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Follow my lead, gunman’s video urges

Michael Zehaf Bibeau exhorted others to carry out similar attacks in the unreleased portion of his final video manifesto.

Story on PAGE A5FORECAST ON A2

WEATHER Overcast. High 13. Low 7.

WALKING WITH OUR SISTERS

Room to breatheBY MARY-ANN BARRRED DEER ADVOCATE

Millions of dollars more will flow to Central Al-berta school boards following the announcement by Premier Rachel Notley on Thursday to restore edu-cation funding for the 2015-16 school year.

The previous Progressive Conservative govern-

ment told school boards in its March budget that boards needed to reduce non-teaching costs. It also said boards couldn’t cut teaching jobs or use re-serves, and that there would be no new funding for 12,000 new students expected in the next school year.

Those 12,000 students will now be funded. And the newly-elected NDP government said it will restore funding to non-teaching resources such as transpor-tation grants, teacher aides and inclusive education.

And restrictions on school boards using reserves in the next school year budget have been removed.

The two per cent funding increase to cover sal-ary increases and a one per cent lump sum payment negotiated previously will be maintained, and an ad-ditional $103 million for the next school year will be provided by the new government.

Dogs involved in Rocky attack to be destroyed

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Three dogs have been ordered euthanized after a Rocky Mountain House judge convicted the dogs’ owner of eight charges laid following vicious dog at-tacks on a community trail.

In Rocky Mountain House provincial court on Wednesday, dog owner Brandi Reeves of Rocky Mountain House pleaded guilty to her role in an April 27 incident in which two dogs were attacked by the dogs owned by Reeves.

Jenna Ellefson was walking her five-year-old Bel-gian shepherd Dakota when it was attacked by the three dogs.

With the help of three high school students and two men passing by, they managed to repel the dogs’ initial assault and chase off the three roving dogs. One of the dogs returned and tried again to attack Dakota.

Further on down the trail, Theresa Kokesch was walking Shelly, a six-year-old golden Labrador, when the three dogs began attacking it.

Kokesch managed to repel the attack, but Shelly was badly hurt.

Both Shelly and Dakota needed extensive veteri-nary care.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Corky Larsen-Jonasson, right, and other volunteers work to set up the Walking With Our Sisters exhibit at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Thursday. The memorial to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from across Canada opens to the public on Monday June 1st at the museum located at 4525-47A Avenue. The exhibit will be on display until June 21st, National Aboriginal Day.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORDADVOCATE STAFF

Keeping the Calgary Young Offenders Centre open is welcome news for Central Alberta lawyers, who were concerned about the planned closure’s impact on the rehabilitation of youths charged with crimes.

Local defence lawyers are relieved by the deci-sion. Jason Snider, president of the Red Deer crimi-nal defence lawyers association, said the proposed closure was an egregious example of centralization.

“The centralization of services that should stay lo-cal is a continuing concern to the justice community as a whole,” said Snider.

“There were some financial reasons why the CY-OC was targeted for closure, but there were other so-cietal reasons it should stay open. Particularly with

regard to the Youth Criminal Justice Act that has an emphasis on rehabilitation and reintegration to the community.”

On Thursday, a press release from Alberta Justice said the move will ensure young offenders have ac-cess to necessary rehabilitative and custody services, while remaining close to their families.

“Taking youth from a locale and transporting them hours away from their supports has a very det-rimental effect on their rehabilitation,” said Snider. “We saw the same thing in Red Deer when they closed the youth wing at the Red Deer Remand Cen-tre ... you lose that immediacy and the ability for the family to be involved in the youth’s rehabilitation while they are in custody.”

The youth wing of the Red Deer Remand Cen-tre closed in 2004. Youths who are held in custody after they are arrested in Central Alberta are sent to either the Edmonton or Calgary young offenders

centres.“The CYOC closure made no sense from actu-

ally preventing them from becoming criminals in the long term,” said Snider.

“It is very welcome news and a positive sign that perhaps the government is taking a more humanistic and rehabilitative approach to justice rather than just a dollars and cents view.”

Premier Rachel Notley announced on Thursday the CYOC would remain open. The previous Progres-sive Conservative government had announced plans to close the CYOC in March.

After the New Democratic Party was elected on May 5, Alberta Justice announced the closure was put on hold pending a review to be completed by May 31.

It will remain open at an estimated cost of $3 mil-lion a year.

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EDUCATION: Reserves also an option

Notley made the announcement in Calgary with the Education Minister David Eggen.

For the Red Deer Public School District, this will see the 2014-15 provincial operating funding of $94.7 million go to $98.9 million next school year, or an ad-ditional $4.2 million (a 4.5 per cent increase).

The Red Deer Catholic Regional Division will see funding increase by $3 million, from $78.6 million to $81.6 million (up 3.9 per cent).

Chinook’s Edge School Division will receive a 3.1 per cent increase in operating funding, with this year’s funding of $102.4 million increasing to $105.7 million next year.

Wolf Creek School Division will see a 2.9 per cent increase, going from $70.2 million to $72.3 million.

Wild Rose School Division will see a 2.6 per cent increase, from $51.5 million to $52.8 million (2.6 per cent increase).

Clearview School Division will go from $26.9 mil-lion to $27.5 million (1.9 per cent).

St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Re-gional Division will see a 4.7 per cent increase, from $31 million to $32.5 million.

Bev Manning, chairperson of the Red Deer Public school board, said they will still need to move for-ward cautiously.

“It doesn’t mean that all is well with the world

but it certainly does mean that we’ve been restored a little bit and we’re feeling a little bit more hopeful about how we’re going to accommodate the growth at least that we’re expecting in the fall.

“And to be able to breathe a little bit. I was feel-ing pretty stressed there for a little while.”

She was appreciative that the new government has recognized local board autonomy. If they have to draw on reserves, the local board is in the best posi-tion to make that decision, she said.

School board budgets were originally to be in to the province by the end of this month. However, that deadline was recently extended to June 30.

Manning said they expect 75 to 100 new students in the fall, although the final number won’t be known until Sept. 15.

She said the district’s budget isn’t finalized, but they don’t expect to go back now and make a lot of changes. They had anticipated that the NDP would come through on their campaign promises.

“We’ll perhaps hold that new money centrally and be able to address hot spots throughout the district as they occur.”

It’s good news from the government but it’s not going to create a lot of money for the district, and they still need to move ahead cautiously because it is a time of financial restraint, and “we understand that,” Manning said.

Guy Pelletier, chairman of Red Deer Catholic schools, said they were feeling positive and very pleased with the funding announcement.

The announcement will make their budget deci-sions in the next month much easier, he said.

The Catholic board had several budget options in the works, depending on what the new government decided.

Pelletier said they will be looking at putting items

back into the budget and if they need to dip into their $10-million reserve, they now can.

The district expects 300 to 400 new students next year. They’ve seen student population grow by four to six per cent each year, he said.

As recently as Tuesday, the Catholic board had a discussion about next school year’s budget and had directed administration to draft a budget based on the expectation that they would be able to use re-serves, but not with the idea that the three per cent reduction in non-teaching would be restored.

It does allow the board to go ahead and make their plans for staffing and classrooms sizes in the fall, Pelletier said.

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DOGS: Must besurrendered to town

Dakota suffered puncture marks to her legs, ears and face and a tear under her armpit. Shelly had muscle torn of her right leg and required numerous stitches.

Reeves pleaded guilty to five counts of owning a dog that attacked another animal causing severe injury and three counts of owning a dog running at large. She was fined a total of $2,800 and ordered to pay restitution of $1,913.39 for the injured dogs.

If she does not pay the fine, she may serve up to 30 days in custody.

The court also ordered the dogs that committed the attacks be surrendered to the Town of Rocky Mountain House and all three will be humanely eu-thanized.

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Calgary: today, mainly cloudy. High 16. Low 9.

Olds, Sundre: today, mainly cloudy. High 17. Low 7.

Rocky, Nordegg: today, 30% showers. High 13. Low 5.

Banff: today, 30% showers. High 17. Low 7.

Jasper: today, 30% showers. High 17.

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Lethbridge: today, 30% showers. High 19. Low 7.

Edmonton: today, increasing cloudiness. High 15. Low 6.

Grande Prairie: to-day, increasing cloudi-ness. High 15. Low 7.

Fort McMurray: to-day, sunny. High 15. Low 3.

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City of Red Deer RCMP Const. Derek Turner speaks with Oriole Park Elementary students, left to right, Leiland Johnson, Caydyn Becker-Lewis and Dawson Theriault at the Kinex Arena during the AMA sponsored School Safety Patrollers year-end appreciation party. About 550 Grade 4 and 5 students took in the party that included swimming, games and a barbecue lunch served up by community safety partners.

Strychnine suspected in

death ofsecond dog

BY CRYSTAL RHYNOADVOCATE STAFF

A second Kentwood-area dog has died in a sus-pected intentional strychnine poisoning.

Lana Keating, owner and veterinarian at Parkland Veterinary Hospital, suspects that the deadly toxin strychnine killed the two dogs.

“I would be very worried in Red Deer if my dog was in the backyard,” said Keating. “They should be watched even in their backyards.”

Kentwood resident Meghan Elgert’s Maltese-York-ie died after eating what may have been chicken laced with strychnine on May 23. Her other dog, a Labrador-shepherd cross, was also sick but survived the poisoning.

Another Kentwood dog died on Tuesday.Keating said her hospital has treated all three

dogs. They showed symptoms such as rapid seizures that are consistent with strychnine poisoning.

“We haven’t proven it is poison but they are all very circumstantial that they have the same signs,” said Keating. “Unfortunately, it’s a very, deadly, deadly poison.”

Keating said it is very unfortunate that dogs are not even safe in their own backyards.

The toxin is typically used to kill gophers and other rodents.

“It is devastating,” said Keating. “This is a high dose of a toxin substance. It is not something that makes them sick for a while. This is a lethal dose.”

Keating said it is unusual to see strychnine poi-soning in an urban setting and that leads her to be-lieve it was intentional.

Cedarwood Veterinary Hospital has sent a sample of the first dog’s stomach contents to a lab. The re-sults are expected in about a week.

Keating said the poison works quickly, in 10 to 60 minutes, and produces rapid seizures and death. She said the smaller the dog, the less the dog needs to consume for the poison to work.

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RCMP investigating armed robberyin Clearview

Red Deer City RCMP are investigating a gunpoint robbery of a man as he walked in a city residential area.

Shortly before midnight on May 23, a 26-year-old Red Deer man was walking in Clearview North on Carleton Avenue. A man approached him from be-hind, demanded money and pointed a firearm at

him. The suspect took the victim’s cash and ran south toward the Michael O’Brien wetland.

RCMP and dog services followed the suspect’s trail to the Michener Centre area before losing it.

Police also received a number of reports that the suspect was seen running from yard to yard in the Carter Close area.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, in his early 20s, about 1.82 metres (six foot or six foot one), skinny, having very defined cheek bones and no facial hair. He was wearing a dark-coloured, flat-brimmed hat, a dark-coloured hoodie and blue jeans.

RCMP urge anyone with information that will help identify the suspect to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anony-mous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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POISON: Difficult to reverse the damage

She said it is very difficult to re-verse the damage.

“I am fairly alarmed,” said Keating. “People should be walking their dogs on a leash and do not leave them in the backyard. All of these cases could have been in the backyard.”

In the last five days, Red Deer RCMP have received two complaints of dogs being poisoned in the Kentwood neighbourhood. The first complaint came in on May 22 when a resident

reported that her two dogs had become ill and were believed to have been poi-soned. RCMP verified that the symp-toms the dogs suffered were consistent with poisoning.

On Tuesday, RCMP received a second report where a resident of Kentwood suspected his dog had been poisoned, resulting in its death.

Police have no suspects or leads.Pet owners concerned about an

animal’s health should contact their veterinarian.

If you have any information about the two dog deaths, call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. To remain anon-ymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Blackfalds youth has admitted to armed robberies

Another Blackfalds youth has ad-mitted to three armed robberies in the town north of Red Deer earlier this year.

And a second youth from the town who pleaded guilty to eight robberies has had his bail revoked after an al-leged series of breaches.

The boys can’t be named because of provisions in the Canada Youth Justice Act.

The first youth, a 16-year-old, plead-ed guilty to three charges of robbery with an imitation firearm in Red Deer youth court on Thursday before Hudge Gordon Deck.

Represented by defence counsel Michael Scrase, the youth admitted his guilt to three charges for two separate incidents in January and February of this year.

Prosecutor Carolyn Ayre did not read the facts of the incidents into the record.

Scrase requested a pre-sentence re-port to provide some guidance prior to sentencing. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 27 in Red Deer youth court.

Accused in connection with the 16-year-old, a 17-year-old had entered guilty pleas to eight robberies on April 30 and is scheduled for sentencing on July 30.

The 17-year-old admitted to robber-ies of the Pony Express Liquor Store, the 2A Liquor Store and a Fas Gas in Blackfalds; the Glendale Express 24, Corral Foods and Highland Green Ex-press 24 in Red Deer and an IDA Phar-macy.

He was released on strict bail con-ditions on April 30 while awaiting his sentencing. Those conditions included a 24-hour house arrest order. A pre-sentence report was ordered prior to his July 30 sentencing in Red Deer youth court.

On Thursday, he was in youth court charged with new breaches of his bail conditions. His counsel Walter Kubanek told Deck that it would likely be difficult to argue the conditions. Ay-re sought to have his bail revoked and have him remanded into custody.

Two other youths face charges relat-ing to these offences: one 17-year-old pleaded not guilty and has a trial set for Oct. 27 and another 17-year-old will make an appearance next on June 4 in Red Deer youth court.

A fifth youth had related charges against him withdrawn by the Crown.

Thirteen fires reported in West Country

Lightning storms sparked anoth-er six fires in the West Country on Wednesday.

Thirteen fires have been reported in 24 hours in the Rocky Wildfire Man-agement Zone, which extends from Drayton Valley to Sundre and west to Banff and Jasper National Park bound-aries.

All of the fires are being held or are under control, says Alberta Environ-ment and Sustainable Resource Devel-opment.

A provincewide fire ban remains in effect and is unlikely to be lifted for the weekend.

Creationist finds fossils while digging basement

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Edgar Nernberg sees the irony of believing the Earth is roughly 6,000 years old, while being the one to discover rare fossils of fish that scientists estimate lived 60 mil-lion years ago.

Nernberg sits on the board of the Big Valley Creationist Museum south-east of Red Deer. He helped establish the museum in 2008, but also works as a heavy equipment operator in Cal-gary.

The 64-year-old was excavating a basement in March when he caught sight of something special in the buck-et of his trackhoe: black outlines of five fish in a block of sandstone.

He contacted a paleontologist and assistant professor at the University of Calgary, Darla Zelenitsky, who as-sessed the full fossils of a primitive bony, type of fish as an extraordinary find.

She has calculated the fish lived shortly after an asteroid killed off the dinosaurs and many other species,

leaving surviving animals and plants to diversify.

Nernberg thinks the fish were most likely to have been alive shortly before the Great Flood in the Bible, about 4,300 years ago.

He and Zelenitsky have politely de-bated their timelines.

“We agree to disagree,” Nernberg said Thursday after a news conference alongside Zelenitsky to show off the fossils.

“We’re quite amicable and really almost friends.”

Nernberg said he was taught evolu-tion in school, but later came to reject it. He built a miniature replica of No-ah’s Ark for the creationist museum.

He believes humans existed at the same time as the dinosaurs, then the Great Flood wiped out almost every-thing.

“There were dinosaurs that survived the flood, of course, but there may still be some around. We don’t know that for sure.”

Nernberg said he’s not been per-suaded by Zelenitsky and other scien-tists.

Document shredding at legislature may have been justified: Notley


CALGARY — Alberta Premier Ra-chel Notley says the public shouldn’t rush to judge allegations that docu-ments have been illegally shredded since the Progressive Conservatives were defeated earlier this month.

The privacy commissioner and Al-berta’s public interest commissioner are both investigating.

Opposition parties were demanding action after bags and bags of shredded documents were seen being hauled away from the legislature after the PCs lost their 44-year hold on power in the May 5 election.

Notley, who ordered that the shred-ding stop and requested an investi-gation, said Thursday it’s too soon to

draw any conclusions.She said in many cases the shred-

ding of confidential documents is ac-ceptable and in some cases it is illegal not to destroy material.

She is waiting for a final report from the privacy commissioner, she said.

“It’s important to understand that there are a lot of circumstances in which shredding is entirely appropri-ate and, in fact, failing to shred, in and of itself, can breach the legislation.

“Shredding those documents is the right thing to do, assuming the original document remains online, in the com-puter or somewhere,” she said.

“We need to understand that the existence of a bag of shredded docu-ments does not mean that’s the end of the document as we know it.”

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C E N T R A L A L B E R T A ’ SD A I L Y N E W S P A P E R

A fixed election date provides party strategists a road map to determine when best to slot in announcements, make appoint-ments and un-veil policies for political advan-tage.

You can plot, you can strat-egize and you can prognosti-cate. But it is al-ways the events beyond tacti-cal control that carry the most peril.

In 2015, as al-ways, that dan-ger is greatest for the sitting government and a spring and summer of damage con-trol appears to be at hand.

First up for the Conservatives is a much-anticipated and damaging audit of Senate spending from auditor gen-eral Michael Ferguson, to be tabled as early as next week.

A $21-million audit could see as many as 10 more sitting senators under police investigation, bringing the total of those charged or under investiga-tion to 14.

An untold number of sitting and re-tired senators — up to 40 according to one report — have been told their expenses are suspect and will be ex-pected to repay money.

New Senate Speaker Leo Housakos announced this week that former Su-preme Court justice Ian Binnie will arbitrate any cases in which senators feel they have grounds to appeal.

Smart senators would pay what is owed and move on because for all the talk of transparency, accountabil-ity and “watershed moments,” this is bound to heap more dirt on an institu-tion sinking in a mudslide of discredit.

Appointing a former justice to sit in judgment of the auditor general will not benefit Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It is an affront to the auditor general and will likely just draw out the process even further.

Harper has — again — the most to lose with another frenzy of Senate spending fever.

He has appointed more senators than any other Canadian prime min-ister (59). If re-elected, he must fill 20 vacancies whether he likes it or not, and his party holds the majority in the chamber.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took pre-emptive action in booting Liberal senators from the party caucus. He has never appointed a senator and he has proposed a new mechanism for ap-pointments to the upper chamber.

He will avoid a direct hit to his credibility, but he leads a party that has also larded the Senate with bag-men and sycophants just as Harper has done. Trudeau can hardly turn this into a plus.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair also no longer gets a free ride, even though Senate malfeasance is a recurring Christmas morning for the orange team. But if Mulcair deserves to be viewed as a prime minister in waiting, he needs to move beyond the party’s abolition position.

How, exactly, would he abolish the Senate? And, if he can’t, would he as prime minister appoint senators?

While awaiting the Ferguson audit, the trial of Mike Duffy returns next week after a three-week hiatus.

The trial is moving at a glacial pace and the real drama and the key play-ers have not yet arrived. But testimony concerning a report allegedly doctored to help Duffy, the efforts in Harper’s office to make the problem go away and the infamous $90,000 cheque from Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright to Duffy loom.

That much of this will unfold while the Commons is not sitting is of little solace to Harper if, in fact, this trial bleeds into the election (and leaders debate) period.

There is a third danger looming for Harper and his Conservatives.

There is growing evidence that the airstrikes against the Islamic State in which Canada is participating are not working. Some are pointing to an abun-dance of caution in ensuring civilians are not hit. Others cite the difficulty in obtaining reliable intelligence in Syria.

Defence Minister Jason Kenney joined with allies this week in taking

the unusual step of openly criticiz-ing Iraqi fighters who turned and fled when IS invaded Ramadi.

The Canadian contribution may be modest, but Harper has made it high-ly symbolic, a key part of his security platform.

If it becomes clear that bombing missions are not halting the advance of IS, Conservatives will be under in-creased pressure to step up operations or put boots on the ground. Neither is likely, but such pressure will only re-inforce the perception that this could become a highly expensive, yet largely futile effort.

Harper will have to explain how this mission over Syria is doing any-thing to keep this country safe. He may ultimately be on the campaign trail explaining how IS advances in the face of allied action have become anything but a recruiting tool for IS.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at [email protected].

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A bumpy road ahead

NDP must deal with power rate messOn election day, May 5, Rachel Notley and the

NDP electrified the province as they swept into po-litical power. Many self-proclaimed political pundits prognosticated, lamented and/or celebrated depend-ing on their particular bias.

On the following morning after the election, cof-fee shops across Alberta buzzed with rational and ir-rational conversations. Suddenly politics in Alberta became interesting.

Among other things that happened on May 5, the price of electricity in Alberta averaged just over $15 a megawatt. The average peak price was just over $18 a megawatt. This fact in of itself is not news. How-ever, by May 20, some 15 days later, the average peak price of electricity in Alberta had skyrocketed to $352 a megawatt. The nearly 2,000 per cent increase in Alberta’s average electricity prices went mostly unnoticed by the pundits, but its impact on the busi-nesses exposed to these wild price fluctuations was a rude reminder of the legacy of four former Progres-sive Conservative governments.

It’s been 20 years since the policy to deregulate electricity was introduced in Alberta. Reflecting on this policy, former Alberta Power senior vice-president Keith Provost estimates that deregulation may have cost Albertans as much as $32 billion. In that short amount of time, successive PC govern-ments have had to implement emergency short-term measures to mitigate price spikes. Former premier Alison Redford implemented the most recent emer-gency measures when she froze ancillary costs (extra charges on utility bills) before heading into the 2012 election. Coincidently her government raised ancil-lary costs retroactively after the election.

The NDP have a monumental task in front of them if they want to be successful at governing this prov-ince. Of all the priorities they need to confront (edu-cation, health care, seniors, etc.) none will have more of an impact on the province’s immediate economic well-being than addressing the massive electricity deregulation debacle.

A stable reliable source of efficient low-cost electricity is paramount to both economic diversity and stability — not to mention consumers would be

pleased, too.If there has been one constant in Alberta’s ex-

periment to deregulate electricity, it is that it hasn’t worked very well!

While the NDP contemplates how to address this complex issue, they can implement a couple of emer-gency short-term measures of their own:

Freeze (prevent) the sale of all Rural Electric Association Utilities until this government has time to construct a policy on such matters.

Remove the cap that prevents the regulated rate option from purchasing energy out to two years.

There are other short-term measures available to buy some time until a permanent solution can be constructed, but the most important thing for Al-berta is that we once and for all, design a permanent solution to resolve this problem.

Joe AnglinRimbey

We should be a nation of peacekeepersCanadians miss peacekeeping and being seen as

peacekeepers. Our government seems to enjoy wars and thinks of Canadians as being warriors. They cite the mantra of security against terrorism but is it at all possible that we are at higher risk of being bit, now, because we are teasing the animal more?

Defence Minister Jason Kenney and CTV’s Robert Fife discussed on the show Question Period the very real issue of Iraqi fighters, when confronting ISIS near Ramadi, throwing down their weapons and fleeing. By supplying weapons to Iraqi soldiers, are we not also arming ISIS, then?

It was once stated that ISIS was in realty a U.S.-created entity because of their tendency to support and arm different factions at different times. When they turn against their former allies, do they request their arms back? This tendency to support the en-emies of our enemies, regardless of past deeds and violations, means that each faction becomes more dangerous and armed with more and better arma-ments. Enemies become allies and allies become enemies frequently.

Recent reports of ISIS successes in Iraq show that the current program is not working and a new approach will be necessary. Will Canada respond to losing ground in Iran, by increasing tactics of drop-ping more bombs, withdrawing support or will we

send in foot soldiers? Should Canada continue to of-fer limited but increasingly expensive support, mak-ing more enemies every day or should we change focus all together.

Humanitarian aid, for the civilians displaced by war, civil or international, would be one way for Canada to be seen as a world player. Food, water, shelter, warm clothing and medical aid for a child would reduce the anger of citizens involved or af-fected by war.

Killing of innocents is more than collateral dam-age and cannot be forgotten easily.

Civil, territorial, religious, class and racial wars have been occurring for hundreds possibly thou-sands of years and I have trouble thinking of which ones were won with western intervention. There are battles that we helped end, but are we putting civil-ians at risk, unnecessarily and inappropriately, both at home and abroad.

Were we as Canadians petitioned for our views on these wars and how we wish to help? Did we want to concentrate our efforts on humanitarian aid, like the Red Cross, or did we want to make our friends’ re-cent enemies our enemies? We may become friends with the government of a former enemy but the fami-lies of the victims, which we were partially respon-sible, will not likely be our friends.

I would rather help the family of an alleged crimi-nal than punish them. I am sure there are many who also feel this way.

We have all seen mob-mentality at work. The fighting, riots, looting and mayhem occurred because a hockey team lost the Stanley Cup. Can you imagine what would happen in these Canadian communities if their church, hospital or schools are lost? We have seen hysteria, even deaths in a soccer game, because of a goal or a bad call. Mob mentality, once it sets in, watch out.

Should Canadians help the civilians, families, children and the innocents and give them fewer rea-sons to join the fights? Can we prevent or alleviate mob mentality? Do we feel good when an enemy is killed, along with unknown collateral damage? How many Canadian charities are collecting guns and bullets to send to Third World nations?

Would I feel better supporting peacekeeping? Yes, I would.

Garfield MarksRed Deer

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Gunman urged more attacksBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — As calmly as Michael Zehaf Bibeau laid out the reasons for his fateful attack on Parlia-ment Hill last October, he exhorted others to carry out similar attacks, say sources familiar with the un-released portion of his final video manifesto.

The missing video seg-ments also include Zehaf Bi-beau mentioning a number of Middle Eastern names, none of which appear to be linked to the Oct. 22 shooting ram-page, The Canadian Press has learned.

The details come from two sources who spoke to CP about the video, speaking on condition of anonymity be-cause they weren’t authorized to discuss the contents of the portions that have yet to be made public.

They say during the miss-ing 18 seconds, the 32-year-old Zehaf Bibeau calls on others to carry out attacks against countries such as Canada.

The sources say those named in the video do not appear to have played a role in Zehaf Bibeau’s attack, but rather have general Arabic-sounding names. It’s not clear if investigators have been able to identify them.

Zehaf Bibeau recorded the video in his car mo-ments before the deadly rampage, which claimed the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and ended his own in a hail of gunfire inside Centre Block.

RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson has said inves-tigators had “sound operational” reasons for keep-ing the 18-second portion of the video secret when the other 55 seconds were released nearly three months ago.

The redacted portions included 13 seconds at the start of the video and five seconds at the end. The sources did not specify which portions contained what information.

As to why the RCMP withheld part of the video,

the RCMP wanted to ensure there were no hidden messages contained in it, the sources said. Investiga-tors pored over every frame of the video, which was found on Zehaf Bibeau’s cellphone inside the un-locked car he drove to Parliament Hill.

In the portion of the video Canadians have already seen, Zehaf Bibeau stares calmly into the camera. He talks in an even tone, his eyes darting around, as he sits in his car in a parking lot steps away from Ottawa police headquarters.

He says the actions he’s taking are a response to Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“We are retaliating, the mujahedeen of this world,” Zehaf Bibeau says.

“Canada’s officially become one of our enemies by fighting and bombing us and creating a lot of ter-ror in our countries and killing us and killing our innocents.

“So, just aiming to hit some soldiers just to show that you’re not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful.”

Paulson said earlier this week the RCMP would release the remaining video either this week or next, along with an Ontario Provincial Police report into the actions of the Mounties on Parliament Hill.

Next week, the House of Commons plans to re-lease a similar review of how security personnel responded to Zehaf Bibeau once he managed to get inside the Centre Block with a loaded rifle.

Speaking to a Commons committee Thursday, Speaker Andrew Scheer said his office is finalizing what portions of the report will be released.

“A report that includes names of security per-sonnel, names of constables, where people were standing at what time, and where resources were deployed, some of that information would — it would not be appropriate to release that,” Scheer said.

Crown tells jury not to pity accused couple


VANCOUVER — Ju-rors at a British Colum-bia trial have been asked to curb their sympathies when deciding the fate of a husband and wife accused of plotting to blow up the provincial legislature.

Crown lawyer Pe-ter Eccles said a life of hardship for John Nut-tall and Amanda Korody — as recovering heroin addicts living on welfare — doesn’t make them any less guilty of planning a terrorist act.

The couple was arrest-ed on July 1, 2013, and charged with plotting to detonate homemade pressure-cooker explo-sives amid Canada Day crowds gathered at the legislature in Victoria.

“When you feel sym-pathy for the accused re-member who and what they were and what they intended to do,” Eccles told the jury during his closing submissions on Thursday.

“They had a difficult life, yes,” he said. “But they wanted to murder innocent people for a po-litical reason. And they were committed to it.”

The B.C. Supreme Court jury was shown more than 100 hundred hours of video and audio surveillance collected as part of an elaborate RCMP sting.

Eccles warned the jury not to consider the couple as inept, despite what he described as the sometimes comic nature of their antics.

“Neither of them are stupid. Neither of them are illiterate. Neither of them are incapable of thought. Neither of them are incapable of think-ing things out from start to finish,” he said.

Eccles said Korody, the seemingly timid and submissive wife who had also converted to Islam, was anything but meek in private and described her as leading from the rear.

Michael Zehaf Bibeau

OTTAWA — It was House of Commons security personnel who wounded and ultimately killed Mi-chael Zehaf Bibeau, the gunman who ran past the Mounties and into the Parliamentary Buildings last October.

But now, the historic security force is seeing its command of Parliament Hill’s interior removed and placed in the hands of the RCMP — a move the head of its union says they are taking person-ally.

“There was recognition by the Speaker of the House; we were recognized in the House,” Roch Lapensee said Thursday after appearing at a Com-mons committee studying the change.

“All that is nice, but at the end of the day, we’re being pushed aside and told that in the future, someone else is going to make the decisions for you.”

The bigger issue for Lapensee, however, is whether the changes will actually make the Hill any safer.

Several investigations are underway into how

security forces responded on the morning of the

shooting last Oct. 22 and what needs to change.

Those findings or recommendations have yet to be

made public.

In February, the government announced it

would end nearly 100 years of having an indepen-

dent security unit inside Parliament, arguing the

use of distinct forces wasn’t proving to be an effec-

tive approach.

The changes were announced one month after

the defacto head of the Commons security team,

sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, was appointed

ambassador to Ireland.

Vickers is credited with ending Zehaf Bibeau’s

rampage that morning, which began with the

shooting death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the Na-

tional War Memorial and ended in a shoot-out

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MONTREAL — The Russian Embassy in Ottawa ripped into the federal government Thursday after news emerged that a longtime Canadian resident who was No. 2 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most wanted Nazi war criminals had died.

Vladimir Katriuk’s lawyer said his client had been ill for a long time before his recent death at the age of 93.

“I think it was last Friday,” Orest Rudzik said from Oakville, Ont. “It was a stroke or something do with a stroke.”

Katriuk, a native of Ukraine who had been an avid beekeeper for years in Ormstown, Que., was at the heart of allegations he participated in a village mas-sacre in 1943 in what is now known as Belarus.

An official with the Russian Embassy said Ka-triuk’s death makes it impossible, “unfortunately,” for him to face justice.

“Sadly, the Canadian government ignored numer-ous appeals by Canadian Jewish organizations and efforts by the Russian authorities to ensure that jus-tice be served, allowing Vladimir Katriuk to retain citizenship of Canada while peacefully residing in this country,” press secretary Kirill Kalinin said in an email sent to The Canadian Press.

“Employing legal or politically motivated loop-holes to evade from trying or extraditing Nazi war criminals is totally unacceptable.”

Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has led to Cana-da all but severing relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as imposing a slew of sanc-tions against individuals and entities in both coun-tries.

The Federal Court ruled in 1999 that Katriuk lied about his voluntary service for German authorities during the war in order to obtain Canadian citizen-ship.

The court concluded Katriuk had been a member of a Ukrainian battalion implicated in numerous atrocities in Ukraine — including the deaths of thou-sands of Jews in Byelorussia between 1941 and 1944.

But in 2007 the Canadian government overturned an earlier decision to revoke Katriuk’s citizenship, due to a lack of evidence.

A study three years ago alleged Katriuk was a key participant in a massacre in Khatyn during the Sec-ond World War.

The article said a man with Katriuk’s name lay in wait in March 1943 outside a barn that had been set ablaze, operating a machine-gun and firing on civil-ians as they tried to flee the burning building.

The same document said the man took a watch, bracelet and gun from the body of a woman found nearby.

“One witness stated that Volodymyr Katriuk was a particularly active participant in the atrocity: he reportedly lay behind the stationary machine-gun, firing rounds on anyone attempting to escape the flames,” said the article, authored by Lund Univer-sity historian Per Anders Rudling.

Researchers divided on whether Canadians saving enough


OTTAWA — Federal political parties may be quarrelling over how best to expand the Canada Pension Plan, but they seem to agree on one thing: Canadians should be saving more for retirement.

But is that a universally accepted truth?Researchers are divided, it seems. Some reports

suggest most people will actually be just fine when they enter their golden years. Other studies paint a desperate picture of a decidedly downmarket life-style.

Regardless of who you believe, though, the debate over retirement savings is shaping up as a major ballot-box issue for this fall’s election campaign.

That was clear enough earlier this week when Finance Minister Joe Oliver said the government would consider giving people the option to inject more earnings into the Canada Pension Plan — a 180-degree pivot for the Tories on the issue.

“Obviously, we always want Canadians to save more,” Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre said Thursday in Ottawa.

Both the Liberals and the NDP say voluntary ex-pansion of the plan doesn’t go far enough to ensure people are in good financial shape when they retire. They both propose to introduce a mandatory CPP add-on if elected.

The federal Liberals say theirs would look like the one introduced by their provincial cousins in Ontario.

“I think the majority of Canadians agree — cer-tainly the majority of Ontarians showed that in the last (provincial) election — that we need to expand the CPP because Canadians are not saving enough,” said Liberal MP John McCallum, a former bank economist.

The New Democrats have long supported the idea of a compulsory increase to the pension plan. Some studies, however, suggest Canadians will already be in a decent position by the time they retire.

Oliver cited one of those reports Thursday when he was asked whether he thought Canadians had

saved enough for retirement.The study by the McKinsey and Company consult-

ing firm found that 83 per cent of Canadians were headed for a comfortable retirement, Oliver told a conference call.

“They believe that the retirement system in Cana-da is very sound.”

Last fall, Canada’s retirement-income system ranked seventh out of 25 countries measured by the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. It grades countries based on elements such as adequacy, sus-tainability and integrity.

Scott Clausen, a Toronto partner with the Mercer consulting firm, said while Canada ranks well, there are some areas to be worried about.

Fewer and fewer Canadians working in the pri-vate sector have had access to retirement plans in recent years — particularly people at middle-income levels, Clausen said.

Meanwhile, Jack Mintz, a tax-policy expert at the University of Calgary, said he has been studying the challenges faced by single seniors.

The poverty rate for seniors is about six per cent, but for single people in that age group it’s 20 per cent, Mintz said. He believes seniors should get 100 per cent of spousal benefits when their partner dies, so they continue to receive the same amount of money as before.

Of course, other research suggests Canadians ur-gently need to squirrel away more cash.

An August 2013 report by the Bank of Montreal showed that baby boomers were, on average, $400,000 short of their ideal savings goals, even as they reach retirement age.

Another BMO survey released last year found people from the so-called “sandwich generation” — those aged 45 to 64 years old who often find them-selves caring for their aging parents as well as their kids — were $560,000 short of their savings targets.

The seniors advocacy group CARP says two-thirds of Canadian workers do not have access to workplace pension plans, while private tools like registered re-tirement savings plans are inadequate.

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Vladimir Katriuk points at his honeybee farm in Ormstown, Que., Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

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B.C. men convicted of killing six people say cells covered in feces and bloodVANCOUVER — Two men convicted of first-

degree murder in a mass execution that left six dead are suing the British Columbia government for al-leged abuses they suffered while awaiting trial.

Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston say they were held in solitary confinement without adequate cause for 14 months after their arrests in April 2009.

The men claim they were kept in cells smeared with feces and blood, denied visits with family, ex-posed to light 24 hours a day and video recorded con-stantly even when using the toilet.

“The plaintiff’s emotions would fluctuate sudden-ly between anger, bitterness and fear. The plaintiff began to feel like he was no longer the same person,” Johnston’s statement of claim says.

“He became despondent and was wholly power-less to change his circumstances.”

Haevischer and Johnston were each convicted of conspiracy and six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of six people in a highrise condo unit in Surrey, B.C., in October 2007.

Llama on the run gets new home after adventurous escape from B.C. auction

ARMSTRONG, B.C. — A llama that went on the lam before it could be auctioned off has a new home after his antics stopped traffic on a highway in Arm-strong, B.C.

Bert, as he came to be known, escaped from a truck before he could be delivered to Valley Auc-tions.

He ran across Highway 97 as police tried to corral him and then strolled into a sawmill before lazing away in a backyard.

Auctioneer Don Raffan eventually got Bert back and put out the word that money from the highest bidder for the llama would be donated to B.C. Chil-dren’s Hospital.

Traci Evans says she was driving along when she saw police pursuing a “crazy” llama and decid-ed to offer $250 for him.

Evans says she doesn’t know a thing about lla-mas but has met “stand-offish” Bert, who she says will be living in an unoccupied pig pen and getting lots of love on her three-acre farm.

Canadian man to face trial in boy’s

drowningA Canadian man ac-

cused in the drowning of a four-year-old boy in St. Lucia will have to face trial in the island country.

A friend of Sahab Jamshidi who is with him in St. Lucia says the Hamilton man’s bid to have the charge dis-missed was rejected by the judge this afternoon.

Jamshidi is charged with causing death by gross negligence or reck-lessness in the drowning of Terrel Joshua Elibox, who drowned in the sea on Feb. 22.

The Royal St. Lucia Police Force says the charge carries a pos-sible sentence of life in prison.

Police say they were told the child fell into the sea after getting a ride from a kitesurfer.

Jamshidi’s supporters maintain he was trying to help the child after seeing him struggle in the water.

DART heading home from Nepal

OTTAWA — Canada’s Disaster Assistance Re-sponse Team is leaving Nepal after a month of work in the earthquake-shattered country.

The military team will turn over its base camp to non-governmental or-ganizations.

The departure comes after the Canadian gov-ernment, the United Nations and Nepal con-cluded there is no longer a critical need for for-eign military assets on the ground.

The day after the devastating April 25 tem-blor, Canada sent a re-connaissance team and members of the DART to assess conditions.

Within days, military C-17 transports flew in personnel and equip-ment to aid in the recov-ery efforts.

The DART focuses on water purification, initial, primary medical care and engineering support.

In Nepal, the Ca-nadian team treated more than 700 patients, distributed 75 water filtration units and pro-vided access to clean, safe drinking water for approximately 3,400 people.

It also provided 750 maps and visuals to the Nepalese and foreign militaries and to non-governmental and UN agencies.

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OTTAWA — MPs will begin to grapple later Thurs-day with an issue that’s sure to become a hallmark of the next Parliament: what does one do if a piece of legislation flies in the face of their fundamental be-liefs?

A Conservative private member’s motion that would allow members of Parliament to vote freely on matters of conscience is due to come up for debate in the House of Commons.

Motions aren’t binding on government, but the debate underscores that MPs are already laying the political groundwork to deal with the landmark Su-preme Court decision earlier this year on physician-

assisted suicide.“There are issues of conscience, Supreme Court

of Canada decisions, that deal with matters that are difficult and people have differences of views and differences of opinions on that,” said Conservative MP Ed Komarnicki, who introduced the motion.

“Members should all have, individually, the right to vote their conscience on those issues.”

In February, the top court struck down the crimi-nal ban on assisted suicide, giving the federal gov-ernment a year to draft new laws.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay has begun infor-mal consultations on what the legislation ought to look like and has repeatedly said a more formal pro-cess would be announced soon, but the legislation itself is not expected before the fall election.

Conservatives propose small changes to expat voting bill

BY :THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Harper government is proposing seven minor amendments to legislation that would tighten voting rules for expatriates casting ballots from abroad.

Pierre Poilievre, the minister for democratic re-form, says the changes will clarify some parts of the bill.

The legislation is designed to ensure that voters outside the country provide identification and proof of citizenship and vote only in the riding where they

last resided.One change would make it easier for an expatriate

to get someone to vouch for their last residence.The existing bill would require them to find some-

one from the same polling division, a small area with a riding.

The change would allow them to get an attestation from anyone living in the same constituency.

Poilievre, appearing before the procedure and House affairs committee, said the legislation speaks to a general belief of the Harper government.

“We believe that people should provide identifi-cation when they vote,” he said.


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Remparts 5, Oceanic 2QUEBEC — The Quebec Remparts got their re-

venge on the Rimouski Oceanic, but a tougher chal-lenge now awaits them at the Mastercard Memorial Cup.

Jerome Verrier scored twice and the host Rem-parts turned the tables on the Rimouski with a 5-2 victory in the tiebreaker game on Thursday night.

They will have less than 24 hours rest before they face the Western Hockey League champion Kelowna Rockets in the semifinal Friday night.

It will be Quebec’s third game in as many nights, while the Rockets will have had two days rest.

“It’s the semifinal of the Memorial Cup so we’re not nervous about energy,” said Remparts goalie Zach Fucale.

“We’ll play hard and play our game.“All year, every team plays three-in-three every

two or three weeks. It’s nothing we haven’t faced be-fore.”

The winner plays the Ontario Hockey League champion Oshawa Generals (3-0) in the final on Sun-day.

The Remparts beat Kelowna 4-3 in the opening game of the tournament, but they know it will be a tougher test now that the Rockets have adjusted to the time zone change and shook off the rust of a long layoff after winning the WHL title.

“I think we need to expect a better Kelowna team this time,” said Fucale.

“It was the first game for everyone. It’ll be a great game.”

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CAROLINE — Jim Bystrom believes the potential

for greatness lies within all athletes, but somewhere, for many, that drive to be great was hijacked.

In an effort to inspire his athletes, the head coach of the Caroline Cougars football team brought three Grey Cup Champion Calgary Stampeders out to put his players and the Rocky Mountain House Rebels through the paces.

“In some sense, mediocrity is OK in our society and that has led to way too many kids to under-achieve. And as long as we have a society that wants to hand things to kids, make it easy and not make them work for it, these kids will continue to under-achieve,” said Bystrom, in the shadow of the Kurt Browning Arena, a symbol of the small-town kid who reached for greatness. “If they see the potential they have within them, they can do amazing things.”

Making the trip to Caroline for the Tuesday and Wednesday camp were linebacker Deron Mayo, de-fensive back Keon Raymond and receiver Marquay McDaniel. The three of them will pick up their cham-pionship rings on Friday. The camp was set up by Bystrom through the Stampeders’ chaplain Rodd Sa-watzky, who also works with the Calgary Flames and Roughnecks and believes strongly in reaching out to youth and giving them positive examples to follow.

Through two, two-and-a-half-hour sessions, the Stampeders ran their much younger counterparts through a series of drills, many of which they still concentrate on on a daily basis.

“We’re going to cover as much as we can ... basi-cally we’re going to go over the fundamentals and honestly, to this day, that’s something we still prac-tice on,” said Mayo.

“Hopefully we can get that through to them that it’s important to know the basics and how to be a good football player.”

Even though the Cougars play in the six-man high school football league and the Rebels in the 12-man league, the skill sets are similar and the fundamen-

tals are still the same. In fact, as far as pure athleti-cism goes, the six-man players may have the slight edge.

“It’s like going from American football where the field is bigger, you’ve got an extra man, but you have to be fast up here in Canada,” said Raymond, who

grew up in St. Louis and went to Middle Tennessee State University after two years at Highland Commu-nity College in Kansas.

Learning from the prosTHREE STAMPEDERS PUT CAROLINE, ROCKY PLAYERS THROUGH THE PACES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZURICH — As defiant as ever, Sepp Blatter re-sisted calls to resign as FIFA president Thursday and deflected blame for the massive bribery and cor-ruption scandal engulfing soccer’s world governing body.

“We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time,” Blatter said in his first public remarks on the crisis that has further tainted his leadership on the eve of his bid for a fifth term as pres-ident.

The 79-year-old Blatter insisted he could restore trust in world soccer after a pair of corruption in-vestigations brought “shame and humiliation” on his organization and the world’s most popular sport.

“We cannot allow the reputation of football and FIFA to be dragged through the mud any longer,” he said. “It has to stop here and now.”

Despite a tide of criticism and pressure on him to leave, Blatter is moving ahead with a presidential election Friday that is likely to bring him another four years in office as one of them most powerful men in sports.

“The events of yesterday have cast a long shadow over football,” he said, his voice shaky at times, in a speech to open FIFA’s two-day congress. “There can be no place for corruption of any kind.”

Blatter refused to back down after European soc-cer body UEFA demanded earlier Thursday that he quit following the latest — and most serious allega-tions — to discredit FIFA during his 17 years in of-fice.

“Enough is enough,” UEFA President Michel Pla-tini said. “People no longer want him anymore and I don’t want him anymore either.”

Platini met privately with Blatter and asked him to go.

“I am asking you to leave FIFA, to step down be-cause you are giving FIFA a terrible image,” Platini said he told Blatter. “In terms of our image, it is not good at all and I am the first one to be disgusted by this.”

Blatter, who is expected to win Friday’s election against Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, is com-ing under increasing scrutiny amid U.S. and Swiss federal investigations into high-level corruption tearing at FIFA.

A U.S. Justice Department investigation accused 14 international soccer officials or sports market-ing executives of bribery, racketeering, fraud and money-laundering over two decades in connection with marketing rights worth hundreds of millions of dollars awarded for tournaments in North and South America. Seven officials — including two FIFA vice-presidents and members of its finance committee — remained in custody in Zurich on Thursday. Blatter was not implicated in the indictment.

In addition, Swiss officials are investigating the FIFA votes that sent the World Cup tournament to Russia in 2018 and to Qatar in 2022. Both decisions were marred by allegations of wrongdoing.

One of FIFA’s major sponsors, Visa, warned Thursday that it could pull out of its contract, which is worth at least $25 million a year through 2022.

Visa urged FIFA “to take swift and immediate steps to address these issues within its organiza-tion.”

While acknowledging that many people hold

him responsible for FIFA’s tattered image, Blatter blamed the “actions of individuals” for harming the organization.

“If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it,” he said. “I will not allow the actions of a few to destroy the hard work and integrity of the vast ma-jority of those who work so hard for football.”

Blatter said the crisis could mark a “turning point” for FIFA to clean itself up.

“We will co-operate with all authorities to make sure anyone involved in wrongdoing, from top to bot-tom, is discovered and punished,” he said. “There can be no place for corruption of any kind. The next few months will not be easy for FIFA. I’m sure more bad news will follow. But it is necessary to begin to restore trust in our organization.”

Referring to Friday’s election, Blatter said: “We have the opportunity to begin on what will be a long and difficult road to rebuilding trust. We have lost their trust, at least a part of it, and we must now earn it back.”

The seven soccer officials, including Jeffrey Webb, president of the North and Central American and Caribbean regional body known as CONCACAF, were arrested in a police raid on a luxury Zurich ho-tel early Wednesday.

They are fighting extradition to the United States. Defendants named in the indictment face up to 20 years in prison and their questioning could reveal further evidence that leads back to Blatter’s Zurich-based organization. Webb was a member of FIFA’s audit committee more than a decade ago. Swiss investigators began questioning 10 of Blatter’s col-leagues on the FIFA executive committee from 2010 that chose Russia and Qatar as the next two World Cup hosts.

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Calgary Stampeders slot back Marquay McDaniel demonstrates a drill to a group of football players from Caroline and Rocky Mountain House at Caroline School on Tuesday.

Defiant soccer chief resists calls to resign

Host Remparts advance to semi-final

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Quebec Remparts Anthony Duclair celebrates his team’s third goal against Rimouski Oceanics goalie Philippe Desrosiers during second-period action Thursday at the Memorial Cup in Quebec CityPlease see QUEBEC on Page B2

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STAMPS: Hard work“These kids playing six-man have to be able to

run and they have to be able to catch, somebody might go down and you have to put another one out there quick. You have to know the whole game.”

But through it all, the Stampeders players hope a message of hard work and success rubs off on their young charges. For them, it’s a story of leading by example. Most American players that end up in the CFL are there through hard work and determination. Those that come North, misjudging the quality of the league flameout or get cut before their first regular season game.

Those that stick it out for the long-term, like the three Stampeders in Caroline, are there because they didn’t give up on themselves, despite whatever odds they may have been facing. Some are from small, dust-bowl towns, or like Raymond went to even smaller junior colleges, but it is there where they developed the tools they needed to succeed.

“I know what these kids go through, I spent two years in that town, but I became an awesome foot-ball player because it allowed me to work hard and do the little things to be able to get out of the town,” said Raymond. “For me and my teammates, there were always lots of obstacles that were put in our way to deter our dream of playing, but it’s things you choose to fight through and if these kids continue to fight through it and refuse to give up on their dream, I think they can play easily in the CFL because of the motivation they have.”

Bystrom made the effort to bring in their football cousins from up the road to get in on these lessons. The two programs have formed a friendly rivalry over the years, and even play each other in exhibi-tion games, but he has a desire to see all players from the region succeed, not just his own.

“There’s a whole bunch of young guys for whom this is going to unlock doors,” he said. “All of these kids have friends that have allowed fear to not al-low them to try something new, whereas these kids are trying something new, learning to love it, enjoy the challenge of it and it’s going to take them places. Even as husbands and fathers it’s going to make them better.”

From here the Stampeders get back into their own regimen with the start of training camp on Sunday. Though they tasted greatness with one of the most dominant seasons in recent CFL history, culminating in a 20-16 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2014 Grey Cup, they have their sights set on writing their own legacy.

“It’s been a long off-season, especially carrying the cup Around ... but you always want to get back at it at again,” said Raymond. “We’re going to fly around and do our best to be the first Calgary Stam-peders team to repeat.”

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QUEBEC: Faced one another 19 times

Adam Erne, Anthony Duclair and Marc-Olivier Roy also scored for Quebec, which had lost its six previous meetings with Rimouski at the Pepsi Colisee includ-ing a 4-0 defeat on Wednesday night in round robin play at the four-team tournament.

Samuel Morin and Jeremy Lepine scored for Rimouski, which was eliminated.

The teams faced one another 19 times this season and the rivalry had bitter moments but the teams lined up and shook hands after the game.

“We’re all sad and disappointed at the outcome, but if we take a breath and look at our season, we have something to be proud of,” said Rimouski de-fenceman Simon Bourque.

A sparse crowd of 6,533 turned out as the teams met for the ninth time in 24 days, including the Que-bec Major Junior Hockey League final won in Game 7 overtime by the Oceanic.

This time, the Remparts were on top of the Oce-anic from the outset, checking hard and using their speed to draw penalties and keep pressure on the defence.

“The key was moving our feet,” said defenceman Ryan Graves. “We’re a fast team and teams have trouble skating with us.”

On Wednesday night, the Oceanic dominated 4-0 and Quebec coach Philippe Boucher blasted the two QMJHL referees for bias against his team, for which

he was fined $10,000.With refs from Ontario and the West working the

tiebreaker, the Remparts got the first three power plays and scored on the third one as Verrier, a 21-year-old undrafted forward, deflected Graves’ point shot past Philippe Desrosiers at 17:19 of the first.

Morin tied it on a bullet, off-wing one-timer on a power play 2:32 into the second frame, but the Rem-parts answered at 3:58 when Duclair snapped a shot past Desrosiers off a drop pass from Kurt Etchegary.

Francois Beauchemin stripped the puck from Vladlimir Tkachev in the neutral zone and fed Lepine for a goal at 16:07, but again the Remparts answered right away as Desrosiers misplayed a clearing attempt and Erne scored from a scramble in the crease at 16:54. Verrier went to the net to tip in Massimo Carozza’s pass at 19:19. Roy took a stretch pass at the far blue-line and tapped one in after a collision with Desrosiers at 11:31 of the third.

Fucale rebounded from being pulled the night be-fore with a solid effort as Rimouski outshot Quebec 32-31.

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The legend of Madison Square Garden doesn’t in-timidate the Tampa Bay Lightning. Neither does the New York Rangers’ recent streak of Game 7 victories there.

“It’s still the same game, still the same measure-ments of any other rink,” defenceman Victor Hed-man said.

Lightning coach Jon Cooper won’t pull out the measuring tape like Gene Hackman did in the movie Hoosiers to show that “The World’s Most Famous Are-na” has a 200-by-85-foot ice surface, just like every other NHL arena. He and his players are, however, distancing themselves from the Rangers’ Game 7 success and hope to end that run Friday night with a trip to the Stanley Cup final at stake.

“We haven’t been a part of that history, so it doesn’t affect us,” Cooper said on a conference call Wednesday. “I guess you look back and it’s an im-pressive feat to see what they’ve done. But they haven’t done it against our group and our team, and we’ve got a pretty young, confident group.”

Tampa Bay’s confidence stems from its 3-1 record at Madison Square Garden this season, including two victories in three tries so far in the Eastern Confer-ence final. Hedman called it a “hostile environment” and a tough building to play in but boasted that the Lightning are comfortable playing there.

So are the Rangers, especially in high-pressure situations.

They’ve played a Game 7 four times at MSG dating back to 2012, and won 2-1 each time.

They beat the Washington Capitals in overtime last round, the Philadelphia Flyers last year and the Ottawa Senators and Capitals in 2012.

“Game 7s are so exciting to play on that ice, and the fans seem to just absolutely light that building up,” New York centre Derek Stepan told reporters in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday. “

You play all year to get home ice advantage, and that’s what we’re able to do this year.”

All-time, the Rangers have never lost a home Game 7.

“I guess that means they’re due to lose one, right?” Lightning winger Alex Killorn quipped. “But, no, I mean, they’re a team that, as we’ve seen when their backs are against the wall, they’ve played well.

“But we’ve also shown in the short history that our team has been together, we’ve been able to bounce back.”

The Lightning are counting on a bounce-back ef-fort after giving up five goals in the third period of a 7-3 loss in Game 6 on Tuesday night with a chance to close out the Rangers.

They’ve only lost back-to-back games once in these playoffs, and that was when they had a 3-0 lead on the Montreal Canadiens in the second round.

Tampa Bay can draw on the experience of win-ning Game 7 in the first round against Detroit. This young team, which had only last year’s sweep at the hands of the Canadiens to recall, went into Joe Louis Arena to stave off elimination and then rode goalten-der Ben Bishop to victory at home.

“I think it was useful for this group,” said Hed-man, who along with captain Steven Stamkos is back from the 2011 team that reached Game 7 of the East final. “It was the first Game 7 for a lot of guys in the NHL. ... Just the way we played in those two games I think showed a lot about how we need to play to be successful.”

As Presidents’ Trophy winners and Cup finalists last year, the Rangers have plenty of pressure on them again in Game 7. Winger Rick Nash, who has three goals and four assists in the past three games, said the job is to “turn that pressure into a chal-lenge.”

Bolts not intimidated by Rangers’ Game 7 success


ANAHEIM, Calif. — Someday the Anaheim Ducks and the Chicago Blackhawks will relish the stories they’ll be able to tell about playing in a post-season series as good as these Western Conference finals.

Not just now, though. They’ve still got to deter-mine whether this tale has a happy ending or a brutal punchline. Two weeks of extraordinarily high-level hockey conclude Saturday night at Honda Cen-ter when the Ducks and the Blackhawks play Game 7 for the Campbell Bowl and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. They’ve traded victories for six tense games across the past two weeks, playing six overtime peri-ods and four one-goal games.

Both teams used Thursday for travel and mental preparation for the big finish after Chicago staved off elimination with a 5-2 victory in Game 6.

The teams also did a bit of reflection on what’s shaping up as a conference finals as memorable as Chicago’s seven-game epic with the Los Angeles Kings last spring.

“It’s for sure the most exciting series I’ve ever been a part of personally,” said Ducks defenceman Francois Beauchemin, a Stanley Cup champion with 96 games of NHL playoff experience.

The games have mostly been close, but they’ve al-so been extremely well-played. Anaheim’s deep, bal-anced lineup has wrestled Chicago’s star-powered roster to a virtual stalemate through six games, with the Blackhawks winning two of the three overtime contests to avoid large series deficits.

“We play for these big games,” said Chicago for-

ward Marcus Kruger, whose goal ended Game 2 in triple overtime. “You never get tired of hockey. That’s what everyone plays for.”

It’s been a spellbinding spectacle for fans and players alike, particularly in those overtime thrillers — even if the coaches aren’t having quite the same experience.

“I can’t feel it, quite frankly,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. “I’ve asked people, ’Is this a good series? Is it entertaining?’ You’re caught up in the moment of winning and losing. People say it’s un-believable, but we look at it as a little different right now. It might be something you appreciate one way or another in six months or in the future.”

The Ducks might feel a bit more pressure than the Blackhawks on home ice, and not just because they controlled long stretches of the series and got pain-fully close to finishing it in those overtime games.

They also have a daunting bit of recent history to overcome: The Ducks have blown a 3-2 series lead and lost a Game 7 at home in each of the past two postseasons, and they’re one loss from doing it again.

Anaheim dropped two straight to Detroit in the first round in 2013, and it fell short in the second round last spring against the future champion Los Angeles Kings.

“I’m not bringing that up to them at all,” Boudreau said. “Every year is a different entity. The guys who have been here those three years know what’s hap-pened. If we have to draw on extra motivation for a Game 7 with a chance to play for the Stanley Cup,

then we’ve got the wrong guys. And we have the right guys in here.”

Yet Chicago has a failure to overcome in its own recent post-season history. The Blackhawks took Los Angeles to a seventh game in the Western Con-ference finals last spring, rallying from a 3-1 series deficit, only to lose in overtime when Alec Martinez’s shot deflected off now-departed defenceman Nick Leddy’s torso for the conference-winning goal.

Patrick Sharp was on the ice when Martinez’s goal crushed the United Center.

“You could feel the air go out of the building,” Sharp said. “You could feel your heart drop a little bit, being that close. Battling back from being down in that series against the Kings, (it) was a tough way to go out on home ice. You learn from it. You use it as hunger to get back to the situation and try to learn from your past experience. Hopefully it’s a different scenario for us this time.”

And while the Ducks appear to have a team that could contend again next year with much the same roster, the Blackhawks realize roster upheaval could be coming for a franchise with hefty bills to pay from seven straight playoff campaigns. Chicago’s window isn’t exactly closing, but consecutive losses on the brink of the Stanley Cup Final would be heartbreak-ing wasted opportunities. Just another thing for play-ers to think about in the extra day off before the grand finale.

“I credit the guys, their focus, their preparation, their will to want to win, finding ways to win,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. “They love the journey. They’re competitive beyond what you could want it to be. It’s a testament to their competitive level.”

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Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Ryan Callahan (24) scores against New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30), during the first period of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs on Tuesday.

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Ducks, Blackhawks set for a classic in the making


CHICAGO — In five seasons under Tom Thibodeau, the Chicago Bulls soared to heights they had not reached since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pip-pen were collecting championships.

They never got to the top with him and now he is out.

The Bulls fired Thibodeau on Thursday, parting ways with the strong-willed coach who took the team to the playoffs in each of his five seasons on-ly to have his success overshadowed by his strained relationship with the front office.

“It is our strong belief that there needs to be a culture of communica-tion that builds a trust throughout this organization from the players to the coaches to the management and to the front office, a culture where everyone is pulling in the same direction,” gen-eral manager Gar Forman said. “When that culture is sacrificed, it becomes

extremely difficult to evolve and to grow.”

Thibodeau went 255-139, a .647 win-ning percentage that ranks seventh in NBA history among coaches with at least 200 games. He led the Bulls to the top seed in the playoffs his first two seasons and was the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2011, the same year Der-rick Rose became the league’s young-est MVP. He thanked Chicago fans, his players, staff and their families “who have honoured me and the Bulls by their effort, love, dedication and pro-fessionalism.”

“We are proud of our many accom-plishments, fought through adversity, and tried to give our fans the full com-mitment to excellence they deserve,” Thibodeau said in a statement. “I love this game and am excited about what’s ahead for me with USA Basketball and the next coaching opportunity in the NBA.”

Chicago advanced to the Eastern Conference finals that season, but it’s

the only time the Bulls made it past the second round under Thibodeau, who had two years left on his contract. Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg, who has not returned to work full-time fol-lowing open heart surgery in April, is widely viewed as a top candidate to replace him.

The move comes two weeks after the Bulls were eliminated by Cleveland with a listless effort in Game 6 of the East semifinals that came on the heels of an injury-filled 50-win season.

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Stephen Curry and LeBron James, this season’s brightest stars, are taking basketball’s biggest stage.

The NBA Finals start June 4 with the Golden State Warriors against the Cleveland Cavaliers, two teams who have little experience playing this time of year.

James is the exception, getting ready to appear in his fifth straight finals. He won two titles in Miami be-fore coming back home to Ohio. Curry is aiming for what the four-time MVP has experienced.

“He’s been here plenty of times be-fore, five straight finals appearances, I think, so we’ve got to bring our A game if we’re going to beat a great team and a great player like that four times,” Curry said. “We’re excited about the challenge. He had to win his first one at some point, and nobody on our team has experienced that, so we’re going to be fighting like crazy every night.”

Not for a while, though. Both teams were so good in the conference finals that they won too fast, the Cavaliers finishing a sweep of top-seeded At-lanta in the East on Tuesday and the Warriors completing their five-game victory over Houston a night later.

The lengthy layoff will benefit banged-up players on both teams, and provide plenty of time to hype the Cur-ry-James duel.

They started in the same place, born in the same hospital in Akron, Ohio, but couldn’t have been more different upon arriving in the NBA. James was the can’t-miss Chosen One taken with the top pick in the 2003 draft, a perfect 6-foot-8 combination of size and speed.

Curry had the sweet shot but a small stature, considered by many not big enough for NBA super stardom when he was drafted out of Davidson in 2009. Yet he put together a highlight reel this season with his brilliant ballhan-dling and smooth stroke and was vot-ed MVP, finishing two spots ahead of James.

Curry averaged 31.2 points and shot nearly 50 per cent from 3-point range in the West finals, while James nearly averaged a triple-double in the Cavs’ four-game romp.

The Warriors have home-court ad-vantage after winning a league-best 67 games. But the Cavaliers, despite a dif-ficult start to the season and the loss of Kevin Love, have been even better in the post-season, with a 12-2 record.

“No matter what happens from here on out, to see what we’ve accomplished being a first-year team together that’s had different changes throughout the course of the season, that’s faced so many obstacles throughout the sea-son — injuries here, transactions here, lineups here — it’s something we can be very proud of to this point,” James said.

This will be his second crack at try-ing to help the Cavs win their first ti-tle. They got there in 2007 but were swept by San Antonio. The Warriors are seeking their first championship

since 1975.Here are some things to watch in

the finals:NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: The

Warriors’ Steve Kerr and the Cavaliers’ David Blatt — who nearly signed on to work under Kerr before getting the Cleveland job — are the first rookie coaches in the finals since the league’s first championship.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Golden State is 46-3 at Oracle Arena this sea-son. The Cavaliers have become just as unbeatable on their home floor, winning 26 of their last 28 games at Quicken Loans Arena, including 18 by double digits.

SORE STARS: Kyrie Irving has been MVP of the All-Star Game and the Bas-ketball World Cup — where he started in the U.S. backcourt alongside Curry. Now he gets his chance in the NBA Finals, with plenty of time to rest the knee and foot injuries that caused him to miss two games in the confer-

ence finals. The time off will benefit fellow All-Star and world champion Klay Thompson. He began experienc-ing concussion symptoms after be-ing kneed in the head and bleeding from the ear in the series clincher against Houston. He’ll need to pass the league’s concussion protocol before returning to action.

CONTAINING THE KING: Kawhi Leonard turned in a solid defensive effort against James last year when San Antonio beat Miami. Among the options for the Warriors against James is Draymond Green, the runner-up to Leonard this season for Defensive Player of the Year.

AGITATING AUSSIES: Warriors centre Andrew Bogut got under Dwight Howard’s skin, and Cleveland’s Mat-thew Dellavedova has angered oppo-nents in the last two rounds. So players on both sides will have to avoid getting fired up by the feisty ones from Down Under.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

The Red Deer Synchronized Swim Club returned this past weekend from a successful Jean Peters Champion-ship in Kamloops B.C.

Every athlete that went came back with at least one podium finish.

In figures Claire Halford received and silver medal with a score of 61.8120 and Kia Risling received a bronze medal with a score of 60.6020 for the 13-15 figures. Nina Hayes earned a bronze medal for her 16-18 figures with a score of 58.5290. Chloe Vandenhurk received a bronze medal with a score of 51.5000 in the 10& Under figures and Jolie Chavarria placed a close fourth with 51.3330.

Vandenhurk an Chavarria also re-ceived a Gold medal for their 10& un-der duet.

Halford received a bronze medal for her solo in the 13-15 category while Risling placed fourth. Mya Freeman al-so competed in the 13-15 solo event and placed 7th. Nina Hayes also earned a silver in the 16-18 solo event. Hal-ford and Freeman’s 13-15 duet earned a gold while Risling and Terra Paul earned a silver for their’s.

Jayden Haase as Piper Jackson earned gold in the 11-12 duet, Hailey Poole and Haley Oliver got a silver, while Kaetlynn Fuller and Sophie Schmidt finished with bronze.

All three teams earned bronze for their routines: 10& under — Vanden-hurk, Chavarria, Fuller, Schmidt, Koda Reedeler, Mia Wright and Hayden Bet-tenson; 11-12 team — Haase, Jackson, Hailey Poole, Haley Poole, Anna Gor-don; 13-15 team — Risling, Halford, Freeman, Paul, Nina Hayes.

Synchronized Swim Club

finds success in Kamloops

Brightest stars to battle in NBA Finals


Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots against the Houston Rockets during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2015.

Chicago Bulls fire coach Tom Thibodeau

Sharks officially announce Peter DeBoer hired as new coach to replace McLellanSAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose

Sharks have officially hired former New Jersey and Florida coach Peter DeBoer to replace the departed Todd McLellan.

The team made the announcement at a news conference Thursday.

The decision to hire DeBoer ends a lengthy search that started April 20 when the team and McLellan an-nounced that he would not be back for an eighth season in San Jose. The departure was announced as a mutual agreement and McLellan was later hired as head coach in Edmonton.

General manager Doug Wilson interviewed numerous candidates before deciding on DeBoer, who has coached seven seasons in the NHL with the Panthers and Devils. His best season came in 2011-12 when he led New Jersey to the Stanley Cup finals where the Devils lost to Los Angeles.

That was the only time DeBoer made the playoffs in his coaching career. He was fired by the Devils in December. DeBoer most recently served as an assistant to McLellan at the world championships, where Team Canada won the title. DeBoer has ties to the Sharks front office. Larry Rob-inson was one of his assistants in New Jersey and is director of player devel-opment in San Jose after serving as an assistant to McLellan the past three seasons. Wilson believed that DeBoer was the right man to lead the Sharks through a rebuilding phase after the team’s run of 10 straight playoff berths ended this year.

NHLBRIEFS

SCOREBOARD B4FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015

Local SportsToday

Boys high school soccer: Notre Dame at CACHS at 4:15 p.m. at Michner Park. Girls high school soccer: CACHS at Notre Dame at 4:15 p.m. at Collicutt East. Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers at Parkland White Sox at 7 p.m. at Spruce Grove. Parkland baseball: Innisfail at Red Deer Razorbacks at 6:45 p.m.

Saturday Midget AAA baseball: Edmonton Cardinals at Red Deer Braves at noon at Great Chief Park; Red Deer Braves at Edmonton Cardinals at 3 p.m. at Great Chief Park. Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves at Sherwood Park Atheltics at 2 p.m.; Red Deer Braves at Sherwood Park Athletics at 5 p.m. Peewee AAA baseball: Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Braves at 11 a.m. at Great Chief Park; Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Braves at 2 p.m. at Great Chief Park, Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Braves at 5 p.m. at Great Chief Park. Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Red Deer Rampage at St. Albert Crude at 3:30 p.m. Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Red Deer Renegades at Lethbridge Cudas at 2:30 p.m. Senior C lacrosse: Blackfalds Silverbacks at Grande Prairie Thrashers at 7:30 p.m. Men’s second division rugby: Cochrane Grizzlies at Red Deer Titans at 1:45 p.m. at Titans Park. Men’s third division rugby: Barbarians at Red Deer Titans at noon at Titans Park. Women’s rugby: Red Deer Titans at Calgary Saracens at noon. Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League: Red Deer Renegades at Calgary Cougars at 1 p.m.

Sunday Midget AAA baseball: Edmonton Cardinals at Red Deer Braves at noon at Great Chief Park. Bantam AAA baseball: Red Deer Braves at Sherwood Park Atheltics at 11 a.m. Peewee AAA baseball: Spruce Grove White Sox at Red Deer Braves at 11 a.m. at Great Chief Park; Senior C lacrosse: Blackfalds Silverbacks at Grande Prairie Thrashers at noon. Junior B tier 2 lacrosse: Lacoka Locos at Red Deer Renegades at Kinex Arena at 5 p.m. Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: Red Deer Rampage at Edmonton Warriors at 4 p.m. Senior ladies lacrosse: Sherwood Park Titans at Red Deer Rage at Kinex Arena at 2:30 p.m. Alberta Major Women’s Soccer League: Calgary Callies at Red Deer Renegades at Edgar Industrial Park at noon.

Monday Sunburst baseball: Red Deer Riggers at Confederation Park Cubs in Edmonton at 7 p.m. Senior men’s baseball: Canadian Brew House Rays at Printing Place Padres at Great Chief 1 6:30 p.m.

Hockey BaseballMEMORIAL CUP

Canadian Major Junior ChampionshipROUND ROBIN

GP W L GF GA PtsOshawa (OHL) 3 3 0 11 8 6Quebec (HOST) 3 1 2 8 12 2Rimouski (QMJHL) 3 1 2 10 11 2Kelowna (WHL) 3 1 2 11 9 2

Friday, May 22Quebec (HOST) 4 Kelowna (WHL) 3Saturday, May 23Oshawa (OHL) 4 Rimouski (QMJHL) 3Sunday, May 24Oshawa (OHL) 5 Quebec (HOST) 4 (OT)Monday, May 25Kelowna (WHL) 7 Rimouski (QMJHL) 3Tuesday, May 26Oshawa (OHL) 2 Kelowna (WHL) 1Wednesday, May 27Rimouski (QMJHL) 4 Quebec (HOST) 0

PLAYOFFSThursday, May 28Tiebreaker (if required)Quebec (HOST) 5 Rimouski (QMJHL) 2Friday, May 29SemifinalKelowna (WHL) vs. Quebec (HOST), 5:30 p.m.Sunday, May 31FinalTBD vs. Oshawa (OHL), 5 p.m.

Quebec (HOST) 5, Rimouski (QMJHL) 2First Period

1. Quebec (HOST), Verrier 1 (Graves) 17:19 (pp).Penalties — Kostalek Rimouski (QMJHL) (tripping) 8:17, Bourque Rimouski (QMJHL) (delay of game)

11:58, Bourque Rimouski (QMJHL) (tripping) 16:53, Duclair Quebec (HOST) (roughing) 17:47.

Second Period2. Rimouski (QMJHL), Morin 1 (Bourque, Samson)

2:32 (pp).3. Quebec (HOST), Duclair 1 (Etchegary, Erne)

3:58.4. Rimouski (QMJHL), Lepine 1 (Beauchemin)

16:07.5. Quebec (HOST), Erne 2 (Etchegary) 16:54.

6. Quebec (HOST), Verrier 2 (Carozza, Gauthier) 19:19.

Penalties — Etchegary Quebec (HOST) (slashing) 1:09, Vachon Rimouski (QMJHL) (roughing) 20:00.

Third Period7. Quebec (HOST), Roy 1 (Graves, Timashov)

11:31.Penalties — Graves Quebec (HOST) (cross-

checking) 12:28.

Quebec (HOST)Rimouski (QMJHL)Shots on goal byQuebec (HOST) 11 11 9 — 31Rimouski (QMJHL) 9 11 12 — 32

Goal — Quebec (HOST): Fucale (W, 2-1-1); Rimouski (QMJHL): Desrosiers (L, 1-2-0).Power plays (goal-chances) — Quebec (HOST): 1-4; Rimouski (QMJHL): 1-3.Referees — Mike Cairns, Brett Iverson.Linesmen — Sylvain Losier, Benoit Martineau.Attendance — 6,533 at Rimouski (QMJHL).

NHLStanley Cup Playoffs

THIRD ROUNDConference finals

EASTERN CONFERENCEN.Y. Rangers (1) vs. Tampa Bay (2)(Series tied 3-3)Saturday, May 16NY Rangers 2 Tampa Bay 1Monday, May 18Tampa Bay 6 NY Rangers 2Wednesday, May 20Tampa Bay 6 NY Rangers 5, OTFriday, May 22NY Rangers 5 Tampa Bay 1Sunday, May 24Tampa Bay 2 NY Rangers 0Tuesday, May 26NY Rangers 7 Tampa Bay 3Friday, May 29Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEAnaheim (1) vs. Chicago (3)(Series tied 3-3)Sunday, May 17Anaheim 4 Chicago 1Tuesday, May 19Chicago 3 Anaheim 2, 3OTThursday, May 21Anaheim 2 Chicago 1Saturday, May 23Chicago 5 Anaheim 4, 2OTMonday, May 25Anaheim 5 Chicago 4, OTWednesday, May 27Chicago 5 Anaheim 2Saturday, May 30Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.x — if necessary.

Track and Field2015 High School Central Zone Meet

Red DeerCentral area placings

Top two from each event advance to provincials

Girls4x400M Relay

1. Hunting Hills 2. Lindsay Thurber 3. Wetaskiwin

Junior100M

2. Natalie Frenette, Notre Dame. 3. Elizabeth Cun-dict, Thurber.

200M3. Elizabeth Cundict, Thurber.

400M1. Morgan deBoon, Thurber. 2. Bailey Johnson, Hunting Hills. 3. Teagan Sullivan, Lacombe.

800M1. Bailey Johnson, Hunting Hills. 3. Teagan Sullivan, Lacombe.

1500M1. Leah Brunner, Notre Dame.

3000M1. Haylee Beeman, Caroline.

80M Hurdles2. Tiana Lemon, Notre Dame.

4x100M Relay1. Lindsay Thurber 3. Lacombe 3. Notre Dame

High Jump1. Carmen Maree, Innisfail.

Long Jump 2. Tiana Lemon, Notre Dame.

Triple Jump3. Tiana Lemon, Notre Dame.

Shot Put2 Coralie Pharand, Thurber. 3. Sarah Morin, Po-noka.

Discus2. Lydia Mutoni, Notre Dame. 3. Amber F, Wetaski-win.

Javelin1. Karmyn Phillips, Spruce View. 3. Sarah Morin, Ponoka.

Intermediate100M

1. Jerelle Bristol, Lacombe 3. Zara Chambers, West Central

200M1. Jerelle Bristol, Lacombe 2. Kaylee Domoney, Thurber 3. Sadie Borgfjord, Camrose

400M1. Susanna Heystek, West Central 2. Abbey Martin, Thurber 3. Myah Cota, Hunting Hills

800M1. Lillian Axton, Camrose 2. Myah Cota, Hunting Hills 3. Breanna Berridge, Notre Dame

1500M1. Jill Stewart, Hunting Hills

3000M1. Jill Stewart, Hunting Hill

80M Hurdles2. Lina Koller, Notre Dame. 3. Rachel Hyink, Bentley

4x100M Relay1. Lacombe 2. Lindsay Thurber 3. West Central

High SchoolHigh Jump

1. Rachel Hyink, Bentley Pole Vault

1. Rachel Hyink, BentleyLong Jump

1. Chantelle Park, Lacombe 3. Kaylee Domoney, Thurber

Triple Jump1. Chantelle Park, Lacombe 2. Rachel Hyink, Bent-ley 3. Elizabeth Maciborsky, Innisfail

Shot Put1. Taylor Adams, Delburne 2. Victoria Pacholko, Bentley 3. Kaylee Domoney, Thurber

Discus1. Kelsey Lalor, Thurber 3. Delaney Brachman, Ponoka

Javelin1. Kelsey Lalor, Thurber 2. Taylor Phillips, Spruce

View

Senior100M

1. Drew McKinlay, Hunting Hills 2. Madi Stephan, Wetaskiwin 3. Micheala Gracie, Wetaskiwin

200M1. Drew McKinlay, Hunting Hills 2. Madi Stephan, Wetaskiwin 3. Kayla Enders, West Central

400M1. Kayla Enders, West Central 2. Jennifer Benson, Koinonia 3. Shaelyn Moltzahn, Thurber

800M1. Shaelyn Moltzahn, Thurber 2. Dina Iatrou, Hunt-ing Hills

1500M1. Emily Lucas, Innisfail 2. Dina Iatrou, Hunting Hills

3000M1. Emily Lucas, Innisfail 2. Rachelle Doyon, Thurber 3. Kaylin Ackerman, Eckville

80M Hurdles1. Drew McKinlay, Hunting Hills 2. Erika Pearson, Hunting Hills 3. Savanna Spendiff, Bentley

4x100M Relay1. Wetaskiwin Composite 2. Hunting Hills 3. Caro-line

High Jump2. Kirsten Newsham, Spruce View 3. Kryshandra Pike, David Thompson

Pole Vault1. Maddie Oxton, Wetaskiwin 2. Alyssa Hyink, Bentley

Long Jump1. Erika Pearson, Hunting Hills 3. Kryshandra Pike, David Thompson

Triple Jump1. Erika Pearson, Hunting Hills 2. Paige Leek, Caro-line 3. Kryshandra Pike, David Thompson

Shot Put1. Alexander Debree, Lacombe 2. Cierra Stephens, Notre Dame 3. Savanna Spendiff, Bentley

Discus Throw1. Bretton Bowd, Thurber 2. Paige Leek, Caroline 3. Caitlyn Wenzel, Spruce View

Javelin1. Savanna Spendiff, Bentley 2. Kirsten Newsham, Spruce View 3. Paige Leek, Caroline

Boys4x400 Meter Relay Open

1. Lindsay Thurber, 3. David Thompson100M

2. Blayde Melaney, West Central 3. Caleb Hein-richs, Thurber

200M1. Blayde Melaney, West Central 2. Caleb Hein-richs, Thurber

400M1 Mark Dewit, CACHS 2. Chris Graham, Thurber 3. Keaghan Holub, Eckville

800M1. Mark Dewit, CACHS 2. Keaghan Holub, Eckville

1,500M1. Adam Waas, Lacombe 3. Jaylan Doyle, Notre Dame

3,000M1. Adam Waas, Lacombe 3. Ian Lush, Bentley

100M hurdles1. Daegen MacDonald, Thurber 2. Reece Lehman, Thurber

4x100M relay1. Lindsay Thurber 3. H.J. Cody

High Jump2 Connor Sinnamen, Notre Dame 3. Mark Dewit, CACHS

Long Jump1. Tyrecse Hamilton, HJ Cody 3. Caleb Heinrichs, Thurber

Triple Jump1. Connor Sinnamen, Notre Dame 2. Bryson Muir, Delburne 3. Blayde Melaney, West Central

Shot Put2. Jake Tenhove, CACHS 3. Jamison Vina, Notre Dame

Discus1. Isaiah Staples, Eckville 2. Jacob Sanche, Spruce

ViewJavelin

2 Zach Montgomery, Lacombe 3. Jeremy Klessens, Innisfail

Intermediate100M

2. Carson West, Hunting Hills 3. Ben Pasiuk, Thurber

200M1. Carson West, Hunting Hills 2. Ben Pasiuk, Thurber

400M1. Dawson McCrea, Thurber 3. Carson West, Hunt-ing Hills

800M1. Eric Lutz, Hunting Hills 2. Kevin Szymanek, David Thompson 3. Robert Chauvet, Thurber

1,500M1. Eric Lutz, Hunting Hills 2. Ben Isaac, Thurber 3. Cory DeRaadt West Central.

3,000M1. Robert Chauvet, Thurber 2. Cody White, Notre Dame

100 M1. Gernil Szmyt, Lacombe

4x100 Meter Relay2. Alix MacHigh 3. Hunting Hills

High Jump2. Kevin Szymanek, David Thompson

Long Jump2 Ben Holmes, Thurber

Triple Jump2. Brian Castro, Eckville 3. Ben Pasiuk, Thurber

Shot Put1. Richard Goodwin, Thurber 2. Colton Berdahl, Eckville

Discus1. Austin Steele, Lacombe 2. Johnny Carr, Caroline

Javelin2. Tseguye Adair, Thurber

Senior100M

1. Nick Boomer, Thurber 2. Cody Knight, Lacombe 3. Landon Rosene, HJ Cody

200M1. Brayden Posyluzny, Notre Dame 2. Nick Boomer, Thurber

400M3. Jordan Snopek, Lacombe

1,500 M2. Jaden Bernatsky, CACHS 3. Noah Mulzet, Thurber

3,000M2. Noah Mulzet, Thurber 3. Jaden Bernatsky, CACHS

100M Hurdles1. Brayden Posyluzny, Notre Dame 2. Cody Knight, Lacombe 3. Kai Poffenroth, Bentley

4x100M Relay1. Lacombe 2. Lindsay Thurber 3. H.J. Cody

High Jump1. Kai Poffenroth, Bentley

Pole Vault1. Damon Sawyer, Bentley

Long Jump1. Brayden Posyluzny, Notre Dame 3. Jordan Sno-pek, Lacombe

Triple Jump3. Cody Knight, Lacombe

Shot Put1. Chris Andrews, Lacombe 3. Ray Seewalt, Thurber

Discus1. Chris Andrews, Lacombe 2. Kai Poffenroth, Bentley

Javelin1. Cody Hawkes, Thurber 2. Kai Poffenroth, Bentley 3. Kava Waqatabu, Lacombe

AggregateIndividual top 10

GirlsJunior

Name School Points

3. Tiana Lemon ND 206. Bailey Johnson HHHS 166. Sarah Morin Ponoka 168 Elizabeth Cundict LTCHS 159. Leah Brunner ND 149. Morgan deBoon LTCHS 149. Haylee Beeman CACHS 14

Intermediate1. Rachel Hyink Bentley 31 2. Kelsey Lalor LTCHS 26 3. Kaylee Domoney LTCHS 24 4. Jerelle Bristol Lacombe 18 4. Chantelle Park Lacombe 18 4. Jill Stewart HHHS 187. Susanna Heystek W.Cent. 1710. Taylor Adams Del 14

Senior1. Drew McKinlay HHHS 27 2. Paige Leek CACHS 25 2. Erika Pearson HHHS- 25 4. Kryshandra Pike D. Thom. 23 5. Savanna Spendif Bentley 21 6. Emily Lucas Innisfail 18 6. Bretton Bowd LTCHS 189. Alyssa Hyink Bentley 15 9. Shaelyn Moltzahn LTCHS 159. Kayla Enders, W.Cent 15

BoysJunior

1. Mark Dewit CACHS 242 Blayde Melaney W.Central 224. Tyrecse Hamilton HJCody 19 4. Caleb Heinrichs LTCHS 19 6. Keaghan Holub Eckville 18 6. Adam Waas Lacombe 18 8. Connor Sinnamen ND 1610. Daegen MacDonald LTCHS 14 10. Isaiah Staples Eckville 14

Intermediate1. Carson West HHHS 22 2. Kevin Szymanek D. Thom. 20 3. Ben Pasiuk LTCHS 19 4. Eric Lutz HHHS 186. Robert Chauvet LTCHS 158. Richard Goodwin LTCHS 1410. Gernil Szmyt Lacombe 12

Senior1. Brayden Posyluzny ND 32 2. Kai Poffenroth Bentley 294. Cody Knight Lacombe 246. Chris Andrews Lacombe 189. Nick Boomer LTCHS 16 9. Jordan Snopek Lacombe 16

Teams1A

School Points1. Bentley 1453. Caroline Community 63 3. Eckville 637. Spruce View 5613. Alix MacHigh 2517. Koinonia Christian 18.520. Penhold School 5

2A

3. David Thompson 71 4. Central Alta Christian 668. Delburne 23

3A2. Lacombe 266.53. West Central High School 945. H.J. Cody 717. Innisfail 45 8. Ponoka Composite 38

4A

1.Lindsay Thurber 426 2. Hunting Hills 221.53. Notre Dame 171

Basketball

Thursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP Tyler Wilson to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHPs Eduardo Rodriguez and Robbie Ross Jr. from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Heath Hembree to Pawtucket. Activated OF Carlos Peguero. Designated INF Jeff Bianchi for assignment. Placed OF-1B Daniel Nava on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled RHPs Daniel Webb and Chris Beck from Charlotte (IL). Optioned RHP Scott Carroll to Charlotte.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the contract of OF Jerry Sands (?40) from Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Austin Adams from Columbus. Placed INF Carlos Santana on the paternity list. Placed RHP Scott Atchison on the 15-day DL.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the contract OF Alfredo Marte from Salt Lake (PCL). to Major League Roster. Activated OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Placed OF Collin Cowgill on the 15-Day DL, retro-active to May 26. Designated OF Marc Krauss for assignment.TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled INF Hanser Alberto from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned RHP Phil Klein to Round Rock.TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Scott Copeland to Buffalo (IL).American AssociationAMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Signed C Chad Bunting.FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Chase Boruff.KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed RHP Robert Doran.SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Released INF Shelby Ford.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHP Jonathan Cornelius. Announced OF Mike Wilson signed with Veracruz (Mexican).

Can-Am LeagueQUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed INF Mike Wash-burn.Frontier LeagueFRONTIER GREYS — Sold the contract of RHP Kyle Schepel to Seattle (AL).LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed INF Parker Nor-ris. Released OF Adam Lindgren.RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed C Jackson Slaid. Released RHP Jake Heissler.SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Sold the con-tract of RHP Adam Lopez to Seattle (AL).

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationCHICAGO BULLS — Fired coach Tom Thibodeau.Women’s National Basketball AssociationNEW YORK LIBERTY — Waived G Amber Orrange and C Shanece McKinney.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed TE Tyler Kroft of Rutgers.DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LB Damien Wilson.NEW YORK JETS — Released QB Matt Simms.WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Trey Wolfe and CB Tajh Hasson.Canadian Football LeagueTORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed DL Daryl Waud and QB Blake Sims.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Matthias Plachta to a one-year entry-level contract.COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed D Cody Goloubef to a two-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season.SAN JOSE SHARKS — Named Peter DeBoer coach.American Hockey LeagueAHL — Suspended Utica F Brandon DeFazio two games for an interference incident in a May 25 game against Grand Rapids.

SOCCERNational Women’s Soccer LeagueWASHINGTON SPIRIT — Waived F Caroline Miller.

Transactions

AT&T Byron Nelson Par ScoresAt TPC Four Seasons Resort

Irving, TexasPurse: $7.1 million

Yardage: 7,166; Par 70 (35-35)

First Round

a-denotes amateur

Steven Bowditch 30-32 — 62 -8Jimmy Walker 30-34 — 64 -6James Hahn 34-31 — 65 -5Ryan Palmer 31-34 — 65 -5Tom Gillis 32-34 — 66 -4John Merrick 32-34 — 66 -4Keegan Bradley 33-33 — 66 -4Derek Ernst 33-34 — 67 -3Dustin Johnson 33-34 — 67 -3Steve Wheatcroft 33-34 — 67 -3Tony Finau 36-31 — 67 -3Danny Lee 33-34 — 67 -3Jon Curran 33-34 — 67 -3John Senden 36-31 — 67 -3Jonas Blixt 31-36 — 67 -3Ken Duke 35-32 — 67 -3Nick Watney 35-32 — 67 -3Martin Flores 32-35 — 67 -3Jonathan Byrd 32-35 — 67 -3Cameron Percy 31-36 — 67 -3Charles Howell III 34-34 — 68 -2Michael Thompson 36-32 — 68 -2Hunter Mahan 34-34 — 68 -2Colt Knost 32-36 — 68 -2Erik Compton 34-34 — 68 -2Joe Affrunti 34-34 — 68 -2Byron Smith 36-32 — 68 -2Mark Anderson 35-33 — 68 -2Will Wilcox 35-33 — 68 -2Boo Weekley 34-34 — 68 -2S.J. Park 33-35 — 68 -2Jerry Kelly 34-34 — 68 -2

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American League

East Division

W L Pct GBNew York 25 23 .521 —Tampa Bay 24 24 .500 1Baltimore 22 24 .478 2Boston 22 26 .458 3Toronto 22 27 .449 3 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBKansas City 28 18 .609 —Minnesota 28 18 .609 —Detroit 28 20 .583 1Chicago 21 25 .457 7Cleveland 21 25 .457 7West Division

W L Pct GBHouston 30 18 .625 —Seattle 23 23 .500 6Los Angeles 23 24 .489 6 1/2Texas 23 25 .479 7Oakland 18 32 .360 13

Wednesday’s GamesCleveland 12, Texas 3

Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 3, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 2

Minnesota 6, Boston 4Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 0

Detroit 3, Oakland 2Baltimore 5, Houston 4

San Diego 5, L.A. Angels 4

Thursday’s GamesChicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 2, 1st gameBaltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 3, 2nd game

Boston 5, Texas 1Oakland 5, N.Y. Yankees 4Detroit at L.A. Angels, lateCleveland at Seattle, late

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4-4), 2:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Karns 3-2) at Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez

5-3), 5:05 p.m.Boston (S.Wright 2-1) at Texas (Gallardo 4-6),

6:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-0) at Houston (Mc-

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p.m.Detroit (An.Sanchez 3-5) at L.A. Angels (Santiago

3-3), 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 0-2) at Oakland (Gray 5-2),

8:05 p.m.Cleveland (Bauer 4-1) at Seattle (T.Walker 1-5),

8:10 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesToronto at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 2:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 5:15 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 5:15 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.\

National League

East Division

W L Pct GBWashington 28 19 .596 —New York 27 21 .563 1 1/2Atlanta 23 24 .489 5Philadelphia 19 30 .388 10Miami 18 30 .375 10 1/2Central Division

W L Pct GBSt. Louis 31 16 .660 —Chicago 25 21 .543 5 1/2Pittsburgh 24 22 .522 6 1/2Cincinnati 19 27 .413 11 1/2Milwaukee 16 32 .333 15 1/2West Division

W L Pct GBLos Angeles 28 18 .609 —San Francisco 29 20 .592 1/2San Diego 23 25 .479 6Arizona 21 25 .457 7Colorado 19 26 .422 8 1/2

Wednesday’s GamesColorado 6, Cincinnati 4

Pittsburgh 5, Miami 2N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 0

San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 1Washington 3, Chicago Cubs 0

St. Louis 4, Arizona 3San Diego 5, L.A. Angels 4Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

Thursday’s GamesPittsburgh at San Diego, lateSan Francisco 7, Atlanta 0

Today’s GamesKansas City (

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Colorado (Bettis 1-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-3), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Haren 4-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-2), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 3-5) at Cincinnati (DeS-clafani 2-4), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (R.De La Rosa 4-2) at Milwaukee (Nel-son 2-5), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 3-0) at St. Louis (Lack-ey 2-3), 6:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-4) at San Diego (Shields 6-0), 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Foltynewicz 3-1) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 2-4), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesColorado at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.Miami at N.Y. Mets, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 2:10 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 5:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

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PARIS — For Serena Williams, it was a bad right elbow that led to some shaky serving and a dropped set.

For Novak Djokovic, first it was a balky right hip that needed treatment from a trainer; later came an embarrassing mistake.

For Andy Murray, it was a time warning from the chair umpire and losing a set for the first time in six matches against his opponent.

While nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal won in straight sets on a cloudy, windy Thurs-day, some red dirt got in the machine for three of the other biggest names at Roland Garros. That trio put those moments aside and reached the third round, where more significant challenges could await.

“I know I’m capable of playing great tennis,” the top-seeded Williams said. “Just haven’t seen it yet.”

Calling her performance “not professional,” Wil-liams was sloppy as can be for stretches in a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory over 105th-ranked Anna-Lena Friedsam, a German who had never won a Grand Slam match until this week.

Williams committed 21 unforced errors in the first set alone, 52 in all.

“I was a little bit nervous (in the) first set,” Fried-sam said, “and I think Serena was a bit nervous, too.”

The American was particularly subpar with her serve, which she said she hasn’t been able to work on properly in practice because of an elbow injury that led her to withdraw from a clay-court tournament in Rome this month.

“I’m not using it so much as a weapon,” Williams

said about her serve. “So hopefully it will get bet-ter.”

She double-faulted eight times and allowed Fried-sam to accumulate 15 break points, four of which were converted.

“I know my level is literally 100 times better than I played today,” the 19-time major champion said, roll-ing her eyes, “so I think I take more solace in the fact I can play better, as opposed to the fact that that’s the best I could play. Then I would be in trouble.”

Next comes 27th-seeded Victoria Azarenka, a former No. 1 player and two-time Australian Open champion.

Even if she is 15-3 against Azarenka, including wins in the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Open finals, Williams acknowledged: “I do know if I play the way I did to-day, I probably won’t be winning my match. So I’m going to have to step it up a level.”

In Canadian results, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Poland’s Alicja Rosolska lost their first-round women’s doubles match, 6-4, 6-1 to Taiwan’s Yung-Jan Chan and China’s Jie Zheng.

In mixed doubles, Eugenie Bouchard of West-mount, Que., and Max Mirnyi of Belarus lost their first-round match 6-1, 6-4 to Americans Mike Bryan and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

The top-seeded Djokovic and Murray, seeded No. 3, both will take on talented young Australians for berths in the fourth round. Djokovic faces 19-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis, while Murray meets 20-year-old Nick Kyrgios. There hadn’t been a teenager in the men’s third round at Roland Garros since 2008, but now there are two: Kokkinakis and Croatia’s Borna Coric, 18.

Coric eliminated 33-year-old Tommy Robredo,

who was seeded 18th, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, and now will meet Jack Sock, a 22-year-old American.

“All of them — Kyrgios, Kokkinakis and Coric — are showing some great skills and potential to be ... top players,” Djokovic said. “But it’s a long way ahead.”

Djokovic proclaimed the pain in his upper right leg “nothing serious, really” after taking a medical timeout late in the second set of his 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Gilles Muller. For a few minutes, things did not look promising for Djokovic — prone on the court, getting massaged by a trainer.

But he eventually moved a step closer to com-pleting a career Grand Slam. There was a gaffe at 4-1 in the third set, though, when Djokovic casually watched a ball by Muller sail long but touch the edge of his racket before hitting the court.

The point went to Muller, who broke there.“Never, never, ever happened. And it should nev-

er happen again,” Djokovic said. “I guess a little bit of lack of concentration. ... It was funny to me, be-cause I was 4-1 up, double-break. If it was 2-all, or 2-3 down, I wouldn’t be smiling, for sure.”

Murray stretched his post-wedding winning streak to 12 matches by defeating Joao Sousa 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Murray had won all 12 previous sets the pair had played against each other. So it appeared to be a big deal when Murray was cited for a time violation by the chair umpire shortly before frittering away the second set.

“I was struggling,” Murray said. “There was pres-sure building.”

But he dealt with the difficulty, just as Djokovic and Williams did, and moves on to a new test.


NEWCASTLE, Ireland — Rory McIlroy can’t seem to perform in front of a home crowd.

The Northern Ireland star looked bewildered as he shot a 9-over-par 80 — his worst score of the season — in Thursday’s opening round of the Irish Open. He fell to the bottom of the morning’s leader-board and finished tied for 150th place at the end of the day.

Many other players struggled amid gales and pounding showers at Royal County Down, a links course in the shadow of the Mourne Mountains famed for its stunning seaside setting, blind ap-proaches and undulating greens. But the scores im-proved as the winds eased somewhat and the after-noon sun came out.

Taking advantage were Irish veteran Padraig Har-rington and unheralded Maximilian Kieffer of Ger-many, who both shot 67 to share the lead.

The 43-year-old Harrington, who hasn’t won on the European Tour since 2008 but took the PGA Tour’s Honda Classic in March, said understanding the strong winds gave him a tactical advantage. He birdied five of the final eight, but edged an 8-foot putt for birdie just wide on the final hole. Had he made it, Harrington would have tied the 76-year-old

course record.“There’s plenty of ways to get around this golf

course in the wind. I was happy to see it,” said Har-rington, who won the Irish Open in 2007.

The 290th-ranked Kieffer, 24, was in the last group to start and not expected to contend. But he eagled the par-5, 525-yard 12th hole on his way to one of his best rounds since finishing second in the 2013 Span-ish Open. McIlroy bogeyed half of the course and couldn’t hit a birdie. The sellout crowd of nearly 20,000 gasped with each miss, and offered relieved applause as he narrowly two-putted his final hole for par.

“My poor iron play led to missed greens, which led to giving myself a lot of 8- to 12-footers for pars, and that led to missing all of them,” said McIlroy, who described his play as “worse as I got closer to the green.”

He had played three practice rounds at the course south of Belfast after failing to make the cut at Went-worth last weekend, but the unexpected extra prac-tice didn’t help his play. If McIlroy fails to make the cut Friday, it would be his third straight early exit at the Irish Open. He’s never come close to winning the event in eight tries. McIlroy, whose Rory Foundation children’s charity is hosting the Irish Open for the first time, said he might need to shoot a 66 on Friday to make the cut.

Harrington, Kieffer lead Irish Open

Williams, Djokovic, Murray all win at French Open


Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer lines up his putt on hole 8 during round one of the Irish Open Golf Championship at Royal County Down, Newcastle, Northern Ireland, Thursday.


IRVING, Texas — Steven Bowditch considers the AT&T Byron Nelson his home tournament — just maybe not to the extent Jordan Spieth does.

The Australian matched his low round on the PGA Tour with an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead over another Texan, Jimmy Walker. Spieth was seven shots back in his first round as Masters champion in the event that gave the Dallas player his start as a 16-year-old amateur in 2010.

Bowditch, who moved to the Dallas area 10 years ago, has made the cut just once at the Nelson — in his debut in 2011, when he tied for 60th after a third-round 80.

He didn’t make it to the weekend each of the past three years at TPC Four Seasons.

The 31-year-old missed the cut last week at Colo-nial in Fort Worth, which is a little farther from his home in the suburb of Flower Mound and he says doesn’t have quite the “hometown” draw as the Nel-son for Bowditch’s family and friends.

“It’s starting to feel that way, to be honest. Start-ing to get a lot more ticket requests,” said Bowditch, whose only PGA Tour win was the 2014 Texas Open in San Antonio.

“You always want to play well, but I guess it is a little more special when you have everyone around that only get to see you play golf once a year.”

The Nelson had the hometown feel for Spieth the moment he stepped to the 10th tee as a high school junior five years ago, when he tied for 16th as the sixth-youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event. He returned as a rising star after his win at Augusta, frequently tipping his cap to large galleries that even cheered as he walked onto greens.

“It feels different when I tee off now versus when I was out there then,” said Spieth, who has finished second at all three Texas events this year, including Colonial.

“Obviously, off the course I prepare hard for this and would like to play well and get in contention. But when I’m inside the ropes, it’s just another week. Back then, it was the biggest tournament I’ve ever played in.”

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TORONTO — Canadian fighter Ryan (The Big Deal) Jimmo returns to action Saturday after almost a year off. Injuries, however, haven’t prevented the outspoken UFC light-heavyweight from fighting for what he believes is right.

In a sport where job security is next to nil, the 33-year-old Jimmo doesn’t pull punches outside the cage. The Saint John native, who now calls Arizona home after stints in Edmonton and Halifax, has spo-ken out against the UFC’s deal with Reebok and in favour of a fighters’ association.

“There’s some fighters I know, who fight in the UFC, who are living in someone’s basement for free because they can’t afford to pay rent somewhere and have a vehicle,” he said in an interview. “And we’re talking about world-class athletes.

“We’re talking about people who literally, if they do this long enough, they could end up with brain damage, broken bones.”

Jimmo argues the current UFC compensation model works for a few elite fighters but not for the vast majority. Some fighters could make the same or more at Starbucks and Subway than they do “fighting on the biggest stage in the world.”

The six-foot-two 205-pound black belt in karate says he has yet to feel a UFC backlash for his outspo-ken views.

“I haven’t heard a word from anyone in regards to anything that I’ve said,” he said.

“I’ve said quite a bit. I’m actually a little bit sur-prised nobody’s called me up and kind of waved a finger at me.

“To be honest with you I think it’s something that needs to be talked about a little bit more.”

Jimmo, while acknowledging the sport of MMA is young, maintains change is needed to get fighters a more equitable share of the revenue.

That’s difficult with the UFC, a privately owned company that dominates the sport and has tight con-trol over its 585-plus fighters under contract.

“It’s going to take a little bit of time to change. Hopefully I can help push it in that direction,” said Jimmo, who has even tweeted his disapproval to UFC president Dana White about the seats he got for one of the organization’s cards.


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Victor Montagliani, president of the Canadian Soccer Association, says Canada will cast its ballot for the only other candidate — Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan.

Montagliani says Canada cannot support the cur-rent political leadership of FIFA.

“The organization needs a definite change, a re-fresh,” Montagliani told The Canadian Press from Zurich. “And I think we need to govern the game in a better way.

“And this is also a comment to the FIFA Execu-tive Committee. It’s not just about one person. The game deserves better. Period.”

Montagliani said the decision not to support Blat-ter was finalized at a Canadian Soccer Association board meeting Thursday.

The Canadian soccer boss says the U.S. Soccer Federation has come to the same conclusion and will vote the same way. UEFA, the governing body of Eu-ropean soccer, is also supporting Prince Ali, Asia’s vice-president on the FIFA executive committee.

Montagliani says reforms in world soccer have to be done quickly and in transparent fashion.

FIFA was rocked this week by a string of indict-ments from the U.S. Department of Justice. CONCA-CAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, was front and centre in the alleged corruption.

CONCACAF moved Thursday to reorganize.Montagliani was named to a special CONCACAF

committee charged with “evaluating and sustaining” all of the confederation’s business operations of the wake of FIFA’s mushrooming corruption scandal.

Montagliani is joined on the committee by Justino Compean, president of the Mexican Soccer Federa-tion and Sunil Gulati, president of the U.S. Soccer Federation.

CONCACAF’s Executive Committee has “provi-sionally dismissed” president Jeffrey Webb and Ed-uardo Li and named senior vice-president Alfredo Hawit as CONCACAF president.

Webb, a FIFA vice-president from the Cayman Islands, and Li, head of the Costa Rican football fed-eration, are facing charges that carry up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Julio Rocha of Nicaragua was also indicted.

Jack Warner, a former CONCACAF president and FIFA vice-president from Trinidad and Tobago, was also arrested.

FIFA suspended 11 people, including Webb, from all soccer-related activities.

Montagliani, who said he will respect the due pro-cess of the legal system, believed CONCACAF had made strides since another scandal four years ago. So the new corruption allegations came as “a com-plete shock .... and utter disappointment.”

“I don’t think disappointment is even the right word for it. It’s much more that disappointment,” Montagliani said in his first public comments on the current FIFA scandal. “There’s absolutely zero room and zero tolerance for this kind of stuff in the game.”

Montagliani says he doesn’t know how Blatter will fare Friday.

“We’re not making this decision because we think he’s going to win or lose. We’re making this decision because I think quite frankly as Canadians it’s in our DNA to make correct decisions when it comes to these kind of things. And as a Canadian I think we’re making the right decision. Our organization needs to continue to keep making these kind of decisions.”

Montagliani was elected president of the CSA in 2012, one year after Blatter ran unopposed.

The native of Burnaby, B.C., was a CSA vice-pres-ident for three terms, and has been a member of its executive committee since 2005. He was appointed to FIFA’s Legal Committee in 2012. One of 27 standing committees, it analyses basic legal issues relating to football and the evolution of FIFA’s statutes and regulations.

Montagliani is joined at the FIFA Congress by CSA board member Charmaine Crooks and vice-president Steven Reed.

Canada will not vote for Sepp Blatter

FIFA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION



Buffalo Sabres GM Tim Murray, left, and newly hired coach Dan Bylsma hold a Sabres’ jersey as they pose for a photo after a news conference Thursday, in Buffalo, N.Y.


BUFFALO, N.Y. — The circumstances have changed for Dan Bylsma in taking over as coach of the young and rebuilding Buffalo Sabres.

The expectations have not for someone previously accustomed to coaching the Sidney Crosby-led Pitts-burgh Penguins.

Bylsma’s first objective is developing a winning attitude in Buffalo, on a team that has finished last in the standings in each of the past two seasons.

“The expectation for the winning culture and how we play is not going to change,” Bylsma said during his inaugural news conference shortly after being hired Thursday. “And that’s going to start, starting today. And it’s going to continue as we go, as we de-velop this group.”

And Bylsma acknowledged it won’t be an easy task for a team that has lost a franchise-worst 51 games in each of its past two seasons, has purged much of its high-priced talent and is now on its third coach since Lindy Ruff was fired in February 2013.

“I don’t think there’s a time-frame that you’re go-ing to put on certain aspects of success of where this team’s going to be,” he said. “I know right now in our process of development as a team, we’re looking to get better every day we step on this ice.”

A week after losing out on hiring Mike Babcock, the Sabres turned their attention to another former Stanley Cup-winner to take over after Ted Nolan was fired last month.

The 44-year-old Bylsma led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup title in 2009 in his rookie season as coach. He eventually spent five-plus seasons in Pitts-burgh, where he won a franchise-best 252 games and was the NHL’s 2011 coach of the year, before being fired during front-office shake up a year ago.

Bylsma was hired by the Sabres after spending the past two days meeting with team owners Terry and Kim Pegula and general manager Tim Murray. And his hiring was delayed briefly after the Sabres were required under NHL rules to give up a 2016 third-round draft pick as compensation because Bylsma’s contract with Pittsburgh ran through June 2016.

The hiring leaves the New Jersey Devils as the NHL’s only team with a coaching vacancy.

“We’ve been trying to change the culture here ev-ery day, but this is a big swing to the positive,” Mur-ray said. “This is part of the process of getting better. We improved today by hiring him.”

Though Murray had targeted hiring Babcock be-

fore the former Red Wings coach signed with To-ronto, the GM noted that Bylsma was also high on his list. Murray said he first approached Bylsma about the Sabres’ job about a month ago.

The two share a connection in Anaheim from 2002-04. That’s when Bylsma was finishing his career as a fourth-line forward, and Murray served as the Ducks player personnel director.

After making the playoffs in each of his six sea-sons in Pittsburgh, Bylsma takes over a team that has missed the playoffs in each of the past four seasons, and hasn’t won a playoff series since 2007.

The Sabres cupboard, however, is not entirely bare after spending the past three seasons adding youth and stockpiling high draft picks. Buffalo has the No. 2 choice in the draft next month for the sec-ond consecutive year and is expected to select Bos-ton University centre Jack Eichel.

Bylsma got a firsthand look at Eichel at the World Championships in the Czech Republic this month. Bylsma was an assistant coach and Eichel a top-line forward on the United States team that finished fourth.

“He stacked up right up there with his skill and his size and ability to play the game,” Bylsma said. “Jack’s going to be a good pick for anybody who does take him.”

Eichel’s anticipated arrival will merely add to an emerging group of young players already in Buffalo’s system. They include centre Sam Reinhart, who was selected with the No. 2 pick last year, and defence-man Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov, two 2013 first-round who enjoyed regular playing time as rookies in Buffalo last season.

“There is a bright future ahead for this team,” Bylsma said.

Bylsma got his NHL coaching break in Febru-ary 2009 during his first season with the Penguins’ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton affiliate. He was promoted to Pittsburgh to replace Michel Therrien with 25 games left in the season. The Penguins finished out 18-3-4 to make the playoffs, and then went on to clinch the franchise’s third championship by defeating Detroit in Game 7 of the Cup finals.

From Grand Haven, Michigan, Bylsma is a former NHL forward, who made his professional debut by playing two games with the Sabres’ American Hock-ey League affiliate in Rochester in 1992-93.

After bouncing around the minors, he eventually played parts of nine seasons with the Los Angeles Kings and Ducks before retiring in 2004.

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CHICAGO — The owner made a beeline through the Cubs’ clubhouse looking for his rookie slugger.

“Hey, take it easy,” Tom Ricketts told Kris Bryant, trying not to laugh. “That thing costs a lot of money.”

“Gotcha,” Bryant smiled, trying not to blush.

“That thing” is a brand-new, 4,000-square-foot Jumbotron atop the bleachers and the ivy-covered outfield wall in left, an expen-sive piece of furniture in Wrigley Field’s $500 million makeover.

In the eighth inning Wednesday night, with Chicago trailing Washington by a run, Bryant patiently turned an 0-2 count against reliever Aaron Barrett into 3-2. Then he turned around a waist-high changeup and launched it 463 feet — or 477, depending on the estimate — into the night sky.

“We thought it was over the board,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon recalled. “Kind of got everyone stirring.”

That the home run — Bryant’s seventh this season — tied a game the Cubs went on to win was good enough for a fan base thrilled with second place in the NL Cen-tral, even if it’s only May. That it hit the up-per face of the video board while Bryant’s own mug was prominently displayed made it a perfect tableau for the 23-year-old fast becoming the face of a franchise complet-ing a makeover of its own.

Pitchers have the upper hand in base-ball at the moment. That’s one reason up-and-coming sluggers like Bryant and Wash-ington’s Bryce Harper — Little League op-ponents in Las Vegas a dozen years ago — arrive in the majors with more hype than ever.

If the just-ended three-game series matching the two stars were Home Run Derby, it would have ended 2-2. Instead, the surging Nationals took two of three.

Harper, nine months younger, arrived

three years earlier and has already estab-lished his big league bona fides. Bryant has been there only five-plus weeks — the Cubs left him in the minors until April 17 to de-lay his free-agent eligibility by a season — but he’s making an outsized impression.

Bryant is hitting a solid .275 with a .393 on-base percentage, along with 31 RBIs in 38 games.

Pairing power with discipline at the plate, he makes nearly every at-bat a test of wills. Armed with scouting reports, pitchers offer precious little to hit.

“It’s the same game I’ve played my whole life,” Bryant said. “I’m trying to hit it in the air. The pitchers want me to hit it on the ground. Up here, that means adjusting not just at-bat to at-bat, but pitch to pitch.”

Across the locker room, veteran team-mate Jason Hammel recalled watching Bry-ant tear through a succession of pitchers in spring training.

“I’d try to figure out how I’d pitch him,” he said. “Pretty much the way guys are trying to get him now — sliders, curves, change-ups — basically, spinners.

“But he doesn’t give in easy,” Hammel added a moment later. “Seems like every time I look up, he’s on a 3-2 count.”

Like every other tool in his bag, Bryant came by his steeliness early. Mike Bryant, his father, recalls Kris banging balls off tees and against the same fences used by the older kids at age 8. Soon after, he sold his furniture business to take a 9-to-5 job and oversee the development of both Kris and older brother Nick.

Mike Bryant, whose own stab at base-

ball ended after two seasons in the low mi-nors, put up a batting cage with lights in the backyard. Before his stint in the Red Sox organization ended — he hit .204, with four home runs — he had chance to learn the art of batting from Ted Williams himself.

Williams used to work with the minor leaguers, and Bryant distilled that educa-tion to a single phrase for his sons: “Hit it hard, and hit it in the air.”

“Williams was 50 years ahead of the curve. All the sabermetric measures bear that out now,” Mike Bryant said. “Kris swung that way naturally from the start. He was intelligent, very visual and I could talk to him about launch angles and such.”

“He understood how the pieces of the swing were connected and how to put them in sequence. Honestly, I wish I had decent videos of his swing when he was 10,” he added, “because if you looked at it, it would look very much as it does today.”

Bryant shies away from comparisons to Williams.

“People made it sound like my dad said, ’Ted Williams did this or that every min-ute.’ That’s overblown,” he said. “I watched Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez and lots of other guys, too.”

But Bryant doesn’t deny he knew by age 12 he was capable of similar — if still pint-sized — feats.

“That’s when I started to separate from the other kids. I was bigger. I hit .714, or something like that, and broke the Little League record for home runs. That’s when part of me said, ’I might be good enough to play in the major leagues someday.”’

Cubs rookie Bryant shows no signs of letting up‘IT’S THE SAME GAME I’VE PLAYED MY WHOLE LIFE. I’M TRYING TO HIT IT IN THE AIR. THE PITCHERS WANT ME TO HIT IT ON THE GROUND. UP HERE, THAT MEANS ADJUSTING NOT JUST AT-BAT,

BUT PITCH TO PITCH.’

— KRIS BRYANTCHICAGO CUBS

Argos sign pairTORONTO — The To-

ronto Argonauts signed Canadian defensive lineman Daryl Waud, international quarter-back Blake Sims and international wide re-ceiver Brandon Terry on Thursday.

Toronto selected the six-foot-five, 270-pound Waud in the second round, 12th overall, of the CFL draft ear-lier this month. Waud, a Hamilton native, had 75 tackles, 8.5 sacks and an interception return for a TD over four seasons with the Western Mus-tangs.

Waud, a three-time All-Canadian, partici-pated in the East-West Shrine game in January.

The six-foot, 208-pound Sims joins the Argos after attending the Washington Redskins’ rookie mini-camp. Sims completed 64.5 per cent of his passes at Alabama for 3,487 passing yards and 28 TDs.

Sims guided the Crimson Tide to a 2014 SEC championship and an appearance in the inaugural NCAA college football playoff.

Terry, a six-foot-five, 210-pound native of Alpharetta, Ga., played four seasons at Wake Forest. He caught 21 passes for 340 yards in 32 games with the Demon Deacons.

The Argos also re-leased international defensive back Jordan Sullen.

Amendola out as Hurricanes’

CFO after nearly 35 years with organization

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mike Amendola is out as the Carolina Hurricanes’ chief financial officer.

Team spokesman Kyle Hanlin said Thursday night that Amendola is no longer with the com-pany.

Amendola was the team’s longest-tenured front-office employee, joining the organization in 1981 when the fran-chise was in Hartford, Connecticut.

He was in charge of fi-nancial, sales, human re-sources and information technology for the Hur-ricanes and PNC Arena, and oversaw financial operations of the other branches of Gale Force Holdings. Those in-clude the minor-league Florida Everblades, the Plymouth Whalers junior team and their respective arenas.

Baffert says lawsuit a ‘shame’

in buildup to Belmont

NEW YORK — Train-er Bob Baffert says “it’s a shame” that a lawsuit involving American Pharoah owner Ahmed Zayat has become an issue in the buildup to the Belmont Stakes next Saturday. Speaking on a national conference call Thursday, Baffert said some people are “jealous” of Zayat’s good fortune of owning a Ken-tucky Derby and Preak-ness winner about to attempt to win the Triple Crown.

Last week, Zayat asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accus-ing him of owing $1.65 million to a man who says he fronted the own-er the money for bets placed at offshore casi-nos. The suit was filed last year by Howard Ru-binsky of Florida involv-ing a personal services contract in 2003.

The update on the status of the lawsuit came in the days follow-ing American Pharoah’s victory in the Preakness, setting him up to become the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years.

“The gambling world could be a little seedy, but it’s too bad,” Baffert said. “It’s such a beauti-ful moment, and that somebody would go out of their way just to tear the man down. ... It’s a shame.”

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The Cornerstone Youth Theatre production of the Little Mermaid will take audiences under the sea with Ariel and her aquatic friends.

The story plays out in a magical undersea kingdom popularized by the Disney adaptation of the Dan-ish author Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid.

The mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home and her fins behind and live in the world above. But first she will have to defy her father King Neptune, make a deal with the evil sea witch Octavia, and convince the handsome Prince Eric that she is the girl whose enchanting voice he’s been seeking.

Evening performances start to-night at 7 p.m. will take place on Sat-urday and on June 5, 6. Matinee per-formances will run at 3 p.m. on both Saturdays.

All performances of the Little Mermaid take place at the New Life Fellowship Church in Red Deer at 20 Kelloway Cres.

Sixty-two young actors make up the cast for this production, with help from 15 student crew members to make the show run smoothly.

Cornerstone Youth Theatre is ac-cepting registrations for their sum-mer programs and will stage a pro-duction of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in August.

Tickets for The Little Mermaid are available at www.CornerstoneYouth-Theatre.org or by phoning the box office at 403-986-2981.

ABOVE: Eric, played by Connor McKee, and Ariel, played by Katelynn David, meet for the first time on land after Ariel gets her legs but still cannot speak.

RIGHT: From the left, Jessika Bunton, Ceanna McKee and Hailey Berryere are three of the seven mermaid sisters.

A group of fish, from the left, are played by Julia Franson, Nyah McDona ld , Kat ie Craig, Kate Tomasson and Serenity Brown.

Lexi Peters, left, plays Cha Cha while Ariel is played by Katelynn David.

Taryn Miller, left, plays the part of a bird while Taylor Smith is a seal.

Home invasion accused faces trialA Red Deer woman accused of a violent home in-

vasion involving brass knuckles will stand trial after entering not guilty pleas to several charges from the April incident.

Kristen Lee Hiebert, 29, is charged with break and enter, robbery with a weapon, unauthorized pos-session of a weapon, possessing stolen property un-der $5,000 and two counts of assault with a weapon.

Defence counsel Brad Mulder appeared on behalf of Hiebert’s counsel Jason Snider in Red Deer pro-vincial court Wednesday before Judge Gordon Deck.

Mulder entered the pleas of not guilty with an election of trial before a provincial court judge.

Prosecutor Maurice Collard estimated the Crown’s case would take one day.

On April 7, Red Deer RCMP were called to a Kent-wood area home to a report of a home invasion in progress.

Police said the residents awoke to hear someone in their house and confronted a female suspect as she attempted to leave the home with electronics, a purse and other items.

When confronted, police said a struggle ensued and the homeowner was struck in the head with brass knuckles. He was able to restrain the suspect until police arrived.

A date for the trial was not set.

RCMP add second crime analystA second criminal intelligence analyst has joined

the Red Deer RCMP.The new recruit started on May 11. The detach-

ment has had a criminal analyst on the payroll since 2012.

The second position was approved in the 2014 city budget.

Criminal intelligence analysts collect and analyze information, identify crime trends and gather and disseminate intelligence for specific investigations.

Red Deer’s criminal analysts work with officers in Red Deer, the Central Alberta District and assist the Priority Crimes Task Force with investigations.

Ponoka break-ins go to trialTwo men accused of a series of break-ins in Po-

noka will stand trial next spring in Wetaskiwin.Gina Marie Goduto, 36, and Kenneth James Brim-

ner, 51, will be tried in Wetaskiwin Court of Queens Bench before a judge alone on April 14 and 15, 2016.

The two are charged with break and enter, theft over $5,000, possession of break-in instruments and possession of stolen property over $5,000.

Brimner is also charged with assaulting a peace officer with a weapon. Ponoka RCMP said two of-ficers received minor injuries while arresting Brim-ner. They were treated and released from hospital.

Ponoka RCMP said two people were arrested on July 11, 2014, after police on patrol located a truck parked in a suspicious manner at a local tire shop. As they approached the vehicle, two suspects ran back inside the vehicle and attempted to leave the scene.

According to police, a marked police vehicle blocking the truck was rammed by the suspect ve-hicle three times before its occupants were taken into custody.

Discovery Canyon opening June 6The opening of Discovery Canyon has been de-

layed until June 6 to allow for repairs and mainte-nance.

The popular water play area, located west of the parking lot at River Bend Golf Course, was initially expected to open on Monday.

Discovery Canyon includes a waterfall, gently meandering man-made creek for tubing, a beach and picnic area.

Entry to the area is free. Tubes can be rented from a concession that also sells snacks.

The seasonal water play area is typically open from June to September.

Trial date for violent hostage takingA new trial date has been set for a Ponoka man

accused in a violent hostage taking and vehicle ram-page in Red Deer in 2013.

Joseph Paul Donovan, 36, is charged with assault-ing a police officer, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, failing to stop at the scene of a collision and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

He will stand trial in Red Deer provincial court on Feb. 19, 2016. He entered not guilty pleas to the charges on Sept. 10, 2014.

It is alleged by Red Deer RCMP that a motorist struck two pedestrians, three vehicles and a fence during the 20-minute incident in the Highland Green area on July 13, 2013.

Hockey caravan in Sylvan LakeCentral Albertans will get one last chance to

check out a hockey caravan that has been touring the country since last July.

Hockey Canada brings its 100 years of Hockey Century Tour caravan to Sylvan Lake this weekend. This is its last stop on the tour. The same caravan visited the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in Red Deer in November.

Central Alberta hockey players can also attend free clinics during the three-day event. Initiation, atom and peewee players can schedule the clinics by calling Sylvan Lake Minor Hockey at 403-887-2159.

The caravan full of hockey memorabilia and inter-active activities will be at the Canadian Tire Store in Sylvan Lake at 62 Thevenaz Industrial Trail. Caravan hours are today from 1 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Century Tour has been making its way across the country since last year.

On Saturday, former Calgary Flames player Rhett Warrener will attend a meet and greet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Notable local hockey volunteers will also be celebrated on Saturday afternoon.

For more information about the Century Tour, go to www.hockeycanada.ca/centurytour.

African aid worker to speakA man who worked in Africa helping villages care

for 2,000 orphaned children affected by AIDs will speak on Wednesday at the Red Deer River Water-shed Alliance breakfast.

Martin Scholz, with Action International Minis-tries, was in Malawi recently. While there, he also inspected the efforts of recently trained village lead-ers in permaculture design and application. A train-ing centre called Gardens Gate develops self-sustain-ing training to assist village leaders to apply natural input agriculture and sustainable techniques.

The talk falls during the city’s Enviro Week, and on Clean Air Day.

The breakfast is from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. in the Palm-ero Room at the Sheraton Hotel. The cost is $15 per person. RSVP to [email protected] or call Kelly at 403-340-7379.

Man assaulted, put in dumpster: policeRed Deer RCMP are looking for witnesses to

an alleged assault where a man was robbed and dumped into a garbage bin in February 2014.

The Brooks-area man re-cently reported the 15-month-old crime.

Police say on Feb. 20 or 21, 2014, the victim was passing through Red Deer when he met two men and went to a local pub with them.

The victim alleges while he was standing outside the pub, he was assaulted and robbed and left unconscious in a nearby dumpster. The next morning, he regained consciousness when the waste management company emptied the dumpster into its truck.

The window was open and the driver heard the victim calling for help. He stopped the machinery to discover the victim climbing out of the back of the truck.

The victim sustained a number of injuries. He was taken to hospital and treated for his injuries.

Police believe the assault and robbery may have

taken place in the alley behind Albert’s Family Res-taurant and Lounge (at 5020 47th Ave.).

A composite drawing of a potential witness was released to the public.

If you can identify the man in the attached sketch or have information regarding this crime, call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Mulder, Curtis lead United WayA Red Deer city councillor and the city manager

will lead the 2015 United Way of Central Alberta fundraising campaign.

Councillor Lynn Mulder and city manager Craig Curtis will be co-chairs of the campaign.

It is the second year that Mulder will be in the co-chair role.

“In difficult economic times, most of us feel stress and uncertainty, but that’s how people in our com-munity feel every single day. It is these individu-als and families who will need our help more than ever,” Mulder said.

“We are committed to encouraging community support for the 2015 campaign.”

Curtis said he was delighted to work with Mulder to lead the current campaign.

“United Way’s broad reach allows me to serve people across the region and make sure that pro-grams and services will continue to help them,” Cur-tis said.

Last year, the campaign raised about $1.9 million for Central Alberta agencies.

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Gina Pimm laughs as she sees how much hair her grandmother, Maddy Holterhus, cut from her pony tail on Wednesday afternoon. Gina was inspired to donate her hair to the Canadian Cancer Society wig program by her grandmother, who has had cancer. During a school assembly at Mountview Elementary in Red Deer, Gina was joined by Taylor Krause, 12, her mother Jolynn Krause and Maryse Guenette, who also had their long hair shortened for the cause. Gina also raised more than $4,022, which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. And donations from staff and students at the school helped to raise the total by $718.

Police seek this man, a potential witness.

BUSINESS C3FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015

CANADIAN DOLLAR

¢80.42US+0.16

NYMEX NGAS$2.71US-0.14

NYMEX CRUDE

$57.68US+0.17

DOW JONES18,126.12-36.87

NASDAQ5,097.98-8.61

TSX:V692.16+1.54

S&P / TSX15,107.00-3.47


CALGARY — A recession is un-avoidable in Alberta this year, ac-cording to a report by the Conference Board of Canada.

The province’s economy is expected to shrink by 0.7 per cent in 2015, even though oil prices seem to have stabi-lized at around US$60 a barrel, the Ottawa-based economic think tank said Thursday.

Next year, it’s calling for modest growth of 1.1 per cent.

“Alberta’s economic performance will be underwhelming this year and

next, especially compared with recent years,” said Marie-Christine Bernard, with the Conference Board.

“Oil prices remain well below break-even levels for most new proj-ects in the oilpatch and conditions are not expected to turn around until sometime next year.”

The board expects 24,000 job losses in the construction and mining sectors, which will, in turn, hurt the housing market and retail sales.

But the good news is the job market in other non-energy sectors appears to be holding up relatively well and the unemployment rate in the province is expected to average 5.6 per cent this

year, lower than the national average.Also on the positive side, the en-

ergy industry has been able to boost production thanks to past investments, and oilsands crude has been able to make its way to the lucrative Gulf Coast market.

The economic hit this time around is not expected to be as severe as dur-ing the 2008 and 2009 downturn, when there was a widespread financial cri-sis.

The forecast did not incorporate po-tential changes under the new provin-cial NDP government, such as higher corporate taxes and royalties.

Alberta’s premier is still getting her feet wet in going through the prov-ince’s struggling economy but suggest-ed the Conference Board report isn’t

that much of a surprise.

“We’re getting a number of differ-

ent projections and we’re looking at

all of them right now,” Notley said in

Calgary.

“We know that due to circumstances

well beyond our control that our econ-

omy is a volatile one and we may be

struggling a bit but we’re going to look

at all of the reindicators and will act

appropriately.”

While oil-producing Alberta, Sas-

katchewan and Newfoundland and

Labrador are being hurt by low prices,

British Columbia, Manitoba and Cen-

tral Canada are expected to post the

strongest economic growth over the

next two years.

Recession unavoidable for Alberta: reportCONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA


TORONTO — The Toronto stock market pulled back slightly Thursday as traders appeared to take a nega-tive view of details behind otherwise upbeat earnings reports from most of Canada’s big banks.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 3.47 points at 15,107.00 despite earnings reports now from five of the country’s six largest banks, all of which have beat analyst expectations.

The last of the Big Six is Scotiabank (TSX:BNS), which is set to report on Friday.

However, analysts have pointed out that most of the earnings have come from the banks’ capital markets business, which many view as less sustainable than those derived from personal and commercial banking.

Banks reporting Thursday included CIBC (TSX:CM), which almost tripled its net earnings in the second quarter, and Royal Bank (TSX:RY), which boosted net earnings 14 per cent. Both saw their share prices improve marginally.

TD (TSX:TD) said its net profits fell seven per cent but, after stripping out one-time items that included a $337-million restructuring charge, it joined the other two in beating expectations on adjusted profit. Still, its stock fell 61 cents, or 1.09 per cent, to $55.37.

Shares of the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) and National Bank (TSX:NA), both of which reported a sharp increase in profits on Wednesday, also declined marginally on Thursday.

The loonie was up 0.16 of a U.S. cent at 80.42 cents.

In commodities, traders put the brakes on three days of declines in oil prices as the July contract for benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude gained 17 cents to US$57.68 a barrel.

However, the important TSX energy sector was still down 0.06 per cent.

The metals and mining sector was also a drag, down 0.45 per cent as July copper slipped a fraction of a penny to US$2.77 a pound.

The gold sector was the leading advancer as August bullion gained $2.30 to US$1,188.80 an ounce.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 36.87 points at 18,126.12, while the Nasdaq lost 8.61 points to 5,097.98 after soaring to a record high close Wednesday and the S&P 500 gave back 2.69 points to 2,120.79.

Observers said Wall Street traders appeared to be put off by disquieting news from overseas that began with a big sell-off in China that saw the Shanghai Composite plunge 6.5 per cent.

Also top of mind was the Greek sovereign debt crisis as traders continued to get mixed messages about a possible deal between Greece and its creditors.

Failure to secure such a deal could lead to Athens defaulting on its debts, with knock-on effects for the euro and the world economy.

In economic news, Statistics Canada reported the country’s current account deficit widened to $17.5 billion in the first quarter, driven largely by the collapse in oil prices.

That was much worse than the revised $13.1-billion deficit in the fourth quarter of 2014, but better than the consensus forecast of an


TORONTO — A worldwide recall of faulty airbags made by Japan’s Taka-ta Corp. has now widened to include more than 1.5 million vehicles in Can-ada.

Transport Canada released a de-tailed list of the affected vehicles on Thursday following Takata’s agree-ment with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week to declare 33.8 million airbags in the U.S. defective.

That makes this the largest auto re-call in U.S. history.

The list of affected vehicles in Can-ada was posted online and includes the Honda Civic, Accord and CR-V, Chrysler products including the Dodge Ram and the Chrysler 300, BMW se-dans and the X5, and Ford’s Ranger and Mustang.

Most of the affected models are from the 2001 to 2011 model years, although more recent Ford Mustang models are also covered by the recall.

The full list of the vehicles included in the recall can be found on Ottawa’s HealthyCanadians.ca website.

Canadians who want to check whether their vehicles are included in the recall can enter their vehicle identification number on their auto manufacturer’s website or by entering their vehicle’s make, model and year on Transport Canada’s road safety re-calls database on its website.

People are urged to contact their local dealers for free servicing if their vehicles are covered by the recall.

The Takata airbag recall began in

2008 over concerns that the airbag in-flators could explode with too much force, spewing metal shrapnel into drivers or passengers when deployed.

The faulty airbags have caused more than 100 injuries and six deaths worldwide. But Transport Canada says it has no reports of any deaths or inju-ries in Canada from consumers or auto manufacturers.

Several automakers including Hon-da, Chrysler and BMW have already addressed the faulty airbags in some models in previous mandated recalls or voluntary efforts.

Honda said in a statement Thursday that it began a campaign to replace the airbag inflators on its 704,700 affected vehicles in December.

Chrysler Canada reported a volun-tary recall of more than 258,000 ve-hicles in January. In an emailed state-ment, spokeswoman Lou Ann Gosselin said the company knows of only one injury related to the defect.

The 2008 Takata recall began with two Acura models and two Honda mod-els produced in 2001 and 2002 and by 2014 had expanded to include vehicles from Mazda, Toyota, General Motors, Nissan, BMW and Subaru, as well as more Honda models.

It will take some time before Takata and other suppliers can provide the 33.8 million inflators needed to fix all the cars involved in the global recall. The company said it is currently pro-ducing 500,000 inflators per month, with plans to produce up to one mil-lion per month by September

Takata airbag recall expanded to more than 1.5 million vehicles in Canada


Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US, during the committee’s hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov.20, 2014. The federal government says an expanded recall of faulty Takata airbags covers about 1.2 million vehicles in Canada.

TSX lower as upbeat bank earnings fail

to impress WALL STREET ALSO RETREATS


The TSX ticker is shown in Toronto on May 10, 2013. The Toronto stock market pulled back in early trading as oil prices weakened and financial stocks found little motivation from Canadian bank earnings.

Garage World set to double in size

Blackfalds-based Garage World is nearly doubling in size.

The storage business opened 19 bays on its 5217 Duncan Ave. property last year and five more are ready to go, with another 11 — including two double bays — coming available this summer.

Jim Armitage, who handles sales

and marketing for Garage World, said the concept of providing a safe, secure storage, workshop or studio space has gone over well, with only three of the original 19 bays left.

“The profile of the buyer is baby boomers,” said Armitage.

They are small business owners, consultants or people looking for a place to store collections of vehicles or other “toys.”

Garage World offers a fenced com-pound, paved yard and common wash-rooms. The bays can be customized to their owner’s preference, including options such as bathrooms or mezza-nines.

Single bays are 24 feet by 48 feet and the doubles have a 96-foot layout.

Each bay is built with pre-cast insu-lated concrete panels, metal roof and

overhead and standard doors. They have water, gas and power,

and roughed-in toilets, phone and ca-ble. For more information, go to www.mygarageworld.ca.

Scott Builders named a top 50 workplace

Red Deer-based Scott Builders Inc. has been ranked one of the top 50 workplaces in Canada.

Great Place to Work Institute Can-ada recently compiled its annual list and Scott shows up in 44th spot of 50 Best Medium Workplaces in Canada.

Scott Builders was started in 1971 as a regional general contractor. In 1978, it expanded to design and build work.

When Ralph Ward took over in 1986, the company grew rapidly, expanding to Calgary and Edmonton. Scott Build-ers went from a $5 million firm in 1986 to a $270 million company last year.

Former Shopper CEO to head Rexall Health

EDMONTON — Former Shoppers Drug Mart CEO Jurgen Schreiber is returning to Canada to head Rexall Health, the new banner for all of the Katz Group’s health-related compa-nies, including retail pharmacies.

Schreiber was chief executive at Canada’s largest pharmacy chain for four years until 2011, before it was ac-quired by Loblaws (TSX:L).

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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 130.96ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.29BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.67BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.47Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.56Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.69Cdn. National Railway . . 73.95Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 208.80Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.76Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.93Cervus Equipment Corp 16.45Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.57Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 60.49Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.95Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.11General Motors Co. . . . . 36.39Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.06Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.81SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.91Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.22Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.54Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 10.80Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.60

ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.50Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.00Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.40Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.13

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.64Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.01Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.84WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 26.88

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 14.92Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.51First Quantum Minerals . 16.23Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.14Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.35Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.88Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.36Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 40.22Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.49Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.09

EnergyArc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 22.47Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.73Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 64.52Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.83Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 33.19Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.24Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 10.68Canyon Services Group. . 6.80Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.52CWC Well Services . . . 0.3200Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.62Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.11

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 85.11Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 45.35High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.92Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 24.48Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 48.77Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.23Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.43Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.28Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.50Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.79Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.59Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.69Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2500

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.11Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.57CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.63Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.46Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.82IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 42.25Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.53Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.02National Bank . . . . . . . . . 49.32Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.05Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.00TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.37

COMPANIESOF LOCAL INTEREST

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto

stock market closed marginally lower amid continuing weakness in oil and mining stocks, while traders also appeared to take a negative view of details behind otherwise upbeat earnings re-ports from most of Canada’s big banks.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 3.47 points at 15,107.00 despite earnings reports so far from five of the country’s six largest banks, all of which have beat analyst expec-tations. The loonie was up 0.16 of a U.S. cent at 80.42 cents.

In commodities, July oil put the brakes on three days of losses on the New York Mer-cantile Exchange, gaining 17 cents to $57.68 a barrel. How-ever, the important TSX energy sector was still posted a slight loss. August gold gained $2.30 to US$1,188.80 an ounce, while July copper slipped a fraction of a penny to US$2.77 a pound.

On Wall Street, traders ap-peared put off by disquieting news from overseas that began with a big sell-off in China that saw the Shanghai Composite plunge 6.5 per cent.

Also top of mind was the Greek sovereign debt crisis amid mixed messages about a pos-sible deal between Greece and its creditors. Failure to secure such a deal could lead to Ath-

ens defaulting on its debts, with knock-on effects for the euro and the world economy.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 36.87 points at 18,126.12, while the Nasdaq lost 8.61 points to 5,097.98 after soaring to a record high close Wednesday and the S&P 500 gave back 2.69 points to 2,120.79.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close of

Thursday at world financial mar-ket trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 15,107, down 3.47 pointsDow — 18,126.12, down

36.87 pointsS&P 500 — 2,120.79, down

2.69 pointsNasdaq — 5,097.98, down

8.61 points

Currencies:Cdn — 80.42 cents US, up

0.16 of a centPound — C$1.9033, down

0.87 of a centEuro — C$1.3607, up 0.24

of a centEuro — US$1.0943, up 0.41

of a cent

Oil futures:US$57.68 per barrel, up 17

cents(July contract)

Gold futures:US$1,188.80 per oz., up

$2.30(August contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$21.73 oz., up 1.8 cents$698.62 kg., up 58 cents

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: July ’15 $2.30 lower

$466.60; Nov ’15 $2.40 lower $457.60; Jan. ’16 $1.90 lower $457.10; March ’16 $1.90 lower $456.10; May ’16 $1.90 lower $455.10; July ’16 $1.90 lower $455.00; Nov. ’16 $1.90 lower $449.50; Jan. ’17 $1.90 lower $450.20; March ’17 $1.90 lower $450.20; May ’17 $1.90 lower $450.20; July ’17 $1.90 lower $451.60.

Barley (Western): July ’15 unchanged $191.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $177.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $182.00; March ’16 unchanged $182.00; May ’16 unchanged $182.00; July ’16 unchanged $182.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $182.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $182.00; March ’17 unchanged $182.00; May ’17 un-changed $182.00; July ’17 un-changed $182.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 446,200 tonnes of cano-la; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 446,200.

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MONTREAL — Dorel Industries says bicycling enthusiasts around the world are facing higher prices as man-ufacturers adjust to a stronger U.S. dollar and introduce new lines of more expensive rides.

The Montreal-based company an-ticipates a turnaround in its sports business in the second half of the year after currency headwinds caused rev-enues to drop nearly five per cent in the first quarter.

Dorel, the company behind the Can-nondale and Schwinn bicycles, says it is cutting costs, raising prices and in-troducing the most new bike platforms in its history.

It is also seeking to bolster its parts and accessories business with the in-troduction of a carbon-based saddle, created in collaboration with Airbus.

The lightweight Fabric ALM saddle recently began to sell in Canada, with prices ranging between US$200 and US$500.

Dorel (TSX:DII.B) hopes the seat, made without foam or padding, along with a new clip-on water bottle, will be among the products that can help expand its parts and accessories busi-ness to industry norms.

The higher margin accessories busi-ness is a US$10 billion global industry. While most bike makers derive up to 20 per cent of their sales from parts and accessories, Dorel’s take is less than three per cent. Dorel says research and development investments in new bikes and Cannondale and GT parts and accessories should allow that part of its business to double or triple in sales in the coming years.The company says it is introducing nine new bike platforms this year, including some it has yet to reveal.

Dorel hopes to cycle its way to growth by raising bike prices


OTTAWA — The debate over retire-ment and the role of the Canada Pen-sion Plan is in full swing on Parlia-ment Hill. Here’s a quick look at what the possibilities could mean for you:

Increased mandatory contributions:Past proposals have suggested rais-

ing the contribution limit on CPP and the maximum benefit. Under that plan, those who make more than the current maximum pensionable amount would end up paying more into the system, but would stand to receive a larger pension. However, lower income work-ers would see little change in their paycheque and the benefits that they would receive in retirement.

Another way would be to increase the premium rate paid by workers and employers to help fund an increase in the size of pension you receive when you finally quit working. Regardless of how much they make, workers would have to pay more under this scenar-io, but they would also see the size of their pensions increase.

A mandatory increase could also be a combination of both a higher contri-bution limit and benefit as well as an increase in the premium rate and final pay-out for workers. This would have the broadest impact on increasing the amount people receive in retirement and what they have to pay.

The downside to a mandatory in-crease is that both employers and workers will pay more in what would

be forced savings. The Conservatives have called this a tax increase and ruled it out as an option. It might also mean that people put less into their RRSP to make up for the extra amounts they are paying into the CPP.

Voluntary contributions:Canadians could choose to invest

their money with the CPP like they do with other investments. Contributions over and above the required amount would invested alongside the rest of the fund. In doing this, contributors would benefit from investing alongside the big pension fund and its ability to make investments that an individual might not otherwise be able to.

However, tracking what could be millions of individual accounts would add cost to the system, offsetting at least some of the economies of scale gained by investing with the big fund. Questions about how easily investors would be able to take money out of the fund would have to be answered. If money can be withdrawn easily, it will complicate the fund’s ability to make long-term investments. But if inves-tors are locked in or face high fees or penalties to withdraw, investing would be less attractive. Under a voluntary system, decisions would have to be made about what happens to the extra money saved at retirement. Options could include having it roll over into an investor’s RRIF or improving a per-son’s CPP benefit. This scenario would also put the CPP in competition with the mutual fund industry.

A quick look at what increased CPP contributions

could look like


TORONTO — Life expectancy for people who have multiple sclerosis is lengthening but is still about 7.5 years shorter than that of people who do not have the disease, a new study suggests.

A team of researchers led by Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie of the University of Manitoba looked at health system billing data and death records in that province over a 27-year period cover-ing the fiscal years 1984 to 2011.

They identified nearly 5,800 people with multiple sclerosis and compared them to roughly 29,000 other people who were similar in age, gender, and region of residence. But the people in the larger group did not have MS.

For the people with the neurologi-cal disease, the median length of life was 75.9 years. For those without MS, the median was 83.4 years.

Life expectancy for both groups lengthened over the period of the study, Marrie said in an interview.

“There actually was in both groups — MS and the general population — an improvement in life expectancy in peo-ple born in more recent years, which is what we’ve all recognized,” she said.

“So we did see an improvement over time. It’s just there’s still a gap.”

Why the difference? The way this study was structured doesn’t provide that answer, Marrie said.

She and her co-authors did look at a bunch of other conditions — called co-

morbidities in medical parlance — to see if they influenced how long people lived; things like heart disease, chron-ic lung disease, diabetes, depression and anxiety.

Marrie admitted she thought having one or several comorbidities would take a greater toll on people with MS. That wasn’t the case.

“That’s actually not what I expected to find, but it’s a good thing,” she said.

The research was done in Manitoba but likely has applicability to other parts of Canada, suggested an MS ex-pert who was not involved in the work.

“MS doesn’t shorten life expectancy by much,” said Dr. Paul O’Connor, a neurologist and head of the MS clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.

O’Connor said the increasing life expectancy for MS patients is at least in part due to the availability of better treatments. Still, he said, the number of years people with MS might expect to live reveals nothing about the toll the disease takes on quality of life.

Multiple sclerosis can produce a wide and debilitating array of symp-toms including balance and mobility problems, difficulty swallowing, cogni-tive issues, fatigue and more.

“Even if you’re not in a wheelchair the fact that you can’t see properly, the fact that you can’t move properly, that you can’t run and you can’t go for a walk for several kilometres — these are all major, major negatives for qual-ity of life.”

Canada is estimated to have the

highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world. Marrie said the reason for that

isn’t fully known and is in fact likely a combination of factors.

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Municipal Planning Commission and City

Council DecisionsOn May 20, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications:

Permitted Use Approvals:

TimberlandsPaul Heroux – addition of an elevated walkway to existing decks of a detached dwelling with a rear yard of 2.26 m, a 5.24 m (70.0%) relaxation, to be located at 35 Towers Close.

City Council Decisions

On May 25, 2015, City Council issued the following decisions for development permit applications:

Discretionary Use Approvals:

ParkvaleJackpot Casino Ltd. – the development of a temporary parking lot, including a 1.2m2 pedestal sign, for a 9 year period, until May 26, 2024, to be located at 4637 & 4643 – 50 Street.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 12, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132

2015 Off-Site Levy Bylaw 3549/2015

Red Deer City Council proposes to pass Bylaw 3549/2015, The 2015 Off-Site Levy Bylaw which provides for a uniform levy of off-site costs in respect of previously undeveloped land. The City charges off-site levies on new development lands within the City to cover the cost of extending the trunk water, sanitary, and storm mains, and major thoroughfares, and associated facilities to serve these areas.

The public may inspect the proposed bylaw at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor of City Hall during regular offi ce hours.

City Council will consider second and third reading of this bylaw at the Monday, June 22, 2015 Council Meeting in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor at City Hall. If you want your comments included on the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Monday, June 15, 2015 otherwise, you may submit your comments at the Council meeting. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

INVITATION TO TENDERTHE CITY OF RED DEER

Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Guardrail Replacement 55th Street / 40th Avenue (6/11- 2:00:59)”, delivered or mailed to:

The City of Red DeerProfessional Building Suite 6004808 50th StreetRed Deer, AB T4N 1X5Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk

and received before 14:00:59 p.m. (Alberta Time) on June 11, 2015 will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted.

The Work is comprised of:

• Removal, disposal and partial salvage of weak post w-beam guardrail and posts (400 m); and,

• Installation of strong post w-beam guardrail, posts and terminal ends (442 m).

Tender Documents may be obtained from LEX3 Engineering Inc. at 108-4818 50th Avenue in Red Deer on or after May 28, 2015 at 2 PM for a $50 non-refundable fee made payable to the City of Red Deer. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifi cations most recent Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer website @ www.reddeer.ca.

Contractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offi ces.

Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to:

[email protected]

LOT SALE FOR THE PURPOSE OF A

COMMUNITY AMENITY SITE

In accordance with The City of Red Deer Neighbourhood Planning and Design Standards (2013), the properties known as legal land description NW1/4 Sec 26 TWP 38 RR 27 W4M located in the neighbourhood of Evergreen, have been identifi ed for sale for the development of a community amenity site by Melcor Developments Ltd. These properties may be developed for temporary care, assisted living, adult day care, day care facility, or place of worship.

Details as to eligibility, conditions of sale, prices, etc. may be obtained from:

Melcor Developments Ltd.

403-343-0817

If these sites are not purchased for the purpose listed above by October 31, 2015, they may be utilized for conventional residential development as shown in the Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan.

Notice of Intention to Designate

Municipal Historic Resources under the

Historical Resources Act,Section 26 (6)., R.S.A., 2000,

Ch. H-6Notice is hereby given that the Council of The City of Red Deer intends to pass a bylaw, at a time at least 60 days following the date of serving the Notice, to designate the following property as a Municipal Historic Resource under the Historical Resources Act, Section 26, R.S.A., 2000, Ch. H-9, as amended from time to time. The property to be designated as a Municipal Historic Resource is the:

Willson House

Located Municipally at:5011 – 43 AvenueRed Deer, AB

and legally described as:

Lot 8, Block 6, Plan 5470HW

Members of the public who require additional information are encouraged to contact Randa Wheaton, Senior Planner, City of Red Deer Planning department, at 403-406-8702 or by email at [email protected]

Development Offi cer Approvals

On May 26, 2015, the Development Offi cer issued approvals for the following applications:

Permitted Use

Clearview Meadows1. C. Apperley – a 0.5 metre relaxation to the maximum height of a proposed detached garage, to be located at 68 Cunningham Crescent.

Clearview Ridge2. Bella Rosa Developments Ltd. – a 0.64 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to a proposed single-family dwelling with an attached garage, to be located at 222 Carrington Drive.

Mountview3. Compass Geomatics Ltd. – a 0.43 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard of an existing detached garage, located at 3318 41 Avenue.

Timberstone4. Laebon Developments Ltd. – a 0.36 metre relaxation to the maximum height of a proposed single-family dwelling with an attached garage, to be located at 38 Terra Close.

Discretionary Use

West Park5. J. Benavides – addition of a bedroom to existing secondary suite, to be located at 18 Welliver Street.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 12, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

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Lifespan lengthening for people with MSBUT THERE’S STILL A 7.5-YEAR GAP: STUDY

‘THERE ACTUALLY WAS IN BOTH GROUPS — MS AND THE GENERAL POPULATION — AN IMPROVEMENT ON LIFE

EXPECTANCY IN PEOPLE BORN IN MORE RECENT YEARS, WHICH IS WHAT WE’VE ALL RECOGNIZED.’

—DR. RUTH ANN MARRIEUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

Herman Wouk writes books to mark his 100th birthday

NEW YORK — As he nears his 100th birthday, Herman Wouk has a book planned with a title permitted only to a man of his age.

Wouk’s Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author is coming out in December, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press.

The book will cover his years in the Navy during Second World War, inspi-ration for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Caine Mutiny and will in-clude reflections on his Jewish faith, a recurring theme in his work. In a state-ment issued through Simon & Schus-ter, Wouk calls his new work a “light-hearted memoir” and thanks readers who have stayed with him “for the long pull.”

Wouk turns 100 next week.

Harmless by James GraingerMcClelland & Stewart

A weekend out in the country and reuniting with old friends sounds ex-citing and fun to some peo-ple. But for Joseph, this weekend is filling him up with dread and anxiety.

The novel opens with him hung over and readying himself for attacks against his fathering and husband skills.

Joseph is staying at Jane and Alex’s farm — Jane be-ing his ex-lover and Alex being his ex-friend and an ex-addict.

Joseph also has his troubled daughter, Franny, with him. His ex-wife has demanded he have a heart-to-heart with Franny about their divorce.

While Franny and Alex’s daughter are best friends, the rising tension be-tween Alex and Joseph puts the read-ers on edge.

The men are always ready to snap at each other and ridicule each other, which puts the whole setting on an un-easy edge.

Through Joseph’s eyes, Alex is the picture-perfect husband and father who oversteps his boundaries by being that to Martha and Franny, while Alex looks at Joseph as a complete failure.

Soon the party gets started as more people show up — some bringing their kids and others not.

With Franny, Rebecca and the other kids doing their own thing, the adults have dinner, spark up old rivalries and memories, and decide to have some fun with alcohol and drugs.

With the effects of the booze, the

built-up sexual tensions between Jo-seph and Jane explode and the two sneak off to sleep together.

Out in the woods enjoying each oth-er’s “company,” approaching steps in-terrupt Jane and Joseph. Someone was

about to discover the two lovers, but suddenly van-ished. More into the eve-ning, the adults discover Franny and Rebecca are gone.

When Joseph tries to talk to Jane about how he believes it was the girls who had stumbled upon them together and ran off in shock, Jane throws a log at his head because he said that out loud in front of everyone.

Huh? Really?Instead of owning what

happened, you physically assault the man who you cheated on your husband

with?After the adults finally decide to

stop playing the blame game, Joseph and Alex decide to go search for their daughters in the woods — where wild animals and environmental risks are not the only dangers that dwell in the trees.

Grainger’s novel is one that is diffi-cult to understand and follow.

He shows some interesting dark hu-mour, but overall it is hard to take his story seriously when the plot consists of characters who, when brought to-gether, bring out the worst in one an-other.

The endless arguing, juvenile atti-tudes, and abuse of alcohol and drugs while children are present really can turn the reader off.

Kirsten Lowe is a local book reviewer and Red Deer College student.

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BOOKS C6FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015

A dog lover’s story that warms the heart

Harmless features attitudes that can turn the reader offFree Days With George: Learning Life’s

Little Lessons from One Very Big DogBy Colin Campbell $29.95 Doubleday Canada

If you know and love dogs, especial-

ly BIG dogs, this is your book.It is a true story about a

sorrowful young man who rescued a Landseer New-foundland and regained his footing on the earth.

Colin Campbell and his brother had a grandfa-ther who was close to them and helped raised them. Grandpa loved the sea and he owned a cabin in Nova Scotia where the boys spent long summer days.

This Grandpa told the boys many things but the most important one, was about “free days.”

The story went like this: “A free day is when you spend a whole day doing things you love to do — like building sand castles, flying kites or going swimming. And when you do those things with people you love who love you, you don’t grow old that day, It’s a free day!”

Everyone grows up, and Colin dis-covered the hard lesson that “free days” are hard to come by in this life.

Successful in his work but not in his love life, Colin finds himself alone, and with a huge depression problem. His life as an adult had taken him to Toronto, back to Nova Scotia when grandpa was ailing, and eventually to New York.

His job went well, because he was alone, so he put his heart and soul into his job. One day a fellow worker talked to him about his depression, and sug-

gested he needed a dog.Every dog person knows that if you

go online and look at pictures of dogs who need homes, you will shortly ex-perience the joy of dog ownership.

Little dogs are snapped up for city apartments, but the big dogs are not

so easy to place in a family. Very big dogs are really dif-ficult to match with a new owner.

But there he was! George was 140 pounds and the shel-ter said he should be heavi-er. He had sad eyes but he maintained a dignified de-meanour; he wouldn’t beg.

Of course, George also has a story of rejection weighing down on him. For one thing, he is called Kong, because he’s big.

That would be enough to depress any self-respecting canine.

Colin is sent by his com-pany to a new job in Hermosa Beach, Calif., and his newly

acquired, easily frightened dog goes along.

Once there, the man rediscovers his love for the sea and George’s DNA kicks in and reminds him of his water-loving forebears.

This is a well-told story of a nice sort of guy who lost his confidence for a while and the big white dog that helped get it back, but wait ... maybe it’s about a big white dog that lost his confidence and a big surfer dude who helped him get it back. Who knows?

It’s a nice gentle read about big George and his owner Calvin, and the many “free days” they racked up on a beach in California.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

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May 291999 — Space shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.1990 — The House of Commons passes Bill C-43 by 140-131 margin. It allows abortions at all stages of pregnancy, as long as a doc-tor believes the physical or mental health of the woman is endangered.1987 — Founding of the Reform Party of

Canada, with Preston Manning as leader. Deborah Grey will become the party’s first MP when she wins the 1989 Beaver River Alberta byelection.1968 — Presbyterian Church in Canada or-dains its first female minister.1914— Canadian Pacific ocean liner Em-press of Ireland outbound from Quebec is hit by a Norwegian collier ship Storstad. It sinks 11 minutes later and 1,024 lives are lost.1815— British government opens Canadian commerce to U.S. citizens after the War of 1812 ends.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Pranksters can crash iPhones by sending a certain text message

A newly-discovered glitch in Ap-ple’s software can cause iPhones to mysteriously shut down when they re-ceive a certain text message.

Apple says it’s aware of the prob-lem and is working on a fix. But some pranksters are sharing information about the glitch on social media and using it to crash other peoples’ phones.

The problem only occurs when the iPhone receives a message with a spe-cific string of characters, including some Arabic characters, according to several tech blogs.

When an iPhone isn’t being used, it typically shows a shortened version of the message on the phone’s lock screen. That shortened combination of characters apparently triggers the crash.

Affected phones will restart au-tomatically. Owners can prevent the problem by using phone settings to turn off message “previews”.

Friday, May 29CELEBRITIES BORN ON

THIS DATE: Alessandra Tor-resani, 28; Annette Bening, 57; Ted Levine, 58

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Clear communication will cut through some of the confusion today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of Quick-silver, you are energetic and expressive.

But don’t feel you have to do everything yourself. The next 12 months is the time to reach out to others.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The stars favour pursuing a creative joint venture with plenty of passion and purpose. But a relative or neighbour may twist your words and mis-construe your noble intentions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Possessive behaviour is on the menu today — unless you can control your jealous side. Just remember there’s plenty of love to go around for every-

one. Trust your instincts Taurus.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With Mercury

reversing through your sign, make sure you check and double-check all forms of com-

munication today Twins. Otherwise there’ll be mix-ups and misunder-standings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some people will press your emo-tional buttons today, but resist the urge to retaliate with sulky moods or manipulative behaviour. Count slowly to ten — and then move on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When it comes to a group, club or organi-zation you’re involved with, things are about to get complicated and confusing for Cats, as retrograde Mercury regurgitates unresolved issues.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Neptune scrambles your commu-nication antennae today — espe-cially involving loved ones, work

colleagues, clients or customers. So check what you are saying is what other people are hearing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it comes to a professional project or business mat-ter, there’s a strong likelihood you’ll go over budget.

So some serious cost-cutting is needed, to get things back on track again.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You need to be extra tactful with a frazzled child, teenager or friend today Scorpio. Otherwise there’ll be communication chaos, as you misread each other’s words and intentions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re keen to impress those around you. But if you take on more than you can manage, you’ll just end up disappointing others. So pace yourself, and take things one step at a time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With Mercury reversing through your daily routine zone, expect usual tasks to take a lot longer than normal. So avoid adding extra commit-ments to an already over-stretched timetable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are the structures of your life stifling your personal development? Break free of out-dated ways of thinking and find fresh ways to communi-cate. You’re never too old to learn something new!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Hey Pisces — don’t bury your head in the sand about a family matter. Avoidance will only make things worse in the long-run. Strive to be pro-active, especially about joint ventures.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internation-ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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An apology could help erase awful momentDear Annie: Thirty years ago, when

I was 11, I got into an argument on the school bus with another kid my age.

I was an insecure child, and I was losing the argument and feeling humiliated. In a move to try to regain some power, I called the other kid, who is black, a racial epithet. I immediately felt sick at what I had done, and it is the only time, be-fore or since, that I ever did anything like that.

I have thought about that moment hundreds of times over the years and consider it one of my low-est, most shameful deci-sions.

Thinking about it has made me aware of in-herent racial biases that I was raised with, and I have actively tried to address these.

Recently, through a mutual friend, I became aware that the victim of my

words is reachable through social me-dia. My question is: Should I apolo-gize? My apology would be sincere, but would also perhaps be self-serving, as

it may only dredge up a ter-rible memory for him.

I so wish I could erase that awful moment, but I am pre-pared to accept that I just have to live with this disgust-ing thing. What do you advise? — Trying My Best

Dear Trying: Apologize. Maybe it is a bit self-serving, but many apologies are — they make us feel better that we tried to make amends.

If this dredges up a terrible memory for him, you can rest assured that he hasn’t forgot-ten the incident, either.

An apology could help him close that door. A private message, rather than a public

post, would be best. Don’t belabor the issue. Simply say you are sorry, that it has bothered you for 30 years (he may

be glad to hear that), and that you want him to know you sincerely regret it.

Any communication after that should be up to him.

Dear Annie: I’d like to say something about people who disregard their fam-ily members who require care.

My mother had a heart valve re-placed when she was 97. Eighteen months later, she had a stroke and has been in a nursing home since.

By the time she uses up all of her savings and is eligible for government assistance, she will have expended close to $300,000.

My family realizes that this is my mother’s money until she dies. We have picked up the remaining costs, including supplemental health insur-ance, hearing aids, clothing, etc.

My mother just turned 100. She can walk with a walker and one person as-sisting. But I am at the nursing home 12 hours a day to provide the therapy that Medicare doesn’t.

The staff here is kind and caring, but they have a limited amount of time,

so I help out any way I can. I have seen residents who have no one to visit or keep their interest piqued. They tend to die sooner than patients who have visitors.

I hope those uncaring people get the same treatment when they are old. — Pat

Dear Pat: There is no question that regular visits, especially those that en-courage conversation and exercise, are beneficial for residents of nursing homes and any seniors who live alone.

We also know that doing so regular-ly requires commitment and dedica-tion, and not everyone cares enough to put forth the effort. Your family sounds wonderful. Bless you.

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The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra season prom-ises to end in grandiose — but populist — style.

Maurice Ravel’s beloved Bolero is on the pro-gram, along with another crowd pleaser, Otterino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, on Saturday, June 6, at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

The two distinctive and unusual works will be sandwiching single movements from Antonin Dvor-ak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor and Gordon Jacob’s Concerto for Basoon and Strings.

These bright movements will feature two young soloists who won two Red Deer Kiwanis Music Fes-tivals — violinist Heidi Baumbach (the 2013 winner) and bassoonist Pablo Montes (the 2014 winner).

Venezuelan-born Montes was a principal bassoon-ist in the New World Symphony and Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra in South America before coming to Alberta to study at the Canadian University College in 2010. Upon graduation, he was accepted in the University of Alberta master’s degree program, and was a scholarship student at both universities.

Baumbach played with the Calgary Youth Orches-tra, the Canadian University College Chamber Or-chestra, and has been a soloist throughout Canada. The former member of the Mount Royal Academy for Gifted Youth is now completing her bachelor’s degree at Burman University (the former Canadian University College).

As Baumbach was sidelined by injury and couldn’t perform with the RDSO last year, the orchestra’s mu-sic director Claude Lapalme invited her back to solo at this concert.

He considers the season-closing Bold Bolero pro-gram to be full of accessible, “impressive” music, some of which was created by two of the world’s sav-viest orchestrators.

Ravel was one of them. His Bolero, written as a “choreographic poem” for a dancer, is a minimalistic composition of two melodies that are each repeated and alternated. Lapalme said the only things Ravel does to pique listener interest is vary the kinds of instruments that are played as the melodies are re-peated — and gradually crank up the volume to am-plify the tune’s intensity.

“Nothing like that had ever been written before then,” added Lapalme — and the hypnotic effect is unforgettable.

Near the end of the 16-minute Bolero, Ravel does something else that’s simple, yet “incredible” — he raises the key from a constant C major to E major for about three bars. The effect is like a splash of red paint in the middle of a neutral background, said Lapalme, who feels the work concludes almost in apocalyptic fashion.

“The effect is grandiose. It’s one of the great mo-ments in music.”

Respighi was another genius at orchestration, said Lapalme. And his four-movement Pines of Rome work is his most famous work — even more recognized than his Ancient Aires and Dances.

The “difficult” work and was meant to evoke the tall, dark pines visible at four Roman locations: the Villa Borghese, a Roman catacomb, the Janiculum (second tallest hill near Rome), and the Appian Way.

Each location is described in a separate move-ment. The opening villa segment contains all the joy associated with children at play; the second cata-comb movement is very dark, reminiscent of monks chanting; the one describing hilltop pines is like a dream sequence; while the triumphant Appian Way movement conjures images of marching Roman sol-diers.

The piece, written in 1924, is something of a throw-back to more historic music, but is very Italian in fla-vour, said Lapalme.

The music director intends to move some horn players towards the audience to give the Respighi piece a surround-sound effect, and anticipates the

effect will be “very impressive and exciting.”Tickets to the 8 p.m. concert are $59.35 ($54.85

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Violinist Heidi Baumbach won the Red Deer Kiwanis Music Festival in 2013. She has played with the Calgary Youth Orchestra, the Canadian University College Chamber Orchestra, and has been a soloist throughout Canada.

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Edmonton-based dance band The Wet Secrets play Bo’s Bar and Grill in Red Deer on Thursday, June 4. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show with Good for Grapes are $10 to $15 from Ticketfly.

THE SECRETSECRET IS OUTBY LANA MICHELIN

ADVOCATE STAFF

When The Wet Secrets play in Red Deer, it will be a homecoming for drummer Trevor Anderson — as well as the vintage Red Deer Royals uniforms the musicians will be wear-ing.

The Edmonton-based dance band was co-founded in 2005 as an “art stunt” by Ander-son, who’s from Red Deer. Surprised to gain a fan following, group members decided to get serious about the venture and see how far it could go.

They got a good indication

nine years later, when their alt. pop/rock band won the richest prize in Alberta’s music history — $100,953 in the Peak Performance competition last November.

Now the Wet Secrets are all set to play on Thursday, June 4, at Bo’s Bar and Grill in Red Deer. And Anderson is excited to be facing a hometown crowd, with his mom and old friends in the audience.

“It’ll be great to play there in our uniforms. It’s like they’ve come full circle,” said the Red Deer Royals alumni, who bought 20 red-and-white marching band outfits after they were replaced several years ago.

Members of The Wet Secrets sport the jaun-ty attire from the 1980s every time they take the stage — including during a recent well-received U.S. tour. The band played in Aus-tin, Texas, and the SXSW festival, then up the Pacific coast in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

“We got a great reception,” said Anderson, who posed, incongruously, with fellow band members in their woolen finery in the desert-y Joshua Tree National Park in Southern Cali-fornia.

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He feels the classic Music Man look gives The Wet Secrets extra stage pres-ence. “There’s a sense of whimsy and nostalgia,” and also showmanship.

The band is now signed to Six Shooter Records, which will help dis-tribute The Wet Secrets’ upcoming fourth album, The Tyranny of Objects, when it’s released in the first half of

2016.The new album, with the split single

If I Was a Camera/I Can Swing a Ham-mer, will contrast the everyday world with “the creative life.” And Anderson, who studied theatre at Red Deer Col-lege before moving to Edmonton to be-come a filmmaker, is already thinking of possibilities for music videos.

Some of his previous, non-music-related short films — including High Level Bridge, dealing with an Edmon-ton landmark and suicide spot — have been screened, and sometimes award-ed, at festivals around the world. His films have appeared at Sundance, Hot Docs, SXSW, the Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals, and many others. An-derson also studied film at Werner

Herzog’s film school.He gives his music the same whole-

hearted devotion whenever he dons his cylindrical busby hat. Anderson doesn’t see a separation between mu-sic and film, saying both are parts of his creative life.

And that brings us back to The Wet Secrets’ new album, which will be “about being alive in the physical world and thinking about the meta-physical world.”

Fans can expect more groove as well as beat since saxophonist/percus-sionist Christian Maslyk joined the band a year ago. Besides Maslyk and Anderson, the other musicians are singer/songwriter and bassist Lyle Bell (also the group’s co-founder), key-

boardist Paul Arnusch, trumpeter Kim Rackel, and trombonist Emma Frazier.

The Wet Secrets’ music, with swampy bass lines, dancing horn play-ers, conga drums and vocal harmonies, has been described as sounding as “if The Stranglers piggybacked Herb Alp-ert and the Tijuana Brass through the Rose (Bowl) Parade.”

Anderson said the goal has always been to take the music to the next level. And he believes The Tyranny of

Objects will achieve that.Tickets for the 8 p.m. show with

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Serge Belliveau has come full-cir-cle.

Once a “kid” acting in Tree House Youth Theatre plays, Belliveau is now the Red Deer company’s new artistic director.

He takes over from Matt Gould, who’s stepping down after 10 years at the helm to pursue other interests.

Belliveau said he looks forward to taking Tree House further along the

positive path Gould has steered the company.

“I am motivated by Matt Gould’s ten-ure ... and look forward to see where THYT can grow from here.”

Belliveau started acting at Tree House, continued at Red Deer Col-lege (he was in Wizard of Oz, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat, Carousel and A Winter’s Tale) and went on to appear professionally in Prime Stock Theatre productions in Red Deer and across Alberta.

He later studied improvisation in

Toronto before returning to Red Deer to become involved with Bull Skit at the Scott Block.

Belliveau has experience in teach-ing, directing, writing and acting.

“In many ways I got my start in the-atre through THYT. With the experi-ences learned from this company and my years of training and performanc-es, I intend to pass on my great joy and passion for theatre” to Red Deer youths, he said.

“I cannot wait to see what life les-sons they have to teach me in return.”

Kerwin Rittammer, president of the Tree House board, is excited about this new chapter, under Belliveau.

“He has come home to roost and spread the fun, connection, growth ex-perience and character-building that Tree House’s drama programs pro-vide.”

Rittammer thanked Gould “profuse-ly” for his time, energy and passion and wishes him the best in his new endeavours.

Gould’s farewell show, 2 for the Road, is on now at the Scott Block to June 6.

Belliveau named Tree House artistic director

A misfire from the first lei

AlohaOne star (out of four)Rated: PG-13

BY ANN HORNADAYADVOCATE NEW SERVICES

Somewhere on the incoherent pu pu platter that is Cameron Crowe’s Aloha, a nifty romantic comedy congeals and shrivels, inexplicably untouched.

Crowe — who gave the world such deathless lines as “You had me at ‘Hel-lo,’” the man who put the boom box in Lloyd Dobler’s defiantly upstretched arms — spends so much time running away from his roots in Aloha that he misses the point of his own movie. On-ly a filmmaker out to put a permanent stake in the rom-com would take a cou-ple of fizzily attractive movie stars and plop them into a story that hinges, not on a long-awaited first kiss or third-act Hail Mary, but sundry bits of arcana involving Hawaiian mythology, mili-tary privatization, space weaponry and — be still, our beating hearts — sound transducing.

Aloha is such an inchoate mess, such a forced, insular, self-pleasing misfire, that plotting it out can be a challenge. Bradley Cooper plays Brian Gilcrest, an Air Force veteran and military con-tractor who, as he laboriously explains during a saggy opening voice-over, de-veloped an obsession with space as a

young boy. After a promising career at Hickam Air Force Base, he went over to the “gray side,” signing on with a billionaire (Bill Murray) who wants to get into the private space-flight racket. As Aloha opens, Gilcrest is returning to Honolulu to nudge the enterprise along by greasing some local palms, es-pecially those of a local king played by real-life native leader Dennis “Bumpy” Kanahele.

Gilcrest’s mission is complicated by two women: the overeager Air Force captain assigned to escort him, and an

old girlfriend who is living on the base with her pilot husband and two kids. As the wide-eyed, puppyish escort Al-lison Ng, Emma Stone takes perky of-ficiousness into the realm of derange-ment; it’s up to each filmgoer to decide for him- or herself whether to believe for one minute that she’s one-quarter native Hawaiian. (The film has come in for criticism for “whitewashing” native Hawaiian culture, notwithstanding Ka-nahele’s presence and near-constant digressions into the islands’ tradition-al animist beliefs.)

As Gilcrest’s erstwhile squeeze, Ra-chel McAdams spends most of Aloha at sea — at least metaphorically — with the unreadable Gilcrest and her un-intelligible husband. An early scene where they make goo-goo eyes at one another while a military casket emerg-es from the belly of a plane he’s just flown in on doesn’t bode well for the taste or tonal dissonance of what’s to come.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams in Aloha.

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ALOHA: Emotional hurdles never higher than bumps

Taste-wise, Crowe is at constant pains to prove his bona fides; as with most of his films, he jams as many musical cues as he can into Aloha, from the Who and Hall & Oates to a cameo from slack key gui-tarist Ledward Kaapana, in an attempt to sell scenes and emotions he otherwise can’t justify or resolve. While Gilcrest and Ng bounce around scenic locales and featureless motel rooms, they launch into weird, non sequitur-laden jags about space, sex, Gilcrest’s failure to commit and whatever else comes into their dippy, quippy, always camera-ready little heads.

Edited by Crowe’s longtime cutter Joe Hutshing, Aloha has a choppy, scattershot feel that keeps the audience uncomfortably disoriented, as a series of “Where did that come from?” moments accumulate into a finale as unaffecting as it is unearned. (A pen-ultimate passage, when Gilcrest exchanges suppos-edly cathartic glances with a supporting character, is particularly puzzling, given that her inner life has received zero attention for the preceding hour and a half.)

The emotional hurdles are never higher than mere bumps, which Crowe quickly tries to smooth over with a patch of quirky dialogue, an adorable musical interlude or putting someone in a silly hat. In fact, the most improbably satisfying moments of Aloha belong to a blowhard general played by Alec Baldwin, whose most florid outburst against Gilcrest’s entitled self-satisfaction could easily be

directed at the very movie he’s in.To quote Amy Pascal, the former Sony co-presi-

dent whose hacked emails last winter revealed her lack of faith in Aloha, “It never, not even once, ever works.” As with many of the leaked exchanges with her colleagues, Pascal’s words formed a candid tuto-rial in Hollywood sausage-making and, in a sobering sense, the principles that guide our common culture and chief export commodity.

As Pascal reminded her colleagues, the studio had “a lot of dough” tied up in Aloha, which makes its artistic failure that much more depressing:

Sony makes its money on Spider-Man sequels, Smurfs and Paul Blart, but it’s also one of the few big studios left that tries to make the kind of mid-range movie that Hollywood supposedly doesn’t produce anymore — romantic comedies, adult dramas, political thrill-ers by the likes of David O. Russell, David Fincher, Paul Greengrass and, yes, Cameron Crowe. They might have put their money on the wrong horse this time, but we should hope and pray that Sony at least stays in the race.

Hornaday is a Washington Post reviewer.

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The superheroine scarcity problemBY ALYSSA ROSENBERG

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MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show was kind enough to have me on as a guest over Memorial Day weekend to talk pop culture, including sexual as-sault on Game of Thrones, the challenges of getting to gender parity in the director’s chair and a subject I haven’t had a chance to write on yet, the trailer for CBS’ Supergirl.

During this part of the show, Janet Mock made a point I’d brought up during our commercial break: that we tend to judge superheroines more harshly than their male counterparts because there are simply so few of them and we load them up with the freight of expectations that are impossible even for super-powered people to carry. This is an argument Linda Holmes made with particular eloquence after the recent kerfuffles over the portrayal of Black Wid-ow (Scarlett Johansson) in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

“There’s nothing wrong with stories about women who are housewives or stories about women who struggle because they were forcibly prevented from having kids as a condition of whatever mission they chose to undertake,” Holmes wrote. “The problem is that with so few women in superhero movies, each of these portrayals stands not only for the choices (di-rector Joss) Whedon made, but for all the choices he and many others didn’t and don’t make.”

As I approach Supergirl, which I’m hesitant to judge before I see at least a pilot episode, I’m trying a different thought experiment: considering Kara and her journey not simply in the narrow subset of stories about female superheroes, but in the super-hero marketplace as a whole. And the trailer for the show gives us a number of things superhero stories

could use more of.I appreciate Kara’s sheer joy in her powers and

the ability to do good, a set of feelings that’s often limited to a single cathartic scene (as in Man of Steel) or that ebbs as a franchise goes on (see Tony Stark’s present psychological torments after the initial de-lights of Iron Man or Spider-Man’s descent into dark-ness in two consecutive trilogies). That sensibility has been creeping back into superhero projects like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Flash, but it’s a wel-come counterbalance to the idea that with great power comes great grimness. And frankly, I also en-joy that Kara doesn’t seem to be keeping her identity particularly secret: There are only so many tortured revelations and feelings of betrayal that the super-hero genre can stand.

Similarly, I kind of like that the trailer at least seems to be leaning into criticisms that Kara ought to be Super Woman rather than Supergirl, and into the specific femaleness of the character in general. If Clark Kent’s glasses were never a particularly ef-fective way of downplaying Superman’s wild hand-someness and physical strength, it’s all too true that awkward girls in glasses aren’t considered to have real power: either they’re genuinely hopeless or playing at it.

We need more of these specific stories in the same way the Avengers lineup gives us many perspectives on masculinity. But young women are so thoroughly maligned, whether they’re presented as slutty, con-niving journalists or hopeless naifs in the Zooey Deschanel model, that I’m all for a show that tackles this particular way of being female. We’ve long been convinced that a man can fly. Now it’s time for us to learn that a young woman can blast off into space with the same heart and power.

Alyssa Rosenberg writes The Post’s Act Four blog, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/.


CBS’s Supergirl is still in development, but the trailer suggests the show will give viewers a number of things superhero stories could use more of.

COMMENT

Point Break: The enduring appeal of Zen garbageBY JUSTIN WM. MOYER

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In 1991, what appeared to be a serious movie was released by 20th Century Fox, a serious movie stu-dio.

The movie, Point Break, featured two serious movie stars, Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. It was helmed by serious talent Kathryn Bigelow, who would become the first female director to win an Academy Award (for The Hurt Locker, in 2008). It cost serious money — $24 million — and made very seri-ous money, grossing more than $80 million dollars. And now, it’s getting a 100 per cent serious $100 mil-lion remake.

Yet, Point Break was transparently ridiculous.Plot: Reeves is Johnny Utah, a curiously named

FBI agent who must go undercover as a surfer to in-filtrate a gang of surfer-bankrobbers led by Swayze, aka Bodhi — short for bodhisattva, an enlightened being in Buddhism. Though it is Utah’s mission to apprehend Bodhi, he falls more than a little in love with the man, who robs banks wearing a Ronald Rea-gan mask, and his pseudo-Zen lifestyle. (Utah’s love affair with a female surfer, played by Lori Petty in a startlingly Reeves-like haircut, seems barely worth mentioning.) These are armed felons with a point to make.

“This was never about money for us,” Bodhi ex-plains in a rousing monologue. “It was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. To those dead souls inching along the freeways in their metal coffins, we show them that the human spirit is still alive.”

Would that Al Capone had had such Walt Whit-man-like aims. Point Break is, more or less, Zen garbage: a movie whose antiheroes swat at transcen-dence though they are really just thugs. Even Swayze bought in.

“Bodhi was a once-in-a-blue-moon character, the bad guy whom you love because you believe what he

believes in — until he believes it too far and breaks the law and kills someone,” Swayze, with wife Lisa Niemi, wrote the year he died. “I loved Bodhi be-cause I identified with his quest for perfection and the ultimate adrenaline high.”

Ah, yes: A quest for perfection — achieved by rob-bing banks. Though absurd, Bodhi is serious, as is the film. Point Break is as violent and well-shot as Heat, as convinced of the relevance of its purported

themes as The Hurt Locker. And this very seriousness makes Point Break camp, which is why people love it enough to stage live readings of the script.

“Camp, the essential element is seriousness, a se-riousness that fails,” Susan Sontag explained in her landmark 1964 essay Notes on Camp. “Of course, not all seriousness that fails can be redeemed as Camp. Only that which has the proper mixture of the exag-

gerated, the fantastic, the passionate, and the naïve.”Point Break, as Zen garbage, has just this magic

combination. Reeves is lovably terrible — his infa-mous line “I am an F-B-I agent!” delivered so poorly that it earned a Funny or Die tribute almost two de-cades later. Gary Busey, as Reeves’s cranky supervi-sor, seems imported from an alternate dimension. Spoiler alert: the film ends after Utah jumps out of a plane without a parachute to arrest Bodhi — only to free him so Bodhi can commit a kind of ritual suicide by wave. Then, dramatically, Utah tosses his FBI badge into the surf.

Point Break, of course, didn’t invent camp — or even Zen garbage, for that matter. Western culture has long borrowed from the East, offering its pecu-liar version of Buddhism-lite. See: novels by W. Som-erset Maugham and Jack Kerouac; the music of John Coltrane; yoga at the gym.

But for men and women of a certain age who grew up watching Utah endlessly chase Bodhi on cable, Point Break is perhaps the epitome of Zen garbage.

“It is silly, yes, but aware of its own silliness — and, better yet, transcends its silliness,” Patrick Bro-mley wrote at F This Movie in 2013. “The greatness of the movie is that it begins with a ridiculous premise and takes it completely seriously, reflecting on con-cepts of masculinity and action movie tropes at the same time that it philosophizes about the spirituality of things like surfing, skydiving and violence. And kicking much a_.”

Let’s only hope the remake can hold a lavender- or sandalwood-scented candle to the original.

“With the whole ‘90s surfer-grunge vibe now out, the makers are going to have to work hard to cap-ture much of what made the original so singular: its ocean-centric spirituality,” the Guardian wrote last year. “There were characters called War Child and Little Hands, parties around camp fires, and dawn wave-catching sessions.”

Those backing the new Point Break, which comes out on Dec. 25, may need the help of a higher power. As Utah told Bodhi: “Vaya con dios.”


For men and women of a certain age who grew up watching Utah (Keanu Reeves, left) endlessly chase Bodhi (Patrick Swayze, right) on cable, Point Break is perhaps the epitome of Zen garbage.

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PEARSON,Kevin Lee (KrazyManKev)Kevin “KrazyManKev” was tragically taken from our lives on May 20, 2015 in a motorcycle accident in Red Deer. He was born on July 11, 1970 in Kelowna, British Columbia to Robert Pearson and Linda Herber. Kevin is survived by his beloved Angie Cowell, sons Evan Petten, Jesse Pearson, Daniel Buehler, Brendan Pearson, parents Robert (Niki) Pearson, Linda (Keith) Herber, sisters Theresa Cleave, Jenni Burdes and Valerie Ward. Kevin had a love for the outdoors; fi shing, hunting, boating, dirt biking and camping. Kevin was a devoted family man with a deep love and respect for all he held close to him. Kevin lived his life to the fullest and left with no regrets. He will be missed by all who called him soul mate, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Penhold Community Hall (1123 Fleming Avenue, Penhold Alberta) Saturday May 30th 2015 at 2:00pm. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House. Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca

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SKELTONKoreenApril 17, 1965 - May 22, 2015It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Koreen Skelton at the age of 50. Koreen is survived by her husband of 32 years, Ron Skelton. Koreen was born in Calgary and attended school at E.P. Scarlett. Shortly after she turned 18, Koreen married the love of her life on April 22, 1983. She was a real animal person, often referring to her three dogs, Honey, Junior and Harry, as her children and yet would never turn away a stray cat. Koreen enjoyed cross-stitch, scrapbooking, crafts, and was a big fan of country and Christmas music. Her smile could light up a room and she will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Those who wish to pay their respects may do so on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. A Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations in Koreen’s honour may be made directly to your local S.P.C.A. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting .reddeerfuneralhome.com.

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HAYOlive1920 - 2015It is with great sadness, that the family of Olive May Hay announce her passing in Taber on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the age of 94 years. A service will be held at the Taber Memorial Garden, one kilometer north of 64 Avenue on 50 Street, Taber on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded by visiting our website atwww.southlandfuneral.com. Olive is survived by her three children, son Richard (Jo-Ann) Hay of Lethbridge and their family Chris (Jen), Beau (Denise) and Quinlan (Cassie); daughter Carol (Lloyd) Thompson of Warner and their family Mark (Naomi) and Ty (Tamara); daughter Jan (Rod) Ober of Coaldale and their family Levi (Heather) and Clay (Chanse). Also left to mourn her passing are numerous great- grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband David Hay in 2010, and a sister Doris (Clark) Houghton. Ollie was born in Edmonton on October 15, 1920. She grew up in Red Deer where she married her childhood sweetheart, David Richard Hay. Ollie was a school-teacher all her life, starting in a one room school near Penhold. She taught in Vegreville and at Senator Buchanan and Lakeview School in Lethbridge. She loved to be out in her garden, growing many different kinds of fl owers, but her passion was growing roses. Ollie was a kind and gentle lady, and will be dearly missed by her family. If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Olive’s name may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society, 402, 740 - 4 Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0N9 (www.alzheimer.ca/ab). A very special thanks to the staff at Linden View. Your care and compassion was greatly appreciated.

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ROSS1947 - 2015Marguerite Ross of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on May 7, 2015 at the age of 67 years. Marguerite was born and raised in Calgary. She worked for the Town of Caroline for four years, Town of Bowden for seven years and up to her retirement due to ill health, she was a realtor in the Innisfail and Red Deer areas. Marguerite is survived by daughters Corinne of Leduc and Leah (Chad) Zacharias, nee Johnson, of Red Deer and grandchildren Desiree, Draiden, Lily and Teagan. In following with Marguerites wishes, a private family Celebration of her life will take place. Memorial donations in Marguerite’s honor may be made directly to the Henday Association for Lifelong Learning, 5300 B - 55 Street Close, Innisfail, AB T4G 1R6. Condolences to Marguerite’s family may be emailed to [email protected]. MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS

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MORTONKenneth MaxwellSept. 26, 1935 - May 25, 2015Born September 26, 1935 in Red Deer, Alberta to John and Mayme Morton; Ken was the oldest of 2 children. He attended school in Brookfi eld and Red Deer before graduating in 1954 from Olds School of Agriculture, and in 1958 from the University of Alberta with a degree in Agrology. Soon after graduation, he returned to farm with his father at the family homestead near Joffre which was established in 1900 by his grandparents, John and Jenny Morton. In 1963 he married Sally Hazlett (predeceased 2011) and together raised three children. At the age of 79, Kenneth (Ken) lost his battle to cancer at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. He was an active member of his community, volunteering his time with the Red Deer Farmer’s Bonspiel executive, 4-H, Scout’s Canada, Red Deer Westerner executive and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was an avid traveler and a perpetual learner. Ken will be forever remembered by his partner Norma Camman and by his children Cara (Darin), Kalen (Tanya) and Shawn; four grandchildren Cole, Garrett, Damon and Finley, his sister Joan (Laurie) and niece Alison. We wish to thank the staff at Unit 32 for their loving care during his illness. He will be dearly missed. Please join us for a celebration of his life at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC), Lacombe, AB on Friday, June 5, 2015 at 1:00 pm. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations in Ken’s honor maybe made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society or charity of your choice. Condolences may be made to the family by visiting Red Deer Parkland website.

FITZGERALD, (nee Huneault)Gertrude Diana Marie Feb. 7, 1947 - Apr. 16, 2015A Funeral Service will be held at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 1:00 PM. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations in Gert’s name may be made to the MS Society of Canada or the Canadian Diabetes Association.SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY

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KOOPPeterOct. 30, 1934 ~ Apr. 29, 2015It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Koop in Camrose at the age of 80 years. Graveside Services will be held at Mountain View Memorial Gardens (1605 - 100 Street SE, Calgary) on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

DOREY Lawrence StephenSept. 27, 1930 - May 18, 2015Larry was born in Rossland BC to Albertine and Wilfred Dorey. After completing school in Rossland and Trail, he attended the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He chose Red Deer as his home, and worked for Alpha Milk for many years until his retirement in 1993. Larry is predeceased by his parents, his brother William Dorey, and his brother-in-law Bruce MacAuley. He is survived by his sister Kathleen Clark, his sister-in-law Pat Dorey, and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins. Larry’s family would like to thank the staff and neighbours at Victoria Park for their kindness and friendship. We thank the doctors and nurses at Red Deer Regional Hospital and the emergency paramedics for their expert care. We want to thank Alex and Nancy Grefner for their many years of friendship and caring. Larry’s family is especially grateful to the entire staff of the Red Deer Hospice for their gentle, respectful and cheerful care of Larry during his last days. Larry was known to his family, friends and colleagues as a quiet, polished gentleman. There will be no service as were his wishes. Cremation has taken place and his ashes will be interred in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery, Rossland, B.C. Memorial donations may be made to The Red Deer Hospice Society located at 99 Arnot Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4R 3S6 / or contacting Marian at 403-309-4344, ext. 108.

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It is with deep sadness, we announce the passing of Kavenia Campbell on Monday, May 18, 2015. Friends are invited to a celebration of her life at the Golden Circle on Sunday, May 31, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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COLLIER (nee Graham)1919 - 2015Margaret Collier (nee Graham) of Red Deer County passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at the age of 96 years. She is now with her Lord and Savior in heaven. Margaret was born in 1919 to Herman and Florence Graham of the Edwell District. She is survived by her sons Stan and Ted; daughter Marilyn (Len) Shaw; grandsons Lyle (Tammy Jo), Peter (Trish), Brian (Becky) and sister-in-law Irene Graham. Margaret was predeceased by her husband Cecil; son Gordon DVM; daughter Dorothy; parents Herman and Florence; brothers Lloyd and Bob Graham and sister Carrol Tomalty. Mom enjoyed living in the country and lived on the farm until she entered the Hospice. We would like to extend a sincere “Thank You” for the wonderful care received from Dr. S. Hovan as well as the staff and volunteers of the Red Deer Hospice and Innisfail Homecare. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Bethany Baptist Church, 3901 - 44 St., Red Deer AB, on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations can be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot Ave., Red Deer AB T4R 3S6 or to the Salvation Army, 4837 - 54 St, Red Deer AB T4N 2G5. Condolences to Margaret’s family may be emailed to [email protected]. MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS

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In Loving Memory of our beloved

GARTH ZIEGLER “Happy 40th Birthday

June 1st” Never Forgotten

“The Broken Chain”

We little knew that day, God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death, we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you.You did not go alone. For part of us went with you, The day God called you home.

You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And although we cannot see you, You are always at our side.

Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same,But as God calls us one by one,The chain will link again.

Author: Ron Tranmer

Love from your family

In MemoriamIn loving memory of our Aunt

STELLA SIMMONSMAY 29, 2014

God saw your road was getting rougher,And the hills harder to climb,So he closed your beautiful eyes,And whispered “peace by thine”.

We sadly miss and love you.Maryann and Norman XX

In Memory of WAYNE LLOYD

July 21, 1942 - May 29, 2010

Your presence we miss, Your memory we treasure,

Loving you always,Forgetting you never

Lovingly your family

Births

BENKEJonathan, Bethany, Judah and Joshua joyfully announce the birth of Josiah Paul, born February 9, 2015, 7 lbs., 2 ozs. Proud grandparents: Harold and Terry Sartorius, Paul and Marlee Benke.

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Congrats on graduating with your Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from U of A!

We are proud of you and your hard work!

Love your family

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on graduation from the University of Calgary in

Political Science and M. in Economics.

Love from your family.

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Trades 850Cruisin Auto

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Auctions 1530ACREAGE AUCTION

Penny & (Lloyd)StephensonRimbey, AB

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Edge SubdivisionSelling 2003 Dodge Ram

3500 4x4 w/Cummins,Dually, LB,

2006 Okanagan Camper w/Slide-out,

1996 Dodge Caravan Mini Van,

2008 Load Max T/A 5W 1400 lb. Trailer w/Beaver

Tails, Cat 247 Track Skid Steer

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BUD HAYNES & WARDS Firearms Auction

Sat. June 13 @ 10 AM11802-145 St. EdmontonFeaturing Estate Denny

Harding from Sask. & John Dyck Red Deer Store

Dispersal, various Firearms. Over 200 new

Firearms, in boxes, ammo; reloading equip. etc.

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Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

Clothing 1590BASKETBALL shoes,

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glove fi t over knee length, zippered back, 2 3/4” heel,

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LADIES Rieker, size 37 white sling leather upper shoes, antistress, Dora

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Tools 164071/4” B & D circular saw,

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DRILL, cordless, 3/8” Plus saw. $40. 403-314-0804

SKILL SAW, Craftsman 7.25 850, $50; 403-314-0804

Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE

Homestead FirewoodSpruce, Pine, Birch -Split.

avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

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Firewood 1660LOGS

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403-318-4346

GardenSupplies 1680

RIMBEY TREESTREES SALE

2’ - 4’ White Spruce$10./ea. Minimum 20 tree

purchase. Call Walter 403-748-3611 or leave msg

Health &Beauty 1700

LIZ ARDEN NY, NEW, 1 red croc., make-up bag,

w/12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. This would make a great Mother’s Day gift, $195. value, Asking $50.

403-227-2976

HouseholdFurnishings1720KITCHEN table w/4 swivel

chairs, $100.Solid Oak table $50.

403-346-0674, 392-5657

MOVING - Must Sell - Like New - glass tv stand, and wood hutch/desk, $75

obo for each item. 403-302-7336

MOVING - Must Sell - Like New - table and chairs, and sectional

couch, $75 obo for each item. 403-302-7336

WANTEDAntiques, furniture and

estates. 342-2514

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MASSIVE MULTI-FAMILYSo many items - furniture,

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Clearview

38 CASTLE CRESMulti-family. New

Tupperware, craft supplies, household misc. Fri. May 29, 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. noon-5.

Deer Park

28 DUFFY CLOSEMay 28, 5-7, May 29, 3-7,

May 30, 10-4, May 31, 11-3.Downsizing. Household and decorative items,

small appls, gardening and Christmas items, etc.

96 DIXON CRES.May 28 & 29, 2-8. Down-sizing big time, too much

retail therapy! Over 50 pairs of ladies shoes,

new/like new, 7 1/2 - 8 1/2, tons of ladies clothing, like new

GINORMOUS Estate sale!Household, silk plants,

toys, art, misc. May 28 & 29, noon - 8, May 30, 9-5.

92 Duston St.

Eastview Estates

#10 ESCOTT Close May 28, 29 & 30,

10-5. Multi family.

Lots of everything

Fairview - Upper

11,12 & 16 FOREST CL. May 28, 29 & 30

Thurs. & Fri. 12-7, Sat. 9-4GIANT Sale w/Perennials

MULTI FAMILY

Highland Green

6408-61 Ave. (South of Dawe pool stop sign.) May

29, 2-7 May 30, 10-4. Multi family. Housewares

to tools.

Inglewood

183 INKSTER CLOSE Sat. May 30th. 9 - 4.

Garage is located at the back. Access through

the alley. Tools, furniture,household items, toys,pictures,books, lamps

purses, exercise equip-ment and lots more.

Kentwood Estates

MULTI FAMILY KEE CLOSE May 30 & 31,

Sat. & Sun. 9 - 5 Call or text 403 396-0150

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Lancaster Green

49 LEUNG CLOSEMay 30, Sat. 9:30 - 3:30

MOVING After 15 YEARS!This is one huge garage

sale... way too many items to list.. everything from

furniture, household appliance, decor, bedding,

clothing, books, garden pots & tools, etc. etc.

Michener Hill

4114 51A ST. Back AlleyMay 30/31, Sat. & Sun 9-5100’s of books, collectibles

vintage & lots of etc.Multi Family A Possibility

Morrisroe

GIANT KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS Garage SaleSaturday, May 30, starting

at 8:30 am St. Mary’s Catholic Church Parking

Lot. 6 McMillan Ave. R.D.A large assortment of

household items.

Mountview

3709 - 44A AVE., alley, Thurs., May 28, 5-9, Fri. & Sat., May 29 & 30, 10-5, printers, satellite dishes, electric typewriter & much more.

Normandeau

7150 - 50 AVEQUALITY INN North Hill

May 29 & 30Fri. & Sat. 7:30 - 4

CHARITY GARAGE SALEDonations accepted

at Front Desk

Southbrook7 SAGEWOOD CLOSE

May 30, Sat. 8:30 - 4Showhome staging,

furniture, drywall stiltshousehold misc.

You can sell your guitar for a song...

or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Sunnybrook

4 STANLEY CRES.May 29 & 30

Fri. & Sat. 9 - 4Tools, household, art,

odds and ends.

Multi-Table Garage Sale at Sunnybrook Farm Museum

4701 - 30 St, Red DeerSaturday, May 30, 2015

8:00 am - 4:00 pmDonations of gently used items gratefully accepted.

No furniture please.Information: (403) 340-3511

West Lake

139 WEBSTER DRIVEMay 28, 29 & 30

Thurs. & Fri. 1-8, Sat. 9-3Something for everyone!

xxxxx

97 WEDDELL CRES., Tues. - Fri., May 26 - 29, 10 - 6, Sat., May 30, 10 -4, Lots of baby items. Christ-mas & Halloween items & more.

West Park

51 WOODROW CLOSE May 29 & 30

Fri. 3- 8 & Sat. 8 -4Vintage table & chairs,

dresser, sound system, va-riety of tools & misc. items

Out of TownHWY. #595, Old Delburne Rd. #27076 - Estate Sale: SAT. May 30, 9 - 4 INSIDE

SIGNS WILL BE UPOak Dining Set, Fire place, Chesterfi eld & chair, lazy

boy, lamps, etc. Mint cond.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, May 29, 2015 D7

StereosTV's, VCRs 1730

GAME CUBE 2, 2 games. $50.;

PS 2 with 5 games, $40. X-Box with 6 games, $60.PS1, with 6 games, $50.

403-782-3847

SEARS portable stereo with AM/FM 8 track, cas-sett, turn table, cabinet 2 speakers, 100+ 8 track tapes $150 403-347-1992

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/re-mote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, bought at Sims $125. 403-352-8811

STEREO $125 obo 403-347-0293

Misc. forSale 1760

100 VHS movies, $75. 403-885-5020

DRESSER & night stand, $75; Entertainment centre, $50; eggplant chair, $75. Can be viewed May 39 & 30, Fri. 8 - 1 and Sat. 12-8 at 101, 40 McLean St. or

call 403-347-5911,

MATTRESS, double pillow top, $100; coffee and end

tables, $125. Can be viewed May 39 & 30, Fri. 8 - 1 and Sat. 12-8 at 101, 40 McLean St. or

call 403-347-5911,

MICROWAVE Stand, $10; 5 CD shelf, $10.; 7 drawer desk, $45; Ikea 2 drawer desk, $25; 2 kitchen chairs, $15 for both; double bed frame, $15. Can be viewed May 39 & 30, Fri. 8 - 1 and Sat. 12-8 at 101, 40 McLean St. or call 403-347-5911,

OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020

PLANTER, ceramic herb, beautiful, beige & white, 7 cups for herbs. $25. 403-314-9603

SEARS deep fryer, used once, sold; 2 duffel bags, $7 each; nylon pup tent,

$7; 7 hardcover craft books, $20. 403-343-1503

SINGER sewing machine with cabinet

$150 403-347-1992

TOO MUCH STUFF?Let Classifiedshelp you sell it.

Misc. forSale 1760VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $50; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $35. Lazy Boy, recliner, tall style, beige, $95. 403-352-8811

SportingGoods 1860AIR HOCKEY by Sports-craft was $900 new, exc. cond, $200 403-352-8811

GOLF Clubs, with bag, $20. 403-314-0804

MOVING - Must Sell - Like New - treadmill, $75

obo. 403-302-7336

RECUMBENT exercise bike, good cond. $50. 403-347-8697

TRUE 450 treadmill $200 403-347-1992

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Houses/Duplexes 3020

OLDER 1 bdrm. smaller house, large lot, Penhold.

$875/mo. negotiable. 403-886-5342, 403-357-7817

WESTPARK Main oor, 4 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, 3 appls, shared laundry, heated dbl. garage, no pets, n/s, rent & DD $1685 + power & gas. 403-391-2292

Tired of Standing?Find something to sit on

in Classifieds

Condos/Townhouses30303 BDRM. 2 baths, 5 appls., n/s, no pets, avail June 1.

$1295. 403-505-1740

LACOMBE 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, 5 appls., garage

$1495/mo.782-7156 357-7465

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1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl. Avail. immed. or June 1References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK3110-47TH Avenue,

2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses,generously sized, 1 1/2

baths, fenced yards,full bsmts. 403-347-7473,

Sorry no pets.www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 30503 BDRM., n/p, $1100 mo.

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LIMITED TIME OFFER:First Month’s Rent FREE!

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Indians scramble for shade, water


HYDERABAD, India — Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,400 in the past month.

But some had no choice but to venture into the heat.

“Either we have to work, putting our lives under threat, or we go without food,” farmer Narasimha said in the badly hit Nalgonda district of southern Andhra Pradesh state.

Meteorological officials have said the heat would likely last several more days — scorching crops, kill-ing wildlife and endangering anyone labouring out-doors. Officials warned people to stay out of the sun, cover their heads and drink plenty of water. Still, poverty forced many to work despite the risks.

“If I don’t work due to the heat, how will my fam-ily survive?” said construction worker Mahalakshmi, who earns a daily wage of about $3.10 in Nizamabad, a city about 150 kilometres (93 miles) north of the state capital of Hyderabad.

Most of the 1,412 heat-related deaths so far have occurred in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Te-langana, where temperatures have soared up to 47 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit), according to government figures.

“The rains which have eluded us for the last cou-ple of years have created serious drought condi-tions,” said state minister K.T. Rama Rao in Telan-gana, which was carved out of Andhra Pradesh as a separate state just last year.

“This is unprecedented ... so there is a little bit of panic,” he said. “Hopefully the monsoon will be on time. Hopefully we will receive rain very, very soon.”

Among the most vulnerable were the elderly and the poor, many of whom live in slums or farm huts with no access to air conditioners or sometimes even

shade-giving trees.Those who were able avoided the outdoors, leav-

ing many streets in normally busy cities nearly de-serted.

“With so many people dying due to the heat, we are locking the children inside,” teacher Satyamur-thy said in Khammam, which registered its high-est temperature in 67 years on Saturday when the thermometer hit 48 degrees Celsius (more than 118 Fahrenheit).

Cooling monsoon rains were expected to arrive next week in the southern state of Kerala and gradu-ally advance north in coming weeks.

Until then, volunteers were passing out pouches of salted buttermilk or raw onions — both thought to be hydrating. People used handkerchiefs and scarves to block searing winds and stifling air from their faces.

Across the country, teenagers flocked to water basins and rivers to cool off. Many adults took refuge atop woven cots in the shade.

Newspapers devoted full pages to covering the heat wave and its effects, with headlines saying “Homeless bake in tin shelters” and “birds & ani-mals drop dead.”

HEAT WAVE DEATH TOLL PASSES 1,400


Salesboys sit in a shop selling air coolers on a hot summer day in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday. Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,000 in the past month.


WASHINGTON — Global warming will bring much more sneezing and wheezing to Europe by mid-century, a new study says.

Ragweed pollen levels are likely to quadruple for much of Europe be-cause warmer temperatures will al-low the plants to take root more, and carbon dioxide will make them grow more, says a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Other factors not related to man-made climate change will also contribute.

Ragweed isn’t native to Europe, but was imported from America in the late 19th century.

It hasn’t quite become established all over the continent, at least not yet.

Parts of France, the United King-dom and Germany don’t have the al-lergens now, but they will by 2050, says study co-author Robert Vautard, a climate scientist at the Climate and

Environment Sciences Laboratory in Yvette, France.

That includes Paris, where Vautard lives.

“As warmer temperatures and high-er carbon dioxide concentrations allow ragweed to become more vigorous and invade further north, we can expect to see many more allergy sufferers,” said Daniel Chapman, an invasive spe-cies expert at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh, Scotland. He did not take part in the study, but praised it.

The researchers used computer simulations with different scenarios of carbon dioxide pollution for the next 35 years. And if the world doesn’t make a large change in emissions from coal, oil and gas, the computer runs predicted increases in the annual pol-len count of 100 to 1,100 per cent, with a general average of around 300 per cent, Vautard said.

Land use and the way the non-native plants take over new areas account for

about one-third of the increased rag-weed counts, with climate change the rest, Vautard said.

Earlier studies show that ragweed pollen season in North America has already extended by as much as three weeks in some northern locales, partly because of climate change.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency climate scientist Michael Ko-lian, who wasn’t part of the new study,

said the French study fits with previ-ous research and the U.S. National Climate Assessment, which concluded “climate change, as well as increased carbon dioxide by itself, can contrib-ute to increased production of plant-based allergens.”

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For those who missed the last col-umn, the discourse concerned an Al-berta-created corporation that has a mandate “to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to cli-mate change by supporting the discovery, de-velopment and deployment of technologies.” The Climate C h a n g e a n d Emissions Man-agement Corpo-ration (CCEMC) twice yearly issues a grand challenge to “anyone,” to submit propos-als for projects that will make “significant and verifi-able GHG reductions.”

These proposals must fit into one of the seven eligible categories. This fall, in Sept of 2015, $15 million will be awarded in grants.

The seven categories are Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Renew-able Energy, Clean Energy, Energy Ef-ficiency, Climate Change Adaptation, Carbon Uses, and Biological.

To quickly recount, in the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) class, there are eight different projects, seven of which are in Canada, one in Utah, but notably one of the seven is in Joffre and eventually will capture CO2 from Nova Chemicals gas powered steam boiler.

In the Renewable Energy Catego-ry, 14 ventures are situated all across Alberta. A partial list of the projects locations includes Lacombe, Drayton Valley, Medicine Hat, the MD of Taber, Brooks, Edmonton, Red Deer, Leth-bridge, and Slave Lake.

The Clean Energy group has 12 un-dertakings that reduce emissions from the burning of coal in generation sta-tions, to “dual fuel” technologies to reducing CO2 emissions from heavy duty diesel motors with the injection of compressed natural gas into the en-gines as they operate.

The Energy Efficiency category has

13 projects. Starting from Grand Prai-rie and its Weyerhaeuser evaporator installation, to a thermally driven re-frigeration cycle process from Calgary based May Rueben Technologies that will use high performance heat pumps to produce clean energy.

Climate change adaptation is the smallest of all seven with only three projects; one on the South Saskatch-ewan River basin, one which monitors native tree species, and the last which undertakes studies three of which in-volve the grasslands, songbirds, and burrowing owls adapting to climate change.

The second last class of projects is Carbon Uses. It is the largest of the categories with 24 diverse funded ven-tures.

These projects range from produc-tion of syngas and fuel, to CO2 into graphene, and CO2 into fertilizer, as well as the commercial production of hydrochloric acid from the capture of CO2.

The final of the seven categories is biological. 12 projects grace this class of funded endeavours. Alberta is one

of North America’s largest beef pro-ducing areas. Genetic improvement and feed studies are being under taken to see if changes can be made with the animals on our rangelands to reduce bovine GHG emissions.

Other schemes include forays into genomics which studies bacterial pop-ulations in the rhizospheres of wheat and canola.

The intent is to develop “Intelligent Nano-fertilizers” to increase nitrogen use efficiencies and reduce GHGS, while lowering costs to farmers.

I have only briefly touched on the projects funded by the CCEMC, each of these projects is deserving of further investigation; checkout: www.ccemc.ca. Unique Albertan initiatives direct-ly tackling the world’s greenhouse gas issues.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a com-pany that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: [email protected].

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NEW YORK — A fossil find adds an-other twig to the human evolutionary tree, giving further evidence that the well-known “Lucy” species had com-pany in what is now Ethiopia, a new study says.

A lower jaw, plus jaw fragments and teeth, dated at 3.3 million to 3.5 mil-lion years old, were found in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia four years ago.

That shows a second human ances-tor lived in about the same area and time frame as Lucy’s species, research-ers said. But not everyone agrees.

In a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature, the researchers an-nounce the new find and assign it to a species they dubbed Australopithecus deyiremeda.

In the Afar language the second name means “close relative,” referring to its apparent relationship to later members of the evolutionary tree.

But nobody knows just how it’s re-lated to our own branch of the family tree, said Yohannes Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of Natural His-tory, who led the discovery team.

Our branch, which includes Homo sapiens and our closest extinct rela-tives, arose from the evolutionary grouping that now includes the new creature as well as Lucy’s species.

The new arrival, and the possibility of still more to come, complicates the question of which species led to our branch, he said.

Previously, fossilized foot bones found in 2009 near the new discovery site had indicated the presence of a second species.

But those bones were not assigned to any species, and it’s not clear wheth-er they belong to the newly identified species either, Haile-Selassie said.

If they don’t, that would indicate yet another species from the same time and region as Lucy’s species, Australo-pithecus afarensis

Bernard Wood of George Washing-ton University, who didn’t participate in the new work, said the discovery provides “compelling evidence” that a second creature lived in the vicinity of Lucy’s species at the same time.

The next question, he said, is how they shared the landscape.

“These fossils certainly create an agenda for a lot of interesting research that’s going to be done in the next de-cade,” Wood said.

As evidence that the new fossils rep-resent a previously unknown species, the researchers cite specific anatomi-cal differences with known fossils.

But Tim White, a University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley, expert in human evo-lution, was unimpressed.

He said he thinks the fossils actu-ally come from Lucy’s species.

“Anatomical variation within a bio-logical species is normal,” he said in an email.

“That’s why so many announce-ments of this sort are quickly over-turned,” he wrote.


An undated photo provided by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History shows a cast of an upper jaw fragments and teeth of Australopithecus deyiremeda. The fossil find in Ethiopia adds another twig to the human evolutionary tree, giving further evidence that the well-known Lucy species had company, researchers say. In a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature, Yohannes Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and colleagues announce the new find and assigned it to a species they dubbed, Australopithecus deyiremeda. In the Afar language the second name means “close relative,” referring to its apparent relationship to later members of the evolutionary tree.

Fossil jaws, teeth show Lucy’s speciesnot alone in Africa

Climate change to worsen ragweed counts, study shows