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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Housing the homeless in Red Deer greatly reduced their impact on justice and health systems, statistics show.

The city’s 2014-2015 Homeless Initiatives report released on Thursday indicates that incarcerations were reduced by 92.5 per cent, court appearances were cut by 59 per cent and interactions with police fell by 51 per cent for the homeless once they had permanent housing.

Days in hospital dropped by 79.4 per cent, interactions with EMS (emergency medical services) fell 60 per cent and emergency room visits declined by 53 per cent.

Reductions were determined by comparing interactions 12 months prior to housing and post housing since April 2013.

“First and foremost, it’s about the health and well-being of the individuals being housed. They are healthier as a result of being housed through housing first,” said Scott Cameron, the city’s social planning manager, on Thursday.

The data also shows how the investment into ending homelessness reduces costs to justice and health systems, he said.

“I think that is important information for the province because they are the funders for those other systems for the large part.”

In 2014-15, city programs received a $3.1-million grant from Alberta’s Outreach and Support Services Initiative and $421,528 from the federal government’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy.

Some of the programs that received funding were the housing first program at the former Buffalo Hotel operated by the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Red Deer Housing Team with Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Shelter, Safe Harbour Society’s housing programs, Red Deer Native Friendship Society’s housing first and prevention services, and McMan Youth Family and Community Services Association’s Arcadia Youth project.

Housing results for the city showed a total of 581 individuals were housed or received continued support from the previous year in their housing between April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

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Christmarie Salcedo, left, and Keily Dominguez pose for a picture with Sylvan Lake Hockey Camp instructor Olivia Sutter after their ice time on Wednesday afternoon.

Sylvan Lake hockey camp gives inner city youth some much needed practice

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Two young American hockey players will have some stories to tell after spending a week at the Sylvan Lake Hockey Camp.

And they will put their improved skills to the test on the ice.

Christmarie Salcedo, 15, finally got the handle of stopping with her outside leg.

Keily Dominguez, 12, got some much needed practice on her c-cuts.

The two players are part of the Ice Hockey in Harlem program, in which four players attend a week-long hockey camp in Sylvan Lake.

The program has been running since 1991, when four young Harlem players from the same family came to Sylvan Lake for the hockey camp.

At the time, Duane and Brent Sutter, who were playing for the New York Islanders, were involved with the camp.

“One family with four boys thought it would be cool for their four boys to come to a hockey school where there

were six Sutters,” said Graham Parsons, camp president and owner. “It was a New York thing at the time.”

Parsons said an airline sponsored the flights while the hockey camp covered the room and board and camp fees. The hockey camp continues to cover the expenses.

Parsons said the camp has invited four players — two boys and two girls — every year since.

“It’s very interesting to see the interaction between the kids,” said Parsons.

“Kids always ask a lot of questions.”

Ice Hockey in Harlem offers innercity youth and teenagers the hockey experience in outdoor rinks near Central Park in New York.

“It’s been a great program over the years,” said Parsons. “There’s been some interesting kids with interesting backgrounds.”

A few of the players have gone on to play college hockey.

Salcedo, who has played for six years, said it was fun to play in the indoor rinks and to see Canada.

“I tried other sports and I liked them but not as much as I did in hock-

ey,” said Salcedo, a Grade 10 student in New York. “You can be rough on ice and there’s all the fighting. I like fighting for the puck.”

She and three other girls play on a team that is otherwise all boys.

She noticed she has more time with the puck in the camp.

“Over there they just hit you and take the puck away,” she said.

This was her first trip to Canada.

“I love it because it’s so calm here.

There’s no fighting and you get a parking spot really quickly.”

Dominguez, who lives in Manhattan, has played hockey for five years.

Dominguez plays on an all-girls team that plays every weekend starting in late September. The Grade 7 student started playing after learning about the sport from her teachers, who were coaches. She followed in the footsteps of her brother, Wesley, 14, who is a goalie.

“It’s fun,” she said. “Also you get to meet different people and have other opportunities.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Ponoka man working to create more caring, less hateful Alberta

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Chevi Rabbit gives his mother, Lavenia Schug, a kiss on the cheek at the first From Hate to Hope Walk, held in Edmonton in 2012, two weeks after he was attacked.

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A walk to the grocery store four years ago turned into a brutal attack.

It ended up changing his life for the better.

Today, Chevi Rabbit hopes an annual community walk established since then is helping to change the way some Albertans think about each other — less hate, more caring.

“I identify MARY-ANN myself as a gay BARR man, but gender fluid ... breaking traditional gender norms and gender expressions. ... So it is to say you can be straight or gay, but the traditional

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norms of what it looks like to be a masculine man or a feminine woman, you kind of blur those boundaries.

“Some days I wear lipstick and some days I wear heels, some days I feel like a man and I’ll want to wear a suit. I feel like I shouldn’t have to be restricted.” He’s not big on using pronouns to describe himself.

Chevi, 28, grew up in Ponoka. He said he lived in a bit of a protective “bubble.”

“I was openly gay since I was 12.

That’s why I think I like Ponoka. ...

You’re one of the community members and they really do take care of you.

“Ponoka has a surprisingly high LGBT rate. ... I never got bullied in Ponoka.”

Chevi would learn later that when he was a child his mother thought he might be gay. Unbeknownst to him, “She went to my family ... she said ‘I don’t want you guys to wreck his development, and if you guys don’t accept

his being gay you’re not welcome in our family.’” So no one ever said anything to him about being gay.

Then one day when he told his mother he thought he was gay, “She said, ‘Oh, that’s good. Do you want anything for breakfast?’”

Chevi came to Red Deer first for post-secondary education. He earned a diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management from 2006 to 2008 at Red Deer College. His natural and colourful artistic ability led him to an interest in doing makeup, and so he also studied makeup artistry at Marvel College in the evenings. Now he’s a professional makeup artist.

Chevi’s mother, Lavenia Schug, grew up on the Montana First Nation, north of Ponoka. Chevi’s father, who died when he was three, was French. His mother and stepfather raised him in Ponoka.

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Appeals court cuts sentence on robbery charge

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

mine if a trial is warranted based on the strength of the Crown’s case. A publication ban protects evidence presented at inquiries.

Blackfalds RCMP charged Davidson in August 2013 with fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000.

They began an investigation in October 2012 into a complaint of a fraud at the company.

Davidson was employed by the company from 2006 to 2011 in a bookkeeping capacity.

Police believe financial documents were altered and money was stolen from the oilfield company.

Davidson will appear in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench for arraignment on Aug. 10, when a trial date should be set.

Fifteen months in jail for robbery was too long, according to the Alberta Court of Appeals, after a judge imposed a longer sentence than the Crown sought for a Stettler woman.

A panel of three appeal court justices reduced the sentence of Brandy Cristine Carl, 37, by three months in a decision released on Wednesday.

Carl pleaded guilty in March 2015 to charges of robbery, failing to attend court and hit and run. She received a global sentence of 16 months and 21 days in custody, 15 months for the robbery charge alone.

In the ruling, the appeal court noted that Carl had a crack cocaine addiction and was “out of control while she chased all possible sources to obtain more cocaine.” She had five prior convictions, all relating to attempts to feed the addiction.

“That addiction has taken over her life and left her unable to manage.”

Upon her conviction, the Crown prosecutor sought a sentence of 12 months for the robbery charge.

Judge David Plosz, who presided over her sentencing, instead imposed a sentence of 15 months for the robbery charge.

Although she was sentenced to 16 months and 21 days on all the charges, she was given credit for 150 days of pre-conviction custody.

“We understand the trial judge’s motivation in imposing that enhanced sentence and we do not fault him for that,” reads the decision.

“He was concerned that the appellant was completely out of control. But now we are dealing with the situation seven months on, four months from the date of sentence and we think that the concern which motivated the trial judge to impose a sentence of 15 months, rather than the 12 months sought by the Crown, has been addressed.

“Accordingly, in the unique circumstances of this case we will reduce the sentence by those three months, but to that extent only.”

Although the sentence was reduced, the appeal court panel said they see no defect in the sentencing process, or in the global sentence that resulted.

On April 6, 2014, Carl went to a Stettler convenience store with a knife and demanded money.

The clerk told her the money was locked up and could not be produced. Carl took two cartons of cigarettes and left. She was arrested a few days later. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Economics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton after he left Red Deer.

On July 19, 2012, he was living on campus in his fourth year of university when he decided to walk to a store two blocks away to get some groceries.

As he passed in front of a vehicle containing three men, “This guy thought I was a female at first then said ‘Oh you’re just a fake.’ They weren’t from the (university) neighbourhood. They started calling me a faggot. ... I was really embarrassed.” He had not encountered anything like this before.

One of the men got out of the vehicle and attacked Chevi from behind, put him in a headlock, punched him and pushed him to the ground. At this point, six students Chevi did not know — two women and four men — rushed to his rescue. The attackers sped off, stealing Chevi’s cellphone.

Police were called and Edmonton’s hate crime unit took over the investigation. No one has ever been charged.

“It was really a shock to my system. ... My comfort level of being myself in public went way down. First I was really embarrassed and I didn’t want to share anything.” But then his Native Studies classmates started sharing their stories with him of people they knew who had been beaten and even killed, elsewhere in Canada. He decided to speak out. “I shouldn’t have to feel ashamed.”

Two weeks after the attack, on Aug. 2, 2012, he founded the first From Hate to Hope Walk in Edmonton. Over 300 supporters — among them numerous high-profile politicians including the deputy premier and minister of justice — walked from campus to the legislature.

Chevi said before the attack he was somewhat self-absorbed, living in the university and makeup artist worlds where he felt safe and never worried

about not being accepted.

He went through a difficult time after the attack.

He suffered extreme anxiety, and ended up seeking psychiatric help, counselling and taking medication. He took time off school. He dressed plain so he wouldn’t stand out. He lost his confidence.

But he’s turned it around. He is off medication and finishing his classes at the U of A this fall. He intends to study law next. He has his confidence back.

Recently Chevi and other advocates helped the Edmonton Catholic School Board write a policy pertaining to transgender students.

He’s a member of the Edmonton Sexual Minorities Liaison Committee, which promote understanding and mutual respect between people, police and the sexual minority community. He’s been busy working with others to create a more inclusive Alberta. In 2014, Chevi received the Justice Minister’s Award for Hate Crime Awareness.

“I’m OK now. A little bit more wary now about where I go and what I do but I’m very comfortable with myself.”

The fourth annual From Hate to Hope Walk is Aug. 2, starting at 6 p.m. at 110th Street and 85th Avenue on the U of A campus and arriving at the legislature about 6:30 p.m. People are encourage to wear blue in support of Edmonton police officer Const.

Daniel Woodall, who served on the hate crime unit until he was killed earlier this year trying to make an arrest. Money raised from this year’s walk will be donated to the Pride Centre of Edmonton.

“I think ignorance comes from a lack of education, so in my way, Hate to Hope is a free platform for people to come, educate themselves,” Chevi says.

“There is hope in Alberta and we won’t tolerate hate.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Spruce Drive temporarily had its own water feature on Thursday afternoon as City of Red Deer crews worked to flush out the water and check for contaminants in the after repairs on the water main were completed earlier this week.

Fraud charges going to trial

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Enough evidence was presented at a preliminary inquiry to move to trial on charges against a woman accused of stealing more than $1 million from an oilfield company.

Shelley Davidson, 38, of Cochrane was charged by Blackfalds RCMP of defrauding a Red Deer company of $1.2 million over a period of five years starting in the fall of 2006.

A one-day preliminary inquiry wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon. Inquiries are held to deter-

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HOUSING: City a leader in the province A total of 192 new individuals were housed or received housing supports during that period.

Cameron said it does take a community working together to bring about change and the many Red Deer agencies working on homelessness have made the city a leader in Alberta.

“They are very interested in supplying the information, gathering the information, learning from that information and looking at ways to improve supports and services to end homelessness. Without that type of can-do attitude, we wouldn’t be where we’re at.”

Elsewhere in Central Alberta, the City of Lacombe and Central Alberta Youth Unlimited were scheduled to receive funding on Thursday to establish a locally supported housing initiative for youth at risk of homelessness, under-education, underemployment and addictions. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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PM vows to look at fighting future wildfires

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — With smoke billowing from a hillside behind him, Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed Thursday to take a hard look at new ways to fight devastating wildfires like one raging near West Kelowna, B.C. He said it was “possible” that climate change was to blame but stopped short of committing new resources or funding — instead promising to debrief with premiers once the fire season had ended.

“When the dust settles, so to speak, on all of this we’re obviously going to sit down and assess what new or different needs to be done in the future, what we can do in terms of better coordination of resources, mitigation,” he said. “We’ll look at all those things.”

Harper, Premier Christy Clark and others toured a fire-scorched area where residents from 70 homes were chased out Monday by the flames. The prime minister shook hands with firefighters and thanked crews across the country.

“We know these are tough and are sometimes dangerous jobs and these efforts really are appreciated by everybody.”

Asked whether he thinks global warming is responsible for this year’s out-of-control fire season, Harper replied, “I think it’s possible.”

He said his government had brought in regulations that have reduced emissions and Canada was working with its allies on a new legally-binding agreement in Paris.

Harper said he has spoken with both Clark and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall about the need to improve how fires are fought. Saskatchewan has also been hard hit by wildfires this year.

Clark told reporters that both she and Wall have asked the federal government to support provinces through an enhanced military presence and a national cache of technology that could be deployed during wildfires.

She said she believes Harper is considering these ideas and she expects he will have more to announce once all the blazes are out.

“The next step in how to make sure that we prevent fires in the following season, what we do nationally, is a conversation that we need to have after this fire season is over,” she said. “We gotta be on top of this now and it’s all

hands on deck right now.”

Parts of northern Saskatchewan have been devastated by wildfires that at one point forced thousands of people from their homes.

On Thursday, a thick haze cloaked the Westside Road fire in the Okanagan community. Smoke could be seen billowing from the mountain as water bombers whizzed overhead.

The blaze is one of 250 wildfires currently burning across B.C. A total of 1,314 wildfires have broken out this season.

Fire information officer Noelle Kekula said a short break from hot, dry weather allowed six skimmer aircraft to attack the Westside blaze.

An incident command team is managing how 60 firefighters, four helicopters and four pieces of heavy equipment are fighting the wildfire.

Evacuees from the fire clutched yellow forms and volunteers carried trays of sandwiches in and out of a temporary evacuation centre set up at the Westside Lions Community Hall Thursday afternoon.

The centre opened on Monday night when the evacuations began. About 60 people have stopped by for help, said acting centre manager Catherine Williams.

“As it goes on people want to get home,” said Williams.

“If they’ve got company coming, they’re not happy about it, but they’re all pretty resilient. We haven’t seen anyone angry. They’ve been really good.”

Claire and George Poitras fled their home near Westside Road Monday evening after Claire looked out the window to see the mountain ablaze.

The couple grabbed their 18-yearold poodle, Poofie, and fled to a motel, without even a toothbrush, said Claire.

The dog had been suffering from seizures for some time and had one that night because of the stress, she said. On Wednesday, they took her to a veterinarian, who recommended putting her down.

“She had a good life,” said Claire, her voice breaking.

Outside the community hall, the couple said they are happy with how the fire and the evacuation has been handled.

“We’re staying at a Best Western,” George said. “They’re feeding us well.

If it wasn’t so serious, it would be like a vacation.”

Municipalities receive $880M for infrastructure

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The money has begun to flow to Alberta’s municipalities for infrastructure projects.

Municipal Affairs Minister Deron Bilous said Thursday that $880 million will be dispatched this calendar year to communities under the Municipal Sustainability Initiative.

Bilous said the new NDP government remains committed to providing sustainable, stable funding to communities.

He said if oil drops or stays low, it definitely impacts provincial revenues, but municipalities still have the same number of people that they need

to provide services for.

Municipal funding is to be addressed in the 2015-16 budget, which the NDP has said will be introduced in October.

Nolan Crouse, mayor of St. Albert and chairman of the Capital Region Board, said the money sends a positive message.

“What’s been important is that the minister has been really clear that the government supports municipalities,” he said.

The Municipal Sustainability Initiative, brought in eight years ago, has delivered almost $6.7 billion to municipalities for public transit, roads and bridges, water and sewer systems, libraries and recreation centres.

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Nancy Hindmarsh sorts through a plethora of Christmas-related items in preparation for the 2015 Whisker Rescue Society of Alberta garage sale Thursday morning. The annual fundraising event will be held in the Village Mall at 26-6380 50th Ave. from July 30-31 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Proceeds will be used to fund medical care and foster supplies for rescue cats. Donations will be accepted until July 25 at the same location.

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Alberta government investigators say a man went to the detachment last October around 3 a.m. and used an outside phone to call police, claiming he was being followed.

An RCMP officer went to the door but noticed the man had a pistol.

The Mountie shot the man after he refused to drop the weapon and pointed it at the officer.

Paramedics took the man, who was not identified, to hospital for emergency surgery and he survived.

Investigators say the pistol the man

pointed at the Mountie was a replica Smith and Wesson BB gun.

Company ordered to clean up fertilizer spill EDMONTON — A numbered Alberta company has received its marching orders for cleaning up a large fertilizer spill into one of the province’s rivers.

Last week, a storage tank owned by 1370996 Alberta Ltd. spilled almost 10,000 litres of ammonium nitrate, much of which ended up in the Little Bow River.

Ammonium nitrate is toxic to fish.

Alberta Environment has issued an environmental protection order to the company that all its clean-up plans and monitoring data must be submitted to the government for approval.

The order comes after the government’s local compliance manager decided the company wasn’t doing enough to clean up the mess in the river, which flows across part of southern Alberta.

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One hair over the line WHICH WAY WILL THE VOTES GO? So there’s a federal election underway, and the parties are all out of the gate a few months ahead of time. That’s one way to get around the official short campaigns.

Brian Mulroney campaigned hard for a year (mostly in Quebec) before leading the old Progressive Conservative party to victory in 1984.

A federal election campaign is defined DAVID as the time beNAGY tween the dissolution of a Parliament and the date of the ensuing election (Oct. 19 in this case). In six federal elections since 1997, five were either 36 or 37 days. The 2005 campaign was extended by the Christmas season and ran 55 days.

If we consider the beginning of summer as the unofficial start to the 2015 election, federal politicians will have been on the hustings for almost four months by the time votes are counted.

And that’s plenty of time for public opinion to swing for one party or another. Those big family allowance cheques will surely make summer holidays more enjoyable for a lot of people (never mind the tax bill next spring).

But how will our federal government — either the present one, or a new one — manage the nation’s next crisis?

An impending recession, tumbling oil prices, ill treatment of veterans, the heavy-handed Bill C-51, anti-terrorism legislation? These are all old problems, and they rest with the Conservatives.

The governing party always takes the blame for difficulties facing Canadians.

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And there’s no better place during an election than in opposition. No better place from which to cast the blame.

And there will be plenty of blame to go around as we sort out who deserves our vote in October.

So how far over the political centre in either direction does one need to be to cast a vote, while laying blame and apportioning credit?

In Election 2015 ,start wondering if your vote will go to the winning party. Recently governing parties have served up their share of disappointments in government policy and per-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Exaggerated, alarmist stats on glacial melt dangers The July 12 Advocate carried a well researched and written half-page column from Chris Mooney, who is a Washington Post columnist and avowed global warming alarmist.

In his lengthy column, Mooney went to great lengths to explain in visual terms the amount of glacial melt from both the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets. According to accepted figures, this is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 125 gigatonnes of melt per year. Surely a massive amount. As well, he was eager to point out that the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet would raise global sea levels by seven meters, give or take. What I found humorous at first, but have since revised to be more pernicious, given the underlying motives of the global warming alarmist crowd was the complete absence of a very important piece of contextual information.

Using very basic research tools available to Mooney, one learns that the Greenland Ice Sheet has a mass of approximately 680,000 cubic miles. Also, according to what can be found in an hour’s worth of research and reading, it would appear that the average melt of recent years is about 63 cubic miles per year. It would take just under five years for this much water to fill the Great Lakes, for example.

But, the real point is to count the zeroes. At the current rate of melt, it will take the Greenland Ice Sheet 12,000 years to melt and add seven metres to the depth of the world’s oceans. It will take 1,200 years of melting at the current rate to add seven tenths of a metre to the oceans, and 120 years to add seven cm.

For proper perspective, Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne, was founding the Carolingian Empire just over 1,200 years ago. Interestingly, 1,200 years ago also marked the approximate beginning of the Medieval Warm Period.

For an even greater appreciation of Mooney’s exaggerated alarmism, bear in mind that humans first began to practise agriculture about as far in the past as Mooney is concerned about his Potomac region condo becoming waterlogged in the future. Personally, I don’t think he really needs to worry.

The global warming hysteria machine is as relentless as it is intellectually dishonest. There isn’t an alarmist on the planet who doesn’t grasp that a massive non-evolutionary shift from carbon based, and inexpensive, energy will have mammoth economic, societal, and very human ramifications that will lead

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to the deaths of millions from starvation and war.

Well, the stupid ones don’t grasp it, but I’m not concerned about them.

Any reasonably well informed individual can grasp that the world has changed almost unimaginably in just the last 500 years, in ways that even late 19th century citizens and scholars could not even grasp. History has a way of doing that to things.

My continued problem with the warm-mongers is their insistence on ignoring history and demanding that Western civilization turn its back on the very modernity that has made us the greatest collective of societies the world has ever known, with only greatness ahead of us if we resist the parallel scourges of Islamic and socialist tyranny, and dive pell-mell into a new dark age that would make seventh century England look like Disneyland.

Count me out of that stampede of lemmings, please and thank you. I will however, happily pay for a canoe that any warm-monger would like to use in order to paddle into the boreal wilderness so as to party like it’s 863 AD for the rest of their natural lives.

Bill Greenwood Red Deer

Why won’t Lacombe council do something about train noise?

I’m surprise and shocked at how the Lacombe mayor and council have completely abandoned the principles used to spend provincial dollars for upgrades to Hwy 2A. A structure was erected over the railway at the junction of 2A and Wolf Creek Road that allowed selective messaging to be used to warn those that should be notified of an oncoming train’s wish to use this barricaded intersection without the need of notifying the approximately 3,000 residents with no reason or desire to receive such messages.

Appearances indicate that the Lacombe mayor and council have completely abandoned the reason for spending provincial taxpayers’ money for this type of device to be erected, and used solely as a giant ornament. They have left this construction now swinging in the wind, with smoke coming from their heels in their hasty retreat to far more expensive missions with respect to spending taxpayers dollars.

As it appears now and since council have never approached Transport Canada to close the book on this now boondoggle, the residents of northeast Lacombe have been placed under two years of unnecessary noise pollution, that has its effects on both our safety and health, due to the sedentary nature of our mayor with respect to completing this provincial funded endeavour, before running off to engage in

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Social media is infested almost hourly with vitriolic attacks against the leadership of this country. But then the online discourse tends to reflect both extremes.

Accusations about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government’s ruthless approach to almost anything fly endlessly. The Harper government came to power during troubled and challenging times. Some suggest he is the most arrogant leader the nation has ever seen. But maybe he’s just a

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tough, focused head of state. That’s what every country needs.

How about the other ones — Justin Trudeau of the Liberals and Thomas Mulcair of the NDP? Or Gilles Duceppe, that new-old kid back with the Bloc? And what about Elizabeth May — is this the year that Green rises?

Each of us has, or will be searching for, answers to the questions. And since the campaign seems to be well under way, we might as well start searching for answers now.

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other far more expensive projects!

I would insist if council is indeed serious about protecting the health and comfort levels of those taxpaying citizens in northeast Lacombe that finishing the intent of the Hwy 2A construction is a must. How can our council convince us that erecting a fence on one side of the railroad allowed someone from Lacombe city to approve the right of CPR to dangerously speed up trains, but then require a fence on both sides if we want selective messaging at intersections?

Most northeast Lacombe residents could care less if council wants to erect selective messaging units at the gates to heaven or hell, we already have a healthsaving unit that could cure the health effects of a large part of Lacombe citizenry not fulfilling it’s designed functions, due to the sedentary actions of our Lacombe mayor.

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BRIEF Liberals won’t promise balanced 201516 budget without latest numbers OTTAWA — With discouraging forecasts casting a shadow on the Canadian economy, the federal Liberals say they need more information before they could make a pre-election promise to balance this year’s budget.

Canada’s weakened economic conditions, labelled by some as a recession, are forcing political parties to re-examine their platforms before they hit the campaign trail.

A new analysis this week based on a downgraded Bank of Canada forecast revealed the country is on course for a deficit in 2015-16. The calculation raised doubts the governing Conservatives remained on track to deliver an election-year surplus.

But despite the economy’s struggles, the Tories maintain they will produce a surplus for this fiscal year — a pledge only made by one of their two main opponents so far.

The New Democrats say they will unveil a plan to balance the books for 2015-16 if they win the October election and form government.

The Liberals, however, are non-committal whether a Trudeau government would eliminate the deficit for this fiscal year.

Liberal finance critic Scott Brison said in an interview Thursday the party would need to know the details on the current fiscal situation before it could promise a balanced budget for 2015-16.

Brison sent a letter this week to Finance Minister Joe Oliver urging him to make his department’s latest budgetary projections public before a parliamentary committee.

“Then, and only then, are we able to predict with certainty what we’re capable of doing in terms of balancing,” said Brison, who doubts the government is on the path to a balanced budget.

“If they can’t create a surplus this year that is realistic, it’s pretty hard to see where anyone else can.”

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Liberals slam door on idea of coalition with NDP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS New Democrats say they’d two-step with the federal Liberals if it meant ousting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, but their prospective dance partner isn’t hearing the music.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Thursday that his party has always seen the defeat of the Conservatives as a priority.

“We know that they’ve done a lot of harm, and we want to start repairing the damage that (Harper’s) done,” Mulcair said from Amherstburg, Ont., where he stopped as part of an eight-day tour.

“We’ve always worked with others in the past, but every time I’ve raised this prospect with Justin Trudeau, he’s slammed the door on it.”

The Liberal leader did that again on Thursday when asked in Winnipeg about the possibility of a formal coalition with the New Democrats.

“Although of course we are open to working with all parties in the House to pass good legislation and to ensure that Canadians’ interests are served, there will be no formal coalition with the NDP,” Trudeau said.

“There are fundamental differences of opinion on very important elements of policy — whether it be Canadian unity or the Canadian economy and the need for growth — that we disagree with the NDP on.”

Nathan Cullen, NDP MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley in British Columbia, raised the issue again in an interview Wednesday. He said winning a majority in a federal election expected this fall remains his party’s goal, but ultimately the No. 1 priority is toppling the Tories.

“The Liberal voters that I know are as fed up with Stephen Harper as anybody,” Cullen said.

“Justin Trudeau will do himself a great deal of damage with progressive voters if he wants to con-

template more years of this Harper government.”

The last time the idea of a coalition government was seriously floated was in 2008, when the NDP, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois came together to try to force the government out of office.

Their efforts were thwarted when the Governor General, at the prime minister’s request, prorogued Parliament, effectively putting it on pause until the new year, by which time there had been a change in Liberal leadership.

The new leader, Michael Ignatieff, ultimately backed out by grudgingly supporting the Conservative budget. That saved Harper from losing a confidence vote and having to call an election.

That deal only would have been possible by including the separatist Bloc Quebecois. That was unpalatable to the Liberals.

“The NDP said we were willing to make (Liberal) Stephane Dion the prime minister. We thought it was important to replace Mr. Harper’s Conservatives,” Mulcair said.

“The Liberals signed a deal. They walked away from it. And, seven years later, we’ve still got Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.”

A few years ago, when Liberal fortunes were plummeting, it was Mulcair who categorically ruled out a coalition. He has since suggested those comments were intended to indicate only that he wouldn’t agree to any electoral co-operation with the Liberals during a campaign.

Tory MP Pierre Poilievre said any Liberal-New Democrat coalition would result in a “Greek economic policy.

“It looks like the NDP and Liberals are shaping up for a risky, high-tax coalition that will take more money out of the pockets of middle-class families,” he said in Fredericton.

Coalitions are relatively common in other parliamentary democracies, such as Germany, but they occur far less frequently in Canada.

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OTTAWA — The charter rights of refugee applicants are being violated by a process that marginalizes, prejudices and stereotypes them based on where they are from, the Federal Court ruled Thursday in another blow to the Conservative government’s overhaul of the refugee system.

By denying applicants from designated countries of origin the right to appeal when their claims are rejected, the government violates equality rights enshrined in the charter, Justice Keith Boswell said.

“The distinction drawn between the procedural advantage now accorded to non-DCO refugee claimants and the disadvantage suffered by DCO refugee claimants under (the policy) is discriminatory on its face,” Boswell wrote.

“It also serves to further marginalize, prejudice, and stereotype refugee claimants from DCO countries which are generally considered safe and ’non-refugee producing.”’

But Boswell stopped short of declaring the program unconstitutional, agreeing with the government that such a determination was beyond the scope of the case at hand.

Boswell refused the government’s request to stay his ruling for 12 months, saying every day the policy is in force is a day that claimants are not equal before or under the law.

A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government will ask again for a stay, because it intends to appeal the decision.

“We remain committed to putting the interests of Canadians and the most vulnerable refugees first,” Alexandra Day said in an email.

“Asylum seekers from developed countries such as the European Union or the United States should not benefit from endless appeal processes.”

The Conservatives established the designated countries of origin program in 2012.

The new policy was in response to what they said was a flood of applications from countries respecting human rights and offering state protection, so they shouldn’t be sources of refugees.

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‘This is a serious matter’ TOP SOLDIER TO HOLD SUMMIT ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN CANADIAN FORCES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A summit for military brass will be held next month to determine the path forward to eradicate sexual assault and harassment in the Canadian Forces, Canada’s newly-minted top general said Thursday.

In a memo to all members of the Canadian Forces, Gen. Jonathan Vance said there will be other announcements in the near future to lay out how the military will reform the way it handles sexual misconduct.

In the meantime, Vance is urging victims to call 911 or go through existing channels.

“This is a serious matter,” he said. “Whether you are a leader, a subordinate or a peer, any form of harmful sexual behaviour undermines who we are, is a threat to morale, is a threat to operational readiness and is a threat to this institution. It stops now.”

Vance said he knows individual commanders are taking action but their efforts need to be co-ordinat-

ed.

He likened the approach to a formal military operation and named it Operation Honour as result.

“The CAF (Canadian Armed Forces) have never failed on operations in the past, and we shall not fail now,” Vance said.

Vance also made a commitment to support victims.

“We must ensure it does not happen again, and we will all respond to the need for change to ensure that respect and honour, cornerstones of our culture, are consistently upheld,” he said. “I will lead you through this change.

“Predators and bullies who act contrary to the betterment and well-being of any in our ranks are neither useful in operations nor in garrison and are not welcome.”

Academic researcher Ashley Bickerton, who penned her doctoral thesis on sex scandals and militarized masculinity and sexual violence, said targeting “bullies” is problematic because it does not address a systemic issue within the ranks.

“It is not possible to cull out the bad apples because, of course, the barrel is rotten,” she said. “It is not a quick solution ... and the military has proven themselves not equipped for this operation.”

Bickerton said the military should rely on external experts to help direct change.

In her damning report released this spring, former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps indicated sexual misconduct is “endemic” in the Canadian military and suggested leadership tolerated abuse.

Deschamps’ report made 10 recommendations, which Vance has committed to implementing quickly.

Her findings also reinforced it is not enough for the military to “simply reiterate the mantra of zero tolerance.”

“There is an underlying sexualized culture in the CAF that is hostile to women and LGTBQ members and conducive to more serious incidents of sexual harassment and assault,” the report said.

Rather, Deschamps found there must be a “multifaceted effort” to embrace cultural change.

Advocacy group plans Anti-terror bill not in keeping with Canada’s international obligations: UN to bring robocalls

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The United Nation’s first review in 10 years of Canada’s compliance with an international rights treaty has resulted in concerns being raised on a swath of issues from pay equity to new antiterror legislation.

In a report released Thursday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee said positive steps have been taken since the last time Canada’s adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was reviewed, including the ratification of an international treaty on the rights of people with disabilities.

But the report found far more to be concerned about than praise, detailing more than a dozen areas where it finds Canada’s approach lacking.

Among the committee’s worries is that sweeping powers contained in the anti-terror bill may not contain enough legal safeguards to protect people’s rights. In particular, the report raised doubts about elements of the legislation, known as C-51, that expand the mandate of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the new information sharing regime between security agencies and the changes to the no-fly program.

“The Committee takes note of the State party’s need to adopt measures to combat acts of terrorism, including the formulation of appropriate legislation to prevent such act,” it said.

But it goes on to say: “The State party should refrain from adopting legislation that imposes undue restrictions on the exercise of rights under the Covenant.”

The government should consider rewriting the law to ensure it complies, impose better safeguards

so information-sharing doesn’t lead to human rights abuses and put in place oversight mechanisms for security and intelligence agencies, the report says.

The concerns raised by the committee mirror the positions of a number of civil rights organizations who appeared in Geneva earlier this month to present their perspective to the committee on how well Canada is meeting its international obligations.

A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Stephen Blaney said Canada stands by the anti-terrorism legislation as-is.

“These are reasonable measures similar to those used by our close allies to protect their own citizens,” Jeremy Laurin said in an e-mail.

“Canada will do no less.”

The concerns of non-governmental organizations are also reflected in a number of other issues raised in the report, including the lack of a national inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women and the seeming reluctance on the part of the government to exercise oversight on Canadian mining companies operating abroad who could be running afoul of humans rights in foreign countries.

“The Committee regrets the absence of an effective independent mechanism with powers to investigate complaints alleging abuses by such corporations that adversely affect the enjoyment of the human rights of victims, and of a legal framework that would facilitate such complaints,” the report said.

During the review, the Canadian government took the position that the covenant only applies to Canadians in Canada, not those working overseas.

The report also details concerns about the pay gap between men and women, violence against women, prison conditions, the detention of immigrants and the ongoing investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency of the political activities of charities.

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OTTAWA — Tired of waiting for federal prosecutors to act, the advocacy group Democracy Watch says it’s planning to launch its own private prosecution of Conservative party officials accused of arranging misleading robocalls to voters during the 2011 election campaign.

Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher says he’s hoping to bring the case to court before this year’s election, set for Oct 19.

Thousands of voters received automated phone calls on the morning of the 2011 federal election with misleading information about their polling station.

One person, former Conservative staffer Michael Sona, has been convicted of committing an offence.

He was sentenced last fall to nine months in jail plus one year of probation for trying to keep some voters in Guelph, Ont., from casting ballots on election day. Federal prosecutors have since appealed his sentence, saying it failed to reflect the gravity of the offence.

In a report issued last April, the Commissioner of Canada Elections concluded that officials in the Conservative party booked misleading robocalls to voters in several ridings across the country, despite being warned not to do so by Elections Canada.

Since then, a number of groups and individuals, including Democracy Watch, have appealed to the commissioner and the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the findings for possible prosecution.

But enough time has passed with no action taken, and it’s time to let a judge review the evidence, said Conacher.

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BAGHDAD — For the first time, Iraqi troops trained by the U.S.-led coalition have been added to the assault force Iraq is using to retake the city of Ramadi, a U.S. military official said Thursday.

The news that about 3,000 U.S.-trained Iraqi army soldiers were added to the fight in recent days was disclosed to U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who spent the day getting updates and meeting with U.S. and Iraqi officials and commanders in Baghdad. It was Carter’s first visit to Iraq since he took office in February.

The visit comes at an important moment for the Iraqi government just before the counteroffensive on Ramadi. The actual assault on the city has not yet begun, but a Pentagon spokesman, Army Col. Steve Warren, said it could start within several weeks.

The Ramadi campaign will be a crucial test not only for the Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, but also for the U.S. strategy of relying on Iraqi security forces, operating in co-ordination with U.S.led coalition airstrikes, to overcome the smaller Islamic State forces.

President Barack Obama has opted not to commit U.S. ground combat forces to Iraq, saying the only lasting solution is for Iraq to fight for itself.

Warren said the Pentagon chief was told that two Iraqi army brigades totalling about 3,000 soldiers joined the Ramadi

counteroffensive within the past three days to five days. “This is a development we are very satisfied to hear,” Warren said.

He said one of those newly trained units advanced about 4 miles toward Ramadi within the last 24 hours.

Warren said U.S. officials received Iraqi battlefield reports that say Iraqi forces have advanced to or near Anbar University in Ramadi. But he said the U.S. has no independent confirmation of that.

In addition to the 3,000 newly trained Iraqi soldiers now operating in the Ramadi area, about 500

Sunni Arab tribal fighters have also recently joined the advancing force, Warren said.

The Iraqi government intends to exclude all Shiite militias from the Ramadi operation, even those said to be under control of the Iraqi government — a key move toward getting the troops to work together effectively.

In a photo opportunity with Carter, al-Abadi noted the recent delivery of Iraq’s first F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. as a sign of the value of U.S.-Iraqi relations. But he made it clear the battle against IS was Iraq’s.

“It is Iraqi forces that are fighting on the ground and that are liberating remaining territory from Daesh,” he said, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram killed 29 people in Nigeria and 24 in Cameroon, officials said Thursday after Nigeria’s new president warned that the U.S. refusal to sell his country strategic weapons is “aiding and abetting” the Islamic extremist group.

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency called Thursday for urgent blood donations to treat 105 wounded people, according to spokesman Sani Datti.

He said at least 29 bodies have been recovered at two bustling bus stations in northeastern Gombe town — the latest targets in a campaign that has spilled across Nigeria’s borders.

In neighbouring Cameroon, two suicide bombers Wednesday killed at least 22 people at a marketplace near the border, officials said. The toll is likely to rise among the 50 injured, they said.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari returned home Thursday to the capital, Abuja, from a four-day visit to the United States where he was warmly received by President Barack Obama but failed to get all he wanted.

Buhari told policy makers Wednesday at the U.S. Institute for Peace that Nigeria’s armed forces are “largely impotent” because they do not possess the appropriate weapons to fight the Boko Haram Islamic militants.

He urged the Obama and Congress to be more flexible about the Leahy Law that prohibits weapon sales to countries whose military are accused of gross human rights violations.

Amnesty International charges Nigeria’s military is responsible for the deaths of 8,000 detainees — twice as many as Boko Haram’s victims in the first four years of its 6-year-old insurgency.

“The application of the Leahy Law ... has aided and abetted the Boko Haram terrorist group in the prosecution of its extremist ideology and hate, the indiscriminate killings and maiming of civilians,” Buhari said.

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Man accused in church shooting indicted on dozens of federal charges WASHINGTON — Five weeks after nine people were slain at a black in the southern state of South Carolina, U.S. authorities have indicted the suspected shooter on dozens of new charges, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion.

The prosecution, particularly on hate crimes, has been expected since the June 17 shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston. The suspected shooter, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, is white and appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags. He purportedly wrote online of fomenting racial violence, and federal authorities on Wednesday confirmed his use of a personal manuscript in which he decried integration and used racial slurs to refer to blacks.

Roof is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on the new charges, according to court records. On Thursday, the federal judge assigned to the case provisionally appointed David Bruck to represent Roof on the federal charges. Bruck was the lawyer for Boston Marathon Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death, and Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother sentenced to life for drowning her two sons.

Hate crimes cases can be tricky to bring, with the onus on authorities to prove a suspect’s motivations and intentions. But one expert who has followed this case says some of the extenuating circumstances of Roof’s case could potentially make it easier for prosecutors — and more difficult for his defence team.

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LAREDO, Texas — Donald Trump paid a visit to the Mexican border Thursday, predicting Hispanics would love him as president despite roiling the Republican race by branding Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. His comments have sparked a feud with exasperated Republican rivals who find the billionaire’s words worrisome as they court the surging bloc of Latino voters.

Trump’s in-and-out border visit came as the businessman and reality TV host has dominated attention in the Republican presidential race and seen his ratings roar, though he remains a longshot candidate for the White House. He has thrust himself into America’s heated immigration debate, one that has put Republicans in a bind as they try to woo Hispanics, the biggest U.S. minority and one that has Donald Trump voted overwhelmingly Democratic in recent presidential elections.

“There’s great danger with the illegals,” Trump told reporters, referring to the millions of Americans living in the U.S. illegally, many of them Hispanic. But he claimed a “great relationship” with Hispanics, even as Latino leaders have come at him with blistering criticism for his painting Mexican immigrants as criminals.

“I’ll take jobs back from China, I’ll take jobs back from Japan,” Trump said. “The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they’re going to love Trump.”

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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Police responding to a silent 911 call found five people stabbed to death at a well-kept suburban Tulsa home, then detained two teenage male relatives of the victims after a police dog tracked them down in nearby woods.

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etly becoming the majority view in the 2016 Republican presidential class.

Trump has overshadowed the carefully-crafted views held by Republican heavyweights. The bilingual Jeb Bush, the brother and son of presidents and former governor of Florida, offered a distinctly different message — and spoke partly in Spanish while campaigning in New Hampshire.

“A Republican will never be elected president of the United States again unless we campaign like this,” Bush said, gesturing with open arms.

“Unless we campaign openly — where we campaign in every nook and cranny of this country, where we go campaign in the Latino communities, fast-growing communities all across this country that will make a difference in who the next president is going to be.”

Trump set up a dramatic scene in advance of his own campaign trip, saying he was putting himself in “great danger” by coming to the border area across from the volatile Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo.

A local border patrol union pulled out of events involving him. Patrol agents had planned to accompany Trump to the border and hold a meeting with him but cancelled after consultations with their national union, the National Border Patrol Council, said local union president Hector Garza.

Trump stepped off his plane in Laredo and said the union members backed out because they were “petrified and they’re afraid of saying what’s happening” at the border.

Some chanted “fuera,” telling him to get out; a supporter waved a sign, “no era insulto,” meaning his remarks about immigrants that touched off a feud with Republican rivals were not an insult.

On his claim about repatriating jobs, Trump has offered few specifics on the economic policies he would pursue if elected president. In his announcement speech last month, he called for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and renegotiating foreign trade deals but did not say how he would seek to recast those agreements.

In recent years, he’s called for a hefty tax on imports, criticized North American and South Korean trade deals and said Ford should be penalized for expanding operations in Mexico. Yet, paradoxically, he’s praised globalization for tearing down barriers to international markets.

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Record breaking day for Canada SETS NEW NATIONAL RECORD WITH 65TH GOLD MEDAL BEHIND WARNER’S RECORD PERFORMANCE IN DECATHALON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Damian Warner set a Canadian record in the decathlon on Thursday, while Canada set a national record for gold medals won at the Pan American Games.

The 25-year-old Warner from London, Ont., won the decathlon in the 13th day of competition at the Pan American Games, in the process breaking Michael Smith’s 19-year-old Canadian record.

Warner scored 8,659 points. Smith’s mark was 8,626.

He needed to run four minutes 29 seconds in the decathlon’s final event, the 1,500 metres, to break the record, and ran 4:24.73.

Warner took a healthy lead into the 1,500 — No. 10 of 10 events held over the two-day decathlon, recording personal bests in the 100 metres, long jump and discus.

Earlier, water-skier Whitney McClintock took first place in the women’s slalom event — her second top finish of these Games — to give Canada 65 gold medals in total up to that point.

The previous record of 64 was set in Winnipeg in 1999.

“This is great, I’m a happy girl,” McClintock said. “I’ve got the two (medals) I came for already. The rest are a bonus.”

McClintock, who won gold Wednesday in the overall competition, finished first in the six-skier slalom field to kick off a six-medal Thursday for Canadian water-skiers. Ryan Dodd, from Olds, capped the effort with a gold medal in the men’s jump competition on a warm, sunny afternoon on the waterfront.

McClintock, from Cambridge, Ont., later added silver medals in the tricks and jump finals and her brother Jason won silver in the men’s slalom.

“Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get as warm as I needed to and I just kind

Damian Warner celebrates winning the 1500m part of the decathlon and the overall gold medal during the athletics competition at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto on Thursday. Warner has set a Canadian record in men’s decathlon and won the gold medal.

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of stuck,” Jason McClintock said.

After McClintock’s gold Canada kept adding medals, including more golds.

In the men’s tricks, Jaret Llewellyn of Innisfail, won silver with 10,550 points. American Adam Pickos won gold with 11,110.

The Canadian Pan Am team had 69 gold, 61 silver and 55 bronze Thursday evening. The United States led the medal count with 83 gold, 69 silver and 71 bronze.

Later in the day, Canada earned the gold medal in the team equestrian competition at Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park, located approximately 65 kilometres north of Toronto.

The Canadians finished the tworound competition with seven faults, one less than Argentina. The U.S. earned the bronze with 12 faults.

The Canadian team consisted of Tiffany Foster of North Vancouver, B.C., 2008 Olympic champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, Ont., Yann Candele of Caledon, Ont., and Ian Millar of Perth, Ont., who’s making his 10th consecu-

tive Pan Am appearance.

Also, the Canadian men’s sabre team won a fencing silver medal after dropping a 45-37 decision to the United States in the final.

Shaul Gordon from Richmond, B.C., Toronto’s Mark Peros and Montreal’s Joseph Polossifakis made up the Canadian squad, which edged Venezuela to reach the gold-medal match.

Lanni Marchant, the Canadian record-holder in the marathon, raced to a bronze medal in the women’s 10,000 metres, crossing in 32 minutes 46.03 seconds.

Andre De Grasse, meanwhile, finished third in his 200 semifinal — his fifth run of the Pan Am Games. The 20 year old from Markham, Ont., crossed in 20.12 seconds, a night after he won the 100-metre title.

Later Thursday, Canada had possible medal chances in women’s pole vault and men’s discus throw.

In team sports Thursday night, Canada used a balanced attack to defeat Mexico 96-76 and move within one win

of a first ever medal in Pan American Games men’s basketball play.

Brady Heslip, who scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter for Canada, led with 20 points. Orlando Mendez led Mexico with 24 points.

Canada (3-0) came into the game having already secured a semifinal berth and knowing it had won Pool B barring a total collapse against the Mexicans (1-2). Argentina’s earlier 8070 win over the Dominican Republic left both teams at 1-2 and unable to catch Canada in the pool.

Adam Froese had the shootout winner as Canada’s men’s field hockey team earned a spot at the 2016 Olympics with a 5-4 win over Brazil in the Pan Ams semifinal.

Froese scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout, beating the Brazilian goalkeeper with a backhand shot. Canada will now play Argentina in Saturday’s gold-medal game. The two teams have met in the men’s field hockey gold medal game in 10 straight Pan American games.

Low scores dominate at Canadian Open

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OAKVILLE, Ont. — Vaughn Taylor felt fortunate to survive a boating accident last year. Emiliano Grillo felt fortunate to get into Canada in time to play the Canadian Open.

On Thursday, they made the most of morning tee times to claim spots at the top of the leaderboard. Grillo shot an 8-under 64 to take the RBC Canadian Open lead, while Taylor shot a 7-under 65 to tie Brian Harman for second after the first round.

Taylor is almost a year removed from his fishing boat capsizing on Lake Thurmond between South Carolina and Georgia. The 49-year-old who birdied eight holes at Glen Abbey Golf Club in the first round gained some perspective on his sport and life from the August 2014 accident.

“It still does,” Taylor said. “I kind of remind myself of it to say, ’Hey, let’s not take this day for granted and make the most of it.”’

Taylor panicked in the water before swimming to safety. Grillo didn’t panic earlier this week when it looked like he wouldn’t be able to cross the border from the United States.

Grillo qualified for the RBC Canadian Open by finishing in the top 10 at the Barbasol Championship in Alabama, which he only did by picking up back-to-back birdies. After driving to Atlanta and flying to Buffalo, the 22-year-old Argentine didn’t have time to wait for the necessary work visa to get into Canada.

After he waited, border officials told Grillo just to pay for the visa and go. He followed up that “lucky” break with a bogey-free round to grab the

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David Hearn from Branford, Ont., hits off the 16th tee during first round of play at the Canadian Open golf tournament Thursday, in Oakville, Ont. lead.

“I played better on the back nine, which is harder, and the greens were drying out,” Grillo said. “I kept hitting some solid shots until the end of the round, and I made some good putts on the back nine.”

David Hearn and Adam Svensson tied for the best start by a Canadian player at 3-under 69.

“I played a solid round of golf, and that’s what I needed to do,” Hearn said. “If I can hit a few more greens tomorrow, I like my chances.”

Hitting the green might not be a problem, but getting the ball to stop could turn into one. Golfers reported Glen Abbey playing firm and fast, and with wind those are conditions conducive for shooting well under par.

But it wasn’t impossible, especially for those who finished before the sun dried out the course. Harman may be in the best spot moving forward with a Friday morning tee time because he went 7-under Thursday afternoon.

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OAKVILLE, Ont. — Graham DeLaet’s tough. He’s a golfer.

The Weyburn, Sask., native injured his left thumb during the first round of the RBC Canadian Open but still finished his round and expects to keep playing Friday. Frustrated by the injury, DeLaet was glad to shoot even-par 72 Thursday to sit eight strokes off the lead.

“I was able to kind of grind away there at the end with a couple good birdies on 16 and 18,” said DeLaet, who was injured on the 12th hole and double-bogeyed No. 17. “We (tee) off tomorrow morning. As long as I feel healthy, if I can shoot 4- or 5-under, (I can) kind of just slowly kind of creep back in this tournament.”

DeLaet said he wasn’t able to move his hand back on drives and felt pain when he released on shots.

That caused the ball to flare right, something he had to compensate for.

As for what’s next DeLaet guessed doctors would tell him to ice his hand and possibly give him some anti-inflammatory medication.

“This tournament means a lot to me,” he said. “Hopefully we can get it figured out.”

DeLaet is one of 16 Canadians in the field this week at Glen Abbey Golf Club.

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Redblacks hope to go into bye on winning note with win over Stamps

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks say their focus is entirely on the Calgary Stampeders and not the upcoming bye week.

They would love nothing more than to head into the break on a winning note with a winning record.

The 2-2 Redblacks, who are on a two-game losing streak, know Friday’s game against the defending Grey Cup champion Stampeders (3-1) will be a challenge.

“We haven’t even discussed that there’s a bye week after,” said Redblacks coach Rick Campbell. “Guys are really focused. It’s a great opportunity to get a winning record and be 3-2 and that’s what we’re focused on.”

The Redblacks will be in tough against the more experienced Stam-

peders and will need to improve significantly from its last two performances.

A strong start would be key for Ottawa, something that has eluded them all season. The Redblacks have yet to pick up a point in the opening 15 minutes of a game. The team has managed to march down the field and get into scoring position, but has yet to capitalize on its opportunities.

“We’ve just got to make sure we’re executing at a high level,” said receiver Chris Williams.

“We give ourselves the best chance at winning if we do that and that will take care of itself.

“We’re still plugging away, it’s only Week 5 so we know we’ve got a long way to go, but it’s a good challenge for us. It’s a good team coming in and we’ll have to be ready to play.”

If the Redblacks have any hope of winning they will need to find a way to

contain Jon Cornish, who many believe is just starting to find his stride. Two weeks ago the Redblacks gave up 46 points to the Edmonton Eskimos and know things could get ugly quickly if quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell is given too much time and opportunity.

“It’s a big game,” said defensive back Antoine Pruneau. “We’ve got to bring it and need to focus on our tackle for sure. We’ve missed too many tackles in the past two games, but this is not our identity. I know we can do better in that department.”

The Redblacks will have a few new faces in the lineup for Friday’s game.

Jeremiah Johnson will come in for Chevon Walker, who is nursing a minor injury. The Redblacks want to be cautious and feel Johnson, who filled in for Walker last season, is just as capable.

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hard for me because I’m a natural competitor,” said Johnson. “It’s a blessing to get this opportunity and show what I can do and try to get this team going in a positive motion.”

Defensive lineman Ettore Lattanzio is expected to make his CFL regular season debut. The Redblacks signed Lattanzio, an Ottawa native, as a free agent a couple of weeks ago after he was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

“Everything’s kind of worked out in my favour,” said Lattanzio. “You have to count your blessings every time you get to play this game. I’m lucky I get to play at home. This is the most ideal circumstance. I’m very honoured.”

Notes: Other lineup changes include DE Aston Whiteside, who will get an opportunity to play, likely in place of Marlon Smith. LB David Hinds will replace Justin Cudworth.

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Blue Jays down Athletics to take series

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 5 Athletics 2 OAKLAND, Calif. — The highestscoring offence in the majors is heating up at the right time.

Russell Martin homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Josh Donaldson went deep against his former team and the Toronto Blue Jays powered past the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Thursday.

“Our one through nine is the best in baseball,” Donaldson said. “I think we continue to go out there on a night in, night out basis and continue to show that.”

The Blue Jays have scored 508 runs, by far the best in the majors. The next closest team, the New York Yankees, has scored 434.

Toronto continued its pop at the plate to give knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (4-10) all the support he needed. Dickey allowed two runs and five hits in 8 1-3 innings in place of ill starter Drew Hutchison, who is scheduled to take the mound in Friday’s series opener at Seattle instead.

The Blue Jays are trying to chase down the Yankees in the AL East and remain in contention before the July 31 trade deadline. Toronto is 5 ½ games behind New York, which has won four in a row and eight of 10.

“We have 13 games left against them, so that’s going to be on us,” Dickey said. “We just have to take care of business when we’re not playing them, and when we play them it’s going to come down to us playing better than they do. I’d like to see them lose a few more, though, that’s for sure.”

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Russell Martin, right, is congratulated by teammate Danny Valencia (23) after hitting a two-run home run off Oakland Athletics’ Drew Pomeranz in a baseball game Thursday, in Oakland, Calif. into a double play for his first career save.

Drew Pomeranz started after the A’s traded lefty Scott Kazmir to Houston for a pair of minor leaguers before the game. Pomeranz gave up two runs in 1 2-3 innings, and the bullpen also struggled to contain Toronto’s potent hitters.

Dan Otero (2-4) allowed two runs in three innings for the loss.

The news of Kazmir’s trade caught A’s players by surprise. They spent the morning saying goodbye to Kazmir as he packed his bags in the clubhouse,

and they looked equally baffled by Dickey’s tricky tosses.

“Everybody is sorry to see Scott go on a personal level, but it’s our job to go out there and focus on one particular day,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said.

Dickey struck out six and walked one for his first win in six starts. His previous victory came against his former club, the New York Mets, on June 18.

But the Blue Jays are consistently riding the long ball to wins. After taking two of three at Tampa Bay and Oakland, Toronto is 4-2 since the All-

Star break.

Martin’s 14th homer in the second inning gave the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. It was his second long ball in three days at the Coliseum, which plays shorter in the dry afternoon sunshine than the thick air at night.

Billy Burns hit an RBI single and scored the tying run for the A’s on Josh Reddick’s grounder in the third.

In the fourth, Martin doubled with two outs and scored on Chris Colabello’s double to put the Blue Jays back in front. And Donaldson drove his 23rd homer to deep right-centre off Otero in the fifth. Martin also had a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

DONALDSON’S RETURN Donaldson looked comfortable in his first series back in Oakland since being traded in the off-season for third baseman Brett Lawrie, right-hander Kendall Graveman, lefty Sean Nolin and minor league shortstop Franklin Barreto. He finished 5 for 13 with one home run, two doubles and three RBIs in three games.

“I said before the series started, this wasn’t just a normal series for me.

There were definitely some emotions there,” Donaldson said.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: SS Jose Reyes was replaced in the eighth after a ball hit him in the face. Burns slid head-first into Reyes’ left ankle at second while hustling for a double, and the ball popped up and caused Reyes’ mouth to bleed.

Reyes said he should be fine.

Athletics: OF Coco Crisp continues to progress from a neck injury that has sidelined him since May 20. Melvin said no decision has been made on whether Crisp will make a minor league rehab assignment, which he has turned down in the past.

Officials defend returning With Argos up next, Lions want to reassert dominance at home to Glen Abbey; future CFL remains uncertain

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OAKVILLE, Ont. — Glen Abbey is a road well-travelled for the Canadian Open, and Golf Canada officials don’t consider that a bad thing.

The Canadian Open is back at Glen Abbey Golf Club for the 27th time this week, for the second time in three years and fourth in the past eight. It’ll also be at the Oakville course next year.

Golf Canada hasn’t yet chosen a site for 2017, a decision that must be made with title sponsor RBC, and the possibility exists that Glen Abbey will host three years in a row. Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons insisted Wednesday morning that no decision had been made, even with back-to-back events happening at the same venue.

“This is a little bit of an experiment for us,” Simmons said. “We’re looking at every possible option or angle.

And the only constant in life is change.

There’s always continual change. I think what we’re trying this year with ’15 and ’16 at the Abbey is, ’What can we learn from back-to-backs?”’

Simmons, president Paul McLean and first-year tournament director Brent McLaughlin hope having the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey two years in a row generates some local and national momentum. McLaughlin, who is also running the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Vancouver Country Club next month, pointed to infrastructure as one positive of staying in the same place.

Beyond next year, though, there’s plenty of uncertainty. Glen Abbey hosted the Canadian Open 16 times in a row from 1981-1996, and given its popularity and proximity to Toronto would make sense as a permanent or

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OPEN: Drove it well “I drove it well, I putted well,” Harman said. “Just had the one three-putt bogey, but other than that it was pretty clean.”

While Harman was near the top of the leaderboard, Robert Allenby was near the bottom with a 9-over 81. According to Score Golf, Allenby got into an argument with Mick Middlemo and fired him mid-round.

A fan carried Allenby’s bag the rest of the way.

Spectators were out in full force for the second Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in the past three years. Bubba Watson, whose wife Angie is from Pick-

semi-permanent home for golf’s thirdoldest open championship.

But McLaughlin said “Golf Canada’s mandate has always been to move our championships around the country,” and Simmons upon becoming CEO assured the tournament would move around the country.

“I said, ’This is a national open, we are going to move it around,”’ Simmons said. “And we have, we did and we will continue going forward.”

McLaughlin wondered if the ideal solution might be to have a semi-permanent location. Title sponsor RBC seems to prefer Glen Abbey, and it’s popular with players and Toronto-area golf fans. The debate, which Golf Canada continues to have, is how to measure success of the Canadian Open.

Ticket sales, sponsor and player happiness and community benefit are among the factors.

“Should we treat it as a commercial exercise or an exercise of putting on the best event that the players love that may not be the best commercial success?” McLean said. “I think we’re trying to balance those two things.”

Simmons didn’t want to delve into the 2017 selection process other than to say Glen Abbey was an option and that Golf Canada had at least spoken with past hosts. That would mean Royal Montreal, Hamilton, Shaughnessy (Vancouver), Angus Glen (Markham, Ont.) and St. George (Toronto) have at some point been considered.

But the long-term future of the event is also cloudy. Golf Canada’s contracts with RBC and the PGA Tour are up after 2017.

“Who knows what the nuances of that will dictate in terms of where we go ’18 and beyond,” Simmons said.

“Right now it’s fluid.”

Future sites for the Canadian Open remain undetermined, while the U.S. Golf Association on Wednesday set out its plan through 2024. ering, Ont., got 20-30 tickets for family and friends and felt some extra love from the crowd because of his connection.

“I’ve gained a lot of friends because of my family up here,” said Watson, who shot 4-under. “At least I’ve got people watching me.”

David Hearn and Adam Svensson were tied as the low Canadian at 3-under 69.

“Took advantage of the par-5s really nicely,” Hearn said. “I’m obviously not too happy I made bogey on the last there, but I’m still within reach of the leaders. I certainly didn’t play my way out of it.”

The same could be said for Svens-

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VANCOUVER — B.C. Lions running back Andrew Harris remembers a time not that long ago when wins at home were almost a given.

The CFL club went a combined 22-3 in the regular season and playoffs after returning to a renovated B.C. Place Stadium halfway through the 2011 season, including a Grey Cup victory in its own backyard four years ago.

But something changed during a disastrous 2014 campaign that saw the Lions go just 4-5 in Vancouver on the way to a 9-9 season and a first-round playoff exit.

Fast-forward to this season and the Lions (2-1) are still trying to recapture some of that home swagger as they welcome the Toronto Argonauts (2-1) on Friday night.

“You want to create that dominance at B.C. Place,” said Harris. “We want teams to have fear. That was kind of lost last year.”

The Lions won their first home game of the season two weeks ago in dramatic fashion, a 35-32 overtime victory against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but only 23,062 fans bothered to show up — well below what B.C. has averaged in years past.

The players are confident the support will return if the results are there, and they have been early on in 2015 thanks to back-to-back victories over Saskatchewan.

“It’s all about winning. Everybody likes a winner,” said Lions linebacker Solomon Elimimian. “When you win good things happen. Everybody feels good. Fans want to come and watch, and those who aren’t fans want to come and watch teams that are winning.”

A big part of the success for B.C. has been the return to health of quarterback Travis Lulay after two seasons marred by injuries to his throwing

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shoulder. Through three games, the Lions’ No. 1 pivot has six touchdowns against one interception. Perhaps most importantly, he has avoided unnecessary contact despite rushing for a career-high 105 yards in last week’s 27-24 victory in Regina.

“I do feel a good comfort level on the field,” said Lulay. “That was one of the things coming in. I missed essentially all of last season, so I didn’t know how exactly that would feel. I’m seeing things well, my timing feels pretty good. When those things are on point a lot more plays have a chance.”

While admittedly still not at the level of his 2011 Most Outstanding Player season, Lulay’s teammates have noticed their quarterback’s confidence continue to grow.

“He’s got the ’it’ factor,” said Elimimian. “He’s making plays with his feet, he’s making plays with his arm.

He’s doing it all and that’s the Travis that we’re used to.”

The Argonauts, meanwhile, have only been used to the road in the early part of the season. Nomads while the Pan Am Games are taking place in Toronto, the team has already played games in Fort McMurray, Alta., Regina and Calgary, and won’t step on the field at Rogers Centre until Aug. 8.

But with No. 2 quarterback Trevor Harris doing a good job leading the offence with nine TDs and two interceptions in Ricky Ray’s injury absence, the Lions know they face a tough challenge against a squad coming off a bye.

“Toronto’s been pretty impressive early in the season,” said Lulay. “They play physical on defence, vary the coverages up and don’t make it easy on you. They have the ability to possess the football, so we’ve got to be efficient with our opportunities on our side of the ball.

“We’re going to have to play a good, sound football game to beat them.”

If they can accomplish that, the Lions will already be halfway to their 2014 home win total, and perhaps also on the road to returning B.C. Place to the fortress it once was.

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Maple Leafs hire former Devils exec Lamoriello as GM

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto Maple Leafs pulled off the stunner of the off-season Thursday, hiring Lou Lamoriello as their new general manager.

Lamoriello spent 27 seasons as GM of the New Jersey Devils before stepping down in May. That’s the longest tenure of any GM in NHL history.

The 72-year-old Hockey Hall of Famer has three Stanley Cups on his resume, and the Devils made the final in 2012. But New Jersey missed the playoffs the past three years, leading to Ray Shero replacing Lamoriello as GM. Toronto had been without a GM since president Brendan Shanahan fired Dave Nonis after the Leafs missed the playoffs for the second straight year. The Leafs have just one post-season appearance since the 2004-05 lockout, a first-round loss to the Boston Bruins in 2013.

“I’m excited,” Lamoriello told a news conference. “I don’t know any other way to put it.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lamoriello said the Lou Lamoriello holds up a opportunity presented jersey at a news conference a “different challenge.”

“I can assure you it to announce that he has was not an easy decibeen named the new sion for a lot of differgeneral manager of the ent reasons,” he said.

Toronto Maple Leafs, in “I’ve always said anything easy isn’t worth Toronto, Thursday. it. Anybody can do it.”

Shanahan had left open the possibility of GM by committee with himself, Kyle Dubas, Mark Hunter and Brandon Pridham all having a say. Even with Lamoriello, that kind of collaborative environment could still exist, with new coach Mike Babcock also in the mix.

“No one makes any decision without consulting the people that are around them and their supporting staff,” he said. “If you know anything about me, we’ll make the decisions.”

In Lamoriello, the Leafs get veteran experience and someone who has the relationships around the league that could benefit in trade talks. It’s unclear what his precise duties will be.

Over the past few months, Hunter was in charge of scouting and drafting and Dubas trades, with Shanahan overseeing the entire operation.

Lamoriello said Dubas represents the team’s front office future.

“I think he’s a young fellow who has tremendous abilities,” he said. “If he doesn’t become general manager here — I’m not going to be here forever — it’s his fault.”

Shanahan said everyone in the organization will be able to learn from Lamoriello.

“I think having Lou in the organization is an opportunity for him to mentor us all,” he said.

It has been a busy summer for the Leafs, who traded star winger Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the first blow to a core that has only one playoff appearance.

Lamoriello’s hiring is the latest piece of an organizational makeover. Toronto also gave Babcock a US$50-million, eight-year contract as coach.

Babcock is used to working with a seasoned GM from his time in Detroit with Ken Holland. Like Holland’s Red Wings, Lamoriello’s Devils made the playoffs a regularity, going 21 times since the 1987-88 season.

“I have worked with Hall-of-Fame coaches, and players and a great staff, all of whom contributed to our success,” Lamoriello said in a statement released by the Devils. “In the end, it’s about the people which makes this decision so difficult.”

CALGARY FLAMES

Flames sign forward Lance Bouma to three-year contract CALGARY — The Calgary Flames signed forward Lance Bouma to a three-year contract on Thursday.

Bouma played 78 games with the Flames last season, scoring 16 goals and adding 18 assists for 34 points.

He has played 199 career NHL games with Calgary scoring 22 goals and adding 31 assists for 53 points.

Bouma was drafted by the Flames in the third round of the 2008 draft.

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Colombia’s Nairo Quintana, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, Spain’s Alejandro Valverde, Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali, Spain’s Alberto Contador, and Robert Gesink of the Netherlands, from left to right, climb during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 186.5 kilometers with start in Gap and finish in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, Thursday. Froome isn’t here for the picture-postcard scenery.

Just two more days in the Alps, and a second Tour victory will be his. After Stage 18, Team Sky’s leader really has only two wheels to follow: Quintana’s and Valverde’s, the Movistar teammates closest to him in the overall standings. As long as he doesn’t let either of them get too far away from him on Friday and Saturday, then Froome will be sipping champagne and slipping back into the yellow jersey on Stage 21 on Sunday, on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

Arizona Coyotes, city of Glendale reach agreement to amend arena management deal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes and the city of Glendale agreed to amend an existing lease agreement on Thursday, though the deal may only be a temporary fix in the team’s ongoing saga to remain in the desert.

The amended deal, which will be voted on by the Glendale City Council on Friday, calls for the original 15-year, $225 million agreement to be cut to two years, expiring on June 30, 2017.

It also would trim the management fee the city pays annually to the Coyotes from $15 million to $6.5 million and shift all hockey-related revenue to the team instead of Glendale, which would generate approximately $6 million for the Coyotes. A five-year out clause if the team lost more than $50 million that was part of the original agreement also has been removed.

“This decision will bring much-needed certainty to our fans and sponsors about our near-term future and an end to the uncertainty brought about through this legal action,” Coyotes co-owner and CEO Anthony LeBlanc said in a statement. “We know that hockey works in the Valley and we are committed to Arizona for the long-term.”

The lease agreement was signed in 2013, not long after IceArizona purchased the team from the NHL. The City Council voted June 10 to terminate the agreement with the Coyotes, citing a conflict-of-inter-

est law involving two Glendale employees who later went on to work for the Coyotes. A judge granted the Coyotes’ request for a temporary restraining order two days later. A judge also ordered the city to make a scheduled $3.75 million payment to the team on June 29 and the Coyotes to increase their bond payment to Glendale by $750,000 to $1 million.

If passed, the amended arena lease agreement will keep the Coyotes in Gila River Arena for the next two seasons, but will likely further relocation speculation that has swirled around the team for the past six years. It could also open the door for the Coyotes to negotiate for a new arena in downtown Phoenix or look into other options.

“This revised agreement represents a positive outcome for both the city and the Coyotes,” Glendale acting city manager Dick Bowers said in a statement.

“It also allows us to move forward in a way that keeps an important economic driver in our community. That’s important for business and it’s important to our citizens.”

The Coyotes have faced an uncertain future since former owner Jerry Moyes took the team into bankruptcy in 2009. The team was operated by the NHL for four seasons before IceArizona, headed by LeBlanc and George Gosbee, purchased the team and reached an arena management deal with Glendale.

IceArizona sold a 51 per cent stake in the team to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway last year, a move designed to strengthen the team’s financial footing.

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The visiting Okotoks Black scored seven runs in an international tie-breaker Wednesday and hung on for an 11-7 bantam AAA baseball win over the Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves.

The Braves responded with three runs in the bottom of the tie-breaker inning as Zach Baker stroked a two-run triple and Adam Junck added a RBI single, but the hosts fell short.

The Servus Credit Union squad forced the extra inning by plating three runs in the seventh. Brett Porter and Matt Kohle each singled, then scored on an Okotoks error off the bat of Meghan Cameron, who then came home on a hit by Aidan Schafer.

Baker led the Braves offensively with a triple and single, while Hunter Leslie contributed a double and single and Porter and Kohle each had two hits.

Branden Woods started on the Braves’ mound and allowed four runs while fanning nine batters and walking none over six and two-thirds innings.

Riley Seward was tagged with the loss, recording one strikeout and issuing three walks in a relief appearance.

The Braves host the Fort McMurray Oil Giants for three games this weekend — a doubleheader Saturday with contests at 3 and 6 p.m., and a single outing at 10 a.m. Sunday.

SCOREBOARD Baseball

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015

Local Sports Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 5, 2nd game Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Miami 5, Arizona 3

Houston at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

GB — 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 12 GB — 6 1/2 10 1/2 12 13 1/2 GB — 1 8 1/2 10 1/2 11

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 Oakland 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 9, Baltimore 3 Seattle 3, Detroit 2, 12 innings Minnesota 3, L.A. Angels 0 Toronto 5, Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 1 St. Louis 4, Kansas City 3 Houston 5, Boston 4 Friday’s Games Baltimore (Tillman 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Archer 9-7), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-9) at Cleveland (Kluber 5-10), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 0-3) at Boston (Porcello 5-10), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Kazmir 5-5) at Kansas City (Guthrie 7-5), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-6) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 8-6), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Lewis 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 9-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-5), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Chavez 5-9) at San Francisco (Peavy 1-4), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Boston, 2:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 11:10 a.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 1:35 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Toronto at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 6:08 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Washington 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 0 St. Louis 4, Kansas City 3 Milwaukee at Arizona, late Miami at San Diego, late Friday’s Games Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-7) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 5-8), 2:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 10-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6), 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Thomas 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-8), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Banuelos 1-1) at St. Louis (Cooney 0-0), 6:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-7) at Colorado (E.Butler 3-6), 6:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 7-9) at Arizona (Corbin 1-2), 7:40 p.m.

Miami (Haren 7-5) at San Diego (Cashner 3-10), 8:10 p.m.

Oakland (Chavez 5-9) at San Francisco (Peavy 1-4), 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 93 372 63 121 .325 JIglesias Det 83 277 26 90 .325 LCain KC 84 325 58 102 .314 Burns Oak 69 297 42 92 .310 Bogaerts Bos 92 343 40 105 .306 Hosmer KC 91 349 50 106 .304 Altuve Hou 89 359 52 109 .304 Trout LAA 94 347 71 105 .303 Home Runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 29; Trout, Los Angeles, 28; JMartinez, Detroit, 27; NCruz, Seattle, 24; Teixeira, New York, 24; Donaldson, Toronto, 23; CDavis, Baltimore, 21; MMachado, Baltimore, 21.

Runs Batted In Bautista, Toronto, 65; Donaldson, Toronto, 65; KMorales, Kansas City, 65; Teixeira, New York, 65; JMartinez, Detroit, 62; Pujols, Los Angeles, 61; Fielder, Texas, 58; BMcCann, New York, 58; Vogt, Oakland, 58.

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

National League East Division W L Pct 51 43 .543 49 47 .510 45 50 .474 40 55 .421 34 63 .351 Central Division W L Pct 61 34 .642 55 40 .579 51 43 .543 42 51 .452 42 53 .442 West Division W L Pct 55 42 .567 51 44 .537 44 51 .463 43 50 .462 40 53 .430

Saturday’s Games Oakland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 6:10 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

GB — 6 9 1/2 18 19

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Goldschmidt Ari 93 335 61 115 .343 DGordon Mia 84 361 46 122 .338 Harper Was 88 298 62 99 .332 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.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 72; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 72; Stanton, Miami, 67; Posey, San Francisco, 66.

GB — 3 10 10 13

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

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BRIEFS Riggers edge Athletics Winning pitcher Jared Chatwood went the distance for the Red Deer Riggers in a clutch 2-1 Sunburst Baseball League victory Wednesday over the host Sherwood Park Athletics.

Jason Chatwood drove in the deciding run as the Riggers moved into sole possession of first place with an 11-7 record. The second-place Athletics are two points back with a 10-8 slate.

Red Deer has two regularseason games remaining — Sunday at Spruce Grove versus the Parkland White Sox and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against the Edmonton Confederation Park Cubs at Great Chief Park.

Red Deer hosting mosquito AA baseball provincials The provincial mosquito AA tier 4 and tier 6 championships will be played at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds 1 and 2 Friday to Sunday.

Sunday

● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park. ● Mosquito AA baseball: Provincial tier 4 and tier 6 championships at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds; finals at noon. ● 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.

Saturday

● Mosquito AA baseball: Provincial tier 4 and tier 6 championships at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds; games at 9 a.m., noon, 3 and 6 p.m. ● Women’s rugby: Calgary Irish at Red Deer Titans, 1:45 p.m., Titans Park. ● Bantam AAA baseball: Fort McMurray Oil Giants at Red Deer Servus Credit Union Braves, doubleheader, 3 and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Alberta Football League: Fort

Toronto Ottawa Montreal Hamilton

GP 3 4 4 3

CFL East Division W L T 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0

PF 88 76 85 88

PA 76 101 69 67

Pt 4 4 4 2

Calgary B.C. Edmonton Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP 4 3 3 4 4

West Division W L T 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0

PF 86 78 80 106 122

PA 97 83 55 127 134

Pt 6 4 4 4 0

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

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

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Pan Am Games What Canada Did at the Pan Am Games TORONTO — What Canada Did on Thursday at the Pan American Games (distances in metres unless specified): ATHLETICS Men’s Decathlon — Damian Warner, London, Ont., won the gold medal with a two-day total — and Pan Am record — of 8,659 (110 hurdles: first, 13.44; discus: third, 47.56; pole vault: sixth, 4.60; javelin: sixth, 61.53; 1,500: first, 4:24.73). Patrick Arbour, Ottawa (110 hurdles: eighth, 15.15; discus, second, 48.80; pole vault: eighth, 4.30; javelin: third, 65.03; 1,500: 10th, 5:01.70) finished sixth overall (7,502).

Women’s 200 — Kimberly Hyacinthe, Terrebonne, Que., finished fourth in her semifinal heat (22.81) and advanced to Friday’s medal race; Raquel Tjernagel, New Westminster, B.C., placed seventh in her semifinal (24.07), did not qualify.

Men’s 200 — Andre De Grasse, Markham, Ont., was third in his semifinal heat (20.12), and will compete in Friday’s final; Brendon Rodney, Brampton, Ont., placed fourth in his race (20.29), did not qualify.

Women’s pole vault — Kelsie Ahbe, Toronto, placed fifth in the final (4.40); Melanie Blouin, Quebec City, tied for seventh (4.15).

Men’s discus — Tim Nedow, Brockville, Ont., threw a personal-best 61.49 metres to place sixth in the event; Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas, Sherbrooke, Que., was ninth (55.79).

Women’s 10,000 - Lanni Marchant of London, Ont., won the bronze medal (32:46.03); Natasha Wodak, Vancouver, was seventh (33:20.14).

BASKETBALL Men — Canada (3-0) won its final preliminary-round game, 96-76 over Mexico. The Canadians will play in the semifinals Friday against the U.S. BOWLING Men’s doubles — Francois Lavoie, Quebec City (223.1 average after 12 games), and Dan MacLelland, Kitchener, Ont. (244.2), won the gold medal with a total of 5,607 pins.

Women’s doubles — Robin Orlikowski, St. Catharines, Ont. (192.8 after 12) and Isabelle Rioux,

● Mosquito AA baseball: Provincial tier 4 and tier 6 championships at Great Chief Park fastball diamonds; games at 3 and 6 p.m. ● Parkland baseball: Rocky Mountain House Red Dogs at Red Deer Razorbacks, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Acme Pirates at Innisfail Indians, 7 p.m.

Football

Sunday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

GB — 3 6 1/2 11 1/2 18 1/2

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.

Friday

Trois-Rivieres, Que. (191.3), finished in eighth place in the final with a total of 4,609.

EQUESTRIAN Individual jumping — Yann Candele, Caledon, Ont., and his horse Showgirl, are ranked second following the third qualifying round; Eric Lamaze, Schomberg, Ont (Coco Bongo) are tied for fourth; Ian Millar, Perth, Ont. (Dixson), are tied for 15th; Tiffany Foster, North Vancouver, B.C. (Tripple X III) are tied for 18th.

Team jumping — Canada (Millar, Lamaze, Foster, Candele) won the gold medal.

FENCING Men’s team sabre — Canada (Shaul Gordon, Richmond, B.C.; Mark Peros, Toronto; Joseph Polossifakis, Montreal), took the silver medal after losing to the U.S. 45-37 in the final.

Women’s team sabre — Canada (Marissa Ponich, Edmonton; Gabriella Page, Blainville, Que.; Pamela Brind’Amour, Sainte-Marie, Que.) finished fifth overall after defeating Brazil, 45-38 in the placement match.

FIELD HOCKEY Men — Canada (5-0) won its semifinal against Brazil 5-3 in a penalty shootout. The Canadians will play Argentina on Saturday for the gold medal.

HANDBALL Men — Canada (1-3) lost its consolation match 2924 to Puerto Rico. The Canadians will compete in Saturday’s seventh-place game.

KARATE Women’s 55kg — Kate Campbell, Fredericton, took the took the silver medal after losing to Valeria Kumizaki, Brazil, on judges’ decision in the final.

Women’s 50kg — Jusleen Virk, Vancouver, lost the bronze medal match to Gabriela Bruna, Chile, on judges’ decision in the final.

Men’s 60kg — Leivin Chung, Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to Jovanni Martinez, Venezuela, 2-1, and was eliminated.

RACQUETBALL Men’s singles — Coby Iwaasa, Lethbridge, Alta., lost in the quarter-finals to Alvaro Beltran, Mexico, 2-0.

Men’s doubles — Vincent Gagnon, St-Hubert, Que., and Tim Landeryou, Saskatoon, lost to Conrrado Moscoso and Roland Keller, Bolivia, 2-0 in the semifinals but were awarded a bronze medal.

Women’s singles — Frederique Lambert, Montreal, was eliminated after losing 2-1 in the quarterfinals to Rhonda Rajsich, U.S. SOFTBALL Women — Canada (4-1) wrapped up the preliminary round with a 1-0 win over Puerto Rico. The Canadians will play the U.S. Friday in the semifinals.

TABLE TENNIS Women’s singles — Anqi Luo, Mississauga, Ont., shut out Gremlis Arvelo, Venezuela, 4-0 in the preliminary round. Alicia Cote, Drummondville, Que., lost to Lin Gui, Brazil, 4-0.

Men’s singles — Eugene Wang, Ottawa, blanked Emil Santos, Dominican Republic, 4-0 in his Group B match; Marko Medjugorac, Sherbrooke, Que., defeated Geovanny Coello, Ecuador, 4-2 in his Group A match; Pierre-Luc Theriault, St-Fabien, Que., won 4-1 over Andy Pereira, Cuba, in his Group E match.

VOLLEYBALL Women — Canada (1-3) lost the seventh-place match to Peru 3-2.

WATER SKI Women’s slalom — Whitney McClintock, Cambridge, Ont., won the gold medal (3.5, 55, 11.25) Women’s tricks — Whitney McClintock won the silver medal (8,030).

Women’s jump — Whitney McClintock won the silver medal (47.7), giving her a total of two gold and two silvers for these games.

Men’s slalom — Jason McClintock, Cambridge, Ont., won the silver medal (1.0, 58, 10.25) Men’s tricks — Jaret Llewellyn, Innisfail, won the silver medal (10,550); Jason McClintock placed fourth (9,440 — 10 points behind the bronze medallist).

Men’s jump — Ryan Dodd, Olds, won the gold medal (64.8); Jaret Llewellyn tied for third in the final (59.9), but lost the tiebreaker for the medal against F.Marinda, Chile, as he has a lower score in the preliminary round.

Friday’s games are set for 3 and 6 p.m., Saturday’s games are slated for 9 a.m., noon, 3 and 6 p.m. and the finals will go at noon Sunday.

Numrich, RDG&CC (78-75-7879—310, tied for 43rd); Matt Codd, RDG&CC (83-70-78-79— 310, tied for 43rd).

RDC Queens add Duley to soccer coaching staff

Nicolls finishes 14th at Alberta Am Championship

Former RDC Queens soccer player Moira Duley will remain active with the team this season as an apprentice coach.

Duley, who will participate in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association apprentice program while with the Queens, is currently a volunteer coach with the Red Deer Renegades competitive program and has also been involved as a technical trainer for the youth program.

“My overall goal is to continue to grow and learn as a coach so I can give back to a community that has helped foster my growth as an athlete and as an individual,” she said.

Queens coach David Colley will appreciate Duley’s presence with his club.

“The mentorship program will provide me with the opportunity to work with a passionate, bright and highly motivated individual,” said Colley.

EDMONTON — Brett Hogan of Calgary Willow Park struggled to a four-over 76 Thursday but hung on to win the Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship by three strokes at the Petroleum Golf and Country Club.

Hogan’s four-round total of 281 was three shots better than runner-up Andrew Harrison, who shot a 70 Thursday.

Jack Wood of Banff Springs finished alone in third place with a 285 score that included a final-round 70.

Jared Nicolls of Wolf Creek turned in an even-par 72 and finished 14th with a 297 total, while Michael McAdam of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club (RDG&CC) tied for 17th with a cumulative score of 300 that included an 82 Thursday.

Other Central Alberta results: Kyle Morrison, RDG&CC (76-78-74-80—308, tied for 37th); Brett Pasula, RDG&CC (74-7977-79—309, tied for 39th); Grant

PGA-Canadian Open Thursday At Glen Abbey Golf Club Oakville, Ontario Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,273; Par: 72 (35-37) (a-amateur) First Round Emiliano Grillo 31-33 Vaughn Taylor 32-33 Brian Harman 31-34 Steve Wheatcroft 34-32 Tyrone Van Aswegen 35-31 a-Ryan Ruffels 32-34 Erik Compton 31-35 Eric Axley 34-33 Alex Prugh 34-33 William McGirt 34-33 Jim Herman 34-33 Chad Campbell 32-35 Robert Garrigus 34-33 Chesson Hadley 33-34 Johnson Wagner 35-32 J.J. Spaun 33-34 Blayne Barber 33-35 Neal Lancaster 35-33 Scott Pinckney 33-35 Ricky Barnes 33-35 Bubba Watson 37-31 Jim Furyk 34-34 Hunter Mahan 34-34 Seung-Yul Noh 33-35 Stewart Cink 34-34 Andres Romero 33-35 Heath Slocum 35-33 Colt Knost 32-36 Jason Day 35-33 Brooks Koepka 32-36 Martin Flores 33-35 Austin Cook 34-34 Pat Perez 34-35 K.J. Choi 35-34 D.A. Points 34-35 Matt Kuchar 36-33 Jonas Blixt 32-37 Camilo Villegas 34-35 Roberto Castro 33-36 Brian Davis 36-33 Zac Blair 36-33 Adam Svensson 34-35 Andrew Loupe 35-34 Scott Langley 34-35 Brian Stuard 33-36 David Hearn 34-35 Retief Goosen 35-34 J.B. Holmes 33-36 Steve Stricker 33-36 Derek Ernst 33-36 Chez Reavie 32-37 Andrew Putnam 34-35 Kyle Reifers 35-35 Ryo Ishikawa 33-37

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Senior British Open Thursday At Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course) Berkshire, England Purse: $2.1 million Yardage: 6,618; Par: 70 First Round a-amateur Bart Bryant 65 Jeff Sluman 65 Lee Janzen 65 Miguel Angel Jimenez 65 Bernhard Langer 65 Marco Dawson 65 Michael Allen 65 Zhang Lianwei 65 Brian Henninger 66 Cesar Monasterio 66 Mark Mouland 66 Paul Goydos 67 Mark Calcavecchia 67 Bob Cameron 67 Jeff Hart 67 Wes Short Jr. 67 Billy Andrade 67 Tom Watson 67 Colin Montgomerie 67 LPGA-Meijer Lpga Classic Thursday At Blythefield Country Club Belmont, Mich.

Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,414; Par: 71 (36-35) (a-amateur) First Round Dori Carter 31-33 Katherine Kirk 34-30 Lizette Salas 34-30 Jaye Marie Green 33-32 Wei-Ling Hsu 32-33 Q Baek 32-34 Ilhee Lee 32-34 Jane Rah 33-33 Kris Tamulis 32-34 Sarah Kemp 34-33 Alison Lee 33-34 Amy Anderson 35-33 Laetitia Beck 32-36 Sandra Changkija 33-35 Katy Harris 33-35

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A baseball foursome for the ages RANDY JOHNSON, PEDRO MARTINEZ, JOHN SMOLTZ AND CRAIG BIGGIO GET CALL TO HALL

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with a 219-100 record and 3,154 strikeouts.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Three dominated on the mound, the other excelled at three positions up the middle.

Together, pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and multitalented Craig Biggio left a remarkable imprint on baseball.

Playing through an era tainted by steroids and dominated by offence — compliments of bulked-up sluggers, a smaller strike zone and smaller ballparks — the trio of pitchers combined for 735 wins, 11,113 strikeouts and nine Cy Young Awards. And the indefatigable Biggio became the only player in major league history with at least 3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases and 250 home runs while being asked to play four positions in his 20-year career.

All four, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January, will be inducted Sunday in Cooperstown.

“I don’t condone anybody doing anything bad as far as cheating the game,” said Martinez, who joins former Giants right-hander Juan Marichal (1983) as the only natives of the Dominican Republic elected to the hall. “How did I feel pitching in the juice era? I wouldn’t want it any other way. For me, there’s no crying. I mean, as far as the way I did compete, I know I did it right. I did it the right way.”

Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz were elected by big margins their first time on the ballot and represent the first trio of pitchers voted in together. Biggio made it on his third try.

John Smoltz

Randy Johnson The 6-foot-10 Johnson was an intimidating figure standing atop a pitching mound. During a 22-year career, spent mostly with the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks, the dominant left-hander with the imposing fastball won 303 games and five Cy Young Awards, including four in a row from 1999 to 2002 with the Diamondbacks.

A 10-time All-Star, the native of Walnut Creek, California led his league in strikeouts nine times and had a career total of 4,875, second all-time only to Nolan Ryan. In 2001, Johnson was 3-0 in the World Series to help Arizona, in only its fourth year of existence, to the title. Small wonder he received 97.3 per cent of the BBWAA vote, eighthbest all-time.

Still, it took time before everything clicked for the man known as the Big

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In this Jan. 7, 2015 photo, members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2015 inductee class, from left, Craig Biggio, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson and John Smoltz pose for photographers at the MLB Network’s Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. All four will be inducted Sunday, in Cooperstown.

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“The 10 years that I spent in Seattle was really like my apprenticeship, if you will, on understanding how to pitch and then somewhat evolving into the pitcher that I was going to become,” said Johnson. “I was really coming into my own as a successful pitcher and being able to harness my fastball, and understanding what it took to pitch at this level.

“I didn’t know I was going to be half as good as I turned out to be,” added Johnson, who had three back surgeries, four knee surgeries and pitched his final season in 2009 with a torn rotator cuff.

Pedro Martinez Born on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, Martinez grew up with five brothers and sisters in a one-room home. Baseball became his escape.

He signed with the Dodgers in 1988 and made his major league debut in September 1992 at age 20. The next season he was a regular in the bullpen, posting a 10-5 record in 65 games while striking out 119 in 107 innings, then was traded to Montreal after the season.

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Salas, Kirk, Carter share first-round lead in Meijer LPGA Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELMONT, Mich. — Lizette Salas built on her strong finish two weeks ago in the U.S. Women’s Open in the first round of the Meijer LPGA Classic.

The 26-year-old former Southern California player shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 on Thursday at Blythefield Country Club for a share of the first-round lead with Katherine Kirk and Dori Carter.

In the Women’s Open in Pennsylvania, Salas finished with a 68 at difficult Lancaster to tie for 14th — her best finish since tying for 11th on Phoenix in March.

“My finish at the (U.S. Women’s Open) kind of gave

Defending champ Langer in 8-way tie for lead at Senior British Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUNNINGDALE, England — Two albatross twos were recorded on the same hole on a memorable opening day at the Senior British Open, where defending champion Bernhard Langer finished in an eight-way tie for the lead at 5-under-par 65 on Thursday.

Langer tops the leaderboard alongside Americans Michael Allen, Bart Bryant, Marco Dawson, Jeff Sluman and Lee Janzen, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, and China’s Lianwei Zhang, playing in only his third senior tournament after turning 50 in May. The albatrosses at the opening hole, a first time in senior tour history, were by England’s Barry Lane and American Steve Jones.

Lane holed his 4-iron second from 218 yards on the 492-yard par-5 and, a couple of hours later, Jones did the same with a 6-iron from 179 yards.

Langer birdied the first, dropped a shot at the sixth, but birdied eight and nine to be out in 33, before picking up further birdies at 11, 14 and 16 to be back in 32.

“I didn’t feel totally comfortable with my swing, but my putting was very good and I didn’t make any major mistakes,” said Langer, the winner a year ago by a massive 13 strokes at Royal Porthcawl in south Wales.

Bryant, out in the fourth group at 7:30 a.m., was the first man to post 65, picking up six birdies and dropping just one shot.

“The course was probably in the most scorable condition it will be all week,” Bryant said. “We had no wind through the first 13 or 14 holes, and the greens were soft.”

Sluman was next in with a 65. He started with an eagle and two birdies to go 4 under after three, but had two bogeys before getting to 5 under with three more birdies.

Jimenez, who played with Langer, birdied only once, on the ninth, before the turn, then came back in 31 with birdies at 10, 11, 14 and 16.

After a four-year stint with the Expos that culminated with his first Cy Young Award — he was 17-8 with a 1.90 ERA in 1997 — and with free agency looming, Montreal traded its ace to Boston and he wasn’t exactly happy.

“I wanted a team that would give me an opportunity to win, and Boston wasn’t a team that looked anywhere near that they were going to win it, so I didn’t think I was going to sign,” Martinez said.

Boston general manager Dan Duquette had other ideas. He had acquired Martinez from the Dodgers while serving in the same capacity with the Expos and convinced the rising Dominican star to sign with the Red Sox. The first Red Sox pitcher to be enshrined, Martinez signed for seven seasons that would endear him forever to the Boston faithful. He won 117 games and two Cy Youngs in hitter-friendly Fenway Park and, most importantly, helped Boston snap an 86-year jinx in his final year with the team. His seven shutout innings in Game 3 of the 2004 World Series on the road in St. Louis staked the Sox to a commanding 3-0 series lead en route to a sweep and the team’s first title since 1918.

Martinez finished his 18-year career

me that extra boost of confidence to really go low and that’s what I did today,” Salas said.

Salas eagled the 478-yard, par-5 11th, hitting a 3-wood approach to 10 feet.

“I hit every green and didn’t three-putt, few mistakes, well, basically zero mistakes today,” Salas said. “Hopefully, I didn’t just jinx myself. I’m just going to stay positive and just keep confident this whole week.”

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Smoltz is the first player elected to the Hall of Fame with Tommy John arm surgery on his resume. He won 213 games and saved 154, the only pitcher with 200 wins and 150 saves and the last of only 16 to reach 3,000 strikeouts, registering 3,084. He also was 15-4 in the post-season during a 21-year career spent almost entirely with the Atlanta Braves after being drafted and then traded by his hometown Detroit Tigers.

Through five surgeries, the hardthrowing right-hander persevered — from starter to reliever to starter again — as the Braves and their amazing pitching staff, which also included Hall of Famers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, won an unprecedented 14 straight division titles.

“I had to just really reinvent myself many, many times, and find ways to overcome,” said Smoltz, who did not play in 2000 after undergoing ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction on his right arm.

Craig Biggio A native of Kings Park on New York’s Long Island, Biggio was a football star in high school poised to make his mark as a running back in college when he decided to accept a partial baseball scholarship at Seton Hall.

In three collegiate seasons, he batted .342, hit 27 homers, drove in 148 runs, stole 90 bases and led the Pirates to their first Big East title. A first-round pick by the Astros in 1987, Biggio played just 141 minor league games over parts of two seasons before getting called up. He took over as Houston’s regular catcher in 1989.

Two years later, he made his first All-Star team, then was asked to make the improbable transition to play second base in 1992 in an effort to lengthen his career. He appeared in all 162 games and made his second All-Star team.

Biggio, the first Astro elected to the Hall of Fame, said making the switch was by far the hardest thing he ever had to do in his career.

“We zipped up the catcher’s gear and didn’t look back,” Biggio said. “I believed in myself and we made it work. I mean, it was never ever done in the history of the game, and that was kind of fun to kind of prove them (the critics) wrong a little bit.”

She played the back nine in 5-under 30, closing with a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th.

“The rough is pretty gnarly, but I kept the ball in the fairway,” Salas said. “The eagle on 11 got me going and really helped me target the pins. I stayed aggressive with my putting and it is really coming along.”

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Loblaw to close 52 unprofitable stores

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) has put its neighbourhood drug stores and supermarkets under a microscope as it responds to increasing competition and will shutter 52 locations in the coming year after concluding they fell short of expectations.

The company said in its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday that the closures will save $35 million to $40 million in annual operating income, despite the loss of $300 million in sales.

Loblaw president and executive chairman Galen Weston Jr. said that the company is focused on finding efficiencies as growth slows.

In a normal year, he added, the company would close 10 to 15 stores.

“Yes, it’s an increase, but it’s not radically different,” he said in a conference call with analysts and investors. “It doesn’t signal any kind of change from a strategic perspective.”

The closures will be distributed across the country and include previously announced closures of Joe Fresh operations in the U.S., though they would

not make a “material change” to the clothing line’s Canadian locations, he said.

In its latest annual report, the company had more than 2,300 locations for its many brands including Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills and Joe Fresh.

Weston would not identify which locations are due to close as the company has yet to notify affected employees, but he said the list included gas stations, pharmacies and grocery stores, in addition to the Joe Fresh locations south of the border.

Loblaw chief financial officer Richard Dufresne said the company did a review of all of its stores following the completion of its buyout of Shoppers Drug Mart last year and identified 52 that were consistently underperforming and unprofitable.

The company said in March it would build 50 new stores and renovate or improve more than 100 existing ones this year as part of a $1.2 billion expansion.

Weston said those plans are still on track.

In May, the company said it was shuttering some Joe Fresh stores in the United States and would not renew a deal to sell its discount clothing in J.C. Penney stores when it expires early next year.

Loblaw announced the closures, which will affect about one per cent of its total retail square footage, as it reported a second-quarter profit of $185 million or 45 cents per share in its latest quarter. That compares with a loss of $456 million or $1.13 per share in the same period a year ago.

On an adjusted basis, Loblaw says it earned $350 million or 85 cents per share in the quarter compared with an adjusted profit of $297 million or 74 cents per share a year ago.

Revenue grew to $10.54 billion, up from $10.31 billion a year ago.

Canada’s retail market has become increasingly competitive as companies such as Loblaw and WalMart have sought to diversify their sales and make their stores into one-stop shops for all of the daily necessities.

Loblaw isn’t the first to consolidate its operations in the face of such competition.

In June, Sobeys and Safeway owner Empire Co. Ltd. said it was cutting 1,300 jobs from its back-office and logistical operations, following a June 2014 decision to close 50 stores.

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BRIEF Ottawa grants tax deferrals for western livestock producers hit by drought OTTAWA — Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Ottawa is granting tax deferrals to western livestock producers in regions hit by drought.

The measure applies to producers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba who are facing feed shortages.

They will be allowed to defer a portion of their 2015 sale proceeds of breeding livestock for one year so that they can replenish that stock.

Proceeds from deferred sales will then be included as part of a producer’s income in the next tax year.

A breeding herd must have been reduced by at least 15 per cent to be eligible for a tax deferral.

A spring and summer with insufficient rain has withered crops in many regions of Western Canada, including hay used by livestock producers to feed their animals.

Ritz said in a release Thursday that eligible cattle producers can request the tax deferral when filing their 2015 income tax returns.

The release says that between April 1 and July 21, 60 per cent of agricultural land on the Prairies has received very low or record Low precipitation.

The area represents 27,000 farms and more than 5.8 million cattle.

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Stan Mills of Eagle Creek Farms, located near Bowden, talks about the harvesting of potatoes and the equipment used to harvest them during the 2015 Enterprising Ag Tour on Thursday. About 50 people took part in the tour to learn about hemp production, growing seed potatoes, managing a lily nursery and harvesting sod at a number of different farms, fields and ranches across Red Deer County.

Canada displeased with latest U.S. move in trade spat THE CANADIAN PRESS

MEAT LABELLING DISPUTE

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government isn’t satisfied by the latest step taken by U.S. lawmakers to avoid a continental trade war.

The government said a bill introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate falls short of what would be required to avoid tariffs on American products.

Canada and Mexico are poised to impose such tariffs following a string of victories at the World Trade Organization, with Canada specifically seeking WTO permission to impose duties of $3 billion on a range of American goods including wine and frozen orange juice.

The dispute revolves around a requirement that meat sold in the U.S. to be labelled by country of origin which the WTO recently declared invalid, opening the door to penalties.

The threat of retaliation has already prompted one-half of U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives, to pass a bill repealing the labelling rule.

A bill introduced Thursday in the other chamber, the Senate, doesn’t go quite that far; it proposes a voluntary system where producers could choose to label meat by where it was born, raised and slaughtered.

The Canadian government says that’s still discriminatory and wouldn’t deter it from seeking to impose tariffs. “(This) will harm farmers, ranchers, packers, retailers and consumers on both sides of the border,” the Canadian government said in a statement.

“The U.S. Senate must follow the lead of the House of Representatives and put forward legislation that repeals (country of origin labelling) once and for all.”

“The only acceptable outcome remains for the United States to repeal ... or face $3 billion in annual

retaliation.”

The bill will now be debated in the Senate, where it could undergo some amendments. It must be approved by both chambers to become law.

Meanwhile, the request to impose tariffs remains before the WTO and Canada says the penalties could be imposed within months.

The meat-labelling dispute pitted proponents of labelling, who said consumers deserve to know where their meat comes from, against opponents including big players in the livestock industry who railed against it as a protectionist measure did nothing to enhance food inspection while simply making it more difficult to import and sort imported meats.

Thursday’s Senate bill was described as a compromise by its supporters, who stem from both U.S. political parties. Its sponsors included John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican who has been a staunch Canadian government ally on the Keystone XL file, and Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow.

“This bipartisan, WTO-consistent legislation, will avoid retaliation while supporting our farmers, ranchers and consumers,” Stabenow said in a statement.

“If consumers in Canada have the right to know where their food comes from through a voluntary labelling process, then American consumers should have the same.”

In condemning the legislation, the Canadian government referred to Stabenow’s role but not that of her Republican co-sponsor, Hoeven.

The bill was also denounced by some players in the cattle industry, and by members of the other chamber, the House, who supported an all-out repeal of country-of-origin labelling which they call costly and pointless.

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MONTREAL — Music services company Stingray Digital Group (TSX:RAY.A) announced its first acquisition as a public company on Thursday, buying Brava Group, an operator of three niche music channels based in the Netherlands.

Stingray will become owner of the Brava NL and Brava HD channels, which are dedicated to opera, ballet and classical music, as well as DJAZZ.tv, a blues, soul and gospel channel.

The transaction includes an initial payment of $8 million and additional payments of up to $3 million based on performance.

The company says together, the commercial-free TV channels have about 35 million subscribers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Stingray, which pipes mood-setting music into retail stores like Aldo, Canadian Tire and McDonald’s across the globe, has been looking to expand its presence since raising about $140 million through an initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in June.

The Montreal-based company also curates playlists for Stingray Music, a collection of Canadian cable TV channels formerly known as Galaxie Music before the company bought them from CBC/RadioCanada.

Stingray distributes music and video in 111 countries to pay-TV subscribers and businesses, and the acquisition of Brava Group will expand the company into another 23 countries, it said.

“These acquisitions mark an important advance in our expansion strategy and accelerate our growth,” said Stingray president and CEO Eric Boyko.

“We will leverage these three channels to strengthen our relationships with pay TV operators and their subscribers worldwide.”

Oilfield services company Precision Drilling reports $29.8M Q2 loss CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. (TSX:PD) reported a better-than-expected result for its latest quarter on Thursday as it lost $29.8 million.

The loss by the oilfield services company amounted to 10 cents per diluted share in its second quarter compared with a loss of $7.2 million or two cents per diluted share in the same quarter last year.

Analysts had expected the company to report a loss of 18 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

Revenue was also better than expected even though it slipped to $334.5 million, down from $475.2 million a year ago.

Analysts had expected revenue of $319.7 million.

Precision Drilling chief executive Kevin Neveu said the first half of the year has seen a substantial reduction in demand for the company’s services due to low commodity prices and smaller drilling budgets.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.43 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.41 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.35 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.84 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange closed lower Thursday, led by declines in the metals and mining and gold sectors, while the loonie continued its slide, hitting its lowest closing price in more than a decade for the second day in a row.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 41.75 points to close at 14,265.37.

The metals and mining sector of the TSX was the biggest decliner, losing almost five per cent, followed by the global gold segment, which lost 3.8 per cent. Energy and financials also slipped, while health care, consumer staples and telecom sectors closed higher.

Meanwhile, the loonie inched 0.01 of a cent lower to 76.69 cents US, replacing Wednesday’s close as its lowest closing price since Sept. 1, 2004.

In New York, markets closed lower following lacklustre earnings reports from 3M and Caterpillar.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 119.12 points to 17,731.92, while the Nasdaq lost 25.36 points to close at 5,146.41 and the S&P 500 slipped 12 points, ending the day at 2,102.15.

“It’s really dominated by the quarterly earnings results that are going on right now,” said Mark Allen, vice-president of Canadian equities at RBC Wealth Management.

The September contract for crude oil was down 74 cents at US$48.45, as investors braced for lower demand stemming from weak global economic conditions and a glut of supply from Iran.

Iran recently reached a deal with global powers over its nuclear program, which will result in economic sanctions being lifted.

The country is planning to boost its production of oil, but Allen

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“There could be technical issues in terms of the reservoir,” Allen said.

“For three years they’ve been producing about a million barrels per day less than they were before the sanctions. When the fields are left for three years in a row, they might need to stimulate the reservoirs or repair or update the facilities that are in place in order to ramp up the production.

It might take them a while to do that.”

Despite the negative impact of low crude prices on the oilheavy TSX, it isn’t all bad news, Allen said.

“From my perspective, lower oil prices are actually really positive for delivering a recovery in oil eventually, because it tends to mean there is less spending going on,” he said.

“The companies, when they’re evaluating their budgets and looking at a low oil price, will be more conservative in their approach to spending. Ultimately this is what will contribute to establishing a market balance.”

Meanwhile, the August natural gas contract was down 8.1 cents at US$2.816 while the August gold contract rose $2.60 to at US$1,094.10.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close on Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,265.37, down 41.75 points Dow — 17,731.92, down 119.12 points S&P 500 — 2,102.15, down 12 points Nasdaq — 5,146.41, down 25.36 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.69 cents US, down

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.14 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 22.58 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.01 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.29 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.67 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.66 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 33.65 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.97 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 3.43 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 44.79 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2250 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 73.38 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.63 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.88 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.51 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 36.50 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.83 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.46 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.81 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.18 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.38 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.53 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.74 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.18

0.01 of a cent Pound — C$2.0240, down 1.06 cent Euro — C$1.4336, up 1.04 cent Euro — US$1.0995, up 0.78 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.45 per barrel, down 74 cents (September contract) Gold futures: US$1,094.10 per oz., up two dollars, 60 cents (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.932 oz., down 18 cents $640.81 kg., down $5.79 MARKETS CLOSE WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ’15 $4.40 lower $516.40; Jan. ’16 $4.30 lower $516.90; March ’16 $3.80 lower $514.20; May ’16 $3.80 lower $510.20; July ’16 $3.30 lower $504.70; Nov. ’16 $1.30 higher $473.70; Jan. ’17 $1.40 higher $474.90; March ’17 $1.40 higher $476.60; May ’17 $1.40 higher $476.60; July ’17 $1.40 higher $476.60; Nov. ’17 $1.40 higher $476.60.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 unchanged $217.40; Dec. ’15 unchanged $218.10; March ’16 unchanged $220.10; May ’16 unchanged $221.10; July ’16 unchanged $221.10; Oct. ’16 unchanged $221.10; Dec. ’16 unchanged $221.10; March ’17 unchanged $221.10; May ’17 unchanged $221.10; July ’17 unchanged $221.10; Oct. ’17 unchanged $221.10.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 255,100 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 255,100.

Class-action suit filed in Ontario court against Uber

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Uber and UberX on behalf of cab and limousine owners and drivers in Ontario.

Law firm Sutts, Strosberg LLP says the suit by Dominik Konjevic, a taxicab owner and operator, has been filed as class action with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

It alleges Uber is operating its ridehailing service even though drivers are not licensed as required by the Highway Traffic Act. The lawsuit seeks $400 million in compensatory damages, $10 million in punitive damages and an injunction prohibiting UberX from continuing to operate in Ontario.

Word of the lawsuit comes on the same day Uber announced it is expanding into several southwestern Ontario communities.

A spokeswoman for Uber Canada calls the suit “protectionist” and says it is “without merit.”

“As we saw from a recent court ruling in Ontario, Uber is operating legally and is a business model distinct from traditional taxi services,” Susie Heath said Thursday in an email.

Superior Court Judge Sean Dunphy ruled earlier this month there was “no evidence” Uber is operating as a taxi broker or that it breached Toronto city bylaws.

TORONTO — Higher costs from retaining its wireless customers left another mark on the profits of Rogers Communications Inc. during the second quarter, though the company fared better than analysts expected.

The telecommunications provider said Thursday that net income dropped 10 per cent in the period, which coincided with CRTC rule changes that eliminated cancellation fees for wireless contracts after two years.

Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) posted net income of $363 million, or 70 cents per share, for the period ended June 30.

That was down from $405 million or 76 cents in the same quarter last year.

Adjusted profits were $412 million, or 80 cents per share, which was one cent better than analysts expected, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.

Rogers has been scurrying throughout this year to keep wireless subscribers from straying to competitors by offering subsidized phones in exchange for a fresh contract that locks them into another two years of service.

The so-called double cohort, a result of the CRTC rule changes that also eliminated three-year contracts, was expected to intensify competition as wireless companies tried to lure each other’s customers.

But some analysts have been skeptical about how much of an impact the rule changes have had on consumer behaviour.

Glut of coal means more production cuts are possible, Teck Resources says VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A, TSX:TCK.B), one of Canada’s largest mining companies, says it may cut more coal production than the 1.5 million tonnes already planned this year if the market doesn’t improve.

The miner is temporarily shutting down its six coal mines for three weeks this summer to reduce supply in a global market that it estimates has 10 million to 15 million tonnes more coal than needed.

“Our industry continues to face difficult conditions,” president and CEO Don Lindsay said in a conference call Thursday. “Q2 prices for all of our major commodities were lower than the same quarter last year.”

Barclays analyst Phillip Huang said his sense is that Canadian awareness of the rule changes remained “relatively low,” even after it took effect.

Rogers chief executive Guy Laurence disagreed with that. He said national media coverage has helped draw attention to the new, shorter contract requirements.

“Behaviour is certainly different to what it could have been in that you haven’t got queues forming out of store, ” he said during the company’s financial results conference call.

“Awareness continues to grow and is at a relatively high base.”

Laurence said he believes Rogers has managed to successfully navigate the early phase of the double cohort.

“Of course, the double cohort is not a one-quarter wonder, so we have got a number of quarters to go on it,” he added.

“We are ready and prepared in terms of our plans and we have executed extremely well this quarter, but we will have to see what the market does in the coming quarters.”

About 12 per cent of Rogers customers were still on three-year wireless contracts as of June 3, the day the rule change took full effect, the company said. Meanwhile, as Rogers signs its subscribers to new contracts it’s also seeing more revenue from each phone.

Average revenue per postpaid wireless user grew to $67.24 per month, up from $66.40 a year ago. Rogers reported a modest increase in turnover of wireless customers and fewer net new postpaid subscribers.

Sales of new cars and trucks help drive retail up one per cent in May Shoppers buying new cars and trucks helped boost retail sales in May by 1.0 per cent to $43 billion in Canada, the third increase in four months, Statistics Canada said Thursday. The rise in retail sales was better than the 0.5 per cent increase that had been expected by economists, according to Thomson Reuters.

“While not a big upside surprise, the mildly encouraging retail results break a run of sour news for the Canadian economy,” BMO chief economist Doug Porter wrote in a commentary.

“The decent result also plays up the fact that the consumer is still doing its job — now the economy needs some serious help from non-resource exports.”

Retail sales were up in nine of 11 subsectors, representing 92 per cent of retail trade. In volume terms, Statistics Canada says sales were up 0.4 per cent after removing tprice changes. Sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers rose 1.3 per cent, boosted by a 2.0 per cent increase at new car dealers.

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Jay Strosberg, of Sutts, Strosberg LLP, said in a statement the class-action suit is taking a different approach than other actions where the courts ruled Uber does not contravene municipal bylaws.

“We are alleging that UberX and UberXL do not fall into the same category, and are in fact, blatantly in contravention of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, and detrimental to the ongoing business interests of every taxi and limousine operator in the province,” he said.

“The Plaintiff alleges that the defendants conspired to arrange or offered to arrange for these passengers to be picked up by the UberX drivers thereby diverting millions of dollars of revenue away from licensed taxicab, limousine owners and drivers in Ontario and injuring their ongoing legitimate business interests.”

The suit alleges that Uber and its UberX and Uber XL platforms knowingly created and control a business enterprise that would harm the business interests of the Plaintiff and the Class Members.

It also alleges that the defendants were unjustly enriched when they collected a portion of the UberX and Uber XL fares which were in contravention of Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act that deals with transporting passengers for compensation.

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Wife misses having intimate relationship Dear Annie: I am 62 years old and erectile dysfunction. have been married to “Clyde” for 12 He informed me that I was no longer years. We do not have a sexual rela- attractive to him because I had gained tionship. He prefers to weight (so has he) and he sleep on the sofa and alfears getting herpes. ways has, saying it’s more I don’t know what to do. comfortable.

Clyde is moody and I someClyde had a horrible times feel that I’m walking childhood. He told me that on eggshells. He can achis mother had sex with knowledge that he is diffivarious men in his prescult, but he doesn’t change. ence. On the weekends, he We love each other and would stay with his patershare a fairly comfortable nal grandparents, where he life, but I miss an intimate witnessed his uncle abusing relationship. Clyde will not his aunt. His grandmother go to counseling. In fact, is the only one who showed he dislikes speaking of our MITCHELL him any love, and while problems in the bedroom there, he slept on the sofa. and becomes so angry that & SUGAR Prior to meeting my husI once put my feelings in a band, I contracted herpes. I letter. He tore it up without am allergic to latex so sex is reading it. Any advice? — always a risk. He knew this Missing My Husband prior to our marriage and things were Dear Missing: Clyde’s background OK then. But after we married, sex indicates a lot of unresolved issues became infrequent, partly due to his about sex and intimacy, but if he refus-

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es to address them, there is little you can do to change how he responds.

However, you can get counseling for yourself. A good counselor will help you focus on what’s important to you and decide what is best for you, including ways to cope with the situation you have with less frustration.

Dear Annie: “Good Daughter” said her mother endlessly stole the limelight. I’ve observed the exact same behavior in both my husband’s mother and mine, and it seems to have started in their 70s.

I wondered if it had to do with them fighting the feeling of being invisible or irrelevant in their families’ lives.

As I transition into the empty-nest phase of life, I’m beginning to get a glimpse of what it feels like to go from being the center (and coordinator) of all family activities into a much less active role in my kids’ lives, and I’m sure it will be even more pronounced over time.

We all need to feel needed. In our

younger years, we race through our busy lives.

Once we reach our senior years, all of these connections and obligations fade. We need others to validate that we still matter.

While this doesn’t make it any more pleasant to observe the redirection of every conversation, a little perspective might encourage more tolerance. — Patient Daughter Dear Patient: While we aren’t sure that applies to all cases (many people are self-absorbed from childhood on), we agree that the sense that one is invisible and unimportant can push people to assert themselves this way.

Thank you for providing a plea for understanding.

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

A COLLECTION OF COLOUR

Friday, July 24 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jennifer Lopez, 45; Rose Byrne 35; Anna Paquin, 32 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury in Leo favours artistic expression and creative comJOANNE munication.

MADELEINE HAPPY BIRTHMOORE DAY: With Saturn moving through your romance zone, the next 12 months is the time to be more patient when it comes to relationships.

Singles — love and money are linked.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): With Mercury now moving through your entertainment zone, time to resume an old hobby or take up a new one. But don’t believe everything a child, teenager or friend tells you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The stars highlight steady conversation and creative communication, as you enjoy the company of family and friends. Take the time to understand what a loved one is really going through.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re keen to express your ideas and have plenty of stimulating conversations with interesting people, as your ruler Mercury moves through your communication zone until April 8.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is a tendency to overspend, as your wish list is a lot larger than your current bank balance. Mercury encourages you to become more financially literate. Knowledge is power.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your ability to entertain others is heightened, as you inspire those around you with your creative approach to life. But resist the urge to be judgmental and pontificate about your opinions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t become too rigid in your approach and believe there is only one way to achieve your goals. There are many roads to success, and one of your great strengths is your Virgo versatility.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Mercury now visiting your friends and acquaintances zone, expand your peer group to include a stimulating new crowd. Plus use your intuition to help solve a problem at work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The planets are giving you a professional power surge but don’t overdo it! You’re confident about your abilities but that must be tempered with a touch of humility, and a willingness to learn.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Mercury is moving through your travel zone, so it’s time to communicate with your overseas connections.

If you amp up the Sagittarian charm, you’ll uncover some helpful long-term contacts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Coupled Capricorns - frank discussions with your partner lead to a much-needed professional or personal breakthrough. Singles — if you’re looking for love, you’ll have to be proactive.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With Mercury in your relationship zone, the more you communicate with loved ones, the better you’ll feel. Don’t be too independent; if you need help, don’t hesitate to reach out and ask.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Sun, Mercury and Jupiter are all stimulating up your job zone so aim to be more creative, communicative and enthusiastic at work. If you slow down and stagnate, you’ll be left behind.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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A treat to find in your binocular viewfield, the cedar waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, grey and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black mask, and brilliant-red wax droplets on the wing feathers. This one was enjoying a berry at Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

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SUMMER FUN

Photos by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff ABOVE: Kaitlyn Wright tests out one of the ball cannons at Treehouse Indoor Playground and Cafe, located in Unit 6 - 7710 50th Ave., during its grand opening on Wednesday. The playground is geared towards children 13 years of age and under, and features play structures, a climbing wall, slides, ball cannons, and a toddler zone. It is open every day of the week from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

RIGHT: A overview of the Treehouse Indoor Playground and Cafe BELOW: A little bit of rain couldn’t keep Brendan Daugherty from performing tricks on his scooter at the Glendale Skatepark Wednesday afternoon. Just a couple of skaters were at the park that was littered with leaves and broken branches from Tuesday night’s hail storm.

ABOVE Emily Smart, right, and her sister, Rachel, paint images of different Chinese Zodiac animals with ink on rice paper at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Kids Celebrate! Cultural Creation Lab Tuesdays. A different activity happens each Tuesday from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. until Sept. 27, and highlights a different cultural festivity featured in the Kids Celebrate! exhibit.

BELOW: Denver Daines fills the air with his country music stylings with a lunch hour performance at the Ross Street Patio on Thursday.

Entertainment, provided by the City of Red Deer and the Downtown Business Association, runs from noon until 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. on the first Friday of the summer months, as well as Tuesday and Thursday lunch hours, and Wednesday evenings during the Downtown Market.

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Lacombe buys downtown building PROVINCIAL BUILDING COULD BE THE LOCATION OF A NEW CITY HALL

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The Lacombe Provincial Building will soon be in the city’s hands.

In an effort to create more foot traffic in the downtown core, Lacombe city council approved to the borrowing of just over $1 million to purchase the building at 5102 50th Ave. The city will take possession in De-

cember 2016.

“We don’t own a lot of land,” said Christie.

“It’s a perfect place for a municipal building.”

Drawing more people to the downtown is one of the objectives in the city’s redevelopment plan.

The acquisition of land for municipal purchases was part of a twoyear program as outlined in the city’s 10-year capital plan.

Christie suggested the property may be a good location for a city hall but no decisions have been made.

“Property is premium downtown,” said Christie.

“It would be nice to have a municipal presence downtown.”

He said the purchase was about location, not the actual building.

It building houses a walk-in clinic, Neighbourhood Place and Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

The city has been in talks with the province about purchasing the property for several years.

Christie said the building is about half occupied with no tenants on the top floor.

“The whole upstairs has been vacant for many years,” he said.

The property consists of four lots and a building at the corner of 52nd Street and 50th Avenue in Lacombe. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Lacombe police building project moves ahead Lacombe city council has approved borrowing another $184,700 for its new police station.

It will bring the borrowing to a total of $2,584,700 for the Lacombe Police Services’ new building. The total cost of the entire project is $8,576,300.

The amendment was brought forward based on the tender award and detailed costs. The new facility will be built on a city-owned lot in Michener Park.

The funding must be in place before the construction later this year.

The existing building is aging and no longer meets the needs of the police services.

Clive girl wins honours at world horse show in Texas Standing tall in the saddle, a Clive youth took home several honours at the 2015 American Paint Horse Association Youth World Championship show in Fort Worth, Texas.

Caitlyn Malyk, who trains under the guidance of Katie Roxburgh, competed in several events in Texas at the show that ran from June 27 to July 4.

Malyk and her horse Hes Lopin Spotless earned a world championship in the solid paint bred showmanship as well as reserve world champion for hunter under saddle, western pleasure and western horsemanship.

She also finished third for hunt seat equitation and sixth for gelding halter.

“The trip has been an amazing experience and a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Malyk in a release.

“I have always believed my horse was good at what he does. It was so exciting to show the world how great he really is and what an awesome team we are.”

Malyk was a member of the 2014 Canada World Cup Saddle Seat Equitation Team.

Roxburgh and her husband Doug operate Dun Rite Stock and Stables in Bentley.

Help tackle MS by golfing on Sept. 14 Golfers can finish the season by joining Earls MS Golf Classic at Red Deer Golf and Country Club on Sept.

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This year, golfers can register for free with the commitment to fundraise a minimum of $250.

Participants will enjoy a round of golf, golf carts, golf balls, meals, treats and more.

Money raised will make a difference in the lives of Central Albertans living with multiple sclerosis by helping to fund local programs and services and multiple sclerosis research.

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Former National Hockey League great Theo Fleury speaks with one of the people who took part in the Victor Walk at Rotary Picnic Park on Thursday. Fleury and Red Deer residents took part in the walk, which made stops at the Ross Street Patio and the Red Deer Native Friendship Society, to speak out against childhood trauma and raise funds for the Breaking Free Foundation. The Victor Walk is a national movement aiming to change the way Canadians understand the effects of childhood trauma.

Check in for the tournament is 7:30 a.m. and shotgun tee off is at 9:30 a.m.

For more information, visit www. msgolf.ca.

Man faces trial in 2016 on prescription pills charges A two-day provincial court trial will determine the fate of a Red Deer man who police say they found with 10,000 prescription pills.

Allie Gader, 56, pleaded not guilty to five charges on Thursday in Red Deer provincial court. He is charged with four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

His counsel Walter Kubanek entered the pleas and said his client chose to be tried by a provincial court judge on the offences.

Gader is in custody at the Edmonton Remand Centre and has been denied bail.

Federal Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis estimated the trial would take two days, but he admitted it could take longer. Judge Jim Hunter ordered a pre-trial conference as well so the two sides could talk out some potential issues.

Gader will stand trial on Feb. 16 and 17, 2016, in Red Deer provincial court.

He was arrested by Red Deer RCMP at the Port O’Call Mall in downtown Red Deer on June 17.

The Priority Crimes Task Force opened a drug trafficking investigation in early June targeting a West Park residence. Red Deer RCMP arrested a man during a traffic stop at the mall.

A subsequent search of the Wells Street residence revealed more than 10,000 prescription pills and more than $15,000 in cash.

Local youth can access federal employment funds Almost a quarter of a million dollars in funding from the federal government could help 63 young people in Central Alberta start their jobs or careers.

The funding announcement was made on Thursday by Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen. Through the Youth Employment Strategy, the Career Assistance Network delivers a Career Focus Project aimed at helping the young workers. The project helps postsecondary graduates transition into the job market and advancing their

careers.

A total of $245,000 was invested by the federal government on Thursday.

Participants in the project gain work experience related to their studies and career coals through paid internships in industrial and agricultural sectors.

Hwy 2 closure on weekend allows for bridge work Northbound Hwy 2 will be closed at the Hwy 2A overpass for bridge work today and Saturday.

The closure south of Hwy 604 will take place weather permitting, according to a Alberta Transportation news release.

Starting at 9 p.m. today, traffic will be rerouted onto Hwy 2A and reconnect to the Hwy 2 via Hwy 604 at Morningside.

Northbound Hwy 2 will reopen to traffic on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Drivers are reminded to obey all flag persons, signs and signals. Fines for speeding are doubled in construction zones.

Visit 511 Alberta for up-to-date information about construction on Alberta roads and other traffic information.

German Canadian clubhouse slowly takes shape Slowly but surely, the Red Deer German Canadian Club’s property is taking shape.

While the club has been around since 1966, it moved to the present location after selling its building in downtown Red Deer a number of years ago.

In 2004, the club bought 10 acres of land across Hwy 2 from the Sports Hall of Fame and has been developing it from scratch ever since.

John Moldowan, German Canadian Club president, said a 1,200-squarefoot hall was finished two years ago and last month they finished the exterior of a 3,500-square-foot building that will become their main hall and the new home for Octoberfest. Currently, the club holds Octoberfest at Festival Hall in Red Deer.

The smaller clubhouse can accommodate about 50 people, and besides club activities like skat (a card game),

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The club has taken the approach of going forward only as money becomes available, and hopes to finish the larger hall over the next two years. They are working on some landscaping and a bigger parking lot.

The main hall — which could handle 250 or more people — is only a shell and the interior has yet to be finished, including the insulation, drywall, wiring, lighting and so on. It will be a multi-use building and the public will also be able to rent this building.

Quite a bit of the work is being done by volunteers and trades workers are hired when needed. Other community groups have also come and helped out, Moldowan said.

The club has a membership of about 75 families and hopes to increase that

number. He said he knows there are lot more German, Austrian, Polish and eastern European people around.

“We’re trying to grow as a club and offer more events and programs as we grow. The first step was getting the

smaller building finished,” Moldowan said.

To reach the club house, call 403343-1744. To reach Moldowan, call 403391-2735 or email him at moldowan@ telusplanet.net.

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Albertans going green with style Calgary is world famous for a number of reasons.

Most notable would be, of course, the Calgary Stampede. And oil and gas corporate headquarters make up a large part of the economy of the city and Calgary is recognized as the place to be in the oilpatch.

Sustainable energy infrastructure does not come to mind when the city is mentioned.

Yet Calgary holds the distinction of being one of the first cities in North America to have electrified system, behind Edmonton’s LRT, and San Diego’s trolley. Plus, notably, since 2001 it has the honour of being the continent’s only electrified transit system to run on 100 per cent green LORNE energy.

OJA In 2001, city council voted to purchase 21,000 megawatt hours of wind power to run the C-train. Their purchase allowed for the construction of 12 wind turbines to offset the power consumed by the transit system.

In 2012, they went all-in and purchased 100 per cent of their electrical requirements from renewable resources. Two wind farms were added to the electrical grid, as were biomass, hydro, and solar sources.

The city’s commitment to ecological energy is estimated to have reduced carbon emissions by some 56,000 tonnes per year.

Currently, wind power is the most cost effective source of electricity in the province at some 5.8 cents per kilowatt hour versus coal at 7.8 cents.

Not only is the C-Train using the most economical and eco-friendly source of energy, it has one of the highest riderships amongst the major cities in Canada, with some 350,000 people using the system each working day.

Further, the Pembina Institute has rated it as having the most kilometres of line per million citizens and the most tracks laid in the last 10 years.

It does not end there: Calgary plans on adding to the system by enhancing it with residential and business complexes centered on LRT terminals, making environmentally responsible transportation even more accessible to its citizens.

Calgary is not alone in its quest to change its sustainable focus.

Lethbridge is developing a biogas cogeneration unit that will use agricultural waste like manure and food processing waste to generate electricity and thermal energy through anaerobic digestion of these organics. Notably, its thermal hydrolysis technology has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for the processing of animal waste, as it will destroy the prions that cause BSE in cattle. The project is calculated to reduce 224,320 tonnes of GHG emissions by 2020.

In Medicine Hat, the city-owned power company, with funding from the CCEMC, is setting up a demonstration project for using concentrated solar thermal power and low-burning fossil fuels in a hybrid system to prove viability. It is estimated, once completed, that by 2020 some 3,039 tonnes of CO2 will be eliminated from the city’s total annual emissions.

Was there doubt Alberta is making a concerted effort for our children’s and grandchildren’s future?

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered a previously unknown source of ancestry for some native peoples in Brazil, suggesting a new wrinkle in the story of the settlement of the Americas.

The finding does not change the broad outlines of what scientists believe: that the Americas were settled by people who crossed a now-submerged land bridge from Siberia to North America more than 15,000 years ago.

Then they made their way south, and their DNA has been found in native peoples.

This founder population drew its heritage from Siberia and people related to modern East Asians.

Now, DNA from modern-day people indicates that another population had also crossed the land bridge in Siberia and contributed to the heritage of some modern-day natives of Amazonian Brazil, researchers say.

This second group, dubbed “Population Y,” had its roots in an Asian population that no longer exists, but which also left a genetic fingerprint in modern native peoples of Australia and New Guinea, said David Reich of Harvard Medical School.

He reported the work with colleagues in a paper released Tuesday by the journal Nature.

Population Y provided only a fraction of the DNA now found in the Amazonian peoples.

It’s not clear when they left the land bridge, in comparison to the previously recognized immigrants, Reich said.

But they clearly arrived in Amazonia long ago and it should be considered a second founder group, he said.

The paper provides the first robust evidence that some native populations of the Americas trace part of their ancestry to a second source, said Deborah Bolnick of the University of Texas at Austin, who was not involved in the work.

It suggests that the history of the native populations “is more complicated than previously thought,” she said.

A second study, released Tuesday by the journal Science, detected a similar signal in the DNA of an Amazonian native group, as well as Aleutian Islanders.

But the researchers concluded the DNA showed up relatively recently, after the initial peopling of the Americas.

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Road Closure Announcement Korean War Cease Fire Day Memorial Service July 27, 2015 The following road will be closed Monday, July 27th to accommodate the Korean War Cease Fire Day Memorial Service at Veteran’s Park.

Ross Street from 49th Avenue to Gaetz Avenue The road closure will be in effect from 10:30-11:30am, Monday, July 27, 2015.

Please watch for detour signs and use alternative routes as indicated. For further information please contact Public Works at 403-342-8238.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/S-2015 Temporary Warming Centre at 4934 – 54 Avenue Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to allow for a temporary daytime warming centre (seasonal warming centre) to be located at 4934 – 54th Avenue until June 1, 2017 as a discretionary use in the Direct Control District No. DC (28) of the Land Use Bylaw. City Council will be the approving authority for the institutional service facility (seasonal warming centre).

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/N-2015 Secondary Suite Review Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to improve and streamline the Development Permit application process for secondary suites, and to reword sections for clarity and consistency with existing policies contained within the Land Use Bylaw.The proposed amendments provide minor changes to Section 4.7(9) Secondary Suite Use Provisions and Development Regulations addressing bylaw inconsistencies and ambiguity.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, August 17, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, August 7, 2015. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Road Closure Announcement Centre Fest July 25 & July 26, 2015 The following roads will be closed this weekend to accommodate the staging of the Centre Fest Street Festival.

Ross Street from 48th Avenue to 50th Avenue 49th Avenue from 49th Street to 51st Street Road closures will be in effect from Saturday July 25th at 6:00am until Sunday July 26th at 9:00pm.

Barricades will be set up as indicated on the map of the downtown core. Please watch for detour signs and use alternative routes as indicated. For further information please contact Public Works at 403-3428238.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, August 17, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, August 7, 2015. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/R-2015 Timber Ridge Area – Phase 4B Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to redesignate (rezone) a ±5.428 hectare (±13.413 acre) portion of the Timber Ridge area from A1 – Future Urban Development District to R1 – Residential (Low Density) District and R1N (Narrow Lot) District to facilitate further subdivision and development of the area in keeping with the Timber Ridge Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan.

On July 21, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Devonshire 1. Bemoco Land Survey Ltd. – a 1.8 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to an existing deck, located at 60 Daniel Close.

Johnstone Crossing 2. Compass Geomatics Ltd. – a 1.14 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, to an existing detached garage, located at 43 Jepsen Crescent.

Normandeau 3. S. Haugjord – a 20.07 m2 shed with a height of 2.9 m, to be located at 333, 5344 76 Street.

4. L. Schlitter – a 0.55 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, to an existing detached garage, located at 16 Nellis Avenue.

5. M. Reeves – a 0.26 m relaxation to a minimum side yard and a 1.12 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, to an existing detached garage, located at 71 Newton Crescent.

6. R. Robinson – a 1.45 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to an existing deck, located at 43 Nordegg Crescent.

Westlake 7. B. Lien – a 0.14 m relaxation to a minimum side yard and a 2.32 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard to the doors, to an existing detached garage, located at 53 Wade Close.

8. Snell & Oslund Surveys Ltd. – a 0.84 m relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to an existing deck, located at 2 Windermere Close.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, August 17, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, August 7, 2015. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

West Park 9. S. Gladman – an 18.6 m2 front addition and a 1.36 m relaxation to the minimum front yard, to an existing single-family dwelling, located at 5946 41 Street Crescent.

Discretionary Use Vanier Woods East 10. Deer Run Homes (1990) Ltd. – an approval of use for a show home until January 31, 2016, to be located at 2 Veer Place.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on August 7, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403342-8190.

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WELLS Gordon William 1943 - 2015 Gord was called home to the Lord on Monday evening, July 20, 2015, at home under his loving wife’s care, after a 4-year battle with cancer. Gord is survived by his wife Blanche Wells; his first wife, Susan Wells of St. Catharine’s, ON, son Kevin (Mary) Wells of Thorold, ON; daughter Dawn (Mike) of Barrie, ON; stepdaughter Susan (Doug) Glenn of Red Deer, AB; stepson Tim (Kelly) Williams, of Edmonton, AB; and his eleven grandchildren: Kyle, Meagan, Sadie, Keegan, Charlotte, Ryan, Clayton, Curt, Emily, Amy, and Thomas. Gord is survived by his five sisters: Lynda (Gary) Worsley of Cornwall, ON; Beverley Wells of Ottawa, ON; Geraldine Wells of Port Coquitlam, BC; Sheila (Alain) Wells of Lachenaie, QC; and Nona (Sean) Sheehan of Kanata, ON; and his two brothers: Gary (Joni) Wells of Aylmer, QC and Bill (Lorraine) Wells of Vaudreuil, QC. Gord was predeceased by his parents, Ernest and Olive Wells, his second wife May Robitaille, and his sister Sandra Wells. He was born in the County of Worcester in England. After the Second World War, Gord’s father returned to Montreal with his bride and young son, where the couple welcomed eight more children into their family. Gord spent his childhood in the suburbs of Montreal, where his young, sports-minded uncles taught him to skate and to play hockey at a very young age. He enjoyed hockey throughout his youth and played on semi-pro teams into his twenties. In the summer of 1958, Gord and his friend Marvin hitchhiked to British Columbia for summer work, where Gord got a job painting signal signs for the Canadian National Railway. Back in Montreal, Gord started working in a printing shop in his twenties, and earned a printing certificate from the Montreal Technical School. In the early 1970s, Gord’s printing trade brought him to Calgary, where he lived until 2002. That year, he married Blanche Williams and moved to her farm outside of Delburne. Gord loved people and people loved Gord. His smiles and hugs were infectious. He was also always willing to lend a hand. So it did not take him long to make friends with his many new neighbours in the Great Bend and Delburne Community. Blanche and Gord attended the Great Bend Church of Christ, where they enjoyed fellowship and made very dear friends. Gord loved trains, his obsession with them began as a young boy, when he rode train engines with his father, even though this was against the rules.

Gord’s love and fascination with trains never left him and he enjoyed building many elaborate layouts in his basement.

We hope there are freight trains in heaven. A Funeral Service will be held at the Delburne Community Hall, Delburne, AB on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 200, 325 - Manning Road NE Calgary AB T2E 2P5.

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DRURY Louise Jan. 18, 1929 - July 22, 2015 Louise Drury passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at the age of 86.

Louise is survived by her husband, Ron (currently residing at Symphony Senior Living Evergreen in Calgary); daughter, Sue Drury (Brian Veldhuis); son, Doug (Jean) Drury; grandsons, Eric and Robert; and brother, Keith (Gloria) Johnson. As per Louise’s wishes, no formal service will be held. Photos, stories, and condolences may be shared with the family through www.choicememorial.com.

Donations in memory of Louise may be made to the Red Deer SPCA (www.reddeerspca.com) or the World Wildlife Fund (www.wwf.ca).

Arrangements entrusted to the care of CHOICE MEMORIAL CREMATION & FUNERAL SERVICES (403) 277-7343.

In Memoriam Colleen Persad Carroll Memorial Being held at the Aurora Community Hall for the late Colleen Persad (Carroll), on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Lunch and refreshments provided. Directions for hall are from Hwy 12 turn north on Hwy 761 approximately 10 km, and from Rimbey Hwy 53 west, turn right on RR-44, turn right on Leedale road, stay heading west, hall will be on right.

Please contact (403) 729-2668 for information.

BELLAMY We invite you to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Ron and Dolores Bellamy on July 25, 2015, 1 - 4 p.m. at the Moose Lodge.

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GUILLEMAUD 1981 - 2015 Michael Joseph Guillemaud “Mustang Mike” of Red Deer, Alberta sadly passed away at the age of 34 years on Sunday July 19, 2015 in a motor vehicle accident.

Michael was born in Red Deer, Alberta to Gloria Wagner and Andre Guillemaud.

Michael is survived by his wife Carly Guillemaud; newborn son Nicholas Guillemaud; eldest son Dominic Robinson-Anderson; sister Jodie Guillemaud and endless loving family and friends. Michael will always be remembered by his beautiful smile, contagious laugh, and kind heart. A service to Celebrate Michael’s life will be held at the Word of Life Church, 1England Way, Red Deer County on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 2:00 p.m...

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to a trust fund for Michael’s son Nicholas at http://www.keziahgracefound ation.com/carly-guillemaud.html?m Condolences to Michael’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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STEBELESKI Ronald (Ron) Wayne We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of our son and brother Ronald (Ron) Wayne Stebeleski at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on July 16, 2015. Ron was born August 21, 1959 in High Prairie Alberta, the third child of William and Theresa Stebeleski. Ron grew up in High Prairie, Peace River and finally Red Deer. After finishing school he worked for many years with the Department of Highways.

Seeking adventure, he then followed his brother overseas, working mostly in Africa from 1985 until 2000. He loved visiting new countries especially Thailand where he spent a great deal of time. It didn’t really matter where Ron was, he always brought with him laughter and fun and his die hard faith in his New York Rangers and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Life was to be enjoyed! Ron was predeceased by his father William in 2001 and older brother Willie in 2002.

Ron leaves behind his mom, Theresa; sisters, Karen (Garry) of Red Deer and Brenda (David) of Cochrane; and nieces and nephews, Curtis, Dustin and Nick, Jesse and Angela and Cathy.

Those friends and family wishing to share their memories of Ron with us please stop by Mom’s on Saturday, July 25 between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. We would like to thank the EMS team, nurses and doctors in the ER and the nurses on unit 32.

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Medical/Dental Benefits APPRENTICE WELDERS Start date ASAP $19.23/hr. F/T year round employment To arrange for an 40 hrs/week, + benefits , interview, please call Please call Bob 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., 403-347-7889 403-357-8669 or email criminal record check req’d. resume to: Req’d education some bob@kodiakent.com Restaurant/ secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: TELECON, Hotel 403-314-1303 For full job Canadian leader within description visit www. the telecom industry with CALKINS CONSULTING timhortons.com over 45 years in business, o/a Tim Hortons who’s currently expanding 8 vacancies at each TOO MUCH STUFF? his Western region market, location for FOOD Let Classifieds is seeking for experienced COUNTER ATTENDANTS help you sell it.

INSTALLATION & REPAIR for 3 locations $13/hr. + TECHNICIANS in Red benefits. F/T & P/T positions. Permanent shift JJAM Management (1987) Deer: - Minimum of 1 year exp. in I & R (POTS, work, weekends, days, Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s ADSL and TV services) nights, evenings. Start Requires to work at these Availabilities to work on date as soon as possible.

Red Deer, AB locations: all shifts and to travel We No experience or 5111 22 St. offer a competitive salary education req’d. Job 37444 HWY 2 S and a full range of benefits. description avail. at 37543 HWY 2N Please visit our website at www.timhortons.com 700 3020 22 St. www.telecon.ca/ Apply in person to 6620 FOOD ATTENDANT Careers-en-15 Orr Drive. Red Deer, Req’d permanent shift to submit your resume 6017 Parkwood Road, weekend day and evening or call Blackfalds, or 4924-46 St. both full and part time.

1-800-465-0349 ext. 440.

Lacombe. or 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Only candidates Call 403-848-2356 benefits. Start ASAP. considered will be Job description contacted.

LOOKING for line cooks. www.timhortons.com Must have some cooking Education and experience experience and work well Central Alberta’s Largest not req’d. in a team atmosphere.

Apply in person or fax Car Lot in Classifieds chillabongs@hotmail.com resume to: 403-314-1303

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS LTD

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820

Oilfield

Truckers/ Drivers

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BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm. abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net

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Misc.

Help

Farmers' Market

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SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11.

Open Tues. & Thurs. 4-8 Wed. & Fri. 1-8 Sat. & Sun. 9-8. 4L U-pick $13. We pick $25 403-318-2074

Rewarding Work Opportunity!!!!

Sporting Goods

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T-BAR back roll sports equipment, hardly used, asking $100 obo Call 403-346-4263 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

Would you like to positively impact the lives of youth?

Are you looking for a rewarding way to share your positive outlook with others, lead by example and promote a healthy Firewood lifestyle?

If so, we are currently AFFORDABLE looking for Host Families to provide a supportive Homestead Firewood Travel and nurturing home Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail. Packages environment for teens.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 TRAVEL ALBERTA Our goal is to support B.C. Birch, Aspen, Alberta offers teens to get back on track Spruce/Pine.

Delivery avail.

SOMETHING personally and PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 for everyone. academically, establish Make your travel better relationships and LOGS plans now. rediscover their Semi loads of pine, spruce, capabilities. We help tamarack, poplar. teens to face life’s Price depends on location. challenges and guide Lil Mule Logging them in pursuing new and 403-318-4346 positive directions.

Our encouraging, compassionate and caring Household Host Parents work with Furnishings CLASSIFICATIONS and are supported by our therapeutic, multiFOR RENT • 3000-3200 DINING room table, Oak, disciplinary team.

WANTED • 3250-3390 48” round, extends to 92” If you possess basic w/6 chairs. $250. computer skills, have a 403-342-0587, 391-9058 valid AB driver’s license Houses/ and a vehicle, a clean TWO dining room chairs, Duplexes background check upholstered seat and back, (Criminal Record, Drivers beige, frame and legs dark 2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Abstracts etc) and live in wood, from SEARS. Paid Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, Alberta’s Central Region. $300. Asking $125 obo for NO PETS. $1150 incl.

This position is ideal for the pair. 403-342-2537 water, garbage & sewer, those who have flexible d.d. $1000. avail. Aug.1. work schedules (stay at WANTED 403-346-3179 home parent, home based Antiques, furniture and business) and families estates. 342-2514 3 BDRM, 3 flr, 3 bath, looking for a second income. finished basement w bath, If this is something that 5 appl., deck, 3 car parking you feel would be a great Stereos on site, newly painted and fit for you and your family TV's, VCRs carpeted, clean house at please email: 7316 - 59 Ave. for August 1. abva.recruitment Rent/DD $1700 to over 35 SONY Trinitron tv 26” @gmail.com yr old working tenant famiw/remote, used little $75, for more information. ly. Ph:403-341-4627 also black glass tv stand, for questions. bought at Sims $125.

403-352-8811 3 BDRM. house in Rimbey Employment $1200 +/mo.

Training 403-704-6397 Misc. for 3 BDRM. main floor, approx Sale 1000 sq.ft. Shared Laundry. $950 + utils. 403-660-7094 100 VHS movies, $75.

TRAINING CENTRE 403-885-5020 OILFIELD TICKETS

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1900

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CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off.

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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:

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS

3050

CLEARVIEW 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 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 SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm.

4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$975, dd/$975, adults with ref., n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. Aug. 1st.

403-304-5337

Suites

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1 BDRM. lower level legal suite, all utils, Opik tv, wifi incld, off street parking $1150/mo. + DD 403-392-4535 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. Sept.1 $900/mo., S.D. $650.

403-304-5337 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d. 1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d. 403-346-1458 2x2 BDRM apts, one with balcony, no pets, free laundry, fairly new carpet and paint, large, to over 35 year old, quiet living working tenants. 5910 - 55 Ave., Ph: 403-341-4627. Rent $1150 and $1100 with D.D., the same.

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

BRAND NEW RENTAL COMMUNITY

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3 DIAMOND Willow walkNow leasing for Sept. 1! ing sticks $20; silk plant Townhouses 1 & 2 BDRMs from $1230.

5 1/2’ $30; long handled In-suite laundry. DishwashSEIBEL PROPERTY car wash brush, like new er. Storage. Balcony. Pet $20; peanut butter jars 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 friendly. Elevator. Parking $1/ea, blown glass water bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, avail. Gym. Community pitcher w/6 glasses $30; starting at $1150. For more garden. Non-smoking. info 403-347-7545 or set of 3 porcelain song On-site mgmt. 39 Van 403-304-7576 birds $35. 403-309-5494 Slyke Way, Red Deer.

403-392-6751 SOUTHWOOD PARK CORN FLOWER plate, 14” SkylineLiving.ca 3110-47TH Avenue, diameter, good cond., $5, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, still available; and herb GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. generously sized, 1 1/2 planter, beautiful beige and apartments, avail. immed, baths, fenced yards, white ceramic, 7 cups for rent $875 403-596-6000 full bsmts. 403-347-7473, herbs, like new cond., LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Sorry no pets.

SOLD. 403-314-9603 SUITES. 25+, adults only www.greatapartments.ca n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 OVER 100 LP records, (45 & 78). $100. 403-885-5020

MORRISROE MANOR

PICNIC table 42” round w/umbrella, 2 spring chairs w/padding $150; 18 quart roasting oven $25 403-347-2603

1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

WHY RENT? PROPANE heater for inside travel home, works CONDO/4 plex, 2 bdrm, 4 good $150 obo pc. bath, 1000 sq. ft. total, 5 new appls, next to new 403-314-0804 Children's $154,900 immed. poss., NOW RENTING PS4 Playstation brand Items #4, 5813-65 St. 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. new, retail $450, REMAX, 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer sell $300 cash Margaret Comeau CAR booster seat with two Newer bldg. secure entry 403-728-3336 403-350-0959 403.391.3339 cup holders, good cond., w/onsite manager, $5. 403-314-9603 VINTAGE Royal Doulton 3 appls., incl. heat & hot horse, brown 4 Plexes/ water, washer/dryer WOODEN toy helicopter, Beswick hookup, infloor heating, a/c., good cond., $5; and wood- shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high 6 Plexes $40; Merrell Ortholite car plug ins & balconies. en food sets by Melissa shoes, air cushioned, size Call 403-343-7955 and Doug, large variety, 3 BDRM., no pets, 6 1/2, like new $25.

Lazy complete sets, very good ONE bdrm. bsmt., avail. $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 Boy, recliner, tall style, cond., $75 for all sets. immed. $750 plus1/3 utils.

ACROSS from park, beige, $95. 403-352-8811 403-314-9603 Call Bob 403-872-3400 Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. PONOKA, lrg. 1 bdrm apt. incld’s, laundry & all utils.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

EquipmentCats $750. Avail. immed. no Avail. now or Aug. 1.

Heavy pets, n/s 403-993-3441 403-304-5337 1 BALINESE kitten, WEST PARK SOUTH HILL TRAILERS for sale or rent 1 Siamese $60/ea; Avail. Aug. 1, 2 bdrm bsmt.

Upscale 2 bdrm., 5 appl., Job site, office, well site or 403-887-3649 suite, 4 appls, private entry, deck, no pets, n/s, storage. Skidded or n/s, n/p, rent $750 rent/dd. $975/mo., avail. Sept. 1. wheeled. Call 347-7721. + utils. 403-845-2926 (403) 350-7722 Sporting

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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

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1830

1630

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

Tools

1640

SKILL SAW, HD $30.

403-314-0804

WHAT MAKES US ATTRACTIVE:

VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

• 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

Goods

1860

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

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED

576303G16-25

To deliver the

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

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

WORKING CONDITIONS:

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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

1500-1990

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

rentals

3020

278950A5

Professionals

Restaurant/ Hotel

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307 ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. in

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303 WESTPARK CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

2 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Anders on the Lake

Lonsdale

Rosedale

Out of Town

119 ADAMS CLOSE Fri., July 24, 5:30-7:30, and Sat., July 25, 8-4.

Too many items to mention.

Rain or shine.

15 LAMB CLOSE, MultiFamily, Sat. July 25, 8-4, lawn tools, household, sewing machine, guitar, truck box cover, and much more.

Deer Park

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

44 ROOT CLOSE, Fri., July 24, 4-9 and Sat., July 25, 8:30-4. Large sale, natural patio gas heater, commercial dehydrator, snowboard boots, and many household items.

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE Household items, quad gear, pictures, kids toys, shelves, exercise equip., furniture, bikes, golf clubs, etc. Fri., July 24, 12-6, Sat., July 25, 10-5.

Directions: C & E Trail north to Twp Rd 392, turn right to Valley Ridge.

159 DAVISON DRIVE One day only.

Saturday, July 25, 9-4.

Lots of good items.

Rain or shine.

Eastview 3934 -37 AVE, Sat., July 25, 10 - 3, household items, carpenters and mechanics tools.

Back alley in garage.

Johnstone Park #9 JARVIS CLOSE JOHNSTONE PARK Thurs., July 23, 4-8, Fri., July 24, 1-8, Sat., July 25, 10-6.

Household items and more.

Kentwood Estates 48 KELLY STREET (in back alley) Sat. July 25, 9-5 2 Household Sale!! Lots of good stuff....Don’t Miss!!

Morrisroe 118 MAXWELL AVENUE Fri. July 24, 1-8 and Sat. July 25, 9-5. Crafts, collectibles, household goods, tables, some furn., and more.

Vanier Woods 160 VINCENT CLOSE Multi-family sale kids items, toys, household items.

Sat., July 25, 9-2.

West Park Oriole Park HUGE SALE!!

6 ORCHARD GREEN July 23, 24, 25 & 26 Thurs., Fri. Sat. 12-7, Sun. 1-4 - Baby items, collectibles, fish tanks, household, seasonal.

Parkvale Fri. July 24, 2-7, Sat. July 25, 10-2.

Downsizing.

TOOLS, household, etc. Back alley 4631-48 St. Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

WASKASOO ESTATES 414 and 534 Woodlea Cres., downsizing. Thurs.

July 23, 4-8, Fri., Sat. and Sun., July 24, 25, and 26, 9-6. Lots of everything.

Follow signs.

ANDERS AREA Archibald Cres.

BOWER AREA Beatty Cres/Barrett Drive Baile Close/Boyce St. Bunn Cres/Baird St. MORRISROE AREA Marion Cres/Mackenzie Cres.

Metcalf Ave/Mayberry McKinnon/Munro Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

Stirling Close Scott St. SOUTHBROOK AREA Sagewood Close/Sawyer Close

Sylvan Lake 17 WOODSWORTH CL. July 24, 8:30 -7 Tonka toys, lots and lots of antiques and collectibles.

All new items from last sale

Out of Town LARGE Multi family. Fri. July 24, 4-6, July 25, 9-4.

Gasoline Alley overpass East on McKenzie Rd., 3 miles south on RR271.

YARD SALE 35 Lakeview Crescent, Friday, July 24 & Saturday, July 25 10 a.m. To 5 p.m.

Weather permitting.

Mantiques & up cycled items, tractors seats, ornamental horse tack, Wurlitzer Organ, garden décor, lifejackets, household items, cream cans, cream separator, and much more! NO EARLYBIRDS PLEASE

Flyer carriers needed for afternoon delivery 2 days/week Wed. & Fri. on Weddell Cres. & William Cl.

VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Victor Close ************************ Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA

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

ALSO Dixon Cres, Ave, Close and Dunlop St. $111.52/mo DOWNTOWN / WOODLEA 55 St. and 47A Ave. area $95.84/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

C6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 24, 2015

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Houses For Sale

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

3090

Rooms For Rent

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

3190

Mobile Lot

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

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 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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

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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 “COMING SOON” BY

SERGE’S HOMES

CLASSIFICATIONS

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

Realtors & Services

4010

WHISPERING Pines golf course lots on 2nd fairway, facing west.

Phase 4, lots #38 & #39.

Fully serviced. Listed at $88,888 each. “ MAKE ME AN OFFER FOR BOTH “ Call Nes : (403) 601-2760 Cell (403) 990-5122

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Lots For Sale

Residential Building Lots in a Gated, Maintenance Free Golf & Lake Bedroom community, 25 minutes from Red Deer. Lots starting from 99K Contact Mike at 1-403-588-0218 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

homes 4000-4190

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

5040

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN.. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

Trucks

5050

2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded.

Clean.. Priced to Buy Call 403-318 3040

Motorcycles

5080

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

Fifth Wheels

5110

ANTIQUE cars. Exc. running cond. Call for details. 403-396-2396

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SUV's

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 5th whl. large slide,exc. cond.

403-227-6794, 505-4193

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

SUNNYBROOK 1500 sq. ft bungalow for sale by own2015 TOYOTA 4Runner er. 4 bedrooms up. 2.5 baths. Large double de- Limited, remote start, lots of extras, 490 km, tached garage. Upgrades. $53,000 obo. 403-392-5446 403-505-1663

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

SUV's

Open House

Holiday Trailers

5120

GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo.

Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

Boats & Marine

Directory

5160

Tour These Fine Homes JACK MACAULEY (403) 357-4156

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

★

4310

Out Of Red Deer

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

SERGES HOMES Open House 22 Coachill St. Blackfalds July 23, 24, 25 & 26 Hours: 1 - 5

CALL:

309-3300

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WatersEdge Marina Full Title Boat Slips Starting at $58,000 Located in Brand New Marina, Downtown Sylvan Lake, AB www.watersedgeslyvan.com 2006 SEADOO RXT, 66 hrs., Ezload trailer, tarp, new battery, mint cond., $6,900. 403-357-4770

EASY!

services

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

PUBLIC NOTICES

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Accounting

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

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Handyman Services

1200

WOOD fences starting at $18/ft. 403-352-4034

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Classified does it all!

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Red Deer Advocate Classified:

• Helps lost pets find their families • Brings buyers and sellers together • Serves as a key resource for renters • Helps families find new homes • Puts individuals in touch with each other • Provides job seekers with career information • Serves as a great guide to garage sales • Makes selling and shopping simple

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

To place an ad, call 309-3300.

To subscribe, call 314-4300.

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BEAT THE RUSH! Book JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. now for your home projects. Free Est. 403-872-8888 Reno’s, Áooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617 Roofing

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

DALE’S Home Reno’s 10 - 2am Private back entry Free estimates for all your 403-341-4445 reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, Áooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

Painters/ Decorators

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Powered by

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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 RooÀng. Re-rooÀng specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Public Notices

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Herbert John Ireland who died on February 23rd, 2015 If you have a claim against the Estate you must file your claim by September 3, 2015 and provide details of your claim: with: PAHL HOWARD LLP Barrister & Solicitors at: #100, 5306 -50th Street Leduc, AB T9E 6Z6

If you do not file by the date above, the Estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Smoke from the Reynolds Creek fire rises above the landscape at St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Mont., on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. State Rep. Jenny Eck, who was hosting a delegation from Australia on a tour of the park, took this photo of the fast-moving wildfire.

Wildfire sends campers fleeing Glacier Park

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. — A wildfire driven by gusting winds swept down Glacier National Park’s most popular roadway toward a small community at the park’s eastern entrance, while a fast-moving Northern California blaze threatened 200 homes and ranches.

The fire burning in the droughtparched Montana park doubled in size Wednesday, leading officials to evacuate homes along St. Mary Lake and visitors to flee hotels and campgrounds in the nearby community at Glacier’s eastern entrance.

The National Weather Service on Thursday warned that 30-50 km/h wind gusts and low humidity could cause the wildfire to quickly spread.

“We’re kind of in the direct line right now,” said Susan Brooke, who owns the St. Mary Glacier Park KOA. “It’s raging down the ridge toward St. Mary.”

Brooke said 688 people were in the campground when the fire ignited Tuesday afternoon about 10 km east of Logan Pass. Word of the fire began to circulate and soon the plume of smoke could be seen in the distance.

“People started to panic and started leaving immediately,” she said.

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law enforcement using the grounds as a staging area with the fire just over the ridge a few miles away.

Additional firefighters, helicopters and fire engines were arriving as the blaze spread, though crews have been hampered by wind and extreme fire behaviour, park spokeswoman Denise Germann said.

By Wednesday evening, the fire had burned more than 15.53 square km. It also destroyed the Baring Creek Cabin, a historic backcountry structure.

Park officials previously evacuated the Rising Sun Motor Inn and two campgrounds. Later, Glacier County and Blackfeet tribal authorities began the evacuations of the homes along St. Mary Lake. The National Park Service also evacuated the St. Mary Visitor Center and administrative offices.

The scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road, which is the main alpine roadway that bisects the park, was closed for 33 of its 80 km. Park officials shuttled visitors to safety and scoured the backcountry for hikers in the fire zone.

Several backpackers were found and were to be taken out of danger.

Peak tourist season is underway, and 95 per cent of park visitors travel some length of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, which bisects the park and hugs the mountainsides to cross the Continental Divide.

Diepraam said the autopsy showed that 28-year-old Sandra Bland had no defensive injuries on her hands that would typically indicate a struggle.

Some lacerations or abrasions were found on her wrists. Those were consistent with a struggle while being handcuffed. The marks around Bland’s neck were consistent with a suicide by hanging, Diepraam said.

Bland also had about 30 small cuts on her wrist that were probably selfinflicted within the last few weeks, he added.

She was arrested in a traffic stop three days before she was found in her cell on July 13. Her family and friends dispute the official finding that she killed herself using a noose fashioned from a plastic garbage bag.

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Kent, disguised under the name Caius (Isiah Williams) confronts Oswald (Robyn Jeffrey) during a rehearsal of a scene of the Bard on Bower’s production of King Lear at Bower Ponds.

Descent into madness PRIME STOCK THEATRE’S TALENTED CAST CREATES ENGROSSING MOMENTS IN ‘KING LEAR’

A mad leader wanders among street people in Bard on Bower’s 21st-century version of King Lear.

S h a k e speare’s great tragedy is about warring disparities — the younger generation versus the old, the unscrupulous against the principled, the powerless confronting the powerful.

These imLANA balances are highlighted for MICHELIN a new generation in Prime Stock Theatre’s interesting, but over-long production of King Lear that opened on Thursday on the outdoor

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BARD ON BOWER stage at Bower Ponds.

Director Thomas Usher has set the play in a modern-day arena. It starts in the posh corporate boardrooms of the One Percent, then drifts with Lear’s descent into madness and despair, into a sort of urban wilderness — the mean streets and their homeless population.

This relevant concept works well — especially when the play climaxes into a sign-swinging, brick-throwing confrontation between G7-like protestors, political/corporate heavyweights, and police.

The talented cast creates a pot-boiler atmosphere on the outdoor stage.

Within the play’s nearly three-hour running time are many engrossing moments.

Lear is played by Tom Bradshaw as an egotistical blowhard who lets his pride get in the way of his reason. With

failing health, Lear has decided to step down from leadership. The retiring big shot decided to pass his estate to his three daughters — only he wants to offer the largest share to the one who loves him most.

Goneril (Rina Pelltier) and Regan (Sarah Spicer) fawn over their father and gush their devotion — and this empty flattery pleases the foolish Lear.

When his youngest daughter, Cordelia, says there’s nothing for her to compare her love to, Lear is embarrasses and infuriated.

He disinherits Cordelia (Nicole Leal) and divides her share of the estate between Goneril and Regan.

This sets up the rest of the play to run like a season of House of Cards — only with more power-grabbing craziness and murder. Certain characters get their eyes burned out, tear at their

clothing and hair, or wander in a nearnaked daze.

Much politicking, back-stabbing and manipulating go on, involving Lear’s friends and greedy foes — including Gloucester (Bill Jacobsen), Gloucester’s son Edgar (Evan MacLeod) and illegitimate son Edmund, played as daughter Emma by Brooke Dalton.

Dalton is conniving as Edmund/Emma. But changing the part to a de-sexualized female means no overt flirting happens between the power-hungry sisters and the free-agent villain, removing a layer of innuendo from the plot.

In Usher’s version of King Lear, the Fool becomes a private nurse who steers Lear’s wheelchair and jokes to try to lighten his burden. Danielle LaRose plays the role as more supportive than mocking, but it works.

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As subtle as a punch to the face JAKE GYLLENHAAL COMMANDS THE SCREEN AS FURIOUSLY AS HE DOES THE RING IN BOXING DRAMA Southpaw 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A “Fighter” on the left. “Father” on the right.

The story of Southpaw can be read in these two words, elegantly tattooed on the forearms of Jake Gyllenhaal’s boxer character Billy Hope.

He’s desperately struggling to remain in the PETER ring and also to HOWELL be a good dad to his young daughter Leila (Oona Laurence).

That’s as deep as this movie gets. It’s as subtle as a punch to the face, which is the way of director Antoine Fuqua. Think Rocky rather than Raging Bull, and don’t spend time wondering how soon screenwriters Kurt Sutter (TV’s Sons of Anarchy) and Richard Wenk (The Me-

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This photo provided by The Weinstein Company shows, Rachel McAdams, left, as Maureen Hope and Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope, in the film, ‘Southpaw.’ chanic) will reference The Great White Hope.

It’s all coming, but then so is the heat from Gyllenhaal, who transcends even the most mundane of material.

Last year’s Nightcrawler showcased both his bodily and mental skills as an actor, as he disappeared into the role of a bottom-feeding TV newshound.

This one’s much more physical. It’s as raw as Billy’s left eye, which bleeds

from steady right hooks. The most savage of them come from rival Miguel Escobar (Miguel Gomez), whose war with Billy extends past the ropes.

Gyllenhaal commands the screen as furiously as he does the ring, in a role originally planned for Eminem (the rapper moved to the soundtrack).

Billy pummels his way at the outset to become junior middleweight boxing champion of the world. He doesn’t

have much to say, but he has an adoring daughter, a loving wife (Rachel McAdams) and a manager/friend (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) determined to help him stay on top and in the long green.

It’s all good — but suddenly it becomes all bad. Billy hits the skids, hard. The fight for his career and family will require more than brute force.

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lent of The Purge — one night of utter and improbable lawlessness without fear of punishment, the freedom to make (and watch) a program that is as crass and stupid as it can possibly be.

Perhaps the real value in Sharknado is to become an annual cleansing ritual of our tackiest impulses?

Anyhow, back to the story: A panicked Fin realizes that his pregnant wife, April (Tara Reid), his motherin-law (Bo Derek) and teenage daughter (Ryan Newman) are all visiting the theme park, where no one seems terribly concerned about all the carnage up in Washington. Joining forces with the tough-as-nails Nova (Cassie Scerbo) and her geeky sidekick, Lucas (Frankie Muniz), in their heavilyfortified, sharknado-destroying Winnebago, Fin gets to Florida too late: Several sharknados have coalesced — it’s a “sharkicane,” someone says, in a failed attempt at savvy coinage — that

will wipe out everything and everyone.

(Nice knowin’ ya, Savannah Guthrie.)

Underestimating the size of its britches where Sharknado publicity is concerned, Syfy asked critics not to reveal that the whole thing leads to a certain legendary TV lifeguard piloting a certain decommissioned NASA spacecraft into orbit in an effort to destroy the super-sharknado. So I won’t.

But by the time we’re reduced to Sharknado in Space, you may very well find yourself thinking back to the more innocent summer of 2013, when Sharknado was a strange and surprising guilty pleasure. It had its lightningin-a-bottle moment on Twitter and set off a real-time viral storm of free hype that any network or media company would love to replicate. It’s no wonder that by trying too hard to be dumber than its predecessors, this Sharknado smells strongly of desperation and dead fish.

come powerless and incompetent. But that’s the pathos of King Lear.

The play is known for its wonderfully poetic speeches. But like all good art, it also offers us some hard truths about life.

Admission is free but donations are appreciated. Bring a lawn chair, blanket, sunscreen and mosquito repellent.

King Lear will alternate performances with Bard on Bower’s Twelfth Night.

Twelfth Night runs at 7 p.m. on July 26 and 30 (also at 2 p.m. on July 25 and Aug. 1).

King Lear will be staged at 7 p.m.

July 24, 25, 29, 31 and Aug. 1 (also at 2 p.m. on July 26 and Aug. 2).

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The answer’s obvious, but the many merits of Southpaw may not be. This isn’t great cinema, but it’s satisfying movie-making, with nothing more on its mind than telling a heart-tugging story.

Fuqua knows his way around a ring.

He’s in so tight, it feels at times like the camera is getting punched.

His casting choices are aces, especially rising star Laurence, age 12, for the significant role of Leila. She’s as convincing as Gyllenhaal in a film that earns its tears and cheers, even as it telegraphs its punches.

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Pelltier and Spicer portrayed a smug, aloof Goneril and Regan during the early run-through I watched.

By now, their characterizations are, hopefully, even more callous and dismissive of Lear — which would increase tension and give him a greater reason to rave.

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Syfy’s Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! rolls through with a noticeably weakened potency and very little camp potential left in its twirl. I’d be surprised if it triggers any warning louder than a sigh.

True, Sharknado hits Washington this time (the previous two iterations of the bad-on-purpose disaster movie about shark-filled funnel clouds depicted attacks on Los Angeles and New York), but the sharknado visits the capital city only long enough for us to discover that Mark Cuban is president and Ann Coulter is the vice president — a horrific premise that doesn’t last nearly long enough. As with most trends, Washington gets its turn at the “Sharknado” phenomenon about five minutes too late, after most of the fun has already been had.

As Sharknado hero Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) is receiving a Medal of Freedom at the White House, the storm seems quickly bored by D.C.: In short order, the Capitol Rotunda is blown apart and the Washington Monument breaks in two, with the top part spearing the White House into smithereens.

Sharknado 3 is in a rush to get to Florida — more specifically the Universal Orlando Resort, where the cross-promotional opportunities for Syfy parent company NBCUniversal can better provide a supply of commercial chum stretching to Xfinity and beyond.

The storm is now bigger than ever (Today show weatherman Al Roker declares the East Coast to now be the “Feast Coast”) and the sharks are more vicious, but who really cares anymore?

Seen one great white shark spinning out of the sky toward a hapless, soonto-be-pulped victim (usually a minor celebrity), seen ‘em all.

There’s very little work for a TV critic to do here, except to seek shelter from a hailstorm of reader comments assaulting him for not knowing how to lighten up and have fun. Roger, that.

Still, there’s half a theory clanking around in my brain that Sharknado might be a nifty metaphor for the Internet itself — how it rewards hype for hype’s sake; how it destroys everything in its path; how it randomly devours one celebrity while allowing others to thrive; how there’s really no difference between shark bait and clickbait ... eh, nobody’s listening.

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Marvel’s war on capitalism “ Last week, in a smart column about the reappearance of Hydra as the allpurpose villain in Marvel’s latest movie, Sonny Bunch noted “the Marvel Cinematic Universe is constructed in such a way that internal threats are far scarier than any outsider ever could be. Its villains are the military-industrial complex and those who prize safety and security over liberty and justice.”

Sonny’s conservative, but it falls to this progressive to take his point a step even further: Ant-Man is just the latest Marvel movie to suggest that unregulated capitalism in general, and arrogant tech titans in particular, are the real enemy.

Let’s make a list of Marvel movies that address the connection between the military and the profits that flow from it, shall we? In the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, the villains include a scientist who pushes ethical boundaries in the hopes of developing new medicines. In Iron Man, released that same year, the rivalry between Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) increased when Tony decides to get Stark Industries out of the very lucrative weapons business.

The action in Iron Man 2 is driven by an intellectual property dispute, and by the rush of other companies to get the military business Stark Industries abandoned. In Iron Man 3, the problem is now that Stark has rejected an investment opportunity, and done so in terms insulting to an inventor.

And these are just the obvious villains driven by business deals.

And the movies are awfully cynical about the possibility of innovating our way out of the more destructive aspects of competition, or patching over the damage with charity. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Iron Man suit appears in graffiti, painted over with dollar signs: Stark has become a symbol of money run amok, to the point that people even reject his peacekeeping efforts. Tony’s efforts to design a better security system are what give rise to a vengeful artificial intelligence.

The same pessimism about innovation shows up again in Ant-Man, released last weekend: Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) has tried to keep the secret of his greatest discovery to keep it from being weaponized, but his mentee has gone ahead and reverse-engineered the particle anyway. When there are massive amounts of money to be made, principle doesn’t count for much.

Then, there’s the way that Hydra has evolved over the course of the Marvel movies.

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rupted by Hydra in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. A purified version of S.H.I.E.L.D. is only beginning to reassert itself in Age of Ultron. The powers that be in Asgard, Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) otherworldly hometown, don’t seem to be such great shakes at controlling artifacts and rogue actors either.

Thanos (Josh Brolin), the big blue meanie teased in multiple Marvel movies, may have declared that he’s going to track down the Infinity Stones himself, presumably to stick them in a metal glove that even Liberace might deem tacky.

But it’s hard to see him as menacing for reasons that extend beyond Brolin’s facial prostheses simply because Marvel’s spent so much time suggesting that those pesky little things are hard to pin down.

Maybe the intergalactic free market has an upside after all.

Alyssa Rosenberg writes The Post’s Act Four blog.

New Dr. Seuss book found in a box in his home TORONTO — Cathy Goldsmith never thought she’d see a brand new development in Seussville.

The Random House associate publishing director is the last remaining employee at the company to have worked with the late Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss.

When he died in 1991, she envisioned future publications featuring his older material. But not a completely new book from him.

But as The Cat in the Hat says: “But that is not all. Oh no. That is not all.”

On Tuesday, the new Dr. Seuss book What Pet Should I Get? will hit shelves with material culled from a box discovered in his home. It comes 25 years after the publication of his last new book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! — and it might not be the last.

“I’m just thrilled about it,” Goldsmith said in a phone interview from her office in New York.

“It’s probably the most exciting thing that’s happened in years around here.”

What Pet Should I Get? is based on a manuscript that the author-illustrator’s widow, Audrey Geisel, had put into a box along with other texts and sketches while remodelling her home in La Jolla, Calif., shortly after his death.

Taylor Swift apologizes to Nicki Minaj about tweet NEW YORK — Taylor Swift has apologized to Nicki Minaj for calling her out on Twitter regarding her MTV Video Music Awards nominations.

Swift tweeted Thursday that she thought she was “being called out” by Minaj. The singer added: “I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke.

I’m sorry, Nicki.”

“That means so much Taylor, thank you,” Minaj replied.

Minaj and Swift traded words Tuesday on Twitter after MTV announced the nominees for the VMAs, where Swift is the leader with nine. Minaj was upset she didn’t earn a nomination for video of the year for Anaconda.

She launched a series of tweets about how slim women earn top nominations and later said black female entertainers don’t get enough credit for their influence on pop culture.

Swift thought the rapper was referring to her.

Minaj tweeted there were no hard feelings Thursday after a fan tweeted that he was happy the performers had made up.

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“They’re not what they were,” declares a character who stands to profit from Carson’s provocations. “They’re doing some interesting work.”

It’s not just capitalists; commodities play a big role in Marvel movies, too.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, introduced us to black-marketer Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), who has the misfortune to have smuggled a large amount of Vibranium, an extremely precious metal, out of Wakanda, a country that could be charitably described as protectionist (officials brand people caught stealing). Klaue’s commitment to trade in illegally-obtained goods works out poorly for him, and for the world at large.

Ultron (voiced by James Spader), the mentally unstable robot designed

by Tony Stark as a part of a peacekeeping program, yanks off one of Klaue’s arms in the course of a rather forceful negotiation over the Vibranium (as compensation, he does make Klaue a billionaire). And then, making full use of globalization, Ultron hops over to South Korea to force a scientist who specializes in not-particularly-regulated 3-D-flesh-printing techniques to make him a new body out of the metal.

It’s only luck that the new body turns out to be a superhero rather than a supervillain.

Supply and demand show up again as motivations in Ant-Man. Rogue scientist Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) develops a molecule that will power fighting suits that allow private armies to shrink soldiers and blow them back up again. Selling the suits, he explains, is just a way to set up a market for his particle: “They don’t run on diesel,” Cross remarks of the weapons themselves. “If they want the fuel, they’ll have to come to me.”

The Collector’s (Benicio del Toro) pursuit of the Infinity Stones, introduced in Thor: The Dark World, is yet another suggestion that there’s something awfully risky about leaving valuable objects to be protected (or acquired) privately, rather than through some sort of centralized plan.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, thief Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his band of companions become heroes once they stop treating another one of the gems as if it’s an opportunity for profit and begin to act as if it’s the sort of thing that should be protected rather than purchased and sold.

Marvel doesn’t exactly make a dandy case for government regulation, though. S.H.I.E.L.D., the one agency that has the firepower and technical expertise to corral the sorts of artifacts and commodities that bounce around Marvel movies, turned out to be cor-

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They fault Andrea Constand’s lawyers for the weekend release of the transcript to news outlets including The New York Times and The Associated Press.

On Thursday, they asked a judge to enforce terms of the confidential agreement that settled the former Temple University employee’s sexualassault lawsuit.

Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troiani, did not immediately return a call. A court reporting service she hired to take Cosby’s deposition said this week it thought a recent unsealing order included the deposition.

A federal judge had unsealed other motions, but the deposition has never been filed in court.

Troiani also has accused Cosby’s legal team of violating the confidentiality clause.

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from being married.

Aunty Alexandra has moved in with Atticus (they bought a new house) to help take care of him, something that Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch is a grown some of the townsfolk believed that woman now, and takes Jean Louise should have her annual trip from New done since Jem’s death. She York to her childhood and Jean Louise butt heads home in Maycomb County, because nothing Jean LouAla. Much has changed ise does is ever good enough since she was a hell-rais— she does not dress like a er tomboy getting into proper lady, and there is no trouble as a kid. way she can marry Henry.

Her beloved brother, According to Alexandra, Jeremy ‘Jem’ Finch died Henry will never be eligible when he was only 22 due for her because of his upto a heart condition. bringing and Finches do not Atticus Finch, Jean marry children of red-necked Louise’s beloved father, “white trash.”

KIRSTEN is 72-years-old and still But Maycomb has changed, working as a lawyer. But and the childhood home that LOWE has developed rheumaJean Louise once knew is toid arthritis. gone. After the Second World Since his son’s passing, War, things in the South with Atticus has taken Henry politics and within the church Clinton (a childhood friend of Scout have shifted, along with the relationand Jem) under his wing as both men ships between the African Americans work for the law firm. and the Caucasians.

After the Second World War, Henry A new political party, NAACP, is attended law school and views Atticus dedicated to overthrowing the South. not only as a mentor, but a father fig- When tragedy strikes the Finches’ old ure as well, since he never knew his housekeeper, Calpurina, Jean Louise father. rushes to her aid. Because of the rising He and Jean Louise are not far off tensions, Calpurina (who was a mother

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figure) is cold to Jean Louise.

What pushes Scout over the edge is when she discovers how Henry and Atticus, the man she once looked up too and trusted with all her heart, views the county’s current predicament.

Besides Maycomb’s struggle, we get to learn more of Jean Louise’s ancestors, meet new family members like her Uncle John ‘Jack’ Hale Finch. We learn more stories about Scout and Jem’s childhood, how Maycomb came to be and the finer details of the county.

Harper Lee’s sequel to her famous novel To Kill a Mocking Bird shows the same focus on details and descriptions.

I enjoyed learning about what happened to the Finch family, but all of these side stories and the complicated politics were all squished into only 19 chapters and it becomes overwhelming.

Readers should definitely take their time and be prepared to reread some chapters due to the book’s fast pace.

The plot, however, comes up a little short.

After To Kill a Mockingbird, we want another story about Scout, Jem and Atticus and a mirroring story about how Atticus, a voice of justice, saves the day yet again.

But Harper Lee has given us something different, and although it is not pleasant, it is the true to the times in the South.

Kirsten Lowe is a local freelance book reviewer and Red Deer College student.

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It’s easy to see why Ghost Fleet has captured the imaginations of foreign policy experts in the U.S. and abroad.

The techno-thriller, by P.W. Singer and August Cole, not only tells a crackling-good story but also casts light on the warnings that have come from many quarters about the risks of offshoring U.S. defense procurement.

The novel is built around a hypothetical war, in the near future, between the U.S. on one side (thinly allied with the U.K. and Australia; everyone else, NATO included, has, shall we say, abandoned ship) and an alliance between China (now run by “the Directorate”) and Russia on the other.

The story begins with a huge cyberattack on U.S. defense facilities, helped out by space-borne technology and the casual carrying of mobile phones, but even more so by the heavy reliance of ships, missiles and computers on microchips manufactured in China. The chips turn out to be corrupted in various ingenious ways that managed to survive all the various forms of screening they undergo.

Immediately the U.S. finds itself at a technological disadvantage, unable to trust the “secure” lines of communication on which the defense infrastructure is built, and unable to protect its most up-to-date planes, ships and submarines from probing enemy

eyes — and therefore from enemy missiles. The nation’s most advanced surveillance systems and battle software are suddenly useless. The rest of the story involves the military’s efforts to fight back using older technology, including the ships of the ghost fleet, as those consigned to the naval graveyard have long been called.

Could it happen this way? The au-

Ace Atkins showcases his storytelling versatility with The Redeemers

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by Ace Atkins Putnam The sense of justice and righteousness that Sheriff Quinn Colson has brought to his tenure in Mississippi’s Tibbehah County is drawing to a close in Ace Atkins’ gripping new novel, The Redeemers.

But the fifth installment in this series is more than a look at Quinn’s last days as sheriff, having lost the election to a nice, but incompetent man who was the town criminal’s candidate of choice.

The Redeemers also explores Quinn’s unwavering moral code, his sense of the law, even his own failings and fragility. A strong work ethic also weaves

through the novel as Quinn believes in a job well done, even in his twilight days as sheriff.

As Quinn packs up his office, he also is focused on family issues. His sister, Caddy, is back on drugs, still reeling from the murder of her fiance, and their father, Jason, who left decades ago, has returned.

Atkins’ Quinn series has been twice nominated for an Edgar Award, and The Redeemers continues those high standards.

Atkins delves deeply into each character’s motives, making each a believable person. Jericho tries to rise above corruption, but crime keeps the town at its lowest level.

Atkins, who also is continuing the late Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, showcases his storytelling versatility with The Redeemers.

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thors — both serious writers on war, both affiliated with leading think tanks — have done an enormous amount of research, and have even appended footnotes throughout, to assure the reader that the many technologies they describe either already exist or are likely to exist in the near future.

Much of the commentary on the book has focused on whether the U.S. should use only domestically produced defense technology, down to the smallest component of the microchip. Singer and Cole seem to come down on the yes side.

Such an approach would increase procurement costs, perhaps by a large amount, a problem the authors implicitly acknowledge: The narrative includes multiple middle-of-battle references to various complex military components having been built by the lowest bidder.

These are important questions. But something else about the story caught my eye, an issue the authors visit only briefly: the role of cyberwarriors in the battle. Daniel Aboye, a Sudanese immigrant turned tech magnate, finds his offers of assistance spurned by some minor Defense Department functionary. So he enlists his Silicon Valley pals to join the war online. They’re happy to help — but not, it seems, out of patriotism. Referring to the Edward Snowden scandal, the authors write: “The NSA had cost Silicon Valley hundreds of billions of dollars, and its citizens weren’t in a forgiving mood, even

years later.”

I don’t know whether the casual reference to “citizens” of Silicon Valley was intentional, but it immediately calls to mind last year’s much-ballyhooed (but overblown) claims that the libertarian techie billionaires hoped to secede from the U.S., or at least to establish a private island where experiments could proceed without bureaucratic interference. Although Aboye is acting out of love of country, it’s easy to read this brief scene as suggesting that his pals just want their cyberspace back.

This effort in turn leads to what could have been the book’s most intriguing subplot, but winds up as its most unfortunate omission. Aboye is ultimately forced to seek assistance from a shadowy hacker group plainly meant to be Anonymous. Excellent narrative idea!

I kept waiting for the epic battle between Anonymous and the hackers of the Directorate. Unfortunately, the authors chose to render that encounter almost entirely off-screen. The decisive battle between the ghost fleet and the combined Russian-Chinese fleet dominates the final third of the book.

Nobody will be reading Ghost Fleet for character development or scenesetting. But it’s still a perfect summer read. If what you like is edge-of-theseat action, you’ll have trouble putting it down.

Stephen Carter is a Bloomberg View columnist and a law professor at Yale.

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Example Stk#P0011 incl. fees and taxes, 4.99%X84mo., paid weekly, COB $2,568. GST extra. OAC. Rates and down payments may vary depending on credit history. Call Thomas for details.