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FIREFIGHTER WHO LOST HOME VOWS TO REBUILD IN FORT MCMURRAY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — For firefighter Mark Stephenson, the Alberta oilsands capital is his home and he plans to rebuild on the same spot where his house went up in flames.

“I’m not leaving Fort McMurray.

I’m a Fort McMur- Oilsands ray firefighter,” production set Stephenson said T u e s d a y w h i l e to resume helping clean up Page A8 one of the city’s fire halls.

“I love this place. I plan on staying.”

With his voice raspy from days of breathing in smoke, the 43-year-old recalled how one week ago he helplessly watched his own house burn. He then stuffed away his emotions and went back to work.

He’s one of several city firefighters who lost their homes, but carried on to save other houses when a roaring wildfire spread into the city.

The blaze forced more than 80,000 residents to flee. About 2,400 buildings were torched, but 25,000 were saved, including the hospital, municipal buildings and schools. That’s a good 90 per cent of the city.

Stephenson, a former Edmonton soldier who joined the fire department eight years ago, said he and his colleagues dubbed the fire “the beast” because of how quickly it spread.

“It was just all of a sudden flash heat and trees exploding and popping,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. It was alive and it was breathing and eating at a rapid pace.”

When he got to his neighbourhood of Abasand, Stephenson’s neighbours’ fences were on fire.

He grabbed a chain saw from his garage and started cutting down the fences and nearby trees.

When he discovered the fire hydrants had run dry, he and other firefighters used garden hoses but they were useless.

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For firefighter Mark Stephenson, shown in this handout image, the Alberta oilsands capital is his home and he plans to rebuild on the same spot where his house went up in flames. ‘I’m not leaving Fort McMurray. I’m a Fort McMurray firefighter,’ Stephenson said Tuesday while helping clean up one of the city’s fire halls.

Take home a piece of history from the Red Deer Arena garage sale today.

Items that have not been repurposed, such as the bench seating, will be available for purchase at the arena (4725D 43 Street) from 5 to 9 p.m.

Barb McKee, the city’s Recreation Superintendent, said many items have been moved to other city facilities, repurposed or sold to other Central Alberta municipalities.

“We spent a lot of time to make sure everything that we are decommissioning out of the rink finds a new home,” she said. “What’s left over is stuff that other municipalities or other departments within the city do not have a use for. That could be old desks or the rink board glass or some of the planking for the benches would be available.”

It could be simple things like old mop buckets to bulletin boards that are as old as the facility, said McKee. The city will use the elevator, for example, in a new facility. McKee said the city has also found use for the 17 home-style furnaces that used to heat the building.

“Some of them are very old and need to go,” said McKee. “Some of them are relatively new and we are going to re-purpose them in the activity centres around Red Deer that have some older equipment. The score clock has come down and we’re looking at a way to maybe reuse it in the new arena.”

Large items, including ice making equipment and the score clock, will be up for auction online and details provided after the sale.

Any proceeds will go towards the construction of the new downtown arena.

The site will be turned over to a contractor for decommission in the next two weeks.

Set to open in 2018, the new downtown arena, will offer gathering spaces and an indoor walking track for the community.

The new facility is also being designed to meet energy and environmental standards for a greener and more efficient operation. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Pulse crops growing in popularity as seeding gets underway

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF More peas please!

Farmers seem to have been listening to that request as more are seeding the major specialty crop this spring, Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said Tuesday.

But rather than a sign that fussy children are suddenly liking their greens, the reason is simple — last year’s pea crop garnered very good prices, he said.

Over the winter, yellow peas were in the $12 per bushel range, and at 40 to 60 bushels an acre, “It was paying a heck of a lot better than canola,” he said. “It’s a stimulus response you

might say. Like Pavlov’s dog.”

Lentils were also extremely valuable last year and anyone who did grow them “made out like a bandit,” Brook said.

India uses a lot of pea flour to make food products and their winter crops did not do so well because of poor weather. So the country looked to Canada for more peas.

While the United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses — crops such as yellow, green and chick peas, lentils, and faba beans — canola and wheat remain by far the main crops grown in the Central region.

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Display recognizes work as leaders

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer joined the centennial celebration to honour the work of registered nurses in Alberta.

On Tuesday, a travelling display from the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) came to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for the day featuring nursing artifacts, interactive digital media centre and nursing banners from different eras over the past 100 years.

Dr. Shannon Spenceley, CARNA president, ‘WE HAVE A said it’s time to recogCENTURY OF nize the work of regisEFFORT AND tered nurses and nurse practitioners as leaders LEADERSHIP TO when it comes to cliniCELEBRATE.’ cal practice, health policy and research and — DR. SHANNON SPENCELEY beyond.

CARNA PRESIDENT She said right now Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee, who was a long-time registered nurse, is now leading the efforts to tackle the Fort McMurray wildfire.

“We have a century of effort and leadership to celebrate,” said Dr. Shannon Spenceley, CARNA president on Tuesday.

She said Alberta has a rich history in the development of nursing education. The first doctorate program for nursing in Canada was at the University of Alberta.

Now registered nurses are playing a major role in the shift towards more community-based health care like primary care networks, she said.

“I think the shift to community-based care is going to be one of the largest shifts that we see in terms of health care moving forward. I think we’re going to see these giant hospitals that we’re building everywhere are going to be very unusual. They are going to become very high-intensity treatment centres for very short periods of time. We can already see that now.”

Spenceley said a pilot project underway in Southern Alberta is showing the benefits of providing more nursing care at long-term and supportive living facilities instead of sending residents to hospital.

“Other places in the world have figured this out.

You need to be able to provide that care where they are. That is a custom-made job for a registered nurse or nurse practitioner.

“We have a health care system right now that is designed to meet the needs of providers. We get everyone together in one building because, gosh, it’s convenient for us. I think we’re gradually going to build a health care system that is a lot more responsive to where people are and what they need,” Spenceley said.

CARNA named 100 nurses Centennial Nurses as part of the celebration. Recipients were nominated by membership for their exemplary service and included Ronnie Biletsky, of Red Deer, and Teresa Kish, of Olds. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Raye St. Denys, executive director of the Shining Mountains Living Community Services, in her Red Deer office.

Métis no longer stuck in limbo: St. Denys

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

DANIELS RULING

A few more chairs will soon be added to the negotiation table as Métis and non-status Indians get ready to join aboriginal discussions with the federal government.

On April 14, the Supreme Court of Canada declared Métis and non-status Indians are “Indians” under under Section 91(24) of the 1867 Constitutional Act and fall under federal jurisdiction.

The Daniels case was first filed in court 17 years ago.

Raye St. Denys, executive director of Shining Mountains Living Community Services, said Métis are no longer stuck in limbo.

“The Métis nation is a nation of origin in Canada and we are indigenous people, that we are aboriginal people in fact and under the law,” Raye St. Denys said.

“It’s a historic time for all Canadians. It’s a time for us to start moving forward and to get some true reconciliation.”

She said the ruling means access to health care, education and funding programs that have been de-

nied, and a national agreement regarding hunting, fishing and gathering rights that have been patchwork and piecemeal.

“It’s expected that there would be somewhere between 80,000 to 120,000 Métis people in Alberta.”

In Central Alberta about 4,500 people voted in the last elections held by the Métis Nation of Alberta, she said.

“Our leaders have a right to expect when there are decisions being made that affect aboriginal people that Métis people will also have equal representation at that table.”

St. Denys said the Supreme Court ruling should also pave the way for Métis survivors of the residential school system to be recognized.

“There was very little inclusion of Métis people in the Truth and Reconciliation process and little recognition although we were part of the residential school system. Métis children were picked up and put into the schools and suffered all of the injustices and breaks with family and language and culture that First Nations did.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Police believe one suspect responsible for three robberies

Police hunting for suspect who robbed AJ Pets and Supplies in Rocky Police are looking for a suspect who robbed the AJ Pets and Supplies Store in Rocky Mountain House on April 28.

RCMP say a man walked into the store on 4817 50 St. and stole cash from the register while the staff were pricing items btween 3 and 3:30 p.m.

If you have information in SUSPECT this or any other case, please contact the Rocky Mountain House RCMP at 403-845-2882.

To remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS), or by internet at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Police say the suspect wore a light grey hoodie with a “Terror” logo at the attempted robbery at the Mac Store on Allen Street around 1:20 a.m. and the robbery at East Hill FasGas around 2:30 a.m.

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Area structure plan approval angers

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer County residents fighting a proposed multi-lot subdivision were crying foul after a short-handed council approved a plan for the project.

Nearly 30 residents went to the mic at Red Deer County Centre on Tuesday afternoon to voice their opposition to the proposal to build the 39-lot Poplar Pointe Estates about five km west of Red Deer near the Poplar Ridge and Harvey Heights subdivisions.

Many were concerned that the project would deplete precious drinking water resources, put nearby subdivisions at risk from sewage leaks and overcrowd local roadways.

Residents also questioned why Mayor Jim Wood and the councillor for the area, Christine Moore, were excluded from the public hearing and vote on an area structure plan for the development.

The two were absent on the advice of county lawyers because of questions of bias.

After council voted against the area structure plan on Feb. 2 the developer raised concerns that the mayor and councillor may have heard information at a resident-organized public meeting they attended several days earlier that influenced their decision.

Wood said later the pair were careful only to speak briefly to residents about the planning process and did not participate in the meeting. However, he acknowledged that perception of bias is what matters in law and the two should not have attended. Both had voted against the area structure plan.

To remove any perception of bias, the lawyers advised a second public hearing be held without the participation of Moore or Wood.

Without those two voting, an area structure plan for the project was approved 3-2 on Tuesday, with councillors Connie Huelsman and Jean Bota opposed.

“Why was our mayor and councillor excluded from this process?” asked Philip Ignacio outside council chambers.

Sandra Hengstler said residents feel that council ignored their concerns.

“We weren’t heard. Nobody was heard,” said Hengstler.

“It’s very wrong that the mayor and Coun. Christine Moore were excluded from this meeting,” said Carol Cunningham. “They represent our voice.”

Cunningham was among many residents who feared adding 39 more homes would deplete water supplies.

When her father bought their land in 1948 the water was “wonderful,” she said. exploring water re-use, developing a water efficiency audit and retrofit program, and identifying the feasibility of developing a certification for water conserving homes.For more information on the plan, visit www. reddeer.ca/water.

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Red Deer County gives final approval to tax rates

Water supply plan available online A plan that guides the conservation of Red Deer’s water supply for the next 20 is years is now available online.

The Water Conservation, Efficiency and Productivity Plan (CEP) was endorsed by council on Monday.

The plan outlines new targets that build on those set out in the Environmental Master Plan (EMP), as those targets have already been reached.

The city aims to reduce average residential water use by 2035 to 169 litres per capita per day from levels recorded in 2014 of 195 litres per capita per day.

The city will also engage with industrial, commercial and institutional sectors to reduce their water use to 95 litres per capita per day from levels recorded in 2014 of 112 litres per capita per day.

The CEP outlines 20 initiatives at the operational, regulatory and educational levels.

Some of those initiatives include

Red Deer County council gave its official stamp of approval to its tax rates on Tuesday.

Mayor Jim Wood said careful budgeting allowed the county to hold the line on taxes.

“I think that’s very, very important to say, especially in this economy,” said Wood, before council unanimously approved the tax rate bylaw.

Coun. Christine Moore said the county was in an “enviable position” financially.

On residential properties, the county’s tax rate works out to $374.06 per $100,000 of assessment. The owner of a property assessed at $400,000 can expect to pay $1,496 on the municipal portion of their bill.

Non-residential tax rates will hold at $1,100.55 per $100,000 of assessment.

Special levies to support community services, protective services and for environmental projects also remained unchanged.

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‘IT’S VERY WRONG THAT THE MAYOR AND COUN. CHRISTINE MOORE WERE EXCLUDED FROM THIS MEETING. THEY REPRESENT OUR VOICE.’ — CAROL CUNNINGHAM

“Now, I don’t want my dog to drink it.”

Coun. Philip Massier told residents the project is a long way from getting final approvals. Concerns about water, sewage and traffic can be addressed before subdivision is approved, he said.

Massier said he liked that the developers were proposing a “state-ofthe-art” communal sewage treatment system and the development will be required to tie into a regional water and sewage systems when they become available.

More stringent regulations are in place now for multi-lot subdivisions compared with years ago, he said.

“We have learnt from past mistakes.

I think we’re trying to address concerns.”

Coun. Harris to represent city at federal level Coun. Paul Harris will represent the City of Red Deer at the federal table.

C o u n c i l e n d o r s e d H a r r i s ’ participation on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities committee or board on Monday.

PAUL HARRIS The city will spend up to $13,000 for the associated costs including travel, accommodations and meals. There are typically three four-day meetings each year. The amount was reduced to $13,000 from $14,500 last year because the expenses were not used fully.

Coun. Richard Lorenz said concerns about traffic, water and sewer will be addressed before subdivision approval and joined Coun. Don Church in voting in favour.

Coun. Bota said water availability is becoming more of an issue and she preferred new development wait for a regional sewer line.

“At this time, I cannot support this because I think there’s way more homework to be done.”

Developer Reg Whyte was pleased with council’s decision and is confident in the hydrogeology reports that show there is plenty of water available for the development.

A hydrogeologist, who had reviewed water studies for the project, said at the pubic hearing there was enough water for a development double the size. He presented a map showing that there are areas of low, medium and high water availability throughout the area.

Some of the homes experiencing water trouble are in low water supply areas, he said. Other well problems, including defects and bacteria buildup may also be leading to the issues some residents were facing.

Whyte said he has no timeline on when he expects to return to council for subdivision approval.

FCM is governed by a board of directors, which consists of persons elected from the membership.

As a member, the City of Red Deer is eligible to have a councillor run as a director or serve on a committee on the FCM board representing Alberta.

One-year appointments for the FCM board and committees will be decided in June at the FCM meeting in Winnipeg.

G.H. Dawe Community Centre closed Thursday The G.H. Dawe Community Centre will close to the public on Thursday for a private function between 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It will reopen to the public at 4 p.m.

The early morning lane swim will run as scheduled, as the facility will be open to the public from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Kidz Place child minding will open at 5 p.m.

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Conservatives learning a new game TIM HARPER OPINION

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t’s apparent that all the world’s a Justin Trudeau stage and all the (other) men and women merely players.

He’s essentially kicking the ball on the pitch by himself, with no goalkeepers to stop him.

It is key, then, to watch how those other players have taken to their roles in the first six months of this Liberal majority world.

For the opposition Conservatives, who meet in convention to take stock later this month, the news is surprisingly good.

In the post-Stephen Harper era, they have had to learn how to play on the Trudeau stage, knowing when to step back and let the prime minister suck all the oxygen out of the political tableau and when to effectively counterpunch. And, like all watching Trudeau in the first six months, they are grappling with how much they should emulate this style as they search for a leader.

So, you have interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose accepting a hug from Trudeau after she teared

up while speaking about the devastation in Fort McMurray, and then being photographed sitting in Trudeau’s office with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in a show of unity to raise money to help alleviate the suffering in Alberta.

And there was former Harper minister Jason Kenney taking to social media to repudiate an anti-Trudeau meme as “apocryphal, Internet myth” that misrepresented the prime minister. “People should stop circulating it,” scolded Kenney.

Pigs aren’t flying and hell remains plenty hot, and Kenney and Ambrose remain true-blue Conservative partisans.

They have, however, learned to turn down the dial in the partisan hot house here.

They have taken their cue from Ambrose, who has provided that much-elusive “tone” as the interim leader. She can be tough, she can be pointed, but she shows the humanity the party needs.

She tears up and her voice cracks as she pays tribute to an Alberta colleague’s sudden death or the suffering from the wildfires in her home province. She’s real and she’s smart enough to play the non-partisan unity card with Trudeau, deft enough to smartly mock some of the prime minister’s social media tangents.

The party raised more money in the first quarter ($5.5 million) than any

other party.

A Liberal drop-off after winning a campaign may have been expected, but a Conservative party chasing its own tail in the hinterland doesn’t raise money like that.

They may be a point or two down from their 2015 election result, but are largely holding their core during an extended Liberal honeymoon.

Conservatives are watching Trudeau turn recent conventional political wisdom on its head.

It was generally accepted during the Harper years that prime ministers should limit their exposure because familiarity will only lead to eventual contempt.

Trudeau is everywhere, fielding questions, addressing (usually young) audiences, doing one-arm push-ups, boxing or smiling broadly for a camera somewhere.

More often than not, that somewhere is not Ottawa.

Much has been made of Trudeau’s foreign travels, but he has punctured the Ottawa bubble and travels extensively within Canada, making the national capital that much smaller in the Canadian political equation.

It’s smart politics because he and his choreographers know the local theatre of towns and cities across the land is infinitely more valuable than the diminished theatre of daily question period.

Some Conservatives look despair-

ingly at the party’s potential candidates and call for an “outsider” to take on Trudeau, but politics is a skill and Trudeau is a politician, not an outsider, who happens to be very good at politics.

The Conservative race will start when Kenney and Peter MacKay pronounce one way or another, but both look like they will run.

Neither has anything to gain in launching a year-long bid. Both will likely signal by the autumn or early winter, but neither feels any particular pressure to tip their hands today.

Kenney would still be the prohibitive front-runner to win the party leadership, but another white man from Alberta, a social conservative who was strongly linked to Harper is seen as easy prey for Trudeau.

That is now. Kenney’s backers say none of this would matter by 2019.

If Conservatives, however, start casting about for some, so-far unknown saviour from outside the party, a “non-politician,” then Trudeau has already beaten them.

He’s in their heads.

Donald Trump wouldn’t work here.

Outsiders Pierre Karl Péladeau and Michael Ignatieff speak for themselves and smart Conservatives know it is folly to allow Trudeau’s style and popularity to push them into unmapped terrain.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Philippines elects their own Donald Trump GWYNNE DYER OPINION

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odrigo Duterte, who has just been elected president of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts. He talks dirtier (last week he called the outgoing president a “son of a whore”), and he can barely open his mouth without threatening to kill somebody (he recently promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodies of 100,000 criminals if he won). But the resemblance is only superficial.

For one thing, Duterte is not a fake tough guy. In Davao City, where he has been mayor for the past 22 years, a local priest estimates that death squads linked to him have killed over 1,400 people, mostly petty criminals and street kids. Sometimes “Duterte Harry” denies the death squads exist, sometimes he condones them, occasionally he hints that he does some of the killing himself.

Maybe so, maybe not, but what matters to the people who voted for him is that Davao City, once the most violent city in the Philippines and possibly in RED DEER

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all of Asia, is now so safe that naked virgins carrying bags of gold regularly pass through its streets at midnight unmolested. The man is a miracle-worker, or so it seems, and now he is going to work miracles for the whole country.

The miracle he is now expected to produce, however, is not just law and order. It is a more equal sharing of the prosperity that some in the Philippines are now beginning to enjoy, and that is a considerably taller order.

For many years the Philippines lagged behind the other countries of South-East Asia — Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia — as they turned into “tiger” economies and local incomes soared. The wealth was not very evenly shared in any of them, but at least as their economies grew even their poorest citizens enjoyed some “trickle-down” effect. Whereas this process had scarcely begun in the Philippines.

For the past decade the economy of the Philippines has finally been growing fast: an average of six per cent annually. Foreign investment has quadrupled, the budget deficit is down, more money is being spent on infrastructure — but in 10 years there has been no trickle-down beyond the middle class. The poor are just as numerous and just as poor as always. So they voted for Duterte.

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stop this sinister populist. Outgoing president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino (who is constitutionally forbidden to seek a second term), tried to get the other presidential candidates to unite behind one candidate against Duterte.

He warned that Duterte would turn into a dictator. At a closing rally on Saturday, he told voters: “I need your help to stop the return of terror in our land. I cannot do it alone.”

They didn’t listen. Duterte not only won; he got almost twice as many votes as the candidate who came second, and he is going to be the president of the Philippines for the next six years.

So what will he actually do with his mandate? Nobody knows, because he hasn’t been very forthcoming about his intentions.

When the presidential hopefuls were asked what they would do about their country’s bitter dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by both of them, for example, the other candidates offered detailed strategies for asserting the Filipino claim. Duterte said he would go out on a jet-ski and plant the Filipino flag on one of them.

So, then: impulsive, headline-grabbing, not best known for his joinedup thinking … Starting to sound like Trump again, isn’t he? But there are things about Duterte that suggest a more complex person behind the fa-

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He has been a prominent supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups in Davao, which is definitely not a vote-winning position in the deeply Catholic Philippines. He has been trying to restart the stalled peace process with the Muslim minority in his home island of Mindanao, and insists that it must address the injustices that have been committed against Muslims.

Not really your run-of-the-mill populist after all, then, but it still feels like the Filipinos have made a serious mistake in voting for Duterte. There’s just too much macho bluster, like this gem from his final campaign rally in Manila on Saturday: “Forget the laws on human rights. If I make it to the presidential palace, I will do just what I did as mayor. You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out. Because I’ll kill you.”

He’s also prone to say that if the country’s democratic institutions get in the way of his anti-crime crusade than he’ll abolish the Congress and rule as a “revolutionary government.” His entertainment value is undeniable, but Filipinos may come to regret giving him the keys to the presidential palace.

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Ontario backs Ottawa’s assisted death bill

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relationship — must approve each request for medical assistance in dying.

Yet in Ontario, college president Joel Kirsh noted that most doctors typically practice in a group setting indeed, family medicine is delivered entirely through group practice models.

In some rural and urban centres, many or even all doctors are part of the same practice group. For instance, the college said 98 per cent of all family physicians in Peterborough belong to the same family health team, 92 per cent in Barrie-North Simcoe and, in northern Ontario, 14 municipalities are affiliated with a single family health team.

“The prohibition against being in a business relationship or being connected would disqualify all physicians who practice together in hospital or facility groups or in family medicine practice models from providing MAID (medical assistance in dying),” the college said in its written submission to the committee.

“The consequent impact … on patient access to MAID would be significant.”

In another safeguard, the bill would require two independent witnesses to sign each written request for an assisted death. Those witnesses must not be anyone who might materially benefit from the requester’s death, or who is directly involved in providing health care or personal care to the requester.

The college warned that some patients who might otherwise be eligible for an assisted death will not be able to find two people outside their family, caregivers or health care providers to be witnesses.

“Such patients would be forced to call upon virtual strangers to act as witnesses to a request that is intensely personal and private.”

Moreover, the college warned that the bill’s eligibility requirements are so restrictive and deviate so significantly from the parameters set out by the Supreme Court that it will “cause confusion and lack of clarity amongst physicians and the public.”

The Supreme Court last year struck down the ban on medical assistance in dying and gave the government until June 6 to draft a new law that recognizes the right to an assisted death for clearly consenting adults with “grievous and irremediable” medical conditions who are enduring physical or mental suffering that they find intolerable.

The government has taken a considerably more restrictive approach than the top court. Its bill would allow medical assistance in dying only for consenting adults in “an advanced stage of irreversible decline” from a serious and incurable disease, illness or disability and for whom a natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.”

Mountie describes as “disturbing.”

Former inspector Tim Shields faces a single count of sexual assault stemming from a police investigation into allegations of misconduct during his time as an RCMP officer.

The sexual misconduct is alleged to have occurred at RCMP headquarters in Vancouver between 2009 and 2010 and involved a civilian employee who worked at the time with the communications unit headed by Shields, said a statement from the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch.

The allegation has not been tested

in court.

Shields’ lawyer, David Butcher, offered a comment on behalf of his client, saying he is devastated by the charge and “absolutely denies” the allegations.

“Mr. Shields has successfully passed a polygraph test taken by a reputable examiner who retired after a long career with the RCMP and who continues to conduct polygraph examinations for the force,” Butcher said.

“As the matter is now before the court we will not be making any further comment.”

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is finally getting around to creating a long-awaited special parliamentary committee on electoral reform.

A motion to create the committee was placed on the House of Commons order paper late Tuesday evening.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during last fall’s election campaign that it would be the last federal election conducted under the first-past-the-post electoral s.

He promised to create a committee to examine alternatives and report back within 18 months.

But as his fledgling government passed the six-month mark last week with no committee on the horizon, advocates of proportional representation worried that Trudeau was planning to rag the puck long enough that there wouldn’t be enough time to implement reforms by the next election in 2019.

The motion should help reassure them that Trudeau intends to stick to his promised timetable.

It specifies that the committee is to study “viable alternative voting systems, such as preferential ballots and proportional representation” as well as mandatory voting and online voting, and to present its final report no later than December 2016.

However, the makeup of the committee could stoke other fears that the committee is geared to recommend an alternative voting system that would favour the ruling Liberal party.

The 10-member committee is to consist of six Liberal MPs, three Conservatives and one New Democrat. One member of the Bloc Quebecois and the Green party’s lone MP, Leader Elizabeth May, will be also be members but without the right to vote or move motions.

NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen had proposed that Liberals surrender majority control of the committee and that membership should include all parties with seats in the House of Commons, proportional to each party’s share of the popular vote in last October’s election.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s largest medical regulatory authority is warning that most or all doctors in some Ontario communities could be disqualified from approving requests for a medically assisted death under the federal government’s proposed new law.

The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons issued the warning Tuesday even as the Liberal government of Ontario threw its support behind the restrictive approach to assisted death taken in the proposed law.

Provincial Health Minister Eric Hoskins and Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur wrote to their federal counterparts to express their support for the controversial bill.

In the letter, released by the federal government, the duo said the bill reflects “a balanced approach” that makes medical assistance in dying available, subject to appropriate safeguards.

But the province’s college of physicians told a Senate committee that some of the safeguards the government wants to impose are so stringent they will prevent many otherwise eligible patients from accessing an assisted death.

For instance, the bill stipulates that two doctors — independent of one another, with no connection or business

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High-profile B.C. Mountie charged with sexual assault in ‘disturbing’ case VANCOUVER — A high-profile former police officer who acted as the RCMP’s chief spokesman in British Columbia has been charged with sexual assault in a case the province’s top

RCMP issue warning about Mexico time-share scam has been transferred out of the country, there is little RCMP can do to pursue the scammers.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre advises sellers of time shares to be suspicious of any organization that: ● Contacts you without an invitation, for example by cold calling. ● Asks you for any kind of up-front payment, for example a deposit or administration fee: a legitimate broker will not cold call you or charge an upfront fee. ● Says they have a buyer waiting to buy your timeshare. ● Asks you to send them your Ownership Certificate. ● Puts a lot of pressure on you to make a decision quickly. ● Asks for your credit card details but tells you they won’t take any payment. ● Asks for any personal information, for example your bank details or address.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer RCMP are warning about a scam that targets people who are trying to sell their time-shares in Mexico.

In the most recent Red Deer incident, which was reported on April 21, the scammer impersonated an actual lawyer from the United States. The victim was defrauded of thousands of dollars.

Police say scammers approach the seller with promises that they have a buyer, or that they can help the seller to find one.

The scammers generally claim to represent a business, and may have a second person call the victim, pretending to be a lawyer for that business.

Victims are asked for up-front fees to cover closing costs, taxes, maintenance and other fees.

Unfortunately, the scam originates in Mexico, and once the victim’s money

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If you are thinking of using the services of a time-share resale company, check the Better Business Bureau website at www.bbb.org for any complaints that may have been registered against the company. Do not do business with the company if there are grievances filed against it.

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with. Time-share owners who have previously been scammed will often post their experiences and warnings about scammers online.

The best protection from scammers is to learn how to resist being pushed into a decision regardless of how persuasive or aggressive the scammer may be. Arm yourself and the vulnerable people in your life by learning how to recognize and protect yourself from fraud: www.antifraudcentre.ca.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 nie came from Jamaica to live in the family home in Toronto.

Cruz says Biddersingh told him Melonie was confined, denied food, water and medical attention before she died.

Biddersingh has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Melonie, whose body was found in a burning suitcase in an industrial parking lot north of Toronto in 1994.

Melonie’s identity remained a mystery until 2011, when Cruz went to police after his conversation with Biddersingh.

Canada BRIEFS DND owes federal treasury $147M for unauthorized expenses, cabinet order OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has ordered National Defence to reimburse the federal Treasury Board for over $147 million in unauthorized expenses incurred by members of the military over nearly a dozen years.

The department acknowledged five years ago it had made a mistake when it allowed soldiers and civilian staff to claim some travel expenses and benefits that fell outside of federal guidelines.

The practice went on between April 1999 and January 2011, but was then halted following an independent analysis.

At the time, the military said the mistake involved “tens of millions of dollars” over five years and it would try to get the Treasury Board to cover the expenses, which included, among other things, the visits of families of the fallen to Kandahar during the Afghan war.

They also involved travel fee reimbursement for troops deployed in different parts of Canada, bonuses for overseas postings and allowances for soldiers assigned away from families.

It seems National Defence lost the argument and the Liberal government was unwilling to simply write off the cash.

Laura McIntyre-Grills, a defence spokeswoman, says the payments were made in good faith and those who received them have been released from liability.

Canada, U.S. no-fly redress group takes flight, but few details available OTTAWA — The federal public safety minister says Canada and the U.S. have set up a working group to help sort out errors of identity on no-fly lists.

Ralph Goodale says the bilateral Redress Working Group provides a means for government officials to communicate and will help ensure availability of the most accurate information.

He adds it will protect the shared transportation and national security interests of both countries,

while minimizing headaches for the travelling public — but no new details were immediately available.

Canadian doctor detained in Pakistan for ‘political reasons,’ supporters say OTTAWA — A former high-ranking Pakistani politician with Canadian citizenship is being held in Karachi on trumped-up political charges, supporters say.

Dr. Asim Hussain, an orthopedic surgeon with family and property ties in London, Ont., was arrested in late August by paramilitary Pakistan Rangers for allegedly financing terrorism through his hospital.

While in custody of the Rangers, Dr. Asim, as he is known, was forced to stand up all night in a dark room while blindfolded with his hands tied, supporters say in a brief on his case. He went into kidney failure and had a heart attack.

New York-based Human Rights Watch recently highlighted Dr. Asim’s case in declaring that the Rangers have been implicated in serious rights abuses, including torture and other ill-treatment of criminal suspects, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.

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Ghomeshi had been expected to stand trial on the sexual assault charge next month.

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Trudeau thanks fire fighters, says he’ll visit Friday OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will visit Fort McMurray on Friday to offer the support of all Canadians to the fireravaged community.

Speaking in the House of Commons, the prime minister thanked those who battled the huge wildfire and saved much of the city.

“I too … congratulate the brave firefighters and first responders who have been there to do extraordinary work through these terrible blazes in Fort McMurray,” Trudeau said.

He also thanked Canadians for their donations in the face of a crisis which has driven more than 80,000 residents out of the city.

“I want to congratulate all Canadian who across the country came together to give incredibly generously to the people of Fort McMurray through the Canadian Red Cross and in other ways.”

Meanwhile, federal Labour Minister Mary Ann Mihychuk said the government is working to speed up the handling of unemployment insurance claims from Fort McMurray and cut wait times for benefits.

Mounties say they are not mass seizing guns FORT MCMURRAY — RCMP have seized some guns following the fire in Fort McMurray, but won’t be a conducting a mass seizure of firearms like they did after the flood in southern Alberta.

Sgt. John Spaans said Tuesday that officers have taken one or two guns found in public places, but are not going into homes looking for more.

He said he’s not sure if the decision had anything to do with what happened in High River during the floods.

“That’s a decision that came through our unified command. I don’t know the rationale.”

Flood water forced thousands of people from their homes in High River in June 2013. As Mounties searched for people who were stranded in the town, they kicked in doors and took firearms.

The seizures angered residents and fostered mistrust of the national police force.

StatCan says census suspended indefinitely city FORT MCMURRAY — Wildfire evacuees from Fort McMurray will not be expected to complete the 2016 census right now.

Statistics Canada says it’s aware of the difficult circumstances and is suspending collection of information from the city’s residents indefinitely despite Tuesday`s deadline.

“This is obviously not the time to go and do a census over there,” Marc Hamel, director general for Statistics Canada, said Tuesday.

Red Cross has raised $60M for fire evacuees CALGARY — The large amount of money donated to the Red Cross to help fire evacuees is eclipsing public support for past Canadian disasters.

The Canadian Red Cross has already collected $60 million from individuals and corporations. That number doesn’t include additional money coming from Ottawa and the Alberta government, which have both promised to match donations made by individuals.

“I don’t have a breakdown on what the individual number is yet, but we’ve had very good corporate support,” Red Cross spokeswoman Shelly Makrugin said Tuesday.

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STEPHENSON: ‘It’s just stuff . . . let’s go to work’ His captain made the call for Stephenson and his crew to retreat and regroup. When they later went back to try again to save the neighbourhood, Stephenson’s two-storey house at the end of the block was engulfed.

Stephenson said he was relieved that his wife, two children, nanny and dog had left. But all of their belongings were still inside. His cherished 1969 Pontiac Firebird was in the garage.

Stephenson stood at the end of his driveway, shot a quick video and took some photos.

“My captain came up to me and said, ‘You all right? You need some time?’ I’m like, ‘No, everything’s burned. It’s gone. It’s just stuff … let’s

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley stood with oilsands executives Tuesday to say the province’s mainstay industry would be back up on its feet after the Fort McMurray wildfire within weeks.

“We expect ultimately that many companies will begin to resume their production in the coming days and short weeks ahead,” she said after a meeting with leaders from the oilsands, pipeline and power industries.

Suncor Energy CEO Steve Williams was optimistic that production from the oilsands — now down by more than one million barrels a day because of the fire — would ramp up quickly.

“To the north of Fort McMurray, there was no damage to the actual facilities. To the north we will be able to resume our operations in a quicker way.”

Williams said no plants would fire up unless it was safe to do so. Environmental considerations would take precedence over a quick restart.

No layoffs of oilsands workers are planned, said Williams.

“From what I heard this morning from the companies, they’ve guaranteed pay in advance so that pay to workers will not be interrupted,” he said It’s likely the oilsands plants will be ready to go before the city, where residents probably won’t be able to return for weeks, not days. That shouldn’t stop industry from producing, Williams said.

“We have big capability to move people in and out and we have the camps in place, so people should not be a barrier to starting up.”

Infrastructure will need to be examined. Power lines, exposed to the flames, will probably pose a bigger problem than buried pipelines.

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Premier Rachel Notley speaks to the media after meeting with oilfield executives at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday. They met to discuss recovery strategies, including prioritizing restarting industrial activities, moving forward in Fort McMurray after the devastating wildfires. sands mines, although Shell resumed production on Monday. It also shut down six in situ operations. The loss in daily revenue has been estimated at about $65 million.

Williams said some plants could be back on their feet within 24 hours.

“Some will be more difficult and will be a week or two. The most difficult will be the ones we’ve been unable to get into to see, which will be down south of Fort McMurray.”

Williams said the costs of the wildfire — Suncor hosted thousands of evacuees at its work camps in addition to its lost production — will be “significant.” He said the company isn’t yet worried about that.

“They’re immaterial as far as Suncor is concerned.”

Notley said the government isn’t yet able to determine how much the shutdown is costing the province in terms of lost royalties.

“As things stand now, the majority of production has stopped. If that were to continue for a month or two you’d start to see measurable outcomes to our GDP, but that’s premature at this point.”

Notley said the meeting marked an significant step as Alberta begins to recover from the fire, which evacuated Fort McMurray, destroyed about 2,400 structures and burned over 2,300 square kilometres.

“This is an important step in the recovery of our people, our communities and our province — and quite frankly, the national economy as well.”

Evacuees want to go home sooner than later

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAC LA BICHE — Dave Cramm doesn’t understand why he can’t go home.

The 38-year-old welder said it appears that his house in Fort McMurray’s Timberlea neighbourhood was untouched by a wildfire that engulfed some areas of the city last week.

He wants to at least check on his pet fish and grab a few things he left behind.

About 90 per cent of the Alberta city’s structures were saved, but Premier Rachel Notley has said it will be two weeks before residents will be given an idea when they can return.

Cramm is worried that if people are kept out of the city for too long, especially if they know their homes are undamaged, things could get tense.

“It’s going to create hostility,” said Cramm, who on Tuesday was smoking outside a reception centre in Lac La Biche, Alta., about a three-hour drive south of Fort McMurray.

“You got people here getting stressed out.”

Cramm said he tried to go back, but was turned away at a police barricade. He said he won’t try that again because “you don’t want the trouble,” but wonders whether others will be willing to hold off.

Two wildfires in the Fort McMurray area had joined by Tuesday to form a single blaze covering about 2,300 square kilometres.

Kevin Lewis said he was anxious to return to his home in Thickwood, another neighbourhood that appears to have come out of the fire in good shape.

He has had no news of the pitbull he left behind and he’s been unable to run his transportation brokerage business.

But he understands the rationale for keeping residents out for now.

go to work.”’

He continued to beat back the blaze throughout the night before taking a quick nap in his pickup truck. He got no more than a couple hours of sleep in the days that followed.

On Sunday, he returned to the scorched rubble where his home had stood and salvaged a ceremonial sword he received while serving in Kosovo.

He also saved his four-year-old son’s piggy bank with coins still inside.

“It’s in my hotel room all duct-taped together,” said Stephenson. “My boy’s all excited about that because daddy saved his piggy bank at least.”

Stephenson’s wife, Kayla, is staying in Edmonton at her mother’s house with the kids while he remains on duty in Fort McMurray.

She was driving out of the city with thousands of others when her husband sent her the video of their burning home. She pulled over to the side of the road and watched in shock. Then she put on her happy mommy face and kept driving, she said.

Their two-year-old daughter is too young to understand what happened, she added, but she has since told their son, Jake, that “our stuff got wrecked by the scary fire.”

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Fort McMurray evacuee Kevin Lewis works from his truck in the parking lot of the Bold Center evacuation centre in Lac la Biche on Tuesday.

“There’s obviously power lines down and I know the water is not drinkable right now. They have to reroute the gas lines .. from the areas that were affected the worst, so there’s no chance of any leaks, so I understand the waiting game.”

What he doesn’t like is being in the “unknown zone.” He said up-to-date information from authorities has been lacking.

“If there’s no communication, that just opens up a big kettle of fish there.

Now we can only speculate.”

Lewis said he’s going to stick around Lac La Biche for the time being.

“I really don’t feel like being a long ways away and having to endure the drive again.”

It’s been tough going for some evacuees elsewhere.

Alberta Health Services said Tuesday it was dealing with more than 110 cases of what appears to be viral gastroenteritis at some evacuation centres.

Chris Sikora, Edmonton’s medical health officer, said 105 cases were reported in Edmonton, four cases in Calgary and nine in the central zone.

Back in Lac La Biche, Nicole Bar-

rett, an oilsands process operator, said it’s tough to get accurate information about assistance from government agencies and a lot of rumours are circulating.

She has been camping with her fiance’s family about 20 minutes outside town. She’d prefer to be home, but gets why she can’t.

“In the end it’s really for everybody’s safety. We all want to go home, but at least when we get home everything’s going to be good to go. We’ll have our power, water. Stores will be open.”

The wait doesn’t bother Kevin Sturge, who was relaxing with his terrier-shih-tzu cross, Jack, curled up at his side.

“I feel like I’ve got to move on,” said Sturge, who has spent 37 years in Fort McMurray. He made a good living working as a driver there, but tussles with employers over the years make him less than keen to go back.

“I’m looking for a used vehicle right now so I can go across Canada and visit my family, and then come back and find a place to live for me and Jake,” he said.

“I want a small town because it’s a good environment for Jake.”

Stephenson said he’s only exchanged text messages and had quick phone calls with his wife, but will be going to Edmonton to see his family when he finally gets days off next week.

He expects the emotion that he’s bottled inside is likely to spill out then, along with tears.

“I’ve been fighting it back … but it’s coming.”

live and die by our exports.”

A warm dry spring has resulted in general seeding underway quite a bit earlier than usual.

Brook estimates 40 to 50 per cent of seeding is done in the Central region.

“It’s still early. It’s only May 10.

I’m seeing quite a number of fields already up, some winter wheat fields already around four inches.”

This year someone sent him a photo of a wheat plant at the two-leaf stage in April. It was seeded in Southern Alberta around March 17. “That is super early,” Brook said.

Usually a lot of farmers are doing well if they begin seeding in the first week of May. This year many had started during the second and third weeks of April, he said.

The risk with seeding too early is that young vulnerable crops could still be hit with frost. The temperature in the Red Deer area dipped to -2C early Tuesday morning.

Looking ahead and trying to predict the weather for the 2016 growing season, “I’ll be a 100 per cent accurate come September,” Brook said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

SEED: Wheat, canola still king About one million acres of peas were seeded last year in Alberta.

This compares with 6.8 million acres of wheat, 6.1 million acres of canola, and two to three million of barley.

There may be more Canadians consuming pulses, but the impact is minor, Brook said.

Whatever the crop, like the beef industry, most of what Canadian farmers produce is for export. “The reliance remains on exports … we

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SHELL REOPENS ALBIAN MINE OILSANDS MINE HAD SHUT DOWN DUE TO WILDFIRE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The first oilsands mine shut down by wildfires in the Fort McMurray region a week ago has been restarted.

Shell Canada said Tuesday that it had resumed production at its Albian Sands mining operations about 95 kilometres north of Fort McMurray after a seven-day closure.

The operations, which include the Muskeg River and Jackpine oilsands mines, have the capacity to produce 255,000 barrels of oil a day, but Shell would say only that they were operating at a reduced rate.

The mines were closed to allow employees to tend to their families and to free up Shell’s work camp to accommodate some of the 80,000 people evacuated from Fort McMurray. Shell said the decision to restart was made because of improvements in air quality and weather and because the fire now is moving way from the site.

“Safe restart is important to our company and staff to allow us to contribute to the recovery efforts of the Fort McMurray area,” Zoe Yujnovich, Shell executive vice-president for oilsands, said in a statement.

“Safely resuming some of our operations will help us continue to provide fuel to the firefighters, ambulances, planes and others dedicated to the response efforts.”

BY THE NUMBERS 12: Number of surface oilsands mines and thermal or underground oilsands operations forced to close.

1.1 million: Peak estimated number of barrels per day of oilsands output taken offline.

C$65 million: Estimated reduction in daily revenue for energy companies from decline in production.

700 million to 900 million cubic feet per day: The reduction in natural gas demand from shuttered oilsands operations.

Sources: AltaCorp Capital, FirstEnergy Capital Shell said it would fly staff in and out of the site to ramp up production over the coming days and weeks.

Analyst Nick Lupick of AltaCorp Capital estimated Tuesday that the shutdown of Imperial Oil Ltd.’s (TSX:IMO) Kearl oilsands mining project on Monday had increased the amount of production now offline in the oilsands to just over 1.1 million barrels per day. Kearl was producing about 200,000 barrels per day of bitumen.

Four of the five oilsands mining operations in the region were shut down due to the fire. The only one that didn’t close was the Horizon mine operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ).

Meanwhile, in a report Tuesday, commodities analyst Martin King of First Energy Capital said a decline in demand drove average Alberta gas prices down to 33 cents per thousand cubic feet on Monday, the lowest daily average price he can recall in at least 30 years.

Oilsands operations use a tremendous amount of natural gas to produce and process the bitumen and to provide power from gas-fired co-generation plants on site.

“They were already looking at weak prices from high storage in Alberta — high storage everywhere, really — and this is just, it’s not even the icing on the cake, it’s the icing on the icing on the cake in terms of bad prices,” King said in an interview.

The oilsands shutdowns have reduced demand for natural gas in Alberta by 700 million to 900 million cubic feet per day, King estimated. That’s about 25 per cent of total gas demand in the province. He said the oilsands industry normally burns about 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas.

Prices are expected to improve as oilsands projects come back online but gas producers will likely remain under pressure, King said.

Shell said it sheltered more than 2,000 evacuees between last Tuesday and Saturday but all have since left.

It said more than 8,000 individuals were evacuated from its airstrip on more than 80 flights during the same period.

Power grid operator finalizing renewable plan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

FILE PHOTO by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Apple Pay is demonstrated at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

Canada’s 5 biggest banks announce partnership with Apple Pay

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadians could soon find themselves leaving their wallets behind when they step out for a coffee or a bite to eat, as all five of the country’s biggest banks announced partnerships Tuesday with Apple Pay. The mobile payment system allows customers to upload credit and debit card information to certain Apple devices such as newer model iPhones and Apple Watches.

Customers can then use their devices to pay for purchases of up to $100 at stores and restaurants that are equipped to handle the technology.

Apple’s tap-and-pay system was first launched south of the border in 2014 and has been gradually expanding internationally.

It was introduced in Canada last November but without support from the big banks, so it was only previously available to Canadians with American Express cards.

Avinash Chidambaram, vice-president of product and platform development at Interac, says he expects Canadians to embrace the technology quickly and readily.

When Apple Pay launched in the United States, contactless payments were a new phenomenon for shoppers, and it took some time for them to adjust their payment habits.

Canadians, on the other hand, are already used to paying with a tap because the technology was introduced into credit and debit cards some time ago, Chidambaram says. “(In Canada) You can find contactless flash terminals at virtually any merchant that you want to shop at,” says Chidambaram.

“Whereas in the U.S. they’re just starting that process of converting their magnetic stripe (cards) to chip-and-pin and contactless technology.”

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CALGARY — The head of Alberta’s power grid operator says he expects to finish a report before the end of the month on how to increase renewable energy investments in the province.

David Erickson, chief executive of the Alberta Electric System Operator, said Tuesday that the report will then be submitted to the provincial government, with details of the plan expected to be finalized in the third quarter.

That would give enough time to initiate the first round of bidding on various renewable energy projects by the end of the year, with the aim of having the new power sources coming online in 2019.

Erickson described the timeline as achievable.

“It’s an aggressive timeline but I don’t think it’s too aggressive. I don’t think it’s going to lead to inappropriate outcomes because of the short timeline,” he said.

Erickson said the renewable energy procurement process should generally follow the recommendations of the government-commissioned climate leadership report tabled last November, but that the AESO is still refining details on the issue after hearing from some 140 stakeholder groups.

The process will include requests for interest and proposals, with the government aiming to have the first contracts awarded in the second quarter of 2017.

Erickson said there is already strong interest in building renewables in Alberta and that he expects numerous bids in the process.

“I don’t think we will lack for competition if we do this right,” he said.

Alberta’s NDP government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power plants and increasing renewable energy’s share of the power supply to as much as 30 per cent by 2030.

Erickson said phasing out coal won’t be easy, but that its feasible.

“Getting 40 per cent of your capacity off the system in 14 years is a tall order,” he said. “ That said, we’re confident we can do it.”

ers as well as holders of Canadian Tire Bank and ATB Financial MasterCards were able to use Apple pay as of Tuesday.

TD Bank (TSX:TD) says it will be making the service available for Interac and Visa cards in the coming weeks.

The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) and Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) have indicated they will roll out Apple Pay in the coming months.

Key things you need to know about Apple Pay’s partnerships with Canadian banks Canada’s five biggest banks all announced Tuesday that they are partnering with Apple Pay to bring the mobile payment system to their customers. Here is what you need to know: When will the service be available?

That depends on who you bank with. Royal Bank and CIBC customers can start using Apple Pay with their credit and debit cards immediately, while TD Bank, Bank of Montreal and CIBC clients will have to wait several weeks or months. Those who have MasterCards from Canadian Tire Bank and ATB Financial can also now use Apple Pay. How does it work?

Customers load eligible credit or debit cards into a smartphone. At checkout, the customer holds the device close to the merchant’s contactless reader while putting his or her finger on the touch ID fingerprint scanner to authenticate the transaction.

What devices does it work with?

Apple Pay only works with newer devices such as the iPhone 6 or later models, or the Apple Watch when paired with a 5.

Is there a limit to how big of a purchase you can make?

For now, customers can only pay for purchases worth $100 or less using Apple Pay, although industry insiders say that could change in the future.

What security features are in place?

When a credit or debit card is loaded into the app, a randomly generated number called a token is stored instead of the real card number. That way, hackers can’t steal the card number out of the device.

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BRIEF Permit values fall slightly Building permit values were down slightly in April compared to values from this time last year.

There were 89 permits issued in April compared to 133 in April 2015 and 79 in March and 184 in March 2015.

In both March and April, commercial and public sectors were strong.

In March, exterior alterations for the new Goodlife Fitness gym at Parkland Mall contributed over $4.2 million. A new base building at 500 Timberlands Drive contributed an additional $3.3 million. A new base building for a strip mall, to be located at 6802 50 Avenue, was valued at $1.4 million.

Public development in March included a permit for the new kindergarten to Grade 5 public school at 99 Inglewood Drive, valued at $10.1 million, and the Red Deer Regional Hospital flood restoration, valued at $4 million.

In April, notable building permits included one for a new commercial building at 6702 Golden West Avenue, valued at $780,000, and for a renovation to the McDonald’s located at 7149 50 Avenue, valued at $650,000.

A public sector permit for the new Fire Hall Station 4, located at 406 Townsend Street, was valued at $5.9 million.

Contributing to industrial building permit values in April was the installation of a fire alarm at Olymel, valued at $1.2 million.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 113.41 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.35 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.69 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.68 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 2.030 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.22 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.37 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 178.25 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.61 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.83 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.19 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.54 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.66 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.00 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.30 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.35 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.04 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.28 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 51.59 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.98 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.41 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.97 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 51.56 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 140.87 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.05 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.20 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.73

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Stock markets in Toronto and New York soared to three-digit gains, propped up by burgeoning oil prices and signs that China is moving to kickstart its slowing economy.

On Bay Street, the S&P/ TSX composite index rallied 211.35 points, or 1.56 per cent, to 13,775.19, led by gains in energy and mining companies.

Overnight, Beijing announced it was going to increase bank lending while also offering greater tax rebates and more support for export credits. The June contract for benchmark North American crude rose $1.22 to US$44.66 a barrel.

Elsewhere in commodities, the June contract for natural gas was up six cents at US$2.16 per mmBtu, while June gold fell $1.80 to US$1,264.80 a troy ounce and July copper eased a penny to US$2.09 a pound.

The commodity-sensitive Canadian dollar also rebounded from recent losses, up 0.28 of a U.S. cent to 77.42 cents US. New York markets were also sharply higher with the Dow Jones industrial aver-

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.74 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.82 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.79 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.36 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 23.19 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.24 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.53 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.10 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 4.91 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 7.15 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.56 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 20.87 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.840 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.29 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 20.61 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 21.51 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.23 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.63 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . 25.552 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.95 Canyon Services Group. . 4.40 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.72 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1450 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 7.91 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.570 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.99

age surging 222.44 points or 1.26 per cent to 17,928.35, while the broader S&P 500 rose 25.70 points to 2,084.39 and the Nasdaq added 59.67 points to 4,809.88.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,775.19, up 211.35 points Dow — 17,928.35, up 222.44 points S&P 500 — 2,084.39, up 25.70 points Nasdaq — 4,809.88, up 59.67 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.42 cents US, up 0.28 of a cent Pound — C$1.8653, down 0.21 of a cent Euro — C$1.4685, down 0.69 of a cent Euro — US$1.1370, down 0.12 of a cent Oil futures: US$44.66 per barrel, up $1.22 (June contract) Gold futures: US$1,264.80 per oz., down $1.80 (June contract) Canadian Fine Silver

NEWS IN BRIEF

B.C. tightens real estate rules to protect sellers from contract flipping VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is moving to protect property owners from predatory conduct in the real estate market by stopping so-called contract flipping without the sellers consent.

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.84 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.83 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.18 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.17 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 2.080 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.110 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.42 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.52 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.710 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.18 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 41.47 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2100 Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.50 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.32 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.17 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.91 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.23 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.07 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.67 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.36 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 41.35 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.220 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.61 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.81 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.93

Handy and Harman: $23.062 oz., up 6.5 cents $741.44 kg., up $2.09 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: May ‘16 $15.80 higher $526.90 July ‘16 $16.20 higher $532.30 Nov. ‘16 $14.60 higher $521.70 Jan. ‘17 $15.10 higher $523.60 March ‘17 $15.00 higher $523.50 May ‘17 $14.40 higher $521.70 July ‘17 $14.40 higher $521.20 Nov. ‘17 $14.40 higher $512.70 Jan. ‘18 $14.40 higher $512.70 March ‘18 $14.40 higher $512.70 May ‘18 $14.40 higher $512.70.

Barley (Western): May ‘16 unchanged $172.00 July ‘16 unchanged $174.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $174.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $174.00 March ‘17 unchanged $174.00 May ‘17 unchanged $174.00 July ‘17 unchanged $174.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $174.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $174.00 March ‘18 unchanged $174.00 May ‘18 unchanged $174.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 1,109,020 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 1,109,020.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong says new rules starting May 16 will require property offers to include two separate terms dealing with contract assignments in pending deals.

He says the rules require real estate agents to include the consent of the seller to transfer the contract to another buyer and spells out that profits from the contract change must go back to the original seller. De Jong says the changes are designed to prevent situations where a buyer profits by selling a home at a higher price before the closing date of the original sale.

SNC Lavalin President and CEO Neil Bruce speaks to reporters in Montreal, Tuesday following a business luncheon.

SNC to reimburse Quebec municipalities, agencies over questionable contracts

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Engineering giant SNC-Lavalin said Tuesday it wants to turn the page on its checkered past by making restitution to municipalities and other public bodies in Quebec for obtaining contracts through questionable means. The provincial government launched a program last November aimed at recovering money paid in connection with public contracts obtained as a result of fraud or fraudulent tactics. It gives businesses and individuals two years to voluntarily make such payments for contracts dating as far back as 1996.

Following an internal investigation, Montreal-based SNC has decided to submit in the coming days what it said will be a fair proposal to make restitution for some contracts obtained in Montreal, Laval, Quebec City and Saint-Cyprien.

“We think it’s important for us to put everything in the last 20 years in

the past and move on and this is a great opportunity for us to do that,” CEO Neil Bruce told reporters after speaking to the Montreal Board of Trade. Other municipalities or public bodies that feel wronged can present evidence as to why they should obtain restitution. They have 60 days following the submission of a company’s proposal to formally respond before negotiations begin through Francois Rolland, a retired judge who will act as mediator.

Quebec’s justice minister has to approve all settlements, which must be reached by November 2017.

Although the company said in a news release that it is making the payments in response to the government program, Bruce said SNC-Lavalin isn’t admitting culpability and only following the process set up by the province.

“We’re basically taking the opportunity to enter the process, which is a global agreement that basically puts anything that may or may not have happened in the past,” Bruce said.

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Pens finish off Caps

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — A three-goal lead gone — and his team’s momentum right along with it — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan provided a reminder heading to overtime of Game 6 of a relentlessly entertaining playoff series against the Washington Capitals.

Keep skating. Play fast. Be confident.

In the span of a dozen frantic seconds early in the extra period on Tuesday night, Carl Hagelin, Phil Kessel and Nick Bonino did all three, sending their resilient club to the Eastern Conference final in the process.

Bonino tapped in a rebound of Hagelin’s shot by Braden Holtby 6:32 into overtime to give the Penguins a 4-3 win to wrap up the series in six games and set up a showdown with Tampa Bay for the right to play for the Stanley Cup. Kessel went to the corner to retrieve the puck and passed it to Hagelin in the slot. Hagelin’s shot caromed off Holtby’s right pad directly to Bonino, who had little trouble pushing it into the net for his 10th career playoff goal, and easily his most important.

“I just went to the front,” Bonino said. “The puck always ends up there and I was able to get a stick on it. It wasn’t pretty, but they’re usually not.”

Not that style points mattered much during a taut dozen days in early spring. The Capitals overcame a threegoal deficit in the final 22 minutes of regulation and earned a break when Jay Beagle went to his belly on the goal line to steer a shot by Patric Hornqvist out of harm’s way early in the extra period.

There was no stopping Bonino’s tapin, however, sending the Presidents’ Trophy winners to their dressing room with an all-too familiar feeling.

Nine times the longtime rivals have

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Nick Bonino, facing camera at top, is mobbed by teammates after scoring against the Washington Capitals during overtime of Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals, Tuesday, in Pittsburgh. The Penguins won 4-3 to advance to the next round. met in the playoffs. Eight times the post-series handshake line has ended with Pittsburgh celebrating while Washington trudges toward the off-season.

“It’s just kind of setting in right now that it’s over,” Beagle said. “We had high expectations. The Cup was our goal all year and unfortunately we didn’t (make it).”

Thanks in part to an inability to keep Bonino, Hagelin and Kessel in check. While Washington kept Pittsburgh stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin under wraps — they combined for all of four points in six games — the Capitals struggled to keep up with one of the fastest lines in the league.

Kessel scored twice and helped set up the winner. Hagelin added a goal

and two assists for Pittsburgh, including the shot that allowed Bonino to send Consol Energy Center into a frenzy.

“I thought we did a really good job on Crosby and Malkin the whole series, but a lot of the other people hurt us,” Washington coach Barry Trotz said.

T.J. Oshie, Justin Williams and John Carlson scored during Washington’s comeback, one completed after three straight delay of game penalties against the Penguins gave one of the league’s best power plays enough time to tie it up.

Chris Kunitz, Ian Cole and Bonino all flipped the puck over the glass from the defensive zone in a span of 2:02, a sequence that led to Carlson’s fifth

playoff goal, a shot that bounced and skipped by Murray to provide another compelling twist in a series that lived up to — and perhaps beyond — its billing.

“It was the worst feeling I think I ever had in hockey when I whacked the puck out of play,” Bonino said. “Then Cole did it after (Kunitz) did it. That’s something you’ll never see.”

Sullivan tried to remain upbeat in the dressing room before the third overtime game of the series.

“What we talked about was taking a deep breath, not changing what’s happened and letting it go,” he said.

“These guys to their credit have done an amazing job of not allowing any sort of ebbs and flows of the game to affect them.”

Raptors try to find ways to get stars going going to get their rhythm, their shot — somebody else is going to step up and they may be more of a decoy — but it’s TORONTO — In the wake of a pain- not like we’re just going to bench Kyle ful overtime loss in Miami, Raptors and DeMar and go away from them. coach Dwane Casey says he’s sleeping They’re our guys. We believe in them. like a baby — “waking up and crying.”

They’re our two all-stars and sooner The quip drew the laughter he in- or later they’re going to come through tended. In reality, Casey says it’s all or be a part of what we’re trying to do.” about maintaining an even keel going DeRozan did sit out all but 1:38 of into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference the final quarter Monday, however. semifinal Wednesday against the Heat.

Casey, who has said his team will The best-of-seven series is knotted “ride or die” with the two all-stars, at two games apiece after the Heat’s noted DeRozan’s shooting was off be94-87 overtime victory Monday in Mi- fore he jammed his thumb in Game 1 ami. of the series. “A double whammy,” he “Everybody’s upset that we lost, said. which they should be. But nobody’s Even more so given that other teams pushed the panic button,” Casey told are whacking the thumb every chance reporters Tuesday at the team’s train- they get. ing centre after flying back from FlorBoth teams will be without their ida. “Because it’s such a competitive starting centres Wednesday for the series.” second game in Casey calls it a ‘THEY’RE GOING TO BE OUR a row. Coach Er“nip-and-tuck” seSpoelstra said GUYS. BECAUSE AT SOME ik ries, three of the Hassan Whiteside POINT THEY’RE GOING four games have is staying in Miami gone to OT with TO GET THEIR RHYTHM, for rest and therapy Miami leading Toon his injured knee. ronto in total points THEIR SHOT — SOMEBODY The seven-footer ELSE IS GOING TO STEP UP is listed day-to-day 379-374.

Watching from AND THEY MAY BE MORE with a sprained methe comfort of their dial collateral ligaOF A DECOY — BUT IT’S homes are the ment.

NOT LIKE WE’RE JUST Cleveland CavaToronto big man liers, who swept the Jonas Valanciunas GOING TO BENCH KYLE Atlanta Hawks on (ankle) has been Sunday. They will AND DEMAR AND GO AWAY ruled out of the sebe well rested come FROM THEM. THEY’RE OUR ries. the Eastern final.

Only the coaches GUYS. WE BELIEVE IN Toronto’s allwere made availstar backcourt con- THEM. THEY’RE OUR TWO able to the media ALL-STARS AND SOONER Tuesday. tinues to struggle.

Kyle Lowry, who OR LATER THEY’RE GOING Casey looked to fouled out with the positives, sinTO COME THROUGH OR BE gling out Patrick 1:58 remaining, and A PART OF WHAT WE’RE P a t t e r s o n , C o r y DeMar DeRozan, nursing an injured Joseph and Lucas TRYING TO DO.’ thumb, shot a comNogueira for stepbined 6 for 28 on — DWANE CASEY ping up.

Monday night.

“It’s going to be RAPTORS HEAD COACH Lowry, who had different storylines a breakout night in each night, differGame 3, is averagent ways trying to ing 15.0 points a game in the playoffs win, different ways trying to find ofon 33.1 per cent shooting. DeRozan is fence,” he said. averaging 17.7 points on 33.0 per cent Casey said the Raptors’ biggest shooting. The regular season numbers problem in Game 4 was the inability for Lowry were 21.2 points and 42.7 per to prevent the Heat from scoring in the cent shooting and for DeRozan 23.5 paint (54 points). Dwyane Wade penepoints and 44.6 per cent shooting. trated time and time again en route to “The guys, they’re not shooting well his 30 points. … We know about it, Miami knows “I don’t care if you have Wilt Chamabout it,” Casey said. “We’re trying to berlain or Bill Russell back there, one do things to get around it and trying dribble to the rim, there’s not many big to create more offence with those guys guys going to get there,” Casey said. struggling the way they are.

Game 6 is Friday night in Miami “But again they’re going to be our with Game 7, if needed, set for Sunday guys. Because at some point they’re at 1:30 p.m. in Toronto

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Riggers pitcher Josh Edwards throws a second inning pitch against the Parkland White Sox during baseball action at Great Chief Park, Tuesday.

Riggers rout White Sox in home opener

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Riggers 10 White Sox 1 A seven run fourth inning blew an otherwise quiet game wide open as the Red Deer Riggers opened their season with a 10-1 win over the Parkland White Sox. Four Riggers pitchers — Josh Edwards, Davin Gulbransen, Drew Boyer and Dustin Northcott — combined to hold the White Sox to one run on six hits Tuesday night at Great Chief Park.

But it was the new faces in the Riggers lineup that led the charge. Aaron J.P. Wilner and Aaron Dunsmore combined for six RBIs in the fourth inning.

Compounding issues for the visiting White Sox in the fourth, was all seven runs came with two outs. With the bases loaded, Dunsmore hit a double to the left-centre gap that was enough to clear the bases and score three runs.

After Jason Lewis walked to first, Wilner capped off the fourth with a three-run home run over the tall fence in centre field.

“It was a 2-0 fastball right down the middle,” said Wilner, who plays third base. “Didn’t miss it.

“I’m happy to be here and happy to be playing.”

Wilner, a Regina native, played last season with the Saskatoon Smoking Guns at nationals. Looking for a new

place to play, the Riggers welcomed him with open arms. He played some college baseball in California, New Mexico and Georgia. He finished the day 2-for-4 at the plate with a single in the sixth inning.

Manager/shortstop Jason Chatwood said despite having the two outs, they came through in the fourth with runners on and the heart of the lineup right behind them.

“All of a sudden it’s seven runs,” said Chatwood.

“After that, defence and pitching did their thing.

“We had some guys get on by walks or hit-by-pitches or an error here or there. They got on base for the right guys. It’s nice when it works out.”

Designated hitter Kerry Boon was plunked twice and centre-fielder Shayne Court and Lewis were also hit.

“We had a good night, but I think every one is still rusty,” said Chatwood.

“We’ll practice this weekend and get ready for next week.

“For the first game of the year you don’t expect balls to be hit that hard.

Even some balls we hit that were caught were hard hit balls. We have a really deep lineup.”

The Riggers now have a week off before their next game at home on May 17 against the Sherwood Park Athletics. The game, at Great Chief Park, starts at 7:30 p.m. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Cougars win historic championship FIRST SCHOOL NOT FROM EDMONTON OR CALGARY TO WIN TEAM BADMINTON PROVINCIALS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Seventeen Notre Dame High School badminton players qualified for provincials, and it took all 17 for the Cougars to emerge as 4A provincial team championships.

For the first time in 22 years, the winner of that title is not from Edmonton or Calgary. Notre Dame became only the fourth team in the Alberta Schools Athletic Association to win the team championship joining Harry Ainlay, Western Canada and Archbishop Macdonald.

Coach Michael McAdam stressed the importance of the team effort as those who didn’t win a medal still put up points that garnered the team championship.

“This was the last award presented at provincials,” said McAdam. “We knew we would be close sending 17 players. It was suspenseful towards the end. When we heard we won it, it was pretty exciting in the gym. We cheered pretty loud.

“It’s a hard award to achieve.

You have to have many players go up against the big schools. It’s a big accomplishment for a city like Red Deer.”

All 17 collected points for the Cougars over the weekend in Edmonton.

Their point total put them on top of the province, giving the team a banner to hang at the Notre Dame gym.

Close doesn’t really describe Ben LeBlanc’s final loss. The junior boys silver medalist led in both of the games of his final set, but lost 26-28 and 20-22. In semifinals, he persevered through a tough, rollercoaster of a match but won and punched his ticket to the finals.

Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate Staff

Members of the Notre Dame High School Badminton won the team provincial championship in Edmonton over the weekend. Back row (left to right): Matthew Heron and Geordan Andrew. Second row (left to right): Han Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Xavier Gray and Rene Grise. Third row (left to right): Glennikka Kubaron, Brian Pabilana, Juan Zuluaga, Jenna Hollman and Leroy Stanisclaus.

Fourth row (left to right): Ngan Nguyen, Gracyn Hollman, Ben LeBlanc, Denssyl Maribojoc, Megan Benoit, Emily Downey and Michael McAdam. Absent: Shae Bilodeau and Luke Escobar.

“I was up 10-1 in the third (and deciding) set, then he was up 19-14 and then I won 21-19,” said LeBlanc, who overcame the adversity.

“It involved me hitting my racket on my leg a few times, but I focused in and got through.”

Red Deer Games Foundation accepting funding applications Driven, high level athletes can apply for funding through the Red Deer Games Foundation, the same funding that has helped several Olympic athletes.

The foundation provides financial assistance to individuals who demonstrate a high level of ability and a strong devotion to their sport.

Previous recipients include Olympians Jeremy Wotherspoon (speedskating), Danielle Wotherspoon

(speedskating), Regan Lauscher (luge), Drew Goldsack (cross-country skiing) and Deirdre Dionne (freestyle skiing) as well as three time world champion swimmer Elliott Moskowy.

Applications must be submitted by May 25.

Full guidelines and criteria of the program are available at the Alberta Sports Development Centre, 100 College Blvd. Red Deer, or online at www. asdccentral.ca.

The Grade 10s on the team were strong players for the Cougars with three medalists in bunch, LeBlanc’s A side silver as well as Jenna Hollman and Shae Bilodeau’s gold in junior girls A side doubles and Rene Grise’s B side gold.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Raiders 7 Cyclones 0 Six different goal scorers connected for seven goals as the Lindsay Thurber Raiders shutout the Innisfail Cyclones 7-0 in Central Alberta High School Soccer League action.

Osvaldo Aguilar scored twice while Obai Altaiyan, Zamir Ahmad, Tony Castro, Seth Seewalt and Navada White each scored once to lead the Raiders.

Like LeBlanc, Hollman and Bilodeau had to overcome some adversity when Hollman started “losing her grip.”

“I went a little downhill and my partner picked it up for me,” said Hollman. “That’s why I like doubles. When you mess up, you have someone else to rely on. I started hitting the net lots and I got frustrated, but she picked me back up.”

For Grise, the fun was being able to spend the weekend with friends while competing.

“Badminton is only a five week season,” said McAdam. “To have them playing club badminton year-round definitely helped them prepare for provincials.”

Coach Ngan Nguyen agreed there is a strong foundation in feeder schools and in club play that led to the success of the team.

In that five week season, the team managed to schedule only 12 practices. Areas and zones happened in rapid succession and then on May 5 they were off to provincials.

“As coaches we’re happy to see individual players place, by all means,” said Nguyen. “As a team, this award is what we’re gunning for.”

Coach Leroy Stanisclaus called Badminton more of a team sport than people realize and the team championship they won exemplifies that.

“Even sitting around and cheering on each other and watching each other’s games,” he said. “It was good for the kids who didn’t make it to the semifinals, cheering on their teammates and not even knowing they contributed to the banner. For the kids who didn’t make it to the semifinals or get a medal, this is a big achievement.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

TORONTO BLUE JAYS Troy Tulowitzki homered and drove in three runs, J.A. Happ allowed five hits in 8 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Tuesday night for their sixth victory in eight games. Happ (5-0) was one out away from his first complete game since August 2010.

He walked three and struck out five in beating the Giants for the first time in five starts. He also singled in the eighth.

Roberto Osuna came on to walk Matt Duffy, loading the bases, before getting Jarrett Parker on strikes for his eighth save. Tulowitzki hit a solo shot against Matt Cain (0-5) with one out in the second and followed Michael Saunders’ seventh-inning triple with a sacrifice fly.

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Local Sports Today ● Midget Baseball: Okotoks Dawgs Red at Red Deer AAA Braves, 6:30 p.m., Great Chief Park

● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Senior Ladies Calgary Cougars at Red Deer Rage, 8:30 p.m., Kinex

Brandon (E1) vs. Seattle (US1) (Brandon leads series 3-0) Tuesday’s result Brandon 3 Seattle 2 (OT) Saturday’s result Brandon 3 Seattle 2 (OT) Wednesday’s game Brandon at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s game Brandon at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Monday, May 16 Seattle at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Saturday ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B tier 2 Lethbridge Barracudas at Red Deer Renegades, 5 p.m., Kinex ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B tier 1 Rockyview Silvertips at Red Deer Rampage, 7:30 p.m., Kinex

NHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7)

Basketball 2016 NBA Playoffs Second Round CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland (1) vs. Atlanta (4) (Cleveland wins series 4-0) Sunday’s result Cleveland 100 Atlanta 99 Toronto (2) vs. Miami (3) (Series tied 2-2) Monday’s result Miami 94 Toronto 87 (OT) Saturday’s result Toronto 95 Miami 91 Wednesday’s game Miami at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Friday’s game Toronto at Miami, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 Miami at Toronto, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Wednesday, April 27: N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 3 Saturday, April 30: Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 1 Tuesday, May 3: Tampa Bay 5, NY Islanders 4, OT Friday, May 6: Tampa Bay 2, NY Islanders 1, OT Sunday, May 8: Tampa Bay 4, NY Islanders 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State (1) vs. Portland (5) (Golden State leads series 3-1) Monday’s result Golden State 132 Portland 125 Saturday’s result Portland 120 Golden State 108 Wednesday’s game Portland at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s game Golden State at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 16 Portland at Golden State, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 Thursday, April 28: Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Saturday, April 30: Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 Monday, May 2: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 Wednesday, May 4: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT Saturday, May 7: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 Tuesday, May 10: Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, OT

San Antonio (2) vs. Oklahoma City (3) (Oklahoma City leads series 3-2) Tuesday’s result Oklahoma City 95 San Antonio 91 Sunday’s result Oklahoma City 111 San Antonio 97 Thursday’s game San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 Oklahoma City at San Antonio, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis 3, Dallas 3 Friday, April 29: Dallas 2, St. Louis 1 Sunday, May 1: St. Louis 4, Dallas 3, OT Tuesday, May 3: St. Louis 6, Dallas 1 Thursday, May 5: Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT Saturday, May 7: St. Louis 4, Dallas 1 Monday, May 9: Dallas 3, St. Louis 2 Wednesday, May 11: St. Louis at Dallas, 6 p.m.

San Jose 3, Nashville 3 Friday, April 29: San Jose 5, Nashville 2 Sunday, May 1: San Jose 3, Nashville 2 Tuesday, May 3: Nashville 4, San Jose 1 Thursday, May 5: Nashville 4, San Jose 3, 3OT Saturday, May 7: San Jose 5, Nashville 1 Monday, May 9: Nashville 4, San Jose 3, OT

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Kansas City INF Raul Mondesi (Northwest Arkansas-TL) 50 games for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, and Toronto RHP Clinton Hollon (Lansing-MWL) 50 games and Minnesota RHP Logan Lombana (Cedar Rapids-MWL) 80 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned RHP Scott McGough outright to Norfolk (IL). Sent DH Jimmy Paredes to Norfolk for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned RHP Tommy Kahnle to Charlotte (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded C Anthony Recker to Atlanta for cash.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed C Jason Castro on paternity leave. Recalled C Max Stassi from Fresno (PCL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent LHP Mike Minor to Northwest Arkansas (TL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed SS Andrelton Simmons on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday.

Acquired INF Brendan Ryan from Washington for cash and/or a player to be named and selected his contract from Salt Lake (PCL). Transferred RHP Garrett Richards to the 60-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned LHP Ryan O’Rourke outright to Rochester (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Mark Canha and RHP Liam Hendriks on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP J.B. Wendelken to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Andrew Triggs and UT Tyler Ladendorf from Nashville. Selected the contract of LHP Daniel Coulombe from Nashville. Transferred RHP Chris Bassitt to the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed LHP Brett Cecil on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Archie Bradley to Reno (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Michael Bourn on a minor league contract and assigned him to Mobile (SL). Named Willie Bloomquist special assistant to the president and CEO. ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Jim Johnson on the 15-day DL. Designated OF Matt Tuiasosopo for assignment. Reinstated 3B Gordon Beckham from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Ian Krol from Gwinnett (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP Tyler Anderson to Hartford (EL). Named Doug Chadwick mental skills co-ordinator.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP Nefi Ogando on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Nick Wittgren from New Orleans.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP David Goforth to Colorado Springs (PCL). Assigned LHP Sam Freeman outright to Colorado Springs. Reinstated RHP Wily Peralta from paternity leave. Sent 2B Scooter Gennett to Brevard County (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned LHP Josh Edgin to Las Vegas (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded OF Mel Rojas Jr. to Atlanta for cash.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed LHP Keith Hessler off waivers from Arizona.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Stephen Strasburg on a seven-year contract from 2017-23.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Nick Vigil.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed DT A’Shawn Robinson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed S Marwin Evans.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released DB Jordan Kovacs and OL Jake Bernstein, Ben Clarke and Laurence Gibson. Signed DB Shannon Edwards and OL Garrick Mayweather, Drew Nowak and Zach Sterup.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived S John Lowdermilk. Signed RB C.J. Ham. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed S Vonn Bell to a four-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed RB DeAndre Washington, C Ross Burbank, DL Drew Iddings, DT Darius Latham, TE Ryan O’Malley, G Oni Omoile, LB/DE James Cowser, LB Kyrie Wilson, CBs Kenneth Durden, Antonio Hamilton and Tony McRae, and WRs K.J. Brent, Johnny Holton and Max McCaffrey.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Named Parys Haralson director of player engagement.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Named Doug Houda assistant coach and agreed to terms with him on a three-year contract. Announced goaltending coach Jim Bedard will not be re-signed.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Named Benoit Groulx coach of Syracuse (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS — Granted conditional approval of the transfer of the Springfield Falcons to the Arizona Coyotes and relocation to Tucson, Ariz.

Tuesday’s summary Penguins 4, Capitals 3 (1st OT) First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Kessel 4 (Dumoulin, Hagelin) 5:41.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Kessel 5 (Letang, Kunitz) 7:05 (pp).

3. Pittsburgh, Hagelin 4 (Maatta, Daley) 7:38 (pp).

4. Washington, Oshie 6 (Backstrom, Ovechkin) 18:30 (pp).

Penalties — Orpik Wash (double high-sticking) 6:25 Fehr Pgh (interference) 13:58 Kunitz Pgh (tripping) 17:37.

Third Period 5. Washington, Williams 3 (Backstrom) 7:23.

6. Washington, Carlson 5 (Ovechkin, Williams) 13:01 (pp).

Penalties — Ovechkin Wash (slashing) 3:54 Kunitz Pgh (delay of game) 10:32 Bonino Pgh (delay of game) 11:38 Cole Pgh (delay of game) 12:34 Letang Pgh (interference) 17:14.

First Overtime 7. Pittsburgh, Bonino 2 (Hagelin, Kessel) 6:32.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Washington 10 8 18 3 — 39 Pittsburgh 11 12 12 7 — 42 Goal — Washington: Holtby (L, 6-6-0). Pittsburgh: Murray (W, 7-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 2-6 Pittsburgh: 2-3.

2016 IIHF Men’s World Championship At Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt Czech Rep. 3 2 1 0 0 11 5 8 Russia 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 6 Sweden 3 1 1 0 1 9 7 5 Norway 3 1 1 0 1 8 8 5 Switzerland 3 0 1 2 0 8 9 4 Denmark 3 1 0 1 1 7 8 4 Kazakhstan 3 0 1 0 2 9 12 2 Latvia 3 0 0 2 1 4 10 2 Group B GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt Canada 3 3 0 0 0 20 2 9 Finland 3 3 0 0 0 14 5 9 Slovakia 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 6 France 3 1 1 0 1 10 9 5 Germany 3 1 0 1 1 8 9 4 U.S. 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 3 Hungary 3 0 0 0 3 4 17 0 Belarus 3 0 0 0 3 5 20 0 Note: Three points for a win in regulation, two for

an overtime/shootout victory & one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

Tuesday’s results At Moscow Norway 4 Kazakhstan 2 Switzerland 3 Denmark 2 (OT) At St. Petersburg, Russia France 6 Hungary 2 Germany 5 Slovakia 1 Monday’s results At Moscow Czech Republic 4 Sweden 2 Russia 4 Latvia 0 At St. Petersburg, Russia Canada 8 Belarus 0 Finland 3 United States 2 Wednesday’s games At Moscow Switzerland vs. Latvia, 7:15 a.m.

Sweden vs. Kazakhstan, 11:15 a.m.

At St. Petersburg, Russia Slovakia vs. Belarus, 7:15 a.m.

Finland vs. Hungary, 11:15 a.m.

Thursday’s games At Moscow Czech Republic vs. Norway, 7:15 a.m.

Russia vs. Denmark, 11:15 a.m.

At St. Petersburg, Russia United States vs. France, 7:15 a.m.

Canada vs. Germany, 11:15 a.m.

World Hockey Championship Scoring Leaders G A Pts Patrik Laine, Fin 4 2 6 Mikael Granlund, Fin 2 4 6 Derick Brassard, Cda 2 3 5 Nigel Dawes, Kaz 2 3 5 Matt Duchene, Cda 2 3 5 Vadim Shipachyov, Rus 1 4 5 Michal Birner, Cze 3 1 4 Taylor Hall, Cda 3 1 4 Anton Belov, Rus 2 2 4 Yevgeni Dadonov, Rus 2 2 4 Mikko Koivu. Fin 2 2 4 Michael Matheson, Cda 2 2 4 Auston Matthews, US 2 2 4 Ryan O’Reilly, Cda 2 2 4 Ken Andre Olimb, Nor 2 2 4 Mathis Olumb, Nor 2 2 4 Artemi Panarin, Rus 2 2 4 Corey Perry, Cda 2 2 4 Tomas Jurco, Svk 1 3 4 Roman Cervenka, Cze 1 3 4 Philip Gogulla, Ger 1 3 4 Mark Scheifele, Cda 1 3 4

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 19 12 .613 — Boston 20 13 .606 — Toronto 18 17 .514 3 Tampa Bay 15 16 .484 4 New York 13 18 .419 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 23 11 .676 — Cleveland 16 14 .533 5 Kansas City 15 17 .469 7 Detroit 15 17 .469 7 Minnesota 8 24 .250 14 West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 20 13 .606 — Texas 19 15 .559 1 Los Angeles 13 18 .419 6 Oakland 14 20 .412 6 Houston 13 21 .382 7

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Chicago White Sox (Latos 5-0) at Texas (Hamels 4-0), 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 3-2) at Houston (Fister 3-3), 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 2-4) at Seattle (Walker 2-2), 1:40 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 1:45 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington (Scherzer 3-2), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Ventura 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 1-3), 5:05 p.m.

Oakland (Surkamp 0-2) at Boston (Porcello 5-1), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

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Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Kansas City 3 Washington 5, Detroit 4 Boston 14, Oakland 7 Chicago White Sox 8, Texas 4, 12 innings Baltimore at Minnesota, ppd.

Houston 7, Cleveland 1 Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 3, San Francisco 1

Thursday’s Games Detroit at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

New York Washington Philadelphia Miami Atlanta Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee

Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Kansas City 7 Boston 13, Oakland 5 Texas 13, Chicago White Sox 11 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3 Cleveland 4, Houston 0 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late Seattle 6, Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (Wilson 1-1) at Minnesota (Hughes 1-5),

Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco Colorado San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 20 11 .645 20 13 .606 19 14 .576 17 15 .531 7 24 .226 Central Division W L Pct 25 6 .806 17 15 .531 16 16 .500 14 19 .424 14 19 .424 West Division W L Pct 16 16 .500 17 18 .486 17 18 .486 15 18 .455 13 20 .394

Curry is first unanimous NBA MVP

Football CFL’s 2016 draft selections Selections made Tuesday night from the opening round of the Canadian Football League’s 2016 draft (with overall number, team, player, position and school): First Round 1. Saskatchewan, Josiah St. John, OL, Oklahoma 2.

Montreal, Phillippe Gagnon, OL, Laval 3. Hamilton, Brandon Revenberg, OL, Grand Valley State 4.

Toronto, Brian Jones, WR, Acadia 5. British Columbia, Charles Vaillancourt, OL, Laval 6. Calgary, Alex Singleton, LB, Montana State 7. Ottawa, Jason Lauzon-Seguin, OL, Laval 8. Edmonton, Tevaun Smith, WR, Iowa.

Second Round 9. Winnipeg (from Edmonton via Saskatchewan), Trent Corney, DL, Virginia 10. Winnipeg, Michael Couture, OL, Simon Fraser 11. Montreal, Wayne Moore, RB, McMaster 12. British Columbia, Anthony Thompson, DB, Southern Illinois 13. Toronto, DJ Sackey, OL, Toronto 14. Hamilton, Mercer Timmis, RB, Calgary 15. Calgary, Juwan Brescacin, WR, Northern Illinois 16. Ottawa, Mikael Charland, DB, Concordia 17. Edmonton, Colquhoun Arjen, DB, Michigan State.

Third Round 18. Hamilton (from Saskatchewan), Mike Jones, WR, Southern 19. Winnipeg Taylor Loffler, DB, British Columbia 20. Montreal, Sean Jamieson, OL, Western Ontario 21. Hamilton (from B.C.), Terrell

Thursday, May 12: Nashville at San Jose, 7 p.m.

WHL 2016 Playoffs Fourth Round ED CHYNOWETH CUP League Championship (Best-of-7)

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Davis, LB, British Columbia 22. Toronto, Jamal Campbell, OL, York 23. British Columbia (from Hamilton), Brett Blaszko, WR, Calgary 24. Saskatchewan (from Calgary), Elie Bouka, DB, Calgary 25. Ottawa, Mehdi Abdesmad, DL, Boston College 26. Saskatchewan (from Edmonton), Quinn Van Glyswyk, K, British Columbia.

Fourth Round 27. Toronto (from Saskatchewan), Declan Cross, RB, McMaster 28. Winnipeg, Shane Gauthier, LB, Laval 29. Montreal, George Johnson, WR, Western Ontario 30. British Columbia (from Hamilton via B.C.), Dillon Guy, OL, Buffalo 31. Toronto, Llevi Noel, WR, Windsor AKO Fratmen 32. British Columbia (from Hamilton), Shaquille Johnson, WR, Western 33. Calgary, Roman Grozman, OT, Concordia 34.

Ottawa, Kevin Jackson, LB, Sam Houston State 35.

Saskatchewan (from Hamilton via Edmonton), David Onyemata, DL, Manitoba.

Fifth Round 36. Saskatchewan, Alex Ogbongbemiga, LB, Calgary 37. Winnipeg, Zachary Intzandt, OL, McMaster 38. Calgary (from Saskatchewan), Jean Phiippe, Bolduc, DB, Laval 39. Hamilton (from B.C.), Felix Faubert-Lussier, WR, Laval 40. Toronto, Curtis Newton, LB, Guelph 41. Hamilton, Elroy Douglas, DB, Missouri Western State 42. Calgary, PierreLuc Caron, LB, Laval 43. Ottawa, Randy Beardy, OL, Windsor 44. Edmonton, Josh Woodman, DB, Western Ontario.

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Monday’s Games Washington 5, Detroit 4 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 4, Milwaukee 1 San Diego at Chicago Cubs, ppd.

Arizona 10, Colorado 5 N.Y. Mets 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Toronto 3, San Francisco 1 Tuesday’s Games Detroit 5, Washington 4 Milwaukee 10, Miami 2 Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, ppd.

Chicago Cubs 8, San Diego 7 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis at L.A. Angels, late N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, late Toronto 4, San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s Games San Diego (Rea 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-2), 11:05 a.m.

Arizona (Ray 1-2) at Colorado (Bettis 3-2), 1:10 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 4-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 1:45 p.m.

Detroit (Zimmermann 5-1) at Washington (Scherzer 3-2), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 1-4) at Miami (Chen 2-1), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-4) at Atlanta (Chacin 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Nicasio 3-3) at Cincinnati (Simon 1-3), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Pomeranz 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-1), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

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

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

the award for the second straight season after leading the defending champion Warriors to a record-setting season.

“I never really set out to change the game.

I never thought that would happen in my career,” Curry said.

“What I wanted to do was just be myself. …

I know it inspires a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value the fact that you can work every single day to get better. You’ve got to be able to put the time and the work.

That’s how I got here, that’s how I continue to get better every single day.

From the jaw-dropping half-court heaves that somehow sink through the net to the dazzling drives and zippy passes from every which way, Stephen Curry’s desire to keep getting better while always trying to entertain at every stop has the Golden State superstar being mentioned right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. And he just turned 28. There might still be so much more for the 6-foot-3, baby-faced point guard whose ability to make it on the big NBA stage was initially questioned by some.

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Henderson happy to be home YOUNG CANADIAN GOLF STAR ENJOYING DOWN-TIME AFTER GREAT START TO LPGA SEASON

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DUNROBIN, Ont. — Canada’s Brooke Henderson is finally getting to enjoy some quality time at home after a whirlwind start to her 2016 golf season.

Her first full campaign with full-time status on the LPGA Tour has been a busy one and the Smiths Falls, Ont., native has shown her rookie season was no fluke.

Henderson has picked up where she left off last year, finishing in the top 10 at eight of the 11 events she has entered this season. She has risen to fifth in the world rankings and is ninth on the money list.

Not bad for someone still four months shy of her 19th birthday.

“I’m playing really well but I know I have big goals and big dreams ahead of me,” Henderson said.

“I’m still pushing to be that little bit better.”

Henderson was back in the Ottawa area on Tuesday with her sister Brittany for an appearance at the Kevin Haime Kids to the Course Classic at Eagle Creek Golf Club.

It was her first trip home since Christmas Day. “It’s really nice to see everybody and be back home in Smiths Falls and sleep in my own bed,” Henderson said.

She plans to relax at her family cottage later this week before getting ready for the May 19-22 Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va. That will kick off another busy run of nine tournaments in a row for the 2015 Canadian Press female athlete of the year.

Henderson is planning to play over 30 tournaments in 2016 and is a virtual lock to be named to the Canadian team that will participate at the Rio Games in August. Right now she’s focused on maintaining her consistent play and continuing her push to reach the top spot in the world rankings.

Henderson became the third-youngest winner in LPGA Tour history last summer when she won the Cambia Portland Classic by eight shots. She was immediately given full Tour membership after the victory.

After rising over 200 spots in the world rankings, she set a pre-season goal of reaching the top 10 and improving her consistency around the greens.

Her top result this season was a second-place showing in early February at the Coates Golf Championship. That kicked off a run of eight straight top10 finishes.

Consistency has been key to her strong play. Henderson is fifth in scoring average (70.02), 14th in average driving distance (268.36 yards) and 25th in

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Brooke Henderson watches a tee shot during the first round of the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout golf tournament in Irving, Texas, April 28. Henderson is back home after great start to LPGA season. She is getting in some down-time before continuing a busy summer schedule which is very likely to include representing Canada at the Rio summer Olympics. putting average (29.55 putts per round).

She has strayed wide of the fairway at times (108th in driving accuracy at 66.01 per cent) but is 13th in greens in regulation (74.37 per cent).

“I’ve definitely had a really good start and my game is in a good place,” Henderson said. “I definitely have small improvements that I want to make just to become a little bit better.”

The Summer Games will be like a sixth major this season. Henderson said she’s still stunned that she’ll get to enjoy the Olympic experience and represent her country.

“It’s kind of both ways,” she said. “Sometimes it’s

really surreal, and other times it’s like, ‘You know what, I can go and win there.”’

Henderson added she feels more mature now and is getting used to the extra attention from fans and media. She’s trying to take it all in and really enjoy the experience.

“It’s gone by super fast,” she said. “I’ve been able to travel all around the world and go see a ton of different places and play a lot of really good golf on a lot of really good golf courses. So it’s been a lot of fun.

“I’m definitely living the dream. But it’s nice to back home.”

Roughriders take Danish player taken to hospital after hit St. John first overall WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS ‘WE’RE GOING TO ENJOY TONIGHT OUR VICTORY TODAY, BUT in CFL draft TOMORROW OUR FOCUS WILL BE

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Denmark defenceman Jesper Jensen was taken to the hospital with a concussion Tuesday after being knocked unconscious during a game at the hockey world championship.

Jensen was checked into the boards by Switzerland captain Andres Ambuhl early in the third period of a game in Moscow and hit his head against the glass. He was carried off on a stretcher.

“Jesper has suffered a concussion and will stay in the hospital for at least one night for observation, which is standard procedure,” Denmark team doctor Per Albaek said in a statement.

Switzerland went on to beat Denmark 3-2 in overtime.

The Danish team said Jensen would play no further part in the tournament.

Earlier, Germany beat Slovakia 5-1 in St. Petersburg and moved into fifth place in the eight-team Group B standings.

German league players Dominik Kahun and Philip Gogulla each had a goal and an assist as Germany won its first game of the tournament and moved ahead of the United States. Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl picked up his first point of the tournament with an assist on Germany’s third goal.

“He also knows he can play better, but everyone is putting so much pressure on him,” Germany coach Marco Sturm said of the 20-year-old Draisaitl. “It’s not easy. He’s still a kid.”

Germany’s next opponent is Canada, which has

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scored 20 goals in its first three games of the tournament.

“We’re going to enjoy tonight our victory today, but tomorrow our focus will be to the next game and it will be a tough one,” Sturm said of Thursday’s game.

Slovakia remains in third place despite the loss, behind Canada and Finland and ahead of France.

The top four teams in each group advance to the playoff round.

“No discipline. No motivation,” Slovakia coach Zdeno Ciger said. “We were slow all over the ice.”

Also in St. Petersburg, France got three goals from Sacha Treille in a 6-2 victory over Hungary.

In Group A in Moscow, a third-period comeback helped the Switzerland pick up its first win.

The 2013 finalists had already lost to Kazakhstan and Norway and seemed on course for another defeat while trailing 2-0 in the third before goals from Yannick Weber and Nino Niederreiter tied the game. Eric Blum scored the winner with a minute left in overtime.

Switzerland is fifth in Group A, one place above Denmark. The Czech Republic leads the group ahead of Russia and Sweden.

Also, fourth-place Norway beat Kazakhstan 4-2.

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TORONTO — Chris Jones picked up a huge insurance policy for quarterback Darian Durant on Tuesday night.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders new head coach/ GM opened the CFL draft selecting Oklahoma offensive tackle Josiah St. John first overall. Landing the six-foot-six, 309-pound St. John is great news for Durant, who has suffered season-ending elbow and Achilles injuries the last two years.

Jones expects St. John to compete for a starting job immediately, something the Ajax. Ont., native is good with.

“I’m ready to be part of a team again … and start working,” St. John said during a conference call.

“There’s obviously pressure being No. 1 but I’m not going to worry about it too much. I’m going to go in there with a hungry mentality and a chip on my shoulder to perform to the best of my abilities and make sure I contribute to that team.”

A total of 70 players were scheduled to be selected over eight rounds.

St. John played two seasons with Oklahoma, starting four of 15 games he suited up for. He made all four starts in 2015 after dressing for eight of the Sooners’ 15 contests the year before.

The communications major was the top available draft prospect, ranked fifth by the CFL scouting bureau. The top four prospects — Manitoba defensive lineman David Onyemata, Iowa receiver Tevaun Smith, Boston College defensive lineman Mehdi Abdesmad and Michigan State cornerback Arjen Colquhoun — are all pursuing NFL careers.

Jones has the job of rebuilding a Saskatchewan squad that’s coming off a CFL-worst 3-15 record. He joined the Riders after guiding the Edmonton Eskimos to the 2015 Grey Cup title as their head coach.

Jones said he entertained offers for the No. 1 pick but felt his best option was taking St. John.

“It was a crazy two days,” Jones said. “We considered all options.

“We’re very excited to have St. John with us.”

The Montreal Alouettes, who’ve traditionally started five Canadian offensive linemen, took Laval guard Philippe Gagnon second overall. The six-footthree, 317-pound native of Ancienn-Larette, Que., was a two-time CIS second-team all-star and had the most bench press reps (40) at the CFL combine.

“This was really special,” Gagnon said. “Going to Montreal is kind of a dream (come true) for any kid playing football in Quebec. It’s kind of the ultimate goal … I’m excited for this new beginning.”

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded with B.C. for the No. 3 spot and took Grand Valley State offensive lineman Brandon Revenberg. The native of Windsor, Ont., wasn’t listed on the CFL scouting bureau’s final prospects list despite starting 39 collegiate games.

“I knew coming from a Division II school I wasn’t that well known,” Revenberg said. “I think the big thing for me was just getting my name out there.

“I got the call from (Ticats) coach Kent Austin and he just told me how he traded up for me and how I was going to be a Tiger-Cat. I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t have been happier with the choice.”

The Toronto Argonauts, at No. 4, took Acadia receiver Brian Jones. The six-foot-four, 233-pound native of Enfield, N.S., had 45 catches for 630 yards and four TDs last season but is recovering from a broken bone in his wrist.

B.C. took Laval’s Charles Vaillancourt fifth overall. The six-foot-four, 315-pound Vaillancourt was highly regarded for his strong all-around game and at No. 6 was the second-highest ranked offensive lineman.

Calgary selected Montana State linebacker Alex Singleton at No. 6. The six-foot-two, 233-pound Singleton is a California native who had signed previously with Seattle, New England and Minnesota in the NFL but was deemed eligible for the CFL draft after becoming a Canadian citizen.

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Dealing with lower back pain PADMAJA GENESH SENIORS In my previous column, I discussed the importance of regular exercise or physical activity for physical and mental health as we age. This week my focus is on a condition that discourages people from engaging in exercise- low back pain. About 85% of us would have experienced low back pain at some point in our lives and about 25% of us have most likely experienced it in the last 3 months.

Low back pain adversely impacts our ability to function and undermines the overall quality of our life. Low back pain is also costly: total health care expenditures for low back pain in 1998 were estimated at $90 billion.

Since that time, costs of low back pain care have risen at a rate higher than observed for overall health expenditures.

An analysis released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that there is a dearth of evidence for most therapies used for low back pain today.

According to the report, low back pain can be of three types: acute (less

than four weeks duration), subacute (four to 12 weeks), and chronic (12 weeks or more). The review included back pain with and without nerve compression from disc herniation, and symptomatic spinal problems.

The prognosis for acute low back pain is generally favorable. Most patients experience a rapid improvement, and often a complete resolution of pain and disability, and are able to function well. In those with persistent symptoms, continued improvement is often seen in the subacute phase between 4 and 12 weeks, although at a slower rate than observed at first.

In a small percentage of people, low back pain lasts longer than 12 weeks, at which point it is considered chronic; levels of pain and disability often remain relatively constant thereafter. Recently, a National Institutes of Health Research Task Force defined chronic low back pain as a back pain problem that has persisted at least 3 months and has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months.

Some factors that increase the risk of pain becoming persistent or chronic are the presence of anxiety, depression, poor coping strategies (avoiding activities because of fears that they will further damage the back) or catastrophizing [anticipating the worst possible outcomes from low back pain]), absence of distinct anatomical or phys-

iological basis, high baseline functional impairment, and low general health status.

What is the latest research on treatment options for back pain?

If you have acute pain, the best management is to take a short-term course of anti-inflammatory drugs called NSAIDs, and apply heat to the area. Acetaminophen (Paracetamol, Tylenol) is ineffective, though it is usually prescribed because of cost and safety considerations. For those with mood disorders, anxiety, or depression Duloxetine, a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, has specifically been approved and it appears to be more effective and safer than tricyclic antidepressants.

Once the pain subsides, active physiotherapy in the form of graded exercises is beneficial, and helps in strengthening the back muscles and preventing recurrence of pain.

Other therapies that appear to be effective for pain or function include yoga, tai-chi, various forms of psychological therapies, physiotherapy and rehabilitation procedures, corticosteroid injections in cases of nerve compression, and low level laser therapy.

There is some evidence to support the use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture, spinal manipulation, and massage.

For individuals who are at risk of having chronic pain, multimodal approach including psychologically-based therapies, and active physiotherapy may be the most effective approach. Interestingly, greater your expectations of benefit from a particular treatment, greater are the benefits, suggesting that your preference should be considered in selecting therapies.

The most important point to emphasize is that preventing the transition from acute and subacute pain to chronic pain, and potentially long term disability, is critical. The report suggests that physicians should use a brief instrument, such as the “STarT Back”, developed at Keele University in Staffordshire UK that screens people with low back pain for important psychosocial barriers to recovery.

Research evidence allows us to conclude with optimism that time and careful management will resolve most low-back pain issues in a relatively short period of time.

Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and working with health care agencies. A past resident of Red Deer, and a past board member of Red Deer Golden Circle, she is now a Learning Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary. Please send your comments to padmajaganeshy@yahoo.ca

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Areas of this paper-based diagnostic test change colour when the Zika virus is present in blood samples. Purple areas indicate samples infected with Zika, while yellow areas show samples free of the virus.

Portable test for Zika infection could help contain spread of virus: researchers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Researchers have created a portable test that can show whether someone has been infected with the Zika virus, even in remote areas far from a hospital or lab.

In a study published Friday in the journal Cell, a group of scientists led by the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University describe how the inexpensive test was able to rapidly detect the virus in blood samples taken from Zika-infected monkeys.

The paper-based test, which can be freeze-dried and transported without refrigeration, would cost less than $1 per patient and deliver results within a few hours, said co-investigator Keith Pardee.

“We see our technology as a proof of concept,” said the Alberta-born Pardee, who developed the test with James Collins at the Wyss Institute before coming to the University of Toronto in January.

“And we’re actually looking for resources to develop it as a product so it could be deployed out to global health responders,” he said, noting that the Zika epidemic in the Americas was a

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catalyst for scientists from several institutions to work together to develop the test as quickly as possible.

In simple terms, the paper is embedded with cell-based RNA sensors that can detect the genome sequence that’s unique to the Zika virus when a blood sample is introduced to its surface.

RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is part of the internal machinery in every cell and acts as a messenger to carry instructions from the DNA to control the synthesis of proteins.

“This is all embedded in the paper,” Pardee said of the RNA sensors.

“We rehydrate the paper (with the sample), and if the correct sequence (for Zika) is there, the paper turns colour, from yellow to a purple.”

Because the technology can be programmed for specific pathogens, he said similar tests could be developed to quickly confirm if a patient has been infected by virtually any disease-causing microbe, from seasonal influenza to Ebola.

Pardee, who specializes in synthetic biology, said there’s been interest from the private sector to commercialize the test, and the researchers are also seeking government partnerships to develop the product.

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However, he predicted it would be many months before a commercial product is available, “We would hope that it could be used to help individual patients who’ve become infected to more quickly realize that they’re infected and seek the treatment they need,” he said.

“But I think also from the perspective of society and global health, it could help contain the spread.”

Zika has been shown to cause undersized heads and underdeveloped brains in infants born to women infected during pregnancy. I t has also been linked to neurological disorders in children and adults, including a potentially paralyzing condition called Guillain-Barre syndrome.

In a statement, Collins said that if proven effective in the field, “the test’s low cost and minimal equipment also means that it can be used for monitoring the spread of illnesses across large populations of people, enabling us to monitor the pathogen as an outbreak is occurring.”

“NGOs like the WHO (World Health Organization) can use this information to get ahead of an outbreak in order to contain it and save lives.”

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While socializing with you is important for your only child, it is also important to learn social skills by interacting with other children. Children learn a great deal from each other, so it is important to introduce your only child to other children, at a young age and throughout childhood until they make their own friends.

Here are a few tips on how you can enhance their social experiences and facilitate the development of social and emotional skills in only children. *Involve your only child in group classes like gymnastics, karate, or dance. Team sports are also beneficial for only children so soccer or something similar is a great idea. These activities not only encourage a child to get involved with a group, but they must interact with other kids, which will help prevent or overcome shyness and build self-confidence. *Be active in Introducing your child to other only children. They will relate to each other in a special way, since they share the experience of being the only child in their families. *If your child has cousins who are close to her age, have the children play together often and work hard to emphasize the importance of family. A close cousin can act in the same way as a sibling: as a close friend or role model. *Create a sibling-like environment for your children. Having close family friends who have children is an-other way to socialize children. Remember your Auntie Karen or Uncle Barry that you later found out you weren’t related to? Yes, like that. *For older children, discuss and help your child understand the importance of spending time with other children. * For younger children, get involved in playgroups or hold a party and invite neighborhood children the same age as your child.

Use these opportunities to emphasize the importance of sharing and other social skills.

At the end of the day, keep in mind that research is now showing that “apparent” deficiencies of social skills in young children will generally disappear by teenage years, because of the exposure to being schooled and playing with, other children. This is obviously different for children being home-schooled, so more attention should be given to socializing home schooled only children.

So, while it is important to be mindful of setting a stage for social interaction, you really don’t need to make fertility decisions based on that concern.

There is plenty you can do to ensure a healthy develop-mental start!

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We are looking for Full and P/T staff. www.turningpoint.rocks

LIKE to camp? Canyon Creek Golf & Camping, 14 km northeast of Rocky, is looking for a mature, responsible Campground Host. Pls. phone 1-403-845-5001 for details.

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CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Deer Park

Lacombe

178 DORAN CRES. Wed. to Sat., May 11 - 14, 2016 ,10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Something for everybody.

Downsizing.

Knights of Columbus Event Garage Sale & BBQ Tickets

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

to support local charities.

Father Lacombe Catholic School, in the gym, 5114 - 54 Ave., Sat., May 14, 8 a.m. -3 p.m.

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MEMORIAL CUP TICKETS 1 set. Section Y, Row 7, Seat 15. $700.

403-721-2050 evenings

services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Celebrations OPTIMIST CLUB OF RED DEER

DENEIKO Laurie Dawne Feb. 11, 1963 - May 6, 2016 Laurie passed away at Rosedale Hospice in Calgary May 6, 2016. She leaves to mourn her long-time partner, Al Butt of Calgary; sons, Michael Deneiko of Red Deer and Trey Butt of Calgary; father, Walter Deneiko of Calgary, mother, Sherry Deneiko of Red Deer; aunt Jayce Giltner of Red Deer, and many friends and relatives. Laurie lived in Red Deer for the past ten years before moving to Calgary recently. Many will remember her from her work at Safeway. At Laurie’s request no funeral was held. A memorial tree is to be planted in her memory in Red Deer.

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Accounting

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

President Les Trevor (L) presents Neil Walls with a check for $2000 as the 51st winner of the Friend of Youth Dinner draw, presented annually by the Optimist Club of Red Deer.

Announcements informative choice! the

Classifieds 309-3300

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Flooring

Repair or Renovate No job too small, full service. Free Estimates Seniors Discount.

Call 587-377-0977 R.D.

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Painters/ Decorators

1310

NEED FLOORING DONE? MIKE’S Refresh Painting Don’t pay the shops more.

Exterior/Interior, Over 20 yrs. exp.

Prompt & Courteous Service Call Jon 403-848-0393 403-302-8027

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For help on your home projects such as bathroom, main floor, and bsmt. renovations. Also painting and flooring.

Call James 403-341-0617

Health Care

1210

Dr. Lyla May Yip Alternative & Complementary Health Care Provider Dr. of TCM & Reg. Acup. (house calls available) 403-597-4828

Massage DAMON INTERIORS Therapy Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured.

Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

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1280

FANTASY SPA

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Yard Care

1430

SECOND 2 NONE, reg.

Elite Retreat, Finest and res. grass cutting/yard clean-up/trim hedges, brush/ in VIP Treatment. rock and sod jobs/eaves.

10 - 2am Private back entry Free est. 403-302-7778 403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Garden Supplies

1680

NEW Honda rototiller, $700, and new Honda trimmer, $475. Never been used. 403-350-0024 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

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In Memoriam Terry Richardson May 11, 2001 Fifteen years have passed.

If only tears could be steps to heaven.

God knew you were suffering.

Cancer was winning.

You went home and my heart broke.

Love you to heaven and back my son, Your mom

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PAYNE Andrew Kevin It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Andrew Kevin Payne of Red Deer, Alberta on April 13, 2016. Andy was born on May 2, 1967 to William (Bill) and Daphne Payne. He grew up on the family farm in the Clive/Alix area along with his three brothers and sister. He enjoyed spending time on the farm until moving into Red Deer to go to school in 1973 coming home on weekends.

As part of the Parkland C.L.A.S.S program, Andy led a full and eventful life participating in events such as Special Olympics and working at COSMO’s. Andy loved coming home on holidays and spending time with his brothers and their families out in Clive. Besides coffee, Andy’s greatest joy was sports. He was an avid fan of all kinds of sports but LOVED hockey the most. He has the hockey cards, Jerseys, memorabilia and hats to prove it. Andy’s infectious smile and love of life will live on forever in the hearts of his family and friends. Andy is survived by his parents, William (Bill) and Daphne Payne of Lacombe, his siblings William Vaughn Payne (Barb) of Blackfalds, Veronica Grover of Lacombe, George Payne (Gail) of Clive, Chester Payne (Marie) of Clive, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends Neil and Otto and many loving staff. He was predeceased by his brother in law Jeffrey Grover or “Jeffie” as Andy affectionately called him. A small service will be held at the Fairview Cemetery in Lacombe on May 14th at 2:00 pm. Lunch will be held at the Parkside Alliance Church Lacombe following.

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Janitorial

7:00 PM #101 - 5214 - 47 Ave Red Deer

710

LOOKING for F/T Live-in Caregiver for 2 children ages 9&6 $11.20/hr 44 hrs per week,free accommodation. Medical benefits provided. Email: melinda_4790@yahoo. com or call 403-3098867

FORT MCMURRAY

THURSDAY MAY 12

HAUSAUER Shawna Shawna Hausauer will be greatly missed after passing suddenly following a twovehicle collision East of Ponoka on Highway 53.

Shawna was born on December 5, 1988 and passed on May 5, 2016 at the age of 27. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Jason MacKenzie, Kiara, Annais, Aspen and Bailey; parents Bert and Sylvia Hausauer; sister Michelle Innes, Nathan, Jennifer and Jackson; sister Kelly Hausauer and Brad Ponto; paternal grandparents Harvey and Winn Hausauer; maternal grandmother Gisele Sabrowski; parents-in-law Raymond and Janet MacKenzie; brothers-in-law Scott and Daniel, Jen and Emma; aunts and uncles Peter and Debbie, Sue and Jeff, Tom and Kerri, Vivian and Kevin, Phyllis and Sheri, and Ivan and Laurie; as well as numerous cousins, other relatives and friends.

Shawna was predeceased by her great-grandma Emma Hausauer and Ringo. A Celebration of Shawna’s life will be held at the Blackfalds Community Hall (4810 Womacks Road) at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2016.

To express condolences to Shawna’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com Arrangements Entrusted To PONOKA FUNERAL HOME ~ A Wombold Family Funeral Home ~

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BOULTON (Page) Glenna May It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Glenna May Boulton (Page), beloved wife of Robert Boulton.

Glenna passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 7th, 2016, with family by her side. Glenna was born at the family home in Elnora on June 15, 1931 to Nelson and Martha Page.

She is predeceased by her three older sisters and her three older brothers. Glenna met Bob through 4-H and they were married on October 11, 1950. They raised their six children and farmed in the community of Trenville.

Glenna’s truest love was her family and friends. To know Glenna was to love Glenna.

There wasn’t a visit that didn’t accompany a warm hug, a full stomach, and great advice.

She had a great passion for gardening and cooking. Glenna and Bob created many memories travelling to their favorite place, Hawaii. With 4-H they travelled to every province across Canada, making friends at every stop along the way. Glenna graciously shared her talents for hosting large events with various community groups including 4-H, Elks Club and family reunions. Glenna is survived by her loving husband Bob of 65 years; children Jim (Marta), Gordon, Sandra (Barry), David (Betty), Cheryl. She is predeceased by her son, Bill. Glenna took great joy and pride in her 17 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services and a celebration of Glenna’s life will be held at the Elnora Community Hall on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm.

Condolences may be sent to the family at sunsetltd.ca.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

SPRING LAWN CLEANUP Call Ken 403-304-0678

TREE /YARD CARE, JUNK Removal, Garage Door Service. 403-358-1614 YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Tammy at 403-314-4306

CARRIERS NEEDED For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA STETTLER Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303

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Household Furnishings

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Cats

TWO oak book cases with glass, 76”h x 32”w, $75 each. 403-309-5494

KITTENS, 1 Siamese and 1 Burman, $50 each, and 1 grey and white kitten for free. 403-887-3649

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

EXPERIENCED golf balls, 8 dozen, $2/dozen, and quick-dry sports pants by REI, 30” waist, navy, $15.

403-347-3741

VCR, $20; DVD surround sound system, $40.

403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1860

Sporting Goods

Travel Packages

1760

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

COFFEE Pot, Martello Espresso Machine, New in box. $50.

403-872-1014 FREE COOKIE TINS, assorted sizes.

403-346-2231

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WINDOW Air conditioner, 5000 BTU, Gen. Electric $80. 403-872-1014

5 P.M.

WINEMAKING supplies.

Carboys, corker, filters, electric filter machine, thermometer, all equipment needed to start up. $200.

403 346-2254

Each Day For The Next Day’s Paper CALL 309-3300

Condos/ Townhouses

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3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

CLASSIFICATIONS

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Houses/ Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at Duplexes $1000. SD $500. For more NORTH RD, clean 3 bdrm. info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 exc. cond., good storage, 5 appls., blinds, fenced yard, SOUTHWOOD PARK high berm behind unit.

3110-47TH Avenue, 403-347-6081 or 396-1269 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 PARTLY furnished house baths, fenced yards, in Sylvan Lake avail. for full bsmts. 403-347-7473, rent at $1800. Call 403-887-4610 Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week Manufactured or month. 403-880-0210 Homes

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Condos/ Townhouses

3030

WELL-MAINT. 2 bdrm. mobile home close to Joffre $810 inclds. water, 5 appl.

403-348-6594

AVAIL. May 1, 3 & 4 bdrm. townhouse, 4 appl., hardwood, 2 parking stalls, close to shopping & schools.$975 - $1100 + util. + d.d. 403-506-0054

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or May 1. 403-304-5337

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLEARVIEW, 4 plex 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), 1 1/2 baths, $975.mo. n/s, no pets, Avail. May 10 and June 1. 403-391-1780

GLENDALE 3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

May 1 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. now or May 1st.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. now or May 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

3060

Suites

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

3070

Cottage/ Seasonal

SYLVAN: Weekly Vacation Rentals. 403-880-0210

Roommates Wanted

3080

BOWER area home, room for rent, shared main floor & laundry, $550./mo. incld’s all utils. except internet. $300 dd. Ref’s req’d.

403-309-4464 after 6 p.m.

Rooms

3090

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult For Rent bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or BLACKFALDS, $500, MAY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650. all inclusive. 403-358-1614 403-304-5337 ROOM TO RENT very 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. large $450. 403-350-4712 $800. rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

CITY VIEW APTS. 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

LIMITED TIME OFFER: One free year of Telus internet & cable AND one month’s rent FREE on 2 bedrooms! Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)482-1711

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Offices

3110

Downtown Office Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-346-5885

Pasture

3180

PASTURE North Red Deer. 10 cow/calf pairs, no bulls, no yearlings. 403-346-5885

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000

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Engagement & Wedding Announcements say it Loud & Clear in Classifieds

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Realtors & Services

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1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good, clean cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full propane tanks, full size QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK fridge, 4 burner stove/ New industrial bay, 2000 oven, microwave, queen sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. bed, x-long couch, makes or for Rent. 403-391-1780 into bed, N/S, no pets. $7000. obo. 403-350-6695 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Boats &

Industrial Property

2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885 PENHOLD 1 bdrm. 4 appls, inclds. heat & water, no pets $760/mo., avail.

June 1. 348-6594

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

5160

Marine

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

WatersEdge Marina

4430

HAVE you exhausted your efforts at the banks?

Is your company in need of financing? Call 403-969-9884 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Boat Slips Available For Sale or Rent Sylvan Lake, AB 403.318.2442 info@watersedgesylvan.com www.watersedgesylvan.com

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

TIRES, summer (4) Continental, 225/55/R17 Low mileage. $150. all 4.

403-986-6878

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PUBLIC NOTICES

5000-5300

Motorcycles

5080

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Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Eugene Karashowsky who died on December 26, 2015

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC No shortage of power ALL the Bells & Whistles!!

44,600 kms.

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by June 10, 2016 with Keith R. Lamb

MINT CONDITION Never laid down.

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$7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653

Opposite Hospital

403.309.3300 | classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Fifth Wheels

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

Income Property

2006 HARLEY DAVIDSON Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms. Mint Condition, $13,000. 403-896-1620.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Johnston Ming Manning LLP Barristers and Solicitors 4th Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1

and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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Sol 1971 CORVETTE, 454 big block. $16,500.

403-598-4131

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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Sol 1976 DODGE new tires & brakes, sleeps 4, good cond., 85,000 kms, $2500 obo 403-782-4504

2001 WINDSTAR, lady driven 184,000 kms. Exc. cond. $3000.

2005 CROWN Vic, loaded, 94,000 kms. $6000. obo.

2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide, 10,800 kms, mint cond. $13,000 Call 403-896-1620.

2008 SUZUKI COOL DOWN IN STYLE C109, 1800cc. All the bells and whistles. 44,600 kms.

Exc. cond., never laid down. $7600. o.b.o. 403-318-4653.

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2011 DODGE CALIBER, only 56,000 km, exc. cond., $8,900.

403-406-7600

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2006 CHRYSLER 300, LTD, low kms., sun roof, leather, new winter tires. $8000. obo

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 Grand Caravan, exc. cond, extra set winter tires, DVD, extras $12,500 obo 403-505-5789

2013 HONDA PCX 150CC scooter, 1,700 km, $2,000.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 YAMAHA 30,003 km V-star 1100, Silverado new tires, exc. cond. $5500.

403-318-4725

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2014 19.6’ NOMAD SUV towable, sleeps 4, Gently used.

Asking $14,500.

403-347-5953

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Sol 1995 TRAVELAIRE, 25.5’, very good,cond., sleeps 6, new awning, full size fridge, 3 burner stove/oven, micro., queen bed, x-long couch, $7000.

403-350-6695

2004 LEXUS RX330, 155,000 mi., exc. cond. $7500.

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ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016

What happens when celebrities talk about anxiety and depression

BY JESSICA CONTRERA ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The interview is shown in black and white, as if to warn viewers of the serious business ahead. Bright, bubbly, Frozen actor Kristen Bell is sitting across from YouTube show host Sam Jones. The four-minute video starts in mid-conversation because the interview has been trimmed down into short, viral-ready clips.

“I’m extremely co-dependent,” Bell says, “I shatter a little bit when I think people don’t like me. That’s part of why I lead with kindness and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time, because it really hurts my feelings when I know I’m not liked. And I know that’s not very healthy, and I fight it all the time.”

Bell reveals she started medication for her mental-health issues at a young age.

“I still take it today and I have no shame in that, because my mom had said to me, ‘If you start to feel this way, talk to your doctor, talk to a psychologist, see how you want to help yourself,’” she continues.

The interview was posted in early April and picked up recently by celebrity news sites, just as intended. The sites wrote about Bell’s admission not as gossipy tabloid fodder but as praise for her honesty. Beneath the articles, readers’ comments are overwhelmingly positive. “I completely relate to her,” one Facebook commenter wrote.

Reading this might make you feel a little “… so what?” And that’s why it’s significant: celebrities admitting they struggle with depression is non-news.

Mental-health issues have always been shrouded in stigma, despite data showing they affect about 18 per cent of American adults. Because people tend to mimic the actions and opinions of celebrities they admire, interviews like Bell’s make a small dent in that stigma. Add her small dent to that of actor Chris Evans who, while promoting himself as the unshakable Captain America, discussed his anxiety in Rolling Stone magazine.

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Radiohead sounds bored with own distress

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‘Frozen’ actor Kristen Bell recently revealed she started medication for her mental-health issues at a young age.

Add those to the comments by Sarah Silverman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lena Dunham, Ryan Phillippe, J.K. Rowling, Jim Carrey and others, and you can feel the stigma shrinking. And you can see it in research.

In a survey conducted last year by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), 35 per cent of adults older than 26 said they believed seeing a mental-health professional was a sign of strength. But among younger people, 60 per cent agreed getting mental-health help was the strong thing to do. Those ages 18 to 25 were far more likely to have already reached out for help: 51 per cent had received some kind of mental-health treatment, including therapy and medication, compared with 37 per cent of older adults.

“Years ago when Rolling Stone did a story on Bruce Springsteen, and he shared that he was in treatment for many years from depression and thoughts of suicide, I had an influx of young men calling for psychotherapy,” psychologist and author Deborah Serani recently told Forbes. “His disclosure helped… along the lines of ‘Hey, Springsteen was depressed, and he

reached out for treatment. I can too.’”

That was the sentiment in reaction to Bell: readers shared her interview alongside posts about their own panic attacks, struggles with medication and suicidal thoughts.

But occasionally, someone would point out an issue no amount of stigma-breaking can fix.

“Therapy helps, if you can get it…”

“How about 7 kids no money for food for heat for no lights no money for the kids lunch.”

“I’ve tried medicine when I was young, but when I became of age I couldn’t afford it anymore, I’m a poor folk, no insurance, so I just cope.”

The cost of mental-health care is out of reach for many Americans. Last year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that fewer than half of the 43.6 million Americans with mental illnesses are receiving treatment.

“We’re seeing a shift in the stigma of mental health in emerging adults,” said psychologist Anne Marie Albano.

“But until we can improve access to mental-health care, it is unlikely that this generation will receive the support and care for a long-term change in mental well-being.”

Radiohead has been turning paranoia into perfume for so long, there’s no need to worry if you’ve become inured to the scent. The group’s ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, is just another dip into dystopian melancholy, another exercise in aestheticized anxiety.

After two decades of beautiful doomsaying, this band has never appeared more comfortable in its discomfort than it does right now. Radiohead’s most galvanizing music has always felt like a warning against whatever sinister energies happened to be clotting on the horizon — technological oppression, corporate mind-control, perpetual warfare — but here, the group sounds defeated, deflated and bored with its own distress.

And as ever, Thom Yorke’s mewl remains the band’s sonic constant. But when he sings about “a low-flying panic attack” over the antsy pizzicato of Burn the Witch, he only cultivates the stupor he seems to be slagging.

Many of these songs have been rattling around in Radiohead’s live repertoire for years. The album-closing ballad, True Love Waits, first surfaced more than two decades back. So in many ways, A Moon Shaped Pool simply feels like a closet-cleaning — one that suggests that Radiohead’s world-weariness has long been a default setting rather than an engaged response to the present.

That’s troublesome. Yes, our collective fears continue to feel exponential in this young century, and here is a band that can still transmute them into semi-profound, excessively pretty rock songs. But those songs used to feel like wake-up calls. Now, they sound like lullabies we won’t remember.

Trainor pushes back after body digitally altered

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Meghan Trainor’s weight is playing a more significant role in her career than she might’ve planned.

The 22-year-old pop singer, who made her debut with the body-image positive single All About That Bass two years ago, yanked her latest music video from YouTube this week after claiming her figure had been digitally thinned without her consent.

“My waist is not that teeny,” the singer said in a series of Snapchat videos posted on Monday.

“I didn’t approve that video and it went out to the world, so I’m embarrassed.”

Word of Trainor’s altered figure was first noted by fans, who took to social media to post images of her unrealistic waist in the finale of the Me Too music video.

An unaltered version of the music

video, from the singer’s latest album Thank You, was posted late Tuesday morning.

A few days before the clip premiered online, Trainor told The Canadian Press how pleased she was that her label Epic Records hadn’t pressured her to lose weight in the lead up to her second album.

“My thinking was … is my label going to say: ‘All right, the bass is over. MEGHAN TRAINOR Round two — second album, get it together,” Trainor said in an interview last Friday.

“I’ve never been approached — by

my label, my management, my team, my good friends — (and told) you should start losing weight. I’ve stayed pretty much the same since high school.”

Others have been accused of tinkering with Trainor’s image, however, including Seventeen magazine.

Trainor was featured on the cover of the May issue but fans quickly began to question why her arms and head appeared to have been altered.

Seventeen made a “no-Photoshop”

pledge nearly four years ago after an eight grader launched a campaign to eliminate airbrushing from the magazine.

Trainor’s Me Too video was directed

by Hannah Lux Davis, who has produced clips for a number of young female pop stars including Ariana Grande (Focus) and Demi Lovato (Cool for the Summer.

Lux Davis and Epic Records did not respond to requests for comment.

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Mother heartbroken by son who doesn’t visit KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: We raised our son in the Midwest, and paid for his tuition to follow his dream to go to an Ivy League college where he met his future wife.

Now that he is married, he lives in a large east coast city and is surrounded by his wife’s family. We barely hear from him.

Our son and his wife go on luxury vacations with her family and spend time with them at the holidays. On those rare occasions when we do see him, he is not particularly nice. This has caused some problems between my husband and me, because he accepts the reality of the situation better than I do.

I am truly heartbroken. This was a little boy that I adored. I never imagined that the later chapters of his life would cause me so much sadness. I have no idea what to do and instead try very hard to keep him out of my thoughts.

How is it possible that boys raised in loving homes can so easily leave them behind? Any suggestions? — Mom of Three Dear Mom: It is terribly sad, but not uncommon, for young men to marry women who discourage closeness with the husband’s family. And based on your son’s reaction, he has grown accustomed to it and may even prefer it that way.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Wednesday, May 11 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jeffrey Donovan, 49; Holly Valance, 34; Frances Fisher, 65 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: It’s a great day for activities involving education, travel and international connections.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have a fertile imagination but can be unrealistic. Try not to repeat mistakes in 2016. The more you learn from the past, the more exciting the future will be.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Others may find your behaviour unpredictable today Rams. So do your best to avoid getting caught up in pointless power struggles. Instead, find smart ways to utilize your physical and mental energy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The more energy you put into health and fitness, the better you’ll feel — inside and out.

Physical activities like bush walking, jogging, hiking and rock climbing particularly suit earthy Bulls.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): With Mercury and Mars both retrograde, communicating with others is tricky at the moment. So take your time and avoid making assumptions.

When in doubt, don’t hesitate to double-check.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It won’t take much to unsettle you today. A personal or professional relationship will also be unpredictable, as the planets bring unresolved issues to the surface. Try to clear the air and move on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Expect some unexpected com-

There is no point crying over it or criticizing your son repeatedly because he doesn’t spend more time with you. This will only make every interaction unpleasant and reinforce the same behavior.

Here are our suggestions: All conversation should be positive. Ask about his wife and children with genuine interest and caring. Keep your jealousy in check. Send short, newsy emails, so your son doesn’t feel distant from his family.

Get involved in local organizations and activities to fill your hours with interesting things and have something to talk about with your son that doesn’t involve your constant disappointment. If you can afford it, visit him periodically, without expecting him to entertain you. And please make a real effort to concentrate on your other children and the things that make you happy.

Dear Annie: My beautiful 20-year-old granddaughter loves her motorcycle. She is a sophomore in college, with a full-time job, both of which are now on hold. Monday night, she was riding to see her boyfriend, when a guy made a sudden U-turn. He hit her, tossing her like a rag doll over the handlebars. She’s currently undergoing her second of multiple surgeries. She has two broken wrists, a broken elbow, a fractured pelvis and a fractured femur. It will be three months before she can stand.

I know accidents happen. But please tell your readers to be careful. She shouldn’t have to pay such a high price for someone’s negligence. She has wonderful family and friends for support, which is a blessing. This will be hard to handle, but we will all make it through this difficult time. — California

plications today Cats — especially involving travel, education or legal matters. When it comes to a work colleague or client, aim for open and honest communication.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Issues involving finances could cause some confusion today. If your money is tied up with someone else — personally or professionally — then strive to keep the lines of communication wide open.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There could be some friction with a family member, as they assert their authority. Don’t over-react — but don’t let them walk all over you either. It’s time for laid-back Librans to be firm as well as flexible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The more you try to control others today Scorpio, the more they are likely to resist. If you want to avoid problems and power struggles, you’ll have to learn how to let go and move on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t let overconfidence trip you up today. You’ve got ambitious plans and schemes but they’ll only work if you can get others onside. A positive and buoyant approach brings many benefits.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re working on projects behind the scenes but is anyone noticing your efforts?

Don’t worry Capricorn — over the next few months, others will begin to appreciate your multi-tasking talents.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Steer clear of controversial or heavy-duty conversation topics, as things could get uncomfortable. Instead, look for innovative and fun ways that you can contribute more within your local community.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful in the way you communicate with others today. If you are negative and critical, they will be offended. Jupiter encourages you to take a broader view and adopt a more optimistic attitude.

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

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