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Debt loads cause for concern

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transfer stations,” said Beattie.

The commission meets next on Sept.

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Commission chair Mary Anne Overwater said it is willing to consider other options.

“At the time we made the best decision we could. We are contemplating other options for that site,” said Overwater, an Olds town councillor.

Possibilities involve reduced operating days or service levels at the site.

“We’re certainly open to suggestions. But right now that facility operates at a loss and the building itself needs some major repairs.”

That Canadian debt loads have hit historic highs should serve as a wakeup call for many, says a bankruptcy and restructuring expert.

“Not be too doom and gloom but the stats are definitely indicating that we need to make some changes,” said Donna Carson, licensed trustee and partner for MNP Ltd.’s Calgary and Central Alberta regions. “I think it’s getting to the point where people need to take a hard look at their financial future as of today.”

Statistics Canada released numbers on Friday that shows that the gap between the amount Canadians owe measured against their ability to pay it off is as wide as it has ever been.

Canada’s debt-to-income ratio rose to 164.6 per cent at the end of June, the biggest jump in the ratio since 2011.

In a dollar and cents comparison, the numbers mean most Canadians owe about $1.65 for every dollar they have in disposable income.

In step with those numbers are borrowing levels, which increased significantly to $26.3 billion in April through June, up $3.7 billion from the first three months of the year.

Carson said Alberta has the highest consumer debt levels in the country — 30 per cent higher than the rest of the nation on average.

A sign of trouble ahead is that debt loads are rising at a time when interest rates are as low as they ever have been. In the past, times of low interest offered an opportunity to pay off debt, particularly the high-interest versions, such as credit cards.

“That doesn’t seem to be what’s happening,” said Carson, who helps individuals and businesses restructure their finances and explore their options.

She can only speculate on why that is, but clearly some are living beyond their means. In Alberta specifically, cost of living is high at the same time as the oil and gas industry is shedding jobs because of low world oil prices.

The numbers of snowmobiles, quads and other “toys” up for sale on Kijiji and similar sites offers evidence that many are realizing they have to downsize their expectations.

Delinquency rates on paying back loans and other debt is also increasing in Alberta.

Insolvencies are another indication of financial pressure.

Those have remained flat in Red Deer region through the first six months of this year compared with last year.

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Competitors take a running start as they head for the final obstacle of the Reebok Spartan Race — the fire jump — Saturday morning at Heritage Ranch. More than 1,500 racers of all ages tested their strength and endurance, tackling several different obstacles on a course more than 12 kilometres.

Waste transfer closure could see rise in illegal dumping MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Mountain View County fears its ditches will be turned into makeshift dump sites if a transfer station in Olds is closed.

High costs led the Mountain View Regional Waste Commission to vote recently to close a transfer site in the town. It had been used as a collection point for everything from agricultural plastic and burn barrel ashes to electronics and waste oil.

However, the site was being used less frequently and was running a deficit, prompting the commission to close it by Oct. 1.

County Reeve Bruce Beattie said they fear taking away a convenient site for many residents will lead to more illegal dumping, already a problem in the county, as it is in many others.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt without those facilities we’ll find more waste in our ditches and our farm

fields,” said Beattie. “It’s not something we want to see happen.

“I think that’s one of our major concerns, and certainly not only ourselves but for residents of Olds in terms of their ability to deal with their waste.

“Those services provided by he waste transfer site we feel are pretty important.”

“We’ve already lost our rural waste pickup through the commission. That is now contracted out to another company.”

Waste transfer sites are located at Sundre and Water Valley in the county, but they aren’t close to many residents, he said.

Beattie said the county has had “informal discussions” with municipal representatives in Olds and Carstairs to see if an alternative to closing the Olds transfer site can be found.

“We’re going to approach the commission and get a better handle on what their plans are and what they might be open to in terms of those

‘I GUESS AS A RURAL RESIDENT I’M STARTING TO WONDER WHAT WE’RE GETTING FOR THE DOLLAR WE’RE PUTTING IN.’ — MARY ANNE OVERWATER COMMISSION CHAIR

Bamford earns top honours at country music awards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Canada’s reigning king of country Gord Bamford proved once again why he wears the crown as the Canadian Country Music Association Awards returned to Halifax on Sunday for the first time in 33 years.

Bamford, from Lacombe, was the night’s big winner, taking home three awards including Male Artist of the Year and Songwriter and Single of the Year for his song Where a Farm Used To Be. The 39-year-old Bamford, who was born in Australia but moved to Canada as a young boy, said he attributes his continued success to his hard-working attitude, instilled by his family upbringing in Alberta.

“I was always taught to work really hard and be very respectful to people, but told that when you go do something, try to do it at the best of your ability.

That’s all I’ve tried to do,” said Bamford in an oversized black cowboy hat, just after debuting his new single Don’t Let Her Be Gone for thousands.

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“I really didn’t expect any of this tonight... I’m actually really shocked that I’m standing up here, but at the same time, every time it happens it’s the best thing ever. It never gets old.”

It’s the third year in a row Bamford has cleaned up at the awards — he won Male Artist of the Year and Single of the Year honours in 2014.

For his first CCMA ever, former Default rockerturned country singer Dallas Smith took home the coveted Album of the Year award for Lifted.

“I’m pretty proud of the songs we recorded,” said the 37-year-old British Columbia native, who opened the show with a rousing rendition of his song “Cheap Seats” with help from a local drumline.

“To take home that big award and it be my first one, I’m happy it’s happened this way.”

Jess Moskaluke, 25, won Female Artist of the Year for the second year in a row. The pop-country singer from Langenburg, Sask., is gearing up for the release of her new EP Kiss Me Quiet later this month.

“I cannot believe that this happened,” said an emotional Moskaluke in a floor-length red dress

as she accepted the award. “You have no idea how much this means to me as a girl from small town Saskatchewan.”

The Nova Scotia-based Dean Brody, who was poised to win big having received seven nominations, won Video of the Year for Upside Down.

The 40-year-old B.C.-born singer, who moved to Nova Scotia six years ago after a stint in Nashville, said it felt great winning the award in his new home.

“We really feel embraced by the East Coast community,” said Brody, whose young family currently lives in Windsor, N.S., but will soon move to the Halifax area.

“It’s just a great community and it suites me as a person. I’m hoping we’re here to stay.”

Scottish-born veteran vocalist Johnny Reid claimed the fans’ choice award for the sixth time in the past seven years. He said being recognized by the people who listen to your music is an honour.

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Germany looks to stem tide of refugees Germany introduces border checks to send a clear message to their European partners, that more help is needed.

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Olds man found dead in home An autopsy is planned next week on the body of an Olds man who was found dead in his home.

RCMP got the call of an unresponsive man on Friday afternoon “At this time it is unknown if the manner of death involves foul play,” said police in a news release.

The body has been taken to medical examiner’s office in Calgary for an autopsy. Police will reveal more details next week.

Delayed budget upsets protesters at provincial legislature

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Would-be superheroes Caiden Dmetrichuk, 8, left, and sister Mariska Dmetrichuk, 6, round the Golden Circle building as they finish the 2015 Parkinson Step ‘n Stride walk Saturday morning.

The walk is Parkinson Alberta’s largest fundraising event, with all funds raised going towards providing services, support and research for those living with Parkinson disease.

Naloxone kits prevented overdoses: AHS

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Alberta’s provincial health agency says “fentanyl antidote” kits have saved at least four lives since they hit the streets of Calgary earlier this summer. Alberta Health Services says that in the last 10 weeks, about 100 naloxone kits were given out by the Safeworks program. An awareness campaign, partnering with the Calgary Police Service, was launched just over a month ago to try to curb abuse of the drug. Fentanyl is an opioid used to treat severe pain.

It is about 100 times stronger than morphine, her-

oin or oxycodone and is often passed off as the new form of OxyContin. Naloxone works by competing with fentanyl for the same opiate receptors in the body, decreasing the potency of the drug. In the first six months of 2015, 145 people in Alberta died from taking drugs in which fentanyl was detected. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s Joss Reimer said last week that the authority also hopes to have a distribution program for naloxone in place by the end of the year.

DEBT: Increase in calls However, Carson said her office is seeing an increase in calls from people looking for credit counselling.

Carson said for those who fear they are getting in over their head, government-licensed companies such as MNP, offer free initial consultation.

While many think of bankruptcy as the usual option, licensed trustees can help customers work out proposals to repay their debt rather than resorting to bankruptcy.

If further help is wanted, a fee schedule set by the government based on a percentage is used to keep the service affordable for individuals to multi-million-dollar companies.

Creating a budget is the first step for anyone trying to get a grip on their finances, she said.

“I think a lot of people have never seen it on paper, never tracked it for a month. What does it really cost me a month to buy groceries?”

Next up, catalogue your debt and list who you owe money to and how much. “You can’t make changes going forward if you don’t where you’re at today.”

Now, it’s time to see where you can find money to start repaying debt.

Carson said most of the creditors

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they deal with are willing to work with customers to find ways to repay their obligations.

“I can’t stress enough that people need to ask for advice earlier rather than later,” she said.

One segment of the population that is feeling the financial strain is seniors. Many are facing high cost-of-living expenses and fixed incomes. More seniors also seem to be dipping into their own savings to help their adult children. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

WASTE: Deficit has climbed Since July, the transfer station’s deficit has climbed to $75,000.

For residents in the area, taking their garbage to the Didsbury landfill site only about 10 km away is a far cheaper option, she said. As well, fridges, metals and batteries no longer accepted at the Olds transfer site can be taken to Didsbury.

There are concerns the closure of the Olds site might be followed by other closures, he added.

Other counties, such as Kneehill County, offer low-cost garbage to their residents not matched by the local commission.

On top of the proposed service reduction, is a significant boost in the county’s requisition from the commission. It is set to rise from about $170,000

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Gord Bamford performs at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards in Halifax, N.S., on Sunday. Bamford won in three categories including male artist of the year. to more than $400,000 this year.

“I guess as a rural resident I’m starting to wonder what we’re getting for the dollars we’re putting in.”

Overwater said the commission has been going through some challenging times and a $25 per capital requisition was needed. Requisitions will be lower for 2016.

“This year, I think our councils and municipalities will be pleasantly surprised at the budget we’re going to present.”

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“The bigger thing for me is to stand up there and say thanks to them,” said Reid, standing out against his cowboy hat-clad colleagues in a black suit and tie. “It was a very humbling experience for me, yet again.”

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EDMONTON — Critics of Alberta’s NDP government have held a rally at the legislature where they demanded a budget within 30 days.

Matthew Bugg, the emcee for the Stand Up for Alberta protest on Sunday, says even though Premier Rachel Notley has been in power only five months, it’s time her government produced a budget.

A budget was introduced, but never passed, by former Progressive Conservative premier Jim Prentice’s government before it was defeated by Notley and the NDP in May. Finance Minister Joe Ceci is to bring in a fully revised budget after the house resumes sitting Oct. 26.

Many attendees at the rally wore anti-NDP buttons and carried signs questioning Notley’s leadership. Bugg says the event wasn’t necessarily meant as an anti-NDP event, but rather to bring attention to the effects of the economic downtown on industry, small business and the economy.

He noted other provinces where the government changed saw budgets within four to five months.

“By the time the Alberta budget is released it will have been seven months — the longest in the last 20 years by any province,” Bugg said.

Ceci has been touring the province to gather input for his budget. He has warned that challenges lie ahead as it will be the first full fiscal year with oil at drastically reduced prices.

Late last month, he said Alberta is on track for a record $5.9-billion deficit this year as the oil crunch hits families and businesses.

Mary Sutherland from Grande Prairie, who attended Sunday’s rally, said the economic downturn has her concerned for her city.

Sutherland said she has two sons, both of whom own small businesses.

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Economy to come to campaign forefront this week

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OTTAWA — Questions about who is best to manage Canada’s economy are set to come to the forefront of the federal election campaign this week, with a key report on the country’s books being released and a leaders’ debate centred on the topic scheduled for Thursday.

The party leaders were gearing up Sunday for a final tabulation by the Finance Department of year-end figures for fiscal 2014-15.

The fiscal update being released Monday could show the government was on track to balance the budget by the end of March.

Last month, the department reported a $5-billion surplus for the AprilJune quarter, though Harper’s opponents said that data was not up to date.

The federal government predicted in last spring’s budget that it would reduce the deficit to around $2 billion for 2014-15, and said Ottawa would see a small budget surplus for this fiscal year.

But the collapse in oil prices and international fiscal turmoil raised doubts about those forecasts.

Stephen Harper played up his party’s economic strengths at a rally in the Ottawa area Sunday, driving home his message that the Conservatives are

the only stewards of the country’s finances.

He also warned that, given continued economic uncertainty around the globe, Canada needs to be prudent and adjust its fiscal plans accordingly.

“Although we predicted a surplus for $2 billion, we’re already at $5 billion, so we’re always cautious,” Harper said, referring to the 2015-16 year.

He said the Liberals and New Democrats would only drive up taxes and set Canada on a path of never-ending deficits.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, whose party has campaigned on a commitment to balance the government’s books by 2019, enlisted the aid Sunday of former prime minister Jean Chretien, who harkened back to the days when his Liberal government boasted massive surpluses.

Chretien praised what he called the honest approach of the Trudeau Liberals — that of borrowing money in the short term to prop up Canada’s crumbling infrastructure.

“It’s not spending, it’s investment,” Chretien said to cheers and applause from supporters.

“To borrow money for food is bad.

But to borrow money for a house is

good.”

Chretien also took shots at the NDP, accusing their leader of being dishonest with Canadians about his ability to balance the books.

“You know he’s making promises in the billions of dollars, but he will not have a deficit,” Chretien said of Mulcair’s campaign pledges.

“Come on. Canadians, Mr. Mulcair, know how to add.”

The NDP is hoping to frame this week’s campaign around health ahead of the leader’s debate Thursday in Calgary.

While campaigning Sunday in Vancouver, where his party hopes to make gains on Oct. 19, Mulcair announced he would spend $1.8 billion over four years on health care for seniors.

The party said more health-related announcements were expected throughout the week.

Mulcair also played up his party’s other promises, including bringing back eligibility for old age security from 67 to 65 and lifting 200,000 lowincome seniors out of poverty by increasing the guaranteed income supplement.

“But it’s not just financial health that matters. Canadian seniors need access to quality health care, where they need it, when they need it,” Mulcair said.

Mulcair also criticized Trudeau for

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openly advocating deficit spending.

“This is where Justin Trudeau and I are very different,” he said.

“Unlike Justin Trudeau’s reckless promise of multi-year deficits, the NDP will balance the budget and improve seniors’ care by asking corporations to pay their fair share. Justin Trudeau simply won’t.”

The trial this week of a former Harper senior adviser accused of influence peddling could also cast a pall over the campaign.

Bruce Carson goes on trial Monday in Ottawa on one charge of influence peddling related to his work with a company that was trying to sell waterfiltration systems to First Nation reserves.

The Carson case follows on the heels of the trial of Sen. Mike Duffy, which forced the Tories off of their message at the beginning of the campaign in August.

Carson has pleaded not guilty to the influence peddling charge, as well as other accusations of illegal lobbying.

Harper’s campaign heads west Monday to a rally in Kamloops, B.C., while Trudeau takes his campaign to Toronto where he will meet with a group representing retired Canadians.

Mulcair will continue campaigning in British Columbia before heading to Alberta.

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Bus driver says he wasn’t alone in opposition

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A man wind surfs on the waters off Jericho Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday.

Mom of four kids allegedly abducted overseas wants to see progress in case VANCOUVER — A Vancouver Island mother fears her four missing children are in the same region where hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing.

Alison Azer’s children were allegedly abducted by her ex-husband overseas a month ago and she believes they could now be in the Middle East.

The Canadian government needs to do more to bring them home, Azer says.

“I’m a Canadian citizen. My children are Canadian citizens. We need the Canadian government to locate them and bring them back,” she says.

“After one month, I certainly expected more from my own government.”

The four children were legally allowed to travel to France and Germany with their father in early August, but the group did not return as scheduled.

Interpol lists the children — Sharvahn, 11, Rojevahn, 9, Dersim, 7, and Meitan, 3 — as missing on its website.

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No indication of fuel leak after tugboat sinks in Vancouver’s harbour: DFO VANCOUVER — A spokesman for Fisheries and Oceans Canada says there’s no evidence of a fuel leak after a tugboat capsized in Vancouver’s harbour on Friday evening.

Dan Bate says a fast-response coast guard boat arrived on scene about 11 minutes after the tugboat Ocean Gordon called for help around 6 p.m.

The 15-metre vessel was towing a gravel barge near the Centerm Terminal, east of Crab Park in Burrard Inlet, when it sank. Bate says neither the coast guard nor vessels from Port Metro Vancouver have spotted any recoverable pollution at the site. Plans are underway to lift and remove the boat from the sea floor; Western Canada Marine Response Corporation is on standby for a possible fuel leak. Two

‘I’M A CANADIAN CITIZEN. MY CHILDREN ARE CANADIAN CITIZENS. WE NEED THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO LOCATE THEM AND BRING THEM BACK.’ — ALISON AZER

Azer, who is also known as Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, was issued on Aug. 24 for abduction in contravention of a custody order.

He is a well-known Canadian doctor of Iranian descent who has spoken publicly about volunteering medical care for refugees in Iraq and humanitarian aid to Syria.

Alison Azer believes her ex-husband took their children to the Middle East, likely northern Iraq, where ongoing conflicts with Islamic State fighters have forced many people from their homes.

“They’re coming out. My kids were taken back in,” she says.

The concerned mother says she hasn’t heard anything from the authorities about possible sightings or leads in the investigation.

“I really do need to see more in terms of progress. I need to see some

proof that we’re closer than we were a month ago.”

Azer recently travelled from her home in B.C.’s Comox Valley to Ottawa to meet with officials and Lynne Yelich, the minister of state for foreign affairs, to talk about her missing children. It’s important for her to see the faces of people working on the case and have them hear her story, she says.

“It does matter that this is not a file number, that these aren’t empty faces,” Azer says. “These are the faces of my four beloved children. I need people to feel for them as my beloved children.”

Her meeting with Yelich lasted about 45 minutes, and Azer feels like her story resonated, but she believes there’s more that could be done.

“Somebody has to say loud and proud ’We accept responsibility and we’re going to make this right for that mom and those kids,”’ she says.

people abandoned the sinking tugboat and were quickly recovered without injury by a nearby vessel.

86-year-old woman in ambulance that collided with train in Langley dies LANGLEY, B.C. — An 86-year-old woman who was being rushed to hospital when her ambulance collided with a train in Langley, B.C., has died.

The woman was taken to the emergency room after the accident on Friday and died shortly after her arrival, said RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy.

“It was my understanding at that point that they were not life-threatening injuries, but obviously that wasn’t the case,” she said.

Largy wouldn’t share any details of the elderly woman’s injuries or confirm that police believe she died as a result of the crash. She also wouldn’t say why the woman was being transported to hospital in the first place or what condition she was in before the collision. The ambulance was en route to Langley Memorial Hospital on Friday afternoon when a northeast-bound freight train collided with the vehicle.

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CALGARY — A transit driver who’s been fired amid a controversy over Calgary’s Pride bus says he wasn’t alone in his reluctance to take the wheel of the rainbow-wrapped vehicle.

Jesse Rau says one driver even phoned him personally to say that he’d drive the Pride bus if he was assigned to it, but that he resented it.

The Pride bus was driven on different routes in the city until the Pride Parade, which took place last weekend.

Artur Pawlowski, pastor of the Street Church in Calgary of which Rau is a member, said he’s expecting hundreds of people to attend a rally in support of Rau at Calgary City Hall on Oct. 10.

Doug Morgan of Calgary Transit wasn’t available on Saturday to answer whether other drivers expressed opposition to driving the bus.

City officials said in their termination letter that Rau, who was still on probation, was losing his job for breaching the city’s code of conduct and media relations policy.

“I was really grilled by quotes that other people made on my Facebook,” Rau said about a meeting he had with his bosses before he was fired.

“They’re not my views. I shouldn’t even be asked about them,” he continued. “They asked me why I didn’t remove (them). I said I left it because I support free speech.”

Rau’s termination was welcomed by many on social media.

“Calgary Transit made the right decision. Rainbow bus reigns!” a tweet from OutTV on Saturday said.

Craig Sklenar with Calgary Pride said the organization wasn’t commenting on the case, noting it was between Calgary Transit and its employees. He did note that Pride appreciated the support from transit with the bus in this year’s 25th annual parade.

“It was one of the most popular things in the Pride parade this year,” Sklenar said.

The termination letter, which Rau distributed to media on Friday, pointed out that Rau had never been asked to operate the Pride bus and was specifically advised he would not be assigned to it. The letter also says Rau falsely accused the city of fabricating a driving complaint against him in order to “sabotage” him.

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Harper needs fresh voices The problems inside Stephen Harp- nette Corbett, a friend and former chief er’s campaign are real and they are of staff to one-time Ontario Progressive deep.

Conservative leader Tim Hudak.

They stem as much from They and others on the the team around him in 2015 team are all loyal to Byrne, as the ghosts of architects but others say they lack the of victories past who are no depth and mentoring that longer there for the Conserhas been evident on previvative leader. ous Conservative campaign Whether campaign teams. There is an overrelimanager Jenni Byrne was ance on pleasing the redyanked off Harper’s bus is meat base that Byrne heartin dispute but may not be ily embraces. relevant because it is clear Gone are the voices that she is the target of interwould bring different pernal grumbling, something spectives to a campaign that will grow only louder team, whether it was belling TIM if there are not near-immeHarper on an approach that HARPER diate signs that Harper is was not working or reachrighting a floundering caming outside the campaign paign. bubble and bringing a dose The most common comof reality to the effort. plaint is that Byrne has surrounded There is debate within the party herself with a lean team of like-mind- how much of a role Doug Finley (as ed zealots, all cut from the same cloth, opposed to Byrne) played in the 2011 certain their way is the right way, un- campaign, but he was a Harper confiwilling to change course. dant and trusted adviser and the man As one Conservative put it Thurs- who built the foundation for the Harpday, “They’re all drinking their own er majority. He died in 2013. bath water.’’

Gone, too, from the war room of 2011 Byrne, Harper’s chief of staff Ray is Nigel Wright, who insiders credit for Novak and his communications direc- his strong voice, policy work and abiltor Kory Teneycke all cut their teeth ity to keep a level head when things as young Reformers, enthusiastic kids went sideways. In 2015, Wright’s testiriding the buses and spreading the mony at the Mike Duffy trial knocked gospel in the late 1990s.

Harper badly off message and was the Byrne has also brought aboard Ly- first sign this campaign was wobbling.

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Others who were instrumental in Harper victories — not household names, but skilled political practitioners — are long gone, including Patrick Muttart (the author of the 2011 Michael Ignatieff “Just Visiting” campaign), Mark Spiro, Chad Rogers and former communications specialists Jason Lietaer and Andrew MacDougall.

Then there are the disappearing ministers.

In losing James Moore, John Baird and Peter MacKay, Harper lost anchors on the West Coast, central Canada and the East Coast, and although all three men are doing some campaigning, you cannot carry the same weight when your name is not on the ballot.

The loss of MacKay had a ripple effect. The Conservative party’s former director of political operations, Fred DeLorey, is trying to keep Central Nova for the Conservatives.

In losing the late Jim Flaherty, Harper is without an experienced economic voice during a campaign in which the economy is again central.

This campaign has been hurt by what one source called “clunky messaging.” Another suggested there was no excuse for the party to have been so ill-prepared to deal with the Wright testimony after having two years to prepare for that.

It has also been hurt by supporters heckling journalists — including one who likened the tragic death of 3-year-

old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi to Canadian kids drowning in swimming pools — because it plays to the perception of the Conservative base as the home of angry, old white guys.

The campaign, in fact, sounds like the remnants of the Reform base that spawned Byrne, a voting bloc that seemed eternally angry about everything.

Harper will stay with Byrne. Part of that is faith. Part of that is the political price to be paid for switching managers midstream.

There are signs that movement is afoot inside the campaign and a Byrneled pivot may be at hand.

Harper hinted broadly Thursday that he would soon have more to say about expediting refugee claims and his campaign said they had speeded the process at an application centre in Winnipeg.

The Conservatives picked up a couple of points in overnight polling. The death rattle is not there yet because there is still time, but there is something ironic about the party that purposely lengthened the campaign talking about how the usual 37-day period is just beginning.

This has always been a campaign about change. Yet, the Conservative inability to change tactics is merely reinforcing that campaign narrative.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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We need to vote for a better, cleaner Canada No matter what anyone says during this long fed- greenhouse gas emissions to keep global average eral election campaign, climate change is the biggest temperatures from rising more than 2 C, the threshthreat to Canadians’ health, security and economy. old beyond which experts and world leaders agree The scientific evidence is incontrovertible, the re- could bring catastrophic consequences. search wide-ranging and overwhelming.

The consequences are already seWastefully burning fossil fuels at such a vere and will get worse if we don’t act. rapid rate is jeopardizing the planet’s lifeIncreasing extreme weather, including support systems — harming human health, heat waves, floods, droughts and storms destroying landscapes and habitat, causput lives, agriculture and economies at ing widespread extreme weather events risk. Subsequent conflicts over resources and contributing less to the economy and reduce global security and exacerbate job-creation than clean energy developrefugee problems. Pollution from burning ment. Not only that, our rate of using and fossil fuels increases heart disease and exporting these fuels means reserves will respiratory illnesses, including asthma. be depleted before long. In the meantime, Deep-sea drilling, oil sands mining and as easily accessible sources run out, fossil mountaintop removal destroy the ecosysfuels have become more difficult, dangertems, habitat, wildlife and natural capital ous, expensive and environmentally damon which our health and survival depend.

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Everyone seeking election must get SUZUKI Canada has a long history of extractserious about the climate, so no matter ing and exporting raw resources to fuel which party or parties form government its economy. But that’s no longer a senafter Oct. 19, Canada will be part of the sible long-term plan, especially with nonsolution. renewable resources. It’s incomprehensible that a Continuing with business as usual will only encountry with such a diverse, educated, innovative sure more extreme weather leading to floods and and caring population can’t get beyond this outdated droughts; negative health impacts, including increasway of doing things. The recent oil price plunge il- es in premature deaths; harm to food production and lustrates the folly of putting all our eggs in one fossil security; more pipeline, rail and marine accidents; fuel basket. and missed opportunities to diversify the economy.

As world leaders prepare for the December UN Although climate change, resource development climate summit in Paris, we need our government and infrastructure have been raised in this election, to play a responsible, constructive role. Canada has the talking points don’t always match the severity of been chastised at previous summits for obstructing the problem. It’s up to all of us as voters to question progress and working to water down agreements. candidates and inform ourselves about the various The summit’s goal is for all the world’s countries to party platforms before casting ballots — and to make reach a legally binding pact on climate change and sure all the parties and their candidates listen and

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‘EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A CRIMINAL OFF THE STREETS, EVERY TIME YOU HELP A CHILD, EVERY TIME YOU HELP SOMEONE FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME YOU HONOUR THESE HEROES.’ —BOB PAULSON RCMP COMMISIONER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — The annual RCMP National Memorial Service has added two new names to a cenotaph in Regina that honours Mounties who died in the line of duty.

The additions of Const. David Wynn and Cpl. George Ronald Hawkins to the memorial, located at the RCMP Academy Depot Division, brings the total number of names to 256 since the creation of the North-West Mounted Police in 1873.

Wynn died from a gunshot would he suffered while attempting to apprehend a suspect in a stolen vehicle investigation in St. Albert, in January.

Hawkins died in 1968 from encephalitis related to a tick bite he suffered while on duty.

He was tracking a suspect in the Turtle Mountains in southwestern Manitoba at the time.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told employees in a statement on Sunday that the jobs they do for Canadians honours the uniform and the country the fallen members died for.

“Every time you take a criminal off the streets, every time you help a child, every time you help someone feel safe in their home you honour these heroes,” Paulson said in the statement.

The tradition to recognize fallen members began in the 1930s, when RCMP gathered in Sleigh Square at Depot Division to honour their dead comrades.

Sunday’s ceremony included veterans, cadets and members from across the country and was attended by family and friends of the fallen members.

The names of Wynn and Hawkins have also been inscribed on the RCMP Honour Roll and the Memorial Wall.

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RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, left, inspects officers during a memorial for RCMP officers who died in the line of duty in Regina, Sask., on Sunday.

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Groups to protest removal of historic ruins near highway construction site

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The foundations of an 18th-century village discovered on the future site of a major highway interchange in Montreal will not be preserved, provincial and municipal officials confirmed today, despite the calls of some local groups to save the site.

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, Quebec Transport Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Minister Robert Poeti and Culture Minister Helene David held a Sunday news conference to announce Syrian refugee Mai Eilia, who came to Canada in 2013, stands for a photograph in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday a working committee to study and preserve the 150 .Eilia asks one question when she sends Facebook messages to friends in her war-ravaged homeland of Syria: boxes of artifacts taken from the site, which was once “Are you still alive?” “When you ask someone you know this question, you know how bad it is,” she said the location of one of the province’s first tanneries.

Archeologists unearthed the ruins of the former from her apartment in downtown Vancouver. village earlier this summer.

Known as “Tannery Village,” it consisted of several homes and businesses linked to leather processing and the fur trade. Artifacts recovered from the site thus far include shoes and bits of leather, tools and other household items dating back to the late 18th century.

Benoit Dorais, mayor of the Sud-Ouest borough where the site is located, says that the village’s origins go back a century earlier, making it one of the “Our house was abandoned, my mom and dad had

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS first settlements outside city walls and an important left the city, I had no one there,” she said. “(The Ispiece of Montreal’s industrial heritage. lamic State movement) was fighting, the regime was “It was the foundation of our neighbourhood, now VANCOUVER — Mai Eilia asks one question fighting, it was completely a war zone.” called St-Henri, and over the decades and centuries when she sends Facebook messages to friends in But somehow — she’ll never know how — she that followed, it was the urbanization of Montreal her war-ravaged homeland of Syria: “Are you still had obtained a valid Canadian tourist visa, granted that started there,” he said. in 2012 when many of her friends and relatives had alive?”

Dorais is organizing a Monday night candlelight “When you ask someone you know this question, been denied. vigil to encourage the municipal and provincial gov- you know how bad it is,” she said from her apartment Eilia was accepted into Canada through Monernments to preserve certain parts of the site that he in downtown Vancouver. treal’s airport in December 2013 and immediately says won’t directly affect the highway interchange “’Are you still alive?’ Barely. They’re barely applied for asylum. She then became the conduit project. for her brother, sister and two nephews to make the alive.”

For now, the walls and foundations of the homes In contrast to the crowds now trying desperately same claims. and businesses on the sight are expected to be re- to reach freedom, Eilia easily claimed asylum using She found a job at a Vancouver advertising agency moved once the site has been fully documented. and expects her permanent residency in about one a tourist visa to enter Canada two years ago.

An open letter calling for the preservation of the “I’m one of the luckiest people you will ever find year. site last week was signed by a number of local politi- in the whole world, seriously,” she said.

Eilia is grateful, but feels stigmatized by the refucians, urbanists and heritage organizations.

Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis has gee classification.

The site lies in the path of the rebuilding of the only recently become a major issue as other coun“I’m not second class. I’m very well educated. I Turcot interchange, an important transportation tries grapple with the same challenge. can speak three languages. I travelled all over the artery that serves 100 million people every year, acSince civil war broke out in 2011, more than four world,” she said firmly. cording to Poeti.

“These people, me, we don’t have any choice. We million Syrians have escaped. Canada had resettled He and the archeologists working for the Ministry 2,374 people as of late August, according to Citizen- don’t have any option. I want people here in Canada of Transport pointed out that Montreal’s harsh win- ship and Immigration Canada. and all over the world to just put themselves, for a ters and the site’s proximity to a major construction minute, in our shoes.”

Eilia nearly forgot she had a golden ticket. site make it difficult to keep.

Eilia’s voice softened as she lifted up a multiThe conflict erupted at the same time she was “To leave the pieces of wall that remain exposed suffering her own crisis — divorce and the end of an coloured tablecloth — her only physical connection in open air won’t stand the test of time,” he said. employment contract in Dubai. to her parents, who still live along the Syrian-Turk“And it’s hard to do a visiting site in the middle of All she wanted was the comfort of her family ish border.

Turcot.”

It’s a handmade, traditional piece that her mother in Aleppo, her hometown and Syria’s largest city.

Coderre pointed out that Montreal, like most cit- Instead, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime bought in Damascus. ies, is built on top of what came before, and he would threatened the life of her father, an activist with the “It’s the only thing that I have, right now, from have to “move the city” if no building could ever take banned, left-wing Democratic People’s Party. back home.” place on historic sites.

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Refugees rest in a parking garage in the main rail station in Salzburg Austria, Sunday. At least four countries Friday firmly rejected a European Union plan to impose refugee quotas to ease a worsening migrant crisis that Germany’s foreign minister said was “probably the biggest challenge” in the history of the 28-nation bloc. of the new arrivals, pointing to EU rules under which they are supposed to be registered and processed in the first EU country where they arrived.

Questions raised after Mecca crane collapse

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam’s holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.

It had begun to rain in the ancient desert city. Karam, who had waited a lifetime to make the pilgrimage to stand before the Kaaba, stood with her palms facing toward the sky in prayer.

Ibrahim stood a few feet to her side, quietly reading verses from the Qur’an.

Suddenly, a loud boom echoed.

Karam found herself surrounded by carnage — body parts were scattered everywhere amid pools of blood on the white marble floor of the mosque.

The kingdom’s Civil Defence says unusually strong winds tipped over one of the massive cranes around the Grand Mosque that houses the Kaaba.

The crane crashed through part of the mosque’s roof and upper floors, sending concrete slabs crashing down.

“I saw a head, legs, blood, dead people,” Karam said Sunday, interviewed at her husband’s bedside in Mecca’s Al-Noor Specialist Hospital. “We started saying ’Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar’ as the rain poured down.”

She escaped injury, but her husband was among the hundreds injured, his leg broken in two parts. The death toll reached 111 on Sunday as more of the injured died. The Health Ministry on Sunday said 394 people were treated at medical facilities after the crane collapse, and 158 of the injured remain hospitalized.

Ayman Shaaban, the owner of a hajj tour company in Egypt, was praying on the ground floor of the Grand Mosque when the crane collapsed. He says he was tossed some 20 metres (66 feet). He was immediately rushed into a large room with other injured people, the right side of his face broken, bloodied and swollen, unable to open his left eye.

Saudi media reported that a committee has been established to investigate the incident. It is unclear how the kingdom’s Civil Defence, which led rescue operations, was able to determine that winds caused the crane’s collapse.

The spokesman for Civil Defence could not be immediately reached for comment.

Shaaban has questions about the cause of the accident.

“Logically speaking, for a crane to fall from wind, even if there were strong winds, something doesn’t add up,” Shaaban said from his hospital bed. “If there is negligence, because of these souls lost, someone must be held accountable.”

Such concerns indicate the sensitivity of the incident for Saudi King Salman, whose title is Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques — the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad in Medina. The king visited the Grand Mosque on Saturday and later met with some of the injured being treated at the government-run Al-Noor hospital.

The Al Saud royal family’s legitimacy is rooted in part in its claim to be the protectors of Islam’s two most sacred sites that are at the centre of the hajj — the pilgrimage that all Muslims are required to perform at least once in their lifetime if they are able to do so.

The accident comes just over a week before this year’s hajj, which is ex-

pected to start around Sept. 21 and last four to five days. It will draw between 2 to 3 million Muslims from around the world for a series of rites in Mecca and surrounding areas that are believed to trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael as they are named in the Bible.

Officials have not yet removed the crane. An Associated Press journalist saw the Liebherr crane on Sunday, its base tipped forward and its superstructure leaning into the mosque where it struck. The Liebherr Group, a large equipment manufacturer, makes many of its cranes at a plant in Biberach an der Riss, Germany, and has its global headquarters in Switzerland.

Liebherr spokesman Kristian Kueppers said in an email to The Associated Press that the company is doing everything in its power “to help bring the accident investigation to a speedy and logical conclusion.” The company said it had issued clear instructions on how the crane was to be installed and secured to protect it from winds. The company also expressed its deep sympathy for the families of the victims.

Over the years, the Grand Mosque has undergone several expansions to accommodate the growing numbers of pilgrims, but in the last decade, the kingdom launched its most ambitious overhaul ever.

Historic sites significant for Islam have been demolished to make way for hotels, causing an outcry among some Muslims. Saudi officials say the overhaul is needed as the number of pilgrims during hajj is projected to reach 7 million by 2040.

The current $60-billion Grand Mosque expansion will almost double the area for pilgrims to pray at the Kaaba. The Grand Mosque is now surrounded by dozens of cranes, part of the massive construction effort headed by the Saudi Binladin Group. The Binladin family has been close to Saudi Arabia’s ruling family for decades and runs major building projects around the country. Al-Qaida’s late leader Osama bin Laden was a renegade son disowned by the family in the 1990s.

The Binladin Group has not released any statements to the press about the crane collapse and its representatives have not been made available for comment. The company’s chairman or a top representative is likely a member of the investigating committee, according to several Saudis familiar with the process.

On Sunday, the imam of the Grand Mosque, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais, also visited the injured. Flanked by a team of assistants, he gave patients bags that included a copy of the Qur’an, a vial of traditional Arab fragrance called oud, and bottles of water from the sacred underground Zamzam well in Mecca believed to have healing properties.

He told patients that that there was great reward for them in being at the Kaaba, just before the hajj.

“This is God’s will,” he told each patient as he passed by their bed. “The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect him, is very concerned with your well-being.”

Dr. Salem Bajuifer, medical director at Al-Noor,, said his team received around 120 patients, many of them with serious injuries requiring amputations.

The injured at the hospital come from a range of countries, including Germany, Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Syria and Iran.

He urged other countries to apply those rules, and said people seeking protection cannot choose the country where they receive it.

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A firefighter lights a back burn along Highway 29 north of Middletown, Calif., Sunday. Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook at several Northern California towns, destroying over a hundred homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday.

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BERLIN — Germany introduced temporary border controls Sunday to stem the tide of thousands of refugees streaming across its frontier, sending a clear message to its European partners that it needs more help with an influx that is straining its ability to cope.

Germany is a preferred destination for many people fleeing Syria’s civil war and other troubled nations in the migration crisis that has bitterly divided Europe. They have braved dangerous sea crossings in flimsy boats — another 34 drowned Sunday off Greece — and made long treks across unwelcoming countries in hopes of a better life. More than a week ago, Germany and Austria agreed to let in migrants who had massed in Hungary, saying it was a one-time measure to ease an emergency. The flow has continued undiminished, and while Germans have remained welcoming, officials said the numbers were straining the country’s ability to provide accommodations.

Berlin has become increasingly frustrated with the reluctance of many other countries in the 28-nation European Union — especially those in the former Eastern bloc — to share the burden of hosting the newcomers. Sunday’s action, focusing on the Austrian border, came a day before a meeting

of EU interior ministers to discuss the crisis.

“The aim of this measure is to limit the current influx to Germany and to return to orderly entry procedures,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters. “This is also urgently necessary for security reasons.”

De Maiziere added: “The great readiness to help that Germany has shown in recent weeks ... must not be overstretched.” He did not specify how long the border controls would remain in place or how exactly incoming migrants would be handled, saying only that Germany will continue to observe national and European rules on protecting refugees. German officials didn’t have further details, but in principle, border checks allow officials to turn back anyone lacking valid papers to enter.

The move, de Maiziere said, was also “a signal to Europe: Germany is facing up to its humanitarian responsibility, but the burdens connected with the large number of refugees must be distributed in solidarity within Europe.”

Germany’s national railway, Deutsche Bahn, said it had suspended service from Austria to Germany for 12 hours at the orders of authorities. Most new arrivals have come by train.

De Maiziere noted that Germany isn’t technically responsible for most

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Rebels run out of gas against Chiefs

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Chiefs 5 Rebels 3 KENNEWICK, Wash. — The Red Deer Rebels ran out of gas Saturday afternoon and were leaking oil in a big way down the stretch.

The energy spillage resulted in a 5-3 loss to the Spokane Chiefs in a Tri-City Americans’ Western Hockey League preseason tournament contest.

“Part of it is that we were a tired team, I thought,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who watched his club surrender five third-period goals to the Chiefs following a 5-3 win over the host Americans Friday night, said Sunday. “We played two games in less than 24 hours and Spokane didn’t play on Friday.

“I thought we looked tired and we had to play a short bench because it was a fast-paced game. I thought some of our kids got over-worked in certain areas. A couple of our younger forwards had a tough time so I didn’t play them as much. We were down to about eight forwards last night.”

The Rebels opened the scoring when rookie forward Austin Pratt notched a first-period power-play goal.

Red Deer upped the count to 2-0 on Josh Mahura’s second-period man-advantage marker and added to the lead on a Grayson Pawlenchuk power-play snipe 1:03 into the final frame.

The Chiefs followed with a powerplay goal from Markson Bechtold 45 seconds later and then poured it on with extra-man markers courtesy of Curtis Miske, another from Bechtold, and Riley Whittingham for a 4-3 lead.

Jaret Anderson-Dolan added insurance with an even-strength tally at 17:20.

“The great thing about it is that it really sorts itself out when you’re in a situation like that,” said Sutter, in reference to the late collapse. “These last two games have made it more clear about where we’re going moving forward. “There was a lot of positives on this trip. We got a good take on some of our veterans Friday night and yesterday’s game was a fast, up-tempo game, a great challenge for some of our younger guys. It showed where they’re at and where they have to get to.”

Pratt scored once and added an assist in Friday’s win, while Presten Kopeck and Colton Bobyk each contributed a goal and two helpers, Ivan Nikolishin had a goal and an assist and Reese Johnson notched the other Red Deer goal.

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New York Yankees’ Rico Noel, right, leaps past Toronto Blue Jays catcher Josh Thole to score on Alex Rodriguez’s double in the eighth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, in New York. The Yankees won 5-0.

Blue Jays can’t close out sweep of Yankees

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yankees 5 Blue Jays 0 NEW YORK — The first-place Toronto Blue Jays put space between themselves and the New York Yankees on Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader that featured 20 innings, 31 combined runs and a 33-minute rain delay.

Manager John Gibbons used 12 different pitchers in the twin-bill, though, and needed veteran knuckleballer R.A. Dickey to save Toronto’s bullpen some work Sunday before a much-needed day off Monday.

Dickey (10-11) pitched into the eighth, but Toronto’s offence, without injured stars Troy Tulowitzki and Edwin Encarnacion, struggled against New York’s Masahiro Tanaka in a 5-0 loss.

Tanaka pitched like the ace New York needed, holding Toronto to four hits over seven innings. The Yankees pulled within 3 ½ games of the Blue Jays after Toronto had scored 30 runs in the first three games of the series.

“We came in feeling real good and we won three out of four,” Gibbons said.

“We feel good leaving here.”

Tanaka (12-6) struck out seven, walked none and threw 76 of 108 pitches for strikes. He is 3-0 with a 2.54 ERA in his last four starts.

On Aug. 15, he beat the Blue Jays with a five-hitter in Toronto.

“He was good again today,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s been tough on us.”

Dustin Ackley homered and had three RBIs for the Yankees, who snapped a five-game losing streak.

The Blue Jays said before the game that Tulowitzki will miss at least two weeks after cracking his left shoulder blade in a collision during the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader. Encarnacion was held out after aggravating a finger injury Saturday.

“It’s a very small crack,” Toronto’s general manager Alex Anthopoulos said of Tulowitzki’s injury. “Just talking with the doctors, if they had to guess, and really it’s only a guess at this point, it could be two-to-three weeks and then he could be back for October.”

Of Encarnacion, Anthonpoulos said: “I would expect and hope that he’s back during the Atlanta series.”

The Yankees sent Dickey to his first loss since before the All-Star break.

The Blue Jays and Yankees play three more times in Toronto from Sept. 21-23.

Dickey (10-11) gave up five runs and seven hits in 7 2-3 innings. The knuckleballer had been 7-0 with a 2.68 ERA in 11 starts since losing at the Chicago White Sox on July 9.

Ackley, starting because he was 4 for 11 against Dickey coming in, homered for the first time since July 8 for Seattle against Detroit.

New York went ahead in the second on sacrifice flies by Ackley and Didi

Gregorius. Ackley, acquired from the Mariners on July 30, hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and Alex Rodriguez added an RBI double in the eighth that chased Dickey.

“Today is a great example of what the formula is,” Rodriguez said.

“Strong pitching, get the ball to our strong bullpen and hit the ball out of the park.”

Rodriguez was honoured by the Yankees before the game for his 3,000th hit on June 19, another step in thawing the formerly tense relationship between A-Rod and team stemming from his one-year drug suspension and litigation when he tried to avoid discipline.

MAKING MOVES Toronto acquired infielder Darwin Barney from the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league catcher Jack Murphy.

TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: General manager Alex Anthopoulos said second baseman Devon Travis (shoulder) has yet to take swings or play any games and they are “running out of time” for the rookie to return.

UP NEXT: Blue Jays: After the off day, the Blue Jays open a series at Atlanta on Tuesday with Mark Buehrle (14-7, 3.72) starting, opposed by Julio Teheran (107, 4.38).

Yankees: CC Sabathia (4-9, 5.16) starts Monday in the opener of a threegame series at Tampa Bay, which starts Erasmo Ramirez (10-5, 3.96).

Esks finally get a win against Stampeders SNAP 12-GAME LOSING STREAK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 27 Stampeders 16 EDMONTON — The Calgary curse that’s haunted Edmonton has finally been lifted.

Mike Reilly threw three touchdown passes in his first full start of the season, including a pair to Adarius Bowman, as the Eskimos finally managed to get past their southern rivals, defeating the Stampeders 27-16 on a rainsoaked Saturday night.

With the win the Eskimos (7-4) snapped a 12-game losing skid extending back four seasons against the Stampeders.

“Calgary’s a great football team, I’ve said that for a couple years now,” Reilly said. “They outplayed us on Monday and we outplayed them today. I know we get them once more in the regular season and that will be a battle too.”

Eskimos head coach Chris Jones said Reilly’s poise on the field in his return to the starting job was a major factor in the win.

“You saw the evidence on the field, he steps up in the pocket and is able to move around and buy time, run when he needs to, that type of thing,” he said.

“He’s our starting QB for a reason.”

The West Division-leading Stampeders fell to 8-3, seeing a five-game winning streak come to an end.

“Obviously we didn’t make enough plays to win the football game,” said Calgary head coach John Hufnagel.

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Calgary Stampeders Fred Bennett (8) chases Edmonton Eskimos Kenny Stafford (7) as he makes the catch for the touchdown during second half action in Edmonton, on Saturday.

“They made more plays than we did.

Their offence made some big plays and we could stay with them and match it with our offence. It was a close game for the most part that got out of hand in the fourth quarter.”

Edmonton started the scoring on its first possession as Shakir Bell’s 41-yard reception set up a 30-yard Sean Whyte

field goal.

The Eskimos made it 9-0 late in the opening frame as a Cauchy Muamba interception of a Bo Levi Mitchell pass eventually set up a 14-yard passing strike from Reilly to Bowman. The twopoint convert failed.

Calgary got on the board seven minutes into the second when Mitchell

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found Anthony Parker for a 20-yard passing major.

The Stampeders got a break on the ensuing kickoff as a replay proved returner Kendial Lawrence had fumbled on his own 32, leading to a 20-yard field goal by Rene Paredes and a 10-9 Calgary lead.

Edmonton surged back in front five minutes into the third as Reilly, making his first start since the season opener, served up a long bomb toss of 47 yards to Kenny Stafford in the end zone. A Lawrence two-point convert made it 17-10.

The Esks added to their lead early in the fourth as a 46-yard pass to Stafford led to a 21-yard Whyte field goal.

Paradese quickly responded with a 50-yard field goal for the Stamps and then another long 47-yarder to close the score to 20-16.

Edmonton restored its cushion midway through the fourth, however, as Reilly found Bowman for a 50-yard passing TD. A desperate Stampeders squad tried to go deep itself but a long pass was tipped by defender Aaron Gymes into Muamba’s hands for his second interception of the contest.

The Stampeders return home to face the B.C. Lions next Friday, while the Eskimos head to Hamilton to take on the Tiger-Cats on Saturday.

Notes: The Stampeders won the first meeting between the two Alberta-based teams 16-7 on Monday in a game in which neither team was able to muster up more than 50 net rushing yardsb& Despite pouring rain throughout, the crowd of 38,906 was the largest in the CFL this year.

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Johnson leads Redblacks over Lions

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Redblacks 31 Lions 18 VANCOUVER — The Ottawa Redblacks confirmed Sunday that they are not a struggling CFL expansion franchise anymore.

Jeremiah Johnson rushed for two second-half touchdowns and Chris Milo kicked five field goals as the Redblacks came back to beat the B.C. Lions 31-18 at B.C. Place Stadium.

“A year ago, we (were) struggling and trying to figure out what was going on, and now we’re on top of our game,” said Johnson, who has five touchdowns in his past two games.

“I think, as a team, we understand that. We understand that we’re in a good place.”

The second-year Redblacks improved to 6-4 and moved into a tie for second spot in the East Division with Toronto by winning in a place that has been unkind to Ottawa teams. The Redblacks became the first Ottawa squad to earn a win in Vancouver since Oct. 6, 1990.

“For us, the bigger thing for us right now overall that we’re all excited about (rather than being tied for second) is we won in the West,” said Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris, who completed 26-of-37 passes for 317 yards.

“We knew, if we could get this done, it would definitely move us in that direction to become one of the top teams in this league, and in order for us to become a playoff team that can win anywhere in this league.”

Johnson’s touchdown runs from two yards in the third quarter and 12 yards in the fourth quarter enabled the Redblacks to overcome an 18-14 first-half deficit. Ottawa’s remaining points came on two converts from Milo and a safety conceded by B.C. punter Richie Leone.

Burris said the Redblacks responded after they were upset with themselves for failing to score a touchdown in the first half despite getting in scoring range several times.

“Nobody ever panicked, our team believed in what we were doing and we mixed things up very well with the run and the pass, and really got things going in the end,” said Burris.

Despite throwing a touchdown, Lions QB John Beck struggled to get much going in his first CFL start in place of the injured Travis Lulay (knee) and tossed two interceptions at critical points. Beck completed 20-of29 passes for 207 yards. Ottawa racked up 464 yards in net offence while B.C. only managed 194.

“Things didn’t go like we wanted,” said Beck, a 34-year-old former NFL journeyman who made his first profes-

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Ottawa Redblacks’ Jeremiah Johnson, left, runs past B.C. Lions’ Ryan Phillips to score a touchdown during the second half of a CFL football game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday. sional start since November 2011. “It happens. We have a short week coming up against Calgary. We have to learn from this, get it out of our minds and move forward.”

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Bombers get win back over Riders

Queens open season with win over Trojans

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Turner Johnson of the RDC Kings keeps the ball away from his Olds College Broncos opponent Saturday afternoon during their opening game of the 2015-16 ACAC season. The Kings defeated the Broncos 3-0.

Fullarton. “Their third goal was a bit of a body blow, so soon after halftime. That really knocked us back on our heels.”

Down 3-1 at that point, the Kings closed the gap with a penalty-kick goal from Bruno Damian, then narrowly missed potting an equalizer. The misfires hurt, especially when Trojans midfielder Francisco Miron scored from a free kick with time running down.

“We got the penalty that got us back in it and then they scored on a call that we thought was a bad decision,” said Fullarton. “But our performance was way better today.

“They (Trojans) are a good side.

Today they were just a better side than we were.”

The RDC coach is confident that his side can narrow the gap in short order.

“SAIT is a really good side, but we’re not far away,” said Fullarton. “We just need to tighten up in a few areas and we can give them a game down there (Calgary).”

Mark Ibbotson netted the other RDC goal. Miron scored twice for the visitors, who got additional goals from Yassin Yusuf and Mauricio Rosas.

The Kings got through a sluggish first half with a 2-0 lead en route to the shutout victory Saturday. Turner Johnson and Alex Brezovan scored and the Kings were gifted with an own goal. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

defeat the host Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody Lakers 20-13.

Tristan Koller ran four yards for a first-quarter touchdown, Landon Gyori added a major on a 75-yard second-quarter punt return and Dagan Slimmon added a convert to give the Lakers their early lead.

Michael Davidse got the Trojans on the board late in the first half, recovering a fumble for a touchdown, and a Connor Berkholtz third-quarter major — on a seven-yard run — and Dalen Crete’s second convert gave the visitors a 14-13 lead.

Davidse scored on a one-yard run late in the game to round out the Camrose attack.

Lakers quarterback Michael Smyth completed two of 10 passes for 14 yards, while teammate Patrick Bennett was one-for-three for zero yards. The Sylvan Lake ground game — led by Koller’s 72 yards on 14 carries — netted a total of 104 yards.

Berkholtz was the Trojans’ top rusher with 39 yards on 10 carries.

Crete, Davidse and Keith Schmidt were a combined one-for-five passing for 11 yards.

Rocky Mountain House Rebels running back Levi Munday rushed for 91 yards on eight carries and scored a touchdown in a 26-8 Central Alberta High School Football League victory over the visiting Wetaskiwin Sabres Friday.

Justin Kim, who ran for 29 yards on 10 carries, and Derek Rohatynski also scored majors for the winners. Kevin Shin booted a field goal and two converts, Munday contributed a punt single and the Rebels also recorded a safety.

Dalton Letowsky ran for the Sabres’ lone major and Quinn Letowsky added a two-point convert.

Jake Gusse was Wetaskiwin’s leading rusher with 41 yards.

Rebels quarterbacks Sam Beaver-Haman and Eric Allen combined to go zero-for-six. The Sabres used three quarterbacks and were a combined three-for-seven for 60 yards. ● Elsewhere Friday, Stettler the Camrose Trojans ral- Rocky Mtn House lied from a 13-0 deficit to Olds

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All in all, it was an impressive weekend for Pratt.

“Austin played well,” said Sutter. “There are things in his game we have to work with him on to become a better player, but the thing is you have to keep reminding yourself that he’s only 16.

“He’s big and strong and he knows how to play.

He’s smart, it’s just getting him to understand what he is as a player. His work ethic and compete level allows his skills to surface. If he goes the other way it affects him, but when he does those things he has the puck a lot more and has opportunities to score goals.

“I was really happy with Austin. I thought he had a really good weekend.”

The Rebels, with eight players attending NHL camps, carried their Friday momentum over into Saturday’s contest, then fell flat down the stretch.

Sutter wasn’t surprised.

“The reality is, in situations where teams don’t have a lot of veterans at NHL camps, they are going to win these preseason games,” said the Rebels boss.

“That’s just the way it works.

“But it was a great experience for our younger kids . . . just making the trip down and going through it all.” ● Rylan Toth was the winning netminder Friday, turning aside 32 shots. Trevor Martin made 25 saves in a losing effort Saturday.

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Trojans 4 Kings 2 The RDC Kings gave up an early second-half goal Sunday and never fully recovered.

“Our performance in the first half was quite good, I thought, but we had two lapses of concentration,” said RDC head coach Steve

Blue Bombers 22 Roughriders 7 WINNIPEG — Matt Nichols said earlier this week he hadn’t had this much fun on the football field in quite some time.

And while a first-half nightmare probably had him rethinking those thoughts briefly on Saturday, the sentiment certainly held true by the time the final whistle blew as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers were victorious 22-7 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

“Tonight, I definitely had the most fun I had since probably college for me,” said Nichols, who was 21for-30 for 283 yards with a major, an interception and two fumbles while improving to 6-2 in starts in 2015.

“To get back to that is just awesome. Sometimes in the business you can start having it feel like a job.

Right now, it feels like you’re just out playing with the boys.”

Nichols, who was acquired two weeks ago from Edmonton, said one of the keys was the belief he felt coming from his teammates in Winnipeg.

“I just really felt, as a quarterback, you have to be in that position where everyone believes in you and trust you and I felt I have that here,” said Nichols.

“At times that was lost on me in Edmonton.”

The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bombers, who improved to 4-7. The Riders dropped to 1-10 after claiming their first win of the year in last week’s Labour Day Classic over the Blue Bombers.

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Queens 1 Trojans 0 The RDC Queens, while looking back at a slow start to the 2015 season that proved costly in regards to their final standing and placement prior to the provincials, broke hard out of the gate during the weekend.

The Queens opened their Alberta Colleges women’s soccer season at 2-0 with respective 3-0 and 1-0 wins over the Olds Broncos and SAIT Trojans at the RDC pitch.

“Last year we came out slow and it affected our standings and hurt when it came to the provincials,” said Queens veteran forward Sydney Daines, following Sunday’s win over SAIT. “We have 10 returnees and we’re more prepared this year.”

Meanwhile the RDC Kings, who also downed Olds 3-0, lost 4-2 to the Trojans in men’s play.

Kaitlin D’Arcy scored in the 56h minute to give the Queens their margin of victory versus SAIT. Lauren Good posted the shutout.

“I think we played better than Saturday, although we still have lots to improve on,” said Daines, who was named the RDC player of the match.

Daines, who is close to qualifying for the Canadian Finals Rodeo in barrel racing, had Medicine Lodge on her rodeo schedule for the weekend.

However . . .

“I thought it was more important to be here with my team,” she said. “I am on the bubble, but I can go to Medicine Lodge for the next 22 years of my life but I can’t play soccer at this level for the next 22 years.”

The Queens dominated the Broncos during Saturday’s shutout win, with Daines, Alexandra Moyer and Nicole Friedl supplying the goals.

tion, and third-string quarterback Greg McGhee on a one-yard plunge on his first CFL play, scored touchdowns for B.C (4-6). Leone added a field goal and pair of converts, including a CFL-record 48-yarder.

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Late TD gives Cowboys edge over Giants

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cowboys 27 Giants 26 ARLINGTON, Texas — Before Tony Romo could survey the field for a potential winning touchdown pass in the final seconds of the opener against the New York Giants, he had to reach to the turf and grab the loose ball from a low snap.

When the Dallas quarterback looked up, he saw someone familiar waiting for a throw at the goal line: trusty tight end Jason Witten.

Romo threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Witten with 7 seconds left, and the Cowboys overcame three turnovers that led to easy New York points to beat the Giants 27-26 on Sunday night.

“Jason’s obviously a special player.

He’s obviously close to me,” Romo said after his franchise-record 24th fourthquarter comeback. “It’s a great feeling to see him score that winning touchdown. He’s the best.”

Romo, who threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions, will have to live without his other most important target for at least a month.

All-Pro receiver Dez Bryant, who wasn’t on the field for both fourthquarter touchdown drives by Dallas, is expected to miss four to six weeks after breaking his right foot in the second half.

“You can’t replace Dez Bryant,” Romo said. “I hurt for him right now.”

The Cowboys drove 72 yards in 1:27 after stopping New York at the 1 and forcing Josh Brown’s fourth field goal when a touchdown would have sealed the Giants’ first victory in an opener against Dallas.

The defending NFC East champion Cowboys are 8-0 against their division rival in openers, and have beaten them five straight times.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown, and the Giants had to go just a

MORE FROM WEEK 1 IN THE NFL B5 yard for their other TD after Trumaine McBride’s interception.

The Giants tried to throw on third down from the Dallas 1 with a 23-20 lead, but the Cowboys didn’t take the play-action fake. Eli Manning threw the ball away instead of taking a sack, stopping the clock and giving Romo the final 1:34 to try to win.

“It was bad clock management,” Manning said. “It was definitely an option to take a sack and run 40 seconds off the clock and give them less time.

That’s 100 per cent on me.”

But Coughlin took the blame as well.

“The decision to throw the ball on third down was not a good decision,” he said. “It should have been a run, whether we scored or not.”

On the winning play, Romo picked up ball after a low snap and found Witten — who finished with eight catches for 60 yards and two TDs — shielding defenders at the goal line. The 13-year veteran made the catch, stayed on his feet and left no doubt about getting the ball in the end zone for yet another huge connection between one of the most prolific quarterback-tight end combos in NFL history.

“With what I’ve experienced here, he’s always great in 2-minute, especially him and Witten,” Giants cornerback Prince Amukamura said.

“You can tell he’s very poised and you definitely don’t want the ball in his hands in the final two minutes. But whenever that’s the case, the defence has to step up.”

Romo led two quick touchdown drives in the fourth quarter after McBride’s interception set up Rashad Jennings’ 1-yard scoring that put the Giants up 23-13 with 8 minutes to go.

“He has great poise. He has great understanding about what he wants to do,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett said.

“Tremendous amount of confidence in

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Cole Beasley (11) is tackled by New York Giants linebacker Uani’ Unga (47) short of the goal line during an NFL game Sunday, in Arlington, Texas. that huddle, and a lot of it comes from the confidence the quarterback projects to the team.”

Running back Lance Dunbar got the final Dallas drive going with two catches for 40 yards. He finished with team highs of eight catches for 70 yards with Bryant twice leaving the game. The first time was in the first half because of dehydration.

The Giants converted two Dallas turnovers into 10 points in the final minute of the second quarter.

Rodgers-Cromartie picked up a fumble by receiver Cole Beasley just

before he hit the ground at the end of a run and ran 57 yards untouched for a 10-6 lead.

On Dallas’ next snap, Romo threw behind Witten, who tipped the ball into the arms of linebacker Uani Unga, starting because Jon Beason missed the game with a sprained left knee.

The Giants had to settle for Brown’s second field goal, from 40 yards.

Joseph Randle got most of the work in the first game for Dallas without 2014 NFL rushing leader DeMarco Murray. He had 16 carries for 65 yards, and Darren McFadden had six for 16.

Oilers’ prospects happy to take backseat to McDavid

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Connor McDavid has been the overwhelming focus for fans and media at the Young Stars rookie tournament, and that suits his teammates with the Edmonton Oilers just fine.

The No. 1 overall pick at June’s NHL draft — dubbed hockey’s “next one” long ago — is the talk of this city on the southern shore of Okanagan Lake, leaving the Oilers’ other prospects to go about their business in relative obscurity.

“That’s the way it is, and I’ve said it before, rightfully so,” said forward Leon Draisaitl. “He’s just that good.”

Draisaitl is among the crop of highend talent the Oilers have accumulated during their years of futility at or near the bottom of the NHL standings.

The 19-year-old German was the third overall pick in 2014 and spent 37 games

with Edmonton last season, picking up two goals and seven assists, before being returned to junior.

A six-foot-one 212-pound centre who could be moved to the wing when the Oilers open training camp next week, Draisaitl is happy to take a backseat to McDavid mania.

“He’s the best player to come along in a long, long time, so for him to come here and get seen by a lot of people, that’s pretty cool,” he said. “It’s nice for him to get all the attention and for him to be the first guy (media) go to.

“For us, it’s a little more relaxed.”

Gerry Fleming, the head coach of Edmonton’s AHL affiliate, is running the Oilers’ bench at the event in Penticton that also includes rookies from the Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets. He said his organization has a lot more going for it than just McDavid.

“There’s a lot of skill,” said Flem-

ing.

“Connor being the player that he is and the person that he is, he gets a lot of attention and it does distract attention from other guys, but we’ve got a lot of good players.”

One of those good players is Darnell Nurse, a six-foot-three 216-pound defenceman who played in junior, the AHL and two games with the Oilers last season.

The Hamilton native has shown his offensive side at this tournament as well as his willingness to get involved physically after the Canucks took a run at McDavid in Edmonton’s first game.

“I definitely think I have an opportunity to go out there and earn myself a spot,” said Nurse. “That comes down to my play and how I carry myself through training camp. It’s something I’ve just got to go out there and work for.”

The seventh overall pick in 2013 added that playing three levels of

hockey last season helped him better understand the game as he attempts to break in with the Oilers on a full-time basis.

“I’m a better player now. I’m looking forward to going out there and showing it,” said Nurse.

“I can do all the talking I want, but it’s just time to go out there and perform.”

Meanwhile, McDavid sat out Edmonton’s second game of the rookie tournament on Saturday and won’t play in the Oilers’ finale on Monday either, but that hasn’t lessened the interest in the 18-year-old phenom.

“It’s well-deserved,” said Nurse.

“It doesn’t really affect the person that he is. He’s always happy. He comes to the rink with a smile on his face.”

A smile Oilers’ fans share when thinking about a future that includes a lot more than just McDavid.

Jets prospect Ehlers says he’s ready to make jump to the NHL PENTICTON, B.C. — Nikolaj Ehlers has every intention of playing in the NHL this season. It’s up to him to show he deserves one of the jobs available with the Winnipeg Jets.

After attending training camp with the club last season, the slick Danish winger dominated junior hockey in 2014-15, scoring 37 goals and 64 assists in 51 games for the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL before adding a ridiculous 31 points (10 goals, 21 assists) in just 14 playoff games.

“I feel ready,” the 19-year-old Ehlers said recently on his NHL hopes. “I’ve been working to get better the past two years and be able to get a good chance to make the team.”

Selected ninth overall at the 2014 draft, Ehlers is part of the Jets’ roster of prospects currently taking part in the Young Stars tournament, a fourteam showcase that also includes rookies from the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.

“I worked on a lot of small details

this year and this summer — getting bigger, getting faster, stronger,” said Ehlers, who also attended last year’s tournament. “I feel like I did that pretty well. That’s an advantage for me. I’m going to try to use my abilities, what I do best and see.”

The Jets should have some openings at forward when their main camp opens next week after Michael Frolik inked a deal with Calgary this off-season and Jiri Tlusty and Lee Stempniak weren’t re-signed.

“I see an opportunity and I’m going to do everything I can to grab that chance,” said Ehlers. “It’s going to be tough, but I’m ready for it.”

The CHL rookie of the year in 2014, Ehlers said he doesn’t see much value in returning to junior. He’s also too young to play in the AHL, but Europe could be an option if he isn’t able earn a spot with the Jets.

“I don’t have any other plans than playing in the NHL this year,” said Ehlers. “It’s what my focus is on and it’s going to stay like that until they say otherwise. I’m excited to start this season and looking forward to it.”

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Strathmore Wheat Kings at Three Hills Thrashers, 8 p.m.

Thursday

● High school football: Drayton Valley at Ponoka, 4:30 p.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Camrose, 4:30 p.m. ● Senior high volleyball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College preseason hockey: Camrose Augustana Vikings at RDC Kings, 6:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

● College preseason hockey: Bentley Generals at RDC Kings, 7 p.m., Red Deer Arena.

Saturday

● Bantam football: Lindsay Thurber Raiders at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 3 p.m. ● WHL preseason: Medicine Hat Tigers at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Stettler Recreation Centre. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Blackfalds Wranglers at Red Deer Vipers, 8 p.m., Red Deer Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Banff Bears at Ponoka Stampeders, 8 p.m.

Sunday

Friday

● High school football: Wetaskiwin at Stettler, 4:30 p.m. ● WHL preseason: Edmonton Oil Kings at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium.

● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds Grizzlys, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Vegreville Rangers at Stettler Lightning, 3 p.m.

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Wednesday, Sept. 16 Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 17

Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit

Central Division W L Pct 84 58 .592 74 68 .521 70 71 .496 67 74 .475 65 77 .458

GB — 10 13 1/2 16 1/2 19

Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

West Division W L Pct 77 66 .538 75 67 .528 72 70 .507 69 75 .479 61 82 .427

GB — 1 1/2 4 1/2 8 1/2 16

Saturday’s Games Kansas City 14, Baltimore 6 Toronto 9, N.Y. Yankees 5, 11 innings, 1st game Toronto 10, N.Y. Yankees 7, 2nd game Boston 10, Tampa Bay 4 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 2 Detroit at Cleveland, ppd., rain Oakland 5, Texas 3 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 2 Seattle 7, Colorado 2

Tuesday’s Games Boston at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

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

Soccer GA 30 35 48 37 47 37 51 47 48 45

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 15 10 3 48 40 28 FC Dallas 14 8 5 47 40 31 Los Angeles 13 8 8 47 49 33 Seattle 13 13 3 42 35 32 Sporting KC 11 8 8 41 41 38 Portland 11 9 8 41 29 32 San Jose 11 11 6 39 34 32 Houston 9 11 8 35 36 37 Real Salt Lake 9 11 8 35 32 41 Colorado 8 10 10 34 26 30 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Real Salt Lake 3, Houston 1 FC Dallas 2, New York City FC 1 Colorado 1, D.C. United 1, tie Los Angeles 0, Montreal 0, tie San Jose 1, Seattle 1, tie Sunday’s Games New England 3, Toronto FC 1 Orlando City 3, Sporting Kansas City 1

Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Montreal

Wednesday, Sept. 16 New York at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at New York City FC, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 19 Colorado at Toronto FC, noon Columbus at D.C. United, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

San Jose at New York City FC, 5 p.m.

New England at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Orlando City at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

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Mackenzie/PGA Tour of Canada BEN EOIN, N.S. — Leading scores Sunday from the Mackenzie/PGA Tour of Canada’s Cape Breton Classic: Par — 72 Final Round x — Won on second playoff hole. x-Cheng-Tsung Pan 67-68-68-66 — 269 Taylor Pendrith 67-67-67-68 — 269 Mike Van Sickle 70-64-71-65 — 270 Adam Svensson 67-72-68-64 — 271 Ryan Brehm 66-69-69-67 — 271 Talor Gooch 67-68-68-68 — 271 Daniel McCarthy 68-67-67-69 — 271 Michael Miller 68-72-66-66 — 272 Michael Letzig 68-68-68-68 — 272 Kyle Stough 72-67-68-66 — 273 Jack Wilson 69-68-68-68 — 273 Ethan Tracy 68-69-68-68 — 273 Ted Brown 70-67-68-68 — 273 Ryan McCormick 70-65-69-69 — 273 Kyle Wilshire 68-69-65-71 — 273 Max Gilbert 70-66-66-71 — 273 Richy Werenski 68-71-69-67 — 275 David Pastore 70-71-66-68 — 275 Nathan Stamey 69-71-66-69 — 275 Robert Karlsson 71-66-68-70 — 275 Web.com Tour-Hotel Fitness Sunday At Sycamore Hills Golf Club Fort Wayne, Ind. Purse: $1 million Yardage: 7,319; Par 72 Final H. Norlander, $180,000 69-69-69-62 — D.H. Lee, $88,000 67-68-66-71 — Michael Thompson, $88,00069-69-69-65 — Hiroshi Iwata, $44,000 73-64-71-66 — Sam Saunders, $44,000 68-72-65-69 — Anirban Lahiri, $34,750 69-65-70-71 —

269 272 272 274 274 275

Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended St. Louis C Cody Stanley for 80 games for testing positive for a performanceenhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled OF Slade Heathcott and C Gary Sanchez from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (IL).

National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated RHP Matt Belisle from the 15-day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Andre Fluellen.

CHICAGO BEARS — Terminated the contract of LB Sam Acho. Signed LB Lamin Barrow from the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Shaun Draughn from the practice squad.

CFL East Division W L T PF 8 3 0 392 6 4 0 224 6 5 0 277 4 6 0 207

PA 221 259 322 196

West Division W L T PF 8 3 0 287 7 4 0 272 4 6 0 222 4 7 0 209 1 10 0 262

PA Pt 224 16 197 14 281 8 317 8 335 2

Pt 16 12 12 8

WEEK 12 Bye: Montreal Sunday’s result Ottawa 31 B.C. 18 Saturday’s results Winnipeg 22 Saskatchewan 7 Edmonton 27 Calgary 16 Friday’s result Hamilton 35 Toronto 27

Golf 69-76-73-73 73-74-70-74 73-73-71-74 76-67-78-71 71-75-74-72 74-73-72-73 74-72-70-76 72-74-72-75 73-73-76-72 72-73-77-72 71-74-75-74 68-73-77-76 72-70-75-77 77-69-74-75 73-71-80-72 75-72-76-73 74-73-74-75 70-77-73-76 73-73-74-76 72-75-71-78 75-68-75-78

GP 11 10 11 10

GP Calgary 11 Edmonton 11 B.C. 10 Winnipeg 11 Saskatchewan11

Friday, Sept. 18 FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Jenny Shin, $9,975 Laura Davies, $9,975 Ssu-Chia Cheng, $9,975 Danielle Kang, $8,668 Jacqui Concolino, $8,668 Hannah Burke, $8,668 Q Baek, $8,668 Amy Anderson, $8,015 Christina Kim, $7,522 Julieta Granada, $7,522 Mina Harigae, $7,522 Beth Allen, $7,522 Gwladys Nocera, $7,522 Sarah Kemp, $7,033 Kelly Tan, $6,494 Kelly W Shon, $6,494 Wei-Ling Hsu, $6,494 Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $6,494 Lizette Salas, $6,494 Austin Ernst, $6,494 Alena Sharp, $6,494

L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 5 San Francisco 8, San Diego 0 Seattle 7, Colorado 2

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 105 384 58 131 .341 Bogaerts Bos 137 536 69 172 .321 Brantley Cle 127 492 66 156 .317 Altuve Hou 135 556 69 174 .313 LCain KC 126 491 95 153 .312 NCruz Sea 135 525 80 163 .310 Fielder Tex 138 534 63 164 .307 Donaldson Tor 141 555 109 169 .305 Hosmer KC 139 523 87 159 .304 Kinsler Det 139 558 86 169 .303 Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 42; NCruz, Seattle, 41; Donaldson, Toronto, 38; JMartinez, Detroit, 36; Bautista, Toronto, 35; Pujols, Los Angeles, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 35.

Runs Batted In Donaldson, Toronto, 119; CDavis, Baltimore, 106; Bautista, Toronto, 101; KMorales, Kansas City, 101; Encarnacion, Toronto, 99; Ortiz, Boston, 95; JMartinez, Detroit, 94.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 17-7; FHernandez, Seattle, 178; McHugh, Houston, 16-7; Price, Toronto, 15-5; Lewis, Texas, 15-8; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7.

New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

National League East Division W L Pct 82 61 .573 72 70 .507 61 82 .427 56 88 .389 56 88 .389

GB — 9 1/2 21 26 1/2 26 1/2

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Central Division W L Pct 89 54 .622 86 56 .606 82 60 .577 62 81 .434 60 82 .423

GB — 2 1/2 6 1/2 27 28 1/2

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

West Division W L Pct 82 60 .577 75 68 .524 68 75 .476 67 77 .465 60 83 .420

GB — 7 1/2 14 1/2 16 22 1/2

Saturday’s Games Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2, comp. of susp. game Philadelphia 7, Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 10, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 4 Miami 2, Washington 0

Sunday’s Games St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 2 Washington 5, Miami 0 Philadelphia 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 6, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 10, Atlanta 7, 10 innings San Francisco 10, San Diego 3 Colorado 3, Seattle 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 3 Monday’s Games Washington (Zimmermann 12-8) at Philadelphia (Nola 6-2), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Verrett 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 11-6) at Arizona (Hellickson 9-8), 7:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 13-6), 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Sampson 2-4) at San Francisco (T.Hudson 7-8), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 11:35 a.m., 1st game Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Washington at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

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

Toronto at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R 135 457 104 134 492 68 126 534 72 123 474 66 140 506 89 135 504 76 140 483 87 138 535 96 133 420 55 113 387 47

Harper Was Posey SF DGordon Mia YEscobar Was Goldschmidt Ari LeMahieu Col Votto Cin Pollock Ari DPeralta Ari Cervelli Pit Home Runs

H 152 162 174 152 160 159 152 167 128 116

Pct. .333 .329 .326 .321 .316 .315 .315 .312 .305 .300

Arenado, Colorado, 38; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 37; Harper, Washington, 36; Frazier, Cincinnati, 33; Rizzo, Chicago, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 109; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 99; Kemp, San Diego, 94; Bryant, Chicago, 92; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 92; Rizzo, Chicago, 88; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 87.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 19-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 17-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 16-5; GCole, Pittsburgh, 16-8; BColon, New York, 14-11; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 13-6.

Football

Sunday, Sept. 20 New York at Portland, 3 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1

WEEK 13 Bye: Toronto Friday, Sept. 18 B.C. at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 19 Edmonton at Hamilton, 2 p.m.

Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 20 Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saturday’s summaries Eskimos 27, Stampeders 16 First Quarter Edm — FG Whyte 30 5:31 Edm — TD Bowman 14 pass from Reilly (two-point convert failed) 13:42 Second Quarter Cgy — TD Parker 20 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 6:52 Cgy — FG Paredes 20 11:01 Third Quarter Edm — TD Stafford 47 pass from Reilly (two-point convert: Lawrence 3 run) 5:30 Fourth Quarter Edm — FG Whyte 21 10:50 Cgy — FG Paredes 50 2:51 Cgy — FG Paredes 47 6:08 Edm — TD Bowman 50 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 7:47 Calgary 0 10 0 6 — 16 Edmonton 9 0 8 10 — 27 Attendance — 38,906 at Edmonton.

TEAM STATISTICS Cgy Edm First downs 18 24 Yards rushing 98 93 Yards passing 244 352 Total offence 342 445 Team losses 3 14 Net offence 339 431 Passes made-tried 25-42 22-40 Total return yards 94 76 Interceptions-yards by 0-0 2-37 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 Sacks by 2 0 Punts-average 6-45.2 9-36.6 Penalties-yards 10-95 11-95 Time of possession 30:30 29:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Cgy: Walter 11-75, Harrison 4-19, Moniz 2-4; Edm: Bell 11-64, Lawrence 2-8, Reilly 3-8, Walker 1-8, Lynch 1-5.

Receiving — Cgy: Fuller 6-76, Rogers 5-44, McDaniel 3-35, Wilson 2-28, Parker 2-23, Walter 4-21, Harrison 2-19, Durant 1-minus-2; Edm: Stafford 3-109, Bowman 6-104, Bell 4-73, Walker 4-37, Coehoorn 3-30, Watson 1-2, Lawrence 1-minus-3.

Passing — Cgy: Mitchell 25-41, 244 yards, 1 TD, 2 ints, Moniz 0-1-0-0-0; Edm: Reilly 22-40-352-3-0.

Blue Bombers 22, Roughriders 7 First Quarter Sask — TD Bagg 11 pass from B.Smith (convert failed) 8:49 Second Quarter Sask — Single Early 67 0:21 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 25 12:27 Third Quarter Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 31 3:46

LOCAL

NEW ENGLAND PATROITS — Released LB Eric Martin.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived RB Tim Hightower and OL Mike McGlynn. Placed LB Davis Tull on injured reserve. Activated WR Seantavius Jones, FB Toben Opurum and 0DB Don Jones from the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Houston Bates from the practice squad. Terminated the contract of DE Frank Kearse.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired INF Darwin Barney from the Los Angeles Dodgers for C Jack Murphy. Designated RHP Scott Copeland for assignment.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled INF Ronald Torreyes from Oklahoma City (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Erik Davis and INF Wilmer Difo from Harrisburg (EL).

Tennis U.S. Open Sunday in New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Championship

GB — 3 1/2 12 1/2 12 1/2 13 1/2

Monday’s Games Boston (E.Rodriguez 9-5) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-6), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 13-7) at Cleveland (Carrasco 12-10), 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-5), 5:10 p.m.

Houston (Kazmir 7-10) at Texas (Hamels 3-1), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Lobstein 3-7) at Minnesota (Duffey 2-1), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (S.Gray 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh. Danks 7-12), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10) at Seattle (T.Walker 10-8), 8:10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 19 Tri-City at Spokane, 3 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

End of 2015 WHL Pre-season

Sunday’s results Calgary 2 Edmonton 0 Victoria 4 Vancouver 1 Lethbridge at Swift Current, late

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Toronto 82 61 .573 New York 78 64 .549 Baltimore 69 73 .486 Tampa Bay 69 73 .486 Boston 68 74 .479

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 0 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0, 13 innings Cleveland 7, Detroit 2, 1st game Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 0 Texas 12, Oakland 4 Houston 5, L.A. Angels 3 Colorado 3, Seattle 2 Detroit 9, Cleveland 2, 2nd game Baltimore 8, Kansas City 2

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 18 Everett at Portland, 4:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

2015 Western Hockey League Preseason Schedule Saturday’s results Prince George 3 Kootenay 2 Spokane 5 Red Deer 3 Vancouver 3 Victoria 2 Calgary 6 Edmonton 1 Medicine Hat 5 Moose Jaw 2 Brandon 8 Regina 3 Saskatoon 8 Prince Albert 6 Kelowna 4 Kamloops 3 Tri-City 3 Seattle 2

LPGA The Evian Championship Sunday At Evian Resort Golf Club Evian-les-Bains, France Purse: $3.25 million Yardage: 6,470; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Lydia Ko, $487,500 69-69-67-63 Lexi Thompson, $298,698 66-72-66-70 Shanshan Feng, $216,684 68-68-70-70 Ilhee Lee, $151,270 71-67-69-70 Mi Hyang Lee, $151,270 66-67-70-74 Alison Lee, $101,392 70-70-72-66 Lee-Anne Pace, $101,392 71-72-65-70 Inbee Park, $73,319 72-69-70-68 Eun-Hee Ji, $73,319 67-73-67-72 Amy Yang, $73,319 72-66-68-73 Candie Kung, $53,998 71-71-71-67 Sei Young Kim, $53,998 68-71-73-68 Minjee Lee, $53,998 68-72-68-72 Nicole Broch Larsen, $53,998 68-67-71-74 Morgan Pressel, $53,998 69-65-71-75 Stacy Lewis, $41,702 73-70-70-68 I.K. Kim, $41,702 71-67-74-69 Jennifer Song, $41,702 70-72-69-70 Michelle Wie, $41,702 75-66-70-70 Hyo Joo Kim, $34,997 73-69-71-69 T. Suwannapura, $34,997 75-70-67-70 Mirim Lee, $34,997 71-71-69-71 Karine Icher, $34,997 71-68-71-72 P. Phatlum, $34,997 67-71-72-72 Br. M. Henderson, $30,091 70-74-72-67 Chella Choi, $30,091 72-72-69-70 Emily K. Pedersen, $30,091 73-71-68-71 Jin Young Ko, $27,801 69-73-70-72 Kim Kaufman, $24,694 73-74-68-70 Sun Young Yoo, $24,694 76-70-69-70 Min Lee, $24,694 68-74-72-71 Xi Yu Lin, $24,694 71-68-73-73 Gerina Piller, $24,694 67-75-68-75 Suzann Pettersen, $20,932 75-72-72-67 Mika Miyazato, $20,932 74-72-72-68 a-Leona Maguire, 72-73-73-68 Haru Nomura, $20,932 70-69-74-73 Carlota Ciganda, $16,742 73-72-73-69 Ai Miyazato, $16,742 75-71-70-71 Ryann O’Toole, $16,742 72-73-71-71 Marina Alex, $16,742 73-72-70-72 Karrie Webb, $16,742 71-74-70-72 Mariajo Uribe, $16,742 70-70-75-72 Juli Inkster, $16,742 76-68-68-75 Charley Hull, $16,742 70-70-70-77 Ariya Jutanugarn, $13,164 73-74-70-71 So Yeon Ryu, $13,164 72-73-72-71 Ayako Uehara, $13,164 74-70-70-74 Pernilla Lindberg, $13,164 70-73-68-77 a-Hannah O’Sullivan, 76-68-74-71 Anna Nordqvist, $11,692 72-72-74-71 Sandra Gal, $11,692 71-71-74-73 Catriona Matthew, $10,957 72-73-75-70 Cristie Kerr, $10,957 75-71-72-72 Klara Spilkova, $9,975 75-70-73-73

MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 2015

Baseball

Wednesday

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF New York 13 7 6 45 46 D.C. United 13 10 6 45 36 Columbus 12 9 8 44 47 New England 12 9 7 43 41 Toronto FC 11 12 4 37 46 Montreal 9 11 5 32 34 Orlando City 8 13 8 32 36 Philadelphia 8 15 6 30 36 New York City FC 7 14 7 28 39 Chicago 7 15 6 27 36

B4

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Saturday Women Championship Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

BRIEFS Lacombe Golf and Country Club finishes ninth at provincial interclub championship The Lacombe Golf and Country Club, represented by Ian Stang, Tom McKinlay Jr., Steve Mello and Ken Kuehn, finished ninth in the Alberta Men’s Interclub Championship at Canmore.

The Lacombe foursome turned in a score of five-over 218 and finished 16 strokes behind the winning quartet from Airdrie Woodside.

The team of Matt Berry, Jesse Visser, Myle Neilson and

Wpg — Single Hajrullahu 35 11:22 Wpg — TD Feoli-Gudino 37 pass from Nichols (Hajrullahu convert) 14:59 Fourth Quarter Wpg — TD Bass 59 interception return (Hajrullahu convert) 5:40 Wpg — Single Hajrullahu 61 10:52 Saskatchewan6 1 0 0 — 7 Winnipeg 0 3 11 8 — 22 Attendance — 35,156 at Winnipeg.

Miami

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0

1.000

17

10

W 1 0 0 0

South L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Tennessee Jacksonville Houston Indianapolis

TEAM STATISTICS Sask Wpg First downs 13 17 Yards rushing 98 117 Yards passing 114 283 Total offence 212 400 Team losses 43 33 Net offence 169 367 Passes made-tried 13-28 21-30 Total return yards 72 141 Interceptions-yards by 1-8 2-59 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2 Sacks by 4 5 Punts-average 12-44.3 6-48.8 Penalties-yards 14-113 8-55 Time of possession 28:14 31:46 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Sask: B.Smith 4-53, Messam 9-41, Allen 2-4; Wpg: Walker 10-42, Nichols 7-36, Marshall 9-35, Briggs 1-3, Denmark 1-1.

Receiving — Sask: R.Smith 3-30, Bagg 2-26, Dressler 2-22, Demski 3-20, Messam 2-11, Roosevelt 1-5; Wpg: Moore 3-103, Adams 4-52, Feoli-Gudino 4-52, Kohlert 3-37, Denmark 4-20, Marshall 2-14, Walker 1-5.

Passing — Sask: B.Smith 13-28, 114 yards, 1 TD, 2 ints; Wpg: Nichols 21-30-283-1-1.

Pct 1.000 .000 .000 .000

PF 42 9 20 14

PA 14 20 27 27

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 1 0 0 0

North L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0

Pct 1.000 .000 .000 .000

PF 33 13 21 10

PA 13 19 28 31

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 1 1 1 0

West L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000

PF 19 27 33 13

PA 13 20 28 33

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

PF 27 0 26 10

PA 26 0 27 17

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 1 0 0 0

South L T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Pct 1.000 .000 .000 .000

PF 20 0 14 19

PA 9 0 42 31

Green Bay Minnesota Detroit Chicago

W 1 0 0 0

North L T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Pct 1.000 .000 .000 .000

PF 31 0 28 23

PA 23 0 33 31

St. Louis Arizona San Francisco Seattle

W 1 1 0 0

West L T 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000

PF 34 31 0 31

PA 31 19 0 34

Sunday’s summaries RedBlacks 31, Lions 18 First Quarter Ott — Safety Leone concedes 2:27 Ott — FG Milo 37 5:04 Ott — FG Milo 42 11:36 Second Quarter Ott — FG Milo 12 1:27 B.C. — TD Collie 14 pass from Beck (two-point convert: Burnham 3 pass from Beck) 4:55 Ott — FG Milo 18 11:11 B.C. — TD McGhee 1 run (Leone convert) 12:35 B.C. — FG Leone 40 15:00 Third Quarter Ott — FG Milo 48 6:21 Ott — TD Je.Johnson 2 run (Milo convert) 12:12 Fourth Quarter Ott — TD Je.Johnson 12 run (Milo convert) 8:21 Ottawa 8 6 10 7 — 31 B.C. 0 18 0 0 — 18 Attendance — 19,833 at Vancouver.

TEAM STATISTICS Ott B.C. First downs 29 11 Yards rushing 153 9 Yards passing 325 207 Total offence 478 216 Team losses 14 22 Net offence 464 194 Passes made-tried 27-38 20-30 Total return yards 134 341 Interceptions-yards by 2-2 0-0 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1 Sacks by 3 2 Punts-average 6-37.2 6-48.7 Penalties-yards 9-52 16-76 Time of possession 41:45 18:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Ott: Johnson 17-100, Burris 4-31, Lafrance 5-13, Jackson 1-9; B.C.: Beck 1-5, Harris 4-3, McGhee 1-1, Rainey 1-0.

Receiving — Ott: Sinopoli 6-102, Jackson 5-96, Johnson 5-41, Williams 3-36, Price 3-22, Ellingson 2-17, Van 1-10, Lafrance 2-1; B.C.: Burnham 4-52, Hawkins 3-43, Harris 3-30, Collie 3-27, Gore 2-23, Arceneaux 4-23, Rainey 1-9.

Passing — Ott: Burris 26-37, 317 yards, 0 TDs, 0 ints, Sinopoli 1-1-8-0-0; B.C.: Beck 20-29-207-1-2, Jennings 0-1-0-0-0.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 New England 1 0 0 1.000

PF 31 27 28

PA 10 14 21

Chris Fisher posted a score of seven-over 220 for the Innisfail Golf Club and placed 10th.

Forest Heights, with Dave Bach, Dalan Milbradt, Doug Reid and Darryl Lockren wearing club colours, tied for 24th with a 38-over count of 251.

Titans win in second division playoff game but third division team falls short The Red Deer Titans Rugby Club experienced mixed results in playoff action Saturday at Titans Field.

The Second Division Titans stuck to their game plan and rolled over Lethbridge 50-14.

Earlier, the Third Division Titans rallied in the second half but fell short in a 34-25 loss to the Calgary Canucks.

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Thursday’s Game New England 28, Pittsburgh 21 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 31, Chicago 23 Kansas City 27, Houston 20 St. Louis 34, Seattle 31, OT N.Y. Jets 31, Cleveland 10 Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 14 Miami 17, Washington 10 Carolina 20, Jacksonville 9 Arizona 31, New Orleans 19 San Diego 33, Detroit 28 Cincinnati 33, Oakland 13 Denver 19, Baltimore 13 Tennessee 42, Tampa Bay 14 Dallas 27, N.Y. Giants 26 Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.

Thursday, Sep. 17 Denver at Kansas City, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Sep. 20 Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Houston at Carolina, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Miami at Jacksonville, 2:05 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 2:25 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 21 N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m.

JOE FRAZIER A statue honouring former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was unveiled Saturday.

The 12-foot, 1,200-pound bronze sculpture, designed by artist Stephen Layne, depicts Frazier throwing a left hook that floored Muhammad Ali in the 15th round of their championship bout on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden.

“I found my inspiration in a photo of Frazier flooring Ali with his powerful left hook,” Layne said in a statement.

“The moment captured in the sculpture reflects the work ethic of Frazier and the city he called home.”

The statue, which took 14 months to complete, is located in the stadium complex at 11th and Pattison Avenues.

Frazier died in 2011 at age 67.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 B5

Rams down Seahawks in opening week upset NFL ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMS 34 SEAHAWKS 31 ST. LOUIS — Needing a yard again, Seattle handed off to Marshawn Lynch this time. It still didn’t work.

The Rams stopped the running back short of a first down Sunday, making Greg Zuerlein’s 37-yard field goal in overtime decisive in a 34-31 victory Sunday.

St. Louis survived an 18-point fourth quarter rally by the Seahawks, who famously passed from the 1 in last February’s Super Bowl and were intercepted by New England to lose.

Down 31-24 with 53 seconds left, the Rams tied the game after Seahawks defensive back Dion Bailey stumbled on Lance Kendricks’ 37-yard touchdown catch.

Cary Williams’ strip of Nick Foles and 8-yard return had put Seattle up by a touchdown.

The Seahawks opened overtime with an onside kick; Bradley Marquez caught Steven Hauschka’s popped-up attempt. Officials ruled the ball was kicked directly in the air, so Marquez was OK to signal for a fair catch.

The Rams sacked Russell Wilson six times.

TITANS 42, BUCCANEERS 14 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Mariota made it look easy, throwing four touchdown passes and outplaying No. 1 overall draft pick Jameis Winston to lead Tennessee over Tampa Bay. The highly anticipated debut for the rookie quarterbacks was one-sided from the start, not unlike many of Mariota’s dazzling performances in college at Oregon.

The 2014 Heisman winner threw for 209 yards without an interception to join Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton as the only players to throw four or more TD passes in their first NFL game.

Tarkenton did it for Minnesota against the Chicago Bears on Sept. 17, 1961.

Winston, the 2013 Heisman winner, did something rare, too, becoming the first quarterback since Brett Favre in 1991 to have his first NFL pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown.

PACKERS 31, BEARS 23 CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw for three touchdowns, two to James Jones, and the Packers beat Chicago to spoil John Fox’s debut as Bears coach.

The Packers got all they could handle from the rebuilding Bears, but took control down the stretch to beat them for the 10th time in 11 games, including the post-season.

Rodgers improved to 13-3 lifetime against Chicago. The 2014 MVP completed 18 of 23 passes for 189 yards.

Jones, who spent seven seasons in Green Bay before signing with Oakland last year, caught four passes for 51 yards.

That included a one-handed grab on a 13-yard score late in the first quarter and a 1-yard TD in the third — a good start after being released by the Raiders in the spring and by the Giants on the final roster cut.

BILLS 27, COLTS 14 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Tyrod Taylor engineered three touchdown drives and Rex Ryan’s attacking Buffalo defence put the clamps on Andrew Luck.

In his first career start, Taylor went 14 of 19 for 195 yards, including a 51-yard opening touchdown pass to Percy Harvin. Boobie Dixon and rookie Karlos Williams scored touchdowns rushing to deliver Ryan a win in his debut as Bills head coach.

The Bills built a 24-0 lead by scoring on four consecutive possessions into the third quarter. And Buffalo’s defence did the rest.

The retooled Luck-led Colts attack was limited to 148 yards offence and nine first downs on its first five drives before scoring two touchdowns in the final 16 minutes.

Luck finished 26 of 49 for 243 yards and two touchdowns, and was intercepted twice.

CHIEFS 27, TEXANS 20 HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Smith threw for 243 yards and three touchdowns in the first half againts the mistake-prone Texans.

Travis Kelce caught two touchdown

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San Diego Chargers wide receiver Steve Johnson (11) leaps into the end zone past Detroit Lions middle linebacker Stephen Tulloch, left, and cornerback Rashean Mathis, right, for a touchdown past during an NFL football game Sunday, in San Diego. passes in the first quarter, the first coming after Kansas City intercepted Brian Hoyer on his first throw as a Texan.

The Chiefs were up by 14 in the second quarter when Justin Houston sacked Hoyer, forcing a fumble. Kansas City recovered it and a 7-yard touchdown reception by Jamaal Charles pushed the lead to 27-6.

Hoyer struggled in his debut before Ryan Mallett took over with about six minutes left and led Houston on two scoring drives to cut the lead to a touchdown.

DOLPHINS 17, REDSKINS 10 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jarvis Landry returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown with 10:22 left to give Miami its first lead.

Landry’s score broke open a tight game in which the Redskins amassed more yards and dominated the time of possession, but could not pull away.

Kirk Cousins went 21 for 31 for 196 yards and two interceptions for Washington. Robert Griffin III was inactive after only recently recovering from a concussion.

Miami trailed 10-0 in the second quarter, cut it to 10-7 at halftime and pulled even when Andrew Franks kicked a The Dolphins then forced a punt. Landry took the ball in the centre of the field and darted up the middle, dodging would-be tacklers along the way.

On the ensuing drive, Cousins threw a sideline pass that cornerback Brice McCain intercepted at the Miami 2.

JETS 31, BROWNS 10 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two touchdown passes and Chris Ivory ran for two scores in coach Todd Bowles’ debut.

The Jets (1-0) had five takeaways against the Browns, including an interception of Johnny Manziel, who came in late in the first quarter for the injured Josh McCown.

Jets rookie linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin was taken to a hospital after being carted off the field with head and neck injuries.

Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker had touchdown catches for the Jets, who sent the Browns (0-1) to their 11th straight opening-day loss. Fitzpatrick, who became the starter last month after Geno Smith’s jaw was broken teammate’s punch, finished 15 of 24 for 179

yards.

Manziel was 13 of 24 for 182, including a 54-yard touchdown to Travis Benjamin.

PANTHERS 20, JAGUARS 9 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Norman returned an interception for a touchdown, and the Panthers did just enough offensively.

Norman provided the big play in the third quarter when he stepped in front of a pass intended for rookie running back T.J. Yeldon near the sideline and went untouched the other way for a 30-yard score.

Norman pointed at Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles as he trotted toward the end zone and then waved bye-bye.

Carolina managed just 263 yards in winning its second consecutive opener.

Cam Newton, playing in his first game since signing a five-year, $104 million contract that included $60 million guaranteed, completed 18 of 31 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown.

He also ran for 35 yards and threw an interception.

BRONCOS 19, RAVENS 13 DENVER (AP) — Former Ravens safety Darian Stewart, who followed Gary Kubiak from Baltimore to Denver over the winter, snatched the ball from tight end Crockett Gillmore in the end zone with 28 seconds left to seal a win for Peyton Manning and the Broncos.

Joe Flacco drove the Ravens to the Denver 16 in the final minute. One play before Stewart’s interception, cornerback Brady Roby got a hand in Steve Smith Sr.’s face and a would-be touchdown catch bounded away from the veteran receiver.

Cornerback Jimmy Smith’s 24-yard pick-6 was Baltimore’s only touchdown and Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib responded with a 51-yard interception return for a TD that put Denver ahead for good 16-13.

Manning was 24 of 40 for 175 yards and a paltry 59.9 passer rating. His four sacks were his most since Oct. 20, 2013.

CARDINALS 31, SAINTS 19 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Palmer threw three touchdown passes in his first game back from a torn ACL and Arizona opened its season with a victory over New Orleans.

Drew Brees threw for 355 yards, but the Saints had to settle for Zach Hock-

er’s field goals four times.

Arizona’s Andre Ellington rushed for 69 yards before being carted off with a right knee injury.

Two of Palmer’s TD passes came in the fourth quarter.

Darren Fells made a 17-yard fingertip catch for one score and Arizona clinched it with Palmer’s 55-yard pass to rookie David Johnson with 1:33 to play.

Palmer, 14-2 in his last 16 starts, completed 19 of 32 passes for 307 yards with no interceptions.

CHARGERS 33, LIONS 28 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Philip Rivers rallied San Diego to 30 straight points, including throwing a go-ahead, 13-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ladarius Green early in the fourth quarter, and the Chargers stunned Detroit in what could be their final home opener at Qualcomm Stadium.

Rivers overcame two interceptions, including a 31-yard return for a touchdown by Glover Quin, to complete 35 of 42 passes for 404 yards and two scores.

Green was subbing for Antonio Gates, who’s suspended without pay for four games for testing positive for PEDs. Keenan Allen had 15 catches — tying the club record set by Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow in 1984 — for 166 yards.

The Chargers trailed 21-3 after Matthew Stafford threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Eric Ebron midway through the second quarter. But the second half was all San Diego.

BENGALS 33, RAIDERS 13 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Andy Dalton threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and Jeremy Hill ran for two scores to help Cincinnati spoil coach Jack Del Rio’s debut in Oakland.

Dalton had it easy all day long as he faced little pressure and often had receivers running free in the Raiders secondary.

He connected on two touchdown passes with tight end Tyler Eifert as the Bengals (1-0) broke out to a 33-0 lead and coasted.

The game couldn’t have gone worse for the Raiders (0-1), who lost starting quarterback Derek Carr to a hand injury in the second quarter and were held scoreless until midway through the fourth quarter in Del Rio’s first game as coach.

Kings hockey team drops pair of exhibition games in Lethbridge The RDC Kings hockey squad dropped a pair of weekend exhibition outings to the host University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.

After losing 4-1 Friday, the Kings fell 3-2 in overtime 24 hours later.

The winning goal came on a twoon-one break just after RDC’s Tanner Butler had three point-blank opportunities to score but couldn’t beat the U of L netminder. Kraymer Barnstable and Devon Fordyce split goaltending duties for the Kings.

On Friday, Barnstable and Mike Salmon split netminding duties and Pat Martens potted the lone RDC goal.

The Kings host the Camrose Augustana Vikings in another preseason game Thursday at 6:45 p.m. at the Pen-

hold Regional Multiplex, and take on the Bentley Generals Friday at 8 p.m. at the Arena. ● RDC coach Kari Elliott posted a time of 19 minutes, 57 seconds and placed fourth in the women’s five kilometre event of an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Grand Prix crosscountry running meet hosted by Concordia College of Edmonton.

Jonathan Allan was the top RDC male runner, placing 36th in the eight km run. Allan’s time was 39:18, while teammate Keelan Ellerby finished 38th with a time of 41:18.

RDC placed third in the women’s team standings.

Other RDC women’s results: Jordanna Cota, 15th in 21:12; Amy Severtson, 23rd in 22:24; Haley Kitt, 31st in 23:45; Melissa Ray, 34th in 24:13; Tara McDonald, 42nd in 25:38; Lauren Mearns, 47th in 28:37.

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Djokovic wins second U.S. Open title THIRD MAJOR OF 2015, 10TH OF CAREER

NEW YORK — Thrilled to win a point in the U.S. Open final, and bent on proving a point, Novak Djokovic leaped and roared and threw an uppercut, then glared at some of the thousands of spectators pulling for Roger Federer.

After winning another point in that game, Djokovic nodded as he smiled toward the stands. And moments later, Djokovic shook his right arm, bloodied by an early fall, and screamed, “Yes! Yes!” to celebrate a missed forehand

by Federer.

Djokovic appeared to be all alone out there in Arthur Ashe Stadium, trying to solve Federer while also dealing with a crowd loudly supporting the 17-time major champion proclaimed “arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport” by the stadium announcer during prematch introductions.

In the end, Djokovic handled everything in a thrill-a-minute final on a frenetic night. Frustrating Federer with his relentless defence and unparalleled returning, Djokovic took control late and held on for a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory Sunday to earn his second U.S. Open title, third major championship of the year and 10th Grand Slam trophy in all.

“I have a tremendous respect for Roger and what his game is presenting to me and to any other player,” Djokovic said during the trophy ceremony.

“His level is always going to (force) the best out of you and that was needed from my side.”

Confronted with Djokovic’s unequaled ability to race along the baseline and contort his body this way and that, sneakers squeaking loudly as he changed directions or scraping like sandpaper as he slid to reach unreachable shots, the 34-year-old Federer found himself trying to put the ball into the tiniest of spaces. And it didn’t

work. He wound up with 54 unforced errors, 17 more than Djokovic.

Another key statistic: Djokovic saved 19 of the 23 break points he faced, while winning six of Federer’s service games.

One more: Djokovic won 10 of the first 12 points that lasted at least 10 strokes, a pattern that repeated itself throughout the evening.

“Being back in a final is where you want to be,” said Federer, who last played in the title match at Flushing Meadows in 2009. “Playing a great champion like Novak is a massive challenge.”

After all the attention paid to Serena Williams’ bid for the first calendaryear Grand Slam, which ended with a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open, it’s Djokovic who wound up 27-1 in major tournaments this season, including appearances in all four finals. He beat Andy Murray at the Australian Open in January, lost to Stan Wawrinka at the French Open in June, then beat Federer at Wimbledon in July.

“An incredible season,” Djokovic called it.

The 28-year-old from Serbia also won a trio of majors in 2011, and his career total ranks tied for seventh-most in history behind Federer.

Djokovic also evened his head-tohead record with Federer at 21-all.

They have met in three of the last five Grand Slam finals, and Djokovic is 3-0 in those. It is as spectacular a rivalry as there is in tennis right now, with contrasting styles of play.

Rain began falling about 10 minutes before they were supposed to head out from the locker room, and the start of the match was delayed for more than three hours, beginning after 7 p.m.

Won’t happen again: The U.S. Tennis Association is in the midst of constructing a retractable roof expected to be ready for next year’s tournament.

In the third game, Djokovic slipped as he raced forward and fell, ripping skin off his hand, elbow and knee.

Canada downs Mexico for third place at FIBA Americas

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MEXICO CITY — The Canadian men’s national team ended their tournament with a victory, but it didn’t erase the disappointment of not qualifying for the 2016 Olympics.

Cory Joseph hit the winning bucket with no time left on the clock as Canada took third place at the FIBA Americas basketball championship by beating host Mexico 87-86 on Saturday.

“This is a tough game to play after both teams went through emotional games last night,” said head coach Jay Triano. “Where we are in our program, it was a great experience to beat a team in their own country and get the win after what happened yesterday.”

Canada looked to have the victory sealed, leading 79-70 with 3:21 to play, before Mexico started to claw back.

The two nations traded baskets before Francisco Cruz put the Mexicans ahead 86-85 with eight second to play.

Kelly Olynyk inbounded the ball to Joseph at his baseline and he walked the ball up the floor before dropping a fade-away jump shot from the top left

of the key for the win.

“To come back today and get the win, shows the character we have on this team,” said Joseph, who went 4 for 9 from the field.

Andrew Nicholson led Canada with 20 points while Andrew Wiggins added 18. Joseph finished with 11 points and eight assists.

Olynyk, coming off a 34-point, 13-rebound performance in Friday’s semifinal loss to Venezuela, picked up his second straight double double with 10 points and 11 boards.

Marco Ramos led Mexico with 19 points and Gustavo Ayon had 16 points and 19 rebounds.

Canada failed to earn a spot in the 2016 Rio Games after falling to Venezuela 79-78. The men’s squad needed a top-two finish at the FIBAS to qualify.

They will have another chance to earn their first Olympic berth since 2000 when they compete in a last-chance world qualifier tournament next summer.

“We didn’t reach our goal that we wanted to, but we took a step in the right direction as a group and we’ll continue to build,” said Joseph.

Switzerland’s Tirinzoni edges Homan in women’s Tour Challenge final CURLING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PARADISE, N.L. — Rachel Homan couldn’t extend her perfect run at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Tour Challenge.

Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni scored two in the eighth end to edge the Ottawa skip 6-5 in the Tier 1 women’s final on Sunday.

“I was working so hard to win a tournament like this, a Grand Slam. It was my dream for such a long time and I just can’t believe we actually did it,” said Tirinzoni. “We never play in front of such crowds. We feel so special to be here, so privileged. And to actually win against so many good teams is unbelievable.”

Homan got out to an early 3-0 lead in the second end and was up 5-2 before Tirinzoni came back with deuces in the seventh and eighth ends to take the victory.

Homan went undefeated at the inaugural Grand Slam of Curling event until losing to Tirinzoni in the final.

She posted a 4-0 round-robin record to top the leaderboard, downed Scotland’s Eve Muirhead in the quarter-

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Canada defeats Australia at men’s volleyball World Cup Gord Perrin had 26 points and Canada took a step toward earning an Olympic berth in men’s volleyball by defeat-

finals and beat EunJung Kim of South Korea in the semis.

Tirinzoni was playing in her first career Grand Slam of Curling final.

She went 2-2 in the round-robin stage before beating Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque and Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ont., in the quarter-finals and semifinals, respectively.

In the men’s final, Calgary’s Kevin Koe needed an extra end to topple Brad Gushue 4-3.

Gushue, of St. John’s, N.L., forced the extra end with a single in the eighth to tie the draw at 3-3. Neither skip led by more than one point, with Gushue opening the scoring with a single in the second end.

“For us, it’s a big win. We were in a little trouble that game, but we made the big shots we needed at the right times, and it feels great,” said Koe. “It’s been an unbelievable event. One of the best Slams we’ve been a part of, so we’re very fortunate.”

Koe downed American John Shuster 9-2 in Saturday’s semifinal, while Gushue defeated Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen 5-3.

Koe went 3-1 through round robin play, with his only loss coming in his opening draw against Toronto’s John Epping. He won six straight draws to capture the men’s crown.

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Novak Djokovic holds up the championship trophy after defeating Roger Federer in the men’s championship match of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, in New York.

Ko captures Evian Championship BECOMES YOUNGEST LPGA MAJOR CHAMPION the youngest player of either gender to reach the No. 1 spot when she did it earlier this year.

On a damp but dry morning, she EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — With two holes left to play in her bid to be- kept her cool when Thompson got off come the youngest LPGA major cham- to a flying start.

Ko, Thompson and Lee were pion at the Evian Championship, Lydia Ko stayed as relaxed and composed as grouped together after organizers dea seasoned veteran. The South Korean- cided players would tee off on the first born New Zealander birdied both on and 10th tees in threesomes fearing expected bad weather would the shores of Lake Geneva play havoc with the schedule. to reach a new landmark in The elite trio started with a her short but already storied par on the first hole before career.

Thompson set a tremendous A flawless final-round disearly pace with four birdplay that featured spectacuies in her first seven holes. lar approaches and clinical The American converted a putts among her eight birdlong putt for birdie on the ies, Ko became the youngpar-3 second then played a est major champion in LPGA three-hole stretch in 3 under Tour history on Sunday. She from Nos. 5-7. She couldn’t closed with an 8-under 63 for stay bogey-free on the front a six-stroke victory over Lexi nine, though, missing a putt Thompson at the final major Lydia Ko from close range on the par-3 of the season. eighth.

It was the best round of “It’s kind of hard to beat this year’s tournament, a score that helped her to a ninth career victory somebody that shoots 63,” said Thompson. “She played amazing. She dewith a 16-under total of 268.

“It’s probably the best round ever,” serves it. She ball-struck the heck out of this golf course and putted it really Ko said.

“To finish with two birdies, finish well. You can’t get much better than on the last 72nd hole, with a birdie, it that.”

Ko was one shot behind Thompson doesn’t happen often, so it’s definitely one of the top rounds of my whole en- at the turn, with three birdies on Nos. tire life, and I’m sure it will be in my 3, 7 and 9.

The Kiwi golfer hit a wonderful seccareer.”

Ko is 18 years, 4 months and 20 days ond shot on the par-4 11th that landed old. She eclipsed the previous record on the edge of the green and rolled to set by American Morgan Pressel, who within 10 feet of the cup, bringing out was 18 years, 10 months and nine days a big smile on her face. Her next shot old when she won the 2007 Kraft Na- — a downhill birdie-putt — found the hole to draw level with Thompson at bisco Championship.

While Ko thrived under pressure, 12 under.

That shot signalled a swing in the Mi Hyang Lee crumbled. The South Korean had an overnight lead of one momentum.

Ko came close to an eagle on No. stroke over Thompson but finished tied for fourth place, nine back. Chi- 12 but her ball hit the flagpost and nese Shanshan Feng was third with an bounced, stopping within five feet of the hole. Ko made no mistake with her 8-under total of 276.

“Everyone won’t be asking me when next putt and moved one shot clear at I’ll win my first major because it’s the top. She capped her day in style done,” said Ko, who was two shots off with consecutive birdies on Nos. 17 and 18. the pace heading into the final round.

For Thompson, things took a turn Ko has been breaking records even before she turned professional two for the worse on the par-3 14th. She landed her drive on a rough patch beyears ago.

Tipped as a future great of the hind the green and a poor recovery game, she was already the youngest shot left her fuming as she hit the grass winner on the Tour after her win at the twice with her club and settled for a Canadian Women’s Open in 2012, and double bogey that sealed her fate.

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by ASHLI BARRETT/ Advocate staff The bright sunlight and warm weather wasn’t enough to keep the undead from haunting the downtown core.

Luckily, it wasn’t tasty flesh and brains they were after, but non-perishable food items.

Slumland Theatre’s fourth annual Zombie Walk for the Red Deer Food Bank saw over 50 Red Deerians-turned-zombies moaning and groaning their way through city’s streets, covered in gory makeup and tattered costumes in support of the local charity.

They stumbled their way

through the Ross Street Patio, and dragged their feet to Centennial Plaza Park. There, a handful of zombie hunters started a hunt, tracking each of the zombies down, before the group continued to Rotary Recreation Park for another hunt, and finally back to Slumland Theatre.

This year, Slumland added a second cause to the walk, raising funds for the theatre’s renovation project, in addition to taking cash and food donations for the food bank.

A barbecue was provided following the walk to satiate zombie hunger. Music headliner 780Hardcore Slumlord, Natalia Wells, Likeminded, Hostage By Consent, Dusty Tucker and more local bands and artists then wrapped up the event, creating an undead party atmosphere at the Slumland venue.

Joey Hancock poses for the camera during Slumland Theatre’s fourth annual Zombie Walk downtown on Saturday afternoon.

ABOVE RIGHT; Josh Leclerc, left, and Colby Calvé haunt the Central Middle School field before the Zombie Walk for the Red Deer Food Bank Saturday afternoon.

RIGHT; A zombie staggers his way through the Ross Street Patio.

BOTTOM LEFT; Laura Macleod gives a whole new meaning to wedding day makeup as she gets herself “zombiefied” for the Zombie Walk.

MIDDLE LEFT; Elvino(last name withheld) takes a selfie with some of the zombies as they made their way through the downtown streets Saturday afternoon.

TOP LEFT; Zombies make their way down Ross Street, passing by Red Deerians enjoying an afternoon coffee.

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Shells’ big gamble OIL WRANGLING ON THE ARCTIC FRONTIER

BY STEVEN MUFSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE BARROW, Alaska — Shell Oil Co.’s president Marvin Odum made the trip on Sept. 2 from Houston to this northern-most town in the United States, a spot whose traditional name, Ukpeagvik, means “place where snowy owls are hunted.”

Odum is here hunting, too, for oil offshore and political support from Alaska Natives living in Barrow, a ramshackle town of muddy streets, littered with all-terrain vehicles and guarded by snow fences on one side and on the other a four-foot-high earthen berm to protect against high winds and seas.

With a population of 4,429, Barrow is the major launchpad for helicopters shuttling to and from Transocean’s Polar Pioneer, the rig now drilling an oil exploration well for Shell about 70 miles offshore in the Chukchi Sea. If Shell can pinpoint the rich oil reserves it thinks are lying below the sea floor, Barrow will be the main logistics hub for future production.

But Odum’s $7 billion quest has run smack into opposition. During President Obama’s recent visit to Alaska, environmental groups called him to block Shell’s Arctic drilling, which they said contradicts his message on slowing climate change. At a couple of points along routes Obama traveled, clumps of protesters held signs saying “Shell No” and “Polar Profiteer.”

Obama said that oil use can’t be stopped “overnight” and promised that Shell would be held to “the highest standards possible.” Still, the League of Conservation Voters said it was “deeply disappointed.” The Natural Resources Defense Council called the approval of Shell’s drilling permits “a move wholly inconsistent with the urgent imperative of curbing carbon pollution.”

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Shell Oil President Marvin Odum tours the Shell helicopter hangers as he checks in on the company’s Arctic drilling efforts on September 2 in Barrow, Alaska.

Lois Epstein, Arctic program director of the Wilderness Society, said: “There are lots of reasons we oppose the drilling. Some of them are technical, some of them are related to the pristine nature of the Arctic Ocean.

And some of them are related to the climate change impacts.

This is another slug of carbon dioxide and once you have the infrastructure in place it will keep fossil fuels burning that much longer.”

But Shell has received support in the debate over drilling vs. climate change from many Alaska Natives.

They acknowledge climate change but

say the threat it poses to their subsistence fishing culture means they need some other source of economic welfare. And new oil development is the only option.

“Climate change is real, but let’s say we don’t develop. Climate change continues with or without us, then who’s going to build schools for our grandchildren,” said Richard Glenn, a director of the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and a geologist.

He added that the borough government on the North Slope “depends on oil and gas as the only tax base we have. What we have is what we have.

Netflix looks to shake up film industry

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BEASTS OF NO NATION

TORONTO — One of Netflix’s hottest new titles had its Canadian premiere on Sunday — but it wasn’t streaming online.

After tearing down how we watch television shows — and helping make binge watching the new channel surfing — Netflix is now aiming squarely at the world of film. In October, the video streaming service will premiere the feature film Beasts of No Nation on the same online platform where it delivers its hit TV shows Orange is the New Black and House of Cards.

And just like those two Emmy-winning series, Netflix hopes its first major film release will also rack up a few gold statues.

Anticipation for Beasts of No Nation has been simmering ever since Netflix acquired the movie earlier this year. The film hit the big screen at the Toronto International Film festival on Sunday and has two other public screenings.

Written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, who helped bring HBO’s True Detective to TV screens last year, the film stars Idris Elba as an African warlord who takes a young orphan under his wing and trains him to fight in a guerilla war.

Elba is already considered a possible contender for a best actor Os-

car nomination, while the film could land nominations in other categories too. Netflix has previously been in Oscar races — in the lower-profile documentary feature category — with The Square and Virunga. At this year’s Toronto film festival, Netflix and its U.S. streaming competitors are expected to poke around for acquisitions to bolster their slates of content, alongside the usual roster of Hollywood distributors chasing movies with commercial potential. Among some of the hotter Canadian films up for grabs this year are “Closet Monster,” the debut feature from Toronto-based filmmaker Stephen Dunn, Ellen Page’s drama Into the Forest, and fugitive thriller River, from Timmins, Ont.-native Jamie Dagg.

Heightened competition for festival movies is a boon for filmmakers, said Aaron Gilbert, a managing director at Bron Studios, based in Burnaby, B.C. His production house paired with Netflix for the Ricky Gervais comedy “Special Correspondents,” which shot in Toronto over the summer. The film is scheduled to arrive on the streaming service next year.

“There are a lot more avenues for independent films than in the past, which is great,” he said.

“For years, there was that fearful

time when the DVD market evaporated.”

Netflix is just one of the many players who have swooped in to capitalize on the downturn of physical media.

In recent years, cable companies have expanded their selections of video-on-demand content, while Apple’s iTunes and Google’s Play store offer a wide array of digital downloads and rentals, which are sometimes available simultaneously with the theatrical release. The shift has put movie exhibitors like Cineplex Entertainment in a tough spot, since most of their revenue hangs on people leaving their homes to watch the latest movies.

Cineplex says it won’t screen Beasts of No Nation in its theatres, nor will it show other upcoming Netflix films, which include the Imax release of a sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

However, the movie chain is still looking for ways to keep pace with changing viewer habits.

Next month it will pair with Hollywood movie studio Paramount to experiment with a shorter window between theatrical and home release of two low-budget horror films.

“The lines are becoming so blurred now because of the myriad of ways that content is being delivered on various platforms,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office firm Rentrak. “It’s new rules that everyone is playing by.”

We depend on development.”

Shell is the main hope for that development at the moment. If the company is lucky enough to find substantial reserves of oil, it will spend billions more than it has already to bring it to market.

While a relatively modest part of the company’s $30 billion in annual capital spending worldwide, the money that trickles off Shell’s investment helps bolster the tax revenue for the North Slope Borough’s $379 million annual budget.

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BRIEF Conservative leader calls on Greek voters not to ‘gamble away last chance’ ATHENS, Greece — Conservative leader Evangelos Meimarakis has called on Greeks to give him the chance to form a government with his New Democracy party at “its core” and undo the damage from seven months of a left-led coalition.

Meimarakis told an audience of party supporters and local business people at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday that “voters cannot gamble away” the “last chance” in the Sept. 20 election to save the country from the policies of the leftist Syriza government.

UAW chooses Fiat Chrysler as target in contract talks with Detroit automakers DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has chosen Fiat Chrysler as its target company in ongoing contract negotiations with Detroit automakers.

A target company becomes the focus of bargaining and could be hit with a strike if negotiations stall. The deal with Fiat Chrysler will also set a general pattern for contracts at General Motors and Ford. All three companies officially kicked off bargaining for new four-year contracts in July. The current contracts expire Monday, but will likely be extended.

Low rates a challenge for seniors Low interest rates can be a challenge for investors generally but particularly for seniors, many of whom are on fixed incomes. Low rates may mean seniors are not getting enough revenue from their investments to fund their lifestyle and as a result they may make some poor decisions that could affect their financial security.

People are TALBOT living longer BOGGS these days and retirees or seniors in their 60s can easily expect to live another 15 or 20 years or even more. Seniors may feel that they need to take on more investment risk than they are comfortable with in order to earn the level of income required to maintain their lifestyle.

The fact of the matter is seniors may have more time to invest and grow

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their money than they think.

A recent report from Edward Jones found that Canadians of all ages, not just seniors, are fearful of their financial future in retirement and expect they will have to work longer than they anticipate or want to in order to fund their retirement lifestyle.

“With the prospect of 20 or more years of retirement you need to take a longer term approach with your investments and get growth while still protecting yourself against risk and inflation,” says Allan Small, President of Allan Small Financial Group.

“Many worry about any potential losses if they invest in the markets, but with a span of 15 to 20 years to invest beyond retirement there actually is quite a lot of time to diversify and grow a portfolio.”

Seniors often will forget to step back and look at their investments to determine whether they are staying ahead of inflation. “’At least I’m not losing money’ is a common refrain we hear from seniors who have invested in GICs,” says Small. “However, if they’re only earning 1.7 per cent on a one-year GIC when inflation is running at 2.2 per

cent, then their real rate of return is negative 0.5 per cent and they’re losing money.

We use this example to get people thinking about the issue.”

Another common mistake seniors may make is to assume that the market is headed for a downturn or serious correction because it has been so strong and done well for so long since coming out of the recent recession.

“While it’s true that what goes up must come down eventually it also is true that this market can continue to grow for some time based on the strength of economic and market fundamentals,” says Small.

“That’s what you need to consider when deciding whether or not to invest. Since 2008 low interest rates coupled with central banks around the world injecting billions of dollars into their economies have been fuelling the growth of capital markets. Nothing has changed on this front – at least not for now.”

Small suggests seniors work with a qualified financial adviser, particularly in times of volatility like these.

Research commissioned by the Investment Funds Institute of Canada

has found that investors who work with financial advisers are better able to weather fluctuations and come out ahead, regardless of their income levels, and are more confident that they will be able to afford the retirement they’ve been working to achieve.

Canadian households which worked with an adviser between 2005 and 2009 had more investible assets that those with no adviser regardless of income.

How do you know which adviser is right for you?

“The number one quality of an investment adviser is that they put you first and are concerned about how your goals and objectives will be met,” Small says. “You want to work with an adviser who follows and understands the markets and is able to explain why the market is behaving as it is. You don’t want someone who passes off the responsibility of your account to someone else like a mutual fund or third party manager.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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SUVs, small cars in spotlight at auto show FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT — New small cars for the mass market from Opel and Renault and powerful, expensive SUVs from Jaguar and Bentley for the upper crust are among the top offerings on display this week at the Frankfurt International Motor Show.

A rise in demand for cars in the United States and Europe is lifting automakers’ spirits as they prepare to open the show to news media on Tuesday and to the general public on Saturday. Held every other year, the 66th edition runs through Sept. 27.

The mood will be buoyed by a 23-month streak of rising sales in Europe, coming off a terrible slump during the 2009 recession and the subsequent debt crisis among countries that use the euro currency.

European Union sales rose 8.2 per cent in the first half of this year. U.S. sales are on pace to exceed 17 million vehicles for the first time since 2001.

Here are five major themes at the show.

CHINA TROUBLES

Falling demand for new cars in China is a concern for global automakers, but none more than the host Germans.

Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen AG’s Audi, and BMW AG have all fattened sales and profits there through exports and cars built with local partners in joint ventures.

Executives have already warned of what they call a “normalization” of the China car market after years of very rapid growth.

Analyst Max Warburton at Sanford C. Bernstein said that executives would probably stick to their cautious outlooks for China and argue the troubles are a temporary blip.

He suggested some might want to whistle a few bars of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life from the Monty Python film, The Life of Brian.

“Standing on multi-million dollar show stands, surrounded by multi-billion dollar investments (most aimed at China), perhaps it’s best to put on a brave face,” he wrote in an email.

RIDING HIGH

Luxury SUVs are a thing this year.

High-priced brands are looking to expand their model range and find ways to tap the lucrative end of the market.

Bentley, the luxury brand owned by Volkswagen, has its Bentayga, which combines stylish touches such as the

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A Jeep is still hidden under plastic foil at the exhibition grounds of the International Motor Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday. The car show runs from Sept 17, to Sept 27, 2015. classic large Bentley front grille and a choice of 15 interior leather colours with off-road features such as a front skid plate and aluminum roof rails.

The company is touting not just luxury but power and speed; the vehicle has 608 horsepower and a top speed of 301 kph (187 mph).

Jaguar has the F-Pace, which uses chassis underpinnings from its sports cars that are aimed at providing sharper handling for the company’s first entry into the SUV race.

Mercedes-Benz offers its GLC, a midsize car-like crossover SUV that shares mechanical and design elements with its C-Class sedan.

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Mass-market carmakers face brutal competition in the market for more basic transportation. Renault is showing off the fourth generation of its Megane with a slightly wider stance and shorter overhangs to give it a sportier look, and offers a GT performance version immediately at sales launch. GM’s redesigned Opel Astra should be sprightlier after losing up to 200 kilograms (440 pounds) in weight compared to its predecessor.

Its entertainment system supports both the Android Auto and Apple Carplay standards, enabling drivers to use their smartphone messaging and navigation functions through the car’s dashboard display.

NEW TECHNOLOGY

Carmakers are preparing to fend off tech companies like Google and Apple from dominating the market for services to Internet-connected cars.

Those new businesses could include real-time navigation that automatically plots routes around traffic jams or slippery conditions.

Or it could be a parking place finder that quickly guides the driver to that last elusive spot in a crowded city on a Saturday night.

The question is who will build the systems and reap the profits — and how? Analysts say carmarkers may have to band together to come up with common platforms and shared systems that can quickly draw in masses of data and dominate the business — just as Internet companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Amazon have done in their spheres.

A sign of things to come could be

the recent deal in which Daimler, Volkswagen’s Audi and BMW teamed up to buy Nokia’s HERE digital mapping service.

In the field of automated driving, BMW is introducing a new version of its large, luxurious 7-Series sedan that can manoeuvr in and out of tight parking spaces while the driver stands outside and presses a button on a remote.

THE HOME TEAM

The German carmakers will do a little chest-thumping at their home show with huge pavilions and thunderously loud audio-visual displays at Frankfurt’s Messe exhibition centre.

BWM is building a 400-meter (quarter-mile) test track inside its pavilion so its vehicles can whiz past showgoers. Audi is putting up a separate three-story building with space for 33 vehicles and 200 kilometres (120 miles) of cables.

Tim Urquhart, an analyst with IHS, says after years of strong sales growth

by German companies, “the coffers are full and confidence levels are high — as, it seems, is the desire to one-up neighbours and closest competitors on home turf.”

5 things to watch for in the business world this week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Five things to watch in Canadian business this week: Hot housing: The Canadian Real Estate Association is out with the resale housing statistics for August on Tuesday in yet another snapshot of the state of Canada’s housing market. Vancouver and Toronto house sales and prices have been on fire for months as Canadians take on more mortgage debt.

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SHELL: Sentiment Glenn’s sentiment was shared by others Odum saw during his trip to Barrow, the capital of the vast North Slope Borough that stretches across the top of the state and includes the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field, where petroleum companies have been working for five decades.

At the Arctic Slope Regional Corp., Odum embraced Crawford Patkotak, chairman of the company, and other officials from Alaska Native corporations who were seated around a new conference table built around a traditional style whaling boat.

Recently, the ASRC, which has 12,000 Iñupiat shareholders, and six other Alaska Native companies reached a deal with Shell. They agreed to pay cash — one source familiar with the discussions said about $45 million — for a small share of Shell’s Chukchi production, if there ever is any. Though the investment is tiny, the deal might help turn potential Shell critics into Shell partners. Only two Alaska Native corporations decided not to join the new consortium.

“Knowing that there is risk, we wanted skin in the game and a seat at the table,” Patkotak said. “We wanted to plan for the future of our people.”

Yet many of the people at the meeting said they didn’t join forces with Shell lightly. Alaska Natives — and the Interior Department — worry that the noise of drilling would disrupt the feeding and migration patterns of bowhead whales, beluga, walruses and seals. Any oil spill would come ashore

Canada as onscreen powerhouse: Valerie Creighton, president and CEO of the Canada Media Fund, appears at the Economic Club of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday to argue that Canada is a mover and shaker in on-screen content. Creighton has said the CMF is focused on ensuring the Canadian content industry continues to have the resources and the ability to compete internationally.

Leaders showdown: The health of the Canadian economy is the focus of

the second national leaders’ debate on Thursday in Calgary. Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair will face questions on their plans on everything from energy and housing to taxation and jobs; Green party leader Elizabeth May wasn’t invited.

Coal confab: Coal industry analysts, experts and producers from across Canada and around the world gather for the two-day 2015 Coal Association of Canada Conference in Vancouver on Thursday.

The Alberta government recently suggested that early closure of Alberta’s coal-fired electricity plants is one option the province’s climate change panel is considering.

StatsCan bonanza: There’s a slew of StatCan releases this week, including reports on manufacturing and youth employment, culminating with the consumer price index for August on Friday.

The CPI gauges inflation and is a key economic indicator.

in an Alaska Native village or fishing ground. There are also plenty of indicators of climate change in Barrow.

The ice cellars, or outdoor holes in the ground that people use for freezers, have been flooded recently by melting ice. Shell’s gangly stakeholder manager Maniksaq Baumgartner, who as a youth knocked over one of the iconic whale ribs planted near the sea with his four-by-four vehicle, said that residents now need to chip away at the ice in cellars after the water refreezes.

George Ahmaogak Sr. — a twinklyeyed whaling captain, five-time mayor of Barrow, a former Shell employee and a member of the ASRC board — said that when he went searching for whales last spring, the ice was dangerously thin. Moreover, he said, the whales migrated about a month earlier than usual because of warming waters.

Yet Ahmaogak and many other people here, especially those working for the Native corporations, see climate change as a reason to push ahead with developing new oil resources, not as a reason for holding back.

“It’s an investment,” Patkotak said after the meeting. “We are not going to be victims of change, climate change or social change.”

It’s just one twist in the saga of Shell’s costly voyage into the Chukchi Sea. Odum, a fit 56-year-old, likes climbing and has gone up Mount Rainier and the Matterhorn. But the Chukchi exploration program is one of the biggest mountains he has tackled.

A top executive at Shell in the Americas since 2005, he has been part of this project since the lease sale in February 2008, when the company paid $2.1 billion for the right to explore in federal waters more than three miles from shore. It was part of the biggest

sale in Alaska history, with 667 bids on 488 blocks. In the 1990s, five wells were drilled in the area and abandoned without fanfare after yielding only natural gas, but by early 2008 oil prices had soared and Shell had taken another look at the data. Armed with new technology, the company thought it could find more lucrative oil. Since then, Shell has spent another $5 billion or so as it grappled with a string of problems, some of its own making: An icebreaking ship hit an uncharted shoal and tore a gash in its side; a containment vessel couldn’t be deployed; a drilling rig ran aground en route to warmer waters. In addition, one rig spent two weeks avoiding unusually heavy summer ice floes. Some of Shell’s tribulations were not of its own making. When a blowout on a BP exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico triggered the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the Obama

administration imposed an offshore drilling moratorium, and the Interior Department tightened environmental and safety requirements.

When a new chief executive, Ben van Beurden, took charge at Shell’s parent, Royal Dutch Shell, he axed some projects to focus on those with better profits or prospects. He left the Chukchi program alone.

“We go into these decisions together,” Odum said. “We have so many dollars, and this is how we want to do it.

It’s a corporate decision.”

He added, “to be perfectly transparent . . . did we have a good idea of how long the permitting process take? No.” But he said Shell would do it again.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that crude oil output from the Chukchi Sea could one day reach 1.2 million barrels a day, as much as the Gulf of Mexico, and Shell owns most of the leases.

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A can that’s better left unopened

BY CASEY SEIDENBERG SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Every September I find myself writing an article about my kids falling off the nutritional wagon.

Our summers are less structured than the school year, peppered with more outside influences, fewer rules, and much easier access to ice cream, sugary drinks and candy. I know I am not alone, yet I also know that now is the time to corral it back in.

Our corralling this year has to do with sodas — those sugary sweet soft drinks made with carbonated water, flavorings and chemical additives. Soda just hadn’t been a concern in our house until this summer. We never bought it, we never ordered it at restaurants, and my kids never asked for it. Yet this summer, soda seemed to be lurking around every corner and, boy, did it beckon.

My sons claim that this summer they opened “a can of happiness,” as the Coke advertisements promise. I think they opened Pandora’s box. Here is the dark truth behind that liquid candy.

10 reasons to skip soda ● The vast majority of sodas have no nutritional value, at all. Zip, zero, nada. ● Soda is high in sugar and calories, which lead to obesity, diabetes and blood sugar imbalances. ● Weight issues aside, the excessive sugar in soda has many damaging effects such as decreased brain function, fatigue, moodiness, headaches, allergies and a suppressed immune system.

● The artificial food colorings, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, MSG and citric acid in soda have been shown to cause disruptive behaviors such as aggression and ADHD, lack of focus and abnormal brain function. ● Soda can cause heart disease. A Harvard study found that one daily 12-ounce serving of regular soda increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 19 percent. ● Caffeine is an addictive drug and can affect the developing brains of children. Children shouldn’t consume any caffeine, yet a typical soda provides 35 to 38 milligrams of caffeine per 12-ounce can. Diet sodas often contain more, as do certain brands such as Mountain Dew and Pepsi One. ● Soda drinkers are more likely to be lacking in calcium, magnesium and many vitamins. Kids who drink soda often eat fewer whole foods. Drinking soda triggers the body to produce insulin that then triggers the body to crave more sugar. When a child fills up on sugar and other unhealthful foods, he consumes fewer healthful ones. ● Sodas are dehydrating. They are diuretics just like coffee, tea and alcohol. Our little athletes certainly need to hydrate, and whether children play sports or not, water is essential for every function of their bodies. ● Soda weakens kidneys and the liver. The high levels of phosphoric acid in sodas have been linked to kidney stones and other renal problems, with diet soda most likely to have a negative effect on kidney function. The sugar and high fructose corn syrup in

soda place pressure on the liver. ● Sodas contribute to tooth decay. The sugar causes cavities and the acids deteriorate tooth enamel. Dentists have reported significant enamel loss on the front teeth of teenagers who regularly drink sodas.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teenagers and young adults are the biggest consumers of soft drinks. This is not good! A teenager’s body is smaller than an adult’s and still developing, therefore more susceptible to the chemicals, sugar and caffeine found in soft drinks.

Here’s something for your kids to think about: Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco estimate that “slapping a penny-perounce tax on sweetened drinks would prevent nearly 100,000 cases of heart disease, 8,000 strokes, and 26,000 deaths over the next decade.”

And potentially prevent 240,000 cases of diabetes per year. The tax could generate an estimated $13 billion yearly tax revenue and perhaps also “save the public $17 billion over the next decade in health care-related expenses due to the decline of obesityrelated diseases.”

So our family is going to curb soda again. As loudly as it beckons my boys and as tempting as it is to many people, it doesn’t seem like a can (or box) worth opening.

Seidenberg is co-founder of Nourish Schools, a Washington, D.C.-based nutrition education company, and author of ‘The Super Food Cards,’ a collection of healthful recipes and advice

Aggressively lowering blood pressure saves lives

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Aiming lower saves more lives when it comes to controlling high blood pressure, says a major new study that could spur doctors to more aggressively treat patients over 50.

Patients who got their blood pressure well below today’s usually recommended level significantly cut their risk of heart disease and death, the National Institutes of Health announced Friday. The benefit was strong enough that NIH stopped the study about a year early.

“This study provides potentially life-saving information,” declared Dr. Gary Gibbons, director of NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Doctors have long debated how low blood-pressure patients need to go, especially as they get older. Friday’s results are preliminary, and researchers stressed that they shouldn’t alter patient care just yet. But if the full results pan out, they eventually could influence treatment guidelines.

“This study certainly supports that lower is better,” said Dr. Mark Creager, president of the American Heart Association, who wasn’t involved with the new study. He called the research a possible roadmap to treatment strategies “that will save a significant amount of lives.”

About 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure, raising the risk of heart attacks, stroke, kidney failure and other health problems.

Normal blood pressure is less than a measurement of 120 over 80. High blood pressure is diagnosed once that measurement reaches, or passes, 140 over 90. Only about half of diagnosed patients have their blood pressure under control.

Today’s treatment guidelines are mixed but generally recommend getting that top number — called the systolic pressure — down to about 140 in generally healthy adults and to 130 in patients who also have kidney disease or diabetes.

The institute sponsored a nationwide study to test if that’s the best goal,

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A patient has her blood pressure checked by a registered nurse in Plainfield, Vt. A major new U.S. study shows treating high blood pressure more aggressively than usual cuts the risk of heart disease and death in people over age 50, the National Institutes of Health said Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. or if aiming lower would either help or harm. Starting in 2010, more than 9,300 high blood pressure patients were enrolled in the SPRINT study, the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.

Half received an average of about two medications with the goal of lowering their systolic pressure below 140. The other half received an average of three medications with the goal of getting below 120.

The more aggressively treated patients saw their risk of death drop by almost 25 per cent compared to the less controlled patients, researchers said. And rates of cardiovascular prob-

lems dropped by almost 30 per cent in the better-controlled group.

Researchers wouldn’t give precise numbers, or information about side effects, data that’s expected when the full study is published in a scientific journal by year’s end.

But preliminary results suggest treatment was “extremely well tolerated,” said SPRINT investigator Dr. Jackson Wright of Case Western Reserve University.

One question is whether older patients need to get their blood pressure as low as middle-aged patients do, or if doing so increases the seniors’ risk of

side effects including falls. Last year, an expert panel sparked debate by recommending that the treatment target for patients over 60 be a systolic pressure of 150.

The average age of SPRINT participants was 68, and a quarter of them were over 75.

The heart association’s Creager said doctors will examine closely how those older patients fared.

Researchers also will continue tracking SPRINT participants to see if kidney disease, brain function and dementia were affected by more aggressive care.

U.S. surgeon general pushes people to start walking WASHINGTON — Take a walk: That’s the U.S. surgeon general’s prescription for sedentary Americans — but communities will have to step up, too, and make neighbourhoods easier and safer for foot traffic.

Only half of adults and just over a quarter of high school students get the amount of physical activity recommended for good health, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in a “call to action” being issued Wednesday.

No worries if you can’t join a gym or run a 10K. Walking is a simple, affordable way to get the needed exercise, Murthy said — if people have a place to do it.

“I firmly believe that everybody in America needs a safe place to walk or to wheelchair roll,” Murthy said in an interview, urging a range of groups to work together to create walkable communities. “For too many of our communities, that is not the reality right now.”

Some things to know about the surgeon general’s walking campaign: WALKING REALLY COUNTS Regular physical activity reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and a list of other health problems — and can ease symptoms and improve quality of life for people already living with chronic diseases.

Guidelines issued in 2008 recommend that adults get at least 2 ½ hours a week of moderately intense physical activity. Children should be active at least 60 minutes every day.

To get your heart rate up, Murthy says walking should be brisk enough that you can still talk but not sing.

THE BARRIERS People often say there’s no time in their busy days to exercise, and their environment can make it harder to fit activity into everyday routine.

In many places, schools, restaurants and shops are located too far from home for people to walk. Busy streets may lack sidewalks, or there may not be adequate time to cross multiple lanes of traffic. Parents who live near schools still often cite traffic danger.

Neighbourhood crime may be a factor in deterring walks. Older adults may fear falls.

THE GOALS The surgeon general wants communities to make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to walk where they live, learn, work and play — and to encourage them to get moving.

That will require efforts from transportation officials and city planners, parks and schools, businesses and health officials, and the public, his report makes clear. Options range from zoning decisions and building sidewalks, to promoting worksite activity. Murthy, for example, likes to hold some meetings while taking a walk.

Wednesday’s report comes after Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx last year began a “safer people, safer streets” initiative to help communities create safer walking and bicycling networks.

THE REACTION Millenials in particular are pushing for walkable communities, and Murthy’s call may help them work with local and regional officials to overcome policy barriers, like zoning laws, said Scott Bricker, executive director of

America Walks, a non-profit network of health and other organizations that pushed for the move.

“This is an official recognition from our nation’s doctor that this is a critical health issue that needs to be addressed,” Bricker said.

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Parade of stars continues

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TIFF

TORONTO — The parade of stars continued on day 4 of the Toronto International Film Festival as Steve Carell, Nicholas Hoult, Deepa Mehta, Julianne Moore, Ellen Page and Kristen Stewart hit the streets for splashy red carpet premieres.

Here’s a look at some of the festival highlights from Sunday: Music-obsessed Quebec director Jean-Marc Vallee says he’s looking forward to tackling his first straightup rock ’n’ roll feature — a potential biopic of Janis Joplin starring Amy Adams.

The project has long been kicking around Hollywood — both Fernando Meirelles and Lee Daniels were previously attached — but has failed to get off the ground.

While on the circuit with festival opener Demolition, the Montrealer said he was waiting for the project to be officially green-lit, but added that Adams has already begun singing lessons.

“We had conversations. We went to the Janis Joplin vault in L.A. but we haven’t started the official work yet,” Vallee said.

Adams will sing herself in scenes recounting Joplin’s days as a folk singer, but will lip sync when it comes to the rock ’n’ roll years.

“Nobody can sing like Janis. There’s no way, it’s impossible,” Vallee said.

“You need to lip sync. Amy Adams will not try to pretend to sing like Janis Joplin.”

Idris Elba says he hit the turntables on the Spanish island Ibiza to shake off his warlord character in Beasts of No Nation.

“I couldn’t have done anything more different. Like, literally 48 hours ago I was in a jungle in Ghana and now I’m (DJing) in a night club,” the British star told reporters.

“I did that on purpose, actually, because character residue — which sounds like a psychological term that I’ve been diagnosed with — but character residue is a big thing, it’s real, for me.”

Beasts of No Nation, directed by True Detective Emmy winner Cary Fukunaga, stars Elba as a charismatic yet ruthless commander of mercenary fighters during a civil war in an unnamed West African country.

Golden Thumb award at the Ebert Luncheon, an exclusive industry event for about 70 invitees.

When she got up to address the audience — which included David Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King, Jr., in Selma film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and actress Rosie Perez — she got a little flustered by the sight of fellow director Michael Moore, who was sitting at her table.

“I keep looking at him,” she told the audience. “Don’t be nervous, sir, I don’t want to do anything to you. I just want to see your face.”

The lunch was held by the festival and Chaz Ebert, the widow of Chicago movie critic Roger Ebert, who was a keen supporter of DuVernay early in her career.

“I see a very direct correlation in a place where his hand touched me — even though I didn’t know it — throughout the years, from a little girl who loved movies ... to a young filmmaker who began to be amplified because he saw me,” she said.

“And so, I’m so grateful for him.”

Making a movie about notorious Irish-American gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in the very city he lorded over turned out to have a significant impact on the Black Mass cast.

The film, starring Johnny Depp as Bulger, was shot in Boston, in many cases at the specific locations where real-life events took place.

“One thing I didn’t count on was just how much the stories and ghosts of this story were going to seep in,” said Australian actor Joel Edgerton, who developed a Boston accent and convincing swagger to play FBI agent John Connolly.

Connolly, a childhood friend of Bulger’s, convinced the mobster to eventually become an FBI informant, but ended up having to cross line after line to keep their relationship intact.

Edgerton said he was astounded by the tales he heard while in Boston.

“It’s amazing the stories that were just sort of volunteered by people,” he said.

“The people who’d come sniffing around. It was almost the research that’s coming to you. Rather than you going and having to look for the research.”

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Actress Emily Browning laughs during a press conference promoting the film Legend during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday.

The story is based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala of Nigeria.

“With this character, it was really easy to shake, if I’m honest,” said Elba, who won a Golden Globe for playing a detective on the British TV crime drama Luther.

“Because as soon as you take yourself out of Ghana, take yourself out of the jungle and throw yourself into a night club in Ibiza, the character kind of fell off of me very quickly.

“When I played Luther, he stayed around a long, long time because he’s so cerebral and it takes a lot of real estate.”

Tom Hardy has found a creative way to get more screen time: playing identical twin brothers in his new film Legend.

“I wanted to play both of them from the start because I couldn’t see one without the other,” Hardy said.

But that wasn’t the original plan for the crime-drama about Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two overlords of the London crime world in the 1960s.

Director Brian Helgeland said he

originally envisioned Hardy playing only one of the brothers, but after meeting with him, came to realize the actor wasn’t going to budge.

“Tom basically said ’I’ll give you Reggie if you give me Ron,”’ Helgeland said.

Hardy, who made headlines earlier this year for smacking down a question that he perceived to be sexist at a Mad Max: Fury Road press conference, showed he’s still unafraid of sparring with reporters over queries he deems unworthy of response.

When one reporter linked the openly gay twin brother in “Legend” to a question about Hardy’s own sex life, the actor bristled.

“What on earth are you on about?” he asked the reporter.

“Are you asking me about my sexuality? Why?” The press conference’s moderator quickly moved on to the next question.

Selma director Ava DuVernay got the jitters at a luncheon held in her honour.

DuVernay was the recipient of the

Cary Elwes returns to perform role in ’Princess Bride’ live read TORONTO — The actor who played the swashbuckling hero of The Princess Bride nearly three decades ago returned to the role on a Toronto stage Saturday night, drawing roars of approval from a capacity crowd. Cary Elwes, who starred as Westley in the family favourite, was among one of many surprises at the Cary Elwes live read of the film pulled together by Montreal-born director Jason Reitman at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“This is kind of like hearing one of your favourite songs live for the first time,” Reitman told the crowd minutes before Elwes walked on stage. “In the role of Westley, originated by Cary Elwes, Cary Elwes.”

The event — which involved celebrities reading out the movie’s screenplay in its entirety — was a homecoming of sorts for the film, which won the People’s Choice Award when it premiered at TIFF in 1987.

Elwes settled into his original role with a broad smile and even had to pause minutes into the live read after delivering his character’s famous phrase “as you wish” while the audience erupted into laughter and applause.

Also drawing cheers was the appearance of the film’s director, Rob Reiner, to play the role of the grandfather who narrates much of the adventure-comedy to his grandson.

The rest of the star-studded cast included London, Ont.-bred Rachel McAdams as Princess Buttercup, originally performed by Robin Wright; former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque in the role of Fezzik, made famous by wrestler Andre the Giant, Patrick Stewart in the role of the villainous

Thrillers ‘Perfect Guy’, ‘The Visit’, strong at weekend box office

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The Perfect Guy and The Visit sailed past modest opening weekend expectations — and budgets — locking in debuts in the mid-$20 million range thanks in part to good timing and robust female turnout.

The Perfect Guy, a PG-13 rated thriller starring Sanaa Lathan and Michael Ealy, secured the first place spot with $26.7 million, according to Rentrak estimates on Sunday.

The Sony/Screen Gems film cost only $12 million to produce.

M. Night Shyamalan’s nail-biter The Visit, a $5 million production from micro-budget horror-makers Blumhouse, took a close second with an estimated $25.7 million for distributor Universal.

With numbers this close, the places might shift when Monday actuals roll in, but both films are resounding successes on a weekend that often doesn’t go noticed on the release calendar.

“We’re not breaking any records, but this is the perfect weekend for these films,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the Senior Media Analyst for Rentrak.

“Studios are finding a land of opportunity in weekends that were heretofore ’slow weekends’ at the box office and proving that audiences are always looking for new content.”

Female audiences helped The Perfect Guy shoot to the No. 1 spot. An estimated 69 per cent were women and 58 per cent over the age of 25.

“It bodes well for the longevity of the film.

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a film that girlfriends are going to go to together as well,” said Rory Bruer, Sony’s President of Worldwide Distribution. Audiences also gave the film a promising A- CinemaScore.

The Visit also saw a majority female audience (60 per cent) on opening weekend, although existing crowds gave this one a B- CinemaScore. This is the eighth successful $20-plus million opening for producer Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, which specializes in micro-budget horror films including the Insidious and Paranormal Activity series.

“Jason Blum is really continuing to develop his brand name. People look to those films as having something special about them. It’s magical when that combines with M. Night Shyamalan, who has absolutely built his reputation on mining the unexpected. It’s a great combination,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution.

In third place, War Room continues to prove mightily powerful with $7.4 million in its third weekend in theatres, but the faith-based categorization isn’t always a sure revelation.

90 Minutes in Heaven, a Christian film starring Kate Bosworth, opened in ninth place to only $2.2 million from 878 locations.

It’s a fine result for the film, but pales in comparison to War Room which now boasts a $39.2 million domestic total.

A Walk in the Woods and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation rounded out the top five with $4.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

Prince Humperdinck, former “Community” star Donald Glover as kidnapper Vizzini, and Chris O’Dowd as the evil Count Tyrone Rugen.

Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal took on the role of the revenge-bent Inigo Montoya only about halfway through the performance due to a delayed flight, but Reitman’s sister, Catherine Reitman, ably stepped in to fill his spot until he arrived, drawing laugh after laugh from the crowd with her exaggerated Spanish accent.

Both Reitman and Bernal appeared to revel in their delivery of their character’s most iconic line: “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

Before the start of the live read — which saw the cast sitting in a row on stage to read out their parts as stills from the film flashed on a large screen behind them — Jason Reitman explained the process to his audience.

“Most of this cast has never met before so we’re going to find it on stage,”

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by David Mueller. The lawsuit says Mueller was falsely accused by one of Swift’s security team of grabbing the singer’s buttocks backstage at the Pepsi Center on June 2, 2013. It says Mueller was fired two days later from his job at KYGO radio.

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The cast quickly hit their stride, but the event also had its humorous fumbles, miscues, the occasional unscripted quip and moments of on-stage antics. Elwes, for instance, whipped out his cellphone at one point to take a photo of Stewart delivering a particularly emphatic line, throwing the veteran actor off course for an instant.

O’Dowd was also seen placing a hand on Stewart’s knee in mock sympathy when Stewart’s character was described uncharitably at one point.

Reitman, who directed the live read, describing scenes and providing context for the audience, also appeared to drop in some of his own commentary and had to lean away from his microphone as he burst into laughter several times during the event.

The lawsuit says Mueller denies inappropriate contact with Swift and noted that he had met many other celebrities without incident.

A statement from Swift’s publicist on Saturday says Mueller’s employer was given evidence after the incident and made its own decision on his job status.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Game Of Thrones is the Emmy Awards front-runner after winning eight technical achievement awards.

The HBO fantasy saga was honoured at Saturday’s creative arts Emmys, the precursor to the main Sept. 20 ceremony, in categories including special visual effects and casting.

FX Networks’ American Horror Story: Freak Show, was next with five awards.

The creative Emmys also recognized guest actors for drama and comedy series, with trophies going to Reg E. Cathey for House of Cards� Margo Martindale for The Americans; Joan Cusack for Shameless; and Bradley Whitford for Transparent.

Whitford’s award, for his portrayal of a cross-dressing character, was among three Emmys for Transparent — costumes and main title theme music were the other wins— and the first of the trophies for new-wave TV player Amazon.

Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor is nominated for best comedy series actor at next week’s awards for his performance as transgender Maura Pfefferman. The show is part of the growing attention to gender- identity issues and to such candid individuals as Caitlyn Jenner. “I love to be in a show that is a voice of understanding, compassion and radical inclusion. We’re not there yet, but non-judgment day is coming!� Whitford said in accepting his award.

Other Emmys went to Bessie, a biopic about Bessie Smith starring Queen Latifah as the great blues singer, which was honoured as best madefor-TV movie.

The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst, about a privileged New Yorker under a cloud of suspicion in connection with three murders, won the best documentary or nonfiction series award. A taped version of the creative arts ceremony will be telecast Saturday, Sept. 19, on the FXX chan-

nel. Next week’s ceremony with acting, writing and other awards will air live on Fox with host Andy Samberg.

HBO won a leading 29 Emmys on Saturday, followed by NBC with 11.

Other tallies included FX Networks with eight awards; ABC, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Fox and PBS with four each; and Amazon, CBS, Discovery Channel and Netflix with three each.

A&E Networks received the Governors Award in recognition of its corporate social responsibility programs.

Among others honoured at the creative arts Emmys: — Host for a reality or reality-competition program: Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night, NBC. — Voice-over performance: Hank Azaria, The Simpsons Fox. — Unstructured reality program: Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel. — Structured reality program: Shark Tank, ABC. — Commercial: LikeAGirl (Always). — Animated Program: Over the Garden Wall,Cartoon Network. — Writing for a variety special: Louis C.K., Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, louisck.net. — Music composition for a series (original dramatic score): House of Cards, Netflix. — Music composition for a limited series, movie or special (original dramatic score): Bessie, HBO. — Original music and lyrics: Inside Amy Schumer, Comedy Central. — Choreography (multiple winners): Dancing With the Stars, ABC; So You Think You Can Dance Fox. — Casting for a drama series: Game of Thrones, HBO. — Casting for a limited series, movie or a special: Olive Kitteridge, HBO. — Casting for a comedy series: Veep, HBO. — Costumes for a period fantasy series, limited series or movie: American Horror Story: Freak Show, FX Networks. — Costumes for a contemporary series, limited series or movie: Transparent, Amazon.

Lorenzo Vigas’ From Afar wins Golden Lion for best picture at Venice Film Festival

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VENICE, Italy — Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ powerful Caracasset drama From Afar won the Venice Film Festival’s top Golden Lion prize on Saturday, as filmmakers from the Americas beat established European directors for the main trophies.

The runner-up Grand Jury Prize went to an American film, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s inventive, animated Anomalisa. And Pablo Trapero’s El Clan (“The Clan�), an Argentine true-crime thriller that has broken box-office records in its homeland, took the Silver Lion for best direction.

From Afar — Desde Alla in Spanish — is Vigas’ first fiction feature, and charts the unexpected relationship between a middle-aged, middle-class man and a violent street youth. Quietly but powerfully, the film maps the currents of sex, money and violence beneath the surface of Venezuelan society.

Vigas dedicated his prize to his country, which is experiencing political and economic turbulence. “We are having some problems, but we are very positive,� he said. “We are an amazing nation.�

The director said movies could help Latin America “learn from the mistakes of the past.�

A jury led by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron chose winners from among 21 movies competing at the 72nd annual festival — an edition where war, crime and other woes of the world dominated onscreen.

Audiences saw African child soldiers drafted into a brutal civil war in Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation; Afghan civilians caught between the Taliban and Danish troops in Tobias Lindholm’s A War; and Turkish brothers trapped in escalating political violence in Emin Alper’s Frenzy.

Alper’s film won a special jury prize

at the festival.

Director Jonathan Demme, jury president for the festival’s Horizons competition for emerging talents, said many of the films gave “horrifying glimpses of how hard it is to stay alive in the world today.�

The top Horizons prize went to U.S. director Jake Mahaffy’s drama about a faith healing gone wrong, Free In Deed.

Several hotly tipped European contenders were overlooked for prizes, including Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio’s lush vampire fable Blood of My Blood and Russian director Aleksandr Sokurov’s art-history meditation Francofonia.

Cuaron said he was “very happy� that a Latin American movie had won the Golden Lion for the first time. But he said it was a coincidence that it had happened when a Mexican headed the jury.

Italy’s Valeria Golino took the bestactress trophy for playing a put-upon Neapolitan woman in Giuseppe Gaudino’s experimental family drama For Your Love. She won the same prize in 1986 for A Tale of Love.

France’s Fabrice Luchini was named best actor for his role as a judge trying to rekindle romance while presiding over a murder trial in Christian Vincent’s L’Hermine (“Courted�).

The jury also gave a prize for the best young actor to Abraham Attah, the 14-year-old Ghanaian star of Beasts of No Nation. Brady Corbet, a 27-yearold American actor-director, won the first-feature prize for The Childhood of a Leader, an ambitious exploration of the roots of dictatorship that features Twilight Saga star Robert Pattinson.

An emotional Corbet offered the advice: “Be patient, be radical, be free.�

The world’s oldest film festival wrapped up Saturday after 11 days that brought stars including Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton and Johnny Depp to the canal-crossed Italian city for water-borne photo ops and red carpet premieres.

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THOMPSON James Frances Thompson (Jim) went home to be with his Lord and Savior on September 8, 2015 at the age of 95. Jim was born in Rumsey, Alberta on December 30, 1919. His parents were Oatis and Fretta Thompson. He had two sisters. Jim married Olive Thomas on October 30, 1940. They farmed in the Rumsey area before moving to Pincher Creek where Jim worked for Alberta Gas Trunkline. Jim and Olive enjoyed an active lifestyle playing golf, tennis, fishing, camping, playing cards, reading, dancing, and spending their winters in Arizona, and most of all their family. Jim was a whistler and played the mouth organ in his earlier years. Jim and Olive enjoyed their retirement years in Victoria Park and Symphony Senior Living (SSL). Olive passed away in May, 2015.

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Defence Secretary Ash Carter is facing criticism from some administration officials who complain that he has not approved enough transfers, even though 52 Guantanamo detainees are eligible. Carter’s predecessor, Chuck Hagel, was forced from the Pentagon job in part because the White House felt he was not moving quickly enough to send detainees to other countries.

Two officials said the White House is frustrated because President Barack Obama discussed the issue with Carter when he was appointed this year to lead the Defence Department, and they believed Carter was on board with the White House’s plans to act faster.

Other U.S. officials note that Carter has approved some transfers and is pushing his staff to move quickly to get more to his desk. But many other proposed transfers are slogging through the bureaucracy, under review by a long list of defence, military, intelligence and other administration offices. The transfers cannot be approved unless officials believe the detainees will not return to terrorism or the battlefield upon release and that there is a host country willing to take them.

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“Working with our interagency partners and Congress, his top priority has been and will continue to be the safety and security of the American people,” Cook said.

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During his two years as Pentagon chief, Hagel approved 44 detainee transfers. Carter, in his first seven months, has transferred six.

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Opponents have argued the detainees are essentially prisoners of war.

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“Finding a solution for these individuals involves complicated negotiations with international partners, extensive consultations with the leaders of the national security and legal organizations and final approval by me,” Carter told reporters.

A key player in the process is Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dempsey, who spent more than three years as a commander in Iraq, continues to be very cautious in his recommendations for transfers.

His opinions carry a lot of weight.

According to U.S. officials familiar with the process, Carter recently notified Congress of two transfers, and has four whose files are ready to go to Capitol Hill, likely later this month. Congress has 30 days to review the transfers before they are made public.

The movement of detainees is only part of the challenge. A greater hurdle will be finding a U.S.-based prison to house the 64 detainees considered too dangerous to be sent to another country. Congress has opposed any effort to bring detainees to the U.S., so Obama’s long-stated goal of closing Guantanamo before he leaves office in January 2017 is more likely to die on the steps of Capitol Hill.

Aware of those objections, the White House last month stalled Pentagon efforts to send a plan to Congress outlining several U.S. prisons that could be upgraded and used for the detainees.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Russian forces are expanding the tarmac of a major airport in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad and his minority sect, a prominent Syrian monitoring group said Sunday.

The report comes amid rising concern among U.S. officials of increased Russian military activity in Syria. President Barack Obama cast the buildup as an effort to prop up the country’s embattled leader, warning Moscow against doubling down on Assad.

Russia, a longtime backer of Syria’s government, denies it’s trying to bolster Assad and says its increased military activity is part of the international effort to defeat the Islamic State group which has wreaked havoc in Syria and Iraq. On Sunday, the Russian foreign minister called for the international community to include the Syrian government in efforts to fight IS. A former Lebanese general with knowledge of the Syrian military told The Associated Press last week that there are plans to build a military base in the coastal town of Jableh, about 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Latakia city, where the airport currently under development is located. Israeli offi-

cials also say the aim appears to be a military base.

The airport, known by its old name Hemeimeem, already houses a military base and has come under shelling from advancing militants in the countryside.

After the Damascus airport, it’s the most important functioning government-controlled airport in Syria. Officially named the Basel al-Assad International airport, after the president’s brother who died in a car accident in 1994, it has one terminal, according to the Syrian Civil Aviation Authority website. The tarmac is currently 2,800 metres (3,000 yards) long and 45 metres (49 yards) wide.

The head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdurrahman, said witnesses, including officials inside the airport, reported that the tarmac was being expanded, apparently to allow for larger planes.

“It could mean there will be more supplies or that they want to turn it into an international airport,” Abdurrahman said.

Witnesses told the Observatory no Syrian military or civilian officials are allowed near the tarmac. Abdurrahman said there are other plans to develop another rural airport east of Latakia city.

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NONCOMFORMITY BECOMES UNIFORM AT HOOD BY AIR Shayne Oliver, the adventurous designer behind the dystopian fashion line Hood by Air, said the inspiration for his show was school uniforms. But if you wore any of his outfits to a classroom, you’d likely get kicked out.

There was nothing strait-laced about the looks at Oliver’s show: The very first look was a metallic outfit with strings and fringes that in the back revealed the female models very toned (and bare) backside.

The rest of the show was as untraditional as you would expect from Hood by Air: There were denim looks with rips and zippers and shirts and pants that were layered with whimsical — and sometimes inexplicable — contrasting insets. There were men with platform shoes and long skirts or dresses; the most conservative looks for this show included a white dress with a crisscross bandage design that hugged the arms.

“I’m obsessed with uniforms. I really like the principal aspect of it too.

That’s the kinky part of it to me,” Oliver said slyly backstage after the show.

He said it drew from his West Indian background and the uniforms used in schools despite poor conditions.

While there was an androgynous bent to the collection, he downplayed its significance: “At this point, I’ve sort of dealt with gender issues within my perspective and I just feel like it’s part of the DNA of the family of the brand.”

Among the celebrities on hand were “Empire” creator Lee Daniels and actor Bryshere Y. Gray. There was an “Empire” influence: A couple of the models dragged what Oliver called the “Cookie” pillow, modeled after the pillow main character Cookie tried to smother Lucious last season.

Daniels raved about the show, and said he’d like to incorporate it in the show: “I’m 56, and so I know that if it’s over my head, then it belongs on my show, because it’s for America,” he said. “It’s the biggest compliment ever.”

SHOE FRENZY AT TRACY REESE In pinks and blues, see-through plastic paired with playful prints, chunky bead embellishment and bonded lace that sparkled under the lights, Sarah Jessica Parker packed a punch in her shoe collaboration with Tracy Reese.

And that was just ON the runway.

The actress whose “Sex and the City” shoe queen reputation prevails, put the media and Reese lovers in a front row frenzy as the designer rolled out her spring collection of dainty yellow print dresses, shades of garden green in shorts and jackets and circle overlays in bright white.

“I find myself frequently wearing her designs not only because her dresses are so easy and comfortable, but because I simply love the way she uses colour,” Parker said in a statement announcing the collaboration inspired by the clothes.

Parker and partner George Malkemus III have been doing shoes under the SJP label since February 2014.

She last collaborated with a designer, TOME, for fall/winter 2015.

Her Reese shoes, with names that include “Minnie,” ”Timmons“ and ”Skyler,“ feature 15 colours and four styles.

But back to the clothes.

Reese offered a little something for a variety of women in breezy, bold-patterned mini dresses and loose trousers in stone, sky blue and green. Parker used the same chunky sparkle embellishments on one shoe style that Reese put on jackets and dresses.

Feminine and colorful is clearly where the two clicked.

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Her latest collection, which debuted Sunday at New York Fashion Week, is an homage to her “carefree attitude.”

Bohemian flowing tops, skirts and dresses ruled the runway in knits, silk, leather and suede. And this time, no signature skyhigh stilettos, but rather flats, kitten heels and sandals.

“It’s been really liberating and easy,” Beckham said about designing the collection.

A fashion forward gingham pattern also appeared on everything from jackets to skirts to dresses. One couldn’t help but wonder whether her son, Brooklyn, 16, who attend-

PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVES DEEPER INTO WOMENSWEAR Co-founders and designers Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow have much to be on edge about this season.

As they push their brand deeper into womenswear they’re also facing down their first turn later in the week as creative directors for DKNY after the departure of Donna Karan from her namesake company. On Sunday, they had the evolving Public School woman on their minds.

“For us to really do our first almost full women’s show made us a little uneasy and took us to a new place,” Osborne explained backstage after the show. “This girl has grown up, this girl has travelled a bit and has come back home. You see her picking up pieces on her travels and coming back home but she’s always the New York City girl at heart.”

So where has she been in her loose striped trousers of black and white, wrap skirts and sensible chunky sandals in black and white?

“She’s been around the world and back,” Chow said. “She has spent time in Europe and Asia but ultimately her home is here in New York City. She’s come back with a new perspective, enlightened and liberated in a way.

That’s how we felt designing the collection.”

She’s got some great coats and jackets, including a loose trench and short skirts with delicate horizontal stripes of red. She has sheer overlays worn over comfy black pants and the same striped sheer in a flowing, roomy dress and coat set.

Founded as a menswear brand, this is the most revealing Osborne and Chow have allowed themselves to be for women — still modest when compared to other brands.

“It’s the most skin we’ve ever shown.

It’s still covered up in a way but it’s more shoulders, more arm, more leg.

That’s something new for us,” Osborne said.

So exactly how much sleep are these two getting, steering their own growing company while taking over at DKNY? About four to five hours, a smiling Chow estimated.

Added Osborne: “We’re getting enough to survive.”

WANG THROWS A BLOWOUT PARTY Alexander Wang’s Fashion Week runway show was a LOT more than just a runway show.

First, it was an anniversary: the 10th of Wang’s namesake brand. It was also a homecoming, of sorts: Wang just ended his prestigious stint as creative director of Balenciaga in Paris after three years, and is turning his focus solely to his own company, rather than splitting his time between continents.

And it was a big party — as in, women pole-dancing the night away, while attendees sipped vodka and munched on mini sandwiches.

And, since this was Alexander Wang, it was a celebrity convention, too: The front row included none other than Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Kylie Jenner and The Weeknd.

The show, held Saturday night in a cavernous space on a pier on the Hudson River, began with Wang’s models — female and male — streaming down the runway in designs that emphasized the hard-edged streetwear he’s long been known for. There were big white T-shirts, lots of oversized jackets, ample hoodies, mesh tanks, low-slung striped trousers. There were bomber jackets, black leather bustiers, plenty

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She never invites me to stay with her. When she comes here, she spends her time visiting other people. I’m just her hotel. For Mother’s Day, I got the free gift that came from a purchase she made for herself.

I have tried to talk to her about these things and she says it’s the “same old sob story” and doesn’t have time to listen. Now her job is relocating her to Florida, and I’m MITCHELL having a hard time wanting to & SUGAR help her move. She’s asked if it’s OK with me that she goes, but I told her it doesn’t really affect me. There’s always a telephone if she wants to talk, and that’s the only communication we have had for a while. She blocked me on Facebook several years ago. She has maligned me to family and friends and convinced them that I was a bad parent.

Could the distance be a positive thing for us? I feel as though I’ve lost my daughter. I did everything for her to succeed in life, and she treats me like I’m nothing. Am I an embarrassment to her or just not a good enough mom? — Hurting Dear Hurting: Neither. Your daughter doesn’t understand why she should treat you differently. Other than good grades, you expected little from her and that’s what you got. This move could be a good thing, since it will force you to focus on things other than your daughter, and she will stop assuming that you will always be desperate for her attention. But you need to develop a fulfilling life totally independent of her.

Dear Annie: A few months ago, I mentioned to a friend that my record player broke. He offered to send me his player.

The thing is, it’s been a while and he hasn’t sent anything yet. Is it polite to remind him or should I let the matter drop? -- Unsure in New York Dear Unsure: Packing up and mailing a package can be complicated for some people. Chances are, he completely forgot. Phone your friend and say, “A while back, you were very kind to offer to send me your record player, although you certainly are not obligated. I’m ready to purchase a new one now and just want to be sure that yours isn’t in the mail.” He will then let you know whether he plans to send it or not.

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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A pair of male red panda cubs are introduced during a press conference at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y., this past Thursday. Director Ted Fox says the cubs, born at the end of June, are evidence of the success of the zoo’s red panda breeding program and will help ensure the survival of the endangered species.

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A Mesa Verde black-onwhite mug at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colo., that researchers believe may have been used for caffeinated drinks.

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HOROSCOPES Monday, Sept. 14 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Sam Neill, 67; Faith Ford, 50; Jessica Brown Findlay, 25 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There’s no excuse for being ignorant — knowledge is power.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Your powers of observation are impressive and you are a natural critic. The next 12 months is the time to calm your intense JOANNE nature with some regular reMADELEINE laxation.

MOORE ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t jump to conclusions — or blame others — if things go wrong Rams. The only person who’s likely to sabotage your efforts today is you! Make sure you research projects before you start.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today’s stars favour friendships, romance, sport, hobbies and convivial conversation. But — with Saturn in your relationship zone for four more days — it won’t all be smooth sailing!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Companionship and conversation are highlighted, as you have fun with loved ones and share the good times. You’re also in the mood to watch a movie, listen to music or visit an art gallery.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Saturn stabilizes your intense emotions and calms you down today Crabs — just a little. When it comes to a complicated family matter, don’t rush. Take things one logical step at a time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s a good day to update

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Ancient Americans got their caffeine fix from hundreds of miles away

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 1,000 years before Starbucks, caffeine was an international market mover, with ancient civilizations trading holly and cacao-based chocolate beverages between what is now modern-day Mexico, the Southwest, and the South, according to a new study.

Led by University of New Mexico anthropology professor Patricia Crown, the study says the trade lasted for around 700 years, likely driven by a preHispanic caffeine addiction.

Previous studies found traces of cacao-based chocolate beverages in parts of the Southwest but this new study confirms their popularity and adds the holly drink that before the study was not known to be consumed in the Southwest, Crown said.

Holly, which was used to make a caffeinated tea, was grown in what is now the South.

Researchers found caffeine on shards from jars, bowls, and pitchers located at archaeological sites throughout present-day New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, where neither holly nor cacao grows.

“The fact we have found traces of caffeine that are 1,000 years old is exciting,” Crown said. “As new technology develops, we can discover things about your social media profile, as you highlight exciting new projects and make advantageous contacts. And is there a family member you really should catch up with?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money matters and social media are favoured — especially if you take the time to research a business project or financial proposal thoroughly. Don’t expect instant results though.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t give in to the urge to splurge — the more disciplined you are with cash and credit, the better. Many Librans are in the mood to research their ancestors and draw up their family tree.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpios spend a lot of time trying to control people and situations, which can be exhausting. Today, you’ll find a positive approach — and lots of charm — are all you need to get others on side.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Group activities and social networking are favoured, as Mercury increases your sociable side. But avoid being impulsive about a work matter that will take time, tact and patience to resolve.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expect a fortunate day, especially if you plan carefully. If you are flexible and don’t assume you have all the answers, then pleasant and productive relations with others will follow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Has a close personal relationship been going through a bumpy patch lately? Venus and Mars will help you heal old wounds with compassion and enthusiasm. Don’t waste the opportunity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to close relationships, it’s a day to count your Piscean blessings as you soak up the solid support that is around you. If you are feeling lonely, reach out to someone special.

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the past like this using objects we already have in museums.”

Crown said the caffeine likely was used in rituals and political events. Scientists believe the drinks were largely consumed by the elite or a noble class because the plant for the drinks had to go through an intricate trade route.

“For people who had a diet consisting of corn, bean and squash, the drinks provided a kick,” Crown said.

Dave DeWitt, author of “The Food Lover’s Handbook to the Southwest,” said he was surprised to learn the study found holly was so popular in the Southwest. He believes it may have been consumed for the caffeine.

The chocolate, however, was likely popular for other reasons.

“I don’t think it had to do with the caffeine since cacao has so very little of it,” DeWitt said. “It had to do with the rituals that go back to the Aztecs and the Maya,” he said.

It’s unclear if people in the Southwest travelled down to Mexico or if the plants were obtained through village-to-village trade routes.

The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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On the road to sanctuary SOME OF THE FACES OF THE REFUGEES FLEEING WAR-TORN SYRIA AND IRAQ

BY ANTHONY FAIOLA AND GRIFF WITTE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Thousands of refugees and migrants from Syria, Iraq and beyond found themselves trapped in Hungary, a nation that did not want them and that tried to block their path. But they persisted, and the government relented, once again opening the pathways to sanctuary in the wealthy nations of Western Europe.

The vast majority are aiming for Germany, which is offering some of the most generous terms of asylum. The journeys are hard, as the men, women and children contend with rough seas, high mountains, aggressive police and bandits. They are travelling lightly. Smartphones. Old basketball shoes. A pair of fake Ray-Bans. Some no longer have hope for a fruitful future but still cling to hope for their children.

From Munich to the Serbia-Hungary border, these are snapshots of the migrants’ trail.

Days on the road: Nine.

Carrying: A white tank top, shorts, old basketball shoes and an iPhone. “In every country, we dropped more of our stuff. I ended up with this T-shirt, and that’s about it.”

Most difficult part of the journey: Climbing the mountains of Macedonia with a toddler and a baby.

“With every step you take, you risk your life. There are lots of people taking advantage of other people.

We still can’t believe we’re doing this. We ask each other, ‘Are we alive? Are we really doing this?’ But I’m not calling myself a refugee. It’s just a new life experience.”

Hopes for the future: “There’s no life anymore in Syria. I had nothing to lose. But Germany is a great country. Business there is so good. When the crisis happened in 2008, the only country that kept growing was Germany.”

she’s a refugee, too.”

Most difficult part of the journey: “Sitting on the streets and getting hungry at the border between Greece and Macedonia. We almost got mugged.”

Hopes for the future: “There’s no future in Syria.

We’re not safe there. You can’t even go to college and get your education. I’m supposed to be in university now. Germany is the best for studying and building your life. I’m hoping it’s worth it in the end.”

Mustafa Haj Yaman, 19

Jumana Hmaidy, 30

Ahmed al Nassaf, 23 Damascus to the Netherlands Occupation: Pharmacist.

Travelling with: Four friends he met on the journey.

Days on the road: 25.

Carrying: Gold-frame glasses, jeans, a white Tshirt, a passport, money, a waterproof Sony phone and a charger.

Most difficult part of the journey: Crossing into Hungary. “The first time we tried, the police wouldn’t let us. We had women and babies with us.

We were in the forest at night. We said ‘Please, let us go.’ But they screamed at us and told us, ‘No, you can’t go.’ They were trying to kill our dream. They don’t know that this is our last hope.”

Hopes for the future: “I want to continue my studies. In the Netherlands, there’s a university that’s doing new studies into insulin and diabetes. I want to go there and get my higher education. You can’t build your future in Syria. There’s no electricity, no water. You’re always under threat. But I want to go back when it’s safe.”

Damascus to Berlin Occupation: Housewife.

Travelling with: Her 3-year-old son, Mohammed.

They are making the trip to join her husband, who has already applied for asylum in Berlin.

Days on the road: 20.

Carrying: A yellow-and-red blanket from her home in Syria. A fanny pack with her passport and travel documents. One broken cellphone. A plastic bag with diapers and two pacifiers for her son.

Most difficult part of the journey: “The hunger was the hardest part, and my fear for my child. We traveled out of Syria with bad smugglers in Lebanon and Turkey. They did not feed us. They did not give milk to my son. One time, they did give us bread, but it had been near gasoline and smelled. They did not treat us as humans.”

Hopes for the future: “I no longer have any hope for myself, but maybe for my son. Maybe by doing this, he will do better than I did, than his father did.

We only want security, to live in a place of peace.

Yes. That is what we want. Peace.”

Aleppo to Germany Occupation: High school student, wants to study medicine.

Travelling with: A cousin and friends.

Days on the road: 23.

Carrying: Very little. His backpack fell overboard on the sea trip from Turkey to Greece, so he lost almost everything. In Greece, he bought a new backpack, one T-shirt and one extra pair of pants.

Most difficult part of the journey: The GreeceMacedonia border crossing. “The police chased us and we got lost in the woods. We slept on the dirt, and there were snakes and other animals. We had no food or drink for two days. It was so difficult, so difficult.”

Hopes for the future: “I hope to study in Germany to become a doctor. I want to go back to Syria. There are so many people there, wounded. I want to help them.”

Marwand Deep, 35

Marah Babili, 19

Amar Abdin, 30 Damascus to Germany Occupation: Car salesman.

Travelling with: Four cousins, plus a 4-year-old child and an 11-month-old baby.

Damascus to Germany Occupation: Student.

Travelling with: Her cousins’ family, including a 5-month-old baby.

Days on the road: 12.

Carrying: Clothes, pink sneakers, water, an iPhone 6+ and a white Hello Kitty plush doll that turned gray with dust during the journey. “I’ve had her since I was a child. I couldn’t leave her behind. Now

Damascus to Germany Occupation: Fitness trainer.

Travelling with: Most of his immediate family, including his parents and siblings.

Days on the road: 18.

Carrying: A small green bag with spray deodorant, a pair of fake Ray-Ban sunglasses, an iPhone 4 and a charger.

Most difficult part of the journey: “Crossing the sea from Turkey to Greece. The boat was too full!

There were 35 people, and children, on such a small raft. The waves were big, so big. We almost fell overboard; many of our things did. I felt fear, and panic, like I have never felt before.”

Hopes for the future: “Germany is my future. It will decide what my future is. I hope it decides to give me one.”

Europe’s migrant story by the numbers BRUSSELS — Hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers have entered the European Union this year, thousands more arrive daily, and numbercrunchers and analysts are battling to understand what it all means.

The European Council of Refugees and Exiles has unveiled a new asylum information database which put numbers on covering the scale of the challenge, to the details of registering for asylum. Here’s a look:

THE SIZE OF THE CHALLENGE

The Greek Council for Refugees says that of the more than 380,000 migrants that arrived in Europe by crossing the Mediterranean this year, more than 258,000 landed in Greece. Some 3,000-4,000 people are coming each day.

The 50,242 arrivals in July exceeded arrivals for all of 2014, when 43,500 came. The council notes that Greece can lodge fewer than 2,000 people in its reception facilities.

More than 140,000 migrants have so far arrived in Hungary. The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that it expects 42,000 more over the following 10 days.

One in three migrants arriving in Sweden is a child, whether as part of a family or travelling alone. Sweden is one of the few EU member states to provide individual housing for most migrants, although some countries do have a mix of collective and individual housing. Most have collective, reception centre-style lodgings.

WHO STAYS, AND WHO’S NOT SO LUCKY

Around two-thirds of migrants arriv-

ing in Europe are likely to be eligible for asylum or some other form of international protection, according to the EU presidency.

On average, 95 per cent of Syrian applicants were granted protection and allowed to stay in Europe in 2014. Eritreans had an 89 per cent recognition rate last year. Iraqis and Afghans were also accepted in significant numbers.

In contrast, 7.1 per cent of Albanians and 6.2 per cent of Kosovars were granted protection.

The EU has come up with a list of “safe countries,” and nationals from those countries could be less likely to be granted asylum. Among candidates for EU membership, the bloc wants to put Turkey on the “safe” list, yet some EU countries accept almost a quarter of asylum requests from Turkish nationals.

SHARING THEM OUT

Of the hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers who have entered the European Union so far this year, the EU wants its 28 nations to share equitably in receiving 160,000 over two years.

An EU plan launched in May aimed to share 40,000 of those refugees in Greece and Italy among other EU nations. Fifteen nations are unwilling to take the share they are allotted. Two countries are offering to do more.

Under this quota plan, nine EU nations would see a 10-fold increase in the number of asylum seekers they have to accept.

WHERE MOST ARE GOING

Five EU member countries are receiving around 70 per cent of asylum applications made in the 28-nation bloc. Germany was by far the biggest with almost 180,000 asylum applications in the first half of 2015, followed

by Sweden, Italy, France and Hungary.

Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan are

hosting some four million refugees, many of them Syrians. Turkey is considered the largest refugee-hosting country in the world, while Lebanon hosts most refugees per capita.

HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET ASYLUM

On arrival in France, would-be asylum seekers have three days to lodge their applications. In Hungary, if an application is rejected the migrant has

just three days to appeal. Under laws set to be introduced on Sept. 15, the Hungarian authorities aim to process asylum claims within eight days. The European target average currently is around nine months, although a new law will impose a six-month maximum.

Asylum seekers in Italy can wait up to two years for their applications to be processed.

Only around 40 per cent of migrants who are refused admission to Europe are actually sent home.

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