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Staycations expected to rise BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Budget-wary Albertans are expected to embrace staycations this travelling season. As oil prices continue to flounder at the $30 level and a lengthy parade of corporate cutbacks make the headlines, more summer travel plans will mean staying on home soil. “People will, for sure, stay closer to home,” said Liz Taylor, Tourism Red Deer executive director. National tourism groups have noticed an upswing in tourism at traditional big draws, such as the mountains and big cities like Vancouver. Most of those visitors are Canadian, with a healthy segment of Europeans attracted to our affordable destinations. Despite the weak Canadian dollar, which gives U.S. visitors a big boost in spending clout, the bread and butter for tourism providers are still Canadian visitors. That’s not to say that national tourism organizations aren’t planning to ramp up their U.S. pitches, but the reality is only about 37 per cent of Americans have passports and their tendency is to stay closer to home. “We will see more Canadians doing things (in Canada). Their travel pat-

terns have changed,” said Taylor. Previous tourism studies have shown a direct correlation between the strength of the Canadian dollar and our cross-border travel plans. Spending patterns also change in a downturn. Travel may still be on the family itinerary but savings are often sought on food, accommodations or purchases. “It suits us well because all of our accommodation is really reasonable. Even last summer, all of the attractions were strong, people were out doing things.” Taylor said Red Deer and District Museum and Art Gallery saw a modest family rate deal pay off with solid crowds on Family Day. Tourism industry recommend that those looking to book campgrounds or other accommodations in the popular areas to not wait because a busy season is expected. Central Alberta communities recognize the potential to boost tourism in the area. A $100,000 Central Alberta Destination Management Plan was recently completed and is being presented to the 11 participating municipalities to be adopted as part of their economic development and planning strategies.

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Swimmers enjoy a beautiful day at Sylvan Lake last summer. The number of people enjoying travel plans closer to home, or staycations, is expected to go up this year.

Penhold fire dept. becomes emergency medical techs

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Penhold’s volunteer fire department has become a provincial leader. The 35-strong department has become the first volunteer fire department in the province that can respond as emergency medical technicians without the presence of ambulances. It is an important achieve- JIM PENDERGAST ment in Penhold, which does not have a locally based ambulance and volunteer firefighters are almost always first on the scene, said Fire Chief Jim Pendergast. About half a dozen of the department’s volunteers are trained as emergency medical technicians and one is a registered nurse. While the level of training of individual volunteer firefighters varies, many departments only offer basic first aid as a policy. All of Penhold’s firefighters are trained to at least the next level — emergency medical responder. In Penhold, EMT-trained firefighters have been cleared to administer certain medications and start intravenous drips. They are working to get cleared to provide naloxone, a drug that is used in overdose cases. “We’ve been through a pilot project with Alberta Health Services over the

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Firefighters Mark Linksi, Nicole Thomson and Drew Iwasnokow (left to right) go through first aid and other medical supplies at the Penhold Fire Department Saturday afternoon. last three years ending last year,” he said. This past January, the department’s new status was officially approved.

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doctor appointed by Alberta Health Services. If only EMR-trained firefighters are on scene, they provide only that level of care. But when EMT-level firefighters are at the scene the department can now offer a higher level of treatment. Pendergast is proud of the level of commitment his volunteers have shown. “All of our firefighters had to take their EMR training and their EMT training at their own cost,” he said, adding training bills run into the thousands. “To have them step and do that is so awesome.” Some had to take out student loans to cover the cost of the more advanced training. Another first for the department was its use of an Alberta Health Services portal to file patient care reports online. Even large fire departments, such as Red Deer’s, are only just starting to adopt the new filing system.

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Uber ultimatum

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UBER SAYS IT WILL SHUT DOWN TUESDAY UNLESS PROVINCE AGREES TO CHANGES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The manager for Uber in Alberta says the ride-sharing app will cease operating in the province on Tuesday unless the provincial government makes insurance and licensing changes. Ramit Kar told a demonstration of about 150 Uber supporters on the steps of the Alberta legislature on Saturday that the government must allow flexibility on requirements that drivers have commercial licences. He says the province must also approve a ride-sharing insurance product that Uber has obtained from a private insurer. Uber wants the changes in order to satisfy requirements passed by Edmonton Council that take effect on March 1. Under the Edmonton bylaw, Uber drivers must carry provincially approved insurance, have an annual vehicle inspection and agree to a criminal record check. Kar says without action by the province by Tuesday, thousands of people will be affected. “We hope that the voice this group and the many voices they represent are heard by the province and that we see action soon,” Kar told cheering supporters, many of whom were Uber drivers. “We hope to continue to see you on the road.” A spokesperson for Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason said in an emailed statement on Saturday that the government is dealing with several issues, including licensing and insurance, and wants to address all the issues at once rather than in a piecemeal fashion “We are committed to finding an appropriate solution allowing ride share companies to operate in a fair manner, while also protecting drivers, passengers, and other road users,” Aileen Machell said. Calgary city council has also passed

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a ride-sharing bylaw which could take effect in April, but officials with Uber have said those rules are too strict. Calgary’s bylaw requires ride-sharing drivers to have a Class 4 driver’s licence — a commercial licence. It also requires an annual $220 operating licence from the city, regular inspections, proof of eligibility to work in Canada and a police background check. Several Uber drivers addressed the rally in Edmonton, saying the service gives them jobs and provides users with safe rides. But Isack Isack, an Edmonton taxi driver who observed the rally and challenged Kar when he took media questions, said a commercial licence is important for anyone carrying passengers for money. Medical requirements for drivers, he noted, are more stringent with a commercial licence. “They’re carrying other people,” Isack said to Kar. Kar said Uber drivers are driving their personal cars, and that it’s no different than carpooling.

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Aerial bartender Annie Dugan performs above the attendees of the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Funhouse Gala at the Sheraton Hotel Saturday evening. A number of different performers from Edmonton’s Firefly Theatre and Circus were part of the event, that helped raise money for the hospice society.

March is Fraud Prevention month BY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe RCMP are gearing up to spread the messages of recognizing, rejecting and reporting for Fraud Prevention Month in March. Police offered some tips to be vigilant in the fight against fraudsters. • Don’t be fooled by the promise of a valuable prize in return for a low-cost purchase. • Be extra cautious about calls, emails or mailings offering international bonds or lottery tickets, a portion of a foreign dignitary’s bank account, free vacations, credit repair or schemes with unlimited income potential. • Don’t be afraid to hang up the phone, delete the email or close your Internet connection. • Don’t purchase a product or service without carefully checking out the product, service and company. • Don’t be afraid to request further documentation from the caller so you can verify the validity of the company.

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• Don’t disclose personal information about your finances, bank accounts, credit cards, social insurance and driver’s license numbers to any business that can’t prove it is legitimate. • Shred unwanted personal information such as bank statements, credit card bills, unwanted receipts, cheques, pre-approved credit applications and old tax returns. • Check your credit report every year and report problems immediately. • If a scam artist contacts you, or if you’ve been defrauded report it. Your reports are vital to the anti-fraud efforts of law enforcement agencies. Find more information about the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre online at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude. ca or toll free at 1-888-495-8501. If you feel that you have been a victim of fraud or have given out personal or financial information unwittingly, please contact the Lacombe Police Service at 403-782-3279 or your local police agency.

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Calling all visual artists. An event to commemorate the United Nations sanctioned International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is set for March 21 in downtown Red Deer. Local artists are invited to gather at the Hub on Ross from 4 to 7 p.m., and bring their art to work on or share, meet other community artists, drink some tea, or bring their own food and drink (alcohol is not permitted). Piano players are also invited to play on the Ross Street piano, which makes its winter home at the Hub on Ross, located at 4936 Ross St. The event is free. In 1966 the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, proclaiming March

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Arson unit investigating cause of deadly rooming house fire

10 dead, 26 hurt when bus crashes on mountain road in Mexico

WINNIPEG — Arson investigators are looking into a Winnipeg rooming house fire that’s left several people dead. Police weren’t saying on Sunday whether they considered the fire, which broke out early in the morning, suspicious. Four people were taken from the scene by paramedics in critical condition. Two women aged 20 and 21, as well as a 49-year-old man, have died. Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries. Alex Forrest, President of the United Firefighters of Winnipeg, says there were more than 14 people living in the two-storey building. Forrest says officials will try to place residents of the home in emergency shelters.

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northwestern Mexico say eight adults and two children were killed when a bus carrying a group of evangelical Christians went off a mountain road and crashed down about 45 metres (about 150 feet) into a ravine. All but three of the other 29 people on board suffered injuries. Civil protection director Alonso Gomez in the Durango state town of Gomez Palacio says the accident happened Saturday as the bus headed back to his town after a tourist outing. Gomez said Sunday that the driver reported the brakes failed and he lost control of the vehicle. The driver is injured and in custody while the accident is investigated. The road where the accident happened is narrow and winds through canyons up to 300 metres (nearly 1,000 feet) deep.

B.C. forestry company to suspend operations after workplace death

Merkel calls mob that screamed at migrants ‘repulsive’

PORT MCNEILL, B.C. — A man is dead following what a forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” at one of its operations on northern Vancouver Island. TimberWest Forest Corp. spokeswoman Monica Bailey said an equipment operator was killed Friday afternoon at the company’s Bonanza Lake site near Port McNeill. Bailey would not provide the cause of death, saying only the man was moving his equipment at the time. “Forest communities tend to be very small and people who work in forestry tend to know one another quite well,” she said. “It’s a heartbreaking moment for all community members on the Island and for forestry in general.” The man was employed by one of TimberWest’s contractors. In a statement, TimberWest CEO Jeff Zweig described the event a tragic accident. The company will suspend operations across the province Monday out of respect for those involved in the incident, Bailey said.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the actions of protesters who shouted abuse at a bus full of migrants earlier this month were “repulsive” and “unjustifiable.” Video of about 100 people trying to block migrants from entering a shelter in the eastern village of Clausnitz on Feb. 18 prompted concern about growing radicalization in Germany due to the influx of migrants. Merkel told public television ARD late Sunday that Germans who question her actions in the refugee crisis “aren’t convinced yet but I think that I can convince them if the issue is resolved.” She says more needs to be done to solve the problems causing people to flee to Europe, but also that those coming to Germany have to abide by its laws.

Somalia police: Bombs kill 13 in 2 Baidoa restaurants

Liberals launch campaign platform for Saskatchewan election that targets poverty REGINA — The Saskatchewan Liberal party has zeroed in on reducing poverty during an election campaign kickoff. The Liberals announced Saturday night in Regina they would raise the provincial minimum wage to $13 an hour by July 2017. They say they would also raise the base personal income tax exemption to a level equivalent with a full-time minimum wage job. The Liberals further pledge that a working tax credit would be available for people whose income doesn’t exceed the basic personal amount. Liberal leader Darrin Lamoureux says the governing Saskatchewan Party’s insistence on exploiting the Temporary Foreign Worker Program has provided the service sector with new labour, while keeping wages low. Voters will go to the polls in Saskatchewan on April 4.

Two winning tickets for $7.2-million jackpot in Saturday’s 6-49 draw TORONTO — There are two winning tickets for the $7.2-million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 6-49 draw. One ticket was bought somewhere in British Columbia, and the other was sold in Winnipeg. Each is worth $3.6-million. The lottery’s grand prize was last won Feb. 20, when a ticket worth $22-million was held by someone in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next 6-49 draw on Wednesday night will be approximately $5-million.

Canadian taxpayers federation blasts MPs for voting to increase office budget OTTAWA — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is criticizing the federal government for quietly approving a hefty increase to MPs’ office budgets. Spokesman Andrew Wudrick said it is questionable whether MPs should get $25 million more to spend on expenses when the government is facing a large deficit. “I think that given the environment we are in fiscally, it will leave a bad taste in the mouth of a lot of Canadians that MPs are voting for a 20 per cent hike in their office budgets at a time that we’re going to be running possibly a $30 billion deficit,” he said. The parliamentary committee that makes administrative and financial decisions for the House of Commons approved a 20 per cent increase to the office budgets on Dec. 10, pointing out they have been frozen since 2010. In a memo released Friday, the committee also announced a five percent increase to the travel expense account. Wudrick accused the government of secrecy, and said the decision should have been announced at the time it was taken.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police officer says that at least 13 people were killed when two restaurants were attacked in the southwestern town of Baidao. Yusuf Nur, a police officer in Baidoa, told The Associated Press that the first restaurant was hit by a car bomb and a second nearby restaurant was targeted when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the establishment. Nur said the explosions were at the central Beder and Redo restaurants which are popular with officials and residents. Yasmin Ali, a nurse at the town’s main hospital, said at least 20 people are being treated for injuries. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Baidoa attacks, but the Islamic extremist rebels alShabab have carried out many similar attacks in Somalia.

Panel: Poland’s constitutional crisis endangers democracy WARSAW, Poland — An international human rights commission says a crisis affecting the functioning of Poland’s constitutional Tribunal has endangered the rule of law, democracy and human rights. That assessment is contained in a draft opinion by the Venice Commission, an advisory body of the human rights watchdog Council of Europe. The draft report was leaked this weekend and published by the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. President Andrzej Duda said he was disappointed that it was leaked and said he hoped the leak didn’t come from the commission. After taking power last November, the right-wing Law and Justice party changed laws that regulate the constitutional Tribunal’s functioning while also refusing to swear in judges picked legally by the previous government. Those moves sparked street protests and concerns by European leaders.

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Access to public officials not for sale GREG NEIMAN OPINION Think back a few months, to a time when Alberta still had a Tory government. If that benighted group had been caught offering one-hour of access for a private chat with the premier — as a party fundraiser — what do you think the tiny NDP opposition would have said? Well, you don’t have to think too hard, because shortly after Ed Stelmach became premier, the Tories tried to do exactly that. It was fodder for all the wretched pundits like me, who saw this as selling private access to public office. In very short order, the plan was cancelled, and Stelmach probably never got another chance to find out what the rich and well-connected class in Alberta was thinking. Right? I do not recall the NDP being silent on this at the time. Quite the opposite. So imagine our surprise that the NDP under Rachel Notley has been planning to do the same thing.

On Tuesday, the party held a fundraiser at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, where for $250, you could be seated in the sumptuous quarters of the gallery, mingle with the Alberta cabinet and hear a stirring speech. Except, for an hour or so before the main event, a select group of private invitees were offered a much more intimate gathering with the premier and members of cabinet, for $1,000. You know, a unique chance to bend the premier’s ear, give some well-considered advice — and press for funding of your favourite project. When word got out Monday that the party was planning to do this, there was a fire drill in party headquarters. Party president Chris O’Halloran told The Canadian Press that the special access event was cancelled. Notley spokeswoman Cheryl Oates then said no, it’s not cancelled. The event has been cleared by the province’s ethics commissioner. The event is on. I suggest nobody cares if the event was cleared by the ethics commissioner. People generally would say otherwise. O’Halloran said the event was sold to select people through phone calls and e-mails as an opportunity to give

them “more time to share their opinions and feelings.” While the denied people (like me) might consider this as selling access to the highest decision-makers in the province, he would not tell reporters the real reason why the party decided not to go forward with the $1,000 fundraiser add-on. The only other reason I can think of to cancel would be that nobody in Alberta thought an hour alone with the NDP cabinet would be worth $1,000. And this isn’t the case, because the president of the party was somehow over-ruled. This cannot turn out well. There is not enough money in all of Alberta to make public trust of the impartiality of our government worth selling. Particularly for the NDP and particularly now. There has been too much complaining from the moral high ground of the opposition benches, reflecting ever-declining trust of the previous regime for the public to accept even a sniff of that sort of cynicism now. Our government doesn’t have a track record of good stewardship yet — and could not possibly have one for several years. Right now, in a significant economic downturn, when trust for the future is vitally needed, trust is

all we have for the government to use to work its agenda. Between elections, public trust is the government’s mandate from heaven. The new NDP government must remain squeaky clean, above reproach in its actions, or there’s nothing left to work with. If not, then after 40 years of Tory rule, it would really be true that all governments are the same. And we’d lost trust of the last one. I don’t know how many thousands of dollars it takes to disappoint either the true believers or the soft supporters of the governing party, but I suggest Tuesday’s fundraiser tally is not near enough. A party fundraiser to hear a speech, with a nice meal and a cash bar? Perfectly fine. But a closed-door pre-event to whisper unrecorded nothings into the premier’s ear? I said Stelmach’s group was crazy, and they had the benefit of decades of experience in what you can do and what you cannot do, when you hold power in a democracy. The NDP was supposed to have a better conscience. Follow Greg Neiman’s blog at Readersadvocate.blogspot.ca

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Clinton pledges to lift the veil on Area 51 RICK ZEMANEK OPINION Are there aliens walking among us? That forever-haunting question could be answered by Hillary Clinton. That is, if she’s elected next president of the United States. According to Yahoo News, “the Democratic candidate for the top job has told a journalist that she plans to ‘get to the bottom’ of the conspiracies surrounding extraterrestrial life.” It’s suggested she would send a task force to Area 51, the legendary, highly secretive military base in Nevada where it’s rumoured the U.S. government has been testing alien technologies and harbouring the corpses of aliens plucked from fatal flying saucer crashes. Canadian actor William Shatner, a.k.a. Capt. James T. Kirk of Star Trek fame, and now the host of a TV program exploring the bizarre, would likely respond to Clinton’s promise: “Is that weird, or what?” But apparently there’s lots of Americans who don’t think it’s weird. It’s claimed 77 per cent of U.S. citizens believe aliens have already visited Earth — and there’s proof. Clinton herself says “I think we may have been (visited already).” Conceivably, it could be argued that the other presidential hopeful Donald Trump is among those aliens. Trump wants to build a 2,000-mile-long wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep the bad guys out and the good guys in. Total cost: Around $8-billion. Now that’s weird. On July 8, 1947, the Roswell Daily Record in New Mexico rattled the United States with this astonishing headline: “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On

Ranch in Roswell Region.” It was claimed the UFO crashed, killing all alien crew members, and military officials secretly moved the bodies and debris from the Roswell crash site to the mysterious Area 51 secret military base in Nevada. That story was to form the modern-day iconic, “for-a-fact belief ” famous world-wide, we are indeed being visited by beings from planets beyond. The trademark photos of purported aliens with bald, light-bulb-like heads and eyes the size of pool balls — “secretly smuggled” out of Area 51 — reinforced that belief. There were also photos allegedly showing an autopsy being performed on one of the saucer’s dead crew members. It was believed at the time the U.S. government was involved in a conspiracy and a cover-up of epic proportions for fear of alarming the world. The CIA didn’t help matters to dismiss these conspiracy theories. It wasn’t until 2013 it publicly acknowledged the highly secretive Area 51 did indeed exist. Prior to that, little was known about the remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. But based on historical evidence, it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. And the Roswell mystery was in fact the crash of a weather balloon. However, our fascination with UFO’s continues with recent bizarre stories. Yahoo News reported an unnamed women claims she was abducted “by little green men after she lost time at her home in Illinois.” Apparently time loss is a common experience for alleged alien abductees. Backing up her claims that she had an extraterrestrial experience were 40 blurry pictures she discovered on her cellphone a few days later, claiming the aliens were “trying to take selfies” while she was in their custody. “When you truly look at the detail, you see they are other worldly and cannot be faked,” she told the media. The woman claims that on the night in question the last thing she remembers was lighting a cigarette

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on the stove. “The next thing I know I’m waking up on the floor of my bathroom in fetal position.” The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has taken a keen interest in her claims. MUFON has also shown interest closer to home. Moncton, N.B. resident John Sheppard was camping at Twin Shores campground, near Kensington, with his wife in June 2014. He told CBC news that it was around 11:30 p.m. “when out of the corner of his eye he saw a light out over the water.” His wife was sleeping in the tent at the time. Sheppard watched the diamond-shaped light dancing about 75 metres above the water, about a kilometre away, for several minutes then grabbed his cell phone and started filming. Shortly after, a second light appeared and he hunkered down in a bush so he was hidden. “I didn’t want to be seen by it. I didn’t want it coming over.” The light show was over eight minutes after he started filming. CBC learned of the incident after Sheppard sent his video to MUFON which concluded he saw a for-real UFO, or a UAV — unidentified aerial vehicle — as the group likes to call such sightings today. Assistant director for MUFON Canada said the sighting was “very rare. Extremely rare. This is great. This is a really serious sighting, and we still refer to it as one of the best UFO sightings in the Maritimes.” The case, reported CBC, was listed by MUFON as one of the top sightings of 2014. No evidence has been presented to disclaim Sheppard’s experience. Who knows? Just maybe? Back to Clinton. Her campaign chairman John Podesta also wants the conspiracy theory enveloping Area 51 exposed. “He has made me personally pledge we are going to get the information out,” said Clinton. Podesta adds: “The American people can handle the truth.” Now is that weird, or what? Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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trarily arrested or detained over the course of the nearly five-year-old civil war. In the countries now hosting over four million refugees, security agencies are often also a threat. In Lebanon, Syrians can be arrested because their refugee status is not recognized. In Jordan, aid agencies have reported Syrians won’t go to the police because they believe they won’t be treated fairly. At first, the Mounties met with refugees before they’d even been accepted into Canada’s program. But the meetings were moved to the airport when, as anxiety levels rose about the move to Canada, some families were refusing to board flights. RCMP members tried to dispel myths about police benefiting from special privileges in Canada, or whether their children would be taken away from them if confronted by the law. Back home, there was a quick realization of a need to shake off the very real perception by some Canadian police officers that the Syrians pose a security threat. Dabit said her fellow officers often had questions about security issues. “I saw the people that we’re bringing in. I saw it with my own eyes. These are families. These are people with children,” Dabit said. “These are people who are no different than any of us.”

OTTAWA — Syrian refugees have received little by way of a formal orientation to Canada before they’ve arrived. In their drive to get 25,000 people here in a matter of months, the Liberals put off the detailed customary pre-departure briefings for refugees and instead waited until they landed. But one agency decided it could not wait: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Four Mounties were involved last month in an experimental community integration project in Jordan designed to help Syrian refugees and the police force itself. The unique police engagement strategy was developed to address two issues — the concerns police officers in Canada have over security screening of refugees, and an ingrained mistrust of authorities by the refugees themselves. For RCMP Acting Sgt. Lina Dabit and her colleagues, speaking the same language was an immeasurable help in approaching the refugees they met in Jordan. Crayons and colouring books also Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS helped break the ice with the children. Sam Jaroudi, a civilian RCMP staff member, speaks with families during the “They weren’t afraid of us because we did speak the language,” Dabit said RCMP’s Operation PROVISION at the Processing Centre in Amman, Jordan last in describing the 20 to 30 daily encounmonth. ters she and three of her colleagues had with Syrian families they met over gees who touched down in Montreal. ada by the end the year, but that target was a 10 day period in January. In the coming days, the group will spread pushed back to the end of this month once “(And) when the children felt comto eight different provinces joining those they took office. fortable around us, the parents did as who’ve arrived in Canada since the Liberals’ Of the 25,000 who have now arrived, well.” launched their Syrian refugee plan in Nomore than half will have their costs covered The vast majority of the 25,000 Syrivember. by the government in their first year with the an refugees now in Canada — the mileThe Liberals had first made a commit- rest supported by private groups or a mix of stone was reached Saturday night — MONTREAL — The 25,000th Syrian speak neither English nor French. refugee landed in Canada Saturday night ment to resettle that many Syrian refugees the two. The Liberals have promised to resettle The numbers of Arabic-only speakmarking the end of the first phase of the Lib- in Canada almost a year ago while in opposition. 25,000 government assisted refugees in ers are highest among government aserals’ massive resettlement program. During the election campaign, they total and say they will meet that goal by the sisted refugees, those whose costs are They were part of a plane load of refupledged to bring that many people to Can- end of 2016. covered entirely by the government in their first year. Sam Jaroudi, a civilian RCMP staff member, said most of the families — especially the parents — felt very anxious about GLENN’S GIFT SHOP EGGS BENEDICT starting a new life. Two eggs on a grilled English Muffin with next door. The trick, he said, was your choice of one of the following: ham, Featuring Lug Bags to reassure them that pobacon, sausage or tomato; topped with Ladies Trimdin Jackets lice in Canada are not to hollandaise sauce plus your choices be feared. Dragons of hashbrowns, pancakes “Police officers are or fruit cup. Souvenirs your neighbours, hockAvailable All Day Jewelry ey coach, soccer coach,” Leaning Tree Cards Jaroudi explained. “This Exotic Animals is the message that we tried to get across in AmBradford Exchange man — that police are apTea & Accessories proachable.” In Syria, thousands of 403.346.5448 • 125 Leva Ave., Gasoline Alley • 403.341.4477 people have been arbi-

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, talks after meeting with premiers at a First Ministers meeting at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa in November. that are beyond the election-cycle horizon. Jaccard, an economist who’s been doing carbon price modelling for three decades, recently caused a stir with an article advocating government regulation — with all its hidden costs — over direct carbon levies, due to the practical political realities. A pure carbon price model would need to incrementally impose a levy of $160 per tonne by 2030 to hit Canada’s emissions target, he argues. Governments can move much faster through regulation, he said, even though a specific crackdown on emissions may impose higher costs for those involved. In B.C., where the government forced a switch from electricity made from natural gas to a new system using wood waste, Jaccard figures the implicit cost is $110 per tonne of emissions — much higher than the province’s explicit carbon tax of $30 per

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tonne. Mark Cameron, executive director, Canadians for Clean Prosperity Cameron, a former policy adviser in Stephen Harper’s office, calls Canada’s current 2030 reduction goal “a very demanding target” but says it is achievable. He sees a market-based solution that allows business to figure out the best way. “The key tool is putting a price on carbon,” says Cameron. “If you have a price and people know what the price is going to be and know that it’s going to escalate at a fairly predictable rate, that gives the most opportunities to respond in the most efficient way.” Cameron says the lower-end scenarios for reaching the 2030 target involve a price on carbon of about $100 a tonne. By contrast, he calculates Ontario’s phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation had an implicit cost of about $150 per tonne. Evening Appointments

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homes, and electrification of personal transportation and using more electricity in industry,” Smith says. “Those are the four pillars of having Canada meet its climate targets.” In addition to public transit, Smith would like to see zero-emission vehicle standards and a clean fuel standard. And she believes there’s a role for government in supporting carcharging infrastructure to help electric vehicle owners, and also to provide electric vehicle rebates like every other G8 country. Michael Cleland, senior fellow, University of Ottawa’s Collaboratory on Energy Research and Policy chairman of the board, Canadian Energy Research Institute Cleland sees obstacles in the speed at which business and investment can adjust to climate targets. In a recent speech, he lauded Canada’s environment ministers for publicly acknowledging how far behind they are in reaching the national 2030 target. “To meet any of the 2030 national targets being bruited about implies a change in trajectory which is probably impossible under any circumstances,” he said. “At the very least, we would have to very quickly adopt policy action (at a) much greater rate than we have seen either from Ontario with its coal phase-out or B.C. and Alberta with their carbon taxes.” If governments find the political will to implement their climate targets, he continued, “then we are looking at radical increases in carbon costs” through carbon prices or regulation. “Are we willing to tell consumers that their energy costs need to go up by 50 to 100 per cent or more — pretty much starting tomorrow — in order to meet our 2030 greenhouse gas commitments?” In an interview, Cleland said the main issue is timing. “The technologies are there that would allow us to do that. Could we get them in place that quickly? I don’t see how. The process of capital turnover just isn’t fast enough.” While 2030 can seem very science fiction-like, it’s only 14 years away. That short time frame, said Cleland, is working against the underlying growth trend in the Canadian economy. Mark Jaccard, director of the energy materials research group at Simon Fraser University Jaccard sees solutions in a government crackdown on specific emitters. “If we acted immediately and effectively, it would not be that costly to achieve the target,” said Jaccard. “But climate targets are always difficult politically, because climate policies are always politically unacceptable.” That’s because there’s little political upside in asking constituents to make immediate sacrifices for gains

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Polar bear encounters on the rise BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba government documents suggest polar bear encounters with people have reached record levels on the shores of Hudson Bay with more of the mammals ending up in a specialized jail in Churchill. Polar bear activity reports from the past three years show the number of documented cases in Churchill has jumped from 229 in 2013 to 351 last year. The number of bears who were tranquilized and housed in the town’s holding facility, known as the polar bear jail, before being released into the wild almost doubled from 36 in 2013 to 65 last year. Daryll Hedman, regional wildlife manager for Manitoba Conservation, said last year set a record for the number of polar bears caught within the populated “control zone” of Churchill. “Three hundred and fifty-one — for occurrences, that’s a high number,” he said. While Manitoba conservation officers have stepped up their patrols recently, Hedman and other experts say climate change is largely to blame. Canada is home to two-thirds of the world’s polar bears, but experts say climate change could make the Hudson Bay population extinct within a few decades. Polar bears depend on winter hunting to build up enough fat to carry them through the lean summer months on land when food is scarce. But Arctic waters now don’t often freeze up until early December and thaw much earlier in the spring. That leaves polar bears with less time to bulk up on fatty seal meat while on the ice. As the bears spend more time on land with less fat, they grow hungry and can venture into town in search of food. Where the first encounters with polar bears used to be late August, Hedman said polar bears are now coming into contact with people as early as July 1. “What’s the tipping point?” he said. “What’s the threshold that they can go without food? When they’re on land, they’re not eating. “How long can they sustain themselves without getting onto that sea ice platform to hunt seals again?” Andrew Derocher, one of the country’s leading polar bear experts based at the University of Alberta, said the population is in “grave condition.” The

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A polar bear is seen walking across the street in Churchill Man., in 2009. Manitoba government documents indicate polar bear encounters have reached record levels on the shores of Hudson Bay. population has stabilized around 800 bears but few cubs are surviving past the first year, he said. As they spend more time on land without food, Derocher said they could venture more and more into populated areas. “Hungry bears are always going to be a problem,” he said. “All projections are that they will increase their on-land time.” When the ice does finally form on Hudson Bay, Derocher said it’s freezing up further afield so polar bears often have no choice but to go through populated areas to get on it. “It’s a response to changing ice conditions,” Der-

ocher said. Peter Ewins, a senior officer with the World Wildlife Fund, compared the increase in polar bear encounters with raccoons in larger cities. Those who learn to break into homes and garbage cans are the hungry ones bent on survival, he said. “The portion of your total (polar bear) population that’s nutritionally stressed is just going to go up the less access they have to fat-rich seals,” Ewins said. “Until we solve the climate change thing, this isn’t really going to be a good situation. It’s just going to get tougher.”

RCMP racked up $900K in overtime during anti-terrorism operation BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The RCMP spent just over $900,000 in overtime pay over the course of a fivemonth undercover operation that led to the arrests of two terrorism suspects in British Columbia. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom-of-information request show the Mounties paid at least 200 people, mostly police officers, $911,090.54 for overtime work during the investigation, which was code named Project Souvenir. The operation culminated in the arrests of common-law spouses John Nuttall and Amanda Korody on July 1, 2013. They were found guilty last summer of plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature on that Canada Day. Their convictions have not been entered while defence lawyers argue in B.C. Supreme Court that the couple were manipulated by police into planting homemade pressure-cooker bombs on the legislature grounds. Defence counsel has described Nuttall and Korody as poor, methadone-dependent former drug addicts, while the Crown has said they embraced a radicalized form of Islam and were ready to kill and maim innocent people. The court heard earlier that the operation involved more than 240 police officers, most of whom worked behind the scenes. Many were involved sporadically in the investigation. The bulk of the project’s overtime expenses, $519,039.55, went to 100 constables involved in the case, while 30 corporals were paid $128,369.76 and 24 sergeants received $69,494.65. Records show the Vancouver Police Department was given $92,397, though it’s unclear how that money was divided. The overall cost of the operation was not provided. Without a breakdown of the number of work hours and officer ranks, it’s difficult to estimate the overall cost, given that remuneration ranges from a starting salary of $48,000 a year for constables to $107,000 for staff-sergeants and beyond. A protracted investigation involving a core number of police officers is bound to lead to an enormous bill, said Rob Gordon, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. “Here, the concern very much is that all of this money may have been wasted because police may have overstepped an ethical mark … about encouraging people to do things,” Gordon said, referring to the question of whether the couple were entrapped. “If they’re encouraging them, what was the purpose? The answer to that is, well, to get a conviction: to show that they’re doing something about terrorism

Family of man who died in custody wants daytime paramedic at jail A relative of a man who died after being arrested in Saskatoon last week says he’d like to see a paramedic on duty in the police detention centre during days instead of just nights. Michael Ryan, 38, was arrested Friday afternoon when police received reports of a man running into oncoming traffic. Police say Ryan appeared intoxicated and was later found unresponsive in his holding cell. His step-brother, Terance Grady, says he feels police are not properly trained to deal with new drugs such as fentanyl. Paramedics have been funded by the Saskatoon Health Region to work night shifts in the detention centre, and intoxicated people may also be transferred to a stabilization unit.

issues. “That’s a cynical view,” he added. There are more undercover operations happening today than 10 years ago, Gordon noted, adding that the government is coming under pressure to be proactive about terrorism and that pressure is being passed on to police agencies. A 2014 report from Human Rights Watch focusing on the United States and titled “Illusion of Justice” highlighted the risk of terrorism stings to vulnerable people and to those seeking spiritual guidance. Nuttall and Korody’s lawyers have raised both of these concerns in defence of their clients. The RCMP declined comment on its anti-terrorism operations. Spokeswoman Julie Gagnon said in an email the Mounties were “not in a position to offer any information” when asked about the frequency, cost and effectiveness of these operations in Canada. Prof. Craig Forcese, who teaches law at the Uni-

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Liberals drone shopping exercise sets stage for debate BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Trudeau government is quietly shopping for drones for the military and expects to see expressions of interest from the defence industry by mid-April. But the tire-kicking exercise is setting the stage for a potentially bruising policy debate over whether the remotely controlled aircraft should be armed and under what circumstances they would employ deadly force. The Royal Canadian Air Force has lobbied hard over the last few years for the capability to fire weapons from whatever drone is selected and has even written the assumption into mandatory requirements, according to a series of access to information records obtained by The Canadian Press. Under the heading â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lethality,â&#x20AC;? the high-level requirements review â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dated June 5, 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; explicitly states that whatever system is chosen, the RCAF expects the remotely piloted aircraft to be capable of â&#x20AC;&#x153;carrying and employing precision-guided munitions.â&#x20AC;?

LETHAL FORCE A separate slide presentation, dated Dec. 12, 2013 and intended as an update for the project management office at National Defence, noted there would have to be support for a precision-strike capability, but anticipates â&#x20AC;&#x153;public concern.â&#x20AC;? The Pentagon and CIA run drone programs which have been subject to increasing scrutiny and criticism, particularly in light of the dramatic rise in strikes over the last eight years and claims of civilian casualties. The intelligence agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program of targeted assassination has been the most controversial, prompting the Obama Administration to pledge three years ago to create â&#x20AC;&#x153;clear guidelines, oversight and accountabilityâ&#x20AC;? when it comes to decisions to employ lethal force. A Washington-based think tank of former generals and policy experts has been monitoring the promise and issued a report card this week that gave

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the administration a failing grade, particularly around transparency. A spokesman for National Defence, Evan Koronewski, acknowledged the air force wants a strike capability, but the drones Canada intends to buy will â&#x20AC;&#x153;be used primarily for surveillance and reconnaissanceâ&#x20AC;? of the coastlines and the Arctic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The policy and operational questions posed by the use of these systems are significant and require careful thought and discussion within Canada and internationally,â&#x20AC;? Koronewski said in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, it is clear that the legal implications of the use of these systems vary depending on the context and legal framework. Any such system acquired by Canada would be compliant with Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domestic and international legal obligations and employed in a manner that is consistent with these obligations.â&#x20AC;? But Errol Mendes, a University of Ottawa professor and an expert in international law, says there will have to be more than careful thought and discussion.

He says the Trudeau government should start now to develop a framework of transparency and accountability for the use of those weapons system, if only to avoid the kind of public debate and condemnation thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened in the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The issue is quite pertinent given the huge range of debate thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone all of the way up to the president,â&#x20AC;? said Mendes, who recently lectured the NATO council on the subject. Introducing a Canadian program â&#x20AC;&#x153;must be done with utmost care and supervisionâ&#x20AC;? and with highly trained operators, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That whole area needs to be studied very, very carefully. I am not actually against well-trained and well-focused use of weaponized drones, which meet the parameters of international humanitarian law. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not against it. I know others are, but I am not.â&#x20AC;? What needs to happen, Mendes said, is that every time the weapons are fired, it is cleared at the top, by either the defence minister or the prime minister.

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Mezzo-soprano singer Dolores Scott adds a little character to a solo during the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Choral Tapestry concert at the RDC Arts Centre main stage Friday evening. The concert was part of the choir’s 45th Anniversary season tour, which will visit a total of six cities across western Canada.

Canada needs to establish seat-size standards: passenger advocate BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — An airline passenger advocate says Canada should look at establishing seat-size standards for commercial airlines. Gabor Lukacs says an attempt by American Sen. Charles Schumer to require the U.S. government to establish seat-size standards is something that should be done in Canada. Lukacs said such standards are needed on Canadian flights, as cramming too many people onto a plane poses safety risks. “It’s a huge safety issue,” said Lukacs from Halifax on Sunday. “If you cram too many passengers in too small of a space, then some people will end up not being able to evacuate the plane in the same amount of time (during an emergency).” Lukacs said overcrowding planes also infringes on passenger comfort, especially on lengthy flights. “It can be very problematic,” he said. “There’s also the issue of air rage. Because seats are so close, you have people who use things like stoppers from allowing the seat in front on them to recline. It creates tension between two strangers… and even a small amount of tension can spark a fist fight.” Lukacs said creating standards that

apply to all commercial airlines would bring Canada in line with other jurisdictions, such as the European Union. “In terms of air passenger rights, we are very much behind the rest of the world,” said Lukacs. Transport Canada did not immediately return a request for comment Sunday. The U.S. also does not have federal limits on how close an airline’s row of seats can be or how wide an airline’s seat must be. Schumer, a New York Democrat, says he will add an amendment to a bill that is pending before Congress that would require the American Federal Aviation Administration to set the seat-size guidelines. A vote is expected in March. Schumer said airlines have been slowly cutting down legroom and seat width. “They’re like sardines,” Schumer said of airplane passengers. “It’s no secret that airlines are looking for more ways to cut costs, but they shouldn’t be cutting inches of legroom and seat width in the process … It’s time for the FAA to step up and stop this deep-seated problem from continuing.” Schumer said seat pitch, the distance between a point on an airline seat and the same spot on the seat in front of it, has dropped from 35 inch-

Provinces commit to help inquiry into MMIW BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The provinces agreed Friday to co-operate with and support a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett called the commitment an important step forward, as she emerged from a two-day meeting involving federal and provincial ministers as well as aboriginal leaders and victims’ families. “This is something that has worried a lot of the indigenous leadership … and all the people who were worried that we could end up with a jurisdictional squabble that meant that really important issues like policing and child welfare would not be able to be properly dealt with.” The commitment means child welfare, policing, education and other areas that are fully or partly under provincial jurisdiction will be examined when the inquiry starts up. “The (agreement) is to co-operate on providing access to all of our information, to our organizations, to our institutions,” Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said. Details of the inquiry such as its

scope, cost and who will lead it have yet to be worked out. The governments also issued a joint four-page document that, in broad terms, commits them to improve the social and economic conditions faced by aboriginals. The agreement contains 20 commitments including: — supporting the development of anti-racism training programs for civil servants. — implementing a Canada-wide awareness campaign to change public perceptions about violence against indigenous women. — acting on Truth and Reconciliation report recommendations such as giving First Nations more of a say in child welfare. — creating a common set of performance measurements to track the socio-economic gap between Indigenous persons and non-aboriginals. “Whether it’s high-school leaving, or whether it’s shelter-occupancy or poverty indicators, there’s many things we know we need to get going on,” Bennett said. Aboriginals leader said they were pleased with the meeting’s outcome, but were waiting to see concrete results.

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STAY: Shocked everybody “One of the things that shocked everybody was the number of trails (in Central Alberta). We have over 2,900 kms of trails,” she said. Besides developing a brand identity for the region’s tourism, practical tools to encourage tourism, such as trail maps identifying staging areas and washrooms, are being pursued. Marie Péron, executive director of Lacombe Regional Tourism, agrees that the trend to Albertans travelling

closer to home was on a noticeable upswing last year. “There was a huge increase in tourism at the attractions in the region and we suspect that will grow again this year,” said Péron. For many Albertans, a staycation means camping so she recommends not to wait to the last minute. “I would encourage people, to start making their travel plans and to start earlier because it’s going to be a busier summer than it ever has been.” Péron and other tourism boosters believe the recently completed study has come at an opportune time to maintain the momentum building now.

es in the 1970s to a current average of closer to 31 inches, and seat width has gone from 18.5 inches to about 16.5 inches. He argues that the requirement is needed to stop airlines from shrinking those numbers even further. An FAA spokesman said agency officials “look forward to reviewing” Schumer’s proposal. Airlines for America, an industry trade group representing an array of U.S. carriers, said it believes the government’s role is to determine a seat size that is safe, but opposes the proposed regulation. “We believe the government should not regulate, but instead market forces, which reflect consumer decisions and competition should determine what is offered,” spokeswoman Jean Medina said.

TORONTO — A Canadian media outlet squares off against the government Monday in a legal battle that pits media freedoms against the ability of police to investigate terrorism offences. Vice Media and its journalist Ben Makuch want Ontario Superior Court to quash an order that they hand over material related to their interviews with a suspected terrorist to the RCMP. “Courts should be wary of allowing the state to conscript journalists as investigative arms of the police,” Vice and Makuch state in their factum. “If media outlets are permitted to become investigative arms of the police through the use of production orders, the media’s important role and credibility will be undermined, as well as its ability to gather information.” A year ago, Ontario court Judge Jack Nadelle ordered the online news outlet to hand over materials that Makuch used to produce three articles in 2014 about Farah Shirdon, of Calgary, including that he had left Canada to fight for Islamic State. The stories were based on conversations Makuch had with Shirdon via an online instant messaging app called Kik Messenger. Police said they needed the information to gather possible further evidence against the Canadian. Nadelle ordered Vice to turn over unedited copies of records of communications with Shirdon and any notes related to how they had communicated with him. The Toronto-born Shirdon, 22, a nephew of a former prime minister of Somalia, has made threats publicly against Canada and the U.S. In October 2014, Makuch cited Shirdon as saying from Iraq: “Canadians at home shall face the brunt of the retaliation. If you are in this crusader alliance against Islam and Muslims you shall see your streets filled with blood.” Last September, RCMP charged Shirdon in absentia with several offences, including leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, taking part in the activity of a terrorist group, and threatening the U.S. and Canada.

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Filipino cuisine moves mainstream GROCERY CHAIN READIES CANADIAN EXPANSION BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A large Filipino grocery chain will open its first Canadian store near Toronto early next year, one of several planned markets catering to the country’s growing Filipino population while also aiming to turn others onto international cuisine. “Whatever culture you belong to, everybody eats seafood,” Mildred Smith, the marketing manager for Seafood City Supermarket, said in a recent interview. Seafood City Supermarket stocks staple pantry goods and fresh ingredients for cooking Filipino and panAsian dishes. It already boasts 22 American locations along the West Coast and Hawaii, and Canadian visitors have often pleaded for a store north of the 49th parallel, Smith said. That’s now in the works with a store opening at Heartland Town Centre in Mississauga, Ont., in the first quarter of 2017. The Canadian Seafood City Supermarket will include a Grill City, a Filipino barbecue fast-food joint, and a Crispy Town, which sells fried Filipino snack food. Seafood City Supermarket primarily targets communities with a large Filipino population, said Smith, so Canada made good business sense. In 2011, more than 662,000 Filipino people lived in Canada, according to Statistics Canada’s 2011 national household survey, making up about five per cent of the country’s population. In 2014, the Philippines pushed ahead of China and India as Canada’s top source country for immigrants, according to the federal agency. The Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver are home to the largest Filipino communities in Canada. Seafood City Supermarket considered both cities, said Smith, but found the perfect storefront in Mississauga — though she adds a future Vancouver spot is not out of the question. Non-Filipino people who are increasingly exposed to the country’s cuisine, as they are in the GTA and Vancouver, are another target customer base for the company. “Filipinos love food and parties,” said Smith. So their friends of other nationalities have likely already sampled adobo, kare-kare or other Filipino dinner staples, she said. The company expects that growing interest in Filipino food will pay off at its Mississauga location. Thrusting the cuisine into the mainstream is the mission of Les Sabilano, the co-owner of Lamesa Filipino Kitchen in Toronto’s trendy Queen West neighbourhood. His restaurant has been serving classic Filipino dishes with a modern twist — think chicken adobo, but fused with the Argentinian flavours of chimichurri — since 2014. Lamesa, he said, started as a response to a need of second-generation Filipino-Canadians, who want to share their culture with their friends of oth-

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ABOVE: Noodles are tossed to prepare a dish of Pancit Canton at Toronto’s Lamesa Filipino Kitchen, on Saturday BELOW: A serving of chicken adobo is pictured at Toronto’s Lamesa Filipino Kitchen, er ethnicities. “In my parents’ generation, you know, there were take-out spots and grocery places that were around that served the Filipino community,” said Sabilano, whose family owns two such establishments in the city. “But really (they) made no attempt to share the food or culture with non-Filipinos,” he said. “I think there is a growing need for … restaurants that are geared not only for the Filipino community.” At least half of Lamesa’s customers, he said, aren’t Filipino. Later this year, Sabilano will take over Kaibigan, one of his family’s traditional Filipino grocery store and restaurant spots. He plans to revamp the concept for a North American customer base by making Filipino food fresh to order using fresh, local ingredients. Another Filipino fast food chain, Jollibee, will reportedly open its first Canadian location this year or next. The comfort food giant operates more than 750 stores in the Philippines serving burgers, noodles and rice meals. The company did not respond to a request for comment. As Filipino dine-in or take-out options continue to grow, Sabilano hopes the cuisine will be among the options when friends and families debate what type of food to have for dinner. “Thai? Japanese? Chinese? You want to go for fried chicken?” Sabilano

said. “I’d like for Filipino food to be-

come part of that conversation.”

5 things to watch for in business this week THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business:

Oil-and-gas summit

The Western Canada Oil and Gas 2016 conference kicks off Monday in Calgary. Speakers include CEOs, investors, financiers, government leaders, First Nations representatives, community leaders, environmental-

ists and renowned experts — all of whom are expected to grapple with what’s looming ahead for the beleaguered industry.

Earnings galore A slew of companies report their earnings this week, including Scotiabank and Maple Leaf Foods on Tuesday, Torstar on Wednesday, and SNC-Lavalin and Canadian Natural Resources on Thursday.

Economy Statistics Canada releases economic growth figures for December and the fourth quarter on Tuesday. The Canadian economy grew in the third quarter, but economists have raised concerns about the country’s fiscal fortunes in the last three months of 2015.

Conference Board confab The president of the Conference Board of Canada sits down with Al-

berta business leaders in Edmonton on Wednesday to discuss the hard-hit province’s economic outlook for 2016.

Trudeau and clean energy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial and territorial premiers meet with First Nations, Inuit, and Metis leaders in Vancouver on Wednesday. The discussion is focused on the global so-called clean growth economy and how Canada can become a major player.

More Canadians working in retirement Canadians are living longer than expected. This new reality is presenting retirees and those approaching retirement with new lifestyle and financial considerations on how to stay active and engaged and how to fund the retirement they want. It’s a pretty commonly-accepted fact that Canadians haven’t and currently aren’t saving enough for their retirement. The Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) has been around since 1957 but most Canadians have not used it to its full advantage — they have about $800 billion in unused RRSP contributions, and that number is expected to swell to $1 trillion by 2018. So either by choice or necessity many Canadians are facing the reality of continuing to work in their retirement. “The old concept of retirement is broken,” says Tim Cottee, vice-president of retiree planning with Investors Group in Winnipeg. “Some people are choosing to work in retirement but for others this is not a choice – it’s a necessity. The reality is that people are living longer and therefore will have to manage their money more carefully.” A recent report by Edward Jones found that having to work in retirement is the biggest fear for thirty four per cent of Canadians, an increase

TALBOT BOGGS MONEYWISE from 28 per cent in 2010 and 23 per cent in 2006. “This uptick doesn’t surprise me,” says Patrick French, director of financial and retirement planning with Edward Jones. “Over the past 10 years Canadians have experienced an economy that has gone through several changes, and for many the fear of the unknown can seem quite overwhelming – which makes the value of solid financial advice and long-term investment strategy more critical than ever.” Canadians’ attitude toward working in their older years depends a lot on their age, stage of retirement and financial situation. A study by Investors Group has found that not being ready to retire and the desire to earn extra income were the most common reasons Canadians gave for delaying their retirement. New retirees (those who retired within the last five years) were more

likely to change their original planned retirement than experienced retirees (those who have been retired for between five to 10 years.) The majority of near retirees (those who plan to retire within five years) plan to make a gradual transition into retirement or never retire at all. Many older generation experienced retirees retired in the days of defined benefit (DB) pensions. “For them, RRSPs and government assistance programs like the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security are gravy,” explains Tim Cottee, vice-president of retiree planning with Investors Group in Winnipeg. “In the 1990s pensions in the private sector began switching to defined contribution (DC) plans. New and pre-retirees are in a different world because they don’t have guaranteed defined pensions and have to rely more on investments and the market. They went through the crash of 2008 and are hyper sensitive to the markets and fluctuations.” Income received at retirement under a DB plan is predetermined, usually based on a formula involving your years of service and earnings. Income under a DC plan is not pre-determined but is based on the assets within your individual retirement plan account at

the time you retire. Canadians can contribute to their RRSP until age 71 at which time they have to convert it into a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) and make yearly withdrawals, which are taxable. The Investors Group study found that 74 per cent of nearly retired Canadians plan to use withdrawals from registered plans like RRSPs, RRIFs and TFSAs in retirement compared to 48 per cent of new retirees and 46 per cent of experienced retirees. Other sources for retirement include income from mutual funds, stock holdings, GICs, bonds, annuities, and income from businesses and rental properties. “The newer retirement groups see their RRSPs/RRIFs as a core element of their retirement income but they are relying more and more on non-registered and investment-based accounts as well,” Cottee says. “A key to building a healthy retirement income is to save early and save often. This is a core piece of the retirement picture.” 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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Duty-free disparity

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U.S. DUTY-FREE EXEMPTION FOR ONLINE PURCHASES IS NOW MORE THAN 40 TIMES CANADA’S BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canada BRIEFS Hundreds protest in Belarus in support of small businessmen MINSK, Belarus — More than 500 people marched through the capital of Belarus on Sunday to demand that the government scrap new requirements for small private businesses that they say impose an unfair burden. The demonstration in Minsk was the largest protest in recent years in the former Soviet republic, where the authoritarian government has shown little tolerance for dissent. Police, however, did not interfere and the march ended peacefully. The Belarusian government this year began requiring small private businesses to obtain certificates guaranteeing the quality of their products. Business owners say the certificates are far too expensive and take weeks to obtain. “We’re not against the certification. But why do these certificates cost 5 euros in Europe and in Belarus we need to pay $200 or $100 and spend 20 days to get them?” said Minsk businessman Ales Makayev. The measure appears to be part of government efforts to increase budget revenues amid an economic crisis in the nation of 10 million.

Whiting to suspend its North Dakota oil well completions BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s largest oil producer says it will suspend its well-completion operations in April. Whiting Petroleum Corp. says it will operate only two rigs in the state but it will not finish them by hydraulic fracturing once they are drilled. The Denver-based company also says it will cut all spending by 80 per cent in North Dakota in reaction to sustained low crude prices. North Dakota Petroleum Council President Ron Ness tells the Bismarck Tribune that Whiting’s announcement this week is not any different from what other oil producers have been

doing already. For the year, Whiting expects to pump 128,000 to 138,000 barrels per day. That compares to about 155,000 barrels the company produced in the fourth quarter of 2015.

GE gets subpoena over subprime mortgage business NEW YORK — General Electric says the U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed the company as part of an industrywide investigation into subprime mortgage lending. According to a filing the industrial conglomerate made Friday, federal prosecutors are examining potential violations by GE’s WMC mortgage lending business from 2005 to 2007. The company says it received the subpoenas in January and will co-operate with the investigation, “which is at an early stage.” WMC specialized in making loans to consumers with less-than-perfect credit scores. GE sold the business in 2007 after the collapse of the U.S. housing market. In the last year, Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE has been focusing on selling off most of its finance and lending operations to refocus on its industrial businesses.

Russian coal mine accident kills 36, including 5 rescuers MOSCOW -- A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited fires and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday. The dead included five rescue workers and a mine worker who were killed early Sunday when the third explosion rocked the Severnaya mine in Vorkuta, a town north of the Arctic Circle in the Komi region, the emergency services said. The first two explosions struck late Thursday, killing four miners and trapping 26 others. Denis Paikin, technical director for mine operator Vorkutaugol, said Sunday that given the level of gas in the mine, the degree of destruction and the trajectory of the fire, which continued to burn, all the missing miners were presumed dead. Federal officials later confirmed that none of the trapped miners had survived.

WASHINGTON — Americans are now allowed to spend more than 40 times as much as their northern neighbours without paying duty on products shipped from abroad, as a result of a new law. Last week President Barack Obama signed a bill vastly expanding the duty-free exemption for products imported by mail. The new US$800 limit quadruples the previous amount, which was already multiple times higher than Canada’s C$20 exemption. There’s pressure on the Canadian government in the runup to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Washington to narrow that gap, with the pressure coming from pockets of the U.S. government and industry. One business group has even sought to enlist Canadian customers by circulating an online petition asking people to add their names if they want to stop paying what it calls an unfair duty. “The gap is unsustainable in our integrated economy,” said Maryscott Greenwood of the Canadian American Business Council, which started the petition. “Canadians we hear from see it as a fundamental issue of fairness. Why should Canadians pay duty on the very same items Americans buy duty free?” She and a U.S. federal source said American officials are raising the issue with their Canadian counterparts as they prepare for Trudeau’s state visit next month. The Canadian government has grappled with it before. As the House of Commons Finance committee gathered advice for the 2014 budget it received a submission from eBay — one of the biggest potential winners of a relaxed duty exemption. The online retailer said Canada’s standard was far stricter than most other countries and noted that the $20 amount hadn’t been revised since 1985. It said an increase would boost mail delivery, save Canada Post millions in administrative costs, and spare consumers from the sticker shock that occasionally comes with online imports. The Senate Finance committee also called for the matter to be looked at in 2013. The committee pointed to claims from the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, which said the average fee charged by most courier companies or customs brokers is $25, and that Canadians paid more than twice their American neighbours for a $21 online imported product back when the dollar was at par. In an example of the fee break-

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Why should Canadians pay duty on the very same items Americans buy duty free?” — Maryscott Greenwood Canadian American Business Council

down, a Canadian Press employee based in Ontario recently bought US$208 worth of clothes online from a New York-based retailer the shipping was an extra US$20, then there was a surcharge of US$62 meant to cover customs fees and federal and provincial taxes. Canadian retailers have fought a policy change, warning it would come with a cost. The Retail Council of Canada identified several potential negative consequences of an increase, and expressed relief that last year’s federal budget avoided such a change: “(It) would lead to massive increases in cross-border orders, with the obvious negative consequences for Canadian retailers and their employees,” the council said in reaction to the budget. “Even a seemingly small increase could have a major impact.” It said the federal and provincial governments would suffer a substantial revenue loss. It also argued that such a move would be a disincentive for Canadian companies to hire IT workers and invest in bricks-and-mortar businesses at home. “(We do) not understand the political or economic calculus that would confer a tax and duty advantage (as high as 33 per cent in some cases) on a U.S. warehouse seller who employs few if any people in Canada, at the cost of a Canadian employer who does create jobs and economic activity here.” Greenwood suggested a phase-in period might be a reasonable idea, if there’s concern in Canada about introducing the measure amid economic uncertainty. However, she added: “I don’t think it’s anti-stimulative to lower the costs of goods that Canadians are already buying.”

B.C. judge says workplace law too vague BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has concluded the province’s workplace-safety laws are too vague in a decision union leaders say threatens to undermine B.C.’s entire regulatory regime. Justice George Macintosh tossed out allegations on Friday that an asbestos-removal contractor and his son disobeyed a 2012 court order to comply with the Workers Compensation Act, saying the law is too complex and difficult to understand. “If the court is to punish anyone for not carrying out its orders, the order must in unambiguous terms direct what is to be done,” Macintosh said. “Even if every word of the act or the regulation (were) contained in the order, it would still be impossible in my view for the respondents to know when they went to work each day whether their work put them … in contempt of this court.” The 2012 order was directed at Seattle Environmental Consulting Ltd., owner Mike Singh and his son Shawn Singh. Between 2007 and 2012, WorkSafeBC issued 237 violation notices to the company and two men. It also imposed fines in excess of $200,000. Those breaches included failing to correctly identify asbestos during building surveys, neglecting to put up warning signs and leaving potentially contaminated drywall debris uncovered on countertops and

carpets. Macintosh’s ruling also dismissed the Singhs’ application that the 2012 order be set aside, despite finding it “overly broad and unclear.” Mike Singh said he was happy with the decision but that he would appeal Macintosh’s decision upholding the court order. “I want to make it clear … we do not expose people to asbestos, period,” Singh said. Lee Loftus of the B.C. Insulators Union described the judgment as “ludicrous.” “This is just right off the wall for me,” Loftus said outside the courthouse. “Here we have an employer that has hundreds of violations of the regulations that he has been documented with and served with. He knows what the law is. He knows what the regulation is. And the judge has ignored that.” Irene Lanzinger, president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, said the notion that a company with expertise in asbestos removal wouldn’t understand the laws governing its industry is “nonsense.” “We will be urging (the Workers Compensation Board) to appeal,” she said. WorkSafeBC spokeswoman Trish Chernecki said the agency will review the ruling in detail and consider its legal options, including filing an appeal. The head of the Hazardous Materials Association, Don Whyte, said he was shocked by what he called “the wrong decision.” “They teach me in elementary school that ignorance of the law is no excuse,” Whyte said. “Now we have a judgment that is telling us that if the law is too complex you don’t have to follow it.” This ruling will call into question the entire reg-

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THE ADVOCATE Monday, Feb. 29 2016

Rebels roughed up by Royals BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE STAFF Royals 6 Rebels 2 The Red Deer Rebels’ offence — ranked sixth in the Western Hockey League — managed a mere 13 shots in goal during the first 40 minutes of Saturday’s meeting with the visiting Victoria Royals. On a positive note, the Rebels were still locked in a 2-2 draw prior to melting down in the final frame and falling 6-2 before 5,632 fans at the Centrium. The third period was clearly a major letdown for the locals, although GM/ head coach Brent Sutter didn’t detect many positives during the entire game. “I didn’t think we played well at all here tonight,” he stated. “We got outworked. We didn’t compete as hard as you need to compete at this time of the year against a good hockey team.” The visitors never trailed in the contest, getting first- and second-period markers from Vladimir Bobylev and Jack Walker while surrendering goals to Michael Spacek and Luke Philp, who — with the Rebels short-handed — ripped a shot from the bottom of the circle over the shoulder of Royals netminder Coleman Vollrath at 9:33 of the middle stanza. The Royals assumed a permanent lead when Tyler Soy jumped on a giveaway inside the Red Deer zone and beat Rebels goalie Trevor Martin 3:39 into the third period. “Their winning goal was the epitome of what our whole night was — turnovers and being soft on pucks,” said Sutter. “That’s how it was all night. We lost a lot of one-on-one battles. Their team had a purpose going into every battle. Their will was much better, much higher than ours, so it’s disappointing.” The Royals pulled away on goals from first star Joe Hicketts (power play) and Matthew Phillips, and Hicketts sealed the deal with an empty-net, short-handed tally at 17:26. Although the Rebels’ top-six forwards recorded four points, they didn’t sustain much in the way of pressure. And the team’s premier pairing defencemen — Haydn Fleury and Nelson Nogier — were both minus-2 as were top-six forwards Adam Helewka and Adam Musil. Vollrath faced only 17 shots, while

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Red Deer Rebels defenceman Nelson Nogier and Victoria Royals forward Tyler Soy get tangled up as they chase after the puck during WHL action at the Enmax Centrium on Saturday night. The Royals dropped the Rebels 6-2. Martin made 25 saves. “You need more from this group, bottom line,” said Sutter.”Again, our best players were not our best players tonight and I thought our defence struggled. We just never played a game you need to play at this time of the year. “But it’s been something that’s been going on with this group. You try different ways to try and get them over the hump but it just seems like we’re hitting a wall with it all the time, and yet at the end of the day it comes down to them. They have to figure this out.” The Rebels were also assessed a healthy majority of the penalties doled

out by referees Chris Crich and Colin Watt. “You can have all the skill and talent but the work ethic, the compete level and the will has to be at the highest,” said Sutter. “If that’s lacking, then you’re lacking as a team and there’s a lack of discipline. Tonight we were lacking in a lot of different areas.” While the Rebels dropped their sixth game in their last eight, the Royals extended their impressive record to 16-1-1 in 18 games over the past five weeks. “We’ve been playing really well,” said Victoria overage forward, as-

sistant captain and Red Deer native Logan Fisher. “We’re trying to build prior to the playoffs, just trying to get better every night. We’ve been working hard at that and it’s been showing up a bit lately how hard we’ve been working away from the rink and in practices. “We’ve really come together well at the right time.” The Rebels are in Regina today for a 10:30 a.m. (MST) contest against the Pats, then take on the Broncos Tuesday at Swift Current. Red Deer’s next home game is Friday versus the Calgary Hitmen. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Carey leads Alberta to Canadian title BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GRANDE PRAIRIE — Chelsea Carey’s curling team won a national women’s curling championship while they were still a work in progress. Alberta claimed this year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 7-6 win over Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville on Sunday in Grande Prairie. Carey drew the eight-foot rings with her last shot of the game for the title. Carey, third Amy Nixon, second Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters will represent Canada at the women’s world curling championship March 19-27 in Swift Current, Sask. They’ll return to next year’s Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ont., wearing the Maple Leaf. Canadian women last won a world title in 2008 when Jennifer Jones took gold in Vernon, B.C. Carey is the daughter of Dan Carey, who won a national men’s championship in 1992 playing third for Manitoba’s Vic Peters. He was at Revolution Place to watch his daughter win 24 years later. “I’ve dreamed of being a Canadian champion since I watched my dad do it in 1992,” Carey said. “It’s a really exclusive club and we’re lucky to be a part of it.”

The skip was named the most valuable player of the tournament. It was the first Canadian title for Carey, Nixon and Peterman. Peters won it 2012 with Heather Nedohin. When Nedohin decided to step back from the sport last year, her teammates recruited Carey. Carey had moved to Edmonton to form a new team after skipping Manitoba to third place at the 2014 national championship. Taking over another team meant growing pains for Carey and her teammates as they learned each other’s personalities and rock deliveries, as well as how to communicate with each other on the ice on the fly. Peters said prior to the final “absolutely we’re still a work in progress. It’s still too new to be that dialled in.” “We certainly have put a lot of work into that this year,” Carey said. “We’ve been on a ramp upwards since the middle of December when we were starting to click and get things working.” The host province finished first in the preliminary round with a 9-2 record and beat defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Page playoff between the top two seeds.

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Alberta skip Chelsea Carey, left to right, third Amy Nixon, second, Red Deer’s Jocelyn Peterman and lead Laine Peters celebrate their win over Northern Ontario following the gold medal game at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, in Grande Prairie, on Sunday.

Kings crowned ACAC volleyball champions BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Kings 3 Huskies 1 EDMONTON – The RDC Kings are back on top of men’s volleyball in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. The Kings, who went into the championships at NAIT ranked No. 1 in Canada, defeated the Keyano College Huskies 25-19, 25-23, 17-25, 25-12 to win gold Saturday. Both teams will compete at the national championships at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C. “Outside of that third set we played well,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “In fact that third set wasn’t as close as it may look. We played bad volleyball.” But the letdown didn’t last. In fact the Kings came out for the fourth set with fire in their eyes. “That was as well as we’ve played all season,” said Schulha. “It was nice to see that response. I thought the guys may be a bit tight, but they certainly weren’t. We were firing on all cylinders.”

Veteran right side, and tournament all-star Nic Dubinsky agreed. “We stepped off the gas a bit in that third set … we got lost in the atmosphere, but it was a reality check. We got clued in that they’re a good opponent and we stepped on the gas again in that fourth set. “That set was a clinic, every person on the floor and those who came off the bench played flawlessly.” Schulha also deserved a lot of credit for the team’s preparation for the final. Despite playing late on Friday he spent a good portion of the night cutting tape on the Huskies. “It was short night, but worth it, that’s part of coaching and I enjoy it,” he said. “We want the guys to be familiar, as much as they can, with the opposition.” The loss in the third set was the only setback for the Kings in their three playoff matches. They defeated the NAIT Ooks and the Augustana Vikings 3-0. “We were a little scrambly against NAIT, but we played well against Augustana as the guys had something to prove as they beat us in last year’s fi-

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nal.” “Losing to Augustana last year stung deep and provided a lot of motivation for that semifinal match,” added Dubinsky. “Everyone came out firing.” The only trouble the Kings had in that match was in the second game when they got down by two and trailed 23-22 late. “But Riley (Friesen) got an ace to tie it and then there was a big block and that set us off,” explained Dubinsky. Overall Schulha was happy with the weekend. “For the most part we were clean,” he said. “It’s a good way to head into the nationals. A good confidence builder.” Dubinsky was also glad the Huskies battled hard in the final. “It’s good to be pushed. I’d feel less comfortable if we would have ran through the championship. It’s nice to face some adversity. It means more heading into the nationals.” The Kings should be ranked No. 1 at the CCAA finals. It will provide a slightly better draw, but Dubinsky

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knows it won’t get any easier. But the Kings have also played with a bullseye on their backs all season. “As Aaron says from the beginning of the year that when you have a record like we do every team is out to play their best against you. We expect that and we expected to win. We’re used to tough matches, but we also know we’re now against new opponents and stronger opponents.” “It was a key for us to go into the nationals with the best record we could,” said Schulha. “But we’ll have the target on our backs no matter what. “Still we have several guys who have been through this before and we have a mature group, who are hungry.” Friesen had 15 kills, Dubinsky nine kills and three blocks and Tom Lyon and Ty Moorman eight kills each. Luke Brisbane, who was named the tournament’s MVP, had 33 assists. Lyon was also elected to the all-star team. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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Monday, Feb. 29 2016

Eagles down Generals, take series lead BY GFREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

will be played Sunday at Lacombe, with a 7:15 p.m. puck drop. The Eagles snapped a 1-1 tie when Chad Robinson connected 3:04 into the third period, but Ian Schultz notched his second goal of the game — tipping Colton Hayes’ point shot past Eagles netminder Dan Dunn — on a Bentley power-play just over nine minutes later, setting up the extra frame. “It just shows the character we have in the room,” said Eagles captain and defenceman Joe Vandermeer. “We just never quit. We had a couple of leads and a couple of breakdowns and they score on the power play to tie it up. “But we were able to stick with it.” Bomersback opened the scoring before a capacity crowd of 1,250 with a man-advantage tally at 14:53 of the first period and the goal held up until Shultz countered in the final minute of the second frame. Each team had 29 shots on goal. Dustin Butler guarded the Bentley net and Dunn was particularly stellar for the Eagles. “Sometimes you play a good hock-

ey game and you lose,” said Generals head coach Ryan Tobler. “We did well to come back to get the power play and tie it. We had our chances, the difference was a key save here or there and that’s usually the difference. “I’m happy with our effort, of course not with the result. But we’ll learn from it and come ready for practice Wednesday. We’re up against it. We’re going to find out what we’re made of, plain and simple.” The Eagles finished fourth in the four-team Chinook League this season, a whopping 17 points back of the firstplace Eagles. But Vandermeer insisted his squad entered the series in a confident frame of mind. “All year we were more or less two lines shorts, but at the same time all six games (versus Bentley), except one, were pretty much one-goal games,” he said. Vandermeer added that the Eagles have focused on keeping their composure. “In playoffs you have to take that extra jab or punch and stay out of the

penalty box,” he stated. “Now we just have to be ready from the start again next Saturday, get through that first 10 minutes and just play our game.” Added Bomersback: “It’s definitely huge, you always want to be ahead in the series, never behind. So right now it’s up to us to finish it off. We don’t want this going seven (games) so we have to end it (Saturday) and go from there.” The Generals, the top senior team in the province for the vast majority of the past decade, find themselves in unfamiliar territory, facing elimination and needing two wins to advance to the Alberta final. “This is some adversity that maybe we haven’t faced and that’s a good thing,” said Tobler. “You have to give them (Eagles) credit, they’re playing hard and that’s two overtime wins for them. “They’re up 3-2 going home but we’ve played well in their building. Our focus now shifts to next Saturday and that’s all that matters.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Eagles 3 Generals 2 (OT) LACOMBE — Mark Bomersback admitted that he might have been cheating when he broke in alone and scored a huge goal Sunday evening. “I just saw they (Bentley Generals) were going back the other way,” said Bomersback, who took a stretch pass from Jason Nopper at the Bentley blueline, skated in uncontested and scored the overtime winner to give the Innisfail Eagles a 3-2 victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven provincial senior AAA/Chinook Hockey League semifinal. “I got a late change so it was kind of a risky play. Normally a guy would be backchecking, but it was a simple three-on-three, four-on-four kind of rush (by the Generals) so I stayed back. They turned it over and Nopper made a nice pass. I went in and got lucky.” Game 6 goes Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Innisfail. A seventh game, if needed,

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 3 Islanders 1 EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers definitely hadn’t forgotten an embarrassing 8-1 loss to the New York Islanders earlier in the month. Leon Draisaitl scored the game winner as the Oilers struck for three third-period goals in a 3-1 win over the Islanders on Sunday. “It feels pretty good to get this win, especially against a team that embarrassed us the last time we played them,” said Oilers goalie Cam Talbot, who made 36 saves in his seventh consecutive start. “We had some redemption to take care of and we went out there and accomplished that tonight.” Anton Lander and Brandon Davidson also scored for the Oilers (23-34-7), who snapped a seven-game slide with the win. “It’s really nice to come back in a game, score a few goals late, and see some other guys scoring other than the top two lines,” Draisaitl said. “It was a solid effort all around.” Casey Cizikas scored for the Islanders (33-20-7), who had won the previous three games of a season-high seven-game road trip. “When you only have a one-goal lead anything can happen and we had our chances, they just capitalized on theirs,” said Islanders captain John Tavares. “They had a few more chances than we did, we just didn’t score.” The Islanders had a great chance to score midway through the second after a scoreless first period, but Talbot came up with a big toe save on Josh Bailey. New York finally broke the deadlock with 2:17 left in the middle frame, as a puck hit defender Adam Clendening up high and fell in front to Cizikas, who scored his seventh of the season. Edmonton tied the game midway through the third when Lander was able to score his first goal of the sea-

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CHAMPS: She made it great After giving up a deuce and the lead to McCarville in the seventh end of Sunday’s final, Alberta answered with two in the eighth to go up 6-5. Alberta held Northern Ontario to one in the ninth to be tied up coming home with hammer. Carey’s open draw for the win wasn’t easy when there was so much riding on it. “It wasn’t a difficult draw, but in the circumstances it is a difficult draw and she made it great,” McCarville said. Nixon, a 38-year-old lawyer, won an Olympic bronze medal with Shannon Kleibrink in 2006 and was representing Alberta at the Tournament of Hearts for a fourth time in her career. She and Kleibrink lost the 2008 nation-

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New York Islanders’ Ryan Pulock (6) looks for the puck ahead of Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) during NHL action, in Edmonton on Sunday. son, sending a shot off of goaltender Jaroslav Halak and in. Lander had not scored since March 16, 2015. “I wish people could be in my head and see all the things I have been trying,” he said. “It’s been really tough. I don’t want anyone to go through that. Your family and your friends are asking you what is wrong with you because you aren’t the same guy. It was especially hard because the team has been losing.” Just 55 seconds later, Edmonton made it 2-1 as Draisaitl was able to get to a loose puck lying in the crease and score his 16th of the season. The Oilers got an insurance goal with three minutes left to play as Davidson blasted a shot from the top of the circle for his fourth of the year. Halak finished the night with 23 al final to Jones. “Standing on that podium and getting that ring was the very last thing I needed to cap off a career I’m pretty proud of,” Nixon said. Red Deer’s Peterman, 22, is a curling instructor at the team’s Glencoe Club in Calgary. Peters, 45, works in the oil and gas industry. “We are a very diverse mix,” Peters said. “Jocelyn is really quiet. She’s a really kind person and quite, laid back. Amy is very feisty and fiery and likes things a certain way. Chelsea is very methodical and thinks and thinks and thinks. I’m more fun-loving. Feisty as well, but more fun-loving.” Tournament of Heart prize money combined with $144,000 in Sport Canada funding over the next two year adds up to $205,900 for Alberta. If Carey wins a world championship medal in Swift Current, her team gains one-of-nine women’s berths in the 2017 Olympic trials. They’ve also earned an automatic berth in the Canada Cup in Brandon, Man., in December.

saves. Both teams return to the ice on Tuesday. The Oilers head to Buffalo to face the Sabres and the Islanders remain on the road, heading to Vancouver to take on the Canucks. Notes: Ryan Pulock, 21, made his NHL debut for the Islanders. Pulock was selected 15th overall by New York in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft… Missing from the Islanders lineup were Mikhail Grabovski (upper body) and Calvin de Haan (lower body)… Out with injuries for the Oilers, who traded goalie Anders Nilsson, defender Justin Schultz and forward Teddy Purcell on Saturday, were Oscar Klefbom (lower body), Andrew Ference (hip), Eric Gryba (knee) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (hand)… Nugent-Hopkins began skating with the team on Sunday.

Senators 6 Flames 2 CALGARY — Mika Zibanejad made Senators history and his team made off with a crucial two points. Zibanejad’s natural hat trick in a team-record 2:38 span in the third period helped Ottawa to dramatic 6-4 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Zibanejad got the rally started at 6:10, beating Joni Ortio on a wrist shot to cut the deficit to 4-3. “I tell myself to shoot a little bit more. That first one, I just threw it at the net and it went in,” said Zibanejad. At 7:59, he tied the game with Ortio caught out of his net after he was contacted by Bobby Ryan in a collision outside the crease. The goal was allowed to stand after Flames coach Bob Hartley challenged it. Forty-nine seconds later, Zibanejad capped his first career three-goal game, chipping the puck into the net from in close. It was the fastest three goals in a row for the Senators since Marian Hossa did it in a 7:05 span on Jan. 2, 2003. At age 22, he also becomes the youngest to score a hat trick for Ottawa since Martin Havlat on Feb. 22, 2004. “When the goals come you get a little bit more confident, you want the puck more,” said Zibanejad, who entered the game with one goal in his previous 15 games. Zack Smith, Nick Paul and Jean-Gabriel Pageau, into an empty net, also scored for Ottawa (30-27-6). The Senators have won five of their last six and remain six points back of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference.

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Kings clinch first with sweep BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Kings 85 Clippers 57 Mission accomplished. The RDC Kings went into their weekend doubleheader against the Briercrest Bible College Clippers knowing that if they swept they’d finish first in the Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League South Division. They accomplished that with an 85-57 victory Sunday afternoon at RDC. On Saturday they downed the Clippers 81-61. As a result the Kings finished with a 16-5 record while Medicine Hat, Olds and Lethbridge came in at 15-6. The Kings finished first for the fourth straight season and will face Lakeland Thursday in the opening round of the ACAC playoffs at Olds College. “It’s nice to finish first, good for our pride,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. “But Lakeland won’t be a pushover. They’ve been giant killers and have defeated all the top teams in the North at least once this season. We don’t want to repeat what happened at Keyano last year.” The Kings were upset by the host Keyano Huskies in the quarter-finals. “I think our returning guys, and the new guys for that matter, are prepared …l at least I hope so,” said Pottinger. Both halves were similar in scoring Sunday with the Kings holding quarter leads of 24-11, 44-29 and 68-45. But Pottinger used more of his bench in the second half and was pleased with what he saw. “The first half was a little sloppy, but the second half we

were more committed on the defensive end and we executed better at this (offensive) end. So all and all it was OK. “We just want to be running on all cylinders by the time we get to the playoffs and not just in actual games, but for practice situations as well. We want everyone to be going so it’s a competitive situation.” The two long time graduating players – Matt Johnson and JP LeBlanc – were selected the RDC players of the game. Johnson finished with 16 points, six rebounds and two assists while LeBlanc had 12 points, three boards and two helpers. Matt Matear had 12 points and nine rebounds and Shayne Stumpf hit 14 points to go with six rebounds and two assists. Dallas Hancox had nine rebounds and four blocked shots. Julian Apakoh had 16 points and Ben Kornelsen 14 for BBC. On Saturday, Anthony Ottley had 20 points and nine rebounds and Matear 12 points and 14 boards. Queens 95 Clippers 44 The Queens, 9-12, came one game short of the playoffs, but improved their record by five games over last season as they finished with an impressive 95-44 victory over the Clippers. They won 88-34 on Saturday. “We played well. We played loose and had a lot of fun,” said Queens head coach Ken King. “I think we set a good tone for next year and sent Kennedy (Burgess) off the way she deserved to be sent off. So it was perfect.” Burgess, a second-year guard, will graduate and move to the University of Calgary to

RDC MEN’S HOCKEY Kings 5 Vikings 1 CAMROSE – The RDC Kings appear ready for the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League playoffs. The Kings put the lid on their regular season with an impressive 5-1 win over the University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings Saturday. The win was the second in as many nights for the Kings against the second-place Vikings and left them in fourth place overall, one point back of Keyano and one ahead of SAIT. The Kings face SAIT in a best-of-three quarter-final, beginning Friday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The second game goes Saturday at SAIT with the third, if necessary, Sunday in Penhold. The Kings, who won 5-2 Friday, exploded for four goals in the first period Saturday.

Tyler Berkholtz, Kirk Johnson, Jody Sick and Dylan Thudium scored once each. Ben Williams added a third-period marker while Pat Thompson-Gale spoiled Mike Salmon’s shutout bid in the second period. Salmon was the RDC player of the game with 32 saves. Curtis Skip started for the Vikings and allowed four goals on 12 shots before leaving at the 14:47 mark of the first period. Harry Fredeman came on and stopped 17 of 18 shots. “It was a strong effort … we played well again and got home ice advantage for the first round,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper. The NAIT Ooks, who finished with a 32-0 record, and the Vikings receive a firstround bye. Keyano and Grant MacEwan meet in the other quarter-final.

RDC athletes have strong ACAC indoor track championships CALGARY — RDC athletes Jordanna Cota and Jonathan Allan posted top-eight placings — as did RDC’s top 4-x400 metre relay teams — in the Alberta Colleges indoor track championships at SAIT during the weekend. Cota finished fifth in the 1,000m event in 3:21.56 and seventh in the 600m with a clocking of 1:48.72, while Allan was sixth in the 300m (39.27) and eighth in the 600m (1:30.77). The RDC women’s 4x400 squad of Cota, Haylee Kitt, Laura Szymanek and Amy Severtson placed fifth with a time of 4:42.44, and the men’s squad consisting of Allan, Keaton Ellerby, Jonathan Lam and Nolan Dyck was seventh in 4:05.55. RDC was fifth in the women’s team standings and the men were sixth. “From my perspective, it was an excellent meet and I was delighted with our re-

sults,” said RDC cross-country coach Brian Stackhouse. Other RDC results: Men 300m — Ellerby, 15th in 42.81; 600m — Ellerby, 19th in 1:39.44; 1,000m — Dyck, 15th in 3:13.80; 1,500m — Andrew Jacobs, 12th in 4:53.54; Lam, 15th in 5:13.13; Dyck, 16th in 5:24.80; 3,000m — Jacobs, 13th in 10:50.78; Dyck, 14th in 11:44.18; Lam, 15th in 11:56.41. Women 600m — Kitt, 13th in 1:55.69; Szymanek, 16th in 1:59.28; Tara McDonald, 21st in 2:12.07; Ani Dingamtar, 24th in 2:21.01; 100m — Szymanek, 12th in 3:39.83; Kitt, 13th in 3:39.85; Lauren Mearns, 14th in 3:51.57; McDonald, 15th in 4:02.70; Dingamtar, 18th in 4:35.54; 1,500m — Severtson, 13th in 5:34.95; Amber Koster, 15th in 5:44.03; Melissa Ray, 18th in 6:10.01; Mearns, 19th in 6:10.49; 3,000m — Severtson, 10th in 12:22.65; Koster, 11th in 12:25.99; Ray, 13th in 13:10.16.

finish her science degree. She will then work on a chiropractic degree. She was the RDC player of the game Sunday with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. On Saturday she had eight points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. “This is difficult as I’ve played basketball my whole life and these girls are my family,” she said. ‘But a great way to go out. It was everything I could ask for.” She won’t play basketball at the U of C as she said she wants to concentrate on her studies. Burgess will be missed but King said they have a strong core returning and has already all but filled his roster for next season. “We will have a solid core that knows what it feels like to miss the playoffs and what it feels like to play together,” he said. “They have been together for a year, which will serve us well going forward. “We should have six or nine girls back.” As for missing the playoffs by one win, King said they can’t change what happened. “Hindsight is 20-20. We have a nice group returning and we will have to get over that hump.” Dedra Janvier was once again brilliant for the Queens, pumping in 24 points while hitting six-of-eight from the three-point line. She added seven rebounds while on Saturday she was five-for-10 on three pointers and hit 21 points. Emily White had 13 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and three steals Sunday and 18 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, five blocks and three

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Dedra Janvier of the RDC Queens makes her way towards the basket as Victoria Voth of the Briercrest Clippers defends against her Saturday night during ACAC womens volleyball action at the RDC gym. The Queens won 88-34. steals Saturday. Lauren Bailey had eight points Sunday. On Saturday Keitlyn Williams had her best game since joining the Queens at Christmas with 11 points. She hit three of four from the three-

point line. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

Future looks bright for Queens despite finish at ACAC finals A LOT OF SIMILARITIES WITH CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

RDC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The RDC Queens didn’t come away from the Alberta Colleges Women’s Volleyball League championships with a medal, but they did come away with high expectations for the future. In 2013 the Queens also hosted the championships and came up short. The following two seasons they won the ACAC and the Canadian championship. This year the Queens came away with fifth place after downing the Olds Broncos 18-25, 25-9, 21-25, 25-13, 15-11 at RDC Saturday afternoon. Queens head coach Talbot Walton can see a lot of similarities between the two teams. “It’s similar to that year in that we were good the years before and we were supposed to do well, but there’s a difference between reality and expectations,” he said. “We expect to win every year, but that’s a lofty expectation to put on any group of athletes. “We had the ability this year to play at a high level, but the difference between our high end and not so high end was too big. “As far as creating a culture with this new group I think we’re figuring out what it is for us to be Queens volleyball.” Walton expects the majority of this year’s team back, including several starters. McKenna Barthel is one of the returnees and showed during the weekend she’s got the potential to be a dominate player. “The second half McKenna found her stride and showed flashes that she’ll be a handful for teams next year,” said Walton. “We also got a lot of production out of Whitney (middle Zylstra). She showed her competitive side this weekend, that’s what we need from her.” As for the match, it wasn’t the best of the tournament, but the Queens did what they needed to at the right time. After losing the first set, they dominated the second, then fell asleep in the third and controlled the fourth. The fifth set was the best of the five with both teams looking interested. “That was a typical last day match where you’re playing for something meaningful, but not your ultimate goal,” said Walton. “You often see that where a team wins, then falls asleep. There was a bunch of errors and you lose. “Lucky for us we won that fourth set and were able to keep our foot on the gas in the fifth. We got behind by a couple points, but tied it at 10. We were lucky to get back around to our strong severing core and rotation.” Zylstra was the RDC player of the match with seven kills, six digs, an ace and nine blocks. Barthel had 13 kills, nine digs and

two blocks while Kelsey Tymkow, in her final match at RDC, had 14 kills, an ace and 10 digs. Olivia Barnes, who was also in her final match, had 24 digs while Meagan Kuzyk had 38 assists, six digs and six aces. Jessica Jones came off the bench and added 11 kills, three aces and 15 digs. Janelle Neyron had 11 kills and six digs for Olds while Naomi Jardine added nine kills, two aces and 21 digs, Tara Yuha seven kills and 10 digs and Jamie Craig 29 assists and four digs. Meanwhile the top ranked Briercrest Bible College Clippers won gold with a 25-21, 25-20, 25-20 victory over The Kings University Eagles. The Grande Prairie Wolves took bronze with a 25-18, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22 win over the SAIT Trojans. The Clippers had one of the better serving teams all season and that paid dividends in the final. “It’s been a strength of ours and the girls let it fly … it was a difference maker,” said BBC head coach Nolan Weinmaster, who was able to run a diversified offence more so than the Eagles. “Ashley (Zacharias), our setter, did an awesome job of distributing the ball and keeping them off balance.” Weinmaster looks back at the last two years where they lost in five sets in the bronze medal game at the ACAC championships. “Our two captains and left side players (Samantha Zacharias and Mikayla Reinhardt) went through that and their leadership was awesome this year.” Zacharias was the tournament’s MVP and agreed losing the last two years was motivation for the team. “One hundred percent,” she said. “I think we chocked a bit in the semifinals and this year all the hard work paid off.” Both Weinmaster and Zacharias look back at the fact the RDC Queens won the last two national titles and feel good about going in this season. “Totally we know our conference is strong. Red Deer and Grande Prairie represented us well the last two years with Red Deer winning back-to-back. But there will be other great teams there, along with the Quebec team that lost in last year’s final. They’re No. 1 right now.” “This conference is good and I think we’re well prepared after these championships,” said Zacharias, who had 13 kills and five digs in the final. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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SCOREBOARD MONDAY, FEB. 29, 2016

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Today

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Friday

• WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 10:30 a.m. (The Drive). • JV basketball: Sylvan Lake at Rocky Mountain House, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Tuesday • Senior high girls basketball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, Lacombe at Hunting Hills, first games of best-ofthree 4A zone semifinals, 6 p.m. • WHL: Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m. (The Drive). • Midget AAA hockey: Foothills at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-five AMHL South Division semifinal, 7:30 p.m., Arena. • Senior high boys basketball: Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, first games of best-of-three 4A zone semifinals, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday • Senior high girls basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, Hunting Hills at Lacombe, second games of best-ofthree 4A zone semifinals, 6 p.m. • Senior high boys basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Lacombe, Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, second games of best-ofthree 4A zone semifinals, 7:45 p.m.

• Senior high girls basketball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, Lacombe at Hunting Hills, third games of best-ofthree 4A zone semifinals, if necessary, 6 p.m. • WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. • College men’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, first game of best-of-three ACAC quarter-final, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. • AJHL: Okotoks at Olds, 7 p.m. • Senior high boys basketball: Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, third games of best-of-three 4A zone semifinals, if necessary, 6 or 7:45 p.m.

Saturday • Senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, sixth game of best-of-seven Chinook League and provincial AAA semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday • Major bantam girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. • Senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, seventh game best-of-seven Chinook League and provincial AAA semifinal, if necessary, 7:15 p.m.

Curling 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts ROUND ROBIN Team (Skip) x-Alberta (Carey) x-Canada (Jones) x-Manitoba (Einarson) x-Northern Ont. (McCarville) Nova Scotia (Brothers) Ontario (Hanna) Saskatchewan (Campbell) Quebec (Larouche) P.E.I. (Burt) Nfld. & Labrador (Curtis) B.C. (Thompson) New Brunswick (Robichaud) x — clinched playoff berth.

W 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 2

L 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9

PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Third Place Canada (Jones) 8 Manitoba (Einarson) 7 Championship Alberta (Carey) 7 Northern Ontario (McCarville) 6 Saturday’s results Page Playoffs Three vs. Four Northern Ontario (McCarville) 6 Manitoba (Einarson) 5 Semifinal Northern Ontario (McCarville) 7 Canada (Jones) 5 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions 2016 — Alberta (Chelsea Carey) 2015 — Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) 2014 — Team Canada (Rachel Homan) 2013 — Ontario (Rachel Homan) 2012 — Alberta (Heather Nedohin) 2011 — Saskatchewan (Amber Holland) 2010 — Team Canada (Jennifer Jones) 2009 — Team Canada (Jennifer Jones) 2008 — Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) 2007 — Team Canada (Kelly Scott) 2006 — British Columbia (Kelly Scott)

2005 — Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) 2004 — Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2003 — Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2002 — Team Canada (Colleen Jones) 2001 — Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) 2000 — British Columbia (Kelley Law) 1999 — Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) 1998 — Alberta (Cathy Borst) 1997 — Saskatchewan (Sandra Schmirler) 1996 — Ontario (Marilyn Bodogh) 1995 — Manitoba (Connie Laliberte) 1994 — Team Canada (Sandra Peterson) 1993 — Saskatchewan (Sandra Peterson) 1992 — Manitoba (Connie Laliberte) 1991 — British Columbia (Julie Sutton) 1990 — Ontario (Alison Goring) 1989 — Team Canada (Heather Houston) 1988 — Ontario (Heather Houston) 1987 — British Columbia (Pat Saunders) 1986 — Ontario (Marilyn Darte) 1985 — British Columbia (Linda Moore) 1984 — Manitoba (Connie Laliberte) 1983 — Nova Scotia (Penny LaRocque) 1982 — Nova Scotia (Colleen Jones) 1981 — Alberta (Susan Seitz) 1980 — Saskatchewan (Marj Mitchell) 1979 — British Columbia (Lindsay Sparkes) 1978 — Manitoba (Cathy Pidzarko) 1977 — Alberta (Mryna McQuarrie) 1976 — British Columbia (Lindsay Davie) 1975 — Quebec (Lee Tobin) 1974 — Saskatchewan (Emily Farnham) 1973 — Saskatchewan (Vera Pezer) 1972 — Saskatchewan (Vera Pezer) 1971 — Saskatchewan (Vera Pezer) 1970 — Saskatchewan (Dorenda Schoenhals) 1969 — Saskatchewan (Joyce McKee) 1968 — Alberta (Hazel Jamieson) 1967 — Manitoba (Betty Duguid) 1966 — Alberta (Gail Lee) 1965 — Manitoba (Peggy Casselman) 1964 — British Columbia (Ina Hansen) 1963 — New Brunswick (Mabel DeWare) 1962 — British Columbia (Ina Hansen) 1961 — Saskatchewan (Joyce McKee)

Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA New England 7 5 2 .714 94 76 Buffalo 9 5 4 .556 126 120 Georgia 9 4 5 .444 125 124 Rochester 7 3 4 .429 77 84 Toronto 8 2 6 .250 89 103 West Division GP W L Pct. GF Colorado 9 7 2 .778 111 Saskatchewan 8 5 3 .625 101 Vancouver 8 3 5 .375 92 Calgary 9 3 6 .333 97

GA 100 89 104 110

GB — 1 2 2 3.5 GB — 1.5 3.5 4

WEEK NINE Sunday’s results New England 16 Georgia 15 Saskatchewan 12 Calgary 11 (OT) Saturday’s results Colorado 11 Vancouver 10 Toronto 17 Rochester 6 Friday’s result Buffalo 19 Saskatchewan 18 (OT) WEEK 10 Saturday, Mar. 5 Rochester at Calgary, 7 p.m. New England at Colorado, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Golf PGA-Honda Classic Sunday At PGA National (Champions Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140 Par: 70 Final Adam Scott, $1,098,000 70-65-66-70—271 Sergio Garcia, $658,800 65-69-67-71—272 Blayne Barber, $353,800 70-66-69-70—275 Justin Thomas, $353,800 69-69-68-69—275 Graeme McDowell, $244,000 71-69-67-69—276 Rickie Fowler, $211,975 66-66-74-71—277 Vijay Singh, $211,975 69-70-68-70—277 Billy Horschel, $183,000 73-70-66-69—278 William McGirt, $183,000 66-72-73-67—278 Scott Brown, $146,400 70-67-70-72—279 Sung Kang, $146,400 71-69-71-68—279 Luke List, $146,400 73-65-70-71—279 John Senden, $146,400 71-66-71-71—279 Bronson Burgoon, $97,600 72-71-67-70—280 John Huh, $97,600 71-72-71-66—280 Andrew Loupe, $97,600 71-68-74-67—280 Sean O’Hair, $97,600 69-72-69-70—280 Sam Saunders, $97,600 69-74-67-70—280 Brendan Steele, $97,600 74-68-70-68—280 Camilo Villegas, $97,600 72-69-69-70—280 Alex Cejka, $63,440 71-70-69-71—281 Chesson Hadley, $63,440 70-71-70-70—281 Jeff Overton, $63,440 72-69-72-68—281 Greg Owen, $63,440 69-71-69-72—281 Brett Stegmaier, $63,440 72-67-74-68—281 Patton Kizzire, $39,816 75-64-75-68—282 Colt Knost, $39,816 75-67-73-67—282 Ryan Palmer, $39,816 73-68-73-68—282 Robert Streb, $39,816 73-68-74-67—282 Stewart Cink, $39,816 73-68-72-69—282 Jamie Donaldson, $39,816 72-67-71-72—282 Derek Fathauer, $39,816 70-72-70-70—282 Freddie Jacobson, $39,816 72-71-70-69—282 Russell Knox, $39,816 70-70-71-71—282 Brooks Koepka, $39,816 70-71-69-72—282 Andy Sullivan, $39,816 71-71-70-70—282 Stuart Appleby, $26,840 70-72-73-68—283 Ken Duke, $26,840 75-65-73-70—283 Tom Hoge, $26,840 70-73-68-72—283 Smylie Kaufman, $26,840 70-72-69-72—283 Phil Mickelson, $26,840 69-74-70-70—283

Daniel Summerhays, $26,840 Paul Casey, $18,575 Retief Goosen, $18,575 Padraig Harrington, $18,575 Davis Love III, $18,575 Ian Poulter, $18,575

71-70-70-72—283 69-74-69-72—284 71-72-72-69—284 73-68-72-71—284 71-69-73-71—284 71-69-74-70—284

RACV Australian Ladies Masters Sunday At RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast, Australia Purse: $277,690 Yardage: 6,445 Par: 73 Final a-amateur Jiyai Shin, South Korea 68-70-71-69—278 Holly Clyburn, England 70-69-72-70—281 Nicole Broch Larsen, Denmark 67-69-78-68—282 Camilla Lennarth, Sweden 68-68-75-71—282 a-Hye Jin Choi, South Korea 71-71-74-68—284 Cheng Ssu-chia, Taiwan 68-73-74-69—284 Katie Burnett, United States 70-71-72-71—284 Pamela Pretswell, Scotland 77-70-71-69—287 Nontaya Srisawang, Thailand 69-74-71-73—287 Brooke Henderson, Canada 67-71-74-75—287 So Young Lee, South Korea 70-69-77-72—288 Anne Van Dam, Netherlands 71-74-78-67—290 Belen Mozo, Spain 78-69-75-68—290 a-Hannah Green, Australia 71-71-78-70—290 Florentyna Parker, England 72-74-72-72—290 Celine Herbin, France 74-69-71-76—290 Katherine Kirk, Australia 74-71-73-73—291 Marianne Skarpnord, Norway 72-71-79-70—292 a-Karis Davidson, Australia 75-72-74-71—292 Ashleigh Simon, South Africa 73-76-72-71—292 Stacey Keating, Australia 69-73-76-74—292 Breanna Ellioett, Australia 77-72-72-72—293 Felicity Johnson, England 73-67-78-75—293 Isi Gabsa, Germany 70-74-74-75—293 Sarah-Jane Smith, Australia 73-71-74-76—294 Jing Yan, China 75-75-73-72—295 Giulia Sergas, Italy 76-72-77-71—296 Eunwoo Choi, South Korea 75-73-76-72—296 a-Eun Jeong Seong, South Korea71-73-79-73—296 Isabelle Boineau, France 72-73-78-73—296 a-Rebecca Kay, Australia 71-75-77-73—296 Chen Doris, Taiwan 74-74-73-75—296 Marion Ricordeau, France 67-77-76-76—296

JUNIOR A HOCKEY

Grizzlys edged by Mustangs for 15th straight loss OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys suffered a staggering 15th consecutive Alberta Junior Hockey League loss Saturday, falling 4-3 to the Calgary Mustangs before 637 fans at the Sportsplex. The Grizzlys wiped out a 2-0 deficit on consecutive second-period goals from Austin Holmes, with a pair, and Wyatt Noskey, but Everett Putz pulled the visitors even late in the frame and Bryan Huck potted the winner at 8:13 of the third period. Anthony Orubor and Davis Sheldon scored first-period goals for the Mustangs, who are in last place in the South Division, seven points back of seventh-place Olds. Winning netminder Ryan Ternes turned aside 39 shots, while starter Ben Giesbrecht and Kurtis Chapman, who took the loss, combined to make 32 saves for the hosts. The Grizzlys are in Canmore Tuesday to face the Eagles, then wrap up their regular-season schedule with a Friday home date with the Okotoks Oilers and a road game against the Calgary Canucks the following night.

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Brandon 63 39 18 4 2 258 183 84 x-Prince Albert 63 34 21 7 1 195 194 76 Moose Jaw 63 33 22 7 1 223 199 74 Regina 62 30 25 3 4 209 220 67 Saskatoon 62 24 34 4 0 194 259 52 Swift Current 62 21 33 5 3 161 211 50 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Lethbridge 63 41 20 1 1 259 191 84 x-Red Deer 62 37 22 1 2 220 181 77 Calgary 63 36 23 2 2 209 195 76 Edmonton 63 27 29 6 1 179 200 61 Medicine Hat 63 24 34 3 2 188 254 53 Kootenay 62 10 46 6 0 132 274 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Victoria 64 42 16 3 3 238 149 90 Kelowna 63 44 16 3 0 230 188 91 Prince George 63 33 26 3 1 219 197 70 Kamloops 63 29 25 5 4 205 205 67 Vancouver 64 23 34 5 2 183 232 53 U.S. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Everett 63 36 21 4 2 166 145 78 Seattle 62 36 23 3 0 196 173 75 Portland 63 32 27 4 0 203 198 68 Spokane 62 29 24 5 4 198 209 67 Tri-City 62 30 29 2 1 206 213 63 x — clinched playoff berth Note: winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column. Sunday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Saskatoon 1 Everett 3 Tri-City 2 Seattle 4 Kamloops 3 Saturday’s results Calgary 4 Swift Current 3 Moose Jaw 5 Prince Albert 3 Saskatoon 5 Regina 2 Victoria 6 Red Deer 2 Lethbridge 8 Edmonton 4 Seattle 2 Everett 0 Portland 4 Kootenay 3 (OT) Medicine Hat 4 Brandon 3 (OT) Kamloops 4 Vancouver 2 Tri-City 7 Prince George 2 Kelowna 4 Spokane 3 (SO) Monday’s games Red Deer at Regina, 10:30 a.m. Victoria at Edmonton, 11:30 a.m.

(Hannoun, Walker), 8:48 (PP). 7, Victoria, Phillips 34 (Hannoun, Forsberg), 11:56. 8, Victoria, Hicketts 7 17:26 (SH EN). Penalties — Helewka RD (interference), 6:46 Doetzel RD (boarding), 8:16 Dmytriw Vic (major-fighting), 12:30 Bobyk RD (cross checking, major-fighting), 12:30 Gagnon Vic (slashing), 15:31. Shots on goal Victoria 12 8 11 — 31 Red Deer 8 5 4 — 17 Goal — Victoria, Vollrath 28-13-0-2 (17 shots-15 saves). Red Deer, Martin 11-6-1-1 (30 shots-25 saves). Power Play Opportunities — Victoria 1-7 Red Deer 0-2. NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 62 35 19 8 78 171 146 Tampa Bay 62 36 22 4 76 173 150 Boston 63 34 23 6 74 195 175 Detroit 62 31 20 11 73 158 161 Ottawa 63 30 27 6 66 185 196 Montreal 62 30 27 5 65 171 169 Buffalo 63 25 31 7 57 147 170 Toronto 60 21 29 10 52 146 180 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 61 45 12 4 94 202 142 N.Y. Rangers 62 36 20 6 78 178 158 N.Y. Islanders 60 33 20 7 73 171 149 Pittsburgh 60 31 21 8 70 159 157 Philadelphia 61 28 22 11 67 152 165 New Jersey 63 30 26 7 67 139 153 Carolina 64 28 26 10 66 155 173 Columbus 63 26 29 8 60 166 194 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 153 Dallas 63 38 19 6 82 204 181 St. Louis 65 36 20 9 81 162 159 Nashville 63 31 21 11 73 167 158 Colorado 64 32 28 4 68 172 181 Minnesota 63 28 25 10 66 164 159 Winnipeg 61 26 31 4 56 159 183 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 143 Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144 San Jose 61 33 22 6 72 182 165 Vancouver 61 24 25 12 60 148 175 Arizona 62 27 29 6 60 168 192 Calgary 61 26 31 4 56 166 190 Edmonton 64 23 34 7 53 156 193 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Columbus 4, Florida 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 1 Nashville 5, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Dallas 2 Montreal 4, Toronto 1 Detroit 5, Colorado 3 Ottawa 6, Calgary 4 Los Angeles 2, Buffalo 0

Tuesday’s games Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Prince George, 8 p.m. Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 2 Saskatoon at Brandon, 6 p.m. Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m. Spokane at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Prince George, 8 p.m. Saturday’s summary Royals 6, Rebels 2 First Period 1, Victoria, Bobylev 22 (Reddekopp, Walker), 4:52. 2, Red Deer, Spacek 16 (Helewka, Polei), 18:50. Penalties — Rattie RD (checking to the head), 10:40 Forsberg Vic (inter. on goaltender), 16:41 Fleury RD (high sticking), 19:22. Second Period 3, Victoria, Walker 27 (Pachal, Bobylev), 5:36. 4, Red Deer, Philp 18 (DeBrusk), 9:33 (SH). Penalties — served by RD (too many men), 8:35 Nogier RD (hooking), 15:39. Third Period 5, Victoria, Soy 37 3:35. 6, Victoria, Hicketts 6

Edmonton at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Saturday’s summary Senators 6, Flames 4 First Period 1. Calgary, Colborne 10 (Bennett, Backlund) 6:24 (pp). 2. Calgary, Monahan 19 (Gaudreau, Brodie) 7:06. 3. Ottawa, Smith 16 (Karlsson, Stone) 18:21 (pp). Penalties — Methot Ott (hooking) 4:47 Backlund Cgy (roughing) 7:48 Turris Ott (tripping) 13:30 Frolik Cgy (high-sticking) 17:39. Second Period 4. Calgary, Gaudreau 23 (Brodie) 10:23. 5. Ottawa, Paul 2 (Lazar, Hoffman) 14:24. 6. Calgary, Gaudreau 24 (Monahan, Brodie) 19:37. Penalties — Monahan Cgy (delay of game) 5:19. Third Period 7. Ottawa, Zibanejad 12 (unassisted) 6:10. 8. Ottawa, Zibanejad 13 (Chiasson, Karlsson) 7:59. 9. Ottawa, Zibanejad 14 (Stone, Hoffman) 8:48. 10. Ottawa, Pageau 14 (Stone, Ceci) 19:00 (en). Penalties — Methot Ott (interference) :52. Shots on goal Ottawa 4 13 9 — 26 Calgary 12 13 13 — 38 Goal — Ottawa: Anderson (W, 27-20-4). Calgary: Ortio (L, 0-5-2). Power plays (goals-chances) — Ottawa: 1-3 Calgary: 1-3. Sunday’s summary Oilers 3, Islanders 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. NY Islanders, Cizikas 7 (Leddy, Clutterbuck) 17:43. Penalties — Khaira Edm (hooking) 4:10. Third Period 2. Edmonton, Lander 1 (Oesterle, Davidson) 10:12. 3. Edmonton, Draisaitl 16 (Hall, Kassian) 11:07. 4. Edmonton, Davidson 4 (Eberle, McDavid) 16:57. Penalties — Kassian Edm (roughing) :23 Eberle Edm (tripping) 3:35 NY Islanders bench (too many men, served by Strome) 7:52 Letestu Edm (tripping) 13:37. Shots on goal New York 5 14 18 — 37 Edmonton 6 14 6 — 26 Goal — NY Islanders: Halak (L, 16-13-4). Edmonton: Talbot (W, 13-22-4). Power plays (goals-chances) — NY Islanders: 0-4 Edmonton: 0-1. NHL scoring leaders following Saturday’s games: Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Erik Karlsson, Ott Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Alex Ovechkin, Wash Artemi Panarin, Chi Blake Wheeler, Wpg Joe Pavelski, SJ Sidney Crosby, Pgh Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Joe Thornton, SJ Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Patrice Bergeron, Bos Taylor Hall, Edm Daniel Sedin, Vcr Anze Kopitar, LA John Klingberg, Dal Brent Burns, SJ John Tavares, NYI Claude Giroux, Pha Ryan Getzlaf, Ana

Sunday’s Games Chicago 3, Washington 2 St. Louis 5, Carolina 2 Minnesota 3, Florida 1 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 1 San Jose 4, Vancouver 1 Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Monday’s Games Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Calgary at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Montreal at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Calgary at Boston, 5 p.m.

G 35 32 32 11 18 24 40 22 18 26 25 17 14 29 23 20 22 18 10 20 23 17 9

A 49 38 36 56 45 38 18 35 39 30 31 39 42 25 30 33 30 34 42 31 27 33 41

Pts 84 70 68 67 63 62 58 57 57 56 56 56 56 54 53 53 52 52 52 51 50 50 50

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 39 19 .672 — Boston 35 25 .583 5 New York 25 36 .410 15 1/2 Brooklyn 17 42 .288 22 1/2 Philadelphia 8 51 .136 31 1/2

Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

Southeast Division W L Pct 33 26 .559 33 27 .550 30 28 .517 28 30 .483 26 32 .448

GB — 1/2 2 1/2 4 1/2 6 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 41 17 .707 31 28 .525 30 28 .517 31 29 .517 24 35 .407

GB — 10 1/2 11 11 17 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB

San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota

50 34 32 29 23

9 24 28 30 35

.847 .586 .533 .492 .397

— 15 1/2 18 1/2 21 26 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct 41 18 .695 32 28 .533 28 30 .483 23 36 .390 19 41 .317

GB — 9 1/2 12 1/2 18 22 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 53 5 .914 L.A. Clippers 38 20 .655 Sacramento 24 33 .421 Phoenix 15 44 .254 L.A. Lakers 11 49 .183 x-clinched playoff spot

GB — 15 28 1/2 38 1/2 43

Golden State 121, Oklahoma City 118, OT Brooklyn 98, Utah 96 Phoenix 111, Memphis 106 Sunday’s Games Washington 113, Cleveland 99 Atlanta 87, Charlotte 76 Portland 111, Indiana 102 Detroit 114, Toronto 101 Orlando 130, Philadelphia 116 Dallas 128, Minnesota 101 Miami 98, New York 81 Monday’s Games Indiana at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m. Utah at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Boston 101, Miami 89 Minnesota 112, New Orleans 110 Portland 103, Chicago 95 San Antonio 104, Houston 94 Detroit 102, Milwaukee 91

Tuesday’s Games Phoenix at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Portland at New York, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled F Sam Dekker from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL/NHLPA — Named Gerard Gallant assistant coach for Team North America in the World Cup of Hockey 2016. BOSTON BRUINS — Placed F Zac Rinaldo on waivers. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Acquired RW Valentin Zykov and a 2016 conditional fifth-round draft pick from Los Angeles for F Kris Versteeg. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with G Mac Carruth on a one-year contract. COLORADO AVALANCHE — Placed G Reto Berra on waivers. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed F Rene Bourque on waivers. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Placed C Derek MacKenzie and C Dave Bolland on injured reserve. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Placed F Jordan Nolan on injured reserve. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Placed C Mikhail Grabovski on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 19. NEW YORK RANGERS — Acquired C Eric Staal from Carolina for C Aleksi Saarela and sec-

ond-round draft picks in 2016 and 2017. Assigned F Marek Hrivik to Hartford (AHL). PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed F Michael Raffl to a multiyear contract extension. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Placed D David Warsofsky on waivers. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Placed F Mike Brown on waivers. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Placed G Alex Stalock on waivers. Acquired a 2016 second-round draft pick, D Connor Carrick and F Brooks Laich from Washington for F Daniel Winnik and a 2016 fifth-round draft pick from Anaheim. VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Placed F Adam Cracknel on waivers. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Activated C Jay Beagle from long-term injured reserve. Placed D John Carlson on long-term injured reserve. Acquired F Ryan Bourque from the N.Y. Rangers for F Chris Brown. WINNIPEG JETS — Placed D Adam Pardy on waivers. ECHL ECHL — Suspended Wichita’s Erick Lizon two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Feb. 28 game at Allen.

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed INF Juan Uribe to a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with INF Christian Colon, LHP Brian Flynn, OF Reymond Fuentes, LHP Matt Strahm, OF Paulo Orlando and INF Ramon Torres to one-year contracts. TEXAS RANGERS — Named Spike Owen interim third base coach. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed RHP Rafael Soriano to a minor league contract. Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed LHP Payton Baskette. FLORENCE FREEDOM — Sent OF John Cruz and RHP Ryan Richardson to Gary SouthShore to complete a previous trade. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Signed OF Tom Nagy. Sent RHP Ryan Richardson to Florence to complete a previous trade. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed OF Justin Byrd. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Major midget AAA

The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs outshot the Foothills Bisons 33-25 Sunday at Strathmore but dropped a 4-3 Alberta Midget Hockey League playoff decision. The Bisons grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five South Division semifinal, with Game 4 set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena. A fifth game, if necessary will be played Saturday at Strathmore, starting at 6:30 p.m. Tyler Graber, Josh McNeil and Kobe Scott scored for the Chiefs, who surrendered two power-play goals and a short-handed marker.

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Braydon McLaughlin and Zachary Zaparniuk scored for the Red Deer North Star Chiefs in a 5-2 home-ice loss to the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday. Justin Verveda made 22 saves for the Chiefs, who held a 37-27 advantage in shots and were assessed eight of 13 minor penalties. Meanwhile, the Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs failed to score a single goal in a pair of weekend setbacks. Steven Arthur made 31 saves in a 2-0 loss to the host Calgary Rangers Saturday. The Rangers outshot their guests 37-27. The Chiefs outshot visiting Lethbridge 40-26 Sunday but dropped a 4-0 decision. Duncan Hughes made 22 saves as

Leafs get package from Caps for Winnik The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to build for the future by unloading their present-day assets. The club announced Sunday night they have acquired Washington’s second-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, prospect defenceman Connor Carrick and forward Brooks Laich from the Capitals in exchange for forward Daniel Winnik and Anaheim’s fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft. Carrick has split this season between Wash-

the losing goaltender.

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The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs swept a weekend series from the Peace Country Storm at Grande Prairie. The Chiefs capped their two-game sweep with a 6-3 victory Sunday, getting two goals from Jordyn Burgar, who also added two assists, and singles courtesy of Caleigh Meraw, Kirsten Baumgardt, Skylar Colonna and Abagael Thiessen. Baumgardt also contributed three helpers. Bailey Knapp stopped eight shots in the Red Deer net as her teammates aimed 39 at Peace Country goalie Bryanne Biegel. On Saturday, Baumgardt scored twice and Burgar and Shae Demale, who had two assists, also connected for Sutter Fund in a 4-2 victory. Winning netminder MacKenzie Fairbrother-Skinner made 20 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their hosts 29-22.

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Avery Lajeunesse struck for two goals Saturday as the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs got past the visiting Calgary Rangers 3-1. Emma Dixon accounted for the other Sutter Fund goal and Madison McLaren made 21 saves as the winning netminder. Both teams had 22 shots on goal. The win came 24 hours after the Chiefs fell 3-0 to the host Rocky Mountain Raiders. McLaren and Chantelle Sandquist combined to make 18 saves for the visitors, who were outshot 21-17.

ington and its American Hockey League affiliate, the Hershey Bears. The 21-year-old had 10 goals and 16 assists in 47 games with Hershey and was named a 2016 AHL All-Star. He was originally selected by Washington in the fifth round (137th overall) in 2012. Laich has played in 60 games with Washington this season, registering one goal and six assists. The 32-year-old has played in 743 career NHL games, recording 133 goals and 324 points between the Ottawa Senators and Washington. He was originally selected by Ottawa in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

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Oilers, Flames, Leafs unload more players ahead of trade deadline BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NHL teams continued to unload ahead of the Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trade deadline. The Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs all made moves on Saturday, sending veteran players to playoff contenders for prospects and draft picks. Goaltender James Reimer was one of the biggest pieces that was moved, with the Maple Leafs dealing him and minor-league forward Jeremy Morin to the San Jose Sharks. Toronto got a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2018 in return as well as expiring contracts in forward Ben Smith and goaltender Alex Stalock. The trade ends a lengthy tenure for Reimer in Toronto which featured various highs and lows. A fourth-round pick in 2006, Reimer played as both the starter and backup roles during a career which began in the winter of 2011 when Reimer bursted onto the scene as a relative unknown, almost taking the Leafs to a playoff berth. The high point of his career in Toronto arguably came during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. Reimer went 19-8-5 that year with a .924 save percentage in the regular season before posting a .923 save percentage in a seven-game first-round series loss to Boston. He offers the Sharks insurance at the goaltending position beyond Martin Jones, the 26-year-old who is starting regularly for the first time this season. Jones has a .916 save percentage in 51 games this season but has yet to start a playoff game in his NHL career. Reimer has an 85-76-23 record in 207 career games with a .914 save percentage and 3.16 goals-against average. Calgary sent veteran forward Jiri Hudler to the Florida Panthers, who are loading up for a post-season run.

Hurricanes trade captain Eric Staal to Rangers RALEIGH, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Eric Staal will be no longer be the face of the Carolina Hurricanes franchise after the team traded its captain to the New York Rangers on Sunday. In exchange for Staal, the Hurricanes acquired centre Aleksi Saarela, who is currently playing in his native Finland, and New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-round selections in each of the next two drafts. Staal had spent his entire 12-year career with the Hurricanes and is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, once the final year of his seven-year, $55.75 million contract expires. The trade was reached about an hour before the Hurricanes played host to the St. Louis Blues and a day before the NHL trade deadline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eric has been the face of this

The Flames got a second-round draft pick this year and a fourth-rounder in 2018 for Hudler. Hudler has 10 goals and 25 assists this season, with a total of 155 goals and 251 assists in 657 career games with the Detroit Red Wings and the Flames. Edmonton was the busiest Canadian team on Saturday. The Oilers traded defenceman Justin Schultz, forward Teddy Purcell and goaltender Anders Nilsson in separate deals. Nilsson was the first to go, traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goalie Niklas Lundstrom and a fifthround pick in this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NHL draft. The 25-year-old Nilsson has a 1012-2 record this season with a 3.14 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage. Lundstrom, 23, has split this season between the ECHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elmira Jackals and the American Hockey Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicago Wolves. Next was Schultz, who was sent to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a thirdround pick in the upcoming draft. Media reports say the Oilers would retain half of Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $3.9 million salary. Schultz played 248 NHL games for Edmonton, with 28 goals and 73 assists, while also posting a career minus-78 rating. He was signed by the Oilers in June 2012 as an unrestricted free agent out of university. Although Schultz had been drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in 2008, he had never come to terms with them on a contract, making him available to Edmonton to sign in 2012. Finally, Purcell was traded to the Florida Panthers for a third-round pick in the 2016 draft. Purcell has 11 goals and 21 assists in 61 games this season. He has 98 goals and 196 assists over nine season with Edmonton, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Los Angeles Kings. franchise for a long time, and we thank him for his dedication, leadership and many contributions,â&#x20AC;? Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt this was an important opportunity for us to continue our work in building an organization that can consistently compete in the Stanley Cup playoffs.â&#x20AC;? Staal has scored 30-plus goals five times in his career. He has 10 goals and 23 assists in 63 games this season. Overall, he is the Hurricanes career leader in nearly every category, including 909 games played, 332 goals and 775 points. Staal leaves behind playing in Carolina with one brother, Jordan Staal, and will be united with another brother, Marc, who plays defence for the Rangers. Saarela was the Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thirdround pick in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft. He currently plays for Assat Pori of the Finnish elite league. The 19-year-old leads the team with 18 goals and is second with 31 points in 46 games.

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Colby Wagar of the Central Alberta Sting fends off Brittany Held of the Zone 5 Pack during U16 provincial ringette action at Barnett Arena #1 in Lacombe Saturday afternoon.

CA Sting cruise to provincial U19 title LACOMBE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shae-Lyn Baxter fired three goals as the Central Albert Sting defeated the Calgary Blue 8-2 Sunday to capture the provincial U19 title in the ringette AA championships. Shae-Lyn Baxter scored twice for the champs, while Kristin Lindholm, Keara Thomas and Gillian Dreger each netted a goal. The Sting advanced to the final with Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-0 victory over the Calgary Red, getting two goals from Dreger and singles from Baxter, DeMale, Lindholm and Ashlynn Morrison. Baylee Schulhauser and Grace Ro-

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mansky shared goaltending duties for the Sting, who will represent Alberta in the nationals April 7-12 at London, Ont. Meanwhile, Central Alberta finished with a 0-3 record â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with all three losses being by a single goal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the U16 division. Calgary Apex downed Calgary Blue 6-2 in the championship game. The U14 Sting also posted a 0-3 slate. Calgary Blue took the division crown with a 9-2 thumping of Calgary White.

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Pistons beat Raptors in Lowryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pistons 114 Raptors 101 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A lot has changed in the past week for the Detroit Pistons. Andre Drummond had 15 points and 18 rebounds, and Detroit took advantage of Kyle Lowryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence to beat the Toronto Raptors 114-101 on Sunday night. It was the fourth straight victory for the Pistons, who had lost five in a row before this run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young, dumb and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know any better,â&#x20AC;? Detroit guard Reggie Jackson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who we are. We just continue to fight and continue to battle. We come out and try to be the best versions of ourselves.â&#x20AC;? A week ago, the Pistons were reeling after allowing 59 points to New Orleans star Anthony Davis on Feb. 21 in what was Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth straight loss. Now the Pistons (31-29) are in a virtual

tie with Charlotte (30-28) and Chicago (30-28) for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Lowry sat out for the first time all season because the Raptors wanted to rest him after a 43-point performance against Cleveland on Friday. Toronto had its four-game winning streak snapped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be a good team in this league, you have to be able to handle success, and we just embarrassed ourselves trying to do that,â&#x20AC;? Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out with any defensive disposition. That has nothing to do with Kyle. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive focus.â&#x20AC;? The score was tied at 52 at halftime before the Pistons broke it open with a 37-point third quarter. All five Detroit starters scored in double figures in the game. Terrence Ross scored 27 points for the Raptors.

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The secret to a vibrant green herb sauce BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With St. Patrick’s Day looming, my first thought was that nothing would be more fitting than to salute the patron saint of the Emerald Isle with a fish dish dressed in a very green sauce, one that came by its colour honestly, with no artificial food coloring allowed. A second later, it occurred to me that actually making such a dish might be easier said than done. The problem is that bright green vegetables and herbs can quickly turn grey when cooked. They don’t like to be heated for very long and they hate acid. Meanwhile, fish — that most subtly flavoured of proteins — cries out for acid. It took bumping into several walls, but I eventually arrived at a sauce that filled the bill. This gem is packed with fresh green herbs — 4 cups (about two bunches) of parsley complemented by a quarter cup of fresh tarragon. For my first trial run, I finely chopped the herbs with a knife. The resulting sauce was mostly white with flecks of green. In pursuit of greater greenery, I confidently reached for a blender. I threw in the whole herbs, unchopped, and pressed start. Nada. The herbs just sat on top of the blade. The third time around, I coarsely chopped the herbs before adding them to the blender. This brought them closer to the blade, but they still didn’t turn into the puree I wanted. I’d been planning right along to add cream to the sauce at the end of the process. Now, as I climbed into the ring for the fourth round, I tried adding the cream (along with a little water) to the herbs in the blender at the

beginning. Bingo! There it was, finally… a puree green as an Irish hillside. Still, I had to be careful not to overcook it. The key is to cook the puree in a skillet with a wide bottom, which allows it to heat up in a matter of minutes. And as long as you wait until the last moment to add the fresh lemon juice, then serve the dish right away, the sauce will stay green, green, green rather than turning grey. If you’d prefer to keep this recipe meat-free, omit the prosciutto. If you’re not a fan of tarragon, swap in basil or dill. However you customize it, this salmon will put one and all in a holiday mood. PROSCIUTTO-WRAPPED SALMON WITH FRESH HERB SAUCE Start to finish: 55 minutes (40 minutes active) Servings: 4 Four 6-ounce skinless salmon fillets 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 cups packed fresh parsley leaves and thin stems, coarsely chopped ¼ cup packed fresh tarragon leaves, coarsely chopped ½ cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon cornstarch ¼ cup minced shallots 1 teaspoon lemon juice Heat the oven to 350 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with kitchen parchment. Wrap the middle section of each of the salmon fillets with a quarter of the prosciutto slices. Season the exposed part of each fillet with salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the salmon, reduce the heat to medium, and

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The key is to cook the puree in a skillet with a wide bottom, which allows it to heat up in a matter of minutes brown the salmon on all 4 sides, about 3 minutes total. Transfer the salmon to the prepared baking sheet, retaining the skillet. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf until slightly undercooked at the centre, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a blender combine the parsley, tarragon, ½ teaspoon salt, cream, cornstarch and ¼ cup water. Blend until the mixture forms a smooth puree. Set aside. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the oil remaining in the skillet, then heat over medium. Add the shallots and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3

minutes. Add the puree and bring to a boil, stirring. Add the lemon juice, then season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 1 minute. If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little water. Spoon some of the sauce into the centre of 4 serving plates. Set one salmon fillet onto each. Serve immediately. Nutrition information per serving: 490 calories 290 calories from fat (59 per cent of total calories) 32 g fat (10 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 160 mg cholesterol 770 mg sodium 8 g carbohydrate 2 g fiber 2 g sugar 44 g protein.

Food makers turning everything into snacks BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — There are no meals anymore, only snacks. As around-the-clock grazing upends the way people eat, companies are reimagining foods that aren’t normally seen as snacks to elbow in on the trend. That means everything including grilled chicken, cereal, chocolate, peanut butter and even Spam are now being marketed as snacks. Some are trying to jump into the party by playing up protein. Meat processing giant Tyson launched Hillshire Snacking this year with packs of cutup chicken that people are supposed to grab and eat with their hands (120 calories per pack). Canned meat maker Hormel is testing “Spam Snacks,” which are dried chunks of the famous meat in re-sealable bags (220 calories per bag). People with a sweet tooth aren’t being forgotten. After years of slumping cereal sales, Kellogg recently introduced Kellogg’s To Go pouches, which hold slightly larger pieces of cereal the company says were “specifically created to be eaten by hand” (190 calories per pouch, which is comparable in size to a bag of potato chips). Even Hershey is trying to become more of a snacks player with “snack mixes” that seem like trail mix, except with Reese’s peanut butter cups and mini chocolate bars (280 calories per package). “People are snacking more and more, sometimes instead of meals, sometimes with meals, and sometimes in between meals,” said Marcel Nahm, who heads North American snacks for Hershey. He said Hershey’s research shows some people snack “10 times a day.” Snacking has been encroaching on meals for years, of course, fueled in

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Spam Snacks, left, Skippy P.B. Bites, center, and Hillshire Genoa Salami with cheese and crackers are arranged for a photo, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, in New York. As around-the-clock grazing upends the way people eat, companies are reimagining foods that aren’t normally seen as snacks to elbow in on the trend. That means everything including grilled chicken, cereal, chocolate, peanut butter and Spam are now being marketed as snacks. part by the belief that several smaller meals a day are better than three big ones. Snacks now account for half of all eating occasions, with breakfast and lunch in particular becoming “snackified,” according to the Hartman Group, a food industry consultancy. But more recently, the blurring lines are making people reach for snacks with benefits they might otherwise get from a meal, like protein or fiber. That has led to ingredients like chickpeas, lentils and quinoa popping up in snacks. And it’s inspiring some companies to try and transform everyday foods into more exciting snacks. Snacks can have good profit mar-

gins, too. Prices will vary depending on the retailer, but the suggested retail price for a snack pack of Hillshire’s grilled chicken is $2.49, while Kellogg’s To Go pouch sells for about $2. Kellogg is also marketing regular bowls of cereal as a late-night snack, and says it can do more to push PopTarts as an anytime snack. Hormel recently introduced Skippy P.B. Bites, which are candy-like balls of peanut butter marketed as filling treats for kids. A serving has 160 calories and 8 grams of sugar, with each canister containing six servings. The canister costs around $3.50 and isn’t supposed to be

a single snack, but Hormel president Jim Snee says “unfortunately it can end up being that.” Prescribing an ideal eating pattern for everyone is difficult given people’s varying lifestyles, said Claudia Zapata, a registered dietitian in San Antonio, Texas. But she noted that snacks should generally be 250 calories at most and are meant to tide people over between meals. “Well, that was the point of snacks back then. I don’t know what the point is now,” she said. Zapata noted there is a lot of mindless eating going on, and that people should stop and ask themselves whether they’re even hungry before diving into a snack. “It may be that you just need water,” she said. For food makers, the bigger priority seems to be delivering maximum convenience so people can eat wherever and whenever the spirit moves them. “I don’t like things that have to be assembled,” said Bridget Callahan, a part-time student and freelance writer in Wilmington, North Carolina who says she snacks six or seven times a day. Callahan says she picks snacks like protein bars and oranges that she can carry around in her purse. The various efforts to court snackers may not succeed over the long term, but Kellogg promises that the pouches for its cereal snacks are “ergonomically designed to allow fingers to easily access the food” and Hershey describes its snack mixes as perfect for “one-handed eating.” And while it may seem odd to snack on meat with bare hands, Hillshire says its research shows people don’t mind. “The meat is quality meat, so people would take it and dip it with their fingers,” said Jeff Caswell, general manager of Hillshire Snacking.

A new cut of meat you need to know BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Petite beef sirloin is a great cut of meat, is usually is less expensive than the larger filet mignon cuts and it cooks up quite quickly

Petite beef sirloin is a great cut of meat to get to know. It usually is less expensive than the larger filet mignon cuts — sometimes significantly — and it cooks up quite quickly. That’s a lot to love! The cut comes from the top sirloin, but these smaller pieces are flavourful and juicy, yet still lean. They usually are cut into 1 ½- to 2 ½-pound portions. Once you get them home, they can be left whole or cut into smaller — but still substantial — filets. And even though this cut of beef is fairly tender to start with, a few hours in a grapefruit juice-based marinade makes it even more so. Red grapefruits usually have more sweetness than the yellow varieties, and that’s underscored by the honey in this recipe. A bit of ginger and garlic provide some heat, and soy sauce gives it a lightly salty kick. The result is a recipe with a great balance of flavours, and that is extremely simple to throw together. You can leave the filets in the marinade for up to eight hours, but no longer or the citrus in the marinade will tenderize the meat too much. Serve this with some rice or couscous and a

salad or maybe some sauteed broccoli rabe. GRAPEFRUIT PETITE SIRLOIN Start to finish: 20 minutes, plus marinating Servings: 6 Juice of 1 ruby red grapefruit 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger 1 tablespoon minced garlic ½ teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon ground black pepper 2 ½ pounds petite sirloin, cut into 6 pieces 1 tablespoon olive oil In a quart-sized zip-close plastic bag, combine the grapefruit juice, soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, salt and pepper. Add the beef and seal the bag, turn to coat, then marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 but no more than 8 hours. Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add the oil and turn the pan so the oil coats the bottom of the pan. Remove the beef from the marinade and sear on all sides, 8 to 10 minutes in all, watching to make sure they don’t get too brown from the sugar in the honey, or until the centre reaches 130 F for medium done. Let rest for 5 minutes, then slice each serving into medallions.

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Spotlight takes best picture BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama Spotlight took best picture at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock. Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests won over the favoured frontier epic The Revenant. McCarthy’s well-crafted procedural, led by a strong ensemble cast, had lagged in the lead-up to the Oscars, losing ground to the flashier filmmaking of Alejandro Inarritu’s film. But Spotlight — an ode to the hard-nose, methodical work of a journalism increasingly seldom practiced — took the night’s top honour despite winning only one other Oscar for McCarthy and Josh Singer’s screenplay. Such a sparsely-awarded best picture winner hasn’t happened since 1952’s The Greatest Show On Earth. “We would not be here today without the heroic efforts of our reporters,” said producer Blye Pagon Faust. “Not only do they effect global change, but they absolutely show us the necessity for investigative journalism.” The night, however, belong to host Rock, who launched immediately into the uproar over the lack of diversity in this year’s nominees, and didn’t let up. “The White People’s Choice Awards,” he called the Oscars, which were protested beforehand outside the Dolby Theatre by the Rev. Al Sharpton, and saw some viewers boycotting the broadcast. Rock insured that the topic remained at the forefront throughout the evening, usually finding hearty laughs in the process. In an award show traditionally known for song-and-dance routines and high doses of glamour, Rock gave the 88th Academy Awards a charged atmosphere, keeping with the outcry that followed a second straight year of all-white acting nominees. “Is Hollywood racist? You’re damn right it’s racist,” said Rock. “Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like: We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.” Streaks, broken and extended, dominated much of the evening. After going home empty-handed four times previously, Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar, for a best actor in The Revenant — a gruff, grunting performance that traded little on the actor’s youthful charisma. DiCaprio, greeted with a standing ovation, took the moment to talk about climate change. “Let us not take our planet for granted,” he said. “I do not take tonight for granted.” His director, Inarritu won back-to-back directing awards after the triumph last year of Birdman. It’s a feat matched by only two other filmmakers: John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The Revenant also won best cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki, who became the first cinematographer to win three times in a row (following wins for Gravity and Birdman), and only the seventh to three-peat in Oscar history. Inarritu, whose win meant three straight years of Mexican filmmakers winning best director, was one of the few winners to remark passionately on diversity in his acceptance speech. “What a great opportunity for our generation to really liberate ourselves from all prejudice and this tribal thinking and to make sure for once and forever that the colour of our skin becomes as irrelevant as the length of our hair,” said Inarritu. The night’s most-awarded film, however, went to neither Spotlight nor The Revenant. George Miller’s post-apocalyptic chase film, Mad Max: Fury Road sped away with six awards in technical categories for editing, makeup, production design, sound editing, sound mixing and costume design. Roundly acclaimed for its old-school craft, Miller’s Mad Max was assured of becoming the evening’s most awarded film. “Us Mad Maxes are doing OK tonight,” said editor Margaret Sixel, who’s also Miller’s wife. The flurry of wins brought a parade of Australian craftsmen onstage, including sound editor Mark Mangini, who celebrated with a loud expletive. Best actress went to Brie Larson, the 26-year-old breakout of the mother-son captive drama Room. The Sweden-born Alicia Vikander took best supporting actress for the transgender pioneer tale The Danish Girl. But the wins at times felt secondary to the sharp, unflinching host. Rock confessed that he deliberated over joining the Oscars boycott and bowing out as host, but concluded: “The last thing I need is to lose another job to Kevin Hart.” There was another major surprise Sunday. The supporting actor win for Mark Rylance over Sylvester Stallone drew gasps. Stallone, nominated a second time 39 years later for the role of Rocky Balboa, had been expected to win his first acting Oscar for the Rocky sequel Creed. He instead lost to the famed stage actor who co-starred in Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies. Adam McKay and Charles Randolph took best adapted screenplay for their self-described “trauma-dy” about the mortgage meltdown of 2008. McKay thanked Paramount Pictures for taking a risk on a movie about “financial esoterica.” Best known for broader comedies like Anchorman and Step Brothers, McKay gave an election-year warning to power of “big money” and “weirdo billionaires” in the presidential campaign. Talk of election was otherwise largely absent the ceremony, though Vice-President Joe Biden (whose presence added even greater security to the Dolby Theatre) was met by a standing ovation before talking about sexual assault on college campuses before introducing best-song nominee Lady Gaga. The composer John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) came in with his 50th nod, but lost to Ennio Morricone, who, at 87, landed his first competitive Oscar for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. (He was given an honorary one in 2009.) Sam Smith and songwriting partner Jimmy Napes picked up the Academy Award for best song for Writing’s on the Wall, from the James Bond film Spectre. “I stand here tonight as a proud gay man and I hope we can all stand together as equals one day,” said Smith. Best animated feature film went to Inside Out, Pixar’s eighth win in the category since it was created in 2001. Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse portrait, Amy, took best documentary. Hungary scored its second best foreign language Oscar for Laszlo Nemes’ Son of Saul, a harrowing drama set within a concentration camp. “Even in the darkest hours of mankind, there might be a voice within us that allows us to remain human,” said Nemes. “That’s the hope of this film.” Down the street from the Dolby Theatre, Sharpton led several dozen demonstrators in protest against a second straight year of all-white acting nominees. “This will be the last night of an all-white Oscars,” Sharpton vowed at the rally.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for The Revenant, left, and Alejandro G. Inarritu, winner of the award for best director for The Revenant, pose in the press room with their awards at the Oscars on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The nominees restored the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite to prominence and led Spike Lee (an honorary Oscar winner this year) and Jada Pinkett Smith to announce that they would not attend the show. Several top African American filmmakers, Ryan Coogler (Creed) and Ava DuVernay (Selma) spent the evening not at the Oscars but in Flint, Mich., raising money for the water-contaminated city. Aside from pleading for more opportunity for black actors, Rock also sought to add perspective to the turmoil. Rock said this year didn’t differ much from Oscar history, but black people in earlier decades were “too busy being raped and lynched to worry about who won best cinematographer.” In a quick response to the growing crisis, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, pushed ahead reforms to the academy intended to diversify its overwhelm-

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Horoscopes Monday February 29, 2016 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Henri Richard, 79; Antonio G. Sabato Jr., 44 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars favour pursuing creative projects and helping others. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Find positive ways to escape mundane day-to-day realities. 2016 is the year to be more disciplined at work, plus get your home life in order. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t underestimate the power of your intuition. It can point you in the right direction, especially at work. Plus pay attention to your dreams — are they trying to tell you something? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you being realistic about a project that’s due to be completed? Perhaps you need to get others on board and delegate more? Think creatively Bulls, and keep your options open. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Resist the

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JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE to combine logic with intuition. Get the facts first, then have the courage to follow your gut instincts. They will lead you in the right direction. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Sun and Neptune activate your self-expression zone, which boosts your creativity and increases your intuition. So it’s the perfect time to tune into the artist within, plus listen to your inner voice. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Are you viewing a family member through rose-coloured glasses? Perhaps it’s time to be more realistic about what’s

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Unrest grips Salt Lake City after police shoot teen BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY — A 17-year-old boy who authorities say was wielding a metal stick was shot and critically injured by Salt Lake City officers Saturday night, touching off unrest downtown as officers donned riot gear and blocked streets and bystanders threw rocks and bottles. The teenager shot by two Salt Lake City Police officers was in critical condition at a local hospital Sunday after being struck twice in the torso, according to Detective Ken Hansen with the Unified Police Department, which is investigating the shooting. Salt Lake City Police declined to identify the boy Sunday afternoon because he is a minor. In a statement, the department said two Salt Lake City officers were trying to break up a fight around 8 p.m. where the teenager and another male were hitting a third male with metal objects. The officers ordered the males to drop the metal, “sticklike objects,” and one male complied. The teenager did not drop the stick and instead moved toward the victim in a threatening manner, Salt Lake City Police Detective Greg Wilking said. One or both of the police officers then shot the teen. Police said earlier Sunday that the teenager was shot when he tried to attack one of the officers. Wilking said Sunday afternoon that investigators were still trying to determine if that was the case. He said they had not yet interviewed the officers involved. Wilking did not have details about how far away the teenager was from officers or the victim when police shot him.

He also did not have details about how long the sticks were or where the males got the metal. Police said earlier Sunday that the boy had been wielding a broomstick. Police did not release the identities of the other two males involved or whether they were also minors. The male who was hit with the sticks did not require medical attention, Wilking said. He did not know what happened to the other male who had been wielding a stick or whether investigators spoke with him. Neither officer involved in the shooting was injured, Wilking said. Police are not releasing the identity of the officers but said Sunday that both were placed administrative leave while the incident is investigated. The officers were both wearing body cameras but police said Sunday they will not release the footage because of the ongoing investigation and the possibility that the teenager depicted could face charges. Police did not have details about what prompted the fight in the street, which was near a downtown homeless shelter, shopping mall and movie theatre. Bystander Selam Mohammad told The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News that he was friends with the teenager and said the boy was shot as he turned to face police. “He barely even turned around, then boom, boom, boom — and he just dropped,” Mohammad told the Deseret News. When asked about that account, Hansen said he did not have details to confirm or deny that information. After the shooting, bystanders began yelling obscenities and throwing rocks and bottles at police, who called in about

100 officers to help. Police, including officers wearing helmets and carrying riot shields, barricaded four surrounding city blocks. A light rail stop in the neighbourhood was closed. Hansen said the bystanders throwing rocks and bottles were people hanging out near the shelter. He didn’t know if they were homeless, but he said they were not customers of the nearby shopping centre. Hansen said the area was relatively busy, with people visiting the shopping centre and restaurants and others hanging out near the shelter and homeless facilities. “There were pockets of that disturbance for hours,” Hansen said Sunday. Wilking said police asked bystanders to leave the area and put up barricades and tape to clear streets. He said bystanders were throwing objects at police for only about 10 minutes. He said police asked people to leave but did not physically move anyone, form a riot line or spray anything such as tear gas to disperse the crowd. “It’s kind of making more of a presence with your body,” he said of the tactic used to clear the streets. Four people were arrested for civil disorder, Salt Lake City police said. Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski said in a statement Sunday that she was saddened and that the shooting was a tragedy for everyone involved. “The use of force by law enforcement against the public can tear at the delicate balance of trust between both sides, and must be taken extremely seriously,” she said. “These incidents create a number of unanswered questions in the short term, and justice requires we work together in good faith to find answers.”

White supremacist leader at centre of new Trump furor BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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LEESBURG, Va. — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is drawing criticism for refusing to denounce an implicit endorsement from a white supremacist leader, with his main rivals, Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, using the matter to hammer the billionaire businessman just two days before multiple state primaries could put him on an irreversible path to the party’s nomination. Trump was asked Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether he rejected support from David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, and other white supremacists after Duke told his radio followers this week that a vote against Trump was equivalent to “treason to your heritage.” “Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK?” Trump told host Jake Tapper. “I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists.” Trump was asked Friday by journalists how he felt about Duke’s support. He said he didn’t know anything about it and curtly said: “All right, I disavow, ok?” Trump hasn’t always claimed ignorance on Duke’s history. In 2000, he wrote a New York Times op-ed explaining why he abandoned the possibility of running for president on the Reform Party ticket. He wrote of an “underside” and “fringe element” of the

party, concluding, “I leave the Reform Party to David Duke, Pat Buchanan and Lenora Fulani. That is not company I wish to keep.” Trump’s comments sparked a wave of censures just ahead of Super Tuesday — March 1 — when 11 states hold Republican primaries. At stake are 595 delegates to the party’s national convention this summer, with 1,237 needed to win the nomination. On the Democratic side, 865 delegates are up for grabs in Super Tuesday contests in 11 states and American Samoa. It takes 2,383 delegates to gain the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton, who received another burst of momentum Saturday after her lopsided victory in South Carolina, turned her attention to the Republican field on Sunday, all-but-ignoring rival Bernie Sanders during campaign events in Tennessee. Starting her morning with stops at two Memphis churches, Clinton offered an implicit critique of Trump, issuing a call to unite the nation and asking worshippers to reject “the demagoguery, the prejudice, the paranoia.” Asked by actor Tony Goldwyn, who later campaigned with Clinton in Nashville, about her thoughts on Duke’s support for Trump, Clinton described it, simply, as “pathetic.” Clinton’s South Carolina victory was fueled by an 84-16 advantage among African-Americans, a key Democratic constituency that will also play a dominant role in several Super Tuesday states in the South.

Sanders acknowledged getting “decimated” in South Carolina, though he promised in an ABC interview to continue his campaign against what he describes as a political and economic oligarchy. He avoided mentioning his huge South Carolina loss at a rally before more than 6,000 cheering people at an Oklahoma City convention centre. The latest shake up in the Republican race comes as attention shifts to the South, with about a half dozen states in the region holding contests on Tuesday. Trump holds commanding leads across the region, with the exception of Cruz’s home state of Texas, a dynamic that puts tremendous pressure on Rubio and Cruz as they try to outlast each other and derail Trump. Campaigning in Virginia, Rubio pounced on Trump’s latest position on Duke, shifting to a more serious tone after spending the weekend mocking his rival’s hair and “the worst spray tan in America.” “We cannot be a party who refuses to condemn white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan,” the Florida senator told thousands of supporters gathered in Leesburg, Virginia. “Not only is that wrong, it makes him unelectable. How are we going to grow the party if we nominate someone who doesn’t repudiate the Ku Klux Klan?” Cruz also weighed in on Sunday, calling Trump’s comments “Really sad.” “You’re better than this,” Cruz wrote. “We should all agree, racism is wrong, KKK is abhorrent.”

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