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Cloud of smog hangs over city CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Unusual climate conditions have created a lowlying cloud of smog over Red Deer this week.

On a scale of one to 10, air particle and ozone levels in Red Deer have reached as high as six on recent mornings.

Levels of seven to 10 are considered to be a high risk, especially for people suffering allergies and respiratory ailments.

With the current conditions reaching the high end of the moderate level, the province recommends that people who are sensitive to smog stay indoors and postpone outdoor activities.

The air quality was expected to reach six again overnight on Tuesday and reach five today.

The heavy, brown haze was especially noticeable in areas of Red Deer on Monday morning, hanging in the air after the morning fog lifted.

Louis Kohanyi, a meteorologist with Environment Canada in Vancouver, said the Red Deer area is experiencing inversion layers, which develop overnight when a layer of cold air becomes trapped under a layer of warm air.

With no wind to carry them off, fumes and fine particles hang close to the ground, dissipating later in the day as the surface warms and the two layers begin to mix.

Nikki Booth, a communications officer with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, said the current series of inversion layers, “likely a winter-time smog event,” have affected Edmonton as well. The conditions are expected to persist until later in the week.

The smog appears to be channeling along river valleys, said Booth.

There’s been very little wind to help disperse the smog, with wind speeds falling below eight km/h from the northeast, she said.

Kohanyi said winds should pick up and the inversion layer will disappear as a result on Friday, when a new weather front is expected to move through the area.

Air quality conditions are posted on Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development’s web page, including a chart showing the levels at which people should take precautions.

Visit online at environment.alberta.ca or call 1-877-247-7333 for an automated update on current conditions. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Opposition to closure gaining momentum DOZENS ATTEND MEETING TO VENT FOR RESIDENTS ABOUT TO BE MOVED TO GROUP HOMES

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Opposition to the province’s plan to close Michener Centre is gaining momentum.

About 100 relatives, employees and friends of Michener residents met Tuesday in Red Deer at the first of three meetings that will be held around the province this week organized by the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services.

On March 11, the province announced that 75 of Michener Centre’s 125 residents will be moved to group homes, and 50 medically fragile residents will be moved to seniors care facilities.

About 110 residents are already living in Michener Hill group homes.

Donna Toma, of Leduc, said Albertans have to speak up for residents who are losing the only home they have ever known, residents like her sister who is now 50 and has lived at Michener since she was six.

“Group homes are very good for people who can function in the community, who have the cognitive ability to do certain functions. Let’s be very clear.

My sister doesn’t know what day it is,” Toma said after the meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel Tuesday night.

“I know how she’s going to react. Residents like her, who don’t know what’s going on, will curl up in a ball. They will refuse to eat. They will become listless. And it’s not just for a month and they’ll get over it.”

Art Gagne, of Red Deer, said his brother Denis, who is in his 50s and has been at Michener Centre since he was about four, needs the structure of care that he receives at Michener.

“He needs someone to look after him,” said Gagne about his brother who is severely autistic.

“I don’t think he’ll accept change. It won’t be good for him. I know that for a fact.”

He said his brother, who is non-communicative, has done well at Michener where he is comfortable with the people around him. He doesn’t do well when there are strangers around.

“I am just so upset with the government for just springing this on us. I can’t believe the government would do something as awful as this,” Gagne said.

“There was no discussion about it. I know they agreed to leave it open for the people who are there and just out of the blue say — no we’re not going to do that anymore.

“Unbelievable.”

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Red Deer Optimist Chief Jacob Schofield looks to get his stick on a rebound as SSAC Boston Athletics goaltender Jordan Papirny makes a first period save at the Arena in Red Deer on Tuesday during major midget playoff action. See page B5 for the game story.

Man fined $500 for role in cabbie’s death

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer man paid a fine of $500 on Tuesday after pleading guilty in connection with a two-vehicle crash that killed a taxi driver last summer.

Donald Roland Ogloff, 55, was pronounced dead at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre after a collision between his northbound cab and a southbound car at the intersection of 30th Avenue and 55th Street at about 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 23.

Ogloff’s fare, a 22-year-old man, was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Crown prosecutor Robin Joudrey said in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday that Romulo Bautista, 33, was attempting to make a left turn when his smaller car collided with Ogloff’s taxi. Bautista was not injured.

Police investigations revealed that Ogloff may not have been wearing his seatbelt at the time, said defence counsel Patrick Penny.

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While the fine for an unsafe left turn is normally $115 under Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act, Penny and Joudrey worked out a plea deal resulting in their joint recommendation for a heftier fine.

Police reports indicate that Bautista was travelling at a normal rate, but sped up to make the turn as the taxi was approaching the intersection, said Joudrey.

Penny told Judge Bert Skinner that his client has been struggling with Ogloff’s death since the morning of the collision and originally planned to fight his ticket in court, but decided instead to plead guilty and move on.

“Mr. Bautista deals with the pain of this every day,” said Penny. He pointed out that his client has no criminal record nor does he have a record of traffic offences.

There were no victim impact statements submitted, nor was there anyone from Ogloff’s family present in the courtroom. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Conservative MPs complain of being muzzled by own party

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A growing contingent of Conservative MPs lashed out at their own government Tuesday in a rare show of rebellion against the party discipline that has been the hallmark of Prime Minister Stephen Harper since he became party leader.

Two backbench MPs complained of being muzzled in the House of Commons, winning support from other Conservatives in an extraordinary challenge to Harper heading into what promises to be a dramatic caucus meeting Wednesday.

Mark Warawa complained that stifling party discipline is preventing him from representing his Langley, B.C., constituents, and asked Speaker Andrew Scheer to intervene in what he called a breach of his privileges as an MP. Warawa’s complaint was echoed by another Conservative backbencher, Alberta MP Leon Benoit, and backed by others.

Their concerns revolve around their ability to take part in the 15-minute period each day set aside for members’ statements, known as S.O. 31s.

Warawa said he was on the Conservative roster to make a statement last Thursday but was informed moments before that he’d been struck from the list.

“The reason I was given was that the topic was not approved,” he told the Commons.

Benoit said the same thing has happened to him more than once.

“I want to say that I too feel that my rights have been infringed on by members of the party because I am not allowed to speak on certain topics in S.O. 31s,” he said.

“I have had S.O. 31s removed and I have been told that if I have one on a certain topic I simply will not be given S.O. 31s.”

Neither Warawa nor Benoit specified what topics they’ve been prohibited from speaking about. Neither could be reached for clarification.

But it’s likely Warawa’s banned statement involved his motion calling on the Commons to condemn the practice of sex-selective abortion, which earlier the same day had been deemed non-votable by the sub-committee that oversees private member’s business.

The unanimous decision by the sub-committee spared Harper — who has vowed not to re-open the abortion debate — the spectacle of another embarrassing split in Conservative ranks over the explosive issue.

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MICHENER: Move Moving residents will begin in September and the target is to have all of them moved by January 2014.

Red Deer Public Schools superintendent Piet Langstraat attended the meeting to speak up against the province’s decision as a citizen.

He said even though the school district has eliminated many of its congregated programs for special needs students, some are still in place.

“Eleven congregated programs remain because I know, that as leader of that organization, that not every child can function to the best of their capability in an integrated setting. I know that about

Owners of newer trucks warned about catalytic converter theft truck, use a cordless saw or just a socket and cut the converter right off in 10 minutes.

Const. Meagan Fillion says victims have come outside, see someone under their vehicle, go back inside the house to call police and when they come out, the thief and the converter is gone.

Some converters contain precious metals and one can fetch $600 at a metal recycler.

Eric Grand-Maison, who owns one of the biggest metal recyclers in Western Canada, wants to see

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Locking the door doesn’t stop these thieves.

Mounties in Alberta are warning owners of newer trucks about a rash of thefts involving catalytic converters.

It’s happened eight times in the last three weeks in Airdrie, north of Calgary, and dozens of times in Edmonton, some right off dealership lots.

Police say thieves go under the

children, and I know that about adults,” Langstraat said.

Red Deer North Mary Anne Jablonski, who came to the meeting and faced some angry words, said she understood why the government’s decision is hard for people who believe so strongly in Michener Centre.

But she has been assured that residents will be moved with care and consideration. “(Associate Minister of Services for Persons with Disabilities Frank Oberle) has assured me that we will have good and proper care for the people who have to move into the community into group homes,” Jablonski said.

Kerry Towle, Wildrose MLA for Innifail-Sylvan Lake, who was also at the meeting, offered her assistance to Michener supporters.

In an adjoining hotel room where Alberta Union of Provincial Employees were meeting, mem-

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Work continues on the a new fieldhouse in Blackfalds. The $15-million project, which is expected to open late this year or early next year, will be used for recreational activities like walking and running, swimming, fitness training and other indoor sports. Space in the building will also be leased to local businesses.

bers could be heard through the wall cheering loudly to save Michener.

AUPE members intend to hold a Michener rally.

Bill Lough, president of Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services, said government continues to call Michener an institution.

“The ‘i’ word is not appropriate to what we know Michener is,” Lough said.

“Michener is a community, has been a community for years.”

He said the fight to save Michener Centre for existing residents will be moving to the legislature at the invitation of one of the opposition parties and he encouraged Albertans to demand to talk to their MLAs. “Two weeks ago, we had no hope. We have hope now.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

the industry regulated.

“Basically, in order to deal with converters, you should have to be approved by the government and also law enforcement that you’re OK to buy converters, because it’s such a cash-bashed industry and you can make a lot of money,” he said.

Getting a vehicle identification number engraved on the converter and buying special locks can thwart thieves, say police.

Man dies, women survive after vehicle gets stuck in snow THE CANADIAN PRESS A man died trudging through heavy snow to get help for two women after their vehicle got stuck in the mountains of southwest Alberta.

RCMP say when the 71-year-old man failed to return, his wife and a friend who had stayed in the vehicle decided to hike out together.

The two women, who are 69 and 66, were found alive by police and a search team from Crowsnest Pass.

The women, who are

from the Fort Macleod area, say the man left the vehicle to get help on Sunday afternoon.

His body was found on Monday morning in an area accessible only by snowmobile.

“He was on the side of the road, he just appeared to have curled up and went to sleep,” Sgt. Keith Bott said.

“It appears that the hypothermia and the elements just got to him, where he just curled up on the side of the road and went to sleep.”

No names have been released.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Education crisis on horizon?

ALBERTA EDUCATION MINISTER’S HEAVYHANDED STRATEGY WON’T MAKE SITUATION ANY BETTER

BY STEPHEN MURGATROYD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson must be wondering what to do now.

Having secured the agreement of the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) to a deal that has some elements they were seeking — a focus on conditions of practice in response to a clear set of data that shows that teacher workloads are “out of whack” with any reasonable expectation of work/life balance and unsuited to the kind of curriculum transformation needed — but not others, he now is facing a rebellion by school boards.

Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary public boards, which are the actual employers of teachers (the government is the partial paymasters), have rejected the deal. Other school boards are likely to follow. Alberta has 62 school boards (in itself a strange thing for a

population of 3.7 million), all of whom need to say “yes” to the deal for the deal to stick. The Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools board says it will support the deal.

It is also not clear what the teachers will do. The ATA has recommended acceptance but the membership is now voting on the deal and many suspect that the vote will be close.

How did we get here?

Over a year ago, the former minister, Dave Hancock, had the basic deal in place that would have settled this before the last election. There was a tentative deal in place with the ATA, Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) and the government. He took it to caucus, but the majority party said no. Two Education ministers later, any prospect of a deal with teachers fell apart if it involved the ASBA. The ATA walked away from the tripartite talks.

Johnson then offered the teachers a deal which the ATA rejected, leaving the ASBA out of the negotiations.

(The ASBA has no legal standing from a bargaining point of view.)

He then drafted a bill that required teachers to accept a deal, thereby overriding the bargaining process and current employment contracts. Looking at this ministerial dictatorship and leadership by fiat, the ATA’s leader-

ship determined to fight another day with a playing field they understood and, with intelligent ministerial leadership, could manage. They backed off, approached the minister and struck a deal.

Part of the deal seeks to resolve the workload issue through an “exceptions committee” to review teacher concerns. The tentative contract determines that a teacher’s classroom time will be capped at 907 hours. In a variety of provisions, teachers concerned about their workload can file a concern and an exceptions committee will determine whether the teacher has a case.

Workloads and conditions of practice, together with a need for investment in professional development aimed at making the transformation of Alberta schools as envisaged in Inspiring Education possible, were the key issues from the ATA’s point of view.

To see why, look at the study by Linda Duxbury of teacher workloads published recently.

The rejections open the Pandora’s Box for legislated bargaining and the creation of a provincial super board for education, with local matters managed by zone leaders. It happened in health care and could happen here.

The key advantage of a single employ-

er for teachers at the provincial level is the reduction of the bargaining cycle and the standardization of the basis for employment. The key argument against it is that is destroys the idea that no two schools are the same and that the management of education is best done nearest to the student.

Given the instincts of the Redford government, who believe that command and control is the “new black” of management, we should not be surprised if the rejection of the teachers’ contract by school boards has larger consequences. The government is already giving them clear instructions on how to reduce their costs.

Johnson sees himself as CEO of a large, multibillion-dollar corporation (he is ex-Xerox). If the “branches” of the corporation are not falling into line, the first instinct of such leaders is to reorganize the corporation. With a premier seeking to show that she can be tough with unions and determined to be right in both action and ideology, we should not be surprised to see the government take on the boards and change their mandates — the boards owe their entire existence to the provincial government.

We can expect fireworks.

Stephen Murgatroyd is a Troy Media columnist (www.troymedia.com).

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Michener’s services can’t be duplicated The intent of this letter is to inform Frank Oberle, associate minister of Services for Persons with Disabilities, the media, and the public about Michener Services.

This is not an institution, but ‘homes’ sharing 300 acres of parklike setting. Each home has six individuals or less. Within the last two years, your hard-earned tax dollar paid for each home to have beautiful oak kitchen cupboards with all modern appliances. Under the guidance of a registered dietitian, delicious meals are prepared by staff who have taken courses of food preparation. These meals are nutritionally balanced taking into consideration the individuals’ dietary needs and likes and dislikes.

Private long-term care facilities and group homes are businesses. What do businesses hope for? To make money. This is often achieved by less than ideal working conditions, which result in high staff turnover.

Because of the positive atmosphere of Michener Services, many of the staff have been there 20 years or more. Comparing care, here they have a choice of being bathed daily or more often if the situation warrants it. Long-term care has weekly baths, if they are lucky.

Michener has had individuals that have been sent home from Red Deer hospital for palliative care and they recover, much to the doctor’s surprise! This is because of the staff’s due diligence and years of experience and personal connection with the people. In the other facilities, when a resident is in palliative care, they never recover and they expire within a week!

Being a community, they walk to the bank, Tuck Shop to meet their friends for coffee, later on they will stop at their friends’ for a chat and coffee. Evenings dances, movies, church and other activities are provided. In fact, these activities are utilized by other community agencies outside of Michener.

Where else provides such a positive atmosphere that gives them the freedom to choose a lifestyle without having to go on staff’s schedule?

It is not easy to just call the HandiBus and book a ride. A senior may need a family member or a paid companion to take them to such activities.

Within the last few weeks, your tax dollars have installed state of the art security entrance system into the same buildings that will be empty in the near future.

Check with your local MLA to find out if they are willing to arrange a tour of Michener Services when empty to see where your hard-earned money was spent.

Lily Larsen RN Former employee of Michener Services, Red Deer

Losing bridge across the generation gap The one fact that we cannot ignore as we get older is the loss of the previous generation.

Those of us in the baby boomer demography have begun to encounter these inevitable occasions when we lose somebody from the family ranks and the occasions become all too frequent as we move through life. Most of us have gone from two generations away with the loss of our grandparents earlier in life to the more current loss of our parents.

The other variable in the JIM equation is the loss of aunts SUTHERLAND and uncles as we move into the latter stages of our own lives.

My father was the eldest child in a large family of 11 and he has been gone since the late 1970s. The last of my father’s five brothers passed away recently and it made me think about how Uncle Bruce’s death marked another milestone of loss for our family.

It is a situation that will be encountered by every family when they lose a legacy with the passing of the previous generation.

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Uncle Bruce was treated like a rock star at family events because he was a friendly man with a quick wit who was willing to share his anecdotes about family history to everyone who spent time with him.

I was always glad to get a new angle on my father’s life from Uncle Bruce because they had experiences together that preceded me by many decades. It was the kind of information that gets more important to me as I get older and I am sure that my many cousins were also spellbound by Uncle Bruce’s stories about their own parents.

It was not always this way because Uncle Bruce was a very imposing figure to me when I was a kid.

He had a deep, booming voice and a no-nonsense approach to child rearing, largely because he and Aunt Shirley faced the daunting task of raising very rambunctious boys who were close in age; a mission that required every ounce of their parenting skills. Uncle Bruce knew how to keep a lid on things and it was no place for 21st century parenting unless you wanted the inmates running the asylum.

Uncle Bruce was also the first of my three Sutherland uncles to join the RCMP in the late 1940s. He weaved some pretty incredible stories about his life in the police force that spanned many towns in Alberta, with frequent transfers in the job description.

He rarely wore a gun during his career because he believed that he could handle a situation without the need for a firearm.

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Two of my uncles were involved in the search for Robert Raymond Cook, with Uncle Bruce directly involved in the mass murderer’s arrest after a lengthy manhunt. Both uncles (Keith and Bruce) were not happy with the book about Cook that posed doubts about his guilt. They had first-hand knowledge of the killer’s real lifestyle and deeply resented the author’s portrayal of Cook and the RCMP in the book.

The gypsy life of an RCMP member in the 1950s and ’60s meant that two of my uncles were posted in Red Deer during their careers. In fact, Uncle Bruce retired as a staff sergeant major here in Red Deer during the early 1970s.

I can recall an incident in 1970 when Uncle Bruce used the company car to drop us off at Prairie Creek for an afternoon of fishing while he went to the Rocky detachment on business. He was in uniform and every kid who saw us riding in the car flashed us a peace sign in what could only be described as a tribute to the last movie scene in Billy Jack.

Uncles occupy a special place in our lives. They remind us of our own fathers in a subtle kind of way because of the family link that binds them to our dads.

We see the similarities and are grateful to have that link after we lose our fathers.

Uncle Bruce will be missed by all of us in the family for that reason and many others.

Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer.

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Emissions come with a price, warns study COAL-FIRED POWER LIKELY TO CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DEATHS IN ALBERTA

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A study says coal-fired power generation is likely to cause thousands of early deaths in Alberta and cost the province hundreds of millions of dollars before government regulations force plants to reduce emissions.

The study also says the plants — many of which have decades to comply with new federal emissions rules — will also be behind thousands more hospital admissions and lost workdays. It concludes the costs associated with poorer health and reduced productivity amount to a subsidy for generators because they don’t have to pay for them.

“In essence, it’s a health subsidy that’s being picked up by the people of Alberta,” said report author Tim Weis of the environmental think-tank Pembina Institute.

But an industry official said other studies tell a different story.

The institute teamed with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, the Alberta

and N.W.T. Lung Association and the Asthma Society of Canada on the report that was released Tuesday.

The study combined previous research measuring the health effects of various pollutants with the known amounts of pollution coming from Alberta’s many coal-fired power plants, which burn more coal than the rest of the country combined.

It draws on many studies from the U.S. and Canada on contaminants including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, mercury and particulates and uses figures on the amount of those toxins released by each generator from the federal pollution inventory.

The groups also considered how long each of Alberta’s plants will continue to emit. Federal rules say coal-fired power stations have 50 years after their construction before they are obliged to reduce their emissions to match those of natural gas-fuelled generators, although provincial regulations could limit that to 40 years.

All the information was crunched together with other data such as the distance of each plant from major population centres to estimate the probable toll on the health of Albertans.

Using a peer-reviewed model developed by the

Canadian Medical Association, the report estimates that between 2008 and 2031, there will be just over 3,000 premature deaths from health problems related to coal-fired electricity. It predicts there will be more than 2,000 hospital admissions for the same reasons, nearly 10,000 visits to emergency wards and more than 100,000 instances of asthma sufferers having to restrict their activities.

Those impacts are a small fraction of overall hospital or emergency visits, but Weis said that shouldn’t reduce their importance.

“That doesn’t diminish the fact that those are real people going to real hospitals,” he said. “Just because there’s something worse doesn’t mean we should not be looking at areas we know we can improve.”

And the impacts have a price.

Depending on how they’re calculated, Weis said health costs of coal-fired power work out to between 0.7 cents per kilowatt-hour to 2.1 cents. That amounts to about $300 million a year.

Weis said if that figure were reflected in the price of coal-fired power, renewable energy would look more attractive.

Tests underway to see if waste water got into river FORT MCMURRAY — Tests are being done to determine whether a waste water spill at an oilsands plant in northern Alberta made its way into a nearby river.

The leak was discovered Monday at a Suncor (TSX:SU) base plant north of Fort McMurray.

Company spokeswoman Sneh Seetal said a pipe about four metres long and 10 centimetres wide froze and burst, sending “process-affected water” into a partially frozen outfall pond containing treated water.

Seetal said it’s not yet known what exactly was in the waste water and how much of it was discharged.

But the leak lasted for at least a few hours. Seetal said the company notified government officials about 1 p.m. and the pipe was shut down three hours later.

The move has not affected the plant’s operations.

Water samples have been taken from the pond and from the nearby Athabasca River. Seetal said tests should reveal the contents of the waste water.

It would be premature to speculate whether oil is found in the water, she added.

“It is water that has been used in our extraction and upgrading process and has not yet been treat-

ed,” she said Tuesday.

“Because the process-affected water mixed with outflow pond water, which is treated and meets regulated requirements for release, we have started testing to determine the exact contents of the water.”

The company later posted on its website that water quality is an important issue to its stakeholders.

“This incident is unacceptable to us. Our focus is on investigating how this occurred and ensuring this doesn’t happen again.”

Greenpeace Canada reacted as soon as the leak was reported. Spokesman Mike Hudema said processed water often contains bitumen and dangerous chemicals.

He said Suncor should be keeping a closer eye on its pipes during cold weather.

“For a pipeline to freeze on their watch is quite troubling.”

He’s further frustrated about the lack of information the company is giving out. It should know what is in its waste water and easily be able to calculate the volume that went through the pipe, he suggested.

“The public has a right to know. I believe Suncor has that information. They’re just not giving it out.

Alberta Environment spokesman Wayne Wood said the department is relying on Suncor to supply numbers about the spill. Government staff were on

Mother watched as baby saved from trash: police officer

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A police officer says a mother accused of leaving her newborn baby inside a garbage bag in a Dumpster was watching from the steps of her apartment as the child was saved by authorities.

Const. David Hsu was called in to look for witnesses after the baby was found abandoned in the Calgary trash bin in October 2010.

He testified Tuesday that he thought Meredith Borowiec was just an “onlooker” when he saw her sitting, barefoot, wearing pyjama bottoms and with a blanket wrapped around her waist.

Hsu said Borowiec told him she was at home ill that day, but had been told by her boyfriend that a baby had been found in the Dumpster.

When he saw blood on the blanket by the woman’s leg and on her coat sleeve, Hsu became suspicious that she was the child’s mother.

“I thought she was a suspect,” said Hsu. “The fact she had blood on her leg and her sleeve was suspicious.”

Borowiec, 31, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two of her newborn children in 2008 and 2009 and before the infant was found in the garbage in 2010.

The Crown wants the baby found in the trash ruled as similar-fact evidence so it can be used in the murder

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Dr. Deanna Watrich has been suspended for 60 days for using computers in the emergency department at Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital to

trial, which is being heard by a judge without a jury.

A separate attempted-murder trial is scheduled for this fall dealing with the child in the garbage.

Borowiec told Hsu she was having a heavy period and had been having them since she had a miscarriage in July 2009, which is the same time the Crown alleges she killed one of her newborns.

Hsu called for EMS officials to examine Borowiec and accompanied her in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

“EMS asked, ‘When did you deliver?”’ Hsu recalled.

“The female said, ’About noon. I’m sorry.”’

Hsu said he then read Borowiec her rights.

“She said, ‘I don’t really have anything to say. What’s going to happen to me?”’ he said.

Hsu told the judge that he waited at the hospital and gathered Borowiec’s bloody clothes and blanket as evidence.

The defence suggested Hsu wasn’t concerned about the woman’s welfare but only accompanied her to hospital so he could “overhear her” in the ambulance.

“That wasn’t my intent,” said Hsu. The trial is scheduled for six weeks.

The child has recovered and is healthy. get access to patient records.

She did not have a professional relationship to the patients.

She told a college tribunal that she did not disclose or use the information in any way and has apologized.

Family physician Dr. Moustafa Adams has been cautioned for not having a chaperon in the room when examining disrobed female patients — a condition that was part of his practice permit.

The Edmonton doctor must now have a chaperon present at all times and the caution against him is to remain on his file in all jurisdictions.

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Wood didn’t know how close the pond is to the river, but said tests to see if there has been any contamination should be completed in a couple of days.

“There is no indication yet at this particular time as to whether any water entered the river. But we took samples from the river at any rate to analyze and just to make sure what, if anything, may have gotten into the river.”

Although Suncor said it doesn’t yet know if any waste water spilled into the river, the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said company officials informed the reserve that it had.

“It got into the river, guaranteed,” said Allan Adam.

He expects it will take about six days for any spilled fluid to flow north and reach the community.

The reserve sits on the shore of Lake Athabasca, where residents get their drinking water.

Adam recently returned from a trip to Ottawa where he and other First Nations leaders met to underline their opposition to the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines.

A pipeline breach so soon after he got home just makes it more clear that the industry needs to be more responsible, he said.

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Minister nixes group’s info transfer plan OTTAWA — Environment Minister Peter Kent has pulled the plug on a plan by the controversial National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to ensure 25 years worth of research gets posted on the Internet.

A spokesman for Kent, however, insisted Tuesday that the minister is committed to ensuring all of the information is made public.

Kent wrote last week to Robert Slater, the roundtable’s acting chairman, to deny him permission to archive the group’s research and analysis on a website run by the Ottawa-based think-tank Sustainable Prosperity.

Kent also told the roundtable that it would not be allowed to post any more information in the few days that remain before the group shuts down for good —leaving two major essays languishing.

But Rob Taylor, a spokesman for Kent, said in an email that the “full body of work spanning the past 25 years” would be posted on the Library and Archives Canada website.

Taylor said all official publications from the roundtable have been uploaded into three online libraries and distributed to 20 other libraries across the country.

In an interview, Taylor said Kent was merely following the same process that Ottawa followed when it shut down Rights and Democracy, an arm’s-length international human rights agency plagued with internal dissent.

But he did not explain why Kent waited until the very last moment to block the roundtable’s own plan for setting up a website, nor did he address the issue of the two unpublished essays.

The essays, which Slater provided to The Canadian Press, offer a retrospective analysis of what the advisory body did for Canada’s approach to sustainable development, and contain only gentle rebukes of the government’s record.

“The most important loss following upon the dissolution of the Round Table is ... the loss of the honest broker known and respected throughout Canada by organizations and individuals deeply involved in the challenges associated with the country’s development,” wrote Harvey Mead, who chaired the advisory body from 2002 to 2005.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — For the first time in almost 20 years, the International Fund for Animal Welfare won’t be sending a team of observers out on the Atlantic sea ice during the spring seal hunt.

The long-standing opponent of commercial sealing is instead planning to refocus its efforts on politicians who are trying to keep afloat an industry it calls “obsolete.”

The lobby group is taking a step back because the much-publicized annual confrontations on the ice may in fact be counterproductive to its cause, said Sheryl Fink, the head of the IFAW’s seal campaign.

“A lot of times just by being out there and being on the ice we sort of keep this thing alive,” Fink said in an interview.

“I think if we take a step back, our hope at least is that this thing will continue towards its inevitable demise.”

The dangerous spring stand-off between the antisealing lobby and commercial harvesters has been a staple in Atlantic Canada for a generation.

One of the IFAW founders first began shooting graphic photos of the seal hunt in 1969. The lobby group hasn’t missed a year since 1995, a spokeswoman said.

Another major anti-sealing lobby group, Humane Society International, says it will continue documenting the hunt and expects to have observers out by mid-April.

“That’s a decision that’s largely up to industry, but whenever the hunt does start, we will be there,” said Rebecca Aldworth, Humane Society International’s executive director.

Aldworth said that despite more than 40 years of seal-hunt images, it remains important to have current evidence to counter government assertions that changing industry practices have eliminated animal cruelty.

The IFAW, however, is convinced the end is inevitable, citing as evidence that fewer than 800 sealers took part last year and that international markets for seal products have largely dried up.

The fight moves to the World Trade Organization, where Canada and Norway are both contesting the European Union’s ban on seal products. That’s prompted the animal-rights group to launch a publicity campaign that lampoons a fictional government it calls the “Department of Obsolete Industry.”

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Gov. Gen. David Johnston, who headed the organization from 1988 to 1990 well before he moved to Rideau Hall, called the roundtable’s years “a bold and successful experiment” but expressed no regrets about its demise.

“Our greatest achievement, in my view, was to develop a clear and comprehensive definition of sustainable development and to have legislation enacted that required acts of Parliament to meet the criteria of sustainability,” he wrote.

In a separate essay, former chairman Bob Page examined the role of the roundtable, and concluded: “in most cases, those receiving the work appreciated it; in a few cases, they did not.”

The government pulled funding from the roundtable a year ago, giving the advisory body until this Friday to wrap up its activities. The cut came without warning and prompted a large outcry from a wide range of researchers and environmentalists.

At the time, ministers offered duelling explanations. Kent said it was no longer necessary to pay for a group that was producing research available elsewhere in the public realm. But Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird suggested the closure was because the government did not want to pay for advice that did not fit with the government’s general direction.

The roundtable had warned repeatedly that the federal government would not be able to meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions without dramatic action such as putting a price on carbon — something the Conservatives have railed against.

Over the past few years, the group’s research has shown how the federal government could remain globally competitive and be sustainable at the same time by investing in green technology, placing a modest price on carbon and investing heavily in hydroelectricity and renewables.

In an interview, Slater said he does not understand why the government pulled the plug on his plan to publish the material outside of government.

He said he informed Environment Canada long ago of his plan to transfer all the research and analysis to the think-tank. And given that the roundtable was arm’s length from — and shut down by — the government, he said the think-tank is the right organization to maintain the roundtable’s legacy.

“Our concern is based on insuring the integrity of this intellectual property for the benefit of Canadians,” Slater said.

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Immigration backlog down 40 per cent: Kenney OTTAWA — The Harper government says it has reduced Canada’s immigration backlog by 40 per cent.

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the total wait list at the end of 2012 was down to 616,271 from more than a million the year before.

He says there would have been more than two million people stuck in the queue by 2015 had the government not taken measures to deal with the problem.

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Police search for car that drove off ferry

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ENGLISHTOWN, N.S. — An RCMP dive team was hampered by fast-moving waters Tuesday as it searched for a car that drove off a ferry into a Nova Scotia bay with at least one person inside.

Four divers were scouring St. Anns Bay in Cape Breton for the sunken car, which plunged into the water the night before, RCMP Sgt. Al LeBlanc said.

“If it was a lake and there was no current, it would obviously be a totally different environment,” LeBlanc said in an interview from Halifax.

“The last thing we want to do is put our officers at risk. They’re looking for the vehicle, but at the same time we have to make sure it’s safe for them to do so.”

Crews from several fire departments were also searching for the car along the shoreline.

LeBlanc said it was unclear how many people were in the car when it entered the water because it was dark at the time and workers aboard the provincially run ferry could not see inside.

He was unaware of any reports of missing people from the area.

Police received a call Monday at around 8:45 p.m. about a car that had driven onto the cable ferry on the north side of the bay, sped up and then drove off the end of an upright ramp.

The car went into the water about 20 metres from shore and

drifted for about 200 metres before it sank, LeBlanc said.

“The vehicle drifted across for some time and then basically went into the water.”

He said it was too early to say what caused the car to drive off the ramp because the incident happened so quickly.

“The reality is that we really don’t know,” he said.

Pam Menchenton, a spokeswoman for the provincial Transportation Department, said there is no manifest listing passenger names or a surveillance camera on board, though crew members check for passes or tickets once vehicles come to a stop.

The cable ferry, which links the small communities of Englishtown and Jersey Cove, began running in 2008 and is among seven provincially operated ferries. The crossing only takes a few minutes and the ferry operates 24 hours a day, depending on demand.

The provincial government said it was co-operating with the RCMP and had taken the ferry out of service until further notice.

The government said it would also interview the ferry’s crew members and inspect the vessel as part of its own internal investigation.

In a news release, the Transportation Department described the ferry as one of the newest and busiest ferries in its fleet.

Menchenton said drivers would have to take a 15- to 25-minute detour through Highway 105 or the Cabot Trail while the ferry is out of commission.

Manitoba prepares for possibility of major flooding

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — This month’s heavy snowfall on the Prairies has the Manitoba government warning that major flooding is possible this spring and that people will probably be forced from their homes.

But Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton says the province is not expecting the situation to be as bad as it was in 2011, when the military was called in to help and the final bill totalled $1.2 billion.

The flood of 2011 was one of the worst on record. Thousands of people were forced from swamped houses and cottages along the Assiniboine River, Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin. Many First Nations residents have not returned to their homes.

Ashton says that right now it looks like there will be a flood similar to 2009 when about 500 homes were deluged with water or

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Mounties in B.C. are looking for three suspects selling fake “Taliban” gold under the ruse that it was smuggled out of Iraq and previously owned by Osama Bin Laden.

Police say a 50-yearold Kamloops man was tricked out of $760 when he bought three gold necklaces and four gold rings in a fast food parking lot Friday.

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damaged by shifting frozen slabs. Damage totalled about $60 million.

“No one is pressing any panic button,” Ashton said Tuesday at a news conference in Winnipeg.

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Dewar said that minerals from the war-ravaged nation have been used to fund an armed conflict that has claimed more than five million lives.

Dewar travelled to Congo four years ago and was deeply moved by the scale of the violence in the resource-rich African country.

He launched an awareness campaign Tuesday with the help of Quebec students, and the organizations Partnership Africa Canada and STAND Canada.

The campaign is similar to the efforts more than a decade ago that led to controls on the spread of blood diamonds, which were used to finance rebels in West Africa.

The rebels that terrorized Sierra Leone and Liberia became notorious for hacking off the limbs of children with machetes.

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Innisfail wants more home lots NEW SUBDIVISION PLANNED IN NORTHWEST

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The Town of Innisfail is taking steps to replenish its dwindling inventory of residential lots.

It’s preparing to subdivide an approximately 12-acre parcel east of Napoleon Lake, in the community’s northwest corner.

Four development alternatives are being considered, with these presented at an open house last week.

The plans would result in anywhere from 35 to 42 lots, including some with 52-foot frontages and others with 66-foot frontages.

All would leave a significant amount of open space, said Craig Teal, Innisfail’s director of planning and development.

The west-facing lots would overlook Napolean Lake.

“We’re not sure which of those options is ultimately going to be approved,” said Teal, explaining that town council will select a preferred plan and then go through a formal approval process, which will include rezoning and amendment of the Napoleon Lake Area Structure Plan and the municipal development plan.

With services and roadwork still to be completed, the subdivision will likely not be ready for home construction until well into 2014, said Teal.

The property, which is owned by the town, was previously slated to serve as the site of a new Catholic school. But those plans changed, and the land will now help

address a pending residential lot shortage.

“If you were shopping for a new lot in Innisfail at the end of 2012, you would have had 84 lots to pick from,” said Teal.

“We don’t want to let it run down to zero.”

Instead, the town would like to maintain a two- to three-year supply, which requires advance planning.

“We do have other lands that probably in 2014 we’ll turn our attention to, to get ready for 2015, 2016,” said Teal.

For now, the town still has lots available in Hazelwood Estates, as does private developer Mason Martin Homes.

And Laebon Homes has lots for sale in Madison Park. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tourism spending rises Statistics Canada says tourism spending in Canada rose 0.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012, with increases from both Canadians and international visitors.

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by Canadians within Canada in the final three months of 2012 was 0.5 per cent higher than in the third quarter, while spending by international visitors was up 1.7 per cent quarter-to-quarter.

A higher number of overseas visitors contributed to the increase. For 2012 as a whole, tourism spending increased 2.0 per cent, following a 3.3 per cent gain in 2011. Statistics Canada says tourism spending in Canada rose by 11.4 per cent between the second quarter of 2009 — when the economy began to recover from recessionary levels — and the fourth quarter of 2012.

Inter Pipeline expansion supported CALGARY — Inter Pipeline Fund (TSX:IPL. UN) has reached binding long-term commitments for an expanded oilsands pipeline system that it plans to build for about $2.6 billion. The commitments will be initially for 20 years with options that could increase the length of the commitments to 30 years. The company says it will build 840 kilometres of new pipeline and seven new pump stations to serve three oilsands operations owned by the FCCL Partnership.

FCCL is a partnership between Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) It owns the Foster Creek, Christina Lake oilsands operations and the Narrows Lake development project.

The plans call for Inter Pipeline to provide capacity to transport 500,000 barrels per day of bitumen blend and 350,00 barrels per day of diluent.

— The Canadian Press

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Kole Hennessey of KevRan Developments Inc. of Red Deer rolls up a blueprint after he and his crew set out structural steel in preparation for erecting the new Blackfalds Bottle Depot, which is being developed near the town’s waste transfer site. It will be owned and operated by Cosmos Bottle Depots Ltd., which already has two depots in Red Deer.

Cosmos accepts all beverage containers for which a deposit has been paid in Alberta, with the proceeds from its operations used to fund community programs and services.

Tuesday. According to the court document, the government approved the original 61-centimetre pipeline and 18-metre right-of-way that runs through the band’s reserve in the 1950s.

The current 1,150-kilometre pipeline runs from Edmonton to the Westridge Terminal in Burnaby, B.C., and carries 300,000 barrels a day, but Kinder Morgan wants to expand that to 890,000 barrels per day.

The new pipeline would transport heavier oils and diluted bitumen, a molasses-like hydrocarbon, while the existing pipeline would transport refined products, such as synthetic crude oils and light crude oils.

A former Red Deer pastor has bought a pair of Central Alberta auto dealerships.

Del Bouck and his wife Charlene assumed ownership of Ponoka Ford and Rimbey Ford effective March 16.

They purchased the businesses from longtime owners Jody and Brenda Wiese.

The couple also own Legacy Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram in Fort McMurray, but their roots are in Central Alberta, said Bouck.

Charlene grew up in Red Deer and has family in Ponoka, while he spent his childhood in Camrose and Stettler.

Bouck also served as a pastor at Red Deer Alliance Church from 1980 to 1983, before returning to school to earn a masters degree in education.

He spent 16 years in the Edmonton public school system, working as a teacher, vice-principal and principal.

With a doctorate degree in leadership and administration, Bouck was recruited into the automotive industry, where he spent 10 years working with a couple of major auto groups.

He and Charlene made the jump to ownership in Fort McMurray 18 months ago.

“I love it,” said Bouck.

Changes are already occurring at their new dealerships, including adoption of the names Legacy Ford Ponoka and Legacy Ford Rimbey.

The number of vehicles at the dealerships has also increased.

“We’ve already brought in a few truckloads of pre-owned vehicles and we have increased our manufacturer’s allocation, so there will be a lot more new vehicles on the lots.”

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B.C. band asks court to halt pipeline expansion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A First Nation from British Columbia’s southern Interior is taking the federal government and an oil company to court over plans to almost triple the capacity of an oil pipeline that crosses its reserve.

Documents filed in Federal Court by the Coldwater Indian Band argue the minister of Indian affairs is ready to consent to a plan that would see Kinder Morgan increase the amount of oil in the Trans Mountain pipeline near Merritt, B.C. The band is requesting a judicial review and wants the court to set aside any approval the minister may give to the company, stating the minister has the legal obligation to act in the best interests of the band.

However, the company is standing firm, saying while it prefers to have respectful one-to-one discussions with the band, it’s prepared to have issues related to its legal agreements, known as indentures, that permit the pipeline to cross the band’s reserve settled in court.

“Trans Mountain has been, and continues to be, open to discussing and resolving outstanding issues with Coldwater or other First Nations as it relates to the indenture or other matters of concern,” said Andrew Galarnyk, the company’s director of external relations, in an email to The Canadian Press.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, formerly known as the department of Indian affairs and northern development, declined to comment on the court application on

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‘TRANS MOUNTAIN HAS BEEN, AND CONTINUES TO BE, OPEN TO DISCUSSING AND RESOLVING OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH COLDWATER OR OTHER FIRST NATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE INDENTURE OR OTHER MATTERS OF CONCERN.’ — ANDREW GALARNYK, THE COMPANY’S

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Survey of house buying intentions has biggest drop in 20 years

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The number of Canadians expecting to buy a home within two years has dropped dramatically even though overall confidence in real estate remains strong, according to an annual survey published Tuesday by Royal Bank of Canada.

The poll found 15 per cent of those surveyed said they were likely to buy in the next two years, a drop from 27 per cent of respondents in last year’s survey.

The 12 percentage point drop is the biggest recorded by the poll, now in its 20th year.

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A Royal Bank of Canada sign is pictured in downtown Toronto. A Royal Bank of Canada poll has found that fewer Canadians are likely to buy a home in the next two years.

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PIPELINE: Concern about risk, adverse effects The band states it’s concerned about the twin pipeline’s risk and potential adverse effects on the health and safety of its people, while also stating that the minister can’t impose such risks against group’s will.

The First Nation also wants the court to declare the government legally obligated to consult and share information with the band and follow its instructions.

Galarnyk said the Coldwater are arguing the indentures that permit the pipeline to cross the band’s reserve are invalid because the Trans Mountain pipeline was transferred to a new corporate entity in 2007 and because of subsequent corporate name changes and transfers since.

Galarnyk said the band is also arguing the indentures are invalid because minister did not consent to the transfer and because Coldwater was not consulted.

“As all of the name changes and transfers of the assets were done legally, and the National Energy Board and Canada gave consent to the transfer of assets, Trans Mountain strongly disagrees with the view that the indentures are invalid,” said Galarnyk.

Last week, the federal government announced changes to improve oil-tanker safety in a bid to boost support for both the proposed Kinder Morgan and Enbridge Northern Gateway pipelines.

The changes would include annual tanker inspections, increased aerial surveillance and tough measures for pollution prevention.

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Employees of the Bank of Cyprus shout as they holds banners reading in Greek “shame” during a protest at Cyprus central bank in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday.

Cypriot businesses were under increasing strain to keep running on Tuesday after financial authorities stretched the country’s bank closure into a second week.

Cyprus feeling strain BANK SHUTDOWN ENTERS SECOND WEEK

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RBC: Majority believe real estate is sound Still, an overwhelming majority of those polled (84 per cent) felt real estate remained as a sound investment, while 52 per cent said now is a good time to get into the market.

“The more cautious mood this year is not surprising and is consistent with broader economic and industry forecasts,” said Sean Amato-Gauci, RBC senior vice-president of Home Equity Financing with RBC. “An unseasonably warm spring, low rates and anticipation of mortgage rule changes may have led many Canadians to move forward their home purchases in the first half of 2012,” he added.

Nearly half of those surveyed (49 per cent) said they expected mortgage rates to be same this time next year, while 43 per cent said they believe home prices will continue to climb.

Among those who said they intended to buy, 40 per cent said they would be signing a mortgage for the first time.

“Our findings suggest confidence in the housing market is still high and young Canadians are the bright spot as they look to buy their first home and seek the advice to do it right,” said Amato-Gauci in a release.

RBC (TSX:RY) says that three-quarters of respondents said changes in government mortgage rules will impact or delay prospective home buyers but other survey findings suggest this may be more of a perception than reality.

Of the respondents who said they were prospective buyers, 59 per cent said a required downpayment of at least five per cent would have little or no impact and 56 per cent said there was a minimal impact from a shortened maximum amortization period (reduced to 25 years last year, down from 30 years).

The survey, was conducted online for RBC by Ipsos Reid from Jan. 31 to Feb. 8, is based on a randomly selected sample of 3,005 Canadian adults. It’s considered accurate within three percentage points, 19 times out of 20, although regional breakdowns are less reliable because of smaller sample sizes.

AUTO: More accessories Bouck said he also plans to offer more accessories, such as packages for trucks, and wants to ensure a high level of customer service and community involvement.

“For me, business is all about honesty and integrity.”

He and Charlene plan to buy a house in Central Alberta, making it easier to spend time here.

“We will definitely be planted there for a good part of our time each week.”

Bouck said they discussed the purchase with the Wieses for some time, and became friends. In fact, he added, Jody will continue to buy used vehicles for the dealerships.

Ponoka’s and Rimbey’s Ford dealerships go back many years, said Bouck, with the Wieses on the scene for about a decade and a half. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cypriot businesses were under increasing strain to keep running on Tuesday after financial authorities stretched the country’s bank closure into a second week in a harried attempt to stop depositors from rushing to drain their accounts.

Cyprus’s Central Bank governor, Panicos Demetriades, said “superhuman efforts are being made” to open banks on Thursday.

“Temporary” restrictions will be imposed on financial transactions once the banks do open, he said, but he would not specify what they would be or how long they would be in place.

“We have to restore the public’s trust in banks,” he said.

Finance Minister Michalis Sarris told The Associated Press the restrictions would help stem any mass deposit withdrawal that is “bound to happen” and that they would be removed in a “relatively short period of time.”

“I think every day (banks) are not open creates more uncertainty and more difficulties for people, so we would like to do our utmost to make sure that this new goal that we have set will work,” he said.

All but two of the country’s largest lenders had been due to reopen Tuesday, after being shut since March 16 to stop savers from withdrawing all their money while politicians figured out how to raise the funds necessary for Cyprus to qualify for an international bailout.

However, late Monday, authorities announced that the bank closures would be extended until Thursday, giving officials more time to initiate a major overhaul of the banking sector and devise capital controls to limit the amount of money that can be taken out of accounts.

“We have to all understand that we live in very critical times. Officials of the government and the Central Bank are working day and night,” Demetriades said.

Under the deal for a 10 billion euro ($12.9 billion) rescue clinched in Brussels early Monday, Cyprus agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on large depositors in troubled banks. Sarris said authorities hope to limit job losses to a “small number.”

“We are looking to a much smaller banking system over time and more concentrated on its core business, which is Cyprus and the international business units in Cyprus,” he said.

Cyprus needed to raise 5.8 billion euros before international lenders were willing to give it the 10 billion euros.

Much of the 5.8 billion euros will be raised by forcing losses on accounts of more than 100,000 euros ($129,000),

in the country’s second-largest lender, Laiki, with the remainder coming from tax increases and privatizations.

The bank will be broken up immediately into a so-called bad bank containing its uninsured deposits and toxic assets.

The “good” assets will be transferred to the nation’s biggest lender, Bank of Cyprus.

Deposits at Bank of Cyprus above 100,000 euros will be frozen until it becomes clear to what extent they will also be forced to take losses. Those funds will eventually be converted into bank shares.

Cyprus’ government spokesman Christos Stylianides told Greek state Net TV that losses on Bank of Cyprus deposits above 100,000 euros will hover at around 30 per cent.

“It is a painful development, no doubt about that...it doesn’t matter how rich you are, how many millions you have, you don’t like your deposits, which you assume were safe, to be converted into shares,” said Sarris, adding that authorities are confident that those shares will eventually gain in value.

Sarris said Cyprus’ economy will shift from one centred on financial services.

“Cypriots have a robust entrepreneurial spirit, they will look for other markets ... We’re building on our relationship with China, a stronger relationship with the Middle East, our shipping sector is doing well, our tourism sector is doing well, I think we will find opportunities to compensate for this serious setback,” he said.

Nonetheless, businesses have already been feeling the brunt of the cash crunch, unable to pay salaries and suppliers. Cypriots have slashed spending during the uncertainty.

The banks’ closure has been felt in the country’s important shipping industry, which contributes about 5 per cent or 800 million euros ($1 billion) to the economy.

Cyprus ranks 10th in the world in terms of the number of ocean-going vessels flying its flag, and it is in the top five countries with the largest number of ship management companies.

“This is destructive for us,” said an official with Cyprus-based shipping company EDT Offshore, who spoke on condition of anonymity because his company did not authorize him to speak to the media.

“We have to pay our crews’ salaries and that’s $500,000, while we have to pay as much for our office staff by March 28 and we don’t have access to our bank accounts,” he said.

“These are people who need to pay their bills, have obligations to meet.”

Authorities in the Greek port of Piraeus have prevented one of three EDT ships from leaving until the company pays it port dues.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea, China and Japan launched the first round of negotiations Tuesday for a free trade bloc that would be the world’s third-largest after North America and the European Union.

South Korea said in a statement that officials will discuss mostly administrative issues during the three days of talks in Seoul that will end on Thursday.

The meeting will determine the areas from agriculture to intellectual property rights that will be included in future negotiations.

South Korean farmers gathered outside the venue for the talks and shouted slogans against the possible free trade agreement.

The official launch of the negotiations among the Asian rivals comes as efforts to lower tariffs and other trade barriers among major economies gain momentum.

On Monday, Japan agreed to start negotiations for a free trade pact with the European Union and earlier this month Tokyo said it will join talks on a Pacific trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is led by the United States. The U.S. and EU announced freetrade talks earlier this year.

Separate trade talks are also underway between China and South Korea. Negotiations for a Japan-South Korea free trade pact are yet to resume after being halted in 2004.

South Korea’s government says that lowering trade barriers with China and Japan would help reduce its vulnerability to economic conditions in the United States and Europe.

A trade agreement in East Asia would deepen ties among Asian rivals that are often at odds over political issues including territorial disputes.

“The rivalry and the tension between South Korea, China and Japan rose to one of the highest levels in 2012,” said Park Ihn-hwi, a professor at Ewha University. “If the free trade deal is closed in a near future, it could provide means to indirectly address security, political or other sensitive issues in East Asia.”

The three countries are all major markets for each other.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sales figures for the new BlackBerry smartphone have been a mystery since the device launched nearly two months ago, but the veil will be lifted on Thursday when the company reports its fourth-quarter results.

But the picture that will emerge for BlackBerry sales is only part of the whole story, which several analysts caution could still take another quarter to completely materialize.

“Buyers beware it is too early to gage sellthrough,” wrote National Bank analyst Kris Thompson in a note to investors on Tuesday.

Since its last quarterly report, the company held a splashy launch in New York for its new phones, changed its name from to BlackBerry and rolled out the Z10 touchscreen smartphone in several key markets around the world.

The fourth-quarter results will serve as a good sense of how that initial rollout went, and what to expect this year from the company formerly called Research In Motion, as it works to regain a position in the ever-changing smartphone industry.

In recent weeks, analysts have relied almost exclusively on contact with mobile phone retailers to determine whether the BlackBerry Z10 has been a sales hit or miss.

The anecdotal evidence has proven mixed at best.

BlackBerry has labelled the Canadian and U.K. launches a success, noting that devices were sold at a faster clip than previous models, though it has declined to provide sales figures.

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A woman leaves a Bank of Montreal branch in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday. Bank of Montreal will end a controversial low mortgage rate at the end of this week, when the limitedtime offer runs out. The bank (TSX:BMO) says the posted rate for a fixed five-year mortgage will return to 3.09 per cent, where it was before BMO lowered it to 2.99 per cent. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty had called Bank of Montreal to express his disapproval of the special low rate.

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The S&P/TSX composite index rose 25.67 points to 12,706.38, amid gains in telecom and consumer stocks and further declines in the materials sector.

The TSX Venture Exchange declined 7.32 points to 1,096.03.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.47 of a cent to 98.39 cents US. U.S. indexes ran up sharply as the U.S. Case/Schiller home price index rose by slightly more than one per cent in January, higher than the 0.6 per cent gain that had been expected.

However, sales of new homes dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000 in February, a decline of 4.6 per cent from the January level of 431,000. Economists had looked for an annualized reading of 437,000 for February.

The decline in February still left sales 12.3 per cent higher than a year ago.

Elsewhere, another report showed that U.S. durable goods orders rose by 5.7 per cent in February, much higher than the 3.8 per cent reading that economists had expected.

There was one dark cloud amid the data: U.S. consumer confidence fell in March amid economic angst and government spending cuts. The Conference Board’s March confidence index fell to 59.7 from a revised reading of 68 in February. That’s also below the 68.7 reading that analysts polled by research firm FactSet had expected.

The Dow Jones industrials jumped 111.9 points to a recordhigh close of 14,559.65. The Nasdaq was up 17.18 points at 3,252.48 while the S&P 500 index came within two points of a record close, up 12.08 points to 1,563.77.

Telecoms led advancers, up one per cent as BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) advanced 81 cents to $47.31.

Consumer discretion stocks also helped lift the TSX as auto parts maker Magna International (TSX:MG) advanced $1.24 to $58.80.

The energy sector turned around late in the session, rising 0.29 per cent as the May crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained $1.53 to US$96.34 a barrel. Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) moved up 18 cents to C$12.33.

Inter Pipeline Fund (TSX:IPL. UN) has reached binding longterm commitments for an expanded oilsands pipeline system that it plans to build for about $2.6 billion. The company says it will build 840 kilometres of new pipeline and seven new pump stations to serve three oilsands operations owned by the FCCL Partnership, a partnership between Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP). Its units dipped four cents to $23.57.

The financial sector was ahead 0.27 per cent as the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has identified Canada’s six largest banks as systemically important to the country. And as a result, Bank

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Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.01 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.63 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 40.45 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.68 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.88 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 48.93 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.08 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 21.22 Canyon Services Group. 11.04 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.56 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.640 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.55 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.14 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.13 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 40.13 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.50 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.86 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 3.01 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.28 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.23 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 1.230 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.19 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 30.73 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.33 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.55 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.45 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.01 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 64.19 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.57 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.43 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.17 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 34.80 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 27.40 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.62 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.48 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.04 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 74.70 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 61.48 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 27.67 of Montreal (TSX:BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM), National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA), Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) and TorontoDominion Bank (TSX:TD) will be subject to enhanced disclosure and an additional one per cent capital buffer for risk a one per cent risk-weighted capital surcharge by Jan. 1, 2016. Share performance was split with RBC, BMO, TD and Scotiabank positive while the other two banks were lower.

The TSX gold sector lost about one per cent as April bullion declined $8.80 to US$1,595.70 an ounce. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) faded cents to C$ .

The base metals sector closed well off the lowest levels of the session, down 0.06 per cent as May copper lost early gains and closed unchanged at US$3.44 a pound. Sherritt International (TSX:S) shed nine cents to C$5.

The declines in mining stocks carried on a pattern that has been going on for months, reflecting tepid emerging market economies and weak commodity prices.

“We’ve seen a pattern here for a couple of years where the U.S. markets have outperformed the Canadian market,” said Garey Aitken, chief investment officer at Bissett Investment Management.

“I think that for the same reason that for so many years during the cyclical upswing, the Canadian market outperformed (the U.S.), the cyclical in the Canadian marketplace and that leverage to growth in emerging markets is holding the TSX back.”

Traders kept an eye on Cyprus as the country’s banks are all scheduled to stay closed until Thursday. Until the late Monday night decision, all but the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki had been due to reopen on Tuesday.

No reason has been given for continuing the closure, now in its second week, but fears of a bank run are thought to have played a role in the decision.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $3.60 higher $631.40; July ’13 $0.90 higher $616.40; Nov. ’13 $0.10 higher $560.00; Jan. ’14 $0.10 higher $561.00; March ’14 $0.10 higher $558.00; May ’14 $0.10 higher $555.90; July ’14 $0.10 higher $554.00; Nov. ’14 $0.10 higher $529.60; Jan ’15 $0.10 higher $529.60; March ’15 $0.10 higher $529.60; May ’15 $0.10 higher $529.60.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.00; July ’13 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $243.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $243.50; March ’14 unchanged $243.50; May ’14 unchanged $243.50; July ’14 unchanged $243.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $243.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $243.50; March ’15 unchanged $243.50; May ’15 unchanged $243.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 231,200 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 231,200.

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Dismiss Facebook lawsuit: judge

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York man’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit claiming half-ownership of Facebook Inc. should be dismissed, a federal judge recommended Tuesday.

Siding with the Internet company and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio said the contract on which Paul Ceglia based his case was faked.

Ceglia, 39, of Wellsville, sued in 2010 claiming that he and Zuckerberg, then a Harvard University student, signed a software development contract in 2003 that included a provision entitling Ceglia to half ownership of Facebook in exchange for $1,000 in startup money for the budding company.

The judge found that while the two did sign a contract, any references to Facebook had been added later. He pointed to a copy of the original April 28, 2003, contract discovered on a hard drive as the lawsuit was being argued.

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Rebels take command RICH PRESTON

WIN OVER RAIDERS GIVES REBELS CHANCE TO SWEEP FIRST-ROUND SERIES TONIGHT

HURRICANES FIRE PRESTON

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have fired head coach and general manager Rich Preston.

The Hurricanes made the announcement Tuesday. The club failed to make the WHL playoffs during Preston’s four seasons at the helm. They finished in ninth place in the Eastern Conference in 201213, six points behind eighth-place Kootenay with a 28-34-10 record.

“Rich has done what we have asked him by rebuilding the team through the draft and we appreciate all the work he has done,” Hurricanes board of directors president Brian McNaughton said in a statement.

“We are, however, not satisfied with the direction we headed in the last 30 games of the season and believe that making a change today is in the best interest of the franchise.”

The Hurricanes promoted Brad Robson to general manager.

Robson had been an assistant GM with the club since 2008.

Rebels 3 Raiders 1 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The Red Deer Rebels knew they’d have to be survivors in the first period of Tuesday’s WHL playoff game at the Art Hauser Centre.

The Rebels played the role to a tee and now the Prince Albert Raiders need a victory tonight in order to survive in the bestof-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final.

The Rebels were outshot 15-8 in the opening 20 minutes, but went into the first intermission locked in a scoreless tie. From there, Brooks Maxwell and Turner Elson scored second-period goals and the visitors prevailed 3-1 before 2,724 fans to grab a 3-0 lead in the series.

Game 4 goes tonight at the Art Hauser Centre.

“They came out strong in the first period and had a lot of shots, a lot of hits,” said Elson, who capped the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute.

“We had to weather that storm and then had a good second and third periods. We limited their shots and it was just a good, overall effort by everybody.”

While the Raiders carried the play early, both goaltenders had to be sharp.

Red Deer’s Patrik Bartosak showed quick reflexes to stop a deflection from three feet out and then made a glove save on Mark McNeill late in the frame. At the other end, Luke Siemens came up with a pad stop on Elson to keep the game scoreless.

Brooks Maxwell got the Rebels on the board 4:10 into the middle frame, taking a feed from Mathew Dumba up the boards, breaking down the right side and beating Siemens to the glove side while being harassed by a defender.

Just over three minutes later, with Raiders defenceman Harrison Ruopp serving a high sticking minor, Elson, from a goalmouth scramble, batted the puck out of the air and past Siemens.

“We knew they (Raiders) were going to

Today

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, fourth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final, 7 p.m.

(The Drive).

Photo by PERRY BERGSON/Prince Albert Daily Herald

Red Deer Rebels’ forward Rhyse Dieno struggles to get a shot off on Prince Albert Raiders’ goaltender Luke Siemens as defenceman Harrison Ruopp (left) and forward Anthony Bardaro defend (right) on Tuesday at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert. Siemens made a pad save on the play, which came in the second period. come out geared up and charged up, being at home and being down in the series,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “Yet we weathered the storm, opened the scoring and then got a huge power play goal.”

The Rebels were hard on the puck all night, and that, for all intents and purposes, was the difference in the game.

“That’s the way we have to play on the road, especially against a team like this that can strike at any time,” said Rebels defenceman Mathew Dumba, who assisted on the first two goals and was selected as third star of the game.

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Thursday

Friday

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Edmonton Southside, fourth game of best-of-five AMHL final, if necesssary, 7:45 p.m., Bill Hunter Arena. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, fifth game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal, if necessary, 8 p.m., Centrium.

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● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds

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Edmonton Oilers’ goalie Nikolai Khabibulin makes a diving stop as St. Louis Blues’ Kris Russell looks for a rebound in the first period on Tuesday, in St. Louis.

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Edmonton 3 St. Louis 0 ST. LOUIS — Nikolai Khabibulin is finding his groove after a bumpy start to the season.

The 40-year-old goalie had offseason hip surgery and was put on the injured reserve in late February with a groin injury.

In his second game back, he stopped all 43 shots he faced and Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-0 Tuesday.

Khabibulin played in just six games this season prior to the shutout. “I feel a lot better than before surgery,” he said.

“I’m enjoying it. When your body doesn’t hurt as much, it makes it more fun.”

The victory was the first for the Oilers in four games, which included Khabibulin’s return in a 3-0 loss to the Blues on Saturday in Edmonton. It was the Oilers’ first win in St. Louis since Dec. 11, 2009.

Despite getting a season high in shots, St. Louis lost for the third time in four games and was shut out for the third time this season. It also had a four-game home winning streak snapped.

“A lot of shots in volume, but maybe too many perimeter (shots) and not enough second and third opportunities,” David Backes said.

“All goalies in the NHL are good

and if you’re not getting those chances, it’s tough to score.”

Blues coach Ken Hitchcock kept reporters waiting for 1 hour, 17 minutes after the game.

“You have the same people, they just want different pieces of the pie,” Hitchcock said.

Taylor Hall, who assisted on both of Eberle’s goals, also scored. It was his eighth of the season off a rebound from Eberle, who skated in on a breakaway.

“We’re all happy for him,” Hall said of Khabibulin. “He’s worked really hard to come back from surgery and it’s great to see him play well. You can really see he’s enjoying it. He makes tough saves look easy and goes about his business.”

Khabibulin got his first shutout of the season, and the 46th of his career and his first against the Blues.

He stopped 21 shots in the second period, including two breakaways.

He first kept David Perron from scoring to set up Eberle’s second goal and he later stopped Backes from close range.

“It’s nice to get a stop on a breakaway.” Khabibulin said. “I guess if they would have scored then it would have been 1-1 and not 2-0. It turns out to be an important save.”

Eberle has nine goals this season and his three-point night ended a three-game drought. It also marked his first three-point game of the season.

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● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club.

● Curling: Albert mixed championship at Olds Curling Club.

“They were in their own barn tonight and had their fans behind them. It was rowdy in here to start the game and we just had to make sure we were making smart plays and being strong on the puck.”

Elson concurred.

“We’re playing junkyard hockey, we’re not losing many battles and we’re making sure we do the simple things that are necessary to have success in the playoffs,” said the Rebels’ captain.

Blackhawks 2 Flames 0 CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks buckled down defensively and helped Ray Emery get his first shutout in more than three years.

Emery had to make only 16 saves, defencemen Nick Leddy and Brent Seabrook scored, and the Blackhawks snapped a twogame losing streak with a 2-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

Emery improved to 12-0 in getting his 12th career shutout, and first since Feb. 1, 2010, when he blanked the Flames while with Philadelphia. He was tested several times, but the Blackhawks outshot the Flames 35-16 in sending them to their 10th straight road loss (0-9-1).

“Our defence was really on,” Emery said.

“We continued to apply pressure, but really didn’t give much up. It was a great night defensively. It’s always good to put a zero on the board, but I’m just glad to get a win.”

In their two previous games — losses to Anaheim and Los Angeles — the Blackhawks got sloppy late and blew third-period leads. But after getting a two-goal lead late in the second period, the Blackhawks managed the puck and their defensive coverage effectively, and finished the job.

Emery went 58 games between shutouts,

a period that was punctuated with him undergoing career-threatening hip surgery.

But Emery, who said he didn’t even remember his last shutout, has been perfect for Chicago this season as a backup to Corey Crawford.

“It’s a good team. It’s a different situation. I just take it one shot at a time,” he said.

Calgary hasn’t won in the United Center in five years, going 0-8-1 in Chicago since beating the Blackhawks 4-2 on March 16, 2008.

Leddy and Seabrook’s goals both deflected off Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff, who stopped 33 shots. Patrick Kane assisted on both scores, and has five goals and nine assists in a seven-game point streak.

With the win, Chicago improved to 25-4-3 and remained in first place overall in the NHL with 53 points.

The Blackhawks ended their second twogame losing streak of the season following an NHL-record start of 24 games without a regulation loss.

“We had a couple slipups in the last couple games, but if you looked at the games before, 12,13,14 (of them) were one-goal games and we won,” Kane said. “One of the things we’ve been trying to do all year is to try to get better as a team.”

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Calgary Flames left wing Mike Cammalleri and Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Brent Seabrook chase after a loose puck during NHL action Tuesday, in Chicago.

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Midget Rebels give solid performance in win TAKE 2-1 LEAD IN PROVINCIAL FINALS SERIES

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 4 Athletics 0 It wasn’t the prettiest effort the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs have turned in this season, but it may well be one of their best.

Playing without three regulars, including two defencemen, the Rebels turned in a solid two-way performance in recording a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Southside Athletics before over 800 fans at the Arena Tuesday.

The win gave the Rebels a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Alberta Midget Hockey League final with the fourth game Thursday in Edmonton.

The Rebels went into the game without defencemen Gabe Bast (hip flexor) and Colton Bobyk, who had his appendix removed, and forward Garrett Engert.

They also moved forward Jack Goranson back to the blueline and brought up forwards Tyler Steenbergen of the bantam AAA Rebels Black and Chase Olsen from the 15-year-old Northstar Chiefs and defenceman Jordy Potter from the midget AA Pro Stitch Chiefs.

Steenbergen, who played with the Rebels earlier in the playoffs, took a regular shift, but all three newcomers turned in valuable minutes.

“It’s tough for them to come in in the middle of an Alberta final but those kids stepped right in and all played well,” said Rebels head coach Doug

Quinn, whose squad were coming off an 8-2 loss to the Athletics in Edmonton on Sunday.

“I was certainly happy with the way we responded,” he said.

“With Colton having his appendix out between (the first trwo) games mentally didn’t help us at all plus it’s a different style of game up there.

“They have a smaller rink and it’s a scrambly game. Tonight the kids dug down deep, simplified their game.

“With Gabe and Colton out the other guys stepped up and filled in those minutes . . . I thought our defence played well and (goaltender) Matt (Zentner) was great.”

Zentner, who allowed five goals on 16 shots over two periods in Edmonton, was outstanding from the start and finished with 27 saves for his second shutout in the series.

“Last year he was part of our team and understands the level of intensity and the type of goaltending needed,” Quinn said.

Zentner, who was backup to Dasan Sydora last season, wasn’t about to take any extra credit.

“For myself I didn’t play a lot last year and I’m still learning something new every game,” he said.

“The entire team had to step up tonight and that was a big step.

“Goranson played defence and I’m not sure he ever did that before and (Logan) Hermus and the guys battled hard.

We all knew after last game we had to be better. That wasn’t our game.”

Hermus gave the Rebels a huge lift at 7:53 of the first period when his wrist shot from just inside the blueline hit the post and deflected in past a

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REBELS: Made it interesting The Raiders made it interesting when Trochu product Mike Winther scored with just over three minutes remaining, taking a cross-ice pass from Leon Draisaitl and sliding the puck under Bartosak.

The home side, however, never really threatened again and with Siemens on the bench in favour of an extra attacker, Rhyse Dieno battled two Raiders for the puck in the offensive zone and got it out to Elson, who sealed the deal at 19:16.

“They got the late goal, but we never really gave them much after that,” said Sutter, whose squad limited the hosts to 15 shots over the final 40 minutes and fired a total of 26 at Siemens.

“We did a good job of shutting them down. We just had a lot of very solid players here tonight. But that being said, it still takes four wins to win a series and our focal point now has to be Game 4 and making sure that we play the game the right way and are disciplined in how we need to play in different areas.”

“We know they’re not going to lay down and let us take this series,” added Elson. “They’re going to battle hard to the last second and we have to make sure that we play the same way.

“We have to make sure we chip pucks, get on the body, get a lot of shots to the net and get traffic there, the same way we’ve won these first three games.”

The Rebels ‘work ethic was never missing Tuesday, and Bartosak was the safety valve, as usual. The Eastern Conference goaltender of the year robbed Jonas Knutsen on a second-period breakaway with the Rebels up 1-0 and his teammates gave up very little the rest of the way.

“It was a real good solid game on our part,” said Sutter. “When you come on the road and play like this in a tough building, you know you’re at least giving yourself a chance.” ● The Rebels scratches were defencemen Kevin Pochuk and Riley Boomgaarden and forwards Scott Feser and Hunter Smith . . . The first and second stars were Raiders defenceman Josh Morrissey and Dieno . . . If the Raiders win tonight, a fifth game will be played Friday at the Centrium. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

OILERS: Wanted to send a message It’s the second time he has scored twice for the Oilers. He scored two goals in a 6-4 victory over Colorado on Feb. 16.

“They came into our barn and ran us out pretty good,” Eberle said. “Tonight we wanted to send a message that we can play tough too. ” Jake Allen entered the game with an 8-2 record and 2.26 goals-against average, before giving up three goals on seven shots. He was pulled after Hall’s goal and replaced by Jaroslav Halak.

“It’s still my job to stop the puck, I’ve got to find a way,” Allen said. “This was not my best effort.”

The Oilers finished with 19 shots.

NOTES: The Blues have been shut out three times this season. ... Hall’s two assists were his first in four games, after getting five in a four-game span. .

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Red Deer Optimist Chief Jack Goranson chases down SSAC Boston Athletics Chad McCann during first-period major midget playoff action at the Arena in Red Deer on Tuesday. screened Athletics goaltender, Jordan Papirny.

“That was a really important goal for us,” said Zentner, who made 13 saves in the first period.

“It gave us some of our confidence and swagger back.”

The Rebels appeared to score at 1:03 of the second period, but the goal was called back as the whistle had gone.

However, that didn’t bother them and Trey DeGraaf gave them a 2-0 lead at 13:24, slipping home a rebound after Chase Thudium deked a defender and forced Papirny to make a solid save.

The Athletics, who have the top scoring team in the league,

Edmonton has outscored its opponents 28-22 in the first period this season. ... This was the third and final game between the teams this season with all games played in March. ... Ladislav Smid entered the game leading the league in blocked shots with 89.

FLAMES: Problems needed to fix “Even when we were on that long winning streak and it seems everything was golden in here, there were still some problems that we needed to fix,” Kane added.

The Blackhawks played again without two top forwards, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp. Hossa missed his third game with an upper-body injury and Sharp sat out his eighth with a shoulder injury.

The Flames’ 16 shots were a season low, one fewer than the 17 they took in a 3-2 win at home over St. Louis on Sunday.

“We didn’t create nearly enough, although we had some spurts in the first,” Calgary captain Jarome Iginla said. “In the last 10 minutes in the first we had something going, but in the second they took over.

“We haven’t created enough on the road. And we got outcompeted tonight — all of us — except Kip, who was great again in net for us.”

Leddy scored the only goal of the first period at 7:09, beating Kiprusoff with a shot that hit his left pad and then bounded in between his legs.

Leddy’s chance resulted from a broken play. Kane had tried to centre from the right corner to Dave Bolland in the slot, but Calgary’s Curtis Glencross accidentally deflected the puck to Leddy, who had pinched down to the left circle.

Although Chicago dominated early, the Flames kept the Blackhawks pinned in their zone at times late in the first.

Emery had to be sharp a couple of times, including on a close-in chance

by Iginla with 1:39 left.

Emery made a quick, point-blank pad save on Lee Stempniak 2:50 into the second following a Chicago turnover in the high slot to keep the Blackhawks ahead.

Chicago failed to cash in on a fourminute power play early in the second after Calgary’s Jiri Hudler was given a double-minor for high-sticking Bolland in the face.

The Blackhawks outshot Calgary 163 in the second, and Seabrook made it 2-0 with 2:12 left in the period.

Seabrook’s shot from the right circle ticked off Iginla’s stick, then fluttered in off Kiprusoff’s glove as he reached awkwardly in an attempt to grab the puck.

Kiprusoff made a sprawling save on Andrew Shaw 3:15 into the third to keep it close, then added several pointblank stops late in the period.

Emery stopped Stempniak again from the doorstep in the final minute to preserve the shutout.

Notes: Before the game, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said both Hossa and Sharp “are progressing,” and Hossa skated on Tuesday. However, it’s doubtful whether either will be able to play on Friday when the Blackhawks host Anaheim in a meeting of the top two teams in the Western Conference. ... The previous time the Flames and Blackhawks met, on Feb. 2 in Calgary, Emery made a career-high 45 saves to pace Chicago to a 3-2 shootout win. In that game, Calgary outshot Chicago 4719. ... Calgary D Cory Sarich played in his 900th NHL game.

stormed Zentner in the final period, but the Rebels bent but didn’t break.

Ryker Leer all but put the game away when he came out from beside the net and beat Papirny with a backhand on the power play at 16:32. Jordie Lawson added another power play marker on a scramble at 18:39.

Heading back to Edmonton Quinn knows it will be tough, but after seeing the rink once it should help.

“They built their team around their rink, as they have the scoring and size and play aggressively, but our kids will be better prepared for that style of play than the first

game.”

Besides the Rebels would like to wrap up their fourth straight league title and head to Vancouver for the AlbertaB.C. playoff.

“We want to hold on to (the league title) as long as we can,” said Zentner. “You have to give Doug credit for this streak as he built some good teams.” ● The defending Telus Cup champion Rebels finished with 25 shots on Papirny . . .

Thudium had three assists . . . If a fifth game is needed it goes Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Arena. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tigers 5 Blades 2 MEDICINE HAT — The Saskatoon Blades are one loss away from having a long layoff before hosting the Memorial Cup. The host Medicine Hat Tigers built a 5-0 lead and held on for a 5-2 victory Tuesday over the Blades in Game 3 of an opening round WHL playoff series between the clubs.

The Tigers have a stranglehold 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, and can eliminate Saskatoon in Game 4 on Wednesday.

Curtis Valk, Kyle Becker, Steven Owre, Logan McVeigh and Hunter Shinkaruk netted goals for the Tigers.

Lukas Sutter and Dalton Thrower replied with singles for the Blades.

Cam Lanigan made 42 saves in goal for the Tigers.

Andrey Makarov stopped 10 of 14 shots fired his way starting in goal for the Blades. Alex Moodie turned away 19 of 20 shots playing from the start of the second period on.

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Hockey WHL Playoffs All Times Local FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Red Deer (4) vs. Prince Albert (5) (Red Deer leads series 3-0) Tuesday’s game Red Deer 3 at Prince Albert 1 Saturday’s result Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 2 Friday’s result Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 0 Wednesday’s game Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8) (Edmonton leads series 2-1) Tuesday’s game Edmonton 7 at Kootenay 1 Sunday’s result Kootenay 2 Edmonton 1 (OT) Friday’s result Edmonton 9 Kootenay 0 Wednesday’s game Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Edmonton at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon (2) vs. Medicine Hat (7) (Medicine Hat leads series 3-0) Tuesday’s game Saskatoon 2 at Medicine Hat 5 Friday’s result Medicine Hat 3 Saskatoon 0 Thursday result Medicine Hat 4 Saskatoon 1 Wednesday’s game Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 31 x-Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Calgary (3) vs. Swift Current (6) (Calgary leads series 3-1) Tuesday’s game Calgary 1 at Swift Current (OT) Monday’s result Swift Current 3 Calgary 2 (OT) Friday’s result Calgary 3 Swift Current 1 Thursday, Mar. 28 Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 1 x-Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Everett (8) (Series tied 1-1) Saturday’s result Portland 4 Everett 1 Friday’s result Everett 4 Portland 3 Wednesday’s game Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Mar. 29 Portland at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 Everett at Portland, 7 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum) Monday, Apr. 1 x-Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Everett at Portland, 7 p.m. (Memorial Coliseum) Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7) (Seattle leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s game Kelowna at Seattle, Late Saturday’s result Seattle 2 Kelowna 1 (OT) Friday’s result Seattle 5 Kelowna 4 (OT) Wednesday’s game Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6) (Kamloops leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s game Kamloops at Victoria, Late Saturday’s result Kamloops 6 Victoria 4 Friday’s result Kamloops 3 Victoria 2 Thursday, Mar. 28 Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain Arena) Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Monday, Apr. 1 x-Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (Bear Mountain

Basketball Toronto 34 New Jersey 33 N.Y. Rangers32 N.Y. Islanders33 Carolina 31 Washington 33 Buffalo 33 Tampa Bay 33 Philadelphia 32 Florida 34

Arena) Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Spokane (4) vs. Tri-City (5) (Spokane leads series 2-0) Tuesday’s game Spokane at Tri-City, Late Saturday’s result Spokane 6 Tri-City 4 Friday’s result Spokane 4 Tri-City 1 Thursday, Mar. 28 Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 30 x-Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 2 x-Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 3 x-Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. x — If necessary.

Tuesday’s summaries Rebels 3, Raiders 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hamilton RD (hooking) 1:22, Fafard RD (hooking) 13:16, Danyluk P.a (goaltender interference) 19:13.

Second Period 1. Red Deer, Maxwell 2 (Dumba) 4:10 2. Red Deer, Elson 1 (Dumba, Dieno) 7:34 (pp) Penalties — Ruopp PA (high-sticking) 6:53, Bellerive RD, Morrissey PA (fighting) 9:26, Braid PA (kneeing) 10:21, Maxwell RD (high-sticking) 20:00.

Third Period 3. Prince Albert, Winther 1 (Draisaitl, McNeill) 16:57 4. Red Deer, Elson 2 (Dieno, Gaudet) 19:16 (en) Penalties — Perreaux PA (checking to the head) 3:12, Hart PA (slashing), 11:50, Bartosak RD, Underwood RD (roughing) 20:00.

Shots on goal Red Deer 8 11 7 — 26 Prince Albert 15 7 8 — 30 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (W,2-0); Prince Albert: Siemens (L,0-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 1-5; Prince Albert: 0-3.

Attendance — 2,734 at Prince Albert, Sask.

Oil Kings 7 Ice 1 First period 1. Edmonton, St. Croix 3, 1:50 2. Kootenay, Philp 2 (Leach, Montgomery), 3:24 3. Edmonton, Lazar 1 (Samuelsson), 4:13 4. Edmonton, St. Croix 4 (Cheek), 6:14 Penalties — Baddock Edm (charging) 9:31.

Second period 5. Edmonton, Bertolucci 1, 14:15 Penalties — Ewanyk Edm (interference) 8:42.

Third period 6. Edmonton, Reinhart 1 (Cheek), 5:00 (pp) 7. Edmonton, Cheek 3 (Legault, St. Croix), 8:39 8. Edmonton, Benson 1 (Baddock, Lazar), 12:54 Penalties — Dirk Ktn (tripping) 4:54, Moroz Edm (fighting), Musil Edm (roughing), McPhee Ktn (fighting) 16:23, Lowe Edm (roughing), Peel Ktn (roughing) 19:52.

Shots on goal Edmonton 15 12 12 — 39 Kootenay 8 9 8 — 25 Goal (shots-saves) - Edmonton, Brossoit (W, 2-01); Kootenay, Skapski (L, 1-2-0)(32-27); Hoflin (third period 5:00, 7-5).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Edmonton: 1-1; Kootenay: 0-3.

Attendance - 2,204 at Cranbrook, B.C. Tigers 5 Blades 2 First period 1. Medicine Hat, Valk 1 (Sanford, Shinkaruk) 3:08 2. Medicine Hat, Becker 1 (Valk, Ryckman) 5:01 3. Medicine Hat, Owre 1 (Ryckman, Broadhead) 13:25 4. Medicine Hat, McVeigh 1 (Valk, Bredo) 17:44 (pp) Penalties — Stovin Sas (slashing), Hodder MH (cross-checking) 4:30, Sutter Sas (embellishment), Ryckman MH (interference) 10:40, Ferland Sas (unsportsmanlike conduct), Walker Sas (high-sticking), Doty MH (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:54, McColgan Sas (roughing) 19:56.

Second period 5. Medicine Hat, Shinkaruk 2 (Bredo, Hodder) 2:23 (pp) 6. Saskatoon, Sutter 1 (Valcourt, Stovin) 7:53 7. Saskatoon, Dietz 1 (Burns, Siemens) 10:46 Penalties — Stransky Sas (tripping) 1:25, Hodder MH (hooking) 5:47, Thrower Sas (cross-checking) 12:06.

Third period No scoring.

Penalties — Burns Sas (goaltender interference) 1:40, Sanford MH (tripping) 16:12, Nicholls Sas (major-slashing, game misconduct) 20:00.

Shots on goal Saskatoon 13 16 15 — 44 Medicine Hat 14 13 7 — 34 Goal (shots-saves) - Saskatoon: Makarov (L, 0-30)(15-10), Moodie (third period 1:46, 19-19); Medicine Hat: Lanigan (W, 3-0-0)(44-42).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Saskatoon: 0-2; Medicine Hat: 2-5.

Attendance - 3,751 at Medicine Hat

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WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Chicago 32 25 4 3 53 108 71 d-Anaheim 32 22 6 4 48 104 83 d-Minnesota 31 19 10 2 40 86 75 Vancouver 32 17 9 6 40 87 85 Detroit 33 17 11 5 39 90 83 Los Angeles 32 18 12 2 38 93 80 St. Louis 32 17 13 2 36 92 89 San Jose 31 14 11 6 34 76 82 Nashville 33 14 13 6 34 83 88 Dallas 32 15 14 3 33 87 97 Columbus 32 13 13 6 32 75 85 Edmonton 32 12 13 7 31 77 91 Phoenix 32 13 15 4 30 82 90 Calgary 31 12 15 4 28 85 105 Colorado 31 11 16 4 26 79 100 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader Monday’s Games Boston 3, Toronto 2, SO Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2, SO Los Angeles 5, Chicago 4 Nashville 3, Edmonton 2 Minnesota 7, Dallas 4 Detroit 3, Phoenix 2 San Jose 5, Anaheim 3 Tuesday’s Games Toronto 3, Florida 2 Pittsburgh 1, Montreal 0 N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 2 Winnipeg 4, Carolina 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Philadelphia 2 Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1 Edmonton 3, St. Louis 0 Chicago 2, Calgary 0 Columbus at Vancouver, Late Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Carolina at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-Miami 56 14 .800 — x-New York 43 26 .623 12 x-Indiana 44 27 .620 12 x-Brooklyn 41 29 .586 15 Chicago 38 31 .551 17 Atlanta 39 32 .549 17 Boston 36 34 .514 20 Milwaukee 34 35 .493 21 Philadelphia 27 43 .386 29 Toronto 26 44 .371 30 Washington 26 44 .371 30 Detroit 24 48 .333 33 Cleveland 22 47 .319 33 Orlando 18 53 .254 38 Charlotte 16 54 .229 40 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 53 17 .757 — x-Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 1 x-Denver 49 23 .681 5 x-L.A. Clippers 48 23 .676 5 x-Memphis 47 23 .671 6 Golden State 41 31 .569 13 Houston 39 31 .557 14 L.A. Lakers 36 35 .507 17 Utah 35 36 .493 18 Dallas 35 36 .493 18 Portland 33 37 .471 20 Minnesota 25 44 .362 27 New Orleans 25 46 .352 28 Sacramento 25 46 .352 28 Phoenix 23 48 .324 30 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Pittsburgh 34 26 8 0 52 117 84 d-Boston 31 21 7 3 45 89 66 d-Winnipeg 34 18 14 2 38 88 99 Montreal 32 20 7 5 45 98 78 Ottawa 33 18 9 6 42 86 72

Oilers 3 at Blues 0 First Period 1. Edmonton, Eberle 8 (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins) 11:29 Penalties — None Second Period 2. Edmonton, Eberle 9 (Nugent-Hopkins, Hall) 3:26 3. Edmonton, Hall 8 (Eberle) 5:17 Penalties — Hemsky Edm (holding stick) 0:25, Eberle Edm (roughing), Backes StL (roughing) 11:22, Brown Edm (fighting, major), Jackman StL (fighting, major) 16:03, Hemsky Edm (tripping) 19:09.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — Smid Edm (slashing), Backes StL (cross-checking) 0:43, Yakupov Edm (diving), Sobotka StL (hooking) 4:06.

Shots on goal Edmonton 4 5 10 — 19 St. Louis 8 21 14 — 43 Goal (shots-saves) — Edmonton: Khabibulin (W,33-1); St. Louis: Allen (L,8-3-0)(7-4), Halak (5:17 second)(12-12).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 0-0; St. Louis: 0-2.

Attendance — 17,260 (19,150).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed INF Adam Rosales on the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned LHP Ricky Romero to Dunedin (FSL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Optioned INF Tyler Pastornicky, OF Jose Constanza and RHP David Carpenter to Gwinnett (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Optioned OF Yasiel Puig to Chattanooga (SL) and SS Dee Gordon to Albuquerque (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS—Optioned RHP Jacob Turner and LHP Dan Jennings to New Orleans (PCL).

Reassigned INF Nick Green, INF Matt Downs, OF Jordan Brown, LHP Zach Phillips and INF Kevin Kouzmanoff to their minor league camp. Agreed to terms with OF Matt Diaz on a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed INF Taylor Green on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22 and RHP Mark Rogers on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Released RHP Aaron Cook.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed 3B David Freese on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.

Optioned LHP Sam Freeman to Memphis (PCL).

Recalled INF Ryan Jackson from Memphis.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Selected the contract of RHP Chad Gaudin from Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Released RHP Chris Young.

American Association LAREDO LEMURS—Acquired INF Anthony Scelfo from Florence for a player to be named.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed RHP PJ Zocchi.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Released OF Mike Coles, LHP Chris Salamida, RHP Brian Beuning and LHP Zach Baldwin.

Atlantic League SUGAR LAND SKEETERS—Signed C Koby Clemens.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed RHP Jon Lucas and OF Mitch LeVier.

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed LHP Kyle Regnault and C Jean-Luc Blaquiere.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM—Sent 2B Anthony Scelfo to Laredo (AA) to complete an earlier trade.

RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP Drew Benes.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS—Signed LHP Cameron Roth to a contract extension. Signed RHP Dexter Price and LHP Randy Sturgill. Released RHP Jason Braun and INF Nick Kuroczko.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS—Released INF Andy Chriscaden, LHP Jorge Navarette, and RHP Scott Watson.

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Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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Monday’s Games Indiana 100, Atlanta 94 Miami 108, Orlando 94 Washington 107, Memphis 94 New Orleans 110, Denver 86 Utah 107, Philadelphia 91 Golden State 109, L.A. Lakers 103 Tuesday’s Games New York 100, Boston 85 Minnesota 105, Detroit 82 Dallas 109, L.A. Clippers 102, OT Wednesday’s Games Boston at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Memphis at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Houston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

NBA Individual Leaders G FG FT PTS Durant, OKC 71 641 604 2011 Anthony, NYK 55 517 353 1518 Bryant, LAL 69 659 431 1870 James, MIA 70 703 371 1869 Harden, HOU 68 516 602 1788 Westbrook, OKC 71 586 397 1652 Curry, GOL 68 534 232 1527 Wade, MIA 64 535 287 1374 Parker, SAN 58 477 243 1219 Aldridge, POR 68 582 261 1427 Ellis, MIL 69 510 251 1339 Lillard, POR 70 477 221 1336 Lopez, Bro 63 477 246 1200 Pierce, BOS 68 424 297 1273 Lee, GOL 69 526 229 1281 Holiday, PHL 66 490 160 1217 Griffin, LAC 68 503 243 1253 Williams, Bro 67 416 258 1233 Gay, TOR 63 437 205 1140 Jennings, MIL 69 441 212 1242 George, IND 70 448 183 1235 DeRozan, TOR 70 446 312 1229 Horford, ATL 68 530 123 1186 Smith, ATL 67 485 140 1164 West, IND 65 453 216 1126 Walker, CHA 70 441 238 1211 Jefferson, UTA 67 502 146 1152 Cousins, SAC 64 408 265 1084 Smith, NYK 68 419 180 1151 Lawson, DEN 68 424 219 1149 Crawford, LAC 64 381 191 1076 Anderson, NOR 70 419 131 1161 Bosh, MIA 67 439 215 1108 Afflalo, ORL 64 397 191 1057 Mayo, DAL 70 422 183 1156

AVG 28.3 27.6 27.1 26.7 26.3 23.3 22.5 21.5 21.0 21.0 19.4 19.1 19.0 18.7 18.6 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.1 18.0 17.6 17.6 17.4 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.2 16.9 16.9 16.9 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.5

REBOUNDS PER GAME G OFF DEF TOT Howard, LAL 65 217 598 815 Asik, HOU 70 241 582 823 Randolph, MEM 64 274 466 740 Vucevic, ORL 68 230 550 780 Noah, CHI 63 256 464 720 Lee, GOL 69 198 575 773 Chandler, NYK 62 260 422 682 Hickson, POR 69 238 504 742 Horford, ATL 68 178 518 696 Evans, Bro 69 209 493 702

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Baseball

Tuesday’s summaries Flames 0 at Blackhawks 2 First Period 1. Chicago, Leddy 5 (Kane, Rozsival) 7:09 Penalties — Iginla Cal (high-sticking) 2:11, Backlund Cal (interference) 18:29.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Seabrook 6 (Kane, Keith) 17:48 Penalties — Hudler Cal (high-sticking, double minor) 5:04, Giordano Cal (tripping) 19:27.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — Bolland Chi (tripping) 4:42, Toews Chi (hooking) 10:18, Seabrook Chi (cross-checking), Bolland Chi (hooking) 19:54.

Shots on goal Calgary 6 3 7 — 16 Chicago 11 16 8 — 35 Goal — Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,6-8-2); Chicago: Emery (W,12-0-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-4; Chicago: 0-5.

Attendance — 21,790 (19,717).

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Washington at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Kansas City Baltimore Seattle Detroit Cleveland Oakland Minnesota Boston Tampa Bay Texas Houston Chicago Toronto New York Los Angeles

Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 23 6 18 8 19 11 18 12 16 13 14 12 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 14 12 13 13 16 12 17 8 17

Colorado 18, Cleveland 4 Pct .793 .692 .633 .600 .552 .538 .517 .500 .500 .500 .481 .480 .448 .414 .320

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Atlanta 19 14 .576 Colorado 15 12 .556 San Francisco 14 13 .519 Arizona 14 14 .500 Chicago 16 16 .500 New York 13 13 .500 St. Louis 14 14 .500 Philadelphia 14 15 .483 San Diego 15 17 .469 Miami 12 15 .444 Washington 12 16 .429 Pittsburgh 12 17 .414 Los Angeles 11 17 .393 Milwaukee 10 17 .370 Cincinnati 9 18 .333 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 4 Toronto 13, Philadelphia 4 Detroit 6, Miami 3 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 12, Boston 9 Seattle 16, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 9, Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 3, Texas 1 Oakland 9, Milwaukee 7 L.A. Angels 11, Chicago White Sox 5 Houston 6, Washington 4 Tampa Bay 6, Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 8, L.A. Dodgers 2

Tuesday’s Games Miami 8, Washington 5 Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 9, Baltimore 5 Toronto 6, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 6, Detroit 5 St. Louis 11, N.Y. Mets 4 Oakland 7, Cleveland 6, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 11, Texas 3 Kansas City 11, Seattle 6 San Francisco 4, San Diego 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Houston 4, tie, 10 innings Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers, Late Cincinnati vs. Chicago Cubs, Late L.A. Angels vs. Arizona, Late Wednesday’s Games Atlanta vs. Washington (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Philadelphia vs. Detroit, 11:05 p.m.

Washington (ss) vs. St. Louis, 1:05 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Angels, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City (ss) vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Houston vs. N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City (ss), 7:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Houston (ss), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Cincinnati, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston, 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reassigned OF Lew Ford to their minor league camp.

BOSTON RED SOX—Released 1B Lyle Overbay.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed LHP John Danks and LHP Leyson Septimo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22. Reassigned LHP David Purcey to their minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka and RHP Matt Capps on minor league contracts.

DETROIT TIGERS—Placed OF Avisail Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23. Optioned Luke Putkonen to Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Released SS Tyler Greene.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Reassigned RHP P.J. Walters and RHP Samuel Deduno to minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Acquired OF Vernon Wells from the Los Angeles Angels for OF Exircado Cayones and LHP Kramer Sneed. Claimed RHP Dan Otero off waivers from San Francisco. Agreed to terms with 1B Lyle Overbay on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Assigned G DeAndre Liggins and C Daniel Orton to Tulsa (NBADL).

TORONTO RAPTORS—Recalled F Quincy Acy from Bakersfield (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with CB Kelvin Hayden on a one-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed QB Jason Campbell to a two-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed K Giorgio Tavecchio.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed OT Sebastian Vollmer.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed OT Alex Barron.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Signed D Matt Bartkowski to a one-year contract extension through the 201314 season and D Chris Casto to an entry-level contract.

DALLAS STARS—Assigned F Reilly Smith and D Joe Morrow to Texas (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Reassigned F Dave Dziurzynski to Binghamton (AHL). Recalled F Mike Hoffman from Binghamton.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Assigned D Brian Lee to Syracuse (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Rochester RW Jonathan Parker two games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a March 24 game at San Antonio.

Suspended Portland C Andy Miele one game for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a March 23 game against St. John’s.

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS—Signed D Ben Rosen to an amateur tryout contract.

ECHL ECHL—Suspended Florida’s Brent Henley one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in March 23 game against Cincinnati. Fined Fort Wayne’s Tim Hegarty an undisclosed amount for his actions in a March 23 game at Elmira. Fined Orlando’s Ryan Cruthers an undisclosed for his actions in a March 24 game against Cincinnati.

Fined Wheeling coach Clark Donatelli an undisclosed amount for his actions in March 24 game at Kalamazoo.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Announced F David Rutherford was returned to the team from Charlotte (AHL). Agreed to terms with F Adam Brace.

Silver Sharks dominate masters swim meet The Red Deer Silver Sharks dominated the annual Red Deer masters swim meet at the Michener Pool during the weekend.

Bryan Iliscupidez led the way, winning six events while setting a provincial record in the 18-24 yearold 200-metre breaststroke in a time of two minutes 38.48 seconds.

He also won the 100m Individual Medley in 1:06.25, the 50m butterfly in 28.45 seconds, the 100m freestyle in 57.80 seconds, the 200m I.M. in 2:43.84 and the 100m breaststroke in 1:17.92.

Catherine Alcorn, competing in the women’s 18-24 year-old division, won the 800m freestyle in 11:44.33, 100m I.M. in 1:24.97, 50m butterfly in 34.84 seconds, the 200m I.M. in 2:52.46, the 400m freestyle in 5:34.81 and the 100m butterfly in 1:14.42.

Also in the men’s 18-24 year-old age class, Elliott Moskowy won the 200m freestyle in 2:33.11 and 100m backstroke in 1:26.86 and finished third in the 50m butterfly and 100m I.M. Trevor Langvand came second in the 100m I.M, 50m breaststroke and 25m butterfly and third in the 25m freestyle.

Gillian Parker won the 100m breaststroke in 1:31.47 and the 50m butterfly in 36.45 seconds in the 25-29 year-old women’s category while also earning silver in the 100m freestyle and 200m I.M. Dorothy Makin was a triple winner, taking gold in the 50m backstroke in 43.79 seconds, the 100m I.M. in 1:33.24 and the 25m butterfly in 19.71 seconds. She also won bronze in the 100m freestyle.

Michael Miller won the 100m breaststroke in 1:28.21, the 100m freestyle in 1:06.47 and the 25m freestyle in 13.64 seconds in the 25-29 year-old men’s

category. He was second in the 50 and 200m breaststroke.

In the 30-34 year-old division, Kelly Cameron won the 50m breaststroke (46.95) and 25m butterfly (19.98) and was second in the 100m freestyle. Julia Vallance won the 25m backstroke (26.64), was second in the 100m I.M., 50m breaststroke, 25m freestyle and 25m butterfly and third in the 100m freestyle.

As well Jillian Staniec won the 100m breaststroke (2:01.35) and 25m freestyle (20.43) and was second in the 25m backstroke and 50m freestyle.

Brian Dand won the 30-34 year-old men’s 50m butterfly (33.06), 200m I.M. (2:48.63) and 100m freestyle (1:06.21). Teammate Brian Gallaway won the 25m backstroke (16.84), the 100m I.M. (1:20.76) and the 50m backstroke (37.11) and was second in the 200m I.M. and 50m butterfly.

Chantal Boos was a triple winner in the 35-39 yearold women’s division, capturing the 25m butterfly in 17.94 seconds, the 25m breaststroke in 22.20 seconds and the 100m I.M. in 1:37.85. She was second in the 200m butterfly.

Heidi Wild won all five of her races in the 40-44 year-old division, winning the 100m breaststroke (1:58.14), 25m breaststroke (24.49), 25m backstroke (23.55), 25m butterfly (24.50) and the 100m freestyle (1:36.71.).

The women’s 45-49 year-old group saw Karen Watt win the 25m breaststroke (22.51), 25m butterfly (17.05) and 25m backstroke (20.23) while taking second in the 25m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle.

As well Dawn Detarando finished second in the 100 and 200m freestyle and 25 and 50m butterfly while

taking third in the 50m freestyle.

Russell Hillis won all six of his races in the 4549 year-old men’s division. He was first in the 800m freestyle (14:55.91), 50m breaststroke (50.10), 25m backstroke (29.35), 200m freestyle (3:28.10), 400m freestyle (7:14.04) and 100m freestyle (1:27.53).

In the 50-54 year-old women’s category Shirley Simpson won the 200m backstroke (4:12.61), 100m freestyle (1:42.97), 100m backstroke (1:53.69), 25m freestyle (23.30) and the 25m backstroke (23.87).

Brian Madill won the 100m breaststroke (1:35.12) and the 25m butterfly (16.2)0 in the men’s 50-54 yearold class while finishing second in the 50m breaststroke and the 100, 200 and 400m freestyle.

Jane Davies won the women’s 55-59 year-old 50m breaststroke (1:03.73), 25m backstroke (39.01), 50m freestyle (54.24) and 25m freestyle (23.13) while taking second in the 100m freestyle and 25m breaststroke.

The club had four competitors in the men’s 55-59 year-old division.

Anthony Williams won the 100m I.M. (1:33.74), the 100m freestyle (1:16.96) and the 25m freestyle (15.22) while taking second in the 25m butterfly.

Paul Stewart won the 50m breaststroke (39.52) while Roy Van Der Sluis won the 50m freestyle (30.96) and 25m butterfly (16.62). Andy Lamb captured the 25m backstroke (20.92) and 200m freestyle (3:20.59) and was second in the 50 and 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 100m I.M. Steve Davies won the men’s 60-64 year-old 25m freestyle (17.79) and 25m backstroke (28.98) to go with silver in the 100m freestyle and bronze in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

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McIlroy can take back top spot with win PGA TOUR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUMBLE, Texas — Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking again.

Woods responded by telling McIlroy to get going — he put it a bit more crudely than that — and win this week’s Houston Open. A victory would put McIlroy back at No. 1, a spot he held for 32 weeks before Woods’ latest win.

For now, McIlroy is fine with Woods holding the world’s top ranking, especially with the Masters coming up in two weeks.

“I didn’t think I could go into the Masters under the radar,” McIlroy said. “I can go in a little bit underneath him. So, in a way, it’s not a bad thing.”

McIlroy skipped Bay Hill and says he had a “good week, a fun week” in Miami. He watched girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki play in the pro tennis event in Key Biscayne, Fla., then stopped by a municipal course on Saturday night to hit range balls in relative anonymity with Wozniacki and Novak Djokovic, currently the world’s No. 1 tennis player.

“People left me alone, it was fine,” McIlroy said.

“It’s nice to just go, not just go about my business and no one cares, but you go about it and not be, I guess, the most talked about person in golf. It’s a nice thing.”

McIlroy won four times in 2012, including the PGA Championship that catapulted him to No. 1. He signed a Nike contract in the off-season, but has gotten off to a rough start this year, raising questions about his adjustment to his new equipment.

He missed the cut at Abu Dhabi, lost in the first round of the Match Play Championship and then walked off the course during the second round of the Honda Classic, citing frustration. He finally saw signs of progress when he shot a 65 in the final round at Doral and tied for eighth, and he’s confident that he’s ready to contend at Redstone this week.

“We’re not machines, we’re humans,” McIlroy said. “You’re going to have patches where you play great and have patches where you struggle a little bit. I guess you’ve just got to take the rough and the smooth and just try and treat those times, sort of play and be patient and know that you’re working on the right things.”

Maybe McIlroy can learn from Woods as he tries to dig out of his early-season slump. Woods has won three times in five starts this year, looking as dominant as ever after going through injuries, personal turmoil and a swing change.

“I’ve always said he’s been one of the greatest fighters on a golf course,” McIlroy said. “If things aren’t going his way, he’ll dig in and get whatever he can out of a round. He can repeat day-in, day-out, that attitude and that single-mindedness or that drive or motivation, I think that’s his most impressive aspect.”

McIlroy said he’s seeing more good shots since the last round at Doral, his lowest of the season.

“The weekend at Doral was great and the way I’ve

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Rory McIlroy hits from the tee during the Cadillac Championship golf tournament March 8, in Doral, Fla. been hitting the ball recently,” he said. “I’ve just got to keep working on it and keep working on it. I definitely feel like it’s going in the right direction.”

When he’s done in Houston, McIlroy will fly to Haiti, where he’ll meet with families affected by the 2010 earthquake there. He also made a trip to Haiti before going to the U.S. Open in 2011, and won his first major at Congressional with a record score.

McIlroy is an Ireland ambassador to UNICEF and has geared his own charity work toward children.

THE CANADIAN PRESS DUNEDIN, Fla. — Ricky Romero’s encouraging start Tuesday was not enough to make up for a rocky pre-season.

The Toronto Blue Jays announced that the left-hander has been optioned to single-A Dunedin of the Florida State League.

The move came shortly after Romero picked up the win in Toronto’s 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh. It was considered a make-or-break start for Romero, who had a decent outing but didn’t do enough to make up for his spring struggles.

Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said the left-hander simply ran out of time to make him as good as he should be to be part of the club’s rotation.

“We ran out of time,” Anthopoulos said. “He’s working on something that he hasn’t completed yet. We didn’t have enough time to get him to get him to complete it.”

Romero went 1-1 in five Grapefruit League starts with a 6.23 earnedrun average.

But his worst outing doesn’t show up in the exhibition standings.

Romero was lit up in a worrying minor-league start last week, allowing four runs and five walks while retiring only eight batters.

Romero opened last season as Toronto’s No. 1 starter, but struggled to a 9-14 record with a 5.77 ERA in 32 starts.

The move Tuesday came hours after Romero allowed six hits, three walks and three runs (two earned) while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings against Pittsburgh.

“Ricky was better today, there’s no doubt about it and he’s making strides,” Anthopoulos said.

“You could see it, everything was better but he’s not there yet. Could we have started with him?

“Sure, and ultimately it may have come in Toronto as well because he’s making strides here.

But he’s not ready and he’s not as sharp as he

needs to be and he needs more time.”

Dunedin, the club’s affiliate in the advancedA Florida State League, was chosen because the weather is more conducive for getting in consistent work than teams in the northeast.

“It’s hard to work on things at the big-league level,” Anthopoulos said.

“It’s so results oriented.”

The adjustments Romero is making involve him having his hips facing more directly to home plate on his delivery. He tends to throw across his body at times and that hampers his control.

Anthopoulos could not say how long the process would take, but he said that Romero has been showing progress during his work between starts.

“It’s now a matter of carrying over his bullpens to his games,” Anthopoulos said. “And that takes time.”

Romero found himself fighting for the last spot in the rotation this spring after the Jays picked up R.A. Dickey, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle over the off season.

J.A. Happ, who has pitched well in spring training, will likely get Romero’s fifth spot in the rotation. Happ has a spring training record of 1-1 with a 1.89 ERA in six outings, including five starts.

Happ is scheduled to make his first start of the season on April 6 against the Boston Red Sox. The Blue Jays open the season April 2 against the Cleveland Indians at Rogers Centre.

Holdover Brandon Morrow is the other starter.

After his outing Tuesday, Romero seemed encouraged.

“Just focus on positives right now,” he said.

“I did some great things out there. It was a little bit weird with the weather and some balls kind of fell. I felt great. It’s a good start.

“I’m just trying to find that rhythm,” Romero continued.

RINGETTE

Blast win provincials The Red Deer Gary Moe Blast put the lid on an outstanding season by capturing the provincial U12 B ringette championship.

The Blast whipped the Strathmore Ice 11-2 in the final after beating the Medicine Hat Chaos 10-2 in the semfi8inal.

In round-robin play they tied the host Sherwood Park XLR8 3-3, defeated Strathmore 10-2 after being tied 2-2 at the half, and scored six shorthanded goals in a 9-1 win over Calgary.

Overall the Blast finished the season with a 33-5-1 record while winning five tournaments they entered.

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PIANO NOTE Two young Edmonton pianists are set to entertain for the April edition of the First Thursdays in the Snell program at the Red Deer Public Library.

Kevin Lin and Farrah So of Strathearn Music Studios will perform works from Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Ravel and Prokofiev from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on April 4 in the Snell Auditorium at the library’s downtown branch. The event is free to attend; coffee and tea will be provided by Cafe Noir.

The performance will be live streamed on www.rdpl.org.

RDC hits books on mandate LOOKING AT HOW IT WILL WORK WITHIN NEWLY DEFINED PROVINCIAL PARAMETERS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF While some institutions are bemoaning the recently issued Alberta post-secondary letters of expectation, Red Deer College is looking at how it will work within the newly defined parameters.

The letter outlines the college’s responsibilities, funding and the government’s responsibilities.

With the letters being issued on Friday evening, RDC president Joel Ward took the week-

‘WE’RE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSTITUTION AND THAT’S WHAT HAS ME MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS THAN PERHAPS THE UNIVERSITIES ARE.’ — RDC PRESIDENT JOEL WARD

end to review it and is ready to work with the province in better defining the college’s role.

Ward said the letters of expectation, or mandate letters, each institution received were pretty similar, except for the amount of grant money received and the difference be-

tween university and college research.

“We look at things differently from universities,” said Ward.

“The views of our university partners and their fight for independence is something very important to them and I respect that. ... We’re not a university,

we’re a college, we’re about inclusion, not exclusion. We don’t brag when we keep people out of our institution because their average isn’t high enough.

“We’re a different type of institution and that’s what has me more excited about this than perhaps the universities are.”

The University of Alberta issued an open letter on Monday warning of the consequences that could accompany the change outlined in these mandate letters.

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ARTS ‘AFFAIR’ RAISES CASH FOR PROGRAMS RDC’s 16th Annual Affairs of the Arts event raised more than $45,000 for performing and visual arts programs and student awards and scholarships. Affairs of the Arts, held on March 2, featured a performance

by Canadian rock legend Chilliwack at the college’s Arts Centre Mainstage, with an opening act performance by RDC students. The 2012 event raised $62,000.

Next year, Affairs of the Arts will be held on March 1.

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Problem potholes like these along Kerry Wood Drive and other things that need attention by the City of Red Deer can now be reported on the city website in the SeeClickFix option.

Residents clicking to get fixings

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deerians continue to report problems in their neighbourhoods using traditional methods.

Since launching the SeeFixClick option as a pilot project last fall, the city has closed 360 out of 424 service requests.

The online reporting tool is accessible through the city’s website and as a mobile app.

Users can report problems with the simple click of a mouse or using a smartphone.

“Actually it’s on par with

ONLINE REPORTING TOOL FOR RED DEER what we have seen before,” said Jenny Spurr, Red Deer communications consultant. “We thought the program would be a lot more popular with mobile users.”

A mere 15 per cent of reports are coming in via smartphones versus 85 per cent that are reported using the reddeer.ca or SeeClickFix.com websites.

The majority of the reports coming in are problems with broken street lights, parking concerns and potholes. Unlike the previous online tool, the

complaints go directly to the department responsible for fixing the problem. The city’s policy is to either acknowledge or close a report within two to three business days.

But Spurr said this depends on each department and its workload.

“Some of the reports we receive are seasonal type repairs so they may sit in the acknowledge state a little bit longer,” said Spurr. “It’s a seasonal repair that may need more time to repair it.”

Spurr said this is one channel for reporting infrastructure problems and the city also encourages residents to use telephone and email.

The city is evaluating the pilot program to determine whether it is the right fit. The city pays an annual licence fee of about $7,000. The SeeFlickFix option replaced Report-aProblem on the city’s website in mid-August.

To report an infrastructure problem, go to www.seeclickfix.com or www.reddeer.ca/onlineservices/reportaproblem. htm. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Equine therapy helping stressed soldiers VETERANS, SPOUSES ATTEND PILOT SESSION FOR CAN PRAXIS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A Central Alberta equine therapy program that helps veterans suffering from post traumatic stress, and their families, is off to a good start.

Three veterans and their spouses, from Alberta and Saskatchewan, attended the pilot session for Can Praxis held from March 14 to 16.

Professional mediator Steve Critchley, whose 28-year military career included a tour in Bosnia, teamed up with psychologist Jim Marland to offer the program at the Marland family’s Spruce Valley Ranch, northeast of Rocky Mountain House.

‘IT’S PROFOUND. I DO LOTS OF COUNSELLING, BUT SOME OF MY BEST CONVERSATIONS ARE WITH A HORSE BETWEEN ME AND MY CLIENT.’ — PSYCHOLOGIST JIM MARLAND

Marland said Can Praxis combines mediation and communication training with equine therapy.

Working with horses gives participants instant feedback on their stress, he said.

“It’s profound. I do lots of counselling, but some of my best conversations are with a horse between me and my client,” said Marland, an equine assisted learning facilitator.

He said horses are “a barometer on four legs” because they respond very quickly to body language.

“The horse is an animal of prey so it’s very sensitive to who or what is coming towards it. They have to figure out if we’re a friend or a foe. So they read our body language better than we do.”

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The Central Alberta Council on Aging is holding a seminar on personal directives and medical travel insurance. The $3 event will run on Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre at 4620 47A Ave. in Red Deer.

Everyone is invited.

Glenna Thompson from the Office of the Public Guardian will talk about guardianship and personal directives.

Shannon Patershuk of Johnson, Inc. will speak on medical travel insurance. For more information, call Shirley Thomas at 403-343-0767 and Ron Rose at 403-346-8115.

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BRIEFS Learn to build a sustainable, eco-friendly life at ReThink Red Deer’s first EcoLiving Fair on April 6.

The organization has partnered with Calgary’s EcoLiving Events to host the day-long function that starts at 10:30 a.m. and runs to 5:30 p.m. at Red Deer College.

The fair, which is free to attend, will cover water and energy conservation, alternative energy sources, bicycle commuting, gardening, eco-friendly building and other subjects through about 30 non-profit and business exhibitors.

Workshops will cover composting, gardening, solar energy, rainwater harvesting, urban chicken raising and more. Admission is $5 per person per workshop or $20 per person for all workshops.

ReThink Red Deer is also making the day Seedy Saturday — changed from past years’ Seedy Sundays — where participants can buy and trade open-pollinated and heirloom seeds.

Exhibitors can register until Friday for a booth, which costs $150 for businesses and pay what you can for nonprofits.

Call Rene Michalak at 403-986-7981 or email info@rethinkreddeer.ca.

More information is available online at www.rethinkreddeer.ca/events/2013/04/06/ ecoliving-red-deer.

Temporary spot set for train station Red Deer County has given its blessing to a temporary site for the Benalto train station.

The municipal planning commission supported on Tuesday an application for the temporary placement of the train station.

The plan is to move the train station to a central location in Benalto and then it will move weeks later to its more permanent location.

Dave More, Benalto Booster Club and Centennial Committee chair, said the plan is to move it back to the hamlet and put it on donated land, near its former location.

It will then get ready to become the centrepiece for Benalto’s centennial celebrations in 2014.

Built in 1928, the former Canadian Pacific Railway station will become an information

centre, gallery of the hamlet’s history and a gathering place.

County devises plan to watch gravel trucks Red Deer County will find it easier to track down any gravel truck drivers who may be raising concerns with residents.

County council approved on Tuesday a motion to have any new contracted companies to register trucks with the Alberta Sand and Gravel Association Truck Registry Program.

It will be a condition of approval for a development permit requiring a road haul agreement or when there’s a service agreement put in place.

The truck program’s intent is to help ease public’s concerns around nearby operations. Each truck will have a four-digit registry identification number that’s displayed on the truck, along with a tollfree number.

“It’s easy identification of who is out there on the roads,” said Legislative Services Department manager Nancy Lougheed.

Road bans come into effect today Red Deer County spring road bans come into effect today at 7 a.m.

The county’s operations staff is implementing road bans on many county roadways because weather is scheduled to get warmer as the week continues.

Depending on the road, trucks are allowed to carry 75, 90 or 100 per cent of their maximum allowable weight to reduce the damage heavier loads can cause during spring thaw. Bans will be placed on gravel roads on an as-needed basis.

For a complete listing of affected roads, go to www.rdcounty.ca or contact Red Deer County at 403-350-2150.

Gasoline Alley water charges to increase Water use charges are going up in the Gasoline Alley area.

Red Deer County council decided on Tuesday to support a water use charge of $1.26 per cubic metre for May. Last year’s rate was $1.10 per cubic metre.

The county learned that the

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CAMPUS: Delicate balance Red Deer College was asked to identify three institutional strengths and how they would contribute to the Campus Alberta, which Ward said they hadn’t been asked to do before.

“I think the intent here would be to find ways in which institutions can specialize more or become centres of excellence in some things,” said Ward. “I think that’s exciting for us at RDC, thinking how that might work for us.”

He pointed to the centre for innovation and manufacturing, the trades and technology comprehensive programming, Campus Alberta and connection to the community as making RDC unique.

“They are very much interested in reducing program duplication,” said Ward. “I think it’s important that the programs we offer are in demand by students and employers.

“As they look at eliminating duplication, it may make sense for some institutions to stop doing things. And other institutions to start doing more of something.”

And while program reduction is a possibility under these new letters of expectation, Ward pointed to the fact RDC is a comprehensive college that has a much broader range of programming.

“We have to be careful we don’t specialize too much because we’re not Calgary or Edmonton where there are five institutions in each city and they can specialize way more than we can,” said Ward.

“We have a delicate balance we have to work on.

I’ve been really clear to them about this, we are a different type of institution.”

Olds College president Tom Thompson said the college has a quite a process ahead.

“It is a draft,” said Thompson. “We’ll have to make sure we vet it with our college stakeholders up to our board because I think it’s very clear that by the end of April, the draft has to be signed by the board chair.”

Thompson is pleased about the consultation coming up with the department in mid-April.

“I think it’s an attempt on the part of the ministry to provide the direction to the institutions going forward,” said Thompson.

The big takeaway for Ward, if the government follows through with it, is to allow students to keep their credits no matter where they transfer to in the province.

“The government is very much committed to learners getting credit for the courses they take in any institution in Alberta,” said Ward. “We love that and we think it is really important.”

Currently, RDC and other institutions have to negotiate agreements with other post-secondary institutions to allow students to transfer with the credits they earned at RDC. “I’ve been here four years and I’ve been asking for this for quite a while,” said Ward. “I think there has been some reluctance in some institutions to do this kind of work and so I think the government is hearing what some students and institutions are saying and replying ‘If you guys can’t make it work yourself, then we’re going to make it work for you.’ ”

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Myrna Schmidt shows off some of the home-made pies for the annual Ladies of Sunnybrook Farm Pie Sale on Tuesday, March 26 at Sunnybrook Farm Museum.

The ready-to-bake pies come in apple, cherry, blueberry, raisin, peach apricot and strawberry rhubarb and are $12.00 each. The sale runs today from 10:00 a.m. until 4 p.m.

City of Red Deer was upping its supply rates for potable water supplied into the Gasoline Alley area, according to the county’s existing water supply agreement.

“We’re only passing on the cost,” said Mayor Jim Wood.

“We’re not making money on this.”

New hangar at airport A new hangar is coming to Red Deer Airport.

On Tuesday, Red Deer County’s municipal planning commission approved a hangar to be situated on Glenn Chong’s property.

Chong had been seeking a zero-metre distance setback to accommodate more planes, but after discussion the commission agreed a 2.1-metre setback was more appropriate.

An adjacent landowner had objected to the zero-metre setback because he believed it would impede with the util-

Ward said the college has about 2,500 transfer students every year who go on to universities in the province and sometimes are disadvantaged because of where they started.

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PROGRAM: Offers ‘realistic hope’ During the program, veterans start by walking a horse through an obstacle course by themselves and eventually walk the horse through the course together with their spouse.

Marland said horses will respond to frustration or anger by stopping in their tracks. But once trust and respect is established, a horse will easily follow behind a participant without needing a rope to lead the animal.

“I think this program offers realistic hope for people struggling in their lives and relationships. It’s an opportunity to solve communication problems so couples can solve their real problems.”

On Tuesday, Can Praxis received a $4,000 cheque from non-profit Wounded Warriors that assists Canadian Forces members. The cheque was presented in Calgary by Lt. Gov. Donald Ethell.

The money will be used to help pay the cost of travel, food and hotel for participants.

The next Can Praxis session will be held in early May. For more information, visit Can Praxis on Facebook or e-mail Marland at jim@deepreflections.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

ity right-of-way as well as with any future expansion of the area.

The Red Deer Airport Authority supported a threemetre sideyard setback.

Chong said later that he was asking for a 30-metre-wide hangar and got a 24.9-metrewide hangar instead.

Chong signed the lease for the lot, the last available for such a purpose.

He has two planes and believes he’ll be able to fit in six or seven in total.

County money going toward cycling event Red Deer County will give less money to a procycling tour, but will give the amount requested from another sporting group.

Council decided on Tuesday that it would give $2,000 towards the Tour of Alberta: Alberta’s ProCycling Festival in September. A total of $10,000 was asked for from the Red Deer local organizing committee.

Coun. Philip Massier said he spoke with constituents in his area to find out if $10,000 was a good idea.

“They felt pro cycling should be self supported,” said Massier who voted against the motion for $2,000.

Coun. Penny Archibald said she felt the $10,000 was too high, but that maybe the patrol officers could help along the short route that comes through the county.

Coun. George Gehrke said that although there’s very little of the route that comes through the county, this would be an international event so there’s exposure to think of. He suggested $2,000.

Council unanimously endorsed the Special Olympics Alberta funding request of $5,000.

A total of 800 athletes and coaches from all over Alberta and the Northwest Territories will be in Red Deer from April 19 to 21. While the sporting events will be held in the city, Red Deer County will play an important role in staging the games.

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ENMAX CENTRIUM EXPANSION

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BY BRIAN MCLOUGHLIN more opportunity to do just that”.

The yearlong, 5.5 million dollar project to renovate Westerner Park is central Alberta’s largest and expand the ENMAX Centrium concluded on tradeshow, agricultural, sports, entertainment and Thursday, March 21st with the official unveiling of convention facility. It is a not-for-profit organizathe new additions. tion supported by more than 200 volunteers, WestSpeaking at the event Mayor Morris Flewelling erner Park generates $150 million annually in ecoc o n g r a t u l a t e d W e s t e r n e r P a r k o n t h e nomic activity hosting over 1,500 events and 1.5 million visitors each year. accomplishment and noted that “the Centrium is truly a Central Alberta highlight. It was built during a period of economic uncertainty and opened on the hundredth anniversary of the first Red Deer fair. It has hosted hundreds of events from hockey games to concerts and from rodeos to revival meetings.

It looks as good today as it did when it first opened and it is truly a place where all of Central Alberta can gather to celebrate”.

The expansion has enlarged the overall capacity of the ENMAX Centrium by adding 1,000 extra seats, 13 new luxury suites, plus a 40 seat “Club Suite” as well as new kitchen facilities and washrooms; which according to Kent Olson, President and Board Chair, Westerner Park, will go a long way in helping Red Deer to attract larger shows and events “Westerner Park is an integral part of what makes Red Deer and Central Alberta an exciting place for people to live, to do business, UNVEILING THE ENMAX CENTRIUM EXPANSION and to visit,” says Olson, “As a COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE – left to right Graham Heron, Vice-President, community, we can take pride Westerner Park Board of Directors, Michael Donleavy, Past President, Westerner Park Board of in continuing to work together to make our region the best it Directors, Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewelling, Kent Olson, President, Westerner Park Board of can possibly be now and in the Directors. – photo by Brian McLoughlin future. This expansion gives us

President’s Message As President of Westerner Park I am honoured to officially introduce the successful completion of the ENMAX Centrium expansion.

The enhancement of this valuable community asset will have significant economic impact on central Alberta in attracting national and international events to Westerner Park.

Westerner Park is an integral part of what makes Red Deer and Central Alberta an exciting place for people to live, to do business, and to visit. As a community, we can take pride in the past, present and future of Westerner Park – this is truly “Your Destination for Celebration.” Our goal is to continue working with the community to make our region the best it can possibly be.

I invite you to enjoy our premier facilities and check out our expanded ENMAX Centrium at the next Red Deer Rebels Hockey game, concert or event you attend.

Thank you.

Kent Olson

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A Celebration of Community

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Westerner Park and the ENMAX Centrium is “Your Destination for Celebration!” and since its opening in 1991 the Centrium has been the home not only of the Red Deer Rebels but a myriad of events, conferences, conventions and concerts.

During the original construction it was decided to name the facility the Centrium, with the “Cen” component reflecting both the building’s key location in Central Alberta and the fact that it would be completed during the year of the Westerner’s Centennial celebrations. The “tri” component of the name stems from fact that there were three sources of funding for the project; the City of Red Deer and the Provincial and Federal governments.

The remaining “ium” component of the name is derived from the usual suffix used to name large sports and convention facilities.

Originally built as a 6,706 seat, two tier bowl style multi-purpose arena the Centrium began hosting popular events right from the outset, including Red Deer Rebels games and the 1995 World Junior Hockey Championships, where Canada won its third straight Gold Medal. It has also been the site of major curling events including the 1994 Brier and the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, as well as concerts including Elton John, Johnny Reid, Terri Clark, Sawyer Brown, the Rankin Family, David Lee Murphy and The Tragically Hip. The ENMAX Centrium lineup also includes motor sports, bas-

ketball, ice shows, circuses, boxing, rodeos, professional wrestling, major conventions and trade shows such as Agri-Trade.

As part of the extensive Strategic Development Plan adopted by the Westerner’s Board of Directors in 2008 the ENMAX Centrium has been undergoing a major facelift to expand its capacity and to attract larger “big city” style events to Red Deer. “The Development Plan allows us to identify and prioritize improvements and upgrades that need to happen over the next 40 years”, says John Harms, Westerner Park CEO and General Manager. “Of course as a non-profit organization, many of our expansion and maintenance opportunities depend on the financing available. We’ve always worked well with our financing partners, the City of Red Deer and Red Deer County, the Province of Alberta and the Federal Government but economic times fluctuate and sometimes these initiatives are a priority and other times funding must go elsewhere.

That’s why we’ve mapped out our priorities over a long term period to take advantage of opportunities when they occur”, he adds.

INTERIOR VIEW OF ONE OF THE NEW LUXURY SUITES Ground breaking for the expansion occurred on April 16, 2012 and it’s been “business as usual” during the construction phase. The expansion project has added a further 1,000 seats, 13 new luxury boxes, a new elevator connecting to the boxes, a 40 seat Club Suite, a new kitchen on the lower level and new washrooms in the adjacent Parkland Pavilion. While the luxury boxes are fully leased there are opportunities to view events from this level as part of 3 year, two seat packages in the Club Suite area or through the rental of the 12 seat Community Suite, the perfect venue for small gatherings to enjoy hockey games and other events. Further information is available on either the Club Suite Package or the Community Suite rental

through the Westerner Park office at 403-343-7800. Funding for the project was provided by the City of Red Deer, Red Deer County, the Province of Alberta Community Facility Enhancement Program and Westerner Park. As a non-profit association any earnings throughout the year are returned to Westerner Park as improvements to buildings and facilities, grounds and amenities.

“We’re very pleased with the way the project has turned out and we think it will allow us to continue to provide a Class A venue for the community to gather and celebrate events”, says Harms.

Further information about the ENMAX Centrium and Westerner Park events and facilities is available online at www.westernerpark.ca.

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Honouring the Past, Celebrating Today, Building for Tomorrow

BY BRIAN MCLOUGHLIN

Today’s Westerner Park and Westerner Days Fair & Exposition traces its roots back to the original agricultural fairs held in Red Deer in the 1890’s. The Red Deer Agricultural Society was founded on October 31, 1891 and the first agricultural fair was held in Red Deer in October 1892 in the Wilkins Block.

Exhibits of local farm products and produce were displayed on the second floor along with local handicrafts and commercial and retail goods and agricultural products such as saddles and harnesses. Livestock and farm implements were displayed in the adjacent lot and among the judges was Leonard Gaetz, the first president of the Society.

In the ensuing years fairs were held in the CPR roundhouse until in 1902 the Society purchased a tract of land on the southeastern edge of town near Waskasoo Creek to build a permanent fairground. In 1904 an exhibits building was constructed along with a race track and grandstand.

Through the years the Red Deer Fair continued in one form or another to prosper and grow, occupying the same site until the move to the present site in south Red Deer was completed in 1982. The Red Deer Exhibition Association had officially taken over responsibility for the fair and the fairgrounds in 1965 and the Westerner

Exposition Association was formed in 1978. The first building constructed on the new site was the structure containing the Prairie and Stockmens Pavilions, with the 11th Annual Oktoberfest first event held at the new facility in October of 1982.

While the early 1980’s were financially challenging, funding from the Provincial and Federal Governments helped the Westerner meet its financial commitments and events such as Agri-Trade and other agricultural shows began to bring more and more people to the Westerner. In August 1988, Westerner Park as we know it today began to take shape with the announcement that Provincial and City funding was being allocated for the construction of the Centrium and the Prairie Pavilion. When the two buildings came on stream in 1981 Westerner Park had arrived as a big league event and convention facility.

Today’s Westerner Park is a multimillion dollar business employing dozens of people backed by hundreds of volunteers. And while Westerner Days Fair & Exposition is still a cornerstone of the Westerner Park year there are literally hundreds of other events, meetings and shows big and small taking place there every year. Events such as Agri-Trade, Festival of Trees, the Red Deer Home Show and the Mane Event as well as a myriad of others all provide opportunities to learn and to celebrate.

But what of the future? Westerner Park has a long history of responding to the needs of the community and of taking advantage of every opportunity to improve and develop Westerner Park into a facility that meets those needs and to provide a place for Central Albertans to relax and to celebrate. In responding to the responsibility to meet the future needs of the community the Westerner Park Board of Directors approved a 40 year Strategic Development Plan in 2008.

The Plan identifies future priorities for growth and lays out strategies to achieve that growth.

It is projected that the population of the City Red Deer will reach 150,000 by 2031, by which time Westerner Park’s Strategic Development Plan will have

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been in effect for 23 of its 40 year life span. “We decided to develop the plan over that long a time frame not only to give us direction and a blueprint for the future development of Westerner Park, but to allow the flexibility to adjust those priorities to meet the funding opportunities available to us”, says John Harms, Westerner Park CEO and General Manager.

Phase 1 and 2 of the Plan have already been accomplished in the construction of the new Administration Building, redevelopment and enlargement of available parking, an increase in the size of Westerner Park to 320 acres through a 50 year lease of land east of the existing site from the City

of Red Deer and the completion of the renovation and upgrades to the Centrium Future development plans include expanded exhibition and conference space, upgrades to the Stockmens Pavilion and enlargement of agricultural facilities including the UFA Agricentre, development of an enhanced transit hub and a Pedestrian Arrival Plaza and Pedestrian Promenade adjacent to the ENMAX Centrium and Pavilions and the fair grounds, as well as an equine arena. Development further down the road could see the addition of a hotel facility and the construction of a larger sports arena when the current ENMAX Centrium reaches the end of its usable life span.

The completion of the Development Plan will see Westerner Park approaching the 150th anniversary of the first Red Deer Fair and will mark a century and a half of service to the community.

For further information on Westerner Park, coming events and facilities visit them online at www.westernerpark.ca.

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The Red Deer Rebels opened the 1992-93 season in the 6,706-seat state of the art Red Deer Centrium under coach Peter Anholt as the newest member of the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Division. In that first year Red Deer set a record for an expansion team with a 31-39-2 record, finishing 6th in their division but losing out in the first round of the playoffs.

In the 1995-96 season the team moved to their current home in the WHL’s Central Division and began a run that would take to the pinnacle of junior hockey supremacy, winning the League Championship and Memo-

rial Cup in the 2000-2001 season under Head Coach and General Manager Brent Sutter. That team featured a number of players who would go on to careers in the NHL including Colby Armstrong, Kyle Wanvig, Jeff Woywitka, Jim Vandermeer, Martin Erat, Justin Mapletoft, Cam Ward, Boyd Gordon and Doug Lynch, who’s overtime goal in the final game brought the Memorial Cup to Central Alberta. The Rebels also went on to win the Eastern Conference Championships in 2002 and 2003 but lost out each year in the WHL League Championships.

Today’s Rebel teams can trace their history back through a proud Red Deer hockey heritage. The Red Deer Buffalos of the 40’s, the Red Deer Chiefs of the 1950’s and the fondly remembered Red Deer Rustlers of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s all helped set the stage for today’s WHL Rebels.

The Rebels have also contributed more than their share of talented players to the NHL. In the years from 2001 to 2003, there were 14 players from the Red Deer Rebels taken in the National Hockey League Entry Draft, including five players taken in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, including first rounder Dion Phaneuf, by the Calgary Flames in the 2003.Since 2001 there have been 14 Rebels chosen in the first two rounds of the draft including first round picks Jeff Woywitka (Philadelphia), Colby Armstrong (Pittsburgh), Cam Ward (Carolina), Boyd Gordon (Washington), Dion Phaneuf (Calgary), Brandon Sutter (Carolina), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton) and Matthew Dumba (Minnesota). Other Rebels alumni currently playing in the NHL include James Reimer (Toronto) and Colin Fraser (Los Angeles).

The Rebels are truly Central Al-

berta’s team with dedicated fans traveling from Rocky Mountain House in the West, Olds, Stettler and the East Country and Ponoka and Wetaskiwin to cheer side by side with fans from all over Red Deer.

The expansion and upgrades of the ENMAX Centrium mark a new era for both the Rebels Hockey Club and Westerner Park by adding 1,000 new seats,

13 new luxury suites and an innovative 40 seat Club Suite that will put the facility in the running for an expanded range of events including the Memorial Cup and the return of curling’s Brier and the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

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Toronto writer Becky Blake wins CBC Short Story Prize TORONTO — Toronto writer Becky Blake has won the CBC Short Story Prize and a cheque for $6,000 for her story The Three Times Rule.

She’ll get to read her story, about “a damaged young woman who lives in a world of self-imposed rules designed to avoid further pain and disappointment,” during the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival in April.

The story will also be published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine.

The CBC Short Story Prize is awarded, in English and French, to a work of unpublished literary work.

The French-language winner was Philippe Fabien for his story Janken.

Four runners-up in each language also received $1,000.

Usher, King, Fogerty sign up to perform at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony CLEVELAND — Usher, Carole King, John Fogerty, Spike Lee, Harry Belafonte and others have been added to the list of performers

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Nick Offerman, right, was a fan of Aziz Ansari, left, before they met on the set of Parks and Recreation because of Ansari’s work on Human Giant on MTV. three big themes,” such as dating, marriage and kids, Ansari says. “My other shows were more haphazard jokes.” Now, when he gets that second kind of laugh, “I feel more successful as a comedian.”

Nick Offerman, who plays mustachioed government-hating-government employee Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, was a fan of Ansari’s before they even met, when he caught Human Giant on MTV. Offerman didn’t seem too surprised that Ansari is filling his routine with ruminations on holy matrimony instead of, say, bits about 50 Cent ordering a grapefruit soda and asking the waiter, “Why isn’t this purple?”

“I think when you achieve success, you’re sort of faced with a choice,” Offerman says. “So I think, faced with the opportunity to become one of the leading comedians of our day, that seems to have made him say, ‘I’d like to talk about something a little more real and give my show a little more weight.’

Which I think will serve him well in the long run.”

Buried Alive ends where we all must start: dating.

“The last chunk of the show is kind of, where do you meet someone now that you really form this deep connection with?” Ansari says.

“And the frustration that the place we’ve designated in our culture to meet people is bars. And how weird that is.”

Ansari described a segment in Buried Alive in which he asks, by show of applause, how many people have tried online dating. “In an audience of thousands of people, 30 people are clapping. . . . But if you ask how many people go to bars and meet people, no one is shy about answering that.”

Imagine, Ansari says, describing a bar to someone who’d never heard of one before. “There’s this place where they serve this liquid that poisons you and lowers your inhibitions and makes it easier to talk to people, and they play loud music, and there’s a lot of [annoying] people there, and then they play this Bon Jovi song called Livin’ on a Prayer. And I meet people at that place. That’s a lot crazier than, ‘I just go on this website.’”

Yet, Ansari says, there’s still a “stigma” associated with online dating, as if meeting your match on Match is proof that “you’ve failed at real-life dating.

But I think that tide is slowly turning.”

He’s never tried online dating (“because I’m a public person or whatever”) but has plenty of personal material to inform his riffs on text messaging, yet another confounding aspect of modern romance.

“No other generation of people has used texting so much in courtship,” he says.

“And maybe it’s not the ideal medium for getting to know people in the initial stages of courtship.”

and presenters for the next Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Rush will also perform when Donna Summer, Albert King, Quincy Jones and Lou Adler are inducted at an April 18 ceremony in Los Angeles.

Usher is performing for Jones. Fogerty and Jackson Browne will perform with Newman. King will perform for Adler and Cheech & Chong will induct him.

In a Seattle reunion, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell will perform with Heart, while Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell will induct them. Lee and Belafonte will pay tribute to Public Enemy.

This year’s Juno Awards are being held in Regina on April 21.

Hosted by Michael Buble, they’ll air on CTV. In addition to lang, scheduled performers include Billy Talent, Carly Rae Jepsen, Marianas Trench, the Sheepdogs and Buble himself.

Lang has won eight Junos and four Grammys.

Hall of Fame inductee k.d. lang to perform at Juno Awards TORONTO — K.d. lang is set to perform at next month’s Juno Awards.

The singer is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

Songbird Anne Murray will do the induction honours.

Previous hall of fame inductees include Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Oscar Petersen, Joni Mitchell, Rush and Blue Rodeo.

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Bowersox, American Idol runner-up, to make her Broadway debut NEW YORK — Former American Idol contestant Crystal Bowersox will officially be taking a walk after midnight on Broadway.

Producers of the Patsy Cline musical Always...

Patsy Cline said Tuesday that Bowersox will portray the legendary country singer in a new production this summer in New York.

The musical features 27 Cline hits, including Walkin’ After Midnight, I Fall To Pieces, Crazy, She’s Got You and Your Cheatin’ Heart. A live band accompanies the action.

Bowersox, who lost season nine of American Idol to Lee DeWyze in 2010, is currently promoting her new release, the sophomore CD All That For This.

Bowersox’s previous acting roles include a 2011 appearance on ABC’s Burden of Proof.

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Aziz Ansari is a dozen years into his stand-up career and five years into his role as technophile and wannabe-entrepreneur Tom Haverford on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Even though he just turned 30, he still has a kid-like vibe about him. He’s small and spry, about 5 and a half feet tall, with the kind of face a grandma would grab in both hands and squeeze.

His voice is just-so-nasal, with a slight Southern twang, and he has a cadence to his speech that simply makes everything sound funnier when he says it.

Funnier than it would be if you repeated his jokes word for word.

And he knows exactly how funny he is. His Buried Alive stand-up tour comes to Washington next week, and tickets for two shows sold out almost immediately, so he added a third, then a fourth.

“If I do the show and it tanks horribly, I can confidently say there’s something really weird about that audience,” he said recently on the phone from Los Angeles.

Last year, Ansari performed at Carnegie Hall, a pretty great whoa-look-at-me-now moment for a guy from Bennettsville, S.C. — “where the idea of saying you wanted to be an actor or something would be so ludicrous,” he says — who got his start doing openmike nights at almost-empty clubs. Those gigs helped him escape his wealth-chasing classmates at New York University’s Stern School of Business. “All the kids were horrible people who were obsessed with working at Goldman Sachs,” Ansari says.

Soon he was co-writing and co-starring on the cultfavorite MTV sketch show, Human Giant, and he recently found himself on Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” list, a roster of rising talent that can often double as a who’s who of the next decade’s superstars.

But there are still some things that scare Aziz Ansari. Like, really, really scare him. Which is exactly where Buried Alive came from: “The idea that people I know are getting married and having babies and how scared I would be to have a baby . . . [and] I’m not ready to get married, either. I guess because I’m 30, I have to pick one person to stay with for the rest of my life?”

Turns out he’s not alone. “I just started talking about that, and it seemed to strike a chord with people,” Ansari says.

There are “two kinds of laughs,” he says. “One is that funny ‘ha-ha’ laugh. But there’s another kind of laugh [from] talking about these deeper things: getting scared of getting married or having kids, where someone will laugh and they’ll also be like: ‘Oh my God, thank you for saying that! I went through the same thing.’ It seems like you hit people on a deeper level.”

So here we are, the most advanced humans in the history of mankind, and we are panicked to the point of paralysis at the mere thought of Grown-Up Things.

Marriage makes us shudder; babies send us into spasms. We can barely craft a text message without consulting every friend in spitting distance.

We have never had so much and known so little.

It’s kind of a tragedy — or, more accurately, it’s a kind of tragedy from which a person could mine a great deal of comedy.

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Woman wants to start family but husband procrastinating Dear Annie: I am married to a wonWe wonder why he hasn’t fought derful guy who has a daughter by his harder to be a part of his daughter’s ex-girlfriend. I have not yet met my life. If having a child is crucial to you, stepdaughter. Her mother has full cus- your husband needs to know that you tody and won’t allow my husband ac- are willing to leave the marriage in cess. order to find a more coopI am older than my huserative partner. Frankly, band by three years. I want we aren’t sure he will make to have a child. Before we any effort to stop you. married, my husband and I Dear Annie: I have talked about having kids. worked in the restaurant We talked about it again industry all of my life. Our last December, and we place is near a clinic. It’s agreed that it was time to one thing to leave gum unstart a family. der the tables, but I am Here’s the problem: He amazed at the number of has now decided he’s not people who leave their used ready. I work in the materbandages, cotton and surginity ward of a local hospital, cal tape. They just put it on MITCHELL and I see the complications their plate and expect us to & SUGAR older women can have with dispose of it. Yuck. pregnancy and with delivI understand that these ery. people are coming to eat afI am getting close to that ter having procedures done, age. I want to have a healthy pregnan- and I am grateful for their business. cy and child, but the longer we wait But would it be too much to ask that the harder it will be. My feeling is that they dispose of these medical bandagone is never really “ready” for kids, es in the bathroom garbage? It’s pretty but you make the necessary sacrifices disgusting to have these things on the to have something so amazing in your table. — A Waitress, Not a Nurse life.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today’s Full Moon in Libra will Check out your health situasurely leave its mark for the tion and see whether there is days to follow! Our self awareanything that you need to imness towards our relationships prove your overall physique. and equality related issues will A colleague may prove quite come forward. Due to the volatile challenging and you may either activity during this Full Moon, all decide to confront this issue or signs will be heavily impacted simply, let them go. on a deeply emotional level. ImGEMINI (May 21-June 20): ASTRO prove your current associations Creativity and children will come by insisting on what is right and DOYNA hand in hand at this Full Moon. what is wrong.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your thinking process and your ways of dealing with some daily tasks will be altered in such a way that they better fit your lifestyle. You will strongly stick to your belief system and you might have to face some confrontation to your ideas. Lighten up your schedule.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will encounter a situation where the topic of money will arise at this time between you and your partner. You may have a surplus expense which you did not foresee, but which has to be taken care of.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Expect major changes in the way you see yourself and in your personal goals. You may have to deal with a relative that will prove to be too demanding and probing at this time. Take care of any family entanglements.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Hidden issues or sudden information may come to the surface at this Full Moon. It would be wise of you to take some time off if you feel that you are going through some exhaustion. Give yourself a break or lessen up your schedule.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A change in destiny is on its way for you, dear Capricorn. This Full Moon will bring a career or a work project to a certain conclusion. You may also advance in your chosen field or get that sought-after recognition you deserve.

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You may finally wrap up those books and embark into a new chapter. Any beliefs you hold on to may feel challenged at this time which will narrow down your insight about other people’s perception.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may experience a culmination that has to do with your inner psychological side. You may feel that you have to let go of an intimate part of your innermost desires in order to advance in your personal projects.

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BAWTINHEIMER Neil M. 1934 - 2013 Neil Bawtinheimer passed away peacefully after a brief illness at the Red Deer Hospital on Friday, March 22, 2013 at the age of 78 years.

Neil was born in 1934 and raised in Red Deer. His first job was with his father at what was known as Les and N e i l ’ s C a r a n d Tr a c t o r Service, then Bawtinheimer’s Repairs in downtown Red Deer. Whether in the shop, under a tractor in the field at harvest time, or even one of the neighborhood kids’ cars, there didn’t seem to be anything he could not fix. He loved it. He also had passion for trapshooting, and travelled far and wide to participate in competitive events. A lift of an eyebrow, a twinkle in the eye and you knew he was up to no good, or at least thinking of it. His corny sayings could bring a chuckle to anyone. Neil leaves to mourn his loving companion Wanda Snider, daughter Dawn (Keith) Hanson, son Pat (Perrilynne) Bawtinheimer, grandchildren Michael and Ceanna Bawtinheimer, sister Lila ( B i l l ) P e t e r s o n , Wa n d a ’ s children Penny, Cindy, Rick, Tammy and Candy along with their spouses and children to whom Neil was papa as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his wife Eva (1986) and parents Leslie (1997) and Myrtle (1999) Bawtinheimer. Please join the family for a casual drop-in gathering on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. In Lieu of flowers memorial donations in Neil’s memory may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, #101 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4K8. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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ULMER Clifford May 4, 1942 - March 22, 2013 Cliff Ulmer passed away peacefully at home after a short battle with cancer and heart disease. Cliff is survived by his family; wife, Della, of 44 years; daughter, Shawna (Les) McCallum; son, Mike (Shelley); grandchildren, Hunter and Hayden McCallum, Taila and Dakota Schmidt; brother, Dick (Pat) Ulmer; nieces, Nancy Haugen and Colleen Hornyak, as well as numerous friends. A Celebration of Life will be held at First Church of the Nazarene, 2 McVicar Street, Red Deer, AB on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations in Cliff’s memory may be made to the Red Deer SPCA, 4505 - 77 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 5H3.

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RADTKE Marieluise Marieluise Radtke of Red Deer, Ab passed away at Michener Hill Extendicare on March 21, 2013 at the age of 80 years. Marieluise and Fritz travelled from Berlin to Canada in 1965 along with their children. Her happiest moments were when the entire family gathered on the Delburne farm. Before her retirement, she enjoyed working at Woolco where she made many friends. She is predeceased by her husband Fritz and daughter-in-law Sharon. She will be lovingly remembered by Ilse Wendelboe (Peter), Elke Carlson, Chris Radtke (Cheryl) and Steven Radtke. Her grandchildren, Jennifer, Justin, Desiree, Shayla and Ashley will greatly miss their Omi. Celebration of her life will be announced at a later date.

WALLACE Edna May Wallace passed away in Red Deer on Sunday, March 24, 2013. She is survived by her three children; one daughter Donna Morrison Windrum (Stewart) of Red Deer, and two sons, Jim and Bea Wallace of Parksville and Bruce and Marilyn Wallace of Olds. Edna was predeceased by her loving husband Donald in 1995.

Edna was born in Calgary, Alberta on July 2, 1918.

Edna and Donald were married in Medicine Hat in 1941 and resided on the family farm in the Bowell district until moving to High River 1944. In 1947, they moved to the Delia district where they farmed until their retirement to Nanton in 1974. They moved to Olds in February of 1995.

In 2011, she moved to Red D e e r, a n d w a s l i v i n g i n Symphony Senior Living, Aspen Ridge. Edna found joy in life and her large community o f f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y.

Survived by her eleven grandchildren: Brent (Janie), Scott (Lorraine), Dean (Lana), Cheryl (James), Marcia (Greg), Tana (Bruce), Christopher (Erin), Jeremy (Nicole), Jason (Genevieve), Catharine (Chris), and Robert. She is also survived by her sixteen great-grandchildren: Emily, Cole, Dylan, Zachary, Bailey, Kelsey, Mitchell, Camryn, Madelyn, Brynn, Ethan, Sydney, Britney, Matthew, Phinley, and Emersyn. Edna is survived by her sister Frances Ferguson of Calgary.

Her numerous nieces and nephews were also dearly loved. She was predeceased by her parents, Roy and Winifred Snider, and two sisters, Katherine Habberfield of Strathmore and Dorothy R o b e r t s o n o f C a l g a r y. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM at the Sunnybrook United Church at 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer. Rev. Linda E r v i n w i l l b e o ff i c i a t i n g .

Cremation has taken place, and a private family interment service will be held in Nanton, Alberta at a future date. If desired, memorial tributes may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

IMMEDIATE OPENING for F/T DENTAL ASSISTANT. Must be a member of the College of Alberta Dental Assistants. Please drop off resume ATT’N: Marina at Bower Dental Centre OR EMAIL RESUME: marina@bowerdental.com

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

ANNOUNCEMENT 309-3300

Legal Assistants Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP t/a Altalaw

Oilfield

Top Wages, Bonuses & Benefits

Janitorial

~ Say it with a classified

HOWARD & COMPANY Real Estate Appraisers requires a F/T Office Assistant. Experience in MS Office and office skills are an asset.

Please send resumes to: davidhorn@ howardandcompany.com or drop off at Unit 906, Second floor, Parkland Mall, Red Deer.

POSITION FILLED

CAT, adult, good mouser, black with white mouth and underbelly. Found near Springbrook. To claim please call 403-886-2358

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Coming Events

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Daily, the Red Deer Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Eagle Builders is expanding its facility to double production. We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

* Concrete Finishers * General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403 885 5516 or e-mail: HR@eaglebuilders.ca.

F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

Trades

850

S M A L L R U R A L M E AT SHOP in central AB looking for F/T meat cutter.

Knowledge of cutting hanging carcasses needed. Rental house avail. within walking distance of meat shop.

Please call 403-843-4383 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

FURIX Energy Inc is hiring We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus for the following positions program. Grain and super Sandblasters B exp. an asset but not Apprentice Welders necessary. If you have a Journeymen welders with clean commercial drivers CWB and 400BBL tank abstract and would like to manufacturing experience. start making good money.

Level 1 Q/A QC Inspector fax or email resume and comm.abstract to Please email your resumes to Darryl@furixenergy.com 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net or fax to 403-348-8109.

DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 GOODMEN required (5 tons), local & ROOFING LTD. long distance. Competitive Requires wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 SLOPED ROOFERS Red Deer. 403-347-8841 LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Classifieds Your place to SELL Valid Driver’s Licence Your place to BUY preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca MEGA CRANES is looking or (403)341-6722 for a ticketed crane and NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good LICENSED mechanic for wages, benefits, 10% truck maintenance on 20 holiday pay, RRSP’s, and truck fleet. Reply to Box most evenings and week1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, ends off. Fax resume to 2950 Bremner Ave., Red 885-4269 or email Deer, AB T4R 1M9 or fax cathy@megacranes.com resume to 403-346-0295

880

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

Clearview Area Castle Crsc.

Clark Crsc. & Crawford St. $155/mo.

Timberlands Area Talson Place, Thomas Place Trimble Place, Traptow Place Timberstone Way $152/mo.

Clearview Ridge Clearview Dr. & Crossley St. area $202.00/mo.

Deerpark Area 3 blks of Duston St. Denmark Crsc & West half of Donnelly Crsc. $94/mo.

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo.

ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

880

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Arnett & Burgess Pipeliners

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

is seeking a

General Maintenance Worker for our Blackfalds office.

General office/shop/yard upkeep. P/T Flexible hours. Phone: 403.290.7800. Email: HR@ ABPIPELINERS.COM.

Are you our next store manager? We are searching high and low for an honest, friendly, service-minded individual to fill the role of General Manager for West Park Market.

This position oversees operations for a wellestablished, fast-paced, neighbourhood food store/ bakery. To apply, email your resume to westparkmarket@gmail. com or drop it off in person at #110 - 3722 57 Avenue, Red Deer, AB. No phone calls please.

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best 50 Managed Companies. We are an industryleading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees.

We are currently hiring for the position of:

Carriers Needed

INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE and COMMISSIONING TECHNICIANS

4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave.

7 day on/7 day off schedule

Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Fly directly to site from Edmonton or Calgary

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl.

The ideal candidate will have the following: Dedication to safety; reflected in practice and experience Excellent interpersonal skills Strong focus on customer satisfaction Team player Long term employment

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Carriers Needed

Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted.

Riverside Meadows Morning delivery 6 days /wk by 6:30 a.m.

Please note: This job posting closes on March 28th 2013

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS 292258C27

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Human Resources Fax # 403-342-6505 Email: hr@studon.com “People Pride & Service”

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB Life, one day a wk. in Rimbey & Sylvan Lake ALSO Adult Carriers needed in Sylvan Lake & Bentley Please call Debbie for details 314-4307

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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GAMES MUSIC - F/T Sales Clerk. Submit resume to 5209 50 Ave Red Deer

wegotservices

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Baile Close Boyce St./ Byer Close Barrett Dr/ Beatty Crsc..

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

Illingworth Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Crsc VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 CENTRAL Alberta Precast Plant is currently seeking an individual to oversee the maintenance for the plant. Individual would work in conjunction with the operations manager and plant supervisor.

Position plays an integral part in plant operations.

You will be responsible for the maintenance, calibration, and technical support for all operating equipment.

Individual would also be required to maintain proper files for all maintenance activities, and effectively manage inventory levels of critical replacement parts in a cost effective and efficient manner. Supervision of 3rd party contractors at times will also be req’d.

Applicant must have minimum 5 yrs. of maintenance experience. Applicant must also have a wide range of knowledge different machine components.

Electrical knowledge is an asset. Individual must work with compliance of all Occupational Health and Safety legislation, guidelines, standards, policies, procedures and practices.

Individual must be willing to be on call 6 days a week. Overtime work will be req’d. Wages based on experience and benefits avail. Fax resume to 403-885-5516.

Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday)

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

CUSTOM HOMES

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Escorts

1165

IF you demand the best call Applebottoms 403-550-0558

Handyman Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

Fantasy Massage GRAND OPENING APRIL 1

1280

LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

COUPLES SPECIAL

2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686 Open all holidays. 7 days/wk

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

Household Furnishings

1720

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Personal Services

1315

SPECIALIZING in reuniting loved ones back to stay.

Stops divorce 100% guaranteed. Call toll free 1-888-382-4111 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

1372

ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day.

Must have own vehicle.

18+ Needed ASAP Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com MATURE well organized person w/lots of patients req’d for a temporary position to help a lady who is blind get organized in her new apt. in Red Deer. 403-309-4554 MEGA CRANES is looking for a YARD person with Class 1. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com SYNIK CLOTHING, Gasoline Alley. F/T - P/T Great pay for right person.

Apply within w/resume.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

920

Career Planning

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

1760

Misc. for Sale

FURNACE fillter, (Dust eater) electrostatic washable, asking $80; 403-227-2653 WORK bench 7’ long x 16”D x 37”H 2 shelves, closed back with 8 doors 10 1/2” W $60; four 4 L jugs of antifreeze coolant and some gas line antifreeze bottles all for $7; 2 10’ tow ropes $10/ea; 1 tire foot pump with pressure gauge, multi purpose $10; 1 lg. blue enamel roaster $10 403-314-2026

1860

Browning Gr1 BAR rifle, 300 Win Mag $800. Beretta A300 12GA S/A 2-3/4 mod $325. 403-340-6865.

PROFESSIONAL exercise ball, Thera-Band, red, 55 cm. diameter $35 403-227-2976

1870

Collectors' Items

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED a good used behind the ear hearing aid.

403-346-4581

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Clothing

1590

MEN’S BLACK OXFORDS, waterproof. Size 9.5, excellent cond. $50 403-227-2653

1610

Event Tickets

1 TICKET FOR BON JOVIApril 2, Saddledome, $200, call 403-347-4447 after 6 p.m.

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

L AW N M O W E R , b a t t e r y operated, mulcher straight cut, 18” cutting span, batteries not incl. asking $45, exc. cond, 403-227-2653

Household Appliances

1710

1500 WATT infra red heater w/remote conrol, oak cabinet w/wheels, $200 obo call 403-755-3297 403-588-6227 APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042 GE washer & dryer $50 bought new set, -347-1501

Household Furnishings

1720

DBLE boxspring and mattress, bought 2 yrs ago used 6 mos., $200, 403-347-3101 DRESSER w/mirror, $80; matching chest of drawers, $50, call 403-347-3101

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

GLENDALE

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $985 incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1. 403-304-5337

3060

Suites

1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288 BSMT. bachelor suite with walkout, fully furnished, 403-392-6665 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

3190

Mobile Lot

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

wegot CLASSIFICATIONS

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Auctions

FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

homes

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Newly Reno’d Mobile

3090

FREE

stuff

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

WILD game dishes, 6 pc. Rooms setting, with cream and sugar, 22K gold trim, rare For Rent find, never used $200 CLEAN, quiet, responsible, 403-314-2026 Furn. $525. 403-346-7546

for all Albertans

wegot

3030

3040

1770

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Condos/ Townhouses

COLECO VISION w/35 games, $180 obo Manufactured 403-782-3847 Homes SONY mini stereo, $60 obo stereo sub woofer, 3 BDRM. mobile, furnished, $30 obo 403-782-3847 15 mins E. of Rocky.

SUPER Nintendo w/super Fenced yard. Main street s c o p e g u n , 1 4 g a m e s , Condor. $800/mo. + DD & utils. 6 appls. Apr. 1st. $180 obo 403-782-3847 403-877-4601

The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Musical Also Instruments for the afternoon in Town of Penhold! ROCKER amplifier RX-100 $50 403-227-2976 Also afternoon delivery in Sporting Town of Goods Springbrook

Homestead Firewood

1000-1430

Massage Therapy

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

AFFORDABLE

CLASSIFICATIONS

Accounting

880

Misc.

Help

WANTED

850

Trades

Misc.

Help

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

4000-4190

4020

Houses For Sale

1300 SQ.FT. 1/2 DUPLEX IN RED DEER. Gated community, The Fountains, near RDG.C.C. Great location. For more info phone 403-506-9491 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com Mason Martin Homes has

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 8 Brand New Homes WANTED • 3250-3390 starting at $188,900

3010

Acreages/ Farms

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, rent $2000 + DD avail.

403-346-5885

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

Call for more info 403-588-2550

MORRISROE, 5 bdrm., fully developed walk to all schools. $369,900.

403-347-3228

www.laebon.com

2 BDRM. well cared for Laebon Homes 346-7273 condo, North of river. Upgraded w/ hardwood floors, 4 appl. Avail. April 1 $975 Manufactured rent & s.d. (403) 356-1170 Homes SYLVAN 2 Bdrm. 1 bath 5 appls., avail. April 1, MUST SELL $1025 + gas & elec.

By Owner.

403-341-9974 Mauricia 403-340-0225

4090

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

A MUST SEE! Only

20,000with Intro

$

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

$

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

279426C30

Renter’s Special FREE Cable 2 & 3 bedroom modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

Starting at

950

$

/month

Mauricia (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

279430A2-C31

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Trades

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, March 27, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 HONDA Accord EX-L FWD,64981 kms, $11,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 PONTIAC Grand Prix FWD, 65611 kms, $10888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 MAZDA 3 GS FWD, $11888 104,463 kms,

1985 Dodge Camper Van ..Mini Motorhome Asking $9800.00 OBO. Ph: (403)229-2984 Joan or (403)845-6852 Pat

2004 PONTIAC Grand Am GT FWD, $4888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 NISSAN Altima SER $12,888 403-348-8788 AB SPORT & iMPORT

2007 BMW 335i htd. lthr.,sunroof, $19888 7620 -50 Ave., Sport & Import

2008 DODGE 2500 HD crew cab s/b, 183,000 kms $13,500 403-346-9816

2009 TOYOTA Venza awd 3.5L V6, 55,000 kms, smart key system, backup camera, heated leather seats, priced to sell $22,900 403-343-2020

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 BMW 745 LI $21,888 Sport & Import 403-348- 8788

2006 CADILLAC Escalade ESV Platinum, $24,888 403- 348-8788 AB Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 Ford F350 lariat 4x4 Diesel long box One Owner $29888 403-348- 8788

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 BMW X5 4.4i htd. lthr.pano roof, $16888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 CHEVY Silverado.

186,000 km. stnd. trans.

Exc. cond. $5700 obo.

403-392-1313

2007 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4, 107,115 kms, $14,888 403- 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 GMC SLE 4x4 1/2 ton, 208,000 kms, near perfect cond, $13,000 403-845-3292 403-895-2337

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, lthr.,

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 CADILLAC SRX fully loaded, white diamond, cashmere leather, 7 pass.

4.6L V8, 152,000 kms. rear

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 GMC Sierra 2500 SLE Turbo diesel $25888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 JEEP Grand Cherokee Laredo AWD,turbo diesel, $29,888 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2003 BMW 3 series 325xi htd. lthr., sunroof, $10,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 CHRYSLER 300 $11888 403-348-8788 Alberta Sport & Import

2006 Dodge Ram 1500 mega cab 4x4 leather dvd $16888 403- 348- 8788

2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD SLE 4x4 Duramax $27,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

2008 MERCEDES BENZ

2010 SIERRA ext/cab 4x4, 5.3L 6 spd, auto, $15,500 403-346-9816

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 CHRYSLER Crossfire 80,954 kms., $12,888 403-348-8788 AB Sport & Import

2006 Escalade ESV Platinum Edition 22” Foose Rims one owner $21,888 Sport & Import 348- 8788

2007 MONTE Carlo SS 5.3L, 71,000 kms, loaded $16,500 403-346-3844

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 BMW X3 AWD, lthr., pano-roof, $14,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 Honda Civic LX Sedan 120,000 km $10,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

2007 Range Rover Sport

2009 FORD F-150 Platinum

HSE $29, 888 403- 348-8788

4X4, htd./cool lthr., $26888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2011 DODGE Ram Laramie 2500 4X4, hemi, DVD,. lthr., tonneau cover, $38,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV $16,888 403-348-8788

2005 DODGE Magnum $9,888 , 403- 348-8788 Alberta Sport & Import

2006 LAND ROVER Sport HSE AWD $28888 403- 348-8788 AB Sport & Import

2007 SAAB 9-3 Aero V-6 turbo, 54,031 kms $18,888. 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 FORD SHELBY GT 500, 16163 kms, $42,888, 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

DVD, $14,250. 403-352-1863

E300 4-matic, nav., sunroof, 77001 kms, $26,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

7620-50 Ave. Sport & Import

8 passenger, $28,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

2013 Ford Lariat

5th wheel 2013 Coachman 38.5’ Total retail price $169,300 Total net sale price $110,000 Phone 1- 403-650-8947

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classified Vehicle Ad

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157/bw.*

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2011 VW GTI TURBO

Stk #VP4455. 200 hp, auto, leather, nav, only 35,000 kms

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A young Hindu devotee sits covered in colored dye at the Banke Bihari temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday. Holi, the festival of colours celebrates the arrival of spring.

Teen adopted by Americans returns to Russia claiming parental cruelty

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — A teenager adopted by an American couple has returned to Russia, claiming that his adoptive family treated him badly and that he lived on the streets of Philadelphia and stole just to survive, Russian state media reported.

The allegations by Alexander Abnosov, who was adopted around five years ago and is now 18, will likely fuel outrage here over the fate of Russian children adopted by Americans. It’s an anger that the Kremlin has carefully stoked in recent months to justify its controversial ban on U.S. adoptions.

Russia’s Channel 1 and Rossiya television — which are both state controlled — reported Tuesday that Abnosov returned from a Philadelphia suburb to the Volga river city

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UN chief proposes UN peacekeeping force and non-UN combat force as one option for Mali Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed a UN peacekeeping force for Mali with 11,200 troops working alongside a non-U.N. force that would conduct major combat and counter-terrorism operations as one option to maintain security after French forces leave the crisiswracked west African nation.

The UN chief said in a report to the Security Council Tuesday that another option would be to strengthen its new political mission in Mali and give the African-led force known as AFISMA, which is on the ground, responsibility for security and offensive combat operations, together with bilateral military efforts, as a prelude to a UN stabilization mission.

The secretary-general rejected a request from many Malians as well as the African Union and west African regional group for a UN force to undertake combat operations against terrorist groups.

Argentina demands talks on sovereignty of Falkland Islands, but UK says no Argentina’s foreign minister demanded talks with Britain on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, but Britain again refused, pointing to the islanders’ overwhelming vote this month to remain British.

Hector Timerman, speaking Tuesday at the United Nations, called the referendum “illegal” and said it is “truly deplorable” that Britain has rejected 40 resolutions by the U.N. Decolonization Committee calling for negotiations between the two countries on sovereignty.

Timerman was flanked at a press conference by ministers representing major Latin American and Caribbean organizations, saying he wanted to demonstrate the region’s unity in support of Argentina’s claim to the islands and its demand for sovereignty talks.

The islands in the south Atlantic have been British territory since 1765, but Argentina accuses Britain of invading the islands, which it claims and calls the Malvinas.

Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant countered that the Falkland Islanders exercised their right to self-determination under the U.N.

of Cheboksary, where his 72-year-old grandmother lives.

Russian media identified the teen as Alexander Abnosov, but also show him displaying a U.S. passport that gives his name as Joshua Alexander Salotti.

Abnosov, who spoke in a soft voice and appeared somewhat restrained, complained to Rossiya that his adoptive mother was “nagging at small things.”

“She would make any small problem big,” he said on Channel 1. He also told Channel 1 that he fled home because of the conflicts with his adoptive mother, staying on the streets for about three months and stealing.

“I was stealing stuff and sold them to get some food,” he said with a shy smile.

According to the daily Komsomol-

skaya Pravda, Abnosov says that his parents visited him while he stayed in a shelter in Philadelphia, but that they didn’t ask him to come home as he’d expected. Channel 1 said his adoptive father gave him $500 to buy a ticket to Russia, though it wasn’t clear when he arrived here.

The newspaper said it reached Abnosov’s adoptive mother, who denied driving him away. She was quoted as saying he was asked to come home, but said he wanted to return to Russia where he has relatives to care for.

The teen’s adoptive parents — identified in the media reports as Steve and Jackie Salotti — could not immediately be reached Tuesday.

A woman who identified herself as a relative at the couple’s home in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, said the parents weren’t there and did not want to discuss the case.

Charter in a referendum this month, and 99.8 per cent of voters said they want to remain a British overseas territory.

“The United Kingdom government’s position will remain that there will not and cannot be any discussions on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless and until the islanders so wish,” Lyall Grant said.

“Their views are now unequivocally on the record and should be respected by all.”

one fleeing after the shots rang out.

Autopsies on the victims were scheduled for Wednesday, he said.

The golf course is mostly lined with apartment complexes in Florida’s capital city.

Myanmar sets new curfews, other controls after religious violence YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after antiMuslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging closer to the main city of Yangon.

State television Tuesday reported incidents in the three townships in Bago region, all within 150 kilometres (100 miles) of Yangon. The latest attack Monday night was in Gyobingauk, where it said “troublemakers” damaged a religious building, shops and some houses.

The report said similar attacks on religious buildings, shops and houses occurred in nearby Otepho and Min Hla on Sunday night. Official reports use the term “religious buildings” in an apparent attempt to dampen passion, though in most cases the targets were reportedly mosques.

The announcement said an emergency law known as Section 144 would be applied in the three townships which will ban public assemblies, marches and speeches, and impose a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.

The religious unrest began with rioting a week ago in the central city of Meikhtila that was sparked by a dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and his Buddhist customers.

Florida golfers discover bodies of two women TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Golfers at a Florida course heard gunshots Tuesday, and when they investigated, found the bodies of two women.

Leon County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. James McQuaig said the golfers spotted the bodies of two women near Hilaman Golf Course in Tallahassee. The golfers heard two shots at about 5 p.m., he said.

“They made the discovery,” McQuaig said. “They called 911 and they waited for us to get there.”

The bodies were found in a grassy area between the golf course and an adjacent apartment complex, he said.

The names of the victims had not been released Tuesday night, and McQuaig didn’t have their ages.

He said the golfers didn’t see any-

Peru’s new military draft called discriminatory against poor LIMA, Peru — Facing a shortage of recruits, Peru’s government has reinstated selective, obligatory military service. But it can be avoided by paying a $700 fine, prompting accusations that what is really being imposed is a draft for the poor.

Military service had been voluntary since 1998, but meagre wages, scant job training and a lack of other incentives amid an improving economy left Peru’s armed forces short 30,000 recruits this year.

So the government of President Ollanta Humala, himself a former army officer and military attache, decided to re-impose the draft by decree.

Military chief Adm. Jose Cueto announced over the weekend that a draft would be held in May. It applies to all 18- to 25-year-old males chosen by lottery. Parents and university students are exempt. So is anyone who can afford the fine.

“It seems to me completely improvised with the aggravating factor that it directly affects the poor,” said human rights activist Wilfredo Ardito.

Ardito called the draft discriminatory on several counts. The poor get hit twice — they cannot afford neither higher education nor the fine, he said.

Adm. Cueto defended the decree as necessary given recent low recruiting results.

Video of fatal skydive shows instructor trying to pull student’s cord ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Authorities say video from a fatal skydive that killed two Icelandic jumpers shows the instructor trying to help his student moments before they hit the ground.

Pasco County Detective William Lindsey said Tuesday that 41-yearold Orvar Arnarson’s helmet camera showed him trying to pull the cord on 25-year-old Andrimar Pordarson’s chute. It wasn’t clear why the student couldn’t pull the cord himself Saturday.

The co-owner of the Florida skydive facility said the men didn’t deploy their main parachutes. Both had backup automatic activation devices, but they didn’t have time to inflate.

The two men had successfully completed two jumps earlier that day.

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Top court tackles gay marriage ban U.S. SUPREME COURT COULD AVOID MAJOR NATIONAL RULING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the closely watched case over California’s ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether gays have a right to marry. One justice described the issue as newer than cellphones and the Internet.

This week’s arguments in two gay marriage cases have drawn intense national interest as momentum rapidly swings toward acceptance of the issue among Americans. Dozens of people lined up for days outside the court to get a chance to observe what they expected to be a historic event. As arguments began, the sidewalk outside was packed with demonstrators on both sides of the debate.

The court’s first major examination of gay rights in 10 years continues Wednesday, when it will hear the first challenge it has accepted to the 1996 federal Defence of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Former President Bill Clinton signed it into law but has recently spoken publicly against it. The law forbids nationwide recognition of same-sex marriages and bars married gay and lesbian couples from receiving federal benefits.

President Barack Obama has been increasingly vocal in support of gay rights after coming out on the issue during last year’s presidential race, and his administration has weighed in on behalf of the two same-sex couples who brought the California case.

There is no guarantee the conservative-leaning Supreme Court will rule in a similar direction. The

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case could produce a number of rulings, ranging from upholding the California ban to striking it down in a fashion that would erase such bans nationwide.

The court is not expected to rule before late June.

Opponents of gay marriage have expressed confidence that the justices will rule their way, and even some gay rights activists have worried that the court has taken up the issue too soon. Supporters of same-sex marriage hope for a ruling that will be the 21st century equivalent of the court’s 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia that struck down state bans on interracial marriage.

Several justices, including some liberals who seemed open to gay marriage, raised doubts Tuesday during a riveting 80-minute argument that the case was properly before them. And Justice Anthony Kennedy, the potentially decisive “swing” vote on a closely divided court, suggested that the court could dismiss the case with no ruling at all.

Such an outcome would almost certainly allow gay marriages to resume in California but would have no impact elsewhere.

The court is considering a legal challenge to Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban that California voters approved five years ago. A federal appeals court struck down the ban.

Justice Samuel Alito appeared to advocate a cautious approach, describing gay marriage as newer than such rapidly changing technological advances as cellphones and the Internet.

“You want us to assess the effect of same-sex marriage,” Alito said to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. “It may turn out to be a good thing. It may turn out to be not a good thing.”

Kennedy said he feared the court would go in-

to “uncharted waters” if it embraced arguments advanced by gay marriage supporters. But lawyer Theodore Olson, representing two same-sex couples, said the court similarly ventured into the unknown in 1967 when it struck down bans on interracial marriage in 16 states.

Kennedy challenged the accuracy of that comment by noting that other countries had had interracial marriages for hundreds of years.

Chief Justice John Roberts told Olson that it seemed supporters of gay marriage were trying to change the meaning of the word “marriage” by including same-sex couples.

There was no majority apparent for any particular outcome.

Charles Cooper, representing the people who helped get California’s gay marriage ban on the ballot, ran into resistance over his argument that the court should uphold the ban as a valid expression of the people’s will and let the vigorous political debate over gay marriage continue.

Kennedy suggested that Cooper’s argument did not take account of the estimated 40,000 children who have same-sex parents. “The voices of these children are important, don’t you think?” Kennedy said.

Outside the court, people who favour legalizing same-sex marriage carried pictures of gay weddings and families and held signs that read “Marriage is a constitutional right.” They waved U.S. and rainbow flags, and one man in devil horns danced in pink heels and a rainbow tutu.

Opponents, meanwhile, marched in front of the court, holding signs including “Every child deserves a mom & dad” and “Vote for holy matrimony.”

CAR CRASHES THROUGH WALL

Opposition takes over seat at Arab summit

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A Windsor Conn. police sergeant and a worker with the Connecticut Department of Transportation, look down at the crash scene below from the Route 305 overpass after an SUV crashed through the wall and plunged onto the median of I-91 in Windsor, Tuesday. The accident happened around 10 a.m. after the vehicle crashed through the wall of the overpass bridge landing upside down in the median between the north and south bound lanes of I-91 trapping the male driver inside.

The unidentified man was transported in critical condition to Hartford Hospital, Windsor Police Captain Thomas LePore said.

Italian court orders new trial for Knox

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Italy’s highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate.

The move extended a prolonged legal battle that has become a cause celebre in the United States and raised a host of questions about how the next phase of Italian justice would play out.

Knox, now a 25-year-old University of Washington student in Seattle, called the decision by the Romebased Court of Cassation “painful” but said she was confident that she would be exonerated.

The American left Italy a free woman after her 2011 acquittal — but only after serving nearly four years of a 26-year prison sentence from a lower court that convicted her of murdering Meredith Kercher.

The 21-year-old British exchange student’s body was found in November 2007 in a pool of blood in the bedroom of a rented house the two shared in the Italian university town of Perugia. Her throat had been slit.

Raffaele Sollecito, Knox’s Italian boyfriend at the time, was also convicted, sentenced and later acquitted.

It could be months before a date is set for a fresh appeals court trial for Knox and Sollecito in Florence, which was chosen because Perugia has only one appellate court.

Italian law cannot compel Knox to return for the new trial and one of her lawyers, Carlo Dalla Vedova, said she had no plans to do so.

“She thought that the nightmare was over,” Dalla Vedova told reporters on the steps of the courthouse. “(But) she’s ready to fight.”

He spoke minutes after relaying the top court’s decision to Knox by phone shortly after 2 a.m. local time in Seattle.

Another Knox defender, Luciano Ghirga, was gearing up psychologically for his client’s third trial.

Ghirga said he told Knox: “You have always been our strength. We rose up again after the first-level convictions. We’ll have the same resoluteness, the same energy” in the new trial.

Still, it was a tough blow for the former exchange student, whose parents have had to mortgage both their homes to raise funds for her lengthy, expensive defence.

“It was painful to receive the news that the Italian

Supreme Court decided to send my case back for revision when the prosecution’s theory of my involvement in Meredith’s murder has been repeatedly revealed to be completely unfounded and unfair,” Knox said in a statement.

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s opposition took over the country’s seat for the first time at an Arab summit Tuesday in a diplomatic triumph marred by severe divisions in the ranks of the Western-backed opposition alliance.

The opposition’s ascension to representing the country at the summit in Qatar, a key backer of the those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, demonstrated the extent of the regime’s isolation two years into a ferocious civil war that the U.N. says has killed an estimated 70,000 people.

In Damascus, the government on Tuesday blasted the Arab League’s decision, portraying it as a sellingout of Arab identity to please Israel and the United States.

“The shameful decisions it (Arab League) has taken against the Syrian people since the beginning of the crisis and until now have sustained our conviction that it has exchanged its Arab identity with a Zionist-American one,” said an editorial in the AlThawra newspaper, a government mouthpiece.

The Qatari ruler, who chaired the summit, said the Syrian opposition deserves “this representation because of the popular legitimacy they have won at home and the broad support they won abroad and the historic role they have assumed in leading the revolution and preparing for building the new Syria.”

In a further show of solidarity with anti-Assad forces, the Arab League endorsed the “right of each state” to provide the Syrian people and the Free Syrian Army with “all necessary means to ... defend themselves, including military means.”

It was unclear whether the statement would open new weapons channels to fighters. But it would mark a symbolic slap of the U.S. and European allies that have resisted full-scale military aid to the rebels.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby told reporters that the call for “rights” to aid rebels is not an end to diplomatic efforts to solve Syria’s crisis, but seeks to provide more “balance” with Assad’s superior firepower and aid he is getting from Russia and Iran.

“The right to send more weapons to support the opposition is not an end to political efforts, but this might establish balance between both parties,” Elaraby said.

Fighting, meanwhile, raged on in Syria. Rebels barraged Damascus with mortar shells that killed at least three people and wounded dozens in one of the most intensive attacks on the seat of President Bashar Assad’s power.

The state news agency also reported that a car bomb exploded near the predominantly Kurdish neighbourhood of Rukneddine, killing three people.

The opposition delegation led by Mouaz al-Khatib, the former president of the main opposition alliance — the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition — took the seats assigned for Syria at the invitation of Qatar’s emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, while other delegates applauded.

Al-Khatib used the forum to call for a greater U.S. role in aiding the rebels and said he had appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry to consider using NATO Patriot anti-missile batteries in Turkey to help defend northern Syria against strikes by Assad’s forces.

Asked about al-Khatib’s request for Patriots, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the deployment of the anti-missile batteries to Turkey was a NATO decision with a clear mandate to protect Turkey.

“We’ve heard some of this before in private,” Ventrell told reporters in Washington. “He’s now publicly saying this. But again, that’s what the NATO mission is.”

A NATO official said “the secretary general of NATO has been very clear since the beginning that NATO has no intention of getting militarily involved with Syria. That remains the same.”

“Our current deployment of Patriot systems is a defensive action to protect our ally Turkey,” said the NATO official in Belgium on condition of anonymity in keeping with the alliance’s regulations.

The diplomatic triumph, however, could not conceal the disarray within the top ranks of the opposition.

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Most MRIs done for back pain ‘unneeded’ TESTS OF QUESTIONABLE VALUE: STUDY

Fewer than half of MRIs ordered to look for the cause of lower back pain are appropriate uses of the imaging machines, a new Canadian study suggests.

In fact, only about 44 per cent of MRIs ordered for the lumbar spine were appropriate, the study found. The rest were deemed to be either inappropriate or of questionable value. Lead author Dr. Derek Emery said “inappropriate” in this case means unlikely to benefit the patient.

Emery said the study, which was published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, was undertaken because

OneTouch VerioIQ blood sugar meters recalled THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Johnson & Johnson is recalling all its OneTouch VerioIQ blood glucose meters in Canada and the U.S. because they do not provide a warning when a diabetic’s blood sugar level is dangerously high. Instead, at a certain sugar level, the meters turn off.

The meters are made

by J&J’s LifeScan unit, which will issue a free replacement meter to all patients.

The company says the meters shut down when a patient’s blood sugar hits 1,024 milligrams per decilitre.

That’s an extremely high level requiring immediate medical attention.

It’s extremely unlikely that a diabetic’s blood sugar level would get that high.

However, if a patient experienced such extreme high blood sugar and did not get prompt treatment or got an incorrect treatment based on a false meter reading, that could result in a serious health risk or death, according to J&J. Burnaby, B.C.-based LifeScan Inc. estimates that there are approximately 60,000 active OneTouch VerioIQ meter users in Canada but said no adverse events or patient injuries related to this specific issue have been reported in Canada.

People with diabetes are encouraged to keep their peak blood sugar level, shortly after a meal, at or below 160 milligrams per decilitre.

When blood sugar gets even a little above that level, over time the excess sugar can damage blood vessels, the heart, kidneys, eyes and other organs, eventually resulting in severe complications such as blindness, kidney failure, leg amputations and premature death.

Extremely high, sudden spikes can cause death if not treated aggressively.

Canadian users can contact LifeScan Customer Service at 855-293-5075 to make arrangements to receive a replacement meter at no charge and to speak with a LifeScan representative.

Representatives are available 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

EST Monday through Friday.

In the U.S. Johnson & Johnson, based in New Brunswick, N.J., said patients with one of the meters should contact LifeScan’s customer service at 800-717-0276 to arrange for a replacement meter or ask questions.

The recall is J&J’s latest in a string of about three dozen since 2009 by Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest provider of health care products.

there is a suspicion in medical circles that a lot of ordered MRIs are actually a waste of the resource and of the patient’s time.

“There’s a lot of talk out there and it’s even mentioned in the literature that a lot of imaging is used inappropriately. Or a lot of imaging is unnecessary. But this has really not been rigorously studied,” said Emery, a neuroradiologist in the faculty of medicine and dentistry at the University of Alberta.

Cutting back on unnecessary MRIs would help pare long waiting lists for access to the costly machines.

“MRI’s a limited resource in most of Canada. Certainly it is in Alberta. And if we can

eliminate some of the unnecessary scans, that will give us capacity to scan more patients who really need it,” Emery said.

The study was done by researchers from the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto, and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

They looked at MRI orders for two conditions — lower back pain and recurrent headaches — from the University of Alberta Hospital and the Ottawa Hospital.

A panel of experts studied requisitions as they came in, assessing the appropriateness of 500 from each institution for each procedure. They used an existing nine-point scale for

measuring appropriateness.

They also looked at who was doing the ordering, assessing how well different medical specialties were doing when it came to requisitioning appropriate MRIs. The acronym stands for magnetic resonance imaging, a type of scan that is particularly useful for soft tissue imaging.

Family physicians had the lowest rate of appropriate MRI orders for lower back pain, with only about one-third of the scans they requisitioned qualifying as appropriate.

Neurologists and orthopedic surgeons were better, but were still under 50 per cent.

MRIs for the lumbar spine ordered by neurosurgeons were appropriate three-quar-

ters of the time. But Emery noted neurosurgeons generally order MRIs for problems after surgery, when it’s clear there may be an issue. They are not doing the basic sifting of lower back pain cases that other types of doctors are doing.

When the group studied the use of MRIs for recurrent headaches, they found a different story. Just over 80 per cent of ordered MRIs were deemed to be appropriate. That may be because most of the people who had MRIs for headaches were essentially pre-screened, having already undergone a CT scan, Emery said.

The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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6.1L/100 KM HWY | 9.2 L/100 KM CITYW

OR

• Awarded the Consumers Digest Best Buy Four Years Running+ • Multi-flex™ Sliding and Reclining Rear Seat, offering Class-Leading Legroom*† • Block Heater and Standard Bluetooth®

ALSO AVAILALBE

0% FINANCING

‡‡

FOR 72 MONTHS

LTZ MODEL SHOWN

OR CHOOSE UP TO

OFFER ENDS APRIL 1ST

46 MPG HIGHWAY

$

2,000 BONUS CASH ON CASH PURCHASES ‡‡

VEHICLE PRICING IS NOW EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ALL OUR PRICES INCLUDE FREIGHT, PDI AND MANDATORY GOVERNMENT LEVIES

ALBERTACHEVROLET.COM

OF EQUINOX LT/LTZ LS EFFECTIVE RATE 2.56%

TO GUARANTEE OUR QUALITY, WE BACK IT

160,000 KM/5 YEAR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY

Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ON NOW AT YOUR ALBERTA CHEVROLET DEALERS. AlbertaChevrolet.com 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. ‡/††/*Offers apply to the purchase of a 2013 Cruze (R7A), 2013 Equinox LS FWD (R7A), equipped as described. Freight included ($1,550). License, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in Alberta Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. GMCL, RBC Royal Bank, TD Auto Financing Services or Scotiabank may modify, extend or terminate this offer in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See Chevrolet dealer for details. T Based on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. ‡‡ 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by RBC Royal Bank/TD Auto Financing/Scotiabank for 72 months on new or demonstrator 2013 Equinox LS FWD. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $10,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $138.89 for 72 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $10,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight ($1,550) included. ¥¥ 2.49%/0.99% purchase financing for 84 months on 2013 Cruze LS/2013 Equinox LS approved credit by TD Auto Financing Services/RBC Royal Bank/Scotiabank. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $10,000 at 2.49%/0.99% for 84 months, the monthly payment is $129.85/$123.27. Cost of borrowing is $907.15/$354.62.

Total obligation is $10,907.15/$10,354.62. Down payment and/or trade may be required. Monthly payments and cost of borrowing will also vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Biweekly payments based on a purchase price of $16,595/$28,595 on 2013 Chevrolet Cruze LS/2013 Chevrolet Equinox with $0/$2,399 down equipped as described. ‡ Based on a 36 month lease for new (demonstrator not eligible) 0% advertised on 2013 Cruze LS equipped as described. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000km, $0.20 per excess kilometer. OAC by FinanciaLinx Corporation. Lease APR may vary depending on down payment/trade. Down payment or trade and security deposit may be required. Other lease options available. †† Valid at participating GM dealerships in Canada only. Offer of one $500 value (including applicable taxes) Petro-CanadaTM gas card available to retail customers with the purchase, lease or finance of an eligible new 2013 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac car, crossover or utility vehicle delivered between March 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013 and payment of an additional $0.01. Offer excludes Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks. See your participating GM dealer for details. Cards valid as of 72 hours after delivery. GMCL is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged cards. Gas card is issued by Suncor Energy Products Partnership and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Suncor Energy Products Partnership Gift Card Agreement. Cards valid only at participating Petro-Canada retail locations (and other approved locations) and not redeemable for cash. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this Offer for any reason in whole or in part at any time without notice. Petro-Canada is a Suncor Energy business. ™ Trademark of Suncor Energy Inc. used under licence. +©The Best Buy Seal is a registered trademark of Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, used under license. ~ OnStar services require vehicle electrical system (including battery) wireless service and GPS satellite signals to be available and operating for features to function properly. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. Subscription Service Agreement required. Call 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827) or visit onstar.ca for OnStar’s Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and details and system limitations. Additional information can be found in the OnStar Owner’s Guide. *^For more information visit iihs.org/ratings. *† Comparison based on 2012 Wards segmentation: Middle/Cross Utility Vehicle and latest competitive data available, and based on the maximum legroom available. Excludes other GM brands. ‡‡ $2,500/$1,500/$2,000 BONUS CASH is a manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2013 Chevrolet Cruze LS 1SB, LT, LTZ, ECO, Chevrolet Equinox LS/Equinox non-LS. Cash Bonus Offer is available only when consumers opt for the cash purchase of a new or demonstrator model. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing such discounts and incentives which will result in a higher effective interest rate. See dealer for details. Offer ends April 1, 2013.

D8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, March 27, 2013

$25

spend $250 and receive a

CHOOSE 1 OF 2 FREE OFFERS! $25 spend $175 and ‡

FREE

Gift Card

FREE

receive a ◆

Anchor Hocking Bake & Take Set $19.99 value

Spend $175 or more before applicable taxes at any Real Canadian Superstore location and receive a free Anchor Hocking Bake & Take Set. Excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated. The retail value of $19.99 will be deducted from the total amount of your purchase before sales taxes are applied. Limit one coupon per family and/ or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Thursday, March 28th until closing Thursday, April 4th, 2013. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on free item.

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Spend $250 or more before applicable taxes at any Real Canadian Superstore location (excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated) and we will give you a $25 President’s Choice® gift card. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. $25 President’s Choice® gift card will be cancelled if product is returned at a later date and the total value of product(s) returned reduces the purchase amount below the $250 threshold (before applicable taxes). Valid from Thursday, March 28th, until closing Sunday, March 31st, 2013. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers.

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◆

4

8

fresh Atlantic salmon fillet club size, skinless

fresh turkeys

247753

6

available in store for your

98

EASTER FEAST

372013

/lb 15.39 /kg

tulips

brussels sprouts

10 stem, assorted colours

product of Mexico

Farmer’s Market™ mini carrots

734217

product of USA

209677

735280

15

.96

00

2/

OR

7.99 EACH

Easter lily 6”

6

/lb 2.12 /kg

Bakeshop hot cross buns

432792

00

1

2 LB BAG

ea

baked fresh

in-store

Crayola sidewalk chalk

96

pkg of 12

cheese & pepperoni platter

301047

10” tray

2

ea

251961

98

11

ea

1$2$3...

OR LESS! $

98

ea

Jelly Belly bubbles

108424

650659

Cadbury single egg

Matchbox car collection

796732 / 368586

small pinwheel

Jump bubble wand

472511

Play-Doh single can

698275

472511

725013

Easter magnet set 143058

Play-Doh grab’n go clay, 6pk

Lalaloopsy Micro Surprise

Jump ice cream chalk 210381

575773

205947

Easter grass, 2 oz 798751

Lindt Lindor eggs 3 pk

no spill mini tumbler

PASS medium friends egg decoration kits

698075

581950

542439

colouring/ activity books

sticker filled eggs

Fisher Price single animals

137066 / 951888

113677 / 272855 / 122412

283260

Easter grass, 4 oz

248295

756307

Fuel up at earn our gas bar and

7

¢

per litre**

Coco chocolate bunny, 100g 696641

Lindt Lindor mini eggs, 100 g bag 706974 / 777644

in Superbucks® value when you pay with your

692371

†

**Redeem your earned Superbucks value towards the purchase of Merchandise at participating stores (excluding tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets, gas and prescriptions). With each fuel purchase when you use your President’s Choice Financial® MasterCard® or President’s Choice Financial® debit card as payment, you will receive 7 cents per litre in Superbucks® value. When you use any other method of payment, you will receive 3.5 cents per litre in Superbucks® value. Superbucks® value expires 60 days after date of issue. Superbucks® value are not redeemable at third party businesses within participating stores, the gas bar, or on the purchase of tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets and prescriptions. Superbucks® value has no cash value and no cash will be returned for any unused portion. Identification may be required at the time of redemption. See Superbucks® receipt for more details. ® Trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. ©2013. † MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated. President’s Choice Bank a licensee of the mark. President’s Choice Financial MasterCard is provided by President’s Choice Bank.

President’s Choice Financial personal banking products are provided by the direct banking division of CIBC. ®

Jelly Belly giant bubble wand

3.5¢

Or, get

per litre**

in Superbucks® value using any other purchase method ®

Redeem Superbucks towards purchases made in-store.** 44788C27

Crayola coloured bubbles

Prices are in effect until Sunday, March 31, 2013 or while stock lasts.

Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. NO RAINCHECKS OR SUBSTITUTIONS on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to retail outlets. Some items may have “plus deposit and environmental charge” where applicable. ®/TM The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed in this newspaper ad are trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. All rights reserved. © 2013 Loblaws Inc. *Guaranteed Lowest Prices applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ print advertisements (i.e. flyer, newspaper). We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s print advertisement. Our major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us and are based on a number of factors which can change from time to time. Identical items are defined as same brand, item type (in the case of produce, meat and bakery), size and attributes and carried at this store location. We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this promise at any time. *We Match Prices! Look for the symbol in store. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match select items in our major supermarket competitors’ flyers throughout the week. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and for fresh produce, meat and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us). Customer Relations: 1-866-999-9890.