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Mom facing child porn charges BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer mother is facing child pornography charges in what investigators are calling a rare and heinous crime. The 43-year-old woman is accused of sending photos of her four-year-old son over the Internet to a man in the United States. “It is absolutely disturbing,” said Insp. Dave Dubynk, who heads the ALERT Internet Child Exploitation investigation unit. “I have been in policing for 26 years. I have seen a lot of instances. These are very disturbing cases. This is a heinous crime committed on a young child by the one person that they should be able to trust the most to protect them. It’s quite the opposite in this incident.” The woman was arrested at the licensed daycare where she worked on Wednesday. The suspect had no prior record and was not known to police. Dubynk said he did not know whether the woman was living with anyone or had other children. “We cannot speak to the extent of the abuse,” said Dubynk. “The abuse was being photographed and sent via email over the Internet to another individual. One that we are aware of and that’s the extent of our investigation.” Please see PORN on Page A2

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Not your typical pat down, Red Deer RCMP Const. Derek Turner had his hands full as members of the Urban Bulldogs Against Kids Abuse biker gang and employees from Southside Dodge Chrysler submit for inspection in Red Deer Thursday. About 200 men took part in the 5th Annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event, Thursday, in support of the Women’s Outreach. Organizers hope to raise $50,000 to help fund programs at the Central Alberta Women’s Outreach in Red Deer. Many of the men dressed in drag, while all participants donned high heels for their stroll along the paths near Taylor Drive. The walk is part of an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. See page B7 for more photos of the event.

AHS creating central co-ordinating service for doctor-assisted dying BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Catholic-based facilities Villa Marie in Red Deer and Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor will not be providing medical assistance in dying. But the province says the option will still be available by transferring residents. “At the moment we have more than

80 doctors across Alberta who have expressed interest in supporting patients through medical assistance in dying, right across all five zones. One of the many options that will be available to all Albertans is the option of accessing medical assistance in dying through their home or through other locations,” said Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne on Thursday. “Alberta Health Services has worked really carefully to create a

central co-ordinating service for medical assistance in dying to ensure any patient wherever they are in Alberta who are choosing to exercise this right that they will have support and be guided through the process to help ensure that they have access to medical assistance in dying.”

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Scenes of destruction greet second wave of residents BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Restoration workers take a break from cleaning up an apartment complex in Fort McMurray on Thursday.

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FORT MCMURRAY — Nothing seems amiss looking at the front of Adam Chouinard’s Fort McMurray house, aside for the yellow “restricted use” sign taped to the door. But the back is a jumbled mess of wood beams and unrecognizable debris. “I had a deck, a barbecue, a garage, a car, a couple of bikes and now they’re gone,” the 33-year-old oilsands worker said as he waited for a contractor to stop by and assess the damage. Chouinard’s street is at the edge of a scene of extreme destruction. Just beyond what used to be his backyard is a white-grey mass of rubble and charred vehicles. He and other north-end evacu-

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PORN: Unlikely abused occurred at daycare The woman was released on conditions including no contact with her son and no access to computers. Police do not believe the alleged abuse occurred at the daycare. They are still determining the exact location where the child was abused. “We continue the investigation to ensure there were no other victims,” said Dubynk. “We don’t believe there had been at this point but we want to make absolutely certain of that.” Parents of children at the daycare were notified of the arrest via email by the owner PETER ALLEN CASH on Wednesday. The name of the daycare will not be made public in order to protect the identity of the child. The boy is now staying with relatives in Red Deer and is receiving support. “Outwardly the child seems to be fine, however, I reiterate in a crime of this heinous nature, there could be some consequences as the child grows older,” said Dubynk. Investigators in Idaho alerted local police that a Red Deer boy was at risk in late May based on evidence seized from a separate investigation. Peter Allen Cash, 39, of Nampa, Idaho, was arrested on May 18 and was on this way to Canada. Cash is facing nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child and child pornography possession charges pending in Missouri. He remains in police custody in Canyon County Jail in Idaho. “I don’t believe there is a relationship other than the Internet connection,” said Dubnyk. The Red Deer woman is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation; making child pornography; distributing child pornography; possessing child pornography and processing child pornography. She appears in Red Deer provincial court on July 8. For more information about how to recognize signs of child abuse, and other resources, please visit the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre website at www.sheldonkennedycac.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Luke Hoiland, 14, does a move called a Misty 540 Japan off the three-metre diving board at the City of Red Deer Recreation Centre outdoor swimming pool on Thursday. Hoiland, a member of the Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Team, uses the diving boards at the pool to work on his airborne ski tricks in the off-season. The 50-metre pool opened for the summer season on Wednesday this week and is open daily until the Labour Day long weekend in September. Visit www.reddeer.ca for a full schedule of pool hours. “It’s a tough issue, lots of emotion and lots of different view points. We have to give people the opportunity to participate in something so important.” He said he will still seek as much feedback as possible from his constituents. Payne said the province has already heard from over 15,000 Albertans through an online survey, along with written submissions from stakeholder groups like Covenant Health and feedback from individual Albertans. “I feel like we’ve done a good job of reaching out to Albertans on this and I’ve been very grateful to all of the Albertans who took the time to share their feedback as well as share their heart-felt stories with us.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Villa Marie, a Covenant Care facility, has 100 supportive living Level 4 care beds, or beds that are one level below long-term care which is the highest care level for seniors. A 66-bed expansion project is planned. The Covenant Health hospital in Castor has five acute care beds and 22 continuing care beds. On Monday, the province introduced its motion on medical assistance in dying. Debate has concluded and cabinet will be reviewing the regulations to ensure checks and balances are in place to ensure access while protecting vulnerable Albertans. Payne could not say when the regulations will be approved by cabinet, but access and rules for medical assisted dying is already in place through AHS, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and the court system while the federal government works to approve Bill C-14. Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Jason Nixon said it was extremely frustrating and disappointing to the Wildrose opposition when government limited debate in the legislature to six hours and revealed the draft regulations at the same time the motion was brought forward. “We’re just shocked at how fast it is and we’ve had very little time to absorb it and put the proper research and work into this important file,” Nixon said.

RE-ENTRY: Dangerous to enter scorched areas A bulldozer clipped the siding of Chouinard’s house in a few spots during the frantic fight to keep the fire at bay. Heat blew out some windows, causing severe smoke damage inside. He and his wife were trying to stay optimistic, even though they don’t know when they’ll be able to live in their home again.

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“Now we’re just here to pick up the pieces and rebuild it better than before,” he said. “Fort McMurray has given us a lot and we’re just looking forward to giving back.” Officials have said it’s dangerous to go into the scorched areas that have been fenced off. Municipal emergency management director Bob Couture reiterated that warning on Thursday after a media report showed a resident walking through the debris in a restricted area. Nootan Patel thought she would be able to have a look at what’s left of her home in the Stone Creek neighbourhood on Thursday and was surprised that authorities would not allow her to access it. Patel, a supply chain manager at Suncor, wiped tears from her eyes as she peered through a chainlink fence at the rubble on the other side, where homes were burned to their foundations. Her home was the second hole from the barricade. “The news spread that I could go down and have a look at my house and see if there is any belongings, but looking at this, I don’t think there will be any belongings left,” she said. “There were a few of my dad’s gifts and a few of my grandma’s gifts and so many things in the house which I had for years. I had all the silverware and everything which I was thinking I can get. But there’s no hope right now.”

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Jockeying for position THOROUGHBRED RACING POLITICS DELAYS OPENING OF ALBERTA DOWNS IN LACOMBE

A problem lining up jockeys has delayed the opening of Lacombe’s Alberta Downs. A season of thoroughbred racing was to begin this Sunday, but manager of racing Christina Sturgeon was informed on Thursday morning that eight of 13 jockeys could not make it. Sturgeon said “negative pressure” on the eight international jockeys within the thoroughbred racing community led to them giving Sunday’s event a pass. Five Canadian jockeys were willing to come. “It’s very political. Racing has got to where it’s very political,” she said. “It has nothing to do with trying to make racing better in the province.” Jockeys are being recruited in the Caribbean to fill out the racing card for the June 12 races and rest of the season, which goes until the end of October. Mat Monaco, executive director of the Alberta branch of the Horsemans Benovolent and Protective Association, said there was no negative pressure from his organization, which represents the interests

of horse racing owners, trainers and employees. It is up to jockeys to choose where they race, said Monaco, who spoke on Wednesday with Alberta Downs owner Bob Allen to explain the association’s position. “(Jockeys) have to weigh the pros and cons. They have to make a decision whether to go.” From the association’s standpoint, there are cons to racing at Alberta Downs. It costs up to $750 per jockey in paperwork and other employment issues to bring freelance foreign jockeys to race at Northlands. The expectation is they will race the entire season. Should a jockey be injured at Alberta Downs, which is responsible for its own insurance and purses, a jockey could be lost for the season. That means losing both a jockey and the investment to bring him to Alberta in the case of foreign riders. But jockeys are independent business people and are free to take that risk if they choose, Monaco said. It would be a different scenario if Lacombe was an A-class track like Northlands or Calgary’s Century Downs and using the same jockeys, trainers and

Revisions to Municipal Government Act expected to affect city, says mayor BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Proposed changes to the law book for municipalities could mean real impacts for residents. Earlier this week the province released revisions to the Municipal Government Act. It hasn’t been updated since 1995. Mayor Tara Veer said the existing legislation has tied the hands of municipalities in some areas. She said the proposed changes are progressive, which include the opportunity to split the mill rates on non-residential properties and changes to off-site levies, which would allow the city to charge developers for the cost of police stations, fire stations and other community amenities. There are also property tax incentives related to contaminated sites, or brownfields allowing for cleanup and redevelopment to encourage development. Veer said this was one area that municipalities had little power. Veer hopes the city’s Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) is protected because the city worked hard on the document with the City of Red Deer. Veer expressed concerns over the charter process, which may give Edmonton and Calgary rights and opportunities that are not available to Red Deer. She said it could put Red Deer at a competitive disadvantage. City manager Craig Curtis said the city will continue to comb through the document to determine what the changes would mean for Red Deer. Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee will be at Festival Hall to discuss the proposed changes to the MGA in Red Deer on June 16. Since 2014 when the province first started the review, Red Deer has participated in numerous consultation sessions,

worked with the Alberta Municipalities Association (AUMA) and had many direct conversations with the Municipal Affairs Minister to ensure that the priorities and concerns for Red Deer were considered in drafting these revisions.

owners, he said. Alberta Downs, as well as tracks in Lethbridge and Grande Prairie are B-class tracks. The latest development is an unwelcome last-minute hitch for Alberta Downs, which boasts the only turf track in Western Canada to go along with a onemile dirt track. After Horse Racing Alberta failed to include the track in its 2015 schedule, the track was pleased to announce 22 days of Sunday racing this year.

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Boat launch re-opens after repairs Sunbreaker Cove boat launch has been reopened after undergoing repairs. Lacombe County closed the popular boat launch in mid-May because of damage to the lake bottom caused by boat prop wash. Problems were caused when power boat owners hit the throttle to push their boats up onto trailers. Prop wash carved out a large hole in the lake bottom and stacked the sand and gravel up on the other side where it could scrape against hulls. Due to federal and provincial environmental regulations around working in the water, repairs couldn’t be done until June 1. Environmentally suitable steel plates were installed on the lake bottom to protect it from being stirred up by prop wash.

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Feds should cede fuel taxes to cities GREG NEIMAN OPINION

rime minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities today. A main topic for discussion is sure to be about where the first round of the $120 billion federal infrastructure grants will be spent over the next decade. Canada’s municipalities all have long lists of upgrades for existing roads and water lines, plus plans for a lot of new building that has languished on the books for a lot of years. All that’s been missing is for either the provinces or the feds to turn on the taps for funding. That’s because municipalities are restricted on how they can raise money to support the general health of the places where the vast majority of Canadians live. Which may lead you to wonder — as it has occurred to most Canadian big city mayors — why the other two levels of government are so loathe to give up their taxation powers and cede them to the cities where the people live, and where all their public services are located. This week, a pair of federal watch-

dogs raised concerns that municipalities are not keeping up with their reporting duties to the federal government, telling them where their gas-tax refunds are going. The federal Environment Commission works through the Auditor General’s Office and its commissioner, Julie Gelfland, is complaining that Infrastructure Canada isn’t getting its data on the state of city infrastructure spending in a timely way. It’s federal money, she says, so the feds need to know how it’s being spent. I say this shouldn’t be federal money in the first place, and barring ensuring good accounting and the need to keep good statistics, it shouldn’t be any of their business. Currently, the federal government collects 10 cents on every litre of gasoline and four cents on every litre of diesel fuel we buy. Plus GST (or HST in provinces where that applies). On the fuel tax alone, the take is about $5 billion a year. Of that, $2 billion a year goes to Canada’s cities for infrastructure spending. As we all know, that’s not nearly enough to keep our current streets, water and sewer lines and public transit in good repair across Canada, much less allow for growth. In its first federal budget, the Trudeau government announced an ambitious spending program for municipalities of more than $120 billion

over the next 10 years. But at least one province — Quebec — is complaining that bureaucratic delays have ensured that none of the money will be put into projects this year. It’s not just cities not getting their paperwork in order, it’s the federal civil service dragging its heels, sending projects back to Square One with a variety of new conditions for cities to meet the needs of the program. At least from Quebec’s perspective. I say the feds should get out of the city-building business altogether. Getting a program as big as this online in a year is pretty well impossible for a government. Especially a government facing deadlines to pass laws governing doctor-assisted deaths. Oh, and completely overhauling the electoral system in the meanwhile. And throw in Senate reform, if there’s not enough else to do. If we’re going to lose a year getting the economic benefits of stimulus spending on much-needed city projects, far better to spend that year negotiating a transfer of taxation powers so that cities can plan their own futures with their own revenues. If that power is to become (at least partially) fuel taxes, so be it. Anything’s better than taxing the real estate value of our homes. Right now, Vancouver, Victoria and Montreal have a city tax on fuel. In Vancouver, it’s a whopping 11 cents

a litre. No wonder the buses are so crowded. No wonder the routes are at five-minute intervals. If we’re afraid that allowing cities access to $5 billion more a year in tax revenue could lead to corruption, well, that fear has already been raised in the federal sphere with the rushed-forward stimulus spending plan. For their part, provincial governments have been no strangers to envelope-passing and bid-rigging on public contracts, either. We’ll need safeguards, and full reporting on spending could be part of that. If anything, the federal government is far better placed to be a watchdog than a sugar daddy. Especially if it’s not their money the government is watching. Which it shouldn’t be. Canada isn’t a small-town country anymore. We have cities with larger populations than some of our provinces. Mayors get more votes than premiers in some places. So mayors — whose jurisdictions manage the delivery of all our tax-paid services — need the ability to do longterm planning, based on predictable budgets, not the largesse of federal election promises. Time for the feds to give up the fuel tax, and cede that power to the cities where people pay them. Follow Greg Neiman’s blog at Readersadvocate.blogspot.ca

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10 steps to beat Trudeau and the Liberals WARREN KINSELLA OPINION

hey had their convention in Vancouver over the weekend, the Conservatives did. Former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke, resolutions were debated, leadership hopefuls pressed the flesh. Above it all, one question hovered, like an ominous fog: Are we doomed? To Conservatives who wonder if they can ever beat that Justin Trudeau guy, the answer is of course you can. But only if you do the following 10 things. 1. Don’t freak out. You won just about 100 seats despite the Trudeau sweep. You still fundraise better than the governing party. You didn’t lose any of your share of the popular vote — the percentage you got in 2015, in fact, was almost exactly what you got in 2011. Your brand — as evidenced by conservative wins in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, recently – still has value. Resist suggestions, therefore, to radically change everything. Don’t overreact. And don’t think salvation lies with loons like Kevin RED DEER

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you one thing above all: The Tory brand ain’t dead. Reject attempts to mess with it. Nike, Apple and Coke don’t. You shouldn’t either. 5. Fish where there’s fish. Justin Trudeau won for three reasons: the NDP vote went to him, women went to him, and the million-odd Grit voters who abandoned Messrs. Martin, Dion and Ignatieff came home. Those are the three pillars of the Liberal win. Ipso facto, map out a strategy that offsets all that — get a leader women trust, policies to persuade those million Liberal voters to stay home, and pray like Hell the NDP get a likeable leader next time. 6. Justin Trudeau. Trudeau helpfully revealed his weaknesses to you that night he elbowed a woman and manhandled his way to multiple shamefaced apologies. He isn’t confident, he’s arrogant. He isn’t fresh, he’s rash. He isn’t youthful – he’s too young. Justin Trudeau is the reason why the Liberals won. If you fundamentally change perceptions about him, you win. 7. Lighten up. Canada is the best country in the world. Politics is fun. Oppose, sure, but do it with confidence and coherence. Have fun, occasionally. As James Carville once said to me, the best way to deliver a punch is with a big smile on your face. Do that.

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8. Pick a leader. And not just any leader. Personally — and per the “action reaction” advice, above — I’d reckon you need a youngish, multicultural, bilingual woman to offset Trudeau, and cut into his base of support. Is it Lisa Raitt? Michelle Rempel? Someone else? Whoever it is, the Rona Ambrose experiment should tell you that when you address your leadership weaknesses, it plays to your leadership strengths. 9. Ideas. Peering at my crystal ball, I predict Canadians will be quite fed up, thank you very much, with pushups, boxing matches and baby balancing by 2019. By then, they will want more steak and less sizzle. Your next leader — and your team and your policy book — should be bursting with ideas, ideas, ideas. You will defeat the Trudeau phenomenon with smart ideas, not by making lame selfie jokes. 10. Work harder. None of this is easy — it’s going to require lots of hard work and discipline and strategy. But, as you unpack from your weekend in Vancouver, remember that in politics, as in sports, all that matters is winning. With the right leader — and the right team, organization, ideas and strategy — you can win again. Will you? Troy Media columnist Warren Kinsella is a Canadian journalist, political adviser and commentator.

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Conference to offer career support for girls Soroptimist International of Central Alberta will host a free day-long conference on June 4 in Red Deer offering career planning advice to girls, age 14 to 18. The Soroptimist’s Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls program aims to give teens the chance to learn about career opportunities, setting and achieving goals, and overcoming obstacles to success. Throughout the day, the girls will attend sessions about discovering your dreams, exploring careers, and creating achievable goals, financial literacy, interview skills and more. Girls will also be able to speak with working women. The event will be held in the Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch and snacks will be provided. Girls and their parents or guardians can learn more, and register for the program, by calling Bonnie Vestrum at 403-704-0625 or Sherri Smith at 403391-7912.

Last-minute deal results in guilty plea to assault charge A man who was to stand trial on Thursday for kidnapping and other charges has been given a conditional sentence after admitting to a lesser offence. Lyle Robert Vance, 23, was scheduled for trial in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on charges including kidnapping, uttering death threats, uttering threats to cause bodily harm and possessing a weapon dangerous to the public. His case was moved to the lower court through a last-minute deal, in which he agreed to plead guilty to a single count of assault with a weapon. The other charges were withdrawn once his guilty plea had been entered.

Red Deer man jailed one year for child luring A Red Deer man who convinced a teenaged girl to post intimate photos on social media has been sentenced to a year in jail. Justin Peck, 23, was arrested in the spring of 2014 by police investigating complaints that a 13-year-old girl had sent nude pictures of herself to him via the Facebook social media service. Peck was scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer provincial court last October on charges of possessing child pornography and luring a child to commit sexual acts. Police had alleged when the charges were laid that the incidents had occurred over a span of three months. The trial did not proceed after Peck pleaded guilty to the charge of child luring. The pornography charge was withdrawn once the guilty plea had been entered, with sentencing held over until Tuesday of this week. Peck was ordered to serve one year in jail followed by three months of probation upon release.

Artist opening studio for show and sale A Red Deer artist is throwing open her studio for a show and sale today and Saturday. Marianne Harris, of Paintwerx Studios, will be meeting the public from 6 to 11 p.m. tonight, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, at 95 Piper Dr. Harris, who also shows her work at Gallery on Main in Lacombe and Bonavista Fine Art in Sylvan Lake, has many different paintings available in various styles, from realistic to abstract. For more information, please call 403-986-2600, or visit www.MarinanneHarrisArt.com.

Preliminary hearing in human trafficking case delayed until March 2017 A Red Deer couple will wait 10 more months for their preliminary hearing on charges of human trafficking. Varinder Sidhu, 50, and Ravinder Sidhu, 47, and three local businesses — Winks, Econo Lodge Inn and Suites, Holiday Liquor Store — are facing charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as well as violations of the Alberta Employment Standards Act. Police investigating the IRP Act offences allege that the couple used fraud or deception to bring people to Canada, employed foreign nationals in an unauthorized capacity, and counselled, induced or abetted individuals to withhold material facts which could cause an error in administering the Act. The Sidhus had asked that their case be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench with a preliminary hearing beforehand. Preliminary hearings are optional for Queen’s Bench trials and may be requested to test the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial. Their preliminary hearing had been set for April 18 and 19, but could not proceed after their defence counsel, Will Willms, was found to be in a potential conflict of interest because he had previously represented one of the the Crown’s witnesses. A new hearing has been scheduled for March 27-31, 2017.

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Three men alleged to have operated a drug ring in Red Deer have asked that their case be heard by judge alone in the Court of Queen’s Bench. Penhold resident Steven Michael Temple, 28, and Red Deer residents Randy Julius Larson, 26, and Dustin John Greuel, 22, were arrested by police conducting simultaneous raids on one home in Penhold and two in Red Deer on Nov. 13, 2015. Police allege seizing 1.5 kg of cocaine, 252 grams of methamphetamine, a small quantity of marijuana, various bits of drug paraphernalia and more than $30,000 in cash during their investigation. Defence counsel Maurice Collard, representing Greuel and acting as agent for Temple and Larson in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, said the three accused men have asked for a preliminary hearing before advancing to the higher court. Preliminary hearings are optional for trials in the Court of Queen’s Bench and may be held to test the weight of the Crown’s evidence before proceeding to trial. All three men are charged with two counts each of possessing drugs for trafficking and possession of stolen property. Larson faces additional charges of careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm with its serial number removed and breaching probation. He is due back in court on June 16 to answer to the additional charges.

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The charges were laid in connection with an incident on Feb. 12, 2012, when Vance was alleged to have kidnapped two young Red Deer men at knifepoint and then drove them around the city before they were either released or managed to escape. He was given a conditional sentence of 12 months, meaning that he can be sent to jail if he breaches any of the specified conditions.

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EDMONTON — The spring sitting of the Alberta legislature is going into overtime as debate rages over the government’s climate change bill. The sitting was supposed to end Thursday, but will continue next week as opposition members are proposing amendments to the bill. They have particular concerns over the cost and implementation of the multibillion-dollar carbon tax. The tax begins Jan. 1 and would increase the cost of heating bills and gasoline to encourage Albertans to go greener. Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark said he believes the government needs to define where the tax money is going to go. “There’s a pool of money — $3.4 billion — in the carbon tax, which will be spent in some undefined way. That’s really troubling,” said Clark. “I need some more information before I can vote in favour of this bill.” The Wildrose fought, and lost, an amendment Thursday to stop cabinet

EDMONTON — Wildrose member Derek Fildebrandt returned to the Alberta legislature for the first time Thursday following his suspension over a social media gaffe, joking that it might be time for a Don Cherry-type 30-second delay. “Glad to back in the saddle,” Fildebrandt told reporters just before entering the chamber for question period. “There’s a lot of hurt feelings on all sides. When a family has a dispute, there’s always going to be people upset. I’m not interested in dwelling on the past. I want to move forward,” he said. “I’m itching to get in there and hold the NDP accountable.” Fildebrandt said he retains his high-profile job as finance critic

off debate to pass the bill. “I certainly don’t want to bring in time allocation,” said Mason. “I hope we can deal with all of their amendments and all of their other motions to delay passage of the bill without doing so. “We’re certainly going to come back next week for a little while at least.” Progressive Conservative leader Ric McIver said he wants to see the carbon tax made neutral, meaning the money raised by the carbon tax is offset by tax breaks in other areas. “The carbon tax is going to change everything,” said McIver. “It’s going to make the way Albertans buy everything for all time more expensive. To cut short debate on something as far reaching as the carbon tax I think would be ill-advised.” The government used its majority Thursday to defeat the opposition motions. Mason said the bill is carefully crafted and is good as it stands. The tax is part of a broader plan announced by Premier Rachel Notley’s government last year to reduce Alberta’s carbon footprint both as the right thing to do environmentally and as a way to build up goodwill as it lobbies for oil infrastructure such as pipelines.

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and declined to address the specifics of media reports that he rejected certain conditions for return, which included anger management counselling. He said he stands behind a caucus announcement that media reports of those other conditions were false. “We had some back and forth,” he said. “At the end of the day I think we came to a very good agreement. “I think everybody could agree I could use some help on social media. I’ve had some flubs in the past.” He said he is hiring someone to handle the volume of correspondence he gets on social media, “and perhaps like (bombastic, controversial TV hockey commentator) Don Cherry, a 30-second delay before hitting send.”

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“They all matter.” Leamon said he had given the hamsters piles of food and left them with full water bottles, thinking the evacuation wouldn’t last more than a few days. He now realizes how much his son and daughter have been affected by the fire and being away from home, he said. The family is staying with friends in Tofield, east

of Edmonton, but the kids miss their school, their things and their first-ever pets. “I know it’s just hamsters,” said Leamon. “I never would have expected anyone, in a situation like this, in an evacuated city with so much going on, to do that for children. Fort McMurray is amazing.”

Fire crews issue danger warning as drones buzz wildfire area

Morrison said he believes the drones are attempting to get aerial footage of the fire. The area around the blaze that forced more than 80,000 people from their homes is still restricted air space and “as busy as any city airport” as choppers and air tankers continue to fly in and out. Fines for not following the rules are as high as $25,000. The fire is holding at 5,800 square kilometres, but Morrison said most of that area is no longer burning except for some parts of the perimeter. Scott Long of Alberta Emergency Management said the return of residents to the city has been going smoothly. About 8,000 of 13,000 evacuees eligible to go back did so Wednesday on the first day of a staged re-entry. Organizers were expecting about 21,000 more people of an eligible 40,000 to go home Thursday.

EDMONTON — Crews fighting a wildfire around Fort McMurray in northern Alberta say drones are buzzing about and threatening operations. Senior wildfire manager Chad Morrison says drones haven’t affected firefighting operations at this point, but can be dangerous. “We’re still investigating … (but) my understanding is the fleet is still flying at this point,” Morrison said at a briefing Thursday. “We haven’t grounded anything.” Drones, while small, can get caught up in the rotors of helicopters or plane propellers. “Impacts and consequences can be very high, so we want to make sure that people are taking this warning very seriously.”

FORT MCMURRAY — The Red Cross says $125 million has been raised so far in donations to help in the Fort McMurray wildfire recovery effort. The agency’s president, Conrad Sauve, said that figure will increase substantially once eligible donations are matched by the Alberta and federal governments. Sauve warned the money will be needed to help fund a recovery effort that could last for years. “Let’s remember that we are a month in and we know that it will take much more time for recovery to occur,” he said Thursday. “For some it might take months, for others it may take years and the Red Cross will be here to assist for as long as needed.” Sauve said much of the $125 million has already been used to pay for direct cash transfers to evacuees, transportation, food, shelter and cleanup kits. He said the Red Cross will also provide an additional $50 million to help community organizations such as the food bank and the YMCA get back on their feet in Fort McMurray. The Municipality of Wood Buffalo and the United Way will work together to decide where the money will be the most helpful.

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OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau frankly admitted Thursday that his government bungled the launch of its electoral reform initiative by leaving the impression it was planning to rig the way Canadians vote to benefit the governing Liberals. The prime minister’s candid admission came as the government moved to cede control over the process that is supposed to come up with an alternative to the current first-past-the-post voting system. Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef announced two major concessions Thursday, one of which was to give up the Liberal majority on the all-party committee that is to explore alternative voting systems. Monsef also opened the door to an eventual referendum, leaving it up to the committee to advise on the best way to consult Canadians on whatever alternative it winds up recommending. It was a significant change of heart for the Liberals, who’ve been pilloried for their insistence on retaining the government’s traditional majority on the committee and for refusing to commit to a referendum. Opposition parties have accused the government of stacking the deck to ensure the committee ends up recommending a ranked-ballot system, which Trudeau has indicated in the past is his personal preference and which opponents maintain would unfairly boost the Liberals’ chances of re-election. Trudeau said his government had been acting more like the previous Conservative regime, which he’s frequently derided for ramming through changes to election laws without any support from other parties. “We heard the opposition’s concerns that we were perhaps behaving in a way that was resembling more the previous government than the kind of approach and tone that we promised,” Trudeau said. “We’re happy to demonstrate that absolutely, we’re looking for ways to better work with our colleagues in the House, to better hear from Canadians and their concerns, and I look forward to working towards reforming our electoral system with the input of as many Canadians — including opposition parties — as possible.” Trudeau did not directly promise a referendum, but said all Canadians need to be involved in the

discussion. “It’s important that we hear not just from political parties and their opinions, but from all Canadians as to how we’re going to establish better governments, better governance for our country.” The concessions came in response to an NDP motion calling for the committee’s membership to reflect each party’s share of the popular vote in last fall’s election. “The logjam is broken, the impasse has been overcome, at least on the process,” said NDP democratic reform critic Nathan Cullen. “The biggest winner out of this is Canadians who want to see our voting system changed in a positive and hopeful way and that the parties work together.” But the Conservatives, who’ve resisted any changes to the electoral system and have been demanding a referendum, were far from mollified. Conservative democratic reform critic Scott Reid said cabinet will still make the final decision on any change to the voting system. And he accused the government of using the committee to “fritter away time” so that there won’t be time to introduce any new electoral system other than the ranked ballot system the Liberals want. Reid also accused the Liberals and NDP of cooking up “a backroom deal” on the committee membership, without consulting the official Opposition. “Any talk of inclusiveness is just nonsense.” Under the government’s original plan, the committee would have been composed of six Liberals, three Conservatives and one New Democrat, with a Bloc MP and May on the committee but not entitled to vote. The NDP motion changes that to five Liberals, three Conservatives, two New Democrats, one Bloc MP and May — all with voting rights — and requires the committee to begin meeting within 10 days. The committee is to explore other voting systems that would ensure that a party’s share of seats in the House of Commons is more reflective of its share of the popular vote. The current system is widely criticized for routinely delivering a majority of the seats to a party that wins less than 40 per cent of the vote, over-representing regionally-concentrated parties and under-representing small national parties.

Canada BRIEFS Bosma’s accused murderers killed “for the thrill of it”: Crown attorney HAMILTON — Friends and family members teared up in a Hamilton courtroom Thursday when a prosecutor told the jury that Tim Bosma’s death was a long-planned murder and that the two accused killed an innocent man and burned his body “for the thrill of it.” “When you retire to consider your verdict, don’t forget about Tim, who is not here to tell you what has happened,” Crown prosecutor Tony Leitch said in his closing arguments. Bosma’s widow, Sharlene, held her head low and cried quietly as Leitch led the jury through a mountain of evidence from the trial, which began more than four months ago. Only three people know what happened on May 6, 2013, when Bosma vanished after taking two men for a test drive in his truck — and one of them is dead, Leitch said. Dellen Millard and Mark Smich killed the Hamilton father as part of an elaborate plan to steal a Dodge pickup truck, kill its owner and destroy all the evidence by incinerating the body, he said. It doesn’t matter who pulled the trigger, Leitch said, because both of the accused planned to kill Bosma and cover up the crime.

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, center, reaches for the ball between Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut, left, and forward Draymond Green during Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., Thursday. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Warriors open NBA Finals with big win over Cavs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Warriors 104 Cavaliers 89 OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry’s “Strength In Numbers” supporting cast made all the timely shots and all the difference for the defending champions in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Draymond Green had 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, Shaun Livingston scored a personal post-season best of 20 and Golden State’s bench came up big as the Warriors beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-89 on Thursday night to move three wins away from a repeat title. Curry, the MVP, and Splash Brother Klay Thompson? They totalled — gasp! — 20 points between them on 8-for-27 shooting, each knocking down a late 3-pointer. “We’ve talked about our depth for the last two years. We rely on a lot of people. We play a lot of people, and we feel like we have a lot of talent on the bench that can come in and score when we need it,” coach Steve Kerr said. “So it’s a great sign, obviously, that we can win in the finals without those two guys having big games, but it’s not really that surprising to us. This has been our team the last couple of years.” An off night by Curry didn’t matter this time.

Golden State’s bench outscored the Cavs’ reserves 45-10 in the opener of this finals rematch, which the Warriors reached even with Curry missing six games with injuries in the post-season. In a series with so much star power on both sides, this was a night for Livingston and fellow reserves Leandro Barbosa and Andre Iguodala. Barbosa returned from a minor back injury to shoot 5 for 5 for 11 points, while 2015 finals MVP Iguodala had 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and some stingy defence on James. “I thought our guys did a great job of locking into those guys,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said of the Splash Brothers. “Their bench played well. So we’ve got to go back to the drawing board and try to figure out how to take those guys out of the game.” It made for a strong start while surrounded by the yellow “Strength in Numbers” T-shirts worn by the raucous fans throughout soldout Oracle Arena. “That’s our motto. That’s what we believe in,” Livingston said. “We pick each other up. We believe in each other and we just fight.” James kicked off his sixth straight finals with 23 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, but cold-shooting Cleveland went 38.1 per cent from the floor. Kyrie Irving, lost to a knee injury in Game 1 last year,

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LOCAL SPORT Connor Hurlburt was introduced to rugby while in middle school and he was hooked. “Norm McDougall introduced us to the game and it became a huge passion of mine,” explained the 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Hunting Hills High School. “I tried to play football once I got to high school, but it just wasn’t the same … rugby is my sport.” Hurlburt became involved in the sport in middle school, but once he got to high school, and joined the Red Deer Titans Club that he grew as a player. “I started out playing the back row, where it was basically running, but as I grew up and grew stronger in high school, I moved to the front row,” he said. The five-foot-10, 215-pound Hurlburt took over as the hooker and hasn’t moved since. Hooker plays the middle of the front row during a scrum and uses his feet to ‘hook or rake’ the ball back. “It used to be a dangerous position to play, because you have both your arms pinned back and when you get into the scrum you can be pushed down and have no way to protect you head and neck. There were a lot of injuries, but in the last few years they’ve changed the way you go into the scrum and it’s safer and more stable. “I enjoy it and can’t see playing somewhere else.” Hurlburt became involved with the Hunting Hills Lightning senior team while in Grade 9, although he could only practice with them. “Still that experience, and the fact I joined the Titans, allowed me to grow quickly.” He’s played the last three years with the Titans U18 team and each year progressed as a team leader. “I’ve had the same coaches the last three years, and all time in high school, so that was a benefit,” he said. “They have been instrumental in my development.” Hurlburt, who is a highly motivated athlete, has also committed to the Titans School of Rugby program. He will train with the Titans senior team and join them once his time with the U18 program is done. The fact the Titans are one of the elite rugby programs in the province has helped in his development as well. “Getting a chance to compete at a high level and

scored 26 points, 11 on free throws. Iguodala showed he can handle any role — if Kerr decides to start him or bring him off the bench. Iguodala didn’t let an aggravating, hard hit to the groin by Matthew Dellavedova derail his focus for the final quarter. Kerr stuck with regular starter Harrison Barnes, and he delivered 13 points. Curry had 11 points, six assists and five rebounds, while Thompson scored nine points. Iguodala had moved back into the starting lineup Monday for the Game 7 clincher against Oklahoma City with a primary duty of defending Kevin Durant, shining in that role, and again came off the bench to play 36 minutes Thursday. He shook his head in delight after a two-handed slam off a pass from Curry with 5:44 left. Cleveland emerged from halftime with a newfound energy, zipping passes every which way, going hard to the basket whenever possible and swarming Curry and the others on the defensive end to create turnovers and poor decisions. Kevin Love’s basket with 3:57 left in the third put the Cavs ahead before Green’s dunk moments later. Love made an impressive finals debut with 17 points and 13 rebounds after missing last year’s run with a dislocated shoulder that required surgery.

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Hunting Hills Lightning rugby player Connor Hurlburt carries the ball during a match against the Wetaskiwin Sabres in Red Deer, May 26, 2016. against top competition is a benefit for sure,” he said. “You have a lot more responsibility in games and even in training.” Hurlburt, who was the Alberta Sports Development Centre — Central male athlete of the month for May, hasn’t had an opportunity to compete with the provincial team, but hopes that will change this summer. “I want to try out for a team this year and see how it goes,” he said. “I would be good to get that experience and that exposure as I would like to get attend a university which has a rugby team.” If not he will get into physical therapy at RDC in the fall and continue to play with the Titans. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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Coach Mike Sullivan says that if Sidney Crosby is cheating in the faceoff circle, so is everyone else. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach defended his star centre on a conference call on Thursday against charges from some San Jose Sharks that Crosby has been getting away with mischief in the faceoff circle. Crosby won a draw in the San Jose zone that led to Conor Sheary’s game-winning goal in overtime on Wednesday to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final. San Jose forward Logan Couture said Crosby is given a pass by officials “because of who he is,” while defenceman MarcEdouard Vlasic said he “should have been kicked out” on the decisive draw. The Sharks may have been trying to get officials to watch Crosby more closely on faceoffs, but Sullivan said he is not worried. “All centres that go in and take faceoffs are trying to get an edge,” said Sullivan. “That’s just the reality of it. They’re doing the same things that our guys are doing. The way I look at it, that’s all part of being a centre-iceman and trying to figure out ways to get an edge and be successful. Sid’s not doing anything that their guys aren’t doing. Quite honestly, it really isn’t worthy of a response. My main focus is our group and our mindset going into Game 3. We want to make sure we focus on the task at hand.” Game 3 is set for Saturday in San Jose. Crosby called the play that led to the game-winner to his teammates on the ice. He drew the puck back to Kris Letang who, instead of shooting, found Sheary open in the slot. “He’s a great leader,” said Sullivan. “He takes charge of his line he takes charge of situations on the ice. He’s reading in the true sense of the word and that was just an indication of it in the overtime.” He also had high praise for Sheary, a 23-year-old rookie who has been put on Crosby’s line despite all the attention and expectations that come with it. “He’s had a whirlwind of a year with being called up and sent down a few times,” said Sullivan. “But each time he’s been called up he’s brought more of a level of consistency to his game and has brought more of a contribution. I can’t say enough for what he’s done for us in the post-season.”

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Danish players set to return to Queens PAIR OF BASKETBALL PLAYERS EXCITED TO BUILD OFF SOLID FIRST SEASON WITH PROGRAM BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Two international students have made their mark on the Red Deer College basketball Queens lineup, and they are both set to return for a second season. The Danish flavour on the Queens roster bolstered the lineup. The two Danes had solid rookie seasons with Eva Bonde winning the team’s rookie of the year and an academic excellence award and standout Emily White named the ACAC south division rookie of the year, named to the south division’s second all-star team and named team MVP. “I put a lot pressure on myself,” Bonde admitted. “When you’re an international student people have higher expectations of you. I have great support from my teammates and (RDC Queens basketball head coach Ken King) especially and that helps take the pressure off. Everyone believes in you and wants you to do great.” And the two aren’t done playing in Canada. They will be back for sophomore seasons with the Queens basketball team in the fall. Bonde always wanted to play basketball overseas in the North American college system. She had considered going to the U.S. to pursue this, but King got in touch. King said he connected to Bonde through a couple of his personal contacts and she came to visit Red Deer

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in King’s first year coaching the team. King knew it would be a great fit. “I really like him and what he wanted to do with the program,” said Bonde. “I liked it here, the team was nice. I liked the atmosphere here and decided to come.” She signed that weekend, February 2015, to play for Red Deer College. But King wasn’t done getting players from Denmark. With the team looking for a forward, King decided to contact all the teams in the Danish elite league. He talked to every coach, one at a time, and asked if there was a player who wanted to play in Canada. “I got in touch with Emily’s coach

and he told me she’d be interested,” said King. “Emily and I talked almost every day for a couple of weeks straight and she decided to sign as well.” King said White brings an elite level of play to the Queens, while Bonde brings a solid work ethic and the ability to train and compete hard. Having two Danes on the roster helped the two support each other as the two transitioned to life in Canada. “When you miss home, it’s nice to have someone who knows home and being able to speak your own language once-in-a-while is nice,” said Bonde. “It does help having Emily around, for

sure.” One of the big reasons Bonde wants to come back is unfinished business. The team finished with a record of nine wins and 12 losses “I want to come back and show we can do better and go further,” said Bonde. “We want to make provincials and hopefully nationals. I want to be a part of that development.” Bonde’s played basketball since she was 12 and wanted more than the club team experience in Europe. There, teams aren’t associated with schools so it’s a different environment with fewer practices. “Being here, having practices every day with the team, classes every day with the team and being around them so much gives it a completely different team chemistry,” said Bonde. “You’re more than just a team, you live together, you go to school together and you spend so much time together. The friendships pay off on the court.” White committed to two years at RDC, and despite receiving some interest from Canadian Universities to play at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport level she honoured her commitment. King said Bonde enjoys Canada and was happy to stay longer. “You get excited and realize the core of the program you can really just add in bits and pieces,” said King. “Those big positions with Eva playing the point and Emily our number one forward are filled.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

O’Connell continues climb to title shot BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Cam O’Connell has had four fights since his return to the ring last year and won them all. Carrying a 10-0-1 record into his upcoming bout on June 17, his coach, Doug Bolianatz, said it’s time title holders in Canada started taking the undefeated Red Deer lightweight native seriously. “Nobody wants to fight him,” said Bolianatz. “Nobody wants to risk their undefeated record or their title. They know Cam from the amateur (circuit) and they know he’s a good athlete. “His opponents are getting tougher so the progression is good. We’re right on track and hopefully we get a Canadian title shot somewhere in the near future.” This time the 27-year-old goes toeto-toe with Bence Molnar, a Hungarian 20-year-old with a 16-7-0 record. The fight is part of K.O. 75, put on by K.O. Boxing Canada on June 17. The fight starts at 7:15 p.m. at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. Training and sparring in the lead up, Bolianatz has used another fighter, Mike McWilliams, to help O’Connell prepare. McWilliams and Molnar have similar body types and fighting styles. “We’re doing a little different sparring this time because we’re trying to emulate this next opponent,” said Bolianatz. “(Molnar) is a guy who likes to come forward and throw a lot of punches. He’s an outside boxer type, tall and thin so he’s going to use his jab from the outside. “McWilliams has the same type of style. Cam’s looking good, we had a good sparring session last night going six hard rounds. He’s where we want him to be.” After almost a year away from the

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Red Deer boxer Cam O’Connell works with his trainer Roman Rzepkowski as he prepares for more an upcoming fight. O’Connell takes his undefeated record into the ring June 17 when he faces Hungarian Bence Molnar in Edmonton. the ring, O’Connell rattled off four straight wins over three tough Mexican fighters and a boxer from Hungary. Against Cecilio Santos, Randy Lozano and Mario Perez, O’Connell won unanimous decisions. Against the Hungarian Csaba Toth, O’Connell won by technical knockout.

O’Connell served nine months in the Bowden institute for a drug trafficking conviction starting in March 2014. Though he hasn’t got a title shot yet, Bolianatz seems convinced that O’Connell will get to be the challenger. “Somebody is going to want to pay to see that fight and that’s going to dic-

Former Red Deerian takes home national judo championship BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

family and friends in a very long time with them still living in Western Canada and her in Quebec. She’s been in judo since she was sevenyears-old. For the secJaquina Simao ond straight year, Simao won a national title. The 20-year-old from Red Deer has lived in Montreal for the last four years. At 16, she graduated from Notre Dame High School and went to Quebec to train with the Canadian National Judo Team. A year before, she won senior and junior categories at judo nationals, but

this year she could only compete at the senior level. “When I was 16 I decided I want to move to Montreal and train with the national team and pursue it as a full time job,” she said. “That’s when I decided to be serious about it.” She has her sights set on competing at the Olympics one day, but concedes she won’t be ready for the upcoming games in Rio de Janerio. “I’m pretty young for Rio, but in 2020 that’s where my head is at,” she said. After competing at nationals, Simao came home to Red Deer for a stay with family and running in the half marathon at the Woody’s Marathon on May 22. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

tate it,” said Bolianatz. “Not only the purse, but the actual fight is going to be attractive to a promoter.” Tickets to the June 17 fight can be purchased through Ticketmaster and cost $68.25. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Rams 2 Lightning 0 The Lacombe Composite Rams boys soccer team held on for a 2-0 win over the Hunting Hills Lightning in Central Alberta High School soccer action. Marcel Schlak and Gabriel Capettini scored the goals for the Rams in the win. Cougars 4 Lakers 0 Four different goal scorers connected for the Notre Dame Cougars as they shutout the H.J. Cody Lakers 4-0. Kerian Johnston, Joao Bozzon, Nathan Bergeson and Andrew Aspillaga all scored for the Cougars. Raiders 10 Rams 1 An offensive outburst from the Lindsay Thurber Raiders led them to a 10-1 victory over the Lacombe Composite Rams. Shae Demale led the team with four goals, while Kiera Fujimoto had a hat trick. Abbey Martin, Mikayla Fujimoto and Lizzy Morenault all had a goal each. Lacombe’s lone goal scorer was Kaitlen Swarts. Cyclones 4 Blazers 2 The Innisfail Cyclones doubled up their QEII rival Bowden Blazers fora 4-2 win. Jared Woodruff led the Cyclones with two goals, Tayler Melanson and Zach Bettesworth had a goal each. Bowden found their goal scoring from Reed Engman and Carter Smith. Lakers 7 Lightning 2 Seven goals from two players led the H.J. Cody Lakers to a 7-0 win over the Hunting Hills Lightning. Megan Steenbergen had a give goal game for the Lakers while Taylor Ferguson had two goals.

She may not call Red Deer home anymore, but Jaquina Simao was thrilled to be back in Alberta when she won her second straight national judo title. Fighting in the 63 kg category, Simao won the senior womens title at the national competition in Calgary on May 15. In a field of six different competitors, she swept the round robin portion and then won two straight matches in the playoffs without surrendering a point against her. “The first to matches were kind of slow, they were warm up fights. I was getting used to being back on the mats,” said Simao, who missed four months with a concussion. “Then the last two went really, really well.” She felt confident going into the event in Calgary, but was under pressure as the reigning national ǡ ǡ champion. Ǥ “I just try to take a step back, realize why I feel the pressure and appreciate it,” said Simao. “I feel pressure because I really care about how I do and the result because I put in the hours.” It was the first time Si403.346.5448 • 125 Leva Ave., Gasoline Alley • 403.341.4477 mao fought in front of her

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DJ gets off to fast start at Memorial BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBLIN, Ohio — Dustin Johnson set the pace early with 10 birdies on his way to an 8-under 64 at the Memorial. Jason Day avoided his aggressive nature to try to catch him Thursday. One day after Jordan Spieth referred to Johnson as the most talented player on the PGA Tour, Johnson opened with three straight birdies, made three straight birdies to close out the back nine, added four in a row on the back and wound up with his best score in his nine years at Muirfield Village. He had a one-shot lead over Brendan Steele, who holed out for eagle on the 18th for a 65. For a short time, the big hitter took some of the attention away from the Big Three. But not all of them. Day, the No. 1 player in the world and a member at Muirfield Village, played in the afternoon as the clouds began to gather. He rallied on the back nine with three birdies and an eagle, and he wound up two shots behind. That was fine with him. His 66 was his best score in competition on the course Jack Nicklaus built. “Mr. Nicklaus told me early, ‘Just play within yourself.’ Being patient is key out here,” Day said. “When you see an 8 under, it’s hard to be patient. But pleased.” Spieth’s putter saved him in a scrappy round of 70. Rory McIlroy, playing with Spieth, changed back to a conventional putting grip. That helped only so much in his round of 71. So much attention was on the top three players in the world because of their ranking, having won five of the last seven majors, and because all three arrived at the Memorial coming off victories. Johnson, with his power and on Thursday his putting, showed why Nicklaus and others think this “Big

Three” will only get larger. “I just played well right out of the gates,” Johnson said. “This year, I’ve felt like I’m playing well. I just haven’t quite played up to my potential. With me, it has everything to do with the putter. I rolled it well today. I’ve been working pretty hard on the putter, and I felt like it’s finally starting to pay off.” Brantford, Ont., native David Hearn is in a four-way tie for third place after a 6-under 66 day. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C. is tied for 44th. Matt Kuchar holed a 15-foot par putt on the 18th hole to join the group at 66 that included Hudson Swafford, who did all his damage on the front nine when he tied the course record with a 29. Luke Donald was among those at 67, while Phil Mickelson survived a few wild shots for a 68. Mickelson caught a flier out of the rough on the 14th, and it hit off the grandstand and went so far over the green that his best option was to take a penalty and return back to the original spot. He made a 20-foot putt for bogey. Then, he beaned a marshal in the head on the 15th, and it kicked back across the fairway and led to birdie on the par-5 15th. “I’ve hit a lot of people — a lot of people,” Mickelson said. “Nobody’s taken it as well as that marshal did on 15.” Day, a 28-year-old Aussie who lives in Columbus after meeting his wife in Ohio, has never finished better than a tie for 27th. He took a big step toward changing that with a patient approach and converting enough opportunities to get his name prominently on the leaderboard. Johnson’s round was similar to Spieth’s in terms of putting. The difference is Johnson had more putts for birdie. Four of his 10 birdies were from at least 10 feet, including a 30-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole. He also failed to birdie two of the par 5s in his round of 64. He hasn’t won since Doral in 2015, though he has had 14 top-10 finishes

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Jason Day, of Australia, watches his shot to the ninth green during the first round of the Memorial golf tournament, Thursday, in Dublin, Ohio. since and only one missed cut. “Every week, I feel like I’m up there and I’ve got a chance to win,” Johnson said. “With this game, you’ve got to make putts. I mean, it’s just what you’ve got to do.” Spieth hit only two fairways and three greens on the back nine, but he didn’t pay for it. He holed a 12-foot par putt to start his round on No. 10, and his short game was superb as ever. Dating to his victory at Colonial on Sunday, he had 16 consecutive oneputt greens. The streak ended when he missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th.

“Just didn’t get off to a good start on the first few holes striking, and from there it got me thinking about stuff,” he said. “But my putter made up for it for the most part. To shoot 1 under on my front nine was by far the best that I could have possibly shot.” The biggest change for McIlroy was going back to a conventional putting grip, even though he won two weeks ago at the Irish Open. He said he took 127 putts at The K Club — his ball-striking was superb — and felt he needed a better pace that the convention grip allows.

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Darvill of Hunting Hills beat Gabe Duckering and Cody Pratt of Hunting HIlls 8-4. In womens doubles, Alysha Halsey and Kelsey Lalor of Lindsay Thurber beat Kallie Loewen and Jayda Aasman of Lindsay Thurber 8-1. In the bronze medal match, Hailey Hollings and Kirsten Pinkney of Notre Dame beat Allison Curley and Megan Taylor of Notre Dame 8-2. In mixed doubles, Payton and Brandt Burzuk of Hunting Hills beat Kate Pasula and Alex Moore of Notre Dame 8-3. In the bronze medal match, Elise Hansen and Juan Zuluaga of Notre Dame beat Clair Bolen and Liam Kraus of Notre Dame 8-6. In the Grade 9 boys and girls doubles round robin, Dana Quintana and Eliane Barrard of Hunting Hills finished in first with 18 points, Jamie Lalor and Kira Weddell of Lindsay Thurber finished second with 12 points and Blake Forster and Teryll Sherman of Forestburg tied for third with Edyn Aasman and Ryley deWitt of Lindsay Thurber both with 10 points.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Darwin Barney scores from second base after teammate Josh Donaldson singled to right during fifth inning MLB action against the New York Yankees in Toronto, Wednesday. The infielder, who’s starting with more frequency since all-star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit the disabled list with a quadriceps injury on May 28, is batting .344 through 33 games — and .536 over his last 10.

Barney impressing at the plate as Blue Jays continue to heat up BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Darwin Barney knew he wanted to re-sign with Toronto as soon as he became a free agent at the end of last season. With the way he’s been playing lately, the Blue Jays are glad he did. Barney went 3 for 3 on Wednesday to pick up his third multi-hit game over his last five starts as Toronto cemented a three-game sweep over their division rival New York Yankees with a 7-0 victory. “You walk into this clubhouse and these guys are swinging the bats the way they do it just kind of spreads,” said Barney, who joined the Blue Jays in a late-season trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I took that confidence that these guys have to the plate with me last year, and that was a big part of the reason why when I was a free agent I wanted to come back. “I like the feeling here, I like the attitude we bring. You can be yourself at the plate and you don’t have to do too much. There’s a lot of power in this lineup and I think that had a lot to do with me really pushing to come back.” Toronto’s sweep over New York was the Blue Jays’ first of the season and their first sweep of the Yankees at Rogers Centre in 16 seasons. After starting the year with a disappointing 11-14 April, Toronto seems to have turned a corner, going 17-12 through May and winning their first game in June. Barney has been a big part of that. The infielder, who’s starting with more frequency since all-star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hit the disabled

list with a quadriceps injury on May 28, is batting .344 through 33 games — and .536 over his last 10. Barney made a name for himself as a defensive specialist, especially after winning a Gold Glove with the Chicago Cubs in 2012, but he didn’t start his major-league career with that reputation. Recently he’s been working with Blue Jays hitting coach Brook Jacoby to round out his game. “Brook and I sat down and talked about what made me a good hitter my first two seasons in the big leagues. We looked at some video and tried to get back to that guy,” Barney said. “That’s basically it. Just being myself, not trying to do too much and putting good at-bats together.” While Barney admits he’s happy with the way things are going, he also knows the Blue Jays can’t afford to get complacent. Toronto (29-26) has an off day Thursday before beginning a three-game series against the division-leading Red Sox (32-21) at Boston’s Fenway Park. Friday’s game will mark the Blue Jays’ 33rd against AL East teams already this season, more than any other team in the division. Their AL-East heavy schedule continues with two more series against second-placed Baltimore in mid-June. “Early in the year our pitching would be good and we weren’t scoring runs or the other way around,” Barney said. “I think no one in here really doubted that we were a well-rounded team. “It’s starting to show a little bit and we’ve got a big series coming up. We’ve got to keep it up, keep the pressure on our division.”

A total of 96 tennis players competed Tuesday in the annual Central Alberta Schools Athletics Association tennis tournament held at the Red Deer Tennis Club. Bryce Kopec of Hunting Hills beat Miguel Oliveira, also of Hunting Hills, 8-3 in the mens singles final. In the bronze medal match, Erik Brezovan of Notre Dame beat Sergio Romero of Hunting Hills 8-5. In womens singles, Tereza Simonova of Notre Dame blanked Daniela Quinn of Hunting Hills 8-0 in the final. In the bronze medal match, Anna Mikhaulichenko of Lindsay Thurber beat Halley Adams of Forestburg 8-6. In mens doubles, Griffin and Ty Moline of Notre Dame won the final 8-3 over Ben Cromie and Cylan Herbert Lake of Notre Dame. In the bronze medal match, Brett Martens and Mitch

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Bogaerts Bos 53 227 43 79 .348 VMartinez Det 52 187 22 63 .337 Ortiz Bos 48 185 28 62 .335 Bradley Jr. Bos 50 178 28 59 .331 Hosmer KC 53 203 30 67 .330 Altuve Hou 55 219 42 72 .329 Nunez Min 43 164 22 54 .329 Castellanos Det 51 190 24 61 .321 JRamirez Cle 46 153 25 49 .320 Machado Bal 52 211 39 67 .318 Home Runs Frazier, Chicago, 17 Trumbo, Baltimore, 17 Cano, Seattle, 16 Ortiz, Boston, 16 KDavis, Oakland, 14 Betts, Boston, 14 Machado, Baltimore, 14 Springer, Houston, 13 Donaldson, Toronto, 13 4 tied at 12. Runs Batted In Ortiz, Boston, 51 Cano, Seattle, 48 Betts, Boston, 43 Trumbo, Baltimore, 42 Encarnacion, Toronto, 42 Trout, Los Angeles, 40 Napoli, Cleveland, 39 Frazier, Chicago, 38 Bradley Jr., Boston, 37 Bautista, Toronto, 37. Pitching Sale, Chicago, 9-1 Hill, Oakland, 8-3 Tillman, Baltimore, 7-1 Price, Boston, 7-1 Tomlin, Cleveland, 7-1 Porcello, Boston, 7-2 Zimmermann, Detroit, 7-2 Latos, Chicago, 6-1 Eovaldi, New York, 6-2 Happ, Toronto, 6-2.

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Friday’s Games L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-4), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-1), 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-4) at Detroit (Zimmermann 7-2), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 5-4) at Cleveland (Salazar 5-3), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 2-6) at Boston (Price 7-1), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Walker 2-5) at Texas (Darvish 1-0), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (Hahn 2-2) at Houston (Fister 4-3), 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-3), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at Pittsburgh, 2:05 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 2:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 2:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 5:15 p.m.

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Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 1 Washington 7, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4, 11 innings Miami 3, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Houston 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings Cincinnati 7, Colorado 2 San Diego 14, Seattle 6 Thursday’s Games

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Today ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Junior B Fort Saskatchewan Rebels at Red Deer Rampage, 8:30 p.m., Kinex

Friday’s Games Arizona (Bradley 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 5-2), 12:20 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-4), 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 5-3) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 5-2), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 5-2) at Miami (Koehler 3-5), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Gonzalez 3-3) at Cincinnati (Finnegan 1-4), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Cueto 8-1) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-3), 6:15 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 4-3), 8:10 p.m. Colorado (Rusin 1-3) at San Diego (Pomeranz 4-5), 8:40 p.m. Saturday’s Games Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Pittsburgh, 2:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 2:10 p.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 2:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

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Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the contract of LHP Brian Duensing from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Mike Wright to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Noe Ramirez from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Joe Kelly to Pawtucket. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated RHP Carlos Carrasco from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Columbus (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Eric Surkamp to Nashville (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled RHP Cody Martin from Tacoma (PCL). Designated RHP Joel Peralta for assignment. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed INF Gordon Beckham on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Brandon Snyder from Gwinnett (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Colin Rea from El Paso (PCL). Optioned RHP Leonel Campos to El Paso. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF Hunter

Pence on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Mac Williamson from Sacramento (PCL). American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released LHP Jake Eaton. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed INF Cory Morales. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHPs Casey Collins and Taylor Elman. Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Connor Root. Frontier League SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed RHP A.J. Quintero. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Announced Toronto C Bismack Biyombo will be suspended without pay for the opener of the 2016-17 season for accumulation of flagrant foul points in the playoffs. NEW YORK KNICKS — Named Jeff Hornacek coach. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed G Jake Bernstein

and WR Marquis Bundy. Re-signed S Tyrequek Zimmerman. DETROIT LIONS — Signed K Devon Bell. Waived P Kyle Christy. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed G Patrick Omameh. Released OL Patrick Miller. NEW YORK JETS — Signed G Mike Liedtke. Waived OT Luke Marquardt. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived CB Jamal Marshall. Signed LB Kyle Coleman. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Kendall Fuller and WR Jarvis Turner. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with Casey Cizikas on a five-year contract extension. SOCCER United Soccer League USL — Suspended The Harrisburg City’s Aaron Wheeler three games, Richmond’s Samuel Asante two games and Charleston’s Romario Williams, Charleston’s assistant coach Dusty Hudock, Orange County’s Ivan Mirkovic, Toronto’s Skylar Thomas and Bethlehem’s James Chambers one game each for their actions during games of Week 10.

Muhammad Ali hospitalized in Phoenix area BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boxing great Muhammad Ali is hospitalized in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. The people told The Associated Press on Thursday that Ali is fighting respiratory issues that are complicated by the Parkinson’s that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s. The two spoke separately in describing Ali’s condition that they say is concerning to family members. The sources declined to be identified because they were not speaking on behalf of the

family. A spokesman for Ali sent out a release earlier Thursday saying the former heavyweight champion is being treated at an unidentified hospital for a respiratory issue. Spokesman Bob Gunnell said that the 74-year-old was in fair condition, and that a brief hospital stay was expected. Ali has been hospitalized several times in recent years, most recently in early 2015 when he was treated for a severe urinary tract infection initially diagnosed as pneumonia. Ali has looked increasingly frail in public appearances in recent years, including on April 9 when he wore sunglasses and was hunched over

MONTREAL CANADIENS Kirk Muller is returning to the Montreal Canadiens as an associate coach. The former Canadiens captain, who was an assistant coach in Montreal from 2006 to 2011, will rejoin the Canadiens staff under head coach Michel Therrien, the NHL club announced Thursday. The Kingston, Ont., native informed the St. Louis Blues this week that he would leave that

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Saturday ● Rugby: Irish women’s team vs. Red Deer Titans, 1:30 p.m., Titan’s rugby field ● Bantam Baseball: South Jasper Place Jays vs. Red Deer Braves, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Great Chief Park

at the annual Celebrity Fight Night dinner in Phoenix, which raises funds for treatment of Parkinson’s. His last formal public appearance before that was in October when he appeared at the Sports Illustrated Tribute to Muhammad Ali at The Muhammad Ali Center in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, along with former opponents George Foreman and Larry Holmes. Ali has suffered from Parkinson’s for three decades, most famously trembling badly while lighting the Olympic torch in 1996 in Atlanta. Despite the disease he kept up a busy appearance schedule until recently, though he has not communicated verbally in public for years.

club after two seasons as an assistant under Ken Hitchcock. The Blues had reportedly offered their entire staff contract extensions. The 50-year-old Muller was particularly strong in handling special teams when he was with the Canadiens, an area where the team has struggled in recent years. “We are extremely happy with his desire to return to the Canadiens organization,” general manager Marc Bergevin said in a release. Muller played 19 seasons in the NHL before retiring in 2003, including a stint with Montreal from 1991-95.

Sunday ● Bantam Baseball: South Jasper Place Jays vs. Red Deer Braves, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park ● Midget Baseball: Calgary Rockies vs. Red Deer Braves, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Senior ladies Sherwood Park Titans vs. Red Deer Rage, 2:30 p.m. and Junior B Sherwood Park Titans vs. Red Deer Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex

Pittsburgh (E2) vs. San Jose (W6) (Pittsburgh leads series 2-0) Wednesday’s result Pittsburgh 2 San Jose 1 (OT) Monday’s result Pittsburgh 3 San Jose 2 Saturday’s game Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m. Monday, June 6 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 9 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 12 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. NHL playoff scoring leaders Logan Couture, SJ Joe Pavelski, SJ Brent Burns, SJ Nikita Kucherov, TB Phil Kessel, Pgh Joe Thornton, SJ

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Basketball 2016 NBA Playoffs Fourth Round THE FINALS (Best-of-7) Golden State (W1) vs. Cleveland (E1) (Golden State leads series 1-0) Thursday’s result Golden State 104 Cleveland 89 Sunday’s game Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 8 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Monday, June 13 Cleveland at Golden State, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16 Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Thursday’s summary Cleveland 24 19 25 21— 89 Golden State 28 24 22 30 —104

CLEVELAND (89) James 9-21 3-4 23, T.Thompson 5-11 0-0 10, Love 7-17 1-1 17, Irving 7-22 11-12 26, Smith 1-3 0-0 3, Jefferson 1-3 1-1 3, J.Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Frye 0-1 2-2 2, Mozgov 0-0 0-0 0, Dellavedova 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Shumpert 1-1 0-0 3, D.Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-84 18-20 89. GOLDEN STATE (104) Barnes 6-10 1-1 13, Green 5-11 4-4 16, Bogut 5-7 0-0 10, Curry 4-15 0-0 11, K.Thompson 4-12 0-1 9, Iguodala 5-9 0-0 12, Ezeli 1-4 0-0 2, Speights 0-2 0-0 0, Varejao 0-1 0-0 0, Livingston 8-10 4-4 20, Barbosa 5-5 0-0 11, Rush 0-1 0-0 0, Clark 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-87 9-10 104. 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 7-21 (James 2-4, Love 2-5, Shumpert 1-1, Smith 1-3, Irving 1-4, Frye 0-1, Dellavedova 0-1, Williams 0-1, Jefferson 0-1), Golden State 9-27 (Curry 3-8, Iguodala 2-4, Green 2-6, Barbosa 1-1, K.Thompson 1-5, Speights 0-1, Barnes 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Cleveland 47 (Love 13), Golden State 41 (Green 11). Assists—Cleveland 17 (James 9), Golden State 29 (Green 7). Total Fouls—Cleveland 17, Golden State 16. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second.

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 6 3 5 23 21 16 New York 6 7 1 19 24 20 Montreal 5 4 4 19 22 20 New York City FC 4 5 6 18 22 29 Toronto FC 4 5 4 16 14 15 D.C. United 4 6 4 16 14 16 Orlando City 3 3 7 16 23 21 New England 3 4 7 16 19 25 Columbus 3 5 5 14 18 21 Chicago 2 5 5 11 10 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 8 2 4 28 17 10 FC Dallas 8 4 3 27 23 21 Real Salt Lake 7 4 2 23 23 21 Vancouver 6 6 3 21 23 25 Los Angeles 5 2 5 20 27 16 San Jose 5 4 5 20 16 16 Portland 5 6 4 19 23 25 Sporting KC 5 8 2 17 14 18 Seattle 5 7 1 16 13 15 Houston 3 7 3 12 19 21 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Columbus 2 Seattle 2, D.C. United 0 Portland 1, San Jose 0 Thursday, June 2 Real Salt Lake 3, New York City FC 2 Houston at FC Dallas, late Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles, late Friday-June 17 No Games Scheduled. Saturday, June 18 Philadelphia at New York City, 11 a.m. New England at Vancouver, 5 p.m. Montreal at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Orlando, 5:30 p.m. D.C. at Houston, 7 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 7 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 19 Dallas at Kansas City, 3 p.m. Seattle at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Football 2016 Canadian Football League Schedule (all times Eastern) PRE-SEASON WEEK ONE Wednesday, June 8 Montreal at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 11 Hamilton at Toronto, 4 p.m. B.C. at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m. Monday, June 13 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7 p.m. WEEK TWO Friday, June 17 Toronto at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at B.C., 10 p.m. Saturday, June 18 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 4 p.m. REGULAR SEASON WEEK ONE Thursday, June 23 Hamilton at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 Montreal at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25 Ottawa at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Calgary at B.C., 10 p.m. WEEK TWO Thursday, June 30 Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Toronto at Saskatchewan, 10 p.m. Friday, July 1 B.C. at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 10 p.m. WEEK THREE Thursday, July 7 Winnipeg at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Toronto at B.C., 10 p.m. Friday, July 8 Calgary at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 10 p.m. WEEK FOUR Wednesday, July 13 Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 14 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 Hamilton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16 B.C. at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. WEEK FIVE Thursday, July 21 Calgary at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 22 Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m. Saturday, July 23 Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Monday, July 25 Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. WEEK SIX Thursday, July 28 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Friday, July 29 Saskatchewan at Montreal, 7 p.m. B.C. at Calgary, 10 p.m. Sunday, July 31 Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. WEEK SEVEN Wednesday, Aug. 3 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 B.C. at Montreal, 7 p.m. Saskatchewan at Calgary, 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 Edmonton at Ottawa, 7 p.m. WEEK EIGHT Thursday, Aug. 11 Montreal at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 13 Calgary at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. Hamilton at B.C., 10 p.m. WEEK NINE Friday, Aug. 19 Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Calgary at B.C., 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Edmonton at Toronto, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 7 p.m. WEEK 10 Thursday, Aug. 25 B.C. at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 Winnipeg at Montreal, 7 p.m. Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 Hamilton at Calgary, 7 p.m. WEEK 11 Wednesday, Aug. 31 B.C. at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5 Edmonton at Calgary, 3 p.m. Toronto at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. WEEK 12 Friday, Sept. 9 Montreal at B.C., 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 Saskatchewan at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 Hamilton at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. WEEK 13 Friday, Sept. 16 Montreal at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 Toronto at Winnipeg, 2 p.m. Ottawa at Calgary, 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 4:30 p.m. WEEK 14 Friday, Sept. 23 Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. B.C. at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 Winnipeg at Calgary, 4 p.m. Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 9:30 p.m. WEEK 15 Friday, Sept. 30 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Calgary at Hamilton, 4 p.m. Ottawa at B.C., 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 Toronto at Montreal, 1 p.m. WEEK 16 Friday, Oct. 7 Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 B.C. at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 Edmonton at Montreal, 1 p.m. Calgary at Toronto, 4 p.m. WEEK 17 Friday, Oct. 14 Ottawa at Hamilton, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at B.C., 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 Saskatchewan at Toronto, 4 p.m. Montreal at Calgary, 7 p.m. WEEK 18 Friday, Oct. 21 Hamilton at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m. Edmonton at B.C., 7 p.m.

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Williams pulls out tough quarters win FRENCH OPEN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Serena Williams of the U.S. returns the ball in the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Thursday. done.” The other men’s semifinal is Andy Murray against defending champion Stan Wawrinka. Their quarterfinals were Wednesday. Djokovic beat Tomas Berdych 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, while Thiem eliminated David Goffin 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1. The most noteworthy moment of Djokovic’s victory: Angered by missing a shot, he tried to spike his racket, but it flew out of his right hand and sailed not far from where a line judge stood. Djokovic was issued a warning. “I was lucky there,” he said. Williams got so desperate at one point that she shifted her racket to her left hand — and whiffed. At the end of the first set, Williams had made 24 unforced errors to Putintseva’s two, which seems like it might be a typo but isn’t. Still, Williams reached her 31st major semifinal.

Bertens became the first Dutch woman to get that far at a Slam since 1977, beating Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-2, “Mentally I feel pretty good. But physically, yeah, it was tough today out there,” Bertens said, mentioning a calf problem. Since Williams earned her fourth consecutive major championship at Wimbledon a year ago for No. 21 overall, she has been beaten in the semifinals of the U.S. Open by Roberta Vinci and in the final of the Australian Open by Angelique Kerber. This setback would have come against a more unheralded opponent. Putintseva is 21, 13 years younger than Williams, and had never been past the third round at a major until now. Yet Putintseva scrambled to nearly every ball and threw her 5-foot-4 (1.63-meter) frame into deep groundstrokes. The turning point came at 4-all

Bisping gets first title shot after decade in UFC BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Michael Bisping fought for 10 years and 25 UFC bouts to get the opportunity that finally arrived in a rush last month. The 37-year-old middleweight has beaten stars, lost to drug cheats and made millions in mixed martial arts, but he had never fought for a UFC title. A flamboyant English bad boy who promotes as well as he fights, Bisping thrived for years as a villain before emerging as a grudging fan favourite for his verbal dexterity and sheer tenacity in a notoriously fleeting profession. When an injured Chris Weidman suddenly dropped out of his rematch with middleweight champion Luke Rockhold two weeks ago, the promotion needed a replacement contender for the main event of UFC 199 at the Forum on Saturday night. Bisping (29-7) suddenly had the opportunity he had craved for a decade, albeit with no training camp against an opponent who already beat him 19 months ago. The circumstances aren’t ideal, and not many people outside his camp expect him to claim Rockhold’s belt. Bisping only sees the opportunity that eluded him for so long. “I get to walk in on two weeks’ notice, I get to punch him in the face, and I finally get to become UFC champion,” Bisping said. “It’s my destiny.” Bisping never gave up on his dream to wear a UFC title belt, but realized that he had faltered just often enough to make it unlikely. He was on the brink of a title shot when Dan Henderson knocked him out at UFC 100 seven years ago. He lost another title eliminator in 2012 to Chael Sonnen, and that defeat began a string of four losses in seven fights culminating in that second-round submission loss to Rockhold (15-2) in Sydney. But Bisping rebounded with a strong recent run capped by a cathartic victory over former middleweight champion Anderson Silva in February. Bisping also has plenty to occupy him outside the cage, including a comfortable family life in Orange County and

Thursday when he acknowledged he has been training with a torn ligament in his knee that prevented him from working on kicks until the past week. The champion still is a huge favourite among bettors, and even Bisping can’t argue with the odds against him. But don’t mistake Bisping’s realism for self-doubt: All that trash talk is underpinned by a real confidence in his abilities and toughness. The former postman, furniture upholsterer and weekend DJ from Lancashire built an MMA career when the sport was largely unknown, and his win over Silva only underscored his self-certainty heading into an improbable opportunity to live his only remaining UFC dream. “I’m expected to lose,” Bisping said. “That’s awesome, because I’m going to go out there and I’m going to show off to the world. I’m going to swing for the fences, and I’m going to push that guy up against the fence, and I’m going to unload with everything I’ve got right in his face. And, you know, I think it gets the job done.”

in the second set, when Putintseva held two break points. Convert either, and she’d be ahead 5-4 and serve for the match. Couldn’t do it. “The match was very close — and very far — from being on my side,” Putintseva said. When Williams wound up holding with a drop volley winner, she looked up to the grey sky with her palms aloft, as if to say, “Whew!” Williams then broke to take the set. Putintseva dropped her racket and shoved the brim of her white cap over her eyes. They would go on to play another 32 minutes, but that was pretty much that. “I definitely knew I needed to do something different if I was going to stay in the tournament,” Williams said. “I always try to have a Plan B and C and go from there.”

Canada ready to send pro boxers to Olympics if amateurs don’t qualify MONTREAL — Boxing Canada is ready to send professional fighters to the 2016 Olympics, but not until amateurs get their chance to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Games. Five national team boxers will compete at a qualifying tournament June 14-26 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Boxing Canada will then release names of pros they want on the team based on which weight classes are vacant.cs: The pro fighters would need to go through a qualifying tournament July 3-8 in Venezuela to try to earn a ticket to Rio. So far, Arthur Biyarslanov is the only Canadian male boxer who has qualified for the Games. Mandy Bujold and Ariane Fortin qualified on the women’s side. Boxing Canada president Pat Fiacco said in a statement that he was among the overwhelming majority to vote in favour of alowing pros to fight alongside amateurs at the Olympics at a meeting of the sports governing body AIBA this week. “The Olympic Games are only every four years and our goal is to continue to increase the number of boxers Canada qualifies and more importantly to win medals,” said Fiacco. “Times have changed and our sport needs to be proactive and live according to our times.” Having pros at the Games has been widely panned in the boxing world, with some fearing mismatches between seasoned pros and amateurs.

RONDA ROUSEY Ronda Rousey might not return to the octagon until 2017 after undergoing minor knee surgery, UFC President Dana White says. White says the former UFC bantamweight champion had surgery Wednesday to clean out her knee. He described the surgery as “nothing serious,” but acknowledged that it could postpone Rousey’s long-awaited return to fighting until next year.

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Canadian athletes get much needed funding NEW BURSARIES FILL MONEY GAP FOR SOME OF CANADA’S RIO-BOUND OLYMPIANS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jacqueline Simoneau no longer chooses between vegetables or a massage in the run up to Rio. The 19-year-old synchronized swimmer from Saint-Laurent, Que., is among 50 athletes who recently cashed a $10,000 personal check and can look forward to four more of them. Simoneau, who will compete with duet partner Karine Thomas at the Summer Games in August, was selected from over 500 applicants for bursaries supplied jointly by the Canadian Olympic Foundation and the HBC Foundation. “My body is really my tool for my sport and I need to take care of it,” Simoneau said Wednesday from Toronto where the bursary program was announced. “Ideally, my coach wants me to have a massage three times a week. Before, I was barely able to afford once a week. I’d have to save money for something, for vegetables or something like that.” “Vegetables are expensive, especially a head of cauliflower was like eight bucks at one time,” she added. “Eating healthy is expensive. “Since I’ve gotten the bursary, I don’t have to worry about it too much. I can take care of my body and prevent injuries from happening.” Athletes in both summer and winter sports were selected to receive cheques annually from 2016 until the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo for a total of $2.5 million. Rugby player Magali Harvey of Quebec City says the money is the difference between buying

a mass-produced mouth guard at a sporting goods store for $30 versus a custom-made mouth guard that costs between $200 and $300. She says the latter allows her to breath more efficiently on the pitch. “So when you are out of breath you get the extra air that otherwise you wouldn’t with a different moulding,” Harvey explained. “It’s the difference between getting a new pair of cleats that will be between $100 and $200 and the high-quality synthetic that’s about $300 to $400 that lasts longer and is better for long-term on the field.” Some other Rio-bound athletes chosen for bur-

Landeghem of Winnipeg. Olympic moguls champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal and silver medallist Mikael Kingsbury of Deux-Montagnes, Que., as well as Olympic ski cross champ Marielle Thompson of Whistler were among the winter-sport recipients. The athletes were chosen by a “committee of various stakeholders that reviewed all of the applications,” according to Canadian Olympic Foundation executive director Leanne Nicolle. “We had to take various factors into consideration — summer, winter, male, female, individual sport, team sport,” Nicolle explained. “If we had an infinite pot of money they would all get it. We wanted to take emerging athletes, or emerging potential medallists, and we wanted to do some next generation and current generation, so we had a framework that we did to make sure a lot of the athlete populations were represented.” Athletes’ personal stories were also a factor in determining successful applications, she said. “If they’re going to drop out because they and their families can’t afford to keep them in sport, which is a massive barrier in high-performance sport as you can well imagine, then we wanted to make sure as many of these athletes we can keep in the system,” Nicolle added. The program’s objective is to keep 50 athletes on the bursary roster annually, she said. Retirements of current recipients after Rio or Pyeonchang, South Korea, in 2018, will make room for new applicants. HBC, the Hudson’s Bay Company, has raised over $40 million for Canadian athletes since 2005 through initiatives such as the red mitten campaign.

‘IF WE HAD AN INFINITE POT OF MONEY THEY WOULD ALL GET IT. WE WANTED TO TAKE EMERGING ATHLETES, OR EMERGING POTENTIAL MEDALLISTS, AND WE WANTED TO DO SOME NEXT GENERATION AND CURRENT GENERATION, SO WE HAD A FRAMEWORK THAT WE DID TO MAKE SURE A LOT OF THE ATHLETE POPULATIONS WERE REPRESENTED.’ — LEANNE NICOLLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION

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Rio seeks to allay concerns with Olympics just 2 months away BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Seeking to allay political, economic and health concerns as the games approach, Brazilian organizers assured IOC leaders on Thursday that final preparations for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro would not be derailed by the Zika outbreak, a presidential impeachment or construction delays. With South America’s first Olympics just over two months away, Rio organizers made their final presentation to the IOC executive board ahead of the Aug. 5 opening ceremony. “We are confident the games will take place and will be very successful,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters. Also Thursday, the IOC cleared all four cities bidding for the 2024 Games — Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and Budapest, Hungary — to advance to the next stage of the race. Under new bidding rules, the IOC has no plans to trim the field and expects all four to go to the final vote in September 2017. The IOC also authorized Kuwaiti athletes who qualify for the Rio Games to compete as individuals under the Olympic flag if, as expected, their national Olympic committee remains suspended for government interference. The suspension has been in place since last October, and Adams said no

progress has been made since then. IOC President Thomas Bach plans to visit Brazil from June 1416 to check on Rio’s preparations for himself. He will meet acting President Michel Temer, who took over last month after Dilma Rousseff was suspended pending a Senate impeachment trial. A final vote on Rousseff’s removal could come just three days before the opening of the games. Adams said Rio organizers updated the board on the political situation, noting that the games have the full support of all levels of government in Brazil, including from Temer. Rio organizing chief Carlos Nuzman said the IOC had “no questions, no concerns” over the political crisis. Last week, a group of 150 scientists suggested the Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the outbreak of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to severe birth defects. But the World Health Organization said there was “no public health justification” to call off the Olympics, and the IOC has repeatedly said the games will go ahead. “This is no public health risk with Zika” that would warrant postponing or moving the games, Nuzman said. Nuzman said the Zika threat diminishes dramatically during Brazil’s winter months. Rio officials showed a graphic indicating the rate of infection falls significantly

from June to September. “The rate of infection drops to very low numbers, very near zero,” Rio spokesman Mario Andrada said. Not one case of Zika was recorded during 44 test events involving 7,000 athletes and 8,000 volunteers, Andrada said, adding that Rio organizers would ramp up a public campaign to convince athletes and visitors that the games will be safe. Nuzman said leading athletes such as Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal, Neymar and members of the U.S. basketball team have said they have no worries about going to Rio. However, American cyclist Tejay van Garderen withdrew his name from consideration for the games amid concerns he may contract Zika and pass it along to his pregnant wife. “We believe women that are planning pregnancies have to take extra care and it is up to them and their family to decide,” Andrada said before van Garderen’s withdrawal was announced. Brazil is also dealing with its worst economic recession since the 1930s, leading to the slashing of Olympic budgets. Brazilian organizers have sought financial help from the IOC, which is already contributing $1.5 billion to Rio from TV and marketing revenues and could advance payments on that amount to relieve the pressure.

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CTV pulls plug on Canada AM FANS SHOCKED AS MORNING STAPLE FOR 43 SEASONS COMES TO ABRUPT END BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canada AM, CTV’s flagship morning show that helped launch the broadcasting careers of Pamela Wallin, Valerie Pringle and Seamus O’Regan, shocked viewers Thursday by abruptly announcing it was ending its 43-year run, a decision observers said reflected a shifting media landscape. Wallin, who worked on the show for about 10 years, said she wasn’t totally surprised CTV was pulling the plug, noting: “the whole industry is in tumult.” And Lisa Taylor, assistant professor at the Ryerson School of Journalism in Toronto, said that given the dramatic shifts in news consumption habits in the digital age, “it’s surprising to see that it lasted as long as it did.” Billed as “Canada’s most-watched national morning newsmagazine,” Canada AM began airing in 1972, providing news and lifestyle headlines as well as interviews with stars and newsmakers. Canadians who typically started their day with the show’s anchors said they couldn’t believe CTV would suddenly yank the show off the air. “There was no warning,” said Elaine Uskoski, a holistic health practitioner in Caledon, Ont. “I don’t think that’s fair to the fans.” “I’m just stunned,” added Katia Ulysse Saint Vil, a political communications professional in Ottawa. “I would never think that the show would be ending just like that.” CTV declined a request for interviews to explain the move and said an announcement on a replacement show would come next week. “As the television landscape continues to evolve, so too must our programming. We look forward to building upon the success of Canada AM as we move forward,” said Randy Lennox, president of entertainment production and broadcasting at Bell Media, in a statement. Canada AM was recently drawing an average audience of about 234,000 viewers, according to Numeris, which was down two per cent from the previous year. But ratings were down 21 per

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Hosts Beverly Thomson, left to right, Jeff Hutcheson and Marci Ien pose in this undated handout photo. After 43 seasons, CTV’s popular morning show “Canada AM” is ending as the network looks to evolve its programming. cent in the key 25-to-54 demographic favoured by advertisers. Wallin called the show’s demise “the end of an era,” noting “Canada AM was must-watch television” for many years, particularly for viewers with political interests. “It was an amazing show and with very limited resources we did incredible things,” she said, listing assignments in China and coverage of the Falklands War among her favourite stories. “For me personally, it was the experience of a lifetime.” Taylor said morning shows like Canada AM once had huge clout and “just as much as evening flagship shows totally set the agenda.” But times changed. “This show was borne of a time when we really did have to roll out of bed and turn on a TV to actually find out what had happened overnight, to find out what was going on,” Taylor said. “With the change in our consumption habits and with the advent of digital media, of course the whole game has changed.” The audience has also changed. The

largely female demographic that morning shows like Canada AM had in their early days has changed with gender parity in the workforce. And the Canada AM model of television — with a full-production, sit-down set — is expensive and can look dated, Taylor added. “When we look at the reduction in advertising dollars going to terrestrial television, we see perhaps shows like this simply aren’t as profitable as they once were.” The show has been home to many of CTV’s broadcasting greats, including Craig Oliver, Sandie Rinaldo, Tom Clark, Lisa LaFlamme and O’Regan. “I really liked the way they reported the news,” said Ulysse Saint Vil. “One of the things I also liked about it is that, I think that in Canada, black people are not very well represented in the media and seeing Marci Ien was also one of the reasons why I was watching every morning.” Taylor would like to see CTV replace Canada AM with a morning news program that “totally breaks free of the existing models.”

TORONTO — With CTV’s morning program Canada AM set to go off the air on Friday after a 43-season run, Sen. Pamela Wallin reminisced about the decade or so she worked on the show. On her beginnings with Canada AM after working for CBC Radio and the Toronto Star: “I started off working on-air out of Ottawa and then moved on to become the host and was there on and off for the better part of 10 years. I was there the longest time, right at the beginning with Norm Perry, and it was an amazing experience.” On her travels with the show: “We were one of the first programs that went into China (in the early 1980s). We did a week’s worth of programming out of China, when Western media just weren’t there. There were some print reporters but there wasn’t any broadcast media. “I went from there to cover the Falklands War. I was the host of the program then. I went down for three or four days and ended up staying for three months and reported for the news at night and AM in the morning. “It was an amazing show and with very limited resources we did incredible things. And for me personally, it was the experience of a lifetime.” On the strengths of Canada AM during her years with the show: “I think we had leadership at the time that was forward-thinking. Our news boss was a guy who had worked in the U.S. and covered the Vietnam War and he was edgier in his thinking. “He would come up to the office and look at the board and see what the stories were and he’d say, ‘That’s not interesting to people. Reinvent the whole damn thing.’ So there was a real edge, there was always adrenaline. “We ran on adrenaline because we certainly didn’t have the sleep. That was a 3 a.m. wakeup call for that show.”

Fentanyl overdose killed Prince: autopsy report an antidote used in suspected opioid overdoses. The autopsy was conducted the day after Prince’s body was found. When his body was examined, he was 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighed 112 pounds and was dressed almost entirely in black. He had scars on his left hip and right lower leg. The focus of the investigation will now probably turn to determining who supplied the fentanyl and whethPRINCE er the sources were legitimate or illegal, said Gal Pissetzky, a Chicago-based attorney who has represented multiple clients facing drug charges. He has no link to Prince. Authorities may also look to the singer’s associates.

“The investigation may expand to people who surround him,” Pissetzky said. “If fentanyl was obtained illegally, I don’t think Prince would have gone out to meet someone in a dark alley to get the substance.” If a street dealer was the source, identifying that person will not be easy. “It’ll be very, very difficult,” he said. “These guys don’t write receipts, and they change phones all the time.” Illegally distributing fentanyl to someone who then dies from it is punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years under federal law. Under Minnesota law, the same actions can result in third-degree murder charges and up to 25 years in prison. The names of at least two doctors have come up in the death investigation being conducted by the Carver County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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drug himself on an unknown date. The office said the death investigation is complete, and it had no further comment. Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that is partly responsible for a recent surge in overdose deaths in some parts of the country. Because of its risks, it is tightly controlled by the Food and Drug Administration. Pain patients who have built up a tolerance to other prescription painkillers, or who have become addicted, sometimes seek out stronger drugs such as heroin or fentanyl. More than 700 fentanyl-related overdoses were reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration in late 2013 and 2014. The drug also has legitimate medical uses. Prince, 57, died less than a week after his plane made an emergency stop in Moline, Illinois, for medical treatment as he was returning from an Atlanta concert. The Associated Press and other media reported, based on anonymous sources, that he was found unconscious on the plane, and first responders gave him a shot of Narcan,

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THERE IS MORE TO NEW ORLEANS THAN BOOZY DAYS AND NIGHTTIME STREET PARTIES. LOCALS SAY THE REAL NEW ORLEANS PRIORITIZES FAMILY LIFE AT EVERY TURN. BY SARAH NETTER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES NEW ORLEANS — A long weekend in New Orleans conjures up images of boozy days and nighttime street parties. A place where the debauchery never stops and inhibitions are checked at the door. But that’s not all New Orleans is about. Sure, you can hop off a plane and head straight to Bourbon Street, where tourists drink out of giant fishbowls and strip clubs dot the narrow thoroughfare. Locals say New Orleans, the real New Orleans, is a city that prioritizes family life at every turn, from Mardi Gras — where most beads are tossed at little kids, not at a pair of flashed breasts — to the city’s famed restaurants, where young diners are welcome. Jennifer Bernard-Allen, a New Orleans native, is raising her four-yearold daughter and one-year-old son the way she was raised — red beans and rice on Mondays, fried catfish on Fridays. “New Orleans is truly just rooted in a sense of family,” she says. “And that doesn’t mean the person you’re related to, I think it means the community as a family. I think it’s why our food is so good, I think it’s why our music is so good. Because it comes from people who are inherently joyous.” She knows her beloved home town has a reputation, but she says the city’s celebratory culture isn’t about excess for its own sake but about appreciating life. “That gets lost often in how New Orleans is depicted.”

To New Orleans parents such as Bernard-Allen, the city is a playground for young and old alike. Here are some of their favorite kid-approved destinations in the Crescent City:

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The grounds outside New Orleans’s iconic St. Louis Cathedral, nearly three centuries old, become a gathering spot for street musicians, dancers and people soaking up the scene. Behind the raucous stereotype, she says, is a great place for families to live — and visit. For travelers, the city’s spirit of inclusion translates as a warm (not to say sweaty) welcome for all ages. Its laidback vibe, walkability and extended stretch of shorts weather can temper the stresses of family travel — there’s a

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The Wild Rose Draft Horse Field and Pioneer Days will be held on June 4 and 5 at Double Tree Village Museum. Gate opens at 9 a.m. See plowing, disking, cultivating, harrowing and seeding. The village is 10 km west of Spruce View on Hwy 54 to RR41 and turn north, then follow the signs. More info at www.doubletreevillage.com or phone 403-728-3875 or 403-396-3545 or 403-391-3645.

reason its nickname isn’t the Big Hard. New Orleans also offers the proverbial something for everyone — a rich cultural history that encompasses everything from voodoo to hoop skirts; adventures by both land and water; and a year-round calendar of family-friendly festivals touting the city’s music, cuisine or both.

DEER PARK MERCHANTS PANCAKE BREAKFAST Deer Park Merchants Association Free Pancake Breakfast in appreciation for the loyal patrons of Deer Park Mall will go Saturday, June 4 at Deer Park Mall from 7 to 10 a.m. The menu features pancakes, sausage, coffee and cold drinks.

The historic Steamboat Natchez, one of the few authentic steamboats remaining in the United States and the only one in New Orleans, offers twohour rides up and down the Mississippi River. As the boat pulls away from the dock on Toulouse Street, in the French Quarter, with a 32-note calliope playing, it truly feels like a step back in time. From the deck, you get an expansive view of the skyline and the French Quarter, as well as the bustling shipping lanes that helped build this city. Cruises include live jazz with either brunch or dinner, featuring traditional New Orleans fare such as Creole creamed spinach, grits and beignets. Best of all, kids can visit the engine room.

BEIGNETS The bliss that is fried dough topped with powdered sugar is a highlight of any day out in this city. The most famous place to get beignets is the 154-year-old Cafe du Monde, in the French Quarter.

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Man who put bison calf in SUV pleads guilty YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A federal magistrate has imposed $735 in fines, fees and compensation on a Canadian man who loaded a bison calf he came across in Yellowstone National Park into his SUV because he thought it was cold. The calf later had to be euthanized because it couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be reunited with its herd. KTWO radio in Casper reports that

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WHERE TO STAY Omni Royal Orleans 621 St. Louis St. 504-529-5333 omnihotels.com/hotels/new-orleans-royal-orleans Located in the French Quarter, this hotel offers child-care services and has a kids program that includes a backpack of goodies and milk and cookies on your first night there. The hotel also has a rooftop pool. Double rooms from $278.

Their menu is so short it fits on the back of a napkin holder â&#x20AC;&#x201D; beignets, coffee and hot chocolate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the place is packed from morning to night, proving itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a good time for beignets in New Orleans. You can also get your beignets to go. Eat them as you stroll along the Mississippiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bank a short walk away. Brigit Saltz moved to the city from Washington, D.C., last July. Her daughters, 8 and 11, just experienced their first Mardi Gras, and proved to be quick studies on diving for the beads and stuffed animals tossed off two-story floats. Nonetheless, Saltz says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their favorite thing about moving to New Orleans is eating the beignets at Cafe du Monde.â&#x20AC;?

WHERE TO EAT Cafe du Monde 800 Decatur St 504-525-4544 cafedumonde.com Located in the heart of the French Quarter, Cafe du Monde has been selling beignets - French doughnuts - for more than 150 years. About $2.50 for an order of three. Commanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palace 1403 Washington Ave. 504-899-8221 commanderspalace.com A New Orleans landmark for more than

SWAMPS Southern Louisiana is surrounded by water â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Gulf of Mexico, the muddy waters of the Mississippi, and numerous canals, bayous and swamps. Take a quick drive north of Lake Ponchartrain to Slidell and hop on a flat-bottomed boat with Honey Island Swamp Tours. They also offer a pick-up and drop-off service from New Orleans. The boats go straight into the murky waters of the bayou, where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to see herons, egrets, turtles and alligators, as well as a stunning, Spanish-moss-draped landscape.

giraffe or lion) that dates as far back as 1885. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even a seat atop an alligator inside the carouselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gazebo thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for pictures before you hop on. The ride has been in operation since 1906, and even today the animals are repainted by hand when they need a touch-up.

LIVE MUSIC Families can catch some great live music al fresco by heading to Jackson Square in front of the nearly 300-yearold St. Louis Cathedral, one of the most iconic landmarks in this city and the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States. Crowds gather â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some dancing, some sprawling on the cathedral steps â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as street musicians play jazz, classical, soul, New Orleansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional zydeco and more. Jackson Square is also home to a wide range of local artists who set up shop along the sidewalk outside the gates.

CITY PARK This expansive, 1,300-acre retreat is New Orleansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer to New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Park. Located north of downtown, about a 10-minute cab ride from the French Quarter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Canal Street Line streetcar will also drop of you off at the gates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; City Park is a green oasis that invites visitors to get lost for the day. With pedal boats, botanical gardens, tennis courts and golf courses, there is no shortage of activities here. Kids, though, will probably head straight for Storyland, a larger-thanlife storybook-themed playground where they can slide down the back of a fire-breathing dragon or play among statues of the Three Little Pigs. The park also has a small amusement park with a historic carousel where visitors can ride a horse (or

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100 years, Commanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palace is known for its â&#x20AC;&#x153;haute Creoleâ&#x20AC;? cuisine. Entrees start at $29. The Court of Two Sisters 613 Royal St. 504-522-7261 courtoftwosisters.com This kid-friendly local favorite offers traditional New Orleans fare as well as a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner menu. They also offer a jazz brunch. Entrees start at $25.

WHAT TO DO City Park 1 Palm Dr. 504-482-4888 neworleanscitypark.com From a playground of storybook characters to an amusement park featuring a historic carousel, this jewel of New Orleans is great for kids. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also activities for all ages, including pedal-boat rides and golf. Admission to Storyland is $4 and kids under three feet all are free. Steamboat Natchez 600 Decatur St. 504-569-1401 steamboatnatchez.com

and cocktails. You can also buy takehome items such as coffee, grits and fresh produce from area farms. The people (and their dogs) eating on the outside patio are a great mix of city characters.

STREETCARS Saltz uses the streetcars to ferry her daughters to the French Quarter for afternoons of fun. In addition to providing transportation, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re great for sightseeing. They run through several neighborhoods and cost just $1.25 per ride. (Age 2 and younger ride free.) A staple of classic New Orleans, the St. Charles Line, which Saltz and her daughters take, is the oldest continu-

Cruise the Mississippi River in old-fashioned style on this authentic steamboat. Jazz brunch and dinner cruises available. Tickets start at $31 for adults and $12.25 for children ages 6-12. Honey Island Swamp Tours 41490 Crawford Landing Rd., Slidell, La. 985-641-1769 or 504- 242-5877 honeyislandswamp.com A short drive from New Orleans will bring you to the bayous and swamps, where you can board a flat-bottomed boat to view alligators, birds, turtles and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Tickets are $23 for adults and $15 for children. Transportation from New Orleansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hotels also available for an extra fee. Mardi Gras World 1380 Port of New Orleans Place 504-475-2047 mardigrasworld.com Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Mardi Gras, from floats to props to costumes. Open seven days a week from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tickets are $19.95 for adults, $12.95 for children ages 2-11. Discounts for seniors and students with college ID. Information neworleansonline.com

ously operating streetcar in the world. It motors past the sprawling antebellum mansions of St. Charles Avenue to the river bend at Carrollton Avenue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; home of the iconic Camellia Grill â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Audubon Park, which houses the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s zoo. Other lines include the Riverfront Line, which takes you from Canal Street along the river to the French Quarter, and the Canal Street Line, which heads up that street and through the Central Business District (known locally as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the CBDâ&#x20AC;?) and into Mid-City. So make a beeline for Bourbon Street if you must â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but for an authentic New Orleans experience, bring the kids.

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‘GOLF AT ITS CORE’ Golfers walk off the 331 yard, par 4, 17th hole at Cabot Cliffs, the seaside links golf course rated the 19th finest course in the world by Golf Digest, is seen in Inverness, N.S. on Wednesday. Located between the coal mining town of Inverness and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the sister course to Cabot Links is receiving rave reviews and drawing international attention. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

ALREADY SMITTEN WITH CANADA’S CABOT LINKS, GOLF WORLD FALLS FOR CABOT CLIFFS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Golfers know a thing or two about confronting the impossible. The 230-yard forced carry over water, a herculean task for most beginners. Getting into the Masters, whether as player or fan. Daunting major-championship venues like Carnoustie or Bethpage Black — or better yet, fearsome Oakmont, host of the 2016 U.S. Open. Then there’s making a go of a pipedream five-star seaside links course, wedged between a hardscrabble former mining town and the pitiless Gulf of St. Lawrence, on a remote edge of eastern Canada that’s three hours from the nearest major airport. And then building another one right next door. Welcome to Cabot Links, a golf resort that conventional wisdom says shouldn’t exist, but which so brilliantly evokes the game’s Scottish linksland heritage that connoisseurs can hardly believe it’s barely five years old. Sister course Cabot Cliffs, hailed by critics as even more impressive, officially opens June 8. Impossible? Player, please. “There’s no doubt that Links was a little bit of a field of dreams,” says Ben Cowan-Dewar, the entrepreneur-turned-golf impresario who first clapped eyes on the abandoned mine site in 2004 during a visit to Inverness, N.S., on the western edge of Cape Breton Island. He was there with, and at the behest of, Rodney MacDonald, Nova Scotia’s fiddle-playing minister of tourism and future premier — a man keen to help resurrect a town long forsaken by the coal industry that spawned it. Many had come before Cowan-Dewar, but none were as smitten. “We obviously believed, if we built it, they would come.” Eight years later, the Rod Whitman-designed Cabot Links opened to rave reviews and more than a little incredulity — wasn’t golf a luxury pastime on the wane? Who would go to such multi-modal travel trouble — to say nothing of the expense — just to play one particular golf course in the middle of nowhere? Golfers, as it turns out. And it’s no longer just one course. By all indications, lightning has struck twice in Inverness, this time with the Cliffs — a jaw-dropping oceanside layout designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the latter a two-time Masters champion, the former a U.S. golf course designer who’s now one-half of the most celebrated architectural duo of the modern era. Golf Digest magazine anointed the

Cliffs last year’s “Best New Course,” and this year crowned it the 19th finest course in the world — rarified air for a new facility, let alone a Canadian one. “I think it’s created buzz on a scale that we probably only could’ve hoped for,” says Cowan-Dewar. “Certainly, that’s converted to folks from all over the U.S. and Canada booking to come and see us, which is pretty exciting.” The figurative line of headlights that was soon snaking its way north from the airport in Sydney, N.S., not only proved him right, but also demonstrated one of golf’s fundamental truths: its disciples are passionate, unpredictable and willing to chase their passion to the ends of the earth. “Golf at its core, right?” beams Cowan-Dewar. “There’s certainly an element of getting back to the roots of the game that has appealed to people.” One of a kind though Cabot may be, the business case on which it is based is not. It started in the 1990s, first with Nebraska’s acclaimed Sand Hills Golf Club in 1995 and later in Oregon with Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, the 1999 brainchild of Cowan-Dewar’s business partner Mike Keiser. Bandon remains the gold standard, having blossomed into a full-blown resort community with five of the finest links-style layouts in the world. But others are following suit: since 2013, discriminating golfers have beaten a path to Florida’s remote Streamsong Resort, built on the edge of a phosphate mining operation an hour’s drive outside of Tampa. And Keiser is at it again with Sand Valley Golf Resort in Wisconsin, scheduled to open next year. Dr. Michael Hurdzan, a prominent U.S. golf course designer who was in Ottawa recently to unveil his renovation work at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, home to the 2017 Canadian Women’s Open, was among a parade of prominent designers invited to explore the Inverness site before Cabot was built. “I said, ‘Once you reclaim it, this could be just incredible. The problem is getting here,”’ Hurdzan recalls. “It’s a beautiful, stunning piece of ground. It never occurred to me to do 36 holes there.” That it occurred to build any to Cowan-Dewar and Keiser seems to surprise those determined to write golf’s obituary, citing statistics that suggest a lack of growth and waning interest amid high costs, an ever-contracting economy and the game’s elitist reputation. “Golf has existed for 500 years that it has evolved over 500 years probably shouldn’t surprise us,” says Cowan-Dewar. He likens it to running a

Critics are raving about the last four holes at the new Cabot Cliffs Ever since preview play began last year, critics from around North America have been agog over the four-hole finish at the new Cabot Cliffs course, part of the 36-hole Cabot Links Golf Resort. The centrepiece is the par-3 16th, which features a multitiered green perched at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Gulf of St. Lawrence. For the benefit of match-play drama, all top-shelf golf courses feature a strong par 3 near the end of the round — Pete Dye’s infamous island 17th at TPC Sawgrass is perhaps the most famous — but discriminating players know a strong finish is about more than a single hole. Here is how co-designer Bill Coore, one half of the acclaimed design duo Coore & Crenshaw, sees the last four holes at the Cliffs playing out. Hole 15 Par 5 562 yards There’s a lot of fairway on this hole, but how you play it will be determined by the route you take off the tee. While there is more area to the right, aggressive players who want to try to get to the green with their second shot will need to be on the higher ground on the left, an area protected by bunkers. We think people who have been around golf will think there must be a reason to play up the left, while those who play down the right will have a blind second shot. The fairway naturally presented itself this way, and those who hit to the left will have a clear view of the green and be able to manage the centre hazard. It was there naturally and we took advantage of it. In fact, the hole is highly reachable for a strong player and you don’t even have to carry the central bunker. You can play right or left of it and get it running. If the turf is firm, hitting it over the green will be a factor. Once you’ve arrived at the green you’ll notice there’s a beautiful contour right in front that defines the pin placement. For an accomplished player, this will determine whether you play right or left to get closest to the flag. Hole 16 Par 3 176 yards There is no question this is an extraordinary spot for a hole, but the conundrum during the design

restaurant: eateries come and go, but the restaurant industry thrives despite half a century of changing tastes and markets. “I think we’ve seen still great participation rates in Canada. Certainly, in the numbers of people that will come to Cabot this summer, and that have come over the last couple of years, I’d tell you that there are still lots of people playing golf.” He also cites Cabot’s rates — $185 at peak season for resort guests and $215 for golfers only, with an array of discounts available to Nova Scotia residents — as a draw for a market segment that’s accustomed to paying significantly more. Inverness has, for the most part,

phase of Cabot Cliffs was whether we could make it work given the elevations and area for the green. Truthfully, this is another hole where the flag position and wind will dictate how it is approached. There are ways to play your tee shot far to left and be surprised when the ball rolls down the slope and towards the hole on the right. Given that, the 16th is a hole that people will want to play a few times to understand. By then the intimidation of the tee shot should have subsided. The far back left is the most difficult hole location, significantly more challenging than the one on the right, which looks like it is hanging out over the ocean. Hole 17 Par 4 331 yards This is another hole where the tee shot appears daunting, but the real challenge is recognizing the shot is also uphill, making the carry greater than you think, especially if you are taking a route close to the green. But once you’re over the cliff, the land helps you dramatically, propelling your ball towards the putting surface. The 17th hole revealed itself immediately after we walked from the area that became the 16th green. We remember thinking, ‘My God, this has to be a hole.’ We wanted it to be a short (par) four that would be a lot of fun and receptive. There’s a huge fairway to play to and people who are strong and courageous can drive the green. The feature that really defines the hole is the juxtaposition of two bunkers down in front of the green. If you play wide left you’ll have to contend with those bunkers, making your pitch more of a challenge than it initially appears. Hole 18 Par 5 528 yards This is a hole that just cried out, “Here I am.” There is more of an angle to the cliff here than on the 10th, making it more visible, and the ravine in front of the green is an incredible feature. It is a hole that anyone who plays golf will love and it is a great finish. At the same time we wanted people to have fun and enjoy the conclusion, so making it a threeshot hole made sense. One of the keys here is the narrow, serpentine green. Players who play away from the ravine and the water will face a tricky shot back towards the cliff with only a slight area of green to receive the ball. Will they make the bold play when faced with the ocean as a backdrop? I expect there will be a lot of flubbed chips as they come towards the green!

been a beneficiary of Cabot’s success. It employs 330 people and 250 caddies, many of whom are mining-industry refugees, and the town is so seized with business development, renovations and home construction that contractors are hard to come by. “I think those things I wouldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams I think that’s probably as rewarding as all of the other stuff,” Cowan-Dewar says. “You know as well as I do, that’s a result of an awful lot of people who have contributed so much to every facet to get it to be where it is today. Which is not just two critically acclaimed golf courses, but hopefully a great business, and a lot of fun still — every day, eleven years later.”

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Running is the perfect time for podcasts Music can distract you from the monotony of running and even improve your performance, but it’s far from the only tool out there - and maybe not even the best. There’s evidence that people become more open to new information and more creative while running, according to Chris Friesen, an author and clinical psychologist who specializes in sport and performance psychology. When you run, you create space in your brain for processing ideas, he said, either your own ideas or the ideas of others. You can listen to music for motivation or to change your mood, Friesen said, but even without music, running can put you in a state of mind to solve problems and think creatively. So it makes sense to capitalize on that potential with a podcast or an audiobook. When you’re running, there’s enough activity in your brain to keep it semi-activated, said Friesen, director of Friesen Sport & Performance Psychology in Ontario. “Your brain is going to have lots of cognitive space available,” he said. “You can use the cognitive space to learn something new or to plan out your days or just wait for that great idea or solution to a problem to pop into your head.” One reason for this is, in general, we’re naturally built to run, Friesen said, so when we run we’re engaging the automatic, or nonconscious, aspects of our brain, freeing up and activating the conscious part. When you’re learning to swim or skate, for example, you’re activating the conscious part of your brain to take in and process new information. Once swimming and skating become routine, like running, the more nonconscious, or automatic, aspects of the brain take over. Add in the dopamine and serotonin flooding into your bloodstream, and you’re primed for creative thinking. What you do with that potential is up to you, but according to Friesen, author of “Achieve,” more and more runners are turning to informational or self-help podcasts in addition to music for at least some of their runs, especially long ones. Listening to such podcasts or audiobooks is a great way to be doubly productive, Friesen said, recognizing that many people have a hard time making room for work, exercise, family and reading. “I feel like I’m killing two birds with one stone when I’m getting knowledge and motivation from informational podcasts or books while I’m exercising,” said Friesen, who listens to podcasts at a higher speed using the Overcast app. In addition to taking three hours to finish a six-hour audiobook and zipping through the inevitable filler in an otherwise engaging podcast interview, the faster speed also motivates him to pick up his running pace, said Friesen, who notes that it takes practice to learn how to listen to audiobooks or podcasts at higher speeds. Certain repetitive movements such as running and swimming can also put your mind into a meditative state, Friesen said, so instead of listening to music, podcasts or audiobooks, you can use running as a chance to practice mindfulness. “When your negative thoughts or worries inevitably come up when running, you can practice acknowledging them for what they are - just thoughts and feelings that our brains are programmed to generate - and train your brain to not get hooked by or fused to them and to stay longer in the present moment.” By practicing mindfulness meditation while running, Friesen said, you’re getting two of the most powerful natural anti-anxiety and antidepressant practices at once. But it’s not always practical or even

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safe to allow yourself to become distracted when you run, whether you’re on a treadmill or running outside. “After a couple of stumbles, I have stopped listening to books when I run early mornings, but I still do it when I run 15 to 20 miles on my own after the sun is up,” said Erik Storsve, a member of the Montgomery Country (Md.) Road Runners Club. “A couple of close encounters with bikes and cars have definitely also reduced the time I run ‘plugged in.’ ” Some runners use only one earbud so they can still hear ambient noise on the trail. And some headphones are designed so that you can still hear what’s going on around you. According to USA Track & Field, the use of headphones during races is up to the discretion of race directors. But many events, including the Marine Corps Marathon, discourage headphones even if they’re not specifically prohibited, according to MCM spokeswoman Tami Faram. When registering for the MCM, each of the 30,000 runners signs a waiverthat says, “The use of headphones is not advised.” So, if you get used to listening to audiobooks or music on training runs, be aware that race day may be a different story. MCM provides entertainment along the race route for runners who want a distraction, Faram noted. “But we want runners to be able to hear and see things they need to be aware of on the course,” she said. “Safety is paramount.” In addition to “Serial” and “This American Life,” the two most frequently recommended podcasts, here are other choices from runners, podcast creators and exercise pros. - “Ben Greenfield Fitness: Diet, Fat Loss and Performance” Ben Greenfield offers ideas and advice about nutrition and hydration. He usually narrates episodes from his own knowledge and experience, and he does weekly Q&As. Sometimes he’ll interview an expert, but the key is to look at the episodes and find the one that calls out to you, because the information can get very detailed and specific. You will definitely learn something every time you tune in. - “The Conscious Runner” Hosted by Lisah Hamilton, this podcast is full of specific running tips for everyday runners. Hamilton speaks quickly and loudly, so her interviews are enjoyable even if you’re running outside and there’s a lot of ambient noise. - “Finding Mastery: Conversations With Michael Gervais” Michael Gervais is a clinical psychologist, and his episodes, which tend to run over an hour, are polished and over-the-top interesting. The topics tend to be more cerebral than other more advice-based podcasts, so you might want to save this for when you’re walking and can concentrate fully. - “Fresh Air With Terry Gross” Terry Gross sets the gold standard for interviews with all kinds of people. Her interviews with authors often manage to bring out a subject or topic that the author has left out of the book or that provides critical context. Gross’ interview style is quick and engaging, which makes these podcasts perfect during a long or hard run. - “The Greater Good” Michael Bergeisen of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, interviews experts in the field of happiness. The episodes are typically under 30 minutes, and every single one is fascinating. One to look for: an interview with Jane Brody on “What Makes a Good Death.” Kind of an odd topic for a run, but so interesting. This podcast will be replaced with a new podcast from the center called “The Science of Happiness” later this year. - “Happier With Gretchen Rubin” Even if you haven’t read Gretchen Rubin’s first book, “The Happiness Project,” you’ll enjoy the bright outlook she and her sister and co-host have on everyday life. Rubin’s latest addition to the podcast, “A Little Hap-

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Scroll through the selections and find a topic that interests you, and you’ll get in-depth discussions with professionals that include strategies you can use. His guests include authors, New York Times columnists, psychologists, scientists and other great thinkers. The longer episodes can be broken up into chunks and saved for long runs or even car rides to races to get you in a creative mind-set. - “RunnersConnect Run to the Top” Here you’ll find inspirational interviews with athletes, but also informational talks with coaches, physicians, nutritionists, trainers and other prominent experts. The podcast is hosted by Saucony elite runner Tina Muir, who often personalizes the interviews with her own experiences. - “The Runner’s World Show” Hosted by Runner’s World editor in chief David Willey and featuring interviews, reported stories and news and expert advice, this podcast debuted in April. It’s polished and well researched (plus Willey has a great radio voice). - “Modern Love” The show is a collaboration between the New York Times and WBUR in Boston. Celebrities read Modern Love essays that have appeared in the Times, and then the host, Meghna Chakrabarti, facilitates a discussion with the original essayists. The episodes are under 30 minutes, making them perfect for an easy three- to fivemile run.

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Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/G-2016 Proposed revisions to the current boundaries for the Major Entry Areas to reflect new City boundaries. Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to revise the current boundaries for the Major Entry Areas to reflect new City Boundaries.

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City Property Assessors Conducting Annual Inspections City of Red Deer property assessors are out doing property inspections for information required to complete the 201 DQQXDO assessment. Assessors may knock on your door for any of the following reasons: To assess new construction, newly renovated homes, or building permit inquiry; To re-inspect property that has sold; or To do a general re-assessment of a neighbourhood or property type. If residents are not home and more information is required, the assessor will leave a callback card so you can call to set up a mutually agreed upon appointment. If you should have questions about your property assessment, please call 403-342-8126

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700. City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, June 10, 2016. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Section 13 NW/SW Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan Bylaw 3217/C-2016 Red Deer City Council is considering the proposed Section 13 NW/SW Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP). The Section 13 NW/ SW Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP) is two quarter sections located within the west half of Section 13 and is located east of the future 20 Avenue, south of Highway 11 (future 55 Street), north of Township Road 382 (future 39 Street) and is intersected by the future extension of Ross Street. The Section 13 NW/SW NASP complies with the Municipal Development Plan, the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan, the Section 13 Beaumont Multi-Neighbourhood Plan and the Neighbourhood Planning and Design Standards.

Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On June 1, 2016 the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications. Permitted Use Denials: Riverside Meadows David Nash – site development for a 91.97 m2 detached garage, with a height of 5.61 m, a 1.11 m (24.7%) relaxation, to be located at 5928 52 Avenue. You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2016. You may not appeal a permitted use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

Emerson Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan Bylaw Amendment 3217/B-2016 Red Deer City Council is considering the proposed Emerson Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan. The proposed Emerson Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP) is located within the southwest quarter of Section 26 and is bounded by the extension of 30th Avenue to the west, the Evergreen neighbourhood to the North, and the North East High Schools and Play Fields to the South. The Emerson Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan complies with the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan, the Section 26 Multi-Neighbourhood Plan, and the Neighbourhood Planning and Design Standards.

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On May 31, 2016, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Inglewood West 1. Dyck, C. – a 0.38 m variance to the minimum rear yard, to an existing detached garage, located at 96 Ireland Crescent. Mountview 2. Alberta Garage Guy Ltd. – a 1.43 m variance to the maximum lot width coverage, for a proposed detached garage, to be located at 3601 42 Avenue. Rosedale 3. A.Viberg – a 0.11 m variance to the minimum side yard to an existing detached garage, a 0.28 m variance to the side yard to an existing rear deck, and a 0.26 m variance to the side yard to an existing detached dwelling, located at 30 Rollis Street. Discretionary Use Deer Park Estates 4. Postcard Portable – two portable signs, until June 30, 2016, to be located at 69 Dunlop Street. Downtown 5. Sorento Custom Homes Ltd. – a three-storey health and medical services building with a 3.0 m front yard, to be located at 4132 50 Avenue. Fairview 6. ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. – site improvements, including a 592 m2 accessory building and sports fields, to an existing recreational facility and park, to be located at 4707 Fountain Drive. Kentwood East 7. Bartsch, M. – a home-based personal training business, within an existing detached dwelling, to be located at 52 Kelly Street. You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on June 17, 2016. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

East Hill Major Area Structure Plan Amendment Bylaw 3499/A-2016 Amendment to incorporate the Proposed Section 13 Beaumont MultiNeighbourhood Plan Red Deer City Council is considering the proposed amendment of the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) to incorporate the proposed Section 13 Beaumont Multi-Neighbourhood Plan. The East Hill Major Area Structure Plan states that a multi-neighbourhood plan shall be adopted concurrently with the first neighbourhood area structure plan for the section and it shall be adopted as a minor amendment.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, June 10, 2016. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

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FASHION FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016

Does Rodarte actually exist? THE VAPOROUS BUSINESS PLAN OF A FASHION INDUSTRY DARLING

Does the fashion brand Rodarte - winner of industry awards, darling of museum curators, stylistic lodestar of eccentric actresses - actually exist? It’s an existential question as much as a practical one. The label is sold online, after all, at Shopbop and Moda Operandi. Buyers for high-end boutiques sit front-row at Rodarte runway shows with admiring smiles. And celebrities love its idiosyncratic, dark, bohemian aesthetic. Brie Larson wore a Rodarte hand-painted dress to the Tokyo premiere of “Room.” Gugu Mbatha-Raw was dressed in Rodarte during April’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner weekend. Taylor Swift wore Rodarte on the cover of Vogue. But fashion brands can sometimes be akin to a shadow, to smoke or fog. You see something, but what? Is it a real business - one that turns a profit from what it promotes, that can grow beyond a notion and have an actual impact? This is a fine time to ask these questions because the designers of Rodarte, sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, have been nominated as womenswear designers of the year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, a prize they previously won in 2009. The winners will be announced June 6 in New York. But what exactly is the industry honoring? Rodarte is the work of two wildly imaginative designers who dream up impractical clothes. They have a forceful point of view, but there is slight evidence of their commercial growth. Their garments are aspirational and admirable, but for all the plaudits - museum exhibits, a cache of awards, an honorary doctorate for the designers - they have not yet proved particularly influential. To the extent it exists, Rodarte is a grudging fashion business. The emperor isn’t exactly naked, but he is very scantily attired. In the glossy universe of fashion, acclaimed companies can bob along for a decade deep in the red. Magazines are filled with ghost garments whose prices are listed as “on demand.” Starlets are dubbed fashion icons based on the free clothes their stylists pick out for them. And in many cases, critics (yes, me, too) wax rhapsodically about runway productions that often turn out to be just an interesting notion. “We’re looking at clothes that will more or less never get produced,” says Cameron Silver, a Los Angeles fashion expert. In this world, Rodarte thrives. But Rodarte is not readily accessible. It is possible for an ordinary but well-heeled consumer to walk into a store or log into a website and make a Rodarte purchase - but doing so will be easier if that shopper is no larger than a size 4. Rodarte tends to be sold by special order or through trunk shows. Nordstrom sells it only in its Seattle store. Neiman Marcus sells it solely in Beverly Hills. And instead of delivering four or more collections a year, as other brands do, Rodarte delivers two. The designers have talked of building a business of global proportions but have held fast to independence and, according to a spokesman, shunned investors. It remains a private, independent company - with no CEO. The Mulleavy sisters declined to be interviewed for this story. “I admire their creativity and commitment to their vision,” says Robert Burke, a retail consultant who met with the designers when the brand was in its infancy. “But to be relevant and sustainable and large enough to make an impact on the industry, there has to be some business structure.” Rodarte does not have a scalable business plan, Burke says - which is akin to saying that it doesn’t really have a plan at all. “They value the creative expression more so than the business,” he says. The companies with whom Rodarte came of age have surpassed it by most measures of maturity - without their inventiveness suffering. Jason Wu now has a lower-cost secondary line, and Proenza Schouler has branched out with a lucrative line of handbags and shoes, a free-standing store and a comprehensive e-commerce platform. The Mulleavys, meanwhile, have thrown themselves into a variety of side projects - designing the costumes for “Black Swan,” directing their own film - that have nothing to do with building the core business. “Fashion is one way to express ourselves,” Kate Mulleavy said in a videotaped Vogue interview, an “interesting amalgamation of all the things we’re interested in.” The Mulleavys, who founded the company in 2005 while living in their parents’ Pasadena, California, home, emerged seemingly fully formed, out of nowhere. Neither attended design school. At the University of California at Berkeley, Kate majored in art history and Laura in English. When they brought their debut collection to New York, it was their first trip to the city, and their work ended up on the Feb. 3, 2005, cover of Women’s Wear Daily under the headline, “Starlet Chic.” The Rodarte creation story casts the designers as outsiders and idiot savants who made an entire industry swoon to their imagination. “I thought the clothes were beautifully made,” recalls Silver, founder of Decades, the Los Angeles vintage haute couture boutique. The sisters sent him handmade paper dolls “dressed” in their collection, along with a request to meet with him. “There were these feather treatments on coats. They evoked what

L.A. originally exported in the 1940s and 1950s… . They weren’t doing sweatpants or retro knockoffs. They were fresh clothes.” He was impressed enough to introduce them to friends in the fashion industry, including Susan Foslien, whose Susan of San Francisco boutique became one of the brand’s earliest retail supporters, though she has since dropped it. “They didn’t have access to great manufacturing,” Foslien recalls. “A lot of it happened on their kitchen table.” Rodarte clothes are often beautiful and occasionally jarring. But they are always fascinating and most definitely labor-intensive. The designers are fond of hand-beading, hand-painting, distressing and even burning their garments. The quintessential Rodarte dress is a collage of eclectic materials assembled in an impressionistic manner telling a story that only the designers fully comprehend. If they were on “Project Runway,” they’d win every unconventional-materials challenge. Some of their most accessible work was in their fall 2014 show, which the Los Angeles Times described as “the strongest collection of their career.” The pièce de résistance was a group of silk charmeuse gowns featuring artwork from “Star Wars” - images of R2-D2, Luke Skywalker and Yoda. But these dresses were never intended for sale - just magazine fashion shoots, museum collections and, perhaps, a walk down the red carpet. Is the company profitable? The designers’ longtime spokesman, Brian Phillips, says that it is. But $10,000 coats, $15,000 dresses and $2,000 blouses - the garments that have made Rodarte’s reputation - typically do not form the foundation of a business. Indeed, during a 2010 talk at the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Laura Mulleavy noted that after pricing a complex leather jacket “fairly” - at least in the parallel universe of high-end frocks - it became impossible to recoup the cost of materials and labor. More than a decade after launching their company with their mother’s maiden name, they are still not much beyond “garments you make personally,” as Laura noted in a recent interview on Vogue.com. Their most widely available and successful products are the “Radarte” T-shirts and hoodies that sell for about $150. The designers have also done one-off projects for Target and H&M. Laura and Kate Mulleavy are not the first designers to have buzz and acclaim far beyond their financial footprint. Isaac Mizrahi’s fame exploded with his starring role in the documentary “Unzipped,” though the very business it chronicled was not profitable. Reed Krakoff left a successful career as the creative director of Coach to launch a high-end brand under his own name - but dissolved the endeavor after he could find no way forward financially. Still, Rodarte is different. As one New York-based stylist noted, it did not come out of the American sportswear template. The clothes function as artistic currency, meant to inspire and transport viewers to an alternative reality. “How does one measure success?” muses Bergdorf Goodman executive Linda Fargo. “Is it the volume of your business, or your depth and degree of creative reach and satisfaction?” Yet, Rodarte’s imprint has been contained. Other designers have had limited sales - but made up for it

Installation view of “Quicktake: Rodarte” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in influence. Thom Browne’s shrunken men’s suits have made aesthetic ripples throughout fashion that far outpace his financial growth. And despite the confounding aesthetics of Comme des Garcons, countless designers cite its influence. Rodarte, though, has existed within its own universe. “What appealed to me was their obsession with a few particular things” such as redwoods, California condors or Japanese horror films, says Caroline Baumann, director of the Cooper Hewitt. The museum’s 2010 Rodarte exhibition plunged visitors into the designers’ “brains and the way they think and work,” Baumann says. “We’re all about process, and that’s what was unveiled.” Like many high-profile designers of their generation, the Mulleavys cycled through contests aimed at supporting up-and-comers. As runners-up in the CFDA-Vogue Fashion Fund, they were assigned James McArthur, then an executive with Gucci Group, as a mentor. “We spent some really good time together in Paris and by phone, making sure they were laying the right foundations for their business,” McArthur says. The sisters were “very hungry to learn, super attentive and… absolutely keen to develop their business in a way that would offer strong growth prospects while protecting, importantly, their independence and clarity of vision. That’s not always an easy balance to strike.”

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CLIMATE COMMITMENT CONTRADICTION NUMBERS ON ENERGY INDUSTRY GROWTH, CLIMATE COMMITMENTS DON’T ADD UP: REPORT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Canada can’t reach growth projections for the energy industry as well as meet its greenhouse gas commitments without damaging the rest of the economy, a study suggests. David Hughes, former research director at the Geological Survey of Canada, says other industries will have to reduce emissions by huge margins if Canada tries to expand oilsands and LNG exports while living up to the climate change promises it made in Paris. “If you factor in the expansion that’s planned in oil and gas production, it’s pretty difficult to see how you can cut the rest of the economy’s emissions by 55 per cent without destroying the economy in the process,” he said. Hughes, who did the study for the University of Victoria, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute, also questions whether Canada needs new pipelines to move oilsands products to coastal terminals to get the best price for them. An industry spokesman said Hughes relied on out-of-date information and didn’t account for innovation. Hughes combined National Energy Board growth projections with the Alberta government’s cap on oilsands emissions and British Columbia’s plans for up to five new liquefied natural gas terminals to determine how much greenhouse gas the sector would release. He compared that with targets Canada agreed to at the Paris climate summit last December. The government promised a 30 per cent reduction from 2005 levels by 2030. Hughes found that the energy industry’s share of Canada’s total emissions would double to 52 from 26 per cent. That means other parts of the economy would have to pick up the slack. More than three-quarters of electrical generation is already emissions-free. Switching Canada’s stock of cars, trucks, homes and offices to low-carbon alternatives is expensive and would take decades. Extra emissions cuts from manufacturing or agriculture would have its own economic impacts. “Barring an economic collapse, therefore, Canada will have to reconsider its planned oil and gas production growth and demand real emissions reductions from the oil and gas sector in order to have any hope of

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A highway loops around the southeast end of Mildred Lake at a Syncrude facility as seen from a helicopter tour of the oil sands near Fort McMurray in 2012. meeting its … commitment,” Hughes writes. Alex Ferguson, a vice-president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said technological change in the oilsands is likely to prove Hughes’s assumptions wrong. “You’re going to see something in the next three, four, five years or so in terms of proving some of that out,” he said. “We, collectively, need to make a conscious bet that technology is going to help us in this challenge.” Hughes also argues against the need for new pipelines. He assumed oilsands production will be limited by Alberta’s 100-megatonne emissions cap and compared

that with industry figures on pipeline and rail capacity. He found current infrastructure meets needs with a 15 per cent cushion. As well, the difference between the world oil price and what Alberta gets has been shrinking and was barely a dollar a barrel on Wednesday. “The reason for (the price differential) has been eliminated, so it’s unlikely that differential will resume.” Ferguson disputed both statements. Upcoming estimates of oil production will clearly show new pipelines are needed, he said. “What you’ll see from us soon is more up-to-date information and data that would certainly tell us we need more pipeline capacity.” As well, he said, a pipeline to the

coast would allow Canada to take advantage of markets specifically looking for heavier crude. The International Energy Agency says the world will still need 67 million barrels of oil a day by 2040. “Why wouldn’t we want Canada to have a reasonable share of that demand?” Ferguson asked. Hughes agreed oil will be in the energy mix for a long time. The point, he said, is that Canada faces tough choices and serious challenges. “Industry will probably say there will be a silver-bullet solution. I think it’s unlikely and we better do the math with the figures we have and put that long-term plan together.”

Understanding TFSAs DEREK FUCHS WEALTH WATCH “Derek, what investment should I buy in my Tax Free Savings Account?” To understand how to invest in a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) we should first understand what it is. The TFSA is a great investment vehicle which came into effect in 2009. Everyone 18 or older in 2009 started with a $5,000 deposit limit which as of 2016 has grown to $46,500. The benefit is that, generally speaking, whatever interest is generated inside the account is not taxed by the Canada Revenue Agency – it is a fantastic savings tool and can be utilized in numerous ways. When the TFSA was introduced in 2009 many institutions provided them to their clients as savings accounts, or, encouraged them to invest in a cashtype investment earning very low rates of return. While there is nothing wrong with this type of investing, I believe most investors are missing the real power of the account. In my opinion the TFSA should be called a Tax Free Investment Account to reinforce the concept that the funds could be used for the sake of achieving growth as an investment, rather than simply a savings account. In my experience many investors do not realize that they can buy a number of investments in a TFSA – including GICs, bonds, stocks, and mutual funds – all of which offer the greater likelihood of a better return than a basic savings account. Simply put, there is no best way to invest in a TFSA. It will always come down to your specific goals, your tolerance for risk and your time horizon, among other factors. With that in mind, there are various options available. Some investors choose to invest in their TFSA for growth. In a basic investment account you are taxed when you sell a security or earn dividends or interest. Being that you won’t be taxed in a TFSA, it may make sense to invest in something that you think could grow substantially over your specific

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time horizon. In short, invest in your high growth idea in your TFSA so that you may fully profit from that position without having to worry about the tax-man. I have watched some TFSAs experience massive growth since 2009 and are now way far beyond the limit – all that growth is tax-free. A TFSA could also be a great account to build a diversified long-term portfolio. Seeing that the accounts now have higher limits of $46,500 I see many clients who use the TFSA like they do their other investment accounts. Specifically, they invest in broadly diversified holdings with numerous positions made up of various sectors around the world. These clients see their TFSA as a long-term account with the potential to provide tax-free income in retirement. Another consideration would be to use your TFSA to shelter highly taxed investments. Maybe stocks and mutual funds aren’t for you. I’ve seen plenty of investors who would rather buy Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) and bonds, and that’s fine – it’s a valid investment strategy. Just keep in mind that GICs and bonds pay interest income which is taxed at your highest possible rate and therefore your gains are dwindled by tax. If you buy a GIC or bond in your TFSA you won’t be taxed on any of your gains. The benefit here is that since the returns on GICs and bonds are so low these days it makes sense to keep every penny whenever possible – if that means saving a bit of tax, then why not? In my practice I use the TFSA in all of these methods. I’ve seen plenty of clients with high growth investments in their TFSA, while others use it to buy their GICs and bonds. There is no right answer, simply what is right for you. Be sure to discuss your strategy with a qualified investment advisor. Happy Investing! Derek Fuchs is a Senior Wealth Advisor with Scotia Wealth Management in Red Deer and holds the designations of Chartered Investment Manager, Certified Financial Planner, Financial Management Advisor, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.

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A male sage grouses fight for the attention of female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. A junior oil and gas company in Calgary is blaming an order aimed at protecting a rare Prairie bird for its insolvency. LGX Oil + Gas (TSX:LGX) says its daily operations and drilling plans were significantly disrupted when an emergency order under the federal Species At Risk Act took effect in February 2014 that protects the greater sage-grouse.

Oil company blames order protecting grouse for its demise BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A junior oil and gas company in Calgary is blaming an order aimed at protecting a rare Prairie bird for its insolvency. LGX Oil + Gas (TSX:LGX) says its daily operations and drilling plans were significantly disrupted when an emergency order under the federal Species At Risk Act took effect in February 2014 to protect the greater sagegrouse. The company’s Manyberries oilfields in Alberta were subject to that order. In its order, Environment Canada restricts noise on 1,700 square kilometres of provincial and federal lands in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan during April and May — the spring mating season for the grouse — and places limits on the construction of roads and fences. In December, LGX announced it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking $60 million in

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compensation over the order. A spokeswoman with Environment and Climate Change Canada said Thursday the statement of claim had been received but the government has not yet filed a statement of defence. LGX said in a news release Wednesday the order made its property impossible to sell. It also said it is unable to satisfy a lender’s demand to repay $31 million in debt by June 10. The company said the lender plans to have a receiver appointed next week who will manage day-to-day affairs while formulating a plan to satisfy its creditors. Nature Canada estimates on its website there are fewer than 150 adult greater sage-grouse remaining in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Greater sage-grouse are the largest grouse in North America. Males can weigh up to two kilograms, females about one kilogram. The plump, chicken-like birds are brownish-grey with white patterning.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 119.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.02 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.51 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.58 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.99 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.22 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.15 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 170.66 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.10 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.53 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.73 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.24 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.96 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.81 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.14 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.26 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.27 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.68 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.07 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.38 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.53 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.44 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.68 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 142.65 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.60 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.50

DOLLAR MARKETS TORONTO — North American stock markets posted solid advances Thursday despite failure by some of the world’s most powerful oil-producing nations to come to an agreement on a production cap. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index climbed 73.45 points to 14,136.99, supported by gains in nearly all sectors except healthcare. It was much of the same story in New York, as the Dow Jones industrials added 48.89 points to 17,838.56, while the broader S&P 500 gained 5.93 points to 2,105.26. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 19.11 points to 4,971.36. Trading volumes were also subdued with investors in a wait-and-see mode for more clues as to whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate at its next policy-rate meeting later this month. Meanwhile, oil prices headed higher despite failure to reach a consensus on limiting output at the latest meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna. Saudi Arabia, the group’s largest producer, and Iran, a political rival which has been ramping up production after years of sanctions, have been at an impasse over production levels. The July contract for benchmark North American crude rose 16 cents to US$49.17 a barrel, while the Canadian dollar, which usually traces crude’s trajectory, fell 0.22 of a U.S. cent to 76.31 cents US. “OPEC still holds the keys of power. The bottom line is they’re still responsible for a great deal of the production out there,” said Kash Pashootan, portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa.

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.43 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.44 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.99 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.95 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.96 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.23 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.19 First Quantum Minerals . . 8.60 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.23 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.06 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.69 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.85 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.63 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.730 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 12.91 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.74 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.55 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.90 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.33 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.59 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.55 Canyon Services Group. . 5.41 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.95 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1600 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.55

“To me, it’s reasonable and not a surprise that there’s no consensus or deal that has been reached because we’re dealing with conflicting motives from the various players in the meeting.” Pashootan predicts the current rally in crude prices is doomed to trace back 10 to 20 per cent of recent gains because a global supply glut still exists. “The risk here is that optimism has led to oil prices running up too much in the short term and as a result, I expect a pullback in oil prices before we go up any higher from here,” he said. “There are supply disruptions risks priced into oil right now. Once those supply disruptions pass, we go back to a world where there is an oversupply. Although rig counts are down and supply is down year over year, it still does not justify oil at $50 or higher.” Some of the most pressing issues affecting oil prices right now include disruptions caused by militants in Nigeria and the temporary cutback in oilsands production in the Fort McMurray, Alta., area due to the massive wildfire there. Elsewhere in commodities, July natural gas rose two cents to US$2.40 per mmBTU, while August gold fell $2.10 to US$1,212.60 a troy ounce and July copper was unchanged at US$2.07 a pound. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,136.99, up 73.45 points Dow — 17,838.56, up 48.89 points S&P 500 — 2,105.26, up 5.93 points

Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.580 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.53 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.13 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.48 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.49 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.36 Penn West Energy . . . . . 0.850 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.08 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.96 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.750 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.53 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 43.45 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1800 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.66 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.45 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.21 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.94 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.01 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.84 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.15 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.42 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.39 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.200 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.62 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 45.14 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.58

Nasdaq — 4,971.36, up 19.11 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.31 cents US, down 0.22 of a cent Pound — C$1.8910, up 0.81 of a cent Euro — C$1.4616, down 0.10 of a cent Euro — US$1.1153, down 0.40 of a cent Oil futures: US$49.17 per barrel, up 16 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,212.60 per oz., down $2.10 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.950 oz., up 19.6 cents $705.69 kg., up $6.30 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $3.20 higher $520.60 Nov. ‘16 $4.40 higher $526.30 Jan. ‘17 $3.70 higher $529.30 March ‘17 $4.00 higher $530.60 May ‘17 $3.60 higher $531.80 July ‘17 $4.10 higher $533.40 Nov. ‘17 $2.70 higher $516.50 Jan. ‘18 $2.70 higher $516.50 March ‘18 $2.70 higher $516.50 May ‘18 $2.70 higher $516.50 July ‘18 $2.70 higher $516.50. Barley (Western): July ‘16 $0.50 higher $171.50 Oct. ‘16 $0.50 higher $171.50 Dec. ‘16 $0.50 higher $171.50 March ‘17 $0.50 higher $173.50 May ‘17 $0.50 higher $174.50 July ‘17 $0.50 higher $174.50 Oct. ‘17 $0.50 higher $174.50 Dec. ‘17 $0.50 higher $174.50 March ‘18 $0.50 higher $174.50 May ‘18 $0.50 higher $174.50 July ‘18 $0.50 higher $174.50. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 695,920 tonnes of canola 500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 696,420.

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Dairy Farmers of Canada President Wally Smith speaks during a news conference on World Milk Day regarding the importance of the supply management system in Ottawa, Wednesday June 1

Milk producers protest on Parliament Hill in favour of supply management BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Cows and tractors took over Parliament Hill on Thursday as thousands of milk producers gathered to demand the federal government enforce Canada’s cheese laws regarding the use of diafiltered milk. Protesters were preceded by a convoy of farmers who travelled by tractor to Ottawa after starting their multi-day journey earlier in the week in Quebec City. The farmers say cheese companies are illegally using a cheap, non-tariffed U.S. milk protein in their products instead of real milk made in Canada. They estimate the use of diafiltered milk cost them $220 million last year. “We need our government to stand tall, control its borders and start working for us,” said Chris Ryan, a farmer from St-Isidore, Ont., who brought along his cow, Ninja. Cheese sold in Canada must include a minimum percentage of actual milk, according to the country’s supply management laws. Foreign milk entering the country is subject to high tariffs in order to protect the domestic industry. Diafiltered milk, however, is considered an “ingredient” at the Canadian border and therefore is not subject to tariffs. Cheese companies are accused of illegally using diafiltered milk to fulfil their real milk quotas in their products.

Michel Crete, from Sainte-Agnes-deDundee, Que., said the importing of diafiltered milk is preventing him from modernizing his farm. “We have big losses,” he said. “It is affecting us and preventing us from investing in the company.” Serge Lapointe, who hails from Lambton, Que., says diafiltered milk is costing him $25,000 a year. “We were told last April that (action) was imminent,” he said. “Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of political will on the part of the government.” Farmers accused the Liberal government of not doing enough to enforce the country’s supply management system, which protects eggs, dairy and poultry from foreign competition and guarantees certain farmers a price and demand for their products. They also said they were promised financial compensation from Conservative and Liberal governments in exchange for signing Trans-Pacific and European trade agreements but that they have not received anything as of yet. Danie Gilbert, the daughter of a milk producer from Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, said she doesn’t know whether she’ll take over the family farm. “A lot of money is being lost,” said Gilbert, 20. “With supply management being threatened, we don’t know what’s going to happen. Will farms disappear?”

NEB grants Imperial more time to build MacKenzie project BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The National Energy Board is giving Imperial Oil until the end of 2022 to start building the long-delayed Mackenzie Gas Project, a pipeline that would ship natural gas from the Northwest Territories to northern Alberta. The board originally approved the project in December 2010 and the federal cabinet of then-prime minister

Stephen Harper sanctioned it the next year. But one of the conditions was that construction had to start by the end of 2015. Last year, Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) asked the board for a seven-year extension on that deadline because low gas prices had forced the companies behind the project to delay development. The NEB said it recognizes that the project isn’t currently economic and would give the project’s backers more time to allow for markets to recover.

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In granting approval of the extension Thursday, the board said that the project doesn’t require new public proceedings and is still in the public interest. The decision now goes to the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for final approval. A spokesman for Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said cabinet would make a decision before the end of September when the current project certificate expires.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $15/hr. Floor skills would be an asset. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 or e-mail: lobb-black-valerie @aramark.ca. Attn: Val Black TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it. Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Special Day

Rocky Support Services Society

EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Rocky Support Services is seeking an individual who is looking for an opportunity to use their experience in business to expand relationships with local employers and identify employment opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. The Employment Manager has the responsibility to develop relationships with local businesses and identify employment opportunities for adults with disabilities that would add value to the business and match the career interests of the individual. This is a leadership position that will capitalize on your business experience and successful track record working with teams to maximize successful employment placements for clients and business. The Program specializes in providing career planning, development, training and support to adults with developmental disabilities to be successfully employed with local businesses. Rocky Support Services Society is an accredited agency and registered under the Alberta Societies Act. Qualifications: ~ Post-secondary education in business and at least five (5) years’ experience ~ Strong leadership and organizational skills ~ Valid drivers license Rocky Support Services Society offers a benefit package and employee friendly policies. Closing Date: June 13, 2016 Please Mail, Fax or Email a resume and cover letter to: Linda Bozman, Director of Administrative Services Rocky Support Services Society PO Box 1120 Rocky Mountain House, AB T4T 1A8 Phone: 403-8445-4080 x 102 Fax: 403-845-6951 Email: lbozman@ rockysupportservices.ca You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you! Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time. 10 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

850

Trades

SHOP HELP AND/OR APPRENTICE MECHANIC REQ’D IMMED. Truck exp. preferred. 8:30-5. 15 mi. E. of Blackfalds. Steady f/t year round employment w/benefits. Fax: 403-784-2330 Phone: 403-784-3811 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

880

Misc. Help

We are hiring a

General Labourer

to work as part of our service team in the dairy industry. The ideal candidate must have a valid driver’s licence, and be able to perform work in a safe and efficient manner to established industry standards. If you are a team player who is comfortable working around livestock and are able to use power tools, please send resume to curtis@prolineinc.ca. We are hiring an

INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN

to work as part of our service team in the dairy industry. The ideal candidate must have a valid driver’s licence along with the following abilities: troubleshooting, programming and repairing circuit boards and controls, perform work in a safe and efficient manner to established industry standards, with the ability to interact with customers, self-motivated and able to work alone. If you are comfortable with heights, working around livestock, and willing to take some on-call work, please send your resume to curtis@prolineinc.ca

Auctions

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

9th Calgary

ANTIQUE

SHOW & SALE

June 4 & 5

Sat. 10-5:00, Sun. 10-4:00 Garrison Curling Rink 2288 47 Ave. S.W. Carswell’s 403-343-1614 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

1530

K & Kpresents Auctions an Antique & Collectible Auction For the Estate of

DICK GERWING AND GUEST CONSIGNORS Sunday June 5, 9:30 a.m. at Bashaw Community Centre, Bashaw, Alta. FEATURING: Rare old paper money featuring a 1935 Canadian $25 bill and coins, one man’s collection of old pocket watches, crockery, regulator clock and gingerbread clocks, cast iron toys, collection of coal oil lamps, Barley twist legged table, old china, die cast cars and trucks and farm related toys, and much more. Check our website for complete listing and pictures.

www.globalauctionguide.com Doug, Loraine 780-679-4142

Does it Best!

309-3300

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Bower

Fairview - Upper

Mountview

2821 BOTTERILL CRES. MULTI GARAGES June 2 & 3 Thurs. 6:30-9, Fri. 9:30-5 Sports, tools, household...

23 FIR ST. June 3 & 4 Fri. & Sat. 11 - 7 GI Joe toys, antique tools, household misc.

3522 45 Ave June 3 & 4 Fri. 3-9 pm & Sat. 9-5pm 100 gallon fish tank, electric garage door openers, electric twig and leave mulcher, large glass windows. LOTS of stuff for everyone in the family! Rain or shine!

Announce your

MCRAE (nee Neis) Darlene April 7, 1949 - May 30, 2016 Funeral Directors It is with great sadness we have to announce the & Services passing of Darlene McRae. Darlene was one of Earth’s real Angels. She will forever be in the hearts of those that knew her. Darlene was predeceased by her husband Ray and her brother Garry, as well as both of her parents. She will be sadly missed by her daughter Corrie Wattie (Brad) and grandsons Brian and Dyllan, brothers Larry (Darlene) and Jim (Lil) and numerous nieces and nephews. Darlene worked for Dr. Burgoyne after being a nurse in Calgary and Whiterock. A service will be held Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Penticton United Church, 696 Main Street. Condolences may be shared by visiting www.everdenrust.com

810

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DEADLINE IS 4:30 P.M. FOR NEXT DAY’S PAPER

Clearview GARAGE Sale in Clearview Ridge. 233 Carrington Dr. Saturday, June 4. 9:00 - 3:00

Inglewood 55 INGLIS CRES. June 3, 4 & 5 Fri. 5-8, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-1 MOVING SALE Something For Everyone!

Lancaster Green Devonshire DEVONSHIRE VILLAS 32 DOWLER ST. Multi Family June 4, Sat. 9 - 4 Something For Everyone!

Downtown

130 LOGAN CLOSE June 3 & 4 Fri. 10-5 & Sat. 10-2 Awesome selection! Something for everyone.

Red Deer Curling Centre 4725 43 St. June 3, 10 - 7 June 4, 10 - 6. June 5, 10 - 3

100 MUSTANG ACRES June 3 & 4, Fri & Sat. Starting at 10 a.m. Tools, antiques, furniture. 10,000 items!!! You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Lancaster Meadows 42 & 43 LORD CLOSE MULTI FAMILY - Moving June 3, 4 & 5: Fri. 11 - 8, Sat. 9 - 4, Sun. 10 - 3, Furniture, kitchen & more..

Michener Hill ANNUAL Garage Sale

Mustang Acres

CONDO, yard and bake sale. Fri., June 3, 12:30 7, on the condo patio on Michener Ave, close to Michener Extendicare. New and vintage bargains plus baking from 150 households.

Sunnybrook #10 SUTTON CLOSE June 3 & 4 Fri. 10 - 6, Sat. 9 - 4 Camping, 2005 Caravan, toys/clothing, misc etc....

West Lake 314 WEBSTER Dr. Multi family. No early birds Fri. June 3, 2-8, Sat. June 4, 10-4. Household items, tools, toys, Harley Davidson baby clothes & stroller, pics, and much more. Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

West Park

Oriole Park ESTATE garage sale, 2 O’Brien Cres., Sat.. June 4, 9 - 9, furniture, household items, and much, much more. LOTS OF STUFF.

Rosedale 20 FAMILY SALE Rosedale Community Hall June 2 & 3 Thurs. & Fri. 12 - 7 Don’t Miss this One!!!

38 WISHART ST. June 2, 3 & 4

Thurs., Fri. & Sat. 11 am - 6 pm Tools, housewares, toys, garden supplies and more!

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, June 3, 2016 D5

Auctions

1530

EXECUTIVE ESTATE Police Bike Auction

Sunday June 5, 2016, 10 a.m., Viewing 9 a.m. Location: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only Balance of Police Bikes – 11 Hard Wall Office Trailers – Flare Stack on Trailers – Antiques – Collectables – Collector Coins, Stamps and Bills – Furniture – Leather Sofas – Misc. and More. Complete list and Directions visit www.cherryhillauction.com Cherry Hill Auction & Appraisals Phone 403-342-2514

Children's Items

1580

HOODIE, LACOSTE, blue child’s size 12, very good condition. $10. 403-314-9603

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 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

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED INNISFAIL 6 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

1580

Children's Items

SUITCASE, Child’s Ladybug, by Samsonite, $15. 403-314-9603

1630

EquipmentHeavy

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

1640

Tools

AIR Compressor, 3 gal. or 11.4 L, paid $149.99 plus a 2/1 nailer, drives, nails and narrow crown staples, pd. $119.99. Used once. Will sell both for $175. 403-309-7387, 392-6138 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

FRAMING Nailers, 3 in 1 KING Canada, 28 degree x34 degree, flipped head. Performance Plus. 18 guage,2 Brad Nailer Kits Performance Plus, 18 guage x 1/4, narrow crown stapler, in carrying case. Includes full box of 3 1/4 nails. Sold for $300. Asking $150. for all 3. 403-309-7387, 392-6138

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SONY STEREO Component System, $30. 403-358-5247

Misc. for Sale

1760

5TH WHEEL tail gate, $257; Dodge truck box, 8’ with tail lights and gate, $1500 obo; outdoor cooker 2 burner camp stove, $75; tie down bar for Dodge Dakota, $50; aluminum tool box, $200. 403-358-6579. Apt. size humidifier, $20; 2 picnic coolers, $25 for both; vegetable steamer, $20; and 2 Mexican blankets, $20 for both. 403-309-5494 CAMPING dishes, unbreakable, Durawere Set. $35. Coleman Propane lantern, $50. Coleman Propane Camp Stove, $100. 403-343-6044 COFFEE Maker, under counter, $30. 403-343-6044 COPPER clad aluminum #2, booster cables $40. 403-343-6044

1900

Travel Packages

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

3 BDRM. upper floor in house, near schools and transportation, good for family of 4, 950/mo. 403-343-6229 or 403-304-3979 4 LEVEL split, 4 bdrm., 2 full bath, near schools and transportation, $1350/mo. or room for rent at $500/mo. incld’s util. 403-343-6229 or 403-304-3979 GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm.,, 3 bath 5 appls. , fenced, N/S, $1250./mo. + util. 403-350-4230

GOLF cart, large wheeled, used 2 times, $50; and Singer sewing machine in HOUSE in Lacombe, 2 3 drawer desk, $70. bdrm., 2 bath, $995/mo. 403-346-4462 MASTER CRAFT Driver, 403-782-7156 / 403-357-7465 square, 1/2”, speed 65 GRILL, 3 in 1, RMP Max. torque 320 . LARGE 1/2 duplex, newly Hamilton Beach. Asking $50. reno’d, downtown area, New still in box. $40. 403-309-7387, 392-6138 across from park, 403-358-5247 responsible family METRIC Socket, plus tool SOCCER BOOKS, (3) preferred, $1,200/mo., box. $100. plus box of player cards. dd same, 403-347-3149 403-343-6044 $35. 403-314-9603 LICENCED for group home in Lacombe, 8 SUITCASES (3) $10. bdrm., 3 bath, 2 fireplaces, Firewood Stepping Stool, Oak $100. dbl. garage, $2,995/mo. Gas Barbecue, Portable. 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 $20. 403-358-5247 B.C. Birch, Aspen, MOUNTVIEW, across from Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. school, 4 bdrm., dbl. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 garage,, lrg. lot backs onto Cats park, fully dev., 2 full LOGS baths, new reno’s, 5 Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch. KITTENS, 1 Siamese and appls., $1549 + utils. July 1. Price depends on location 1 Burman, $50 each, and Call Alex 403-519-2944 of delivery. Lil Mule 1 grey and white kitten for SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals Logging 403-318-4346 free. 403-887-3649 incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week Looking for a new pet? or month. 403-880-0210 Check out Classifieds to Health & find the purrfect pet. Beauty

1660

1830

1700

POWER Wheel Chair, 3 yrs. old. Barely used. $2500. 403-845-3292

1710

Household Appliances

WANTED TO BUY Apt. size deep freeze, must be in good condition and good price. 403-346-5360

1720

Household Furnishings

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Sporting Goods

1860

INVERSION Table, $200. 403-343-6044 WANTED TO BUY, FOLD-AWAY cot/table for exercising. Must be clean and in good condition. 403-346-5360

Collectors' Items

1870

ANTIQUE Railroad Train Set, 65 yrs. old. Complete set of 40 pieces & book volumes. Like New $800. 403-845-3292, 895-2337

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1225/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls. Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1000. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545

3030

Condos/ Townhouses

SOUTHWOOD PARK

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

2 BDRM. suite in 4-plex, 4 appls., Rent $875. DD. $650. incld’s water sewer, & garbage 346-7917, 877-5070. ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or July 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or July 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 July 1st. 403-304-5337 TWO WEEKS FREE CLEARVIEW, 4 plex 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), 1 1/2 baths, $975.mo. n/s, no pets, . 403-391-1780 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or July 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444 Start your career! See Help Wanted

TWO - 2 bdrm. suites downtown area, above store, at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred $950/mo., $950 d.d. partial utils. paid., high security 347-3149

Roommates Wanted

3080

Rooms For Rent

3190

Lot

LIMITED TIME OFFER:

1000-1430

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

Houses For Sale

4020

SPACIOUS 1,150 ft. duplex condo in Michener Place, one bdrm with ensuite, walk-in closet, den, basement 60 % finished with bdrm., full bath, rec room, rear deck with awning, 2 car garage, only 459,900. Call 403-505-8625. No agents pls.

Income Property

4100

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300

Industrial Property

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

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

Cleaning

1070

EXP’D. reliable cleaning lady. Will also do move-outs. 403-309-4640 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est. Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 COUNTERTOP replacement. Kitchen reno’s. Wes 403-302-1648 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Contractors

1100

DAMON INTERIORS

Drywall, tape, texture, Fully licensed & insured. Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176

1160

Entertainment

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

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

Personal Services

10 - 2am Private back entry

1315

Roofing

1370

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

Stucco

1382

& Cement WILL DO House sitting and animal care. Also have STUCCO & STONE exp. with insulin injections installs, pargings, and repairs. and any other medical Joshua Tree Ventures care. Will also provide 403-348-3919 care/companionship/ stuccobyjtventures@gmail.com personal care for seniors, day or night. 403-309-4640 Roofing

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment. 403-341-4445

1290

Paintinglife, FREE estimates, residential commercial, 403-877-0658.

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

Misc. Services

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured. 403-896-4869

Yard Care

1430

TREE /YARD CARE, JUNK Removal, Garage Door Service. 403-358-1614

(403)318-4653 Red Deer Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Holiday Trailers

5120

Boats & Marine

5160

WatersEdge Marina

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

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

BUG deflector, $100. 403-358-6579.

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

CLASSIFICATIONS

Never laid down.

$7600. o.b.o.

2011 SPRINGDALE by Keystone 31’ travel trailer in mint cond., 3’ x 14’ slide, electric awning, jacks and hitch lift, rotating tv - to view in living room or bedTWO fully furn. rooms, all room, 2 - 30 lb. propane util. incl., Deer Park, AND tanks, equalizer hitch, Rosedale, 403-877-1294 $19,000 obo. lwschroh@hotmail.com or 403-347-9067 Mobile

4010

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MINT CONDITION

3090

4090

403-347-7473

ALL the Bells & Whistles!! 44,600 kms.

ROOM, all utils. and cable incl’d, $450/mo. Call or text 403-598-6386

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry Manufactured w/onsite manager, Homes 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer 2 BDRM. mobile home, hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. stove fridge, washer, dryer in Rimbey Mobile Home Call 403-343-7955 Park. Good cond. $19,500. obo. 1-780-465-7107

Every 2 and 3 bedroom unit has a full bathroom upstairs and a half bath on the main floor. There is a full basement and your own private yard. A place to call HOME in Red Deer. Check us out at www.greatapartments.ca Call for details. Sorry no pets.

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC No shortage of power

OVER 200 CHANNELS, TV SUPPLIED, MUST LOVE DOGS, MUST BE WORKING M., RENT $500., N/S, 587-272-1952

homes

Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444 NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy. 403-596-6000

5080

PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., hrdwd. flrs., inclds. heat and water, $1100. 403-348-6594

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MORRISROE MANOR

Motorcycles

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594

PADS $450/mo. 1 BDRM apt. above Weis Western Wear. Quiet single Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., person preferred. no pets, $750 rent/dd. 403-347-3149 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call 2 BDRM. bsmt. suite, 6 at anytime. 403-588-8820 appl., like new, att. sing. gar., close to bus stop, N/S, no pets. $1000/mo. + util. 403-347-8397 or 587-876-8919. 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or JULY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 CLASSIFICATIONS GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., 4000-4190 $800/mo., D.D. $850, N/S, no pets, no partiers. 403-346-1458 Realtors LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only & Services n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

2 & 3 Bedroom Units • 1 & 1/2 Baths

Space to live!

3060

Suites

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4120

QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. or for Rent. 403-391-1780

FINANCIAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 4400-4430

Money To Loan

4430

HAVE you exhausted your efforts at the banks? Is your company in need of financing? Call 403-969-9884

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Celebrating the birth of your child? Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classiﬁeds “Announcement” section.

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Heavy Trucks

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

5060

2007 SPRINTER Dump YARD CARE Truck 350 140,000 kms. Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459 New cond. Price negotiable. 403-887-4610

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THE ADVOCATE D6

ADVICE FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2016

Man needs discussion with wife to avoid cheating KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Annie: My wife and I have been good friends with “Bill and June” for 30 years. Twelve years ago, my wife had surgery and lost all desire for sex. She isn’t even interested in cuddling. Last year, Bill had a heart attack and is now afraid to exert himself in the bedroom. Recently, June told me that Bill has given her permission to seek satisfaction elsewhere and asked if I was interested. I am, but I do not know how to approach the subject with my wife. Last year, when she discovered that one of our friends was cheating on his wife, she stated that if I ever did that to her, she would drop me like a hot potato and take me for everything I’m worth. I don’t want June’s offer to end our marriage or destroy the friendship we have with Bill. My wife goes on a lot of overnight trips for work, so I’m sure that June and I could get together without her finding out. But I do not want to go behind her back. What do you suggest? — Confused Husband Dear Confused: You cannot guarantee that your wife will not find out, and the worry and guilt would eat at you. Please don’t do this. Instead, have a frank discussion with your wife. Tell her that the lack of intimacy has been difficult for you and that you’ve had an offer for a commitment-free affair. (Do not mention June’s name.) Ask her how she would feel about this. If she agrees, the rest is up to you, although sleeping with a close friend is likely to lead to all kinds of trouble. Of course, your wife may be appalled at the sug-

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Friday June 3 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Dan Hill, 62; Rafael Nadal, 30; Imogen Poots, 27 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today, learn to make frustration your friend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are naturally witty and have a talent for storytelling. 2016 is the year to become more involved with like-minded people in your local community. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t assume you know what others are thinking and feeling today. You are probably way off the mark. So — if you do make assumptions — then you’ll just complicate and confuse matters even more. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Neptune confuses issues —especially involving romance, friendship or finances. You’re not seeing the situation clearly, so postpone making important decisions until you have a clearer perspective. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When it comes to a relationship, you want to zoom full steam ahead whereas they want

Pro Bowl’s departure unrelated to funding, stadium BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

gestion, so your next step is to ask whether the two of you can do something else to regain intimacy. Ask her to discuss this with her doctor or come with you for counseling. Do whatever you can to repair the things that need fixing within your marriage before you start looking for “solutions” that could destroy it. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Morose Mom,” whose children keep borrowing money and never pay it back. Your advice was spot on. One of our sons is like that. It was a continual cycle of borrowing money, even though he has a well-paying job. No loan was paid back. Since he also has children, we were reluctant to say “not another dime” for fear of getting locked out of our grandchildren’s lives. One day, we decided that a financial counselor would be the answer. We selected one who understood both the problem and the fact she would most likely not be successful. We agreed ahead of time that if my son “bailed,” we would be responsible for any unpaid fees. We then contacted our son and gave him the counselor’s contact information with the ultimatum that there would be no more loans unless he met with the counselor and followed her financial program. After a couple of months, the counselor billed us for the unpaid balance and said my son indicated he could not work within the terms of her findings. But it’s been five years with no further requests for money and, amazingly, we still have a good relationship with our son. — Relieved Mom and Dad Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/ AskAnnies

HONOLULU — The NFL said Wednesday its decision to move the Pro Bowl to Orlando, Florida, for the next three seasons is unrelated to funding, Aloha Stadium or Hawaii’s ability to host the game. Peter O’Reilly, the league’s senior vice-president of events, made the statement in a news release provided by the Hawaii Tourism Authority. George Szigeti, the tourism authority’s CEO, said the agency will use the $5 million it would have paid for the game to support sport competitions and other programs. Some of the money will go to preserve Hawaiian culture and the environment, sponsor community festivals and events and bolster tourism marketing. The Pro Bowl had been played in Hawaii since 1979, with the exception of two years. O’Reilly said the league would keep paying for youth programs in Hawaii and continue a partnership with the state. “It really wasn’t anything Hawaii didn’t do, it was what Orlando can do and what Orlando has the ability to do in terms of family, entertainment and youth football,” O’Reilly said in Orlando. The game will be held at Camping World Stadium, which recently underwent $200 million in renovations in hopes of attracting the NFL. In Honolulu, the game was played at Aloha Stadium. The Hawaii venue suffered bad publicity in December when the U.S. women’s soccer team abruptly cancelled an exhibition game there after players complained of poor field conditions. Stadium officials countered that the turf was only four years old, still under warranty and hasn’t had any issues. The tourism authority long valued the Pro Bowl, which is played during the winter, for the national television exposure it gave Hawaii when many football fans watching on the mainland were coping with cold weather. The television broadcast of the 2014 Pro Bowl gave Hawaii exposure worth $26.2 million, the agency has estimated. The game also brought 15,000 visitors to the islands.

to take things more slowly. So you are going to have to be patient — not one of your natural strengths! CANCER (June 21-July 22): Life’s confusing, but don’t complicate matters by becoming dependent on the counsel of others. Asking for advice is fine but it’s up to you to make the final decision. Learn to trust your intuition. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you rush projects today then you’ll just have to re-do them later on. When it comes to a child, teenager or close friend, take the time to look beneath the surface to discover what’s really going on. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Aim to get the balance right between your personal and professional lives. If you are too critical of loved ones or work colleagues, then you’ll just cause a whole lot of unnecessary angst. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Saturn reversing through your conversation and travel zone, expect delays or dramas involving cars, computers or communication. Take some time out to talk things over with a trusted friend. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Money matters become serious as you are hit with extra bills or rising costs. It’s imperative that you have a strict budget and stick to it — especially if you are in a financial partnership. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Rushing a relationship seems like a good idea — but it will just cause problems further down the track. With Saturn reversing through your sign,

slow and steady wins the race at the moment. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expect some frustrations, delays or challenges today as the Sun and Saturn seem to stymie every move you make. Don’t stress! Use the down time to review your approach and reassess your plans. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take your time when communicating with others; both in person and via social media. If you say something — or send a message ñ when you are feeling rushed, it could lead to confusing problems. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you viewing a romantic relationship through ridiculously rose-coloured glasses? The higher you place your partner on a pedestal, the further they have to fall. So learn to love them, faults and all. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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