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Bentley firefighters work alongside Lacombe Fire Department and Parks Alberta to locate and retrieve a boater who had become separated from his capsized sailboat and spent over an hour in the water.

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Boater rescued from Gull Lake MAN SPENDS 90 MINUTES IN FRIGID WATERS AFTER SAILBOAT CAPSIZES BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Rescuers saved a Sylvan Lake man after his sailboat capsized and he spent 90 minutes in the chilly waters of Gull Lake on Tuesday afternoon. The Bentley Fire Department received an emergency call at about 12:30 p.m. from a bystander who had seen the boat capsize on the lake. Bentley, about 45 kms northwest of Red Deer, is located just southwest of the lake. Deputy fire chief Ian McLaren said the bystander thought the person was in the water. He told the fire department that the man had capsized on the southeast side of the lake, near the Summer Village of Gull Lake. The Bentley fire department called on the City of Lacombe fire department immediately, as well as conservation officers from the campground, so they could bring their boats. Eight volunteer firefighters from

Bentley attended. Ed Van Delden, fire chief for the City of Lacombe, said that they were called to help out since they have a Zodiac boat. “There was seven of us that went out, but only two of us went out in the boat,” Van Delden said this afternoon. “Apparently, the person had been in the water for some time.” An Alberta Parks boat crew was also called out and an ambulance responded to the scene. “By the time we received the call and got out there, it (the boat) was a good half mile out or more out on the water,” said McLaren. The Alberta Parks boat and the Lacombe fire department boat were both launched from Aspen Beach Provincial Park. The eyewitness was over at the composting site, so he used his boat as well. All three boats made a concerted effort to track the man down. “We found the (sail) boat initially

and then they did a search pattern from the boat and were able to locate the person in the water,” said McLaren. The bystander’s boat had a platform so it was easier to get the man onto that boat, said McLaren. The 56-year-old man was wearing a life-jacket. He told rescuers that he estimated he had been in the water for about 90 minutes. The man was rescued about 2 p.m. “After we got him in, we started warming him up,” said McLaren. “He was fairly hypothermic by the time we got to him.” A temperature gauge reported the lake being at 15.5 C. The temperature is warmer than normal for this time of year, said McLaren. An ambulance transferred the man to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. McLaren said he didn’t know why the sailboat capsized. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

EDMONTON — It was a celebratory dinner, a night out for an Edmonton family because their toddler had finally overcome his fear of the potty. Two-year-old Geo Mounsef proudly got his pick from a Potty Prize Pail at home on Sunday afternoon, then went with his parents and baby brother to eat on an outside patio at Ric’s Grill restaurant on the southwest side of the city. “We didn’t realize that decision would be the beginning of the end,” his mother, Sage Morin, wrote on a Facebook page dedicated to the child. She described how little Geo had impressed a waitress with his perfect manners just before a blue SUV plowed onto the patio, pinning the boy against a concrete wall. Patrons and paramedics tried to help the child, but he later died in hospital. His father and one-year-old brother were injured in the crash. Morin, wearing slippers with a foot wrapped in bandages, attended court Tuesday with her husband and other relatives to see the driver charged in the case.

‘We didn’t realize that decision would be the beginning of the end.’

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STARS prepares to welcome ‘new bird’ BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF There remains one major holdup, but the stars have very nearly all aligned to get a brand new “big red bird” in the skies above Alberta. A faster, more flexible helicopter being added to the STARS air ambulance fleet was showcased Tuesday at the Red Deer Regional Airport. The shiny new AW139 copter, once receiving full certification from Transport Canada, will be based out of Edmonton and will be able to reach Red Deer in emergencies 20 per cent faster — equal to seven to eight minutes — than its older BK117 counterparts currently making up the entire STARS fleet. For Red Deer’s Brenda Schultz, the unveiling was exciting. Twenty months ago she fell 15 feet from a deck in Alder Flats, suffering injuries to her spine and head; a STARS helicopter came to her and transported her to an Edmonton hospital. “When you have an injury to your spinal cord, there’s swelling, and any swelling will make things much much worse . . . The longer it would have taken to get me, the injuries would have been much more severe to my spinal cord . . . Thank goodness they were there, because we need to get

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STARS flight medic Angela Mazzolini talks with Seth Weir of Red Deer aboard STARS new AW139 helicopter at the Red Deer Regional Airport Tuesday. there fast with an injury like this,” said Schultz. Schultz, who gets around in a wheelchair now due to her injuries, fundraised for STARS before her injury, and now said she likes doing so even more.

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berta raised over $26.5 million. In Red Deer, the Vision Critical Capital Campaign headed by Jack and Joan Donald brought in over $1.6 million during the 2003-06 fundraising period. Joan Donald, who spent six years serving on the STARS board of directors, said the new helicopters will be a great asset to the province. “STARS was missing out on a lot of missions, because (the BK117 helicopters) can’t fly in bad weather. “The other thing was that they could only carry one patient at a time,” she explained. A key element in the new helicopters — the second is set to be added to the Calgary STARS base this summer — is an ice-detection system and heaters in the rotor blades and windscreen, which will allow the helicopters to head out on missions in inclement weather. The new version, at 16.67 metres, also is 3.67 metres longer than the existing BK117s, with space to transport two patients comfortably in a space that is essentially a “flying intensive care unit.” “In the BK117s we can carry two patients, but it’s really cramped and we have to ditch a person or two (of medical personnel) in order to fit people in,” explained STARS president and CEO Andrea Robertson.

She was one of the many dedicated local donors at the unveiling without whom the new machines’ arrival in Wild Rose Country would have been impossible. The donor-funded campaign to purchase two AW139 helicopters for Al-

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A Red Deer Catholic research project is designed to give students career-oriented learning. C1

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Abandoned campfires cause more wildfires BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Only days after an out-of-control wildfire threatened the hamlet of Nordegg, abandoned campfires caused 11 small wildfires in the Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area on Monday. “On a long weekend, that’s status quo for us. There’s always abandoned campfires,” said Barry Shellian, fire information officer with Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Management Area, on Tuesday. “The phenomenon happens at the end of the weekend when people are leaving.” All the abandoned campfire flames were extinguished. Most didn’t go farther than the point of origin, except for one, located southeast of Rocky Mountain House, that reached 1.7 acres. Shellian said they all occurred at random locations, rather than campgrounds or parks, and were discovered by forest patrols or the public. Another wildfire that grew to about 2.47 acres before it was extinguished was caused by a farmer’s unauthorized burn in a field. About five firefighters had to respond to the field fire and the largest campfire blaze, along with a helicopter and resources. Shellian said most of the campfires were doused with some water by campers, but not enough. “Soak it. Stir it. Soak it again. Turn it over a few times until there is absolutely no heat. If there’s steam coming off, there’s heat in there. If you can, leave it as a mud puddle.” On Tuesday, the wildfire hazard in the Nordegg and Brazeau County areas was upgraded to extreme. Nordegg residents who were evacuated on May 12 were allowed to return Friday. A two-hour evacuation notice remains in effect. The Nordegg wildfire was being held, which means it wasn’t expected to grow past its current boundaries of 740 acres. Firefighters continued to re-enforce the fireguard in both the Nordegg and Lodgepole wildfires. The Lodgepole wildfire is under control. Since Friday some jurisdictions have lifted their fire bans. Clearwater County, which includes Nordegg, does not have a fire ban. Blackfalds lifted its fire ban and the partial fire ban for the City of Red Deer was lifted. Mountain View County also lifted its fire ban. Red Deer County partially lifted its fire ban. Residents may use approved burn barrels, fire pits, fireplaces, and incinerators and safe campfires. Open burning permits are suspended until moisture conditions improve. Sylvan Lake still has a fire ban in place that prohibits the use of incinerators for farm and acreage use, camp stoves, solid fuel barbecues (charcoal briquettes), recreational camp fires and chimeneas. Ponoka’s fire ban is still in place. The exemptions include internal household fireplaces and liquidfueled barbecues. Ponoka County’s fire ban is still in effect. Burn barrels and fires for cooking and warming are not allowed. Lacombe County’s fire ban is still in place but does allow for the use of burning barrels if they are covered with a metal mesh with openings no larger than 13 mm. Campfires for cooking and warming purposes are also allowed provided they are attended at all times and in an enclosed pit that is at least 30 cm deep or a fireproof side enclosure that is 30 cm high. Fire pits must not be larger than 100 cm in diameter. Stettler County’s fire ban is still in place and includes all open fires, camp fires, fires used for cooking, briquette barbecues, burning barrels, chimeneas, briquette/propane fire pits, portable fire pits including those contained in designated fire facilities and the discharge of all fireworks. For more information visit www.albertafirebans. ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Jasper Lytle, 17 of Red Deer winds up his throwing arm as he takes a practice throw during a track meet in Red Deer on Tuesday. Lytle, a Red Deer Kononia Christian School student competed in the high school division of a one-day friendly track meet at Lindsay Thurber High School. Red Deer Koinonia was joined by Christian schools from Sylvan Lake, Airdrie, and Edson.

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STARS: More flights “We think (the AW139) is going to give a lot more serviceability and that we’ll be able to get here more often when we’re needed,” she added. STARS flew missions to Red Deer 54 times in 2012, making it the second most visited community in Alberta last year. Pilot Tom Miles, who is finishing training on the new model, said he and the service will now be able to reach out farther and help more people. Not only are the AW139s 20 per cent faster with a top speed of 150 knots, they can also hold an additional 500 litres of fuel, extending their flying range by approximately one hour. The initial fundraising campaign was designed to fund the purchase of two $12-million helicopters that did not feature de-icing capabilities and to provide for a training and education centre. The helicopters were to join the fleet in 2008; one was bought at the planned price, but was then sold back when new technology enabled STARS to buy the helicopters with de-icing capabilities. Those helicopters cost $14.2 million each, with the medical interiors running at a cost of $2 million for each machine. STARS was able to use general funds to cover the rest of the cost. The arrival of the first helicopter was further delayed by the regulatory process, and even Hurricane Sandy hitting New Jersey while the helicopter was there. There are currently eight BK117 helicopters operating at STARS bases in six centres across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A third AW139 is scheduled to be added to the service in Saskatchewan in 2014. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

TODDLER: Accusations Local news media reported that the mother mistakenly screamed at a different man standing outside the courtroom, accusing him of killing her son. Later, she lashed out an assistant of the accused’s defence lawyer in a hallway. “Do you make a lot of money defending baby killers?” she screamed, before a police officer intervened. Richard Suter, 62, later appeared for only a minute on a video screen as his lawyer put the case over

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STARS pilot Tom Miles speaks with Red Deer resident Ruth Bower during a celebration at the Red Deer Regional Airport where STARS unveiled its new AW139 helicopter to the public. to Thursday so he can apply for bail. Sporting a grey beard and moustache, Suter was dressed in an orange prisoner jumpsuit and appeared to have a gash above his left eye. He faces charges of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm and refusing to give a breath sample. The allegations have not been proven in court Police allege Suter had an argument with his spouse before he got into his vehicle parked outside the steak house, then shifted into drive instead of reverse. Morin, wearing a shirt with Geo’s name, wept and trembled as she clutched a framed photo of him. Her husband wrapped his arm around her, then had to help her walk out of the courtroom as she broke down and wailed. On the Facebook page, called Justice for Geo, Morin detailed the day the boy died and ranted against the man arrested. She alleged he stumbled from the vehicle and offered no apology. “My beautiful, intelligent, funny and charming son, who was at the very beginning of what was supposed to be a great life,” she wrote. “The possibilities of what he could have been were literally endless and sky-high.” She said she is planning to organize rallies against drunk driving. “Please help me in my demand for justice,” she wrote. “We must unite and let our voices be heard. We will not let drunk drivers murder our children and receive a slap on the wrist.”

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Farm stewardship about pay off BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

‘WE HAVE SOME SENSITIVE LAND AND I THINK IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT WE PRESERVE CONSERVATION AND AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW AG TO GO FORWARD.’

Some Red Deer County farmers are one step closer to getting paid for environmental stewardship on their land. Red Deer County council unanimously approved a motion on Tuesday to join a partnership with two other counties, Vermilion River and Parkland, and Delta Waterfowl, a conservation and research group, to ask the province for money to pay producers for providing environmental goods and services. The County of Vermilion River is the lead applicant on this partnership and is responsible for administering the grant, and any Red Deer County contribution would be in-kind using existing staff, time and conservation partners. As a result, there would

— PHILIP MASSIER, RED DEER COUNTY COUNCILLOR

AND AGRICULTURE SERVICE BOARD CHAIR be no new cost to the county for the project. The partnership is requesting $250,000 over two years from Alberta Municipal Affairs’ regional collaboration program. Red Deer County’s foray into Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) was approved late in April as they became the third county in Alberta to join. “We have some sensitive land and I think it’s really important we preserve conservation and at the same time allow ag to go forward,” said Philip Massier, Red Deer

County Councillor and agriculture service board chair. “Development is an economic driver as well. To me this is a good way for the three of those to work together.” The program was first introduced in Alberta in 2009 when four pilot project farms in the County of Vermilion River attempted some environmental stewardship projects. Examples of those projects include building buffer zones around wetland areas to separate them from grazing areas, building duck nesting tunnels and animal friendly fences and seeding native grass.

“ALUS raises funds to pay a landowner to do the ecologically right thing,” said Massier. “If they take some land out of ag production they are compensated.” The partnership they signed looks at getting the funds together to pay producers. Massier said the county was thinking about ways to work on a conservation project and the need for extra funding. Prior to joining the ALUS partnership the county ran a program, off the creek. It provided funding and technical resources to landowners who wanted to manage their land

in environmentally beneficial ways, including water bodies, riparian areas, native range and shallow groundwater. Off the creek and another initiative, the riparian fencing initiative, saw 87 projects completed by 64 landowners to protect natural areas. More than 1,700 acres of riparian and native range areas, 438 acres of wetlands and lakes and more than 40 km of river stream were improved by the program. “In development agriculture and environmentalism have to work together,” said Massier. “We can’t not do agriculture, we can’t stop development and we have to encourage conservation.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel Centenarian donates 100 lights says time to move on after 9 years to brighten High Level bridge BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The mayor who stickhandled drawn-out negotiations to bring a new hockey arena to the Alberta capital says he won’t seek a fourth term in this fall’s municipal elections. “I’m tired,” Edmonton’s Stephen Mandel said after announcing his decision Tuesday at the Art Gallery of Alberta, a signature building that went up under his leadership. “I’ve always felt that politicians tend to stay too long and I’d always felt that three terms was enough.” Mandel, 67, was accompanied by his wife Lynn, daughter and grandson. “After 12 years at city hall and nine very, very busy years as mayor I believe it is time to open the door to new leadership,” Mandel said. “It has been a difficult decision. There is always more to do. Edmonton is a big, growing city and city hall must continue to keep pace.” The Alberta capital underwent an extensive change under Mandel with new buildings such as the art gallery and at post-secondary institutions. There is an extended rapid-transit line to the south side and two other branches are in the works. It was also under Mandel’s watch that the city began shutting down the

historic City Centre Airport, long the aviation lifeline to the north. It was a decision that polarized opinion, particularly among rural politicians who relied on the airport for emergency medical care. There was other controversy. The city brought some of the biggest names in open wheel motorsport to Edmonton for an annual Indy race, but the event hemorrhaged money and the final bill to taxpayers ran in the millions of dollars. Much of the mayor’s last term has been taken up with plans for a new downtown arena for the National Hockey League Oilers. It was a deal that collapsed and was rebuilt over two years as he fenced with the team and the province over funding. Councillors now are expected to reveal their own intentions in the days ahead. Mandel said he doesn’t plan to campaign for any candidate. But he has already let his thoughts be known on Coun. Kerry Diotte, who announced his bid for the mayoralty last week. Diotte has been a staunch critic of the new arena as being bad for taxpayers while delivering a windfall to the billionaire Katz. Mandel responded to Diotte’s bid by saying the one-term councillor’s work was “irrelevant.”

Provincial associate minister Frank Oberle will speak at a public meeting about services for people with developmental disabilities today, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Red Deer Sheraton in the Santano Room. It’s one of six meetings to be held over the next two weeks where Oberle, associate minister of Services for People with Developmental Disabilities, will talk about transformational changes taking place at PDD. There will also be an opportunity for feedback and suggestions from the public. Last week, hundreds of people with disabilities and their caregivers pro-

“We as Edmontonians have the opportunity to raise the curb appeal of our own city,” Mowat said. Mayor Stephen Mandel also donated. “How can I not match someone who is a hundred?” Mandel said. “I will give $2,500.” Engineers say it will take about 32 weeks to install all 60,000 lights on the bridge and hope the job will be completed by next spring. Once the lights are installed, it is expected to cost $17,000 annually to operate. Funding for the operating cost is expected to come from savings in the city’s existing street light program as well as existing operating programs in the city’s transportation department.

Landslide closes Alberta highway PEACE RIVER — A landslide has forced the closure of a highway outside of the Town of Peace River in northwest Alberta. The ground underneath Highway 744 on Judah Hill tumbled away, leav-

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A Hunting Hills High School math teacher problem solved her way to the top of the class. Shari Jensen was given the nod for the 2013 Excellence in Teaching awards. Jensen was one of the 20 recipients, made up of teachers and principals across Alberta, announced on Tuesday. The recipients will be honoured on Saturday at an award celebration in Edmonton. The recipients will receive up to $4,000 each for professional development. Excellence in Teaching award nominees are required to demonstrate leadership, creativity and innovation, and create positive learning environments. Nominations for the award are submitted by community members, students, parents and colleagues. There were 129 semifinalists from across the province.

tested outside the legislature against the province’s plan to cut $42 million in supports for persons with developmental disabilities. Since then, the province has decided to reassess its decision. PDD Central Region Community Board is hosting the meetings for individuals and families who use PDD services, service providers and others interested in the PDD program. Assistant Deputy Minister of Disability Services Brenda Lee Doyle and member of PDD Central board and management will also be at the meeting. On Wednesday morning, a public meeting with Oberle will be held in Olds, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Ralph Klein Centre at Olds College.

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EDMONTON — A drive to help illuminate Edmonton’s High Level Bridge kicked off with a woman the same age as the bridge making a fitting donation to the cause. Jessie Voaklander, who is 100, donated $2,500 to the Light the Bridge campaign, funding 100 bulbs to help outfit the bridge. Voaklander says she and her family were in a Model T Ford when she crossed the bridge for the first time. Dave Mowat is behind the project to outfit the bridge with 60,000 LED lights. As of Tuesday, nearly $340,000 had been donated by more than 400 people and 15 businesses.

Each light will be individually programmed and Mowat compared the lighted bridge to a piano, which can be played differently depending on the occasion. “Every single one of those lights becomes programmable so whether it’s the northern lights working their way across the bridge in blues and greens or it’s choreographed to an outdoor symphony or whether it’s a simulcast on a radio station, the sky is the limit,” he said. Officials say lighting the High Level will cost about $3 million. Earlier this month, councillors officially gave the green light to the Light the Bridge project, but not money — it will be funded through private and corporate dollars.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Senate, as a satire THE DUFFY MESS WANDERS DOWN A STRANGE PATH By most accounts, Nigel Wright is a standup guy. By most accounts, Senator Patrick Duffy is not. When news of Wright’s $90,000 “gift” to Duffy passed through the fan over the long weekend, Wright (wealthy enough on his own account) resigned from his job as the prime minister’s chief of staff. Duffy, whom GREG we are told NEIMAN was too poor to wrangle a $90,000 bank loan, despite having at least two residences and a base salary over $130,000 a year, keeps his job. And the fan continues to churn, while the prime minister who appointed Duffy and defended him through a week of dubious explanations of bad judgment, unclear legal requirements of Duffy’s job — and possible malfeasance — stands in the fan’s exhaust. If you published this plotline in a satirical comic book, only its followers would believe it. And only then for entertainment value. Duffy’s bread was buttered for decades as a CTV Parliament Hill chief correspondent on stories that fall far short of this for unbelievability. But he expected Canada to believe the following: ● That the reporting requirements of what constitutes a “residence” for the purposes of obtaining a housing allowance are so unclear, he could not even determine the spirit of the rule; ● That billing expenses for Senate work, while on vacation in Florida was a “clerical error;” ● That the $90,000 Duffy used to make an internal audit on his conduct “go away” was a loan he obtained on his own; ● That repaying the $90,000 housing allowance he collected “in error” satisfies the questions that triggered the audit, and that he no longer needs to co-operate with it; ● That he did not double-bill taxpayers for Senate pay, while he was

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being paid by the Conservative Party as an election campaign fundraiser; ● That he still deserves to sit as a senator and collect his pay. Over the weekend, CTV’s Robert Fife reported that the Senate’s internal economy committee originally found Duffy broke “very clear” and “unambiguous” residency rules. A “sanitized” version of that report was published, leaving out that bit, leaving Duffy and others under scrutiny some wiggle room to save their jobs, if not their reputations. Fife also reported that Duffy’s lawyers attempted to have him exempted from the Senate committee’s forensic audit. In what has arisen since, one needs to ask why. Are there other instances of doublebilling and clerical errors that Duffy wishes would not become public? Wright, who until Sunday was the most powerful unelected person on Parliament Hill, has been spun as a close friend of Duffy, concerned with

the embattled senator’s poor health. So close, that he handed over $90,000 of his own money to Duffy, to remove the onerous stress of poverty that would follow repaying the illegally-obtained housing allowance on his own. Without telling Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This seems odd on a number of fronts: First, agents of Parliament do not give other agents of Parliament “gifts” of $90,000. That just stinks from the outset, not to mention that the gift was made while the receiver is facing a forensic audit by an ethics committee. Second, insider sources are saying Wright and Duffy may be close, but not $90,000 close. Third, it seems out of the realm of believability that micro-manager Harper would not know about this, or would approve of such a gift, unless there were reasons far beyond poor Duffy’s health for keeping skeletons in the closet.

Another nationally-known former news correspondent, Pamela Wallin, has also resigned the Conservative Senate caucus while the audits are being conducted. Tory Senator Patrick Brazeau is fighting a ruling that his $48,000 needs to be repaid, while he also fights allegations of a domestic assault and sexual assault. And Liberal Mac Harb is indignant over his $51,000 housing tab. A comic-book writer could spin a yarn about a politician who got elected promising Senate reform, while appointing sleazebags into a system chiefly upheld by insider advantage, if not outright corruption. And then defending them, while his brilliant and honourable lieutenant falls on his own sword. But you’d have to be a comic-book subscriber to believe it could actually happen. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

The driving force behind Japan’s hopes for resurgence Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man. In his first, spectacularly unsuccessful go in 200607, he was a crude nationalist and an economic ignoramus who rarely had control of his own dysfunctional cabinet. By the time he quit, after only a year in office, his popularity rating was below 30 per cent and his health was breaking down. Last December, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a landslide victory in the elections for the lower house of the Diet (parliament), and as GWYNNE party leader he became prime DYER minister again — but what a difference six years makes. He’s still a radical nationalist who on occasion comes close to denying Japan’s guilt for the aggressive wars of 1931-45, but in economics he is now Action Man. His approval rating is currently over 70 per cent. In only six months Abe has broken most of the rules that defined Japan’s budgetary and monetary policy for the past 20 years, and he has promised to break all the old rules about restrictive trade policies as well. (Together, his new policies are known as “Abenomics.”) He has launched a make-or-break race for growth that only the boldest gambler would risk. Who is this guy, and what happened to change him so much? A resident foreign academic with long experience of Japan once told me that there were only around 400 people who really counted in Japan: they would all fit into one big room. Most of them would be there because their fathers or grandfathers had also been there, and Shinzo Abe would certainly be one of them. Abe’s grandfather, Nobosuke Kishi, was a member of Gen. Tojo’s war cabinet in 1941-45, a co-founder of the LDP in 1955, and prime minister in 1957-60. But heredity does not guarantee competence, and on his

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first outing in power Shinzo Abe was an embarrassment to the LDP. He has obviously acquired some braver and perhaps wiser advisers since then, most notably Yoshihide Suga, now chief cabinet secretary. Abe put several ultra-right-wing ministers in the cabinet, and it is Suga’s job to keep them from giving voice to their revisionist views on history. “Our cabinet will adopt a unified perception of history,” he told them. “Make no slip of the tongue because it would immediately cost you your post.” He also polices Abe’s own tongue: no more remarks like “It is not the business of the government to decide how to define the last world war” or “comfort women were prostitutes.” Abe doesn’t mind, because he has bigger fish to fry this time round. He has launched a high-risk strategy to break Japan out of 20 years of economic stagnation by cutting taxes, raising government spending, and flooding the economy with cash. One of his first acts was to put his own man in as head of the Bank of Japan, and order him to break the deflationary spiral by adopting a target of two per cent annual inflation. He has also promised to smash the protectionism that has hampered the Japanese economy for so long, although this will require him to take on the powerful agriculture and small-business lobbies. He has even promised to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an American-led effort to liberalize trade in the region, in order to guarantee that the structural reforms will continue. Structural reforms will have to wait until Abe also has a majority in the upper house of the Diet, which he confidently expects to win in the July elections, but already his strategy is showing results. Economic growth in the first three months of this year equates to about 3.6 per cent annually, more than four times higher than the long-term average of the past two decades, and the Japanese stock market is up 80 per cent since January. The strategy is high-risk because Japanese government debt is already the highest in the developed world: 240 per cent of gross domestic product. If the surge in growth does not last, the government’s income from taxes will not rise (it is no higher now

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Shinzo Abe has taken a distinctly different course in his second tenure as Japan’s prime minister. than it was in 1991) and in a few years the debt will soar to an unsustainable level. The country will essentially go bankrupt. Of course, the surge may persist; creating a perception of vigorous growth is half the battle. But why take such a risk? Probably because Abe is keenly aware that Japan had the world’s secondbiggest economy when he was prime minister the first time, and now it’s only the third-biggest. The country that overtook it was China. For a thousand years China was the dominant power in eastern Asia. Japan wrested that role from it in the late 19th century, but now it’s going back to its natural home — and Abe would do almost anything to prevent that. That’s why he takes such a hard line on the dispute between the two countries over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. But much more importantly, he must get the Japanese economy growing again, or the country will end up far behind China. To avoid that, he will take any risk. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Don’t criticize emergency staff; they must prioritize I am writing in response to Leo Paré’s May 17th Advocate column: Whose illness matters? A wait in the emergency room is never a fun experience and frustration with wait-times is something many Albertans can rally behind. However, and I cannot stress this enough, emergency room staff treat people based on severity of illness and injury. These health-care professionals who are dealing with Leo Paré’s socalled “drunks and idiots” do not have the privilege of making judgment calls based on how a person sustains an injury; these calls are made on how lifethreatening the injury or illness is. The emergency room staff is doing the best they can, with the available resources, in the situation they are placed in. So let’s just cut them a little slack, huh? If you’re upset with the system, blame the system … not the people working 24/7 to try and help you. And I can only speak for myself, but when I’m sick and contemplating going to the emergency room, I call Health Link Alberta toll-free at 1-866-408-5465 (LINK) and they do an amazing job at pointing me in the right direction. George Shaw Red Deer

Gravel pits endanger walleye and imperil two rivers I am writing this as a concerned land owner along the Medicine River at Hwy 54 and Range Road 15, in Red Deer County. There are two proposed gravel pit applications, one has already gone forward and been defeated; presently they have started the appeal process to reverse the county’s decision. The second is just waiting to see what happens with the first. Both of these applications would lay within the Medicine River aquifer, almost directly across from each other. The interesting thing about the aquifer is that water from the Red Deer River travels through the gravel beds and comes out in springs along the west side of the Medicine River in the aquifer zone. The reason for this unique flow is that where the Red Deer river crosses through the gravel beds on the southwest side of Hwy 54, it’s higher than the Medicine River. Thus, through simple hydraulics the water makes its way through the gravel beds and into the Medicine River. The great thing about the springs that empty into the Medicine River is that it’s a prime walleye hatching and rearing area. The fish are safe in these areas and grow until they are big enough to travel down the Medicine and into the Red Deer River. Where the Medicine and Red Deer River meet is known as one of the best walleye fishing areas around. As I am finding out, the Medicine River floods and every spring it breaks its banks due to ice buildup. As I was talking about hydraulics before, when the river is at its high spring water mark or flooding, the reverse will be happening — water will be pushed back into the exposed gravel pits, thus flooding them. In the case of one of our wonderful Central Alberta summers where we experience large amounts of precipitation, the Medicine will flood. Flooding water will breach the pits and flood them, thus carrying any contaminants the water picks up downstream. I work in industry and know that equipment leaks, spills happen, there is just no way to avoid that. So hydraulic fluid, oil, grease, antifreeze, mercury, diesel, tire fibres, break fibres and asphalt plant byproducts will be pulled

Council ignores public, spends without concern “Big spenders” or “non-responders” are two of the nicknames for our current city council and are two of the reasons there is so much anger from residents towards them. “Big spenders” was the reason that a group of citizens will be running a slate of fiscal-minded candidates for city council. The fact that there are a dozen people who have already announced they will be running in the October 2013 municipal election is a sign of concern that the residents are expressing. Red Deer First (fiscal slate) will announce more candidates than there will be social activists announcing their intentions to combat the extremity of a fiscal slate. There will be politicians announcing their candidacy based on self-interest and political ambitions, and possibly another incumbent. There could be, by my estimate, 24 candidates for city council so there is not as much concern for viable alternatives as there is for the mayor’s seat. Morris Flewwelling has announced he will not run again, and there does not seem to be much interest in this position, and that concerns a lot of residents. Will it be filled with a “big spender” and/or “non-responder”? If a “big spender” is elected, who will steer the city into a fiscally prudent direction? Who will reign in the bureaucracy who innately spend money as self-preservation and egos require? “Non-responders” became the reason for the petition for a plebiscite for a ward system. Too many citizens felt lost in a council immersed in the world of advocacies and grandiose dreams. They felt abandoned by a group of citizens that was supposed to be “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Extravagant projects costing millions to build, implement, correct, repair, or dismantle — handing the taxpayers a debt that can be measured in fraction of a billion dollars with little or no public input outside special interest groups. The city has announced that we will be having a plebiscite but they are still concerned that the citizens of Red Deer may not have the intelligence to understand the question. Perhaps it is city council that does not understand the question or the reason behind the need for the question? Perhaps that is the reason they have

become known as “non-responders,” because they cannot articulate an answer to our questions or they feel compelled to dumb it down before they respond? Another reason that the mayor’s seat has become a concern: Red Deer needs someone who can communicate with the voters, someone who is willing to take the time to respond to questions, understand the complex myriad of issues, and someone who is not just a politician with lofty goals. The status quo of “big spenders” and “non-responders” is not acceptable, and throw in areas that are overrepresented, and others that are under-represented (geography, economics, etc.) and you can understand the anger and desire for change. The time is now for proactive change. It is time for a reboot on where we want our tax dollars spent, what direction our city should be heading, and who should be leading the change. Would you not agree? Garfield Marks Red Deer

than the intended reminder of where our meat actually comes from. But surely if art is supposed to make you think, and prompt discussion, then that young student has produced an overwhelming success worthy of an A+ from us all. So, while I may not enjoy the art piece itself, I staunchly support the artist’s right to freedom of expression. After all, people have died so we may exercise it, and we must continue to defend it even when we actually loathe what people ‘say’ or how they ‘express’ it. In these days of creeping political correctness, street corner cameras, quasi-dictatorial politicians and insect-sized police-state spy drones, it is crucial that we defend such freedoms. After all if we can’t have freedom of expression in our art schools, then where will we be able to have it? Well done to ACAD, and everyone involved, for protecting the boundaries of our democratic freedoms. Lawrence Hobbs Red Deer

Reinstating art instructor Group home gave my sister matter of freedom of speech a happy, contented life It was extremely gratifying to read in the May 16 Advocate that the Alberta College of Art and Design has reinstated popular and respected teacher Gord Ferguson. What a dreadful mistake it made in the first place to fire him over the artistic actions of one of his students in the ‘chicken slaughter’ incident. By reinstating him so swiftly, they demonstrate that they are man enough to admit to their mistake and take action to correct it; though what they were thinking when they fired him I find it hard to imagine. Indeed, I can only surmise that they were yielding to lobbying from some politically correct pressure group or, worse yet, the opinions of some financial sponsor — individual or institutional. As the parent of a recent ACAD graduate, I have spent many a perplexed hour experiencing the art of those marvellous young people. I am the first to admit that I rarely understand their art, but there again, I don’t ‘get’ Jackson Pollock and his paintshop floors (one of which sold the other day for $58 million!), Picasso leaves me cold (even at his museum in Malaga), and both Dali and Munch make me scream— silently. I certainly don’t enjoy the idea of Ferguson’s young student butchering that chicken in the cafeteria — it reminded me more of Ozzy Osbourne

Regarding closing of the Michener Centre, here is my input: I had a disabled sister and she remained under the care of my mother at home. However, when my mother was in her final years, she had to find a place for my sister and the only option at that time was the Michener Centre. Later on, they started the program where patients could be placed in group homes within the community. My sister was fortunate that she was allowed to do this. My mother had passed away by this time. It was a true blessing that my sister was able to live in a home and community environment again, such as when she lived with my mother. She was so happy and contented, and thrived under the care of the group home staff. They were so caring and considerate and did everything they could to make this a true home. A bouquet of thanks should go to her supervisor, Marion, who is now retired. I was amazed at the kindness shown by her and the staff, who sometimes used personal time to do extra things for the patients. My sister has since passed away, but I am truly thankful for the group home community living she was fortunate to have received. J.T. Trynchuk Lacombe

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Thank you to the customer from a recent night at the Buck or Two, on the south side, who had the courage to confront a suspicious male who was trying to take inappropriate pictures up my skirt. My husband and I would not have even known this was happening had she not said something to the man and to us. Thank you to the store manager who asked the man to leave the store. It is so disheartening for the men out there who don’t act like this to have their good names smeared because of this pervert’s sickness. Please be aware Red Deer that this man will likely still be trying to do this in a store near you and you should confront him. Take his picture so we can find out who he is. It is my prerogative if I want to wear a skirt and I shouldn’t fear for my privacy every time I do so. Roberta Cameron Red Deer

downstream to the City of Red Deer and the water intake. The gravel pit proponents’ models say the Medicine doesn’t flood and they can avoid this. But we all know that one-in-100-year floods are happening a lot more often, and due to the nature of the aquifer area, the pits will flood. These pits are not much above water level — the gravel pit proponents’ own testing has proved this, so most of the time they will be mining in water and polluting it, which of course will make its way into the Medicine and Red Deer Rivers. So it’s not spring breakup or a flood situation, water that is still able to will be moving through the gravel beds towards the Medicine. Along the way, the waters will still be able to pick up these containments and silt. So as you can imagine, the walleye hatching areas will be a thing of the past and the silt and contaminants will be making their way towards Red Deer. I am new to the area and really concerned about the effect these proposed developments will have not only on the aquifer and the farmers who make a living on the aquifer, but all the water users downstream of these developments. Its really sad to think that these big companies show spite towards the county and their original decision. The county decided that these pits were a no go and it should have been left at that. I know how big companies work: keep trying until the people fighting can’t fight anymore and they will win. Well, the environment and the fishery need us to keep fighting. Craig McPhee Innisfail

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No new light shed on Senate scandal BAIRD TAKES THE HEAT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A “very upset” Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to settle down a scandal-rattled Conservative caucus Tuesday with talk of accountability and Senate reform, but shed no new light on the $90,000 transaction that cost him his chief of staff. Conservative MPs and senators heading into Tuesday’s caucus meeting had hoped Harper would provide more facts behind the growing scandal that forced his right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to resign over the weekend. But if Harper’s speech — opened up on this occasion to the media, a rarity — was any indication, they didn’t get much. “I don’t think any of you are going to be very surprised to hear that I am not happy,” Harper said in his first public comments since revelations last week

that Wright wrote a personal cheque worth $90,000 to embattled Sen. Mike Duffy. “I’m very upset about the conduct we have witnessed, the conduct of some parliamentarians and the conduct of my own office.” Harper didn’t go into detail, however, about just how involved he or his office was in helping Duffy repay living expenses he shouldn’t have claimed in the first place. Nor did he go any farther behind closed doors; sources told The Canadian Press that while MPs pressed for more details during the meeting on his office’s role in bailing out Duffy, they didn’t get any. The matter is in the hands of the federal ethics commissioner who can be trusted to sort things out, many suggested. “Trust me, they ask all the questions and they get to the bottom of the matters and that is the appropriate place, and that’s where the ethics commissioner’s report comes up,” said Labour

Minister Lisa Raitt. “It will be transparent and we will be accountable.” Ethics commissioner Mary Dawson confirmed she had “today launched an examination under the Conflict of Interest Act of Mr. Nigel Wright’s involvement in the repayment of a Senator’s expenses.” The commissioner had no further comment on whether Wright broke ethics rules by giving Duffy what was initially described as a gift to help pay back his disallowed housing expenses. The payment was used by Duffy as an excuse to stop co-operating with an ongoing audit of his expenses. The issue of Duffy’s expense claims is also set to be reviewed anew by the Senate internal economy committee, which Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird referred to as an “independent” body on Tuesday. “We look forward to the results of these reviews,” Baird said. The prime minister’s office said last week that Wright was not expecting

to be repaid by Duffy, but suggested there was an agreement in place between the two men. “The only stipulation on the money to Duffy — sent to him through his lawyer — was that an equal amount be sent to the Receiver General from Duffy on the same day to cover the impugned claims,” Harper spokesman Andrew MacDougall said in an email. CTV reported on Monday that a formal agreement was written up governing the terms of the payment but Baird repeatedly fended off a barrage of questions Tuesday in the Commons by saying there was no written deal. “Our understanding is that there is no such agreement,” he said. Benjamin Perrin, the lawyer reportedly used by the Prime Minister’s Office to draft the arrangement, also issued his own denial. “I was not consulted on, and did not participate in, Nigel Wright’s decision to write a personal cheque to reimburse Sen. Duffy’s expenses,” Perrin said in a statement.

Risk of ‘suicide contagion’ for teens after Canadians advised schoolmates die by own hand: study to be prepared TORNADOES

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadians face a significantly lower risk than their American neighbours of finding themselves in the path of a tornado, but should still be prepared to face the worst if mother nature decides to defy the odds, experts said Tuesday. The perils of tornado season were tragically demonstrated Monday when a massive twister flattened homes and demolished an elementary school in Moore, Okla. At least 24 people, including nine children, were killed during the mammoth storm which sprang up with less than 20 minutes notice. Canadians are far less likely to face such a storm, meteorologists said, noting the country’s geographic location offers some natural protection. Geoff Coulson, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the country sees an average of 62 tornadoes each year compared to the 1,200 that touch down in the U.S. He said the frequent combination of warm air from the Gulf of Mexico and cooler currents from the north leave Canada’s southern neighbour particularly vulnerable to severe weather. Despite the decreased risk, however, Coulson said Canada still employs many of the same precautions Americans use to stay out of harm’s way. “I think there’s a lot of similarities in the way people are getting information,” Coulson said in a telephone interview. He said 90 per cent of Canada is covered by weather radio systems that communicate with Environment Canada, monitor weather systems and emit warning tones when a major storm is approaching. Such weather radios are the primary warning systems in place in the U.S., he added. In both countries, warnings are issued between 10 and 20 minutes before a tornado is expected to touch down. American communities at high risk for twisters may also have an emergency siren system installed. Coulson said a handful of Canadian jurisdictions have implemented this system. Canadians who want to be kept apprised of serious weather developments should check in with local radio stations or the Environment Canada website at weather.ec.gc.ca. One place they can’t yet turn for information, however, is their mobile phone, Coulson said. American officials have started exploring the idea of looping cellular transmission towers into their warning systems. Canadian meteorologists are even further from realizing that goal, he said, adding that officials are trying to strike a balance between issuing timely warnings and lulling the public into a false sense of security. “We’re watching quite closely the developments in the U.S. with respect to linking in through cellphone towers ... but there still seems to be a number of hurdles that have to be crossed before we get to that point.” Canada is no stranger to deadly tornadoes. The Pine Lake, Alberta tornado was a deadly tornado which occurred on July 14, 2000 and struck a campground and a trailer park. Twelve people were killed. A storm that tore through Edmonton in 1987 claimed 24 lives. But Canada’s most severe tornado, which touched down in Elie, Man., in June 2007, did not result in any fatalities despite packing winds of up to 400 kilometres an hour. Savvy storm preparation played a roll in keeping human harm to a minimum, local residents said, adding many of those who witnessed the storm took shelter in basements or other low-lying areas. Such a move tops the list of government recommendations for tornado survival. The guidelines also encourage Canadians without access to a basement to take cover under sturdy pieces of furniture away from doors, windows or outside walls. Those who are caught out of doors when severe weather sets in are urged to get inside immediately, while people on the water are urged to come ashore. Coulson said such precautions are wise even if a thunderstorm is not showing signs of morphing into a treacherous twister. “When thunder roars, go indoors,” he said. “If you’re close enough to a thunderstorm to hear the thunder from it, the lightning that’s produced is close enough to be deadly.” The Canadian Red Cross urges families to take the time to devise an emergency plan. Canadians should decide on a safe shelter area, an alternative rendezvous point out of the home and an out-of-town emergency contact and share the details with all family members. It’s also a good idea to devise an evacuation route and make sure all family members are familiar with it, the organization said in its online emergency preparedness guidelines. Another key precaution is to make an emergency preparedness kit that will see both family members and pets safely through at least 72 hours. The kit should include food, water, batteries, a radio, cash, a first-aid kit and special items such as medications.

Teens who had a schoolmate die by suicide are more likely to consider or attempt taking their own lives than those who haven’t lost a peer to suicide — and the fallout can be longer lasting than once thought, a study suggests. That effect, known as “suicide contagion,” can last two years or longer, researchers reported Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The findings are based on 19982007 data from a biennial Statistics Canada survey of more than 22,000 children aged 12 to 17 from across the country. Researchers found that the suicide of a schoolmate magnifies the risk of suicidality for adolescents, even if they didn’t personally know the young person who died. “One of the questions they were asked was: ’Have you seriously considered attempting suicide in

the last year?”’ said senior author Ian Colman, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa. “And that’s a pretty serious indication of suicidal thinking. These aren’t casual thoughts.” The contagion effect was most pronounced among the youngest survey respondents. The study found 12- to 13-years-olds were five times more likely to have thoughts of ending their lives if a schoolmate died by suicide compared to those who weren’t exposed to suicide (15 per cent versus three per cent). Among those in this age group, 7.5 per cent attempted to take their own lives after a schoolmate’s suicide compared with 1.7 per cent who had not had a peer die that way. Teens 14 to 15 were almost three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts, while 16- to 17-year-olds were twice as likely. Researchers don’t know why

those 12 to 13 are so vulnerable, but Colman suspects the baseline proportion of youngsters that age contemplating suicide is low. “Many of these children, they’ve never thought about suicide — or never seriously. “And then suddenly they’re confronted with a death by suicide in their school and it’s the first time that they’ve had to think about suicide and the consequences,” he said. “And for the first time in their life, they might actually think about suicide as a solution to their problems. “And that’s exactly what we’re trying to avoid.” The researchers also were stunned to learn that by the age of 16 to 17, one in four teens surveyed had a schoolmate who had died by suicide. “We were absolutely shocked that the proportion of children that would report that someone in their school had died of suicide would be that high,” said Colman.

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford listens as people speak on a casino proposal at a city council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday. Ford ignored reporters waiting outside his city hall office in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine.

Toronto mayor stays silent about alleged crack video BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stayed silent for a fourth day Tuesday amid allegations a drug dealer had recorded him on a cellphone video smoking crack cocaine and making homophobic and racist comments. As the scandal that has garnered international attention swirled around the mayor, others were less reticent. In Ottawa, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau decried Ford’s alleged use of an anti-gay slur against him. “I just hope the words he is alleged to have used are not true,” Trudeau said. “It’s a sentiment that a huge number of Canadians — and not just Canadians of the LGBTQ community — find reprehensible and unacceptable.” On Thursday, the U.S.-based website Gawker and the Toronto Star separately reported that a crack dealer was shopping around a cellphone video that appeared to show Ford smoking crack. The publications said their staff had viewed the footage and taken notes about its contents but neither had purchased the video. Despite calls from allies and rivals to address the allegations more thoroughly than he did last week, Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office Tuesday morning. The mayor did address council for six minutes on a proposal for a city casino. However, he avoided the media after the vote as he returned to his office. He eluded reporters again when he ducked out of his office and drove out of city hall mid-afternoon. Ford’s only comment so far came on Friday, when he briefly described the allegations as “ridiculous” and slammed the Toronto Star report as a smear job. Ford’s lawyer Dennis Morris has called the reports “false and defamatory” but said on Sunday he had not received any instructions about launching legal action. The matter was in “pause” until it’s known whether the video would become public, Morris said. Gawker and the Star independently reported on Thursday that the video was shown to them by a drug dealer who had been trying to sell it for a six-figure sum.

MONTREAL — Three years of negotiations between Resolute Forest Products and environmental groups aimed at protecting Canada’s boreal forest have ended in failure, with talks breaking down over how much land to set aside for conservation. Resolute (TSX:RFP) said Tuesday it could not accept a proposal from environmentalists that it says would have threatened thousands of jobs in remote communities. “The final asks of the environmental organizations that were brought to us last evening were so extreme, were so draconian they would have forced the closure of multiple mills, multiple projects throughout Quebec and Ontario,” said company spokesman Seth Kursman. He said Resolute was disappointed that an agreement on a workable plan to balance conservation efforts with social and economic considerations could not be reached. “What they were looking for was land withdrawal that far exceeded anything that we were willing to do because it was totally out of balance with the three guiding principles of sustainability,”

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serve as a positive symbol of the force. The statement says O’Farrell was repeatedly subjected to a ritual known as horsetroughing — grabbed by the arms and legs, sprayed with cold water, then dragged face-down through riding school shavings mixed with manure and urine. Members then kick the mixture onto the subject’s head so it is caked onto their body, face and hair. While this hazing ritual had occurred to other members in the past, the practice had been discontinued many years before, the claim adds. On one 1987 bus ride, says the statement, a member used his finger to simulate a penis protruding from the fly of a pair of pants, rubbing it against her head as she slept while another member videotaped the incident. The statement also alleges bullying and sabotage.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes. Cook said the subsidiaries have nothing to do with reducing its U.S. taxes, a message he struggled to convey to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. “We pay all the taxes we owe — every single dollar,” Cook said. “We don’t depend on tax gimmicks.” The senate subcommittee released a report Monday that held up Apple as an example of the legal tax avoidance made pos-

sible by the U.S. tax code. It estimates that Apple avoided at least $3.5 billion in U.S. federal taxes in 2011 and $9 billion in 2012 by using its tax strategy, and described a complex setup involving Irish subsidiaries as being a key element of this strategy. But Cook said the Irish subsidiaries don’t reduce the company’s U.S. taxes at all. Rather, the company avoids paying the 35 per cent federal tax rate on profits made overseas by not bringing those profits back to the U.S., a practice it shares with other multinationals. Apple’s enormous, iPhone-fueled profits mean that it has more cash stashed overseas than any other company: $102 billion. Cook reaffirmed Apple’s position that

given the current U.S. tax rate, it has no intention of bringing that cash back to the U.S. Like other companies, it has a responsibility to shareholders to pay as little as possible in taxes. In effect, Apple is holding out for a lower corporate tax rate, and Cook spent some of his time in the spotlight to advocate for one, accompanied by a streamlining of the tax code to eliminate deductions and credits. Cook, who is more accustomed to commanding a stage in front of investors and techies than facing a congressional committee, took a defensive tone with his opening statement.

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JPMorgan CEO keeps job Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation’s largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three of the bank’s board members. It was a mixed verdict in a closely watched test of corporate governance at U.S. companies. Dimon emerged in a stronger position after the proposal to split his roles won just 32 per cent of the shareholder vote, less than the 40 per cent a similar proposal got last year. But the limited support for the three directors came as a rebuke of the bank following a surprise $6 billion trading loss JPMorgan had suffered last year. Prominent shareholder advisory firms had urged JPMorgan shareholders to withhold their support for those directors, who served on the bank’s risk policy committee at the time of the loss.

Insider trading retrial sought A lawyer for a former board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. urged an appeals court panel Tuesday to give his client a new trial, saying a judge had excluded evidence that might have led a jury to acquit him on insider trading charges. Attorney Seth Waxman told the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that Rajat Gupta never got a fair chance to prove his innocence. Waxman said Gupta was mad at Raj Rajaratnam because the founder of the Galleon Group hedge funds had cheated him in a joint investment by withdrawing his $25 million investment without telling Gupta, who had invested $10 million. At the time, Gupta was one of the nation’s most respected business executives. — The Associated Press

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ernment is correct in seeking out new trade deals, particularly in emerging economies, because they represent one half of the world’s imports growth and also are essential to securing a position in global supply chains. “To find and compete in new markets will require a concerted, multi-year effort by workers, firms and governments.” Carney has long stressed the need to transition Canada’s exports-based industries from reliance on slow-growing economies like the U.S. and Europe to fastgrowing markets in China and Asia in general. But the advice took on added currency as it was likely the last time he will pronounce generally on the Canadian economy for at least the next five years, the term of his posting in London.

Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining company’s plan to bring in 201 temporary foreign workers from China, but they’re celebrating the spotlight they’ve shone on the problems associated with the employment program. HD Mining International Ltd had come under increased scrutiny after arguing there were no Canadians qualified to do specialized work at a planned underground coal mine in northeast British Columbia. In its successful application for temporary foreign workers it had said the ability to speak Mandarin was an essential requirement of the job. Two unions — the Construction and Specialized Workers’ Union, Local 1611, and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115 — were granted the right to seek a judicial review of the process used to grant the foreign worker permits for the Chinese miners. They challenged in court the labour market opinions — documents that confirm a skilled labour shortage — issued by an official from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in April 2012.

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Mark Carney delivers his last speech as governor of the Bank of Canada before the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal Tuesday. Carney will become governor of the Bank of England next month.

Carney leaving Bank of Canada with country in a stronger position DELIVERS FINAL SPEECH AS GOVERNOR OF BANK OF CANADA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canada has work to do, but it is stronger than when he took over as head of the Bank of Canada five years ago, outgoing governor Mark Carney said Tuesday. “We’re in a stronger relative position compared to other advanced economies today than we were in 2008 but we’re in a tougher world,” he said after making his final speech as governor before departing for the Bank of England next month. Rejecting suggestions of being a “rock star central banker,” Carney credited a team of people that made crucial decisions. “I really don’t think you should judge your own legacy,” he said, adding it will take time for a full evaluation to emerge. Carney described his tenure

during the financial crisis as being “very intense for a very long period of time.” “I think by and large the right decisions were made.” The central banker said Canada can seize opportunities to build a better future more than other countries because it doesn’t have to repair the economy or worry about getting out of trouble. But, he said, Canada is less well-oriented to the sources of global growth than it has been in the past. It must focus more carefully on exports and business investment, Carney said. He calculated that exports are currently $130 billion less than would have been the case in a typical postwar recession. That represents about eight per cent of gross domestic product. Carney said the Canadian gov-

U.S. envoy to Canada to join BMO DAVID JACOBSON TO BECOME BMO VICE-CHAIRMAN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — David Jacobson is leaving his post as U.S. ambassador to Canada in July to become vice-chairman of one of Canada’s largest banking groups. Jacobson, 61, is joining BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO) in October. He’ll be based in Chicago, his hometown, where BMO’s main U.S. operations are headquartered. His tenure in the post was marked by several significant bilateral accomplishments, said Maryscott Greenwood, managing director on international trade with McKenna Long and Aldridge in D.C. “He presided over big developments on the bilateral front, including the Beyond the Border initiatives and the presidential permit for the new Detroit crossing,” she said in an interview. “He was extraordinarily successful in helping to forge strong ties between the Obama administration and the Canadian government. BMO is lucky to get him.” Jacobson, U.S. envoy for four years, is a Windy City lawyer who worked as a major fundraiser for Barack Obama as the junior Illinois senator ran for president in 2008. Jacobson arrived in Ottawa in October 2009 after the U.S. Senate signed off on his

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U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson delivers a speech in Montreal. The U.S. ambassador to Canada will become vicechairman of one of Canada’s largest banking groups after his diplomatic appointment ends in July. nomination. While a new U.S. ambassador has yet to be officially announced, another top Obama fundraiser — Bruce Heyman, also from Chicago — is the reported frontrunner. Sources in D.C. say Heyman is Obama’s first pick, but add that his nomination won’t necessarily be a cakewalk given enduring Republican animosity towards the president.

Public records show that Heyman, a partner at investment firm Goldman Sachs, and his wife, Vicki, have been donating to Obama since 2007. They are what’s known as “mega-bundlers” in American political parlance — in other word, top fundraisers. Both Heymans served on Obama’s National Finance Committee in 2012, helping to raise millions for his re-election campaign. The Chicago Tribune described Vicki Heyman as among the “local workhorses of the campaign ... regularly at Obama headquarters” in a report last July. The Heymans were in attendance for a Rose Garden dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in June 2011. Heyman has been with Goldman Sachs since 1980. For 12 years, he’s helmed the firm’s Midwest private wealth-management group, covering 13 states and the western half of Canada. In a statement Tuesday announcing his departure, Jacobson said he’d “treasure this experience forever.” He added he was “profoundly grateful” to Obama for appointing him to the job, and thanked Prime Minister Stephen Harper for allowing him to “make a difference for our two countries.” Jacobson also praised “the kindness, the graciousness, and the generosity of spirit for which Canadians are famous.” Bill Downe, BMO president and chief executive, said Jacobson’s “deep knowledge” of Canada-U.S. relations make him particularly qualified for the role.

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APPLE: Happy to appear He punched out words when stressing the 600,000 jobs that the company supports while adding that Apple is the nation’s largest corporate taxpayer. At the same time, Cook said he was happy to appear to be able to give Apple’s side of the story. “I’m saying it’s who we are as people. ... Wherever we are, we’re an American company,” Cook insisted when asked about Apple’s use of affiliate companies in Ireland. It was the first time an Apple CEO testified before Congress. Cook did so voluntarily. He appeared with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Head of Tax Operations Phillip Bullock. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the panel’s chairman, said Apple’s use of loopholes in the U.S. tax code is unique among multinational corporations. Apple uses five companies located in Ireland to carry out its tax strategy, according to the Congressional report. The companies are located at the same address in Cork, Ireland, and they share members of their boards of directors. While all five companies were incorporated in Ireland, only two of them also have tax residency in that country. That means the other three aren’t legally required to pay taxes in Ireland because they aren’t managed or controlled in that country, in Apple’s view. The report says Apple capitalizes on a difference between U.S. and Irish rules regarding tax residency. In Ireland, a company must be managed and controlled in the country to be a tax resident. Under U.S. law, a company is a tax resident of the country in which it was established. Therefore, the Apple companies aren’t tax residents of Ireland or the U.S., since they weren’t incorporated in the U.S., in Apple’s view. “Apple is exploiting an absurdity,” Levin said at the start of the hearing. The U.S. tax code contains provisions designed to force companies that sell their products overseas to pay U.S. taxes on the profits from those sales. But certain loopholes allow companies to legally bypass those provisions. The Irish subsidiaries are set up to take advantage of those loopholes, according to the committee’s report. For instance, Apple has shifted intellectual property rights, like patents, to its Irish subsidiaries, which means other divisions of Apple pay royalties to those subsidiaries for their sales. Intellectual property rights, like patents, are Apple’s “golden goose,” Levin said.

ECONOMY: Coped well Canada coped relatively well to the financial crisis, he said, noting that by the start of 2011 the country had recovered to the GDP level it held prior to the recession and that as of now, there are 480,000 more Canadians working than in the fall of 2008, when the slump began. It has been able to make the adjustments because fundamentally the Canadian system works, Carney said. Despite criticism, Canada’s labour market is relatively flexible, with labour mobility similar to that in the United States and about four times as flexible as in Europe. “Canadians are going where the jobs are,” he said. “Last year, there was a net inflow of more than 40,000 people into Alberta from the rest of Canada, a level of mobility that approaches its previous peak.” Carney said Canada also has a functioning monetary union despite the lament about provincial trade barriers and the two-speed economy caused by high commodity prices. He also praised what he calls “fiscal federalism,” the often maligned system of wealth transfers from have to have-not regions. Rather than a weakness, the system helps stabilize localized “asymmetric shocks” and share the risks, he said. Lastly, the central banker said Canada has been well-served by a sound and regulated banking sector, as well as low government debt that allowed policy-makers room to borrow on global markets to stimulate the economy.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations as lawmakers examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore. Lawmakers want to know the tax strategy of how Apple, the world’s most valuable company, based in Cupertino, Calif., holds a billion dollars in an Irish subsidiary as a tax strategy. a success this story’s been in highlighting to Canadians the problems with the program.” Specifically, those problems included the Mandarin-language requirement for applicants and the extent to which the company advertised the jobs in an attempt to hire qualified Canadian workers, he said. Cochrane said the court challenge raised issues related to wages, noting HD Mining was willing to pay foreign workers 30 to 35 per cent less than market rates. He pointed to an announcement by the Conservative government last month to overhaul the temporary foreign worker program. In that announcement, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney halted what’s known as the 15 per cent rule, a policy that allowed employers to pay temporary foreign workers up to 15 per cent below median wages, if that’s what they were paying Canadians.

The Conservatives also stalled a program that allowed companies to fast track workers from outside Canada through what’s known as an accelerated labour-market opinion. The overhaul also includes stricter application rules, new fees for employers and a promise of stricter enforcement by the government. “There’s been a lot of successes, I think, in respect to shining the light of day onto what’s going on within the country,” Cochrane said. Meanwhile, Penggui Yan, HD Mining’s chairman, said Tuesday’s court decision vindicated the company, but at a great cost, while raising questions in the international investment community. “During these months of litigation, the unions made many allegations — both in court and the media — which we frankly found appalling,” he said in a statement.

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But Federal Court Justice Russel Zinn dismissed on Tuesday the application by the unions, which argued the federal official was fettered by supervisors who wanted a favourable ruling and concluded hiring the workers would not hurt the job prospects of Canadians. “My instant reaction is I’m disappointed with the ruling because there’s not a doubt in my mind, I think, that what happened with this particular case was not in the interest of Canadians,” said Brian Cochrane, business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115. “It didn’t fit the intent of the temporary foreign worker program, but, you know, we respect the decision of the courts, and really we have to view as what

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 93.10 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 98.95 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.36 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.56 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.99 Cdn. National Railway . 105.78 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 139.97 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 79.39 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.70 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.90 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 35.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 48.65 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.30 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.08 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.40 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.82 Research in Motion. . . . 115.16 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.44 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.33 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.57 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.43 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 50.79 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 83.91 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.24 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.40 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.65 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 12.62 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.42 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.27 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 57.78 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.39 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.25 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.88 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.89 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.90 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.35 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.62 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 44.06 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.76 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Signs that the U.S. Federal Reserve may not put the brakes on its aggressive monetary stimulus program any time soon sent North American markets higher Tuesday. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 129.38 points to 12,742.43, also boosted by strong gains in the energy and gold sectors. The Canadian dollar was up 0.22 of a cent at 97.39 cents US. On Wall Street, both the Dow Jones industrials index and the S&P 500 again surged to record highs. The Dow closed ahead 52.30 points at 15,387.58, while the S&P was up 2.87 points at 1,669.16. The Nasdaq gained 5.69 points to 3,502.12. The increases came after St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said in a speech in Frankfurt, Germany, that the best course of action for the U.S. central bank is to continue with its $85-billion-a-month bond buying program, also known as quantitative easing. Investors had been worried that the Fed would begin pulling back its monetary stimulus since recent data has showed outlooks for housing and jobs in the U.S. were rosier than expected. Critics have questioned whether the recent record high closes for the Dow and S&P have been due to the relatively easy money coming from the Fed and how much the markets may suffer once the central bank turns off the tap. New York Fed president William Dudley reiterated those worries Tuesday in a speech saying any decision by the central bank may cause the markets to “overreact.” “Not only could such responses threaten financial stability, but also they might make it harder to calibrate monetary policy appropriately to the economic situation,” he said, according to notes of the speech delivered in New York. Investors will also be watching for the release Wednesday of minutes from the Fed’s most recent policy meeting. Meanwhile, the Toronto stock market surged ahead following a long holiday weekend, boosted by strong gains in the gold and energy sectors. Gold stocks were the leading advancer on the resource-heavy TSX with a 3.16 per cent increase. Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) shares jumped nearly three per cent, or 77 cents, to $27.35 while Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) rose more than four per cent, or 81 cents, to $19.88. The stocks advanced despite a decline in gold prices, with June bullion falling $6.50 to US$1,377.60 an ounce. The energy sector also provided a life to the TSX, with a 1.34 per cent gain, as the July crude contract dipped 75 cents to US$96.18 a barrel. The June crude finished by dropping 55 cents to US$96.16 a barrel. EnCana Corp. (TSX:ECA) rose 3.7 per cent, or 72 cents, to C$20.16 and shares in Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) were up $1.27 at $31.66. Meanwhile, metal and mining stocks also climbed, up 1.25 per cent, as the price of copper dropped two cents to US$3.34 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) was ahead 1.82 per cent, or 51 cents, at C$28.49 while shares in Thompson Creek Metals (TSX:TCM) were up nearly four per cent, or 12 cents, at $3.64. Outgoing Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney delivered his last scheduled public speech Tuesday in Montreal, where he urged the country to seize its natural advantages. Carney told a crowd at the board of trade that the Canadian financial and economic system has served it well during the recent recession and in the current recovery, but the country shouldn’t rest on its laurels and just wait until the rest of the G7 countries repair their economies. His speech had little impact on the markets, as investors are more interested now in what incoming governor Stephen Poloz will say when he assumes the role at the beginning of June. Meanwhile, it was pretty quiet on the corporate front, as Home Depot (NYSE:HD) reported an 18 per cent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery. The world’s biggest home improvement chain also boosted its fullyear earnings and revenue forecasts. Its shares closed ahead 2.54 per cent, or $1.95, to US$78.71. For the three months that ended May 5, Home Depot Inc. earned US$1.23 billion, or 83 cents per share, up from US$1.04 billion, or 68 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts had predicted earnings of 76 cents per share. At a special hearing, executives

Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.49 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 27.59 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 44.91 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.89 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.36 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 50.86 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 31.66 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.81 Canyon Services Group. 11.32 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.95 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.750 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.16 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.44 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 92.80 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 44.83 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.65 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 40.76 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.20 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.06 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.830 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 8.92 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.83 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.15 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.42 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.43 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.61 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 63.03 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.74 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.87 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.59 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 29.25 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 49.32 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 59.72 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.15 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 75.23 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.40 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 63.86 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 30.29 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.04

at Apple Inc. (TSX:AAPL) disputed assertions by the U.S. Senate that the company avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes by shifting its profits to foreign affiliates. Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services company, voted to let chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon keep both his jobs. At the bank’s annual meeting, just 32 per cent of shareholders voted for a non-binding measure that would have advised the bank to split the roles. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Tuesday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,742.43 up 129.38 points TSX Venture Exchange — 939.41 up 4.74 points TSX 60 — 731.13 up 7.72 points Dow — 15,387.58 up 52.30 points, record high

INTEREST RATES THIS WEEK Prime rate this week: 3.0% (Unchanged)

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This chart is compiled by the Advocate each week with figures supplied by financial institutions operating locally. Term deposit rates are for $5,000 balances, while guaranteed investment certificates are for $1,000 balances. Figures are subject to change without notice. S&P 500 — 1,669.16 up 2.87 points, record high Nasdaq — 3,502.12, up 5.69 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 97.39 cents US, up 0.22 of a cent Pound — C$1.5557, down 0.51 of a cent Euro — C$1.3253, up 0.50 of a cent Euro — US$1.2907, up 0.77 of a cent Oil futures: US$96.16 per barrel, down 55 cents (June contract) US$96.18 per barrel, down 75 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,377.60 per ounce, down $6.50 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.936 per oz., down 4.3 cents $769.54 kg., down $1.38 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 939.41, up 4.74 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 135.50 million shares. ICE Futures Canada WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’13 $5.70 higher $642.50; Nov. ’13 $3.50 lower $547.80; Jan. ’14 $3.30 lower $549.20; March ’14 $3.30 lower $546.00; May ’14 $3.30 lower $540.60; July ’14 $3.30 lower $538.70; Nov. ’14 $3.30 lower $514.30; Jan ’15 $3.30 lower $514.30; March ’15 $3.30 lower $514.30; May ’15 $3.30 lower $514.30; July ’15 $3.30 lower $514.30. Barley (Western): 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: 285,720 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 285,720.

Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices. Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday as the nation’s new energy chief, said he promised during his confirmation hearing that he would “review what’s out there” before acting on proposals to export natural gas. Among the things Moniz said he wants to review is whether the data in the studies are outdated. A study commissioned by the Energy Department concluded last year that exporting natural gas would benefit the U.S. economy even if it led to higher domestic prices for the fuel. Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and other critics have said the DOE study was flawed and relied on old data and unrealistic market assumptions. Moniz, speaking after a brief speech

to a forum on global energy efficiency, said he wants to complete his review as quickly as possible. “Right now we have no plans of commissioning new studies, but everything’s on the table until I have done my analysis,” he said. “That’s my commitment to Chairman Wyden.” Many U.S. energy companies are hoping to take advantage of an ongoing natural gas boom by exporting liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to Europe and Asia, where prices are far higher. About 20 applications to export LNG to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States are pending. Business groups support LNG exports as a way to create thousands of jobs and spur more U.S. production. Consumer advocates and some manufacturers that use natural gas as a raw material or fuel source oppose exports, saying they could drive up domestic prices and increase manufacturing costs. Many environmental groups also oppose LNG exports because of fears that increased drilling could lead to environmental problems.

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Rangers down to last life EMMANUEL ARCENEAUX

RECEIVER RETURNS TO LIONS Wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux is returning to the B.C. Lions. The Lions announced Tuesday that Arceneaux has reached an agreement with the team. Arceneaux played the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Lions before spending two years in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins and New York Jets. Arceneaux made three NFL regular season appearances all coming in 2011 with the Vikings, recording one reception for 10 yards. Prior to his departure, Arceneaux appeared in 36 regular season games for the Lions, compiling 130 receptions for 1,972 yards and 12 touchdowns. He had another 269 yards on 17 receptions in three playoff appearances.

Today

● Track and field: Senior high area meet, Lindsay Thurber, 10 a.m. start. ● Senior high girls rugby: Olds at Lacombe, 4:15 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, Rocky Mountain House at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m., Titans Park. ● Senior high boys rugby: Hunting Hills at David Thompson, Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, 4:15 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Boston Pizza vs. Cruisin’ Auto, 9:30 p.m., Dawe.

LATE GOAL GIVES BRUINS WIN AND 3-0 SERIES LEAD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bruins 2 Rangers 1 NEW YORK — It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs. Beantown’s Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the long-awaited gettogether in a hurry. Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period — after defenceman Johnny Boychuk got the Bruins even earlier in the frame — and Boston put the Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night. Boston leads the series 3-0 and can advance to the conference finals as early as Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Only three NHL teams have rallied from an 0-3 hole to advance. However, the Philadelphia Flyers did it to the Bruins in 2010 in this round. “We can talk about it all we want, but that’s in the past,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “We had to live with that and we still have to live with that.” Boston also nearly blew a 3-1 series edge in the opening round this year against Toronto, before rallying from a three-goal deficit in the

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Boston Bruins’ Tyler Seguin can’t get the puck past New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist during the first period in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs in New York Tuesday. third period and capturing Game 7 in overtime. “The Toronto series, I didn’t think our team was in the zone the way it is right now,” Julien said. “I anticipate — knowing my team — that we’re going to come out the same next game and certainly not be the Jekyll and Hyde team that we were in the first round.” The Bruins trailed 1-0 heading into the third, but Boychuk tied it with his fourth of the playoffs after he netted just one in 44 regular-season games. The Rangers hadn’t lost in regulation when leading after two

Friday

● Senior high girls soccer: Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, Alix at Notre Dame (at Collicutt West), 4:15 p.m. ● Senior high boys soccer: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame (at Collicutt West), Alix at Innisfail, 4:15 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.

who were outscored 8-4 in two losses at Boston to begin the series. New York had won nine straight at home, including three in the playoffs against Washington in the first round. Lundqvist was sharp until the third period and finished with 32 saves. He bounced back well after an uncharacteristic performance in which he allowed five goals in the Game 2 loss. “You have to be pretty happy with the situation right now,” said Tuukka Rask, who made 23 saves for Boston. “We were really happy with our ef-

fort, I think this was our best defensive effort in a long, long time. So we just have to stay calm, keep playing our style of hockey and good things will happen.” New York’s task is now most difficult. The Rangers were already trying to become the first NHL team to ever rebound from 0-2 holes to win consecutive series. “You can’t look at it as you have to win four games,” Lundqvist said. “You just have to focus on the next one. The season is on the line, so you have to leave everything out there.”

Blue Jays’ rally comes up short against Rays BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Thursday

● Senior high girls soccer: Sylvan Lake at Central Alberta Christian, 4:15 p.m., Michener Park. ● Senior high boys soccer: Central Alberta Christian at Lacombe, Olds at Sylvan Lake, 4:15 p.m. ● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports vs. The Hideout, doubleheader starting at 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1; Lacombe Stone and Granite at Gary Moe Volkswagen, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Women’s fastball: N. Jensen’s Bandits vs. Snell and Oslund Badgers, Shooters vs. Central Alberta Threat, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Midget Rage at Stettler Heat, 7 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Boston Pizza vs. Sharks, 7 p.m., Trican CMT vs. Long Ball, 8:15 p.m., ATB Bears vs. Ferus Gas Industries, 9:30 p.m., all games Dawe; Tommy Gun’s vs. Brewhouse, 7 p.m., Details Devils vs. Braves, 8:15 p.m., JMAA Architecture vs. Mariners, 9:30 p.m., all games at Kinsmen B.

periods since Feb. 4, 2010. Boston thought it had grabbed the lead seconds before Paille scored when a shot deflected off the mask of Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, popped up in the air and landed on the goal line. Lundqvist couldn’t find it before Paille swooped in from behind the net and poked in the puck. “I thought we played a pretty strong game,” Lundqvist said, “but we came up short again and it definitely hurts.” Taylor Pyatt had made it 1-0 in the second period for the Rangers,

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Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Yunel Escobar turns a double play on Toronto Blue Jays Adam Lind during eighth inning action in Toronto on Tuesday.

Rays 4 Blue Jays 3 TORONTO — Right-hander Ramon Ortiz has done a decent job filling in for Toronto’s banged-up rotation over his last two starts. He was rewarded with another start Tuesday night and made his first appearance against the Tampa Bay Rays this season. It didn’t take them long to figure him out. The Rays scored twice in the second inning and knocked Ortiz out of the game in a two-run third as Tampa Bay held off Toronto 4-3 at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays chipped away at the deficit but Fernando Rodney struck out Melky Cabrera with a runner on first to end the game. Toronto manager John Gibbons said Ortiz just didn’t have it tonight. “His command was off and that’s something he needs,” he said. “And (he was missing) up - if it was down it’s a little bit different but it was up. He’s pitched great for us, he really has. This is one of those nights. “But we had a chance, we had a chance late but we just didn’t come out on top.” Colby Rasmus, who hit a solo homer in the fifth inning, doubled in the ninth and eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it a one-run game. Munenori Kawasaki reached base on a walk but was stranded when Rodney got Cabrera looking on a pitch that could have gone either way. “Right there at the end, that’s a pretty tough call,” Rasmus said. “It leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth. But that’s baseball.”

Cabrera voiced his displeasure with the call before slowly walking back to the dugout. Rodney earned his ninth save as the Rays ended Toronto’s four-game home winning streak. Gibbons said he didn’t think it looked like a strike but Toronto can’t use the call as an excuse. “He’s always been a pitcher’s ump and he did it for both sides,” Gibbons said. “I mean we benefited from that too.” Ortiz, a 12-year major-league veteran who spent part of the season at triple-A Buffalo, lasted just 2 1-3 innings. He threw five solid innings in his first start of the year May 10 at Boston and followed it up with a strong seven-inning performance five days later at home against San Francisco. “I didn’t have my best game today but I feel so happy because I have a lot of confidence in all my pitches,” Ortiz said. “I know that everything can change. In five days I’ll be fine.” Ortiz gave up six hits and four earned runs. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb (5-2) recorded his seventh quality start of the year, allowing three hits and one earned run over 6 1-3 innings. “I kind of felt like it was my worst game, stuff-wise,” Cobb said. “When you have a quality outing without your best stuff, you’re very pleased.” Kelly Johnson and Desmond Jennings homered for the Rays (24-21), who have won five of their last six road games. With the loss, the Blue Jays fell deeper into the American League East basement at 18-27. The finale of the three-game set is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Mooseheads rout Knights to guarantee a semifinal spot BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Mooseheads 9 Knights 2 SASKATOON - Martin Frk had a hat trick and an assist and Darcy Ashley also scored twice and had an assist of his own Tuesday as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the London Knights 9-2 in the final roundrobin game for both teams at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. Stefan Fournier added a goal and an assist, while Brent Andrews, Ryan Falkenham and Luca Ciampini also scored for Halifax (2-1), which booked a spot in at least Friday’s semifinal with a clinical offensive performance. Zachary Fucale made 26 saves for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champions, who led 5-0 after the first period and 8-2 after the second before taking their foot off the gas in the third. Top prospects Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin each added three assists. The focus of the tournament

MEMORIAL CUP now turns to Wednesday’s final round-robin game between the Western Hockey League champion Portland Winterhawks (1-1) and the host Saskatoon Blades (1-1). A victory for Portland puts the Mooseheads directly into Sunday’s championship game, while a Saskatoon win means the Blades will go right to the final, with Halifax having to settle for a spot in the semifinal. Seth Griffith and Matt Rupert had the goals for the Knights (12), who will take on the loser of Saskatoon-Portland in Thursday’s tiebreaker. The winner of that one moves on to the semi. Jake Patterson, who was making his first start of the tournament, stopped 6 of 11 shots for London in a disastrous first period before being replaced by Anthony Stolarz at the start of second. Stolarz was pulled after giving up five goals on 31 shots in the Ontario Hockey League

champions’ 6-3 loss to Portland on Monday. He finished with 22 saves on Tuesday. Coming off Sunday’s 5-2 upset loss to Saskatoon, the determined and fresher Mooseheads scored early and often against a Knights team that seemed to be feeling the effects of the previous night’s game against Portland. Frk stepped out of the corner and faked a shot that froze Patterson before finding Fournier wide open on the doorstep for an easy tap-in to start the onslaught at 7:43 of the first period. Ashley made it 2-0 just 1:43 later, popping home a rebound from in close and added his second of the night at 12:02 on a nice deflection just as a Knights penalty expired. The rout was on at 17:31 when Andrews stripped the puck from Knights defenceman Nikita Za-

dorov at the Halifax blue-line and moved in on a 2-on-1 before beating Patterson with a quick shot to the stickside to make it 4-0. Frk, a second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2012, then stretched the lead to five just 29 seconds by burying a one-timer from the slot off a pass from Drouin. The Mooseheads didn’t let up against their wounded opponent in the second period. After London’s Max Domi fired wide on a partial breakaway, Frk finished off a pretty passing play with MacKinnon and Drouin for his second of the night at 1:45 past Stolarz, who came on in place of Patterson. Falkenham made it 7-0 at 9:51 with a shot that chimed in of the post on a 2-on-1 as Halifax coach Dominique Ducharme started to roll four lines. London showed a bit of life and got one back on a nice move by Griffith on Fucale at 16:02 and Rupert cut the deficit to five 1:18 later.

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Sharks even series with game 4 win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sharks 2 Kings 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brent Burns helped San Jose jump off to a fast start with his second goal of the post-season and the Sharks tied their secondround series against Los Angeles at two games with a 2-1 victory over the Kings in Game 4 on Tuesday night. Logan Couture followed up his overtime game-winner in Game 3 with his fifth power-play goal of the playoffs to add to the lead and Antti Niemi made 22 saves as the Sharks matched the Kings’ two home wins to open the series with two of their own. Mike Richards scored a power-play goal and Jonathan Quick made 21 saves for the Kings, who have lost 10 of 11 road games dating to the end of the regular season. Game 5 is Thursday night in Los Angeles when the Sharks will look to end a streak of four straight wins by the home team in this series. After falling behind 2-0, the Kings showed some fight in a dominant third period. They got on the scoreboard on a power play when Burns was sent off for boarding Anze Kopitar. Los Angeles wore down San Jose’s penalty killers in the offensive zone and scored when Richards knocked in a rebound of Jeff Carter’s shot. The Kings outshot the Sharks 14-2 in the third period, holding San Jose without a shot for nearly 13 minutes

but couldn’t get the equalizer against Niemi. Couture gave the Sharks a 2-0 lead early in the second period, deflecting a point shot by Dan Boyle past Quick while Colin Fraser was in the penalty box for roughing Andrew Desjardins in the offensive zone. The Kings started to generate the better scoring chances after that, getting denied a goal midway through the period on an early whistle by an official. Los Angeles was unable to generate a shot on goal during two power plays later in the period with Jake Muzzin, shooting high with an empty net to cost the Kings a golden opportunity at a goal. The Sharks opened the game with one of their most dominating periods of the year to the delight of the boisterous crowd chanting “Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.!” from the start. But San Jose had only one goal to show for that start thanks to solid play from Quick and a shot by Tommy Wingels that rang off the crossbar. Led by the physically imposing line of captain Joe Thornton, Burns and TJ Galiardi, the Sharks spent almost the entire first period in the Los Angeles zone, outshooting the Kings 15-3 for the period. San Jose jumped on top early when Thornton stole the puck from Slava Voynov on the forecheck and fed Burns, who shot was blocked. Thornton came up with the loose puck and slid a perfect cross-ice pass to Burns, who was not denied on his second chance,

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San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns celebrates his goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the first period in Game 4 of their NHL Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday. beating Quick with a one-timer for his second playoff goal. The Kings had to feel fortunate that was all San Jose managed for the period as they killed off two penalties and withstood constant pressure from the Sharks. NOTES: F Kyle Clifford returned for Los Angeles after missing four games with an upper-body injury in place

of rookie Tanner Pearson. ... Kings D Matt Greene, who played only five regular season games because of back problems, was in the lineup for the first time this post-season in place of Keaton Ellerby. ... F Tim Kennedy returned to the Sharks lineup in place of Marty Havlat, who left Game 3 after the first period with a lower-body injury.

Riggers keep rolling with drubbing of Cubs BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Riggers 12 Cubs 2 It’s only three games into the season, but it’s already obvious the Red Deer Riggers will be serious contenders for the provincial senior AAA baseball championship. They have talent and depth in all areas, something that was once again front and centre as they downed the Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs 12-2 in seven innings in Sunburst Baseball League action at Great Chief Park Tuesday. “It’s early in the year, but everyone is contributing and with the Riggers and Stags combining we’re strong one through nine and have depth in all areas,” said Riggers veteran outfielder Mike Ronnie. “It helps to have that depth, so even with a short schedule

we can get a rest when we need it and be fresh. It helps, especially pitching. We’re not short on the mound and if someone does struggle we have the guys to come in.” Dustin Northcott started Tuesday and worked four innings, allowing a pair of runs in the second inning. He allowed four hits, walked one and fanned seven. Former Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Brant Stickel went the final three innings, allowing one hit and striking out four. “It was the first game for both Dustin and Brant, but they were throwing strikes and not giving them much,” said Ronnie. Riggers playing manager Curtis Bailey agreed. “When Dustin got that double play (in the third) it fired him up and we probably could have pitched him another inning, but it’s early and we don;’t have to force anything. Also it’s

nice to have Brant come in. He brings a lot of experience and he has that presence about him. “I know one thing, I wouldn’t want to hit against our staff. We’re seven deep, which is nice to see. “It’s also nice to see depth at all positions. We have guys who can play different positions and they all contribute with the bat and on defence.” Ronnie got the Riggers rolling with a three-run home run in the first inning off Cubs starter and former Edmonton Prospects right-hander Owen Renwick. It was Ronnie’s second home run in the last two games. “I’m seeing the ball good, but then so is everyone,” said Ronnie, who missed the second half of last season with a broken thumb. “It was a long year for me and it’s nice to be back,” he said. “I don’t have any side effects.” Despite the fact Renwick struggled with his control early it wasn’t until

the fourth inning that the Riggers took complete control,. They scored six runs off Renwick on five hits and two walks. The big hit was a three-run double by Jason Chatwood. Matt Fay lined a three-run double in the sixth off reliever Trevor Petty. The win was the third in a row for the Riggers, who have allowed only three runs. “That says a lot about our pitching and defence,” said Bailey. “It’s a great way to start the season, it gives everyone a lot of confidence right off the bat,” added Ronnie. Shayne Court had a pair of doubles for the Riggers while Fay added two walks and a sacrifice to his double. Brendan Dawidowski had a solo home run for the Cubs, who are in their first year in the league. The Riggers return to action Friday at St. Albert while they host Fort Saskatchewan next Tuesday. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Woollard returns as coach for RDC Queens basketball BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF It seemed only a matter of time before Mike Woollard was officially rehired as the RDC Queens basketball coach for next season. Woollard did an excellent job last season after taking over from Dawn Smyth on an interim basis while Smyth was on sabbatical. When Smyth announced she wouldn’t be returning the position had to be advertised and it wasn’t until late last week that Woollard was told he was back. “Whenever they switch levels of employment it’s college policy to advertise the position, so we had to go through that,” explained RDC director of athletics Keith Hansen. “We’re glad to have Mike back. He did a good job last year with a very young team and he’s been working hard recruiting this year.” Woollard has a possible nine players back from last season and three recruits committed. He did lose import guard Amrei Bondzio from Germany. “She called and said she wouldn’t be returning, which is disappointing,” said Woollard. “She was one of our top players last season, but I can see her point.” Without Bondzio back Woollard has two import slots open and he’s been working hard on filling both of them. “I have talked with four kids and the first two to commit we’ll take,” he said. “It’s close to coming together and I hope to know where it stands in a week.” Even if he doesn’t fill the import spots, he feels he has a team that will improve on last year.

“We’re always trying to get better and we’ll keep our eyes open, but even if we don’t add anyone else I’m happy with what we have and we’ll be OK as we head into battle next year.” Of the nine players returning the only slight question mark is six-foottwo Desirae Paterson. “She had to change courses, so there’s a slight chance she may not be back, but she’s at least 80 per cent sure she’ll return. If we happen to lose her it would be a huge loss.” One of the key returnees is guard Melissa Woolley, who late last season wasn’t sure if she’d return. Woolley will receive help this season with the addition of Manesha Sidhu of Western Canada High School in Calgary. The five-foot-seven point guard is a very good passer, can shoot the threes and has a great attitude, according to Woollard. “She’ll provide a calming influence, as Amrei did,” The other two recruits, who have committed, are five-foot-11 Simone Bain of Edmonton and five-foot-10, Mozanga Ekulanga, who played last season with St. Mary’s College in Calgary. Bain plays the large forward position and gives the team added size and strength while Ekulanga can play a number of positions and gives the team even more outside shooting. “She also drives the basket extremely well and will definitely help us inside, as well as out,” said Woollard. Rachel Edge of Notre Dame will also be with the team as a red shirt. “We’re excited to have her. She’s athletic and just needs some experience.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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PRELIMINARY ROUND GP Halifax (QMJHL) 3 Portland (WHL) 2 Saskatoon (host) 2 London (OHL) 3

W 2 1 1 1

L 1 1 1 2

GF 18 10 7 8

GA 11 10 5 17

Pt 4 2 2 2

Tuesday’s result Halifax 9 London 2

Goal (shots-saves) — Halifax: Fucale (W, 1-1); London, Patterson (L, 0-1, 11-6); Stolarz (start second, 26-22). Power plays (goals-chances) — Halifax: 2-9; London: 0-4. Attendance — 9,237 at Saskatoon. NHL Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1 Tuesday, May 14: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 1 Friday, May 17: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3 Sunday, May 19: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2OT Wednesday, May 22: Pittsburgh at Ottawa. 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 24: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 26: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD

Monday’s result Portland 6 London 3 Sunday’s result Saskatoon 5 Halifax 2 Saturday’s result Halifax 7 Portland 4

Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Thursday, May 16: Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Sunday, May 19: Boston 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Tuesday, May 21: Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Thursday, May 23: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. x-Saturday, May 25: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD

Friday’s result London 3 Saskatoon 2 Wednesday’s game Saskatoon vs. Portland, 6 p.m. Thursday’s game Tiebreaker (if necessary), 6 p.m. End of preliminary round PLAYOFFS Friday, May 24 Semifinal Second place vs. Third place, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 25 No Games Scheduled. Sunday, May 26 Championship First place vs. Semifinal winner, 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 2, Chicago 1 Wednesday, May 15: Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Saturday, May 18: Detroit 4, Chicago 1 Monday, May 20: Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Thursday, May 23: Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 25: Detroit at Chicago, 6 p.m. x-Monday, May 27: Chicago at Detroit, TBD x-Wednesday, May 29: Detroit at Chicago, TBD

Tuesday’s summary Mooseheads 9 Knights 2 First Period 1. Halifax, Fournier 1 (Frk, MacKinnon) 7:43 (pp) 2. Halifax, Ashley 1 (MacAulay, Fournier) 9:36 3. Halifax, Ashley 2 (Weegar, Boudreau) 12:02 4. Halifax, Andrews 1 17:31 5. Halifax, Frk 2 (Drouin) 18:00 Penalties — MacAulay Hal (slashing) 3:15, Tierney Ldn (roughing) 7:12, Domi Ldn (high-sticking) 10:01, Ryan Hal (checking from behind) 12:44, Frk Hal (roughing) 19:07. Second Period 6. Halifax, Frk 3 (Drouin, MacKinnon) 1:45 7. Halifax, Falkenham 1 9:51 8. London, Griffith 2 (Elie) 16:02 9. London, M.Rupert 1 (R.Rupert, Platzer) 17:20 10. Halifax, Frk 4 (MacKinnon, Drouin) 18:03 Penalties — Elie Ldn (cross-checking) 6:51, Ashley Hal (hooking) 18:49. Third Period 11. Halifax, Ciampini 2 (Weegar, Ashley) 19:03 (pp) Penalties — Liberati Ldn (hooking) 3:07, Domi Ldn (high-sticking) 6:21, Mermis Ldn (interference) 8:02, Hughes Ldn (slashing) 10:28, Rupert Ldn (crosschecking) 16:50, Hughes Ldn (charging) 17:13. Shots on goal Halifax 11 14 12 — 37 London 7 16 5 — 28

Los Angeles 2, San Jose 2 Tuesday, May 14: Los Angeles 2, San Jose 0 Thursday, May 16: Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Saturday, May 18: San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1, OT Tuesday, May 21: Los Angeles 1, San Jose 2 Thursday, May 23: San Jose at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26: Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD x-Tuesday, May 28: San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Tuesday’s summaries Bruins 2 at Rangers 1 First Period No Scoring Penalties — Jagr Bos (holding) 4:08, Marchand Bos (cross-checking), Dorsett NYR (roughing) 7:42. Second Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Pyatt 2 (McDonagh) 3:53 Penalty — Horton Bos (hooking) 1:31. Third Period 2. Boston, Boychuk 4 (Paille, Thornton) 3:10 3. Boston, Paille 2 (Thornton, Campbell) 16:29 Penalties — None Shots on goal Boston 9 14 11 — 34 N.Y. Rangers 11 5 8 — 24 Goal — Boston: Rask (W,7-3-0); N.Y. Rangers:

Lundqvist (L,4-6-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Boston: 0-0; N.Y. Rangers: 0-2. Attendance — 17,200 (17,200). Kings 1 at Sharks 2 First Period 1. San Jose, Burns 2 (Thornton, Galiardi) 6:09 Penalties — Fraser LA (hooking) 13:19, Doughty LA (slashing) 15:26. Second Period 2. San Jose, Couture 5 (Boyle, Pavelski) 3:55 (pp) Penalties — Fraser LA (roughing) 3:14, Galiardi SJ (interference) 8:33, Hannan SJ (interference) 16:58. Third Period 3. Los Angeles, Richards 2 (Carter, Kopitar) 9:46 (pp) Penalties — Greene LA (high-sticking) 5:18, Burns SJ (boarding) 8:14. Shots on goal Los Angeles 3 6 14 — 23 San Jose 15 6 2 — 23 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (L,6-4-0); San Jose: Niemi (W,6-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Los Angeles: 1-3; San Jose: 1-4. Attendance — 17,562 (17,562). NHL 2013 Playoff Scoring leaders TORONTO — Unofficial 2013 National Hockey League playoff scoring leaders following Monday’s game:

New York Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto

GB — 1 1/2 4 4 10

Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota

Central Division W L Pct 26 18 .591 24 19 .558 21 21 .500 21 23 .477 18 24 .429

GB — 1 1/2 4 5 7

Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 29 17 .630 25 22 .532 20 26 .435 18 27 .400 13 33 .283

GB — 4 1/2 9 10 1/2 16

Los Angeles, 9. PITCHING—MMoore, Tampa Bay, 8-0; Darvish, Texas, 7-2; Masterson, Cleveland, 7-2; Buchholz, Boston, 6-0; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-0; Lester, Boston, 6-1; Kuroda, New York, 6-2. STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 91; Scherzer, Detroit, 75; FHernandez, Seattle, 72; Masterson, Cleveland, 71; Buchholz, Boston, 69; AniSanchez, Detroit, 68; Dempster, Boston, 63. SAVES—Rivera, New York, 17; AReed, Chicago, 16; JiJohnson, Baltimore, 14; Nathan, Texas, 13; Wilhelmsen, Seattle, 11; Janssen, Toronto, 10; Balfour, Oakland, 9; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 9; Frieri, Los Angeles, 9.

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 27 18 .600 23 22 .511 22 24 .478 17 26 .395 13 33 .283

GB — 4 5 1/2 9 14 1/2

Central Division Monday’s Games Cleveland 10, Seattle 8, 10 innings Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 5 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 4, 10 innings Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1 Oakland 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Boston 4 Houston 6, Kansas City 5 Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Cleveland 1 Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 2, 10 innings Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Atlanta 5, Minnesota 4, 10 innings Oakland 1, Texas 0 Chicago White Sox 3, Boston 1 Kansas City 7, Houston 3 L.A. Angels 12, Seattle 0 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota (Worley 1-4) at Atlanta (Maholm 5-4), 10:10 a.m. Oakland (Parker 2-5) at Texas (Wolf 0-0), 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 2-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 1-3), 2:37 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 4-4) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 3-2), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-2) at Baltimore (Hammel 5-2), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Maurer 2-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-3), 5:05 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 6-0) at Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 2-4) at Houston (Lyles 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Baltimore at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 5:08 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .384; Loney, Tampa Bay, .353; AGordon, Kansas City, .352; Mauer, Minnesota, .337; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .335; Pedroia, Boston, .333; JhPeralta, Detroit, .318; Machado, Baltimore, .318; Altuve, Houston, .318; Infante, Detroit, .318. RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 49; CDavis, Baltimore, 41; Fielder, Detroit, 38; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 37; Napoli, Boston, 35; Encarnacion, Toronto, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 34. DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 18; Napoli, Boston, 18; Mauer, Minnesota, 17; Donaldson, Oakland, 16; CDavis, Baltimore, 15; Lowrie, Oakland, 15; AJones, Baltimore, 14; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 14. TRIPLES—Ellsbury, Boston, 4; Trout, Los Angeles, 4; Andrus, Texas, 3; Gardner, New York, 3; LMartin, Texas, 3; 20 tied at 2. HOME RUNS—Cano, New York, 13; CDavis, Baltimore, 13; MiCabrera, Detroit, 12; Encarnacion, Toronto, 12; MarReynolds, Cleveland, 12; NCruz, Texas, 11; ADunn, Chicago, 11. STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 13; McLouth, Baltimore, 13; Andrus, Texas, 12; Crisp, Oakland, 9; Gardner, New York, 9; Kipnis, Cleveland, 9; Trout,

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee

W 29 28 27 18 18

L 16 18 18 26 26

Pct .644 .609 .600 .409 .409

GB — 1 1/2 2 10 1/2 10 1/2

W 26 25 25 21 18

L 20 20 21 24 26

Pct .565 .556 .543 .467 .409

GB — 1/2 1 4 1/2 7

West Division Arizona San Francisco Colorado San Diego Los Angeles

Monday’s Games Cincinnati 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1 Miami 5, Philadelphia 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 San Diego 4, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 8, Washington 0 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Cincinnati 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 5, Minnesota 4, 10 innings Philadelphia 7, Miami 3 Milwaukee 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 Colorado 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings St. Louis 10, San Diego 2 Washington at San Francisco, Late Wednesday’s Games Minnesota (Worley 1-4) at Atlanta (Maholm 5-4), 10:10 a.m. Cincinnati (Latos 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-0), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 4-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 3-4), 11:10 a.m. Arizona (Cahill 3-4) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 5-3), 1:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 1:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-0), 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Lee 4-2) at Miami (Slowey 1-4), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lyons 0-0) at San Diego (B.Smith 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—Segura, Milwaukee, .353; Votto, Cincinnati, .353; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .338; Scutaro, San Francisco, .333; CGomez, Milwaukee, .327; Aoki, Milwaukee, .325; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .323. RBI—Phillips, Cincinnati, 38; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 38; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Sandoval, San Francisco, 32; Buck, New York, 31; Craig, St. Louis, 31; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 30. DOUBLES—Bruce, Cincinnati, 16; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 15; GParra, Arizona, 15; Pollock, Arizona, 14; Schierholtz, Chicago, 14; Craig, St. Louis, 13; Desmond, Washington, 13; DanMurphy, New York,

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BRIEFS Bucs host St. Albert in exhibition game Saturday The Central Alberta Buccaneers kickoff their Alberta Football League season with an exhibition game against the St. Albert Stars, Saturday at 7 p.m. at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe. The Bucs will enjoy a lopsided home schedule this season, playing six of their seven league games at home. They open the season June 1 at 6 p.m. against the Edmonton Stallions. Their only road game is July 20 in Grande Prairie.

Dinos football camp coming to Lacome in early June The University of Calgary Dinos will hold

EASTERN CONFERENCE Miami vs. Indiana Wednesday, May 22: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 24: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26: Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28: Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. x-Thursday, May 30: Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. x-Saturday, June 1: Miami at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

Krejci, Bos Malkin, Pgh Crosby, Pgh Sharp, Chi Couture, SJ Lucic, Bos Zetterberg, Det Brassard, NYR Chara, Bos Iginla, Pgh Horton, Bos Pavelski, SJ Letang, Pgh P.Martin, Pgh Dupuis, Pgh Marleau, SJ Brunner, Det Alfredsson, Ott Datsyuk, Det Kunitz, Pgh Kane, Chi M.Richards, LA J.Thornton, SJ Hossa, Chi Bergeron, Bos Marchand, Bos van Riemsdyk, Tor Condra, Ott Carter, LA P.Kessel, Tor Pageau, Ott Turris, Ott Franson, Tor Getzlaf, Ana Beauchemin, Ana Cleary, Det

G 5 3 6 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 6 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2

A 11 11 6 4 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 7 7 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 3 4 5 5 6 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4

Pt 16 14 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

13; Rollins, Philadelphia, 13. TRIPLES—Hechavarria, Miami, 5; Segura, Milwaukee, 5; ECabrera, San Diego, 4; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; DWright, New York, 3; EYoung, Colorado, 3; 16 tied at 2. HOME RUNS—JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 12; Harper, Washington, 11; Beltran, St. Louis, 10; Buck, New York, 10; CGonzalez, Colorado, 10; Rizzo, Chicago, 10. STOLEN BASES—ECabrera, San Diego, 18; Segura, Milwaukee, 14; Pierre, Miami, 13; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; DWright, New York, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 9. PITCHING—Corbin, Arizona, 7-0; Zimmermann, Washington, 7-2; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-1; Marquis, San Diego, 6-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 6-3; 8 tied at 5. STRIKEOUTS—AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 79; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 72; Wainwright, St. Louis, 69; Harvey, New York, 68; Samardzija, Chicago, 64; SMiller, St. Louis, 62; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 58. SAVES—Grilli, Pittsburgh, 18; Kimbrel, Atlanta, 14; Romo, San Francisco, 13; Mujica, St. Louis, 13; RSoriano, Washington, 12; Street, San Diego, 11; RBetancourt, Colorado, 10. Tuesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 100 100 000 0 — 2 5 1 Baltimore 001 010 000 1 — 3 8 0 (10 innings) P.Hughes, Logan (7), Kelley (7), D.Robertson (8), Claiborne (9), Nuno (10) and Au.Romine; Mig.Gonzalez, Tom.Hunter (8), Ji.Johnson (10) and Wieters. W—Ji.Johnson 2-4. L—Nuno 1-1. HRs—Baltimore, Dickerson 2 (3), McLouth (4). Detroit 000 003 002 — 5 11 0 Cleveland 100 000 000 — 1 3 0 Scherzer, Valverde (9) and Avila; Kluber, Allen (7), Huff (9), Albers (9) and C.Santana. W—Scherzer 6-0. L—Kluber 3-3. HRs—Detroit, Dirks (5), Mi.Cabrera (12). ——— Tampa Bay 022 000 000 — 4 10 2 Toronto 000 010 011 — 3 6 0 Cobb, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (8) and Lobaton; R.Ortiz, Loup (3), E.Rogers (5), Delabar (8), Cecil (9) and Arencibia. W—Cobb 5-2. L—R.Ortiz 1-2. Sv—Rodney (9). HRs—Tampa Bay, K.Johnson (8), Jennings (5). Toronto, Col.Rasmus (7).

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF New York 14 7 4 3 20 Kansas City 13 6 4 3 16 Montreal 10 6 2 2 15 Houston 12 6 4 2 17 Philadelphia 12 5 4 3 15 Columbus 11 4 4 3 13 New England 11 3 4 4 8 Chicago 10 2 7 1 6 Toronto 11 1 6 4 11 D.C. 11 1 8 2 6

GA 15 10 11 12 18 10 9 16 16 20

Pt 24 21 20 20 18 15 13 7 7 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Dallas 12 7 2 3 20 Salt Lake 13 6 5 2 17 Portland 12 4 1 7 20 Los Angeles 11 5 4 2 17 Colorado 12 4 4 4 11 Seattle 10 4 3 3 14 San Jose 13 3 4 6 13 Vancouver 11 3 4 4 14 Chivas USA 11 3 6 2 13

GA 15 14 14 10 10 9 19 16 22

Pt 24 20 19 17 16 15 15 13 11

Kansas City000 000 241 — 7 13 2 Houston 000 300 000 — 3 10 1 W.Davis, J.Gutierrez (6), B.Chen (7), Crow (8), G.Holland (9) and Kottaras; B.Norris, Blackley (7), Clemens (7), W.Wright (8), Cisnero (8) and J.Castro. W—B.Chen 3-0. L—Clemens 1-2. HRs— Houston, Paredes (1). Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 6 0 Los Angeles300 404 01x — 12 15 0 Harang, Farquhar (4), Luetge (6) and Shoppach; Williams, M.Lowe (9) and Iannetta. W—Williams 3-1. L—Harang 1-5. HRs—Los Angeles, Hamilton (6), H.Kendrick (7), Trout (9). INTERLEAGUE Minnesota 011 000 020 0 — 410 0 Atlanta 200 100 001 1 — 510 0 (10 innings) Pelfrey, Swarzak (3), Fien (7), Burton (8), Perkins (9), Duensing (10) and Mauer; T.Hudson, Varvaro (6), Avilan (8), Gearrin (8), D.Carpenter (9), Kimbrel (10) and McCann. W—Kimbrel 1-1. L—Duensing 0-1. HRs—Atlanta, McCann (4), Gattis (9).

their third annual football camps at MEGlobal Athletic Park in Lacombe, June 7-9. The high school and minor football (bantam and peewee) camps will run simultaneously. There will also be a twoday introduction to football for atom players will run June 8-9 For information about the camps and how to register visit www.lacombeathleticpark. ca or www.godinos.com/football.

Sunday’s results Kansas City 1 D.C. 1 New York 1 Los Angeles 0 Salt Lake 4 Chivas USA 1 Saturday’s results Portland 2 Vancouver 2 Columbus 1 Toronto 0 Colorado 1 San Jose 1 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 0 New England 2 Houston 0 Seattle 4 Dallas 2 Saturday, May 25 Portland at D.C., 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 5 p.m. Toronto at New England, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Colorado, 7 p.m. Chicago at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 26 Houston at Kansas City, 1:30 p.m. Columbus at New York, 3 p.m. Seattle at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended Milwaukee LHP Alan Williams (Huntsville-SL) 50 games following a second positive test for a drug of abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jair Jurrjens to Norfolk (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed 1B Nick Swisher on the paternity list. Recalled INF Cord Phelps from Columbus. DETROIT TIGERS—Recalled RHP Luke Putkonen from Toledo (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS—Named Larry Dierker special assistant to the president. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Activated LHP Sean Burnett from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Ryan Brasier to Salt Lake (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES—Announced SS Alberto Gonzalez cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Sent 1B Daric Barton outright to Sacramento (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS—Activated C A.J. Pierzynski from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Josh Lindblom and C Robinson Chirinos to Round Rock (PCL). Purchased contract of LHP Neal Cotts from Round Rock. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Claimed RHP Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from St. Louis and assigned him to Iowa (PCL). Activated RHP Matt Garza from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Michael Bowden for assignment. MIAMI MARLINS—Sent 1B Joe Mahoney on a rehab assignment to Jupiter (FSL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed C Carlos Ruiz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 20. Recalled RHP Tyler Cloyd from Lehigh Valley (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Activated RHP Jose Contreras from the bereavement list. Optioned RHP Jared Hughes to Indianapolis (IL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed RHP Santiago Casilla and RHP Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Sandy Rosario and 1B Brett Pill from Fresno (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Ryan Mattheus on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 20. Optioned OF Eury Perez to Syracuse (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Fernando Abad from Syracuse. Recalled RHP Yunesky Maya from Syracuse. American Association WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Released RHP Chris Allen and RHP Dan Martony. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Reinstate INF Josh Barfield to the active list. Placed OF Ben Broussard on the inactive list.

CORRECTION Craig Schmitt of Red Deer finished second in the Red Deer Woody’s RV World Mara-

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed C Adison Gillett and released C Nick Hoffman. Frontier League LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS—Released RHP Matt Suschak. ROCKFORD AVIATORS—Signed OF Jake Luce and RHP Hayden Shirley. United League SAN ANGELO COLTS—Announced the retirement of RHP Brian Henschel. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS—Announced president and general manager Bryan Colangelo will relinquish his duties as general manager. Women’s National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES SPARKS—Named Bridget Pettis assistant coach and Olaf Lange and Gail Goestenkors consultants. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed WR Charles Hawkins. Waived-injured WR Javone Lawson. ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed TE Levine Toilolo. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Re-signed RB Brandon Jackson to a one-year contract. Signed DB Jamoris Slaughter to a four-year contract and WR Michael Edwards and DB Kenronte Walker. Claimed RB Miguel Maysonet off waivers from Philadelphia. Waived DB Eric Hagg, LB Ryan Rau, RB Robbie Rouse and RB Jamaine Cook. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Waived OT Mark Jackson. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed DB Charles Woodson. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Agreed to terms with T Max Starks on a one-year contract. Released T Kevin Haslam. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Waived QB Josh Portis. Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS—Agreed to terms with WR Emmanuel Arceneaux. HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Magnus Nygren and F Sebastian Collberg. NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Fired associate coach Peter Horachek. NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with F Chris Bruton on a one-year contract. MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR—Fined Graham Rahal’s team $10,000, Ryan Briscoe’s team $5,000 and Michel Jourdain Jr.’s team $1,000, after they failed postqualifying inspection.

thon Sunday. Schmitt came in with a time of two hours 50 minutes 28.40 seconds, behind only Brendan Lunty of Camrose, who won for the second straight year.

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Oakland 001 000 000 — 1 7 0 Texas 000 000 000 — 0 3 1 Straily, Doolittle (8), Balfour (9) and Jaso; Darvish, R.Ross (7), Scheppers (7), Cotts (9) and Pierzynski. W—Straily 2-2. L—Darvish 7-2. Sv—Balfour (9). HRs—Oakland, Cespedes (9). Boston 000 000 010 — 1 4 0 Chicago 000 020 01x — 3 7 1 Doubront, A.Wilson (7), A.Miller (8) and Saltalamacchia; Quintana, Crain (7), Thornton (8), Lindstrom (8), A.Reed (9) and Flowers. W—Quintana 3-1. L—Doubront 3-2. Sv—A.Reed (16). HRs—Chicago, Keppinger (1).

WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 2, Memphis 0 Sunday, May 19: San Antonio 105, Memphis 83 Tuesday, May 21: San Antonio 93, Memphis 89, OT Saturday, May 25: San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. Monday, May 27: San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 29: Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 31: San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, June 2: Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

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Baseball American League East Division W L Pct 28 17 .622 27 19 .587 24 21 .533 24 21 .533 18 27 .400

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALAMEDA, Calif. — Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland. Woodson signed a one-year contract with the Raiders on Tuesday to return to his original team after leaving seven years ago for Green Bay as a free agent. The move will be widely popular with Raiders fans, many of whom staked out the team’s facility on Tuesday to greet Woodson on his visit and urge him to sign with the team. They got their wish a few hours after he arrived when the team announced his signing. Agent Carl Poston said Woodson’s deal includes a $700,000 signing bonus and could be worth as much as $4.3 million in 2013. Woodson, the fourth overall pick in the 1998 draft by Oakland, returns to a vastly different franchise than the one he left following his eighth season with the team in 2005. Owner Al Davis died in October 2011 and the team is now run by Davis’ son, Mark. Kicker Sebastian Janikowski is the only player left from Woodson’s eight years in Oakland that included three straight AFC West titles and a trip to the Super Bowl following the 2002 season. The Raiders haven’t had a winning season or a playoff berth since, adding to the fans’ desire to bring back Woodson and a connection to past successes. The 36-year-old was released by the Green Bay Packers in a salary-cutting move Feb. 15, with two years remaining on his contract. He had said he wanted to join a contender and visited with San Francisco and Denver but ended up signing with a rebuilding Raiders team.

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BOSTON — The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area and the NFL championship will go to Houston the following year. Team owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers’ new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life Stadium. “After losing a Super Bowl (to Baltimore last February), it feels really good to win a Super Bowl,” 49ers CEO Jed York cracked. Houston, which also beat out Miami, was awarded the 2017 title game. It has hosted once before, in 2004. “I think a lot of them just felt like, hey, it’s Houston’s time,” Texans owner Robert McNair said of his colleagues, who selected his city on the first ballot, requiring at least 24 of 32 votes. “They knew we could do a good job. From 2004 to ’17, that’s 13 years. So I agree, I think it’s Houston’s time.” The only previous Super Bowl played in northern California was at Stanford Stadium in 1985. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the 2016 decision, members of the San Francisco bid committee let out a roar of approval, then toasted each other with champagne. “We are so excited to be able to be able to put on the ’Golden Super Bowl’ in the Golden State,” York said. Asked what he believed swayed the owners to vote for San Francisco, York added: “It’s the will power of an entire area that gave an overwhelming push for us.” It was the first time in a decade that a Super Bowl was awarded on the first ballot. “The Bay Area has been waiting for a (title) game since 1985. We have a stadium now ... we are just thrilled and couldn’t be happier about this,” said Daniel Lurie, a leader of the San Francisco bid. “We are going to get to highlight the best the Bay Area has to offer.” That includes donating 25 per cent of the proceeds from the game to fight poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area, York said. The Dolphins were denied public money for a stadium upgrade in South Florida following widespread complaints about the public investment sunk into the Marlins’ new baseball home. Multibillionaire Dolphins owner Stephen Ross contends $350 million in stadium improvements are badly needed, but he doesn’t want to pay for them by himself. Nor does he want a scaled-down renovation of the 26-year-old facility. “I suspect there’s a couple of state reps down in Miami-Dade County where I live who are going to look at this and realize this was a huge mistake,” Ross said. “We had the better bid. I could just look at

Barao title defence axed for UFC 161 in Winnipeg THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — The main event on a June 15 UFC pay-per-view card in Winnipeg has been scrapped. The UFC confirmed a bantamweight title defence by Renan Barao, Renan Barao who was to face No. 4 contender Eddie Wineland, is now off because Barao was injured during training. Later Tuesday, the organization said that another fight already on the card would be bumped up to become the main event — Rashad Evans versus Dan Henderson. Evans (17-3-1) is a former UFC light heavyweight champion while Henderson (29-9) had been on a path to score a title shot until he lost a split decision at UFC 157. Other planned bouts include light-heavyweights Mauricio (Shogun) Rua against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Alexis Davis of Port Colborne, Ont., will also face Rosi Sexton from Manchester, England, in the first ever UFC women’s bantamweight bout in Canada. Lightweight Mitch (Danger Zone) Clarke of Saskatoon will fight England’s John (The One) Maguire and light-heavyweight Ryan (Big Deal) Jimmo of Edmonton by way of Saint John, N.B., will face Croatia’s Igor Pokrajac.

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This artist rendering provided by the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 10, 2010, shows the proposed 49ers NFL football stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The 49ers have been named hosts for the 50th Super Bowl which will be held at the stadium in 2016. the body language from the NFL staff. It’s a shame. We may not see another Super Bowl for another 10 years.” But, Ross said, South Florida “won’t stop trying” to get one. Miami has hosted 10 Super Bowls, tied with New Orleans for the most. But neither will get the 50th. 49ers owner John York suggested that San Francisco’s winning effort offered a different lesson in politics. “If this Super Bowl can show the state of California and other communities the opportunity with a new stadium to bring in fresh business, it could be a catalyst that stadiums can be built for Oakland and San Diego, which are in need of new ones,” he said. “This may be the impetus to get one of those done.” For years, it was thought the NFL would seek to stage the 50th Super Bowl in Los Angeles, where the first one was played (but did not sell out) on Jan. 15, 1967. But with no franchise in LA and no suitable stadium projects approved, that hope disappeared. Next Feb. 2, the game goes outdoors in a coldweather site for the first time, at MetLife Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. If that gamble pays off for the NFL, look for other cities in similar climates — Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver — to bid for future Super Bowls. The 2015 game will be played in the Phoenix area. Earlier Tuesday, owners approved a $200 million loan for stadium construction in Atlanta. The multipurpose stadium could cost as much as $1 billion, with team owner Arthur Blank committed to funding most of it. Blank, speaking at the NFL’s spring meetings, called the decision by the team owners an “important milestone” in moving the project forward.

Jordan named Grand Champion Hector Jordan of the Cheney Karate Studios was named the black belt forms and sparring Grand Champion at the 35th annual Western Canadian Karate Championships at Hunting Hills during the weekend. Jordan won the men’s black belt hard style forms and sparring titles. Five members of the club were double winners. Kaleigh Thomas won the 6-7 year-old white-yellow belt lightweight forms and sparring with Brianna Thomas taking first in the 12-13 year-old white-yellow forms and sparring. Jason Ramos captured the 14-15 year-old bluebrown forms and sparring with Raven Cheney taking both titles in the 12-13 year-old blue-brown division. Devin Claussen won the musical forms and the 14-15 year-old blue-brown sparring and was second in forms. Tori Marchuk won the 8-9 year-old orange-green sparring while taking second in forms and third in musical forms. Julieanne Nossack won the 8-9 year-old white-yellow forms and third in sparring while Max Proteau won the 8-9 year-old white-yellow heavyweight forms and was third in sparring. Abby Villeneuve won the 10-11 year-old white-yellow heavyweight sparring with Rayne Rosta taking first in the 10-11 year-old white-yellow lightweight sparring. Lexi Bao won the 10-11 year-old orange-green lightweight sparring with Samuel Abijero winning the 10-11 year-old blue-brown sparring and placing second in forms. Michaela Marchuk won the 14-15 year-old whiteyellow sparring and was second in forms while Shianne Richardson won the ladies’ novice kickboxing title and Ryan Morasse took the men’s advanced kickboxing crown. Mike Marr won the men’s executive white-yellow

Spurs hold off Grizzlies for OT win THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spurs 93 Grizzlies 89 SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker had 15 points and a career playoff-high 18 assists, Tim Duncan scored San Antonio’s first six points of overtime and the Spurs bounced back after squandering a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-89 on Tuesday night. The Spurs took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals with Game 3 on Saturday in Memphis. Duncan opened the extra period with a layup, then made a tiebreaking putback on Parker’s missed jumper before making a runner that bounced high of the back iron and rattled in for a 91-87 lead with 1:08 to play. The Grizzlies had a chance to tie after Jerryd Bayless hit a jumper and Parker missed one of two free throws with 14.6 seconds left, but Bayless’ 3-pointer from the left wing was offtarget. Bayless and Mike Conley each had 18 points to lead Memphis. Duncan had 17 points and nine rebounds, missing most of the second half with foul trouble before coming up with the key baskets in overtime.

With the Grey Cup in on home turf this year, the Saskatchewan Roughriders would very much like to headline rather than just host. So it isn’t surprising they tapped the piggy bank to land some marquee players that might help make that happen. The CFL’s all-time leader in receiving yards, Geroy Simon, and last year’s most-outstanding Canadian at the Grey Cup, Ricky Foley, head the list. At 37, Simon seriously increases the average age of Regina’s receiving corps, but general manager Brendan Taman says he’s worth the price it took to get him in a trade with B.C. “We feel he’s got some game left for sure,” Taman said Tuesday in a CFL pre-season conference call. Sophomore head coach Corey Chamblin hopes the pair of experienced pros can keep the Roughriders on a more even keel than last season. “The biggest thing you hope those guys bring is their veteran presence,” Chamblin said. “Making sure we don’t get too high with the highs and too low with the lows. I think we did that last year.” After finishing a mediocre 8-10 last year, the Riders were bounced out of the West semifinal 36-30 by the Calgary Stampeders after losing the lead late in the fourth quarter. Defensive tackle Keith Shologan is looking forward to teaming up with Foley for 2013. “He goes and that’s what we need,” said Shologan, himself the top Canadian in the Roughriders’ 2010 Grey Cup loss to the Montreal Alouettes. “Guys that don’t take plays off and guys that are going to go and make some disruption out there and I think he’s that guy. . . I’m kind of excited about it.” The Roughriders signed Foley away from Toronto as a free agent. “To have a winning team you have to have youth and you also have to have that veteran experience and I think that’s what’s going to make us a complete team this year,” said Chamblin. Another key to Saskatchewan’s success or failure this season will be quarterback Darian Durant, now entering his eighth season with the Roughriders and their starter since 2009. Chamblin says be believes Durant has the makings of a great CFL quarterback and this year is a good time to prove it. “I’d like to see him take that next step because I think he has the tools to be a great quarterback and to be remembered in this league. That’s the pressure that I put on him,” Chamblin said. “Every time I see him I talk about it because he has the ability to be that Steve McNair type, to take a game over with his legs or also with his arm and that’s very unique. I don’t think this league has had it for a while.”

Memphis stormed back from a 13-point deficit with a 15-2 run over the final 8 minutes of regulation to tie it at 85 on Conley’s runner in the lane with 18.2 seconds to play. The Grizzlies got the chance to pull even after Manu Ginobili was called for a flagrant foul for pulling down Tony Allen by his left arm on a fastbreak layup try. Allen hit both free throws and Memphis got possession, setting up Conley’s tying basket at the end of a string of seven straight Grizzlies points. But Memphis, which trailed by as much as 18 in the second half, could never pull ahead. Up until the final stretch, Parker had been in control for 2 ½ quarters. He kept San Antonio humming along after Duncan went to the bench with four fouls, the last three picked up within a span of 30 seconds, early in the third quarter. Parker provided the assist on the Spurs’ first seven baskets of the second half, then scored the next two on midrange jumpers before getting pulled for a rest with a 72-54 lead. The Spurs put all five starters in double figures, getting 14 points from Tiago Splitter, 12 from Kawhi Leonard and 11 from Danny Green.

sparring while Danny Moca was first in men’s bluebrown forms and second in sparring. Phil Penny won the men’s orange-green sparring and placed second in forms while Charles Mowat was first in executive green-red forms and second in sparring. Other top three placings were: 6-7 years: Aldo Fulani, second, white-yellow, middle weight forms. 8-9 years: Grace Lemus, third, orange-green, heavyweight sparring. Jade Von Hollen, second, orangegreen sparring. Kailey Wall, third, white-yellow forms. 10-11 years: Jose Jordan, second, white-yellow lightweight forms, third sparring. Nicolas Hammer, second, orange-green lightweight sparring and forms. Lucas Proteau, third, blue-brown forms. Madison Von Hollen, second, blue-brown sparring. Nicholas Cummings, third, blue-brown sparring. 12-13 years: Karissa Langill, third, blue-brown sparring. Austin Uly, second, orange-green forms, third, sparring. 14-15 years: Laree Poole, third, blue-brown forms and sparring. Cole Tanasaychuk, second, orangegreen sparring. Devin Wall, third, white-yellow forms. Melanie Moca, third, orange-green forms. Men: Darren Potts, second, novice, kickboxing. Kyle Lajeunesse, third, novice, kickboxing and Muay Thai. Seger Cliffe, second, novice, Muay Thai. Gerald Proteau, second, white-yellow, sparring and executive sparring; third, executive forms. Ben Van Den Bosch, second, white-yellow, forms. Gavin Owen, third, blue-brown, sparring and forms. Logan Shave, second, black, hard style forms. Jessmervin Ramos, third, black, hard style forms. Travis Potter, second, black, sparring. Ladies: Anne Nigro, second, blue sparring; third, adult colored, weapons forms.

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Golf’s two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association adopted Rule 14-1b, which prohibits players from anchoring a club against their bodies. “We strongly believe that this rule is for the betterment of the game,” USGA President Glen Nager said. “Rule 14-1b protects one of the important challenges in the game — the free swing of the entire club.” The decision Tuesday ends six months of sometimes rancorous debate. The rule was opposed by the PGA Tour and the PGA of America, which contended the stroke commonly used for long putters was not hurting the game and there was no statistical proof that it was an advantage. “We recognize this has been a divisive issue, but after thorough consideration, we remain convinced that this is the right decision for golf,” R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said at European Tour headquarters outside London. The next step — and perhaps the most important step — is for the PGA Tour to follow the new rule or decide to establish its own condition of competition that would allow players to anchor the long putters. Most believe that would lead to chaos in golf. If a special condition were allowed for the PGA Tour, it would mean players could not use the anchored stroke at the U.S. Open and British Open. Augusta National is likely to follow the new rule at the Masters. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said in February the USGA and R&A would be “making a mistake” to adopt the rule, though he also has stressed in just about every interview that it was critical for golf to play under one set of rules. The tour said in a statement it would consult with its Player Advisory Council and policy board to determine “whether various provisions of Rule 14-1b will be implemented in our competitions, and if so, examine the process for implementation.” It declined further comment until then. “I think it’s really important that the PGA Tour — and all the professional tours — continue to follow one set of rules,” USGA executive director Mike Davis said. “We have gotten very positive feedback from the tours around the world saying that they like one set of rules, they like the R&A and USGA governing those. So if there was some type of schism, we don’t think that would be good for golf.” “And we are doing what we think is right for the long-term benefit of the game for all golfers, and we just can’t write them for one group of elite players.” The new rule does not ban the long putters, only the way they commonly are used. Golfers no longer will be able to anchor the club against their bodies to create the effect of a hinge. Masters champion Adam Scott used a long putter he pressed against his chest. British Open champion Ernie Els and U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson used a belly putter, as did Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship. PGA of America President Ted Bishop, who had some of the sharpest comments over the last few months, also said his group would discuss the new rule — and confer with the PGA Tour — before deciding how

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if he had won something much more important. Two years later in the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, where Woods won wire-to-wire, Garcia complained that the second round should have been halted because of rain and that “if Tiger Woods would have been out there, it would have been called.” The latest chapter took place on the second fairway at the TPC Sawgrass in the third round, when Garcia had a one-shot lead. He was preparing to play his second shot on the par 5 from the fairway when he was disrupted by cheers from the gallery around Woods deep in the trees. Woods was about 50 yards away and couldn’t see the Spaniard. The crowd burst into cheers when Woods took a 5-wood from his bag to play a risky shot through a gap in the trees. During a storm delay, Garcia suggested in a TV interview that Woods could have kept the crowd from cheering if he had been paying closer attention. Later that evening, Woods said he understood from marshals that Garcia had already hit. “Not real surprising that he’s complaining about something,” Woods added, which only fired up the Spaniard. Garcia said the next day to Sky Sports, “He’s not the nicest guy on tour.” Woods wound up winning The Players Championship, improving his record to 6-0 when he plays with Garcia in the final group on the weekend. Garcia offered a more detailed response when asked in England if he would ever call Woods. “First of all, I don’t have his number,” Garcia said. “And secondly, I did nothing wrong and don’t have anything to say to him. And he wouldn’t pick up the phone, anyway.” Garcia conceded their dislike for each other has been “going on for a long time.”

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Saskatchewan-born author Corinne Jeffery will be at Coles at Parkland Mall on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Jeffery is promoting her second novel, Thriving: 19201939, a historical fiction that takes place in Saskatchewan. She is also preparing for the release of her third novel in the Understanding Ursula series, Choosing.

SUNNYBROOK ANNIVERSARY Springtime is here and that means a big celebration and baby animals at Red Deer’s Sunnybrook Farm Museum. The Spring on the Farm 25th-anniversary celebration runs on Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festivities include a country pancake breakfast, garage sale, homemade cookie walk, antique toy display, wagon and barrel train rides, and children’s games and activities. Admission is by donation. Sunnybrook Farm is located at 4701 30th St. Gates open at 8 a.m. and close at 4 p.m.

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BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Getting Barbie to bungee jump became one fun way for Tammy Davis to involve her class in a new style of learning. The Grade 5 teacher at Maryview School is participating in an research project that Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is involved in. It’s called Career and Technology Foundations — a project funded by the provincial government to see if Grade 5s to Grade 9s do well with project-based learning. It allows students to discover and explore their own interests and passions and build skills so they may make reasonable career choices in the future. Davis is enthused by the learning she’s seen so far. One of the four projects she devised centred on having the Barbie doll bungee jump — in a safe way. “They had to see how many rubber bands it would take to fly Barbie off the classroom door without hitting her head, and getting as close as possible,” said Davis. They graphed what they thought might happen and then on the last day, they tested their theories. That project was to get the students excited about projectbased learning, said Davis. This style of learning allows students to discover a lot of information, rather than having a teacher instruct them. There is some direct instruction, but a lot of it involves inquiry and through this, they are covering the curriculum objectives, she added. The classroom’s latest assignment focuses on environmental design. They are designing gardens. The students work in small groups so they have a lot of choice in how they’re going to come up with their project. She said the students enjoy it. “They say, ‘I wish we could do this all day,’ ” said Davis.

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Maryview Elementary School grade five students, from the left, Brent Thibault, Levi Davis, Trinity Hayford and Olivia Miller work on a group, project based learning project. Red Deer Catholic’s Brenda MacDonald, curriculum coordinator, and Paul Couillard, teacher and project leader for CTF, have been working with Alberta Education and the other school district involved, Calgary Board of Education, on this project for two years. The two school districts were successful in getting a government grant. MacDonald said that projectbased learning is a systematic teaching method. It brings relevance and a real life context to the curriculum. It’s an inter-disciplinary approach to learning. It can be done within options classes or within the regular curriculum. Students work together but also become independent work-

ers, critical thinkers and risk takers. This combination of strategic planning by the teachers and completion of these authentic projects has students excited about school and learning, said MacDonald. The whole idea is to explore what kind of careers they might be interested in, added Couillard. “It leads into the high school Career and Technology Studies program so when they get into the high school, then they are able to concentrate more on the career path they want to take,” he said. “It allows kids to explore their interests and their passions and the skills that they have — and get those personal connections to career possibili-

ties,” said MacDonald. Sixteen teachers at eight schools within the Red Deer Catholic district are involved. The participating schools are: St. Patrick’s Community School, St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School, École Camille J. Lerouge School, Maryview School, École Mother Teresa School in Sylvan Lake, St. Marguerite Bourgeoys School in Innisfail, and St. Gabriel Online School/John Paul II Catholic Outreach School. MacDonald said they have one more year in the project and that Red Deer Catholic is seriously considering moving the program, after the grant is done, within all of its middle schools. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

Open house sessions study planned power substation Two public open houses are being held in the next week regarding a new substation and transmission line in northeast Red Deer. One will run today and another on Tuesday, May 28. The City of Red Deer reports there’s a need to build a new substation and transmission line. The substation and transmission line are proposed about one km east from the 67th Street and 30th Avenue interchange. “This work is needed if we want to continue to provide power to new customers without a service impact to existing customers,” said Jim Jorgensen, Electric Light and Power Department manager.

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TODAY AND MAY 28 “We cannot continue to build homes, businesses and developments without additions to our system.” This week’s open house will run from 5 to 8 p.m. at Safety City at 3030 55th St. Next week’s open house will be at the same time, but at Eastview Estates Community Centre at 120 Ellenwood Dr.

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Ponoka Coun. Rick Bonnett is the first person to throw his hat into the municipality’s mayoral race. The one-term councillor, Bonnett said he feels every mayor has a shelf life and after two or three terms, it is time for new blood at the top. “The mayor’s been there for three terms and it’s not a personal thing,” said Bonnett. “I just feel it is time for some new blood leading the pack.” On top of the need for change,

Bonnett said Ponoka needs to improve its economic growth. “I think we need to open up to business a little more,” said Bonnett. “I feel we’re still stuck in 1950s and 1960s in our thinking in our town.” Bonnett was elected in 2009 to his first term. Since then, he has served on the recreation/parks and trails, economic development, protective services and heritage committees. “The mayor is the go-to person for any business or anyone looking,” said Bonnett. “It gives you that much more where you can lead the agenda a little bit more.”

Program set up for immigrant men over 50 BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

Ponoka councillor wants mayor’s chair He is also a Ponoka Stampede liaison and, outside of council, he is part of the town’s doctor retention and attraction committee. Because of recent changes to the municipalities act, mayors and councillors are now elected to four-year terms, as opposed to three years. Current Mayor Larry Henkelman hasn’t decided if he is going to run again. Henkelman has been on Ponoka town council on and off since 1980, serving 12 years as a councillor and nine as mayor. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

As the men filed in, there was music from Lebanon. When they settled in, Tito Ochoa grabbed his guitar and regaled the men with some Salvadoran music, starting with a tune befitting the occasion — Viejito, which means ‘old man.’ The musical diversity in effect represents the goal of the immigrant men’s group undergoing a “re-energizing” by the Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) — to get immigrant men over the age of 50 who may share little in common besides their newness to Canada to socialize and learn while doing so. The group, which drew six men at its opening night, got started last year. Its formation was modelled after the longstanding immigrant women’s group, which has run weekly for years in Red Deer.

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Dog owners are invited to take their pooch pal on a walk in support of working dogs. All proceeds from the Purina Walk for Dog Guides go towards the training and placement of dogs for canine vision, hearing ear, seizure response, autism assistance, diabetic alert and special skills. The Spruce View Lions club is sponsoring the walk, which till take place on Sunday with registration starting at 10:30 a.m. The walk starts at the Double Tree Village, 14.5 km west of Spruce View on Hwy 54 to Range Road 41, then north to the village. Pledge forms are available from all Spruce View Lions Club members, the Spruce View Co-op and Innisfail Vet Clinic, or call 403-728-008 for pledge forms and more information.

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GROUP: Newcomers face isolation Group co-ordinator Ruby Adams said newcomers to Canada can quickly feel isolated, and the goal is to make them feel welcome and integrated into the community. “Some of them might be here isolated without their children, or don’t get the opportunity to meet other men outside of their culture ... Language itself creates a bit of isolation,” she said. Adams said it can be more difficult to get men out for socializing, and thus the men’s group is only scheduled to meet once a month. In its first year in 2012, the group would draw an average of only nine men for each event. Adams is hoping by getting the men more involved, the group will flourish. “Each month there’s going to be a different group leader volunteer from the immigrant community. I’m the coordinator, but I want them to really facilitate the activities,” she said. The group’s next get-together will be a Father’s Day country fair at Sun-

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BRIEFS Sundre hit-and-run suspect sought Sundre RCMP are appealing for the public’s help in connection with a hit and run west of Sundre early Sunday. Sundre RCMP officers were patrolling Hwy 584 near Rig Street in Clearwater County when, at approximately 6:10 a.m., they located a pedestrian who had been the victim of a hit and run collision. The 19-year-old male had been walking on the highway from a nearby campsite when he was struck by an eastbound vehicle. The victim was transported first to Sundre Hospital, then to Calgary for treatment of serious injuries. Anyone with information about the incident is requested to call Sundre RCMP at 403-638-3675 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Library friends book shop to open A new book shop named after a longtime supporter of Red Deer Public Library will officially open on June 3. Tom Stevens Friends of the Library Book Shop is located inside the downtown branch at 4818 49th St. Stevens will officially open the shop at 11:30 a.m. He became a member of the Friends of Red Deer Public Library in 1994 and was treasurer from 2004 until 2012, when he moved to Calgary. He was also member of the library board from 1995 to 2004 and chair of the board from 1998 to 2003. Stevens also served with the Calgary Public Library Board and was chair of the Alberta Library Trustees Association in 2001-02. “Tom’s impact on Red Deer Public Library and the Friends has been enormous,” said Friend’s president Lesley Caddy. The Friends of the Red Deer Public Library give about $20,000 annually to sponsor library programs, buy special collections and furniture, and contribute to building projects. Dollars are raised through selling donated books and other items weeded out from library collections.

Ex-senator Banks to talk Retired senator Tommy Banks will speak on the concentration of power in the Prime Minister’s Office during a free talk in Red Deer. Banks will talk at Red Deer Public Library’s downtown branch at 4818 49th St. on May 29, starting at 7 p.m. The meeting is free and all are welcome.

nybrook Farm on June 16. Future events will feature disc golf, an outing to the Innisfail RCMP dog show, and a discussion on immigration laws. To get involved with the group, or for more information, contact Adams at CARE at 403-346-8818. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

LINE: Feedback The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), a not-for-profit entity responsible for the safe, reliable and economic planning and operation, has called for the work. The city plans to install 1.6 km of transmission line, which is required to connect the new substation to the provincial electrical grid. There are no service interruptions expected while the substation and transmission line are constructed. Anyone wishing to give feedback can also go online at www.reddeer.ca/ powerup or send comments, questions or concerns to PO Box 5008, Red Deer, AB, T4N 3T4 or call the city at 403-3568901. Red Deer Transit’s Action Bus offers transportation services to those with special needs who wish to attend an open house. For more information or to register for this service, phone 403-309-8400.

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Tito Ochoa sings the song Viejito at the opening night of the Immigrant Men’s Support Group on Thursday. Ochoa, originally from El Salvador, joined other immigrant men over the age of 50 at the event.

Well-known across Canada as a musician and broadcaster, Banks was appointed to the Senate of Canada in April 2000 and served until his mandatory retirement at age 75 in December 2011. Banks served on more than a dozen committees, including those dealing with energy, environment and natural resources, and veterans affairs. He was made an officer in the Order of Canada in 1991 and inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1993. Banks will be the final speaker in a series of monthly talks sponsored by Fair Vote Canada (Red Deer Action Team), Public Interest Alberta and Red Deer Public Library.

five times. After Blackfalds RCMP released information on the November charges, other Lacombe County residents came forward reporting similar events. Police say the suspect was allegedly linked to incidents at three additional homes in the area. Emyr Morris, 29, is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on May 31. In November, Morris was charged with five counts of break and enter and one count each of performing an indecent act and criminal harassment.

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Five Red Deer College students took home provincial medals after showing off their trade skills in Calgary, with carpentry students getting top marks. Scott Plypow, from Ponoka; Jonathan Allers, from Red Deer; and Tyler Stagg, from Leduc, swept the carpentry category. Plypow, who is apprenticing for Vleeming Construction, took top prize while Allers, apprenticing for Top of the Hill Construction, took second and Stagg, apprenticing for Stagg Renovations and Glass Ltd., was third. Chris Badry, from Edmonton, won silver in plumbing; he apprentices for Schendel Mechanical Contracting. Scott Compton, from Sylvan Lake, an apprentice with Mission Electric Systems, won the bronze medal in electrical installations. The college was also represented by Ricky Van Wijk, from Lacombe, in heavy equipment service; Chris Rodgers, from Red Deer, in auto service;

Green documentaries are coming to a Red Deer screen in early June. Red Deer Public Library’s downtown Snell Auditorium will host three free films — Waste Land on June 4, Dirt on June 5 and Queen of the Sun on June 6. Waste Land is a 2010 documentary directed by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley. The film documents two years of work of Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the co-operation of scavengers of recyclables working at Jardim Gramacho, one of the world’s largest landfills, serving the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Dirt! The Movie is a 2009 American documentary film directed by filmmakers Gene Rosow and Bill Benenson and narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. It was inspired by the book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan. The film explores the relationship between humans and soil, including its necessity for human life and impacts by society. Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a 2010 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel. The film investigates multiple angles of the recent bee epidemic colony collapse disorder. It also explores the historical and contemporary relationship between bees and humans. Films are shown from 6 to 8 p.m. at the library, at 4818 49th St. Check www.rdpl.org for details and film trailers. The event is sponsored by the public library and the City of Red Deer.

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and Stacy Guthro, from Innisfail, in culinary arts. The top students now go on to represent Team Alberta at the 19th annual Skill Canada national competition, this year being held in Vancouver from June 5 to 8.

Casino to benefit Camp Alexo The Red Deer Kinsmen is offering a night of fun to benefit the Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer’s Camp Alexo project. In celebration of its 75th anniversary, and to help with the camp’s muchneeded building upgrades, the local club is hosting a Funny Money Casino on June 14 at the Quality Inn North Hill (at 7150 50th Ave.). The event will kick off with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. before proceeding into a period of appetizers and a small presentation on the work of the Youth and Volunteer Centre and the Kinsmen in Red Deer. The casino portion, featuring professional dealers and tables, will run from 8 to 11 p.m. There will also be a silent auction and prizes to be awarded. Tickets are $25 per person and are available from any Kinsmen member, or through club president Len Sisco at 403-304-2066 or siscoleonard@gmail. com. Only 200 tickets are being printed for the event. Camp Alexo, located west of Nordegg, has been running for 33 years, with volunteers from the Youth and Volunteer Centre providing a camp experience for underprivileged kids throughout the summer.

Lacombe man faces second group of charges A Lacombe County man was charged with further counts of break and enter, indecent acts and criminal harassment charges on May 17. In November, the same suspect was charged with entering a home and leaving behind pornographic material and biological matter on a woman’s undergarments. Police allege he entered the home

This year, 19 exceptional women are nominated for the Women of Excellence Awards. Join us as we celebrate the phenomenal women of Central Alberta at the

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MARY GARDINER • Health promoter and educator; mentor to many health care practitioners • Community volunteer • Accomplished tennis player • 2013 Women of Excellence Award Nominee for Health and Wellness

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Oklahoma twister upgraded to most powerful TWISTER THAT LEVELED SUBURB WAS AN EF-5, FATALITIES DOWN FROM 51 TO 24 AS SEARCH NEARLY COMPLETE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOORE, Okla. — The search for survivors and the dead was nearly complete Tuesday in the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb where a massive tornado flattened homes and demolished an elementary school, the fire chief said. Authorities lowered the death toll to 24, down from 51. Fire Chief Gary Bird said that he’s “98 per cent sure” there are no more survivors or bodies to recover under the rubble in the town of Moore. He said every damaged home had been searched at least once and that he’s hopeful the work could be completed by nightfall Tuesday, though heavy rains slowed efforts. Bird said no additional survivors or bodies have been found since Monday night. Authorities initially reported a higher death toll because some victims were apparently counted twice in the early chaos of the storm, said Amy Elliot, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner’s office. Downed communication lines and problems sharing information with officers exacerbated the problem, she said. The death toll included at least nine children. More than 200 people were treated at area hospitals. “We will rebuild and we will regain our strength,” said Gov. Mary Fallin, who went on a flyover of the area and described it as “hard to look at.” The ferocious storm, clocking winds of up to 200 mph (320 kph), reduced homes to piles of splintered wood in Moore, a town in a central U.S. region known as Tornado Alley. Less than 1 per cent of all tornadoes reach such wind speed. The National Weather Service said the tornado was an EF-5 on the enhanced Fujita scale, the most powerful type of twister. It was the first EF-5

tornado of 2013, said spokeswoman Keli Pirtle. In Washington, President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help. “In an instant, neighbourhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives, many more were injured,” Obama said. “Among the victims were young children trying to take shelter in the safest place they knew — their school.” The storm left scores of blocks barren and dark in Moore, a community of 41,000 people 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Oklahoma City. New search-and-rescue teams moved at dawn Tuesday, taking over from the 200 or so emergency responders who worked all night. A helicopter shined a spotlight from above to aid in the search. Other search-and-rescue teams focused their efforts at Plaza Towers Elementary, where the storm ripped off the roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal as students and teachers huddled in hallways and bathrooms. Seven of the nine dead children were killed at the school, but several students were pulled alive from under a collapsed wall and other heaps of mangled debris. Rescue workers passed the survivors down a human chain of parents and neighbourhood volunteers. Parents carried children in their arms to a triage centre in the parking lot. Some students looked dazed, others terrified. After hearing that the tornado was headed toward another school called Briarwood Elementary, David Wheeler left work and drove 100 mph (160 kph) through blinding rain and gusting wind to find his 8-year-old son, Gabriel. When he got there, “it was like the earth was wiped clean, like the grass was just sheared off,”

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This Tuesday photo shows destruction left behind by Monday’s tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. Wheeler said. Eventually, he found Gabriel, sitting with the teacher who had protected him. His back was cut and bruised and gravel was embedded in his head — but he was alive. As the tornado approached, students at Briarwood were initially sent to the halls, but a third-grade teacher — whom Wheeler identified as Julie Simon — thought it didn’t look safe and so ushered the children into a closet, he said. The teacher shielded Gabriel with her arms and held him down as the tornado collapsed the roof and starting lifting students upward with a pull so strong that it sucked the glasses off their faces, Wheeler said.

“She saved their lives by putting them in a closet and holding their heads down,” Wheeler said. Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in more than 100 schools across the state, but the two that were in Moore did not have them, said Albert Ashwood, director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. He said a shelter would not necessarily have saved more lives at Plaza Towers Elementary. Authorities were still trying to determine the full scope of the damage. The weather service said the tornado’s path was 17 miles (27 kilometres) long and 1.3 miles (2 kilometres) wide.

As U.S. immigration bill nears vote, supporters seek delay BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Far-reaching U.S. immigration legislation neared a final committee vote on Tuesday as the White House and Democratic supporters sought to delay a showdown over the rights of gay spouses until a debate in the full Senate. “There have been 300 amendments. Why shouldn’t we have one more?” replied Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was responding to concerns that a vote on the issue inside the panel could unravel months of work on the bill, which gives a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living in the United States illegally. The measure also creates a new program for low-skilled foreign labour and would permit highly skilled workers into the country at far higher levels than is currently the case. At the same time, it requires the government take new steps to guard against future illegal immigration. Overhaul of the U.S immigration system is a second term priority for President Barack Obama. As the day wore on, opponents of the bill made a final bid to strip the measure of its signature feature — a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants illegally in the U.S. that could take 13 years and payment of fines totalling $2,000. Sen. Ted Cruz’ proposal

failed on a vote of 13-5. The rejection was one of numerous ways in which the bipartisan coalition behind the White House-backed measure demonstrated its command of the proceedings. Without so much as a roll call vote, the panel adopted a compromise setting the terms of the expansion of H-1B high tech visas, a deal that brought Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican, over to the ranks of supporters. Under the deal, the number of highly skilled workers admitted to the country would rise from 65,000 annually to 110,000, with the possibility of a further rise to 180,000 depending in part on unemployment levels. Firms where foreign labour accounts for at least 15 per cent of the skilled work force would be subjected to tighter conditions than companies less dependent on H-IB visa holders. The compromise was negotiated by Hatch, whose state of Utah is home to a growing high tech industry, and Chuck Schumer, D-New York. It is designed to balance the interests of industry, which relies increasingly on skilled foreign labour, and organized labour, which represents American workers. Rich Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO labour federation, attacked the deal sharply, saying Hatch’s amendments “are unambiguous attacks on American workers,” and change the bill so high tech companies can bring

in foreign workers “without first making the jobs available to American workers. At the same time, he reaffirmed organized labour’s continuing support for the overall measure, a statement that allowed Schumer to add to the bill’s majority in committee without driving organized labour into the camp of its opponents. Robert Hoffman, senior vicepresident for government affairs at the Information Technology Industry Council, welcomed the deal. “We think it strikes a very good balance between worker protections already in the bill and changes that essentially would make the H-1B visa workable,” he said. “We obviously want to keep moving the bill forward and building support for the legislation, and this agreement allows us to do so.” At the White House, Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden met privately in the Oval Office with a small group of the bill’s supporters, part of the administration’s campaign to build support. The controversy over the rights of gay spouses, with the ability to fracture a bipartisan coalition behind the legislation, has hovered in the background of the debate from the beginning. As drafted by the Gang of Eight, four Republicans and four Democrats who negotiated the basic provisions of the legislation, gay spouses do not have the same right to a green card as heterosexual spouses.

Anti-gay attacks continue in New York City neighbourhoods BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — New York City authorities said two more possible anti-gay attacks have been reported, just hours after residents rallied in response to gaybashing that has left one person dead and raised concern about hate crimes. A 45-year-old man was attacked late Monday in Manhattan by a drinking companion who yelled an anti-gay slur and knocked him unconscious, police said. A suspect was being sought. And two men were walking in Manhattan early Tuesday when two other men yelled homophobic insults in Spanish and attacked them. The pair was arrested on hate crime assault charges. The reports come as the New York Police Department increased a presence in several neighbourhoods through the end of June, which is Gay Pride Month. On Saturday, Mark Carson was shot in the face and killed as he walked with a companion through

Greenwich Village, one of the nation’s most gayfriendly neighbourhoods. Police say a man was charged with murder as a hate crime. Carson’s shooting came after other attacks fueled by anti-gay anger in recent weeks, authorities said. On Monday, Carson’s killing drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime for a march intended to restore a sense of safety. Among those leading the march was Christine Quinn, the city’s first openly gay City Council speaker. In a statement on Tuesday, she expressed shock and anger over the latest incidents. “We will not retreat in fear,” she said. Despite a sharp spike in reports of anti-gay crimes — 29 so far this year, compared with 14 during the same period in 2012 — investigators don’t see a pattern to the attacks, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at the briefing. There was no indication that the two most recent reports were related to Monday’s march, he added. At a police headquarters briefing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the violence deplorable.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon wrote to the Oklahoma governor to express his condolences and offer the assistance of the United Nations, if requested, said U.N. deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey. Roofs were torn off houses, exposing metal rods left twisted like pretzels. Cars sat in heaps, crumpled and sprayed with caked-on mud. Insulation and siding was smashed up against the sides of any walls that remained standing. Yards were littered with pieces of wood, nails and pieces of electric poles. Monday’s twister also came almost exactly two years after an enormous twister ripped through the city of Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people.

Israel takes hard stance against Syria WARNING ISSUED AFTER EXCHANGING FIRE ACROSS TENSE GOLAN CEASE-FIRE LINE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria’s leader will “bear the consequences” of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a regionwide conflict. The incident marked the first time the Syrian army has acknowledged firing intentionally at Israeli troops since the civil war erupted more than two years ago. President Bashar Assad’s regime appears to be trying to project toughness in response to three Israeli airstrikes near Damascus in recent months. In the exchange, an Israeli jeep came under fire during an overnight patrol in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau which Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed. Syria claimed it destroyed the vehicle after it crossed the cease-fire line. Israel said the jeep was on the Israeli side of the line and suffered minor damage, and no one was hurt. It said it returned fire at the source and scored a “direct hit.” It gave no further details. Syria did not comment on the Israeli fire. It was the latest in a string of incidents in which gunfire and mortar shells have struck the Israeli side of the Golan in recent months. Israel believes that most of the fire has been incidental spillover from the Syrian civil war, but that several cases, including Tuesday’s, were intentional. Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, accused the Syrian leader of encouraging and directing operations against Israel. He said the Israeli patrol was targeted several times Tuesday by a “clearly marked Syrian position.” In his speech, he clearly alluded to the possibility that hostilities could erupt between Israel and Syria, which have fought several full-scale wars over the years and are bitter enemies. “We will not allow the Golan Heights to become a comfortable space for Assad to operate from,” Gantz told a conference at the University of Haifa. “If he escalates (the situation on) the Golan Heights, he will have to bear the consequences.” Gantz said the situation is extremely combustible, and “a day doesn’t go by” where there could be a “sudden uncontrollable deterioration.” He warned, “Instability will be the only stable thing that will happen here.” Israel has been warily watching the Syrian civil war since it broke out in March 2011, fearing the conflict could spill across its borders at any time. Israel is concerned that Assad, if he is facing defeat, might try to draw Israel into the fighting to divert attention away from his internal struggles. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the civil war, and rebels now control large swaths of Syrian territory. Israel is also concerned that Assad’s arsenal of advanced arms, including chemical weapons, antiaircraft systems and sophisticated missiles, could be transferred to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon or fall into the hands of radical rebel groups.

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Dear Annie: My wife and I are caught up in our for my mother? When will I know the time is right to son’s dysfunctional marriage. place her in a nursing home? What kind of facility is “Martin” and his wife have three children to- best? gether, and he has an older child from a previous I have a sister, but she has nothing to do with me. I marriage. All of the children are wonderful. They do feel alone and naive about Mom’s care. well in school. But their mom and dad hate each othDo you have any suggestions? — Doing It Myself er, drink too much and fight constantly. Dear Doing: A lot of this is dictated by Martin was recently fired after sevfinances. eral incidents at work, some of them Can your mother afford round-the-clock physical. They lost their home and now care in her own home? That is often the rent. They each accuse the other of being kindest solution. crazy and stupid. One sleeps constantly. Is there an affordable CCRC (Continuing They do not communicate in any way. Care Retirement Community) that offers They have given up hope of ever being independent living, followed by assisted happy or ever achieving anything. living, followed by nursing home care as We listen to them and can’t decide needed? who is right or wrong. We think they are You can contact the Eldercare Locator both at fault, but we have no idea how to (eldercare.gov) at 1-800-677-1116 to find rehelp them. sources in your area. Or, if you can afford Divorce is out of the question. They’ve it, you can get help navigating your options MITCHELL been to counselling and thought it was a by hiring a private care manager through & SUGAR joke. the National Association of Professional We’re getting too old for this. — UsuGeriatric Care Managers at caremanager. ally Have an Answer org. Dear Usually: There is no definitive Dear Annie: My heart goes out to “A Re“right” or “wrong.” Your son and his gretful Grandma,” who grieves her grandwife have an alcohol problem and other issues that child aborted 40 years ago. they are not addressing. Your advice to seek grief counseling was excelNo one should endure such an unhappy life if lent, but many counselors are not trained or sensithings can be done to make it better. tive to this particular kind of grief. Please urge them to go back to counselling for I would like to let Regretful Grandma and others their children’s sake. If they didn’t like the first know about the National Office of Post-Abortion Reccounsellor, they can look for someone who is a better onciliation and Healing (noparh.org) at 1-800-5WEfit. They can go separately or together. CARE. They also should look for a meeting of Alcoholics They offer both secular and religious resources Anonymous, and the kids can check out Alateen (al- and referrals, and their website has a page just for anon.alateen.org). grandparents. — Reader in Baton Rouge In the meantime, please offer to take those chilDear Baton: Many readers wrote to us with referdren into your home as often as possible so they have rals, many to Rachel’s Vineyard, and most of which some semblance of stability. are religious in nature. Thank you for helping. Dear Annie: My widowed mother is 79 years old Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and and has been diagnosed with mild dementia that is Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colgetting progressively worse. She lives alone, and I umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ am 10 minutes away. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Here’s my question: What is the best way to care Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BRIEFS Exhibit marks arts gala “Rooted in the arts” means different things to assorted artists. The slogan of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Awards was interpreted both literally and metaphorically by various artists in a new exhibit at the Harris-Warke Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The artworks explore themes of being anchored, centred, grounded, established, settled and entrenched. The Rooted in the Arts exhibit — which is being held to mark the presentation of the prestigious arts awards at Red Deer College on June 15 — is showing in new gallery space, upstairs at the Sunworks store on 4924 Ross St. The exhibit is on until June 22. A First Friday reception will be held on Friday, June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Red Deer’s art history celebrated at gallery A century of art in Central Alberta is being celebrated at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. To mark Red Deer’s centennial, local artist David More was asked to choose 50 artworks that span the last 100 years in Central Alberta. The result is the exhibit Reflections From a Century: Artists of Central Alberta. “My aim is to highlight some

of the visual artists who have made a significant impact on Red Deer’s artistic voice,” said More. While the show offers only a small representation of the area’s artistic expression over the last century, he added, each of the works was selected on the basis of excellence. More, a nationally recognized painter, was chosen to curate the show because he was raised in Red Deer and has an “innate appreciation of the area, with his own artistic vision rooted in Red Deer’s landscape,” said Lorna Johnson, the museum’s executive director. She believes More’s choices reveal the roots of Red Deer’s artistic spirit. “Visitors will see just the tip of the iceberg of the tremendous artistic talent that thrives in our midst,” Johnson added. The works were created by artists from various backgrounds — from skilled amateurs to professionals in a variety of disciplines. Johnson noted the establishment of the Red Deer College visual arts department in the 1970s probably resulted in the largest influx of contemporary artists to the area, as well as an environment of “expressive exploration in all art forms.” The show runs to Aug. 5. An opening reception will be held on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. More will present a brief speech about the exhibit and conduct a tour on Sunday, June 23, at 2 p.m.

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, dies BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison’s gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock’s most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi RobinsonFitzgerald. The musician’s manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died after being stricken with bile duct cancer. The Doors’ original lineup, which also included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger, was only together for a few years and they only made six studio albums. But the band has retained a large and obsessive following decades after Morrison’s death, in 1971. The Doors have sold more than 100 million records and songs such as Light My Fire and Riders On the Storm are still “classic” rock favourites. For Doors admirers, the band symbolized the darker side of the Los Angeles lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys fans headed home. The Doors’ vibe “has more to do with Charles Bu-

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Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the 2012 Sunset Strip Music Festival launch party celebrating The Doors at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek died on Monday, at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. kowski than it does with Farrah Fawcett,” said John Doe of punk band X, a friend of Manzarek’s for more than 30 years, referring to the poet and Charlie’s Angels star, respectively. “It has more to do with Raymond Chandler and Nathaniel West, and Sunset Boulevard the movie, than it does with Beach Blanket Bingo, right? ... It’s a real dark place out in LA.” Next to Morrison, Manzarek was the most distinctive-looking band member, his glasses and wavy blond hair making him resemble a young English professor more than a rock star, a contrast to Morrison’s Dionysian glamour — his sensuous

mouth and long, dark hair. Musically, Manzarek’s spidery organ on Light My Fire is one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock history. But he seemed up to finding the right touch for a wide range of songs — the sleepy, lounge-style keyboards on Riders On the Storm; the liquid strains for The Crystal Ship; the barrelhouse romps on Roadhouse Blues. The Doors always considered themselves “more” than a rock band and Manzarek, Densmore and Krieger often managed a flowing rapport that blended rock, blues and jazz behind Morrison’s self-consciously poetic lyrics.

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Or fax to 780-865-5829 Your place to SELL Candidate must be a Please Quote For detailed job description Your place to BUY highly motivated self Job # 72096 on Resume Please email starter with a strong PROFLO is currently hr@alstaroilfield.com operational and technical seeking qualified “Committed to enriching Or visit our Career Section background. Candidates PRODUCTION TESTING the lives of our workforce, at: www.alstaroilfield.com Oilfield must have an Engineering ASSISTANTS while providing quality All candidates must have energy construction solutions” “Committed to enriching the Degree or industry related Technologist Degree. a valid driver’s licence, lives of our workforce, while This position can be based transportation, H2S, Looking for a place providing quality energy out of Calgary or Red first aid & PST or CSTS. to live? construction solutions” Deer, Alberta. Email resume to: Take a tour through the 1ST RATE ENERGY info@proflo.net CLASSIFIEDS LOCAL SERVICE CO. SERVICES INC., or fax to: 403-341-4588 Field Service REQ’S EXP. VACUUM a growing Production TRUCK OPERATOR Representative Testing company, based Must have Class 3 licence Integrated Production out of Sylvan Lake, is w/air & all oilfield tickets. Services is seeking highly currently accepting resumes Fax resume w/drivers motivated, experienced for the following positions: abstract to 403-886-4475 individuals who are able SERVICE RIG to work un-supervised COLTER ENERGY * Experienced LOCAL Testing company Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd installing Open Hole SERVICES USA INC seeking experienced Well Production Testing is seeking an exp’d Completion Systems in Testers. FLOORHAND Western Canada. This * Day Supervisors Join Our Fast Growing Positions available Locally based, home every position is based out of Team and Secure Your * Night Operators immediately. night! Qualified applicants Red Deer, Alberta. Future with our Optimum * Experienced Day/Night Supervisors & must have all necessary Benefit Package Assistants. Production Testing valid tickets for the position IPS offers industry & RRSP’s!! MUST HAVE valid H2S being applied for. competitive salaries, Assistants and First Aid. Bearspaw offers a incentive/commission Production Testing Competitive wages and very competitive salary plans, and benefits for all If you are a team player health benefits. Personnel in Minot, ND: and benefits package field employees. We are interested in the oil and Email resumes and tickets proud of our reputation as along with a steady Day & Night gas industry, please to: welltesting365@gmail. work schedule. a Safety leader within the submit your resume, Supervisors com Please submit resumes: industry and we continually current driver’s abstract & Field Operators Attn: Human Resources strive to improve the and current safety Email: delivery of our services. certificates to the following: • Qualified Day & Night hr@bearspawpet.com Fax 403-887-4750 Supervisors Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Interested candidates for lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca - (Must be able to provide Mail to: Suite 5309, the above positions should own work truck.) 333-96 Ave. NE forward their resume to Please specify position • Field Operators Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 people@ipsadvantage.ca” when replying to this ad. - Valid First Aid, H2S, driver’s license required! We would like to thank all those candidates who Please see your website NOW HIRING FOR: apply, however only @ www.colterenergy.ca Oilfield Equipment qualified personnel will or contact us at be contacted. Operator/Mechanic 1-877-926-5837 - Class 3Q Driver license w/clean abstract required Your application will be TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 - Diesel mechanic kept strictly confidential experience or ticket req’d. Rosedale Morrisroe - Picker & Rig JAGARE ENERGY experience preferred PRODUCTION TESTING GIANT KNIGHTS of CHINA Cupboard, high- Drug testing required now hiring Day Supervisors, A RED DEER BASED COLUMBUS Garage Sale chair, camping dishes, - Competitive pay Night Operators, and Pressure Testing Company Saturday, May 25, starting misc. household Thurs. & w/ benefits Helpers. Must have valid req’s. Operators for testing at 8:30 am St. Mary’s Fri. 10 a.m.to 8 p.m. Fax or Email resume only: Class 5 drivers license. BOP’s throughout AB. Catholic Church Parking 51 ROTH CRSC. Admin@chcinc.ca RSP’s and benefits pkg. Only those with Drilling rig Lot. 6 McMillan Ave. R.D. or fax: 403-343-3626 incentives. Email resumes exp. need apply. Fax Start your career! A large assortment of Suitable applicants to: jagare2@gmail.com or resume & driver’s abstract mikeg@jagareenergy.com See Help Wanted household items. will be contacted. to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted. Oilfield You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Clerical

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LPN NEEDED

MOA NEEDED

Funeral Directors & Services

Funeral Home & Crematorium by Arbor Memorial

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for a busy dermatology office. This is a 6 mo. F/T position w/possible extension. 8:30-5, Mon.-Fri. Applicant must have knowledge of EMR programs. Duties include taking patients history, patient counseling & assisting with procedures. Fax resume to 403-314-0552

Obituaries

James Alfred Baker passed away on May 17th, 2013 in the Lacombe Community Health Care Center. He was born on May 13th, 1923 in Elrose, Saskatchewan to Charles and Ellen Baker. They came to the Lacombe area in 1929 and farmed in the Gull Lake area. Predeceased by his parents, one sister Nell, two brothers Bill and Clifford, and his only son Ron, James is survived by his wife Mabel, daughterin-law Susan and her husband Blaine Raaen, grandchildren Kathy Baker a n d We s ( S h e l l y ) B a k e r, great grandchildren Cody and Ethan, as well as stepdaughters Judy (Mike) Morris and Janet (Charlie) Ball, four step grandchildren and four step great grandchildren. At James request there will no service. The family also requests no floral arrangements please. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements. 403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

Medical

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LPN & RN Positions Available! Both positions are part time with no evenings or weekends. Please bring in your resume to 215-5201-43rd Street or fax to 403-341-3599.

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ASSISTANT DISTRICT MANAGER JOIN OUR FAST GROWING TEAM!! Qualifications Include:

5-10 yrs experience in the Production Testing Industry Valid Driver’s License Business Management Skills Organizational Skills Project Management Experience

Duties required:

Coordinating field Operations Manage crew and personnel Flexible work schedule - after hours on call rotation Financial Management - Cost control

Please visit our website at: www. cathedralenergyservices.com or apply by email to: pnieman@ cathedralenergyservices.com wtopp@ cathedralenergyservices.com Your application will be kept strictly confidential.

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Class 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision. Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons FOOD SERVICE SUPERVIISORS $13/hr. 4 positions. Apply at 6620 Orr Drive. Red Deer Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-341-3561 or apply in person

F/T & P/T KITCHEN HELPERS Wages $12./hr. Apply in Person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

JOSE JOSE LATIN RESTAURANT IS HIRING!! Looking for a WAITRESS/WAITER Please drop off your resume at #9 7110-50 Ave or call 403-986-5673

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

Sales & Distributors

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1511018 Alberta Ltd. O/A Micabella Cosmetics req’s sales people F/T, P/T for women’s cosmetics in Red Deer Malls $15/hr. Shift. canadacarts@gmail.com WEST 285 Ltd. o/a Perfume from the Ocean & Cosmetics, req’s F/T Shift Supervisor with 1 - 2 yrs. exp. $17.50/hr. Email: west285ltd@gmail.com

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE READ BY 100,000 Potential Buyers???

TRY Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300 DEADLINE THURS. 5 P.M.

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ACADEMIC Express Adult Education and Training

NOW HIRING

Carpenters & Labourers for work in Red Deer

Apply at: Email: careers@ clarkbuilders.com Fax: 1-888-403-3051 www.clarkbuilders.com Start your career! See Help Wanted

Spring Start

GED classes days/evening TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED 3rd and 4th yr. JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

JOURNEYMAN WELDER REQ’D.

C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Laborers, sandblasters, powder coaters, and painters. Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165.

Indoors, great hours, diversity and fabrication. Competitive wage and benefit pkg. Fax resume to 403-309-3360.

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WE ARE GROWING, NOW HIRING

Fall Start

F/T MEAT CUTTER and

F/T GROCERY CLERK Competitive wages. Apply in person or fax resume to 403-885-5231.

Truckers/ Drivers

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DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class.2. Bus driver or semi driver exp. preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontbus@platinum.ca

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CARPENTERS HELPER and P/T (could turn into F/T) mature hot shot driver. Must be able to work on own, and clean drivers abstract. Fax resume to 403-986-0020

CURRENTLY HIRING operators on various types of Construction equipment. Also seeking Gravel truck drivers with Class 1 license. Fax: 346-8490 or email lclark@ settersconstruction.ca DRYWALL CREW req’d immediately for huge project in Blackfalds. Must have all tools & own trans. Exp.’d only. 403-872-1686

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!

Heavy Duty Mechanic

Red Deer Shop req’s Journeyman or 4th yr. apprentice with CVIP license. Manufacturing and Hydraulic system experience an asset. Good hours, competitive wage & benefit package. Fax resume to: 403-309-3360.

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers. Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages. Fax resume: 403-356-0244 NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116

Experienced Screedman Roller Operator Transfer Machine Operator

Newcart Contracting (1993) is looking for

Safety Supervisors & Safety Watch People for the Plant Turnaround Season. Must have valid H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid/CPR, Confined Space, and WHIMIS Safety Tickets. Fax resume to 403-729-2396 or email: resumes @newcartcontracting.com No phone inquiries please. NOW Hiring Site Superintendants, Carpenters, Apprentice Carpenters for Full Time Work in the Red Deer area. Fully paid Benefit Package, Pension Plan, Bonuses. Good wages. Experience in the Petroleum industry an asset, Service Stations, Bulk Plants. E-mail Resume to tedc@kellerdenali.com REQ’D IMMED. 3rd. yr, 4th yr. or licensed tech. Apply in person at OK Tire South 3218 49 Ave. Red.

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Carpenters Helpers & Labourers For local work. Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

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Community Support Worker Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST PARK

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

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

www.ferus.ca

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman

NO EXP. NECESSARY!! F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

Grande Prairie

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.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in DEER PARK AREA Dawson St. & 1 Block of Davison Dr. ALSO Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. ALSO Dunham Close ALSO Duncan Cres. ALSO 3 blocks of West Duston St. & Dale Close ALSO Densmore Cres. & East part of Donnelly Cres. LANCASTER East half of Lampard Cres. ALSO Landry Bend Lacey Close & Lenon Close area. ALSO Leonard Cres. & 1 Block of Lancaster Ave. ALSO Part of Lanterman Cres. ALSO Lamont Close

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate. 6 days per week Vehicle needed DEERPARK Dowler & Douglas St. Area $605.00/mo Call Jamie 403-314-4306 For more information

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EARN EXTRA CASH!!! The Red Deer Advocate is looking for friendly and outgoing telephone sales people to join our team. Work 3-4 days per week 4:00 - 8 :00 p.m Great earning potential for the right person. If this is for you please drop off your resume at: The Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer or email to: dsibbet@ reddeeradvocate.com or rholt@reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED 1 day per week

For afternoon delivery once per week

in the town of Bowden, Innisfail, and Olds.

In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Packages come ready to deliver. No collecting!

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

Please call Quitcy 403-314-4316

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BEN

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Rental Department/ Delivery Driver • Class 5 Drivers Licence. *abstract may be required • Must be able to tow trailers/5th wheels • Cleaning of units • Some evenings & weekends may be required • Full time seasonal position (May 01-Sept. 30)

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

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

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Truckers/ Drivers

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

NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Email resume to: office@ccal.com Fax resume to: 403-885-5137 LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced P/T Servers. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

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

Apply by: Email: uncleben@telusplanet.net Fax: 403-346-1055 or drop off resume at reception Attn: Charles (rental manager)

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

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SUPPORT WORKER We are looking for a support worker to become a member of our team which supports a 28 year old young man in his home in the community. This young man is autistic and has complex behavioral needs. The ideal candidate will have exp. working with challenging behaviors. They will also believe in inclusion & be passionate about supporting an individual with a developmental disability to have an inclusive & full life. Provide direct care & participate in the development of personalized goals. You will be employed directly by his family. Team communication is key to supporting the success of this young man so you must have excellent written & verbal communication skills. F/T & P/T positions avail. Apply to: kelly-s@shaw.ca

Trades

If you have already applied for this position, please re-send resume due to error in email address. We apologize for the inconvenience.

www.ferus.com

PROFESSIONAL

DRIVERS WANTED

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

www.ferus.ca

humanresources@ferus.com or by fax to 1-888-879-6125 Please Reference: Driver #0513

Millwright

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

OPERATOR 2 POSITION Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position. The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties. Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred. Application Closing Date: March 21, 2013. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660 email: mlyle@rahr.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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* Preparation of monthly consolidated financial statements * Preparation of semimonthly payroll, monthly payroll remittances, record of employment forms and T4s. * Administration of payroll benefits * Preparation and filing of monthly GST returns. * Preparation of annual WCB return * Preparation of subcontractor T5018s * Previous exp. in the construction industry would be an asset. * Preparation of April 30th year-end working paper files for external accountants * Attention to detail * Exc. communication skills * Approx. 55 hrs. per month with the ability to provide additional hours as needed. Fax resume to 403-309-1944

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CONTRACT Financial Controller for family-owned construction company. Proficient with Simply Accounting, Excel, and Word Software. Responsible for monthly account reconciliations including: * bank * Accounts Receivable * Accounts Payable * GST * Capital assets * Inter company accounts * Loans/capital leases * Prepaid Expenses

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Professionals

Joffre Plant Ferus is looking for a talented and reliable full time Millwright to join our production team out of our Joffre facility. The ideal candidate must be able to work alone, with minimal supervision. They must be an open, honest team player and be willing to work with other trades.

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS

The candidate will be responsible for: • Performing planned & breakdown maintenance; • Installing, troubleshooting & maintaining equipment based on manufacturer’s recommendations & specifications; • Conducting equipment inspections & detecting potential problems. The candidate will require the following skills: • Millwright Journeyman Certificate; Interprovincial certificate preferred • Millwright/Heavy duty mechanic with field compression or plant experience • Basic computer skills; maintenance database knowledge preferred • A combination of other equivalences & experience may be considered • Occasional travel will be required Ferus offers competitive industry rates and an excellent benefits package, including a Group Savings Plan. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, Please email your resume by May 31st, 2013

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300 classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Accounting

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

Cleaning

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Housecleaning. Free up time in your schedule. I have 20 yrs experience, honest and reliable. Call for an appointment. Janet 250-489-8889.

Please reference: Ad #MW-JF-0513 We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted. 301649E18-F13

PLUMBING & HEATING CORP.

Plumbing & HVAC Service Technicians NEEDED!!!

This is a Monday – Friday position located in Lac La Biche, (furnished living accommodations provided for out of town employees) Clark’s has immediate openings for qualiﬁed, experienced heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) Technician and Plumbers. The successful candidates will: • hold a current Journeyman’s ticket • be experienced in all aspects of HVAC or Plumbing service • must pass a Pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening • Provide a current Drivers Abstract • be a motivated self-starter • take pride in doing great work and willing to work long hours if needed • be energetic, positive, and keen to work with a rapidly expanding company • be 100% dedicated to customer service and satisfaction Clark’s offers top wages,10% holiday/vacation pay, overtime after 8 hrs, training, Health and Dental packages. We are a COR Certiﬁed and ISNetworld Compliant, safety-conscious company that provides a safe and enjoyable workplace.

Fax Resume to 780-623-7451 or Email: sales@cpandh.ca

Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Escorts

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ASIAN MZ. REIKO 587-377-1298 Avail. days

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

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Spring & summer bookings. Res./com. Your full service handyman. Brian 403-598-3857

Massage Therapy

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ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650

FANTASY

SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

International ladies

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GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169

MASSAGE

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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VII MASSAGE Feeling over whelmed? Hard work day? Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave. www. viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels. 403-986-6686 RED DEER’S BEST

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN Misc. SERVICES LTD. Services

MAMMA MIA !! Soffit, Fascia & Eaves. 403-391-2169

Eavestroughing

Massage Therapy

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Painters/ Decorators

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

Seniors’ Services

Moving & Storage

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BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

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PRO-PAINTING at reasonable rates. 304-0379

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small jobs, around the house such as roof snow removal, bathroom fixtures, painting or flooring Call James 403- 341-0617 SENIORS need a HELPING HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility. Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

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

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BEYOND THE HEDGE. Weekly/Bi-weekly & holiday mows still avail. Call 403-596-6856 GARDEN ROTOTILLING & Yard Prep. 403-597-3957 GARDENS ROTOTILLED 304-7250 LAWN AERATING Call 403-304-0678 LITTLE R&R AERATION Call Randy 403-341-3780 ROTOTILLING, power raking, aerating & grass cutting. Reasonable rates. 403-341-4745

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 22, 2013 D3

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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

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

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Noise Solutions Delburne, AB accepting Resumes for Welders, Assemblers, Parts & Field Crew. Email to lgoddard@ noisesolutions.com Fax 403-749-2259 Attn. Lorna

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

ANTIQUE ARMIOR $275 obo. 403-747-2597

ANDERS AREA Part Time Account Anders St. Merchandiser Addinell Close/ If you’re looking for a GREENHOUSE WORKERS Allan St. challenging position with BLACKFALDS Abbott Close/ Allan St. Central one of the world’s leading AB Greenhouses Allan Close/Allan St. We have some seasonal snack food companies, positions available com- here’s your chance to join Allsop Cres. mencing immediately and the largest sales team in

Lewis Close/ Law Close

ending June 1, 2013. Duties include planting seedlings, watering plants, moving plants from one area to another, loading plants onto carts and loading trucks. This position is labor intensive and includes working weekends and some evenings (approx. 65 hrs./wk.). Must have own transportatin. We will train. Wage is $11.50/hr. Fax resume to 403-885-4147 or email to: ar-cag@telus.net. Please note that only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

BOWER AREA Broughton/ Brooks Cres. Bettenson St./ Baines Cres. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St LANCASTER AREA

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

Springfield Ave. Savoy Cres./ Selkirk Blvd. Sherwood Cres. VANIER AREA Vanson Close/ Visser St.

Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

IN SERVICE SHOP, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld. Apply fax 403-341-5622

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

NEWS PAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for early morning delivery by 6:30 am EASTVIEW 84 Papers $441/month $5292/yr.

COLLEGE/UNIV STUDENTS

flexible summer schedules, $16 base/appt. cust. sales/service, conditions apply, will train. Call Now! 403-755-6711 www. summeropenings.ca/

WESTPARK 81 Papers $425/month $5103/yr.

DISPATCHER req’d. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area. Salary is $14.75/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

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WESTLAKE 81 Papers $420/month $5040/yr. Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

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.

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex. Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration. Bondable. Reply to Box 1043, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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AUCTION SALE

Saturday May 25, 2013 Delburne, AB - 11:00 A.M. from hwy 21 west 8 km on 595 north side of 24354 section 4-38-24-w4 26 km east of Red Deer on 595 (Delburne Road) Ed & Rose Getz of Delburne, AB. • • • •

Farm Equipment Older Equipment Some Antiques & Collectables Small Tools

2 Consignors with 2 Trailer Loads of Good Conditioned Tools Auctioneers Your attendance is greatly appreciated. This will be a short Sale Please Be On Time. Everything must sell. NO BUYERS FEE! All Items Must Be Removed Within 4 Days Unless Prior Arrangements Are Made. Sale items are subject to additions and deletions. Cash or Cheque, GST Where Applicable

Terry P. Silbernagel Auction Services Terry Silbernagel (403) 318-5873 / 773-2167 License # 197444 Derek Dekeyser (403) 820-2070

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Warehouse Shipper/ Receiver

Competitive starting wages plus regular increases. Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm Excellent benefits package. Opportunities to advance. Must be dependable, hardworking and seeking a long-term career. Apply in person, or email to: hartleytj@eecol.com 4747 - 61st Street WEED SPRAYER required. No exp. necessary. Must have valid Class 5 Driver’s License. Fax resume to 403-2275099, e-mail to cdsprung@ telus.net or call Cory @403-304-8201

Career Planning

Auctions

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RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works! APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

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

Bicycles

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BIKE, blue, child’s, 20” wheels. great cond. 1 owner only. $50. 403-347-0024

POLICE

BIKE AUCTION Sunday, May 26 10 am Sharp For directions visit www.cherryhillauction.com 403-347-8988

Clothing

1590

NEW ladies Power Walk, made by Natural Sport runners size 9 $20 403-340-1120

EquipmentHeavy

880

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Tools

NEW BAUSCH CHOP SAW, non-slide. $150. 403-346-3708 DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Firewood

Homestead Firewood

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

We currently require a

EARTHWORKS CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN

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

For work in and around the Red Deer area

This successful individual will possess the following quali¿cations: • Minimum 3 – 5 years running crews • Have blueprint knowledge and experience • Various types of construction project experience an asset • Understand Alberta Transportation Speci¿cations • Must be a team player

Household Appliances

301600E24

Pidherney’s offers competitive wages based on experience & bene¿t packages.

Please fax resume to 403-845-5370 or email to hr@pidherneys.com

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AFFORDABLE

PIDHERNEY’S IS GROWING!

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3 TARPS, 14’ X 10’, 12’ X 9’, 9’ X 7’ $6/EA; trolley platform on castors 37” x 24” $15; 2 claw bars 29”/$10; 16”/$5; 2 wood cutting drill bits 1 5/8” x 9 1/2”L $10; 1 3/8” x 18” L $10; garage hand towel paper roll large $3; hand saw $5; car safety bar $5; tow rope $10; hitch bar w/pin and 1 7/8” ball $15; hitch bar w/pin $7; post hold auger 5” cut manual $20; garbage can with lid, galvanized $10; plastic wrap 15” w/roll large $8; flower pots various sizes $3, shelf 64”l x 9 1/2”w and 1 3/4” thick $5; 15 - 8 track tapes/case $15; 16 cassette tapes $16; 403-314-2026 FOOD Dehydrator, with 7 trays, Ronco. Exc. Cond. $50. 1 Pair of men’s calf high, rubbher boots, size 12. $25. 403-227-2653 GENERATOR, 2500 Watt Coleman, $175. 403-347-1637 GOLF carry bag $25 obo; Action Spy books, 4 boxes $60 obo 403-782-3847 ROYAL DOULTON Pretty Ladies, 3 for $250. Will sell separately. 403-347-5911 TOOL Box, “TUFF BOX”, fits small truck. $30. 403-347-1637

Pets & Supplies

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SMALL DOG KENNEL $50. 403-346-7375

Sporting Goods

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ATTENTION GOLFERS, 2 remote control golf club caddys. 1 - Electronic caddy $700. 1- X3R Stewart Golf Dream Machine. $1000. 403-346-6989, 373-2574 GOLF CLUB SET RIGHT HAND. Cleveland Launcher Driver Srixon 3 Wood. Bazooka Tour Edge Cavity Back Irons. 3-PW, Regular Flex Graphite Shafts. Bag. $75. Very good condition. 403-346-0093 STEVENS Model 200 17 HMR Rifle w/ 2.5-10x42 adjustable scope, w/carry sling & a Tikka travel case. Incld’s 75 rounds of varment ammo from Hornady. $350. 403-318-5726

Travel Packages

1900

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

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GLENDALE

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

HUGE TRI-PLEX on 59th Ave

Modern open concept, 2 large bdrms, 1.5 bath, In-suite Laundry. NO PETS, N/S. Avail NOW. $1325 & UTIL Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554 NEWLY reno’d 3 bdrm. 4 plex., 6 appls, Glendale area, $1300/mo. 403-302-0488

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Suites

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $850, S.D. $700. Avail. June 1. Near hospital. No pets 403-340-1032 or 318-3679

2 bright bdrms, 1 baths, recently updated. 2 appls. Coin-op laundry. No pets. N/S. Starting @ $950 & Power; SD $950; Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Or 403-396-9554

LARGE 2 bdrm. bsmt. suite in Blackfalds, own entrance, washer, dryer, fridge, stove, utils. incld, 403-782-7745 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

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

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/ water. $685 avail. June 1, no pets 403-348-6594

QUIET LOCATION

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

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

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Acreages/ Farms

3010

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 baths, rent $2000 + DD Avail. now. 403-346-5885

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM, 3 bath home , APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. nice deck, new paint & carpet, for over 40 couple with no warr. Riverside Appliances pets at 7316-59 Ave. 403-342-1042 Rent $1500/Sec. $1500. ELECTRULUX Double Ph: 403-341-4627 Convection wall oven, new in box. Retail $3599. Sell 4601 49 STREET $3000. 403-347-4902 Cute Little HOUSE! 2 bdrm 1 bath. GARAGE. FRIDGE $75 Fridge/Stove/Washer/Dryer. Marilee 403-341-9990 Avail. NOW! No pets, N/S. leave msg. ONLY $1195 + Utils. KENMORE DRYER Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Electric. Excellent cond. Or 403-396-9554 $100. 403-347-5873 SYLVAN, avail .immed. 2 MEDIUM SIZE DEEP units. 2 bdrm. + hide-aFREEZER. $100. bed, incl., cable, dishes, 403-346-7375 bedding, all utils. $1000 -$1400/mo. 403- 880-0210 Household WEST PARK lower half duplex, 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 4 Furnishings appls., great location. New reno’s. No pets, n/s. Rent MAPLE WOOD shelving, $1050. incld’s utils. $50; maple wood desk **RENTED** w/hutch, $135. 403-346-3708 Condos/ NEW KING SIZE BOX SPRINGS. Townhouses Sealy Posturepedic. $90. 403-343-0745 ALIX: 2 bdrm. 1 bath, 5 appls, shows like new. QUEEN SIZE FUTON $1000 + utils. Avail. June W/WOODEN FRAME, 1, 403-341-9974 $40. 403-747-2597 SOUTHWOOD PARK SINGLE BED FRAME. 3110-47TH Avenue, Forest green, all metal. 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, $30. 403-346-3708 generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, WANTED full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Antiques, furniture and Sorry no pets. estates. 342-2514 www.greatapartments.ca

SUNNYBROOK

Looking for

a job? ?

Community & Social Services

Red Deer Alberta Works Centre

Mini Job Fairs

4911 - 51 Street, Red Deer

May 22, 2013 (all locations) 9 a.m. - Noon Innisfail Learning Centre 4303 - 49 Street, Innisfail t Innisfail School Age Program t Innisfail Early Learning Centre t Innisfail Family Day Home Society t McMan Youth, Family Services

Olds Alberta Works Centre 4500 - 50 Street, Olds t Innisfail Family Day Home Society

t Alberta Council of Disability Services t Catholic Social Services t Central Alberta Child & Family Services t Central Alberta Day Association t Central Alberta Family Day Home Association t Cosmos Community Support Services t Lacombe Action Group t Parkland CLASS t Red Deer Child Care Society t Red Deer College Children’s Program t Razzle Dazzle - Sylvan Lake t Kids Konnection - Blackfalds t St. John Ambulance

Stereos TV's, VCRs

Misc. for Sale

Rocky Mountain House Alberta Works Centre 4919 - 51 Street t The Good Samaritan Society t Learn & Laugh Family Day Homes t McMan Youth, Family & Comm. Services t Westward Goals t HOPE - Society for Persons with Disabilities

Government

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SPEAKER w/Ipod hookup $30 obo; Ipod docking station stereo $30; X box with 6 games $60 obo; PS 2 w/6 games $60 obo 403-782-3847

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Alberta Works is hosting mini job fairs throughout Central Alberta focused on careers in the Community and Social Services sector

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20 QUART roasting oven $20; 19.2 volt cordless variable spd. reversible drill, $35; Craftsman spiral cutting saw $50, 6 cu. ft. steel wheel barrow $40, Coleman propane lantern $10 403-347-2603 GARDEN CULTIVATOR, small electric drive, $30. **SOLD**

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000. Avail. June 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

3040

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

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

5030

2009 Cadillac STS Platinum AWD, 42,750 Kms. Fully loaded like new. 2 sets of rims & tires. $35,000 403 348 3762

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550 MUST SELL New 2 Storey 1550 sq.ft 3 bdrm, bonus room, 2.5 bath, $379,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550

2007 MERCEDES BENZ B 200 5 speed, $8,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

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Condos/

New condo, 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

For Rent

3090

2 ROOMS furnished Highland Green. 403-342-4604

ROOM for rent $550./mo. Call 403-352-7417 ROOM for rent. $450 rent, d.d. $350. 403-343-0421 ROOMS FOR RENT, close to uptown. Employed gentleman Rent $350/mo, s.d. $250, 403-350-4712

Pasture

3180

One of a kind property! Approximately 182 acres bordering the Red Deer River. Located about 16 kms east of Red Deer. Contact Dmitri at 403-305-0513

3190

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

2005 PORSCHE Cayenne S AWD, leather, Lexani wheels, $23,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4090

Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL By Owner. Mauricia 403-340-0225

4100

Income Property

2005 PORSCHE Boxster 5 speed $26,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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

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Cottages/Resort Property

Businesses For Sale

2005 FORD 500, 4 dr. sedan 87,871 kms., clean. $5900. 403-347-2660

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

4140

FAMILY BUSINESS - GAS BAR & CONVIENCE STORE FOR SALE/LEASE Email: kjsservices@live.ca

4160

Lots For Sale

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

PASTURE LAND Avail. for 10 cow/calves, in North Red Deer. 403-346-5885

Mobile Lot

$10,900, 403-318-5747

4070

Farms/ Land

THE NORDIC

LOVE GOLF?

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

5040

2010 BMW X3 AWD, panoroof, 25821 kms., $36,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Walk-out view lot (.40 acres) overlooking pond, backing W. at Wolf Creek Village. Power, municipal water & sewer to be connected. 10 yr. Golf membership avail. valued $30,000. Controls in place to protect your investment. 403-782-4599 2005 INFINITI FX 35 AWD sunroof, leather, $18,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

Out Of Town Property

4170

wegot

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

159 ACRES, 1288 sq.ft. bungalow, New windows, siding, shingles & fireplace. Houses Good well, underground power, valley location with For Sale creek, garden, fruit trees, fences, corrals, steel bins, 1308 SQ.FT. barn. Seeded to grass. Modified Bi-Level Good hunting, fishing. P r i c e d a t $ 3 5 4 , 9 0 0 . 5 Immed. poss. $229,000. bdrms. 3 baths, mature Preeceville, Sask. yard, dble. attach. garage, 306-547-3319 walk-out entrance in bsmt, covered deck. Call MARGARET COMEAU Remax Real Estate Central AB. 403-391-3399

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2004 Saturn VUE AWD loaded w/sun roof 4, cyl. very nice shape, $5400. 403-746-5541, 550-0372 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o. 403-348-1634

Trucks

5050

wegot

wheels

2007 HONDA Ridgeline EX-L. Exc. cond. loaded, 96,000 km, $18,900. 403-318-5747

CLASSIFICATIONS

1992 DODGE Dakota needs trans, sell for parts or as is 403-318-7625

5000-5300 2 Birds w/1 Stone SYLVAN LAKE 1. Executive home five bdrms., three baths, $554,900. (see photo) 2. Modern condo, two bdrms, two baths. $265,000. Call 403-887-2414 for details.

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river. SD $1000. avail. June 1, 403-304-7576 347-7545

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft. 3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900. Dbl. att. garage. 403-588-2550

AFFORDABLE WATERFRONT ON SHUSWAP LAKE, with own dock/buoy. Beautiful property in Sorrento only $249’000. If you are 55+ look at Property Guys ID Nr 65213 or call Roger†403-350-8089 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, Tanja 250-804-6436 N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Rooms and we’ll sell it for you!

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3030

Cars

LUXURIOUS 1 1/2 DUPLEX in gated community in Red Deer. 2 bdrm. + den, 3 bath. Phone 403-506-9491

1 bdrm. apt. avail. May 15 Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets. 403-346-6686

ROOM $600. Blackfalds. All incld’d, furn. 588-2564

AGRICULTURAL

4020

Houses For Sale

Townhouses FAMILY APT. 2006 HONDA Civic Coupe LX Near Downtown RD MASON MARTIN HOMES Exc cond. Loaded, 84,000 km

FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo. Text any time or call between 5 pm - 9 pm 403-598-6467

1630

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

for all Albertans

Misc. for Sale

486 WISHART STREET, RED DEER 6 yr old 3 bdrm + office/den 1300 sq. ft. bi-level. Maple hardwood, 5 piece ensuite with jetted tub, fireplace, wet bar, finished oversized garage, underground sprinklers, central vac, in-floor heat, water softener. Kitchen has maple cabinets, stainless appls, breakfast bar & pantry. Fenced yard, deck & ground level stone patio. All appls. & window coverings incl. $ 478,000. Call 403-597-1149 or 403-304-8002 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

BUSINESS IS BUILT ON INFORMATION Everything you need to know to keep your business humming . . . every day in the Business Section of the Red Deer Advocate.

Call For Home Delivery

314-4300

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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.

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

2005 FORD 500, 4 dr. sedan 87,871 kms., clean. $5900. 403-347-2660

2006 HONDA Civic Coupe LX Exc cond. Loaded, 84,000 km $10,900, 403-318-5747

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

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

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

2004 CADILLAC Escalade, AWD, leather

2005 INFINITI FX 35 AWD sunroof, leather, $18,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 KAWASAKI Ninja, 10,300 kms. $5,400. 403-597-5972

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

2010 DENALI 5TH WHEEL 27’ 1/2 ton towable. Lrg. slide, electric awning, a/c, satellite, sleeps 6. $24,000. 403-741-6994

2005 PORSCHE Boxster 5 Speed $26,888 348-8788 SPORT & IMPORT

2006 TRAVELAIR As new cond. Used very little. Immaculate. Sleeps 4. New generator incl. $10,500. SOLD

2005 PORSCHE Cayenne S AWD, leather, Lexani wheels,

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

2008 PUMA 27’ w/slide. On site at River Ridge RV Park. deck, gazebo, shed & BBQ. $18,500 on location or $17,000 if removing trailer only. 403-342-6252, 352-6063

1997 TRAVELLAIRE Prestige 265, clean, well kept, back kitchen w/sunshine ceiling, electric front jacks, back tow hitch $8000. 887-6295

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

DVD, $14,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

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

2004 F150 QUAD

supercab 4x4, loaded, very clean inside and out, runs exc. $6600 403-550-0372

$23,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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

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

2010 FORD Expedition

Eddie Bauer 4X4, htd./cool lthr., $29888 7652 50 Ave. 348-8788 Sport & Import

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

2004 FORD FREESTAR SEL 1 owner. Exc. cond. 139,000 km. 403-347-7126

2006 CADILLAC SRX, AWD One owner, excellent cond. 186,000 kms, $10,500. + GST Duane at 403-346-8627

2007 HONDA Ridgeline EX-L. Exc. cond. loaded, 96,000 km, $18,900. 403-318-5747

2008 YAMAHA YZ85 great shape $2200 obo. Son grew out of it, 403-845-0442

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

2000 BUICK Park Avenue. 246,000 km. Nice cond. Needs nothing. 403-340-2604

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

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

2007 MERCEDES BENZ B

2009 BMW 335i retractable hardtop

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER 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 Saturn VUE AWD loaded w/sun roof 4, cyl. very nice shape, $5400. 403-746-5541, 550-0372

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

2000 JAYCO Quest 23’ 3 pce. bath, air, sleeps 6. Exc. shape $6000. obo 403-885-5608, 352-0740

2005 BMW 745LI, heated, leather, sunroof,

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

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

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

$19,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

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

200 5 speed, $8,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

gorgeous $38,888 Sport & Import 348 8788

2007 Mercedes Benz CLS 63 AMG 508 HP

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

2012 MITSUBISHI RVR SE AWC, 33,719 kms.,

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.

2010 BMW X3 AWD, panoroof, 25821 kms., $36,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Sea Doo Wake 430 boat

$41,888

348-8788 Sport & Import

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

2008 Ford F150 4X4 Supercrew XLT 143,600 km $14,900 obo. Tow pkg. backup camer Very Good Condition. 403-358-9646

$21,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2013 WINNEBAGO

430 H.P. twin Rotax motors & jet pumps, low hours, like new. Priced to sell $26,500 O.B.O. 403-350-1007 782-3617

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classiﬁed Vehicle Ad

HP5158, P51 2008 Tiburonn GS Sport HP5158 Sunroof,Spoiler,Traction

SOLD

Control, Fully Inspected With warranty, 55,417 kms Was $13,990

2011 Hyundai SonataH24986A,Leather, Ltd Sunroof,Traction Control, One owner, Local trade in, 58,235 kms Was $22,990

Now $12,990

2009 Hyundai Genesis Sedan V8 H35131A,Leather,Nav,Sunroof, Push button start,One owner, Fully inspected with warranty, 68,686 kms Was $25,990

SPRING Now $19,990

2010 Toyota Tundra TRD Ext Cab

Now $24,990

www.garymoe.com Locally owned and family operated

H35170A, cloth,PW,L,W, Tilt, Cruise, 4x4,61/2’ box, one owner trade, Fully Inspected, 61,780 kms Was $30,990

Now $29,990

SALE 2011 Ford Fiesta 5 Door SES HP4916, Sync, Traction Control, Heated Seats, Full Factory warranty Was $14,990

Now $12,990

2010 Dodge Nitro SXT 4x4 H34869A, leather,17”Alloys, ABS, Bluetooth,Tilt, traction control, Keyless Entry,Fully Inspected Factory warranty remaining Was $20,990

Now $19,990

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

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Motorcycles

5080

Troops mistakenly fire on funeral EGYPTIAN TROOPS AND POLICE FIRE ON BEDOUIN FUNERAL DURING SWEEP AGAINST MILITANTS BEHIND KIDNAPPING OF POLICE AND BORDER GUARDS

2006 KAWASAKI Ninja, 10,300 kms. $5,400. 403-597-5972

Motorhomes

5100

2008 WINNEBAGO Sightseer 34’ Class A 3 slides, every option, mint cond, workhorse chassis, 8.1gas 15,885 miles, $87,500 403-227-8414 350-5099

Fifth Wheels

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2010 DENALI 5TH WHEEL 27’ 1/2 ton towable. Lrg. slide, electric awning, a/c, satellite, sleeps 6. $24,000. 403-741-6994

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed attempt to free the captives risks bringing a backlash in Sinai, where resentments among the local population against past security crackdowns have fueled the rise of militancy in the volatile peninsula bordering Gaza and Israel. Faced with anger among the public and within the security forces over the kidnappings, President Mohammed Morsi has said all options are on the table for securing the release of the seven captives and that the presidency is not negotiating with the kidnappers. On Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said the zero hour for an operation against the kidnappers has not yet been decided particularly since they are well armed, with anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles. He spoke to the state news agency MENA. Calls for a tough response have been fueled by a video released this week on YouTube showing the captives blindfolded and pleading for Morsi and his defence minister to meet the kidnappers’ demands for the release of scores of prisoners from the Sinai, including convicted militants. The captives include six members of the security forces and a military border guard. But multiple officials have said mediators have been in contact with the kidnappers exploring possibilities for their release. Islamist allies of Morsi — who have connections to militants in the Sinai — have urged a negotiated solution. “This crisis must be resolved. I think a political solution must be given a priority to protect the lives of the conscripts and not to cause further deterioration to the situation in Sinai,” said Tarek el-Desouki, a leading member of the ultraconservative Salafi Al-Nour Party who travelled to Sinai to meet with officials there about the crisis. “There is still a chance.” El-Desouki said the security deployment is “acceptable as a pressure card to force them to accept a political solution.” Since Monday, military and police reinforcements backed by armoured vehicles and helicopters have moved into northern Sinai in a show of strength, deploying heavily around the provincial capital, el-Arish. A military official in Cairo said troops are conducting reconnaissance and search operations, but wouldn’t say if this is start of operation to rescue captives. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the operations. Tuesday’s incident came while police and military troops backed by helicopters swept through several villages near the border with Israel where officials say they suspect the captives are held. The forces encountered a funeral convoy of eight pickup trucks and when the vehicles refused orders to stop, the troops thought

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An Egyptian border policeman displays pictures of four of their colleagues who were kidnapped last Thursday, during a protest at the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in Rafah, Egypt, Monday. Security officials said 17 military and more than 20 police armored vehicles were deployed in northern Sinai Monday as a response to the kidnapping by suspected militants of six policemen and a border guard there last Thursday. they were gunmen and opened fire, security officials said. Some in convoy fired back — most Bedouin are armed — prompting clashes, until the mourners fled the scene, leaving behind the body of the man they had intended to bury. The troops thought the man had been killed in the fight, until local tribal leaders explained to security commanders that the convoy was a funeral for a man who had drowned, the officials said. Ahmed Elayan, a tribal chief in the area and close to the tribe of the drowned man, said the helicopter crew suspected the funeral procession, which had the body in an openback truck, to be a convoy of militants. “The helicopter came all the way down low and forced the vehicle to stop,” Elayan said. “They let us go when they cleared up the situation.” He said the misunderstanding was clarified after calls to security agencies. When a senior military officer learned of the incident, he came to the funeral, Elayan said. “They didn’t want to upset anyone.” Morsi has been consulting with his security team, government officials, political and religious leaders how to resolve the crisis, which highlighted the complex security situation in Sinai. A decades-old land mine buried in the sand in in northern Sinai killed three children and seriously injured a woman Tuesday evening, according to police officials. Sinai residents have long complained of discrimination and neglect. The region is bitter over repeated security crackdowns during the rule of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak. During the 2000s, Islam-

ic militants staged attacks on tourist resorts in the peninsula, prompting a vast sweep of arrests. Crackdowns have seen frequent reports of torture of Sinai’s detainees, and some detainees have been held for years without conclusive trials. Repeated promises to families and tribes of detainees to resolve their cases have gone unfulfilled, fueling resentments. Extremist groups only increased their activity in Sinai amid the breakdown in law and order since Mubarak’s 2011 ouster, with increasing attacks into neighbouring Israel. Morsi faced his first Sinai challenge in August last year, just over a month after taking office, when militants carried out the most brazen attack ever on military troops, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers along the border with Gaza and Israel. Morsi at the time vowed to restore stability, launching a brief military operation that resulted in the closures of some smuggling tunnels between Sinai and Gaza and the arrest of the man believed to be at the heart of the current kidnapping, Ahmed Abu Shita. Abu Shita was convicted to death in absentia in September for involvement in a major attack on a northern Sinai police station in 2011 that left three policemen dead. Thirteen others, including seven others in absentia, were also given death sentences in the case. Those behind the current kidnapping demand the release of Abu Shita, along with 23 other convicted militants, including some dating back to the 2004 and 2005 bombings in Sinai, Interior Minister Ibrahim, who is in charge of police, told MENA.

Mexican soldiers flood west to protect towns BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COALCOMAN, Mexico — Mexico’s top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay “until there is security and peace for all state residents.” Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national security team met with local officials in the state capital of Morelia at a time of escalating tensions in Michoacan, where communities mistrustful of state authorities have been creating their own vigilante forces for protection against the cartels. But Osorio Chong provided few details or an explanation of how sending troops to Michoacan would work any better than it had in the past. Then President Felipe Calderon made the same move when he launched a nationwide offensive against drug cartels in late 2006. “The difference is the strategy,” Osorio Chong said. “There will be a central com-

mand, close co-ordination between state and federal security ... and a system of intelligence that will permit us to move forward.” He did not answer when a reporter asked for specific dollar amounts or new programs behind the effort. Michoacan is the Mexican state most visibly dominated by a drug cartel. Gunmen in vehicles marked only with the Knights Templar symbol, a red cross, roam the countryside, burning businesses and homes of anyone who refuses to pay them protection money. The cartel has boldly marked its territory by building small roadside chapels to “Saint Nazario,” a fallen leader of the quasi-religious drug cartel who was killed in a battle with police in 2010. As convoys of soldiers rode into the steamy territory known as Tierra Caliente late Monday, they passed the remains of chapels destroyed by local self-defence groups that sprang up in February to fight the cartel. In the town of Coalcoman, soldiers sped past the still-smoul-

dering remains of at least three sawmills torched by the cartel’s gunmen last week after that town rose up against them. They also passed burned-out hulks of two trucks and a passenger bus set afire by gunmen on the highway outside town as a warning to anyone who tried to bring supplies or reinforcements in. Coalcoman was the latest of several communities to form an armed self-defence group to kick out the Knights Templar cartel and end their extortion racket. “They demanded we pay 120 pesos (about $10) for every square meter of wood we sold,” said one of the sawmill owners whose business was burned. Gunmen torched the mills that didn’t pay, said the owner, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals. Local avocado growers were charged 2,000 pesos (about $175) for every hectare of orchards they owned. “The man who charged you would say it was money for ’the company.’ They didn’t say the name of the cartel,” recalled one resident of the town of Buenavis-

ta, who later battled the cartel. “But if you didn’t pay, the trucks with the red crosses would show up and start killing people.” Like most cartel opponents, the man wouldn’t give his name for fear of reprisals. Government intervention until now has been against the community patrols. Some 40 members of vigilante patrols were arrested in April after the government accused them of having links to a rival drug cartel, Jalisco Nueva Generation. Townspeople deny that. Still, residents of La Ruana lined up on the town’s main street Monday to cheer the arrival of the soldiers. Hipolito Mora, the leader of the self-defence forces in La Ruana, agreed to stop community patrols and let the army take over patrolling. “We reached an agreement that we are going to return to our homes and work,” Mora told the crowd of cheering townspeople. “But I told them (the army) that if they leave us alone for one day, we are going to return to duty again.”

Gay teen facing charges for having relationship with 14-year-old BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — An 18-year-old girl is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she’s gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves two females, not an older male and a younger female. But advocates say older high schoolers dating their younger counterparts is an innocuous, everyday occurrence that is not prosecuted — regardless of sexual orientation — and not a crime on par with predatory sex offences. Hunt played on the basketball team with her younger girlfriend and shared the same circle of friends, said Hunt’s mother, Kelley Hunt Smith. The two had a consenting relationship that began soon after Kaitlyn Hunt turned 18, and Hunt Smith said she assumed the younger girl’s parents knew that. But Hunt was kicked off the basketball team near the end of last year after the coach learned of the relationship because players

were not allowed to date each other, her parents said. Then, in February, she was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16. The day before she was arrested, police and the younger girl’s parents secretly recorded a phone conversation in which the two girls discussed kissing in the school bathroom, said Hunt’s father, Steve Hunt. “It’s horrible. For my daughter’s sexual preferences, she’s getting two felony charges. It could possibly ruin her future,” Steve Hunt said in a phone interview Tuesday. The alleged victim is identified only by her initials in court documents, and her parents have not been publicly identified. The AP does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes. Kaitlyn Hunt, who hopes to become a nurse, declined to be interviewed and is scared, her father said. However, the family has received support from all over the world, with messages coming from as far away as New Zealand, the Netherlands and Canada, Steve Hunt said. He said he reads them to her to keep her spirits up, but she feels like she has let everyone down, he said through tears. Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to

Kaitlyn Hunt that would allow her to avoid registering as a sex offender if she pleads guilty to lesser charges of child abuse. State Attorney Bruce Colton said he would recommend two years of house arrest followed by one year probation if she takes the deal. If she is found guilty, it’s also possible that Hunt could apply to not have to register as a sex offender under a “Romeo and Juliet” law because the girls were no more than four years apart in age, Colton said. Colton said the victim’s family is not pushing for prison but wants Kaitlyn Hunt to be held responsible in some way. However, the Hunt family said they would accept a plea deal only if the charges are dropped to a lower level misdemeanour. “One of the reasons this case has gotten people’s attention is because it’s being publicized as a person being persecuted because she’s gay, and that has nothing to do with the case, nothing to do with the law, nothing to do with the sheriff’s office filing the charges,” Colton said. He said the law is designed to protect younger children from older children who might be more aggressive in starting a relationship.

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