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Diversity key to enduring slide

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The pain from low oil prices has been felt in Red Deer, but diversity may help the city weather the economic storm.

Reg Warkentin, Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce policy coordinator, said in an email that the slump in oil prices is starting to have a ripple effect in the local economy, extending beyond energy sector businesses.

“With sub $50 oil, drilling activity is half of what it was a year ago, and major construction projects have been put on hold and even shelved indefinitely,” writes Warkentin.

“We’ve heard about a number of businesses making layoffs to get to the point where they can keep themselves afloat, maintain core operations, but still be prepared for when activity picks up.”

However, Warkentin pointed to diversity as a factor in how the city will handle the economic situation.

“A number of businesses have been looking to diversify their revenue sources, like the oilfield manufacturers who are starting to sell more products abroad to places such as the Middle East, where activity remains strong.”

The most recent unemployment statistics indicate Alberta had a six per cent unemployment rate as of July.

That’s the same as B.C. and lower than Ontario, which is at 6.4 per cent.

According to Statistics Canada, Red Deer’s unemployment was 7.3 per cent, above the provincial average, in July.

The jobless rate has increased significantly from 2014, when it was 2.8 per cent in the same month.

“Our little economy is a little more diversified than we give it credit for,” said Warkentin. “There are a number of major projects underway, such as the Nova expansion, infrastructure projects like new schools and roadways and assisted living facilities. Construction of new homes remains strong, too.”

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This photo shows a structure fire from Tuesday night at 4630 61 St. in the Riverside Industrial Area. Police had adjacent streets blocked off as firefighters battled the blaze.

Money laundering, fraud charges laid against Calgary man

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The co-founder of an Alberta oil and gas company has been accused of defrauding the firm of nearly $5 million.

Police allege that between September 2007 and November 2011 the suspect created three shell companies that were set up to defraud his Calgary employer. They say the companies were used to create fictitious invoices for supplies and services that were not genuine transactions.

“The individual that was charged was in a position of authority in the company, so anything he did within that company wasn’t really questioned,” Staff Sgt. Kristie Verheul of the Calgary police’s economic crimes unit said Tuesday.

“The invoices ranged from $8,000 on

‘THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS CHARGED WAS IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY IN THE COMPANY, SO ANYTHING HE DID WITHIN THAT COMPANY WASN’T REALLY QUESTIONED.’ — STAFF SGT. KRISTIE VERHEUL ECONOMIC CRIMES UNIT

one invoice to over $100,000 on other invoices. There were multiple invoices, approximately 91 invoices. None of the services were actually rendered.”

The suspect was fired from the company, which police have declined to name, in 2011. Verheul said the firm became suspicious and conducted its own internal investigation and then contacted police in 2013.

“They completed an internal investigation which included a forensic audit of all of the accounting — every single receipt and invoice that came through that company.

“They confirmed that suspicious activity and actually went through civil proceedings first, which is very common in these situations to regain some of the money, and then came to the Calgary Police Service to deal with the criminal allegations.”

Verheul said the company was successful in recouping some of the losses.

But she was unable to say how much it was able to get back.

Ian W. Fisher, 53, is charged with fraud over $5,000 and money laundering. Police say no further charges will be laid and no other suspects are involved.

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School supplies program running on empty

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The SOS has gone out for more backpacks and school supplies for Tools for School.

The program, operated by Central Alberta Women’s Outreach and United Way of Central Alberta, collects and distributes school supplies to families in need across Central Alberta who have children in kindergarten to Grade 12.

Darcy Ouelett, fund development officer with Women’s Outreach, said as of Tuesday the program only had about 250 backpacks filled with supplies left to hand out.

“Everything we have is packed so we probably have enough for another 300 kids, then we’re out of supplies,” Ouelett said.

“We are actually as of now out of empty backpacks.”

He said the demand is higher this

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summer with just over 1,000 backpacks given out so far compared to about 650 at this time last year.

“We’ve seen some stuff get packed and it’s right outside the door an hour later.”

Tools For School operates all year and almost 1,600 backpacks were handed out last year.

He said 90 per cent are given in preparation for September and typically the busiest time is over the next three weeks.

“We have reached out to everybody.

Basically we need help. Unfortunately, this is the nature of the economic times for us. Demand is up and donations are down.”

He said the cost of going back to school is similar to Christmas for families.

“If someone has four children, that’s $400, that’s half of somebody’s rent sometimes.”

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Darcy Ouellet, fund development officer with the Outreach Centre in Red Deer, fills the a Tools For School backpack Tuesday. Demand is definitely up this year and donations are way down, says Ouellet.

Senior police officer found guilty of charges The most senior police officer charged over mass arrests made during the Toronto G20 summit was found guilty of three offences.

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Doctors group eyes assisted death training course

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Doctors who are willing to assist in a patient’s death once the act becomes legal early next year will need to be trained because they’ve never been taught the procedures for ending a life, the Canadian Medical Association says.

“There’s a lot of complexity in this for Canadian doctors and it’s the first time really any of us can remember that (we) have been forced to undertake an entirely new procedure or new intervention without any training or experience,” Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vicepresident of medical professionalism, told a media briefing Tuesday during the CMA’s annual meeting in Halifax.

Blackmer said the 80,000-member doctors’ organization is considering an intensive two-day course for physicians “who have never had to learn this, who have not taken it in medical school or residency.”

Physicians who choose not to participate in assisted death may be offered an online course so they can counsel patients who want to pursue help in dying.

Those who are willing to provide the service would continue to take courses over the years, he said.

“We want to make sure people are trained and have the competencies to do this,” Blackmer said.

On Feb. 6 of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the law banning doctors from assisting a patient to die or from performing euthanasia.

The court stayed its decision for a year to give the federal government time to draft and pass replacement legislation.

If no such law is passed, doctors can legally begin helping patients who meet certain criteria to end their lives.

Outgoing CMA president Dr. Chris Simpson said time is growing short for regulators to determine how the service would be provided and how doctors would decide whether a given patient is eligible for assisted death under the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“We don’t want to arrive at Feb. 6 with everybody saying, ’Well, assisted dying in Canada is legal. Does anybody know how to do it? Does anybody know who qualifies?”’ Simpson said.

“That is a situation I think we all agree cannot happen.”

Simpson said the CMA is lobbying for replacement legislation with national standards, rather than a patchwork of provincial and territorial regulations that wouldn’t serve patients across the country equally.

“At the end of the day, regardless of who wins the election, the law that banned assisted suicide is no longer in effect as of February and so governments are going to have to deal with this,” he said.

“The question is whether or not we’re going to deal with it in a rational and professional way that serves the needs of Canadians or whether we’re just going to leave it to chance.”

Delegates discussing the issue during a session at the Halifax meeting on Tuesday expressed a number of concerns, including whether doctors against the practice on moral or religious grounds would be required to refer a patient to a willing physician.

In the end, they favoured a recommendation to provide patients with information about the option, including how to access the service, Blackmer said.

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An Aug. 7 news release from the City of Red Deer said commercial building permits were up in 2015 (from January to July) with 98 permits valued at $21.8 million compared to 2014, with 77 permits valued at $10.67 million.

Residential permits were down from 818 permits valued at $68.56 million in 2014 to 652 permits valued at $53.7 million.

“Most local businesses have been through a slowdown like this at least a few times,” said Warkentin.

“They maintain a positive attitude, adapting to meet challenges outside of their control.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Manitoba woman who impersonated sports star online blames boredom

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS THE PAS, Man. — A reclusive woman who is to be sentenced for impersonating people and celebrities online, including a professional athlete, says she doesn’t want to go to jail because she sees a new life with her New York husband and their unborn child.

Shelly Chartier blames boredom and a lack of friends for her “catfishing” crimes, says a pre-sentence report filed in court last week.

“She learned her lesson and just wants to start a family,” the document says.

FRAUD: Back in court Sept. 11

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A female alligator is released to a pond at Alligator Adventure in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Tuesday.

“This is the first time for her, all of them, being in the sun and around other alligators,” Matt Korhonen says. Korhonen is from Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo in Ottawa, Canada. He’s spent years rehabilitating Chase after she was rescued by the SPCA. She and 14 other alligators were rehabilitated at Little Ray’s and given home at Alligator Adventure in North Myrtle Beach. This is the first time this has happened. Thad Bowman of Alligator Adventure said Tuesday’s acceptance of 15 alligators is the first of three donations from Little Ray’s. He said all of the alligators are rescued and rehabilitated.

Fisher was the operations manager at Arcan Resources Ltd. at the time of the offences.

Aspenleaf Energy Ltd. purchased the assets of Arcan in June of this year.

“He is a former employee of Arcan Resources. We were well aware of this situation as we went through our due diligence. The previous management team was obviously on top of it and co-operating with Calgary Police Services,” said Aspenleaf CEO Bryan Gould.

“We’ve retained most of the Arcan staff, absent the executives, who were assisting with all of the forensic investigation prior to our involvement and we would obviously continue to fully co-operate and help Calgary Police Services.”

Gould said he’s been in the business world for a

Numbers are unofficial.

“Shelly states that her life started after her arrest and described it as a ‘wake-up call.”’

Chartier pleaded guilty earlier this year to seven offences, including fraud and extortion, in a bizarre and complex case that entangled the athlete in a child porn investigation and led to a raid of his home in 2012.

Catfishing involves luring someone into a relationship by using a fictional online persona.

A publication ban prevents naming the athlete and other victims. The Crown had applied in court to lift part of the ban but withdrew the request Tuesday. long time and the circumstances in the case are unusual.

“You think you’ve seen everything in this business, but it’s a strange one. Our focus is just making sure we have appropriate business controls,” said Gould. “You don’t want to go to bed at night thinking this can happen in your organization.”

The accused is not in custody and is scheduled to return to court Sept. 11.

SUPPLIES: Donation bins Tools For School operates entirely through donations.

Donation bins for school supplies are located at both Walmarts in Red Deer, both Staples, United Way of Central Alberta, Alberta Treasury Branch near Bower Place, and Women’s Outreach.

For more information, go to www.womensoutreach.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Cop killer needs home

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Four decades after he escaped the hangman’s noose, a convicted murderer has been told he no longer needs the structure of a Vancouver Island halfway house and must find his own home.

Elery Long, 70, has a pension and can afford reasonable housing, the Parole Board of Canada said in a recent decision.

Long shot Delta police Staff Sgt. Ron McKay in 1974, was convicted the following year but his death sentence was later commuted to life without the chance of parole for 25 years when the death penalty was abolished.

In March, the board granted Long full parole but imposed a six-month residency condition, requiring him to remain in a community residential facility in an unnamed city.

He subsequently wrote the board two letters, saying he was stressed and struggling with rejection be-

cause he couldn’t find non-profit or seniors’ housing and feared being a failure.

The board said Long’s case management team did not support his request.

“Your CMT suggests it is not appropriate for you to live a lifestyle devoid of rent and bills simply because you are serving a life sentence when other seniors in the community do not have such an opportunity,” the board wrote in its decision.

It said Long needs to lower his standards and find a home in a less-desirable area, is capable of avoiding negative influences and has a support network.

Long’s parole officer is confident he will be able to deal with stress in a “pro-social manner,” the board found.

A 2011 psychological assessment also found Long was a low or moderate risk to reoffend and was suitable for full parole.

Long was granted day parole in 2000 and full parole two years later but was in and out of prison for using drugs and associating with sex-trade workers and a known offender, the decision said.

It said Long’s case management team has had no concerns since his last parole suspension in 2013.

Long appears to have not used drugs in years, has completed all programing, is abiding by his release conditions and maintains his health and fitness, the board said.

McKay was 47 when he was shot in the chest in Tsawwassen, leaving behind a wife and two teenage children.

The Delta Police Department’s website said his wife Alyce McKay died in 2013.

Chief Const. Neil Dubord said Long’s full or day parole has been revoked about a dozen times since his initial release.

“Elery Long has failed attempts to successfully reintegrate himself in civilized society even with the support of a system that was designed to achieve just that,” he said.

“It still remains the opinion of the Delta Police Department that this individual should never have been released.”

Cyberbullying law challenged Tar Ponds court in court as unconstitutional action shut down

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BRIEF One person dead, 6 injured semi plows into minivan west of Calgary CALGARY — One person was killed and six others injured when a semi crossed the median and crashed into a minivan on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary.

RCMP say the 86-year-old Calgary woman was one of five people in the minivan travelling east on Monday afternoon.

A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured, while the woman’s husband, who is in his 90s, an 11-year-old girl and a 48-year-old woman driving the minivan all had minor injuries.

Mounties say the driver of the semi, a 44-year-old man from Grande Prairie and a 37-year-old man from Delta, B.C.; had minor injuries and were taken to hospital for further examination.

The eastbound lanes of the Highway 1 were closed from about 2 p.m., when the crash happened, until 10:40 p.m.

Police did not have an update on the conditions of the injured as of late Mnday night.

Cochrane RCMP Sgt. Dave Hardy said police have spoken with the truck driver briefly.

“There was a lane change being made and we have witnesses saying it was making that lane change and it just entered the median and came across the traffic lanes.”

Drivers trying to detour traffic jam told to pay CALGARY — Some drivers caught for nine hours in a traffic jam caused by a fatal crash west of Calgary were told to pay up if they wanted to detour around the scene.

The crash which killed an 86-year-old woman and injured six others shut down the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway on Monday.

Many drivers tried to take a private road on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, but were met by two people demanding $20 to let them pass.

Ken Christensen, tribal administrator with the First Nation, says drivers trying to detour were doing so illegally because reserve members own the property.

He says it doesn’t bother him that people pocketed some money in exchange for letting drivers pass through.

The RCMP says it can’t divert traffic onto a private road, and the Alberta government says the First Nation owns it and can decide who uses it.

“In my opinion, nobody did anything wrong in collecting a toll. Nation members own the reserve and people were illegally, I want to emphasize, illegally were on the reserve, using it as a detour route,” Christensen said.

One member of the First Nation didn’t agree with charging people to go on the road.

“That’s not right. That’s not right to me. It’s just a road. People are trying to get home to where they’re going, that’s it,” said Aaron Two Young Men.

Four Brits among victims in crash

HALIFAX — The law firm that represents Cape Breton residents who launched a class-action lawsuit claiming the Sydney tar ponds exposed them to contaminants has concluded the litigation should stop after 11 years of legal wrangling.

The Halifax-based law firm Wagners issued a statement late Tuesday saying the court action, which started in 2004, has grown too complex and costly after several major setbacks.

The plaintiffs were granted certification as a class in May 2012, but the federal and Nova Scotia governments persuaded the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal to decertify the lawsuit in December 2013.

The Appeal Court decision came after lawyers for the two governments argued that a provincial Supreme Court judge erred in certifying the case because there are too many differences in the individual cases for the matter to be heard as a class-action.

As a result, court costs amounting to more than $740,000 were awarded to the two levels of government, to be paid by the four representative plaintiffs who launched the case.

The law firm and a partner firm agreed to cover the costs, but they have since failed in their efforts to have the case reconsidered.

In January, the Supreme Court of Canada denied lawyer Ray Wagner’s request for an appeal, effectively ending the class action.

The law firm recently held a town hall meeting with residents, during which Wagner said the only other legal avenue would be to file individual claims, which he said would be costly.

“Unfortunately the number of people who responded with interest in proceeding individually did not meet minimum thresholds for such costly and complex litigation,” Wagner said in the statement.

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LES BERGERONNES, Que. — Britain’s Foreign Office says four Britons were among six people killed when a sightseeing seaplane crashed in a remote area of Quebec’s North Shore on Sunday.

The ministry did not name the victims of the crash, which took place in a wooded area near the community of Les Bergeronnes, about 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City The Foreign Office said Tuesday that British officials were in contact with Canadian authorities.

The Air Saguenay plane was taking part in a routine sightseeing flight from Lac Long in Tadoussac when it went down, killing everyone on board.

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HALIFAX — An anti-cyberbullying law drafted in response to the Rehtaeh Parsons case needs to be rewritten because it is too broad and allows anything online that hurts somebody’s feelings to be considered an offence, a lawyer argued in Halifax Tuesday.

Halifax lawyer David Fraser asked the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to hear the Charter challenge of the Cyber-safety Act Tuesday after a judge upheld a protection order in a case involving two businessmen.

Robert Snell has been accused of cyberbullying Giles Crouch when the two former business partners got into a dispute.

Crouch has been granted a cyber safety protection order under the new law, which prevents Snell from communicating with him.

After a judge’s ruling that Snell had engaged in cyberbullying and the protection order was justified, Fraser told the court the law is an unreasonable and unjustified infringement of freedom of expression rights under sections 2b and 7 of the Constitution.

He argued that the law can’t simply be left open to interpretation.

“To borrow a term that I’ve learned on social media the Cyber-safety Act is a dumpster fire that can only be extinguished by the Charter,” said Fraser.

“What is at issue . . . is the incredibly broad manner in which the act defines cyberbullying.”

The provincial act defines cyberbullying as any electronic communication that “ought reasonably be expected to cause fear, intimidation, humiliation, distress or other damage or harm to another person’s health, emotional well-being, self-esteem or reputation.”

Fraser said the law doesn’t clearly spell out what is prohibited and simply gives the impression that “thou shalt not hurt anyone’s feelings online.”

Crown attorney Debbie Brown, appearing on behalf of Nova Scotia’s attorney general, argued that in formulating the law the provincial legislature

recognized that existing laws were insufficient and that cyberbullying is different than other forms of bullying.

“We are dealing with the cyber world where messages can go viral in a very short period of time,” said Brown.

She said that’s why the law allows a person being bullied to seek an order against their tormentor before a justice of the peace without giving notice.

That’s something Fraser argues is against Charter rights, but Brown said is necessary to protect a complainant against potential retaliation from a bully, given the speed of technology.

Brown said with technology continuing to evolve the legislature had to create a definition for cyberbullying that would leave latitude for interpretation by the courts.

She said interpretation is part of the judicial process.

“To put too restrictive a definition in place, it would result in the act being essentially useless within a very short period of time,” Brown said.

“That would leave victims without recourse or any form of protection against cyberbullying.”

She said it is the attorney general’s position that the Nova Scotia law is constitutional.

The law was passed in May 2013 by the province’s former NDP government in response to public outrage around the case of Rehtaeh Parsons.

The teen’s family alleges Parsons was sexually assaulted in November 2011 and bullied for months when a digital photo of the assault was passed around her school.

She died after attempting suicide in April 2013.

Parsons’ death also acted as a catalyst for the federal government, which changed the Criminal Code to make it illegal to distribute intimate images without consent.

The case was adjourned until Thursday when the Crown is expected to conclude its arguments before Judge Glen MacDougall.

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Korean crisis control WHAT TO DO WHEN WILFUL LITTLE BOYS MISBEHAVE Having just been on holiday with two very strong-willed little boys aged eight and nine, I feel particularly well qualified to explain why the two Koreas went to the brink of war over some loudspeakers, but didn’t go over the edge.

George and James could explain the process even better themselves, but child labour laws prevent them from writing for newspapers, so I’ll do it for them.

It began with a land-mine GWYNNE explosion in DYER the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries that severely wounded two South Korean army sergeants. The mine was of an old Soviet design, so Seoul said it must have been put there by North Korea and demanded an apology from Pyongyang.

The North Korean denied it, of course, but Pyongyang gets very up-

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set every year around this time, when South Korea and the United States hold their annual joint military exercises.

So to punish North Korea, South Korea re-activated the loudspeakers that used to broadcast anti-North Korean propaganda across the DMZ until they were turned off 11 years ago.

Nobody could hear the propaganda except North Korean soldiers on the other side of the DMZ, so it’s hard to see what actual harm it was doing, but North Korea rose to the bait with alacrity.

On Thursday afternoon, North Korean troops fired a rocket and several artillery shells at the loudspeakers, though none seem to have hit them.

South Korea responded with a barrage of dozens of 155-mm artillery rounds, which led North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (the pudgy one with the very bad haircut) to declare a “semi-state of war” and set a 48-hour deadline for the loudspeakers to be turned off.

Otherwise, Kim said, his troops would carry out “indiscriminate strikes” against the South. This would have been a grave threat if he actually meant it, since most of Seoul, a city of 25 million people, is within artillery range of the DMZ, but the Saturday

deadline passed without further shooting.

Instead, urgent talks began on Saturday in the “truce” village of Panmunjom, in the middle of the DMZ, between Hwang Pyong-so, the political director of the North Korean armed forces, and Kim Kwan-jin, national security adviser to the South Korean president.

The talks lasted more than three days, with the South Korean loudspeakers still blaring out and North Korean artillery, landing craft and submarines moving towards the frontiers. “If nothing is agreed, we have to continue the broadcasting,” said the South Korean representative at the talks. “We are tired of speaking the language of escalation.”

That last sentence didn’t even make sense. Were Kim Kwan-jin and his North Korean counterpart really flirting with the idea of a war that would certainly kill hundreds of thousands of people, and might even turn nuclear, over some loudspeakers? Maybe, but there was a distinct lack of panic in other capitals and in the end they made a deal.

That brings us back to the two little boys. Siblings who are close in age, even if they are friends, are also ri-

vals, and they generally squabble a lot. They often get locked into quarrels over matters of little or no importance and seem unable to walk away from them.

What keeps these struggles from ending in real violence, and usually restores order in the end, is adult intervention. Even if they resent it, the kids also secretly welcome it, because it frees them from the trap of their own emotions.

The adults, in this case, are the great-power allies of the two Koreas: China for the North and the United States for the South. It’s not that Americans and Chinese are really more grownup than Koreans, but being farther away, they could see how petty the confrontation really is and they had no intention of being dragged into a war over it.

So in the end, North Korea expressed “regret” about the land-mine, and South Korea turned off the loudspeakers and everybody lived grumpily ever after.

Or something like that.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sutherland is dead wrong, Harper deserves our contempt Re: Jim Sutherland opinion column in the Advocate of Aug. 24: I have never met Jim Sutherland. For all I know he is a lovely man. I have asked before, and I have to ask again why he gets a column in the Red Deer Advocate. I suppose it is safe to have Conservative leanings in Alberta. And such a column pleases most of your readers.

But really, his latest column doesn’t read any better than another angry Conservative’s letter to the editor. So the country is angry with our prime minister. Boo hoo for him The truth is that Stephen Harper is not a very nice man. He is a control freak who has lost control. He has done some extremely unconstitutional, unprecedented, unCanadian tricks that should make us all ashamed. Conservative voters seem more than willing to tolerate such dishonesty because Harper is not a liberal.

There is nothing irrational about reporting that Harper was hid in a closet when a lone gunman with an eight-shot lever action rifle attacked Parliament did nothing brave that day. Unlike members of his caucus who barricaded a door and went so far as to arm themselves with the pointy part of flag staffs. He was hidden in a closet and wether it was his idea or not, it was not a brave action. People will form their own conclusions.

Then there is the whole Senate issue. The matter of $90,000 repaid to a cheating Senator appointed by the prime minister. A total control freak whom backbenchers have repeatedly accused of gagging on every occasion, who knew nothing about the expenses in question. Who never thought to ask when rumblings started on the hill.

If Harper had come clean on this issue, it may have been over before it started. But anyone who has ever conducted any kind of public investigation will tell you it is the coverup that will kill you. Our prime minister, and his staff, are willing to throw whoever under the bus because they got caught trying to make a cheating Senator’s actions go away, and then they tried the old Saskatchewan trick (deny, deny, deny).

Those among us who are a true blue Tory are willing to turn a cheek.

At a time when we are witnessing some of the worst trouble our economy has seen in years, we have dissolved Parliament for the longest election campaign in our countries history. When we really may need some of that economic leadership the Conservative deem only Harper can provide, we shut down the house for two plus months for the most expensive election in the country’s history. And yet, that is OK because it may mean another four or five years of this nasty little man trying to GOP up the right wingers and keep them terrified of the boogie men of the Middle East.

That brings me to my favourite part of the Harper strategy. Never mind his refusal to answer questions from the press that aren’t vetted by his staff. Never mind the suggestion only he can save the economy in spite of his six consecutive deficit budgets. I love the way Harper is telling us the boogie man terrorists are lurking everywhere and only he is strong enough to stop them. Like he has a special HQ comm centre in his closet.

So far, we have had a soldier run down and another shot. It would appear that the security forces in our nation have a pretty good handle on terrorism on our soil.

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heavy lifting, and our military service has been outstanding.

Harper will dust off the military and parade around with them sounding their praise. Then he will cut their pensions and do as little as humanly possible for our sons and daughters who come home broken. We have millions for carmakers. Maybe we found that money by turning our backs on people who we definitely cannot call cowards.

I know Sutherland has a certain amount of contempt for the civil service. The people who commit their careers to serving the public and providing the services we require or desire. It annoys people like him that they are well paid for their efforts. And Harper has made a pretty good career of feeding that kind of attitude. But there is nothing lower than robbing our veterans of the help they so badly require after doing for their country what they have been ordered to do.

Harper should get what he deserves. He may or he may not. He hasn’t up until now. There is quite a wake of hacked up Tory employees behind the blue ship since he became leader. Lots of fall guys. We could likely fund the veterans’ disability pensions he reneged on by cutting the severance packages of Harper fall boys from Tory governments.

And as far as the contempt he is feeling? Well, you reap what you sew.

Ian Maclean Sylvan Lake

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A constant statement from the defenders of Rachel Notley for her government’s delay in bringing forth a budget is that Peter Lougheed was also in no rush when he came to power.

There is a vast difference between then and now.

The first is that Lougheed inherited a debt-free province that existed under 35 years of Social Credit.

A feat that no other government in Canada could claim.

This, in spite of the fact that Alberta was considered a “have-not” province in 1961.

Also, this was achieved before the oil price spike that occurred after the reign of Social Credit.

The second difference is that a significant portion of Alberta’s revenues come from oil royalties and from the companies and workers that work in that industry.

Thousands have been laid off, including hundreds from Central Alberta.

From a TD Securities report last week, more than three-quarters of Canada’s daily output of crude from oilsands is being produced at a loss at current prices.

If you haven’t noticed, commodities in general have crashed even worse that during the previous crisis, such as agricultural prices with the exception of beef. You don’t do a royalty review when the target of that review is under severe duress.

As for regulations, ask small business owners about the massive hike that Notley’s NDP government is imposing on them in the way of minimum wage hikes. That alone shows that Notley is all about redistribution, but she’s not showing her full hand until after the federal election. That might upset her comrades.

Ted Johnson Red Deer

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OTTAWA — Upon quitting the Conservative caucus in the spring of 2013, Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber declared he no longer wanted to be treated like a “trained seal,” parroting media talking points written for him by the Prime Minister’s Office.

Two years later, the trial of his former caucus colleague Mike Duffy is shedding light on the inner workings of the powerful office that was the source of Rathgeber’s main grievances.

The long arm of the PMO was even apparent Tuesday at the Ottawa courthouse, where the current director of issues management and campaign staffer Nick Koolsbergen watched from a courtroom overflow room as his predecessor Chris Woodcock testified.

The court has heard over the past two weeks from former key figures inside Stephen Harper’s office, those unelected “masters” that Rathgeber said he didn’t want to take orders from any longer.

Their testimony and emails entered into evidence show how senators were instructed on how to write their committee reports, how parliamentarians were

advised on how to avoid or speak to the media, how Duffy — a former journalist — was given media lines and suggested scripts.

Even Harper’s former lawyer inside the PMO was assigned to help negotiate what Duffy would say.

“I have added a number of changes, including a sentence that they might gag on, but which satisfies what the PM has asked for,” Woodcock wrote to colleagues, after reporting he rewrote a Senate committee report.

Although the centralization and professionalization of federal government communications began under Pierre Trudeau in the 1970s, the “issues management” position is a relatively new one in Canadian politics, apparently having first been born inside the government of Liberal prime minister Paul Martin.

The director of issues management is in addition to the director of communications and the legion of other press secretaries, media monitors, and others who hold communications roles.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal leaders engaged in some heavy crossfire Tuesday with clashing visions of how to balance the country’s books and grow the economy taking shape on the campaign trial.

Daylight emerged between NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in their respective approaches to deficits and growth. Stephen Harper simply derided the two “other guys” as promoting destructive policies that would hurt the economy if they ever replaced him as prime minister.

The focus on the economy intensified as the TSX/ S&P composite index ended the session up 98.19 points at 13,339.76, after falling more than 420 points on Monday. The big drop was linked to declining growth in China.

Mulcair staked out clear ground when he said in Hamilton, Ont., that he won’t need to run a deficit to finance his promises and will bring in a balanced budget next year.

“We’re of course going to finish the fiscal year on Mr. Harper’s watch — 2015-16 is his budget — but our first budget will be a balanced budget.”

Mulcair has not yet released the full costing of his platform, which includes a plan to create one million $15-a-day child care spaces. He said he could find savings by doing away with the Conservatives’ income-splitting plan while raising taxes on large corporations.

Trudeau said he wasn’t ready to commit to a nodeficit budget because more needed to be done to stimulate growth and help the middle class.

“We are focused on growing the economy and getting back into balance, but like I say, how long that will take will depend very much on Mr. Harper and the mess he’s left us behind, along with the global situation.”

Trudeau bristled against Harper’s fondness for austerity, saying now was not the time to “remove millions and billions of dollars from the Canadian economy.”

Harper maintained that his government’s strategy — a balanced budget, low taxes and affordable investments — is right for current challenges facing the global economy.

“You do not — as any financial planner will tell you whether it’s from the prime minister on down — you do not run around and change your plans based on daily market news. You have a long-term plan and you stick to it.”

Harper clashed with former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, who was the marquee attraction at Trudeau’s unveiling of his economic team at an event in Toronto.

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Senior police officer found guilty of charges

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The most senior police officer charged over mass arrests made during the Toronto G20 summit five years ago was found guilty on three out of five offences at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.

Retired Ontario judge John Hamilton, who had been presiding over the case, found Supt. David Fenton guilty of two of three counts of unnecessary exercise of authority and one of two counts of discreditable conduct.

Hamilton said Fenton is committed to serving the public but was working with a lack of understanding of the public’s right to protest when he chose to order the boxing in and mass arrest of protesters five years ago.

“This case is about the order that Supt. Fenton made and the consequences that fell from them,” he said.

“Legitimate protesters ... had the right not to be subject to arrest for making noise, chanting and sitting in the public street.”

Fenton later issued an apology via a statement from his lawyer, Peter Brauti.

“He would like to personally apologize to all those innocent parties that were negatively affected,” Brauti said.

“He had to make quick decisions and judgement calls to protect the city. He deeply regrets that some of those decisions led to the arrest of people who were not involved in the violence and that some people were held in the rain for hours.”

Brauti said he and Fenton are disappointed with the charges but respect the ruling and process.

Fenton had pleaded not guilty to a total of five Police Services Act charges stemming from two “kettling” incidents that occurred during the chaotic 2010 summit weekend.

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Convicted wifekiller admits to murder of second woman WINNIPEG — A man who is already serving a life sentence for murdering and dismembering his wife has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for killing another Manitoba woman nine years ago.

Traigo Andretti, who represented himself, pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder in the death of Myrna Letandre on Tuesday as her family wept in the courtroom.

WARNING: Graphic details follow.

Andretti admitted to strangling Letandre from behind, dragging her to the shower where he slit her throat and drained her blood. In an agreed statement of facts, he said he dismembered her, flushed some parts down the toilet and burned others, along with her clothing, in a garbage bin.

He buried her head in a basement crawl space at the Winnipeg rooming house he was living in and told people Letandre had gone to British Columbia with someone she met at a bar.

“It seemed, in hindsight, that I was absent, that I was just observing what I was doing to her body,” Andretti told court softly. “I thought I loved her. The day before that, I had no idea it was going to happen.”

After killing Letandre in 2006, Andretti continued living in the rooming house for almost a year.

He showered in the same stall where he drained her blood and did his laundry in the basement where her head was hidden.

He blamed his medication for the killing, but asked for a maximum 25-year sentence.

“I’m sorry,” he told Letandre’s family. “But that seems very insufficient for the loss.”

Justice Chris Martin called the murder “evil, vile and grotesque.”

Canada’s Worst ‘DIY’ Dental Remedies Dear Dr. D: My son works on the rigs. He was telling me about a co-worker last week whose tooth broke off, and he decided to reattach it with crazy glue instead of going to a dentist. The guy thinks he's clever and 'saved' a lot of money. I think this cannot have a happy ending. What will happen?

A: The crazy glue solution is actually much more common than one would think. It's usually founded in a deep set fear of the dentist. It won't last. The patient (or victim in most cases) is more comfortable putting any kind of industrial adhesive in their system over visiting a dentist. A woman in England made dental news recently with a dozen teeth she crazy glued. She made such a mess of it that she eroded 90% of the bone in her upper jaw, requiring extensive reconstructive surgery and eventually dental implants.

The toxins in her system caused permanent health damage which may very easily shorten her life. Never put industrial 'anything' in your system. A bogus physician in Toronto did something similar this very year, filling women's' bodies with drywall adhesive from a hardware store with a caulking gun. It was supposedly to create bumps in all the right places. People have cancer as a result. Other 'home remedies' that are disastrous are anything involving alcohol and teeth. It's odd how whisky and dental problems usually creates poor decisions, resulting in some sober individual treating them post incident to repair it. Another lady used her make-up tweezers to remove calculus, even after being warned against it. She exposed the nerve and lost the tooth. Others visit the food supplement store, and believe any propaganda from any source regarding taking herbal supplements to cure periodontal disease.

One farmer was indeed a 'hands on' kind of guy decided his new denture was too thick, so he ran it over his grinding wheel instead of visiting 'the city' to see a dentist. You can imagine how that felt. He only did that once. A colleague had a patient attempt his own root canal with a heated paper clip dipped in whiskey (another alcohol inspired dental solution) but fortunately it was saved with a conventional root canal. Moral of the story – forget 'Do It Yourself' dentistry! The initials 'DIY' for decks, kitchens, and repairs actually sounds like 'Die' for good reason. Remember, the 1997 report from the Harvard School of Medicine said your mouth is closer to your heart than many other things. It 'IS' that important, and you may not have a 'Holmes on Homes' to rescue you!

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Woodcock has described how he would arrive at work at 4:30 a.m. to read media articles and watch recordings of the previous evening’s newscasts.

The first meeting to discuss communications issues would happen at 7:30. Harper would be briefed later on potential headaches.

“Mainly my job was to spot trouble, and try to identify it and come up with a strategy for dealing with it,” Woodcock said.

Duffy’s defence lawyer Donald Bayne has been questioning Woodcock on the media messaging he drew up around Duffy’s contentious living expenses in 2013, trying to establish that Duffy was being forced into positions by the powerful men in the PMO. But Woodcock’s testimony is also one of the first times that the thinking around communications and managing the news is being described to the public.

As with other modern democracies, communications now occupies as important a place inside the government as policy-making — every issue seen through the prism of how it will be marketed, how it will look, in the 24/7 news environment.

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House prices have increased debt: BoC BUT RISKS WELL MANAGED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Rising home prices have increased household debt levels, but steps taken by regulators to tighten mortgage lending rules have helped manage the associated risks, according to the Bank of Canada.

In a speech in Kingston, Ont., deputy governor Lawrence Schembri said Tuesday demographic forces as well as lower interest rates in the wake of the financial crisis have helped drive house prices.

“The resulting strength in the housing market has increased household imbalances, but the risks stemming from these vulnerabilities have been well managed by complementary macroprudential policies,” he said.

The government has moved several times in recent years to tighten mortgage lending rules, including reducing the maximum amortization period for insured mortgages from 40 years to 25 years as well as changing the qualifying rules.

“Recent evidence suggests that these measures have resulted in higher average credit scores, which have improved the quality of mortgage borrowing,” Schembri told the Canadian Association for Business Economics.

He added that the trend rate of growth in mortgage credit is below where it was before the financial crisis.

Home prices have been rising at faster rates than income in Canada and other comparable countries

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Houses are seen under construction in Toronto.

Rising home prices have increased household debt levels. for about 20 years. The increase has been driven by demographics as well as lower interest rates and changes in mortgage financing. Constraints on supply, especially in urban areas, have also played a role.

“In Vancouver, bounded on three sides by water with coastal mountains as a backdrop, condo development has dominated housing starts since the early 1990s,” Schembri said.

“We are now seeing a similar shift to condos in Montreal and Toronto.”

The central bank cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent in July in a bid to boost the economy, hit hard by the plunge in oil prices. The move pushed down variable rate mortgages tied to the prime rate offered by the big banks.

The Bank of Canada said in its monetary policy report at the time it expected a “constructive evolution in the housing market, with housing activity expected to moderate over 2015 before stabilizing through 2016 and 2017.”

In the central bank’s financial system review in June, it said the steep drop in oil prices left Canada vulnerable to any significant event that would lead to widespread job losses and falling incomes.

It also noted Canada’s country’s climbing level of household debt and overvalued real estate market as key vulnerabilities.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Monday it insured $534 billion worth of mortgages in the second quarter, down $9 billion from the end of last year.

Its overall arrears rate was 0.34 per cent at June 30, while claims paid for the quarter totalled $88 million, up $1 million from a year ago.

BMO profit rises 6% BUT CRACKS SHOWING IN LOAN BOOK, ANALYSTS SAY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) saw its third-quarter profit climb six per cent from last year, but analysts say a troubling trend in the bank’s oil and gas loan book is the first sign of challenges ahead for Canada’s biggest lenders.

BMO’s net income for the quarter rose to $1.19 billion while adjusted net income was $1.23 billion, both up six per cent.

The profit amounted to $1.86 per share of net income and $1.86 per share of adjusted earnings on $4.826 billion of revenue.

Concerns have swirled around the Canadian banks due to the dramatic plunge in the price of oil, but so far, that hasn’t affected their bottom lines.

Patrick Blais, senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management, says BMO’s solid third-quarter results indicate that it will be some time before the full impact of the oil decline materializes in the earnings results for the banks.

“BMO is showing us that credit losses are probably not this quarter’s story,” said Blais.

However, Edward Jones analyst Jim Shanahan said impaired loans to the oil and gas sector were up “sharply” from the previous quarter, totalling $106 million — an increase of $80 million from the second quarter, when impaired loans to the oilpatch were $26 million.

Blais said that although the uptick in impaired business loans is “fairly sizable,” the banks are good at diversifying in order to minimize their exposure to cyclical industries such as the oilpatch.

“At the end of the day, it’s not the direct exposure that worries us — we think that’s manageable,” said Blais. “It’s more the indirect cost of the energy slowdown that might have a greater impact, but is definitely harder to gauge — and that basically means the impact on the Canadian consumer out west. I think it’s just a question of time before it filters through to higher consumer loan losses, and that’s where we’ll see a bigger impact.”

The bank’s chief risk officer told investors during a conference call Tuesday that the bank is closely monitoring its personal loan books for signs that oilpatch woes are spreading to consumers.

“Although in Alberta we have seen a slight quarterly increase in delinquencies in some consumer products, there is no discernible trend,” Surjit Rajpal said. “Consumer delinquencies in Alberta are down year-over-year and remain below national average.”

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Beer is on display inside a store in Drummondville, Que. A man whose drive from New Brunswick to Quebec to buy cheaper beer ended in arrest said Thursday he’s looking forward to airing his constitutional challenge in court next month as a defence crowdfunding campaign gets underway. In an interview from Tracadie, N.B., Gerard Comeau said he just wants to know whether he has the right to buy his beer in Quebec.

Beer battle involves constitutional challenge NEW BRUNSWICK LIQUOR CORPORATION DEFENDS RESTRICTIONS ON CROSS-BORDER BEER SALES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — The New Brunswick Liquor Corp. could go out of business if a New Brunswick man successfully argues that he has a constitutional right to buy beer in Quebec for his personal use, says a senior official with the province’s liquor corporation.

Richard Smith, senior vice-president with the NB Liquor Corp., testified Tuesday at a court hearing where Gerard Comeau of Tracadie is mounting a constitutional challenge after he was charged with illegally importing alcohol into New Brunswick from neighbouring Quebec.

The New Brunswick Liquor Control Act limits anyone in the province from having more than 12 pints of beer that weren’t sold by a provinciallylicensed liquor outlet.

Without that legislation to prevent the direct sale of alcohol to consumers by producers, Smith said “it would risk putting us out of business.”

“If the province doesn’t have the authority it does today to retail product, I don’t think it would take long for producers to set up their own retail network,” he said.

Smith said NB Liquor has annual profits of about $165 million. Comeau launched his constitutional challenge over the right to buy cheaper beer in Quebec and bring it over the provincial border after he was arrested during an RCMP sting operation in October 2012.

He was caught with 12 cases of a dozen bottles of beer and three bottles of liquor that he had bought in nearby Pointe-a-la-Croix, Que. “I’m a Canadian citizen, I should be able to buy my merchandise where ever I like,” he said outside the court.

Constitutional lawyer Arnold Schwisberg is arguing that Section 134 of the New Brunswick Liquor Control Act is unconstitutional.

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However Schwisberg says Section 121 of the Constitution Act allows for the free entry of goods, produce and manufacture between provinces.

“Canada is supposed to have internal free trade and that’s what our Fathers of Confederation envisioned and somewhere along the way we got lost,” Schwisberg said outside the court.

“We argue that this case is the harbinger of internal free trade in Canada.”

He said while each province sets limits on how much alcohol individuals are permitted to import, only New Brunswick has a provincial statute making it unlawful for someone to have liquor not purchased in New Brunswick.

Smith said the board of directors for NB Liquor approved a new policy in 2011 that would have raised the amount of liquor that an individual could bring into the province to three litres of spirits, nine litres of wine or 24 litres of beer.

However, the bill was not approved by the provincial government and died on the order paper.

Nationally, the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act prevents anyone from taking liquor from one province to another. Amendments approved in 2012 and 2014 allow individuals to take beer, wine, and spirits between provinces, but it’s up to each province to set the limits.

Smith said beer is cheaper in Quebec because producers deal directly with retail outlets such as grocery stores and the government doesn’t add a mark-up like NB Liquor does in New Brunswick. He said there was also once a price war between the breweries in Quebec and the prices remained low nearly half the price of that in New Brunswick.

Karen Selick of the Canadian Constitution Foundation says regardless of how the New Brunswick court rules, there will likely be an appeal that could end up before the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Multi-tasking: myth or reality?

One of the fascinating side effects of the world-wide economic slowdown is evidence that people are taking time to re-evaluate many things in their lives.

In a strange way, this may even be a positive outcome of these troubling times.

The many ‘excesses’ we bought into during the flush years helped to JOHN lead us to this MACKENZIE point in time.

Developments BUSINESS in technology particularly BASICS highlight these extremes; newer, faster, smaller, more, more, more!

We now can literally hold our business “in the palm of our hand.”

This technology has simplified most business processes, yet has created unique issues.

Most of us use a desktop computer and/or a laptop, the internet, a cell phone (and a land line and fax line), plus the extensions — e-mail, voice mail, texting, etc. All generate excessive information that we feel requires

immediate responses, often at the same time. Many times we devote our attention to these tasks rather than paying attention to the daily face-toface interactions. We call this multitasking.

It turns out that the multitasking is a myth. The term originally surfaced with the onset of the computer growth industry because of the ability of the processors to accomplish several things simultaneously. This buzz-word was soon adopted in business and used to describe human performance.

An author and business coach, David Crenshaw, states that we humans are not really multitasking, we’re switch-tasking.1. Our brains are not physically capable of focusing on two things at once. The fallout is astonishing! Switching between two or more tasks is ineffective; we loose our train of thought and take extra time refocusing. We make more mistakes, forget more things, and take more time accomplishing tasks. This loss of productivity and performance is beginning to be scientifically documented.

Two very interesting changes are happening. Evolution developed the human brain to learn and to store new information in different areas. Technology, and the speed that which we use technology, are beginning to “rewire” our learning and memory functions. The speed that we process in-

formation now means that we use our short-term memory instead of our longterm memory. There is also some evidence that our verbal and written communication skills are diminishing.

Instant access and availability means we now work and live in a continual state of stress. We’re not aware it’s happening; our brains are constantly scanning and responding to input.

This creates a “bottleneck”, requiring our brain to take extra time to process information. We’re easily distracted and our judgment is compromised.

More disturbing is research that found that multitasking contributes to the release of stress hormones and adrenaline which negatively impacts our mental and physical well-being.

So what simple strategies can you use to make positive changes?

First, slow things down! Take the time to plan and organize how to use your technology more effectively.

Diarize desk time for those tasks or projects that require your focused attention. Work on one at a time; don’t bounce between two or more. When you need to focus for a period of time, mute your cell phone. Unless you’re expecting an urgent call, schedule your time to retrieve and respond to voice-mail. Check your e-mails at specific times. Turn off your ‘notification’, or better still, don’t log on until you’re ready to devote your attention to the

UBER PROTEST

task. Focus and deal with one message at a time; don’t scan messages.

Too many people respond to only the first part of a message and ignore the rest Second, interact by phone, even better, in person. Concentrate on the individual and the conversation at hand.

More than ever, maintaining helpful, positive relationships will be critical to the survival of your business. Delays, distractions, lost or forgotten orders or commitments are a sure way to lose a customer. Use texts or emails to confirm commitments.

Lastly, close the door to your business and devote your full attention to your personal and family time. No phones or e-mail, no interruptions.

Eliminate as much background noise as possible.

Shut off the television or video games.

Discover new ways to interact. Give them – and yourself - your devoted attention. It will all be worth it!

1. The Myth of Multitasking, How “Doing it All” Gets Nothing Done by David Crenshaw, 2008 John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at john@thebusinesstraininghub.com.

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Former Bay Street lawyer, others face $2.7M fine in insider trading case

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Taxi drivers demonstrate after comments made by Quebec Premier Phillipe Couillard saying that he’d allow ridesharing service Uber to operate legally in the province, in Montreal, Tuesday

TORONTO — Securities regulators have imposed fines of more than $2.7 million along with other sanctions in an insider trading case involving former Bay Street lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein, his longtime friend Paul Azeff and three others.

The penalties announced Tuesday follow a decision in March when a panel of the Ontario Securities Commission found that Finkelstein provided tips on three major deals between 2004 and 2007 while he was working for the legal firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. The commission said the recipient of the information was Azeff, a friend of Finkelstein dating to their university days who worked for CIBC in Montreal as an investment adviser. The commission said Azeff fed the information to one of his friends, Korin Bobrow, who worked at CIBC, and both either bought shares of the target companies for themselves, their family members or clients. The regulator said they also told other friends, who also bought shares for themselves, family members and clients.

Chinese leaders struggle to balance growth and reform ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

BEIJING — China’s slump is shaking the world economy, turning a country long seen as a growth engine into a possible threat.

The slowdown started as a side effect of the Communist Party’s plan to steer the world’s second-largest economy to a “new normal” of lower, steadier growth. It has turned into a nose dive the party is struggling to reverse.

The party’s plans call for keeping economic growth close to 7 per cent this year while China shifts from reliance on trade and investment to more self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption.

Exports were supposed to grow by 6 per cent this year, but instead they are shrinking.

Factories are shedding millions of jobs, threatening to inflame political tensions. New industries including ecommerce are growing but still are too small to offset job losses in traditional businesses.

“There are pockets of extreme weakness in China’s economy but also areas of strength,” said Mark Williams, chief Asia economist for Capital Economics in London. “The services sector seems to be doing well, but industry is really struggling.”

lion from a year earlier to 13.3 million in first quarter of 2015. The China Labor Bulletin, a research group in Hong Kong, says there have been 211 strikes this year in Guangdong, mostly over back wages owed to laid-off workers.

THE NEW NORMAL: The Communist Party succeeded at cooling a debtfueled construction and real estate boom. But creating a consumer economy is taking longer as households facing an uncertain job market tighten their belts. Steel, coal mining and heavy industry are cutting workforces while retail spending and new industries are growing but still are small.

The government reported economic growth held steady at 7 per cent in the latest quarter, though private sector analysts say the real figure might be 5 per cent or lower. Whatever it is, growth is due to fall further. Communist leaders say they can tolerate lower headline growth so long as the economy generates enough jobs.

MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTS: Sales by China’s powerhouse exporters, who employ tens of millions of people, shrank by an unexpectedly sharp 8.3 per cent in July from a year earlier. It looks increasingly unlikely China can meet its 2015 growth target of 6 per cent. The ruling party wants to avoid dumping laid-off factory workers into the job market. The number of factory jobs in the southern province of Guangdong, heartland of China’s export industry, fell by nearly 5 mil-

CHINESE STIMULUS: The threat of job losses has forced Beijing to inject money into the economy through railway construction and other measures, setting back efforts to reduce reliance on investment. Beijing has cut interest rates five times since November.

That reduces financing costs for state companies but does little for entrepreneurs who generate wealth and jobs but have little access to the stateowned banking industry.

Private sector analysts say the quickest way to revive the state-dominated economy is to move faster on promised reforms to give entrepreneurs a bigger role.

Beijing’s surprise Aug. 11 devaluation of its yuan was criticized by some as an attempt to help struggling Chinese exporters, but economists said the 3 per cent change was too small to make a difference due to weak global demand. Still, it prompted fears of a “currency war” if other governments responded by devaluing their own currencies to keep export prices low.

BANKS: China’s state-owned banking industry is a powerful tool that allows Beijing to channel money to politically favoured projects or to force cash into the economy to boost growth.

Lending rose in July, but analysts say much of the increase went to other financial institutions.

That included loans to a stateowned company that was charged with propping up the sinking stock market by purchasing shares.

At the same time, lending to businesses weakened. Communist leaders say they want to make state-owned banks more market-oriented and competitive.

But entrepreneurs still get few loans and borrow instead from an unregulated underground credit market at high interest.

Defaults spiked as the economy weakened, making loans harder to get and inflicting losses on small investors who entrusted money to underground lenders.

At the same time, regulators are tightening control over “shadow banking,” or lending and the sale of financial products by state banks outside

their normal operations. The lack of details released by banks has prompted concern they might be failing to disclose risks, but industry analysts say such uncertainty is decreasing.

CONSUMERS: Retail sales are a bright spot in China’s economy.

Growth edged down in July but to a still-healthy 10.4 per cent, while online commerce is growing at twice that rate.

Still, the industry is growing from a very low base. In the southern province of Guangdong, retailing employs 1.3 million people, barely one-tenth the number in manufacturing. And some industry segments have suffered setbacks.

Auto sales fell 3.4 per cent in June and that decline accelerated to 6.6 per cent in July, startling forecasters who expected 7 to 8 per cent growth this year.

Some have slashed their growth outlook for the year to as low as 1.7 per cent, a troubling development for Western automakers such as General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG that face little to no growth elsewhere and look to China, the biggest market by number of vehicles sold, to drive fu-

ture revenue. Sales of home appliances and furniture also have weakened, possibly due to slower housing sales.

SWOONING STOCK MARKETS: The explosive rise and abrupt fall of Chinese stock prices has inflicted losses on small investors and threatens to set back economic reform plans. The rise started last year after state media said stocks were inexpensive and accelerated despite weakening manufacturing and trade. The collapse in prices from their June peak has wiped out this year’s gains, souring small investors.

The number of Chinese households that own shares stood at a relatively modest 8.8 per cent in the second quarter of this year, according to a survey by Southwestern University of Finance, well below the one-third or more of households in the United States and other Western markets that invest in stocks.

The market slump would set back the party’s hopes of getting more ordinary Chinese to invest in the markets and of having state companies raise money through stock sales to reduce debt and modernize.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 B3

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 127.56 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 35.94 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.28 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.01 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 Cdn. National Railway . . 40.27 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . . 71.02

Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 32.70 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.11 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.94 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 39.39 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 50.55 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 20.25 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.12 General Motors Co. . . . . 27.28

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets spasmed Tuesday as a strong rebound from the previous day’s tumult largely evaporated, with Toronto remaining in positive territory but New York indexes falling deeper into the red.

The loonie also took it on the chin, down 0.47 of a cent at 74.93 cents U.S., the first time it has closed below the 75-cent mark since mid-2004.

The TSX/S&P composite index ended the day up 98.19 points or 0.75 per cent, settling at 13,339.76. But that was well off the intraday high that saw Canada’s main index regain almost all of Monday’s 420-point loss as traders responded positively after China announced an interest rate cut in a move to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy.

In New York, traders saw a similar rally fade even worse, with the Dow Jones industrial av-

erage ending the day with another triple-digit loss, down 204.91 points at 15,666.44 after plunging 588 points on Monday.

The broader S&P 500 index closed down 25.60 points at 1,867.61 after dropping more than 77 points the day before, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq gave back 19.76 points to 4,506.48 after the previous day’s loss of almost 180 points.

Tim Caulfield, director of equity research at Franklin Bissett Investment Management, said Canadians have reason to be hopeful after the pounding the Toronto market has taken since the price of oil began sliding.

“A lot of the bad news is being priced into the market so when we look forward we become more optimistic about future return potential,” he said.

“We’ve really gone from a low volatility environment to a very volatile environment over the course of the past year.”

On commodity markets, the

Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.97 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.86 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 37.13 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.34 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.90 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.36 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.16 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 119.38 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.30 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.85 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.79 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.45 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.12 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.10 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.27

October crude contract ended the day up $1.07 at US$39.31 a barrel, while October natural gas rose 3.9 cents to US$2.695 per thousand cubic feet.

December gold was down $15.30 at US$1,138.30 an ounce, while September copper advanced five cents to US$2.31 a pound.

The move by China’s central bank to cut interest rates came after the Shanghai index dropped to an eight-month low Tuesday following a string of recent plunges that took it below the 3,000 mark for the first time since December.

Caulfield said the Chinese market doesn’t have a direct impact on Canadian equities, but could signal an economic slowdown in China with consequences for Canada.

“China is obviously a big consumer of the commodities that play such an important role in the Canadian economy and Canadian equity markets,” he said.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.39 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.54 First Quantum Minerals . . 6.60 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 18.44 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.13 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.30 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.32 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 32.07 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 7.64 Energy Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 19.46 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.74 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 16.44 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 25.84 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.10 The rate cut, the fifth by the bank in the last nine months, appeared to cheer traders worldwide.

European markets recovered almost all their losses from Monday, with Germany’s DAX soaring five per cent, while France’s CAC-40 closing 4.1 per cent higher and Britain’s FTSE 100 index up 3.1 per cent.

Investors also got some encouraging news from a survey indicating that U.S. consumer confidence rebounded this month. A separate report showed sales of new U.S. homes bounced back in July.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Tuesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,150.93, up 98.19 points Dow — 15,666.44, down 204.91 points S&P 500 — 1,867.61, down

Canyon Services Group. . 4.25 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 16.50 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1650 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.730 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 68.71 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 33.47 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 21.66 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.39 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.50 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 0.85 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.41 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 33.62 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.30 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.67

Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 67.82 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.92 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.98 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.08 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.84 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.32 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.78 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.10 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 41.56 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.36 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.12 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.35

Financials 25.60 points Nasdaq — 4,506.49, down 19.76 points Currencies: Cdn — 74.93 cents US, down 0.47 of a cent Pound — C$2.0943, up 0.18 of a cent Euro — C$1.5335, down 0.48 of a cent Euro — US$1.1490, down 1.09 cents Oil futures: US$39.31 per barrel, up $1.07 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,138.30 per oz., down $15.30 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.167 oz., down 43.9 cents $648.37 kg., down $14.11 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov ’15 $0.30 lower $477.40; Jan. ’16 $2.50 higher $480.70; March ’16 $4.20 higher $482.20; May ’16 $5.10 higher $482.10; July ’16 $4.90 higher $480.20; Nov. ’16 $5.80 higher $461.10; Jan. ’17 $5.80 higher $462.30; March ’17 $5.80 higher $464.00; May ’17 $5.80 higher $464.00; July ’17 $5.80 higher $464.00; Nov. ’17 $5.80 higher $464.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 unchanged $200.60; Dec. ’15 unchanged $200.60; March ’16 unchanged $202.60; May ’16 unchanged $203.60; July ’16 unchanged $203.60; Oct. ’16 unchanged $203.60; Dec. ’16 unchanged $203.60; March ’17 unchanged $203.60; May ’17 unchanged $203.60; July ’17 unchanged $203.60; Oct. ’17 unchanged $203.60.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 654,480 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 654,480.

Bell hires Universal Music Canada CEO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Bell Media is rebuilding its TV operations with a massive executive overhaul that hands the reins to former Universal Music Canada boss Randy Lennox.

The media giant behind channels including CTV, TSN, HBO Canada and Space says Lennox will take over the newly created position of president of entertainment production and broadcasting, effective immediately.

That puts him in charge of all independent and in-house entertainment productions for conventional, specialty, pay television and digital media.

Bell Media president Mary Ann Turcke made the announcement by press release Tuesday, on the heels of word that several other executives were leaving, including Phil King, who was president of CTV and sports and entertainment programming.

Turcke has put her stamp on the team since being named Bell Media president in April.

“The industry is reinventing itself and it’s important for all the players to be reinventing themselves as well,” broadcasting analyst Jeff Kagan said from Atlanta, Ga. “It shows that they’re awake, it shows that they understand the industry is changing and it shows that they understand that they need change. And that’s all good.”

Also gone from Bell Media, a division of BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) are: Charles Benoit, president of television and radio for Quebec; Chris Gordon, president of radio and local TV; and Adam Ashton, senior vice president for English TV and business operations.

Bell Media said Lennox was not available for an interview Tuesday and that the company would not be commenting on the changes.

In April, Turcke replaced Kevin Crull, who sparked widespread criticism for demanding that CTV journalists limit airtime given to an announcement by Jean-Pierre Blais, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Blais had just announced the ad-

NEWS IN BRIEF

Encana to exit Louisiana, reap $1.3B through sale CALGARY — Encana Corp.

(TSX:ECA) is exiting Louisiana through a proposed deal worth more than US$1.3 billion in cash and savings. The Calgary-based oil and gas producer will receive US$850 million cash and reduce its commitments by about US$480 million through the sale of its Haynesville natural gas assets in northern Louisiana, under an agreement announced Tuesday.

The buyer is GEP Haynesville LLC (GeoSouthern), a joint venture formed

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vent of a pick-and-pay cable system, a potential game-changer slated to be in place by the end of next year. It would allow consumers to purchase smaller cable packages and individual channels instead of larger bundles.

“It’s going to wreak havoc on not only their channels but many other channels as well,” Barry Kiefl, president of Canadian Media Research TV, predicted from Ottawa.

“I think there are a number of channels that are packaged with others that, were they to be on their own, are just going to close up.”

He said that includes Bell Media’s Book Television and a slew of its youthoriented channels, including Much and MTV. “They’re all in big trouble,” said Kiefl, suggesting Bell Media throw its efforts behind digital ventures.

“That is where YouTube and the Internet services and all of the streaming music services are really taking the market and I can imagine that some of those channels are just going to collapse. Unless they take the newfound freedom to put other kinds of programming on.”

In outlining Lennox’s qualifications, Turcke touted his ability to gain market ground while the music industry endured a myriad of technological and marketplace challenges.

Some of the Canadian music stars he’s credited with launching include Justin Bieber, Shania Twain, Drake, Diana Krall, Nickelback, and The Weeknd.

“Randy joins us at a pivotal time as the media industry experiences significant change,” Turcke said in the release, touting his “passion for creative multimedia content.”

Kagan said charting a new course for Bell Media certainly won’t be easy.

“Things are changing and it’s not like we know exactly what the rules of success are going to be going forward for the next decade or two,” Kagan said.

“Every company is trying to reinvent itself and the companies that are going to be successful are the ones that are going to guess right.”

by GeoSouthern Haynesville LP and funds managed by GSO Capital Partners LP. Encana will transport and market GeoSouthern’s Haynesville production on a fee for service basis for the next five years. It has been sharpening its focus on four strategic areas — two in the southern United States and two in Western Canada.

“This is another step in advancing our strategy,” Encana president and CEO Doug Suttles said in a statement.

“By further focusing our portfolio, we are making Encana more efficient as we proceed through the second half of 2015 and into 2016.”

The Haynesville deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter and become effective Jan. 1, after certain conditions are met.

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Online shopping site Amazon is shown. Consumer surveys conducted by Google reveal many Canadian students will be flocking online for their back-to-school shopping What’s more, mobile is playing a larger role in how people search for information in advance of making key purchases.

More students back-to-school shopping online

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Students are flocking online for their back-to-school buys — and they’re starting early.

Google consumer surveys found that 26 per cent of post-secondaryaged Canadian students said they’ll be shopping more for back-to-school items this year compared to 2014.

What’s more, 20 per cent planned to be finished the task a month before school starts, while 55 per cent will be wrapped up by Labour Day. Back-to-school searches on mobile devices have surged, doubling from 2013 to 2014 and increasing more than 50 per cent in 2015 compared to the same time period last year.

The popularity of how-tos and “haul” videos — where individuals showcase newly purchased goods — have helped further enhance the consumer experience online.

More than 5.6 million hours of haul videos were watched online in 2014.

Canadians searched for “back to school haul” 20 per cent more than Americans last year.

“Historically, digital was a limited experience for consumers,” said Rafe Petkovic, head of industry, retail at Google Canada.

“Video is introducing the value of sight, sound, motion, authentic reviews. You know which people you trust so you can really lean into those different experiences to help you make authoritative decisions on where you want to buy those products as well.”

The web is also proving to be fertile ground for seeking information about products to buy in-store or online.

Google said 48 per cent of Canadian smartphone users say they’re making purchase decisions faster now compared to a few years ago because they’re researching on their devices.

Within an hour of an original mobile search, 75 per cent of “conversions” take place, such as calls, downloads, store visits and purchases.

Chris Hodgson, Google Canada’s head of retail and tech sectors, said

‘WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF WHAT WE PROVIDE FROM A DIGITAL STANDPOINT’ — TJ FLOOD SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF MARKETING CANADIAN TIRE

consumers are increasingly more purposeful when they shop, due partly to time constraints and the ease of online browsing.

As a result, retailers need to ensure their digital storefronts have the information and inventory customers are seeking.

“If you can find a company who says: ’Here’s a product, it’s available in this store, and here’s the price and it meets your criteria,’ you will go that store,” said Hodgson. “(If) a competing company doesn’t have the stock availability, can’t tell you if it’s there, doesn’t have the price on its website, you’re far less likely to actually convert and buy from that retailer.”

Canadian Tire is attempting to fuse traditional with tech in its debut “showcase” store in Edmonton.

The test location features more than 100 digital screens, digital flyer access, a car simulator to test drive tires in different weather conditions, and a dedicated drive-thru to pick-up e-commerce purchases.

A digital app launched last year allowing customers to manage electronic Canadian Tire money and search for product information and store locations.

It’s picked up more than 2.5 million downloads.

“Our customers are increasingly more mobile,” said TJ Flood, Canadian Tire senior vice-president of marketing.

“We need to continue to be on the cutting edge of what we provide from a digital standpoint.”

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26, 2015

Rebels get back to work MEMORIAL CUP HOSTS GET EARLY START ON SEASON WITH TRAINING CAMP OPENING TODAY

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Red Deer Rebels veteran players register this morning for an extended training camp that will run more than a week.

The 2014 camp was five days in length, including a registration day, while this year’s gathering of returning players and prospects will be an eight-day affair, today’s registration and Thursday’s on-ice conditioning stints for the veterans included.

“The returning players will register at 10 a.m.

Wednesday and then do some off-ice conditioning in the afternoon,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Tuesday.

The veterans will hit the Centrium ice Friday at 9:30 a.m. for a 90-minute practice session that will be followed by a pro skate — featuring the likes of Vancouver Canucks centre Brandon Sutter and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Paul Postma and forward Matt Fraser — from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The returnees will then engage in practice drills from 1:30 to 3 p.m. to close out the day.

Saturday’s itinerary is identical to Friday’s and the rookies will register Saturday and scrimmage for the first time Sunday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The first main camp scrimmage will go Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and the rookies will be back on the ice from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

“The camp schedule is much the same as last year expect we’re starting the rookies later,” said Sutter.

On Monday, the veterans will be on the ice from 8 to 8:45 a.m., 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. and from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with the rookies scrimmaging from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Main camp will resume Tuesday with 45-minute sessions starting at 8 and 9 a.m. and a final 90-minute scrimmage beginning at 4:30 p.m. The rookies will

take over for a 90-minute scrimmage starting at 10 a.m.

Wednesday’s final day of camp will feature the Black and White intra-squad game at 7 p.m., to be preceded by separate pre-game skates resuming at 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. The pro skate will go from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday.

With the exception of Meyer Nell, all players eligible to return will register for camp today, including forwards Michael Spacek, who was selected in June’s CHL import draft, and off-season trade acquisitions Ivan Nikolishin and Lane Pederson.

“Meyer Nell told me in June he was considering quitting hockey and attending the University of Manitoba,” said Sutter.

“I talked to him last week and he confirmed that’s what he’ll be doing.”

The Rebels will be minus the services of seven players for a week to two weeks in September, with all slated to attend NHL rookie camps and possibly main camps. The list includes Conner Bleackley (Colorado), Haydn Fleury (Carolina), Adam Musil (St. Louis), Nelson Nogier (Winnipeg), Evan Polei (Detroit), Spacek (Winnipeg) and Pederson (Anaheim).

The team will open preseason play Sept. 5 versus the Edmonton Oil Kings at St. Albert. The Rebels will also compete in the Tri-City tournament Sept.

11 and 12, taking on the host Americans and the Spokane Chiefs, before facing the Oil Kings Sept. 18 at the Centrium and the Medicine Hat Tigers 24 hours later at Stettler.

The Rebels’ regular-season opener is Sept. 26 against the visiting Oil Kings. ● Two of the three graduating Rebels have committed to college and university for this fall, with Riley Sheen set to attend NAIT and Brett Cote enrolled at the University of Manitoba. Brooks Maxwell, meanwhile, may start serving a two-year Mormon mission.

2015 main camp roster (*-returnee) Goal — *Rylan Toth, Dawson Weatherill, Trevor Martin, Solomon Burk.

Defence — *Haydn Fleury, *Nelson Nogier, *Colton Bobyk, *Kayle Doetzel, Ryan Pouliot, *Austin Strand, *Josh Mahura, Austin Schmoorkoff, Ethan Sakowich, Boedy Donald, Cale Chalifoux.

Forwards — *Conner Bleackley, *Wyatt Johnson, Ivan Nikolishin, (trade with Everett), Lane Pederson (trade with Seattle), Michael Spacek, *Evan Polei, *Jeff de Wit, *Reese Johnson, *Presten Kopeck, *Grayson Pawlenchuk, *Adam Musil, Austin Pratt, Zac Gladu, Tyler Kirkup, Shane Sherban, Akash Bains, Jack McClelland, Tanner Sidaway. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Late rally lifts Blue Jays over Rangers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 6 Rangers 5 ARLINGTON, Texas — The Toronto Blue Jays have been winning plenty of games since acquiring Troy Tulowitzki, even while the standout shortstop struggled a bit at the plate.

Now Tulowitzki is starting to heat up, and the Blue Jays are alone atop the American League East standings.

Tulowitzki had three hits, including the gametying RBI single in the ninth inning before the goahead run scored on an error, as the Blue Jays rallied for a 6-5 victory at the wildcard-contending Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

“He’s starting to get some hits the last couple of games. He’s one of the best players in baseball, has been for a number of years. He had that chance tonight. Right guy, right time,” manager John Gibbon said. “He’s starting to heat up. He looks good. He’s starting to throw some line drives out there.”

Toronto is 20-4 since acquiring Tulowitzki from Colorado last month. He was hitting just .207 with the Blue Jays before five hits in 10 at-bats the last two games, and is hitting .287 overall this season.

“We know what kind of a hitter he is,” Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle said. “Obviously, we need him to get to where we want to get to.”

The Blue Jays improved to 5-1 on this trip, and have a one-game lead in the AL East after the New York Yankees lost 15-1 to Houston earlier Tuesday.

Toronto took advantage of a rare blown save by Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson (5-3) and a two-out throwing error by four-time All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre.

Tolleson, who had converted 25 of his 26 saves before Tuesday, walked two of the first three batters he faced. After pinch-hitter Justin Smoak flied out, Tulowitzki looped a single to left to tie the game 5-5.

Josh Donaldson then hit a high chopper to Beltre, who fielded the ball but made a wide throw to first.

“I just yanked it. ... I knew I had time, so I wasn’t rushing or anything,” Beltre said. “I didn’t have time to grab it like I wanted to, but I had time to get the out. No doubt, this one’s on me.”

LaTroy Hawkins (3-1) gave up three singles in a scoreless eighth before Roberto Osuna worked the ninth for his 15th save in 16 chances.

Chris Colabello, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion homered off Rangers starter Derek Holland, who went six innings in his third start since coming

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson sprints out of the batter’s box toward first after swinging at a pitch from Texas Rangers’ Shawn Tolleson during the ninth inning Tuesday, in Arlington, Texas. Donaldson reached first on a throwing error by Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre that also allowed Ben Revere to score. The Blue Jays won 6-5. off the disabled list because of a left shoulder strain.

Buehrle, who threw a no-hitter against Texas eight years ago for the Chicago White Sox, allowed five runs and seven hits over six innings.

Toronto went ahead 3-2 in the third on Bautista’s 30th homer, a two-run shot. Delino DeShields homered to start the bottom of the inning.

Encarnacion led off the sixth with his 25th homer, extending the longest active hitting streak in the majors to 20 games.

Rougned Odor homered, had an RBI double and scored another run for the Rangers.

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Flames lock up captain Giordano for another six years

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Calgary Flames checked the top task off their summer to-do list by signing captain Mark Giordano to a six-year contract extension.

The 31-year-old defenceman still has a year remaining on his current contract, but Flames general manager Brad Treliving said in May that re-signing Giordano was his “number one priority” this offseason.

The deal announced Tuesday is worth US$40.5 million, at $6.75 million per season.

“Mark has established himself over the last few years as an elite defenceman in the league,” Treliving told The Canadian Press. “We look at it as we got our captain, our leader, our best player under a contract at what we feel is a very competitive number.”

The length of the contract was key to the negotiations, said Giordano.

“Term was the most exciting part for me,” the captain said. “I think the number works. I don’t feel by any means I took less money than I deserve. It’s a fair deal.”

“The only way to get a six-year deal was to make it a fair number that works for both sides.”

Despite missing the last quarter of the regular season, Giordano posted a career-high 48 points in 61 games to finish fifth in team scoring.

The six-foot, 200-pound rearguard was on track for Norris Trophy consideration when he tore his

bicep Feb. 25 in a road game against the New Jersey Devils.

“I’m probably of the camp that if he doesn’t get injured this season, there’s a likelihood that not only is he nominated for the Norris, but I believe he’s deserving to win it,” Treliving said.

Giordano was a catalyst in the attack speed the Flames generated from their back end. He insisted at the time of his injury that his absence should not prevent the Flames from making the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

The Toronto native watched from the press box as the Flames secured a playoff berth in their last home game of the regular season. Calgary played 11 playoff games before bowing out to the Anaheim Ducks in the second round.

Giordano, who was in Toronto on Tuesday when his new contract was announced, says he’s recovered from the bicep injury and subsequent surgery. NHL training camps open Sept. 17.

“I’ve been skating at 100 per cent, shooting at 100 per cent and working out at 100 per cent for a while now,” Giordano said. “It’s been well over a month of going full out. I’ll be ready for camp.”

Giordano has 66 goals and 179 assists in 510 career games, all with Calgary. He played in February’s NHL all-star game prior to his injury.

His previous five-year contract was worth $20.1 million, or $4.02 million per season. Since Giordano’s new extension doesn’t start until 2016-17, that money won’t count against this season’s salary cap ceiling of $71.4 million per team.

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Giordano can now be a Flame until 2022, by which time the team wants to have a new arena.

The Calgary Flames Sports and Entertainment Corporation revealed a $900-million plan last week for a new hockey arena and indoor football field/ fieldhouse.

“I understand there’s a process that has to get done, but I’m hoping maybe in the last year or two of my deal we’re in that new facility,” Giordano said.

“I’m really looking forward to getting into Calgary and learning more about it.”

The Flames captain’s extension also solidifies a strong group of defenceman following the acquisition of Dougie Hamilton from the Boston Bruins.

Treliving dealt Calgary’s 15th, 42nd and 57th picks in June’s NHL draft to get Hamilton’s rights. The GM quickly signed the 22-year-old to a $34.5-million, sixyear deal.

T.J. Brodie, who stepped in as Calgary’s top defenceman when Giordano was injured, is also under contract with a five-year extension finalized last October.

“It sets up to be a real nice D-corps,” Giordano said. “We can spread the minutes out.

“We have to play that same aggressive style. It’s a hard style to play, it’s a hard-working style, but we’ve got to play right on the edge and be willing to jump in and create while at the same time be really solid defensively.”

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SCOREBOARD Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Toronto 70 55 .560 New York 69 56 .552 Baltimore 62 63 .496 Tampa Bay 62 63 .496 Boston 57 69 .452

Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Detroit

Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

Central Division W L Pct 77 48 .616 64 61 .512 59 65 .476 59 66 .472 59 66 .472 West Division W L Pct 70 57 .551 64 60 .516 64 61 .512 57 68 .456 55 71 .437

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26, 2015

Local Sports GB — 1 8 8 13 1/2 GB — 13 17 1/2 18 18 GB — 4 1/2 5 12 14 1/2

Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 2, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 1, Houston 0 Cincinnati 12, Detroit 5 Kansas City 8, Baltimore 3 Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland 11, Seattle 5 Tuesday’s Games Houston 15, N.Y. Yankees 1 L.A. Angels 8, Detroit 7 Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6 Minnesota 11, Tampa Bay 7 Toronto 6, Texas 5 Kansas City 3, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 4 Oakland at Seattle, late Wednesday’s Games Houston (McHugh 13-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-7), 11:05 a.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 1-5) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-8), 1:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-7) at Detroit (Verlander 1-6), 5:08 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 10-9) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Duffey 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Archer 11-9), 5:10 p.m.

Toronto (Price 12-4) at Texas (Lewis 14-5), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 7-6) at Kansas City (Cueto 2-2), 6:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 5-11) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-7), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels at Detroit, 11:08 a.m.

Toronto at Texas, 12:05 p.m.

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

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

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Kipnis Cle 109 432 71 140 .324 Brantley Cle 112 435 55 139 .320 NCruz Sea 122 472 72 150 .318 Fielder Tex 120 467 58 148 .317 Hosmer KC 122 466 77 146 .313 Bogaerts Bos 121 470 57 147 .313 LCain KC 111 436 78 135 .310 Altuve Hou 119 486 64 150 .309 Kinsler Det 123 497 82 153 .308 JIglesias Det 112 392 41 120 .306 Home Runs NCruz, Seattle, 37; CDavis, Baltimore, 34; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 34; JMartinez, Detroit, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; Teixeira, New York, 31.

Runs Batted In Donaldson, Toronto, 100; CDavis, Baltimore, 89; Bautista, Toronto, 87; KMorales, Kansas City, 86; JMartinez, Detroit, 85; Teixeira, New York, 79; NCruz, Seattle, 78.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 15-6; Lewis, Texas, 14-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-8; Eovaldi, New York, 13-2; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-6; McHugh, Houston, 13-7; Hutchison, Toronto, 12-2.

National League East Division

New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Pct .552 .508 .429 .405 .397

GB — 5 1/2 15 1/2 18 1/2 19 1/2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Houston 500 040 600 — 15 15 0 New York 000 000 001 — 1 4 1 Keuchel, Velasquez (8) and J.Castro; Nova, Rumbelow (5), Capuano (6), B.Ryan (8) and J.Murphy.

W—Keuchel 15-6. L—Nova 5-6. HRs—Houston, Gattis (20), Ma.Gonzalez (9), C.Gomez (2).

Central Division W L Pct 79 45 .637 75 49 .605 72 51 .585 53 73 .421 52 72 .419

GB — 4 6 1/2 27 27

Los Ang. 400 220 000 — 8 11 2 Detroit 004 002 100 — 7 12 0 Weaver, Gott (6), Salas (7), J.Smith (7), Street (8) and C.Perez; Simon, VerHagen (5), B.Hardy (8), A.Wilson (8) and J.McCann. W—Weaver 6-9. L— Simon 11-8. Sv—Street (30). HRs—Los Angeles, Pujols (34). Detroit, J.McCann (6).

West Division W L Pct 68 56 .548 66 58 .532 62 62 .500 61 64 .488 50 74 .403

GB — 2 6 7 1/2 18

Minnesota 302 230 100 — 11 12 0 Tampa Bay 023 110 000 — 7 13 0 E.Santana, Graham (3), Cotts (4), Fien (6), May (8), Jepsen (9) and K.Suzuki; Karns, Andriese (4), Cedeno (7), Romero (8) and Casali, Rivera. W— Graham 1-1. L—Andriese 3-4. HRs—Minnesota, Sano (12), Dozier (26), E.Rosario (8). Tampa Bay, Casali (10).

W 69 63 54 51 50

L 56 61 72 75 76

Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 2, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Mets 16, Philadelphia 7 Atlanta 5, Colorado 3 Cincinnati 12, Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 5, Miami 2 St. Louis 5, Arizona 3 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5 Washington 8, San Diego 3 Colorado 5, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Cincinnati 1 Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6 Miami 5, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis at Arizona, late Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-11) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-0), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 8-9) at Washington (Scherzer 11-10), 5:05 p.m.

Colorado (Flande 3-1) at Atlanta (S.Miller 5-10), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-8) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-3), 5:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 10-9) at Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 6-8) at Miami (Narveson 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lackey 10-8) at Arizona (Corbin 3-3), 7:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5) at San Francisco (Peavy 3-6), 8:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

San Diego at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Miami, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. DGordon Mia 110 468 62 156 .333 Harper Was 117 404 88 133 .329 Goldschmidt Ari 123 444 79 145 .327 Pollock Ari 119 468 89 152 .325 Posey SF 116 430 58 135 .314 LeMahieu Col 119 446 69 140 .314 Panik SF 97 375 56 116 .309 Votto Cin 122 428 75 132 .308 MDuffy SF 111 413 57 127 .308 YEscobar Was 110 423 59 130 .307 Home Runs Harper, Washington, 31; Arenado, Colorado, 30; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 24; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 24; Votto, Cincinnati, 24.

Runs Batted In Goldschmidt, Arizona, 93; Arenado, Colorado, 92; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 81; Posey, San Francisco, 79; Rizzo, Chicago, 77; Kemp, San Diego, 76; Braun, Milwaukee, 75; Bryant, Chicago, 75; BCrawford, San Francisco, 75; Frazier, Cincinnati, 75.

Pitching Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Arrieta, Chicago, 15-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 15-6; GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 12-6; deGrom, New York, 12-6.

Toronto 012 001 002 — 6 9 0 Texas 111 200 000 — 5 12 1 Buehrle, Hendriks (7), Cecil (7), Hawkins (8), Osuna (9) and Ru.Martin, D.Navarro; D.Holland, Diekman (7), S.Dyson (7), Kela (8), Sh.Tolleson (9), Patton (9) and B.Wilson. W—Hawkins 1-0. L—Sh.Tolleson 5-3. Sv—Osuna (15). HRs—Toronto, Colabello (13), Bautista (30), Encarnacion (25). Texas, Odor (11), DeShields (2).

Boston 002 002 000 — 4 8 0 Chicago 010 100 30x — 5 15 2 Miley, Ogando (7), Layne (8) and Hanigan; Quintana, Petricka (7), Duke (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Soto. W—Petricka 4-3. L—Miley 10-10. Sv—Dav. Robertson (26).

Baltimore 000 200 000 — 2 7 0 Kan. City 012 000 00x — 3 6 1 Mi.Gonzalez, McFarland (5), Givens (6), Matusz (7), O’Day (8) and Joseph; D.Duffy, Hochevar (6), K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (9) and S.Perez. W—D. Duffy 7-6. L—Mi.Gonzalez 9-10. Sv—W.Davis (12).

HRs—Kansas City, K.Morales (14).

INTERLEAGUE Milwaukee 110 002 020 — 6 7 2 Cleveland 220 230 02x — 11 13 0 W.Peralta, Lohse (3), C.Jimenez (6), W.Smith (8) and Lucroy; Tomlin, R.Webb (7), B.Shaw (8), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes. W—Tomlin 2-1. L—W.Peralta 4-8. HRs—Milwaukee, Lucroy 2 (7), Do.Santana (2), Braun (23). Cleveland, Brantley 2 (11).

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 210 003 000 — 6 7 1 Phila.

004 001 000 — 5 7 1 Syndergaard, O’Flaherty (6), Robles (6), Clippard (8), Familia (8) and d’Arnaud; J.Williams, J.Gomez (6), Araujo (6), Lu.Garcia (8), Loewen (9) and Ruiz.

W—Syndergaard 8-6. L—J.Williams 4-10. Sv— Familia (34). HRs—New York, Cespedes (7). Philadelphia, Galvis (6), Howard (21).

San Diego 020 000 100 — 3 7 1 Wash.

021 014 00x — 8 10 0 Shields, Rzepczynski (6), B.Norris (6), Kelley (7), Benoit (8) and De.Norris; Strasburg, Janssen (7), Thornton (8), Treinen (8) and W.Ramos. W—Strasburg 8-6. L—Shields 9-6. HRs—San Diego, Gyorko 2 (10). Washington, W.Ramos (11), Zimmerman (10).

Colorado 200 200 001 — 5 6 1 Atlanta 000 010 000 — 1 6 3 Bettis, Ja.Diaz (6), Kahnle (7), Friedrich (7), Oberg (8), Axford (9) and Hundley; Foltynewicz, Marimon (6), Moylan (8), Marksberry (9) and Pierzynski. W— Bettis 6-4. L—Foltynewicz 4-6.

Los Ang. 102 002 000 — 5 7 0 Cincinnati 000 001 000 — 1 7 0 A.Wood, Hatcher (6), Howell (6), Nicasio (8), Avilan (8), Jansen (9) and Ellis; Jo.Lamb, Mattheus (6), LeCure (8), Villarreal (9) and Barnhart. W—A.Wood 9-8. L—Jo.Lamb 0-2. HRs—Los Angeles, Ju.Turner (15), J.Rollins (13).

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores

Pittsburgh 100 000 001 — 2 10 1 Miami 000 113 00x — 5 10 0 Morton, J.Hughes (6), Bastardo (8) and Cervelli; B.Hand, A.Ramos (9) and Realmuto. W—B.Hand 4-3. L—Morton 8-5. Sv—A.Ramos (22).

DT Kalafitoni Pole.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Brian Tyms on injured reserve. Released FB Eric Kettani.

Signed WR Reggie Wayne.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed QB Michael Vick to a one-year contract and OL Doug Legursky.

Placed QB Bruce Gradkowski and WR David Nelson on injured reserve.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed D Mark Giordano to

a six-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Named Craig Ramsay coaching consultant.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed D Justin ApcarBlaszak and Brad Bourke, F Mark Bennett and G Brad Barone to try-out agreements.

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Signed C Derek Arnold and D Tony Turgeon to one-year contracts and G Steve Mastalerz and F Andrew Cerretani to try-out agreements.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined the L.A. Clippers $250,000 for violating rules prohibiting teams from offering players unauthorized business or investment opportunities.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Terminated the contract of QB Josh Johnson. Waived S Erick Dargan and

Penguins to open camp with newcomer Kessel next to Crosby

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t wasting any time with Phil Kessel.

General manager Jim Rutherford said Tuesday the team plans to place the highpowered forward alongside star centre Sidney Crosby when the Penguins open training camp next month.

The Penguins acquired the three-time All-Star from Toronto in July to give the franchise a needed boost after a first-round playoff exit.

“It’s so hard to score in this league, there’s a lot of tight games, a lot of one-goal games,” Rutherford said. “To add somebody like him was important.”

Kessel was the marquee addition during a busy but fruitful summer for Pittsburgh, which made the post-season for the ninth straight season, but managed all of eight goals while falling to the New York Rangers in five games.

The Penguins also acquired veteran forward Eric Fehr and Russian prospect Sergei Plotnikov to provide scoring punch after relying too heavily on Crosby and Malkin in recent years.

“We’re definitely deeper,” Rutherford said. “Our forwards have a lot more depth.

It will be real competitive for where our guys fit in there.”

Kessel, however, is the crown jewel. The 27-yearold scored 25 goals to go with 36 assists for the perpetually struggling Maple Leafs.

Coach Mike Johnston considers Kessel a potentially good fit on Crosby’s right side, but stressed he would experiment liberally.

“Things do change in camp,” Johnston said. “We’ve got eight exhibition games. We want to try combinations together so we’re ready for the beginning of the season.”

Rutherford hopes Kessel’s arrival and the return of forward Pascal Dupuis and defenceman Olli Maatta from injuries that took up most of last

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JAYS: On a road roll The Blue Jays have won eight of their last nine road games, and are 30-32 away from home.

Texas still holds the AL wild card spot, but its advantage over rival Angels shrunk to a half-game after Los Angeles beat Detroit. The Rangers had their three-game winning streak snapped, but have still won nine of 12.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Rookie 2B Devon Travis had another cortisone shot in his injured left shoulder after being examined Tuesday by Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister. ... RHP Marcus Stroman, out all season with a right knee injury, will throw another simulated game Friday. Gibbons said an earlier simulated game “went well.”

Rangers: Odor left the game after losing

season will allow Johnston to implement more of the attacking style that led the team to hire him in the first place last summer.

“We’ll definitely be able to open it up,” Rutherford said.

“We’ll have a better chance of scoring more. At the same time you have to play the game the right way. You have to shut down teams at a certain time and we’re still going to be able to do that.”

Rutherford added Fehr is on schedule to return at some point this fall from elbow surgery and that he is pleased with the arrival of the 25-yearold Plotnikov, who left Russia and headed across the globe and play with fellow countryman Malkin.

“I feel really good about what he’s done,” Rutherford said. “He paid to get out of his contract in Russia and now he and his wife are over here early trying to get acclimated.”

The Penguins open camp in mid-September. Their first preseason game is Sept. 21 against Columbus.

the fingernail on the middle finger of his right hand while warming up at second base before the start of the seventh inning.

UP NEXT Blue Jays: LHP David Price, 2-2 with a 7.36 ERA in five career starts at Texas, makes his fifth start for Toronto since his trade from Detroit. Price is 12-4 overall, including a 3-0 mark and 1.78 ERA for the Blue Jays.

Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis goes for his career-high 15th win, which would match the AL lead. Lewis has won six of his last seven starts.

FLAMES: Domino effect Giordano’s signing may have a domino effect on prominent teammates who also have one year remaining on their respective contracts.

They include defenceman Kris Russell, who led the NHL in blocked shots last season, rookie sensation Johnny Gaudreau, top centre Sean Monahan, leading scorer Jiri Hudler and goaltender Jonas Hiller.

Friday

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; main practice 9:30-11 a.m., pro skate 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., main practice 1:30-3 p.m.

p.m., Titans Park. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; main practice 9:30-11 a.m., pro skate 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., main practice 1:30-3 p.m.

Sunday

Saturday

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; rookie scrimmage 10-11:30 a.m., pro skate noon-1:30 p.m., main scrimmage 2-3:30 p.m., rookie scrimmage 4-5:30 p.m.

● Men’s third division rugby: Airdrie Highlanders at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park. ● Men’s second division rugby: Airdrie Highlanders at Red Deer Titans, 1:45

Football x-Harrison, Cgy Waters, Tor

Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

GP 8 8 8 8

CFL East Division W L T 6 2 0 6 2 0 4 4 0 3 5 0

PF 292 223 158 165

PA 156 207 228 148

Pt 12 12 8 6

Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg B.C. Saskatchewan

GP 8 8 8 8 8

West Division W L T 6 2 0 5 3 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 0 8 0

PF 219 200 160 179 205

PA 182 150 237 234 259

Pt 12 10 6 6 0

WEEK NINE Bye: Winnipeg Sunday’s result Toronto 30 Ottawa 24 Saturday’s result Calgary 34 Saskatchewan 31 Friday’s result Hamilton 49 Edmonton 20 Thursday’s result Montreal 23 B.C. 13 WEEK 10 Bye: B.C. Thursday’s game Montreal at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Toronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Calgary at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30 Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

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2 4

0 3

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National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 35 New England 1 1 0 .500 37 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 33 Miami 0 2 0 .000 40

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders TD C FG S Pt Medlock, Ham 0 31 16 4 83 Shaw, Edm 0 15 18 7 76 Bede, Mtl 0 9 19 5 71 Leone, BC 0 12 15 6 63 Paredes, Cgy 0 10 16 4 62 McCallum, Sask 0 10 16 1 59 Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 9 14 5 56 Pfeffer, Tor 0 11 12 2 49 x-E.Rogers, Cgy 7 2 0 0 44 Alvarado, Ott 0 4 11 0 37 Gurley, Tor 6 0 0 0 36 A.Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36 Banks, Ham 5 0 0 0 30 Stafford, Edm 5 0 0 0 30 x-Marshall, Wpg 4 4 0 0 28 x-Collie, BC 4 2 0 0 26 x-Elliott, Tor 4 2 0 0 26 x-Getzlaf, Sask 4 2 0 0 26 x-B.Grant, Ham 4 2 0 0 26 Hazleton, Tor 4 0 0 0 24 .Lawrence, Edm 4 0 0 0 24 E.Jackson, Ott 4 0 0 0 24 Toliver, Ham 4 0 0 0 24 Milo, Ott 0 8 4 1 21 x-Cornish, Cgy 3 2 0 0 20 x-Dressler, Sask 3 2 0 0 20 x-Je.Johnson, Ott 3 2 0 0 20 x.Sutton, Mtl 3 2 0 0 20 x-McDaniel, Cgy 2 8 0 0 20 Arceneaux, BC 3 0 0 0 18 Bowman, Edm 3 0 0 0 18 E.Davis, Ham 3 0 0 0 18 B.Smith, Sask 3 0 0 0 18 x-R.Bagg, Sask 2 4 0 0 16 x-Burris, Ott 2 2 0 0 14 x-Ellingson, Ott 2 2 0 0 14

PA 35 46 45 58

Houston Jacksonville Tennessee Indianapolis

W 1 1 1 0

South L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 33 35 51 21

PA 24 43 45 59

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 1 1 1 0

North L 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .333 .000

PF 47 34 48 27

PA 67 35 56 31

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 2 2 2 1

West L 0 0 0 1

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .500

PF 36 48 39 30

PA 30 32 26 23

PF 76 41 32 13

PA 27 34 35 40

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 Washington 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 Dallas 0 2 0 .000

WEEK 11 Bye: Ottawa Thursday, Sept. 3 B.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 6 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 7 Toronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

14 14

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 2 1 1 0

South L 0 1 1 2

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PA 54 54 37 56

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay

W 3 2 1 1

North L 0 0 1 1

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .500

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PA 31 21 24 35

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W 1 0 0 0

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Monday’s Game Tampa Bay 25, Cincinnati 11 Friday, Aug. 28 New England at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 2 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 6 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

San Francisco at Denver, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30 Houston at New Orleans, 2 p.m.

Arizona at Oakland, 6 p.m.

Soccer MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 27 13 9 5 35 New York 23 11 6 6 38 Columbus 26 10 8 8 43 Toronto 24 10 10 4 42 New England 25 9 9 7 34 Montreal 22 8 10 4 29 New York City 26 7 12 7 37 Orlando 26 7 12 7 32 Philadelphia 26 7 13 6 33 Chicago 24 6 13 5 27

GA 31 25 43 41 36 32 44 46 43 35

Pt 44 39 38 34 34 28 28 28 27 23

Western Conference GP W L T GF Los Angeles 27 13 7 7 49 Vancouver 26 14 9 3 38 Kansas City 24 11 6 7 39 Portland 26 11 8 7 28 Dallas 24 11 8 5 33 Seattle 26 11 13 2 30 San Jose 25 10 10 5 31 Houston 25 8 9 8 32 Salt Lake 26 8 10 8 29 Colorado 24 6 9 9 21

GA 32 26 33 30 30 29 29 32 38 25

Pt 46 45 40 40 38 35 35 32 32 27

Second Leg Wednesday’s game Montreal at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Manchester City 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 Leicester City 3 2 1 0 7 4 7 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 Manchester United 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 Crystal Palace 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 Swansea 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 Everton 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 Norwich 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 Arsenal 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 Chelsea 3 1 1 1 5 7 4 West Ham 3 1 0 2 6 6 3 Watford 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 Bournemouth 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 Stoke 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 Tottenham 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 Newcastle 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 Southampton 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 Sunderland 3 0 1 2 4 8 1 West Brom 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 Monday, Aug. 24 Arsenal 0, Liverpool 0

Wednesday’s games New York at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Friday’s games Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Saturday, August 29 Montreal at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Columbus at New York City, 2 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.

Salt Lake at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Houston, 7 p.m.

Kansas City at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sunday, August 30 Portland at Seattle, 2:30 p.m.

D.C. at New York, 5 p.m.

2015 Amway Canadian Soccer Championship (two-game, total-goals series) CHAMPIONSHIP Montreal (MLS) vs. Vancouver (MLS) First Leg Wednesday, Aug. 12 Montreal 2 Vancouver 2

Saturday, Aug. 29 Newcastle vs. Arsenal, 1145 GMT Aston Villa vs. Sunderland, 1400 GMT Bournemouth vs. Leicester City, 1400 GMT Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace, 1400 GMT Liverpool vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Manchester City vs. Watford, 1400 GMT Stoke vs. West Brom, 1400 GMT Tottenham vs. Everton, 1630 GMT Sunday, Aug. 30 Southampton vs. Norwich, 1230 GMT Swansea vs. Manchester United, 1500 GMT EPL Leading Scorers Riyad Mahrez Leicester City Bafetimbi Gomis Swansea City Callum Wilson AFC Bournemouth Andre Ayew Swansea City Cheikhou Kouyaté West Ham Nathan Redmond Norwich City Ross Barkley Everton Russell Martin Norwich City Romelu Lukaku Everton

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PGA OF ALBERTA EDMONTON — Kevin Broderson of the Lacombe Golf and Country Club fired a 75 Tuesday to tied for third in the PGA of Alberta Club Pro Championship.

Broderson recorded a 36-hole total of 145 that included an opening-round 70 at the Edmonton Country Club and pocketed a cheque for $1,837.

Darryl James of the National Golf Academy at Calgary Shaganappi took top honours with a 140 total (69-71) and earned $3,700.

Dale Tomlinson of Red Deer River Bend checked in with a second-round 70 and finished with a 147 total. He earned $1,200.

HOCKEY ALBERTA Tim Leer has been named the new executive director of the Hockey Alberta Foundation.

Leer has spent 18 years with Hockey Alberta, having held positions in clinic and program development, and most recently at the senior manager level overseeing Team Alberta programs and hockey development for the past 11 years.

He succeeds Scott Robinson of Red Deer, who recently started as the chief executive officer of the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

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Rivalry shifts to 200 for Bolt and Gatlin

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Usain Bolt returned to the track at world championships Tuesday and eased his way through the preliminary round of his favourite race, the 200 metres.

Justin Gatlin also cruised, doing nothing to diminish his role as Bolt’s top challenger.

Win or lose, Bolt will leave Beijing still hailed as his sport’s fun-loving Superman. The chances of Gatlin getting a champion’s send-off: slim to none.

Doesn’t bother him one bit.

“Sometimes it has to be fuel,” Gatlin told The Associated Press as he left the Bird’s Nest to cool down at the nearby practice field following a preliminary heat of 20.19 seconds. “If you don’t let anything affect you at all, you have nothing to pull off of when you’re already running on fumes.”

When Gatlin lined up for the 100-meter final Sunday night — a scintillating race he lost to Bolt by .01 seconds — he was on the line with three other athletes who had served doping bans: Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Mike Rodgers.

Their doping pasts have barely been footnotes to the narrative in the 100.

And the other athletes competing in Beijing despite their doping pasts have essentially gotten a free pass, as well, even as track and field has been hit with multiple reports alleging doping among athletes in almost every corner of the sport.

Gatlin? He takes all the heat.

“If he wasn’t doing good, nobody would bring it up,” Dutch sprinter Churandy Martina said. “You do a million good things and one bad thing and people focus on the bad thing. It’s just people. It’s strange.”

There has been vigorous debate over whether a convicted doper should be able to compete again. Gatlin has been snubbed by some meets since his return from his second doping conviction in 2010.

But there is no keeping him out of major events like this one, or the Olympics.

In 2011 and 2012, the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivered a pair of decisions that spiked an International Olympic Committee rule banning anyone who’d served a doping suspension of longer than six months from competing in the next Olympics. Those decisions sparked debate about whether a lifetime ban should be in order for a first offence. That didn’t happen, but last year, the World Anti-Doping Agency passed a rule that allowed for a four-year sanction for a first offence.

“The reality is that your decisions have consequences and some are permanent,” U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart told the AP. “He made the decision to dope, and even if he’s fully eligible to compete again, some people can’t erase that from their minds.”

Lost in all the handwringing of whether Gatlin belongs is that he’s hardly the scowling evildoer he’s often portrayed as.

He’s spent time at schools to drive home the lesson that cheating certainly does not pay.

On Monday night, he shouted down someone heckling his mother during the 100-meter medals ceremony — a widely retweeted story that has gotten him some good publicity.

“She was explaining to the guy that you can’t always listen to what the me-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

From left: Honduras’ Rolando Palacios, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Germany’s Julian Reus in a men’s 200m round one heat at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Tuesday. dia says,” Gatlin said.

Bolt enjoyed a different interaction with the crowd when he got his medal — dancing, filming himself with a handheld camera, applauding back when the fans cheered for him.

Back on the track Tuesday night for the 200 heats, Bolt worked hard through the turn, staked himself to a massive lead, then jogged to the finish and crossed the line first in a time of 20.28.

“My fitness will be in question,” said the champion, who had run only three 200s this season, while he’s been nursing himself back to health. “Overall, it should be good. I’m confident.”

In other races, David Rudisha won the 800-meter gold and Nicholas Bett won the 400-meter hurdles to push Kenya to a leading fourth gold medal of the championships through Day 4. Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won the 1,500 metres and Denia Caballero of Cuba won the discus.

Greg Rutherford of Britain took the long jump, while Jeff Henderson of the United States, who has this season’s longest jump, finished ninth — another disappointing effort for the Americans.

With five days left in the meet, the United States is in sixth place in medals, with only one gold and six overall.

Gatlin figures to add to the total — in the 200 finals Thursday and the 4x100 relay this weekend.

Getting the public to adore him, however, will be a tougher task, and he knows it.

“All I ask for is respect,” he said.

“You don’t have to cheer for me or be my fan. But I look for respect from the next man.”

WHAT THE CANADIANS DID

Brendon Rodney advances to semifinal of 200 BEIJING — Four medals into what could be Canada’s most successful world track and field championships in history, Brendon Rodney said there’s a new attitude among the team.

The 23-year-old from Brampton, Ont., advanced to the semifinal of the men’s 200 metres Tuesday, and afterward talked about Canada’s quest to be the best.

“I think us young guys all have the same mentality, me, Aaron (Brown), Andre (De Grasse) . . all the young guys, up and coming,” Rodney said.

“We’re all trying to be the best in the world, to go out there and compete.

“We’re not really riding a wave here. It was our mentality already.”

Rodney ran a personal-best 20.18 seconds to finish third in his heat, automatically moving on to Wednesday’s semis that will be without Canada’s 20-year-old sprint sensation Andre De Grasse.

De Grasse raced to a stunning 100-metre bronze medal Sunday night, and could have contended for a second medal in the 200 metres — the 19.88 he ran at last month’s Pan American Games ranks him No. 3 in the world behind American Justin Gatlin and Jamaica’s Rasheed Dwyer.

Coming off a busy season that saw him run three events at both the NCAA championships and the Pan Ams, the 20-year-old had never planned on running the 200 here.

His medal was one of four Canada captured two days into the world championships. Shawn Barber won gold in the pole vault, Brianne Theisen-Eaton claimed silver in the heptathlon and Ben Thorne was third in

the 20-kilometre race walk.

Among Canada’s medal hopes with five days to go: Damian Warner in the decathlon, high jumper Derek Drouin, Christabel Nettey in the long jump and the men’s 4x100-metre relay.

Brown, a semifinalist in the 100 in Beijing, was fourth in his 200 heat Monday in 20.43 and didn’t move on.

The Toronto native complained of a flu bug that he’d been hit with the previous night.

“I’m a little under the weather,” he said. “I tried to get as much energy as I could, but I just didn’t have it today.

I did my best, but came up short.”

Brown, the previous national record-holder in the 200 before De Grasse broke it twice this season, said he should be fine by Saturday’s 4x100 relay.

Edmonton’s Carline Muir, on the mend from a stress fracture in her knee that derailed most of her season, didn’t advance out of her semifinal in the women’s 400 metres, finishing eighth in 52.31.

“I couldn’t do anything until March when we went on our training camp to St. Kitts, that’s when I actually started jogging on the track,” Muir said. “So overall, I think my season was OK. I can take that for sure.”

Muir’s career was full of promise in 2008 in Beijing, when she made the semifinal of the women’s 400, as the youngest member of Canada’s team.

But she’s had a rocky few years of coaching changes and injuries and spent some time away from the sport.

She said the Rio Games are a “huge” target, and looks forward to going in healthy.

“I’m definitely looking toward the final and having a full season this time, and not starting my season four months before I actually have to come to a major championship,” she said.

Don’t have a stroke over your strokes This is so misunderstood in this great game, and periodically leads to a heated argument hopefully not leading to blows. Maybe golf needs a Seinfeld themed day such as “Festivus” to air golf grievances like these?

We’ve all heard the debates on which is the No.1 stroke hole at your course; you may have taken part in them.

It usually goes something like this: “There’s no bloody way the 4th is our No.1 hole, it’s a simple 404-yard par 4.

The 7th is our hardest hole; it’s a monster 438 yard par 4, and I never par it.”

STROKE ALLOCATION What is “Stroke Allocation”? It’s that table you see on every scorecard, you may see it referenced by “HDCP” or “Handicap” showing each hole ranked 1 through 18.

This is far too often thought of as ranking each hole by pure difficulty.

You might also think Golf Canada or your Provincial Golf Association assigns these for every course too.

In both cases, your assumptions are wrong.

Golf Canada does have guidelines and recommendations to setting your stroke hole table (in Section 17 of the Golf Canada Handicap Manual) but it is carried out by each course/club, preferably the Handicap Committee.

There are two main methods: The Comparison Method and The Regression Method (linear regression).

DARE TO COMPARE The Comparison Method is an allocation based on scores where the committee collects 200 hole-by-hole scores for lower handicap golfers (Course Handicaps of 8 or less) and 200 scorecards for higher handicap golfers (15 to 20 strokes higher than the average of the low handicap group).

GOLF RULES The average score for each hole is calculated for both groups, and the holes are then ranked from one to 18 where one is the hole with the largest differential between the scores of the two groups and 18 is the lowest differential.

There is another option comparing scores to par, but we’ll stick to the main method for simplicity. There is some fine tuning, picking the hole to be ranked as No.1 so as to award a stroke most useful in matches with same/similar Course Handicaps, and also assigning odd numbered handicap holes to the front nine and even numbered handicap holes to the back nine. For specifics please reference section 17-2a in the Golf Canada Handicap Manual.

While difficulty plays a part, the true purpose of allocating strokes is to give the higher handicap golfer strokes where they will most need them as an equalizer when playing a match against a low handicap golfer.

Difficulty in making par on a hole is not an effective indicator of the need for a stroke. And the more you read about this you’re thinking this certainly makes sense.

We also recommend allocating low numbered strokes at the end of each nine because you want players who are to receive strokes to use them before a match is decided.

In the event of a hole-by-hole playoff, we should avoid placing lower numbered strokes on the first and second holes.

REGRESS FOR SUCCESS The Regression Method allows the collection and analysis of at least 400 gross scores from players of all handicap levels from the most frequently played tee.

Each hole uses the score and player’s Course Handicap to help determine the ranking. There is a complex mathematical function involved that

you can review in Section 17-2b of the Handicap Manual.

When should a club/course review its table and consider modifying it?

If your course hasn’t used one of the two methods described especially in the last 10 years, or if your course has been significantly renovated, we highly recommend going through the process.

How can you do this?

Here’s where the Golf Canada Score Centre comes in handy. Should your club want to evaluate this data, you can run a report that will automatical-

ly produce the results for you. There is one catch.

Your club will require hole-by-hole entry to calculate the results, but that can be collected over the summer from your members.

Contact Golf Canada or your Provincial Golf Association for spreadsheet templates that you can use to help in your analysis.

Don’t have a stroke over a stroke.

Sure, have the friendly “discussion.”

But, now that you know the process, do so cordially.

Craig Loughry is Golf Canada Director of Handicap and Score Centre and writes for Golf Canada Magazine

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Lacombe council short lists projects

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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A great blue heron attempts to perch on the top most branches of a spruce tree above a small wetland in Anders on the Lake in Red Deer. Great blue herons can often be spotted silently stalking their prey in wetlands and along the shoreline of lakes and rivers.

Lacombe residents will have to wait before they get an indoor waterslide.

The project was among eight shortlisted after a call went out from the city for public submissions for potential 2016 budget add-ons.

A waterslide for the town’s pool was the costliest proposal, ranging in price from $595,000 to $1.46 million, says a report going to council. The wide range is partly due to the slide costs, which can cost as little as $95,000 and as much as $650,000.

Both versions would require significant building modifications, carrying price tags estimated at $500,000 to $700,000.

Coun. Rueben Konnik said council felt that was too much. The money would be better spent on a new facility later, he said on Tuesday.

Crosswalk lights at 54th Ave. and 58th St., at an estimated cost of $118,500, was also dropped by council, as was a boardwalk trail around Elizabeth Lake, which was costed out at $280,000 to $350,000.

Among the items kept in was a potential project to improve drainage from Fairway Drive to 58th Street is in the range of $400,000.

Other community suggestions going forward include: ● New pavement between 54th and 58th Streets (costs would be part of drainage project) ● Observation deck, canoe launch on Cranna Lake ($46,000) ● Right turning lane at Woodland Drive and Hwy 2A ($42,000) pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Flags of Remebrance sponsors sought

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A moving tribute to Canada’s veterans on Hwy 11 outside Sylvan Lake is in need of sponsors.

First unveiled last year, Flags of Remembrance will return this year with 256 flags lining both sides of the highway just east of town.

Allan Cameron, the man behind the tribute, hopes to see each of the flags matched with a hero or honour plaque in honour of a veteran.

Those names and the men and women who carried them will serve as guardians for the 128,000 Canadians killed and missing in action in our na-

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BRIEF Library card sign-up encouraged across region September is Library Card Sign-up Month at Parkland Regional Libraries to encourage students to start off the school year with a library membership.

Parkland Regional Library is a network of 52 public libraries across Central Alberta serving more than 200,000 residents.

Parkland libraries include Bowden Public Library, Delburne Municipal Library, Elnora Public Library, Innisfail Public Library, Penhold and District Library, Spruce View Community Library and Sylvan Lake Municipal Library in Red Deer County.

Check with their local library to find out if there is a fee for a library card.

Public library resources are available to anyone with library card.

Students can turn to the library for materials, programs and knowledgeable library staff.

Access is available to a wide range of print and digital resources such as e-books, e-magazines, e-newspapers from across the globe, Language Learning software, and Hoopla’s ondemand service of streaming music, video, audiobooks, and even comics.

Digital content is accessible on computers and mobile devices.

Residents of Central Alberta have access to programs, print, audiovisual, and digital collections in all 52 of the

tion’s conflicts.

Each flag — matched on the other side of the highway — is meant to represent 1,000 of those Canadians, said Cameron.

Sponsoring a plaque requires a minimum donation of $200. Individuals, families, businesses or organization can choose the veteran they wish to honour.

Cameron said only about one-quarter of the plaques have been sponsored so far and he’s looking to get the word out.

Last year, many came forward with donations, but only after seeing the flag route.

The plan is to officially unveil the flags at noon on Oct. 17. They will cre-

ate a red and white corridor of remembrance until at least Remembrance Day. Past- and present-serving military personnel and cadets will stand by each flag and a pipe and drum band will perform.

“It’s going to be quite impressive to see when you go down the highway.

When you get 128 full-sized flags flapping in the wind is quite a sight. But when you get double that on both sides of the highway, it’s going to be an amazing sight for sure.”

He is hoping to get as many veterans there as he can and remember the occasion with a group photograph.

Last year’s inaugural tribute was seen by tens of thousands and was so popular that other communities have

joined the effort this year. Cameron is working with Kelowna, Ponoka, Kingston, Ont., and Charlottetown, P.E.I., on similar tributes.

A portion of donations goes to the non-profit groups behind the Flags of Remembrance in their communities.

For instance, in Charlottetown the local Canadian Veterans Advocacy is involved.

“It’s getting even bigger now and we have even more people and groups contacting me now (saying) they want to be part of this next year,” he said.

“It’s growing like it should.”

For those interested in donating, go to www.vetvoicecan.org.

area libraries.

Ron Sheppard, director of Parkland Regional Library system, said the libraries provide programs with children of all ages.

“For preschool age children, libraries offer early literacy and story times to encourage school readiness. For older children and teens, they supplement education with hands-on science, technology, arts and math programs,” Sheppard said.

Throughout September, libraries in Red Deer County will host activities and events to help people discover all that is offered.

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The project also involves testing water hydrants to ensure that adequate water flow and pressure are available when required to fight fires.

The water flushed through the hydrants will be de-chlorinated and drained onto the roadway, where it will enter the storm sewer system through the catch basins. Each hydrant takes about 30 minutes. The water initially released from the hydrant may have a red hue, the result of being stored in the hydrant.

Young Aboriginal award nominations being sought The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has extended its nomination deadline for the 2015 National Youth Aboriginal Award to Sept. 21.

CCAB is looking for self-nominations from Aboriginal entrepreneurs under the age of 35. The winner will receive a $10,000 award and be recognized at CCAB’s 2016 Toronto Gala.

To be eligible, nominees must be a Canadian resident of First Nation (Status or non-Status), Métis or Inuit ancestry and between the ages of 1935; be self employed for a minimum of one year; submit a 30-to-60-second video about you and your business; fill out the online application form after the completion if your video at https:// ccab.wufoo.eu/forms/2015-youth-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award/.

The recipient will be chosen by a selection committee in the fall.

For more information, contact Andre Morriseau, Director, Awards and Communications for the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business at 416-

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Midway sets up in Sylvan Wednesday to Saturday Midway rides, games and food will arrive in Sylvan Lake on Wednesday and the fun will continue until Saturday.

The Town of Sylvan Lake has invited West Coast Amusements Ltd. to set up in the downtown parking lot north of the tracks along 50th Avenue at the 50th Street intersection.

Gates open at 1 p.m. and close at 10 p.m.

All wrist bands are $32 each and are only valid on the day of purchase.

All rides take three to seven coupons. Single coupons are $1.25 each. A book of 20 coupons is $23 and a book of 40 is $45.

Sylvan Lake Farmers’ Market, which runs from 4 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, will be temporarily relocated to the nearby Railway Park Promenade on the south side of the tracks.

Blackfalds water mains, hydrants being flushed Blackfalds town staff will be flushing water mains starting at the end of this month.

Flushing is done yearly in order to maintain water quality. The process removes sediment and minerals from the water distribution pipes.

Residents may notice water from their taps is cloudy when water main flushing takes place nearby. This is not a health concern and it can be rectified by running the cold water taps for 10 to 20 minutes.

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Sylvan Lake demolition has owner in hot water The owner of an eyesore cabin in Sylvan Lake jumped the gun on his demolition plans.

A source of complaints from neighbours, the derelict, boarded up and graffiti-covered cabin at 5023 47th St. was to be torn down.

The town’s municipal planning commission recommended council approve the owner’s lot improvement plans and it went to council on Monday night. Council approval for the teardown was required because the cabin is in the Waterfront Direct Control District.

However, when planning staff went to check out the site two weeks ago before making their report to council, the troublesome 600-square-foot shack was no more.

“As the demolition was undertaken without first obtaining permit, the town will charge the applicant twice the cost of a demolition permit,” says a report from planners to council.

That will mean a $400 bill for the property owner, who is planning to build a swankier home on the choice site.

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A bullet with an airbag CANADIAN POLICE FORCES USING NEW LESS-LETHAL PROJECTILES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A type of less-lethal projectile that’s gaining popularity among American police forces is now finding its way onto Canadian streets.

Six forces across the country, including the RCMP and Correctional Service Canada, have begun making use of a type of expanding rubber bullet that’s designed to incapacitate targets without causing lasting harm.

The manufacturer of the Blunt Impact Projectiles, Security Devices International, said municipal police forces are starting to make use of the technology as well.

Chief Executive Greg Sullivan said the BIPs have been fairly widely deployed among officers in Montreal, while smaller task forces in Toronto, Regina and Saskatoon are also starting to make use of the weapons. Edmonton and Calgary are looking into the possibility of equipping some of their patrol cars with BIP launchers as well,

he added.

Saskatoon police spokeswoman Alyson Edwards said the force has ordered a box for testing, but the projectiles are not currently in use.

Sgt. Laurent Gingras of the Montreal police said the force uses the projectiles “very rarely” as part of swat team interventions or at certain public protests, but declined to offer more information. None of the other forces currently using the BIPs immediately responded to a request for comment.

Sullivan said the growing popularity of the bullets is an extension of a trend that’s been even more noticeable south of the border, where a spate of high-profile police shootings of African-Americans have lent new potency to long-standing debates on race relations.

While Sullivan said the racial undertones are less pronounced in Canada, he said the nation’s police forces still have a pressing need to broaden their arsenal of less-lethal weaponry.

“Dealing with mentally ill people is becoming a huge factor for police,”

Police search property in Dalhousie homicide case

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LOWER TRURO, N.S. — Police are searching a property about an hour outside Halifax in an investigation that has led to a varsity athlete and prospective medical student at Dalhousie University being charged with firstdegree murder in the death of a physics student.

Halifax Regional Police say the search in Lower Truro is connected to the homicide of 22-year-old Taylor Samson, whose remains have not been found.

William Michael Sandeson was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, four days after Samson was reported missing.

Sandeson, a 22-year-old middle-distance track athlete who studied kinesiology, was remanded into custody after a court appearance last week.

Samson, who was from Amherst, N.S., had lived in the Sigma Chi fraternity house and was last seen at 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 15.

In the days after Samson disappeared, friends and family put up post-

ers around the neighbourhood in Halifax’s south end and on Facebook seeking information.

Police arrested Sandeson on Aug. 18.

A court document the police used to obtain a search warrant in the case was sealed by a court on Friday morning, but some media outlets were given the document before it was sealed.

The Crown also obtained a temporary publication ban in provincial court on Friday preventing the reporting of the identities of certain people named in the now-sealed document to protect the ongoing police investigation and “the interests of innocent third parties.”

The ban says the Crown plans to make an application for a further publication ban in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, although details on when that application will be heard have not been released.

Three media outlets that obtained the document before it was sealed reported that investigators allege Samson was involved in a drug deal before his death.

Hungry students frequenting campus food banks in greater numbers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A new campus food bank at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is part of a troubling trend, says the Canadian Federation of Students.

Similar services have sprung up on campuses across Canada as tuition fees and living costs have risen along with student debt, national chairperson Bilan Arte said Tuesday.

“Student unions keep having to prioritize this issue because their members keep saying that they’re making

these hard choices between tuition and their next meal. This is incredibly alarming for our organization.

“I think it really underscores for us the importance of talking about the inaccessibility of post-secondary education in Canada today.”

The federation, representing more than 500,000 members from 80 students’ unions, is calling on the federal and provincial governments to make higher learning more affordable.

Arte is among advocates who want to see the issue land on the federal election radar.

the former officer with the Toronto and Halton forces said in a telephone interview. “... some of these people can become very violent, and there’s got to be a way to subdue that without using lethal force.”

Police have long had what they considered “non-lethal” weapons at their disposal, including pepper spray, stun guns and beanbag projectiles. But even those weapons have caused deaths, leading to a search for “less-lethal” alternatives.

Canada has had its share of fatal incidents, some of which have gained national notoriety.

When polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died in a terminal at the Vancouver airport after being stunned repeatedly with a Taser, the graphic video depicting the incident touched off a heated debate about the effectiveness of the weapons. The incident ultimately sparked a public inquiry and led to three convictions of perjury against officers who lied during their testimony.

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A picture of the solitary orange Skittle featuring a faded white “S” is in a series of more than 125 photos of recovered stolen property posted online Tuesday by York Regional Police.

Police say they’re posting the pictures to give victims of at least 38 residential break-ins the opportunity to identify their property.

Most of the photos are of jewelry, watches and personal electronic items recovered during the execution of multiple search warrants during the investigation which began in April.

Det. Sgt. Don Cardwell says the Skittle was found with stolen property recovered following the arrests of four people in the series of break-ins across the Greater Toronto Area.

Cardwell says the candy was photographed by an investigator and sent

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Sammy Yatim resulted in second-degree murder charges against an officer.

A video capturing the encounter shows the 18-year-old being gunned down on an empty downtown streetcar.

And earlier this year, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director announced it would review the way all of Ontario’s police forces handle incidents with the mentally ill.

Sullivan said the BIPs have the potential to reduce the number of run-ins that wind up generating controversial headlines.

The silicone heads of the projectiles do not penetrate the skin, like conventional bullets, but they do cause pain and discomfort.

“It’s a bullet with an airbag,” Sullivan said. “Once it hits, the head collapses, and what that does is it disperses inertia over a wider part of the body.

You’re actually hitting more nerveendings in the surface of the skin causing more pain, but you’re not getting that depth and penetration that can be problematic and cause injuries.” to the police force’s media relations department as a joke and investigators never intended for the Skittle picture to be posted online.

Wildfire smoke from Washington expected to shroud B.C. for days VANCOUVER — Smoke from wildfires in Washington state has eased up in parts of southern British Columbia, but forecasters were expecting sooty air to continue blowing into the region for several days.

Metro Vancouver cancelled its air quality advisory Tuesday, saying winds moved contaminated air away, clearing the eastern Fraser Valley.

But smoke remained thick throughout the Kootenay and Columbia regions in southeast B.C., said provincial fire information officer Ryan Turcot.

He said the heaviest amount of smoke was predicted to cloak the southern Interior on Wednesday.

There was no indication that Vancouver’s improved air quality would extend elsewhere, he said.

“Smoke certainly is still in the forecast for the next three to four days. Not so much (Vancouver) Island but certainly anything inland, in the south.”

The province has been coping with one of its worst fire seasons in years.

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Second cancers on the rise

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Second cancers are on the rise.

Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before.

When doctors talk about second cancers, they mean a different tissue type or a different site, not a recurrence or spread of the original tumour.

Judith Bernstein of suburban Philadelphia is an extreme example. She has had eight types over the last two decades, all treated successfully.

“There was a while when I was getting one cancer diagnosis after another,” including breast, lung, esophageal, and the latest — a rare tumour of her eyelids, she said. “At one point I thought I had cancer in my little finger.”

About 19 per cent of cancers in the United States now are second-or-more cases, a recent study found. In the 1970s, it was only 9 per cent. Over that period, the number of first cancers rose 70 per cent while the number of second cancers rose 300 per cent.

Strange as it may sound, this is partly a success story: More people are surviving cancer and living long enough to get it again, because the risk of cancer rises with age.

Second cancers also can arise from the same gene mutations or risk factors, such as smoking, that spurred the first one. And some of the very treatments that help people survive their first cancer, such as radiation, can raise the risk of a new cancer forming later in life, although treatments have greatly improved in recent years to minimize this problem.

Psychologically, a second cancer often is more traumatizing than the first.

“I think it’s a lot tougher” for most people, said Julia Rowland, director of the federal Office of Cancer Survivorship. “The first time you’re diagnosed, it’s fear of the unknown. When you have your next diagnosis, it’s fear of the known,” and having to face treatment all over again.

Robert Ulrich, 58, a contractor and building inspector in Wasilla, Alaska, said that when doctors told him in 2013 he had advanced colon cancer, two decades after he had overcome Hodgkin

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Judith Bernstein meets with Dr. Henry Fung at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Her husband, Arnold, is at right. Bernstein has had eight different types of cancer over the last two decades, all treated successfully. About 19 per cent of cancers in the United States now are second-or-more cases, a recent study found. In the 1970s, it was only nine per cent. lymphoma, it was like “they put a time stamp on your existence ... it makes your head spin.”

He is making end-of-life plans while fighting the disease with aggressive chemotherapy.

“My outlook on it is, I got 30 years out of the first go-round which gave me an opportunity to raise my family and enjoy my bride. So whatever time I get forward here I consider free time,” he said. “You hope for the best and you prepare for the worst.”

Imagine what it has been like for Bernstein, 72, the Philadelphia-area woman who has had skin, lymphoma, breast, two types of lung, esophageal, thyroid and now the eyelid cancer, a

form of lymphoma.

“I’m not going to tell you I’m some uber human being,” Bernstein said.

She went to a psychiatrist after one diagnosis and “spent four days very upset” after the latest one.

But she said that exercising has helped her feel well through treatments, and that having endured many tragedies among her friends and family has given her resilience. “Some people just can grieve and deal with it” when faced with challenges like cancer, she said.

“She is so upbeat,” said Barbara Rogers, a nurse practitioner at Fox Chase Cancer Center who has treated Bernstein for more than a decade. For

most patients, “it is harder the second time around, or third or fourth ... like, ’Oh, God, not again.”’

Medically, second cancers pose special challenges. Treatment choices may be more limited. For example, radiation usually isn’t given to the same area of the body more than once. Some drugs also have lifetime dose limits to avoid nerve or heart damage.

“The body has a memory for the radiation or chemotherapy” and can’t endure too much of the same type, said Dr. Alan Venook, a colon and liver cancer expert at the University of California, San Francisco, who treats Ulrich, the Alaska man.

A second cancer means doctors need to assess genetic risk to the patient and possibly the family, Venook said.

“We’ve failed if a woman who had a BRCA1 mutation and had breast cancer develops colon cancer,” he said.

The gene mutation means she should be monitored and screened often enough for other cancers to have any precancerous colon growths removed, he said.

Experts have this advice for cancer survivors: ● Have a formal survivorship plan, a blueprint for the future that includes a detailed summary of the treatment you received and what kind of monitoring is needed.

“Anyone who’s had a first cancer needs to understand what kinds of symptoms they need to be alert to and what kind of medical follow-up” they need, said Elizabeth Ward, an American Cancer Society researcher who authored a recent report on second cancers. ● Don’t neglect screenings for other forms of cancer besides the one you were treated for. Make sure to get any recommended tests such as colonoscopies, mammograms or HPV or Pap tests. ● If you get a second cancer, “take a deep breath,” Rowland said. Treatments improve every day, and there are more resources, including social media, for support, and doctors are more used to treating cancer more than once.

“No one’s giving up on you,” she said.

Handbook tells parents and kids how to recognize concussion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — At the tender age of 17, Warren McNeil considers himself a concussion veteran.

He’s sustained six of the brain injuries playing hockey and lacrosse, one of which knocked him out cold.

For five of those concussions, the Toronto teen was able to return to school and sports after a week or two of resting in a dark room to avoid overtaxing his healing brain.

But the last one in October — the result of being been hit from behind while playing hockey and falling headfirst into the boards — was different.

Though the blow hadn’t knocked him unconscious (unlike the previous one in which he got nailed in the head by a lacrosse ball while playing goal) this one seemed to “really hit me hard.”

A week after the concussion, McNeil started to feel better and figured his recovery would mimic that of the previous five.

“And I went on a bike ride with a friend on the Saturday, and Sunday morning I woke up and I felt like I’d been hit by a bus,” he said.

“And you don’t know what to do, because I’d never had that happen before,” said McNeil, who for weeks continued to experience myriad symptoms that kept him out of school and away from his usual activities: starred and blurred vision, nausea, headaches,

dizziness, anxiety and depression and “horrible” concentration.

It wasn’t until he and his parents attended a concussion information session at Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital that the high school student learned why he was having so many difficulties and, more importantly, what he could do to help himself recover.

The educational tools that concussion specialists provided for McNeil are now available in a free handbook that can be downloaded at http://www. hollandbloorview.ca/concussionhandbook.

“It makes concussion education accessible and digestible for kids and families,” said Nick Reed, an occupational therapist and researcher at Holland-Bloorview who specializes in concussion.

The handbook not only helps parents identify when their child may have suffered a concussion and what that injury does to the brain, but it also sets out strategies for speeding up recovery and avoiding setbacks.

“I relate it to a gas-tank analogy,” Reed said Wednesday during the launch of “Concussion and You: A Handbook for Parents and Kids.”

“Everything we do in our life uses fuel, and our brain is that gas tank.

When you have concussion, a lot of that fuel is going to healing that injury, so we don’t have a lot in the tank.

“If we do too much and we’re not smart about the activities we engage

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in,” he said, “that fuel’s going to run out very quickly,” leading to a prolonged recovery period that for some can go on for many months.

The handbook provides tips on conserving energy, how to get good-quality sleep and proper nutrition, and relaxation exercises to protect the brain and to promote healing.

Logs for recording daily activities and their effects on symptoms are meant to help children with a concussion make and achieve reasonable goals that will help them return to school and their regular physical pursuits.

“We know that the pediatric brain does not respond the same way as the adult brain, and their lives are very, very different,” said Reed.

“Also, we want to make sure that everyone involved in a young person’s life — whether it be a coach, a teacher, a parent, a friend or a medical professional — are all on the same page.

“And we’re hoping this concussion handbook can really help lead the way there.”

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“It’s terrifying when your child is injured or sick and you don’t know what to do,” she said.

“Just having a little bit of knowledge is such a comfort to parents, (knowing) that they can take an active and proactive role in their child’s recovery.”

McNeil, who has given up contact sports because of an increased risk of suffering an even more serious concussion, said he’s almost fully recovered. But 10 months later, he still has times when he feels a bit “wonky.”

“I think having this book in particular — that day when I wanted to go on a bike ride, knowing how far to push myself or having more information about it when I woke up that Sunday morning —would have been so comforting,” he said.

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FROM 1970S BOHO TO ’90S GRUNGE, FRESH TAKES ON KIDS’ FALL FASHIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The ’90s pop culture revival shows no signs of slowing and the decade’s fashions are reflected in this year’s back-to-school trends for teens.

“You’re going to see those pieces that are the hallmarks from that ’90s era, but they’ve been given an update this season,” said Winners style expert Ingrie Williams.

Williams said one key piece — and a grunge staple — is the plaid shirt, but featured in softer tones and a more draped fit. It can be worn on its own, layered with other shirts, or tied around the waist. It also teams well with a skirt or trousers.

“You might also want to look for plaid pieces in a skirt or a dress that you can wear with leggings — just as long as you have that hit of plaid throughout your outfit.”

In addition to grunge signatures like ripped jeans and graphic rocker-inspired tees, Williams said there are also revamped takes on footwear and outerwear.

Combat boots go beyond basic black while moto jackets are slightly more oversized and fashioned from materials other than leather.

“Look for something like ... neoprene-type fabric, cotton, denim, elements such as fringe or an unexpected colour.”

Here are some other notable trends in back-toschool styles:

Boho “The 70s-inspired boho trend was huge on fallinspired runways and it’s a look that tween girls can really have some fun with,” said Williams.

“The idea here is to balance romantic elements with cool, casual basics.”

She suggested teaming a ruffled prairie skirt with a fun graphic-printed T-shirt and topping it with an army-green utility jacket for a bit of edge.

“The utility jacket is really versatile. It looks amazing over a dress or skirt, but equally amazing with jeans or leggings.”

Williams said fringe elements remain a top trend, with the ornamental strips of fabric adorning knitwear, scarves and even sneakers. Wide-brimmed hats and flared jeans are also boho staples.

For younger girls, a faux fur vest offers additional warmth and a fun add-on layer. “(It’s) something that you can throw on in those early fall days overtop of a light knit.”

She suggested boys can wear their shirts under a denim jacket, which can be paired with classic chinos or cords as an alternative to denim.

In mixing prints that seemingly clash, Williams said the key is to balance patterns by pairing a slightly smaller print with an oversized one in the same colour palette.

Bold backpacks Bolder prints and vibrant colours are proving to be popular among students seeking to make a splash with a school-time staple: the backpack.

“I find that the person that wants to go for a print is going more crazy than they did before,” said MarieDouce Marcil, buyer for Bentley, billed as Canada’s largest retailer of luggage and travel accessories.

Marcil said a doughnut-patterned backpack and another adorned with cats and dogs flying in space are among their top sellers. Floral-printed backpacks are also popular.

Pastel hues may be associated with spring, but Marcil said mint and coral are among the standout shades incorporated in prints for fall bags.

Another ’90s mainstay has made a comeback: the backpack with zippable straps, which can be work slung across one or both shoulders.

“I think it’s something that will get stronger and stronger,” Marcil said of the style.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — As Boutique La Vie en Rose marks its 30th anniversary, the lingerie and swimwear brand has many successes to celebrate at a time when Canada’s retail sector has faced significant struggles.

The company inked a deal in March to buy fellow Quebec-based brand Bikini Village. La Vie en Rose planned to keep the insolvent swimwear chain’s 48 stores open in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with an eye toward expansion across Canada and overseas, while closing four outlet locations in Quebec.

The Montreal-based retailer has already bolstered its global presence with the recent launch of its first La Vie en Rose location in Panama, and discussions to open in India, Indonesia and Nigeria.

This week, the company launched its “Celebrating women for 30 years” capsule collection. Featuring a striking colour combination of black and blue, the anniversary line has sleek lingerie styles showcasing lace, mesh and lace-up details. Additional looks will be available in September.

Despite its triumphs, La Vie en Rose hasn’t been entirely immune from economic pressures, particularly in the face of the nosediving loonie.

“It’s a challenge, and I’m sure it’s going to be the cherry on the top of the challenge for retailers in Canada,” president and CEO Francois Roberge said in a recent phone interview.

“Now we’re going to need to change the retail price. For example, maybe instead of selling PJs for Christmas at $24, we’re going to put (them) on the market at $29.

“We have no choice. It’s about a question of survival.”

Canada has seen a growing vacuum in the retail landscape with the departure of U.S. discount giant Target and the closures of Mexx, Boutique Jacob and Smart Set. Roberge said many Canadian retailers that have folded or are struggling are failing to integrate e-commerce into their business models.

His company has amassed around $5 million in online purchases this year, with e-commerce accounting for three per cent of sales. His goal is to increase that figure to 10 per cent in 2019.

“It’s very important to open your mind and to just think of the way that you can turn your stock. That’s why the web is part of that strategy.”

La Vie en Rose had 23 stores when Roberge acquired the company two decades ago. It currently has 176 locations in Canada operating under its banners La Vie en Rose, La Vie en Rose Aqua and La Vie en Rose Outlet, and 95 stores in 18 countries.

Roberge said a key to the retailer’s transformation involved developing its own brand and shifting away from selling the same labels offered by department stores.

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Dion tells USA Today that Rene Angelil has told her he wants to die in her arms and has given her detailed instructions for his funeral as he continues his battle with throat cancer.

The 47-year-old singer told the newspaper in an interview published Monday that Angelil is back in Las Vegas after undergoing procedures in Boston and has been on a feeding tube for two years.

She took a lengthy break from her show, Celine, at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, to deal with Angelil’s illness.

In earlier interviews, she’d said that Angelil was the one who had encouraged her to go back to work.

Dion tells the paper she doesn’t know if Angelil will be well enough to attend her return concert in person.

She returns to the stage on Thursday.

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Patrick Stewart, center, and dancers attend the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Blunt Talk’ presented by Starz at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles.

The best of both worlds HOW ‘STAR TREK’ BECAME A BREEDING GROUND FOR TODAY’S COOLEST OLD HIPSTERS

BY STEPHANIE MERRY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Patrick Stewart seems to be having a lot of fun lately. One day he’s recording silly videos on his Brooklyn rooftop with songstress wife, Sunny Ozell, and the next he’s tooling around town with bestie Ian McKellen wearing matching bowler hats. He gives ridiculous interviews, admitting that he only recently realized he was uncircumcised. You might catch a glimpse of him doing a song-and-dance number on Starz, where he’s headlining his own comedy series, Blunt Talk.

Is Stewart the coolest senior citizen in the universe? Hard to say — he has a lot of competition in that area these days, and it’s all from fellow “Star Trek” veterans. The stars of the nerdiest franchise in showbiz history have boldly gone where few AARP eligibles have gone before, conquering the world of pop culture with the media savvy of kids one-third their age. Let the old Trekkers teach you a master class in how to extend your celebrity brand to the next generation. ● They use social media as well as a millennial Sure, Stewart uses Twitter to publicize his upcoming projects. He’s been talking up Blunt Talk, and he’ll alert his nearly 2 million followers about his next televised interview. But he also gives his fans an impeccably curated glimpse of his enviable personal life. When he announced his marriage to Ozell on Twitter, he did it with a sure-to-be viral photo.

But Stewart is no match for Star Trek’s socialmedia giant, George Takei. The former Mr. Sulu is a prolific Facebook poster and tweeter who routinely garners tens of thousands of likes for each of his posts, many of which involve the Internet’s favorite hobby — cats — and terrible puns.

● They’re all about the kids “Kids today,” the old codger refrain goes. But Stewart embraces the younger generation. He is, after all, married to a woman more than three decades his junior. And he’s recognized that being part of Taylor Swift’s crew is the greatest aspirational goal of today’s youth, even if he has to use Photoshop to do it.

And he’s not beyond a humblebrag to let fans know how weary he was after attending a music festival. Message: I’m 75 and still cool enough to go to music festivals!

Few Trek alums have spent as much time ministering to younger generations than LeVar Burton, who hosted Reading Rainbow for more than 20 years — which is why you’d be hard-pressed to find a millennial who doesn’t recognize and adore him.

Burton was famous before he wore a banana clip as eyewear on Star Trek: The Next Generation, given that he played Kunta Kinte in the miniseries Roots in 1977. But his years since retiring the character of Geordi La Forge have been spent mainly working on the pro-book children’s show.

Further proving his grasp of modern times, when PBS decided to cancel the series in 2005, Burton headed to Kickstarter to fund a new app, and he continues to make videos for the Reading Rainbow website.

NEW YORK — Sunday’s 90-minute series premiere of Fear the Walking Dead made television history. Delivering 10.1 million viewers, it took the crown as most-watched series debut in cable TV history for total viewers and all key demos, the AMC network said Monday.

The episode delivered 6.3 million adults in the 18to-49 demographic many advertisers prefer to reach.

A Talking Dead Season 6 Preview Special that preceded the Fear premiere delivered 4.2 million viewers, with 2.5 million viewers in the 18-to-49 demo.

The first season of Fear the Walking Dead will run for six episodes this fall, then return for a second season of 15 episodes next year.

We’ll be back: One Direction members tell fans split won’t be permanent LONDON — Members of One Direction have confirmed the band is taking a break, but are reassuring worried fans that it won’t be permanent.

Niall Horan tweeted that “we are not splitting up,” while Louis Tomlinson posted “it’s just a break ... Promise.” Liam Payne tweeted Tuesday that “there’s so much more to come.”

The Sun newspaper reported Monday that the four band members will go their separate ways for at least a year after finishing a tour this autumn and promoting their fifth album.

Sotheby’s to sell Bob Dylan’s draft lyrics for A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall LONDON — The draft lyrics for one of Bob Dylan’s most influential early songs is going up for auction next month.

Sotheby’s said Tuesday it expects the manuscript of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall to fetch 150,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds ($235,000-$314,000) at a Sept. 29 London sale.

The auction house says Dylan typed out the lyrics, and made amendments in ink, in a room above the Gaslight Folk Club in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1962. It says the revisions show the creative process behind the landmark song, which portends a revolutionary or cataclysmic change.

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BLAIR George Matthew 1930-2015 George Matthew Blair passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Wednesday August 12, 2015 at the age of 84 years. George was born in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan on October 16, 1930 to Andrew and Elizabeth (Lyttle) Blair. George graduated high school in Coderre Saskatchewan and obtained a Bachelor of Education Degree from the University of Saskatchewan and later a Masters of Library Science from the University of Washington while teaching two summers at UBC Faculty of Education. George had a rewarding teaching career.

His early years were in the Milestone School District, a two year contract for DND 4 Wing RCAF Germany and two years in Watson Lake, Yukon. George settled in Red Deer in 1961 to teach with the Red Deer School District #104 where he retired in 1983. George joined the Red Deer Regional Voluntary Association to volunteer in the gift shop managing the magazine and newspaper selection and received a 30 year service award in 2013 and in the same year received the Mayors Recognition Award for his dedication to volunteerism.

George was an avid bird watcher and enjoyed horticulture and nature. He was a true friend to many and through his philanthropic endeavors he supported scholarships and made many anonymous donations. George will be sadly missed by his brother John Blair of Moose Jaw, niece Betty (Norman) Briggs, great nieces Vonda Barthelette, Terri Quinn, Donna Briggs, Tammy (Terry) Tkachanko and great nephew Wes Briggs and all their children. He will be remembered by his long time friend of 60 plus years Mel Rainey of Richmond, BC and many other friends and colleagues.

George is predeceased by his parents Andrew and Elizabeth Blair, twin brother Joseph, brother, William (Nancy) and sister Nellie (Orville) Smith. Please join in an afternoon of remembrance and celebration Friday, August 28, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at the Eventide Funeral Chapel. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Red Hospital Deer Regional Foundation Scholarship Fund.

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37444 HWY 2 S Grain Trucking Company 4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + 37543 HWY 2N looking for Class 1 Drivers medical, dental, life and vi700 3020 22 St. and/or Lease Operators. sion benefits. Start ASAP. Manager/Food Services We offer lots of home time, Job description Permanent P/T, F/T shift. benefits and a bonus www.timhortons.com Wknd, day, night & eves. program. Grain and super Experience 1 yr. to less Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

B exp. an asset but not than 2 yrs.

40 hrs/week, + benefits , necessary. If you have a Apply in person or fax 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., clean commercial drivers resume to: 403-314-1303 criminal record check req’d. abstract and would like to Req’d education some start making good money. secondary. Apply in fax or email resume and person or fax resume to: comm. abstract to 403-314-1303 For full job 403-337-3758 or description visit www. dtl@telus.net timhortons.com CLASS 3 DRIVERS SUBWAY® w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & Red Deer recycling automated & roll Now Hiring - flexible off trucks. Email resume full/part time Front Counter with a min. of 2 references Attendant opportunities canpak@xplornet.ca to: available in multiple convenient locations over a variety of day/night shifts. Misc.

Employees receive competitive industry wages Help and full time healthcare benefits. Enjoy being rewarded with bonuses, free shift meals and potential for advancement.

Start your career today and apply at www.mysubwaycareer.com, apply in store, email your resume to careers@rdsubway.com or call 403-342-0203.

For delivery of

LINE LOCATOR ASSISTANT

820

Truckers/ Drivers

F/T TOW TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract.

Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Misc.

Help

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

880

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START

860

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

860

CAMPGROUND MANAGER Tail Creek Park Highway 11 & Highway 21. Please submit letter of intent and/or resume to MARLENE LANZ Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3, President 1415 - 28 St. NE. Calgary, AB T2A2P6 Phone: 1-(403)569-8800 Or 1-800-267-5844

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Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

1906 TREDDLE sewing machine, oak cabinet, very good cond. First $100 takes it. 403-877-0825 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds BRIDGE LAMP. (Antique) Copper and brass, lovely design. Has been professionally re-wired. $75 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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

Earn $150 per week delivering newspapers to business locations in Red Deer on Wednesdays and Red Deer, Blackfalds and Lacombe on Thursdays.

Fuel-efficient vehicle is recommended.

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

1710

Household Appliances

DANBY apartment size dishwasher, 19”Wx36”H on wheels, connects to standard kitchen faucet $200. 403-342-4774

Household Furnishings

1720

NEW sofa bed, $125.

403-358-5568

Misc. for Sale

1760

100 VHS movies, $75.

403-885-5020 3 MAN tent, $35; house plants: orange trees $10; spiders $4. 403-342-7460 BLACK leather furniture; SONY 36” TV and Panasonic stand; SONY 31” TV and stand and SONY DVD player; very large desk, sits 6 (brown); nice office chair; Kenmore range; mirrors; new punching bag; black desk - office chair and file roller. 403-347-0939

ash Extra C ise! & Exerc

Red Deer Ponoka Sylvan Lake Lacombe

Please call Chris at 403.314.4302 or email cpadwicki@reddeeradvocate.com

call: 403-314-4394 or email: carriers@reddeeradvocate.com

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services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

customers partners and the public at all times.

• 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 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

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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

• Valid Class 1 Driver’s licence is required, safe driving skills – current driver’s abstract required • Pressure pumping experience is preferred • High school diploma is an asset • Heavy lifting required, must be physically ¿t • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Cleaning

Contractors

Working Conditions:

464978J31

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

1070

OFFERING cleaning services. Homes, offices, move in/out, seniors 10% off. 587-377-0443

• 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 • Career advancement opportunities • 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

1010

Accounting

Experience & Skills:

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your Classifieds...costs so little reno needs. 403-506-4301 Saves you so much!

Eavestroughing

1130

ROBUST CLEANING SERVICES Eavestroughs and gutters cleaned. Free quotes.

403-506-4822

7119052tfn

CallDebbie at 403- 314-4307

Spruce, Pine - Split. Avail.

7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

1730

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

403-352-8811

Routes Available in Your Neighborhood

What Makes Us Attractive:

For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Stereos TV's, VCRs

880

Misc.

Help

Fracturing Operators, Frac Sand B-Train Drivers

CARRIERS NEEDED

1660

Firewood

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

For that new computer, a dream vacation or a new car

800

Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

1720

SOFA and loveseat, exc. con., $200. 403-347-6706

No s! ion Collect

For delivery of Oilfield Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, Scan to See Current JOHNSTONE USA, and Norway.

Openings KENTWOOD If you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent RIVERSIDE attention to detail and strong communication skills, we invite you to MEADOWS apply for the following positions: PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE Responsibilities: WEST PARK • Ensure that Trican’s safety program, Target Zero, is followed and is promoted to employees,

For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. INGLEWOOD ORIOLE PARK

1630

EquipmentHeavy

SKIL electric drill, $10; Black & Decker jig saw, $10; heat gun, $10; and new in box 30 wall mounted storage bins, $30. 403-358-5568

Household Furnishings

Earn Earn Extra Cash Extra 830 Money

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

1580

ED HARDY shirts, 3 long sleeve, 1 short sleeve, Child’s size L and XL. $20 for all 4. 403-314-9603

850

Call Rick at 403- 314-4303

1540

Bicycles

1640

Tools

880

Flyers, Wednesday Sales & and Friday Distributors ONLY 2 DAYS A GANZ seeks experienced WEEK SALES CLEARVIEW RIDGE REPRESENTATION for Red Deer CLEARVIEW (Central Alberta).

TIMBERSTONE Independent Agents are welcome to apply.

LANCASTER Visit www.ganz.com for VANIER information about the company and our everyday WOODLEA/ and seasonal lines.

WASKASOO Email resumes to Larry Neary, National DEER PARK Sales Manager, larryn@ganz.com.

GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER Trades MOUNTAINVIEW ROSEDALE GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Call Jamie at Requires 403-314-4306

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

VINTAGE HUDSON’s BAY 3.5 point (84” x 62”) wool blanket. In very good condition. $95 (firm). ***SOLD***

Children's Items

stuff

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

1520

Antiques & Art

TREK 7000 ONYX series, Alpha custom aluminum frame, gear shaft on each side of handlebar, 9 RETIRED professional sprocket rear wheel, 3 person req’d to be person- sprocket pedal, Superstack al assistant for a blind lady. hubs & rims, American Ref’s req’d. 403-309-4554 Bicycle technology, largest bike company in USA. $200. 403-505-6597

GED Preparation

• • • • • • • • •

880

Misc.

Help

7109693H31

Oilfield

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 CLEAN UP AND JUNK REMOVAL. 403 550 2502

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Window Cleaning

1420

RESIDENTIAL. Free Quotes. 403-506-4822

Earn Extra Money

¯ ROUTES AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Red Deer Ponoka

Sylvan Lake Lacombe

call: 403-314-4394 or email:

carriers@reddeeradvocate.com

7119078TFN

For that new computer, a dream vacation or a new car

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 D3

COLLECTION of over 1,000 old buttons, $100.

403-885-5020

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

DOUBLE MATTRESS topper, 2” foam style with zipper cloth cover, like new, seldom used. Was $129. new, asking $40.

403-346-2192

RUBBERMAID storage tubs, assorted larger sizes, clean, $5/ea, or all 6/$25; bakers rack, like new 31”Wx17”Dx75”H, 5 glass shelves $90 403-755-2760 SAW BLADE WALL CLOCK. Brand new/still in original packaging. Wall clock made from a 10.5 inch circular saw blade.

Has hammer & saw hour/minute hands.

Perfect for a workshop/ garage area. $12.

Call (403) 342-7908.

VINTAGE Royal Doulton Beswick horse, brown shetland Pony, 3 1/2” high $40; Merrell Ortholite shoes, air cushioned, size 6 1/2, like new $25. Lazy Boy, recliner, tall style, beige, $95. 403-352-8811

KITTENS, (2) 3 mos. old, 1 Male, 1 Female.

FREE to a good home.

403-885-2104

1860

Sporting Goods

1870

KISS Collectibles, includes special order watch, playing cards, pictures, Archie Kiss Book. All for $45.

403-314-9603

SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm.

4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$980, dd/$980, adults with ref., n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586

3060

Suites

CLASSIFICATIONS

1 BDRM. suite across from hospital. Own washer & dryer, N/S. No pets. $900 utils. incl’d. Avail. immed.

403-347-5206

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

ACREAGE home 30 min.

E of Red Deer, Rent/DD $1300. 3 bdrms, utils incld’d. Must be working & have ref’s. 403-896-0127 AVAIL. Sept. 1, 3 bdrm. house for rent in Parkvale.

RENTED No pets. Apply in person or call RENTED SENIOR condo Legacy Estates 403-350-5054

EASY!

2 BDRM. bsmt suite. $950 DD same 403-348-1304 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 2 bdrm. suite downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $950/mo., $950 d.d. all utils., except electricity.

Avail. Sept. 1. 347-3149 3 BDRM. 4 appl., incl. water., avail. immed. $875/mo. 403-348-6594 3810 - 47 ST., spacious 2 bdrm. suite, quiet neighborhood, stove, fridge, security, adult only, no pets. $850. Call to view.

587-877-5808

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious 309-3300. suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY Condos/ BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 Townhouses

3030

1 BDRM. condo on Pine Lake, fully furn., $950 utils.

AIR HOCKEY by Sports- incl. except cable & phone craft was $900 new, exc. Avail. now 403-862-2796 cond, $195. 403-352-8811 SEIBEL PROPERTY Buying or Selling 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 your home? bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, Check out Homes for Sale starting at $1100. For more in Classifieds info 403-347-7545 or 403-304-7576

Collectors' Items

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

rentals

3 BDRM, 3 flr, 3 bath house at 7316-59 Ave. to rent to over 35 yr. old couple. Five appliances, fenced yard., deck and 3 car parking. Rent/DD $1650. Ph: 403-341-4627.

TWO high back beige bar stools, $20 each.

403-358-5568

1830

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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PRECIOUS MOMENTS angel of mercy collectible, new, ideal gift for a nurse, $40. 403-347-3741

Cats

1900

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

AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445 FEMALE TENANT wanted, A.I.S.H. welcome, incld’s furnished bdrm., kitchen facilities, washer/dryer & utils. $500. rent & S.D. Phone Mike 403-346-8581 or 403-304-8472 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

3060

Suites

Pasture

3180

1/2 SECTION, 12 km south and east of Red Deer, avail. imm.

403-347-1253

MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

Mobile Lot

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 Rent starting at $949/month 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central location.

Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031 SYLVAN: Furn. Private suite. + Cable, fridge, etc. $650/mo. 403-880-0210 SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units avail. OCT 1. $1100. to $1400. 403-880-0210.

3190

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

TWO 2 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. Rents $1150/ $1100 with D.D, the same.

3090

Avail Immed: 1 Lrg fully furn bdrm c/w gas fireplace - $300 dd $600/mth.

Call 403-396-2468 S.E. House, working M. $475./mo. 403-341-4664

Warehouse Space

3140

FOR LEASE RIVERSIDE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 compound 403-350-1777

4430

Money To Loan

CONSOLIDATE All loans with rates from 2.1% business or personal loan bankruptcy or bad credit ok. Call 438-992-5916

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wheels

4000-4190

5050 4x4

2003 Chev S15 E/C, V6 auto, full load, $6500. Call Harold 403-350-6800

5070

Vans Buses HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

SERGE’S HOMES

BY OWNER 5 bdrm. 2.5 bath, 1400 sq. ft.

Sunnybrook bungalow $379,900 403-505-1663 OPEN HOUSE Aug. 22 & 23, 2-4pm.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

Online Auction Conducted By AB Storage

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (SOUTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

COLLEEN Y. ADCOCK JENNA SMALLBOY JEREMY S. TATTERSALL CHRISTINA TIFFIN-TAYLOR

SCOTT R. WILDE PAUL J. DOLECKI KARA HAULTAIN NICK CAPPOLA

The sale will be on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com.

The goods may be viewed commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

Online Auction

2003 PONTIAC Montana EXT 69,000 kms., good shape, reasonable price.

Please contact 403-392-5733 to view.

“COMING SOON” BY Duplex in Red Deer Close to Schools and Recreation Center. For More Info Call Bob 403-505-8050

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

5000-5300

Trucks

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

1996 26’ PHOENIX 147,000 kms, sleeps 6, new tires, good working order $9100 403-704-3094 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

CLASSIFICATIONS

4010

5180

TIRES, Michelin, 235/65R 16”, 2 tires for $75.

403-314-9603

4400-4430

CLASSIFICATIONS

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Tires, Parts Acces.

FINANCIAL

homes

Realtors & Services

5100

CLASSIFICATIONS

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THE NORDIC

Rooms For Rent

Motorhomes

7131369H26I2

Travel Packages

Motorhomes

5100

RV RENTAL SPACE in Red Deer, secure with 24 hr. surveillance, gravel lot.

403-302-8793 for price and location.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Conducted By AB Storage

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (NORTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

KYLE LANGELIER ELLA MCALLISTER MICHAEL J. TWILLEY

AMBRE BODNARIUK CASSANDRA PANDER NAVAN DOKE

The sale will be on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com.

The goods may be viewed commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

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1760

Misc. for Sale

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e Get your vehicle list

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-347-1997

SELLING CHEAP! $1900 for 2001 Ford Escape 4x4, 5 spd, std, 293, 453 kms, dependable 403-887-0373

2004 CORSAIR 26.5’, 5th whl., large slide, exc. cond.

403-227-6794, 505-4193

2007 DODGE Nitro 4x4, SLT V6, auto., loaded w/sunroof, low kms., CLEAN.. Priced to buy Call 403-318 3040

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

2012 ZINGER trailer, Thor built, 27’ , hard wall, large slide, air, elec. awning, $17,900 obo 403-896-8860

Sold 2001 INTREPID SE $2000 firm 403-357-9459

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

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

2008 LINCOLN Navigator 4x4 exc. shape, tan

2011 COLORADO, Z71 4x4, loaded for comfort, 45,000 kms., 1 owner, $27,500.

403-341-0603

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

403-392-5446

2008 SUZUKI Boulevard C109RT, loaded w/saddle bags, windshield,

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

GRAND VILLA SALEM, 3 slides, $34,000 obo.

Contact Rennie Green, 587-225-7070

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

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

2003 Pontiac Montana EXT 69,000 kms., good shape, reasonable price.

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

Please contact 403-392-5733 to view.

1 FRIDAY FORWARD

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

2013 HONDA PCX 150 scooter, 1,400 km, $2,200.

403-346-9274

2007 Ford Ranger Level II 6 cyl auto 4x4 loaded.

Clean.. Priced to Buy Call 340-318 3040

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE

2009 VENZA AWD, fully loaded, 39,000 kms. $18,999.

2006 CHEVY Silverado, well-maintained, 200,000 km, $7,800 obo 403-352-3160

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

FREE PHOTO AD WEDNESDAYS IN FAST TRACK FOTOS

AD ON THE INTERNET

AD APPEARS EVERY DAY YOUR AD IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE

leather, 403-871-2441 or cell 928-503-5344

cruise, running lights, back rest 403-318-4653

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

635421

1996 26’ PHOENIX 147,000 kms, sleeps 6, new tires, good working order $9100 403-704-3094

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN Aug. 26 1991 — Canada intends to extend full diplomatic recognition to the Baltic republics of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

1962 — Canadian Amateur Hockey Association approves Father David Bauer’s proposal to build an Olympic hockey team, instead of sending club teams to represent Canada.

1961 — John George Diefenbaker opens the International Hockey Hall of Fame at the

CNE, announces $5-million annual grant for amateur sports in Canada.

1958 — Founding of the Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) to regulate broadcasting in Canada, independent of the CBC. It later becomes the CRTC. 1939 — The first televised major league baseball games are shown. The event is a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1938 — Montreal Maroons hockey team is dropped from the NHL due to financial troubles.

ARGYLE SWEATER

RUBES

TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution

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D5

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26, 2015

IS blows up temple

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The Islamic State group released propaganda images Tuesday that purport to show militants laying explosives in and then blowing up the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient caravan city of Palmyra.

The images, posted on social media by supporters of the group, showed militants carrying barrels of explosives, and laying them inside the temple. Other smaller wired cans lay around the temple walls and columns. Then an image shows a grey plume of smoke rising above the temple from a distance, and then an image of the temple reduced to a pile of rocks. One caption read: “The complete destruction of the pagan Baalshamin temple.”

The Associated Press could not independently verify the images. However, they were released like other group propaganda and carried a logo it often used in the city of Palmyra, in Syria’s central Homs province.

The images also corresponded to prior AP reporting. A resident of Palmyra had told the AP the temple was destroyed on Sunday, a month after the group’s militants booby-trapped it with explosives.

The U.N. cultural agency UNESCO on Monday called the destruction of the temple a war crime.

The temple, a structure of giant stone blocks several stories high fronted by six towering columns, was dedicated to a god of storm and rain — the name means literally “Lord of the Heavens.” It was part of a sprawling Roman-era complex that includes other remains of temples to local gods and goddesses, including the even larger and slightly older Temple of Bel. Experts and residents fear the group will destroy the other ruins.

The Islamic State group, which has imposed a violent interpretation of Islamic law across its selfdeclared “caliphate” straddling Syria and Iraq, says such ancient relics promote idolatry.

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Smoke rises from the detonation of the 2,000-year-old temple of Baalshamin in Syria’s ancient caravan city of Palmyra.

Iraq PM stresses defence of town from militants BAGHDAD — Winning the battle for control of an oil refinery town north of Baghdad is a key step toward defeating the Islamic State group, Iraq’s prime minister said in remarks aired Tuesday, hours before a suicide attack killed 13 soldiers and allied militiamen in the western Anbar province.

“Victory at Beiji is a crucial step toward ending Daesh’s presence in Iraq,” Haider al-Abadi told military and militia commanders during a visit to the area the day before, using an Arabic acronym for the IS group.

The military retook the town of Beiji from the extremists in November, but government forces and allied Shiite militiamen there have come under mounting pressure in recent weeks. Militants now control up to half of the town and oil refinery to the north, a top commander told The Associated Press.

Al-Abadi said the extremist group, which controls large swaths of territory in western and northern Iraq, is throwing significant resources into the battle for Beiji.

“Daesh wants to punch a hole there so our situation, not just in Beiji, but in the entire area, becomes untenable. The collapse (of Iraqi forces) that the enemy wanted did not happen,” he said in remarks aired by state television. “Beiji has become a key front for the defence of Samarra, Salahuddin (province) and even Baghdad.”

Samarra is home to an important Shiite shrine

that was bombed by suspected Sunni extremists in 2006, triggering widespread sectarian violence that claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The oil refinery in Beiji, 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad, has not operated since the IS seized the town as part of its blitz across much of northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014.

There are no residents left in Beiji, which has suffered massive destruction over the past 14 months.

However, control of Beiji gives government forces a key foothold for any future campaign to take back Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city.

Elsewhere in Iraq, a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden army vehicle drove into a group of soldiers and Sunni militiamen southeast of the IS-held city of Ramadi, the provincial capital of the vast Anbar province west of Baghdad, killing 13 and injuring seven, according to security officials. Tuesday’s attack came four days after up to 50 soldiers were killed in two separate ambushes, also near Ramadi.

In Baghdad, an army helicopter pilot was killed Monday in the upscale al-Mansour neighbourhood by an explosive device attached to his car, according to security and hospital officials. The officials and IS, which claimed the attack, identified him as Col. Ahmed Zarzour.

On Tuesday, a major in the Interior Ministry’s intelligence agency was killed in a similar attack in northern Baghdad, according to the officials. It was not immediately clear who killed him.

Suspect watched jihadi video on train, says French prosecutor

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Minutes before he slung an assault rifle across his chest and walked through a high-speed train, the Moroccan suspect in the foiled attack watched a jihadi video on his cellphone, the French prosecutor said in formally opening a terrorism investigation Tuesday.

The actions by Ayoub El-Khazzani on the Amsterdam-to-Paris train Friday night and information from other European authorities on his travels and apparent links to radical Islam prompted the investigation, said prosecutor Francois Molins.

El-Khazzani, 26, was tackled and tied up by five passengers, including three Americans and a Briton, averting what President Francois Hollande said “could have degenerated into monstrous carnage.”

During questioning by authorities, El-Khazzani said he had no terrorism plans and had found a bag of weapons Thursday in a Brussels park and planned to use them to rob passengers, Molins said. But the suspect grew less and less lucid as he gave his explanation, the prosecutor added, and eventually stopped talking to investigators altogether.

One reason investigators suspect a premeditated attack was that El-Khazzani, who claimed to be homeless and living in a Brussels park, used a firstclass ticket, Molins said. The suspect refused to take

an earlier train, he added, although there were seats available — “the sign of a planned project.”

He boarded the train Friday at a Brussels station.

Besides the assault rifle, El-Khazzani had 270 rounds of ammunition, a pistol, a box-cutter and a bottle of gasoline, Molins said.

Prosecutors also said they found a small explosive like those used in the tips of missiles hidden in the glass box containing the hammer used to break train windows in case of emergency. They did not elaborate.

“El-Khazzani watched a video of Islamic preaching onboard” on YouTube on his mobile phone shortly before he got up to start walking through the train with the weapons, Molins told reporters at a news conference. The suspect’s phone was found in a bag left on the train.

The gunman was subdued by a group of three American friends and a British businessman. Another man who tried to stop him — a French-American named Mark Moogalian — remained hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

With the formal investigation opened, investigating magistrates are expected to file numerous preliminary charges against El-Khazzani, including multiple counts of attempted murder in connection with terrorism, possession of weapons in connection with terrorism, and participation in a terrorist conspiracy.

Hungary hurries to build fence as migrants arrive

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUBOTICA, Serbia — Thousands of migrants, many from Syria, poured into Hungary on Tuesday as soldiers frantically tried to finish a border fence to keep them out — the latest flashpoint as Europe struggles to handle a torrent of asylum seekers.

The rush over the border by migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia followed Macedonia’s decision to lift a three-day blockade of its border with Greece after thousands of migrants simply stormed past the Macedonian police who tried to stop them with force.

Nearly 10,000 migrants, including many women with babies and small children, have crossed into Serbia over the past few days and then headed up

north toward European Union-member Hungary.

Once inside the 28-nation EU, they seek to reach more prosperous Western European nations such as Germany, The Netherlands or Sweden.

The so-called Balkan corridor for migrants is becoming increasingly popular as migrants seek to avoid the dangerous boat crossings in the Mediterranean from North Africa to Italy.

About 140,000 migrants have reached Hungary already this year, over three times as many as in all of 2014. According to Hungarian police data, 2,093 migrants were detained while crossing illegally Monday, the highest figure so far this year. Over the past week, the average was nearly 1,500 people a day.

So far the Hungarian border fence consists of three layers of razor wire, which the government says will be completed this month.

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Islamic State group militant stands with a captured Iraqi army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq.

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Husband doesn’t want to move away from daughter Dear Annie: My husband, “Ben,” and I each lost a spouse and then found each other.

We live in the same house with one of his daughters and a granddaughter.

Ben is quite attached to this house.

The two daughters are the owners now, but their father bought it originally and has always maintained it.

MITCHELL The daughter who lives here & SUGAR has a neurological disorder, which keeps her from accepting me.

She has only spoken to me by name two or three times, although she knows how to blow up at us when something

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makes her angry.

I try to greet her every morning with a family nickname that she likes, but she still only grunts in reply.

It seems that she has influenced the granddaughter to resent me, as well. I have tried to put my foot down on occasion, but mostly, I just meekly defend myself from her criticism.

My husband feels sorry for her and she fawns over him, so he believes that she can do no wrong.

He cannot hear well, so he is unaware of how she speaks to me.

I’ve asked Ben about moving to a place of our own, but he won’t do it. He also doesn’t like the idea of paying rent when he has a place to live for free.

And his daughter wants him to stay because he does all of the upkeep and pays the bills.

Annie, I cringe when I hear one of these girls coming, and I hide if I can. I have prayed about my anger and tried to overcome the fear I feel at an encounter.

Ben would not condone my going for counselling, as he is a minister

himself. Is there anything I can do? — Coming In Third Dear Third: You do not need Ben’s permission to get counselling to help you deal with an unfair and unpleasant situation that he is perpetuating.

Was the living situation discussed in advance?

Did you agree to live with his daughter forever?

Your minister husband should be aware that spouses promise to put each other first when they marry.

He has not done this.

Please get counselling with or without Ben. You also may need to get a place of your own to find peace, and if Ben refuses to relocate with you, suggest that he visit often.

Dear Annie: Some close friends of ours have become lazy hosts.

When we have a party at our home, we provide the food and other items.

If we have a potluck, each guest brings a dish and we provide the main course and the drinks.

For these friends, the last few birth-

day parties have been at restaurants where we paid for our own meals.

The “hosts” might bring a cake, but the rest of us are expected to bring a gift to the honouree.

This seems cheap to me.

We enjoy getting together, but would appreciate a little more effort. Otherwise, they aren’t hosting the party at all. We are. — Not So Social in Louisville, Ky. Dear Not So: If you are paying your own way, then they are not hosting the event.

However, it is not uncommon for a bunch of friends to get together to celebrate someone’s birthday, in which case, there is no host at all.

We hope they reciprocate for your lovely home hospitality in some other way.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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BRIEF New Mexico festival assembled record-breaking 116-foot tamale BELEN, N.M. — A group of people in New Mexico say they cooked the world’s longest tamale Saturday morning. Luis Hernandez of the ABQ West Chamber of Commerce says that a team of more than 30 chefs at Viva II, a three-day celebration of the state’s heritage, assembled a 116-foot. 7-inch long tamale at the Valencia County fairgrounds in Belen. Organizers say the ingredients, which were provided

by Bueno Foods, included 120 pounds of masa and 50 pounds of green chile.

A local manufacturer of home improvement material has also designed a special steamer out of aluminum to cook the tamale in.

Dog helps family safely evacuate after house fire SPANISH SPRINGS, Nev. — A Spanish Springs family has been forced out of their home after a house fire, but authorities say no one was hurt thanks in part to a family pet. Officials for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District say one of the family’s dogs alerted them to the fire that started on the deck of the home in a neighbourhood off the Pyramid Highway about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.

Two adults, a child and four dogs safely evacuated before firefighters arrived and the flames spread into the house and the attic.

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Red Deer City RCMP investigator Const. Ray Leonhardt, left, and Kevin Duval with Alberta Animal Services string up a banner on a scaffold overlooking the parking lot at Walmart at the Parkland Mall on a wet and cold Friday morning. Free the Fuzz raised $21,411 over the weekend for local Red Deer Special Olympics programs. From Friday to Sunday, the Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run and Walmart at Parkland Mall partnered for the event that involved officers camping on scaffolding for the entire weekend to show their commitment to Special Olympics. Participating agencies included Alberta Sheriffs, Alberta Animal Services, Alberta Corrections, Alberta Fish and Wildlife, Red Deer Emergency Services, Red Deer RCMP, Red Deer RCMP telecommunications operators, Red Deer Forensic Identification Section and Calgary Police Service.

HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Aug. 26 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chris Pine 35, Macaulay Culkin, 34; Melissa McCarthy, 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars favour combining curiosity with a sound work ethic.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The next 12 months is the time to get the balance right between being independent, and being part of a partnership.

Singles — look for love with an JOANNE amorous Aries or MADELEINE an adventurous MOORE Aquarian.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being an argumentative Aries will get you nowhere fast. It’s time

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to cool down and calm down. If you practise the gentle art of persuasion, you’ll be surprised how far it will get you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): With Saturn sauntering through your relationship zone, talk through a difficult issue with a loved one.

Lay your cards on the table, as you work towards a practical solution that suits you both.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s time to get things done today Twins, as practical Saturn helps you micro-manage and Mercury helps you multi-task. So don’t waste the opportunity to be super productive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Strive to express your feelings with passion and confidence. But avoid making major money moves, as you’re impatient and may not be seeing the current financial situation clearly.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re keen to tackle creative projects, sporting activities or outdoor pursuits. The more adventurous you are, the more fun you’ll have. But retro Venus urges you to tread carefully with a friend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What’s the hurry? Others are rushing around but you

DOES YOUR SMILE FEEL AS YOUNG AS YOU DO?

don’t feel the need for speed. You’re a vigilant Virgo, so a slow and steady pace suits you fine as you pay close attention to details.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Moon is in your domestic zone, which stirs the Master Chef within, as you plan to play gracious host or hostess sometime soon.

Today, focus on a loved one who needs your support.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With Jupiter moving through your hopes and wishes zone, be proactive about creating your preferred future. Focus your energy on potential projects that make your Scorpio heart sing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re full of fiery enthusiasm but don’t jump to halfbaked conclusions Sagittarius — seek out the facts first. Impulsive behavior now could lead to unforeseen problems further down the track.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid putting all your eggs in the work basket. Professional success is fine, but don’t achieve it at the expense of your sanity! Put aside plenty of time for rest, relaxation and social activities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t procrastinate — seize the day! Your motto for the moment is from birthday great, Mother Teresa “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Procrastinating Pisceans can be indecisive, and confuse fact with fantasy. If you avoid issues today, they will be taken out of your hands and other people will end up making decisions for you.

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

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