Red Deer Advocate, July 01, 2016

D1 NORTHERN GATEWAY STYMIED

BY APPEAL GERRY FEEHAN’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITALY CONTINUES

C1

C5

B1

INSERT

MARLINS SWIM CLUB HAS STRONG HISTORY

THE COLOUR RED IS THE COMMON THREAD THAT WEAVES THROUGH EXHIBIT

EASING PRE-RACE ANXIETIES

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

F R I D A Y

J U L Y

1

$1.25

2 0 1 6

www.reddeeradvocate.com

Canada Post, union still talking SOME BENEFIT CHEQUES WILL BE MAILED DURING POTENTIAL LABOUR DISRUPTION

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Work stoppage has so far been averted at Canada Post.

As of Thursday, neither Canada Post nor Canadian Union of Postal Workers have given 72-hours notice of a lockout or strike.

Talks between management and the union have failed to produce a collective agreement for 60,000 workers after

seven months of negotiation and 60 days of conciliation.

About 240 Canada Post employees work in and around Red Deer.

But both sides say they are still focused on negotiating a deal.

“We remain committed to negotiating and hopeful we’ll get a deal. But we want to move this forward quickly to end the uncertainty that is having a huge impact on our business, customers and on our employees,” said Can-

ada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton.

Canada Post put forward its global offer on Saturday and is waiting for CUPW to come to table to discuss it.

“The offers we put forward are based on our reality. We can’t add a lot. But there’s definitely increases in pay,” said Hamilton on Thursday.

Wages for carriers currently range from $19 to $25 an hour.

CUPW says it’s been waiting and waiting for a global offer from the com-

pany. In 2011, Canada Post put forth its first global offer over two months before the strike and lockout.

Larry Dionne, president of CUPW Edmonton Local, said the global offer is a least a starting point for negotiations.

“Up until now there’s just been a lot of talk,” Dionne said.

Please see TALKS on Page A5

FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED NEAR PONOKA

County weighing its options for trail

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF The future of the Central Alberta section of the Trans Canada Trail is up for debate at Red Deer County Council on Tuesday.

For some years, members of the Central Alberta Regional Trails Society have been working on a project that would see construction of a trail between Bowden and Ponoka. The new trail, now partially complete, will be part of the Trans Canada Trail Network, which organizers plan to finish in time for Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017.

The section from the south side of Red Deer through Blackfalds to Lacombe is now complete, including construction four years ago of a bridge over the Blindman River, CARTS president Paul Pettypiece said on Thursday.

However, all that exists south of Red Deer is a one-kilometre section between Springbrook and Penhold, he said.

The county has already received a portion of the grant promised by Trans Canada Trails toward building an 11km section from the south side of the city to Springbrook, running along Range Road 280.

However, the county is now weighing its options and considering whether or not it should proceed with the project.

A report to council prepared by community services manager Jo-Ann Symington estimates the total cost of construction at $2.15 million for gravel or $3.04 million for pavement with annual maintenance estimated at $55,000 to $77,000.

Trans Canada Trail and the Alberta TrailNet Society are to provide half of the construction costs to a maximum of $1.5 million and there may be some additional funding to come from another source, Symington says in her report.

However, the county has not received that commitment, she says.

Please see TRAIL on Page A5

Photo by JEFFREY HEYDEN-KAYE/Ponoka News

A severe thunderstorm watch for the Ponoka area helped create a funnel cloud that threatened to touch down just north of Ponoka on Thursday. A little after 5 p.m., a funnel cloud started to form while Ponoka Stampede fans watched from the midway. After the cloud dissipated, there were reports of a downed power line north of town and a home that sustained some damage. See related story on page A5.

Blue-green algae alert issued for Alix Lake

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A blue-green algae alert has been issued for Alix Lake, northeast of Red Deer.

Alberta Health Services is warning residents to take precautions including avoiding all contact with bluegreen algae (cyanobacteria) blooms.

Blue-green algae appears like scum, grass clippings, fuzz or globs on the surface of water. It is naturally occurring and can be blue-green, greenish-brown, brown, and/or pinkish-red, and often smell musty or grassy. It typ-

ically appears when weather conditions are calm.

People who come in contact with visible blue-green algae or who ingest water containing blue-green algae, may experience skin irritation, rash, sore throat, sore red eyes, swollen lips, fever, nausea and vomiting and/or diarrhea.

Symptoms usually appear within one to three hours and resolve in one to two days. Symptoms in children are often more pronounced.

If contact occurs, wash with tap water as soon as possible.

Residents are advised to take the

RED DEER WEATHER

INDEX

Local Today

Tonight

Saturday

Sunday

COMMENT A4

Mainly Sunny

Overcast

Sun and Cloud

30% Showers

BUSINESS D1-D2 COMICS D3 CLASSIFIED D4-D5

THURSDAY EXTRA: 3326813 PICK 3: 698

TRAVEL C1-C3 FASHION C4-C5

Please see ALGAE on Page A5

LOTTERIES

NEWS A2-A3, A5, B5-B6, D5 SPORTS B1-B4

following precautions: ● Avoid all contact with blue-green algae blooms. ● Do not swim or wade (or allow your pets to swim or wade) in any areas where blue-green algae is visible. ● Do not feed whole fish or fish trimmings from this lake to your pets. ● Consider limiting human consumption of whole fish and fish trimmings from this lake, as it is known that fish may store toxins in their liver.

(People can safely consume fish fillets from this reservoir).

Numbers are unofficial.

24°

13

o

24°

25°

PLEASE

RECYCLE

NEWS

Friday, July 1, 2016

A2

SYLVAN LAKE

Social Master Plan offers ‘tangible’ goals

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake has identified what kind of community it wants to be and how it hopes to get there in a new plan.

The Social Master Plan approved by town council earlier this week outlines eight components that create a healthy quality of life.

They include creating an environment where households are able to meet basic needs and residents have the support and services required to maintain a healthy lifestyle and meet physical and mental health needs.

The plan also envisions a community where residents are engaged, have strong, healthy relationships, a common sense of purpose and are able to enjoy the lake and their natural surroundings.

Specifically, the plan outlines three-year goals, led by the opening of an urgent-care centre, for which the community has been lobbying relentlessly for many years. It also proposed that a mental health professional be recruited to provide short-term subsidized support for residents.

Joanne Gaudet, town communications officer, said the plan came out of extensive public consultation and work that was done through previous social needs assessments.

Many of the goals have been on the town’s radar screen for some time and work is already underway to bring them about. For instance, one goal is to promote community involvement through block parties.

Gaudet said the town has already put together a package to help people organize them.

The plan is meant to provide “specific” and “tangible” goals that can be measured as part of an evaluation that will take place in three years to gauge progress.

Building more parks, trails, specialty playgrounds and installing more bike lock-ups are other recommendations.

On the transportation front, the town plans to conduct a feasibility study to see what options are available for low-income residents and seniors. A public transportation system with links to Red Deer will also be pursued.

Promoting crime prevention strategies and ensuring more counselling help is available for families are also planned.

To help boost local volunteer efforts, the plan suggests hiring a co-ordinator to work with local groups and residents.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Blue Rodeo performs during Fire Aid for Fort McMurray in Edmonton on Wednesday.

Benefit concert for Fort McMurray fire victims reaches $2M goal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Organizers say a benefit concert to raise money for victims of the Fort McMurray wildfire has hit its goal of raising $2 million.

Officials with Fire Aid sent out a tweet after the show Wednesday night, saying the money from the “unforgettable concert” would be going to the United Way in the northern Alberta city.

Alberta honky tonker Corb Lund co-hosted the event at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium with Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle.

Others who performed included Blue Rodeo, Ian Tyson, Randy Bachman and Nickelback, whose members hail from Hanna.

The money was raised from the sale of more than 30,000 tickets, corporate sponsorships and donations.

It was nowhere near a sell-out, however, as the seating capacity at the football stadium is about 60,000.

Lund admitted before the concert that he was a little nervous but was determined to help.

“Whenever these kinds of things happen, you sort of pitch in,” he said. “If I drove a backhoe, I’d do that. But I play music.”

Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger said the band’s involvement was a “no-brainer.”

“It was something we could help out with, and it feels amazing to be here and everyone’s enjoying themselves,” he said backstage. “It’s a great cause.”

More than 80,000 people were forced from their homes on May 3 by the wildfire that spread through the oilsands capital. About 2,400 homes and buildings were destroyed.

Lund was in Italy when the destruction happened.

He followed the chaos on Twitter.

The country crooner said as important as the fund-raising aspect is, he said it’s even more important to show those affected by the fire that Canada cares about them. Other fundraisers and concerts have also been held across the country.

The musicians donated their time, while airlines flew them in for free and hotels donated their accommodations.

“It’s just remarkable to watch it all come together and to believe they could do it in such a tiny, short time frame is remarkable,” said Dianne Shannon of the Fort McMurray United Way. Wood Buffalo Mayor Melissa Blake called it “an incredible support mechanism” for the people of Fort McMurray.

County residents alarmed by bylaw amendment

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

GRAVEL PITS

Allowing a gravel pit on farmland that was supposed to be protected will cause harm across Red Deer County, says a resident of the Shady Nook area, which lies across the river from the Red Deer Airport.

On Tuesday, county council will consider third reading of a bylaw amendment that would allow gravel extraction from a quarter section of farmland alongside Range Road 284, about five kilometres south of the Burnt Lake Trail.

The two quarter sections in question — which lie on the east side of the road — were never included in the county lands destined for gravel extraction and should be preserved for their agricultural value, area resident Vince Ohama said on Thursday.

He fears that council will pass the bylaw without having a clear idea of the level of industrial activity

that will follow and that the result will pose a health threat, safety hazard and financial loss for him and other residents of the area.

There is also concern that allowing this amendment would open the door to similar applications elsewhere in the county.

A study of nine properties commissioned by local residents indicated a total loss in property values of more than $1 million, said Ohama.

His property alone would drop in value by up to $150,000 and others could lose as much as $300,000, he said.

Additionally, the level of truck traffic hauling from the site will significantly raise safety issues, especially at the S-curve where the Burnt Lake Trail joins Rge. Rd. 284, said Ohama.

The curve is already treacherous and the ditches are very steep, said Ohama. He said he has been

For A Limited Time

called a number of times to pull out someone whose vehicle has left the road and landed upside down in the ditch and can only imagine how much worse it will be if gravel trucks are added to the mix.

Ohama said he, his wife, Adele, and their family and neighbours are also concerned that, while there may be dust control provided near their homes, animals on pasture will suffer from breathing dust raised by truck traffic and their personal safety will be at risk when they are using the road to move cattle from field to field.

A public hearing has been scheduled for the bylaw, which was given first reading in May. Second reading is to take place after the public hearing, with a third and final reading to follow at council’s discretion.

The amendment must pass third reading to become part of the bylaw, which regulates the Gravel Extraction Overlay District.

20 OFF MSRP %

3110 GAETZ AVE., RED DEER

1500 4WD LTZ Stk# 31751

SAVINGS

20% Off :

50,484

$

Local Today

Tonight

Mainly Sunny

Overcast

$

35,276

$

Stk# 31803

THE WEATHER Saturday

Sunday

Sun and Cloud

30% Showers

13°

24°

25°

Sunrise Sylvan Lake

Ponoka

Mainly Sunny 23 9

Mainly Sunny 24 13

Mainly Sunny 24 13

5:19 Sunset

Stettler

Lacombe

Vancouver

Toronto

Mainly Sunny 24 13

Mainly Sunny 24 13

Cloudy 22 15

A Few Showers 22 13

Brought to you by Pike Wheaton

The region’s weather for tonight

19 19

Olds, Innisfail

* Price includes $400 Admin Fee, $20 Tire Tax, $ 6.25 AMVIC Levy, excludes GST

Tues

Wed

Rocky Mountain House Mostly Cloudy 22 11

www.pikewheaton.com

Mon

18

24°

SAVINGS SAVI

44,095 095 $ 12,621 2016 CHEVROLET was %44 8,819 8 8 20 Off : TRAVERSE LT AWD

$

10:00

Fort McMurray • 29/15 • Grande Prairie 23/11 • Jasper 23/8

• Edmonton 24/13

• Calgary • Banff 25/13 25/9

• Lethbridge 28/13

7663746F27-G2

2016 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB

was $63,105

LOCAL 403-347-3301 TOLL FREE 1-800-661-0995

NEWS

Friday, July 1, 2016

A3

NDP outline minimum wage plan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Local BRIEFS Work on Collicutt Centre parking expansion begins Monday The parking crunch is soon to be eased around the Collicutt Centre.

Crews will start working on the $564,000 parking lot expansion on Monday.

The new east side lot will add 99 new parking spaces, including two new and two relocated accessibility stalls and three new parent stalls.

This will bring the total number of parking spaces to 465.

Denis Delemont, Collicutt Centre supervisor, said more parking spaces at peak times has been identified as a need over the years.

“We’re delighted to meet that need and directly serve our customers with a development that not only provides more parking spaces but also improves safety and accessibility at the facility,” he said.

The new parking lot will open at the north and south ends, improving flow at the facility.

Motorists will be able to drive right around the facility and access it from the east as well as from the west side off 30th Avenue.

Some trees and shrubs at the site will need to be moved to accommodate the new parking lot. The adjacent sports field will be moved slightly to the east and rested for the summer in preparation for fall activity.

“It was important to us to be good neighbours,” says Delemont. “We planned the start date so nearby sports field users could get the most out of the field before it’s rested. Minimal disruption was also considered for the two high schools located next door.”

For more information about this parking lot development at the Collicutt, visit www.reddeer.ca/collicuttcentre.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Bernice Andersen, a descendant of the first Icelandic settlers in Markerville shows her support for Iceland’s soccer team Wednesday.

‘Our ’72 Summit Series’: Markerville residents jump on Iceland’s Euro 2016 bandwagon

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MARKERVILLE — Whether they’re soccer fans or not, people in at least two Prairie communities will have more than a casual interest in Iceland’s Euro 2016 quarter-final soccer match against France on Sunday.

The Manitoba town of Gimli and its connections to Iceland are well known.

The area is called New Iceland and is home to the largest concentration of people of Icelandic ancestry outside the small Nordic nation.

But in the tiny hamlet of Markerville, about 30 kilometres off the main highway between Calgary and Edmonton near Red Deer, there is an Icelandic soccer fever that’s equally fervent.

Markerville was established in 1882 and boasts that Iceland’s beloved poet, Stephan G. Stephanson, settled in the area in 1889.

Locals say it is one of two muststop spots, along with Gimli, for any Icelander doing an Icelandic tour of Canada.

What Markerville lacks in size, it’s people make up for in passion.

When The Canadian Press arrived this week to take the temperature ahead of this weekend’s match, 20 people showed up at the local soccer pitch donning Viking helmets, waving flags

Suspect arrested in Eastview 7-Eleven robbery A Red Deer man is facing charges in the May 3 robbery of the Eastview 7-Eleven where the suspect wore a garbage bag on his head and punched a witness on his way out of the store.

Red Deer RCMP identified a suspect soon after the robbery and began searching for him. On June 17, a warrant was issued for the suspect’s arrest. Police arrested him without incident on June 28.

The 24-year-old man is charged with robbery, disguise with intent to commit offence and assault.

The man will appear in provincial court in Red Deer on July 6.

RCMP release sketch of suspect in attempted child abduction Sylvan Lake RCMP have released a composite sketch of the suspect who tired to abduct a 13-year-old girl on June 27.

The suspect is the driver of either a Kia Optima or a Mitsubishi Lancer 9.

The RCMP are asking anyone who may have any information that may assist in identifying the suspect(s) or SUSPECT suspect vehicle to contact the Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200, or call your local police detachment. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS), by internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by SMS (check your local Crime Stoppers [www.crimestoppers. ab.ca] for instructions.

Revenge porn trial slated for December A man accused of posting intimate photos on social media as a means of

and chanting.

Markerville has a population of 40.

“I’m very proud,” said Ellen Nina Ingolfsson, who was wearing a T-shirt that read “I’m Icelandic! What’s your excuse?”

“This is my country and Canada is too. But it’s like if Canada was winning in hockey — I’d be very proud and now I’m very proud of Iceland.”

Shane Budvarson just returned from visiting family in Iceland and was there for two of the games, including this week’s stunning victory over England that set up this weekend’s game.

“To them, it’s like our 1972 Summit Series,” said Budvarson. “They tear up when they talk about it. We went there and just kind of caught the fever.

“There were lots of flags, lots of partying, lots of drinking.”

There is no pub in Markerville so fans were looking at getting together to watch the match at someone’s home or making the 90-minute trip to Calgary for a get-together with other Icelanders there.

A number of Markerville residents admitted to not being soccer fans, until now.

“We’re kind of jump-on-the-bandwagon soccer fans. But we’re just proud of Iceland,” said Bernice Andersen, describing herself as an FBI — a “full-blooded Icelander.”

Some happily tried to participate in the clapping and grunting chant the team does after games.

“That is not really even a Viking clap,” laughed Ingolfsson. “It might even have come from Wales or England or some crazy place like that.

I’ve never heard it before at home.”

Across Canada, nearly 95,000 consider themselves Icelandic by ancestry, according to 2011 figures from Statistics Canada. Just this weekend, Eliza Reid, who grew up in the Ottawa Valley, was ushered in as first lady of Iceland after her husband, Gudni Johannesson, was elected as the country’s sixth president.

Not to be out done in Gimli, Scott Carman, the owner of the Ship & Plough Gastropub, was expecting a full house on Sunday and said it will be “off the hook.”

He’s planning to bring in Icelandic beer and liqueur and hand out Iceland flags. He may also add a TV to the patio for overflow.

Carman, who is not Icelandic, said he expects everyone to be Icelandic on Sunday, at least in spirit.

“Even if you’re not an Icelander or of Icelandic descent, I think people still have the sense that there’s something exciting going on and they want to be part of it.”

exacting revenge will go to trial in December.

Red Deer City RCMP charged Red Deer resident Robert Peter Kornelson, 35, with a single count of publishing sexually explicit photos without the subject’s consent after receiving a complaint late in November.

Kornelson is one of the first people in Canada to be charged with the offence, which had been added to the Criminal Code of Canada earlier in the year.

He is scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 6 and 7.

al event.

About 200 people turned up to party on the CP Rail-turned-pedestrian bridge last Saturday evening. Although the weather started out drizzly, it turned into a beautiful, warm night, said organizer Janice Shimek.

“I think the food truck people were happy … and a lot of people were dancing,” as local band The KlamDaggers played three sets.

Shimek raised about $9,000 for the street performers festival that will run in downtown Red Deer on July 29 and 30. She had hoped to raise $15,000 from the bridge bash, but believes there will still be enough money, “with some penny pinching,” to put on this year’s festival, as well as to put some funds away for 2017’s Centrefest.

Shimek is already considering possible dates for another bridge bash next summer.

Centrefest fundraiser deemed a success Centrefest’s benefit bridge bash was successful enough to become an annu-

VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SERVE ON ITS AUDIT COMMITTEE Red Deer Public Schools is seeking 2 community members with financial expertise and business knowledge to serve on its Audit Committee for a 2-year term effective September 1, 2016.

The Audit Committee is comprised of 3 Trustees and 2 independent members drawn from the community at large. The primary role of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Trustees in fulfilling its duties related to governance and oversight. The duties of the Audit Committee fall under the following key areas: the financial reporting process, internal control framework, risk management practices, performance and function of the board’s internal and external auditors and the board’s compliance with its obligations under legislation. The Committee meets at least 3 times a year, plus ad hoc meetings as required.

Candidate Eligibility: • Applicants must have sufficient accounting, senior financial management or other relevant business experience to understand public sector accounting and auditing standards.

• The applicant must demonstrate an interest in and commitment to public education and learning.

• The applicant must not be a current employee or officer of the board or of any other district school board or school authority.

• The applicant must not have a parent, child or spouse currently employed by the board.

Submission of Applications Suitably qualified candidates interested in serving on the Audit Committee are invited to n serving on the Audit Committee are invited to submit a letter of interest and resume by 4:00 p.m. on July 15, 2016 to: 4:00 p.m. on July 15, 2016 to: Colin Cairney, Corporate Treasurer Red Deer Public Schools 4747 53 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 2E6 Candidates who are short-listed may be requested to attend a private d to attend a private interview conducted by the Audit Committee’s Selection Committee. election Committee.

For information about the Red Deer Public Schools, ols, please visit www.rdpsd.ab.ca.

7670863G1

EDMONTON — Alberta’s labour minister is dismissing concerns from “well-funded lobby groups” about significant job losses and going ahead with the province’s plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The boost was a major plank in the NDP’s election platform during last year’s provincial election.

“Restaurants Canada and some of the well-funded lobby groups have been heard through this process and they were part of our consultations,” Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray said Thursday.

“I absolutely listened with interest.

And through the consultations we listened to small businesses, as well as employees who are low-wage earners, people who are lobbyists for various sides,” she said.

“We believe making sure every Albertan has a fair wage is most important.”

Gray announced that the current minimum wage of $11.20 will increase by $1 on Oct. 1, with an additional $1.40 in October of 2017 and another $1.40 in 2018.

Jan Reimer, executive director of Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, said the increase is significant, especially for women in need.

“We know that income security is the primary determinant of individual and community health. Alberta’s plan to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018 could be one of the most significant policy changes for Canadian health this decade,” Reimer said.

Gray said the key is getting more money into the pockets of low-income Albertans.

“We know that these increases will significantly help the nearly 300,000 Albertans who currently earn less than $15 per hour,” said Gray.

“Every Albertan should be able to afford rent, transportation and food.

These increases will help insure that low wage earners can at least meet their basic needs.”

Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann did not like the increase. He said many small businesses are already struggling with the economic downturn, so an increase in the minimum wage could be the end of a dream for many entrepreneurs.

“This government is clearly not attuned to the needs of business owners,” Swann said in a news release.

“Either they’re simply not listening or they’re too ideologically driven to acknowledge the timing of their plan needs to be reconsidered either way, they are not paying attention to the reality of the business climate today.

“I urge the government to take its head out of the sand and recognize the concerns of those that will be negatively affected by their policy,” Swann concluded. “This one-sided, top-down approach to the issue threatens to do more harm than good.”

A4

COMMENT

THE ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

Cameron lit the fuse on EU powder keg ROBERT MCGARVEY OPINION

A

ll of this was avoidable.

British Prime Minister David Cameron may have lit the fuse that may lead to the disintegration of the European Union, but it was the EU’s own actions in the early 1990s that proved to be the powder keg.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe faced a critical decision: enlarge the EU by admitting the former Soviet bloc countries or deepen the EU by strengthening its core. It made a terrible mistake by choosing to massively enlarge the EU. A far better option would have been to strengthen the European core with France, Germany and Britain leading a movement to structure a properly decentralized federation, united around common values, democratic institutions and an advanced post-industrial economy. Such a core could easily have withstood a free movement of peoples.

The resulting two-tiered EU with a common market could have admitted new members to the core when they had proven their democratic credentials and matured their economies to the point where they were compatible.

Instead, there was a rush to add new members and damn the consequences.

There’s no way to reverse these decisions, but a statesmen of vision might have articulated an option to fix these problems rather than leave, and create something truly historic. Regrettably, Cameron was not that statesman and the opportunity has also been lost.

Rather than win voters over with positive change, Cameron went on a spree of promises to earn victory in the last election. He bought the loyalty of the far right with the promise of a straight up ‘in or out’ referendum on remaining in the European Union.

Cameron’s lack of vision and insight crippled the Remain campaign from the onset. The branding tells the tale: Leave vs. Remain. Any competent advisor could have pointed out that Leave is the active choice, while Remain is passive and reactionary. A pro-Europe campaign with this messaging was always in trouble.

The European Union is certainly

flawed and the immigration crisis is overwhelming. Indeed, that should have been part of Cameron’s messaging. However, at no point did he argue convincingly that a strong Britain in Europe is the best (and perhaps the only) way of dealing with these problems. Rather, his Remain campaign was a tactical mess and rudderless.

And Cameron’s lack of leadership proved a disgrace to the office that once housed some of history’s most exceptional leaders. Even his command of the facts was lacking.

Having created a political vacuum with his ineptitude, Cameron has now unleashed dangerous forces within Britain itself. It is not inconceivable that a bitterly divided United Kingdom might shatter to pieces.

Not only did Scotland vote in favour of staying in Europe, but the day after the referendum Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon made it a top priority to immediately enter into negotiations with Brussels to “protect Scotland’s place in the EU.” It’s not impossible to imagine another Scottish referendum, and the very real possibility that a newly independent Scotland would opt to remain a member of the EU. An independent Scotland

could even adopt the Euro as a currency.

And that’s not the end of the potential for disintegration. Northern Ireland also voted to remain in the EU. The result has shaken the political foundations of this divided society so thoroughly that many are seriously considering Sinn Fein’s offer of a referendum on Irish reunification. A few months ago it was an impossibility; today it is conceivable that Northern Ireland could choose to stay in the EU and reunite with their fellow nationals in the Republic of Ireland, Aloof and wooden, Cameron’s record is dismal; not only was he tragically wrong on this referendum, his answer to Britain’s troubling budgetary woes was to implement a punishing and deeply divisive austerity.

While he will be remembered as an unexceptional man who won elections but lost the referendum that ultimately could leave the United Kingdom in pieces, the EU itself is hardly blameless for this debacle.

Troy Media columnist Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and former Managing Director of Merlin Consulting, a London, U.K.-based consulting firm.

Advocate letters policy

T

he Advocate welcomes letters on public issues from readers. Letters must be signed with the writer’s first and last name, plus address and phone number.

Pen names may not be used.

Letters will be published with the writer’s name. Addresses and phone numbers won’t be published.

Letters should be brief and deal with a single topic; try to keep them under 300 words.

The Advocate will not interfere with the free expression of opinion on public issues submitted by readers, but reserves the right to refuse publication and to edit all letters for public interest, length, clarity, legality, personal abuse or good taste.

The Advocate will not publish statements that indicate unlawful discrimination or intent to discriminate against a person or class of persons, or are likely to expose people to hatred or contempt because of race, colour, religious beliefs, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, source of income, marital status, family status or sexual orientation.

Due to the volume of letters we receive, some submissions may not be published.

Mail submissions or drop them off to Letters to the Editor, Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., T4R 1M9; or e-mail to editorial@ reddeeradvocate.com.

CETA on life support because of Brexit SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS OPINION

T

he Brexit vote has left Europe in a mess – and dealt a serious blow to Canada’s trade pros-

pects.

The British pound is dropping, world markets are scrambling and most are wondering how the political establishment will address what appears to be a constitutional vacuum related to exiting member-states of the European Union. It speaks to how ill-prepared the union was to such an eventuality.

Yet the biggest casualty of Brexit will likely be global trading.

And Canada may pay a huge price, since our Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the EU is still under negotiation and won’t be ratified any time soon. And with so much uncertainty in agricultural policies particularly, CETA is undoubtedly on life support, at best.

CETA emphasizes Canada’s relaRED DEER

www.reddeeradvocate.com Main switchboard 403-343-2400

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER Published at 2950 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 1M9

by The Red Deer Advocate Ltd. Canadian Publications Agreement #336602 Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation

tionship with the EU and was Canada’s greatest chance to become a significant portal between both continents.

The United Kingdom is one of our top food trading partners within the EU and there was great potential to further increase trade in certain commodities.

The plan had merit. While more pork, beef and maple syrup went one way, more good European cheeses and other dairy products would come our way. Indeed, CETA would finally create a much-needed breach in our highly-protectionist supply management system that imposes high tariffs on imports and sets production quotas.

All provinces were highly engaged in these negotiations, offsetting potential backlash from quota-happy provinces like Quebec and Ontario.

Unlike the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the political process that led to CETA was textbook. And the implications were potentially transformational for our nation, which has mainly been trade-reliant for decades.

At the same time, the United States was pursuing a deal with Europe. But given the protectionist policy undertones coming from the camps of presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it is unlikely that the News News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports reporter 403-314-4338 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Advertising: 403-314-4343 Fax: 403-342-4051 advertising@reddeeradvocate.com

Mary Kemmis Publisher mkemmis@reddeeradvocate.com

U.S. and the EU will sign a deal any time soon.

For Europe, Canada was second fiddle to the almighty American market and the fear of being overshadowed by the U.S. was real. CETA was our chance to leap ahead of our southern neighbours, at least for a while. It was a great opportunity to embrace a new status as a genuine trading economy.

Brexit, however, has made the situation much more convoluted for all nations involved, including Canada.

First, the EU needs to figure out what it will do with its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). CAP is a big deal — it represents over 40 per cent of the entire EU budget. More than 55 per cent of farmer income support in Britain stems from CAP, which has been in existence since 1957. So CAP comes with extreme political and fiscal baggage.

Leaving the EU means Britain must find ways to support its agriculture industry and that may cost billions.

Before thinking about new trade deals, U.K. farmers will surely want to address domestic issues.

One possible approach is the Swiss model, where food sovereignty is the driving force behind most related policies. Consumption of locally-grown

Alberta Press Council member The Red Deer Advocate is a sponsoring member of the Alberta Press Council, an independent body that promotes and protects the established freedoms of the press and advocates freedom of information. The Alberta Press Council upholds the public’s right to full, fair and accurate news reporting by considering complaints, within 60 days of publication, regarding the publication of news and the accuracy of facts used to support opinion. The council is comprised of public members and representatives of member newspapers.

commodities is paramount.

However, that approach tends to allow less efficient production systems to emerge and pushes up food prices.

Food inflation has not been a recent issue in the U.K. but this approach could change that.

This would not be good news for Canada.

More than 60 per cent of farmers voted in favour of Brexit. That support was likely galvanized by prohibitive herbicides regulations and restrictive policies related to genetically modified crops. Now that Brexit is a reality, it will be interesting to see how the CAP situation is resolved through negotiations between the Brits and the EU. Realistically, though, it will take months — and perhaps years — to settle the CAP situation. And that means that if CETA is ratified any time soon, agricultural issues would likely be left out.

Or, simply, that CETA is as good as dead.

Troy Media columnist Sylvain Charlebois is dean of the Faculty of Management and professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University.

The Press Council’s address: PO Box 2576, Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 8G8. Phone 403-5804104. Email: abpress@telus.net. Website: www.albertapresscouncil.ca.

Publisher’s notice The Publisher reserves the right to edit or reject any advertising copy; to omit or discontinue any advertisement. The advertiser agrees that the Publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of error in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurs.

Call 403-314-4300 to subscribe for as little as $15 a month

twitter.com/RedDeerAdvocate

facebook.com/RDAdvocate

Josh Aldrich

Wendy Moore

Deb Reitmeier

Managing editor jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Advertising sales manager wmoore@reddeeradvocate.com

Circulation manager dreirmeier@reddeeradvocate.com

NEWS

Friday, July 1, 2016

A5

Funnel cloud threatens Ponoka

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alberta BRIEFS School named after Calgary politician who died following highway crash CALGARY — A school is being named after a member of the Alberta legislature who died following a highway crash last year.

Manmeet Singh Bhullar School is to open in Calgary in September 2017.

Bhullar was on his way to Edmonton from Calgary last November, when he stopped to help a stranded motorist.

After getting out of his vehicle, he was struck by a semi that had lost control. He later died in hospital.

Bhullar served in three cabinet portfolios — Service Alberta, Human Services and Infrastructure — under the previous Progressive Conservative government.

Big salaries at two largest universities disclosed under sunshine law EDMONTON — New salary disclosures show it can really pay to work at one of Alberta’s two largest universities.

Steve Bryant, a University of Cal-

STORIES FROM PAGE A1

TALKS: Extension rejected He said the union’s counter offer will likely be provided before Sunday.

He said the union needs to get clear on what the employer has offered because what was sent to the national union and what the employer told workers doesn’t match up.

This week CUPW proposed talks be extended by two weeks and delay the possibility of lockout or strike. Canada Post rejected the idea.

“We don’t want a labour disruption.

We don’t want to go on strike. We’re middle class. Going without a pay cheque is going to hurt our members,” Dionne said.

In the event of postal disruption, government cheques will still be delivered.

In 2011 when contract negotiations collapsed, CUPW began a series of rotating strikes followed by Canada Post locking out its workers. After 27 days, workers were back on the job after the federal government imposed back to work legislation.

Two months ago, the Ontario Superior Court ruled the federal government violated CUPW members’ freedom of association and expression by legislating them back to work in 2011. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

TRAIL: Council has two options She offers council two options: Consider offering a new level of service and moving ahead with the project or not proceeding with the project and returning funds that have been granted so far by Trans Canada Trail and Alberta TrailNet.

Photo by KEVIN WALCHESKE

Kevin Walcheske said his sister’s house, seen here, had the back and the sun room ripped off by a twister that touched down in the Town of Ponoka There have been some tense moments at the Ponoka Stampede after a large funnel cloud moved through the area. Environment Canada issued a tornado warning Thursday evening for the area north of Red Deer. there were no injuries.

“Her kids were home, but she phoned and told them to go downstairs,” he said of his sister. “She was on her way home, but by the time she got there the damage was done.”

He said when the storm came in

sounding like a freight train, he and his four-year-old son scurried downstairs.

“It started off as a funnel, and then it just went down, and back up, and down, and back up,” he said. “It was pretty scary. It was a big, bad, ugly

gary nanotechnology research chairman, earned $737,000 in pay and perks last year.

Former University of Alberta president Indira Samarasekera took home about $584,000.

Under Alberta law, public sector organizations must disclose the salaries of anyone who receives more than $125,000 per year in compensation.

The University of Alberta says 1,483 of its staff earned that or more last year — just over 10 per cent of its staff.

Both universities defended the salaries, saying they compete with other schools to attract and retain highly qualified academics.

CFB Suffield, southeast of Calgary.

The incident happened Wednesday morning along Highway 884.

It’s still unclear what the soldier was doing on the road at the time.

Redcliff RCMP Integrated Traffic Unit, the British Royal Military Police, Canadian Military Police, CFB Suffield Fire Services and EMS all responded to the scene.

Mounties say at this stage, no charges are being considered against the driver of the truck.

Former teacher sentenced for child sex crimes, pornography LETHBRIDGE — A former southern Alberta teacher has been sentenced to 12 years for sex crimes against young boys.

Jamey Kristian, who is 39, earlier pleaded guilty to sexual assault and sexual interference, along with child pornography offences.

Court heard Kristian took photos of some of his victims in change rooms at two Lethbridge swimming pools.

Kristian was a teacher at an elementary school in the nearby town of Raymond.

A judge also ordered Kristian to be registered for life as a sex offender.

British soldier hit by semitruck near training base

Giraffe delivers dead baby during transport to Calgary Zoo from San Diego CALGARY — Officials at the Calgary Zoo say a giraffe suffered a miscarriage while being transported from the United States.

A statement from the zoo says the five-year-old Masai giraffe had been seen breeding a few months earlier at the San Diego Zoo. The animal didn’t show any signs of pregnancy and staff at both zoos determined it was safe to transport it Monday.

The statement says the giraffe was under constant observation during the trip and workers took action when they saw it had delivered a dead calf.

The giraffe was examined by a veterinarian and arrived safely in Calgary late Wednesday.

cloud.”

Walcheske said he doesn’t think any of the houses will be a total loss: “Not flattened, just cosmetic damage and a lot of debris floating about.”

Parents charged with failing to provide necessaries of life in toddler drowning MORINVILLE — Mounties have charged the parents of a child who drowned in a pond north of Edmonton in 2015.

A 2 ½-year-old girl drowned in a pond in The Lakes neighbourhood of Morinville on July 25, 2015.

RCMP allege the child was not under adult supervision at the time of her drowning.

Trevor MacDonald, who is 42, and Robin MacDonald, who is 36, both of Morinville, are each charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life.

The couple is to appear Aug. 4 in Morinville provincial court.

Fishing guide says 2013 impacted part of Bow River, depleted trout populations CALGARY — A seasoned fishing guide says trout populations have collapsed in part of the Bow River in southern Alberta and the decrease in fish is largely due to an increase in water temperature.

Eric Grinnell, a Bow River guide for more than 35 years, says cold water fish species have virtually disappeared from the river south of the Carseland Weir.

SUFFIELD — A British soldier’s condition has been upgraded to stable after being hit by a semi-truck near Pettypiece said county council has been reluctant to take on the role of building and maintaining the trail.

In a letter to council, he expressed concern that monies promised by Trans Canada and Alberta TrailNet will be diverted to other projects if the county decides against building the Springbrook section in time for the 2017 deadline.

In a letter to the county’s mayor and council, Pettypiece expressed concern for the safety of people who bike along Hwy 2A. “Based on experience elsewhere, we are very confident that there are a lot more people who would bike to and from Red Deer and Penhold if there was a safe alternative to the highway,” he wrote.

Roadways will be used as temporary links for those portions of the Trans Canada Trail that have not been finished by the fall of 2017, he said. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

ALGAE: Don’t drink untreated water Residents are reminded to never drink or cook with untreated water directly from any lake, including Alix Lake, at any time. Boiling lake water will not remove the toxins produced by blue-green algae. An alternate source of drinking water should also be provided for pets and livestock while the advisory is active.

Weather and wind conditions can cause algae blooms to move from one location in the lake to another. The advisory is in effect for Alix Lake until further notice.

Other areas of Alix Lake where the blue-green algae bloom is not visible can still be used for recreational purposes.

If you suspect a problem related to blue-green algae, or for information on health concerns and blue-green algae, please call Health Link at 811 or visit www.ahs.ca/bga.

We never forget to help. Even when they forget to ask.

Forgetfulness is one thing, but if you have a loved one who’s forgetting more and more every day, we can help.

Whether it’s a safe, comfortable environment, or round-the-clock care and support, our Memory Care program gives you peace of mind that’s unforgettable.

Call today to find out how we can help.

Our Red Deer communities: Aspen Ridge 3100-22nd St • 403-341-5522 Inglewood 10 Inglewood Dr • 403-346-1134

7666147F25-G1

PONOKA — There were some tense moments among a large crowd at an annual stampede in Ponoka on Thursday night as a huge, swirling twister hovered near the scene for an uncomfortable length of time.

Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for Ponoka, and the nearby community of Maskwacis, though it was later downgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning.

Social media was deluged with photos and videos of the funnel cloud, including one that showed cowboys at the Ponoka Stampede watching the cloud while their horses wandered calmly nearby.

Fortunately, Stampede spokesman Blair Vold said the system went around the packed grandstand, so officials didn’t feel it was in their best interest to try to evacuate the site.

Residents in one neighbourhood within the town weren’t so fortunate — witnesses said four or five houses appeared to have sustained serious damage in the storm.

Kevin Walcheske said his sister’s house a block away from his had the back and the sun room ripped off.

“Windows are all smashed out, a trampoline is up in the trees, and there’s trees through vehicles,” he described. “All of her stuff in the back yard is just destroyed.”

Another neighbour lost the side of his house members of the fire department were up on ladders Thursday night taping it off.

Walcheske said as far as he knows,

A6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

25,000 when you spend $250† in-store.

That’s $25 in rewards.

no name® smoked sausage

5 20734142

97

Thursday, June 30th to Thursday, July 7th, 2016.

Wonder hot dog or hamburger buns

Farmer’s Market™ tomatoes on the vine

white or whole wheat, pkg. of 12

product of Western provinces

2

selected varieties, 900 g

20520828

ea

When you spend $250 or more in store before applicable taxes and after all other coupons, discounts or PC® Points redemptions are deducted, in a single transaction at any participating store location [excludes purchases of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated], you will earn the points indicated. Product availability may vary by store. We are not obligated to award points based on errors or misprints. †

77

.86 20026703001

ea

/lb 1.90 /kg

Ziggy’s® meat strips

PC® or Blue Menu® sirloin beef or prime rib burgers selected varieties, frozen, 1.02 - 1.36 kg 20941443

10

selected varieties, 150-200 g

98

9 101675

ea

2/

Coca-Cola or Pepsi soft drinks

6

OR

5.00 EACH

1

20799093

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

9.99

97

frozen, 680 g bag

3

94

ea

While quantities last.

Popsicles selected varieties, frozen, 10-12’s

900 g

20308197004 / 20306687003

Seaquest® pollock fillets 20101999

McCain hash browns

selected varieties, 24 X 355 mL

77

00

2 20684180

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

2.27

97

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

5.27

LIMITED TIME OFFER!

Thursday, June 30th to Sunday, July 3rd

2

selected varieties, 255 g

47

20868465001

ea

LIMIT 2

AFTER LIMIT

3.00

7 SATURDAY & SUNDAY

ALL CAMP CHAIRS

00

2/

selection varies by store, while quantities last

OR

2.99 EACH

After Bite gel regular or kids

selected varieties and sizes

97

4

946 mL 20936902

Coppertone suncare 20745911

40% OFF

PC® Organics lemonade

Old Dutch potato chips

4

selected varieties, 20 g

47

20308989002

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

9.99

ALL

ea

LIMIT 4

AFTER LIMIT

5.49

CHECKOUT LANES OPEN GUARANTEED† 10AM - 6PM

unless we are unable due to unforeseen technical difficulties. †

Prices effective Thursday, June 30 to Sunday, July 3, 2016 or while stock lasts.

Quantities and/or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in all stores. No rainchecks. No substitutions on clearance items or where quantities are advertised as limited. Advertised pricing and product selection (flavour, colour, patterns, style) may vary by store location. We reserve the right to limit quantities to reasonable family requirements. We are not obligated to sell items based on errors or misprints in typography or photography. Coupons must be presented and redeemed at time of purchase. Applicable taxes, deposits, or environmental surcharges are extra. No sales to retail outlets. Some items may have “plus deposit and environmental charge” where applicable. ®/™ The trademarks, service marks and logos displayed in this flyer are trademarks of Loblaws Inc. and others. All rights reserved. © 2016 Loblaws Inc. * we match prices! Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ flyer items. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s flyer advertisement. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and in the case of fresh produce, meat, seafood and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us). We will not match competitors’ “multibuys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this program at any time.

Customer Relations: 1-866-999-9890.

superstore.ca

B1

SPORTS

THE ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

Frank finds way into Ponoka finals DIANNE FINSTAD RODEO Bull riding may be hailed as rodeo’s toughest event, but at the Ponoka Stampede, steer wrestling deserves equal billing. As Canada’s biggest rodeo neared the half way point, only six bulldoggers had been able to catch both their steers. That meant Thursday’s crew only had to get their steers thrown down to put themselves on the top twelve qualifying list for the Finals.

But Dallas Frank did a little more than that. The Stony Plain cowboy has had the Midas touch the past month, and he tapped it again at Ponoka.

Frank’s best run came in the morning, but he still got the job done in the afternoon performance. The 9.6 second time combined with his earlier 5.2 gives him second place overall with a 14.8 second total, behind the 13.2 seconds from leader Harley Cole.

Frank had a tough day on the wardrobe, though, and it wasn’t just from the muddy infield.

“It’s funny. On my first run the steer pawed me in the back, ripped my shirt and sawed my belt in half.

Then, I ripped another shirt here,” complained Frank, who was on his way to the local western wear store.

“Jones Boys is gonna like me. They should probably sponsor me,” he joked.

While Frank wasn’t particularly happy with his performance on the second steer, the end result was still effective.

“There’s a lot of luck that goes on here. The fans look at the scoreboard and think it should be quicker, because they watch Calgary (Stampede) on TV. But this is a totally different ball game. There’s a lot of variables here with the fresh steers, and the

chaser, and the hazer. It’s hard to get two lined out.”

Add to that a few rain showers, which threw some sticky ground into the mix.

“My feet stuck, and I ended up messing around and ripping my shirt.

But I got him down, so that’s the main thing.”

Despite the extra challenges of the long score run in Ponoka, Frank swears it’s the kind of run that’s right up his alley.

“I’d go to forty of these if they had ‘em. It just gets your blood pumping.

One guy said earlier ‘if this doesn’t light your fire, your wood’s wet,” he laughed.

Frank has had a profitable few weeks, winning Innisfail ($2,305) and High River ($2,032). He’s sitting fifth in Canada now, and adding in a big cheque from Ponoka could pave the way to his ‘hometown’ rodeo, the Canadian Finals, in Edmonton.

The 37-year-old has been around rodeo long enough to know there’s no such thing as a sure thing, so he still wants to focus on the task in front of him at Ponoka.

“If I can just hold my spot and come back for the top four here, that’d be great. I haven’t been there for a long time.”

They did manage to get a few more bulls ridden at the 80th Stampede on Thursday afternoon, and the count is now up to seven qualified rides. Best of the bunch came from defending Ponoka champion Dakota Buttar. He won the knife fight with a renegade called Compton Bound, for 87.25 points to set the new lead in the event. After all, he did have a score to settle.

“I got on him last year in Cochrane and I slapped him (disqualified) to be a bunch of points. I was pretty happy when I drew him here,” said the twotime Canadian champion, who calls Kindersley, SK home.

But Buttar wasn’t in prime shape, since dislocating his shoulder in Saturday’s PBR Canada event in Ponoka.

Photo by JORDIE DWYER/Ponoka News

Wrestling a steer takes timing, effort and apparently a mean face as demonstrated by Dayton Roworth from Czar during his run in the Thursday performance at the Ponoka Stampede. Roworth had a difficult time with the steer, clocking in at 10.4 seconds.

“It’s pretty sore. But (Canadian Pro Rodeo) Sports Medicine has got it feeling pretty good. The last few days they’ve massaged it for quite a while and then do chiropractic work on it for a bit. During the ride I don’t really notice it, but right after I do,” winced Buttar.

Buttar looked in total control of the ride, even managing to spur the bull a few times. But as soon as the whistle went, he came off in a dangerous spot,

with the bull right above him. They call that ‘the well’.

“He started sucking me down a bit.

Then I pulled my wrap, and my hand popped out of my rope, and I just fell in. I didn’t mean to do that,” he confessed. “That was bad on my part. The sand is deep in there, though, and he just kept pushing me in the sand, so it didn’t hurt.”

See RODEO on Page B2

Harris leads Redblacks to win over Alouettes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Redblacks 28 Alouettes 13 MONTREAL — The rivalry between Montreal and Ottawa is heating up and so far the Redblacks have the upper hand.

Trevor Harris, making his first start in place of injured Henry Burris, passed for 395 yards and threw touchdowns to Ernest Jackson, Greg Ellingson and Chris Williams as the Redblacks defeated the Alouettes 2813 on Thursday night.

But all the post-game talk was about an incident at 7:35 of the third quarter when Alouettes receiver Duron Carter and Ottawa defensive back Jerrell Gavins were ejected after a wild melee at the Redblacks bench.

Carter was hammered as he made a spectacular catch in the end zone.

Then he was walking by the Ottawa bench and bumped into head coach Rick Campbell, knocking him over.

The Redblacks rushed to Campbell’s defence, throwing slaps and shots at Carter, who continued his celebration straight through the Ottawa bench area to his own bench, which is on the same side of the field.

“To tell the truth, I don’t even know

‘I KNOW HE’S A VERY GOOD PLAYER AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DON’T NEED STUFF LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN, PUT IT THAT WAY. YOU TRY TO STEER THOSE GUYS AWAY SO YOU CAN KEEP THE PEACE. AND IT’S A LEAGUE RULE THAT YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING OR WALKING THROUGH THE OTHER BENCH OR NEAR THE OTHER BENCH.’ —RICK CAMPBELL REDBLACKS HEAD COACH ON ALTERCATION WITH ALOUETTES WIDE RECEIVER DURON CARTER

what happened,” said Carter, the Alouettes top receiver who returned to Montreal after a year in the NFL. “I ran into the coach, apparently.

“I didn’t even know I knocked him over. It’s an emotional game. I’m excited. I got hit. I got a cut on my face from that hit. You tell me.”

Now the CFL will decide whether there will be suspensions.

“He gave me a decent shoulder,” said Campbell. “I mean he came in.

“I know he’s a very good player and all that stuff but obviously we don’t need stuff like that to happen, put it that way. You try to steer those guys away so you can keep the peace. And it’s a league rule that you’re not supposed to be talking or walking through the other bench or near the other bench.”

The incident distracted attention from a second straight strong performance and a second road win to start to season for Ottawa, which put the game away after the Carter touchdown with a pair of Chris Milo field goals and a 52-yard TD catch by a wide open Williams at 8:53 of the fourth quarter.

Harris, an off-season signing, relieved Burris in an overtime win in Edmonton last week in which he also threw three TD strikes. Williams was his favourite target again on Thursday with seven catches for 187 yards.

“You can see he’s a veteran guy,” said Campbell.

“He doesn’t get fazed, even managing the end of the game.”

Boris Bede had a field goal for Montreal (1-1) before 21,522 at Percival Molson Stadium. The Alouettes lost all three meetings between the teams last season and couldn’t solve the Redblacks again. Kevin Glenn completed

26 passes for 259 yards — nine of them to Nik Lewis for 114 yards.

Travon Van ran wild as the Redblacks built a 14-5 halftime lead, gaining 86 yards on 12 carries and paving the way for two TD throws, before the running back left with what Campbell called a minor injury.

After the teams exchanged singles in the opening quarter, Bede missed a 36-yard field-goal attempt to give Montreal a brief 2-1 lead.

Harris then led a six-play drive capped by an eight-yard toss to Jackson. A two-point conversion attempt failed. He rolled out left soon after and threw on the run to Ellingson for a 13-yard TD. This time, Milo kicked the convert.

Bede was good from 53 yards on the final play of the half for Montreal.

Montreal receiver S.J. Green left in the first quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.

Ottawa linebacker Olivier Goulet-Veilleux was wheeled off in the second quarter after he appeared to jam a knee or ankle while joining in a special teams tackle. Campbell said he broke a leg and will be out long-term.

Burris ended a streak of 73 consecutive games started. He is out six weeks with a broken finger.

Marlins Swim Club has strong history on provincial scene DANNY RODE LOCAL SPORT When you talk swimming in Red Deer more often than not it’s about the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club.

And while the Catalina club is a premier year-round club, producing a number of outstanding national calibre athletes, the Red Deer Marlins Swim Club has received it’s share of accolades as well.

The Marlins, which were created in 1977, have won a number of provincial Alberta Summer Swim Association (ASSA) titles over the years, and even this year, in what is called a rebuilding season, the club is ranked fifth among larger programs in the province.

“It is a rebuilding year as we started the season with 21 kids who couldn’t swim more than five metres,” said club president Amanda Halford, who has 96 swimmers overall.

“We have a good group of younger kids, starting at age four, who are just learning and learning to be competitive. By the time they’re nine or 10 competition is second nature to them.

“We’re very proud of the club and what it’s accomplished over the years.

We’ve won a number of provincial titles, although this year it will be tougher as we lost 10 kids to the Catalina club.”

But watching their kids move to the Catalina club is fine by Halford.

“They find they’re interested in tak-

ing their swimming to a higher level and competing nationally, if possible,” said Halford, who started swimming with the Marlins in 1981 and has been with the program ever since. She competed for 11 years, coached for six and is now in her first year as president.

This year’s edition of the Marlins isn’t the biggest, but the 96 competitors is about right for the coaching staff.

“We’ve been as big as 115, but around 100 is about right for the pool time we have,” explained Halford.

The Marlins mainly practice at the Michener Centre pool, although once the Catalina Club and the Master Sharks Club take a summer break they have plenty of time to train at the Recreation Centre.

“We start our season in May and until July and August we struggle to find pool time. A lot of times we go early in the morning or later at night. So July and August is great.”

The Marlins run until the second week of August and includes kids from age four to 17.

“The majority of the kids we have are looking for something to do in the summer and a way to stay in shape. We get a lot of kids who are involved in triathlon, play AA or AAA hockey and a lot of volleyball players,” said Halford.

Sarah Broen is the club’s head coach with former swimmer, AJ Mahoney the technical coach and Hunting Hills High School teacher, Jon Davies, the mentor coach.

“We also have six other regular coaches and two junior coaches, aged 15-16,” said Halford. “It’s a good group and we have enough coaches to handle all the groups.”

Murray Crawford, Sports Reporter, 403-314-4338 E-mail mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Marlins Swim Club athlete Maddison Kahut comes up for air as she trains with teammates at the Michener Centre Pool.

Halford explained they like having four or five swimmers in the younger kids pre-competition groups.

“There’s a lot of technical work and the more individual work the better,” she said.

While the club concentrates more on competing at the provincial level than the national level, the ASSA has put together an all-star team of eight swimmers, who have A qualifying times, to compete against the yearround athletes this weekend. Four of the eight — Tyler Driesen, Owen Halford, Cale Kooyman and Erik Sveinson — are from the Marlins.

Kooyman is ranked No. 1 in the AS-

>>>>

SA in the 15-17 year-old 50 and 100-metre breaststroke and 100m Individual Medley. Driesen is ranked No. 1 in the 15-17 100m butterfly. The ASSA has 3,297 swimmers from 58 clubs, competing on the 25m short course.

The Marlins are also ranked No. 1 in four relays.

Two members of the Marlins — 13-year-old Madison Kohut and 11 year-old Chloe Becher — will also compete in the Alberta Summer Games.

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

SEE MORE ONLINE AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM

SPORTS

Friday, July 1, 2016

B2

Oilers counting on Larsson to fill big need

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli came pretty close to apologizing for the widely expected, but still surprising trade that sent former No. 1 overall pick Taylor Hall to New Jersey.

“It’s unfortunate in these deals (that) this is what you have to do,” Chiarelli said, but added he was getting back “a player that I’ve watched very closely this year and I can see his game trending up and it was time to act on it.”

That player is 23-year-old Adam Larsson, the fourth overall pick from the 2011 draft and someone Chiarelli is now counting on to fill a big hole on defence. Larsson has already been in the league for five seasons, joining the Devils as a 19-year-old, but he’s only begun to find his way in the NHL. “I think he’s only scratched the surface,” Chiarelli said.

Like Edmonton, New Jersey was desperately searching for a “cornerstone” defenceman when they picked Larsson with the No. 4 pick at the 2011 draft in Minnesota. They had him ranked in their top three.

“Going into the year he was projected maybe to be the top guy,” recalled David Conte, the Devils head of amateur scouting at the time. “I envisioned him being a guy you’d have out there 20-23 minutes a game and being pretty much a complete, all-around player.”

Though general reaction has mostly condemned the move for Edmonton, Conte thinks the Oilers did well to solve a need. He believes Larsson is already reaching the potential New Jersey believed he had, that of a top-pairing defenceman capable of moving the puck effectively while soaking up big minutes.

Conte, who was relieved of his duties with the Devils last summer, still rhymes statistics of the club and its players off the top of his head. He notes Larsson led the defence with 17

even-strength points, a glowing positive given the responsibilities he was tasked with in New Jersey.

The Devils used Larsson on their top pair, matching him against top lines with a heavy number of starts in the defensive zone. He saw next to no time on the power play and absorbed the third-most penalty killing minutes of any defenceman in the league for the Devils eighth-ranked penalty kill.

The minutes weren’t easy, yet Conte said Larsson managed to more than hold his own.

The numbers might suggest otherwise. Larsson held a 45 per cent evenstrength puck possession mark that was among the worst at the defence position last year, though in comparison to his own teammates the number was actually close to par the Devils kept the puck only slightly less with Larsson on the ice despite the difficulty of his minutes.

It also appears that Larsson may have been hurt playing alongside 33-year-old Andy Greene as well as a Devils squad that scored fewer goals than any team in the league.

Conte, who still watches the Devils and NHL closely, believes Larsson made “big strides” in a shutdown role “on a team that didn’t score in front of him. And his offence should greatly improve because he’ll do a little better moving the puck up to Connor McDavid than he would Tyler Kennedy.”

Larsson’s 17 even-strength points would have actually led the Oilers defence last season.

His development followed a sometimes rocky path. Entering the league as a raw teenager, Larsson bounced in and out of the Devils lineup and was briefly sent to the AHL. Chiarelli is gambling on Larsson’s upside, a bet that may be worth taking given the sometimes lengthy curve of development for defencemen. Just a few years ago, Victor Hedman, another big, easy-moving Swede picked in the top-five, was deemed to be a draft

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Joe Vitale (46) is checked into the boards by New Jersey Devils’ Adam Larsson (5) during an NHL game in Pittsburgh. Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli came pretty close to apologizing for the widely expected, but still surprising trade that sent former No. 1 overall pick Taylor Hall to New Jersey. misfire for Tampa. He broke out with 13 goals and 55 points in his fifth NHL season and is now a Norris Trophy contender.

Conte acknowledges that Larsson is a different player than Hedman, but may just boast the same upside.

“I guess the question you would ask and a better way to put it is if Tampa had been able to trade Hedman for Hall three years ago what would anybody have said? Probably the same thing they’re saying now,” Conte said.

“And if they did it today they’d be saying ‘What’s Tampa thinking?”’

Conte said Larsson is the sort of

person dedicated to improvement, someone who thinks team first. He believes Larsson is already a defenceman of top-pairing quality and will feed that need immediately for the Oilers.

“It’s not like he’s taking Kevin Lowe’s place,” Conte said.

“They’ve got great forwards, (but) they’ve got to get the puck before they can do anything. Whether the fans want the glitz and glamour and (a) spectacular player, the guys on the team that are getting the puck and getting that first pass they’re going to like him.”

NHL free agent pool still Cote to help coach at Cane’s development camp deep without Stamkos

Canadian Hockey League team and one of only two who played for a Western Hockey League team. Forward Mark Kastelic of the Calgary Hitmen is the other.

A right winger, Pratt played in 56 games for the Rebels this season, scoring eight goals and four assists. The six-foot-two, 212 pounder will turn 17 on July 30.

The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament goes from Aug. 8 to 13 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Bratislava, Slovakia.

The big fish is gone, so teams will circle around other targets when NHL free agency opens Friday.

Even with Steven Stamkos staying with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a $68 million, eight-year deal, the free agent market presents plenty of bigtime players from forwards Milan Lucic, Loui Eriksson and Kyle Okposo to defencemen Brian Campbell and Dan Hamhuis.

“There’s some high-end guys this year and it’ll be interesting to see what they get paid,” Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said. “I think the market will fall into place after those guys find destinations and establish the top salary level.”

Stamkos’ $8.5 million cap hit could set that bar, even though he acknowledged taking less money than he could’ve made on the open market.

“Some people when they’re in this position chase obviously the most money possible,” Stamkos said on a conference call Thursday.

“For me I recognized the situation. … There could be some money left out there, but for me that’s not what it’s about.”

More than a handful of players should be able to cash in even though the salary cap only went up slightly to $73 million.

The Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings were among the teams that expressed interest in Stamkos. Now they’ll have to circle back to Plan B, which could include Okposo, Eriksson, St. Louis Blues captain David Backes and right wing Troy Brouwer, Chicago Blackhawks left wing Andrew Ladd and New York Rangers forward Eric Staal.

Lucic has been linked to Edmonton after the Oilers traded Taylor Hall to the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.

“I’m hoping a lot of those guys go quickly because the trickle-down effect is always how everybody else figures out where things are going to go,” Brouwer said Wednesday.

“You’re going to see the top guys, and they’re always going to get their money. The big dogs always get to eat first.”

Brouwer went from being unsure about landing a long-term deal going into the final year of his contract to being in line for one after scoring eight playoff goals. Okposo impressed

with 64 points in the regular season, and Capitals left wing Jason Chimera set himself up for a nice deal with 20 goals.

The defence market is weaker after the Florida Panthers traded for and signed Keith Yandle and the Arizona Coyotes did the same with Alex Goligoski. But Campbell is willing to take a short-term deal to try to win another Stanley Cup. That was one of the motivations for Stamkos in taking below market value to re-sign with Tampa Bay. “We’re trying to put as competitive a team on the ice (as possible) and we asked Stammer, will you work with us on this?” Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said.

“Stammer’s contract, he’s the captain of our team, he’s our leading goal-scorer, he plays in all situations.

The contract, it works for us.”

Predators GM David Poile, who acquired defenceman P.K. Subban from the Montreal Canadiens for Shea Weber, said a lot of players have been re-signed by their teams before unrestricted free agency, much like years before.

The only problem is that while the crop is deep, the cap space isn’t.

“How many teams are going to be capable of adding free agents? There are going to be a few,” Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray said.

“There is going to be a flurry in the beginning, but if you recall last year at this time, there was a flurry, and then it went dead. I’m thinking that could become more of the norm going forward. There are too many players for jobs.”

For some teams, like the Lightning and the Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins, maintaining is more important than adding. The Blackhawks, who won in 2010, 2013 and 2015, don’t have the space to add much, but GM Stan Bowman knows how to take his chances at bargain buys.

There should be no shortage of those, either, starting with Staal, who at 31 isn’t a superstar but still has something left in the tank. Stamkos himself might be a bargain based on his point-a-game production.

“At the age of 26, I believe a player is really entering the prime of their career,” Yzerman said. “He’s going into his peak years now. Regardless of what happens statistically, that to me is an indicator of playing your best hockey.

I think Stammer’s best years are ahead of him.”

bronc riding Thursday, to sit in a tie for fourth place behind the 85.75 points of leader Clay Elliott of Nanton.

Tie-down roper Dean Edge of Rimbey was fast man in his event, putting together a pair of runs in 20.8 seconds.

But he’s in the precarious eleventh spot in the standings, so two faster ropers over the next two days and he could be out of the Finals round.

Jake Hannum of Utah is still the front man with 17.0 seconds. Riley Wilson of Cardston and Kyle Smith of Brant managed to snag a spot on the team roping leaderboard with their 13.5 second total. They’re sitting sixth, with the 10.5 seconds from Ponoka’s Levi Simpson and Jeremy Buhler still leading.

The third cowgirl to break the eighteen second barrier in barrel racing at Ponoka did so dramatically. Carman Pozzobon of Savona, BC, came around the pattern and stopped the clock in

17.601 seconds, three tenths faster than previous leader Kirsty White of Big Valley.

“I just started back about four weeks ago,” said Pozzobon, who ran first for the day on her six-year-old horse Rippin’ Lady. “I broke my collarbone, so I’ve been trying to play catch up.”

“I was surprised at what I clocked at, but she felt really good. She was tight on that first barrel and as soon as I got that first, I knew she was going to clock good. I didn’t expect that.”

There’s a new leader in novice bareback riding, and he’s from Sylvan Lake. Tanner Young takes the top spot with a 77, with Dawson Dahm still in front for novice saddle bronc. Brandon Tetz of Cremona is now first in steer riding with his score of 75.5.

Even after a tornado warning and on and off rains all afternoon at the

Ponoka Stampede, by the time the wagons rolled, night 3 still produced some good running times and exciting chuckwagon races in front of a nearly full capacity crowd. When times were tabulated for the night, it was rookie driver Cody Fraser who emerged as the day money winner after posting a 1:14.77 from barrel number 3 in the opening heat.

Fraser’s time was 6 one-hundredths of a second faster than former Ponoka Champion Jason Glass who placed second in the third performance. Kirk Sutherland and Jess Willard followed in third and fourth place respectively, with John Walters completing out the top five on the night.

There are rodeo performances both today and tomorrow at 1:00 pm, before Sunday’s Finals. The chuckwagons race nightly at 6:30 pm.

RED DEER NATIVE TO HELP NHL TEAM AT REQUEST OF BILL PETERS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

as friends and mentors,” said Cote.

“They know my career path, in terms of where I want to go with coaching.

Peters brought it up to me a couple of Hockey has always been a part weeks ago and asked me to come down of Brandin Cote’s life and the Red and help out. It’s going to be a good opDeer-native has his sights set on taking portunity for me.

“I want to coach, I want to be where his next coaching step.

He coached the Bentley Generals (Peters) is. That was one of my goals when I retired from hockto an Allan Cup title and, ey, to get into coaching as a for the past four years, he’s career.” been the head coach of the Cote played five full seaRed Deer Optimist Midget sons, plus a seven game AAA Chiefs. stint as a 16-year-old, with Now he has an opporthe Chiefs. He went on to tunity to work with young play in the American Hockplayers who like him are ey League with the Nortrying to take the next step. folk Admirals, the British Cote was invited by Bill Elite Ice Hockey League’s Peters, head coach of the Nottingham Panthers, the Carolina Hurricanes of the East Coast Hockey League’s National Hockey League, BRANDIN COTE Texas Wildcatters, the Italto join the team’s developian Serie A’s SG Cortina ment camp next week. and the German second tier “I’ll be on the ice when the guys go on the ice and help out Bundesliga’s Fischtown Pinguins.

After his journey through various wherever I can off the ice,” said Cote.

“They have a bunch of off-ice stuff professional leagues, he played one season with the Generals, of the Chiplanned that I’ll be a part of.

“It’s an opportunity to go down and nook Hockey League, before turning see how they do things there and work coach.

“It’s great opportunity that I’m defiwith the prospects. Anytime you can be around players at that level and the nitely looking forward to,” said Cote. management and coaching staff, have “It will be a positive experience.”

He’ll be working with some faces conversations and pick their brains, it’s always a good learning experi- WHL fans will recognize including the Hurricane’s first pick in the 2015 ence.”

The two have known each other for NHL draft, Red Deer Rebels defencea long time as Peters was an assistant man Haydn Fleury, and this year’s coach with the Spokane Chiefs of the first pick, Calgary Hitmen defenceman Western Hockey League under head Jake Bean.

The Hurricanes development camp coach Mike Babcock while Cote played runs from July 6 to 9 in Raleigh, N.C. there. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com “I’ve been able to have them

RED DEER REBELS A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity awaits a Red Deer Rebel, as Austin Pratt was selected to Team U.S.A. at the upcoming Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.

Pratt, a Lakeville, Minn., native, was announced on Thursday as a member of the American U-18 team. He is one of four players selected to the team who spent the 2015-16 season with a

STORY FROM B1

RODEO: Bareback ride of the day Buttar is also leading the Airdrie pro rodeo this weekend with an 87.5 point score.

The best bareback ride of the day came from Bowden’s Ky Marshall, as he spurred to an 83.5 on Calgary’s Xpensive Margie. That puts him in sixth spot, and should bring him back among the top twelve for Sunday. Caleb Bennett of Utah remains first with his 87.75. Wyoming’s Chet Johnson tapped out 84.25 points in the saddle

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPORTS

Friday, July 1, 2016

B3

Top seeds start to fall in 2nd round

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Milos Raonic returns to Andreas Seppi of Italy during their men’s singles match on day four of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday.

Bouchard downs local favourite Konta, Raonic blows past Seppi LONDON — Eugenie Bouchard downed local favourite Johanna Konta and Milos Raonic blew past Andreas Seppi on Thursday to highlight a successful Day 4 for Canadian tennis players at Wimbledon.

Bouchard, from Montreal, beat 16th-seeded Briton Konta 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 to move into the women’s third round. After being dominated in the second set, Bouchard broke Konta in the second game of the decisive set and controlled the match from there.

Bouchard won on her first break point opportunity when Konta returned her serve a few inches long.

The Canadian will next face 19th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in the third round. Bouchard has won both career meetings with Cibulkova, including a win in the semifinals of the Hobart Open earlier this year.

Raonic moved into the men’s third

round with a 7-5 (5), 6-4, 6-2 win over Seppi.

The sixth seed from Thornhill, Ont., won a dogfight with Seppi in the first set before taking control of the match, taking his first match point opportunity with an ace.

Raonic, whose serve has been booming at the All England Club, fired 25 aces to Seppi’s two. Raonic had 27 aces in his first-round win over Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta.

The Canadian, who has yet to drop a set at Wimbledon, will next face 27th-seeded American Jack Sock in the third round. Raonic has won seven straight matches against Sock, including a third-round victory at the Miami Open earlier this year.

Both Raonic and Bouchard were named to Canada’s Olympic tennis tournament on Thursday.

In men’s doubles, Toronto’s Adil Shamasdin and British partner Jonathan Marray upset fourthseeds Jean-Julien Rojer of France and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-2, 7-6 (3). They will face the German pair of Jan-Lennard Struff and Dustin Brown in the second round.

LONDON — Garbine Muguruza’s first major tournament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didn’t last long.

Less than a month after winning the French Open, the second-seeded Spaniard was beaten in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier ranked No. 124.

In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, Jana Cepelova beat a listless and mistake-prone Muguruza 6-3, 6-2 on Court 1 in less than an hour to reach the third round at the All England Club.

Muguruza looked like a shadow of the player that reached the final last year, where she lost to Serena Williams, and beat Williams in the final at Roland Garros this month for her first major championship.

“My energy was missing a little today,” Muguruza said. “From yesterday I felt a little bit tired. During the match and after the match, I’m like, ‘Tough day today, empty today.”’

The Spaniard sprayed ugly shots all over the court Thursday and finished with 22 unforced errors, compared to just nine winners. Cepelova had a first-serve percentage of just over 40 per cent, but still outplayed Muguruza with 14 winners and 12 errors.

“She played great, no fear, trying a lot of stuff that was working,” Muguruza said. “But my energy wasn’t there. I was trying but it didn’t work at all.”

Cepelova, Slovakia’s No. 5 female player, had to win three matches in qualifying to make it into the main draw. It’s not the first time she’s knocked off a top player: Cepelova ousted Simona Halep in the first round at Wimbledon last year, also on Court 1, and beat Serena Williams at a tournament in Charleston in 2014.

“Last year I beat Halep on the same court and I had great memories,” the 23-year-old Cepelova said. “I am so happy.”

The last time a second-seeded woman lost at Wimbledon before the third round was in 2013, when Victoria Azarenka was beaten in the second round.

The second-seeded men’s player fared much better Thursday, as Andy Murray swept to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory on Centre Court over Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan.

Murray, the 2013 champion, went down an early break in the first set, but settled down, took control and

dropped only three more games the rest of the way, breaking the 76thranked Lu seven times.

Earlier, five-time champion Venus Williams led a group of Americans picking up victories as the tournament scrambled to get back on schedule after two days of bad weather.

With play starting earlier on the outside courts and the rain holding off, Williams was among nine American players winning first- or second-round matches.

U.S. men’s winners included John Isner, Sam Querrey, Donald Young, Jack Sock and Steve Johnson. Joining Williams among the women’s winners were Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys and Julia Boserup.

The 36-year-old Williams, the oldest player in the women’s draw, needed nearly 2 ½ hours to get past 20-year-old Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

It turned out to be an unexpectedly close match between Williams, winner of seven Grand Slam titles and playing in her 19th Wimbledon, and Sakkari, making her first appearance at Wimbledon and third at a major.

Keys, seeded No. 9 after breaking into the top 10 for the first time this month, also reached the third round with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Kirsten Flipkens.

Stephens, seeded No. 18, defeated China’s Peng Shuai 7-6 (5), 6-2 in a firstround match, and Boserup advanced when No. 7 Belinda Bencic retired with a wrist injury with the American leading 6-4, 1-0.

The 28th-seeded Querrey advanced to a third-round men’s matchup against two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic by beating Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

The unseeded Johnson reached the third round for the first time after a 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over Jerome Chardy.

In a first-round match extended over three days because of rain, the 18th-seeded Isner served 33 aces and downed Marcos Baghdatis 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Young won his first match at Wimbledon after losing in the first round in his five previous appearances. He beat Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

Ffifth-seeded Kei Nishikori came from behind to beat Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court and No. 9 Marin Cilic needed four sets to beat Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

Stamps look to bounce back after loss CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Both the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers would rather forget about the first week of the CFL schedule.

While the Stampeders dropped a 20-18 road decision to the B.C. Lions on Saturday, the Blue Bombers lost 2214 to the Montreal Alouettes at home one night earlier. Both teams will be looking to move on from early setbacks when they meet at McMahon Stadium on Friday night.

“If you look back too much, you’re going to be in trouble, so we’re onto the next week,” said Calgary’s Dave Dickenson, who’s in search of his first victory as a CFL head coach. “We know we’ve got a big challenge and we expect to come out here and win.”

Stamps quarterback Bo Levi Mitch-

ell, who completed 16-of-27 passes for 233 yards and one touchdown against the Lions, didn’t even want to talk about Calgary’s Week 1 setback against. B.C. “That week’s over man,” Mitchell said. “We’re (preparing for) Winnipeg right now and that’s what matters.

We have a game to come out (for) and we’ve got to come out and win. Our job is to start hot and make sure that we reinforce that feeling right away.”

Running back Jerome Messam will be looking to get more involved against the Bombers.

“We’ve got to go out there and execute the game plan, everybody stay dialled and locked in, and just play good football,” said Messam, who carried the ball just seven times for 16 yards against the Lions.

“Hopefully we can run the ball more. I just want to go out there and be fundamentally sound and help my team however I can.”

Messam is also hoping the Stamps can get a boost from fans at McMahon

Carrasco whiffs 14 in Indians win over Blue Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Indians 4 Blue Jays 1 TORONTO — Carlos Carrasco struck out 14 over seven-plus innings as the Cleveland Indians won their 13th straight game on Thursday night, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1.

Carrasco (4-2) continued the dominance that he displayed in his last start — a complete game shutout against Detroit — by going 7 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on three hits and walking two.

Cody Allen picked up his 17th save of the season by working a perfect ninth.

Rajai Davis and Jason Kipnis hit solo home runs to lead the Indians (48-30), who last lost on June 16 to the Kansas City Royals.

Josh Donaldson had a solo home run of his own for the Blue Jays (43-38), who started an 11-game homestand at Rogers Centre.

R.A. Dickey (5-9) rebounded from some early struggles to go seven innings, allowing eight hits while striking out four and walking one.

Davis led off the second inning with a home run, smacking the first pitch he saw into the seats just above the Blue Jays bullpen to give Cleveland a 1-0 lead.

Kipnis extended the lead to 2-0 in the third with a solo shot to right field for his 11th home run of the season.

Carrasco struck out the side in the third inning, getting Justin Smoak, Darwin Barney and Josh Thole all swinging.

Donaldson, the reigning American League MVP, got one back for Toronto

in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot to straight-away centre field.

It was Donaldson’s 19th home run of the campaign. He’s now reached base safely in 32 of his last 33 games.

Carrasco had retired nine straight Blue Jays up until the Donaldson homer.

Jose Ramirez had an RBI single in the sixth to make it 3-1 for the Indians.

He drove in Mike Napoli, who led off the inning with a double to left field.

Dickey picked off Ramirez shortly after with a quick snap throw to first base.

Left-handed reliever Brett Cecil came on in relief of Dickey to pitch a scoreless eighth inning. The Blue Jays activated Cecil from the disabled list earlier Thursday. The 29-year-old had been out since May 15 with a muscle strain in his left arm.

Toronto started a rally in the eighth inning when Barney hit a one-out double that ended Carrasco’s night. Bryan Shaw came on in relief and struck out pinch hitter Russell Martin before walking Ezequiel Carrera. Devon Travis struck out to end the threat.

Tyler Naquin hit a triple in the ninth that scored Davis to give Cleveland a three-run cushion.

Travis extended his hitting streak to seven games with a one-out single in the bottom of the first.

The second baseman now has hits in 15 of his last 16 games. Travis is the third quickest Blue Jay to reach 100 hits, doing so in 93 career games. Alex Rios was the fastest, collecting 100 hits in 85 games.

Note: Ryan Tepera was optioned to triple-A Buffalo to make room for Cecil on the Blue Jays roster.

Stadium on Canada Day. “The fans are going to be hyped and excited, so hopefully we can go out there and keep them going and make it really loud and tough on Winnipeg,” he said.

Winnipeg coach Mike O’Shea also didn’t want to talk too much about his team’s opening-week loss to Montreal.

“I thought there was too many mistakes, that’s all,” said O’Shea, who quickly turned his attentions towards getting the Bombers prepared to face a tough Stamps team. “They’re a good team. They have been historically. I expect a good effort from them.

They’re well coached and well managed.”

Winnipeg quarterback Drew Willy, who tossed a 63-yard touchdown pass to Darvin Adams late in the fourth quarter against the Als, said the Bombers will focus on having a much better start against the Stamps on Friday.

“We need to be better in the first half, put points on the boards and then the rest will take care of itself,” said

Willy, who completed 25-of-34 passes for 303 yards with a TD and an interception against the Als. “We have to be positive at all times. I’m always going to have belief and faith in our team and our players. We’ve worked very hard. For us to go out there and be successful, it all starts in our locker-room.”

Defensive lineman Jamaal Westerman also has confidence that the Bombers have what it takes to bounce back from their disappointing showing in their home opener.

“I definitely believe we’re better than what we showed, but it doesn’t matter what I believe,” Westerman said. “It’s all about what we put out there on film and last week we didn’t do a good enough job to get a W and this week we have to have a much better effort from everybody.

“You want to go out there, you want to play your best and if you win enough one-on-one battles and you play your best, you should win the game.”

Henderson in familiar spot to open Portland Classic LPGA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND, Ore. — Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic on Thursday.

Picking up where she left off from a year ago, when Henderson shot a 21-under 267 to win her first LPGA tournament, the 18-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., hit 16 greens and made nine birdies on a warm, cloudless day at the 6,476-yard Columbia Edgewater course.

Henderson said a combination of

factors allows her to feel at home at Columbia Edgewater.

“I love tree-lined courses, and that’s very much what this course is. With the bent grass, which is kind of what I grew up on, I really like it. It suits my eye,” Henderson said. “Then winning here, that gives me those extra vibes and adrenaline, which I think will help as the week goes on. This golf course, being out here in the Northwest, in the beautiful temperature, I like wearing long sleeves and pants.”

Angela Stanford, Demi Runas and Mariajo Uribe each shot 67 to trail Henderson. Runas, whose best career finish is a tie for 25th, and Uribe are looking for their first LPGA victories.

Stanford lost in a playoff in the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open at Pumpkin Ridge, which has previously played host to the Portland Classic.

“That’s My Tractor!”

Gotta Getta Kubota!

L2501 HST Cash $17,750 or $340/month

THE ADVOCATE B4

SCOREBOARD FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

Hockey TOP NHL FREE AGENTS Steven Stamkos is now off the board after agreeing to remain in Tampa, but more intriguing names remain available as NHL free agency opens Today.

Here’s a look at a few of the top players: Milan Lucic Position: Left Wing Last season: 20 goals, 55 points, 59 per cent puck possession Coming off a quality bounce-back season with the Kings, the 28-year-old Lucic may be the most attractive asset on the market after Stamkos. Six foot three and more than 230 pounds, the Vancouver native can be a punishing physical force and a reliable bet for at least 20 goals, almost all at evenstrength. Despite that brute style, which has seen him rack up more than 1,500 hits in the NHL, Lucic rarely misses a game. In fact, he’s missed just 10 games over the past six seasons. It’s fair to wonder how long he remains healthy and effective as age and continued physical punishment takes its toll, but for now, he’ll rightfully draw plenty of interest.

Andrew Ladd Position: Left Wing Last season: 25 goals, 46 points, 49 per cent puck possession Ladd was unable to come to terms on a new contract with the Jets before the trade deadline last season and was moved to Chicago as the Blackhawks loaded up for a Cup run. Paired with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa, Ladd produced eight goals and 12 points in 19 games in his return to the Windy City, held to just a goal and two points in the playoffs. The B.C. native has been a reliable commodity for years now, scoring at least 23 goals in five straight full seasons. At six foot three and 200 pounds, Ladd is a heavy force to contend in the offensive zone, bothersome in front of the net on the power play, where he popped 10 goals last season.

Ladd turns 31 in December meaning a decline, however slight, has likely begun.

Loui Eriksson Position: Left Wing Last season: 30 goals, 63 points, 52 per per cent puck possession Eriksson was largely forgotten in Dallas despite being one of the more effective players in the league.

Over one four-year period with the Stars, the Swedish winger averaged 30 goals and 70 points only to fall off for a few seasons, including his first two in Boston. Eriksson returned to his productive old ways last year though, hitting 30 goals for the second time in his career, while managing 63 points. Eriksson is a well-rounded talent, a sharp defensive player and effective penalty killer who boasts fine-looking puck possession indicators. Like Ladd, Eriksson is turning 31, but given his style, more finesse than brawn, rapid decline seems unlikely anytime soon.

David Backes Position: Centre Last season: 21 goals, 45 points, 51 per cent puck possession A career member and long-time captain of the St. Louis Blues, the 32-year-old is not quite the performer of younger days. Backes did manage more than 20 goals for the fifth straight 82-game season and averaged more than 19 minutes, mostly against top competition, for the second best team in the West. Still, below the surface numbers suggest a player in decline as does Backes’ point production last year, his lowest mark in a full season since 2009-10. That’s not to say that Backes can’t be helpful. The Minnesota native remains an ace in the faceoff circle, a quality penalty killer and defensive centre, and rugged performer who’s a strong bet to chip in close to 20 goals. He’s just an aging version of the old model.

Troy Brouwer Position: Right Wing Last season: 18 goals, 39 points, 49 per cent puck possession A seventh-round pick 12 years ago, Brouwer has got more out of his career than could be expected.

He’s scored at least 17 goals in each of the last seven seasons and won a Cup with the Blackhawks in 2010. Brouwer soaked up heavy defensive minutes for the Blues last season, but he’s versatile enough to rise up in the lineup if needed. He kills penalties and helps a power play more than one might think.

In fact, his 27 power-play goals over the past three seasons tops the likes of Corey Perry, Jeff Carter and James van Riemsdyk. Brouwer is best suited to a depth role a playoff team, a reliable bet for 15-20 goals and 35-40 points.

Mikkel Boedker Position: Right Wing Last season: 17 goals, 51 points, 47 per cent puck possession One of only seven Danish players in the league last season (and one of two on this list), Boedker tends to get overlooked having spent his entire career with the Coyotes. A skilled creator of offence on the wing and eighth overall pick of the 2008 draft, the 26-year-old has managed a 51-point-pace over the past three seasons, solid second line numbers, if not quite elite. Boedker has only just begun to come into his own though, offering some upside to his next suitor.

Kyle Okposo Position: Right Wing Last season: 22 goals, 64 points, 51 per cent puck possession Since he became a full-time Islander in 2008, Okposo has been one of the most productive American players in the league with 364 points. Okposo has spent the bulk of that time alongside Islanders captain John Tavares, the two forming an effective first-line duo for years on Long Island and then in Brooklyn more recently. A big, thick body and gifted scorer, Okposo is among the more talented offensive players in this year’s free agent class, offering an immediate jump-start to the attack of any top-six forward group.

Frans Nielsen Position: Centre Last season: 20 goals, 52 points, 51 per cent puck possession Nielsen probably doesn’t get his due as one of the more effective two-way centres in hockey, but outside of Backes he may be the most attractive one available this summer. The second Danish player on this list, Nielsen is a dependable defensive player who can match up against top lines, kill penalties, score a bit (20 goals on average the past three seasons), and help a power-play, where he produced 20 points last year. The 32-year-old also finished 17th in Selke Trophy voting, for the league’s top defensive forward. He’s a solid second or third centre option for interested teams on July 1.

Jason Demers Position: Defence Last season: 7 goals, 23 points, 54 per cent puck possession If not the biggest name, Demers might be the most enticing available on defence this summer, especially after Keith Yandle and Alex Goligoski both agreed to new deals ahead of July 1. Demers is the kind of defenceman who’s more valuable today in the

Baseball age of analytics, a reliable puck-mover who boasts exceptional puck possession numbers. A right shot with good size (six foot one, 200 pounds), the Quebec native should be a helpful add to any top-four defence group next season.

Brian Campbell Position: Defence Last season: 6 goals, 31 points, 53 per cent puck possession Campbell just turned 37, but age seems not to be such a huge issue for the Strathroy, Ont., native, primarily because he remains a terrific skater and puck-mover. Campbell is no longer the Norris Trophy candidate he once was, but he’s an experienced, able hand on defence. The Panthers employed him as a steadying presence next to Aaron Ekblad for the past two seasons. Campbell did not miss a single game in five seasons with Florida, becoming the franchise leader in consecutive games.

OVERLOOKED FREE AGENTS The next crop of talent, perhaps overlooked, can still be helpful to wily suitors on Canada Day. Here’s a look at eight potential pickups who aren’t making headlines heading into Friday: Teddy Purcell Position: Right Wing Last season: 14 goals, 43 points, 51 per cent puck possession Then in the prime of his NHL career and playing a lot with Steven Stamkos, Purcell got a rich threeyear, $13.5 million deal from Tampa when he last entered unrestricted free agency. The Newfoundlander, who split last season between Edmonton and Florida, is likely to come at much cheaper price this time around. Though he’s not nearly as productive as his highest points with the Lightning, the 30-year-old is nonetheless capable of contributing in a depth role. Purcell has produced 12-14 goals and around 40 points in each of the last three seasons with positive puck possession numbers.

He’s not a flashy signing, but one that could help in the right role.

Jamie McGinn Position: Left Wing Last season: 22 goals, 51 per cent puck possession, 9 power-play goals McGinn has bounced around a bit over the past few seasons, lining up for the Avalanche, Sabres and Ducks after a lengthy stint in San Jose. Anaheim swiped him for a third round pick at last year’s trade deadline and McGinn responded with eight goals and 12 points in 21 games, often playing alongside Ryan Getzlaf and/or Corey Perry. Albeit with an inflated shooting percentage, the Fergus, Ont. native finished the year with a career-high 22 goals, including nine on the power-play. McGinn has pushed a 20-goal-pace in each of the past four seasons. He’s got good size, too, at six foot one and more than 200 pounds, a helpful potential addition on the wing.

John-Michael Liles Position: Defence Last season: 51 per cent puck possession Liles’ career went through a serious rollercoaster after he signed a four-year deal worth $15.5 million with Toronto in the winter of 2012. Liles was waived, sent to the AHL, traded, and largely forgotten. But the American defender carved out a nice place for himself on a very young Hurricanes blue line in recent seasons. Liles lost favour under Randy Carlyle in Toronto because of supposed defensive weakness, but he was then and remains today an able puck-mover, a valued trait in today’s game.

David Perron Position: Left Wing Last season: 12 goals, 36 points, 53 per cent puck possession Perron never quite fit in Pittsburgh and in mid-January the club shipped him off to Anaheim for Carl Hagelin, a transaction that helped the Penguins to their fourth Stanley Cup win. But like Hagelin, Perron, too, found a better fit with new club. He scored eight goals and 20 points in 28 games as a speedy depth winger for then-head coach Bruce Boudreau.

A Sherbrooke, Que., native, Perron has long posted strong puck possession indicators, just turned 28 and has a decent goal-scoring background, including a career-high 28 goals three years ago in Edmonton. Perron could be a nice fallback option once the top wingers are off the board.

P.A. Parenteau Position: Right Wing Last season: 20 goals, 41 points It looked like the Leafs might be Parenteau’s last NHL shot given his messy exit from Montreal, which saw him bought out after just one season. But Parenteau rediscovered his game under Mike Babcock in Toronto last season, with his opportunities on an increasingly youthful squad growing as the year wore on. The 33-year-old hit 20 goals for just the second time in his career, offering a veteran presence and some offensive creativity to the Leafs. He wasn’t dealt at the trade deadline, to much surprise, but this summer Parenteau is worthy of an opportunity in a depth role.

Darren Helm Position: Centre/Left Wing Last season: 13 goals, 52 per cent puck possession Helm spent most of the last two seasons playing alongside Pavel Datsyuk, the former Red Wings great who recently announced his NHL exit. A fifth round pick of the Wings, Helm has long been an effective energy player, a speedy forward who occasionally finds the back of the net. In fact, the 29-year-old Manitoba native is a solid bet for 10-15 goals he had 13 last season and a career-high 15 the year before that. He kills penalties and can line up either at wing or at centre, where he’s reliable on faceoffs.

Matt Martin Position: Left Wing Last season: 10 goals, 365 hits, 49 per cent puck possession With long locks and a huge six-foot-three, 220-pound frame, Martin looks the part of the dinosaur fourth liner. The only difference is this 27-year-old can play in today’s NHL. Martin is easily the league’s most physical player. The leader in hits for five years running dished out 365 last season, or about four and a half per game. He’s also good for 8-10 goals, hitting career-highs in goals (10), assists (9), and points (19) last season. Martin was one part of a Islanders well-regarded fourth unit and there’s little reason to think he couldn’t fit in a similar role elsewhere.

Chad Johnson Position: Goalie Last season: 22-16-4, .920 save percentage With projected starter Robin Lehner, Johnson got a chance to start for a bit in Buffalo last season and he performed pretty well after a terribly slow start.

In fact, the 30-year-old held a .928 save percentage after a rough month of October and a .920 overall mark for the season. The market is not only thin for goaltenders this summer but thin as well for goaltending opportunity. Johnson, though, seems a good insurance policy in a backup role somewhere next season.

Tennis WIMBLEDON Results Thursday from the Wimbledon grass-court tournament, played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (seedings in parentheses): MEN Singles — First Round John Isner (18), U.S., def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Lucas Pouille (32), France, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.

Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Milos Raonic (6), Thornhill, Ont., def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (7), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1.

Jiri Vesely, Czech Rep., def. Dominic Thiem (8), Austria, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).

Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

David Goffin (11), Belgium, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3.

Nicolas Mahut, France, def. David Ferrer (13), Spain, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, walkover.

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Gilles Simon (16), France, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4.

Bernard Tomic (19), Australia, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.

Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Viktor Troicki (25), Serbia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

John Millman, Australia, def. Benoit Paire (26), France, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Jack Sock (27), U.S., def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4.

Sam Querrey (28), U.S., def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

Steve Johnson, U.S., def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

WOMEN Singles — First Round Timea Bacsinszky (11), Switzerland, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-4, 6-2.

NHL BUYOUTS The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins are cutting ties with expensive defencemen to save some salary-cap space for next season.

According to a person with direct knowledge of the moves, the Lightning placed Matt Carle and the Bruins placed Dennis Seidenberg on buyout waivers. Nashville Predators defenceman Barret Jackman, Los Angeles Kings defenceman Matt Greene, Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll and Edmonton Oilers forward Lauri Korpikoski were also placed on waivers for the purpose of buying out

Sloane Stephens (18), U.S., def. Peng Shuai, China, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Barbora Strycova (24), Czech Rep., def. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Kristina Mladenovic (31), France, lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.

Second Round Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Garbine Muguruza (2), Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-2, 4-6, 9-7.

Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def. Varvara Lepchenko, U.S., 6-1, 6-4.

Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-1, 6-1.

Roberta Vinci (6), Italy, def. Duan Ying-Ying, China, 6-3, 7-5.

Julia Boserup, U.S., def. Belinda Bencic (7), Switzerland, 6-4, 1-0, retired.

Venus Williams (8), U.S., def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

Madison Keys (9), U.S., def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Rep., 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Sam Stosur (14), Australia, 6-4, 6-2.

Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Karolina Pliskova (15), Czech Rep., 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., def. Johanna Konta (16), Britain, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Dominika Cibulkova (19), Slovakia, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Alize Cornet, France, def. Sara Errani (20), Italy, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Jelena Jankovic (22), Serbia, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 8-6.

Kiki Bertens (26), Netherlands, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

CoCo Vandeweghe (27), U.S., def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-2, 6-3.

Lucie Safarova (28), Czech Rep., def. Samantha Crawford, U.S., 6-3, 6-4.

Katerina Siniakova, Czech Rep., def. Caroline Garcia (30), France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Andrea Petkovic (32), Germany, 7-5, 6-3. their contracts.

The person also said Predators forward Eric Nystrom cleared buyout waivers. The Calgary Flames announced Mason Raymond cleared waivers and will be bought out.

The Carolina Hurricanes also announced they bought out the final season of defenceman James Wisniewski’s contract, saving $3 million. Despite playing only 47 seconds for Carolina last season before tearing the ACL in his left knee, the 32-yearold said he enjoyed his time in Raleigh and intends to be back playing for someone.

Carle had two years left on his contract at a salary-cap hit of $5.5 million. The buyout saves the Lightning $3.67 million in cap space for the next two seasons. Tampa Bay wanted to clear space after re-signing Steven Stamkos.

Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 47 30 .610 Boston 42 36 .538 Toronto 43 38 .531 New York 39 39 .500 Tampa Bay 33 45 .423 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 48 30 .615 Kansas City 42 36 .538 Detroit 41 38 .519 Chicago 40 39 .506 Minnesota 25 53 .321 West Division W L Pct Texas 51 29 .638 Houston 42 37 .532 Seattle 39 39 .500 Oakland 35 43 .449 Los Angeles 32 47 .405

GB — 5 1/2 6 8 1/2 14 1/2 GB — 6 7 1/2 8 1/2 23 GB — 8 1/2 11 15 18 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Boston 0 Detroit 10, Miami 3 Toronto 5, Colorado 3 Houston 10, L.A. Angels 4 Baltimore 12, San Diego 6 N.Y. Yankees 9, Texas 7 Cleveland 3, Atlanta 0 Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 6 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Oakland 7, San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh 8, Seattle 1 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Texas 1 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 5 Cleveland 4, Toronto 1 Detroit 10, Tampa Bay 7 Kansas City 4, St. Louis 2 San Francisco at Oakland, late Baltimore at Seattle, late

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. 79 311 60 111 .357 76 322 59 110 .342 72 259 36 87 .336 73 298 58 99 .332 79 291 56 94 .323 76 273 32 88 .322 69 273 39 87 .319 79 311 59 99 .318 69 274 33 85 .310 78 298 43 91 .305 Home Runs Frazier, Chicago, 23 Trumbo, Baltimore, 23 Encarnacion, Toronto, 21 NCruz, Seattle, 20 KDavis, Oakland, 19 Cano, Seattle, 19 Beltran, New York, 19 CDavis, Baltimore, 19 Donaldson, Toronto, 19 4 tied at 18.

Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 70 Ortiz, Boston, 63 Trumbo, Baltimore, 60 Cano, Seattle, 54 Betts, Boston, 54 KDavis, Oakland, 53 Trout, Los Angeles, 53 NCruz, Seattle, 53 Beltran, New York, 53 Donaldson, Toronto, 53.

Pitching Sale, Chicago, 13-2 Tillman, Baltimore, 10-1 Happ, Toronto, 10-3 Salazar, Cleveland, 10-3 Tomlin, Cleveland, 9-1 Hamels, Texas, 9-1 Porcello, Boston, 9-2 Zimmermann, Detroit, 9-4 AaSanchez, Toronto, 8-1 Hill, Oakland, 8-3.

Altuve Hou Bogaerts Bos Ortiz Bos Machado Bal Trout LAA VMartinez Det Nunez Min Desmond Tex YEscobar LAA Hosmer KC

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta

Today’s Games Cleveland (Tomlin 9-1) at Toronto (Stroman 6-4), 11:07 a.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 6-6) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 5-6), 5:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 7-2) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-8), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Chacin 3-6) at Boston (Wright 8-5), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 1-3) at Houston (Fiers 5-3), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Perez 7-4) at Minnesota (Santana 2-7), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5) at Oakland (Gray 3-6), 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 1-5) at Seattle (LeBlanc 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-5) at San Diego (Rea 4-3), 8:40 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Toronto, 11:07 a.m.

Texas at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh 8, Seattle 1

Kansas City at Philadelphia, 3:50 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Boston, 5:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 48 32 .600 41 37 .526 41 38 .519 35 45 .438 27 52 .342 Central Division W L Pct 51 27 .654 40 38 .513 38 41 .481 35 43 .449 29 51 .363 West Division W L Pct 49 31 .613 44 37 .543 37 41 .474 36 45 .444 33 46 .418

GB — 6 6 1/2 13 20 1/2 GB — 11 13 1/2 16 23 GB — 5 1/2 11 13 1/2 15 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 2 Detroit 10, Miami 3 Toronto 5, Colorado 3 Philadelphia 9, Arizona 8, 10 innings Baltimore 12, San Diego 6 Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Cleveland 3, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 7, L.A. Dodgers 0 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Oakland 7, San Francisco 1

Thursday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 1 Washington 13, Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 8, Miami 5 N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Kansas City 4, St. Louis 2 San Francisco at Oakland, late Today’s Games Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-0) at Washington (Roark 7-5), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 6-6) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 5-6), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-4) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 2-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-7), 5:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 1-0) at St. Louis (Garcia 5-6), 6:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Cueto 11-1) at Arizona (Miller 2-7), 7:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5) at Oakland (Gray 3-6), 8:05 p.m.

Colorado (De La Rosa 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Norris 3-7), 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-5) at San Diego (Rea 4-3), 8:40 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at St. Louis, 12:15 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 2:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Philadelphia, 3:50 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 5:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Washington, 5:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Murphy Was 77 296 47 104 .351 WRamos Was 66 235 35 80 .340 Marte Pit 73 278 43 92 .331 CGonzalez Col 75 298 54 98 .329 LeMahieu Col 71 258 47 84 .326 Braun Mil 65 249 34 81 .325 Ozuna Mia 75 282 48 90 .319 ADiaz StL 71 256 50 81 .316 Prado Mia 73 291 34 92 .316 Yelich Mia 73 261 36 82 .314 Home Runs Bryant, Chicago, 22 Duvall, Cincinnati, 22 Arenado, Colorado, 21 Cespedes, New York, 19 Story, Colorado, 19 Carter, Milwaukee, 19 Rizzo, Chicago, 19 Myers, San Diego, 18 CGonzalez, Colorado, 18 4 tied at 17.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 65 Bryant, Chicago, 60 Bruce, Cincinnati, 59 Rizzo, Chicago, 58 Myers, San Diego, 55 JaLamb, Arizona, 55 Duvall, Cincinnati, 55 Murphy, Washington, 53 Kemp, San Diego, 53 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 53.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 12-2 Cueto, San Francisco, 11-1 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2 Strasburg, Washington, 10-0 Greinke, Arizona, 10-3 Fernandez, Miami, 10-3 Lester, Chicago, 9-3 Scherzer, Washington, 9-5 Syndergaard, New York, 8-3 2 tied at 8-4.

Football CFL East Division W L T Ottawa 2 0 0 Hamilton 1 0 0 Montreal 1 1 0 Toronto 0 1 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 1 1 0 0 Saskatchewan 0 0 0 0 Calgary 1 0 1 0 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 Winnipeg 1 0 1 0 GP 2 1 2 1

PF 73 42 35 20

PA Pt 50 4 20 2 42 2 42 0

PF 20 0 18 37 14

PA Pt 18 2 0 0 20 0 45 0 22 0

WEEK TWO Bye: Edmonton Thursday’s results Ottawa 28 Montreal 13

Toronto at Saskatchewan, late Friday’s games B.C. at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 8 p.m.

WEEK THREE Bye: Montreal Thursday, July 7 Winnipeg at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Toronto at B.C., 8 p.m.

Friday, July 8 Calgary at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s summary Redblacks 28, Alouettes 13 First Quarter Ott — Single Milo 35 5:54 Mtl — Single Bede 52 12:04

Second Quarter Mtl — Single Bede 36 1:26 Ott — TD Jackson 9 pass from Harris (two-point convert failed) 4:11 Ott — TD Ellingson 13 pass from Harris (Milo convert) 14:12 Mtl — FG Bede 53 15:00 Third Quarter Mtl — TD Carter 10 pass from Glenn (Bede convert) 7:35 Mtl — Single Bede 68 7:52 Ott — FG Milo 30 10:02 Fourth Quarter Ott — FG Milo 41 4:21 Ott — TD Williams 52 pass from Harris (Milo convert) 9:03 Ott — Single Milo 49 13:04 Ottawa 1 13 3 11 — 28 Montreal 1 4 8 0 — 13

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 7 5 5 26 29 25 New York City FC 6 5 6 24 27 31 New York 7 8 2 23 28 23 Montreal 5 4 6 21 24 22 D.C. United 5 6 5 20 16 16 Orlando City 4 3 8 20 28 25 Toronto FC 5 6 4 19 17 18 New England 4 5 7 19 21 28 Columbus 3 5 7 16 19 22 Chicago 2 7 5 11 14 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 9 2 5 32 19 11 FC Dallas 9 5 4 31 26 24 Real Salt Lake 8 5 3 27 27 26 Vancouver 7 7 3 24 27 29 Portland 6 6 5 23 28 29 Los Angeles 5 3 8 23 28 18 Sporting KC 6 8 4 22 18 20 San Jose 5 4 7 22 19 19 Seattle 5 9 1 16 13 19 Houston 3 8 5 14 22 25 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today’s Games San Jose at Chicago, 6 p.m.

D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games New England at Montreal, 3:30 p.m.

Seattle at Toronto FC, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 7 p.m.

New York at New York City FC, 10 a.m.

Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Games Orlando City at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.

Portland at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 At Sites in France PLAYOFFS QUARTER-FINALS Thursday’s result At Marseille, France Portugal 1 Poland 1 (Portugal won 5-3 on penalty kicks) Friday’s match At Lille, France Wales vs. Belgium, 1 p.m.

Saturday’s match At Bordeaux, France Germany vs. Italy, 1 p.m.

Sunday’s match At Saint-Denis, France France vs. Iceland, 1 p.m.

SEMIFINALS Wednesday, July 6 At Lyon, France Portugal vs. Wales-Belgium Winner, 1 p.m.

Thursday, July 7 At Marseille, France Germany-Italy Winner vs. France-Iceland Winner, 1 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday’s Games

Sunday, July 10 At Saint-Denis, France Semifinal Winners, 1 p.m.

AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Voyageurs Cup Toronto vs. Vancouver (two-game, total-goals series) Tuesday, June 21 First Leg Toronto 1 Vancouver 0 Wednesday’s result Second Leg Vancouver 2 Toronto 1 (aggregate tied 2-2 Toronto wins title on 1-0 away goal) Voyageurs Cup Winners Awarded to the winner of the Amway Canadian championship tournament as top professional club in Canada. Winner earns a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League.

2016 — Toronto FC 2015 — Vancouver Whitecaps 2014 — Montreal Impact 2013 — Montreal Impact 2012 — Toronto FC 2011 — Toronto FC 2010 — Toronto FC 2009 — Toronto FC 2008 — Montreal Impact 2007 — Montreal Impact 2006 — Montreal Impact 2005 — Montreal Impact 2004 — Montreal Impact 2003 — Montreal Impact

Golf BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL At Firestone Country Club (South Course) Akron, Ohio Purse: $9.5 million Yardage: 7,400 Par 70 (35-35) First Round William McGirt 31-33—64 Emiliano Grillo 33-34—67 Jimmy Walker 33-34—67 Jason Day 34-33—67 Anirban Lahiri 35-33—68 Charley Hoffman 34-34—68 Rickie Fowler 32-36—68 Jordan Spieth 37-31—68 Branden Grace 35-34—69 Billy Hurley III 34-35—69 Scott Piercy 36-33—69 Harris English 36-33—69 MattKuchar 33-36—69 Kevin Kisner 36-33—69 Vaughn Taylor 32-37—69 Dustin Johnson 34-35—69 Justin Rose 32-37—69 Andrew Johnston 35-35—70 David Lingmerth 34-36—70 Young-han Song 34-36—70 Justin Thomas 35-35—70 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 36-34—70 Paul Casey 36-34—70 Brandt Snedeker 36-34—70 Hideki Matsuyama 36-34—70 BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP At Montreux Golf and CC Reno, Nev. Purse: $3.2 million Yardage: 7,472 Par: 72 First Round NOTE: (This tournament uses the Stableford scoring with double eagle is 8 points, eagle 5 birdie 2 par 0 bogey -1 and double bogey or worse -3.

Martin Laird 15 Greg Chalmers Camilo Villegas Gary Woodland Colt Knost Zac Blair Brendan Steele JayMcLuen Steve Marino Jeff Overton Bronson Burgoon Rod Pampling Hunter Stewart Tyler Aldridge Graham DeLaet Whee Kim Ben Crane Nick Taylor Scott Stallings Tim Wilkinson Carlos Ortiz Mark Hensby Tim Herron Geoff Ogilvy Derek Ernst Will Wilcox Will MacKenzie Miguel Angel Carballo Henrik Norlander Rhein Gibson Mark Wilson Mark Hubbard Billy Mayfair Rocco Mediate Ben Martin Seung-Yul Noh Kyle Reifers Ricky Barnes Tim Petrovic Michael Thompson Morgan Hoffmann

14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Jhonattan Vegas Si Woo Kim Jonas Blixt Cameron Beckman Thomas Aiken

7 7 7 7 7

CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC At Columbia Edgewater CC Portland, Ore. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,476 Par: 72 (36-36) First Round a-denotes amateur Brooke Henderson 32-33—65 Angela Stanford 33-34—67 Demi Runas 35-32—67 Mariajo Uribe 34-33—67 Jaye Marie Green 33-35—68 Carlota Ciganda 34-34—68 Ayako Uehara 36-32—68 Daniela Iacobelli 35-33—68 Suzann Pettersen 33-36—69 Sarah Jane Smith 37-32—69 Lee-Anne Pace 35-34—69 Briana Mao 35-34—69 Jiayi Zhou 35-34—69 Christel Boeljon 35-35—70 Wei-Ling Hsu 36-34—70 Chella Choi 34-36—70 Pernilla Lindberg 36-34—70 Yani Tseng 36-34—70 Megan Khang 35-35—70 P.K. Kongkraphan 36-34—70 Gaby Lopez 36-34—70 Anna Nordqvist 34-36—70 Vicky Hurst 33-37—70 a-Mariel Galdiano 34-36—70 Prima Thammaraks 35-35—70 Lee Lopez 34-37—71 Joanna Klatten 34-37—71 Dani Holmqvist 36-35—71

Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Signed D Torey Krug to a four-year contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Bought out the final year of D James Wisniewski’s contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with F Brandon Mashinter and D Michal Rozsival on oneyear contracts.

DALLAS STARS — Signed G Maxime Lagace to a one-year contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F Tomas Hertl to a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed RW Tom Wilson to a two-year contract. Re-signed F Zach Sill to a two-year contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Named Emily Vance co-ordinator of special projects.

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Agreed to terms with F Kyle Hagel on a one-year contract.

ECHL MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Signed F Mark

Anthoine to a one-year contract.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed LHP T.J. McFarland on the 15-day DL. Called up RHP Chaz Roe and C Caleb Joseph from Norfolk (IL). Optioned C Francisco Pena and RHP Oliver Drake to Norfolk.

Activated RHP Vance Worley from the 15-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with LHP A.J. Puk. SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled C Mike Zunino from Tacoma (PCL). Placed C Steve Clevenger on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Donn Roach to Tacoma.

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day DL. Acquired RHP Bud Norris, OF Dian Toscano, a player to be named and cash considerations from Atlanta for LHP Philip Pfeifer and RHP Caleb Dirks. Designated LHP Ian Thomas for assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Acquired RHP Fernando Rodney from San Diego for RHP Chris Paddack.

NEW YORK METS — Called up RHP Seth Lugo

from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Sean Gilmartin to Las Vegas.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Signed INFs Daniel Cucjen and Nick King to minor league contracts.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Purchased the contract of INF Grant Green. Optioned RHP Chris Stratton to Sacramento (PCL). Designated RHP Jake Smith for assignment.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed RHP Michael Adams and LHP Liarvis Breto.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Released LHP Nick Gonzalez.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Named Byron Spruell president, league operations.

ATLANTA HAWKS — Name Pete Thuresson senior vice-president of corporate partnerships.

BROOKLYN NETS — Waived G Jarrett Jack.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Promoted Lawrence Frank to executive vice-president of basketball operations.

THE ADVOCATE B5

NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

Task force to study legalization

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MARIJUANA

OTTAWA — The federal government established a travelling task force Thursday that will spend the coming months studying how best to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use in Canada.

The move comes as Ottawa prepares to introduce legislation on the legalization of marijuana in spring 2017 — a timeline first announced by Health Minister Jane Philpott in April at the United Nations General Assembly special session on drugs.

No decisions have been made about what the eventual law will look like, Philpott said in Ottawa on Thursday.

“We have put those questions to the task force and we look forward to their recommendations,” she said. “We will

take those recommendations into consideration.”

The group will meet with provincial, territorial, municipal and indigenous governments, she added.

The task force — made up of experts in public health, substance abuse, law enforcement and justice — will be chaired by former Liberal public safety minister Anne McLellan.

McLellan, who also served as deputy prime minister under Paul Martin, said there’s been a deeper understanding of the marijuana landscape over the past decade.

“I think so many people have come to the conclusion, for so many reasons, that the current situation is not working and we need a better way for-

ward,” she said.

“I have, myself, concluded that legalization with a regulatory regime, such as the task force will be exploring, is the way forward.”

Licensed marijuana producers, such as Tweed Inc. in Smiths Falls, Ont., had eagerly awaited the taskforce announcement as they eye access to the recreational market.

The panel’s make-up gives credibility to the process, said Tweed Inc. co-founder Bruce Linton.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a lot of questions about whether or not they have a comprehensive perspective, so I like that,” Linton said Thursday.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould did not say Thursday how much it will cost taxpayers to conduct consultations, but she noted the govern-

ment will ensure the task force complies with all Treasury Board guidelines for travel and expenses.

“We are pleased that we have a very committed, voluntary group of members of our task force,” Wilson-Raybould said.

As the government moves toward a legalized regime, it will face key questions including the minimum age of legal purchase, advertising and marketing restrictions, limits of allowable potency, restrictions on products, taxation and pricing.

It will also have to consider a production model.

A government discussion paper also released Thursday noted several jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes and have allowed it to be produced through licensed commercial growers.

Canada Day traditions a mystery for some Syrian refugees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Since arriving in Canada seven months ago, Abeer Al Hajj has learned a lot about her new country and how it differs from her native Syria.

Abeer, who turned nine last week, came to Toronto with her parents and two brothers in November as privately sponsored refugees and was almost immediately enrolled in school as well as language classes to bolster her fledgling English.

In many ways, the transition has been seamless — she has friends, throws herself into her school work and speaks English easily and enthusiastically.

But some aspects of Canadian culture remain puzzling, the girl said on a recent afternoon.

“Here in Canada, they say too much ‘thank you’ — ‘thank you’ and ‘welcome’ and ‘sorry’ and ‘excuse me,”’ she said.

“My teacher, she gave me book to read, I gave it back and she said thank you,” something that would never have happened in Syria, where teachers have a more authoritarian approach, she said.

With Canada Day fast approaching, another mystery has emerged for Abeer and her family: how does their new home celebrate its national holiday?

All the girl knows, she said, is that “there’s no school.”

Canada BRIEFS Top court overturns drug conviction, chides justice system over trial delays OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court has overturned drug trafficking charges against an Alberta man because he had to wait too long for his trial.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Shane Vassell had his constitutional right to a speedy trial compromised after he had to wait three years for a three-day trial.

Two lower court judges had dismissed Vassell’s request to quash his conviction over unreasonable delays in getting his case to trial.

The decision comes weeks after Alberta judges raised concerns about long trial delays arising from a shortage of federally-appointed judges, which had defence lawyers arguing that Charter rights were being violated.

Justice Michael Moldaver’s decision included a warning to trial judges to “not to miss the forest for the trees” when an accused raises concerns about delays.

“The forest in this case is plain as day,” Moldaver wrote. “At every opportunity, Mr. Vassell attempted to move his case to trial.”

Vassell was convicted in 2014 of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, almost three years to the day after he was arrested and initially charged.

He tried throughout the three years to have his case move forward quickly, but was stymied by his six co-accused who were the source of the delay, the court ruled.

In the end, Vassell was the only one who stood trial out of the seven people originally charged.

His first trial date was supposed to be in February 2013, but that got pushed back because the Crown

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Muhammad Al Hajj Abdullah, 40, left, and his wife Fatimah Al Mawzaini, 30, play Snakes & Ladders with their youngest son Bashir, 5, as daughter Abeer, 9, does homework in Toronto.

Celebrating their adoptive country is both a major milestone and a source of uncertainty for many Syrian newcomers, said Safwan Choudhry, spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, an organization that has helped several families settle in.

“I can tell a lot of them are anxious, they want to see what do Canadians do,” he said.

“And I understand where they’re coming from because typically, every country celebrates their national day very differently,” in many cases with a strong emphasis on military glory, he said.

“So the majority are just curious to attorney had to attend a funeral.

He was then to be tried in June, but two of his co-accused weren’t available, and the trial got bumped back to September, and then again to April 2014.

Moldaver wrote that the Crown and the system should have done more to avoid delays in Vassell’s case, delays for which Vassell “had no control and for which he bore no responsibility.”

The court ruled that delay was unacceptable.

Jurors at PQ shooting trial hear of accused’s political ‘vision’ for Montreal MONTREAL — Jurors at the first-degree murder trial of Richard Henry Bain heard of his political “vision from God” on Thursday as the Crown ended its case against the man charged in Quebec’s 2012 election shooting.

Montreal must break away from the “separatists” in the rest of Quebec and become the newest province of Canada, Bain says in a 2012 audio recording that was played for the court.

Several days after the shooting that left lighting technician Denis Blanchette dead, Bain called Montreal radio station CJAD from a detention centre in the north part of the city.

“It’s a vision that I have from my God the God of Abraham,” Bain tells reporter Trudie Mason during the offair interview.

Crown prosecutor Dennis Galiatsatos played the 38-minute recording for the 14 jurors after calling Mason to the witness stand.

Bain, 65, is on trial for allegedly murdering Blanchette outside the venue where premier-designate Pauline Marois was giving her victory speech on Sept. 4, 2012.

He also faces three charges of attempted murder and two fire-related counts.

During the interview, Bain proceeds to outline his ideas for Montreal to separate from Quebec in order for everyone to “live in peace and harmony on the island of Montreal.”

His so-called vision isn’t novel the idea of Montreal separating from Quebec often resurfaces when there is talk of Quebec independence.

see what’s going to happen…and I got the sense that a lot of them just want to stand back and watch and soak in how we celebrate Canada Day.” Many Syrian families in the Toronto area are expected to attend the annual Canada Day celebration hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, a massive event that typically draws thousands and is set to take place outside a mosque in Vaughan after afternoon prayers.

Choudhry said the Friday sermon will centre on Canada Day and loyalty to one’s country.

The festivities will see a group of children sing the national anthem,

Abeer among them. The girl said she has been practising on top of the daily singalong at school.

But a key part of the celebration — the barbecue — will be off-limits for Muslims fasting for Ramadan. The month-long ritual precludes participants from eating or drinking between sunrise and sunset and its timing is set by the lunar calendar.

The last Friday of Ramadan is particularly significant and turnout is expected to be even higher than usual since most people will have the day off because of the statutory holiday, Choudhry said.

Body of man found in debris field of house explosion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Police say the body of a man has been found in the debris field of a house explosion.

Peel Regional Police said Thursday evening that it’s the second body located at the site of the explosion — the body of a woman was found the day of the blast that damaged other houses in the Mississauga neighbourhood.

Earlier Thursday, Sgt. Josh Colley said the home is associated with Robert Nadler and Diane Page, but police had not been able to contact either of them.

Police said the identification of the man has not been confirmed and Colley had said the identity of the woman

found dead at the scene on Tuesday had not been determined.

Nine other people suffered minor injuries in the explosion that rained debris over a wide area and forced the evacuation of 69 homes — an evacuation that police said would end for some residents on Thursday night.

Media reports have said there were handwritten notes found near the scene of the blast, and police said they’re working to find out whether the papers are related to the explosion.

“Because the blast site was so large and there were multiple homes that were damaged, it’s an extensive process to try to match up handwriting analysis,” Colley said. “So they’re working on trying to associate those documents with an address.”

Got Tooth Pain? ...Better Call Bower Dental

BOWER

DENTAL

NOW OPEN ON SELECT SUNDAYS

We Have the Best Patients in the World Your Insurance Friendly, Extended-Hour Dental Office

General Dentists bowerdental.com

Stop In or Call 403-347-8008

NEWS

Friday, July 1, 2016

B6

‘Inclusive’ Canadian identity Obama a core priority: documents used Ottawa OTTAWA — Top federal civil servants were warned last year that removing multiculturalism as a piece of Canadian identity could hurt efforts to shore up the economy and combat extremism.

A presentation to a cross-departmental committee of deputy ministers in May 2015 suggested that creating an us-and-them mentality on the question of who is Canadian could hinder reconciliation between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people, threaten national unity, and erode public support for immigration.

These types of issues surfaced months later during the federal election campaign, including the heated debate over a push to ban face veils from being worn during citizenship ceremonies.

The message also said such talk could hamper the government’s ability to combat “violent extremist narratives” and could hurt the economy by reducing foreign investment and the number of skilled immigrants entering Canada — who are “required for the future success of the Canadian economy.”

The presentation said crafting an “inclusive Canadian identity” is a core

government priority because it “lays the foundation for harmony, prosperity and stability at home and abroad.”

The federal documents also included speaking notes prepared for the deputy minister of Employment and Social Development Canada. They recommended that the committee think about how the issues raised in the presentation can affect the government’s delivery of services, programs and policies.

The aim, it added, is to “build the collective sense of progress and sharing in opportunity” and “reinforce the attachment to and good functioning of the federation.”

The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the presentation through the Access to Information Act. Jack Jedwab, executive vice-president of the Association for Canadian Studies, said the presentation suggested that crafting a Canadian identity at a bureaucratic level fell less in line with the view of the then-Conservative government. He added that it echoed the kind of talk now being heard from the current Liberal government about multiculturalism.

“There’s been a fair bit of criticism about multiculturalism and what I like about this particular paper is it’s bang on on multiculturalism,” Jedwab said.

“Multiculturalism has really served

us well. I think it conveys the right message to Canadians.”

Defining the parameters of the Canadian identity is tricky.

The presentation says that our collective identity as a nation has three historical pillars, or what the documents call the “interconnected axes of identity.”

They include the split between aboriginal and non-aboriginal peoples, British and French histories as well as bilingualism, and multiculturalism, which includes the country’s history of immigration.

“From this complex history, there exists no single, definitive story of ‘the Canadian identity,’ ” the document says.

“Through their overlapping multiple identities, people express different ways of being Canadian.”

The presentation also says that aboriginals, on average, “express positive feelings of belonging to Canada” and are proud to be Canadian. Those were among the positive indicators when it came to having an inclusive Canadian identity.

The remaining challenges were all blacked out from the documents because they were deemed sensitive advice to top officials.

REVVING UP FOR CANADA DAY

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Brian Belamy washes down his 1949 International-McCormick tractor at a car wash in Cremona on Thursday.

Belamy is a member of a local vintage tractor club and was preparing for a Canada Day parade.

More than 100 people being invested in the Order of Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Nathalie Lambert was just a child in a poor neighbourhood in Montreal when she walked through the doors of the skating rink across the street.

She walked in by happenstance, she said.

What followed was three Olympic medals in short-track speed skating, travelling the world for international competitions, serving as chef de mission for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, and a lifetime in sport as a coach, official, mentor and instructor.

Soon enough, Lambert will be walking through the doors of Rideau Hall to join more than 100 other Canadians who are being invested in the Order of Canada.

“To be quite honest, I’m perfectly happy and thrilled with what sport has brought me and this is sort of the cherry on top of the sundae,” she said in an interview.

“I feel extremely privileged to receive this honour. In my wildest dreams, this would not have happened, so for me this is a thrilling and humbling honour.”

Lambert is one of 113 Canadians whom Rideau Hall announced Thursday will be invested into the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours and one that recognizes Canadians who have been high achievers in their fields, or have shown dedication or service to their community and country.

The list released on the eve of Canada Day includes writers like Jacques Godbout and Robert Sawyer, editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon, Michael Budman and Don Green, founders of retailer Roots Canada Ltd., former senator Sharon Carstairs, Isabel Bassett, former CEO of TVOntario and a former Ontario cabinet minister, Marie Wilson, a commissioner with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Dennis O’Connor, a retired judge who headed inquiries into the Maher Arar affair and the tainted-water scandal in Walkerton, Ont.

The Order of Canada was established in 1967 and has more than 6,500 members.

Lambert said even though her name will be entered into the Order of Canada, she is only there because of those around her who pushed her to be better at her sport: her teammates, her rivals, her coaches, and her late mother.

The same is true of Cassie Campbell, who captained the women’s hockey team to back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

She said she felt almost uncomfortable accepting the honour as an individual who plays in a team sport.

“I think about all my teammates when you get an award like this because it really should go to all of them and hopefully one day they all get that recognition,” Campbell said.

She said the recognition should go a long way to helping build women’s hockey at the grassroots level in Canada, which has come a long way from when she was a child.

Campbell said she didn’t grow up with a dream of playing hockey in the Olympics because at the time she didn’t think it was possible.

“You hope that the young girls hear about a female hockey player getting an honour like this and it inspires them even more.”

On the list are also a number of notable aboriginal Canadians, including artist Abraham Anghik Ruben and Graydon Nicholas, the first aboriginal to become the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick.

Nicholas grew up one of 12 children to a family on the Tobique First Nation reserve in New Brunswick. He struggled to learn English as a child, failing Grade 1 so he could have another year to work on his language skills.

“Nothing in life has ever come free, if I can call it that way,” he said.

“It’s been a lot of hard work. I don’t necessarily consider myself intelligent. I work hard and I never give up, very determined — my mother used to say, you’re stubborn.

“Stubborn is not such a bad quality when you can bounce back from setbacks and learn from your mistakes.”

speech to send NATO message

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — President Barack Obama used his speech to Canada’s Parliament to set the table for a strong show of solidarity against Russia at next week’s NATO summit, says the U.S. ambassador to Canada.

“He was sending a strong message, not only to Canada, but to all of our NATO partners that we’re going into Warsaw and we’re looking for everybody to step up and contribute to the level that they’ve committed,” Ambassador Bruce Heyman said about the impact of Obama’s visit to Ottawa a day earlier.

Obama’s chiding of Canada on its commitment to NATO — which stands at about one per cent of GDP compared to the NATO target of two per cent — was one of the few discordant notes in an otherwise celebratory visit to Ottawa.

Heyman said it capped an unprecedented eight-month period of attention by the U.S. on Canada which built a “muscle memory” throughout his government that will keep bilateral relations strong regardless of who replaces Obama in the White House next year.

That’s because the U.S. was focused on preparing for a new government last fall, the March visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House, and then Wednesday’s return visit by Obama to Ottawa for the North American leaders’ summit and his special address to a joint session of Parliament.

With the dust settled on that, Obama and Trudeau and 26 other leaders in the alliance are turning their attention towards their summit next week, which like many others in Eastern Europe is increasingly nervous about Russian aggression on its border.

In an otherwise effusive and upbeat speech, Obama said he wants to see Canada and its NATO allies contribute more to their common defence, especially in light of Russia’s aggressive posture.

“As your ally and as your friend, let me say that we’ll be more secure when every NATO member, including Canada, contributes its full share to our common security,” Obama said.

“The world needs more Canada, NATO needs more Canada. We need you.”

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Thursday that Canada will lead one of NATO’s four new battle groups being established on the alliance’s eastern flank as part of its stepped up deterrent against Russia.

The move is designed to show Canadian solidarity with NATO against Russia, which has annexed the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine and backed pro-Russian separatist forces in that country’s eastern region.

HEAR WITH CONFIDENCE

*GCT DGVVGT .KXG DGVVGT A hearing test is quick, simple and completely painless

At Beltone, It’s all about you!

We provide you with. .

• 75 years of hearing aid innovation • Belcare, our lifetime service commitment to you • Personalized hearing for your lifestyle • Hearing evaluations • And much more

Beltone Legend

TM

Hearing Instruments

A complete line-up of hearing instruments from the smallest (invisible) to the most powerful.

Ask your Beltone certified Hearing Instrument specialist about hearing aid options including the Beltone Legend shown here.

BETTER HEARING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL CARE

The Hearing Centre 4928 - 53 Avenue, Red Deer

Call 403-347-4703 Out of Town 1-800-661-4703

FOR YOUR PERSONAL CONSULTATION Locally Owned and Operated, Internationally Connected.

7649119F14-G18

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

C1

LIFE

THE ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

THAT’S AMORE Photo contributed by GERRY FEEHAN/Freelance

Gerry enjoys a well-deserved break after biking to the summit of San Marino.

GERRY FEEHAN’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITALY TAKES HIM TO SAN MARINO, RICCIONE AND THE TUSCAN HILLS GERRY FEEHAN TRAVEL The most serene republic of San Marino is located in the middle of Italy. At 62 sq. km. it is one of the smallest nations in the world. Although only a few dozen kilometers from Italy’s Adriatic Coast, San Marino’s summit is almost 800 meters above sea level. And crowning this mountainous micro-state is the medieval Fortress of Guaita. My destination.

But I wasn’t looking up. My head was down, focused on my churning bicycle pedals and the relentless climb up a twisting cobblestone road. What was I doing here? I’m not even fond of biking.

I needed the exercise. We had been in Italy for almost two weeks and had yet to actually earn any of the fabulous meals we had devoured.

It was a tough three-hour slog to San Marino’s pinnacle — but an easy glide back down to the coastal town of Riccione, and the Belvedere Hotel where we were ensconced for four nights.

The Belvedere is a “biker’s” hotel. Marina Pasquini, the proprietress, is a

3

1

Photo by GERRY FEEHAN/Freelance

Ponte Della Madellena spans the Serchio River near Lucca. dynamic effervescent woman. Marina exudes the qualities of both caring mother and astute businesswoman. Her staff love her and feed off her magnetism. This osmotic energy carries through to the guests — who are treated like family.

Marina is a wonderful cook. So after a grueling 70-kilometer ride, I felt justified in accepting a second helping of her remarkable Friday night paella.

FAMILY FUN AT RED DEER PUBLIC LIBRARY

THINGS HAPPENING TOMORROW

Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch offers Family Fun Saturdays from 11 to 11:45 a.m. for all ages to enjoy family storytime in the Children’s Department. This is a year-round drop-in program.

2

Marina is also an observant woman (I wouldn’t try stealing any silverware from the Belvedere). When we checked in she noted I was toting a ukulele: “Would you like to play at lunch this afternoon? You’ll be biking up to a farmhouse and winery in the hills.”

“I can’t carry the ukulele on my bicycle,” I replied.

“Don’t worry, we can bring it up for you,” she said happily. “It will be won-

ROCKIN’ HIGHLINERS PLAY FRATTERS

3

After a 10-year holiday, the band known as the Rockin’ Highliners are back together again. On Saturday they are at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer for a 9 p.m. show.

derful.”

How could I say no?

On the ride up Florence had bike problems. Her chain kept falling off. Our guide Dani-boy was nonchalant and pleasantly attended to each messy repair. When we arrived at the farmhouse his hands were black with grease.

Please see ITALY on Page C2

PONOKA STAMPEDE CONTINUES The Ponoka Stampede’s second last day will be headlined by rodeo action at 1 p.m. and chuckwagons at 6:30 p.m. The team roping competition goes at 9 a.m. The Chicks for Charity Breakfast is from 8-11 a.m. at the Stagecoach Saloon. The Beer Gardens and Downtown Dance begin at 8:30 p.m. at the Arena Complex.

FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN OUR EVENT CALENDAR AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM/CALENDAR.

FRONTIER

403-347-4990 | 1-888-LET-S-BUS (538-7287)

“because we care” SUPERIOR SERVI CE AT AN AFFORDABLE PRI CE

PAY FOR 5 CASINO DAY TRIPS

6 DAY TRIP IS FREE TH

CENTURY CASINO EDMONTON JULY 19

MULTI DAY CASINO

LETHBRIDGE CASINO JULY 25-26

MEDICINE HAT CASINO OCTOBER 24-26

BONNERS FERRY/COEUR D’ALENE IDAHO NOV 15-19 Bonners Ferry - 50 machines on site that play and pay Canadian Coeur D’Alene--$25 cash play/$15 meal discount

www.frontierbuslines.com SINGLE DAY TOUR TOURS

Visit our website or call for details

MULTI-DAY TOURS

CALGARY STAMPEDE

AUGUST 5 DAY MYSTERY TOUR

FREE ADMISSION AND RUSH SEATS OVER 65 Or call for reserved seats

Don’t miss out on our most popular tour. If you already booked call to finalize and choose your preferred date

TUESDAY JULY 12

1 DAY MYSTERY TRIP

TOUR 2- MON. AUG. 29-FRI. SEPT. 2

FRIDAY SEPT 9

AMAZING CROSS CANADA EXCURSION

SATURDAY SEPT 10

Enjoy the fall colors from Alberta to the Maritimes. Travel cross Canada by Motorcoach, fly back to Alberta. Please call for a brochure or visit our website for details

SPRUCE MEADOWS MASTERS WORLD TOP SHOW JUMPING EVENT LIMITED COVERED SEATING-BOOK EARLY

JUBILATIONS DINNER THEATRE

23 DAYS SEPT 11- OCT 3, 2016

CALGARY SUNDAY OCT 16

MINOT SCANDINAVIAN HOSTFEST

Enjoy the music of Fats Domino, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Hailey, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and more.

5 headliner shows and authentic dining experience included

“ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK”

SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2

DEPARTS RD ARENA OVERFLOW LOT FOR ALL DAY TOURS. DEPARTS PARKING LOT SOUTH OF DENNY’S FOR ALL OVERNIGHT TOURS.

TRAVEL

Friday, July 1, 2016

C2

Israel’s northern tip offers peaceful hike

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A priceless selection of Brunello vintages in the Abbadia Ardenga wine cellar.

STORIES FROM PAGE C1

ITALY: Italian drivers really get it During lunch I scoured my brain for an appropriate tune to entertain a group of bicycle aficionados in the Rimini hills of Italy. After a four-course meal, a sweet dolce and plenty of vino di casa, the group was rambunctious. I tentatively plinked the ukulele.

My truncated version of Dean Martin’s That’s Amore went over well.

Then I recounted Florence’s bike chain maladies by singing (with apologies to the Beatles): Chain, my baby’s got a tangled-up chain, And it ain’t the kind, that you can cle-e-e-an, But Dani-boy, fixed her chain for me. Yeah.

The crowd went wild. Bike enthusiasts can be real nerds.

Dani-boy had a genuine tear in his eye. Despite their hot-blooded temperament, Italians can be surprisingly sentimental.

On our last Belvedere morning, as we checked out, the skies opened up.

Disheartened cyclists, decked out in jerseys from around the world, sat and scanned the dreary sky. The ride was off for the day. Rain, steep narrow roads, zany Italian drivers and over-enthusiastic bicyclists do not mix.

Marina was in the foyer to bid us arrivederci, offering a genuine hug — and a request that we soon return.

We were off to Tuscany, the final leg of our month-long stay in Italia.

The GPS indicated that our AirBnb in Lucca was three hours away. But as per our usual modus operandi we took the road less travelled and turned what should have been a short jaunt into a seven-hour odyssey through the twisting narrow country roads and unsurpassable beauty of Tuscany.

I enjoyed driving in Italy. Despite their crazy reputation, I found Italian drivers really get it (unlike some folks piloting cars on Alberta’s QE2). I survived a month driving in Italy without incident: no fender-benders on narrow cobblestone streets, no roundabout collisions — and not one Italian offered a gesticulation as to where I might go and procreate.

However, it will be a miracle if the post office doesn’t eventually deliver a slew of photo-radar tickets and one-way street infractions. It is not an understatement to suggest that compliance with Italian driving laws is impossible. And Italian roads require super-human navigating skills. Florence (and our GPS) performed admirably — we were lost fewer than a dozen times.

When we arrived in Lucca our hostess met us outside the town walls, helped us park and escorted us to

her lovely apartment in the heart of the Old City. (Our AirBnb experience throughout Italy was amazing. Our hosts were uniformly friendly, helpful and available. Many even stocked the fridge with Italian delights for our arrival.)

One fine afternoon we signed up for a wine-tasting tour in the famous Brunello region of Montalcino, near Sienna. En route we passed vineyard after vineyard, interrupted only by ancient olive groves. And it seemed every Tuscan hill was topped by an alluring fairytale-like village — with stone spires guarding the verdant fields of Italian spring.

Mario Ciacci is the octogenarian who founded and still oversees Abbadia Ardenga winery — although these days Mario’s role seems limited to entertaining customers, dancing with the lady guests — and sipping a little of his own beautifully-aged Brunello.

He proudly walked us through the vintner’s process — and his priceless cellar — before serving us a simple lunch coupled with a multitude of his Abbadia vintages.

Mario loves making vino, his passion for 60 years. He has a certain — pardon my French — joie de vivre.

Mario is also a seasoned salesman; in addition to my traffic tickets, any day now we’re expecting an overseas shipment of Brunello wine.

After three nights in Lucca and four in Sienna we moved on to Orvieto for our final few Italian nights. In each of these towns the itinerary was simple: explore the narrow, confusing streets of the city core for a day, then hop in the car and tour the surrounding countryside for a couple of days.

All of these walled cities have their unique character but Orvieto is perhaps the most charming and interesting. Built atop a flat butte of volcanic tuff, the town has remained impregnable for millennia. Its high walls provide a natural defense that could not be breached. The city was also immune to enemy siege. Water was drawn from the ingeniously designed well of San Patrizio and food literally flew in through the windows: the people farmed pigeons. Thus both food and water were readily available without leaving the protection of the fortress.

Orvieto is home to one of Italy’s most striking Gothic cathedrals. The gold-gilded façade of the Duomo is spectacular at sunset. And beneath the streets an ancient labyrinth of tunnels was carved into the tuff, designed for quick escape. (Perhaps flight from this siege-proof city would have been necessary had Orvieto been infiltrated by stool pigeons?)

We’ve been home for some time now and the traffic tickets have yet to arrive — but I take solace in the fact that when they do there will be a hearty glass of Brunello at hand to ease the pain.

For more of Gerry’s travel stories, photos and video clips visit gnfeehan. blogspot.com-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oven Fall, a waterfall on a trail in the Nahal Iyyon Nature Reserve in Metulla, Israel’s most northerly point. Metulla has a long history as a frontier town engulfed on three sides by Lebanon, but the nature reserve is a scenic and peaceful place. resting place of some of the Lebanon conflict’s victims.

Still, it all only seems to add to the tranquility of the 90-minute hike through Israel’s most northerly nature reserve.

If you’ve got more time to spend in Metulla, there are a few quaint bed and breakfasts, some historic sites and the Canada Center — housing Israel’s only official skating rink and hockey centre.

But if it is quiet you seek, stick to nature where the violence of the past is more easily forgotten.

If You Go… NAHAL IYYON NATURE RESERVE: Upper entrance from the town of Metulla, at Israel’s northern tip.

Open daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. On weekends and in winter, closing time at 4 p.m. Phone: 04-6951519. Best way to get there is by car.

Start your day with us Find Great Deals, Local Events and Detailed community News Subscribe for 57¢ a day*

call or visit 403.314.4300 rreddeeradvocate.com e

XL

XL

Trenta

= = *as low as $15 per month on autopay

START A NEW ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION

and receive a $5000 Save On Foods Gift Card.

While Supplies Last.

June 16/16 - July 18/16

NO REFUNDS | PICK UP ONLY

7653581

Photo by GERRY FEEHAN/Freelance

METULLA, Israel — A frontier town that juts into a hostile neighbouring country and has a long history of militants firing upon it doesn’t seem like a typical place to seek serenity. But that’s exactly what you will find in Metulla, Israel’s most northerly point, which is engulfed by Lebanon on three sides but which is home to a nature reserve.

Barbed-wire and electric fences divide the countries and signs warn against approaching the border at almost every turn. Lebanese cars and homes can be easily glimpsed upon from just a few hundred meters away, as well as the yellow flag of the Hezbollah guerrillas flapping in the wind just across the border, a reminder of the bloody war that raged a decade ago and rained rockets on the region.

But all that seems a world away once you enter the Nahal Iyyon Nature Reserve on the northeast corner of town and descend into a narrow canyon along a scenic hiking trail. The track is carved out alongside a babbling stream that includes romantic pathways shaded by droopy eucalyptus trees and breathtaking waterfalls. If you are lucky enough to find yourself alone on the trail, let yourself enjoy the silence, interrupted only by birds chirping, the occasional tractor humming on the Lebanese road above and water trickling through this tributary to the Jordan River. The animal life you’ll encounter includes frogs, crabs and large neon blue dragonflies.

The highlight is reaching the third waterfall on the trail and the most majestic. The “Oven Fall” is a 30-meter (100-foot) drop that sends water crashing into a pool below and which over time has created a noted chimney shape to the rock formation. There’s a perch from the canyon ridge offering a view of the plunging fall and also a shaded platform at the bottom where the mist will cool you off on a hot day.

The reserve is not without its reminders of the area’s troubled history.

The entrance is beside a military base and a memorial to 12 soldiers who were killed in a blast during Israel’s lengthy military presence in southern Lebanon. The trail begins at the remains of the Iyyon Bridge, which was blown up in the late 1940s by Jewish militias fighting for an independent Israeli state, and passes by the Metulla cemetery, which includes the final

TRAVEL

Friday, July 1, 2016

C3

Silver linings from a failed ski trip ALASKA

BY RACHEL WALKER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES CORDOVA, Alaska - I’m standing atop a conelike summit deep in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, possibly the steepest and most gargantuan peaks I have ever seen. It’s a cloudless March day, the sky cerulean, the bold sun beating down. In every direction there are summits sharp and straight whose narrow chutes and fluted flanks have tested some of the world’s best skiers. I have paid almost $6,000 to be here. I’ve come with my best friend, Maggie, to celebrate our 40th birthdays, and each of us has left a husband and two young children behind with the goal of testing our prowess in what has become the Holy Grail among skiers: heli-skiing in Alaska.

A helicopter has delivered us, as promised, to the top of a remote slope of untouched snow. The view alone demands reverence. The skiing itself requires absolute focus. Or so I’m told.

After noodling around in the snow for a heartbreaking 15 minutes, my group of four nods at our guide, and he radios the helicopter pilot to come pluck us from this wintry perch. If you looked at our feet, you’d see that we hadn’t even put on our ski boots.

We cannot ski because the previous six days have been a torrid mix of rain and snow - wet, heavy slush that has triggered avalanches on nearly every slope in the immediate area. Although today dawned bright and blue, the temperature rose to a balmy 68 degrees, more than 20 degrees warmer than average temps at this time of year. And that was down in the valley at the lodge. About 4,000 feet higher, where I’m waiting for the helicopter, it’s freakishly warmer. I’m actually sweating just standing still.

You don’t need to be a snow scientist to know that these are subprime skiing conditions. But in case there was any doubt, Kevin Quinn, co-owner and lead guide at Points North Heli, put it this way at breakfast after flying the company’s 1,500 square miles of terrain: “Every hazard in the world is out there today. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. The worst day out there [skiing] is better than the best day here. But in my 20-plus years of skiing the Chugach, I’ve never seen anything like this.�

Kevin’s main priority is to keep us safe. Roughly 30 skiers have congregated at Orca Lodge just outside of Cordova, a fishing village in southeastern Alaska. Since we arrived (in a rainstorm that lasted five gloomy days), we have orbited one another in the spacious dining room where ping-pong keeps the Czechs occupied while the California guys watch ski porn on endless repeat. Maggie and I have jogged into town and taken an aerobics class with a handful of Cordova locals at the Rec Center. One day, we borrowed kayaks and paddled up Orca Inlet on Prince William Sound, but we turned around after 45 minutes when the rain graduated to hail.

When heli-skiing in Alaska, down days are expected, and so is bad weather. Points North is very clear about this on its website, where it warns: “The Gulf of Alaska is a giant weather maker that provides the Chugach with over 50 feet of snow annually and makes the runs world famous‌ . All of the heli-skiing in Alaska is in heavily glaciated terrain. We need clear skies to fly and ride safely.â€?

According to freeskiing pioneer Kristin Ulmer, who spends two weeks at Points North every winter and whose trip overlapped with mine, on any spring heli-ski trip to Alaska you have a 33 percent chance of not flying at all; 33 percent change of flying but skiing low-angle, mellow slopes; and 33 percent chance of having the best, most life-altering, extreme ski run ever.

Photos by ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

ABOVE; The fishing village of Cordova, Alaska, is three miles from Orca Lodge, Points North’s heli-skiing base.

RIGHT; After an unfortunate five days of heavy precipitation and warm temperatures, this helicopter trip to a peak in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains was for picnicking, not skiing.

The high likelihood of down days is baked into the $5,875 trip price, which breaks down into food and lodging (guests all stay at the Orca Lodge and receive three meals per day for a week) and four hours of helicopter time. This is generally enough for three days of flying and eight to 10 runs of skiing. If you run out of helicopter time, you can book more at $1,000 per heli-hour. When I sent in my deposit, the optimist in me wondered how much I should budget for extra heli-hours. It never occurred to me that we would get completely skunked.

And yet, I departed Alaska without even buckling my ski boots, a potentially crushing end to a once-in-a-lifetime dream trip.

In the weeks since returning home, I’ve reread my journal and thought deeply about the adventure and the grief - yes, grief; at first, I thought I was being melodramatic, but bear with me and I’ll explain - caused by my trip’s implosion. The upshot is that there were some silver linings and valuable lessons (among them: Buy trip insurance! I did for about $280 and got a fat check for all of my unused helicopter time, almost $4,000). I also got a refresher course in how to deal when things don’t go as planned.

The five stages of grief when your trip implodes: Denial: Even though we arrived in Cordova in the gloomiest weather, where the thick, gray clouds didn’t rain so much as leak, and even though that weather persisted for days, neither of us drank any wine at dinner, firmly believing the next day would be clear and cold, and we wanted all our faculties intact so we could ski our brains out.

Anger: “Rain, rain, pouring rain,� I wrote in my journal on March 29. “It’s a complete waste of time to be twiddling my thumbs at the lodge here in rainy Alaska. If I were home (Colorado, which was getting hammered with actual snowstorms), I’d be in deep powder. I could take a week off and ski. Get a cheap motel. Eat cheap. It’d be a lot cheaper than paying thousands of dollars to watch the rain in Cordova.�

Bargaining: “If it clears and we ski, I won’t leave my family next year for another trip,� I wrote on Day 4 in my journal. “All I need is a few good runs in AK, and I can have a mellow season next year.�

Depression: We had one sunny day, and that’s when we flew to the mountain summit for a picnic. When we returned to the lodge, I was heavy with sadness. On one hand, I knew that in the big picture not getting to heli-ski was inconsequential, especially in light of the world’s true problems: poverty, violence, refugees. On the other hand, this was the thing I’d spent more than a year saving for and training for.

It was my dream to ski those mountains, and my dream was fading. That it wasn’t going to happen was, momentarily, devastating.

Acceptance: Here’s the thing: The weather was completely beyond our control. The only thing I could (and did) control was getting into the best shape of my life so I could ski these mountains, packing all the right gear and showing up with a positive attitude.

Once I finally accepted that, I felt better. Instead of concentrating on what I did not get to do (ski), I focused on what I did: I logged quality time with one of my favorite people in the world (Maggie and I live in separate states and are lucky to see each other once a year, if that); I slept, a lot, which is priceless when you’re a working mom of two young children; I worked on a fun creative writing project that I had wanted to start but had not made the time for at home; I explored one of the most beautiful fishing hamlets in the world (if you ever get a chance to go to Cordova, go); and, finally, I met kindred spirits. Though we didn’t bond over ski lines, we all shared a love of the sport, the mountains, and the wildness of it all.

Skiers are a special breed, and those who opt to be heli-skiing guides in Alaska are a hardy bunch. They’re fun to drink whiskey with and throw old, battered skis onto a raging bonfire with in hopes of appeasing the snow gods, even if it proves ineffective.

Will I go back? I hope so. Am I glad I went, despite getting skunked? Without a doubt.

Take the easy way out

Fly Red Deer Enjoy free parking and shorter lines when you fly from Red Deer Airport.

Connecting You To The World With

New poll says Canadians ‘happy at home’ when it comes to travel

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new poll finds that while most Canadians have lived or travelled abroad, the majority see their homeland as a top vacation destination.

A survey conducted by Ipsos Reid for Historica Canada says 68 per cent of participants agreed that “Canada has something for everyone, so why go anywhere else.�

About a third of respondents, on the other hand, said they think Canada is a great place to live but not that interesting to visit and they’d rather travel outside its borders.

Among those planning Canadian vacations, most — 32 and 24 per cent, respectively — are headed to Ontario or Quebec, where the bulk of the country’s population lives.

But a quarter of respondents say British Columbia is their dream destination in Canada, far ahead of any other province, though almost as many (22 per cent) say they long to go on a coast-to-coast road trip.

The poll, administered online to 1,008 Canadians between June 17 and 22, is accurate to within 3.5 percentage points 19 times out of 20. “Canadians are very happy at home and there’s a lot to choose from in Canada and Canadians in general celebrate that,� said Anthony Wilson-Smith, president and CEO of Historica Canada.

Many respondents (46 per cent) say

they would prefer to travel domestically rather than head south of the border even if the exchange rate wasn’t a factor, although 26 per cent say they would choose the U.S. if our dollar was stronger, the poll says.

Close to a third say their preference depends more on the weather, noting they like summer in Canada and winter down south.

Those at least 55 years old are the most likely to choose based on the season — 36 per cent say that affects their decision, compared to 32 per cent of those 35 to 54 years old and 24 per cent of those 18 to 34.

Nearly four in 10 say they visit the U.S. less often due to safety concerns. “There’s a lot of general discussion lately of gun issues, of crime issues, how much does that affect you? And you see a high return there of people saying, ‘Actually, yeah, I do think about that and that makes it less likely for me to go there,�’ Wilson-Smith said.

Still, the average Canadian has lived in or visited five other countries, the poll finds. Most (39 per cent) have been to two to five other countries, while 20 per cent have visited one and 15 per cent have never left the country.

Residents of Alberta were the most likely (22 per cent) to say they’ve never left Canada, followed by those in Atlantic Canada (19 per cent).

Prolific travellers — those who have been to at least 10 other countries — were most likely to be from British Columbia, with Ontario as runner-up and Quebec close behind.

SIZZLING SUMMER S AV I N G S AT RIVER CREE

BOOK OUR SUMMER OFFER from only

$149/night - Available 7 days a week From June 1 – July 31, 2016*

Ũ 8SVFDOH JXHVW URRP LQ D VWDU KRWHO Ũ YRXFKHU IRU 5LYHU &UHH &DVLQR Ũ VORW PDFKLQHV WDEOH JDPHV Ũ +HDWHG LQGRRU SRRO ZKLUOSRRO Ũ UHVWDXUDQWV EDU 6WDUEXFNV FDI

9 , 6 , 7 : : : ( ' 0 2 1 72 1 0 $ 5 5 , 27 7 &2 0 AND ENTER PROMO CODE “SUM�

2 5 & $ / / *Rate based on availability from June 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016. %ODFNRXW GDWH -XO\ 7D[HV DQG JUDWXLWLHV H[WUD

EDMONTON MARRIOTT AT R I V E R C R E E R E S O R T 3 0 0 E A S T L A P O TA C B L V D , E N O C H , A B W W W . E D M O N TO N M A R R I OT T . C O M

THE ADVOCATE C4

FASHION FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A model wears a creation for Lanvin’s Men’s Spring Summer 2017 fashion collection presented Sunday.

Lanvin men’s designer celebrates 10 years at storied house

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Lanvin’s Lucas Ossendrijver celebrated a glorious decade as the storied Parisian house’s menswear designer in a highly-anticipated show that saw the Palais de Tokyo venue bursting at the seams Sunday with guests.

Here are some highlights of the final day of spring-summer 2017 menswear collections in Paris.

OSSENDRIJVER’S 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Since Dutch-born Ossendrijver was tapped to revitalize the floundering Lanvin menswear line 10 years ago, he changed the face of the house.

The designer, who cut his cloth at Kenzo and then Dior Homme, successfully modernized the men’s line founded by Jeanne Lanvin in the 1920’s with his signature layering, eclectic style fusion and fashion-forward approach.

Ossendrijver even made style history in 2006 by creating the first high-fashion urban leather sneakers, which have now become an iconic style item.

Under his tenure, Homme de Lanvin has become an unmissable Fashion Week calendar show and his line one of the most trend-setting in Paris today.

LANVIN’S STRIPES

Ossendrijver was on top form at Lanvin’s show Sunday, fusing styles from the ’60s and the ’80s for his spring collection that showcased handmade craftsmanship.

It had fashion insiders cheering.

“This collection is not about a single concept but rather a collage made up of different possibilities,” Ossendrijver explained.

One leitmotif was the colorful variations on the Breton stripe, which had its heyday in the 60’s.

Stripes in caramel, white, grey, blue and red graced shirts and vests with great optical kinesis.

Demonstrating Ossendrijver’s eye for detail, the 60’s theme carried through in long narrow scarves, rainbow stripes, big grey check suits and funky flat, round-toed pumps with colour-contrasted laces that were all the rage in that era.

These ’60s fashions were mixed with exaggerated ’80s layering that defined the collection silhouette and in recent years has become a touchstone of Ossendrijver’s esthetic.

A billowing, oversize coat, for instance, perfectly captured that period’s exuberance.

Other looks riffed off contemporary colour-blocking styles, making for a rich collection befitting a career milestone.

AGNES B.’S MULTICULTURALISM

Bright colours and African themes were at the heart of Agnes B.’s spring-summer collection, which celebrated cultural fusion.

A Persian blue tunic vibrantly opened the show, which fused Africa ideas with Western styles.

This show also had political overtones.

Multicolored African wraps contrasted with T-shirt prints that humorously celebrated African multiculturalism in France, a political hot potato with the growing popularity of Marine Le Pen’s farright National Front party.

A top in blue spelled out the famous Gallic mantra “Vive la…” (“Long live…”) with an image of the African continent instead of an image of France.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz, right, acknowledges applause from the audience with Dutch fashion designer Lucas Ossendrijver at the end of the showing of his Men’s Spring-Summer 2013 collection, for Lanvin fashion house in Paris, France, Sunday.

Elsewhere, Western styles — like a cobalt-colored hoody and baseball caps — mixed with African beading.

Many of the looks were beautiful but arresting, certainly not for the shy dresser.

PAUL SMITH GETS SPLASHY London in the ’70s was in vogue for British designer Paul Smith, who produced a typically splashy collection.

Exaggerated retro shoulders defined the silhouette of myriad suit jackets and shirts — in checks or monochrome — that were twinned with the famed high-waisted pants.

Many of the looks borrowed from large “Saturday Night Fever”-era shirt collars, fusing them with the more colorful, checked and striped London styles of the time.

Smith’s signature touch is, of course, colour — and no hue was left behind.

Royal blue, Cerulean, lime yellow and wild grass strongly contrasted with vermillion and titanium yellow in the runway designs.

GALAXY CINEMAS RED DEER 357-37400 HWY 2, RED DEER COUNTY 403-348-2357

SHOWTIMES FOR FRIDAY JULY 1, 2016 TO THURSDAY JULY 7, 2016

FINDING DORY (G) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI,SUN-WED 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; SAT 11:20, 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; THURS 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 FINDING DORY 3D (G) CC/DVS FRI-WED 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:15; THURS 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, VIOLENCE, FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-WED 4:25, 10:05; THURS 4:25 INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE 3D (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) CC/DVS FRI-WED 12:50, 1:20, 3:45, 6:40, 7:20, 9:35; THURS 1:20, 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 WARCRAFT (PG) (VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRIWED 4:25, 10:30; THURS 4:45 THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 3D () ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES FRI-SUN 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30; MON-WED 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30; THURS 1:20, 4:25 THE LEGEND OF TARZAN 3D () CC/DVS, NO PASSES THURS 7:20, 10:00 THE CONJURING 2 (14A) (FRIGHTENING SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-WED 1:20, 7:30; THURS 1:40 THE BFG (PG) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-WED

4:10; THURS 4:40 THE BFG 3D (PG) CC/DVS, NO PASSES FRIWED 1:00, 7:00, 9:50; THURS 1:45, 7:30, 10:20 THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (G) ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES THURS 7:00, 9:30 THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (14A) (GORY BRUTAL VIOLENCE, COARSE LANGUAGE, DISTURBING CONTENT) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES FRI-WED 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00; THURS 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:40 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE, NUDITY, VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI,SUN-TUE 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15; SAT 11:30, 2:20, 4:55, 7:40, 10:15; WED 4:55, 7:40, 10:15; THURS 1:25, 3:55, 6:30, 9:20 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (PG) (COARSE LANGUAGE, NUDITY, VIOLENCE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING WED 1:30 FREE STATE OF JONES (14A) (VIOLENCE) FRIWED 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20; THURS 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 THE SHALLOWS (14A) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-THURS 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE () SAT 11:00 MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES (14A) (SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SEXUAL CONTENT, NUDITY) NO PASSES THURS 7:40, 10:10

a t r e b l A l a r t f Cen o s e c i v r e S Family

vices Senior Ser

y provided b

TRUST YOUR HOME TO US... or t ay Supp p AdultndDrecreation groer’us

p Lig vering eal pre ople im ial a A socia h Alzhe emory loss. and m er adults, pe d those reco it w le p m n o r ld a e o o , , p s r a r ! ti ie fo fo h isabilit ,demen ot lunc with d juries. disease includes a h m from in Progra

eaners!

The Gentlemen Cl

403-347-1845

www.mancusocleaning.com

Tuesday/Thursday 9-3

NEW

PROGRAM

For registration or more info go to:

fsca.ca 403.343.6400

Day program for adults with eengaging activities and games.

Providing Pr respite for caregivers.

M Must u qualify through assessment.

Senior Counselling Services facebook.com/FSCA1 facebook.com/FSC / CA1

7648337G1 764 648337G1

Cleaning plant: #8, 7428 - 49 Ave., Red Deer

LIFE ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY 7668747G1-30

ern berta’s only fully mod Mancuso is Central Al cleaning plant and training carpet and upholstery facility. andard of excellence st a d he is bl ta es ve We ha are proud to have set that is unrivaled and DARD FOR THOROUGH the BENCHMARK STANAmerica.

CLEANING™ in North

or t e Suekpp ing p e Hom s e ht hou aration

@FSCA1 @F

C5 FITNESS

Friday, July 1, 2016

LIKE us

FOLLOW us

www.reddeer.ca

Development Officer Approvals On June 27, 2016, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Clearview Ridge 1. Altalaw LLP – a 0.57m variance to the minimum side yard, to an existing detached dwelling unit, located at 109 Connaught Crescent.

Rosedale Estates 2. McMeehan, D. – a 0.52m variance to the minimum side yard, to an existing deck, located at 12 Russell Crescent.

Photo by Don Pawluk

Crystal Rhyno will be taking on the Lost Soul 50K race in September in Lethbridge.

Easing pre-race anxieties CRYSTAL RHYNO RUNNING WITH RHYNO I’m running and hiking hills. I’m trying to acclimatize to the heat.

Most of all I am driving myself crazy with my training and pre-race anxieties.

My “A” race is on Sept. 10 when I challenge the Lost Soul 50K race over the rolling coulees in Lethbridge.

I’m petrified.

So I did what every runner (with a newspaper column) does – call a race organizer for a pep talk.

Dean Johnson is a member of the four-person race director team for Lost Soul Ultramarathon. The popular fall ultramarathon is now in its 17th year.

Johnson has been volunteering with the race since 2012. He is also a running coach. (Find him at www. rundeanrun.ca) The race began with only a handful of runners tackling a 100-mile race and has grown to include 50K and 100K. Johnson said this year the race sold out within three days. It took two months last year. Generally they “overbook” the race to 400 participants with attrition in mind. Roughly 75 runners usually drop out due to injury or other circumstances.

About 50 per cent of the racers have never touched the course. The most popular distance is the 100K with 170 racers followed by the 50K with 150 runners. The 100-miler has 66 participants.

The Lethbridge trail community and race volunteers have helped boost the race’s popularity over the years, said Johnson. They don’t have to worry about trail maintenance because a group of 100 volunteers handle the upkeep without question.

The aid stations are manned by seasoned trail runners so you know you will be taken care of, said Johnson.

In 2014, I finished the 50K race with a bout of heat exhaustion thrown in for a good time.

But I am determined not to let the heat (or my poor preparation) get the better of me in 2016.

“For the last four years it has been hot,” said Johnson. “That takes it toll. Now it’s at the end of

summer and most people have the opportunity to train in heat. We recommend people go outside midday and practise working. You can go for a run. Then go for a hike or do your yard work to get acclimatized to the heat.”

Most people are 80 per cent there in seven days, said Johnson.

“As good as you are going to get, that is as good as you are going to get,” he said. “Some people handle the heat. Some people do not handle the heat very well.”

The race organizers have a contingency plan in case of inclement weather.

The course is very runable, which doesn’t always equate to a good race, said Johnson.

Many 100K or 100-milers have blown up on the first lap of 50K. “People get really worn out because the course allows it,” said Johnson. “You just have to run the race smart.”

In fact, he quoted British ultra runner Ian Sharman, “If you’re not running up the hills at the end of the race, do not run up the hills at the start of the race.”

“It just makes sense,” said Johnson. “Why would you be running up the hills early in the race. Yes, people are excited and they can forget their hydration and nutrition plan. You need to be able to rein it in.”

Organizers are cracking down on runners who do not carry enough water on the course.

“We are plucking people out of the coulees who ran out of water,” said Johnson. “This is not acceptable.”

Runners will have to carry at least one litre of water.

In these final 10 weeks of training, Johnson said it is important to focus on hill hiking and efficient downhill running. It is also important to figure out your hydration and nutrition plan for the race.

“Most people come into it with a running background,” said Johnson. “That will get you part way through. But if you want to have a great day, people do not realize how much hiking is involved. We have about 16 hills per lap … it can be mentally taxing for some people.”

Great advice.

I actually feel better about my training after speaking with Johnson.

Find Running with Rhyno on Facebook and @CrystalRhyno on Twitter. Send your column ideas, photos and stories to crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com.

Doctors integrating wearable technology

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on July 15, 2016. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

CITY OF RED DEER Canada Day Holiday Hours of Operation City of Red Deer administration offices will be closed on: Friday. July 1, 2016 RED DEER TRANSIT Friday, July 1, 2016 Transit service will operate on Sunday / Holiday hours.

First departure from the terminal is at 8:45 AM and last departure at 6:45 PM. City Centre Shuttle to Bower Ponds operates every 30 minutes 10:45 AM to 6:45 PM (Regular fares including passes accepted) No service on Routes 6, 12 / 12A or BOLT Routes 100 / 101.

No County Action Bus Service.

Transit Customer Service and Phone lines are closed.

Action Bus Phone lines will be closed and limited pre-booked service will be provided.

Park & Ride service for Canada Day Celebrations operates every 15 minutes from the Memorial Centre to Bower Ponds 10:45 AM to 10:15 PM. No service during the fireworks, and service will resume after the fireworks. Cash fares only: Adults (18 & over) $1.00, Youth (6-17) and Seniors (65 & over) $0.50, Children 5 & under are free. No passes or tickets accepted on the Park & Ride.

RECREATION FACILITIES Collicutt Centre Friday, July 1, 2016 – OPEN 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

GH Dawe Community Centre Friday, July 1, 2016 – OPEN 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Michener Aquatic Centre Friday, July 1, 2016 – CLOSED Recreation Centre Friday, July 1, 2016 – OPEN 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Riverbend Golf and Recreation Area Friday, July 1, 2016 – OPEN Dawn to Dusk

Road Closure Announcement

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — When patients visit Dr. Vahid Sahiholnasab for a routine check-up, he often asks to review their electronic fitness trackers.

He is learning that integrating new gizmos into health regimens can be a steeper climb than convincing people to walk 10,000 steps each day.

“It’s strange territory,” said Sahiholnasab, who is also a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia. “You’re going to find a lot of resistance.”

Even so, the Vancouver doctor is on a kick to persuade the population that technology is good for their health.

He’s among a group of entrepreneurs in B.C. who are developing innovative gadgets that can be worn, a rapidly advancing market known as “wearable technology.”

Sahiholnasab has designed a pair of high-tech glasses to prevent children from developing bad posture while playing with devices like smartphones and video games.

He’s tackling a problem identified by a Dutch spinal surgeon that’s been dubbed “Game Boy Disease,” where kids are increasingly complaining of neck and back pain.

His wearable product, called the EyeForcer, sends a warning to slouching children and shuts the game down when they’ve hunched over too many times.

“Whether we want it or not, we are heading toward wide use of technology in health care,” said Sahiholnasab, whose company is called Medical Wearable Solutions.

Other B.C. inventors putting wellness into people’s hands have also discovered that cool ideas aren’t always snapped up.

“It’s all a little unknown,” said Paul Fijal, a biomedical engineer and head of product development with Awake Labs, whose team is developing a wearable band for people with autism. “(There’s) the whole aspect of it being new and unexplored.”

The bracelet, called Reveal, is equipped with sensors that measure and track physiological signals in real time, providing information on emotions and behaviour. Parents and caregivers can better read, for example, whether the wearer is feeling high anxiety.

Fijal said a crowdfunding campaign is doing well as the team continues testing a prototype for release in May 2017. But he has heard concerns about privacy and basing health care solely off signals transmitted by a bracelet. His team is addressing those worries by reminding people of existing privacy laws, while Fijal said they will rely on “early adopters” to open the wider market.

“People who recognize the impact and the potential and are OK with the risks,” he said, describing families of autistic children enthusiastic to test the bracelet.

“You can start with that community and show that it works and build from there.”

Luc Beaudoin, an adjunct professor in cognitive science and education at Simon Fraser University, is

Discretionary Use None

Canada Day Celebrations Friday, July 1st, 2016 A complete parking ban is being imposed for the Great Chief Park & Bower Ponds area during the Canada Day Celebrations on Friday, July 1st. In order to manage traffic flow the following roads will be closed.

July 1st at 8:00am to July 2nd at 1:00am Kerry Wood Drive from Oak Drive to Taylor Drive No left hand turns will be permitted off of Taylor Drive from 10:30pm until after the completion of the event.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Liliya Sahiholnasab, 6, uses a special pair of glasses to help her correct her posture when using a tablet at her home in Richmond, B.C., Wednesday. also a proponent of wearable technology to improve lives.

He designed an app that helps people fall into deep sleep and regulate their emotions, but admits “there’s a lot you can do without technology, and it’s also contributing to the problems.”

The MySleepButton app, which requires just a smartphone and earphones, occupies a racing mind before bedtime using a technique Beaudoin has coined “cognitive shuffle.” A person lying in bed listens to a recorded voice coaxing them to imagine a sequence of images in a process that facilitates falling asleep.

Beaudoin said doctors are already recommending the app to people with insomnia, which shows professionals still have a role in health care.

“People now have access to a lot of knowledge they can use to improve every aspect of their lives,” he said. “But it’s still important to see a professional, because science is extremely complicated and it’s easy to go wrong.”

The medical establishment should work with savvy researchers to ensure new techniques make their way into standard health-care guidelines, he said.

Cindy Gu, a mechanical engineer and certified yoga teacher, founded Ohm GearLab to market a “smart belt” that learns a wearer’s breathing patterns. It compares their breathing with biometrics like heart rate, sending feedback as vibrations if their breath isn’t steady.

She believes skyrocketing sales of various wearables already means that society is embracing technology to boost health.

“Living modern lives, we are already slaves to our devices, even the latecomers on tech adoption,” she said. “When technology is put in the hands of people who are passionate about improving the well-being of others, it’s really a matter of time till the real change comes.”

July 1st from 8:00pm until 12:00am.

45 Street, northwest of 45 Avenue (Riverlands/ Cronquist Business Park) 47 Street, west of 54 Avenue (Riverlands/Cronquist Business Park) No vehicles will be allowed into the area except for valid participants, residents of Fairview and Oriole Park, and patrons of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club.

Park & Ride service: Red Deer Transit will be operating this service between the Memorial Center parking lot and Bower Ponds. The first shuttle will leave Memorial Center at 10:45 a.m. then every 15 minutes and the last one will be at 10 p.m. The first shuttle will leave Bower Ponds at 11 a.m. then every 15 minutes and the last one will leave at 10:15 p.m., then no more departures until after the fireworks display.

Regular transit passes are not valid for this service, exact change will be required. The fees are: Adults - $1.00 Children 6 to 17 years & Seniors - $0.50 Children 5 and under - free For further information, please contact Public Works at 403-342-8238.

Your cooperation is appreciated.

www.reddeerevents.ca

C6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

THREE DAY ~ H APPY ~

CANADA DAY Relax, enjoy and BBQ!

WEEKEND SALE

THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY ONLY!

SPEND 75 GET ONE FREE 4 L LUCERNE MILK $

Purchase must be made in a single transaction. Limit one offer per transaction. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. All varieties of Lucerne 4 L Milk included. Not valid at Safeway or Sobeys Liquor Stores or Fuel Stations.

Minimum purchase amount excludes taxes, deposits, and other exclusions. See Customer Service for complete list of exclusions.

FREE Lucerne Milk

Selected Varieties. 4 Litre

*

Friday, July 1 – Sunday, July 3, 2016

0 5 1 D N E P S R O GET 150 AIR MILES BONUS MILES + ONE FREE 4 L LUCERNE MILK $

®

* With coupon and a minimum $75 grocery purchase made in a single transaction.

SPEND $75, GET

†

7

70974 01030

4

†

With coupon and a minimum $150 grocery purchase made in a single transaction.

SPEND $150, GET

Purchase must be made in a single transaction. Limit one offer per transaction. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. All varieties of Lucerne 4 L Milk included. Coupon must be presented at time of purchase with your AIR MILES Card. AIR MILES Bonus Offer coupons cannot be combined with any other discount offer or AIR MILES offer including Customer Appreciation Day & Senior’s Day. Not valid at Safeway or Sobeys Liquor Stores. Other exclusions apply. See Customer Service for a complete list of exclusions.

150

AIR MILES® Bonus Miles Lucerne Milk

+FREE

†

Selected Varieties, 4 Litre

Friday, July 1 – Sunday, July 3, 2016

7

70974 01250

6

ΠdD dƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ /Z D/> ^ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů dƌĂĚŝŶŐ ͘s͘ hƐĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ďLJ >ŽLJĂůƚLJKŶĞ͕ Ž͘ ĂŶĚ ^ŽďĞLJƐ ĂƉŝƚĂů /ŶĐ͘

®†

95 AIR MILES Reward Miles = $10 TOWARDS YOUR GROCERY PURCHASE 9

BUY 4 EARN

40

+

Peek Freans Cookies or Dad’s, 250 - 350g, Selected varieties

3

BUY 3 EARN

40

+

BONUS MILES

49 each

Kraft Miracle Whip or Real Mayo, Selected varieties, 650 - 890 mL

BUY 3 EARN

40

+

Natrel Butter Salted or Unsalted, 454 g

4

each

50

+

BONUS MILES

29 each

Old Dutch Arriba or Restaurante Tortilla Chips Selected varieties, 245 - 384 g

BUY 5 EARN

75

+

BONUS MILES

49

4

BUY 5 EARN

Kellogg’s Jumbo Cereal Selected varieties, 700 g - 1.13 kg

6

10¢/L

SAVE UP TO

*

each

Check your local store for holiday hours

safeway.ca sobeys.com

each

40

+

Simply Juice Selected varieties, 1.75 L

4

BONUS MILES

49 each

UNTIL AUGUST 25th, 2016!

ON FUEL AT SHELL! Redeem your Fuel Savings Coupon at any Shell location and save when you purchase fuel!

Details In-store

We reserve the right to limit sales to retail consumer quantities. Prices in effect Friday, July 1 to Sunday, July 3, 2016. Advertised prices do not include taxes, deposits and environmental levies. Some items may not be available at all stores. All items while stocks last. Items advertised may not be exactly as illustrated. “We deliver” refers to prescription and floral items only. On deliveries, some restrictions may apply. On BUY ONE GET ONE FREE (“BOGO”) Items, customer must purchase the first item at full price to receive the second item free. BOGO offers are not 1/2 price sales. The free item must be of equal or lesser value to the purchase item. Customer must pay taxes, deposits and environmental levies on the purchased and free items. Manufacturers’ coupons apply to purchased items only – not free items. Limit one coupon per purchased item. Limits apply to all AIR MILES Item Bonus Promotions. AIR MILES will not be issued on purchase quantities that exceed the advertised limits. Unless otherwise advertised, customers may qualify for a maximum of ten AIR MILES Bonus awards per Item Bonus offer, per day, not to exceed 500 AIR MILES Reward Miles in total per day. AIR MILES Item Bonus promotions are available in store only while stocks last. AIR MILES Grocery Base offer (1 Reward Mile for every $20 spent cumulatively on grocery purchases within a single week starting Sunday through Saturday after all discounts and exclusions are applied) does not accumulate across Safeway and Sobeys stores, only within stores under the same store banner.

AIR MILES Reward Miles earned at Safeway and Sobeys are credited to AIR MILES Collector accounts approximately 2 to 3 weeks from the transaction dates. *Compared to our regular in store everyday price. ® TM Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co. and Sobeys Capital Inc.

PROUDLY CANADIAN

99

BUY 3 EARN

BONUS MILES

99

2

BONUS MILES

Prices effective July 1 - 3, 2016 FRI

1

SAT

SUN

2 3

D1

BUSINESS

THE ADVOCATE Friday, July 1, 2016

Northern Gateway stymied by appeal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The Canadian government failed in its duty to consult with aboriginal people before giving the green light to a controversial pipeline proposal to link Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s north coast, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.

The court quashed federal approval for Enbridge’s $7.9-billion Northern Gateway project in a written decision dated June 23 but released Thursday by a law firm involved in the appeal.

The judgment says the government neglected to discuss subjects of critical importance to First Nations by ignoring many of the project’s impacts and offering only a “brief, hurried and inadequate” opportunity for consultation.

“The inadequacies — more than just a handful and more than mere imperfections — left entire subjects of central interest to the affected First Nations, sometimes subjects affecting their subsistence and well-being, entirely ignored. Many impacts of the project … were left undisclosed, undiscussed and unconsidered,” the decision reads.

“It would have taken Canada little time and little organizational effort to engage in meaningful dialogue on these and other subjects of prime importance to Aboriginal Peoples. But this did not happen.”

The pipeline proposal received federal approval in 2014 but has been mired in legal uncertainty ever since.

Eight First Nations, four environ-

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

The Douglas Channel, the proposed shipping route for oil tanker ships in the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, just south of Kitmat, B.C., is pictured in 2012. The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned Ottawa’s approval of the Northern Gateway project, concluding that Canada fell short in its duty to consult with aboriginals. mental groups and one labour union launched the legal challenge, which was heard by the appeal court in October.

The three judge panel that heard the appeal was split 2-1.

In the dissenting opinion, Justice Michael Ryer says the Crown’s reasons for concluding it had met its duty to consult were based on a number of factors including that First Nations were encouraged to participate in the

process and were entitled to receive funding to do so.

Many of the First Nations concerns were accommodated as well in the 209 conditions attached to the project by a joint review panel that found it was in the public interest in December 2013, he wrote.

“It also has the support of a majority of the affected First Nations, 26 of which accepted the project proponent’s offer to acquire an equity inter-

est in the project.”

In a statement, Northern Gateway president John Carruthers said the company remains committed to building “this critical Canadian infrastructure project,” while protecting the environment and traditional way of life of aboriginal groups along the proposed route.

The company will consult with its First Nations partners and commercial proponents before deciding its next steps, he wrote.

The Calgary-based energy company and its 31 aboriginal equity partners asked the National Energy Board for a three-year extension to the 2016 construction deadline to allow for more consultation. But the First Nations who oppose the project, many of them located on B.C.’s north coast, say extra time won’t sway their position.

The Northern Gateway Pipeline first submitted a preliminary information package on the project to the energy board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in late 2005.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed during last year’s election campaign to formalize a ban on tanker traffic on the north coast, which critics say will kill the project. Trudeau has also voiced his opposition to a crude oil pipeline through the Great Bear rainforest, through which Northern Gateway would traverse.

The proposal would involve the construction of more than a thousand kilometres of pipeline from northeast of Edmonton to Kitimat, B.C., for shipping to international markets.

Heading west MORE BRITS LOOKING FOR JOBS IN CANADA AFTER BREXIT VOTE: JOB SEARCH SITE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A job search website says many United Kingdom residents have started looking for jobs abroad in the wake of the Brexit vote and Canada is high on their destination wishlist.

Indeed.com says the number of U.K. queries for jobs in Canada was over four times the average in the 48 hours following the vote to withdraw from the European Union.

Canada’s former high commissioner to the U.K. is not surprised so many Brits are looking for a way out, as Brexit casts a shadow of uncertainty over British markets and investments.

“The future investment (ability) of employers in Britain is going to be hampered and reduced and decline, and there will therefore be fewer jobs in Britain,” said Mel Cappe, now a professor of public policy at the University of Toronto.

“If you’re in Britain and you work in a precarious job, you want to look around and you want to be at the beginning, not at the end of the queue.”

Cappe added that with a similar legal system and English as an official language, Canada is a logical choice for U.K. residents.

Mariano Mamertino, an economic research analyst with Indeed, said U.K. job seekers’ interest to Canada may be connected to historical ties between the two countries.

“While post-Brexit job search patterns show that many job seekers in the U.K. are still oriented towards the E.U., many others feel strong ties to the ‘anglosphere’ of U.K.’s former colonial territories,” wrote Mamertino on Indeed’s website.

Indeed says the total number of searches for work abroad was 73 per cent higher than average on the day after the vote. In the two days following the vote, searches for jobs in the United States and Australia were 1.7 and 1.9 times higher than average, respectively. Searches for jobs in the rest of the E.U. doubled.

Nicola Snow plans to leave Manchester and join her boyfriend in Cologne, Germany in a matter of weeks.

She said her decision to move is “highly motivated by Brexit.”

Having recently graduated from university with a degree in ecology and conservation, Snow worries how the Brexit will affect her chosen profession.

“I spent a significant amount of my degree understanding how U.K. regulations help protect and restore the… environment and climate,” Snow said. “I found that nearly all of the U.K. (environmental) laws were only in place to conform with (the European Union).”

Snow, 29, also has serious concerns about the U.K.’s economy.

“I cannot risk instability anymore,” she said. “My future is already too fragile.”

S&P / TSX 14,064.54 +27.80

▲

TSX:V 730.44 +9.34

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ron Mistafa, owner of Detector Dog Services International, and Duke train in a field near Calgary, to hunt for oil pipeline leaks.

Keen canine noses sniff out leaking pipelines

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Duke has the scent.

The white-gold lab lopes through a field, pulling his owner, Ron Mistafa, behind him.

It takes about a minute for the pooch to circle through the tall grass and hone in on the spot where Mistafa has buried a small jar of crude oil.

“Atta boy!” Mistafa says to Duke, who is digging away the dirt covering the jar. Mistafa tosses the dog his reward for a job well done: A rubber ball to chew on.

For about two decades, Mistafa has run Detector Dog Services International, a Calgary-based outfit that helps clients in the oil and gas sector to search out pipeline leaks, drugs and explosives.

Mistafa has two dogs working for him: Duke, for pipeline leak jobs, and George, a lab cross who specializes in drugs and explosives.

Both live with Mistafa, along with a springer spaniel named Toby, who is retired.

Mistafa figures Duke gets only about five per cent of the work.

In a good year, that’s about five or six jobs.

The vast majority of demand is from companies wanting George’s help in ridding work camps of illicit items.

Mistafa spent several years in the Calgary police K-9 unit followed by a stint training dog handlers in landmine detection in Bosnia.

He runs Duke through the oil-searching exercise about once or

NASDAQ

▲

4,842.67 +63.42

twice a week to keep the dog’s skills sharp.

Duke gets excited when he knows it’s time for work, often lifting up a paw in anticipation when he sees Mistafa is getting the harness ready.

It’s the benzene in the jar of crude that’s got Duke’s nose twitching this time.

When an active pipeline is leaking below ground, Duke can smell the gases that emanate to the surface.

For pipelines that aren’t carrying any product, Mistafa will mix a substance called mercaptan — the same rotten-egg smell when a gas stove has been left on or a furnace is leaking — into pressurized air or water, enabling Duke to detect a potential leak.

An assignment can involve Mistafa walking Duke for several hours along a pipeline right-of-way in remote locales, with rest and water breaks along the way.

“I have to watch the dog,” he says.

“His body language will tell me there is a story, there is something here.”

He says dogs aren’t used as widely for this purpose as he thinks they should be, with many industry players tending to prefer more high-tech methods.

The work doesn’t need to be complicated, Mistafa argues, adding the dogs save companies time and money.

“People in the industry, especially engineers, they like their toys.”

Canada’s two biggest pipeline firms say they don’t have dogs as a regular part of their leak-detection arsenal.

Enbridge spokesman Graham White says the company’s existing leak detec-

DOW JONES

▲

17,929.99 +235.31

▲

NYMEX CRUDE $48.33US -1.55

▼

tion methods are “proven and effective.” Among other things, Enbridge uses computer-based monitoring, aerial and ground patrols and acoustic devices.

Mark Cooper, a spokesman with TransCanada, says the company has many overlapping methods to detect leaks.

“While dogs aren’t a regular part of our multi-layered strategy, the use of canine sniffing is something that we recognize as a legitimate tool that can be added to supplement our toolbox in certain situations,” he says.

“We’d obviously note that dogs are used around the world as an integrated part of security at major international airports and it is certainly not surprising to see their keen senses being applied to many other uses.”

Mistafa gets his dogs from rescue organizations. He’s on the lookout for raw talent.

“I compare the dogs to the Wayne Gretzky of hockey players. You didn’t have to teach Wayne Gretzky or Gordie Howe all that much. It was natural to them and that’s what I look for in a dog — something that’s natural,” he said.

A “driven” personality is also important.

“If I hid a ball, they won’t just go crazy looking in the room looking for a ball. They actually will be very studious in looking all areas for this ball,” says Mistafa.

“If a dog can do that on his own, then that’s perfect. That’s the personality I want.”

NYMEX NGAS $2.93US +0.07

▲

CANADIAN DOLLAR ¢77.42US +0.35

▲

BUSINESS

Friday, July 1, 2016

D2

D I L B E R T

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Tim Hortons coffee shop in downtown Toronto, on Wednesday. The number of women in top leadership positions, especially sitting on corporate boards, at Canadian businesses remains a hot topic as some shareholders urge for more gender diversity among corporations’ top tiers.

Despite growing calls for more women on boards, corporate Canada resists Feds label microbeads as

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A sample of “microbeads” collected in eastern Lake Erie is shown on the face of a United States penny. The federal government is drafting regulations to ban plastic microbeads from facial cleansers, toothpaste and other products and is asking for public input.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Shareholders in some of Canada’s biggest companies have shown some resolve to increase female representation at the board level, yet efforts in recent months to boost the number of women have been rejected time and again.

Proposals to diversify the makeup of boards at Bell and the parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King, among other firms, fail because they often come from independent shareholders who lack the clout — and shares — controlled by large institution asset managers, said Kevin Thomas, director of shareholder engagement for the Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE).

Those managers tend to vote against shareholder proposals or align their votes with management direction by default, Thomas said.

SHARE and OceanRock Investments were behind a motion three weeks ago asking Restaurant Brands International, which owns Tim Hortons and Burger King, to put women on its allmale board of directors. The company’s board declined to recommend to shareholders how they should vote. More than half of the non-controlling shareholders voted in favour of the proposal, according to a SHARE analysis of the vote results. Nonetheless, the motion failed. The resistance to change flies in the face of growing calls for companies to increase the number of women serving on their boards.

Last year, demands for more diverse board members ranked among the top MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The summer doldrums may have begun for the Toronto stock market, which ended flat Thursday ahead of a long holiday weekend and after two days of solid gains that saw it recoup most of the losses it suffered following last week’s surprise Brexit vote.

The S&P/TSX composite index added 27.80 points or 0.2 per cent to 14,064.54, with a lift mainly from mining issues. Canada’s main market now has recovered all but 66 points of the big losses it suffered after the British vote to leave the European Union.

“A lot of people are taking off early today,” Allan Small, a senior adviser at Holliswealth, said of the low trading volumes on the TSX ahead of Canada Day on Friday.

“I think that is playing a factor. We can expect a lacklustre trading day on Monday as well for the (U.S.) holiday, so it’s a good excuse for people to take an extra long weekend.”

But Small cautioned that although summer is often a quiet time for stock markets, investors can expect even more volatility than usual when economic data is released or earnings season kicks off again.

Next week, all eyes will be on the latest jobs figures in the U.S., due out Friday.

Markets will be watching to see if May’s disappointing report was just a blip and or indicative of a long-term trend.

The U.S. Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged in June due to weak economic indicators after it originally planned on hiking rates up to four times this year. Economists now anticipate the central bank will raise only once, perhaps in December, due to the fallout from the British vote.

The Fed holds its next rate meeting in July.

10 most common shareholder proposals, according to a report by EY that tracked more than 750 motions submitted to U.S. firms. Some sectors, like the oil and gas, energy, mining and transportation industries, “are run by dinosaurs,” said Ronald J. Burke, professor emeritus at York University’s Schulich School of Business, who co-edited and contributed to the book, “Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Challenges and Opportunities.”

Companies in those industries are unlikely to appoint women to their boards or commit to establishing gender parity, said Burke.

“Corporate Canada ain’t going to go that route,” he said, though he acknowledged some industries, like banking and retail, are more open to including women at the top tier.

He cited as an example Hudson’s Bay, which has two women on its 11-person board of directors, as a company making progress.

But even if attempts to diversify boards fail, they can still incite change, says a peer-reviewed study to be published in the journal Corporate Governance: An International Review.

In the study, two researchers analyzed nearly 200 shareholder proposals to increase the number of women on boards on S&P 1500 firms between 1997 and 2011. None of the 64 proposals that were voted on — 118 were withdrawn because they were deemed ineligible or an agreement was reached with the company — received majority support, said co-author Christine Wiedman, a University of Waterloo professor at the School of Accounting and Finance, in an email.

“I wish they would increase rates in July. It would send a positive signal that they think the economy is healthy enough to do that,” said Small.

Meanwhile, New York forged strongly ahead for a third straight day as the Dow Jones industrials rose 235.31 points to 17,929.99.

The broader S&P 500 was up 28.09 points at 2,098.86, while the Nasdaq composite added 63.42 points to 4,842.67.

The Canadian dollar was higher for a third consecutive session, climbing 0.35 of a U.S. cent to 77.42 cents US despite lower oil prices as the August contract for benchmark North American crude lost $1.55 to US$48.33 a barrel.

It has been a volatile year so far for the commodity-heavy TSX, which hit its lowest point in February when benchmark crude was trading around US$30 amid concerns about global oversupply and weak demand.

In other commodities, August natural gas rose six cents to US$2.92 per mmBTU, while August gold fell $6.30 to US$1,320.60 a troy ounce and September copper added a penny to US$2.20 a pound.

Overseas, Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 2.27 per cent. Britain’s stock market has regained its losses since the Brexit vote, though that is largely thanks to a 10 per cent drop in the pound, which helps big companies’ overseas earnings. Other indexes of companies more focused on the British economy are still down sharply.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,064.54, up 27.80 points Dow — 17,929.99, up

235.31 points S&P 500 — 2,098.86, up 28.09 points Nasdaq — 4,842.67, up 63.42 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.42 cents US, up 0.35 of a cent Pound — C$1.7197, down 2.31 cents Euro — C$1.4331, down 0.75 of a cent Euro — US$1.1095, down 0.08 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.33 per barrel, down $1.55 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,320.60 per oz., down $6.30 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.000 oz., up 4.1 cents $803.75 kg., up $1.32 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $7.00 higher $485.50 Nov. ‘16 $7.30 higher $495.70 Jan. ‘17 $9.20 higher $503.20 March ‘17 $9.40 higher $508.90 May ‘17 $9.20 higher $512.90 July ‘17 $9.50 higher $517.10 Nov. ‘17 $7.30 higher $513.80 Jan. ‘18 $7.30 higher $513.90 March ‘18 $7.30 higher $513.90 May ‘18 $7.30 higher $513.90 July ‘18 $7.30 higher $513.90.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 523,540 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 523,540.

‘toxic substance’ in key step towards outright ban

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it the ability to ban the plastic particles commonly used bath and shower products.

An online notice published Wednesday said the tiny beads found in facial and body scrubs are now listed as a toxic substance under the Environmental Protection Act, which enables the government to control their use or outlaw them altogether.

The government wants to ban microbeads and expects to have draft regulations ready by the fall, a spokeswoman for Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said. Those rules are expected to be finalized by next summer, Caitlin Workman said.

Ottawa aims to phase out their use in scrubs, bath products, facial cleanser and even toothpaste “to protect the long-term health of our environment and to keep Canada’s lakes and rivers clean,” Workman said.

The government originally proposed forbidding the manufacture and import of personal care products containing microbeads by the end of 2017 and ban the sale of such products by the end of 2018.

Workman said details about the timing of a ban is still being worked out.

Microbeads, meanwhile, are already on their way out.

The federal notice said of the 14 companies that make up the Canadian Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association — the heaviest users of microbeads in Canada — five have already stopped using microbeads in their products and nine more will fol-

NEWS IN BRIEF

Air Transat flight attendants strongly reject tentative collective agreement MONTREAL — The union representing 1,750 Air Transat flight attendants says workers have voted 93 per cent against a tentative agreement reached in early June, setting the stage for potential labour disruptions.

The Air Transat Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling for an immediate resumption

low suit by 2018 or 2019.

Parliamentarians voted unanimously last year to remove microbeads from the market with evidence of plastic accumulating in lakes and rivers, where it harms ecosystems and aquatic life.

Their stance on the issue followed similar efforts to ban the substance in the United States and Europe.

The former Conservative government announced it would ban the tiny plastic particles last August, the day before the federal election was called.

The online notice in the Canada Gazette said the government is targeting beads that are smaller than five millimetres in size — larger than the two-millimetre limit originally considered.

The wording specifically targets microbeads found in personal care products like exfoliants and cleansers.

Federal officials write that they rejected more restrictive wording pushed by industry stakeholders. The notice said those stakeholders felt the proposed ban would capture too many products, lead to “unintended stigmatization” of goods with some plastic in them and over-regulate the plastics supply chain in Canada.

During consultations, one industry association accused Ottawa of playing politics rather than relying on science.

The government refuted the charge in its online posting, pointing to United Nations research.

In 2014, about 100,000 kilograms of plastic microbeads in exfoliants and cleansers were imported into Canada, with up to 10,000 more kilograms used domestically in the manufacturing of personal care products. of talks. It says workers will launch pressure tactics, possibly including a strike, if no new deal is reached July 8.

Flight attendants voted almost unanimously June 1 in favour of a strike mandate, before the tentative agreement was reached.

Union president Martyn Smith says the tour and airline operator wants to substantially increase employee workloads. While onboard crews agreed to concessions in the past, Smith says workers want to be “treated fairly” now that Air Transat is doing better financially. A spokesman for the Montreal-based company couldn’t be immediately reached for comment. A federal mediator was appointed when talks deadlocked in March after six months of negotiations.

Start driving your auto insurance savings further…

David Allin Ins Agcy Ltd David Allin, Agent Unit 101 3622 50th Ave Red Deer, AB T4N 3Y6 Bus: 403-358-5995

…with up to 35%* in savings & discounts • Winter tires? Save up to 5%* • Multiple vehicles? Save up to 15%* • Hybrid or electric vehicle? Save up to 10%* • College or university student? Save up to 10%* • Additional savings* if you have multiple policies with State Farm®

Call me today.

*Conditions apply.

State Farm branded policies are underwritten by Certas Home and Auto Insurance Company.

1510023CN

® State Farm and related trademarks and logos are registered trademarks owned by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, used under Licence by Certas Home and Auto Insurance Company.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, July v1, 2016 D3

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN July 1 2005 — Original Maple Leaf flag unfurled at an Ottawa ceremony on February 15, 1965 is UHWXUQHG KRPH WR 3DUOLDPHQW +LOO RQ &DQDGD·V 138th birthday.

1999 — Opening of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, as a museum to commemorate the building that served as an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971

1968 ³ &DQDGD·V 0HGLFDO &DUH $FW FRPHV LQWR HIIHFW FUHDWLQJ WKH QDWLRQ·V 0HGLFDUH system.

1958 — CBC starts Canada-wide TV broadcasting with opening of Trans-Canada microwave system.

1867 — Proclamation of the British North $PHULFD $FW FUHDWLQJ WKH 'RPLQLRQ RI Canada out of Upper Canada (now Ontario, with its capital at Toronto), Lower Canada (now Québec, with its capital at Québec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

ARGYLE SWEATER

RUBES

TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

6+(50$1·6 /$*221

Solution

TO PLACE AN AD:

D4

403-309-3300 FAX: 403-341-4772 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

wegotads.ca

Friday, July 1, 2016

Office/Phone Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mon - Fri

wegotjobs

wegotservices

wegotstuff

wegothomes

wegotwheels

2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

wegotrentals

announcements Obituaries

Obituaries

Clerical

Graduations

WHAT’S HAPPENING

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Personals

60

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

720

OFFICE PERSON/laborer plus SHOP HELP and/or apprentice mechanic req’d for trucking company E. of Blackfalds.

Exc. wages/benefits. Fax resume to 403-784-2330 or call 403-784-3811

Hair Stylists

760

Hairstylists for new salon.

403-346-8861 or e-mail gandjmeyer@hotmail.com

770

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

Janitorial

OVEREATERS Anonymous Contact Phyl @ 347-4188

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $15/hr. Floor skills would be an asset. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 or e-mail: lobb-black-valerie @aramark.ca. Attn: Val Black

WANTED: summer dance partner. I am a lady seeking a Male dance partner in his 60’s for summer weekend, dancing in Alberta.

If interested Reply to Box 1121, c/o RD ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

HARLTON POTVIN Congratulations Charles “Murray” 1938 - 2016 GINA OMILON Sept. 14, 1936 - Jun. 26, 2016 Ronald Allen Potvin of Red for graduating Summa Cum Murray was born in Deer, passed away with Laude with her Bachelor of Deloraine, Manitoba on Sept. family at his side at the Red Fine Arts from AMDA 14, 1936. He joined the Deer Hospice on Wednesday, College & Conservatory of military at age 17 and June 22, 2016 at the age of the Performing Arts. Studying proudly served in the 78 years following a both in Los Angeles and New Celebrate your life RCAF/CF from 1954 to 1992 courageous battle with cancer. York City, Gina graduated with a Classified wegot reaching the rank of WO1. At Ron had lived and worked in with the highest honours.

ANNOUNCEMENT every posting in Nova Scotia, Red Deer and area since You dreamt, planned, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, 1981. He enjoyed playing believed, worked, and you B.C, Yukon, NWT, France cards with his family, a good conquered. You are living Professionals and Germany Murray round of golf and bowling. proof beauty and brains go CLASSIFICATIONS gathered ‘family’ that he Ron got along with almost together well. We are all so 700-920 THE Red Deer Public treasured ‘til the end. During everyone and would be the proud of you. Gina will School District Invites his posting in Penhold he first in line to offer a helping continue to reside in Los applications for the was awarded the Order of hand when needed. He had Angeles, California working Caregivers/ position of: Accounting the Hospital of St. John for a great sense of humor and in the entertainment industry.

Coordinator.

For more inAides formation about the Red exemplary service to a an amazing positive attitude She currently has a production fellow soldier. Following his which helped him through “Revelation” she wrote and FULL-TIME live-in caregiver Deer Public School Disvisit our web site at: retirement from the Reg two previous bouts with directed being featured at the with exp. needed for elderly trict,www.rdpsd.ab.ca lady, Red Deer area.

Force Murray served as cancer. Ron is survived by Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Applications, with referRecruiting Officer with the his son Marty (Cindy); Congrats for achieving this Please call 403-392-0711 ences, should be directed to humanresources@ Reserves before joining daughters Donna (Bruce) milestone. Get ready for a Looking for a place rdpsd.ab.ca to live? the Cdn. Corp. of Olson, Pamela Potvin; grand- whole new adventure and Take a tour through the Commissionaires from 1993 children Kurtis, Lindsay, continue to follow your CLASSIFIEDS to 2014. During this time Karelin, Tiffany, Megan, passion. Your family/friends Restaurant/ Murray was well known in Rachel, Candace and one wish you all the success and LOOKING for 2 Live-In Hotel Red Deer for his friendly, great granddaughter Hadley. fulfillment of your dreams. caregiver willing to do split shifts.

High school respectful security service Also to cherish Ron’s May God continue to guide EAST 40TH PUB graduate 1-2 yrs exp. In around the downtown core, memory is Sheila Potvin as you all the way up.

REQ’S F/T or P/T caring for person with high Safeway and the Westerner. well as other family members GRILL COOK medical needs 44 hrs/wk For the last few years he and friends. A private family Apply in person with resume at 11.50/hr. could be seen manning the celebration of Ron’s life will 3811 40th Ave. karenmeeres@yahoo.ca Salvation Army Kettle each take place. For those wishing Christmas Season. Murray to do so, memorial donations Funeral Directors Coming was pre deceased by his may be made directly to the & Services Events parents Charles and Hazel, Red Deer Hospice Society, his brother Harvey and his 99 - Arnot Ave, Red Deer, sister Leola. As per Murray’s AB T4R 3S6. Condolences to wishes there will be no Ron’s family may be emailed service at this time but we to encourage you to mark Sept. meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

14 on your calendar as a day MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS to raise a toast from coast to Funeral Service coast in his memory. He will Red Deer 587-876-4944 be sadly missed but lovingly remembered as a caring, honorable, exemplary husband, father, brother, grandparent In Memoriam and friend who believed in service to country, family and ANNIE THOMPSON community. We miss you 1915-1999 honey - your wife Susan, CLASSIFIEDS - CANADA DAY sons Chuck (Tammy) and As each day dawns Hours & Deadlines Ken (TJ), sister Leone We whisper low (Lynn), grandchildren Sam, God Bless you Mom Office & Phones CLOSED Michael, Billy, Alex, Buddy, We love and miss you so!

Friday, July 1, 2016 Ben, Caleb and Coby, guard Remembered by Jean, Mary, pups Higgins and Oakley and RED DEER ADVOCATE Foster, Heather ,Anne and coffee buddies John, Harry our families. and Paul. Til we meet Publishing Dates again....Thank you to the Friday, July 1, Saturday July 2 & Monday July 4 staff of the RDRH Cancer Deadline Thursday, June 30, 3 pm Centre, Home Care and Red Deer Hospice for your PLEASE NOTE: support during this difficult our NEW Classifieds phone hours are now journey. In lieu of flowers, Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm gifts in Murray’s memory may Regular Deadline 4:30 pm be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 - Arnot CALL CLASSIFIEDS Ave, Red Deer AB T4R 3S6 403-309-3300 or to the Red Deer & District classifieds@ponokanews.com SPCA, 4505 - 77 St, Red A Birth Announcement lets all Deer AB T4P 2J1. your friends know Condolences to Murray’s family may be emailed to she’s arrived... meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

jobs

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303

850

Trades

AECOM Calgary is looking for a Roadways Inspector and a Bridge Inspector with Alberta Transportation projects experience for a project in Red Deer.

Please send resumes to: ioana.ardelean@ aecom.com.

810

710

820

52

Wonderful Things

Come in Small Packages

JOURNEMAN SHEET METAL MECHANIC req’d Good organizational skills with commercial project experience. Truck provided, competitive rates & benefits. Email resume starmechanical@ xplornet.com

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION Requires Full Time

Exp’d Framers Journeman Carpenters

Competitive Wages & Benefits.

Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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

+

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

+

309-3300

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Celebrate Your Marriage with a Classified Announcement - 309-3300 Remember to share the news with your friends & family!

Anders on the Lake

Timberland

Blackfalds

198 ASMUNDSEN AVE Thurs., June 30, 5 -9, Fri., July 1, 12 -8, and Sat., July 2, 10 - 6. Various household items, clothes, etc.

340 TIMOTHY DRIVE Indoor Basement Sale June 28, 29 & 30 Long Weekend July 1, 2 & 3 10 am to 4 pm Many antiques, children & adult clothes, furniture & misc. items.

5404 SOUTH ST., east side of Hwy. 2A: July 1 - 3 Fri. 9-4, Sat. 10-3 Sun. 12-4 Hunting, boating, antiques, home stereo, massage table, 32”tv, wall unit, etc...

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Out of Town

Sylvan Lake

E. of Innisfail on Hwy. 590 S. on Rng. Rd. 270, Yard Sign 35034 July 1, 2 & 3 Fri. , Sat. & Sun 9 - 5

154 MARINA BAY COURT Thurs. & Fri., June 30 & July 1, 10 -6, and Sat., July 2, 8 - 1.

Bikes, toys, and misc.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

Devonshire 52 DOWNING CLOS MULTI FAMILY July 1 & 2, Fri & Sat. 9-4 Downsizing, books, clothes, lamps & droplighting, packing boxes, misc.

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

278950A5

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

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

Earn Extra Money

¯ ROUTES AVAILABLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Red Deer Ponoka

Sylvan Lake Lacombe

call: 403-314-4394 or email:

carriers@reddeeradvocate.com

7119078TFN

For that new computer, a dream vacation or a new car

NEWS

D5

Friday, July. 1, 2016

Hope and fear as Duterte takes over Philippines

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest democracies amid his threats to kill criminals en masse.

The 71-year-old former prosecutor and longtime mayor of southern Davao city won a resounding victory in May’s elections in his first foray into national politics. He has described himself as the country’s first leftist president and said his foreign policy will not be dependent on the United States, a longtime ally.

The frugal noontime ceremony at Malacanan, the Spanish colonialera presidential palace by Manila’s murky Pasig River, was a break from tradition sought by Duterte to press the need for austerity amid the country’s grinding poverty. In the past, the oath-taking has mostly been held at a grandstand in a historic park by Manila Bay, followed by a grand reception.

Vice-President Leni Robredo, a human rights lawyer who comes from a rival political party, was sworn in earlier in a separate ceremony in her office compound. Vice presidents are separately elected in the Philippines, and in a sign of Duterte’s go-it-alone style, he has not met her since the May 9 vote.

Duterte, who began a six-year term, captured attention with promises to cleanse his poor Southeast Asian nation of criminals and government crooks within six months — an audacious pledge that was welcomed by many crime-weary Filipinos but alarmed human rights watchdogs and the dominant Roman Catholic Church.

Duterte’s inauguration address, before a crowd of more than 600 relatives, officials and diplomats, was markedly bereft of the profanities, sex jokes and curses that were a trademark of his campaign speeches. There were no menacing death threats

Event Tickets

wegot

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Auctions

1610

KISS concert tickets, Edmonton, July 12, 2016, section 218, 2 tickets for $100. 403-314-9603

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

UNRESERVED Real Firewood Estate Auction Sale Gary & Bonnie Muzylouski Land Located Near Rimbey, Alberta August 19, 2016 Time: 12:00 Noon

Selling a A Truly Fabulous, Executive Built, Stunning Home, Built in 2013 w/ Attached Garage, Trout Pond, Cabin, Finished Shop & A Beautifully Landscaped Yard.

1660

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

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.

Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

Household Appliances

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this photo provided by the News and Information Bureau, Malacanang Palace, new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, second from right, takes his oath before Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes during inauguration ceremony in Malacanang Palace Thursday, in Manila, Philippines.

Duterte was sworn in as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest democracies amid his threats to kill criminals en masse. against criminals, but he pressed the urgency of battling crime and graft, promised to stay within the bounds of the law and appealed to Congress and the Commission on Human Rights “to mind your work and I will mind mine.”

“There are those who do not approve of my methods of fighting criminality, the sale and use of illegal drugs and corruption. They say that my methods are unorthodox and verge on the illegal,” Duterte said.

He added: “The fight will be relentless and it will be sustained.”

“As a lawyer and a former prosecu-

Misc. for Sale

1760

Wanted To Buy

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020

WANTING TO BUY: Electric Frying Pan. 6” or 7” 403-986-2004

2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 38 ISSUES of LIFE magazines, dating back to 1937. $5 each. 403-340-1769 AIR CONDITIONER, window style, Maytag, 8000 BTU, like new with remote and side curtains. $150. 403-341-9443 AIR CONDITIONER, window style, Maytag, 6000 BTU,hardly used, includes and side curtains. $100. 403-341-9443 COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 DANBY air conditioner, new in box, 8000 btu, with remote, Àts in window, $200. 403-358-5568 DESKTOP water dispenser, new, has removable ice stick, $15; and child’s suitcase by Samsonite, good cond., $15. 403-314-9603

1710

SHOES, ladies size 37, summer Áat slingback, Rieker, anti-stress. Off Open Houses: white leather. Sides are Sat., July 23 & Sun., Convection oven, real bar- open weave, worn once.

July 31, from 1pm to 4 pm gain at $350. 403-346-3086 Regular $185. Asking $80. or by Appointment 587-876-2914 Contact Allen B. Olson at Household (403) 783-0556.

STEP Ladder, 6’ Feather light aluminum, no tray, Furnishings For More Info Visit our $20. 587-876-2914 website at MATTRESS & Box spring, bbq, $30. www.allenolsonauction.com single, Sears Country Rest TABLETOP 346-3086 Gold, $200. 403-346-7825 Sale Conducted by: WATER HOSE REEL, WANTED Allen B. Olson $35. 403-885-5020 Antiques, furniture and Auction Service Ltd. estates. 342-2514 (403) 843-2747 Sale Site Travel 1-855-783-0556 Toll Free Packages Rimbey, Alberta Stereos License No. 165690 TV's, VCRs TRAVEL ALBERTA Email: Alberta offers abolson@telusplanet.net CASSETTE / CD player, SOMETHING TOO MUCH STUFF? Sony (mini hi-À component for everyone.

Let Classifieds system) $125.

Make your travel 403-346-7825 help you sell it. plans now.

1720

1900

1730

1930

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 + 1 BDRM home, with lrg garage. $1600/mo. + d.d. & utils. N/S, not pets, Avail Aug. 1. 403-347-1563 3 BDRM., 2 baths, 2400 sq.ft. $1300. Avail. July 1.

403-505-8310 GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm.,, 3 bath 5 appls. , fenced, N/S, $1250./mo. + util.

403-350-4230 SYLVAN LAKE Split level att. garage. $1600. + utils. & DD. 403-887-4610

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 BDRM Units AC 6 Appls Parkade Elevator Rent Starts$1200. 403-350-0989 2 BDRM. 1400 sq. ft. 2009 condo w/att. single garage, Ironstone Way Ref’s req’d.

No pets, $1500. utils.

403-728-3688 2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1150/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Construction

1085

HICKORY DICKORY DECKS For all your decking needs.

Wood or low maint. composite. Warranty. mmurphy@decks.ca (403) 348-1285

Contractors

1100

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

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

Contractors

1100

DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For indoor/outdoor projects such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

Roofing

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

Plumbing & Heating

1330

JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Geary 403-588-2619

1370

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

5* JUNK REMOVAL Seniors’ Property clean up 505-4777 Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Yard Care

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

1430

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

3060

Suites

MORRISROE MANOR

Manufactured Homes

4020

3050

1 MONTH FREE: 2 bdrm.

Lacombe, 45+ condo, ground Áoor. $1250/mo w/some utils. N/S, no pets.

Avail July 1 780-484-0236 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

GORGEOUS

NOW RENTING Reduced, $424,900, next SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. to new, 2 storey, all newly starting at $795/mo. reno’d, total of 3,009 sq. ft., 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer 4 bdrm., 4 bath, triple Newer bldg. secure entry garage, newly fenced w/onsite manager, and landscaped, new 3 appls., incl. heat & hot deck, 163 Barrett Drive. water, washer/dryer Margaret Comeau hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., RE/MAX 403.391.3399 car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

3060

1 & 2 Bdrm renovated apts in quiet adult only building in the South Hill. Rents range from $875 to $1050.

No pets. For more information please call 403-340-1222 (no txts please).

1 BDRM. suite across from hospital. Own washer & dryer, N/S. No pets. $900 utils. incl’d. Avail. immed.

403-347-5206 392-8197 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or JULY 1. $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 2 Bedroom BLOWOUT for $899/month! Receive $500 on Move-In Day! One FREE year of Telus cable & internet.

Cat friendly.

1(888)784-9279 leasing@rentmidwest.com Plaza Apartments ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

CITY VIEW APTS.

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

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

3090

BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

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

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

wegot

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

MICHENER Hill condos Phase 3 NEW 4th Ár. corner suite, 1096 sq. ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, a/c, all appls, underground parking w/storage, recreational amenities, extended care centre attached, deck.

403-227-6554 to 4 pm. weekdays or 588-8623 anytime. Pics avail. on Kijji.

Income Property

4100

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $616,000. ea. 403-391-1780 REVENUE PROPERTY @ IT’S FINEST 4-Plex’s, Innisfail Location • 4612 - 56 St., 2 bdrm. units. $529,900.

• 5612 - 49A Ave., 3 bdrm. units. $499,000.

Lister! Peggy Lane, Assoc.

Brokers, Coldwell Banker Ontrack Realty 403-872-3350

5000-5300

5030

2009 TOYOTA Yaris, under 100,000 kms., very good cond. $10,400.

403-341-5670

Motorcycles

5080

Industrial Property

MINT CONDITION $7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653 Red Deer

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

EQUALIZER Hitch kit, 750 lbs. (shank, head, arm, ball) $75.

403-346-7825 LIFT KING 8000 lb. 4 post car lift. $3500. NEW, $2400. Àrm. 403-357-8467 RUSTIC cargo box carrier with 2” receiver. $25.

403-342-1980

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE: The possessions of

Donna Jean Morgan will be sold at auction on the 2nd of July, 2016 from noon to 1 p.m. at 68 Richards Close, Red Deer, Alberta.

DO YOU WANT YOUR AD TO BE 4120 READ BY

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CLASSIFICATIONS

Loaded, only 44,600 kms.

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

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

wheels

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC

4040

Rooms For Rent

wegot

Cars

THE NORDIC

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

Avail. now or July 1st.

403-304-5337

4160

COZY MOBILE

on it’s own lot, 3 bdrms., 1 bath, 1212 sq. ft., white cabinets in kitchen, enclosed att. deck, fenced, Priced at $179,900.

Immed. possession. 34 Parkland Dr. Sylvan Lake.

Margaret Comeau RE/MAX 403.391.3399

PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., PARADISE hrdwd. Árs., inclds. heat and Reduced, $599,000, country CLEARVIEW: TWO 403-348-6594 water, $1100. living, 3 bdrm., lrg. huge WEEKS FREE + $150. master, overlooking city move-in, 4 plex, 2 bdrm. and mountains, 2 family + den (bdrm), $975.mo. rooms, 1 games room, n/s, no pets. 403-391-1780 dbl. att. garage, 2 paved Rental incentives avail.

GLENDALE driveway, gorgeous land1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., scaping, Margaret Comeau N/S, No pets. $925. incl. sewer, water & RE/MAX 403.391.3399 403-596-2444 garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. now or July 1.

VICTORIA PARK Condos/ 403-304-5337 STUDIO Townhouses APARTMENT SALE! GLENDALE All inclusive senior living.

3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & Avail. for immed. occupancy garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. from $1849. Call to book a tour 403-309-1957 now or July 1. 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

Lots For Sale

SANDY POINT RV Resort, Gull Lake, Lot #25, lot size 45’ x 94’, close to marina, beach, golf course, and walking trails. Fully serviced, $88,900. NO GST. Call 403-358-2070.

3040

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

403-348-6594

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Houses For Sale

GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458

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

SUITES. 25+, adults only Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Meadows. Rent starting at $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 Rental incentives avail.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

3110-47TH Avenue, only, N/S, No pets.

2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, 403-596-2444 generously sized, 1 1/2 NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 baths, fenced yards, bdrm. apartments, rent full bsmts. 403-347-7473, $750, last month of lease Sorry no pets. free, immed. occupancy. www.greatapartments.ca 403-596-6000

Suites

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Condos/ Townhouses

WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

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

Avail. now or July 1 403-304-5337

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Accounting

tor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not. My adherence to the due process and the rule of law is uncompromising,” he said to loud applause.

Appearing Thursday night at a Manila slum to thank his poor voters, Duterte was soon back to his old form, calling on parents to kill the children of other families if they’re drug addicts “so it wouldn’t be that painful.” He thanked the crowd and gave a livelihood tip in line with his anti-crime campaign.

“I’ll tell you in the coming days, if you have a funeral parlour, you will earn a lot,” he said, sparking laughter.

Shortly after Duterte’s election victory, police launched an anti-drug crackdown under his name, leaving dozens of mostly poor drug-dealing suspects dead in gunfights or in mysterious circumstances. The killings provided a fearsome backdrop to Duterte’s rise.

After his resounding victory, he promised to mellow down on the vulgarity and promised Filipinos will witness a “metamorphosis” once he becomes president. Days before his swearing in, however, he was still warning “If you destroy my country, I will kill you,” in a speech this week.

In a country long ruled by wealthy political clans, Duterte rose from middle-class roots. His brash style has been likened to that of presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, although he detests the comparison and says the American billionaire is a bigot and he’s not.

Duterte is also the first president to come from the country’s volatile south, scene of a decades-long separatist insurgency by minority Muslims. He has said he would direct security forces to refocus on fighting Muslim and Maoist insurgents — a reversal from his predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, who shifted the military to take charge of territorial defence while police handle the insurgencies.

Duterte’s initial foreign policy pronouncements point to potential problems for Washington at a crucial time for the region. An arbitration tribunal in The Hague is scheduled to rule July 12 on a case in which the Philippine government questioned the validity of China’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea. China has refused to join the arbitration.

Duterte has suggested he will keep the U.S. at arm’s length and has shown readiness to mend frosty ties with China. Those potential shifts have raised the spectre of another difficult phase in more than a century of a love-hate relationship between the Philippines and its former American colonizer.

NEW inÀll lot (25’ x 130’) one block from the Sylvan Lake Marina Golf Club.

Located at 5237 - 50B Avenue in Sylvan Lake.

Call Susan O’Connor of Sutton Landmark Realty at 1.403.877.8746 for more information.

100,000 Potential Buyers???

TRY

Central Alberta LIFE SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

THE ADVOCATE D6

ADVICE FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

Blacking out at college DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Editor’s Note: “Dear Annie,” by Annie Lane, is the successor column to “Annie’s Mailbox,” whose writers, Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, have retired.

Dear Annie: I’m a 21-year-old college junior. I love college for every reason you would think.

I love the autonomy to select my own classes and study the things that interest me.

I love the freedom to make my own schedule. I love being treated like an adult, in that nobody is making sure I go to class or do my schoolwork.

I also love college for the parties.

Though I am by no means a lush, I go out and drink heavily Thursday, Friday and Saturday night almost every week.

Most of those nights, I cannot remember chunks of the evening. I know

that this might be jarring to hear, but it’s the norm in college.

The joke around campus is to ask your friends the next morning, “Did we see each other last night?”

I’m sure most doctors or alcohol treatment professionals would say that I (or a large percentage of American college kids) have a drinking problem, but it really doesn’t feel that way. I have a cumulative 3.4 GPA, and I am telling you, everyone drinks and blacks out.

It’s not a big deal. So my question is: What’s all the fuss about when it comes to blacking out? Isn’t it just a rite of passage? — Fuzzy Student Dear Fuzzy: Blacking out is not normal. Let me repeat: Blacking out is not normal.

It might seem as if everyone is doing it, but people with drinking problems have a way of conveniently overestimating how much everyone else is drinking.

I would be willing to wager that your peers aren’t blacking out so much as you think. If they are, you may be seeking out heavy drinkers to normalize your behavior.

I won’t try to scare you out of drinking — mostly because that wouldn’t work but also because drinking in moderation can be fine, if you can do it. So try it. Slow way down, and stop earlier.

If you can’t, then you have a problem.

And the fact that you’re writing to me indicates that on some level, you already know.

Dear Annie: My husband is obsessed with fantasy sports leagues. Right now, it’s baseball. It’s the first thing he does when he wakes up in the morning and the last thing he does before he goes to sleep at night, and it takes up a lot of the time in between.

I am so sick of coming downstairs to see him glued to his iPad, checking scores and doing whatever else people do for fantasy leagues. I really don’t understand any of it.

He’s retired, so he has plenty of free time to waste on this stuff.

He does have other hobbies.

He plays golf and tennis and occasionally volunteers at the soup kitchen. But as soon as he gets home, it’s right back to his iPad.

When we go out to eat, he’s constantly checking his phone.

I feel invisible. Do you have any tips on how I can get him to spend more time in the real world? — Tired of Fantasy Dear Tired: You are not alone. Often referred to as “fantasy widows” or “sports widows,” the wives of men who are obsessed with fantasy leagues share the same complaints.

Their husbands seem utterly possessed, spending countless hours in front of the TV or computer and paying very little attention to their families.

If you’re at all interested in sports, you could try participating in a league with him.

This could help you understand what he’s so passionate about. And who knows?

It might even be fun.

If that doesn’t appeal to you, then tell your husband how you feel — without harshly judging the hobby he cares so much about.

Remember, you’re on the same team.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

HOUSE WREN

Health Canada bans sale, import, advertisement of drop-side cribs OTTAWA — The federal government is banning the sale of drop-side cribs. Starting Dec. 29, it will be prohibited in Canada to sell, import, manufacture or advertise drop-side cribs.

Drop-side cribs are already prohibited in the United States, and are mostly unavailable in Canada.

However, Health Canada notes they may still be found in new and second-hand stores, and garage sales.

Health Canada says it knows of one death, one concussion and eight reports of bumps, scrapes and bruises involving drop-side cribs between January 2000 and May 2016.

It received 94 other reports that didn’t result in injury.

Driver flips, totals car after slipping on snail slime

Photo by RICK TALLAS/freelance

These little birds have a big voice and you can hear them early in the morning They sometimes sing for one or two hours.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Friday, July 1 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Pamela Anderson, 49; Debbie Harry, 71; Liv Tyler, 39 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Relationships will be intense and complicated today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The next 12 months is the time to be extra compassionate. Your motto for the coming year is from birthday great, Princess Diana, “I don’t go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.”

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Lust and loot are on your mind at the moment, with improvements due in both departments. For some lucky Rams — an unexpected windfall

comes your way, via a friend or family member.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Power struggles are likely for some Bulls today — unless you can let a loved one step in and be the boss. The more you try to impose your ideas on others, the more likely they are to walk away.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your ruling planet Mercury is now visiting your cash zone, so it’s a terrific time to improve your financial literacy through study or via the mentorship of someone who is smart with money.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mercury is moving through your sign until July 14.

You’ll feel more rational and less subjective than usual, so it’s a fantastic period to enrol in an educational course or complete a study project.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lions are eager for exciting new experiences. The stars favour study, travel, conversation and positive thinking. But don’t let demanding behaviour

disturb a potentially productive day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Relations with a child or friend may be strained today Virgo.

The more you try to organize them, the worse things will be. Instead, focus on the numerous opportunities that are around you at work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Getting the ratio right between your public and private lives, and between home and work, continues to be challenging. But, if anyone can juggle multiple commitments, it’s a well-balanced Libran!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today’s stars boost your magnetism — and your controlling side.

The more you try to manipulate others, the more difficult the day will be. If you’re smart, you’ll choose the path of least resistance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The stars are smiling on sunny Sagittarians today!

Expect a lucky opportunity to appear out of the blue.

But you must be proactive and grab it when it comes along, or it will promptly pass

BERLIN — Is this the definition of a slow-moving hazard?

German police say a driver lost control of his car after slipping on a slimy trail left by a procession of snails that were making their way across the highway. The car — an old East German Trabant — flipped over and was wrecked, but the driver was unhurt. you by.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With Mercury now moving through your relationship zone until July 14, it’s time to get talking — really talking — with your nearest and dearest, as you work on improving the lines of communication.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There may be some difficulties communicating with others today, as your Aquarian aloofness kicks in and you try to avoid issues by burying your head in the sand. But is that the best thing to do?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Expect friendships and group activities to be complicated, as people are intensely passionate about their point of view.

If you’re having financial problems, a relative may step in and offer to help.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

DENTURES!!

DO YOU GET:

- Sore Gums?

- Looseness?

- Food Under Your Teeth?

7149 Gaetz Avenue 4840 52 Avenue 2502 Gaetz Avenue

WE HAVE A SOLUTION!!

3020 22 Street

BOOK

TODAY to Receive Your

16 Conway Street

Complimentary In-Office Tooth Whitening

#100, 4918 - 46 Street, Red Deer 403.343.7266 | thedenturecentre.net

Scan this