana-related offence.
“It’s so not right for him to be sus-pended (for) five years for marijuana,” Rousey said.
“I’m against them even testing for weed at all. It’s not a performance-en-hancing drug … it’s only tested for po-litical reasons.”
The Melbourne card will be the first to feature women headlining the pro-gram.
“In the history of combat sports, this has never been done,” UFC president Dana White said at the news confer-ence.
The UFC193 main card will also fea-ture a straw-weight title bout between Poland’s Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Ca-nadian Valerie Letourneau.
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Canadians in tough at Rugby World Cup
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canada was ranked 12th in the world heading into the 2007 Rugby World Cup and 14th going into the 2011 competition.
The Canadian men are No. 18 as they prepare to open the 2015 tourna-ment against sixth-ranked Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday. Canada is a 66-1 underdog to upset the Irish, according to British bookmaker William Hill.
Despite the long odds and a bumpy road to the tournament, Canada’s spir-it is strong.
“When we’ve got all our best players healthy and on the pitch, we’re here to upset some people,” veteran lock Jamie Cudmore said on the eve of his fourth World Cup. “We’re not here to make up the numbers.
“As tough as it’s been this summer. I know the quality and the fight that’s in this squad … I think it’s going to be a really positive World Cup for us.”
Hurt by injuries and players un-available, Canada has gone 2-11-0 in Test play since the start of 2014. Only No. 19 Uruguay and No. 20 Namibia are ranked lower than Canada at the tournament.
The rankings slide comes despite better Canadian coaching and facil-ities. While Canada has progressed, other countries have done more.
“We are only just hanging on and we’re going to get further behind un-less we get some sort of professional environment in North America, some professional competition,” Canadian coach Kieran Crowley said.
Crowley points to 17th-ranked Ro-mania, whom his team will face on Oct. 6.
“They’ve got seven professional clubs in Bucharest. Those players are training like our carded players every
day. Georgia has got the same. All their club players get paid to play.”
“Don’t get me wrong,” added Crow-ley, a former all Black who took over the Canadian side in 2008. “There’s a hell of a lot of good stuff going on in Canada … but we’re not going to make the next step until we get that (pro) sys-tem going.”
Canada also shares talent between the seven- and 15-man teams, some-thing that doesn’t happen in Tier 1 countries.
“To be fair, it doesn’t do either pro-gram any good,” said Crowley.
Crowley’s biggest fear is Canada will lose funding from World Rugby, the sport’s governing body, if it contin-ues to fall in the rankings. Domestic funding is largely focused on sevens these days, given its Olympic partici-pation.
In seven previous World Cups, Can-ada has only made it out of the first round once — in 1991 when it was beat-en 29-13 by New Zealand in the quar-ter-finals.
Canada’s World Cup record is a combined 7-16-2.
Its all-time mark against its Pool D rivals — No. 6 Ireland, No. 7 France, No. 13 Italy and No. 17 Romania — in 2015 is 5-20-1 in all competitions.
Canada’s goal in Britain will likely be to finish third in its pool, which does not advance the team but secures automatic qualification to the next tournament. Crowley reckons that will take two wins, with Romania and Italy the likely targets.
On the plus side this year, the depth of the Canadian squad has made for some interesting selection decisions.
“There’s not a lot between the start-ing group and the next group … I don’t see a lot between the whole 31 in this particular case,” said Crowley.
That was not the case four years
ago.“Personally it’s probably one of the
times I’ve been most nervous about World Cup selection,” winger DTV van der Merwe said of the depth.
“All 31 guys can start on any given day,” he added.
The kicking of scrum half Gord McRorie allowed Crowley to forgo picking 36-year-old fullback James Pritchard, Canada’s all-time leading scorer.
The Canadian squad will survive injuries to props Jason Marshall and Tom Dolezel and winger Taylor Paris.
Canada has depth on the wing with van der Merwe, Jeff Hassler and Phil
Mackenzie, all of whom play profes-sionally. Nick Blevins has proved to be a bulldozer at centre.
Liam Underwood and Nathan Hi-rayama will have to step up at fly half.
In the forwards, Cudmore and Jebb Sinclair bring veteran poise while 24-year-old lock Evan Olmstead has turned heads in warmup matches. Cap-tain Tyler Ardron has not played since injuring his knee July 29 against Sa-moa, with Canadian officials holding their breath to see if he recovers in time for the Ireland game.
If not, Aaron Carpenter will fill in at No. 8 while Cudmore takes over as captain.
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Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian rugby forward Evan Olmstead is shown in a handout photo. Born in Vancouver but raised in Australia, Olmstead is being counted on to add physicality to Canada’s Rugby World Cup campaign, which starts Saturday against Ireland.
Rousey a big hit in AustraliaUFC
Huntoon hired to replace McCleary, Williams in
Athletics Canada restructuring
Devils sign centre Jiri Tlusty to
1-year contract
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils signed free-agent cen-tre Jiri Tlusty to a one-year, $800,000 contract Wednesday, and said right wing Lee Stemp-niak and centre Tyler Kennedy will attend training camp on profes-sional tryouts.
T h e 2 7 - y e a r - o l d Tlusty, from the Czech Republic, had 14 goals and 17 assists in 72 reg-ular-season games last season with Carolina and Winnipeg. He has 87 goals and 86 assists in 416 career games in eight seasons with To-ronto, Carolina and Win-nipeg.
T h e 3 2 - y e a r - o l d Stempniak had 15 goals and 13 assists in 71 games last season with the New York Rangers and Winnipeg. He has 165 goals and 204 assists in 708 career games in 10 seasons.
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Red Deer Rebel Jacob Herauf, left, battles his way past Austin Pratt during first period Red Deer Rebels action at the Black and White game at the Centrium. The Rebels take on the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings tomorrow for a pre-season exhibition game at the Centrium at 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18● Senior Citizens Downtown House has
several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Sept. 18; 500 every Monday and Wednes-day at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Sept. 28; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. A Roast Pork Supper will be held on Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. for a cost of $15 in advance. Phone 403-346-4043.
● Scrabble Benefit, hosted by Gramma-Link-Africa and supported by the Golden Cir-cle, will run Sept. 18, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre. Event features best of two games, silent auction, prizes and refreshments. All proceeds donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising their orphaned grand-children. Register for pledge forms by con-tacting Merla at [email protected] or call 403-342-5670. For more information contact Faye by calling 403-343-1881 or email [email protected]
● Sylvan Lake Municipal Library Zom-bie Walk takes place Sept. 18. Meet at the li-brary from 3:30 to 4 p.m. to meet team mates, get Nerf guns, costumes and make-up in the theme of Zombie Prom Night ready, and find out rules of the walk. After the walk, return to the library for refreshments and prizes. No swords. To register for this free, all-ages event, contact [email protected], 403-887-2130.
● Red Deer Table Tennis Club meets to play every Friday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mi-chener Recreation Centre gymnasium. There is a drop-in fee of $10. All levels welcome. Contact Tom at 403-872-7222.
● Rock and Roll Dance Party sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary, will take over the Red Deer Legion on Sept. 18, 8:00 p.m. Cost is $15 and includes food and fun. Wear your best rock and roll clothes and dance to Triple Nickel. Tickets available in advance only at Legion reception.
● Jennifer Quist, author, will be reading from her new novel — Sistering — on Sept. 18, 7 p.m. at Sunworks.
● Royal Canadian Legion in Sylvan Lake has weekly Friday night steak suppers and meat draws start at 6:30 p.m. Phone 403-887-2601.
● Red Deer Legion presents Triple Nickel on Sept. 18 from 8 p.m. to midnight for their weekend dance followed by Annual Silent Auction and Romeo on Sept. 19. Tickets are required for Sept. 18 dance. Romeo will be on stage for the Sept. 26 dance, followed by Hot Spur on Oct. 2 and 3. Phone 403-342-0035. Legion members are required to show their valid membership card. Non-members cover charge is $5.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19● Dance with Randy Jones
and the Reflections at Ponoka Moose Lodge Hall, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 19. Cost is $15, and $13 for Moose members. Lunch included. See www.AlbertaDance-News.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information.
● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered on Saturdays, Sept 19, Oct. 17 and Nov. 14, and from 2 to 3 p.m. Children ages nine years and up, or children under nine years accompanied by an adult, are welcome to learn to knit, or work on their own project — beginner to expert. Phone 403-346-4688.
● Lace Up with Team Diabetes for a run or walk on Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. and help raise money for The Canadian Diabetes Associa-tion. Register, $10, by email to [email protected]
● Plein Air Painting and Photography Day — Celebrating the Medicine River area with art — takes place Sept. 19, meeting at 10 a.m. at Gilby Hall. Art Whitehead will be the featured artist. The general public is welcome to see the art and photography and enjoy beef on a bun provided by Medicine River Watershed Society at 5 p.m. at Gilby Hall. Contact Tina at 403-746-3541, or Erin at 403-506-7913, [email protected].
● XPlore Sport Day is a free opportuni-ty to try out a new sport. Event takes place Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Collicutt Centre. Opening remarks with Mayor Tara Veer at 10 a.m. All ages participants are encouraged to wear running shoes and clothing appropriate for all sports. See www.reddeer.ca/xplore-sport, or phone 403-309-8541.
● Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; Whisker Rescue supplies food and litter if necessary. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20● Operation Food Lift will be held Sept.
20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sky Wings Avia-tion, Hangar 13, Springbrook. For $25 or $25 equivalent food donation, go for an exciting 20 minute flight over Red Deer and possibly view your residence. There will also be a concession provided by Red Deer Food Bank Barbecue Crew and a Flying Flee Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendors welcome. Ta-ble rental $10. Phone 403-342-5355. Spon-sored by Sky Wings Aviation and Red Deer Food Bank.
● The Terry Fox Run will be held at Her-itage Ranch on Sept. 20, now commemorat-ing 35 years. Registration starts at 10 a.m. and the run begins at 11 a.m. Join this family friendly run, walk, bike or roller blade on Red Deer’s beautiful trails for cancer research. No entry fee. No minimum pledge. Door prizes and barbecue to follow run. Pledge forms are available on-line at www.terryfox.org or
1-888-836-9766.● Downtown Sounds @ Gaetz Concert
Series — Autumn Delights — features Wen-dy Markosky on the Centennial Pipe Organ on Sept. 20, 3 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church. Tickets are $15 per person. Children under 12 attend free of charge. Phone 403-347-2244.
● Lacombe Legion Breakfast is offered on the third Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Coffee hour is held every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Phone 403-782-6441.
● Discovery Sundays are offered at Ker-ry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more.
MONDAY, SEPT. 21● Bargain Treasures Thrift Store wel-
comes gently used items, except furniture, computers and monitors, infant car seats or cribs. Please bring items inside the back door at 5217 Gaetz Ave. during business hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Fri-day, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The store is run by volunteers and all proceeds stay in the community. Phone 403-347-9711.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22● Sunrise Toastmasters welcomes
guests on Tuesday morning, Sept. 22 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at 40 Holmes Street west of Ca-nadian Tire (north). This group meets regular-ly on Tuesday mornings at this time. Toast-masters improves both communication and leadership skills. Everyone welcome. Phone 403-343-0091 or see www.toastmasters.org
● Lego Builders Tuesdays meet at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, Oct. 13, and Nov. 24. Children ages six and up are invited to participate in a free Lego build ac-tivity. Children under six may attend with an adult.
● Alberta Gerontology Nurses Associ-ation Central Chapter September presen-tation will be offered on Sept. 22 from 5 to 6 p.m. at Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer
Regional Hospital. Renee Joslin, registered psychologist, mental health counsellor from Red Deer Primary Care Network, will talk about A Slice of Happiness. Free. Contact [email protected].
● Overeaters Anonymous meets Tues-days at 7:30 p.m. at Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, 51 Alford Ave. This 12-step program of recovery is for individuals experiencing dif-ficulty with overeating. No dues or fees. See www.oa.org, or phone Phyl at 403-347-4188.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23● Art and More at Dawe Branch of Red
Deer Public Library runs alternate Wednes-days from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for children ages seven and up. On Sept.23, the theme is bam-boo painting.
● Multi-Church Seniors Luncheon will be offered at Living Stones Church on Sept. 23, 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Guest singer is Lisa Ellerby-Boomer.
● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Black Velvet is on Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24● Golden Circle Senior Resource Cen-
tre dance, Sept. 24, 7 to 10 p.m. at the se-niors’ centre. Dance to the music of Allsorts Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-342-2875, or 403-341-4672.
● Powered by Breathing Lung Support Group meets Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Those with lung disorders are invited to learn tips on having a better life with a chronic lung disorder at this Lung Association affiliat-ed support group. Contact Ted at 403-309-3487, or Mac at 403-347-2191.
● Bull Skit Sketchfest will be presented on Sept. 24 to 26 at Scott Block starting at 7 p.m. nightly. See againstthewalltheatre.com
● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept. 24 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an eight km hike at Gull Lake east. Hike will be can-celled if weather unsuitable. Cook out. Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.
● The Abbey Centre in Blackfalds needs online votes to win the national title of Great Public Space in the Great Places in Canada Contest. Winner is eligible for up to $2500 in prizes to benefit the community. Vote once per day until Sept. 24 atgreat-placesincanada.ca/contestants/abbey-centre/
● Parkinson Alberta Education and Support Groups are available for persons with Parkinson Disease, family members, and caregivers in Red Deer, Lacombe, Innis-fail, Three Hills, Olds and Castor. See www.parkinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463.
● Steven Palmer Concert will be held
at Sunnybrook United Church on Oct. 8 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Palmer is a folk-road survi-vor who has been compared to Hoyt Axton and Leonard Cohen. Tickets cost $15 for adults, and free for children aged 12 years and under. Contact the church at 403-347-6073, or Michele at 403-356-1707.
● Jon Neufeld, singer, songwriter, wor-ship leader will offer a free night of worship on Oct. 9, 7 p.m., at Deer Park Church. The event is part of a 12-city tour in partnership with Food for the Hungry Canada.
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● Red Deer River Naturalists Annual Banquet will be featured at Ellis Bird Farm Visitor Centre on Sept. 25 with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., and dinner at 6 p.m. Keynote speaker Myrna Pearman will talk about An Inspiration of Bluebirds and more. Seating limited to 70. Tickets available at Kerry Wood Nature Centre for $25 in advance. Phone 403-346-2010, or 403-347-8200.
● Shalom Counselling Centre will hold a Fall FriendRaiser on Oct. 3 and is looking for volunteers and guests. Helpers are required before as well as on the day and during the event. Email [email protected] or call Bonnie at 403-342-0339 for more de-tails.
● Central Alberta Singles Club is spon-soring a dance on Sept. 26 at Royal Ca-nadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Wise Choice. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Non-singles and everyone wel-come. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.
● Saving Jesus Redux session will be offered at Sunnybrook United Church on six Thursdays, Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join the guided discussion around the relevance of Jesus for today. Transportation available. Contact Linda at 403-343-6073.
● #lightupgoldcentralalberta was start-ed by Tennille Day Chief, 15, to raise aware-ness for children with childhood cancer, in honour of a school mate with osteo sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Tennille is asking people, businesses and organizations to help raise awareness and funds by putting on events during the month of Sept. See Face-book to find out more.
● Our Lady of Peace Annual Turkey Supper will be served on Sept. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion in Innisfail. Adult ages 13 years and up cost $14, $6 for six to 12 years, and free for under six. Take out and delivery for seniors and shut-ins available. Phone 403-865-1985.
● Red Deer Christmas Bureau is seek-ing a variety of volunteers including a volun-teer receptionist and board members and others. Phone 403-347-2210.
● Scott School Hall Community’s Chain Lakes Horseback Poker Rally will be held on Sept. 27. A pancake breakfast will be
offered from 9 to 11 a.m. The ride takes place from 10 a.m. to noon. All riders must register. Phone 403-783-6858, [email protected].
● Memorial Society of Red Deer and District Annual General Meeting will be held at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Oct. 22 starting with lunch at noon for $15, followed by general meeting. Meeting is free of charge to attend. Speaker will be Val Hilario, executive director of Red Deer Hospice Society. RSVP to reserve lunch by Oct. 16. Contact Virginia at 403-340-9183, Ruth at 403-340-3898, or Joan at 403-347-3792.
● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Ambassador Breakfast will be held on Oct. 7, 8 to 9 a.m. at Lou Soppit Community Cen-tre in Rocky Mountain House. A presentation by Curtis Vieville, project technician with The Agroforestry and Woodlot Extension Society will be featured. RSVP to [email protected] or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by noon on Oct. 2.
● CIBC Canadian Breast Cancer Foun-dation Run for the Cure goes Oct. 4 at Bow-er Ponds for a one or five km walk/run. Reg-istration starts at 8 a.m. followed by opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., warm up at 9:50 a.m., and run/walk. [email protected]. Event day volunteers also needed.
● Heart and Stroke Foundation Run with Heart Glow Run will be held on Oct. 17 starting at 7 p.m. for a choice of five or 10 km races. Register at heartandstroke.ab.ca, 403-342-4435, or events.runningroom.com. Volunteers and participants sought.
● J.J. Collett Annual Fall Walk offers guided walks at J.J. Collett Natural Area for all ages on Sept. 27 from 2 to 5 p.m. A free barbecue will follow. See www.jjcollett.com, contact 403-704-5360, [email protected].
● Reel Movie Mondays Fall Series at Carnival Cinemas tickets packages are now available. See more details at www.reelmov-iemondays.ca. Packages of five tickets are $35 for members or $45 for non-members. Single tickets are $8 for members or $10 for non-members. If available, single tickets are $10 cash only, at the door one hour before viewing. Memberships and tickets can be purchased in advance from Red Deer Muse-um and Art Gallery by calling 403-309-8405.
● Year After Year Film will be featured at Welikoklad Event Centre on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Filmed by Red Deer College Motion Picture Arts alumni and adapted from the stage mu-
sical Year After Year chronicles the dissolving years of seven friends in their late ’20s. www.yearafteryearmusical.com/index2.html. Tick-ets cost $10.
● Almost, Maine Theatre Production by John Cariani will be presented in Studio A, Red Deer College Arts Centre, Oct. 15 to 17, and Oct. 20 to 24 at 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 17 and 24 at 1 p.m. Purchase tickets at bkticket-centre.ca, rdc.ab.ca/showtime
● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) registration is open now for the fall session. Classes run Sept. 6 to Dec. 20 Yard offers a variety of classes and styles for all levels.Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email [email protected].
● Our Flags of Remembrance is a trib-ute campaign by Veterans Voices of Canada which will be held in Oct. and Nov. Donors are sought to sponsor plaques for the 128 flags commemorating representing 1,000 cur-rent, past serving, fallen, and missing in ac-tion of Canada’s military services. Flags and plaques and will be placed at Sylvan Lake and Ponoka and across Canada at noon on Oct. 17 and remaining on display until Nov.
12. Persons, groups, or individuals interested in sponsoring plaques in the name of their military hero are invited to contact Jeanette at 780-920-2053, [email protected]. See www.vetvoicecan.org
● Canadian Mental Health Association Central Alberta Division will host an eight week course to provide participants oppor-tunities to explore personal recovery goals and increase their well being. The program is suitable for a wide variety of people fac-ing various life challenges. Sessions run on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, Oct. 7 through Nov. 25, at the CMHA office. A $25 materials fee is required, though bursaries may be available. For more information or to register, call 403-342-2266.
● Powered by Breathing Lung Asso-ciation Run/Walk inaugural event goes Sept. 27 at McKenzie Trails. Check in and race kit pick up at 10 a.m. Cost is $30. Meet at the picnic shelter. Sponsored by Peak Pulmonary. See events.runningroom.com for details.
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LOS ANGELES — Michael Jernigan lost his eyesight and part of his brain in Iraq in 2004. But he insists, thanks to a couple of dogs, he found more than he lost.
His confidence, hopes, dreams, in-dependence — they were shattered on a roadway. He couldn’t even go to games for his favourite team, the Tam-pa Bay Rays. Then Brittani, a Labra-dor and golden retriever mix, became his “battle buddy.” She boosted his confidence and independence and taught him to forget his disabilities and concentrate on his capabilities, he said. They got a history degree togeth-er and even went to the ballpark.
Jernigan was a Marine corporal on patrol with four others on Aug. 22, 2004, on the outskirts of Mahmudiyah, between Baghdad and Kuwait. A road-side bomb ripped into their Humvee, killing one and injuring most of the rest. Jernigan was thrown 60 feet from the gun turret.
Surgeons removed both eyes, the front of his brain and his forehead — leaving the rest of his brain to be sup-ported by titanium mesh. His left knee-cap was fractured and his right hand had to be rebuilt. He has undergone more than 30 surgeries. Through it all, Jernigan said, the hardest part of all was being alone.
But before the surgeries were done, Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc., in Pal-metto, Florida, contacted Jernigan’s mom and told her they would have a dog for her son when he needed one.
Jernigan is still learning to han-dle large crowds, but Brittani helped him control anxiety attacks caused by post-traumatic stress disorder. One day when they got caught in a crowd and Jernigan became “frazzled,” Brit-tani went to work.
She “started hitting my hand with her cold, wet nose,” Jernigan recalled. “I started petting her neck. She was wagging her tail and kissing my face. She realized I was at my breaking point and stopped me and helped me release all that tension to get me to a better place.” It felt, he added, like “I had a Marine to the right and a Marine to the left of me at all times.”
Earlier this year, Brittani retired
and is living with a friend. It took sev-eral months to find a replacement, a Labrador named Treasure, who could match Brittani’s speed, gait and size. But Treasure has taken over where Brittani left off.
“Brittani was the longest and most successful female relationship I have ever had,” Jernigan joked. He adds that he “will never be able to replace Brittani. It doesn’t mean Treasure won’t have a tremendous impact on my life — just different.”
After training with Treasure for 26 days on Southeastern’s campus, Jernigan graduated in August.
Only in the last two or three years has he started to understand how great his recovery was. “What I have been able to accomplish post-recovery is amazing, unbelievable. It wasn’t too many years ago I thought I might have to live in a nursing home having some-body take care of me.”
In some ways, he thinks “getting blown up was the best thing that ever happened to me because it changed the trajectory of my life. Before, I was a failed student. Wounded, I made a comeback and am a better son now than before.”
There are things he can’t do: “You wouldn’t want me driving a car, would you?” But he is writing a book, organiz-ing a motivational speaking tour and working at Southeastern.
“If you used one word to describe Michael it would be inspirational,” said Titus Herman, Southeastern’s CEO. “The fact that he has found the commitment and courage to create a life of meaning is inspirational to all of us. We are in awe of his accomplish-ments. He pushes all of us to try hard-er.”
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Michael Jernigan poses with his guide dog Treasure on the campus of Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto, Fla. Jernigan lost his eyesight and part of his brain when a roadside bomb ripped into his Humvee in Iraq in 2004. He has undergone more than 30 surgeries. But he insists, thanks to a couple of dogs, he found more than he lost.
‘Battle buddy’ aids marine‘I STARTED PETTING HER NECK.
SHE WAS WAGGING HER TAIL AND KISSING MY FACE. SHE RE-ALIZED I WAS AT MY BREAKING
POINT AND STOPPED ME AND HELPED ME RELEASE ALL THAT
TENSION TO GET ME TO A BETTER PLACE.’
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Sylvan Lake got expensive news this week when a building audit showed sig-nificant repairs and upgrades are need-ed in the Aquatic Centre.
Consulting engineers estimated it will cost about $1.7 million to fix structural issues and other architectural upgrades, including strengthening support col-umns and reinforcing the roof. Other measures required to meet the latest building codes involve creating barri-er-free washrooms and bigger change rooms.
Another $1.4 million will be required to upgrade heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. While mechani-cal system work had been planned as part of the project to join the pool to the multiplex, the price tag for mechanical upgrades has now gone up.
Despite the additional cost hits, there was a sense on council that it could have been worse, said Mayor Sean McIntyre.
“When I read the report, as much as it lists deficiencies, I was actually a lit-tle relieved that the issues that were outlined were issues that we had discov-ered already,” said McIntyre on Wednes-day.
“There weren’t any issues with the pool basin and other things that might make the project (to re-open the pool) non-viable,” he said.
“The good news comes in that there is still significant value in the asset and the problems are worth fixing to make sure our community continues to have an Aquatic Centre.”
Town staff plan to review all of the engineering recommendations and come back to council on Sept. 28 with direc-tion on how to go about fixing the prob-lems and reopening the pool.
“It’s not something we want to wait on. It’s something we want to get done as soon as possible to get our community back in the water.”
Where to find the money will now be-come part of budget deliberations that will begin this fall. The $1.7 million por-tion was not in the previous budget.
It has been a case of one thing after another at the 14-year-old facility, which was first closed in May when corrosion problems were spotted on support col-umns. Work was done to strengthen col-umns, rusted by the humid conditions inside the building.
Kerry Wood Nature Centre is putting on a fresh face with new exhibits coming Nov. 13.
The information on display had been in place since the original building opened in 1986, except for an update to the paleontology section.
Since Aug. 10, demolition and ren-ovations have been underway on the $1.1-million project.
Todd Nivens, program co-ordinator at the centre, said the newly designed per-manent exhibit area and Marjory Wood Gallery will be more physically accessi-ble with up-to-date technology.
“The old exhibit had a lot of tight cor-ners. It had a lot of cramped spaces. We were holding things together with baling wire and promises,” Nivens said with a laugh about the aging space.
He said there are new stories to tell and new methods of storytelling that will be much more immersive than the old exhibit.
“There’s interactivity — but there’s no digital. We set out right in the begin-ning with a mandate that North Ameri-can kids spend enough time in front of screens. We don’t need to contribute to that. There is only one screen and you’re going to have to do some physical activi-ty to make it do what it’s suppose to do.”
The exhibit’s overarching theme — the river connects us all — will include a mini theatre and six exhibit pods on issues like the wetlands of Central Al-berta, the woodlands and Red Deer’s history of environmental engagement.
“The river connects us all. It connects communities. It connects animals and plants. It connects the past to the fu-ture.”
He said the exhibit, being produced in Toronto by The Taylor Group, will draw people in by being more represen-tative of Red Deer’s evolving community.
“What we really want to do is help people understand the community and the ecosystem at large on a really funda-mental level. Even if you’re a non-native English speaker — with the graphics, the interactives, the tactile parts of it — the
messaging will still come through.”Input from different groups in the
community was sought to create an in-clusive exhibit, Nivens said.
“What we’re really hoping is that when people walk through the exhibit, somewhere they will see themselves rep-resented in it.”
Framing for the walls and electrical is now complete, along with the new pol-ished concrete floor.
“We’re trying to mimic the Paskapoo sandstone that forms the bedrock in the area. That will give it a nice natural look and a really representative look about what we all walk around on every day.”
Old vinyl and linoleum was removed to expose the concrete, making it a green flooring option.
Dry walling and painting comes next.The Marjorie Wood Gallery will still
contain public art, but will be reconfig-ured to make it more usable. Floor to ceiling glass doors will allow the gallery to be closed off so it can be used as a classroom.
The Discovery Room was updated a few years ago and the existing theatre will likely get a fresh coat of paint.
Prior to the public opening of the new exhibit space on Nov. 13, the outdoor Ki-wanis Harmony Garden at Kerry Wood Nature Centre will open on Oct. 2 with a variety of permanent percussion instru-ments for musical free play.
“With the opening of the Harmony Garden, right next to the Imagination Grove that we opened last year, plus the opening of the exhibit, it’s really going to turn the nature centre into a place where you’re going to want to come — and not for a one-time visit. It’s a place you’re going to want to come back to,” Nivens said.
Kerry Wood Nature Centre remains open to the public during exhibit con-struction.
Admission will continue to be free once the new exhibit opens, with dona-tions welcome.
The final section of road work for the new parkade at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is scheduled to begin next week around the hospital’s main en-trance.
Finishing work inside the five-level parkade, including completing elevators and install-ing control arms and pay stations, is also underway.
The $44-million project is on schedule for completion in Octo-ber.
Beginning Tuesday, contrac-tors will start work to repair and resurface roads and sidewalks on the west side of the hospital’s main entrance that were dis-placed during parkade construc-tion.
Landscaping work will also be completed.
Work will take about two weeks to complete, weather per-mitting.
Some temporary traffic disrup-tions around the hospital’s main entrance will occur to ensure the safety of motorists and pedestri-ans.
Traffic disruptions will in-clude:
● Access to the hospital’s main entrance and the Central Alberta Cancer Centre will be from the east only (off 50A Avenue). Vehi-cles will also exit the site to the east.
● A temporary patient loading zone in the cancer centre park-ing lot will continue with short-term parking stalls available for those picking up or dropping off patients.
● Traffic flow through the cancer centre parking lot will continue to be restricted to one way.
● Patients and visitors park-ing in the 39th Street public parking lot can access the main entrance by following marked pedestrian routes along 50A Av-enue.
● Street parking will be open along 52 Avenue, west of the hos-pital.
● Traffic flow on 39th Street will be restored, but street park-ing remains closed.
Patients and visitors are ad-vised to leave earlier than usu-al to get to their appointments. Motorists should follow all post-ed signs and personnel directing traffic.
A thief made off with two five-gallon antique cream cans and cash dona-tions at Sunnybrook Farm Museum early Tuesday morning.
Ian Warwick, executive director Sunnybrook Farm Museum, said se-curity video footage shows a blurry image of a male at 1:19 a.m stealing the steel cans used as outdoor donation boxes.
“In the middle of the rain, in the darkness, he came in and ripped the cans off the mounts,” Warwick said on Wednesday.
About a week’s worth of donations were in the cans that are painted white with ‘thank you for your dona-tion’ written on the front in big red letters.
“We searched the site. (The cans) are not here. So he took them some-where so he could use a hacksaw to cut the pad locks off.”
Warwick suspected the thief is the same person who stole money a few times in August out of other donation boxes on site.
He said similar donation thefts also happened at the museum last year.
“Last summer they actually used bolt cutters to cut the lock off the one by the animal pen. Luckily it had just been cleaned out the day before so there was only about $20 in there if that.”
Warwick said donation cans are located around the site to encourage people to contribute to the museum. If they have become a target, the char-ity will have to do something like put more money into security.
“When our entrance moves to the south end we won’t have the same
challenge because we will have a sin-gle entrance to the museum. We’ll have a single donation box as people enter and then it can be emptied every day, but that doesn’t stop vandalism and other issues with a public site like this.”
He said the museum closes at 5 p.m. but people are allowed to come in and enjoy the site until dark. That might have to change.
“This is a real community treasure. We don’t want to put fences around it too much.”
Sunnybrook Farm Museum hopes the community will be able to help identify the thief.
“We’d like the creams cans back too if anyone sees them discarded some-where. They’re hard to replace.”
Anyone with information can con-tact Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. To remain anonymous call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. If the in-formation leads to an arrest, tipsters are eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.
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Thief hits Sunnybrook Farm MuseumBY SUSAN ZIELINSKI
ADVOCATE STAFF
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Sunnybrook Farm Museum volunteers Wayne Blinkhorn and Ross Smith work to repair the damage done when a thief stole two antique milk cans containing donations from visitors to the farm.
“LAST SUMMER THEY ACTUALLY USED BOLT CUTTERS TO CUT THE LOCK OFF THE ONE BY THE ANI-MAL PEN. LUCKILY IT HAD JUST
BEEN CLEANED OUT THE DAY BEFORE SO THERE WAS ONLY
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ADVOCATE STAFF
HEALTHCAREMajor facelift in works at nature centreBY SUSAN ZIELINSKI
ADVOCATE STAFF
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Work is well underway on the renovation to the exhibits area of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Red Deer.
Sylvan Lake pool will cost $3 million to repairBY PAUL COWLEY
ADVOCATE STAFF
“THE GOOD NEWS COMES IN THAT THERE IS STILL SIGNIFICANT
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More hands are needed to clean up the shores along the Red Deer River as part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup on Sunday.
“The annual Great Canadian Shore-line Cleanup is a piece of the Green Deer puzzle that encourages people to clean near the river, which is such an important part of our city,” said Su-zanne Jubb, community and program facilitator. “Since Green Deer began in April, we’ve seen positive results throughout the city. As the litter disap-pears, we really appreciate how beau-tiful our community is.”
The 2015 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Kerry Wood Na-ture Centre. Participants are invited to a free barbecue after the event. All
participants will also be entered in our draw for prizes.
“The more people who help out, the more area we can cover,” said Jubb. “The river cleanup is a great way for families, clubs and other organizations to get involved in keeping Red Deer clean and beautiful.”
Pre-registration is not required, but residents are asked to arrive promptly at 12:30 p.m. to receive their cleaning supplies and to be assigned a specific area of the riverbank to clean. Partic-ipants should wear appropriate foot-wear and bring gloves. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The City of Red Deer has partnered with NOVA Chemicals, Trout Unlim-ited Canada and Tim Hortons to offer this event. For more information, call 403-309-8411 or visit www.reddeer.ca/greendeer.
Some funny American money has been passed around throughout Cen-tral Alberta and police are looking for tips to track down a female suspect.
Red Deer RCMP said in a Wednes-day release, they are looking for a woman who passed a counterfeit $100 U.S. bill in Red Deer on Sept. 11. She was caught on video surveillance and has been linked by police to more counterfeit frauds in Stettler, Three Hills, Strathmore and Lacombe.
A Tuesday release, from the La-combe Police Service said they had re-ceived complaints from local business-es of suspicious transactions possibly involving counterfeit American money.
Between Sept. 8 and 11, Lacombe Police were notified of a fake U.S. $50 and $100 bill. The fake $50 bill bears the serial number MF10972183A and
the $100 bears the serial number HK15029790C.
Lacombe police are asking citizens and local business owners to check the serial numbers on any American $50 and $100 bills they have in their possession.
One incident reported by the RC-MP, said the woman is driving an old-er model silver car that looked like a Pontiac Grand Prix.
The female suspect is described as about 1.68 meters (five-foot-six) tall with a slim build and blonde hair past her shoulders.
Anyone with information about these incident, can identify the sus-pect or has seen a suspicious U.S. bill is asked to call the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575, the Lacombe Police Ser-vice at 403-782-3279 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.
Sylvan Lake is considering allowing snowmobilers to zip into town for gas or a bite to eat.
Council is considering a request from snowmobile club David Thomp-son Trail Riders to allow limited ac-cess to the town at the east end of Lakeshore Drive.
A proposal being considered would create a snowmobile route at 32nd Street that would allow riders to make a short trip to gas stations, a restau-rant, hotel and convenience store.
For years, snowmobiles were al-lowed to use Sylvan Lake streets to get to and from the lake. But in January 2010, council overturned a bylaw that had allowed limited travel for snow-mobiles and ATVs.
Safety, enforcement and liability concerns were cited as the main rea-sons for the decision. A survey of 22 other similar-sized communities found only Whitecourt allowed ATV and snowmobile use inside town limits.
Mayor Sean McIntyre said after snowmobile travel was banned the town has received regular requests to change the rules back.
“After long conversations with our RCMP and municipal enforcement that’s not something we can accom-modate. However, when we’re talking about one block off the lake to safely access fuel that is something we can consider.”
McIntyre said staff had been direct-ed to come back with a report on a po-
tential snowmobile route.Before council makes a decision,
there will be public consultation, he said.
The RCMP support a 32nd Street route but don’t want snowmobiles crossing 33rd Street, which is the east-ern extension of Lakeshore Drive out to Hwy 20.
“Crossing a major road in town caused great concern for the police in that it is dangerous to do with no real benefit,” says a report to council from staff.
The town’s own enforcement offi-cers also wanted to keep snowmobile travel north of 33rd Street, calling it the most “sensible and prudent alter-native.”
Town communications officer Jo-anne Gaudet said other considerations to be looked at include parking. There may be a need for a staging area or parking lot for snowmobiles, which can’t back up and require room to turn around.
Staff will also look at options for snowmobilers to have access to a hotel that is under renovation near 32nd and 33rd Streets that has a restaurant.
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The damage was spotted during engineering inspections done as part of the preliminary work on the new $33.5-million multiplex, the NexSource Centre, already under construction alongside and expected to be open in fall 2016.
No sooner was the pool reopened than further inspection turned up oth-er issues, this time with the roof struc-ture. After being open less than a day the pool was closed again on June 2.
Rather than risk any other prob-
lems popping up, the town opted to hire engineering consultants to under-take a full building inspection.
“The building is in fair to poor con-dition, considering age,” says a report that went to council on Monday sum-ming up the engineers’ verdict. “The consultant believes that significant is-sues with the mechanical systems have led to premature building deteriora-tion.”
The $3.3-million pool, which opened in the summer of 2002, has created more than a few headaches for the town. An award-winning geothermal system to heat the facility and its water never worked properly and expensive upgrades were required to replace it.
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Tobias Heppner, 8, of Red Deer wheels his way up the family driveway in a novel way Wednesday. The old wooden wire spool made for a challenging mode of transportation where balance and quick footwork were the only thing keeping him on the top side of the wheel.
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Funny money showing up in Central Alberta
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City looking for shoreline cleanup volunteers
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Ceremony set to unveil NexSource Centre signage
An event to recognize the sponsors
who helped build Sylvan Lake’s new
multiplex will be held this weekend.On Saturday, a public ceremony
starting at 1:30 p.m. will unveil the sig-nage and present awards to all cur-rent sponsors of the future facility. The event will take place at the Sylvan Lake NexSource Centre, where the old multiplex is located at 4803 48th Street.
There will also be activities for all ages including face painting, bouncing castles, crafts, a firefighter/police vs. kids hockey game, a youth glow skate and an art show.
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TORONTO — Emmy hopeful Tati-ana Maslany faces off against some heavy hitters in the best actress cat-egory at this weekend’s awards show bash and she’s typically modest about the whole affair.
The Regina-bred Orphan Black star said she’ll likely prepare an accep-tance speech but “just so that I don’t panic completely while I’m out there.”
“I’ve never done it in the past and it’s not served me well. So we’ll see,” Maslany said earlier this summer while on holiday in London.
You can forgive the versatile ac-tress for downplaying her chances. She is undoubtedly the underdog.
Big-name rivals include Taraji P. Henson for Empire, Claire Danes for Homeland, Viola Davis for How to Get Away with Murder, Elisabeth Moss for Mad Men and Robin Wright for House of Cards.
Maslany perks up when talk turns to fellow Canadian nominee Semi Chel-las, a TV screenwriter up for her work on the final season of Mad Men.
Chellas was brought in as a con-sultant on the next season of Orphan Black, and Maslany gushed about hav-ing the celebrated scribe help shape the sci-fi clone saga.
“I’m super-inspired by her and I think it’s always awesome when we can have a female voice in the room as well because we’ve got a lot of guys on the show,” said Maslany, who is nomi-nated for playing six different clones on the Space/BBC America serial.
“They’re all super-openminded and progressive guys, but it’s, you know, there’s something really special about a woman’s perspective on things. I think she’s kind of incredible.”
Chellas and show creator Matthew Weiner are up for an Emmy in the cat-egory of best writing for a drama se-ries.
They face competition from writers from Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones and The Americans, while Weiner is nominated a second time for another Mad Men episode.
Also up for a trophy Sunday is Game of Thrones director Jeremy Podeswa, who is from Toronto.
“I’m so happy to be associated with the show and so happy to be recog-
nized for it,” said Podeswa.“So many of the directors on the
show did incredible work and had huge set pieces. To be honest, I expect-ed some other director to be nominat-ed from the show. I didn’t quite expect to get nominated myself.”
Podeswa is up against rivals from Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and The Knick as well as another Game of Thrones director.
This is his third nomination after being nominated for The Pacific and Boardwalk Empire.
Podeswa says working on Game of
Thrones is very challenging but re-warding.
“It’s just on such a monumental scale and such a complex production,” he says, noting that last year they shot in Croatia, Spain and Northern Ire-land.
“(It) is really like doing a feature film — and a large feature film, actu-ally — just in terms of the visual ef-fects component and the complexity of the storytelling and number of worlds you’re creating.”
Last weekend, several Canucks were in the running for creative arts
Emmys, which celebrate craftspeople behind the scenes.
Winners included Nova Scotia’s Paula Fairfield for best sound editing for her work on Game of Thrones, To-ronto-born cinematographer Jonathan Freeman for Boardwalk Empire, and Saturday Night Live executive produc-er Lorne Michaels, who earned a tro-phy in the best variety special category for his efforts as part of the team be-hind the sketch series’ 40th anniversa-ry bash.
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Comic says he lied about working at World Trade
Center on 9-11NEW YORK — Comedy Central said
Wednesday it is re-evaluating what to do about Steve R a n n a z z i s i ’ s planned stand-up special this weekend after the comic apol-ogized for lying about working in New York’s World Trade Center when terrorists at-tacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
Rannazzis i said he didn’t know why he told the story, which he called “a mis-take that I deeply regret and for which
apologies may still not be enough.”The comedian appears in the FXX
series The League. One of his first Hol-lywood roles was on Ashton Kutcher’s MTV show, Punk’d. Sports fans may know him from a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. The Comedy Central spe-cial titled, Breaking Dad, and said to feature stories about fatherhood, is scheduled for Saturday.
“We just learned about his last night,” said Comedy Central spokes-man Steve Albani. “We are very disap-pointed to hear about Steve’s misrep-resentations and are currently deter-mining how we will move forward.”
His falsehood was first reported in a story published Wednesday in The New York Times.
Rannazzisi said in a statement that he was in New York City on Sept. 11 but was working in midtown.
“I don’t know why I said this,” he said. “This was inexcusable. I am truly, truly sorry.”
He said he wished that he could erase a story told out of immaturity.
“It only made me more ashamed,” he said. “How could I tell my children to be honest when I hadn’t come clean about this? It is to the victims of 9-11 and to the people that love them — and the people that love me — that I ask for forgiveness.”
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This image released by BBC America shows Tatiana Maslany portraying Cosima in a scene from Orphan Black. Emmy hopeful Maslany faces off against some heavy hitters in the best actress category at this weekend’s awards show bash and she’s typically modest about the whole affair.
STAR OF CLONE SAGA NOMINATED IN BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY
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TIFF directors use short films as a path to bigger features
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — When it comes to grabbing attention during the bustle of the Toronto International Film Fes-tival, short films often wind up being pushed aside.
This year, 110 shorts will screen at TIFF. But they’re typically overshad-owed by celebrity-driven Hollywood fare and independent films chasing awards buzz.
Shorts are the less-sexy part of the film industry, but for directors, creat-ing a short version of their big idea can be a crucial step in making a feature film.
“A short is almost like a calling card,” said Kire Paputts, director of The Rainbow Kid, a full-length feature at this year’s festival that began as a 20-minute short.
“You have to prove yourself before people will believe in you.”
Short films have long been a way for young directors to learn their craft and navigate the hurdles of the film indus-try with very little money on the line.
Before Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Oscar in the lead role of Half Nelson, the film was a 19-minute short made for $800 with a cast of unknowns. Whiplash, which took audiences by storm at the Toronto film festival last year, got its start as an 18-minute con-densed version of the movie.
Some directors have even used shorts as a rough draft, including Neill Blomkamp, who made the six-minute short Alive in Joburg before scaling it up into the blockbuster hit District 9.
While The Rainbow Kid isn’t techni-cally complex, Paputts said directing the independent film had its own set of potential complications, which he ironed out by making a shorter ver-sion.
The story follows a teenager with Down syndrome who is on a quest to find the end of a rainbow. In Rainbow Connection, the original short, Paputts said he learned the rhythms of actor Dylan Harman, who has Down syn-drome in real life.
“I’d never worked with anyone who has special needs before,” Paputts said.
“I felt, before I jump into a feature film … I should probably test the wa-ters a bit to see what to expect.”
Making the short not only gave Paputts a solid idea of how his actor worked, but ultimately helped him de-liver a better performance, he said.
“But it didn’t open any doors in terms of getting further money for the feature,” he added. “It was kind of like I had to start from scratch again.”
Other filmmakers have successfully used short films to attract enough mon-ey to pay for their feature.
Ever wish you could trade in your body for a younger model, a la Mat-thew Perry in 17 Again or Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday … but without the drama? Fascinating new science suggests that you might be able to by eating “lean and mean” five days a month. The strategy is not ready for prime time without your doc’s assis-tance, but it holds promise for protec-tion against cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more.
In a new study from the Universi-ty of Southern California, research-ers tested a super-short, periodic diet strategy that offers the potential bene-fits of both continual calorie reduction and fasting, without giving up food. Mice ate low-calorie diets for four days twice a month for several months. Hu-mans ate a low-calorie, healthy diet for just five days a month for three months.
The results? Mice on the eating plan had less cancer, lost more heart-threatening ab-dominal fat, developed stronger immunity and displayed sharper think-ing skills than those who chowed down as usual. They also lived longer. Levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), a compound that can fu-el the growth of cancer cells, decreased. Hu-mans saw improvements in markers linked to a lower risk for cancer, di-abetes and heart disease.
In the past, scien-tists and longevity pro-ponents have experi-mented with eating re-duced-calorie meals ev-ery day for years on end. The theory was that it turned on specific genes that increased longevity and dodged disease. The problem? While perpetu-al calorie restriction may have benefits (it certain-ly keeps you lean), it’s no fun. Human volunteers wind up feeling tired and irritable — and their sex drive plummets!
B u t t h i s n e w “fast-mimicking diet” that combines a five-day low-cal plan followed by regular eating seems to be an effective way to flip on healthy switches throughout your body — and you never miss a meal.
What five days of low-cal does: In lab studies, the low-cal portion of the plan prompted the death of aging cells, and that may increase younger cells’ resistance to stress.
What then eating a normal amount of healthy food does: Eat-
ing normal-size m e a l s a g a i n prompts an in-crease in the number of stem cells — the cells that help repair and rebuild tis-sue throughout the body. That’s quite a one-two punch.
So far, the published stud-ies have in-volved fewer than 40 people, but a larger study in-volving 70 is underway. It’ll track lev-els of inflammation and growth factors like IGF-1, as well as weight, body fat, blood pressure, LDL and HDL choles-
terol and levels of important vitamins, minerals and good fats in volunteers’ blood.
We were so excited about this that after talking with lead researcher Valter Longo, Ph.D., director of USC’s Longevity Institute, Dr. Mike decided to give it a try. At the end of munching mostly veggies for five days (in month one of the experiment), he says he had a slight headache. That cleared up, he felt extra-energetic at the start of his daily exercise routine, then a bit extra-tired toward the end, but not enough to cut it short. The rest of the month, he ate his normal healthy di-et based on produce, lean proteins and good fats without food felons like white bread or noodles, added sugars and syrups, or other heart threats like red meat and eggs.
We think you should wait to try the fast-mimic diet until Dr. Longo’s larger study is published. If you just can’t, follow these cautions: Check with your doc first. Do not try this on your own if you have diabetes or follow a spe-cial diet for any other reason, if you’re elderly or have chronic health condi-tions. People on the five-day fast-mim-icking phase ate 1,090 calories the first day, 725 calories a day after that. And they always got back to eating regu-larly after five days. Going longer isn’t better. We will check back with Dr. Mike after he gets through his first three months.
The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleve-land Clinic, are authors of YOU: Los-ing Weight. For more information, go to www.RealAge.com.
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“At least we’re not seeing it go up,” said one of the report’s authors, Cheryl Fryar. The report was released Wednes-day by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention.
There’s also been no change in the proportion of calories that kids get from fast food daily. It’s been at about 12 per cent for the last decade, slightly more than the 11 per cent previously reported for adults.
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TORONTO — Experts say government support for research and development of Canada’s rare earth el-ements has encouraged new co-operation in the usu-ally dog-eat-dog world of junior mining companies.
China is the world’s major supplier of rare earth elements, prized for their unique properties — in-cluding powerful magnetic fields — and used in high-tech goods such as smartphones, laptops and electric cars.
Prices rose dramatically in 2011, and by 2013 there were at least 11 Canadian projects at the ad-vanced exploration stage before a steep slide in val-ue put a halt on development.
Ian London, who heads the Canadian Rare Earth Elements Network, said companies are instead working together to develop new methods for ex-tracting and refining the 17 metals that make up the rare earth group.
“Now that there has been a lull that’s gone on for a little while, folks have become much more realis-tic and are looking to address those challenges,” he said.
In the 2015 budget, the federal government prom-ised to allocate $23 million over the next five years on top of money it has already invested to help com-panies work together to address the technical chal-lenges of mining rare earth elements.
London said the money and leadership from Nat-ural Resources Canada has helped the companies work together.
“There are a number of challenges faced by each of the developing companies, and this funding has encouraged them to collaborate and solve them,” London said.
Rare earth elements mining projects have been proposed in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Labra-dor and the Northwest Territories.
The elements are called rare not because of scar-city but because they are not found in high concen-trations, and are usually dispersed throughout an ore deposit.
Prices for the rare earth elements — the lantha-nides, with atomic numbers 57 through 71, as well as scandium and yttrium — reached a peak in 2011 as demand for high-tech devices looked set to explode.
Control over rare-earth elements even became a plot point in the blockbuster video game Call of Du-ty: Black Ops II.
Yet headlines and heady prices led to oversupply, and prices have crashed. Europium saw some of the biggest swings of the rare earths, going from around US$600 per kilogram for much of 2010 to a peak above $4,200 in the second half of 2011 before falling back below $200 this year.
The downturn in rare earth prices has already re-sulted in the bankruptcy of Molycorp Inc., one of the largest producers outside of China, and Australian rare earths miner Lynas is struggling to stay afloat as its stock price has fallen more than 98 per cent since 2011.
Gareth Hatch, who founded Toronto-based pro-cessor Innovation Metals Corp. in 2011, said mining rare earth minerals has many challenges.
Many of the minerals that contain the elements in Canada have never been used for commercial pro-duction, he said, and separating the chemically sim-ilar elements from one another during the refining process can be costly in order for processors to avoid significant environmental impacts.
“There are different challenges along the way as you go from a rock to a high-purity valuable technol-ogy metal,” he said.
Government funding and co-ordination will be critical to turning the existing research into com-mercially viable products, Hatch said.
Boyd Davis, a principal at research laboratory Kingston Process Metallurgy, said that companies need to work together to identify the best practices for mining Canadian rare earth deposits because they differ significantly from those in other coun-tries.
“For one group to do it on its own is difficult,” he said. “You end up needing a Canadian solution, not just because you’re patriotic but because you have a different situation.”
Davis said junior mining companies are usually very competitive, and the government’s work in the rare earths sector together was necessary to get them to work together.
“Animals only get together at an oasis, they don’t get together in the middle of the desert,” he said.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Sotheby’s International Realty Can-ada says turbulence on the Chinese stock market could send buyers from mainland China flocking to Canadian luxury real estate this fall.
The realtor predicts that sales of homes worth over $1 million will rise in Toronto and Vancouver, while Montreal’s luxury market should be balanced and Calgary’s will slow due to the effects of declining crude prices.
Sotheby’s says sales gains are expected to be highest in the over $4 million category in the Toronto and Vancouver areas this fall, although higher sales volumes are expected in the $1-million to $4-million range, as well.
The realtor lists increased demand from interna-tional investors alongside limited inventory, histor-ically low interest rates and heightened consumer confidence as the factors expected to fuel sales growth in Canada’s two hottest real estate markets.
In Calgary — where the luxury real estate market turned down in the first half of the year due to lower oil prices and a dip in consumer confidence — sales likely will continue to decline.
Sotheby’s says performance in Calgary’s high-end housing market, which saw several years of record-breaking sales, is tied “inextricably” to the state of the oil and gas industry which, in turn, has an affect on employment and migration.
Meanwhile, volatility on the global stock markets is expected to lead to an influx of international buy-
ers looking to snatch up top-tier Canadian homes — particularly buyers from China, where the economy has shown signs that it is slowing.
“Canada in general is seen as an oasis of political and economic stability,” says Elaine Hung, the com-pany’s vice-president of marketing.
And Hung says that holds true despite the fact that Canada’s economy slipped into a recession in the first half of the year and concern that low oil prices will continue to wreak havoc on Western Can-ada in the months ahead.
Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff
Andres Campbell of Red Deer works to put a shine on a pile driving unit for HPS Pile Driving and Drilling Services at Westerner Park on Wednesday morning. HPS is joining hundreds of other oilfield related companies in the annual Red Deer Oil and Gas Expo which begins in Red Deer today (Thursday). The show runs until Saturday with doors open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Hundreds of exhibitors are expected to draw in the oil and gas industry for the annual show in Red Deer this weekend. Those attending the show will get a chance to see big rig equipment outdoors on the parking lot and meet with exhibitors indoors in the Prairie, Parkland and Stockmans Pavillions.
OIL AND GAS SHOW
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Canada’s factories have reported better-than-expected sales to start the third quarter — fuelled by gains in the auto sector — in another signal that the Canadian economy is sputtering back to life.
Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that man-ufacturing sales rose 1.7 per cent to $52.2 billion in July, topping the 1.0 per cent increase that Thomson Reuters said economists had expected.
TD Bank economist Dina Ignjatovic said that the outlook for the manufacturing sector remains quite bright.
“More broadly, increasing strength in the U.S. economy, combined with a further depreciation of the loonie to 73 US cents, should translate into in-creased demand for Canadian-made goods,” Ignja-tovic wrote in a report.
“Overall, after weighing on economic growth during the first half of the year, the manufacturing industry is on track to improve over the remainder of 2015, and should help to lift overall growth.”
Statistics Canada said the improvement for July reflected an increase in the volume of goods sold as
constant dollar sales rose 1.1 per cent.Twelve of the 21 industries tracked saw sales im-
prove for the month, representing 62.8 per cent of the manufacturing sector.
The motor vehicle sector posted a 5.6 per cent gain for July, while the auto parts group gained 12.1 per cent for the month as scheduled shutdowns for North American assembly plants were shorter than previous years.
David Madani of Capital Economics, however, predicted that motor vehicle sales could slip back in August given auto output in the U.S. declined for the month.
“Overall, the increase in manufacturing sales largely reflects the gain in exports already reported for that month, and doesn’t add to our view that the economy most likely grew by close to 1.5 per cent an-nualized in the third quarter,” Madani said.
“With the fallout from the oil price shock still un-folding, we still have our doubts about longer-term growth prospects.”
In addition to the better-than-expected result for July, Statistics Canada revised results for May and
June to show stronger growth than it had earlier re-ported.
It said Wednesday manufacturing sales for May were up 0.7 per cent compared with an earlier result of a gain of 0.1 per cent. June’s growth was raised to 1.5 per cent compared with the earlier estimate of 1.2 per cent.
The good news from the factory sector came as the OECD slashed its estimate for Canadian econom-ic growth this year to 1.1 per cent — down 0.4 of a percentage point.
The Paris-based organization also cut its estimate for growth in Canada next year to 2.1 per cent, a decline of 0.2 of a point from the OECD’s forecast in June.
The downgrade came as the OECD cut its estimate for economic growth around the world to 3.0 per cent this year, down from 3.1 per cent. For next year, world economic growth is pegged at 3.6 per cent, down 0.2 per cent from the June estimate.
The revised estimate by the OECD brings the or-ganization in line with the most recent forecast by the Bank of Canada for 2015. The central bank also expects the Canadian economy to grow by 1.1 per cent this year however, it expects growth to pick up to 2.3 per cent in 2016.
Manufacturing sales up in JulySTATSCAN REPORT
Rare earth miners band
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Realtor predicts rise in luxury home sales in Toronto and Vancouver
CALGARY PREDICTED TO SLUMP
File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Manor House in the Aspen Estates in Calgary is shown in this undated handout photo. Luxury home sales in Calgary have taken a hit this year and are expected to continue to decline.
Refinery issues south of the border may bump up gas prices in Western Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Gasoline prices have been
down over the summer thanks to a plunge in oil
prices, but a senior analyst at the consumer website
gasbuddy.com warns a change is on expected to be
on the way.
Dan McTeague predicts motorists from Thunder Bay to British Columbia will be paying more when gas prices jump as much as five to seven cents a litre.
He says speculators are pushing up the wholesale price of gas by 4.5 cents per litre.
The hike is partly due to seasonal maintenance at several Midwest U.S. refineries, but McTeague says a major production problem at a Husky refinery in Toledo, Ohio, is the root cause.
He notes the hike is even more unexpected because Oct. 16 is the first full day of the switch from summer-blended gasoline to winter-blended fuel, which is much cheaper to make.
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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 138.17ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.68BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.85BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.06Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.71Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.79Cdn. National Railway . . 76.17Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 196.67Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.28Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.99Cervus Equipment Corp 13.41Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.98Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.88Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.54Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.64General Motors Co. . . . . 31.20Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.40Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.85SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.32Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.50Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.18Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.05Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.92
ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 121.58Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.27Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.00Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.56
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.45Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.14Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.69WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.77
MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 8.83Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.41First Quantum Minerals . . 7.53Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.57Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.70Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.12Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.59Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.62Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.98Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 8.77
EnergyArc Resources . . . . . . . . 17.99Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.20Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 55.66Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 20.60Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 27.98Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.84Canyon Services Group. . 5.22Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.84CWC Well Services . . . 0.1900Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.02Essential Energy. . . . . . 0.7900
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 74.30Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.65High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.61Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 21.66Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.20Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.32Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.720Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.69Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.81Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.66Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.04Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 42.34Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2250
FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 71.38Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.44CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.49Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.84Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.33IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.44Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.32Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.05National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.01Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.68Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.49Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.18TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.14
MARKETS
Wednesday’s stock prices supplied byRBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.
COMPANIESOF LOCAL INTEREST
MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto
stock market soared to its big-gest gain since late August on Wednesday, powered by higher commodity prices, particularly oil and gold, and a solid report on manufacturing.
The S&P/TSX index closed up 301.07 points or 2.24 per cent at 13,763.78, adding to a 109-point gain on Tuesday.
The big advance came as the October contract for bench-mark crude oil shot up $2.56 to US$47.15 a barrel in the wake of a report that U.S. oil invento-ries fell 2.2 million barrels last week versus expectations of a 200,000-barrel decline.
December gold also re-bounded from its recent slide, up $16.40 to US$1,119.00 an ounce. The gold and oil sectors were the leading advancers on the TSX, up 5.53 and 5.25 per cent respectively.
Elsewhere in commodities, December copper rose 2.5 cents to US$2.45 a pound, while Octo-ber natural gas fell seven cents to US$2.66 per thousand cubic feet.
The Canadian dollar also advanced, rising 0.43 of a U.S. cent to 75.92 cents US.
In New York, indexes also continued to move sharply high-er as a two-day interest rate meeting of the U.S. Federal Re-serve got underway.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 140.10 points to 16,739.95 after soaring more than 228 points Tuesday, while the S&P 500 added 17.22 points to 1,995.31 and the Nasdaq rose 28.72 points to 4,889.24.
The Fed wil l announce Thursday whether it will stand pat on interest rates — at historic lows near zero since the reces-sion — or begin hiking them for the first time in almost a decade.
In economic news, Statistics Canada reporting manufactur-ing sales rose 1.7 per cent to
$52.2 billion in July, well above the consensus estimate of one per cent increase.
Ian Nakamoto, director of re-search at 3MACS, noted that the Bank of Canada has been count-ing on the lower Canadian dollar helping manufacturing exports.
“So if traders take that as positive, then (it’s) one of the reasons probably why the Ca-nadian dollar is strengthening against the U.S. dollar,” he said.
However, he said, most eyes remain focused on the Fed.
“I think the rally here is peo-ple don’t expect an interest in-crease and so we have this con-tinuing liquidity out there.”
However, he said the rally could be short-lived even if rates don’t go up, and that his pref-erence would be for the Fed to increase by 25 basis points and “just say we’re going to go slow here in terms of data depen-dence.”
“If there is a sense that the economy is turning around and the Fed is putting its stamp of approval by increasing rates slightly, but not so quickly in fu-ture, I think the markets can con-tinue to rally here.”
In corporate news, the world’s two biggest brewers could be joining forces after An-heuser-Busch InBev disclosed it has made a takeover approach to SABMiller PLC. A combination of the two would create a mas-sive conglomerate worth roughly US$275 billion.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close
Wednesday at world financial market trading.
Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index
-- 13,763.78, up 301.07 pointsDow -- 16,739.95, up 140.10
pointsS&P 500 -- 1,995.31, up
17.22 pointsNasdaq -- 4,889.24, up 28.72
points
Currencies:Cdn -- 75.92 cents US, up
0.43 of a centPound -- C$2.0407, up 0.89
of a centEuro -- C$1.4867, down 0.61
of a centEuro -- US$1.1288, up 0.19
of a cent
Oil futures:US$47.15 per barrel, up
$2.56(October contract)Gold futures:US$1,119.00 per oz., up
$16.40(December contract)Canadian Fine Silver Handy
and Harman:$20.475 oz., up 67.1 cents$658.27 kg., up $21.57
ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG -- ICE Futures
Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov ‘15 $1.90 high-
er $473.00 J a n . ‘ 1 6 $1.90 higher $477.70 M a r c h ‘16 $1.00 higher $479.70 May ‘16 $0.60 higher $479.90 July ‘16 $0.60 higher $479.60 Nov. ‘16 $1.10 higher $459.60 Jan. ‘17 $1.10 higher $460.80 March ‘17 $1.10 higher $462.50 May ‘17 $1.10 higher $462.50 July ‘17 $1.10 higher $462.50 Nov. ‘17 $1.10 higher $462.50.
Barley (Western): Oct. ‘15 unchanged $184.00 Dec. ‘15 unchanged $184.00 March ‘16 unchanged $186.00 May ‘16 unchanged $187.00 July ‘16 unchanged $187.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $187.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $187.00 March ‘17 unchanged $187.00 May ‘17 unchanged $187.00 July ‘17 unchanged $187.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $187.00.
Wednesday’s estimated vol-ume of trade: 327,780 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 327,780.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — A Montreal tech company with big ambitions for global growth says it has an inexpensive solu-tion for restaurateurs and other retail-ers looking to thrive in the digital age.
Lightspeed says its cloud-based software system can assist mid-sized retailers and restaurants manage inventory, take orders, process pay-ments, analyze customer shopping patterns and develop an e-commerce presence.
Founder and CEO Dax Dasilva says Lightspeed’s customers average $600,000 a year in sales per location and up to 50 stores.
For a monthly fee that can start as low as $76 a month, they can access Lightspeed software and apps either from mobile devices like iPads or old-er desktop computer systems.
Running a business is much more complicated than it was 20 years ago, Dasilva said.
Business owners not only need to have strong in-store offerings — they also need a strong online and social media presence.
“So in order to be this modern inde-pendent retailer…they need somebody on their side to build systems that will help them be four people at once,” the 39-year-old Vancouver native said.
Founded in 2005, Lightspeed is doubling its business annually.
It already has 25,000 customers in more than 100 countries, including about 1,500 restaurants, that process $10 billion worth of yearly transac-tions.
It hopes to further expand its global reach after Quebec’s Caisse de depot and Investisse-ment Quebec led an $80-million in-vestment involving original funding partners Accel Partners and iNovia Capital. Lightspeed said it has been inspired by Canadian tech companies like Ottawa’s Shopify (TSX:SH) and Hootsuite in Vancouver.
“We want to be the tech anchor in Montreal,” Dasilva said during an in-terview in his office in a renovated building in Old Montreal that houses 210 of the company’s 350 employees — one of eight offices around the world.
Lightspeed is looking to take advan-tage of new regulations in Europe and North America to sell its retail and
restaurant programs.Quebec has joined several countries
in Europe and Latin America that re-quire bars and restau-rants to provide sales transactions to ensure proper payment of taxes.
In the United States, the credit card industry is switching to chip cards long used in Canada to cut down on fraud. Start-ing Oct. 1, business own-ers rather than the card companies will be liable for any fraud from pur-chases made by magnet-ic-strip cards.
That’s a big potential growth market for com-panies like Lightspeed that works with payment
processors to offer the service, said Dasilva.
“Once the deadline is here I think it’s only going to take a couple stories of people that lost money for people to want to invest in this (chip-reading) hardware.”
Caisse de depot vice-president Christian Dube said the Caisse was drawn to invest by Lightspeed’s growth potential outside Canada.
“We’re really looking at this com-pany on a global basis and the market share that they can take in the U.S. … and what they can do in Europe,” he said.
Lightspeed says it has solution for struggling retailers in digital age
Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Dax Dasilva, CEO of Lightspeed, is seen in his office Tuesday, in Montreal.
“ONCE THE DEADLINE IS HERE I THINK IT’S ONLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE STORIES OF
PEOPLE THAT LOST MONEY FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO INVEST IN THIS (CHIP-READ-
ING) HARDWARE”
DAX DASILVAFOUNDER AND CEO OF LIGHTSPEED
Former mining CEO detained in Bulgaria gets bail after
extradition delaySOFIA, Bulgaria — A Canadian
former mining executive detained in Bulgaria has been granted bail as he
fights extradition to Kyrgyzstan on cor-ruption allegations.
Leonard Homeniuk, who stepped down as CEO of Toronto-based mining company Centerra Gold in 2008, has spent most of his time under house ar-rest since he was detained on July 27.
Homeniuk said he will post bail of 35,000 Bulgarian lev, roughly $26,700, on Thursday morning.
The conditions of his bail have not been set. Centerra (TSX:CG) runs the massive Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyz-stan and has been embroiled in con-tentious negotiations with the govern-ment over a revenue-splitting deal.
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Auctions 1530Fall Roundup Liquidation
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Electronics1605ATARI with 20 games. $160. 403-782-3847
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Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, offi ce, well site or
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Tools 1640SKILL SAW, $20.
TABLE SAW, Master Craft. $140. 403-782-3847
Misc.Help 880
Tools 1640EINHELL laser level with
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SKIL electric drill, $10; Black & Decker jig saw, $10; heat gun, $10; and
new in box 30 wall mounted storage bins,
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VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020
Farmers'Market 1650
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Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE
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B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.
PH. Lyle 403-783-2275
FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver
1-4 cords. 403-844-0227
HouseholdFurnishings1720BEDROOM suite w/queen
bed & headboard, night table & chest of drawers,
solid wood. $125. 403-358-7678
CHAIR, living room, medium size, $50; swivel rocker & foot stool, $50; glider chair & foot stool, $50. 403-358-7678
CHESTERFIELD, loveseat & swivel rocker recliner. Dining table w/leaf & 6
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DOUBLE/queen size heavy duty steel bed frame 72”L, adjust to 54-60-78” wide, 6 casters (2 locks)
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NEW sofa bed, $125. 403-358-5568
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StereosTV's, VCRs 1730ENSIGNA tv 2 yrs. old, 20” fl at screen w/remote and manual, very good cond., $75 403-986-6321
Misc. forSale 1760
100 VHS movies, $75. 403-885-5020
4 FOOT diameter rug, mixed furs design,
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8’ STAINLESS steelkitchen hood
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BAKERS rack, like new 31”Wx17”Dx75”H, 5 glass shelves $75 obo 403-755-2760
COFFEE table set, fake black marble $65, 4 drawer wicker stand $25, snake plant $20, fern $20 403-347-5912
COLLECTION of over 1,000 old buttons, $100.
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TWO high back beige bar stools, $20 each.
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MACLEODJohn A. “Jack”1931 - 2015Mr. John Allan “Jack” Macleod, beloved husband of “Lennie” of Red Deer passed away at the Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, September 14, 2015 at the age of 84 years. Jack was born at Hanna, Alberta and moved to Sundre with his family at a young age; where he received his Primary Schooling. He then moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he attended High School and married Jean Wishart in
1954. Jack worked in the Oil Patch as a Seismic Driller and then owned and operated the Westpoint Service Station in Calgary until 1964. In 1965, he and Jean moved their family to Red Deer and became the Esso Bulk Agent, where he remained until his retirement in 1991. Jack married Lennie Roberts in 1994. He served his community in several capacities including: the Past President of the Red Deer Elks, Red Deer Shriners, he was a lifelong Mason with ‘Scottish Rite’, a Past President and Life Director of the Westerner, and also Past President of the Western Fertilizer and Chemical Dealer’s Association. He was founding member of the Agri Trade and devoted his life giving his time to these and many other affi liations. Besides his loving wife, Lennie, Jack is survived by his children, Wayne (Sherry) of Red Deer, Sandra (Sean) Wheeler of Canmore, Alberta and Bruce (Launa), also of Red Deer; his stepsons, John (Christal) Roberts of Edmonton, Alberta, Douglas (Susan) Roberts of Hamilton, Ontario and Alan Roberts of Fort McMurray, Alberta; his grandchildren, Janice Reid, Shauna Twogood, Jeff and Craig Macleod, Lauren and Cameron Wheeler, and Evan, Logan, Ayden and Ryen Macleod; as well as his step grandchildren, Kaitlynn, Addie and Emily. Jack was predeceased by his fi rst wife, Jean in 1991, a daughter, Brenda in 1955, his parents, John and Ethel Macleod, and his sister, Barbara Moxham. A Celebration of Jack’s Life will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Jeffrey Rock offi ciating. Family Interment will be held at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. The family would like to thank Dr. Souster and Jack’s many caregivers at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and Extendicare Michener Hill for their kindness, compassion and care. If desired, Memorial Donations in Jack’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com
Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at
PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
Obituaries
ARMSTRONGMildred Armstrong of Camrose, Alberta formerly of Red Deer, was born at Haynes, Alberta on December 25, 1923 to Joseph and Cora Benson. She passed away on September 14, 2015 at Rosehaven in Camrose at the age of 91 years. She is survived by her son Tom (Alanna); two grandchildren Grant (Anna) and Karen (Bill) Lebeouf; fi ve great-grandchildren; numerous family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Red Barley. An inurnment service will take place at a later date in Red Deer. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society.
WEBER FUNERAL HOME780-672-3131
SAMIDALorne1946 - 2015Mr. Lorne Matthew Samida of Red Deer, beloved husband of Mrs. Janet Samida, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Monday, September 14, 2015 at the age of 68 years. Lorne was born, raised and received his education at Tisdale, Saskatchewan. He attended Technical School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; where he completed his Millwright Certifi cation. Lorne married Janet Kidd on September 12, 1966; and the couple had two daughters, Lorene and Kathleen, and one granddaughter, Kayla. He spent the majority of his working career in the Oil and Gas Industry in Alberta; where he was still involved at the time of his passing. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, September 18, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Liz Richards offi ciating. If desired, Memorial Donations in Lorne’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at
www.cancer.ca. Condolences may be sent or
viewed atwww.parklandfuneralhome.com
Arrangements in care of Quinn Edwards,
Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL
HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street
(Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040
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STONEJack Jack Stone passed away peacefully on September 13, 2015 in Oliver, BC at the age of 67. He is survived by his best friend, Daphne Jacobs, daughter Melanie, sons Jared, Greg, Jordan and Kyle, and grandchildren Bretton and Brooklyn. By Jack’s request, there will be no service, but a celebration of life will be held at Lincoln Hall, Rd 792, County of Lacombe (Gull Lake) on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 3:00 pm. In lieu of fl owers, pay forward a good deed.
In MemoriamIn Loving Memory ofDON HENGSTLER
1960 - 1988
We are sad within our memoryLonely are our hearts today;
For the one we loved so dearlyHas forever been called away.
We think of him in silence,No eye may see us weep;
But many silent tears are shed,When others are asleep.
Forever LovedMom, Laurie, Sandra and family.
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Coffee habits and your genes:
What is fueling you?
Ever wonder if coffee is a bad thing for you? Is it increasing your risk of a heart attack? Do you feel like you are “sensitive” to caffeine but you are not sure why? You can now get these questions answered by testing your genetics. Not only can you test your genetics for caf-feine, but also for other areas of your nutrition such as vitamin C, sat-urated fats, omega 3’s, whole grains, sodium and folate. As a naturopath-ic doctor, I see this exciting area of medicine continue to influence my practice more often enabling me to make the best nutritional recom-mendations for my patients.
Many studies have looked at the association between caffeine intake and cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks. Some studies have shown an increase risk with caffeine con-sumption and others have shown caffeine ultimately makes no difference. So, why the conflicting results? Research shows that it is likely due to the genetic variation on how we metabolize caffeine.
Researchers have shown that some people are “slow” caffeine metabolizers, meaning their bodies cannot break down caffeine as easily. Slow caffeine metabolizers are said to account for half of the population and may have a much higher risk of high blood pressure or a heart attack if they have too much caffeine. Other people are “fast” caf-feine metabolizers and do not have the same risk. In fact, those fast metabolizers actually have a lower risk of heart disease (about 25–50 per cent) with moderate caffeine con-sumption.
So which group do you fall in and how much caffeine is a safe amount for you? In order to find the answer, this is where you need to complete a simple genetic test, which I make available to all of my patients through testing provid-ed by Nutrigenox, a University of Toronto start-up biotech-nology company.
Not only does this test allow us to find genetic answers about how your body works, but then allows me as a natu-ropathic doctor to make specific nutritional recommenda-tions, including the amounts of vitamins/nutrients that you should be aiming for daily to decrease your risk of future diseases and health risks.
Naturopathic medicine is all about individualizing treat-ment plans for each patient and not treating everyone the same. This kind of flexibility and customization found in Naturopathic medicine also aids in assessing the underly-ing cause to disease and treating it, not just simply treat-ing symptoms. The capability to now test our genetics in relation to nutrition moves me further along in my ability to make the best nutritional recommendations for patients to succeed with their health goals and overall well-being, something I am very excited about.
Whether you are an athlete, have a strong family history of heart disease, orare just looking to figure out the best possible nutrition plan for your body, let’s find out what story your genetics are trying to tell you. Achieve optimal wellness and regain control of your health by speaking to your naturopathic doctor today.
Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at the prestigious Bastyr Uni-versity, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medi-cine visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.
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NATUROPATH
Powerful quake shakes Chile’s capital
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTIAGO, Chile — A powerful magnitude-8.3 earth-quake hit off Chile’s northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and other cities and sending people running into the streets.
At least three aftershocks above magnitude-6 and other strong shakes rattled the region as tsunami alarms sounded in the port of Valparaiso in the first major quake since a powerful quake and tsunami killed hundreds in 2010 and levelled part of a southern Chilean city.
Officials ordered people to evacuate low-lying areas along the 3,900 kilometres of Chile’s Pacific shore, from Puerto Aysen in the south to Arica in the north. Cars streamed inland carrying people to higher ground.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, but author-ities said some adobe houses collapsed in the inland city of Illapel, about 280 kilometres north of Santiago.
Illapel’s mayor, Denis Cortes, told a local television sta-tion that electricity was out in the city.
The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the quake at a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 but quickly revised the reading upward to 8.3. U.S. officials said the quake struck just offshore in the Pacific at 7:54 p.m. and was centred about 228 kilometres north-northwest of Santiago. It said the quake was 5 kilometres)below the surface.
A magnitude-8.8 quake and ensuing tsunami in cen-tral Chile in 2010 killed more than 500 people, destroyed 220,000 homes, and washed away docks, riverfronts and seaside resorts. That quake released so much energy, it ac-tually it shortened the Earth’s day by a fraction of a second by changing the planet’s rotation.
OUTDOORS D3THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 2015
Moving Moving DayDay
On a warm summer morning last Ju-ly, one of our Ellis Bird Farm summer students breathlessly reported that she’d just watched a mother squirrel haul away one of her babies.
M a S q u i r -rel had, unbe-knownst to us, taken up resi-dence in a box r ight beside the grain ele-vator. She had raised her fam-ily with exceed-ing stealth, as none of us had noticed that this box — usual-ly used by tree swallows — was now a squirrel nursery.
Ma Squirrel
had decided, for reasons known only to her, that this was the hour of the day to transfer her four youngsters to a new home somewhere in or on the far side of the grain elevator. Our staff watched her coax the first kitten out of the box, whereupon she snatched it and bound-ed away.
The next three babies were far less co-operative. Ma Squirrel did every-thing in her power to get them out of the box: she chattered orders from the roof; dove inside and tried to push them out; stuck her head in the hole and strained to pull them out; and waited outside so she could lunge at their necks when they dared peek out. Between bouts of yelling, pushing and pulling, she circled the box in desper-ate hope that some other escape route would magically appear.
After watching her grow increas-ingly frustrated, we removed one side of the lid. Her babies had time only
to blink in the sunshine before she seized one of them in her teeth and proceeded to whip it up into a ball and jam it under her chin. Within a few seconds, Ma — now burdened by heavy cargo – lumbered away.
A couple of minutes later she was back. The remaining two kittens seemed to sense what violence lie ahead, so they tried to resist. But she lunged at the next one — first its back, then its throat, then finally its belly. Once again, holding it firmly with her teeth, she flipped out her arms and frenetically enfolded the now compli-ant kitten into a ball. With it finally wedged firmly under her chin, she scampered off again, this time strug-gling to keep her balance as she tra-versed the trees between the box and the elevator roof.
The last remaining kitten tentative-ly explored around the open nest be-fore Ma was back to grab it by its arm.
A wrestling match ensued, with Ma
finally winning and, once again, flip-
ping the young one around until it was
properly packaged.
Perhaps she was fatigued by this
time, or the kitten unco-operative.
Whatever the cause, Ma suddenly lost
her grip and the baby unfurled, then
fell. On its way down, it instinctive-
ly grabbed a branch, where it hung
tenuously until one of our staff gently
returned it to the box. Ma wasn’t far
away, and within seconds was back
to finish her mission. She quickly
rolled up the straggler and made her
last journey to the roof. With a heavy
thud she landed and, pitter patter, was
gone.
Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site
services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She
can be reached at mpearman@ellisbird-
farm.ca.
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Gardeners can plan, plant, water and fertilize a garden but regardless of the amount of work the garden will not be great unless it has good soil. The question is then, “How to improve the existing soil?”
All soil has the potential to grow a great garden if given the cor-rect additives. The first step is to learn more about the soil i n q u e s t i o n . The most accu-rate way to do this is to take a soil sample and send it away for a soil test. One such place is: www.exova.com .A professional test should give information on nutrients, soil type and organ-ic matter. Results from a soil test kit are variable.
Soil is made up of air, moisture and solids: clay, sand and silt. A soil that is ideal for growing a garden will be half solid matter and a quarter of each, moisture and air.
Each soil type has different char-acteristics. Each with their own posi-tives and deficiencies. Correct the de-ficiencies and the soil comes to life and plants grow quickly.
Sandy soil has excellent drainage and air retention. It warms quickly in the spring and never packs making it easy for plant roots to spread. On the down side sandy soil needs more ap-plications of moisture and nutrients as both leach way. Adding organic mat-ter to sandy soil regularly helps build up the nutrients and retain moisture. Adding peat moss will help with water
retention but it doesn’t contain any nutrients.
Clay soil contains many nu-t r i e n t s a n d h o l d s m o i s t u r e . The soil particles are small and cling tightly together forming hard lumps making it hard for roots to penetrate. Sharp sand will loosen the soil but organic matter is needed to release the nutrients contained in the soil par-ticles..
A true silt soil is balanced contain-ing the correct amount of solids, air and moisture making it a sot after com-modity. This soil too will become old if planted continuously without organic matter being added.
All soils benefit from the addition of organic matter as the combination of mineral soil and organic matter re-leases nutrients that plants can ab-sorb. If either mineral soil or organic matter are missing, plants will not be able to absorb the fertilizer.
To be effective all organic mat-ter that is added to the soil needs to be well-rotted or decomposed. If the process is not complete, it will tie up valuable nutrients as the process con-tinues in the garden. Compost can be tested by placing it in a sealed bag in a warm area. After a week, open the bag and smell the contents. When compost is completed it smells like earth. If it stinks, then the process is still continu-ing.
Compost can be made at home or purchased from others. By law, it is considered an additive as opposed to a fertilizer. It does not have to be reg-istered but still has to meet certain criteria to be sold. If the compost is mixed with other ingredients after the process is complete, it is then consid-ered a fertilizer and must be licensed as such. Likewise if the product claims to add nutrients to the soil it is consid-ered a fertilizer and a nutrient analy-sis must be either on the container or
with the bill or receipt.Compost, bag or bulk is to be sold
by weight. The package or bill of sale, should contain the name and address of the company, minimum organic mat-ter and maximum moisture holding ca-pacity. It should also contain the direc-tions for use. A good compost should be mixed with other soil. Too much compost can kill plants.
Compost that is sold does not have to contain the pH or salt content but it is better to know these numbers as it will make a difference to the soil.
By, law compost that is sold cannot contain animal byproducts that can be linked to BSE. Human waste is not al-lowed to be used in compost. The last two stipulations are to protect the food chain from deadly diseases.
Always work on improving the soil by doing so, know what is being added. Once added it is impossible to remove.
Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at [email protected]
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The minds of outdoorspeople run in a natural and seasonal progression.
There has been much online and elsewhere about the unusual and amazing fishing season we are starting to wind down.
A warm winter with low snow pack, followed by a spring to m i d - s u m m e r drought pro-duced an excel-lent and highly compressed sea-son, as though the aquatic in-sects and the trout that eat them wanted to get it all in while the get-ting was good.
As befits a drought, there was a bumper g r a s s h o p p e r hatch and anglers in all parts of Alber-ta enjoyed the fast fishing that brings.
But good midsummer-early fall rains seem to have staved off fish kills and now anglers are reporting poor fall fishing owing to high, muddy, and cold waters caused by fall rains, even snow recently in the high country.
Now come the next season inqui-ries about upland game hunting pros-pects, given the drought, etc. Certainly the central and northern ruffed grouse hunters are reporting little early suc-cess, but that is normal. The birds of summer are still in the thick woods where the leaves are just starting to turn but are not yet falling. Generally you hear the thunder of the flushes, but see nothing to shoot at.
In the next few weeks the ruffed grouse will move to the edge trails and openings to stuff themselves with the clover that thrives there and where hunters can see them and get shots when they flush. I am predicting a good Central Alberta season based en-tirely on the fact that the only two ruff-ies I saw out there this summer were the rarer red color phase birds that I have always somehow considered lucky.
Then, if you are really a ruffed grouse addict, this year you’ll get to hunt them long after they’ve retreated to the woods again for a winter diet of
aspen buds: this year in most parts of the province the season has been ex-tended to Jan. 15th.
Farmers and ranchers in prime country do not seem to know what to say about pheasant, sharp tail and Hungarian partridge prospects, ex-cept that they are seeing fewer birds than earlier, but that may be a result of having been preyed on heavily in drought-reduced cover.
So, even though he retired in May, I turned to Rick Martin the Eastern Irrigation District’s former wildlife projects manager, particularly of the award-winning Partners in Habitat De-velopment program.
Rick Martin has also been the chief Stewart and gamekeeper on the EID’s 550,000 acres of unirrigated grasslands, onto which it generously permits pub-lic access for lawful recreational pur-poses, including hunting, subject to a very short list of simple rules: no camping, no fire, drive only on desig-nated routes or trails.
Rick lives in pheasant country, and despite not being out and around as
much as when he was working, “I have been seeing broods of upland birds; pheasants, sharp tails and Huns.”
“As far as the drought,” Martin adds, “our area wasn’t as bad as some regions and the prairie is still some-what green. Overall I think conditions for the hatch were quite positive with good grass carryover for nesting, a dry warm June which generally improves the hatch and lots of grass hoppers this year which is good for chick survival.”
The EID has hired Dan Buell as Land Administrator — Habitat, Wild-life, Access as Rick Martin’s replace-ment. Martin himself tells me that “Dan is an avid outdoorsman and hunt-er and is currently the president of the Brooks and District Fish and Game Association, so is up to date on many of the issues affecting the outdoor com-munity.”
Dan Buell has not dallied at getting into what I have always thought must be one of the best and more satisfying jobs there is. He tells me he hasn’t seen a lot of broods yet while doing the late-summer surveys, “but that’s not
something I’d be too worried about as these surveys are far from definitive.“ .
“Sharp-tail have been doing well the last few years,” Buell says, “and I don’t believe this year will be any exception. I have been seeing some decent coveys of Huns already, so it could be a good year for them. Pheas-ants are always tougher to gauge, but in their stronghold, the swath of land between Countess to Finnegan to Di-nosaur Park, I think they’ll have an above average year.”
A lot of that “swath” is part of those 550,000 acres of EID unirrigated grass-land.
It is a paradise I saw for the first time 65 years ago. I hope to see it again, one last time, maybe next month. Out there I wouldn’t be at all surprised to run into Rick Martin and Dan Buell both, respectively the old and the new land Stewarts and game-keepers.
Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at [email protected].
LINDA TOMLINSON
GARDENING
How to work on improving the soil
BOB SCAMMELL
OUTDOORS
Minds change with the seasons
Photo contributed
Ruffed grouse eating aspen buds during the winter.
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THIS DATE: Kyle Chandler, 49; Ella Purnell, 18; Neill Blom-kamp, 36
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You strive to make your life as structured as possible. Don’t be too over-organized though — leave room for some spon-taneous surprises along the way.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re feeling restless and reckless today Rams, and won’t take kindly to other people telling you what to do. Try blowing off steam by engaging in some sort of vigorous physical exercise.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It will be easy to be swept away with dubious dreams and uncertain schemes that have no basis in reality. So keep your Bull bull detector on high and keep your feet on the ground.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Geminis can be very gullible — especially today. Just because someone sounds impressive, doesn’t mean they are the real deal. So avoid rushing into a situation that you later regret.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Crabs — stay on top of facts and leave fantasy for the movies. A diplomatic approach helps you deal with an intense loved one. Clear
communication is the secret to domestic harmony.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Li-ons — do you feel like a cat on a hot tin roof? Avoid being cooped up inside today, as it will increase your restlessness. When it comes to financial transactions, double-check the fine print.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When it comes to a work commitment, don’t promise more than you can realistically deliver. Single Virgos — are you viewing a potential part-ner through unusually rose-co-loured glasses?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A current situation is confusing but don’t let it mix up your moral radar. Plus avoid embellishing the truth, and being less than 100% honest. Stand your ground and be a reliable Libran.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you’re not careful then an unreliable friend or questionable acquaintance could lead you astray. So keep your Scorpio realism radar on high and avoid getting caught up in du-bious daydreams.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Con-fusion reigns supreme, as Jupiter opposes Neptune. Home and work are in a state of flux, so avoid making any important long-term decisions until the dust settles and things become clearer.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Be careful in the way you communicate today Capricorn, especially when dealing with
social media. It will be very easy to convey the wrong message so think twice before you post.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Money could easily run through your fingers today, and you could end up with nothing substan-tial to show for it. So steer clear of your fa-vourite shopping haunts — both in person and online.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re full
of dubious dreams and unrealistic schemes so avoid letting blind optimism lead you up the primrose path to trouble. If some-thing sounds too good to be true, then walk away.
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Dear Annie: I have been seeing my boyfriend, “John,” for more than a year and love him very much. We are in our mid-20s, and while there are no plans to move in together or settle down soon, I see a future with him.
The issue is that John currently lives with his older brother “Zack.” Zack has no full-time job, no prospects and no friends outside of those provided by John. Zack is shy in so-cial situations, and covers this by being snide and sar-castic, which leads him to be girlfriend-less. My friends no longer like hanging out with John, as Zack is almost always involved.
Also, John pays for everything for Zack — rent, food, entertainment or any event we go to.
I feel like John’s second girlfriend.
When we go out with oth-er friends for dinner, John will pay for Zack, but not me. And if the three of us go out, John and I split the bill 50/50.
I don’t mind this occa-sionally, but my finances are tight and I don’t care to pay for Zack. I resent that Zack gets treated to these din-ners, but I don’t. Even our romantic dates usually in-volve Zack, and of course, he would come on any vacation.
Annie, I feel stuck. I love John and I have even learned to like Zack, but I don’t think I can handle this
situation any longer. I’ve brought it up delicately many times, and John and Zack both acknowledge the need for a change, but nothing happens. I don’t feel comfortable trying to get in be-tween brothers, but this doesn’t seem healthy. — Third Wheel on Facebook
Dear Third: John obviously feels re-sponsible for Zack and wants to take care of him. He doesn’t feel responsi-ble for you, since you are independent, both financially and socially.
Have you asked John private-ly whether Zack could benefit from counseling? If he is the older brother and still has no job and no social life, he might need some coaching in life skills. He also might appreciate having someone teach him how to handle him-self at a party or attract the attention of a female, and you could be of tre-mendous assistance there.
Otherwise, any “future” you see with John means including Zack in everything.
Dear Annie: If people go in together to purchase a gift, should only one of the people receive a thank-you note?
I recently attended a bridal show-er where four of us pooled our mon-ey to purchase an expensive gift. At the shower, we were all asked to ad-dress an envelope to make thank-you
notes easier for the bride-to-be. We all did so, but I was shocked to find out that the note was sent only to “Jill,” with the rest of our names included inside. Jill phoned the rest of us to let us know.
Have people really become so la-zy that they can’t write a thank you to each person who gave a gift? It wasn’t Jill’s job to inform the rest of us. Shame on the bride-to-be. — Proper Thank Yous Please
Dear Proper: The bride may not have realized that a single gift from multiple people still requires individ-ual thank-you notes. But yes, laziness undoubtedly played a part, consider-ing that the guests had to pre-address their own envelopes.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime ed-itors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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An Indian child eats snacks as she s its in front of idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha displayed for sale ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday. The 10- day Ganesh festival begins today.
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