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BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Fifty more guns have been added to the growing tally of stolen firearms in Alberta after a break-in near Sundre. The cumulative total of firearms that have been reported stolen or missing in Alberta was 10,000 at the beginning of this year. Last year 1,300 firearms were stolen in areas of Alberta covered by the RCMP. “It is a big deal,” RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Sharon Franks said Thursday about the Sundre theft that occurred on Tuesday. “It’s a huge public safety issue. Absolutely.” Additional officers have been assigned to assist the Sundre RCMP detachment with the investigation, she said. “We are certainly taking it seriously. The fact is is that we now have additional firearms that are on the street, which elevates the risk to all of us, including citizens as well as police,” Franks said. The guns were stolen from a rural residence near Sundre. There were 35 long-barrelled firearms and 15 handguns taken from a secured room in the home.

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Inaccurate information and the poor economy likely fuelled much of the concern that drove a petition against a plan to borrow millions in the County of Stettler, says the reeve. “I’m going to blame it mostly on misinformation and rumour and, I guess, partly on the times,” said Reeve Wayne Nixon. “Stories kept coming back to council about things that just weren’t right but by that time the petition was underway. It was kind of too little, too late, our letter to the public.” Faced with growing discord over a plan to take $2 million out of reserves and borrow $7.6 million towards the estimated $9.4 million bill for a public works facility, council published an open letter to residents last week. One of its first messages was to shoot down rumours that ratepayers could see their taxes double or triple because of the project. In reality, says the county farm/residential residents would see a maximum annual tax increase of $35 to $70, or less or nothing depending on the financing scenario chosen by council.

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Dustin Cherbonneau jams his foot into his front fork as he gets back in his groove at the skate park near the Red Deer Arena. Cherbonneau and his friend Cody Smith were working to clear the snow and ice out of the park Thursday as they were determined to be able to get back on their bikes this week. Warm temperatures forecast through the weekend should go a long way to help clearing the area of snow and ice.

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Poverty simulation workshop leaves students exhausted, stressed out BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer College social work students got a taste on Thursday of the stress that impoverished Red Deerians experience every day. United Way Central Alberta and the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance put on a poverty simulation workshop in the classroom with about

70 students who were organized into small groups representing families living in poverty. They were given limited resources like a few bus vouchers and low-wage jobs to make it through one month. First year student Jessica Philips called it an intense hour-long workshop that left her frustrated. She assumed the role of a grandmother who lived with her husband RED DEER WEATHER

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and cared for their granddaughter because their daughter could not. “I was exhausted and stress out and kind of sad because no matter what I did it wasn’t good enough. You work really hard and you get pretty much nothing,” Philips said. Philip’s character worked 40 hours a week, earning $10.75 an hour. Her husband was on disability leave and received only $500 a month.

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Three people facing dozens of charges after stolen property recovered BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF RCMP have laid dozens of Criminal Code charges against a Red Deer County man allegedly involved in stolen property and gun crimes. The Priority Crimes Task Force have charged two other persons in the case as well after police searched two properties in late January — one in the city and one near Blackfalds. At that time RCMP seized guns, recreational vehicles including ATVs and snowmobiles, and other items. The task force executed the first search warrant on a property on 55th Avenue in the West Park neighbourhood on Jan. 25. Police recovered included three ATVs, a snowmobile and two utility trailers. These items traced back to thefts out of Three Hills, Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House. A number of smaller items seized were also traced back to thefts out of Penhold and the Rimbey area. On Jan. 27, in an unrelated investigation, Blackfalds RCMP tracked a stolen snowmobile to a residence in the area of Township Road 391 and Range Road 273. Later the same day, the task force executed a search warrant at that property. They seized stolen property that included five snowmobiles, an ATV, a dirt bike and three trailers, and several stolen passports, credit cards and pieces of identification. Police also seized nine rifles and nine shotguns, one of which was loaded, as well as ammunition and drugs. The stolen property in this file has been linked to criminal activity in Red Deer, Blackfalds, Lacombe, Sylvan Lake and Bentley.

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FROM LEFT: Aleena McKenzie, Lily Hamilton, Femke Keys and Brooklyn Pugh dance up a storm at École Barrie Wilson Elementary School in Red Deer Thursday afternoon to celebrate the windup party for their school’s 25-day fitness challenge. Over the past 25 days, students and their families challenged themselves to stay fit and active. To celebrate their success, awards were given out and draw prizes were awarded, followed by an afternoon dance.

Lacombe County rejects STARS funding request BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF STARS air ambulance’s funding pitch to Lacombe County has stalled. Council voted unanimously on Thursday to turn down a $1 per capita funding request, which would have amounted to $10,312 this year. In a report to council, it was noted that while STARS performs a valuable service to county residents it is one of a number of charitable groups to do so and which would benefit from annual funding. Council must decide when it should provide funding on behalf of its ratepayers through taxes and when residents should be left to choose their individual level of support. “It’s always been Lacombe County’s position that we might not want to get into that,” said Tim Timmons, corporate services director, of fixed annual charitable support. Coun. Rod McDermand also ques-

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tioned where the line would be drawn on which group deserved support. “Once you get into this area, I don’t know where it stops.” It is the second time the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation has been turned down in Lacombe County. In 2012, a $2-per-capita request was denied. STARS senior municipal relations liaison Glenda Farnden said the focus of the municipal initiative is to signing up all of the province’s municipalities to some level of annual funding support. Three-quarters of the non-profit foundation’s $41-million operating budget comes from fundraising and other revenue. The province is the biggest supporter at $10 million Among other recurring donors are two-thirds of the province’s municipalities, which collectively contribute about $1.3 million to the foundation each year. To help boost funding, STARS

would like to see the remaining onethird of Alberta municipalities that don’t support the foundation financially to consider an ongoing per-capita donation. The target is $2 per capita but STARS is content with less as a starting point. Farnden said she understands Lacombe County’s position but will continue to deliver her message to councils. STARS is striving for communities to recognize air ambulance as a “key part of their overall emergency protective services for their residents. “It’s just working together to have a greater understanding and go forward from there.” Among Central Alberta’s rural municipalities, Red Deer County has also not approved annual support and Ponoka County has not been approached formally yet. County of Stettler has agreed to a $2-per-capita annual donation.

Stay of proceedings granted in fraud, forgery scheme

Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. A stay of proceedings means the accused is no longer being prosecuted, but the Crown can bring the charges back within one year. Campbell was accused of defrauding Red Deer Toyota of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a five-year period. She was charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000, one count of uttering a forged document, and one count of falsification of books and documents.

A stay of proceedings was granted for a Blackfalds woman alleged to have played a role in a fraud and forgery scheme at a Central Alberta car dealership. Brenda-Lee Campbell, 52, a former comptroller for Red Deer Toyota, was scheduled to go to trial on Monday in

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‘I started freaking out’ DAUGHTER OF MISSING SENIORS TESTIFIES IN MURDER TRIAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When Trudy Holder arrived at the airport in Abbotsford, B.C., she looked around for her parents, but they weren’t there to pick her up as planned. Holder told an Edmonton murder trial Thursday that Lyle and Marie McCann, 78 and 77 respectively, always kept their commitments. “My mom and dad are never not there,” Holder testified. “I started freaking out.” Holder and her daughter had flown to Abbotsford from their home in Calgary to meet the McCanns. It was July 10, 2010. Holder began making frantic phone calls and discovered her parents had not checked in to a nearby campground where the family was to spend the next two weeks on holiday. She also phoned her two brothers, a friend of her parents and the RCMP to report the seniors missing. Travis Vader, 44, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the

Court BRIEFS Alleged gang member jailed almost five years An alleged member of the Red Scorpians, a Lower Mainland gang in British Columbia, was sentenced to fourand-a-half years in prison last month. Cory James Lesperance, 31, of B.C., was sentenced to 1,642 days in prison, less 315 days pre-trial custody. On Feb. 4 in Red Deer provincial court, Lesperance pleaded guilty to one count each of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of firearm, and breach of recognizance. Another 15 charges were withdrawn. Charges stem from a 2014, drug raid by police involving residences in Airdrie, Calgary and outside Red Deer. Lesperance was arrested in Balmoral Heights subdivision, just east of Red Deer. While searching the three residences, police seized half a kilogram of methamphetamine, half a kilogram of cocaine, 52 grams of heroin, a quarter of a kilogram of marijuana, 80 grams

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THEFT: Court appearance April 5 of stolen property, possession of a restricted firearm and ammunition, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon and fraudulent concealment, RCMP said in a release. Sheri-Lynn Kathleen Koch, 35, of Red Deer County, is also charged with possession of stolen property and fraudulent concealment. They will appear in Red Deer provincial court in Red Deer on April 5. Robert Allan Brown, 30, of Blackfalds charged in February in relation to the investigations. He faces a stolen property charge. He is making his third appearance in Red Deer provincial court today. The Priority Crimes Task Force is made up of members from Red Deer RCMP General Investigative Section (GIS), Sylvan Lake, Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP detachments.

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The burnt motorhome belonging to Lyle and Marie McCann is shown in an evidence photo released at the Travis Vader trial in Edmonton, Tuesday. deaths of the couple. Although their bodies have never been found, the Crown is arguing the two were killed by Vader, described as a crystal meth user who had been living in makeshift camps in an area west of Edmonton. Court heard the McCanns were last seen fuelling up their motorhome and

buying groceries at a Superstore in their hometown of St. Albert, a bedroom community north of Edmonton, on July 3, 2010. They were setting out to meet Holder in Abbotsford. But they didn’t make it far. Two days later, their RV was found burning in the bush about 200 kilometres west of St. Albert. The Hyun-

of psilcybin, 130 millilitres of anabolic steroids, a cocaine conversion lab, scales, packaging and other drug paraphernalia, a loaded semi-automatic handgun, a stolen shotgun with ammunition, three replica handguns, $8,955 cash and two vehicles.

Gregory Frank, 43, both face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Gordon, Sandra and Monica Klaus. Gordon, 61, Sandra, 62, and Monica, 40, were believed to have died in a fire at the Klaus’ farm residence near Castor on Dec. 8, 2013. The remains of Gordon and Monica — Jason’s father and sister — were found on scene. However, Sandra’s remains were never found. Police believe her remains were destroyed in the fire. A three-day preliminary hearing to test the strength of the Crown’s case concluded Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court.

Man charged with attempted murder to stand trial in April 2017 A man charged with attempted murder in connection to a shooting in Maskwacis last summer will go to trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench on April 24, 2017. Mitchell Tyler Potts, 30, is also charged with aggravated assault and 10 weapon offences. On Aug. 8, 2015, Maskwacis RCMP and EMS attended the Samson Rodeo Grounds for a complaint that a man had been shot. The 20-year-old victim was in serious condition when taken to hospital, but was later released. A jury trial has been scheduled.

Two men charged with firstdegree murder ordered to stand trial Two men accused of killing three people on a farm near Castor in 2013 were ordered to stand trial. Jason Gordon Klaus, 30, and Joshua Riley James Mittelstadt, 40, now faces 55 charges, including possession

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dai Tucson they had been towing was found hidden in some trees on a nearby rural property about a week later. Photos entered as evidence show there was nothing left of the motorhome but a burned shelled. Forensic anthropologist Owen Beattie testified that he sifted through the debris after it was put in a large garbage bin at RCMP headquarters in Edmonton. He found no trace of the McCanns. “We determined there was not a presence of human remains,” he said. Beattie added that it was unlikely animals scavenged any remains, because they would have left some behind. He also testified that it would be unusual for a fire to reduce a body to dust, although not impossible. The McCanns were avid campers who packed their motorhome full of potatoes, beans and fishing gear — along with a cellphone for emergencies — before setting out each summer, said their daughter. She described her father, a retired long-haul trucker, as a cautious driver who took impeccable care of his RV. “My mom was my best friend,” Holder, 54, said through tears. “I would talk to my mom every day. “We talked about everything that was going on.” 10, 2017 in connection to the seizure of 10,000 prescription drugs last June. Allie Gader, 57, faces four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of property stolen property obtained by crime. Priority Crimes Task Force opened a drug trafficking investigation early last June after receiving tips about suspicious activity at the residence. Red Deer GIS members arrested Gader during a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Port O’Call Mall in downtown Red Deer at noon on June 17, 2015. The search warrant was executed at a home on Wells Street, the garage and two vehicles. The trial is scheduled to run for three days.

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STARS needs new funding model JOHN STEWART OPINION What happens when a charity takes on fundamental social tasks better performed by government and then donations can’t keep pace with demand? Alberta’s STARS air ambulance is struggling to sell out its annual lottery, for the first time in 23 years. The lottery raises about $11 million a year for the service and is one of its key fundraising avenues. In an ideal world, given the essential nature of the work STARS does, government would step in to fill the void — or government would never have allowed such a necessity in the first place. In a less than ideal world, say Alberta in 2016, a quick, large and sustainable injection of cash seems unlikely. But, in the case of STARS, a gradual increase in government funding is both needed and defensible. While Alberta is shuffling its way toward a $10-billion provincial deficit and there are desperate economic and social needs at every turn, we can’t

turn away from STARS, which flies an average of five missions a day in Alberta (1,839 missions last year, serving about 270 remote communities). This essential service quickly brings those in dire need of medical care to the source of that care, saving and repairing lives. For 22 consecutive years, the air ambulance’s fundraising lottery has sold out. This year, ticket sales are lagging, as is its corporate support. That’s not difficult to understand: fewer Albertans are employed and many of those who are employed aren’t getting raises, or are worried about the longevity of their jobs. And the corporate world is just as shell-shocked. But the need to fund air ambulance services isn’t going to go away just because times are tough. At issue is how STARS survives in the short-term, so that in the longer term the province and Ottawa can fill the void as part of a broader retooling of the system, from ground ambulance to air ambulance service. Since the delivery of health is a provincial responsibility, so too is the operation of ground ambulance services. There is no clear mandate for air ambulance service. And in every province the models differ. The federal government does not directly fund for ambulance service of any kind.

Ambulance services aren’t free, regardless of the source of that infrastructure — someone has to pay. And as those services are not covered under the Canada Health Act, individual Canadians or their insurance companies must often foot the bill. In Alberta, the cost of ground ambulance service is $250 if you are treated at the scene and $385 if you’re taken to the hospital. In Ontario, the rate is just $45 (or higher if it is deemed your call wasn’t medically necessary). In Manitoba, you could pay more than $800 for ground ambulance if you are in a rural area and more than $500 in Winnipeg. Similarly, air ambulance operations differ from province to province. Ontario funds 100 per cent of air ambulance costs. Alberta’s provincial government covers 24 per cent of STARS costs in a deal that runs through 2020. The remainder of funding comes from public and corporate donations. It cost about $30 million to operate the three STARS bases in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie). The average flight costs $5,400 and the specially-equipped helicopters cost $5 million apiece. STARS does not bill patients for service, so it has no revenue source except donations and government support. The province needs to gradually in-

crease its air ambulance funding until it bears complete responsibility. An essential service like this can’t be in a vulnerable economic position. So STARS and the province need to rewrite the existing deal to gradually increase public funding. At the same time, the province needs to move toward a model that funds all ground ambulance trips. It may be that we won’t reach this level of universality until the federal government steps in, amending the Canada Health Act to ensure it. In the meantime, we need to keep STARS in the air. Today, that means digging a little deeper individually and corporately. It means buying a STARS lottery ticket or, better yet, making a direct donation. It means the province increasing its funding by a few percentage points now, and again year after year — until STARS doesn’t have to fundraise to survive. Because asking charitable groups to pay for fundamental social services is just too risky. Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a born and bred Albertan who doesn’t drill for oil, ranch or drive a pickup truck — although all of those things have played a role in his past.

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Questioning the motives behind wearing a hat for a driver’s licence photo I am a little disappointed in the Red Deer Advocate thinking someone who doesn’t want to remove a hat for a driver’s licence photo is front page worthy. So he doesn’t want to remove his hat. So he’s an Oilers fan (I am quite in agreement with him there). It is no big deal. If he would have simply said he wanted to wear his hat and it’s a free country, I wouldn’t have an argument. However, the not so between the lines tale wasn’t that he believes in the church of Oilers. His reference to other religions suggests his motive is that he objects to others not being like him. And that kind of attitude isn’t news worthy at all. If he is not allowed to wear a hat for a drivers licence photo, and the person serving him didn’t take the photo, someone was doing their job. If they took the picture and it appears on his licence, and the hat doesn’t interfere with his identification, who cares? In reality it is just someone taking a stand on

an issue that has absolutely no value to any one. Religious head wear has been worn by people in this country for years. About all he has accomplished is a bunch of like minded people feeling like he has somehow defined our country and our province. I certainly hope he hasn’t. I will say this: The Oilers do have a bright future. But, if that is his religion, he has been beset with a host of plagues for the last decade. He should maybe switch religions. But that isn’t news worthy either. Ian Mclean Sylvan lake

City council out of touch to hand out pay raise for city manager It is an outrage and total disregard for the citizens and tax payers in Red Deer. George Cromme’s letter March 7, 2016 to the editor highlights the fact that the City Manager Craig Curtis has no regard for anything but his own personal gain. Mr. Curtis should visit either the food bank or one of the other charitable organizations and see the sad

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desperate eyes of the people who are forced to seek their help. Many children are going hungry and without the proper nutrition while he being paid $5,000 dollars a week. The mayor and council have stated that this salary brings him in line with other cities in Western Canada. What are the names of these cities? Why not name them so this statement could be verified. Who really controls Red Deer’s affairs? It appears to be Mr. Curtis and not city council. It would be hoped that this will be remembered come our next election. Only two members of council voted against these salary increases. During this time of economic depression we should be receiving guidance and positive leadership from our duly elected officials. This is certainly not the case. I have discussed this matter with a good number of people regarding this matter and all are in agreement that this was certainly not in the best interests of the tax payers of Red Deer. I can only hope that other concerned citizens will make their voices heard. Bill Horne Red Deer

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Friday, March 11, 2016

BRIEFS Province fires majority of county council after infighting, poor decisions EDMONTON — The Alberta government has dismissed the majority of members of a county council following long-standing concerns about infighting, conflict of interest, and poor decisionmaking. Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee says three of the five councillors of Thorhild County, northeast of Edmonton, were let go. Larivee says an administrator will run the county until byelections can be held within the next three

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GUNS: Blue pickup seen near residence Jewelery and other items, including the homeowner’s pickup truck, were also taken. The truck was found abandoned several kilometres north of the residence but nothing else has been recovered. Witnesses reported to police that they saw a blue newer model pickup truck, jacked up with big tires and a blue tarp in the box, near the residence around the time of the break-in. “It’s becoming more frequent as we’re conducting lawful investigations … that we are finding firearms, and as it turns out, many of those have been stolen from previous crimes,” Franks said. “It’s obviously very alarming knowing we have 50 additional firearms that have reached the hands of criminals. Whoever stole these guns is likely going to sell them to someone else who may sell them to someone else. It’s a commodity.” “Some of the evidence of what we’re seeing is it is the lawful gun owners whose guns are the ones being targeted and stolen and sold underground,” she said. Franks reminded gun owners to store their firearms correctly, know what kind of firearms they have and if they go missing or are stolen, report it right away to police. Anyone with information about the Sundre theft is asked to contact Sundre RCMP Detachment at (403) 638-3675. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by toll-free phone at 1-800-222-8477, online at tipsubmit.com or by SMS text message (check the local Crime Stoppers at crimestoppers.ab.ca for instructions).-

PETITION: Mild winter left money in budget “We hadn’t decided whether we needed to raise taxes or not,” he said, noting the mild winter left some money in the budget that could be used. Despite those assurances, council was faced with a petition of more than 1,100 names at its Wednesday meeting. The decision was made to accept the petition as valid and the matter was deferred until March 22. Then, council will have a choice of dropping the borrowing bylaw or going to a binding public vote, which must be held by mid-June under provincial rules. Brad Mappin, a local businessman who led the petition drive, does not want to be drawn into a quarrel but said he and others who gathered names were not the source of supposed rumours about huge tax impacts. “We were going around on the premise that they were wanting to borrow $7.6 million and take $2 million and change out of reserves to build a $10-million shop. That’s exactly the message that we had.” Mappin said it is the wrong time for that kind of expense and ratepayers’ voices will be heard. “The people’s vote will speak when the time comes.”

POVERTY: Eye-opening experience

Medical examiner testifies cause of toddler’s death was meningitis LETHBRIDGE — A forensic pathologist has testified that an Alberta toddler whose parents are charged in his death had bacterial meningitis and a lung infection. Forensic pathologist Bamidele Adeagbo, who was on the stand Thursday in the trial of David and Collet Stephan, said 19-month-old Ezekiel died of a combination of the two conditions. The doctor said meningitis is an inflammation of like that, but I personally didn’t know, or even have time to ask for that stuff. I pretty much went to work and went to the bank immediately to get enough money to pay the mortgage and the power bill and for groceries.” She said poverty simulation showed her how important it is for social workers to advocate on behalf of their clients and for the people to open their eyes to the poverty that exists in their community. “People don’t even know what poverty is really. You don’t know until you’re in it,” Philips said. About 400,000 Albertans are living in poverty, including 143,000 children. In Red Deer, about 15 per cent of families live in poverty. According to Alberta Food Banks, one in 10 households are food insecure and food bank usage

increased 75 per cent from 2014 to 2015. It was the third poverty simulation workshop the United Way and Alliance have held in the area and more can be organized for those interested. Jennifer Forrest, resource development employee with the United Way, said poverty simulation has a powerful impact on participants and she hoped people will share their experiences. “We’re trying to make those dynamics real so they can understand the struggle,” Forrest said. “It’s not a game. We’re treating it as a real simulation. The family dynamics are based on real families.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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THE ADVOCATE Friday, March 11, 2016

Rebels set sights on ’Canes The Rebels got a monkey off their back last weekend with two wins against the Calgary Hitmen, but now they have their sights set on the top spot in the Central Division. The Lethbridge Hurricanes has been a thorn in the Rebels side all season. In the four matchups so far, Lethbridge has manhandled the Rebels with four wins. The closest was a 4-3 Rebels loss on Jan. 8, but before that the Hurricanes topped the Rebels by scores of 5-2, 6-2 and 6-1. It’s two teams fighting for the top of their division on the second to last weekend of the regular season in a home-and-home two game set. Hockey fans couldn’t really ask for more. “Our preparation is no different than it has been in the last week to 10 days,” said Rebels head coach and GM Brent Sutter. “It’s March, it’s the time of year when you have to have your A game. We have to make sure we stay level-headed through all this. “We know they are two big games. We have to go in there and play well in their building and go from there.” The Rebels sit three points behind the Hurricanes, 90 to 87, each with five games left in the season. Two regulation wins would vault the Rebels into first place in the Central Division with three games left to play. Sutter said both teams are playing well, but notes

a few guys will still be out of the lineup. Goalie Rylan Toth, Defenceman Josh Mahura and forward Reese Johnson are all still listed as injured for the Rebels. The Hurricanes have forward Giorgio Estephan

back in the lineup while forwards Egor Babenko and Justin Guiterrez are still injured. “I know the way they’re going to play, it’s how they’ve been playing all year,” said Sutter. “There’s not going to be any surprises. They’re going to play hard, they’re going to use their speed and skill and they’re going to work hard. “We have to be able to match that and I think our team is really good too. I think it has taken us a while, but now we’re starting to get our game to where it needs to be and that’s what you want at this time of year.” Sutter said the schedule is tough for the next five games, after the two with Lethbridge they have one more at home against Calgary before a final homeand-home set against the Edmonton Oil Kings. “It’s good to go down the stretch and as you get close to the playoffs you have to play tough teams to make sure you’re ready to play,” said Sutter. “You fight for first, that’s your goal at the start of the year. It’s a difference for us of whether you play Calgary in the first round or Regina. Both those teams are good teams and there are no easy games come playoff time. “Right now we’re behind, Lethbridge has three points on us, and they only way we’re going to finish in first is by beating them.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Koe captures playoff spot at Brier ALBERTA JOINS NEWFOUNDLAND, NORTHERN ONTARIO AND MANITOBA RINKS IN PLAYOFF MIX BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Alberta’s Kevin Koe and Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador joined Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs in the playoff mix at the Tim Hortons Brier on Thursday. Manitoba’s Mike McEwen waited until the evening to claim the fourth and final spot to guarantee that there would be a new champion this year. “I’m not shocked that it’s these four teams in the playoffs,” Gushue said. “But I think we’re all pretty darn even.” The playoff picture became clearer at the national men’s curling championship after the morning draw. Several teams — including Team Canada’s Pat Simmons — were left clinging to the faint chance of an appearance in a tiebreaker game. Gushue edged B.C.’s Jim Cotter 8-7 to lock up his spot while Koe dumped Simmons 8-3. Jacobs and McEwen had the morning off and when they played in the afternoon, unbeaten Northern Ontario picked up an 8-5 win to secure a berth in the Page Playoff 1-2 game. Gushue will provide the opposition for Jacobs on Friday night after he outscored Prince Edward Island’s Adam Casey 11-7. The winner of the 1-2 game advances straight to Sunday’s gold-medal game. “There’s no time to let up,” Jacobs said. “We’ve got to continue to play well and keep this momentum going.” Jacobs doubled New Brunswick’s Mike Kennedy 10-5 in the evening to remain unbeaten at 10-0 and Gushue was second at 9-1. Jacobs and Gushue will meet in the round-robin finale Friday morning before their playoff matchup. Koe improved to 8-3 by topping Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock 7-5 while McEwen (7-3) booked his

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Team Alberta skip Kevin Koe throws a stone during round robin competition against Team Canada at the Brier curling championship in Ottawa on Thursday. playoff ticket with an 8-5 win over Quebec’s Jean-Michel Menard (4-6). “We fought really hard to get to this point,” McEwen said. “It’s not perfect but goal No. 1 is complete — we’re playing on the weekend.” The Team Canada players were crushed after the morning loss. “You look at those top four teams that are going to be in the playoffs and we didn’t beat any of them,” said Canada lead Nolan Thiessen. “So that’s a recipe for going home early.” The reigning champions were pegged as contenders from the outset and started strong with three straight victories before uneven play did them in. “When you don’t make eight shots an end very often, you don’t get rewarded with success,” said Canada coach Earle Morris. “We collectively needed to be better and we weren’t good enough. We are where we deserve to be — middle of the pack — for how we played.” Simmons (6-5) closed out his round-robin with a 9-8 win over Ontario’s Glenn Howard (4-7). “I was just walking down the ice and I’m like,

‘(We’re) no longer the Brier champs,”’ Thiessen said. “It ends for everybody at some point.” Koe will play in the Page Playoff 3-4 game on Saturday afternoon. The winner advances to the semifinal that evening against the loser of the 1-2 game. The semifinal winner moves on to the gold-medal game. The loser plays the 3-4 loser for the bronze medal on Sunday afternoon. New Brunswick’s Mike Kennedy was 3-7 while Cotter, Casey and Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories were tied for last place at 2-8. The last-place team at the conclusion of round-robin play will fall into the four-team qualification pool at next year’s Brier in St. John’s. The winner of Sunday’s championship game will represent Canada at the world men’s curling championship next month in Basel, Switzerland. Notes: Two-time Brier champion Craig Savill, who has put his curling career on hold while he undergoes cancer treatments, served as an honorary alternate on Thursday evening. He received a standing ovation when he threw two stones for Ontario late in its game against Canada.

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Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid celebrates his tie-breaker goal against Minnesota Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper in the third period of an NHL game Thursday, in St. Paul, Minn.

Oilers 2 Wild 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. — The only times Connor McDavid’s super skills have been absent from the ice this season were those 37 games he missed because of that broken collarbone. Otherwise, the rookie sensation has put on quite the show. McDavid scored with 7:29 left, his fourth goal in the last six games, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory Thursday over the Minnesota Wild. Zack Kassian set up McDavid’s winner. With Wild defenceman Jared Spurgeon trying to slow him down and steer him wide of the net, the 19-year-old McDavid reached out and snapped the puck underneath goalie Darcy Kuemper’s arm to give the Oilers the lead. “You just try and put it on net. You’re kind of at an awkward angle, coming in fast,” McDavid said. “The goalie doesn’t really know how to play that, I don’t think. Probably should have been a save, but we’ll take it.” McDavid has 14 goals and 21 assists in 33 games. “I’m glad I don’t have to defend him because I know I wouldn’t catch him,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “But it’s not as much as surprise anymore. Where it’s very deceptive is those last three or four strides. When you think you have him he’s still pulling away.” Lauri Korpikoski scored in the first period and Cam Talbot made 29 saves for the Oilers, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games and stuck the Wild with a costly loss in their competition with the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. “We just thought we were going to show up,” interim coach John Torchetti said. Zach Parise’s second goal in his last 19 games forged a tie in the second period for the Wild, who trail the Avalanche by two points in the standings. The Wild have played one fewer game, but the Avalanche have two more wins in regulation.

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“They’re rolling and they’re not making it easy on us, that’s for sure,” Kuemper said. “We’re still in a good spot with games in hand, but we’ve got to take advantage of that. The games just keep ticking away, so you don’t want to let points slip away.” Kuemper played in place of Devan Dubnyk, who has been sick, and stopped 23 shots. Talbot is 5-1 in his last six starts, with just seven goals allowed. “We’re a stingy group that plays well both sides of the puck,” Korpikoski said. “A lot of 2-1, 3-2 games that we’re able to win that we weren’t early in the season.” The Wild were 21-3-1 in their last 25 home games against the Oilers. Minnesota’s 47 wins all time against Edmonton are the most against any opponent. The Oilers reunited McDavid on a line with fellow former first overall draft pick Taylor Hall, with Kassian tagging along. The slick-skating centre missed 37 games because of a broken collarbone earlier in the season, the biggest of many setbacks the Oilers have endured in 2015-16. The Oilers were even more depleted along the blue line than they’ve been lately, with defenceman Darnell Nurse starting a three-game suspension for initiating a fight Tuesday with San Jose Sharks defenceman Roman Polak, whom the league deemed an unwilling combatant in the scuffle. The Wild failed to take advantage, with too many turnovers in the neutral zone and failing to send pucks deep into the zone with any kind of verve. They went 0 for 4 on the power play and left the ice to a few boos, a sound they’ve heard more than once at home during this disappointing season that prompted a change in coaches from Mike Yeo to Torchetti. Right wing Jason Pominville had his streak of 231 straight games played, tied for the second-longest in franchise history, stopped because of a lower-body injury. “We want to have a better effort than that going out,” Spurgeon said. “It’s just disappointing.”

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WHL FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016

ON Offensive depth drives Rebels THE ICE TEAM COULD SEE SIX-20 GOAL SCORERS BY END OF WEEKEND

This week in Rebels history

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

After missing the playoffs in the 200506 WHL James season, Reimer the Rebels clinched a return to the post-season with a 6-4 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on March 12, 2007. Red Deer and Lethbridge were in a battle for the last playoff spot in the Central Division, but the Rebels only needed a single point in two weekend games to secure the playoff berth. Brett Sutter and Scott Doucet led the way with two goals each while Jordan Henry and Kirill Starkov contributed with goals of their own. Starkov’s came on an empty net to seal the victory. Goalie James Reimer stopped 26 shots. “It was a good win for us today,” said head coach/ GM Brent Sutter. “They (‘Canes) came at us hard early in the game, which we expected. But we settled down and started playing like we can. We were pretty good over the last 40 minutes. We played with lots of discipline by sticking to our game plan and staying out of the penalty box, and that frustrated Lethbridge.”

Who’s hot Brandon What Kings C Jayce Hawryluk has scored Jayce at a Hawryluk breakneck pace starting with a five-goal game on March 2. The Flordia Panthers second round pick in 2014 has scored 10 goals and six assists in four games.

By the end of the weekend, the Red Deer Rebels could boast a lineup featuring six 20-goal scorers Adam Helewka, 38, and Ivan Nikolishin, 31, lead the team in goals. Grayson Pawlenchuk, 20, and Jake DeBrusk, 20, have been steady with their own contributions. Knocking on the 20-goal plateau are Adam Musil and Luke Philp, who both have 19. If Musil and Philp each score one goal in the next five games, the Rebels will have six 20-goal scorers. That doesn’t even factor in the contributions of Conner Bleackley or Michael Spacek. Spacek got his 50th point on Tuesday night, good enough for fourth in team scoring. He sits seventh on the team with 17 goals. Bleackley, a year removed from 27 goal 49 point season and a former NHL first round draft pick, has battled injuries this season, but still has contributed 13 goals and 42 points. With four 20-goal scorers and a chance for six, the Rebels also boast eight players who have recorded 40 or more points this season. Head coach and GM Brent Sutter said in a season with injury problems everywhere, its the depth that has made a big difference. “We’ve had our share of injuries and they seem to keep piling up on us,” said Sutter. “It’s a credit to the kids to make those adjustments. “You never have enough depth, but if you can get depth production-wise it’s huge. Having guys who can score and produce on any given night it’s nice to have. It’s hard for other teams to match up to that. It’s nice to have three or four lines rolling and not worry about matchups.” Philp is on the cusp of joining both the 20 goal and 40 point club, one shy of each category. “I haven’t really thought much about it,” said Philp, noting his lengthy time out with injury. “I’d be looking to get to that mark for sure. “You just think about doing what you can do to help the team win, it’s not about helping myself. If it’s what is going to help the team win, but it’s not what I’m thinking about. It’s the win that I’m thinking about.” Philp, who started the season with the Kootenay Ice, was

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Red Deer Rebels forward Adam Musil and Regina Pats forward Adam Brooks fight for possession behind the net during a game at the Centrium earlier this season. Musil is one goal away from reaching the 20-goal plateau this season and would make him the fifth player to do so for the Rebels this season. Having the offensive depth this season has helped the Rebels stay near the top of the standing despite numerous injuries.

You never have enough depth, but if you can get depth production-wise it’s huge. Having guys who can score and produce on any given night it’s nice to have. It’s hard for other teams to match up to that. It’s nice to have three or four lines rolling and not worry about matchups. — BRENT SUTTER REBELS GM/HEAD COACH

sidelined for much of the season with an lower body injury. He was hurt in late November and didn’t play another game

for the Ice. He was traded to the Rebels on Jan. 3. Musil is in the 40-point group of forwards, but is one goal shy of joining the 20-goal club. “The most important thing is the team winning,” said Musil. “The goals will come if the team plays better. We just have to win games and the goals will come. “It’s nice to have guys that can put the puck in the net and we have lots of talent on this team and I think the whole league knows it.” Hayden Fleury is two points shy of hitting the 40-point mark with 38 points. He and Colton Bobyk, 40 points, have led the Rebels backend this season. Injuries have also opened up chances for guys to contribute, with the centre depth Sutter said they’ve had to shuffle guys into key roles and ask them to step up.

“It’s been a year where we’ve been able to spread it out amongst our forwards,” said Sutter. “We do have depth where we can shuffle some guys around. “We have a lot of centres in our lineup and we’ve asked them to play wing.” It’s that depth that the Rebels will rely upon come playoffs. Sutter said having guys ready to step up into key roles if and when injuries do happen will give them an edge. “It’s been one of those years where we’ve had to battle through a lot of adversity, but the kids have handled it quite well,” said Sutter. “For us to be sitting where we are considering the adversity we’ve gone through is a credit to the players and the depth has helped us get through it.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate. com

Ingram stands tall for Blazers in rare wins over Rockets

He said it “It was a very easy night for Connor Ingram (Kamloops Travis Blazers Crickard goalie) despite facing so many shots (53). Our defencemen were able to get a lot of shots through, but our forwards weren’t going hard to the net and weren’t there for rebounds or for traffic. To put it in perspective, in that game (against Kootenay), we had 24 scoring chances, and tonight we had 10 scoring chances. That suggests, to me, the quality of shots we were getting were not very good.” — Kelowna Rockets assistant/ goaltending coach Travis Crickard to Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The bottom had to fall out eventually. After 17 seasons in Cranbrook, making the playoffs every year, the 18th year has proven to be an unlucky one for the Kootenay Ice. They moved from Edmonton after a couple of middling seasons in 1998 and turned the franchise’s fortunes around quickly. Making the Memorial Cup twice in the first four season and winning it in their fourth season in B.C. But this year, the fates haven’t been kind. Managing just 10 wins and 26 points, they will miss the playoffs for the first time since moving west. That was punctuated on Tuesday as the Ice fell 7-2 to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes. The shorthanded Ice, down six regulars, just couldn’t compete. “You can say, ‘what if you had more players?’ But it doesn’t do us any good,” Ice head coach Luke Pierce told the Cranbrook Daily Townsmen. “I don’t think it matters who you are, what players they are — that number of bodies … it’s pretty next to impossible to compete.” To say injuries have played a role is an understatement forwards Matt Alafaro, Jaedon Descheneau, Roman Dymacek, Dylan Stewart and Austin Wellsby, as well as Troy Murray are currently sidelined. Before being traded to the Red Deer Rebels, Luke Philp was injured for the last several weeks of the year.

Centre Alafaro has used the time out of the lineup to get behind the bench. “It was pretty fun,” said Alafaro, a 20-year-old Calgary native. “It was an interesting experience being behind the scenes, seeing what goes on in the coaches’ room, listening to what they have to say and watching the video. “You see more of the ice, see how fast it is. I’ve played in a lot of games, so I’m pretty experienced, but this was a good experience for me to learn more things and learn from Luke on the bench.” ● It wasn’t just the Rebels exorcising some demons over the weekend. Over the last 41 regular season games, the Kelowna Rockets had only lost 12 times to the Kamloops Blazers, three of which were in overtime. In that time, the Rockets bested the Blazers 29 times holding a decisive head-tohead advantage. But a home-and-home weekend series didn’t fit that narrative. Friday night Blazers goalie Connor Ingram stopped 53 shots as the team squeaked out a 3-2 win at home. “We got outplayed,” Blazers head coach Don Hay told the Kelowna Daily Courier. “The best player on the ice was our goalie. Sometimes he’s going to steal games and he stole the game, no doubt about it. “We got off to a real good start. We played really well for the first five minutes. Then Kelowna started coming.” As if stopping 53 shots wasn’t enough, Ingram was back in net the next night ready to face the Rockets once more. It wasn’t 53 saves in the second game, but it wasn’t far off either. Of the 46 shots the Rockets fired all night long, Ingram

stopped 44. In just two games, Ingram turned faced 101 shots and allowed only four goals. The Rockets for their part scored three goals and won for a second night in a row 3-2. “It’s a big one, obviously,” said Blazers assistant coach Terry Bangen. “The last few years we’ve kind of been in a situation where we didn’t believe we could beat these guys, and it kept coming true. This weekend, we managed to win an emotional game and then carried it over to (Saturday).” The Rockets have clinched a playoff spot and will have home-ice advantage in the first round. The Blazers are close to sealing a wildcard spot, sitting 10 points up on the Tri-City Americans. Notes: After suffering a lower body injury, Giorgio Estephan returned to the lineup for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. He is third in team scoring … Prince Albert Raiders called up 17-year-old Evgeni Astrouski from the Edmonton SSAC of the Alberta Midget Hockey League. Though he was born in Edmonton, he grew up in Belarus before returning to Canada to play hockey in 2015 … The 16-year-old Tri-City Americans prospect Riley Sawchuk was called to the major junior squad. He scored 25 goals and 55 points in 44 games with the Prince Alberta Mintos Midget AAA team … Kelowna Rockets athletic therapist Scott Hoyer was honoured by the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame with the Larry Ashley Award, given to a trainer, equipment manager or medical person associated with hockey from B.C. or who worked at least 10 years in the province.

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Queens edge Ooks to take series lead RDC HOCKEY BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Queens 2 Ooks 1 NAIT Ooks’ goaltender Tehnille Gard seemed to have an answer for almost every shot she faced. Except the two that lifted the Red Deer College Queens over the visiting Ooks Thursday night. It wasn’t until late in the third period when the Queens grabbed the lead and never looked back, winning 2-1. In the loss Gard stopped 43 shots including several good chances through-

out the game. “This year it’s been our goal to always get 30 or more shots on net and that leads to success,” said Queens head coach Kelly Coulter. “It’s about the quality of shots. In playoff hockey putting pucks on net you never know what’s going to happen. Good things can happen.” Coulter said the Queens were good from the net out in the win. It was forward Jessica Anderson’s one-timer at 16:13 in the third that put the Queens in front. She took a cross crease pass and knocked it past Gard. The goal was Anderson’s second of the series. The Queens got on the board late in the first period when forward Jayna Kitchen made good on a golden opportunity. After deking a defender she

had a few good strides to get to Gard in net. She beat the Ooks’ sprawling goalie with a backhander. That lead held until halfway through the second period when three Ooks broke out for a 3-on-2 rush. Lindsey Roth banged home the rebound off of goalie Jen Wests initial pad save to even the score. “You have to be ready for any situation and as a group we’ve worked on being ready to execute in any situation,” said Coulter. “Kudos to the girls because they executed. Jen West played very well in net. “It’s a war of attrition and we have to continue to do what we do well and that’s skate.” With 1:48 to go in the third period, Gard was pulled and the Ooks went

BLUE JAYS TOP YANKEES

Kings open with ugly win at national championships BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

RDC VOLLEYBALL

Kings 3 Tommies 0 NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Going into the Canadian Colleges Athletics Association men’s volleyball championships ranked No. 1 in the country it was expected the RDC Kings would have a cake-walk against the eighthranked St. Thomas Tommies. And while the final score of 25-19, 25-20, 25-16 didn’t show anything different the Kings were far from their best. It was an ugly win,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “The first two sets were ugly and then they helped us out with some unforced errors in the third set.” Still the Tommies were a better team than the one the Kings have faced in previous years. “They’re a different team than we’re used to playing but not as physical as the teams we’ll face from now on,” said Schulha. “They’re smaller but have some leapers … it’s how they’ve been over the last three years. “On the one hand it was nice that they pushed us a bit while on the other hand we weren’t overly crisp. But it was also nice to get that one out of the way and get over some jitters.” Kings star setter, Luke Brisbane, who was the RDC player of the match, was at last year’s Canadians, but said there was some nerves. There always is once you get to the elimination games, such as the provincials and the nationals,” he said. “Plus with the game at one o’clock that threw us off a bit. Still the guys warmed up and I thought we were better toward the end.” Schulha also felt the team improved as they went along. “We weren’t crisp early, in fact against most of the teams here we would have split, or even worse, in the first two sets,” he said. “But as we went along it was better and towards the end we were crisper.” The Kings will face defending champion Camosun Chargers of Victoria in today’s 7 p.m. semifinal. “They’re definitely more physical and we will need to tighten up,” he said. One area they need to tighten up is blocking, which was a strength of the team down the stretch in the regular season and in the playoffs. “Our timing and press was off which was because we were up against a smaller attacker,” he said. “Our block-

ing should better against bigger players, but there’s a lot of room for improvement, which is a good thing and hopefully we move in the right direction tomorrow.” The Kings were able to use their middle effectively against the smaller Tommies. “Their tallest player was about sixfoot-three and our smallest was sixfoot-two,” said Brisbane. “We had that size advantage and it was important to take advantage of it. As well we have some of the best middles in the nation and it’s important to use them. We will continue to do so throughout the weekend.” Schulha agreed. “Our middles were important. I though we passed good enough so that we could use them, especially early on which helped in those first two sets.” Brisbane finished with 26 assists, nine digs and two blocks while middle Ty Moorman had six kills and four blocks and middle Tommy Lyon six kills and a block. Riley Friesen had 10 kills and five aces while Nic Dubinsky had eight kills, five digs and two blocks,. Libero Michael Sumner finished with nine digs. Matt Lofgren started for the first time since a high ankle sprain and while he’s not 100 per cent he had two kills and there digs before Kashtin De Souza came on in the second set to play in front of his hometown family and friends.’ De Souza was sharp and while he had only one kills he had four digs and a block. Camosun, who has long time RDC coach Gord Inglis and his son Andy, on the coaching staff, downed Mohawk Mountaineers of Hamilton 25-13, 25-18, 25-20. On the other side, the Keyano Huskies lost 21-25, 14-25, 20-25 to the Fanshaw Falcons of London, Ont. and Quebec City’s Limoilou won a barn burner over Douglas from New Westminster, B.C. 16-25, 25-22, 20-25, 25-20, 15-13. At the women’s nationals in PEI, The Kings University Eagles of Edmonton defeated College of the Rockies 3-0 while Briercrest blew a 2-1 lead and lost 3-2 to Vancouver Island University. 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.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Wetaskiwin high school’s boys and girls teams inched closer to a berth into 3A basketball provincials with wins on Wednesday. The girls opened up by winning on the road against Ponoka Composite high. Wetaskiwin Composite’s 48 points bested Ponoka’s 34. Game 2 is scheduled for today Friday at 6 p.m. in Wetaskiwin. Game 3 of the best-of-three series goes tomorrow Saturday at 6 p.m. also in Wetaskiwin,

if necessary. On the boys’ side, Sylvan Lake’s H.J. Cody Lakers forced overtime in their own building, but fell short. Wetaskiwin won 71-64, taking the early series lead. Game 2 is scheduled for today at 7:45 p.m. in Wetaskiwin. Game 3 of the best-of-three series is scheduled for tomorrow Saturday at 6 p.m. at H.J. Cody high school.

OLDS GRIZZLYS

from Cale Brown and Tyr Thompson. Goalie Ben Giesbrecht faced 47 shots all night, stopping 42 in the losing effort. The Kodiaks’ Paul Lovsin lead his team in points with two assists while Cole McBride picked up a goal and an assist. The Kodiaks take the early 1-0 series lead in the best-of-seven playoff matchup. Game 2 goes tonight Friday in Camrose with puck drop scheduled for 8:15 p.m.

The playoffs didn’t really prove to be a fresh start for the Olds Grizzlys. Coming into the post-season the Grizzlys had lost 18 games in a row. On Thursday night, it became 19 as they lost the opener of their first round playoff series 5-1 to the Camrose Kodiaks. Chase Olsen had the Grizzlys’ lone goal, a power play marker, with assists

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with the extra attacker. But West made several good saves and the defence held their ground. The win gives the Queens a 2-1 series lead in the best of five. The next few games happen very quickly for the two as they resume hostilities this afternoon at the NAIT arena. Should the series need a fifth and deciding game it will happen tomorrow at the Red Deer Arena at 2:30 p.m. With the quick turnaround, the focus on discipline and player habits could make a difference. “It’s about the girls managing their time,” said Coulter. “Make sure they get a good meal in them and hydrate, get a good rest and get ready to go for the next game.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista follows the flight of his pop out to New York Yankees shortstop Tyler Wade during a spring training baseball game Thursday, in Tampa, Fla. The Blue Jays won the game 11-4.

CHINOOK LEAGUE The full schedule for the Alberta Senior AAA finals has been set, with the last game (if necessary) played at the soon-to-close Red Deer Arena. The Bentley Generals have home ice advantage and open the series tonight at the Lacombe Arena at 8 p.m. against the Stony Plain Eagles. Games 3 and 5 are also scheduled for the Lacombe Arena with game 3 on March 18 at 8 p.m. and game 5 (if neces-

sary) on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Should the series go the distance, game 7 is scheduled for April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena. Games 2, 4 and 6 are in Stony Plain at the Glenn Hall Centennial Arena. Game 2 is tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., game 4 is on March 23 at 8 p.m. and game 6 (if necessary) is on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. The winner of the series goes on to play in the Allan Cup, Canada’s national senior amateur hockey title, in Steinbach, Manitoba starting on April 11.

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Local Sports Kelowna at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF x-Brandon 67 43 18 4 2 291 x-Prince Albert 67 36 23 7 1 210 x-Moose Jaw 67 34 25 7 1 235 x-Regina 67 32 27 3 5 223 Saskatoon 67 25 38 4 0 207 Swift Current 67 23 36 5 3 177

WHL Scoring leaders GA 191 207 221 238 292 232

Pt 92 80 76 72 54 54

GF 283 240 219 188 203 139

GA 200 191 204 213 266 300

Pt 90 87 78 63 59 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF x-Victoria 67 45 16 3 3 256 x-Kelowna 66 45 18 3 0 237 Prince George 68 36 27 3 2 234 Kamloops 68 34 25 5 4 236 Vancouver 68 23 37 5 3 192

GA 154 196 209 213 251

Pt 96 93 77 77 54

x-Lethbridge x-Red Deer x-Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL 67 44 21 1 1 67 42 22 1 2 66 37 25 2 2 66 28 31 6 1 67 27 35 3 2 67 10 51 6 0

U.S. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt x-Seattle 66 40 23 3 0 211 177 83 x-Everett 66 37 22 4 3 173 154 81 Portland 66 33 29 4 0 211 206 70 Spokane 66 30 27 5 4 204 223 69 Tri-City 67 31 33 2 1 218 238 65 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. Wednesday’s results Medicine Hat 4 Prince Albert 3 Regina 5 Swift Current 2 Kamloops 3 Spokane 2 Kelowna 3 Prince George 2 (SO) Thursday’s games No Games Scheduled. Friday’s games Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Regina, 6 p.m. Brandon at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Everett at Seattle, 8:35 p.m. Saturday’s games Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Regina at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m. Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Prince George at Victoria, 1 p.m. Medicine Hat at Calgary, 4 p.m. Everett at Portland, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.

G 54 35 24 40 39 37 39 39 25 38 33 25 31 40 35 40 40 31 40 26

Dryden Hunt, MJ Adam Brooks, Reg Brayden Burke, Let Jayce Hawryluk, Bdn Nolan Patrick, Bdn Parker Bowles, TC Tyson Baillie, Kel Reid Gardiner, PA Mathew Barzal, Sea Tyler Wong, Let Brayden Point, MJ Alex Forsberg, Vic Ivan Nikolishin, RD Chase Witala, PG Collin Shirley, Kam Tyler Soy, Vic Jesse Gabrielle, PG Jack Walker, Vic Jon Martin, SC Brett Pollock, Edm

A 56 74 79 55 55 53 50 49 59 45 50 55 48 37 40 34 34 42 32 45

Pts 110 109 103 95 94 90 89 88 84 83 83 80 79 77 75 74 74 73 72 71

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Boston 69 38 23 8 84 Tampa Bay 67 39 23 5 83 Florida 67 37 21 9 83 Detroit 67 33 23 11 77 Montreal 68 32 30 6 70 Ottawa 69 31 30 8 70 Buffalo 69 27 33 9 63 Toronto 66 22 33 11 55

GF 210 185 187 170 186 198 164 159

GA 187 160 163 179 190 218 188 197

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 67 49 13 5 103 N.Y. Rangers 67 39 22 6 84 N.Y. Islanders 65 37 20 8 82 Pittsburgh 66 34 24 8 76 Philadelphia 65 31 23 11 73 Carolina 68 31 26 11 73 New Jersey 67 31 29 7 69 Columbus 67 28 31 8 64

GF 217 192 189 180 167 168 148 178

GA 155 173 163 168 174 183 170 208

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Chicago 68 41 21 6 88 Dallas 68 40 20 8 88 St. Louis 68 39 20 9 87 Nashville 68 34 21 13 81 Colorado 69 35 30 4 74 Minnesota 68 31 27 10 72 Winnipeg 67 27 35 5 59

GF 193 218 173 187 186 178 173

GA 163 196 166 173 195 171 201

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 66 40 22 4 84 179 152 Anaheim 66 37 20 9 83 165 154 San Jose 66 37 23 6 80 198 174 Vancouver 66 26 28 12 64 160 190 Arizona 67 28 32 7 63 177 210 Calgary 67 28 34 5 61 181 209 Edmonton 70 27 36 7 61 169 205 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Toronto 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO St. Louis 3, Chicago 2, SO Calgary 3, Nashville 2, OT Colorado 3, Anaheim 0 Vancouver 3, Arizona 2, OT Los Angeles 4, Washington 3, OT Thursday’s Games

Carolina 3, Boston 2, OT Montreal 3, Buffalo 2 Detroit 3, Winnipeg 2 Florida 6, Ottawa 2 Edmonton 2, Minnesota 1 New Jersey at San Jose, late

Today ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Lethbridge Hurricanes, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● College men’s basketball: RDC Kings at Canadian championship at New Westminster, B.C. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings at NAIT Ooks, first game of best-of-three ACAC semi-final, NAIT Arena, Edmonton ● Chinook Hockey League: Stony Plain Eagles at Bentley Generals, first game of best of seven Chinook Hockey League final, 8 p.m., Lacombe arena.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 11 a.m. Carolina at Buffalo, 11 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, noon Minnesota at Montreal, 5 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 5 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 7 p.m. Arizona at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Washington at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders following Wednesday’s games: G Patrick Kane, Chi 38 Jamie Benn, Dal 32 Tyler Seguin, Dal 32 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash 20 Erik Karlsson, Ott 11 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 28 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 26 Joe Pavelski, SJ 31 Joe Thornton, SJ 15 Artemi Panarin, Chi 25 Nicklas Backstrom, Wash 18 Alex Ovechkin, Wash 41 Patrice Bergeron, Bos 28 Brent Burns, SJ 24 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 18 Anze Kopitar, LA 20 Taylor Hall, Edm 22 Claude Giroux, Pha 18 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 30 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 27 Daniel Sedin, Vcr 25 Brad Marchand, Bos 34 Nikita Kucherov, TB 25 Matt Duchene, Col 28 John Tavares, NYI 25 Mark Stone, Ott 21 John Klingberg, Dal 10

A 51 41 36 48 57 38 40 33 49 37 44 20 32 36 41 38 35 39 26 29 31 20 29 25 28 32 43

Pts 89 73 68 68 68 66 66 64 64 62 62 61 60 60 59 58 57 57 56 56 56 54 54 53 53 53 53

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Los Angeles 5 1 .833 Philadelphia 7 3 .700 Arizona 6 3 .667 Washington 6 3 .667 New York 4 3 .571 Cincinnati 5 4 .556 Colorado 5 4 .556 Milwaukee 4 4 .500 San Francisco 5 5 .500 St. Louis 4 4 .500 Miami 3 5 .375 Atlanta 3 6 .333 Pittsburgh 2 7 .222 San Diego 2 7 .222 Chicago 1 8 .111 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings games against non-major league teams do not.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia (ss) 8, Baltimore 4 Miami 5, St. Louis 3 Detroit 11, Washington 5 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 2 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1 Houston 9, Atlanta 5 Philadelphia (ss) 4, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 4, tie, 10 innings Kansas City (ss) 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 11, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 8, San Francisco 6 Oakland 12, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 5, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Angels 13, L.A. Dodgers 13, tie Arizona 8, San Diego 4 Seattle 7, Kansas City (ss) 5 Thursday’s Games Atlanta 5, Miami 2 Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota 8, Boston 2 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 4, tie Philadelphia 6, Detroit 6, tie Toronto 11, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 4 N.Y. Mets 7, St. Louis 2 Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 Chicago White Sox (ss) 8, Texas 2 L.A. Dodgers 8, Oakland 3 Cleveland 9, San Diego 4 San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 1 Cincinnati 5, Colorado 4 Arizona 5, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 10, Chicago Cubs 8 Houston 4, Washington 3

Friday’s Games Philadelphia vs. Atlanta (ss), 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m. Atlanta (ss) vs. St. Louis, 11:05 a.m. Baltimore vs. N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Detroit vs. Houston, 11:05 a.m. Miami vs. Minnesota, 11:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m. Boston vs. Toronto, 11:07 a.m. Arizona vs. Kansas City, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. L.A. Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. Seattle vs. San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Cincinnati (ss), 1:05 p.m. Texas vs. Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. San Diego., 1:10 p.m. Cleveland vs. Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Detroit, 11:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m. Minnesota vs. Baltimore, 11:05 a.m. Houston vs. St. Louis (ss), 11:05 a.m. Miami vs. Boston, 11:05 a.m. St. Louis (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m. Arizona (ss) vs. San Francisco (ss), 1:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs (ss), 1:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Texas, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Arizona (ss), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 1:10 p.m. Cleveland vs. San Diego, 2:30 p.m. Washington vs. Atlanta, 4:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. Cincinnati, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Seattle (ss), 7:40 p.m.

Golf PGA Tour-Valspar Championship Thursday At Innisbrook Resort, Copperhead Course Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,340 Par 71 (36-35) First Round Keegan Bradley 34-33—67 Ken Duke 35-32—67 Charles Howell III 34-33—67 Chesson Hadley 36-32—68 Charley Hoffman 34-35—69 Greg Yates 35-34—69 Chez Reavie 35-34—69 Daniel Berger 35-35—70 Jamie Lovemark 35-35—70 Matt Every 35-35—70 Brian Harman 36-34—70 Danny Willett 34-36—70 Jerry Kelly 37-33—70 Brandon Hagy 34-36—70 Scott Brown 37-33—70 Jonas Blixt 37-33—70 Ryan Moore 35-35—70 Retief Goosen 36-34—70 Webb Simpson 36-34—70 Martin Kaymer 36-34—70 Danny Lee 35-35—70 Will MacKenzie 35-35—70

● College women’s hockey: NAIT Ooks at RDC Queens, fifth game of best-of-five ACAC final, if necessary, 2:30 p.m., Arena ● Major midget girls hockey: Spruce Grove Saints at Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

● Major midget girls hockey: Spruce Grove Saints at Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings at NAIT Ooks, first game of best-of-three ACAC semi-final, 6:30 p.m. NAIT Arena, Edmonton

Curling 2016 Tim Hortons Brier OTTAWA — Standings Thursday following Draw 16 at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier, to be held through Sunday in TD Place at Lansdowne Park: ROUND ROBIN Team (Skip) x-Northern Ontario (Jacobs) x-Newfoundland (Gushue) x-Alberta (K.Koe) x-Manitoba (McEwan) Canada (Simmons) Saskatchewan (Laycock) Quebec (JM Menard) Ontario (Howard) New Brunswick (Kennedy) British Columbia (Cotter) Prince Edward Island (Casey) Northwest Territories (J.Koe) x — clinched playoff berth.

W 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 4 3 2 2 2

L 0 1 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8

Newfoundland & Labrador 7 Canada 3 Ontario 9 P.E.I. 4 Saskatchewan 5 Northwest Territories 4 (extra end) Draw 12 Alberta 9 Quebec 4 Canada 6 New Brunswick 4 Manitoba 6 Saskatchewan 5 Northern Ontario 6 Ontario 4 Draw 13 Manitoba 8 B.C. 3 New Brunswick 7 P.E.I. 4 Newfoundland & Labrador 7 Quebec 6 Northern Ontario 9 Northwest Territories 2 Friday’s games Draw 17, 7:30 a.m. B.C. vs. New Brunswick, Manitoba vs. P.E.I., Quebec vs. Northwest Territories, Northern Ontario vs. Newfoundland & Labrador. Conclusion of Round Robin PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Page Playoffs One vs. Two Northern Ontario vs. Newfoundland & Labrador, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday’s results Draw 14 Alberta 8 Canada 3 Newfoundland & Labrador 8 B.C. 7 P.E.I. 7 Northwest Territories 4 Saskatchewan 7 Ontario 4 Draw 15 Newfoundland & Labrador 11 P.E.I. 7 Northern Ontario 8 Manitoba 5 Northwest Territories 9 B.C. 8 Quebec 9 New Brunswick 7 Draw 16 Alberta 7 Saskatchewan 5 Canada 9 Ontario 8 Manitoba 8 Quebec 5 Northern Ontario 10 New Brunswick 5

Saturday’s games Page Playoffs Three vs. Four Alberta vs. Manitoba, 12:30 p.m. Semifinal One-Two Winner vs. Three-Four Loser, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Third Place Semifinal Loser vs. Three-Four Loser, 12:30 p.m. Championship One-Two Winner vs. Semifinal Winner, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s results Draw 11 Alberta 7 B.C. 2

Basketball

Baseball Major League Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 8 1 .889 Houston 7 2 .778 Texas 6 2 .750 Chicago 5 3 .625 Detroit 6 4 .600 Boston 5 4 .556 Minnesota 5 4 .556 Seattle 5 4 .556 Cleveland 4 4 .500 Oakland 4 4 .500 Kansas City 5 6 .455 Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 Los Angeles 3 6 .333 New York 2 6 .250 Baltimore 0 9 .000

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Thursday’s summary Oilers 2, Wild 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Korpikoski 9 (Letestu, Clendening) 9:55. Penalties — Fontaine Minn (hooking) 7:52 Granlund Minn (tripping) 16:16. Second Period 2. Minnesota, Parise 19 (unassisted) 11:04. Penalties — Sekera Edm (delay of game) 6:34 Eberle Edm (high-sticking) 13:26 Letestu Edm (hooking) 16:24. Third Period 3. Edmonton, McDavid 14 (Kassian, Sekera) 12:31. Penalties — Cracknell Edm (hooking) 14:12. Shots on goal Edmonton 13 4 8 — 25 Minnesota 12 10 8 — 30 Goal — Edmonton: Talbot (W, 17-23-4). Minnesota: Kuemper (L, 6-5-5). Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 0-2 Minnesota: 0-4.

● College men’s basketball: RDC Kings at Canadian championship at New Westminster, B.C. ● WHL: Lethbridge Hurricanes at Red Deer Rebels, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: NAIT Ooks at RDC Kings, second game of best-of-three ACAC semi-final. 7 p.m., Penhold Arena ● Chinook Hockey League: Bentley Generals at Stony Plain Eagles, first game of best of seven Chinook Hockey League final, 7:30 p.m., Stony Plain Centennial Arena.

Cameron Smith Tyler Aldridge David Hearn Troy Merritt Steve Stricker Charl Schwartzel Brendon Todd Ryan Palmer Patrick Reed Bill Haas Henrik Stenson Chad Campbell Daniel Summerhays Kyle Reifers John Huh Mark Hubbard Brett Stegmaier Seung-Yul Noh Matt Kuchar Blayne Barber Patton Kizzire Francesco Molinari Hiroshi Iwata Kevin Chappell Justin Hicks Jeff Overton Jason Gore Graham DeLaet John Senden

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Camilo Villegas Branden Grace Justin Leonard Will Wilcox Sung Kang Vince India Ian Poulter Whee Kim Martin Laird James Hahn Chris Kirk Russell Henley Jason Dufner Justin Thomas Louis Oosthuizen Robert Allenby Kyle Stanley Steve Wheatcroft Gary Woodland Hunter Mahan Tyrone Van Aswegen Shawn Stefani Jim Herman Tony Finau Colt Knost Stuart Appleby Harris English Rory Sabbatini Scott Stallings

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National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 43 20 .683 Boston 39 26 .600 New York 27 39 .409 Brooklyn 18 46 .281 Philadelphia 8 56 .125 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 37 27 .578 Charlotte 35 28 .556 Atlanta 36 29 .554 Washington 30 33 .476 Orlando 27 36 .429 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 45 18 .714 Indiana 34 30 .531 Detroit 33 31 .516 Chicago 32 31 .508 Milwaukee 27 38 .415

Oklahoma City 120, L.A. Clippers 108 Cleveland 120, Sacramento 111 Golden State 115, Utah 94 GB — 5 17 1/2 25 1/2 35 1/2 GB — 1 1 6 9

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 55 10 .846 — Memphis 38 26 .594 16 1/2 Dallas 33 32 .508 22 Houston 32 32 .500 22 1/2 New Orleans 24 39 .381 30 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 44 20 .688 — Portland 34 31 .523 10 1/2 Utah 29 35 .453 15 Denver 27 38 .415 17 1/2 Minnesota 20 45 .308 24 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-Golden State 57 6 .905 — L.A. Clippers 41 22 .651 16 Sacramento 25 38 .397 32 Phoenix 17 48 .262 41 L.A. Lakers 14 51 .215 44 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday’s Games Boston 116, Memphis 96 Houston 118, Philadelphia 104 Charlotte 122, New Orleans 113 Milwaukee 114, Miami 108 Detroit 102, Dallas 96 New York 128, Phoenix 97

Thursday’s Games Toronto 104, Atlanta 96 San Antonio 109, Chicago 101 Denver 116, Phoenix 98 Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, late Friday’s Games Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Houston at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Washington at Utah, 7 p.m. Orlando at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. New York at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Indiana at Dallas, noon Miami at Toronto, 5 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Houston at Charlotte, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Denver, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 8:30 p.m. NBA Scoring Leaders Scoring G Curry, GOL 60 Harden, HOU 64 Durant, OKC 57 Cousins, SAC 54 Lillard, POR 58 James, CLE 61 Davis, NOR 56 Westbrook, OKC 64 George, IND 64 DeRozan, TOR 62 Butler, CHI 49 Anthony, NYK 59 Thompson, GOL 61 Thomas, BOS 65 Lowry, TOR 61 Walker, CHA 62 McCollum, POR 63 Lopez, Bro 63

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WEEK 11 Friday’s games Rochester at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Toronto, 6 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 12 New England at Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Georgia at Saskatchewan, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar. 13 Vancouver at Toronto, 11 a.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Released RHP Andrew Triggs. Agreed to terms with 1B Pedro Alvarez on a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned C Justin O’Conner to Durham (IL). National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Assigned RHPs Matt Carasiti and Jeff Hoffman, LHPs Kyle Freeland and Harrison Musgrave, Cs Dom Nunez and Will Swanner, INF Ryan McMahon and OFs David Dahl and Rosell Herrera to minor league camp. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reassigned RHPs Mark Appel, Jake Thompson, and Zach Eflin to minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association SACRAMENTO KINGS — Suspended C DeMarcus Cousins one game for conduct detrimental to the team. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S Tyvon Branch to a two-year contract. ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with DEs Adrian Clayborn and Derrick Shelby and WR Mohamed Sanu. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed C Gino Gradkowski to a three-year contract. Resigned QB Joe Webb to a two-year contract. CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with CB Sherrick McManis on a two-year contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed LB Vincent Ray to a three-year contract and S George Iloka and OL Eric Winston. DALLAS COWBOYS — Re-signed CB Josh Thomas. DETROIT LIONS — Signed S Tavon Wilson, WR Marvin Jones, DT Stefan Charles and CB Johnson Bademosi. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed QB Brock Osweiler. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed P Brad Nortman to a four-year contract and DL Malik Jackson, RB Chris Ivory and S Tashaun Gipson. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OT Mitchell Schwartz, DL Jaye Howard and LBs Tamba Hali and Frank Zombo.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB C.J. Anderson to a fouryear contract. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed G Alex Boone to a four-year contract and LB Emmanuel Lamur and LB Travis Lewis. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed QB Tom Brady to a two-year contract extension. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE Olivier Vernon, DT Damon Harrison and CB Janoris Jankins. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Sean Smith and LB Bruce Irvin to four-year contracts and OL Kelechi Osemele to a five-year contract. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with QB Chase Daniel on a three-year contract and LB Nigel Bradham on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed TE Ladarius Green to a four-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed QB Thad Lewis to a one-year contract.

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THE ADVOCATE Friday, March 11, 2016

Sobeys wants to rethink prices BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

WESTERN CANADA

STELLARTON, N.S. — Shoppers in Western Canada can expect to pay a little less for groceries as a sluggish economy has forced the company behind the Sobeys and Safeway grocery chains to rethink prices in the western provinces. Empire Company Ltd.’s (TSX:EMP.A) Safeway banner and its western business unit have seen sales erode in a difficult economic environment, mainly in Alberta and Saskatchewan, president and CEO Marc Poulin said during a conference call Thursday after the company reported third-quarter earnings. “We’re not dealing with the same customer psyche that we were

dealing with, you know, even a year ago. The behaviour of the customer has changed in Western Canada and we have to acknowledge that,” Poulin said. The company plans to bring down prices long term on fruits, vegetables and meat after initiating a pricing and promotion campaign in January. A new management team for the western business unit will be in place by the end of the company’s fiscal year in April, Poulin added. Empire wrote down the value of its western business, primarily the Safeway chain, resulting in a loss of

$1.36 billion in its latest quarter. The loss was largely due to a recognition that the long-term value of the Safeway business is lower than previously estimated, the company said. Sobeys paid $5.8 billion to acquire the Canadian assets of Safeway in 2013. Excluding the Safeway writedown and certain other items, Empire would have had $82.5 million of adjusted earnings in its fiscal third quarter — down 36.1 per cent from $118.6 million in the comparable year-earlier period. The net loss amounted to $5.03 per share, which included a $1.59-billion

writedown of goodwill associated with the Safeway purchase. After adjustments, Empire earned 30 cents per share in the 13 weeks ended Jan. 30. A year earlier, Empire’s fiscal third-quarter had $123.6 million of net income or 45 cents per share and $118.6 million of adjusted earnings, or 43 cents per share. Revenue was up $86.7 million over the 13 weeks ended Jan. 30 to $6.03 billion from $5.94 billion in last year’s third quarter, mainly because of food inflation and the acquisition of Co-op Atlantic. The company’s stock was trading below its 52-week low Thursday afternoon, down $3.54 or more than 13 per cent at $23.23 on the TSX.

Delinquency rates up in oil-producing provinces BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A woman hand washes eggs. Science is poised to alleviate the guilt associated with carnivorous feasts by changing how meat, milk and other animal products land on dinner plates as companies work to almost eliminate the need for hens, cows and other animals in the food supply chain.

Cultured meat, eggs poised to become food of the future BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The future of food may be the stuff of dreams for those vegans and vegetarians secretly pining for a bacon cheeseburger washed down with a creamy milkshake. Science is poised to alleviate the guilt associated with such feasts by changing how meat, milk and other animal products arrive on dinner plates, with some companies aiming to almost eliminate the need for hens, cows and other animals in the food-supply chain. Hen-less egg whites, cow-less milk and practically pig-less meat are projected to appear in grocery stores as early as five years from now in an effort to reduce factory farming via cultured food. “Animal culture right now is extremely detrimental to animals, human health and the environment,” said Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest, a non-profit U.S. research organization that’s funding this type of innovation. Animals often suffer in factory farm conditions, humans can be exposed to viral outbreaks like swine flu from farm animals, and an abundance of land and water is required to produce a comparatively small amount of meat, the company points out in a takedown of the farming status quo on its website. “We need to start thinking about

ways in which we can decrease our dependency on it,” Datar said. The solution as New Harvest sees it? Cellular agriculture or, more simply put, harvesting the animal products many humans drool over from cell cultures rather than whole animals. Some, like milk, can be made using microbes, like yeast or bacteria — no animals required. Others, like beef, can be grown using living or previously living cells from animals. One group of researchers made a cultured beef hamburger this way, starting by extracting muscle tissue from a cow, according to a description of cultured beef research funded by New Harvest. They separated muscle cells from the tissue. Each cell can spawn one trillion copies, and these copies merge into microscopic myotubes and eventually form into small pieces of new muscle tissue. One piece of muscle tissue from a cow can create more than one trillion strands of replica muscle tissue. Those are layered together to create beef, like the patty these researchers cooked and tasted on live TV in August 2013. That hamburger cost about $475,000 Cdn to create, but companies are working hard to make cultured agriculture more affordable. Clara Foods, for example, is attempting to create a hen-free egg white. CEO Arturo Elizondo considers it a perfect food — lots of protein with virtually no fat, cholesterol or carbs.

CONSUMER DEBT

OTTAWA — Delinquency rates for consumer debt increased in the major oil-producing provinces in the fourth quarter of last year but the national average held steady compared with the same period of 2014, Equifax Canada says. The consumer credit monitoring agency said Thursday that the national delinquency rate, excluding mortgages, was unchanged at 1.09 per cent. Equifax noted that rates in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador trended higher. The agency says the delinquency rate increased to 1.13 per cent in Alberta, to 1.06 per cent in Saskatchewan and to 1.14 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador. Compared with a year earlier, Alberta’s rate was up 25.1 per cent, Saskatchewan’s rose 14 per cent and Newfoundland and Labrador’s was up 11.8 per cent. However, Regina Malina, senior director of decision insights at Equifax Canada, said the delinquency rates in the oil-producing provinces were still relatively low. “Despite the ups and downs of to-

day’s economy we’re seeing that Canadians are generally able to manage debt and rein in spending when they have to,” she said. “Most people are still finding a way to pay back what they owe.” The report came a day ahead of a report by Statistics Canada on household debt for the fourth quarter of last year. Low interest rates have made it easier for Canadians to borrow more and keep up with their debts, although household debt has been identified as a key risk to the Canadian economy. Equifax said Thursday that total reported consumer debt stood at $1.621 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from $1.529 trillion in the final quarter of 2014, as auto and instalment loans grew. The majority of debt is in the form of mortgage debt, which amounted to $1.075 trillion in the fourth quarter The average consumer non-mortgage debt was $21,458 in the final quarter of last year, up from $20,967 a year ago. Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the customers that have received those batch codes so they can remove the products from store shelves. It says there have been no injuries reported from a “small number” of reports in the United States. There have been no complaints registered from Canada.

BRIEF Nestle Canada recalls 2 batches of Delissio frozen pizzas after glass bits found

Transat AT posts Q1 loss despite higher revenue

TORONTO — Two specific batches of its Delissio frozen pizza are being recalled because they may contain bits of glass. Nestle (NESS-lee) says the glass may be from spinach that was a common ingredient in the two types of pizza. Nestle Canada says it’s recalling one batch of “Vintage Tuscan Style Chicken” pizza and one batch of thincrust pizza with tomato and spinach, both under the Delissio brand name. The thin-crust pizza has batch code 53625273C1 and a best-before date of July 25, 2016, while the Tuscanstyle chicken pizza has batch code 6017525952 and a best before date of Nov. 12, 2016. Nestle says it has informed the

MONTREAL — Transat AT (TSX:TRZ) posted a loss in its latest quarter, which included the Christmas holiday period, despite higher revenue as the weak Canadian dollar hurt its results. The travel company said the loonie’s weakness against the U.S. dollar resulted in higher overall costs that weren’t completely offset by lower fuel prices or higher average selling prices for its services. The loss for the first quarter of its financial year was $61.2 million, or $1.64 per share, Transat said. That compared with a loss of $64.3 million or $1.66 per share in the year ago quarter. The company said the improvement to its bottom line was due to non-operating items such as fuel and currency hedging.

Environmental groups welcome reduction target METHANE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry is being welcomed by environmentalists and, with some reservations, by industry players, as a key step in fighting climate change. Trudeau, in a joint statement with U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, committed to reduce methane emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2012 levels by 2025. Chris Severson-Baker, Alberta director of the Pembina Institute, said reducing methane emissions is critical because the gas is 25 times more potent as a climate warming agent than carbon dioxide. “It’s really quite important,” said Severson-Baker.

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He said the new targets are similar to what Alberta committed to last November, but having that target adopted more widely will help with industry acceptance. “If you don’t have similar rules for other parts of Canada you create a competitiveness concern for operators,” he said. Environmental Defense Fund president Fred Krupp said the agreement is important because methane is responsible for about a quarter of today’s warming, and the U.S. and Canada are the world’s second- and fourth-largest emitters of oil and gas methane respectively. “Today’s announcement of a joint climate strategy between the U.S. and Canada moves the world a step closer to a future safe from climate change,” said Krupp. In Edmonton, Premier Rachel Notley said she was pleased to see the template for reducing methane emissions introduced by her government

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last November used on a larger stage. She noted it received a buy-in from both industry and environmental leaders and was later brought up in discussions with officials in the Canadian and U.S. governments. “We were able to come up with a road map to achieving this and because it was so thoughtfully done, it was then very easy for other governments to look at it, study it, and say, “Wow, everyone can work with this? Great. Let’s replicate it,’” said Notley. Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy and performance at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said industry supports ongoing efforts to reduce methane emissions, but that they will take a lot of hard work to accomplish. “It’s achievable, it’s not going to be easy,” said Ferguson. He said a “healthy respect for the economic conditions” by policy-makers will be key in making the proposed reductions a success.

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Severson-Baker said reducing methane emissions and can be done effectively using current technology. An Environmental Defense Fund-commissioned study by consultancy ICF International found that Canada’s oil and gas industry could achieve a 45 per cent methane emission reduction at an average cost of $2.76 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent. CAPP has said there is still a lot of uncertainties about the proposed policies, but it estimates the cost to be much higher, at somewhere between $8 and $25 a tonne. Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment. Canada and the U.S. have also committed to work together to improve methane data collection and reporting, and collaborate on ways to reduce methane emissions.

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BUSINESS

Friday, March 11, 2016

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MARKETS

BRIEF Penn West seeking leeway from lenders, posts $1.6-billion quarterly loss

Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 132.50 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.01 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.98 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.66

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Broad stimulus measures announced by the European Central Bank were not enough to lift stock markets in Toronto and New York on Thursday amid a backdrop of mixed commodity prices and disappointing earnings. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index closed 13.76 points lower at 13,379.14. Consumer staples suffered the biggest sector loss, with shares in Empire Company Ltd. (TSX:EMP.A), the owner of Sobeys and Safeway grocery chains, plunging more than 14 per cent. Empire says it lost $1.36 billion in its last quarter as it wrote down the value of its western business, primarily the Safeway chain. The Nova Scotia-based company paid $5.8 billion to acquire the Canadian assets of Safeway in 2013. Empire shares fell $3.94 to $22.83. Wall Street was barely changed, with the Dow Jones industrial average pulling back 5.23 points to 16,995.13, while the Nasdaq composite lost 12.22 points to 4,662.16. The broader S&P 500 composite index was ahead 0.3 of a point at 1,989.57. On Thursday, ECB President Mario Draghi announced a variety of steps to boost the economy of the 19-country eurozone. Amogn them, cutting the main refinancing rate to zero from 0.05 per cent, reducing the interest rate on commercial bank deposits held at the central bank to minus 0.4 per cent from minus 0.3 per cent and expanding the ECB’s monthly bond buying program to 80 billion euros from 60 billion. The moves, which surprised financial markets due to their scope, initially enthused investors but North

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 26.59 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.64 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.41 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.13

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.18 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 34.51 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 16.09 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.55 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.330 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.380 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.79 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.28 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.590 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.83 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.13 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1400

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.92 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.65 First Quantum Minerals . . 7.09 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.04 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.18 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.04 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.74 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 24.36 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.940 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 9.86

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.51 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 61.56 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.68 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.89 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.78 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.05 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.30 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.24 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 41.14 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.400 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 73.24 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.60 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.61

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.80 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.28 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 43.53 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.99 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 20.69 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 35.23 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.56 Canyon Services Group. . 3.90 Cenovus Energy Inc. . . . 16.65 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 7.09 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.700

American stock markets ended up pulling back by midday. Portfolio manager Kash Pashootan said the caution exercised in today’s markets show that central banks do not wield the power they once had. “Cutting rates went from being a bazooka in the war chest to a water gun at best,” said Pashootan, who works at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa, a Raymond James company. Over the long term, this will help stock markets realize their true value, as opposed to a value inflated by outside stimulus, he said. “It will force governments to find ways for real growth as opposed to the market and the economies clearly being dependent on the cutting of rates, which generally acts as steroids. When the markets and the economy come off of those steroids, we have to face reality. That’s really the environment we’re in now.” Meanwhile, the commodity markets were mixed as the April contract for benchmark North American crude oil shed 45 cents to US$37.84 a barrel, while May copper gave back a penny to US$2.22 a pound. April gold advanced $15.40 to US$1,272.80 a troy ounce and April natural gas added four cents to US$1.79 per mmBtu. The Canadian dollar gave back 0.54 of a U.S. cent to 74.93 cents US.

0.31 of a point Nasdaq — 4,662.16, down 12.22 points Currencies: Cdn — 74.93 cents US, down 0.54 of a cent Pound — C$1.9054, up 2.12 cents Euro — C$1.4917, up 3.35 cents Euro — US$1.1177, up 1.72 cents Oil futures: US$37.84 per barrel, down 45 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,272.80 per oz., up $15.40 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.513 oz., up 2.2 cents $691.64 kg., up 70 cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ‘16 $10.60 higher $463.30 May ‘16 $10.60 higher $465.30 July ‘16 $8.80 higher $468.00 Nov. ‘16 $5.10 higher $470.60 Jan. ‘17 $5.70 higher $475.50 March ‘17 $5.70 higher $478.00 May ‘17 $5.70 higher $477.30 July ‘17 $5.70 higher $476.80 Nov. ‘17 $5.70 higher $470.40 Jan. ‘18 $5.70 higher $470.40 March ‘18 $5.70 higher $470.40. Barley (Western): March ‘16 unchanged $174.00 May ‘16 unchanged $176.00 July ‘16 $4.00 higher $180.00 Oct. ‘16 $4.00 higher $180.00 Dec. ‘16 $4.00 higher $180.00 March ‘17 $4.00 higher $180.00 May ‘17 $4.00 higher $180.00 July ‘17 $4.00 higher $180.00 Oct. ‘17 $4.00 higher $180.00 Dec. ‘17 $4.00 higher $180.00 March ‘18 $4.00 higher $180.00. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 418,360 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 418,360.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,379.14, down 13.76 points Dow — 16,995.13, down 5.23 points S&P 500 — 1,989.57, up

CALGARY — Penn West Petroleum, which posted a $1.6-billion net loss for the last three months of 2015, is looking for some leeway from its lenders. The Calgary-based crude producer said Thursday that it should finish the first quarter onside with its debt agreements, but warned that won’t be the case by the end of June if low oil prices persist. The company said it is in talks with bank lenders and senior noteholders about amending agreements. It’s also looking at more asset sales on top of the $800-million worth it closed last year and at selling hedging positions. “Although we maintain strong relationships with our key lenders and have had initial discussions with them with respect to proposed amendments, there can be no assurance that we will be able to reach appropriate agreements with them,” Penn West cautioned. Penn West’s staff count is down about 40 per cent from mid-2015 and its capital budget for this year is a meagre $50 million — 90 per cent lower than in 2015. U.S. benchmark crude is at around US$38 a barrel — an improvement from the lows it touched earlier this year but still a dramatic drop from mid-2014 highs of US$108 a barrel and below what many producers need to be profitable. On a conference call with analysts, CEO David Roberts said painful measures taken as a result of the downturn in crude prices will pay off.

TransCanada confirms talks about potential deal after U.S. report CALGARY — TransCanada confirmed it is in talks about a potential deal following a media report that the Calgary-based pipeline giant was discussing a takeover of a U.S. natural gas pipeline operator. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources it said were familiar with the matter, reported that a deal with Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. could be worth more than US$10 billion. In a brief statement, TransCanada said talks are underway with an unidentified party, but there’s no guarantee they will continue or that a deal may result. It said it won’t make any further comment until it’s appropriate — if an agreement is reached. TransCanada’s efforts to build new oil pipelines have faced major hurdles, with the Obama administration nixing its cross-border Keystone XL pipeline in November and its Alberta-to-Atlantic Energy East proposal facing mounting environmental opposition.

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Finding the right medical help CRYSTAL RHYNO RUNNING WITH RHYNO Red Deer College instructor Trish Campbell had somewhat of an ulterior motive for writing her PhD dissertation on how runners use mediated medical expertise in their self-care practices. The long-time runner and yoga instructor had battled injuries and wanted to delve deeper into the hows and the whys of self-care. In Public participation, mediated expertise, and reflexivity: How multiple medical realities are negotiated in runners’ (self)care practices, Campbell explores how people understand sources of medical expertise, use it, share it and produce it with different social groups. There are lessons for both healthcare practitioners and for people who are using medical expertise, said Campbell. She said runners act as a lens for how the average person participates with medical expertise and her general conclusions apply to a broader group. In her ethnographic research, Campbell looked at the Red Deer Runners as a face-to-face group and participants from Running Mania, a Canadian online running community. She observed online running injury forums and groups. In total she interviewed 37 runners in person and through email, about half from the Red Deer Runners in 2014. She delved into the contextual factors such as rising health-care costs and how some care practices could be downloaded onto people from the hospitals. “In popular culture and in all media forums, there has been a questioning of expertise,” said Campbell. “Part of what it is facilitated by Web 2.0, the idea that people can access multiple forms of medical expertise that were only available to experts before … this running group for an example - gives them a space where they can negotiate and create this expertise away from traditional sites of knowledge production.” Runners are active participants in health care who negotiate medical expertise in light of their practice. “Often times if a runner goes to a medical expert with a running injury, the expert will say, ‘stop running,’” said Campbell. “This is not what runners want to hear. A runner’s framing of health is not necessarily to be pain free but to able to run, maybe experience pain, but still be able to run.” That is a whole different framing of health between some health-care providers and some runners, said Campbell. “Runners tend to seek out health care professionals who have the same

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Trish Campbell, a Red Deer College instructor is a long-time runner and yoga instructor had battled injuries and wanted to delve deeper into the hows and the whys of self-care. Her PhD dissertation, Public participation, mediated expertise, and reflexivity: How multiple medical realities are negotiated in runners’ (self)care practices, explores how people understand sources of medical expertise, use it, share it and produce it with different social groups. kind of active approach,” said Campbell. “You just don’t want someone to tell you to stop running, you want them to tell you to do in order to keep running.” She also learned runners produce knowledge around particular types of injuries such as blisters that medical experts might not possess. But it may also be common injuries in runners such as Achilles tendinitis. Campbell said runners create a body of expertise among themselves, which includes forms of medical expertise. For example, a runner may cut a hole in his or her shoe so they do not run on a bunion or lose a toenail. “There’s a lot of tinkering that goes on once that medical expertise is combined with experience expertise in everyday running practices,” she said. The biggest surprise in her research was how runners deal with uncertainty

and anxiety when multiple medical experts have conflicting knowledge claims. That idea didn’t really exist. Campbell said she thinks it has to do with the take charge attitude that runners have. “I saw that they were willing to tinker with multiple forms of expertise and it didn’t generate anxiety that they couldn’t just go to one expert who could tell them this is what they have to do,”she said. “They were really willing to participate in their self-care practices. As a runner you can’t find your expertise from just one person, so you need your physiotherapist, your massage therapist, your runner community.” Medical practitioners, on the other hand, need to have some reflexivity in their care practices, said Campbell. “They need to examine where their knowledge comes from and where that

knowledge may be understood outside of that expert group,” said Campbell. “Also when you look at those medical professionals that were really valued by runners, it was those ones that were willing to try new things, willing to tinker, willing to be open to different type of practices instead of just following routine ways of doing things.” The focus of the dissertation is to describe and understand than prescribe a certain policy direction. “It’s implicitly critical in the sense it recognizes that there are multiple realities that are negotiated in health care,” she said. “There’s not just one form of expertise or one way of understanding the body.” Send your column ideas, photos and stories to crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com. Find Running with Rhyno on Facebook and @CrystalRhyno on Twitter and Instagram.

Household chemicals are affecting your health CABEL MCELDERRY FITNESS F/X If you’ve been reading my column for any length of time I’d think it’s safe for me to assume you try hard to take your personal health and fitness seriously. You likely make an effort to exercise semi-regularly and by now I’ve certainly nagged you to death about continually improving your eating habits, food choices, and managing how you plan and eat your food. We’ve spent some time talking about goals, and a great deal about human behaviour (that which I think is the biggest fundamental challenge when it comes to achieving any goal.) What we haven’t spent a lot of time talking about is environmental issues that we all face that may be having a dramatic impact on our health, all without us even realizing it. To be honest for most of my life I have taken it for granted; maybe because up until this year I believed I was invincible (after all I am turning 40 in just a week or so.) For the record, I’m still invincible only marginally less so! A few years ago my wife was met with serious injury, an injury that she’s

still struggling with, a chronic challenge that has lead us to continual exploration and a continual re-organization of our habits. Her needs combined with my waning invincibility have really lead to some big changes. I’ve always believed in the simple math behind nutrition, managing your “fuel ratio” if you will. I’ve always stressed the importance of eating whole and unprocessed foods; today I’m also champion for a gluten and dairy free lifestyle. But still beyond that, there is something else lurking, something greatly important; something that may just be responsible for those extra pounds, that low energy, that chronic sense of fatigue or the woeful feelings of depression that are all too common. It’s hiding in plain sight. It’s in your toothpaste, your body wash, your laundry detergent, your cleaning products, the construction materials that make up your home. If you’re a Netflix junkie like I am you can watch any number of recent health documentaries and learn that there are hundreds of chemicals (once presumed safe) in almost every cleaning, beauty, household product we use. What we’re really only learning now is the dramatic effect that a number of these chemicals are having on our bodies in this giant worldwide human experiment. I’ve seen it first hand in the woman

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I love, and have now identified it in my own body. You could write books on all the potential implications of some of these chemicals, but near the top of my list is “potential for endocrine disruption.” Instances of miscarriages, inability to ovulate, conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome are higher than ever before in women. Depression, chronic fatigue, obesity, well we know all of those are on the rise. Today I just wanted to get you thinking about this because today there are also more alternatives than ever before. A few years ago I would have believed living a gluten and dairy free life was too difficult if not almost impossible, but today store shelves are lined with alternatives that make this easier than ever before. The same is true with chemical free products. So today let’s give you just one chemical to look and watch out for so you can consider trying some of the alternative products. Triclosan - Triclosan is classified as a pesticide and probable carcinogen by the EPA. In fact, the EPA gives Triclosan high scores both as a human health risk and as an environmental risk. It is a synthetic antibacterial ingredient that contributes to the creation of resistant forms of bacteria like MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). Studies indicate that Triclosan may

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impair muscle function and skeletal muscle contractility, researchers report in a new study done at the University of California Davis. Although the study was done on mice, researchers said the effects of the chemical on cardiac function were “really dramatic.” After mice were exposed to one dose of Triclosan, heart muscle function was reduced by 25 percent, and grip strength was reduced by 18 percent. Triclosan has also been strongly linked to the following: Abnormalities with the endocrine system(particularly with thyroid hormone signalling), weakening of the immune system, birth defects and uncontrolled cell growth. It is found in almost every antibacterial hand soap and hand sanitizer and can even be found in many popular toothpastes, skin cleansers, cosmetics, first aid sprays, and even some deodorants. Your next trip to the grocery store spend a few minutes looking at labels, try one without the chemical. I found after replacing our toothpaste in for two weeks when I used the old toothpaste again I literally felt ill for hours afterwards. (Though I’ve focused on Triclosan here I believe Fluoride is something to be eliminated also.) Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx. com.

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To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? MUNICIPALITIES DRINKING UP WATER DEBATE

A list of some communities that fluoridate and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fluoridate drinking water

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Dentist Larry Levin has made his pitch about the importance of adding fluoride to drinking water several times in recent years to city councils voting on the controversial issue. He has won some and lost some. Levin, a past president and current vice-president of the Canadian Dental Association, believes more communities are deciding against fluoridation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating, argues the Hamilton dentist, because he has science on his side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You scratch your head wondering why,â&#x20AC;? Levin says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These big organizations who have studied it have told us that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe. Our own physicians have told us that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe.â&#x20AC;? Levin thinks most people who are against fluoridation simply want the freedom to choose what goes in their water. Fluoride is found in soil, water, some food and several minerals and is added to products such as toothpaste. Research has shown adding fluoride to drinking water reduces tooth decay. The World Health Organization, Health Canada, various dental associations and provincial medical officials support the effort, especially for children from low-income families who may not have access to dental care. Opponents argue not enough is known about what they say are possible health risks such as cancer, bone disease and fluorosis, in which too much fluoride causing teeth to discolour. While federal and provincial governments set guidelines for fluoridation, the decision is left up to municipalities. Brantford, Ont., became the first Canadian community to add fluoride in 1945 and many others followed. Health Canada reported in 2009, the last time it counted, that about 45 per cent of the population was drinking fluoridated water. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dropped to about 37 per cent, Levin estimates. Canadians Opposed to Fluoridation believes the figure is less than 30 per cent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Belief in water fluoridation has become so ingrained in us that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reflex to just think that water fluoridation is good,â&#x20AC;? says an emailed statement from the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, Robert Fleming. He says fluoride supporters rely on flawed studies and people shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

Communities in Canada started adding fluoride to their drinking water in 1945 after research found it reduced cavities. In the last decade or so, many municipalities have voted to stop fluoridation as questions have arisen about its benefits. The Canadian Dental Association believes about 37 per cent of the population currently drinks fluoridated water.

Some major cities that fluoridate: Halifax Toronto Hamilton Ottawa Winnipeg Edmonton Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dr. Larry Levin poses in his dental office in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday. Dentist Larry Levin has made his pitch about the importance of adding fluoride to drinking water several times in recent years to city councils voting on the controversial issue. He has won some and lost some. be â&#x20AC;&#x153;medicatedâ&#x20AC;? against their will. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Municipal councillors and other Canadian citizens have been catching on to the fact that artificial water fluoridation is without substantiation. It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be long now before Canadians are fluoridation free,â&#x20AC;? says Fleming. Big cities including Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Halifax and Winnipeg fluoridate. Montreal and Vancouver donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fluoridate. Neither do Waterloo and Windsor in southern Ontario. After several plebiscites, Calgary removed fluoride from its water in 2011. But it could be back on the ballot again. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said last month that he supports fluoridation and urged people to petition for a plebiscite in the 2017 municipal election. The call came after the release of a University of Calgary study that compared childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teeth in Calgary with those in Edmonton, which does fluoridate. While there was an increase in cavities in both groups, the increase was higher in Calgary. Coun. Dianne Colley-Urquhart, a former nurse, says the study has prompted her to rethink fluoridation, which sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposed in the past. She says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s especially worried about childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dental health now

that plunging oil prices have caused layoffs in the province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Families â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they have parents that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working. There are no benefits. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to put food on the table, let alone trying to squeeze together a few pennies to go to the dentist.â&#x20AC;? Colley-Urquhart believes public institutions should provide all municipalities with an expert review of fluoridation, since politicians donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the expertise to deal with public health issues. John Sprovieri agrees that municipal councillors arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t health experts and perhaps shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be making the final decision on fluoride. The councillor for both Brampton and the surrounding Peel region believes fluoride is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;toxic chemical.â&#x20AC;? He stopped drinking the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fluoridated water four years ago, put a water filtration system in his home and started taking bottled water to work. Peel council is to vote this fall on whether to remove fluoride from its water. If the federal and provincial governments support fluoridation so much, Sprovieri adds, they should be making the decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really legitimate that water fluoridation prevents cavities â&#x20AC;Ś then why arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you taking responsibility

Some cities that have stopped fluoridation:

Saint John, N.B. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; City council voted against it in 2014. Quebec City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Council voted to stop in 2008. Windsor, Ont. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Council voted to stop in 2013. Waterloo, Ont. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Residents voted against fluoridation in a plebiscite in 2010. Calgary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Residents voted against fluoridation in plebiscites held in 1957, 1961 and 1971. Another plebiscite in 1989 started fluoridation and another in 1999 continued it. Council voted against fluoridation in 2011.

Some cities that have never fluoridated: Montreal Guelph, Ont. Vancouver

and mandating it to the whole population?â&#x20AC;? Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says that she supports fluoridation, but is not considering a change in the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role. Levin says it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense that so many communities have to debate the issue so many times. He sides more with Colley-Urquhart, and believes an expert panel should be visiting municipalities grappling with the question so they get all the information they need.

Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in U.S. fails WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first uterus transplant has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ. A 26-year-old woman received the transplant on Feb. 24 and seemed to be doing well, even appearing briefly at a news conference on Monday with her surgeons. But the woman suffered a sudden complication that required surgical removal of the uterus the following day, the hospital said. The patient, identified only as Lindsey, is recovering from that operation, as doctors and pathologists try to determine what went wrong. No information about the complication was provided. In a statement the hospital attributed to Lindsey, she said her doctors â&#x20AC;&#x153;acted very quickly to ensure my health and safety. Unfortunately I did lose the uterus to complications. However, I am doing okay and appreciate all of your prayers and good thoughts.â&#x20AC;? Other countries have tried womb transplants, and have reported some failures. Sweden reported the first successful birth in 2014, with a to-

tal of five healthy babies from nine transplants so far. The experimental technique is a new frontier that might one day offer women born without a uterus or who lost it to disease a chance at pregnancy, an alternative to adoption or surrogacy. The failed U.S. transplant was the first of 10 planned by the Cleveland Clinic in a clinical trial, and the hospital said that study is continuing. According to the

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Questions to ask about medications that protect health BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Trying to keep track of medications can be one of the most challenging aspects of health care for patients, especially when they receive multiple prescriptions from a number of doctors for a variety of conditions. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only knowing when and how to take their drugs, but also whether one medicine interacts with another, and whether that could lead to a serious adverse event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including death. To help Canadians navigate the various pharmaceuticals in their medicine cabinets, a coalition of patient safety organizations has developed a checklist of five questions that patients should raise with their physicians to make sure they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unwittingly put themselves in harmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lots of times, people just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hear whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being said or forget about it,â&#x20AC;? said Chris Power, CEO of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on so many medications, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know the names of them,â&#x20AC;? she said from Ottawa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll call them the pink pill or the white pill.â&#x20AC;? The 2004 Canadian Adverse Events Study found drug or IV fluid-related events were the second most common type of adverse events in Canadian hospitals, accounting for almost 24 per cent of the total. More than half of Canadians regularly use prescription drugs, with 36 per cent taking two or more medications, according to a 2014 Health Council of Canada report. Power said patients often assume the health provider â&#x20AC;&#x153;knows bestâ&#x20AC;? and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t question the combination of drugs theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been prescribed or whether they need to continue taking a particular medication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just take whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being prescribed for them,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to do is heighten awareness and really have patients and families start to take a little more control over their health care, to understand what medications theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on and understand what the medication is doing for them or not doing for them, and any interactions.â&#x20AC;? That means carrying their list of drugs to all medical appointments, along with this checklist of five questions to pose to their doctor or other care provider: â&#x2014;? Have any medications been added, stopped or changed, and why? â&#x2014;? What medications do I need to keep taking, and why? â&#x2014;? How do I take my medications and for how long? â&#x2014;? How will I know if my medication is working, and what side-effects do I watch for? â&#x2014;? Do I need any tests and when do I book my next visit? The checklist was inspired by Toronto pharmacist Emily Musing, who had created a set of questions

for her father when he was in his mid-80s and seeing several different specialists for multiple health issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of that, he was on a whole list of medications. I think it was up to 15 or 20,â&#x20AC;? Musing said of her father, who had been dealing with diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney failure, for which he needed regular dialysis, before his death two years ago. While describing her dad as a very positive and independent person, she said the number of medications he was taking and the numerous interactions he had with different health-care providers could leave him feeling perplexed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was often saying to me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know, Emily, this is very confusing to me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure what it is they already know. What do I need to tell them about my medications? And what do I need to ask them?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Musing, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director of pharmacy, clinical risk and quality at Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s University Health Network. For instance, changing the dosage of one drug or switching to another in the same class could alter the effects of another medication, making it potentially ineffective or even toxic. In patients with renal disease like her father, balancing many medications at once can be a delicate matter, as drugs are metabolized through the kidneys, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It really gave him the words to actually ask those questions and to start the conversation,â&#x20AC;? she said of the tip sheet she created for him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It helped him because he felt more in control â&#x20AC;Ś he wanted to be part of the conversation and decision-making process.â&#x20AC;? It also helped the doctors, nurses and pharmacists he was dealing with, Musing added, because the questions were phrased in such a way that the health professionals understood what he was asking and could respond to him in language that was understandable for him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This sort of thing really helped my dad and I think it would help any other patient.â&#x20AC;? Maryann Murray wishes such a checklist had existed for her daughter Martha, who died in 2002 at age 22 after taking a medication for bipolar disorder that she shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been prescribed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was put on lithium and she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that there was a warning in her file that she shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be put on that drug,â&#x20AC;? Murray said from her home in Carlisle, Ont., near Hamilton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had rapid heartbeats, and the local doctor said it must be panic attacks because if you have one psych diagnosis, they think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all connected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They increased the dosage and 13 days later her heart stopped.â&#x20AC;? Murray said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure the physician, who pointed out possible side-effects from lithium like dry mouth and weight gain, was trying to help her daughter. But the one adverse effect she needed to know about was that the drug could potentially cause or worsen a heart arrhythmia.

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One of the most common questions that I get from patients is in regards to what basic supplements they should be taking regularly to â&#x20AC;&#x153;stay healthy.â&#x20AC;? There are so many supplements on the market today, all of them claiming to be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;next best thing,â&#x20AC;? which makes it very difficult to decipher which products are necessary and which ones can be avoided to save money. So, what is my â&#x20AC;&#x153;must-haveâ&#x20AC;? recommendation? Fish oil. Fish oil is one of the best-researched natural products on the market and has so many different types of benefits that I recommend it to all my patients. Also, because a typical Canadian diet is lacking in many healthy fats and omegas, it is beneficial to top up ones diet with a fish oil supplement. As a word of caution, fish oils can interact with certain medications and health conditions, so before starting such a supplement, please consult with your naturopathic doctor. What else is so great about fish oil? Here are just some of the research-based uses of it: â&#x2014;? High triglycerides (a form of cholesterol). Research suggests that fish oil from supplements and food sources can reduce triglyceride levels. â&#x2014;? Heart disease. Research suggests that fish oil can be obtained by consuming fish and can be effective for keeping people with healthy hearts free of heart disease. People who already have heart disease may also be able to lower their risk of dying from this disease by eating fish or taking a fish oil supplement. â&#x2014;? Preventing a progressive eye disease called age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Some evidence shows that eating fish more than one time per week lowers the risk of developing AMD. â&#x2014;? Asthma. Research states that taking fish oil improves symptoms and lowers the need for medications in some children with asthma. â&#x2014;? Hardening of the arteries (Atherosclerosis). Fish oil seems to slow or slightly reverse the progress of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.

â&#x2014;? Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Early research shows that taking fish oil improves attention, mental function and behavior in children 8 to 13 years-old with ADHD. â&#x2014;? Cancer-related weight loss. Taking a high dose of fish oil seems to slow weight loss in some cancer patients. Taking low doses of fish oil does not seem to have this effect. â&#x2014;? Menstrual pain. Research shows that taking fish oil alone can improve painful periods and reduce the need for pain medications in women with menstrual pain. â&#x2014;? High blood pressure. Fish oil seems to slightly lower blood pressure in people with moderate to very high blood pressure. The uses of fish oil described above are just a few of the many reasons why this supplement is so beneficial to your health. However, did you know that not all fish oils are created equal? For the most part, you get what you pay for, and this is not an area to cheap out on or you may be doing more harm than good to both your health and your pocket book. Aside from cost, factors to keep in mind when choosing a fish oil include: Freshness, purity, potency, how well it is absorbed and sustainability practices in sourcing the fish oil. When it comes to potency in fish oils, there are specific doses required for each, individual health situation, so it is best to speak to your medical provider. However, in general â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;? fish oils have a combined EPA and DHA amount around 10003000mg in a daily-recommended dose. If it is going to take your more than four pills to reach this amount, it is probably not a great product. Often times, it is not always possible to consume sufficient quantities of fish. Therefore, fish oil supplements offer a great alternative and still provide the numerous health benefits that come from eating fresh fish. Talk to your naturopathic doctor today about which fish oil supplement may be right for you and start reaping the rewards! Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at the prestigious Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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Maryann Murray holds a photo of her daughter Martha in a handout photo. Trying to keep track of medications can be one of the most challenging aspects of health care for patients, especially when they receive multiple prescriptions from a number of doctors for a variety of conditions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These kinds of things are preventable and I think we can do better,â&#x20AC;? said Murray, adding that being armed with the five questions will help patients protect themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only do people need to feel empowered about their own health care, but the medical people need to know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s their responsibility to pass on the information.â&#x20AC;?

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Simple and delicious Irish stew Enjoy a simple, delicious meal. Our Irish Stew recipe is simple, flavourful and worth the leisurely cooking time. There’s room to play, so feel free to pick and choose. Lamb or beef? Wine or stout? All roads lead to a delicious meal.

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Want to cut fat but keep the flavour? Consider cottage cheese Cottage cheese is a staple in my home. I love its creamy, mild flavour. It pairs perfectly with some garlic and herbs to make a protein-packed crudite dip, yet it also is at home in a quick dessert of cottage cheese and unsweetened applesauce (a d’Arabian weeknight favourite). Half a cup offers tons of protein (14 grams) plus calcium and vitamins, and all for just about 80 calories and only 3 grams of carbs. Plus, it’s inexpensive! Cottage cheese is more than just a snack it’s also a handy and nutritious ingredient. I love using it as a swap for ricotta in just about any recipe. Simply spoon the cottage cheese straight from the carton and use or, for extra points, drain or blot the excess moisture from the cottage cheese and pulse in the food processor and you’ll have almost exactly the texture of ricotta cheese. You can even use cottage cheese as a base for a lusciously creamy salad dressing! Just blend up the cottage cheese with a few tablespoons of very hot water, which will soften the curds just enough to make the results creamy. Add smashed garlic, lemon juice, fresh herbs and black pepper, and you have a tasty dressing or dip. One of my favourite ricotta indulgences is Italian ricotta cake, which is something between a classic cake and a cheesecake. Sweet and fatty, a little sliver goes a long way. Here is my cottage cheese makeover of this yummy (calorie-dense) treat. I use cottage cheese, of course, but I also cut the butter way down and kept the sugar on the lower end (1 ½ teaspoons per serving). Loads of lemon zest keep it exciting, and the almond flour ensures that the fats are healthy (and offer a smidge of protein and nutrients). All of which makes my lemon cottage cheese cake not exactly as authentic as a trip to Rome, but certainly a perfect way to end a springtime meal.

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Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 12 3 eggs, separated 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature ¾ cup granulated sugar ½ cup low-fat cottage cheese ¼ cup grated lemon zest (2 to 3 lemons) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup almond flour 1 ¼ cups whole-wheat pastry flour ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ¾ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ cup low-fat milk Powdered sugar, to serve (optional) Raspberries and chopped fresh mint, to serve (optional) Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray, then line with kitchen parchment. In a medium bowl, use an electric mixer to whip the egg whites to stiff peaks, then set aside. In a large bowl, use the mixer to beat together the butter and sugar for 1 minute. Add the egg yolks and mix again until creamy and pale, about 2 minutes. Add the cottage cheese, lemon zest and vanilla, then mix on medium until very well blended and the cottage cheese is broken down a little. In a medium bowl, sift together the almond flour, pastry flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Mix half of the dry ingredients into the butter and egg mixture and mix on low with the mixer. Add the milk and the remaining dry ingredients, then mix on low to blend. Using a rubber spatula, fold in half of the whipped egg whites rather briskly until well mixed into the batter. Fold in the second half of the egg whites very gently, until blended in, but not deflated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf until the cake is golden and springs back under light pressure, about 35 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes before removing from the pan, then let cool com-

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Son can post what he wants on Facebook Dear Annie: My son is 36 years old and was raised in a Christian home. However, twice in the last two months, he has posted pictures on Facebook of women being hit by men. The first was a cartoon, and he posted it on his teenage daughter’s page. I sent him a message asking if he thought it was a good idea to tell his daughter that it is OK to be hit. He removed the post, but there was no explanation or apology. Then last week, he posted a video of a man doing a parody of a kung fu fighter kicking a woman in the head. Because they played a rock song in the background, you are supposed to think that it is funny. I told my son it was inappropriate. His wife made excuses, saying it was not intended to be mean. Am I out of line telling him that it is inappropriate to post such things? — A Mother Dear Mother: Your son is a grown

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has epilepsy. My son was just diagnosed with epilepsy, and I am sure I could rival his mother in my overprotective nature. I knew keeping my very active, football playing, skiing, social, 11-year-old under my thumb would never work, so I started researching. There are two smart wristwatches available (Embrace and Smart Monitor Smart Watch) that will send an alert to whomever you choose in the event of a seizure. Both have several features that will make it safe for “Frustrated” to go out on his own and will alert his mother if he has a seizure. You recommended The Epilepsy Foundation, and readers should know that it also has support groups for parents of people with epilepsy. And a quick search on the Internet can provide great ideas to enable those with epilepsy to still do all that they love, but safely.

Our son has a harness that he hooks on to the ski lift. We let everyone know that he has epilepsy and they help us out, too. He has a great life, and I have peace of mind. Good luck to both “Frustrated” and his mom. Epilepsy isn’t an easy thing to live with, but it is possible to live well. — Mom of an Active Son Dear Mom: Thank you for the helpful and upbeat letter. We received many informative letters from our readers who have experience with epilepsy, and we will be printing more in future columns. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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With 526 guests, the Red Deer Hospice raised almost $160,000 at their Funhouse Gala on Feb. 27. The Sheraton Hotel outdid themselves designing a custom meal to fit our Funhouse theme. A video tribute detailing the Bereavement Support services that are such an integral part of Hospice care followed dinner, along with live and silent auctions. Guests had the opportunity to win a trip to Las Vegas to see a Cirque show, three diamond rings and the one of a kind centerpieces designed by Sparrow Glassworks. Then the Funhouse band kept the

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Trudeau, Obama of like mind BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — A warm moment in Canada-U.S. relations unfolded Thursday at the White House, marked by small talk, big fanfare and President Barack Obama promising to address Canada’s Parliament before he leaves office. The sunny spring day began on the White House lawn with an elaborate bit of bilateral cinematography: a military brass band, a cannon salute and hundreds of flag-waving onlookers greeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in town for the first state dinner involving a Canadian in 19 years. The leaders greeted members of the crowd, many of them clutching miniature Canadian and U.S. flags, along the rope line while their wives chatted nearby. At a separate event, Michelle Obama introduced her counterpart Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau as her “soulmate.” Gregoire-Trudeau returned the favour as the two were walking away: Obama tripped on a heel and Sophie helped break her fall. During the official welcome, a relaxed, wisecracking Obama make some jokes about American hockey dominance while noting how long it had been since a similar Canada-U.S. event. “(First) in nearly 20 years. About time, eh?” Obama said. “We have a common outlook on the world, and I have to say I have never seen so many Americans excited about the visit of a Canadian prime minister.” Indeed, the two leaders went out of their way to project amity: Trudeau described the president as “My friend” and “Barack.” Obama said people were inspired by his message of hope and change. He predicted Trudeau would do a great job and rattled off a laundry list of issues where they were of like minds. “From my perspective,” Obama mused, “what’s not to like?” The substance of the visit contained no major surprises, but did include several expected policy announcements on a range of issues, including one that could lead to major changes at the border. They agreed to move forward with a customs pre-clearance experiment that could revolutionize the way Canadians and Americans enter each other’s country. It would apply the model used at some airports to other modes of transportation, allowing travellers to clear customs at train stations in Montreal and Vancouver as part of a pilot project. They agreed to curb methane emissions as part of a wide-ranging plan on climate change and Arctic protection. And they expressed optimism that a compromise could soon stave off fresh battles in the ongoing softwood lumber war. The biggest news out of the event — red meat to the U.S. media — was an extended presidential riff on the rise of Donald Trump. But there were some cheeky Trudeau headlines as well a Washington Post item referring to a new “bromance,” while New York magazine heralded the “Historical Hotness Summit.”

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United States President Barack Obama, right, First Lady Michelle Obama, left center, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, right center, and and Mrs. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, left, wave from the South Portico of the White House following an Arrival Ceremony Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visit to Washington on Thursday. Trudeau steered clear of discussing the U.S. election, demurring when American reporters tried to draw him into commenting on the Republican race. Obama showed no such compunction, ridiculing Republicans while also reprising Trudeau’s message from the night before: that the solution to the challenges of globalization is openness, not isolation — a jab at the election talk of expelling Mexican migrants, banning Muslim travel and ripping up trade deals. Trudeau later received extended

ing a president since Bill Clinton. His presence on Parliament Hill will close the loop on his presidency, which was in its early days when he travelled to Ottawa on his first foreign trip in February 2009. Obama joked that while his first foreign trip was marked by snow and cold, Trudeau got 27 C weather and a sunny day — conditions that even showcased the U.S. capital’s famous cherry blossoms. People — many of them with a personal connection to Canada, and an admitted fascination with the new prime minister — were invited by the White House to watch the morning’s ceremony. Liz Siddle, an expat who’s lived in Washington for years, said the new Canadian leader is a frequent topic of conversation among her U.S. colleagues. “He comes up all the time,” said Siddle, showing her colours with a red Canadian scarf. “As soon as he was elected, Americans were saying, ‘Oh, your new PM’ — I don’t think they — Liz Siddle, Expat knew who the old PM was.” Brian Tham, another Canadian expat, was wearing a applause by a crowd at the State De- Team Canada hockey jersey. partment, where before lunch Secre“It comes up in a way that it never tary of State John Kerry saluted him did under the Harper government,” for bringing in 25,000 refugees and Tham said. leading the charge on climate change. “Nobody talked about Stephen He was also received by lawmakers Harper in D.C., in his 10 years. As soon from both parties during meetings on Capitol Hill — although the Senate as (Trudeau) was elected, he was part leader, Republican Mitch McConnell, of the conversation. People talk, ‘Hey, had to pull out of the meeting because what do you think of the new (PM)?’ Obviously he’s very good-looking, he’s of an unspecified scheduling conflict. Trudeau disclosed that Obama and very exciting, he’s very progressive. Mexican President Enrique Pena Ni- And that plays really well in D.C.” eto had agreed to visit Canada for a North American summit cancelled last year by Stephen Harper, amid frustration over the stalled Keystone XL pipeline. In June, Obama will address Parliament in the first such event featur-

He comes up all the time. As soon as (Trudeau) was elected, Americans were saying, ‘Oh, your new PM’ — I don’t think they knew who the old PM was.”

OTTAWA — The mother of an Ontario boy who has endured frustrating airport snags welcomed the news Thursday that Canada and the United States will work to clear up confusion over mistaken identities on no-fly lists. Khadija Cajee, an unofficial spokeswoman for families with young children entangled by security delays, said she was very pleased to hear that the two countries have made the issue a priority. The two countries also announced Thursday they would move ahead with customs preclearance initiatives aimed at making border processing easier for low-risk travellers, and fulfil long-promised measures to keep closer track of when citizens cross the border. The pre-clearance arrangements, outlined in broad terms last year, would increase the American customs presence on Canadian soil and could see Canada one day establish similar operations in the United States.

Leaders further Arctic goals but miss others: experts Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama pushed forward some long-held goals for the Arctic at their Thursday meeting in Washington, D.C. But experts say the two leaders also missed a chance to restrict a major contributor to pollution and loss of sea ice in northern waters. “I was hoping to see a declaration that the U.S. and Canada would unilaterally ban the use of heavy fuel oil within their territorial and internal waters,” said Michael Byers, a professor of international law at the University of British Columbia and an expert on Arctic politics. Heavy fuel oil is a major source of black carbon, a sooty emission that darkens sea ice and snow and quickens its melt. It is considered a pollutant and has already been banned. A document released by Trudeau and Obama only says: “We will determine with Arctic partners how best to address the risks posed by heavy fuel oil use and black carbon emissions from Arctic shipping.”

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Fox Harry 1936 - 2016 Mr. Harry Fox passed away with his loving family by his side on Monday, March 7, 2016 at the age of 79 years. Harry moved from Saskatchewan with his parents in 1947 settling in the Bowden area. He took his schooling in Bowden until he felt the need to get into farming with his father Alphonse. In 1963 Harry married Joyce Watson the love of his life. They farmed and made their life together. Over the years three children made the family complete. Harry and Joyce continued farming until 2011. He is survived by his wife Joyce of 52 years, daughter Tammy (John) Schrader, son David (Kelly) and a son Colin (Karen), six grandchildren Caleb, Sydney, Dawson, Liesil, Severin and Serianna, also three brothers: Art, Glen (Joan), Merle (Lori) and his sister in law Marie Chamney as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Harry’s life will be held at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion Branch #104, Innisfail, Alberta on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire memorial tributes may be made to the CNIB or the charity of one’s choice. Heartland Funeral Services Ltd., Innisfail entrusted with arrangements. 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

BLACKMORE Thomas Frederick 1923-2016 Mr. Fred Blackmore after a life of love, family and friends passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at the age of 92 years at Bethany College Side in Red Deer. Fred was born on March 31, 1923 in Maryfield, Saskatchewan. He married the love of his life and best friend on August 16, 1952. Together he and Beth farmed, travelled and spent 63 wonderful years together. Fred is survived by his wife Beth Blackmore his children; Lois (Ed) Dickin of Red Deer, Gordon (Tee) Blackmore of Regina, Marg (Barry) Williscroft of Innisfail and one sister Mary Lund of Regina. He is further survived by his grandchildren; Scott (Mandy) Dickin, Sarah (Jason) Jaster, Brittany (Brody) Leveille, Kirk (Melissa) Williscroft, Adam Blackmore, Greg Blackmore and 5 great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Fred’s life will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Gatez Memorial United Church, Red Deer at 11:00 a.m. Donations in Memory of Fred may be directed to Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1X2, Red Deer or The Lending Cupboard 5406C 43 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1C9.

CARVER Melinda 1972 - 2016 Melinda Lee Johnson Carver of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016 at the age of 43 years. Melinda Lee was born on November 10, 1972 at Calgary, Alberta, and spent her childhood years in Langdon, Alberta. In September 1996, she married Brian Carver Jr. and the couple had three beautiful children. Melinda leaves to mourn her loving children; MacKenzie, Jacob and Owen Carver; as well as numerous other family and friends. I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done, I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways; of happy times and laughing times and bright and summer days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun, of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

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BARLOW, Thomas Gordon (Tom) 1934-2016 Tom Barlow passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on March 6, 2016 at the age of 81. Tom was born September 8, 1934 in Edmonton, Alberta, moving a few years later with his family to Calgary where he attended school and helped his father with the family house construction business. He used the skills he was taught throughout his life to pursue his passion for woodworking by renovating and building desks, grandfather clocks, boats and campers. In 1952, Tom began working at Alberta Government Telephones in the Switching Department, transferring to Edmonton to the Staff Group in 1965. He was transferred to Red Deer in 1973 where he was the manager of the Switching Dept., later becoming manager of both the Engineering and Construction Depts. in Red Deer. Tom retired in 1987 after 35 years. It was at AGT that he met his soul mate, Ann, and they were married in 1977. In 1991 he began a new career with the City of Red Deer as a cell attendant at the Red Deer City cells for the RCMP, retiring again in 2006. Tom was predeceased by his parents, Evelyn and Thomas Barlow; brother, John L. Barlow; and by his sisters-inlaw and brothers-in-law. He is survived by Ann, his wife of 39 years; nieces, Dianne Briers of Red Deer and Jan Barlow of Edmonton; nephews, Leslie Barlow of Vancouver and Lowell Barlow; as well as several other nieces and nephews. At Tom’s request there will be a private graveside service after cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 (403-309-4344) or to the Lung Association of Alberta & NWT, P.O. Box 4500 Station South, Edmonton, AB T6E 1K6 (1-888-566-5864). The family wishes to express their thanks to Dr. Charles Metcalf and to the staff at the Red Deer Hospice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Ridgewood Community Centre, (from Highway 2, take exit Highway 11 West to Burnt Lake Trail. Turn left and travel for 11.8 km. Turn left onto Range Road 10 for 8.5 km. and take right hand turn into Community Centre), Red Deer County, Alberta on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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SHYIAK Murray Emil 1935 - 2016 Murray Emil Shyiak passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Murray (Bumpa) was truly a good man - kind, caring and loved by all who knew him. He loved his family wholeheartedly - His true love and wife of 60 years, Ella; his two daughters, Cindy (Jim) Passamare and Dana Clayton; four granddaughters, Jenna (Ryan) Paggett, Jory (Rod) Warr, Brittany (Wade) Gray and Kallie Clayton; and one great-granddaughter Myla Warr. He also leaves his sister Louise (Keith) Bergen, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and wonderful friends. Murray enjoyed many of life’s great joys - He loved spending time with his family, gardening and being in the outdoors - camping and hunting in the fall with his dear friends. Murray had a strong faith and knew that he would see us all again - a hope that sustained him in recent months. He found great comfort in Isaiah 41:10. The family wishes to express a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Tilley of Red Deer Regional Hospital; Dr. Kidd, the CVICU team and nurses at Foothills Hospital for their compassionate care, as well as to his dear neighbors and friends for all their encouragement, thoughts and prayers. A celebration of his life will follow at a later date in Red Deer. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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SEVERSON James “Jim” Oct. 13, 1956 - Feb. 27, 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of James “Jim” Severson. Jim passed away peacefully surrounded by family after battling pancreatic cancer at the age of 59. Jim was born on October 13, 1956, in Winnipeg, MB, and moved to Norquay, SK, as a child where he later met his wife Glee (née Brown). They were married May 19, 1979. Jim and Glee lived in Norquay, Slave Lake, and Estevan, SK, before moving to the Rocky countryside in 1990 following an oilfield job that kept him busy for over 25 years. Jim was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying everything to do with horses, fishing, hunting, farming, and gathering with family and friends around a roaring bonfire. Jim and Glee enjoyed establishing and running their farm, including cows, chickens, turkeys, and especially, for Jim, working with their horses. Jim was a passionate horseman, enjoying riding and outfitting in the mountains, team roping, working the cattle, and riding through the pasture. Jim was survived by his loving wife Glee, children Shea (Josh) and JJ (Courtney), mother Clemy, siblings Rick (Carol), Darren (Janet), and Cindy (Barry), much-loved grandchildren Kaylee and Eddie, and many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, family and friends. He was predeceased by his father, Art. A celebration of Jim’s life will be held at the Leslieville Hall on May 28, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Jim loved his jeans, so casual dress please. As an expression of sympathy, and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Red Deer Hospice Society.

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RUTHERFORD Helen Louise Rutherford of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on March 9, 2016, surrounded by love. Louise was 72 years young. She was born in Castor, Alberta on June 21, 1943 to Omer and Grace Remillard. As she said herself, she has been first of the siblings to do most things, including the great journey. She is survived by her sons, Matt and Jeff (Lori); life-long friend, John; her sisters, Annette (Bill) and Marie; her brothers, Dennis (Ghislaine) and Andrew (Janet); and numerous much loved nieces, nephews and steadfast friends. Louise lived a life rich with experiences, and served as a post mistress, realtor, entrepreneur, and esthetician during her diverse professional career. She had a deep love of her family and her friends. She also spent many years producing Community Theater in Red Deer, spending many a happy evening at the Black Knight Inn supporting the Main Stage. She travelled as much as she could, and some of the happiest times in our lives were having her with us, vacationing together. Mother was always a positive force in our lives, and would happily “image” what she wanted to happen…and, as luck would have it, when she was with you, all the traffic lights would turn green, the slot machine would pay out, or the perfect parking spot would manifest itself right in front of the store. Matt, Jeff and Lori would like to give special thanks to “The Team” of Annette, Marie, Wendy and Kathleen, who worked so hard over the last eight weeks to care for Louise so she could stay at home as long as possible. Your kindness, love and support will be forever remembered. An open house and Celebration of Life for Louise will be held in Red Deer on Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Black Knight Inn, Main Stage Room. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by v i s i t i n g www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

WIBERG, Colin Jay Junior Born: July 29, 1989 - Died: March 1, 2016

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It is with profound sadness and a deep sense of loss that we announce the sudden and tragic death of Colin Jay Wiberg Junior on Tuesday March 1st, 2016. A very painful hole now exists in the hearts and lives of Colin’s family and many, many friends. No one feels this loss more deeply than Janiece, Colin’s grandmother. Together they shared the closest and most cherished relationship in Colin’s life. Those people lucky enough to know Colin found him to be both kind and caring, a gentle giant of a man. The memories we have of Colin are a testament to the incredible depth and breadth of his character. In this time of loss remember the great moments that Colin shared with all the people that he loved. A memorial gathering is taking place to celebrate Colin and his much too brief 26 years in our lives. The tribute will take place Saturday March 12th, 2016, at the Lacombe Memorial Centre located in downtown Lacombe at 5214 - 50th Avenue. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Coffee Mixer & Social 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Memorial and Tribute 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Open Mike Testimonial to Colin enjoying Coffee and Sharing Memories.

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CARL BETTENSON Our family would like to express our thanks to all those who sent flowers and cards, donations, food and prayers to us upon Dad’s passing. Thank you to Reverend Jeff Rock of Gaetz Memorial United Church for his kind words at the service and to the United Church Women for the delicious luncheon afterwards. Our thanks to Dr. Tony Ford and to the Management and Staff of Revera at Aspen Ridge for their care and friendship of Dad these past years. Our most sincere thanks goes to Santi and Dina of D’Sant Direct Care Services, and all their wonderful care staff for their love and dedication to both Mom and Dad for many years. Sincerely The Bettenson Family

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