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“We are very, very worried about him” FAMILY TRAVELS FROM B.C. TO SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Kevin Gilmour, wherever you are, your family has come from B.C. and is searching for you so they can help you.

They will bring you home, help you find work, and do whatever it takes to help you get back on your feet. You’ve done nothing wrong and you are not in any trouble.

That’s the message Kelly Gilmour and her fiancé Aron McKinnon want her 30-year-old brother to get if he reads this story, she said Thursday.

After learning that Kevin was missing, the couple flew to Red Deer on Tuesday morning from Maple Ridge, B.C., and have been scouring every location they can think of to try and find him.

“We are very, very worried about him,” Kelly said.

The mystery of Kevin’s disappearance began last week.

He was being evicted from his apartment on June 30 because he had fallen behind in rent. He had received a call that day at noon from the building manager and he told her he was downtown trying to get a U-Haul.

The building manager eventually went into the apartment at 3 p.m. where she found a few blood drips in the bathroom and on the floor, knives with a bit of blood on them, and Kevin’s keys, wallet and cell phone. Also still in the apartment were all his belongings, including his valuable paint gun equipment.

The apartment was locked and it appeared that someone, possibly Kevin, had thrown the keys under the door into the apartment. The building manager immediately called Red Deer RCMP who on July 1st issued a release that Kevin was missing.

Kelly said her brother is not social, has few life skills, and spends all of his time just playing online video games alone. He especially likes Warcraft and

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Kelly Gilmour and her fiancé Aron McKinnon hold a picture of Kelly’s brother Kevin Gilmour of Red Deer who has been missing since July 1st.

World of Tanks. He also has “a huge procrastination problem.” The power to Kevin’s apartment had been cut off so he had been running an extension cord into the building’s hallway.

But he’s always been responsible at work, very careful with his money, and doesn’t drink or do drugs although he cannot handle emotional turmoil, said Kelly.

She and McKinnon fear that Kevin may have be-

come depressed, although he has no history of this.

He had come to Alberta from B.C. and found work with an oil service company a few years ago, and was making good money. He has another sister who lives here — Lauralee Gilmour — who helped him out when he first came here.

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Census reveals fewer residents in their mid to late-20s

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF More residents between the age of 25 and 29 waved goodbye to Red Deer in 2016 compared to any other age group, according to the city’s latest census.

And it’s true for both sexes.

This year there were 478 fewer men in their mid to late-20s, with their numbers falling from 3,742 men in 2015 to 3,264 this spring. Red Deer had 352 less women in the same age range, dropping from 3,469 to 3,117.

The average age of residents this year is 38 compared to 37 in 2015. The average has climbed from 31 in 2014 and 32 in 2013.

Red Deer’s total population of permanent residents shrunk by 975 people, or one per cent, to 99,832 this year after surpassing the 100,000 milestone by climbing to 100,807 in 2015.

Leonie Becker, project co-ordinator with the city’s legislative services department, said there are all sorts of reasons why populations change.

“There is a lot of things it may be tied to. But the census is really just a count. We don’t look into the background research on why these things are happening. We just present the raw data,” Becker said on Thursday.

New to the census this year was data on occupancy rates.

This year 55 dwellings were under construction compared to 82 last year. Vacant dwellings increased from 1,746 last year to 2,521 this year. Occupied dwellings fell from 40,288 last year to 39,808.

Becker said because of the drop in population, it was decided that vacancy information would be useful to include in the census.

“It’s just something we wanted to give pro-actively because in all likelihood it would be asked for anyways,” Becker said.

Strongest growth was seen in Vanier Woods

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Anglers asked to use caution on Eastern Slopes

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Anglers are being asked to be extra careful with fish along the Eastern Slopes because this year’s low river flows and warm temperatures are stressing them out.

The ES2 (Red Deer and North Saskatchewan rivers), ES1 (Oldman and Bow rivers), and ES4 (Smoky River) watershed units are covered by a recent advisory issued by Alberta Environment and Parks.

Until conditions improve, anglers are being encouraged to fish in stocked ponds and lakes, fish early in the mornings, and release fish as quickly as possible to minimize fish mortality.

This weekend is one of two free fishing weekends during the year where Albertans can fish without a licence but must still follow all regulations.

The low flows in rivers this year has been caused by a reduced snowpack and not enough rain to create significant run-off.

John Tchir, resource manager for the Red Deer/ North Saskatchewan region of Alberta Environment and Parks, said that fish in general, but especially cold water fish such as trout, are very sensitive to water temperatures and require cold water refugia when stream temperatures rise.

During low flows, fish tend to congregate in deeper pools or where there is ground water exchange to avoid warmer water and areas of the stream with limited or no cover where they hide from predators, Tchir said.

During these times congregating fish are extremely vulnerable to angling and the risk of angler-induced release mortality goes way up, he said.

Fish have evolved to adapt to changing stream conditions by moving to areas of cold water refugia but often fish movements are restricted by perched culverts and dams and sometimes these barriers can affect survival of fish by limiting available habitat.

While fish populations can be affected by flood and low flow conditions, they tend to be resilient, Tchir said.

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Terry Donaldson of Red Deer tries his luck fishing at Bower Ponds Thursday afternoon. The avid catch and release fisherman is aware of the low water levels in the rivers in Central Alberta and did not want to put undue stress on the fish in the rivers. risks to fish during low-flow events. Meanwhile they are monitoring conditions and may implement an-

gling restrictions if necessary. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Conflicting testimony at Kilpatrick trial BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Conflicting testimony over who handled a set of keys may be the key that unravels the case against a suspect nabbed during a raid at a Red Deer apartment building early this year.

Robert Kilpatrick, 35, and three others were arrested on Jan. 13 by Red Deer City RCMP who had been investigating suspicious activity at a third-floor suite in Riverside Meadows.

RCMP members called to the stand during Kilpatrick’s trial in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday morning described the arrest of three men inside the apartment, followed by the arrest of Kilpatrick when he and an unidentified woman drove up during the search.

Witness accounts are consistent in most respects, but contradictory with regard to a variety of keys seized from Kilpatrick, including the keys to the car

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MISSING: Helped him out Kevin had saved a lot of money when working and quit his job because he was going to take a trade.

But he never got around to it, said Kelly, and in May he called his sisters asking for money — something he had never done before.

Kelly said he is the type of person who never checks his bank account although he could make a dollar go a long ways.

His sisters helped him out, giving him about $4,000, which brought his rent up to date until the end of June.

as well as the key to a safe found in a bedroom closet.

One Mountie maintained that he kept the keys with him until turning them over to the member in charge of the exhibits, while another testified that he had taken them from one member and then handed them himself to the exhibits member.

It will be up to Judge Darrell Riemer to determine how that inconsistency plays out as he makes his decision on the charges before him.

Police had originally laid 35 charges against Kilpatrick, including armed robbery, credit card fraud, possessing proceeds of crime, conspiracy, drug possession and a variety of weapons offences.

Some charges were stayed and others were withdrawn before the trial proceeded, including the robbery charge.

Charges were stayed earlier against the three men arrested inside the suite. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

A Red Deer massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting a client has reserved his plea after making his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday. The 30-year-old man, accused of assaulting a client in a private home, was released on an undertaking to a police officer after the charge was laid. Police launched an investigation on April 28 after receiving a complaint from the alleged victim. The accused man told the court that he is awaiting approval for Legal Aid. He is to return to the case management office on Aug. 4 to enter his plea.

At the same time, whenever they tried to call him he seldom if ever returned their calls. When they did speak with him, they explained all the steps he needed to take to get himself in order and prepare to move.

Kelly last spoke with her brother on June 8 and and he sounded fine, she said. And then the police called her on July 1.

Since arriving in Red Deer, the couple have checked with the hospital, Greyhound, homeless shelters, and library.

They have left flyers at a lot of places, including with homeless people, and scoured the bushes around the apartment at 6209 60 St. Red Deer RCMP have been very helpful, but they don’t have any information for them, Kelly said. Police in B.C. have been contacted in case he headed that way.

Kelly said she feels like it’s probably her broth-

er’s choice to be missing but she really doesn’t know.

He’s never done anything like this before and he’s not been suicidal, Kelly said.

He had gone to basic military training at one time but got pneumonia and had to leave. He never re-applied, Kelly said.

The couple have a family wedding they need to attend this weekend, but may try and come back to Red Deer after that.

Kevin could call police, who have sent him an email asking him to contact them and letting him know that he’s not in trouble and his family is worried about him, Kelly said.

He is described as Caucasian, 1.88 metres (6-foot-2), brown hair and bluish green eyes. Anyone who may have seen Kevin is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. The RCMP case number is 2016-826-077. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Medical marijuana proponents react to Medcan rejection Sylvan Lake, who did not want to be named, said it’s frustrating that Red Deer city council rejected the proposed facility.

“I don’t know what they’re trying to protect. I’m very disappointed that Red Deer would deny such a business,” he said.

“Most of the sites are in Ontario. It would be nice to know that you’re supporting your local economy. It could create commerce and jobs in the area that are really lacking right now.”

He was prescribed marijuana six years ago for severe and complex post traumatic stress disorder and its preventative benefits.

“My life has drastically improved by the therapeutic effects of medical cannabis.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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RCMP continue investigation into Clearview Meadows apartment fire

A woman’s face was cut in the incident that occurred on the deck of her rural home at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Inspector Murray Smith says the mother bear may have knocked the woman over while running away, leaving her with a laceration.

He says the bruin was caught about 12 hours after the incident that took place about 60 kilometres east of Vancouver.

Smith says the mother bear and her three cubs are being relocated to an area north of Mission after officers came to the conclusion the bear didn’t have a previous history of interacting with humans.

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Weeks may pass before Red Deer City RCMP investigators determine whether there was any criminal activity inside an apartment searched after a fire in Clearview Meadows earlier this month.

The apartment building on Cardinal Ave. was evacuated while fire crews dealt with a kitchen fire in one of the suites at about 11:45 p.m. on July 3. Police were called to investigate further when firefighters noticed materials that could be part of a drug lab inside the suite.

Various units of the RCMP secured the suite and conducted a search, evacuating adjoining suites as a precaution. The ensuing search lasted almost 24 hours, wrapping up just before 5 p.m. on July 5 and allowing displaced neighbours to return to their homes.

Investigators seized more than 150 different items for further analysis. A variety of unknown chemicals and other substances have been sent to Health Canada for analysis.

Suspecting that the suite may have housed an illegal drug lab, police are awaiting results of the analysis before deciding whether any charges will be laid. Investigator suspect that a number of weeks will pass before results are returned to them.

The investigation has involved a number of different RCMP units, including the general investigations section, the priority crimes task force, the K Division clandestine lab enforcement and response team and the K Division explosives deployment unit. K Division, based in Edmonton, is the head office for the RCMP in Alberta.

Fire-medics with the city’s Emergency Services department remained on standby at the scene during the search. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer city council may have kiboshed a proposed medical marijuana production facility, but it has spurred discussion about the medicinal plant.

On Monday Medcan Solutions Inc. failed in its rezoning attempt to develop a facility in a Red Deer business park.

Nicole Raffa, manager at Gord’s Smoke Shop, said she’s not totally discouraged by council’s decision.

“I think it definitely opens the doors to dialogue now. The ice has been broken and I’m sure there’s going to be more companies trying in the future,” Raffa said.

“It opens the room to talk and work things out and hopefully develop some kind of way to bring this industry into Red Deer because I think we could really benefit from it on the economic side, plus any medical patients who could have better access. That’s just a win-win right there.”

Gord’s Smoke Shop sells smoking supplies for cigarettes, cigars as well as vaporizers, pipes and bongs for medical marijuana.

She said customers are also talking about the new travelling task force established by the federal government to study how best to legalize and regulate

recreational marijuana use in Canada.

“It’s a growing industry. Just take look at Colorado and places in the states that have legalized it and benefited from all the tax dollars and job creation. I think it would be a very smart move by Alberta to be as involved in this new industry as possible,” Raffa said.

Syfronia Bonnell, of Red Deer, who has been using medical marijuana for two years to deal with Crohn’s disease, said other medicine left her feeling awful and she worried about harmful effects.

“I think marijuana is better than popping a pill.

I think anything more natural is better than chemical,” Bonnell said.

“It’s not going to be for everybody and not everyone has to use it. Different things work for different people.”

She said marijuana helps by reducing her nausea, increasing her appetite and helps her sleep.

She buys online from a medical marijuana producer in British Columbia, but would much rather get it from a local manufacturer.

She said support for medical marijuana depends on who you ask.

“I’m open to it. I believe in it. I don’t think it’s anything that would negatively affect people or our society,” Bonnell said.

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Iraq: Endless War GWYNNE DYER OPINION “Suppose that…the Iraqis feel ambivalent about being invaded and real Iraqis, not (just) Saddam’s special guard, decide to offer resistance,” wrote British prime minister Tony Blair to US president George W. Bush in December 2001, two years before the US and the UK invaded Iraq. At least Blair had some doubts, but neither man could really imagine that the Iraqis would see them as conquerors, not liberators.

Another 13 years have now passed, and at last we have the Chilcot Report, an impartial official investigation into why Britain joined the United States in that invasion. (There is no equivalent American document.) It’s a 12-volume study that illustrates just how ill-informed and reckless the planners of that illegal war were, but it doesn’t tell us much we didn’t already know.

There are some juicy documents about the pre-war connivance between Bush and Blair, like Blair’s promise in 2001 that “We are with you, whatever.”

But there is comparatively little on the scale of the disaster that the invasion inflicted on innocent Iraqis: thirteen years of war, up to 600,000 Iraqis killed and a country effectively destroyed. So

this is a good time to recall the fate of the city of Fallujah.

Fallujah was a city of a third of a million people, less than an hour’s drive west of Baghdad, that was occupied by US troops in April 2003. It was the first place where American troops fired on Iraqi civilians (they were protesting against the takeover of a local high school by the US 82nd Airborne Division). It had fallen under the control of Iraqi resistance forces by the end of the year. That was the “First Battle of Fallujah”.

Fallujah was recaptured in November 2004 by US forces, at a cost of 95 American dead and 560 wounded.

An estimated 1,350 insurgents were killed in this “Second Battle of Fallujah”. A large but uncounted number of civilians also died, as the American offensive involved massive artillery bombardments including white phosphorus shells. 9,000 of the city’s 39,000 homes were destroyed in that battle, and more than half were damaged.

The city was never properly rebuilt, but by 2006 about two-thirds of its residents had returned. Despite constant attacks on the occupation forces by the group that later turned into Islamic State, the United States returned Fallujah to Iraqi government control in 2008 – or perhaps we should say Iraqi government occupation, for by now the American-backed government in Baghdad was almost entirely Shia, and Fallujah is a Sunni city.

Sunni insurgents took back control

of Fallujah in January 2014, six months before rest of western Iraq fell to the forces of Islamic State virtually without a fight. The pattern was the same: the new Iraqi army built up by the United States at a cost of $26 billion simply collapsed and ran away.

The “Third Battle of Fallujah” began in May of this year. Iraqi government forces (mosty Shia, of course), supported by Iranian troops and American air strikes, took almost six weeks to recapture the city, which by the end of the fighting contained only a few tens of thousands of civilians.

More will return in due course, mainly because they have nowhere else to go, but most of the city is just ruins.

Other cities in Iraq are less comprehensively wrecked, but none of them are safe places to live in. The most recent bomb attack in Baghdad, on Saturday evening, killed at least 250 people.

When the current Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, visited the scene of the bombing on Sunday, he was chased away by a crowd hurling stones, shoes and insults. And there is no end in sight.

Thirteen years, half a million excess deaths or more, millions of refugees, general impoverishment and insecurity, and an astoundingly corrupt government that is strongly and successfully resisting Abadi’s attempt to reform it. It is no wonder that even most of those in Iraq who suffered under Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule now

wish he had never been overthrown.

“Saddam has gone, and we have one thousand Saddams now,” said Kadhim al-Jabbouri in a recent interview with the BBC. Jabbouri, who became famous for taking a sledgehammer to a statue of the dictator as American forces entered Baghdad in 2003, added: “It wasn’t like this under Saddam…We didn’t like him, but he was better than those people…There was no corruption or looting. You could be safe.”

The cautious ruminations of the Chilcot Report underplay the most important fact about the invasion of Iraq, which is that all these appalling consequences were entirely predictable.

People who had any real knowledge of the political, ethnic and sectarian politics in the region and especially in Iraq DID predict them, including the relevant experts in the US State Department and the British Foreign Ministry.

Never mind whether or not the decision to invade Iraq was a war crime (though it was, under international law). Never mind whether the invaders’motives were good or bad (they were the usual mixture of both, actually). What shines through is the sheer arrogance and ignorance of those who brought this calamity down on the Iraqis, who must now live out their lives in misery and terror. Thanks, guys.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist

wage. He worked about 60 hours a week hanging drywall for one company, and then worked Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights as a bouncer in a local bar. He succeeded, barely, in feeding and clothing and housing his wife and children, but he rarely saw them. Last Christmas I went to ask my local school principal if he could suggest a family that needed help with basic food over the holidays. He gave me five families to choose from. All of them, with working parents earning minimum wage. None of them able to afford enough food to last over the Christmas holidays while they were at home with their children. Last summer we had a Labour Day BBQ here in Red Deer.

A family of five showed up, and when they all piled out of their car I noticed that it contained not only clothes but other household items like toothbrushes and shampoo as well.

When they noticed me looking, the father explained in embarrassment that both he and his wife were working, but couldn’t yet afford to rent an apart-

ment. So they were living in their car.

It’s a sad fact that there are over 100,000 working parents in Alberta that earn less than $15 an hour. These people are there for us every time we use a service or buy a product that relies on their labour. Personally, I think it’s time that we showed them that we’re here for them too. I’m happy to pay a bit more for what I buy so that someone else can have the dignity of a decent wage.

Barb Miller, MLA Red Deer-South

refugees from Eastern Europe during the Second World War), I will argue that McGarvey focused only on economic matters and did not address an equally important fundamental of the European Project, namely the desire of Europeans for peace after suffering through two world wars in the 20th century fought on European soil. The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the countries of central and eastern Europe that had been under Soviet domination since 1945 were now free of dictatorship, wanted to consolidate their democracies, wanted to join the project of European integration, and not fall back into Russia’s sphere of influence.

The process of admitting these countries took 12 years. The EU has been weakened by the British decision to leave, and this at a time when geopolitical tensions are rising in response to Russian nationalism and aggression (annexation of Crimea and the support of the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine).

Bill Franz, Red Deer

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Dignity of a decent wage One of the reasons that I ran for government in the last election was because I believe in social justice.

I believe that people who work in a full time job should be able to afford the basic necessities of life like housing and food. In Alberta for many years that has not been happening.

While wages and have gone up in many sectors, those earning the lowest amount – the ones on minimum wage – have been put in a tighter and tighter squeeze.

The squeeze is real. There have been many studies done by academics and poverty groups that point to the need for an increase in the minimum wage. Other reports have come out saying that an increase in the minimum wage will hurt businesses and lead to job losses. I can only decide based on what I know to be happening to people in Red Deer.

I have one friend who was trying to support his family on minimum

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Dispute over rural wages a brewing issue in Canada Post contract talks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Rene Legacy’s mail route in rural New Brunswick, just northwest of Bathurst, is about 32 kilometres long and takes him the morning to complete.

He’s paid by the number of spots he stops and the number of parcels and flyers he delivers.

When he works out the number of hours he puts in, the hourly wage comes out to about $13 an hour — less than half of what an urban letter carrier receives.

Legacy and the rest of the 5,000-strong rural and suburban mail carriers have become a key sticking point in negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which wants the pay structure changed so rural carriers are paid an hourly wage like those who deliver in urban settings.

If there is no movement on the pay issue, Legacy said he and others are willing take the fight to the Canadian Human Rights Commission or the courts to force Canada Post to increase their wages, and possibly get back pay for former carriers.

“I realize it’s not important to a lot of people and there are plenty of plenty who just sort of laugh at the idea” of an hourly rate for rural carriers, Legacy said, referring to the general public and some members of CUPW. “It would strengthen the union itself if we were all on a level playing field and able to basically negotiate together on future contracts. Maintaining different bargaining units for an employer, it’s only just divisive,” Legacy said.

Canada Post says the system means that some rural carriers can be considered part-time employees, while others can make as much or more

Canada BRIEFS RCMP praise kids for going to adult with loaded handgun found in yard RCMP in northwestern Alberta are praising two young kids for doing the

than their urban counterparts. That’s in part because they also service the growing number of community mailboxes that Canada Post has started to use in cities in lieu of door-to-door delivery.

CUPW says the rural, mostly female mail carriers are paid 28 per cent less than their urban counterparts, who are mostly male.

The two-tiered pay structure has been in place since 2003 when Canada Post and the CUPW first agreed to a collective agreement for the rural and suburban carriers.

The agreement set up a new pay rate to replace a system where carriers bid on rural routes where costs were based on decades-old guidelines, said Geoff Bickerton, the union’s research director, who was involved in those negotiations.

Some rural workers were earning $50 an hour, he said, others less than minimum wage.

Legacy and other rural carriers turned to the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 2012 to settle the wage disparity issue without going through their union, but had to withdraw the complaint in December 2015 over a lack of resources.

By that time, the collective agreement for rural carriers was expiring and CUPW leadership wanted to make it an issue in bargaining, said former rural carrier Deborah Richmond.

The two sides in the labour dispute appeared no closer to a resolution Thursday, with the union rejecting a federal proposal for binding arbitration and Canada Post extending its lockout notice from Friday morning to Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET.

right thing when they found a loaded handgun ditched by a shooting suspect.

“The children were astute enough to not touch the weapon and immediately notified a parent,” Grande Prairie RCMP said in a release.

Officers were called to the city’s west side on Wednesday to investigate reports of shots being fired at a business. A male suspect fired at some people before taking off in a vehicle with police in pursuit.

Somewhere along the way he tossed the gun. Ayrabella Metselaar, who is six, and her five-year-old brother, Junah, found the gun in their backyard.

“At the time you dismiss it, right,

because you’ve got a five year old and a six year old and their imaginations go wild,” said the kids’ dad, Darren Metselaar. “What could be a gun to them could be a garden scoop or any other inanimate object. As a parent I feel proud, but at the same time very, very blessed and lucky and just so happy nothing bad happened.”

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A look at some of the key numbers in the ongoing Canada Post labour dispute OTTAWA — Canada Post and its largest union, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, remain at loggerheads over a union proposal to increase wages for rural and suburban mail carriers, and the Crown corporation’s proposal for pension changes. Here’s a look at some of the figures at play in the talks. $169 million: profit from operations Canada Post reported in its 2015 annual report.

10.1 billion: pieces of mail Canada Post handled in 2011.

8.9 billion: pieces of mail Canada Post handled in 2015.

53.8: labour costs, as a percentage of revenue, for Canada Post in 2011.

47.9: labour costs, as a percentage of revenue, for Canada Post in 2015.

8,000: rural and suburban mail carriers whose collective agreement expired in December.

42,000: urban mail carriers whose collective agreement expired in January.

0.75: average per cent increase per year CUPW says the majority of postal workers would receive under Canada Post’s last contract offer.

2.25: average per cent increase per year CUPW has proposed in negotiations. $1 billion: how much Canada Post says the union’s requests will cost over the lifetime of a four-year contract. The union disputes that figure.

(Sources: Canadian Union of Postal Workers negotiation notices, Canada Post 2015 annual report, Employment and Social Development Canada)

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Costliest disaster on record FORT MCMURRAY FIRE CAUSES ABOUT $3.58B IN DAMAGE ACCORDING TO INSURANCE BUREAU OF CANADA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The wildfire that rendered the heart of oilsands country a charred and ashy mess is estimated to be the costliest disaster in Canada, worrying evidence that extreme weather events have increased in frequency and severity, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Thursday.

About $3.58 billion in damage is expected due to the fire in May that swept through Fort McMurray, Alta., nearly twice as much as the January 1998 ice storms that paralyzed eastern Ontario and southern Quebec. That disaster resulted in just over $2 billion in damages when converted into 2015 dollars, the bureau said.

“Ultimately what we are seeing is that our climate is changing, and the long-term trends are directly a result of some of those dynamics,” Bill Adams, Western and Pacific vice-president for the bureau, said on a conference call.

Adams urged various levels of government to design building codes and land use policies that “keep people out of harm’s way” by anticipating fires, floods and other disasters. Specifically, he said people should stop building houses in flood plains and putting flammable cedar shingles on homes in the middle of forests.

“Historically, we have not done that well in Canada and perhaps less so in Alberta,” he said.

“Unfortunately, we’re living with the consequences.”

Last week, Fort McMurray fire Chief Darby Allen issued a similar call for less flammable home construction materials and a bigger buffer zone between the city and the forest. In response, Melissa Blake, the mayor of

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Workers put out markers around a devastated area of Timberlea in Fort McMurray on June 2. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says damage caused by the wildfires in Fort McMurray, totaled $3.58 billion, making it the most expensive disaster for insurers in the country’s history. the Wood Buffalo Regional Municipality that encompasses Fort McMurray, said she thinks change may come through personal choices rather than new bylaws or building codes.

In an audit published in May, Julie Gelfand, the federal environment and sustainable development commissioner, recommended that the National Building Code be updated to take into account increasingly frequent severe weather events stemming from climate change.

The Fort McMurray fire forced almost 90,000 residents from their homes. It destroyed about 1,800 houses as well as buildings containing about

600 apartments or condo units. People have since been allowed back into the community, but it took nearly two months before a state of emergency could be lifted.

Adams said most of the damage from the wildfires will be covered by insurance. That was not the case during the June 2013 floods in southern Alberta, where total damage came to about $6 billion but most of that was caused by overland flooding for which most people did not have insurance coverage, he said.

In the end, nearly $1.8 billion in damage claims were made when expressed in 2015 dollars.

The tally of the damage in Fort McMurray is based on surveys of insurance companies by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. Of the $3.58 billion in damage, about $2.2 billion is expected to be for personal property loss, it said.

About $1.25 billion in commercial claims and $180 million in auto insurance claims are also expected.

Managing director Carolyn Rennie of CatIQ said the commercial claims would also cover business interruptions. Financial analysts estimate that as much as 30 million barrels of oilsands production worth $1.6 billion was lost as producers were forced to shut down or curtail operations, although the fire did little physical damage to their projects.

Adams said the insurance industry will announce as early as next week a program to help remove debris from burned-out neighbourhoods, a similar initiative to the co-ordinated disposal of fridges and freezers tainted by rotting food as Fort McMurray residents returned to the city last month.

He said Alberta has been hit by seven of the 10 most expensive disasters in Canadian history and although no one event directly affects insurance rates, most Albertans are paying higher premiums.

“This wildfire is, yes, the largest,” he said. “But unfortunately it’s one in a series of significant events … that have taken place in Alberta over the course of the last number of years, so I think most Albertans who have had renewals would have seen their premiums increase.

“What impact this will have will be determined at a later date by individual insurers.”

Jason Kenney says Alberta needs new united right EDMONTON — MP Jason Kenney says his plan for a united right in Alberta includes a new party that would hold a leadership race before the next provincial election.

Kenney made it clear at a news conference in Edmonton that he isn’t interested in the Progressive Conservatives or the Opposition Wildrose taking each other over.

His idea is that each party would hold a referendum on whether to approve the union before a new party was formed.

“Albertans will not accept secret, backroom deals that dictate what kind of democratic choice we have,” he said Thursday. “That is why I am offering this grassroots guarantee to make it absolutely clear that a new, united party will only be created if approved by a clear majority of grassroots party members in a fair, open referendum.

“This grassroots democracy is absolutely non-negotiable.”

Kenney said his organization is exploring whether it is legally possible to merge the PCs and Wildrose under Alberta’s election laws.

If a merger isn’t possible, Kenney said, a united free-enterprise party would be built from the ground up.

“In my view, even if Elections Alberta were to refuse to entertain a legal merger, then we would just create a new party from scratch, obviously

suspending the operations of the two existing parties, and it would take off like a rocket.”

Kenney said he doesn’t want to prejudge what such a party would be called, but then suggested that the Conservative Party of Alberta “has a nice ring to it. That is what has worked for us federally.”

Kenney announced in Calgary on Wednesday that he will seek the leadership of the Alberta Tories with the intent of bringing together small-c conservatives to defeat the NDP government.

The former Conservative cabinet minister said he would also let his name stand in any race to pick the leader for a newly formed party. He said he anticipates that leadership run would come in the winter of 2017-18.

He also said he’ll give up his federal seat on Oct. 1 — the day the Alberta Tory leadership race officially begins.

A new leader is to be picked March 18.

Kenney noted that other MPs have stayed on while seeking leadership roles, but he is going to “depart from that convention to clearly demonstrate how committed I am to this project of uniting Albertans.

“For me there is no going back.”

He said he believes people want a clear plan on how to steer Alberta’s two right-leaning parties back onto the same road, and that they are waiting for leadership on how that could be achieved.

His five-point strategy outlined

Thursday includes a timeline, charts that show the perils of splitting the right-wing vote and graphics that vilify

the NDP for “reckless” policies that hurt Alberta’s economy, such as the carbon tax.

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Blue Jays rally to down Tigers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 5 Tigers 4 TORONTO — The only thing consistent about the Toronto Blue Jays is that they keep winning.

Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki had a pair of RBI singles, including a tie-breaking hit in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Blue Jays rallied past the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on a muggy Thursday night.

Toronto has won six straight but not without some struggles, like stranding 14 runners on base against Detroit.

“That’s how winning streaks start, that’s how they continue,” said Tulowitzki after the game. “It’s a different guy every night, you get good pitching, you play good defence, mix it in with some timely hitting.

I think that’s the recipe you’ll hear teams talk about when they’re on a winning streak.”

All-star third baseman Josh Donaldson had two hits and two runs for the Blue Jays (49-39). Canadian Michael Saunders, who hopes to be voted into the all-star game by fans in an online ballot, was 2 for 4 with three runs and a run batted in.

Drew Hutchison (1-0) pitched six innings, striking out seven but giving up three runs on six hits in his first Major League Baseball start since April 24 when he struck out five over 5 2/3 innings in Toronto’s 6-3 win over the Oakland Athletics. Brett Cecil, Jason Grilli and Roberto Osuna each pitched an inning of relief, with Cecil giving up a run.

Hutchison was pitching on Thursday in place of Marco Estrada, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore back on Wednesday.

Justin Upton and Nick Castellanos each hit a home run for Detroit (45-41). Former Cy Young winner Justin Verlander (8-6) went 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts but allowed six hits and two runs. Shane Greene, Justin Wilson, Alex Wilson all came out of the Tigers bullpen. Justin Wilson took the loss, while Alex Wilson was charged with the blown save.

“It was a battle,” said Verlander of the potent Blue Jays lineup. “Those guys, one through nine, really fought me. I was able to get out if some jams there but obviously, ideally I’d like to go deeper in the game.”

Tulowitzki hit an RBI single in the eighth inning, scoring Donaldson and Saunders and moving Russell Martin to third base. That gave Toronto a 5-4 lead and brought the 46,283 at Rogers Centre to their feet after the Blue Jays had trailed for five innings.

“I understood I didn’t need to take a big swing

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar slides into home plate but is called out as Detroit Tigers catcher James McCann applies the tag during sixth inning MLB action, in Toronto on Thursday. and hit a home run, that a base hit there was just as effective,” said Tulowitzki.

“Get the lead and then have Osuna come in, he’s been great for us.”

Osuna followed through for Tulowitzki, closing out the game, inducing a groundout, a pop fly and striking out the final batter of the night for his 18th save of the season.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons wasn’t concerned that his team left 14 runners on base.

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ing position, it’s not always the hitters that are struggling,” said Gibbons. “We’ve done the same thing to other teams when we pitch pretty good. That’s just the nature of the beast.”

Saunders put the Blue Jays on the scoreboard in the first inning, bouncing a single to centre field and bringing home Donaldson from second base. It was Saunders’ seventh RBI in seven games.

Martin followed that up with a double to left field, driving in Saunders as Toronto ended the first with a 2-0 lead.

Blue Bombers beat Ticats for first win of season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Bombers 28 Tiger-Cats 24 HAMILTON — Until this season began, Justin Medlock was the only kicker Tim Hortons Field had ever known.

The 32-year-old was with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when the stadium opened in September 2014 and navigated the infamous winds through the 2015 season, until he signed with Winnipeg in the off-season.

He returned Thursday night as a Blue Bomber, hitting four of his six field-goal attempts to give Winnipeg its first win of the season, a 28-24 victory over the Ticats.

Medlock made field goals from 25, 18, 38 and 47 yards out and missed twice, both from 51, in front of 23,846 former fans. He couldn’t hear the fan reaction to his return (a smattering of boos) because he wears ear plugs. And the winds were almost non-existent.

“A couple days out you can tell by the wind report, so I knew it was going to be a little calmer,” he said.

“I mean, summer here isn’t too bad. It’s fall that’s the issue.”

Medlock’s replacement in Hamilton, Brett Maher, made his only field-goal attempt, from 48 yards.

Hamilton (1-2) committed six turnovers, including two interceptions and three fumbles by quarterback

Jeremiah Masoli. Winnipeg (1-2) turned it over twice.

Defensive back Maurice Leggett had two interceptions, including one returned for a 50-yard touchdown, and Ryan Smith also scored for the Bombers.

Brandon Banks’ scored a 120-yard TD off Medlock’s missed 51-yarder early in the first quarter, Andy Fantuz and Chad Owen added TDs for Hamilton.

“That linebacker spot is a hard position to play,” said Leggett, a former safety.

“Because you play inside and outside, it can go either way. So it’s more a cat and mouse game with the receiver and the quarterback. And it was my night. I was on fire. I guess I was guessing right.”

Winnipeg quarterback Drew Willy completed 32of-42 for 279 yards, one TD pass and a fumble. Masoli completed 29-of-39 pass attempts for 367 yards and two TD passes, but had the five turnovers.

An interception and a fumble both came late in the game with Hamilton within at least field-goal range.

Winnipeg was up 22-10 heading into halftime on the strength of Leggett’s and Smith’s TDs — scored within 47 seconds of each other in the final two minutes of the first half. But Bomber Quincy McDuffie opened the second half with a fumble on his kickoff return, recovered by Mike Daly, and that made things interesting.

Hamilton took the ball 50 yards on five plays ending with Masoli hitting Fantuz for a seven-yard TD to

make it 22-17.

“We faced some adversity early,” said head coach Mike O’Shea about the Banks TD. “We faced some adversity again right off the bat in the second half (with the McDuffie fumble) and it didn’t phase them at all.

“You didn’t look around and think there was anybody hanging their head. They were (thinking) how are we going to get this back? How are we going to make this work? They showed some resiliency and some professionalism in terms of their attitude and mindset.”

Turnovers were the story for Hamilton.

“We don’t protect the football, we don’t play in this sport,” said head coach Kent Austin. “That goes for everybody. Receivers can’t have the ball yanked out of their arms. Quarterbacks can’t turn the ball over down field.”

But he still had encouraging words for Masoli, who has been starting for Hamilton this season as the Ticats wait for Zach Collaros to return from knee surgery.

“Other than the turnovers, he played huge, and I addressed that in (the locker-room).”

Masoli also kept his comments to the point after the team’s second home loss in a row.

“We’ve got to clean it up, period. Point blank. Too many turnovers, penalties, just shooting ourselves in the foot. You can’t win football games like that.”

Hill’s game has matured under tutelage of new coach DANNY RODE LOCAL SPORT Logan Hill’s time with RDC proved to be well spent.

Not only did the 19-year-old Hunting Hills grad get an opportunity to play at the provincial and national level, but possibly more important he found a coach.

Brett Bingham, who has experience on several pro tours and came within a whisker of qualifying for the PGA Tour, is an assistant coach with RDC and is now Hill’s full time coach.

“Getting an opportunity to work with Brett has been a huge benefit,” said Hill after shooting a 74 Wednesday and finishing third in the McLennan Ross Tour stop in Lacombe. He won the Innisfailevent on Tuesday with a two-under par 70.

“Brett has seen it all and been through it, and he gets that across.”

As he grew older and the more time he spent with top coaches and on the course, Hill saw how important the mental side of the game is.

“I believe my game matured a lot working with Brett and my year at the college,” he said. “I realize it isn’t just how far you hit the driver, but how you position yourself. Even in a poor position you can still make par. I’ve learned how important to be mentally into the game. Be patient and don’t force things “It’s certainly helped. I’ve been fairly consistent this year, hitting the ball better and putting better.”

Hill played hockey as a youngster but suffered a number of concussions, which affected him for some time “I played hockey until I was 12 and quit because of concussions,” he explained. ‘That’s when I started to take up golf, but even then the concussions affected me.”

But he was a natural at golf and progressed quickly.

“My first tournament I shot a 108, then two tournaments later I was down to 79,” he explained. “I love the game, but it’s also a game that can change quickly. You can shoot a great round, then struggle the next, but that’s where having a good coach and maturity comes in.”

This year has been solid for Hill who has set several goals, such was winning the McLennan Ross and possibly the Maple Leaf Junior Tour Order of Merit titles.

“They would be good to put on my resume,” he said.

He plans on competing in as many junior events as he can and is hoping to play in the MJT International Players Championship in Jasper in early August.

“The more experience the better,” he said.

Hill does meet Bingham every day, but texts and works out with him when possible.

“We do text every day and when there’s something I need to work on he helps right away. We practice when we can at River Bend and will start playing at least once a a week.

Hill did play in the Alberta Open and will compete in the Central Alberta Amateur at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club on the August long weekend.

He’s six weeks too old to play in the Alberta Junior.

“That’s too bad, but competing in the Alberta Open was a real eye-opener,” he said. “Being in the same group as someone who has competed against the likes of Tiger (Woods), Rory (McIlroy) and Jordan (Spieth) is a great experience. It’s cool to see them and watch what they do.”

He won’t be returning to RDC this fall, at least to play.

“I’ll take a couple of courses, work and continue to work on my game,” he said.

He did receive some offers to go to the States this fall, but decided to take a year off.

“I decided to wait a year and see if something better comes up,” he said.

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

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No all-Williams final at Wimbledon

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Venus Williams’ deepest Grand Slam run in a half-dozen years ended one victory short of what would have been yet another Wimbledon title match against her sister Serena.

Unable to replicate the sort of turn-back-time performance that carried her to the semifinals at the All England Club, Venus was broken in her first four service games Thursday and lost to No. 4-seeded Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4.

The 36-year-old Venus was the oldest Slam semifinalist since Martina Navratilova was 37 at Wimbledon in 1994. Venus is a five-time champion at the grass-court tournament, but she hadn’t made it this far since at Wimbledon since 2009, or at any major since the 2010 U.S. Open.

So now, instead of an all-Williams final on Saturday, it will be Kerber against No. 1 Serena in a rematch of the Australian Open final won by the German in January.

That was Kerber’s first Grand Slam title, and prevented Serena from collecting her record-equaling 22nd. Now Serena is once again so close to that number.

In control from start to finish in Thursday’s first semifinal, Serena needed all of 48 minutes to overwhelm Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-0 in what felt like a training session.

Except Serena probably gets more of a workout when she practices.

“You have to admit she was just better. She was stronger, faster,” Vesnina said. “I couldn’t do anything today.”

Serena’s serve was in fine form, reaching 123 mph and producing 11 aces against the 50th-ranked Vesnina, who was making her major semifinal debut.

Serena won 28 of 31 points that she served, including the last 17, and compiled a 28-9 edge in total winners.

Since winning her sixth Wimbledon trophy a year ago to raise her career count to 21 majors, Serena has come quite close to tying Steffi Graf with 22, the most in the Open era, which began in 1968 (Margaret Court holds the all-time mark of 24). But Serena was surprisingly beaten by Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals last September, then by Kerber in Melbourne, and by Garbine Muguruza in the French Open final last month.

“I mean, I think for anyone else in this whole planet, it would be a wonderful accomplishment,” Serena said about reaching her third Grand Slam

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Angelique Kerber of Germany returns to Venus Williams of the U.S. during their women’s singles match on day eleven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Thursday. final of the year.

“For me, it’s about, obviously, holding the trophy and winning, which would make it a better accomplishment for me. For me, it’s not enough. But I think that’s what makes me different. That’s what makes me Serena.”

And now she has given herself yet another chance to catch Graf.

Except rather than a fifth Williams vs. Williams final at Wimbledon, and ninth at a major, it will be Serena vs. Kerber.

Serena has won five of their previous seven matches.

The left-handed Kerber dropped to her knees at the baseline and tossed aside her racket after a running cross-court forehand winner capped the 19-stroke exchange that ended her semifinal against Venus.

Eskimos not worried by former head coach’s return

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When Chris Jones brings his Saskatchewan Roughriders into Commonwealth Stadium Friday evening he’s likely to be greeted by cheers from some fans for bringing a Grey Cup to Edmonton last season, booed by others for deserting the Eskimos so shortly afterwards, or a combination of both reactions.

What he won’t get from the Eskimo players is any reaction at all. To them Jones made a business decision and now he’s just another coach they want to beat.

“I really don’t care, that’s about as much as I want to talk about it,” defensive lineman Almondo Sewell said of Jones departure and return.

“It’s business, man, just business,” added running back Calvin McCarty, the longest-serving Eskimo on the roster. “He had a great opportunity to go elsewhere. There’s a lot of guys who had opportunity to do stuff elsewhere but chose to be here and be an Eskimo. We have a lot of guys who believe in the Eskimo way and are here for a reason. If you don’t want to be here, you don’t have to be here. That’s his choice.”

Or, as defensive end Marcus Howard put it: “If someone offers you a dollar and someone else offers up a hundred bucks I’m pretty sure you’re going to take that hundred bucks. I know I would. So I’m not going to say he’s not loyal… Coach Jones is just a thing of the past.”

More important to the Eskimos is that they rebound from their opening week, 45-37 overtime loss to the Ottawa Redblacks and that the defence gets rid of the mental mistakes that ultimately led to that loss.

“That’s a lot of young, dumb mistakes,” Sewell said of the Week 1 performance. “We’ve all been

playing for a while and when we saw it on game film we couldn’t believe we actually did it.”

In fairness, that defence is minus five starters from last season. Defensive lineman Willie Jefferson, linebacker Dexter McCoil and defensive back Aaron Grymes all earned NFL contracts, linebacker Otha Foster, followed Jones to Saskatchewan and 2015 CFL All-Star cover man John Ojo went down with a season-ending Achilles injury in training camp.

Both teams are coming off season-opening losses in which their defences made costly mistakes that contributed to the defeats.

The good news for the defending Grey Cup champions is they had a week off to digest their performance and figure out what to do to try ensure it doesn’t happen this week. Although teams would normally not want their bye week after just one game, the time off could prove beneficial.

“Based on everything that occurred it is,” said defensive co-ordinator Mike Benevides, under pressure to get the Edmonton defence playing as well as it did last season under Jones. “It gives you a chance to evaluate, a chance to spend more time together.

There’s some positions where there’s some youth, some young people, so we had a chance to spend more time with them.

“We tried to spend as much time as we could in the classroom talking football, understanding situations and by doing that I think it helped the guys.”

Plus, he added, rest is always good, especially after the tough training camp the Eskimos had.

“Training camp was kind of different this year,” said Howard. “We had a new coaching staff and they wanted to put their stamp on things. And guys … wanted to prove themselves to the new coaches so we all went hard. I know myself I was a bit tired … so for me it was a good break. It sucks we have to go 14 weeks in a row but it was a good break.”

Griezmann’s double books France’s ticket into Euro final

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MARSEILLE, France — France is heading back to soccer’s elite, and Antoine Griezmann is the man leading the way.

Griezmann scored both goals to give France a 2-0 win over world champion Germany on Thursday and a place in the European Championship final against Portugal.

It was a victory built as much on German errors as it was on Griezmann’s skill, with a handball in the box and a poor defensive pass paving the way for his goals.

But that didn’t matter to the fans who made Marseille’s Stade Velodrome ring with the sound of the “Marseillaise,” France’s national anthem. Their team won this tournament in 2000, two years after lifting the World Cup, but it hasn’t had a trophy since then.

Developed as a player in Spain, Griezmann has been the star of the show for France, leading a high-scoring team with six goals, twice as many as any other player in the tournament.

“I think there’s a lot of happiness around France tonight,” said coach Didier Deschamps, whose team faces Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal on Sunday at the Stade de France. “This team has everything it needs to be loved, I’m very proud… It’s fabulous to be in the

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Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger, second from right, handles the ball in the penalty area, during the Euro 2016 semifinal soccer match between Germany and France, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Thursday. France won 2-0. final.”

Griezmann, who could have completed a hat trick in the 86th minute but shot straight at goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, was already looking ahead.

“We’re very happy,” he said.

“We have to keep our feet on the ground. We still have a match to go.”

For Germany, defeat cost it the chance to add the European title to the World Cup it won in 2014.

It had gone 50 years unbeaten against host nations at major tournaments, dating back to its loss to England in the 1966 World Cup final and encompassing a famous 7-1 humbling of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semifinals.

Venus once rivaled her sister for the most feared serve in women’s tennis, but it took her 32 minutes and five tries to simply earn a hold. Perhaps the accumulated court time during this fortnight simply took a toll on Venus, who revealed in 2011 that she had been diagnosed with Sjongren’s syndrome, which can cause fatigue and joint pain.

She was a half-step slow to some balls, was breathing heavily after longer points, and wound up with 21 unforced errors, 10 more than Kerber. Still, Kerber was hardly at her best at the outset, either: The match began in ragged fashion, with five consecutive breaks of serve. The question at that point was which woman would break the pattern.

Turned out to be Kerber, who held for a for a 4-2 lead then, after getting broken the first time she served for the opening set, held again to take it when Venus netted a forehand.

Key injuries not a problem yet for red hot Redblacks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An early rash of injuries, including a broken finger to star quarterback Henry Burris, has not been a problem so far for the Ottawa Redblacks.

The Redblacks will look to improve to 3-0 Friday night as they host the Calgary Stampeders (1-1) in its sold-out home opener at TD Place.

Despite losing its number one quarterback and running back, the Redblacks have posted impressive road victories against Edmonton and Montreal. The Redblacks are also without receiver Jamill Smith who suffered a rib fracture.

Trevor Harris has been the driving force stepping in for the injured Burris, going 37-for-45 for a league-leading 687 yards and six touchdowns.

Harris is excited to take the field Friday night and is hopeful his recent success has been enough to turn the Redblacks faithful in his favour, seeing as they enjoyed booing him last season as a member of the Toronto Argonauts.

“It’s going to be a little bit more comfortable,” he said. “Instead of walking out and having people boo me and tell me I stink at football, it’s going to be a little bit better this time, I hope.”

The 30-year-old Harris made his first start of the season last week and led the Redblacks to a 28-13 win over Montreal, but he knows the Stampeders will offer a solid challenge.

“It’s about re-starting the engine in terms of this week,” said Harris. “We have a different game plan and (Calgary’s) defence poses a brand new set of challenges for us and as a unit they’re a very strong defence and they’re not getting a lot of attention across the league and they probably like that, but they have our attention.”

With running back Travon Van being added to the six-game injured list following the game in Montreal the Redblacks signed Nicolas Grigsby earlier this week. The 27-year-old will make his Ottawa debut Friday night. Grigsby has spent time playing in Winnipeg, Hamilton and Edmonton, but had been home working at his Kia dealership in Cape Coral, Fla., when he got the call from Redblacks general manager Marcel Desjardins.

“I’ve had different teams call, I’ve had opportunities, but I’m in a good state where I am back at home,” said Grigsby. “I didn’t need money. This here came along and it was an opportunity.

“I talked to my family about it and it was a good opportunity for me so it’s going to be fun.”

Despite only joining the team a few days ago Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell favoured Grigsby over Mossis Madu Jr. to start at running back.

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Cavendish wins mass sprint in Montauban

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTAUBAN, France — Mark Cavendish started the Tour de France fearing that his training on the track for the Olympic Games would affect his chances of stage wins at cycling’s biggest race.

After the sprinter from the Isle of Man posted a third stage win in less than a week, it’s now obvious that the long hours spent on the boards have helped him improve his speed.

The 31-year-old “Manx Missile,” as he is known in the peloton, used his great tactical sense and impressive burst of speed to win the sixth stage of the three-week race in another mass finish on Thursday. It was Cavendish’s 29th Tour stage win overall.

“Oh my god, that was terrifying,” said Cavendish, who also wore the yellow jersey for the first time of his career after winning the first stage of the race last weekend in Normandy. “That was like the old days, wheel surfing.

Cavendish, who had never been as successful during the first week of the Tour before, beat German ace sprinter Marcel Kittel by half a wheel, with Daniel McLay third.

Kittel launched the sprint but Cavendish attached himself patiently to Kittel’s wheel before overtaking him in the final 200 metres. Cavendish passed five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault to be alone in second on the all-time list of stage winners. Eddy Merckx holds the record with 34 to Cavendish’s 29.

“We were a little too far back, (teammate Bernhard Eisel) Bernie and

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Riders with Britain’s Mark Cavendish, center, sprint toward the finish line during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 190.5 kilometers with start in Arpajon-sur-Cere and finish in Montauban, France, Thursday.

I, going into that,” Cavendish said, revealing the details of his sprint masterclass. “I wanted Kittel’s wheel and I was fighting for it. I knew it would be the right thing to go early because it was slightly downhill, I put the bigger gear on again but I maxed out and should have put a bigger gear on. I held on and held Kittel off, did to him what he’s done to me over the last three years.”

While Cavendish benefited from the great work of his teammates in his two previous stage wins, he was left

McGregor volunteers to save UFC 200, but focuses on Diaz show.

“What I would have done differently is communicated a little bit better,” LAS VEGAS — After Jon Jones’ McGregor said. “I felt I played it a litfailed doping test threw UFC 200 into tle bit wrong, but I think they played it turmoil, Conor McGregor realized the a bit wrong as well.”

UFC needed a last-minute opponent McGregor has altered his training for light heavyweight champion Daniel for the rematch, acknowledging he Cormier. wasn’t prepared for the bout against McGregor might be a featherweight Diaz after lightweight champion Rafighting at welterweight these days, fael Dos Anjos dropped out with an but his confidence knows no pound- injury. McGregor even agreed to fight age.

Diaz at the 170-pound welterweight “I’m here, and I’m in shape,” Mc- limit, 25 pounds above his usual feathGregor said Thursday. “All they have erweight size and 15 pounds more than to do is ask.” he would have weighed against Dos McGregor’s self-belief appears to Anjos. be unruffled after his 15-fight winning “This time, I’m preparing for a tall, streak ended with a lanky, ugly Mexican stunning loss to Nasouthpaw,” McGrete Diaz in March. The gor said of his Mexifighters traded their can-American oppousual trash talk and nent. posturing when they “I’m going to go in made their first joint and do what I always appearance to prodo: I’m going to tee mote their rematch at off on him.”

UFC 202 on Aug. 20 at McGregor is spar— CONOR MCGREGOR Las Vegas’ new T-Moring with middleON STEPPING IN TO FIGHT AT UFC 200 bile Arena. weights in training AFTER JON JONES’ FAILED DOPING TEST McGregor (19-3) camp, and he agreed only jokingly volunto take the rematch teered to fight at UFC at 170 pounds again, 200, but made it clear saying he couldn’t he’s serious about ask for concessions avenging his loss to if he truly wanted to Diaz (19-10) and reasavenge his first loss serting his position since November 2010. atop the promotion’s Diaz only chuckhierarchy. McGregor led, noting that he even referred to the hadn’t even been widespread rumours training when he acof the UFC’s impendcepted the first fight. ing sale to an invest“Yeah, I should be ment conglomerate by claiming he was better if I can prepare for a fight,” Dithe main reason behind it all. az said. “I noticed some of the people “The reason there’s a $4.2 billion (McGregor) is working with, and he’s price tag on this company is because bringing top guys in. That’s what we of me,” McGregor said. “The Chinese should be doing.” estimate my net worth at $4.2 billion.”

McGregor’s coach would like him Diaz beat McGregor by submission to abandon the weight cuts necessary in the second round at UFC 196 in a to get to 145 pounds, and McGregor short-notice welterweight bout, stall- acknowledges that he expects to fight ing the rapid rise of the UFC’s loqua- Diaz for a third time after beating him cious Irish 145-pound champion. next month. But McGregor also reafThe rematch was initially slat- firmed his plan to go back to feathered to be the main event at UFC 200, weight in the future, sticking to his but the promotion pulled the bout af- intention to dominate multiple weight ter McGregor balked at breaking his classes. training camp in Iceland to travel for Just maybe not light heavyweight. his promotional obligations. McGre“I will beat Nate, get that win back, gor showed refreshing humility when (then) dominate my division,” McGreasked about the missed opportunity gor said. “And then we’ll re-talk about to be the main event in the landmark a trilogy fight with Nate.”

by himself in the southwestern town of Montauban after his lead-out riders fell away.

“He sprinted very well today,” Cavendish’ Dimension Data teammate Mark Renshaw said. “Today we have been catastrophic, we were stuck on the left side of the road, it was impossible to get back to the front. I believe the track training he did made the big difference, he prevailed with his speed.”

Cavendish, who will be seeking the gold medal in the omnium discipline

at the Rio Olympics, has been combining training both on the road and track this season. It clearly helped him recover the burst of speed that had abandoned him over the past two seasons, defeating Kittel after a final kilometre covered at the average speed of 62.6 kilometres per hour.

“I knew if I got a good slingshot I could be going 3-4km/h faster than (Kittel) before he had time to react, so that’s what I did and I was happy to hang on for the win,” Cavendish said.

The stage took the peloton from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban in southwestern France on a 190.5-kilometre ride. Greg van Avermaet finished safely in the main pack and kept the yellow jersey going into Friday’s first stage in the Pyrenees.

On a very hot day, Yukiya Arashiro and Jan Barta attacked from the off.

The peloton did not chase and they built a comfortable lead of 4 ½ minutes.

With temperatures as high as 36 degrees (98 F), the breakaway riders’ lead started to decrease after the first intermediate sprint when Frenchman Bryan Coquard topped rivals Michael Matthews, Peter Sagan and Kittel in their battle for the best sprinter’s green jersey.

They were reined in with 22 kilometres left after Coquard’s Direct Energie team moved to the front of the pack to organize the chase. Late in the stage, a woman with a French flag tied around her neck rode on a white horse parallel to the peloton before the pace ramped up in the closing stages, with riders jostling frantically for prime position.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — When Melissa Bishop steps up to the 800-metre start line at the Rio Olympics, she won’t worry about the women in the lanes to her left and right — or the country’s colours they’re wearing.

Canada’s Olympic trials for track and field are happening this week amid perhaps the greatest turmoil to ever touch the sport.

Russian track and field athletes have been banned from competing in Rio because of systematic doping, although IAAF president Seb Coe said 136 Russian athletes have applied for clearance to compete as independent athletes.

Their absence could affect a few Canadians in Rio, but Bishop, a silver medallist at last summer’s world championships in Beijing, said she can only focus on herself.

“They are competitors in the end, so yeah, it does affect us, but I can’t control it so it’s something I’ve had to put out of my head, regardless of what the decision is by the IAAF,” Bishop said.

“I really have no control over it, so it doesn’t change how I’m training for the Olympics.”

Russians Mariya Savinova and Ekaterina Poistogova won gold and bronze respectively in the 800 four years ago at the London Olympics. Bishop didn’t make it out of her heat, which included Russian Yelena Arzhakova, whose results were later erased due to a doping ban.

“Not that it would have changed the outcome of what I did, but it is in the back of your head, ‘OK, if she wasn’t there, maybe I would have got to that semifinal and things would have been a little bit different,”’ Bishop said. “I think if I was in position as I am now as an athlete, and a medal was taken away from me, I would have a lot more probably to say.”

Yulia Stepanova, a Russian who ran 1:56.99 in the 800 metres prior to a doping ban (Bishop’s Canadian record by

comparison is 1:57.52), was the whistleblower who blasted open the doping scandal. She competed as an independent at this week’s European championships, but tore a ligament in her foot, putting her Rio Games in doubt.

Canada’s Hilary Stellingwerff missed out on the 1,500-metre final in London by just one spot, and six runners in that final have since had their names scratched out for doping infractions.

Stellingwerff hopes for a “re-do” in Rio, but must qualify first in a stacked women’s 1,500 field at the trials.

Stellingwerff is one of five Canadian woman who’ve already run the qualifying standard and are battling for just three spots. The others who’ve hit the qualifying mark are Sheila Reid, Nicole Sifuentes, Fiona Benson and Gabriella Stafford.

“To be honest, if it didn’t happen, it would cause me to question the value of clean sport to IAAF, and I would honestly question even being in Rio if I made it,” Stellingwerff said the day the IAAF announced the Russian ban.

“What’s the point?”

Reigning world high jump champion Derek Drouin said Russians are traditionally strong his event. But like Bishop, he’s only concerned about himself.

“It’s not as if I would be training any harder if I knew that Russia was going to be there, it doesn’t change anything in my leadup, in my training, so whether they’re there on that day or not, my goal is unchanged,” Drouin said.

Russia’s Ivan Ulhov won gold in Drouin’s event in London, but the Coruna, Ont., native says it’s not worth looking at results and wonder: what if?

“I feel like when people start thinking like that, it can only lead to trouble and heartache,” Drouin said. “At this point, and at any point, it’s out of any athlete’s control, so you have to focus on what you can and try not to waste too much energy worrying about things you can’t control.”

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Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 49 35 .583 Toronto 49 39 .557 Boston 46 38 .548 New York 42 43 .494 Tampa Bay 34 51 .400 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 51 34 .600 Detroit 45 41 .523 Kansas City 44 41 .518 Chicago 44 41 .518 Minnesota 30 55 .353 West Division W L Pct Texas 53 34 .609 Houston 46 40 .535 Seattle 43 43 .500 Oakland 37 49 .430 Los Angeles 36 50 .419

GB — 2 3 7 1/2 15 1/2 GB — 6 1/2 7 7 21 GB — 6 1/2 9 1/2 15 1/2 16 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Detroit 12, Cleveland 2 Minnesota 4, Oakland 0 Baltimore 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 14 innings Toronto 4, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 7, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 11, Texas 6 Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 0 Houston 9, Seattle 8

Local Sports p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Green 1-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-8), 5:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 4-11) at Boston (O’Sullivan 2-0), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 9-2), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 3-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-2), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Mengden 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 5-6), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 8-6) at Kansas City (Ventura 6-6), 6:15 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 2:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

Minnesota at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

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

Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 5, Detroit 4 N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 10, Texas 1 Oakland 3, Houston 1 Kansas City 4, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-9) at Baltimore (Jimenez 5-8), 5:05 p.m.

Detroit (Pelfrey 2-7) at Toronto (Happ 11-3), 5:07

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

National League East Division W L Pct 51 36 .586 47 38 .553 44 41 .518 40 47 .460 28 57 .329 Central Division W L Pct 52 32 .619 44 41 .518 44 42 .512 37 47 .440 32 54 .372 West Division W L Pct 54 33 .621 48 40 .545 39 46 .459 38 48 .442 38 49 .437

GB — 3 6 11 22 GB — 8 1/2 9 15 21 GB — 6 1/2 14 15 1/2 16

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2 Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Baltimore 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 14 innings Washington 7, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 5 San Diego 13, Arizona 6 San Francisco 5, Colorado 1 Thursday’s Games St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 7 Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, late Colorado 11, Philadelphia 2 San Diego 6, L.A. Dodgers 0 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-8), 5:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Straily 4-5) at Miami (Fernandez 10-4), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 11-0) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-3), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 3-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-2), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Velasquez 7-2) at Colorado (Gray 5-4), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 5-7) at Milwaukee (Nelson 5-7), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 7-3), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 4-6) at San Francisco (Samardzija 8-5), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 5:15 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Mets, 5:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts New York City FC 8 5 6 30 Philadelphia 7 6 5 26 Montreal 6 4 6 24 New York 7 9 2 23 D.C. United 5 6 6 21 Toronto FC 5 6 5 20 Orlando City 4 4 8 20 New England 4 7 7 19 Columbus 3 6 7 16 Chicago 3 7 5 14

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

GF 30 29 27 28 17 18 28 23 21 15

GA 31 26 24 25 17 19 29 32 25 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF 10 5 4 34 30 9 2 6 33 19 8 5 4 28 28 6 3 8 26 30 7 8 4 25 21 7 8 3 24 27 6 6 6 24 28 5 5 7 22 19 5 9 2 17 14 4 8 5 17 23

GA 24 11 27 18 22 31 29 20 20 25

FC Dallas Colorado Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Sporting KC Vancouver Portland San Jose Seattle Houston

Wednesday, July 6 New York City FC 1, New England 0 Friday, July 8 Houston at Orlando City, 6 p.m.

FC Dallas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 9 Los Angeles at Seattle, 1 p.m.

D.C. United at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

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

Columbus at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 10 Portland at New York, 4 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 At Sites in France PLAYOFFS QUARTER-FINALS Sunday’s result

At Saint-Denis, France France 5 Iceland 2 Saturday’s result At Bordeaux, France Germany 1 Italy 1 (Germany advances 6-5 on penalties) Friday’s result At Lille, France Wales 3 Belgium 1 Thursday’s result At Marseille, France Poland 1 Portugal 1 (Portugal advances 5-3 on penalties) SEMIFINALS Wednesday’s match At Lyon, France Portugal 2 Wales 0 Thursday’s match At Marseille, France Germany 0 France 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 10 At Saint-Denis, France Portugal vs. France, 1 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Acquired INF Aaron Hill and cash considerations from Milwaukee for RHP Aaron Wilkerson and INF Wendell Rijo. Designated OF Ryan LaMarre for assignment. Signed SS Santiago Espinal and C Alberto Schmidt to minor league contracts and assigned them to the Gulf Coast League. Signed CF Chad Hardy to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Dominican Summer League.

TEXAS RANGERS — Placed LHP Eric Surkamp on unconditional release waivers for the purpose of selling his contract rights to Hanwha (Korea). Transferred RHP Keone Kela from Round Rock (PCL) to Frisco (Texas) on a rehab assignment.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Activated INF Gordon Beckham from the 15-day DL. Designated UTL Emilio Bonifacio for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Tyler Glasnow from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned LHP Kyle Lobstein to Indianapolis.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed 2B Matt Carpenter on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Michael McKenry from Memphis (PCL).

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Jorge De Leon. Sold the contract of RHP Christian Herstine to New York (AL).

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed LHP Frank Del Valle. Released LHP Noel Arguelles. Traded OF Willie Cabrera to Winnipeg for a player to be named.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Traded INF Brandon Tierney to Joplin for RHP Josh Hodges and a player to be named.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Traded RHP Jimmer Kennedy to Sussex County (Can-Am) for a player to be named.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed LHP Mike Strong.

Released RHP Zac Westcott.

TEXAS AIR HOGS — Released RHP Paxton Bartley.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released LHP Conor Spink.

Can-Am League ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released C Logan Spurlin.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Released INF Riley Palmer.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Ben Allison.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed LHP Chris Scarlett.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Signed RHP Liam O’Sullivan and 1B Sikes Orvis. Released RHP Brandon Poulson.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Traded RHP Jake Cose to Sussex County (Can-Am) for a player to be named.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed RHP Zac Wescott. Released RHP Mitchell Cody.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Acquired the draft rights to F Taurean Prince from Utah, sent G Jeff Teague to Indiana, which sent G George Hill to Utah. Re-signed F Kent Bazemore to a four-year contract.

BROOKLYN NETS — Acquired the draft rights to G Caris LeVert and a future second round draft pick from Indiana for F Thaddeus Young. Signed G Jeremy Lin to a multiyear contract.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Re-signed G-F Nicolas Batum to a five-year contract. Signed G Ramon Sessions to a two-year contract and C Roy Hibbert and G Brian Roberts to one-year contracts. Acquired G-F Marco Belinelli from Sacramento for the draft rights to G Malachi Richardson.

CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G Rajon Rondo to a two-year contract. Traded G Jose Calderon, Denver’s 2018 second-round draft pick and a 2019 second-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for the draft rights to F/C Ater Mojok. Traded G/F Mike Dunleavy and the draft rights to F Vladimir Veremeenko to Cleveland for the draft rights to C Albert Miralles.

DALLAS MAVERICKS — Acquired the rights to C Stanko Barac from Indiana for F Jeremy Evans, the rights to G-F Emir Preldzic and cash. Signed G Harrison Barnes to a four-year contract.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed F Kevin Durant to a two-year contract. Traded C Andrew Bogut and future second-round draft pick to Dallas for future second-round draft pick.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Signed F Luol Deng to a four-year contract and C Ivica Zubac. Re-signed G Jordan Clarkson to a four-year contract.

MIAMI HEAT — Re-signed C Hassan Whiteside to a four-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Acquired G Matthew Del-

lavedova and cash considerations from Cleveland for the draft rights to C Albert Miralles.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Kris Dunn.

ORLANDO MAGIC — Re-signed G Evan Fournier to a five-year contract. Signed G D.J. Augustin and C Bismack Biyombo to four-year contracts and F Jeff Green to a one-year contract and C Stephen Zimmerman. Traded G Shabazz Napier to Portland for cash considerations.

PHOENIX SUNS — Signed Fs Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss and G Tyler Ulis.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Signed G-F Evan Turner to a four-year contract and F Jake Layman.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed C Ian Mahinmi, F Andrew Nicholson and F-C Jason Smith.

Acquired G Trey Burke from Utah for a 2021 second-round draft pick.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Jocelyn Moore senior vice-president of public policy and government affairs.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Signed LW Matthew Tkachuk to a three-year, entry-level contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Named Derek King assistant coach for Rockford (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed RW Kyle Palmieri to a five-year million contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Announced the retirement of D Matt Carkner.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Mathieu Perreault on a four-year contract extension.

SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Acquired F Lloyd Sam from the New York Red Bulls for general allocation money.

National Women¤s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Placed F Kim DeCesare on the 45-day DL. Activated F Danielle Schulmann from the 45-day DL. COLLEGE NCAA — Placed the Georgia Southern athletics department on two years probation and docked the football program two scholarships next season after three football players received improper academic assistance.

HOLY CROSS — Named Maddie Norton women’s assistant ice hockey coach.

EDMONTON — When the bell rang to signal the final lap, Mo Ahmed kicked into another gear, while Cam Levins faded badly.

Happiness and heartbreak on the first day of the Canadian Olympic track and field trials.

Ahmed, from St. Catharines, Ont., won the men’s 5,000 metres to secure his spot in the Rio Oympics, while Levins of Black Creek, B.C. — Canada’s top distance runner for several years — finished seventh, casting doubt on his Olympic hopes.

“It felt good, it’s been the goal ever since I stepped off the track in London (2012 Olympics),” Ahmed said. “I said ‘I want to be back here, and I want to mix it up with the best, I don’t want to be at the back of the pack anymore.”’

Ahmed ran 14 minutes .92 seconds, taking the lead with two laps to go at Foote Field.

Lucas Bruchet of Vancouver was second in 14:02.368, to earn his Olympic berth.

The 25-year-old Ahmed is on a blistering pace this season. At the Prefontaine Classic in late May, he broke the Canadian record with a gutsy run, taking the lead on the bell lap en route to finish third in 13:01.74.

“Prefontaine was a good indicator of things to come.

I was still in heavy training during that time, that was a big shock to my coach, to my-

CANADIAN TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS self,” Ahmed said.

Canada can field three athletes in each event in Rio, provided they’ve run the Olympic standard.

Levins has run the standard, but wasn’t hopeful after his race, saying an ankle injury has derailed his season.

“That wasn’t very good,” Levins said.

“I’ll be sad to miss the Olympics… I’m assuming at this point.”

Levins made the Olympic finals in London in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, and is the Canadian record-holder in the 10,000.

“Maybe they’ll select me for the 10K, because I have a fast time from last year, but I’m not too hopeful about it,” Levins said. “That was a pretty poor.”

Levins injured an ankle when he fell at last year’s Canadian championships, and it’s hampered his training all season long.

But while he said Thursday’s result didn’t come as a surprise, it was still a huge disappointment.

“Every athlete, every fouryear cycle, this is when they want to run their best, and I’ve won the last four years and this is the year I run poorly,” Levins said.

“Kind of not the year you want it to happen.”

Andrea Seccafien of Guelph, Ont., meanwhile, won the women’s 5,000 metres to

Sunday ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Lethbridge FC at Red Deer Renegades, 12 p.m., Edgar Park ● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Fort Saskatchewan Rebels at Red Deer Jr. B Tier I Rampage, 5 p.m., Kinex

Football CFL Standings East Division GP W L T Ottawa 2 2 0 0 Toronto 3 2 1 0 Montreal 2 1 1 0 Hamilton 3 1 2 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 3 2 1 0 Calgary 2 1 1 0 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 Saskatchewan 1 0 1 0

B.C. PF 73 75 35 69

PA 50 73 42 76

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WEEK THREE Bye: Montreal Thursday’s results Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 24 Toronto 25 B.C. 14 Friday’s games Calgary at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

WEEK FOUR Bye: Calgary Wednesday, July 13 Ottawa at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 14 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 15 Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 16 B.C. at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

Thursday’s summaries Argos 25, Lions 14 First Quarter B.C. — TD Jennings 1 run (two-point convert failed) 9:44 Tor — FG Hajrullahu 48 13:00 Second Quarter Tor — FG Hajrullahu 30 9:13 Tor — FG Hajrullahu 47 15:00 Third Quarter Tor — FG Hajrullahu 24 6:39 Tor — FG Hajrullahu 41 8:48 Fourth Quarter Tor — TD Gurley 15 pass from Ray (Hajrullahu convert) 5:54 B.C. —TD Allen 15 pass from Lulay (two-point convert: Moore 3 pass from Lulay) 9:38 Tor — FG Hajrullahu 39 12:59 Toronto 3 6 6 10 — 25

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Blue Bombers 28, Tiger-Cats 24 First Quarter Wpg — Single Medlock 90 0:01 Ham — TD Banks 120 missed FG return (Maher convert) 2:40 Wpg — FG Medlock 25 9:17 Second Quarter Wpg — FG Medlock 18 7:12 Wpg — Single Medlock 45 12:50 Wpg — TD Leggett 50 interception return (Medlock convert) 13:06 Wpg — TD R.Smith 8 pass from Willy (Medlock convert) 14:13 Ham — FG Maher 48 15:00 Third Quarter Ham — TD Fantuz 7 pass from Masoli (Maher convert) 2:52 Wpg — FG Medlock 38 8:01 Ham — TD Owens 34 pass from Masoli (Maher convert) 11:29 Wpg — FG Medlock 46 14:55 Fourth Quarter No Scoring.

Winnipeg 4 18 6 0 — 28 Hamilton 7 3 14 0 — 24 TEAM STATISTICS Wpg Ham First downs 26 23 Yards rushing 62 51 Yards passing 279 367 Total offence 341 418 Team losses 22 25 Net offence 319 393 Passes made-tried 32-42 29-39 Total return yards 133 254 Interceptions-yards by 2-50 0-0 Fumbles-lost 3-2 4-4 Sacks by 4 2 Punts-average 4-42.5 4-42.5 Penalties-yards 10-80 9-79 Time of possession 33:33 26:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Wpg: Harris 13-63, Willy 2-2, R.Smith 2-(minus 2) Ham: Gable 7-30, Masoli 3-20, Banks 1-1.

Receiving — Wpg: J.Davis 8-74, Adams 4-68, R.Smith 7-44, Harris 5-38, Dressler 4-36, Kohlert 3-16, Green 1-3 Ham: Owens 5-92, Tasker 8-91, Fantuz 7-89, Underwood 5-56, Banks 2-25, Gable 1-12, Woodson 1-2.

Passing — Wpg: Willy 32-42, 279 yards, 1 TD, 0 ints Ham: Masoli 29-39-367-2-2.

Golf U.S. Women’s Open Thursday At Cordevalle Golf Club San Martin, Calif.

Purse: TBA Yardage: 6 784; Par 72 (36-36) First Round a-denotes amateur Mirim Lee 31-33—64 Minjee Lee 33-34—67 Cristie Kerr 33-34—67 Amy Yang 35-32—67 Kelly Tan 33-35—68 Brittany Lang 32-36—68 Anna Nordqvist 36-32—68 Sydnee Michaels 36-33—69 Moriya Jutanugarn 35-34—69 Eun Hee Ji 35-34—69 Pernilla Lindberg 36-34—70 Christina Kim 35-35—70 Ariya Jutanugarn 36-34—70 Pornanong Phatlum 33-37—70 Haru Nomura 37-33—70 Lizette Salas 36-34—70 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 35-35—70 Alena Sharp 34-36—70 Sung Hyun Park 34-36—70 Gerina Piller 35-35—70 Jessica Korda 36-34—70 Hee Young Park 35-35—70 Sophia Popov 37-34—71 Amy Anderson 37-34—71 Sakura Yokomine 38-33—71 So Yeon Ryu 39-32—71 Mika Miyazato 34-37—71 Jenny Shin 35-36—71 Stacy Lewis 37-34—71 Erina Hara 36-35—71 Jing Yan 34-37—71 Gaby Lopez 37-34—71 Kris Tamulis 36-35—71 Danielle Kang 35-36—71 Ryann O’Toole 35-36—71 Mo Martin 35-36—71 Angela Stanford 37-34—71 Nelly Korda 31-41—72 a-Albane Valenzuela 35-37—72 Pei-Yun Chien 35-37—72 a-Julia Engstrom 36-36—72 Gwladys Nocera 36-36—72 Ilhee Lee 36-36—72 a-Hannah O’Sullivan 40-32—72 Caroline Inglis 37-35—72 a-Hye-Jin Choi 37-35—72 Jane Park 36-36—72

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Scottish Open Thursday At Castle Stuart Inverness, Scotland Purse: $3.6 million Yardage: 7,193; Par: 72 First Round Scott Hend, Australia Felipe Aguilar, Chile Richard Bland, England Y.E. Yang, South Korea Tyrrell Hatton, England Andy Sullivan, England Alex Noren, Sweden Eddie Pepperell, England Graeme McDowell, N. Ireland Padraig Harrington, Ireland Alexander Levy, France Bradley Dredge, Wales Richard Sterne, South Africa Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain Craig Lee, Scotland Luke Donald, England Mikko Ilonen, Finland Matteo Manassero, Italy Danny Lee, New Zealand Branden Grace, South Africa Also Steven Stricker, United States Daniel Im, United States David Lipsky, United States Patrick Reed, United States Phil Mickelson, United States J.B. Holmes, United States Jamie Lovemark, United States

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Ahmed, Seccafien win their 5,000 metre races to book spots on Rio team

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secure her spot on the team.

Sasha Golish was second, but hasn’t run the qualifying standard, meaning the second and third spots will go to Jessica O’Connell of Calgary, who was third, and Rachel Cliff of Vancouver (fourth).

Less than a second separated the top three, with Seccafien crossing in 16:00.41 for the victory.

Earning a spot on the team was “surreal,” she said, coming in a season that has seen her time plummet a whopping 35 seconds.

She also sat out all of last season with a heel injury, which looking back now, was perhaps a blessing in disguise.

“I just can appreciate racing so much more, I didn’t race at all last year,” she said.

“You just kind of realize how much it means to you when you have it taken away for an entire year.

“It also gave the opportunity to work on strength and my form. I’m a much more powerful runner.”

Earlier Thursday, Michelle Stilwell, a four-time Paralympic gold medallist, won the wheelchair 100 metres, while Austin Smeenk won the men’s event.

Because the Paralympic team is based on quota positions, and not top three in each event, the athletes will have to wait until Monday’s team announcement to know if they’re headed to Rio.

HIGH RIVER — Daria Leidenhuis of Ponoka, who plays out of Wolf Creek, tied for ninth in the Alberta Ladies Amateur Golf championship at the Highwood Golf and Country Club Thursday.

Leidenhuis finished the 54-hole event in (77-77-82) 236, well back of champion Jaclyn Lee of the Calgary Glencoe Club, who came in at (71-70-70) 211.

Kat Kennedy was second at 220.

Daryl Lynn Nepoose of Ponoka was 22nd at (83-86-83) 252 while Shaye Leidenhuis of Ponoka and Wolf Creek tied for 25th at (87-84-86) 257.

CALGARY FLAMES

Flames sign sixth-overall pick Matthew Tkachuk to entry-level contract CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed 2016 NHL first-round draft pick Matthew Tkachuk to a three-year entry-level contract.

The sixth-overall pick in June’s NHL draft helped the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights to a Memorial Cup title earlier this year. Tkachuk scored the overtime winner in the championship final.

The 18-year-old left-winger recorded 107 points (30 goals, 77 assists) in his first regular season with London. Tkachuk added another 40 points, including a league-best 20 goals, in the OHL post-season to help the Knights win 17 consecutive games en route to the OHL and Memorial Cup titles.

The Scottsdale, Ariz., native helped the United States win bronze at the 2016 world junior championship.

UFC 200

Silva takes Jones’ place at UFC 200 vs Cormier LAS VEGAS — Anderson Silva will replace Jon Jones in a light heavyweight bout against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200.

The UFC announced the late replacement for Jones on Thursday night, less than 48 hours before the mixed martial arts promotion’s biggest show of the summer.

The 41-year-old Silva (33-7) is one of the greatest fighters in the sport’s history, reigning as the middleweight champion for nearly seven years. But he hasn’t earned a victory in four fights since October 2012, enduring injuries and a doping suspension that invalidated his only win in that stretch.

NEWS

Friday, July 8, 2016

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Police shot at protest

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — At least two snipers opened fire on police officers during protests in Dallas on Thursday night, killing four officers and injuring seven others, police said.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters the snipers fired “ambush style” upon the officers.

Police later said in a statement that a suspect who was in a shootout with Dallas SWAT officers was is in custody and a person of interest had surrendered.

They said a suspicious package was being secured by a bomb squad.

The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday while hundreds of people were gathered to protest fatal police shootings this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.

The protesters had gathered after a Minnesota officer on Wednesday fatally shot Philando Castile while he was in a car with a woman and a child in a St. Paul suburb.

The aftermath of the shooting was livestreamed in a widely shared Facebook video.

A day earlier, Alton Sterling was shot in Louisiana after being pinned to the pavement by two white officers. That, too, was captured on a cellphone video.

Video footage from the scene showed that protesters were marching along a street in downtown, about half a mile from City Hall, when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement saying he has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety director to offer “whatever assistance the City of Dallas needs at this time.”

“In times like this we must remember — and emphasize — the importance of uniting as Americans,” Abbott said.

The search for the gunman stretched throughout downtown, an area of hotels, restaurants, businesses and some residential apartments.

The scene was chaotic, with helicopters hovering overhead and officers with automatic rifles on the street corners.

“Everyone just started running,” Devante Odom, 21, told The Dallas Morning News.

“We lost touch with two of our friends just trying to get out of there.”

Carlos Harris, who lives downtown told the news-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dallas Police respond after shots were fired at a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas on Thursday, Dallas protesters rallied in the aftermath of the killing of Alton Sterling by police officers in Baton Rouge, La. and Philando Castile, who was killed by police less than 48 hours later in Minnesota. paper that the shooters “were strategic. It was tap tap pause. Tap tap pause.”

The gunshots in Dallas came amid protests nationwide over the recent police shootings.

In midtown Manhattan, protesters first gathered in Union Square Park where they chanted “The people united, never be divided!” and “What do we

want? Justice. When do we want it? Now!” A group of protesters then left the park and began marching up Fifth Avenue blocking traffic during the height of rush hour as police scrambled to keep up. Another group headed through Herald Square and Times Square where several arrests were reported.

Chief electoral officer tells MPs time is tight to make voting changes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s chief electoral officer has laid out the scale of the challenge for Parliament if it wants to change Canada’s voting system in time for the next federal election in 2019.

Elections Canada will need at least two years to prepare should the Liberal government make good on its promise to end the current first-past-the-post voting system, Marc Mayrand told a special parliamentary committee Thursday studying electoral reform.

If new legislation is enacted by May 2017, Mayrand said that would provide enough time to get ready for the next fixed election date.

“It should be OK, but you should not underestimate the challenges that it will represent.”

He raised a host of technical and timing issues that will need to be addressed, including changes to his educational mandate under the Fair Elections Act, changes to the law governing federal riding redistribution, and potentially changes to the Referendum Act. There are some 40 information technology systems at Elections Canada that would have to overhauled or replaced, validated and tested, he said, and training thousands of temporary election workers on a new voting system would be a major undertaking.

Mayrand noted it took 26 months of public consultations to hash out the creation of 30 new ridings before the 2015 election, even without altering the fundamental way MPs are elected.

“If the (new) changes are complex, the campaign will have to start earlier and be even more ambitious,” he told the all-party committee.

Mayrand also said that if the committee decides a referendum is necessary to endorse a voting change, as demanded by the Conservative Opposition, it would take six months to organize

and cost about $300 million — a time frame that further complicates the May 2017 deadline for a decision.

“As for a referendum, if there should be one — if there’s a decision to have one — it would have to take place around the same period, May or June 2017,” Mayrand told reporters following the hearing.

That means a potential referendum call would have to come immediately after the committee reports on its deliberations this coming December.

Conservative MP Scott Reid accused the Liberal government of “trying to run out the clock to start eliminating options from the agenda, and that includes making sure that we can’t have a referendum.”

As for the $300 million price tag, Reid told reporters that “if we’re worried about the cost of democracy, then we should suspend any future elections, shouldn’t we?”

Mayrand was just the second witness to appear at the extraordinary summer committee hearings, following an appearance by Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef on Wednesday.

The chief electoral officer announced earlier this year he’ll step down at the end of 2016, so the task of electoral reform will fall to his successor.

But Mayrand told the committee Elections Canada has already begun “contingency plans” for a potential electoral reform referendum.

He noted it took New Zealand almost 10 years to change its electoral system, from the time of the first parliamentary hearings to the election that deployed the changes.

He also testified that extensive public education over a long period will be crucial if the voting system is changed, and that Elections Canada’s mandate will need to be expanded to allow it to perform this function. The former Conservative government restricted Elections Canada’s educational mandate under the controversial Fair Elections Act of 2014.

SASKATCHEWAN

OK for Saskatchewan to give homeless men B.C. bus tickets: report A report says giving two homeless men in Saskatchewan one-way bus tickets to British Columbia was within Social Services policy but the situation could have been better handled. The men aren’t named in the report, but Charles Neil-Curly and Jeremy Roy made news in March when it was reported that they had been living at a homeless shelter and were sent out of Saskatchewan. The internal government report notes that the two men went together to an income assistance service centre in North Battleford to request the tickets.

It says providing transportation aid is within policy and notes that Alberta and Manitoba have similar rules.

“I was a little disappointed in some of the response, especially by some of the reporters in British Columbia, that they didn’t question the rights of these individuals or the reasons, and so, yes, it was a little frustrating and I do feel a little vindicated,” Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer said Thursday in Regina.

The report also says aid workers should have looked at the men’s cases on an individual basis, rather than at the same time, to make sure the plan was the right one for each of them.

There are 10 recommendations, including additional training for all supervisors and front-line workers on out-of-province moves and transient aid.

The report says Saskatchewan should have contacted B.C. officials sooner and given the men more information for their options upon arrival.

She said transient aid can be provided for people returning to their home province where they have family support, for those fleeing domestic violence or for anyone having a job lined up.

In March, Neil-Curly said he chose B.C. because his best friend lives on Vancouver Island, and he hoped to start a new life with a job and a home.

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In living colour

On the streets of Lisbon, the city becomes the canvas

BY DIANE DANIEL ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES LISBON, Portugal - Run-of-themill graffiti started to cover Lisbon in the 1970s, with taggers emboldened by the democratic revolution. These days, the street art has moved from the background to front and center as the Portuguese capital has transformed itself into an open-air museum, proudly awash in eye-catching murals, with much of the art sanctioned by the city.

During a springtime visit, my wife and I arranged a tour with one of the street scene’s top curators, Underdogs, a private organization devoted to public art and education. Underdogs recently expanded its outreach program to include more tours and opened a lively retail outpost fronting the Tagus River. Most tours begin and end there.

For our first stop, in the Marvila parish 10 minutes northeast of the city center, we needed binoculars.

“That’s a really cool one,” our guide, Marina Rei, said, pointing up to a tall building in the distance with a splash of red, yellow and blue at the top. “It’s by Spanish artist Okuda.

He loves strong colors and always includes a fat lady and a flag of America.”

If you say so, I thought, squinting and hoping other art would be closer.

Fortunately, the maps Rei had given us did show details of 22 installations, including the one by Okuda and other artists that Underdogs has commissioned since it started in 2010.

A quick drive took us to a weedy courtyard behind Fábrica Braço de Prata, a former munitions factory partly transformed into a cultural center.

At this stop, the art was so close that we could trace the lines with our fingers. Images covered the concrete panels of the inner wall, especially those

by Underdogs founder Vhils, otherwise known as Alexandre Farto. With his creative reductive techniques, Vhils helped push the boundaries of

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outdoor art in Lisbon and internationally.

Instead of adding layers to walls, Vhils chisels them away with electric hammers, drills and sometimes even explosives, exposing bits of brick, concrete and construction materials. His trademark images - carved portraits of everyday people - filled several walls here. Vhils’s faces also are sprinkled across greater Lisbon, sending art-loving visitors on a treasure hunt to locate them.

The artist’s work can be found around the world, and he has opened a second studio in Hong Kong.

We drove past the Underdogs Gallery, located in an old warehouse in an industrial part of town, miles from the retail spot in an area more frequented by tourists. Underdogs also uses the gallery space, which was closed between exhibits when we visited, for concerts, readings and performances.

The art at our next location, just around the corner, was unexpectedly warm and gentle.

The French artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine had covered a home on a city street with light blue and white tiles, a nod to the gorgeous Portuguese patterned tiles that remain on many of Lisbon’s centuries-old buildings. The artist included paintings of a species of flowering ivy that commonly grows from wall and pavement crevices, a reminder of nature’s persistence in urban environments.

“This is one of my favorite ones,” Rei said. “It’s really important for us to show more than graffiti.

This was part of a program where we ask people to donate their wall for art and we give the art as a public service.”

When Underdogs commissions artwork, it provides space and materials, hosts a gallery show and offers limited-edition prints for sale. The artist roster is international and include Los Angeles collective Cyrcle as well as How and Nosm, German twins who grew up in Spain and are now based in

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ABOVE; A tongue-in-check political piece by Brazilian artist Nunca, showing famed navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral asking for a handout, has been graffitibombed by another artist.

TOP; A mural, “Jungle King,” by Spanish artist Okuda, is among the examples of commissioned street art adorning many buildings in and near Lisbon. Private and public organizations are fostering creativity.

New York City.

The city of Lisbon has its own public-art program, called Galeria de Arte Urbana, or Gallery of Urban Art, started in 2008.

While it has no permanent gallery space, it sponsors special events and makes surfaces available to artists, including walls, buildings and even recycling bins.

Ironically, one mural Rei took us to - a tongue-in-cheek political piece by Brazilian artist Nunca showing famed navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral ask-

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ing for a handout - had been “graffiti-bombed,” tagged in clashing colors by another street artist.

“My first reaction when I saw it was, really?” Rei said. “But then I thought, it is what it is. Everything you do on the street in the end could be gone. It’s all ephemeral.”

Our visit coincided with the city-sponsored Festival de Arte Urbana LX (Festival of Urban Art).

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A guide to visiting Rio for the Olympics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Besides sports, what is there to do in Rio during the games?

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RIO DE JANEIRO — With the Olympics just a few weeks away, Brazil faces a litany of problems: an economy in freefall, the Zika virus and a political crisis with an impeached president. But for those brave — or foolhardy — enough to make the trip, Rio de Janeiro is a city rich with potential rewards.

Broadcasters have already deemed the city’s backdrop for the Summer Games the most telegenic ever.

No matter how good this teeming seaside metropolis — where the urban jungle and the literal jungle meet — looks on TV, footage simply can’t compare with the experience of actually being here.

Here’s a Q&A on tips for visiting Rio, from staying safe to samba parties:

much of a pain the ensuing nightmare of card cancellations proves, it’s not worth getting injured.

Do people speak English?

In a word, no. Outside Olympic venues and highend hotels and restaurants, most Cariocas only speak Portuguese, though they might know a few words of English or Spanish. On the other hand, most people are eager to help foreigners and will resort even to pantomime to get their point across.

What’s for dinner?

Is Rio safe?

With an estimated 85,000 police and soldiers patrolling the streets during the games — twice the security contingent in London in 2012 — Olympic and local officials have insisted Rio will be “the safest city on earth� during the Aug. 5-21 games. Still, violent crime is a fact of life in this city, starkly divided between haves and have nots, so it’s best to keep a low profile.

For Cariocas, as Rio’s 6 million residents are called, low-key dressing is de rigueur for both safety and practicality. Havaianas, the Brazilian flip-flop brand, are Rio’s uncontested footwear of choice.

And the city’s golden-sand beaches make board shorts and T-shirts, or hot pants and tank tops, a uniform for rich and poor alike. (While Rio’s Southern Hemisphere winters tend to be mild, thermometers can dip in August into what Cariocas consider the bone-chilling depths of the mid-60s, so pack a sweater or light jacket.)

Watches and jewelry not clearly made from plastic are best avoided, as is using cellphones in public or conspicuously carrying camera equipment.

Electronics are extremely expensive in Brazil, and a smartphone can cost several months’ worth of salary for locals, so it’s best to keep them under wraps.

If you do get mugged, don’t react or fight. Hand over your possessions calmly and without hesitation. It’s only money and/or stuff. And no matter how

If you go to one of the myriad “churrascaria� (shoe-hass-car-EE-ya) all-you-can-eat Brazilian barbeque joints, the answer is meat, meat and more meat.

Roving waters brandishing spits stacked with cuts of prime beef, lamb chops, pork sausages and even wizened black chicken hearts will insist on refilling your plate till you verge on bursting.

For vegetarians or those recovering from a meat overdose, options are limited. Best bets include corner juice bars offering a cornucopia of freshly squeezed tropical fruit juices, as well as acai (ah-saEE) — a deep purple Amazonian palm berry that’s frozen, blended and served slushy.

Is there public transportation?

The city’s metro line is being extended to serve the beachfront Leblon neighbourhood and reach the far-western Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood, where Olympic Park is located. But the project is behind schedule and may not be finished in time for the games.

Buses are confusing, packed, dangerous and generally best avoided. Cabs are plentiful and decently reliable — just make sure your cabby turns headlights on after dark. (Many won’t.)

Plenty. And the good news is, the best things in Rio are free.

Rio was hard hit by the recession, with the economy shrinking last year by 4 per cent, sending unemployment and inflation soaring. The nosedive of the local currency, the real, has made Rio much cheaper for visitors spending dollars or euros. But the cost of hotels and restaurants can still be shocking. Savvy travellers can staunch the bloodletting by taking advantage of the city’s many free attractions: � Sugarloaf Mountain: The sheer granite outcropping that presides over the waters of the Guanabara Bay will no doubt prove a breathtaking backdrop for the Olympic sailing races. But rather than just ogling the iconic rock, why not hike it? A guide is necessary to scale the Sugarloaf itself, but its stumpier twin, the Morro da Urca, is doable without help. A mud path winds through tropical vegetation to a summit with peerless views over the city’s dense patchwork of towers, hillside “favela� slums and mist-enshrouded rainforest. � Sunset at Arpoador: Take in the sun’s spectacular nightly performance as it sinks into the Atlantic from atop the Arpoador rock formation in between Copacabana and Ipanema Beaches. The crowd there raucously applauds the glittering show, night after night. � Pedra do Sal: Experience a “roda de samba,� or live samba music, at the birthplace of Brazil’s most famous musical genre. Monday nights bring hordes of aficionados to this former slave market in the Gamboa region of historic downtown for an open-air dance party. � Centro: Rio’s beaches tend to steal the thunder, but the Centro downtown region, where the city got its start 451 years ago, is a treasure trove of colonial-era churches and historic monuments. Perhaps the most stunning among them is the Mosteiro Sao Bento, a Baroque church and working monastery where monks perform Gregorian chants during Sunday Mass. Get there early to snag a seat. Also in Centro is the Portuguese Royal Reading Room, a 19th century gem of soaring jacaranda hardwood bookshelves and stained glass windows, tucked into the newly rehabilitated Praca Tirdentes.

LISBON: Arte Urbana To save time for that, we bypassed the famed Crono Project, which Vhils hatched in 2010, convincing the city to invite artists to transform neglected buildings in the business district. Arte Urbana was staged in the Padre Cruz neighborhood, several miles from Lisbon’s center, in part to draw people to a multicultural neighborhood that some perceive as dangerous, Rei said, making its mission social as well as artistic.

We arrived early in the two-week event, and only a few murals were up, but they were impressive.

One, by Portuguese artist AKACorleone, whom Underdogs represents, scaled a six-story building with a bold dance of color, large angular faces and thick, clean typography.

Nearby, Goncalo Mar had painted a glowing giant half-man, half-sea-turtle and could be seen on scaffolding starting another piece. Up the street, Vanessa Teodoro, one of the few women on the scene, sketched out on a wall a design she would later fill in with color.

We chatted with Robert Panda, whose “Stupidâ€? series offers another kind of public art - sculpture as he cleaned residual paint around the sleek form of a human sitting slumped on a walkway. “I usually make them with papier-mâchĂŠ, but someone stole the last one, so this time I’m using concrete,â€? Panda explained, giving the bald head a hard knock for emphasis.

We ended the tour at the Underdogs store, which that evening was buzzing before an opening exhibit featuring a 10-year retrospective of Vhils’s work. The store carries limited-edition prints from its roster of artists, as well as clever artsy objects and T-shirts.

The shop, opposite the busy Cais do SodrĂŠ transit hub, shares space with the Lisbon outlet of Montana, a German spray-paint company affiliated with street art. Also at the site is a cafe with a waterfront patio, offering a perfect rest stop.

The next day, Underdogs maps in hand, we went on a self-guided art hunt. At Rei’s suggestion, we took the metro to the Alcântara-Mar stop, whose gritty underground doubles as a miniature museum packed with Lisbon-themed images. At street level, we tracked down a popping geometric piece by How and Nosm, painted in the duo’s distinctive red, pink, black and white palette; as well as two punctured portraits from Vhils.

All were near the landmark rust-red 25 de Abril Bridge and the LX Factory, a former manufacturing complex artfully rehabbed to house boutiques, cafes and creative industries.

Next door is the Village Underground, a shared work space area using creatively stacked shipping containers, decorated on the back side with a sprawling AKACorleone mural and sporting a “Stupid� guy perched on a container, looking pretty smart.

We managed to squeeze in one final Vhils the next day as we rolled our luggage from the centuries-old Alfama section on the way to the airport.

The river-facing mural, a collaboration with Italian artist PixelPancho, depicts a figure blowing good fortune onto a beat-up boat, a nod to Portugal’s seafaring past.

A few dozen yards away sat a huge cruise ship berthed for the day, delivering a few thousand more viewers to Lisbon’s public gallery.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND, N.B. — The face of 10-year-old Taya Robillard beams with excitement when asked to describe the thousands of colourful Atlantic puffins that populate the barren landscape of Machias Seal Island — located in disputed waters off the coasts of New Brunswick and Maine.

“They were all very cute and they were everywhere,” she said with glee.

There are more than 5,500 breeding pairs of the comical birds on the tiny island, accessible by only one tour operator in New Brunswick and one in Maine.

Taya, her sister Josie, 7, and parents Eric and Holly Robillard of Cape Cod, Mass., had just emerged from wooden blinds constructed to allow tourists to get a close-up look at the various breeds of birds that inhabit the sanctuary.

“To see so many puffins right here, two or three feet away. It’s so cool.

They’re so beautiful,” said Eric.

He and his wife are both marine biologists who believe it’s important for their children to visit such places.

“It’s more than I ever expected,” Holly said. “It was really amazing to see so many puffins and other birds in the same spot.”

Getting to the island is a bit of a challenge. First, you need to take a 90-minute ferry ride from Black’s Harbour, N.B., to Grand Manan Island.

There are a number of hotels, bed-andbreakfasts and campgrounds for lodging on Grand Manan.

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“It’s a privilege to land here and that privilege can be revoked by the Canadian Wildlife Service,” Ingersoll said. “Most people respect the rules and have a better respect for them when they’re done.”

Aside from puffins, the island is also a breeding ground for razorbills, common murres, Arctic terns, common terns and more.

Wilcox is allowed to take 15 people ashore, per day, six days a week.

“This is my 32nd year,” Wilcox said, adding that he never tires of visiting the island.

“It’s very unique when you think that you can sail for 15 miles and all of a sudden you come across 30,000 birds on an island about a kilometre long and 300 metres wide. I’ve heard it referred to as the ‘Little Galapagos,”’ he said.

Once on the island, you’re led in small groups to wooden blinds near the shore. These box-like huts have flat roofs and small openings to see out and use your camera or video camera without disrupting the birds.

The puffins, with their black backs, white bellies and orange webbed feet, waddle upright much like a penguin.

“They have this great, brightly coloured bill, a bit like a parrot’s beak, that is very spectacular,” said Tony Diamond, a recently retired research

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ABOVE; Atlantic puffins are seen on Machias Seal Island. The island is located in the lower Bay of Fundy, approximately 15 kilometres west of Grand Manan Island. Sovereignty of the island is disputed with both Canada and the United States claiming ownership.

RIGHT; Visitors head past the lighthouse on Machias Seal Island.

BOTTOM RIGHT; Seals bask near Machias Seal Island. The tiny island is home to the Atlantic puffin as well as Razorbill auk and Common and Arctic terns. professor in wildlife ecology at the University of New Brunswick.

He said the puffins get all their food at sea, and only land on remote islands to breed.

The puffins come right up to the blinds and often land with a “thud” on the roof, and as they walk around it sounds like a group of children wearing swim flippers.

You have about an hour inside the blinds to take pictures and observe the variety of birds. You can hear the waves crashing onshore, the flapping of wings, and a sound the birds make that is much like the groaning of a heavy door with hinges in need of being oiled.

“Just being so close to nature is unreal. It was totally awesome,” said Linda Adams of Southampton, N.S. Betty Brown of Riverview, N.B., said she isn’t an avid bird enthusiast, but fell in love with the puffins.

“They’re the cutest little birds you can ever imagine,” she said. Brown said her main reason for making the trip was because she had read that the island is in disputed waters.

Both Canada and the United States lay claim to an area known locally as the “grey zone,” which includes lucrative stocks of fish and lobster.

Wilcox, Ingersoll and Diamond all maintain the island is Canadian. They point to the Canadian flags flying on the island and the fact Canada operates and staffs the lighthouse there.

Luckily the puffins are oblivious to the dispute, and visitors are quick to simply agree it is a very special place.

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RISE AND RUN CRYSTAL RHYNO RUNNING WITH RHYNO I watch the sun rise while I start my cool down after a blissful predawn run in a perfect world.

I sip on a delicious green mango smoothie while I watch the new day begin.

Who am I kidding? I love my pillow especially since I bought a new comfy bed.

But I can never say no to my friends especially when it comes to running.

Recently my pal Laura Davis asked me to start running at 6 a.m. She is currently training for the Edmonton half-marathon and the Victoria marathon. Laura has run about 18 half-marathons and six marathons.

My company was requested.

You see, I have known Laura for a few years now. We instantly clicked over our mutual love of literature and current events on a Running Room training run.

In her non-running world, the 45-year-old is the head of the English department at Red Deer College. She’s one of the busiest and sharpest people I know. Mom to nine-year-old twins Kai and Clara, and Rachael, 11, Laura always has her hands full. Next year she is on sabbatical to write a book on the time and memory in Alice Munro’s work.

In another realm, I would be the

one leisurely reading books all day while Laura is chasing ambulances and putting the council on the hot seat.

We often joke about switching careers.

We met on Tuesday and Thursday at 6 a.m. for a 10K run.

As any runner knows, the most challenging bit is the first step out the door. In this case the first step is the first step out of bed.

I don’t know how many times I wanted to hit snooze on my iPhone. But once my legs woke up, I felt amazing.

It is definitely a different experience running in the morning as it is in the evening or mid-day.

Morning runs can set the pace for the entire day. There are so many advantages for early morning running, which include freeing up your evenings to do other things.

Winning.

HARVEST RUN IN ITS 25th YEAR Harvest Run is a 3K walk/run, or an 8K run through Red Deer’s trail system. There’s medals and prizes, and refreshments after the race on Sept. 11. Registration is online at www. eventbrite.ca More information on the race is available the Harvest Run on Facebook.

RED DEER OKTOBERFEST RUN Run 5K, 10K or a half-marathon on Oct.1 along Red Deer’s trails. Full details are available at www.reddeeroktoberfestrun.com Find Running with Rhyno on Facebook and @CrystalRhyno on Twitter.

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The Victoria Marathon is a favourite of Red Deer’s Laura Davis. The 45-year-old mother-of-three is training for the October marathon. She is also running the Edmonton half-marathon in preparation.

How to get off the bloat boat KRISTIN FRASER SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

Ok, so it’s not a comfortable feeling, it makes you feel less than the most attractive version of yourself and it happens to you more often than just after a large meal. Feeling bloated causes all kinds of discomfort, including not understanding how to get rid of it or feeling like you have to avoid the things you love in order to not suffer any longer.

Here’s how you get off the bloat boat!

First, we must look at some of the causes of bloating. Unfortunately most of our mainstream accepted lifestyles include all kinds of bloat-worthy responses. Here’s a few: 1. Overeating or Eating too fast 2. Stress 3. Foods that can cause bloating: beans, lentils, sugar, dairy, whole grains. Whole grains can sometimes be too much fiber for people who aren’t consuming enough water. And beans contain an indigestible sugar called oligosaccharides. The bloating effect of beans can be minimized by adding a stick of kombu (a seaweed found at your health food store) to the water while cooking.

4. Sweets, including fresh fruit juices can sometimes be too much sugar for the digestive system and feed the overgrowth of candida albicans, which can lead to that bloated feeling too.

How to ease the bloat: 1. Water, more water and more water. Serve it warm with some fresh grated ginger, or fennel, peppermint or fresh squeezed lemon.

2. Probiotics. If you need a bit of a “kick” add a superdose (4-5 capsules) into some warm apple juice and drink down.

3. Try several days of 14 hr intermittent fasting. Finish a light early supper with lots of fresh greens with a simple dressing of olive oil and lemon with some fresh cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Finish this before 6pm if you can and just drink water for the

evening or warmed water as suggested above and don’t eat breakfast until 8am the next day. This gives your digestive system an extended amount of time 4. Some movement and stretching can help decompress the bloated belly. In the evening lay on your back and pull one knee up to your chest and squeeze, breathing gently. Switch knees.

5. Sit still and breathe. Set the timer on your phone for 5 minutes and take a moment for some concentrated breathing. Focus inhaling and exhaling equally. 5 seconds each.

6. Try a “debloat” 3 day diet including Chia pudding for breakfast, salad for lunch, raw pad thai for dinner, keeping the food simple, fresh and plant based. Avoid breads, sweeteners, dairy, alcohol, and if you can get your hands on some cold pressed organic green juice go for that too! Choose foods like oats, quinoa, buckwheat, almond an coconut flour over white flour, bread, or noodles.

Thai Collard Wrap with Peanut Sauce: Yields 8-10 Wraps 8-10 Collard Leaves 1 Carrot, julienned (2 ½-3” long strips 1/8” wide) ½ Bell Pepper, julienned (approximately 1 cup) ½ Long English Cucumber, julienned 1 Small package of Sprouts 20 leaves of basil ½ cup Thai Peanut Sauce Thai Peanut Sauce 1 cup organic peanut butter /almond butter 2 cloves garlic ½ cup coconut milk (canned or fresh) 2 Tbsp Fresh lime juice 2 Tbsp gluten free tamari ½ Cucumber, peeled 1. Blend all ingredients in Vitamix or bullet.

Bring large pot of water to a boil to “blanch” the collard leaves, ie. dip them in the hot water for approximately 10 seconds, removing with tongs. Lay out to cool. Cut out stems and bring leaves overlapping together to remove “cutaway”. Place a small amount of each of the filling ingredients at one end of the leaf, roll over once, tuck in sides and continue rolling.

Slice in half on a diagonal with sharp knife for serving with peanut sauce.

Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and local freelance writer.

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LEFT; Maryam Zolfi, who had a successful arm transplant performed by hand surgeon Dr. Steven McCabe, right, demonstrates her arm movement at Toronto Western Hospital, in Toronto, on June 20.

BELOW; Zolfi poses showing her transplanted arm beside her right arm.

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Feeling ‘whole’ again CANADA’S FIRST HAND TRANSPLANT PATIENT SAYS SURGERY HAS MADE HER ‘WHOLE’ AGAIN

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — In January, Toronto surgeons announced they had performed Canada’s first hand and forearm transplant.

Now, the woman at the centre of that groundbreaking surgery is going public, sharing the journey that has once again made her feel whole.

It’s a story of faith, determination, and a belief that the miracles of medicine could wipe out the pain of the past and give her a brighter future.

In 2005, Maryam Zolfi’s world was forever altered when her left arm was severed below the elbow in a horrific car accident. Three years later, the registered nurse was back at work, wearing an artificial arm that was cosmetic but non-functional.

“It was very difficult,” the 50-year-old confided in an interview at Toronto Western Hospital.

“The people, when they real- someone in need of a forearm, a ized I didn’t have a hand, the way far more complicated surgery. they talked to me, and everyone “He told me there was no (was) pitying me,” she recalled, chance for me.” saying she attempted to hide But after consulting with Amerher prosthetic by wearing long- ican colleagues who had done the sleeved tops, even in the heat of operation, McCabe brought Zolfi summer. back in for X-rays, blood tests and “I tried to do my best, but psychological evaluations. the people, some of them …

“And they chose to use me,” they didn’t believe in me, (they she said with a shy smile. thought) that I’m disabled.”

On Jan. 7, at 2 a.m., a team of Four years ago, Zolfi began 18 surgeons began what would be searching the Internet for infor- a 14-hour operation to attach the mation about hand transplants. forearm of a deceased female doShe discovered some American nor whose age, skin colour, size hospitals were performing the and blood type were a match for procedure, but doctors there told Zolfi. her that only U.S. residents were The unidentified donor had eligible. come through the Trillium Gift While many hand transplants of Life Network, which had been had been done working since in the U.S. since 2013 to build a the first in that program to facilcountry was peritate an upper formed in 1999 limb transplant.

— more than 100 Wasn’t she have been comscared? pleted world“No,” Zolfi wide — Canadiwhispered, her an doctors had dominant right not yet attempthand softy stroked the operation. ing the fingers of Zolfi put aside its new mate. her search.

“Because I “Then somehad the faith. thing happened God showed me three years ago,” in my dream it’s she said. “My going to work, pastor told me and I didn’t even he had had a vithink about the sion about my side-effects or hand. He saw in other things. And the vision that I I just asked God have a hand, in to do this for me, the future. because I knew “In 2014, I had that it was going — MARYAM ZOLFI a dream. In my to work.”

HAND TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT dream, I had a While she had hand, but it had no qualms about a mark of surtaking on anothgery — from here to here,” she er person’s body part — in rare said, pointing to the scars where cases, patients unable to come to her new forearm was attached at terms with their transplant have the elbow. “And it was intact. It asked to have the donor appendwas like my hand. It was the real age removed — at first she didn’t hand.” want to see it.

A month later, Zolfi began By the second day post-surgery, searching websites again for any- that had changed. thing related to hand transplants “Before, I was scared to look at in Canada. She discovered that it and how I would feel about it,” doctors at Toronto Western Hos- she admitted. pital were looking for a candidate “But when I saw it, I felt it was for what would be the country’s my hand…. When I looked at it, pioneering foray into the complex I loved it and I said, ‘That is my surgery. hand.”’

She contacted the lead surFive months later, Zolfi has geon on the project, Dr. Steven sensation and movement in her McCabe, to see if there was any new forearm, and she’s starting to chance she could be that patient. get both in her hand and thumb.

McCabe, a specialist in plas“I can move my fingers. I can tic and reconstructive surgery, hold a cup in my hand or I can agreed to see her. But during pick up and drop something,” she their consultation, he told Zolfi said, demonstrating with the word the team was looking for a patient “my” how much the donor limb with a wrist amputation — not has been integrated into her psy-

‘I’D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR HAND BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT’S WORKED FOR ME, I THINK IT IS GOING TO WORK FOR THEM, TOO.’

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Riverlands Area Redevelopment Plan Update and Land Use Bylaw Amendments: Notice of Public Consultation The Riverlands Area is going to be home to a new residential neighbourhood in our downtown, and The City of Red Deer is updating the Riverlands Area Redevelopment Plan in preparation for these changes.

The ideas the community provided in the past are captured in the 2000 Riverlands Community Plan, the Culture Vision, the 2009 Greater Downtown Action Plan, the 2011 Area Redevelopment Plan and the 2015 Riverlands Urban Design Concept. Each plan was further refined to incorporate the ideas and new input from the community at each stage of the planning.

The City of Red Deer will host an Open House to share preliminary information regarding the Area Redevelopment Plan Update and the proposed three related Riverlands Land Use Districts. We welcome all interested landowners, tenants and members of the public to attend the open house to share their thoughts and ask questions.

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The tissue around Zolfi’s elbow where the forearm was attached remains puffy and her scars still have an angry appearance, but McCabe said a future surgical revision will “make the scars look better.”

The inner arm is also marked by a scattering of small, round scars, the result of biopsies to check for rejection, a potential threat that means a lifetime of taking immunosuppression drugs.

While Zolfi is no longer haunted by what’s known as phantom pain related to the loss of her lower arm, she now suffers a different kind of pain caused by the growth of her nerves into the muscles of the donor arm.

“The nerves have to find their way all the way down to reach the small muscles in the hand,” explained McCabe. “So we anticipate over the next six months or so, she will get some innervation down to the small muscles of her hand, and then we expect she will have a lot of further improvement in her hand function.

“We know the nerves recover about one millimetre a day, so she’s right on track or even a little faster for nerve regeneration.

She’s a very focused and committed patient and she’s done extremely well.”

So well, in fact, that Zolfi is driving again, she cooks her own meals, and is able to do household chores — activities she never dreamed she would be able to do a decade ago.

She is even planning to return to work in nursing, though likely in an office job that won’t tax her still-healing hand.

“I’d like to encourage the people that have lost their hand because the way that it’s worked for me, I think it is going to work for them, too,” said Zolfi.

McCabe, a Canadian who was part of the Louisville, Ky., hospital team that performed that first U.S. hand transplant 17 years ago and now heads Toronto Western Hospital’s program, believes there are other patients in Canada who could benefit from the surgery. “(But) we have to be very careful in our selection and make sure we have the best chance of healing that person,” he said, adding that the team is now assessing two “compelling” potential candidates.

Zolfi is grateful to McCabe and the surgical team, and especially to the donor and her family, who gave her a second chance at life.

“Because it has changed my life. It’s really changed my life.

I’m whole again.”

If you want more information or cannot attend the open house, please visit www.reddeer.ca/riverlands for more details, which will be available July 11, 2016 or contact Planning Services at planning@reddeer. ca and 403-406-8700. Thank you for your interest and participation, we look forward to your feedback.

Riverlands Open House Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch - Lower Meeting Room Snell Auditorium, 4818 49th Street

Development Officer Approvals On July 5, 2016, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Devonshire 1. Partridge, L. – a 0.75m variance to the minimum rear yard, to a proposed deck, to be located at 215 Duston Street.

Laredo 2. Sorento Custom Homes Ltd. – a 2.41m2 variance to the maximum site coverage, for a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 61 Lundberg Crescent.

Timber Ridge 3. Scavo, A. – 0.31m variance to the maximum lot width coverage, for a proposed detached garage, to be located at 306 Teasdale Drive.

Vanier Woods East 4. Will Do Crew Inc. – a 0.71m variance to the minimum rear yard, to the doors of a proposed detached garage, to be located at 138 Vancouver Crescent.

Woodlea 5. Kottmann, J. & L. – a 9.1m2 accessory building (greenhouse), in the front yard, located at 4402 51 Street.

Discretionary Use Lancaster Meadows 6. Postcard Portables – a portable sign, until September 22, 2016, to be located at 3031 30 Avenue.

Laredo 7. Bella Rosa Developments Ltd. - a show home, until December 31, 2016, to be located at 18 Lindman Avenue.

Timber Ridge 8. Miller, L. – a secondary suite, with 2 bedrooms, within an existing detached dwelling, to be located at 49 Tyson Crescent.

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 22, 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.

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FASHION FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016

Second-hand Stampede ECONOMIC SLUMP MEANS RUSH TO SNAP UP PRELOVED COWBOY DUDS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — For a lot of Calgarians hit by the economic slump, this probably isn’t the year to shell out hundreds of dollars on a new pair of handmade leather cowboy boots.

But there are ways to western-up wardrobes for the Stampede that starts Friday and still have plenty of cash left over for rodeo tickets and some greasy midway fare.

That could mean hunting for pieces that have already been broken in.

A Vintage Affair, a boutique in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood, is on the hunt for western wear yearround so it has enough stock leading up to the 10-day salute to all things cowboy.

Co-owner Bonnie Barber says the shop gets its best items from estate sales.

“A lot of Calgarians have been here for a long time, so some of our real gems come from people’s closets that have been sitting there for about 50 years or so,” said in an interview.

“Some of our favourites are the classic satin western shirt with beautiful chain stitching and lots of pearl snap buttons … We love fringe too.”

It’s been busy at the shop.

“We have a really budget-friendly store, so I think that has a lot to do with it,” said Barber, who is wearing a fringed leather jacket over a colourful bold-printed vest and paired with a chunky boho necklace.

“Most of our western wear is $60 and under and people know that they can score a good deal here.”

An economical option is to rustle up a few accessories to dress up a simple outfit — a bolo tie or a scarf for $12, Barber added.

She also recommends staying away from “corny” costume-like pieces or “looking too much like a square dancer from top to toe.”

Instead, it’s best to pick boho-chic items that, when paired with more toned-down accessories, can work well outside of Stampede week. That way, you get more mileage out of them.

“Make it work for you 365 days a year.”

Value Village is a go-to for Halloween costumes in October, but it’s also becoming a destination for Cowboy Halloween in July, said Jennifer Brander, production manager at one of the thrift shop’s southeast Calgary locations.

“Stampede doesn’t have to cost you a fortune,” she said.

Cowboy boots can go for as little as $10, depending on the quality, and it’s possible to pull together an entire ensemble for around $30.

The shop has boxes in the back year-round to set aside donated cowboy boots and hats as they come in. A couple of days before the start of Stampede, a lot of the western merchandise had been snapped up, with a rack of denim and a smattering of hats and boots still remaining.

“The sales have been tremendous.”

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Theresa Morgan owner of A Vintage Affair, with some of their western wear for the thrifty Stampede goer in Calgary, Tuesday. For Calgarians hit by the economic slump, it may not be the best time to spend hundreds of dollars on a brand new pair of leather cowboy boots.

Since the economic downturn took hold, the store has been bustling with shoppers looking for deals — and not just for Stampede.

“There’s definitely more foot traffic coming through. We’re seeing the basket size and dollars going higher.”

IMG pulls plug on Toronto Fashion Week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Fashion Week is no more.

Organizers are pulling the plug on the semi-annual event, citing a lack of local support.

IMG Canada had operated Toronto Fashion Week in collaboration with IMG Fashion since 2012. They took the reins of the style showcase from the Fashion Design Council of Canada, a non-profit organization that had previously owned and produced Toronto Fashion Week for 13 years.

“As we continue to evolve our portfolio of fashion events around the world, we’ve made the decision to no longer produce Toronto Fashion Week,” Catherine Bennett, senior vice-president and managing director of IMG Fashion Events & Properties, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

“We are constantly evaluating our fashion properties to make sure that they best meet the needs of designers and the industry — both locally and internationally — and we felt like the time had come to make a change in Toronto.

“We really felt that our Canadian fashion footprint was not generating the local commercial funding that we really required in order for us to continue producing the event to the highest standard that, really, the industry deserves and the designers in Toronto deserve,” she added.

“We’re sad to be moving on, but think it’s the right decision and the right time to make it.”

Bennett said IMG will no longer be involved with the Mercedes-Benz Start Up program for emerging designers, which had a grand-prize package that included a $30,000 bursary and a fully produced runway show in Toronto for the winners.

Toronto Fashion Week was part of a sizable roster of other international fashion weeks owned or commercially represented by IMG, including those staged in New York, London, Berlin, Sydney and

‘WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING OUR FASHION PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF DESIGNERS AND THE INDUSTRY — BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY — AND WE FELT LIKE THE TIME HAD COME TO MAKE A CHANGE IN TORONTO.’

some other markets,” said Bennett.

She hopes local designers will look to participate in other IMG programs such as DHL Exported. It offers fully produced runway shows for two consecutive seasons, as well as covering the logistics costs of producing the collection and shipping the finished garments to the runway.

Bennett also expressed hope that another group will stage a fashion showcase in Toronto.

— CATHERINE BENNETT IMG FASHION EVENTS & PROPERTIES

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Fashion week events are held in Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax. But the absence of Canada’s biggest style showcase in Toronto leaves a sizable void on the style calendar, when some of the leading emerging and established labels would unveil collections to buyers, media and consumers.

The end of Toronto’s marquee showcase comes three years after Montreal had its semi-annual event retooled.

In 2013, organizers announced plans to merge the winter edition of Montreal Fashion Week with the city’s summer Fashion and Design Festival.

The Toronto event had undergone a mini-makeover earlier this year following the end of a six-season deal with World MasterCard as the title sponsor.

It was rebranded with a new website and social media handles prior to the unveiling of fall-winter collections in March.

At the time, organizers had said that while they hoped to find additional sponsor support, they didn’t foresee any impact on staging the Toronto event.

Ultimately, the shortfall proved too much to overcome.

“Partnership and sponsorship plays a really important role in it, and I think in the market in Toronto we just weren’t seeing the local support for the industry that we do see in

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Canada’s job market still lags OECD REPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The OECD says Canada’s labour market is doing better than in many other countries but it hasn’t fully recovered to pre-recession levels.

The Paris-based think-tank says the percentage of working-age Canadians with a job was just 65 per cent in the first quarter — about two percentage

points below the pre-crisis level in the fourth quarter of 2007.

It also says 11 per cent of Canada’s unemployed have been searching for a job for more than one year — a deterioration of four percentage points from the low point in the fourth quarter of 2008.

And it estimates 13 per cent of people in Canada between the ages of 15 and 29 are both out of work and out of school — one percentage point above the pre-recession level.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development issued its employment outlook a day before

Statistics Canada announces the June unemployment rate.

The OECD notes that Canada’s unemployment rate in May was 6.9 per cent — improved from a recessionary high at 8.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2009, but still one percentage point worse than before the downturn.

“After falling during 2010-14, the unemployment rate has edged back up as energy-producing provinces experienced rising unemployment due to the drop in commodity prices. However, the unemployment rate is projected to slowly continue to decrease in 2017,” the report says.

“While real wages in Canada (adjusting for inflation) have grown faster than the OECD average since the crisis, real wage growth was moderately slower during 2008-2015 than it had been during 2000-2007.”

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria called on member governments — which include Canada and the United States — to adopt policies that will kick-start wage growth and productivity.

“The job of healing the employment market is only half done: back at work, but out of pocket,” Gurria said in a statement.

BRIEF Provinces poised to agree on plan to open up internal trade: Ontario minister

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Canada’s largest chain of movie theatres has announced it will open its first multi-screen cinemas that are intended to offer a panoramic experience this summer. An example of the panoramic screen in action is seen in this undated handout photo.

Cineplex plans multi-screen theatres

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Another flashy new concept will arrive at some Canadian movie theatres this month as Cineplex installs multi-screen cinemas in three cities.

The country’s largest chain of movie theatres says it will make Barco Escape the latest addition to its platform of ticket options. The concept is a partnership with Belgium-based digital entertainment company Barco.

Theatres will be retrofitted with three screens that provide about 270 degrees of viewable space. During certain sequences of films, the image on the centre screen expands onto the side screens to create a panoramic experience.

Cineplex will charge a premium of $5 on each Barco Escape ticket, said

spokeswoman Sarah Van Lange.

The company plans to install Barco Escape inside a single theatre at locations in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto, and all of them are expected to open in time for the premiere of “Star Trek Beyond” on July 22.

While a number of films have tested Barco Escape since the technology’s debut two years ago, it’s not widely used within Hollywood yet — though that’s likely to change soon.

A recent six-picture agreement involving Canadian producer Minds Eye Entertainment will bring a lineup of sci-fi, action and thriller films to the format, starting later this year with “The Recall.” Another film called “6 Below,” starring Josh Hartnett, is also expected to screen with the Barco Escape option later this year.

Barco Escape is part of a growing number of “immersive” experiences

that theatre companies are using to lure fickle audiences back into theatres at higher prices.

In addition to popular premium formats like Imax and 3D, Cineplex also offers VIP screens in some areas, which have service staff, food and alcohol available. The company also offers DBox motion seats that move and vibrate to mimic the action on the screen.

The latest addition planned for the Cineplex slate is the 4DX auditorium — a higher-priced theatre where action movies become a sensory experience with artificial rain, wind and lightning that reflect what’s on screen.

The company says the Toronto debut of its first 4DX theatre in Canada, originally set for this summer, has been delayed until the fall.

Ontario farmers face wilted crops, lost profits due to severe drought TORONTO — Ontario fruit and vegetable growers face smaller crops and higher costs as parts of southern and eastern Ontario suffer through severe drought.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) says the regions northeast of Toronto and northeast of Ottawa are at levels of drought expected just once every 20 years.

The federal department says some corn and soybean farmers have reported wilted crops and predicted lower productivity for this growing season.

The chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growrs’ Association says this is the driest transition from June to July he has ever seen.

Jason Verkaik said dry spells can mean high costs for farmers, who have to drastically increase the watering of their crops, but adds that those costs are unlikely to hurt the consumer.

Verkaik said the more likely outcome is that Ontario farmers would have to lower their prices or take a loss in order to stay competitive with foreign food growers.

Federal banking regulator steps up supervision of mortgage underwriting

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal banking regulator served notice to the Canadian mortgage lending industry on Thursday that they’ve got their eye on them.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada sent a letter to all federally regulated financial institutions telling them it’s stepping up scrutiny of mortgage lending amid concerns about rising home prices and the consequences for lenders if the economy weakens.

The regulator said low interest rates, record levels of household debt and the sharp rise in house prices in some cities such as Vancouver and Toronto could generate significant loan losses for banks and other lenders if the economy deteriorates.

“With rapid price increases in some areas and current exceptionally low interest rates, the risks are getting larger,” superintendent Jeremy Rudin said in a statement.

“OSFI wants to see sound mortgage underwriting procedures in place that adapt to the ever-changing circumstances in this area.”

The regulator identified several areas that it said it will be watching closely, including the verification of a borrower’s income, debt service ratios and the reliability of property appraisals. OSFI did not make any regulatory changes, but said it will be putting a “greater emphasis” on confirming that mortgage lenders and insurers have sound controls and practices to miti-

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gate risk. It also said it will be reviewing its guidelines that set out its expectations for prudent home mortgage underwriting.

The Canadian Bankers Association said it understands the regulator’s concern, but added that the banks exercise careful judgment before handing out mortgages. “They only lend to clients who demonstrate the willingness and ability to repay their loans,” the association said in a statement.

“This is demonstrated by the banks’ mortgage in arrears numbers (no payments in 90 days or more) which are extremely low at 0.28 per cent of outstanding mortgages.”

The letter from OSFI follows an announcement by the regulator late last year that it was working to update the regulatory capital requirements for loans secured by residential real estate. The regulator hopes to begin to implement those changes in November.

Last month, the Bank of Canada

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raised concerns about the housing market and noted that vulnerabilities due to the continued rise of household debt and greater imbalances in regional housing markets were higher than they were six months ago.

The central bank said the severity of the risks associated with a sharp correction in real estate prices in Vancouver and Toronto as well as from household financial stress have risen.

The federal government announced a working group last month that is expected to meet throughout the summer to review factors that affect housing supply and demand, affordability and stability of the market.

A spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau welcomed the move by the federal regulator.

“The independent actions of OSFI are consistent with the minister’s own actions to address pockets of risk in Canada’s housing market,” said Daniel Lauzon, Morneau’s director of communications.

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OTTAWA — Ontario’s economic development minister says he fully expects the provinces to agree Friday on a long-awaited proposal that aims to ease Canada’s tangled web of interprovincial trade barriers.

Brad Duguid tells The Canadian Press that he and his provincial counterparts will unveil the broad strokes of a package of recommendations that seek to open up internal trade.

Duguid, who is chairing the talks, says the premiers will have the final word on whether to sign or amend a proposal that have been in the works for about two years.

He says the premiers will have an opportunity to discuss the details of the plan together when they meet later this month in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Duguid says the recommendations will aggressively attack divergent regulations across the country that make it very difficult for businesses to do commerce nationally.

But while Duguid is confident any lingering sticking points can be addressed Friday, Alberta Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous says he’s hesitant to speculate that the talks will produce a national agreement.

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VANCOUVER — The home-sharing service Airbnb says it doesn’t believe it’s having a negative impact on rental vacancies in Vancouver.

A new report released by the company today based on 2015 statistics says that more than half of the people who rent out their homes do so to afford their cost of living.

There are over 4,200 active Airbnb hosts in Vancouver.

The report says the average host makes an income of about $6,500 annually by occasionally renting out space and uses at least half of what it makes to pay for their rent or mortgage, or to cover the cost of household items like groceries.

More than a quarter of listings were for private or shared rooms in 2015, with the rest listed as entire homes.

The report says more than 80 per cent of all listings were shared for less than 180 days, which Airbnb says signals that people aren’t keeping properties vacant to profit on sharing but rather are listing their space when they’re away.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 141.07 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.74 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.63

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.33 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 28.18 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.53 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.99 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 29.08 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.57 First Quantum Minerals . . 9.21 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.50 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.05 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 7.02 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.07 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 20.78 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.830 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.20 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.57 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.81 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 43.54 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.33 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.48 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.55 Canyon Services Group. . 5.47 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.28 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.65 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.655

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — A sharp drop in the price of oil dragged the Toronto Stock Exchange to a lower close on Thursday after data out of the U.S. showed that crude stockpiles didn’t fall as much as investors had expected.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index lost 96.60 points to 14,134.46, led by gold stocks, which declined 2.82 per cent, while energy companies slipped 1.51 per cent.

The health-care sector was one of the few bright spots on the TSX, climbing 1.62 per cent.

Meanwhile, the oil-sensitive loonie slipped 0.26 of a U.S. cent to 76.91 cents US. “It’s definitely been quite volatile,” said Jayson Moss, a research analyst at Franklin Bissett Investment Management.

“There still is a lot of uncertainty. People are definitely concerned still with Brexit,” he added, referring to the U.K.’s vote late last month to exit the European Union.

The declines in the TSX and in the Canadian dollar came as the August crude contract fell $2.29 to US$45.14 per barrel, following a report from the Energy Information Administration in the U.S. that showed energy stockpiles remain at historically high levels.

The report said inventories shrank last week by 2.2 million barrels — less than the 2.6 million-barrel drop that analysts had predicted, according to S&P Global Platts.

The decline in energy prices came after a similar drop earlier in the week. On Tuesday, the benchmark crude price slipped $2.39.

The price of gold was also down after staging a rally in recent days that brought it to

some of the highest levels it has seen recently.

The August gold contract ended the day at US$1,362.10, a decline of $5 from Wednesday’s close.

“It’s kind of flat today, but we haven’t seen gold at these levels since July 2014,” said Moss. “Gold-related equities have also moved quite a bit higher (recently).”

In New York, stock markets were mixed despite the release of positive data on the hiring front.

The Dow Jones industrial average gave back 22.74 points to 17,895.88, the broader S&P 500 composite index lost 1.83 points to 2,097.90 and the Nasdaq composite added 17.65 points at 4,876.81.

A survey south of the border by payroll processor Automatic Data Processing, or ADP, showed that hiring picked up in June after being sluggish in the previous months.

The report said employers added 172,000 jobs last month, after hiring had slowed in April and May. The estimate is based on private companies.

The U.S. government will release its own highly anticipated jobs report on Friday.

In other commodity news, August natural gas lost one cent to US$2.78 per mmBTU while September copper fell three cents to US$2.12 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,134.46, down 96.60 points Dow — 17,895.88, down 22.74 points S&P 500 — 2,097.90, down 1.83 points

BRIEF Building permits fall 1.9% to $6.8 billion in May: Statistics Canada OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says municipalities issued building permits worth $6.8 billion in May, down 1.9 per cent from the previous month.

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Nasdaq — 4,876.81, up 17.65 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.91 cents US, down 0.26 of a cent Pound — C$1.6783, up 0.25 of a cent Euro — C$1.4386, unchanged Euro — US$1.1064, down 0.37 of a cent Oil futures: US$45.14 per barrel, down $2.29 (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,362.10 per oz., down $5.00 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $26.381 oz., down 92.8 cents $848.15 kg., down $29.83 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $17.50 lower $461.80 Nov. ‘16 $17.50 lower $462.30 Jan. ‘17 $17.30 lower $469.20 March ‘17 $16.80 lower $475.20 May ‘17 $16.20 lower $480.00 July ‘17 $16.50 lower $484.40 Nov. ‘17 $14.00 lower $486.80 Jan. ‘18 $14.00 lower $486.90 March ‘18 $14.00 lower $486.90 May ‘18 $14.00 lower $486.90 July ‘18 $14.00 lower $486.90.

Barley (Western): July ‘16 unchanged $166.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $166.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $166.00 March ‘17 unchanged $168.00 May ‘17 unchanged $169.00 July ‘17 unchanged $169.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $169.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $169.00 March ‘18 unchanged $169.00 May ‘18 unchanged $169.00 July ‘18 unchanged $169.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 511,740 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). To-

Major factors were a drop in construction plans for single-family homes in Ontario and a drop in construction plans for commercial buildings in Quebec and Ontario.

The value of non-residential permits dropped 3.3 per cent to $2.5 billion in May, following a 1.9 per cent increase in April.

The value of commercial building permits fell 15.6 per cent to $1.2 billion in May, with fewer plans for office buildings, recreational facilities and distribution warehouses. That was offset in part by a gain of 0.6 per cent to $384 million in the value of industrial permits and a 20.3 per cent increase to $842 million for institutional building permits.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Real estate markets remained supercharged in Vancouver and Toronto over the first half of 2016 but a new report from Sotheby’s International Realty Canada shows even Calgary’s struggling market perked up between January and June.

Compared to the same period last year, the study shows bidding wars and a lack of inventory fuelled a 65-percent hike in sales of residential real estate over $1 million in the Greater Toronto Area, while sales climbed 26 per cent in Vancouver.

In Vancouver, the report says there was a 100-per-cent increase in the sale of homes over $4 million, as 439 properties in that price range changed hands over the first six months of the year.

Ongoing uncertainty in the oil patch and rising unemployment continued the buyer’s market in Calgary, but price adjustments helped move some of the 318 listings over $1 million between January and June, a nine-per-

cent increase over 2015.

The real estate company also says 317 high-end properties in Montreal sold in the first six months of 2016, a 16 per cent increase Sotheby’s credits to that city’s continued political stability and measured consumer confidence.

The report says the real estate market in Montreal will remain balanced through the fall. More price declines in Calgary are expected to boost sales there and no end is anticipated to sales of multi-million-dollar homes across Toronto and Vancouver.

“Demand for luxury real estate in Toronto and Vancouver remains unrelenting, far exceeding supply in the higher price spectrums of the market,” says Brad Henderson, president and CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada.

A price tag above $1 million is now typical for conventional detached homes in both markets and he flags growing signs of gridlock for sales of homes in that range.

“The options for real estate consumers are slim, and this is beginning to reflect in market activity,” Henderson says.

Data shows foreign home buyers mostly from China

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — British Columbia has released its first snapshot of foreign real estate transactions, but the Opposition New Democrats say it’s based on unreliable information that doesn’t portray the affordability “crisis” in the province.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said Tuesday that just over three per cent of sales between June 10 and June 29 involved foreign buyers, mostly from China. Forty-seven of those transactions were within the city of Vancouver while 260 included properties around Metro Vancouver. The figures show the value of all the transactions across the province involving foreign buyers totalled $390 million during the threeweek period. That amounts to 5.1 per cent of the $7.6 billion that changed hands in just over 10,000 residential real estate sales around B.C. De Jong brought in measures in the

February budget to track the role of foreign ownership in B.C.’s red-hot housing market after claims that foreign buyers affect affordability and vacancy rates. Starting last month, the government amended property transfer tax forms to collect data about the citizenship and country of origin of people buying real estate in the province.

However, NDP Leader John Horgan said the self-reported data provide too low a figure about who is buying homes amid widespread concerns that foreigners are hiking up prices but not contributing to the economy because they don’t live or work in British Columbia.

“There are better ways to collect this information,” Horgan said. “Mr. de Jong has had less than three weeks to determine almost $400 million of economic activity in the Lower Mainland as a result of foreign investment.

That means that British Columbians have been squeezed out of $400 million worth of real-estate activity. I think that’s wrong.”

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Lost

BRIGHT red lanyard (neck strap) with Jeep toggler key lost Friday, July 1 at downtown water park north of rec centre. $50 reward.

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THE Red Deer Public School District Invites applications for the position of: Accounting Coordinator. For more information about the Red Deer Public School District, visit our web site at: www.rdpsd.ab.ca Applications, with references, should be directed to humanresources@ rdpsd.ab.ca

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Personals Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. ALCOHOLICS 37444 HWY 2 S ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Classifieds Food Service Supervisor Your place to SELL Req’d F/T & P/T Your place to BUY permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, COCAINE ANONYMOUS eves. shift weekend day 403-396-8298 night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk OVEREATERS Anonymous 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and Contact Phyl @ 347-4188 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

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HARTELL Merrill 1934 - 2016 Mr. Merrill Frederick Hartell of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully at Bethany CollegeSide, Red Deer on Monday, July 4, 2016 at the age of 82 years. Merrill was born on June 21, 1934 at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; and spent his early years in Bruderheim, Alberta.

He worked for the Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta for thirty-five years; transferring from Edmonton to Red Deer in 1963. Merrill will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Gladys (Schole); daughter, Gayle (Doug) Morrical and son, Douglas Hartell; grandsons, Justin (Chanelle) Morrical and Logan Morrical, Randyn (Zyna) Hartell and Joshua Hartell.

He will also be sadly missed by his brother, Gordon (Bernie) Hartell; his sister-inlaw, Grace Hartell; and mother-in-law, Tillie Schole; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Merrill was predeceased by his parents, Albert and Bessie Hartell; brother, Harold Hartell; daughter, Robin; stepmother, Alice Hartell; fatherin-law, Harry Schole, and sister-in-law, Ardith Rocque.

The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to all the staff at Bethany CollegeSide for all their wonderful care during Merrill’s stay. A Funeral Service will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 11:00a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Merrill’s honor may be made directly to the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, c/o Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 0G2.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

HEFT Albert July 9, 1919 - April 7, 2016 Albert will have a Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton St., Red Deer, AB

The family of Terry Carson sadly announces the passing of their son, husband, father, brother, grandson, uncle and cousin on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at the age of 63 years. Terry was born in Red Deer, AB and grew up on the family acreage in Penhold, Alberta. For most of his adult life, Terry lived in Toronto and worked in the music industry, traveling across Canada and the US. Along the way he met and befriended many musicians and industry people and had many stories to tell of his exploits across North America. He was a salesman extraordinaire as well as an excellent mentor and great boss. Terry was predeceased by his father Thornton and nephew Tal Hofstra. Left to mourn is his wife Michelle (nee Thompson), two children: Matthew (Lee) and Ryan (Robin), one grandchild (Jake), his mother Hazel, and six siblings: Greg (Barb), Murry (Dawn), Clarke (Madeleine), Susan (Rick Morson), Carol (Al Olson) and Scott (Barb McCracken); mother and father-in-laws Dorothy and Wayne Belding and Gary Thompson as well as many great relatives and friends. A Celebration of Terry’s life was held in Toronto, ON, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. A memorial service will also be held in Red Deer, Alberta at a later date.

Condolences and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles newbigging.com

LETKEMAN Jack Sept, 3, 1927- July 4, 2016 Jack Letkeman passed away peacefully on July 4, 2016.

He was born on September 3, 1927 in Mickelsburg, Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1930. Jack was the eldest of eight children who farmed with his Dad and Uncles until 1955 when he started working in the oilfield.

He was joined in marriage to Clara Gerl in 1954 and moved to Eckville in 1961.

Jack is survived by his loving wife, Clara and two children: Wes (Cindy) and Caroline (Gaylord) Hulsman; three grandsons: Devon (Kristen), Garrett and Craig Hulsman; two great granddaughters: Natalie and Addilyn Hulsman.

He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers and one sister. Celebration of life will be held on July 09th at the Eckville Community Hall @ 2:00 p.m. As an expression of sympathy donations may be made to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Eckville.

Condolences may be forwarded to www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes entrusted with the arrangements.

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Caregivers/ Aides

KARA PORTTIN has accomplished her Red Seal Journeyman Hairstylist, and also a Bachelor of Education Middle Years Graduate Love Gramma Porttin and Family Congrats

Hair Stylists

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Hairstylists for new salon.

403-346-8861 or e-mail gandjmeyer@hotmail.com You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

MENGE The family of Pamela Menge is thrilled to congratulate Pamela on recently obtaining her Bachelor of Business Administration (Human Resources) Degree from Mount Royal University in Calgary! So proud of you and all your hard work!

Lots of Love Dad (Lutz), Mom (Lori) and Tracy

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

Announcements

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Classifieds 309-3300

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The Travelman Luggage & Swimwear Warehouse

Requires a Part Time Sales Associate (14-20hrs must be flexible) for our Red Deer Store Travel & Ladies Fashion Experience a plus. NO Sundays, No Nights, or Holidays Starting wage $11.20, plus bonuses.

Fax Resume to (403) 348-2033 or E-mail Tannis at: tannbarnes@hotmail .com

Trades

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $15/hr. Floor skills would be an asset. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 or e-mail: lobb-black-valerie @aramark.ca. Attn: Val Black

Celebration of her Life.

Casual Come and Go Tea. Saturday, July 9, 2016, 2-4 pm.

Alix Community Hall.

Lyle Edward McCarty Sept. 28, 1959 - July 8, 2015 Little I knew that morning God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you, You did not go alone, For part of us went with you, The day God called you home.

You left us beautiful memories Your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, You are always by our side.

Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one The chain will link again.

Missing and loving you always Lyle.

Mom, Dad, and your sister Cindy

LOOKING for 2 Live-In caregiver willing to do split shifts. High school graduate 1-2 yrs exp. In caring for person with high medical needs 44 hrs/wk at 11.50/hr. karenmeeres@yahoo.ca

Janitorial

LYLE Gladys Mae July 9, 1921 - Jan. 8, 2016

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Sales & Distributors

JOURNEMAN SHEET METAL MECHANIC req’d Good organizational skills with commercial project experience. Truck provided, competitive rates & benefits. Email resume starmechanical@ xplornet.com Buying or Selling your home?

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Aspen Ridge 16 ARNOLD CLOSE ESTATE Sale - July 8 & 9, Fri. 9-4 & Sat. 9-3 Chairs, tables, lift chair, walker, A/C, snow racer, stroller, dresser, household

Davenport 3 DODGE AVENUE, Sat., July 9, 9-4, and Sun., July 10, 9-12, handbags, shoes, clothing, books, cds, end tables, bikes, roller blades, wine making supplies, yard tools and misc.

Downtown

Glendale 89 GILBERT Crescent, Thurs. and Fri., July 7 and 8, 9 -7, deep freeze, barn board shelf, bookcase, and lots of misc.

Inglewood 12, 45 IRONSTONE DR. July 8, 9 & 10 Fri. 3-7, Sat. & Sun. 10-6 MULTI FAMILY Something for Everyone!

Waskasoo 4301 - 58 STREET, Thurs., July 7, 4-8, Fri., July 8, 12-8, and Sat., July 9, 10-6, lots of gardening, and lots of misc.

Out of Town GOLDEN Circle Senior Resource Center, 4620 47A Ave. July 7, 8 & 9 Thurs. 10-7, Fri. 9-7, Sat. 8 - noon Lots of items, plus 10 additional tables from a number of families.

Eastview Estates

ACREAGE sale, Sat., July 9, 10 - 5, and Sun., July 10, 10 -4. Lots of vintage toys, games, books, household items, clothing, too many items to list. Go west past college on C & E Trail, 11.4 km, right onto subdivision called Mission Hill, then right onto service road, house #8.

31 ELDER STREET, MultiFamily, one day only, Sat., July 9, 9 - 4. Household, camping items, walker ~ something for everybody.

BENALTO DOWNTOWN STREET SALE, Sat., July 9th, 10 am -3 pm 20+ vendors.

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Friday, July 8, 2016

Video shows aftermath of Minnesota police shooting people who gathered at the scene and outside the hospital where he died.

They identified him as Philando Castile of St. Paul, a well-liked 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor at a Montessori school.

Reynolds said Thursday that he was killed even though he complied with the officer’s instructions. She told reporters that Castile did “nothing but what the police officer asked of us, which was to put your hands in the air and get your license and registration.”

The Department of Justice announced that it would monitor the investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The governor said he and other state officials would seek more direct involvement.

Speaking to CNN, Castile’s mother said that she suspected she would never learn the whole truth about her son’s death.

“I think he was just black in the wrong place,” Valerie Castile said Thursday, adding that she had stressed to her children that they must do what authorities tell them to do to survive.

“I always told them, whatever you do when you get stopped by police, comply, comply, comply.”

Police did not release any details about the officer except to say he had been placed on paid administrative leave. Reynolds described him as Asian.

In his first public reaction to the shootings, President Barack Obama said it is clear the slayings were not isolated incidents. The deaths are “symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice sys-

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A woman who watched as a police officer fatally shot her boyfriend during a traffic stop streamed the gruesome aftermath of the slaying live on Facebook, telling a worldwide audience that her companion had been shot “for no apparent reason” while reaching for his wallet.

Within hours, the Minnesota governor was pressing for the Justice Department to open its second investigation of the week into the death of a black man at the hands of police.

“Nobody should be shot and killed in Minnesota for a tail light being out of function,” Democrat Mark Dayton said. “Would this have happened if those passengers would have been white? I don’t think it would have.”

It was the second fatal police shooting in as many days. A black 37-yearold man was killed Tuesday by officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alton Sterling’s death was caught on video.

The latest death happened late Wednesday in the St. Paul suburb of Falcon Heights, a mostly white community of 5,000 people that is also home to Minnesota’s annual state fair and part of the massive University of Minnesota campus.

In the video, Diamond Reynolds describes being pulled over for a “busted tail light” and says her boyfriend had told the officer he was carrying a gun for which he was licensed.

As word of the shooting spread, relatives of the man joined scores of

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tem, the racial disparities that appear across the system year after year, and the resulting lack of trust that exists between law enforcement and too many of the communities they serve,” Obama wrote in a Facebook post.

On Wednesday, the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation into Sterling’s shooting, which took place after he scuffled with two white police officers outside a convenience store.

In Minnesota, relatives were outraged that Castile was not tended to after he was shot. Reynolds said it took about 15 minutes for paramedics to arrive.

William Moulder, a police consultant and longtime former police chief in Des Moines, Iowa, said all officers carry first-aid supplies in their cars and are instructed to start rendering aid as soon as it’s clear there’s no threat.

The Facebook footage shows Castile lying motionless in the car for several minutes, his shirt covered in blood, while Reynolds speaks to the camera.

“That’s time to start mitigating the damage,” Moulder said.

Late Wednesday, protesters moved to the governor’s mansion in nearby St. Paul, where around 200 people chanted and demanded action from Dayton, a Democrat. About 50 protesters stayed through the night.

The video posted Wednesday night on Facebook Live shows the woman in a car next to a bloodied man slumped in a seat. A clearly distraught person who appears to be a police officer stands at the car’s window, telling the

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woman to keep her hands where they are and intermittently swearing.

Castile was driving the car, with Reynolds riding beside him. But because of the way the video was recorded or the way Facebook posted it, some versions of the footage were reversed, making it appear that Castile was in the right seat and his girlfriend seated on the left.

The commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety would not discuss the traffic stop, any video footage or whether Castile was legally carrying a firearm. But Ramona Dohman promised an “expedient” investigation and said the department would identify the officer after an interview scheduled for Thursday.

Facebook Live is a form of internet broadcasting that can be initiated in seconds from the Facebook app. In a few taps, users can send live video straight from their smartphones to friends or to a wider audience.

On the video, the officer tells her to keep her hands up and says: “I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand out.”

“You shot four bullets into him, sir.

He was just getting his license and registration, sir,” the woman responds.

The video goes on to show the woman exiting the car and being handcuffed. A young girl can be seen and is heard saying at one point, “I’m scared, Mommy.”

A handgun was recovered from the scene, police said. Minnesota court records online show Castile had some misdemeanour violations, mainly related to driving.

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Business 4 Plexes/ Lots For TO ORDER Auctions Firewood Suites Opportunities 6 Plexes Sale wegot HOME SANDY POINT RV Resort, B.C. Birch, Aspen, CLEARVIEW: TWO rentals WEEKS FREE + $150.

THE DELIVERY OF Gull Lake, Lot #25, lot size Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

45’ x 94’, close to marina, PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 4 plex, 2 bdrm.

NORDIC CLASSIFICATIONS move-in, THE beach, golf course, and + den (bdrm), $975.mo.

Rental incentives avail.

LOGS walking trails. Fully sern/s, no pets. 403-391-1780 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, ADVOCATE Semi loads of pine, spruce, FOR RENT • 3000-3200 viced, $88,900. NO GST. N/S, No pets.

WANTED • 3250-3390 tamarack, poplar, birch.

GLENDALE ~SOLD~ 403-596-2444 CALL OUR Price depends on location 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., of delivery.

Lil Mule SERGE’S HOMES $925. incl. sewer, water & VICTORIA PARK UNRESERVED Real FOOD TRAILER, CIRCULATION 24fullyFT.equipped Houses/ Logging 403-318-4346 Lots Available in garbage. D.D. $650, STUDIO with Jen Estate Auction Sale Lacombe, Blackfalds, Available Aug. 1.

Duplexes APARTMENT SALE! DEPARTMENT stainless grill barbecue Gary & Bonnie Muzylouski Springbrook 403-304-5337 All inclusive senior living. and oven. 10,000 watt Household Land Located Near Custom build your dream Avail. for immed. occupancy 403-314-4300 electric start generator, 250 3 BDRM main Á. house for Rimbey, Alberta ORIOLE PARK Furnishings home on your lot or ours.

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

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

Selling a A Truly Fabulous, Executive Built, Stunning Home, Built in 2013 w/ Attached Garage, Trout Pond, Cabin, Finished Shop & A Beautifully Landscaped Yard.

Open Houses:

Sat., July 23 & Sun., July 31, from 1pm to 4 pm or by Appointment Contact Allen B. Olson at (403) 783-0556.

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

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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)

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Clothing

SUN ICE golf jacket.

Women’s Size Large.

Navy blue with grey trim.

Mint condition. $20 (Àrm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

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Antiques & Art

Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. (403) 843-2747 Sale Site 1-855-783-0556 Toll Free Rimbey, Alberta License No. 165690 Email: abolson@telusplanet.net

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Two antique seagrass wicker chairs (approx. 100 years old). Beautiful outdoor /indoor décor chairs (not for sitting). $40 each.

Will sell separately.

Call (403) 342-7908.

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OILFIELD TICKETS

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EquipmentHeavy

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

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 GOLF cart, large wheeled, used 2 times, $25; brand new fabric golf bag, $35; and Singer sewing machine in cabinet, $45.

403-346-4462 Vintage (circa 1960’s) wooden “Ski Slipper” slalom ski in very good condition. $45 (Àrm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020

Collectors' Items

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LEATHER Jacket, size small. Exc. shape. $40.

403-347-0325 ROCKWELL Plate Collection, (16), 7 Ladies, 4 Shelties, 5 variety. $175 for all or $12. each.

403-347-0325

Travel Packages

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

ANYONE with strawberries to give away, please call 403-346-7825

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Farmers' Market

rent, avail. imm., $1150/mo. + 2/3 util. Call Bob 403-872-3400

SYLVAN LAKE Split level att. garage. $1600. + utils. & DD. 403-887-4610

Condos/ Townhouses

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2 BDRM. 1400 sq. ft. 2009 condo w/att. single garage, Ironstone Way Ref’s req’d.

No pets, $1500. utils.

403-728-3688 MORRISROE 2 storey townhouse, 3 bdrm., 1 1/2 bath, large kitchen, no pets, n/s, fenced yard, 403-342-6374, 396-6610

SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Aug. 1.

403-304-5337

CLEARVIEW

2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls.

Rent $925. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Aug. 1 403-304-5337

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Accounting

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

Construction

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HICKORY DICKORY DECKS For all your decking needs.

Wood or low maint. composite. Warranty. mmurphy@decks.ca (403) 348-1285

Contractors

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

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

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

CONCRETE???

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

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BOOK NOW! For indoor/outdoor projects such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

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NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

Misc.

Services

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FANTASY SPA

10 - 2am Private back entry

DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

403-341-4445

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

CA EXPRESS

Economy rate traditional taxi. Call us for in-town, airports, city to city, crew change, picnic, parcels and hotshot services, etc.

403-877-3934 www.ca-express.ca

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

Elite Retreat, Finest Plumbing in VIP Treatment. & Heating

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

Roofing

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JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Geary 403-588-2619

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

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Tired of Standing?

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Yard Care

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

Available Aug. 1.

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

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

Available Aug. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

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2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. Aug. 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

from $1849. Call to book a tour 403-309-1957

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Rooms For Rent

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

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Mobile Lot

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

For more info. call OfÀce - 403-343-6360 Bob - 403-505-8050

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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1999 TOYOTA Solara, clean and well-maintained, 208,000 km, $4,800 obo. ~SOLD~

Motorcycles

CITY VIEW APTS.

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

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Call GORD ING at SUITES. 25+, adults only RE/MAX real estate n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 central alberta 403-341-9995 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds Condos/ help you sell it.

Townhouses

MORRISROE MANOR

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2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC LOADED, 44,600 KMS.

MINT CONDITION $7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653 Red Deer

Utility Trailers

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Rental incentives avail.

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

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ADVICE FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016

Love and basketball beyond the court DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I love basketball, but my husband has no interest in it.

Our two boys, ages 6 and 8, play at school sometimes but have not yet discovered what a great game it is. I grew up with two brothers who played all the time, and I was a tomboy for most of my childhood, falling in love with basketball at an early age.

We live in a big city with an NBA team, and my one luxury in life, which is an annual gift from my husband, is my season tickets to our team’s home games. Season ticket holders are assigned the same seat for every home game. The man sitting next to me this past season is friendly and intelligent, and best of all, he loves basketball.

Over the first few weeks of the season, we struck up a friendship. At first, it was just about basketball, chatting at

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Friday, July 8 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kevin Bacon, 58; Angelica Huston, 65; Jaden Smith, 18 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There may be some conflict between what you want and what you need.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are a supreme pragmatist. The next 12 months is the time to follow your passions — but don’t neglect your relationship responsibilities in the process.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rams are restless, as the planets stir up your impulsive and reckless side. And the pull between relationship responsibilities and domestic duties may leave you feeling guilty, frustrated or just frazzled.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): With the Sun, Mercury and Venus all visiting your communication zone, find creative new ways that you can reach out to others within your local community, both in person and online.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Curiosity is high so you need to keep your mind suitably stimulated. Otherwise you’ll just stick your nose into everyone else’s business! Perhaps you can share a fun activity with a friend or family member?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get your skates on Crabs! Mercury and Jupiter send a lucky opportunity via social media or community connections. But you’ll have to make a split-second decision — which is not your speciality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stop wasting time trying to control others. Wonderful opportunities are around — but they aren’t immediately

halftime, cheering when we won, that sort of thing. Then we started meeting before and after the games, and he told me he is sick of his wife and their only child is a brat.

I can’t wait for next season to start so we can have an airtight excuse for seeing each other. Until then, we have to sneak around.

I keep dreaming of running away with him and starting a new family based on our love of basketball.

I can picture my two sons playing basketball with him, getting guidance and having fun. In my dreams, that would be heaven. What do you think?

— A Basketball Fanatic Dear Fanatic: Heaven? If you act on your fantasies, you are asking for an early death, and heaven is not where you’ll end up.

Your two children and his child are dependent on both of you. Get your thumb out of your mouth and grow up.

You are playing with fire, not free throws, and it is time to reinvest in your marriage. Those three young lives depend on it.

Your husband buys you season tickobvious. They are hidden in unexpected places, waiting for you to discover them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you making the most of Jupiter being in your sign, and the planets activating your networking zone?

There are fortuitous connections to be made — both personally and professionally — so get busy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your deft diplomatic skills are needed, as someone around you is irritable and spoiling for a fight. Step in and play the Libran peace-maker — but make sure you don’t get caught in the crossfire!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keep your head screwed on tightly today Scorpio, and don’t let family and friends push your emotional buttons. Channel your energy into challenging tasks and enjoyable personal projects.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The marvellous Mercury/Jupiter connection is fabulous for work, business, financial matters and making fortuitous professional contacts.

For smart, self-motivated Sagittarians — the sky’s the limit!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today’s planetary aspects favour sport, social events, study, research, relationships, communication, conversation, commerce and travel. So it should be a busy and stimulating day.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are your finances in a mess? If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what youíre getting. Jupiter and Mercury encourage you to approach money matters in a smart and sensible way.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Romantic relationships get a welcome shot in the arm from the lucky Mercury/Jupiter connection today. So it’s a fortuitous time to fix a floundering marriage — or find a fabulous new love.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

For daughter, ‘How was your day?’ is a loaded question

BY MEGHAN LEAHY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Q: My 6-year-old hates it when I ask her questions about her day. She rarely opens up to me about the things that happened at school or the friends she made. How do I communicate to her that I’m interested in what she has to say without asking questions? I’ve tried sitting in silence and waiting for her to talk, and it sometimes works, but as soon as I make the slightest noise of acknowledgment, she gets angry and clams up again.

A: I chose this question because many children do not want to talk to their parents when they come home from school, camp, day care, etc. I am going to try to explain the reasons for this dynamic and how you can move toward positive communication.

Let’s begin by using an example of the average adult. You have worked hard all day. Your clients were late and difficult. Your co-workers were lovely but extra chatty while you were trying to complete projects. It rained all day, you forgot your umbrella, you didn’t sleep well last night, and you’re hungry.

You come in the door, grateful to be home and desperately wanting an easy chair and a cup of camomile tea.

Instead, your spouse assaults you with 100 questions: “How was work? What did you do? And then what happened?

Was that client still unkind? What are you going to do about it?”

The average adult would feel annoyed and attacked and begin to shut down. Why? We need a transition. We need a break, a pause, a moment to breathe. We are finally in our safe place (home), and we are feeling bombarded. This is how your daughter might feel, too.

Why does she arrive home overwhelmed? Children who are at school or camp are giving their best all day.

They are listening, dealing with friendship issues, sometimes sitting too much, trying to please the teachers and working hard. And because children are young and immature, their brains are not adept at navigating the transition from “work” to home. When they are overwhelmed, their brains are fried. Children cannot hold on to their maturity when they are that tired. To add to this dynamic, children who are extra sensitive may show even more signs that they are overwhelmed.

We know that your daughter is feeling burdened and that she is shutting down a bit. But what is contributing to that extra layer of anger?

I am going to say the following with a lot of love, and also as a parent who is as curious as you are about her children’s lives: Stop showing your neediness.

My sense is - and I could be wrong - that your daughter feels pushed by you to share everything about her day.

When you ask her what happened at school, where is she to even begin?

For the average 6-year-old girl, a million things are happening all the time.

She cannot answer that. The questions about friendship may begin to feel like: “Do people like you? Do you like the other children? Are you a ‘nice’ girl?” And you may not mean this at all (parents rarely understand the true impact of our statements), but we often pressure girls to be friends with everyone. To be good and nice. This pressure is subtle, but becomes strong when we ask about their friendships.

Young children’s friendships are fluid and based on what they have in common (gender, toys, etc.) and are not meant to be taken that seriously. Children’s friendships are not a measure of their well-being at school.

So how can you better connect to your daughter after school?

You are already doing it. When you are silent, she opens up a bit. So stay quiet, even after she opens up (because she clams up as soon as you speak). See what happens when you do not allow your need to learn about her day to eat up the space and energy.

Focus 100 percent on being a listener.

You could also be more specific in your conversations. If you know what she is working on in art class, ask about the progress. If you know she is excited about an upcoming field trip, talk about what she will learn.

Resist asking questions about social dynamics and friendship drama. Stick to learning and intellectual curiosity.

If you have concerns about your daughter’s friendships, then movies, shows and books are your best bet.

Approaching the conversation through those topics can provide an easier way for your daughter to reflect and share what is in her heart.

Meghan is the mother of three daughters. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education, a master’s degree in school counseling and is a certified parent coach.

ets to the game you love, and you repay him by … cheating on him? He sounds like a good guy who deserves better.

Dear Annie: My uncle has been a passionate stamp collector for the past decade, ever since his retirement.

He has said that he loses track of time as he pursues rare stamps, catalogs them and studies intricate details of each one.

He has a network of friends who share his hobby.

Most are great, but one of them persuaded my uncle to let him stay at his house, and the next thing you know, some of his most treasured stamps were missing. Of course, his guest denied taking them, and my uncle had no proof.

But about a year later, some of them showed up for sale on eBay. My uncle contacted the authorities, who alerted the seller that he was offering stolen merchandise, which led back to the man who had stayed at his house.

My uncle wanted to prosecute but then said it would be too much of a hassle. He only got back half of the stamps that were stolen, and now he is

very guarded about making friends in the hobby.

I always thought that his passion for stamp collecting was keeping him alive, but now I am worried that he has shut down. He really doesn’t trust anybody in his hobby.

My uncle and I have always had a unique bond, and I feel so sad for him.

What can I do to help him renew his enthusiasm? — Helpless and Seeking Solutions Dear Helpless: Your uncle no doubt subscribes to the notion that fool him once, it’s your fault, but fool him twice and it’s his.

Because you are close to your uncle, I’d suggest asking him about his longtime friends in the hobby. You could reach out to them to ask for their help.

They may have had similar experiences. As long as your uncle continues to pursue his hobby — albeit with caution — and his old friends are with him, the odds are good that he will be enjoying his stamps as much as ever. It just takes time.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

KEEP YOUR DISTANCE

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The best way to observe a Badger is from a distance! Badgers are from the weasel family and they are so ornery, that they do not enjoy each others company.

Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS

What Makes People Put That Stuff In Their Mouth?

Dear Dr. D: I have a co-worker whose teeth are seriously neglected. He had a toothache last week, and broke a tooth off. We couldn't believe it when he used industrial adhesive cement and a pair of needle nose pliers to 'glue' his tooth back. He has been eating Tylenols like candy. He refuses to go to a dentist, but complains non-stop. What makes otherwise intelligent people put weird stuff like pipe cement in their mouth anyway?

Answer: Welcome to my world. There is one reason that is usually behind behavior like your co-worker. Dentalphobia – or fear of the dentist. He may have had a traumatic incident as a child, or heard stories at home about how much the dentist was going to 'hurt' you.

We see adults all the time who do their children no favours with goofy talk like that. Helicopter moms in the operatory who are asking their children (some are teenagers) about how much it hurts 'yet'. Of course children are susceptible to this type of fear mongering, and this breeds a fear of dentistry into young people.

The number of people this affects is approx. 30% of the adult population today. There are big strong men who almost rip the arm off the dental chair in anticipation of being poked with a needle.

Modern dental techniques are much better for pain management than at any other time in history. Most dentists give 'good' needles now – many patients are actual frozen before they even realize it. In fact, the clinical skills of today's dentist are not usually the subject of a dental referral. Often it is whether or not the referring patient could feel the needle. It is interesting that some patients who fear dental needles come in with more tattoos than there are pickup trucks in Alberta!

We have sedation dentistry for those who are fearful. Oral sedation is simply a pill the patient may take the night before, and 1 hour before the procedure. Surprisingly complex surgery is done with this tool. I.V. Sedation is a step up and requires more training and equipment, and some patients swear by it. The fact that your coworker is using industrial cement is not ideal. That material isn't sterile. He may be gluing part of a decaying tooth part back together, and creating a blockage of pus drainage which may cause back pressure and an abscess. Unattended infections can lead to blood poisoning and potentially even death. The over the counter pills he is gulping are not necessarily wise either. Help your guy out by actually taking him to a dentist you trust. He's not likely going to get there under his own steam!

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