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Storm rips through Central Alberta TUESDAY STORM BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, WINDS TO CENTRAL ALBERTA BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Hail the size of golf balls and larger smashed windshields, stripped leaves off trees and even tore off bark in some areas of Central Alberta on Tuesday night. Environment Canada received reports of hail slightly larger than golf balls in the Red Deer’s north end and Lacombe. Hail reached the size of golf balls in Clive. Sylvan Lake saw some loonie-sized hail. Toonie-sized hail struck Donalda, and in Leslieville it was nickel-sized. Carrie Berg of Red Deer just finished the 13th hole on River Bend Golf Course shortly before she saw hail coming her way. It looked like a wall of white. “The sound was like a cross between a really, really strong wind and a locomotive. It was so loud. And all of a sudden it just started coming down,” Berg said on Wednesday. Her group ran to a nearby shelter but not before she got nailed by the big, hard hail. “It was like someone throwing stuff at you. I have a bruise on my shoulder where I was hit. It was crazy. And my husband’s car, the back windshield was shattered and there are dents.” While waiting out the storm, they saw a young moose on the run. “It looked very frantic, just running down the fairway in the hail and rain,” Berg said. Thalia Hibbs of Lacombe was at Gull Lake when hail struck. She returned home to find the front windshield of her vehicle, which was parked in front of her house, smashed and cracked. “I can’t drive it right now because of the windshield,” Hibbs said. “When I drove through town, there was definitely a lot of busted up vehicles. There were some even with the rear windshield gone, smashed right out.” A small window on her home was also damaged by hail. Coincidently, final repairs were just completed on a broken window from a previous hail storm, she said. Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie said he heard of hail damage to siding, roofs, windows, windshields and skylights. “We have some vehicles damaged in our fleet. I haven’t heard of any windows being taken out in

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A storm with heavy rains, wind, and hail on Tuesday night left Main Street in Rimbey flooded for about a half hour. municipal buildings. We didn’t get a huge amount of rain with it. Our storm systems were able to keep up,” Christie said. He said because of severe storms in recent years, residents are quick to help out by clearing branches and leaves knocked off trees that plug storm drains. “As I made my rounds last night after the storm had gone by, people were out cleaning those storm drains. Kudos to them.” City staff also worked late. Christie was playing at Lacombe Golf and Country

Club when the hail came and he had to seek shelter. “It was pretty crazy. They were in between golf ball and tennis-ball size for the most part. That lasted for quite some time, then it went down to pea size and then some rain,” Christie said. “I know a few buddies were bruised up a little bit.” The City of Red Deer only reported a few broken branches from the storm.

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Harm reduction in the battle against addiction Every month in Red Deer, the Central Alberta AIDS Network Society gives away an average of 38,000 new needles to individuals who are mostly using drugs that are not prescribed. It raises that bigger question we don’t hear very often, perhaps because the helping agencies are just too busy doing the front line work: Why doesn’t this city have a residential addictions treatment program? Some of the drugs that people across this region are injecting themselves with inMARY-ANN clude crack cocaine, crystal BARR methamphetamine and opiate derivatives like heroin. The region encompasses the same expansive area as Alberta Health Services’ Central Zone — running west to Rocky Mountain House, east to Provost, north to Lamont and south to Drumheller. Red Deer, the largest community in it, is the centre of free needle distribution by CAANS to help prevent deaths and the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. Sharing needles will cause these things to happen. The distribution of free and new needles also saves a lot of money. Research shows that while one needle

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costs 11 cents, one HIV infection costs $1.3 million. Of course, harm reduction delivery and other associated costs are more than just one needle, but reducing HIV infection does save a great deal of money. CAANS, which receives $191,000 in harm reduction funding from Alberta Health and the AHS Central Zone, is able to connect in a non-judgmental way with people using drugs, and at least help them to understand safe drug use, and proper disposal of needles and other drug debris, as it’s called. In April 2011, CAANS gave out 10,385 new needles to people. By March 2015, the number was 37,715. As part of its harm reduction program, CAANS collects used needles, which are then disposed of by a contractor through incineration. Executive director Jennifer Vanderschaeghe says they are seeing a 75 per cent return rate of the 354,000 needles they give out in a year. Any return rate over 50 per cent is considered good. In the last fiscal year (April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015), they saw 283,292 used needles returned. Of these, 211,058 came back to the CAANS office by way of sharps containers, for example; 45,981 from harm reduction satellite sites; 14,575 from the NightReach program; 31,741 from other organizations in Central Alberta; 5,140 from the drug debris drop boxes in Red Deer; 2,027 from drug debris cleanups; and 118 from homeless camps. Very few if any of the needles being returned have to do with diabetics using CAANS sharps containers

or drop boxes, and only a small amount would be tied to steroid use. I don’t live under a rock but I have to admit I find the number of needles being given out astonishing. There’s a side of life in Red Deer, and many other communities, most of us never see, never know — the complex issue of drug addiction. Safe Harbour, another charitable agency in Red Deer, runs a short-term non-medical detox program to help people withdraw from substances and prepare them for more long-term treatment. A private addiction treatment centre is located at Tees. “We are focused on people who are using drugs that haven’t been medically prescribed or are not being medically prescribed to take in that route. So people who are injecting drugs, or smoking crack or crystal meth, and so on,” Vanderschaeghe said. She agrees the number of needles being distributed is increasing but that doesn’t necessarily mean drug use is on a sharp increase in this community. Vanderschaeghe said that a few years ago they believed they had about 300 clients who were using needles. However, data collection has improved and now the number is more accurate and closer to 400, a fairly stable number the past few years. It could also be that CAANS is getting its message across better.

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Man accused in fatal hit and run fires lawyer BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A trial that was originally scheduled for three days in January will now stretch over nine months after an accused fired his lawyer. Brent Robert Cameron, 26, of Red Deer was convicted in June in connection with a fatal hit and run on the Taylor Bridge in Red Deer. He was found guilty of failing to remain at the scene and mischief for filing a false police report, claiming his vehicle was stolen. Paul Gabriel Bertin, 18, died after being run down on the bridge on Oct. 6, 2012. Cameron disappeared in the midst of his January Court of Queen’s Bench trial, missing closing arguments. Rearrested 10 days later on Jan. 25, he has been held in custody ever since. Justice John Little found Cameron guilty of the charges on June 5, six months after the start of his

trial. He was also convicted of failing to attend court, breaching his probation and breaching his recognizance on June 19 in Red Deer provincial court. Judge Bert Skinner sentenced Cameron to 43 days in jail on those charges. Cameron blamed paranoia, insomnia and a fear of going to jail as reasons for why he disappeared. On Wednesday in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, Cameron said he has fired his trial lawyer, Glen Allen of Wetaskiwin. He was scheduled to be sentenced, but with new counsel coming on board, that proceeding was delayed. His new lawyer, Bob Aloneissi of Edmonton, is out of the country. Allen said Aloneissi intended to call evidence during the sentencing hearing. Crown Prosecutor Wayne Silliker said that may involve witnesses, which means the Crown may in turn also call witnesses. The hearing was adjourned to Sept. 28 in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

Bertin was found in the northbound lanes suffering fatal head and neck injuries from the collision. Bertin had recently moved to Red Deer from Botha. When questioned by police, Cameron maintained he hit a dark figure, an animal similar to a bear that was standing upright. Justice John Little said this claim lacked credibility and Cameron intended to mislead police. Damage to Cameron’s vehicle matched debris from the collision scene. Cameron had been at a bar and met a woman, then left the bar with her to go to a party. The woman testified that after the collision, Cameron stopped the vehicle and got out for a minute. The woman said she was intoxicated and texting at the time and did not see the collision. Cameron parked his vehicle in Riverside Meadows, called a cab and sent the woman away. He then reported the vehicle stolen to police. Cameron later admitted to police that his vehicle was not stolen. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Unfounded 911 calls tying up resources BY ADVOCATE STAFF Hundreds of unfounded 911 calls are tying up Red Deer operators and potentially endangering someone who really needs help. “These non-emergency calls tie up 911 operators who are forced to then place other callers on hold — callers who may be experiencing a real emergency where every second counts,” says Red Deer RCMP Const. Derek Turner. Between Jan. 1 and July 20, local 911 operators have received a total of 535 calls. Of those, 230 were unfounded, meaning they were hang-ups after misdials from businesses, pocket dials, or the result of children playing with phones. The 911 operators also received calls regarding noise complaints, a panhandler, someone looking for the detachment’s address, and a driver who had a flat tire. A number of 911 calls were made when someone thought there was an emergency, then hung up when they realized they were wrong. If you hang up, then don’t answer your phone on a call-back, police are likely to show up at your door.

Police stress that 911 is for police, fire, or medical emergencies when immediate action is required: someone’s health, safety or property is in jeopardy or a crime is in progress. Cellphone safety features make it easier to call 911 accidentally. Don’t program 911 into speed dial. It only takes a second to dial it and, when it’s preprogrammed, it’s easy to dial 911 accidentally. Also don’t place your cellphone in a position where keys can be accidentally pressed. Never give old cellphones to children to use as toys. If a phone has a battery in it, even if it doesn’t have a contract or service or it’s out of minutes, it can still dial 911. If you accidentally dial 911, stay on the line and tell the 911 operator it was an accident. Red Deer RCMP ask people to add their nonemergency complaint line to phone contacts so it’s quickly available when needed. The number is 403-343-5575. People can be charged and fined for making frivolous or vexatious 911 calls.

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STORM: Damaging Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurtry said photos sent in from north of Lacombe showed the strength of the hail in that area. “Not only did it strip all the leaves off trees, in some cases it took the bark off some of the trees. That’s pretty good indication of how hard and damaging that hail was,” McMurtry said. Two lines of thunderstorms went through the Red Deer area, with the first one producing the hail. McMurtry said it wasn’t the largest hail seen so far this summer in Alberta, but it was the worst widespread hail storm. Rimbey fire chief John Weisgerber said three trees hit a power line and landed on a house and a motorcycle parked nearby. Damage was limited. He said pea-sized hail and rain from the storm also flooded about a half a dozen streets in Rimbey for a short period. Several different storm cells formed in region on Tuesday night. A brief tornado warning was issued for the Olds and Sundre area, but none were reported. “All the ingredients were in place for a tornado to develop. We had some terrible pictures of a rotating mesocyclone, which is a rotation within a thunderstorm and that’s the environment in which tornadoes develop,” McMurtry said. “For people who saw that particular storm cloud, it was quite frightening because it looked like it was going to develop a tornado.” He said unsettled conditions are expected over the next week so there is a chance for more thunderstorms. “The good news is the environment is slightly different. We’re dealing with an atmosphere that may not be quite as unstable, with not as much energy, to create the large scale storm we saw Tuesday night.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Province-wide warrant issued for Red Deer man An Alberta-wide warrant has been issued for a Red Deer man. James Donald Plumley, 57, faces charges of assault and forcible confinement from a June incident. Citizens are advised to not approach Plumley if they see him, and instead contact Red Deer RCMP immediately at 403-3435575. Red Deer RCMP describe Plumley as Caucasian, about 1.85 metres (six foot one) tall James Plumley and weighing about 100 kg (220 pounds). He has hazel eyes and curly hair that is both brown and grey. He also has numerous tattoos. harm reduction kits, which also include items like alcohol swabs, sharps containers and tourniquets, people are welcome to take enough needles for themselves and their friends. “We will always give them more.” The increase in new needles being provided is in part due to this “peer redistribution,” although CAANS would rather connect with these people in person. Overall, the number of people using needles isn’t increasing and the number of times CAANS see them isn’t increasing, but the amount of needles they are taking is increasing, Vanderschaeghe says. This is probably because people are using drugs that they inject more frequently, and they are giving needles to other people, she believes. Those people redistributing to higher numbers of other people using drugs people tend to live in more isolated communities. Looking at the number of needles given out per capita, CAANS is third highest of four Alberta cities. Edmonton gives out the most, followed by Medicine Hat, and, surprisingly, Calgary is fourth. “It could be that we are doing the job differently,” says Vanderschaeghe. All communities are different in how the needle exchange works. Red Deer’s program offers 24-hour access to new needles because CAANS has outreach workers who distribute needles every day of the year, and it has fixed and satellite sites, and rural outreach workers. “Do we need sharps containers in bathrooms? Absolutely. Do we need more needle drop boxes? Absolutely. The big deal is do we have residential treatment in Red Deer? Nope,” says Vanderschaeghe. “Do we have access to the addictions services we need in Red Deer? Can you get into detox right away? Probably not. Do we have housing? ... There’s a whole bunch of services that would make our drug debris simpler. One of them is addictions treatment and the other one is shelter and housing. If people had a bedroom they wouldn’t be injecting outside.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Despite being sheltered by a number of trees, this Subaru in the Rosedale Valley area of Lacombe wasn’t protected from the golf ball sized hail. Visible dents littered the hood of the vehicle. Cracked windshields, and small, fallen branches were a common sight in the neighbourhood following the storm.

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Oil spill prompts environmental alarm BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

BRIEF Harvest early in southern Alberta where drought not as big a threat LETHBRIDGE — An agriculture spokesman says crops in the Lethbridge region of southern Alberta are ahead of schedule despite drought elsewhere in the province. Agronomist Doon Pauly says the area relies on irrigation anyway, so more heat and less rain than normal have not had as much of an impact. Pauly says farmers are on pace to begin combining this year’s crops early. He says they’ve already begun taking off winter wheat crops, which are also coming along earlier than normal. Pauly says if current weather patterns hold, the general harvest could begin 10 to 14 days ahead of schedule.

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Crews work to contain and clean up a pipeline spill at Nexen Energy’s Long Lake facility near Fort McMurray, Wednesday. happened,” Nexen Energy CEO Fang Zhi said after hosting the media tour. “I therefore personally apologize for the consequences this might have caused.” The pipeline was installed last year and a warning system didn’t detect the leak. The company is investigating. “Our focus as of now is ensuring the safety of our workers on the site, minimizing whatever impact on the environment and on the wildlife, as well as understanding the root causes of this incident through investigations,” Zhi said.

The double-walled pipeline is designed to take raw bitumen from the ground to the Long Lake processing plant. The pipeline operated at 100 degrees Celsius to keep the thick bitumen it carried fluid. Colin Woods, a manager of enforcement and surveillance at the Alberta Energy Regulator who was at the site, said the pipeline design is fairly new. “It’s a relatively new technology,” said Woods. “It’s not commonly used.” Bailey said it will take months before the company can determine what caused the leak.

He said the outer section of the pipe had a smaller hole than originally thought, but the company has not been able to look at the inner pipe. Bailey said he also doesn’t know how long the cleanup will take since their long-term remediation still has to be approved by the Alberta Energy Regulator. About 130 workers are on site, working to contain and vacuum the spill. Alberta Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips plan to visit the site Friday.

Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 21-year-old Christopher Humphries of Westlock, Alta., died July 12. He lost control of his ATV while riding near Kinbasket Lake, about 100 kilometres south of Valemount, west of Jasper National Park. The BC Coroners Service says Humphries plunged over a 125-metre cliff. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner and RCMP continue to investigate the incident.

lamity. A 64-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital after she was cut from the wreckage of a minivan. There’s no immediate word on whether charges will be laid.

ing a tornado, but officials later lifted the warning. The storm produced heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail as it tracked east over part of the city. People in and around Calgary reported seeing low, dark funnel clouds. There are no reports of anyone being injured or major damage. Environment Canada says a tornado did touch down briefly near Priddis, a hamlet about 45 kilometres southwest of Calgary, before the storm moved over the city. Another tornado warning north of the city Tuesday night did not amount to anything.

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Vote buying begins CHILDCARE BENEFIT MAKES LITTLE ECONOMIC SENSE It’s supposed to be rude to look a gift horse in the mouth. But the $3-billion price tag for the new Universal Child Care Benefit “Christmas in July” gift to Canadian families was paid for by all of us in the first place. Plus, if the federal government wants to use our money to buy our votes, we should at least try to figure out how much they think our votes are worth. The UCCB was supposed to be a reward to Canadians for the federal government having achieved a balanced budget. Just like the previouslyannounced inGREG come-splitting plan. NEIMAN But it’s already becoming clear there won’t be a balanced budget by the end of this fiscal year. Especially with an additional $3 billion in UCCB spending. So instead, they’re calling this a fiscal stimulus program. Now, it’s about creating jobs, as if only families with children can do this. Pierre Poiliviere, Canada’s shamelessly partisan economic and social development minister, spent huge dollars on vanity videos to hype the program. Because, well, families with children under 16 who until now were getting $100 a month per child might be confused when their next cheque is actually $160 per child — retroactive to January. Plus, of course, there’s an election coming and the government wants to make sure the 3.8 million families who will be getting their cheques know the source. And just to be extra sure that we all know, stay tuned for more vanity videos about the UCCB — paid for by taxpayers — all summer long. Never mind that a government seeking to spend $3 billion (plus millions more in advertising) on economic stimulus, would find the best way to do that is through infrastructure projects. But then, we voters would suffer additional confusion about the source of the money and give credit to the provinces and municipalities where road, power and water projects would occur. Can’t let that happen. If we’re talking about voter confusion, the new Universal Child Care Benefit will be taxable. The Ottawa

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Citizen reported on government calculations that federal taxes on UCCB income will top half a billion a year. There’s provincial taxes on top of that, plus sales tax and GST when the money is spent. Some parents are already reporting they plan to tax-shelter UCCB income in an RESP plan for the kids. Good planning, bad job creation. This makes the math for incomesplitting in families with children somewhat complicated. The UCCB will be taxed as income to the lower-income spouse, and if that spouse also makes use of income-splitting, he or she may get bumped up a tax bracket and lose a lot of the benefit at tax time. The parliamentary budget officer reports that just over half of 3.8 million families with children under 16 do not make use of daycare. Even when you rule out families with children going to school and families making other arrangements than licensed daycare, that’s still a lot of families. These families are supposed to be the Conservative constituency — tar-

gets for votes in the next election. If there’s one blind spot in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s view of Canada, it’s that he’s no fan of children being in daycare. That’s why, in 2006, he cancelled a funding agreement with the provinces for daycare and instituted the $100-permonth child care benefit we’ve had until this month. That money was tax-free and was supposed to help parents make choices about childcare that did not necessarily include licensed daycare. Obviously, $100 a month buys you virtually no child care at all. As well, for many thousands of families, quality daycare they could afford even with the $160 bonus is very hard to find. (Think something around $1,000 a month. Per child.) One-income, stay-at-home-mom families — the ones who benefit most from income-splitting and the UCCB — do not constitute a voting block large enough to elect anyone. These families are the target of the NDP. If Thomas Mulcair had said he’d cancel the UCCB for some other plan,

the Tories could campaign on that plank, saying the evil NDP would cancel your Christmas-in-July present. Instead, Mulcair promises to give families what they really want and really need: affordable quality daycare. Plus, of course, the UCCB. The Liberals promise an even richer tax-free child benefit. All of the parties promise that all this new spending can arrive within a balanced budget. (This is an election year, after all, so fantasies are quite allowable.) The vast majority of Canadian families with children need two incomes to even think about being middle class. The vast majority of young mothers have post-secondary education that is career-oriented. They need daycare and $160 a month won’t get them much of it, especially when the money is taxed back next April. Harper’s gift horse needs some dental work. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Canada’s gloomy economic prospects THE BANK OF CANADA IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE ENERGY-RELATED DOWNTURN IS WORSE THAN EXPECTED BY JOCK FINLAYSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE What are we to make of the Bank of Canada’s recent decision to trim its short-term policy interest rate by another 25 basis points, taking it to a near record low level of 0.5 per cent? The bank is frankly acknowledging that the energy-related downturn in capital spending and exports in Canada has been greater in magnitude than it was expecting at the beginning of the year — and the pain is likely to persist. Canada is facing difficult economic adjustments stemming from a less rosy future for both oil and gas markets and those for many other commodities. This is unwelcome news, as natural resource industries supply more than half of Canada’s exports and play a pivotal role in driving business investment in many regions of the country. A world of lower prices for energy and other commodities is a world in which Canadians can look forward to significantly slower growth in incomes than we enjoyed during the decade-long global commodity upcycle that began in 2002-03. The Bank of Canada’s actions also speak to the reality that, at a time of considerable macroeconomic weakness, it has fallen on monetary policy to shoulder the burden of supporting aggregate demand. Fiscal policy is largely missing in action as the federal government — despite its strong balance sheet — prioritizes deficit avoidance, and several provincial governments struggle to contain escalating debt/GDP ratios. Given current economic condi-

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tions and Canada’s rather uninspiring near-term growth prospects, the existing monetary/fiscal policy mix seems far from optimal, at least at the federal level. Finally, the latest cut in the central bank’s (already low) benchmark rate signals that the monetary policy tool box is now almost empty — at least in terms of “conventional” policy tools. A 25 basis point reduction in the bank rate is too small to have any appreciable macroeconomic impact, other than to put more downward pressure on our increasingly enfeebled currency. And with the policy rate set at 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada will have little capacity to respond in the event that the economy is hit by additional shocks. One can only pray that no nasty surprises lie ahead. It is remarkable that, six years after Canada’s economy hit bottom at the tail end of the 2008-09 recession, the central bank’s benchmark rate sits perilously close to zero, and “real,” after-inflation market interest rates are negative (or nearly so) for bank savings accounts, GICs and some other fixed income products. Few Canadian forecasters imagined, circa mid2009, that interest rates would remain at such exceptionally low levels a half decade or more into the future, particularly considering that Canada has posted several years of decent economic growth along with sizable gains in employment. While the central bank is working with the tools at hand to deliver on a mandate centred on managing inflation, one can’t help but worry about the troubles being stored up as a consequence of year after year of rock bottom interest rates. Frothy housing mar-

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kets and the accumulation of unprecedented levels of debt by Canadian households are the two most visible features of our present economic situation that have been aided by a long stretch of monetary stimulus. More generally, it is worth asking whether sticking with a macroeconomic policy framework that has encouraged leverage and borrowing on an epic scale while punishing thrift and prudence may be doing subtle but real damage to the long-term foundations of a productive economy. Too large a fraction of the scarce capital and entrepreneurial talent in Canada has been directed into relatively less productive sectors and activities (housing-related investment, financial engineering, and consumer spending), while too little has been deployed to building the products, technologies, skills, enterprises, and infrastructure that Canada needs to be an internationally competitive 21st century economy. Perhaps such a misallocation of capital and talent is the price that must be paid in exchange for relying so heavily on hyper-accommodative monetary policy to sustain demand and spending in Canada during a period of sluggish global growth. It is too early to render a firm judgment on how all of this will play out in the years to come. But policymakers would be wise to pay a lot more attention to the downside risks inherent in today’s unbalanced Canadian economy in which consumers, businesses and governments have become used to the comforts afforded by astonishingly cheap money. Jock Finlayson is executive vice-president of the Business Council of British Columbia. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015

Violent crime down for 8th straight year BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

STATSCAN REPORT

TORONTO — Violent crime in Canada fell for the eighth straight year — despite a slight increase in homicides — with Saskatoon becoming the country’s most crime-ridden city, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. The downward trend came as the agency reported serious crime in general fell to its lowest relative level since 1969 — marking 11 straight years of declines. What accounts for the downward trend is not easily explained, said criminologist Anthony Doob. “People have been looking at this for a long time but haven’t come up with completely adequate answers,” said Doob, a professor at the University of Toronto. “It may have to do with some changes in the demographic makeup of Canada but that’s small — that certainly doesn’t account for it.” According to StatsCan, police reported about 369,500 violent incidents in 2014 — 15,000 fewer than in 2013 — representing a five per cent decrease. While homicides edged up to 516 from 512 a year

earlier, the rate remained unchanged relative to Canada’s population size. Violent crime accounted for about one in five police-reported Criminal Code offences last year. Among provinces and territories, only Yukon, Prince Edward Island and Alberta saw increases in violent crime — mostly because of more murders. Doob said violent crime appears to have been decreasing across western countries for ages — with a still unexplained upward blip in the 1960s and 1970s. What’s clear, he said, is that politics and government anti-crime legislation have little to do with it. “The prime minister last fall took credit for the decrease and I never understood if he was taking credit for the decrease that started in 1991,” Doob said. “Whatever it is that’s doing it is pretty broad.” About one-third of urban areas saw crime rates rise last year, with Saskatoon showing the biggest jump at 10 per cent. Montreal had the biggest drop at nine per cent. It was the first time that Saskatoon had the highest rate in the country — taking over from longtime

leader Regina — mostly due to big increase in breaking and entering, StatsCan said. In contrast, Barrie, Ont., recorded the lowest crime rate among urban centres, despite a small rise. Among the provinces, Saskatchewan had the highest crime rate last year while Quebec had the lowest rate. When it comes to measuring the quantity of serious crime relative to Canada’s population, the rate was down three per cent from 2013, StatsCan said. Serious police-reported crime fell to its lowest level since 1998, when the agency started tracking what it calls its crime severity index. In all, police services reported almost 1.8 million Criminal Code incidents in 2014 — excluding traffic offences — with lower numbers for most offences. The agency attributed the lower numbers mostly to fewer break-ins and robberies but said some offences, such as child pornography and terrorism, bucked the downward trend. Statistics Canada said the increase in sex crimes against children reported last year was primarily the result of incidents of luring a child via computer and could be attributed to specialized police units targeting such offences.

BRIEF Lost little dog found 400 kilometres away from his home in Manitoba WINNIPEG — A little dog who somehow escaped from his home in Roblin, Man., would probably have some amazing stories to tell if he could talk. The 10-year old Jack Russell Terrier named Duke was found nearly 400 kilometres away in downtown Winnipeg. When he vanished on June 20, his owner, Taylor Funk, called local veterinarians, placed ads in the local newspaper and searched the area. She started to think she would never find him again when she got a call last weekend from a Facebook group called “Winnipeg Lost Dog Alert.” A woman living in downtown Winnipeg found Duke wandering around in her neighbourhood two weeks ago. Melissa Chung says she took him in, cleaned him up and even figured out his name. “The day we got him, we started calling out common dog names and he seemed to like Duke so we’ve been calling him Duke ever since,” says Chung, who posted his picture online. On Wednesday, Funk drove more than four hours to pick up her dog. “I don’t know where he was. I don’t know what he was doing,” says Funk. “I’m telling everyone he’s in downtown Winnipeg. They can’t believe it.” She’s grateful that Chung took Duke in and cared for him so well. Chung says she was sad to see Duke go, but that he inspired her to adopt a dog of her own. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

An aerial view of the Westside Road Fire on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 near Kelowna, B.C. is shown in a handout photo. The wildfire, which is threatening homes along the west side of Okanagan Lake, has grown dramatically overnight.

B.C. RCMP lay charges in double killing of Canadian woman, Israeli man

Clark fears raging wildfires new norm

COQUITLAM, B.C. — A man faces murder charges after the bodies of woman from B.C. and man from Israel were found last week in a Metro Vancouver home. Fifty-four-year-old Maurio Saheli, also known as Mo, of Richmond, B.C., faces two counts of firstdegree murder. Police say they found the bodies of a 56-year-old woman and the Israeli man in a Coquitlam, B.C., home last Thursday. The Israeli man had arrived in Canada two days before his body was found. The RCMP say they believe Saheli was previously in a relationship with the woman. A police news release says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was able to identify the victims within hours after they were discovered.

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wildfires are human caused, and Clark said the government is considering stiffer fines for people who start fires by acting negligently, such as throwing burning cigarettes out of vehicle windows or leaving campfires unattended. Earlier this month, Forests Minister Steve Thomson said he asked his parliamentary secretary Mike Morris to review the sanctions and bring forward ideas that may deter people from “irresponsible behaviour.” Glen Burgess, the incoming incident commander for the Westside Road fire, said they’ve been unable to contain any area of the blaze, but the number of personnel has increased three-fold since Monday. Crews have dropped fire retardant on the north and south flanks and have burned out fuels ahead of the fire, he said. Burgess said firefighters are making progress and protecting homes remains the priority. Campfire bans have been lifted in the Prince George and the Northwest fire centres, though fireworks, burn barrels and fires over half a square metre remain prohibited, said fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek. A campfire ban still covers the southern half of the province. Rain is expected to fall along coastal B.C. on Friday, said Skrepnek, and northern areas will likely see cool temperatures and showers. “Really, we see the weekend as being the best chance for some rain, particularly in the souther Interior, where we do have a number of fires,” he said. “In terms of relief, from the weather perspective that’s likely the earliest we’d see it in the form of rain.”

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — Relentless forest fires burning across British Columbia may be the new normal, Premier Christy Clark warned as she stood not far from a raging fire that threatened homes in her own riding. Clark spoke near the Westside Road fire outside West Kelowna on Wednesday, where flames have forced emergency officials to issue evacuation orders to the residents of 70 homes. It’s one of 10 evacuation alerts or orders across the province, where more than 250 blazes are burning, 43 of which broke out on Tuesday following a series of lightning storms. The premier said she is concerned that climate change has altered the terrain, drying out the land and making it more vulnerable to fire, and as a result what B.C. is seeing isn’t unusual and will happen more often. As of Wednesday, the province has spent more than $140 million battling the 1,300 wildfires that have broken out this season, and Clark said the province could spend another $300 to $400 million this year if the pace continues. She doesn’t think the fires will put the province into a deficit, because the government ran a surplus of $1.7 billion last year and is expected to run a surplus again this coming fiscal year, Clark said. “I am mostly concerned ... that the forest fire season won’t give us a break and that we’re going to see more homes threatened, more people’s livelihood threatened, more forest resources lost.” Clark said B.C. must continue to fight climate change, be better prepared for wildfires and have the necessary resources to fight them. The fire in Clark’s riding is particularly unsettling because hundreds of homes were lost in 2003 when a wildfire swept through Kelowna — just across Okanagan Lake from the current blaze. “In Kelowna, we are becoming more and more familiar with this, and so it’s kind of like every summer they kind of get the band back together,” said Clark. “Everybody comes to the co-ordination centre,” she said. “They all know how they interrelate because sadly we are doing this every year now, but boy we do it better than anybody else in the GREAT THINGS world.” About 40 per cent of

Mounties to benefit from latest round of federal cybersecurity funding OTTAWA — An RCMP investigative team to combat high-priority cybercrime is among the initiatives that will benefit from more than $142 million in federal cybersecurity spending. Public Safety Canada says the Mounties’ ability to detect and fight online crime will also get a boost through better training, technical support and intelligence capacity. In addition, the department says the new money will go towards securing essential computer systems outside of the government. The federally run Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre will develop real-time automated feeds, providing the private sector with additional — and more prompt — threat information. The latest money is in addition to more than $94 million in cybersecurity funding announced in the April federal budget. It comes as the government grapples with denial-of-service attacks that have taken the websites of several federal agencies temporarily offline.

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Speed Force PAN AM GAMES

SPRINT PHENOM DE GRASSE WINS 100, CAPS SOLID DAY FOR CANADA AT TRACK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian sprint phenom Andre De Grasse capped another big day for Canada’s track and field team with a victory in the men’s 100 metres Wednesday at the Pan American Games. The 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., crossed in 10.05 seconds, narrowly beating Ramon Gittens Barbados, who finished in 10.07. “Somehow, I just managed to pull off the win,” De Grasse said. “I had no pressure, my family and friends told me that no matter what happens, they are still proud of me. It has been a long season, and to do this, it is a wonderful feeling right now.” Earlier in the night, Canada’s Melissa Bishop won gold in the women’s 800 metres. The 26-year-old from Eganville, Ont., ran to victory in one minute 59.62 seconds. “I knew the crowd was going to be loud no matter what, so I was just trying to put myself in a good position to be able to run in and let the crowd do its work, and let the training come through,” Bishop said. “I’m really happy it worked out. It’s so nice to win a gold medal at home.” Toronto’s Sarah Wells added a silver in the women’s 400 hurdles. Canada has 13 medals in athletics through two full days of competition and leads all countries with seven gold. De Grasse, who is coming off a remarkable performance that saw him win both the 100 and 200 at the NCAA championships, stepped up to the blocks to a huge roar from the packed 9,300-seat stadium at York University. Also Wednesday, Canadian decathlete Damian Warner is on pace to break Michael Smith’s Canadian record that has stood for 19 years. The 25-year-old from London, Ont., takes a personal best score of 4460 into Thursday’s Day 1. The world championship bronze medallist opened with personal bests of 10.28 seconds in the 100 metres and 7.68 metres in the long jump. He threw 14.36 in the shot put, the event that derailed his performance in May at the prestigious

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Andre De Grasse centre, wins gold medal in the men’s 100m final during the athletics competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto on Wednesday. Hypo Meeting when he faulted on all three of his throws. He then cleared 1.97 metres in the high jump — his best is 2.07 — and capped the night by winning the 400 metres in 47.66 seconds. Canada won 13 medals in total Wednesday and now has 176 — 64 gold, 56 silver and 53 bronze. The United States leads with 76 gold and 201 overall medals. Brazil is third with 32 gold and 114 overall. Earlier, Whitney McClintock won the women’s water-skiing competition, Rusty Malinoski of Humboldt, Sask., took the men’s wakeboarding title and Hugo Houle finished first in the men’s road cycling individual time trial to give the host nation 63 gold medals with some Day 12 events still to go. McClintock finished ahead of American Regina Jaquess and Mexico’s Carolina Chapoy in the women’s water ski. The native of Cambridge, Ont., took the lead after earning 8,370 points in the tricks event following a disappointing slalom run. “It’s a complete shocker to me, actually,” McClintock said. “Today is not the way I planned it to go. Not even a little bit. It seems like on any other given day that would have not won you a gold medal. “It’s one of those hard things to celebrate, but a gold medal is a gold medal.” Jarret Llewellyn of Innisfail, added a silver in the

men’s overall. Malinoski had a score of 89.11 and finished ahead of American Daniel Powers and Venezuela’s Juan Mendez. Malinoski was clearly relaxed on the water, pumping his fist and egging on the crowd to cheer louder in his final pass. “I was favourite to win and I didn’t want to let anyone down,” he said. “I acted like I had it in the bag, but I was definitely nervous and I didn’t want to screw up.” Houle, of Ste-Perpetue, Que., finished the 37-kilometre time trial in 45 minutes, 13.4 seconds. “You never know until you start how you’re going to feel but today on the first lap, I had to control myself to not go too hard because my body wanted to go,” said Houle, who recently participated in the prestigious Giro d’Italia. “Today I had the best ride of my life for sure.” Mexico’s Ignatio Prada was second, 1:17.87 back of Houle, while Sean MacKinnon of Hamilton, Ont., took bronze. Vancouver’s Jasmin Glaesser won silver in the 19.5-kilometre women’s individual time trial in 27:01.31. In boxing, Toronto’s Arthur Biyarslanov advanced to the men’s 64-kilogram final with a unanimous decision over Luis Arcon Diaz of Venezuela.

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Canadian Open provides stark contrasts to British Open BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OAKVILLE, Ont. — Golfers at the Canadian Open should put away their umbrellas and grab their sunscreen. After rain and wind delayed the British Open and forced the first Monday finish since 1988, weather is setting up almost perfectly for Canada’s national open at Glen Abbey Golf Club. Now that the wet, wild and windy time in Scotland is over, the almost 30 golfers turning around to play the RBC Canadian Open are looking forward to some dry weather and a course that provides a stark contrast to St. Andrews. “You’re expecting hard, tough conditions at the British Open, at The Open Championship. But not unplayable weather and conditions,” said Jason Day, who tied for fourth at the British. “You can attack this golf course a lot more.” Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons knocked on the wood table in front of him even discussing the weather. But the forecast is for mostly a clean four rounds of play. That’s a world of difference from the wind-beaten, rain-soaked British Open that was forced to finish Monday. The Canadian Open, back at Glen Abbey for the 27th time, is a more predictable style of game. “You can get a lot more unlucky over there,” said Canadian Graham DeLaet, who finished tied for 68th at the British. “Usually when you hit the ball on the fairway, it stays on the fairway here. When you hit a ball and land the ball on the green, you know about

how far it’s going to go before it (stops).” The charm of links golf in Scotland and the challenge that presents in one of golf’s four majors is valuable. But the Canadian Open should be a more enjoyable experience for players and those watching in person and on television. One element of that is the weather, where temperatures are forecasted to hover just below 30 degrees and three of four days shouldn’t have rain. There’s a 30 per cent chance of rain Saturday afternoon. “It’s pretty exciting to think of a Canadian Open no rain, isn’t it?” Canadian David Hearn said. Day, world No. 3 Bubba Watson, No. 7 Jim Furyk, DeLaet and Hearn are among the players who barely dried out before getting on the charter flight back to Toronto for the Canadian Open. The Monday finish gave them a late start to their preparations But their first look at the course was a favourable one, even if wind might make the greens faster and raise the degree of difficulty. “It’s in unbelievable shape, the best I’ve ever seen it,” DeLaet said. “It’s firm, quick. There are some balls rolling down the fairway. If you get something downwind, you can hit one hard.” American Hunter Mahan said driving the ball will be more important at the Canadian Open, unlike the British, where the hilly fairways are so vast. “You’ve got to hit it well off the tee here, you’ve got to put the ball in play,” Mahan said. “Good aggressive iron play is going to be rewarded.”

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Graham DeLaet from Weyburn, Sask. walks away from the 16th tee during the Pro Am at the Canadian Open golf tournament, Wednesday in Oakville, Ont.

Stampeders showing penchant for winning close games CFL PICKS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Rene Paredes and the Calgary Stampeders have certainly showed a flair for the dramatic early this season. The defending Grey Cup champions have the league’s best record (3-1) and are atop the West Division standings. But two of those wins have come off late field goals by Paredes — a 50-yard boot on the final play to secure a 24-23 decision over Hamilton and last week a 40-yard effort with under three minutes remaining to give Calgary a 26-25 victory over Winnipeg. The other decision was a 25-20 win over the Toronto Argonauts, so Calgary’s three victories have come by a combined seven points. And on the season, the Stampeders have allowed more points (97) than they’ve scored (86). On Friday night, the Stampeders visit the Ottawa Redblacks (2-2). While Paredes accounted for the winning points against the Bombers, he certainly had help in securing the Stampeders the win. Calgary running back Jon Cornish ran for 120 yards on 15 carries while linebacker Juwan Simpson’s late interception preserved the narrow victory.

The outburst moved Cornish into second overall among CFL rushers with 305 yards, one behind leader Jerome Messam of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, the MVP of Calgary’s Grey Cup win last year over Hamilton, completed 12-of-21 passes for 165 yards and a TD. On the season, Mitchell stands third among CFL passers with 975 yards with as many TDs (four) as interceptions (four). After opening the season with two straight victories — matching last season’s total — Ottawa dropped a home-and-home series with the Edmonton Eskimos. But after losing a 46-17 decision in Alberta on July 9, the Redblacks were on the wrong end of a 23-12 contest at TD Place last week. Ottawa intercepted Edmonton starter Matt Nichols three times but rookie running back Shakir Bell ran for 144 yards on 18 carries. And kicker Grant Shaw made all five of his field goal attempts. Ottawa receiver Mo Price will face his former team for the first time since being dealt by Calgary in January for linebacker Jasper Simmons and receiver Dan Buckner. Price has 12 catches for 91 yards with the Redblacks while Simmons has four tackles for the Stampeders. Pick — Calgary. Toronto Argonauts versus B.C. Lions on Friday night Toronto (2-1) won in Vancouver last year but that

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was its first victory there since 2002. The Argos come off the bye, their last contest being a 25-20 road loss to Calgary on July 13. Travis Lulay is an impressive 18-1 as a starter at B.C. Place for the Lions (2-1) who’ve won two straight. Lulay, hampered by shoulder issues the last two years, has 785 passing yards with six TDs and one pick. Pick — B.C. Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday night Winnipeg (2-2) dropped a heart-breaking 26-25 decision to Calgary as kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed two-of-three field goal tries, including from 52 yards out late that would’ve given the Bombers the lead. While Bell was solid running the football against Ottawa, Kendial Lawrence had four catches for a gamehigh 92 yards for Edmonton (2-1). Pick — Edmonton. Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday night Saskatchewan (0-4) is the CFL’s lone winless team, putting head coach Corey Chamblin on the hot seat. But the Riders’ four losses have been by a combined 12 points. It’s also been a less than stellar start for Hamilton (1-2) as starter Zach Collaros threw three interceptions in last week’s 17-13 loss to Montreal. Pick — Hamilton. Last week: 2-2. Overall: 6-10.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● Senior men’s baseball: North Star Sports at Printing Place Padres, Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends at Canadian Brewhouse Rays; 7 p.m, Great Chief Park 1 and 2.

● Alberta Football League: Fort McMurray Monarchs at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● Senior C Lacrosse: Airdrie Mohawks at Blackfalds Silverbacks, first game of best-of-three provincial final, 7 p.m.

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Sunday ● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Senior C lacrosse: Airdrie Mohawks at Blackfalds Silverbacks, second game of best-of-three provincial final, 1 p.m.; third game, if necessary, 3:10 p.m. (mini game). ● Junior B tier 1 lacrosse: St. Albert Crude at Red Deer TBS Rampage, fifth game of best-of-five playoff series, if necessary, 3 p.m., Kinex.

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WEEK FIVE Bye: Montreal Friday, July 24 Calgary at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Toronto at B.C., 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. WEEK SIX Bye: Ottawa Thursday, July 30

B.C. at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 31 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at Calgary, 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3 Toronto at Hamilton, 5 p.m. Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S Pt B.Bede, Mtl 0 5 10 2 37 J.Medlock, Ham 0 8 7 3 32 R.Leone, BC 0 4 8 4 32 G.Shaw, Edm 0 4 8 2 30 P.McCallum, Sask 0 6 7 1 28 L.Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 6 6 4 28 D.Alvarado, Ott 0 4 8 0 28 x-C.Marshall, Wpg 3 4 0 0 22 x-E.Rogers, Cgy 3 2 0 0 20 R.Paredes, Cgy 0 3 5 2 20 T.Gurley, Tor 3 0 0 0 18 K.Lawrence, Edm 3 0 0 0 18 T.Sutton, Mtl 3 0 0 0 18 R.Pfeffer, Tor 0 5 4 1 18 x-A.Collie, BC 2 2 0 0 14 x-J.Cornish, Cgy 2 2 0 0 14 x-W.Dressler, Sask 2 2 0 0 14 x-C.Getzlaf, Sask 2 2 0 0 14

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MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 22 10 7 5 24 Columbus 21 8 7 6 31 New York 19 8 6 5 29 Toronto 18 8 7 3 28 New England 22 7 9 6 27 Orlando 20 6 8 6 23 Philadelphia 21 6 11 4 26 Montreal 17 6 8 3 24 New York City 20 5 9 6 24 Chicago 19 5 11 3 20

GA 20 30 23 28 33 26 34 27 28 28

Pt 35 30 29 27 27 24 22 21 21 18

Western Conference GP W L T GF 20 10 5 5 28 22 9 6 7 36 21 10 8 3 24 18 9 3 6 28 21 10 9 2 25 21 9 7 5 23 21 6 7 8 21 19 7 8 4 21 20 6 8 6 24

GA 24 25 21 18 20 24 26 24 26

Pt 35 34 33 33 32 32 26 25 24

Dallas Los Angeles Vancouver Kansas City Seattle Portland Salt Lake San Jose Houston

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015

Baseball

Today

CFL East Division GP W L T 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 0

Friday’s games Kansas City at Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Saturday’s games Toronto at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Montreal, 6 p.m. New England at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Houston, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 26 Orlando at New York City, 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia at D.C., 3 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 5 p.m. GOLD CUP semifinals Wednesday, July 22 Atlanta United States 1, Jamaica 2 Panama 1, Mexico 2

U16 CHALLENGE CUP Defenceman Luke Bast and forward Josh Tarzwell, both of Red Deer, have been short-listed for the Team Alberta squad that will compete in the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 in Calgary. Defenceman Jacob Herauf of Sherwood Park, the Red Deer Rebels’ first-round selection in this year’s Western Hockey League bantam draft, is also among the 30 players who advanced from the 80 who attended a provincial camp July 7-12 at Camrose. The final 30 players will be scouted during the early part of the upcoming season and 20 players will be named to the Team Alberta roster.

JUNIOR GOLF CALGARY — Chandler McDowell of Springbrook turned in a three-round total of 222 (76-73-73) to win the juvenile boys division of a Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour event which ended Wednesday at McKenzie Meadows. Meanwhile, Jeremy Rietze of Lacombe finished tied for third in the junior boys division with a 221 total (76-75-70) and Logan Crawford (99-91-90—280) of Red Deer placed 21st. Logan Hill of Red Deer withdrew after shooting a pair of 80s. Jordan Siwak of Red Deer (82-82-90—277) and Alex Gerrard of Red Deer County (108-102-103—313) finished eighth and ninth in the peewee boys category and Jordan Cooke of Sylvan Lake was eighth in the bantam boys competition with a 244 total (77-84-83). Logan Graf of Red Deer won the peewee boys division of a oneday mini-tour event with a 79.

PGA GOLF ASSISTANTS CHAMPIONSHIP EDMONTON — Justin Stoski of Lethbridge Paradise Canyon came from behind Wednesday to take top honours in the Alberta PGA Cobra Puma Golf Assistants Championship at Jagare Ridge. Stoski carded a final round 70 to close the 36-hole event with a 142 total, winning $3,300 in the process. Eric Locke of Wolf Creek opened with a 68, but swelled to a 75 Wednesday and finished tied for second with Thomas Schopp of the Calgary Eaglequest Golf Dome with a 143 total, good for $1,925. Schopp turned in rounds of 71-72. Red Deer Golf and Country Club assistants Scott Borsa (71-78) and Jordan Krulicki (75-75) finished with respective totals of 149 and 150. Borsa earned $500 and Krulicki pocketed a cheque for $408.

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GAMES: Grew as the game went on Kenny Lally of Prince George, B.C., finished with bronze in the men’s 56 kg after losing his semifinal to Cuba’s Andy Cruz. Sammy El Mais lost his men’s heavyweight semifinal against Colombia’s Julio Blanco Devis in a walkover and came away with a bronze medal. Calgary fencer Alanna Goldie added a bronze medal in women’s foil and Marc-Andre Bergeron won bronze in the men’s over-80-kilogram taekwondo event. Also Wednesday, Canada’s men’s basketball team rallied for an 88-83 win over Argentina. Andrew Nicholson and Jamal Murray combined for 44 points, and Brady Heslip had six key points with time

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct New York 52 41 .559 Toronto 48 47 .505 Tampa Bay 48 49 .495 Baltimore 46 47 .495 Boston 42 53 .442

GB — 5 6 6 11

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

Central Division W L Pct 57 36 .613 50 44 .532 47 47 .500 45 48 .484 42 50 .457

GB — 7 1/2 10 1/2 12 14 1/2

Los Angeles Houston Texas Oakland Seattle

West Division W L Pct 54 40 .574 53 43 .552 45 49 .479 43 52 .453 43 52 .453

GB — 2 9 11 1/2 11 1/2

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 1, Philadelphia 0 Seattle 11, Detroit 9 Houston 8, Boston 3 Milwaukee 8, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 8, Chicago White Sox 5 Texas 9, Colorado 0 L.A. Angels 7, Minnesota 0 Toronto 7, Oakland 1 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 10, Colorado 8 N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 3 Detroit 9, Seattle 4 Houston 4, Boston 2 Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Angels 5, Minnesota 2 Toronto at Oakland, late Thursday’s Games Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 6-3), 11:05 a.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 2-1) at Detroit (Price 9-3), 11:08 a.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 10-6), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 9-2) at Oakland (Kazmir 5-5), 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 6-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 8-6), 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City (C.Young 8-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 8-5), 5:15 p.m. Boston (Miley 8-8) at Houston (McCullers 4-3), 6:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 77 277 43 97 .350 Fielder Tex 92 358 44 122 .341 Kipnis Cle 92 368 63 121 .329 JIglesias Det 82 272 26 88 .324 LCain KC 83 321 58 101 .315 Bogaerts Bos 91 338 40 105 .311 Burns Oak 67 289 40 88 .304 NCruz Sea 93 352 48 107 .304 Trout LAA 93 343 71 104 .303 Brantley Cle 84 324 38 98 .302 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 29; Trout, Los Angeles, 28; JMartinez, Detroit, 27; NCruz, Seattle, 24; Teixeira, New York, 24; Donaldson, Toronto, 22; 5 tied at 20. Runs Batted In KMorales, Kansas City, 65; Teixeira, New York, 65; Bautista, Toronto, 64; Donaldson, Toronto, 63; JMartinez, Detroit, 62; Pujols, Los Angeles, 61; Fielder, Texas, 58; BMcCann, New York, 58. Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 12-4; McHugh, Houston, 11-5; Buehrle, Toronto, 11-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 11-5; Gray, Oakland, 10-4; Richards, Los Angeles, 10-6; AnSanchez, Detroit, 10-7.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 51 42 .548 49 46 .516 45 50 .474 40 55 .421 34 63 .351

GB — 3 7 12 19

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 60 34 .638 54 40 .574 51 43 .543 42 51 .452 42 53 .442

GB — 6 9 17 18

West Division W L Pct

1/2 1/2

Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

54 51 44 43 40

42 44 51 50 53

.563 .537 .463 .462 .430

— 2 9 9 12

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

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 2 Tampa Bay 1, Philadelphia 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 4, 13 innings Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Milwaukee 8, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 8, Chicago White Sox 5 Texas 9, Colorado 0 Miami 3, Arizona 0 San Francisco 9, San Diego 3 Wednesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 3, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 1, 1st game Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 10, Colorado 8 San Francisco 7, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 5, 2nd game Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Miami 5, Arizona 3 Thursday’s Games Washington (Fister 3-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-6), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-8), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 8-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 8-5), 5:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 5-7) at Arizona (Godley 0-0), 7:40 p.m. Miami (Koehler 7-6) at San Diego (T.Ross 6-7), 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Goldschmidt Ari 93 335 61 115 .343 DGordon Mia 84 361 46 122 .338 Harper Was 87 294 62 98 .333 YEscobar Was 84 324 44 104 .321 Posey SF 88 324 48 103 .318 GParra Mil 92 297 46 94 .316 Panik SF 91 351 53 111 .316 LeMahieu Col 89 335 48 105 .313 Tulowitzki Col 84 310 46 97 .313 Pollock Ari 92 356 61 108 .303 Home Runs Harper, Washington, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Frazier, Cincinnati, 26; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 21; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 21; Pederson, Los Angeles, 20.

Pan Am Games 2015 Pan Am Medal Standings Nation G S United States 76 65 Canada 64 56 Brazil 32 32 Cuba 25 20 Colombia 25 9 Mexico 15 25 Argentina 11 22 Guatemala 6 0 Venezuela 5 15 Chile 5 4 Ecuador 4 9 Peru 2 3 Jamaica 2 1 Dominican Rep. 1 5 Trinidad &Tobago 1 1 Puerto Rico 1 0 Bahamas 1 0 Saint Lucia 1 0 Paraguay 0 1 Uruguay 0 1 Barbados 0 1 Antigua & Barbuda 0 1 Honduras 0 1 Panama 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 Bermuda 0 0 St. Kitts & Nevis 0 0

B 60 53 50 30 27 34 25 2 14 11 11 5 0 8 1 11 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1

Total 201 173 114 75 61 74 58 8 34 20 24 10 3 14 3 12 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1

What Canada Did at the Pan Am Games TORONTO — What Canada Did on Wednesday at the Pan American Games (distances in metres unless specified): ATHLETICS Men’s 100 — Andre De Grasse, Markham, Ont., won the gold medal in 10.05 seconds. Men’s 400 — Philip Osei, Toronto, sixth in his semifinal (46.80); Daniel Harper, Brampton, Ont., eighth (47.56) — neither advanced to final. Men’s 400 hurdles — Gregory MacNeill, London, Ont., fifth in semifinal heat (52.31); Tait Nystuen, Regina, seventh (52.98) — neither advanced. Men’s 800 — Brandon McBride, Windsor, Ont., fifth in semifinal heat (1:49.65); Anthony Romaniw, Hamilton, seventh in semifinal (1:56.55) — neither qualified for final Men’s decathlon — Damian Warner, London, Ont., is ranked first overall after the first day of competition with 3,534 points (100: first, 10.28; long jump: first, 7.68; shot put: eighth, 14.36; high jump: fourth, 1.97; 400: first, 47.66); Patrick Arbour, Ottawa (100: 12th, 11.53; long jump: sixth, 7.15; shot put: sixth, 14.56; high jump: sixth, 1.94; 400: 12th, 53.69) stands eighth (3,108). Men’s hammer throw — James Steacy, Lethbridge, Alta., finished eighth in the final (69.75). Women’s 100 — Khamica Bingham, Brampton, Ont., finished sixth in the final with a personal-best time of 11.13 seconds; Crystal Emmanuel, Toronto,

was fifth in her semifinal heat (11.26) and did not qualify for the medal race. Women’s high jump — Alyxandria Treasure, Prince George, B.C., seventh in the final at 1.85 metres; Emma Kimoto, Richmond, B.C., tied for ninth (1.80). Women’s shot put — Taryn Suttie, Hanley, Sask. (16.80) and Julie Labonte, Sainte-Justine, Que. (15.94) were 10th and 11th in the final. Women’s 400 — Taylor Sharpe, Pickering, Ont., fifth in semifinal heat (53.82); Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Montreal, fifth in her semifinal (54.27) — neither qualified for the final. Women’s 400 hurdles — Sarah Wells, Toronto, won the silver medal (56.17). Women’s 800 — Melissa Bishop of Eganville, Ont., won the gold medal (1:59.62); Jessica Smith, North Vancouver, B.C., placed fifth (2:03.02). BASEBALL Women — Canada (3-0) continued the preliminary round with a 3-2 win over Puerto Rico. BASKETBALL Men — Andrew Nicholson, Missisauga, Ont., scored 24 points as Canada (2-0) downed Argentina, 8883. BOWLING Men’s doubles — Canada (Dan MacLelland, Kitchener, Ont., 236 average; and Francois Lavoie, Quebec City, 216) lead after the first of two day’s competition with a total score of 2,712. Women’s doubles — Canada (Isabelle Rioux, Trois-Rivieres, Que. (194.5, and) Robin Orlikowski, St. Catharines, Ont. (181.7) are ranked seventh after the opening day (2,257). BOXING Men’s bantamweight (56 Kg) — Kenny Lally, Prince George, B.C., earned the bronze medal following a 3-0 loss to A. Cruz, Cuba, in the semifinals. Men’s light welterweight (64 Kg) — Arthur Biyarslanov, Toronto, will fight on Friday for the gold medal following his 3-0 win over L. Arcon Diaz, Venezuela, in the semifinals. Men’s heavyweight (91 Kg) — Samir El Mais, Windsor, Ont., takes home a bronze medal after he was unable to participate in his semifinal against D. Julio Blanco, Colombia. CYCLING (Road) Women’s individual time trial — Jasmin Glaesser, Vancouver, won the silver medal (27:01.31); Laura Brown, Vancouver, finished fourth (27:23:32) — 3.08 seconds out of a bronze. Men’s individual time trial — Hugo Houle, StePerpetue, Que., captured the gold medal (45:13.48); Sean MacKinnon, Hamilton, won the bronze (46:51.46). FENCING Women’s individual foil — Alanna Goldie, Calgary, won a bronze medal after a 15-3 loss in the semifinals to S. van Erven Garcia of Colombia; Kelleigh Ryan, Ottawa, lost 11-10 in the quarter-finals

to N. Ross, U.S. Men’s individual foil — Maximilien Van Haaster, Montreal, was eliminated in the quarter-finals 15-13 by G. Perrier, Brazil; Anthony Prymack, Calgary, lost his opening match 15-12 to R. Silva of Chile. FIELD HOCKEY Women — Canada (3-2) lost 3-0 in the the semifinals to the United States, and will play Chile for the bronze on Friday. HANDBALL Women — Canada lost their classification match 30-20 to Cuba, and will participate in the seventhplace match. RACQUETBALL Men’s singles — Coby Iwaasa, Lethbridge, Alta., won his round-of-16 match, 2-0 over J.Brendenbeck of the U.S.; Mike Green, Hamilton, was eliminated with a 2-1 round-of-16 loss to C.Keller of Bolivia. Women’s singles — Frederique Lambert, Montreal, advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over M.Tobon, Venezuela; Jennifer Saunders, Winnipeg, lost her round-of-16 match to C.Loma of Bolivia, 2-0. Women’s doubles — Michele Morissette, BaieComeau, Que., and Christine Richardson, Regina, failed to advance after losing 2-0 to Grisar and Munoz of Chile. SOCCER Women — Canada lost 1-0 in the semifinal against Colombia, and will play Mexico on Friday for the bronze medal. SOFTBALL Women — Canada (3-1) won 9-7 over the Dominican Republic. TABLE TENNIS Women’s singles — Mo Zhang (1-0), Chilliwack, B.C., won her preliminary round match 4-1 over N. Castellano, Chile; Anqi Luo (1-0), Mississauga, Ont., def. G. Soto, Peru, 4-0; Alicia Cote (0-1), Drummondville, Que., lost 4-3 to C. Arguelles, Argentina. Men’s singles — Eugene Wang (1-0), Ottawa, won 4-0 over D. Rodriguez of Peru; Pierre-Luc Theriault (1-0), St-Fabien, Que., defeated S. Galvez, Dominican Republic, 4-0; Marko Medjugorac (0-1), Sherbrooke, Que., lost his match 4-1 to K. Jha of the U.S. TAEKWONDO Men’s 80+ Kg — Marc-Andre Bergeron, Quebec City, lost 4-1 in the quarter-finals to C.Rivas of Venezuela. Women’s 67+ Kg — Nathali e Iliesco, Montreal, lost 1-0 in the bronze-medal match to R.Ga;acho, Brazil. WATER SKI/WAKEBOARD Women’s overall — Whitney McClintock of Cambridge, Ont., won gold with a score of 2,796.3 points. Men’s overall — Jaret Llewellyn, Innisfail, Que., won the silver medal (2,757.1). Men’s wakeboard — Rusty Malinoski, Humboldt, Sask., won the gold medal (89.11)

and Yoervis Medina from Iowa (PCL). Sent LHP Zac Rosscup to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment. CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled LHP Tony Cingrani from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent OF Corey Dickerson to Albuquerque (PCL) for rehab assignment. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Adam Liberatore to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled LHP Ian Thomas from Oklahoma City. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jeremy Horst on a minor league contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with 3B Jonathan Galvez on a minor league contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Selected the contract of RHP Aaron Nola from Lehigh Valley (IL). Reinstated RHP Jerome Williams from the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Wilfredo Boscan to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contract of INF Pedro Florimon from Indianapolis. Designated LHP Jayson Aquino for assignment. Sent OFs Gorkys Hernandez to Indianapolis (IL) and Andrew Lambo to the GCL Pirates for rehab assignments. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Mitch Harris to Memphis (PCL) for a rehab assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned 3B Will Middlebrooks to El Paso (PCL). Recalled OF Abraham Almonte from El Paso. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned LHP Josh Osich to Sacramento (PCL). Reinstated LHP Jeremy Affeldt from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Nori Aoki to Sacramento for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed F Tyler Hansbrough. DETROIT PISTONS — Signed F Stanley Johnson. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G Seth Curry to a two-year contract and Fs Quincy Acy and Duje

Dukan. SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed F Jonathon Simmons and G Jimmer Fredette. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OL Joe Madsen, Placed DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu and TE Randall Telfer on the non-football injury list and DL Tory Slater on the PUP list. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Agreed to terms with D Josh Manson on a two-year contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed D Travis Dermott to a three-year, entry-level contract. American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Signed G Anthony Peters, D Justin Agosta and F Matt Willows to twoway contracts and D Jake Chelios. Motorsports INDYCAR — Fined driver James Jakes $500 for not putting his visor down during a pit stop during Saturday’s race at Iowa Speedway. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Announced the red card punishment of Orlando City F Cyle Larin has been rescinded by the Independent Review Panel. Fined Orlando City coach Adrian Heath for approaching match officials at halftime; Montreal coach Enzo Concina for using offensive, abusive and insulting language towards a referee; and Seattle M Thomas for simulation. Suspended Vancouver M Cristian Techera one game for violent conduct that endangered the safety of an opponent. FC DALLAS — Signed M Ezequiel Cirigliano on loan from River Plate (Argentina).

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed INF/OF Steve Pearce on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Kevin Gausman from Norfolk (IL). Released LHP Wesley Wright. Agreed to terms with RHP Nichel Alcantara and LHP Dana Eveland on minor league contracts. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Steven Wright and LHP Brian Johnson to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Joe Kelly from Pawtucket. HOUSTON ASTROS — Designated LHP Joe Thatcher for assignment. Recalled RHP Vincent Velasquez from Corpus Christi (TL). Agreed to terms with OF Alejandro Garcia and RHP Angelo Serrano on minor league contracts. Sent SS Jed Lowrie to Corpus Christi (TL) for a rehab assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed LHP Jason Vargas on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Yordano Ventura from Omaha (PCL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP Cory Rasmus to Salt Lake (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with 3B Aderlin Rodriguez on a minor league contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF Grady Sizemore to Durham (IL). Reinstated OF Steven Souza Jr. from the 15-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Eury Rodriguez on a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joba Chamberlain on a minor league contract. Claimed INF/OF Ty Kelly off waivers from St. Louis and assigned him to Buffalo (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS — Designated LHP Clayton Richard for assignment. Recalled RHPs Dallas Beeler

winding down as Canada improved to 2-0. Both teams seemed upset with the officiating. Argentina had six players with four fouls when the dust settled while Canada had four, including Bennett. “We had to change our lineup, we had to go small in order to keep players on the floor,” said Canada coach Jay Triano. “That’s understanding the game, that if it’s going to be called like that you need to have to match it or you have to be able to play through the physicality. “I thought our guys grew as the game went on.” In women’s baseball, Canada remained undefeated by coming back to beat Puerto Rico 3-2. Edmonton’s Nicole Luchanski led the comeback with two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning. The result assures Canada of at least a bronze medal. Canadian catcher Stephanie Savoie was helped off the field after colliding with a Puerto Rican player to record the final out of the game.

The Canadian women’s field hockey team lost its semifinal match 3-0 to the United States. Canada will play Chile in the bronze-medal game on Friday. In other action Wednesday, the women’s soccer team lost a semifinal in heartbreaking fashion, falling 1-0 to Colombia. Canada faces Mexico in the bronze-medal game on Friday. And in women’s softball, Kaleigh Rafter had three hits and two runs batted in, and Canada scored four runs in the seventh inning to beat the Dominican Republic 9-7.

OPEN: A little bit of teeth The 524-yard par-5 18th will give players plenty of eagle opportunities and the fan excitement the comes with it. But players still consider the Canadian Open demanding. Hearn, a native of Brantford, Ont., doesn’t want this to be easy and doesn’t

mind if Glen Abbey has “a little bit of teeth” this time around. “It really comes down to how you feel about the tee shots and how you’re going to be able to give yourself birdie chances,” Hearn said. “It still comes down to being able to control your ball off the tee and give yourself chances coming into the greens.” DeLaet and Hearn headline the group of 16 Canadians in the field. No Canadian has won this tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954. Defending champion Tim Clark is back, one of eight previous winners: Furyk, Scott Piercy, Sean O’Hair, Nathan Green, Chez Reavie, Vijah Singh and John Rollins. Watson, who missed the cut at the British Open, is a two-time Masters winner, but he’s taking special value in the Canadian Open in part because his wife, Angie, is from Pickering, Ont. “Any trophy is a good one,” Watson said. “Any time you can hold a trophy — major, non-major, doesn’t matter — holding a trophy is what we’re trying to do.”

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Bouchard looking to bounce-back CANADIAN TENNIS STAR HOPEFUL SHE CAN TURN SEASON AROUND BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Milos Raonic looks on as a kid returns a shot during an exhibition match on a tennis court atop a barge docked on Lake Ontario in Toronto on Wednesday. Raonic and fellow Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard hosted a clinic with young kids on the court. ed doing well, how everyone jumped on the bandwagon or whatever — building me up so much,” Bouchard said. “And then to see how they would break you down so much as well, so it’s just how the media is, to always have a story and things like that. I just separate myself from that. “I know what I do and I know what I believe in. It’s hard not to hear it or see it, but (I try) to just kind of give it some distance and not really worry about it.” Bouchard’s season began

with a quarter-final loss to Russian star Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open. It has been a steady decline since. She lost in the round of 16 at her next two tournaments, fell to a No. 113-ranked qualifier in Miami and lost to a 66th-ranked opponent in her first match at her next tournament. That was followed by a pair of Fed Cup losses and opening-match defeats in five of her next seven events. Bouchard recently slipped 14 positions to No. 26 in the world rankings.

“I’m definitely hard on myself so if I do have a bad loss, I’m like ’Well, I completely deserve this.’ You know what I mean?,” she said. “But there definitely are some harsher critics than others and socalled haters and things like that. But I think it’s all part of the job so you know, bring it on.” She’ll try to turn things around at the Aug. 8-16 Rogers Cup at the Aviva Centre in north Toronto. The men’s tournament will be held Aug. 7-16 at Montreal’s Uniprix Sta-

Alpine climbs shake up standings at Tour de France

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Reyes, right, throws over Oakland Athletics’ Billy Burns to complete a double play in a baseball game Wednesday, in Oakland, Calif. A’s Stephen Vogt was out at first base on the play. The Blue Jays scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game. The final results were not available.

Special Olympics athletes forced to sleep on gym floor due to logistics problems BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Special Olympics competitors arriving in Southern California were greeted by a logistics mess that forced many to sleep on a gymnasium floor before they were finally shuttled to their host cities on Wednesday. At least 1,500 athletes and coaches spent the night at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles after flights and buses arrived late on Tuesday. By midday Wednesday, the athletes from Norway, Mexico, Venezuela, Kenya, the Cayman Islands and other countries were on their way to their host cities. That was just in time to clear the campus for the arrival of thousands more scheduled to show up Wednesday afternoon.

“It really wasn’t bad,” Collins Marigiri, the Kenyan team’s swim coach, said as he and his athletes boarded a bus for their host city of Bakersfield. He added with a smile that it was his and his team’s first trip to the United States, so even getting stuck overnight in a college gymnasium was a new and interesting experience for them. “The athletes didn’t have any problems,” Marigiri said. “They had food. They had water. They had a place to sleep. There were no medical issues.” The Red Cross provided blankets and water. The university near Los Angeles International Airport is serving as a staging area from which approximately 6,500 athletes and thousands more coaches and delegates are being routed to host cities. They will be housed there until the games’ opening ceremonies on Saturday.

ALBERTA AMATEUR MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Brett Hogan of Calgary Willow Park is in prime position to go wire-to-wire atop the leaderboard of the Alberta Amateur Men’s Championship at the Petroleum Golf and Country Club. Hogan posted a three-under 69 during Wednesday’s third round of the 72-hole event and with a 11-under total of 205, took an eight-stroke lead into today’s final round. Alexander Smith of Calgary Pinebrook shot a third-round 71 to hold down second spot with a 213 total, while Andrew Harrison of Camrose carded a 73 and occupied third place with a cumulative score of 214. Michael McAdam of the Red Deer

Golf and Country Club (RDG&CC) was the low Central Alberta competitor, tied for eighth place with a 218 total. He turned in a 71 Wednesday after recording earlier scores of 76-71. Meanwhile, Jared Nicolls of Wolf Creek fired a third-round 70 and was tied for 23rd with a 225 total heading into today’s final 18 holes. Other Central Alberta results: Kyle Morrison, RDG&CC (76-7874—228, tied for 30th); Brett Pasula, RDG&CC (74-79-77—230, tied for 35th); Matt Codd, RDG&CC (83-70-78—231, tied for 40th); Grant Numrich, RDG&CC (78-75-78—231, tied for 40th).

PRA LOUP, France — The speedometer clocked between 50 and 60 kilometres per hour (30-37 mph) as the pine trees whipped by, and the riders leaned left to right and back again to negotiate the snaking, bumpy descent. Winning the Tour de France isn’t only about having the ability to get uphill fast. You’ve got to have nerves of steel going downhill too. Chris Froome proved Wednesday that he’s got both. The 30-year-old Briton retained the leader’s yellow jersey as the Tour sped toward its crescendo in the Alps. The 17th stage included a harrowing 16-kilometre descent that dealt perhaps the final blow to Alberto Contador’s distant hope of a third Tour victory and doused the ambitions of promising French rider Thibaut Pinot for a stage win. They both lost time after hitting the asphalt on the way down from the treacherous Allos Pass. Germany’s Simon Geschke won the stage by surging out of a breakaway bunch and keeping at bay Andrew Talansky of the U.S., who was second, by 32 seconds at the end of the 161-kilometre (100-mile) ride from Digne-LesBains to Pra Loup ski resort. Fellow American Tejay van Garderen, who was third overall as the stage began, pulled out of the race with a headache and a lack of energy after fighting a respiratory infection. “It almost feels like I just want to disappear right now,” said a despondent Van Garderen. “It was hard to look my teammates in the eyes (and) it was hard to call my wife and explain to her what was going on.” Froome, meanwhile, emerged unscathed in the first of four punishing days in the Alps, staving off multiple attacks from his top rivals. He showed

great bike-handling skill on the Allos descent, where he whizzed in single-file with three of them, each kicking out knees on the twisting, narrow bends. Geschke was first down the slope, having ridden off ahead with 50 kilometres still to go. Pinot hit the deck when his wheels slipped from under him on a left-hand bend. “It was really challenging,” said Geschke, whose stage victory was the fifth by a German on this Tour, and ideal for an event that is back on public TV in Germany after a hiatus of several years because of doping scandals that tarnished the sport’s image. “The best day of my life as a rider,” he said of his win. Contador hit a hole and crashed in the downhill section, tearing his shorts. The 2007 and 2009 champion was forced to swap bikes with teammate Peter Sagan, and rode in more than two minutes after Froome. “My wheel slipped and I fell. We tried to fix my bike but it wasn’t working and I took Peter’s bike,” Contador said. “I tried to descend as well as I could, but at the bottom of the climb I had to change back to one of my own bikes to minimize the losses.” While the Spaniard stays in fifth place, the Tinkoff-Saxo leader who was hoping to add the Tour to his Giro d’Italia win in May is now a substantial 6 minutes and 40 seconds behind the Team Sky rider overall — and all but out of contention. Froome and Nairo Quintana sprinted together for the line, with the Colombian just beating the Briton this time. Quintana remains second overall — still 3:10 behind Froome — but was very active over the day’s five climbs, testing Froome with bursts of speed that the 2013 Tour winner was forced to match.

The Red Deer Central Lions Club Serving Red Deer for over 75 years.

Thanks for all your support of our Lions Annual Pot of Gold Draw.

Below is the lucky $10,000 winner at the 2015 Westerner Days Red Deer Central Lions Club Treasurer Dave Smith presents the winning $10,000 cheque to Gloria Sinclair of Didsbury, Alberta while Lions Secretary Darcy Garrett looks on. There were also draws each of the first four nights of Westerner Days with the winning ticket holders receiving Cheques for $250.00

100% of the Proceeds Go Back to the Community. Coming soon is our Annual Red Deer Central Lions Club Golf For Sight Tournament August 7th at the Alberta Springs Golf Club. There is still time to register as a golfer or sponsor by calling 403-304-4424 or 403-358-2682

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TORONTO — Eugenie Bouchard was all smiles on the Toronto waterfront Wednesday, taking part in a clinic with young kids, hamming it up with fellow Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic, and engaging with fans and spectators alike. There were no signs that her unexpected season-long slump has got her down. Bouchard was the talk of the tennis world in 2014 after reaching the semifinals at the first three Grand Slam events, including a trip to the Wimbledon final. She won her first WTA title at the Nuremberg Cup last year and finished the season ranked seventh in the world. Everything seemed to be lining up nicely for the 21-year-old from Westmount, Que. In addition to her oncourt success, she signed with sports management powerhouse WME-IMG to help maximize the value of her brand and expand her presence in the fashion industry. Bouchard appeared primed to take things to the next level on and off the court. Instead, her 2015 season has simply been a disaster. It’s hard to pinpoint the reason why she has managed only a handful of victories this year. She may still be adjusting to new coach Sam Sumyk. Expectations have been much higher and Bouchard has battled an abdominal injury in recent weeks. She said Wednesday that’s she’s feeling better, is back training and is not paying attention to the critics. “It’s been interesting for me to see how when I start-

dium. Making things even tougher for Bouchard is that her seeding will be much lower given her recent slide in the rankings. She may have to play top players earlier in the draw and the 56-player field is expected to be quite deep. As for the 24-year-old Raonic, he’s still limited due to a right foot injury but is planning to resume on-court training next week. The world No. 8 from Thornhill, Ont., was moving well around the temporary court atop a barge docked along the Lake Ontario shoreline. He hit some balls with youngsters from local tennis clubs and was joined by Bouchard for some easy rallies under the bright afternoon sunshine. “She’s dealing with it and she’s dealing with it well,” Raonic said of Bouchard’s slump. “It’s definitely been tough but I’m sure she has all the answers and the team around her that are giving her the right kind of direction. Normally it’s the hard work that gets you back on track.” Bouchard admits she’s not a very patient person. But she feels that she’s been forced into using patience to try to help her game. “In my situation, I feel like I didn’t have much of an option in the sense like, OK I lost a couple matches and still had to keep going,” she said. “I just kind of knew it would still be a long road to try to improve my tennis and improve my match play. It just didn’t really give me much of an option. I was just like, OK I have to put my head down and keep working, keep working and have the belief that it will come.”

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Respecting our land Various aspects of weather since April Fool’s Day have made us all a tad testy. Certainly the heat and the drought are major factors but, for example, I am outraged that my prediction for when we would finally get a real rain was dead-on: two or three days in the middle of July. If you’re seriously into growing garlic, as many people are these days, you know it doesn’t need much water, and you do not water at all in July, prior to harvest, because it makes things difficult with huge mud balls on the roots to remove with a dog comb, and splits in the bulb’s wrapper, causing storage problems. BOB The big July rain doused SCAMMELL my dreams of the first easy garlic harvest in four years. Until the harvest happens, I enjoy the perks of the selfemployed, staying cool, or warm in the storms, reading upwards of 20 newspapers a week, while keeping a TV eye on the Pan American Games and the Tour de France. The news that we are again going to have a Tour of Alberta tests my testiness. The reason I watch the tours of France, Italy, Spain, etc., is for the scenery, the wild landscapes, characterized by a respect and veneration for native trees in these old societies. Last year’s Tour of Alberta was bland, flat biking past countless pump jacks, canola fields and cattle, betraying to the world a new country that destroys its watersheds and scenery by clear cutting and flogging its native trees for stumpage fees so low they are a standing joke in neighbouring B.C. What we need is something like the Charter of the Forest of 1217 that took back the commons (public land) from the Crown, to the people of England, and which, along with the Magna Carta, is currently on tour in Canada. Brian Mason, Alberta’s new transportation minister, is exploring options for improving off-road vehicle safety, after three children have died and 20 hospitalized in ATV accidents since April 1. During the same period, according to Alberta Health Services, a total of 45 children have been seen in the province’s two pediatric emergency departments after they were injured while riding ATVs. Last year, 318 children under 16 were injured on ATVs and 40 were hospitalized. Two of the 40 died. Options most often mentioned include a minimum age for ATV operators, and mandatory requirements for helmets, seat-belts, roll bars, etc. But, as he always has, Progressive Conservative leader and former transportation minister, Ric McIver, opposes

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ATVs headed out to play: the level of injury and death from ATV use suggests the need for stricter laws. those mandatory options in favour of, presumably, mandatory education. “Nothing beats education,” McIver said recently, “education of kids’ parents has to be number one; parents need to take a responsible view to what they let their kids do and what they don’t.” In a perfect world, maybe. Several years ago I was travelling a back road from Red Deer to Bigelow Lake for training sessions with a new Brittany pup. One day, an ATV with a kid of about six driving, shot out of a farm driveway and crossed in front of me, making it by about three metres. A week or so later, it happened again, but the clearance was better this time because I had a premonition. I drove into the farmyard, knocked on the door and had a brief word with mom. She told me to mind my own blanking business, which was to drive safely and keep a sharp lookout for children playing. Yes, there has to be education; a mandatory course and passage of a test before you can get a licence to operate a Kamikaze 500, or whatever weapon of mass suicide you favour. The course should also include sections on respecting our land and waters. But there must also be other mandatory safety options for the totally uneducable among us.

★★★ When it’s really hot, deli stuff, or ordering in is an interesting option in Red Deer, the fast food capital of Canada. Thai noodle salads and Vietnamese Bun are good options. But since when did “bland” get tacked on to the classic flavours of Asia, hot, sour, salty, and sweet? Why do the ethnic chefs have to dumb down classic dishes? The dishes named need fresh mint, basil, cilantro and both need a sauce or dressing with snap, such as home-made Vietnamese Nuoc Cham, which I can produce in 10 minutes on a hot day. On a cold, stormy day, there is nothing so warming as a bowl or three of Chinese Hot and Sour Soup, and sometimes I make a pot of the classic Sichuan recipe. We’ll have to get doing that again, because the takeout product is hazardous to my health, so full of sugar that one bowl raises my blood sugar from the usual 5.5 to 15 or so. I learned to make it from the masters, and there is very little or no sugar in the dozens of Hot and Sour (not sweet) Soup recipes I have studied. Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Fresh fruit in Alberta When one mentions fruit in Alberta, we automatically think of B.C. We don’t think of what we Albertans grow best, berries: saskatoons, raspberries, haskaps, or honey berries, currants, strawberries and cherries. All are easy to grow and produce a mouth-watering crop. The problem comes with perception and demand. If there was more consumer demand, there would be more viable businesses. It is possible to purchase fresh Alberta fruit is some select stores, farmers’ markets or at you-picks. LINDA But finding selling locaTOMLINSON tions can be difficult. While some advertise in local papers, others are found by word of mouth. Googling brings up the following websites that may or may not have up to date information: http://www.pickyourown.org/canadaal.htm, http://albertafarmfresh.com/ Growing your own fruit is an option. Saskatoons take up the most room. Spacing recommendations range from two feet (60 cm) for a shelterbelt to three feet (about one metre) for machine harvesting. For best results, plant saskatoon berries in soil with high organic mater and good drainage. They are rarely seen in the wild in heavy clay or where their

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roots will be wet. Expect to start picking a few berries a few years after planting with bigger crops appearing at about six years. Saskatoons fruit on wood that is over one year old. There are different varieties of saskatoons available, meaning that the plants differ in size and growing habits. The berries differ in taste and fruiting times. Haskap, also known as honey berry or blue honeysuckle, are relatively new on the Prairies. The fruit turns blue long before it is truly ripe. Pick the fruit too early and expect a tangy favour. Leave the berries on the plant until they are ready to fall off to get a much sweeter berry. Fruit does not ripen evenly on the plant and it can be hard to determine which berry to pick and which to leave. You-picks have solved this problem by having people shake the plant into a container like an umbrella. Haskap plants that are now being sold originated from the University of Saskatoon’s breeding program. These are much improved over the original stock that was brought into Beaver Lodge and can still be found in Northern Alberta. When purchasing haskap plants, make sure that pollinator plants are also purchased. Raspberry varieties abound. Older varieties are tangy while the newer hybrids are larger and sweeter. Most people think of raspberries as red but they are also available in yellow and black. Yellow raspberries, honey gold, are part of many gardens around Leslieville as they were hybridized by resident Bob Erskine, who loved to share his plants. The sweet berries are a shade of orange when

they are ripe. Black raspberries are smaller berries that taste a bit like a grape. These canes will spread outward from the crown but do not sucker. The disadvantage is that the thorns are larger than the average raspberry plant. All raspberries, with the exception of primo canes and black raspberries, fruit on second-year wood. Primo cane produces on first year wood. There are numerous currant varieties available but are usually divided into red, white and black. The fruit makes wonderful jelly or can used as opposed to blueberries in cooking. Strawberries are everyone’s favourites. There are three types of berries: June bearing, which produce most of their berries at the end of June or the first of July; ever-bearing have smaller berries but produce all season; and day-neutral produce a crop in June and another in the fall. Strawberry plants are at their most productive in their second to fourth year of life. Cherries in Alberta have been revolutionized by the breeding program at the University of Saskatoon. They are tasty eaten fresh or make fantastic pies. Phone before heading out to a you-pick. Not all orchards ripen at the same time and it is best to go when the fruit is plentiful. Ask if you need to take a picking bucket. Some places supply buckets and others do not. Likewise, you might need a container to take your fruit home. Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at www.igardencanada.com or your_garden@hotmail.com

The benefits of a North West Redwater refinery “We can meet carbon specs in California. We can send it to Europe. This is high-quality diesel.” — Ian MacGregor “Refine it where you mine it! Don’t rip-it-and-ship-it!” — Andrew Leach, energy policy professor Leach was quoting the typical refrain that he had heard from supporters of the notion that we should be processing bitumen within the province, instead of exporting it as raw material. After that, however, he went on to analyze why inprovince processing would not be such a good idea. His analysis seemed to be a solid one, except that one of the key cost figures that he trotted out was later challenged by an engineer responsible for initiating a revoluEVAN tionary bitumen refinery just northeast of Edmonton. The BEDFORD engineer is Ian MacGregor, and the company is North West Redwater Partnership. The refinery has everything going for it — even help from the provincial government. The help is in the form of the bitumen royalty-in-kind program (often shortened to BRIK). What happens is that instead of collecting royalties on bitumen production, the province has the option of collecting a portion of the

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black goo itself. And it can then use that black goo to help foster start-up companies which would create value-added products (in this case, low-sulphur diesel fuel and propane and a few other useful items) as well as local employment. For the North West Redwater example, the government will pay the company to refine its BRIK bitumen into diesel, in exchange for the cash which the diesel then gets at the pumps. So, other than job creation, why would I care? I mean after all, there is always the bigger question of whether we should be slowing down the mad rush up in Fort McMurray (as Peter Lougheed hinted at a few years ago). And so far, Rachel Notley hasn’t addressed that question. However, bitumen extraction is a reality, and we should support those operations that can deal with it in a responsible manner. After all, wind generation won’t — any time soon at least — keep us all warm in the winter or feed us. But I digress. Back to North West Redwater. And one advantage that it has is that it captures CO2 during the refining process. The CO2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery by other companies. Sounds like a zero-sum game for climate change, but according to the Pembina Institute, when used to get at light, sweet crude instead of digging up more tar, there is a marginal benefit to the atmosphere. And if we ever decide to simply sequester the CO2 underground, the benefit would be more than just marginal. Another benefit of the North West Redwater refinery is that it wouldn’t be sending a corrosive mixture of bitumen and diluent through pipelines. Now,

industry experts say that this so-called dilbit is not corrosive, but a quick internet search will find a few other experts who aren’t quite so sure. And pipelines filled with dilbit have done some fairly significant spilling in recent history (like about a million gallons worth, in the case of the Enbridge spill in 2010). But that’s another column. Another benefit is that North West Redwater wouldn’t produce petroleum coke (or petcoke), like conventional bitumen refineries do. Petcoke is the residual coal-like fragment which is even dirtier when burnt than real coal. But it still gets burnt. And it still piles up in place where people don’t want the stuff. Just do an image search on petcoke piles to see what one of Alberta’s less well known exports looks like. Then ask yourself how you would like one of those gruesome mountains in your neighbourhood when the wind is blowing from the wrong direction. But, from my perspective, the biggest advantage coming from North West Redwater is that diesel and propane produced in Alberta is a form of home grown security. Diesel is a fuel for tractors and combines and buses and trains. And propane can keep us warm, cook our food, and generate electricity. So if a global calamity strikes, we can be somewhat more assured that we won’t be left freezing and starving in the dark. And if you think that global calamities are simply a thing of the past, then maybe you haven’t been reading enough of my columns. Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www.evanbedford.com.

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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015

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Friday Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) Lake Day at Sylvan Lake goes July 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the entrance to the pier at Sylvan Lake Provincial Park. Local people and key organizations will be available to discuss lake management. Other participants include Alberta Environment and Parks, Nature Alberta, Alberta Health, Alberta Lake Management Society, and others. Contact info@rdrwa. ca or 403-340-7379 for details. Cronquist House Tea House at Bower Ponds hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Friday. Come and enjoy a great lunch all day, or afternoon tea. See rdchs.com for daily specials, or contact 403-346-00055, or rdchs@telus. net. Please call ahead for large groups, to check when private events are being held. Ponoka Legion weekly suppers continue at 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Fridays. Cost is $14 per person. Phone 403-783-4076. The Bard on Bower presents Twelfth Night featuring music by the Beach Boys tribute band on July 26, 30 at 7 p.m. and July 25, and Aug. 1 at 2 p.m. at the outdoor stage in Bower Ponds. King Lear is offered July 23, 24, 25, 29, 31 and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. and July 26 and Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. The plays are performed by members of Prime Stock Theatre. Treehouse Theatre will have two special performances of student work on July 26 and Aug. 2 at 1:30 p.m. See www.primestocktheatre.com. Free but donations encouraged. Frolic at Fratters on July 28 and Aug. 7 for $20. CentreFest — Street Performer Festival takes place in downtown Red Deer on July 25 and 26 with a kick off on July 24 at noon at City Hall Park. To find out who is on stage and all the details, see www.centrefest.ca, or contact info@centrefest.ca.

Saturday Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance on July 25 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Randy Hillman. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Non-singles and everyone welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403304-7440. Taste of Markerville — A Country Food Fair — will be offered on July 25 at various locations in historic Markerville from noon to 9 p.m. Highlights include Spruce View Country Market, Historic Markerville Creamery barbecue from noon to 4 p.m., Long Table Dinner by Chefs Blake Anderson, Mike Ubbing, and Derek Layden at 5 p.m. Dinner tickets available for $125 at 1-877-728-3007, 403-7283006, tastemarkerville@gmail.com. See www.tasteofmarkerville.com Strumming Home, a benefit concert for sustainable housing featuring Trevor Howlett, Soap Box Duo, Luke Deutekom and Levi Cuss will be held on July 25, 7 p.m. at the Scott Block Theatre. Family Nature School Event will be offered at Ellis Bird Farm on July 25 from 10 a.m. until noon. Children ages five to

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS 12 and parents are invited to learn about bats; target audience is ages five to 12. Cost is $5 per child. Space is limited so preregister by calling 403-885-4477. Ellis Bird Farm will hold a Naturescaping workshop on July 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Head gardener Cynthia Pohl will explain how to design, install and maintain landscapes that provide food and attract birds, pollinators, butterflies, pond life and more. Cost is $55. Register by calling 403-885-4477. Art in the Park, July 25, 11:3o a.m. to 4 p.m. will be open in the Lacombe Memorial Centre as part of Lacombe Days. Create some art with your family at the fun event. Games Day at Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion is offered every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy board games, cards, and more. Bring extended family and friends or come for time of fun for all ages. Contact Bev at 403-342-0035. Freedom Ride in support of Magdalene House Society goes July 25 and 26. Event begins at Sylvan Lake on July 25 and goes 90 km to Sanctum Retreat House six km west of Caroline and back to Sylvan Lake on July 26. Support victims of human trafficking. See www. magdalenehouse.ca

Sunday Lacombe and District Garden Club presents their Hidden Treasures Yard Tour on July 26. On this self-guided tour, local gardens will be open for viewing from 1 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are only available at Hannas Seeds in Lacombe or call Pat at 403-789-0400 for more information. Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum will be open on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in July and Aug. and will also hold live blacksmithing demonstrations on Lacombe Days — July 25 and 26, Alberta Open Farm Days — Aug. 22 and 23, and Lacombe Culture and Harvest Festival — Sept. 26 and 27. Sunday Afternoon at the Dickson Store Museum, July 26 at 2 p.m., features music, a one-act play, refreshments and fun. Call 403-728-3355 for more information. Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-346-2010 to find out more.

Monday Innisfail and District Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month next July 27, at Innisfail Seniors Drop-In

Centre. Meetings feature speakers, tours, films, contests, plant exchanges and more. Call Carolyn at 403-227-4818. Free concerts by the faculty and guests of Red Deer College’s Music Camp can be enjoyed Monday through Friday, July 27 to Aug. 7, 8 p.m. at the RDC Arts Centre Mainstage. Just drop in; no tickets required. The Bower Community Association will offer an evening of instruction for those wishing to rent or have a location to rent. Be aware of the rights of both landlords and tenants. This free legal clinic takes place at 7 p.m. on July 27 at the Bower Community Hall. For information and to register, email newbowerevents@gmail. com or call 403-877-1436. Bargain Treasures Thrift Store welcomes gently used items, except furniture, computers and monitors, infant car seats or cribs. Please bring items inside the back door at 5217 Gaetz Ave. during business hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The store is run by volunteers and all proceeds stay in the community. Phone 403-347-9711. Spruce View Hall Association will host a market on Mondays from 4 to 7 p.m. until Sept. 7. Check out fresh produce, fresh meat, fresh eggs, baking, arts, crafts, fancy coffee, and food truck. Contact Sue at 403-391-2573. The Association will celebrate 25 years on June 20. Contact Sue, or Sandy at 403-755-6366 or Doris at 403-877-6804.

Tuesday Red Deer Legion holds a jam session every Tuesday in July and August. Everyone is welcome to come out to the club room from noon to 3 p.m. for some musical fun. Call 403-342-0035 for more information. Free barbecues hosted by Atco Gas and the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre’s S.A.F.E. program will be held throughout the summer in the Red Deer area for neighbourhood members. Dates and locations: July 28 at West Community Centre at 5 McIntosh Ave. (Morrisroe), Aug. 11 at Oriole Park Community Centre (Oriole Park), all from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) Innisfail meets every Tuesday in the basement of the Innisfail United Church. Weigh-in from 12:30 to 1 p.m., with meeting beginning at 1 p.m. Next meeting will be on July 28. Call Rose at 403-227-6903, or Elsie at 403-227-3508. Kids Celebrate! travelling exhibit will be shown at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, opening on July 11, and continuing to Sept. 27. Children ages five to

12 are invited to learn about the many celebrations that are practiced in the community, enjoy hands-on activities, discover new games, make crafts and much more. Watch for special Cultural Creation Labs on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m., and Special Event Sundays. On July 28 tell stories with Christmas sock puppets. See www.reddeermuseum.com or call 403-309-8405. Teen Summer Reading Club — mezz edition — meets at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Tuesdays starting at 3 p.m. Scary hair, headwear and props galore with guest host, Felicia McComb of Stealthy Cosplay goes on July 28 in the mezz and Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room.

Wednesday Ponoka United Church Thrift Shop is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come in and shop for the whole family. For more information call Mary at 403783-5030, or Jessie at 403-783-8627. Art in the Park runs every Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. until Aug. 12 in Centennial Park in Sylvan Lake. On July 29 have fun playing with clay. For more information, contact Kaelon at 403887-2199. Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Golden Music Makers is on July 29 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.

Thursday Whisker Rescue Society Annual Garage Sale Fundraiser will be held at #26, 6380 50 Ave. in Village Mall on July 30, 31 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, see www.whiskerrescue@live.com, or phone Diane at 403-318-9448. Proceeds will provide medical care for rescue cats. Powered by Breathing Lung Support Group meets Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Those with lung disorders are invited to learn tips on having a better life with a chronic lung disorder at this Lung Association affiliated support group. Contact Ted at 403-309-3487, or Mac at 403-3472191. Red Deer TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thursday nights at the Elks Lodge, 6315 Horn Street. Weekly weigh in from 6:15 to 6:55 p.m. with program to follow at 7 p.m. Low membership and weekly fees. Drop in for a free session or contact Cheryl at mamaandpapa@ shaw.ca, or 403-342-1484. Red Deer Area Hikers meet on July 30 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for a six km hike at the J.J. Collett Area Loop. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403-3430091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497. Teen Summer Reading Club — Play! and Let the Games Begin — meets at the Dawe Branch of the Red Deer Public Library on Thursdays at 2 p.m. for youth ages 12 years and up. Play life-size Angry Birds games on July 30.

Alberta Youth Pheasant Program will at 403-341-3463 for more information. start another year of firearm safety, target Sundre Snake Hill Slam 5km Obstacle shooting, and pheasant hunting for kids 12 to Race takes place on Sept. 19 and is a fund20. This is a full day in September, of shotgun raiser for Greenwood Neighbourhood Place handling and clay bird shooting followed by a and Sundre Call to Action. Runners, volunhunt for pheasants with trained hunting dogs. teers and sponsors are sought to participate No charge for Fish and Game members; $10 in team challenges, family participation, don insurance fee for non-members. Space is limcostumes, and more. Sign up as an individual ited so register early by calling Doug at 403or in a team of four. Cost is $30 for adults or 347-7968 or email dwwood@xplorenet.com $20 for youth ages 18 years and under, and Nominations are open for the Stars of in Oct. and Nov. Donors are sought to spon- mssociety.ca. includes event T-shirt, water bottle and finishNorwegian Laft Hus offers summer pro- ing prize. Snake Hill Mini Slam Obstacle Race Alberta Volunteer Awards. Deadline for sor plaques for the 128 flags commemoratnominations is Sept. 15 with the awards to ing representing 1,000 current, past serv- grams for children ages five to 12 to explore for kids will be offered free of charge. Battle of be presented in December. For criteria and ing, fallen, and missing in action of Canada’s Norwegain culture. Topics this summer are the Bands is a new event on the main stage. nomination for, go to www.culture.ab/com- military services. Flags and plaques and will Norwegian farm animals, seafaring, Sami and See www.snakehillslam, contact 403-638be placed at Sylvan Lake and Ponoka and kings. Programs runs Thursdays July 23 and 1011, kim@mygnp.org. munity events The Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus Soci- across Canada at noon on Oct. 17 and re- Aug. 6 and 23. For more information call the Red Deer Garden Club invites the pubety will host their annual show Aug. 29 and maining on display until Nov. 12. Persons, Laft Hus at 403-347-2055. lic to exhibit flowers, vegetables, fruit, etc. groups, or individuals interested in sponsoring Feast with the Vikings at the Danish 30 at Bower Place Shopping Centre. Judging at the Flower and Garden Show to be held will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. The show plaques in the name of their military hero are Canadian National Museum in Dickson, on Aug. 20 in Festival Hall. Drop off your entries is open to the public during regular shop- invited to contact Jeanette at 780-920-2053, Aug. 15, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Enjoy an authentic Aug. 19 between 5 and 8:30 p.m. and Aug. ping mall hours. For more information contact info@vetvoicecan.org. See www.vetvoicecan. Danish meal of roast pork with crackling, red 20 from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Show is open to public cabbage, new potatoes and dessert. Also from 2 to 7:30 p.m. For more information go Larry at 403-346-8401. Visit www.alberta- org Multiple Sclerosis Society has two fund- taste some mead, a wine made from honey. to www.reddeergardenclub dahliaandgladsociety.com for show booklet raisers coming up. Johnson MS Bike will be Tickets, $50, are available by calling Joanne and staging times. Shannon Smith Dinner and Show goes Camp out and Jam at Condor goes on held on Aug. 29 starting at 9 a.m. to Aug. 30 at 403-728-0019, email joanne@danishcana- on Aug. 7, 5 p.m. as part of the Pine Lake Aug. 14-16. Potluck on both Friday and meat at 5 p.m. at Penhold Regional Multiplex. See dians.com or visit www.danishcanadians.com Country Fair and Sports Days, hosted by the Central Alberta Brain Injury Society Crossroads Ag Society. Dinner and show supplied on Sat. Bring musical instruments www.msbike.ca, or contact Heidi Hastings, and dancing shoes. Weekend camping costs heidi.hastings@mssociety.ca, 403-346-0290. (CABIS) is seeking a volunteer familiar tickets, $45, are available by calling Gwen at $20. Contact Marge or Gordon at 403-746- Earl’s MS Golf Classic takes place Sept. with accounting to serve as Treasurer on the 403-773-2270. Other events on Aug. 8 an 9 14 at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Board of Directors. Meetings are held on the include at mixed slow pitch tournament, poker 3153. Martha Kostuch Scholarship for high Check in at 8 a.m., tee off at 9:30 a.m. Reg- last Monday of each month, (except July and walk, fair and exhibits, kiddies’ scavenger school graduates deadline is Aug. 1. Open to istration $250 per golfer or register for free August) at 5:30 p.m. at the CABIS office. CA- hunt and much more. For more information grads living in the Parkland Airshed Manage- with a minimum of $250 in fundraising. Both BIS provides support, information, advocacy email Judy at crssroadsagsociety@gmail. ment Zone who wish to pursue post-second- events accepting participants and volunteers. and social events for people with brain inju- com See www.msgolf.ca. For each contact info@ ries, their family and caregivers. Call CABIS ary education in a discipline in understanding, protecting, TRAVEL WITH improving the environment in 403-347-4990 | 1-888-LET-S-BUS (538-7287) land, or air, or water, or wildwww.frontierbuslines.com Visit our website or call for details life, or biodiversity. To find out more see www.pamz. SUPERIOR SERVI CE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRI CE “because we care” org, or contact Sue Arrison at 403-342-5816, sue@pamz. PAY FOR 5 CASINO DAY TRIPS org. Bentley School Reunion - 6TH DAY TRIP IS FREE CALGARY STAMPEDE for students who graduated 5 DAY MYSTERY TRIP Tuesday July 7 (65+ free admission) Aug 24-28 in 1961 or earlier will be held YELLOWHEAD CASINO Rush or reserved evening grandstand seats available. Lots of fun and mysteries. on Aug. 7 at Forshee Hall. EDMONTON PASSION PLAY Phone 403-986-2841 for deTues. July 28 Saturday July 25 BRANSON MISSOURI AND NASHVILLE!! tails. 18 days Sept 7-24 Be carried back 2000 years to the land and events that changed the course of history.This dramatic portrayal of the COWBOYS CASINO life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in an acoustically superb natural bowl amphitheatre will make you feel Deadwood, Crazy Horse, Mt Rushmore, Mitchell Corn Teddy Bear Picnic will CALGARY like you are actually there. Palace, 9 shows in Branson, Graceland, Loretta Lynn be held at the Dickson Store Tues. Aug 11 Ranch, Gen Jackson Showboat, Grand Ole Opry, Historic MAYFIELD DINNER THEATRE EDMONTON Museum on Aug. 6 from Trails Centre, Little Bighorn Battlefield and more. APEX CASINO “The Long Weekend” 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EnWednesday July 29 ST. ALBERT ANNUAL MINOT HOSTFEST joy crafts, games, music, A hilariously tangled web of truths, deception and surprises. Leaves the audience Tues. Sept 1 Sept 28-Oct 4 laughing all the way to the final curtain. lemonade making, picnic, Superb Headliners: Jeff Foxworthy; Abbacadabra; LETHBRIDGE CASINO and a bear hunt. Contact SPRUCE MEADOWS MASTERS Marty Stuart & Connie Smith; Celtic Thunder; July 13-14 Saturday Sept 12 (65+ free admission) 403-728-3355, dicksonstoreRonnie Milsap FarewellTour; Martina McBride Rush or reserved seating available. GOLD EAGLE CASINO museum@gmail.com, or see ROSEBUD DINNER THEATRE LAKE HAVASU CITY ARIZONA BATTLEFORD NORTH www.dicksonstoremuseum. “Mass Appeal” Feb 13-Mar 1, 2016 Aug. 17-19 com to register. 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HOROSCOPE Thursday, July 23 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Daniel Radcliffe, 25; Woody Harrelson, 53; Michelle Williams, 34 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: to be cooperation and collaborative toJOANNE day. MADELEINE HAPPY BIRTHMOORE DAY: You are kind and compassionate, but it’s not up to you to save everyone else. Far better that you help them help themselves. Learn to live with life’s uncertainties. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries can come on too strong, and scare others away. The more disruptive you are, the more difficult the day will be. The Libran Moon encourages you to be cooperative and inclusive. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Attached Taureans — it’s a terrific time to strengthen your commitment to your partner. Sick of being single? You may be attracted to someone who is much older and wiser than you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gung-ho Geminis are feeling mighty restless! You want to do your own thing but be aware that your actions affect those around you. Share an adventure with a child, teenager or friend. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re in the mood for some DIY as you paint, polish, design, garden, clean or cook up a storm. But expect to feel stressed, as you strive to balance professional and domestic responsibilities. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Sun joins Jupiter in your sign until August 23. So it’s time to sparkle and shine, express yourself and entertain others, as you display your long list of Leo talents to the world. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today will work well if you balance group activities with time alone. Some splendid solitude is just what the doctor ordered, as you slow down and re-charge your depleted batteries. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You need to be more disciplined with your money. If you are extravagant or irresponsible with your cash or credit card then your financial chickens will come home to roost. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With Saturn moving slowly through your sign, you’re very fussy about presenting a professional persona. Just make sure your work is up to the high standard your appearance suggests. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Slow down Sagittarius! Take the time to appreciate the people, places and things that you value most. The Sun and Mercury highlight travel and education over the next few weeks. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Colleagues are looking to you for leadership. Being the boss won’t work so well in your personal life though. A loved one desires more independence, so make sure you listen to their needs. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re in the mood to say controversial things, just for the fun of it and for the reaction you get from others. But is that such a good idea? Find other ways to amuse yourself today Aquarius. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You need to be clear and straightforward in your dealings with others today — no Piscean pussy-footing around! Friendships, group activities and social networking are favoured. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Fiance’s family causing strain in full house Dear Annie: I am running out of ad- listen attentively, nod your head and vice for my daughter, “Katie.” make sympathetic sounds. If she asks She lives with her fiance. Last what to do, tell her to talk to her fiyear, his middle-aged, disabled father ance. moved in with them. A month ago, his If she is reluctant to do that, she sister, her fiance and their two tod- is setting herself up for a lifetime of dlers also moved in. marital misery. The children wreak havDear Annie: I am recentoc on her clean, organized ly divorced from an abusive home. Neither the sister nor man after 25 years, and I dethe father will clean up afcided to try online dating. ter themselves when they The first site did no backuse the kitchen. The sister ground checks and when I lets her kids get into everydid a Google search on the thing. The father sits in his photos of the men who aproom all day. proached me, I discovered To keep the peace, Katie they were not who they said chooses to keep quiet until they were. The second datshe comes to see me. Then ing site verified my photo she unloads all of her agand account info, so I felt MITCHELL gravation. more secure. & SUGAR I don’t know what to tell However, there are scam her. How does she get these artists there, too. One of lazy, sloppy people to pick them drew me in, but after a up after themselves? — Kamonth of texts and emails, I tie’s Mom have come to realize he, too, just wants Dear Mom: Katie isn’t asking you for money. My heart is broken, but I know advice. time will heal it. She is frustrated by her home situaHere are my words of wisdom for tion and is venting to you because you your readers who try online dating: are her safe refuge. These sites are rife with con artists. If she truly wants the freeloaders Make sure the site does background to help out (or leave), she needs to dis- checks or verification of some kind. cuss how to handle this with her fiance Do not give prospective suitors your and reach an agreement before it over- email address. Communicate only whelms their relationship. through the site. Meet only in a public Simply allow her to air her feelings, place and have a friend accompany

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you. If he keeps coming up with excuses to change the date, drop him. If he tells you he’s in love after one or two emails, drop him. He’s a phony. If he asks you for money, even a small amount, drop him. If he tells you he has to leave for an overseas trip and then needs money to get home, drop him. I was so drawn in by this guy’s beautiful words and romancing that I let my heart rule my head. Warn others. — Know Better Dear Know: Happy to. There have always been “romance” scams, but the Internet makes it easier. Entire industries exist to take advantage of lonely people, even on legitimate sites. There are ways to verify someone’s photo online — as well as those flowery, romantic statements — to see whether they are stolen from another source. No matter how wonderful someone seems, NEVER meet them in your home or theirs, or allow them to drive you somewhere. And NEVER send them money. Be careful. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Women with impaired memory worsen faster than men ALZHEIMER’S STUDY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, researchers reported Tuesday, part of an effort to unravel why women are especially hard-hit by Alzheimer’s. Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women. At age 65, seemingly healthy women have about a 1 in 6 chance of developing Alzheimer’s during the rest of their lives, compared with a 1 in 11 chance for men. Scientists once thought the disparity was just because women tend to live longer — but there’s increasing agreement that something else makes women more vulnerable. “Women are really at the epicenter of the Alzheimer’s disease crisis,” said Dr. Kristine Yaffe of the University of California, San Francisco. “We don’t really understand what this is all about.” A series of studies presented Tuesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference uncovered signs of that vulnerability well before

Alzheimer’s symptoms hit. First, Duke University researchers compared nearly 400 men and women with mild cognitive impairment, early memory changes that don’t interfere with everyday activities but that mark an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s. They measured these people’s cognitive abilities over an average of four years and as long as eight years for some participants. The men’s scores on an in-depth test of memory and thinking skills declined a point a year while the women’s scores dropped by two points a year. Age, education levels and even whether people carried the ApoE-4 gene that increases the risk of latein-life Alzheimer’s couldn’t account for the difference, said Duke medical student Katherine Lin, who coauthored the study with Duke psychiatry professor Dr. P. Murali Doraiswamy. The study wasn’t large or long enough to tell if women were more at risk for progressing to full dementia. Nor could it explain why the women declined faster, but the researchers said larger Alzheimer’s prevention studies should start analyzing gender differences for more clues. And two other studies presented Tuesday of-

fered additional hints of differences in women’s brains: A sample of 1,000 participants in the large Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative compared PET scans to see how much of a sticky protein called beta-amyloid was building up in the brains of a variety of men and women, some healthy, some at risk and others with full-blown Alzheimer’s. Amyloid plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, and growing levels can help indicate who’s at risk before symptoms ever appear. “Overall, women have more amyloid than men,” even among the cognitively normal group, said Dr. Michael Weiner of the University of California, San Francisco. The study couldn’t explain why, although it didn’t appear due to

the risky ApoE-4 gene, which seemed to make a difference for men with Alzheimer’s but not women. Some seniors who undergo surgery while knocked out by general anesthesia suffer lasting cognitive problems afterward, often expressed to doctors as, “Grandma was never the same after that operation.” Tuesday, researchers reported that here again, women are at higher risk of getting worse. Dr. Katie Schenning of the Oregon Health & Science University tracked records of more than 500 participants in two long-term studies of cognitive aging, which included a battery of brain tests. About 180 participants underwent 331 procedures involving general anesthesia.

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LACOMBE’S VAST COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MURALS GETS A FACELIFT BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Murals in downtown Lacombe received a facelift just in time for the city’s annual Lacombe Days celebration that runs from today to Sunday. Free guided walking tours of the city’s historical sites and murals are among the many Lacombe Days activities. Tours run from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday and 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday starting from Michener House Museum, at 5036 51st. St. Mural artist Robert Murray, of St. Albert, was hired to touch up historical murals in the back alley behind the Royal Bank and Ugly’s Pub & Grill. He wrapped up his work on Tuesday. Since early July, Murray has fixed about eight murals. “I’m pretty fast with the paint brush. Once I get focused on a project, I tend to lose myself until it’s completed,” said Murray, who has painted over 400 of his own murals in the last 10 years. This was his first restoration work. “The biggest challenge is to mirror what the previous artist had left behind, not to have a trace that I was there. That was the goal I set.” The murals, painted between 2008 and 2010 by local artist Tim Giles to depict Lacombe in the late 1800s and early 1900s, are part of the city’s collection of murals decorating the downtown. Painted on brick or cinder block, moisture caused some of the paint to peel requiring restoration. After damage sections were fixed, a clear coat was applied to entire murals. It turned out that the two-storey general merchant store mural needed to be totally repainted as most images had almost faded away. “From the sign up top to the shoelaces below, it was totally repainted.” Murray completed the first phase of a two-stage mural restoration program, with work costing $5,900. Maureen MacKenzie, executive assistant with Lacombe community services, said in the future, the city’s murals will be painted on a special sign board and attached to walls to eliminate moisture and corrosion issues. “Using this new sign board is the best way to go. That way if the building gets torn down, you can recover the murals and put them somewhere else,” MacKenzie said. Murray said other communities like High River are already switching to sign board so murals can be removed

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Mural painter Robert Murray does some touch-ups on the moustache of one of the many characters who grace the murals in Lacombe’s alleyways behind the Royal Bank and Ugly’s Pub and Grill. Murray has restored eight murals since the beginning of July. in case of disasters like flooding. With 38 murals, Lacombe has the most art on its buildings of any community in Central Alberta. “I’ve never seen so many in one place. (Giles) did marvelous work,” said Murray, who happened upon the murals three years ago while in the area. MacKenzie said the murals transformed the downtown and have

brought a lot of attention to Lacombe. “It’s incredible how many people come down to the downtown for tours. It’s a huge draw for the community. Big, big, big.” Murray also repainted part of the mural outside Leto’s restaurant after exterior doors were replaced and fixed another mural defaced with graffiti last week. She said it was the first time vandals

have damaged one of the city’s murals. Anyone with information with information on the person or people responsible is asked to contact Lacombe Police Service at 403-782-3279. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS), or go to www.tipsubmit.com. Tipsters are eligible for a cash reward if their information helps lead to an arrest. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Flags of Remembrance to line both sides of Hwy 11 to honour Canada’s fallen BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Driving along Hwy 11 west of Red Deer may soon feel like being in a tunnel — Veterans Voices wants to line both sides of the roadway with Canadian flags. Last fall, the organization put flags along one side of the highway. The project is the brainchild of Allan Cameron, now the executive director of Veterans Voices of Canada. The Sylvan Lake resident has made it his mission to document Canada’s veterans for history and education. He had recorded interviews with veterans and intends to donate them to schools, museums and libraries. Last October, the Flags of Remembrance lined Hwy 11 near Sylvan Lake for the first time. Cameron said it was something he had wanted to do for a long time. He finally raised the flags in honour of Canada’s soldiers killed or missing in action for the first time in 2014. “I wanted to make Canadians proud of who we are,” said Cameron. “When you go down and see these flags flying in representation of our fallen.

“Last year, every time I drove by these flags I had goosebumps.” This year, on Oct. 16 at noon, the flags will be raised again and 128 of them will stay up on both sides of Hwy 11 until Nov. 12. At the base of each flags will be honour plaques sponsored by businesses and citizens. The plaques will include the names of people killed or missing while they were members of Canada’s armed forces. Each flag represents 1,000 Canadian soldiers, totalling the 128,000 who have been killed or gone missing in action since 1900. “It’s about not forgetting and making sure we always remember,” said Cameron. “Especially the guys who are still with us, making sure they know we’re never going to forget their sacrifice.” After the success of last year’s Flags of Remembrance, Cameron set his sights on spreading the project across the country. Five communities have come on board and Veterans Voices of Canada is partnering with local veterans groups. Those communities include Ponoka, Kelowna, B.C., Kingston, Ont., Amherst, N.S., and Charlottetown,

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Allan Cameron, executive director of Veterans Voices of Canada, along Hwy 11 last fall. The project is growing in Central Alberta this fall, and new communities across the country are coming on board. P.E.I. The plaques and flags are fundraising efforts for Veterans Voices of Canada. The honour plaques cost $200 each to sponsor. Some businesses support the project but Cameron said the majority of the plaques are sponsored by people remembering family members. The funds raised from honour plaques in the five other communities will be shared between Veterans

Voices of Canada and veterans organizations in each community, split 50/50. Flags are also available for sponsorships. Cameron said the flag poles have already been donated. More sponsorships are available for the plaques. For more information on Veterans Voices of Canada, and how to sponsor a flag or a plaque, visit www.vetvoicecan.org or the Flags of Remembrance Facebook page. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Payday loan limits sought by city councillors BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Two city councillors want to crack down on the payday loan businesses and offer a banking system that improves access for low income or at-risk citizens in Red Deer. On Monday, Councillors Ken Johnston and Paul Harris read a joint notice of motion that aims to improve the municipal oversight of money-lending businesses that charge extremely high interest rates and fees. The motion will be debated on Aug. 17. Johnston, a former banker with four decades of experience under his belt, said he saw too many incidents over

the years where good, honest people were turned away from banking services because of social status or lack of identification. Johnston said their alternative is to go to payday loan businesses, where they were forced to pay outrageously high rates and fees. “These folks have to go cash cheques and lose three to five per cent off the top of the cheque plus pay annual percentage rates of almost 600 per cent on advances,” he said. The payday loan customers are predominantly low-wager earners with an annual income of less than $30,000. The motion asks the city advocate to the province to repeal the Payday Loans Regulation and revert to the federal Criminal Code interest rate

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maximum of 60 per cent per year and to reduce interest rate levels below the federal 60 per cent maximum. Regulations for payday loan businesses come up for provincial review in 2016. Johnston said the current rules allow payday lenders to charge annual percentage rates at 600 per cent. The motion also calls on the city to investigate changes in the licensing and bylaws that would limit the distance between a payday loan business and a liquor stores, gambling facilities and bars, all places that may contribute to poverty, addictions and self-harm. Harris, who sits on an inter-city forum for social policy, recently watched a presentation on the influence of pay-

day lending on the health of the community. “It’s not an anti-payday loan,” said Harris. “It’s (about) location and if they are going to hurt people. Part of the problem is it perpetuates poverty when people cannot get out of that lending cycle. They are losing part of their paycheque each time. Even if they are working below minimum wage and they are managing to make ends meet, as soon as they get in that cycle it’s like working with loan sharks. They can’t get away.” Harris said he has seen people come out of a gambling establishment and go directly to a payday loan business, then back to the casino.

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BRIEFS Sylvan Lake inspection to search for milfoil, mussels Lacombe County has ramped up its efforts to keeping its lakes free of aquatic invasive species. Extreme damage to lakes can be caused by Eurasian watermilfoil, quagga mussels or zebra mussels. These species can live out of water for 30 days, reproduce one million eggs every year and are almost impossible to eradicate. If introduced to lakes, they can cause millions of dollars in damage to water-operated infrastructure as well as aquatic ecosystems. Alberta does not any of the three invasive species and various municipalities and the provincial government are working to keep it that way. It is mandatory in Alberta to stop at any open boat inspection station to have your boat and/or water-related equipment inspected for invasive species. Lacombe County is partnering with Alberta Environment and Parks and the Summer Village of Sunbreaker Cover on July 31 to do boat inspections at Sylvan Lake’s Sunbreaker Cove boat launch. The two species can spread quickly by water users with unclean equipment. In order to prevent the spread, we recommend the following: ● Clean and inspect watercraft, trailer and gear, remove all plants, animals and mud at the access area or dock. At home, soak your gear in a two per cent bleach solution for one minute (20 ml of bleach per litre of water). Rinse, scrub or pressure wash your boat away from storm drains, ditches or waterways. ● Drain, on land before leaving the water body, all water from bait buckets, ballasts, bilges, coolers, internal compartments, livewells and transom motors. Never release live bait into a water body or transfer aquatic plants or animals from water body to another. For paddle boats, drain by inverting or tilting the watercraft, opening compartments and removing seats if necessary. ● Dry the watercraft and gear completely between trips and allow the wet areas of your boat to air dry. Leave compartments open and sponge out standing water. For more information or to report something suspicious, call toll free to 1-855-336-2628.

Innisfail quilt show at Historical Village The Innisfail and District Historical Society is hosting its first quilt show next month at the Historical Village. The show is Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Aug. 9 from noon to 5 p.m. Those who want to enter a quilt can contact Jane Duncalfe, events co-ordi-

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The fire engine and firefighting equipment donated by various groups in Lacombe has arrived in Caazapá, Paraguay. The equipment was shipped in mid-March and was received by the Caazapá fire department on July 18. The Lacombe Volunteer Firefighters Association, A Better World Canada and Lacombe County were involved in the project. Lacombe Firefighters Association president Eric Nicholas said, “This is a huge accomplishment towards helping a community in need, and a great stepping stone towards helping more.” The Caazapá Fire Department sent pictures and a video of the truck arriving in their community to the Lacombe Fire Department, along with a letter of thanks. Up to this point, the community of 12,000 was without adequate fire response equipment, and firefighters responded to emergencies in personal vehicles, dressed in inadequate protective clothing, and using rudimentary tools and equipment they carried in the trunks of their cars. Two members from Lacombe Fire will travel to Caazapá shortly to instruct the local fire department in use of the truck and the equipment. “While the members are in Paraguay, they will also do further research into communities that are in need of similar support,” said Nicholas. The Lacombe firefighters have received 11 more requests for assistance, and are already planning a second mission. nator, at idhsjane@gmail.com by email or call 403-227-2906. Entrance fee to the show is $5. Coffee, tea and beverages, lunch and free parking are available. The Historical Village is located at 5139 42nd St., which is wheelchair accessible.

Plea delayed for man facing firearms charges DNA evidence delayed pleas in the case of a man accused of aiming a firearm at an RCMP officer. Stephen Gibbon, 36, of Red Deer is charged with several firearm related offences, including careless use, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon obtained by crime and two counts of unauthorized possession. In addition, he faces two charges of

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resisting a peace officer, five counts of breaching an undertaking and one count of assaulting a peace officer. Represented by Arnold Piragoff, Gibbon reserved his election on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court. Piragoff said he was waiting on DNA evidence to be completed before entering a plea. Red Deer RCMP arrested a man they found in a dumpster near the downtown Co-op Plaza on April 29. They were called to an attempted armed robbery at about 10 p.m. that evening. Police say a male suspect pointed a firearm at a police officer before fleeing on foot in the direction of the alley that runs behind the Co-op Plaza. A witness pointed police in the direction of the dumpster, where they made the arrest. Police would like to speak with the witness who directed them to the dumpster. If anyone has information about the witness who helped police, they are asked to contact Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Home invasion accused has new lawyer The third man with alleged involvement in a home invasion will stand trial on charges from the 2014 incident in Riverside Meadows. Bradley Amos Erickson, 40, of Red Deer is charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats, attempted robbery, forcible confinement, break and enter with intent to cause bodily

harm, impersonating a peace officer and failing to attend court. Defence counsel Andrew Phypers said on Wednesday that he did not have disclosure on the case against Erickson. Erickson was represented by Marvin Braun until Jan. 29, when Erickson missed a court date. Braun asked to be removed as counsel. A warrant was issued for Erickson’s arrest and he was picked up earlier this summer. Erickson had entered not guilty pleas to the Feb. 17, 2014, incident and elected to be tried by provincial court judge. Judge Bert Skinner ordered the trial be scheduled and Crown prosecutor Ann MacDonald indicated it would take about one day. Phypers said he could schedule the trial date, but maintained he needed to obtain disclosure. Red Deer RCMP were called to a Riverside Meadows residence to a reported home invasion. Three men wore masks while one was armed with a pellet gun and bound the man who lived in the residence with duct tape and put a cloth over his head. Michael Wade Lawrence, 40, of Penhold planned the home invasion to get revenge on the victim for an alleged assault on Lawrence’s girlfriend. He hired two men. One of them, Kyle Brice Connon, 27, of Red Deer pleaded guilty for his role and was sentenced to seven years in custody. Lawrence pleaded guilty to his role and was sentenced to four years in custody. Erickson is accused of being the third man. His trial date has not been set.

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LOANS: Losing money off every cheque “You know they are borrowing money they do not have,” said Harris. “It’s really sad. We don’t need that. It doesn’t help our community.” Johnston said the other part is looking into setting up a micro lending or community banking system that is an

alternative to losing money off the top of a cheque. “I think it can be done,” said Johnston. “I think there is a willingness. There’s a tremendous amount of energy under the private system, possibly the government system to make it happen. This is an issue that has some legs.” The Vancity Credit Union has offered an alternative to payday loans for about four years. First Calgary Financial offers a program through a non-profit agency called Momentum. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Proform Concrete Services Inc. workers repair the curbs along 67th Street between Taylor Drive and Johnstone Drive in Red Deer. Westbound and eastbound traffic were down a lane for a portion of the day. The city’s road network is inspected on a three-year cycle and each road is analyzed and rated. Roads selected for rehabilitation are those where the surface is rutted, cracked, graveled and generally in poor driving condition but without major structural defects. Typically, the pavement rehabilitation program involves milling and replacing the asphalt surface. Before replacing the top layer of asphalt, concrete curbs and gutters are repaired along with the sidewalks.

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Madonna compares herself to Picasso PREPARES FOR MAJOR TOUR THIS FALL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Madonna thinks artists deep into their careers should stop if they don’t have anything more to say. But at 56, the singer says she still has things to talk about, and in short, she feels like Pablo Picasso. “I like to compare myself to other kinds of artists like Picasso. He kept painting and painting until the day he died. Why? Because I guess he felt inspired to do so,” she said. “Life inspired him, so he had to keep expressing himself, and that’s how I feel.” Madonna released her self-titled debut album in 1983, and her latest album, Rebel Heart, earlier this year. She said the key to sticking around is her continual desire to inspire others. “I don’t think there’s a time, a date, an expiration date for being creative,” she said. “I think you go until you don’t have any more to say.” The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour on Sept. 9 in Montreal.

The tour includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. “The theme I really truly explore in this show more than anything is love and romance,” she said in a phone interview from her home in New York City last week. “I want people to walk out like they’re feeling inspired and like they’ve seen something they’ve never seen before (and) felt something they’ve never felt before.” Comedian Amy Schumer, whose new movie Trainwreck opened impressively at No. 2 with $30.2 million last weekend, will open for three Madonna shows in New York. “She’s a role model for women, and I am too, and I think it’s a good match,” said Madonna, who added that the idea to bring Schumer on board came from the singer’s management team. “I love her and ... I just thought, ’That’s interesting.’ (I’ll) try something new and different rather than the usual run-ofthe-mill — have a band, have a DJ. It’s

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In this Feb. 8, 2015 file photo, Madonna performs at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The pop icon will launch her Rebel Heart Tour this fall, which includes more than 60 shows across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. definitely a new thing. I hope it works — fingers crossed.” Madonna says picking the set list for her upcoming tour has been hard, mainly because she wants to sing her newest songs but also satisfy her longtime, die-hard fans. “I realize I have 32 years of other songs, so I have to pick and choose. I sit there for weeks and weeks and weeks trying to figure out which of my

old catalogue I want to do,” she said. “It’s a puzzle that we have to put together ’cause thematically the songs — the old and the new — they have to go together; sonically they have to go together.” She’s even picky about the costumes onstage. “What people wear, from their footwear to the buttons on their jacket, is all very important to me,” she said.

Rosamund Pike says Billy Connolly had ’a willpower that soared’ BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Not even Billy Connolly’s castmates knew of his health problems on the set of What We Did On Our Holiday. The Scottish star was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and earlystage prostate cancer just three weeks before shooting began on the family comedy, which opens at Edmonton’s Princess Theatre on Friday after hitting theatres in Toronto and Vancouver earlier this month. Connolly underwent surgery to remove the cancer before shooting began and didn’t tell writer-director duo Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin — nor his fellow actors — about his Parkinson’s. “We had no idea. Absolutely no idea,” said Oscar-nominated “Gone Girl” star Rosamund Pike, who plays the daughter-in-law to Connolly’s character. “It just makes you think, ’God, what a professional,’ that the show must go on. There’s a willpower that soared. It’s a strange thing that can happen, I think, when you’re performing: things can be falling apart in your life and

somehow you step into the shoes and pretend to be somebody else and somehow muster it. “It was a very generous act on his part to keep it to himself, because I think he probably knew that everybody would be incredibly concerned and worried.” Pike and David Tennant play separated parents who try to keep their split a secret when they take their children to the Scottish Highlands to celebrate the 75th birthday of his father (Connolly). It was Pike’s first time working with Connolly and she fell in love with the “gentle, surreal sort of nature of his humour,” she said. “He said things like, ’Just never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn’t try it on.”’ Emilia Jones, Bobby Smalldridge and Harriet Turnbull make a big impression as the hilarious children. Pike said the young actors didn’t read a script and were only told what they would have to do scene by scene. Pike said she well understood her character’s struggles while on a road trip with the family, noting she and her partner travel with their two young

sons “all the time.” “I remember once doing a flight to L.A. with 15 pieces of Lego and managing out of these 15 pieces of Lego to create so many things,” said Pike. “I think I’d forgotten what I meant to bring for the flight and I was dismayed to find this small Ziploc with 15 pieces of Lego and nothing else. “I thought, ’Oh my goodness, what am I going to do?’ And actually we built car parks, high rises, we built L.A., we built London, vehicles. I was really fun.” Pike said she and her castmates enjoyed shooting in the Highlands, where they went hiking in their downtime. But the midges were unbearable, especially while cameras were rolling. “They’re so vicious and there are

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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s latest economic forecast puts the federal government on track to run a $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, casting doubt on the governing Conservatives’ promise to balance the election-year books, says a new analysis by the parliamentary budget office. The results of the calculations, based on the downgraded projection released last week by the central bank, also trim the government’s expected surpluses over the next two years. The bleaker fiscal outlook, released Wednesday, surfaces as political parties are pitching economic policies to voters ahead of the October election. In its April budget, the Harper government predicted a string of surpluses, starting with $1.4 billion for this election year. The government forecast surpluses of $1.7 billion in 2016-17 and $2.6 billion in 2017-18. But the budget office projects the government producing a $1-billion shortfall in 2015-16 followed by smaller surpluses of $600 million and $2.2 billion over the next two years. Their calculations used fresh projections by the Bank of Canada, which last week lowered its outlook for economic growth in 2015 to 1.1 per cent, down from 1.9 per cent earlier this year. Canada’s economy has been struggling, leading some to state it has slipped into recession. It contracted in the first quarter of the year at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent — in large part due to the

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steep drop in oil prices and the failure of other sectors to pick up the slack. That number registered well below the federal budget’s projection that real gross domestic product would grow by 1.2 per cent over the first three months of 2015. The budget office factored in positive offsets that have appeared since the release of the spring budget: lower interest rates and higher gross domestic product inflation. Their projections also use up the government’s $1-billion annual reserve set aside for contingencies. The analysis was produced by the independent office following requests by NDP MP Nathan Cullen and Liberal MP Scott Brison. Both their parties were quick to jump on the results. “Well, that was supposed to be the Conservatives’ hallmark branding, wasn’t it?” New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair said while touring southwestern Ontario Wednesday, referring to the government’s balanced-budget pledge. “And we now know that that’s not going to be the case. But it’s easy to understand. The Conservatives put all of our economic eggs in the resourceextraction basket and now that that sector is having considerable difficulty, it’s affecting everything else in the Canadian economy.” Brison said the report shows the government could be about to break its promise to balance the books. “Their economic record is in tatters,” Brison said. “They’ve failed to be fiscally responsible.” Despite months of poor economic data, the Harper government says it remains confident it will run a surplus

Five things to know about the Canadian economy TORONTO — The Canadian economy was thrust into the spotlight Wednesday with the sinking Canadian dollar and the Parliamentary Budget Office’s determination that the federal government is facing a $1-billion deficit. Five things to know: The loonie: The Canadian dollar slumped to 76.70 cents US, the lowest level since Sept. 1, 2004. The loonie is suffering from lower oil and gold prices and the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut last week. Deficit: Number-crunching by the Parliamentary Budget Office projects the federal government is facing a $1-billion shortfall in 2015-16. In its April budget, the federal government predicted a string of surpluses, starting with $1.4 billion for this election year. this year. “We remain on track for a balanced budget in 2015,” Rob Nicol, the prime minister’s chief spokesman, said in a statement following the release of the parliamentary budget office’s report. Nicol noted the Finance Department’s latest fiscal monitor, also made public Wednesday, shows Canada posted a $3.95-billion surplus for April and May — the first two months of the 201516 fiscal year. That two-month surplus includes a $1-billion boost from the spring sale of the government’s remaining shares in General Motors. The Conservatives, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have said Canada is feeling the sting of economic problems around

Oil: On commodity markets, the September contract for crude oil dropped below the $50 mark, settling at US$49.19 — a kick in the teeth to the loonie, now considered a petro-currency. Recession?: The Canadian economy contracted in the first quarter of the year at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent, fuelled in part by a slump in non-resource exports. That plunge is a phenomenon Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz described as “a puzzle that warrants further study.” Optimistic Oliver: Finance Minister Joe Oliver isn’t concerned, however, predicting on Tuesday that the economy will rebound later this year and insisting the government will live up to its long-held promise to balance the budget this election year. “We are very comfortable, very comfortable we’re going to achieve a budgetary surplus this year and new numbers will be coming out fairly soon,” he said.

the world, including the crisis in Europe and slower-than-predicted growth in the United States. But on Tuesday, Finance Minister Joe Oliver predicted the Canadian economy would make a late-2015 comeback. “Every economist that I’ve spoken to — certainly the 15 private sector economists whose forecasts we use as well as the Bank of Canada and the (International Monetary Fund) — all forecast positive growth for Canada this year,” Oliver told reporters. “We are very comfortable, very comfortable we’re going to achieve a budgetary surplus this year.” A spokeswoman for Oliver said he wasn’t available Wednesday for interviews.

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BRIEF Loonie at lowest point in more than a decade as oil and gold under pressure TORONTO — The Canadian dollar dropped to levels Wednesday not seen in more than a decade as the price of oil and gold both came under pressure. The loonie was down 0.53 of a cent to 76.70 cents US. That’s the lowest level since Sept. 1, 2004. The dollar has been on a downward slide since last summer, when the price of oil started to weaken.

SNC-Lavalin awarded contract to build natural gas plant in Maryland MONTREAL — Engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has won a contract to build a natural gas plant in the United States. The Montreal-based company says it will construct the Keys Energy Center project, a 755-megawatt facility, in Prince George’s County, Md. PSEG Power, which acquired the operation last month, has said it will cost between $825 million to $875 million to build.

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A bulldozer works at tearing apart Arby’s restaurant’s old north hill location Tuesday evening. The restaurant is set to move to a new location just down Gaetz Ave. between Pizza Hut and Auto Value.

Meeting the new demands for food information Tracking and traceability are two ingredients the food industry sees as vital in the recipe for future success. While once they were concepts considered a ‘necessary evil’ for journeying back to the source of a problem, the shift in today’s consumer mindset means the measures are becoming a regular part of doing business. So it’s not surprising then that HOST YEG included the DIANNE topic as part of FINSTAD a food innovations discussion at a conference this month in Edmonton. HOST bills itself as a hub for Edmonton’s hospitality industry, and the day was to give hospitality professionals a chance to learn and grow. Learning and growing is certainly what the meat industry has done in the field of tracking and traceability, and that was evident in the message from all the speakers. The questions being faced now are not ‘why should we?’ but ‘how do we?’ From a government perspective, Jason Kripps sees it as becoming a cost of entry for many markets. He’s the Deputy Minister for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, and has been involved in ag and trade politics for years. But he pointed out a key lesson learned is that government and industry have to

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work together to make it happen. Making traceability mandatory may have been deemed necessary in the wake of disease challenges like BSE, but taking the same approach with age verification for cattle was a tough sell for many producers. However, a lot of those same producers are changing their tune, after they’ve watched and seen what their end customer, the consumer, is demanding today. Rather than having such moves legislated, they’re wanting to have input in developing programs which can keep their business realities in focus. They’re ranchers like Bob Lowe of Nanton, who got into what he called ‘cow politics’ because he thought problems like the BSE fallout weren’t being fixed fast enough. In his cowboy succinct way, he described in his panel talk that he sees now how producers have to explain what they do to people, in a way that reaches them. But they also need to be able to back what they say with data, to today’s ‘show me’ oriented- consumer. And that’s where outfits like “Where Food Comes From” come into play. Leann Saunders of Colorado comes from a ranching background, but has developed, with her husband, the leading agricultural and food verification and certification company in North America. Their motto is ‘every meal has a story’ and they provide an independent, third party service for verifying claims made by food firms. While they’re providing the trust factor for consumers, they’re also striving to create value for farmers. “Consumers today want to know more, and they’re demanding transparency,” Saunders told the audience.

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“The food industry has gotten so much better at things like variety, safety, and affordability. But at the same time, we’ve needed fewer people in agriculture. So there’s a reduced understanding on how food is produced.” “Today’s consumer wants more information to make their food decisions, and want their choices to reflect their own values.” Saunders has been spending a lot of time in Canada lately, as part of the pilot project McDonald’s Canada has underway for sourcing verified sustainable beef by 2016. The food giant has spent considerable time, money and effort in making sure all partners in the process are involved in that goal, and that’s leading to a whole industry shift. Work is progressing on defining ‘sustainable’ beef, and what that means at the grassroots level. In June, executives from McDonald’s and Cargill, along with members of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef toured some Alberta ranches that have already completed the third-party verification process. Already some one hundred ranchers have shown interest in joining the pilot. About twenty have received their verification, with more being done in the fall. While Canada is a starting point, the whole idea is being worked on globally as well. Tracking, traceability, verification, audits – it all comes down to numbers. Beef producers are used to dealing with facts and figures, like rate of gain, costs of production, feed conversion, or pasture carrying capacity. But now they have to be ready to provide a new kind of data, to a consumer demanding proof, as well as a story they can relate to, about how their food gets to the

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table. A key player in the numbers job is BIXS, one of the information tracking services available in the beef industry. It’s the database the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has partnered with ViewTrak Technologies on, for the capture and exchange of animal and carcass data across the Canadian beef supply chain. “Data and communication is the new currency,” BIXS Sr. Vice-President Deb Wilson explained. “If we don’t take it on as an industry measure, will it be legislated, litigated, or regulated for us?” “Transparency is no longer optional in our industry, but is the path to building trust in the food system,” she added. Sharing data has become one piece of the complex puzzle for survival and success in today’s food production world. Again, Bob Lowe put it best. The rancher said he’s often asked to define the sometimes elusive term ‘sustainability’. He simply put up a picture of himself on a horse in the pasture, holding his baby granddaughter in the saddle. “That is what sustainability is to me,” he simply stated, while the audience members swallowed a lump in their throats. Ensuring that generation will still be able to raise cattle for food is why he and many others are working hard to adapt and meet the new demands for information. Dianne Finstad is a veteran broadcaster and reporter who has covered agricultural news in Central Alberta for more than 30 years. From the Field appears monthly in the Advocate.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 133.94 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.34 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.81 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.04 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.69 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.12 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.53 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 205.10 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.24 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.86 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.62 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 50.00 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 55.74 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.99 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.30 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.33 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.24 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 44.10 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 36.53 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.68 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.15 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.34 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.44 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.45 Leonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.30 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.55 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Toronto stock market suffered another session of declines on Wednesday as oil settled below $50 for the first time in several months and the loonie tumbled to its lowest level in more than a decade. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 69.12 points to end at 14,307.12, dragged down by both the energy and resource sectors. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar lost 0.53 of a cent to close at 76.70 cents US, a level it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reached since Sept. 1, 2004. The loonie could fall even closer to 70 cents US in the coming months on the dismal combination of weak recent Canadian economic data and a rate cut from the Bank of Canada last week, said Gareth Watson, vicepresident of investment management and research at Richardson GMP Ltd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are the two things will really drive the currency in the short term,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to find a positive catalyst to get things back to 80 (cents) or above.â&#x20AC;? Prices for crude oil are facing a similar battle for positive motivation after the latest figures from the U.S. government showed that a glut of oil supply drove inventories unexpectedly higher last week. The September crude contract settled at its lowest level since April, closing down $1.67 to US$49.19 a barrel, after the data was released. The TSX energy sector fell 1.1 per cent. Oversupply could prove to be a recurring problem in the coming months as some U.S. oil rigs wind down output in an effort to curtail production against demand. Until a balance is reached, the expectations of traders who see an extended oversupply in the market will likely continue to prove correct, Watson suggested.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.96 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.24 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.16 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.33 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.59 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.34 First Quantum Minerals . 13.37 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.23 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.73 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.24 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.11 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.56 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.62 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 10.41 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 19.72 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.09 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 58.28 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.55 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.77 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 31.06 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 7.79 Canyon Services Group. . 5.45 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.53 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 11.40 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.05 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question the short-term supply bears are winning the argument at the moment and probably will continue to win that argument for the rest of this year and into next year,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really difficult to paint a positive picture on where oil prices are going.â&#x20AC;? In other key commodities, the August natural gas contract rose 1.5 cents at US$2.897 while August gold lost US$12 at $1,091.50. On Wall Street, stock markets were dealt a combination of disappointing results from major technology companies which both disappointed on their quarterly results or outlooks. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 68.25 points at 17,851.04, while the Nasdaq fell 36.35 points to 5,171.77. The S&P 500 dipped 5.06 points to 2,114.15. Leading the technology pack was Apple Inc. which emphasized its cautious outlook for the current quarter late Tuesday as its latest results showed slower iPhone sales figures. Its sales dropped 4.3 per cent during the session. Microsoft shares took a deeper hit, falling 3.8 per cent, after it booked an expense of $8.4 billion from its purchase of Nokia more than a year ago and subsequent loss from it. Yahoo also delivered a loss of almost $22 million for the quarter and its shares fell 1.2 per cent. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close on Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14,307.12, down 69.12 points Dow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 17,851.04, down 68.25 points S&P 500 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2,114.15, down 5.06 points Nasdaq â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5,171.77, down 36.35 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.79 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.54 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.44 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.84 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.33 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.71 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.71 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.55 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.44 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 44.56 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2250 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.67 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.02 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.18 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.82 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.99 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.18 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.17 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.40 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.51 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.48 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.41 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.31

Currencies: Cdn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 76.70 cents US, down 0.53 of a cent Pound â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C$2.0346, up 2.11 cents Euro â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C$1.4232, up 0.73 of a cent Euro â&#x20AC;&#x201D; US$1.0917, down 0.18 of a cent Oil futures: US$49.19 per barrel, down $1.67 (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,091.50 per oz., down 12 dollars (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.1152 oz., up six cents $646.60 kg., up $1.93 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15 $1.00 higher $520.80; Jan. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 $0.70 higher $521.20; March â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 $0.60 higher $518.00; May â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 $0.70 higher $514.00; July â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 $0.40 higher $508.00; Nov. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 $0.40 higher $472.40; Jan. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 $0.40 higher $473.50; March â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 $0.40 higher $475.20; May â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 $0.40 higher $475.20; July â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 $0.40 higher $475.20; Nov. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 $0.40 higher $475.20. Barley (Western): Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15 unchanged $217.40; Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15 unchanged $218.10; March â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 unchanged $220.10; May â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 unchanged $221.10; July â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 unchanged $221.10; Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 unchanged $221.10; Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16 unchanged $221.10; March â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 unchanged $221.10; May â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 unchanged $221.10; July â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 unchanged $221.10; Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17 unchanged $221.10. Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated volume of trade: 158,180 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 158,180.

CP Rail to seek leave to appeal ruling tied to Lac-Megantic settlement fund BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has filed for permission to appeal a judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling in relation to the $430-million settlement fund for victims and creditors of the Lac-Megantic train derailment, according to court documents. And Jeff Orenstein, a lawyer for victims of the deadly 2013 train disaster, said he has been notified by counsel for Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) to expect a second appeal. Permission to appeal must be granted by a judge, but if CP is successful the distribution of the millions in the fund could be suspended by at least several months. Earlier this month, Quebec Superior Court Justice Gaetan Dumas approved the $430-million settlement package offered to victims and creditors by companies accused of responsibility in the derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown Lac-Megantic, Que. CP is the only company out of roughly 25 accused in the tragedy to not participate in the offer. It maintains it bears no responsibility in the disaster. The settlement offer is tied to the bankruptcy proceedings in the United States and Canada of Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. (MMA), the now-insolvent railroad company that owned and operated the train that derailed. In approving the fund, Dumas rejected three CP motions: one seeking

access to privileged documents; another to have the fund cancelled; and a third to have the proceedings moved to Federal Court. Court documents recently filed by CP state the company is asking the court for permission to appeal the ruling barring it access to details of the fund. Orenstein says CP wants to know the exact amount each company is offering victims. Moreover, CP has signalled it intends to file a second appeal within several days on one of the two other motions rejected by Dumas, Orenstein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(CP) has not said which (other) motion they will appeal,â&#x20AC;? he told The Canadian Press on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had to guess (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say) they are definitely contesting the one about the approval (of the fund).â&#x20AC;? CPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal request states the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to seal the details of the settlement fund are â&#x20AC;&#x153;inappropriate and unjustifiedâ&#x20AC;? and not founded in law. Company spokesman Martin Cej wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on Orensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim that CP lawyers are planning on filing a second appeal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have not filed a motion to appeal on any of the other judgments,â&#x20AC;? Cej said in an email. All sides are expected to appear in Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal on Sept. 9 to hear CPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motions.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small Internet Service Providers are promising â&#x20AC;&#x153;faster speeds, better service, affordable pricingâ&#x20AC;? following a decision by the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communications regulator that will force the big telecom firms to open their fibre optic networks to competitors. The new requirement, announced Wednesday by the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission, will give independent ISPs access to much higher speed networks. The move should also foster greater competition in the broadband Internet market, the CRTC said in releasing the decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Large incumbent companies will now have to make their fibre facilities available to their competitors,â&#x20AC;? the regulator said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This measure will ensure that Canadians have more choice for highspeed Internet services.â&#x20AC;? The big telecom companies, including Bell, Rogers, Telus and Shaw, have so far made fibre optic services available to about three million homes across the country. But they have until now limited smaller ISPs to access of their slower networks, through cable or copper wire connections. During hearings into Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wholesale wireline services conducted last fall, the big players warned that allowing competitors access to their fibre optic networks would deter investments in equipment needed to deliver better service and faster speeds to Canadian homes and businesses. But smaller ISPs dismissed the warning, accusing the big players of shutting them out of fibre networks in order to protect their market share. The new rules â&#x20AC;&#x153;will have a profoundly positive impact on Canadian consumers, competition, and competitors,â&#x20AC;? said William Sandiford, president of the Canadian Network Operators Consortium, which represents 37 telecommunications services providers across the country. The CRTC is also moving to a socalled disaggregated model of providing high speed access, which will re-

quire smaller ISPs to invest in equipment to access networks in different locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also are telling those competitors that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to invest in the transport infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because the commission wants to encourage facilities-based competition.â&#x20AC;? Officials say those investments could actually reduce costs for independent ISPs, which currently access the larger networks through trunk locations. The changes are to be phased in, starting in Ontario and Quebec. There are more than 500 independent ISPs operating in Canada, under names including Distributel, Teksavvy and Primus. Currently, the big telcos are mandated to offer competitors access to their networks on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;aggregatedâ&#x20AC;? basis, which gives them access through just one location in each province. Moving to disaggregated means independent ISPs can access broadband networks locally, through multiple interfaces, and will have the option of building their own provincial networks, or paying to piggy-back on other providers. Small players can then branch out and provide other services, such as home phone services, rather than only Internet. The CRTC is predicting that will lead to more stability within the independent ISP marketplace. One of the bigger independent ISPs, Distributel Communications, lauded the decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fibre infrastructure is essential because it accommodates the anticipated bandwidth needs of Canadian telecom consumers of the future,â&#x20AC;? said company CEO Matt Stein. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For independents to offer viable, alternative choices to Canadians, they too must have access to that telecom infrastructure.â&#x20AC;? Distributel has already branched out beyond providing Internet service, to TV, home phone and long distance services in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. The CRTC said it is also maintaining the regulation of pricing for network access, which allows the big firms to recover the cost of providing network access, and to charge a markup that has typically ranged from 30 to 40 per cent, depending on the provider.

Diet Coke sales still sliding in U.S. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Coca-Cola says sales of Diet Coke are still sliding as people continue gravitating toward foods they feel are fresh. Sandy Douglas, president of Coca-Cola North America, attributed the drinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declining sales to the move away from diet and frozen products in recent years, with people reaching for options they consider to be fresh or natural. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good dietary change, actually, for the country. But the impact on categories, and particularly categories that are appealing to diet-oriented positions, has been pretty negative,â&#x20AC;? he said. During the second quarter, CocaCola said Wednesday that Diet Cokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sales volume declined 7 per cent. CEO Muhtar Kent said the drinkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;very much a U.S.-centric one.â&#x20AC;? Douglas said he thinks the trend toward products positioned as natural will endure. But he nevertheless expressed optimism for the future of Diet Coke, which is made with the artificial sweetener aspartame. Douglas said the company is starting to see its customer base â&#x20AC;&#x153;stabilize.â&#x20AC;? Beverage industry executives have blamed the decline in traditional diet sodas to concerns about the safety of aspartame. Earlier this year, that prompted PepsiCo Inc. to announce it would swap out the aspartame in Diet

Pepsi with surcralose, another artificial sweetener. Coca-Cola has said it has no plans to follow suit. But Douglas said PepsiCoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move could help the broader category by raising awareness about the safety of diet sweeteners. He also noted that Diet Cokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popularity has ebbed in the decades since its launch in the 1980s. The drink came about after Coca-Cola executives began experimenting with diet colas to replace Tab under the code name, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project Triangleâ&#x20AC;? in 1975, according to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Formula,â&#x20AC;? a book about Coca-Colaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history by Frederick Allen. The problem with Tab was that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bear the name of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flagship brand. So when Diet Coke was finally introduced years later, the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;dietâ&#x20AC;? on the can was spelled with lower case â&#x20AC;&#x153;dâ&#x20AC;? to emphasize the Coke name. The drink quickly became a hit. Until recently, Diet Coke was the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-most-popular soda. Last year, however, its ranking slipped to No. 3, with regular Pepsi taking its No. 2 spot, according to Beverage Digest. Regular Coke remains the most popular soda. To boost Diet Cokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance, Douglas said the company is looking at offering â&#x20AC;&#x153;adjacent innovationâ&#x20AC;? in its lineup. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide details, but one alternative the company has already introduced recently is Coke Life, which comes in green cans and is made with a mix of sugar and stevia, a sweetener derived from a plant.

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HERITAGE DAY CLASSIFIED Hours & Deadlines Phones & Offices CLOSED Aug.3 CHRISTIANSEN STEBELESKI Anna Helene Ronald (Ron) Wayne In loving memory of Helen We are saddened to Christiansen, who passed de LEEUW announce the sudden away peacefully at the Red It is with great sorrow that we passing of our son and Deer Regional Hospital, on announce the passing of our brother Ronald (Ron) Wayne July 16, 2015. Helen was wife, mother, and Oma, Stebeleski at the Red Deer born on November 17, 1916 Hendrika Elisabeth “Els” de Regional Hospital on July 16, on Heiselberg farm, near the Leeuw of Innisfail. Els 2015. Ron was born August village of Osterlogum, passed away at the Red 21, 1959 in High Prairie Denmark. She immigrated to Deer Hospice in Red Deer, Alberta, the third child of Canada with her family in AB on July 17, 2015 at the William and Theresa 1928, who then settled on a age of 65 years after a brief Stebeleski. Ron grew up in farm near Dickson, Alberta. but courageous battle with High Prairie, Peace River She married Carl Gordon cancer. She was born in and finally Red Deer. After Christiansen on August 15, Hoogland, Netherlands on finishing school he worked 1943 at Dickson, where they February 21, 1950. Els for many years with the remained for most of the next married the love of her life, Department of Highways. de Leeuw on Seeking adventure, he then 65 years of their marriage. Bertus Helen will be lovingly September 26, 1969 and followed his brother overseas, remembered by her children: spent their life farming. Els working mostly in Africa from Diane (Jim) Franssen, David enjoyed volunteering for the 1985 until 2000. He loved (Marilyn) Christiansen, and Red Deer Nursing Home. visiting new countries Glenda (Norm) Perry, and When the Red Deer Nursing especially Thailand where he grandchildren: Patrick (Heather) Home closed, Els started to spent a great deal of time. It Franssen, Leigh (Gilles) volunteer at the Innisfail didn’t really matter where Pittet, Phillip Franssen, Hospital and with meals on Ron was, he always brought Jesse (Leah) Christiansen, wheels. She is lovingly with him laughter and fun Mark (Avey) Christiansen, remembered and survived by and his die hard faith in his Jena (Jaden) Klassen, and her husband Bertus of 45 New York Rangers and Joseph (Danielle) Perry, as well years; her children Ellen Saskatchewan Roughriders. as 12 great grandchildren. (Jaco) Selles of Red Deer, Life was to be enjoyed! Ron Helen will also be and Jan (Suzan) de Leeuw of was predeceased by his grandchildren, father William in 2001 and remembered by her brother Innisfail; George Nissen, sister-in-law Justin and Dylan de Leeuw. older brother Willie in 2002. is also lovingly Ron leaves behind his mom, Margaret Nissen, nieces, She nephews, cousins and friends. remembered by her parents Theresa; sisters, Karen Helen was predeceased by Henk and Riek Ankersmit, (Garry) of Red Deer and her husband Gordon, and by her brother Wim (Christine) Brenda (David) of Cochrane; infant son Glen, by her Ankersmit her sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, parents Georg and Sophie Gerda (Gerhard) van der Curtis, Dustin and Nick, Her brother-in-law Jesse and Angela and Cathy. Nissen, siblings Christine Kolk. (Homo) Christiansen, John Henk Jan (Mary) de Leeuw Those friends and family (Clara) Nissen, Hans and many nephews and wishing to share their (Margaret) Nissen, Margaretha nieces. Els was predeceased memories of Ron with us Nissen, Sophia (Richard) by her father-in-law, Jan de please stop by Mom’s on Pedersen, and Lydia (Harlan) Leeuw and mother-in-law Saturday, July 25 between 1 Leeuw-Stoel. p.m. and 5 p.m. We would Petersen, sister-in-law Violet B.H.H.de Nissen, nephews Allan Special thanks to Dr. R. like to thank the EMS team, and Red Deer nurses and doctors in the ER Christiansen, Florne Nissen Mulder and nieces Dorothy Nissen, Hospice Society. In memory and the nurses on unit 32. and Elizabeth Nissen. A of Els, memorial tributes may Donations in Ron’s name can memorial service will be held be made to the Red Deer be made to the Heart and at Bethany Lutheran Church, Hospice Society. 99 Arnot Stroke Foundation of Alberta. Dickson, at 2 p.m. on Ave Red Deer, Alberta T4R Saturday, August 22, 2015. 3S6 A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, July Pastor Marc Jerry officiating. 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1720

DINING room table, Oak, 48” round, extends to 92” w/6 chairs. $250. 403-342-0587, 391-9058

PS4 Playstation brand new, retail $450, sell $300 cash 403-728-3336 403-350-0959

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, NO PETS. $1150 incl. water, garbage & sewer, d.d. $1000. avail. Aug.1. 403-346-3179 3 BDRM, 3 flr, 3 bath, finished basement w bath, 5 appl., deck, 3 car parking on site, newly painted and carpeted, clean house at 7316 - 59 Ave. for August 1. Rent/DD $1700 to over 35 yr old working tenant family. Ph:403-341-4627 for questions. 3 BDRM. house in Rimbey $1200 +/mo. 403-704-6397

3030

VINTAGE Royal Doulton Condos/ Beswick horse, brown Townhouses shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Merrell Ortholite TWO dining room chairs, SIEBEL PROPERTY upholstered seat and back, shoes, air cushioned, size 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 beige, frame and legs dark 6 1/2, like new $25. Lazy bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, wood, from SEARS. Paid Boy, recliner, tall style, starting at $1150. For more $300. Asking $125 obo for beige, $95. 403-352-8811 info 403-347-7545 or the pair. 403-342-2537 403-304-7576

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $75, also black glass tv stand, bought at Sims $125. 403-352-8811

1760

Misc. for Sale

100 VHS movies, $75. 403-885-5020

3 DIAMOND Willow walking sticks $20; silk plant 5 1/2’ $30; long handled SASKATOON BERRIES, car wash brush, like new east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11. $20; peanut butter jars Open Tues. & Thurs. 4-8 $1/ea, blown glass water Wed. & Fri. 1-8 Sat. & Sun. pitcher w/6 glasses $30; 9-8. 4L U-pick $13. We set of 3 porcelain song pick $25 403-318-2074 birds $35. 403-309-5494

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

1830

Cats

1 BALINESE kitten, 1 Siamese $60/ea; 403-887-3649

1860

Sporting Goods

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

AIR HOCKEY by Sportscraft was $900 new, exc. cond, $195. 403-352-8811 GOLF clubs and misc. clubs and bag $20 and up. 403-314-0804 TREADMILL, Nordic track C800, used less than 2 hrs. $1500. POOL TABLE (5’ x 8.5’) w/balls, cues etc. $1500. 403-391-9058 or 403-342-0587

1900

Travel Packages

WHY RENT? CONDO/4 plex, 2 bdrm, 4 pc. bath, 1000 sq. ft. total, 5 new appls, next to new $154,900 immed. poss., #4, 5813-65 St. REMAX, Margaret Comeau 403.391.3339

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

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

ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Aug. 1. 403-304-5337

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

3 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls., 1 1/2 baths, Rent $1075. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Aug. 1. 403-304-5337

CLEARVIEW

Advocate Opportunities

Catholic Social Services @ 403 347-8844 ext. 2917

NORTH HILL (6889 50 AVE) LOCATION

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 CARRIERS REQUIRED

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

To deliver the

2 days per week, no weekends

FULL TIME

ROUTES IN:

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

SUPERVISORS

ANDERS AREA

1 day a week in:

Archibald Cres.

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Oilfield

BOWER AREA

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Beatty Cres/Barrett Drive Baile Close/Boyce St. Bunn Cres/Baird St.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

MORRISROE AREA Marion Cres/Mackenzie Cres. Metcalf Ave/Mayberry McKinnon/Munro Cres.

EVERY DOLLAR DONATED BRINGS US CLOSER TO FINDING A LOVING HOME FOR AN ANIMAL IN-NEED. PLEASE DONATE.

DEER PARK AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA 576570

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities • Medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Sherwood Cres. Stirling Close Scott St.

www.reddeerspca.com

800

Davenport Place (Corner of Ross St. & Donlevy Ave.) $123.04/mo.

SOUTHBROOK AREA

ALSO

Sagewood Close/Sawyer Close

Dixon Cres, Ave, Close and Dunlop St. $111.52/mo

VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Victor Close ************************

TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, USA, Russia, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Australia, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Norway. If you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills, we invite you to apply for the following position:

Scan to See Current Openings

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS: • Valid Class 1 Driver’s Licence is required • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • High school diploma is an asset • Safe driving skills, driver’s abstract will be requested • Heavy lifting required, must be physically ¿t • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Accounting

1010

Eavestroughing

1130

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS GUTTERS CLEANED & Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. REPAIRED. 403-391-2169 with oilfield service You can sell your guitar companies, other small for a song... businesses and individuals or put it in CLASSIFIEDS RW Smith, 346-9351 and we’ll sell it for you!

WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE: • Values-driven organization • Full coverage bene¿ts program, Health Spending Account, RRSP matching program • Global technical leader within our industry • Focus on Safety, training and development

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Please visit our website at www.trican.ca for additional information about our company. We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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RESPONSIBILITIES: • Comply with our Target Zero program as a mimimum standard unless regulations or legislation is more stringent in any area • Operate various large duty trucks over outdoor terrain and through all weather conditions • Perform pre and post trip inspections and accurately ¿ll out all required forms • Perform rig-in and rig out of all equipment, for travel • Operate all equipment in a safe and responsible manner • Attend pre-job safety meeting on location • Perform maintenance on units and auxiliary equipment • Complete required paperwork • Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues • Consult with supervisor and crew regarding any operational de¿ciencies

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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Please forward your resume and a copy of a current driver’s abstract (in confidence) Fax: (403) 314-3332, Online: https://trican.hgcareers.com

55 St. and 47A Ave. area $95.84/mo

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

FRAC SAND B-TRAIN DRIVER

• 15 days on / 6 days off • On call 24-hours per day during days on • Willing to live near base of employment • Pre-employment medical testing required • Working in all weather conditions

DOWNTOWN / WOODLEA

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment. 10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Moving & Storage

1300

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured. 403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured. Insurance claims welcome. 10 yr. warranty on all work. 403-350-7602 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Seniors’ Services

1372

BEAT THE RUSH! Book DALE’S Home Reno’s now for your home projects. HELPING HANDS MOVING? Boxes? Appls. Home Supports for Seniors. Free estimates for all your Reno’s, flooring, painting, removal. 403-986-1315 small concrete/rock work, reno needs. 403-506-4301 Cooking, cleaning, landscaping, small tree companionship. At home cutting, fencing & decking. RMD RENOVATIONS or facility. 403-346-7777 Painters/ Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Call James 403-341-0617 Decorators Looking for a place Call Roger 403-348-1060 Classifieds to live? Your place to SELL WOOD fences starting at JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Take a tour through the Your place to BUY CLASSIFIEDS $18/ft. 403-352-4034 Free Est. 403-872-8888

1310

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, July 23, 2015 D3

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 Plex, 2+1 bdrms., 1.5 baths, $1100, N/S, no pets. 403-391-1780 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

SOUTH HILL Upscale 2 bdrm., 5 appl., deck, no pets, n/s, $975/mo., avail. Sept. 1. (403) 350-7722

Mobile Lot

PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$975, dd/$975, adults with ref., n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Aug. 1st. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

3190

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS Realtors & Services

4010

SUV's

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955 PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils. $750. Avail. immed. no pets, n/s 403-993-3441

THE NORDIC

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

WEST PARK Avail. Aug. 1, 2 bdrm bsmt. suite, 4 appls, private entry, n/s, n/p, rent $750 rent/dd. + utils. 403-845-2926

Rooms For Rent

3090

BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

5040

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

JACK MACAULEY (403) 357-4156

AND JACQUI FLETCHER (403) 896-3244 Father/daughter team Sutton Landmark Realty suttonrd@shaw.ca

Houses For Sale

2015 TOYOTA 4Runner Limited, remote start, lots of extras, 490 km, $53,000 obo. 403-392-5446

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN.. Priced to buy Call 780 318 3040

Trucks

5050

4020 2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded. Clean.. Priced to Buy Call 780 318 3040

3 ACRES in Sundance Hills 20 minutes outside of Red Deer Lovely Bungalow with a view Huge 32’ X 36’ Shop $669,000 Call Today to View! Jack Macauley (403) 357-4156 Sutton Landmark Realty

BEAUTIFUL Bi-Level in Benalto 5 bedrooms and 3 baths Backing onto a green space $389,900 SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE 2-4 PM Call Jacqui Fletcher (403) 896-3244 Sutton Landmark Realty

Motorcycles

5080

2008 YAMAHA Royal Star 10,000 kms $8500 403-350-9893

Fifth Wheels

5110

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 5th whl. large slide,exc. cond. 403-227-6794, 505-4193

Holiday Trailers

5120

“COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo. Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

SUNNYBROOK 1500 sq. ft bungalow for sale by owner. 4 bedrooms up. 2.5 baths. Large double detached garage. Upgrades. The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to 403-505-1663

EASY!

Open House

sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

Boats & Marine

5160