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MICHENER RALLY About 200 people march to protest the closure of Michener Centre

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Guilty plea in golf club fraud BY ADVOCATE STAFF A woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in connection with a major fraud at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Bonnie Howell, 66, pleaded guilty to one charge of fraud over $5,000 in Red Deer provincial court. Howell was the bookkeeper at the club where it’s alleged that between January 2007 and December 2011, she mismanaged money in excess of $900,000 from the golf club. An investigation was launched after a member

of the Golf and Country Club alerted police after shareholders were advised by club management of the losses. News first surfaced of problems at the golf course in early 2011, in a letter dated Jan. 6 and mailed to members with the club’s annual report. Further investigation revealed misappropriation of funds in 2009 as well, and it was alleged the incidents of fraud went back as far as 2007. In notes to the 2010 financial statements, the golf club’s annual report stated losses of $425,200 in 2010, $315,005 in 2009, $153,330 in 2008 and $23,500 in 2007, for a total of $917,035 over four years.

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The employee was subsequently dismissed. A legal agreement was struck, enabling the club to recover $225,000. Howell was represented by defence lawyer Brad Mulder on Tuesday. Mulder said that he and the Crown had an agreed statement of facts. Those were not read in court. Howell will be sentenced on Sept. 6. Upon hearing of Howell’s guilty plea, Don McFarlane, general manager for the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, said, “We’re pleased that things are moving forward but we don’t know really enough to comment.”

Province announces new school for Blackfalds BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

mand Centre. The deal also guarantees there will be no retribution for individual workers who have been involved with the strike. The end of the strike comes after a Court of Queen’s Bench justice fined the union $100,000 Monday night, a penalty that increased to $350,000 at noon Tuesday. The union had been told that fine would jump to $500,000 on Wednesday and climb by half a million dollars each day after that. The strike began last Friday when two workers voiced their concerns about safety at the new remand facility, which took in its first batch of 800 inmates earlier this month. Their colleagues set up a picket line and refused to report for work, saying the workers had been disciplined unfairly. Their anger quickly spread, with staff at other remand centres defiantly joining the movement. By Monday, they were joined by provincial sheriffs, who provide security at courthouses, and other court staff.

A new school is on its way for fast-growing Blackfalds. An elementary school for the town was one of five new school construction projects for Central and Southern Alberta announced on Tuesday by the province. The government committed in its March budget to build 50 new schools and modernize a further 70 over the next three years. A new school for Blackfalds was the ‘We already No. 1 priority for Wolf recognize Creek Public Schools in its 2013-15 capital that given the plan set out last year. Division superinten- population increase dent Larry Jacobs said in the Blackfalds school space is badly needed in the commu- area that that’s not nity. “Right now we’ve going to be a big got two portables comenough school.‘ ing in to put on the current elementary school and we recognize even with two portables on that building, we’re going to have to utilize space in new and creative ways to put the number of students in there that we have,” he explained. Details about what the school will look like and its cost will be worked out in the coming weeks and months. In its capital plan, the division identified as its priority a 300-student kindergarten to Grade 6 school — with a 500-student core capacity — with an estimated project budget of nearly $10.4 million. The core capacity of a school refers to its ultimate handling capability, based on the addition of modules to the initial structure. “We already recognize that given the population increase in the Blackfalds area that that’s not going to be a big enough school. We know right now that’s it’s going to need modulars on it probably just about the day that it opens,” said Jacobs. The new elementary school is expected to be completed in 2016. Jacobs said the government’s rationale tends to be not to build schools based on future projected populations in case growth does not pan out. Blackfalds has two schools — Iron Ridge Elementary Campus, built in 1949, and Iron Ridge Junior Campus, built in 2004. The kindergarten to Grade 4 elementary school has an enrolment of 445 students; the Grades 5 to 9 middle school has 325 students. The 2012 municipal census found there were 799 children under the age of five in Blackfalds. The town’s population has grown by about 2,000 people over the last five years. The 2012 census revealed a population of 6,767 in Blackfalds. Jacobs said with the new elementary school, the junior high could become a Grades 7 to 9 facility. The division’s capital plan also called for a $6.7-million modernization of Iron Ridge Elementary, and a campaign is on to get the community its own high school. Older students are bused to Lacombe or Red Deer at present. Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools also is looking towards a school in Blackfalds.

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Red Deer Emergency Services fire-medics aided by Red Deer County volunteer firefighters treat two patients in a mock disaster at the Collicutt Centre Tuesday. Story on Page C1.

Jail guards end strike UNION ANNOUNCES DEAL TO GET WORKERS BACK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A massive illegal strike of jail guards that was sparked by the suspension of two workers and spread to correctional facilities across Alberta came to an end Tuesday night. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced in a news release it had struck a deal with the provincial government to get workers back on the job by Wednesday morning. “Over the last five days, Albertans and Canadians have been made explicitly aware of the health and safety concerns of front-line correctional peace officers,” said union president Guy Smith. “These officers do a demanding job, in a challenging environment and do so proudly. These officers need to know when they are on duty that their health and safety is protected and that the concerns they raise will be addressed seriously.” Smith said the agreement specifies the government will hold an occupational health and safety review to investigate concerns that have been raised about the new $580-million Edmonton Re-

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Michener supporters rally BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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Michener Centre supporters march through Coronation Park Tuesday. Wildrose Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA and seniors critic Kerry Towle said long-term care wasn’t equipped to care for her brother, who had Huntington’s disease, and she couldn’t imagine how the facilities could manage medically fragile Michener residents. Deanna Kerik, of Bashaw, attended the march on behalf of her sister Audrey Miller, 77, a Michener resident. “She’s been in there over 40 years. She’s known that home for a long time,” Kerik said at the protest organized by Michener supporters and AUPE. Moving her is an “inhumane, cruel thing,” Kerik said. “It’s an hour drive here as it is to visit her. They could ship her off to Athabasca or wherever. How often will I get to see her?” Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services has asked its members to boycott government

meetings happening this week to discuss the transition of care. “We felt we didn’t want to talk about transition right now. It’s too early. We have very strong support from the public and it’s just time to say no. We will stand united,” Lough said. Before the march, NDP leader Brian Mason told the crowd he was pleased to see such solidarity. “What you’re doing here is the right thing. “You’re standing up for people who need our help, who need a quality life and the care that they deserve and we need to support the families as well,” Mason said. “The government has allocated in this year’s budget $10 million not to keep (Michener) open, but to close it. They have announced that this is actually a budget decision. It’s not driven by improving care for the people in Michener.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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SCHOOLS: New school ‘tremendously needed’ The new school is “tremendously needed,” said Mayor Melodie Stol. Fewer than half of Blackfalds schoolaged children actually attended school in the town in 2012, based on census information. “This is the first of what we hope is many announcements and investments in our community,” she said. The town has set aside 14 acres of land in Cottonwood Meadows in the northeast of the town to accommodate up to two new schools. New schools in Alberta will be built through a combination of publicprivate partnerships and traditional methods, according to a government release. An approximate $7.4-million major modernization of the Prairie Christian Academy in the Golden Hills School Division in Three Hills was also announced on Tuesday. It involves bringing the high school, middle school and elemementary schools onto one site. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason speaks to Alberta Union of Provincial Employee members at the Red Deer Remand Centre Tuesday.

STRIKE: Worksites ‘safer’ “Because of the strength shown by members at all correctional facilities provincewide, and by the sheriffs, court clerks, probation officers, social workers and others who joined them in solidarity, worksites like the new Edmonton Remand Centre will be safer,” Smith said. However, by Tuesday, many of those who had joined the strike at other cor-

rectional facilities had begun to return to work after the Alberta Labour Relations Board issued a cease-and-desist order. The government said court services staff was back on the job in Edmonton and Calgary, and sheriffs had returned to work in Calgary. Government officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk had previously said the province wouldn’t deal with the union’s safety concerns until the guards go back to work, but he and Smith were spotted talking together several times in the last couple of days.

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Premier Alison Redford has not commented on the walkout publicly. Her spokesperson Neala Barton said Redford cut short a holiday this past weekend to deal with the issue and has been meeting senior officials on it since. “(The issue) is of provincial importance so she’s been very involved, paying close attention to how things are developing and providing direction and guidance,” said Barton. The guards were supported by the NDP and the Liberals on the grounds that the workers were left with little choice but to strike to get Redford’s government to take their safety concerns seriously. “I think these people do care about their jobs. They also care about making sure that the inmates are safe, too,” said NDP critic Rachel Notley. “But they are just desperately frustrated because they have got an employer who is acting like basic fundamental worker rights simply don’t exist, and at a certain point you have to stand up for those basic fundamental rights.” The province estimates the dispute is costing the government more than $1.2 million a day to pay for RCMP and other police to staff Alberta’s jails. Mounties were forced to cut some corners but said the strike did not affect criminal investigations. Insp. Don McKenna said the RCMP cancelled training courses and reassigned officers who normally do administrative duties to help staff jails. Other Mounties were working at jails on their days off and putting in overtime after their regular police shifts.

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For the second time in a month about 200 people gathered in downtown Red Deer to protest the province’s plan to close Michener Centre next year. Michener supporters, who stretched more than a block, chanted — keep Michener open — down Ross Street from Coronation Park to Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski’s office located across from City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. After gathering in front of Jablonski’s office, they continued marching and chanting around City Hall and Red Deer Remand where Alberta Union of Provincial Employees were picketing in support of a wildcat strike at Edmonton Remand Centre. Bill Lough, president of Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Services, said he was “over the moon” by the show of support. “I see a sea of blue. It’s not Conservative blue at all — it’s Michener blue,” said Lough to the crowd that spilled onto the street wearing blue T-shirts with the logo Respect Michener Families. “We’re going to tunnel under the fortress of the (Progressive Conservatives) and look for the soft underbelly. We’re going to make them think and make them realize we are voters. “We voted them in. We can vote them out,” he said to cheers that turned into chants of ‘people matter more.’ The province announced in March that the longtime centre for people with development disabilities will close and that 125 residents will be relocated starting in September. Fifty of them who are medically fragile are to be moved to seniors care facilities. Another 105 residents who already live in Michener Hill group homes will be allowed to stay. The announcement to close Michener was unexpected. In 2008, the province promised that residents could remain at Michener until they die. The average age of Michener residents is 60. Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin told the crowd to take back control from the PC government. “You’re not here to ask to keep it open. You’re here to demand to keep it open. Make your demands known. Make them now. Let (Jablonski) hear you right now,” said the MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre and sparked another thunderous round of ‘keep Michener open.’

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Alberta streamlines cancer services UNDER ONE AGENCY WITH AIM TO IMPROVE CARE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta government is realigning all cancer care under one umbrella agency to improve research and frontline help for patients, Health Minister Fred Horne announced Tuesday. “This will be the first time in our province’s history that we’ve had a completely co-ordinated cancer strategy that is long-term and that looks at everything from prevention right through to how we support survivors,” Horne told a news conference at the Cross Cancer Institute. “We want our province to be a place where more cancers are prevented, more cancers are cured and suffering is

‘WE WANT OUR PROVINCE TO BE A PLACE WHERE MORE CANCERS ARE PREVENTED, MORE CANCERS ARE CURED AND SUFFERING IS GREATLY REDUCED.’ — HEALTH MINISTER FRED HORNE

greatly reduced.” The new umbrella group will be called CancerControl Alberta and will not require extra funds, said Dr. Paul Grundy, who will run the agency under the auspices of Alberta Health Services. Grundy said the key changes will involve prevention and research. “If you look at the total amount of time and dollars out of our budget that we’ve devoted to cancer prevention, they’re actually pretty small,”

said Grundy. “We really do need now to change the focus, to shift more of our dollars and our time to actually starting to address the issue of prevention. It’s key to the success of our plan.” Grundy said organizationally they can’t lose sight of the final goal. “We have not been good historically at designing the system to address patients in a patient-centred way,” said Grundy. “(But) we are not starting

from scratch,” he added. “We are very proud of the cancer program that we have in Alberta to this point, but there is a lot more that we can do, and there is a lot more that we have to do.” Horne noted a long-term plan was needed, given that every day 42 Albertans learn they have cancer. That number is expected to grow to 73 new cases a day by 2030, he said. Along with the new CancerControl group, a cancer stew-

ardship committee will be created to support implementation of the plan. CancerControl will also look at the best way to use existing care facilities in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Grande Prairie. In Calgary, a new billiondollar cancer centre will handle patients and conduct research. In Edmonton, the Cross Cancer Institute is undergoing worth $67 million worth of improvements. The plan will be integrated with other provincial strategies, such as the Tobacco Reduction Strategy, and through family care and primary care clinics.

Videos of police Businesses concerned about interviews with changes to foreign worker program mom accused of killing babies allowed at trial COULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO FIND EMPLOYEES

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THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Video of a police interview in which a Calgary woman confesses to putting two of her newborns into the garbage will be admitted as evidence at her murder trial. Justice Peter McIntyre ruled Tuesday that there is no indication that Meredith Borowiec’s confession that she put the babies into trash bins after they were born was involuntary. “The videotapes are the best evidence of voluntariness and whether charter obligations were met,” said McIntyre in his two-hour ruling. “There was no charter breach or indication her confession was prompted by either inducements, threats or trickery that would shock the public conscience,” he said. “Not by any improper police action.” McIntyre said Borowiec was cautioned of her legal rights and given a chance to talk with a lawyer. “Ms. Borowiec was given an opportunity to consult with counsel. She was aware of her right to silence,” McIntyre said. Borowiec, 31, is charged with seconddegree murder in the deaths of two newborns in 2008 and 2009. She was charged just over a year after a third child was found alive in a Dumpster in October 2010, which prompted a lengthy police investigation. She faces a second trial this fall on an attempted murder charge related to the surviving child. Borowiec was first in-

terviewed by police in 2010 after the live baby was found in the trash bin. In a second interview a year later, Borowiec said she had her first child in 2008 and didn’t even look to see whether it was a boy or a girl before she wrapped the infant in a towel and put it in a garbage bag. She also admitted to a similar scenario in 2009 when she again gave birth into a toilet in her apartment, wrapped the child in a towel and dropped it into the bathroom garbage before walking out to a large bin and disposing of it. Borowiec told the investigating officer she heard a noise “like a kitten” after the birth of her first child and, the following year, was aware the second child was alive as well. Borowiec was wiping away tears at one point Tuesday when the judge recounted what had happened when the rescued child was abandoned, but she showed little emotion when the decision on the evidence was rendered. The defence had argued Borowiec’s charter rights were violated because she was not warned that she was a suspect in the two deaths when the video was recorded. The interview was done in relation to the abandoned child and her lawyers say police should have let her know about the consequences of what she was saying.

Local businesses are concerned that proposed changes to the federal temporary foreign worker program could make it harder for companies to find employees. Tim Creedon, Red Deer Chamber of Commerce executive director, said many local businesses rely on temporary foreign workers. “The local business community is very concerned about this,” said Creedon. “There are a lot of people from (other countries) who help us to keep our businesses running.” The federal government proposed reforming the existing Temporary Foreign Worker program after abuses of the program were brought to light. The main concern for Central Alberta, said Creedon, is that

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A lawyer for a teenager on trial for two murders says Mounties wasted time and money targeting a vulnerable youth in a poorly planned sting when they should have been looking for the real killer. Mona Duckett argued in court Tuesday that the confession the youth made to undercover officers — who he believed were part of a criminal gang — should not be used as evidence. The Crown responded by saying police didn’t coerce or intimidate the boy into a confession. Barry Boenke, 68, and his friend Susan Trudel, 50, were found bludgeoned and shot to death on a rural property east of Edmonton in June 2009. Duckett said RCMP made a quick arrest and, when the case fell apart against the teen and a co-accused two years later, officers forged ahead with an undercover charade that took advantage of the accused’s vulnerabilities. Duckett said it’s a shame the grieving families of the victims still have no answers. “This operation is a product of tunnel vision by the investigators,” Duckett told the judge, who is hearing the case without a jury. “It was a predictable disaster.”

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The day before Boenke and Trudel were killed, the accused and another boy — both 14 at the time — had run away from the Strathcona County Ranch, a youth treatment facility run by Bosco Homes. The boys had been sent to the group home for allegedly vandalizing a school. The two were arrested after they were found driving Boenke’s stolen truck. The accused confessed to police, but during pretrial hearings a judge ruled the statement inadmissible. Without that key piece of evidence, the Crown stayed murder charges. There was no forensic evidence linking the boys to the killings. Their DNA was not found at the scene and there was no blood or gunshot residue on their clothes. The gun that killed Boenke and Trudel has not been recovered. RCMP later targeted both boys separately in an undercover “Mr. Big” sting. The accused was in Edmonton and the other teen in Calgary. Last May, the Crown reactivated the case against one teen and charged him with two counts of second-degree murder. The suspect, who turns 18 in a couple of weeks, is being tried as a youth and cannot be identified. He admitted to undercover officers that he killed Boenke and Trudel to be part of what he thought was a powerful crime syn-

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dicate. But he testified during the trial that he lied to gain respect. The other boy also changed his story on the witness stand. He told undercover Mounties he saw the accused teen kill Boenke and Trudel, then testified he and the other youth were on the property but never actually saw the victims. Duckett argued the two “kids” had many reasons to lie to the fake gangsters. The boys were basically homeless with no education or jobs and were being offered money, support and friendship. She said the undercover officers took her client — 16 at the time — to his first rock concert, to his first Oil Kings hockey game and on his first trip to the mountains. He also had access to a condo. Officers supplied him with cigarettes and, on one occasion, beer. Duckett said the accused has mental deficiencies and has been described by experts as a “social pleaser.” Court heard he has Tourette’s syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and some aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. He was also sexually abused as a child by an uncle, she said. Prosecutor William Wister told court that social services miserably failed the accused teen as he was growing up, “but the childwelfare system is not on trial here.”

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ever offered a temporary foreign worker 15 per cent less. “Our labour market rates are actually quite high,” said Creedon. “We don’t have companies in Red Deer who pay less than labour market averages because they’d have no staff.” Another of the proposed major reforms is to suspend the accelerated labour market option, a process through which companies can expedite the approval process. Creedon said it will significantly slow the flow of temporary foreign workers into Canada. “Some of the concerns we at the Chamber have is how are these reforms going to address chronic labour shortages in certain sectors of our Alberta economy,” said Creedon. There are about 70,000 temporary foreign workers in Alberta. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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some of the reforms by the federal government may not be achievable in the short term. “When you look at the new requirements on companies that have temporary foreign workers, to have a firm plan in place for a transition to a Canadian workforce, I’m struggling to understand how that can be implemented in some of the businesses that at the moment are almost completely reliant on temporary foreign workers,” said Creedon, pointing to food service as one section of the local economy that could be hurt significantly. The key to the Conservative government’s reforms is to eliminate the 15 per cent rule, which allowed companies to offer temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent below the median wage. Creedon said to the best of the Chamber’s knowledge, no organization in Central Alberta has

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Canada’s native tragedy When Canadian political leaders come together in the wake of a tragedy such as the suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons, they show they can act quickly in the face of public outrage. But that action raises another question about inaction. Why do these same leaders move so slowly — or not at all — on the question of violence when it involves aboriginal women, or suicides TIM when they take HARPER place in our First Nations communities? There are an estimated 600 murdered or missing aboriginal women in this country. There may be more, there may be fewer, but without a national inquiry, we can’t know. The Neskantaga First Nation, 500 km northeast of Thunder Bay, recently declared a state of emergency after a pair of suicides, bringing the total in the past year to seven sudden deaths, four of them confirmed suicides, and another 20 attempted suicides. This in a community of 300.

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Tales like this are not new, but they are too often met with indifference. It is not cliché to say the world is watching. Friday in Geneva, Canada’s human rights record was on display at the United Nations, during a regularly scheduled review of our record. Violence and discrimination against aboriginal women was repeatedly raised by UN members at the forum. It may be easy for detractors to dismiss human rights criticism when it comes from the likes of China and Cuba, but country after country raised the question of violence against aboriginal women with Canadian Ambassador Elissa Golberg. That included allies like the United States. Washington’s representative told Golberg the Obama administration remains concerned about disproportionate violence, poverty and discrimination against native women and girls in Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has relented, and will allow three UN rapporteurs — who have usually been treated with scorn by the Conservatives — to visit Canada this summer, including a special rapporteur on aboriginal affairs. Also, a letter is headed to Harper from Manitoba deputy premier and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson, telling him the provincial and

territorial aboriginal affairs ministers have unanimously agreed to call on Ottawa to launch an inquiry into the missing or murdered women. “Prime Minister Harper impressed me when he apologized to people like me,” says Robinson, a residential school survivor. “The world’s eyes are watching us on this and this is a very critical issue. I am confident the prime minister will do the right thing. To find unanimity on an issue like this shows how serious this is.” Robinson hosted other aboriginal affairs ministers at a recent meeting and said he, like other provincial ministers, has simply heard too many stories from families who have lost daughters, sisters or mothers and have lost patience with their political leaders. They want answers. A call for an inquiry was also one of the key requests carried by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo when he met with Harper amid the tension of Idle No More protests and Theresa Spence’s fast in January. The RCMP has questioned the 600 figure, a number compiled by a program called Sisters in Spirit by the Native Women’s Association of Canada, which ended a five-year research program in 2010 when Ottawa cut off its funding. If the number is inflated, we should know.

But it is a certainty that whatever the number, it is a stain on Canada’s international reputation. An inquiry would appear to be the type of low-hanging fruit that could go a long way to bridging the divide between Ottawa and First Nations and bring some closure to those suffering across the country. The response, however, was the same in Ottawa and Geneva on Friday. Golberg mentioned the establishment of a National Centre for Missing Persons and a study that will be done by MPs. She told the world Canada was a world leader on human rights and determined to end hardship for aboriginal women and girls. Julie Di Mambro, a spokesperson for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, cited a number of government initiatives, including 30 pieces of anti-crime legislation over the past seven years. “While we are moving ahead with a comprehensive justice agenda, we are also pleased to participate on the parliamentary committee which is studying the issue,” she said. When a tragedy grips a nation, it can race through the House of Commons and a plodding political process can move with alacrity. But it appears for that to happen, it has to be a certain type of tragedy. Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

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Why a 40/40 carbon levy is foolish THERE’S NO SOCIAL OR POLITICAL BENEFIT FROM CARBON LEVIES, BUT THERE ARE LIABILITIES BY KEN GREEN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Carbon taxes are once again dominating the discussion over energy policy in Alberta, where Environment Minister Diana McQueen has proposed a sharp hike to Alberta’s carbon levy. At present, large emitters in Alberta are required to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity (that is, emissions per unit of production) by 12 per cent, or face a levy of $15 for every tonne they come up short. The new proposal would hike the emission intensity target to 40 per cent, and raise the levy to $40. Nice round numbers, to be sure, but extremely ambitious ones. Still, not ambitious enough for the Pembina Institute, which would like to see a $100/ tonne tax for failures to achieve the emission reduction targets. Premier Alison Redford has not climbed on board with the plan. She recently told Maclean’s that “40/40 isn’t a number that we’ve in any way landed on or proposed.” She then told American reporters that “I wouldn’t characterize anything as a plan.” So while the government of Alberta is floating around without any sort of plan that’s been landed on, this might be a good time to review the serious drawbacks of carbon levies. Likely most important: there’s little to no benefit to the imposition of carbon levies. Canada is responsible for two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the oil sands responsible for about seven per cent of that, or about 0.15 per cent of global emis-

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sions. Eliminating that entirely would have virtually no measurable effect on the global climate. But the government argues: “We buy social licence to develop our oilsands with a carbon levy.” One has to observe, however, that Alberta has had a carbon levy since 2007 while attacks on Alberta’s oilsands have only grown more and more venomous. So how’s that social licence thing working out for you so far, Redford? Bill McKibben of 350.org and James Hansen, arguably the world’s leading climate activists, have both said that the oilsands are “game over” for the climate. So a question for those addicted to giving in to what amount to green shakedowns: Does it seem likely that a carbon levy, however high, would buy social licence from McKibben and Hansen? Or David Suzuki? Others suggest that we’re really trying to buy social license for Keystone XL from the states, but such a view is naïve. The Keystone decision in the states will come down to pure domestic politics. It’s a fight between the Democrats and Republicans that is now essentially a fact-free zone. It is most certainly not going to be influenced by a levy most Americans wouldn’t understand in a location they probably couldn’t point out on a map. So there’s no social or political benefit from carbon levies, but what are the liabilities? Of those, there are plenty. First, unless instituted in an economically optimal way (with full revenue neutrality based on lowering other, more economically distorting taxes), they do what any other tax does: they impose a drag on

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Anti-terror funding poorly accounted AUDITOR GENERAL SAYS HE’S BEEN UNABLE TO PROPERLY TRACK AS MUCH AS $3.1 BILLION IN FUNDING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal auditor general says he’s been unable to properly track as much as $3.1 billion in funding set aside to combat terrorism. Michael Ferguson’s spring report says the Conservative government must do a better job in reporting how taxpayer money is spent. Ferguson’s review of the Public Security and Anti-Terrorism Initiative found a paper trail for $9.8 billion of the $12.9 billion spent between 2001 and ‘IT’S IMPORTANT 2009 on a myriad of antiFOR THERE TO terrorism programs. Ferguson said he’s not BE, YOU KNOW, A concerned the money is missing or has been mis- WAY FOR PEOPLE appropriated, but rath- TO UNDERSTAND er the federal Treasury HOW THIS Board is unable to say clearly how all the cash MONEY WAS was spent. SPENT AND Treasury Board quickTHAT SUMMARY ly moved to counter the observation on Tuesday, REPORTING WAS filling in the blanks for NOT DONE.’ at least $1.5 billion of the poorly accounted money. — FEDERAL Some of the $3.1 billion AUDITOR GENERAL was simply not spent, carMICHAEL FERGUSON ried over into later years, reallocated to other programs, among other accounting moves, a spokeswoman said. For example, the Canadian Air Traffic Security Agency did not spend a budgeted $118 million over several years, and publicly reported that unspent money in its annual reports. “The (auditor general) did not go to the individual departments to solicit this information,” Andrea Mandel-Campbell said in an email. “The (auditor general) only went to TBS and audited the submissions presented to TBS.” The Opposition parties seized on the murky money finding during question period in the House of Commons, with NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accusing the government of presiding over a boondoggle. Prime Minister Stephen Harper conceded that there is “some lack of clarity” in how the cash was allocated, but that the government is improving its process. The report is bruising for the Conservatives who’ve built their reputation on being prudent with the public purse. A year ago, the auditor general drew attention to runaway cost concerns and secrecy over the F-35 stealth fighter, another issue where Tories felt their image took a beating. Ferguson’s report acknowledged three possible scenarios for what happened to the money. Departments may have been unable to spend the cash, and under federal law they must return that to the central treasury. Another possibility is that the money was miscoded and spent as part of continuing programs, or it could have moved over to another budget year and allocated to non-terrorism related initiatives. “We didn’t find anything that gave us cause for concern that the money, you know, was used in any way that it should not have been,” Ferguson said. “However, you know, it’s important for there to be, you know, a way for people to understand how this money was spent and that summary reporting was not done.” Treasury Board President Tony Clement defended the government, noting there are no allegations of misspent money. He says Parliament was has been kept informed on spending through the presentation of annual budget estimates. “All government spending, every nickel and dime is reported to Parliament and accounted for each and every year in the public accounts,” Clement said following the release of the report Tuesday. Clement said his department accepts the auditor general’s recommendation and will provide a clear picture of spending and results for government-wide programs. But that clearer picture won’t be available until 2014 with the introduction of a new system. Part of the problem, according to the auditor’s report, is that the Treasury Board expects departments to conduct their own evaluations of spending, rather than providing such oversight itself. Ferguson says the spending met the guidelines in about 89 per cent of the cases.

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Korean War veteran amazed at south’s progress after 60 years BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Donald Holloway simply could not believe all the growth he saw in South Korea. “The country itself, it’s amazing. I just couldn’t believe I was in Korea. Oh man, have they gone a long ways,” said Holloway. Sixty years ago, in South Korea as a military engineer tasked with clearing minefields towards the end of the Korean War, Holloway saw a landscape filled with rice paddies, shanties, and the scars of war. On a return visit last week, he saw not only the country’s remarkable growth into modernity, but also the South Korean people’s individual growth. “It was beaten up pretty bad and the people were downtrodden,” he recalled of his 1953 experience. “And you ought to see the

people now. My God . . . these people, I swear that they have gained five or six inches.” That growth among the citizenry, due to a vastly improved diet, may have left the diminutive Holloway feeling a bit dwarfed at 1.6 metres (five-foot-three-and-ahalf-inches), but the appreciative reception he and 35 other Canadian veterans of the Korean War received on their weeklong visit to the Asian nation sure made the 80-year-old Red Deerian feel grand. The veterans took part in commemorative and remembrance ceremonies at former battle sites and cemeteries as part of the trip marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. The federal government has designated 2013 as the Year of the Korean War Veteran, and Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney led the Canadian delegation to South Korea.

Holloway said the veterans were treated “like royalty” and that the trip spurred memories both good and bad, especially in the Demilitarized Zone separating the North and South. While the Korean War is often referred to in Canada as the “forgotten war,” Holloway said he thinks the anniversary might be making people more aware. “I never felt that we were neglected, but, naturally, because it was a war that was fought in a small area, it didn’t get that much press.” The local Korea Veterans Association branch will hold a ceremony at the Ross Street cenotaph on July 27 to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice. During the three years of the Korean War, 26,000 Canadians served and 516 lost their lives. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

Ottawa seeks new supplier to notify gun licence holders renewal fee is due BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government is seeking a new supplier to send out hundreds of thousands of gun licence renewal applications and reminders to firearms owners. The Conservatives announced in mid-April that Ottawa will be collecting about $18 million annually in new revenue from gun owners as it phases out a longstanding waiver on licence renewal fees. Now the RCMP’s Canada Firearms Program, through Public Works, is seeking competitive bids for a massive printing and direct mail-out contract designed to reach 300,000 individual firearms licence holders a year. The RCMP, which since 2011 has had to clear its media communications through the public safety minister’s office, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon. Public Works said the current six-year, $5.1 million contract expires at the end of August and “this solicitation will result in a new contract to replace the current one.” A statement of work posted late last week says the contractor will work with “the fully automated information system that provides administrative and enforcement support to all partners involved

in licensing of firearms owners/ users, registration of firearms and the issuance of authorizations.” The winning bidder for the three-year contract (which includes options for two more years) must pass thorough criminal security checks. No contract value was attached to the request for bids but the statement of work notes that government-paid postage alone will cost $600,000 annually. The Conservatives legislated the long-gun registry out of existence last year in all parts of the country except Quebec, where a court has kept the registry alive, but firearms licensing was not eliminated with the registry. Last September, Ottawa began eliminating the waiver on $80 licence fees for restricted and prohibited weapons. And on April 13 the government quietly posted notice that the $60 licence fee for non-restricted weapons also will return in September. That fee had been waived for the last seven years. The contract specifications state that the government needs some 300,000 “pre-populated” licence renewal forms sent out to individuals each year and 130,000 licence renewal reminder notices. “Pre-populated” means the forms will be sent with the licence holder’s personal information already filled in. The contract also says about

90,000 firearm registration certificate sheets will also be mailed each year for weapons such as handguns and prohibited weapons that must still be registered. Conservatives claimed for a decade that the long gun registry imposed by the Liberal government in 1995 had cost Canadians as much as $2 billion. “I don’t know who’s right on that, but certainly it’s north of $1 billion,” Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told a parliamentary committee last year. The government’s own internal figures estimated that eliminating the registry would save only about $2 million a year — a figure Toews has never publicly acknowledged. According to figures posted in the Canada Gazette, ending the firearms licence fee waiver will bring in $18 million annually in new revenue. That still won’t come close to running the firearms licensing system on a cost-recovery basis. An examination of RCMP annual reports by The Canadian Press revealed that in the Conservative government’s first full five years, gun registration — including long guns, handguns, restricted and prohibited weapons — cost a total of $48.7 million while “licensing and supporting infrastructure” cost $259.2 million, more than five times firearms registration.

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Bomb rips through Syria’s capital 14 KILLED IN SECOND DAMASCUS BOMBING IN AS MANY DAYS, HEZBOLLAH WARNS THEY ARE READY TO INTERVENE ON SIDE OF REGIME BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad’s regime militarily, warning that Syria’s “real friends,” including his Iranianbacked militant group, were ready to intervene on the government’s side. In Damascus, a powerful bomb ripped through a bustling commercial district, killing at least 14 people and bringing Syria’s civil war to the heart of the capital for the second consecutive day. Hezbollah, a powerful Shiite Muslim group, is known to back Syrian regime fighters in Shiite villages near the Lebanon border against the mostly Sunni rebels fighting to topple Assad. The comments by Sheik Hassan Nasrallah were the strongest indication yet that his group was ready to get far more involved to rescue Assad’s embattled regime. “You will not be able to take Damascus by force and you will not be able to topple the regime militarily. This is a long battle,” Nasrallah said, addressing the Syrian opposition. “Syria has real friends in the region and in the world who will not allow Syria to fall into the hands of America or Israel.” Hezbollah and Iran are close allies of Assad. Rebels have accused them of sending fighters to assist Syrian troops trying to crush the 2-year-old anti-Assad uprising, which the U.N. says has killed more than 70,000 people. Deeper and more overt Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian conflict is almost certain to threaten stability in Lebanon, which is sharply split along sectarian lines, and between supporters and opponents of Assad. It also risks drawing in Israel and Iran into a wider Middle East war. Nasrallah said Tuesday there are no Iranian forces in Syria now, except for some experts who he said have been in Syria for decades. But he added: “What

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Syrian security officers gather in front of a burned car, at the scene where a powerful explosion occurred at the central district of Marjeh, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday. A powerful explosion rocked Damascus causing scores of casualties, a day after the country’s prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily protected capital. do you imagine would happen in the future if things deteriorate in a way that requires the intervention of the forces of resistance in this battle?” Hezbollah has an arsenal that makes the group the most powerful military force in Lebanon, stronger than the national army. Its growing involvement in the Syrian civil war is already raising tensions inside the divided country and has drawn threats from enraged Syrian rebels and militants. Nasrallah also said his fighters had

a duty to protect the holy Shiite shrine of Sayida Zeinab, named for the granddaughter of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and located south of Damascus. He said rebels have captured several villages around the shrine and have threatened to destroy it. “If the shrine is destroyed things will get out of control,” Nasrallah said citing the 2006 bombing of the Shiite al-Askari shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra. That attack was blamed on alQaida in Iraq and set off years of retal-

iatory bloodshed between Sunni and Shiite extremists that left thousands of Iraqis dead and pushed the country to the brink of civil war. While there has been growing speculation about Hezbollah’s role in the conflict next door, the violence inside Syria has raged on, including in the capital, where a bomb on Tuesday struck the Marjeh neighbourhood, a busy commercial area near the Old City of Damascus. The state news agency said 14 people were killed and 103 wounded in the attack. A day earlier, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi narrowly escaped an assassination attempt after a car bomb targeted his convoy as it drove through a posh Damascus neighbourhood. The bombings appear to be part of an accelerated campaign by opposition forces to hit Assad’s regime in the heavily defended capital. “I heard a very loud bang and then the ceiling collapsed on top of me,” said Zaher Nafeq, who owns a mobile phone shop in the Damascus Towers, a 23-floor office building near Tuesday’s explosion. He was wounded in his hand and his mobile phone shop was badly damaged in the blast. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but car bombs and suicide attacks targeting Damascus and other cities that remain under government control have been claimed in the past by the al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra — one of scores of rebel factions fighting to oust Assad. The target of Tuesday’s attack was not immediately clear, although the explosion took place outside the former Interior Ministry building. Inspecting the site of the blast, Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar, who himself escaped a car bomb that targeted his convoy in December, told reporters the back-to-back attacks in the capital were in response to the “victories and achievements scored by the Syrian Arab Army on the ground against terrorism.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAKACHKALA, Russia — Questions have been raised about the significance of a potential link between one of the Boston bombing suspects and a Canadian jihadist who was killed by police in southern Russia last year. Security officials in Russia said Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev disappeared during a trip to the province of Dagestan after the death of William Plotnikov last July. Plotnikov — who was born in Russia but immigrated to Toronto with his parents as a teen — was killed in Dagestan, where he had travelled to join Islamic militants. U.S. law enforcement officials have been trying to figure out if Tsarnaev was indoctrinated or trained by militants during his visit to the Russian province that has become a hotbed of Islamic insurgency. A security official with Russia’s federally run Anti-Extremism Centre, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the Russians share the American officials’ concerns. He said Russian agents were watching Tsarnaev during his six-month trip but he disappeared two days after Plotnikov’s death. In a separate report, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper said security officials suspected ties between Tsarnaev and Plotnikov. The newspaper added that two men had social networking links that brought Tsarnaev to the attention of Russian security services for the first time in late 2010. The newspaper reported that Plotnikov had been detained in Dagestan in December 2010 on suspicion of having ties to the militants. During his interrogation, he was forced to hand over a list of social networking friends from the United States and Canada who like him had once lived in Russia, Novaya Gazeta reported. The newspaper said Tsarnaev’s name was on that list. The Russian secret services, the FSB, then studied Tsarnaev’s pages on social networking sites and asked the FBI for more information, the Russian newspaper said. The FBI has acknowledged receiving the request. The U.S. agency said it opened an investigation, but when no evidence of terrorism was found and no further information from the Russians was forthcoming, the case was closed in June 2011. Some similarities can certainly be seen between Tsarnaev and Plotnikov — both men were amateur boxers of roughly the same age whose families had moved from Russia to North Amer-

ica when they were teens. They also both turned to Islam, expressed radical beliefs and travelled to Dagestan. What has not been independently confirmed is whether the two men actually communicated on social networks or crossed paths either in Dagestan or in Toronto, where Plotnikov had lived with his parents and where Tsarnaev had an aunt. Toronto area boxing coach Boris Gitman, who trained Plotnikov for about three years when he was a teen, said his former student once had great potential. “He was very good boxer,” said Gitman “I promise to him, I said that he would be an Olympian, he was very talented fighter.” Things changed as Plotnikov grew older, said Gitman, adding that he stopped training consistently, drifted from club to club and lost interest in the sport. Gitman spoke to Plotnikov’s father on Monday but said the man didn’t have anything to say about his son’s potential links to Tsarnaev. “We didn’t talk about that,” Gitman said, adding that Vitaly Plotnikov disagreed strongly with his son’s radical views and rejected his pursuit of jihad. “He’s an honest man and he didn’t support his son. He was angry,” Gitman said. “He was very frustrated. He expects him to become an international class boxer in boxing. And he wanted him to become a good citizen and a good man.” Plotnikov was among seven suspected militants killed on July 14, 2012, during a standoff with police in the Dagestani village of Utamysh, according to the official police record. After Plotnikov’s death, Russian security agents lost track of Tsarnaev and went to see his father, in the capital of Dagestan, who told them that his son had returned to the U.S., Novaya Gazeta said. The agents did not believe the father, since Tsarnaev had left without picking up his new Russian passport, and they continued to search for him, the newspaper reported. The Russians later determined that Tsarnaev had flown to Moscow on July 16 and to the United States the following day, the newspaper said. Tsarnaev arrived in New York on July 17. Russian migration officials have said they were puzzled that Tsarnaev applied for the passport but left before it was ready. The Tsarnaev family had lived briefly in Dagestan before moving to the United States a decade ago. Both parents returned to Dagestan last year.

TUPELO, Miss. — Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other officials, and it was discovered on a dust mask and other items he threw in the trash, federal prosecutors said in a court document made public Tuesday. The affidavit says an FBI surveillance team saw James Everett Dutschke remove several items from the studio in Mississippi on April 22 and dump them in a trash bin down the street. The items included a dust mask that later tested positive for ricin, the affidavit said. Traces of ricin also were found in the studio, and Dutschke used the Internet to buy castor beans, from which the poison is derived, the affidavit said. Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday as part of the investigation into

poison-tainted letters sent to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Judge Sadie Holland in Mississippi. He is being held without bond pending a hearing Thursday. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. The FBI has not yet revealed details about how lethal the ricin was. A Senate official has said the ricin was not weaponized, meaning it wasn’t in a form that could easily enter the body. If inhaled, ricin can cause respiratory failure, among other symptoms. No antidote exists. Dutschke told The Associated Press last week that he didn’t send the letters. His lawyer, George Lucas, had no comment Tuesday. Attention turned to Dutschke after prosecutors dropped charges against an Elvis impersonator who says he had feuded with Dutschke in the past. The affidavit said that on evening of Dec. 31, 2012, someone using

Dutschke’s computer “downloaded a publication, Standard Operating Procedure for Ricin, which describes safe handling and storage methods for ricin, and approximately two hours later, Immunochromotography Detection of Ricin in Environmental and Biological Samples, which describes a method for detecting ricin.” The affidavit also said numerous documents found in Dutschke’s home had “trashmarks” that were similar to ones on the letters sent to the officials. “Trashmarks are flaws or marks that come from dirt, scratches, or other marks on the printer. They are transferred to each piece of paper that is run through the printer,” it said. A witness, who is not named in the document, told investigators that Dutschke once said years ago that he knows how to make poison that could be sent to elected officials and “whoever opened these envelopes containing the poison would die.”

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Victims of online bullying move Ambrose to tears BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — During her seven years as a cabinet minister, some of them difficult, Rona Ambrose has rarely been anything but cool and detached. But the public works minister briefly set aside her professional poise Tuesday when she was asked why she was taking such a personal interest in the heart-wrenching issue of cyberbullying. “I’ve met a lot of people that have been impacted by this,”Ambrose said, choking back tears. “We’ve worked very hard to make this happen, and we’re just thrilled to be a part of it.” The emotional moment was brief. Ambrose almost instantly returned to the posture of a composed cabinet minister

with the next question, but the episode did illustrate the impact that cyberbullying is having on the nationwide psyche. A number of recent highprofile cyberbullying cases, including the death of Rehtaeh Parsons in Nova Scotia, has triggered a federal response that will include new criminal legislation later this year. Parsons, 17, died in hospital April 7 after trying to take her own life. Her family alleges Parsons was sexually assaulted by four boys in 2011 and that a digital photograph of the incident was shared around her school. Ambrose, who is also the minister for the status of women, had to pause and collect herself during a speech outlining a new government initiative aimed at confronting online bullying of young people.

“We’ve seen recently some very difficult cases that have affected young people when it comes to cyberbullying harassment and abuse,” she said, wiping tears from her eyes. The federal government will contribute $300,000 to a new interactive workshop that uses audio, animation and text to teach kids about the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships. The online resource builds on an existing classroom program run by the Canadian Red Cross, which reached about 50,000 students across the country last year. “We’re turning cyberbullying on its head, and we’re using the Internet to put out positive messages about healthy relationships,” Ambrose said. Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy, co-founder of

Respect Group, which is a partner in the program, said the new website launch reflects a growing awareness of the need to address youth issues like bullying. “These issues, when we don’t deal with them properly, kill our kids,” Kennedy said. “I think that the Internet has highlighted that.” “The Internet has become a whole new tool, unfortunately, of good and bad,” Ambrose said. “We can work on prevention, and education, and awareness.” Leslie Dunning, director general of violence and abuse prevention with the Canadian Red Cross, said putting the program online expands its reach, allowing teachers, youth organizations and parents to access the tool. “They learn about sexual

assault, physical assault, and emotional abuse, and where they can get help,” Dunning said. “We’re really limited in terms of in-classroom direct presentation ... this puts it into rural communities and remote communities, and many First Nations communities that don’t have access to some of the in-person delivery because of the distances.” The program will also train young people to deliver workshops to their peers within schools and organizations, Dunning added. The online adaptation was handled by Kennedy’s Respect Group, which runs programs certifying recreational sports coaches and educating adults in schools.

More Conservative MPs say no to taxpayer-paid attacks against Trudeau BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A growing number of Conservative MPs say they won’t mail their constituents the party’s latest attack on Justin Trudeau, saying the negative, taxpayer-funded pamphlet is just not their style. Tories received a sample of the flyer about the Liberal leader last week, designed by the party’s parliamentary research group. It matches re-

cent television spots about Trudeau that say he lacks the experience and judgment to govern. Unlike the TV ads, the mailout (called a “ten-percenter”) is funded by the taxpayer through House of Commons budgets. Several Conservatives from across the country said Tuesday they won’t use it. “I haven’t sent out an attack ten-percenter for over four years,” said Edmonton Tory

MP Laurie Hawn. “It’s just not my style.” “I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to do it,” said Joe Daniel, a Toronto Conservative MP. Some MPs told The Canadian Press they’ve been hearing complaints from constituents on the issue. Said Alberta MP Kevin Sorenson: “I don’t use that type of householder. I haven’t heard from anyone who’s going to either.”

Fellow Albertan Mike Lake said he rarely sends out the flyers, and when he does it’s for a practical purpose. “I generally use them for things like advertising our pancake breakfast or our Christmas open house and maybe some of the other things I’m trying to communicate to my constituents,” said Lake. Other Conservatives who have recently said they won’t be using the material include

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) plans to resume screening passengers who board scheduled flights from the Red Deer Airport. The move, which will require four parttime screening officers and specialized equipment, is expected to take effect in mid-May, said Red Deer Airport Authority CEO RJ Steenstra. Thereafter, passengers and their belongings will be checked for items on Transport Canada’s prohibited list

before they’re allowed into a new secure area of the airport terminal. “This is a great news story for Red Deer,” said Steenstra, describing how local passengers who fly to a secured airport elsewhere must currently disembark and pass through security there before continuing onward. “Now you can move from this airport terminal to Kelowna’s airport terminal and then on to Abbotsford’s airport terminal without having to get off and screen.” Not only will this be less disruptive for passengers, it will help streamline oper-

ations for Northwestern Air Lease Ltd., which provides scheduled passenger service out of the Red Deer Airport. It should also make the airport more attractive to other airlines considering expanding to Red Deer. “It’s a major building block for the airport.” The Red Deer Airport previously operated as a secure airport, but lost this designation when scheduled passenger service was discontinued.

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CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. expects to be shielded from swings in oil prices well into the foreseeable future, despite problems the industry has been having in getting its crude to the most lucrative markets, CEO Steve Williams said Tuesday. Like most of its peers in the oilsands, Suncor is eager for pipelines to be built to the east, west and south so that its oil can be sold in new markets. The head of Canada’s biggest energy company made his remarks a day after Suncor (TSX:SU) hiked its dividend 54 per cent to 20 cents per share, announced a $2-billion share buyback and delivered first-quarter operating earnings that beat expectations. Suncor also has assets in the U.K. North Sea, off Canada’s East Coast, four refineries and a chain of PetroCanada-branded gas stations.

USGS boosts estimate BISMARCK, N.D. — Government data released Tuesday show that 7.4 billion barrels of oil could be recovered from two massive shale formations spanning parts of the Dakotas and Montana, nearly double the amount previously estimated for the region. The new number from the U.S. Geological Survey is based on data largely from oil company and state drilling records. But unlike the agency’s 2008 estimate, it includes more than 3 billion barrels of oil believed held in the Three Forks formation, which is directly below the oilrich Bakken formation. Large-scale drilling in Three Forks didn’t occur until after that earlier assessment, and the formation is now estimated to hold as much recoverable crude as the Bakken. The agency calls the formations the largest continuous oil accumulation it has ever assessed. — The Canadian Press and The Associated Press

OTTAWA — Canadians need to step up their efforts to maintain free and open energy markets for Canada’s oil, gas and electricity in the United States, says former Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice. Prentice, now senior executive vice-president at CIBC, was in Halifax on Tuesday to discuss how Canada will fare in a North America that is on the verge of becoming energy independent. “If we play our cards right, there will be profound opportunities for Atlantic Canada and for our country as a whole,” Prentice said in prepared remarks delivered to the Maritimes Energy Association in Halifax. But Canadians can’t take access to the U.S. market for granted, he added. Rather, they should be vigilant about signs of protectionism coming in the form of low carbon fuel standards or regional requirements to use specific amounts of renewable energy, Prentice warned. “Canada must continue to fight for a continental energy marketplace that is free of national and subnational impediments. “Interventions by government, while well meaning, are nevertheless potentially damaging and counter-productive. “Even green protectionism is protectionism nonetheless.” Before the federal government pulled the funding from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, the advisory body warned frequently that Canada’s exporters would face increasingly tough environment-based trade barriers unless Canada, too, imposed stringent standards. But it should not be a question of Canada having to meet higher standards, Prentice argues. In an interview, he said some of the U.S. measures — while they may mean well — simply distort markets. In some cases, “the net effect is they don’t recognize Canadian hydro as renewable (energy),” while in other cases, low-carbon requirements are designed specifically to keep out Canadian oilsands products, he said. “These kinds of sub-national requirements are damaging and we have to deal with them.” Ideally, Canada and the United States would recognize that their environmental standards should be as integrated as their energy markets are, and would harmonize their demands, he said. Prentice proposes setting up bi-national working groups “with real teeth” that would establish policies for both countries. If U.S. markets stay open to Canadian products, the Canadian energy sector stands to profit handsomely, not just from oil and gas sales but also from hydro-electricity, he added. Prentice — who stepped down as environment minister in November 2010 — has been a strong advocate of fully developing the energy potential of the Lower Churchill River so that Atlantic Canada can define itself as a major exporter of clean electricity. He acknowledged that cheap and abundant natural gas in North America means volatility for Canadian oil and hydro-electricity exporters. But as heavy users of electricity look for ways to wean themselves off fossil fuels, Prentice believes the long-term potential for hydro is promising — as long as U.S. markets stay open.

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Warren Whitecalf asks Mandi Boutilier about job with Quinn Contracting at an oil and gas job fair Tuesday. About a dozen employers and 150 prospective workers came out for the event at the downtown offices of Alberta Works, a division of the provincial human services department.

Wheat Board invites farmers to shoot, score The Canadian Wheat Board is well known for the grain price pools it operates. Now it’s added a hockey pool to its offerings. The CWB announced on Tuesday that it’s giving farmers the opportunity to demonstrate their hockey knowledge and possibly win prizes. They can do so by entering the CWB’s new NHL playoff pool. CWB president and CEO Ian White introduced the pool in a playful news release. “The launch of CWB’s new hockey pool is perfectly timed for farmers who have not yet entered a playoff pool, or

for those who want to mitigate their playoff pool risk. There are other playoff pool options out there, but farmers recognize CWB as the industry expert in running pools. “We wanted to provide them with a trusted, expert option in a marketplace that is highly fragmented.” Free to all farmers, CWB’s hockey pool offers prizes of $500, $250 and $100. Farmers can sign up at www.cwb. ca/hockeypool, and can change their picks prior to the sign-up deadline of Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m.

Sylvan’s former Cobb’s being transformed BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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River City Developments workers finish the new mezzanine in the former Cobb’s grocery store in Sylvan Lake Tuesday.

Cobb’s Block Central could be welcoming shoppers this summer. The Sylvan Lake building that housed Cobb’s AG Foods until that longtime store closed early last year is undergoing a million-dollar renovation that will transform it into an indoor shopping centre. Ken Wessel, whose company River City Developments Ltd. is behind the project, said he expects work on the base building to wrap up by mid-July. Occupants will then be able to complete the improvements required for their needs. When the dust settles, the 5015 50th St. building will have about 26,000 square feet of usable space spread over two floors.

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‘Ethical’ clothing hard to find PEOPLE IN POOR COUNTRIES OFTEN RISK THEIR LIVES WORKING IN UNSAFE FACTORIES MAKING CHEAP CLOTHING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn’t so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back. Take Jason and Alexandra Lawrence of Lyons, Colo. The couple eat locally grown food that doesn’t have to be transported from far-flung states. They fill up their diesel-powered Volkswagen and Dodge pickup with vegetable-based oil. They even bring silverware to a nearby coffeehouse to avoid using the shop’s plastic utensils. But when it comes to making sure that their clothes are made in factories that are safe for workers, the couple fall short. “Clothing is one of our more challenging practices,” says Jason Lawrence, 35, who mostly buys secondhand. “I don’t want to travel around the world to see where my pants come from.” Last week’s building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds of clothing factory workers put a spotlight on the sobering fact that people in poor countries often risk their lives working in unsafe factories to make the cheap T-shirts and underwear that Westerners covet. The disaster, which comes after a fire in another Bangladesh factory killed 112 people last November, also highlights something just as troubling for socially conscious shoppers: It’s nearly impossible to make sure the clothes you buy come from factories with safe working conditions. Very few companies sell clothing that’s so-called “ethically made,” or marketed as being made in factories that maintain safe working conditions. In fact, ethically made clothes make up a tiny fraction of 1 per cent of the overall $1 trillion global fashion industry. And with a few exceptions, such as the 250-store clothing chain American Apparel Inc., most aren’t national brands. It’s even more difficult to figure out if your clothes are made in safe factories if you’re buying from retailers that don’t specifically market their clothes as ethically made. That’s because major chains typically use a complex web of suppliers in countries such as Bangladesh, which often contract business to other factories. That means the retailers themselves don’t always know the origin of clothes when they’re made overseas. And even a “Made in USA” label only provides a small amount of assurance for a socially conscious shopper. For instance, maybe the tailors who assembled the skirt may have had good working conditions. But the fabric might have been woven overseas by people who do not work in a safe environment. “For the consumer, it’s virtually impossible to know whether the product was manufactured in safe conditions,” says Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a retail consultancy. “For U.S.-made labels, you have good assurance, but the farther you get away from the U.S., the less confidence you have.” To be sure, most global retailers have standards for workplace safety in the factories that make their clothes. And the companies typically require that contractors and subcontractors follow these guidelines. But policing factories around the world is a costly, time-consuming process that’s difficult to manage. In fact, there were five factories alone in the building that collapsed in Bangladesh last week. They produced clothing for big name retailers in-

cluding British retailer Primark, Children’s Place and Canadian company Loblaw Inc., which markets the Joe Fresh clothing line. “I have seen factories in (Bangladesh and other countries), and I know how difficult it is to monitor the factories to see they are safe,” says Walter Loeb, a New York-based retail consultant. And some experts say that retailers have little incentive to be more proactive and do more because the public isn’t pushing them to do so. America’s Research Group, which interviews 10,000 to 15,000 consumers a week mostly on behalf of retailers, says that even in the aftermath of two deadly tragedies in Bangladesh, shoppers seem more concerned with fit and price than whether their clothes were made in factories where workers are safe and make reasonable wages. C. Britt Beemer, chairman of the firm, says when he polls shoppers about their biggest concerns, they rarely mention “where something is made” or “abuses” in the factories in other countries. “We have seen no consumer reaction to any charges about harmful working conditions,” he says. Tom Burson, 49, certainly is focused more on price and quality when he’s shopping. Burson says that if someone told him that a brand of jeans is made in “sweatshops by 8-year-olds,” he wouldn’t buy it. But he says, overall, there is no practical way for him to trace where his pants were made. “I am looking for value,” says Burson, a management consultant who lives in Ashburn, Va. “I am not callous and not unconcerned about the conditions of the workers. It’s just that when I am standing in a clothing store and am comparing two pairs of pants, there’s nothing I can do about it. I need the pants.” In light of the recent disasters, though, some experts and retailers say things are slowly changing. They say more shoppers are starting to pay attention to labels and where their clothes are made. Swati Argade, a clothing designer who promotes her Bhoomki boutique in the Brooklyn borough of New York City as “ethically fashioned,” says people have been more conscious about where their clothes come from. The store, which means “of the earth” in Hindu, sells everything from $18 organic cotton underwear to $1,000 coats that are primarily made in factories that are owned by their workers in India or Peru or that are designed by local designers in New York City. “After the November fire in Bangladesh, many customers says it made them more aware of the things they buy, and who makes them,” Argade says. Jennifer Galatioto, a 31-year-old fashion photographer from Brooklyn, is among the shoppers who have become thoughtful about where her clothes are made. Galatioto has been making trips to local shops in the Williamsburg, a section of Brooklyn that sells a lot of clothes made locally. She has also ventured to local shopping markets that feature handmade clothing. “I am trying to learn the story behind the clothing and the people who are making it,” she says. Some retailers are beginning to do more to ease shoppers’ consciences. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said in January that it would cut ties with any factory that failed an inspection, instead of giving warnings first as had been its practice. The Gap Inc., which owns the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic chains, hired its own chief fire inspector to oversee factories that make its clothing in Bangladesh. Still, Wal-Mart, Gap and many other global re-

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Image provided by Fair Indigo shows one of the company’s product. Fair Indigo is an online retailer that sells clothes and accessories that are certified by Fair Trade U.S.A., including $59.90 pima organic cotton dresses, $45.90 faux wrap skirts and $100 floral ballet flats. tailers continue to back off from a union-sponsored proposal to improve safety throughout Bangladesh’s $20 billion garment industry. As part of the legally binding agreement, retailers would be liable when there’s a factory fire and would have to pay factory owners more to make repairs. Fair Trade U.S.A., a non-profit that was founded in 1998 to audit products to make sure workers overseas are paid fair wages and work in safe conditions, is hoping to appeal to shoppers who care about where their clothing is made. In 2010, it expanded the list of products that it certifies beyond coffee, sugar and spices to include clothing.

Surprising growth spurt casts economy in rosier light BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian economy appears to be gathering steam, to the surprise of many, with better-than-expected growth rates in the first two months of the year that have many analysts revising their miserly forecasts for the year. In the first welcome economic news in several weeks, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the country’s output expanded by 0.3 per cent in February. What’s more it revised upward an earlier calculation for January by one notch, also

to 0.3 per cent. The Canadian dollar climbed about half a cent on the news to 99.36 cents US in morning trading. “We can cheer not only the February result, but as well an upward revision to January and what now looks like a reasonably good first quarter,” said CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld. Economist Jimmy Jean of Desjardins Capital Markets noted that the growth numbers were not “soft,” or the result of rounding. The actual growth figures for January and February were 0.33 and 0.34 per cent re-

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spectively. “An unquestionably solid report, which changes the picture somewhat with respect to the first quarter,” he said. Analysts now are pencilling in annualized growth rates of up to 2.5 per cent for the first three months of the year, a pace that would make it the strongest in more than a year. That’s about where the Bank of Canada had been before a spate of under-performing indicators suggested the country’s economy remained mired in the same stall that characterized the second half of 2012, when growth averaged 0.7 per cent.

The central bank recently revised it’s first-quarter estimate to 1.5 per cent. But Shenfeld said the results suggest that some of the recent weakness, particularly in the resource sector, was due to temporary production difficulties. That sector rebounded strongly to 2.2 per cent growth in February, led by mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction. It was fifth consecutive month of growth for the industries. As well, manufacturing rose 0.8 per cent in February, building on a 0.6 per cent gain the previous month.

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And the return of the NHL from an owner-imposed lockout also appears to have played a minor role. Arts and entertainment soared 3.3 per cent, on the back of a four per cent increase in January. Still, it’s no time “to break out the champagne,” said TD economist Leslie Preston. “U.S. growth is looking a bit soft in the second quarter and we expect Canada still has a long road back to the kind of growth that would see the Bank of Canada step off the sidelines, especially with inflation remaining benign.”

three days a week. Steenstra said these routes are proving popular with Central Albertans. “We had a terrific quarter,” he said of the January-to-March period of 2013. “We hit just under a thousand passengers by the end of March.” When the April numbers are added, the tally should exceed that for all of 2012, said Steenstra. “We’re seeing good strong bookings, and certainly good strong forward bookings and good passenger loads.” Northwestern Air now has two aircraft stationed here, along with their crews. It recently hired a local customer service agent and a permanent mechanic, added Steenstra. “So there’s a net new eight employees to the airport in the first quarter of this year,” he said, with the CATSA screening officers included in this total. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

The two levels will be connected by an elevator and a curved stairway, with Wessel anticipating retail uses on both floors. “We’ve had a lot of interest,” he said, adding that no deals have been struck because he’s still working on pricing. This also applies to a prominent area on the west side of the building that’s been earmarked for a restaurant with a patio. “We’ve had a couple of serious inquiries,” he said The arrival of Northwestern Air, a secured carriof the 2,400-square-foot restaurant area, which could er, prompted CATSA to reinstate passenger screenbe expanded if necessary. “They’re basically waiting ing here. on me.” Currently, Northwestern Air offers flights from Cobb’s Clothing, which has continued to operate Red Deer to Kelowna from the building, will remain. and Abbotsford, B.C., Cobb’s Block Central will be condominiumized, five days a week. It also allowing for individual bays to be leased or purflies between Red Deer chased. This, and the fact the smallest bays will be and Fort McMurray 800 to 1,000 square feet in size, distinguishes the building from other shopping centres in per YEAR on town. SECURED Investment “There is nothing else to compare it to,” said w/ Additional Upside Wessel, adding that the ample parking on site Highly Proﬁtable US Oil Operations with offers an advantage over 6.4L Hemi, 425HP!!!!, Leather, 6.4L Hemi 425HP!!! Leather, other lakefront commerCanadian RRSP eligibility! Navigation, Panoramic Sunroof, 5.7L Hemi, Leather, Navigation, Navigation, Sunroof, Premium cial space. SafetyTec Group, Chrome Panoramic Sunroof, Back-up Sound, Bluetooth streaming The fact that the site Appearance Group, 20’s camera, Blind Spot Detection, 20’s audio, 20’s is of historical signifiProducing Oil Company MSRP $54,590 MSRP $53,090 MSRP $54,290 cance, with A.F. Cobb LOW RISK PROVEN OIL operating a grocery and PERFORMANCE PRICED AT PERFORMANCE PRICED AT PERFORMANCE PRICED AT dry goods business there $ $ $ CALL the President at 1-250-317-8560 from around 1930, should also appeal to some, he & GST & GST & GST *For Accredited Canadian Investors Only* said. **$50,000 Minimum** Wessel is optimistic 3115 GAETZ AVE. • 403-346-2035 • 1-800-666-8675 Cobb’s Block Central www.lexariaenergy.com www.northwestmotors.ca will help revitalize Syl-

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Tuesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 92.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.49 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.19 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.89 Cdn. National Railway . . 98.63 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 125.56 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 82.92 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.01 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.57 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 33.91 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.94 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.74 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.95 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.84 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 16.65 Research in Motion. . . . . 16.50 Sirius Satellite. . . . . . . . . . 6.49 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.48 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 43.08 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 36.25 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.81 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.94 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 74.20 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.36 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.75 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.32 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.12 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 54.58 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.72 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.68 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.86 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.64 First Quantum Minerals . 17.59 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.82 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.49 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 42.40 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.71

Teck Resources . . . . . . . 26.80 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 28.16 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 44.22 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.39 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.95 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.55 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.79 Canyon Services Group. 10.49 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.15 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.57 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.07 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.99 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.77 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.31 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.12 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.08 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.14 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 9.30 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.930 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.17 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 31.41 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.08 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.16 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.88 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 51.70 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 63.19 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.09 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.57 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.46 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 27.36 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.89 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.40 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.89 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 73.15 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.78 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 28.42 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.59

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Corporate earnings optimism helped send the Toronto stock market sharply higher amid some strong reports from oil producer Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) and business technology company CGI Group Inc. (TSX:GIB.A). The S&P/TSX composite index advanced 143.83 points to 12,456.5, adding to a string of recent gains, as investors also bid up companies handing results later in the week. Traders also took in news that the Canadian economy performed better than expected earlier in the year. The loonie was up 0.41 of a cent to 99.26 cents US as Statistics Canada reported that gross domestic product grew by 0.3 per cent in February compared with January, topping expectations of 0.2 per cent. The reading translates to annualized growth of 1.7 per cent. Shares of Suncor rose $1.77 or 5.97 per cent to C$31.41 after it posted operating earnings of $1.37 billion, or 90 cents per share Monday night, compared with $1.32 billion, or 84 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. That handily beat the average analyst estimate of 75 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters. Canada’s largest energy company also increased its quarterly dividend to 20 cents per share from 13 cents and announced a $2-billion share buyback. Shares of business technology company CGI Group Inc. (TSX:GIB.A) also pushed higher after the company reported better than expected results. The company earned $114.2 million or 36 cents per diluted share in its latest quarter, compared with $105.7 million or 40 cents per share a year ago when the company had fewer shares. Revenue soared to $2.53 billion from $1.065 billion, on the acquisition last year of Logica. CGI shares were up $4.87, or 18 per cent, to $31.90. U.S. indexes rose slightly amid data showing a deterioration in a widely watched gauge of manufacturing in the Midwest. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index moved into contraction territory in April, coming in at 49, its lowest reading since September 2009, and down from 52.4 in March. The Dow Jones industrials were ahead 21.05 points to 14,839.8. The Nasdaq composite index climbed 21.77 points to 3,328.79 and the S&P 500 index was 3.96 points higher at 1,597.57. On the TSX, the information technology sector was the leading advancer, up 6.32 per cent, thanks in part to CGI’s earnings report but there was also optimism over BlackBerry’s new smartphone. BlackBerry (TSX:BB) was up 72 cents or 4.56 per cent to $16.50, a day before the company’s new Q10 smartphone is released in the Greater Toronto area, before it is available to the rest of Canada later in the week. The keyboard version of the smartphone is expected to be popular with business users, especially with bankers and traders on Bay Street. The consumer staples sector also provided the TSX with some lift, up 1.54 per cent as Loblaw Cos. (TSX:L) gained $1.12 to $42.75 a day before the grocer delivers earnings. June crude fell $1.04 to US$93.46 a barrel and the energy sector was up 1.5 per cent, thanks in large part to Suncor’s performance. Elsewhere, Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) rose 14 cents to C$12.08.

The financials sector improved by about 0.9 per cent as Manulife (TSX:MFC) climbed 15 cents to $14.89 ahead of its earnings report on Thursday. The gold sector rose about 0.82 per cent led decliners, down per cent while June bullion on the New York Mercantile Exchange ended the session up $4.70 to US$1,472.10 an ounce. Goldcorp (TSX:G) gained 64 cents to C$29.82. The base metals sector ran up 1.5 per cent as July copper on the Nymex slipped four cents to US$3.19 a pound. First Quantum Minerals, (TSX:FM) which posts earnings Wednesday, pushed ahead 30 cents to C$17.589. In other earnings news, Thomson Reuters (TSX:TRI) reported a seven per cent decline in operating profit in the first quarter, citing severance costs and an increase in depreciation and amortization expenses. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Tuesday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,456.50 up 143.83 points TSX Venture Exchange — 965.80 up 0.87 of a point TSX 60 — 710.71 up 7.11 points Dow — 14,839.80 up 21.05 points S&P 500 — 1,597.57 up 3.96 points Nasdaq — 3,328.79 up 21.77 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 99.26 cents US, up 0.41 of a cent Pound — C$1.5647, down 0.28 of a cent Euro — C$1.3268, up 0.20 of a cent Euro — US$1.3169, up 0.73 of a cent Oil futures: US$93.46 per barrel, down $1.04 (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,472.10 per ounce, up $4.70 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.402 per oz., down 23.1 cents $816.67 kg., down $7.46 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 965.80, up 0.87 of a point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 141.5 million shares. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: May ’13 $5.80 lower $636.20; July ’13 $9.60 lower $613.60; Nov. ’13 $5.90 lower $548.40; Jan. ’14 $5.70 lower $549.40; March ’14 $5.70 lower $543.70; May ’14 $5.70 lower $541.60; July ’14 $5.70 lower $539.70; Nov. ’14 $5.70 lower $515.30; Jan ’15 $5.70 lower $515.30; March ’15 $5.70 lower $515.30; May ’15 $5.70 lower $515.30. Barley (Western): May ’13 unchanged $243.50; July ’13 unchanged $244.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $194.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $199.00; March ’14 unchanged $199.00; May ’14 unchanged $199.00; July ’14 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $199.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $199.00; March ’15 unchanged $199.00; May ’15 unchanged $199.00. Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 451,380 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 451,380.s

INTEREST RATES THIS WEEK Prime rate this week: 3.00% (Unchanged)

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Grocery stores join animal-welfare push for more wiggly in their pigglies BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A group representing Canadian retailers says eight of Canada’s largest supermarket chains have signed on with a push to eliminate factory-farming pens that restrict the movement of pregnant pigs. The Retail Council of Canada says Walmart Canada, Costco Canada, Metro (TSX:MRU.A), Loblaw (TSX:L), Safeway Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Sobey’s and Co-op Atlantic have all committed to sourcing their pork from farmers who don’t use so-called gestational crates. Animal-welfare groups have been pushing for the change, but it won’t happen over night. The retail council says participating chains will make the transition over nine years. Dave Wilkes, the retail coun-

cil’s senior vice-president, believes the long timeline will allow producers the necessary time to establish new open housing arrangements in their barns. “The Canadian pork industry is certainly facing some pressures financially and otherwise, so we wanted to establish a realistic time frame for producers to meet these alternative housing agreements,” said Wilkes. The hope is that it will soften the price impact of products on store shelves. “Certainly this is one of the reasons for the transition period being as long as it is,” said Vic Huard, vice-president of corporate affairs for Federated Co-operatives. “It’s not something you can do quickly. It’s very important for us that when this transition occurs, there are dramatic impacts on pricing for our consumers. I think

that’s certainly something we are acutely conscious of, and it is very important from the consumers’ point of view that they not see dramatic impacts on pricing.” The tightly confining gestational crates, in which pregnant sows are unable to turn around or lay down, have been used in factory farming for decades to easily manage the animals and prevent injuries from aggression between the animals. In March, Co-op members voted in favour of a resolution calling for the retail chain to phase out the sale of eggs and pork produced using intensive confinement cages. The Calgary Herald reported that the motion was amended to extend the deadline to five years. In early April, coffee shop giant Tim Hortons (TSX:THI) announced that it had asked it suppliers to move away from the crates as well.

Hadfield phones home to help unveil new plastic money THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Chris Hadfield phoned home to help unveil Canada’s new plastic money. The Canadian astronaut commanding the International Space Station made a cameo via satellite Tuesday as outgoing Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty introduced the latest in polymer currency. The guest appearance of Hadfield — the popular space man who tweets photos, strums his guitar and does science experiments while floating hundreds of kilometres above the Earth’s surface — was perhaps no great surprise given the $5 bill’s space motif and some telegraphing on Flaherty’s part. The finance minister stalled briefly until a phone began to ring. Flaherty took a friendly jab as the central banker, who is leaving soon to take over the Bank of England. “Don’t tell me it’s London calling,” Flaherty joked. A bobbing Hadfield then chatted with Flaherty and Carney as a $5 note spun around in front of him like the hands on a clock in the absence of gravity. The note features images of the Canadarm, a generic astronaut and Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency’s robotic handyman, while the $10 — also revealed

Tuesday — has a picture on it of a train running through the Rockies. “From orbit, it’s really clear that Canada’s internal accomplish-

ments have reached well beyond our extensive frontiers,” Hadfield said. “These new polymer notes show us the type of thing that we can accom-

plish when we really put our minds to it.” The new notes will go into circulation in November, joining the other polymer bills that were previously introduced.

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BlackBerry keyboard phone will land first in Toronto, rest of Canada to follow BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — BlackBerry users hoping to get their hands on the latest version of the keyboard smartphone will have to wait a couple more days — if they live outside of Toronto. The company (TSX:BB) says the release of the BlackBerry Q10 will begin first in the Greater Toronto Area on Wednesday, before it expands to the rest of Canada later in the week. “The demand in Toronto is very, very strong, and we want to make sure we have enough supply,” chief operating officer Kristian Tear said in an interview. “We start off by selling it in the Greater Toronto Area, then we expand the coverage and bring BlackBerry Q10 to all Canadians who are waiting for it throughout the country over the next

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couple of days.” The keyboard version of the smartphone is popular with business users, especially with bankers and traders on Bay Street. Many of those phones are purchased by businesses, or enterprise customers, who buy the devices in bulk for their employees. The speed of the rollout for the BlackBerry Q10 phone in key markets around the world will be about three times faster than the launch of the touchscreen model earlier this year, Tear said.BlackBerry is expected to release the phone in the crucial U.S. market next month. In Canada, the phone will be available through Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T), with each company offering the phone on a three-year contract for $199.99. Telus and Bell will also sell the phone without a contract for $700.

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BRIAN ROLSTON

ROLSTON RETIRES Veteran forward Brian Rolston officially announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday. The 40-year-old native of Flint, Mich., played in 1,256 games over 17 seasons with New Jersey, Colorado, Boston, Minnesota and the New York Islanders. He finishes his career with 342 goals, 419 assists and 761 points. As a rookie he helped the Devils win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in the 1994-95 season. His top offensive season was in 200506, when he had 34 goals and 45 assists in 79 games with the Wild. Rolston did not play this season after splitting time with the Islanders and Bruins in 2011-12.

Wednesday

● High school girls soccer: Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody, 4:15 p.m. ● High school girls rugby: Hunting Hills at Rocky Mountain House, 4:15 p.m., Titans Field; Rimbey at Olds 1, 4:15 p.m.; Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m., Titans Field. ● High school boys rugby: Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, Rocky Mountain House at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m. ● Midget AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs White at Red Deer, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Men’s ball hockey: Gentex Heat vs. Brewhouse, 9:30 p.m., Kinsmen B.

Thursday

● High school girls soccer: Central Alberta Christian at Eckville, 4:15 p.m. ● High school boys soccer: Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody at Innisfail, 4:15 p.m. ● Women’s fastball: TNT Athletics vs. Badgers, Midget Rage vs. Shooters, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; N. Jensen’s Bandits at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Details Devils vs. Gentex Heat, 7 p.m.; Crystal Wellsite vs. Tommy Gun’s, 8:15 p.m.; Braves vs. JMAA Architecture, 9:30 p.m.; all games at Kinsmen B.

Friday

● High school girls soccer: Alix at Lindsay Thurber, 4:15 p.m., McLean West; Notre Dame at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m. ● High school boys soccer: Hunting Hills at Olds, 4:15 p.m., Olds College; Central Alberta Christian at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Collicutt West; Lindsay Thurber at Alix, 4:15 p.m.

Saturday

● Midget AAA baseball: Edmonton 2 at Red Deer, doubleheader at noon and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Senior women’s lacrosse: St. Albert Jr. Drillers at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. J ● unior B tier 1 lacrosse: Calgary Shamrocks at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinex.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

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St. Louis Blues’ Alex Pietrangelo and Los Angeles Kings’ Jordan Nolan reach for a loose puck during the first period of Game 1 of their first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series, Tuesday, in St. Louis.

Blues draw first blood with OT win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blues 2 Kings 1 ST. LOUIS — Alex Steen stole the puck from goalie Jonathan Quick behind the net and scored a short-handed goal to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Steen scored unassisted on a backhander at 13:26 of overtime less than a minute after Blues defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk was whistled for a doubleminor high sticking when he cut Dustin Penner. Steen also scored on a power play in the first period for the Blues, who ended an eight-game losing streak against the team that swept them in the second round last spring. Quick, last year’s Conn Smythe winner as playoff MVP, made 35 saves in regulation, keeping the Kings in it for Justin Williams’ tying goal with 31.6 seconds left. Before Steen’s shocker, the Kings had been on a roll, outshooting the Blues 7-0 after coach Darryl Sutter called a timeout. The Kings outscored the Blues 156 in the playoffs last season and 14-7 in three regular-season meetings. But they were thoroughly outplayed most of the way in Game 1, rescued time and time again by Quick including a few saves early on that he wasn’t sure he’d made judging by the backward glances. Williams’ 16th career playoff goal tied it at 1, not long after Quick was pulled for an extra attacker. Brian Elliot, who had three shutouts during the Blues’ 12-3 surge to finish the regular season, didn’t hug the post and missed

with the glove on Williams’ innocentappearing shot from the right face-off circle. The Blues also got the first goal in the 2012 series opener when David Backes scored midway through the first period. The Kings tied it less than eight minutes later and never trailed the rest of the way against the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. Steen’s second career playoff goal made the Kings pay for a too many men on the ice call. Shattenkirk made the play, retrieving the puck near the blue line and firing a slap shot that resulted in a big rebound and the lead at 9:05. The Blues were 0 for 17 on the power play in last year’s series and 2 for 11 this season. The Kings had a handful of chances to tie it on the power play in the waning seconds of the first. Elliott made two sprawling saves and got his glove on a backhander by Jeff Carter that hit the right goal post near the buzzer. During the Kings’ second-round sweep of St. Louis last spring, Elliott allowed 13 goals on 89 shots for an .854 save percentage. Blues Ken Hitchcock revealed before this series that Elliott had been battling an inner-ear infection since the end of the Blues’ firstround series win over the Sharks. Notes: Kings D Robyn Regehr went straight to the dressing room after getting his face bloodied by a skate in the opening minute of the third but only missed a few shifts. The game was delayed for a few minutes while workers dealt with a pool of blood behind the Kings net. ... Blues forward T.J. Oshie returned from a 15-game absence following ankle surgery and bumped slumping rookie Vladimir Tarasenko, who had three assists in the last 15 games, from the lineup.

Size does matter to the Red Deer Rebels, but so does tenacity and aggression. While Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter will be looking to add some bulk to his team during Thursday’s Western Hockey League bantam draft in Calgary, the players selected by Randy Peterson, the club’s director of scouting and player development, and senior scout Shaun Sutter will also fit a certain identity. That’s the plan, at least. “Last year our focus at the draft was on players with skill and sense who could make other players better,” said Shaun Sutter. “We have a bit of a different identity now with Brent being GM and coach. We want to be an attacking, high-pressure team that plays on our toes and we want to be a team that’s tough to play against.” That plan of attack would work nicely with larger players, but with 14- and 15-year-olds available in the draft, who knows how much they will grow over the next few seasons? “The bantam draft is different that the NHL draft in the sense that we’re dealing with a lot of five-eight to five-10 players who could be six-two someday,” said the Rebels senior scout. “We can’t just go out and pick all the biggest guys in the draft, we have to be sure that we’re finding guys who play big but are also skilled and can think the game,” he added. “We feel with our first pick there’s going to be an elite player available at basically every position — at the wing, up the middle and on defence. We’ll be looking at multiple scenarios.” The Rebels’ talent evaluators are confident they will land a quality player with the club’s first pick, 14th overall, and also in the second round with the 36th selection. The Vancouver Giants have the first pick and will likely nab Edmonton Southside forward Tyler Benson, who shattered Ty Rattie’s Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League points record this season. Defenceman Kale Clague of Lloydminster and Sherwood Park forward Sam Steel will almost certainly be among the top five picks, while Manitoba forwards Nolan Patrick and Brett Howden, rearguards David Quenneville of Edmonton Southside and Dante Fabbro of Burnaby are other highlyranked prospects. The best pure goal scorer in the draft, Parker Aucoin of Calgary, should also be a top 10 pick. Forward Tyler Steenbergen of Sylvan Lake, who this season suited up with the major bantam Red Deer Rebels White and led the Central squad in scoring at the recent Alberta Cup with three goals and five points in five games, is ranked 18th for the draft by the International Scouting Service. “A very talented and intelligent offensive player, Steenbergen was a three-year bantam AAA player, something that does not happen often,” said the ISS in its evaluation of the five-foot-nine, 157-pound centre. “He has great hands, is strong and is an explosively quick skater who always seems to be able to find the right place to be at the right time. He was Mr. Everything for this team this year and was often their only shot at winning. Works well in both directions.” The ISS has six-foot-two, 175-pound Rebels Black forward Jeffrey de Wit ranked 24th overall and offers this description of the centre/left wing: “A big, dominant and at times mean power forward who is an absolute animal on the ice. He powers his way into space but also possesses good quick edge control which makes him a danger to cut into lanes. Add to that a very good shot and you get an understanding for just how difficult it can be for opposing coaches to come up with an answer for this kid.”

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Quinn returning to Midget Rebels next season BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Over the last four years the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs have been the premier midget AAA hockey team in the province. Three times they won the Pacific regional title and competed at the Telus Cup. The last two years they’ve went on to capture the Canadian championship, including Sunday when they downed the Ottawa Jr. 67’s 5-0 in the gold medal game on national televisions. It was only the fourth time in the Telus Cup history a team has won back-toback titles. The major reason behind the team’s success has a lot to do with head coach Doug Quinn and his coaching staff. And Quinn has already declared he’ll be returning next season. “I like the fact that each year is a challenge as you have no idea who’ll be back and who we’ll have on the team,” he said.

“It’s rewarding to take a group of 20 different individuals and personalities and build a team. It’s exciting as you see them buy into the team concept. “The difficult part is taking individuals who were top, top players at other levels and having them adapt to our philosophies and adjust and accept their roles. At times it’s a struggle, but when they come together and buy into the team you can see it on and off the ice.” Quinn and his staff have shown the ability to mold players into a championship team, no matter what level of talent they have. Two years ago the team was a touch more physical than this year’s edition, which possessed outstanding speed and the desire to consistently put pressure on their opponent. “Last year we were a bit more physical and may have had a few more high end players, but this year I felt the team was a bit better,” he said. “We had a skating team that worked as a team.” It was that ability to play at

a high tempo that allowed them to dominate Ottawa. “We watched them play the day before and they tried to slow the game down, so we wanted to use our speed and transition game and it worked to perfection. We had all four lines and six defencemen going. Even last year we seemed to tire a bit, but this year we never let down.” Quinn went into the Telus Cup believing the team was prepared to make a run at their second straight title. “You never know exactly what will happen, but we were getting stronger with our injured players returning. We played a lot of the playoffs with injuries and we had everyone back.” The blueline was the biggest benefactor with Gabe Bast and Colton Bobyk returning along with forward Garrett Engert. “We didn’t know how strong Gabe and Colton would be, but both got stronger as the week went on.” Bast was impressive to say

the least as he was named the tournament’s top defenceman, while Bobyk, who had missed a month prior to the tournament, was his normal deadly self on the point during the power play. Although the Telus Cup was in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., the Chiefs received excellent fan support. “The fan support from the Red Deer parents and families was outstanding,” said Quinn. “And really, except when we played the host team, the local fans were very supportive.” Next year’s Telus Cup is in Moose Jaw, although that’s a long way off for Quinn. First he has to put together a new group, although he is familiar with several of the players expected to make the team. Two of them are bantam grad Tyler Steenbergen and Chase Olsen, who played 15-year-old last season. Both are forwards and helped the Chiefs win the province and Pacific titles when filling in for injured players.

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Encarnacion powers Blue Jays past Red Sox BY GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 9 Red Sox 7 TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion’s first home run of the night got everyone’s attention. His second blast gave the Toronto Blue Jays a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Encarnacion drove in four runs in all and Rajai Davis scored three times to lead Toronto to a wild 9-7 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. The victory ended the Blue Jays’ fourgame skid and put a stop to Boston’s five-game winning streak. The come-from-behind win also gave the Blue Jays (10-17) a much-needed injection of confidence after a series sweep in New York. “It’s big for us right now,” Encarnacion said. “The way we’ve been playing the last couple of games - we haven’t been playing great. So winning the opener of this homestand is very important for us. So we’re going to keep the head up, keep working, keep going.” Encarnacion launched a two-run blast into the fifth deck in the fifth inning and restored Toronto’s lead with a two-run shot in the seventh to put Toronto ahead 8-7. The Blue Jays added an insurance run in the eighth when Colby Rasmus drove in J.P. Arencibia with a one-out single. “We’ve got a good hitting team,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “It’s been kind of silent but I mean there’s some pretty good hitters in that lineup. We’ve been saying it over and over that it’s just a matter of time. “Hopefully this is the time and we get on a little roll.” Reliever Steve Delabar (2-1) got two outs for the victory and closer Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his seventh save. David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs for the Red Sox, who still own the best record in the major leagues at 18-8. Arencibia and Rasmus had two hits apiece for Toronto. Both teams had nine hits on the night. “They’ve got a quick-strike offence

and they swung the bats very well tonight,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said of his former team. “They didn’t miss pitches when they got them on the plate.” Toronto starter Brandon Morrow allowed six hits and three earned runs over five innings, striking out seven and walking three. Encarnacion’s first blast was just inside the foul pole and estimated at 419 feet. He became the 14th player to hit a homer into the stadium’s fifth deck and first since Shelley Duncan on May 31, 2011. The homer gave Toronto a 6-3 lead but Boston kept chipping away. Jonny Gomes hit his first homer of the season - a solo shot - off reliever Aaron Loup in the sixth and the Red Sox took advantage of some sloppy defence in the seventh to take the lead for the first time. Daniel Nava hit a potential doubleplay ball to Munenori Kawasaki but the Toronto shortstop threw wide to second baseman Maicer Izturis. Delabar then replaced Loup and walked Pedroia to load the bases. That set the stage for Ortiz, who stroked a double to right-centre field that brought three runs across. Encarnacion answered in the bottom half of the frame with his second no-doubt homer of the game, this one off reliever Junichi Tazawa (2-1). It was a welcome sight for Toronto fans who had grown increasingly pessimistic after a tough opening month of the season. “We could have disappeared after Ortiz’s big hit, but we didn’t,” Gibbons said. Boston starter Jon Lester gave up five earned runs and six hits over six innings. He walked two batters and had five strikeouts. “It was one of those nights for me from pitch one,” he said. “I just wasn’t able to repeat the ball down in the zone and that’s big. Curveball just kind of rolled in there and I didn’t have a very effective change-up.” Davis opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning. The speedy designated hitter drew a walk and stole

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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion reacts after hitting a two-run home run against the Boston Red Sox during seventh inning baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday. second before scoring easily on a Jose Bautista double off the centre-field wall. Morrow, who fanned Ortiz and Mike Napoli to end the first inning, made it five strikeouts in a row by whiffing the side in the second inning. Toronto put up three runs in the third after loading the bases with nobody out. Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., hit a liner that just missed Lester’s head and sailed into centre field. Lester appeared a little rattled after the play. He hit Davis with a pitch and walked Bautista on four straight pitches. Boston catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia tried to pick Bautista off first base but his throw was wide, allowing Lawrie and Davis to score without a throw. Bautista moved to second and later scored on a double down the left-field line by Arencibia. The Red Sox touched up Morrow for

a couple runs in the fourth inning. Ortiz hit a rainbow solo shot to centre field and Mike Carp added a solo blast to deep right-centre later in the frame. It was the third homer of the season for Ortiz and the first for Carp. Morrow walked Saltalamacchia but got out of the jam when Lawrie dived to his left to spear a hard-hit ball from Will Middlebrooks to start a nifty 5-4-3 double play. The Red Sox cut into the lead again in the fifth inning. After a pair of singles, Dustin Pedroia lashed a pitch to centre field to score Stephen Drew from second base. Rasmus came up throwing but was a little high with his throw home. Drew slid wide to avoid the tag while dragging his hand across the plate, making it a one-run game. Morrow struck out Ortiz and picked off Pedroia at second base to get out of the jam.

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Edmonton Oil Kings Michael St. Croix, Stephane Legault (7) and T.J. Foster (16) celebrate a goal against the Calgary Hitmen during the first period of game seven in the WHL Eastern Conference final in Edmonton on Tuesday.

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DRAFT: Bigger There’s a handful of bigger players who might be available when the Rebels make their first selection, including de Wit, forwards Dylan Thiessen of Winnipeg, Tak Anholt of North Vancouver and Jake Kryski of Burnaby and defenceman Ryely McKinstry of Calgary. But as Shaun Sutter insisted, size will be just part of the equation at the draft table. “You have to factor in the character part of it. There’s a fine line between just taking a bunch of big kids and taking a kid who wants to be a differencemaker and not just a guy who’s going to be big and tough to play against,” he said. “We also want to be a team that plays an up-tempo style of game, so we’re not going to bypass players who have skill and sense for big guys who

EDMONTON — Laurent Brossoit made 26 saves and his fifth shutout of the playoffs as the Edmonton Oil Kings defeated the Calgary Hitmen 2-0 on Tuesday in Game 7 the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final. Brossoit now ranks second alltime in WHL single-season playoff shutouts. Only Dustin Slade of the 2006 Vancouver Giants has recorded more, with six shutouts en route to the championship that season. Michael St. Croix had both Oil King goals as Edmonton advanced to the WHL final to play the Portland Winterhawks for the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the second year in a row. The defending champion Oil Kings were pushed to a seven-game series in last year’s showdown, but held home ice advantage: something they won’t possess in this year’s final. Chris Driedger stopped 36 shots

run around and hit people. We’ll be looking for a combination of style and strengths.” The crop of players available in the 2013 WHL bantam draft is considered to be the deepest in years. “There’s a lot of real good players . . . two to three rounds of very good players,” said Shaun Sutter. “After that, there’s a lot of if’s and or’s. There’s definitely some elite players who were going to go early in the draft and we feel we’re going to get two really good players at 14 and 36.” The Kamloops Blazers own the Rebels’ third-round pick due to the trade that sent defenceman Brady Gaudet to Red Deer, and the Rebels have Everett’s fourth-round pick after sending Lucas Grayson to the Silvertips in 2011 and owe their fourth-rounder to Regina (for Brandon Underwood). The Rebels owe their fifth-round selection to Vancouver (for Wyatt Johnson) and have their own sixth-round pick plus Brandon’s (for Chad Robinson), plus have Seattle’s seventh-round pick (for Brad Deagle) and owe their

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NEW YORK — Tim Tebow is free to sign with any NFL team that might want him. The popular but polarizing quarterback cleared waivers Tuesday, a day after being let go by the Jets following an embarrassingly unsuccessful year in New York. Tebow is now a free agent, but his NFL future is uncertain. It was expected he would clear waivers since a team would have had to pick up the remainder of Tebow’s contract, about $1.9 million over the next two seasons. The Jets must still pay the Broncos, from whom they acquired Tebow in March 2012, $1.53 million as a result of their trade agreement. It’s unclear if any NFL team will give Tebow an opportunity for next season. His inaccurate passing, in addition to the relentless media attention he draws, makes for a tricky mix.

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NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Wednesday, May 1: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 3: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5: Pittsburgh at NY Islanders 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 7: Pittsburgh at NY Islanders, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Ottawa vs. Montreal Thursday, May 2: Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m. Friday, May 3: Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5: Montreal at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 7: Montreal at Ottawa, 5 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: Ottawa at Montreal, 5 p.m. New York Rangers vs. Washington Thursday, May 2: NY Rangers at Washington, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4: NY Rangers at Washington, 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 6: Washington at NY Rangers, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8: Washington at NY Rangers, 5:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 10: NY Rangers at Washington, 5:30 p.m. Toronto vs. Boston Wednesday, May 1: Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m. Saturday, May 4: Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m. Monday, May 6: Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 8: Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m. x-Friday, May 10: Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 1, Minnesota 0 Tuesday, April 30: Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, OT Friday, May 3: Minnesota at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5: Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 Chicago at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Detroit vs. Anaheim Tuesday, April 30: Detroit at Anaheim, Late Thursday, May 2: Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4: Anaheim at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 6: Anaheim at Detroit, 6 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 8: Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m. San Jose vs. Vancouver Wednesday, May 1: San Jose at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 3: San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 5: Vancouver at San Jose, 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7: Vancouver at San Jose, 8 p.m. x-Thursday, May 9: San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 0 Tuesday, April 30: St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Thursday, May 2: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Monday, May 6: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 8: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD Tuesday’s summaries Kings 1 at Blues 2 (OT) First Period 1. St. Louis, Steen 1 (Shattenkirk) 9:05 (pp) Penalties — Quick LA (roughing), Perron StL (roughing) 6:47, Los Angeles bench (too many men, served by Lewis) 8:23, Richards LA (boarding) 9:14, Jackman StL (interference) 18:34. Second Period No Scoring Penalties — Regehr LA (interference) 14:04, Brown LA (tripping) 18:21. Third Period 2. Los Angeles, Williams 1 (Doughty, Muzzin) 19:28 Penalty — Williams LA (tripping) 1:03. First Overtime 3. St. Louis, Steen 2, 13:26 (sh) Penalty — Shattenkirk StL (high-sticking, double minor) 12:45. Shots on goal Los Angeles 6 7 6 10 — 29 St. Louis 14 10 12 6 — 42 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (L,0-1-0); St. Louis: Elliott (W,1-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-3; St. Louis: 1-5. Attendance — 17,612 (19,150). Wild 1 at Blackhawks 2 (OT) First Period 1. Minnesota, Clutterbuck 1 (Stoner) 4:48 Penalty — Koivu Min (hooking) 7:22. Second Period 2. Chicago, Hossa 1 (Kane, Keith) 2:06 (pp) Penalties — Parise Min (goaltender interference) 0:11, Rozsival Chi (hooking) 2:43, Keith Chi (slashing) 18:04. Third Period No Scoring Penalty — Hjalmarsson Chi (high-sticking) 6:52. First Overtime 3. Chicago, Bickell 1 (Stalberg, Oduya) 16:35 Penalties — Oduya Chi (high-sticking) 7:34, Gilbert Min (holding stick) 8:42. Shots on goal Minnesota 6 7 7 7 — 27 Chicago 6 10 12 9 — 37 Goal — Minnesota: Harding (L,0-1-0); Chicago: Crawford (W,1-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Minnesota: 0-4; Chicago: 1-3. Attendance — 21,428 (19,717). WHL Playoffs THIRD ROUND

Conference Finals (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Edmonton (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Edmonton wins series 4-3) Tuesday’s result Edmonton 2 Calgary 0 Sunday’s result Calgary 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) WESTERN CONFERENCE Portland (1) vs. Kamloops (3) (Portland wins series 4-1) Tuesday’s summary Oil Kings 2, Hitmen 0 First Period 1. Edmonton, St. Croix 9 (Legault, Corbett) 14:05 Penalties — Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 3:42, Virtanen Cal (roughing) 15:16. Second Period 2. Edmonton, St. Croix 10 (Kulda, Corbett) 4:33 Penalties — Virtanen Cal (tripping) 0:04, Humphries Cal (hooking) 10:22, Samuelsson Edm (slashing) 14:05, Clayton Cal (roughing), Samuelsson Edm (roughing), Moroz Edm (checking to the head) 17:36. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Kosterman Cal (delay of game) 12:51, Samuelsson Edm (tripping) 17:54. Shots on goal Calgary 8 9 9 — 26 Edmonton 18 12 8 — 38 Goal — Kamloops: Driedger (L,11-6); Edmonton: Brossoit (W,12-4). Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-4; Edmonton: 0-4. Attendance — 10,738 at Edmonton. FINAL ROUND WHL Championship Ed Chynoweth Cup (Best-of-7) Portland (W1) vs. Edmonton (E1) Friday’s game Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday’s game Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 Portland at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 Portland at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Friday, May 10 x-Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 12 x-Portland at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Monday, May 13 x-Edmonton at Portland, 8 p.m. x — If necessary.

Baseball Boston New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 18 8 .692 16 10 .615 15 11 .577 12 14 .462 10 17 .370

GB — 2 3 6 8 1/2

Detroit Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 15 10 .600 14 10 .583 11 12 .478 11 13 .458 10 15 .400

GB — 1/2 3 3 1/2 5

Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 17 9 .654 15 12 .556 12 16 .429 9 16 .360 8 19 .296

GB — 2 1/2 6 7 1/2 9 1/2

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Boston 000 211 300 — 7 9 1 Toronto 103 020 21x — 9 9 1 Lester, Tazawa (7), Hanrahan (8) and Saltalamacchia; Morrow, Loup (6), Delabar (7), Oliver (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W—Delabar 2-1. L—Tazawa 2-1. Sv—Janssen (7). HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz (3), Carp (1), J.Gomes (1). Toronto, Encarnacion 2 (9).

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L 10 12 12 13 16

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GB — 1 1/2 1 1/2 3 1/2 6

Minnesota 010 000 000 — 1 6 0 Detroit 210 030 00x — 6 13 0 Worley, Swarzak (5), Pressly (8) and Mauer; Verlander, Smyly (8), Alburquerque (9), Benoit (9) and Avila. W—Verlander 3-2. L—Worley 0-4. HRs— Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (4), Avila (3), Fielder (7).

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Central Division St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago West Division Colorado Arizona San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego

Chicago 200 002 110 — 6 10 2 Texas 000 226 00x — 10 12 0 Quintana, Lindstrom (6), Veal (6), N.Jones (6), Heath (7) and Gimenez; Darvish, Scheppers (7), Kirkman (8), R.Ross (9) and Soto. W—Darvish 5-1. L—Lindstrom 1-2. HRs—Chicago, Wise (1), A.Dunn (6). Texas, N.Cruz (6), Je.Baker (2), Beltre (5).

Monday’s Games Houston 9, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 4, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 9, Kansas City 0 Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 8, 19 innings Seattle 6, Baltimore 2

Monday’s Games Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 15 innings Atlanta 3, Washington 2 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 4 Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1 San Francisco 6, Arizona 4 Colorado 12, L.A. Dodgers 2

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Houston 4 Toronto 9, Boston 7 Detroit 6, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 14, Philadelphia 2 Texas 10, Chicago White Sox 6 Kansas City 8, Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Angels at Oakland, Late Baltimore at Seattle, Late

Tuesday’s Games Miami 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Cleveland 14, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 8, Washington 1 San Diego 13, Chicago Cubs 7 Milwaukee 12, Pittsburgh 8 St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, Late

Wednesday’s Games Minnesota (Diamond 1-2) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 3-1), 11:08 a.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 2-0) at Oakland (Milone 3-2), 1:35 p.m. Houston (Bedard 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 1-1), 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Lee 2-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 0-1), 5:05 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 5-0) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-1), 5:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-2) at Texas (Tepesch 2-1), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-2) at Kansas City (Mendoza 0-1), 6:10 p.m. Baltimore (W.Chen 2-2) at Seattle (Harang 0-3), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Gee 1-4) at Miami (LeBlanc 0-4), 10:40 a.m. Pittsburgh (J.Gomez 1-0) at Milwaukee (Burgos 1-0), 11:10 a.m. Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-0), 11:45 a.m. Philadelphia (Lee 2-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 0-1), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 4-1) at Atlanta (Maholm 3-2), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Feldman 1-3), 6:05 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 2-1) at Arizona (McCarthy 0-3), 7:40 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 3-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-3), 8:10 p.m.

National League East Division

Houston 000 000 022 — 4 9 0 New York 101 020 03x — 7 15 0 Humber, W.Wright (7), Peacock (7), R.Cruz (8) and J.Castro; Kuroda, D.Robertson (8), Kelley (9), Rivera (9) and C.Stewart. W—Kuroda 4-1. L—Humber 0-6. Sv—Rivera (10). HRs—Houston, Carter (6). New York, Overbay (4).

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Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tampa Bay 200 000 000 — 2 8 1 Kan. City 000 004 31x — 8 14 1 Cobb, J.Wright (6), B.Gomes (7), C.Ramos (8) and J.Molina; Shields, K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Shields 2-2. L—Cobb 3-2. HRs—Tampa Bay, Joyce (5). Kansas City, Moustakas (1). INTERLEAGUE Phila. 010 001 000 — 2 5 0 Cleveland 400 440 20x — 14 17 0 Halladay, Durbin (4), Valdes (6), Aumont (8) and Ruiz; McAllister, Hagadone (8), Albers (9) and C.Santana, Y.Gomes. W—McAllister 2-3. L—Halladay 2-3. HRs—Philadelphia, D.Young (1), Utley (5). Cleveland, C.Santana (5), Mar.Reynolds (8), Chisenhall (3), Raburn 2 (4), Brantley (1), Stubbs (2). NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 000 010 000 — 1 4 0 Miami 000 000 002 — 2 5 0 Hefner, Lyon (9) and Recker; Slowey, Webb (9) and Olivo. W—Webb 1-1. L—Hefner 0-3. Wash. 000 010 000 — 1 3 1 Atlanta 220 130 00x — 8 12 0 G.Gonzalez, Duke (5), H.Rodriguez (8) and W.Ramos; T.Hudson, Varvaro (8) and Gattis. W—T. Hudson 3-1. L—G.Gonzalez 2-2. HRs—Atlanta, Simmons (2), T.Hudson (1).

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City (1) vs. Houston (8) (Oklahoma City leads series 3-1) Monday’s result Houston 105 Oklahoma City 103 Saturday’s result Oklahoma City 104 Houston 101 Wednesday’s game Houston at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 x-Oklahoma City at Houston, 5, 6 or 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5 x-Houston at Oklahoma City, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami (1) vs. Milwaukee (8) (Miami wins series 4-0) New York (2) vs. Boston (7) (New York leads series 3-1) Sunday’s result Boston 97 New York 90 (OT) Friday’s result New York 90 Boston 76 Wednesday’s game Boston at New York, 5 p.m. Friday, May 3 x-New York at Boston, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5 x-Boston at New York, TBA

San Antonio (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7) (San Antonio wins series 4-0) Denver (3) vs. Golden State (6) (Golden State leads series 3-2) Tuesday’s result Denver 107 Golden State 100 Sunday’s result Golden State 115 Denver 101 Thursday’s game Denver at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4 x-Golden State at Denver, TBA

Indiana (3) vs. Atlanta (6) (Series tied 2-2) Monday’s result Atlanta 102 Indiana 91 Saturday’s result Atlanta 90 Indiana 69 Wednesday’s game Atlanta at Indiana,6 p.m. Friday, May 3 Indiana at Atlanta, 5 or 6 p.m. Sunday, May 5 x-Atlanta at Indiana, TBA

L.A. Clippers (4) vs. Memphis (5) (Series tied 2-2) Saturday’s result Memphis 104 L.A. Clippers 83 Thursday’s result Memphis 94 L.A. Clippers 82 Tuesday’s game Memphis at L.A. Clippers, Late Friday, May 3 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 6 or 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5 x-Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBA x — If necessary.

Brooklyn (4) vs. Chicago (5) (Chicago leads series 3-2) Monday’s result Brooklyn 110 Chicago 91 Saturday’s result Chicago 142 Brooklyn 134 (3OT) Thursday’s game Brooklyn at Chicago, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended free agent 3B Brandon Brown 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Optioned LHP Zach Britton to Norfolk (IL). Designated C Luis Exposito for assignment. Recalled RHP Zach Clark from Norfolk. Selected the contract of C Chris Snyder from Norfolk. Reinstated RHP Steve Johnson from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOX—Reinstated RHP Joel Hanrahan from the 15-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Transferred LHP Leyson Septimo from the 15-day to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Reinstated SS Erick Aybar from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Peter Bourjos on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract OF Scott Cousins from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned LHP Michael Roth to Arkansas (TL). NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed INF Kevin Youkilis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 28. Recalled INF Corban Joseph from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). TAMPA BAY RAYS—Activated OF Luke Scott from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Shelley Duncan for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS—Announced the retirement of RHP Randy Wells. National League ATLANTA BRAVESS—Placed RHP Luis Ayala on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 25. Recalled RHP David Carpenter from Gwinnett (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Recalled RHP Javy Guerra from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Josh Wall to Albuquerque. MIAMI MARLINS—Placed 1B Joe Mahoney and OF Giancarlo Stanton on the 15-day DL, Mahoney retroactive to April 28. Recalled LHP Brad Hand from New Orleans (PCL) and OF Marcell Ozuna from Jacksonville (SL). Sent SS Adeiny Hechavarria to Jupiter (FSL) on a rehab assignment. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Reinstated OF Delmon Young from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Ezequiel Carrera for assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Recalled RHP Bryan Morris from Indianapolis (IL). Designated LHP Jonathan Sanchez for assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Sent 1B James Darnell and RHP Tyson Ross to Tucson (PCL) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Sent 3B Ryan Zimmerman to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. Eastern League

AKRON AEROS—Called up RHP Will Roberts from Carolina (Carolina). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Signed RHP Deinys Suarez. FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed RHP Taylor Stanton. WICHITA WINGNUTS—Released RHP Kyle Wahl. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Traded INF Garrett Rau to Laredo for future considerations. Can-Am League NEWARK BEARS—Signed RHP Ryan Carr and INF Brandon Mims. QUEBEC CAPITALES—Signed RHP Stosh Wawrzasek. United League AMARILLO SOX—Named Bobby Brown manager. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Suspended Jacksonville WR Justin Blackmon for the first four games of the 2013 season, without pay, for violating the substance-abuse policy. CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DTs Larry Black and Travis Chappelear, CB Terrence Brown, LBs Jayson DiManche and Bruce Taylor, WRs Tyrone Goard and Roy Roundtree, CB Troy Stoudermire and G John Sullen. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed OTs Aaron Adams, Chris Faulk, Caylin Hauptmann and Martin Wallace, S Ricky Tunstall, TEs Garrett Hoskins and Travis Tannahill, DEs Paipai Falemalu and Justin Staples, WRs Perez Ashford, Dominique Croom, Keenan Davis, Mike Edwards and Cordell Roberson, DT Dave Kruger, C Braxston Cave, CB Josh Aubrey and RB Jamaine Cook. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Waived CB Nick Taylor. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Re-signed PK Eddy Carmona. HOCKEY NHLPA—F Brian Rolston announced his retirement. National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS—Reassigned D Xavier Ouellet from Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Michael Stone and Fs Alexandre Bolduc and Chris Conner to Portland (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed D Brenton Griffiths.

X GAMES After an 11-year run, the X Games are skating, riding and revving away from LA. ESPN announced Tuesday that from 2014 to 2016 the U.S. edition of its action sports extravaganza will be held in Chicago, Detroit, Austin, Texas, or Charlotte, N.C. The X Games’ deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group, the Los Angeles entertainment giant behind Staples Center, several LA sports franchises and a stalled attempt to return the NFL to the city, runs out after this year. With AEG up for sale, the two sides did not agree on a new contract. ESPN has instead installed an Olympics-style bidding process where cities make pitches to play host.

Roy excited to be back in playoffs VANCOUVER — A funny thing happened to Derek Roy at this year’s NHL trade deadline. His move to the Vancouver Canucks from the Dallas Stars generated little fanfare. Usually, the acquisition of a top-six forward at the deadline would generate more buzz than a 1,000 bumble bees. Instead, Vancouver’s goalies were in the spotlight as — in case there’s a remote chance you haven’t heard — Roberto Luongo was not traded and said his US$64million, 12-year contract “sucks.” As a result, the purpose of Roy’s acquisition was also almost forgotten, but he doesn’t need a reminder. “They didn’t bring me in for the last 10 games of the season,” he said. “They brought me in for the playoffs.” Accordingly, he is looking forward to playing an important role as the Canucks renew their quest to return to the Stanley Cup finals, starting with a Western Conference quarter-final series against the San Jose Sharks that begins Wednesday at Rogers Arena. Roy will play on the second line as well as on the power play and possibly in penalty-killing situations. He hopes to repay the Canucks for their loyalty after acquiring him from the Stars for minor-league defenceman Kevin Connauton and a 2013 second-round draft pick. If Roy had stayed in Dallas, he would have missed the playoffs for the second straight year. The 29-yearold Ottawa native has only played one post-season game

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since 2010-11, when he returned to the Buffalo Sabres lineup for the seventh and deciding game of their first-round series with Philadelphia after recovering from injury. “It’s great, I think, being back in the playoffs with a really good team, a good coach and everything,” said Roy. “It’s been a great experience so far and, hopefully, it lasts a long time here going forward.” Roy, who has recorded seven goals and 18 assists in 41 post-season contests, will be looked upon largely for scoring as the Canucks attempt to avoid another first-round exit after losing in five games to the Los Angeles Kings last spring. Despite his lack of notoriety, the pending unrestricted free agent faces high expectations as he plays out the final year his contract and attempts to prove himself worthy of a new deal with the Canucks or another club. “He’s like all of our veteran players,” said Canucks coach Alain Vigneault. “He’s expected to go on the ice and make plays a be a differencemaker. He has an opportunity here to be in the playoffs. He likes playoffs, like all players, and he’s got experience. So we expect him to be a difference-maker both offensively and defensively.” Before heading to Dallas in a trade last summer, Roy made a difference with Buffalo, helping the Sabres reach the Eastern Conference finals in back-to-back seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07.

downing Alix 8-0. Sydney Levy recorded the shutout with Danielle Hauser scoring there goals, Angela Ellithorpe potting two and Melissa Brouwer, Rachelle Fallis and Rachel Kuz one each. The Lightning visit H.J. Cody in Sylvan Lake today.

Local athletes invited to national volleyball camp Two Central Albertans received invitations to Volleyball Canada’s national senior women’s open selec-

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Hawks open with OT win over Wild NHL PLAYOFFS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks 2 Wild 1 OT CHICAGO — Bryan Bickell scored in overtime on a two-on-one rush, and the Chicago Blackhawks started the playoffs on a winning note after dominating the regular season, beating the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Tuesday night. Corey Crawford settled down after allowing a weak goal in the opening minutes. Marian Hossa also scored, and the Blackhawks took the early lead in this first-round series. Game 2 is Friday at the United Center. “We just needed to stay patient,” Bickell said. “We were getting our opportunities. Not odd-man rushes like they were, but we got the one, and to capitalize on it is huge. With our speed, through the whole season a lot of teams were trying to shut us down and let us get frustrated.” The Blackhawks finally put this one away when Johnny Oduya chipped the puck off the boards up to Viktor Stalberg on the right side. Stalberg then dished it on the two-on-one rush to Bickell, who was all alone for the winning backhander at 16:35. Big things are expected in Chicago after a spectacular regular season that included a record start and the team’s first Presidents’ Trophy since 1991. The Blackhawks are eyeing a run to the Stanley Cup for the second time in four years. They have been eliminated in the first round the past two seasons after beating Philadelphia for the championship in 2010, and they realize that for all they accomplished thus far in 2013, they’ll ultimately be judged by

what happens in the playoffs. They seemingly caught a break before the game when Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom was scratched because of a leg injury suffered while reaching for a puck in the pregame warm-ups. Josh Harding replaced him and more than held his own after being limited to just five games following a multiple sclerosis diagnosis last summer. Harding made 35 saves. “Phenomenal,” coach Mike Yeo said. “It’s hard to sit here and try to paint an accurate picture of what he’s gone through, because I have no idea, we have no idea. He’s a guy that, certainly, for many reasons you’re rooting for.” Yeo didn’t have much of an update on Backstrom, although he did say, “It was a bit of a curveball to say the least.” The Wild, trying to match what the Los Angeles Kings did a year ago and win the Stanley Cup as an eight seed, took the lead just under five minutes into the game when Cal Clutterbuck fooled Crawford with a soft shot from the left circle. The goal on Minnesota’s first shot brought back some bad memories for Blackhawks fans who remember him allowing several soft goals in the playoffs against Phoenix a year ago. Hossa tied it just over two minutes into the second period, streaking down the left side, getting behind Minnesota’s Jonas Brodin and firing the puck between Harding’s pads after taking a feed from Patrick Kane. Harding made a big save with his right pad from point-blank range on Kane after he beat Marco Scandella in the opening minutes of the third period to preserve the 1-1 tie.

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Minnesota Wild’s Pierre-Marc Bouchard chases Chicago Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane during the second period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Tuesday, in Chicago.

Nuggets avoid elimination with win over Warriors BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nuggets 107 Warriors 100 DENVER — Kenneth Faried put his foot down 48 hours after putting his size-16 sneaker through the wall in the visiting locker room in Oakland, sparking a debate about dirty play. The fiery forward energized the Denver Nuggets, who rediscovered their toughness in time to stave off elimination Tuesday night with a 107100 win over the Golden State Warriors. The Nuggets never trailed, piled up points in the paint, slowed down the Warriors’ guards, jumpstarted their transition game and got under Andew Bogut’s skin. They jumped out to a 22-point lead before weathering the Warriors’ frenetic fourth quarter rally to cut their series deficit to 3-2 and force a Game 6 Thursday night at Oracle Arena. Warriors coach Mark Jackson accused the Nuggets of trying to hurt Stephen Curry, his banged-up sharpshooter who was just 1 for 7 from longrange and finished with a series-low 15 points. “Some dirty plays early,” Jackson said. “It’s playoff basketball, that’s all right. We own it. But make no mistake about it, we went up 3-1 playing hard, physical, clean basketball — not trying to hurt anybody.” Jackson mentioned Faried setting some “great screens and some great illegal ones,

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Denver Nuggets guard Andre Iguodala, left, pursues a loose ball with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry in the third quarter of Game 5 of their first-round NBA playoff series, Tuesday, in Denver. The Nuggets won 107-100.

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too.” “He did his job. Hey, I played with guys like that. They get paid to do that. Dale Davis, Anthony Davis, Charles Oakley. You get paid to do it. So give them credit,” Jackson said. “As an opposing coach, I see it, and I’m trying to protect my guys.” Jackson complained about one screen in particular on Curry being “a shot at his ankle, clearly. That can’t be debated.” He added, “I got inside information that some people don’t like that brand of basketball and they clearly didn’t co-sign it. They wanted to let me know they have no parts in what was taking place. Let the best team win. And let everybody with the exception of going down with a freak injury, let everybody leave out of here healthy. That’s not good basketball.” “It’s basketball,” countered Faried. “I try to do the little things my team needs me to do. It’s physical. If you can’t stand the physicality, you shouldn’t be playing.” Asked about accusations he tried to hurt Curry, Faried said: “That’s intriguing because I think they were purposefully trying to hurt me every play I went for a rebound — the hits, the grab to the throat.” Curry said there were a few plays that went overboard. “There were a couple, man. Going through the paint minding my own business and they come out of nowhere trying to throw elbows,” he said. “I got a (target) on me, I don’t know

what it is, just got to keep playing and do your thing.” The Nuggets said they were surprised the Warriors were the ones complaining about physical play. “I think I’ve taken the hardest hit in the series, Game 1 or 2, when Bogut leaned in to me on a screen. And I didn’t remember what happened the rest of the game,” Andre Iguodala said. “I think they kind of brought the physicality to the series. And we stopped being the receivers and we’re starting to hit back a little bit. But as far as anybody trying to cheap shot, I don’t condone that myself. It’s not my game.” Faried said he’s been beat up all series long. “I’m surprised tonight I didn’t get my hair pulled like before,” Faried said. “It’s all good. If we’re playing dirty, hey, it’s basketball. We’re just playing physical.” Said Bogut: “It’s the series, it’s physical, whether they’re taking cheap shots or not we need to match that physicality.” Klay Thompson said “a couple of them could have been cheap shots. I thought Steph got cheat shot one time, he got a bloody nose. It’s not acceptable, but we’ve got to match that. We can’t let it get in our heads, just do what we did in the second half.” Iguodala had 25 points and 12 rebounds, Ty Lawson had 19 points and 10 assists and Faried had 13 points and 10 boards. Harrison Barnes led Golden State with 23 points and nine rebounds.

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Bozak back for Leafs’ playoff opener STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Tyler Bozak isn’t interested in watching the Toronto Maple Leafs’ first playoff game in nine years from the sidelines. The Leafs’ No. 1 centre went through a full practice Tuesday and expects to play Wednesday when they visit the Boston Bruins to open their best-ofseven Eastern Conference first-round series. Bozak missed Toronto’s final two regular-season games with an upper-body injury. He skated briefly Monday but left practice early. Bozak said Tuesday he felt good and desperately wants to be on the ice for the series opener. “It’s really important.” he said. “We’ve come a long way as a team the last couple of years and especially this year. “We’ve played pretty good hockey together as a group and it would be tough to sit back and watch the most important time of the year.” In fact Bozak has got a head start on his playoff moustache, which he started growing two weeks ago. “I can’t grow much and I have to start a little earlier than a few of the guys,” he said. “Hopefully we can go a long way and see how big I can get it.” Having the six-foot-one, 195-pound Bozak in the lineup is a huge boost for Toronto. The 27-year-old Regina native had 12 goals and 16 assists in 46 regular-season games but was also the club’s top faceoff man. “When you have a player that takes all the important faceoffs for you that’s the first place you miss him,” said Toronto head coach Randy Carlyle. “We seemed to be at a disadvantage, we didn’t start with the puck enough.

“Bozie is a real smart hockey player. He knows where to be on the ice, the puck kind of follows him around and his game is one where he does a lot of the little things that aren’t noticed but you notice them when he’s not there.” Bozak skated Tuesday with regular linemates Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk and certainly didn’t look out of place. Kessel, who spoke with reporters twice Tuesday after declining to do so Monday, was glad to have his regular centre back. “Bozie has been a big part of our team this year,” Kessel said. “He’s a great player and I love playing with him.” Toronto (26-17-5) finished fifth in the East to earn its first playoff berth since 2004. But the Leafs dropped three-of-four regular-season meetings with fourth-place Boston (28-14-6). Kessel led Toronto in goals (20), assists (32) and points (52) and will make his first playoff appearance since 2008-09 when he was with the Bruins. The Leafs acquired the 25-year-old native of Madison, Wisc., from Boston in September 2009 for 2010 first- and second-round picks and a 2011 first-round selection. “They (Boston fans) are obviously going to be loud, probably going to be giving it to Phil a little bit,” Bozak said, drawing chuckles from the assembled media. “We’re used to that when we go there but it might be a little bit more upscale this time around. “He (Kessel) is going to be fine, he’s going thrive under the pressure and prove them all wrong out there.” Kessel had 10 goals and 18 points in Toronto’s final 11 regular-season games and isn’t worrying about the reception he’ll receive in Boston. “It’s been four years now,” he said. “I had great years there, I love the city and the fans were great to me there. “It’s another game, it’s an important game for us and another chance to prove ourselves here.”

But Kessel has struggled against his former team with just three goals and six assists in 22 career games. He had no points in the four regular-season meetings this season with Boston. A big part of Boston’s defensive gameplan is captain Zdeno Chara. The towering six-foot-nine, 255-pound Slovak was the NHL’s top defenceman in 2008-09 and in 2010-11 he led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup crown since ’72. “When you have the type of skillset that allows you to create offence I think you have to try and be as simple as you possibly can going up against a big body like Chara,” Carlyle said. “The reach and range and physical size of the individual plays into it. “It’s easier said than done in a lot of ways to get away from that reach. Normally guys wouldn’t be as close to you as he can be and he uses his stick very effectively.” Bozak admits Chara will present Toronto’s forwards with a formidable challenge, but the shifty centre plans to have a few tricks up his sleeve. “I think you have to use your speed as much as you can,” Bozak said. “He’s so long and so strong, he’s a hard guy to get around and he covers a lot of ground. Obviously it’s going to be tough with him out there but he is human, he’s going to make mistakes and you have to take advantage of them when he does.” While the Bruins won the season series with the Leafs, they were just 3-5-2 over their final 10 games. But that’s of little consequence to Carlyle. “I think you throw it all out because it’s an old cliche, a new season, but it is,” he said. “We’ve said right from Day 1 the next one is the most important one and that has held true. I’d expect we’re going to get a Boston Bruins team that’s different than the last two weeks of their season and I’d expect we’re going to get a higher brand of hockey from our club also.”

Playoffs a different atmosphere in Montreal BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BROSSARD, Que. — Josh Gorges says the Montreal Canadiens’ playoff rookies should be prepared for a wall of noise when they step onto the ice for their first NHL post-season game at the Bell Centre. Five Canadiens, including rookies Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher and Jarred Tinordi as well as older first-timers Max Pacioretty and Raphael Diaz, will see their first postseason action when the Canadiens open a best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final on Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators. They will step into an atmosphere that Gorges says is unique in the 30-team league. “I mean, there’s no comparison anywhere in hockey to playing a playoff game here in Montreal,” the veteran defenceman said Tuesday. The Bell Centre rocks in the regu-

lar season, but everything is amplified in the post-season when hopes for a 25th Stanley Cup are rekindled, even if their last one came 20 years ago. “I was saying to (Gallagher) the other day driving home that it’s different here,” Gorges said. “You’ve seen how fun it can be to play here, but wait until you get into the playoffs. “You can hear (the pre-game entertainment) in the dressing room and you get all amped up. You get all tingley. You think this is going to be so much fun. You go out there and the place is rocking. “It’s tough to try to remember that you still have to play hockey. You can’t go out and try to run around and get out of position to make a big hit because the crowd’s going to go crazy, or try to make a fancy play. It’s fine to use the crowd for energy and emotion, but at the same time keep it calm, simple. Keep your emotions in check.” The five-foot-eight Gallagher, a fifth-round draft pick in 2010, played

himself into the rookie-of-the-year conversation with fearless, energetic play that produced 15 goals and 28 points in 44 games. The gifted 19-year-old Galchenyuk, picked third overall last June, was right behind with 27 points despite limited ice time for most of the season. Down the stretch, the two played together with 24-year-old centre Lars Eller and were the team’s most productive unit, even if they weren’t used on the power play. Now the challenge is to keep it going in the playoffs. “I guess we’ll find out as we go on in the series, but we’ll need it from everybody,” Eller said. “I don’t think any one is more important than the others.” Gallagher is looking forward to it. “This city’s really excited,” the Edmonton native said. “They’re almost as passionate about the game as we are. “It’s important that the energy will be there and it’s important for us to give them something to cheer about.”

Tinordi, a 2010 first rounder, was called up from AHL Hamilton for the final week of the regular season and looks to have played his way into the starting lineup for the playoffs. The six-foot-six son of former NHL rearguard Mark Tinordi brings size and physical play that was lacking since Alexei Emelin’s season ended with a torn knee ligament on April 6. Diaz, who returned from a concussion on April 20, joined the Canadiens from Swiss club Zug last season, when Montreal finished last in the conference and out of the playoffs. The surprising playoff newcomer is Pacioretty, who played his first NHL games in 2008. He missed one playoff chance when he was sent down to Hamilton late in the season, then missed the 2011 postseason when he suffered a fractured neck vertebra and a concussion from a horrific check into a Bell Centre stanchion by Boston’s Zdeno Chara late in the season.

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BARBEQUE FUNDRAISER Enjoy a burger or hot dog and support adults living with mental illness on May 8. Sutton Group-Landmark Realty hosts a fundraising barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1 5000 51st Ave. in Red Deer. A burger or hot dog, plus chips and pop will cost $5. Proceeds will go to the recreation fund of A Gathering Place, a clubhouse and services and supports centre run by and for adults with mental illness. It is located at 8 5015 48th St.

MOTHER’S DAY RAFFLE Red Deer Action Group Society’s first annual Mother’s Day Raffle and Fundraiser will be held on Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Parkland Mall. Prizes include a huge Mother’s Day Basket valued at over $500 that includes gift cards, Mother’s Day brunch, and other special gifts. A Taste of Red Deer Draw will have four groups of restaurant coupons and gift cards valued at $175 to more than $400. Silent auction items include gift baskets, sports memorabilia and more. Tickets are $2 each and all draws will take place prior to the mall closing on Saturday. Proceeds will go to assisting needy Red Deerians and their transportation costs.

SENIOR WELNESS Victoria Park seniors’ facility is hosting a Seniors Wellness Fair on May 8 and a Mother’s Day Fashion Show on May 10. Several businesses will be represented at the wellness fair to let seniors know about their services and products. The fair will run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The fashion show will be held at 3:30 p.m. and will feature spring and summer fashions from Tan Jay, followed by tea, coffee and treats. Victoria Park is located at 9 Avery St. in Red Deer.

‘Circle’ to celebrate aboriginals STONE CIRCLE WILL BE FIRST PERMANENT MONUMENT IN RED DEER THAT CELEBRATES ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND CULTURE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The soon-to-be installed Stone Circle in Coronation Park will be the first permanent monument in Red Deer that celebrates aboriginal people and culture. The 20-metre in diameter monument of 20 standing boulders arranged in a circular pattern will be installed in the park in June. Each round river rock is about one metre in diameter. In the centre, eight stones will be arranged in the four directions representing everything from the four seasons to the life cycles of the universe. The 12 stones along the perimeter represent the sacred ceremonies. Lyle Keewatin Richards, one of the voices behind the monument, said the Stone Circle is a cultural interpretative installation that will be installed in the northwest corner of the park, directly north of the walking trail along the Waskasoo Creek. The circle will serve as a selfinterpreted cultural site for the entire Red Deer community.

‘IF YOU LOOK AROUND, THERE’S A CHURCH ON EVERY SECOND CORNER. THERE’S MALLS. THERE’S HERITAGE SQUARE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE, NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY SORT OF ICON RELATED TO ABORIGINAL PEOPLE.’ — LYLE KEEWATIN RICHARDS

Tanya Schur, executive director of the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre Society, said the circle will not be a sacred site but will commemorate the history and culture of mostly the Blackfoot Nation. Organizers would like to see the project completed by June 22, in time to have the site dedicated during National Aboriginal Week. The project has been several years in the works but only gained steam again when the Red Deer Centennial Committee decided to support the aboriginal heritage project. Keewatin Richards said the location in the park is important because it positions the relationship between aboriginal peoples and the Crown in historical and present context. The

site is also easy access to the downtown and provides opportunities for community celebrations. “We are so pleased it will be going into Coronation Park,” said Keewatin Richards. “There are two things that are longstanding in Canada. First is First Nations and second is the Crown. All our dealings with the government has been with the Crown. Our relationship with the Crown predates the formation of Canada and pre-dates the formation of provinces and municipalities. That’s what was the stumbling blocks in the day. That’s why it was so important to be here. We honour the Queen so much because that’s where our relationship is.” The Stone Circle design was

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Catlin Nagel of St. Thomas Middle School hits a high shot as she plays Caleigh Meraw of St. Francis of Assisi Middle School on Monday. For four days this week and grade seven and eight girls and boys in the Red Deer Catholic School Division middle schools will be playing singles and doubles badminton to determine the best players in the city. Next week the grade six students compete at St Francis and grade nine catholic and public school students play their city championships at Lindsay Thurber.

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF A tornado tore into the Collicutt Centre on Tuesday, injuring 50 people and collapsing some of the building. Not. But that scenario challenged Red Deer Emergency Services and its Alberta Health Services and Red Deer County counterparts in a mock mass casualty incident on the recreation centre’s east end. “Crews had to come in and assess the stability of the structure and how many patients they have,” said Red Deer EMS assistant Damian LaGrange. “It overwhelmed our system so we had to change our approach, triaging patients as red, yellow or green. “It really tasks our people and puts them into positions where we don’t normally have people in roles,” he said. That included extrication, triage, treatment and transportation officers. All are supervised by a medical branch officer, who then reports to incident command, which ultimately answers to the City of Red Deer’s Emergency Operations Centre, a downtown hub of department

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CORRECTION Some dates were incorrect in a story in Saturday’s Advocate. Nathan Desharnais, 27, is accused of sexually assaulting a Red Deer woman during the period between the afternoon of June 4, 2012, and the morning of June 5, 2012. A date for his trial is to be set in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on June 3.

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given to the group in the late 1990s by Siksika Nation elder Tom Crane Bear, who worked with the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre in the 1980s and is now the elder at The Banff Centre. “He said there is nothing in Red Deer to say that aboriginal people were ever here,” said Keewatin Richards. “If you look around, there’s a church on every second corner. There’s malls. There’s Heritage Square but if you look at any of those, none of them have any sort of icon related to aboriginal people. It’s an opportunity to put a permanent installation in a high-profile place that people can enjoy.” The cost of the project is $35,000. The Red Deer Native Friendship Society, Urban Aboriginal Voices Society and the Red Deer Centennial Committee joined forces to make the monument a reality. The boulders were donated and will be transported by Bettenson’s Sand and Gravel. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

heads and staff. “There are so many different roles involved, it becomes a real challenge to us to practice.” While the 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. exercise didn’t disrupt centre activities, patrons found victims distributed around the centre suffering from minor to major injuries designated by wrist information bands. Portrayed by Notre Dame and Hunting Hills High School students, plus volunteers, they were evacuated to tents on the east side soccer pitch for treatment before climbing aboard a city transit bus for evacuation from the scene. “It was an excellent opportunity to practice important skills that don’t get used on a regular basis,” said city emergency manager Karen Mann. The exercise came days before Emergency Preparedness Week, May 5 to 11, an annual event co-ordinated by Public Safety Canada in co-operation with the provinces and territories. Get information on how household emergency protection and management online at www. getprepared.gc.ca. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

Urology to benefit from festival BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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The 20th edition of the Festival of Trees will direct its fundraising efforts to buy a state-of-the-art urology imaging unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. The new $650,000 flat panel detector technology replaces the aging machine in the Diagnostic Imaging, Urology and Operating Room. The equipment helps the urologist to visualize kidney stones, urinary tract infections and revealing blockages, congenial abnormalities and cancers. It will be used for surgical and non-surgical procedures. This year’s chosen department was announced at the Black Knight Inn on Tuesday. Kate Luchenski, diagnosing imaging director for Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said this will be the first of its kind in Alberta. She said the machine will provide improved image quality, faster diagnosis and treatment and reduced radiation dosage to patients, which is becoming even more critical.

“This is greatly needed,” said Luchenski. “The current unit is 13 years old already. It should have been replaced two years ago. We are looking for a new unit almost immediately.” The new unit and renovations to the operating room come with roughly a $1-million price tag. When not used in the surgery, the machine will be used for prostrate surgeries, stent insertions and any procedure that requires access to the bladder. In 2012, staff conducted 250 imaging exams and 1,000 other procedures that require access to the bladder on the existing equipment. Luchenski said these numbers could increase. The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is the only facility in Central Alberta that conducts the exams. Festival co-chair person Karen Mann said the organizing committee and volunteers said the 20th anniversary of the Festival of Trees is shaping up to be one of the best.

“That’s 20 years in Central Alberta enhancing health care, building communities,” said Mann. “In 2013 we’re really excited about hopefully setting another record. That’s what we’re always aiming for.” In 2012, the festival raised $1.25 million for the Department of Histopathology in Laboratory Services. The first Red Deer Festival of Trees, in 1994, brought in $28,509 for laboratory services at the hospital. This year the committee is introducing three volunteer awards — lifetime, youth and volunteer of the year. Information on the nomination process and awards will be rolled out in October. This year the festival will receive funds from the sale of the traditional holiday home built by Avalon Central Alberta. Avalon has already raised $80,000 of its goal of raising $100,000 this year. The 2013 Festival of Trees starts on Nov. 16 with the Festival Lights The Night and the Santa Claus Parade. For more information, go to www.reddeerfeestivaloftrees.ca or contact Alaine Martin at 403-406-5517. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer City RCMP are looking for the public’s help in locating a 14-yearold youth who has been missing since Sunday. Police say Anthony Morrone, 14, was last seen riding a black BMX bike in the Lancaster area on around 6 p.m. on Sunday. He is described as Caucasian with short dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He is approximately 1.78 metres (five foot 10) and weighs 82 kg (180 pounds). He was last Anthony Morrone seen wearing a black T-shirt, beige pants, green shoes and DC Rockstar hat and carrying a black and orange backpack. If you have any information, contact Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit. com.

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A section of Hwy 56 running through the Town of Stettler will get new pavement after complaints that is so potholed that truck traffic is shaking the walls of nearby homes. The provincial government has come up with $400,000 to repave a portion of the highway this summer between 53rd and 57th Streets. “They’re going to do one of the worst sections,” said town manager Rob Stoutenberg on Tuesday. However, the funding falls well short of the town’s request to have the provincial highway through town completely repaved. Only about 20 per cent of the highway, also known in town as 51st Avenue, will get new paving, estimated Stoutenberg. The town intends to continue lobbying the province for the funding to complete the job, he said. Town council was told last fall that parts of the highway are so bumpy that vibrations from passing trucks have been strong enough to rattle windows and knock pictures off walls in houses lining the route. It is believed that it has been at least 25 years since the province repaved the road.

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After recently completing his final chemotherapy treatments for Hodgkins lymphoma, nine-year-old Kaleb Skinner of Red Deer had a dream come true when he met Pittsburgh Penguin captain Sidney Crosby during a trip to Pittsburgh on April 27. Kaleb and his father Tom were invited to watch the Penguins practice at the Console Energy Centre where they had the opportunity to meet with several players and staff. Kaleb home came home with an autographed Crosby hockey stick — the same stick he used in practice that morning. Crosby suffered a serious jaw injury when he was hit in the face with a puck about a month ago. According to recent media reports, his status remains uncertain for Wednesday’s playoff opener against the New York Islanders.

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About 170 bands from across Alberta — as well as a few from British Columbia and Saskatchewan — will perform at a Provincial Festival of Bands in Red Deer this month. The festival sponsored by the Alberta Bands Association runs May 13 to 16 and 21 to 24 at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. Bands from Grade 6 and up through high school, as well as a few community bands, will perform before adjudicators on every day of the festival. The bands will later participate in improvement-geared clinics led by the adjudicators. Neil Corlett, managing director of the bands association, said members of the public are welcome to drop in to the Arts Centre between 8:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the festival’s run to hear various bands perform. “There will be a different performance every half an hour.”

Carjacking accused appears in court A man accused of carjacking a driver at knifepoint in January made a brief court appearance on Tuesday. Red Deer city RCMP arrested Duane Karl Luz, 43, on the city’s north end on Jan. 17 after it’s alleged he carjacked a vehicle at a food store in the Anders subdivision. Police allege the accused had a knife in his belt when he approached a vehicle where a woman was putting her child in the car seat, ordered her and the child away from the vehicle and then drove off. The man was arrested at the north end of the city after police say the vehicle he was driving collided with two RCMP cars. He was charged with numerous offences, including theft, robbery, assaulting a police officer with a weapon and fleeing police. Luz, who has been remanded, will be back in court for election and plea on May 31. He is applying for legal aid so he can get a new lawyer, court heard on Tuesday.

Red Deer and District Community Foundation is accepting applications for appointment to the Community Foundation Board. The community foundation is an independent, community-based organization that receives and manages charitable donations and offers grants to charitable organizations in Red Deer and the surrounding area. The board makes policy decisions regarding the investment of more than $10 million in permanent and non-permanent funds and decisions regarding the use of the investment income for community grants programs. The board meets quarterly, with standing board committees meeting throughout the year. Applications should be submitted to the foundation by Friday at 4:30 p.m. Applications should include a resume and statement regarding what you feel you can do to further the goals of the foundation. For applications forms and more information, contact foundation chief executive officer Kristine Bugayong at 403-341-6911.

Murder case will return to court

TEDx tickets limited, will be live-streamed Those who didn’t get their names in for the draw for limited tickets to the 2013 TEDx Red Deer conference will still be able to watch it live-streamed through their computer. Only 100 tickets are available for TEDX Red Deer on the theme of Shut Up and Do It. It will start at 6 p.m. on May 24 at the Margaret Parsons Theatre at Red Deer College. The five speakers are: ● Rob Aronson, discussing Spreading the Love (Sandwiches for the Hungry) ● Brad Rabiey on The Carbon Farmer

A Hobbema man will head back to court later this month on charges of second-degree murder of a teenager. Lindsey Allen Bruno, 19, was in Wetaskiwin provincial court on Tuesday and will return to court on May 21. Bruno was charged in connection with the death of Levonne Baptiste, 16, who was killed on Feb. 2 on the Samson Cree Nation reserve. After responding to reports of shots fired, RCMP discovered Baptiste around 4:15 a.m. An autopsy confirmed his death as a homicide. The killing is believed to be the first on the reserve in more than a year.

● Damien Laliberte with the local documentary film Inside My Reality ● Emily Falk on education and aid for Somali women through the Global Enrichment Foundation ● Monika Bolin on a personal journey and innovation with a mobile dialysis machine The deadline for the TEDx ticket draw closed on Tuesday. A draw will be held this week and those chosen for the opportunity to purchase $50 tickets will be notified by Friday. Anyone who wants to see TEDx Red Deer, but is unable to get tickets, can watch it live-streamed online. They should keep checking the website, www.tedxreddeer.com for a link. For more information, email tedxreddeer@gmail.com.

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H7N9 flu answers coming into view WHO SAYS THERE ARE STILL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A MYSTERY ABOUT BIRD FLU IN CHINA Answers to some of the puzzling questions about the new H7N9 flu virus may be coming into view, the World Health Organization’s top flu expert said Wednesday following the conclusion of a mission to China to explore the problem. But other aspects of the worrisome bird flu outbreak remain mysteries, Dr. Keiji Fukuda admitted in an interview with The Canadian Press. After a week in China meeting with officials, doctors and patients, the team of international experts sent by the WHO remains deeply worried about the potential of this new virus, which has triggered more human infections in a single month than the other well-known bird flu, H5N1, racks up most years. For the first time since the outbreak started, China’s case total did not rise last Wednesday, resting at 108 cases, 23 of which have been fatal. But that good news was tempered by word that Taiwan had diagnosed a case in a man who had been working in China. This is the first infection recorded outside the Chinese mainland. “I think it’s fair to say that this avian influenza virus appears to be more infectious to people than any other avian influenza virus we know,” said Fukuda of the unusual virus, which carries some genetic mutations that suggest it is better adapted to infecting mammals than regular bird flu viruses. “(That) is different than sustaining transmission, but it is an important observation. And it’s one of the reasons why we’re really concerned about this virus.” Fukuda is a long-time influenza epidemiologist who worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control before going to the WHO. At the Geneva-based global health agency he is the assistant director general for health security and the environment. He and the team of Chinese and international flu experts on the mission concluded that the current pattern of cases suggests there is no ongoing person-to-person spread of virus. There have been several small clusters of cases within families, but those have been seen on occasion with H5N1. With those types of clusters, Fukuda noted, it’s often impossible to tease out whether the people all contracted the virus from an animal source — infected chickens, for example — or if one person got sick and infected other people. One of the questions for which there may be an answer relates to the odd age distribution of cases. While infections have been seen in most age groups (except teenagers), a distinct feature of this outbreak has been that older men have been the largest group infected. In fact, a study released late Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that of the first 82 cases, 46 per cent were people aged 65 or older and 73 per cent of the cases were men. That’s a sharp contrast to H5N1 infections, where younger adults and children have made up a greater proportion of cases. The difference has led people to wonder whether older adults are more vulnerable to this virus for some biological reason. “It’s really a very strange age pattern,” Fukuda said of the H7N9 outbreak. “But there are some explanations.”

The investigations are pointing to live bird markets as the places where most infections seem to occur, he said. Meanwhile, poultry in farms around Shanghai do not appear to be infected, though that needs to be confirmed with additional testing. Most of the cases to date have been in Shanghai or surrounding provinces. The mission was told older men in a household generally do the shopping in live bird markets. “I think the most likely explanation right now is a combination of exposure and behaviour, rather than something biological having to do with things like background immunity,” said Fukuda. “If the birds in the marketplaces are primarily where the infection is right now, then that offers a reasonable explanation for

why we’re seeing such an unusual age distribution. And that’s very different from what we saw with H5N1, where it was really widespread in backyard flocks as well as large commercial farms.” Another puzzle had been the suggestion that few of the cases had exposure to birds, raising questions about how people were contracting an avian flu virus. Some reports out of China suggested as little as 40 per cent of infected people had had exposure to animals. “I think some of the figures that are floating out there are simply not the right figures,” Fukuda said. “In our discussions with people, both from the Shanghai CDC and the Beijing CDC, I think it’s likely that the percentage of people who have had some sort of (bird) contact is higher.”

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Is it wrong to get to the newspaper before hosts? Dear Annie: Recently, my wife and I stayed for four days at the home of one of her school chums. The gals yakked until late at night, so I was the first one up every morning. I’m an early riser anyway. I like reading the newspaper with my breakfast, so when I’d get up, I’d go outside and pick up the paper and bring it in. My wife says it was wrong to get the paper before our hostess. Anyway, after a couple of days, the school friend seemed in a snit about something, and my wife says that was the reason, even though she never said so when I asked whether something was bothering her. MITCHELL Recently, we were invited & SUGAR to stay with different friends for a weekend, and I am getting no end of hassle from my wife to make sure I wait for our hosts to finish with the paper. I figure I’ll just go out for coffee somewhere and buy a paper. My wife says it would be rude to take off at breakfast. Is this idiotic or what? — California Dear California: It would be rude to read the paper in such a way that your hosts must wait for you to finish, or that you drag sections of it all over the house and fill in all the clues to the crossword puzzle. But there is nothing wrong with reading the paper early, putting it back together nicely and having it available to your hosts when they awaken. You can resolve this simply enough. When you arrive, inform your hosts that you are an early riser, and ask whether they would mind if you fetch their paper and read it with your coffee, promising to keep it in pristine condition for when they are ready to read it. You also could offer to go to the local coffee shop and bring back coffee and muffins (and a newspaper) for everyone else. Dear Annie: I need to vent. My daughter, my 8-year-old granddaughter and I recently went to a Broadway show. After we were seated, a woman, her young daughter and her mother sat next to us. The woman was rather large, but instead of taking the aisle seat, she gave that to her mother and sat next to me. She was practically sitting on top of the chair arms due to her size and was taking up part of my space. At the end of the show, she told us we would need to climb over her because her knees hurt and she couldn’t move yet. I’m sure her knee problems are due to her size. This woman looked to be in her mid-30s. At this rate, she might not live long enough to see her daughter reach adulthood. Don’t you think she should have taken the aisle seat? — Loved the Show, Disliked the Seat Dear Loved: It seems logical that the person with the most difficulty moving would prefer the aisle seat, but perhaps the woman’s mother insisted on taking it. When stuck in these situations, there isn’t much you can do other than show tolerance for two hours. Dear Annie: I had to laugh when I read “Frustrated Cook’s” letter. I remember how my parents battled with me over eating broccoli when I was a kid. I was forced to finish it, so I would wash small bites down with my sweet tea, as if they were pills. I’m 48 now, and broccoli is one of my favorite foods. However, I can no longer tolerate sweet tea. I think texture is often the issue, as it was for me. When I had kids, I never forced them to eat what I fixed. I gave them the option of making themselves a peanut butter sandwich if they did not want to eat my meals, but I also did not prepare a separate dish for them. — Memphis Mama Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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SUN SIGNS profound phase. Your mind is inwardly inclined and you are not likely to share what is on your mind. You are recollecting your thoughts through some spiritual healing. Practice mediation. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You may encounter some opposing views with your superiors today. Some disagreement seems to be pending on your mind. A force is pushing you make major changes within yourself. Span out of gruesome thinking. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are feeling empowered and in control of your actions. This dosage of buoyancy assures your employers and some powerful individuals of your self-assurance and your willingness to succeed. Great outcome will certainly follow. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): You are starting to think more globally rather than focus on details. Seeing the general picture allows you to broaden your perspective on life and to take notice of the dead angles you might have omitted thus far. Enjoy the journey of exploration and the discoveries that come with it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are in the mood to have some well-deserved fun today, but you may realize that you don’t have all the necessary financial to cover for the cost. Debt seems to engulf you into morose expectations. Opt for some cost-efficient activities around the house. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are building important associations with powerful individuals who may contribute in furthering your path to success. Put your best foot forward and be at your best. Someone may take notice of your actions and take you into account when making essential decisions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Weight your words carefully today. Disagreements are more likely to occur today. You may feel that

others are trying to test you out or challenge you. Take everything with a grain of salt and simply agree to disagree. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Circumstances may be such that you may encounter roadblocks in your way. Opposing forces are hard to endure and you are running out of patience. Asserting yourself directly may be interpreted as an aggressive behaviour on your part. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are feeling friendly and cooperative. Others take your lead in most endeavours today. You may discover a renewed sense of purpose in life and feel that you have gained enough confidence to conquer the world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): All sorts of communication flourish from everywhere. You are more outspoken than before and you have a say in almost everything. Express your thoughts either through some writing project or verbally. Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer/ columnist.

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Wednesday, May 1 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Caitlin Stasey, 23; Julie Benz, 41; Wes Anderson, 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The spokesperson of the planetary system, Mercury ingresses into stable Taurus today. Our conversations will have a more down-to-earth appeal to them while we will be focusing on long-term stability. Financial matters will weigh heavily on our minds for the next few weeks. A trine between the Sun and Pluto makes us eager to get ahead and we are likely not to meet any resistance on the path of success. A tense relationship between Mars and Saturn urges us to face our fears head-on. Anger and frustration should not be repressed. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, you may have to deal more than often with individuals from abroad. You may have to travel more often this year for business related purposes or due to your study. Throughout the year, you will have enough help and assistance fostering you to stand by your convictions and your faith. Relationships will be intense, passionate and they will have a life-changing effect on you personally. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your mind will likely be pending on safety and security issues. Past mistakes may catch up to you making you feel somewhat frustrated. It’s a wake-up call asking you to review realistically your budgetary needs. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are more aware of what is happening around you. Your alertness is slowly picking up a higher pace as you absorb information with much more ease. Utilize this marvellous energy to learn something new. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are entering a more

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Five year-old Megan Robinson accepted her Chief award from Red Deer Minor Hockey general manager Dallas Gaume (right) and RDMH president Todd Thiessen at the RDMH end of year bash at Kin City Arena on April 11. The award is presented to players from age five up to the midget AAA level. They are nominated by their coaches for what they did during the season.

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Singer Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers, a Scottish pop band whose popularity was highest in the 1970, smiles during an interview in Toronto on Monday.

The ‘born again Bay City Roller’ LES MCKEOWN SURVIVES DARK TIMES BY NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — For a long time, Les McKeown rebelled against his stint as a plaid-clad pin-up for the Bay City Rollers. McKeown joined the sugary Scottish pop outfit as a teen and become frontman during their commercial peak — the 1973-78 period that yielded all of their hit albums and such fizzy chart-climbing ditties as Saturday Night, Bye Bye Baby and Summer Love Sensation — but struggled to be taken seriously after leaving the band, finding that few in music wanted to collaborate with someone they figured to be washed-up. During that time, crooning the sweet lyrics to one of the band’s cheerfully guileless hits would have felt like pulling teeth, even though McKeown did go out on the road with Bay City Rollers material from time to time. “You go through a huge phase, and you hate it, you loathe it, you loathe yourself for being that person (that you were), because you no longer feel able to be anything else,” McKeown said during an interview in Toronto this week. “You’re only that. You’re in a pigeonhole and that’s all you’ll ever be, all your life, so get used to it. And that in itself is a bit depressing if you’re creative or you want to do other things. It’s severely limiting, any time you come out. ‘What’s that?’ ‘It’s the singer from the Bay City Rollers, he’s got a new single.’ Well there you go — that’s dead. “In my particular case,” he added, “I started to hear it so much that I started drinking a lot, taking drugs a lot, which was compounded by lots of my friends dying and my parents dying and stuff. I fell into a black hole of extreme alcohol (use) and got pretty close to dying.”

‘SO MUCH HAS COME FROM MY SINGLE DECISION TO GO TO REHAB.... I’VE GOT SOLD-OUT TOURS, PEOPLE COMING TO SEE ME, THEY LIKE WHAT THEY HEAR, THEY LIKE WHAT THEY SEE, AND ONE THING REINFORCES THE OTHER.’ — LES MCKEOWN

McKeown’s rebirth, and the rebirth of his take on the Bay City Rollers, came about just over five years ago, when he checked himself into rehab. There, he underwent therapy and learned how to change his attitude toward the early-life accomplishments that had seemed to shadow him. Now, he launches a 12-date Canadian tour in Montreal on Wednesday with a band helping him reproduce the band’s biggest tunes — technically, they’re now called Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers — and feels as if he’s a “born-again Bay City Roller.” “I realized that for all those years, I was in some kind of musical closet. I’m better now and I have been for the last five years,” said the 57-year-old, dressed in a trench coat, jeans and boots — all black. “So much has come from my single decision to go to rehab.... I’ve got sold-out tours, people coming to see me, they like what they hear, they like what they see, and one thing reinforces the other. “I think it’s going to make me live longer,” he adds. He looks back fondly upon the band’s hysterical heights, when delirious teenaged fans would go ballistic at the sight of the group (he recalls a show in Edmonton that had to be cut short due to a dangerous crush of fans pushing against the stage). He says the trouble mostly started after the group’s fame faded, though he has

for a long time been open about the sexual abuse he suffered under the group’s late manager, Tam Paton. One element that’s changed since rehab is that McKeown tries to control elements of his career that he might previously have left to others. He gleefully micro-manages his tours, preferring to handle almost all duties but publicity himself. Physically, he endeavours to stay road-ready too: he gets most of his exercise from gardening, though he soldiers through workouts on an elliptical trainer, a machine “for old people,” he laughs. He says he has about a half an album’s worth of new material ready, but wants to find a record label willing to release and promote it, rather than putting it out online where it might only reach his existing core of fans. Mostly, he’s upbeat about the future. “I’m back now and there’s lots of life in me. And I’m sure I didn’t damage myself that much that I’m going to die of any horrible disease. Touch wood — or is that Formica?” he asks suspiciously after tapping a plastic table surface, before reaching out to rap his hand against a wooden stool. “I’m just looking forward to doing more. I’m reconnecting with all the fans. And showing that I’m still around, and I’m still capable of singing well and performing well.”

No handyman skills required for ‘Family Tools’ er Dark Skies. “And in this, I’m the dad and the boss and, in a way, sort of the bad guy. ... Basically I’m sort of hen-pecking my idiot son, as I refer to him, and lots of other fun characters.” The single-camera series follows Jack and Darren as they head to job sites, meet different clients “and basically destroy their homes,” said Bornheimer. It’s based on the British TV series White Van

Man, which focuses more specifically on the misadventures of two handymen in a van. This version — featuring a pilot penned by My Name is Earl and Raising Hope scribe Bobby Bowman — melds those workplace laughs with family dysfunction, said Bornheimer. Family Tools debuts tonight on ABC and CTV Two.

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It was a lack of handyman skill that Kyle Bornheimer suspects helped him nab the role of a bumbling repairman on the sitcom “Family Tools.” The comedy centres on a prodigal son who returns home to take over the family repair business when his overbearing dad is forced into early retirement by a heart attack. Bornheimer joked that he scored the part due to his lack of hammering know-how. “There will be a lot of physical humour involving me messing up certain repair jobs, so that fits nicely with what I do in life, which is mess things up and not really repair things very well,” Bornheimer said at a promotional event last summer at CTV headquarters. “That might be why I was an OK candidate for this role.” Bornheimer plays Jack Shea, who returns home after being kicked out of a seminary for trying to change the Bible.

J.K. Simmons plays his crusty pop, Tony, who doesn’t trust his son with the business. Leah Remini plays an aunt who arrives to take care of Tony, while Edi Gathegi is his father’s troublemaking assistant, Darren. “Everything I do my kids are always joking: ‘Are you the dad or are you the boss or are you the bad guy?”’ Simmons said earlier this year to promote his sci-fi thrill-

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Bill Bourne, Dick Damron, Amos Garrett, Captain Tractor and Randi Boulton will be in the lineup at the seventh annual Central Music Festival on Aug. 16 to 18. Producer Mike Bradford said he’s excited about this summer’s “eclectic musical mix,” which will also include traditional African music by The Mighty Popo from Ottawa, alt-country from Lethbridge’s Leeroy Stagger, and Franco-Latin fusion music from Bombolesse from Quebec. Among the festival’s 27 acts, there are some with national name recognition, including Edmonton’s Bourne and Garrett, and Bentley’s Damron. But Bradford said he’s also proud to present a forum for lesser-known Central Alberta artists. In fact, he considers the promotion of regional artists to be one of the festival’s mandates. The Rocky Mountain House duo Gerry and Jeff Bradshaw should get wider exposure through the outdoor stage at the Mike Bradford festival just north of Red Deer — as should Ponoka’s Don J. Swift, Sylvan Lake’s Peter Bilt, Three Hills’ Ruth Purves Smith, and Red Deer’s Shiv Shanks and Levi Cuss. Also in the lineup are the winners of the latest Central Music Festival talent show, Underside Pattern and Just Glovely from Red Deer. As well, there’s Kevin Cook and Dale Ladoceur of Edmonton, the Myrol band of Evansburg, David Celia from Ontario, the Dan Sinasac R&B ‘THIS YEAR, 100 Review of Sherwood Park, and PER CENT OF THE others. PERFORMERS ARE “This year, 100 per cent of the CANADIAN, 80 PER performers are CENT ARE ALBERTANS, Canadian, 80 per cent are AlberAND OF THOSE, 30 tans, and of those, PER CENT ARE FROM 30 per cent are from Central Al- CENTRAL ALBERTA OR berta or the Red THE RED DEER AREA.’ Deer area,” added Bradford. While — MIKE BRADFORD this was partly a budget-driven decision, he believes shining the spotlight on local artists lines up nicely with Red Deer’s 2013 centennial. Although this year’s Central Music Festival shares the same August weekend with Sylvan Lake’s Jazz at the Lake festival and the Latin-themed Fiestaval in downtown Red Deer, Bradford said some competition for time slots is unavoidable during the short summer season. “I’m sure there will also be some family reunions and weddings on that weekend.” He still believes fans of a wide variety of music will find reasons to attend the Central Music Festival, which has been growing slowly over the last seven years. Bradford estimates about 700 people watched each day of the 2012 festival and he hopes to surpass that number this year. The festival’s media co-ordinator, Rob Gilgan, said not only does the natural amphitheatre on private land five km north of the city provide great sight-lines to the stage, it also allows parents to relax and listen to music while keeping an eye on their children in the Kids’ Korner. Free onsite parking and camping are part of the package, and so is the Kids’ Korner, with face-painting, crafts, singing and a magician. There’s also a beer garden and food and crafts vendors. Shuttle bus service to the site is available from Red Deer Lodge. Early-bird tickets are $50 a person for the entire three-day festival and are available for the month of May. Ticket prices then go up. For more ticket information and to see the entire entertainment lineup, visit www.centralmusicfest.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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HOVLAND 1926 - 2013 Glen Marvin Hovland of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the age of 86 years. Glen was born at Atlee, Alberta in 1926. He was then raised in the Palmer Earling District on the family farm near Holden, Alberta. At an early age, Glen left the family farm and started working in the oil patch near Turner Valley in 1943. In September, 1951, Glen married the love of his life, Helen Helgren who was from Kingman, Alberta. Eventually they moved to the Valley Centre area east of Red Deer and that is where he started Hovland Oilfield Services and Glen’s Transport. In 1973, Glen and Helen moved to the Delburne area and he continued working until his retirement. Glen loved working in his shop on one of his many projects. Glen and Helen moved into Red Deer in 2008 where he resided until his passing. Glen will be lovingly remembered by his wife Helen Hovland; three sons Rod (Teresa), Roger (Kim), Dean (Deb); one daughter Glenice (Patrick) Laracy; six grandc h i l d r e n J e n n i f e r, D a v e , Mercy, Megan, Helen, Karen and two great grandchildren Ryder and Skylar. Also to cherish Glen’s memory are his brother Reuban (Alice) and the close cousins and relatives in the Camrose area. He was predeceased by his parents Chris and Gunda Hovland, his brother Raymond and an aunt and uncle very special to Glen, Mabel and Martin Meadahl. A Celebration of Glen’s life will be held at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, located at the intersection of Highway 11 (55 Street) and Rutherford Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to S.T.A.R.S., 1441 - Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, Alberta T2E 8M7. Condolences to Glen’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Red Deer 587-876-4944

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SCHOTT Michael 1985 - 2013 Michael David William “Mike” Schott of Red Deer, Alberta passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the age of 28 years. Michael was born in Red Deer on March 19, 1985. He grew up in Red Deer going to Grade School at Grandview Elementary and Central Elementary. He loved sports, spending time with his family and close friends. He especially loved and enjoyed his nephew Jeraquinn and his niece Kiera. He was employed by Essential Well Servicing for 6 years and his funny jokes and actions kept the crew on their toes! He loved watching hockey and playing hockey as a kid winning MVP Awards every year. He was a ball of energy and love. His greatest achievement was travelling to Mexico and trips on his Harley through the mountains. Mike will be lovingly remembered by his parents, Peter Taylor and Debbie Schott, his brother, Dwayne, his grandma’s Pat Prozny and Mae Tennant. He was predeceased by his brother, A l l a n , h i s u n c l e Wa y n e , Grandpa Larry, Grandpa Bill and his great grandparents. A celebration of Mike’s life will be held at the Word Of Life Centre, South end of Ta y l o r D r i v e o n E n g l a n d Way, Red Deer on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Michael’s memory may be made to the Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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Red Deer SKOBERG Kenneth James Kenneth James Skoberg of Lougheed passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer on April 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Hardisty Community Hall. Arrangements made by FEE & SONS FUNERAL SERVICE OF KILLAM. Phone 780-385-3642 www.feeandsonsfuneralhome.com

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HEIDT Peter Paul It is with great sadness and joy that we announce the passing of Peter at the age of 77 on April 24, 2013, survived by his loving wife Shirley Heidt (McLean) of 53 years. Predeceased by parents Alexander and Philomena, brother Pius, sisters Katherine, Emily, and Pauline all of Regina, SK. Peter was born in Loreburn, SK, June 14, 1935 and retired to the Salmon Arm area in 2003. Within the small community of Silver Creek Peter was known as the “Godfather”, repairing all issues to do with the trades that were his career and what he loved to do for 52 years - plumber, boilermaker, pipefitter, tin basher, etc, etc. Peter is survived by his three children - Brenda Lee (Windels) of Cranbrook, BC, Robert David (Tracy) of Spruce Grove, AB, Ronald Peter (Juanita) of Red Deer, AB; ten loving grandchildren; Cody, Nicholas, Gabriella, Stephanie, Chase, Tristan, Alexander, Alaina, Olivia, and Ross as well as numerous nieces and nephews, also will be missed by a very large number of close friends. A funeral service was held at Bowers Funeral Chapel, Salmon Arm, BC on Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 11:00 am, Father George Lagrange officiating. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation www.heartandstroke.ca/donate Online condolences can be sent through Peter’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

CADGER Dorothy “Marie” 1934 - 2013 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dorothy “Marie” Cadger at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the age of 78 years. Marie was born in Medicine Hat on May 5, 1934. She is lovingly remembered by her children, Pat (Irene) Wilkerson of Sherwood Park, Wendy ( Wa y n e ) G h o s t k e e p e r o f Slave Lake, John (Dawn) Wilkerson of Edmonton, and Dorothy (Lorne) Fowler of Red Deer, her eight grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren one great great granddaughter and her Aunt Kay Coombs of Brooks, Alberta. Marie was predeceased by her husband Walter Cadger, sister Bernice and parents John and Dorothy Fisher. A Celebration of Marie’s life will be held at Waskasoo Estates Community Hall, 217 England Way, Red Deer County, on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian C a n c e r S o c i e t y, S u i t e 101-6751 52 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 4K8. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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ASMUNDSON Edmund 1932 - 2013 Ed Asmundson passed away at the Rosefield Care Centre in Innisfail on April 29, 2013 and is now with his Lord. He was born in Red Deer on and Julia Asmundson. He worked in the meat and grocery retail business. After retiring in 1994, Ed spent many hours at the Innisfail Golf Course. He is survived by his wife Hazel, three children and six grandchildren, son Barry (Cheri) Megan and Claire of Revelstoke, son Brian (Tanya) Roman and Carson of Yellowknife, daughter Karen (Graham) Watt, Keltie and Tyler of Innisfail. He also leaves behind his sister Barb (Wayne) Martin of Springfield, Illinois and brother John (Brenda) of Red Deer and sister-in-law Dorothy Asmundson of Red Deer. He was predeceased by his brother Harold in 1984. Funeral service will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard in Red Deer. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Lutheran Hour or the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, INNISFAIL Phone: 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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BLONDIE’S RESTAURANT In Sylvan Lake now hiring exp’d LINE COOKS, SERVERS & DISHWASHERS. Also looking for supervisory position in front. Competitive wages. Please call Merle 403-887-1955 OR 403-887-1806 after 2 p.m. or Email: blondiesrestaurant @hotmail.com

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave. FIRESIDE NOW HIRING: Prep Cooks, Line Cooks, Breakfast Cooks, Dishwashers, Servers & Bartenders. Bring resume in person. 4907 Lakeshore Dr. Sylvan Lake. JUGO JUICE - F/T Juicer/Mixer. $10/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

Professionals

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Server. $9.75/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER Must have experience! Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

850

Binder Construction Ltd. requires: Apprentices, Carpenters and Skilled Labourers for work in Innisfail, AB. Contact Dale at 780-278-1310.

Carpenters/ Cabinet Makers

F/T P/T Piecework or Hrly on site & in millwork shop. admin@ davcointeriors .com F: 403.887.7589

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

INDUSTRIAL painter required for a sandblasting & painting shop. Must pass drug/substance testing. Fax resume to 403-340-3800

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BUSINESS MANAGER JOB OPENING

Weidner Motors Ltd is currently accepting applications for a full time opening in our Business Office. The successful candidate for the Business Manager position will be/have: • Performance driven and self motivated • Outgoing and enthusiastic • Excellent customer service skills and enjoys working with the public • Comfortable dealing with banks and securing loan financing We offer an excellent family run work environment, competitive salary with great earnings potential and a competitive benefits package. Professional training will be available. Previous experience or a banking background would be an asset however is not required. Please submit your resume attention :

Blayne Weidner fax 403-782-7040 or email to blayne@weidnerchevrolet.ca.

Trades

Nexus Engineering is Currently looking for DAYSHIFT QC PERSON •

ZEN MASSAGE CLINIC Trades Opening soon. Looking for registered massage therapists. 403-348-5650

DAYSHIFT QC Person

850

Must be able to read measuring devices and blueprints for inspection of machined parts.

We offer competitive wages, benefits and a RRSP plan. Please forward resumes to resume@ nexusengineering.ca TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call FILLED!

Howell’s Excavating Ltd. of Innisfail, AB is currently seeking:

Heavy Equipment Operators * Hydraulic Excavators * Dozers - Must be proficient at finish grade work. - Capable of working with minimum supervision - Have a valid Drivers License

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Labourers

For local work. Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop. MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

Applicants must be self motivated with good work ethics and take pride in their work and equipment. It would be an asset if you have Valid Safety Tickets, but is not a You can sell your guitar requirement. for a song... Resumes can be dropped or put it in CLASSIFIEDS off at 5608-49 Avenue, and we’ll sell it for you! Innisfail, or faxed to: 403-227-5515 or emailed to: howelexc@ telusplanet.net JOURNEYMAN POWER LINEMEN Structural Welders with rubber glove experience that are CWB certified required immed. for F/T with API650 experience. employment. We offer competitive wages & benefits. Please forward resume to Darryl@furixenergy.com successful candidate must or fax 403-348-8109. be willing to work away from home. Fax resume to 403-348-5579 LICENSED MECHANIC & AUTO BODY TECH. Reasonable rate. A.J. Auto Repair & Body 11, 7836 49 Ave. TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Call 403-506-6258 Requires LOOKING FOR 2ND YEAR WELDER OR ABOVE QUALIFIED For 6 month project in N.E. 3rd and 4th yr. BC. No truck or welder necessary. Fly in camp JOURNEYMAN job. Please email resume: ELECTRICIANS info@GTChandler.com or fax: 403-886-2223 With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages NOW Hiring Site Superin& benefits. tendants, Carpenters, Fax resume to: Apprentice Carpenters for 403-314-5599 Full Time Work in the Red Deer area. Fully paid WATER WELL DRILLING Benefit Package, Pension COMPANY IN BENTLEY Plan, Bonuses. Good REQ’S EXPERIENCED wages. Experience in the WATER WELL Petroleum industry an asset, Service Stations, Bulk DRILLERS HELPER with class 3, air. All safety Plants. E-mail Resume tickets required. to tedc@kellerdenali.com Meal and Accommodation OPPORTUNITIES FOR provided when out of town. EMPLOYMENT WITH TJ Fax resume with drivers PAVING. Looking for abstract: 403-748-3015 Exp`d Class 1 Driver to move equipment and haul material, and exp. Class 3 Truckers/ driver to haul material. Competitive Wages. Great Drivers working atmosphere. FAX CLASS 1 drivers req’d for Resume to 403-346-8404 flat deck work. Steady year or email round work. Benefits, exc. tjpaving@hotmail.com wages and safety ROCKY RIDGE bonuses. Successful BUILDERS INC. candidates must be hard is currently seeking mature working, must know your individuals for modular load securement and love horse barn manufacturing. driving as you will be Carpentry exp. an asset. traveling throughout BC, Must have drivers license AB, SK & MB. Please fax and transportation. 10 resumes and drivers abhrs/day, 5 days/week. 15 stract to 1-855-784-2330 minutes south of Sylvan Looking for a new pet? Lake. Fax resume to Check out Classifieds to 403-728-3106 or call find the purrfect pet. 403-373-3419

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Truckers/ Drivers

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd. is a progressive well funded and growing company with an excellent reputation for reliable equipment as well as safe and professional work standards. Phoenix is currently seeking a field/shop apprentice mechanic for our Red Deer branch. Phoenix also has branches in Grande Prairie and Ft. Nelson serving Alberta and B.C. A high school diploma and a valid driver’s license are required. The ability to multi task in a fast paced environment, proven ability to organize tasks and manage time, willingness to learn and strong interaction skills as well as First Aid and H2S tickets would be an asset. Knowledge of gensets and pumps would be an advantage. This fulltime permanent position would begin immediately, competitive wage depending on experience with benefit package after 3 months. e-mail resumes and copy of tickets to: humanresources@ phoenixrentals.ca or fax to:(780) 986-0763

860

www.ferus.ca

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman Grande Prairie

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

Ferus’ Operations division requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic to join our growing team to service Ferus’ expanding fleet of tractor & trailer units in our Blackfalds and Grande Prairie Bases. Reporting to the Shop Foreman you will be responsible for a variety of duties in a service oriented environment. Working in the Oil and Gas Field you will be required to work effectively unsupervised, have good working knowledge of Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer repairs, combined with a great attitude. A CVIP inspection license or the ability to obtain one is required. Due to the nature and volume of work some overtime and on call work will be required.

www.ferus.com

PROFESSIONAL

DRIVERS WANTED

Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice or Journeyman Blackfalds

Reporting to the Shop Foreman, this individual will be responsible for a variety of duties in a serviceoriented environment. The successful candidate will be willing to work towards their Interprovincial Heavy Equipment Technician certification and have completed at a minimum their 3rd year apprenticeship requirements. This individual must be highly motivated and mechanically inclined. Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including flex days, flexible spending account and a Group RSP Savings Plan. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #RDGP-MEC-0513 298182E8

We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Ferus requires experienced Professional Class 1 drivers with three years or more experience to operate a variety of late model liquid carbon dioxide and liquid nitrogen equipment out of our Blackfalds base. We offer: • Industry competitive wages based on an hourly pay schedule • Automatic pay increases • Training Completion Bonus • Daily per diem allowance • Recognition and incentive programs • Mechanic-maintained equipment • Travel Compensation PLUS: • Flexible Spending Account • Group RSP Savings Plan • Comprehensive Health and Dental Plan • Career Advancement Opportunities We offer a work rotation of 15 days on & 6 days off. Preference will be given to applicants with off-road experience. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment please send your resume & driver abstract to

humanresources@ferus.com or by fax to 1-888-879-6125 Please Reference: Driver #0513 Thank you for your interest; however only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Truckers/ Drivers

860

DRIVER/EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Req’d immed. for F/T employment. A clean class 1 drivers license req’d. We offer competitive wages & benefits. successful candidates must be willing to work away from home. Fax resume to 403-348-5579

Misc. Help

880

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

UPS is now hiring for Part time Early Morning P/T WAREHOUSE & FULL TIME DRIVING. Applicants must be physically fit and be able to lift up to 70 lbs. P/T Warehouse, Mon. to Fri. 15 - 25 hrs/wk. Driving Mon. to Fri, 10 to 12 hours per day. Alberta Class 5 license, clean abstract. This is fast paced, physically demanding environment. All candidates are subject to criminal record checks. Apply by online @ www.upsjobs.com or fax resume to: 403-648-3310

Misc. Help

880

ACADEMIC Express Adult Education and Training

Spring Start

GED classes days/evening

Fall Start

Community Support Worker Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

Anders St. Addinell Close/ Allan St. Abbott Close/ Allan St. Allan Close/Allan St. Allsop Cres. BOWER AREA Broughton/ Brooks Cres. Bettenson St./ Baines Cres. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

Ingram Close LANCASTER AREA Langford Cres. Lewis Close/ Law Close Lancaster Drive SUNNYBROOK AREA Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd. Sherwood Cres.

Misc. Help

880

FT CASHIER required Heritage Esso. Cash handling, receiving, stocking, cleaning washrooms, store, carwash, parking lot. Some high school, computer literate, some experience. Able to work w/o supervision, any shift. $10-$12 Mail resume to 6020-67 St, RD T4P3M1 Fax 403-348-0972 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

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s F/T kitchen staff, servers and front counter staff. Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car. ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK AREA Part of Dunning Crsc & Depalme St. $61.00 mo. ALSO Part of Dunning Crsc. and Dunning Close $62.00/mo. ALSO Denmark Cres. Densmore Cres. Donnelly Cres. $151.00/mo. ALSO 2 blocks of Duston St. & Dale Close $87.00/mo. ROSEDALLE AREA Richards Crsc. Richards Close Ray Ave. $58/mo. ALSO Russell Crsc. and part of Richards Crsc. $63/mo. Timberstone Area Timberstone Way Tolson Place Thomas Place Trimble Close Traptow Close Trump Place $188/mo.

F/T - P/T CLEANERS

3am - 11am shift. Need to be physically fit. Must have reliable transportation. Please send resume attn: Greg Tisdale gtisdale@ cashcasino.ca or fax 403-346-3101 or drop off at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

COMMERCIAL & oilfield contracting company req’s laborers for in and around Red Deer. Fax resume 403-347-6296

Currently seeking Newspaper carrier for morning delivery 6 DAYS PER WK. ( Monday - Saturday) in the town of Olds Earn $500+ for hour and a half per day. Must have own vehicle. 18+ Needed ASAP Call Quitcy 403-314-4316 qmacaulay@ reddeer advocate.com MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

Misc. Help

Lancaster Area East half of Lampard Crsc. $61/mo. ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area $76/mo. ALSO Leonard Crs. and 1 block of Lancaster Dr. $75.00/mo.

If you’re looking for a challenging position with one of the world’s leading snack food companies, here’s your chance to join the largest sales team in Canada as a Weekend Part Time Account Merchandiser in Red Deer, AB. We’re looking for someone who pays great attention to detail, has a interest in building displays, and can ensure that our product is always well stocked and looking great. So if you’re an excellent communicator, have great people skills, a class 5 driver’s license, and a flawless driving record, we invite you to apply online at www. fritolay.ca or fax your resume to (780) 577-2174 ATTN: Elaine Diesbourg. SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help 7 am-3 pm. weekends Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Trail Appliances has always offered excellence in sales, delivery, customer service, and after-sales support. The Company is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Red Deer locations.†

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Contract Sales Administrator

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for 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 1 day per wk. No collecting!!

CASH CASINO is hiring a

Part Time Account Merchandiser

In the towns of:

VANIER AREA ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

880

Misc. Help

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com WOLVERINE GUNS AND TACKLE looking to hire 6 P/T time and 2 F/T staff members. Candidates must be able to work at least one night (until 8:30 pm) a week and every other weekend. We are looking for 2 P/T gun personnel, 2 P/T cashiers and 2 P/T archery personnel. Also needed is 1 F/T archery personnel and 1 F/T fishing personnel. Please submit resume at the front desk. Fax 403-347-0283 or email:jamie_osmondwgt@ hotmail.ca ROBUST Cleaning Services looking for residential window cleaners. Exp. preferred or will train. Own transportation, valid driver’s licence. Call 403-341-5866 between 6 - 9 pm Start your career! See Help Wanted

Misc. Help

Part time Customer Service Rep Appliance Delivery Driver Trail offers excellent training and a competitive compensation and benefit package. Start your career with a well known and respected company, become a member of the successful Trail team by applying in person to: Chris Sturdy in person at 2823 Bremner Avenue Delivery Driver applicants apply to Colin Parsons at #6 4622 61 St. Riverside Industrial District. Security checks will be conducted on successful candidates.

Career Planning

920

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880

Red Deer WAL-MART South & North Locations are hiring for

• Warehouse Associates • Cashiers • Sales Floor Associates Please apply at

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Restaurant/ Hotel

880 www.yourwalmartcareer.ca

Good for adult with small car. ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Attention Students SUMMER WORK flexible schedule, $16 baseappointment, customer sales/service, no experience necessary, conditions apply, Will Train, Call 403-755-6711 www.summeropenings.ca

Oil & Gas Job Fair - 2 days! April 30 – May 1, 2013, 9 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre, 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4911 – 51 Street, Red Deer Tuesday, April 30

Wednesday, May 1

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

ABB Ber-Mac Alberta Flares Energy Services Bar W Petroleum & Electric Big Eagle Services Clean Harbors Ensign Energy Services GCS Energy Services Nabors Production Services Pacer Corporation Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd Quinn Contracting Spartek Systems Inc Sub-Zero Heating Technologies Western Camp Services Wolf Creek Metal Worx Inc.

Bar W Petroleum & Electric Big Eagle Services CEDA International Clean Harbors Coil Works CWC Well Services GenTex Oilfield Manufacturing Neetook Construction Phoenix Oilfield Rentals Ltd Precision Well Servicing Predator Drilling Inc Studon Electric & Controls Sub-Zero Heating Technologies Wolf Creek Metal Worx Inc.

Grand Reopening join us in celebrating the opening of the renovated and expanded Red Deer Alberta Works Centre at 9 a.m. on May 1. For other Alberta Works Week events visit alis.alberta.ca/aww

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 1, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 GMC 3500 SLE C.C. 4x4, diesel dually, tow pckg. c/w 5th whl. hitch, new tires, batteries, brakes, 325,000 kms. , $11,500. obo. Must Sell ***SOLD***

2005 CADILLAC SRX fully loaded, white diamond, cashmere leather, 7 pass. 4.6L V8, 152,000 kms. rear

1985 Dodge Camper Van ..Mini Motorhome Asking $9800.00 OBO. Ph: (403)229-2984 Joan or (403)845-6852 Pat

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 CHRYSLER Crossfire 80,954 kms, $12,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

1994 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $28,000 obo. 403-347-1050 or 403-304-4580

2003 KING Ranch 150 Loaded, Leather, DVD 4 Door, exc. shape in and out. $6600. 403-550-0372

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1996 GMC Jimmy red, new transmission. $2500 obo 403-596-0391

2003 SUNFIRE, 1 owner, 140,000. kms., good cond. $3500. obo 403-309-3580

2006 FUSION SE, 4 dr., p. everything, 68,000 kms. 1 owner. 403-342-2480, 550-0095

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2010 BMW Xdrive 3.0i 24,568 km. Sport & Import, 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

2008 DODGE 2500 HD crew cab s/b, 183,000 kms $13,500 403-346-9816

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 Honda Civic LX Sedan 120,000 km $10,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

2008 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 72,000 km Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave. 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 DODGE Magnum $9,888 , 403- 348-8788 Alberta Sport & Import

2006 TRAVELAIR As new cond. Used very little. Immaculate. Sleeps 4. New generator incl. $10,500. 403-786-1052

2008 JEEP WRANGLER Unlimited Rubicon $24,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2010 MAZDA 3 GT sunroof 33986 kms., $15888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

DVD, $14,250. 403-352-1863

2006 GMC C4500 Topkick duramax diesel, 4X4, auto, $44888 7652 50 Ave 348-8788 Sport & Import

1998 NISSAN Pathfinder Chilkoot 4x4, auto, $3900 obo. 403-342-5609

2004 BMW X3 AWD, lthr., pano-roof, $14,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2005 MINI COOPER lthr., 5 spd, 77596 kms., $17888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV $16,888 403-348-8788

2006 CHEVY Silverado. 186,000 km. stnd. trans. Exc. cond. $5700 obo. 403-392-1313

2007 GMC Sierra 2500HD SLE 4x4 Duramax $27,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

E300 4-matic, nav., sunroof, 77001 kms, $26,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE

2007 Mercedes Benz CLS 63 AMG 508 HP

2009 BMW 335i retractable hardtop

$41,888

gorgeous $38,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1999 Ford Crown Victoria LX. 206,000 km. Excellent Condition 403-309-2410

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 PALOMINO 2 propane bottles, c/w everything you would need. $5,500. obo. 403-896-5627

2006 Dodge Ram 1500 mega cab 4x4 leather dvd $16888 403- 348- 8788

2007 MONTE Carlo SS 5.3L, 71,000 kms, loaded $16,500 403-346-3844

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 BMW 745 LI $21,888 Sport & Import 403-348- 8788

2006 Escalade ESV Platinum Edition 22” Foose Rims one owner $21,888 Sport & Import 348- 8788

2007 TOYOTA Camry LE sunroof, $9888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 KAWASAKI Vulcan 900 Classic LT. 4,425 kms. exc. cond. grey/white. $6500. 403-596-1312

2008 MERCEDES BENZ

2010 SIERRA ext/cab 4x4, 5.3L 6 spd, auto, $15,500 403-346-9816

2010 TOYOTA Venza AWD V6, 34483 km, black, $13,200, sade@netscape.com

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2013 Ford Lariat

5th wheel 2013 Coachman 38.5’ Total retail price $169,300 Total net sale price $110,000 Phone 1- 403-650-8947

2013 WINNEBAGO

2009 FORD F 150 Lariat 4x4 loaded, tow pkg, 82,000 kms, exc. cond. $24,900 403-346-0633

Tour 42QD, Immaculate, Used one season, 11,000 kms, Fully equipped, DONT MISS THIS DEAL $299,900. 403-318-4248.

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2012 FORD FOCUS 5 DOOR SE

Stk #H35131A. Leather, Sunroof, Navigation, Traction Control, One Owner Local Trade, 68,686 kms

Stk #H35038BA. Keyless Entry, Traction Control, Bluetooth, Local Trade One Owner, 15,473 kms

24,990

2011 FORD FIESTA SES 5 DOOR

Stk #HP4916. Cruise, Heated Seats, Traction Control, Great on Fuel, Full warranty, 48,034 kms

14,990

2012 GENESIS COUPE PREM PACKAGE

13,990

www.garymoe.com Locally owned and family operated

Stk #HP5069. Leather Sunroof, Traction Control, 2.0t, One Owner, Manufacture warranty, 12,691 kms

24,990

2011 SONATA GL

Stk #H35213A. Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Traction Control, Full Manufacture warranty with inspection, 30,787 kms

16,990

2012 HYUNDAI VELOSTER TECH

Stk #HP50209. Navigation, Panoramic roof, Leather, 18” wheels, Traction control, One Owner, Local Trade, 21,872 kms

20,990

| 7632 Gaetz Ave., North Red Deer | 403-350-3000

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D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 1, 2013

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms. Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Children's Items

1580

WICKER baby bassinet, $20. 403-755-3556

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

1840

Dogs

MAREMMA puppies 6 M, raised with sheep, 8 wks. old, 403-392-7481 MINI SCHNAUZER, puppies, 3 black, 1 white, ready to go $625/ea. 403-746-0007, 877-3352

Sporting Goods

11 PIECE GOLF CLUBS, Spalding Centurion, bag and cart incl.†$ 120 Phone 403-347-5385 GOLF CLUB SET Tommy Armour 845S irons, 3-sw steel shafts, rh, John Daly driver, Nick Dent GH + 3 & 5 woods, like new Tommy Armour carry bag and stand, very good cond, $100 403-346-0093 RED Deer Gun Show May 4 & 5. Westerner Ag Center

Homestead Firewood Travel Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Appliances

1710

1860

Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

2 MATCHING Raspberry colored chairs, 1 is swivel. $25/ea. 403-755-3556 2 ROUND LETAHER TOP, DARK WOOD STOOLS for breakfast island. $15/ea. (403)343-3525

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr. Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325. 302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582. CLUB Chair, chocolate brown leather, like new. $150. 403-596-1312 CORNER DESK with hutch, rolling chair, printer cabinet with paper storage. $175 for all. (403)343-3525 IKEA EXTENDABLE BED, SOLID PINE. Mattress and guard rail incl. $ 110. Phone 403-347-5385 QUEEN SIZE PINE HEADBOARD with bed frame & matching 3 drawer dresser. $175. (403)343-3525

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

5 WHEEL HAY RAKE. Independent hyd. arms. Hyd. height adjustment. $5000. 403-845-3501 or 403-844-1954

Warehouse Space

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

3190

Mobile

Newly Reno’d Mobile Lot FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Wanda 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

3 BDRM. 4 appls. no pets. $975/mo. 403-343-6609

Exclusive Triplex On 59 Ave.

Huge & lots of storage, 2 bdrms,1.5 bath, 5 appls. Open concept bi-level layout. No pets. N/S. In-suite laundry. $1325 & UTIL; SD $1325. Avail NOW Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

3140

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm. Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl. Wanda 403-340-0225

3270

Suites

SENIOR COUPLE, N/S, non-drinkers, responsible. Moving from Camrose & need 1 or 2 bdrm. apt. in Lacombe. 780-672-5944

112 ACRES of bare land, located in Burnt Lake area structure plan, great investment property with future subdivision potential. Asking 1.2M 403-304-5555 FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe. Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

5030

Cars

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(Blackfalds) You build or bring your own builder. Terms avail. 403-304-5555

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Suites

3060

1 BDRM. $740; N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed. 403-346-1458 1 BDRM. $740; N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed. 403-346-1458 2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail now or June 1 $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

BRIGHT APT in the centre of Red Deer

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Houses For Sale

4020

BLACKFALDS,1/2 duplex, new, 1250 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., bsmt. finished, att. garage, 2 tier deck, landscaped, whte vinyl fence around, call 403-600-1804

2130

LIVE YEAR OLD LAYING hens for sale, Phone 403-782-4095

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

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rentals

2010 BMW Xdrive 3.0i 24,568 km. Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION

6th annual Calgary Premier collector car auction May 10 & 11. Grey Eagle Casino. Incredible line up of cars, including 1970 Superbird Hemi. Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102. EGauctions.com

2002 GMC 3500 SLE C.C. 4x4, diesel dually, tow pckg. c/w 5th whl. hitch, new tires, batteries, brakes, much more. 325,000 kms. very clean, $11,500. obo. Must Sell ***SOLD***

Motorcycles

5080

2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon $24,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

Vehicles 2008 KAWASAKI Vulcan 900 Classic LT. 4,425 kms. Wanted exc. cond. grey/white. To Buy $6500. 403-596-1312 A1 RED’S AUTO. Free 2006 YAMAHA YZ85. scrap vehicle & metal Exc. condition. Low Hrs. removal. We travel. AMVIC New fork seals & brakes. approved. 403-396-7519 Starts & Runs excellent. REMOVAL of unwanted Never been abused. Service cars, may pay cash for manual incl. $2000 obo. complete cars. 304-7585 Call 403-352-3182 or email firsure@hotmail.com WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, Motorhomes call 403-396-8629

2006 CADILLAC SRX,

AWD One owner, excellent cond. 186,000 kms, $10,500. + GST Duane at 403-346-8627 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o. 403-348-1634

5100

1998 NISSAN Pathfinder Chilkoot 4x4, auto, $3900 obo. 403-342-5609

5050

Trucks

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. Heat/water/parking incl. Call 403-342-2899

QUIET LOCATION

2 bdrm. adult bldg. lower flr. Utils. incld’d $800. mo. Call 403-347-4007

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

WANTED TENANT

1 & 2 bdrm. adult suite. Heat/water/parking incl’d. Call 403-342-2899

Roommates Wanted

3080

SM furn. room., all inclusive $375/mo. + $200 dd. Jack 403-986-1169

Main Floor of House Rooms For MATURE ADULTS For Rent

3090

Great place for garden lovers. 3 bdrms, 1 bath. ROOM with all amenities, 5 appls. No pets. N/S $600/mo. ,403-598-6474 In-suite laundy. $1395 INCL. UTIL; SD $1395; ROOM for rent, incld’s Avail NOW. small appls. & fridge, Hearthstone 403-314-0099 private entrance. $390. Or 403-396-9554 403-342-6945

2 BDRM., 1 bath condo in Clearview. Totally reno’d. Granite counter tops. Call Devin 403-588-9126 MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2550

Acreages

4050

4 ACRES, bare land, LAKE KOOCANUSSA, $79,900 403-350-0345 ACREAGES FOR SALE BY OWNER, 5+/- ACRES EACH: 1 mile west of Clearwater Trading Store, Caroline. Treed w/pine, poplar & spruce, offering scenic views of the Clearwater valley & Rocky Mountains. $175,000. Natural gas & power on property, Telus on property lines. One acreage incl. a rustic 2 storey log cabin & water well for $250,000. For more info call 403-722-4076.

4090

Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL By Owner. Sharon 403-340-0225

WANTED

14’ or 16’ wide mobile home to move into park. 1-780-465-7107

Income Property

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4100

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

CABIN #2 - Sandy Beach, SASK. Lakefront property, 1260 sq.ft., 3 bdrm., 1 bath. Tender Sale (800) 263-4193 or www.McDougallAuction.com

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GULL LAKE, 2012 Park model home, on professionally landscaped lot. Fully furnished. Too many extras to list. 403-350-5524 for details.

Businesses For Sale

4140

LACOMBE kids clothing store $45,000 403-782-7156 357-7465

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5110

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2009 FORD F 150Lariat 4x4 loaded, tow pkg, 82,000 kms, exc. cond. $24,900 403-346-0633

5010

1994 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $28,000 obo. 403-347-1050 or 304-4580

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6010

Warehouse Lien Act of AB.

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1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Beauty/ Cosmetic

1040

Contractors

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Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

1100

LANCE’S CONCRETE

Sidewalks, driveways, shops, patios, garage pads commercial. Specialized in stamp concrete. 302-9126

Computer Services

KARLEY

would like to welcome all of her clients, as well as new clients to join her at Headrush Hair Dezign! Located at Bay A 3440-50th Ave. Red Deer. Appointments can be booked with her at 403-505-8465.

AA PHILCAN CONST. Int. & Ext. Bsmt. dev., decks, sheds, laminate flooring, reno’s, etc.. Free Estimates Call Ken 340-8213 or cell 391-8044 Allan 403-782-7165

RAYMOND SHORES

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Fifth Wheels

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$299,900. Call 403-318-4248.

4040

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

5200

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft. Dbl. att. garage. $409,900. 403-588-2550

NOW RENTING MASON MARTIN HOMES 1& 2 BDRM. APT’S. New bungalow 1350 sq.ft. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer 2006 FUSION SE, 4 dr., Dbl. att. garage. Newer bldg. secure entry p. everything, 68,000 kms. 403-588-2550 w/ onsite manager, 5 1 owner. 403-342-2480 appls., incl. heat and hot www.laebon.com 2000 PONTIAC Grand Am water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., Laebon Homes 346-7273 2 dr. Saftied 403-318-3040 car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955 Condos/ Automotive ONE bdrm. ADULT only Townhouses Services apt. close to college, $780/mo., avail. May. 1, no pets 403-877-3323

2004 PALOMINO 2 propane bottles, c/w everything you would need. $5,500. obo. 403-896-5627

Auto Wreckers

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5030

5130

Tent Trailers

5020

Antique & Classic Autos

2006 TRAVELAIR. As new cond. Used very little. Immaculate. Sleeps 4. New generator incl. $10,500. 403-786-1052 1980 20’ CAMP TRAILER. Great shape for older unit. $5000 obo. 403-782-2669

5040

SUV's

5000-5300

By Owner ~IMPRESSIVE Modified Bi-level on Close in Sylvan Lake. This BEAUTIFUL home is 1342 sq. ft. on upper floor. It has 4 bdrms. and 3 Full bath. RV Pad, many upgrades and much more. $530,000.00 Email: mka8clr8@gmail.com or call 403-887-1715.

Large adult 2 bdrm. apt., balcony, No pets. $800 rent/SD, heat/water incld., 403-346-5885

5120

Holiday Trailers

2008 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 2008 PUMA 27’ w/slide. 72,000 km Sport & Import On site at River Ridge RV 7652-50 Ave. 403-348-8788 Park. Incld’s deck, gazebo, shed & BBQ. $18,500 on location or $17,000 if r e m o v i n g t r a i l e r o n l y. 403-342-6252, 352-6063

2006 GMC C4500 Topkick duramax diesel, 4X4, auto, $44888 7652 50 Avenue 348-8788 Sport & Import 2005 CHEV 4x4 extended cab 150, loaded, good shape inside and out. $6600. 403-746-5541 or 403-550-0372

Locally owned and family operated

CLASSIFICATIONS

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5050

Trucks

Pinnacle Estates

MORRISROE MANOR

3020

SIAMESE (3) KITTENS FOR SALE $50/ea. As well as some free kittens to give away. 403-887-3649

3040

ROOM for rent. $450 rent, d.d. $350. 403-343-0421

4160

Lots For Sale

2100

3010

1830

Manufactured Homes

3090

Cars Clean 2 bdrm, 1 bath. Coin-op laundry. Reserved parking. NO PETS, N/S. Avail NOW. $950 & HESTON 565A Round Baler Power, SD $950 Low usage. New belts, Hearthstone 403-314-0099 shedded, field ready. With Or 403-396-9554 operator manual & cab computer control console. FULL, newly reno’d bsmt. $12,000. 403-845-3501 or suite, 2 bdrms, inclds. utils, washer/dryer, some furni403-844-1954 FREE Weekly list of ture, 1.5 blks. from Bower 2009 BMW 335i retractable MF 5465 tractor, fwd, 100 Mall, tenant employed, cat properties for sale w/details, hardtop gorgeous $38,888 h p , 6 5 0 h r s . l i k e n e w friendly 403-347-7817 prices, address, owner’s Sport & Import 348 8788 403-347-5431 phone #, etc. 342-7355 LACOMBE 1 bdrm. $850; Help-U-Sell of Red Deer 2 bdrm. $950 www.homesreddeer.com 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 Livestock MASON MARTIN HOMES LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. New 2 Storey 1500 sq.ft SUITES. 25+, adults only 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, LIVESTOCK handling n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 $399,900. Dbl. att. garage. facility. 40 x 40 ft. sliders, 403-588-2550 sweeps, cow box, pens, shedded MASON MARTIN HOMES 2007 Mercedes Benz CLS $3000 403-886-5315 Keith 63 AMG 508 HP $41888 New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft. 1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900. 348-8788 Sport & Import Adult bldg. N/S No pets Dbl. att. garage. 403-755-9852 403-588-2550 Poultry

CLASSIFICATIONS 85 - 9 1/2 “ WHITE DINNER PLATES FOR RENT • 3000-3200 82 - 9” dinner plates with WANTED • 3250-3390 design $1.00 Call 403-728-3485 Acreages/ JACK HIGGINS books, 1 box $40 obo. Farms Clive Kussler books, 1 box $50. obo. EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW Romance books, ON ACREAGE IN RED 2 boxes. $40. obo. DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, Action Books, assorted. rent $2000 + DD avail. 2 boxes. $40. obo. 403-346-5885 403-782-3847 MAGAZINE table $25; quilt 62” x 76” multi colored Houses/ squares $30; dbl. blanket Duplexes $5; post hole auger 5”D 2 BDRM. in tri-plex, top $20; adult sleeping bag floor, washer/dryer, $15; Sony Trilatron tv/re403-872-2472 mote, color w/Star Choice receiver $14; 2 sturdy footCOZY HOUSE stools $4/ea; box of IN PARKVALE clothes hangers $5; 3 shelf urethane unit, white $18; Perfect location, 2 bdrms, 1 bath, In-suite laundry. GE Canister vac/attachments, works well $20; 2 Unfinished bsm’t. No pets. N/S. $1195& UTIL; SD braided nylon oval rugs $1195; Avail Now. $15/ea, 6 tall float glasses $ 3 ; 8 s m o k e d t i n t e d Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554 glasses $4 403-314-2026 Cats

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca SYLVAN 2 Bdrm. 1/12 bath 5 appls., avail. May 1, $1300 + gas & elec. 403-341-9974

Rooms For Rent

GLENDALE

2010

1720

3030

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $950 incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. June 1. 403-304-5337

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances Farm 403-342-1042 Equipment FREEZER, Baycrest 16 cu ft., works good. Very 2011 MASSEY FERGUSON DISC BINE. Like new. 7 Clean. $75. 403-347-3950 cutting discs, field ready. WASHER & DRYER With operator manual. Whirlpool. Exc. working $18,000. 403-845-3501 cond. $300. 403-887-3934 or 403-844-1954

Household Furnishings

Condos/ Townhouses

298563E4

Auctions

1110

Red Deer Techshop Grand Opening. Website design, pc/laptop repair. Call 403-986-2066 or visit reddeertechshop.com

Escorts

1165

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Massage Therapy

THE BODY Whisperer www.mygimex.org 4606 48 Ave. 403-986-1691

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

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Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial. Serving central Alberta. 403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

GENERAL CONTRACTOR Builder/Renovator Licensed and insured, Commercial/Residential Merco 403 392 8148

Mother’s Day Special Decorators Linda’s Chinese Massage For details call 403-986-1550 or visit massagereddeer.com

1310

PAINTING SERVICE Res./Com. Celebrating 25 years. 25% off paint. 403-358-8384

1372

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Massage Therapy

Painters/ Decorators

VII MASSAGE PRO-PAINTING at reaFeeling over sonable rates. 304-0379 whelmed? Seniors’ Hard work day? Services Pampering at its best. #77464 Gaetz ATT’N: SENIORS Ave. www. Are you looking for help viimassage.biz on small jobs, around the In/Out Calls to house such as roof snow Hotels. 403-986-6686 removal, bathroom fixNew South location tures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 5003A -50 St. 348-5650 SENIORS need a HELPING

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HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility. Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

Window Cleaning

1420

ROBUST Cleaning Services Now booking appts. for res. window & eavestrough cleaning. 341-5866

Yard Care

1430

GARDEN ROTOTILLING & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

LITTLE R&R YARD CARE 17 yrs. in bus. We have room for weekly lawn care customers. Also aerating jobs. Call Randy 403-341-3780

1310

ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

Painters/

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Bangladesh protests get violent PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER OWNER OF COLLAPSED BUILDING, GOVERNMENT ORDERS SEIZURE OF OWNER’S PROPERTY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAVAR, Bangladesh — A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to “immediately” confiscate the property of a collapsed building’s owner, as thousands of protesters demanding the death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured. A two-judge panel of the High Court also asked the central bank to freeze the assets of the owners of the five garment factories in the building, and use the money to pay the salaries and other benefits of their workers. The order came after police produced the building owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, and the factory owners in court. The order did not elaborate but it was implied that the salaries of the dead victims would be paid to their relatives. At least 386 people were killed and 2,500 people escaped with injuries when the illegally constructed eightstory Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24. According to one estimate, about 1,000 people are missing, indicating that the death toll could end up in the neighbourhood of 1,400. The collapse is the deadliest disaster to hit Bangladesh’s garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and supplies global retailers. Rescue efforts have now been suspended and authorities are using heavy machinery to clear the broken and crushed concrete slabs to get to the bottom floor, where emergency workers expect to find many more dead bodies. On Tuesday, clashes broke out again between thousands of garment workers and police in Savar, leaving at least 100 people injured, the United News of Bangladesh news agency reported. It said police attacked with

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Protestors march down a street demanding the death penalty for those responsible for the collapsed garment factory building, killing hundreds, Tuesday, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A top Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the government to “immediately” confiscate the property of a collapsed building’s owner, as thousands of protesters demanding death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured. sticks when the workers, who were demanding the death penalty for Rana and news of the missing people, tried to break the security cordon around the collapsed building. At least 22 of the injured were hospitalized, it said. The protesters also smashed at least 20 vehicles in the area, the agency said. Earlier, people had waited patiently at the site for news of missing relatives, holding their pictures and identity cards as they watched cranes lifting sections of ceilings and floors from the rubble. Emergency workers in hard hats used drilling and cutting ma-

chines to break up the slabs into manageable pieces. Ratna Akhtar, looking for her husband at a nearby school ground, wailed: “Give me my husband back. At least I want to see his dead body if not alive.” Most of the bodies have been handed to families except 49 that have been kept at the morgue of state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital for identification. Mahmud Ali of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society said many more bodies are believed trapped under the rubble of the building, judging by stench of decomposing flesh still emanating.

Willem-Alexander takes over as Dutch king after mother abdicates

MEXICO DRUG WAR

Mexican authorities detain drug cartel boss’ father-in-law BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal police arrested the father-in-law of alleged drug lord Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday in a northern border city without any shots fired, authorities said. Ines Coronel Barreras, 45, was detained in Agua Prieta, across the border from Douglas, Arizona, along with a 25-year-old son and three other men, Interior Deputy Secretary Eduardo Sanchez said. Coronel is the father of Guzman’s third wife, Ema Coronel Aispuro, who married the purported gang boss in 2007 in a mountainous town in Durango state, Sanchez said. He said officers arrested Coronel and the others at a warehouse and

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands Tuesday in honour of a once-ina-generation milestone for the country’s ruling House of Orange-Nassau: after a 33-year reign, Queen Beatrix abdicated in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander. At 46, King WillemAlexander is the youngest monarch in Europe and the first Dutch king in 123 years, since Willem III died in 1890. Like Beatrix before him, Willem-Alexander has assumed the throne at a time of social strains and economic malaise. Although the Dutch monarchy is largely ceremonial, he immediately staked out a course to preserve its relevance in the 21st century. “I want to establish ties, make connections and exemplify what unites us, the Dutch people,” the freshly minted king said at a nationally televised investiture ceremony in Amsterdam’s 600-year-old New Church, held before the combined houses of Dutch parliament. “As king, I can strengthen the bond of mutual trust between the people and their government, maintain our democracy and serve the public interest.” Hopes for the new monarch are high. For most of the 2000s, the country was locked in an intense national debate over the perceived failure of Muslim immigrants, mostly from North Africa, to integrate. In response, politicians curtailed many of the famed Dutch tolerance policies. More recently, this trading nation of 17 million has suffered backto-back recessions. European Union figures released Tuesday showed Dutch unemployment

Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, a Dhaka district administrator, put the number of missing at 100, based on the information received from the families of the missing. But volunteers from the Social Welfare Club based at the Jahangirnagar University say the official tally is incomplete because people have little faith in the government and don’t bother reporting their losses. Ahsan Imu, a volunteer at the club, said that based on information gathered from families at the site, at least 1,000 people may be missing. However, he cautioned that there

may be some duplication in the list. On Monday, a magistrate gave police 15 days to interrogate Rana, the building owner. He was arrested on Sunday in a border town as he tried to flee to India. He is being questioned on charges of negligence, illegal construction and forcing workers to join work. The crimes he is accused of carry a maximum punishment of seven years. More charges could be added later. Rana had permission to build a fivestory building but added three more floors illegally. The death toll has surpassed the one in a garmentfactory fire five months ago that killed 112 people and brought widespread pledges to improve worker-safety standards in Bangladesh. But since then, very little has changed. “I think it is a wakeup call for the nation, a wakeup call for the industry and for the trade unions,” said Shirin Akter, founding president of Karmojibi Nari, a Dhaka-based Bangladeshi group that lobbies for the rights of women in the workplace. Bangladesh’s garment industry was the third-largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy, having grown rapidly in the past decade. Among the garment makers in the building were Phantom Apparels, Phantom Tac, Ether Tex, New Wave Style and New Wave Bottoms. Altogether, they produced several million shirts, pants and other garments a year. The New Wave companies, according to their website, make clothing for several major North American and European retailers. Britain’s Primark has acknowledged it was using a factory in Rana Plaza. It said in a statement Monday that it is providing emergency aid and will pay compensation to victims who worked for its supplier.

seized four automatic rifles, a handgun and more than 550 pounds (250 kilograms) of marijuana. Coronel was in charge of smuggling marijuana for the Sinaloa drug cartel across the Mexico-Arizona border, Sanchez said. He said Mexican authorities began gathering intelligence on Coronel in January, the month when the U.S. Treasury Department levied financial sanctions against him. The U.S. agency said at the time that Coronel “plays a key role” in the Sinaloa drug cartel led by Guzman, who is also known as “El Chapo.” Coronel’s listing under the U.S. Kingpin Act bars U.S. citizens from having business transactions with him and allows authorities to freeze any assets he has in the United States.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima arrive at the Nieuwe Kerk or New Church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, prior to the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander Tuesday. spiking upward toward 6.4 per cent. That’s below the EU average, but a 20-year high in the Netherlands. “I am taking the job at a time when many in the kingdom feel vulnerable and uncertain,” WillemAlexander said. “Vulnerable in their work or health. Uncertain about their income or home environment.” Amsterdam resident Inge Bosman, 38, said she doubted Willem-Alexander’s investiture would give the country much of an employment boost. “Well, at least one person got a new job,” she said. Tellingly, one of Willem-Alexander’s first diplomatic missions as king will be to visit the country’s largest trading partner, Germany. While many are skeptical that the new king can make a difference where politicians have failed, the celebrations provided a welcome change from the hum-

drum of everyday life, and the popularity of the royal house itself is not in doubt. A poll commissioned by national broadcaster NOS and published this week showed that 78 per cent support the monarchy. The royal couple has also been active in the global campaign to fight poverty. U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon congratulated WillemAlexander and praised the royal couple for supporting the promotion of clean water, sanitation and development. The new king has chaired the secretary-general’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation. Ban also paid tribute to Beatrix for her “outstanding public service” and “for the important and positive force the Netherlands has been throughout her reign, in promoting international law, the rule of law and peaceful settlement of disputes.”

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Candidates for this position will need to be self-motivated. Must hold valid H2S, First Aid, and a clean class 1 license. All equipment is brand new and state of the art design. Employees will be required to work away from home on a 15/6 rotation.

DRILLING RIGS

• Rig Manager • Drillers • Derrickhands • Motorhands • Floorhands

Candidates for these positions will need to be self- motivated, hold a valid drivers license and all necessary tickets pertaining to the position you are applying for. These positions may require you to work away from home on a 14/7 rotation (drilling)

SERVICE RIGS

• Rig Managers • Drillers • Derrickhands • Floorhands

Candidates for these positions will need to be self-motivated, hold a valid driver’s license and all necessary tickets pertaining to the position you are applying for. These positions may require you to work away from home on a 21/7 rotation with opportunities to work locally in Kindersly SK, Wainwright, Edmonton, Red Deer, Slave Lake, and Grande Prairie.

Please send resumes to:

jobs@casaenergyservices.com or fax to 403-343-6240 CASA Energy Services is emerging as an innovative and engaging company in the Oil and Gas Industry. We allow for cross divisional training, and promote advancement opportunities for individuals that show dedication, determination, and dignity in their work. CASA Energy Services offers competitive wages/salaries and works off an industry leading job bonus structure in addition to CAODC recommended wage schedules. CASA Energy Services believes strongly in taking care of their employees and offers an excellent benefit package.

To learn more about CASA Energy Services, please visit http://www.casaenergyservices.com/

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 1, 2013

stock up & save view weekly specials at: realcanadianliquorstore.ca large 1L

98 /12 cans

works out to 0.92 per can

PC® Pilsener, Dry, Honey Red or Light beer 12 x 355 mL 589982/ 823779/ 814334/ 879246

large 24 pack

Keystone or Keystone Light beer

Corona Extra beer

9 10 10 8 98

750 mL

ood Ruffino Ravenswood IL Ducale V.B. Zinfandel

Bear Flag Red or White

Wolf Blass Red Label Shiraz/Cab

311030

168267

bonus

works out 24 x 355 mL to 1.00 per can 478160/ 922302

750 mL

Trapiche Oak Cask Malbec

125629/ 805630

395112

/24 cans

169568

bonus

50 mL

with purchase

while quantities last

/12 bottles

bonus

50 mL

large

with purchase

1.14 L

while quantities last

12 x 330 mL 266162

Smirnoff Ice cooler

/12 bottles 12 x 330 mL

31 21 17 21 28 98

750 mL

1.14 L

Zenato Amarone Classico

Bacardi Añejo rum

Silent Sam vodka

Gibson’s Finest rye

Smirnoff vodka

130708

164371

164358

282051/ 171062

277422

/24 cans

344019

or 10.99 each /works out to 1.37 per can

Molson Canadian or Coors Light beer 8 x 355 mL 488415/ 247486

PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE G.S.T. OR DEPOSIT

Prices effective Wednesday, May 1 to Sunday, May 5, 2013 IN THIS AREA ONLY

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We reserve the right to limit quantities. While stock lasts. Prices subject to change. No rainchecks, no substitutions.

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY & DESIGNATE A DRIVER • DON’T DRINK & DRIVE

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