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A delicate dance between art, science

Julius Csotonyi’s portraits of dinosaurs are so compelling, you can almost hear his subjects tramp through the forest.

Story on PAGE A3FORECAST ON A2

WEATHER Mainly cloudy. High 14. Low 6.

DRAGON RESURFACING

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Alberta Art and Drafting employee Zach Lesyk works to apply a fresh coat of varnish to the mural on the south side of the Alberta Art and Drafting building in downtown Red Deer Tuesday.

Where’s the money coming from to pay for refugees?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — As British Colum-bia joins other provinces pledging sup-port for displaced Syrians, an immigra-tion expert says that calls for Canada to accept more refugees fail to address the crucial question of who would foot the bill.

University of Toronto sociology pro-fessor Monica Boyd said such requests amount to asking the federal govern-ment to pay the tab — about $35,000 per refugee family in the first year.

But the topic of funding is absent from the discussion taking place pub-licly between a growing list of prov-inces and Ottawa, she noted.

“They’re having a conversation in the middle of a marshmallow,” said Boyd, who is also the Canada Research

Chair in Immigration, Inequality and Public Policy. “What that means is

there are certain things that aren’t be-ing said, namely: ‘Where’s the money

coming from?”’Under current regulations, provinc-

es are legally not allowed to sponsor refugees — only the federal govern-ment and private citizens have that power. But that hasn’t stopped prov-inces from chiming in with announce-ments ranging from demands to boost immigration numbers to provincial funding for refugee support programs.

On Tuesday, Premier Christy Clark announced a $1-million “readiness fund” to help refugees from war-torn Syria settle in B.C.

The one-time investment will pro-vide trauma counselling, assist profes-sional associations to recognize for-eign credentials, support job place-ment programs and help private spon-sors navigate the refugee-sponsorship process.

On Monday, Quebec announced it was prepared to take in 3,650 Syrian refugees by the end of the year — 2,450 more than initially planned.

Abrupt end to murder

trialBY MURRAY CRAWFORD

ADVOCATE STAFF

A murder trial for a man accused of killing a woman and then putting her body into a recycling dumpster has been cancelled.

Nathan Mi-chael Deshar-nais, 26, of Red D e e r f a c e s charges of sec-o n d d e g r e e murder and in-terference with human remains. The trial was scheduled for this week.

The body of Talia Meguinis, 27, was dumped in a recycling bin in Riverside Meadows on Feb. 22, 2012. A recycling truck picked the bin up and transported the body to a Red Deer recycling plant in Riverside Industrial Park. It was there that the body was discovered.

Desharnais’ Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench trial before a judge and jury was to start on Tuesday, but the trial was cancelled abruptly. The trial was to run until Oct. 2.

Some potential jurors only found out the trial had been cancelled on Tuesday morning when they came to the court house and were notified at the front door by signs or by Alberta Sheriffs.

It is unclear why the trial was can-celled, but Desharnais will appear in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in arraignment court on Sept. 14 to speak to the charges.

A three-day preliminary hearing to test the strength of the Crown’s case, determining if it the matter could pro-ceed to trial, was held on Dec. 16, 18 and 19, 2013. After that, a trial was or-dered.

Talia Meguinis

Please see MEGUINIS on Page A2

Wildlife centre

prepping for winter

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF

Medicine River Wildlife Centre will have heat to continue running this fall and winter while construction of its new animal hospital continues.

“It won’t be pretty, and it won’t be the most efficient, but it will be better than freezing here or having to shut down,” said executive director Carol Kelly on Tuesday.

She said a plumber will be putting together a coil heating system to oper-ate in the three rooms that were once public spaces but have since been turned into the hospital during con-struction.

Kelly was worried the hospital would have to shut down while the centre fundraises to build its replace-ment hospital.

She said thankfully word spread and $70,000 was raised this year, and about $15,000 in gifts and in-kind dona-tions.

“We’re getting up to the $100,000 mark. We’re hearing from people all over the province,” Kelly said.

A few community fundraising proj-ects are also underway.

“We’re optimistic we’ll continue to move forward, and continue to build over the winter and have it set up in the spring.”

The $900,000 project includes a re-placement building and new septic system. So far about $400,000 has been raised, with $250,000 to $300,000 in grants pending.

She said enough money has come in so that concrete and septic system work continues.

“We’ve got the concrete foundation in for the new wing and part of the old wing. The septic system is going in next week.

“I’m desperate to make sure (the walls) are up before the snow flies.”

Throughout construction, injured and sick animals in Central Alberta have still been treated at the centre.

So far this year, staff have seen about 1,500 patients.

Please see WILDLIFE on Page A2

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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark becomes emotional while announcing a $1-million fund to help Syrian refugees settle in the province on Tuesday.

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MEGUINIS: Mother ofthree sons

Desharnais was charged with Meguinis’s murder in September 2012, seven months after her body was found.

Meguinis, of Calgary, was the mother of three sons. Police said she arrived in Red Deer on Feb. 17, 2012.

The charges were laid after an extensive inves-tigation that involved the Red Deer RCMP General Investigation Section, Major Crimes Unit, Forensic Identification Unit, Victims Services an the Police Dog Service. The Calgary Major Crimes Unit, K Divi-sion Special Tactical Operations, Polygraph Sections in both Calgary and Edmonton, Calgary Police Ser-vice and the Tsuu T’ina Police also assisted.

Police believe Meguinis and Desharnais were ca-sual acquaintances who met over a weekend.

Desharnais is serving jail time for a June 2012 sex-ual assault. He was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and choking with intent to aid the commis-sion of an indictable offence on June 27, 2014, in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. Justice Adam Germain sentenced him to six years in custody, with four left to serve because of his pre-sentence custody.

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WILDLIFE: Baby squirrels saved

Among them was a family of four-week-old baby squirrels found in logs that a man had purchased in Sundre this the summer.

“He was stacking them and he thought he heard a squeaking. He went investigating in the logs and he found one that had a hole in it. He very carefully cut it open to find a nest of baby squirrels.

“There were seven of them tucked down into the nest. They were quite dehydrated. We have three of the seven that have done well and they’re thriving.”

Right now, a lot of young hawks are coming in, she said.

“It’s the season where the hawks are leaving home and starting to get out into the world. They are teen-age hawks and not real bright about the world, so they’re getting hit by vehicles and getting electro-cuted.”

When staff are not treating or rescuing wildlife, they are advising people who call with wildlife is-sues.

“We’re having lots of calls about skunks moving into people’s yards and digging in for the winter. We’re dealing with all those calls.”

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REFUGEES: ‘Our job is to make sure we’re ready’

The province promised $29 million to assist in that effort, with most of the money going towards lan-guage training, job aid, education and health care.

Late last week, Ontario called on the federal gov-ernment to accept 5,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015, while Manitoba committed $40,000 to help settlement service providers accommodate hundreds additional refugees in the coming months.

“The provinces are saying, ‘Listen, we can support a lot more than what you’re currently bringing in. We can absorb these people. We have the transportation infrastructure; we have the schooling infrastructure; we have assisted housing infrastructure.”’ Boyd said.

“(The provinces) are not saying, ‘We will pay for these individuals to come,’ and in part they can’t be-cause that is not their political mandate.”

During Tuesday’s announcement in Vancouver, Clark emphasized that it wasn’t British Columbia’s job to decide refugee admission numbers.

“That’s (Ottawa’s) job,” she said. “Our job is to

make sure we’re ready.”Clark eyes brimmed with tears as she spoke

about the death of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, whose lifeless body on a Mediterranean beach was captured in a photo that sparked grief around the world.

“Alan Kurdi and his family didn’t die because they were anything but unlucky enough to live in a country wracked by war,” Clark said, pausing to re-gain her composure.

“We are lucky. Alan Kurdi was unlucky. And our task b& is to make sure that we take more opportuni-ties to share the great luck that we have as Canadi-ans.”

Municipal leaders have also added their voices to the mix, with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson calling for Ottawa to adopt a national baseline of ac-cepting 20,000 government-supported refugees annu-ally by 2020.

“It’s clear that the government of Canada has not been meeting our international obligations in this continuing humanitarian crisis,” said Robertson in a statement.

Canada’s Big City Mayors Caucus will meet later this week to co-ordinate further action, he said.

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Judy Boyd of the Medicine River Wildlife Centre looks out from the old dismantled hospital onto the work that has begun on the new hospital.

Calgary bake shop customer leaves staff a whopping $525 tip, by accident

CALGARY — The staff at a Calgary bakery may have been flattered but were mostly worried on the weekend when a customer using a debit machine bought $49 worth of baked goods and left a whopping $525 tip.

Workers at the Sidewalk Citizen didn’t notice the generous gratuity until they were cashing out at the end of the day.

They suspected it might have been an error, so they held onto the money, hoping the customer would come back to claim it.

Owner Aviv Fried said since most people go over their statement at least once a month, the bakery was prepared to hang onto the money for that long just to be on the safe side.

They also contacted the Royal Bank, which man-aged to contact the customer and determine that it was indeed a misunderstanding.

Customer Pat Benedict said she’s grateful for the vigilance of the bakery staff.

“They said, ‘do you know you left about a $525 tip?’ I said ‘no, I didn’t know I did that,’ ” said Bene-

dict, who returned to the bakery for her refund on Tuesday.

“Somebody is looking after me, I’d say. It makes me feel good.”

Benedict said it’s a lesson for everybody to slow down a little bit and know what you’re paying for be-fore you hit the OK button on the debit machine.

Couple accidentally sells treasured wedding video in garage sale

PENETANGUISHENE, Ont. — An Ontario couple is hoping the people who bought their treasured wedding video at a garage sale will return the tape.

Randy Ladouceur of Penetanguishene, about 150 kilometres north of Toronto, says the video was in a box with a few dozen other VHS tapes including The Land Before Time and other cartoons.

He and his wife were selling the tapes for 10 cents each, but when a couple offered Ladouceur three bucks for the box, he didn’t think twice.

Ladouceur says his wife, Claire, realized after the weekend garage sale that she’d put their wedding tape in the box as well.

Ladouceur says he doesn’t remember a lot about buyers, but says they drove a black SUV, and the man mentioned he laid tiles for a living and was wearing a Maple Leafs jersey.

Ladouceur says he just wants his wedding video back, and is hoping the couple who bought the box will hear the story and contact him.

Mom and baby whale Number 5 doing well off B.C. coast

SOOKE, B.C. — Scientists say a fifth baby has joined an endangered population of killer whales off British Columbia’s coast.

The newest calf in the L pod was spotted frolick-ing with its mother Sunday near Sooke.

The Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said the baby dubbed L122 is the newest member of the pod since last December.

It said the calf was photographed from a research vessel and measured using a drone that was already doing work in the area on southern resident killer whales.

“It’s good news all around,” said Ken Balcolm, a senior scientist at the center. “We’re happy to see that they still can produce babies. One of the real concerns was toxins in their bodies causing them re-productive failure.”

He said that although many toxins, such as PCBs, were banned in the 1970s, they still accumulated in the ecosystem and the whales’ food supply.

The southern residents, which ply the waters off B.C. and Washington state, are made up of three pods — J, K and L — and now number 81, Balcomb said Monday.

The newest calf’s mother, named L91, was seen swimming alone last Thursday, he said, adding the baby’s appearance is providing clues about when it was born.

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CALGARY — The local chapter of an internation-al hunting group with ties to the American hunter who killed Cecil the lion has decided to move a scheduled fundraiser away from the Calgary Zoo.

Animal rights groups criticized the zoo earlier this summer for allowing the Calgary chapter of Sa-fari Club International to hold a fundraiser at the zoo next April.

Trophy hunting has come under intense pressure since U.S. dentist Walter Palmer killed a protected lion named Cecil while on a guided hunt in Zimba-bwe.

Palmer and his guide have had their member-ships in Safari Club indefinitely suspended. The group, which promotes big-game hunting worldwide, has approximately 55,000 members.

The fundraiser involves auctions for several hunt-ing trips including a 10-day safari in Africa with the chance to hunt 23 different species such as impalas, gazelles and leopards.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ap-plauded the move in a news release Tuesday, claim-ing public pressure led the zoo to cancel the event.

“The Calgary Zoo has made the right call in cut-ting ties with a group that celebrates and enables the massacre of majestic animals who want only to be left in peace,” said PETA’s Brittany Peet.

“PETA is calling on other businesses to follow the zoo’s lead and show the despicable Safari Club Inter-national the door.”

But David Little, the director of Safari Club’s Calgary chapter, said it was the group that made the call.

“It was this unfair pillorying of the Calgary Zoo that made us decide to move it,” said Little. “It was our decision — in spite of the fantasy that PETA put forward in a press release. It was not the zoo’s deci-sion.”

Zoo spokeswoman Trish Exton-Parder confirmed it was the club that pulled out.

“We have had numerous conversations with SCI Calgary and they have decided to move their event to another venue,” she said. “This decision is in the best interest of all and it allows us to put this matter behind us and focus on our conservation projects

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Little said it is disappointing that the Calgary Zoo

took the brunt of the criticism. He said his group

hasn’t had any more flak than usual over the fund-

raiser.

“We’ve got pretty thick skin because there always

is a lack of understanding between those fringe

groups that would pillory the zoo and the conserva-

tion groups like ours that include hunting and fish-

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Little said a new venue for the fundraiser hasn’t

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His portraits are so compelling you can almost hear his subjects tramp through the forest and smell their heaving breath.

Yet Julius Csotonyi has never seen any of the ani-mals he depicts. Dinosaurs, after all, have been gone a long time.

“It’s really fun,” said Csotonyi, whose dramatic illustrations of extinct beasts enliven the densest of paleontological papers. “It’s the unknown and try-ing to figure out new things. That’s always interested me.”

Csotonyi’s work appears regularly in top scien-tific journals. The Vancouver-based illustrator has brought life to everything from a bus-sized shark to a primitive snake with legs.

He’s worked with Alberta’s Royal Tyrrell Muse-um, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Royal Canadian Mint and the National Geographic Society.

He has won paleontology’s top illustration award three times.

“He’s one of the people that paleontologists want to work with most,” said University of Alberta pale-ontologist Philip Currie.

Like a lot of kids, Csotonyi grew up drawing dinos.But he never stopped. Even when he was working

on his doctorate in microbiology, he drew dinosaurs on the side for publications such as Prehistoric Times.

Then, in 2005, an English publisher preparing a dinosaur encyclopedia called him up. That’s when Csotonyi realized he could make a living at it.

Picturing an animal known only by a few bones, Csotonyi said, is a delicate dance between art and science.

“You come up with an image that’s plausible, but interesting as well.”

A commissioning scientist will send him photos of fossils and share whatever data might help. Csotonyi comes up with a sketch and a careful back-and-forth ensues to get the dino right and have it doing some-thing believable in the correct context.

Hints come from all sorts of sources. Environment might suggest colour; scraps of fossilized skin or feathers point to texture; a related species — even one still living — might offer clues.

“Sometimes ... animals that are closely related to it have certain features that are conserved in a group. We use those to insert what missing parts of the animal may have been like.”

This August, Csotonyi drew on a modern iguana species for an image of an extinct, 60-million-year-old lizard.

Subjects are posed to emphasize whatever the pa-per is focusing on.

“The more of a story the image tells, the better it is.”

What’s not shown sometimes says as much as what is.

“If there are parts that are not known, you can hide parts of the animal’s anatomy.”

And imagination is always an asset.“I love to try to imagine what it would be like

standing in a particular time and make a visual im-age, where you hold in your head the kinds of trees and plants that would be around, what it sounds like, try to get a visceral feel for what it might be like to stand there.”

Occasionally, Csotonyi revises images once new research comes along. Once, he surmised that a feathered dinosaur from China was red.

“The next paper that came out on it allowed the researchers to build up a map of the colour patterns — striped wings, a russet crest on its head, dark greys on various parts,” he said. “That’s what’s kind of fun about science.”

Working with an artist such as Csotonyi can help scientists refine their ideas. Theories formed by measuring bones don’t always make sense when translated into an image, said Currie.

“If you reconstruct an animal a certain way and it turned out it had legs that were just impossibly ridiculous, you may not know that from looking at the measurements themselves. By having the discus-sions, you’re able to see things better yourself.”

Csotonyi holds an advanced degree in the scienc-es, but has never formally studied painting.

So, scientific artist or artistic scientist?Don’t ask Csotonyi to distinguish.“It’s just really fun to be able to reproduce some-

thing like this and to try to create an image that’s not just plausible and accurate, but also makes for an esthetically pleasing image.”

A delicate dance between art, scienceILLUSTRATOR RENOWNED FOR PICTURING ANIMALS KNOWN ONLY BY A FEW BONES


Natural history illustrator Julius Csotonyi stands for a photograph with one of his dinosaur illustrations on display as part of the Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit at Science World in Vancouver, B.C.

Hunting club moves fundraiser to new venue from zoo

Tuition freeze now in effect at post-secondary institutions

CALGARY — The NDP government has followed through on an election promise to freeze tuition and fees for post-secondary students for the next two years.

The tuition and fee freeze went into effect on Tuesday and the province says starting this fall it will review the overall funding model for post-sec-ondary institutions.

Advanced Education Minister Lori Sigurdson says the initiatives are a first step toward making higher education more affordable.

She says she’s met with many of the presidents of the province’s 26 post-secondary institutions and says they are encouraged by what the government has done.

The province also restored funding that had previ-ously been cut and says the extra money will ensure all institutions freeze the cost of mandatory non-instructional fees.

Romy Garrido, chairwoman of the Council of Al-berta University Students, says the tuition freeze is good news.

“During the freeze, students are looking forward to collaborating directly in the planning of the long-term funding framework for post-secondary educa-tion, and to ensuring that the principles of afford-ability and predictability continue to guide future considerations for the tuition and fees we pay,” she says.

Her comments were echoed by Erik Queenan, president of the Students’ Association of Mount Roy-al University in Calgary.

“It’s a good first step after years of increases and ever-growing student debt,” says Queenan. “Every penny counts. Students are pleased that the govern-ment is considering students’ needs and that they’re consulting us.”

The freezes will last for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years.

Woman sought after truck allegedly sideswipes Calgary police officer

CALGARY — A Calgary police officer is recover-ing from a minor leg injury that happened while checking out an allegedly stolen pickup truck.

Officers spotted the truck in a southeast neigh-bourhood early Tuesday morning after getting re-ports of possible prowlers.

They pulled the vehicle over and a male passen-ger was removed without incident.

Police say when a woman who was driving was asked to step out, she put the truck in reverse, side-swiped an officer and collided with a police vehicle before speeding away.

The officer was treated at hospital.The woman has still not been found.

Shootings, injuries, cap off Edmonton’s last long weekend of summer

EDMONTON — Two young men are being treated after suffering wounds in one of three Labour Day shootings in Edmonton that police think may be con-nected.

The first shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. Mon-day when shots were fired from a vehicle at the men as they were standing on a sidewalk.

Both have non-life-threatening injuries.Two vehicles in the vicinity that were carrying

children were also struck, but the occupants weren’t harmed.

Bullets ripped into a restaurant and some ve-hicles at two other locations Monday evening, but no one else was hurt.

Police are still looking for suspects.

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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

As the election campaign moves in-to high gear, neither Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair nor Justin Trudeau is out of the game yet.

With six weeks to go to the Oct. 19 vote, it is still possible to chart a path to victory for the Conserva-tives, the New Democrats or the Liberals.

But after the equivalent of a typical 37-day cam-paign, each party still has a tall order to fill to secure the bare minimum of a workable minority mandate next month.

In a vote this week, Harp-er would have lost his bid for another majority and, possibly, the election itself. Only in the Prairies are the Conservatives decisively in the lead, and it is that region that offers them the least room for growth. In 2011, they won all but five of the seats in the three Prairie provinces.

The Conservatives lag well behind the Liberals in Atlantic Canada; the party is in fourth place in NDP-domi-nated Quebec and 15 to 20 points off its last election finish in British Columbia

and Ontario.Since the vote was called, Conser-

vative support has hovered around or below the 30-per-cent mark. For the sake of compari-sons, Harper lost his first election as leader in 2004 with a score like that.

It speaks volumes of the Conservatives’ first month on the trail that the party has mostly elicited admi-ration for the resilience of the Conservative core sup-porters in the face of the Mike Duffy trial, a missing-in-campaign-action finance minister and the television antics of the minister in charge of the refugee file. (That resilience was tested again on Monday when the

party had to fire two GTA candidates for inappropriate behaviour.)

And yet the Conservative lead-er might as well be running a front-runner campaign. Attendance at his campaign events is tightly controlled. His party’s policy offering can best be summed up as more of the same. The goal seems to be to consolidate the party base, even, at times, at the ex-

pense of wooing past supporters back into the fold.

Harper’s response to the refugee is-sue is a case in point. The Conservative leader has cast Canada’s participation in airstrikes on Islamic extremists in the Middle East and a more proactive refugee policy as either/or proposi-tions. But, as France and Great Britain are demonstrating, the two are not mu-tually exclusive. At the end of the day, an opportunity to showcase leadership — a central Conservative theme — was sacrificed to wedge politics.

If Harper does not want the next five weeks to be about whether Mul-cair or Trudeau is best to replace him, he will soon have to reconnect with lost 2011 Conservative supporters on a basis other than fear of the alterna-tives.

This has been a good Labour Day for the New Democrats, with organized labour promising to round up votes on their behalf across the country. That active support might not have been as forthcoming if Mulcair’s party had not held the lead in voting intentions.

But what if the NDP should lose that card? For Canada’s unions, as for a critical mass of non-Conservative vot-ers, achieving regime change is job No.

1 in this election.So far the NDP’s edge in voting in-

tentions has been more a ceiling than a floor, with the race tightening over the past five weeks. A second orange wave in the making in Quebec has yet to translate into a flood of NDP support in Ontario. At this critical juncture, Mulcair’s campaign outside Quebec could use a second wind.

On the scale of expectations, the Liberals have had the better month. The party has registered a modest but real growth in support, and some polls suggest Ontario could become Trudeau’s to lose.

But the Liberal campaign is all but competitive in francophone Que-bec, and without more support from Trudeau’s fellow Quebecers the par-ty has faint hopes of winning enough seats to form a government.

In federal elections, Quebec tends to walk to the beat of its own drum-mer. It will take more than encourag-ing Liberal poll numbers in Ontario to move the province over to Trudeau. That may require a remarkable per-formance in the Sept. 24 and Oct. 2 French-language leaders debates.

Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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Warming shelter will likely end up North of the river

Will the warming shelter be built in Red Deer North?

The downtown has made it perfectly clear that they do not want the warming shelter downtown. Something about being marginalized, I read. Not-In-My-Backyard, (NIMBY) means it will be hard to locate. Like many other things, if it is unwanted, you send it north of the river.

Shelters, centres, yards, industry anything that is not attractive or an attraction is apparently destined for north of the river. Arenas, pools, high schools, concert halls or spray parks are attractive or an at-traction worthy of south of the river, anything else goes north of the river.

The north side of the river you can have shelters beside residences beside industrial parks. The south side of river would not allow residential neighbor-hoods to abut industrial parks. That can only happen on the north side if industry leaves room.

The next time NIMBY, comes into play for a shel-ter, friendship centre, an unpopular application, watch to see how long before a north side location is suggested. They will probably build the next remand centre on the north side so they can convert the one downtown into a concert hall.

Does Red Deer have a class system separated into north and south? The residences on the north are like the poor second cousins you shuffle all unwant-

ed things upon?The warming shelter is an issue that needs

thought and compassion. The location is the utmost important aspect of the decision because you cannot base location on time traveled or bus route as the homeless travel by foot in cold weather. I know it will not be a $100 million dollar attraction, it proba-bly will not bring high profits to businesses, and this is just compassion for our fellow human beings.

Red Deer North already has deficits in recreation, education, cultural, and social facilities. The north side has the majority share of industry and along with that already has the worst air quality and the highest rate of contaminants and particulate com-pared to Red Deer south. As reported in various air studies by the department of Alberta Environment.

There are 9 decision makers voting on the loca-tion of the warming shelter and only 1 lives north of the river, so it is a safe bet where the warming shel-ter will be located. Can anyone say “NORTH”?

Garfield Marks Red Deer

Jury still out on human responsibility for global warming

I am perplexed by the ubiquitous assumption that global warming is due to carbon dioxide, and then the assumption that it is directly due to human ac-tivities.

It should be noted that the world is in the midst of a warming trend, the fossil record and climate research bears that out, and that it has never been shown that carbon dioxide is to blame. Indeed many scientists have gone on record to state that it is water vapour, and a natural cycle, that has led to recent warming trends.

What disturbs me is that the public is being con-stantly fed with the idea that we humans are directly responsible and that carbon emissions are to blame. It has become assumptive and ingrained. Lots of money to be made there!

The widespread enforcement of the reduction of carbon emissions is adding a cost to almost every-thing, energy companies are particularly under the microscope. It should be noted that this is all based on a very poorly conducted piece of “scientific” the-ory backed by an very dubious video by an American politician, An Inconvenient Truth, which now looks more and more like a political attempt at popularity.

Make no mistake, I am a keen environmentalist, active in ecological education for over 30 years. But I see the assumptions being made today as very poor science, and I see lots and lots of monies being put towards the myth that we are responsible for the global warming. And lots of people are making a very good living out of perpetuating the theory.

Of course it doesn’t hurt to be careful but we should also be aware that just because we are being told something, it doesn’t necessarily make it true.

David MathiasRed Deer

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Coalition talk comes up in

tight raceBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Polls suggesting a tight, three-way race among the main federal parties forced their leaders Tuesday to confront scenarios around a possible minority government as the post-La-bour Day phase of the election cam-paign opened.

That raised the possibility of cross-party alliances, including the conten-tious coalition question, which also reared its head, as it did in last federal campaign.

But the Conservative, NDP and Lib-eral leaders were determined to carve some daylight between their parties.

Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau added economic planks to their platforms, throttling up their campaigns to full speed after more than a month of summer cam-paigning.

But with no breakaway front runner emerging for the Oct. 19 election, all three faced questions about whether they might try to join forces with an-other party if the country awakens to a minority government the next day.

Harper held firm to his anti-coali-tion stance, saying it was the right of the party winning the most seats to form the government.

“That’s always been my view. I’ve lived by that and I hope that party is us,” Harper said in Mississauga, Ont., where he announced a plan that would increase the government’s contribution when low- and middle-income families invest in education savings plans.

The Conservative plan would see the government contribute $200 for the first $500 invested each year by a fam-ily earning up to $44,000. For a family earning up to $88,000, the government’s cut would be $100.

At the same time, Harper painted his NDP and Liberal rivals as promot-ers of high taxes and endless deficits who would be toxic to the economy.

Campaigning in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Trudeau said Cana-dians don’t want a coalition if a party

wins a minority government, but re-iterated his party’s willingness to co-operate with other parties to pass leg-islation.

“We will always be open to working with others, but the fact is, Canadians aren’t interested in formal coalitions,” Trudeau said, before he promised ma-jor changes to the employment insur-ance system.

Trudeau’s plan includes a reduction in premiums, more for the provinces for skills training and a reduction in wait time for a first payment to one week from two.

“One of the things that is very, very clear is that Mr. Harper has got more than 60 per cent of Canadians wanting to see someone else as prime minis-ter,” Trudeau added.

Mulcair sidestepped questions about his position on the coalition question at an event in Montreal, where he pledged new funding for the aerospace industry.

“We, of course, have raised that is-sue any number of times. In 2008, we went so far as to write a formal co-alition agreement with the Liberals,” Mulcair said.

“But as you know, they turned up their nose on their own signature and seven years later Stephen Harper is still there.”

The coalition question arose Mon-day night when Harper was asked about the issue during an interview with CBC television.

Harper said he “would not serve as prime minister” if the Conservatives finish in second place even by a close margin.

Like Trudeau, Mulcair said he was focused on defeating the Conserva-tives.

Mulcair promised a $160-million fund to help small- and medium-sized aerospace companies adopt new tech-nology and increase production to in-crease their global competitiveness.

Mulcair said he would lead trade delegations to major international in-dustry events to help promote Cana-dian companies.

PROJECT HOPE


Archdiocese of Toronto Bishop Vincent Nguyen, left, a refugee from Vietnam, listens as Cardinal Thomas Collins announces an emergency refugee resettlement campaign called ‘Project Hope’ during a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday.

Son pleads not guilty to murder in father’s death


SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Dennis Oland pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the second-degree murder of his father, w h o s e f a m -ily built one of the Maritimes’ most successful breweries, as jury selection began in a hock-ey arena turned into a makeshift courtroom to accommodate h u n d r e d s o f prospective ju-rors.

A s k e d b y J u d g e J o h n Walsh of the Court of Queen’s Bench to enter a plea, the 46-year-old Oland stood, leaned forward into a microphone and said “not guilty.”

Oland entered his plea on Tuesday afternoon, hours after those called for

jury duty stood in long lines to get into the Harbour Station arena in Saint John, N.B.

Security was tight as 5,000 summons-es were initially sent out to people in Saint John and Kings counties to ap-pear for jury duty. Many had reasons to be exempted, leaving more than 1,000 potential jurors.

Richard Oland was 69 when he was found dead in his Canterbury Street office in Saint John on July 7, 2011.

The Oland family operates Mooseh-ead Breweries — the oldest indepen-dently owned brewery in Canada — although Richard Oland left the com-pany in 1981. He went on to have a suc-cessful business career separate from the family brewery and was an active community member in Saint John.

With such a large jury pool for the trial, regional sheriff George Oram said a lot of advance planning has gone into this week’s jury selection.

“It’s one of the biggest we’ve under-taken here in Saint John and we have a lot of staff who have put in extra hours and a lot of effort has gone into this to-day,” he said outside court.

Man accused in stabbing rampage found not criminally responsible


A man who went on a bloody stab-bing rampage at a Toronto office while he was being fired was found not crim-inally responsible for his actions by an Ontario court Tuesday, in a decision a judge called “an extremely close call.”

Chuang Li was charged with three counts of attempted murder, four counts of aggravated assault and four counts of assault with a weapon in an incident that captured the city’s atten-tion last April.

Four people were taken to hospital, two of them with life-threatening inju-ries, after Li started stabbing people while he was in the process of being fired from human resources company Ceridian Dayforce Corporation.

His trial heard that Li suffered from a mental illness at the time and had been carrying knives with him even before the incident because he thought he was being watched by “an organiza-tion” that was out to get him.

“I am satisfied on a balance of prob-abilities that Mr. Li was not criminally responsible by reason of mental dis-order,” said Justice Fergus O’Donnell. “But by a very narrow margin.”

Li showed little emotion as his ver-dict was delivered, nodding only slight-ly when the judge addressed him.

He has been in custody since the incident and will now go before the Ontario Review Board, which will de-termine which hospital he will receive treatment in.

Li’s lawyer said his client suffered from paranoid delusions at the time of the incident.

Accused in Lac-Megantic rail disaster case to return to

court in DecemberLAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — The

criminal case stemming from the 2013 Lac-Megantic rail disaster has been delayed until Dec. 1, when a trial date may be set for three men each charged with 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death.

Defunct rail company Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway, train driver Tom Harding, railway traffic controller Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre, the manager of train opera-tions, have all pleaded not guilty and opted for a jury trial.

On July 6, 2013, a parked train broke loose, roared downhill toward Lac-Megantic and bounced off the tracks, wiping out much of the downtown area and killing 47 people.

Demaitre and Harding were present in court Tuesday as the case was de-layed when Demaitre’s lawyer, Gaetan Bourassa, recused himself because his client was told he didn’t qualify for legal aid.

Four of 5 missing persons reported in Winnipeg are

kids in Manitoba care: policeWINNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg

say four out of five missing persons re-ports they receive every month involve kids in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services.

A report prepared for the city’s po-lice board says officers deal with an average of about 550 missing persons reports a month. Of those, 83 per cent involve kids in government care and 71 per cent are female.

Another police report prepared for the same board meeting shows the top 19 addresses associated with missing persons reports are Child and Family Services facilities.

“The vast majority of missing per-sons reported are short-term chronic runaways,” the report says. “Most are vulnerable indigenous youth who are in the care of Child and Family Ser-vices.”

The police figures also show that “habitual/chronic” missing persons accounted for almost 70 per cent of all 709 missing persons reported between April and June and that 22 people ac-counted for 20 per cent of the reports during those three months.

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City reaches wrongful death settlement with family of Freddie Gray

BALTIMORE — The parents of Freddie Gray reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore, nearly five months after their 25-year-old son was critically injured in police cus-tody, sparking days of protests and rioting.

The deal, announced Tuesday, appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just days before a judge is set to decide whether to move a trial for six officers charged in Gray’s death.

Grey’s spine was injured April 12 in the back of a prisoner transport van after he was arrested. Gray, a black man, died at the hospital a week later. In the aftermath, Gray became a symbol of the contentious relationship between the police and the public in Baltimore, as well as the treatment of black men by police in America.

The settlement still needs the approval of a board that oversees city spending. That board will meet Wednesday morning.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a news release.

Rawlings-Blake refused to comment further on Tuesday at an unrelated news conference.

The settlement does not resolve any factual dis-putes, and expressly does not constitute an admis-sion of liability on the part of the city, its police department or any of the officers. The settlement has nothing whatsoever to do with the criminal proceed-ings, the press release said.

Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe hunt returns to work

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion returned to work Tuesday after weeks away, walking silently into his small dental practice, past swarming media and a handful of protesters calling for him to be sent to Zimbabwe to face trial.

Walter Palmer had largely retreated from public view since he was identified as Cecil’s killer in July, offering little insight into the hunt that until a Sun-day interview with The Associated Press in which he defended the kill as legal and announced his plan to return to work.

Some of the uproar bubbled up shortly after sun-rise Tuesday as a security guard whisked Palmer in-side the clinic, past reporters shouting questions and a protester repeatedly yelling “Extradite Palmer!” Palmer walked from a nearby street where police had blocked off traffic, meeting the guard in the parking lot of his Bloomington practice and rushing through a door covered in messages reading: “Jus-tice for Cecil” and “May you never hunt again.”

The small throng of protesters didn’t match the furor in the days after Cecil was killed during a July hunt in Zimbabwe’s vast Hwange National Park, when hundreds gathered to hold vigils for the big cat with the black mane and forced River Bluff Dental to temporarily close. Just a few protesters were on site when he arrived.

Democrats get enough votes to block measure against Iran nuclear deal

WASHINGTON — The White House and insistent U.S. Senate Democrats locked up the votes Tuesday to frustrate attempts by outraged Republicans to pass a legislative rebuke to the Iran nuclear accord.

Three previously undeclared Senate Democrats — Richard Blumenthal , Ron Wyden and Gary Pe-ters — announced their support for the international agreement in a co-ordinated burst. That pushed sup-porters to the crucial 41-vote total that would allow them to block a Republican disapproval resolution with a delaying tactic and prevent a final vote.

The agreement struck by Iran, the U.S., China, Russia, France, Britain and Germany in July would provide Iran hundreds of billions of dollars in re-lief from international sanctions in exchange for a decade of constraints on the country’s nuclear pro-gram. The deal aims to keep Iran at least a year away from being able to produce enough nuclear material for a weapon.

“There is no better deal available now,” declared Blumenthal, one of the Senate’s Jewish Democrats, announcing his support for an accord that is strongly opposed by Israeli leaders as well as Republican senators.

The three lawmakers were among just a handful of undeclared senators and were all considered pos-sible “no” votes. Coming on the first day of Congress’ fall session after a five-week summer recess, their announcements were a dramatic start to what prom-ises to be a bitter, partisan debate on the deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program.

The debate will take on some of the trappings of a political circus Wednesday with Republican presi-dential candidates Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz preparing to headline an anti-accord rally outside the Capitol.

Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria in length of service

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has reached a major milestone by becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history.

She passes Queen Victoria, her great-great-grand-mother, who was on the throne for 63 years and 7 months.

Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that millions on Britons would celebrate the queen’s “historic moment.”

“Over the last 63 years, Her Majesty has been a rock of stability in a world of constant change and her selfless sense of service and duty has earned admiration not only in Britain, but right across the globe,” Cameron said.

“It is only right that today we should celebrate her extraordinary record, as well as the grace and dignity with which she serves our country.”

Buckingham Palace marked the event by releas-ing an official photograph of the queen taken by Mary McCartney, a photographer who is the daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney.

Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952 upon the death of her father King George VI. She was touring a remote part of Kenya when news of her father’s death arrived.

Next wave of migrants on the march to Hungary

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Leaders of the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that Hun-gary faces a bigger wave of 42,000 asylum seekers in the next 10 days and will need international help to provide shelter on its border, where newcomers already are complaining bitterly about being left to sleep in frigid fields.

Officials from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was sending tents, beds and thermal blankets to Hungary’s border with Serbia, where for the past two days frustrated groups from the Middle East, Asia and Africa have ignored police instruc-tions to stay put and instead have marched on a high-way north to Budapest.

Commissioner Antonio Guterres accused the en-tire European Union of failing to see the crisis com-ing or take co-ordinated action, even though the 28-nation bloc of 508 million people should have enough room and resources to absorb hundreds of thousands of newcomers with ease.

There was needless suffering in the migration crisis “because Europe is not organized to deal with it, because the European asylum system has been extremely dysfunctional and in recent weeks completely chaotic,” Guterres said. He told a news conference in Paris that it appeared “clear that if Europe would be properly organized, it would be a manageable crisis.”

The EU has struggled, in part, because front-line nations such as Hungary and Greece have not put enough facilities in place to house a human flow av-eraging 2,000 to 3,000 a day while the vast majority of people try to push deeper into Europe and seek refu-gee protection in Germany, the nation accepting the greatest number by far.

Germany already expects to take in 800,000 this year, and vice-chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said Tues-day it could take a further 1 million over the next two years. Many other EU members have yet to fol-low Germany’s lead, and Hungary’s government in-stead is focusing on building a border fence to block the route from Serbia. It plans a series of get-tough frontier security measures that it hopes to start en-forcing Sept. 15, although international observers are skeptical.

The UNHCR’s refugee co-ordinator for Europe, Vincent Cochetel, told a Budapest news conference that Hungary could not cope on its own with the com-ing, even bigger volume of asylum seekers. He said 42,000 people — 30,000 in Greece, 7,000 in Macedonia and 5,000 in Serbia — were likely to enter Hungary in the next 10 days, requiring greater international help.

“We need better co-ordination to make sure we don’t have chaos at the border,” he said, chiding Hungary for allowing people to be left overnight “in a very dire situation.”

Hungary’s inconsistent reception near the border village of Roszke has left many hundreds waiting for buses that arrive too infrequently, leaving large

numbers stranded at night. Officers have found it in-creasingly difficult to keep them within a designated field. Some have pushed through police lines and walk north deeper into Hungary, while others head south back to Serbia where camps are sometimes better organized.

On Monday, a few hundred people broke through police lines near Roszke and, despite being hit with pepper spray, made it onto the main highway link-ing Serbia with Budapest. It happened again Tues-day night following a day of scuffles with officers in which one man was injured amid a stampede.

“We’ve been here for two days, and the Hungarian government only brings one bus?” said a Syrian man, who gave only his first name, Ali. “We’re asking to go back to Serbia and they are not giving us this right. We’re asking to go to Budapest and they are not giv-ing us this right. Why? Why?”

The government has given little aid, leaving vol-unteer groups to provide food and water instead. The field near Roszke has become strewn with garbage.

At Budapest’s main international train station, more than 300 people — mostly asylum seekers — queued for tickets. Last week, Keleti station became an open-air refugee camp when Hungary briefly stopped migrants from taking trains to Austria and Germany. Authorities are once again letting these travellers take trains deeper into the EU, although they often ride in separate carriages from other pas-sengers.

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A boy drinks his milk at a refugee camp in the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, Tuesday. Hundred of thousands migrants and refugees trying to reach the heart of Europe via Turkey, Greece, the Balkans and Hungary have faced dangers, difficulties and delays on every link of the journey.

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Volatility discouragingBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate on hold Wednesday follow-ing a string of better than expected economic data.

However, the continued weakness in oil prices and the turmoil on the global markets amid fears about the Chinese economy are expected raise con-cerns for the central bank, economists say.

Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said he’ll be watching to see what the Bank of Canada highlights in its rate announcement.

“It will be very interesting to see what the focus is,” Tal said.

Oil prices are lower than the Bank of Canada fore-cast in its July monetary policy report and Chinese economic weakness is expected to hurt commodity prices.

So, while the third quarter has been shaping up to show growth, the Canadian economy still faces chal-lenges, Tal noted.

“They definitely will talk about the recovery in

the third quarter, but I think that they probably won’t be as optimistic about the fourth quarter,” he said.

The central bank has cut the rate twice this year, most recently in July when it also downgraded its outlook for the Canadian economy.

Since then, Statistics Canada has reported that the economy contracted at an annual pace of 0.5 per cent in the second quarter, in line with the Bank of Canada’s expectations.

There has also been better than expected trade results for July and stronger than expected job num-bers for August, pointing to an economy that has pulled out of the slump it had been in for the first half of the year.

The data adds up to expectations that the Cana-dian economy will grow in the third quarter after contracting for the first two quarters of the year, put-ting the country into a recession.

However, BMO senior economist Benjamin Re-itzes said the volatility in financial markets in recent weeks “is hardly an encouraging sign for global growth.”

“The knock-on effect of China’s weakness on emerging markets and the resulting impact on com-modity prices will be significant concerns for the Bank of Canada,” Reitzes wrote in a report.

“Look for the statement to highlight increased downside risk coming from emerging markets.”

Meanwhile, Tal also noted that the Bank of Can-ada’s core inflation rate has been above the two per cent for 12 straight months.

In its last monetary policy report, the central bank attributed it to “transitory effects” including the drop in the loonie compared with the U.S. dollar and some sector specific factors.

However, Tal said at some point it will be a con-cern.

“Since then the dollar went down and it might go down even more, especially with the Bank of Cana-da’s policy relative to the Fed,” Tal said.

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Pension managers must weather

climate-change risk: study


Climate change is one of the biggest risks faced by Canadian pension plans and plan managers may be forced into taking public stands to fulfil their legal duties, says a new legal study.

“Climate change risks must be taken into account, and pension trustees may protect the longer term interests of their beneficiaries by acting as effective public-policy advocates for climate change regula-tion,” says the report from the Toronto-based firm of Koskie and Minsky, one of Canada’s leading pension law firms.

“The urgency of climate change, coupled with its potentially severe consequences, suggest that pen-sion fiduciaries may engage governments on climate change issues to attempt to achieve a collective out-come that they are incapable of achieving alone.”

The report was commissioned by Shareholder As-sociation for Research and Education (SHARE), a non-profit environmental investing consultancy that advises clients with a total of about $14 billion in assets, said spokesman Kevin Thomas. It was under-taken because pension managers need to think more long-term than other fund managers.

“The typical pension plan is thinking 70 years down the road,” Thomas said Tuesday. “They have to make sure that their current and future beneficia-ries are all taken care of.”

In that kind of time frame, the report concludes that climate change creates a series of risks for investors. Those risks include regulatory change, extreme weather, access to resources and costs of factors such as energy.

Managers need to consider which companies in their portfolios are unduly exposed to those risks, said Thomas.

“There’s some things you can do in terms of screening your portfolio or engaging with the com-pany to change practices.”

But the report goes further. It says trustees may also have a responsibility to preserve an overall economy in which it is possible to prosper. It notes previous studies have found balanced portfolios are likely to do much better if global warming is limited to two degrees Celsius.

“There is no meaningful distinction between ’non-financial’ criteria that may affect financial performance and financial criteria,” says the report. “Trustees must take both into account when making investment decisions.”

One thing trustees can no longer do is deny what’s happening, says the report.

“In making investment decisions, climate change denial is not an option,” it says.

Traditionally, trustees haven’t been vocal, Thomas said. But it is becoming more common.

“In recent years we’re seen pension fund trustees being increasingly vocal about issues like climate change.”

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Mike Lazaridis, former co-CEO of Research in Motion, gestures at the end of his keynote address to the BlackBerry DevCon Americas conference in San Francisco. Wilfrid Laurier University is naming its school of business after BlackBerry founder Lazaridis.

Few consumers feel rewarded for sharing personal data: Aimia

TORONTO — A survey of 20,000 people in 11 coun-tries done by Aimia Inc. suggests a minority of them were satisfied with the rewards they get in exchange for sharing personal information with businesses.

The Montreal-based company said 31 per cent of the Canadian respondents rated their personal in-formation as “highly valuable” and 26 per cent said that they expect better service and benefits in return for sharing it.

Only eight per cent of the Canadian respondents felt they get better offers as a result of sharing the information.

Aimia executive David Johnson says companies have an opportunity to build meaningful relation-ships with their customers but the “golden moment” will quickly disappear if they fail to respond appro-priately.

The company has employees in 20 countries in-cluding Canada and provides its clients with analyt-ics of consumer data.

The 11-country global survey compiled responses from Australia, Brazil, Canada, several members of

the European Union, India, the United Arab Emir-ates and the United States.

In Canada, Aimia operates the Aeroplan customer loyalty program used by Air Canada, TD Bank and CIBC, and retailers.

Canadian auto insurance giant working with Uber on new productsTORONTO — One of Canada’s largest auto insur-

ance providers is working to tailor products for the Uber ridesharing service.

Intact Financial Corp. (TSX:IFC) says its inten-tion is to market the products under the Intact and Belairdirect brands. The company is Canada’s larg-est provider of property and casualty insurance, col-lecting $7.5 billion in premiums annually through its various subsidiaries.

It says more details of the the Uber products will be provided as the products become available.

Uber offers an alternative to conventional taxi services, causing controversy and sometimes friction in communities where it operates.

Although Uber has said its insurance policies are adequate, coverage for Uber drivers has been a con-tentious issue.

In July, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said driv-ers who work for Uber should verify their vehicles are insured for commercial use. It said some policies provide coverage for only personal automobile use and insurers could reject a claim if the vehicle is used to generate income.

Business planning as important as ever in turbulent economyUnlike the recession in 2008-09, which was mainly

a banking liquidity problem, the 2015 technical re-cession in Canada is primarily due to depressed commodities and market vola-tility. Low oil prices and the issues of getting oil to market have resulted in financial cut-backs and large layoffs.

On the federal election scene, none of the political parties have offered informa-tion regarding future policies that will address the state of the Canadian economy.

The Government of Alber-ta’s recent deficit announce-ment, plus undefined policies, yet to be started/completed ‘Royalty Review’ and late budget, are creating lots of anxiety in the business com-munity.

All these issues have had a profound impact on business one way or another, and it’s difficult to re-

main optimistic. However, it’s extremely important to concentrate on business basics and focus on the keys areas that are within your control.

Negative thoughts have a way of fostering negative outcomes. Check in with your mindset to consider how you can respond to issues in a more positive manner. It’s important to be proactive, not reactive, in order to maintain a balanced approach.

Remember that you are accountable for your own behaviour and performance. Be aware of how your performance influences results. Update the key per-formance indicators in your business that are criti-cal to your business’ success. Implement a default diary to assist you to complete tasks on time. Re-ward yourself and others for positive results. Share and celebrate even small successes.

Business planning is as important as ever. Best practices recommend a 12-month plan that factors into a broader five year plan. In today’s economy a five-year plan seems overly optimistic, but it is criti-cal to evaluate all scenarios facing your company.

Pull out the annual plan and review each quarter. Realign your goals each month to implement strate-gies that include weekly activities to move the plan

forward. Be mindful of the issues you might encoun-ter – expected or unexpected – in the next 90 days. Look for niches that might fill a need so that you can be prepared once the economy starts to rebound.

Consult with professional advisors regularly. Get an accurate picture of your current financial situ-ation and keep accountants informed where you forecast problems. A company may seem profitable on paper but the numbers will indicate the cash flow gaps. It’s also a good time to refresh your financial literacy skills.

Focus and invest in your high-value customers, those that are likely to continue to purchase your products and services. Although customers may be cutting back, target product segments where your value proposition drives revenue and possibly even growth.

Finally, make customer service everyone’s re-sponsibility, especially in a small business where team members wear many hats. Train your team, from the receptionist to the delivery driver.

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PENSION: Sentletter to premier

Thomas’ own group has joined in. On Tuesday, SHARE co-signed a let-ter to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley asking her to give full consideration to encouraging renewable energy as her government’s climate-change panel plots the province’s path.

Notley has asked the panel to draw up a renewed climate change plan for Alberta. It is expected to report later this fall.

“Effective climate policy can stimu-late innovation and bolster the diver-sification of the Alberta economy,” says the letter, signed by more than 100 foundation heads and pension plan managers representing more than $4.6 trillion.

“Well-designed policies will en-

courage scaling up of these invest-ments and Alberta is well positioned to benefit.”

BASICS: Invest in training

Investing in training is money well spent. Select areas where there is the greatest need and master a new skill. Focus on quality training that cre-ates tangible results in your business. Training must be relevant and ap-plicable so that staff put training into practice. A plan that doesn’t include a process that integrates accountability measures will not succeed.

Most businesses are looking at ways to operate “clean and lean”. Keep your inventories in check and take advan-tage of your suppliers’ payment terms. Re-evaluate your margins to get an accurate picture of where the profits really are. Understand where your “break-even” is so that you know when

you become profitable on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

Revisit existing marketing programs to maximize advertising ROI. Focus on programs where there is most demand and eliminate campaigns related to segments that have declined or no lon-ger in demand. Increase investment in areas where demand remains strong.

It’s apparent that the 2015 economic realities will be with us for the next 12 to 18 months. Outside forces are be-yond your control. Successful business

owners know their own limits. Associate with business colleagues

that promote and reinforce positive philosophies. Learn techniques that will help you to stay motivated and focused. Stay informed, then dig in and manage what you can.

John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at [email protected].

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China is losing its appetite for dump trucks, iron ore and construc-tion cranes. But the Chinese still want to travel and give their kids a better education.

Growth in the world’s second-largest economy is decelerating and rattling financial markets around the world. Behind that slowdown is an evolution-ary shift in China’s economy— from a dependence on exports and invest-ment in factories and housing — to a reliance on spending by its emerging middle class.

That transition, a gradual and per-haps painful one, will affect which U.S. companies stand to benefit and which will be squeezed as China’s growth slides from the double-digit annual rates of the mid-2000s to 7 per cent, 6 per cent, maybe even less.

The shift is likely to pinch American manufacturers that prospered during China’s investment boom — makers of heavy construction equipment and in-dustrial machinery, for instance.

But the service sector — a broad category that includes things like res-taurant meals, haircuts and hotel stays — remains “reasonably robust” and has been a dominant driver of China’s growth since the first half of 2012, said economist Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for In-ternational Economics.

“Yes, China is slowing,” said Jeremy Haft, an entrepreneur, consultant and author of the forthcoming book Un-made in China: The Hidden Truth about China’s Economic Miracle. “But house-holds have huge (savings). People need to keep eating, walking, powering their homes.“

Chinese consumers now have more discretionary income to spend on en-tertainment, education and travel after years of robust economic growth. That additional income has created a bright outlook for companies that serve them.

The Princeton Review, a Natick, Mass., company that helps students prepare for standardized tests and col-lege entrance exams, remains bullish on China. The company declines to provide specific sales numbers. But the number of Chinese students en-rolling in U.S. colleges is growing by double digits every year.

“We do not see any slowdown in the future,” said Steven Chou, internation-al vice-president at Princeton Review.

Also doing well are American com-panies that make things in China and export them back to the United States, where economic growth is solid.

Haft, for example, runs a company that exports U.S. cattle hides to China. Business is booming, he says, because the Chinese turn the hides into wal-lets and ship them back to the United States, where the economy and con-sumer demand are comparatively healthy.

Recent trade numbers highlight the changes: U.S. merchandise exports to China rose just 0.2 per cent in the sec-ond quarter to $30.5 billion from a year earlier. By contrast, services exports, which include tourism and banking, surged nearly 14 per cent to $11.97 bil-lion.

Boeing Co., the biggest provider of commercial jets in China, forecasts demand for 6,330 new jetliners in that country by 2034, with a value of $950

billion. Most of those new planes will handle passenger growth. Company ex-ecutives said in a recent podcast that they’re seeing “tremendous” demand for international flights, and they also expect a surge in demand for cargo-carrying aircraft.

At General Motors, which sells more vehicles in China than any of its U.S.-based competitors, sales in July slipped 4 per cent compared with a year ago. But the company’s first-half sales in China rose 4.4 per cent to a record 1.7 million vehicles, and the carmaker still forecasts single-digit growth for the rest of the year.

So far, the shift is hurting companies that have benefited from China’s build-ing boom. Construction equipment gi-ant Caterpillar, for instance, said its Asia-Pacific region sales dropped 21 per cent in the second quarter — a ca-sualty of a slowing China.

China is facing a construction glut, which is leading to a deceleration in property investment that will likely bottom over the next few quarters,

Lardy, the economist, said.“Ninety per cent of the population

already has a house,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of very under-utilized real estate.”

Market-wide demand for medi-um- and heavy-duty trucks in China plunged 30 per cent in the first half of the year. That’s not good for a compa-ny like diesel engine maker Cummins Inc., which draws between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of its revenue from China.

But the company’s results show that picking winners and losers of China’s shift isn’t as simple as identifying broad industries that are experienc-ing either growth or slowing demand. Cummins’ second-quarter sales in Chi-na advanced 6 per cent to $916 million, thanks in part to a government push for tighter emissions standards. Those standards are fueling demand for new engines and parts that help older ones cut pollutants.

CHINA’S SHIFTING ECONOMY MINTS SOME CORPORATE WINNERS, OTHERS

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An employee works in a textile factory in Huaibei in central China’s Anhui province. The world’s second largest economy is decelerating, and the prospect of its slowing growth is rattling financial markets around the world. But China also is shifting — from a dependence on exports and investment in factories, infrastructure and housing to a reliance on consumer spending from the country’s emerging middle class.

Uranium mining ‘touches a sensitive chord’ in QuebecBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — Fears about radio-active contamination may close the door to uranium mining in Quebec just as public angst shelved shale gas ex-traction in the province in 2011.

“Like shale gas, it touches a sen-sitive chord in Quebec,” says Ugo Lapointe of MiningWatch Canada, which opposes mining of the metal that fuels nuclear power plants.

Hundreds of municipalities have joined First Nations to oppose ura-nium mining, worried that it could threaten their health, harm natural en-vironments and ruin traditional hunt-ing and fishing.

Quebec’s environmental regulation agency (BAPE) has concluded there is no “social acceptability” for uranium mining to proceed at this time. After a year of study, a three-person panel

said that it would be premature to au-thorize development of Quebec’s ura-nium industry.

While uranium mining has made substantial progress, especially in con-taining waste, there are still many un-certainties and “significant gaps in scientific knowledge of the impacts of uranium mining on the environment and public health,” it said in a lengthy report.

The panel said the province could make the current, nearly two-year mor-atorium permanent, but advised the government to take its time to mini-mize potential costs, including a large potential payout to Strateco, which is suing the province for $190 million for holding up its mining project in north-ern Quebec.

A permanent ban would align Que-bec with British Columbia and Nova Scotia, coal-producing provinces that have rejected uranium mining.

Quebec Environment Minister Da-vid Heurtel has appointed an interde-partmental committee to review the environmental agency’s report.

Currently, Saskatchewan is the only uranium-producing province in Cana-da, and the second-largest producer in the world behind Kazakhstan.

In 2013, its output for three mines was almost 9,000 tons, or about 16 per cent of global production. Quebec’s identified uranium reserves are rela-tively small at about 8,800 tons, the BAPE said.

Industry observers and environ-mentalists say the regulatory agency’s report has given Heurtel cover on the sensitive issue.

“Going against the BAPE ... could be very dangerous politically for him,” said Louis Simard, associate professor of political studies at the University of Ottawa.

He said BAPE, which has been

around for 35 years, has a lot of cred-ibility with Quebecers.

But the agency’s report ignited an angry response from the head of Can-ada’s nuclear safety watchdog, which said its conclusions and recommenda-tions “lack scientific basis and rigour.”

To “suggest that uranium mining is unsafe is to imply that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the government of Saskatchewan have been irresponsible in their ap-proval and oversight of the uranium mines of Canada for the last 30 years,” Michael Binder wrote in a letter to the minister.

The nuclear safety commission said there is no link between cancer de-velopment and living near or work-ing in a mine or processing facility. It added that environmental monitoring in northern Saskatchewan has shown no risk to health from traditional foods consumed by aboriginal populations.

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Diversified and IndustrialsAgrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 134.81ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.63BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.55BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.19Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.19Cdn. National Railway . . 72.73Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 189.65Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . .34.86Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.25Cervus Equipment Corp 13.55Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.09Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.85Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.67Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.25General Motors Co. . . . . 29.88Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.89Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.85SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 38.77Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.58Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.50Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.74Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.90

ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 120.69Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.26Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.61Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.50

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.28Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.39Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.38WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.56

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 8.60Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.64First Quantum Minerals . . 7.62Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.53Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.38Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.09Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.52Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.81Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.05Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 8.64

EnergyArc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 18.42Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.15Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 54.01Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.89Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 19.77Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 27.88Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.53Canyon Services Group. . 5.44Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.06CWC Well Services . . . 0.1900Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.15Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.780

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 73.50Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 37.95High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.71Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.25Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.12Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.56Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.790Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.83Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.14Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.64Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.64Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 44.32Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2250

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.35Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.50CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.87Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 22.91Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.66IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.83Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.16Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.41National Bank . . . . . . . . . 42.69Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.41Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.31TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.01

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — North Amer-

ican stock markets began the holiday-shortened trading week in an upbeat mood Tuesday as a rebound on China’s main in-dex appeared to cheer investors, although experts warn the recov-ery is likely to be short-lived.

The S&P/TSX index in To-ronto was up 152.36 points at 13,630.67, with the metals and mining sector by far the biggest gainer — climbing nearly nine per cent — amid a huge jump in copper prices. China is a ma-jor purchaser of copper, which is used in many industrial pro-cesses.

The only sector of the Toron-to stock market that didn’t regis-ter gains was health- care, which declined by less than three per cent.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.34 of a U.S. cent to 75.73 cents US.

In New York, markets jumped even more after last week’s big losses, with the Dow Jones in-dustrial average rebounding 390.30 points to 16,492.68 while the broader S&P 500 index ad-vanced 48.19 points to 1,969.41 and the Nasdaq gained 128.01 points to 4,811.93.

But despite the rebound, Ben Jang, a portfolio manager at Ni-cola Wealth Management, says investors should expect a bumpy ride.

“I think we’re going to get persistent volatility, both on the downside and the upside, for the next few month,” said Jang. “So although we’re seeing a nice re-covery today, there is nothing really suggesting that we are on the path for a sustained recov-ery.”

Jang says investors are skit-tish ahead of the Sept. 16-17 meeting of the U.S. Federal Re-serve.

“People are concerned about (interest rate) liftoff,” said Jang, noting that the lack of strong commentary indicating what the

Fed will do has led to increased volatility.

“Historically the Fed has been extremely vocal telegraph-ing their actions,” said Jang.

On commodity markets, the December copper contract shot up 12 cents to US$2.43 a pound while the December gold contract slipped 40 cents to US$1,121 an ounce.

October crude oil was down 11 cents at US$45.94 a barrel and October natural gas rose 5.5 cents to US$2.71 per thousand cubic feet.

China’s main market, the Shanghai composite index, fought back from earlier losses to close up 2.9 per cent despite a report showing Chinese exports shrank 5.5 per cent in August compared with the same month a year earlier, while imports fell 13.8 per cent.

Regulators in China also an-nounced plans to introduce a “circuit breaker” mechanism that would halt trading on the coun-try’s stock exchanges for half an hour if indexes rise or fall by five per cent. The aim is to prevent investors from dumping stocks in a panic during periods of height-ened volatility.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index sank 2.4 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 3.3 per cent.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX advanced 1.6 per cent, France’s CAC 40 rose 1.1 per cent and Britain’s FTSE 100 was 1.2 per cent higher.

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day at world financial market trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 13,630.67, up 152.36 pointsDow — 16,492.68, up 390.30

pointsS&P 500 — 1,969.41, up

48.19 pointsNasdaq — 4,811.93, up

128.01 points

Currencies:Cdn — 75.73 cents US, up

0.34 of a centPound — C$2.0333, up 1.97

centsEuro — C$1.4789, up 0.04

of a centEuro — US$1.1200, up 0.54

of a cent

Oil futures:US$45.94 per barrel, down

11 cents(October contract)

Gold futures:US$1,121.00 per oz., down

40 cents(December contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$20.437 oz., up 37.6 cents$657.05 kg., up $12.09

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov ’15 $7.60 higher

$462.10; Jan. ’16 $6.80 higher $466.20; March ’16 $6.50 higher $470.00; May ’16 $6.40 higher $470.50; July ’16 $5.90 higher $470.70; Nov. ’16 $8.30 higher $459.10; Jan. ’17 $8.30 higher $460.30; March ’17 $8.30 higher $462.00; May ’17 $8.30 higher $462.00; July ’17 $8.30 higher $462.00; Nov. ’17 $8.30 higher $462.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 unchanged $184.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $184.00; March ’16 unchanged $186.00; May ’16 unchanged $187.00; July ’16 unchanged $187.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $187.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $187.00; March ’17 unchanged $187.00; May ’17 unchanged $187.00; July ’17 unchanged $187.00; Oct. ’17 un-changed $187.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 393,200 tonnes of cano-la; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 393,200.

CAE sells six simulators, training contracts mainly to

Asia for $130 millionMONTREAL — CAE has sold six

full-flight simulators and signed train-ing contracts mainly in Asia for more than $130 million.

The Montreal-based company says four of the devices for Boeing aircraft and two trainers have been sold to the Shanghai training subsidiary of Chi-na Eastern Airlines. One Airbus A320 simulator and pilot transition trainer is going to Airbus’s Asian training cen-tre.

Russian aviation equipment compa-ny NITA (New Information Technolo-gies in Aviation) has also ordered a Boeing 737 Next Generation simulator for an aviation school.

In addition to the simulators, CAE

(TSX:CAE) says it has inked a five-year training contract extension with Eastar Jet in Seoul, Korea, a contract renewal for Airbus pilot training from an un-disclosed customer in Asia, and an Airbus flight crew sourcing through CAE Parc Aviation for an undisclosed Asian customer.

Investors ride out market volatility: CIBC poll

TORONTO — So who is panicking amid the current volatility on global equity markets? Apparently not most Canadian retail investors, according to a new survey issued by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

CIBC (TSX:CM) says the survey, con-ducted Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 after some two weeks of extreme volatility on the markets, found that 85 per cent of Ca-nadian investors polled didn’t panic during the dramatic ups and downs.

However, the poll also found differ-ences between the reactions of young-er and older investors and between men and women.

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Chief Liz Logan, Fort Nelson First Nation, is shown in Vancouver, holding an original Treaty 8 medallion that was given to her great grandfather when he signed the treaty on her First Nations’ behalf. People once paddled from great distances to set up fishing camps on Liz Logan’s family land in northern British Columbia, but today she says industrial pollution in the water has forced her to face off against the Crown.

Aboriginal leaders unite to demand ‘fair’ consultation


VANCOUVER — People once pad-dled great distances to set up fishing camps on the land where Liz Logan’s family has lived for generations in northern British Columbia. Now Tsin-hia Lake has yellowed, the fish have died and her family must carry in bot-tled water to drink.

The damage from oil and gas indus-tries has prompted Logan, chief of the Fort Nelson First Nation, to help form an alliance with other aboriginal lead-ers against the provincial government. The signatories say concerns about massive developments in their territo-ries are not being addressed.

The group, composed of lead-ers from the B.C. coast to the Alberta boundary, announced its formation on Tuesday with the release of an open letter to Premier Christy Clark.

“We’re trying to get their attention. We’re calling for this government to come back and (agree to) a relation-ship, because right now there is no relationship,” Logan said.

It would be as if the government came and took out someone’s backyard pool without asking, she said.

Chiefs of 10 northern B.C. First Na-tions have signed the letter, which says the province has ignored significant legal victories by aboriginals and is blocking them from managing their own territories.

The letter was sent ahead of talks this week in Vancouver between First Nations and B.C. politicians on the top-ic of the historic Tsilhqot’in land deal.

The June 2014 court ruling grant-ed aboriginal title to more than 1,700 square kilometres of land, but the chiefs say they’ve seen little change in how the province deals with their claims.

“This government is basically refus-ing to look at the big picture of all the developments that are happening in all of our respective territories,” Lo-gan said.

Among the projects of concern are proposed liquefied natural gas facili-ties and the Site C hydroelectric dam, which entered its first phase of con-struction in July.

The open letter lists three major reasons the alliance believes First Nations’ interests are threatened: no “new relationship” despite success-ful court challenges, the government’s refusal to assess potential industri-al impacts on the environment, and a provincial review process that allows industry to set the agenda for develop-ment.

“We are not opposed to develop-ment,” reads the letter, which calls on the government for a more civil, le-gally consistent and logical approach to project implementation.

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said its members are being given “lip ser-vice” and will raise those concerns at meetings over the coming days, said vice-president Bob Chamberlin.

He said First Nations have given up enough benefits for British Columbi-ans.

“When will their rights finally be first and foremost?” he asked.

Chamberlin said the alliance’s for-mation is a strong signal that no prog-ress has been made despite repeated meetings with government officials.

Clark said Tuesday she would re-frain from addressing the issues until after this week’s talks.

“It is always our goal to make sure we are consulting and accommodat-ing First Nations fairly, in a way that even goes above and beyond the law of the country,” she said at an unrelated news conference.

Canadian seafarers union files court challenge over foreign sailors


OTTAWA — The Harper government may have thought it had squelched the political fire that raged this spring over the temporary foreign workers program, but a legal challenge filed Tuesday in Federal Court threatens to rekindle the controversy.

The Seafarers International Union of Canada is asking a judge in Van-couver to review temporary worker permits granted to foreign sailors on international ships that have operated in Canadian waters.

David Borins, the labour group’s lawyer, says it has already filed 16 ap-plications for judicial reviews and plans on challenging dozens more.

Thanks to a high-profile makeover earlier this year, Canada’s controver-sial temporary foreign workers pro-

gram allows labour market impact as-sessments on request and requires em-ployers to demonstrate no Canadians were available to take the jobs.

The court challenge claims the tri-bunal charged with issuing the permits has been unjustly exempting shipping companies from the assessments at a time when there are hundreds of unemployed Canadian crew members who could have filled those jobs.

The law says foreign-flagged ships can operate between ports in Cana-dian coastal water, as long as they use domestic crews, but Borins says the federal government has increasingly given shipping companies a free pass.

To get around the labour assess-ment, the government grants a waiver claiming, among others things, that there is significant economic benefit to Canada — a procedure known as a C-10 exemption.

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Blue Jays get big win over BoSoxBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Blue Jays 5 Red Sox 1BOSTON — Troy Tulowitzki singled

in the go-ahead run off Alexi Ogando to trigger a four-run 10th inning that lifted the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory over the Bos-ton Red Sox on Tuesday night.

With the win, Toronto increased its lead in the East to 1 1-2 games over the New York Yankees, who lost 2-1 to Bal-timore. The Blue Jays won for the 13th time in 17 games.

Travis Shaw homered for Boston, which had its four-game winning streak stopped.

Josh Donaldson led off the 10th with a triple against Ogando (2-1), a tower-ing fly ball that appeared to hit the top corner of the Green Monster and bounced back.

After a review upheld the call of the ball not crossing the red line at the top for a homer, the crew reviewed and confirmed Donaldson was safe at third.

Tulowitzki singled past third base-man Pablo Sandoval. Chris Colabello followed with an RBI single, Ogando balked in the next run and Kevin Pil-lar had a sacrifice fly.

Aaron Sanchez (7-5) worked one in-ning for the win.

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia returned after missing seven weeks with a strained right hamstring. He went 1 for 4 with a double.

Toronto starter R.A. Dickey gave up one run and four hits in six innings. He was 0-3 with a 5.76 ERA in four starts against Boston this season.

Boston’s Henry Owens struggled with his control, but held the Blue Jays to one run and three hits in 5 1-3 in-nings. He walked four, hit two batters and had a balk.

The Blue Jays moved ahead with-out a hit in the first inning. Ben Re-vere was hit on the right hand with the game’s second pitch, advance on a wild

pitch and a double steal before scoring on Edwin Encarnacion’s ground out.

TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman

will make his first start of the season Saturday against New York at Yan-kee Stadium. He underwent surgery in March after tearing the ACL in his left knee.

LHP Mark Buehrle is getting a corti-sone shot in his pitching shoulder.

Red Sox: Interim manager Torey Lo-vullo said RHP Steven Wright may not pitch again this season due to the time he’s lost recovering from a concussion.

FLYING BATPillar’s bat slipped out of his hands,

went flying into the stands about 10 rows behind the Blue Jays’ on-deck circle and was caught by a fan.

UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Drew Hutchison (13-

3) looks to rebound from a rough out-ing in the series finale Wednesday. He gave up six runs in five innings of a loss against Baltimore after winning his previous four starts.

Red Sox: RHP Joe Kelly (9-6) tries to win his eighth straight start. If success-ful, it would be the club’s longest since Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez won nine in a row in 1999.

It didn’t take long for RDC Kings hockey head coach Trevor Keeper to get down to his final roster.

The Kings opened camp on Aug. 31 and by the following Monday Keeper was down to his final 25, including 15 forwards, sev-en defencemen and three goaltenders.

Keeper spent a number of hours on the road last season, looking at players from across Western Can-ada. The majority of his recruits were on hand at the opening of camp.

“We have nine new players and all were re-cruited,” said Keeper. “I started fairly early last year and then spent a lot of time on the road after our season was over.”

He attended the West-ern Canada junior A championship as well as the Royal Bank Cup. Defence-man David Heath and forward Regan Wilton both played in the Royal Bank Cup with Melfort. The six-foot-three,

190-pound Heath was team captain and finished the season with eight goals and eight assists in 37 games. He also had three goals and nine helpers in 14 playoff games.

The six-foot-one, 190-pound Wilton, was an assistant cap-tain and had four goals and 15 assists in 34 regular season games and added three goals and eight assists in 14 playoff games.

Blair Mulder, Tanner Butler and Alex Marcinew return on defence with Red Deer native Kirk Johnson, Mike Statchuk and Dylan Baer other newcomers to the blueline.

“We have a good core re-turning on defence and we’re deeper and more talented,” said Keeper. “Last year we did a good job with some guys

on defence who were forwards. This year we have seven legitimate defence-men.”

Johnson, who played two seasons with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the

WHL comes to the Kings from the Olds Grizzlys were he had five goals, 14 assists and 84 penalty minutes in 43 games last season.

Statchuk was captain at Battlefords while Baer finished the season with Kindersley after being traded from Yorkton.

Kraymer Barnstable and Mike Salm-on return in goal with Devon Fordyce the newcomer.

Barnstable had a 9-9-3 record last season with a 3.05 goals-against aver-age and a .899 save percentage. Salm-on, who was injured for most of the season, posted a 6-5-0 record and a 3.84 GAA and .887 save percentage.

Keeper knew Fordyce, having coached him with Team Alberta.

Fordyce played parts of two sea-sons with Prince George of the WHL before joining the Brooks Bandits in the 2012-13 season and helping them win the Royal Bank Cup. He had a 1.61 GAA and a 10-2-1 record with the Ban-dits. He joined the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL the following season and then moved around during his 20-year-old season, playing with Okotoks, the OCN

Blizzard and Winkler Flyers.“I like the fact we have three goal-

tenders,” said Keeper. “Last year we ran into injury problems and Kraymer had to play no matter what. As well the guys will push each other in practice to get playing time.”

Up front, Keeper has four newcom-ers joining team scoring leader Riley Simpson (20 goals, 14 assists), Pat Mar-tens, Jordan McTaggert, Tyler Berk-holtz, Doug Jones, Connor Patchett, Connor Hartley, Brett Printz, Mike Marianchuk and Logan Sceviour.

Newcomers are Wilton, Nick Foun-tain, who was an assistant captain with Battlefords Stars, Ben Williams, who was captain of the Virden Oil Capitals, and Dylan Thudium of Sylvan Lake, who played in Grande Prairie and Whitecourt.

Williams is the smallest of the group, listed at five-foot-10, 174-pounds, but has offensive skill finishing with 28 goals and 25 assists in 59 games last season.

DANNY RODE

COLLEGE

Kings hockey team set after strong training camp

Please see RDC on Page B5


TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist watched on as Sweden’s third goalten-der at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, then won a gold medal as the starter at the 2006 Olympics.

Lundqvist’s personal experience difference aside, he doesn’t see any way the World Cup can compare to the Olympics.

“I think the Olympics is another lev-el when it comes to just the emotions you have: all the other athletes, the size of the tournament,” the New York Rangers’ starter said. “I think we al-ways should be at the Olympics. I think it’s the biggest stage for any sport.”

A year from now Lundqvist and the NHL’s stars will converge on Toron-to for the return of the World Cup of Hockey. It’s being billed as a festival of the sport and will be another chance to see a best-on-best tournament.

It’ll be a big deal, but players don’t consider the World Cup as a replace-ment for the Winter Games.

“I think the Olympics are always going to be on top of the list of any ath-lete,” Slovak defenceman Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins said. “It’s such a unique event. It’s the highest possible competition that you can have for any athlete to be competing and represent-ing your country at the Olympics.”

NHL players have competed in the past five Winter Olympics dating to 1998. There’s no agreement yet to en-sure they’ll be in Pyeongchang in 2018.

The league is reluctant to continue committing to the Games because the timing forces it to pause the season and ferry players around the world

without a tangible financial benefit. Having the next two Winter Olympics in South Korea and Beijing, China (in 2022) means going to countries without real hockey traditions.

In the World Cup of Hockey, the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have an event that could generate in the neighbourhood of US$200 million, money that those sides get to split 50-

50. It’ll likely include just NHL play-ers, not those from European leagues, as the top six nations — Canada, the United States, Sweden, Russia, Fin-land and the Czech Republic — are joined by a 23-and-under North Ameri-can Young Stars team and one made up of European all-stars from Slovakia, Switzerland and elsewhere.

While that format may be a one-time

thing, it also separates the World Cup from the Olympics.

“It’s only nations there,” Swedish defenceman Erik Karlsson of the Ot-tawa Senators said. “In the World Cup here they’re going to make two teams that are not going to be nation teams. Right there it’s going to be a different kind of tournament.”

Players who have experienced the Olympics like the multi-sport feel.

“It’s just, I guess, the Olympic spirit that comes with and all the athletes coming together and staying in the vil-lage,” Slovenian centre Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings said. “I think that’s what makes it special.”

James van Riemsdyk of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who played for the U.S. team in Sochi, pointed to soccer’s World Cup as evidence that a one-sport tournament could create big interest.

“You can’t maybe expect it to be on that level, but it’s an exciting time,” van Riemsdyk said. “It’s one of those things if you keep growing it, I think there’s no reason why it can’t be a pret-ty big event.”

Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith, a two-time Olympic champion for Canada, remembers watching the 1996 World Cup. He didn’t love it that the U.S. won, but based on that and the 2004 event, knows it can be just as entertaining for fans.

“I think for hockey fans it can be just as big,” Keith said. “Olympics is, to me, a worldwide event where it doesn’t involve just hockey. But as far as a hockey fan, I think for sure: All these different countries competing, and hockey’s hockey.”

Return of World Cup won’t replace Olympics


Toronto Blue Jays’ Troy Tulowitzki catches Boston Red Sox’s Rusney Castillo trying to steal second base during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Tuesday. The Blue Jays beat the Red Sox 5-1.

NHL PLAYERS FEEL THE OLYMPICS STILL TOP OF THE LIST FOR HOCKEY


Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist of Sweden looks at an approaching puck during the men’s gold medal game against Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lundqvist watched on as Sweden’s third goaltender at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, then won a gold medal as the starter at the 2006 Olympics. Lundqvist’s personal experience difference aside, he doesn’t see any way the World Cup can compare to the Olympics.

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HOCKEY: Highest level possible

And it’ll be the cream of the crop for hockey without some of the blowout games that come with having smaller European countries involved.

But for Steven Stamkos, it’s not even a question. The Markham, Ont., native would love to suit up for Canada in Toronto next fall, but after not being picked for the 2010 team and missing out in 2014 because of a broken leg, he can’t wait for another crack at the Olympics.

“Your goal as a professional is to win the Stanley Cup and also repre-sent your country at the highest level possible,” Stamkos said.

“At this time next year that’s going to be the highest level possible for a

hockey player.”Having already scored the golden

goal in Vancouver and winning in Sochi, Canadian forward Sidney Cros-by of the Pittsburgh Penguins under-stands the logistical issues of the Olym-pics but would be in favour of going back.

“Having great experiences there, I’m probably a little bit more biased,” Crosby said. “But it was definitely something that I enjoyed not only for the hockey but just the whole experi-ence itself.”

RDC: Executing at a high level

“He’s smaller, but feisty and talent-ed,” said Keeper, who was looking for size along with skill up front.

“I feel we added talent along with size,” he said. “We lacked a bit of size on our forwards, and while the new

guys generally add that size they also have quickness and skill.”

“Overall I’m really happy with what I’ve seen,” added the coach. “The big-gest thing is the guys have jump and the some of the returning players are in their third year and return with a lot of confidence. Everyone is execut-ing at a high level, which is impressive considering it’s so early.”

The Kings open exhibition play Friday and Saturday in Lethbridge against the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.

The Kings host the Augustana Vi-kings in exhibition play Sept. 17 at 6:45 p.m. in Penhold and meet the Bent-ley Generals at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Arena.

They take on Innisfail Sept. 19 at the SAIT tournament.

The Kings open their regular season Sept. 25 in Penhold against the Concor-dia University of Edmonton Thunder.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate re-porter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.RDC.ab.ca/athleticsblog

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SCOREBOARD B5WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 2015

Local Sports BaseballMajor League Baseball

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBToronto 79 59 .572 —New York 77 60 .562 1 1/2Tampa Bay 67 71 .486 12Baltimore 66 72 .478 13Boston 65 73 .471 14

Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 83 55 .601 —Minnesota 71 67 .514 12Cleveland 67 70 .489 15 1/2Chicago 66 71 .482 16 1/2Detroit 64 74 .464 19

West Division W L Pct GBHouston 75 64 .540 —Texas 72 64 .529 1 1/2Los Angeles 69 68 .504 5Seattle 66 72 .478 8 1/2Oakland 60 79 .432 15

Monday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 6Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 4Boston 11, Toronto 4Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2Oakland 10, Houston 9Texas 3, Seattle 0Minnesota 6, Kansas City 2L.A. Dodgers 7, L.A. Angels 5

Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore 2, N.Y. Yankees 1Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 7, 13 inningsToronto 5, Boston 1, 10 inningsChicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 4Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2Oakland 4, Houston 0L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, lateTexas at Seattle, late

Wednesday’s GamesBaltimore (U.Jimenez 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sa-bathia 4-9), 5:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-6), 5:08 p.m.Toronto (Hutchison 13-3) at Boston (J.Kelly 9-6), 5:10 p.m.Cleveland (Tomlin 4-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sa-mardzija 9-11), 6:10 p.m.Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-1), 6:10 p.m.Houston (McHugh 15-7) at Oakland (Brooks 1-2), 8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 8:05 p.m.Texas (M.Perez 2-4) at Seattle (Nuno 0-2), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Texas at Seattle, 1:40 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.MiCabrera Det 101 368 58 129 .351Brantley Cle 124 479 63 153 .319Bogaerts Bos 133 518 63 164 .317LCain KC 122 475 89 148 .312Hosmer KC 135 508 84 158 .311NCruz Sea 131 509 77 158 .310Fielder Tex 132 509 62 158 .310Altuve Hou 131 539 68 167 .310Kipnis Cle 121 482 77 148 .307Donaldson Tor 136 534 108 163 .305Home RunsCDavis, Baltimore, 41; NCruz, Seattle, 39; Don-aldson, Toronto, 37; JMartinez, Detroit, 36; Pujols, Los Angeles, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 34; Bautista, Toronto, 33.Runs Batted InDonaldson, Toronto, 115; CDavis, Baltimore, 102; KMorales, Kansas City, 101; Bautista, Toronto, 96; Encarnacion, Toronto, 94; JMartinez, Detroit, 91; Ortiz, Boston, 87.PitchingKeuchel, Houston, 17-6; FHernandez, Seattle, 16-8; McHugh, Houston, 15-7; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3; Price, Toronto, 14-5; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7; Lewis, Texas, 14-8.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 77 61 .558 —Washington 71 67 .514 6Miami 58 81 .417 19 1/2Atlanta 55 84 .396 22 1/2Philadelphia 54 85 .388 23 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 87 51 .630 —Pittsburgh 82 55 .599 4 1/2Chicago 80 57 .584 6 1/2Milwaukee 61 77 .442 26Cincinnati 57 80 .416 29 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 79 58 .577 —San Francisco 72 67 .518 8Arizona 66 73 .475 14San Diego 66 73 .475 14Colorado 57 81 .413 22 1/2

Monday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 8, Washington 5Milwaukee 9, Miami 1Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis 0Colorado 6, San Diego 4Arizona 6, San Francisco 1Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 2

L.A. Dodgers 7, L.A. Angels 5

Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 5, Atlanta 0N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 7Miami 6, Milwaukee 4Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 3Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis 5San Francisco 6, Arizona 2L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, lateSan Diego 2, Colorado 1

Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Lester 9-10) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-7), 11:45 a.m.Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-7), 5:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Washington (Strasburg 8-6), 5:05 p.m.Milwaukee (A.Pena 1-0) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 5:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Happ 4-1) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-3), 5:10 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 5-7) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Heston 11-9) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 7:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesColorado at San Diego, 1:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Harper Was 131 445 101 148 .333DGordon Mia 122 522 70 172 .330Posey SF 130 483 66 159 .329YEscobar Was 121 466 65 149 .320LeMahieu Col 132 493 76 157 .318Goldschmidt Ari 136 493 86 157 .318Votto Cin 135 469 85 148 .316Pollock Ari 134 522 94 164 .314DPeralta Ari 130 407 52 125 .307OHerrera Phi 125 424 57 128 .302Home RunsArenado, Colorado, 37; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 36; Harper, Washington, 34; Frazier, Cincinnati, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Stan-ton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27.Runs Batted InArenado, Colorado, 107; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, San Diego, 91; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 88; Rizzo, Chicago, 87; Bryant, Chicago, 86; CaGonza-lez, Colorado, 86.PitchingArrieta, Chicago, 18-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 17-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 16-3; GCole, Pitts-burgh, 16-8; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-5; CMartinez, St. Louis, 13-7; BColon, New York, 13-11.

Thursday● High school football: Stettler Wildcats at Ponoka Broncos, 4:30 p.m.; Lacombe Rams at Notre Dame Cougars, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Friday● High school football: Camrose Trojans at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 4:30 p.m.; Wetaskiwin Sabres at Rocky Mountain House Rebels, 4:30 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber Raiders at Hunting Hills Lightning, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.● Minor hockey: Red Deer minor midget AAA tryouts, 7-9:15 p.m., Arena.● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Red Deer Vipers at Three Hills Thrashers, 8 p.m.● WHL preseason: Red Deer Rebels at Tri-City Americans, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday● College soccer: Olds at RDC; women at noon, men at 2 p.m.● WHL preseason: Red Deer Rebels vs. Spokane Chiefs at Kennewick, Wash., 4 p.m.● Major bantam preseason hockey: Leduc Oil Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 4:45 p.m., Arena.● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Stettler Lightning at Red Deer Vipers, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday● College soccer: SAIT at RDC; women at noon, men at 2 p.m.● Minor hockey: Red Deer minor midget AAA tryouts, 2:15-4:30 p.m., Arena.● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Red Deer Vipers at Stettler Lightning, 3 p.m.

FootballCFL

East Division GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 10 7 3 0 357 194 14Toronto 10 6 4 0 250 287 12Ottawa 9 5 4 0 193 241 10Montreal 10 4 6 0 207 196 8

West Division GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 10 8 2 0 271 197 16Edmonton 10 6 4 0 245 181 12B.C. 9 4 5 0 204 250 8Winnipeg 10 3 7 0 187 310 6Saskatchewan 10 1 9 0 255 313 2

WEEK 11Bye: OttawaMonday’s resultsCalgary 16 Edmonton 7Hamilton 42 Toronto 12Sunday’s resultSaskatchewan 37 Winnipeg 19Thursday’s resultB.C. 25 Montreal 16

WEEK 12Bye: MontrealFriday’s gameHamilton at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 12Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13Ottawa at B.C., 2 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S PtJ.Medlock, Ham 0 36 22 4 106B.Bede, Mtl 0 12 25 6 93G.Shaw, Edm 0 19 21 8 90R.Paredes, Cgy 0 13 21 4 80P.McCallum, Sask 0 13 20 2 75R.Leone, BC 0 15 16 7 70L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 10 17 6 67R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 11 12 2 49x-E.Rogers, Cgy 7 4 0 0 46x-Je.Johnson, Ott 6 2 0 0 38D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 11 0 37T.Gurley, Tor 6 0 0 0 36A.Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36x-C.Marshall, Wpg 5 4 0 0 34x-A.Collie, BC 5 2 0 0 32x-K.Elliott, Tor 5 2 0 0 32B.Banks, Ham 5 0 0 0 30V.Hazelton, Tor 5 0 0 0 30K.Lawrence, Edm 5 0 0 0 30K.Stafford, Edm 5 0 0 0 30T.Toliver, Ham 5 0 0 0 30x-C.Getzlaf, Sask 4 2 0 0 26x-B.Grant, Ham 4 2 0 0 26C.Milo, Ott 0 13 4 1 26E.Jackson, Ott 4 0 0 0 24J.Mathews, Ham 4 0 0 0 24T.Sinkfield, Ham 4 0 0 0 24x-R.Bagg, Sask 3 4 0 0 22

x-B.Brohm, Wpg 3 2 0 0 20x-H.Burris, Ott 3 2 0 0 20x-J.Cornish, Cgy 3 2 0 0 20x-W.Dressler, Sask 3 2 0 0 20x-T.Harrison, Cgy 3 2 0 0 20x-B.Smith, Sask 3 2 0 0 20x-T.Sutton, Mtl 3 2 0 0 20x-M.McDaniel, Cgy 2 8 0 0 20S.Waters, Tor 0 6 4 2 20

2015 NFL ScheduleWeek OneThursday, Sept. 10Pittsburgh at New England, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13Indianapolis at Buffalo, 11 a.m.Green Bay at Chicago, 11 a.m.Kansas City at Houston, 11 a.m.Carolina at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.Seattle at St. Louis, 11 a.m.Miami at Washington, 11 a.m.New Orleans at Arizona, 2:05 p.m.Detroit at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.Baltimore at Denver, 2:25 p.m.Cincinnati at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 2:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.

Hockey2015 Western Hockey League

Preseason Schedule

Tuesday’s gameLethbridge at Kootenay, late

Wednesday, Sept. 9Portland at Prince George, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 10Everett at Prince George, 12 p.m.Portland at Spokane, 4 p.m.Kootenay at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 11Everett at Portland, 12 p.m.Kootenay at Seattle, 4 p.m.Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.Red Deer at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12Kootenay at Prince George, 12 p.m.Red Deer at Spokane, 4 p.m.Victoria at Vancouver, 5 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13Edmonton at Calgary, 3 p.m.Vancouver at Victoria, 3 p.m.Lethbridge at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

BasketballFIBA Americas Men’s Olympic

Qualifying Tournament

SECOND ROUND GP W L Ptx-Argentina 6 6 0 12x-Canada 6 5 1 11x-Mexico 6 5 1 11Dominican Republic 6 2 4 8Venezuela 6 2 4 8Puerto Rico 6 2 4 8Uruguay 6 1 5 7Panama 6 1 5 7x — clinched berth in semifinals; Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for a loss.

Monday’s resultsCanada 109 Uruguay 82Argentina 84 Panama 57Mexico 73 Venezuela 70Puerto Rico 98 Dominican Republic 92

Tuesday’s resultsCanada 94 Mexico 73

Argentina 92 Dominican Republic 84Puerto Rico 78 Panama 71Uruguay 77 Venezuela 75

Wednesday’s gamesPanama vs. Venezuela, 11 a.m.Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 1:30 p.m.Uruguay vs. Puerto Rico, 5 p.m.Mexico vs. Argentina, 7:30 p.m.End of Second Round

PLAYOFFSFriday’s gamesSemifinalsFirst vs. Fourth Places, 5 or 7:30 p.m.Second vs. Third Places, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s gamesThird PlaceSemifinal losers, 5 p.m.ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.(Note: Both teams in final qualify for 2016 Olympics)

STORIES FROM PAGE B4

TransactionsTuesday’s Sports TransactionsFOOTBALLNational Football LeagueBALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed DE Brent Urban on injured reserve-return. Signed RB Terrence Magee.BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Matt Cassel. Re-leased TE Nick O’Leary.CHICAGO BEARS — Terminated the practice squad contract of RB-FB Paul Lasike.DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB Gus Johnson, WR Vince Mayle, QB Kellen Moore, WR Rodney Smith and LB Joe Thomas to the practice squad.DETROIT LIONS — Signed QB Ricky Stanzi to the practice squad.GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Ed Williams to the practice squad.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed LB Amarlo Herrera to the practice squad. Released OL David Arkin.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Cam-eron Fleming to the practice squad. Released DL Xzavier Dickson from the practice squad.NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived CB Asa Jackson and DT Louis Nix III.NEW YORK JETS — Signed DE Mike Catapano to the practice squad.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed TE Cam-eron Brate, T Reid Fragel and WR Rannell Hall to

the practice squad. Relased Ts Edawn Coughman and Terren Jones from the practice squad.Canadian Football LeagueWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Fired special teams co-ordinator Pat Tracey. Announced coach Mike O’Shea will oversee the special teams for the remainder of the season.Indoor Football LeagueSPOKANE SHOCK — Signed WR Harry Peoples, LB Armogen Walker and DL Brett Bowers.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueARIZONA COYOTES — Signed G Louis Domingue to a one-year contract.NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to a one-year contract.American Hockey LeagueGWINNETT GLADIATORS — Agreed to terms with D Tyler Shiplo and D Kevin Albers.MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Named Scott Ford assistant coach.BASEBALLMajor League BaseballOFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended New York Yankees minor league SS Holman Miranda (DSL) 72 games after testing posi-tive for metabolites of Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance. Suspended Detroit minor league OF Magglio Ordonez, Jr. (GCL) 50 games

following a second positive test for a Drug of Abuse.American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated INF J.J. Hardy from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Dariel Alva-rez from Frederick (Carolina).BOSTON RED SOX — Activated 2B Dustin Pedroia from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHPs Jonathan Aro and Matt Barnes from Pawtucket (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Rich Hill from Pawtucket.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled INF Micah Johnson from Charlotte (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated RHP Carlos Carrasco from the 15-day DL.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled 3B Kyle Kubitza and OF Daniel Robertson from Salt Lake (PCL)OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled OF Craig Gen-try and INF Max Muncy from Nashville (IL).SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled OF James Jones and 1B-DH Jesus Montero, from Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contract of C Steven Baron and RHP JC Ramirez from Tacoma. Transferred LHP Charlie Furbush to 60-day DL.National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled RHP Jhoulys Chacin, RHP Allen Webster, INF-OF Jamie Romak and LHP Andrew Chafin from Reno (PCL) and OF Socrates Brito Mobile (SL). Purchased the contract of OF Peter O’Brien from Reno.

Chiarelli to be named GM of North American Young Stars team at World Cup


Peter Chiarelli is expected to be named general manager of the North American “Young Stars” team for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, according to a source.

Chiarelli, an Ottawa native in his first season as GM of the Edmonton Oilers, will be in charge of the management team that selects from Canadian and U.S. players aged 23 and under, which is expected to include the likes of Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel and Aaron Ekblad.

Hockey Canada, USA Hockey, the NHL and NHL Players’ As-sociation were supposed to confer on choosing a management staff with executives from each country, Hockey Canada presi-dent and CEO Tom Renney said in June.

According to ESPN, Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman, a dual citizen, will be an assistant GM under Chiarelli.

Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues heads up Canada’s management team, which also includes Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens, Ken Holland of the Detroit Red Wings, Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks and Rob Blake of the Los Angeles Kings.

Dean Lombardi of the Kings is in charge of the U.S. team and is being assisted by Paul Holmgren of the Philadelphia Flyers and Brian Burke of the Calgary Flames.


MEXICO CITY — Andrew Wiggins scored 17 points and Canada handed Mexico its first loss in the FIBA Amer-icas tournament with a convincing 94-73 victory Tuesday night, jumping into second place in the Olympic basket-ball qualifying event standings.

Andrew Nicholson came off the bench to add 15 points and Nik Staus-kas added 12 points for the Canadian team that is getting closer to qualifying for its first Olympics since 2000.

Francisco Cruz scored 13 points for the Mexicans, who had their six-game winning streak snapped.

After Tuesdays games, Argentina leads the tournament with 12 points, followed by Canada and Mexico with 11. The Dominican Republic, Venezu-ela and Puerto Rico have eight, while

Uruguay and Panama each have seven.The top two teams will get berths to

Rio in 2016. The teams finishing from third to fifth will qualify for the 2016 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament, set to be played July 4-10.

The final game of this round will be played on Wednesday and the semifi-nals on Friday.

Earlier, Andres Nocioni scored 25 points in 26 minutes, Facundo Campaz-zo added 18 and Argentina defeated the Dominican Republic 92-82 to re-main the only undefeated team in the tournament. Luis Scola had 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Argentinian team that is trying to finish as the best team in the second round to face the fourth-place team in the semifinals.

Argentina can achieve that goal with a win over Mexico on Wednesday.

Edgar Sosa scored 24 points for the Dominican Republic, which still has a chance but needs to upset Canada.

In other games, Reque Newsome scored 20 points as Uruguay got a 77-75 win over Venezuela.

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Serena wins Williams sisters battleBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — If Serena Williams would feel sympathy for any opponent standing in the way of her pursuit of tennis’ first true Grand Slam in 27 years, it might very well be her sister Venus.

Still, no way was Serena going to let anyone, or anything, stop her on this night, even if she found herself in a mid-match lull while facing her older sibling in the U.S. Open quarterfinals.

Moving two matches from history, top-seeded Serena got all she could handle from 23rd-seeded Venus before moving into the semifinals at Flush-ing Meadows with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory Tuesday in the 27th installment of the unique Williams vs. Williams rivalry.

When it ended, they met at the net for a hug, with a smiling Venus wrap-ping both arms around Serena.

“She’s the toughest player I’ve ever played in my life and the best person I know,” Serena said in an on-court interview. “It’s going against your best friend and at the same time going against the greatest competitor, for me, in women’s tennis.”

Serena is 16-11 in their matches, in-cluding 9-5 in majors and 3-2 at the U.S. Open. Of greater significance, Serena can still become the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to collect all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year.

And if she can win what would be her fourth U.S. Open in a row, and seventh overall, she would equal Graf with 22 major championships, the most in the professional era and second-most ever behind Margaret Court’s 24.

The sisters combined for 57 winners (Serena had more, 35) and only 37 un-forced errors (Venus had fewer, 15).

Both pounded serves fast, very fast, each topping 120 mph. Both returned well, oh so well, each managing to put into play at least one serve at more than 115 mph by the other.

Venus often attempted to end base-line exchanges quickly. Serena showed tremendous touch by using drop shots, one paired with a backhand passing winner, another with a perfectly curled lob.

Serena grabbed the last four games of the first set. But she showed some jitters early in the second, double-faulting to trail 3-1, part of a five-game run for Venus to even the match.

They had played 63 intense minutes, so aware of each other’s tactics and tendencies, and now it was going to all come down to one set.

At 35, the oldest woman to enter the tournament, Venus had her own rea-sons for wanting to win, of course. She hasn’t reached the semifinals at any Grand Slam tournament since the 2010 U.S. Open, and might have considered this her last, best chance to collect an eighth major singles championship of her own.

True to her word, their mother, Oracene Price, did not attend the match. And neither of her daughters betrayed much in the way of emotion.

When Serena, who is 15 months younger, earned a key break to lead 2-0 in the third thanks to a down-the-line backhand winner that landed in a corner, she gritted her teeth, held clenched fists near her head and leaned forward, holding the pose. She did not shake those fists or scream or jump, the way she usually does against other women.

And when she got to match point as a shot by Venus sailed long, Serena dropped to a knee behind the baseline, her back to her sister.

Serena then smacked a 107 mph ace, her 12th, to end it.

On Thursday, she will play unseed-ed Robert Vinci of Italy, who moved into the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career at age 32 by outlasting Kris-tina Mladenovic of France 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

In the men’s quarterfinals, defend-ing champion Marin Cilic let a big lead and match points slip away before holding on in the end to beat 19th-seed-ed Jo Wilfried-Tsonga of France 6-4,

6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4. No. 1 Novak Djok-ovic was to face No. 18 Feliciano Lopez of Spain in Tuesday’s last match.

The 43rd-ranked Vinci is playing in the 44th major tournament of her sin-gles career, the second-most appear-ances by a woman before reaching her initial semifinal. She is better known for having won a career Grand Slam in doubles with former partner Sara

Errani.Vinci is 0-4 against Serena and

joked about wearing a helmet for pro-tection from some of the 33-year-old American’s booming shots.

“She’s the favourite. Maybe she’ll feel the pressure. Who knows? It all depends on her. If she serves well, it’s tough to return,” Vinci said. “But I have nothing to lose.”

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Mickelson gets captain pick for Presidents Cup


Phil Mickelson kept alive a streak and earned a footnote in Presidents Cup history Tuesday when he was se-lected to play on his 21st consecutive U.S. team.

Mickelson was No. 30 in the stand-ings, the lowest of any player to be a captain’s pick.

U.S. captain Jay Haas also took his son, Bill Haas, though that was expect-ed. Bill Haas won his sixth PGA Tour title this year, finished one shot out of a playoff at The Players Champion-ship and was 11th in the standings. His father said he intended to take No. 11 regardless of who it was.

International captain Nick Price se-lected Steven Bowditch of Australia, who missed qualifying by less than one-hundredth of an average world ranking point, and Sang-moon Bae of South Korea, which attracted the most attention.

The Presidents Cup is Oct. 8-11 in South Korea, the first time it has been held in Asia.

Bae has been ordered to start his mandatory two-year military service in South Korea when he returns home. Price said he has been told that Bae, who won the season-opening Frys.com Open last October, will be able to first play in the Presidents Cup.

Jay Haas said he leaned on his as-sistant captains and players who al-ready were assured of a spot on the team.

“I am so honoured to be on this team,” Mickelson said. “And to have it come from input from so many players and assistant captains wanting me to be on the team means a lot to me that I couldn’t put it into words. It’s just a very special honour to be on the team.”

Mickelson has gone two years since his last victory in the 2013 Brit-ish Open, and at No. 51 in the FedEx Cup, he risks not making it to the Tour Championship for the second straight year. He was planning to skip the BMW Championship next week north of Chi-cago if he was not chosen for the Presi-dents Cup team.

Tiger Woods in 2011 previously was the lowest-ranked player to be a cap-tain’s pick. He was No. 29 when Fred Couples took him to Royal Melbourne, and Woods wound up delivering the decisive point.

The announcement Tuesday after-noon was more compelling than any of the golf that has been played in recent

years at the Presidents Cup.The Americans have not lost since

1998 in Australia — there was a tie in South Africa in 2003 — and leads the series 8-1-1 having won the last five times. The Presidents Cup dates to 1994, the first U.S. team for Mickelson as a pro. That was the only year Mick-elson had to rely on being a captain’s pick. The other captain’s pick for the inaugural matches? Jay Haas.

“If anyone deserves a pick, it’s Phil Mickelson,” Jay Haas said. “He is with-out question the leader of our team in the team room, on the golf course. I think the guys trust him 100 per cent. The guys on the team were adamant that Phil is the guy, and I think be-tween the captains and team members, Phil was an overwhelming choice to be a pick.”

Among those with experience that Haas skipped over to take Mickelson were J.B. Holmes, Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley and Hunter Mahan. No one had been play-ing well leading up to the final day of qualifying, including Brooks Koep-ka, who was under consideration. He missed the cut in both FedEx Cup play-off events.

Bill Haas had a chance to win the Wyndham Championship, but he went flat the last few weeks in a grind to make the team and play for his father.

“I couldn’t sleep last night,” said Haas, who is on a family vacation with his father. “The last few weeks, I re-ally, really wanted to make the team outright. I can’t even explain how I was feeling on the golf course. It just showed how much I wanted it.”

Bae was at No. 20 in the Internation-al standings, and his selection gives Price a pair of South Korean-born players. Danny Lee is the other, though he grew up in New Zealand and plays under the Kiwi flag.

Bae had deferred his military ser-vice while playing the PGA Tour, but the military said he spent too much time at home last year and denied an-other deferral. Bae appealed the de-cision, but the military courts ruled against him six weeks ago.

“I think he’s had a really tough time,” Price said. “His military service has been a cause for concern and it hasn’t allowed him to play his best. But I think once he’s made the decision, he’s played a lot better.”

One other aspect played into Bae’s favour. He has won twice on the Jack Nicklaus Golf Course in Incheon, where the matches will be played.

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Serena Williams returns a shot to Venus Williams during a quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, in New York.

Canada hands Mexico its first loss, secures place in semis

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Canada beats Belize to advance to fourth round of

FIFA qualifyingBELMOPAN, Belize — The Canadi-

an men’s soccer team advanced to the fourth round of FIFA World Cup quali-fying with a 4-1 aggregate win over Be-lize on Tuesday.

Will Johnson scored a game-tying goal in the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw in the Belize capital. The sole goal was more than enough offence for

Canada, which won the first leg of the qualifier 3-0 at Toronto’s BMO Field last Friday.

Deon McCauley scored in the first half for Belize.

Canada, ranked No. 102 in the world, will become part of Group A in the fourth round, the penultimate stage of qualifying in the region.

That pool will feature No. 26 Mex-ico, No. 81 Honduras and No. 107 El Salvador with only the top two advanc-ing after round-robin play to the final hexagon round.

Belize is ranked 128th in the world.

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Water quality in the Red Deer River watershed was rated “good” recently by the World Wildlife Foundation.

However, that good news comes with a warning that future threats rank as “very high” to the South Saskatchewan River watershed, of which Red Deer is a part.

It is timely then that the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance has orga-nized a pair of water quality work-shops next week in Red Deer and Olds under the working title Ripples in our Watershed: From Plan to Action.

“This is really an opportunity for anyone who lives, works or plays in the watershed and who care about water

quality to come together and chart a course forward for watershed manage-ment, particularly relating to water quality,” said Josée Méthot, the alli-ance’s watershed planning co-ordina-tor.

“This comes at a key milestone in our history as an organization.”

The alliance has been working for years on an Integrated Watershed Management Plan, which has been de-veloped in phases.

The first phase focuses on water quality, and workshop participants will get a look at the draft plan to be released later this fall.

It includes goals, targets and recom-mendations for maintaining and im-proving water quality.

Other phases will chart direction for land uses, riparian areas and wetlands within the watershed, which covers 49,000 square km, an area bigger than Denmark. It is also home to 300,000 people.

The workshops are designed to be accessible to the general public. Pre-sentations from alliance staff will be followed by opportunities to provide input on what any watershed plan should include.

“There will be an opportunity to learn about water quality and some of the issues in the area,” said Méthot.

Examples will be provided of what other groups are doing around the province.

Comments and suggestions gathered at the workshops will help direct fu-ture phases of the plan.

Méthot said it is expected the work being done will be useful as the prov-ince develops its regional land use plans.

Announced a few years ago, the plans are part of an overall strategy to map out a land-use strategy to accom-modate growth, ensure sustainability and balance sometimes conflicting in-terests.

Work on Red Deer Region’s plan is expected to begin in the next year or two.

Méthot said the alliance wants to have its first phase watershed work complete so it can be used as the land-use plan is developed.

The alliance is a watershed plan-ning and advisory council that was formed along with a number of others under the province’s Water for Life Strategy a number of years ago.

Participants for the workshops are asked to pre-register by Friday through the alliance’s website at www.rdwa.ca. There is no cost and snacks will be provided.

The Red Deer workshop is set for Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Pioneer Lodge, 4324 46A Ave.

The Olds workshop is to be held at Olds College on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.

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The halls of Red Deer College are again busy as new and returning staff and students make their way back to the campus for the 2015-16 school year. On Tuesday, Red Deer College hosted an orientation, while classes are scheduled to get underway today. The RDC Students Association will be hosting a number of fun activities, which begin at noon in the Forum today. They will also take place on Thursday and Friday.

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Companies not hiring new staff

BY PAUL COWLEYADVOCATE STAFF

Red Deer job hunters could face a tough slog this fall.

Only five per cent of employers surveyed by Man-power Group anticipated hiring more staff, offset by another five per cent who expected to downsize. Eighty-three per cent planned to hold the line on staff levels and seven per cent weren’t sure.

Based on those results, Red Deer’s net hiring out-look is zero per cent, which is down seven per cent from the last quarter, and down 19 per cent from a year ago.

Seasonal variations are removed from the data to paint a more accurate picture.

Randy Upright, CEO of Manpower’s Alberta re-gion, said the numbers are clearly an indication of the impact of low oil prices and their effect on the economy generally.

“There’s no way to differentiate between them,” he said. “There’s a lot of things that have happened as a result of low oil prices that have a lot of compa-nies in a wait-and-see pattern at this point.”

Considering the economic pressure many compa-nies are under, Upright sees good news in the statis-tic that four out of five companies intend to maintain their staff size.

“It’s good news from that point of view.”Prospects are a little better nationwide, with a

modest hiring climate predicted. The national net employment outlook is six per cent, which is down three per cent from the last quarter and a year ago.

A survey of 1,900 employers across Canada found 11 per cent are poised to boost staffing levels, nine per cent expected to trim payrolls and 77 per cent expected the status quo. Three per cent were un-sure.

Manpower Group is a workforce consulting com-pany with 400,000 clients in 80 countries.

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Fleeing from police lands man 30 days in jail

A man who tried to flee a Red Deer RCMP road-side stop but was halted when he ran over a spike belt has been sentenced to a month in jail.

Daniel Wayne Harrick, 26, of Red Deer pleaded guilty to obstructing a peace officer, failing to com-ply with the conditions of an undertaking and breach of probation in Red Deer provincial court.

He was sentenced to 30 days in custody and fined $200.

Harrick was arrested on Aug. 5 after 9:30 p.m. when members of the Red Deer RCMP Community Response Unit located two men downtown in a sus-pected stolen vehicle.

The police followed the truck north on Taylor Drive and tried to pull it over near Howarth Street.

The vehicle’s driver refused to stop and drove over a spike belt, continuing north on deflated tires before coming to a stop in the Taylor Plaza parking lot. The two occupants of the vehicle fled in separate directions. Police caught Harrick, the driver of the vehicle.

Police Dog Services was unable to find the male passenger.

Campaign started to bring awareness to childhood cancers

Inspired by a schoolmate suffering from osteosarcoma, a Central Alberta teen wants to raise

awareness about childhood cancers.Tenille Day Chief is doing what she can to raise

awareness by launching a Facebook group and a month-long campaign to light up gold/yellow in Cen-tral Alberta.

The Light Up Gold campaign focuses on childhood cancers.

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer, accounting for about three per cent of can-cers that happen in children. Although other types of cancer can eventually spread to parts of the skel-eton, osteosarcoma is one of the few that actually be-gin in bones and sometimes spread (or metastasize) elsewhere, usually to the lungs or other bones.

It most commonly affects teens who are having a growth spurt. Boys are more likely to have osteo-sarcoma than girls, and most cases of osteosarcoma involve the knee.

People, schools, organizations, businesses are encouraged — on any day in the month of September

— to place a poster in their window, hold an event as simple as dressing up, or go for a group walk or post to social media with the hashtag #lightupgoldCen-tralAlberta.

To learn more about the event and get in con-tact with the founders, visit www.facebook.com and search Light up Gold/Yellow Central Alberta 2015.

Red Deerians asked to participate in survey about crime and safetyA survey is underway to determine what Red Dee-

rians think about crime and safety in the city.Input from the survey will help inform the work of

the Community Safety Ad-hoc Committee. The com-mittee is working on recommendations to council to develop a community safety strategy for Red Deer.The online survey will be accessible through the city’s website (www.reddeer.ca) until Sept. 30.

It should take about 15 minutes to complete.Residents will be asked questions about commu-

nity safety and crime prevention.

Public invited to Penhold Fall Festival this weekend

Central Albertans are invited to Penhold Fall Festival this weekend to welcome the new season.

The fun starts on Friday with Teen Night at the midway with gladiator jousting and foot brawlers, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multi-plex.

The all-you-can-ride pass is $20. The youth pass (age 18 and under) is $15. Individual tickets are $1 each.

The fun on Saturday includes the Community Ties Breakfast, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. at Penhold Memorial Hall, and a parade at 11 a.m. from Robinson Avenue to Hawkridge Boulevard to the Multiplex.

Many other activities will be held at the Multiplex on Saturday: a market, from noon to 4 p.m.; outdoor fair and midway from noon to 7 p.m.; PYC Dunk Tank from 1 to 4 p.m.; Kids Corner (age 10 and under) from 1 to 4 p.m.; and fireworks at dusk.

Hat Making will also be held at Penhold Library, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Country band Sweet Tequila will perform at Fall Festival After Hours at the Multiplex, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are available a Penhold town office.

The festival will finish off on Sunday with a fam-ily skate at the Multiplex. The time has yet to be an-nounced.

A hockey tournament will also run from all week-end at the Multiplex.

BRIEFS


DETROIT — Tesla Motors share-holders Mark Peters and Elizabeth Farrell Peters had a simple request for the electric-car maker at its annual meeting in June: Stop offering leather interiors and make Tesla the first “cru-elty-free” premium brand.

Shareholders rejected the proposal after Tesla’s board said it would delay production of its electric cars. But Te-sla CEO Elon Musk seemed intrigued.

“We’ll look into it,” he said. Last month, the Peterses took delivery of a leather-free Tesla Model S, the second one in their Hurst, Texas, garage.

For car buyers like the Peterses — who have been vegans for more than two decades — leather-free choices are limited. The car-buying site Ed-munds.com says 78 per cent of 2015 model-year vehicles have standard leather seats on at least one trim level. In other words, buyers content with basic models can get cloth seats and plastic steering wheels, but as they add options like better engines, heated seats or upgraded speakers, they usu-ally have to add leather seats.

Edmunds says 79 vehicles in the

2015 model year don’t require buyers to get leather at any trim level. Those include the Toyota Prius hybrid, the BMW 3 Series and the Volkswagen Jet-ta. But even some models with cloth or faux-leather seats — like the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt — still have leather-wrapped steering wheels.

That’s not likely to change any time soon. Most customers worldwide equate leather with quality, richness and comfort, says Mel Stephens, a spokesman for automotive seat-maker Lear Corp.

“Vinyl is good, but leather is bet-ter,” he said. “People like natural ma-terials.”

Luxury automakers, including Au-di and Cadillac, say requests for non-leather interiors are rare. Even when they get them, high-volume automak-ers can’t necessarily stop the assem-bly line and make a personalized car. Ford won’t replace leather seats at the factory, for example, but says dealers can install different seats if a customer requests them.

David Peters of DLP Advisors, a leather-industry consulting firm, fore-casts continued growth in automotive leather over the next decade as luxury car sales increase worldwide.


DETROIT — Adaptive cruise con-trol has been an option on some cars for almost a decade. But in a recent national survey, 65 per cent of U.S. drivers didn’t know what it was.

The survey, by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center’s Transportation and Vehicle Safety pro-gram, suggests big gaps in the public’s knowl-edge about potentially life-saving features.

Based on the re-sponses, the university and the National Safe-ty Council have devel-oped a new Web site — http://mycardoeswhat.org — to teach drivers about new features, from tire-pressure monitoring systems to automatic emer-gency braking.

The site is one of several places that car owners and shoppers can learn about safety technology. The federal government’s auto-safety website — http://www.safercar.gov — lists crash-test results and uses icons to highlight cars with recommended safety fea-tures, including lane-departure warn-ing and forward-collision warning. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety — http://www.iihs.org — also explains key collision-avoidance features like automatic braking, and lists which cars have them.

Carmakers — prodded by govern-ment regulators and public crash-test rankings — are rapidly adding safety features. By 2018, for example, the U.S. will require all new vehicles to have backup cameras. But at the same time, cars are getting more reliable and last-ing longer, so millions of people driv-ing older cars may not be familiar with the latest safety options. The average vehicle on U.S. roads is now 11.5 years old — older than adaptive cruise con-trol.

Daniel McGehee, who conducted the survey, was surprised to find that even car dealers and service department managers weren’t always familiar with new safety features.

“The technology is changing so quickly they don’t have a good under-standing,” said McGehee, the director of the Transportation and Vehicle Safety Research program.

The survey, which questioned 2,015 people last September about nine safety features, found that 92 per cent of driv-ers had heard of anti-lock brakes, which have been common on cars since the 1980s. But only about half had heard of more recent options like lane-departure warning, which gives an audible warning or vibrates to warn driv-ers when the car leaves its lane, or forward-colli-sion warning, which alerts drivers to an imminent crash.

Ninety-four per cent were aware of cruise control, which keeps the vehicle at a set speed on the highway.

But only about one-third had heard of its more advanced sibling, adaptive cruise control, which maintains a set speed and distance from the car ahead and can accelerate or brake on its own.

It used to be a feature on luxury cars, but as radar and cameras have gotten cheaper, it’s being added to mainstream vehicles like the Honda CR-V and the Mazda6.

Even features that are standard on every car caused some head-scratching. Only 55 per cent of drivers were familiar with tire-pressure monitoring systems, which have

been mandated by the U.S. govern-ment since 2007.

The systems alert drivers, usually with a dashboard message, when one of their tires is underinflated. McGe-hee said drivers may not realize they have a feature like that because their tires are properly inflated.

“A lot of technologies lie in wait, but we know they are very useful when they’re needed,” he said.

Adding to the confusion is the fact that automakers have different names for safety features. Mercedes-Benz calls its adaptive cruise-control sys-tem Distronic Plus, for example, while Subaru packages adaptive cruise con-trol within its EyeSight suite of safety systems.

Systems also work differently; some will automatically steer drivers back into their lane if they leave it, for ex-ample, while others just give them a warning.

McGehee says the website doesn’t name particular automakers or sys-tems, but simply tries to explain vari-ous technologies.

“This is a geeky area we’re getting into,” McGehee said. “We wanted to debrand the vehicles and concentrate on the concepts.”

The university is now studying what kinds of questions people have about their car’s features, with the goal of making a mobile manual that drivers could consult with voice commands.

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DETROIT — Fully self-driving cars are a few years into the future. But some of the technology that will make them possible is already here.

Automakers are rapidly adding ra-dar- and camera-based systems that can keep a car in its lane, detect pe-destrians and brake automatically to avoid a collision. For now, they work with a driver behind the wheel, but eventually, versions of these systems will likely power self-driving cars.

Semi-autonomous features used to be confined to luxury cars, but they’re quickly migrating to mainstream brands as technology gets cheaper. Toyota, for example, will offer auto-matic braking, pedestrian detection and lane departure warning for just a few hundred dollars on all of its ve-hicles by 2017.

Automakers are also being nudged to add these features by safety advo-cates like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which gives its top crashworthiness rankings to vehicles with crash prevention technology.

Joseph Gerardi, a communications engineer from Centereach, New York, recently bought a 2015 Nissan Mu-rano specifically for its semi-auton-omous safety technology. As part of its $2,260 technology package, Nissan offers emergency braking and adaptive cruise control. The package also has forward collision warning, which uses radar to monitor both the car ahead and the car in front of that one.

Gerardi’s wife, Michele, and 4-year-old daughter, Caroline, use the SUV to get around town, so he wanted the most technology he could get for under $40,000.

“We just wanted to get the safest thing possible,” he said.

He thinks more people would push for semi-autonomous technology if au-tomakers promoted it, or if dealers had a better understanding of how it works. Gerardi had to call Nissan, for example, to get a complete explana-tion of the Murano’s emergency brak-ing system.

Not everyone likes the self-driving trend.

“I really, really dislike automobiles that think they’re cleverer than me,” said Will Inglis, who lives outside Lon-don and writes about the defence in-dustry. He thinks drivers will come to rely too much on semi-autonomous technology and driving skills will de-grade.

But people like Inglis may soon be in the minority. In a recent U.S. survey by the Boston Consulting Group, 55 per cent of drivers said they would likely buy a partially autonomous car in the next five years.

The array of semi-autonomous fea-tures now offered on cars can be be-wildering. Here are some of the most common:

● Adaptive cruise control: Regular cruise control, which has been around for decades, can keep the car at a set speed on the highway. Adaptive cruise control maintains a set speed as well as a set distance from the car in front of it, and it can slow down or speed up automatically. It started appearing on luxury brands like Mercedes and Lex-us about a decade ago. Now, it’s avail-able on less expensive models, like the Mazda3 small car and the Chrysler 200 sedan.

● Lane keeping: Lane departure warning systems beep or vibrate if the driver leaves a lane. Camera-based lane-keeping systems actually steer the car back into the lane automatically. They have their limits; they might not work in snow or at other times when lane markings aren’t clearly visible.

Lane keeping started appearing on the market in 2014. Among the vehicles that offer it are the Ford Fusion Tita-nium, as a $1,200 option, and the Jeep Renegade Limited, as a $995 option.

● Emergency braking: Some for-ward collision warning systems beep or flash lights to warn the driver if they detect an object. More advanced ones warn the driver and, if the driver doesn’t react, apply the brakes. The systems may either bring the car to a complete stop or slow it enough to mit-igate damage. The technology, intro-duced in 2008, is recommended by the federal government. It’s already stan-dard on the Volvo XC90 SUV, which can even brake automatically as the driver is turning into an intersection. Other vehicles that offer emergency braking are the Subaru Outback, as part of the $3,090 EyeSight package,

and the Toyota Camry XLE, as part of a $2,570 technology and navigation package.

● Self-parking: Self-parking systems can find a spot and automatically park in a parallel or perpendicular spot. The systems, on the market since 2008, are now on many mainstream vehicles. It’s a $395 option on the Ford Focus Titanium.

● Highway autopilot: Single-lane highway autopilot is basically just a combination of adaptive cruise con-trol and lane-keeping. It helps keep the car centred in its lane at highway speeds, allowing the driver to cruise with minimal effort. Mercedes, Infiniti and Audi are among those whose sys-tems work in tandem on the highway. Others, including Tesla and Cadillac, are expected to offer advanced autopi-lot systems soon.

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The Gerardi family’s 2015 Nissan Murano bought specifically for its semi-autonomous safety technology, in Centereach, N.Y. Michele Gerardi and four-year-old daughter, Caroline, use the SUV to get around town, so Gerardi wanted the most technology he could get for under $40,000. “We just wanted to get the safest thing possible,” said Gerardi, a communications engineer.

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Vegan car shoppers struggle to steer clear of leather

‘THE TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING SO

QUICKLY THEY DON’T HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING.’

— DANIEL MCGEHEEDIRECTOR OF THE

TRANSPORTATION AND VEHICLE SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM


LONDON — Doctors Without Bor-ders says the world will run out of one of the most effective treatments for snakebites next year, putting the lives of tens of thousands of people at risk, mostly in developing countries.

In a statement issued on Monday, the medical charity warned that ex-isting stockpiles of the anti-venom Fav-Afrique produced by Sanofi Pas-teur will expire in June. The company stopped producing the anti-venom last year and has since switched to MCH-making a rabies treatment instead.

“We are now facing a real crisis,” Dr. Gabriel Alcoba, the charity’s snake-bite adviser, said in a statement. The aid group, also known by its French acronym MSF, said there would likely be no alternative to replace the Sanofi Pasteur snakebite treatment for at

least two years.A spokesman for Sanofi Pasteur

said the pharmaceuticals company was driven out of the market by competi-tors selling cheaper products, and it announced in 2010 it would stop mak-ing anti-venom. Those cheaper drugs are often seen as less effective.

“It’s very strange that the relevant stakeholders are only realizing this problem five years later,” said Alain Bernal, a Sanofi Pasteur spokesman. He said the company has offered to transfer the anti-venom technology to others.

About 5 million people are bitten by snakes every year, including 100,000 deaths and several hundred thousand others who suffer amputations or other disabilities. When it’s available, the anti-venom treatment costs $250 to $500. In poor countries, the drugs are bought and supplied by donors and aid groups.


TORONTO — Put a bunch of par-ents of young children together and bring up the topic of circumcision and — well, let’s just say the discussion is sure to get lively.

“It’s a very emotionally laden topic,” agrees Dr. Jeremy Friedman, associate pediatrician-in-chief at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

“There’s a few topics in pediatrics that whenever you talk with parents, it’s never a mild conversation. People seem to have very, very strong feel-ings.”

Some parents with no cultural or re-ligious reasons to have their newborn son’s foreskin removed will often ques-tion if the procedure is necessary or even advisable.

That’s why the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has updated its position statement on circumcision, to clarify the risks and benefits of both lopping off the foreskin or leaving it intact.

In its new policy statement released Tuesday, the CPS says it does “not rec-ommend the routine circumcision of every newborn male.”

While that basic advice has not changed since its previous statement in 1996, the CPS now says there can be good reasons for circumcision in cer-tain cases.

“The main thing that has changed between now and then is there is con-vincing evidence that circumcision can actually prevent HIV,” said Dr. Joan Robinson, a pediatric infectious dis-ease specialist in Edmonton.

Removal of the foreskin can also reduce the incidence of urinary tract infections in young boys, prevent sexu-ally transmitted pathogens like herpes simplex virus and human papilloma-virus in older boys and adult males, while protecting against penile cancer.

“I think for most parents, it’s ba-sically a cosmetic procedure, unless you’re part of a religion that insists that you have to have it done,” says Robinson.

“We’re simply saying that for par-ents who are for whatever reasons keen on having their son circumcised, there’s now a little more evidence than there used to be about potential ben-efits.”

Lindsay Ferris-McVey chose not to have her son Henley “snipped” after his birth late last year, although her husband is circumcised.

The 10-month-old is her second child — she has a two-year-old daugh-ter, — and his was a no-epidural deliv-

ery at home, aided by a midwife.“I felt that (not having) circumci-

sion fit right in with that,” she said from London, Ont., where she lives. “We’re born the way we’re supposed to be and for our society to decide you’re not born properly just doesn’t make sense.”

Male circumcision as a cultural or religious ritual has been practised for thousands of years, but it became a neonatal medical procedure in Britain and North America in the late 19th century to promote genital hygiene, lower disease risk and to avoid hav-ing the painful, leg-crossing procedure later in life.

In the middle of the last century, most Canadian boys were circumcised as a matter of course. But over time, the circumcision rate steadily dropped to its current level of about a third of newborns.

Doctors recommend that circum-cision be performed within the first week of life, as waiting until a baby is older increases the risk of complica-tions like infection and bleeding, usu-ally requires general anesthetic, and may be more painful.

That’s not to say that infants don’t feel pain — a common misperception, said Friedman. “There is a lot of good research these days that suggests there is definitely the ability to perceive pain, and therefore pain control is es-sential if you’re going to do a proce-dure like a circumcision.”

Typically, an infant is given a topi-cal agent to numb the area, then an in-jection to block the nerve that supplies sensation to the penis, he said, noting that a soother dipped in sugar water can also help ease a baby’s discomfort.

Circumcision is often performed before discharge from hospital or at specialized out-patient clinics. But because it’s considered cosmetic, the $300-$500 surgery isn’t covered by pro-vincial insurance plans.

Jodi Rowe’s 17-year-old son Jake was circumcised not long after birth and she had planned to have the op-eration for her youngest boy Trace, now 9. But because he was born with cerebral palsy, doctors advised against the surgery.

But Trace ended up being circum-cised as a two-year-old because of re-current penile infections, Rowe said from her home in Abbotsford, B.C.

“We had to make a decision because he was at risk for cancer because he had had six infections before 2. There were no more infections after that.”

Shaw’s advice to other parents: “Cir-cumcise your boys. For the health of

your child, get it done.”However, Michelle Ferreri suggests

parents think twice before putting their sons through a procedure she likens to “mutilation” after watching it done to her elder boy Giorgio.

“They take a little five-day-old baby and they strap him down on a cold, stainless steel table,” said Ferreri of Lakefield, Ont.

“He screamed, tortuous screams the entire time. Blood everywhere,” she recalled.

“He was miserable for three days after that — crying, crying, crying.

“They should really warn you. Ev-ery woman and every mom should see what they do before they make that de-cision, because it’s very barbaric.”

So when her second son Marcello was born, she opted against putting him through the operation.

Ferreri got a lot of grief over that decision, with friends wondering how the now eight- and five-year-old broth-ers would be affected because their anatomy doesn’t look the same and one boy differs from their circumcised

father.“It was just the most ludicrous argu-

ment I ever heard ... Never once have they asked why their penises are dif-ferent.”

While circumcision has been found to cut the incidence of infections, par-ticularly HIV, the risk of contracting the AIDS virus in Canada is “very, very low,” compared to south Saharan Af-rica, where the disease is rampant, noted Friedman of Sick Kids.

Parents, he said, have to interpret the benefits in the context of the indi-vidual child.

“My advice to most of those families tends to be there really isn’t a good medical reason to convince you to do it or convince you to not do it.”

As long as the surgery is performed by people who are well-trained, in a setting with good hygiene practices and good pain relief, “it really is a very safe procedure with a very low risk of any real complications,” Friedman says.

“I think the tricky part is interpret-ing how important it is for your son.”

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Channeling Motown

BY LANA MICHELINADVOCATE STAFF

You can’t ignore the past when you’re living in Al Capone’s rum-run-ning haunt of Walkerville, a historic district of Windsor, Ont., across from Detroit.

You also can’t escape Motown. The infectious music of Marvin

Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Su-premes was absorbed by musicians Pat Robitaille, Michael Hargreaves, and Stefan Cvetkovich pretty much by osmosis while they were growing up in Windsor.

After all, the Motown record compa-ny was founded in 1960 by Berry Gordy, Jr. on the opposite bank of the Detroit River, in Detroit, Michigan.

“When you live in Windsor, you’re constantly exposed to it,” said Robi-taille, who performs as part of The Walkervilles on Thursday at the Inter-national Beer Haus and Stage in Red Deer.

It was only natural that when the three formed a band in 2012, they drew inspiration from the soul-stirring, toe-tapping R&B performed by The Mira-cles, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross.

Motown music “makes you move and feel good,” no matter what heartache is in the songs, added Robitaille, the lead singer and guitarist.

“You read the lyrics for something like I Heard It Through the Grapevine,

and you think, man, this guy’s had his heart ripped out! Then you start listen-ing to the music and suddenly you’re snapping your fingers and you’re mov-ing ...

“You feel it all,” added Robitaille. “It can be a really heavy sound and yet leave you feeling good, or it can be light and fluffy... It takes all your emo-tions and lets them out.”

Since the band was looking to make original, harmonic R&B music influ-enced by Motown’s heyday in the 1960s and early ’70s — it also seemed like

a good idea to name their group The Walkervilles, in celebration of their hometown’s colourful history.

American entrepreneur Hiram Walker built a model town called Walk-erville in the 19th century to house employees of his burgeoning distillery. It was frequently visited by gangsters such as Capone during the prohibition era, and continues producing Cana-dian Club whiskey to this day.

Although Windsor’s economy has taken a major hit from automotive plant closures, Robitaille is optimistic

about a gradual economic upturn in the area. He noted Detroit has start-ed transforming from being an urban wasteland of empty buildings to a vi-able centre for artists, musicians and new business, due to its beautiful ar-chitecture and highly affordable prop-erty prices.

You could say that Detroit’s future is looking as upbeat as its Motown mu-sic.

The Walkervilles — including bass-ist and main songwriter Hargreaves and drummer Svetkovich — are also optimistic about their third album, due out in 2016.

It’s being produced by multiple Grammy Award-winning producer/ en-gineer, “Commissioner” Gordon Wil-liams, and the first single, What You Do, is being released to radio this month.

Although making pop-y R&B at a time when folk-and county-pop is more the rage is like swimming against the current, Robitaille is “proud of what we’ve got goin’ on.”

The nattily dressed Walkervilles have already toured Canada with the Tedeschi-Trucks Band and opened for Stanley Clarke and Bettye LaVette at the Highline Ballroom in New York City. The group’s video for Please Baby Stay was also in heavy MuchMusic ro-tation.

Although the band has toured through Alberta a couple of times al-ready, Robitaille said he looks forward to playing in Red Deer for the first time.

“People like to have a good time in Alberta. You cowboys know how to get down!”’

Tickets for the show are $10 from the venue or Ticketfly. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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Actress who appeared in Our Gang series of silent

films dies at age 93LOS ANGELES — Jean Darling, an

actress who appeared in the silent-film series Our Gang and the original Broadway production of Carousel, has died at age 93.

Darling’s son Roy Hamilton-Bowen said Tuesday that his mother died Fri-day in Rodermark, Germany, after a sudden illness.

Darling appeared in the Our Gang series between 1927 and 1929, when the short films began incorporating sound into the productions. Some of the films were later repackaged as The Little Rascals.

In 1945, she starred as Carrie Pip-peridge in the original Broadway run of Carousel and later appeared as Aunt Poppy in children’s programming on Ireland’s RTE radio and television broadcasts.

Influential critic at The Village Voice dead at 78NEW YORK — John Perreault, a po-

et, artist, critic and curator who was an influential writer for The Village Voice and was the subject of a nude painting by Alice Neel included in the perma-nent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, has died. He was 78.

Perreault died Sunday at the NYU Langone Medical Center due to com-plications from gastrointestinal sur-gery, according to his husband, Jeff Weinstein.

A native of Manhattan, Perreault studied poetry at the New School for Social Research and was encouraged by poet John Ashbery to take up criti-cism as a way of earning money.

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Anxiety, trauma, loss of control popular themes at

this year’s festivalBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The Toronto Interna-tional Film Festival celebrates its 40th edition this week with a heck of a guest list: Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren and Keith Rich-ards are just a few of the stars set to walk the red carpet for this milestone year.

Buzzy films already generating chat-ter include the star-packed muckrak-ing thriller Spotlight, starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo as part of a team of reporters investigating sex abuse allegations involving the Cath-olic Church; Scott Cooper’s gangster flick Black Mass, with a bald Depp por-traying ruthless wise guy James (Whit-ey) Bulger; and Ridley Scott’s outer-space thriller The Martian, with Damon playing an astronaut abandoned on the red planet.

Then there’s the Irish-Canadian Room, about a five-year-old’s account of growing up with his mother locked in a shed, which he believes is the whole world; he’s unaware they are captives.

“I think there’s a lot of films that deal with the notion of traumatic events changing your life and what it does to you,” TIFF CEO Piers Handling said of trends at this year’s festival.

“There’s such uncertainty in peo-ple’s personal lives as well as political-ly, socially.... I think it’s a more anxious world, it’s a more connected world, so it’s a world that is a bit afraid of events that it cannot control.”

This year’s opening film comes from Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallee, the C.R.A.Z.Y. auteur who this time helms the studio-backed English-language drama Demolition. It stars Jake Gyllen-

haal as an investment banker who re-sponds to the sudden death of his wife with random acts of destruction.

Canadian titles this year include a new outing from Deepa Mehta, who switches gears with an action-packed gangster tale, Beeba Boys; Remember from festival veteran Atom Egoyan, who enlisted Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau for the Nazi re-venge thriller; the war saga Hyena Road from actor/director Paul Gross; and The Forbidden Room from the as-suredly strange Guy Maddin.

Celeb stalkers will undoubtedly be on the lookout for legendary Roll-ing Stones guitarist Keith Richards — dare say we, ambling about town with his pirate brother Depp? — as he pre-mieres his Netflix documentary, Keith Richards: Under the Influence, from Os-car-winning director Morgan Neville (Twenty Feet from Stardom).

The doc screens as part of TIFF’s new TV section, Primetime, which promises to feature the best in global television — but on the big screen. The program’s six titles include the Hulu comedy Casual, executive produced by Jason Reitman, and the second sea-son premiere of France’s supernatural drama The Returned.

But the focus for many cinephiles at TIFF, of course, is on finding the upcoming awards-season contend-ers. Traditionally seen as a launching pad for Oscar hopefuls, TIFF has a proven track record for launching the next Slumdog Millionaire or The King’s Speech.

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TIFF: Several flicks seem to provoke

At the very least, several flicks seem certain to provoke: Michael Moore unleases his new documentary Where to Invade Next; Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne plays a transgender painter in Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl; Charlie Kaufman experiments with stop-motion animation in Anomalisa; Netflix enters the conversation with its child soldier saga Beasts of No Nation; and Argentine auteur Pablo Trapero

documents a spate of real-life brutal kidnappings in The Clan.

Artistic director Cameron Bailey had a hard time choosing standouts and instead singled out a new competi-tive program called Platform, which features “artistically ambitious cin-ema.”

“A lot of attention has been paid to the Ben Wheatley film High-Rise, which is terrific and I think people are go-ing to love it, but there are some other films in that section that will really surprise people,” says Bailey.

“One of my favourites is a film called Neon Bull, from Gabriel Mas-caro. When I watched it I had the same feeling that I had the first time I saw a David Lynch film. The sense of be-ing drawn into a world that is entirely

new and seeing things that are really surprising.”

Among emerging Canadian film-makers, he picked Stephen Dunn’s debut feature Closet Monster, calling it “one of the strongest films in our lineup.”

“It’s just a terrific coming of age and coming out story — beautiful stylish, very emotional. It’s about as good as you could ever get from a debut fea-ture.”

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Thursday.

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diversity criticism

BY DAVID BETANCOURT ANDMICHAEL CAVNA

ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

We’ve go to applaud the move.With the news of Marvel’s forthcom-

ing Korean superhero, the publisher is not only continuing to bring new colour to its characters, but is also diversify-ing its creative bullpens after some re-cent scrutiny. And for this next assign-ment, Amadeus Cho meets Frank Cho, the acclaimed Maryland-area artist.

Amadeus Cho has always had one of the most brilliant minds in the Marvel Universe despite his young age. Now, his uncanny noggin is about to get a lot more incredible. After online teases as to the identity of Marvel’s next big green strongman, it was revealed that Cho, a Korean American teenager, will be the post-Secret Wars Hulk in a new title, Totally Awesome Hulk, set to de-but in December.

Over the long history of Incredible Hulk runs in the comics, the self-pro-claimed “strongest there is” has been a burden for frequent Hulk alter-ego Bruce Banner. But in the words of Mar-vel Comics Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso in announcing the new Hulk, Amadeus Cho will carry the burden of trans-forming into one of the most powerful forces in the Marvel Universe “like it weighs a feather.”

And speaking of Bruce Banner, just because there’s a new Hulk in town doesn’t mean he won’t be a part of the story. Marvel says that what happened to Banner in the eight months that will pass from the end of Secret Wars to the beginning of the new Marvel universe will be a mystery in the storyline of To-tally Awesome Hulk.

Frank Cho and writer Greg Pak were announced as the duo behind the forthcoming Hulk title. Because they are Korean American — Pak is half-Korean; Cho was born in South Korea — the two men represent some-thing Marvel hasn’t had much in force of late: a diverse creative team to go along with the diverse heroes (Miles Morales/Spider-Man, Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, Sam Alexander/Nova, Jane Foster/Thor) brought to Marvel’s pages since Alonso took the company reins.

Marvel’s efforts to diversify and modernize their comic book universe, while met with praise, recently came under scrutiny, of course, when critics on social media questioned why the diversity didn’t extend to the creative teams.

For the moment, Totally Awesome Hulk, whether it was intended to or not, is a step in the right direction to-ward addressing those criticisms be-yond simple assurances.

As to whether Cho’s Awesome Hulk can become a mainstay similar to how the Red Hulk did a few years back, the answers to that begin this winter.

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Country music legend Johnny Cash is shown during an October 1986 performance in Jackson, Tenn. His late-career revival boosted his spirits and was a memorable bookend for his work, and the story behind it lifts ‘Johnny Cash: American Rebel,’ a two-hour CMT documentary that premieres Sept. 12, the 12th anniversary of Cash’s death at age 71.

Cash film sings withfocus on career revival


NEW YORK — If only every icon-ic musician could have a final act as heartening as Johnny Cash’s.

His late-career revival boosted his spirits and was a memorable bookend for his work, and the story behind it lifts Johnny Cash: American Rebel, a two-hour CMT documentary that pre-mieres Sept. 12, the 12th anniversary of Cash’s death at age 71.

While his romance with June Carter and 1960s heyday are entertaining to revisit, the story is familiar to much of America through the 2005 feature film, Walk the Line. What happened after that curtain fell is lesser known: Cash’s career foundered in the 1970s and 1980s, he was dropped by his record company, fell back into drugs. Finally, as recounted by John Mellencamp in American Rebel, he had resigned him-self to a musical graveyard of perform-ing in Branson, Missouri.

Yet when rap and hard rock pro-ducer Rick Rubin began looking for a specific challenge, to work with a consequential musician whose career had fallen on hard times, his interests aligned perfectly with Cash’s. The first of the minimalist series of American Recordings was released in 1994 and continued for the rest of Cash’s life.

Cash’s daughter, Rosanne, admitted to trepidations when the long-haired, bearded, guru-like Rubin connected

with her father.“Dad had been brought a lot of ri-

diculous ideas, some of which he had tried. He was kind of flailing about,” said Cash, who was interviewed in the film. Her first thoughts: Oh, no. Not again.

“I met Rick and I saw how they worked together and I was really heart-ened,” she said. “Then, of course, I saw what they did together and I felt the whole family owed Rick a great debt. Rick came in and reminded him of who he was, revitalized him and loved him like a brother. They loved each other like brothers.”

The film includes two minutes of Johnny’s chilling video for Hurt, and Kurt Loder’s interview with Cash about his musical resurgence. What comes across in American Rebel is how that period stripped away the mystique and trappings of stardom to return Cash to his first love — music.

“He has this reputation as this out-law, this tough guy, this against the grain person, and there was an ele-ment of that in his personality,” said Jordan Tappis, co-director of the CMT documentary. “More than anything, Cash was a sensitive artist ... When I investigated him, what would shine through was the artistic side of him, the sensitive guy who liked to stay up late taking photographs and writing in his journal, reading poetry and writing poetry.”

Tappis and executive producer De-

rik Murry earned the co-operation of Cash’s family, which opened the door to a rich trove of interviews and ar-chival material. Besides Rosanne, the film includes interviews with Johnny’s son John Carter Cash, June’s daughter Carlene Carter, and musicians Sheryl Crow, Eric Church, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock and Cash’s former son-in-law Rodney Crowell.

More importantly, that co-operation didn’t wrap the film in gauze, with a family reluctant to show a balanced portrait. The trials — the drug addic-tion, the divorce to Rosanne’s moth-er — are discussed alongside the tri-umphs.

“Johnny himself was not afraid of being open and honest about his flaws,” Tappis said. “I thought it was important not to whitewash things.” He believes Cash’s openness was one of the reasons fans were drawn to him. As Rosanne said: “Honesty is the most compelling part of the man.”

That’s evidently an inherited trait. Rosanne, who won three Grammy Awards earlier this year for her most recent album The River and the Thread, is remarkably understanding in the film about things many daughters would have a hard time forgiving. Her father’s addiction to amphetamines, for example, “didn’t start because he was looking to get high,” she explained. “It started because he was trying to do his job.”

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Marmaduke comic strip creator dies at age 91

MONTGOMERY, Texas — Brad An-derson, creator of the Marmaduke car-toon strip that for more than 60 years featured the antics of a lovable Great Dane, has died. He was 91.

Anderson died Aug. 30, according to a Tuesday statement from Universal Uclick, which syndicated the comic strip. Universal Uclick spokeswoman

Julie Halper did not immediately pro-vide additional details on the death of Anderson, who lived in Montgomery, Tex., near Houston.

Anderson was born in Jamestown, N.Y., in 1924, and as a boy expressed an affinity for drawing.

“Brad’s interest in cartooning dates back to his early childhood, when he drew popular cartoon characters to amuse himself,” according to his biog-raphy on the Universal Uclick website.

He served in the Navy during the Second World War before graduating from Syracuse University and doing freelance work for magazines, includ-ing the Saturday Evening Post, before creating “Marmaduke” in 1954.

Anderson’s son, Paul, assisted him in later years on the popular comic strip, and a 2010 Marmaduke film fea-

tured the voice of actor Owen Wilson as the gregarious pooch.

At its peak, the comic strip ap-peared in more than 600 newspapers in 20 countries, according to biographi-cal information from Anderson’s alma mater. Anderson was honoured in 2013 with a lifetime achievement award from the National Cartoonists Society.

Fire destroys famous South Dakota saloon, subject of

reality showSTURGIS, S.D. — A South Dakota

saloon that billed itself as the “world’s largest biker bar” and was the subject of a reality TV show was destroyed early Tuesday by a fire that may have

gained momentum when it hit an ad-joining distillery containing 500 gal-lons of grain alcohol.

Volunteer firefighters found heavy smoke when they responded to the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis around 12:30 a.m., and the main building was gutted less than three hours later. No injuries were reported.

The bar, which featured such ame-nities as zip lines, musical stages and rental cabins, had been the subject of the truTV series Full Throttle Saloon, which aired for several seasons start-ing in 2009.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and a representative of the state fire marshal’s office in Rapid City had been on scene and was ex-pected to return later Tuesday.

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WHAT’S HAPPENINGCLASSIFICATIONS

50-70

ComingEvents 52

All Visits are Free.No Obligation.

Compliments ofLocal Businesses.

Are you new to the neighbourhood?

Expecting a Baby?Planning a Wedding?

Call or visit us online!1-844-299-2466

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Found 56TOOL bag with tools found on road in front of London Drugs. Call to identify 403-309-7751

Personals 60ALCOHOLICS

ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

COCAINE ANONYMOUS403-396-8298

CLASSIFICATIONS700-920

wegot

jobs

Caregivers/Aides 710CHILD caregiver needed

for 2 children in Red Deer.$11/hr. willing to do

split shifts,days and nights rotation 44 hrs/wk. high school graduate,1-2 yrs

exp. in child care. apply at [email protected]

Caregivers/Aides 710

EXPERIENCED Elderly Caregiver needed to start

work immediately for diabetic grandma. from Monday through Friday 5 hrs. daily. $18/hr. all

applicants should email directly at

[email protected]

Clerical 720

Is now accepting applications for the

following full time position:ACCOUNTINGTECHNICIAN - RECEIVABLES

in our Rocky Mountain House location

Accounting Technician Responsibilities &

Qualifi cations:Duties include but not

limited to:Process and maintain A/R

Sap Business One experience mandatory

Working knowledge of MS Offi ce & Simply Accounting (2013) program is essentialAble to work with minimal

supervisionMust have an accounting

designationMin of 3+ years accounting

related experiencePreference will be given to candidates who are highly

organized, able to multi task, complete tasks in a

timely fashion & are team players

Please email resumes and a minimum of 3 references

to: [email protected]

or fax resume to: 1-403-729-2396

*NO PHONE CALLINQUIRIES PLEASE

Farm Work 755GREENHOUSE

WORKERS wanted atMeadowbrook

Greenhouses, Penhold. 31Full Time Seasonal

Positions. No Exp, trainingprovided.Starting Feb

2016.$11.20/hr,44hrs,5days per week, 3 monthperiod. Fax resume to

403-886-2252.

ClassifiedsYour place to SELLYour place to BUY

Celebrate your lifewith a Classified

ANNOUNCEMENT

HairStylists 760SYLVAN LAKE BARBER req’s P/T Stylist/Barber, Drop resume off or contact Sherry at 403-887-4022

Oilfield 800BUSY Oil & Gas Service

Company is seeking to hire a well-connected fi eld salesman for central

Alberta and area. The ideal candidate would preferably

have several years’ experience in local fi eld sales in Central Alberta.

Be responsible in establishing new accounts

as well as maintaining existing accounts with our clients. The ideal candidate should be

comfortable performing sales in the Calgary

atmosphere as well, as they will be required from time to time to meet with

Oil and Gas producers for upcoming work and

bidding process. This position is based out of

Red Deer but will be required to spend most of their time performing sales at the fi eld level. Company pickup, expense account and competitive compen-sation package. Please forward your resume to

oil.gasfi [email protected]

COLTER ENERGY LPIS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors

Night OperatorsOperators

• Have current Safety certifi cates including H2S

• Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time

• Must be physically fi t• Competitive wages, benefi ts

and RRSP offeredPlease email resume with current driver’s abstract to:[email protected]

Restaurant/Hotel 820JJAM Management (1987)

Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’sRequires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:

5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift. Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr. 40 hrs/week, + benefi ts ,

8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in

person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job

description visit www.timhortons.com

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s

Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:

5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift

weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. +benefi ts. Start ASAP.

Job description www.timhortons.com

Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303

Restaurant/Hotel 820JJAM Management (1987)

Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’sRequires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:

5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift

weekend day and evening both full and part time.

4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. +medical, dental, life and vi-sion benefi ts. Start ASAP.

Job description www.timhortons.com

Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs.

Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303

Teachers/Tutors 840SEEKING a Tutor to teach

English to a FilipinoIndividual starting immedi-ately from 4:30-5:30 Mon.

to Fri. Email [email protected] or call

403-346-2044

Trades 850GOODMEN

ROOFING LTD.Requires

SLOPED ROOFERSLABOURERS

& FLAT ROOFERS

Valid Driver’s Licencepreferred. Fax or email

info@goodmenroofi ng.ca or (403)341-6722

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

Truckers/Drivers 860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company

looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time,benefi ts and a bonus

program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and

comm. abstract to 403-337-3758 or

[email protected]

Fluid Experts Ltd.Of Red Deer is seeking

experiencedClass 1 Operators

to join our team of drivershauling clean fl uids for the

Oil & Gas Industry.Home most evenings, scheduled days off,

company benefi ts with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied

salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers

abstract to:403-346-3112 or email to:roger@fl uidexperts.com

NOW HIRINGTRUCK DRIVER $25/HR

Full Time , 44hrs/wk min 2 years experience req

Please email [email protected]

or drop off at Tankmaster Rentals

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Obituaries

HOPPSDouglas 1951 - 2015It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Douglas William Charles ‘Doug’ Hopps at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at the age of 64 years. Doug grew up on a farm near Delburne, Alberta. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed sailing, canoeing down the Red Deer River, and playing tennis. He also loved regular social get togethers with friends. Doug will be greatly missed by his family and many dear friends. Doug will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Shaaron Lee; his sons, Jamie, Jayson (Carmen, Casey and Elise) and David Joel; and his daughter, Heather Marie Tourond-Inouye and her children. He will also be sadly missed by his sisters, Bev (Ed) Ferrero and Carolyn DeWitt, as well as many other extended family and friends. A Funeral Service will be held at Living Stones Church, 2020 - 40 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, September 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. with The Reverend Paul Vallee, offi ciating. If desired, Memorial Donations in Doug’s honor may be made directly to the Living Stones Church Building Fund, 2020 - 40 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 5E3. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen,

Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL

HOME AND CREMATORIUM,

6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

OLEKSUIK Eugene Julian Oleksuik of Red Deer, AB passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on September 02, 2015 at the age of 80. “Gene” Oleksuik is survived by his two sons, Mike Oleksuik of Sylvan Lake and Randy Oleksuik of Red Deer, daughter Kari Oleksuik of Esterhazy Saskatchewan, his two grandchildren McKenna Oleksuik of Edmonton, AB and Parker Stevens of Esterhazy, SK and his brother Orest Oleksuik of Richmond, BC and his sister Mary Oleksuik of Richmond, BC. Gene was born in Tufnell Saskatchewan on December 28, 1934, the oldest of three children and Graduated from Richmond High School in 1953. He joined the RCMP in August 1956 and started his career in Ft. Macleod and from there he bounced around a bit. In 1971 one of the highlights of his career was given security service detail, protecting the Prime Minister of Canada. In 1980 he retired from the RCMP in Edmonton and has resided in Red Deer since. He then worked at Parkland Savings & Credit Union and then on to selling Life Insurance and Investments. He loved travelling, astronomy, movies, reading and coin and stamp collecting. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. We would like to Thank, Unit 31, Dr. Peter Mah and the Red Deer Hospice. Join us for coffee and tea at the Royal Canadian Legion on Friday September 11, 2015 at 1:00pm

Obituaries

KOTKEOlgert (Ole) Reinhold Passed away unexpectedly August 31, 2015, at the ripe, young age of 79, with his daughter, Ola, holding his hand. Ole emigrated with his family from Germany, to Coaldale, Alberta, in the 50’s. He attended night school to learn English, and further educate himself as a mechanic, and subsequently a millwright. Ole was a proud, man’s man, and lover of the land. Every Sunday, he enjoyed meeting his special group of friends at the mall, to catch up on the weeks events, then popping over to visit Nigel and Michelle, and his grandson, Aengus Thomas Ole, before eventually making his way over to the little old lady’s house (Irene) for a natter. Family and friends will miss his presence but he will forever live on with his “Who gives a shit!” attitude. Predeceased by his eldest son Kevon, his parents Eduard and Johanna, his brother Hartmut, his sister Hilda, and her ‘life of the party’ husband Clarence. Ole is survived by his wife of 51 years, Irene; fi ve children, Sandy, Camille, Ola (Del), Nigel (Michelle), Lindsay (Adam); two grandsons, Wellen and Aengus; and his brother Gunter. There will be a private service held for Ole’s family and friends, Saturday, September 12, 2015. Please facebook or email Sandy Kotke at [email protected], or call Ola or Sandy at 403-342-4077 if you would like to attend. Alternately, we will be holding an open house, Sunday, September 13, from 12-3, at 5834 71st, Red Deer, for anyone that would like to pay their fi nal respects.

RICALTONPaul EarlThe family of Paul Earl Ricalton regrets to announce his passing at the Sundre Regional Hospital. Our profound thanks to the Hospital staff for their history of excellent care.

Obituaries

MARASCOMafalda (nee Blasetti) Apr. 8, 1921 - Nordegg, ABSept. 5, 2015 - Calgary, ABMafalda Marasco (nee Blasetti) passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at the age of 94 years. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Greg and Gloria, and Larry and Barbara; four grandchildren, Phillip (Lisa), Maria (Sean), Amy, and Cory; and fi ve great-grandchildren, Hunter, Arya, Ava, Emma, and Aiden. Mafalda was predeceased by her husband Frank in 1988; her brothers, Ernest, Frank, Guido, Evo; and her sister Mary. Family Tributes and Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Corpus Christi Catholic Church (Corner of 4th Street and Northmount Drive N.W., Calgary, AB) on Friday, September 11, 2015 at 10:45 a.m. Condolences may be forwarded throughwww.mcinnisandholloway.com In lieu of fl owers, memorial tributes may be made directly to the charity of the donor’s choice. The family of Mafalda would like to thank the caring staff of the George Boyack Care Centre in Calgary, AB.

In living memory of Mafalda Marasco, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by

McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES,

Chapel of the Bells, 2720 CENTRE STREET NORTH,

Calgary, AB, Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

In Memoriam

Rhonda LamoureuxApril 1, 1964 - Sept. 9, 2013

Mom,The special memories

we shared will always keep you alive in our hearts.

Forever loved and missed by all who knew you,

George, Terrilee, Travis and families

Accounting 1010INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

with oilfi eld service companies, other small

businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors 1100BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads

Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

BRIDGER CONST. LTD.We do it all! 403-302-8550

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Entertainment1160DANCE DJ SERVICES

587-679-8606

HandymanServices 1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects. Reno’s, fl ooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree

cutting, fencing & decking.Call James 403-341-0617

MassageTherapy 1280

BODY BALANCING, Hot Stone. 403-352-8269

FANTASYSPA

Elite Retreat, Finestin VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry 403-341-4445

Misc.Services 12905* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

Misc.Services 1290DUMP RUNS, ODD JOBS,METAL P/U 403 550 2502

Moving &Storage 1300MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

PersonalServices 1315INTERESTED in host/host-

ing an e-cigarette sales party? Call Doug

587-272-2543

Roofing 1370PRECISE ROOFING LTD.15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

Roofing 1370QUALITY work at an

affordable price. Joe’s Roofi ng. Re-roofi ng

specialist. Fully insured. Insurance claims welcome. 10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’Services 1372HELPING HANDS Home

Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning,

companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

YardCare 1430

FALL cleanup. Tree/junk removal. Snow removal

contracts welcome 403-358-1614

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Anders Park

47 ARMITAGE CLOSEWed. Sept. 9, 10 & 11,

11-5 Mattress, 1950 baby buggy, silk plants, kitchen items, stereo, go-kart, etc.

Pines

12 PAYNE CL. Thurs. Sept. 10, 2-6,

Fri. 2-6, Sat. 10-3.

Lots of good stuff

You can sell your guitar for a song...

or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Celebrate your lifewith a Classified

ANNOUNCEMENT

Vanier Woods

BRING YOUR TRUCK or drive this home! 2004

Yamaha 1100 VStar Clas-sic $4800. 587-579-7178 Lots of furniture must go, some with lots of country

charm, tables, chairs, leather couches and much

more. Downsizing, no room left. 23 Veronica Cl. Thurs. Sept. 10, 3-6, Fri.

10-5, Sat. 10-2.

West Park

91 WRIGHT AVE. THURS. SEPT. 10 - Sun. SEPT. 13. 10-6. Tools, toys, camping, household, bunk beds, some furniture. etc.

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

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PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position

Available www.ads-pipe.com

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innova-

tive manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is

expanding and we are currently accepting

applications for a certifi ed Class 1 Driver, with a

minimum of two (2) years experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a

high level of customer service, delivering our

products within Alberta. ADS Drivers are required

to be drug free andmaintain legal transporta-tion paperwork and driving

practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License; with previous off road forklift and shipping /receiving experience a defi nite asset. We offer

quarterly safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive

medical plan.Benefi ts include:

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All applicants are subject to a pre-employment

physical and MVR check.Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along

with a current drivers abstract to:

Advanced Drainage Systems Of Canada Inc.

4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park

Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8

Fax: (403) 346-5806E-mail ken.mccutcheon

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Sept.7, 2015

Truckers/Drivers 860

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Sunterra Meats in Trochu,45 minutes South East ofRed Deer is looking for

enthusiastic, hard workingindividuals to join their

team at their processing plant. Experience in the meat industry a defi nite

asset. Training provided. Wages $14.00 to $18.00 based on skill and experi-ence. Benefi t package and

transportation from RedDeer. For more informa-

tion, contact Trish at 403-442-4202 or

[email protected]


wegot

stuff

Antiques& Art 15201950 MILITARY Uniform,

post war battle dress, w/Korean ribbons.

Very good cond. $45. SOLD

Bicycles 1540MOUTAIN Bike, 12 speed

$75. 403-341-3099

Children'sItems 1580MELISSA & Doug wooden

tray with lots of play money. $10.

403-314-9603

Clothing 1590LADIES Rieker, size 37 white sling leather upper shoes, antistress, Dora style, worn once. Reg. $129, asking $85. 403-227-2976

MENS leather look jacket, size L $15; coveralls size 44 $10 403-347-5316

NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to large size. $5 each.

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

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

storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools 1640JIG SAW, $25, and router with bits, $90.

403-782-3847

MITRE Saw, Delta, $60; BENCH saw, Delta motor-ized, $125. 403-341-3099

SKIL saw with lazer guide, $50, and table saw $150.

403-782-3847

VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE

Homestead FirewoodSpruce, Pine - Split. Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver

1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

HouseholdAppliances 1710DANBY wine fridge/cooler,

Model DWC350BLP. Holds up to 35 wine bot-tles. Mint condition. $95 fi rm. Call (403) 342-7908.

HouseholdFurnishings1720

2 BROWN wooden endtables $100.; tall standing

wicker lamp $20 403-346-7825

2 LAZY Boy recliners $20/ea, cash, must pick up 587-273-3377

BED, double, $100; night stand, $20; 2 dining room chairs, $30. for both. 403-346-0674, 392-5657

COUCH with matching chair $100; good condition.

Can deliver in Red Deer area. SOLD

LAMPS (2) $25; kitchen table with 4 chairs $125;

oversized living room chair, $25. All items

good condition.Can deliver in Red Deer

area. 403-304-4672

LARGE TV stand 2’ x 4’ x 18” w/doors and shelves $20. 403-346-2192

WANTEDAntiques, furniture and

estates. 342-2514

StereosTV's, VCRs 1730

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand,

bought at Sims $125. 403-352-8811

Misc. forSale 1760

100 VHS movies, $75. 403-885-5020

500 VHS MOVIES, $200.

403-352-8218

COLLECTION of over 1,000 old buttons, $100.

403-885-5020

GENERATOR Dyna 6000 , 11 hp. Briggs & Stratton

motor, 220v & 110v asking $175. Call 403-728-3485

MOVING must sell all fur-niture, appls, and misc. items, taking offers 403-346-2192

PATIO set, black, 2 chairs w/arms and table

$25 403-986-6321

SHEETS, towels, dishes, large box. All for $25.

403-314-9603

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Misc. forSale 1760

VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown

shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Merrell Ortholite

shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $25.

403-352-8811

OfficeSupplies 1800COMPUTER DESK, $25; can deliver in Red Deer area. 403-304-4672

Cats 18302 Siamese, 1 Balinese, 1 Burman kittens $50/ea;

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, left, at her side, speaks after being released from the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released Tuesday after five days behind bars.

Kentucky clerk who fought gay marriage freed


GRAYSON, Ky. — The Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was released Tuesday after five days behind bars, emerging to a tumul-tuous reception from thousands of cross-waving supporters.

“I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are strong,” she told the crowd after stepping outside, her arms raised like a victorious boxer, to the blaring Rocky theme song “Eye of the Tiger.” She added: “Keep on pressing.”

Her lawyer refused to say whether she would defy the courts again.

“Kim cannot and will not violate her con-science,” said Mat Staver, founder of the Liber-ty Counsel, the Christian law firm representing Davis. As for whether she will issue licenses, Staver said only: “You’ll find out in the near future.”

The Rowan County clerk whose jailing helped make her a hero to the religious right walked free after the federal judge who ordered her locked up lifted the contempt order against her, saying he was satisfied that her deputies were fulfilling their obligation to grant licenses to same-sex couples in her absence.

But U.S. District Judge David Bunning also warned Davis not to interfere again.

As the news spread, a crowd of dozens of supporters who had gathered on the jailhouse lawn for a previously scheduled rally swelled. They broke into “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” and waved signs, flags and large white crosses.

She emerged next to Republican presiden-tial candidate Mike Huckabee and her husband, who was in blue dungarees and a straw hat. Huckabee and fellow GOP White House candi-date Sen. Ted Cruz visited her in jail just after the decision came down.

“If somebody has to go to jail, I’m willing to go in her place. I believe that,” said Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and Arkansas governor. He added: “She has shown more courage than any politician I know. She not only said some-thing, she was willing to put her life at risk.”

Davis was locked up on Thursday for the boldest act of resistance by a public official yet to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that effectively legalized gay marriage across the nation. Citing “God’s authority” and her deeply held belief that gay marriage is a sin, Davis, an Apostolic Christian, stopped issuing all mar-riage licenses.

Two gay couples and two heterosexual ones sued her. Bunning ordered Davis to issue the licenses, and the Supreme Court upheld his ruling. But she still refused, and was held in contempt of court and hauled off to jail in hand-cuffs, igniting protests from members of the religious right. They rallied for days outside her office, at the jail, even outside the judge’s home.

The timing of her release came as something of a surprise. Last week, Bunning said that he might reconsider his decision to jail her in a week.

Five of Davis’ six deputy clerks — all ex-cept her son, Nathan Davis — agreed to issue licenses to gay couples with Davis behind bars. In lifting the contempt order, Bunning asked for updates on the five clerks’ compliance every two weeks.

On Tuesday, Staver, Davis’ lawyer, main-tained that the licenses issued by her deputies in her absence are invalid. But Allison Martin, a spokeswoman for Kentucky’s attorney general, said the office believes they are valid.

Laura Landenwich, an attorney for the cou-ples whose lawsuit led to Davis’ jailing, said she has her doubts Davis will comply with the court’s latest order.

“I would hope that she would recognize her legal obligations at this point,” Landenwich said. “And do what’s right.”

Maduro expands crackdown with closure of border crossing


CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolas Maduro expanded an anti-smuggling offensive along Venezuela’s frontier with Colombia and ordered the closure of the main border crossing in the country’s biggest state.

The announcement late Monday was bound to deepen an ongoing diplomatic crisis with Co-lombia, which is struggling to absorb thousands of migrants who have fled the crackdown.

Maduro vowed to “liberate” the area subject-ed to the new border closure.

In just over two weeks, Maduro has closed six crossings and deported about 1,500 Colombians without legal status, blaming such migrants for a surge in crime and contraband along Venezu-ela’s western edge.

Nearly 20,000 other Colombians, some of whom have lived in Venezuela for years, have returned voluntarily, fearing reprisals as re-ports spread about security forces uprooting migrants and earmarking their homes for demo-lition.

The flood of returnees has overwhelmed emergency shelters, leading Colombia to warn of a humanitarian crisis that could worsen if more of its estimated 5 million nationals living in Venezuela follow suit.

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said

Tuesday that he would not be provoked.“We will not respond to insults,” he said.Until now, Maduro’s offensive had targeted

Tachira state across the border from Cucuta, a Boston-size city in Colombia that has long relied on smuggled gas, food and other goods purchased in Venezuela at bargain-basement subsidized prices.

In moving his focus north to Zulia state, Ma-duro is encroaching on a more vital economic hub around the oil metropolis of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city.

He could also face resistance from hundreds of thousands of Wayuu Indians settled on either side of the border who don’t recognize the inter-national division. The tribe has long dominated economic life on the isolated Guajira peninsula, shared by both countries on South America’s northern tip, and is heavily involved in smug-gling, which they don’t consider an illicit act.

Venezuelan authorities said they will respect the Wayuu’s traditional nomadism and increase education grant programs even as an additional 3,000 troops are deployed to Zulia.

“They are masters of their own land,” Vice-President Jorge Arreaza said. “They will be free to move back and forth, just not with contra-band.”

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Sept. 91992 — Don Getty announces he will

resign as Premier of Alberta after 25 years in politics. Leadership convention will choose Ralph Klein, a former mayor of Calgary, as his replacement.

1975 — Statistics Canada reports Cana-da’s unemployment rate for August to be 7.3 per cent, highest since 1961.

1971 — Hockey great Gordie Howe an-

nounces he is retiring from the NHL to serve as vice-president with the Detroit Red Wings organization. He will emerge from retirement two years later to play with his sons on the WHA’s Houston Astros.

1959 — Opening of Canada’s first large nuclear power plant, near Kincardine, Ont.

1870 — Finance minister authorizes le-gally struck copper tokens, sous, and half-pence as cents, and Canadian one-pence pieces as two cents, effective Oct. 1, also announces withdrawal of the 20 cent piece.

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New research suggests that half of all U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-di-abetes. The study of gov-ernment health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers in-creased substantially be-tween 1988 and 2012.

Overall, 12 per cent to 14 per cent of adults had diagnosed diabetes in 2012. Most of that is Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked with obesity, inactivity.

Almost 40 per cent have pre-diabetes, mean-ing elevated blood sugar levels that could lead to full-fledged disease. Stud-ies have shown lifestyle changes can delay or pre-vent diabetes in these people.

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Flower bulbs delivered by growers are nearly always disease-free, thanks to rigorous industry-imposed inspec-tions at home and abroad.

But consumers play the most impor-tant role in quality control: they must buy the best bulbs they can find and then keep them that way.

“It doesn’t matter what you’re buy-ing, a car or a piece of equipment: The better you take care of it and the more you know about it, the better the results,” said Leo Roozen, owner of Washington Bulb Co. Inc. in Mount Vernon, Wash.

“That’s especially true for some-thing you’re growing, like a bulb.”

Shop around before you buy. It’s one thing to purchase bulbs at the right price. It’s quite another to find the best

spring-blooming bulbs at the right time of year.

“You need to plant bulbs in cool ground — 55 degrees or lower,” said Tim Schipper, founder and owner of Colorblends, a wholesale bulb com-pany in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

“But many retailers want bulbs on their shelves by Labor Day,” he said. “They want that because they only have eight weeks before Halloween and Christmas, and must thin their inventories before the holiday sales season.”

Garden centres are usually more flexible and smarter about when to plant, but competition forces many of them to offer their bulbs early too, Schipper said.

If you do buy bulbs in late summer or early autumn, then keep them cool, dry and well-ventilated while waiting for the best time to plant.

“Anywhere from 50 to 70 degrees is perfect,” Schipper said. “If you live below the Mason-Dixon line, you can put them in the refrigerator until cool weather arrives. Tulips do well refrig-erated. Daffodils don’t need it.”

Additional guidelines for getting better results from fall-planted bulbs:

— Find retailers who display their bulbs in cool locations and who haven’t

mishandled them by crushing or dry-ing them out. That goes for Internet or mail-order shipments, as well. “Look for a clean, healthy, white fleshy bulb,” Schipper said. “It’s nice if they have some brown skin on them.”

— Plant bulbs in well-drained soil where they’ll get plenty of sun. “Don’t put them below the eaves of the house where snow will be falling all winter or by an eave spout where the soil is too wet,” Roozen said. “Also, avoid hillsides where the topsoil is thin. All these things play a factor regarding when or even if they’ll bloom.”

— Don’t put bulbs in the ground un-til the soil cools to 55 degrees. Try to plant them at least four to six weeks before the first hard freeze so their roots can develop.

— Plant bulbs with the pointed side up, and place them three times the height of the bulb deep. Add water and fertilizer.

— Keep the plants dry after they go dormant in the spring. If you want them to come back the next growing season, don’t braid or cut them until the foliage turns completely yellow or brown, Schipper said.

“People have to get used to a bit of a messy look with daffodil foliage,” he said.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS D A T E : A d a m Sandler, 48; Hugh Grant, 54; Michelle Williams, 34

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Tread carefully because emotions are in-tense and erratic today.

HAPPY BIRTH-DAY: Easily bored, you are drawn to challenges. But your stress levels can skyrocket, so aim to include regular re-laxation in your life during the coming year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today’s stars boost your independent streak, and fire up your desire for freedom and adventure — but they also stir up your brusque and bossy side. So strive to be a diplomatic daredevil!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to an intimate relationship or a family member, clear communication is the key to a satisfactory outcome. It’s time for Bulls to be proactive and think outside the box!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Curious Twins are in the mood to study, learn, travel, explore and communicate — especially via social media. Uranus also encourages you to be adventurous and follow your dreams.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When it comes to work, business and financial mat-ters, don’t play it too safe. If you hesitate, you’ll miss lucky opportunities when they come along — often from the most unex-pected places.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): With Venus mov-ing forwards in Leo, you’re at your sociable and sexy best as you charm the cynics and dazzle the doubters. Singles — look for love with someone who is a real individual.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You have a perfectionist streak, are technically proficient, and are good at noticing small details. Today you need to jump out of your comfort zone and get more in touch with your feelings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re keen to converse about a wide and eclectic range of issues today. Singles — Cupid’s arrows will hit when you least expect. Attached Li-brans — avoid taking your patient partner for granted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t allow yourself to be bored today Scorpio. A curious and innovative approach will add sparkle and interest to your work day. And make sure you get some exercise — preferably outdoors.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): All types of travel are favoured, as you extend your usual horizons and venture into exciting new territory. Study, education and social net-working will also expand your world today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dynamic Mars/Uranus aspects are fabulous for putting innovative plans and projects into action. Your outer and inner needs are in harmony — for a change — so make the most of it Capricorn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Expect the unexpected today! Attached Aquarians — do something wildly unusual with your partner. Singles — a long-term friendship could sud-denly take a surprisingly romantic turn.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let nebulous self-doubts drag you down. Use your common sense to get cracking on practi-cal projects that point you in a positive new direction. No procrastinating Pisces!

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internation-ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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It is about custom when it comes to kissingDear Annie: I see many parents

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Dear Maine: This is not an issue of “correct.” It is about family custom. As long as there is nothing salacious about the kiss-ing, it is perfectly OK to kiss family members on the lips if this is how you have been raised.

Those who were brought up to kiss on the cheeks would naturally find it awkward, and you certainly don’t have

to do it.Dear Annie: Our oldest son married

the most wonderful woman. “Kate” has two children from a previous marriage, ages 8 and 3, both of whom we love dearly.

Our son has three children from his previous marriage and Kate loves them like her own. The problem is Kate’s ex-husband and his parents. This is an open letter to them:

We love the children just as you do. As a grandmother, I would want only the most loving and nurturing relation-ships for all of my grandchil-dren.

When you spread nasty ru-mors and sick lies and plant

poison in people’s minds, you are not only hurting us. You are hurting your grandchildren.

You make the children feel that they need to choose between us. You

make them feel conflicted and they shut themselves off.

And let me tell you what your slan-derous words about my son do: You have managed to destroy with your poison any potentially healthy and lov-ing relationship he can have with these kids.

When you tell your little circle of friends that you are “concerned he might molest the grandchildren,” what exactly are you trying to accomplish besides satisfying your selfish, inse-cure feelings?

He is terrified to be left alone with them, knowing what your false accusa-tions can lead to.

I hope you will see this letter and recognize that it is meant for you, and that you will fix the wrong you are do-ing.

Please let the children love us. My son’s children are being partly raised by another man and I thank him for loving and treating them like his own. I wish you and your family could think

the same way. We cannot change the past, but we

can move forward in a positive fashion. I hope you will do this for the children. — Grandma from Guam

Dear Grandma: How sad for those children that their father and his par-ents are so filled with jealousy and resentment that they use the grand-children as weapons and are willing to damage them emotionally.

We hope Kate is keeping a written record of these accusations and ru-mors.

If necessary, she should take her ex to court. This could affect his visitation rights and those of his parents. Such toxic people should not have access to young children.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal scientists may have found a link be-tween the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and a decline of herring and pink salmon populations in Prince William Sound.

In a study published Tuesday in the online journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration found that embryonic salmon and her-ring exposed to even very low levels of crude oil can develop heart defects.

Herring and pink salmon juveniles that were exposed to crude oil as em-bryos grew slower and swam slower, making them vulnerable to predators, said John Incardona, a research toxi-cologist at NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, in a prepared statement

“These juvenile fish on the outside look completely normal, but their hearts are not functioning properly and that translates directly into re-duced swimming ability and reduced survival,” Incardona said. “In terms of impacts to shore-spawning fish, the oil spill likely had a much bigger footprint than anyone realized.”

The 986-foot Exxon Valdez struck a charted Bligh Reef at 12:04 am March

24, 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil. At the time, it was the larg-est spill in U.S. history. Oil extensively fouled shoreline spawning habitat of herring and pink salmon, the two most important commercial fish species in Prince William Sound.

Fish larvae sampled close to high concentrations of oil were found with abnormalities. Little was known in the early 1990s, however, about effects of low-level crude oil exposure on fish in early life stages, according to the study.

Pink salmon declined but recov-ered. The herring population collapsed three to four years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and the role of the spill, NOAA Fisheries scientists ac-knowledged, remains controversial.

The silvery fish is a key species be-cause it is eaten by salmon, seabirds and marine mammals from otters to whales. Four years after the spill, the estimated herring population based on modeling shrunk from 120 metric tons to less than 30 metric tons.

For their study, the scientists tem-porarily exposed herring and salmon embryos to low levels of Alaska North Slope crude oil before placing them back into clean water. They found that thresholds for harm were “remark-ably low,” suggesting that the effects of spilled Exxon Valdez crude was much

greater than previously thought.According to water samples collect-

ed in Prince William Sound during the 1989 herring spawning season, 98 per cent of the samples had oil concentra-tions above the level that caused heart development problems among herring in the study.

Scientists used swimming speed as a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness. Fish exposed to the highest levels of oil swam slowest, likely making them easier targets for predators, the scien-tists said.

“We now know the developing fish heart is exquisitely sensitive to crude oil toxicity, and that subtle changes in heart formation can have delayed but

important consequences for first-year survival, which in turn determines the long-term abundance of wild fish popu-lations,” said Nat Scholz, leader of the NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.

If most herring spawned in 1989 near oiled shorelines developed heart defects, the mortality when they were juveniles would have resulted in far fewer adults joining the population. That could have explained the col-lapse four years after the spill when those adults would have matured and spawned.

Incardona said the findings should contribute to more accurate assess-ments of the effects of future spills.


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Wastewater spills scarring land


CROSSROADS, N.M. — Carl John-son and son Justin, who have com-plained for years about spills of oil-field wastewater where they raise cat-tle in the high plains of New Mexico, stroll across a 1 ½ -acre patch of sandy soil — lifeless, save for a scattering of stunted weeds.

Five years ago, a broken pipe soaked the land with as much as 420,000 gal-lons (1.6 million litres)of wastewater, a salty drilling byproduct that killed the shrubs and grass. It was among dozens of spills that have damaged the John-sons’ grazing lands and made them worry about their groundwater.

“If we lose our water,” Justin John-son said, “that ruins our ranch.”

Their plight illustrates a side ef-fect of oil and gas production that has worsened with the past decade’s drill-ing boom: spills of wastewater that foul the land, kill wildlife and threaten freshwater supplies.

An Associated Press analysis of da-ta from leading oil- and gas-producing states found more than 175 million gal-lons of wastewater spilled from 2009 to 2014 in incidents involving ruptured pipes, overflowing storage tanks and even deliberate dumping. There were some 21,651 individual spills. The num-bers are incomplete because many re-leases go unreported.

Though oil spills get more attention, wastewater spills can be more damag-ing. Microbes in soil eventually de-grade spilled oil. Not so with wastewa-ter — also known as brine, produced water or saltwater. Unless thoroughly cleansed, salt-saturated land dries up. Trees die. Crops cannot take root.

“Oil spills may look bad, but we know how to clean them up,” said Ker-ry Sublette, a University of Tulsa envi-ronmental engineer.

“Brine spills are much more dif-ficult.”

In addition to extreme salinity, the fluids often contain heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury. Some ranchers said they have lost cattle that lapped up the liquids or ate tainted grass.

“They get real thin. It messes them up,” said Melvin Reed of Shidler, Okla-homa. “Sometimes you just have to shoot them.”

The AP obtained data from Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, Colo-rado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyo-ming, Kansas, Utah and Montana — states that account for more than 90 per cent of U.S. onshore oil produc-tion. In 2009, there were 2,470 reported spills in the 11 states; by 2014, the total was 4,643. The amount spilled doubled from 21.1 million gallons in 2009 to 43 million in 2013.

Industry groups said waste is often recovered during cleanups, although some can soak into the ground.

“You’re going to have spills in an industrial society,” said Katie Brown, spokeswoman for Energy In Depth, a research arm of the Independent Pe-troleum Association of America. “But

there are programs in place to reduce them.”

Concentrated brine, much saltier than seawater, exists in rock thousands of feet underground. When oil and gas are pumped to the surface, the water comes up too, along with fluids and chemicals injected to crack open rock — the process known as hydraulic frac-turing. Production of methane gas from coal deposits also generates wastewa-ter, but it is less salty and harmful.

The spills usually occur as oil and gas are channeled to metal tanks for separation from the wastewater, and the water is delivered to a disposal site — usually an injection well that pumps it back underground. Pipelines, tank trucks and pits are involved.

Equipment malfunctions or human error cause most spills, according to state reports reviewed by the AP. Though no full accounting of damage exists, the scope is sketched out in a

sampling of incidents:● In North Dakota, a spill of near-

ly 1 million gallons in 2006 caused a massive die-off of fish and plants in the Yellowstone River and a tributary. Cleanup costs approached $2 million. Two larger spills since then scoured vegetation along an almost 2-mile stretch.

● Wastewater from pits seeped be-neath a 6,000-acre cotton and nut farm near Bakersfield, California, and con-taminated groundwater. Oil giant Aera Energy was ordered in 2009 to pay $9 million to grower Fred Starrh, who had to remove 2,000 acres from produc-tion.

● Brine leaks exceeding 40 million gallons on the Fort Peck Indian Res-ervation in Montana polluted a river, private wells and the municipal water system in Poplar. “It was undrinkable,” said resident Donna Whitmer. “If you shook it up, it’d look all orange.” Un-

der a 2012 settlement, oil companies agreed to monitor the town’s water supply and pay $320,000 for improve-ments, including new wells.

The loudest whistleblowers about spills are often property owners, who must allow drilling access to their land if they don’t own the mineral rights.

“Most ranchers are very attached to the land,” said Jeff Henry, president of the Osage County Cattlemen’s Associa-tion in Oklahoma.

“It’s where we derive our income, raise our families.”

Some are reluctant to complain about an industry that is the economic backbone of their communities.

“If they treat us right, we’re all friends of oil,” said Mike Artz, a grow-er in North Dakota’s Bottineau Coun-ty who lost a five-acre barley crop in 2013 after a saltwater pipeline rupture. “But right now, it’s just a horse run-ning without the bridle.”

THOUSANDS OF SPILLS THREATEN

WATER AMID DRILLING BOOM

IN U.S.

Photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ABOVE; Justin Johnson looks at a torn lining at a tank and pipeline station adjacent to his ranch near Crossroads, N.M. Trucks bring oilfield wastewater to the station, where it is pumped through pipelines to a disposal well. The lining is intended to prevent wastewater from seeping into the ground in the event of a leak, but it is in poor condition.RIGHT: People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., in water coloured with millions of gallons of mine waste into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, made famous from the Oscar-winning movie bearing her name, visited the nation’s largest American Indian reservation on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2015, to see the damage caused by millions of gallons of wastewater that spilled from a Colorado mine.

Oil spill compromised fish populationsSTUDY MAY EXPLAIN CRASH IN FISH NUMBERS AFTER 1989 EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL

Pennsylvania town named after German city serves up

hamburgers galore

HAMBURG, Pa. — Where’s the beef? On Saturday, it was at the Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Hamburg.

The town named after the German city held its 12 annual festival featur-

ing food, music, eating competitions and children’s activities. Some in at-tendance donned attire paying tribute to their favourite meat. There were more than 30 stands serving a variety of burgers.

Last year, the festival drew more than 35,000 people. The attendance for Saturday’s festival wasn’t immediately available.

Hamburg is a town of about 4,000 people in the foothills of the Appala-chian Mountains.

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