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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF LEDUC — A former Red Deer Mountie has been acquitted of charges laid against him in connection with the arrest of a Red Deer teenager in the summer of 2012. Const. Eric Pomerleau, 30, went to trial in Red Deer provincial court on May 10 and 11 of this year on charges of assault with a weapon, common assault and assault causing bodily harm. The charges were laid after a member of the public accused Pomerleau of using excessive force during the arrest of the boy, whose name is withheld because he was a minor at the time. Judge Marilyn Smith, normally based in Leduc provincial court, heard that Pomerleau had pepper sprayed the youth to subdue him while he was in the back of the police car; pushed him to the floor while taking him to his cell, and bloodied his nose after reentering the cell to conduct a second search. In a decision announced from her courtroom in Leduc on Monday, Smith said she found Pomerleau’s actions were reasonable in each of the three incidents, given that Pomerleau had been confronted with an aggressive and combative “client” and that there were no other police officers available to provide backup. She also pointed out that he is both smaller and lighter than the boy he had arrested and was not aware until later that day that he was only 16 years old. Witnesses testified during the trial that Pomerleau was called at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 19, 2012, to attend a location in the Deer Park subdivision, where two young bicyclists were causing trouble and damaging vehicles. Please see ACQUITAL on Page A8
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Ainsley Quirino, left, of the Catalina Swim Club in Red Deer is given a congratulatory hug from her teammates Dalia Morales, centre, and Kira Lorencz after Quirino won her 200-m freestyle heat at the Recreation Centre on Saturday. Some 320 swimmers aged 5-17 from across the province took part in the 64th Annual Freeze-Or-Fry swim meet hosted by the Catalina Swim Club over the weekend.
Candlelight vigil to speak out against Orlando shooting BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF
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Central Albertans will gather in solidarity for the LGBTQ community at City Hall Park on Wednesday night. A candlelight vigil will be held that was developed as a local, grassroots response to the Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub early Sunday morning.
The vigil starts at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Crystal McNichols, who suggested the vigil, said she happened to be watching CNN when the story broke. “The gun shots you heard on the TV.
I cannot imagine the poor people who survived,” said McNichols, who is cochair of Central Alberta Pride. “Fifty innocent people got killed over what? When it’s all said and done whether we’re gay, lesbian, transgender, we all have the same blood,” said the transgender Central Albertan. Please see VIGIL on Page A8
Stettler given green light to draw water from river after fuel spill BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF
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A fuel tanker spilled its load of fuel into the ditch just north of the Content bridge on Hwy 21. Some of the fuel made its way into a creek which drains into the Red Deer River. Workers installed several containment booms to capture the spilled fuel.
Stettler has been cleared to draw from the Red Deer River after a diesel spill forced the town to use its stored water supply. Melissa Robbins, the town’s director of operations, said the municipality was given the green light on Monday morning. “They tested the water and all the results came back clear,” said Robbins. The municipality’s regional water treatment plant has systems in place including outdoor water storage water ponds to avoid from the river, if necessary, for this exact reason said Robbins. “In the spring we don’t pull water from the river when the river breaks up because we don’t want the turbidity
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and the high colour to come into our plant,” she said. “We do at times of the year when we get large storms, we do switch off the river and treat from our storage ponds until we get nice river water again and we treat right from the river.” On June 9 a tanker truck carrying diesel rolled on Hwy 21, near Content Bridge, and spilled 25,000 litres of diesel into a stream, which feeds into the Red Deer River. As a precaution, the town switched to stored water while tests were conducted on the water. One duck was captured and transferred to a wildlife treatment centre. Surface water and soil sampling are being conducted and on the Red Deer River, according to Alberta Environment and Parks. The contaminated soil has been excavated and disposed at an approved facility.
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Peace Tower flag finds a home BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Bruce and Evan Schollie’s Canada-loving credentials are officially beyond question. The Red Deer father-and-son-owners of an official Canadian flag that flew recently above the Peace Tower in Ottawa can consider their patriotic passport stamped. It was more than 11 years ago, that Bruce sent in an online request to Ottawa for one of the flags that wave above the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. “When I did it in 2005 they said it was an 11- or 12-year waiting list,” he said. “I thought, ‘Ok, that will be when Evan is about 18 and he’ll be graduating and it will be a nice present for him. So I put his name on the request.” But over the years, he forgot all about the application, which is part of a government program to offer used flags from Parliament Hill buildings free of charge to Canadians. About 250 flags are used each year on the Peace Tower, and another 200 fly on the East and West Blocks. “Around about (Evan’s) birthday in March, I thought about it, ‘I wonder whatever became of that.’ Coincidentally, within a few days of that pondering, he got an email from the federal government. Over the years, the federal flag department bureaucratic machinery had been dutifully grinding away and flag overseers were looking for confirmation of his mailing address. A few weeks later, the package arrived in the mail and Bruce handed it to Evan, who is graduating from
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Bruce and Evan Schollie recently received an official Canadian flag from the Parliament Hill PeaceTower. Bruce applied for the flag 11 years ago, and his number came up earlier this spring. Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School this month. This is no ordinary flag. Besides its impeccable patriotic pedigree, it’s huge — 2.3 metres by 4.6 metres. Bruce and Evan waited for a few weeks for the perfect photo op. “We’re just waiting for a nice windy day to get up on the roof and take a
picture of it.” Evan, who has been involved in the Scouts since he was young and is to be honoured with a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award by Prince Edward later this month, knew all the ins and outs of proper flag-handling etiquette. He cut no corners as they manhandled the giant standard up to the roof.
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BRIEFS Bitterman pleads guilty to manslaughter as part of deal Sentencing will be held later this month for a Red Deer man who has admitted to killing a resident of the Potter’s Hands affordable housing complex just over three years ago. The body of former Eckville resident Curtis Leroy Rangen, 43, was found on May 3, 2013, in the freezer of his apartment in the Red Deer housing complex. RCMP investigators alleged at the time that Rangen had been killed during a break-in on either April 30 or May 1, 2013. A charge of first-degree murder was laid against Mark William Bitterman, now 33, following his arrest on other charges in B.C. on June 13, 2013. The charge was later reduced to seconddegree murder. Bitterman had been scheduled for a jury trial on the second-degree murder charge, opening on Monday morning in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. However, following an eleventh-hour agreement between Crown prosecutor Edward Ring and defence counsel Kim Ross of Calgary, he instead entered a
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About 150 people, including 75 children, hit the trails at Bower Ponds on Saturday for a fun 5-km Kids in Action Run along the river valley trails. Hope Mission Red Deer has been working with elementary school children in Red Deer schools over the past school year. ‘It’s a culmination of our after-school program, we have been running through the school year,’ said Kelly Row, Hope Mission Red Deer manager. ‘We set a goal to run 5 km at the start as part of our Kids in Action Program, we talk a lot about goal setting and what kids can do to set short term and long term goals,’ said Row. ‘Each week we would run with the kids, they would run laps in the gym to train for this . . . 5-km run at the end of the year. A lot of the kids have never run this distance.’
Friends have asked if they plan to erect a giant flagpole to showcase their piece of Canadiana. He doesn’t think so. But you can rest assured, it won’t be going on eBay. Those interested in applying can go to Canada’s website. But be warned, the flag waiting list has grown to 54 years.
City Coun. Buck Buchanan is attending the Making Cities Livable Conference in Rome. The third-term councillor registered and paid for the conference last year. This year the theme is Caring for Our Common Home: Sustainable, Healthy, Just Cities and Settlements. It comes with an estimated $3,000 price tag. In 2015, the eight city councillors were allocated $11,477 each for professional development including conference attendance. The mayor has a separate professional development budget. Buchanan had $2,000 left in his budget at the end of December 2015, according to the city’s website. “We strictly use our budgets for AUMA (Alberta Urban Municipalities Association) and FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities),” said Buchanan. “That’s our professional development. I’ve done this one before and I’ve enjoyed the conference. I looked at it and had the budget and the room in it to do it. It was all done before year’s end last year.” The conference runs from June 13 to 17. Buchanan will be back in Red Deer on Sunday.
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Questions linger about drug costs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — With medically assisted death now legal in Canada, doctors need access to specific drugs that will painlessly and humanely terminate a suffering patient’s life. But just what are these drugs and what do they cost? And most importantly perhaps, who will cover that cost? One week after the ban on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia was officially lifted under the Supreme Court of Canada’s mandate, doctors, provincial health ministries, private insurers and the pharmacy sector are still trying to sort out the answers. Complicating the issue is the fact that oral drugs that would be taken by eligible individuals seeking to end their lives on their own are not readily available in Canada, so doctors willing to help a patient die must administer the lethal medications. Vancouver’s Dr. Ellen Wiebe has so far delivered those injections to seven patients who fit the top court’s criteria for assisted death due to intolerable suffering from a “grievous and irremediable” medical condition. “We prescribe a double-dose, that’s the standard protocol and the idea is you’re giving one dose and the other is a standby, and then the doctor has to bring those drugs back to the pharmacist,” said Wiebe, noting that the unused portion must be destroyed. Photo by TODD COLIN VAUGHAN/Sylvan Lake News
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Hagell, Harris to represent Central Zone for NDP BY ADVOCATE STAFF Two long-time NDP faithfuls were named to provincial council. Red Deer’s Elizabeth Hagell and Paul Harris were acclaimed as vice-presidents for the Central Zone for the Alberta NDP executive at the party’s convention last weekend in Calgary. Hagell, a retired Red Deer College instructor, said the party is doing a good job in government and she is excited to be part of it. She said the convention was energizing. Harris is a businessman who is currently in his second term as a Red Deer city councillor. The provincial council meets every four months. It is the governing body of the party between provincial conventions.
Calgary man charged with dismembering, trying to dispose of body of woman BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary police are accusing a man of dismembering and trying to dispose of a woman’s body after she died. Police were called to a grassy, lightly forested area along Centre Street North after a passerby found a body on June 8. After investigating a tip from the public, police say they now believe that the woman died at a residence, then a man who lived at the residence decided to dispose of her remains in several places, including in the neighbourhood of Crescent Heights. Police continue to search for body parts. Joshua Jordan Weise, who is 40, is charged with one count offering an indignity to human remains. Insp. Don Coleman said while the chief medical examiner is working on the cause of death, it’s not believed to be criminal. “However, the indignity offered to her body after definitely constitutes a criminal act,” he said. “I believe fear probably did play a significant part of that as to his exact motivation, I’m not entirely sure. “It’s clear there was a series of bad decisions made.” Coleman said it’s of drugs playing a factor is also being investigated and landfills are being searched. Police are describing Weise and the victim as acquaintances. She was reported missing the day after her body was found and police believe it was there for a couple of days. Coleman added support services are in place for both the police and the passerby who made the discovery.
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SYLVAN LAKE — The new fire hall in Sylvan Lake almost had to tap a maple tree to keep up with the syrup demand. On Saturday, hundreds of local residents packed into the shiny new fire hall to take in the sights and a 1913 Days pancake breakfast provided by members of the Sylvan Lake Fire Department. Guests were treated to guided tours as well as a hose cutting ceremony to celebrate this long-awaited grand opening. Mayor Sean McIntyre, who opened the building by cutting a fire hose with the jaws of life, said this is a huge step for the community of Sylvan Lake. “Our fire department had outgrown our old facility and they were really in need of something new that would allow them to help the community, not only now but in the future,” he said.
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Is this the end of the United States? GWYNNE DYER OPINION
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f we do not get tough and smart real fast, we are not going to have a country any more,” said Donald Trump after the massacre in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning, and The Donald never exaggerates. The United States is a very fragile entity, only two-and-a-bit centuries old. One more attack like Orlando — 50 dead and 53 wounded — and it’s finished. No? That’s not what Trump meant? Then how many Orlandos would it take to destroy the United States? One a month? That wouldn’t really do it either, because on average around 200 Americans are killed and wounded in mass shootings every month. It’s been going on for many years, and the United States is still there. Last year 374 mass shootings — defined as a shooting that kills or wounds four or more people — killed 475 Americans and wounded 1,870. The media go into a feeding frenzy whenever the number killed in a single incident reaches a dozen or so, but it
doesn’t last long. The politicians offer their “thoughts and prayers for the victims and their loved ones,” and everybody carries on as before. After all, 200 killed and wounded a month in mass shootings isn’t all that big a number in a population of 325 million, and anyway trying to bring in gun control is not worth the political effort. It has been tried repeatedly, and it just doesn’t work. Indeed, the National Rifle Association may be right in insisting that the problem is not guns but Americans. (Their slogan is actually “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people,” but we all know which people they are talking about.) Firearms are also widely available in Canada, but the Canadian gun murder rate is eight times lower. Even in countries where assault weapons are widely available (like Switzerland and Israel, where military reservists keep their weapons at home), the firearms-related death rate is less than a third of the American rate, and mass shooting are very rare. “Violence is as American as cherry pie,” as H. Rap Brown once put it, and on the whole Americans have just decided to live with it. That’s not an entirely unreasonable decision, because changing a whole culture is hard, slow, uncertain work, and 13,286 gun deaths per year (including massacres, one-on-
one killings, suicides and accidents) is only one in every 25,000 Americans. But what about terrorism? That’s a real threat, isn’t it? The aforesaid Donald Trump even tweeted that President Obama should resign immediately in disgrace if he didn’t say the words “radical Islamic terrorism” out loud. But it’s not even clear yet if that’s what the Orlando horror was really about. It’s true that the Orlando shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, was born in New York to Afghan immigrant parents who raised him as a Muslim, but his ex-wife says that he wasn’t very interested in Islam. Maybe he changed after she left (he used to beat her up a lot), but his father says that the trigger for his killing spree was seeing two gay men kissing in public in Miami. On the other hand, there are reports that he called 911 (the emergency services) to declare his allegiance to Islamic State just before he started shooting, and some witnesses say he shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is great!) as he was killing people. Even if true, this doesn’t mean that Mateen was acting on Islamic State’s orders. IS websites do NOT encourage potential supporters to phone head office for instructions before going out to commit terrorist acts. Just go and do it, that’s all. But it may also be that Mateen was acting out of a so-called “gay panic”
— an extreme reaction to displays of gay affection, generally because the person is desperately suppressing such desires in himself. In that case, the whole “Islamic” thing would have been just a cover for his real motive, which he wanted to conceal. We’ll know more later, but we may never know his motives for certain. It doesn’t much matter: people commit massacres for all sorts of bizarre reasons, and it makes no difference to the victims which particular one is driving them. It shouldn’t make much difference to the public or the politicians either, because Mateen is just one more mass murderer among hundreds, very few of whom are Muslims. Donald Trump (and some other people) will be pushing the “terrorism” button as hard as they can, in the hope that they can fool people into backing extreme solutions to what is really a very small problem, but that is just cynical self-interest. So what should happen? Nothing much, really. The U.S. will go on living with the occasional mass murder because the culture is too hard to change. And terrorism — whether this particular event was terrorism or not — will continue to be one of the (relatively minor) costs of doing business in the 21st century. Gwynne Dyer is an independent Canadian journalist.
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The case for human rights in China ROBERT MCGARVEY OPINION
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of the economy’s surplus value. The world should care about human rights in China for two reasons. First, strengthening human rights will reinforce workers’ rights and will help China redistribute wealth, setting the stage for its next consumer-driven growth spurt. Second, a rights revolution in China and other emerging economies is vital to balancing world trade and preserving the middle class in western developed economies. Joseph Pickerill, an official in Canada’s Foreign Affairs ministry, suggested that “Frank engagement with open eyes is the way to make progress.” Well, opening everyone’s eyes to the reality that human rights are not a separate or purely political issue is of critical importance. A failure to make progress on human rights in China would damage China’s economic prospects and worsen relations between China and the West. This kind of neglect would threaten world trade with potentially devastating consequences for global security. Troy Media columnist Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Alberta-based think-tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and nations build communities of well-being.
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DRUGS: Cost must be paid for by patient But in B.C. at least, the trio of powerful and fast-acting anesthesia-related drugs Wiebe uses — midazolam, propofol and rocuronium — aren’t covered by either provincial or private insurance, so their $250 cost must be paid for by the patient. “Basically, this is just in process,” she said. “I expect and want the government to pay for these drugs and I expect that will happen, it just takes time.” A few provinces have already committed to covering the cost. That includes Quebec, which brought in its own physician-assisted dying legislation last December. The province covers the price tag for euthanasia drug kits provided ELLEN WIEBE to doctors willing to help a patient end their life. While all the details haven’t been worked out, Ontario has also said it will cover the cost of the medications. “When it comes to patient access to medical assistance in dying, I don’t think financial costs should be a barrier,” said Ontario Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins. Hoskins said a letter has been sent out to all pharmacists informing them the drugs will be made available to eligible patients for free and outlining the process for dispensing them and covering their cost. “So it won’t require patients to purchase the drugs and then be reimbursed,” he said. “The health-care provider will receive the drugs from a licensed pharmacist and the pharmacist will bill the province directly.” Alberta, which is in the process of drafting its own regulations based on the high court’s ruling, is also prepared to cover the cost of the lethal drugs, where applicable. “If you’re in a hospital setting or another primary-care setting like a long-term care facility, it would be covered in accordance with the Canada Health Act, so the hospital would pick up the cost,” Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said from Edmonton. “And if you’re at home, we’re working to make sure this is absolutely not a barrier,” added Hoffman. “We’re working with our own drug plan — with Blue Cross — and having conversations with others. “But we want to ensure that again in accordance with the Supreme Court direction that access is not a barrier, and that of course includes access to the actual drugs.” As for private insurers, Joan Weir of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association suggested the decision as to whether employee-based plans or policies held by individuals would cover medications for assisted dying is still in flux. “From the perspective of drugs, we’re just starting to look at this now,” said Weir, director of health and dental policy for the association, noting that individual insurance companies have their own lists of medications eligible for coverage, called formularies. “Private plans pay for drugs that are dispensed by
pharmacies and not knowing what these drugs are, I’m not certain that pharmacies actually dispense these drugs today,” she said. “Depending on what that drug mix is, they could already be on formularies. That’s the next step for us to take a look at. And if they’re not, we probably will be looking at what the industry should do on a whole.” Phil Emberley, director of pharmacy innovation at the Canadian Pharmacists Association, said his sector is also seeking clarity on the issue of which drugs are appropriate for helping patients who meet the necessary criteria to end their lives. Of particular concern are oral pharmaceuticals that patients could take themselves on their own timetable, rather than booking a specific time to have a physician provide a lethal injection. “When we looked to other jurisdictions that have assisted dying, such as the State of Oregon and the Netherlands, in general they use medications known as barbiturates,” he explained. “This is a class of medications that in the past were used for sleeping disorders, but they have very limited therapeutic uses other than assisted dying these days.” But these drugs — secobarbital and pentobarbital — are not readily available because manufacturers are no longer producing the medications in any quantity, Emberley said.
“So that’s one of the concerns we have in light of the many drug shortages that we’ve dealt with recently. And this is a very specific need that would be out there. “We are very much pressing for medications that would be available and could be prescribed and accessed when there is a need.” Wiebe said patients aren’t able to choose to die with self-administered oral drugs because pentobarbital is difficult to obtain and other medications are not considered effective for bringing on death without potential complications and in a reasonable amount of time. “The ones we have are just not acceptable for that,” she said. “And so none of us are going to be using oral until we get pentobarbital.” Wiebe could have accessed this barbiturate — the drug is approved in Canada — but the company that has the rights to sell it in this country told her it would cost $23,000 for a single dose. So doctors like Wiebe — and the patients who wish to seek an end to their suffering on their own terms and in their own time — must wait to see whether pentobarbital will become accessible at a reasonable cost. “The issue with the oral drugs is very complex and it would be nice if it could be solved,” said Wiebe. “But that’s not going to happen quickly.”
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FORT MCMURRAY — The huge wildfire known as “The Beast” that tore through parts of Fort McMurray and northeastern Alberta is classified as being held for the first time since it became out of control in early May. Wildfire information officer Lynn Daina said the designation means the fire is no longer growing, but is not yet under control. Daina said it’s an important day for firefighters who have been battling the blaze for weeks. “It is a big deal. It is like the happy dance day,” she said Monday. “There has been so much and so many people
on this fire — more than 2,000 at its peak working it daily.” The perimeter of the fire, including burned areas, covers just under 5,900 square kilometres. Daina said the work of firefighters combined with recent rainy weather and high humidity checked the fire’s growth. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo estimates that about half of the more than 80,000 people who fled the Fort McMurray area on May 3 are back in the community after being allowed to return this month. Mayor Melissa Blake said the fact that the fire is now being held is an important milestone. The information will be critical to the thousands of people who are still trying to decide when to come
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Board of directors dismissed BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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EDMONTON — The Alberta government has sacked the board of a Crown corporation following a report that said there were procurement violations and lavish spending by executives that included golf trips, limo rides, and luxury seats to the Edmonton Oilers. “I’ve lost the confidence in that board,” Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier told a legislature news conference Monday. “I trust that the AFSC will emerge as a stronger organization, with a senior management team and board of directors that is focused on its job — serving the people of Alberta.” He said the investigation into the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, or AFSC, was launched by an anonymous tip last November. Three executives have been suspended with pay while the interim board decides their fate. The executives are the president, the chief operating officer and the vice president for innovation and property development.
Carlier said they have also referred the issued to police, and for that reason declined to name the board members or the executives. However, the government said the names on the AFSC website accurately reflect the former governance structure. The website lists the president as Brad Klak, the chief operating officer as Merle Jacobson, and the vice president as Wayne McDonald. None could be immediately reached for comment. According to the corporation’s annual report, Klak made $670,000 in salary and benefits in 2015. There were six board members including the chair, former Alberta Agriculture Minister George Groeneveld. Groeneveld could not be immediately reached for comment. The corporation provides farmers and agribusinesses help with loans, crop insurance and farm income disaster assistance. It has 600 employees spread over 46 offices with a head office in Lacombe.
The internal audit, delivered to Carlier on April 28, focused on the last four years and found numerous irregularities. Many of the problems focused on the broker hired by the corporation to get the best deal on reinsurance. Despite rules forbidding the executives from getting gifts from vendors, the three executives, according to the report, received “meals, alcohol, paid entertainment (including theatre and concert tickets and sporting event admissions), rounds of golf and gifts on a frequent basis over four years from the broker.” In some cases the broker pitched in to help pay for AFSC functions, including one at the 2014 Calgary Stampede. The report said executives racked up unjustified expenses including a return trip limousine ride from Lacombe to Edmonton for the president to attend the company Christmas party. There was $5,108 for a dinner for the executives in Tokyo and $19,144 paid to a consultant in return for a share of a luxury suite at Edmonton
Oilers hockey games. The audit said the executives travelled extensively to meet with reinsurers even though it was the job of the broker to do so and that the reinsurers frequently came to Canada to meet anyway. The executives told the auditors the trips had value in keeping abreast of issues and learning new trends. Rules were not always followed on contracts, said the audit. It said of 15 selected vendors with payments between 2013 and 2015, eight of the contracts violated the procurement policy. The corporation did not get the required number of bidders and some of the paperwork was not done in contract form. In the case of the broker, there were six bidders for the job in 2008, and while the winning bid was to be the number used in the contract, the agreed payment ended up being $299,000 higher. “Management was not able to explain why,” said the report. Carlier said an interim board is in place charged with improving the governance structure.
Triple-murder trial to begin in May 2017 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE — A southern Alberta man accused of killing three people including a father and his daughter is to face a seven-week trial before a judge and jury. A judge in Lethbridge has set the trial’s start date for May 8, 2017. Derek Saretzky, 23, was originally charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Terry Blanchette and his two-year-old daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette last September. In April, police added a third first-degree murder charge in the slaying of Hanna Meketech, 69, whose death occurred five days before the others. Her body was found in her home. Saretzky, who appeared via CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre on Monday, said, “Yes I do” when asked by the judge if he understood what was happening in the proceedings. He entered a plea of not guilty on all the charges. Edmonton lawyer Patrick Edgerton, who was acting on behalf of Saretzky’s lawyer Peter Northcott, told reporters the decision was to proceed with a single trial since the Crown decided to proceed with direct indictment. “It’s a matter I guess of court efficiency and not breaking it up into two separate trials. There’s a lot of matters
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that overlap between the two and so it saves court time to do that and just makes it a little easier to manage.” Edgerton said at this point the case will be heard before a jury but that could change as the trial gets closer. “Judge and jury is the default on first-degree murder without the consent of the Crown,” he said. “There can always be discussions down the road. It’s not bound necessarily at this point in time. We’re not forced to do a judge and jury if the Crown is on board.” Saretzky was arrested in the Crowsnest Pass area after Terry Blanchette, 27, was found dead in his Blairmore home on Sept. 14, and an Amber Alert was issued for two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, who had been abducted earlier that morning.
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Victims Terry Blanchette and his daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette are shown in this photo from Blanchette’s Facebook page.A southern Alberta man accused of killing three people including a father and his daughter is to face a seven-week trial before a judge and jury.
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LETHBRIDGE — A sentencing date is to be set for a couple found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their toddler son who had meningitis. David and Collet Stephan, whose family helped start a nutritional supplements company, were convicted by a jury in April in the 2012 death of 19-month-old Ezekiel. Court heard the couple thought the boy had croup or the flu, so they treated him with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish — even though a family friend who was a nurse told them she thought Ezekiel had meningitis.
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RCMP aiding hunt for killers BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s top Mountie says the tough terrain of the southwestern Philippines may make it difficult to find the killers of two Canadian hostages, but it won’t prevent the ongoing effort to bring them to justice. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson’s commitment was affirmed Monday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the death of Canadian Robert Hall, who had been held hostage by Abu Sayyaf since September 2015. Hall’s death comes after the execution in April of fellow Canadian John Ridsdel, who was snatched from a marina by Abu Sayyaf along with Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and a Philippines national last September. Paulson said the RCMP is helping local authorities give chase to the kidnappers, “but as you know, it’s a very difficult piece of geography and it’s a very complex and challenging environment.” The Mounties are conducting an extraterritorial investigation into the murders, meaning the perpetrators could one day face justice in Canada, he added. Trudeau said Canada holds Abu Sayyaf fully responsible for Hall’s death. “We are more committed than ever to working with the government of the Philippines and international partners to pursue those responsible for these heinous acts and bring them to justice, however long it takes,” Trudeau said. Officials in the Philippines confirmed Tuesday that Hall was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants. Presidential spokesman Herminio Coloma issued a statement condemning Hall’s “the brutal and senseless murder.” “This latest heinous crime serves to strengthen our government’s resolve to put an end to this reign of terror and banditry,” he said. A militant video obtained by Philippine police officials showed Hall in an orange shirt and kneeling in front of a black Islamic State-style flag before he was killed in a jungle area. Abu Sayyaf operates mainly in the south of the Philippines, in the western Mindano and the Sulu Archipelago, but staged a major attack in 2004 that killed more than 100 people when militants bombed a ferry in Manila Bay. In recent years, Philippines security forces have attacked Abu Sayyaf, killing senior leaders and arresting others, but they’ve been unable to end the group’s kidnapping, extortion and terrorist activities. The Washington-based SITE Intelligence group said the militants released a video that showed Ridsdel, 68, being beheaded. The militants said they were angry the Canadian government had failed to
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This file image made from undated militant video, shows Canadians Robert Hall, left, and John Ridsdel, right. Police found a severed head in the southern Philippines on Monday and are examining whether it belonged to Canadian hostage Robert Hall, who is believed to have been beheaded by Abu Sayyaf militants after a ransom deadline passed, officials said. Ridsdel was beheaded in April.
PHILIPPINES meet their demands for ransom. In an echo of that tragedy, police in the southern Philippines were investigating the discovery Monday of a severed head, found in a plastic bag on a street in the Sulu province town of Jolo, to determine whether it was related to Hall’s murder. “Our troops thought it was a bomb but found out it was a head,” Police Supt. Junpikar Sitin told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from the mainly poor Muslim region. Trudeau called terrorism “a scourge on the world,” and said all of Canada is mourning with Hall’s family. “Too many families have endured the unspeakable grief the Hall family is feeling today because of
Federal government announces new money for indigenous mental health BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Attawapiskat Chief Bruce Shisheesh met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Monday weeks after the northern Ontario reserve’s youth suicide crisis garnered global attention. The federal government also timed an announcement to coincide with the meeting — $69 million over the next three years for indigenous mental health services — though a detailed breakdown of the spending was not provided by the Prime Minister’s Office. “This is the beginning of a new era, not just for Attawapiskat but for relationships with First Nations across the country,” Trudeau said on his way out of the two-hour meeting on Parliament Hill. During the discussion, the prime minister committed to fast-tracking new land for Attawapiskat in partnership with the province of Ontario, Shisheesh said. This will be key as the reserve looks at additional housing, he noted. “Finally, we have a solid agreement to sit down in a practical way of solving housing, infrastructure,” Shisheesh said, adding his reserve is still struggling with youth mental health and overcrowding issues. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, who also participated in Monday’s discussion, called it a “good meeting.” “We will just keep building and building and building,” Bellegarde said, noting it will be the job of indigenous leaders to apply pressure on the government for additional funding in future budgets. “That’s really what it is … investing in human capital,” he said. Dollars unveiled Monday are designed to help communities tackle urgent mental health needs while the government works with indigenous leaders
to negotiate a new health accord, said Health Minister Jane Philpott. “It is an immediate step, it won’t solve everything but this is an important step along the way,” Philpott said. The commitment includes providing four crisis response teams in Ontario, Manitoba and Nunavut — identified as having the greatest need — as well as 32 additional mental wellness teams. Isadore Day, the AFN’s lead on the health file, noted the announcement falls short of the need for 80 mental wellness teams across the country — a number jointly developed by his organization and Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit health branch as part of a framework. “This national crisis will not be solved with half measures,” he said. Earlier Monday, Trudeau met with an aboriginal youth delegation from northern Ontario. Randall Crowe, a 24-year-old from Deer Lake First Nation, said it was significant for young people to raise concerns for themselves. “It is time that the youth take their stand … instead of being pushed aside, to actually take part in discussions that the leaders need to address,” Crowe said. An ongoing dialogue is needed, said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler. It is powerful for parliamentarians to hear directly from aboriginal youth, he added. “I think sometimes, when we hear from politicians or leaders like myself saying the same thing over and over again, sometimes it loses its power,” he said. The federal government will need to address the overall delivery of health care on reserve, Crowe noted. “Back home, we don’t have the medical services and all that like people in Ottawa,” he said, stressing the need for equality.
Ottawa opts for off-the-shelf design to cut costs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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HALIFAX — Ottawa is going to save time and money in the construction of its next generation of warships by buying and modifying an off-the-shelf design, the federal public services minister said Monday. Judy Foote said during a news conference Tuesday that holding a competitive bid for an existing design will knock about two years off the process. “The new approach significantly reduces the design and technical integration time,” she said during a news conference at the Halifax shipyard. Behind her, welding sparks flew while shipbuilders worked on the keel portion of the navy’s first Arctic patrol vessel, which is due for completion by 2018. Foote said the work on the patrol ships will continue into “the early 2020s,” before any construction begins on the warships. The Halifax yard is one of two construction sites contracted in the government’s bid to build new warships, with the surface combatant fleet to replace the Iroquois-class destroyers and the Halifax-class frigates. Over the past year the figures on just what the massive program will cost have been shifting. Original projections put the cost of building 15 new vessels at $26 billion, but internal documents and reports published last fall suggest the bill could run as high as $40 billion. Last month, Foote indicated the government would stop making public cost projections to allow for wiggle room as the project evolves.
She held by that approach on Tuesday, saying it would be “irresponsible” to interfere with the competitive bids by 12 pre-qualified firms. However, she added that after the requests for proposal are complete, her department will make the costs public. Kevin McCoy, the president of Irving Shipbuilding, predicted major savings. “You’re essentially saving 10 per cent of the cost if you can knock two years off the time period,” he said after the news conference. “A modern warship costs over $2 billion to design from scratch. … Canada will not have to pay that money. There will be some licence fees still to be determined during the procurement process, but think of the effort it takes to design a warship from scratch. Canada won’t have to go through that.” Commodore Craig Baines, the commander of the East Coast fleet, said the navy is still hoping for the 15 ships proposed originally. However, he added that total could change depending on “how much capability goes into the ships and what Canada can afford.” “They’ll end up where they end up,” he said. Foote said the Halifax shipyard will build “up to 15 ships,” but also said during a news conference that the Royal Canadian Navy’s requirements may change as the frigates are produced.
these senseless acts of hatred,” Trudeau said. “On behalf of them and all Canadians, we mourn their loss and reassert our resolve.” Trudeau said Philippines President Benigno Aquino has offered his condolences and regrets over the murder of Hall, whose family the prime minister praised. “The Hall family has shown great strength of character in their resilience and are admirable in the face of this terrible situation,” he said. “This is a grievous loss for them and their country mourns with them.” Hall was born in Calgary, but lived various places in Western Canada, and his career path took him from insurance sales to welding to acting, the Globe and Mail reported after he was taken hostage last September. Hall’s stepmother, Catherine Dafoe Hall, declined comment when contacted by The Canadian Press on Monday.
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Feds reject NDP motion to decriminalize marijuana for personal use OTTAWA — Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith had a constituent come to his office last week seeking help for a problem he believes should no longer exist. Erskine-Smith, who represents the Toronto riding of Beaches-East York, said the man had been charged with simple possession of seven grams of pot — something the Liberals have promised to legalize within the next couple of years. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana next spring, but has no plans in the meantime to decriminalize the drug before a new regulatory regime replaces the existing laws. That left Erskine-Smith — and the constituent who came to him for help — in a bit of a tough spot. “I told him that we weren’t going to be able to do anything at the federal level in the interim based upon my government’s position,” said Erskine-Smith, who rose Monday in the House of Commons to support an NDP motion calling for decriminalization.
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MacKay regrets failure to buy Canada fighter jets BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Buying a fighter jet that’s different from the one used by Canada’s closest allies risks disconnecting the country from the global alliances it needs the most, a former Conservative defence minister said Monday. Peter MacKay told a Senate committee that in his mind, there’s no question the Lockheed-Martin F-35 is the right plane for Canada — from defending the Far North to helping to confront the threat of terrorism around the world. MacKay’s government tried to purchase that very plane but questions about its costs and capabilities forced a halt to the process — something MacKay said he regrets. “I’m very much lamenting some of the to-ing and fro-ing that’s going on currently over the purchase of fighter aircraft,” he said. “Do I regret that we did not make the final purchase of that aircraft? Absolutely. We need it, it’s good for industry, it’s good for interoperability, we need it at Norad.” During the election campaign, the Liberals said they would not buy the F-35 and would instead open the process up to a competition. However, cabinet is now grappling with how to meet that commitment and Canada’s defence needs at the same time. “Our government is committed to making sure that we replace the fighters and we will do so and any procurement that takes place with our fighters will benefit Canada and make sure that our industry benefits as well,” Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said. The Liberals have been arguing there’s a capability gap that must be closed and soon, but MacKay disputed that, noting the money his government invested in keeping the existing planes in the air. The current fleet of CF-18s are nearing the end of their useful life. Some of the upgrades needed to keep them in the air until 2025 have begun, but others have not. The military has said they need 65 planes to meet their current commitments to Norad, NATO, training programs and whatever else might be in store. Outside the hearing, MacKay said some of the problems that dogged the F-35 at the early stages of the process have been fixed. “The F-35 is by far the superior aircraft,” he said. “It is by far the one that brings the most industrial benefits to Canada, it’s proven its value time and time again, they’ve got the bugs out, countries are taking delivery of it now, the cost is coming down. “Its superiority is proven and we need it and we need it soon, so having a competition — if that’s what they need to justify it, then fine, then keep your word, just do it.”
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People hug outside of police tape after being led away from the scene at University of Toronto after reports of a masked person with a gun sparked a lockdown of many of the university’s buildings in Toronto on Monday.
Jury deliberating in trial of Bosma’s accused killers HAMILTON — The fate of two men accused of killing Tim Bosma and burning his body in an animal incinerator three years ago is now in the hands of a Hamilton jury, which will continue deliberations on Tuesday. Justice Andrew Goodman concluded his instructions to the 12-member jury Monday in the firstdegree murder trial of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich. The trial began more than four months ago and heard from more than 90 witnesses as the Crown presented a mountain of evidence. Bosma, 32, disappeared on May 6, 2013 after taking two men for a test drive of a truck he had listed for sale online. His remains were found days later burned beyond recognition. Millard, 30, of Toronto, and Smich, 28, of Oakville, Ont., have both pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in Bosma’s death. The Crown alleges Millard and Smich planned for more than a year to steal a truck, kill its owner and incinerate their body. Smich testified that Millard shot, are carried by judges and prosecutors from other jurisdictions to avoid any conflict of interest which may arise through their professional relationships as officers of the court. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
ACQUITTAL: Guilty on other charges VIGIL: Show of solidarity Pomerleau handcuffed and arrested a young man, whom we believed was high on drugs, and then placed him in the back seat of his police car. The teenager kicked at the car’s doors and windows and would not settle down despite warnings, said Smith. Pomerleau therefore felt justified in using pepper spray to subdue the boy long enough to deliver him safely to the detachment, she said. The boy’s aggressive behaviour continued at the booking desk, including swearing, refusing to give his name or address and striking “kung fu-like” stances while challenging Pomerleau to fight him, said Smith. He actively resisted as Pomerleau led him to the cell and his aggressive behaviour continued after he was locked inside. Video taken while he was in the cell shows him climbing onto the sink and then using both hands to “give the finger” to the camera mounted on the wall before returning to the concrete bench. One of the matrons then noticed that the boy had pulled a cigarette out of one of his pockets and was holding it in his mouth, said Smith. While he did not wish to reenter the cell, Pomerleau felt he was required to search the boy a second time in case other contraband had been missed, such as a lighter, which could pose a safety threat, she said. Citing testimony from an expert witness, RCMP Staff Sgt. Leonard McCoshen, Smith reiterated that police officers are entitled to use as much force as necessary to protect their own safety and that of others. While acquitted on those charges, Pomerleau was found guilty on Friday of assaulting a man he had arrested for impaired driving. Sentencing on that charge is to be held in Red Deer provincial court on July 19. He had been assigned to administrative duties at a different detachment while awaiting results of the criminal proceedings against him. Criminal proceedings involving police officers are heard in the jurisdiction where the charges were laid, but
Lucas Gagne, who is helping with the vigil, said she cried when she read about the heart-wrenching tragedy online. It’s absolutely crucial to hold a vigil to speak and gather on behalf of those who can’t, she said. “There are some people in places where they’re not safe enough to speak and I think it’s important that SERGE GINGRAS the people who can, to be there and show solidarity,” Gagne said. “Anywhere can be a hard place to be open. It depends on the support you have and so many factors.” She said just showing up at the vigil is enough. “To just be with each other, I think that’s really important at this time,” Gagne said. Serge Gingras, co-chair of Central Alberta Pride, said Sunday’s tragedy put him in mind of unforgettable violence against the LGBTQ community through the years. He recalled Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old university student who was brutally attacked and tied to a fence in a Wyoming field and left to die in 1998. Also the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City against police that were fueled by violent police raids on gay clubs that became a galvanizing force to promote gay rights. “As much as we have made progress as a society, there’s still a lot of work to do,” Gingras said. “The act that happened in Orlando was extremely extreme. But it reminds us that the world is not perfect. We still have to work towards broader
killed and burned Bosma. Millard did not testify, but his lawyer told court that Smich accidentally shot Bosma on a nearby highway in an attempt to steal his truck. But the judge told the jury to disregard Millard’s version of events because it was not supported by evidence presented in the case. “There is no foundation whatsoever that the location of the shooting was on Highway 403 and that the shooting of Bosma was accidental,” Goodman said. The judge earlier explained that both can be found guilty of murder regardless of who shot and killed Bosma if the non-shooter helped or encouraged the act. “We do not have any reliable evidence at time of death or the actual position of the shooter or the deceased,” Goodman said. The judge also said that the jury must decide on each of the accused’s fate separately and that either accused may have acted alone. The jury can return a verdict of not guilty, guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of second-degree murder or guilty of manslaughter.
Top Mountie defends RCMP labour bill OTTAWA — A federal labour bill excludes things like Mountie staffing levels and harassment issues from bargaining to ensure management can run the police force free of interference in key matters, says RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson. The ability to adapt to the new realities of a diverse and growing Canada requires timely and innovative approaches to recruiting, training, deployment, promotion, conduct and discipline, he told a Senate committee studying the bill. acceptance, embracing everyone, not only LGBTQ, but from all kinds of different backgrounds and ethnicity and languages.” He said such violence could cause some people working towards revealing their sexual identity to retreat back in the closet until they feel it is safer. Tania Diletzoy, spokesperson for the Red Deer chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Canada, said that even though Orlando was an isolated incident by a homophobic shooter, the impact can be traumatizing for people. “It’s very tragic and it feels like we’re going backwards. But it can also be an opportunity for celebration and education and support all around. There is potential for movement forward when tragedy happens,” Diletzoy said. She said there is hope in the widespread condemnation of the violence and the support for the LGBTQ community.
“The concern is that matters of significant public interest cannot wait the time it takes to resolve them through grievance arbitration,” he said Monday. “Nor should they be subjected to a diffused or fragmented responsibility. So, that’s why the exclusions.” But the top Mountie insisted that doesn’t mean the issues in question will be completely off the contract-negotiation table. The RCMP has long had joint committees through which members and staff relations representatives discussed pay and benefits, use of force, equipment purchases and conduct, he noted. “These committees were the source of important, positive change for the force,” Paulson said. “That will continue. Frankly, it must.” Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of RCMP officers to collective bargaining and gave the government time to create a new labour-relations regime. The legislation is a major step in building the system. Some senators, including former Mountie Larry Campbell, say the bill concentrates too much power in the commissioner’s hands. Campbell suggested Monday striking the list of exclusions from the text and replacing it with a more general affirmation of management rights. Paulson said the RCMP advised the government to include the list of exclusions in the bill to stave off possible criticism that management was “trying to pull a fast one” by hiding them. “But instead of being seen as transparent, the list has drawn heat and light.” Paulson applauded a federal promise to appoint a panel of “eminent Canadians” to review controversial elements of the government bill if senators pass the legislation in its current form. “The (public) is more accepting. Look at how many people who are reaching out to help,” Diletzoy said. Event planning for Central Alberta Pride Week, Aug. 14-20, is underway. Gingras said the shooting is unlikely to have any impact on the activities held. Easier access to weapons in the United States makes mass shootings more of a problem there compared to Canada. “We hear about shootings in the States all the time. This happens to be targeting the LGBTQ population. Whether it’s a school, or mall or movie theater, there is always someone, somewhere, who will take advantage of the system to get to whoever they want.” The PFLAG support group for family and friends of LGBTQ youth will meet through the summer on the first Thursday of each month, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in room 2601 at Red Deer College. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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Malls sense opportunity despite downturn BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s two malls are not letting the economy get them down. Parkland Mall is busy preparing for GoodLife Fitness, which is making a $15-million investment in a pair of fitness facilities in the former Sears space. The fitness business is taking 75,000 square feet, 63,000 square feet for its main GoodLife and a 12,000-squarefoot Fit4Less by GoodLife, a kind of self-serve gym. Red Deer will be the largest of GoodLife’s 350 clubs across Canada. That leaves 20,000 square feet in the former Sears space and serious negotiations are underway with a fashion retailer, said mall general manager Dan Hachey. On the other side of the mall, SportChek has moved out to take a larger space in the south end. But already a fashion retailer is poised to move into that 17,000-square-foot space. “We’re hoping we are able to make an announcement on that in the next six to eight weeks,” he said. “That’s very promising and encouraging news for us.” The space left by Safeway remains unfilled but Mississauga, Ont.-based mall owner Morguard is busy looking for a large tenant for the space, which had been looked at by SportChek before the former Sears Home Store became available. There are some preliminary talks going on about filling that space but it is too early to announce anything. About 10 of the mall’s 100 retail spaces are vacant. Hachey said despite the province’s economic troubles, retailers are sensing opportunity. “Given oil prices the way they are and the economy the way it is, I have to be honest, I’m surprised that there are retailers out there that are looking at Alberta. “I think that is probably because
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Construction work is continuing on the Good Life Fitness facility located in the former Sears location at Parkland Mall. they realize that Alberta will bounce back.” There is opportunity now to set themselves up for the future rebound by taking advantage of lower construction costs and competitive landlords. There is also optimism at Bower Place, where a tenant may have been found for the vacant Target space, said mall marketing director Dallas Hand. “The leasing team is still very much active on this and we’re hoping for some sort of announcement here by the end of the summer.” For Bower Place owner Toronto-based Bentall Kennedy, another anchor tenant is the best option rather
than spend a lot of money carving up the space. Meanwhile, there have been a few changes among the mall’s tenants. Quilts Etc. has completed its transition to the new company brand QE Home. The Burnaby, B.C.-based family-owned company has more than 70 outlets in malls across the country. It specializes in luxury bed linens. Spare Parts, which offers sunglasses, watches and other accessories, has just opened near the Food Court. Manchu Wok, in the Food Court, has just reopened after renovations. There are three empty spaces among the mall’s 115 stores and ser-
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Fed’s approach lauded by OECD ECONOMY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Canada got a pat on the back from the OECD for trying to boost economic growth through infrastructure spending, but the international economic think-tank said more action is needed to address overheating in major pockets of the housing market. “Canada actually is a good example of a country taking the right measures to break out of the low-growth trap,” Angel Gurria, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, said Monday during a news conference with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Higher public investment in Canada means that monetary policy isn’t being left to do all the “heavy lifting” to support the economy, Gurria said. While many countries are curtailing spending, Gurria said Canada is pursuing a different approach to improving sluggish economic growth since the 2008 world financial crisis. Initial signs are promising, with unemployment falling and growth reviving despite wildfires in the Fort McMurray area that hammered the oilpatch and Alberta’s economy, he added. Morneau said the plan to make $50 billion in strategic investments over six years is forecast to grow the country’s economic output by 0.5 per cent this year and one per cent in 2017, creating 100,000 jobs. “There’s no doubt it’s a challenging
time for the global economy and we recognize that external developments continue to impact the outlook for Canada,” he said. He pointed to the volatility of oil prices, the Chinese economy, the strong U.S. dollar and the state of the Canadian housing market. The OECD said in a report that the federal government has taken action to cool the housing market, such as boosting down payments for insured mortgages beyond $500,000 but recommended further measures targeted to regional markets. The report also noted the sharp increase in housing prices in major centres such as Toronto and Vancouver along with a rise in already high household debt. It said those factors are squeezing middle class families. Morneau said it is a complex market with different situations in cities. “In order to come up with the right approach to ensuring that Canadians can continue to buy homes, we are looking very closely at all the dynamics in that market,” he told reporters. Among the areas being examined are demographic changes, labour markets, and the impact of foreign investment in housing. The OECD’s report also said Canada’s non-resource industries have offset some of the economic weakness created by slumping commodity prices. It said output has dropped sharply in Canadian industries affected by commodity prices but had risen in the rest of the economy. The Paris-based organization said the shift towards non-resource sectors has led to new job creation to offset some of the losses in the energy sector.
vices. “But I know there will be some stuff coming down the pipeline soon,” he said. While the economic downturn has affected the retail sector the mall has been weathering the storm “We’re fairly consistent with everyone else,” he said. “We’ve noticed that people don’t have the same amount of disposable income to float around. “We’re still busy for sure. People are still visiting the mall and our traffic numbers are still solid.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — In a surprise move, Microsoft said Monday that it is buying LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion, a deal that could bring subtle but significant changes for the professional network’s more than 430 million members. LinkedIn will remain an independent unit of Microsoft. It will keep its name, and current CEO Jeff Weiner will stay on and report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. LinkedIn lets members network with other professionals, upload their resumes, catch up on career advice and search for jobs. For Microsoft, the deal presents an opportunity to cement itself as the tech company for the world’s professionals, helping them find jobs, learn new skills and do their work. Microsoft will also look for ways to combine Microsoft’s software for workers with the information stored in LinkedIn’s online professional network. For instance, Nadella told The Associated Press that Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana could mine LinkedIn for helpful data. “Cortana can wake up before you go into a meeting and inform you about all the people you are meeting for the first time and the connections you have with them,” he said. Similarly, he said, LinkedIn’s “news
feed” — which provides articles and updates from your contacts on the network — could highlight information that’s relevant to a project you might be working on using Microsoft’s Office 365 software. LinkedIn users might see changes in the first year after the deal is closed, Nadella said. Microsoft may also integrate its business software with LinkedIn’s growing business of providing sales professionals with contacts and information to help make sales to large companies. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, California, is by far Microsoft’s largest acquisition — much larger than Skype, which the company bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. Microsoft Corp., which is in Redmond, Washington, is paying $196 for each share of LinkedIn Corp., a 50 per cent premium over the stock’s closing price of $131.08 on Friday. The deal is expected to close this year. LinkedIn’s business and share price have been rocky recently. In February, it gave a surprise forecast for slower growth that led to a big sell-off, wiping out nearly $11 billion in market value. The company said at the time that its adjusted earnings would be 55 cents a share on revenue of roughly $820 million. Its stock climbed higher after it reported better than expected results for the first quarter, though not enough to recover from the earlier plunge.
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Stage set for Pork Congress in Red Deer BY ADVOCATE STAFF The business of making bacon takes centre stage at a trade show in Red Deer later this week. Hog farmers from across the province and beyond will be courted by butchers, bankers, barn raisers and others during the 42nd-annual Alberta Pork Congress, set for Westerner Park on Wednesday and Thursday. Now recovering from an extended period of financial losses, Alberta’s hog farmers are looking for ways to continue producing more and more protein with diminishing resources and an ever-shrinking environmental
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footprint. Pork Congress includes an awards banquet, during which Olymel will recognize the top producers from among those who delivered to its Red Deer processing plant during the past year. Organizers of Pork Congress will honour farm teams, friends of the industry and those who have made outstanding achievements in their years of involvement in pork production. Pork Congress is a non-profit organization set up to provide a forum for the pork industry to showcase its products and services. Events include social and networking opportunities in addition to the annual trade show.
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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Uncertainty over whether Britain will vote to leave the European Union later this month drove North American stock markets lower on Monday as traders priced in a possible exit. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite fell 43.66 points to 13,993.88, registering declines in all sectors except materials and metals and mining. It was the same sentiment in New York, as Wall Street ended lower for a third consecutive trading day. The Dow Jones industrials was off 132.86 points at 17,732.48, while the broader S&P 500 lost 17.01 points to 2,079.06 and the Nasdaq fell 46.11 points to 4,848.44. Investors are concerned about whether Britain will choose to remain in the European Union in a June 23 referendum. Recent polls predict the so-called “Brexit” vote will be a close one, which has led to unpredictability on what the departure may mean for 28-member economic and political union. “Markets are getting a bit more jittery,” said Craig Fehr, a Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis. “The markets are reading this as a tremendous amount of uncertainty as opposed to some sort of global economic catastrophe.” Fehr said equity markets will feel the pressure in the short term if British voters decide to leave the EU, but not because it will necessarily be a negative for the global economic landscape. If successful, investors may also read it as a signal that other nations will soon contemplate the same move. “It would take some time before we actually see the true economic impact of an exit,” he added. “All the po-
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litical and economic agreements between the U.K. and the EU would not immediately cease overnight.” Another factor that is weighing on markets is the upcoming U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting that ends Wednesday. The Fed had been expected to raise rates again as early as this month, but it now appears likely it will remain in a waitand-see mode after the last two monthly jobs reports in the U.S. put a damper on expectations. In corporate news, shares in professional social networking site LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) soared $61.13 or 46.64 per cent to US$192.21 after Microsoft announced it was purchasing the company for US$26.2 billion in cash. Shares of Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) fell $1.34 or 2.6 per cent to US$50.14 at the close. Meanwhile in commodities, the July contract for benchmark North American crude oil was down 19 cents at US$48.88 a barrel, while July natural gas rose three cents to US$2.59 per mmBtu. Traders continued to see bullion as a safe bet in the current environment as August gold rose $11 to US$1,286.90 a troy ounce, while July copper added two cents to US$2.05 a pound. The Canadian dollar was off 0.31 a U.S. cent at 78.08 cents US. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,993.88, down 43.66 points Dow — 17,732.48, down 132.86 points S&P 500 — 2,079.06, down 17.01 points
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B.C., Ontario expected to lead provinces in economic growth: Conference Board The Conference Board of Canada is predicting Ontario and British Columbia will lead other provinces in terms of economic growth between now and the end of 2017. A provincial economic outlook released this morning by the
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Nasdaq — 4,848.44, down 46.11 points Currencies: Cdn — 78.08 cents US, down 0.31 of a cent Pound — C$1.8228, up 0.38 of a cent Euro — C$1.4469, up 1.14 cents Euro — US$1.1298, up 0.45 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.88 per barrel, down 19 cents (July contract) Gold futures: US$1,286.90 per oz., up $11 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.231 oz., up 37.3 cents $746.88 kg., up $12 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $3.40 higher $526.90 Nov. ‘16 $3.60 higher $529.10 Jan. ‘17 $3.80 higher $533.80 March ‘17 $3.80 higher $535.70 May ‘17 $3.60 higher $537.30 July ‘17 $3.60 higher $538.90 Nov. ‘17 $0.10 higher $515.40 Jan. ‘18 $0.10 higher $515.40 March ‘18 $0.10 higher $515.40 May ‘18 $0.10 higher $515.40 July ‘18 $0.10 higher $515.40. Barley (Western): July ‘16 unchanged $171.50 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $171.50 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $171.50 March ‘17 unchanged $173.50 May ‘17 unchanged $174.50 July ‘17 unchanged $174.50 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $174.50 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $174.50 March ‘18 unchanged $174.50 May ‘18 unchanged $174.50 July ‘18 unchanged $174.50. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 490,800 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 490,800.
Ottawa-based think-tank projects B.C.’s real gross domestic product to register three per cent in 2016 and again next year. The report forecasts real GDP growth in Ontario to reach 2.8 per cent this year and 2.6 per cent in 2017. The Conference Board says it doesn’t expect 2016 and 2017 to be as kind to resource-dependent economies such as Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, where it predicts real GDP to shrink next year. The think-tank says while it expects the Albertan economy will contract by two per cent this year, it predicts the province to rebound in 2017 with 2.5 per cent growth.
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FOLLOWING ORLANDO, EDMONTON SHOOTINGS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The security company that employed both the Florida nightclub gunman and an armoured car guard who killed three co-workers in Edmonton in 2012 has defended its hiring practices, but says it cannot guarantee employees won’t commit violent crimes. Communications director Katie McLeod of the Canadian arm of U.K.-based G4S says the global security company does as much as it can to investigate prospective employees before hiring them, using both government and its own checks to screen them. “In Canada, you must have your provincial security licence before you are even considered for employment and that follows all sorts of processes with the different provincial authorities,” McLeod said Monday. “It varies from province to province,” she added. Omar Mateen, a G4S employee in Orlando, Fla., has been identified as the gunman who killed 49 people and wounded more than 50 others in an attack early Sunday on a gay nightclub in the city. Shares in G4S fell Monday after it emerged that Mateen worked for the firm. The company said Mateen was subject to a detailed screening and checks by U.S. law enforcement, which reported no findings to G4S. The FBI has said he was interviewed twice in 2013 after making inflammatory comments to co-workers and, in 2014, he was found to have had ties to an American suicide bomber. In 2012 in Edmonton, an armed G4S guard killed three co-workers and wounded a fourth while they were ser-
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Cavs stay alive with big win in Game 5 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cavaliers 112 Warriors 97 OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James had 41 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, Kyrie Irving also scored 41 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers capitalized on the Warriors playing without suspended star Draymond Green, staving off NBA Finals elimination with a 112-97 victory in Game 5 on Monday night. James and Irving became the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game as the Cavaliers pulled within 3-2 and sent their best-of-seven series back to Ohio. “We’re just happy we got another day. That’s all we can ask for,” James said. “We got another day to survive. We’re going to start preparing tonight, start preparing tomorrow and whenever Game 6 is we’ll be ready.” Take that, haters. James had much more to say about these playoffs before he’s done — and not with his mouth, even as the criticism came from all directions following his Game 4 tussle with Green and reaction to what he considered the Golden State forward’s inappropriate words. He was booed again as the Cavs left the court for their locker room, but thousands of fans had already made for the exits minutes earlier. The Cavs handed defending champion Golden State just its fourth defeat at sold-out Oracle Arena all season, denying MVP Stephen Curry and the Warriors a chance to celebrate a second straight title with their golden-clad “Strength In Numbers” supporters. Now, Curry and Co. must try to win on the road just the way the Warriors did last year and also in their only other championship season out West in 1975. The Warriors will get Green back Thursday as they try again for that repeat title. Banned from the arena, Green watched from a baseball suite in the Oakland Coliseum next door, joined by Golden State general manager Bob Myers. See NBA on Page B2
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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) shoots against the Golden State Warriors during the first half of Game 5 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., Monday.
Penguins have shot at lengthy run at top BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH — When the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 2009, a dynasty appeared to be in the offing. It didn’t quite work out that way. Injuries and inconsistent post-season play sent the franchise into a full-fledged identity crisis. The long, seemingly interminable wait for Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to bookend the championship the helped capture seven years ago came to a blissful, euphoric end on Sunday night in San Jose. Their six-game triumph over the Sharks in the final capped a meteoric six-month sprint under Mike Sullivan, whose arrival in mid-December provided the wake-up call the talented but erratic roster desperately needed. “It’s not an easy win in this league,” Malkin said. “Every team in the league deserves to win. We play against San Jose and they haven’t won in 25 years. It’s not easy.” Maybe, but for the Penguins the path might be smoother than most. The group that poured over the boards and onto the ice when the horn sounded at the end of a 100-game plus marathon that spanned from September to June appears to be well-appointed for the future thanks to a series of moves by general manager Jim Rutherford to build around his two stars. Oddsmakers made Pittsburgh an early favourite to win it all again next year, heady territory considering there hasn’t been a repeat champion in nearly two decades. Then again, there’s reason to be optimistic the run at the top that seemed a near certainty in 2009 could still come to fruition, if later than expected. The core of Crosby, Malkin, forward Phil Kessel and defencemen Kris Letang and Olli Maatta are all 30 or under and all signed through at least 2022. Goaltender Matt Murray — whose 15 wins in the playoffs tied an NHL rookie record — turned 22 last month. Young forwards Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary and Tom Kuhnhackl are in their mid-20s. Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Patric Hornqvist will be back. So will Sullivan, who began the season moulding prospects for Pittsburgh’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He ended it posing at centre ice with his sport’s biggest trophy as the centerpiece after taking the pieces given to him by Rutherford and creating a relentless, swarming team that often tilted the ice for long stretches. “We felt as though, if we were a team that could play fast in every aspect of the game, it could be our competitive advantage on some of our opponents,” Sullivan said. “I thought Jim Rutherford did a tremendous job in acquiring some guys along the way that enhanced that speed for us.” The only real questions heading into the off-season surround goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and forward Matt Cullen. Fleury kept the Penguins afloat early in the season, then played the role of dutiful mentor to Murray after a concussion suffered on March 31 limited him to one playoff appearance, an overtime loss to Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. Fleury has three years left on a deal with an average cap hit of $5.75 million, a high price to pay for a player who just watched his backup backstop the team to its fourth title. Rutherford insists Fleury remains a part of the team’s future, though Fleury acknowledged at times during the playoffs he wasn’t sure what the future will hold
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Brooke Henderson tees off on the fourth hole in the final round at the Women’s PGA Championship golf tournament at Sahalee Country Club on Sunday.
Henderson gains momentum, confidence after major win BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The magnitude of Canada’s most significant golf victory since Mike Weir won The Masters in 2003 was still sinking in Monday for Brooke Henderson. Phone calls to her parents, responding to a stream of congratulatory text and Twitter messages — including one from Weir — and a road trip filled the hours after her first major win Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The 18-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., birdied the first hole of a playoff to beat world No. 1 Lydia Ko of New Zealand at the Sahalee Country Club east of Seattle. From three sand saves, to a 90-foot eagle putt on No. 11, to getting out of tree trouble for par on No. 18, Henderson was a study in resilience and shot versatility in a 6-under final round. The victory propelled Henderson into the No. 2 spot behind Ko in the world rankings. It also pushed Henderson’s season earnings to over US$1 million. With a lot more golf to play in 2016, including three more majors and the Olympic Games, the Canadian has set her sights on overtaking Ko. “This is huge momentum for sure,” Henderson told reporters Monday morning from Portland, Ore., on a conference call. “Definitely a huge confidence booster. To get that world ranking up to No. 2 is kind of surreal, kind of unbelievable, but I still have one more spot to go.” Henderson was in Portland promoting the Cambia Classic, which was the scene of her first LPGA victory last August. She and her sister and caddie Brittany checked into their hotel early Monday morning following the three-hour drive from Washington. They were to fly to Michigan later Monday for this week’s Meijer Classic, as well as meet up with parents Dave and Darlene. The first Canadian woman to win a major since Sandra Post in 1968 had an inkling of her victory’s impact at home because of Weir’s example. Henderson was five when a 32-year-old Weir won at Augusta. She grew up with the knowledge a fellow Canadi-
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John Daly joins field for Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey throws to first base during fifth-inning Major League baseball action in Toronto on Monday.
Jays bats go cold in loss to Phillies BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Phillies 7 Jays 0 TORONTO — After a scorching weekend, the Toronto Blue Jays’ bats went cold on Monday night. The Blue Jays’ offence was feeble as they lost 7-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the first of two games at Rogers Centre. The two teams will play on Wednesday and Thursday in Philadelphia. Toronto scored 30 runs against the Orioles in a four-game series that ended Sunday, scoring 21 runs in two games on the weekend. However, they had trouble against Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff (4-8), managing just three singles off of him in six innings. The Blue Jays did not have an extra-base hit all evening. Michael Saunders and Justin Smoak both reached base to start the eighth inning, but Kevin Pillar grounded into a double play, killing the rally. R.A. Dickey (4-7) allowed three runs in 6 1/3 innings, including two home runs in front of 35,678 fans. Odubel Herrera’s third-inning blast barely cleared the wall. Ryan Howard hit a home run of his own to a similar spot in the seventh inning for Philadelphia. The Phillies scored two more runs that inning off of the beleaguered Toronto bullpen, with Peter
Bourjos and Odubel Herrera both driving in teammates. Jose Bautista returned to the lineup after missing the previous three games with tightness in his hip flexor. He had a single in the final of his four at-bats. As the Blue Jays got one slugger back, they lost another, although likely only for a day. Edwin Encarnacion sat out on Monday after jamming a finger when he stole a base against Baltimore on Sunday. Saunders batted third in the lineup, Encarnacion’s usual spot. Left-handed pitcher Scott Diamond was called up from triple-A Buffalo on Monday. In his first appearance for the team, the Guelph, Ont., native allowed three runs in the ninth inning. He became the 25th Canadian-born player to play for the Blue Jays. Notes: Brett Cecil pitched off a mound in Florida for the first time since Toronto placed him on the disabled list on May 15 because of a left triceps strain. He is still building up strength in the arm, and will not be returning imminently. … Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is also expected to play in an extended spring training game on Wednesday, after being pulled from his first attempt at such a game on Friday. He has been out of the lineup since May 27 because of soreness in his right quadriceps.
Redblacks hang on to beat Bombers BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Chris Milo scored a late 51-yard single as the Ottawa Redblacks held on for an 18-14 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Monday night in a pre-season game that saw both teams uses four quarterbacks. The win was Ottawa’s first game of the CFL’s pre-season, while the Bombers fell to 1-1. Henry Burris started behind centre for the Redblacks and the reigning Most Outstanding Player completed 13 of 21 passes for 158 yards and one touchdown before giving way to Trevor Harris late in the first half. After Harris completed seven of 13 passes for 107 yards he was replaced by Danny O’Brien to start the fourth quarter (3-of-6, 32 yards, one intercep-
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NBA: Grabbed command The All-Star forward was suspended Sunday for his fourth flagrant point of the post-season. He was assessed a retroactive Flagrant-1 for his swipe at James in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Game 4. Tied 61-all at halftime Monday, the Warriors missed 14 of their first 20 shots out of intermission and shot 7 for 24 in the third as James and the Cavs grabbed command by doing all of the little things on both ends of the floor — the very intangibles Golden State desperately missed without Green’s high-energy presence on both ends. James jumped in the passing lanes to create defensive havoc, flipped passes around and got open. Klay Thompson scored 37 points with six 3-pointers and Curry added 25 points with five 3s, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots.
tion) and Brock Jensen finished the game completing his only pass. Drew Willy played the first half for the Blue Bombers and made 11 passes for 87 yards. Matt Nichols played the third quarter and drove the field before connecting on a five-yard pass to Quincy McDuffie for Winnipeg’s only touchdown of the game. The extra point attempt was blocked, however, by Jonathan Rose, leaving the score 17-13 in favour of the Redblacks. Nichols finished with six completions in nine attempts for 73 yards before Dominique Davis and Bryan Bennett wrapped things up for the Bombers throwing five combined passes. Sergio Castillo’s 39-yard single inside three minutes of full time pulled the Bombers to within a field goal at 17-14. But as the game wore on, the Splash Brothers shot airballs and clanked 3-point tries off the front rim. The Warriors often failed to get a hand in the face of Cleveland’s shooters. Irving’s three-point play with 7:30 remaining put Cleveland ahead 102-92, and the Cavs kept pushing. They answered on offence and made all the key stops on defence. “I’m thankful, but at the same time we wouldn’t be in any position without both of us putting on a performance like this,” Irving said. “Our guys coming in and just trusting our leadership and doing it for four quarters — that’s what it’s about.” Kevin Love returned to the starting lineup for the first time since sustaining a concussion in Game 2 here on June 5 and played 34 minutes. Warriors centre Andrew Bogut went down early in the third grabbing his left knee and writhing in pain, and the team said he was being examined. In a rare sight during this record-setting season, Warriors fans headed out early with Golden State unable to rally.
CALGARY — John Daly has confirmed he’ll play in Calgary’s Shaw Charity Classic in September. Daly, a PGA Tour Champions rookie having turned 50 in April, is a two-time major champion and winner of five career PGA tournaments. He’s famous for his length off the tee. Daly was the first tour pro to average over 300 yards in driving distance over a season in 1997. Daly is also known for his tumultuous personal life and struggles with addictions chronicled in his memoir “My Life in and Out of the Rough.” He’s entered five PGA Tour Champions events in 2016 with his best result a tie for 15th at the Regions Tradition in May. The US$2.35-million Shaw Charity Classic is Sept. 2-4 at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club. Jeff Maggert is the defending champion. “John Daly is one of a handful of players in professional golf who is a needle mover,” tournament executive director Sean Van Kesteren said Monday in a statement. “He still hits the ball a mile, and is a colourful character that is very entertaining while interacting with his loyal fan base. Having John Daly commit to playing in Calgary simply takes our tournament to a new level.” The PGA Tour Champions, formerly the Senior PGA Tour, offers a reliable tournament schedule for Daly. After losing his exempt status on the PGA Tour in 2007, Daly depended on sponsor invites and other tours’ tournaments. “For me, it’s been seven years since I had a good schedule,” Daly said in the statement. “It’s nice to have a home to play in again. I’ve just been trying to get comfortable out here, get a few rounds and tournaments under my belt and hopefully there will be some signs of some confidence and I can start playing real well. “I’m still competitive as hell, and always will be.”
NHL BRIEFS Flames sign Czech goaltender David Rittich to one-year contract CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed Czech goaltender David Rittich to a one-year contract. The 23-year-old spent the past two seasons with BK Mlada Boleslav in the Czech elite league. Rittich’s record in 2015-16 was 26-22-0 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. The six-foot-four, 202-pound netminder agreed to a two-way deal with the Flames. Calgary’s goaltending situation requires attention. Karri Ramo, who signed a one-year deal with the Flames last year, suffered a season-ending knee injury in February. Joni Ortio, 25, split his time between the Flames and their AHL team in Stockton, Calif., last season. He will become a restricted free agent this summer. The Flames did not re-sign Jonas Hiller, who is headed to EHC Biel of the Swiss Elite League.
Blues hire ex-Wild coach Yeo as eventual Hitchcock successor ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have hired Mike Yeo as the successor-in-waiting for head coach Ken Hitchcock, who has declared that next season will be his last behind the bench before retiring. Blues general manager Doug Armstrong announced Monday that Yeo will be an associate coach for one year under Hitchcock and take over the team for the 2017-18 season. The 64-year-old Hitchcock, who led the Blues to the Western Conference finals this season, will enter his sixth year with St. Louis. Yeo was fired Feb. 13 by the Central Division rival Minnesota Wild after compiling a 173-132-44 record over five seasons. Under Yeo, the Wild made three trips to the playoffs, including a first-round victory over the Blues last year.
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Italy’s Emanuele Giaccherini scores his side’s first goal during the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Italy at the Grand Stade in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Monday.
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LLOYDMINSTER — The Red Deer Collins Barrow U16A Rage swept four weekend games as they improved their Girls Prairie League Softball leading record to 13-1. It started with a 9-6 win over the Prince Albert Aces on Saturday and kept on rolling with wings of 12-8 over the Twin City Angels and a 10-3 win over the Saskatoon Hustlers.They closed it out with a 5-0 shutout of the River City Hornets. Next up for the Rage is the championship weekend in Sherwood Park from June 24 to 26.
PARIS — Italy opened its campaign with an impressive victory over Belgium, while defending champion Spain beat the Czech Republic on a good day for the big teams at the European Championship on Monday. Ridiculed by their own media as one of the country’s worst tournament teams, the Italian players responded with a remarkable 2-0 victory that sent the Azzurri to the top of Group E after Sweden and Ireland drew 1-1 in an earlier match. Spain needed a late goal from Gerard Pique to beat a particularly stubborn Czech Republic 1-0. Though the football finally took centre stage, Euro 2016 remains dogged by an opening weekend that witnessed drink-fueled violence involving English and Russian fans on the streets of Marseille and the city’s stadium. On Monday, a Marseille court convicted six English supporters and imposed prison sentences ranging from one-to-three months to five of them. There are concerns of further trouble in northern France this week, with Russia playing Slovakia on Wednesday in Lille, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Lens, where England plays Wales on Thursday. Prompted by a UEFA warning that England and Russia could be kicked out of the tournament if the violence continues, England coach Roy Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney both made video appeals for their supporters to behave. Tight defending and two well-taken goals were the keys to Italy’s victory in Lyon against a Belgium lineup tipped by some to win the tournament. While the likes of Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne failed to deliver, despite Belgium enjoying plenty of possession, Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pelle made a mockery of Italy’s underdog status. Giaccherini pounced on a stunning 40-meter ball over the Belgium defence by Leonardo Bonucci to score in the 32nd minute and Pelle rounded off a breakaway with an unstoppable volley from inside the area in stoppage time.
MINOR BASEBALL Midget Braves Braves 12 Dino’s Yellow 10 Offensive firepower was on display as the Red Deer Midget AAA Carstar Braves edged out the Calgary Dino’s Yellow 12-10 in Norwest Baseball League action on Sunday in Calgary. Nine batters had at least a hit for the Braves in the win. Zach Olson had a triple, double, a stolen base and two RBIs. Both Ben LeBlanc and Tsar Hester had two doubles and a single, Hester also drove in two runs. Austin Hammond and Ty Moline had double and singles and Ty Wagar drove in three runs with his double. Mike Ozga got the start on the mound, pitching four innings and allowing eight runs on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Cooper Jones closed the game out, pitched three innings and allowing two runs on two hits with three walks and a strikeout. The Braves are on the road on Wednesday against the Calgary Dino’s Black. Mosquito Braves Three games over the weekend all had winning results for the Red Deer Mosquito AA2 Lock N Safe Braves. It started with a 12-11 extra-inning win over the Wetaskiwin Nationals. Elijah Cadieux, Avery Coumont and Luke Schmitt pitched the game, striking out five batters. Cadieux and Addison Giesbrecht led the offence with two RBIs each. Raymond Bottin and Austin Goruk drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in the extra inning for the win. The Braves followed up the nail biter with a 15-5 win over the Okotoks Outlaws. Avery Bettesworth, Noah Nakonechy and Daven Comfort pitched the game, striking out seven. Carter Krause led the team, driving in five runs while Owen Dixon and Comfort had two RBIs each. They closed out the weekend with a 16-4 win over the Strathmore Reds. Krause and Kieran Peterson pitched four innings as the mercy rule took effect, they struck out five. Bottin drove in four runs while Dixon and Schmitt each had a pair of RBIs. Giesbrecht, Bettesworth, Nakonechy, Goruk, Cadieux and Krause all had singles.
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NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2 Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 4, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3 Nashville 4, Anaheim 3 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 1 SECOND ROUND EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE St. Louis 4, Dallas 3 San Jose 4, Nashville 3 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 4, St. Louis 2 STANLEY CUP FINALS Pittsburgh 4, San Jose 2 Monday, May 30: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday, June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1, OT Saturday, June 4: San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Thursday, June 9: San Jose 4, Pittsburgh 2 Sunday, June 12: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Conn Smythe Trophy Winners The most valuable players in the Stanley Cup playoffs:
2016—Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins 2015— Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks 2014—Justin Williams, Los Angeles Kings 2013—Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks 2012—Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings 2011—Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins 2010—Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks 2009—Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins 2008—Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Red Wings 2007—Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks 2006—Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes 2005—Lockout 2004—Brad Richards, Tampa Bay Lightning 2003—Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Anaheim Mighty Ducks-x 2002—Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings 2001—Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche 2000—Scott Stevens, New Jersey Devils 1999—Joe Nieuwendyk, Dallas Stars 1998—Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings 1997—Mike Vernon, Detroit Red Wings 1996—Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche 1995—Claude Lemieux, New Jersey Devils 1994—Brian Leetch, New York Rangers 1993—Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens 1992—Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins 1991—Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins 1990—Bill Ranford, Edmonton Oilers 1989—Al MacInnis, Calgary Flames 1988—Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers 1987—Ron Hextall, Philadelphia Flyers-x 1986—Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens 1985—Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers 1984—Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers 1983—Bill Smith, New York Islanders 1982—Mike Bossy, New York Islanders 1981—Butch Goring, New York Islanders 1980—Bryan Trottier, New York Islanders 1979—Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens 1978—Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens 1977—Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens 1976—Reggie Leach, Philadelphia Flyers-x
1975—Bernie Parent, Philadelphia Flyers 1974—Bernie Parent, Philadelphia Flyers 1973—Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal Canadiens 1972—Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins 1971—Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens 1970—Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins 1969—Serge Savard, Montreal Canadiens 1968—Glenn Hall, St. Louis Blues-x 1967—Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs 1966—Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings-x 1965—Jean Beliveau, Montreal CanadiensH 2016 National Hockey League Playoff Scoring Leaders TORONTO — Official 2016 NHL playoff scoring leaders following Sunday’s clinching sixth game of the Stanley Cup final: G A Pts Logan Couture, SJ 10 20 30 Brent Burns, SJ 7 17 24 Joe Pavelski, SJ 14 9 23 Phil Kessel, Pgh 10 12 22 Joe Thornton, SJ 3 18 21 Nikita Kucherov, TB 11 8 19 Sidney Crosby, Pgh 6 13 19 Evgeni Malkin, Pgh 6 12 18 Nick Bonino, Pgh 4 14 18 Tyler Johnson, TB 7 10 17 Carl Hagelin, Pgh 6 10 16 Vladimir Tarasenko,StL 9 6 15 Jamie Benn, Dal 5 10 15 Robby Fabbri, StL 4 11 15 Kris Letang, Pgh 3 12 15 David Backes, StL 7 7 14 Jonathan Drouin, TB 5 9 14 Jaden Schwartz, StL 4 10 14 Victor Hedman, TB 4 10 14 Patric Hornqvist, Pgh 9 4 13 Troy Brouwer, StL 8 5 13 Joel Ward, SJ 7 6 13
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Central Division W L Pct 35 28 .556 33 30 .524 32 31 .508 32 32 .500 20 43 .317
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Sunday’s Games Toronto 10, Baltimore 9 Oakland 6, Cincinnati 1 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0 Detroit 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Minnesota 7, Boston 4, 10 innings Cleveland 8, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 6, Seattle 4 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Toronto 0 Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 9, 12 innings Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 Minnesota 9, L.A. Angels 4 Texas at Oakland, Late. Today’s Games Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at Toronto (Stroman 5-2), 10:37 a.m. Baltimore (Tillman 8-1) at Boston (Price 7-3), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Walker 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-3),
5:10 p.m. Detroit (Zimmermann 8-3) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 8-1) at Kansas City (Young 2-6), 6:15 p.m. Houston (Fister 6-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 4-5), 6:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2) at Colorado (De La Rosa 2-4), 6:40 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 1-6) at L.A. Angels (Chacin 2-4), 8:05 p.m. Texas (Perez 5-4) at Oakland (Surkamp 0-3), 8:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m. Houston at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City,6:15 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Washington 40 24 .625 New York 34 28 .548 Miami 32 31 .508 Philadelphia 30 34 .469 Atlanta 18 45 .286 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 43 19 .694 St. Louis 35 28 .556 Pittsburgh 32 31 .508 Milwaukee 30 33 .476 Cincinnati 25 39 .391 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 38 26 .594 Los Angeles 33 32 .508 Colorado 30 33 .476 Arizona 29 37 .439 San Diego 26 38 .406
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● Red Deer Senior Men’s Baseball League: Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends at Printing Place Padres, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Ladies Fastball: Panthers vs. Badgers and Rage U18 vs. Stettler, 7 p.m., Panthers vs. Bandits, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Sunburst Baseball League: Confederation Cubs at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park
Thursday ● Red Deer Senior Men’s Baseball League: North Star Sports at Play It Again Sports Athletics, 6:30 p.m., Printing Place Padres at Gophers, 7 p.m. and Play It Again Sports Athletics at Phantoms, 8:30 p.m., Great Chief Park
Sunday’s Games Oakland 6, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 13, Atlanta 2 Milwaukee 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 5, Philadelphia 4 Arizona 6, Miami 0 Colorado 2, San Diego 1 St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Monday’s Games Washington 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Philadelphia 7, Toronto 0 Cincinnati 9, Atlanta 8 Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Miami at San Diego, late Milwaukee at San Francisco, late Today’s Games Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at Toronto (Stroman 5-2), 10:37 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Lackey 7-2) at Washington (Gonzalez 3-5), 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Finnegan 2-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-6), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Fister 6-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 4-5), 6:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2) at Colorado (De La Rosa 2-4),6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 5-4) at Arizona (Bradley 2-2), 7:40 p.m. Miami (Koehler 4-6) at San Diego (Pomeranz 5-6), 6:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 0-0) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-2), 8:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona,1:40 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Milwaukee at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Washington, 2:05 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Houston at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
● Ladies Fastball: U16 Rage vs. Bandits, 7 p.m., and Rage U16 vs. Badgers, 8:45 p.m., Great Chief Park, Stettler vs. U18 Rage, 7 p.m., Stettler
Friday ● Rugby: Hornets vs. Red Deer Titans, 8 p.m., Titan’s Rugby Field
Saturday ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Edmonton Northwest United at Red Deer Renegades, 2 p.m., Edgar Park
Sunday ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Calgary Rapids FC at Red Deer Renegades, 12 p.m., Edgar Park
Basketball 2016 NBA Playoffs Fourth Round THE FINALS (Best-of-7) Golden State (W1) vs. Cleveland (E1) (Golden State leads series 3-2) Monday’s result Cleveland 112 at Golden State 97 Friday’s result Golden State 108 Cleveland 97 Thursday’s game
Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 36 26 .581 36 26 .581 35 31 .530 31 32 .492 29 32 .475
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Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Game One — Thursday, June 2 Golden State 104 Cleveland 89 Game Two — Sunday, June 5 Golden State 110 Cleveland 77 Game Three — Wednesday, June 8 Cleveland 120 Golden State 90
Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Texas minor league C Melvin Novoa (Arizona) 56 games and Boston minor league C Jhon Nunez (Lowell-NYP) 25 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP J.T. Chargois to Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with INF Ike Davis on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Layne Somsen for assignment. Optioned RHP Chad Green to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent RHP Henderson Alvarez to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned L/RHP Pat Venditte to Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Scott Diamond from Buffalo. Transferred LHP Franklin Morales to the 60-day DL. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed LHP Eric O’Flaherty on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Ryan Weber from Gwinnett (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Frankie Montas to Oklahoma City (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned RHP Chris Stratton to Sacramento (PCL). Reinstated RHP Matt Cain from the 15-day DL. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Traded OF Matt Hibbert to Sonoma for OF Matt Patrone. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released RHP Casey Barnes. LAREDO LEMURS — Signed OF Devin Harris. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed INF Mike Gilmartin and RHP Tanner Kiest.
TEXAS AIRHOGS — Released C KJ Alexander. Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released C Cody Kuzniczci. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Signed general manager Jeff Bower to a contract extension. FOOTBALL National Football Association BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Leger Douzable and OT Chris Martin. Released DE Claudell Louis and OT Keith Lumpkin. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CBs Isaiah Frey and Dax Swanson. DETROIT LIONS — Signed DB Keith Lewis and WR Andre Roberts. Waived WR Austin Willis. Placed WR Corey Washington on injured reserve. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with DT Fletcher Cox on a six-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed G David Rittich to a one-year contract. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Agreed to terms with F Sebastian Aho and C Aleksi Saarela to threeyear, entry-level contracts. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed G Marek Mazanec to a one-year, two-way contract. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Mike Yeo associate coach. OLYMPIC SPORTS USADA — Suspended rugby athlete Nia Williams four years after testing positive for prohibited substances during the 2015 World Rugby Women’s Seven Series. Suspended track & field athlete Gwen Berry three months for using an inhaler containing the prohibited substance vilanterol trifenatate.
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Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a tie. Monday’s results Group D At Toulouse, France Spain 1 Czech Republic 0 Group E At Saint-Denis, France Republic of Ireland 1 Sweden 1 At Lyon, France Italy 2 Belgium 0 Sunday’s results Group C At Nice, France Poland 1 Northern Ireland 0 At Lille Metropole, France
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Russia vs. Slovakia, 7 a.m. Thursday’s matches Group B At Lens, France England vs. Wales, 7 a.m. Group C At Lyon, France Ukraine vs. Northern Ireland, 10 a.m At Saint-Denis, France Germany vs. Poland, 1 p.m. Friday’s matches Group D At Saint-Etienne, France Czech Republic vs. Croatia, 10 a.m. At Nice, France Spain vs. Turkey, 1 p.m. Group E At Bordeaux, France Italy vs. Sweden, 9 a.m.
Divers have sights set on medals at Rio BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Team leader Mitch Geller believes that all four women on Canada’s Olympic diving squad have the talent to win medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is not making predictions, but said at least a 50 per cent success rate for medals is a realistic goal for a women’s team that won a pair of bronzes at the 2012 Games in London. “Every one of our ladies has the ability to win a medal in the synchronized and individual events,” Geller said Monday as the six-member team was announced at Olympic House. “Our boys are capable of top-12 (placings) to set themselves up for a podium (at the 2020 Games).” He got no argument from the team, which combines veterans Meaghan Benfeito, Roseline Filion and Jennifer Abel, who all list Laval, Que., as their hometown, with first-time Olympians Pamela Ware of Greenfield Park, Que., Philippe Gagne of Mount Royal, Que., and Vincent Riendeau of Pointe Claire, Que. “It’s realistic but we’re going to have to work really hard
for it,” said Benfeito. “Everyone’s working hard. We’re going into Rio with no regrets.” In 2012, Benfeito and Filion won bronze in the 10-metre synchro event while Abel took bronze in the three-metre synchro competition with the now-retired Emilie Heymans. They got a look at the Rio Olympic pool during a World Cup meet in February, where Abel won bronze off the springboard and teamed with Ware for silver in the synchro event. “I can’t wait to see it all dressed up for the Olympics,” said Ware. Geller called it the “most dedicated and focused” Canadian diving team he has seen. “I don’t know if we’re the most focused, but we are the team that has the most fun,” said Benfeito, 27, who has been on the squad for more than a decade. “I’ve been to two Olympics with Alex (Despatie) and Emilie and you can’t say they’re not focused. “They were both multi-medallists. But having us (veterans) on the team and with the younger ones is a good mix. We enjoy it, but when it comes time to compete, we give it everything we have.” The six team members won
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The Canadian diving team for the 2016 Rio Olympics is introduced at a news conference, Monday, in Montreal. From left: Jennifer Abel, Pamela Ware, Philippe Gagne, Meaghan Benfeito, Roseline Fillion and Vincent Riendeau. a combined 37 medals at seven international competitions this year. Maxim Bouchard and Francois Imbeau-Dulac were
named as alternates and may get a chance to compete in Rio if spots open up in the individual springboard and tower events.
The team will train at both indoors and outdoor facilities in Montreal before heading to preparation camps in July in Rome and Brasilia.
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Aglukark recognized for contributions to music INUK PERFORMER SPEAKS OF LONG JOURNEY TO STARDOM
Parton makes time for stops in rural Canada BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The spotlight that shone on Susan Aglukark this weekend as she became the first Inuk to win a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award was a stark contrast to a cloud that shadowed her youth in the far North. Aglukark, now 49, was overwhelmed with joy Saturday night when she was recognized for her contributions to popular music. In an interview, she spoke frankly of her long journey from a “broken” teenager who struggled to maintain her identity to an accomplished artist greeted by thunderous applause from the creme de la creme of Canadian arts and culture. “I went through a period of a real identity crisis in terms of, who am I if I’m not the healthy person they think I am. I knew I was broken deep down inside. In my early teens I really started to struggle with that,” she said. Aglukark grew up in the community of Rankin Inlet of the Northwest Territories — now in the territory of Nunavut — and her life then was filled with confusion and uncertainty. Moving to Ottawa in 1991, Aglukark jumped at the opportunity to escape the bellows of her home for a life in the capital city. Working as a translator for the federal department of Indian and Northern Affairs, she never thought music would save her life. “Had it not been for this career, I don’t think I would have been able to heal,” said Aglukark. “I was very, very insecure as a young girl. I became very insecure as a young woman…even more insecure as a partner to my husband and then a mother to my son.” Aglukark was one of five laureates selected this past weekend as a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award recipient and she is the first Inuk person to receive Canada’s highest honour in performing arts. For Aglukark, art played a significant role in her healing journey and she believes that it can help play an important role for indigenous youth dealing with identity issues today. “We have to introduce every kind of art to our young people as a coping mechanism,” she said. “Where it gets hard for us is we don’t have coping
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Singer-songwriter and humanitarian Susan Aglukark, left, receives the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 2016 Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for popular music from Deputy Governor General and Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General, in Ottawa on Friday. skills in our environments to help us cope…One of the struggles in our isolated communities is we don’t have proper supports in place for teenagers and young people to cope with what’s going on. Sadly, most of us are victims of some sort of abuse.” Her words resonate on a day when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with young people and the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation, in Ottawa to discuss the reserve’s suicide crisis and lack of mental health support. 2014 Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award winner, Tom Jackson, performed Aglukark’s O Siem alongside Leela Gilday and Elisapee Isaac as a tribute to her accomplishment. Actor and singer Jackson, born on the One Arrow First Nation in Saskatchewan’s Treaty 6 Territory, also dealt with identity issues as an indigenous person in a euro-centric world. Having battled addictions and
homelessness in his early years, Jackson — like Aglukark — reclaimed his indigenous identity through art. “I became an artist because I found a ‘why’,” he said. “If your why is strong enough to make you cry you’ll be successful…if you just want to have sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, you might get to the top of a hill, but you won’t get to the top of the mountain.” Other laureates for the lifetime in artistic achievement award included Marie Chouinard (dance), Ben Heppner (classical music), Robert Lantos (film) and Suzanne Lebeau (theatre). John Mckellar was also honoured with the 2016 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for voluntarism in the performing arts. Michael Buble was this year’s National Arts Centre Award recipient but was not in attendance due to vocal surgery he underwent last month.
TORONTO — Country superstar Dolly Parton is looking forward to venturing out to Moose Jaw, Sask., and rural Ontario as part of her first major North American tour in 25 years. The singer says her Pure & Simple tour is a less flashy, stripped-back affair with only a few band members on stage. “We’re playing some real small things,” she told reporters Monday at a news conference in Toronto. “I figured I’m just going to tame it down, save a little money. I always joke I need the money ‘cause it costs a lot to look so cheap — and there’s some truth in that, more than you know.” Parton says in recent years she’s focused on touring Australia and Europe. “It’s been 25 years since I’ve really done a tour through Canada,” she says. “I just thought that people weren’t all that interested anymore because the young country kind of took over.” Parton will venture to Moose Jaw on Sept. 13 where she’ll play Mosaic Place, a hockey and curling arena with a capacity of 4,500 people. “A lot of rural people won’t go to the big city,” Parton says. “They’re scared of that, they don’t want to get out in that traffic, or they can’t afford to do it. So it’s good that we can go to them.” Other Canadian stops on the tour include a casino in Windsor, Ont., (Aug. 4), the larger Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto (Sept. 9), and the Foley Fair Grounds in Seguin, Ont. (Sept. 10). Parton will also run through other West Coast cities with larger concerts in Calgary (Sept. 16), Edmonton (Sept. 17) and Vancouver (Sept. 19). “I’m kind of like the dollar store,” she says. “I can fit in the little country, I can fit in the big country.” Parton will release the new album Pure & Simple in August and follow it up with The Complete Trio Collection, a three-disc set compiling tracks from the successful collaborations between Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, including 20 previously unreleased songs and alternate versions. Parton, who turned 70 earlier this year, says this will likely be her last big North American tour for a while. She hopes to dedicate more time to developing productions for television. The singer signed a four-film deal with NBC that includes a holiday-themed sequel to last year’s TV-movie Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors.
Murray to receive top U.S. comedy prize BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Bill Murray poses for a portrait at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival in Toronto. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Monday that Murray, 65, will be this year’s recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Murray will accept the prize at an Oct. 23 gala at the Kennedy Center.
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WASHINGTON — Though he long ago transitioned from zany comedy into poignant, seriocomic roles, Bill Murray never stopped making people laugh, and now he’s being honoured with the nation’s top prize for humour. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Monday that Murray, 65, will be this year’s recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The award goes to those who influence society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator better known as Mark Twain. “I’m honoured by the award and by its timing,” Murray said in a statement. “I believe Mark Twain has rolled over in his grave so much for so long, that this news won’t disturb his peace.” Like past Twain prize recipients including Tina Fey, Will Ferrell and last year’s winner, Eddie Murphy, Murray first gained prominence for his work on Saturday Night Live. He joined the cast in 1977, replacing the beloved Chevy Chase, and he overcame audience skepticism by creating the iconic character Nick the Lounge Singer. His first starring movie role was in Meatballs (1979), and he scored a major hit the following year with the anarchic golf comedy Caddyshack. Murray — an avid golfer who grew up caddying — played Carl Spackler, a deranged
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groundskeeper who spins tall tales about carrying the Dalai Lama’s golf bag. Murray went on to become the nation’s most bankable comedy star, playing the lovable smart aleck to perfection in Ghostbusters (1984) and Groundhog Day (1993). Other hit movies included Scrooged, Ghostbusters II and What About Bob? “Since his first performances on Saturday Night Live more than three decades ago, Bill Murray has charmed us with unforgettable performances from an eclectic cast of characters that have become ingrained in our cultural vernacular,” Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter said. “His unique brand of humour seems to defy time itself — always remaining relevant and relatable to new audiences — much like our award’s namesake.” In the 1990s, Murray began taking more dramatic roles, and he earned acclaim for playing a depressed businessman who starts an absurd rivalry with a prep-school student in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. In 2003, Murray garnered the best reviews of his career and racked up award after award — but not an Oscar — for his soulful turn in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. Famously mercurial, Murray is known for not having an agent and forcing would-be collaborators to leave a voicemail.
CHALK ART WITH MINIMAG On Wednesday the miniMAG will outside decorating the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery sidewalks with colourful chalk. The artmaking session is geared for kids 5 and under and runs from 9:30-11 a.m. The cost to participate is $2 per child with a family membership and $3 without a membership. For more information call 403-309-8405.
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Tragically Hip adds more seats to Canadian tour TORONTO — Tragically Hip fans left disheartened by the recent summer tour sellout will have another chance to get tickets on Tuesday. The band posted a message on its Facebook page saying that changes to the stage design will allow organizers to let additional concertgoers attend the sold-out shows. A new block of tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time for each concert venue, they said. Each customer will only be allowed to purchase two tickets, though the band did not say how many will be released to the public. The Man Machine Poem Tour is widely expected to be the final one for the iconic Canadian band, given lead singer Gord Downie’s battle with incurable brain cancer. That created a rush of people trying to grab a limited number of seats earlier this month.
TWIN PEAKS WITH WINONA WILDE PLAY FRATTERS Rich harmonies, a piano, a guitar, two ukuleles and unlimited wit are at the heart of Twin Peaks — an emerging duo that embraces roots music with undertones of country and contemporary blues. In 2015 they won a Western Canadian Music Award for Roos Duo Recording of the year for their album Trouble. On Wednesday they will be at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer for an 8:30 p.m. show with a $5 cover.
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Alexander Arnold Clark passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Red Deer, Alberta at the age of 71 years. He was born January 27, 1945 in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Alex was as strong minded as they come. Living life his way, he inspired much laughter during his many travels and adventures. He was a most determined and proud man. His heart forever remained in the family home in Creighton, SK and now the man (as big as they come) will rest in peace there. Alex is survived by his wife, Dina Paduch; his two sons, Tyler (Daneta) Clark of Calgary and Trent (Shawn) Clark of Calgary; his brothers, Lawrence (Janet) Clark of Flin Flon and Dennis (Elona) Clark of Calgary; stepdaughter, Sandra (Darren) Omiucke; stepson, David (Jessica) Paduch; and 5 grandchildren, Carl, Alex, Jordan, Denae and Jake; and several nieces and nephews. Alex is predeceased by his daughter, Tana Martin. A Celebration of Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E.) today, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Reception begins at 1:00 p.m. with the service following at 2:00 p.m. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com In living memory of Alex Clark, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E. Telephone: 403-256-9575.
WADEY (Nee Duckworth) Winnifred (Winnie) Winnie was born on April 17, 1929 and passed away peacefully, Thursday June 09, 2016. She is predeceased by her husband Elmer, and survived by her four loving daughters; Terry, Lorna (Bob), Cheryl and Brenda, five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one precious great great grandson. A funeral service for Winnie will be held Friday June 17, 2016 at 1:30pm at the Blackfalds United Church (4707 Broadway Avenue, Blackfalds, Alberta). Interment to follow at the Blackfalds Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Lacombe Foundation (4508 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 1V9) or to The Canadian Diabetes Association (6874 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4L1). Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families for 40 Years”
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BERZINS Jo-Anne Mrs. Jo-Anne Berzins (nee Partridge) died peacefully in Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, June 10th, 2016 at the age of 70 years. Jo-Anne is survived by her husband David Berzins, Sr. of Red Deer, Alberta; her son David (Judith) Berzins, Jr. of Calgary, Alberta; and her daughter Laurie (Lee) Deary of Red Deer, Alberta. She is predeceased by her mother Vera Partridge and her father Ian Partridge. She is survived by her sister Lynda Moulton of Kingston, Ontario and her brother John Partridge of Ottawa, Ontario. Jo-Anne will be greatly missed by her four grandchildren Shayna Deary, Lucas Deary, Liam Berzins and Talia Berzins. At her request, there will be no service. A gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to The Canadian Cancer Society or a local charity of choice. The family would like to thank everyone for their well wishes and thank the staff at Red Deer Regional Hospital Palliative Care Unit and Dr. Bromley for their care. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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CLEAN FREAK FOR HIRE Avail. to start cleaning houses on July 2. Call: Sharla at 403-357-7801 leave msg
DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301
Cleaning
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HICKORY DICKORY DECKS For all your decking needs. Wood or low maint. composite. Warranty. mmurphy@decks.ca (403) 348-1285
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Contractors
COUNTERTOP replacement. Kitchen reno’s. Wes 403-302-1648
Construction
Packages
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Contractors
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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542
Handyman Services
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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
DAMON INTERIORS Elite Retreat, Finest Drywall, tape, texture, in VIP Treatment. Fully licensed & insured. Free Estimates. Call anytime Dave, 403-396-4176
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Entertainment
DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606
Flooring
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NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more. Over 20 yrs. exp. Call Jon 403-848-0393
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Misc. Services
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5* JUNK REMOVAL
Property clean up 505-4777
Painters/ Decorators
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434
Roofing
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PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured. 403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured. Insurance claims welcome. 10 yr. warranty on all work. 403-350-7602
Seniors’ Services
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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777
Yard Care
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SECOND 2 NONE, reg. and res. grass cutting/yard clean-up/trim hedges, brush/ rock and sod jobs/eaves. Free est. 403-302-7778 YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459
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EquipmentHeavy
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Tools
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BENCH Grinder, 1/3 HP, $25.; Dremel Tool Kit with base, $40.; Metal Folding table, $15. 403-346-6539 METAL STORAGE shelves, (2) metal 3’ x 6’. $30. Wind speed Indicator, $15.; CB Radios (2), w/accessories. $25. 403-346-6539
Firewood
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B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FIREWOOD seasoned & split $50.00 1/2 ton load. 403-728-3485
Garden Supplies
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MOWER, rear bag. $85. 403-347-5873, 350-1077
Household Furnishings
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2 YEAR OLD GREEN recliner for sale, good shape, needs a bit of cleaning. $200. 403-358-3597.
Household Furnishings
HOSPITAL Bed, single, Exc. cond. $60. obo. But you pick up. 403-343-8662 KITCHEN Chairs, (4), $40; ChesterÀeld & Chair, French Provincial, Beige Satin $150.; 403-309-3045
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Misc. for Sale
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
4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
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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
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Houses For Sale
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1/2 DUPLEX, 2 storey 1600 sq. ft. 3 bdrms., 2 1/2 baths, main Ár. laundry, att. dble. garage, close to playgrounds, schools & shopping. Serious buyers only, no realtors. 403-342-0813 3 BDRM main Á. house for rent, avail. imm., $1150/mo. + 2/3 util. Call Bob 403-872-3400
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2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult Land bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or WORKING TREE Farm, 100 VHS movies, $75 JULY 1. $900/mo., S.D. Shop, Living Space, Cabin, for all. 403-885-5020 Pond, Beach, and more on $650. 403-304-5337 17 acres with beautiful 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20. ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious mountain view! 5000 trees 403-885-5020 suites 3 appls., heat/water plus oil revenue. West of incl’d., ADULT ONLY 50 - BRAND NEW turn Sylvan Lake. MLS BLDG, no pets, Oriole buckles, hook and eye, CA0080467 $889,900. Park. 403-986-6889 9-3/8” $1.00 each Call Sandra Knoll Craig, call 403-728-3485 Realty Executives Red CITY VIEW APTS. Deer 403-358-8203 Electric Bar-B-que $50. 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, 403-309-3045 newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $700. Manufactured MAKEUP, from New Avail. immed. Near hospi- Homes York, red hot crocodile tal. No pets. 403-318-3679 bag, 12 eye shadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip DOWNTOWN well-man- 2 BDRM. mobile home, gloss. NEW!! Valued at stove fridge, washer, dryer aged, quiet adult bldg., $195. Asking $75. in Rimbey Mobile Home avail. now, 1 & 2 bdrm. 587-876-2914 Park. Good cond. $19,500. with balcony, $850 and $895/mo. Heat and water obo. 1-780-465-7107 SEWING MACHINE, incld. 2 wks. free with Brother, Portable. 6 mo. lease. No pets. Used Twice. $75. o.b.o. Income 403-348-1262 or 403-342-7061 Property 403-347-3213 SHOES, ladies size 37, GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., summer Áat slingback, RARE OPPORTUNITY $800/mo., D.D. $850, N/S, 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS Rieker, anti-stress. Off no pets, no partiers. white leather. Sides are 4 plexes, side by side, 403-346-1458 open weave, worn once. $639,000. ea. 403-391-1780 Regular $185. Asking $80. LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. 587-876-2914 SUITES. 25+, adults only Industrial n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 VIDEO Photo Tripod, Property extended height, 143 cm. LIMITED TIME $40. 403-346-6539 QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK OFFER: WATER HOSE REEL, New industrial bay, 2000 One free year of Telus $35. 403-885-5020 sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. internet & cable AND one or for Rent. 403-391-1780 month’s rent FREE on 2 bedrooms! Renovated suites in central location. Cats Buildings Cat friendly. leasing@ For Sale rentmidwest.com KITTENS To GIVE AWAY 1(888)482-1711 ready to go. 403-782-3031 SMALL ofÀce storage etc. call between 1 & 4 pm Unit approx., 8x20, not on skids, all steel & insulated w/power & furnace. Travel Rental incentives avail. 8x12 Calf shed w/Áoor & 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. Packages doors. Call 403-347-6455 only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444 TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 SOMETHING bdrm. apartments, rent for everyone. $750, last month of lease Make your travel free, immed. occupancy. plans now. 403-596-6000
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VINTAGE Wedding Dress XS, (approx. size 2), Ivory embossed, satin broquet, Full length. $200. 587-876-2914
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SMALL TABLE with two chairs for indoor use wanted. Call 403-358-3597.
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PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594 PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., hrdwd. Árs., inclds. heat and water, $1100. 403-348-6594
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Rooms For Rent
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FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468
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ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712
SYLVAN: fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1300. By the week or month. 403-880-0210
Condos/ Townhouses
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1400 SQ. FT. condo with att. garage, South Red Deer. Ref’s req’d. 403-728-3688 2 BDRM. townhouse w/5 appls, avail. immed. rent $895. 403-314-0209 2BDRM. Lacombe condo in 45+ bldg, ground Ár. 1250/mo w/some utils. No smkg/pets. Avail July 1 780-484-0236 3 BDRM. 2 full baths, 4 appls., avail. now or July 1. SD $800. Rent $975 403-304-5337
WEST PARK, $500. rent DD $250. smoking ok, Must have job or steady income 403-392-1499
Mobile Lot
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
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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
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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
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1997 GMC Sonoma, 175,000 kms. $1800. obo 587-377-5034
Holiday Trailers
STUDIO APARTMENT SALE! All inclusive senior living. Avail. for immed. occupancy from $1849. Call to book a tour 403-309-1957
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Houses/ Duplexes
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2011 SPRINGDALE by Keystone 31’ travel trailer in mint cond., 3’ x 14’ slide, electric awning, jacks & hitch lift, rotating tv - to view in living room or bdrm. 2 - 30 lb. propane tanks, equalizer hitch, REDUCED to $16,750 obo. lwschroh@hotmail.com or 403-347-9067
Boats & Marine
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Luis Burbano felt his bones shake when the bullets started flying early Sunday morning in the Orlando gay nightclub where a gunman opened fire and killed 49 people while wounding 50 others. A little more than a day later, Burbano was unable to sleep and was dealing with a crippling guilt about being one of those who lived. About 2 a.m. Sunday, Burbano heard gunshots. He was in a smaller side room at Pulse, and the gunfire matched the beats coming from the speaker. He and his friend thought it was part of the music they’d been enjoying all night. “It was bah, bah, bah, bah. But then we all looked around and said it sounded weird,” Burbano said, sitting on his front porch Monday afternoon in the Avalon Park community of Orlando. “When I heard those bullets being fired, I knew those weren’t small handgun bullets,” he said. The music in the back area of the club called the Adonis room stopped after the shots started, Burbano said. The gunfire sounds started getting closer. He fell to the floor. He grabbed his best friend and a girl standing next to him and forced them down, too. After the initial gunfire burst, he said there was a break of about 10
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seconds. He jetted toward an “employees only” side door to get out. Behind that door, about 20 people were stuck in a narrow hallway trying to get out. “At that point, the gunshots started getting louder and closer as if (the shooter) was getting closer,” Burbano said. He closed the door and held it for a few seconds to let the people stuck in the hallway clear out. Burbano made it out a few seconds later, and realized he was covered in blood. Near him was another man, his arm destroyed by the gunfire. Burbano made a tourniquet out of his T-shirt and tied it around the man’s dangling arm. He saw other patrons with bullet wounds fall to the ground in anguish. Soon the police were telling him to run. He did. “Until it happens to you one day, you never know how you’re going to react,” he said. Burbano said he has been unable to sleep since. He can’t do anything but watch the news. He feels guilty for surviving. Tearing up, Burbano said he doesn’t feel lucky for making it out alive. “Someone told me I got a second chance at life, and I say ‘Is that what this is?’ I regret it. I regret that second chance,” he said. the Orlando massacre. Before Sunday, the most prominent incidents of violence against gays claimed one life at a time. The highest profile of these included the murder of Milk, a pioneering gay politician in San Francisco in 1978, and the 1998 murder of Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming at the hands of two men who beat him into a coma while he was tied to a fence. A federal hate crimes law bears Shepard’s name.
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Jose Hernandez (in gray) holds hands with friend Victor Bayez as they grieve the loss of close friends Amanda Alvear and Mercedez Flores at a vigil held in front of the Dr. P. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando, Fa., Monday. Vigils, rallies and marches are being held around the country Monday for the victims of early Sunday’s deadly attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
Massacre spurs grief and fear for LGBT Americans NEW YORK (AP) — The gay, lesbian and transgender community has seen violence before, from Harvey Milk to Matthew Shepard, and an ever-lengthening list of transgender women. But never anything like this. Sunday’s massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, grimly changed the equation, stirring communal fears and swiftly prompting tighter security at gay pride events. The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida, told his father he had been disturbed by seeing two men kissing in Miami. The attack on the Pulse nightclub, which killed at least 50 people and was the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to date, occurred amid numerous events nationwide celebrating LGBT Pride Month. In several other cities hosting events on Sunday — including block parties in Boston and a festival in Washington — authorities beefed up the police presence. This “is a tragic illustration of the legitimate safety fears that those in our LGBT community live with every day,” said Mike Rawlings, the mayor of Dallas, where extra police were assigned to a neighborhood that is a hub of the local gay community. In a separate incident Sunday, a heavily armed man was arrested in Southern California even as Mateen’s attack was ongoing, telling police he was on his way to attack a gay pride parade. Twenty-year-old James Wesley, of Indiana, had assault rifles, ammunition and chemicals that could be used to make an explosive, according to police, who said there was no evidence of a connection to
Did a delay in police response give shooter more time? As the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history began to unfold, an off-duty police officer working at a gay nightclub exchanged gunfire with the suspect. But three hours passed before a SWAT team stormed the building and brought the attack to an end. The decision by law enforcement to hold off on entering the Pulse club — where more than 100 people were shot, 49 of them killed — immediately raised questions among experts in police tactics. They said the lessons learned from other mass shootings show that officers must get inside swiftly — even at great risk — to stop the threat and save lives. “We live in a different world. And action beats inaction 100 per cent of the time,” said Chris Grollnek, an expert on active-shooter tactics and a retired police officer and SWAT team member. The gunman, Omar Mateen, first had a shootout with the off-duty officer at the club’s entrance. Then two other officers arrived and the firing continued. The situation changed from an active-shooter scenario to a hostage situation once Mateen made it into one of the bathrooms where club-goers were hiding, authorities said. Experts say there’s a big difference between responding to a lone gunman and a shooter who has hostages. In active-shooter situations, police are now trained to respond immediately, even if only one or two officers are available to confront the suspect. In a hostage crisis, law enforcement generally tries to negotiate.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016
The power of kindness MURRAY FUHRER EXTREME ESTEEM
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet “I’m sorry they’re only raspberries,” said Mom. “I should have baked a cake.” Whenever we went to visit neighbours, Mom always took something along as a token of appreciation and respect. Often it was a cake she’d baked, sometimes a pie or cookies or, if the visit was spontaneous, she usually brought along a bowl of freshly picked raspberries. Mom was of the mind that you didn’t show up at someone’s house without bringing something. It was a tradition, yes but also a simple act of kindness. I remember speaking to a friend recently who reminded me of my mother’s tradition. She said she always wondered what goodies my mother would bring when she came to visit — she always hoped for raspberries. “Fresh raspberries with cream. That’s what I remember most about your mom.” “If I am remembered for being kind,” Mom told me once, “that would suffice.” I agree with my mom: being kind is a positive and memorable quality. New research now suggests that kindness is also good for the body and mind — good for the giver and good for the receiver. Barbara Fredrickson, a
psychologist and a best-selling author, states that simple acts such as “sharing a smile or expressing concern, improve emotional resilience, boost the immune system, and reduce susceptibility to depression and anxiety.” Fredrickson believes that moments of “uplifting, positive emotion” or “micro-moments,” as she refers to them, “function like nutrients for creativity, growth, and health.” Dr. Robert Cloninger, a psychiatrist at Washington University, agrees. According to Cloninger, studies have revealed that people are happier and healthier when around people who treat them with kindness — less so when surrounded by people who are guided by selfishness. Cloninger references Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs — A Theory of Human Motivation and claims that many of us get stuck “in the self” and never quite make it to the point of transcendence or self-actualization where our focus shifts from concern only for ourselves and personal well-being to concern for others and the harmony of the collective. Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. and co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles claims that our brains contain a “negative bias” which “favours cautious, fearbased thoughts over generous, positive ones.” Says Goldstein, this “bias” is an aspect of our mammalian brain and is designed to keep us safe from “lurking danger.” The problem is that our fast-paced, win-at-all-costs society constantly triggers the bias and brings forth “primal survival behaviours.” This ongoing prodding of our primal impulses can make thoughts of kindness and compassion for others seem like a fanciful, unrealistic notion — reserved only for family and
close friends. This is where self-awareness becomes so vital. If we can catch ourselves, we can stop our tendency toward thoughts of scarcity, negativity, and unhealthy competition and learn to express kindness and compassion instead. This takes practice, but the rewards are worth the effort for ourselves and everyone around us: less stress, less anxiety, and more peace. It seems to me that the better our self-esteem, the greater our capacity for kindness. Healthy self-esteem is built upon a foundation of self-awareness and self-love. You’ve probably heard it said, “To truly love another you must first learn to love yourself.” In my experience, without self-love, our kind gestures may take the form of unhealthy validation-seeking. Without healthy self-esteem and a corresponding set of firm boundaries, others will tend to take advantage of our kind nature — we become easily controlled, manipulated and abused. How can we begin to cultivate kindness in our lives? The first step is to shift our perspective. Many of us have become so busy being busy that we stop looking at other people as fellow human beings but rather as obstacles to be overcome. We can begin to shift this tendency by coming back into the now. Instead of regretting the past or peering fearfully into the future, we can spend a little time in the moment. Instead of thinking back on the projects we failed to complete yesterday or stewing over the mountain of tasks that await us tomorrow, we can take a deep breath, relax and come back into balance. Mindfulness, like kindness, takes practice. Here’s a sad and rather shocking statistic: research has shown that most of us are more likely to act cheerfully toward a total stranger than we
are to the people we live with every day. Therefore, kindness must start at home. Sometimes we become so familiar with those around us that we fail to exercise kindness toward them. It’s easy to be annoyed, rude or callous — perhaps assuming that these people who love us will also forgive us. However, many intimate or family relationships have faltered because a simple element was lacking: the element of kindness. Remember that kindness need not be a grand gesture; it can be small, quiet and gentle. Finally, remember that kindness is a journey, not a destination. Being kind should not be an item on your daily check-list. “OK, I’ve been kind, now I can check that off the list.” It should be a way of moving — a way of being. This is where self-awareness again comes into play. Develop the habit of kindness. Catch yourself when you stray from the path of kindness and then gently direct yourself back to a compassionate place. My mom used to say, “Choose to be a day-maker, not a day-breaker.” Mother Teresa said, “Kind words are short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” We’re all vulnerable and could use a little kindness along the way. Remember that kindness flows in all directions — rewarding the giver and the receiver. Moreover, whether it’s a kind word, a thoughtful deed or a bowl of freshly picked raspberries, we all benefit from the gesture. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His most recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca
Building a fence with help from friends TREENA MIELKE FAMILY With more than a little help from our friends and a great deal of sweat equity, we built a new fence this year. The fence was built mostly because the old one was falling down. It was an embarrassing situation, actually. “Don’t lean on the fence,” I would tell people who might have fence leaning tendencies. “It could fall over.” And finally after a long winter of my husband and I saying morosely to each other, “we really need to do something about that fence,” it has happened. We’re doing something about that fence. I envisioned a little white picket fence with sweet peas or maybe roses spilling all over the boards. I envisioned a cute little fence, magically installed, with boards that somehow painted themselves sparking white before someone, (maybe Tom Sawyer’s friend) slipped them easily into place. As it turns out my vision might as well have been packed up with all those old fence boards and hauled out to recycle. It did not even come close to reality. Reality is typing this column with telltale bits of white paint still clinging to my fingers and my arms and my whole self, actually. Reality is using a hand auger after the power auger quit, using sheer manpower to dig through clumps of black clay and little bits of rock and gravel to set the posts for my visionary white fence. Reality is measuring
the boards and measuring them again and still being wrong. Reality is seeing my very dearest and best friends (at least they are now) sweating and pounding and hammering and measuring and carrying lengths of lumber in my back yard through a heat wave which escalated to a heat warning, of all things. Reality is getting up at 6 a.m. to paint one million, two hundred and fifty boards and then finding out there are 17 more that have not been blessed with my sloppy paint rolling efforts. Reality is sending out SOS emails along with little happy face icons asking for help and learning that the saying, ‘build it and they will come,’ is probably a lot truer than the saying, ‘they will come help build it.’ Reality is also knowing how good a cold beer tastes when the work seems endless, the sun is merciless and it seems that leisure and air conditioning belong only to the very rich. But I also have to say that somewhere along the little fence-building journey I also learned another thing or two about reality. Reality can be good. Very good. Reality is having friends who don’t care if they get their hands dirty or
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covered in paint. Reality is friends who don’t do a lot of talking, only a lot of doing. Reality is hearing the words, “How can I help? You gotta love those words, especially if you’re building a fence and it’s a heat wave and the work seems endless and the day seems too long and you’re oh, so tired. But now I know one thing for sure. The famous singing group, “The Beatles’ knew what they were talking (singing) about when they crooned, “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends.” So true! So very true! I doubt if the Beatles ever built a fence, but I’m sure if they had, someone would have come along with a power auger and a case of cold ones. And then someone would have pulled out a guitar and they would have sung the night away. Come to think of it, we did that, too. Just ask the neighbors. Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.
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I just can’t handle hyphenated names KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR ANNIE’S MAILBOX
Dear Annie: The use of hyphenated names seems to be becoming too commonplace. Once the domain of Britishers yearning for social distinction, is this what is happening in the States? What is the rationale for thus naming oneself? Having both memory and hearing problems, it is often difficult for me to comprehend and repeat both names. Is it acceptable to select one name instead of using both? Is it possible for those who introduce others to actually say the word “hyphen”? For example, “This is Mr. Jones hyphen Smith.” Not only would it help to select between the names, it would increase my awe of what surely must
be a distinguished person. — Bryan, Texas Dear Bryan: Dear Bryan: Had your fun, have you? The point of a hyphenated name in this country is neither to display one’s elevated social status nor to become burdensome to others. It is to acknowledge that two people have joined their names, as well as themselves, in marriage, or to denote that two people produced a child. It used to be that only the man’s surname counted. We agree that, sometimes, those hyphenates can be overly long or complicated. But people are entitled to be addressed by the name they prefer. Please do your best with it. Of course, if you fumble too much, the person is likely to say, “Please, just call me Tom.” Dear Readers: Today is Flag Day. We promised to print some of the patriotic poems that readers have been sending in for July 4, but we thought this one would be perfect for today. The author is Audrey Bashlor. Honor our flag of red, white and blue,
remembering our war heroes brought freedom to you. Men and women of today and years past fought with valor so our freedoms would last. The colonials bravely fought the British redcoats; our warriors fought the Nazis and their U-boats. Many wars have been fought through the ages filling our history books with a great many pages. So very long ago our independence was declared; something for over 200 years we have all shared. Raise the flag, rejoice this day, strike up the band, people of many races enjoy freedom in this land. Remember our brave men and women who fought giving their lives to keep the freedoms we sought. Give thanks to those in our armed forces today Respect our flag and to them a “thank you” say. 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,
Blind ‘bird man’ has perfect pitch for sound BY LEONARDO HABERKORN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Born blind, Juan Pablo Culasso has never seen a bird. But through his gifted sense of hearing, he can identify more than 3,000 different bird sounds and differentiate more than 720 species. The 29-year-old said he realized he had perfect, or absolute pitch, when he was a boy. Tossing stones in a river, he was able to tell his father exactly the note each one made when it hit the water. Absolute pitch, the rare ability to hear a tone and immediately know it’s a C-sharp, for example, is so unusual that only one of every 10,000 people has it, Culasso said, adding that Wolfgang Mozart was among them. Culasso said his dad later read to him about birds from an encyclopedia that came with an audio cassette of their calls. “That’s when I realized that I could memorize birds by their sounds,” he said. He said he discovered his calling as a teenager, when he joined an ornithologist on a 2003 field visit, inspired by his love of birds. The bird expert gave him a recorder, and he
JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Tuesday, June 14 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Donald Trump, 70; Yasmin Bleeth, 48; Lang Lang, 34 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Uranus shakes things up so expect the unexpected! HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Over the next 12 months, be daring enough to take a giant leap of faith. But you must also learn to let go of old emotional baggage, before it weighs you down. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Uranus stirs up your restless Ram side, as you surprise others with an unpredictable move that comes out of left field. You’re keen to have
was hooked. “At that moment, I felt as if I had been doing this forever without knowing it. I fell in love with that task.” Culasso’s passion now is to record and learn from the sounds of nature. He recently completed a two-month journey to Antarctica, where he recorded sounds from the Earth’s coldest, wildest and most mysterious continent. “I keep adding sounds to my list,” he said. “In Antarctica, I recorded sea lions, seals and a melting iceberg.” Although Culasso can distinguish light, allowing him to differentiate night from day, he cannot register shapes, forms, and even less so the colours of birds. His ears have always been his way to connect more profoundly with the world. His ability to recognize and record nature’s sounds has landed him jobs working for documentary soundtracks. Culasso currently lives in his native Montevideo after more than a decade in Brazil, where he studied bioacoustics and nature sounds. In 2014, Culasso’s ability to recognize birds through their sounds landed him a top prize of $45,000 on a Nat Geo TV program. He invested most of the money in audio equipment. In the final
test, he had to identify the sounds of 15 birds picked at random from a group of 250 birds and recognized every one. Carrying a professional audio recorder and a microphone with a furry windscreen, Culasso recently visited the shores of the Santa Lucia river on Montevideo’s outskirts. As he walked and listened, he cried out the names of birds before anyone else saw them. Alicia Munyo, who heads the pho-
nology department at Uruguay’s Republica University, says that perfect pitch has more to do with the brain than the ear. “It’s not that these people hear more, they hear the same as anyone else,” said Munyo. “It’s that their brain has a great capacity to interpret sounds and their nuances, much more than normal people do.”
fun but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be too safe and sensible today Taurus. It’s a fabulous day to indulge in some delicious daydreams, as you let your imagination run wild. Quirky creative projects are also favoured. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your innate curiosity and versatility are firing so keep your mind well stimulated today Twins. Catching up with a creative or bohemian friend will also add some sparkle to your day. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Disruptions or unpredictable moods could stall your progress today. Looking for a new job? Present yourself as someone who really stands out from the crowd. True Crab confidence is the key. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions are feeling restless! So it’s a fabulous day to jump out of your usual routine and go on a grand adventure. Or just go travelling in your mind, as you connect with foreign friends from far away.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you worried about money matters? Look for innovative ways to boost your bank balance and cash flow but friends and finances are a complicated combination, so keep the two separate. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Travel is favoured, as the Sun and Uranus activate your adventure zone. It’s also a terrific time to connect with international friends. But a loved one may hit you with some surprise news. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio is a fixed sign, so you can be incredibly stubborn. Today you’ll find a more proactive and flexible approach brings the best results — especially in an intimate or close relationship. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You love your independence but don’t do everything on your own — discuss your dreams for the future with loved ones and like-minded friends. You have a talent for inspiring others, so use it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have trouble coping with any restrictions that are placed on you, so relationships — especially at work — will be tricky. The more stubborn you are, the more difficult the day will be. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Uranus stimulates your curiosity and your quirky side today so let the circus begin! You’re keen to communicate with others as you gossip up a storm; mix and mingle, talk, text, tweet and post. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on domestic matters and fine tune the feng-shui at home. Plus take a peek at your current financial situation, but resist the urge to be impulsively flash with cash and careless with credit.
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Juan Pablo Culasso holds a microphone in a natural reserve on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay. His ability to recognize and record nature’s sounds has landed him jobs working for documentary soundtracks.
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