Red Deer Advocate, April 04, 2013

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Fatal collision Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff

One man was killed in a motorcycle collision on the QEII south of the Hwy 11 overpass Wednesday shortly after 2:30 p.m. Police said he was traveling southbound at the time of the collision. An RCMP traffic reconstruction analyst was on the scene investigating. Traffic was reduced to one lane.

Funds to boost programs, services

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

SUICIDE PREVENTION

More Central Alberta students will learn about suicide awareness and coping with negative emotions thanks to a $128,000 cash windfall from an “amazing” student-led fundraising effort.

Red Deer’s Suicide Information and Education Services expected to receive up to $40,000 from a March 18 Race For Your Life fundraiser held by graduating Notre Dame High School Students.

But the benefit exceeded expectations by raising more than three times that amount.

“These kids worked their butts off and put their hearts and souls into it and (the effort) is amazing,”

said executive director Laura MacNeill.

Her organization will enhance school-age programs in the region as a result of the additional money raised by 39 participating Race for Your Life teams that had to come up with at least $2,500 in donations to enter the scavenger hunt/race.

The non-profit is extending work hours for a staff counsellor who gives free counselling sessions to troubled youths or families, as well as an education co-ordinator who goes into classrooms with presentations about handling fear, disappointment and loss, and speaking about suicidal thoughts.

Former Travelaire site to host mix of fast food restaurants, shops The former Travelaire site on Red Deer’s west side will be transformed into a commercial development.

Tenants have yet to be announced for the property being developed by Edmonton-based Canadian Urban Ltd. at Johnstone Drive and 67th Street, but project manager Dan Gilbertson said it will be similar to other commercial sites that include a mix of fast food restaurants and other shops. An anchor tenant is expected to fill the largest of the eight buildings proposed in a concept plan unanimously approved by the city’s municipal planning commission on Wednesday.

“The uses that we have planned are typical of most of the strip mall centres around town,” said Gilbertson, who is with Al-Terra Engineering Ltd. “But we’re still in negotiations with different tenants.”

“There are potentially some that are new to Red Deer and area. So that is exciting and hopefully that turns out.”

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MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION Construction of the first buildings is expected to take place later this year. One industrial building will remain at the site on a separate parcel.

The property was purchased by Canadian Urban Ventures GP from Travelaire’s parent company, Glendale International Corp., in 2007. Travelaire, which manufactured recreational vehicles, continued to lease and use the land until Glendale filed for bankruptcy in January 2010.

Presentation of plans for the site spawned a lengthy debate among planning commission members about walkable communities and how best to gear the site to pedestrians and drivers.

Commission member Coun. Paul Harris was concerned that the site design paid too little attention to pedestrian habits.

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Arrest warrant issued for man charged in fatal collision 3 years ago

BY ADVOCATE STAFF An arrest warrant was issued on Wednesday for a Red Deer man awaiting trial in connection with a fatal collision almost three years ago.

New charges, including breaching bail conditions and a set of traffic tickets, have been laid against Rodney Ross Arens. He was previously ordered to stand trial in connection with a crash at the intersection of Kerry Wood and Taylor Drives in Red Deer on the evening of Canada Day, 2010.

Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminaraj, 13, was killed when the small car his sister was driving collided with a heavy-duty pickup truck. His sister, Stephanie, 20 at the time, was take to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for treatment and their 18-year-old brother, Jamie, suffered severe injuries.

Family members said after the crash that Stephanie was taking her brothers to Bower Ponds for the Canada Day fireworks after celebrating their father’s birthday.

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MacNeill said the additional 45 hours a week shared between the two positions will mean that all schools between Nordegg, Consort, Wetaskiwin and Olds should get presentations at various grade levels.

Puppet shows about handling loss and disappointment will be performed for younger elementary students. Bullying and self-esteem is discussed with Grade 6-ers, while strategies for coping with stress and dating problems is introduced with middle school students.

MacNeill said that’s when the topic of suicide is also brought up. “They know quite a lot about it by Grade 6.”

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Mobility playbook proposes balance between walking, driving, transit and cycling

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF How people get around the city now may not be the same 50 years from now.

A draft of the future framework of the city’s potential transportation network was on display by the City of Red Deer. Jeremy Bouw, City of Red Deer divisional strategist, said the mobility playbook proposes a shift to accommodate balance between walking, driving, transit and cycling.

“I think it represents values we heard are important to people, said Bouw. “People want to live healthy lifestyles, they want to be able to get around safely and they want to be able to get around efficiently. That’s what we’re hoping we can get to.”

A group of about 20 people gathered in the Gull Lake room of the Red Deer Lodge Wednesday.

“We’re using this time to connect with people who use all different modes (of transportation),” said Bouw.

Frank Bauer attended the meeting and said the city is heading in the right direction with this plan.

“This city is really built just for cars so if you don’t have a car or the money to take a cab then it is quite a challenge to move around from one end of the city to the other,” said Bauer.

“That needs to change.”

Bauer rides his bike to work and wherever he can when the roads allow it.

“I can’t see using huge trucks with only one person in it driving around the city being sustainable,” said Bauer.

The playbook tries to amalgamate all modes of transportation, including walking, cycling, public transportation and driving.

Bouw said they spoke with more than 2,000 Red Deerians about varying topics related to mobility, including how they drive through the city, what does public transit mean to them, what do public spaces mean and how does it feel to walk through the city.

“That all led into now what is the draft mobility playbook,” said Bouw.

The playbook is broken down into three chapters focusing on why the city is ready to think about these changes, the criteria around what would work in Red Deer and the five recommendations.

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DEVELOPMENT: Concerned about drive-throughs “Although it’s got enhanced landscaping, I still think we’re building it for the car,” said Harris.

Coun. Cindy Jefferies felt the layout of sidewalks did not serve the public who may want to walk to the development from nearby businesses or hotels. The site’s four proposed commercial drive-throughs were also questioned.

“I’m concerned about the number of drivethroughs. I see that in Clearview (Market Square) and I’m not convinced it’s the way to go.”

Changing the route of sidewalks could prove complicated because of the layout of the property, which requires room be left for a drainage pond, future road widening and other considerations, the commission was told.

Adding more direct pedestrian access to the site must also be balanced against safety issues and the location of parking and drive-through lanes.

Kim Fowler, the city’s director of planning, said trying to make the development more pedestrianfriendly could mean it doesn’t meet the city’s parking standards.

The developers have exceeded city landscaping requirements in its design, she added.

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A Pidherney’s Construction truck passes the wildlife crossing underpass on what will be Northland Drive Tuesday. The $109-million the North Highway Connector project will link Hwy 11A to 30th Avenue with a new Red Deer River bridge in the Riverside Industrial Park. Eventually, the six-lane expressway will align Hwy 11A, Northland Drive, 20th Avenue and McKenzie Road.

Manitoba aboriginal leader starts hunger strike

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — An aboriginal leader from Manitoba says he has begun yet another hunger protest in an effort to stop changes to federal funding for First Nations people.

Grand Elder Raymond Robinson says his latest action will continue until Prime Minister Stephen Harper agrees to have a meaningful dialogue with aboriginal leaders.

“I’m going all out this time,” Robinson said of his new protest, during which he says he will not consume any food or water.

Robinson told a small gathering at Montreal’s Concordia University on Wednesday that he’s acting in the interest of future and current generations.

“I’ve run out of options as to what to do to make this stop, this continued atrocity, this continued abuse to our lands, our waters and our resources,” he said.

Whether there are too many drive-throughs is a land use issue that would have to be looked at separately, said Fowler. Under the city’s current rules, the drive-throughs are permitted.

Gilbertson said the design was the result of extensive work with city planning staff and engineers.

“We have put great effort into trying to make this walkable,” he said.

The commission agreed to add a note to the motion asking the developer to explore enhanced pedestrian access at the site as it moves forward on the project. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

SUICIDE: School programs build on each other Each of the school programs builds on the other, so she believes it’s important to reach students at various grade levels.

“It’s very exciting to be able to enhance what we’re doing,” said MacNeill.

But she stressed it’s also vital to maintain sustainability for the four-person organization that usually has to operate with $118,000 a year received from Alberta Health Services. “The big thing is that we want the money to last.”

Part of the additional revenue received from the student-led fundraiser will therefore go towards a sustainability fund to ensure that the enhanced pro-

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Robinson joined Chief Theresa Spence of the Ontario Attawapiskat reserve in going on a liquids-only diet last year to promote aboriginal demands. Their protest ended in January and resulted in Robinson losing 45 pounds.

Robinson says Spence supports his latest action.

The activist from the Cross Lake First Nation in Manitoba says he also expects to meet with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo.

Robinson criticized two bills that aboriginal leaders have warned would weaken environmental assessments and the protection of waters. He said they also weaken existing traditional rights.

He also wants Harper to cancel a series of recent amendments to the First Nations Comprehensive Funding Agreements.

Jason MacDonald, a spokesman for Native Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt, said the minister is prepared to meet with Robinson or any First Nations community member who wants to make progress for aboriginal people. grams offered by Suicide Information and Education Services can continue into the future. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

WARRANT: Trial postponed after he fired lawyer The Chanminaraj family moved to Canada from Laos.

Red Deer City RCMP charged Arens, now 35, with numerous criminal offences, including impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death, as well as two counts each of impaired driving causing injury and dangerous driving causing injury.

Arens pleaded not guilty to the charges and was to have been tried in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench over a period of eight weeks, starting on March 25.

However, that trial was postponed in late January when he fired his lawyer, Will Willms.

Arens was supposed to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday to answer the new charges, which include tickets for driving without a valid driver’s licence, driving an uninsured vehicle and driving an unregistered vehicle, as well as three counts of breaching bail conditions.

Judge David Plosz issued a warrant for Arens’s arrest when did not show up as ordered.

Arens is also scheduled to appear in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday to set new dates for his trial on the earlier charges.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

AHS challenged on in-house investigations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services needs to shape up on its inhouse investigations given evidence that supervisors brushed off warnings of queue-jumping at a Calgary cancer clinic, a health inquiry was told Wednesday.

“The inquiries (of senior managers) really did not go beyond asking if everything was OK,” lead counsel Michele Hollins told retired Justice John Vertes in her summation.

“Their inquiries resulted in no action or no further investigation.”

Hollins suggested Alberta Health Services — the delivery arm of the province’s Health Department — may be setting the bar too high for when an investigation can be called.

“Maybe some sort of less formal audit procedure would have allowed this matter to have been looked at in more detail at an earlier time.”

Vertes is hearing final submissions before he writes his report on any findings, causes and remedies for queuejumping in Alberta. The inquiry was called to fulfil an election promise by Premier Alison Redford to examine any problems.

Vertes’s report was due at the end of this month, but that deadline has been extended by the province to Aug. 31.

Over the last four months, doctors and health-care workers have testified before Vertes about random preferential treatment for friends and family.

But the strongest evidence has been

about systematic queue-jumping involving the private Helios Wellness Centre and the publicly funded Colon Cancer Screening Centre, both in Calgary.

Screening centre clerks have testified that from 2008 to 2012 — at the direction of management — they slotted in low-risk patients belonging to Dr. Ron Bridges and others from Helios within weeks or months. The wait for everyone else was three years.

Bridges is an associate dean of medicine at the University of Calgary Helios is a non-profit private clinic that dispenses yoga, exercise and diet advice and, along with the public screening centre, rents office space from the university.

Hollins said questions remain.

“Although we believe that the evidence demonstrated a pattern of preferential access given to a particular group of people (at Helios) without reference to medical need, it is not entirely clear why this happened,” she said.

The inquiry was told that Helios patients paid yearly membership fees of $10,000. Helios donated $200,000 or more annually to the university to fund medical scholarships and other projects.

Bridges is a key fundraiser for the university and, according to testimony at the inquiry, delivered fast-track care for Helios patients at not only the public screening centre, but also at the University of Calgary’s medical clinic.

Bridges, former president of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, raised funds for and founded the

public screening clinic in 2008.

Administrator Darlene Pontifex has testified that while Bridges didn’t have a formal role at the clinic, he exercised ongoing authority.

Bridges has testified he never knowingly pushed a patient up the queue.

He said he booked patients through the screening centre’s managers because he didn’t realize arrangements were supposed to be made by booking clerks.

Hollins and fellow counsel Jason Wilkins, in a written submission to Vertes, said they were skeptical.

“It is difficult to believe that as the founder of the clinic, he did not know that what he was doing was outside the norm,” they wrote.

“The evidence shows Dr. Ron Bridges taking active steps to book (private clinic) Helios patients outside of the regular referral process,” they added.

“Dr. Bridges has been prepared to use those (public facilities) however he sees fit, often for the benefit of particular people.”

Helios staff have conceded they end-ran the booking procedure at the public clinic and went through Bridges, but they said it wasn’t to have their patients seen faster. They said they were trying to find ways to get their patients entered on what they perceived to be a dysfunctional screening clinic database.

The inquiry has also heard testimony from numerous supervisors at the centre and at Alberta Health Services who have testified that Bridges is a well-connected, influential physician.

Dr. Alaa Rostom, hired by Bridg-

es in 2008 to run the medical side of the public clinic, denied that he was warned about the queue-jumping before 2012. He said when he was told, he didn’t investigate because he didn’t have the time or resources.

Pontifex told the inquiry she did not recall being sent emails directing Bridges’s patients be moved up on the waiting list, but conceded she didn’t always read her email.

Barb Kathol, an executive director at the Foothills Hospital responsible for the public screening centre, said when she heard talk about what was going on, she didn’t go to Bridges, but followed the chain of command and went to Rostom, who told her there was nothing to worry about. She let the matter drop.

When Rostom’s boss, Dr. Francois Belanger — head of the Calgary health region for Alberta Health Services — caught wind of goings-on, he, too followed the chain of command. He testified that Rostom told him there was no problem.

Brent Windwick, lawyer for Alberta Health Services, told the inquiry Wednesday that while there were warnings, they were restricted to doctors talking amongst doctors. He said the key supervisor didn’t get a headsup until 2012.

“While it is accurate to say that concerns about irregularities at CCSC were raised as far back as 2010, it’s not fair to say that they were ’consistently dismissed’ nor that there was ’no real investigation,”’ said Windwick in a written submission.

Provinces presses to keep woman who drowned boys in Canada EDMONTON — Alberta justice officials say they are pressing the federal government to prevent a woman who drowned her two young sons from travelling back to her native Australia.

Allyson McConnell is scheduled for early release Thursday after serving two-thirds of a 15-month jail term for manslaughter.

The depressed and suicidal woman killed her children in the town of Millet, just south of Edmonton, in 2010.

She later drove to the city, jumped off a busy overpass and was rushed to hospital.

Court heard she and her husband were in the middle of a bitter divorce and she wanted to take her children back to Australia.

Her former husband, Curtis McConnell, released a statement to Global News saying he believes his ex-wife is set to fly home to Australia

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Two men arrested Curling club lost, after attempted hockey arena armed robbery saved, when fire strikes Two Hills Two men have been arrested after what police say was a drugrelated attempted armed robbery in downtown Red Deer.

Police were called to 4911 51st St. at 10 a.m. on Tuesday to a report of an altercation. Two males had entered the building when the altercation broke out and a knife was brandished.

Attending immediately, police located and apprehended two males.

Police said the investigation determined the incident was allegedly drug-related and the individuals were known to each other.

No one was injured.

Chance Shane Mitchell, 24, of Red Deer is charged with robbery.

Mitchell has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on June 4.

Steven Gordon Hubley, 29, of Red Deer is charged with two counts of double doctoring and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Hubley has been released from custody and will appear in court on May 28.

TWO HILLS — A number of people had to scramble to safety when a fire broke out in a curling club in a small community east of Edmonton.

The rink in Two Hills, about 140 kilometres east of the city, was destroyed in the Tuesday night blaze. RCMP say an event was being held at the facility when the flames broke out.

Several nearby homes were evacuated and a number of ambulances were on standby as a precaution.

Crews from three fire departments did manage to stop the flames from spreading to a nearby arena.

Bank accounts targeted OKOTOKS — Dozens of people in a southern Alberta town are waiting to get their money back after their bank accounts were targeted in a massive card skimming operation.

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later this week.

He has struggled to find out more.

“I am not sure if Allyson is free once she lands in Australia,” he wrote.

“Being only 34 years old, will she start a new family and have another child in her care?”

A judge ordered that McConnell was to serve her sentence at an Edmonton psychiatric hospital and it’s not known if doctors there have approved her release.

Josh Stewart, a spokesman with Alberta Justice, said he also doesn’t know if the woman is set to fly out of the country.

But he says officials want to keep her here pending the outcome of an appeal by the Crown.

His office has left messages asking for help from Federal Justice Minister Vic Toews and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. It has not yet received a response.

The Crown, who originally charged the woman with second-degree murder, is appealing her manresidents of Okotoks, south of Calgary, were victimized over the long weekend when they noticed their accounts had been depleted, or banks had cancelled their debit cards.

Investigators think credit or debit card information was skimmed in recent months at a local business, then used by criminals to tap into people’s accounts.

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MOBILITY: Council to see it at end of May These recommendations include putting pedestrians first, tying land use and mobility together, making transit part of the journey, connecting the trails and nurturing a culture of change.

The mobility playbook will go back to city council at the end of May. “That presentation to council will include the final draft of the playbook,” said Bouw. “Any changes are recommended through the process of talking to citizens now. We’ll also be compiling the results of the feedback form we have and presenting that to council.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

slaughter conviction and sentence, but the Court of Appeal has not set a date to hear the case.

Stewart said if McConnell goes back to Australia and the court orders a new trial or more time behind bars, there would be the hassle of a lengthy extradition process.

“It’s important to us justice is served here in Alberta,” he said.

The Immigration and Refugee Board issued a removal order against McConnell last fall after her trial, said Lisa White with the Canada Border Services Agency.

Due to privacy issues, she couldn’t provide details on whether McConnell is set to leave Canada. She said under some circumstances, such as pending criminal charges, stays can be issued.

Court appeals don’t apply, she said.

“By law, the appeal of a conviction doesn’t say a removal.”

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Pipeline balancing act Joe Oliver strode to the microphone in the House of Commons foyer on Tuesday, brimming with good news.

It was all about averting our potentially “lost legacy,’’ jobs, national energy security and social programs.

We were embarking, it seemed, on the 21st century journey to the Last Spike.

TIM About 30 HARPER minutes earlier, Joe Bradley from the heretofore unheard of community of Mayflower, Ark., told the CBC radio program The Current of encountering about half a metre of Canadian oilsands crude running down the street in front of his house in his well-manicured community.

“I grabbed my daughter and got in the car and ran as fast as we could,’’ Bradley said.

His house value is gone, he has concerns about the health of his eightyear-old daughter and he isn’t going back.

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graphic illustration in one morning of the economy versus the environment in this country’s ongoing pipeline debate.

Oliver did, indeed, have good news, with the TransCanada decision to ask for firm shipping commitments for an ambitious Alberta-to-New Brunswick pipeline, a move that has pan-political support in this country, including, it would seem, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois.

The west-east route, if finalized, would end the East Coast’s dependence on imported oil, would indeed create jobs and provide a boon to financially strapped New Brunswick.

But Oliver’s good news announcement was hijacked by questions about ExxonMobil’s unexpected Easter gift for the good burghers of Mayflower.

It was, the federal natural resources minister said, “A very old, more than 60-year-old U.S. pipeline’’ that ruptured in Mayflower. “It happened to be carrying Canadian crude.’’

About 15 per cent of all oil flowing underground in the U.S. comes from Canada, he said, but it is no more corrosive than other oil beneath the surface. It was just the 15 per cent factor, he said.

Then he repeated his favourite statistic, that pipelines on this continent are 99.99945 per cent safe. But he was tripped up by the old .00055 argument.

This is, as Oliver says, a “pivotal” year with the need for the west-east flow, and pending U.S. approval of the Keystone XL and the regulatory approval of the Northern Gateway on the West Coast.

To use an opening day baseball analogy, Oliver is one-for-one with two at-bats to go. But he takes his next atbats on pure faith.

He says Keystone will be state-ofthe-art, with the type of steel and welding technology that outstrips existing pipeline infrastructure.

He uses the same enhanced safety argument to explain why a major tanker oil spill could not happen off the British Columbia coast.

Others argue that today’s regulatory processes stymie progress.

“Would we be able to build Canada’s transcontinental railroad if it had to go through today’s process?’’ asks Rick Anderson, a Conservative strategist. “Does anybody today regret that we built it?’’

That’s a valid point but, of course, we also used to put asbestos in our homes. Times change, and sometimes we get smarter.

Oliver is doubtless correct when he points to the difference between the XL and a 60-year-old pipeline, but it’s a bit like having air passengers witness a crash, then be asked to board the next flight with the assurance that they

are boarding a newer plane that could never crash because of new technology in airplane construction.

You would at least think twice before boarding. Your confidence would be badly shaken.

This is the legacy Oliver and the Conservative government are stuck with — Mayflower, Little Buffalo, Alta., the Enbridge leak near Kalamazoo, Mich., and the “Keystone Kops” characterization of the cleanup effort.

They, and previous governments, allowed an industry to blithely forge ahead, slow to respond to safety concerns or pushback from environmentalists and First Nations. The Harper government then stashed its own environmental safeguards in the attic or tossed them in the trash.

There have been suggestions that Harper may already have been given a tacit thumbs-up on Keystone from Washington and it is hard to believe that Barack Obama has not decided — it is more likely the discussion is how to couch any announcement pro or con so as to try to blunt the fury it will spark from either side of the divide.

If the decision has not been made, tying Keystone opposition to the Arkansas spill is a bit like shooting fish in a barrel. Or, in this case, sadly, retrieving dead ducks from an oil spill.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Big Telecom controlling the cell market Re: too expensive cellphone contracts.

Some points to consider regarding our cellphone carriers: Canadians pay some of the highest cellphone fees and are forced into some of the worst contracts in the industrialized world.

Our broken cellphone market limits our use of mobile Internet technologies, and with it our creativity and entrepreneurship. Providing more choice for Canadians is crucial to innovation, and the success of our economy.

Canadians suffer from poor service because three big cellphone conglomerates control nearly 94 per cent of the market.

To make matters even worse, Rogers has come up with a plan to block our access to the few affordable mobile services that do exist by obtaining scarce wireless spectrum assets.

This will mean more control for Big Telecom and higher prices and less choice for you and your family.

The Rogers plan breaks Industry Canada rules because it grants the Big Telecom conglomerate access to wireless spectrum assets that were specifically set aside for new, more affordable telecom options for Canadians.

Industry Minister Christian Paradis has the ability to enforce the government’s rules for cellphone service but so far he has refused to do so.

Tens of thousands of Canadians have already told Paradis to stop Big Telecom from killing affordability in Canada’s mobile Internet and cellphone market at www.demandchoice.ca.

The government’s decision about wireless spectrum is a rare chance to change a bad situation, and unlock the potential of our digital economy. These scarce public spectrum assets should be invested in our digital future.

Canadians have to get vocal and demand change. I have an iPhone on an American carrier and I have an iPhone on Rogers and in the U.S. I only need to sign up for a two-year contract, where in Canada it is three years. The U.S. carrier is 50 per cent cheaper and has more data.

I encourage each and every Canadian to learn more at www.DemandChoice.ca, and read OpenMedia.ca’s study about Canada’s dysfunctional cellphone market at www. openmedia.ca/UpgradeCanada.

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Facebook bans: putting the lid on your kids I use social media just about every waking hour of every day, but I have yet to decide if Twitter and Facebook have changed our world for better or worse.

Good, evil or otherwise, social media is now a fixture in modern society, ingrained to the same degree as cars, television and indoor plumbing.

As rapidly as the world has embraced and adapted to the digital age, we still seem to be floundering when it comes to policing the online activities of our children.

I recently read a news story about a Manitoba judge who banned a 12-year-old girl LEO from using Facebook while on PARÉ probation for making online threats against two other girls.

The probation order, which included 50 hours of community service, came down earlier this week in a Brandon courtroom after the girl pleaded guilty to two counts of uttering threats.

The judge told the girl that if she stays out of trouble — and her mother approves — she can resume

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her Facebook activities when probation ends.

I applaud the judge for his unique and progressive punishment, which in my view could be an extremely effective measure in dealing with teenaged offenders.

While the online bullying problem ultimately falls to the parents, it’s fair to expect Facebook to respond appropriately to reports of defamatory posts when minors are involved.

A page on Facebook’s reporting guide states: “Content that violates our Community Standards is removed. However, there are situations in which something does not violate our terms, but the person still may want it removed. In the past, people reporting such content would see no action when it didn’t violate our terms. Starting last year, we launched systems to allow people to directly engage with one another to better resolve their issues beyond simply blocking or unfriending another user.”

This policy may work where cooler heads prevail, but when a bunch of pre-teens start bickering with each other, usually the voice of reason is quickly drowned out by incoherent rage and stupidity.

In short, when kids don’t walk away from the fight, it should be up to Facebook moderators to step in swiftly and break it up.

While Facebook administration has proven highly

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co-operative in the fight against online harassment, getting them to address offensive comments is still a muddy, inconsistent process. In many cases, by the time offending remarks are removed, the damage is already done.

In the case of the Manitoba teen, the girl’s mother deserves an equal share of blame for her daughter’s online actions. It’s up to parents to remain vigilant of their child’s online activities.

We’re not talking about a private diary here.

We’re talking about comments posted publicly for dozens — sometimes thousands — of other kids to see. I think most moms and dads would agree that anything young teens are sharing with peers online, they should be able to also share with their parents.

We need to make sure our kids understand the serious consequences that can result from posting harmful remarks online and the incredible speed with which those words can spread.

Maybe the idea of court-ordered Facebook bans will catch on, maybe not. Either way, today’s teenagers would be wise to remember that anything you say on the Internet can — and likely will — be used against you in the court of life.

Leo Paré is the Advocate’s online editor. Email him at lpare@reddeeradvocate.com or follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/LeoPare.

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Scientists charged with breach of trust

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Two former federal government scientists are facing charges after one of them was caught trying to smuggle highly contagious bacteria out of the country.

Klaus Nielsen and Wei Ling Yu, both former researchers with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, are charged with breach of trust by a public officer in a scheme to commercialize agency property, the RCMP said in a statement.

“The matter was originally reported to the RCMP by the CFIA in March 2011,” said the Mounties.

“The investigation focused on Dr. Nielsen and Ms. Yu’s unlawful efforts to commercialize intellectual property belonging to the CFIA and a private commercial partner.”

Nielsen also faces several charges under the Ex-

port and Import Permits Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act. He was caught on his way to the Ottawa airport last October carrying 17 vials of what turned out to be live Brucella bacteria that can infect livestock and humans.

Some of the charges deal with unsafe transportation of the germs.

Police have not revealed the intended buyers of the material, or where Nielsen was allegedly attempting to transport it.

Yu is still at large and is believed to be in China.

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for her arrest.

Brucella primarily attacks livestock, particularly cattle, where it causes a condition known as brucellosis and can induce spontaneous abortion. It can also infect humans, causing severe sweating and

muscle pain. It is rarely fatal.

A strain of Brucella was the first bacteria used by the United States military when it began producing biological weapons in the mid-1950’s. Its use was discontinued when it proved ineffective as a potential weapon.

In 2003, Nielsen was part of a team of scientists that won a CFIA Technology Transfer Award for developing a 15-second test for detecting brucellosis in cattle.

In 1984, the CFIA declared Canadian cattle and farmed bison officially brucellosis-free. Still, a “reservoir of disease in Canadian wildlife means that Canada must regularly survey its cattle for brucellosis,” says the agency’s website.

Thousands of brucellosis cases are regularly reported in developing countries where unpasteurized dairy products from diseased cattle, sheep and goats are consumed.

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Canadian help to improve security of Pakistani nukes put into deep freeze OTTAWA — Proposed Canadian help to secure Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and keep weapons away from terrorists has been put in the deep freeze by the Harper government.

A briefing prepared for Canada’s top military commander in 2011 outlined how the Foreign Affairs Department was examining the notion, under an anti-proliferation program established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

But a Foreign Affairs spokesman says there’s no agreement, “nor is it in any way contemplating negotiating one” to improve security around Islamabad’s estimated 110 nuclear warheads.

The relationship between the two nations grew increasingly frosty throughout the Afghan war with Pakistan’s perceived support of Taliban militants who were killing Canadian troops in Kandahar.

The international community has grown uneasy as the government in Islamabad has amassed one of the fastest-growing nuclear arsenals in the world.

The defence briefing note, stamped secret and dated Nov. 9, 2011, claimed Foreign Affairs was “working to advance bilateral co-operation” with Pakistan on nuclear trafficking, training and other regulatory issues — something diplomatic officials tersely deny.

Foreign service union starts job action over wage parity, warns of strike

TORONTO — Luka Magnotta, accused of killing and dismembering a Chinese student, was treated for paranoid schizophrenia, though his doctor said he didn’t always take his medication.

A letter from Magnotta’s psychiatrist was attached to the court file of his 2005 conviction for fraud in Toronto and offers a glimpse into the mind of the man now accused in the gruesome slaying and dismemberment of 33-year-old Jun Lin. Magnotta, 30, then known by his birth name, Eric Newman, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia since at least 2000 and was hospitalized several times, Dr. Thuraisamy Sooriabalan wrote.

“The treatment consists of taking antipsychotic medications and attending (the) outpatient department for supportive psychotherapy and health education,” wrote the doctor based at the Rouge Valley Health System’s Centenary site in Toronto.

“Unfortunately Mr. Newman is not very regular in attending the outpatient department and as a result he misses his medications.”

At the time of the letter, written in May 2005, Magnotta had not seen his psychiatrist since February, despite being told to return in a month for continuation of his medication, Sooriabalan wrote.

The psychiatrist assessed Magnotta’s prognosis as “fair,” as long as he took his medication. If he doesn’t, he would be prone to a relapse of his symptoms, which include paranoia, auditory hallucinations and fear of the unknown, Sooriabalan wrote.

The letter was released Wednesday after several media outlets fought for it to be made public.

A Globe and Mail reporter had been trying to

obtain the letter, a public document, since July, but was rebuffed in several attempts. Various media outlets then joined together to hire counsel to make arguments to a judge for the letter’s release.

Magnotta’s lawyer Luc Leclair tried to stop the letter from becoming public, but Ontario Court Judge Fergus O’Donnell ruled Tuesday afternoon that it should be released.

It does contain sensitive and personal medical information, O’Donnell said in his ruling, but any privacy interest was foregone when the letter was filed in open court.

“Without access to the letter, the public is not in a position to engage in a meaningful assessment or debate over the appropriateness of what happened to Mr. Newman in 2005 in what is supposed to be an open and transparent court process,” O’Donnell wrote.

The letter was tendered in court after Magnotta pleaded guilty to four fraud-related charges in 2005.

The judge read the letter before she imposed a ninemonth conditional sentence. She said she could only order him to take his medication for the nine-month period, but hoped he would continue taking it after that.

“Sir, you have got a medical problem and you need to always take medication,” Judge Lauren Marshall said, the transcript shows.

“If you do not, your life is going to get messed up.”

Magnotta admitted to taking advantage of a young woman with a diminished mental capacity who he had met online. He admitted that he got her to apply for credit in her name at stores such as Sears and The Brick then used it to get various merchandise.

The stores were out thousands of dollars. He also got a credit card in the woman’s name.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign service officers began job action this week after their 1,350-member union declared it was in a legal strike position.

The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, which includes more than 600 Canadian diplomats in overseas missions, has been without a contract since mid-2011 and wants pay equity with other public servants.

The union wants to force Treasury Board back to the bargaining table, so it can address a core grievance — that its members are paid $10,000 to $14,000 less than their counterparts who do similar work in other federal departments.

Timothy Edwards, the union’s president, said the work-to-rule measures will start small but could evolve into a strike.

“We are looking at the full range of job action measures, so up to and including actual withdrawal of service or striking,” Edwards said.

Andrea Mandel-Campbell, a spokeswoman for Treasury Board Secretary Tony Clement, said it’s the government’s position that a strike would be unfortunate.

“The foreign service is a highly sought after and well-paid posting,” Mandel-Campbell said. “The government will continue to bargain with PAFSO in good faith to reach a reasonable settlement that is fair to workers and taxpayers.”

Preliminary hearing for accused Parti Quebecois shooter begins May 2 MONTREAL — The preliminary hearing for the man accused of first-degree murder in last September’s election night shooting will begin May 2.

Richard Henry Bain did not have a lawyer when he made his latest court appearance on Wednesday.

But after listening to more than two hours of complaints and legal questions, Quebec court Judge Jean-Paul Braun set aside 11 days for the preliminary inquiry.

Bain asked at one point to be transferred to an Ontario jail, but the judge said he would have to make that request to Superior Court.

Bain, who faces 16 charges, is accused of killing a stage technician in back of the downtown nightclub where Premier Pauline Marois was delivering her victory speech last September fourth.

Crown prosecutor Eliane Perreault indicated she has a list of 33 witnesses. Bain said she doesn’t need them all.

Bain rambled on that he was at the nightclub so Marois would not give her speech or have her party.

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Change is brewing as people learn more about the health benefits of

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One study found that black tea reduced blood pressure in all participants and counteracted the detrimental effects of high-fat meals in people with high blood pressure.

“The more tea you drink, the better,” Sherman said.

“It’s astounding, really.” ★★★

BY LAURA UNGAR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In latte-obsessed North America, tea is gaining ground as scientists and the public learn more about its benefits.

A growing body of research suggests that the world’s second-most-consumed beverage — only water is more popular — helps prevent cardiovascular disease, burn calories and ward off some types of cancer.

“We don’t clearly understand why tea is so beneficial, but we know it is,” said Thomas G. Sherman, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. “There are lots of epidemiological studies, and so of course people see these studies and want to drink tea and gain these benefits.”

In the U.S., tea purchases have risen for 20 consecutive years, annual supermarket sales have surpassed $2.2 billion, and away-from-home consumption of tea has grown by at least 10 percent a year for a decade, according to the Tea Association of the USA, a New York-based industry group. On any given day, the association says, 160 million Americans drink tea.

Although coffee is still king in the United States, change is brewing. Department of Agriculture statistics show tea drinking has increased as coffee drinking has declined: Per-person tea consumption was nine gallons in 2009, up from 7.3 gallons in 1980; per-person coffee consumption was 23.3 gallons in 2009, down from 26.7 gallons in 1980, about half what it was in the mid1940s. And while studies also show that coffee is associated with many health

benefits, including helping protect against diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, a typical cup has much more jitter-producing caffeine than tea does.

Manelle Martino, co-owner of Capital Teas in Washington, said she has seen the explosion of interest in tea firsthand. Her sales of looseleaf tea have risen substantially each year since she opened the business in 2007, she said. “We started the tea company with one shop.

Now, there are six stores in the D.C. area,” she said.

“People are becoming more health-conscious. You have baby boomers who are into preserving their youth. You see them wanting to take better care of themselves.” ★★★ Tea comes from the leaves of the warm-weather evergreen Camellia sinensis, and it is classified into five types: black, white, green, oolong and puerh.

Experts say all are healthful. Many scientists link health benefits to tea’s polyphenol antioxidants, which protect against oxidative stress, but others say they don’t know exactly which chemicals or combinations of chemicals in tea produce the benefits. Sherman, for example, said there’s no evidence connecting tea’s antioxidants to beneficial effects, and he pointed to a study showing that black tea reduces LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol without affecting antioxidant levels, suggesting something else in tea is causing this.

Numerous epidemiological studies — which establish correlation, not cause and effect — focus on tea’s role in reducing cardiovascular disease, the nation’s biggest killer.

A 2004 paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine, for instance, looked at hypertension rates among people who drank tea for at least a year. The study, conducted in Taiwan, found that those who drank about four ounces to 20 ounces of tea a day had a 46 percent lower risk of developing high blood pressure than people who didn’t drink tea regularly.

Another paper, published in 2002 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, culled through the results of a large study concerning chronic disease and found that people drinking the greatest amount of tea — more than 12 ounces a day — had barely half the risk of heart attack as people who did not drink tea.

More recent cardiovascular research was presented in September at a symposium at the Department of

As for cancer prevention, the evidence is less compelling.

A review of studies published in the Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology last year suggested that consuming 10 Japanesesize cups of green tea a day helps prevent several cancers and protect against recurrence of colorectal cancer. And a 2006 review in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition of the beneficial effects of green tea noted studies linking tea to reduced risk of ovarian, prostate and breast cancers.

But that review also cited some conflicting research.

For example, two studies revealed a breast cancer benefit, one showing a decreasing risk among Asian American women with rising tea intake and another showing a lower risk of recurrence among Japanese patients who drank three or more cups a day. But a larger Japanese study of more than 35,000 women concluded tea intake didn’t affect the risk of breast cancer.

And scientists at the

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center announced last week that black and green teas (and coffee) were among the foods and flavorings that affected a gene linked to cancer. But they said this doesn’t mean people should stop drinking tea and coffee, only that more research is needed.

Studies have also examined whether tea affects weight loss. One, from 2004, found that caffeine, theanine and perhaps other components in green tea powder suppressed weight gain and fat accumulation in laboratory mice.

There is also some evidence that drinking tea promotes digestive health generally. Gerry Mullin, an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and author of “The Inside Tract: Your Good Gut Guide to Great Digestive Health,” said tea appears to help control glucose and insulin and keep the gastrointestinal system running well.

“At the end of the day, these teas are anti-inflammatory in nature. They have anti-bacterial properties,” Mullin said. “They [boost] the immune system and provide a lot of different benefits.” ★★★ Sherman’s wife, Guinevere Eden, loves to start her day with a soothing cup of tea.

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Keep everything ‘in place’ Time to spread so you eat in good health your ‘wings’ The term “mise en place” is a Always have a variety of fresh term used in professional kitch- fruit. Get over always having apens referring to when kitchen staff ples and try something different. prepare their stations Mix it up. organizing ingredients Fresh berries are a and arranging them in must (or at least have a way to chop, fire and some frozen ones on plate for service! hand).

The literal transIf it’s something that lation from French requires chopping or means “everything in rinsing — have it preplace.” rinsed before entering But what a useful the refrigerator. strategy to use on the Have some lemon home front when prepwedges pre-sliced in a ping for your week container to squeeze ahead. into your water in the Most people these morning, season a dish, KRISTIN days don’t have enough or throw in a dressing FRASER time to prepare meals — always a must have. every night or continue Always have salad to struggle with “what goods on hand with to eat” every day, fresh chopped veggies which then defers them that can also dual as a to take out or just bad choices. stirfry, be thrown in a curry dish Wouldn’t it be a whole lot eas- or just eaten as veggies and dip. ier if everything were already “in Next have a grain or a bean place” for you to grab and fire — precooked in plain salted water. as in … eat!

A big batch of brown rice, wild Well allow me to share some rice or quinoa or a pot of cannellistrategies to “mise en place” your ni beans is great to have in a conown kitchen. tainer in the fridge.

First, think containers. Get You can spice up as required some nice glass ones or simple and throw in some fresh herbs non-toxic plastic ones. (which is always nice to at least Your refrigerator needs to look have one type of fresh herb such inviting and organized or else as cilantro in the fridge) then eiyour meals will become as scat- ther used hot or thrown in cold tered as you are! with a salad, or in the case of the So here’s the plan … get one! cannellini beans — puree them up Start with snacks. into a dip-able spread (just throw

SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

in some of that fresh lemon with sea salt and that cilantro you have on hand).

Taking the time to dig up a few recipes for the week, actually plan to make them and have the groceries on hand to prep is worth it beyond explanation.

But another key strategy to mise en place is to not overdo it.

Don’t be an all or nothing person or you are setting yourself up for failure.

Allow yourself some meals out with friends or a little takeout and plan for that with your volume of food you keep in the fridge.

I like to buy in small batches, prep that day and usually it lasts me longer than anticipated! Any leftovers are great for the freezer in individual portions.

Bottom line is to have your refrigerator and pantry be welcoming, organized and easily accessible to throw together a healthy meal.

Take the time to prep in advance and you might just find yourself not having to ask “what’s for dinner?”

It’ll be right there in front of you, “everything in place.”

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer. Her column appears every second Thursday. She can be reached at kristin@somethingtochewon.ca.

Just a little bit too much sugar can shrink your brain What do your favourite wool sweater, your retirement savings account and your brain have in common?

They’re all better off if they don’t shrink!

But the brains of millions of Americans and Canadians with slightly elevated blood sugar levels are at risk for just that!

One study making headlines found that even a little extra blood glucose shrivels gray matter.

Seems the hippocampus (memories) and amygdala (thinking) areas of the brain grew smaller in women and men whose blood sugar was in the prediabetes range, about 110 mg/dL on a fasting blood sugar test. (And if you progress from prediabetes to diabetes, as most people eventually do, you’ll accelerate shrinkage even more!)

But there’s a lot you can do to reverse prediabetes and keep your brain cells healthy and your neurons firing. ● Break out your walking shoes. Exercise stimulates the growth of new neurons and new neuron connections by boosting levels of a protein called BDNF. Even a few 30-minute walks a week protect against cognitive decline, and they’re more effective than brain games or spending time with your BFFs. We recommend that you aim for 10,000 steps a day — that’ll definitely give prediabetes the heave-ho. ● Break out your sweats and heart-rate

MIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ

DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN monitor. More-vigorous physical activity (especially using leg and core muscles) increases neural connections and the size of your brain’s memory-processing hippocampus. Get your heart rate up to 85 per cent of your age-adjusted maximum for 20 minutes, three times a week for top benefits. (A woman’s max age-adjusted heart rate is 226 minus her age; and man’s is 220 minus his age.) ● De-stress daily.

Chronic worry and anxiety switch on a gene that blocks the creation of new nerve connections.

Meditation and exercise are great de-stressers. ● Get Bs, C, D, E — and omega-3s. Loading up on these nutrients found in produce, whole grains, fortified breakfast cereal, low-fat milk and omega-3-rich fish like salmon and trout reduces your risk for brain shrinkage substantially.

People who didn’t get enough omega-3 had 37 percent more brain loss, in one eye-opening report. You can also take 900 milligrams of ome-

ga-3 DHA daily and half a multivitamin twice a day. ● Skip trans fats.

Trans fats reduce brain size. Check all food labels. If you see “partially hydrogenated” fats, especially in baked goods and ready-to-eat frozen and canned meals, put the package back on the shelf. ● Lower high blood pressure. Take your blood pressure readings seriously. Anything higher than 117/76 can damage blood vessels that supply brain cells with oxygen and fuel. ● Stop smoking; avoid secondhand smoke; get your flu shot. Puffing on tobacco chokes the blood supply to your brain. (Visit www.sharecare.com for great tips and support for kicking butts.) Secondhand smoke and not getting your flu shots are both associated with overall inflammation. Avoiding inflammation in your brain makes you much smarter. ● Find relief for chronic pain. Inflammation associated with

ongoing back pain could thin your gray matter by a whopping 11 per cent!

Research has shown that chronic back pain can erode a cubic half-inch of brain matter — about the size of a walnut — in a single year. ● Consider supplements that decrease insulin resistance. Cinnamon (2 teaspoons daily), turmeric (17 mg as a spice in food), purified omega-7’s (210 mg daily) and coffee (more than two cups a day if your doc says it’s OK for you) all decrease insulin resistance and may improve long-term brain function. ● Get some sleep. Insomnia is another brain drain. Nix afternoon caffeine, de-stress before turning in, make sure your room is cool and dark. In the morning, snap up the shades and get some early light.

Missing out on sun exposure also can downsize your gray cells.

If you can bring down your even-just-a-littlebit-higher-than-normal blood sugar, you’ll make your RealAge much younger, extend your warranty and keep your brain sharper by six months for every year that you postpone or totally avoid type 2 diabetes.

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Medical Officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. For more information go to www.RealAge.com.

We’re not meant to fly so why do so many of us have wings?

I know, you thought this column was about health and fitness and there I go talking about wings and flying. Or you’re thinking I was cleverly talking about that loose adipose tissue that a number of people complain about under their arms and on their upper back, affectionately called the “bat wings.”

Though that’s a great topic, it’s not our topic today, but you’re getting warm.

The wings I’m referring to today are those bony ones that appear in the middle of our back, the wings formed by the shoulder blades (also known in our smarty pants vocabulary as the scapulae) when they are too far apart and CABEL wing outward from our body.

If you’re unsure if you’re afMCELDERRY fected by this, here are three ways you might discern: ● If you get headaches, neck aches, back aches, shoulder aches more than once per year after you’ve slipped and fallen chances are you might have a malfunction at the scapular junction. ● Try performing a push-up in front of a friend or co-worker and ask them to observe your upper back.

If they scream and run away in terror exclaiming “there is an alien coming out of your back,” it’s quite likely you have winging scapulae. ● If there is simply no one around or you are too shy, stand in front of a mirror and look to your side, you may notice with arms relaxed at your sides that you see this little hunch in your back just above the height of your elbow where a bone seems to be sticking out. In conjunction quite commonly you’ll also notice your ear is way forward of the bone on the tip of your shoulder. This too may be a sign that your scapulae are just not behaving they way they are supposed to.

In truth I would suspect 90 per cent of the Red Deer population is affected by this structural problem. I know, you’re sitting there thinking, “I work out, I’m in the lucky 10 per cent.”

In truth, probably not, unless you are exercising under the guidance of a knowledgeable professional (a number of fitness professionals are still lost at evaluating and solving this problem, just as I was early in my career,) your exercise program or bootcamp might even be making it worse.

The reason the scapulae begin to wing is a weakened anterior serratus muscle. This muscle originates on the underside of our scapulae, it wraps around our whole upper torso, inserting on a number of the ribs in and around your sternum.

Remember, muscles are pretty simple in nature, they can typically only contract and relaxing moving closer to and further away from their insertion points.

Because of our generally easy, non-labourious lifestyles, combined with common repetitive motions in front of us, our serratus anterior gets lazy because, well, we haven’t asked it to do much.

The problem this creates (besides the alien back birth syndrome) is that our scapulae are not attached to the rest of our structure the way other bones are, it merely floats in place.

With the help of serratus anterior, the scapulae are an anchor or stabilization point for most of the movements performed by our shoulder, as well as some of the neck. So kind of think of it like this: imagine driving down the highway and suddenly two tires go flat at highway speed. It’s safe to say you are heading for a wreck.

Here’s the good news: the anterior serratus is not a difficult muscle to exercise once you understand how, but it will take time.

Start in a pushup position, on your knees or toes is fine. Place your hands shoulder width or narrower on the floor so they reside directly underneath or slightly ahead of the shoulder with extended arms.

Now, instead of performing a standard pushup, begin by drawing your belly button in to your spine to engage the abdominals, then push your chest toward the floor, while keeping the arms fully extended and squeezing the shoulderblades together. Then still keeping the arms straight, pull the shoulderblades apart, raising the chest through the shoulders to a rounded back position as high as possible.

Don’t forget to keep those abs engaged!

That’s it, the movement will likely be about four to six inches for most people.

Complete three to five sets of 10 to 20 slow repetitions with big slow breaths, a one-two count pause at each end of the movement will be great. Complete this one or two days in a row before taking a day off with extra days off to alleviate any lasting soreness.

Don’t expect there to be a dramatic change in a week or two — for most people, it will take three to six months of conscious effort to see noticeable improvement but, hey, if it saves just a few more people from degenerated discs, rotator cuff surgery or thinking that pain is going to be with them forever, then I’ve done my job.

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.

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New flu virus in China shows signs of adaptation SHOWS WHAT WAS BIRD VIRUS IS NOW SPREADING TO MAMMALIAN HOST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The new flu virus that has exploded onto the global radar is already showing signs that it is adapting to mammals, suggesting what was once a bird virus is now probably spreading in a mammalian host, an influenza expert said Tuesday.

And while it’s not clear what that mammalian host is, the two most obvious choices are pigs or humans, said Dr. Richard Webby, head of the World Health Organization’s influenza collaborating centre at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

“I think that’s what’s concerning about this ...This thing doesn’t any longer look like a poultry virus,” Webby, a swine flu expert, said in an interview.

“It really looks to me like it’s adapted in a mammalian host somewhere.”

If the virus is spreading in mammals, finding that source is critical to try to reduce human exposure and prevent additional cases, he said.

As Webby sees it, the virus will either take off in humans — “and it’s way, way too early to tell that” — or will melt back into nature.

While that might sound like wishful thinking, it’s actually been known to happened in the past.

After a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong, the H5N1 bird flu virus wasn’t seen again until late 2003, when it began the outbreak that continues to this day.

The new virus is an H7N9, named for the type of hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N) proteins it wears on its outer shell. H7N9 viruses have not been known to have infected people before this outbreak.

First announced to the outside world over the weekend by the Chinese government — via the World Health Organization — there are already seven confirmed human infections in three Chinese provinces.

Two of the infections have been fatal and the other five people are critically ill.

Genetic sequences of viruses isolated from the first three cases have already been mapped and deposited in databanks accessible to influenza scientists. And as they study the viral blueprints, some

clues to where to look for the virus are starting to emerge.

Webby said the H7N9 viruses are showing changes that are hallmarks of adaptation to mammals, the same types of mutations that have been seen when other flu viruses — which all have their origins in water birds like ducks — learn to infect mammalian species.

One of the changes is in what’s know as the receptor binding site.

Bird viruses use a different receptor to latch on and trigger infection than flu viruses that have adapted to infect humans and other mammals. And the genetic sequences of the H7N9 viruses show they have started to make that change, Webby said.

As well there are a couple of other mutations seen in these H7N9 sequences that are known to be indicators of viruses that have switched to mammalian hosts from avian hosts, he said.

“There’s clear evidence of mammalian adaptation. So the big question to me is where is that mammalian adaptation occurring? Is it in the human cases we’ve seen or is it perhaps in a mammalian animal reservoir?”

These changes suggest looking for the virus in poultry would not be the most productive approach, suggested Michael Osterholm, director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

Concerns have already been raised about whether pigs are playing a role in the spread of this virus. That’s because of late, thousands of dead pigs have been found floating in the Huangpu River near Shanghai.

At least two of the human cases of H7N9 have been in residents of Shanghai.

Some have suggested the pigs were killed in an outbreak of circoviruses, another pathogen which infects swine. Others have said farmers are dumping pigs they can no longer sell to slaughterhouses after authorities moved to block dead pigs from entering the food chain.

But others worry the pigs are part of the H7N9 story.

Webby thinks pigs may be playing a role, but he’s not convinced the dead animals were killed by the H7N9 virus. While pigs are highly susceptible to influenza viruses — and often serve as intermediary for bird viruses to become mammalian viruses — influenza doesn’t generally kill pigs, he said.

Even H5N1 viruses, which are so deadly to poultry and to people, don’t cause severe illness in swine, said Webby. “It would be very, very surprising to see that amount of death (in pigs) with a flu virus. Even H5N1, pigs kind laugh at that virus.”

The H7N9 situation is being assessed with concern, both by the World Health Organization in Geneva and by governments around the world.

So far the WHO has not discussed raising its pandemic alert level, the warning system that tells countries to kick their pandemic preparedness activities into higher gear. “(But) we are certainly concerned about this.

We’re taking this very seriously,” WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl said from Geneva. The WHO is offering expertise to China on risk assessment.

Currently the Canadian government estimates the risk to Canadians as “quite low,” said Dr. Barbara Raymond, director for pandemic preparedness at the Public Health Agency of Canada.

“But we’re still in a fairly intensive intelligence gathering and analysis sort of phase,” she said.

Canada is also taking other steps.

Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg have been designing the primers and probes needed to test for this new virus and will be rolling them out to provincial and territorial laboratories, Raymond said.

But at this point there is no talk of activating the country’s standing order for pandemic flu vaccine production, she said.

Raymong noted that the concurrent threat posed by the novel coronavirus — which has been causing severe respiratory infections in and emanating from parts of the Middle East — actually has an upside — it has put staff throughout the health-care system on high alert for people sick with severe respiratory infections.

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For the working mother of two preschoolers, the healthy brew conjures a quiet moment and a sense of well-being while stirring memories of her childhood in England. “First thing in the morning, it feels so good,” said Eden, 45, of Potomac, Md. Over the course of a day, she said, she drinks five or six cups of tea.

“That’s actually all I drink. I don’t drink coffee.”

Tea experts disagree on how much tea to recommend for better health. Some say two eight-ounce cups a day, while others say five or more cups.

Experts said tea’s relatively low caffeine levels make it possible to drink large amounts without the jitters, fast heartbeat and stomach upset that the same amount of coffee would probably induce. Black tea, which has more caffeine than green, oolong or white teas, has about half the caffeine of coffee.

Still, experts advise against overdoing it, noting that tea, unlike coffee, contains trace amounts of aluminum.

But according to the National Cancer Institute, while aluminum can accumulate in the body and cause neurodegenerative disorders, there’s no evidence of aluminum toxicity associated with drinking tea.

Sherman said iced tea should provide the same benefits as hot tea, as long as it starts out as hot and is then cooled, not just brewed in the sun or made from store-bought powdered mixtures.

He said adding milk to tea may not be as beneficial as drinking it straight, since there’s some evidence that protein in milk binds to the healthful chemicals in tea and prevents them from being absorbed.

Sugar doesn’t seem to reduce tea’s benefits, he and others said, although it comes with problems of its own, such as empty calories that can lead to weight gain.

Martino, of Capital Teas, said customers at her shops often ask about health benefits, especially after pronouncements by celebrity physicians such as Mehmet Oz. Whenever Oz mentions a certain tea, Martino said, “people come flooding in looking for that tea.”

Erika Sanchez, a manager at the Teaism shop in Washington, said customers do much the same at her shop — and then discover how many different types of teas are out there: “If you’re new to the tea world, it can be surprising.”

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Hitmen expecting close series JERRED SMITHSON

DEADLINE DEAL The Edmonton Oilers have acquired centre Jerred Smithson from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a fourthround pick in this year’s NHL Entry Draft.

The 34-year-old native of Vernon, B.C., has five points in 35 games this season. Smithson made his NHL debut with the Los Angeles Kings in the 2002-’03 season. The undrafted forward spent parts of seven seasons with the Nashville Predators.

He was dealt to Florida last season. Smithson has recorded 95 points (38 goals, 57 assists) in 578 career NHL regularseason games.

Today

● Junior B hockey: Provincial championship at Wainwright — Red Deer Vipers vs. Grande Prairie Kings, 1 p.m. ● Curling: Red Deer Curling Centre club championships, 6:15 and 8:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen, first game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal, 7 p.m., Saddledome.

Friday

● Gymnastics: Southern zones and trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics, Collicutt Centre. ● Senior hockey: Provincial AA/A championships at Innisfail. ● Junior B hockey: Provincial championship at Wainwright — Red Deer Vipers vs. Cold Lake Ice, 7 p.m. ● Curling: Red Deer Curling Centre club championships, 6:15 and 8:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Calgary Hitmen, second game of best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal, time TBA, Saddledome.

Saturday

● Gymnastics: Southern zones and trials to Westerns at Exelta Gymnastics, Collicutt Centre. ● Senior hockey: Provincial AA/A championships at Innisfail. ● Junior B hockey: Provincial championship at Wainwright — Red Deer Vipers vs.

Wetakiwin Ice Kings, 9:30 a.m.; semifinals at 8 and 8:30 p.m.

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WHL PLAYOFFS

If the underdog Red Deer Rebels strut into the Saddledome tonight with all the tenacity of a lap canine, Mike Williamson will be surprised.

In fact, the Calgary Hitmen head coach is fully expecting the Rebels to show their teeth during tonight’s opening game of the WHL Eastern Conference semifinal and throughout the best-of-seven series.

“We saw these teams play very close games during the regular season and I wouldn’t expect anything else in the playoffs,” Williamson said Wednesday.

The Rebels raised a few eyebrows when they swept Prince Albert in a conference quarter-final while limiting the otherwise offensively-potent Raiders to a total of five goals.

The Hitmen, meanwhile, took out the Swift Current Broncos in five games. Williamson insisted that the Broncos, despite the brevity of the series, provided his troops with a major test.

“It really was a close series. On paper, you see 4-1 in games and you kind of think we ran away with it, but it wasn’t that way at all,” said the Calgary bench boss. “We had really hard-fought games and I think it was good for our guys. We found ways to win but three of the games went to overtime. We definitely played a scrappy team.”

Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak continued his stellar play against the Raiders and with a 1.25 goals-against average and .962 save percentage, currently sits third

among WHL playoff stoppers in both categories. Next in line is Hitmen goaltender Chris Driedger, at 1.91 and .942.

“He’s played very well, he was a big reason we were able to close that (quarter-final) series out,” said Williamson. “I think this will be another good challenge for Chris. In my mind, he’s a top guy in the league and needs to measure himself and his play against guys like Bartosak.”

The Hitmen have a large defence with the likes of Alex Roach, Jaynen Rissling and Peter Kosterman — all six-foot-four — and a solid group of forwards that includes Victor Rask, Cody Sylvester, Greg Chase, Brooks Macek and Brady Brassart, who

Oilers stay hot with win over Flames THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 8 Flames 2 CALGARY — Taylor Hall had a goal and four assists Wednesday night as the Edmonton Oilers made it five straight wins with a 8-2 rout of the reeling Calgary Flames.

It wasn’t that long ago when the Flames dominated the provincial rivalry having won 16-of-17 games.

But Edmonton has been the better team lately, winning four of the last five including both ends of the recent home-and-home series to move them past the St. Louis Blues for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

With 12 games to go, Edmonton sits eighth in the West, one point up on the Blues and the Nashville Predators. The Columbus Blue Jackets are two points back.

The Oilers are looking to make their first post-season appearance since going all the way to the Stanley Cup final in 2006, before losing in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Jordan Eberle and Nail Yakupov with two goals each, Sam Gagner, Ryan Whitney and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for Edmonton (1613-7). The Oilers, enjoying their longest winning streak since winning six in a row Oct. 22-Nov. 3, 2011, kicked off a four-

game road trip that continues Thursday night in Vancouver.

Matt Stajan had both goals for Calgary (13-184). The Flames have lost seven of their last nine to remain second from the bottom in the West and 28th overall. Winless in its last 11 road games, Calgary begins a threegame road trip Friday in San Jose.

Tied 2-2 after one period, Edmonton seized control of the game in the second scoring three power-play goals in a span of just over six minutes.

Yakupov gave the Oilers the lead at 3:34, finding open space in the slot and one-timing Gagner’s pass behind Joey MacDonald. It was his eighth goal of the season and second in as many games after going 16 games without a goal.

Hall followed at 7:39 with his fifth goal in his last three games and Nugent-Hopkins capped off the barrage at 9:51, converting Hall’s setup for his third goal of the season.

Edmonton’s fifth ranked power play finished 3-for-5 on the night while Calgary was 0-for1. The Oilers’ high flying trio of Eberle, Hall and Nugent-Hopkins have combined for 32 points during Edmonton’s winning streak.

Winners of eight of its last nine games at home, Calgary got off to a fast start grabbing a 2-0 lead

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Edmonton Oilers’ Taylor Hall, right, battles with Calgary Flames’ Mark Giordano during NHL action in Calgary, Wednesday. less than six minutes into the game on Stajan’s first goals in 19 games.

However, boosted by a strong turnout of boisterous Oiler jersey-wearing supporters, Edmonton quickly tied it.

Gagner got the Oilers on the board at 9:27 when Dan Petry’s shot deflected in off his skate. At 12:59, Whitney pinched in from the blue-line and buried Hall’s pass be-

hind MacDonald.

MacDonald finished with 31 saves for the Flames, who gave Miikka Kiprusoff the night off after several days of having his name mentioned in trade rumours. Earlier in the day, he said he opted to stay in Calgary rather than accept a trade.

After getting beaten on two of the first three shots he faced, Devan

Dubynk settled in for the Oilers, finishing the night with 19 saves.

Notes: Newest Oilers forward Jerred Smithson, acquired earlier in the day from Florida, did not play. He will wear jersey No. 25. Also not in the line-up was D Mark Fistric ... The first period fight between Mike Brown and Steve Begin was the first fight in the rivalry in 12 games.

Reynolds homers to down Jays in extra innings

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were all key performers during the regular season and have carried that into the playoffs.

“I like our depth,” said Williamson.

“We’ve talked about that from the start of the year, about our depth in all three positions — goaltending, defence and up front.

We have some veteran, experienced guys who we like to lean on.

“The key for us will be staying on an even keel. This is going to be a very, very close series. Brent (Rebels GM/head coach Sutter) has his team play with discipline and structure and they work extremely hard, so we have to have those components of our game as well.”

That being said, the Hitmen are at least cautiously optimistic heading into the series.

“Everybody is confident and excited about advancing to the second round of the playoffs,” said Williamson. “At the same time we know that to keep playing we have to keep getting better and we need guys to step up and do a little bit more each and every day.”

Rebels/Hitmen Eastern Conference quarter-final schedule (*if necessary): Tonight: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.; Friday: Red Deer at Calgary, time TBA,; Monday: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.; Tuesday: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.; Thursday, April 11: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.*; Saturday, April 13, Calgary at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.*; Tuesday, April 16: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.* gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Emilio Bonifacio tags the base to out Cleveland Indians’ Carlos Santana in a double play during AL baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday.

Indians 3 Blue Jays 2 TORONTO — It’s not quite time to plaster the Blue Jays’ offence on the side of a milk carton, but Toronto bats have largely gone missing to open the season.

At the wrong end of a second straight quality Cleveland pitching performance, Toronto fell to 0-2 Wednesday after Mark Reynolds homered off Sergio Santos in the 11th inning to lift the Indians to a 3-2 win.

The Indians (2-0) took the opener 4-1 Tuesday, with Toronto managing just four hits. The Jays collected five hits Wednesday but only Maicer Izturis and Jose Bautista, who both homered, made it past first base.

Toronto, despite its expensive makeover, has yet to lead in its two outings.

“This team is built to score runs. We haven’t done that yet but we’re going to hit,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons.

“But that’s basically been the difference in the games.”

Toronto’s 0-2 start is the worst since the team opened the 2004 campaign with three straight losses.

Reynolds, the Cleveland designated hitter, was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts prior to the solo shot off Santos (0-1), the Jays’ sixth pitcher on the night, to lead off the 11th.

“That’s baseball,” said Santos. “A poorly located pitch and he did his job.”

Melky Cabrera, Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion — the heart of the Jays’ lineup — were unable to respond in the bottom of

the 11th with right-hander Joe Smith on the mound.

Bautista homered with one out in the ninth to force extra innings. Prior to his solo shot over the left-field fence off closer Chris Perez, Bautista had hit into two double plays and flied out.

“You had that good feeling (after the Bautista homer) but nothing ever really developed after that,” Gibbons said.

“We just need to get some more baserunners on and get a big hit,” he added.

“Maybe to plate two runs and that should make a difference. That way everyone can breathe easier. You know as a pitcher when you’re not scoring — and it’s only been two games — you live and die with every pitch you make.”

Michael Brantley went 4-for-5, driving in one run and scoring the go-ahead on a Izturis error in the eighth inning, to help Cleveland take a 2-1 lead. The other Indians collectively had six hits.

After Darren Oliver walked Nick Swisher to open the eighth, Brantley singled. Izturis, who had earlier homered for Toronto, made a good stab on a Carlos Santana shot to force Swisher at third. But Izturis’ long throw to first for the double play was errant and Brantley scored.

It was the fifth four-hit game of the outfielder’s career. Brantley’s father Mickey played in the majors and was once the Jays’ hitting coach.

After an Opening Day sellout of 48,857, Game No. 2 drew 24,619 to the Rogers Centre.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hockey

Basketball

EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Kootenay (8) (Edmonton wins series 4-1) Saskatoon (2) vs. Medicine Hat (7) (Medicine Hat wins series 4-0) Calgary (3) vs. Swift Current (6) (Calgary wins series 4-1)

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts d-Pittsburgh 38 28 10 0 56 d-Montreal 36 23 8 5 51 d-Winnipeg 38 18 18 2 38 Boston 35 23 8 4 50 Toronto 36 20 12 4 44 Ottawa 36 19 11 6 44 N.Y. Rangers 36 18 15 3 39 New Jersey 36 15 12 9 39 N.Y. Islanders 37 18 16 3 39 Washington 36 17 17 2 36 Philadelphia 36 16 17 3 35 Carolina 35 16 17 2 34 Buffalo 37 14 17 6 34 Tampa Bay 35 15 18 2 32 Florida 37 12 19 6 30

Red Deer (4) vs. Prince Albert (5) (Red Deer wins series 4-0) WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Everett (8) (Portland wins series 4-2) Monday’s result Portland 5 Everett 1 Kelowna (2) vs. Seattle (7) (Series tied 3-3) Wednesday’s game Seattle at Kelowna, Late Tuesday’s result Kelowna 4 Seattle 3 (OT) Saturday’s result Kelowna 4 Seattle 3 Kamloops (3) vs. Victoria (6) (Kamloops wins series 4-2) Monday’s result Kamloops 6 Victoria 2

GF 125 114 93 100 112 91 88 89 108 107 100 96 98 112 91

GA 94 89 115 77 100 79 87 100 115 104 111 106 114 106 127

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Chicago 35 27 5 3 57 119 76 d-Anaheim 37 25 7 5 55 116 92 d-Minnesota 35 21 12 2 44 98 90 Vancouver 36 19 11 6 44 94 93 Los Angeles 36 20 13 3 43 104 91 San Jose 35 18 11 6 42 88 86 Detroit 36 18 13 5 41 94 94 Edmonton 36 16 13 7 39 99 98 St. Louis 34 18 14 2 38 98 94 Nashville 37 15 14 8 38 92 100 Columbus 36 15 14 7 37 87 97 Phoenix 36 15 15 6 36 97 102 Dallas 36 16 17 3 35 96 112 Calgary 35 13 18 4 30 96 126 Colorado 36 12 20 4 28 87 114 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader

Spokane (4) vs. Tri-City (5) (Spokane wins series 4-1) SECOND ROUND Conference Semifinals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Calgary (3) vs. Red Deer (4) Thursday’s game Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Friday’s game Red Deer at Calgary, TBA Monday, Apr. 8 Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 9 Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Apr. 11 x-Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Apr. 13 x-Calgary at Red Deer, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 16 x-Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Florida 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO Boston 3, Ottawa 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Winnipeg 2 Washington 5, Carolina 3 Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 1 Nashville 3, Colorado 1 Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 1

Edmonton (1) vs. Medicine Hat (7) Friday’s game

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Miami 58 16 .784 — x-New York 48 26 .649 10 x-Indiana 48 27 .640 10 x-Brooklyn 43 31 .581 15 x-Atlanta 42 34 .553 17 x-Chicago 40 33 .548 17 x-Boston 39 36 .520 19 Milwaukee 36 38 .486 22 Philadelphia 30 44 .405 28 Toronto 28 47 .373 30 Washington 28 47 .373 30 Detroit 25 51 .329 34 Cleveland 22 52 .297 36 Orlando 19 57 .250 40 Charlotte 18 57 .240 40

N.Y. Rangers 6, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5, Montreal 3 Edmonton 8, Calgary 2 Anaheim 5, Dallas 2 Minnesota at San Jose, Late

Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Apr. 9 Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 10 Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Friday, Apr. 12 x-Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Apr. 14 x-Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 17 x-Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m. x — If necessary.

WHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND Conference Quarter-finals (Best-of-7)

Wednesday’s Games

Thursday’s Games New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s summary Oilers 8 Flames 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Stajan 4 (Wideman) 2:35 2. Calgary, Stajan 5 (Glencross, Stempniak) 5:18 3. Edmonton, Gagne 14 (Petry, Petrell) 9:27 4. Edmonton, Whitney 4 (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins) 12:59 Penalties — Brown Edm, Begin Cal (fighting) 4:27, Backlund Cal (delay of game) 19:05.

Second Period 5. Edmonton, Yakupov 8 (Gagner, Whitney) 3:34 (pp) 6. Edmonton, Hall 13 (Nugent-Hopkins, Schultz) 7:39 (pp) 7. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 3 (Hall, Hemsky) 9:51 (pp) Penalties — Cammalleri Cal (tripping) 2:21, Sarich Cal (cross-checking) 6:34, Butler Cal (high-sticking) 9:05, Horcoff Edm (hooking) 16:58.

Third Period 8. Edmonton, Eberle 11 (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins) 9:56 9. Edmonton, Eberle 12 (Hall) 17:08 10. Edmonton, Yakupov 9 (Smyth) 18:57 Penalties — Yakupov Edm (roughing), Jones Edm (fighting), Glencross Cal (roughing), Butler Cal (fighting) 5:43, Whitney Edm (fighting), Jackman Cal (instigator, fighting, misconduct) 13:15.

Shots on goal Edmonton 14 12 13 — 39 Calgary 4 7 10 — 21 Goal — Edmonton: Dubnyk (W, 12-10-6); Calgary: MacDonald (L, 4-6-1).

Power-plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 3-5; Calgary: 0-1.

Attendance - 19,289 at Calgary.

Baseball Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay New York Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 1 1 .500 1 1 .500 0 2 .000 0 2 .000

GB — 1 1 2 2

Central Division Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota Kansas City

W 2 2 1 1 0

L 0 0 1 1 2

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .000

GB — — 1 1 2

W 2 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2 2

Pct 1.000 .667 .500 .333 .000

GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 2

West Division Seattle Texas Los Angeles Houston Oakland

Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 4, Toronto 1 Texas 7, Houston 0 Seattle 7, Oakland 1 Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 2 Texas 4, Houston 0 Minnesota 3, Detroit 2 Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Cleveland 3, Toronto 2, 11 innings Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 7 Cincinnati 5, L.A. Angels 4 Seattle at Oakland, Late

L.A. Angels (Blanton 0-0) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0), 10:35 a.m.

Detroit (Porcello 0-0) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0), 11:10 a.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-0), 12:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (R.Hernandez 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Seattle (Maurer 0-0) at Oakland (Griffin 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

Boston (Dempster 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Myers 0-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 0-0), 5:07 p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta New York Washington Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 W 1 1 1 1 1

L 1 1 1 1 2

Thursday’s Games

Pct .500 .500 .500 .500 .333

Colorado Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego

W 2 1 1 1 0

L 1 1 1 1 2

Pct .667 .500 .500 .500 .000

GB — 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Colorado 8, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 6, Arizona 1 San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Washington 3, Miami 0 Cincinnati 5, L.A. Angels 4 Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 8, San Diego 4 Colorado 7, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis at Arizona, Late San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, Late

GB — — — 2 2 GB — — — — 1/2

Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Wood 0-0) at Pittsburgh (McDonald 0-0), 10:35 a.m.

San Diego (Stults 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0), 11:10 a.m.

Miami (LeBlanc 0-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 0-0), 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 0-0) at Atlanta (Medlen 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Kansas City at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:35 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — Brad Jacobs did not hold anything back.

The skip explained how he really felt — unimpressed — with his efforts as Canada split a pair of games Wednesday at the world men’s curling championships. Jacobs’ Northern Ontario rink beat Russia’s Andrey Drozdov 8-5 in the afternoon. The victory atoned for a 10-8 loss to struggling Japan in the morning.

“It was another frustrating game,” said Jacobs after the victory over Russia. “Today, I couldn’t buy a shot, it seemed like. A lot of the ones where we normally will make them on my last ones, we’re just not quite getting them.

“For me, as well as the whole team, it’s very frustrating, but we were able to just grind it out — just being exhausted — and still get a win out of that last game, and we’re remaining in first place in the round-robin. So we’re in a great spot.”

Heading into Thursday’s games against Denmark and Sweden, the Canadians (7-2) have a strong chance of finishing first or second and getting two cracks at reaching Sunday’s final.

“Our fate’s in our own hands,” said Canadian third Ryan Fry. “If we win the morning game (against Denmark), we give ourselves a pretty reasonable shot of being in the one-two (playoff) game, and being in the one-two game

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

1/2

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

is gravy on top of making the playoffs.”

The home squad didn’t play like a top contender against either Russia or Japan. But Fry said the hosts always have to battle against teams that raise their games simply because they are facing Canada.

Drozdov’s Russian rink (1-7) entered the game as a distant also-ran, but gave Jacobs a scare. The Russians overcame a 5-3 deficit to forge a 5-5 tie after eight ends. But Jacobs drew for two points in the ninth to go up 7-5 and stole another point in the 10th when Drozdov missed a double-takeout attempt with his final shot.

“We competed very well,” said Drozdov, 25, through an interpreter. “This, for sure, will help us, because we need to play a game like this, especially when we go into a big arena with a lot of people. It’s good experience.”

The Moscow native is used to playing before sparse crowds of no more than 100.

“Strategy-wise, we seemed to get six of the eight shots per end, kind of, figured out,” said Russian coach Rodger Schmidt, a Canadian from the Melville, Sask., area who has called Switzerland home for the past two decades.

“And then there were a couple of times where we could have made better choices.”

Drozdov shot 70 per cent, while Jacobs curled at an 83 per cent success rate. He provided a better showing after curling at only 72 per in the morning as his rink lost to Japan in an extra end.

Wednesday’s Games Brooklyn 113, Cleveland 95 New York 95, Atlanta 82 Charlotte 88, Philadelphia 83 Toronto 88, Washington 78 Boston 98, Detroit 93 Minnesota 107, Milwaukee 98 San Antonio 98, Orlando 84 Denver 113, Utah 96 Memphis at Portland, Late Houston at Sacramento, Late New Orleans at Golden State, Late Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, Late Thursday’s Games Chicago at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cleveland at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Curling 2013 World Men’s curling championships VICTORIA — Standings Wednesday following draw 13 at the 2013 World Men’s Curling Championship, to be held through Sunday at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre (before late draw): Round Robin Country (Skip) W L Canada (Jacobs) 7 2 Scotland (Murdoch) 6 2 China (Rui) 5 3 Sweden (Edin) 5 3 Denmark (Stjerne) 5 3 Norway (Ulsrud) 5 4 U.S. (Clark) 4 4 Switzerland (Michel) 4 5 Czech Republic (Snitil) 3 4 Japan (Morozumi) 3 5 Russia (Drozdov) 1 7 Finland (Kauste) 1 8 Wednesday’s results Draw 12 Japan 10 Canada 8 Scotland 8 Norway 4 Switzerland 7 Denmark 4 U.S. 7 Finland 6 Draw 13 Canada 8 Russia 5 China 5 Switzerland 4 Czech Republic 9 Finland 6 Norway 6 Sweden 5 Draw 14, - Late U.S. vs. Czech Republic; Scotland vs. Sweden; Russia vs. Japan; Denmark vs. China.

Tuesday’s results Ninth Draw Czech Republic 6 Canada 4 Norway 5 China 4 Russia 7 Finland 6

Sweden 9 Switzerland 8 Draw 10 Japan 10 Sweden 8 (extra end) Scotland 6 Russia 4 U.S. 10 China 8 Denmark 6 Czech Republic 5 Draw 11 Canada 10 Norway 7 Switzerland 7 Finland 5 Denmark 7 Japan 4 U.S. 8 Scotland 6 Thursday’s games Draw 15, 10 a.m.

Sweden vs. Denmark; Czech Republic vs. Japan; Scotland vs. China; Russia vs. U.S. Draw 16, 3 p.m.

Switzerland vs. Japan; Denmark vs. Canada; U.S. vs. Norway; Finland vs. Scotland.

Draw 17, 8 p.m.

China vs. Finland; Norway vs. Russia; Canada vs.

Sweden; Switzerland vs. Czech Republic.

End of Round Robin PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Tiebreakers, 10 a.m., 3 and 8 p.m. (if necessary) Page Playoffs One vs. Two, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Page Playoffs Three vs. Four, noon Semifinal One-Two loser vs. Three-Four winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s games Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, noon Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

Central Division Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee

West Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 56 19 .747 — x-Oklahoma City 54 20 .730 1 x-Denver 51 24 .680 5 x-L.A. Clippers 49 26 .653 7 x-Memphis 50 24 .676 5 Golden State 42 32 .568 13 Houston 41 33 .554 14 L.A. Lakers 39 36 .520 17 Utah 39 37 .513 17 Dallas 36 38 .486 19 Portland 33 41 .446 22 Minnesota 28 46 .378 27 Sacramento 27 47 .365 28 New Orleans 26 48 .351 29 Phoenix 23 51 .311 32 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference

Tuesday’s Games Washington 90, Chicago 86 New York 102, Miami 90 L.A. Lakers 101, Dallas 81

BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Claimed RHP Robert Whitenack off waivers from the Chicago Cubs and optioned him to Akron (EL). Selected the contract of LHP Scott Kazmir from Columbus (IL). Optioned LHP Nick Hagadone to Columbus.

DETROIT TIGERS—Claimed RHP Evan Reed off waivers from Miami. Optioned RHP Evan Reed to Toledo (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Released LHP Clay Rapada.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Claimed RHP Will Harris off waivers from Colorado and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Designated RHP Josh Stinson for assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with C Humberto Cota on a minor league contract.

Assigned OF Cody Ross to Visalia (Cal).

CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Sweeney on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed OF Ryan Ludwick on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 2. Selected the contract of OF Derrick Robinson from Louisville (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Released RHP Kevin Gregg.

MIAMI MARLINS—Optioned OF Gorkys Hernandez and LHP Scott Maine outright to New Orleans (PCL) and INF Zack Cox outright to Jacksonville (SL). Announced RHP Evan Reed was claimed off waivers by Detroit.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with OF Jonathan Roof and SS Jose Mojica on minor league contracts.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Sent 3B David Freese to Memphis (PCL) on a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Claimed RHP Hunter Strickland off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to San Jose (Cal).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Suspended Arizona LB Daryl Washington four games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed LB Brian Banks.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Claimed QB John Skelton off waivers from Arizona.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed OL Tommie Draheim.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed CB Nnamdi Asomugha to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Re-signed DT Clinton McDonald to a one-year contract. Signed QB Josh Portis to a two-year contract and DT Tony McDaniel.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Agreed to terms with QB Rex Grossman on a one-year contract.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released WR Cassidy Doneff, RB Nathan Riva and DE Rodney Fritz.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Traded LW Brandon McMillan to Phoenix for C Matthew Lombardi, and G Jeff Deslauriers to Minnesota for future considerations.

BUFFALO SABRES—Traded RW Joel Pominville and a 2014 fourth-round draft pick to Minnesota

for G Matt Hackett, F Johan Larsson, a 2013 firstround draft pick and a 2014 second-round draft pick.

CALGARY FLAMES—Traded F Blake Comeau to Columbus for a 2013 fifth-round draft pick.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Traded F Jussi Jokinen to Pittsburgh for a conditional 2013 draft pick.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Brandon Bollig from Rockford (AHL). Traded F Rob Flick to Boston for F Maxime Sauve and assigned Sauve to Rockford.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Traded D Ryan O’Byrne to Toronto for a 2014 fourth-round draft pick.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Traded G Steve Mason to Philadelphia for G Michael Leighton and a 2015 third-round draft pick.

DALLAS STARS—Assigned D Jordie Benn and F Colton Sceviour to Texas (AHL). Activated F Ryan Garbutt from injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Reassigned D Ryan Sproul from Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL). Signed G Jared Coreau to a three-year, entry-level contract. Recalled D Brian Lashoff from Grand Rapids.

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Traded C Jerred Smithson to Edmonton for a 2013 fourth-round draft pick.

Signed C Nick Bjugstad to an entry-level contract.

Returned F Greg Rallo to San Antonio (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed F Danny Kristo to a two-year contract and assigned him to Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Traded D Scott Hannan to San Jose for a conditional 2013 seventhround draft pick, and F Michael Latta and F Martin Erat to Washington for F Filip Forsberg. Reassigned F Chris Mueller to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with D Andrey Pedan on a three-year, entry-level contract and assigned him to Bridgeport (AHL).

Activated F David Ullstrom from injured reserve and loaned him to Bridgeport.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Traded RW Marian Gaborik, D Steven Delisle and D Blake Partlett to Columbus for C Derik Brassard, RW Derek Dorsett, D John Moore and a 2014 sixth-round draft pick.

Assigned Fs Chris Kreider and Jesper Fast to Connecticut (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Traded G Ben Bishop to Tampa Bay for C Cory Conacher and a fourthround draft pick.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Traded G Patrick Killeen to Columbus for future considerations.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Traded F Steve Sullivan to New Jersey for a 2014 seventh-round draft pick, and F Raffi Torres to San Jose for a 2013 third-round draft pick. Recalled F Chris Brown and F Chris Conner from Portland (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed F Dmitrij Jaskin to a three-year, entry-level contract and assigned him to Peoria. Traded D Wade Redden to Boston for a conditional 2014 draft pick.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Recalled Fs Dana Tyrell and Brett Connolly from Syracuse (AHL).

Reassigned Fs Mike Angelidis and Ondrej Palat, D Andrej Sustr and G Cedrick Desjardins to Syracuse.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Reassigned F David Broll and D Stuart Percy to Toronto (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned D Nate Schmidt to Hershey (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS—Claimed F Mike Santorelli off waivers from Florida. Signed D Jacob Trouba.

Recalled F Aaron Gagnon from St. John’s (AHL).

Reassigned F Patrice Cormier to St. John’s.

Kings hockey roster starting to take shape

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The RDC Kings roster is beginning to come together.

With the announcement of Fort McMurray captain Mike Marianchuk of Innisfail committing for next season Kings head coach Trevor Keeper has at least nine firm commitments as the Kings return to the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League.

Mike The five-foot-10, 185-pound MariMarianchuk anchuk was never a top scorer — 11 goals and 17 assists in 52 games with the Oil Barons last season — but gives the Kings more leadership depth.

“We have several guys committed and others who we’re talking to, who are captains and assistants on their teams,” said Keeper, who will spend time this week at the Yorkton-Humbolt playoff series in Saskatchewan, then will be on the road for the Western Canadian Junior A finals in Nanaimo.

“I have six guys I’m talking with in the Saskatchewan playoffs,” said Keeper, who had a good taste of

Central Albertans on the roster.

One of the top scorers out of the local products is Clayton Petrie, who had 21 goals and 27 assists in 46 games in his third season with the Calgary Canucks of the AJHL, while six-foot-two, 202-pound winger Brett Printz gives them size up front. As well Sylvan Lake native Jeff Archibald of Dauphin of the MJHL will add offence as he had 13 goals and 27 helpers in 40 games.

Both goaltenders are from the area. Mike Salmon played in the Western Hockey League with Prince George and Seattle and was with the Notre Dame Hounds of the SJHL last season, posting a 3.16 goalsagainst-average and a .889 save percentage in 22 games. Jordan Ramstead of Eckville played junior in the AJHL with Olds and Grande Prairie while seeing limited action with the SAIT Trojans for one season and spent part of a season in minor pro. Of late the 28-year-old has played senior hockey in Sylvan Lake.

Lloydminster captain Dustin Lebrun has also confirmed along with offensive-defenceman Shamus Graham (5 goals, 37 assists, 53 games) of Dauphin.

Goaltender Joel Wilson of St. Albert, who played junior in B.C., will come in as a red shirt.

“He’s gives us a third goaltender in case of injury,” said Keeper, who has a number of players on his

radar who are still playing.

“Plus we have several guys in the process of deciding where they’ll go, including some with Western Hockey League experience,” he said. “In fact I have guys calling me after their season is over. Because we are a new program, a lot of guys are surprised he hear we’re back, and they’re interested. So overall it’s starting to come together.”

What Keeper doesn’t have is a lot of committed players on defence.

“By this time next week we could have four or five, or we could still have one . . . we’ll see,” he said.

One player he’d like to anchor the defence is sixfoot-four, 205 pound Red Deer native Derek Ryckman of the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Keeper has been recruiting heavily in junior A and the WHL, but knows there’s a number of players at the junior B level, who will be trying out.

“There are several kids with the two junior B teams, Red Deer and Blackfalds, who are interested in trying out,” he said. “I can’t promise anything, but you never know. They could step in and surprise everyone.

“The one thing I want is a solid core for next season, but I also don’t want to over recruit.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Blue Jackets’ rookie GM pulls off biggest move at deadline Columbus Blue Jackets rookie general manager Jarmo Kekalainen made an unexpected splash Wednesday at the NHL trade deadline.

The Finnish-born Kekalainen — the NHL’s first European general manager — acquired sniper Marian Gaborik from the New York Rangers prior to the 3 p.m. ET deadline. It was a bold move for a GM whose club is 11th in the Western Conference but just one point behind eighth-place St. Louis.

“Throughout this process our focus was to add a player who could provide a boost to our offence, improve our goal scoring and power play and we identified Marian Gaborik as the player we wanted,” Kekalainen said.

“He has been an elite goal scorer in this league for many years and we are very excited to have him.”

Columbus also received defencemen Blake Parlett and Steve Delisle from the Rangers for forwards Derick Brassard and Derek Dorsett, defenceman John Moore and a 2014 sixthround pick.

Gaborik, 31, has nine goals and 10 assists in 19 games but registered 41 goals and 35 assists in 2011-12 and has reached the 40-goal plateau three times. But the Slovak also had a tumultuous tenure in New York, benched often by Rangers coach John Tortorella for defensive miscues.

The veteran left-winger has 333 goals and 333 assists in 757 career games with Minnesota and New York.

The three-time all-star is also an expensive addition, in the fourth year of a five-year, US$37.5-million contract.

In all, there were 17 deals involving 30 players.

Kekalainen also acquired forward Blake Comeau from Calgary for a 2013 fifth-round pick and goalie Patrick Killeen from Pittsburgh for future considerations. He also sent goalie Steve Mason to Philadelphia for goalie Michael Leighton and a 2015 third-round pick. Comeau, 27, had four goals and three assists in 33 games this season.

Mason was 3-6-1 in 13 games with Columbus, posting a 2.95 goals-against average and .899 save percentage. Mason, the NHL’s top rookie in 2009, has appeared in 232 career games with a 2.90 GAA and .903 save percentage.

Leighton, 31, has a 35-41-19 record, 2.97 GAA, .901 save percentage and four shutouts in 105 career games with Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia and Carolina.

Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray bolstered his club’s offence by acquiring rookie forward Cory Conacher and a 2013 fourth-round pick from Tampa Bay for six-foot-seven goaltender Ben Bishop. The 23-year-old Conacher — a distant relative of Hockey Hall of Famers Charlie Conacher, Roy Conacher, and Lionel Conacher — has nine goals and 15 points in 35 games this season.

The native of Burlington, Ont., is second among NHL rookies in scoring and becomes Ottawa’s leading scorer, two points ahead of centre Kyle Turris and defenceman Sergei Gonchar.

Bishop posted an 8-5 record, 2.45

GAA and .922 save percentage in 13 games with Ottawa. The Senators acquired him prior to the 2012 trade deadline from St. Louis after starter Craig Anderson severed a tendon in his right pinkie while cutting frozen chicken at his home.

Anderson suffered an ankle injury early in February, forcing both Bishop and Robin Lehner to play. But with Anderson set to return, Bishop became expendable.

Bishop is scheduled to become a restricted free agent at season’s end.

He was selected in the third round, 85th overall, in the 2005 entry draft by St. Louis.

Buffalo dealt captain Jason Pominville and a 2014 fourth-round pick to Minnesota for forward Johan Larsson, goalie Matt Hackett, a 2013 first-round selection and 2014 second-round pick.

Pominville had 10 goals and 25 points in 37 games this season and had spent his entire career in western New York after being drafted by the Sabres in 2001.

Pittsburgh continued stocking up for its playoff run, landing forward Jussi Jokinen from Carolina for a conditional 2013 pick. The Hurricanes will also retain a portion of Jokinen’s salary.

Jokinen had six goals and five assists in 33 games and had recently cleared waivers. The 30-year-old has 121 goals and 225 assists in 569 career games over eight seasons with Dallas, Tampa Bay and Carolina.

Pittsburgh’s other moves prior to the deadline included acquiring forwards Brenden Morrow from Dallas and Jarome Iginla from Calgary as well as defenceman Doug Murray from San Jose.

In other transactions: ● Toronto acquired defenceman Ryan O’Byrne from Colorado for a 2014 fourth-round pick. ● San Jose re-acquired defenceman Scott Hannan, 34, from Nashville for a conditional 2013 seventh-round pick. The Sharks also got forward Raffi Torres from Phoenix for a 2013 thirdround pick. ● Boston landed forward Rob Flick from Chicago for forward Maxime Sauve, then acquired veteran defenceman Wade Redden from St. Louis for a conditional 2014 seventh-round pick.

Both Boston and St. Louis were busy prior to the deadline. On Tuesday, the Bruins acquired veteran forward Jaromir Jagr from Dallas for a conditional 2013 second-round pick and two prospects. On Monday, the Blues landed defenceman Jay Bouwmeester from Calgary for a conditional 2013 first-round selection, minor-league defenceman Mark Cundari and goalie Reto Berra. ● New Jersey acquired veteran forward Steve Sullivan from Phoenix for a 2014 seventh-round pick. The Coyotes also obtained forward Brandon McMillan from Anaheim for forward Matthew Lombardi. ● Washington obtained forwards Martin Erat and Michael Latta from Nashville for forward Filip Forsberg. ● Anaheim sent goalie Jeff Deslauriers to Minnesota for future considerations.

Vipers open provincials today WAINWRIGHT — The Red Deer Vipers open the provincial junior B hockey championship today with a 1 p.m. game against the Grande Prairie Kings.

The Vipers take on the Cold Lake Ice Friday at 8 p.m. and conclude

pool play Saturday with a 9:30 a.m. meeting with the Wetaskiwin Icemen.

The second pool in the eight-team tournament consists of the host Wainwright Bisons, Sherwood Park Knights, Calgary Rangers and Okotoks Bisons, who swept the Vi-

pers 3-0 in the Heritage League final.

The provincial semifinals are set for 8 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, with the bronze- and gold-medal games scheduled for Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Thistles final team to join Allan Cup The Kenora Thistles are the sixth and final team to punch their ticket to the 2013 Allan Cup tournament hosted by the Bentley Generals April 15-20 at the Red Deer Arena.

The Thistles captured the Ontario senior AAA hockey championship last weekend, defeating the visiting Brantford Blast 4-1 and 5-1 to sweep the bestof-three provincial final.

Kenora will play in a pool with the Generals and the Saskatchewan/Manitoba champion Rosetown Red Wings.

The other pool will feature the Alberta runner-up Stony Plain Eagles, the Pacific champion Fort St. John Flyers and the Clarenville Caribous, representing the Maritimes.

The tournament opens Monday, April 15 with a 4 p.m. game between

Fort St. John and Stony Plain, and will be followed by an 8 p.m. clash featuring Bentley and Rosetown.

On Tuesday, Clarenville will play Fort St. John at 4 p.m. and Bentley and Kenora will clash at 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s pool games will have Stony Plain and Clarenville facing off at 4 p.m. and Kenora and Rosetown clashing at 8 p.m.

The top team from each pool will advance to Friday’s semifinals, set for 4 and 8 p.m. The quarter-finals, featuring the second- and third-place teams in each pool, will be played Thursday at 4 and 8 p.m.

The championship final is scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and will be televised by TSN.

ALBERTA CUP HOCKEY Seven Red Deer players have been selected to Team Central for the annual Alberta Cup, which will be held April 25-28 in Strathmore.

The Alberta Cup is an eight-team tournament involving the top draft aged bantam players in the province.

Goaltender Geordan Andrew and forwards Luke Coleman and Parker Smyth are from Red Deer and played on the Red Deer Rebels Black bantam AAA team as did defenceman TJ Brown of Lacombe and forward Matthew Froehlick of Rimbey.

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squad are represented by defencemen Matt Krawiec and Landon MacKenzie and forwards Tyler Graber and Tyler Wall of Red Deer and Tyler Steenbergen of Sylvan Lake.

The remainder of the team are goaltender Jake Carlson of Crossfield, defencemen Dalton Angeltvedt of Provost, Ashton Cookson of Killam and MacGregor Sinclair of Irma and forwards Ryan Chambers of Blackfalds, Reagan Doig of Hanna, Tre Doyon of Wainwright, Andrew Fyten of Didsbury and JamesDean Pezderic and Lane Zablocki of Wetaskiwin.

Tim Green of Camrose is the head coach with the rest of the staff from Red Deer with Gary Mahura the director of operations, Bob Rutz the coaching mentor, Stephen Pattison and Justin Jarmolicz assistant coaches and Tiffany Richmond the trainer.

Team Central is in a pool with Edmonton North and South and Calgary South.

They begin play against Edmonton South on April 25 at 10:30 a.m.

They face Calgary South at 6 p.m. and Edmonton North on April 26 at 1 p.m.

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FOOB BANK BARBECUE Locals have a chance to help out the Red Deer Food Bank and put a dent in hunger on Sunday. A barbecue and donation drive will be held at the Save-OnFoods (300 3020 22nd St.) from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday in support of the Help Hunger Disappear national campaign. People will be encouraged to fill donation bins with non-perishable food items for the local food bank. There will also be a large display of over 4,000 soup cans that will spell out the word ‘Hunger.’ Help Hunger Disappear is in its sixth year, and is run nationally by Campbell Canada in support of food banks.

Ice time in short supply WORK ON KINSMEN A RINK WILL CREATE EXTRA PRESSURE ON AVAILABILITY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The fight for ice in Red Deer is about to get tougher.

The closure of the Kinsmen A rink in Morrisroe will slash ice availability from the typical eight months to five months next season.

On Tuesday, Red Deer city council agreed to fund the much-needed $1.58 million concrete slab (floor) replacement.

The extensive work is expected to get underway any day and could take up to 10 months.

Shelly Gagnon, the city’s Recreation, Parks and Culture Department manager, said the city will do its best to minimize the impacts on user groups.

‘“IT WILL PROBABLY HIT US HARDER THAN ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER USER GROUPS.’ — ICE SCHEDULER JOANNE MAHURA

The spring and summer activities typically held at the rink have already shifted to other city facilities.

Gagnon said the city will do what it can to pick up the hours in other facilities and explore putting ice in sooner at other rinks.

However, user groups like the Red Deer Minor Hockey Association, the Red Deer Skating Club and the Red Deer Ringette Association are concerned about the impacts on practice times, competitions and games

in a city already scrambling for ice time.

Red Deer Minor Hockey Association ice scheduler Joanne Mahura said she is unsure what will happen and will wait to see the city’s proposed plans.

“Where there is a will there’s a way,” said Mahura.

“It will probably hit us harder than anybody else because of the number of participants we have compared to other user groups.”

Mahura said there are 73 teams in the association and

she has to find practice times for all of the teams each week.

That does not count games or tournaments.

Shirley Armitage, Red Deer Skating Club co-ordinator, said the closure will definitely have an impact on its programs that are mostly run out of both of the Kinsmen Community Arenas.

There are roughly 1,400 members of the club.

“Ice is quite tough to get in Red Deer,” said Armitage. “All the rinks are fully utilized. At any rate, it definitely impacts us.”

Armitage said there will be a trickle-down effect on users at other rinks because of the potential shuffling of schedules at city rinks.

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ART OF FRIENDSHIP Canadian Mental Health Association’s Art of Friendship course will run from May 8 to June 25. The eightweek course, held on Wednesday afternoons, is helpful for people who have lost friends or have trouble making friends because of their experience with mental illness or other disabling conditions that have affected their confidence and self-esteem. The course fee is $25 per person. Funding may be available for people on fixed incomes.

Classes will be held at the CMHA office, 5017 50th Ave., in Red Deer.

For more information, call CMHA at 403-3422266 and ask to speak to education program staff.

INPUT SOUGHT ON ESTATE REFORM The province wants Albertans’ thoughts on how to reform estate administration. The Estate Administration Reform (EAR) Project is to update current laws for the timely, efficient and effective transfer of deceased persons’ property to beneficiaries accounting for calculation and payment of debts, expenses and family obligations. Individuals and organizations can provide their input on the issue by email to JSG.EstateAdmin@ gov.ab.ca or regular mail to Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, 4th Floor, Bowker Building, 9833-109 St., Edmonton, AB, T5K 2E8.

A full outline of the EAR Project is available online at justice. alberta.ca/programs_ services/wills/Pages/ estatereform.aspx.

Albertans have until April 30 to provide feedback.

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have done in partnership with A Better World.

Years ago, Rajah saw disabled Kenyan girls crawling to school and thought the children could not be further helped, because money had already been given through charity. But then locals suggested their expertise could provide wheelchairs for the girls.

“Money alone cannot solve the problems of the world,” said Rajah, “Skills and training is necessary.”

Another success story came from Rajah’s wonderment that people in Africa would ask for food from Alberta, where there is but one growing season a year.

A Lacombe woman’s fight over a huge water bill continues after a plumber’s inspection found nothing wrong with her half-duplex’s water system.

In March, Brookes Wallace was hit with a water bill of $1,028 for the month of February, suggesting 364 cubic metres of water was used in the property she owns that houses two tenants.

With no apparent leaks or evidence of accumulated water, Wallace was flabbergasted at the charge, which represented a 12-fold increase on her average monthly charge.

Even after an independent evaluation of her water meter found it to be almost perfectly accurate, Wallace could not believe the recorded water usage was correct, and now a plumber’s inspection has reinforced her stance.

“There is absolutely, positively, 100 per cent nothing wrong with my house,” Wallace told the Advocate following Tuesday’s inspection.

“There are no leaks, no nothing.”

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Crows feed near a pair of ice fishing huts left on Sylvan Lake’s southwest end Tuesday. Huts needed to be off the lake by April 1 or their owners risk having them removed by provincial officials.

Investment in the needy is to ‘engage in the giving process’ A BETTER WORLD OFFICIAL SPREADS MESSAGE OF INVOLVEMENT

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Giving to help those in need around the world should be looked at as an investment, not charity.

That was the message of Eric Rajah, co-founder of Lacombe-based A Better World to Red Deer Chamber of Commerce A m b a s s a d o r s Eric Rajah Lunch attendees on Wednesday.

Being engaged in the giving process is more satisfying and re-

warding, he said.

“Investment requires involvement. If you invest in the stock market, I’m sure you don’t wake up 12 months later and say, ‘Oh, I hope my investment has done well.’

“I look at the work we do much like an investment company — following the money, looking at the project,” said Rajah.

A Better World was founded in 1990 by Rajah and a friend, with $5,000 committed to the project.

Today, the local international development agency has funded millions of dollars worth of projects in impoverished countries the world over.

Rajah spoke on Wednesday about the work Central Albertans

MUNICIPAL PLANNING Murder accused still waiting No objection offered for psychiatric evaluation GUILBAULT MURDER An uncompleted psychiatric evaluation has delayed proceedings against an Innisfail-area man accused of killing his father.

Aaron Guilbault, 31, has been declared fit to stand trial, but a psychiatric assessment to determine whether he can be held criminally responsible was not done.

Tim Guilbault, 58, was found dead at a family acreage west of Bowden on Nov. 5.

Aaron Guilbault was arrested near Stettler a few hours later and charged with second-degree murder of his father, a former councillor with the City of Red Deer.

Tim Guilbault had served three terms on council in Red Deer before moving to Calgary in 1995 to take a new job.

With six members of his family

watching quietly from the gallery, the accused man appeared in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, wearing a pair of short braids in his thick, red beard.

Defence counsel Patty MacNaughton was scheduled to enter a plea for her client on the murder charge as well as other offences arising from an earlier incident, including two counts of criminal harassment laid in August.

However, the pleas were adjourned for another month when Crown prosecutor Jason Snider said that only one of the two psychiatric assessments had been completed.

Judge David Plosz made a new order for the report, which will play a pivotal role in determining how the Crown and defence proceed with the charges.

Guilbault is to return to court on May 1 to enter pleas.

to wells near city

The municipal planning commission will offer no objection to a pair oil wells to be drilled just outside city boundaries.

Calgary-based Conserve Oil and Gas No. II Corp. will horizontally drill the two sour oil wells and connect to existing pipelines.

One well is about two km north of the city boundary and the other is 1.5 km east.

Although they are in Red Deer County, the city was asked to review the application because it is in a future growth area.

The northern well is in an area designated for a future park in city plans and the other is in an area not expected to be developed for at least 25 years.

Jim Benum, oil and gas liaison officer with Parkland Community Planning Services, said the wells contain low volumes and concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. The radius of the emergency planning zone extends 70 metres from the centre of each well.

The wells are part of Conserve’s plan to accelerate the depletion of oil and gas reserves in the Joffre field next to the city ahead of development.

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BRIEFS Man detained after suicide threats North Red Deer residents were kept waiting outside their homes in Jaspar Crescent while police negotiated with a man who was threatening suicide on Tuesday.

At 5:30 p.m., the Red Deer City RCMP responded to a call that a man was threatening to kill himself in his Jaspar Crescent home.

The man barricaded himself for six hours while police tried to talk him out. The Emergency Response Team (ERT) was called in to assist.

The crescent was blocked off and residents in the crescent were not allowed to enter their homes.

After nearly six hours, the man was taken into police custody without incident and taken to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for assessment.

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ARENA: Potential impact on organizations Wendy Glover, vice-president of the Red Deer Ringette Association, said they hope organizations will not be forced to go outside Red Deer for ice or reduce programs.

“It’s a potential impact to our organization,” said Glover.

“We don’t know yet because we do not have our registration yet for next year.

“It will definitely be an impact because it will force associations to go outside the community of Red Deer.”

The arena’s regular ice season is August to March and it is rented from April to July for dry activities. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

BILLS: Trend sought The plumber is now looking back at Wallace’s past water bills to see if there is any trend, and will put together a report on the issue.

Wallace, who has been told by City of Lacombe that the matter is resolved and been encouraged to set up a payment plan, is now contemplating going before city council, although she is not pleased with the prospect of having to plead her case in the council chambers.

Further reinforcing her belief that the bill represents an error is the fact that a number of Lacombe residents have reached out to her in support since learning of her plight.

One of those people is Shannon McQuaig.

Her family of four moved into a new home in the Elizabeth Park subdivision last August.

The home’s average water bill runs in the $70 range.

But February’s charge also was a

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Alberta MP breaks leg in ski accident

SPRUCE GROVE — A 74-year-old woman working as a Walmart greeter got more than she bargained for when she tried to stop a thief at an Edmonton-area store.

RCMP in Spruce Grove say the woman was attacked with pepper spray when she asked a man to show her a receipt for his purchases.

The greeter was at the front entrance when she heard the door alarm go off.

Police say two males were leaving the store with a vehicle battery and a speaker. big aberration for McQuaig.

Her bill for the month effectively tripled, costing her $216 for the 58 cubic metres — about three times an average family’s monthly usage — that apparently passed through her meter.

She approached the city and was told something must be leaking; she did dye tests that showed nothing of the sort.

She paid the bill and saw her meter readings return to normal in March.

But after reading about Wallace’s story, she is now wondering if there is a larger trend of overcharging from February.

“I’m just behind (Wallace), because I think it’s ridiculous that (the city) would even assume that she would use that much water.

“To me, they’re being irresponsible by not looking into it further and just saying that she has to pay it,” said McQuaig.

Lacombe utilities and fleet manager Chris Huston said such instances do happen from time to time, with a running toilet or leaky faucet often to blame.

“Our stance is that if it goes through the meter, that water’s being used somewhere,” he said.

When tested, Wallace’s meter was 99.75 per cent accurate, which suggests that for every one cubic metre of water passing through it, the meter actually counts 0.9975 cubic metres.

Huston said customers do not realize how much extra water usage a leaking toilet or faucet can amount to.

He said residents can always get leak testing packs from the city free of charge to use in their homes. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

The greeter asked them for proof of purchase and one of the men swore at her and hit her with the spray.

Shoppers who noticed what was going on got the licence plate number of the fleeing thieves and RCMP located the vehicle and arrested two males.

Thirty-two-year-old Faron Cardinal of Calling Lake, Alta., faces two weapons charges as well as theft under $5000.

Lloyd Giroux, 24, of Fort Smith, N.W.T., is also charged with theft.

LETHBRIDGE — An Alberta MP is on leave from Parliament after being injured in a ski accident.

Jim Hillyer, who represents the riding of Lethbridge, says he was skiing in Fernie, B.C., with his family on Monday when he broke his leg.

He says his ski got caught up in slushy snow.

Hillyer says he’ll need reconstructive surgery once the swelling goes down, which could take about two weeks.

He says he’ll need rehabilitation after that.

want children to eat their own food with dignity instead of depending on us every month for $30,” he said.

A Better World organizes a number of trips overseas every year so that donors can see and work on projects first-hand — 2,500 volunteers have

made such trips in the organization’s history.

He said he hopes more people will take the opportunity to enlist their time and skills to benefit those less fortunate around the world. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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An old downtown service station site will be reborn as a Mr. Lube.

The site at 4705 49th Ave. was a pre1950 service station and later served as a car dealer, automotive repair shop, and vehicle and trailer rental business.

Currently unoccupied, the existing building will be demolished to make way for the four-bay lube shop.

Landscaping will also be improved at the location.

“It should be a very nice addition to the downtown,” city development officer Vicki Swainson told the municipal planning commission on Wednesday.

The commission conditionally approved the redevelopment of the site.

Commission member Coun. Cindy Jefferies said it will be a “bit of a loss” to lose one of the city’s few remaining 1950s-era buildings.

“I’m sorry to see that,” said Jefferies.

Marty Graham (right) and a fellow City of Red Deer worker, works to clear branches away from power lines during the afternoon of Tuesday, April 2.

RETURN: Local help enlisted When he was asked to find 100 people to provide $30 a month to feed children in an orphanage, Rajah instead enlisted local help and got the orphanage to grow its own food.

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Leno says goodbye to Tonight NBC MAKING LONG-RUMOURED SWITCH, REPLACING JAY LENO WITH JIMMY FALLON

BY DAVID BAUDER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — NBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumoured switch in late night, replacing Jay Leno at the Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York.

Fallon will take over in about a year, the switch coinciding with NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage next year. Veteran Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels also will take over as executive producer of “Tonight.”

NBC made no announcement on who would replace Fallon at the 12:35 a.m. Late Night slot, although Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live is considered a strong candidate.

The change at Tonight, the longest-running and most popular late-night talk show, had been widely reported but not confirmed by the network until Wednesday. NBC reportedly just wrapped up negotiations with Fallon on a contract extension.

Steve Burke, chief executive officer of NBC Universal, said the network is purposefully making the move when Leno is still at the top of the ratings, just as when Leno replaced Johnny Carson at Tonight in 1992.

“Jimmy Fallon is a unique talent and this is his time,” Burke said.

Leno, in a statement, offered his congratulations to Fallon.

“I hope you’re as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you’re the old guy,” he said. “If you need me, I’ll be at the garage.”

Fallon said: “I’m really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow.”

NBC has been quietly building a new studio for Fallon at its Rockefeller Center headquarters.

Tonight began in New York in the 1950s, but Carson moved it to California in 1972. Starting next year, Fallon, Letterman, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will tape late-night shows in New York. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and TNT’s Conan O’Brien will be the top California-based shows.

“The Tonight show will bring even more jobs and economic activity to our city, and we couldn’t be happier that one of New York’s own is bringing the show back to where it started, and where it belongs,” said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

New York state recently added a tax credit in its budget that seemed designed specifically to benefit NBC’s move East with Tonight.

While a storied part of television tradition, the network late-night shows find themselves with much more competition now with cable programs like

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Jay Leno, host of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” left, and Jimmy Fallon, host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” in Los Angeles. Leno will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night show in Spring 2014.

Adult Swim, smaller talk shows hosted by the Comedy Central duo of Stewart and Colbert, Chelsea Handler and a device — a large number of people take that time to watch programs they had taped earlier on their DVRs. NBC is worried that ABC’s Kimmel will establish himself as a go-to late night performer for a younger generation if the network doesn’t move swiftly to install Fallon.

ABC moved Kimmel’s time slot to directly compete with Leno earlier this year.

But the move also has the potential to backfire with Leno’s fans, who did not embrace O’Brien when Leno was temporarily moved to prime time a few years ago.

“The guys at NBC are not totally stupid and are

not going to shoot themselves in the foot,” said Gary Carr, senior vice-president and executive director of national broadcast for the ad buying firm TargetCast.

“I think it’s a good move for them long-term. But it may have short-term ramifications.”

The Leno-Fallon changeover didn’t begin smoothly. Leno had been cracking jokes about NBC’s primetime futility, angering NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt, who sent a note to Leno telling him to cool it. That only made Leno go after NBC management much harder.

The first public effort toward making the transition smooth came Monday night, when Leno and Fallon appeared in a comic video making fun of the late-night rumours. It aired in between each man’s show.

‘42’ shows why Jackie Robinson’s accomplishments still matter

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There’s a scene in 42 in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies’ manager.

It’s early in the 1947 season. Each time the Brooklyn Dodgers’ first baseman comes up to bat, manager Ben Chapman emerges from the dugout, stands on the field and taunts him with increasingly personal and vitriolic attacks.

It’s a visible struggle, but No. 42 maintains his composure before a crowd of thousands.

As a viewer, it’s uncomfortable to watch — although as writer-director Brian Helgeland points out, “if anything, the language we have in that scene was cleaned up from what it was.”

Such hatred may seem archaic, an ugly episode in our nation’s history that we’d rather forget.

But remembering Robinson’s accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with 42 and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure, it’s more important than ever to get his story right.

Helgeland, an Oscar winner for his L.A. Confidential screenplay who previously directed Payback and A Knight’s Tale, said he felt “an

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Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson in 1952. enormous amount of pressure” to be faithful to Robinson’s story, both because of his significance and because his life had been written about so extensively.

That included recreating games right from the box scores. So when Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) homers during a crucial pennant-race game off a pitcher who’d dinged him earlier in the

year, it’s a dramatic moment, but it also actually happened.

“It’s always a tricky thing because it’s a movie, and even in this movie we’re trying to tell two years in two hours,” he said. “You’re obviously not seeing every moment, but the discipline I applied to the script was trying to make sure every moment was documented.”

Helgeland began working on the film two years ago, with the blessing of Robinson’s widow, Rachel, because he felt Robinson “deserves a great, big movie.”

Robinson himself starred in the 1950 biography The Jackie Robinson Story, which also details how Brooklyn Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey (played here by a feisty Harrison Ford) had the courage to sign the fleet-footed Negro League player, despite receiving discouragement from around the league and death threats from fans.

“People would say to me, ‘You’re making

another Jackie Robinson movie?’ and I’d say, ‘What was the other one you saw?”’ Helgeland said. “(Racism is) always going to be a relevant thing. It’s not a thing that’s ever going to be eradicated. Society has to stay on guard about it and not get complacent about it.”

Boseman, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Robinson, grew up playing basketball but said he learned of Robinson’s importance around the same time he first learned of Martin Luther King Jr.’s crucial role in fighting for civil rights.

Robinson’s uniform number has been retired throughout the league — only New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera still wears it, and he’s retiring after this season — but every year on April 15, everyone in baseball wears No. 42.

“The story is relevant because we still stand on his shoulders. He started something — I would even say maybe he didn’t even start it, it started before him. But he car-

es occur in making a film with historical origins, as was the widely publicized case with several 2012 Oscar contenders, including best picture Argo. But he said Hollywood can’t take liberties with stories like Robinson’s.

“It would lose its credibility for me. I would lose respect for it if it were a Hollywood show,” said Bryant, whose books include Shut Out, about the role racism played in the Boston Red Sox’ struggles.

Bryant points out that Major League Baseball has been slow to diversify and still has a long way to go.

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That’s why Rickey chooses him of all the talented black baseball players at the time: He had the skills, but he also had the strength not to fight back.

“He would get his revenge on the base paths a little but he didn’t shy away from contact when he was barrelling into the catcher, those kinds of things,” Helgeland said.

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Stockbroker pleads guilty in insider scam A former stockbroker has pleaded guilty in New York to insider trading charges, admitting his role in a scheme that earned participants about $1 million in illegal profits. Denver resident Thomas Conradt entered the plea Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan.

The plea came as part of a co-operation deal with the government as it continues its probe into trading that occurred as IBM Inc. was acquiring a software company in 2009. Conradt admitted during his plea he used a roommate’s inside tip to buy shares of the software company SPSS before the public announcement of the acquisition.

TD Bank CEO to retire After establishing a strong presence for TD Bank in the United States, the head of its U.S. operations will return to Canada to succeed retiring chief executive Ed Clark, a move that could signal where the bank intends to focus in the coming years. Clark’s successor will be Bharat Masrani, 56, the man who has helped develop one of the bank’s biggest assets — its stateside presence in personal and commercial banking.

TD has chiselled out a presence in several parts of New England and the U.S. northeastern and midAtlantic states mostly through acquisitions, and a change in the top position will not signal a major shift in priorities, Masrani said Wednesday. Masrani will move back to Canada to become the TD’s chief operating officer starting July 1 and then become CEO when Clark retires.

Clark, 65, has been the bank’s top executive for more than a decade, managing TD through years that marked significant growth while avoiding many potential pitfalls.

He will retire on Nov. 1, 2014.

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Pipeline bottlenecks cost billions CONTINUED LOSSES OF $15 BILLION A YEAR EXPECTED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada lost out on about $25 billion in oil revenues last year due to pipeline and production bottlenecks and is expected to lose $15 billion a year going forward until it deals with its infrastructure deficit, a new CIBC report says.

CIBC economists Avery Shenfeld and Peter Buchanan said the record price discount received by Western producers of heavy oil — mostly bitumen — is no longer the issue it once was, but Canada will continue to lose big time until it permanently solves its pipeline deficit.

“Refinery/upgrader restarts, and a heavier reliance on flexible but costlier to operate ‘rail pipelines,’ have seen a fairly dramatic improvement lately,” the report states.

“Notwithstanding such improvements, Canada continues to face a notable longterm challenge shipping its oil to market.

“The failure to invest in needed transport infrastructure could still prove costly

for Canadian producers, governments, and the economy, to the extent that investment plans are delayed or scaled back.”

Western Canadian heavy oil, which represents about 45 per cent of total production, sold at a discount of as much as $43 a barrel during the winter from the landlocked Western Texas Intermediate price, which itself suffers a discount from North Sea oil, known as Brent.

Because of recent improvements, the differential to WTI has since narrowed considerably to about $14 a barrel, near the $17 historic average.

CIBC calculated for 2012, when the price gap began widening, the difference wound up costing Canada about $25 billion in lost opportunity revenues, and will likely cost the economy another $20 billion this year.

Going forward, assuming the gap returns to historic levels, the economists say Canada will lose out on about $15 billion a year.

That’s not as bad as last year, but still represents about five per cent of Alberta and Saskatchewan’s combined gross domestic product.

“It’s a narrowing gap, but it means we were facing crippling costs last winter and its still money left on the table,” explained Buchanan.

“We’re not getting the money for our oil we could get if we had cost-effective, unimpeded access to global markets.”

Both the federal and provincial governments have cited lower commodity prices for adding pressure to their fiscal projections, particularly with depressing expected tax and royalty revenues.

But Robyn Allan, an independent economist who has given testimony to the National Energy Review Panel on the Northern Gateway proposal, questions whether lack of pipeline capacity would eliminate the discount.

She argues the gap has more to do with the lower quality of crudes being shipped and transportation costs than capacity.

“Diluted bitumen will sell at a deeper discount no matter how much excess pipeline capacity exists,” she said in an email response.

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Airlines getting busier THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Air Canada saw its flights take to the air with more passengers in their seats in March compared with a year ago as the airline increased both capacity and traffic.

The country’s largest airline said it had a record system load factor of 83.5 per cent compared with 81.5 per cent in March 2012.

The improvement came as traffic measured by revenue passenger miles increased 3.4 per cent and capacity measured by available seat miles increased by 1.0 per cent.

“Led by traffic increases in the Pacific, domestic Canada and U.S. transborder markets of 5.8, 4.5 and 4.4 per cent, respectively, Air Canada generated greater traffic of 3.4 per cent system wide on a capacity increase of 1.0 per cent,” Air Canada president and chief executive Calin Rovinescu said.

“This is the fourth consecutive month Air Canada has reported a record load factor, underscoring the effectiveness of our capacity management strategy.”

The improvements at Air Canada came as traffic and capacity at WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) also increased last month.

WestJet said its load factor was 86.1 per cent in March, almost unchanged from 86.2 per cent in the same month last year.

The slight dip came as the airline increased its capacity 8.4 per cent and traffic increased 8.2 per cent.

WestJet said it flew 1.6 million passengers in March, a year-over-year increase of 6.7 per cent or some 101,100 travellers.

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David Brosseau, left, speaks with Sgt. Marc Gauvin about the requirements to join the Canadian Forces during the Central Alberta Career and Job Fair at the Sheraton Red Deer hotel on Wednesday. There were 100 participating employers and exhibitors. The job fair is held twice a year and is organized by Outbound Productions on behalf of Alberta Human Services.

Pipeline, LNG proposal submitted to regulators GAS WOULD BE PIPED, CONVERTED AND SHIPPED TO ASIA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A $4-billion plan for a pipeline and liquefied natural gas export terminal by Shell Canada Ltd. for Kitimat, B.C., has been submitted to federal and provincial environmental regulatory agencies.

Shell’s proposal, which is now among at least a half-dozen LNG developments in the province, includes building a natural-gas pipeline from northeastern B.C. to the northern coast where the liquefied gas will be loaded onto tankers and shipped to Asia.

“Project construction is expected to start in 2015, pending receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals, with construction of the first phase to be completed in 2019/2020,” said the 27-page

KITIMAT PROPOSAL project description summary document sent to the regulatory agencies. “The life of the project is expected to be a minimum of 25 years with operations continuing until decommissioned in 2045 or later.”

The LNG Canada project is a venture between Shell and affiliates of Asian companies Mitsubishi Corp., Korea Gas Corp., and PetroChina Investment Ltd. The project plan states LNG Canada expects to produce 24 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually, or processing about 69,000 tonnes of LNG daily.

LNG Canada proposes to build a marine terminal on about 350

hectares of private land located within the District of Kitimat near the current Rio Tinto Alcan aluminum smelter.

The proposed terminal is located on the Douglas Channel and will be large enough to accommodate two LNG carrier vessels capable of transporting anywhere between 130 million tonnes and 265 million tonnes of LNG each.

The project plan states LNG Canada expects anywhere between 170 and 350 LNG carrier visits annually.

The project approval process through the federal Environmental Assessment Agency and B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office is expected to take up to two years.

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5 years after financial crisis, Americans are more cautious SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS GAINS IN SAVINGS AND INVESTING DISCIPLINE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Americans have grown more cautious and disciplined in handling their money since the financial crisis struck in 2008, a survey by a leading mutual fund company suggests.

People say they don’t spend as much, save as little or embrace as much risk as they did before the crisis, according to a survey of nearly 1,200 people by Fidelity Investments.

As a group, people say they’re saving more in 401(k) retirement plans and reducing debt.

Survey participants were interviewed over two weeks in February, nearly five years after a meltdown of risky mortgage investments caused home

and stock prices to sink, sent unemployment soaring and nearly toppled the U.S. financial system.

Not until last month did the Dow Jones industrial average regain its pre-crisis high.

Key survey findings include: ● Fifty-six per cent of respondents said they’ve gone from being scared or confused about managing their money to confident or prepared five years later. ● Forty-two per cent are now contributing more to workplace savings plans such as 401(k) s or to individual retirement accounts or health-savings accounts. Just 5 per cent are contributing less, and 53 per cent say they’re making no changes. ● Fifty-five per cent said

they feel better prepared for retirement than they did before the crisis. ● Seventy-two per cent have less personal debt than before the crisis. Among all survey participants, 49 per cent said they had reduced debt in response to the crisis. ● Among those saying they went from being scared to confident, 42 per cent have increased the size of an emergency fund they’ve created to meet unexpected expenses, and 32 per cent made no changes to their fund. The rest have no emergency fund or have reduced it.

John Sweeney, an executive vice-president on retirement and investing with Bostonbased Fidelity, said the findings and Fidelity’s own data

on customer behaviour during the financial crisis suggest that investors have become more engaged about managing their portfolios.

“We can’t control the markets, but we can control how much we save and spend,” Sweeney said.

“It will help them better weather the next period of market volatility.”

One of the most pronounced changes in investor behaviour since the crisis has been the growth of savings invested in bonds and bond mutual funds.

Bond funds have attracted more than $1 trillion in net deposits since 2008.

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market tumbled about two per cent Wednesday, shedding all its yearto-date gains amid worries that the American economy is faltering and geopolitical concerns centred around threats from North Korea.

The S&P/TSX composite index plunged 259.98 points to 12,422.12 in a selloff spread across most sectors in the wake of a report that had traders reconsidering their expectations for March job gains and other data pointing to slower expansion in the American non-manufacturing sector.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.04 of a cent to 98.57 cents US. U.S. indexes were also lower as the Dow Jones industrials gave back 111.66 points to 14,550.35, the Nasdaq was down 36.26 points at 3,218.6 and the S&P 500 index slid 16.56 points to 1,553.69.

Two days before the release of the U.S. government’s jobs data for March, Automatic Data Processing reported that the American private sector created 158,000 jobs last month, which was below the 215,000 reading that markets had expected.

Before the release of the ADP data, economists had expected the government’s report would show a total of 190,000 jobs were cranked out.

And the U.S. Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index for March came in at 54.4, down from the February reading of 56 and below forecasts for a 55.5 reading.

That report came on the heels of another ISM report earlier in the week showing expansion in the manufacturing sector also faltering.

Traders were also rattled after Washington said a missile defence system was being sent to the Pacific island of Guam amid continued threats from North Korea.

The move came a day after the North said it would restart its longshuttered plutonium reactor and a uranium enrichment plant. Both could produce fuel for nuclear weapons that North Korea is developing.

Also, the South Korean news agency Yonhap said that North Korea’s military has announced that it would take a series of military actions against the United States.

Defence secretary Chuck Hagel said North Korea’s rhetoric presents a real, clear danger and threat to the U.S. and its allies.

The negative showing on markets comes at a time when the Dow industrials has surged more than 10 per cent on what had been a steady stream of positive economic data and easing by the Federal Reserve.

It’s a different story on the resource heavy TSX, where the losses of the session erased all gains, modest as they were, for the year.

Wednesday’s plunge left the main index down 11 points year to date.

At its best level for the year, the TSX was up 3.5 per cent.

Miners have been a big drag on the Toronto market with the base metals sector down 16.3 per cent so far this year, reflecting a slow global economic recovery and metal prices, including copper, that have sunk to eight month lows.

The gold sector has declined even more, down 20 per cent as precious metal miners deal with prices that haven’t kept pace with increasing operating costs.

The energy sector is up a slight 2.1 per cent so far in 2013 as oilsands prices have been depressed by a glut of supply in the U.S. The third major pillar of the TSX, financials, is up a slight four per cent year to date and has its own problems.

The TSX gold sector dropped about 4.6 per cent Wednesday as June bullion on the New York Mercantile Exchange was down $22.40 at US$1,553.50 an ounce on top of a $25 slide Tuesday. Barrick Gold Corp.

(TSX:ABX) lost $1.62 to C$27.09 while Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) faded $1.18 to $31.64.

May copper shed five cents to a fresh eight-month low of US$3.33 a pound and the metals and mining sector was down 3.3 per cent. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) gave back 86 cents to C$27.03 and First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) gave back 72 cents to $17.96.

The energy sector fell 3.3 per cent as the May crude contract declined $2.74 to US$94.45 a barrel.

Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) declined $1 to C$30.90 and Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) fell $1.12 to $31.48.

The financial sector shed 1.39 per cent with Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) down 48 cents to $14.58 and Royal Bank (TSX:RY) dropped 88 cents to $61.34.

TD Bank Group (TSX:TD) said its long-time president and chief executive, Ed Clark, will retire on Nov. 1, 2014. Clark’s successor will be Bharat Masrani, 56, who is currently head of TD’s U.S. personal and commercial banking group. TD shares slid $1.02 to $83.43.

All sectors retreated save for a slight rise in the utilities group.

The TSX Venture Exchange fell 30.48 to 1,038,62.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Wednesday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,422.12 down 259.98 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,038.62 down 30.48 points TSX 60 — 713.10 down 15.87 points Dow — 14,550.35 down 111.66 points S&P 500 — 1,553.69 down 16.56 points Nasdaq — 3,218.60 down 36.26 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 98.57 cents US, up 0.04 of a cent Pound — C$1.5349, up 0.26 of a cent Euro — C$1.3031, up 0.25 of a cent Euro — US$1.2845, up 0.30 of a cent Oil futures: US$94.45 per barrel, down $2.74 (May contract) Gold futures: US$1,553.50 per oz., down $22.40 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $28.49 per oz., down 34.6 cents $915.95 kg., down $11.13 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Wednesday at 1,038.63, down 30.48 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 176.95 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $4.00 lower $620.40; July ’13 $3.10 lower $607.60; Nov. ’13 $1.40 lower $557.90; Jan. ’14 $1.40 lower $558.40; March ’14 $2.30 lower $554.00; May ’14 $2.30 lower $551.90; July ’14 $2.30 lower $550.00; Nov. ’14 $2.30 lower $525.60; Jan ’15 $2.30 lower $525.60; March ’15 $2.30 lower $525.60; May ’15 $2.30 lower $525.60.

Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.50; July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $244.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $244.00; March ’14 unchanged $244.00; May ’14 unchanged $244.00; July ’14 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $244.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $244.00; March ’15 unchanged $244.00; May ’15 unchanged $244.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 406,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 406,680.

Lululemon announces departure of exec Lululemon Athletica Inc. (TSX:LLL) says its chief product officer is leaving the retailer, just weeks after it pulled its black Luon pants from store shelves because they were too sheer.

In a statement Wednesday, Lululemon said Sheree Waterson, who joined the company in 2008, will be gone as of April 15.

“We appreciate the many contributions that Sheree made during her time with Lululemon, particularly in the area of design,” said chief executive Christine Day in a release.

Specific reasons for Waterson’s departure were not disclosed.

Meanwhile, the company said an investigation into the production issues with the popular Luon pants has revealed that a combination of the fabric with a new pattern

led to an “unacceptable level of sheerness.”

“Production of Luon is a complex process with a number of different inputs, and fabric is the key factor,” Lululemon said in a statement.

“While the fabric involved may have met testing standards, it was on the low end of Lululemon’s tolerance scale and we have found that our testing protocols were incomplete for some of the variables in fabric characteristics.”

As a result, the company said it is testing and assessing all Luon products to ensure they meet “revised specifications for modulus (stretch), weight and tolerances.”

It has also stationed employees at factories to ensure that the new tests and standards are being met.

In an analyst call last month, Day said the only way customers can tell if they bought the defective pants was to “put

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Bonds typically generate smaller long-term returns than stocks but with less chance of short-term losses.

Stocks have surged 130 per cent since the market began its recovery in March 2009, and investors who shifted savings from stocks to bonds haven’t fully benefited from the rally.

Year-to-date data show cash has finally begun flowing into U.S. stock funds, while bond funds continue to attract money.

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Recently, B.C.’s environment ministry asked federal environment minister Peter Kent to allow the province to undertake much of the review under a federal-provincial memorandum and regulations that seeks to streamline project approvals.

B.C. environment ministry officials said much of the environmental review work would be conducted by the province, but the project still requires approval by both agencies.

LNG Canada was granted a 25-year federal permit to export LNG last February.

The project description states environmental effects from the proposed project could impact area wildlife, including birds, fish, animals and local aboriginal peoples.

“Under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012, the project description must address the potential for changes to fish and fish habitat, aquatic species, and migratory birds, as well as potential for environmental changes on federal lands and effects of environmental changes on aboriginal peoples,” states the project description.

The project description said the Kitimat River estuary area near the proposed project site is home to a wide variety of wildlife, birds, fish and amphibians, including grizzly and black bears, song birds and sea birds and toads and salamanders.

There are conservation concerns of up to 16 species in the project area, the description said.

Those species include: western toad, marbled murrelet, tundra swan, western grebe, great blue heron and grizzly bear.

But the document states that “only a fraction of those species occur in the vicinity of the project.”

The description also states the project’s potential effects may permanently alter or destroy fish and fish habitat “through interactions between the project footprint and aquatic or riparian areas of the Kitimat River estuary channels and tributaries.”

Area aboriginal peoples could face health, social, economic, social and cultural impacts due to the LNG project, including degradation of local air quality due to combustion of fossil fuels, incinerating of acid gases and potential flaring activities, the document stated The project description also mentions the prospect of economic benefits.

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The CIBC economists say getting the oil to markets is critical, however, and the more options the better — south to the U.S. Gulf coast through the Keystone XL project, West to the British Columbia coast, and even East to markets in Ontario and Quebec.

The report suggests all three are important, but none more so than building a pipeline to B.C. to get oil to Asian markets, possibly the most controversial of projects and most difficult to bring to fruition, given opposition among environmental advocates and First Nations.

With the U.S. ramping up its own production to the point that only 45 per cent of domestic needs come from foreign sources, as opposed to 60 per cent a decade ago, and market growth in Eastern Canada likely to be muted, the best destination would appear to be Asia, the report argues.

“It’s increasingly important that Canada move on one or more of the alternative pipelines to get our product headed Asia’s way,” said Shenfeld, CIBC’s chief economist.

The economists say even with slower growth in China, the country’s appetite for crude is expected to increase by up to four per cent a year, or the equivalent of the entire United Kingdom market every couple of years.

As well, demand for oil is growing throughout Asia, they note, as lifestyles there become energy intensive.

In a speech in Vancouver on Wednesday, Trade Minister Ed Fast told the Asia Pacific Foundation that Canada is in position to fuel Asia’s economy resurgence.

The CIBC report argued that “clarity on the pipeline front” will help attract the capital needed to support oil sand expansion.

But Buchanan warns that even on the investment front, Canada no longer has the clear field it once did. A decade ago, almost three quarters of global oil reserves were off limits to global players due to domestic prohibitions against foreign operators and security issues, but that is changing, he said.

Iraq recently replaced Iran as OPEC’s second largest producer, Mexico is moving to amend its constitution to encourage foreign investment, and even Venezuela may in the future become more open, following the death of President Hugo Chavez.

Fast said over the next 10 years, more than 600 major resource projects will be underway or in the planning stages in Canada, requiring about $650 billion in investment.

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But he acknowledged that bonds will likely continue to attract retiring baby boomers and others seeking steady income.

“We’re going to see a long-term systemic shift into bond funds as the population ages and the need grows to reduce risk in their portfolios.”

But many analysts say the long-term outlook for bonds is risky. Their yields are near all-time lows, and interest rates will eventually climb. If the economic recovery continues to accelerate, the Federal Reserve will rein in its bond-buying program, causing rates to rise. When that happens, many investors could be surprised at how quickly bond funds could suffer losses.

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SMART Valerie Anne (nee Johnson) 1952-2013 It is with great sadness that we announce that Ms. Valerie Anne Smart of Red Deer passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the age of 60 years, after a courageous battle with cancer and complications from multiple sclerosis. Valerie is survived by her mother, Eva Morris (nee Braithwaite) of Red Deer, her brother, David Johnson (Rose) of Red Deer, her sister, Beverly Johnson of Calgary, her brother, Clifford Johnson (Gail Smith) of Calgary, three nephews; Brian (Dawn), Douglas (Danielle) and Owen, two nieces; Karen Davis (Tyler) and Sydney Johnson, and great nephew, Tyler Johnson, as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Valerie was predeceased by her father, Frank Johnson, in 1985. Valerie was born in Red Deer, Alberta on December 4, 1952 and raised on farms in Sylvan Lake area through her mid-teen years. She later lived in Sylvan Lake and Red Deer. Valerie spent many years in the real estate business in the Red Deer area until her MS prevented her from continuing the work that she thoroughly enjoyed and excelled at. She won several top sales awards and made many friends in the business. Valerie never complained about her illnesses, despite the toll that they took on her. She treated them as challenges to be dealt with as best as she could. Valerie always looked for ways to help others, despite her failing health. Her extended family and many good friends will truly miss her kindness, courage, warm personality and independent spirit. The family would like to thank all of the medical staff who provided excellent care for Valerie at the Red Deer Hospital emergency department and Unit 32. We particularly wish to thank the wonderful caring staff at the Red Deer Hospice Society who looked after her so well during her final days. They are all truly special people. A Memorial Service celebrating Valerie’s life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, April 5, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. A reception will be held following the service at Bower-Kin Community Centre, 85 Boyce Street, Red Deer.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that consideration be given to making donations in Valerie’s name to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 105-4807 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4A5, the Canadian Cancer Society, 4730A Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1X2, the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6, or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Mike passed away very unexpectedly on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the age of 51 years. Mike was known for his good sense of humor, his giving nature and his love of cars. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

BIGGS Olive Vere (MacKay) Olive Vere Biggs (MacKay) passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the age of 98 years.

She will be sadly missed by her loving family of four children, Richard Biggs (Gloria) of Lousana, Bonny Menzies (Rod) of Edmonton, Brian Biggs (Beverly) of Red Deer, Margaret Rogers (John) of Delia; one brother, Derry MacKay, of Three Hills. Olive was predeceased by her son Allan in 1952 at the age of 5.

She also was predeceased by her three sisters and one brother. Olive is also survived by her ten grandchildren, twentyseven great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. Her Service of Celebration will be held at The Church of the Latter-Day Saints, 3002 - 47 Ave., Red Deer, AB on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 11:00 am.

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SCOTT Thomas Albert “Tom” 1933 - 2013 With sadness in our hearts, we announce that Thomas Albert “Tom” Scott passed away peacefully with his family at his side on March 28, 2013 at the R.D. Regional Hospital after a short, hard fought battle with heart and lung issues. Tom was born July 15, 1933 and was raised on the family farm at Watson’s Corners, Ontario. He followed his brothers west on the Harvest Excursions in 1951 and 1952. Tom and Joyce were married in Perth, Ontario in 1954. He started with Canadian Utilities in 1953 and retired from their sister company, Alberta Power Ltd. in 1989 after 35 yrs. After retirement, he worked 5 years with Frontec, another sister company of CU, as relief site supervisor on the D.E.W line in the Arctic.

During his lifetime his community minded spirit saw him actively involved with Lion’s Club, Kinsmen Club and was Past Exalted Ruler of the Rycroft and Grande Cache BPO Elks of Canada, also the Boy Scouts and a volunteer in various small town Fire Departments. In Red Deer he volunteered for Hospital Fundraising Kiosks. During Tom’s working years the family lived in various communities: Stettler, Vermillion, Grande Prairie, Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie,Spirit River, Rainbow Lake, Grande Cache and Slave Lake. In 1993 Tom and Joyce moved to Red Deer for retirement which was a happy move for them both. Tom always enjoyed anything to do with cars, barbequing, golfing and keeping his yard in immaculate condition. A great joy for Tom and Joyce was camping for many years with their children and later with grandchildren. They loved their travels to Europe, a cruise through Panama Canal, and the extra special winters spent in Mesa, AZ. Tom is predeceased by his parents, Albert Laurie and Annie Margaret Scott as well as brothers, Jack, Bob, Jim and sister Doris. Tom is lovingly remembered by his wife, Joyce, his son Shawn of Innisfail, his son Peri (Carol), their children Corey and Zachary of Calgary, his daughter Robin (Allan) Miller, their children Christopher, Joey and Erin of Sylvan Lake, also, his brother Art (Theresa) of Lanark, Ontario, sisters in-law Janet (Jack), Dee (Bob), Evelyn (Jim) and brother in-law Lloyd (Doris) Johnson. Tom’s many nieces and nephews and their spouses were always very dear to him. Over the years, Tom’s easy going and friendly manner gained him a multitude of friends whose friendships were very special to him. A celebration of Tom’s life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, on Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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Clerical LOCK Connie Connie Lock was granted her angel wings on Tuesday April 2, 2013. Connie’s life was not an easy one, but she lived it with courage and d i g n i t y. S h e g a v e u s a l l courage, strength, and hope and remind us all of the preciousness of life. She loved her family and friends particularly all the children of n o w, a n d t h e o n e ’ s s h e watched over as they grew.

She continues to watch over all who knew her. Connie is survived by her mother; Joanne Mittemeyer, brother; Carl Mittemeyer, sister; Geri (Ron) Melin, sister; Debby Marchment and numerous precious nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Highway 2A, Lacombe, Alberta on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta 5002-39 Street, Red Deer, AB. T4N 2P2.

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FRIZZELL David Eldon June 13, 1946- Mar. 29, 2013 David passed away at the Cross Cancer Institute on March 29, 2013. Dave is survived by his two children, Greg (Mary) and Kathryn (Michael) Esmond. Prayer Service to be held Saturday, April 6 at 1pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Ave, with lunch to follow at 115 Issard Close, Red Deer.

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Tractor Operators Assist in prep.

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Labourers Fax resume 780-702-5051 Flag People CORK’D Taphouse and Grill now hiring p/t dish- Fax resume: 403-885-5137 washers and prep cooks.

Email resume: We will train. Please apply office@ccal.com within.

GOODMEN Harvard Park Business ROOFING LTD. Centre Ltd is looking for an Requires experienced cook for our kitchen. Starting ASAP. SLOPED ROOFERS Banquet experience is a LABOURERS plus and knowledge on & FLAT ROOFERS dealing with large groups.

Fax resume to Valid Driver’s Licence 403-886-5003. preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca HOLIDAY INN or (403)341-6722 EXPRESS NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

RED DEER

Is seeking FRONT DESK CLERK * Answer phone calls * Take reservations * Check in/out Guests Balance cash out & Attend to guest needs $14.00/hr.

HOUSEKEEPING ROOM ATTENDANT * Clean and vacuum rooms, public areas, pool etc.

Replenish amenities, linens & towels * Adhere to Holiday Inn safety stardands $14.00/hr.

All positions are Shift work & weekends Fax Resume to: 780-702-5051

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced F/T Servers.

Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please LOOKING for exp’d waitress with liquor license, p/t or f/t 403-342-5555

HEAVY Duty Mechanic:

Required : Apprentices will be considered. Experience in all make and models of diesel engine is required for this full time position.

Knowledge of air compressors, generator units and pumps would be an asset.

The successful applicant must have excellent communication skills, both oral & written. The position requires a person who has a strong work ethic and be able to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced work environment.

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest.

Only those considered will be contacted.

Forward Resume: Fax (403)343-2199 E-Mail: true@hertz.com LICENSED mechanic for truck maintenance on 20 truck fleet. Reply to Box 1036, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 or fax resume to 403-346-0295 LOOKING for Framers/ carpenters 403-357-9816

Truckers/ Drivers

860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net DO you want regular home times, dedicated truck, a company that cares, benefits, exc. wages, safety bonus, year round steady work? We are looking for CLASS 1 drivers for flat deck work. Must know your cargo securement, be hard working and enjoy driving as you visit the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 or fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 SEMI RETIRED? SPRING BREAK UP? Seasonal drivers req’d. for local fertilizer dellivery.

Clean Class 3 license req’d., AG exp. an asset.

Call 403-588-0956.

EMAIL: benaltoag@ benaltoag.com

Misc.

Help

880

Chevrolet

Lot Person Competitive Salary plus benefits Apply in Person

No Calls Please

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Timberlands Area Talson Place, Thomas Place Trimble Place, Traptow Place Timberstone Way $152/mo.

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

Clearview Area Castle Crsc.

Clark Crsc. & Crawford St. $155/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

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

Carriers Needed 4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave. Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

880

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

880

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GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

BOWER AREA Baile Close Boyce St./ Byer Close Barrett Dr/ Beatty Crsc..

Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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

Carriers Needed Riverside Meadows Morning delivery 6 days /wk by 6:30 a.m.

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery

Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com

1500-1990

For afternoon delivery once per week

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Dr SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Crsc

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1570

Cameras & Accessories

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

SONY handicam, exc. cond. $200 obo 403-307-1586

Household Furnishings

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

Please contact QUITCY

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

900

Employment Training

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

Experienced Glass Installer, Possible Management Position, Wage Negotiable.

Available Immediately.

Drop Resume @ #2, 7859 Gaetz Ave or Fax 403-347-7744 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 Start your career!

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GREENHOUSE WORKERS BLACKFALDS Central AB Greenhouses We have some seasonal positions available commencing immediately and ending June 1, 2013.

Duties include planting seedlings, watering plants, moving plants from one area to another, loading plants onto carts and loading trucks. This position is labor intensive and includes working weekends and some evenings (approx.

65 hrs./wk.). Must have own transportatin. We will train. Wage is $11.50/hr.

Fax resume to 403-885-4146 or email to: ar-cag@telus.net.

Please note that only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

Looking For Short Term Work?

General Handyperson We need a number of people Needed to assist with spring yard

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

Misc. for Sale

1760

CORONA Bar stools (2), chrome, $60. pr.; light brown recliner, like new, $60; tiger torch & hose, $30; Black & Decker 7 1/4” skill saw, $10.; (2) 2 ton hydralic jack, $10. ea.

403-887-4981 HUSKY BRAID NAILER, new in box, $25.; 2000 lb. remote control winch, $65; New air compressor, 100 psi; $65; New Woods outdoor 24/hr timer; $10; New sz. 11 black leather, zippered boots, $25; 20’ tow ropes (2) $10. ea.

403-887-4981

1580

LEATHER MOTORCYCLE JACKET, GREEN CUSTOM MADE Men’s S - M. $150. obo.

403-302-4422

1600

Computers

COMPUTER/BRIEF CASE on wheels. As new. $80. obo 403-302-4422

EquipmentHeavy

F1 LABRA DOODLES, F1B GOLDEN DOODLES puppies. Visit www.furfettishfarm.ca text 306-521-1371 or call 403-919-1370

Travel Packages

Firewood

1650 1660

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

1840

Dogs

1630

ALBERTA LAMB! Fresh, frozen. Locally grown.

Locally butchered.

Phone 403-782-4095

Pipeline and Facility Installation Inspectors

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1590

403.341.4544

EXECUTIVE AUTO GLASS

1720

WORK bench vise $18; bundle of bungee cords $6; 3 trouble lights $6/ea; bow saw 30” in wooden case $15; clay pick $7; 2 BASSINETTE with skirt hand saws $6/ea.; wooden $45 obo; 1957 LLOYD miter box $5; 10’ tow rope baby buggy $45 obo $10; 1/4” steel tow cable 403-347-0293 $15; wooden tool box for SCHOOL Desk, older style truck 40”l x 17” w x 8 1/2” deep $15; post hole auger $15. 403-347-5316 5” $20; galvanized garbage can/lid $12; 2 1” x 36” piano hinges $4; 2 tin Clothing snips 2/$10; 2 boxes of nice clam shells $5/box 403-314-2026 GRAD gown, gorgeous floral sheer with scarf, size 8. $15. 403-347-5316

Children's Items

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

VANIER AREA

1530

Auctions

The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook

********************** BATTERY DOCTORS Exp. not req’d but heavy lifting is involved, mechanical skills an asset. Hours: Mon. to Fri. 8-5. Apply in person at 1, 4801 78 St. No phone calls please.

CLASSIFICATIONS

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Illingworth Close ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

In the towns of: Adams Close/ Adair Ave.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

EXPERT RV PARK MODELS, BOWDEN

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

Misc.

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stuff

in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day.

Must have own vehicle.

18+ Needed ASAP

requires a

3110-50 Ave. Red Deer

880

6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday)

293638C30-D5

SERVICE RIG

Misc.

Help

278950A5

Restaurant/ Hotel

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of

AFFORDABLE

Processing locally Homestead Firewood horses. in Lacombe weekly.

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 403-651-5912 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Skystone Engineering will host a training seminar on FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, the role of the inspector as Poplar. Can deliver the client (owner) 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 representative, providing LOGS code and regulatory Semi loads of pine, spruce, requirements for tamarack, poplar. inspectors to fulfill their QA role. It also covers site Price depends on location.

CLASSIFICATIONS Lil Mule Logging safety, project manageFOR RENT • 3000-3200 403-318-4346 ment and admin WANTED • 3250-3390 requirements to assure Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner new installations satisfy BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / owner requirements. It del. Lyle 403-783-2275 addresses all sections of Acreages/ CAPP’s Guidance Farms Document: “Competency Household Assessment for Upstream Appliances 5 BDRM. house acreage, Oil and Gas Pipeline 10 min. S. of Pine Lake & Installation Inspectors”.

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. 40 min. SE of Red Deer.

The seminar will be April selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. $1650, $800 d.d. utils. incl., 23-25, 2013 at the Delta warr. Riverside Appliances 1 month last month rent, 1 Edmonton South Hotel in 403-342-1042 yr. leasing, references & Edmonton, AB. record of employment. No Attendees must register on house pets. Avail. June 1 or before Sunday, April 21. Household 403-442-2631 or 357-9909 For info, visit www.

Furnishings skystone.ca or call Tired of Standing?

(403) 516-4217, Nancy.

Find something to sit on 3 SEAT SOFA W/WOOD in Classifieds TRIM 83”L X 33” D w/matching armchair, very Career well kept Planning Houses/ $170 403-314-2026

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3010

1710 1720

920

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

FREE

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Duties include: Service & repair of Park Model homes, exterior & interior repair & reno. Willing to do some travel, if needed for repair/service of Park Models. Drug & alcohol free, fast paced environment.

2 positions avail. Wage depending on exp.

Fax: 403-210-4815 Attn: Ian or email: ian@experthome.ca

LARGE oak china cabinet, exc. cond., $150, computer desk, $40 403-506-3071 RECORD player/radio w/2 matching speakers.

Asking $100.

403-341-4650 Call between 9 am - 12 p.m. or call Cell after 1 pm.

403-307-3043

Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM., new bath, fenced yard, 5 appls., $975. + s.d. Greenham Dr. Avail. May 15.

403-314-0635 INNISFAIL older 3 bdrm. house, lrg. lot. $975/mo.

403-886-5342 or 357-7817

clean up for 3 wks. Must be able to pull a rake and bag debris, Must have own transportation and be reliable. Wage is $15/hr.

Call 403-505-5760 THE BURNT LAKE GENERAL STORE is looking for F/T Customer Service person for shift work. Please apply in person, Hwy. 11 West.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 No phone calls please.

FULL TIME MAINTENANCE AND LABOUR PERSON WANTED to hire qualified To Advertise Your Business or Service Here person to replace asphalt REQUIRED ASAP. shingles on house roof.

Knowledge of House located 40 kms. W. Plumbing, Electrical, of Red Deer. 403-396-0857 Carpentry, Painting. classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Must have own tools, CELEBRATIONS own vehicle an asset with HAPPEN EVERY DAY Handyman Misc. valid drivers license.

IN CLASSIFIEDS Monday - Friday 8 - 5.

Accounting Services Services Come and join our team.

OVERRUN w/Mule Deer Please fax resume E. of R. D. First Nations CENTRAL PEST 403-346-1086 persons call 403-391-8246 INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS BUSY B’S HANDYMAN Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

CONTROL LTD. SERVICES LTD. with oilfield service Spring & summer bookings. Comm/res. Locally owned.

Misc. companies, other small Res./com. Your full service 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca businesses and individuals handyman. Brian 403-598-3857 Help RW Smith, 346-9351

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Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

1010

1200

1290

880

FULL TIME SPRAY FOAM APPLICATOR

Cleaning

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: • Must have a valid driver’s license (Class 3 Preferable but not mandatory) • Previous Industrial Spray Foam Application Required • Pride in their work and generate high quality workmanship • Willingness to work evenings & weekends • Willingness to work out of town for short period of times.

ANN’S Cleaning Services - Weekly & bi-weekly.

Homes & Offices 302-0488 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

FANTASY

1100

MASSAGE

Now Open

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Private back entry. 403-341-4445

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

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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

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Hall Industrial Contracting offers competitive wage and benefit packages, we provide training as required.

We thank all applicants, but only successful candidates will be called for an interview.

1280

ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

Contractors

ENVIRONMENTAL & PHYSICAL CONDITION REQUIREMENTS: • Outdoors • Standing for extended • Heights periods of time • Confined Spaces • Bending, crouching, • Noisy, Dusty, Hot, kneeling Cold, Wet/Damp • Handling heavy loads • Manual Dexterity • Physically demanding • Attention to detail & repetitive tasks

Wages is based on experience, skills and level of training.

Please send resumes to either info@hallindustrialcontracting.com Or fax 403-885-8886

1070

Massage Therapy

International ladies

Escorts

1165

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net 294476D4-10

800

Oilfield

VII MASSAGE

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

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

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 or visit helpinghandshomesupport.com for information.

Yard Care

1430

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Property clean up 340-8666

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Israeli army kills protester after West Bank riots shot palestinian teenager that led to renewed fighting between Israel and Gaza militants former military chief of staff, said in a statement.

By nightfall Wednesday, calm appeared to have returned on that front.

A small al-Qaida-influenced group was suspected. The rocket fire coincided with unrest in the West Bank over the death of a Palestinian prisoner.

Yaalon said he holds the Islamic militant Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, responsible for all such attacks from the seaside strip.

Israel launched an offensive against Hamas last November in response to an increase in rocket fire from Gaza.

During eight days of fighting, Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza, while Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. More than 160 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians, and six Israelis were killed in the fighting before Egypt brokered a truce.

In recent weeks, there have been several rocket attacks, including one as President Barack Obama was visiting Israel two weeks ago. Overnight Wednesday, Israel responded for the first time by striking a pair of empty fields in northern and eastern Gaza.

Around the time Yaalon was speaking on Wednesday morning, two more rockets exploded in the Israeli border town of Sderot, according to police.

Air raid sirens sounded, and people on their way to work and school took cover. No injuries were reported.

The Israeli military said a total of five rockets were fired within 24 hours, including two that exploded prematurely inside Gaza.

Under the cease-fire, Israel pledged to halt its policy of attacking militant leaders and to ease a blockade it imposed on Gaza after the Hamas takeover in 2007. Hamas pledged to halt rocket attacks on Israel. A number of smaller militant groups also operate

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by the death of a Palestinian prisoner and renewed fighting between Israel and Gaza militants.

The late night killing capped a day of rioting throughout the West Bank in protest at the prisoner’s death from cancer and raised the likelihood of further unrest in the Palestinian territories Thursday.

Mohammed Ayyad, a spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent, said a 17-year-old Palestinian was killed in a clash between the Israeli army and Palestinian stone-throwers at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. He was hit by a bullet in the chest, Ayyad said. The spokesman did not provide the youth’s name.

The Israeli military said several Palestinians hurled firebombs at a military post near Tulkarem, and soldiers at the post fired a live round at the protesters, hitting one. The army said it was reviewing the circumstances of the incident.

Early Wednesday, Palestinian militants launched several rockets into southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip in the heaviest exchange of fire between the sides since a cease-fire ended a major flare-up last year.

There were no casualties, but the violence nonetheless threatened to shatter the calm that has prevailed for more than four months. Israel’s new defence minister issued a stern warning.

“We will not allow shooting of any sort (even sporadic) toward our citizens and our forces,” Moshe Yaalon, a

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM. well cared for condo, North of river. Upgraded w/ hardwood floors, 4 appl. Avail. April 1 $975 rent & s.d. RENTED

32 HOLMES ST.

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KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s avail. immed.

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Warehouse Space

3140

WAREHOUSE FOR SALE OR LEASE 4860 sq. ft., new, bright, two 14’ O.H. doors, heated, fans, can be divided into 2 bays. Call 403- 318-4848 to view

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Manufactured Homes

3040

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Suites

3060

1 BDRM. apt. across from hospital, 3rd flr. balcony, Avail. Now. $780./mo.

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Resorts & Cottages

3370

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Please contact 604-982-0554

4020

Mason Martin Homes has

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5030

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5040

ing the airstrikes to “divert the attention” from unrest in Israeli prisons.

Palestinian prisoners have been rioting and hunger striking since a 64-year-old prisoner died of throat cancer on Tuesday. Palestinians blamed Israel for the man’s death, saying he was not given proper medical care.

The prisoner, Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, was serving a life sentence for his role in a foiled attempt to bomb a busy cafe in Jerusalem in 2002.

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5090

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OPEN HOUSE Apr 6th, 11-2 pm 438 - 4th Ave. Elnora. kijiji 458014535

4160

112 ACRES of bare land,

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4030

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5190

2010 SIERRA ext/cab 4x4, 5.3L 6 spd, auto, RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap $15,500 obo. 403-346-9816 Vehicle & Metal Removal.

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wheels

5200

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4250

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See youtube video @ http://tinyurl.com/d6x25wt or contact Patty @ 403-598-5701 for more info

Cars

5030

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

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in Gaza, including groups that draw inspiration from the al-Qaida global terror network.

U.N. Mideast envoy Robert Serry appealed for calm in a statement. “It is of paramount importance to refrain from violence in this tense atmosphere and for parties to work constructively in addressing the underlying issues,” he said.

Ihab Ghussein, the Hamas government spokesman, accused Israel of us-

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Vanessa Bullock changes the coming events sign outside the Kerry Wood Nature Centre this week. Among the centre events this week is the First Friday opening tomorrow of the show ‘This is Home. We are Guests’ by artist Roberta Murray from 5 to 7 p.m.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Senior Citizens Downtown House pot luck suppers are held the first Friday of each month at 5:30 p.m. The next one will be on April 5. Please bring a meat dish, salad or dessert to share. The cost is $5. Phone 403-346-4043. ● First Friday’s lineup on April 5 includes: Exhibit at Gallery IS from noon to 9 p.m. on Friday and on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.; Expressions at The Hub on Ross Gallery, from 4 to 6 p.m.; This is Home: We Are Guests by Roberta Murray at Kerry Wood Nature Centre in Marjorie Wood Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m.; When The City Isn’t Looking: Photographs by Bill Peters with special musical performance by Bruce Jacobsen from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch; Delaney and Anderton from 5 to 8 p.m. at Dose Coffee on Little Gaetz Ave. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold Band. Next dance is April 5. For more information, call Mary at 403-748-3378. ● Red Deer and District Kennel Club Dog Show will be featured at Westerner Exposition Park, April 5 to 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Daily admission is $10 for adults ages 13 to 64 years, $5 for children ages three to 12 years, and $35 for a family or four, free for seniors aged 65 years and children ages two and under. See www.rddkc.com.

Donations accepted for Red Deer Food Bank and rescue shelters. ● Saskia and Darrel Folk Concert will be on April 5, 7 p.m. at The Hub. Tickets cost $15 each or $30 for families. Cash only at the door, please.

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Saturday ● Russian Storytime at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library is featured on April 6, noon to 1 p.m. Listen to a story, play and speak Russian with friends. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Children’s Chess Club is offered on April 6 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the children’s department at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Children ages eight years and up, from beginners to experienced players are invited. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Fashion Show at Senior Citizens Downtown House will be on April 6 at 1:30 p.m. Cost is $5. ● Stettler Roughstock Rodeo will be held on April 6 at Stettler Agricultural Society Agriplex starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Rush seating only. Cost is $15 per person. Children six years and under free. Cabaret to follow. Phone 403-742-6288. ● Slutwalk to raise awareness about sexual assault will start at Red Deer College at 7 p.m. on April 6 near the library side doors. Participants are invited to dress how they see fit, not necessarily provocatively. Organized by social work student Amber Pidhirney, amberpidhirney@hotmail.com. ● EcoLiving Fair will take place on April 6 at Red Deer College in the Forum and Margaret Parsons Theatre from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. Next jam session is April 6. Each session $2. No jam session in July and August. Phone Chris at 403-341-3385.

Sunday ● Meet the Critter on April 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. This is a family oriented drop in program with activities and a meet and greet with a live critter. Admission by suggested donation is $3 per person or $10 per family. Call 403-346-2010 for more information.

Monday ● The Parkland Handweavers Guild meets the second Monday of each month at Sunnybrook Farm Museum at 7 p.m. New and experienced weavers welcome. For more information contact Red Deer Weavers at reddeerwaevers@gmail.com or Darlene at 403-749-3054, Amy at 403-309-4026 or Margaret at 403-346-8289. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre card games are played on the following days: Canasta — Mondays at 1 p.m., Singles Bridge — Wednesdays year round at 1 p.m., $2; Partner Bridge — second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., $3. For more information on cards please call Diane at 403-343-6074. ● Ladies Auxiliary of Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 will hold a general meetings on April 8. For a ride please call Harry at 403-598-5331 before noon on meeting day. Meat draw every Friday at 5 p.m. ● Techno Teens ages 12 years and up are invited to the Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library for a book trailer marathon on April 8 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sit back, have a snack, and watch video clips of exciting new book releases, then find out how to make a book trailer or mini movie.

Phone 403-341-3822.

Tuesday ● Drop-in Pajama Storytime invites children aged two to six years to the children’s department at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch for stories, songs, finger plays, and crafts at 6:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Children under three years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Phone 403346-4688. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House dance, Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. with live music by Country Express. The cost is $6. Phone 403-3464043. Lunch provided by donations. ● The Parkland Cross Country Ski Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7:30 p.m. The next meeting will be April 9. Novice to experienced cross country skiers welcome. Visit parklandxskiclub.org or phone 403-346-1311. ● The Central Alberta Mopar Association (CAMA) Car Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Humpty’s Classic Restaurant in Gasoline Alley. Admirers and owners of Chrysler family vehicles are welcome. Yearly membership is $17 for new members and $12 for current members. For more information contact Glen at 403-318-8388 or visit www.centralalbertamopar.ca/ ● Wild Rose Harmonizers, Central Alberta men’s barbershop chorus invite all past and former members and barbershop to join them on April 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to celebrate 75th Anniversary of Barbershop Harmony Society. Singers are also invited to regular practices Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Davenport Church of Christ. For more information visit www.harmonizers.ca or phone 403-342-1318.

Wednesday ● Inspirational Ladies Fun and Fellowship meets the second Wednesday of the following months from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. at Innisfail Legion Hall: April. On the second Wednesday in May, the group meets at 7 p.m. for a wind up meeting. Cost is $4 per person including refreshments. The group hosts speakers and special guests each time. Contact Elsie Lee at 403-227-3508. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Country Gold North is on April 10 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta located at 4811 48 Street holds monthly support group meetings at 5:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is

April 10. Phone 403-358-3358 or email epilepsy. njaskela@telus.net. to suggest topics for discussion. ● Central Alberta Photographic Society (CAPS) meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 7 p.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing. Yearly Membership fee is $50. Call or text Peter at 403-350-4578 or see www.centralalbertaphotographicsociety.com for more information.

Upcoming meetings are April 10 and 24. ● Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., in the Elnora Drop-in Centre, next on April 10 and 24. Call 403-749-2047 or 403-773-3600. ● Central Alberta Pioneers meet old and new friends at Pioneer Lodge on the second Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. Entertainment and lunch. For information, phone 403-309-4243. Next meeting will be on 10.

Thursday ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre

dance, Thursday, April 11, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to live music. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403346-3896. ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on April 11 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@ communitylegalclinic.net. ● Arrgh Matey! Storytime at Parkland Mall will be featured on April 11 from 10 to 11 a.m.

Phone 403-341-3822. ● Typecast — Red Deer College Annual Year End Exhibition Opening Reception will be held on April 11, 7 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibit reflects many of the ideas and themes taught at the college and represents a variety of subjects, materials and more. The exhibit can be viewed until April 29. Phone 403-309-8405.

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Parkinson Alberta Society Education Day takes place on April 17 at Davenport Church of Christ. Registration from 8 to 9 a.m. Sessions from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person and includes lunch. Take in professional speakers and education displays on effective voice treatment, living holistically, healing power of music, current research and more. To preregister phone 403-3464463 or email mherron@parkinsonalberta.ca. ● Geared Up Gear Sale Fundraiser for Kerry Wood Nature Centre will take place at the Nature Centre April 12 to 14. Hours are Friday from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring gently used outdoor gear to sell, with 20 per cent of the proceeds to support continuing environmental education activities, and keep the rest. Drop off gear starting at noon on Friday. Call 403-346-2010. ● Hunting Hills High School Rock Band Year End Concert takes place on April 16 at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Centre. Admission is $10 each. Phone 403-342-6655 ext. 1118. ● Living Well with a Mental Illness is a five week course for people interested in mental health including those with mental illness, their friends, family members, and general public and will offered on Tuesdays at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., May 14 to June 18 at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. To register for this free course or for more information call 403-342-2266, or email education@reddeer. cmha.ab.ca. ● Art of Friendship is an eight week course that teaches individuals the skills needed to develop and maintain healthy friendships and how to create positive social connections with co-workers, employers, family members, and friends. It will be offered on Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. from May 8 to June 25 at Canadian Mental Health Association on Gaetz Ave. Cost is $25. Scholarships may be available. For information visit www.reddeer. cmha.ab.ca for more information. Participants must speak with staff prior to enrollment at 403-342-2266 or email education@reddeer.cmha.ab.ca. ● How to be a smarter patient presentation, April 15, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Red Deer Lodge.

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Reserve a seat by calling 403-343-9100, or email hbadmin@rdpcn.com. ● Taoist Tai Chi Society has beginner classes running Monday/Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., continuing classes Monday/Wednesday 7:15 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday/Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Classes at Bay 16, Building C, 5580 45 St., Cronquist Business Park. Classes are also available in Lacombe, Rocky Mountain House and Innisfail. For information call 403-346-6772. ● Walk a Mile in Her Shoes — the interna-

tional men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. March takes place May 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in support of Women’s Outreach.

To register contact Darcy Ouellet at the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society, phone 403347-2480 or 1-866-347-2480, fax 403-343-0302 or email darcy@womensoutreach.ca. ● Sylvan Lake Volunteer Centre will host the Volunteer Impact Awards Gala on April 26, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Sylvan Lake Community Centre. To nominate and individual for their volunteer work, or to purchase tickets, contact Brittney at 403-887-1137 ext. 222. Nomination deadline is April 15. ● Ball Room Dance Social at Ponoka Moose Lodge will be offered on the second Friday of each month. Features waltz, rumba, cha cha, tango, foxtrot, swing, and jive with DJ music. Light snacks provided. Open bar. Cost is $10 for Moose members and $12.50 for non-members. Contact Fred or Jean for information at 403-783-8587, or see www.

AlbertaDanceNews.com ● Stettler Social Society supper and dance is held on the third Thursday of every month from Sept. to June at Stettler Legion Hall. Live bands each time. On April 18 dance to Yesteryear. Cocktails and dance from 5 to 6 p.m. Hot supper from 6 to 7 p.m. Dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets at the door cost $17.50 per person, or $10 for dance only.

Phone 403-742-5640. All ages welcome. ● Fabulous Fabric Sale, in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmother Campaign, will be held on April 13 at Gaetz Memorial United Church. For pick-up of donations or more information call Millie at 403-346-4225, or Shirley at 403-347-5958. ● Mary Rice Hopkins Live in Concert will be presented by Noah’s Ark Playschool ministry of First Christian Reform Church at the church as part of their tenth anniversary celebration on April 13, 6:30 p.m. Darcie Maze of Puppets with a Heart will be special guest performer. General Admission tickets cost $5. Children under two years free. Call 403-346-5659 to reserve tickets. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. — next on April 20 with Randy Jones and the Reflections. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck finger food lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Medicine River Wildlife Centre is looking for the following items to support the growing wildlife hospital and education programs: A 90’ cell tower, floating dock, a portable car shelter, and a barrel composter. The centre is also looking for expertise, donated materials or cash donations to help with the facility upgrade. All donors will receive a fair market value income tax receipt. See www. mrwc.ca, or contact Carol at 403-728-3467, carol. kelly@mrwc.ca.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

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Behaviour during vacation has friend wondering if relationship is worth having Dear Annie: Recently, I invited my best it’s best not to repeat the experience. friend, “Evan,” and his family of four to join Dear Annie: I’m 26 years old, happily marmy family at a popular out-of-state theme ried and have a beautiful two-year-old daughpark. Our children are similar ages, and we ter. have always gotten along well even though we My oldest brother is an alcoholic. He was in live in different states. a terrible auto accident last year and nearly My wife and I are members of a vacation died. I don’t want to enable him by continuprogram and offered to use our hotel points to ing to welcome him into my life. save Evan a great deal of money.

I’ve tried to explain this to my parents and We didn’t expect anything in my sister, but my words fall on return, but we had discussed deaf ears. how much fun we’d have toLast month, my brother and gether.

I got into an argument at my This didn’t happen. Evan parents’ house because he is and his family ignored us, jealous that I have a better remade no effort to interact with lationship with his children my wife or children, and had than he does. other friends and family join It ended with me saying, them at the resort and in our “Stay out of my life.” shared rooms. They frequentNow, I’m the black sheep ly went their own way in the of the family while the others theme park and were distant still welcome my brother with during the rare times that we open arms. I love him, but I were together. can’t deal with watching him The final insult occurred on kill himself. the last day, when they simply Am I wrong to walk away? left the resort without saying — Loving Sister in Missouri MITCHELL goodbye or even thanking us Dear Sister: This isn’t about & SUGAR for the stay. right or wrong.

Clearly, Evan took advanIt’s about what you can live tage of our kindness, and inwith. teractions since indicate that Tell your parents that you his family is oblivious to their are contacting Al-Anon (albehaviour. anon.alateen.org) because you Are we wrong to have expected them to want to do what’s best for your brother and spend time with us? Evan and I have a long also for your family. history, and I want to preserve the friendIt will help you deal with your brother and ship. I prefer to drop this issue, while my wife at the same time let your parents know that wants to wash our hands of these people com- you care about him. pletely.

Dear Annie: “Sticky” said she’s having a Is there a tactful way to address this and hard time in Florida because people don’t salvage the friendship? — No Explanation use their air conditioning.

Given We moved to Florida 40 years ago. It took Dear No: The friendship you are trying to us a couple of years to get acclimated, and our preserve is the one between you and Evan, so electric bill was an incentive to be moderate let your wife know that she is off the hook. with the thermostat.

Even if there is some reason for their rude A few years ago, we moved from humid behaviour, that is not an excuse.

Florida to bone-dry Arizona, and that has They also were unappreciative of your gen- been a harder adjustment. erosity, although that may have created some Not everyone has the same definition of awkwardness that contributed to the problem. comfortable. — Old Man Gone West It’s fine for you to remain in contact with Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell Evan, but don’t plan any more vacation trips. and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann If Evan should bring up the possibility of Landers column. Please email your questions to getting the families together again, simply say anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s that he and his kids seemed uninterested in Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, spending time with you before, so you think Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Keeping the faith for fishing season Winter’s April Fool’s Day stays put, stands not legally to fishing) and flowing at pat, keeps the faith. the Penhold Bridge.

It is the first day of the new fishThe valley below Dickson Dam on ing season, when the new licence is the Red Deer was a-honk with geese needed and the new regulations are about spring business and many pairs in force. were browsing newly uncovered grass, Appropriately, in or lounging on the shore ice.

France, the victims From about there and west of the day are called on Hwy. 54 commenced the Poisson d’Avril (April most remarkable voyage into Fish). spring I can remember, and it Each April first I got steadily more pronounced zig-zag up or down the as I drove west.

North Raven River, Obviously there had been or Stauffer Creek, on less snow to start with than county roads, in search back to the east, and there of signs of spring, and were now huge snowless tracts maybe even the odd in every field and every low April Fish, or fisherspot was full of water and waman. terfowl, other than geese.

Easter is all about Two minor detours to favorfaith, but it neither ite spots on the South Raven BOB stands pat nor stays River seemed essential.

SCAMMELL put: it can take place One that should still have between March 22 and been frozen solid was open April 25, inclusive; this and running with tannic-tinted year it ended immediately before muskeg tea.

April 1st, and somehow I think that The other, where I caught my first close juxtaposition contributed to one two brown trout ever about this time of the more memorable of my Stauffer of year 50 years ago, was in perfect slaloms. fishing shape, but the shore ice ledges Readers had been assuring me that under which the trout like to hide will spring had arrived because the canny not last long. crows had arrived.

A mandatory detour-destination Easter Sunday, a pair of robins was for me is Caroline Supplies. ransacking our mountain ash for any It lives up to the same motto as the fermented fruit missed by the recent amazing Allied Hardware in Blairdrunken hordes of starlings and Bo- more: “If we don’t have it, you don’t hemian waxwings. need it.”

As I drove west, the only murders I no longer need a licence, but Carof crows were squabbling over the oline Supplies had them right on time, best parts of two deer road kills al- plus the free, government-issue 2013 ready murdered by humans driving Alberta Guide to Sportfishing Regulatoo fast in the dark. tions, which I did need, and also Barry One mule deer stood in the borrow Mitchell’s 2013 Alberta Fishing Guide, pit, shaggy, shedding, sleepy-eyed and always a sure sign of spring and a blinking in the bright sunshine goad to get out and enjoy it while it The deep blanket of snow was un- lasts. broken, every pond still frozen, some The store has everything a hunter, with Canada geese stomping around angler, trapper, archer and camp cook on them, hoping for a breakthrough. didn’t even know (s)he needed, plus a The Red Deer River was open (but big rack of hook and bullet magazines

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including ones you rarely see anymore, such as Sporting Classics and Sports Afield.

The South Raven situation dictated a detour to check out Prairie Creek on its legal opening day.

The ice was still “in” at the top end of what once was the so-called “miracle mile,” but water was flowing over the ice in some places, indicating iceout and the brief burst of good fishing that can bring is any day now.

The Clearwater River was open and flowing, at the Hwy. 22X bridge, just south of where I turn back east to start driving the 40 km. down the North Raven River to Hwy.54.

Immediately on entering the warmer micro-climate that proximity to spring creeks, like the North Raven, seems to inspire, signs of spring increased: barer fields, more murders of crows, even an unkindness of ravens or two, near a roadside fence post nesting box there was the brief electric blue spark of a bluebird checking out accommodations, pussy willows bloomed on their red-barked bushes in standing water near the creek, but, strangely, the gophers were gone from their usual places.

On a perfect day for them, anglers were scarce, perhaps because the creek seemed erratic as to which stretches were flowing and which still ice-bound.

Finally, midway down, there were three anglers’ rigs at the Buck for Wildlife lot, and one angler, who either fell in off his ice shelf, or just vamoosed before I could get his picture.

The rest of the way down to where the little creek joins the South Raven, there were no anglers at any of the usual “hot” spots. Maybe the absentees know that they shouldn’t get their hopes up because one great day does not a spring make, and more snow is predicted.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

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In Prince George, B.C., conservation officers are urging residents to take special care as moose wander into the city, hoping to make a meal of the tender shoots sprouting in many gardens.

There’s concern that many of the moose are suffering from a tick infestation that will make them even more unpredictable.

Infested animals often appear to have white or missing fur and officials want to hear about any in that condition, or if residents see a moose that does not move for long periods or acts aggressively.

Environment Minister Terry Lake is reminding residents to clean up backyards, stow garbage cans and put away bird feeders as hungry bears come out of hibernation and look for the easiest food sources, possibly prompting confrontations with humans.

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GARDENING with a string attached to the ground or weight them down with a milk jug.

Slide the handle of milk jugs on the branch then add enough water to cause the branch to go downwards to the desired angle.

Leave the weights in place for a year or so until the branches hold the desired shape. Remove all branches that hang downward under another branch. Hanging branches are a repeat of the upper branch, and receive minimum light Remove branches or part of branches that are duplicating another. As with the hanging branches, shaded ones do not receive enough sunlight to grow well and produce good fruit.

Cut back the top branches until they are slightly shorter than the ones below it. Continue doing this until the tree is a pyramid shape. The sun reached all branches when a tree is pruned in this fashion.

Fruiting wood grows on branches that are over 2 years old. They are easily recognized as they are thicker and grow slower than other branches.

As the tree ages, remove older fruiting wood from the center of the tree and keep the new wood closer to the end of the branches where the apples will receive more sunlight and be easier to pick To keep apple trees in top shape they should be pruned yearly.

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Apple trees are pruned in the early spring when trees are dormant. The purpose of an apple tree is to produce large, healthy fruit that is easy to pick.

Apple trees are usually pruned in one of three ways; central leader, open center or modified leader.

When the central Leader which is the main stem, is not cut back, the tree will grow to its maximum height, making it hard to pick fruit, unless the top is grafted to semi-dwarfing rootstock.

In the open center or vase is style of pruning the central leader is removed at 30 – 26 inches (.75 to 1 metre) from the ground. Low side branches are pruned to grow tall and wide with an open center. In colder areas, open centre often results in sunscald from the heat of the early spring sun reflecting off the snow.

In the modified leader pruning method the top of the central leader is removed once 7 - 12 strong lateral or side branches have formed.

Removing the top of the leader reduces the tree’s height, encouraging the tree to spread outwards. This method is common on the prairies unless he rootstock is semi-dwarfing.

In the modified method, young trees are trained to a central (might be modified) leader with branches radiating in 4 directions; like an X. Ideally there should be 3 different levels of branches growing from the main leader. Each level should be at least 6 in. (15 cm) higher or lower than other branches.

Space between the branches insures that air circulates throughout the tree and branches do not rub. The tree is also pruned in the shape of a pyramid.

Shorter branches at the top, ensuring the bottom branches receive sunlight.

When pruning apple trees, start by removing all watersprouts, suckers and dead wood. Water sprouts are new branches that grow 2 or 3 feet upwards in a season.

They are easily identified as they do not have any side branches. If the sprouts stop growing in August they will survive the winter, otherwise they winterkill.

Water sprouts that grow for more than one season, grow into the tree, rubbing against existing branches.

Suckers are new growth that comes from the roots not the grafted part of the tree. If left intact, the suckers will outgrow the graft using all the nutrients, eventually killing the grafted stock Next eliminate crossing branches. Remove the one with the least desirable characteristics; pointing towards the center of the tree, torn bark, weak angle or smaller in diameter.

Remove narrow angled branches as they produce weak unions and are likely to split under stress of a crop of apples or a heavy snow.

On young trees, branches can be trained to grow at a wider angle.

Pull them downwards