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TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2013

City edges toward 100,000 RED DEER GREW TO 97,109 FROM 91,877 IN 2011

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

CENSUS

Red Deer’s population grew by 5,232 over the past two years — solidifying its place as the third largest city in Alberta.

On Monday the city released early 2013 municipal census data that showed Red Deer’s population grew to 97,109 from 91,877 in 2011 on Monday. A city census was not conducted in 2012.

Figures show the city remains young with the average age being 32.

Males have a slight edge representing 50.1 per cent of the population while females make up 49.4 per cent of the population.

The data showed 80,715 residents are Canadian citizens — 63,979 over 18 and 16,736 are under 18.

High labour costs having major impact on businesses

Deputy Mayor Tara Veer said the census reflects the city’s projected three-per-cent growth rate each year. She said many communities experience regressive population trends where they are faced with a unique set of challenges.

“While there are challenges with a growing population, they are certainly welcomed challenges,” said Veer.

Please see CENSUS on Page A2

SAFE DRIVERS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Alberta’s tight labour market is putting a financial squeeze on employers who can’t compete for high-priced workers.

A recent survey by ATB Financial found that 67 per cent of small and medium-sized businesses are finding it hard to attract and keep experienced or skilled labour. While many of these cited a shortage of workers as the problem, 37 per cent complained that the salary expectations of prospective and current employees are the problem.

“Certainly, the number was high‘IT’S A SIMILAR er than what we KIND OF STORY anticipated,” said Wellington HolRIGHT ACROSS brook, ATB FinanTHE ECONOMY IN cial’s executive vice-president of VIRTUALLY EVERY business and agriSECTOR, WHERE culture.

Jonathan Seib, SMALL BUSINESSES policy co-ordinator with the Red Deer ARE HAVING A REALLY Chamber of ComDIFFICULT TIME merce, said many small businesses KEEPING UP WITH THE in Red Deer are SALARY DEMANDS OF among those strugQUALIFIED PEOPLE.’ gling with high labour costs. And — RICHARD TRUSCOTT while the energy DIRECTOR, CANADIAN FEDERATION OF sector is a big INDEPENDENT BUSINESS contributor to the problem, businesses in other industries are suffering.

“They’re not able to pass on those rising costs downstream,” said Seib.

Richard Truscott, Alberta director with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, agreed that the issue is widespread.

“It’s a similar kind of story right across the economy in virtually every sector, where small businesses are having a really difficult time keeping up with the salary demands of qualified people,” he said.

“The pockets of a big oil and gas companies are certainly a lot deeper than a small business’s.”

Seib noted that many small businesses are finding other ways to compete for workers. These include offering greater flexibility with respect to working hours, granting more time off, giving generous employee discounts on their products or services, and even providing non-vocational training — such as language courses for recent immigrants.

ATB Financial has observed the same response, said Holbrook, with employers trying to make their workplaces more fun for staff and even offering them an equity interest.

“What we’re seeing is more and more creativity around creating stakes of ownership for their employees in their businesses.”

Truscott is also seeing creative measures to attract and retain workers. But some CFIB members are also being forced to take matters into their own hands — literally.

“Our research shows that business owners themselves end up working longer hours because they either can’t find qualified people or they can’t afford them.”

Please see SALARIES on Page A2

PLEASE RECYCLE

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Dakota MacKinaw leads the way for Ryler Knelsen, Nathenial Chipesia and Ryder Siegers as they negotiate a turn at an intersection in Safety City in Red Deer on Monday. The four Grade 1 students from Glendale Sciences and Technology School were taking part in a pedestrian traffic safety session at the facility and got the chance to try their hand at driving the electric quads around the roadways. Safety City also has community and school-age programs covering fire and home safety and acreage and farm safety.

Police chiefs urging province to tighten traffic laws to curb excessive speeding Knecht, who is head of the Alberta Chiefs of Police.

The vote was not unanimous because in some rural areas, worries about access to tow trucks is an AND THE CANADIAN PRESS issue.

The chiefs approved a similar motion in 2009, but EDMONTON — Police chiefs in Alberta want the the province turned it down. provincial government to toughen up its traffic laws.

There have been several cases of people being They have voted in favour of a resolution that charged with excessive speeding in Central Alberta. would allow officers to seize vehicles of drivers Last week Ponoka’s Integrated Traffic Unit caught caught going more than 50 kilometres per hour over 65 speeders and aggressive drivthe speed limit. ers while targeting morning comIt would also give officers the ‘WE JUST DON’T WANT TO muters — including a 17-year-old authority to suspend drivers’ lidriving 204 km/h on Hwy 2. The SEE PEOPLE KILLED.’ cences — both of which would speed limit on Hwy 2 is 110 km/h. last one week.

The Lacombe youth was — ROD KNECHT, Edmonton police chief Rod EDMONTON POLICE CHIEF clocked going 94 km over the Knecht says there’s too many peoposted speed limit on Wednesple being killed on the highways day. He was charged with dangerous driving and is and it’s due to people driving 160-170 km/h and even scheduled to appear in Ponoka provincial court on 200 km/h.

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The chiefs don’t want it to be a mandatory seizure; Police say the majority of tickets issued over the they want police to have the ability to use their distwo-day operation were for speeding and many of cretion when seizing the vehicle. those caught exceeded the 110 speed limit by more Knecht says that would accommodate circumthan 40 km/h. stances such as a woman in labour with a complication.

“We just don’t want to see people killed,” said Please see SPEED on Page A3

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PIPELINE PINCH A THREAT

The good thing about having a cool, wet June is the mosquitoes don’t like the weather either.

City parks crews have had an easy spring and summer so far, in terms of mosquito control.

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The Conference Board of Canada says uncertainty over new pipeline projects poses a threat to Canadian companies that provide services to oil and gas producers. C3

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Rocky town council, Clearwater County to discuss sewage options Rocky Mountain House town council and its county colleagues will seek a solution to ongoing sewage issues in a meeting on Monday.

Clearwater County has been trucking its sewage to various regional sites since the town closed its lagoons to out-of-town users in November 2010 to comply with provincial environmental regulations.

Ron Leaf, county chief administrative officer, said the town hired consultants to review its sewage volumes last year and present a series of options, which will be reviewed by both councils.

Specific details about options are not being released until councils have had an opportunity to decide which way to go.

“There’s going to be a decision in principle is what I’m anticipating,” said Leaf.

“The focus right now is: can we go into this facility and what is the time frame for that going to be?

“How do we turn (the town’s sewage lagoon) back into a joint facility? That’s the discussion next week.”

A county-led proposal to build a $6.1-million regional sewage facility on Crown land about 10 km west of Rocky Mountain House ran into opposition, mostly from residents in the Ferrier Acres subdivision about 1.5 km away.

While building a major regional facility somewhere may be further pursued one day, finding a place to take sewage for the next five to 10 years is the pressing issue.

Two killed in apartment fire EDMONTON — Two people, including a five-yearold child, have died following a high-rise apartment fire in Edmonton.

Police say the child and a man in his 40s were among seven people taken to hospital after the fire was sparked Sunday morning.

STORIES FROM A1

Red Deer population growth over the past decade:

CENSUS: Growth rate manageable She called the growth rate manageable but as the city edges toward the 100,000 population mark, it puts the community at a critical crossroads for longterm planning, particularly the next 100,000 population.

“This is a good indication we are a small city on the cusp of becoming a much larger city,” said Veer.

The strongest growth was seen in the new areas including Clearview Ridge with 714 new residents and Timberlands with 631 new residents. Anders Park east and Eastview saw slight declines in population of 33 and 32 respectively. Slight growth was also seen in older neighbourhoods like Glendale, Riverside Meadows and Woodlea.

Kim Fowler, director of planning for the city, said they are encouraged by the strong growth which indicates the city is recovering well from the recession. Fowler said the city will continue to accommodate the growth through planning in its industrial and residential land planning.

Municipalities receive provincial and federal grants based on population including the provincial transportation capital grant, provincial family and community support services and federal/provincial government infrastructure grants.

Residents were asked to complete their census online for the first time in April. More than 30,000 Red Deerians completed their census online.

The new residents put Red Deer behind Edmonton (population 817,498 in 2012) and Calgary (1.12 million in 2012) in population.

The full 2013 census report is expected to be released by the end of June. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Juliana Burke, 5, left, and Noela Robinson, 4, splash their way through the wading pool at the Recreation Centre. The girls joined their classmates from the St. Elizabeth Seton School prekindergarten class for an end of the year family picnic on Monday.

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012* 2013

72,691 75,923 79,082 82,971 85,646 87,816 89,891 90,084 91,877 97,109

% 2.9 4.5 4.2 4.9 3.2 2.5 2.4 0.2 1.9 5.7

* No census conducted in 2012

● Average age in Red Deer: 32 ● Residents under 18: 16,736 ● Population in 1898: 125 ● More than 30,000 residents completed the 2013 census online He added that CFIB research indicates that half of its members have forgone business opportuni-

0% for 84

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ties as a result of not being able to find or afford the people they need.

“This issue is having a major impact on the ability for small businesses to compete and to thrive and prosper,” he said, adding that the consequences could be even more dire.

“Some small businesses, they’ve tried to tread water and ultimately they’re going to drown because they just can’t keep up with the flood of labour costs, as a result of bigger companies, especially.”

It is possible to put a positive spin on the situation, said Holbrook. For one thing, it means Alberta’s economy is prospering.

“Most parts of North America, and in fact the free world, are wishing they had this kind of environment.”

Plus, he added, the high labour costs are helping to moderate the pace of growth — which left unchecked could accelerate to an unsustainable level.

“It might just restrain growth from getting out of hand.”

Still, the Red Deer Chamber has made labour its top priority when it comes to lobbying government for solutions, said Seib. At the recent Alberta Chambers of Commerce conference and policy session, it won support for a resolution that the federal government be asked to remove recent new restrictions to its temporary foreign workers program and implement other changes to enhance the program’s effectiveness.

“We have a permanent labour committee that’s looking at everything from education to immigration and how to solve these problems,” added Seib.

Truscott said the CFIB is also concerned about government policy in areas like employment insurance.

“There are some disincentives built into some of our public polices that prevent people from moving to a place like Alberta, where salaries are higher and growing because there’s a shortage of qualified people.”

The ATB Financial survey attracted 300 responses from small and medium-sized businesses across the province — excluding farms, government organizations and financial institutions hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Western premiers discuss bullies

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Canada’s western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment.

Following a brief meeting of Canada’s western leaders in Winnipeg, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said they are putting bullying on the agenda when the country’s premiers meet in Ontario next month. “There are real serious incidents occurring out there, including through the social media ... with very negative and tragic consequences,� Selinger said Monday. “We think there is value in us all working together to identify the very best ways we can protect Canadians, wherever they live in the country, and ensure they have environments where they can live and work, where they have a sense of safety and can be who they are and respected for who they are.�

Bullying has been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of two teenage girls in Nova Scotia and British Columbia.

Amanda Todd, a B.C. girl who was tormented online after being sexually exploited, committed suicide last year after posting a heartbreaking video about her treatment at the hands of relentless bullies.

Earlier this year, Halifax teen Rehtaeh Parsons hanged herself and died when she was taken off life support. Her family alleges she was bullied relentlessly after a digital photo of her being sexually assaulted was passed around her school.

The federal government has committed to look at new criminal laws that could include a ban on distributing intimate images without consent. Selinger suggested there is more work to be done at the provincial level. “Initiatives on anti-bullying did start within provincial jurisdictions across the country. We’re pleased to see the federal government is now showing some interest in that as well,� the host premier said. “The kind of conversation we had today gave us greater insight into how we can do a better job in creating safe environments, safe neighbourhoods, safe schools and respect for all the peoples that live within our provinces.�

Different jurisdictions are tackling bullies in various ways. Manitoba is trying to pass a law which would require instances of bullying to be reported to a principal. It would also force schools to allow gay-straight alliances. But the proposed legislation wouldn’t require principals to mete out specific penalties or report bullies to parents or authorities.

In British Columbia, the government spent $4 million setting up a website that allows students to anonymously report bullying. The website, in turn,

passes on details to emergency responders, if necessary, and school authorities. About 15,000 educators are also being trained on how to deal with bullying. “We recognize that it’s not just the high-profile incidents that are the problem,� B.C. Premier Christy Clark said. “There are thousands of children that are bullied every day. It doesn’t make the news, but it changes their lives forever.�

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said there is a lot to learn from provinces in the East as well. Nova Scotia is close to passing a cyber-safety act which would create a special investigative unit to pursue cyberbullies. It could strip people of their phones, computers and impose significant fines for perpetrators.

That’s why bullying should be near the top of the agenda when all the premiers meet in Niagara-onthe-Lake July, Wall said. “When all premiers get together, there is an exchange and best practices are analysed and we bring them home,� he said. “I’m very hopeful that this is now going to be a top priority of the Council of the Federation.�

The premiers also touched on immigration, infrastructure and federal disaster assistance in their three-hour meeting.

The West would like to see more emphasis from the federal government on immigration, skills training and improving the visa process to encourage people to settle in Western Canada, Selinger said. “We think that all of those things will help grow our economy and ensure that we can continue to have more people living in our jurisdictions and employed in our jurisdictions.�

While the premiers discussed energy issues, they said the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline that would carry Alberta oilsands bitumen through B.C. to West Coast tankers did not come up. The project put forward by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. has been a contentious issue between the two provinces.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford said there was some discussion instead about a pipeline going in the opposite direction. “We think that moving resources West to East is important,� she said without going into details. “There is work to be done, no doubt, and of course there will again be an independent process that will allow for final approval of this. But I think that there is a great deal of momentum around this.�

TransCanada Corp. is considering whether to convert an existing 3,000-kilometre natural gas pipeline to carry crude oil into Quebec, with the possibility of a 1,400-kilometre extension to Saint John, N.B. The Calgary-based company’s deadline for longterm commitments from oil producers to the development closed Monday.

TransCanada said a review of what it has received and whether it should move forward with the project “will take some time.�

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The U.S. manufacturer of the oftmaligned F-35 has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the Harper government choosing to stick with the controversial stealth fighter program.

The agreement between Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and CAE (TSX:CAE) was reached Monday at the Paris Air Show and announced as associate defence minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay was telling the House of Commons that no decision has been made on replacing the existing fleet of CF-18s.

It immediately caught the interest of defence analysts, who say the U.S. giant is moving to hedge its bets as the decision on whether there will be a fullblown competition gets closer.

The memorandum between the two defence contractors would see CAE deliver training system support and services in Canada. “Canadian industry has played an integral part in the development and production of the F-35 for more than a decade,�Steve O’Bryan, a Lockheed Martin vice-president, said in a written statement. “Canada’s industrial contribution to this program has truly just begun. The new alliance we established today is indicative of the long-term role Canadian industry will hold in the global sustainment of the F-35 fleet for the next 30 years and beyond, and directly supports the evolution of training systems, one of the key industrial capabilities recently promoted by the government of Canada.�

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The government has the multi-billion-dollar F-35 program on hold while it looks at alternative jets following a scathing report on the planned purchase by auditor general Michael Ferguson.

Ferguson’s report, released in April of last year, accused the National Defence and Public Works departments of failing to do their homework on the stealth purchase, and understating the eventual cost.

The Conservative government has taken pains to emphasize that it is looking at other aircraft as part of its options analysis of what should replace the CF18s. That review, which is expected to drag on into the fall, has asked potential rivals of the F-35 about capabilities and pricing.

That’s what makes Monday’s agreement, which sets up a framework between the two companies, so curious.

Asked in the House of Commons about published reports that the F-35 is incompatible with the air force’s current air-to-air refuelling tanker, Findlay underlined the analysis was still ongoing and that there would be a solution to the refuelling issue “no matter which fighter is chosen.�

Retired colonel Paul Maillet, who helped shepherd the CF-18s into service, said the deal likely represents Lockheed Martin’s confidence the program will get back on track, but could help “sweeten the pot� if there is a full-on competition.

If the Harper government goes out for bids, it would be under a traditional framework and the rivals would have to demonstrate how Canadian industry would benefit.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Pipeline to prosperity?

WHY IS ALBERTA TAKING SO LONG TO RELEASE PIPELINE SAFETY REVIEW? It’s easy to have a frank discussion about pipeline safety in Alberta — but an open one, not so.

The Redford government is so far preventing that from happening.

Imagine a line running from the Alberta’s 49th parallel southern border to it’s northern 60th MARY-ANN parallel border, BARR a distance of about 1,200 km.

Then imagine it running that distance 330 times.

That’s how much pipeline there is in Alberta, moving crude oil and raw gas, and all the other poisonous, dangerous and explosive substances related to our oilpatch and gasfields.

It brings this province envious wealth, but with it must come responsibility that these substances are stored and transported safely.

Like other parts of Alberta, Central Alberta has had direct experience with the damage a broken pipeline can cause, most recently just a year ago.

Elsewhere in Alberta, there have been two major spills related to pipelines this month alone.

One on the weekend saw 950 barrels of condensate pour onto the ground in northwestern Alberta. The company involved, Plains Midstream Canada, said the spill may have been caused by construction equipment, but details have not been released.

A few weeks before this spill, 9.5 million litres of industrial waste water flowed from an Apache Canada pipeline into a wetland near Zama City, a small remote Northern Alberta community. Cause of the leak is unknown.

Last June, 475,000 litres barrels of light crude flowed into the Red Deer River upstream near Sundre. This pipeline, owned by Plains Midstream, was built 46 years ago.

To resolve the problem, the pipeline will run even deeper under the riverbed.

Plains Midstream was recently

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charged under the province’s Alberta’s Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act after a pipeline spill of 4.5 million litres in 2011, northeast of Peace River.

There are more spills by other pipeline companies as well. I’ve just mentioned a few of them.

Meanwhile, an independent review of pipeline safety in Alberta remains unavailable to the public, including to anyone who has ever been affected by a spill.

Also meanwhile, Premier Alison Redford is busy promoting potential new pipelines that could run from Alberta to the West or East Coasts. Yes we want Alberta’s oil and gas to sell, and at the highest price, but we also

want it to get from A to B without any death and destruction along the way.

Last July, the Redford government commissioned the pipeline safety review. The results are in but they aren’t being made public.

The review was ordered after the U.S. National; Transportation and Safety Board, Canada’s auditor general and Saskatchewan’s auditor general all raised concern about Canadian pipeline safety.

As well, over 50 organizations across Alberta called for the pipeline safety review last year.

There is serious concern here. In 2010, there were more than 600 spills and leaks from energy-related pipelines in Alberta.

How science really works The federal government recently announced a reorganization of the National Research Council to make it more “business-led” and industry-focused.

It appears we’re coming full circle to the early 1970s, when Sen. Maurice Lamontagne released A Science Policy for Canada, a report proposing Canadian science be directed to “missionoriented” work rather than “curiosity driven” research.

Since then, many politicians have encouraged support for science that serves market interests. I believe we should support science because curiosity and the ability to ask and answer questions are part of what makes our species unique and helps us find our way in the world.

Still, basic research aimed at DAVID specific outcomes can lead to SUZUKI game-changing applications, from transistors and pesticides to nuclear bombs, penicillin and oral contraceptives.

But how do new applications flow from science?

Many scientists support a mythical notion of what makes science innovative. To be “relevant,” they write grant applications as if their work will lead to cures for cancer, new energy forms or salt-tolerant plants, depending on the priorities of funders and governments. This creates the illusion that science proceeds from experiment A to B to C to solution.

But we really have no idea what results an experiment will produce. If we did, there would be no point

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to the experiment.

It’s more likely that a scientist will do experiment A leading to F then O, while another in a different area will do experiment Z leading to W then L. Maybe the two will meet at a conference or even a pub and, in talking about their respective work, realize that results O and L could lead to a new invention!

In 1958, during my genetics studies, we were assigned to critique papers by corn geneticist Barbara McClintock. She painstakingly crossed corn plants, harvesting two crops, first in Indiana and then in Mexico. She discovered an amazing and mystifying phenomenon: “jumping” genes that moved from one chromosome location to another, suppressing gene activity wherever they landed. It defied everything we had learned. I sweated blood to make sense of her elegant experiments, although we assumed the phenomena she studied were peculiar to corn.

Decades later, scientists discovered jumping genes in other organisms, including fruit flies, and found they were useful for studying their development. McClintock was belatedly lionized for her discoveries and ultimately awarded a Nobel Prize in 1983. If her research proposals had been assessed for relevance or potential applications, she wouldn’t have received funding for her early, trailblazing work.

As a graduate student, I also studied the experiments of microbial geneticists Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans, and biochemist Hamilton Smith, who were investigating an esoteric phenomenon: bacteria that resisted infection by viruses called bacteriophages (meaning “eaters of bacteria”). Like McClintock’s work, their experiments were elegant, especially when you consider they were working

with microorganisms you can’t see the way you can observe a corn plant or fruit fly.

It was astonishing. The bacteria produced enzymes that cut DNA into pieces. They were called “restriction enzymes” and acted by recognizing specific sequences within the DNA and cutting at that point. Various bacterial species evolved distinct restriction enzymes, cutting DNA at different sequences. When the original experiments were carried out, no one could have anticipated that these enzymes would turn out to be critical tools for genetic engineering. It was just good science. And, like McClintock, the scientists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work.

Canada’s contribution to science is minuscule compared to countries like the U.S., Britain, Germany and even China. But if our top scientists are as good as any, they become our eyes and ears to cutting-edge science around the world, are invited to speak at top universities and institutes and attend meetings where the latest ideas and discoveries are shared.

If we’re serious about creating partnerships between science and business, we have to support the best scientists so they are competitive with any around the world. We also have to recognize that innovation and discoveries don’t always come from market-driven research. We should recognize truly internationally groundbreaking work to inspire young people who will grow up knowing they can be as good as scientists anywhere. This takes commitment from governments, more generous grants and long-term support.

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Advocate’s Report was wonderful The supplement Report on Central Alberta, which I received with my Red Deer Advocate on June 10, is absolutely wonderful!

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The safety review report was finished seven months ago, in December, by G10 Engineering and a related Energy and Resources Conservation Board report was finished in March.

So where are these reports? Why haven’t we been able to see them?

Energy Minister Ken Hughes said the review is technical, and “we’ll release it in the fullness of time.”

The public is very interested and, of course, very concerned.

Time’s a wasting. Oil is spilling.

New and better regulations can’t come soon enough.

Mary-Ann Barr is the Advocate’s assistant city editor. She can be reached by phone at 403-314-4332 or by email at barr@reddeeradvocate.com.

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Montreal’s interim mayor, U.S. ‘does not self-styled corruption fighter, arrested in bribery case spy’ on DATA MINING

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — In his nearly four years as Barack Obama’s envoy to Canada, David Jacobson has always stressed his desire to bring Americans and Canadians closer, to make them more familiar with each other.

But in the wake of the intense debate over the U.S. National Security Agency collecting large swaths of data on its citizens from major Internet companies, Jacobson makes one large distinction.

“The United States does not spy on Canadian ‘THE UNITED citizens,” Jacobson told STATES The Canadian Press in one of the series of interGOVERNMENT views he gave Monday beRESPECTS fore he steps down from his post next month.

PRIVACY, Leaked NSA docuTHEY RESPECT ments obtained by BritINDIVIDUAL ain’s Guardian newspaper disclosed how the LIBERTIES.... top-secret, data-mining I THINK THE program called Prism has given the U.S. govAMERICAN ernment access to a huge PEOPLE AND cache of digital information from companies such THE CANADIAN as Google, Microsoft and PEOPLE CAN Apple.

That has sparked a TAKE SOME probe by Canada’s priCOMFORT IN vacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, about the THAT.’ implications of that U.S. — UNITED STATES program for Canadians.

AMBASSADOR TO CANADA Stoddart said the scope of DAVID JACOBSON the information reportedly being collected raises “significant concerns.”

“The United States government respects privacy, they respect individual liberties,” Jacobson said.

“Quite frankly, these are concepts that in large measure were invented in my country. We care very much about them. I think the American people and the Canadian people can take some comfort in that.”

Stoddart, meanwhile, has said she wants to ask the Canadian counterpart to the NSA, the watchdog that oversees the Communications Security Establishment, to determine how the personal information of Canadians may have been affected.

The CSE is a key component of the intelligencesharing network known as the Five Eyes: Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

Stoddart has in the past raised privacy concerns over the amount of information about Canadians would be shared with the U.S. as part of the perimeter security pact the two countries rolled out in December 2011.

The Beyond the Border pact, which will be phased in over several years, aims to smooth the passage of goods and people across the 49th parallel while guarding against terrorist threats to North America.

Information sharing between the two countries is a key feature of the pact, with a focus on monitoring the movement of citizens and visitors.

“The kind of information that we share in Beyond the Border is, like, what’s in a truck. Or the NEXUS program, where you voluntarily provide information to the Canadian government and the American government,” said Jacobson.

“We’re not talking about intelligence and that kind of information.”

Jacobson characterized the perimeter security pact as a never-ending process that will require continual refinement.

The pact is built upon a series of pilot projects that are to be phased in over years.

MONTREAL — The Montreal replacement mayor who recently took office amid a corruption scandal, and who promised to restore public trust, has now been arrested in a bribery case.

Mayor Michael Applebaum was picked up at his home Monday by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit as part of a broader investigation into construction deals involving Mafia-linked figures and a public official who recently committed suicide.

There were widespread calls for Applebaum’s resignation as he was slapped with 14 charges including fraud, conspiracy, breach of trust, and corruption in municipal affairs.

Just seven months ago he ascended to his role with a promise to lead Montreal out of its era of sleaze.

“We will regain the confidence of our citizens,” Applebaum said at the time. “With everything that’s been going on, I understand that they’ve been hurt.”

In a skilful bit of political manoeuvring last fall, he courted support from different parties and was elected by council on an interim basis to replace Gerald Tremblay.

Applebaum had pledged not to run in the upcoming election, slated for this November, but his interim appointment was enough to make history: he became the first Anglophone mayor of the city

in exactly 100 years.

Signs of trouble surfaced soon afterward.

Anti-corruption officials raided Montreal’s city hall in February.

They also targeted offices in various boroughs, including the one Applebaum represented for many years.

“We can no longer tolerate these reprehensible acts committed towards the management of our public institutions,” Robert Lafreniere, head of the provincial police anti-corruption squad, told a news conference Monday.

“No one is above the law — and you can’t hide from the law.”

Also arrested Monday was a former employee of the Harper government.

Saulie Zajdel was a Conservative election candidate in 2011.

After narrowly losing his bid to give Montreal its first Tory seat in a quarter-century, Zajdel was subsequently hired by a minister’s office to work on ethnic outreach.

Zajdel now faces five charges including bribery, breach of trust, fraud and corruption. He had been nicknamed the “Shadow” MP as the Tories hoped to gain a foothold in Montreal in the riding of Liberal Irwin Cotler.

The arrests quickly made headlines around the world.

There was a particularly humorous reaction in some media in the U.S., where comedians have made considerable fodder from the Toronto mayor’s ongoing political troubles.

The Atlantic magazine ran a

story on its website titled: “What the Heck Is the Matter with the Mayors of Canada?” The article began: “So a Canadian mayor was arrested Monday and, no, it was not the one you expect.”

It was a similar response on the Gawker website: “A major Canadian city woke up to find out that its mayor had been arrested at his home early this morning,” began a blog post, “and it wasn’t even the guy who smoked crack on video!”

Gawker was the site that first reported that it had seen a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apparently smoking crack. Ford has said publicly that he does not use crack cocaine and that the alleged video does not exist.

The Montreal charges stem from alleged acts that occurred between 2006 and 2011, before Applebaum became mayor.

While police offered few details, they said the charges relate to real-estate projects in the westend borough Applebaum led.

Police said they believe bribes were paid to influence zoning and permit decisions.

They said the transactions were worth “tens of thousands of dollars.”

An investigative report by the French CBC said the third man arrested Monday, borough official Jean-Yves Bisson, once admitted in an interview to having discussed a local condo project with Mafia-linked businessman Antonio Magi and Nick Rizzuto Jr., the since-murdered son of reputed don Vito Rizzuto.

Northern Gateway pipeline is in interest of all Canadians, company tells review board

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TERRACE, B.C. — Canada will be vulnerable to economic disaster should the Northern Gateway pipeline be rejected, the proponent told a federal review panel Monday as the final phase of public hearings got underway.

Richard Neufeld, the lawyer for Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB), said there are billions of dollars at stake in the pipeline that would link the Alberta oil sands with a tanker port on the coast of British Columbia, and the lucrative oil markets of Asia beyond.

“It’s going to allow our country to enjoy tremendous economic

benefits that would be afforded by this project, while at the same time providing fair and reasonable protections for local and regional interests,” he said.

The $6-billion project would allow land-locked Alberta to expand its customer base beyond the United States, where the industry argues it is forced to sell oil for up to $8 less per barrel because it has no competing buyers.

Should the pipeline be rejected, the whole country will face the economic consequences, Neufeld said.

“How about a decision from the U.S. that it will no longer need Canadian oil?” he told the panel.

“Canadians would be facing, we suggest, an economic catas-

trophe of unprecedented proportion.”

After more than a year of hearings, dozens of members of the public packed a hotel conference room in Terrace, B.C., to listen to the final arguments under the watchful eyes of private security guards and RCMP. About 70 protesters gathered outside the hearings in the scenic city 62 kilometres from Kitimat, the home of the proposed Northern Gateway tanker port.

Supporters of the project are hard to find on the streets of Terrace, where last year the city council voted to oppose the pipeline.

Nearby Smithers and Prince Rupert have done the same.

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‘THE OBJECT OF THE EXERCISE IS, UNAMBIGUOUSLY, TO PERSUADE YOU TO EAT MORE VEGETABLES.’ — HUGH FEARNLEYWHITTINGSTALL BRITISH CHEF

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n some ways, Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall might seem an unlikely candidate to provide a vegetarian with inspiration. The British chef and farmer who founded River Cottage in 1998 has written tomes on meat (2004) and fish (2007), both of them award-winners. But for someone like me who is a relatively recent convert to a plant-focused diet, perhaps there’s no one better. That’s partly because Fearnley-Whittingstall’s work has always had an environmental bent, and he has been turning his attention to produce for many of the same reasons I have.

“The object of the exercise is, unambiguously, to persuade you to eat more vegetables,” he writes in the introduction of his new River Cottage Veg (Ten Speed Press). “Many more vegetables. Perhaps even to make veg the mainstay of your daily cooking. And therefore, by implication, to eat less meat, maybe a lot less meat, and maybe a bit less fish, too. Why? We need to eat more vegetables and less flesh because vegetables are the foods that do us the most good and our planet the least harm.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself. But in case you’re worried about any preachiness, let me assure you that the author confines his proselytizing to the introduction. After that, it becomes clear why I’ve been finding River Cottage Veg so useful as I’ve been cooking through it (and marking page after page with sticky notes): Fearnley-Whittingstall delivers enticing recipes that make everyday vegetables jump off the pages.

It’s not as encyclopedic, or even as deep, as The River Cottage Meat Book or The River Cottage Fish Book. There is no guide to selecting and storing different varieties of vegetables, nor meditations on, say, the challenges faced by modern farmers. But there are other books for that.

What I’ve been loving are the inventive flavor combinations, the global aesthetic, the streamlined approaches.

Perhaps most important, River Cottage Veg prompts me to come up with my own ideas. Take the carrot hummus, which the author whimsically calls “another delicious member of the ever-expanding family of River Cottage hummi.”

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CARROT HUMMUS

BABY BEET TARTE TATIN

Makes 1 3/4 cups (6 to 8 servings) Ingredients

6 side-dish servings; 2 or 3 main-dish servings Ingredients

1 teaspoon cumin seed 1 teaspoon coriander seed 6 tablespoons olive or canola oil, plus more for drizzling 1 teaspoon honey 1 pound carrots, trimmed and well scrubbed 3 large unpeeled cloves garlic, smashed Flaky sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Juice of 1/2 lemon Juice of 1 orange 3 tablespoons tahini (may substitute smooth peanut butter)

For the tart 8 ounces frozen/defrosted homemade or store-bought puff pastry 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon canola or olive oil 2 teaspoons cider vinegar 2 teaspoons light brown sugar Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 10 to 14 ounces unpeeled baby beets (no larger than golf ball size), scrubbed well, then cut in half

Steps Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Have a medium roasting pan at hand.

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a small dry skillet for about a minute, until just fragrant. Use a mortar and pestle to grind them to a fine-ish powder. Transfer to a large bowl; whisk in 4 tablespoons of the oil and all of the honey.

Cut the carrots into 1/4-inch chunks, then add to the spiced oil along with the garlic. Toss to coat, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Scrape the dressed carrots into the roasting pan and spread in an even layer; roast, turning once, until the carrots are tender and just starting to char slightly around the edges, 25 to 35 minutes.

Cool slightly, then transfer the roasting pan’s contents to a food processor, slipping the garlic cloves out of their skins as you do so and scraping as much of the crusty brown bits, spices and oil as possible into the food processor. Add the lemon and orange juices, tahini and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Puree until smooth. Adjust the seasoning as needed.

Transfer to a serving dish and lightly drizzle with more oil.

For the vinaigrette 1 or 2 shallots, finely chopped (may substitute 2 or 3 scallions, trimmed and finely chopped) 1 teaspoon mustard, preferably English, such as Colman’s 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1/4 cup canola oil Pinch sugar Handful parsley leaves, finely chopped Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper

Tahini-Dressed Zucchini and Green Bean Salad 4 servings Ingredients For the dressing 1/2 clove garlic, crushed with a little coarse sea salt 2 tablespoons tahini (stir the jar well first) Finely grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon Juice of 1/2 orange 1/2 teaspoon honey Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil For the salad 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 medium zucchini (about 14 ounces total), sliced into 1/8-inch rounds Sea salt

Steps For the tart: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Have an 8-inch tart pan or ovenproof skillet at hand.

Lightly flour a work surface. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of about 1/4 inch. Invert the tart pan or skillet on the pastry and use a knife to trace/cut around it. Wrap the pastry disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Melt the butter with the oil in the skillet or tarte tatin dish over medium heat. Add the vinegar, sugar and some salt and pepper, stir well, then add the halved beets and toss to coat. You want the beets to fill the pan snugly, so add a few more as needed. Cover tightly with aluminum foil; bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until the beets are tender.

Uncover and rearrange the beet halves neatly, cut sides up. Lay the chilled pastry disk over the beets, patting it down and tucking in the edges down the side of the pan. Bake (at 375 degrees) for 20 minutes, until the pastry is fully puffed and golden brown.

Cool in the pan or skillet for about 15 minutes, then put a serving plate over the top and invert to turn out the tart. Pour any pan juices over the beets.

For the vinaigrette: Combine the shallots, mustard, vinegar, oil, sugar and parsley in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Seal and shake to form an emulsified vinaigrette.

Drizzle over the tart and serve.

Freshly ground black pepper Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 fresh small red chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped About 4 ounces green beans, trimmed 4 good handfuls of salad greens 12 to 18 oven-dried tomatoes (optional) Handful mint, finely shredded (optional) Steps For the dressing: Combine the crushed garlic in a medium bowl with the tahini, lemon zest and juice, orange juice and honey; season lightly with salt and a grind of black pepper; stir to form a dressing. If it seems too thick, add 1 tablespoon of water at a time to achieve a creamy, trickling consistency. Then gently stir in the oil. Taste, and adjust the seasoning as needed.

For the salad: Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add the zucchini slices and cook,

tossing them occasionally, for a few minutes, until tender and browned on both sides, transferring them to a mixing bowl.

Once the zucchini is all cooked, season it generously with salt and pepper. Add the lemon juice and chili pepper, and toss to incorporate.

Fill a bowl with cool water and a few ice cubes.

Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the green beans; once the water returns to a boil, cook for 1 minute, then use a slotted spoon to transfer them to ice-water bath. Drain after a few minutes; if the beans aren’t cool, rinse under cool running water. Drain again, pat dry with a clean kitchen towel, then toss the beans with the zucchini.

When ready to serve, spread the salad greens in a large, shallow serving bowl. Scatter the dressed zucchini and beans over them, then the oven-dried tomatoes and shredded mint, if using. Drizzle the dressing.

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Poplars not popular ... but they should be It would appear our drought of several years has finally come to an end. Awakening to the sound of rain gently falling on our metal roof for most of the month has been a treat.

I love the sound of rain. I had almost forgotten how the world smells after it has fallen.

You just don’t get the same effect from a watering can.

And no matter how diligent you are about packing water, plants just don’t thrive from hand watering the way they will from a rainfall; a bit odd when you think about it, given that all of our water originates from rain.

And it’s not just the chemicals they use to treat water to blame.

Even water from a dugout SHANNON or a rain barrel doesn’t make MCKINNON plants jump to life like a good rain will. It has something to do with the humidity in the air or fresh nitrogen being released or some such thing.

Whatever the science is behind it, I am just grateful it happens. Nature is pretty wonderful. Most of the time.

My sister who lives in Prince George has been listening to the sound of rain in her garden as well; except she hears it even when it isn’t raining.

A disconcerting situation to say the least! They are currently facing an infestation of tent caterpillars that have been defoliating their trees. It turned out the rain-like noise was actually the sound of thousands of caterpillars munching leaves.

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It’s like something out of a science fiction thriller movie. People are shoveling the caterpillars off doorsteps and walkways.

In some areas there are so many worms on the highway vehicles are going into a skid as they lose traction over a foundation of slippery caterpillar carcasses.There are snow tires, summer tires and all season radials but to the best of my knowledge Bridgestone has yet to come up with a wheel for worm conditions.

We have had similar infestations up here in the past, but so far (knock wood) the sound of rain is just the sound of rain.

However there are places around us where the poplars are in trouble. Large stands of trees are either failing to leaf out at all or only unfurling a few insignificant clumps.

It looks similar to what has been happening in the Rockies over the past 10 years. Labelled SAD (Sudden Aspen Decline) the phenomenon has been decimating poplar groves in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and other areas of the Rockies.

The causes are uncertain. The bronze poplar borer is often present in dying stands but unlike the pine beetle these insects usually don’t kill the trees.

They do weaken them however, as do a multitude of other factors, such as drought which has also been a problem in the areas affected.

Aspens grow in colonies; each tree is a genetic clone of the one beside it.

There is a stand in Utah that covers 108 acres and—depending on what paper you read—is said to be the world’s heaviest, largest or oldest organism.

While individual aspens can live up to 150 years, the colonies themselves can be thousands of years old. Usually when aspens are attacked by insects or disease or wiped out by wildfire the colony responds

by sending up a profusion of new shoots.

Anyone who mows a lawn within throwing distance of an aspen has witnessed their tenacity.

Leave a lawn un-mowed for just a few days and tiny aspen shoots will soon be standing a foot high in an effort to reclaim their space. The disturbing thing is the stands in the Rockies don’t seem to be doing this. They are simply dying out.

I’m not sure if that’s the case here.

Hopefully the recent rains will turn things around.

We are still reeling from the loss of our pines to the pine beetle.

Losing our aspen as well would make for a desolate landscape to say the least. Given nature’s way, I suppose something would come along to replace them but as the song goes “we don’t know what we have ‘til it’s gone.” In the case of aspens—and other poplars—gardeners curse them and landscapers shun them.

Their ability to grow in harsh climates has given them a weedy reputation.

Even so, few western Canadians would feel at home without aspen’s lemon foliage making a splash against the cobalt autumn sky.

In the summer the soft sound of their quivering leaves foretelling a storm or simply moving in the breeze is as indigenous to our culture as the call of a goose.

And is there a more uplifting sight than a hillside covered in their lime green leaves in the spring? So let it rain, I won’t complain. It could be worse.

Shannon McKinnon is a syndicated columnist from Northern BC. You can catch up on past columns by visiting www.shannonmckinnon.com

Cultivating contentment Parents, not grandparents, “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

— Dalai Lama

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EXTREME ESTEEM that a genetic predisposition toward happiness accounted for as much as 50 per cent of what makes people happy. Barber labelled this genetic tendency Trait Happiness. The other 50 per cent of human happiness appeared to be slightly more within our control.

The same study concluded that 10 per cent was owing to life circumstances like income and relationships and the remaining 40 per cent consisted of life choices.

A study by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota yielded some interesting results.

Again, this study concluded that only 10 per cent or so of the variation in people’s reports of happiness could be explained by differences in circumstances.

The bulk of what determines happiness appeared to be due to personality and, more importantly, thoughts, behaviours and yes, selfesteem levels.

“Although many people assume that happiness comes from being born rich, beautiful or living a stress-free life, the reality is that people who have wealth, beauty or less stress are not happier on average than those of who don’t enjoy such blessings.”

The study concluded that happy people seem to intuitively know that

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have final say on child-rearing Question: My grandson is going to be 2 years old next month. Whenever he doesn’t get his way, he screams at the top of his lungs and throws a tantrum.

My daughter says it’s a stage, but I don’t remember my kids doing that.

What can I do to help?

Jim: Your concern for your grandson is admirable. Although you might not agree with your daughter’s assessment that his tantrums are “just a stage,” our counselors suggest that it’s JIM best to be careDALY ful in broaching the subject with her.

Your grandson’s parents should have the final say in the way their children are reared.

Our counselors recommend that unless grandparents suspect negligence or neglect, they should offer advice only if asked.

Furthermore, grandparents should work at building a relationship in which they can compare notes and share the benefits of their parenting experience.

That said, if your daughter is open, there are some general principles you might share with her.

Very young children sometimes need help controlling their emotional reactions.

A parent’s job is to set definite boundaries for the expression of childish anger and frustration, and to enforce those boundaries with consistent consequences.

Time-outs are especially effective with toddlers.

Taking a screaming toddler to a neutral location — perhaps his bedroom — and leaving him alone for a predetermined period usually does the trick.

Our counselors suggest one minute of time-out for each year of a child’s age — in other words, two minutes for a 2-year-old.

Your daughter might also find useful advice in Dr. Kevin Leman’s book, Have a New Kid by Friday (Revell, 2008).

He suggests that the most effective strategy for extinguishing tantrums is to ignore them.

Kids often throw tantrums as a way of manipulating their parents. If the parents refuse to be manipulated, the behavior often ceases.

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Question: Our son has Asperger’s syndrome and is now in high school.

His attitude is changing, and he seems to be getting more rude and angry.

He’s socially awkward, and people don’t understand his behavior. How can we help him and, more importantly, help those who befriend him understand how to deal with this kind of behavior?

Leon Wirth, Executive Director of Parenting and Youth: The teen years can be frustrating for any parent, without the added challenges of Asperger’s (now classified as a high-functioning autism spectrum disorder). Our hearts go out to you and your son.

First, we’re assuming your son is receiving ongoing psychological care.

That is critical. Talk to your son’s therapist about the changes in his behavior.

It’s possible that some of the problem can be minimized through medication, diet, supplements and other therapies.

But that determination can be made only by a qualified professional.

When it comes to helping other people understand, direct them to a website or other information related to Asperger’s.

Don’t embarrass your son or “make an example” of him. Rather, discreetly approach his teachers and the parents of his friends in an effort to educate them.

Here are some resources: WEBSITES: ● The Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) center (www.aspergersyndrome.org) ● The National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities (nichcy.org) ● The Autism Society (www.autismsociety.org) www.autismspeaks.org) BOOKS: ● Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage and Meltdowns, by Brenda Smith Myles and Jack Southwick. ● Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent’s Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical and Transition Needs of Teenagers With Autism Spectrum Disorders, by Chantal Sicile-Kira.

Finally, don’t hesitate to call our counseling team here at Focus for a free consultation. They can also provide a referral to a qualified counselor in your area.

Catch up with Jim Daly at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/ DalyFocus.

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“She seems in a happier mood – for the moment.”

“She got the flowers,” I said. “We should be safe for at least a week.”

My boss had received a lovely bouquet of flowers for her birthday.

Most intriguing was the card signed: Your Secret Admirer.

At the time, my boss was not a happy person.

She was generally sullen and often abrupt in her dealings with co-workers.

Admittedly, this was years ago, when women were first entering management roles and everyone was finding the transition difficult.

I was one of only two males in the department and, whether legitimate or not, we always felt a little discriminated against.

We were both therefore grateful for the arrival of the flowers. It had become an annual event.

Each year for the past three, a beautiful bouquet of flowers had arrived anonymously on my boss’s birthday.

And each year, for about a week prior in anticipation and a week following in speculation, my boss was happy and in better spirits.

I’ve always been skeptical of people who claim to know the secret to happiness.

Any emotional state — happiness, being no exception — is subjective.

What brings great joy to one individual might have the opposite effect on another or little effect at all on another still.

For the sake of this piece, I’ll use the following working definition of happiness: a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

One commonly held theory is that people who have money enjoy a higher level of happiness.

In the 1970s, economist George Easterlin decided to test the theory.

Easterlin found that while family income in the United Stated grew steadily following the Second World War, happiness in the country didn’t keep pace. Once basic necessities like food, shelter and health care were secured, income fell out of step with happiness.

There is research to suggest that people experience happiness when involved in relationships that provide a sense of belonging and activities or lifestyles that engage them.

In fact, some psychologists are now convinced that what makes people happy can be narrowed down to three distinct categories: genetics, personal choices and the circumstances of one’s life.

One study, conducted

by Irish Evolutionary Psychologist and author, Nigel Barber, concluded

happiness is the sum of their life choices and those choices often included devoting time to family and friends, appreciating what they have, an optimistic outlook, a sense of purpose and living in the moment.

Admittedly, becoming a happier person is not as simple as flipping a switch, but there are effective strategies.

Here is a list of suggestions compiled by the staff at the Mayo Clinic.

Surround yourself with happy people. Being around happy people will lighten your mood.

And by being happy yourself, you give something back to those around you.

Build up your emotional account with kind words and actions.

Be careful and gracious with critique.

Let people know that you appreciate what they do and that you’re glad they’re part of your life.

Express gratitude.

Gratitude is more than saying thank you. It’s a sense of wonder, appreciation and thankfulness for life.

It’s easy to go through life without recognizing your good fortune.

Often, it takes a dramatic event to bring about awareness of our many blessings.

Don’t wait for something like that to happen to you. Each day, identify at least one thing that enriches your life. Let gratitude be your last thought before going to sleep and your first upon awakening.

Cultivate optimism.

Develop the habit of seeing the positive side of things.

I’m not suggesting you don a pair rose-coloured glasses — that would foolish and counterproductive.

I am suggesting that you recognize and acknowledge the positives and learn from the negatives.

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PURPOSE: Meet a goal, fulfil a mission Find your purpose. People who strive to meet a goal or fulfil a mission — whether it’s growing a garden, caring for children or enhancing one’s selfesteem — are generally happier than those who have no such aspirations.

What your goal is doesn’t matter as much as whether the process of working toward it is meaningful to you and brings joy into your life.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, said it most succinctly when he declared, “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

I left the department shortly afterward and, according to my colleague at the time, the birthday bouquets ended with my departure. That, apparently, did not make my old boss happy.

“You wouldn’t know anything about that, would you?”

“Coincidence,” I replied with a smile. “What else could it be?”

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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VEGETABLES: Great dip With coriander-and-cumin-spiced oil for depth, a little orange juice for brightness and the requisite tahini for creamy nuttiness, this dip barely made it from food processor to serving bowl intact; I scarfed down a good quarter-cup of it on the way.

Since then, I’ve made it twice more — and can’t stop imagining what other dense vegetables might take well to a similar treatment, perhaps with a change in spices: beets, of course (and there’s a recipe for such in River Cottage Veg), but what about parsnips?

Turnips? Radishes? Maybe even asparagus! Perhaps one day soon, thanks to Fearnley-Whittingstall, I might treat “hummi” the way I do vinaigrettes and pestos: as an intuitive, flexible technique using seasonal vegetables, not a set-in-stone recipe.

His baby beet tarte tatin is another example. I’ve done the classic apple countless times, naturally, and branched out to sweet potato thanks to pastry chef David Guas.

But this latest idea has me looking at beets (the recipe doesn’t even require you to peel them, a revelation) and the tart (what other high-sugar vegetables might take to it?) in a whole new light.

The headnote for the tart recipe, by the way, demonstrates another appealing thing about River Cottage Veg, and that’s the charming Britspeak sprinkled throughout the book: “The shallot/green onion vinaigrette finishes off the tart a treat,” he writes, “but if you fancy ringing the changes, it’s also very good topped with crumbled feta and coarsely chopped parsley.”

You might not discern his meaning, but no matter: The tart, like the other recipes I’ve made — a tahinidrizzled salad and a mushroom-orzo take on risotto — speaks for itself. I’ve made it twice, and I do think I fancy making it again.

Earliest known MERS outbreak, in Jordan, infected at least 10 people The earliest known outbreak of the MERS coronavirus infected at least 10 people, with testing still underway on blood samples from seven people who were likely exposed during the April 2012 incident, officials in Jordan and in the United States have revealed.

Two of the 10 confirmed cases were previously reported. Of the other eight, most were health-care workers from three hospitals which treated patients in an outbreak that started at Zarqa Governorate Hospital southeast of the Jordanian capital of Amman.

Although investigations have failed to pinpoint the first case in the outbreak, it is believe the virus spread among the cases by person-toperson transmission, said Dr. Mohammad Al-Abdallat, director of communicable diseases for Jordan’s Ministry of Health.

“It’s most likely, we can say,” Al-Abdallat said in an interview from Amman.

“Applying infection control measures is very important to containment of this MERS coronavirus outbreak.”

A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which collaborated with Jordan on this investigation, said the findings confirm what has been seen elsewhere with this virus.

MERS has shown itself capable of spreading in hospitals, said Dr. Mark Pallansch, director of CDC’s division of viral diseases.

But, as has been seen in other settings, most people exposed to the virus don’t develop infection, he said, adding that like other studies which tested blood samples

for undetected cases of MERS, this work didn’t find much evidence of mild or asymptomatic cases — the iceberg everyone hopes is under the tip represented by the severe cases that have come to light.

“We are still missing most of the iceberg, if it’s there,” Pallansch said.

“So the fact that there were a very large number of contacts who were negative is still consistent with the fact that there were thousands of samples tested in multiple countries, and (there is) still a relatively modest number of documented cases.”

In April of last year, an outbreak of pneumonia among some patients and staff occurred at Zarqa Hospital. The cause of the outbreak could not be determined at the time.

Of 11 people initially identified as being ill, two died — a nurse and a student who was admitted with pericarditis, an infection of the sac around the heart.

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ACTIVISTS SAY NO, BUT A BUSINESSMAN TRIES HIS LUCK

BY GENE JOHNSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country.

With visionary zeal, the 45-yearold former Microsoft manager described his plans to a conference room packed with reporters and supporters last month, saying he was tired of waiting for a green light from the Obama administration, which still hasn’t said how it will respond to the legalization of recreational pot in Washington and Colorado.

Shively vowed to quickly raise $10 million and eventually build his company, Diego Pellicer, into an international pot powerhouse.

Though he promised a “cautious and measured” expansion, Shively’s approach nevertheless contrasted with that of state regulators who want to avoid repeating the national experience with Big Tobacco and Big Alcohol, industries that profited wildly on addiction and abuse.

Mark Kleiman, who heads the team hired to be Washington’s official marijuana consultant, responded on his blog: “It was inevitable that the legalization of cannabis would attract a certain number of insensate greedheads to the industry.”

Shively’s ambitions — “We are Big Marijuana,” he proclaimed — don’t merely raise questions about what marijuana legalization might look like in the long run and whether large corporations will come to dominate.

He also risks getting himself indicted.

The Justice Department has said while it doesn’t intend to prosecute sick people for using marijuana, it will go after those who try to get rich from commercial sales.

It hasn’t said yet whether it will sue to block Washington and Colorado from licensing pot growers, processors and stores.

The legalization votes in Washington and Colorado have created a fever for cannabis-related investing, to an extent.

Conferences have focused on the parameters for legally investing in “ancillary businesses” — those that supply equipment needed by pot grows, for exam-

ple — without financing the actual production or distribution of marijuana, which remains illegal under federal law.

Shively isn’t skirting the edges of the nascent industry, but diving right in, in a way that few other entrepreneurs are.

Some companies that make high-end marijuana-infused products, such as Colorado-based Dixie Elixirs, are planning to make their brands available in other states, but it’s not clear anyone else is taking steps to create a pot empire.

“Developing a national brand in an industry in which it is illegal to move the core product across state lines presents some serious logistical challenges,” said Betty Aldworth, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association.

Diego Pellicer’s business plan estimates $120,000 of pure profit per month, per recreational pot store. Shively said he plans dozens of stores in Washington and Colorado.

At the May 30 news conference, Shively announced Diego’s first corporate deal — an arrangement with a Seattle medical marijuana company called the Northwest Patient Resource Center.

He said Diego would be starting in the medical marijuana market in Washington and Colorado, and then transitioning some dispensaries to recreational pot stores once the states begin issuing licenses.

Shively said the arrangement was “not in violation of either federal or state law,” but it was troubling enough to one of the dispensary company owners that he’s walking away from the deal — and the company he helped found — because he fears it puts everyone involved at risk of federal prosecution.

“I’m not an activist. I’m just a businessman,” said the part-owner, Thomas Jun, a 42-year-old father of three.

“I can’t afford to do any federal time.”

According to Shively, Diego Pellicer has acquired the option to buy Northwest Patient Resource Center, but does not actually own it.

That’s what gives Diego Pellicer some protection and allows it to position itself for the time when more states legalize pot and Congress changes federal laws, he said. No marijuana will be moved interstate.

“We don’t touch cannabis. We don’t have ownership of cannabis,” he said. “ It’s not a perfect insulation or buffer, but it’s the best possible mechanism that we can come up with.”

Through his lawyer, Douglas Hiatt, Jun provided the AP with internal company documents, including a draft of the $1.6 million agreement dated May 30.

The deal directs monthly payments of up to $50,000 from Diego be used to “to further develop and enhance NWPRC’s customer locations and to otherwise grow its business as currently conducted.”

Former federal prosecutors say that could be seen as a conspiracy to violate federal law.

“It certainly would make me nervous to be involved in anything like this,” said Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law SchoolLos Angeles and a former assistant U.S. attorney.

Shively called the draft provided to AP “an obsolete document,” but declined to provide further details.

He also declined to discuss a $10,000 check he wrote to the dispensary company May 27.

The deal highlights the tension between the varying degrees of acceptance of marijuana by the states and the outright prohibition by the federal government, which makes banking and other business functions problematic.

For example, beyond the growing and sale of marijuana constituting federal crimes, the movement of money related to marijuana sales likely constitutes money laundering.

Dixie Elixirs won’t be directly involved in the growing, processing or sale of pot in multiple states, said Tripp Keber, its managing director.

Instead, it will license its technical know-how and recipes to people in Washington or elsewhere who want to produce products under the Dixie Elixirs brand — and try to avoid the attention of federal prosecutors by adhering to state laws.

“Big public federal indictments are going to do the industry a disservice,” Keber said.

If Shively’s model is endorsed by the regulators writing rules for Washington’s pot industry, “then we would be increasing the risk of intervention by the federal government,” said Alison Holcomb, the Seattle lawyer who drafted Washington’s law.

Shively said investors are advised that the company and those involved could face federal prosecution.

A copy of Diego’s business plan includes 11 bullet points listing risks the company faces. None specifically suggests those involved could be prosecuted.

Women go into menopause because men want younger mates: study

BY SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS Theories abound as to why women go into menopause, but the latest hypothesis being put forward suggests it may be men — or specifically their preference for younger mates —that has led to women’s loss of fertility at a certain age.

Researchers at McMaster University believe that over tens of thousands of years, a lack of reproduction among older women has given rise to menopause as an unintended result of evolutionary natural selection.

Using computer modelling, the researchers found that over time, competition among men of all ages for younger mates left older females with much less chance of reproducing.

“We are saying somewhere along the line, men began to change their preference in mating,” said evolutionary biologist Rama Singh, co-author of the study published in this week’s issue of the journal PLOS Computational Biology.

“What we’re saying is that menopause will occur if there is a preferential mating with younger women and older women are not reproducing,” he said from Hamilton.

Singh said women would have had children when they were younger — from 15 to 30, based on the com-

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“It’s a very simple theory. What it does is it demystifies menopause. ... It becomes a simple age-related disease, if you can call it that,” said Singh.

“That’s just like all the mutations that affect our aging — white hair, weak muscles, this and that.

These are mutations which affect fertility.”

The researchers’ hypothesis runs counter to prevailing theories about menopause, including the widely held “grandmother theory.”

That theory suggests that women evolved to become infertile after a certain age to allow them to assist with rearing grandchildren, thus helping to promote survival of their children’s offspring.

Kristen Hawkes, an anthropologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is among the leading proponents of the grandmother theory.

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Bruins 2 Blackhawks 0 BOSTON — Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron scored second-period goals and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves Monday as the hard-charging Boston Bruins blanked the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup final.

The Bruins were full value for their second straight win, coming out hard and crashing Chicago. Boston seemed bigger, faster and meaner on the night.

Even anthem singer Rene Rancourt seemed up for it, adding a few more degrees of difficulties to his litany of pre-game fist pumps and facial contortions. The TD Garden crowd of 17,565, Boston’s 163rd straight sellout, ate it up.

History has Boston at the front of the NHL championship bus now. Teams winning Game 3 after splitting first two games of the final have gone on to win 21 of 25 times since the best-ofseven format began in 1939.

Paille, the overtime hero of Game 2, opened the scoring for Boston as the Bruins’ reshaped third line of Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin paid dividends again. The trio accounted for both Boston goals in the Bruins’ overtime win in Game 2.

Bergeron then scored on the power play, with Paille and Kelly prompting the Hawk penalties that led to the goal. The Bruins forward was a one-man machine, with six shots in the first two periods alone. He also dominated faceoffs, winning 19 of 22 in the first 40 minutes.

The other Bruins did the little things too. Blocking shots.

Winning faceoffs. Shrugging off Blackhawks like annoying little brothers. When the situation

The Minnesota Wild have re-signed defenceman Marco Scandella to a two-year contract. Scandella was eligible to be a restricted free agent, but the Wild locked the 23-year-old before he could hit the market. Scandella missed training camp in January because of a groin injury and spent most of this season with the Houston Aeros in the AHL, recording 17 points in 45 games. The secondround pick in the 2008 draft played in six regular season games for the Wild. Added to the active roster again right before the playoffs, Scandella had a goal and an assist in five games against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The 6-foot-3, 210pound native of Montreal has four goals and 11 assists in 89 career NHL games.

Today

● Men’s ball hockey: Details Devils vs.

Mariners, 7 p.m.; Gentex Heat vs. Braves, 8:15 p.m.; Hammerhead Oilfield vs. Tommy Gun’s, 9:30 p.m., all games at Kinsmen B; Trican CMT vs. Ferus Gas Industries, 7 p.m.; Cruisin’ Auto vs.

Long Ball, 8:15 p.m.; Raiders vs. Boston Pizza, 9:30 p.m., all games at Dawe. ● Senior men’s baseball: Printing Place Padres vs.

The Hideout Rays, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Women’s fastball: Lacombe Physio Shooters vs. Conaco/Phillips Threat, U18 Rage vs.

Stettler Heat, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park 1 and 2; Snell and Oslund Badgers vs. N. Jensen’s Bandits, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park 2. ● Sunburst baseball: St. Albert at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park.

Wednesday

● Bantam AAA baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Red at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Parkland baseball: Irricana at Innisfail, 7 p.m. ● Men’s ball hockey: Trican CMT vs. ATB Bears, 9:30 p.m., Dawe; Details Devils vs. JMAA Architecture, 9:30 p.m., Kinsmen B.

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Chicago Blackhawks centre Michael Frolik and Boston Bruins right wing Nathan Horton scrap for the puck during the second period in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday. called for it, they just dumped the puck somewhere safe and regrouped.

Game 4 goes Wednesday in Boston.

Hawks co-scoring leader Marian Hossa was a late scratch, replaced by Ben Smith after being injured in the warmup.

That meant shelving a marquee player on a $7.9-million contract for a $550,000 forward who had played once this season.

“Marian Hossa out of the lineup after something apparently happened in warm-ups,”

tweeted the Hawks.

It was a take-no-prisoners warmup. Boston coach Claude Julien said Bruins captain Zdeno Chara suffered a small cut during warmup after colliding with bulking forward Milan Lucic.

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville, who had earlier decided to replace Brandon Bollig with Viktor Stalberg, shook up his lines like a frustrated Scrabble player.

Captain Jonathan Toews surprisingly started with Marcus

Kruger and Michael Frolik, while Smith opened with Dave Bolland and Patrick Sharp.

But it was the Bruins, outshot 19-4 in the first period of Game 2, who came out in high gear.

They had seven shots on Corey Crawford within the first five minutes.

And whenever Toews came over the boards, he found the giant shadow of Chara waiting.

Crawford, who would finish with 33 saves on the night, stopped Bergeron from in close.

At the other end, the imperious Rask handled a blast from Duncan Keith.

Boston’s Brad Marchand had a glorious chance on a breakaway on the penalty kill late in the period after somehow coralling a long Chara clearance. But he lost control of the puck just in front of Crawford and, showing his frustration, smashed his stick to pieces as he returned to the bench.

Boston killed off a pair of penalties in the first period, extending its successful PK string to 24. It was hard to say whether it was because the Bruins’ penalty killing was so good or the Hawks’ power play so bad.

Chicago clawed its way back as the first period wore on and managed 10 shots to Boston’s 11 by the time it was over.

The Bruins controlled the faceoff, however, wining 17 of 22 in the first period.

Boston opened the second with another offensive burst and got their goal. Paille was rewarded for some hard work at 2:13 in the Chicago end, lifting Bolland’s stick to steal the puck and rifle a wrist shot past Crawford who seconds earlier had stopped Seguin. It was Paille’s fourth goal of the playoffs.

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Jays keep streak going with win over Rockies THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 2 Rockies 0 TORONTO — Maicer Izturis made sure a strong outing from Blue Jays starter Josh Johnson didn’t go to waste.

Izturis drove in the game’s only runs with an RBI single in the eighth inning Monday as Toronto pushed its win streak to six games with a 2-0 interleague victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Johnson struck out 10 while giving up five hits and walking two through 7 1-3 innings but is still winless in seven starts since being acquired by the Blue Jays in the offseason.

After a rough start to the year and stint on the disabled list with a triceps injury, Johnson has rounded into form as of late.

He’s given up a combined four runs in his last three starts, including Monday night’s gem which was twice pushed back due to a blister on one of his fingers.

“It is what it is at the beginning of the year,

but now we’re winning and that’s the fun part and the key thing,” said Johnson. “You win games and everything else takes care of itself.”

Monday’s victory marked Toronto’s first six-game winning streak since May 2011 and moved the club (33-36) to three games below .500 for the first time since April 21.

The streaking Blue Jays, who have won nine of 11, are coming off a 5-1 road trip that included the club’s first-ever fourgame sweep of the Rangers in Texas.

Toronto broke open a 0-0 game with Colorado in the eighth when Davis greeted Rockies reliever Matt Belisle (4-4) with a single to right and stole second before Colby Rasmus walked.

J.P. Arencibia advanced the runners on a short chopper back to the mound to set up Izturis, who sent a flair into short left field to cash in two runs.

After Melky Cabrera hit into a double to end the inning, Casey Janssen sealed the win with

his 15th save in the ninth.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons says Izturis — another off-season acquisition who struggled early in the season — is finally starting to settle in with the team.

“I think new guys, a new place, it’s not uncommon for guys to press or whatever it is,” said Gibbons.

“I think he’s settling in and feels comfortable now, part of the team.

The way he’s playing now is the way he’s done his whole career. He looks a little more relaxed and settled in.”

Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven innings of one-hit ball while striking out four and walking three for the Rockies (37-34), who kicked off a tough nine-game, 10-day road trip that also includes stops in Washington and Boston.

Rockies skip Walt Weiss said De La Rosa’s game was affected by a bruise on his right thumb that developed as the game progressed.

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Josh Johnson works during a baseball game in Toronto, Monday. Johnson had a strong outing to lead the Jays to a 2-0 win, their sixth in a row.

How to hit out of a bunker with an uneven lie Golf as we know it today originated from is continually evolving. Our knowledge of a game played on the eastern coast of Scot- the game is better. The golf club manufacland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th turers are designing golf equipment that century. will hit the ball further and straighter than Players would hit a pebble around a nat- the equipment of yesterday. Our children ural course of sand dunes, rabare bigger and stronger than we bit runs and tracks using a stick were, therefore they have the or primitive club. ability to hit the ball further The British Open is the oldest than we could. As a result, golf golf tournament in the world. courses have to be made longer The first British Open took place in order to challenge the golfers at Prestwick Golf Club in 1860 of tomorrow. Yes, evolution is with the original format being 36 inevitable. holes played on a single day with Having said that, the hazards the winner awarded the chamwe face on the golf course are pionship belt for a year and a what truly makes the game of purse of 10 pounds. Things have golf as challenging as it is. Wachanged over the years with the ter hazards, creeks, bush and British Open champion being undulations are just a few that SCOTT presented the Claret Jug and a make each and every golf course purse worth 900,000 pounds. unique and challenging. The one BERGDAHL The game over the years has thing that virtually all golf coursINSTRUCTION es offer and has been a staple on seen a number of significant changes. Some of these changgolf courses since the dawn of es include the design and inthe game is the sand trap. Lovecreased length of modern day golf courses, ly things if you are spending a day at the the evolution of hickory-shafted golf clubs beach. Hitting into a sand trap can bring to steel and graphite and, of course, the a grown man to tears and ruin a perfectlylong dresses for the ladies and ties and played game of golf. a blazer for the men to shorts, skorts and In last week’s article I wrote about the sleeveless golf shirts. basics of hitting out of a greenside bunker.

You cannot stop progression, and thank This week I shall discuss how to hit out of a God for that. I mean, really, who would bunker when you are faced with an uneven want to wear a tie and a blazer or a long lie. These would include the uphill, downdress for you ladies on the golf course. hill and side hill lies.

The fact remains that the game of golf First of all, when you are faced with an

uphill lie you have to assess the severity of the slope. A slight uphill lie is a relatively easy shot and not a whole lot different than a flat lie. If you happen to face an uphill lie that is quite severe, you need to alter a few things.

The first step when faced with a slope (be it uphill or downhill) is to attempt to set the angle of your shoulder parallel to the angle of the slope. Doing so will assist in allowing the club in travelling parallel to the angle of the slope.

The next step is ball position. In most cases (based on the severity of the slope) the ball should be positioned further forward in your stance than for a normal sand shot. For most sand shots, the ball will be positioned a few inches inside your front heel. On an uphill sand shot, you need to move the ball position slightly forward to assist in making proper contact with the sand. When making your swing, keep in mind that this ball will fly higher and shorter than a normal bunker shot, therefore consider a larger stroke for better distance control.

The downhill sand shot is considered the most difficult of all sand shots. The key to this shot is once again attempting to set the angle of your shoulders parallel to the angle of the slope you are standing on. Doing so will most certainly place most of your weight on your front foot.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hockey

Basketball

Chicago (W1) vs. Boston (E4) (Boston leads series 2-1) Monday’s result Boston 2 Chicago 0 Saturday’s result Boston 2 Chicago 1 (OT) Wednesday’s game Chicago at Boston, 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 22 Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Monday, June 24 x-Chicago at Boston, 6 p.m.

Monday’s summary Blackhawks 0 at Bruins 2 First Period No Scoring Penalties — Daugavins Bos (roughing) 9:57, Thornton Bos (roughing) 14:15.

Second Period 1. Boston, Paille 4 (Kelly, Seguin) 2:13 2. Boston, Bergeron 7 (Jagr, Chara) 14:05 (pp) Penalties — Bolland Chi (cross-checking) 12:00,

Hjalmarsson Chi (tripping) 13:50, Bolland Chi (tripping) 19:00.

Third Period No Scoring Penalties — McQuaid Bos (tripping) 7:56, Bolland Chi (tripping) 13:55, Krejci Bos (hooking) 15:55, Bickell Chi (roughing), Shaw Chi (fighting, major), Chara Bos (roughing, double minor), Marchand Bos (fighting, major) 19:48.

Shots on goal Chicago 10 8 10 — 28 Boston 11 15 9 — 35 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (L,13-7-0); Boston: Rask (W,14-5-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Chicago: 0-5; Boston: 1-4.

Attendance — 17,565 (17,565).

Baseball Boston Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto

American League East Division W L Pct 42 29 .592 40 31 .563 38 31 .551 36 33 .522 33 36 .478

Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Minnesota Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 39 29 .574 34 34 .500 34 35 .493 30 36 .455 29 38 .433

GB — 5 5 1/2 8 9 1/2

Oakland Texas Seattle Los Angeles Houston

West Division W L Pct 42 30 .583 39 31 .557 31 39 .443 30 39 .435 26 45 .366

GB — 2 10 10 1/2 15 1/2

GB — 2 3 5 8

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 2, Washington 0 Baltimore 6, Boston 3 Kansas City 5, Tampa Bay 3 Houston 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Detroit 5, Minnesota 2 Toronto 7, Texas 2 N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 10, Seattle 2 Monday’s Games Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 Toronto 2, Colorado 0 Detroit 5, Baltimore 1 Texas 8, Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 2 Seattle at L.A. Angels, Late Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay (Archer 1-2) at Boston (Aceves 3-1), 11:05 a.m., 1st game Kansas City (E.Santana 5-5) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 5-4), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-5), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 2-4) at Toronto (Rogers 2-2), 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Britton 0-1) at Detroit (Verlander 8-4), 5:08 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 0-0) at Boston (Doubront 4-3), 5:10 p.m., 2nd game Oakland (J.Parker 5-6) at Texas (Darvish 7-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-6), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Figaro 1-0) at Houston (Lyles 3-1), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Bonderman 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 1-10), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

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

Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 41 28 .594 34 35 .493 34 37 .479 25 39 .391 22 47 .319

GB — 7 8 13 1/2 19

St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 45 25 .643 43 28 .606 41 29 .586 28 40 .412 28 40 .412

GB — 2 1/2 4 16 16

West Division W L Pct 37 33 .529 37 34 .521 35 33 .515 35 34 .507 29 39 .426

GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 7

Arizona Colorado San Francisco San Diego Los Angeles

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 2, Washington 0 N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 1 Miami 7, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 San Diego 4, Arizona 1 Colorado 5, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 3, San Francisco 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE Kan. City 000 000 011 — 2 7 1 Cleveland 000 001 000 — 1 6 0 Shields, B.Chen (7), Crow (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Carrasco, Shaw (8), R.Hill (9), Albers (9) and C.Santana. W—Crow 3-2. L—Shaw 0-1. Sv— G.Holland (15). HRs—Cleveland, C.Santana (10).

Baltimore 010 000 000 — 1 7 0 Detroit 210 020 00x — 5 14 0 Arrieta, Patton (5), Strop (8) and Wieters; Scherzer, Smyly (7) and B.Pena. W—Scherzer 10-0. L—Arrieta 1-2. Sv—Smyly (2). HRs—Baltimore, C.Davis (24). Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (19).

Oakland 000 600 001 — 7 8 1 Texas 021 130 10x — 8 12 0 Straily, J.Chavez (5), Blevins (7), Cook (8) and Jaso, D.Norris; Tepesch, Cotts (4), R.Ross (7), Scheppers (8), Nathan (9) and Pierzynski. W—Cotts 3-1. L—J. Chavez 1-1. Sv—Nathan (21). HRs—Texas, Pierzynski (6), N.Cruz 2 (18).

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-1) at Atlanta (A.Wood 0-0), 11:10 a.m., 1st game L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-5), 5:05 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 2-4) at Philadelphia (Lee 8-2), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 2-4) at Toronto (Rogers 2-2), 5:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-0) at Atlanta (Maholm 7-5), 5:10 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at Cincinnati (Latos 6-0), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Figaro 1-0) at Houston (Lyles 3-1), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 3-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 10-3), 6:15 p.m.

Miami (Eovaldi 0-0) at Arizona (Delgado 0-0), 7:40 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 5-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 5-3), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Arizona, 1:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Colorado at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 Toronto 000 000 02x — 2 3 0 J.De La Rosa, Belisle (8) and W.Rosario; Jo.Johnson, Cecil (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia.

W—Cecil 3-0. L—Belisle 4-4. Sv—Janssen (15).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 000 011 — 2 5 2 St. Louis 000 200 21x — 5 8 0 Tr.Wood, H.Rodriguez (8) and Castillo; S.Miller, Siegrist (6), Maness (7), Rosenthal (8), Mujica (8) and Y.Molina. W—S.Miller 8-4. L—Tr.Wood 5-6.

Sv—Mujica (20). HRs—Chicago, Barney (3).

Wash.

100 100 011 — 4 9 0 Phila.

012 010 001 — 5 12 0 Haren, Krol (7), Clippard (8), Abad (9) and K.Suzuki; Lannan, Stutes (6), Mi.Adams (8), Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Quintero. W—Papelbon 1-0. L— Abad 0-2. HRs—Washington, Tracy (3). Philadelphia, Howard (8).

Pittsburgh 000 001 000 — 1 7 1 Cincinnati 000 101 02x — 4 8 0 Liriano, Morris (7) and R.Martin; Leake, LeCure (8), Cingrani (8), Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W— Leake 7-3. L—Liriano 5-3. Sv—Chapman (18).

HRs—Cincinnati, Cozart (7), Frazier (9), Votto (12), Bruce (13).

Miami 000 002 001 — 3 3 0 Arizona 001 010 000 — 2 7 1 Ja.Turner, Da.Jennings (6), Webb (7), M.Dunn (8), Cishek (9) and Mathis; Corbin, Bell (9) and M.Montero. W—M.Dunn 2-1. L—Bell 2-1. Sv— Cishek (10). HRs—Miami, Stanton 2 (7). Arizona, Goldschmidt (16).

69.11%.

Total Driving 1, Justin Rose, 35. 2, Graham DeLaet, 47. 3, Henrik Stenson, 59. 4, Keegan Bradley, 85. 5, Boo Weekley, 86. 6, Billy Horschel, 90. 7, D.J. Trahan, 91. 8, Hunter Mahan, 93. 9, Tiger Woods, 96. 10, Rory McIlroy, 104.

Strokes Gained - Putting 1, Greg Chalmers, .990. 2, Sergio Garcia, .989. 3, Stephen Ames, .914. 4, Aaron Baddeley, .894. 5, Tiger Woods, .833. 6, Luke Donald, .717. 7, Peter Hanson, .704. 8, Phil Mickelson, .702. 9, Russell Henley, .690. 10, Bryce Molder, .688.

Birdie Average 1, Phil Mickelson, 4.44. 2, Billy Horschel, 4.42. 3, (tie), Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker, 4.19. 5, Bubba Watson, 4.18. 6, Charl Schwartzel, 4.08. 7, Ryan Palmer, 4.07. 8, Jimmy Walker, 4.02. 9, (tie), Adam Scott and Russell Henley, 3.96.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Tiger Woods, 82.3. 2, Dustin Johnson, 90.0. 3, Chris Kirk, 95.4. 4, Robert Garrigus, 96.8. 5, (tie), Nicolas Colsaerts, Michael Thompson and Jordan Spieth, 99.0. 8, Jason Kokrak, 100.0. 9, Joe Ogilvie, 100.8. 10, Ernie Els, 102.0.

Sand Save Percentage 1, K.J. Choi, 69.05%. 2, Justin Rose, 68.29%. 3, Stuart Appleby, 65.52%. 4, Jason Day, 64.00%. 5, Matt Kuchar, 63.92%. 6, Rickie Fowler, 63.77%.

7, Cameron Tringale, 63.51%. 8, Patrick Reed, 62.64%. 9, (tie), Steven Bowditch and Lee Williams, 62.50%.

All-Around Ranking

1, Tiger Woods, 169. 2, Justin Rose, 240. 3, Adam Scott, 327. 4, Brandt Snedeker, 338. 5, Phil Mickelson, 359. 6, (tie), Rory McIlroy and Billy Horschel, 363. 8, Sergio Garcia, 364. 9, Jason Day, 374. 10, Russell Henley, 383.

Champions Tour Money Leaders 1. David Frost 2. Bernhard Langer 3. John Cook 4. Kohki Idoki 5. Esteban Toledo 6. Russ Cochran 7. Fred Couples 8. Jay Haas 9. Kenny Perry 10. Michael Allen 11. Duffy Waldorf 12. Mark O’Meara 13. Tom Pernice Jr. 14. Kirk Triplett 15. Rocco Mediate 16. Jeff Sluman 17. Gene Sauers 18. Mark Calcavecchia 19. Tom Lehman 20. Peter Senior 21. Jay Don Blake 22. Mike Goodes 23. Fred Funk 24. Brad Faxon

Points 1,336 1,038 795 756 734 732 711 701 617 568 550 504 488 478 461 458 362 336 317 296 295 267 238 230

Money $1,041,305 $1,091,389 $739,824 $378,000 $659,339 $633,145 $546,092 $605,110 $513,550 $601,906 $453,624 $494,477 $577,985 $426,858 $560,785 $495,327 $486,849 $401,858 $390,590 $451,421 $471,313 $370,228 $423,658 $294,691

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Optioned RHP Jake Arrieta to Norfolk (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS—Placed RHP Anibal Sanchez and C Alex Avila on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Avisail Garcia and C Bryan Holaday from Toledo (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Ekstrom on a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Optioned INF Ryan Roberts to Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Sent SS Jose Reyes to Dunedin (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with RHPs J.D. Underwood, Kyle Hooper, James Baune and Jacob Rhame; LHPs Jake Fisher and Michael Johnson; C Kyle Farmer, OF Henry Yates SS Brandon Trinkwon, SS Dillon Moyer on minor league contracts.

MIAMI MARLINS—Agreed to terms with RHPs CJ Robinson and Max Garner, SS J.T. Riddle, OF Ryan Aper and 1B Scott Carcaise on minor league contracts.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Signed RHP Devin Williams, SS Tucker Neuhaus, RHP Barrett Astin, RHP Taylor Williams and RHP John Uhen to minor league contracts.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated LHP John Lannan from the 15-day DL. Placed LHP Jeremy Horst on the 15-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with SS Michael Schulze and RHP Artie Reyes on minor league contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jacob Johansen, 3B Drew Ward, RHP Austin Voth, 3B-C Cody Gunter, 1B Jimmy Yezzo, LHP David Napoli, RHP Jake Joyce, SS Brennan Middleton, SS David Masters, CF William Ballou, LHP Cory Bafidis, LHP Niko Spezial, LHP Justin Thomas, SS Cody Dent, RF Garrett Gordon, RHP Matt DeRosier, LHP Travis Ott, LHP Joey Webb, RHP Michael Sylvestri, RHP Ryan Ullman, SS Willie Medina, LHP Jake Walsh on oneyear contracts.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS— Released RHP Matt McSwain.

WICHITA WINGNUTS—Released RHP Lincoln Holdzkom and OF Mike Mobbs.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Signed RHP Bo Budkevics.

Diamond League of Professional Baseball DLPB—Announced the formation of the league with six teams competing in 2014.

Frontier League FRONTIER GREYS—Sold the contract of LHP Eric Wooten to New York (AL).

Signed C Mike Russo. Released OF Tillman Pugh and RHP Justin Yackee.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed RHP

Brett Higginbotham. Released RHP Clayton Hicks.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Placed OF David Medina and OF Romulo Ruiz on the suspended list.

RIVER CITY RASCALS—Placed RHP Keli’i Zablan on the retired list. Released INF Austin Dubberly.

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Signed OF Jeffrey Kremer, OF Mike Mergenthaler, and RHP Alex Sunderland. Released OF Chase Larsson and 3B Joseph Taylor.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS—Signed RHP Kyle Teague. Released 3B Kevin Wager.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed OF Scott Kalamar. Released OF Andrew Heck.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Release DB Eric Samuels. Signed DB Cary Harris.

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS—Released RB Daryl Stephenson, Announced the retirement of FB Isaac Dell.

TORONTO ARGONAUTS—Released CB Pacino Horne, K-P Anthony Alix, WR Quincy Hurst and WR Djems Kouame.

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS—Released QB Levi Brown. Placed OL Patrick Neufeld and LB Mike McCullough on the nine-game injured list.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released DL Andre Caroll and OL Mark Dewit.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DENVER NUGGETS—Named Tim Connelly general manager.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Named Bob Bender and Nick Van Exel assistant coaches.

SACRAMENTO KINGS—Named Pete D’Alessandro general manager.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS—Signed G Cristopher Nilstorp to a one year contract. Named Tom Holy senior director of communications.

MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed D Marco Scandella to a two-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed D Joe Piskula to a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS—Signed TE Matt Veldman.

Released TE Dominique Curry.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released LB Desmond Bishop.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed RB George Winn.

Canadian Football League

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY—Acquired MF Pablo Mastroeni and the rights to MF Baggio Husidic from Colorado for an international roster slot through the end of the 2014 MLS season and a 2014 second-round pick in the MLS SuperDraft.

FG 112 126 45 189 102 49 58

48 158 45 37 119 39 42 38 99 130 93 78 26

28 77 37 38 93 26 9 18 63 67 72 43 16

128 403 144 122 365 115 109 108 261 327 258 206 68

21.3 21.2 20.6 20.3 19.2 19.2 18.2 18.0 17.4 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.0

OFF DEF TOT 9 73 82 16 70 86 7 39 46 21 46 67 39 92 131 10 33 43 59 91 150 90 98 188 45 140 185 52 63 115

AVG 13.7 12.3 11.5 11.2 10.9 10.8 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.6

Rebounds

FT PTS 93 339 77 346 53 158 119 527 35 281 33 137 39 156

AVG 30.8 28.8 26.3 25.1 23.4 22.8 22.3

Garnett, BOS Evans, Bro Gasol, LAL Asik, HOU Bogut, GOL Howard, LAL Randolph, MEM Hibbert, IND Duncan, SAN Noah, CHI

G 6 7 4 6 12 4 15 19 19 12

Football Hamilton Toronto Montreal Winnipeg

GP 1 1 1 1

CFL Preseason East Division W L T 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

PF 33 24 26 6

PA 26 6 33 24

Pt 2 2 0 0

Sask.

B.C. Calgary Edmonton

GP 1 1 1 1

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Friday, June 21 Edmonton at B.C., 8 p.m.

End of 2013 CFL pre-season

BRIEFS Engen acclaimed as chair of Hockey Alberta board Terry Engen of Eckville was acclaimed as chair of the board and Rob Litwinski of Red Deer was named executive director during the Hockey Alberta annual general meeting in Red Deer during the weekend.

On Saturday, the Hockey Alberta Foundation hosted the Hockey Alberta awards gala. Over 450 people attended and over $20,000 was generated supporting the Hockey Alberta Foundation.

Among the award winners was Red Deer on-ice official CJ Senkow of the North Central zone.

The general meeting was attended by over 250 delegates from across the province and featured a body checking forum on Friday and Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame inductions.

The 2013 Hall of Fame inductees included Rick Polutnik of Red Deer, the founding member of Hockey Canada’s mentorship program and current IIHF ambassador and coach mentor, and former referee-in-chief and referee council member John (Jake) Jacobs of Stettler.

Also inducted were the 1980-81 SAIT Trojans men’s team, long-time Calgary Canucks coach Don Phelps and the 1947-48 Edmonton Flyers senior men’s team.

Highriders Challenge 4x4 Challenge takes place June 29-30 The Highriders Challenge (HRC), the hardiest and most significant off-road event on the Canadian 4x4 calendar, will run June 29-30 at Trail Creek Raceway, located six miles east of Alix on Highway 12.

Teams from across western Canada and the United States will race their highly-modified 4x4s in the two-day event.

Competitors race head to head over the most difficult combination of obstacles imaginable. The course includes high-speed straights, deep mud and gravity-defying hill climbs.

In addition, they also race side by side over unforgiving obstacles of rock and concrete.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Racingforthecure.ca and The Kids Help Phone partners with the Highriders.

The Kids Help Phone and The CBCF will be on site participating with fund-raising events.

A day pass is $20 and family and weekend rates are available. Camping will be permitted on site.

Visit www.highriders.ca for advance tickets and more information.

Thibeault strong for Canada at Pan American Cup Sylvan Lake native Jaimie Thibeault finished with nine points and three blocks Sunday as Canada swept host Peru 25-21, 25-14, 25-19 in the seventh-place match of the Pan American Cup women’s volleyball tournament at Lima.

Thibeault, a middle blocker, is a graduate of Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School and the University of Montana and plays professionally in France.

The Canadians dominated 11-2 in the blocking category and 5-2 in service winners while scoring on 20 errors by the opponents while committing 15.

“It was a very strong tournament for us,” said Canada’s head coach Arnd Ludwig.

“The main thing was that we finished among the top seven.

I am very glad with the performance of my team during the competition.”

The U.S., defeated the Dominican Republic 25-12, 2520, 25-18 for the gold and Argentina bounced Brazil 25-23, 25-22, 25-18 for bronze. In the fifth-place match it was Puerto Rico over Cuba 24-26, 25-18, 1825, 25-22, 15-9.

U14 Rage finish 1-3 at Innisfail Softball tournament The Red Deer U14 C Don’s Oilfield Services Rage had a 1-3 record in the fifth annual Innisfail Softball tournament during the weekend.

The Rage lost their opener 15-10 to the host team, then fell 11-9 to Stettler and 11-8 to Delburne before winning their final game — 14-6 over Airdrie — to place fourth in the tournament.

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PLAYOFF LEADERS Scoring G Durant, OKC 11 Anthony, NYK 12 Harden, HOU 6 James, MIA 21 Curry, GOL 12 Paul, LAC 6 Lopez, Bro 7

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Golf PGA Tour Statistical Leaders Through June 16 FedExCup Season Points 1, Tiger Woods, 2,380.000. 2, Matt Kuchar, 1,963.500. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 1,528.357. 4, Phil Mickelson, 1,517.500. 5, Billy Horschel, 1,412.789.

6, Justin Rose, 1,301.313. 7, Kevin Streelman, 1,233.583. 8, Boo Weekley, 1,154.467. 9, Jason Day, 1,101.476. 10, Adam Scott, 999.310.

Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 69.082. 2, Justin Rose, 69.279. 3, Charl Schwartzel, 69.374. 4, Adam Scott, 69.398.

5, Sergio Garcia, 69.545. 6, Matt Kuchar, 69.652. 7, Luke Donald, 69.699. 8, Freddie Jacobson, 69.772.

9, Phil Mickelson, 69.824. 10, Billy Horschel, 69.874.

Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 304.9. 2, Luke List, 304.8. 3, Nicolas Colsaerts, 304.3. 4, Robert Garrigus, 302.8. 5, Gary Woodland, 302.6. 6, Keegan Bradley, 302.1. 7, Jason Kokrak, 301.8. 8, Graham DeLaet, 301.6. 9, Eric Meierdierks, 300.7. 10, Ryan Palmer, 300.6.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Jim Furyk, 71.03%. 2, Ken Duke, 70.73%. 3, Tim Clark, 70.45%. 4, Graeme McDowell, 70.24%. 5, Henrik Stenson, 69.84%. 6, Chez Reavie, 69.39%.

7, Jerry Kelly, 69.28%. 8, Jeff Maggert, 68.90%. 9, Justin Hicks, 68.71%. 10, Mark Wilson, 68.45%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Graham DeLaet, 72.03%. 2, Peter Tomasulo, 71.88%. 3, Henrik Stenson, 70.22%. 4, D.J. Trahan, 70.11%. 5, Bubba Watson, 69.94%. 6, Justin Rose, 69.81%. 7, Boo Weekley, 69.62%. 8, Ross Fisher, 69.44%. 9, John Rollins, 69.15%. 10, Ricky Barnes,

Miami (E1) vs. San Antonio (W2) (San Antonio leads series 3-2) Sunday’s result San Antonio 114 Miami 104 Thursday’s result Miami 109 San Antonio 93 Tuesday’s game San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.

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Monday’s Games St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 5, Washington 4 Toronto 2, Colorado 0 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, Late Miami 3, Arizona 2 San Diego at San Francisco, Late

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B6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Kane ready to take on another Canadian Open EDMONTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become a game of numbers for Canadian golfer Lorie Kane.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 48, tees it up with kids half her age, hopes to play another decade but knows to do it she must find five more minutes of concentration on the course. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think my game is better than even when I was winning. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of getting out of my own way,â&#x20AC;? Kane said in an interview Monday.

The Charlottetown golfer was at a news conference announcing some of the entrants for the upcoming CN Canadian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open at Edmontonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Mayfair Golf Club from Aug. 19-25. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all get caught in the trap of seeing results,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m standing over a drive, a chip or a putt, it (the focus) has got to be just that one shot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 seconds of concentration,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal every day is to concentrate just five minutes longer.â&#x20AC;?

The comment reflects a player famous for her sweet swing and thunderclap drives but always looking to sharpen the mental edge.

Kane has a chance to reach some milestones in her 18th year on the LPGA tour. She is the highest-ranking Canadian on the tour money list with US$6,923,531 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just $76,000 away from the $7-million mark.

She is also stalled at 99 top-10 finishes, to go with her four victories.

But time and tide are not on her side.

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CUP: Rask was there Prior to Game 3, the Blackhawks had only surrendered four-power play goals in 63 short-handed situations.

The Paille-Kelly-Seguin line now has (seven points in the past two games with three goals and four assist).

When Chicago did get an opportunity, Rask was there. The big Finn stopped Patrick Kane cold after a Hawks defenceman found him cruising in alone.

Chicago had to kill off a brief 5-on-3 opportunity late in the second and Bergeron ripped a low shot in from the doorstep at 14:05 just seconds after Bolland, the first Hawk to escape the penalty box, tried to get back into the play. Bergeronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh of the postseason capped a nifty passing play.

Jaromir Jagrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet assist on the play moved the 41-year-old in sole possession of fifth place in alltime post-season scoring with 78 goals, 119 assists and 197 points.

JAYS: Uncomfortable â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was pretty uncomfortable the last couple of innings he was out there but he threw the ball well,â&#x20AC;?

Weiss said of his left-hander. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not anything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be an issue with his next start. It just made him uncomfortable tonight.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson looked sharp out of the gate, throwing seven pitches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all strikes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for a three-up, threedown first inning. He got into some trouble in the second as right-fielder Michael Cuddyer reached on a single to lead off the inning, giving him a careerhigh 15-game hitting streak. Todd Helton put runners at the corners with no outs, but Johnson retired Wilin Rosario and Tyler Colvin before Nolan Arenado flied out to end the inning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I could feel it that first inning,â&#x20AC;? said Johnson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt good. Just aggressive, a lot more aggressive than my last outing (a 6-4 home loss to Texas on June 9).

Trying to pound the zone, throw my slider, my curve ball. Mostly inside on lefties. It worked out.â&#x20AC;?

After Colorado kept the Jays hitless through three innings, Johnson continued to do his part by mowing down more batters. He came back from a 3-0 count to retire slugger Carlos Gonzalez, forced a ground out from Cuddyer and struck out Helton to end the fourth with six strikeouts. But the Jays struggled to give Johnson run support. Jose Bautista, in the lineup as the designated hitter for the second straight game, and Edwin Encarnacion both grounded into fielderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choices before the red-hot Adam Lind grounded out to D.J. LeMahieu to end the threat.

Lind came into the game having recorded a hit in 17 of his last 19 games dating back May 23 while batting .453 with 13 multi-hit outings over that span.

Johnson made it eight strikeouts in the fifth after retiring Rosario and Colvin, before giving up an extra base hit to Arenado. Jon Herrera smacked one up the middle that looked like it would score a run, but a fantastic stop and throw to first by Izturis kept it scoreless.

The Blue Jays shortstop then did it with his bat in the sixth when he erased any ideas of a De La Rosa no-hitter by cracking the ball to right for Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first hit. However, the Jays couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capitalize as Cabrera popped out and Bautista sent one to the warning track, drawing groans from the 20,946 in attendance at Rogers Centre.

Kane has missed the cut in six of 10 events this year and has finished no higher than 41st. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earned $17,596 this year.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become the norm for Kane, who came to the pro game late, was the toast of the links in 2000 and 2001 but has been unable to recapture the magic.

It was February in 2001 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seven months before the horror of 9-11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when Kane won her last event, beating Annika Sorenstam by two strokes in Hawaiiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Takefuji Classic.

She had won three times in 2000. Her first victory came in August 2000 at the Michelob Light Classic in Eureka, Missouri. Caddies and fellow players drenched her in cheers and beer after she putted out the final hole for the win.

To do it she conquered the mental demons that had led to nine previous second-place finishes and the half mocking-half sympathetic sobriquet of â&#x20AC;&#x153;lovable loser.â&#x20AC;?

She saw Edmonton Oilers great Mark Messier talking about winning being an attitude, a state of mind, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when her game took off.

The awards flowed in, including Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1997. In 2006, she was named to the Order of Canada.

Stories were penned about her famous smile, her boundless charity work, and the fictive â&#x20AC;&#x153;evil twinâ&#x20AC;?

Judith whom she blamed for everything that went wrong on the course. (Judith is part of Kaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full name).

But in the last five years the questions are moving toward when she will hang up the spikes for good.

It has become a stock question that, on Monday, received once again her stock answer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not even close,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn pro until I was 30. So I give myself 10 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grace. In another 10 years, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll chat.â&#x20AC;?

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a plea for a cosmic mulligan to the gods of an unforgiving sport.

Joining her at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadian Open will be past champions Britanny Lincicombe, Michelle Wie, Suzann Pettersen, Cristie Kerr, Katherine Hull-Kirk and defending open champion Lydia Ko. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re women, except for Kerr, born after the quintessential 1980 golf movie Caddyshack (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big hitter, the Lamaâ&#x20AC;?) and can thrash the ball into the lower atmosphere while chipping and putting with robotic efficiency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a lot deeper (in the LPGA) than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been at any time,â&#x20AC;? said Kane.

There are signs Kane can still hold her own.

This year she is ranked 51st in driving accuracy at 72 per cent. Her short game still has game. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hitting 50 per cent in sand saves, good for 48th on tour.

And she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the same competitor who, a decade ago at the Vancouver Golf Club, missed the cut, smashed her putter and broke into tears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m learning is the more fun you have, the more relaxed youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be,â&#x20AC;? said Kane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being pumped up all the time is not the best thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re holding onto a stick and if your blood pressure is too tight, then you know everything else kind of gets too tight and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wow.â&#x20AC;?

Argos send cornerback Horne packing CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Pacino Horne has gone from Grey Cup hero to being unemployed.

The speedy cornerback was among 11 players released Monday by the Toronto Argonauts.

Horne started the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 35-22 CFL championship win over the Calgary Stampeders at Rogers Centre last November and delivered a key play in the victory.

With Toronto leading 7-3, Horne intercepted Calgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kevin Glenn and returned it 25 yards for the TD and a 14-3 advantage.

The six-foot-one, 181-pound Horne registered four interceptions with Toronto last season, his first in the CFL. Horne, whose mother named him after Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino, was late reporting to the Argos training camp due to a calf injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a number of talented players competing for spots in our

secondary and we look forward to seeing them develop,â&#x20AC;? Argos GM Jim Barker said in a statement.

Also released were kicker/punter Anthony Alix and receivers Quincy Hurst and Djems Kouame, all Canadians.

Alix, a native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., spent the bulk of the year on the practice roster but did appear in one regular-season game. Hurst, a Vancouver native, was a 2012 fourth-round draft pick while Kouame, who was born in Montreal and raised in Ottawa, was a 2011 third-round selection who spent the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;12 season on the injured list with a broken leg.

Running back Daryl Stephenson, who captured the 2006 Hec Crighton Trophy while at the University of Windsor, was among three players released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The six-foot-two, 230-pound native of London, Ont., was a 2008 third-round draft pick of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He joined the Ticats as a free agent in February 2011.

The Ticats also announced fullback Isaac Dell, a 2013 fifth-round

draft pick, has retired.

Offensive lineman Mark Dewit, a five-year CFL veteran, was released by the Bombers. The sixfoot-three, 305-pound Dewit, a Calgary native, was a 2008 sixth-round draft pick of the Argos and also spent time with Hamilton and Calgary before signing with Winnipeg last February as a free agent.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders released eight players, including sophomore quarterback Levi Brown.

The Buffalo Bills selected Brown in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL draft before releasing him in September 2011. Brown signed with Saskatchewan in March 2012.

The Riders also placed offensive lineman Patrick Neufeld and linebacker Mike McCullough, both Canadians, on the nine-game injured list.

Edmonton released rookie defensive back Eric Samuels just over two weeks after he signed with the CFL club. The Eskimos then re-signed defensive back Cary Harris a day after releasing him.

U.S. Open champion Justin Rose confirmed to play in Travellers Championship this weekend

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL, Conn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. Open champion Justin Rose has no plans to take any time off after winning his first major championship.

Nathan Grube, the tournament director at the Travelers Championship, said Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Kate, called shortly after he won his first major title, to confirm they would be in Connecticut for this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She called last night at about 9:30 and I looked down at the phone and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;This is either going to be a really good call or a really bad call,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Grube said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was fine. She said, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to rearrange our schedule a little bit because of all the media (commitments).â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rose, who rose from fifth to third in the current world rankings with his win at Merion, is in a field that includes just five other top-20 players: Lee Westwood (12), Keegan Bradley (14), Jason Dufner (17), Ian

Poulter (18), and Bubba Watson (19).

Web Simpson (21) also is playing a year after he, too, won the U.S. Open and kept his commitment to play in Cromwell.

The Travelers held its opening ceremony on Monday morning, marking the 61st straight year the PGA Tour has visited greater Hartford and the seventh under its current name.

Andy Bessette, the chief administrative officer and executive vice-president of the insurance giant, said the company is in negotiations to remain the title sponsor of the Connecticut PGA stop, and expects to finalize a deal before the end of this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long they want us, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to figure out how to make this work, and get this done before September 30th,â&#x20AC;? Bessette said.

The company took over the title sponsorship in 2006, after the tournament had been eliminated from the 2007 PGA schedule because of a lack of a sponsor.

With prices this small, open the door to summer.

GOLF: Position will be a key component Once again, ball position will be a key factor to good contact and be a key component to your success. On a downhill slope, the ball position needs to be further back in your stance. How far back in your stance will be determined by the severity of the slope, but in most cases closer to your back foot than your front. When making your swing, keep in mind that the ball will travel further than on a regular shot as it will exit with a lower than normal trajectory.

The side hill lies for the most part are fairly basic and not as difficult as the previous two. When you are on a side hill lie and the ball is above your feet, you need to first of all choke down on the golf club, otherwise you will enter the sand too early therefore having poor contact. Of course, the severity of the slope will determine how much you choke down on the handle of the golf club.

The tendency of the golf club when the ball is above your feet is to ground out sooner than for normal bunker shots. Therefore, your ball position needs to be further back in your stance to accommodate that the club will ground out sooner.

When you are standing on a slope where the ball is below your feet, then the key point is to bend more at the knees. This lowers your center of gravity and allows the golf club to get down closer to the ball.

Ball position is also important and should be approximately at the middle of your stance.

When you are faced with any greenside bunker shots you need to remember two key points: The distance that the ball travels is determined by the length of your backswing, and be sure that you swing through to your finish position. Try these swing tips the next time you are faced with an uneven lie in the bunker and you shall see more success, therefore lowering your score.

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WALK RAISES MONEY The first Walk for Aspire raised more than $2,000 for the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre. In total, $2,267 was raised as more than 120 moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, children, volunteers, firefighters and even a few pets gathered at the Red Deer park. The special needs resource centre is a charitable organization that provides assessment and consulting services to families, local professionals and organizations.

WATERSHED MEETING

Weather bugs ‘skeeters’ pressed the spirits of many Central Albertans have also ruffled the surface of ponds, drowning some mosquito larvae, he added.

“There hasn’t been a ton of larvae hatching.

You would need some heat for that.”

But the forecast for the rest of the week is more of the same. Although today’s tem-

pooling in fields.

Meanwhile, cooler June temperatures have made it harder to heat Red Deer’s outdoor pool.

The good thing about having a cool, wet Monique Pages, complex co-ordinator June is the mosquitoes don’t like the weathfor the Red Deer Recreation Centre, said er either. the pool had to be closed to the public for City parks crews have had an one day prior to the June 7 to 9 easy spring and summer so far, in Catalina Swim Club meet to get ‘YOU NEED A CYCLE OF WET, HEAT, WET, terms of mosquito control. Ken Lehthe water heated to 27C. man, parks planning and ecological While the annual swim comHEAT — BUT WE’VE JUST HAD THE WET.’ specialist for the City of Red Deer, petition is dubbed Freeze or Fry, said the consistent rain has actually — KEN LEHMAN, PARKS PLANNING AND Pages admitted it’s been many helped keep our mosquito populaECOLOGICAL SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF RED DEER years since anyone had to worry tions down. about getting sun baked.

The best way to bolster mosquito Part of the problem, this year, numbers is to have huge downpours, is that overnight temperatures followed by high heat, said Lehman. perature is expected to hit 24 C, the fore- fall so low into the single digits, the pool “You need a cycle of wet, heat, wet, heat cast to Friday is in the 15C to 17C range — takes longer to heat up.

— but we’ve just had the wet.” with more rain.

“Last night (the air temperature) just And rain has fallen in moderate It’s possible for things to heat up in fu- about froze, she added. amounts. Lehman said we haven’t had any ture without creating a mosquito epidemic, While there haven’t been many public of the huge deluges that would leave the said Lehman. swimmers in the outdoor pool yet, Pages standing pools of water needed for mosBut the rain would have to let up. And, said the die-hard lane swimmers have atquito breeding. most importantly, there shouldn’t be any tended pretty consistently.

The wetness and wind that have de- massive downpours that would leave water lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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PLUSH DIAPER CAKES

Two speakers will highlight the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance annual general meeting this month.

Brenda Rebman will speak about change leadership: a required competency. Andy Ridge will speak about water management.

The meeting takes place on Thursday at the Quality Inn North Hill, at 7150 50th Ave. in Red Deer. It starts at 9:30 a.m. and costs $20 per person, with refreshments and lunch being provided.

Memberships free, donations accepted,.

For more information about the meeting or membership with the RDRWA, visit www. rdrwa.ca, email info@ rdrwa.ca or call 403340-7379.

REFUGEE CAMP An effort to raise awareness about the plight of the world’s millions of refugees, the Refugee Camp in the City event will be back in Red Deer for a fourth year on Thursday. The event will be held in Rotary Recreation Park, opposite the Kinex Arena. Students and members of the public are invited to go on a free 30-minute tour of the camp. Adults are invited to attend between noon and 1 p.m. or 3 and 6 p.m.

Schoolteachers can email jan.underwood@ care2centre.ca for a booking form. For more information, call Jan at 403-346-8818.

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Charlotte Janes, Hannah Isbister and Emily Herman check out some of the 64 “diaper cakes” students at Ecole Camille J. Lerouge have created. The creations, built in the shape of a motorcycle using diapers, come with a plush toy and an assortment of other products including bibs, blankets, bottles, teething rings and socks. The elementary students at the school will be making prayer cards and they will all be donated to the Pregnancy Care Centre in Red Deer.

Midwives hope more will seek services HAVE A NEW AGREEMENT WITH ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Midwives are hoping more women will eventually be able to access their services now that they have a new agreement with Alberta Health Services.

In 2009, Alberta Health and Wellness began providing full coverage for midwifery.

On June 10, a three-year funding agreement with AHS, that runs from April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2015, was announced with

a budget of $37 million.

“At this point, the funding is limited. It doesn’t give a lot of room for midwives to be added. We’re working with (government) to hopefully increase that in the future to allow more midwives to practise,” said Rocky Mountain House midwife Nicole Matheson with Blessing Way Midwifery on Monday.

AHS spokesperson Tahneen Luedee said midwives will see an increase in funding under their new contract, but did not have a breakdown of funding to say how much more will be provided.

There are more than 70 midwives registered in Alberta.

Four work in Central Alberta — two in Rocky and two in Red Deer County. Since 2008, there has been a 17 per cent increase in the number of midwives each year.

Alberta Health Services allows midwives to have 40 patients a year.

Matheson said there is a demand for midwives, who attend about two per cent of the births in Alberta.

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‘Serial criminal’ sentenced to jail for evasion incident

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A serial criminal who is awaiting trial on a robbery charge was sentenced in Red Deer provincial court on Monday to nine months minus time served for a separate incident.

Stephen Dwayne Gibbon, 34, was arrested last Nov. 16 after ramming a police car and evading capture the previous day.

Court heard that Gibbon, who had been released on a recognizance while awaiting trial on drug offences, was seen behind the wheel and recognized by members of the Red Deer City RCMP who were conducting surveillance.

The surveillance team included two police officers in an unmarked car and a uniformed officer posted nearby in a marked police car.

Crown prosecutor Jordan

Petty said that when Gibbon was seen in a car the police were watching, an officer in uniform went to its driver’s side door and found it locked.

The officer ordered Gibbon to roll down the window and told him that he was under arrest for breaching conditions of his release.

Gibbon sped off instead, ramming one of the police cars in his bid to escape.

He was arrested the next day

following a brief scuffle with police, who found him sleeping on a couch in the bedroom of a rental property.

In a joint submission with defence counsel Walter Kubanek, Petty asked Judge Jim Hunter for a total sentence of nine months, including consecutive sentences for dangerous driving, flight from police and three breaches of release conditions.

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BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF

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David Crozier-Smith of Red Deer peruses the many colourful quilts hanging at the Sylvan Lake Curling Rink Friday. The Sylvan Lake Quilters hosted their bi-annual show Friday and Saturday showcasing the talent of the members of the guild. Funds raised at the show help fund the groups ongoing program of providing baby quilts to the neonatal unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and other projects taken on by the quilters.

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BRIEFS Over 430 kg of trash removed from river The Red Deer River is cleaner thanks to a group of volunteers who scoured 14 km of river picking up debris recently.

A total of 58 volunteers collected 432 kg of garbage from the shoreline in and around Red Deer.

The rubbish included 69 bags of garbage, as well as shopping carts, car parts and flooring.

Asooahum design workshop Wednesday A design workshop on the planned Asooahum Centre and affordable housing project is slated for Wednesday.

The Red Deer Native Friendship Society will host the collaborative workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. at Gaetz United Church at 4758 Ross St. For more information, call 403-3400020.

Vehicle equipment crackdown coming Red Deer City Integrated Traffic Service will crack down on motorists whose vehicles have equipment that violates the law starting on Monday.

Police note a marked increase in these type of violations, which are chargeable offences.

RCMP and Community Peace Officers will remove vehicles from roadways if they are deemed to have illegal equipment.

Police will pay special attention to vehicles with tinted head and tail lights; window tint on the windshield and front driver and passenger side windows; as well as vehicles that have been modified to raise or lower headlights.

The vehicle licence plate will be seized until a peace officer is satisfied it complies with the Vehicle Equipment Regulation in section 66(4) of the Traffic Safety Act. Police say that the cost of removing offending vehicles from the road will be the responsibility of the registered owner.

Anyone with questions is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2200.

Red Deer Remand Centre, charged in connection with arson relating to fires in Unit 36 on March 3 and Unit 34 on April 24.

He had been in custody at the hospital, where he was detained for treatment under the Mental Health Act. On Friday, Wyatt was remanded for a psychological assessment at Edmonton Remand.

He returns to court in Red Deer on July 9.

for the Red Deer Royals Marching Band generating between $85,000 to $90,000. The money will go towards new uniforms, instruments and a donation to the ‘find a home’ campaign for the band.

The event, which took place on June 5 at the Red Deer Sheraton, was highlighted by Richard Picciotto, a New York City fire chief who survived 9/11 even though he was in one of the towers as it collapsed.

Fireworks planned for Olds College centennial

Ride for Sight to converge on Ponoka

Olds College’s centennial celebrations will be lit up by two nights of fireworks this weekend.

On both Thursday and Saturday at about dusk, fireworks will be discharged over the Central Alberta town because the college is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

As a result, the Olds Fire Department is closing a section around Centennial Park.

The fireworks will be discharged south of the O.R. Hedges Ball Diamonds.

To provide safe pedestrian movement for those in the area of Centennial Park, 54th Street from 50th to 53rd Avenue will be closed from 9 p.m. to midnight on the evenings that fireworks are discharged.

In addition to the pedestrian closures, it is recommended people in vehicles refrain from driving down to the area to view the fireworks performance. People are encouraged to park at a distance and walk down to the Centennial Park area to enjoy the show.

The immediate area around the fireworks discharge will be monitored and individuals who approach too close will be encouraged to move to a safer viewing area.

If the fireworks program is rained out on Thursday, the backup is for the display to take place on Friday.

Motorcycle enthusiasts from across Alberta will hop on their rides and head to Ponoka this weekend to see if they can help find a cure for blindness.

Hundreds of riders are expected to participate in the 31st Alberta Ride for Sight, converging on the Ponoka Culture and Recreation Centre on Friday and Saturday to raise funds for the Foundation Fighting Blindness’ efforts to find the causes, treatments and cures for blinding retinal eye diseases.

Group rides will leave from Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer on Saturday morning, heading to Ponoka for a gathering featuring live music, a stunt show, bike games, a classic car show and free camping.

The ride from Red Deer will leave at 10 a.m. from Turple Bros. (175 Leva Ave.).

Participants are asked to raise a minimum of $50 to attend the event.

For more information and to register, visit www.rideforsight.com or call 1-800-461-3331.

Charges against lawyer withdrawn Charges have been withdrawn against a Red Deer lawyer accused of assault.

Dana Carlson was supposed to have been tried last week in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

His election was changed to provincial court and rescheduled for Monday.

Witnesses were excused on Monday morning after the charges were withdrawn by a special prosecutor. Reasons were not given.

Arson accused denied bail

Mac and Cheese raises cash

A man accused of setting two fires at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre was denied bail in Red Deer provincial court on Friday.

Layton Wyatt, 18, was in custody at

Although an official tally has yet to be completed, the Red Deer Rotary mac and cheese lunch was a big success.

Early estimates have the fundraiser

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MIDWIVES: Hundreds on some wait lists “I know at the bigger practices in Calgary there are hundreds of women on their wait-lists.”

In the Red Deer area, routinely about 20 women a month request care but aren’t able to receive it, she said.

Matheson has been a midwife in Rocky for two years. She previously worked there as a nurse.

She said it’s a 24-seven job with a busy summer on the horizon.

“It’s quite the job. In Rocky Mountain House, we have nine babies due in the next three weeks.”

Midwives will be working with AHS to develop a database to track how many women are re-

questing midwifery care to look at the demand.

Midwives provide antepartum care, labour, birth support and care to women with low-risk pregnancies and postpartum care to women and infants.

Their services are covered for all residents of Alberta and no referral is required.

Midwives have been regulated professionals in Alberta since 1998.

For more information on midwives, visit www.alberta-midwives.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

RECORD: Continual since 1992 Petty submitted a “continual” criminal record dating back to 1993.

Naturalist to speak Guests at the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance’s monthly ambassador breakfast will get a chance to hear a young naturalist speak about something she is passionate about.

Zoe Thompson, a Grade 6 honour roll student with an affinity for nature, will talk about the Junior Forest Wardens. She will share some of her unique experiences and learner over her career as a warden.

The Junior Forest Wardens program provides young people, between the ages of six and 18, opportunities to get outdoors through camping, backpacking, canoeing, tree planting and more.

The breakfast is scheduled for Friday from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Quality Inn North Hill, 7150 50th Ave. The breakfast costs $15 per person or $8 for children aged six to 12 years.

To RSVP, which should be done by noon on Wednesday, call Kelly at 403-340-7379 or email info@rdrwa.ca.

In accepting their submission, Hunter also ordered that Gibbon pay $2,037.40 to cover damages to the police car and that his driver’s licence be suspended for one year upon his release from prison.

Hunter also accepted Kubanek’s submission that Gibbon be given a half day of extra credit for each of the 71 days he served in remand because he was double bunked and because he suffered a medical hardship.

The balance of Gibbon’s time in custody since Nov. 16 was spent serving a separate sentence on drug trafficking offences.

Gibbon must still got to trial on a robbery charge, laid Oct. 31.

He has been denied bail on that charge and will therefore remain in custody after completing his latest sentence.

Originally set for July 12, the robbery trial was adjourned to Dec. 2 because Gibbon had changed lawyers. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

An unnatural stream along the city’s main thoroughfare is not the scenery Craig Sheardown likes to see on his regular weekend walks in the south of Red Deer.

But, for nearly two years, the Red Deer pipefitter has seen water flowing up from the ground, running across the grassy section dividing Gaetz Avenue from a service road kitty corner from the southwest end of Bower Place Shopping Centre and into a storm drain.

Even in winter, he says, the water flows up through a manhole on the grassy section.

“It’s a running stream of water that’s orange with rust,” said Sheardown.

The city put up barricades around the leak area, but as of last week the barriers were knocked over or broken and the grass had not been tended to, creating quite the eyesore.

“They (the city) know they have a problem there, but progressively it’s just getting worse every year,” said Sheardown.

The manhole in question is operated by Telus, connected to the company’s underground duct bank.

Ron Wardner, the city’s environmental construction and maintenance supervisor, said the problem appears to be groundwater getting into the Telus system near the Westerner grounds.

That water then flows down to the leak point — the lowest spot along the line — where it has been coming above ground for over a year and a half.

But until last week, the city and the company were unsure of where the water was coming from.

The city found one water leak last fall that it thought might be contributing, but fixing that did not solve the problem.

Wardner said tests finding no chlorine in the leaked water have further suggested that it is not water from the city’s system that has caused the wet spot.

The issue, he said, is up to Telus to fix, though the city will work with them on the matter.

Telus spokesman Chris Gerritsen said the company is coming up with a plan to fix the matter, with one option being to block some of the empty ducts to reduce the water flow. The underground conduit system is made up of plastic pipe enclosed in concrete, he said.

While the barricades have now been restored and the grass mowed, Sheardown sees the near-constant leak of rusty water as an embarrassment to the city.

“We just got a notice about being careful of what goes in the storm drain, and all of a sudden they can’t even fix their own leak for two years.

“It’s now stained the concrete and all the orange is going down the sewer,” he said. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Pipeline pinch a threat CONFERENCE BOARD CONCERNED ABOUT UNCERTAINTY OVER NEW PIPELINE PROJECTS

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CALGARY — The Conference Board of Canada says uncertainty over new pipeline projects poses a threat to Canadian companies that provide services to oil and gas producers.

The Ottawa-based think-tank predicts the sector’s real economic output this year will drop slightly by $60 million, or half a per cent, to $11.55 billion.

It says some of that is due to a lingering weakness in natural gas prices and a levelling off in conventional oil drilling, but there’s another big challenge looming over the industry.

“The bigger threat is the lack of new pipeline capacity, as the debate on projects such as the Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines may lead companies to pull back on their investment plans, which could limit the demand for support activities,” said the report, released Monday.

Regulatory decisions on both controversial projects are expected later this year.

The Obama administration is in the final stages of weighing Keystone XL, a TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) proposal to ship mostly oilsands crude to U.S. markets.

Hearings into Northern Gateway, Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENG) proposal to connect Alberta crude to the West Coast for export to

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Foreign investors buy $14.9B in securities OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says nonresident investors acquired $14.9 billion of Canadian securities in April, adding both debt and equity securities to their holdings. The agency says Canadian investors added $2.8 billion of foreign securities, a third straight month of acquisitions. It says foreign investment in Canadian securities was led by debt instruments, mainly reflecting private corporate bonds and the first acquisition of money market instruments in 2013.

Non-residents invested $12.8 billion in Canadian debt securities in April, the largest investment since May 2012.

These investments came as the Canadian dollar appreciated against its U.S. counterpart for a second consecutive month in April Canadian investment in foreign securities in April also focused on debt instruments.

EU-US trade deal would be ‘game-changer’ ENNISKILLEN — The top official with the European Union’s executive arm says a free trade deal with the United States would be a “gamechanger” for the global economy. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made the statement Monday ahead of a formal launch of the trade effort at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern Ireland.

Barroso said that a deal “can be a gamechanger, not just for the trans-Atlantic area, the United States and Europe, but for the world.” He added that the EU negotiating stance — which has left out the movie and television industry at French insistence — should not prevent a deal.

— The Canadian Press and The Associated Press

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Both projects have stoked fears over the environmental impacts of a potential spill, and have been the subject of fierce political wrangling.

The Conference Board report says the current pipeline system will run out of room in the next few years, and delays in building new capacity could cause producers to pull back on their investment plans.

Producers frequently hire companies to drill wells for them and provide other services, such as trucking or waste management.

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A worker with Northside Construction in Red Deer works to free up the tracks on a track hoe while working on a residential housing project in the Timberlands subdivision Monday.

2013 sales off to better start than expected

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s housing market continues to show signs of stability as the number of homes sold so far this year has come in slightly higher than projected, a possible signal that the market is set for a rebound in 2014, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.

The industry group representing Canadian realtors reported Monday that although it still expects fewer sales to be logged this year than in 2012, the decline will be smaller than what was predicted in March.

Overall, it forecasts that there will be more sales next year than in 2013 and 2012.

Douglas Porter, chief economist with BMO Capital Markets, said the figures show that the doom and gloom that has been anticipated for the Canadian housing sector looks like it’s been delayed — at least for the near future.

“Overall, this is relatively encouraging news,” he said. “If anything, the surprise has been how healthy the housing market has been.”

CREA is now estimating that 443,400 units will be sold in 2013 , a decline of 2.5 per cent from 454,573 in 2012. It had previously projected a decline of 2.9 per cent from 2012.

The group reported that sales activity began to pick up at the end of the first quarter and accelerated in the second quarter. It projects that 2014 will see a strong rebound, with 464,300 housing units sold — about 9,700 more than last year.

The group expects Alberta and Prince Edward Island to see a rise in the number of home sales this year, while other provinces will continue to see declines compared to last year.

REAL ESTATE It said the drop in transactions in the second half of 2012 can be attributed to stricter mortgage rules for lenders and buyers introduced by the federal government last summer.

“It affected a lot of first-time homebuyers, particularly in some of Canada’s more expensive markets,” said Gregory Klump, CREA’s chief economist. “We had a pretty substantial decline in sales activity.”

CREA also reported that last month, there were 51,764 residential properties sold across Canada, down 2.6 per cent from May 2012.

On a month-to-month basis, May showed a 3.6 per cent increase from April with 37,792 units and 36,473 units sold on a seasonally adjusted basis in the first two months of the second quarter — the largest month-to-month gain in more than two years.

Porter said the stronger-than-expected figures are another indicator that the Canadian economy is faring well.

“The overall message is that there is still some strength in the economy.

This has gone hand in hand with better job news and some more encouraging reports generally,” he said.

“I wouldn’t say the economy is booming by any stretch of the imagination but I think the main point is that it’s holding up better than many had expected as recently as a couple of months ago.”

The May national average price, for all types of property in major markets across Canada, was $388,910 — up 3.7 per cent from a year earlier. Almost all of the local markets that make up the average saw year-to-year increases.

Town of Sylvan Lake is polling residents and visitors to find out what is missing on the retail front.

A gap analysis billed “What’s Your Pleasure” will gather resident input from the town and nearby summer villages on what goods and services they would like to see added.

“Really what we want to know is what’s missing here that would get you to shop downtown,” said Vicki Kurz, the town’s economic development officer.

Postcards providing information on how to access the survey will go out to 5,200 households.

It is hoped that at least 10 per cent of those will participate through www.sylvanlake.ca under “What’s Happening.” The survey will be up until mid-July.

Town beach ambassadors will also be out over the next month surveying tourists to the lakeshore and downtown areas as part of a visitor intercept survey.

People will be asked what sort of meals they are looking for, what kind of price they want to pay, and whether there are products or shops that are not available.

Kurz plans to gather all of the information to create an investment attraction profile for entrepreneurs and franchise owners that will showcase what the community has to offer and highlight some of the niche markets that remain unfilled.

She hopes to have the project completed by the end of the year. At the same time, the town is working on tourism and downtown revitalization strategies. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Alberta lumber sector rebounds Alberta’s lumber industry enjoyed a resurgence in the first quarter of 2013, thanks to improved prices for lumber, panelboard, and pulp and paper.

The Alberta Forest Products Association reported on Monday that its members combined to generate $671 million in production value during the three months ended March 31.

That represented an 11 per cent increase from $602 million in the previous quarter, and a 23 per cent jump as compared with $545 million in the first quarter of 2012.

“These prices are the result of some of the best lumber and panelboard markets that we have seen in several years,” said AFPA president and CEO Brady Whittaker in a release.

Contributing to the strong first-quarter numbers was West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., which operates the West Fraser LVL plant at Rocky Mountain House and Sundre Forest Products.

The company, whose holdings include more than 35 mills across Western Canada and the southern United States, reported previously that it had sales of $863 million and earnings of $67 million to start this year.

By comparison, West Fraser’s sales and earnings for the same period in 2012 were $681 million and a loss of $19 million, respectively.

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Analysts believe U.S. telcos not keen on Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Big U.S. carriers Verizon and AT&T could find access to Canada’s wireless market too small for their liking, with new entrants like Wind Mobile or Mobilicity offering few incentives to head north, say telecom analysts.

“If you wanted to come into Canada, you’d want to come in to dominate it,” said Iain Grant of the SeaBoard Group.

“These are companies that make big bets for big pots.”

Foreign carriers in Canada are restricted to buying wireless companies that have 10 per cent, or less, of the marketplace.

Such a small piece of the Canadian market wouldn’t do much to improve Verizon’s or AT&T’s financial results, Grant said.

“Making a little bet for a marginal player, even if it did really well, wouldn’t actually move your stock price,” he said.

The Globe and Mail reported that Verizon has talked with Wind Mobile investors and also flirted with the possibility of picking up Mobilicity. AT&T, Norway’s Telenor and Great Britain’s Vodafone were also cited as possible investors, it said.

But those transactions might offer too small a share of the Canadian market to keep U.S. telecom giants interested.

The federal government lifted restrictions on foreign ownership for small telecom companies more than a year ago to help encourage competition.

Industry Minister Christian Paradis has said that Ottawa is committed to having a fourth wireless player in every region of the country.

Newcomers to the Canadian wireless industry haven’t grown as quickly as hoped.

Although Wind Mobile has more than 600,000 subscribers, it fell short of its goal of 1.5 million subscribers after its launch in 2009.

Mobilicity, which was in the crosshairs of a Telus Corp. (TSX:T) acquisition before it was nixed by Ottawa, has about 250,000 subscribers and is awash in debt.

The country’s three biggest carriers Rogers (TSX:RCI.B), Telus and Bell (TSX:BCE) have about 25 million wireless subscribers between them, and unlike the smaller carriers, their coverage spans most of the country.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 90.90 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.53 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.25 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 14.60 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.70 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.89 Cdn. National Railway . . 99.68 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 124.83 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.25 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.44 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.07 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 34.14 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 44.97 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.06 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.98 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.73 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 16.57 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.61 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.24 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 4.65 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.93 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.66 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.11 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 82.03 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.18 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.76 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.35 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.57 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 100.26 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.85 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 53.88 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.95 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.23 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 19.75 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.61 First Quantum Minerals . 16.94 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 28.33 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.81 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.97 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.26 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.34 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed higher Monday as traders bought into stocks beaten down in a string of recent declines while hoping for more clarity from the U.S. Federal Reserve on whether it might start to ease up on stimulus measures.

The S&P/TSX composite index finished up 101.53 points at 12,288.9.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.08 of a cent at 98.26 cents US. U.S. indexes also closed positive but well off the highs of the session after a published report a day before the start of a two-day Fed meeting said the central bank will indeed indicate a tapering off of its bond purchases.

The Dow Jones industrials backed off from a gain of 192 points to close up 109.67 points at 15,179.85.

Gains started to fade after the Financial Times said Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will use a news conference Wednesday to signal the bank will start to cut back on its US$85 billion of bond purchases each month.

The Nasdaq climbed 28.58 points to 3,452.13 and the S&P 500 was ahead 12.31 points to 1,639.04.

Markets have been volatile since late May when Bernanke first mentioned that the Fed would consider cutting back on the bond purchases if economic data — particularly job growth — improved. Triple-digit swings on markets have become almost commonplace.

But the stimulus measures, known as quantitative easing, have been popular as they have kept interest and bond yields low and kept a rally going on stock markets practically non-stop since late last year.

Speculation on the Fed tapering its bond purchases has depressed equity markets and markets in Toronto and New York retreated more than one per cent last week. At the same time, bond yields have been rising, pushing mortgage rates higher.

And that has raised worries that rising rates could derail the recovery in the housing sector.

Investors were encouraged by data Monday showing that most U.S. homebuilders were optimistic about home sales in May. All TSX sectors were higher with the consumer staples sector the biggest advancer, up 2.15 per cent with Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX:SC) ahead 87 cents to $45.85.

Commodity prices were mixed Monday and the energy sector gained 1.44 per cent as July crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange slipped eight cents to US$97.77 a barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) advanced 80 cents to C$30.

July copper was unchanged at US$3.20 a pound and the base metals sector was 0.42 per cent higher.

HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) rose 10 cents to C$7.81.

Financials also provided lift with Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) up 30 cents to $16.03.

The telecom sector was also higher following some steep losses.

Interest rate sensitive sectors such as real estate, telecoms and utilities have been punished lately as speculation about cutting back on the QE program has had the effect of pushing U.S. Treasury yields sharply higher.

On Monday, the component was ahead 0.27 per cent and Telus ad-

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August bullion fell $4.50 to US$1,383.10 an ounce and the gold sector was also up about 0.27 per cent. Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K) gained five cents to C$5.97.

Markets also found support from a solid showing from the latest reading of manufacturing in the U.S. Northeast. The Empire manufacturing index rose more than expected in June, to plus 7.8 from minus 1.4 the prior month.

However, results of the survey were mixed as the new orders and shipments balances components fell further into negative territory. The employment balance also fell.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Monday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,288.90 up 101.53 points TSX Venture Exchange — 934.04 up 0.47 point TSX 60 — 703.59 up 5.86 points Dow — 15,179.85 up 109.67 points S&P 500 — 1,639.04 up 12.31 points Nasdaq — 3,452.13 up 28.57 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 98.26 cents US, down 0.08 of a cent Pound — C$1.5997, up 0.26 of a cent Euro — C$1.3606, up 0.32 of a cent Euro — US$1.3369, up 0.22 of a cent Oil futures: US$97.77 per barrel, down eight cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,383.10 per oz., down $4.50 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.034 per oz., down 34.5 cents $740.54 per kg., down $11.09 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 934.04 points, up 0.47 point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 120.62 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: July ’13 $0.60 lower $598.00; Nov. ’13 unchanged $548.50; Jan. ’14 $0.30 lower $550.80; March ’14 unchanged $548.50; May ’14 unchanged $544.50; July ’14 unchanged $542.60; Nov. ’14 unchanged $512.40; Jan ’15 unchanged $512.40; March ’15 unchanged $512.40; May ’15 unchanged $512.40; July ’15 unchanged $512.40.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 26,380 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 26,380.

Lowe’s bid for California chain could be used as model in Canada: analyst

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The addition of a California chain of hardware stores could be a model for how Lowe’s Companies tackles the Canadian market, an industry observer said Monday.

Lowe’s is offering US$205 million for the assets of Orchard Supply Hardware Stores, which has locations about one-third the size of Lowe’s typical big box stores — about 3,200 square metres of selling space versus about 10,200 square metres for Lowe’s.

“It is conceivable that Lowe’s might test an Orchard Supply store format in Canada, operated under the Lowe’s brand,” Keith Howlett, an analyst at Desjardins Capital Markets, said Monday.

A similar strategy of operating multiple formats has been used for years by Canada’s largest home improvement retailer, Rona Inc. (TSX:RON), which rejected a takeover overture from Lowe’s last year.

Rona’s big box stores range from 6,000 to 14,900 square metres, but it also has affiliated locations under various banners operating mid-sized centres ranging from 460 to 5,600 square metres and smaller hardware stores with less than 1,000 square metres.

FOR FIRST TIME IN 7 YEARS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For the first time in seven years, most U.S. homebuilders are optimistic about home sales, a sign that construction could help drive stronger economic growth in coming months.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Monday leaped to 52 this month from 44 in May. It was the largest monthly increase since 2002.

A reading above 50 indicates more builders view sales conditions as good, rather than poor.

The index hasn’t been that high since April 2006, just before the housing market collapsed.

Measures of customer traffic, current sales conditions and builders’ outlook for single-family home sales over the next six

months also soared to their highest levels in seven years.

The housing recovery is looking more sustainable and should continue to boost economic growth this year, offsetting some of the drag from higher taxes and federal spending cuts.

Steady hiring and low mortgage rates have encouraged more people to buy homes. The increased demand, along with a tight supply of homes for sale, has pushed home prices higher.

That’s made builders more optimistic about the market for newly built homes, leading to more construction and jobs.

In April, applications for new home construction reached a five-year peak. And sales of new homes rose to a seasonally adjusted rate of 454,000, nearly matching the fastest pace since July 2008.

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LUMBER: Optimistic outlook “We’ve been encouraged by the recovery of the U.S. housing market over the last few quarters,” said Ted Seraphim, West Fraser’s president and CEO. “Our outlook remains cautiously optimistic for all our building products.”

Whittaker noted that prices have moderated during the second quarter of 2013, but the industry is still in “an excellent competitive position.”

On a product-by-product basis, the first-quarter production values of AFPA members was $292 million in the case of lumber, up 55.2 per cent from a year earlier; $100 million for panelboard, up 35.2 per cent; and $279 million when it came to pulp and paper, a 1.3 per cent increase.

The AFPA represents lumber, panelboard, pulp and paper, and secondary manufacturing companies operating in Alberta.

ENERGY: Potential impacts significant So any slowdown on the producers’ end could limit demand for those services, said the report.

The energy services sector represents nearly 112,000 jobs, just a bit less than the extraction industry itself, so the potential economic impacts are significant, the Conference Board said. The industry is fragmented, with more than 90 per cent of companies having fewer than 20 employees.

A bullish forecast by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers earlier this month predicted a doubling in Canadian oil production by 2030, despite the pipeline delays, as alternatives such as rail transport fill the gap in the short term.

CAPP says there are a number of pipeline proposals in the works beside the ones that seem to get the most press — Keystone XL and Northern Gateway — and that some of those are bound to go ahead.

MARKET: Fragmented

Sales are still below the 700,000 pace considered healthy by most economists. But they have risen 29 per cent in the past year.

Single-family home construction slowed in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000 homes, but that’s expected to grow sharply in coming months.

“We are forecasting a considerable acceleration,” said Greg Bird, associate economist with Moody’s Analytics, which projects that housing starts on single-family homes will reach an annual rate of 1.6 million by the end of 2014.

In recent weeks, many of the major large homebuilders have reported strong annual growth in sales during the spring home-selling season. The increased demand has paved the way for builders to raise prices and ramp up construction of more homes.

Departing envoy says Keystone problems taken “in stride”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday he is leaving the relationship between Canada and the United States in a very good state, but acknowledged a “very important decision” on the contentious Keystone XL pipeline looms.

Jacobson, who leaves July 4 after a four-year stint, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the Obama administration knows how important the pipeline is to Canada but he won’t speculate about how much it would damage the relationship should it not be approved.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said the pipeline “absolutely needs to go ahead” and Alberta’s premier has said if it’s rejected it would mar the relationship between Canada and the U.S. Asked to name his biggest accomplishment, Jacobson said he’s proud that when problems arise between the countries people “take it in stride” and people “don’t go off the reservation.”

But Jacobson is leaving before the president decides whether to approve the pipeline, which would carry 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta across six U.S. states to the Texas Gulf Coast. A decision is expected this year.

Jacobson said some people will be happy with the Keystone XL decision and some won’t. He said he’s been in meetings between U.S. President Barack Obama and Harper where Harper has stressed the pipeline’s importance to Canada, which needs infrastructure in place to export its ingrowing oil sands production.

The northern Alberta region has the world’s third largest oil reserves, with 170 billion barrels of proven reserves.

A lack of pipelines and a bottleneck of oil in the U.S. Midwest have reduced the price of Canadian crude, costing oil producers and the federal and Alberta governments billions in revenue.

Harper has said the pipeline “absolutely needs to go ahead” and Alberta’s premier has said if it’s rejected it would mar the relationship between Canada and the U.S. The long-delayed project carrying oil from Alberta’s oil sands requires approval from the State Department.

“The people in the administration who are charged with deciding this issue are aware of the full range of facts and consequences, whether it to be the bilateral relationship, to climate, to the environment, to the economies, to energy independence, to our geopolitics, there are a range of issues that all have to be taken into account,” Jacobson said.

Troy Crandall of MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier said Verizon would be entering a fragmented market if it bought the smaller regional carriers.

“You’re still only in parts of Canada,” Crandall said. “You’re not a full national-wide network.”

And Verizon wouldn’t benefit much from its brand recognition in the U.S., he said.

“A lot of people know who they are, but one has to say a lot of people here in Canada don’t know who they are either,” he said.

Both Verizon and AT&T declined to comment on whether they’d be interested in making investments in Wind Mobile, which is up for sale by its Dutch owner VimpelCom, or financially struggling Mobilicity. The two U.S. carriers both have a history of playing the Canadian market, and also share the similar decision of leaving the country.

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Mirren reigns on screen, stage BREAKS AUDIENCE RECORD FOR NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — As a queen, Helen Mirren reigns on screen and stage.

National Theatre Live, which broadcasts stage shows from England to movie screens worldwide, said Monday that its June 13 live broadcast of Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in the play The Audience has captured its largest audience to date.

“We were expecting a big audience for it because there’s been great buzz but it’s turned out even greater than expected,” David Sabel, executive producer of NT Live, said in an interview from London.

“It’s very exciting.”

Peter Morgan’s play performed at London’s Gielgud Theatre was seen by nearly 30,000 people in North America and nearly 80,000 people in the United Kingdom, a record for the four-year-old program which began with a screening of Phedre starring Mirren.

The response has prompted more encore screenings of the

play. In North America, there are 700 screenings scheduled throughout the summer, with additional encores to be added. In the UK, nearly 800 screenings will take place.

The Audience imagines the private weekly meetings between the monarch and Britain’s prime ministers — 12 in all — over her sixdecade reign.

In the play, the queen grows from a tentative 20-something to wise octogenarian while retaining a core of solitude.

Mirren won an Oliver Award in April for the role.

The actress also won an Academy Award in 2007 for her performance as the same British monarch in The Queen, a drama about the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.

“You never quite know the ingredients that will make the recipe for success in theatre,” said Sabel. “But before The Audience even opened, this felt like an incredibly exciting and tantalizing offer to see Helen play a role that she played so ironically onscreen in her Oscar-winning performance.”

National Theatre Live’s fifth season will include Shakespeare’s Othello starring Adrian Lester and directed by Nicholas Hytner on Sept. 26; Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh that will be broadcast internationally on Oct. 17; and the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus on Jan. 30. All shows will have encore screenings.

“We think both that there’s a huge audience for it still and there’s going to be a lot of people who haven’t had a chance to seen it still or might want to see it again in a different guise,” said Sabel. “It’s a different experience.

Of course, it’s not the same as being there. It can never be, but it’s no different than watching sports or a live gig on television.”

Eight shows a year get the NT Live treatment, which use multiple cameras, tracking shots and close-ups. From an initial 280 theatres, the broadcasts now go out to almost 700 venues in 25 countries.

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in a promotional photo for Peter Morgan’s play “The Audience.”

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Joni Mitchell writing ’vignettes’ for autobiography SAYS SHE ’SQUELCHED’ FILM ON HER LIFE

BY VICTORIA AHEARN THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Joni Mitchell speaks at the Isabel Bader theatre as part of Luminato festival, Sunday.

TORONTO — Folk legend Joni Mitchell says she’s started writing “vignettes” for an autobiography, but has put an end to a planned film about her life.

“They were going to make this movie about me, which I squelched.

Thank God I squelched it,” Mitchell revealed Sunday during an onstage Q&A with New York Times chief pop music critic Jon Pareles at the Luminato arts festival.

“I called the producer ... and I said, ’If you’re going to make this movie, it’s going to be a piece of (rubbish) ... because you don’t have any of the great scenes,”’ said Mitchell, using an unprintable expletive.

The 69-year-old singer/ songwriter is notoriously media-shy, but candidly discussed her life and work during the chat at the 500-seat Isabel Bader Theatre, where she was accompanied by her longtime drummer/bandleader Brian Blade.

Born in Fort Macleod, Alta., and raised in Saskatchewan, Mitchell said her mother had the mumps while pregnant.

As a result, the singer said she was left with “anomalies,” including a left hand with “tricky knuckles” that “just didn’t work well” and polio, which she said took away her athletic ability and popularity.

“So that helped to make the transformation, I think, to an inner life and to an artistic life,” said Mitchell, who has a home in Los Angeles.

Ultimately, Mitchell taught herself guitar, took piano lessons and began to play music by ear.

“My (music) education really was that I got to play with musicians of such stellar ability, with such great musicians.

You couldn’t get that in school,” she said. “So you can’t really say I’m uneducated, but I’m strong-willed. I’m like a Jack Russell, I’m going to do it the way I’m going to do it.”

Wearing a black dress and black boots and her

flaxen-hair up in a loose bun, Mitchell started by discussing her early career, when she moved to Toronto to pursue folk music but had to “disappear” from the stage because she got pregnant with a girl she gave up for adoption.

She admitted she didn’t like the “nasally” vocal period she was going through on her second and third albums, Clouds and Ladies of the Canyon, which became her first gold record with the celebrated tunes Big Yellow Taxi, Woodstock and The Circle Game.

“And then (the LP) Blue, that all assimilates into a kind of a pop/rock ’n’ roll voice out of vibrato and semi-classical singing,” said Mitchell.

The raw honesty on Blue, which includes the hits River and A Case of You, “horrified” the men in the singer-songwriter community, she noted.

“Because it was unprecedentedly intimate.

It made the men very uncomfortable,” said Mitchell.

Mitchell is slated to perform at Luminato’s

Joni: A Portrait in Song — A Birthday Happening Live at Massey Hall today and Wednesday.

She’ll recite a new poem inspired by Emily Carr with musical accompaniment from Blade and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.

Other artists in the lineup for the concerts, which will mark Mitchell’s 70th birthday in November, include 14-time Grammy winner Herbie Hancock, jazz singer Esperanza Spalding, and Montrealraised musician Rufus Wainwright.

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Two poetry contests looking for submissions Budding poets and authors can win cash prizes through two contests sponsored by the Poetry Institute of Canada.

The first contest is open to poets of any age, regardless of whether they have been previously published.

Any subject or style of poetry or prose poetry is acceptable. Poems should be original and

consist of 24 lines or less.

As well as the opportunity to win a cash prize, the best poems will be published in a hard-cover anthology of verse.

To enter, send an original, typed or neatly written poem to: Open Ages Poetry Contest (N), P.O. Box 44169 RPO Gorge, Victoria, B.C., V9A 7K1, or email it to poetryinsti-

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The other contest is for creative writers, ages 18 and up.

“Send us an account of your recollections, memories, grassroots experiences, or amusing incidents,” states a release from the 20-year-old group that unites writers and poets. Short stories, essays, anecdotes (fiction or non-fiction) can

be entered.

Writing is limited to 850 words. The submission must be original and typed or neatly hand written on 8.5-by11-inch paper. Besides the chance to win a cash prize, the best work will be published in an anthology.

Send an entry to: Adult Short Story Contest (N), P.O. Box 44169-

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There is only one entry per person for both contests. Submissions must be postmarked no later than July 31. There are no entry fees.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your needs and your wants are finally on the same wavelength today. Successful accomplishments can be achieved through the Tuesday, June 18 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS help of your compatriots. You are conDATE: Paul McCartney, 71; Isabella fident and comfortable when you can function at your full potential. You are Rossellini, 61; Willa Holland, 22 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Interper- devoid of any inner struggle.

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DOYNA that almost every aspect SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. of your life will teach you 21): Self-control and focus something about life. Your help you keep your both feet may adopt a new way of well-planted into the ground. handling your own finances and of someone else’s. The sporadic Your partner’s financial situation makes circumstances surrounding your love life you secure. Faith and reason could clash will leave you walking on top of your toes. today due to ambiguous circumstances with individuals from other backgrounds.

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PTSD is a real illness with real treatment options Dear Annie: As a military war veteran You won’t be sorry. and someone raised in the midst of innerDear Annie: Can you tell me what is so city violence, I have suffered from and wrong with a youngster sending an invitalearned a great deal about post-traumatic tion to her aunt addressed to “Aunt Franstress disorder (PTSD). ces” instead of “Mrs. Frances Smith”?

There are many misconceptions about My sister gets all bent out of shape this common and treatable illness, and I when my 10-year-old daughter addresses want to make sure your readers know the an envelope to her this way. — Wondering truth about PTSD and how to get help if in Clinton Township they need it.

Dear Wondering: Your sister should be When I got out of the service, I could on- amazed to receive a handwritten envelope ly sit in certain positions in a room and go from her niece altogether. to certain places. I couldn’t be in crowds It’s fairly rare these days. It’s perfectly or tolerate any kind of loud traffic noise OK for a young niece to write “Aunt Fran(not easy for a New Yorker). I couldn’t sit ces” on an envelope. Many aunts would be next to a window. If anyone came up be- charmed. hind me to say hello, I would drop them However, one rule of etiquette is not to the ground, expecting an atto intentionally offend. Since tack. you know your sister wants a I didn’t recognize this at the more formal address, teach your time as PTSD. I know there are daughter to write to her this way, many others with stories like and please don’t editorialize mine, and I want them to know when you do so. that PTSD is a real illness with Dear Annie: I read the letter real treatment options. It is alfrom “Wish He’d Look for Anso important to know that this other Job,” who is frustrated doesn’t only affect members by a young co-worker. “Justin” of the military. Anyone who can’t remember what was said experiences a traumatic event the minute he hangs up the telecan develop PTSD. phone, doesn’t pay attention to It wasn’t easy, but I evenwhat he is doing, takes on no new MITCHELL tually got the help I needed responsibilities, makes the same & SUGAR and am in a much better place. mistakes over and over, texts his June 20 is PTSD Screening wife constantly and falls apart Day, and June is PTSD Awareover every issue. ness Month. Anyone can go I would like to mention anonline and take a free and anonymous other possibility. screening at www.PTSDScreening.org to I know a young man who needs constant see whether their symptoms are consistent teaching, doesn’t want to try new things, with those of PTSD. forgets almost instantly what he has been It can be hard to reach out and ask for taught and rarely offers to do anything. He help, but doing so can make a huge differ- has a processing disorder. ence. — William Terry He is a loving 30-year-old, but I don’t Dear Mr. Terry: Thank you for sharing think he will ever hold a job unless special your story with our readers. You are cor- considerations are made for him. I hope rect that anyone who has witnessed or ex- that if he does get a job, it is with folks perienced trauma can suffer from PTSD. who are tolerant of his learning disability, This includes anyone affected by recent although they may not know he has special tragedies such as Sandy Hook, the Boston needs.— A Reader Marathon and the tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy MitchThe first step to getting help is identify- ell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the ing the problem. We urge those who think Ann Landers column. Please email your questheir experience with trauma is impacting tions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write them to go to www.PTSDscreening.org and to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, take a short, free, anonymous screening. 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Jeffrey (Juergen) Foerderer July 10, 1976 - June 16, 2009 Dear Jeff, We’ve cried so many tears Over the last four years But believe it or not We’ve also laughed a lot Our pain will never go away That much we know is true Smiles, laughter, joy and love Is how we remember you!

MERKEL Nelita (Wilma) Gamay Merkel beloved wife of Lloyd Merkel passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital June 15, 2013 after a courageous struggle with cancer. Nelita was born December 18, 1953 in Tupax Jones, Isabella, Philippines. She leaves behind her loving husband Lloyd Merkel, and two children Lee Merkel (step-son) and Chasidy Merkel (step-daughter). Nelita survives through her loving family members Venancio Gamay Jr (brother), Robert Gamay (brother), Marita Bayang (sister), Marilyn Gamay (sister) including Christian Bayang (nephew) and Mary-anne Bayang (niece). As well as many other loving family members and friends. Nelita was predeceased by her parents Venancio Gamay Sr (father) and Thomasa Mateo (mother) as well as Phyllis Merkel (mother-in-law), Ernest Merkel (father-in-law), and Bonnie Lowe (sister-in-law).

While in Philippines Nelita studied hard to become a registered nurse. Succeeding her schooling she immigrated to Canada in 1996. She met the love of her life Lloyd in 1997 and two years later they were wed on July 31, 1999. Lloyd and Nelita had a lovely life together. They met many friends in their 16 years together. Nelita and Lloyd especially enjoyed the company of their many family members and friends. Nelita was a loving wife and a wonderful person with a beautiful soul, whose presence will be missed in many parts of the world. Memorial service will take place at Sunnybrook United Church at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2013.

LOST DOG, brown/black, curly tail, answers to Sonny, lost in Gasoline Alley 403-749-3282 LOST IPHONE on June 11 in or around Costco. Reward offered, no questions asked 403-746-2456 or 403-350-1856 MEN’S LARGE BLACK LEATHER JACKET. Truck with mountain scene on back. Very special.

Please call 403-352-7795 REWARD CAT, lost in Kentwood, black,18 lbs. Please call 587-377-2757

FOUND: Child’s graduation picture (Probably Kindergarten age) Found in Waskasoo.

Call 403-302-3935

HELEN STEELE March 20, 1929 - June 18, 2003 If love could have kept you here, You wouldn’t have had to go.

Loved and missed by your family

Anniversaries

JUST CUTS is looking for F/T HAIRSTYLIST No clientele necessary.

Call Jen at 403-340-1447 or Christie 403-309-2494

Janitorial

770

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

Legal

780

CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP is seeking a

Legal Assistant

wegot

740

Dental

Full-time

Dental office manager

800

Oilfield

800

for busy practice.

Confident, motivated, organized individual required. Prefer previous management experience and knowledge of dental field. University degree in business/management an asset. Please forward resumes to dentist9977@yahoo.ca.

Medical

790

BUSY Optometric office looking for experienced Optometric Assistants and Opticians. If you can offer optical experience, flexible schedule, attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of staff and clientele, enjoy a busy day and are ready for a challenge please email your resume and cover letter to eyewear01@hotmail.com

Oilfield

800

1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

CLASS 1 LOW BED TRUCK DRIVER HINTON, ALBERTA

Alstar Oilfield is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Team.

Alstar has been serving the oil and gas construction industry since 1969.

* Experienced Production Testing * Day Supervisors * Night Operators • * Experienced Production Testing • Assistants

EXPERIENCED Oilfield Construction Lead Hands Experienced Oilfield Construction Labourers Industrial Painters

If you have….

Minimum 5 Years with Alstar Oilfield is looking for a Class 1 highly motivated individuals Low Bed Experience to join our Team in both Hinton and Fox Creek. hauling Cats, Excavators, Alstar has been serving the and Side Booms oil and gas construction • Clean Abstract If you are a team player industry since 1969.

• Winch Tractor Experience interested in the oil and • O f f R o a d O i l f i e l d gas industry, please Experience If you have a Desire to be submit your resume, Part of a Growing Company current driver’s abstract If you Desire to be Please email your resume and current safety to: hr@alstaroilfield.com certificates to the following: Part of a Growing Company Please email your resume Please Quote Fax 403-887-4750 to: hr@alstaroilfield.com Job # 1356 on Resume lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Or fax to 780-865-5829 Please Quote For detailed job description Please specify position Job # 1355 on Resume Please email when replying to this ad. hr@alstaroilfield.com “Committed to enriching Or visit our Career Section We would like to thank all the lives of our workforce, at: www.alstaroilfield.com those candidates who while providing quality apply, however only energy construction solutions” “Committed to enriching the qualified personnel will lives of our workforce, while be contacted. providing quality energy construction solutions” Looking for a place to live?

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A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers for areas including Sask. and US. Positions available immediately.

Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants.

MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com Start your career!

See Help Wanted Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

JOURNEYMAN HD CVIP MECHANIC

We are currently seeking motivated hardworking personnel to join our busy oilfield trucking division.

Top wages. Email or fax resumes to 403-782-0913 kelly@downtons.com

Oilfield

WANTED

EXPERIENCED

CLASS 3

VAC/steamer Truck driver.

Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

800

Central Alberta Oilfield Construction Company REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY:

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

3rd, 4th year apprentice or Journeyman

OR

AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC

3rd & 4th year apprentice or Journeyman Fax your resume to: 403-729-3236 Attn: Andy or Darry or email to bunwel@telusplanet.net

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Registered Dental Assistant Full Time / Part Time Fax resume to 403-782-6326 or drop off in person.

Farm Work

755

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Only successful applicants will be contacted.

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CanWest DHI is currently accepting applications for technician in the LACOMBE area of Alberta.

This position is a contract position for up to one year (or less). The successful applicant will be responsible for the regular weighing and sampling of milk from cows in DHI herds, keeping records and statistical data, and promoting dairy herd improvement. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of the Alberta dairy industry along with excellent interpersonal skills.

PC skills and a degree/diploma in agriculture will be considered a definite asset. This position could require the occasional heavy lifting of up to 65 lbs. If you possess the right qualification for this position, please fax or email your resume by June 21st to Larry Ouimet, Head of Human Resources at:

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presenting

Funeral Chapel & Crematorium

by Arbor Memorial

willing to work night/early morning shifts.

Immediate openings.

Full Benefits.

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jobs

Classifieds 309-3300

Eventide

Oilfield

FULL & PART TIME CHICKEN CATCHERS

proficient in Real Estate Conveyancing. This is a permanent position, offering competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience. Submit resumes to info@ chapmanriebeek.com Attention: Gaylene Bobb or fax 403-340-1280.

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Daily

403-347-2222

FOUND: Mixed breed dog.

Medium size. German shepherd appearance, but smaller and fluffier. Brown and black body with grey hairs on face and tail.

Found June 13 around 10 PM on the West Side of Gasoline Alley Red Deer

by Ricky’s All Day Grill. If this is your pet or you have any information, please call 403-896-8929

Personals

Announcements

Funeral Directors & Services

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Found

Happy 30th Anniversary Frank and Donna Moore

SCHUMACHER Marguerite Eva RN, BScN, MA, M.Ed. Born in Switzerland June 20, 1920, died in Red Deer June 10, 2013. A loved aunt, friend and mentor to thousands, and an inspirational nursing educator and administrator.

An open celebration of her rich and influential life will take place on July 27, 2013 at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton St., Red Deer, at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choosing.

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Lost

Missing and loving you always, Mom, Dad and sister Kelly

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In Memoriam

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The successful applicant will be responsible for the regular weighing and sampling of milk from cows in DHI herds, keeping records and statistical data, and promoting dairy herd improvement. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of the Alberta dairy industry along with excellent interpersonal skills.

PC skills and a degree/diploma in agriculture will be considered a definite asset. This position could require the occasional heavy lifting of up to 65 lbs. If you possess the right qualifications for this position, please fax or email your resume by June 21 to Larry Ouimet, Head of Human Resources at:

louimet@canwestdhi.com 824-1330

Fax: (519)

Only successful applicants will be contacted.

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 18, 2013

TUNDRA PETROLEUM

is recruiting for a FIELD HAND/COIL TUBING OPERATOR Positions. The job involves working with Down Hole Capillary Tubing at well sites, driving truck, and shop/yard work.

Preferred Requirements: Coiled Tubing Experience Class 1 with Air with clean drivers abstract. Crane & Hoist (Wellhead boom) Well Service BOP Current H2S, PST Tundra offers competitive salaries and works off of a industry leading job bonus structure.

Professionals

810

AL-TERRA ENGINEERING (RED DEER) LTD. SEEKING CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN TECHNOLOGIST. Above industry standard wages, benefits plan, vehicle allowance, profit sharing.

Experience a diverse variety of projects in Red Deer & all over Alberta.

C.E.T designation with a minimum of 2-5 years of experience using AutoCAD or Civil 3D. Please email resumes to: Tyler Broks, R.E.T - tbroks@al-terra-rd. com or fax 403-340-3038.

Visit our website www. al-terra-rd.com.

Sales & Distributors

BIG MOO IN SYLVAN LAKE needs F/T SHORT ORDER COOK. Wage starting at $11- $13 /HR. Call Steph 403-887-5533

EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer F/T & P/T avail. Apply in person with resume to Burger Baron Gasoline Alley, Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

LUAU Investments Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR 1 yr previous experience.

F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) Must be avail. weekends $13.00 per hour 4217 - 50 Ave. 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

SWISS Chalet Red Deer

HIRING 1.FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS: $13 and 40 hours per week Supervise and co-ordinate staff activities and customer service Establish work schedule and train associates 2.FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT: $11.50 and 40 hours per week Take customers’orders and work with a cash register Prepare, heat and finish simple food items Serve customers at counters Use manual and electrical appliances to clean, peel, slice and trim foodstuffs Portion and wrap foods and package take out foods 3.COOK: $13 and 40 hours per week Prepare and cook full course meals Ensure quality of food and determine size of food portions Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food 4.SERVER: $9.75 and 40 hours per week Must have pro serve certificate Interested parties can email swiss1702@ cara.com, fax 1 866 928 5481 or deliver resume to unit #8, 5111 - 22nd street, Red Deer, T4R 2K1.

THE BIG MOO in Sylvan Lake is looking for ICE CREAM SERVERS. F/T or P/T positions avail. $11/hr. must be 15 yrs. or older. Contact Stephanie at 403-887-5533.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

830

Sales & Distributors

830

850

Trades

Trades

850

HVAC Salesperson

req’d. Great opportunity to work with heating/air conditioning professionals, building the sales and marketing division. Exc. remuneration. Exp. in HVAC sales preferred, training provided. Email: Brad@ ComfortecHeating.com 403-588-8399 RED DEER’S #1 Tool Store

KMS TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

is looking for individuals who are passionate about tools, and are committed to exceptional customer service. If you are knowledgeable about Welding, Construction, Wood Working, Shop Equipment or Automotive industry tools, enjoy a fast paced environment and have a can-do attitude, we have the role for you.

Employee pricing, extended health benefits and training provided for the right candidate.

Now accepting resumes for SALES AND CASHIER positions, apply in person 53 Burnt Park Drive or email employment@ kmstools.com

Trades

850

BUSY DEALERSHIP REQUIRES

LUBE TECH

Possibility of leading to apprenticeship.

Fax resume to: 403-341-5066 Attn. Greg Rempel CRYSTAL GLASS needs summer help.

Will train.

Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca EXP’D skidsteer operator req’d for construction company. Please fax resume to 403-342-6881 EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call FILLED!

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• EQUIPMENT OPERATOR REQUIRED AT THE RED DEER COLLEGE Brookfield Johnson Controls provides workplace management services for real estate portfolios in Canada. Our team is over 1,400 people strong and growing, taking the newest technologies indoors to help plant the seeds of sustainable, green innovation.

Our streamlined, specialized services delivered by our hand-picked team have made us the Canadian leader in our field.

What Makes Us Attractive Optimization - it means getting the very best out of everything and that carries through all that we do.

In return for your best, we give you:

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package.

Please drop off or fax resume to Joey Huckabone Call 403-347-3301 Fax 403-347-0031

Competitive Base Salary PLASTERTONE & Compensation Programs Stucco, Trowelers & Stone Work Life Balance Masons Needed. Top wages.

Attractive Annual Incentive Everyone welcome to apply.

Program Call Tony 403-588-0840 • Flexible Benefits Package • R e w a r d i n g R R S P & SKILLED laborers req’d.

Streetside Developments, Savings Plans Calgary. Resume submitted to info@ Qualifications: streetsidehomes.com • Experience with the or call 403-258-0703 operation of skid steer loader, snow plow truck, SPARTEK sander and landscape equipment mowers.

SYSTEMS INC • Mechanically inclined capable to service and In Sylvan Lake, AB do minor repairs to the is seeking qualified above equipment a individuals for definite asset.

• Must be available to * QC ELEC. ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR work some extreme * ELEC TECH overtime hours during * MECH ENGINEER the winter snow removal * ELEC. ENGINEER† season and participate in on call rotation.

For complete • Some heavy labour is job††††††††††† required at times must be physically capable descriptions,†please††refer to our website at of performing duties • Team player able to www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward work alone with minimal resume to:† supervision † keri.lee@ • Clean drives abstract sparteksystems.com and background check or fax to† 403-887-4050 will be required • Candidate must be able Please state which position to adhere to company you are applying for in your safety regulations and THE FRAMING NOOK policies. is looking for a shop worker to build custom picture This is a full time position frames etc. Will be working with full benefits. All uniforms, safety equipment inside shop, part time flexible and tools will be supplied. hours - must be handy with power tools & saws - Call We also offer annual safety Brian @ 403-340-1575. footwear contribution.

Candidates please apply WATER WELL DRILLING online at: COMPANY IN BENTLEY www.brookfieldjohnson REQ’S EXPERIENCED controls.com/our-careers/

Is hiring for the following position:

Fulltime Dispatch/Batcher required

Experience an asset but will train the right candidate.

You must pass a physical & Drug Test.

Fax resume attn: Mike 403 347 8060 or mike.castilloux@ lafarge-na.com

JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING Service Plumbers.

Journeyman, w/service exp. Competitive wages.

Fax resume: 403-356-0244

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Meal and Accommodation provided when out of town.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

Truckers/ Drivers

860

CLASS 1 drivers req’d for flat deck work. Steady year round work. Benefits, exc. wages and safety bonuses. Successful candidates must be hard working, must know your load securement and love driving as you will be traveling throughout BC, AB, SK & MB. Please fax resumes and drivers abstract to 1-855-784-2330 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

TRUCK DRIVER w/ Class 3 & air endorsements.

Send resume & clean driver’s abstract to: mpcanpak@xplornet.com TRUCKING company based out of Red Deer looking for experienced Class 1 drivers for winch tractor used for heavy hauling and tank truck operators. Top wages and exc. benefit pkg. Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

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

Cleaning

1070

CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Available to start cleaning houses on July 2. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801

Contractors

1100

AA PHILCAN CONST. Int. & Ext. Bsmt. dev., decks, sheds, laminate flooring, reno’s, etc.. Call Ken 340-8213 or cell 391-8044 BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542

Contractors

1100

MAMMA MIA !!

Soffit, Fascia & Eaves.

403-391-2169 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds SIDING, Soffit, Fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Eavestroughing

1130

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 8-6 p.m.

Mon-Sat. 403-506-4822

We’ll do it all...

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or Ron 403-318-3804 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

1200

TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

1280

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

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car ROXY. I’M BACK! 403-848-2300 ULTIMATE PLAYMATES. 403-986-SEXY Red Deer’s Best

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Now Open

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

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

International ladies

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

1165

1290

Moving & Storage

MASSAGE

Escorts

Misc.

Services

FANTASY

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169

EDEN BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, 587-877-7399 10am-midnight textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 INTOXICATING ESCORTS Cash or credit 403-550-0732 CONCRETE???

Handyman Services

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445 HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town.

RED DEER’S BEST

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Community Support Worker Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades GED classes days/ evening

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in MOUNTVIEW 33 St, 41 Ave, 42 Ave, 42 A Ave, 34 St. Cl. $132/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Close & Ritson Close $98/mo.

DEER PARK AREA Dandell Close Davison Dr. & 2 blocks of Dowler St. $78/mo.

ALSO Dunham Close $68/mo.

ALSO Dickson Cres., DicksonClose Dobler Ave. Drake Close, & Diamond St. $140/mo.

ALSO Denovan Cres. & 2 blocks of Davison Drive $74/mo.

ALSO Denmark Cres, Donnelly Cres, & Densmore Cres. $151/mo.

ALSO 1 Block Dempsey St. Dumas Cres. & Duffy Close $95./mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in

Misc.

Help

Personal Services

1315

MYSTICAL VISIONS. PALM. TAROT PSYCHIC 35 yrs experience across Canada. Love, Work, Money, etc.

GUARANTEED RESULTS. MysticalVisions@hotmail.ca ca Call. 403 304-8235

Seniors’ Services

1372

CARRIERS NEEDED

880

Currently seeking reliable people to deliver morning newspapers in:

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

WESTPARK Candidate must have reliable vehicle and be 18+.

ANDERS AREA Asmundsen Ave. INGLEWOOD AREA

Perfect job for seniors, students, or anyone looking to make extra $.

Ivey Close Irving Close Ingle Close Inglewood Drive

Routes on average only take about an hour per day.

LANCASTER AREA

Also are eligible for monthly carrier contests & bonuses.

Lamont Close Lees St./ Lawrence Cres.

Call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

MORRISROE AREA Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

DSM INC.

looking for laborers, in the Innisfail area.

Salary is $14.75/hr. Fax resume to: 403-314-0676.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

BOBCAT OPERATOR(S) with a minimum of 2 years experience in fine grading and finishing, offering a competitive wage and benefits, on local job sites in Lacombe & area. Applicant must have a valid Class 3 license with air. Only those who have the above prerequisites will be interviewed.

Please submit resume with Driver’s abstract to: E-mail: lloyd@dbbobcat.com or Fax: 403-782-7786 Please no phone calls.

UNC

LE

SERVICE ’S WRITER

&

Duties include:

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver the Morning Advocate.

6 days per week Vehicle needed

LOOKING for mature couple to manage mobile park, 20 min. outside of Edm. airport. Small equip. exp. preferred. $3500/mo. accommodations incld’d.

Send resume to: 34654 Delair Road, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 2C9

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MUSTANG ACRES

KENTWOOD Keen Cres. & Kendrew Drive

GAMES DEALER SCHOOL

Cost $200 SCHOOL WILL BE STARTING July 2-25 Tues. Weds. & Thurs. 9 am - 1 pm.

Upon successfully completing and passing course, work is available for casual to part time hours to start.

Must be able to obtain Security Clearance Check from local RCMP Please telephone and leave a message for April M. 403-346-3339

BEN

- Service Writing - Warranty Administration - Service Scheduling - Maintaining Paper Flow

Attributes: - Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically Inclined - Computer Proficient - Previous Experience A Must

• This is a career position.

• Salary based on experience and ability.

• Profit sharing and company benefits.

Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn: Bill/Service

DEERPARK Dowler & Douglas St. Area $605.00/mo ALSO EASTVIEW Erickson Dr., Ellenwood Dr. Area $360/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 For more information 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

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Accounting

• •

FALL START

Central Line Locating req’s • a locator assistant. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be Gov’t of Alberta Funding physically fit. Working may be available. varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ 403-340-1930 centrallinelocating.com www.academicexpress.ca Fax 403-747-3535 Office: 403-747-3017

•

Growing Company, TJ PAVING, needs employees with paving experience. Great Working Atmosphere. Email resume to: tjpaving@hotmail.com

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LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

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FULLY EXPERIENCED framers req`d. 403-350-5103 NO BEGINNERS!

This position involves all internal reconditioning of Innisfail & Sylvan Truck Ranch vehicles for resale.

No retail work.

We have a great shop, with great equipment.

If you want to work great hours and earn an excellent income with an excellent benefits package, apply now.

To apply, contact Wayne or Daryl at 403-227-4456 for an interview. Or send your resume to wkarach@truckranch.ca

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F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: FRAMING CONTRACTOR satjobs@shaw.ca to frame 3 houses in Ponoka. 403-357-0654

JOURNEYMAN AUTO TECHNICIAN TO START IMMEDIATELY

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DELI CLERK,

Flexible hours including. weekends. Apply in person to the Baker at RUN’N ON EMPTY 5101 - 76 Street.

We are currently looking for qualified, energetic, hardworking individuals to fill the following positions √ Concrete Finishers √ Carpenters/Form Setters √ Stringliners/Surveyors √ Labourers Proform provides excellent wages and an exceptional benefit plan.

Apply by faxing your resume to (403) 347-4980 or email your resume to jobs@proform.ab.ca

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?

SENIORS need a HELPING HAND? Cleaning, cooking companionship - in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 or visit helpinghands.com for info.

Window Cleaning

1420

WINDOW / EVESTROUGH CLEANING. 8-6 p.m.

PAINTING BY DAVE Mon-Sat. 403-506-4822 Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust.

2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates.

All work guaranteed. We Great For covering Tables, Ar t Work, Clean Packing carry WCB & Liability Insurance. 403-307-4798 Paper, Painting, Playschool, Banners, and Lots More.

Tired of Standing?

VARIETY OF SIZES Pick Up At: Find something to sit on RED DEER in Classifieds ADVOCATE Circulation SISTERS FOR HIRE!!!!

Department Interior & Exterior Painting 2950 Bremner 403-598-0937 Ave.

ROLL ENDS 50¢ PER POUND

306449F27

Landcore Technologies Inc. is a leading provider of Rathole and Pile Driving services throughout Western Canada. We are currently seeking a full-time Journeyman or 3rd/4th Year Heavy Duty Mechanic for our Ponoka location. We offer competitive wages with an excellent benefits plan.

Duties will include, but are not limited to: - Heavy Truck and Trailer maintenance and repair - Light Duty Pick-up maintenance and repair - CVIP inspection -Heavy off-road equipment maintenance and repair Candidates should own their own tools, class 5 drivers license, Heavy Duty Trade Certification.

Experience in welding and fabrication an asset (but not necessary). Successful candidates should excel in oral communication skills, problem solving, and working with others.

To apply, either email resumes to info@ landcore.ca or fax to 403 783 2011

820

Restaurant/ Hotel

Daily, the Red Deer Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

306392F19

800

Oilfield

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, June 18, 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

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s F/T kitchen staff, servers and front counter staff.

Must be avail. eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person LICENSED mortgage agent. $35,000 salary + commission. Red Deer office. Submit resume to info@mortgagestogo.ca No phone calls please

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

STUDENTS! The Perfect Summer Job $18 p/h. Our Red Deer team has an opening for a Temporary Counter Sales Representative for the months of June to September. This is the perfect summer job before returning to school.

The Counter Sales Representative handles customer telephone inquiries, services customers at the pick-up counter and picks and packs orders. In addition they perform a variety of warehouse tasks to meet customer needs. Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their resumes to Ryan Ell at ryan.ell@cranesupply.com Please write “Application for Counter Sales Summer Help” in the subject line of your email.

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca WAREHOUSE LABORERS NEEDED Apply within to 5929 - 48 Ave. Fax 403-347-7066 or email sales@parklandrentals.com Must be physically fit.

Seasonal/full time.

REG COX FEEDMIXERS Req’s In Service Shop, exp’d with farm equipment and the ability to weld.

Apply fax 403-341-5622 RETAIL STORE SUPERVISOR C-store Gas Cwash Apply ABA Investments Inc oa Heritage Esso, FT $15.50/hr Supervise, train staff, prep schedule, sales reports, merchandising, inventory mgt, HS grad, computer literate, some exp.

Mail Resume 6020 67 St. Red Deer, AB T4P 3M1

Employment Training

900

920

Career Planning

Auctions

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Building Supplies

1550

SMALLER Custom Interior Cedar Clad Solid Wood Door. 24”w x 77.5”h Brass secure lock knob. w/frame & cedar trim.

Asking $100. 403-227-2976

Children's Items

1580

FISCHER PRICE VILLAGE Vintage toy. Lots of pieces.

Good cond. $45.

403-314-9603 HIGHCHAIR $50, PLAYPEN $50.

LIKE NEW 403-304-9610

Clothing

1590

LADIES JEAN JACKET. Tommy Hilfiger, size M-L. Good cond. $25.

403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

stuff

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

CLASSIFICATIONS

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

wegot

1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

Garden Supplies

1680

ANTIQUE OAK office chair, original casters, very nice condition.† $80.

Call (403) 342-7908

3 PLASTIC RAIN BARRELS Pedestals & brass taps. $75 each 403-341-4632

BUTTER BOX, Alberta label, excellent condition.† $25.† Call (403) 342-7908

4”x6” TREATED WOOD TIES. 72 linear feet. FREE! 403-755-2760

MEDALTA CROCK, 10 gallon, wooden handles, Household excellent condition.†$70.† Appliances Call (403) 342-7908.

Something for Everyone APPLS. reconditioned lrg.

Everyday in Classifieds selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

1710

WHIRLPOOL washer and dryer 6 yrs. old, $600/pair, Like New. 403-304-9610

Household Furnishings

ACCOUNTING

LIKE new cond., loveseat w/matching chair $200 403-986-6771

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

1530

Pre Summer Equipment Consignment SATURDAY, June 22, 2013 @ 9 AM Location: MONTGOMERY AUCTION SALES CENTRE 1 Miles North of Blackfalds on Hwy 2A, 2 Miles East on Lakeside Sargent Road

SELLING IN 3 RINGS: 9am-Misc 9:30am-Lawn & Garden 10am-Lumber 1pm-Machinery Selling Agriculture & Acreage Tractors, Antique Tractor & Car, Farm Machinery, 3pt & Acreage Equipment, Articulated Boom Lift, Grain Storage Bins, Trucks, Vehicles, RV’s, Motorhome, Dune Buggies, Sport Motorcycle, Boat, Enclosed & Flatdeck Trailers, Highway Van Trailer, Wood Splitters & Chipper, Combine & Swather Parts, Small Engine Repair Shop Dispersal, Storage Canopies, Party & Marquee Event Tents, 40’ Sea Can, Content of 20’ Sea Can-sold ‘Storage War Style’, Livestock Sales Ring & Equipment, Lumber & Building Supplies, Hot Tub, Blacksmith Building, Antique Wagon & Pony Cart, Lawn & Garden Equipment, Trees, Tools & Misc 306654F18

www.montgomeryauctions.com

Auctioneers & Sales Management

BORDER Collie Australian Shepherd Cross puppies.

1 Blue Merle, 2 Black & White. 403-749-2411 SHELTIES 1M, vet checked,1st. shots, ready to go $500/ea.

403-722-3204 846-0198

Sporting Goods

1860

GOLF CLUB SET RIGHT HANDED Tour 2 Model 135 woods, 3-pw cavity backed irons, steel shafts, putter, like new bag w/stand, very good cond. $80 403-346-0093

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wanted To Buy

1930

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DONATE A SEWING MACHINE IN WORKING ORDER to a special lady in a nursing home. Hers went astray during her move.

Would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

403-346-9274

1760

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Farm Equipment

2010

500 GAL. gas tank w/stand and hoses $200 403-556-6473

Haying Equipment

2020

NH mower conditioner 9’ exc. cond, $3000 403-556-6473

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer 403-885-5149 • 1-800-371-6963 Box 939, Blackfalds, AB

COUCH - 4 seater, dark brown, nylon velvet. & Laz-E-Boy recliner in beige tones. $25 each.

Good cond. Must be picked up. 403-342-0958

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000.

Avail. July 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

WOODLAND MANOR INNISFAIL Avail July 1st 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath, adults only condo, built in 2008, 6 appl, central vac, patio, $1000 + pwr, $950 SD, N/S, No Pets, PM 516 107, 5205 Woodland Rd Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

NEWER MODERN Duplex In Westpark

3030

32 HOLMES ST.

(Liberty Place) Avail NOW 2 bedr, 1 bath, 5 appl, small shed, carport, $1025 incl water, $975 SD, small pet ok with fee, N/S, PM 561 ~ 6547 – 59 Ave ~ Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

Suites

3060

AVAIL. July 1st. Large 1 bdrm. on 3rd flr w/balcony, new reno’s, 6 appls. $775/mo. $750 DD. Free water & heat. Close to parks/trails, Call Don (780) 554-2870.

AVAILABLE JULY 1, 2013 40+ building (no children) † 1 bdrm & 2 bdrm units - WEST PARK non-smoking, no pets Moderate income.

Rent $595-$695/mo.

Call James Penny, Associate at Sunreal Property Management Ltd. †403-343-0200

GARY MOE HYUNDAI (Former Saturn Dealership Building) 7620-50 Ave, Red Deer, Alberta

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 @ 6 PM

306748F21

REMOVAL: All removable assets must be removed by Saturday, June 29 @ 3 PM. Steel Building Structure must be removed by August 15, 2013 @ 3 PM (No Exceptions) See website for more details & Pictures. www.montgomeryauctions.com Auctioneers & Sales Management (403) 885-5149 Box 939, Blackfalds,AB DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer 1-800-371-6963

home. 403-782-3130

Cats

1830

FREE Russian blue X kittens and mother to good home,good mousers 403-885-9822

5000-5300

Cars

5030

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homes

2008 GRAND PRIX $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2008 BMW 335i, lthr., 65,955 kms, nav., $25888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2001 CHEVY Blazer SUV 4 x 4 -very good condition, low km’s -$5,750.00 OBO 403-343-1651, 341-0606 2007 CHEV Monte Carlo LS FWD, 93492 kms., $10,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

NBT FINANCIAL

Barb LaPorte, Investor I Buy/Sell Ugly Properties 403-352-6871 / 403-343-7802 Fax: 403-986-9055 Email: blaporte@shaw.ca Distressed/Fixer uppers /Rehabs Contractor’s/Renovators Dream. Investors welcome.

I can help-Let me do the work Call now... Won’t last long

Houses For Sale

4020

Avail NOW. 2 bdrm, 2 bath upscale condo, 5 appl, 2 balconies, $1150 + pwr, $1100 SD, No pets, N/S, PM 426 ~ 108, 3 Broadway Rise ~ Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

5050

Trucks

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4,.$26888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Choosing the Right Realtor DOES make a Difference Call GORD ING at RE/MAX Real Estate Central Alberta (403) 341-9995

2007 BMW 328 Xi sunroof, lthr., $20,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import 2008 GMC 1500, 4x4, 5.3 2006 TOYOTA Corolla 138,000 kms, $6000 obo SLE, no issues. 161,000 km $14,900. 403-346-9816 403-350-0710

2005 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta GLS FWD, auto., $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2004 GMC 1500 4x4 extended cab. Good shape in & out $6950. 403-746-5541

Motorcycles

5080

3 BDRM. 3 bath, house in Inglwood. 1250 sq.ft., dbl. garage. 403-886-4735

DOWNTOWN

HOSPITAL NORTH

INNISFAIL

Avail July 1st, 2 bdrm, 1 bath suite, 2 appl, laundry in bldg, $750 + pwr, $700 SD, N/P, N/S, PM 34 ~ 102, 5604 - 50 Ave ~ Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca LARGE 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

NEED A PLACE CLOSE TO RD HOSPITAL?

2005 BMW Z4 3.0L 6 speed, lthr., $22,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import 2004 HARLEY CVO Screamin Eagle $21,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

5090

A HALF DUPLEX HOME located @ 4624-46A Ave. Campers Close, Sylvan Lake, AB. 2003 CIVIC DX 180,000 The 980 sq. ft. main flr. living rm, dinette, kitchen km. $5000. 403-340-0295 2002 RUSTLER, slide-n 9.5’ new cond. $12,500. w/oak cabinetry, 1 avrg size 403-845-3292, 895-2337 bdrm., a master bdrm. & 4 piece main bath. Recent updates incl. 3 windows, appls, roof, toilet & flooring.

Motorhomes Full height concrete bsmt. is partly dev. w/family rm, spare rm, mechanical rm, 2007 SEABREEZE 34’, & 1 complete bdrm. & 3 gas, 2 slides, 38,000 kms, piece bath. 1-403-887-2693 2003 AUDI A4, fully loaded, very clean, very good $7300. 403-340-0295 cond., $65,000 FREE Weekly list of 403-843-6077 1999 GRAND AM. 4 brand properties for sale w/details, new all season tires. Aprox. prices, address, owner’s $4000 done in repairs. phone #, etc. 342-7355 Needs windshield. Runs Fifth Help-U-Sell of Red Deer great. $1600. 403-896-1029 Wheels www.homesreddeer.com 1989 FORD CROWN Vic 59,000 miles $2000 firm body good 403-347-9843

5100 5110

HOME FOR SALE IN ALIX. 4927 55 street. Built in 2007, 1345 square feet.

Finished basement. Fully landscaped and fenced yard. Very low maintenance!

Asking $367,500. For more information please call 403-740-6979.

MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1320 sq.ft.

3 bdrm., 2 bath. $367,900.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550 MASON MARTIN HOMES New bi-level, 1400 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage. $409,900.

403-588-2550 MASON MARTIN HOMES New bungalow 1350 sq.ft.

Dbl. att. garage.

403-588-2550

2007 SPORTSMAN

1984 CORVETTE new engine, $8888 348-8788 Sport & Import

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS

at www.garymoe.com

www.laebon.com

4040

MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2231

Acreages

Locally owned and family operated

SUV's

5040

4050 4090

Manufactured Homes

2010 LINCOLN MKX AWD, nav. sunroofs, lthr. $24888.

348-8788 Sport & import

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

Income Property

4100

NEW DUPLEX, 2 suites, for $389,900. 2000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath. Mason Martin Homes 403-588-2550

2 RECREATIONAL

PROPERTIES IN B.C. Each sleep 15 people.

1st (shown above) is on Norbury Lake near Ft. Steele 2nd is on Mountain-Side Golf Course in Fairmont.

403-340-8838

Roommates Wanted

3080

FURN. ROOM, use of full house, utils. & internet. all incl. $475. 403-506-1907

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

2008 HYUNDAI Santa Fe AWD, lthr., sunroof, 52012 kms, $18,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 HUMMER H3 Alpha lthr., sunroof, $15,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4430

MORTGAGES AVAIL.on all types of real estate including raw land and acreages. Bruised credit and self employed welcome. Fast approvals Ron Lewis 403-819-2436

5180

D & G 5th wheel hitch c/w rails, vented tailgate $300; chrome grill guard w/ rubber bumpers, $250 403-309-2066 391-2161

Auto Wreckers

5190

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

5200

A-1 WILLY`S PARTS Place environmental friendly disposal of your unwanted vehicles. We will pick up in Red Deer. We pay you!

Phone for pricing.

403- 346-7278 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal.

We travel. Enviro. Canada Approved. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519 WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

4400-4430

Money To Loan

5120

Holiday Trailers

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

Enviro. Canada Approved.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

2 Acres +/-

Zoned AG SE of Red Deer 26 kms. $194,500 403-505-6240

2004 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $27,500 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580

Tires, Parts Acces.

Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

LX, 3254, 3 slides, clean, dual pane, fireplace, lots of extras. $28,900. trades considered. 403-598-0682

1997 33’ DUTCHMAN dbl. slide, walk around queen bed, exc. shape $8500 403-782-2993

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

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

SYLVAN LAKE

2004 CHEV SUBURBAN Z71, 120,000 km.

Good cond. $12,000 obo.

403-347-1255 / 350-8018 2001 DODGE Durango 4x4, $5000 o.b.o.

403-348-1634

CLASSIFICATIONS

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $850, S.D. $700. Avail. Immed.

Near hospital. No pets 403-340-1032 or 318-3679

3070

Avail July 1st 2 bdrm, 1 bath condo suite, 2 appl, laundry in bldg, $925 + pwr, $875 SD, N/S, pet ok with fee, PM 457 ~ 103, 5617 - 60 Ave ~ Sim Mgmt & Realty 403-340-0065 ext 412 www.simproperties.ca

2004 LAND ROVER SE3 Freelander AWD, $8,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

2007 5 bdrm., 3 full bath.

Dbl. att. garage, fenced, landscaped. 34 Woodbine Ave. Blackfalds. Incl. 2008 Mazda 3I & 60” LCD TV & new appls. $315,000. 403-598-4501

1770 1810

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

in Glendale, 2 bdrms, 1 bath, 5 appls, in-suite laundry. Sorry N/S, No pets $945 & Power, Avail July 1st Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or Kristina 403-895-1506

2 bdrm apt w/balcony, 1 1/2 blocks west of mall, Adults only.†Dishwasher, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg.

N/S, No pets $1025 & balcony, 4 appls, no pets, Power, Avail July 1st n/s, rent $1245 SD $1000 Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Avail. June 15 or Kristina 403-895-1506 GRAIN & FLOUR GRINDER 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 K-Tec Kitchen Mill. From ALIX: 2 bdrm.

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Rift over Syria exposed at G8 summit PUTIN DEFIES U.S., EUROPE’S CALLS TO END SUPPORT FOR ASSAD

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President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday. Obama and Putin discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria during their bilateral meeting at the G8 summit.

Monday an additional $300 million in humanitarian aid for Syria and neighbouring countries absorbing refugees escaping the violence. The new money brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to $800 million, according to the White House.

Obama’s decision to arm the rebels coincided with the White House’s announcement last week that it had definitive evidence of multiple instances of chemical weapons use by Assad’s regime against the opposition. Britain and France have also accused Assad of using the deadly agent sarin, while Russia has publicly questioned the credibility of chemical weapons evidence.

“It’s necessary to refrain from unproven claims by either party,” Putin adviser Alexei Kvasov told reporters at the summit Monday. “We have no evidence proving it.”

Moscow’s continued support for Assad is based in part on Russia’s deep economic and military ties with his regime. Last month, Russia acknowledged it has agreed to sell Syria advanced S-300 air-defence missiles, which are considered to be the cutting edge in aircraft interception technology.

The Russian president’s divisions with Western leaders on Syria were also on display in his separate meetings with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande. Both European leaders

have previously indicated a willingness to arm vetted Syrian rebels and successfully pushed for the European Union to allow an arms embargo preventing the flow of weapons to expire.

Still, neither country is yet to join Obama in arming the opposition. Following the U.S. decision, there has been growing public concern in both countries over the wisdom of delivering weapons to a country where groups affiliated with al-Qaida are supporting elements of the rebellion.

“I am as worried as anybody else about elements of the Syrian opposition, who are extremists, who support terrorism and who are a great danger to our world,” Cameron said Monday.

Hollande, following his own meeting with Putin, did not commit to sending weapons to the rebels. But he did appear to open the door to some form of deeper involvement from Paris.

“How can you allow Russia to continue to send weapons to the regime of Bashar al-Assad while the opposition gets so few weapons?” Hollande asked. “How can we accept the fact that we have proof of the use of chemical weapons without a unanimous condemnation by the international community, and that includes the G8?”

Obama, who has long signalled a preference for deepening U.S. engagement in Syria in conjunction with international partners, was expected to urge his British and French counterparts to join the U.S. in boosting lethal

U.S. military has schedule for women to move into combat jobs WOMEN COULD START TRAINING AS ARMY RANGERS BY 2015 AND NAVY COMMANDOS A YEAR LATER

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Women may be able to start training as U.S. Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy commandos a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces.

Details of the plans were obtained by The Associated Press.

They call for requiring women and men to meet the same physical and mental standards to quality for certain infantry, armour, commando and other front-line positions across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel reviewed the plans and has ordered the services to move ahead.

The move, expected to be announced Tuesday, follows revelations of a startling number of sexual assaults in the armed forces. Earlier this year, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said the sexual assaults might be linked to the longstanding ban on women serving in combat because the disparity between the roles of men and women creates separate classes of personnel — male “warriors” versus the rest of the force.

While the sexual assault problem is more complicated than that, he said, the disparity has created a psychology that lends itself to disrespect for women.

Under the schedules military leaders delivered to Hagel, the Army will develop standards by July 2015 to allow women to train and potentially serve as Rangers, and qualified women could begin training as Navy commandos by March 2016 if senior leaders agree.

Military leaders have suggested bringing senior women from the officer and enlisted ranks into special forces units first to ensure that younger, lowerranking women have a support system to help them get through the transition.

The Navy intends to open up its Riverine force and begin training women next month, with the goal of assigning women to the units by October. While not part of the special operations forces, the coastal Riverine squadrons do close combat and security operations in small boats.

The Navy plans to have studies finished by July 2014 on allowing women to serve as commandos, known as SEALs, and has set October 2015 as the date when women could begin Navy boot camp with the expressed intention of becoming SEALs eventually.

U.S. Special Operations Command is co-ordinating

the matter of what commando jobs could be opened to women, what exceptions might be requested and when the transition would take place.

The proposals leave the door open for continued exclusion of women from some jobs, if research and testing find that women could not be successful in sufficient numbers, but the services would have to defend such decisions to top Pentagon leaders.

Army officials plan to complete gender-neutral standards for the Ranger course by July 2015. Army Rangers are one of the service’s special operations units, but many soldiers who go through Ranger training and wear the coveted tab on their shoulders never actually serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment. To be considered a true Ranger, soldiers must serve in the regiment.

In January, then-Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and Dempsey signed an order that wiped away generations of limits on where and how women could fight for their country.

At the time, they asked the services to develop plans to set the change in motion.

The decision reflects a reality driven home by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where battle lines were blurred and women were propelled into jobs as medics, military police and intelligence officers that were sometimes attached, but not formally assigned, to battalions.

So, even though a woman could not serve officially as a battalion infantryman going out on patrol, she could fly a helicopter supporting the unit or be part of a team supplying medical aid if troops were injured.

Of the more than 6,700 U.S. service members who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, about 150 have been women.

The order Panetta and Dempsey signed prohibits physical standards from being lowered simply to allow women to qualify for jobs closer to the battlefront.

But the services are methodically reviewing and revising the standards for many jobs, including strength and stamina, in order to set minimum requirements for troops to meet regardless of their sex.

The military services are also working to determine the cost of opening certain jobs to women, particularly aboard a variety of Navy ships, including certain submarines, frigates, mine warfare and other smaller warships.

Dozens of ships do not have adequate berthing or facilities for women to meet privacy needs, and would require design and construction changes.

aid to the opposition. Syria was the primary topic among the G-8 leaders at a working dinner Monday night.

Britain, which is hosting the summit, has pressed leaders to ensure the meeting results in a statement on Syria, including the need for greater humanitarian access.

The U.K. floated the possibility of releasing a statement even without Russia’s approval, but a British official said the dinner resulted in broad consensus among the leaders on key points.

While Putin did not publicly criticize the U.S. decision to arm the opposition during his meeting with Obama, he exhibited far less restraint Sunday following his meeting with Cameron.

“One hardly should back those who kill their enemies and, you know, eat their organs,” he said, referencing a gruesome Internet video purportedly showing a rebel commander committing an act of cannibalism.

“Do we want to support these people?” Putin asked. “Do we want to supply arms to these people?”

Among the other options being considered by the U.S. — though reluctantly is a no-fly zone to stop Assad from using his air power to crush rebel forces of kill civilians. But European nations are so far opposed to that idea, and Obama’s own aides have publicly questioned the feasibility, given Assad’s air defences and the significant costs of such a program.

Police greet passenger on plane who says everybody poisoned

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — A flight from Hong Kong on which a man claimed everyone was poisoned landed safely Monday at Newark Liberty Airport, and the man was taken off the plane under a heavy police presence.

The man stood up during the flight to make the claim but there was no indication that any passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 116 were actually poisoned, an FBI spokesman said.

After the passenger caused a disruption, procedures were followed and the flight continued on as scheduled with 238 passengers aboard to Newark, just outside New York City, the airline said.

A large police contingent greeted the flight’s arrival, a passenger from another plane said.

Merrill Amos, a graduate student on her way back to San Francisco after attending a wedding in upstate New York, said dozens of police vehicles surround the plane after it stopped on the tarmac a few hundred yards (meters) short of the terminal. Amos said she saw a few passengers walk down a portable staircase and get into a waiting ambulance.

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ENNISKILLEN — Deep differences over Syria’s fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain and France to halt his political and military support for Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s regime.

But there were also fissures among the three Western nations, despite their shared belief that Assad must leave power. Britain and France appear unwilling — at least for now — to join President Barack Obama in arming the Syrian rebels, a step the U.S. president reluctantly finalized last week.

The debate over the Syria conflict loomed large as the two-day summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations opened Monday at a lakeside resort in Northern Ireland. The lack of consensus even among allies underscored the vexing nature of the two-year conflict in Syria, where at least 93,000 people have been killed as rebels struggle to overtake Assad forces buttressed by support from Hezbollah, Iran and Russia.

Obama and Putin, who already have a frosty relationship, did little to hide their differing views on the matter while speaking to reporters following one-on-one talks on the sidelines of the summit Monday evening. The two-hour meeting marked the first time the leaders have met in person since last year.

“We do have different perspectives on the problem,” Obama said of their divergent views on Syria.

The Russian leader, speaking through a translator, agreed, saying, “our opinions do not coincide.”

But despite their seemingly intractable differences, Obama and Putin did express a shared desire to stop the violence in Syria and convene a political conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

U.S. officials said they were still aiming to hold the summit next month, though that prospect was looking increasingly unlikely given the deepening violence.

It’s also unclear who would participate in such a meeting or whether the rebels, given their weakened position, would have any leverage if they did.

U.S. officials say Obama’s decision to send the rebels weapons and ammunition for the first time was an attempt to increase their military strength in order to bolster their political bargaining power. But the American inventory for the rebels is not yet expected to include the high-powered weaponry sought by the opposition, raising questions about whether the deepening U.S. involvement will be effective in changing the situation on the ground.

The White House also announced

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New president urges path of moderation IRAN

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Iranian newly elected President Hasan Rowhani, places his hand on his heart as a sign of respect, after speaking at a press conference, in Tehran, Iran, Monday. Rowhani showcases his reformist image by promising a “path of moderation,” the easing of nuclear tensions and steps to narrow the huge divide with the United States. He also make clear where he won’t go, saying he opposes any halt to uranium enrichment, at the heart of the nuclear standoff.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a “path of moderation” that includes greater openness on Tehran’s nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to stay out of Iranian affairs.

Hasan Rowhani’s first post-victory news conference was a study in what may make his presidency tick.

Rowhani may be hailed as a force for change, but he also appears to carry a deep and self-protective streak of pragmatism. He knows he can only push his views on outreach and detente as far as allowed by the country’s real powers, the ruling clerics and their military protectors, the Revolutionary Guard.

Many of Rowhani’s statements reflected these boundaries, which could later expand or contract depending on how much the theocracy wants to endorse his agenda.

When he appealed to treat “old wounds” with the U.S., he also echoed the ruling clerics’ position that no breakthroughs can occur as long as Washington is seen as trying to undermine their hold on power.

Rowhani’s urging for greater “nuclear transparency” as a path to roll back sanctions was also punctuated by a hard-liner stance: No chance to stop the uranium enrichment labs at the heart of the stalemate with the West and its allies.

Rowhani spoke eloquently about a “new era” on the international stage but avoided direct mention of the sweeping crackdowns at home since the disputed

re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.

At the end of the news conference, a spectator — whose identity was not immediately known — yelled out for the release of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest for more than two years. Rowhani smiled but made no comment.

“You can make any kind of promises you want,” said Merhzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle East Studies program at Syracuse University. “At the end of the day, it’s the ruling clerics that decide whether they go anywhere.”

There is no doubt, however, that the overall tone of Rowhani’s remarks resonates well in the West.

The White House and others have already signalled cautious hope that Rowhani’s presence could open new possibilities on diplomacy and efforts to break the impasse over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program after four failed negotiating rounds since last year.

Even so, the Obama administration won’t welcome Rowhani’s election with any new nuclear offer.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. is open to new nuclear talks with Iran. But Washington and its international partners first want a response to an offer of sanctions relief for Iranian nuclear concessions they presented in April.

“The ball is in Iran’s court,” Psaki said Monday in Washington.

If nothing else at the Tehran news conference, the contrast was vivid with Ahmadinejad and his hectoring style.

“We are on a path of moderation. ... We have to enhance mutual trust between Iran and other countries,” Rowhani told journalists. “We have to build trust.”

Rowhani appeared to borrow phrases from another cleric-president, reformist Mohammad Khatami, who preceded Ahmadinejad and opened a range of social and political freedoms that have been largely swept aside in the lockdown atmosphere of recent years.

“The basis of politics is constructive interaction with the world,” said Rowhani, wearing a white turban and surrounded by violet flowers — the signature colour of his campaign. “Circumstances have changed in the world by this election. ... The new atmosphere will definitely be turned into a new opportunity.”

Many questions remain, though. Rowhani sidestepped the issue of Iran’s close alliance with Syrian President Bashar Assad, saying only that the efforts to end the civil war and restore stability rest with the “Syrian people.”

In Paris, Israel’s defence minister, Moshe Yaalon, underscored worries among some Israeli officials that their Western allies could hope for Rowhani-inspired breakthroughs while Iran continues “to make progress in their military nuclear project.”

Although the 64-year-old Rowhani cannot directly set key policies, he might be able to use the strength of his landslide victory and his influential connections, including with former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, to shape opinions. Rowhani served as Iran’s first nuclear envoy from 2003-2005 during a period of intense deal-making with Europeans.

Rowhani’s aides have said he proposed an accord in 2005 with then-French President Jacques Chirac to allow uranium enrichment in exchange for the highest level of monitoring by the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency. The deal did not gain support from other countries such as Britain and the U.S. In an interview last year with the Iranian magazine Mehr Nameh, Rowhani said he also received a U.S. proposal in 2004, carried by the head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency at the time, Mohamed ElBaradei, for direct dialogue on nuclear and other issues. Rowhani said he passed along the offer to the ruling clerics and “the decision was that we should not negotiate with the U.S.” Rowhani has not given any clear details on his advice for the current talks, which face pressure from factions in the Israel and the U.S. urging greater consideration of military options.

But Rowhani appears to favour the general contours of the reported French-backed deal for greater openness as the way to ease Western sanctions over Iran’s nuclear efforts. The sanctions have slashed oil revenue and contributed to a spike in inflation. “If sanctions have any benefits, they will only benefit Israel,” he said at the news conference.

He outlined “step by step” measures to reassure the West about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The West suspects that Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon. Iranian leaders, including Rowhani, insist Iran seeks reactors only for energy and medical applications.

Enriched uranium is used as fuel for energy and research reactors but it can be further boosted to make a nuclear warhead.

“The first step will be showing greater transparency. We are ready to show greater transparency and make clear that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s actions are totally within international frameworks,” he said. “The second step is promoting mutual confidence. We’ll take measures in both fields. The first goal is that no new sanctions are imposed. Then, that the (existing) sanctions are reduced.”

Rowhani, though, reaffirmed the positions that have contributed to the logjam in talks so far: Iran’s insistence that Washington “should recognize all of Iran’s rights, including the nuclear rights.”

He further added that any hope for one-on-one dialogue with the U.S. depends on the improbable starting point already set out by the ruling clerics.

“The Americans need to specify that they will never intervene in Iran’s internal affairs,” Rowhani said.

NKorea switches gears and wants to talk with U.S.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let’s talk.

But the invitation from North Korea’s National Defence Commission, the powerful governing body led by leader Kim Jong Un, comes with caveats: No preconditions and no demands that Pyongyang give up its prized nuclear assets unless Washington is willing to do the same — ground rules that make it hard for the Americans to accept.

Washington responded by saying that it is open to talks — but only if North Korea first shows it will comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions and live up to its international obligations.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. has seen no evidence that Pyongyang’s offer of talks is different from numerous others it’s made over the years that have yielded little.

“The key piece here is that they need to take credible steps to move toward concrete denuclearization,” she told reporters Monday.

North Korea’s call for “senior-level” talks between the Korean War foes signals a shift in policy in Pyongyang after months of acrimony.

Pyongyang ramped up the antiAmerican rhetoric early this year after its launch of a long-range rocket in

December and a nuclear test in February drew tightened U.N. and U.S. sanctions. Posters went up across the North Korean capital calling on citizens to “wipe away the American imperialist aggressors,” slogans that hadn’t been seen on city streets in years.

The U.S. and ally South Korea countered the provocations and threats by stepping up annual springtime military exercises, which prompted North Korea to warn of a “nuclear war” on the Korean Peninsula.

But as tensions began subsiding in May and June, Pyongyang began making tentative, if unsuccessful, overtures to re-establish dialogue with Seoul and Washington.

Earlier this month, it proposed highlevel talks with South Korea — the first in six years. But plans for two days of meetings last week in Seoul dramatically fell apart even before they began amid bickering over who would lead the two delegations.

Meanwhile, the virulent anti-American billboards plastered across the city were taken down. And on Sunday, as scores of people fanned out across Pyongyang to help carry out the latest urban renewal projects in the capital — landscaping and construction — the National Defence Commission issued a statement through state media proposing talks with the U.S. to ease tensions and discuss a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War. One army officer, a director at the top military academy for North Korean youths, said he read about the proposal for talks in the newspaper.

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Soldiers guarding the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, an elite military school for boys ages eleven to eighteen, march on the school campus on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday. After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let’s talk. that’s good,” Jang Chun Hyon said Monday at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. “But we in the army will firmly hold onto our rifles and be ready to fight whether the talks are going smoothly or not.”

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Remote corner of Michigan abuzz over possible discovery of shipwreck

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FAIRPORT, Mich. — French and U.S. experts are continuing their search for the 17th-century ship Griffin, which they believe sank in northern Lake Michigan in 1679.

Three French underwater archaeologists were planning to dive Monday afternoon at a site near Poverty Island, where expedition leader Steve Libert believes the vessel sank. He discovered a wooden beam jutting from the lake bottom in 2001.

Crews are digging a pit at the base of the beam to see if it’s attached to a buried ship. Leaders say they hope to have an answer soon. The search is stirring excitement in the Upper Peninsula community of Fairport, where about 40 experts and support crew members are encamped by the lake.

Commercial fisherman Larry Barbeau’s 46-foot (14-meter) boat is the offshore nerve centre for an

expedition seeking the underwater grave of the Griffin, the first ship of European design to traverse the upper Great Lakes. Built on orders of legendary French explorer Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle, it ventured from Niagara Falls to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay but disappeared during its return in 1679.

Divers this weekend opened a pit at the base of a wooden beam that juts nearly 11 feet (3.35 metres) from the lake bottom, believing it could be a section of the vessel, the rest presumably entombed in mud.

They picked up the pace Monday with more powerful equipment after a weekend of probing showed that whatever is buried is deeper than sonar readings indicated.

U.S. and French experts insist it’s too early to say whether there’s a shipwreck — let alone the Griffin.

But anticipation is building at the prospect of solving a maritime puzzle that’s more than three centuries old.

“After we get done for the day, everybody calls or

comes to the house and they’re like, ’What did you find? What did you see? Can you tell me anything?’ ” Barbeau said in a Sunday interview aboard his ship, the Viking, which holds crucial expedition equipment, including “umbilical” cables that supply oxygen to divers. “People are really interested and they’re excited to see what it is.”

His neighbours aren’t the only curious ones. The roughly 40-member expedition team consists of archaeologists, historians, boat pilots, divers, an underwater salvage crew and assorted helpers. When not on the water, they stay in cottages and tents by the lake in the unincorporated village of Fairport, in one of the most remote corners of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The hands-on excavation work is being handled by a three-man crew from Great Lakes Diving and Salvage, a Michigan company that ordinarily deals with mundane tasks: repairing pumps or scraping zebra mussels off intake pipes.