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ADVOCATE REPORTER MURRAY CRAWFORD IS READY TO HIT THE TRAILS AGAIN AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL HOURS TESTING POKÉMON GO

SUSPECT FACING TWO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES

BY MUR URRA RAYY CR CRAW AWFO FORD RD ADVOCATE STAFF It’s addicting, it really is.

There I was in my first gym m battle staring down a Growlithe e (a dog-looking Pokémon with a fire based attack).

Within a few hours of playing g I had reached a point in the new w Pokémon Go smartphone game e where I was ready to do battle.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Hopes of finding a missing five-year-old girl alive vanished Thursday after searchers combing through a rural property found a body believed to be that of Taliyah Leigh Marsman.

At a sombre news conference, Calgary police revealed that by the time they were called earlier this week, the little girl was already dead.

They also announced they had charged TALIYAH LEIGH a suspect, Edw a r d D e l t e n MARSMAN Downey, 46, with the murders of the girl and her mother, Sara Baillie, 34.

Baillie’s body was found Monday night in the home she shared with her little girl.

The next day, an Amber Alert was issued.

But on Thursday afternoon, searchers near Chestermere found the girl’s body near a roadway and police issued a news release cancelling the alert.

The cause of death was not known an autopsy will be held Friday.

“It’s disappointing,” said Insp. Don Coleman. “We were hoping for a different outcome. The family is devastated, clearly.”

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Blackfalds pressing for more services as population soars

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Population growth that’s six points above the provincial average is the strongest argument possible for more services in Blackfalds, says its mayor.

Earlier this week, Blackfalds town council reviewed data from its 2016 municipal census. The numbers show that the town’s population has grown by 250 per cent since 2003 and is now pushing 10,000 people.

Although the growth rate has levelled off somewhat from last year’s boom, Blackfalds is still well ahead of the curve in 2016, growing by 717 people to a total of 9,510 residents. At this time last year, the town’s population had grown by 935 people, which was an increase of almost 12 per cent from 2014.

Those numbers support Mayor Melodie Stol’s contention that Blackfalds can support more services and more businesses.

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where there is an economy of scale to those services,” said Stol, pointing to the high number of young families living in Blackfalds as an example.

This year, the town has almost 1,200 children under the age of five. Stol said the total population was only 2,000 in 1998, when she was first elected to council.

“I think Blackfalds could really use a health unit. Look at the number for kids under the age of five. A local service, easy access for those parents and those kids — it makes a lot of sense.”

Stol said the town is also pushing for its own registries office, where people can purchase or renew driver’s licences, vehicle registrations and other permits without having to travel into Red Deer or Lacombe.

“We are definitely demonstrating we have enough people within our community that business could open here and be successful.”

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Hot weather likely County taps to return next week reserves, province STETTLER

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

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The likelihood is increasing that warmer July weather will return to Central Alberta next week — but that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Kulak said Thursday that hotter temperatures make for more intense storms.

So far, July is on track for higher than normal precipitation. There was measurable precipitation on 10 of the first 12 days in July. Normal rainfall for July is 94.4 mm, and as of Tuesday there had already been 57.2 mm in total.

May saw 55.6 mm of rain at the Red Deer Airport — normal is 55.4 mm. In June, a total of 59.6 mm of rain fell, well below the normal 94 mm. Normal numbers are based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

The hottest day in July so far was Canada Day when the thermometer reached 26.1C. Red Deer can expect to see temperatures in the high 20s or low 30s early next week. This could break the current widely variable wet weather pattern Red Deer and much of Alberta has been seeing, Kulak said.

On Thursday, the 16th anniversary of the Pine Lake tornado, yet another funnel cloud advisory was issued for Red Deer. A funnel cloud only becomes a tornado when it’s in contact with the ground.

Kulak said once wet weather arrives, it’s that much easier to brew the next batch of thunderstorms because the moisture on the ground evaporates during the day.

“We’ve been in a pattern for much of July where it is conducive, supportive, to develop these afternoon thunderstorms across a broad portion of the province. We’re getting these funnel clouds and brief tornado and hail events.”

“It’s tough to get out of that pattern but it does look like we are going to get out of the pattern for the first part of next week.”

Presently the storms have been very slow moving and without a lot of rotation, Kulak said, but the ones next week are going to have some motion to them and therefore more intensity.

“That’s the head’s up for next week.”

Over the last 11 years Alberta has averaged about eight tornadoes annually. The brief tornadoes so far this year for the most part have not been super cells, Kulak said.

The super cell is an intense rotating thunderstorm, well organized, with the ability to last for an extended time, and producing large hail and strong winds. Tornadoes in these storms can be visible but sometimes rain can wrap around them and they are harder to see.

“That’s what happened in the Pine Lake tornado. … The tornado was on the ground but because of the rain curtain, you couldn’t see through it. You could see that there was something in it but it wasn’t a clear picture,” said Kulak.

The tornado claimed the lives of 12

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by MARK BRETHERTON/Advocate staff

Sunshine illuminates rain-bejewelled flowers on Thursday afternoon in a local garden. Red Deer can expect to see temperatures in the high 20s or low 30s early next week. This could break the current widely variable wet weather pattern Red Deer and much of Alberta has been seeing, said Dan Kulak, meteorologist with Environment Canada. people and also injured 140 others.

But the main threat in the summertime in Canada is not tornadoes. On average, lightning kills more people

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The County of Stettler is now using reserves and provincial funding to construct a controversial public works complex after residents recently voted 54 per cent against borrowing money for the $9.5-million project.

A total of 1,047, or 28 per cent, of county residents voted in the plebiscite held on June 27.

Reeve Wayne Nixon said the decision to move forward on the project was made Wednesday.

“Doing nothing was not an option.

We always said that,” said Nixon on Thursday.

“The petition was against the borrowing bylaw for building the shop. We will not be borrowing money.”

The county held the plebiscite after some community members opposed plans to borrow for the project and petitioned the county more than once saying it was too expensive in difficult economic times.

Local businessman Brad Mappin, a key organizer of the petitions, was not happy with council’s decision and worried it would increase taxes and impact generations to come.

“This is a project that is huge dollars for a county this size,” Mappin said.

Nixon said about $2.2 million would be needed to bring the existing public works shop back up to code.

Work on air quality, wiring, insulation, the roof and more was required.

And it would still be a shop that is not big enough.

Right now portable air exchangers are used to improve air quality inside the shop where heavy machinery are run and welding is done.

“Council was very reluctant to put money into the old shop which is 47 years old, and because of where it’s located in the town of Stettler. It’s pouring good money after bad.”

Council says it has a duty to consider both the safety of employees working in the shop and the nearby public. Residential neighbourhoods have been built around the shop, including a senior’s continuing care facility.

“We’re in an area where we don’t really want to be or probably shouldn’t be.”

The new shop will be located about two km south of Stettler on Hwy 56, on the east side of the highway, on land the county previously purchased.

Council is allocating $3 million from its $11-million reserve fund, and $6 million in Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) provincial grant funding for capital projects over three years. Another $521,000 will be available by reducing operational spending over the next two years.

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Birth-control project a success: WHOAS

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Good results are coming in from a program aimed at stabilizing the population of wild horses running in the foothills west of Sundre, says its strongest proponent.

Bob Henderson, founder and president of WHOAS (Wild Horses of Alberta Society) has been keeping watch on the wild herds, including a number of mares that were darted last year with a vaccination that prevents them from conceiving.

Last year, WHOAS received permission from the province to administer contraceptive vaccines to selected mares in the wild herds as a means of managing their numbers. The program is a five-year pilot project supervised by veterinarian Bruce Stover.

To date, WHOAS has darted 73 mares with the contraceptive Zona Stat-H and given boosters to 16 of them.

None of the eight mares darted at the outset of the program produced a foal this year, Henderson said on Thursday. While the vaccination will have had some effect, natural factors may also have prevented those mares from conceiving or carrying their foals to term.

“I think we’re being quite successful with our objective of targeting a certain number of mares to prove that this is the most humane and effective way of population management of the wild horses.”

Those that were already pregnant

have to geld them. The expense and danger of doing that out in the wild … could really be a hardship on the horse itself plus the people that have to do it.”

WHOAS raises its own money to cover the costs of the program, estimated at $1,100 per mare over the five years of the pilot.

While the group gets a great deal of support from some sectors, the program continues to come under fire from others.

“There are some that are just on our case, They just hate what we’re doing, but they offer no solutions. Some want us to just leave them alone, but the government won’t allow that. They do have to be managed, and we figured this is the best way to do it,” said Henderson.

“At the stakeholders’ meeting on June 29, most were in favor of reducing the numbers, but WHOAS is saying no.

“When the other stakeholders are saying take them down to a number that the range can handle, well, what’s that number? Nobody can give us that answer, so we’re saying leave them alone and let us do our program and we’ll manage the population — at least keep it stable.”

WHOAS raises funds through annual calendar sales, donations and, as a one-of this year, by raffling a set of tickets for a day on the set of the CBC TV series, Heartland. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Last year, Wild Horses of Alberta Society received permission from the province to administer contraceptive vaccines to selected mares in the wild herds as a means of managing their numbers. The program is a five-year pilot project supervised by veterinarian Bruce Stover. To date, the society has darted 73 mares with the contraceptive Zona Stat-H and given boosters to 16 of them. when they were vaccinated have produced a normal number of healthy foals, said Henderson.

Overall, the wild horses came through winter in good health and have all grown “fat and sassy” after few weeks on new grass, he said.

“The foals are strong and the mortality rate on the foals is down over

other years. It’s been as high as 70 per cent. This year it’s probably about 30 per cent.”

Vaccinating the mares is less costly and more humane that rounding up and gelding the stallions, said Henderson.

“You’d have to tranquilize them, you’d have to put them down, you’d

‘Ribbers’ descend on city next month EVENT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF

RIBFEST RED DEER

A new tasty summer event in downtown Red Deer has the potential to become an annual attraction like it has in many parts of Ontario.

The very first Ribfest Red Deer, which brings competing “ribbers” to the city to sell slow-cooked beef and pork ribs, barbecue chicken and pulled pork, in a festival atmosphere, will take place Aug. 19 to 21, director/ promoter Les Gagne said Thursday.

Ribfest Red Deer is partnering with the Red Deer Downtown Business Association and will also help raise funds for the Make A Wish Foundation.

They are also partnering with local craft beer brewer Troubled Monk.

There will be a beer tent at the event, Gagne said.

Ribfests have been popular in Ontario for about the past 20 years, in small towns and big cities, sometimes as fundraisers and sometimes as community builders, said Gagne, who is based in Ottawa.

The ribbers arrive with their large barbecues on trucks, each taking up a footprint of about 11 by 8 metres, with large nine-metre menu panels. Gagne said there will be about five different ribbers this year, and they want the ribfest to become an annual event in Red Deer.

Things get very animated with lots of cheering, chanting and big flames, and there will be a judging and other contests, he said, adding they intend to purchase all the meat from Alberta producers.

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Alberta BRIEFS Arts Council extends deadline for committee The Red Deer College Arts Council Advisory Committee has extended its deadline to find three people to sit on the committee.

Expressions of interest for three members-at-large representing the community can now be submitted until Aug. 26.

RDC built its Arts Centre in the early 1980s and the City of Red Deer contributed financially towards construction.

In 1983, the college and city entered into an agreement to provide community organizations and the public with reasonable access to the facility and to promote its use for the mutual benefit of both the community and the college.

The community advisory committee, made up of representatives from the college, the city and public, facilitates open communication between the community and Red Deer College.

The committee acts in advisory capacity to the college on all matters relating to the intent of the agreement, including a review of the Red Deer College Arts Centre annual report.

The committee is seeking two members to represent the general community and one member to represent ongoing regular users of the facility.

Members would sit on the committee for a two-year term.

Meetings are held no more than once per month and committee members do not receive any form of remuneration.

Expressions of interest should be e-mailed to CultureMailbox@ reddeer.ca. People should indicate what position they are interested in representing and the perspective and experience they would bring to the committee.

Murder of Leduc man still under investigation

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tend about 65 ribfests throughout Ontario each year. Gagne will bring three ribfests to Alberta in 2016 as a test, also going to Calgary and Lethbridge after Red Deer. Next year they will be in several more Western Canadian communities.

Ribfest Red Deer will be located in the Welikoklad Event Centre parking lot, which is just west of City Hall Park.

Local food vendors who offer food that would compliment the ribfest are being sought. Local entertainers will be lined up as well.

The food prices will range from about $6 for children to about $23 for a full rack of ribs, he said. There is no admission charge.

More information is available at reddeerribfest.ca barr@reddeeradvocate.com Lacombe police continue to investigate the murder of a Leduc man found dead after a brawl early in December.

Police who were called to the scene discovered a body and another man suffering serious injuries inside the house on 53rd Street and 51st Ave. on Dec. 9, 2015.

There were a number of people inside the house, all known to each other, said Insp. Lorne Blumhagen of the Lacombe Police Service.

In a news release issued two days later, Blumhagen identified the dead man as Brent John Forgie, 26, of Leduc. He did not release the identity of the injured man.

On Thursday, Blumhagen said that while assault charges are now before the courts in connection with the surviving victim, Forgie’s murder is still under investigation.

Police have not identified a suspect, pending the results of forensic tests now being performed on evidence gathered at the scene, he said.

The medical examiner’s report has not been released and police will not reveal how Forgie died at this point, said Blumhagen.

While the murder investigation continues, court proceedings are moving forward against Calgary resident Jesse

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COMPLEX: May get extra grants Nixon said the project may also qualify for additional grants from the federal and provincial governments.

Construction, and economic spin-off from the project, will help the local economy, he said.

“As soon as one project gets going, your suppliers and even down to your hotels and restaurants, benefit.”

Nixon called it a progressive step forward for the county.

The project, originally pegged at $9.2 million, increased to $9.5 million due to the three-month delay in construction that will boost winter building costs.

Scott Builders Inc., of Red Deer, was hired to build the public works complex. Site preparation is expected to begin soon. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com Vankroonenburgh, 23, who is charged with assault causing bodily harm.

Vankroonenburgh’s defence counsel, Maurice Collard, has asked that the case be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench. A preliminary hearing originally set for Red Deer provincial court last week has been rescheduled to Nov. 3.

Preliminary hearings are optional for cases to be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench and may be held to weigh the Crown’s evidence before proceeding to the higher court.

Three hurt when camera equipment falls at Stampede CALGARY — Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after camera equipment fell on them at the Calgary Stampede.

Stampede spokeswoman Jennifer Booth says the incident happened Wednesday evening in the bleacher area of the grandstand.

She says EMS crews responded along with the Stampede’s medical team and police.

She says the trio are described as having soft-tissue injuries.

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Tony Clement delusional about candidacy

BY BOB HEPBURN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Some political leadership candidates are truly inspirational, energetic and brimming with bold, innovative ideas.

Others are stiff, lack charisma, recycle shopworn ideas and are delusional about their chances of winning.

Guess which category Tony Clement falls into?

Clement, who represents the riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka, is the fourth candidate to enter the race to replace Stephen Harper as head of the federal Conservatives. He formally launched his campaign Tuesday in a veterans’ hall in Mississauga, telling the small crowd of invited loyalists that he is “tested and ready.”

Clement showed up with a new haircut and glasses, but offered nothing new.

He issued no campaign promises, no policy ideas other than to cut taxes and be hard on terrorists, no glimpse of the “optimistic modern conservatism” that he talked about and no real path forward for the Conservatives.

This is Clement’s third bid to head a political party - and it likely will be the third time he fails miserably, even in

a field filled with so undistinguished and uninspiring opponents as are lining up for Harper’s old job.

In 2004, he finished a distant third to Harper and Belinda Stronach in the race to be the first leader of the reformed Conservative party. In 2002, he ended up in third place on the first ballot in the Ontario Tory leadership contest won by Ernie Eves.

Despite his long career as a provincial and federal cabinet minister and party foot soldier, polls on the leadership race put him in single digits, far behind former cabinet colleague Peter MacKay, who has yet to enter the race.

In Clement’s case, there are five key factors that will haunt his leadership dream and likely will be impossible to overcome.

First, Clement deservedly earned the title of “The King of Pork-Barrel Politics” for his disgraceful role in doling out $50 million in special projects in his riding that were to be related to the 2010 G8 summit in Huntsville, Ont. Instead, most of the money went to totally unrelated projects far from the summit site, such as renovating bandshells and gazebos, planting flowers, repairing public washrooms and paving roads in his riding.

Auditor General Sheila Fraser later blasted Clement in a report for break-

ing rules and a lack of paperwork on hundreds of projects.

In announcing his candidacy on Tuesday, Clement promised that if he becomes prime minister he “will respect taxpayers’ money.” He made no mention of how he failed to do just that during his G8 pork-barrel follies.

Second, Clement became an international joke when he enthusiastically killed the important long-form census of 2011. He saw it as an invasion of privacy for asking such delicate questions as how many bathrooms are in your home. The move so outraged Munir Sheikh, the country’s chief statistician, that he quit in disgust. On Tuesday, Clement made no mention of the census, but has suggested that if he had to do it over again, he “would have done it differently.”

Third, Clement is talking up his immigrant background, but he has a lot to answer for on immigration. Despite being a senior cabinet minister, he did and said nothing over the last few years as the Harper government deliberately dragged its heels in allowing Syrian refugees to come to Canada.

He also kept his mouth shut when his cabinet colleague Kellie Leitch proposed a snitch hotline clearly aimed at Muslims where people could report “barbaric cultural practices.”

On Tuesday, Clement insisted that as a 55-year-old white guy who came from England as a child, he understands the needs, challenges and desires of newcomers. He made no mention of Syrian refugees or the snitch line.

Fourth, Clement is a Harper clone and happily so. Like Harper, he is stiff, devoid of charisma, and uninspiring.

He is well-liked by the out-of-favour Harperites and offers voters nothing fresh, from his call to stop funding the CBC to Iran-bashing that voters didn’t see - and reject - in Harper himself in the last election.

Fifth, Peter MacKay will enter the race. MacKay, who is working at a Toronto law firm, is seen by many Tories as more modern, appealing and saleable to voters than any other former Harper cabinet minister. Businessman Kevin O’Leary, a star on the TV program Dragon’s Den, has teased Tories by hinting he might run.

He won’t, though.

In fact, O’Leary has invited Clement to his Muskoka cottage on Friday to “talk politics.”

So why is Clement doing this?

Ego? Delusional? A sense of calling?

Only Clement knows for sure.

Bob Hepburn is a national affairs writer.

idents of this area?

As you are personally aware of people who are struggling to make ends meet, I would think you might use some of the many resources available to you in your position to help people with training or education programs which may help qualify for better than entry level positions, thereby ensuring a more stable financial future.

Does it make economic sense to increase all minimum wage positions when only a small percentage are people supporting families? Of course, the increase in government revenues would not be as high, but as you stated in your letter, the reason you “ran for government” was because you believe in “social justice,” so the tax increase cannot be a priority for you.

I was less than impressed with your letter. As one of the MLAs for this area, I would expect a much better report than what was presented. If this collection of anecdotes is supposed to help your government promote this initiative, I’m afraid it fell far short of the mark.

Beverly Krausher, Red Deer

eight hours from here in the States — says adoption is typically $120 with all of the above included. No wonder so many wonderful dogs and cats are being put down here. How can anyone adopt a pet at that price? Even at the difference in the dollar, it just doesn’t add up. And who’s paying the price?

Poor helpless animals. Wake up in Canada and smell the coffee! Please!

And yes, I’m not naive of the the cost of taking care of pets. I have a diabetic cat, two and a half years, and yes I have had two lumps (almost cancerous) removed from the other cat. I even had to remove teeth from diabetic cat, so I know very well the cost — all on a senior’s budget.

J.O. Bumsawin, Red Deer Editor’s Note: Some shelters such as Red Deer S.P.C.A. have a maximum adoption policy and only euthanize animals in cases of extreme illness or behavioural issues.

century, and used as an elk pound by the Cree. The Cree used the area north of Red Deer (now Westlake) across from Heritage Ranch as a wintering ground. Dozens of tipi rings dotted the area, all undocumented and unnoticed by provincial archaeologists. The loss of the archaeological heritage should have raised the ire of the historical community. The items could have been documented for posterity. We are now seeing more heritage and priceless artifacts destroyed. Can you imagine the information on the people who were in this area that could be discovered? As the land has been tilled for decades, many artifacts would be destroyed, but beneath the one-foot level, history can yet be found.

In modern society, ‘progress’ is often made at the sacrifice of history.

Such projects are almost always done by outsiders with no appreciation nor understanding of the environmental value of the land.

I’m saddened that the City of Red Deer, who worked hard to preserve close to 20 acres of the area could not preserve more. However, I’m more saddened that our council has seen fit to let rampant developers scream through prime agricultural land with no apparent efforts to preserve pre-contact history.

I know it will continue but perhaps someday we will understand the cost of desecrating history for the sake for a few dollars more.

Tim Lasiuta, Red Deer

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Red Deer MLA off mark on minimum wage benefits The original letter I wrote in reply to Barb Miller’s letter in the Red Deer Advocate, July 8, 2016 was too lengthy to be published so I’ve condensed. It should be noted, proper source information was given, but has been omitted here in the interest of brevity.

I find it baffling that a current member of the legislature would list nothing but anecdotal examples to prove your case for increases to minimum wage. I undertook an exercise to determine the benefit of minimum wage increases. Using the latest increase in Alberta, the actual cash in pocket to the forty hour per week wage earner was $27.92/week, a 6.8 per cent increase in take home pay. What was interesting was the effect on the tax rate using these same numbers. The federal tax amount increased by 27 per cent while the provincial tax amount increased a whopping 135 per cent (Source = Canada Revenue Payroll taxation tables) It’s no small wonder the provincial government is so insistent on a minimum wage increase.

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B.C. Appeal Court upholds prison sentence for Mountie convicted of perjury

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer who jolted Robert Dziekanski several times at Vancouver’s airport and then lied about it to an inquiry has lost his appeal in British Columbia’s highest court.

Kwesi Millington claimed the lower-court judge made numerous errors in finding him guilty of perjury for testimony he gave at the inquiry investigating the death of the Polish migrant in October 2007.

In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel at the British Columbia Court of Appeal tossed out all of Millington’s arguments.

All four officers who confronted the distraught man at Vancouver’s airport were charged with perjury. Two were acquitted of the charge, while Milling-

ton and former Mountie Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were convicted.

The Crown claimed in separate trials that the officers colluded over what to say about the confrontation because their stories were all similar, despite video evidence to the contrary.

Millington’s appeal was based on numerous conclusions by the trial judge over the bystander’s video, the questions of collusion, the exclusion of expert evidence about the impact of stressful and fast-moving events, and the decision to allow the Crown to pursue the allegation that the officers conspired on their stories.

In a written decision released Thursday, the panel concluded the trial judge reached the correct verdict and thoroughly analyzed the issue around Millington’s motive to lie.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s new panel on the future of the oilsands hasn’t held its first meeting, but most of its members have already been getting together for years.

“When I first started meeting with CEOs from the oil industry to have discussions on common ground, it was two years ago,” said Tzeporah Berman, one of three co-chairs of the new Oilsands Advisory Group.

“The history of this is already a couple of years old.”

Of the 15 people in the new group, Berman said about 10 of them — or the institution they represent — have been part of informal talks that began when Jim Prentice was Alberta’s premier.

Alberta’s NDP government raised eyebrows on all sides of the oilsands debate Wednesday when it appointed Berman, a prominent oilsands critic and leading figure in Canada’s environmental movement, to help map how the industry could conform to the province’s climate change strategy.

The Opposition Wildrose Party called the decision “very disappointing.” Berman acknowledged she’s heard the same, for different reasons, from her peers.

She has marched against new oilsands pipelines.

One group she used to lead, ForestEthics, tried to convince Americans to stop buying oilsands-derived oil.

Now she’s talking about the importance of jobs and the need to not upset capital markets.

“I expected a pretty big backlash,” she said.

But she points out that the quiet dialogue, away from politicians and reporters, has already borne fruit. The same informal roundtable that became the nucleus of the new panel also deeply influenced the creation of the climate policy it now seeks to implement.

“When the new NDP government came in and announced they wanted to do a climate change plan, we already had a number of shared policy positions that we could bring to them. We already had principles for a strong carbon pricing system.”

Berman’s search for common ground between business and environmentalists has also brought results in other industries. She was involved in both the Clayoquot Sound agreement, which ended the socalled “war in the woods” over some old-growth forests in British Columbia, and the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, hailed as one of Canada’s largest conservation agreements.

Neither deal has been controversy-free.

But Berman insists that, at some point, you have to talk to the other guy.

“Solutions are messy and campaigns are black and white,” she said. “I stand by the idea that if you’re not working on solutions, you’re not campaigning. You’re just complaining.”

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was almost unconscious when I finally knocked off that Growlithe.

Victory!

Then, I found out I wasn’t quite done yet. The Growlithe was the first of three Pokémon set to face me at the gym. And next up was Kadabra, a psychic Pokémon noted for its three fingers and a yellow Fu Manchu moustache. It was a significantly more powerful Pokémon than any I had acquired, so that was the end of my second trip to the gym.

I left with a bruised ego once again, but less so the second time though because I had at least beaten the gym’s weakest member.

Believe me, I will be back at some point, but for now I’m going to enjoy what I find is the game’s best feature — the walking and the exploring.

The fact that players have to walk to find Pokémon and items from Pokéstops (there are ways to cheat, but that’s no fun) is great.

It may look weird seeing a group of people staring down at their phones, flicking their thumbs at a creature that exists only on the screen, but they’re using the trails, exploring the city and enjoying the summer outside. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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TALIYAH: Suspect arrested at strip mall Over the last few days, police and relatives alike had tried to stay positive, pleading with whoever had the girl to return her unharmed.

Police even warned that it would be in the person’s best interest not to harm Taliyah, noting that prisoners in jail do not take kindly to those who harm children.

On Wednesday, a suspect was taken into custody at a strip mall.

Coleman said the man was believed to be the same one witnesses saw Monday with a girl matching Taliyah’s description, adding he was giving “zero co-operation” to investigators. The suspect was known to police and had an extensive criminal background with some violence, he added.

Downey, who also goes by the last name Simmons, appeared before a judge late Thursday. He was ordered to have nothing to do with the child’s estranged father, Colin Marsman.

Police said it’s believed Downey was known to the family.

There had been a “limited” history of domestic violence in the family, but police said Marsman co-operated with the investigation and issued his own plea for his little girl to be returned.

Relatives had described Taliyah as a vivacious and curious curly-haired child.

Baillie’s uncle, Scott Hamilton, had said his niece was single-handedly raising Taliyah, who was described as much more mature than her five years.

He described the two as “inseparable” and said Taliyah “worshipped” her mother.

“Taliyah referred to Sara as Mama and it wasn’t necessarily like a mother-daughter relationship,” he said at a tearful news conference earlier in the week. “It was almost like watching two sisters at times get along.”

The mother’s Facebook page showed a photo last week of Taliyah at the Calgary Stampede, smiling in a white hat and riding a straw bale pony.

The page also carried a video of the little girl reading a book, with her mother writing: “She fills my heart with so much joy.”

TRAINER: Determined to prove his quality It’s been a while since I played the old Nintendo Game Boy games and it hadn’t occurred to me that my choice of the grass type Weepinbell or the flying type Pidgeotto wouldn’t fare too well. The fire attacks of the Growlithe made quick work of my meager offerings.

I was sent packing from my neighbourhood gym feeling a little dejected and a little frustrated.

But I’m not really a quitter so I was determined to improve my roster so I could return to the gym and beat that Growlithe.

For the uninitiated, Pokémon (which is a shortened version of pocket monsters) are creatures that resemble animals from dogs to sea horses to anteaters to hawks. Pokémon trainers, like I was trying to be, catch and train the creatures to do battle against rival trainers. Trainers also try to catch one of each type of Pokémon, at first there were 151 different creatures but now there are 722. Some Pokémon evolve into bigger and tougher versions of their former selves, and evolving is one of the goals of training.

To be honest, Pokémon wasn’t as big in my childhood as it was for those born a few years after me. By the time the show was broadcast on YTV after school, I was at that age when I was “too cool” for such a childish show.

But with younger siblings, I caught on to it through osmosis. For us, the show was a gateway to start playing

Alberta BRIEFS Parents convicted in death of their son get bail LETHBRIDGE — Bail has been granted to a former Alberta couple convicted of failing to get proper medical treatment for their son who died of meningitis.

A jury in Lethbridge found David and Collet Stephan guilty in April of failing to provide the necessaries of life to 19-month-old Ezekiel.

The parents treated the boy with hot pepper, garlic, onions and horseradish instead of taking him to a doctor, and only called an ambulance after he stopped breathing in 2012.

David Stephan received a fourmonth jail term and Collet Stephan was handed three months of aroundthe-clock house arrest.

Both the Crown and defence recently filed appeals.

An Alberta Justice spokeswoman says a bail hearing was scheduled for later this month but the Crown consented to the couple’s release.

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BLACKFALDS: Really coming into its own Photo by MURRAY CRAWFORD/Advocate staff

A wild Pidgey appears in the Red Deer Advocate newsroom. the games. It wasn’t long before I was taking on Brock with my Charmander (fire-breathing lizard), challenging a tough battle for my first gym badge.

And there I was, sitting in my kitchen with this app freshly downloaded choosing which Pokémon I’d start my journey with.

It was the classic choice, the firebased Charmander, the water-based Squirtle (water shooting turtle) and the earth-based Bulbasaur (four-legged creature with an unbloomed flower on its back); the same choice back on the black and white Game Boy that started your quest to become a Pokémon master.

Bulbasaur was sitting there on my front driveway. After a brief chase across my cul-de-sac that ended with me almost running into my neighbour’s parked car, I had captured my first Pokémon.

Note the game isn’t officially available in Canada yet, but that hasn’t stopped people from using workarounds. The game was released in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand on July 6, in Germany on July 13 and in the U.K. on July 14. It is free to download and play, but items can be purchased including: Pokéballs (used to catch Pokémon) and potions (used to heal them).

With all that in mind, how you train and strengthen your team is by capturing more Pokémon, getting items and training them in the gyms. I decided the most fun way to do that was to set out on more walking.

Exercise has to be the biggest side benefit to this game. Through augmented reality, smartphones create Pokémon in your own neighbourhood and I had to go find them. I started walking towards the nearest Pokéstop, which are places you can get items such as Pokéballs from.

There were two nearby, trail signs to Maskepetoon Park on the west end of Oriole Park. The game uses many trail signs and landmarks as Pokéstops, again encouraging users to get outside and go for a walk. When I got there I got a few items including Pokéballs and an egg. Eggs are put into incubators to hatch Pokémon without having to capture them.

I started heading towards Bower Ponds. After reading colleague MaryAnn Barr’s story on the game from Thursday’s Advocate, I thought it would be a hotbed of Pokémon activity. I had just started on my way when my phone buzzed. There was a Pokémon nearby

and I had to capture it.

An Eevee, it looks like a small dog with pointy ears and fox markings and colours, was nearby. I fired a few Pokéballs at it and I had captured the little guy.

Another one for my inventory. I walked a few more steps and I felt another buzz. This time it wasn’t a nearby Pokémon but something I had forgotten all about.

Remember those eggs I talked about? You put them into the incubator and after you walk a certain distance it hatches. There are Pokémon that hatch after two, five or 10 km. Before I set out Thursday morning I had put a five km egg into the incubator and by this time it had hatched.

Out popped a Staryu, it looks like a starfish and has water-based abilities.

Finally I had a Pokémon that could counter that damned Growlithe’s fire strength.

Set on challenging it, I made my way back to the gym.

It was a close battle and my Staryu

With growth, Blackfalds has also improved its mix of residential and commercial ratepayers and continues to attract new businesses, she said. A former gravel pit at the intersection of Hwys 597 and 2A is now being developed with a mix of commercial and residential lots and construction on new homes continues, although the pace has slowed.

Stol said the census data provided to council this week were in a preliminary report, with more details to be worked out by the end of August, the deadline for participating municipalities to submit their reports to the province.

She believes some of the growth reflected in this year’s census may be the result of an unprecedented compliance rate. Last year, 80 houses did not respond to the census. This year, only 12 were missed.

“I’d like to thank the people of Blackfalds for doing that. When people answer the census, we get the maximum amount of dollars that our community is supposed to get,” said Stol.

“We’ve really come into our own and I’m really happy that we’ve seen this happen.” bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Eskimos edge Bombers THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 20 Blue Bombers 16 WINNIPEG — The Edmonton Eskimos came from behind Thursday to beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20-16 and extend their winning streak against their CFL prairie rival.

It was a night filled with penalties and coaches’ challenges. The first half saw two touchdowns called back, one for each team. Edmonton took eight penalties for 70 yards and Winnipeg six for 60 in the first half alone.

Coming off last week’s win in Hamilton, the Bombers were trying to win two in a row for the crowd of 24,007, something they haven’t done in two years, and beat Edmonton, which they haven’t managed in four.

Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly threw for 465 yards and connected for two touchdowns, and kicker Sean Whyte added two field goals.

Winnipeg’s Drew Willy threw for one touchdown and kicker Jason Medlock added three field goals Medlock started things off for Winnipeg at 3:48 in the first quarter with a 43-yarder.

The Bombers thought they had their first touch-

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Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly (13) throws to Chris Getzlaf (89) during the first half of CFL action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Winnipeg, Thursday. down on Kevin Fogg’s 72-yard runback early in the second but an illegal block from Bomber defensive end Shayon Green, well behind the play, got it called back.

Wide receiver Rory Kohlert erased the pain a few minutes later with a 20-yard catch that put the Bombers ahead 10-0.

Later in the half, Reilly finally connected with a 60-yard throw to Adarius Bowman that set up what looked like an 11-yard touchdown throw to Cory Watson, only to have it called back on a penalty.

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Allen, Andersen headline wave of new No. 1 goaltenders

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS When the season was on the line for the St. Louis Blues, they turned to 31-year-old veteran goaltender Brian Elliott.

Now, after being eliminated one game short of a 2016 Stanley Cup final appearance, they’re putting their faith in a much younger goalie.

St. Louis is handing the keys to the crease to 25-year-old Jake Allen next season after dealing Elliott to Calgary on draft night. Allen and Elliott had been tangling for control of the St. Louis crease for two seasons, with Elliott starting 83 games compared to Allen’s 76.

“I think honestly for both of us it’s probably the best thing personally,” Allen said. “He wanted a chance to be a full-out No. 1 and so did I. And obviously (Blues general manager Doug Armstrong) had to make a decision there and we all know the one he made and I think we’re both really OK with it.

“I know he didn’t want to leave St. Louis, but he’s obviously got a great opportunity in Calgary and I have a great opportunity in St. Louis.”

The Blues hammered that point home earlier this month, signing Allen to a four-year extension that begins in 2017.

Allen and Elliott are among a wave of goaltenders likely to inherit full-time duties next season, a group which could include Frederik Andersen (Toronto), John Gibson (Anaheim), Petr Mrazek (Detroit), Matt Murray (Pittsburgh) and perhaps Jacob Markstrom (Vancouver) and even Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg).

Some goaltenders thrive with more opportunity, while others wilt under the physical and mental strain of starting three to four nights a week.

Blues goalie coach Jim Corsi believes four principles define goaltenders who can make the leap.

First, he says, is superior work ethic and attention to the detail. Second is just letting the action happen and not chasing pucks.

“The third level is you’re so in tune with the game that your team trusts you without a doubt,” said Corsi, speaking while on vacation in Italy. “The ultimate level, the fourth level, is you’re in the head of the opposition. The opposition looks at you and they say ‘This is one tough guy to beat’.”

Once the goalie coach to Sabres great Dominik Hasek, Corsi believes Allen checks those boxes.

“I think he can be one of the best in the league,” Corsi said, noting Allen’s quickness, athleticism, and intuitiveness. “I see him right there. I really do.

Without a doubt. And he’s still young. I think he can still grow.”

A former second round pick, Allen’s numbers rose in each of his first three NHL seasons, highlighted by the six shutouts and .920 save percentage he posted in a career-high 44 starts last season.

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Phil Mickelson of the United States plays out of a bunker on the 16th green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland, Thursday.

Mickelson shoots 63 at British Open

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TROON, Scotland — Phil Mickelson was 16 feet away from a place in history he wouldn’t have to share with anyone.

Fans watched from a rooftop balcony. Royal Troon members strained to see out the window from the clubhouse behind the 18th green. Jack Nicklaus usually doesn’t watch golf on TV, but he made an exception for this moment.

In 436 majors held over the last 156 years, no one had ever shot 62.

That’s still the case. By a fraction of an inch.

“I want to cry,” Mickelson said.

Mickelson pointed his putter toward the hole and was ready to step into history Thursday in the British Open when his birdie putt turned sharply to the right at the mouth of the hole, just enough to ride the edge around the back of the cup and sit there, teasing him.

“You made a beautiful read and putt on that last hole but got absolutely stone-cold robbed,” Nicklaus said in a message on Facebook.

Mickelson plopped his hand on his forehead in disbelief. His caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, was so stunned that he fell over backward.

“It was one of the best rounds I’ve ever played … and yet I want to shed a tear right now,” Mickelson said. “That putt on 18 was an opportunity to do something historical. I knew it, and with a foot to go I thought I had done it. I saw that ball rolling right in the centre. I went to go get it. I had that surge of adrenaline that I had just shot 62, and then I had the heartbreak that I didn’t.”

No tears were necessary at Royal Troon, not after a round of 63 that was brilliant even by Lefty’s standards, and certainly not after building a three-shot lead over Patrick Reed and Martin Kaymer on an

ideal day by the Irish Sea. Mickelson seized the moment with a birdie on the par-5 16th from a bunker short of the green, and a 4-iron to 15 feet for birdie on the par-3 17th to reach 8-under par. He knew no one had ever shot 62 in a major. He also knew he most likely would never get a chance like this.

“That would have been really something special,” he said. “So to have that putt lip out, that’s going to sting for a while.”

Even with such a close call, Mickelson is in good company.

Nicklaus missed a putt just inside 3 feet for a 62 in the 1980 U.S. Open at Baltusrol. Greg Norman had to only two-putt from 30 feet for a 62 at Turnberry in the 1986 British Open and took three putts. Tiger Woods watched his 15-foot putt for 62 spin 270 degrees around the cup in the 2007 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Nick Price’s birdie putt for a 62 in the 1986 Masters dipped in and out of the cup.

Asked why there had never been a 62 in the major, Mickelson pointed to his putt.

“There’s a curse,” he said. “Because that ball should have been in.”

It wasn’t for a lack of effort. He went with a 6-iron to play a baby cut back toward the hole, and it worked out perfectly. He brought in his caddie and told him that “I need your best read.” Ernie Els did his part, putting out of turn to turn the stage over to Mickelson. The pace was perfect. The putt looked perfect — until it wasn’t. By a fraction.

“I saw that ball going in and I just had a good, clear vision of what was going to happen,” he said.

“What I didn’t see was what happened.”

And now, he faces a return to reality.

Of the seven previous players to open with a 63 in a major, only Nicklaus at the 1980 U.S. Open and Raymond Floyd at the 1982 PGA Championship went on to win.

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Midget AAA Braves have reason for optimism DANNY RODE SPORTS Going into the Norwest Midget AAA Baseball League season first-year head coach Dwayne Lalor was optimistic.

And while things haven’t gone exactly as planned he has seen improvement and there’s still optimism.

“Right now we’re close, but we need to figure how to get over the hump,” he said. “We just seem to make an error at a key time, or don’t come up with the key hit. We’re losing a lot of games by one or two runs. Now we need to figure out how to get over that.

“The kids have developed where their skills are pretty consistent … pretty good, but that they have to work on that energy and some communication. They need to make that play which gets everyone excited and so far we haven’t been able to do that on a regular basis.

“We hope that the guys come fired up every day, but it doesn’t work that way. Even in the big leagues.”

The Braves have been working on consistency and working on being ready to make a play, whether it’s early in the game or late in the game.

“At times you can play a whole game and hardly get to make a play,” said Lalor, who is one of the premier

players to come out of Red Deer, playing college ball at Washington State and with the national team.

“But you have to be prepared and give it all when the opportunity arises.

Even if you don’t make the play you have to show an all-out effort. It says something to your teammates.”

The Braves showed exactly how good they can be by finishing second in the Kamloops midget AAA tournament.

“We did things better for longer than most of the other teams,” said Lalor.

“It looked like we had turned the corner on the season, but came back and had a couple of tough games, which set us back again. We need to get back to where we were in Kamloops.”

The Braves sit 11th in the 15 team league with a 7-17 record, which they could improve dramatically over the next nine days, as they play eight games, including a pair of three-game sets at home.

They host the Northern Lights from Grande Prairie Saturday (3 and 6 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m.). then host the Edmonton Cardinals II July 23 at noon and 3 p.m. and the 24th at 11 a.m. They also play a pair of midweek games.

“It will test us and if we get on a roll we will feel good about ourselves. We feel we’re competitive with both teams we play the three-game series with and if we can win five or six of the games it jumps us up in the standings.”

As it stands the Braves would play

in the Tier II championship, which they won the past two seasons.

“We showed we were the class of that division but should be in the next level. We may not win the division, but should be competitive. We should be talking about making a push to finish in the top division during the season and play in those playoffs.

“That should be an expectation of the group.”

The Braves are a fairly young team with the likes of Mike Ozga, Ty Moline and Tsar Hester among the older group.

All three have been leaders on the mound and at the plate.

Hester leads the team with seven doubles and a .600 slugging percentage and a OPS (on base percentage plus slugging) of 1.072. Ozga, who plays for the University of Calgary during the school season, has a .333 batting average with 12 walks and 1.003 OPS. He is tied with Zach Olson and Zack Baker with nine RBIs each. He also has a team-leading 2-1 win-loss record.

Two other members of the Braves — Olson and Ty Wagar — attended the Prospects Baseball Academy in St. Albert while Cooper Jones will attend the Vauxhall Academy this fall.

While Lalor is busy with the Braves, he’s also head of the committee which will run the Canadian senior women’s baseball championship, Aug. 25-29.

The five-team tournament will be a round-robin with semifinals, a bronze medal game and a final.

There’ll be teams from Alberta,

Quebec, Ontario, B.C, and a prospects team which will consist of players who don’t make the Ontario provincial team along with players from the Maritimes and Manitoba.

“It’s mainly a team for the younger players who aren’t quite ready to play with the national program but are close,” explained Lalor.

The Canadian championship will also be used to select the 20 members of the national team. Red Deer’s Kelsey Lalor has played with the national program the last two years.

“We host the national championship, but as an added bonus 20 of the girls will receive national team hats following the tournament. They will leave for Korea and the World Cup in early September.

Central Alberta will be well represented on Team Alberta with Kelsey and Hayley Lalor, Heidi Northcott of Rocky Mountain House and Heather Northcott of Clive, Megan Cameron of Rimbey and Kaley Gilham of Rocky.

Lalor indicated he’s close to having everything wrapped up for the tournament but could use a bit more sponsorship and a few volunteers.

“We get sponsorship from the province and the Blue Jays and a bit from Baseball Canada. But we do have to pay for officials and some of those come from Ontario. So we do need a bit more financial help.”

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.

Bronze medallist Lopes-Schliep retires

— daughter Nataliya, who’s now four — only to miss out on the team for the London Games. Normally the picture of consistency, she uncharacteristically hit the seventh hurdle in the trials, and wound up finishing fifth.

But Lopes-Schliep, who’s also the mom to two-year-old Jaslene, said she leaves with no regrets.

“I’m so excited to have had such a great career, and to be able to do what I did in my sport, to run with the flag on my back, and have dreams and

goals, and to see almost all of them come true,” she said. “I don’t think many athletes ever have everything they want come true.

“At the end of the day, being able to say I’ve medalled at the Olympics, medalled at worlds, being the fastest hurdler in the world at one point in time… I think I’ve got some good check marks on my list.”

Lopes-Schliep, who announced her retirement in Edmonton on the eve of the TrackTown Classic meet there, is doing some coaching. She had four athletes qualify for the Nebraska state high school championships, she said proudly. She’s otherwise busy with motivational speaking, but most of all, she’s savouring the opportunity to be at home with her daughters.

On the heels of last weekend’s Olympic trials, Lopes-Schliep feels she leaves the sport in a good place. Her 2008 Olympic medal was the first track and field medal in 12 years for Canada.

Dylan Armstrong originally finished fourth in shot put in Beijing but was awarded the bronze medal in 2013 after Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was stripped for a failed drug test.

Four years later in London, Derek Drouin won Canada’s only medal in the sport — a bronze in high jump. But Canada captured a record-eight medals at last summer’s world track and field championships and is sending its largest, and arguably strongest, team ever to Rio next month.

“To go out there and know, I brought some hurdlers to the game here,” she said. “It’s cool to be able to say that, to be part of history that way.

“Obviously I do miss (track), but I’m happy where I am now too. I gave it all I had, and God knows what was best for me. I enjoyed it.”

Now it’s Allen’s crease, with 30-year-old Carter Hutton firmly the backup.

Some, like the Oilers’ Cam Talbot and Sharks’ Martin Jones last season, thrive with such opportunities, while others like former Maple Leaf goaltender Jonathan Bernier are unable to rise into the role of unquestioned No. 1.

Allen said playing more means finding a way to maintain performance under the heavy strain of 55-60 starts and adjusting habits where necessary.

That might mean opting out of practice one day or taking fewer shots on the morning of a game.

Corsi says each goaltender “is his own master.”

“If you’re going to play a guitar tonight in a concert and you’ve been playing in that concert for the last

month you have to trust that you’re ready,” Corsi said.

“Maybe I just may need to tune my guitar as opposed to play a whole riff and burn my fingers.”

Allen doesn’t think his mentality will change now that he’s leading the crease.

“Not really, to be honest,” Allen said from his hometown Fredericton, where he recently donated 30 sets of new equipment to youth hockey groups in the area in partnership with the NHLPA’s Goals and Dreams program.

“I try not to stray away from my routine or my mentality too much, whether I’m a backup or a starter or I’m not playing or I’m injured.

“I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

File Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, centre, runs alongside heptathlete Jessica Zelinka as they compete in the 100-metre hurdle semi-finals at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary, in 2012. The hurdler from Whitby, Ont., announced her retirement from competitive sport on Thursday, capping a career that saw her win bronze at the 2008 Olympics, silver at the 2009 world championships and the prestigious Diamond League crown in a dominant 2010.

“I told Kaillie ‘I feel like I’m training at 85, 90 per cent here,”’ LopesSchliep said in a phone interview Wednesday night, ahead of Thursday’s announcement in Edmonton. “If you’re training for the Olympics, you need to be training at 100 per cent. I wanted to be honest with her, I didn’t want to hold anything back from her either.”

Lopes-Schliep hadn’t hurdled in competition since the 2012 Olympic trials, where she’d made a spectacular comeback from having her first child

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CFL: Gambled Edmonton also gambled on a third and seven and lost, turning the ball over just inside Winnipeg territory, but the Bombers did nothing with the opportunity.

The Eskimos had to settle for a 23-yard field goal from Whyte at the 11:15 mark to make it 10-3 but less than two minutes later Medlock kicked a 38-yarder to make it 13-3.

As the half ended the Eskimos were faced with a third-and-goal option and this time Reilly connected with a twoyard throw to Watson to narrow the gap to 13-10 with seconds on the clock.

Reilly was the more effective pivot connecting with 21-of-26 throws for 247 yards in the first half. Willy was 10-of15 passing for 122.

The game seemed to settle down in the second half until Winnipeg coach Mike O’Shea challenged a call the officials ruled wasn’t challengeable, moving the ball 10 yards closer for Whyte’s 29-yard field goal to tie the game 13-13 at 9:48 of the third.

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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep has raced to Olympic and world championship medals and had her name at the top of the world rankings.

But what she will miss most is that moment before the gun goes off, when a hush falls over the crowd.

“It’s when I’m looking down the track and knowing that I am ready to run, I’m ready to roll,” she said.

“Everyone thinks I have that kind of ‘beast mode,’ like ‘don’t get in my way’ kind of look. It’s having that zoned-in feeling. That is the coolest thing ever.

Especially when the gun goes off and you start racing. You don’t hear anything. You’re so focused, every hurdle comes up quick, it comes up easy… that feeling.”

The hurdler from Whitby, Ont., announced her retirement from competitive sport on Thursday, capping a career that saw her win bronze at the 2008 Olympics — one of Canada’s two track and field medals in Beijing — and silver at the 2009 world championships. Her best season though was 2010, when she went undefeated through 12 races to earn the world No. 1 ranking, and capped the summer by winning the prestigious Diamond League crown.

The 33-year-old announced last fall that she was switching sports to bobsled, as the brakeman for two-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries.

She travelled to Calgary a few times this past winter to train with Humphries, but found the sport wasn’t “a perfect fit.” Part of the problem was the lack of a decent indoor training facility near her home in rural Nebraska.

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Paralympic swim team unveiled in Ottawa

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

A woman takes a photo of Nydia Langill, left, of Mississauga, Ont., and Tammy Cunnington, of Red Deer, following an unveiling ceremony for the Canadian Paralympic swim team, in Ottawa on Thursday.

Cunnington headed to Rio OTTAWA — Thursday was a formality, but Red Deer’s Tammy Cunnington is officially nominated to be one of the 22 swimmers selected to Team Canada for the Rio Paralympic Games this summer.

The 40-year-old was part of a large announcement by Swimming Canada on Thursday, but Cunnington had her place sewn up earlier this year as she won gold medals in the Paralympic

All-star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan on re-signing with Raptors: ‘I am Toronto’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan knew he was never going to leave Toronto, his home away from home.

The all-star shooting guard from Compton, Calif., and the Raptors confirmed that he’d re-signed with the team on Thursday, even though he never really tested the free-agent market. DeRozan took only one meeting with only one team, and that was the Canadian club that drafted him ninth overall in 2009.

“I am Toronto,” said DeRozan after a glowing introduction by general manager Masai Ujiri. “Outside of where I’m from, I represent this city harder than anybody. I’ve got so many goals I want to accomplish still, I just can’t wait to put that jersey back on and keep going.”

The six-foot-seven, 220-pound DeRozan averaged a career and team-best 23.5 points (tied for eighth in the NBA) with 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 35.9 minutes over 78 games in 2015-16. He averaged 20.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 37.3 minutes in 20 post-season games to help lead Toronto to its first-ever Eastern Conference final, where the Raptors lost to the eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers.

DeRozan’s new deal is reportedly for five years at US$139 million.

In seven seasons with the Raptors, DeRozan has

averaged 18.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 33.9 minutes in 521 games (509 starts).

Both DeRozan and Ujiri waved off any talk of records, stats or personal bests. Instead, the focus is on seeing through what they started and winning an NBA title.

“Every person that’s close to me, every person who knows me, if I’m in it with you, I’m in it with you,” said DeRozan, who has the word “loyalty” tattooed on his left hand. “If you called me to walk with you to the store on a rainy day, I’m going to walk with you. In the rain. To the store. Period.

“That’s just the type of person I am. That’s how I always live my life.”

Ujiri was confident that DeRozan would remain in Toronto, even though he knew other NBA teams would pursue the talented free agent. The Raptors GM believes it’s a testament to DeRozan’s character that he never wavered from his commitment to the team, even when he could have made more money elsewhere or joined his hometown Los Angeles Lakers.

“It’s remarkable that it was this way. It says so much about him. I truly respect him for that,” said Ujiri.

“I think it’s a phenomenal city. There’s something about this place that’s unique. Sometimes I hope that I’m not the only one that feels it.”

Trials in Toronto in the 50 metre butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke as well as a bronze in the freestyle.

She was struck by an airplane in Ponoka at an airshow in 1982 and left a paraplegic with the full use of her right arm, core and shoulders.

Cunnington swims for the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club and holds Canadian records in the 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle and the 50 metre butterfly.

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Hill leads the way for locals at stop in Olds OLDS — The Red Deer contingent was out in full force at the McLennan Ross Junior Golf Tour stop in Olds, with Logan Hill leading the pack shooting three-under par, 69.

Hot on the heels of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club member was Jordan Williamson of the Balmoral Golf Course who was three-over par, 75.

Bad weather marred the event on Wednesday, but the field managed to get through all 18 holes. That was not the case on Tuesday when the tournament planned for Cairstars was cancelled due to the bad weather.

Two more Central Alberta golfers were in the top six as Cole Bergheim of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club and Clay Pedersen of the Lacombe Golf and Country Club were tied for third at 13-over, 85.

Red Deer Golf and Country Club’s Logan Graf rounded out the top 10 with a 15-over, 87.

Bergheim, Hill and Williamson have already qualified for the tour championship on Aug. 29th at Wolf Creek Golf Resort, but Pederson added his name to the list with his result.

The next stop on the tour is on July 18 at the Ponoka Golf and Country Club.

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OTTAWA — When Aurelie Rivard competed at the London Paralympics four years ago, she had the luxury of flying under the radar.

Four years later, a lot has changed for the star swimmer.

She’s since become the reigning world champion in the 50-metre and 400-metre freestyle and world record-holder in the 100-metre freestyle. Rivard admits to feeling some pressure heading into the Rio Paralympics, which kick off Sept. 7.

“There’s definitely a lot more pressure than when I was in London,” said Rivard, who won a silver medal in 2012. “There, I was a kid and had nothing to lose. Now I’m kind of the girl to beat so there’s a lot of pressure from the outside world — from myself as well.”

But Rivard, officially named Thursday to Canada’s 22-member Paralympic swimming roster, said she has never been more prepared.

“All year long it’s been a good year for me,” said the 20-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., who was born with an underdeveloped left hand.

“I’m exactly where I want to be in my training.”

One of Canada’s biggest stars at last summer’s Parapan American Games in Toronto after winning four golds, Rivard will also be a threat in multiple events in Rio. As they gathered for the team’s official introduction, many of the athletes said they will be watching as the Olympics unfold in a few weeks amid concerns about water-borne bacteria, crime, security, the Zika virus and Brazil’s economic and political troubles.

The main goal is to stay focused and enjoy their time in the spotlight, veteran Paralympian Benoit Huot said.

“At the end of the day, when I take a step back and think about the last 20 years, what’s most important is the journey,” said Huot, who will be competing in his fifth Games.

Huot, 32, said he’ll be drawing energy from more than a dozen rookies on the team.

“It’s magic,” he said.

Canadian swimmers won 16 medals at the London Paralympics, the biggest haul of any sport where Canada was represented.

The athletes hope to bring home more this time, although the team is in a rebuilding phase, said Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough.

“Medals are important, I won’t say they’re not,” said Qualtrough, who competed in swimming at the 1988 and 1992 Paralympics. “(But) the Paralympic side in particular is in a year of transition,” she added. “So we’re really looking at doing better than London, but rebuilding the team this year.”

As for concerns about whether Brazil is fully prepared to host the Olympics, Qualtrough said she’s not worried about the athletes, who will be living in the “bubble” of the Olympic Village.

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SCOREBOARD FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2016

Baseball Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota Texas Houston Seattle Oakland Los Angeles

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Saturday’s Games Detroit 3, Toronto 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Atlanta 4 Baltimore 3, L.A. Angels 2 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Cleveland 6, 11 innings Oakland 3, Houston 2 Kansas City 5, Seattle 3 Minnesota 8, Texas 6 Sunday’s Games

Local Sports Toronto 6, Detroit 1 N.Y. Yankees 11, Cleveland 7 Baltimore 4, L.A. Angels 2 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 0 Atlanta 2, Chicago White Sox 0 Houston 2, Oakland 1, 10 innings Seattle 8, Kansas City 5 Minnesota 15, Texas 5 Today’s Games Texas at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

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N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Colorado at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.

Miami at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

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● Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: Edmonton Warriors at Red Deer Junior B Tier I Rampage, 8 p.m., Kinex

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BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Placed RHP Junichi Tazawa on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 4. Recalled RHP William Cuevas from Pawtucket (IL).

National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Anthony Kay on a minor league contract.

American Association SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed C Mike Falsetti.

TEXAS AIRHOGS — Released RHP Richard Suniga.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed LHP Todd Kibby.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released RHP David Anderson.

OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed RHP Luis Munoz.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Josue Peley.

Frontier League LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Sold the contract of C Brett Synek to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Signed C R.J. Devish.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Sold the contract of RHP Josh Kimborowicz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Released LHP Harrison Huraki.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Ryan Strombom.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Signed G Michael Gbinije to a multiyear contract.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed C Cole Aldrich.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed F/C Pau Gasol, C Dewayne Dedmon, F Davis Bertans and Gs Dejounte Murray, Ryan Arcidiacono and Bryn Forbes.

Re-signed G Manu Ginobili.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Extended their affiliation agreement with Rapid City (ECHL) for the 2016-17

EDMONTON Milan Lucic, LW, Los Angeles Jonas Gustavsson, G, Boston Mark Fraser, D Taylor Beck, RW, N.Y. Islanders.

FLORIDA James Reimer, G, San Jose Colton Sceviour, C/RW, Dallas Jonathan Marchessault, C, Tampa Bay Aaron Ekblad, D, re-signed Vincent Trocheck, C, re-signed.

LOS ANGELES Jeff Zatkoff, G, Pittsburgh Tom Gilbert, D, Montreal Michael Latta, C, Washington Zach Trotman, D, Boston Teddy Purcell, RW, Florida Jack Campbell, G, Dallas Nic Dowd, C, re-signed Derek Forbort, D, re-signed.

MINNESOTA Eric Staal, C, N.Y. Rangers Alex Stalock, G, Toronto Chris Stewart, LW, Anaheim Victor Bartley, D, Montreal Darcy Kuemper, G, re-signed.

MONTREAL Alexander Radulov, RW Zach Redmond, D, Colorado Al Montoya, G, Florida Daniel Carr, LW, re-signed Philip Samuelsson, D, Arizona Chris Terry, LW, Carolina Phillip Danault, C, re-signed.

NASHVILLE Yannick Weber, D, Vancouver Matt Irwin, D, Boston Trevor Smith, C Harry Zolnierczyk, LW, Anaheim Mike Liambas, LW, Chicago.

NEW JERSEY Ben Lovejoy, D, Pittsburgh Beau Bennett, RW, Pittsburgh Jon Merrill, D, re-signed Devante-Smith Pelly, RW, re-signed Karl Stollery, D Andrew MacWilliam, D Carter Camper, RW Vernon Fiddler, C, Dallas Jacob Josefson, C, re-signed Luke Gazdic, LW, Edmonton Sergey Kalinin, C, re-signed Kyle Palmieri, RW, re-signed.

N.Y. ISLANDERS Jason Chimera, LW, Washington Andrew Ladd, LW, Chicago Shane Prince, C, re-signed Pierre-Alexander Parenteau, RW, Toronto Jean-Francois Berube, G, N.Y. Islanders.

N.Y. RANGERS Michael Grabner, RW, Toronto Nathan Gerbe, C, Carolina Adam Clendening, D, Edmonton Michael Paliotta, D, Columbus Nicklas Jensen, RW, re-signed Mat Bodie, D, re-signed J.T. Miller, C, re-signed.

OTTAWA Michael Kostka, D, re-signed Phil Varone, C, resigned Casey Bailey, RW Max McCormick, LW, re-signed Michael Blunden, F, Tampa Bay Chad

Owner says Las Vegas team having trademark issues with name

Canadian Football League East Division GP W L T PF PA Pt Ottawa 4 3 0 1 129 96 7 Toronto 4 2 2 0 95 103 4 Montreal 2 1 1 0 35 42 2 Hamilton 3 1 2 0 69 76 2 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt B.C. 3 2 1 0 62 46 4 Edmonton 3 2 1 0 96 97 4 Calgary 3 1 1 1 80 68 3 Winnipeg 4 1 3 0 80 102 2 Saskatchewan 2 0 2 0 53 69 0 WEEK FOUR Bye: Calgary Thursday’s result Edmonton 20 Winnipeg 16 Wednesday’s result Ottawa 30 Toronto 20 Friday’s game Hamilton at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game B.C. at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m.

WEEK FIVE Bye: B.C. Thursday, July 21 Calgary at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 22 Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 23 Hamilton at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Nehring, C, N.Y. Rangers Ryan Dzingel, LW, resigned Fredrik Claesson, D, re-signed Chris Kelly, C, Boston.

PHILADELPHIA Dale Weise, RW, Chicago Boyd Gordon, C, Arizona Andy Miele, C Will O’Neill, D T.J. Brennan, D, Toronto Roman Lyubimov, F, Moscow Jordan Weal, C, re-signed.

PITTSBURGH David Warsofsky, D, re-signed Cameron Gauce, D, Florida Chad Ruhwedel, D, Buffalo Tom Sestito, LW, re-signed Steve Olesky, D, re-signed Stuart Percy, D, Toronto Garrett Wilson, LW, Florida.

SAN JOSE David Schlemko, D, New Jersey Mikkel Boedker, RW, Colorado Micheal Haley, C, re-signed Aaron Dell, G, re-signed Dan Kelly, D, New Jersey Dylan DeMelo, D, re-signed.

ST. LOUIS David Perron, LW, Anaheim Carter Hutton, G, Nashville Jake Allen, G, re-signed Magnus Paajarvi, LW, re-signed Landon Ferraro, C, Boston.

TAMPA BAY Michael Bournival, LW, Montreal Gabriel Dumont, C, Montreal Jeremy Morin, LW, San Jose Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, RW, New Jersey Victor Hedman, D, re-signed Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, re-signed Kristers Gudlevskis, G, re-signed Mike Halmo, LW, N.Y. Islanders Cory Conacher, LW. TORONTO Matt Martin, LW, N.Y. Islanders Roman Polak, D, San Jose.

VANCOUVER Loui Eriksson, LW, Boston Phillip Larsen, D, Helsinki Jayson Megna, C, N.Y. Rangers Michael Chaput, C, Columbus Borna Rendulic, RW, Colorado Chad Billins, D, Linkopings (Sweden).

WASHINGTON Tom Wilson, RW, re-signed Joe Cannata, G Darren Dietz, D, Montreal Christian Thomas, RW, Arizona Brett Connolly, RW, Boston Brad Malone, C, Carolina.

WINNIPEG Shawn Matthias, C, Colorado Quinton Howden, C, Florida Brian Strait, D, N.Y. Islanders Julian Melchiori, D, re-signed Jamie Phillips, G, Michigan Tech Mark Scheifele, C, re-signed Brendan Kichton, D, re-signed.

season.

BUFFALO SABRES — Re-signed F Marcus Foligno to a one-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed C Luke Glendening to a four-year contract extension. Signed D Filip Hronek to a three-year, entry-level contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Patrick Bjorkstrand to a one-year contract.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with Fs Joel Armia and Adam Lowry on two-year, one-way contracts.

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed F Garry Nunn and Alex Belzile.

SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed D Vytautas Andriuskevicius.

TENNIS INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION — Named Shelby Payne production co-ordinator.

COLLEGE CHARLOTTE — Named Shohn Doty pitching coach.

CHOWAN — Named Eric Brewton Jr., women’s assistant basketball coach.

CLEMSON — Signed men’s basketball coach Monte Lee to a six-year contract.

CUMBERLAND, TENNESSEE — Named Tyler Bennett assistant athletic trainer.

NORTHWEST NAZARENE — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Brian Holsinger.

PURDUE — Suspended redshirt junior F Basil Smotherman for the season opener against McNeese State, an exhibition game against Southern Indiana and the closed scrimmage vs. West Virginia, for a violation of team rules.

RANDOLPH-MACON — Named Jenna Steele women’s assistant field hockey coach.

WINTHROP — Named Kayla Minner women’s assistant lacrosse coach.

Monday, July 25 Montreal at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

WEEK SIX Bye: Hamilton Thursday, July 28 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 29 Saskatchewan at Montreal, 5 p.m.

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

Sunday, July 31 Toronto at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY NIGHT SUMMARIES Edmonton 20 Winnipeg 16 First Quarter Wpg — FG Medlock 43 3:48 Second Quarter Wpg — TD Kohlert 20 pass from Willy (Medlock convert) 3:02 Edm — FG Whyte 23 11:15 Wpg — FG Medlock 38 12:46 Edm — TD Watson 2 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 14:57 Third Quarter Edm — FG Whyte 29 9:57 Wpg — FG Medlock 28 14:59 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD D.Walker 74 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 0:29 Edmonton 0 10 3 7 — 20 Winnipeg 3 10 3 0 — 16 Attendance — N.A. at Winnipeg.

ALBERTA JUNIOR BOYS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP DE WINTON — An eight stroke lead for Jaxon Lyn has him in good position heading into the final day of the Alberta Junior and Juvenile Boys Championship at the Cottonwood Golf and Country Club.

The Sylvan Lake Golf and Country Club member is six-under par through three rounds after firing 73-66-68 through the first three days on Thursday.

Nipping at his heels is Chandler McDowell, one of three players tied for second place at two-over par. McDowell, of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, had improved steadily throughout the tournament shooting 78-71-66 to sit eight shots back of the leader.

McDowell leads the Juvenile Boys board by seven strokes.

Cameron Duffin, of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, is tied for eighth in the Juvenile division at 16-over while Carter Graf, of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, is in 13th at 19-over.

The Junior Girls wrapped up their three day tournament on Thursday. Nicole Norlin was the lone Central Albertan, the Innisfail-Asp/Hazel golfer finished in 20th shooting a three day 53-over, 87-87-92.

The final round of the boys junior and juvenile championships starts at 7 a.m. this morning.

Kim, Lee, Nomura share Marathon Classic lead

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Las Vegas owner Bill Foley would love to have a name for his expansion team, and he’s open to ideas.

Three weeks after the NHL awarded an expansion team to Foley, he said his group is having trademark issues and wants to settle on a name quickly. After naming George McPhee as his general manager, Foley expressed some impatience at how the process has stalled.

“We have a lot of names in mind, but a lot of the ones I really liked are trademarked, so that’s a little bit of an issue,” Foley said Wednesday. “I’m happy to take any suggestions anyone has for a name, particularly one that’s not already trademarked.”

Foley is a 1967 graduate of West Point and has expressed an affinity for the name “Black Knights” as a nod to the Army. Canadian sports network TSN reported Wednesday that “Knights” was likely to be the name of the Las Vegas team, which will begin play in 2017-18.

After agreeing to pay the league a $500 million expansion fee, Foley joked that he should be able to pick the name. Again he reiterated that there won’t be a pick-the-name contest but cited the urgency to get one.

“Our goal is to have a logo and a team name ASAP,” Foley said, adding “I didn’t realize how complicated it was. It is complicated and we’re working our way through the process right now as we speak.”

Another ongoing process is getting a top minor league affiliate. American Hockey League president and CEO David Andrews said in a telephone interview that there would be a 31st team for 2017-18 to even out with the NHL, although Las Vegas could take a current team or a new franchise.

Foley mentioned Salt Lake City as a potential option geographically close to Las Vegas.

There are plenty of Las Vegas-esque names out there, but Foley said the NHL made it clear it should have no association with gambling. Foley knows what he wants.

Sunday ● Midget baseball: Red Deer AAA Midget Braves vs. Lights Academy, 10 a.m., Great Chief Park

Football

Hockey 2016 NHL free agent signings ANAHEIM Nate Guenin, D, Colorado Jared Boll, RW, Columbus Mason Raymond, LW, Calgary Jeff Schultz, D, Los Angeles Korbinian Holzer, D, re-signed.

ARIZONA Jamie McGinn, LW, Anaheim Kevin Connauton, D, re-signed Jamie McBain, D, Los Angeles Justin Peters, G Chris Mueller, C Jarred Tinordi, D, re-signed Garret Ross, LW Klas Dahlbeck, D, re-signed Ryan White C, Philadelphia Shane Doan, RW, re-signed.

BOSTON David Backes, C, St. Louis Riley Nash, C, Carolina Anton Khudobin, G, Anaheim Tommy Cross D, re-signed John-Michael Liles, D, re-signed Tyler Randell, RW, re-signed Tim Schaller LW, Buffalo.

BUFFALO Kyle Okposo, RW, N.Y. Islanders Derek Grant, C, Calgary.

CALGARY Troy Brouwer, RW, St. Louis Chad Johnson, G, Buffalo. Linden Vey, RW, Vancouver.

CAROLINA Lee Stempniak, RW, Boston Viktor Stalberg, LW, N.Y. Rangers Andrew Miller, F, Edmonton Matt Tennyson, D, San Jose Victor Rask, C, re-signed.

CHICAGO Brian Campbell, D, Florida Sam Carrick, C, Toronto Spencer Abbott, LW Pierre-Cedric Labrie, LW, Jordin Tootoo, RW, New Jersey.

COLORADO Joe Colborne, C, Calgary Patrick Wiercioch, D, Ottawa Trent Vogelhuber, RW Fedor Tyutin, D, Columbus Ryan Stanton, D, Washington Jeremy Smith, G Jim O’Brien, C, New Jersey Mike Sislo, RW, New Jersey Joe Whitney, RW, New Jersey, Nathan McKinnon, C, re-signed.

DALLAS Dan Hamhuis, D, Vancouver Andrew Bodnarchuk, D, Colorado Dustin Stevenson, D Patrick Eaves, RW, re-signed Adam Cracknell, RW, Edmonton Jamie Oleksiak, D, re-signed.

DETROIT Frans Nielsen, C, N.Y. Islanders Darren Helm, C/LW, re-signed Thomas Vanek, LW, Minnesota Alexey Marchenko, D, re-signed Ben Street, C, Colorado Steve Ott, C, St. Louis Matt Lorito, LW, New Jersey Ben Street, C, Colorado Edward Pasquale, G, Tampa Bay Teemu Pulkkinen, LW, re-signed.

AAA Midget Braves vs. Lights Academy, 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., Great Chief Park

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SYLVANIA, Ohio — Hyo Joo Kim bogeyed her final hole Thursday for a 5-under 66 and a share of the Marathon Classic lead with fellow South Korean player Mirim Lee and Japan’s Haru Nomura.

Celebrating her 21st birthday, Kim had four birdies in a six-hole stretch on her second nine at rain-softened Highland Meadows.

“Last night, it was raining, so it’s little bit more softer green,” Kim said through a translator. “I hit good shots, a lot of good shots, good drives, good putts, but on the last hole I missed a putt. … “Best part of game was tee shot, which is driver shot and iron shot. I’m not complaining about any shot today.”

She won the season-opening event in the Bahamas for her third career title.

“It was long time ago, so I forgot kind of what feel it was,” Kim said.

Nomura won the Women’s Australian Open in February for her first LPGA Tour title and took the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in April in California.

“Today par-putter is good,” Nomura said.

“Shots good, second numbers, and everything smooth.”

Ariya Jutanugarn, the long-hitting Thai player who won three straight events in May, was a stroke back at 67 along with American Kelly Shon and France’s Celine Herbin.

“I played pretty good,” Jutanugarn said. “My tee shot was good and I make some putts.”

Top-ranked Lydia Ko birdied her final two holes to join second-ranked Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., in the group at 68, which

also includes Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que. “Hopefully, I’ll have a few more birdies tomorrow,” Ko said. “It’s a solid start. I’ll take the 3 under today, but I think because of the weather and if there are no thunderstorms the course will probably play drier. That will make it tougher if the greens get much firmer.”

Ko won in consecutive weeks in Southern California this year, the second the major ANA Inspiration. The 19-year-old New Zealander tied for third last week in the U.S. Women’s Open in California.

Henderson is making her first appearance in the event.

“I knew the course conditions were going to be a little bit softer and easier in the morning with the big rain last night and just because it was in the a.m.,” Henderson said. “So tried to take advantage. Unfortunately, dropped a shot on the last hole. Overall, it was a solid day. Got some really good breaks out there and was able to take advantage for the most part when I had an opportunity.”

The 18-year-old Canadian has two victories this year, beating Ko in a playoff in the major KPMG Women’s PGA and successfully defending her title in Portland, Oregon.

Stacy Lewis and Michelle Wie shot 69.

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp shot 70, Quebec City’s Anne Catherine Tanguay had a 71, Calgary’s Jennifer Ha is 1 over while Charlottetown’s Lori Kane and Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., are 4 over.

Brittany Lang, coming off a playoff victory over Anna Nordqvist on Sunday in the U.S. Women’s Open, had a 70. Nordqvist also shot a 70.

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Army off to Africa: top general

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s army will soon be bound for Africa, Canada’s top soldier said Thursday, fuelling speculation that it will be deployed on a peacekeeping operation to control the spread of terrorism on the continent.

“The army’s been preparing for the future … preparing for a wide range of future tasks,” Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, told a rain-soaked change of command ceremony for the army on the lawn of Parliament Hill.

“Internationally, the army is at the forefront, managing conflicts around the world, contributing to operations in Iraq, building capacity with allies and partners in Poland, Ukraine, and

very soon in Africa.”

Vance did not elaborate in front of an audience of several hundred that included military officials, politicians and diplomats.

“The Canadian Army will be conducting capacity-building training as part of an ongoing program in Africa,” said spokesman Maj. Paul Doucette.

“The chief of the defence staff is also conducting planning for a variety of potential UN missions, which may include army elements deploying to Africa, but no decisions on deployments have yet been taken by the government.”

The remark comes one day after Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said containing the spread of terrorism across Africa is a consideration for Canada as one possible contribution to a UN

peacekeeping mission, a core foreign policy goal of the Trudeau Liberals.

Sajjan said the need to control the spread of Islamic militants across the Middle East and Africa is part of the government’s calculation in determining where Canada’s eventual peacekeeping mission will be focused.

Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that Mali, where the French are leading a UN mission that has seen at least 19 peacekeepers killed this year, is one destination that’s being carefully considered.

Vance and others maintain that the Canadian Forces do indeed have the capacity to simultaneously help NATO deter Russia on Europe’s eastern border while launching a substantial United Nations peacekeeping mission.

The government’s decision last

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week to contribute 450 soldiers, light armoured vehicles and other equipment to Latvia to a 1,000-strong multinational NATO force has raised questions about whether the Canadian Forces can still make good on mounting a major UN peacekeeping mission.

The former commander of the army is backing up those political assertions, as is a leading Canadian peacekeeping expert who is helping to advise the government.

“We will be able to deliver whatever the government wants us to do,” said Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse, who formally ceded command of the army to Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk during Thursday’s ceremony.

“There’s room to manoeuvre there, to contribute to somewhere else.”

Feds signal hike in health transfers to drop

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance, right, inspects the honour guard as Lieutenant-General Paul Wynnyk, left, looks on during a ceremony where he assumed command of the Canadian Army from Lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse, middle, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday.

BRIEFS Dozens charged in drug trafficking bust, millions in drugs and property seized Toronto police say millions of dollars in drugs, property and cash, along with weapons, have been seized in an investigation into an alleged drug smuggling operation with links to the United States.

They say the seven-month investigation has led to the arrests of 27 people on criminal organization and drug trafficking charges.

Cocaine, marijuana, crystal meth, opium, ketamine and fentanyl — 283 kilograms in total — were seized, along with 103 kilograms of cutting agents for cocaine.

Investigators also seized eight firearms, including a Tec 9 machine pistol, an SKS rifle, a Springfield 40-calibre handgun and two 12 gauge shotguns, along with 418 rounds of ammunition.

Assets such as bank accounts, money counters and condominiums, worth almost $3.4 million, which police allege were proceeds of crime, and $2.4 million in cash were also seized.

Toronto city council has approved three supervised injection sites at existing downtown health-care facilities.

Council voted 36-3 Thursday to support the services aimed at providing a safe and hygienic environment where people can inject pre-obtained drugs under a nurse’s supervision.

There are about 90 supervised injection sites worldwide, and Vancouver is the only other city in Canada with the service.

Earlier this month, Toronto’s board of health unanimously accepted a recommendation for three small-scale supervised injection sites.

The report cites a 2012 study called the Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment, which concluded that Toronto would benefit from supervised injection services that are integrated into existing healthcare services.

Girl, 5, dies after canoe capsizes Manitoba CHURCHILL, Man. — A five-yearold Manitoba girl has died after a canoe she was in with her family capsized in Churchill.

RCMP say they got a call late Wednesday afternoon near the town on the shores of Hudson Bay. A canoe carrying a Winnipeg father

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Mounties say a bystander called local tour operators, who helped pull the trio from the river.

The family was taken to hospital, where the girl succumbed to her injuries.

Police say the incident does not appear suspicious and all three were wearing life jackets.

“Our investigators are still looking into everything that took place,” RCMP spokeswoman Holly Plato said.

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OTTAWA — A familiar sore spot between Ottawa and the provinces is beginning to flare up once again: how much money should the feds be handing over for health care?

As efforts continue to forge a new federal-provincial health accord, Quebec’s health minister says Ottawa intends to let the annual increase in health transfers fall to as low as half its current rate at the end of the fiscal year.

Gaetan Barrette said his officials have been told Ottawa has no appetite to keep the escalator at its current level of six per cent. Starting in 2017-18, the transfer is scheduled to grow only as much as Canada’s nominal GDP, with a guaranteed minimum increase of three per cent.

Barrette argued in an interview that such a shortfall in health transfers would create a “scary situation” for cash-strapped provinces that face emerging heath-care costs linked to factors such as aging baby boomers.

The thorny debate over federal health transfers has been dormant in recent years, but appears poised to reemerge as the current funding formula expires.

The discussion is expected to dominate the agenda at next week’s meeting of provincial and territorial premiers in Whitehorse.

Barrette expects Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to deliver a strong message during the Council of the Federation talks because the Quebec government considers a three-per-cent escalator a “freeze” in services.

“We’re not even discussing — we are being told — that the escalator will go from six (per cent) to three,” Barrette said of the messages his staff has received from the federal government.

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Truck slams into revelers AT LEAST 80 DEAD IN ATTACK IN NICE, FRANCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NICE, France — A truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, plowing through Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice late Thursday. At least 80 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.

Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre described a horrific scene, with bodies strewn along the roadway, and Sylvie Toffin, a press officer with the local prefecture, said the truck ran over people on a “long trip” down the sidewalk near Nice’s Palais de la Mediterranee, a building that fronts the beach.

Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP nearby, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd.

“There was carnage on the road,” he said. “Bodies everywhere.” He said the driver emerged with a gun and started shooting.

France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people were killed, including children, and 18 were in critical condition, and the Paris prosecutor’s office announced an investigation for “murder, attempted murder in an organized group linked to a terrorist enterprise.”

“We are in a war with terrorists who want to strike us at any price and in a very violent way,” Cazeneuve said.

The ranking politician of the Alpes-Maritime department that includes Nice said the truck plowed into the crowd over a distance of 2 kilometres (1.2 miles). Many of those on the ground were in shorts and other summer clothing.

Eric Ciotti said on BFM TV that police killed the driver “apparently after an exchange of gunfire.”

The president of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur regional council, which includes Nice, said the truck was loaded with arms and grenades.

Christian Estrosi told BFM TV that “the driver fired on the crowd, according to the police who killed him.”

Images being broadcast across French media showed revelers running for their lives down Nice’s palm tree-lined Promenade des Anglais, the famous seaside boulevard named for the English aristocrats who proposed its construction in the 19th century.

Video footage showed men and women — one or two pushing strollers — racing to get away from the scenes.

And, in what appeared to be evidence of a gun battle, photos showed a truck with at least half a dozen bullet holes punched through its windshield.

It was not immediately clear who would have been behind an attack, but France has recently seen a spate of dramatic assaults by jihadist groups, including the Islamic State group which straddles Iraq and Syria.

President Francois Hollande said in a televised statement that all of France was under an “Islamist terrorist threat” and extended by three months a state of emergency that has

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A forensic officer stands near a van with its windscreen riddled with bullets, that plowed through a crowd of revelers who’d gathered to watch the fireworks in the French resort city of Nice, southern France, Friday. At least 80 people were killed before police killed the driver, authorities said.

Canadians offers sympathy to victims

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadians and their political leaders joined the rest of the world in expressing shock and outrage over the deaths of dozens of people in Nice, France after a truck loaded with weapons plowed into a crowd of people on Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Canada’s support for France.

“Our sympathy is with the victims, and our solidarity with the French people,” he wrote.

Trudeau added in a statement that Canada has offered “all possible assistance to the French government.”

“Senseless acts like this one are not isolated events, and we will con-

been in place since the November attacks that killed 130 in Paris was to end July 26. The decision needs parliamentary approval.

“The terrorist character (of the attack) cannot be denied,” he said.

Hollande said he was calling a defence council meeting Friday that brings together defence, interior and other key ministers, then heading to

Trump postpones VP announcement, citing France attack

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Donald Trump abruptly postponed plans to announce his vice-presidential pick following a day of rampant speculation, citing the “horrible attack” in Nice, France, that left scores dead.

Trump had planned to hold his first event with his yet-to-be-named running mate Friday morning in New York. He announced the change of plans Thursday evening on Twitter.

The stunning announcement raised questions about the status of Trump’s selection process. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence had emerged as a late favourite for the job, though Trump said he had not finalized the pick and advisers cautioned he could change his mind.

“I haven’t made my final, final decision,” Trump said on Fox News Channel. He said that while his running mate selection would “absolutely not” be changed by the France attack, he did not feel it was appropriate to hold a news conference in its aftermath.

Dozens of people were killed late Thursday in the French resort city of Nice when a truck drove onto a sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of Bastille Day revelers who’d gathered to watch fireworks. Trump told Fox News after the attack that if he’s elected president he would ask Congress for a declaration of war on the Islamic State group.

Democrat Hillary Clinton, also appearing on Fox, said the U.S. needs to “stand strongly” with France and said she would intensify efforts to put together a more effective coalition against terrorism.

In addition to Pence, Trump’s vice-presidential shortlist included former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,

according to people familiar with the candidate’s thinking.

After spending much of Thursday in Indianapolis, Pence flew to New York late in the day, according to a Republican familiar with the process.

Indianapolis television station WTHR posted a video showing Pence arriving at a private airport outside New York early Thursday evening.

Trump did not say when he planned to announce his running mate. He’s up against a clock: The Republican convention kicks off in Cleveland Monday.

Top party officials are already in Cleveland, grappling with a rules fight that could increase the odds of nationally televised clashes at the convention. Late Thursday, a committee at the Republican National Convention defeated an effort by conservatives who want to let delegates vote for any presidential candidate they’d like.

Conservatives hoped that would lead to delegates blocking Trump’s nomination.

The convention and vice-presidential announcement give Trump backto-back opportunities to reassure Americans — as well as leaders within his own party — that he’s prepared for the presidency.

Pence, a staunch conservative who served six terms in Congress, is seen as a running mate who would have the backing of GOP leaders and ease some of their concerns about Trump’s political inexperience.

He has influential allies in Trump’s inner circle. But some of Trump’s children, who have been closely advising their father, are said to favour different candidates.

Campaign chair Paul Manafort was among those urging caution in assuming any decision Thursday, saying on Twitter that Trump’s choice “will be made in the near future.”

tinue to work with our Allies and partners to fight terrorism in all of its forms.”

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion also issued a statement late Thursday saying Canada condemns this “horrific terrorist attack.”

“We offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed and a speedy recovery to those injured. Canadians are deeply saddened by this tragedy and we stand in solidarity with the people of France on their national day.”

Dion said the Canadian consulate in Nice is in contact with local authorities and the Emergency Watch and Response Centre in Ottawa is “active and assisting Canadians.”

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark also tweeted that the incident is “just horrible.”

Nice. He listed several measures to bolster security in France after two waves of attacks last year that killed 147 people. Besides continuation of the state of emergency and the Sentinel operation with 10,000 soldiers on patrol, he said he was calling up “operational reserves,” those who have served in the past and will be brought in to help police, particularly

“Thinking of all those involved and their families,” she wrote.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said “all Albertans are heartbroken for the families of those killed and injured in tonight’s senseless attack in Nice. We stand in solidarity with the people of France.”

Federal Opposition leader Rona Ambrose and NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair also expressed their shock as did former prime minister Stephen Harper.

“The people of France are in our thoughts this evening, following the terrorist attack. I pray for the victims and their families,” Harper tweeted.

Conservative MP Maxime Bernier also tweeted about the “horror.”

“We stand with France and the French in the fight between civilization and barbarism,” he wrote.

at French borders.

President Barack Obama condemned what he said “appears to be a horrific terrorist attack.”

European Council president Donald Tusk said it was a “tragic paradox” that the victims of the attack in Nice were celebrating “liberty, equality and fraternity” — France’s motto — on the country’s national day.

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the SAR, which includes Hong Kong Island and, on the Chinese mainland, Kowloon and the New Territories. From a jet’s window, the city looks more like a thick forest punctuated by pockets of skyscrapers than the opposite — a mass of skyscrapers with chunks of open space set aside. Think more Yosemite and less Manhattan.

Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s tallest peak, tops out at 957 metres. Six other peaks are more than 762 metres tall. With the base elevation at sea level, this is quite the vertical profile.

Hong Kong also has 728 km of coastline, almost as much as Honduras and more than the Maldives. The SAR bills itself as “Asia’s World City” but it could just as easily be “the world’s most diverse urban landscape” — although that doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as easily.

Hong Kong is proud of its wild setting. Some 443 square km of it have been protected in 24 country parks, four marine parks and 22 special areas, all devoted to education, recreation and conservation. Diving, snorkeling and kayaking are welcomed in the marine parks. Several hundred kilometres of well-kept trails wind through the country parks, including long-distance trails ranging from 50 to 100 km long, which offer opportunities to camp — sometimes even on a beach —along the way.

IT’S REAL, NOT A METAPHOR FOR CONCRETE AND STEEL

BY DINA MISHEV ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES This is exactly what I imagine hiking in Scotland or Wales to be like. Every so often, a piece of a craggy mountain breaks through the fog, so thick it feels like I’m walking through cotton balls. On a high point, a hole opens and my friend Jeremy and I glimpse the roiling ocean a couple thousand feet below. The view is spectacularly moody and lasts less than three minutes. The air is so saturated with moisture that dew collects on Jeremy’s eyelashes. Thigh-high grasses are bent sideways by the wind.

We’re hiking in Hong Kong, though. We’ve walked up the east side of Sunset Peak, and now we’re heading down the western side. The trail will eventually begin climbing again, to the summit of 924-metre Lantau Peak, the mountain coming into and out of view in front of us — the second highest in Hong Kong.

This isn’t what one might expect in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), one of the most densely populated places in the world.

Several parts of it have more than 1 million people per square km. But only about 25 per cent of Hong Kong’s land area is inhabited, because only about 25 per cent can be inhabited.

There’s a reason: mountains cover the rest of

Please see HIKE on Page C2

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Fog lingers along the 69-km Lantau Trail, which opened in 1984. It gives hikers access to the Lantau and Sunset peaks

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HIKE: Hong Kong likes its stone steps Three days before hiking Sunset and Lantau peaks, I hiked part of the 100-km MacLehose Trail, the longest and most famous trail in the SAR. Named for a 20th-century colonial governor, the MacLehose winds around the Sai Kung Peninsula in the New Territories and connects eight parks.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d first learned about it at my hotel. When I asked about opportunities for hiking, the Four Seasons emailed me about a big team race, the annual Oxfam Trailwalker, along the entire length of the MacLehose. Entry is limited to 1,000 teams of four members (the Four Seasons fields at least two teams every year). In addition to training to hike and/or run 100 km in one push, team members solicit sponsors, and the money they raise goes to Oxfam projects in Africa and Asia. In 2015, Oxfam Trailwalker raised $4.1 million.

This race is right up my alley. Over the past three decades, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve evolved into an endurance athlete, and whether Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m biking, hiking or running, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not until hour seven or so that I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve finally warmed up. However, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trailwalker will be held in November, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in Hong Kong in early April.

I still want to see as much of this trail as possible. You can backpack the entire MacLehose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s divided into 10 sections, each with at least one designated camping area â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to spend half my time in Hong Kong camping.

So, with the help of a couple of Four Seasons staffers who agree to hike with me, I make an ambitious plan: in one long day, we will hike most of the second section and all of the third and fourth ones, a total of about 37 km. Because each section begins and ends at a road, we have several opportunities to bail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Section one is pretty boring,â&#x20AC;? says Natalie, who works in human resources and has done the Trailwalker nine times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least, compared to some of the other sections.â&#x20AC;? Like her colleague Gary, who works in housekeeping and is a veteran of six Trailwalker races, she knows the ins and outs of every single section and never passes up a chance to show off the trail to someone new. We skip the first section to give ourselves time to do the fourth, generally considered among the most challenging and one of the most scenic.

At 8 a.m., we meet at the Sai Wan Pavilion and head out in Sai Kung East Country Park. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blow me away at the start. The trail is paved, which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not used to and am annoyed by. Is a hike a hike if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on a sidewalk?

We pass through thick forest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wish the rhododendrons were in bloom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and walk over bridges (also paved) spanning wetlands and creeks. Soon, I answer my own rhetorical question: Yes, a hike on a paved trail is a hike, at least if that hike is in Hong Kong.

When one of us spots a frog among the moss and decomposing leaves alongside the trail, we all huddle around. The SAR is home to more than 50 species of mammals including leopards, civets, porcupines and wild pigs.

About 500 species of birds either live here or migrate through. Nevertheless, this frog is our lone wildlife sighting of the day (if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count the feral cows). We convince ourselves that the rustling in dense grass in the middle of

Photos by DINA MISHEV/The Washington Post

TOP: The pavement of the MacLehose Trail may prove irksome to seasoned hikers, but the walkway is kept in impeccable shape.

ABOVE: The MacLehose Trail, which connects eight parks, is the longest and most famous in Hong Kong. It stretches for 100 km. the third section is a wild pig, but we never actually see it.

Less than three km in, a building with a big outdoor patio emerges from the fog. (It was cloudy and foggy six of the eight days I was there.) In front of it is a sign advertising a ferry, with four departures daily. This puzzles me until I step onto soft, white sand.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at Sai Wan, the first of four beaches along Tai Long Wan, a bay on the east coast of the Sai Kung Peninsula. With visibility limited to six metres, though, we cannot see the bay. I make a note to do a Google Images search for Sai Wan beach later so I can find out what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve missed.

We hike Sai Wanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s length, about a third of a mile, passing two tents pitched right on the sand. After Sai Wan, the trail briefly climbs to traverse the side of a steep hill. The trail, a metal railing along its outside edge, hangs off the hillside. The only thing keeping us from falling into the mist-shrouded bay, which sounds like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about 18 m below, is the eight cm of pavement beneath our feet.

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about the upcoming sections, which both racers describe as â&#x20AC;&#x153;tough, with lots of climbing.â&#x20AC;? I point out that what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just done was â&#x20AC;&#x153;tough, with lots of climbing.â&#x20AC;? Natalie shakes her head.

At least the trail is in impeccable shape. Directional signs are in English and Cantonese, and there are markers noting the passage of every 500 meters.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve passed only one other group of people, but Natalie says the trail is much busier on weekends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, over the Oxfam weekend in November, there will be 4,000 hikers. I begin to understand the pavement: between the amount of traffic it gets and the potential of erosion, a hard surface is understandable.

The second section ends at Pak Tam Road, where signs point to the start of the third and a bus stop. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a flat area for camping and a small building with bathrooms and sinks spouting cold water. The water isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit for drinking, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect for splashing on my face and dunking my head under. The humidity is at 94 per cent today. Vending machines here are out of water, but have soft drinks.

Refreshed, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re off â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as soon as a break in traffic lets us cross the road.

The new section immediately reveals its personality. Hong Kong does not believe in switchbacks, a common trail design that includes zig-zags on ascents and descents to temper steepness. Hong Kong does believe in stone steps. I simultaneously curse and marvel at the 200ish metres of steps, each constructed from natural Lantau and/or Sunset peaks Lantau Island hiking.gov.hk/eng/longtrail/ltrail/ltrail.htm These two peaks are only kilometres apart on the 69-km Lantau Trail, but doing both in a day is a serious undertaking. The trail up Sunset is less steep, but the summit of Lantau is more impressive.

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Earlier, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d read that the MacLehose was built by British Army Ghurkas, elite soldiers from Nepal renowned for their bravery, strength and ability to withstand hardship. Now it makes sense. (A Ghurka brigade was stationed in Hong Kong until 1997, when Britain returned the colonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sovereignty to China.)

For being chiseled by hand, the steps are impressively uniform. Most have a rise of about a foot, but every so often a bigger step up is required. I wish I had my trekking poles.

These sections are exactly as Natalie and Gary promised: tough. But there are butterflies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hong Kong is home to more than 230 species of them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dragonflies and orchids to distract me. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a break in the fog, and a picnic table set in the shade beneath bauhinia trees offers one of the most unusual views Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had while hiking. The foreground is mountainous and has a palette of dozens of shades of green. At the base of the mountains, skyscrapers crowd against each other until land ends in water. There is a protected marina and then the open, gray-green water of the South China Sea. Hundreds of boats dot the marina.

Dozens of islands populate the sea.

(The Hong Kong SAR includes 264 islands.)

The longest climb of the day comes toward the end of the fourth section.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital-T tough. We top out at a saddle a couple of hundred metres beneath the summit of Ma On Shan, the 10th-highest mountain in the SAR. Below the trail snakes down a barren ridgeline and, for the first time all day, buildings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Sai Kung district â&#x20AC;&#x201D; dominate the view. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been hiking for more than eight hours.

From Ma On Shan, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all downhill.

I expect the last eight km to be boring. Deep in a forest of ash, oak, laurel and rhododendrons, no clues of the surrounding metropolis can be seen.

It could be a hike most anywhere in Southeast Asia or Australia, except we begin passing Second World War relics, including trenches, ammunition boxes and tunnels, which were dug into the hillsides. Natalie tells me the fifth and sixth sections of the trail have the most reminders of the war, including trenches dug by homesick British soldiers who named them Regent Street and Charing Cross, as well as tunnels dug by the Japanese, who occupied the SAR for three years and eight months.

Ninety minutes after heading down from Ma On Shan, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re drinking sodas from a convenience store between the fourth and fifth sections, waiting for a cab. An hour after that, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m back in my hotel room, swapping hiking clothes for a terry robe and preparing to hike down to the hot tub. It is next to an infinity pool that seems to fall off into Victoria Harbour. Looking past the harbour and the concrete congestion of Kowloon, I can just make out the hulking lushness of the landscape I spent the day hiking through.

That morning, when we passed the backpackersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tents at Sai Wan Beach, I had a moment of fear of missing out.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a sucker for doing the unexpected, and what would have been more unexpected than camping in Hong Kong?

On a white sand beach?

Just as the FOMO threatens to ruin my soak in the hot tub, a glass of prosecco arrives. Five minutes later, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nightly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Symphony of Lightsâ&#x20AC;? show starts. Forty skyscrapers on both sides of the harbour project green lasers into the sky and flash their exterior lights in programmed patterns. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely nothing I could enjoy after a hike in Scotland or Wales.

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Discovering the myth of Grey Owl

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ABOVE: Paddlers canoe on Kingsmere River as they make their way to Grey Owl’s cabin in Prince Albert National Park in northern Saskatchewan.

RIGHT: Hikers are seen on a path on their way to Grey Owl’s cabin in Prince Albert National Park in northern Saskatchewan. Cliff Speer with CanoeSki Discovery Company follows Grey Owl’s path on a paddling and hiking trip that starts on the Kingsmere River.

BELOW: Canoes are seen empty on Kingsmere Lake.

‘IT’S VERY, VERY CLEAR. YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT DOWN AND SEE THE BOTTOM AS YOU’RE PADDLING ALONG’

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Majestic evergreens reach into the sky on either side of the Kingsmere River as the canoe slices through the water.

It’s a journey back in time to discover the myth and mystery of Grey Owl, a British-born man named Archibald Belaney who became a well-known naturalist and author while passing himself off as aboriginal.

Grey Owl lived and worked in Prince Albert National Park in northern Saskatchewan in the 1930s. He used to travel to and from his log cabin on Ajawaan Lake through Kingsmere Lake and River.

Cliff Speer with CanoeSki Discovery Company follows Grey Owl’s path on a paddling and hiking trip that starts on the shallow river.

“It kind of runs through a fairly heavily forested area with quite large spruce trees and deciduous trees, as well as poplars, balsam poplar and aspen and birch,” said Speer.

“It’s part of the southern boreal forest and it’s quite scenic and the river’s quite narrow and quite winding and very clear. The water that comes out of Kingsmere Lake, you can see the bottom. There’s no sediment in it. It’s very, very clear. You can look right down and see the bottom as you’re paddling along.”

It’s pretty quiet too, Speer said, except for songbirds that might be heard in the spring.

The Kingsmere River has a low-water stretch of rapids and a kilometre portage to get around it.

There’s a railcar-style push cart to transport loaded canoes over the portage.

But the shelter ends at the mouth of the river and “the full force of the wind” is in your face as you enter Kingsmere Lake.

“The lake is quite open and it’s quite an expanse,” said Speer, who has been a professional guide for 27 years.

“Eleven kilometres of open water, with no protection, no islands, no points really of significance … so the north winds can blow right down the length of the lake and so you can get quite a blast down at the south end.

“The waves build up and so, yeah, it can get very dangerous.”

At the north end of the lake, there’s a six-kilo-

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metre round-trip hike to the site of Grey Owl’s log cabin.

There are actually two cabins: Grey Owl’s cabin and another cabin built up on a bit of a hill for his wife, Anahareo, and their daughter Shirley Dawn.

The story goes that Anahareo wanted a second cabin because Grey Owl opened up the first cabin to allow young beavers to come into the one-room log structure.

Grey Owl died of pneumonia in 1938 at age 50.

He’s buried near the second cabin in a small graveyard overlooking Ajawaan Lake.

Speer said some people try to do the trip over a weekend but don’t usually make it to the cabin.

“If you try and do it in a weekend and you get out on the lake and it’s just too windy to be able to make any headway, or it’s too dangerous, well, you’ve got to turn around and just go back home,” he explained.

“I’ve talked to people who’ve tried it three, four times and never made it because they tried to do it in two days and they got wind-bound and they couldn’t get in (to the cabin).”

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Trust your training CRYSTAL RHYNO RUNNING WITH RHYNO My eyes are locked on my friend ahead. She’s moving at a steady pace up another $#!%&! coulee. All I want to do is stop and smell the cacti (i.e. catch my breath) but there’s no time to take a knee.

It’s the final day of our somewhat spontaneous two-day training camp in Lethbridge. When Rachel Crocker and I signed up for the Lost Soul 50K, we planned to make tracks on the course before the big day in September.

I’m the type of runner who likes to visualize running on the course.

By knowing what’s in store I am able to zone out and simply run. That’s my mental strategy going into any race.

Reading course maps online mean nothing to me. My sneakers need to touch the dirt.

Rachel lives in Okotoks so we often meet in West Bragg Creek to train for our various races. It’s a bit of a drive but the scenery makes up for the time behind the wheel.

Rachel is a powerhouse runner who is always cleaning up in 50+ age group in the 5 Peaks trail races. I am lucky to train (and try to keep up) with her.

However, my pal is slightly anxious about the race.

I don’t blame her because I have been whining about my 2014 race for the last two years.

Chances are if you have run with me, you have heard about the scorching heat, the relentless coulees and especially my puking episodes.

It’s not exactly a ringing endorsement for the fall ultramarathon.

Last weekend, we met in Lethbridge — exactly two months out before the September 10th ultramarathon.

It was perfect timing.

I needed that extra push out the door as my training days and motivation begins to dwindle.

Most runners will tell you it’s easy to let your training slide when the race day is months away. Excuses and justifications come easy.

Running the same routes or attacking the same workouts can get seriously boring. Life gets in the way. I can always make up for lost training (Um …. not an option).

I was really looking forward to taking in parts of the Lost Soul course again. Most of it is a complete blur.

We lucked out in finding local runner Greg Dyck who acted as our trail guide. Greg is an accomplished ultra runner who jumped at the chance of showing two out-of-towners around his trails.

We ran/hiked/crawled on roughly 35K of the 53K route over two days.

(Yes it’s called a 50K race but there’s a “bonus” 3K thrown in for good measure.) Part of the route is on private land, which is only accessible on race day.

Extra push? Got it in spades.

Running in the heat and the steep coulees was challenging but I didn’t feel like the race would be impossible to finish.

I will finish and I have a time goal, which is different from Rachel, who simply wants to finish.

My training has been going well.

(Knock on wood). I’m not injured. My running is consistent and I feel strong.

Our mini-training camp answered one key question.

Yup, I still have work to do.

But I will trust in my training and the belief that hard work pays off in the end.

That’s all we can ever do, right?

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Crystal and running pal Rachel Crocker take a breather from running the coulees in Lethbridge last weekend. The two runners will be competing in the Lost Soul 50K Ultramarathon in September.

Can’t do vegetarian? Try flexitarian

BY CARA ROSENBLOOM ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES From black bean burgers on restaurant menus to eight varieties of hummus at the supermarket, the meatless movement shows no signs of slowing down.

The first real blip of vegetarianism in the United States started in 1971 when Frances Moore Lappé published Diet for a Small Planet, and explained that meat-based diets can be harmful for our planet and our health. Lappé wrote about ways to reduce food waste and enhance sustainability, but her ideas weren’t widely acted upon; she was ahead of her time.

Fast-forward 45 years, and these same issues routinely make headline news as worries about our food supply escalate. Lappé’s ideas are now being recycled as a new wave of concerned citizens, especially millennials, turn to meat-free eating for better health — both for ourselves and the planet.

But this time, the momentum may be strong enough to make some changes.

Lappé was only 27 when she wrote Diet for a Small Planet. If you’re 27 these days, you’re considered a millennial, the generation known for being socially aware, civic-minded and environmentally conscious. Their buying power is affecting what we see on restaurant menus and in supermarkets.

Sales are soaring for once-fringe items such as veggie burgers and almond milk. The number of new vegetarian product launches has doubled over the past five years.

The trend toward avoiding meat occurs at a time when the toll that meat production takes on the planet is becoming clearer. As people become aware that meat production requires unsustainable levels of water, land and energy use, more Americans are choosing to leave meat off their plates.

Annual meat consumption per person has fallen 15 per cent in the past 10 years, and when we do eat meat, it’s often environmentally friendly, organic, grass-fed, antibiotic-free and hormone-free (all areas in which sales have increased).

But let’s face it. If you love perfectly seared steaks or covet your beer-can chicken, the idea of eating tofu hot dogs may not be all that appealing.

What if you’re concerned about the environment but still want to eat a burger once in a while? Meat-free eating has expanded into something more flexible and inclusive, giving everyone a chance to choose healthful and sustainable meals without giving up meat entirely. It’s called the “flexitarian” diet.

While 7.3 million Americans are vegetarian, an additional 22.8 million are flexitarian, meaning they primarily eat a vegetarian diet, but enjoy meat occasionally. This part-time vegetarian diet has broader appeal because it helps us balance food cravings with health and global sustainability.

There are no rules for flexitarianism, which is part of the appeal. The basic idea is to eat more vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts and seeds, while reducing intake of animal-based foods such as meat, poultry and dairy.

And it’s easier to choose meatless meals when food tastes so good! Tasty dishes such as chickpea fritters and

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A vegetarian harvest roast is shown in this photo. Meat-free eating has expanded into something more flexible and inclusive, giving everyone a chance to choose healthful and sustainable meals without giving up meat entirely, called the flexitarian diet. lentil soup add mass appeal to the semi-vegetarian lifestyle.

The health and environmental benefits of flexitarianism aren’t as pronounced as they are with strict vegetarian diets, but there is still merit in eating meatless meals more often.

A study published last month found that although a strict vegetarian diet can help reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 34 per cent, a flexitarian diet is associated with a 20 per cent reduced risk.

Other studies show that a flexitarian diet can help reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels, as well as the risk of becoming overweight or obese.

Bottom line: You don’t need to eliminate meat entirely to reap the health benefits of a vegetarian diet.

Mixing the advantages of environmental and personal health is a big driver of the flexitarian movement. A recent study predicted that a flexitarian diet could reduce global mortality by up to 10 percent and food-related greenhouse gas emissions by up to 70 percent.

And because this diet is more flexible, there’s a good chance that people can stick to it in the long run. So maybe the part-time vegetarian movement is here to stay.

Are you new to tempeh and falafel?

Experiment with vegetarian meals by starting with Meatless Monday, because skipping meat one day a week is an easy transition.

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FASHION FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016

Robinson Cano a fashion and MLB All-Star SECOND BASEMAN AMONG THE MOST FASHION-CONSCIOUS IN THE LEAGUE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Robinson Cano has 2,129 hits in his 12-year major league career.

The number of Air Jordans in his Seattle closet is only slightly less than that.

“I would say here at home I have a couple of thousand,” the Mariners’ All-Star second baseman said.

And that outlandish number doesn’t even count a second collection in one of his homes in the Dominican Republic.

“I don’t know how many I have there,” he said, “but it’s a lot.”

So with more than five years’ worth of Jordans, there’s no chance he’s worn all of them, right?

“No, no, no,” he said shaking his head with a laugh.

The supremely fashion-conscious Cano does wear many of the sneakers, and he talks with joy about entering his massive closet (check out a fraction of it on one of his recent Instagram posts ) and knowing he’ll have the perfect pair for any outfit.

“It’s good whenever I want to wear something with a shirt I don’t have to worry about if I (have) to get a sneaker to match this shirt,” he said.

With a pair in every imaginable hue and pattern it would certainly be hard to pick the best of his collection, but like a father asked to choose his favourite child, Cano simply can’t make that call. Cano’s collection is so vast and ever-growing that he sometimes wants to give some away to friends and family. The problem is that almost no one wears his rather large size 13.

“I have a friend in the Dominican. He’s the only guy I know who is my size,” Cano said.

“So always give stuff away to him.”

Even for someone who exists in a world where this kind of excess is almost run of the mill, Cano knows that some might raise an eyebrow at the sheer number of shoes in his collection.

The 33-year-old makes no apologies for it.

“That’s what I love and … I don’t do anything besides I love clothes and cars,” he said.

“And that’s something that I love to do it and I enjoy it.”

And if his Jordan collection wasn’t already ridiculous enough, he’s quick to point out that he has another closet filled with shoes from designers like Gucci, Christian Louboutin and Louis Vuitton for the times he needs to dress up.

Fashion has long been a priority to Cano and he vividly remembers admiring the look of his father, Jose Cano, as a child.

“I always try to look good and look clean and nice and I’ve always loved fashion,” Cano said. “I grew up with my dad — he loved to dress.”

After taking early fashion cues from his pops, Cano gradually developed his own style by experimenting with different looks and seeing what cuts and colours made him feel the best.

For the last three years he’s worked with a stylist to take his fashion to the next level after signing a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Mariners in December 2013.

Although he leans on his stylist to find hard-to-get items and limited edition designer shoes, he’s certainly still more than capable of putting together his own show-stopping style Ask the charismatic Cano what he likes best about fashion and he flashes perhaps his best accessory — that huge smile — and leans in as if he’s about to let you in on a secret.

“I most enjoy it when people say you look good,” he said.

“I always try to find the stuff that really looks good on me. Because not everyone can wear every style. Trying to have what looks good on me and what is the best for me.”

That attention to style was on full display on the day Cano discussed his fashion.

He wore a custom-made pebble grey linen jacket with expertly stitched lapels and matching trousers paired with a crisp white shirt which he buttoned to the very top.

The suit was made by a tailor in New York who has handled the work for the past five years.

It was a rather subdued look for Cano, who leans toward more flashy ensembles when he isn’t with the team. He’ll try any colour, cut or style and never limits himself.

“If you feel good just wear it no matter what people say,” he said.

“Not everyone is going to like it. But if it feels good yourself wear it. It’s kind of the same thing like when you play, not everyone is going to like the way you play.”

Cano left the spotlight of playing for the New York Yankees to sign with the Mariners three years ago.

Though far removed from the Big Apple-glare in Seattle, it was then that he added to his already significant star power when he became the first client signed to rapper Jay Z’s Roc Nation sports agency.

Being friends with a rap mogul has certain perks.

A major one came when Jay Z gifted Cano with a Shawn Carter Classic Fusion by Hublot watch for his birthday.

Only 100 of the timepieces were made in 18-karat yellow gold featuring the Shawn Carter logo. Price tag: $33,900.

That isn’t even Cano’s favourite piece of jewelry.

That title goes to a three-dimensional chain designed by his jeweler and made entirely of gold and platinum R’s and C’s to represent his initials.

“I wanted to do something different and he did a good job,” Cano said.

That was three years ago and now he never takes it off. You can sometimes see it peeking out of the top of his jersey during games.

Cano has teammates Felix Hernandez and Nelson Cruz to form a trio so fashionable that their travel days often look less like baseball trips and more like a stroll down a runway in Paris.

The three delight in one-upping each other and Cano enjoys seeing the outfits his buddies put together.

“I don’t like to be the only one that looks good or dresses the best on the team,” he said.

“It always looks good when everyone looks nice and is looking fresh.”

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Robinson Cano waves to fans during a parade along 42nd Street in New York before the baseball All-Star Game in 2013. The Seattle Mariners All-Star second baseman is supremely fashion-conscious, and he talks with joy about the collection in his massive closet.

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HEALTH FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016

Health Canada approves hep C drug

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Health Canada has approved a drug being touted as a cure for hepatitis C, a disease believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of Canadians, many of whom are unaware they harbour the virus.

The drug, sold under the brand name Epclusa, is a once-daily pill taken for 12 weeks that can rid the body of all six strains of hepatitis C, a bloodborne virus that can lead to severe liver damage and liver cancer if left untreated.

“This is really a cure,” Dr. Jordan Feld, a liver specialist at Toronto Western Hospital, said of the medication, also known by its generic chemical designation sofosbuvir-velpatasvir.

One catch, though: Epclusa is expensive. In the U.S., the drug costs US$900 a pill — or almost $75,000 for a 12-week course.

Two other hepatitis C drugs also made by Gilead Sciences Inc. and already approved in Canada — Harvoni (genotype 1) and Sovaldi (genotypes 1, 2 and 3) — also carry hefty price tags: the cost of an eight- to 24-week regimen of the antivirals ranges from C$69,000 to $110,000, although several provinces have joined together to leverage their buying power to negotiate better prices.

Still, Feld insists the newly approved drug is a “huge advance” in hepatitis C treatment.

In a pre-approval clinical trial conducted by researchers led by Feld and published last November, 99 per cent of 624 patients given the drug were virus-free after three months.

The study looked at patients infected with one of five strains, or genotypes, of hepatitis C — 1,2,4,5 and 6. A second study of genotype 3 — an aggressive form most commonly found in people of South Asian descent — found the drug was effective in at least 90 per cent of cases, Feld said.

Previously approved treatments for chronic hepatitis C infection are not equally effective in combating the virus’ different forms. Testing to determine the particular genetic strain is required before treatment can start.

As well, different drug combinations are required depending on whether

a person has already developed cirrhosis or has certain other medical conditions.

Feld said because the combination of sofosbuvir-velpatasvir has been shown to work on all strains of the virus, it eliminates the need for such testing, which often delayed treatment and can be difficult to access for those living in rural or remote regions of the country.

“It’s important because if we’re going to address this at a public health level, we need to get (more) people, particularly primary-care physicians and even nurses, to start treating,” he said Wednesday. “And I think this is the first step to really making that feasible.”

Having the one-size-fits-all drug also means patients unable to easily access large urban health centres may not need to see a specialist in person.

“I can now help a family doctor or even a nurse up in northern Canada somewhere treat the person locally,”

Feld said.

“They never need to see me, and the treatments are getting simple enough that it’s really straightforward and works for all populations.”

For instance, he is working with a health-care group in Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario to provide treatment to the largely First Nations population, which has rapidly spreading rates of hepatitis C due to high levels of injection drug use.

Hepatitis C is primarily transmitted through shared needles by IV drug users, contact with poorly sterilized medical equipment, and blood transfusions prior to 1992, after which all donations were tested for the virus following Canada’s tainted blood scandal.

An estimated 250,000 to 400,000 Canadians are estimated to be infected with this “silent killer,” which can take decades to manifest symptoms of cirrhosis, including swollen legs and abdomen, and the yellow skin, eyes and urine related to jaundice.

It’s believed more than half of those infected are unaware and undiagnosed, said Feld, noting there’s a big public health push to get people born between 1945 and 1970 — baby boomers, essentially — to get tested for the virus.

“I can’t stress enough the importance of getting people out to get tested for this,” he said. “We have a cure, but we can’t cure people we can’t diagnose.”

Dr. Morris Sherman, chair of the Canadian Liver Foundation, said Canada and other countries have committed to eliminating hepatitis C by 2030, but to accomplish that goal treatment rates need to be significantly boosted.

“Having a therapy that works for all genotypes will make treatment easier for both patients and physicians to manage,” Sherman said in a statement.

“But it must be accessible, regardless of where someone lives or their ability to pay.”

Best brain training: get moving DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN YOU DOCS For a rock-solid memory and razor-sharp brainpower, get up and move! A growing stack of research confirms that working your brain as if it were a core muscle keeps it younger and fitter. Exercise is good for your brain, for a ton of reasons. One biggie: Getting active slashes stress, and taming tension is the single most important thing you can do to slow memory loss and sidestep fuzzy thinking. Stress hormones switch off parts of the hippocampus, a brain area involved with memory, reducing the ability to learn.

Over time, high anxiety can tip over into depression, and that messes with memory.

These days, we’re excited about the slew of new research that shows how exercise helps your brain: — Better blood flow. Exercise increases circulation in areas of the brain hit hardest by Alzheimer’s disease, says one new study from the Uni-

versity of Kentucky. Volunteers who were the most fit had the best blood flow to regions where Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles happen.

— More connections. Getting active increases levels of a brain chemical called brain-derived neurotrophic growth factor, which helps brain cells grow and connect. More connections boost brainpower. In a recent study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago of 525 older people, those with the most BDNF showed the smallest declines in mental prowess. This was true even for those with signs of Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that BDNF builds extra connections in the brain that may act as collateral pathways around diseased areas, allowing you to still find your keys, balance your checkbook and enjoy your life.

— Less brain “trash.” Movement helps your brain use more glutamate, an amino acid that helps neural pathways transmit signals. When excess glutamate piles up between cells, it creates tiny toxic-waste dumps that are linked to a wide variety of brain disorders as well as to dementia. Researchers from Canada’s University of Guelph found that exercise can increase the amount of glutamate your brain uses, so there’s less trash muck-

ing up things.

The best save-your-brain plan combines exercise with these other essentials: 1. Other stress-soothing activities, such as meditation, knitting, bowling with friends or listening to your favorite music; 2. A healthy eating plan that has you staying away from the Five Food Felons — most saturated and all trans fats, added sugars and sugar syrups, and any grain that isn’t 100 percent whole — and eating plenty of produce, whole grains and good fats like the omega-3s in salmon and wild trout; 3. Taking supplements containing, specifically, DHA omega-3. ALA omega-3 may also be beneficial for your eyes, joints and brain, and is found in food like walnuts and avocados.

Daily mental challenges, such as learning a language, doing crosswords or Sudoku, or other brain-stimulating mental gymnastics also are beneficial.

Try these activities: Yoga plus meditation: In a recent University of California Los Angeles study of 25 adults age 55 and older with mild memory problems, this combo was even better than brain-training games at improving memory and reducing depression. A weekly class plus

20 minutes of daily practice was all it took. Yoga can ease stress, reduce inflammation and encourage formation of new brain connections.

Gardening, dancing and other fun stuff: In a new University of Pittsburgh study, scans of the 876 volunteers revealed that the more activity the better it was for the brain. Everything from walking and gardening to dancing and going to the gym kept the brains of older adults bigger, reducing risk for Alzheimer’s by up to 50 percent.

Aerobic exercise: In one recent lab study, aerobic activities — a long walk, pedaling your exercise bike while you watch the nightly news, a new class at the gym — bested strength training for stimulating growth of new cells in a brain area involved with learning and memory.

In another study of 876 older adults, varying between moderate and intense exercise translated into faster thinking and keener memories. Their brains were comparatively 10 years younger than non-exercisers’ were.

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www.sharecare.com.

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Four unions support Energy East

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Four major trade unions have joined forces with TransCanada Corp. to push the proposed Energy East oil pipeline as a “nation-building” exercise.

The alliance, symbolized by a memorandum of understanding signed Thursday, gives the 4,600-kilometre pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick a rare public relations boost after many months of public protests and highly publicized rejections.

“What we know is that there’s a silent majority of folks that understand the need for energy and understand the need to supply it responsibly,” TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said at a trade union training facility in suburban Ottawa.

“A portion of those folks are here today.”

Union and company representatives say construction and conversion of the oil line — two-thirds of which already exists as a gas pipeline — will support 14,000 jobs annually for almost a decade, although Girling said he expects the pipeline to be operational by late 2019 or early 2020.

The National Energy Board is about to begin a two-year environmental assessment of the $15.7-billion proposal, after which the Liberal cabinet in Ottawa will decide its fate.

The Conference Board of Canada issued a report estimating the 14,000 direct and spin-off job numbers from Energy East, but environmental groups dispute the long-term employment impact.

The advocacy group Environmental Defence issued a press release Thursday saying TransCanada’s own projections suggest only 132 permanent, direct jobs from the pipeline in New Brunswick, 114 in Ontario and 33 in Quebec.

For tradespeople in the pipeline building industry, that’s an argument for another day.

Joe Mancinelli, the international vice-president for the Labourers International Union of North America, which hosted the news conference, gave a full-throated endorsement of the pipeline, citing arguments that ranged from skilled trades training and job creation to safety, avoiding another Lac Megantic-like deadly train derailment and displacing imports of foreign oil.

“We are not going to eliminate these fossil fuels from coming out of the ground,” said Mancinelli.

An internal Finance Department analysis in December suggested that low global oil prices mean Canada won’t need any additional pipeline capacity “until at least 2025” but the sentiment at the union shop Thursday was that oil is going to be transported and it better be by pipeline rather than rail.

Forecasts for oil sands developments that are already underway suggest production will rise by about 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day by 2020, said Girling.

“If we don’t build a pipeline, it will get moved by rail.”

Girling said Energy East has 20-year contracts with producers and refiners who “see the need for that (oil) five years out and 25 years out and are willing to sign those long-term agreements.”

Several speakers at Thursday’s news conference stressed the pipeline as a means to get Canada off foreign imports, although Irving Oil has already said it expects to continue importing Saudi oil to its New Brunswick refineries, and much of the Canadian

crude is expected to be exported by ship to heavy oil markets abroad.

“We’re not going to dictate to our shippers where the oil goes,” Girling told reporters when asked about displacing foreign oil.

Economics will determine how Energy East’s product is used, said the TransCanada CEO, while wryly noting that “traders try to find a nickel of arbitrage between moving barrels around the globe.”

The message, he said, is “build it and we’ll see what happens.”

The irony that major trade unions — a movement vilified by the former Harper government — are now advocating for major resource infrastructure that was a top priority of the federal Conservatives is not lost on Mancinelli.

In an interview, the union boss laughed off the political paradox.

“Let me put it this way: it’s vital also to the NDP government in Alberta,” Mancinelli said of the pipeline.

“It all depends on what you’re after. What we’re after is continued jobs for our members, so it’s really not a matter of who’s in power or who we support politically. It’s more to do with the jobs.”

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A wind farm is shown near Pincher Creek. Several startups in the financial technology sector have unveiled products or services in recent months that attempt to court millennials by appealing to their sense of social responsibility. Online investment adviser WealthSimple launched a socially responsible portfolio about three months ago, and since then roughly 10 per cent of the robo-adviser’s clients have signed up for that option, says founder and CEO Michael Katchen.

“Socially responsible portfolios really try and avoid investing in companies that don’t have a good environmental, social or corporate governance record,” says Isaac Schweigert, a portfolio manager and chief compliance officer at ModernAdvisor.

Regulator says new rules will eliminate toxic oilsands tailings ponds

Fintech firms try to appeal to millennials’ sense of social responsibility

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Several startups in the financial technology sector have unveiled products or services in recent months that attempt to court millennials by appealing to their sense of social responsibility.

Online investment adviser WealthSimple launched a socially responsible portfolio about three months ago, and since then roughly 10 per cent of the robo-adviser’s clients have signed up for that option, says founder and CEO Michael Katchen.

“It’s been hugely popular,” says Katchen. “Our clients love it.”

Socially responsible investing, or ethical investing, is the marriage of personal ethics with finance, and it’s been growing in popularity in recent years, a trend believed to be fuelled partly by the values of millennial investors.

According to a report released last year by the Responsible Investment Association, more than $1 trillion of assets in Canada were being managed using at least one responsible invest-

ing strategy as of Dec. 31, 2013. That’s up from $600 billion two years earlier.

A global study released by research firm Nielsen last year found that 73 per cent of the millennials it surveyed are willing to pay more for brands that are sustainable.

“Socially responsible portfolios really try and avoid investing in companies that don’t have a good environmental, social or corporate governance record,” says Isaac Schweigert, a portfolio manager and chief compliance officer at ModernAdvisor.

The online investment manager, or robo-adviser, launched early this year and offers socially responsible portfolios.

“We are based in Vancouver, which tends to be ahead of the curve on a lot of the socially responsible and ethical investing, and just social causes in general, so we wanted to be at the forefront of that on the investing side,” Schweigert says.

One of the challenges with offering ethical investing options is that everyone’s definition of an ethical investment is different, says Katchen.

“It’s a massively subjective term,”

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says its new housing price index gained 0.7 per cent in May, its largest monthly increase since July 2007.

The agency says the rise was mainly driven by higher new housing prices in the combined region of Toronto and Oshawa, Ont., and in Vancouver.

The index for the combined region of Toronto and Oshawa was up 1.9 per cent in May, the biggest contributor to the overall increase.

Statistics Canada says builders cited market conditions and the higher cost of land as the reasons for the gain, which was the biggest in that area in 27 years. New housing prices rose 1.1 per cent in both Vancouver and Victoria.

The index fell in Regina and Charlottetown. For the 12-month period ended in May, the index was up 2.7 per cent, the largest increase since September 2010.

he says.

“Some people don’t want to invest in tobacco or alcohol companies or gaming companies. Some people don’t care about that but they just want to make sure that there’s a board that represents diversity, or invest in the environment. So, first of all you have to come up with some definition of what this means, and also understand that it’s not going to satisfy everyone out there, because it’s impossible.”

It isn’t just investment managers that are trying to woo millennial customers with products focused on social responsibility. Merchant Advance Capital, a technology-based online small business lender, launched a so-called impact loan earlier this month, offering lower borrowing rates to entrepreneurs who are looking to make a positive impact on their community or the environment. The loan offers reduced interest rates to business owners who want to invest in social responsibility initiatives — such as upgrades that boost energy efficiency or renovations to make a business more accessible to people with disabilities — but can’t afford to do so.

CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator has introduced new rules that it says will ultimately remove unsightly and toxic tailings ponds from the oilsands mining region of northeastern Alberta.

CEO Jim Ellis says companies with tailings ponds will face new reporting and progressive reclamation requirements, with all ponds to be removed within 10 years of the end of a mine’s life.m The AER’s new directive replaces tailings ponds regulations, put in place in 2009, that industry claimed it couldn’t comply with. AER spokeswoman Tracie Moore says the earlier directive was suspended in March of 2015 and has now been rescinded.

Alberta Energy estimated oilsands mining projects had created about 220 square kilometres of tailings ponds by the end of 2013. The ponds are used to store water needed to separate heavy bitumen crude from sand and other impurities and contain water, silt, leftover bitumen and solvents. They have long been one of the industry’s toughest environmental challenges.

Under the new rules, operators are required to submit fluid tailings management applications to the AER by Nov. 1.

AER urges companies to step up detection of pipeline leaks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator is urging pipeline operators to do a better job of developing and maintaining programs to discover leaks after it examined nearly two-dozen spills over the last three years.

The AER said Thursday that after reviewing 23 major spills on pipelines carrying mostly oil well effluent and produced water, it found poor training and a lack of monitoring led to delays in detecting leaks in about a third of

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In a bulletin, the regulator said in eight cases, staff were insufficiently trained or failed to detect leaks for several days — and in those cases it took on average 48 days for companies to respond and isolate the pipeline.

The AER said all personnel responsible for leak detection are required to be properly trained and that competency testing and ongoing evaluations are vital.

Patrick Smyth, vice president of safety and engineering at the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, said

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“Our members recognize the critical importance of leak detection and are continually seeking out opportunities for improving the sensitivity of the technology.”

Smyth added that members are collaborating on a national strategy to develop best-in-class standards.

“Part of this will be to evaluate existing leak-detection practices, procedures and technologies assess emerging technologies and then develop

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The AER’s bulletin comes only days after Nexen Energy released the findings of its investigation into a pipeline leak last July that spilled about five million litres of bitumen, sand and produced water at its Long Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray.

On Tuesday, Ron Bailey, Nexen Energy’s head of Canadian operations, said it took close to a month to discover the leak due to a number of monitoring failures.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 123.61 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.59 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.75 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.60 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.07 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.76 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.54 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 182.70 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.13 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.36 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.43 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.80 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.91 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.17 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.43 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.76 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.26 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.61 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 56.09 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.24 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.38 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.46 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.75 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 137.97 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.39

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Optimism continued to flow through North American stock markets Thursday as traders kept indices in positive territory for a fifth straight day, as the Bank of England went against expectations and decided to hold off on interest rates.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index climbed 20.72 points to 14,514.52, with advances in the metals and energy sectors offsetting losses in real estate and gold stocks.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.52 of a U.S. cent to 77.53 cents US on higher oil prices, as the August crude contract gained 93 cents to settle at US$45.68 per barrel.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 once again closed at record levels.

The Dow was ahead 134.29 points at 18,506.41, while the broader S&P advanced 11.32 points to 2,163.75. The Nasdaq composite reversed its previous day’s loss by jumping 28.33 points at 5,034.06.

Equities in Toronto and New York have been higher since Friday, when a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report was released for June following weak employment data in April and May. Despite the latest round of positive figures, most still don’t anticipate the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate until the end of the year.

Last December, the Fed boosted the rate by a quarter-point in December to a range of 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. At the time, it also forecasted another four rate hikes this year. Expectations are now that there will only be one hike, if at all.

The volatility that followed the surprise British vote to

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.00 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 28.74 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.70 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.87 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 27.69 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 14.09 First Quantum Minerals . 10.90 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.09 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.13 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 6.96 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.33 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.23 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.910 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.55 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.75 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 21.01 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.18 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 26.64 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 41.43 Canyon Services Group. . 5.38 Cenovus Energy Inc. . . . 18.39 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2100 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.30 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.700

leave the European Union last month is another reason why analysts believe rates will stay low for some time.

“As a result of Brexit, central banks are going to counteract that course and not raise rates anytime soon,” said Ian Nakamoto, a director of research at 3Macs.

While the recent uptick in stock markets can be attributed to investors being more attracted to possibly higher returns from equities over bonds amid a low-interest rate environment.

“There is no alternative,” Nakamoto noted.

Laura Lau, a senior portfolio manager at Brompton Group, said that investors are starting to realize that the economic fallout from Brexit will likely have little impact on the Canadian and U.S. economies, which don’t rely heavily on the U.K. as a trading partner.

Overseas, economists had expected the British central bank to slash rates after Brexit, which initially sent the pound plummeting to a 31-year-low.

But the bank said it’s taking a wait-and-see approach to rates until it knows the overall economic impact of Brexit.

In commodities, the August contract for natural gas was down a penny at US$2.73 per mmBtu. The August gold contract fell US$11.40 to US$1,332.20 an ounce, while September copper contracts were unchanged at US$2.24 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,514.52, up 20.72 points Dow — 18,506.41, up 134.29 points (record high) S&P 500 — 2,163.75, up 11.32 points (record high)

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.95 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 45.81 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.82 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.40 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.45 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.28 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.830 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.46 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.59 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.26 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.59 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 42.52 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1400 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.38 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.23 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.01 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.55 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.05 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.89 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.50 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.73 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.65 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.900 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.82 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.47 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.43

Nasdaq — 5,034.06, up 28.33 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.53 cents US, up 0.52 of a cent Pound — C$1.7192, up 1.31 cents Euro — C$1.4335, down 0.72 of a cent Euro — US$1.1114, up 0.20 of a cent Oil futures: US$45.68 per barrel, up 93 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,332.20 per oz., down $11.40 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $27.290 oz., down 30.7 cents $877.37 kg., down $9.87 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: July ‘16 $4.30 lower $475.30 Nov. ‘16 $5.20 lower $477.00 Jan. ‘17 $5.30 lower $484.20 March ‘17 $4.70 lower $491.10 May ‘17 $4.50 lower $495.30 July ‘17 $4.40 lower $499.20 Nov. ‘17 $4.40 lower $501.80 Jan. ‘18 $4.40 lower $501.90 March ‘18 $4.40 lower $501.90 May ‘18 $4.40 lower $501.90 July ‘18 $4.40 lower $501.90.

Barley (Western): July ‘16 $3.50 lower $155.00 Oct. ‘16 $3.50 lower $155.00 Dec. ‘16 $3.50 lower $155.00 March ‘17 $3.50 lower $157.00 May ‘17 $3.50 lower $158.00 July ‘17 $3.50 lower $158.00 Oct. ‘17 $3.50 lower $158.00 Dec. ‘17 $3.50 lower $158.00 March ‘18 $3.50 lower $158.00 May ‘18 $3.50 lower $158.00 July ‘18 $3.50 lower $158.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 333,080 tonnes of canola 500 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 333,580.

Living wage proponents look to spark national movement with pay increases

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Earlier this year, Charlie Vanderpol’s hourly wage — along with many of her colleagues — jumped a couple of dollars. For the Muskoka Brewery’s retail store employee, the raise meant she could start saving for renovations on her house in Bracebridge, Ont. Her employer boosted wages for about half of its roughly 120 workers as part of a commitment announced late last month to pay everyone a living wage.

Muskoka Brewery is one of more than 200 Canadian companies recognizing that minimum wage may not be enough and new measures might be necessary to help the country’s working poor. Proponents say it not only helps people make ends meet, but can also benefit businesses and their communities.

Living wage is typically calculated by determining the net hourly wage a person needs to pay for necessities and modest social activities (like movie tickets) for a family with two working parents and two young children in certain communities.

In Toronto, for example, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives determined that hourly wage is $18.52 compared to the province’s $11.25 minimum wage. In Vancouver, the Living Wage for Families Campaign said it’s $20.64, more than $10 above British Columbia’s minimum wage.

The living wage rate in the Muskoka region north of Toronto, where Muskoka Brewery is located, is expected to be finalized in the fall, said Kelly Watson, the company’s director of people and development. But she said she expects the brewery is already paying close to what the living wage will be.

Vanderpol recalled feeling relieved and excited when the brewery told its employees of its living wage initiative.

“It really relieves a lot of stress in your life,” she said.

Muskoka Brewery is among more than 200 employers in Ontario, B.C., Saskatchewan and Alberta that have pledged to pay their employees a living wage, according to Living Wage Canada.

Tom Cooper, co-ordinator of the Ontario Living Wage Network, calls the living wage “a win-win-win.”

Happier, more relaxed employees result in increased productivity, lower

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Todd White, chair of the HamiltonWentworth District School Board, poses for a photo in Hamilton, Ont. on Wednesday. turnover and less sick time used, he said.

It’s something Watson says she’s noticed at the brewery.

“You’re really allowing that employee’s family to live a much healthier, more sustainable lifestyle, and that resonates when they come into work because then they’re able to focus on work more and be more productive and engaged,” she said.

The shift to a living wage can also boost a community’s economy, Cooper said, as workers are likely to spend some of their extra income on local goods and services.

Still, it can be difficult to convince businesses to increase paycheques at the expense of their bottom line.

One of the biggest challenges, Cooper said, is when an organization boosts all their employees’ pay to a living wage in one go. The network sometimes suggests a staggered approach — for example, making the change first for full-time employees and then including part-timers a year later.

Cooper said he hopes the calls for a living wage grow louder across Canada.

“I think living wage needs to become a national movement,” he said.

For that to happen, more evidence is needed to show businesses how the pay bump can benefit them, said Todd White, chair of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, which took the living wage pledge several years ago. Cooper’s network is working on what he says will result in “an air-tight case.” Along with two universities, the network has started to gather feedback from the businesses that have implemented a living wage so far, as well as their employees.

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Access Pipeline sale a symptom of oilpatch cash crunch

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The $1.4-billion purchase of a stake in an Alberta oilsands pipeline is the latest deal in an ongoing garage sale of non-core assets by oil and gas producers struggling to survive.

On Thursday, privately held Wolf Midstream of Calgary announced it would buy a 50 per cent stake in the Access Pipeline from Oklahoma Citybased Devon Energy with debt and $825 million provided by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

The pipeline delivers diluted bitumen from Devon’s northern Alberta oilsands facilities to a transportation hub in Edmonton about 350 kilometres away.

Calgary-based oilsands producer MEG Energy (TSX:MEG), owner of the other half of Access, is also taking bids but said Thursday it hasn’t found a buyer yet.

Both firms say they are raising money to pay down debt as world benchmark oil prices remain at less than half of the US$107 per barrel they were at two years ago.

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GRAHAM Mabel Edith With unending sadness, we announce the passing of Mabel Edith Graham on Monday, July 11, 2016 in Red Deer Alberta, at the age of 79. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Ron Wuetherick; daughters, Crystal Graham (Marlon Leggott) and Carol Ogura; grandchildren, Jason and Robin Ogura; and her sister, Roberta (Robert) Putnam.

Warm hearted with a generous personality, Mabel led her life with great enthusiasm, engaging everyone to share her passion for music, dance, cooking and the arts. A Celebration of Mabel’s Life will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, Edmonton South, 7230 Argyll Rd, Edmonton on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 2:00 pm. For those wishing, donations may be made in Mabel’s memory to support Brain Care at the University of Alberta Hospital through the Brain Centre Campaign, c\o the University Hospital Foundation, 8440 112 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7.

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Canadian Wellsite Rentals Inc. Monday, August 8, 2016 Red Deer, Alberta Sale Starts at 10:00 a.m.

Location: 7447 Edgar Industrial Bend Selling a HUGE Selection of Shop Tools, Office Equipment, Supplies, Materials & So Much More!

1000’s of Items to Sell!

For a Complete Listing Visit our Website at www.allenolsonauction.com Sale Conducted by:

Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. Rimbey, Alberta License No. 165690 (403) 843-2747 1 (855) 783-0556 Toll Free E-mail: abolson@ telusplanet.net Homepage: allenolsonauction.com

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Caregivers/ Aides

710

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

Clerical

720

Kraze 101.3 is looking for a Receptionist/Admin Assist. Please click on www.harvardbroadcasting.com “join our team” for info.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303

Trades

850

PARTS PERSON, at least one year John Deere parts counter exp.

Send resume and ref. to dpcourtney@shaw.ca Buying or Selling your home?

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Gary & Bonnie Muzylouski Land Located Near Rimbey, Alberta August 19, 2016 Time: 12:00 Noon Selling a A Truly Fabulous, Executive Built, Stunning Home, Built in 2013 w/ Attached Garage, Trout Pond, Cabin, Finished Shop & A Beautifully Landscaped Yard.

Sat., July 23 & Sun., July 31, from 1pm to 4 pm or by Appointment Contact Allen B. Olson at (403) 783-0556.

Classifieds 309-3300

BEAUTIFUL farm fresh chickens - too many for my freezer. avg weight 6 pounds. 35 available 25 more august 1st butchering 780-217-8201 or 403-510-4121

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LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.

Price depends on location of delivery. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Start your career!

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Household Furnishings

1720

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

For More Info Visit our website at www.allenolsonauction.com

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020

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2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

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COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 RCA Bluebird records, Wilf Carters, Jimmie Roger’s, harbor Light’s, etc.

All albums. $20. for set.

403-347-3849 STEP Ladder, 6’ Feather light aluminum, no tray, $20. 587-876-2914

1590

Clothing

LADIES size 6 knee length black chiffon dress, Canadian made, still tagged at $125.

Asking $30. 403-348-0201

SUN Lightfoot Pedometor and flashlight, never used.

587-876-2914 WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020 WEBSTER 20th Century Dictionary. Second Edition. $10.

403-347-3849

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Sporting Goods

BRAND name roller blades, extra vented, size EU38, $20; and 10 speed bike, asking $5, good for parts. 403-348-0201

1870

Collectors' Items

2 GINNY DOLLS, mint in box, 1986 Vogue dolls, Bride and Mommy’s Attic.

2 for $30. 403-314-9603 PRECIOUS Moments Debbie, 1981, Mint-in-box, 18: tall, $75. 403-314-9603 WIZARD of OZ Dolls, Mint-in-box, 1985.

Complete set of 6. $200.

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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1/2 DUPLEX, 5 1/2 bdrms., 2 full baths, new windows, dble. garage, fenced. $1500. mo./d.d. or for Sale $298,000. 403-782-5349 2 + 1 BDRM home, with lrg garage. $1600/mo. + d.d. & utils. N/S, not pets, Avail Aug. 1. 403-347-1563 3 BDRM main fl. house for rent, avail. imm., $1150/mo. + 2/3 util. Call Bob 403-872-3400 3 BDRM. upper floor in house, near schools and transportation, good for family of 4, $900/mo. Avail. immed. 403-343-6229 or 403-304-3979 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1395/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 4 LEVEL split, 4 bdrm., 2 full bath, near schools and transportation, $1350/mo.

Avail. immed.

403-343-6229 or 403-304-3979 MOUNTVIEW entire home, across from school, 4 bdrm., dbl. garage, lrg. lot backs onto park, fully dev., 2 full baths, new reno’s, 5 appls., $1549 + utils. July 1.

Call Alex 403-519-2944 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, utils. Rent neg. newly reno’d.403-728-3688 2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1150/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181 2 BDRM., 1240 sq. ft., 1-1/2 baths, Blackfalds, fenced, $1100. Avail.

Sept. 1. 403-505-8310

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Deer Park 138 DOUGLAS Ave., Sat. & Sun., July 16 & 17, 9 -5, modern furniture, kitchen items, decorative pieces, and much more.

Devonshire 96 DOWLER STREET July 15 & 16 Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 8-1 Clothing, clothes, sporting gear, furniture, misc. items

3325 - 42 AVE. July 15 & 16 Fri. 4 - 8 & Sat. 9 - 6 Paint sprayer, blower motor, dog items, guitar amp. misc. household You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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96 NASH STREET July 14 & 15 Thurs. 2-8 & Fri. 12-8 MULTI FAMILY - misc.

WHISKER Rescue is having household, bike, baby gate, a Garage Sale Fundraiser tarps, rugs and lots more.

August 4 - 6th. Donations will be accepted from Start your career!

July 12 to 26 from 10:00 See Help Wanted 4:00, Monday to Sunday at the Pidherney Centre Rosedale (RD Curling Centre), 4725 - 43rd Street. We do 25 REEVES CRES. not take large appliances, July 14, 15 & 16 clothes or mattresses. For Thurs. & Fri. 4-7 & Sat. 10-4 more information, call or Power washer, boat, baby text Diane 403-318-9448 clothes, household misc. or email dicat@live.ca

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Bakery Manager Previous Experience An Asset

1010

Accounting

Employment Training

900

SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

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1100

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

Flooring

We’ll do it all...Free est.

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

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

1180

Misc.

Services

1290

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For indoor/outdoor projects such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617

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24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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Farmers' Market

WANTED

Open Houses:

Seeking highly motivated employee with INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS the CAN DO attitude Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp.

• Competitive wages with oilfield service • Full benefits companies, other small businesses and individuals For inquires call Rob at RW Smith, 346-9351 (403) 347-4600 or email at rob.gustafson@ sobeys.com

Announcements

MASTER CRAFT Driver, Impact wrench, square, 1/2”, speed 65 RMP Max. torque 320. Asking $30.

MotoMaster, 750 Watt inverter, $50.

403-309-7387, 392-6138

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

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

UNRESERVED Real Estate Auction Sale

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Forever loved and missed by Angela and Kyle, Christopher, Paula and Mom

FRAMING Nailers, 3 in 1 KING Canada, 28 degree x34 degree, flipped head.

Performance Plus.

18 guage,2 Brad Nailer Kits Performance Plus, 18 guage x 1/4, narrow crown stapler, in carrying case. Includes full box of 3 1/4 nails. Sold for $300.

Asking $100. for all 3.

403-309-7387, 392-6138

WINE making equip. ~ 2 glass carboys, mixing attachment for electric drill, 4 dozen wine bottles, wine corker, siphon rod/hose, and stirring spoon. $125.

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When someone you love becomes a memory That someone becomes a wonderful treasure to always hold in your heart.

AIR Compressor, 3 gal. or 11.4 L, paid $149.99 plus a 2/1 nailer, drives, nails and narrow crown staples, pd. $119.99. Used once.

Will sell both for $100. or $50. each.

403-309-7387, 392-6138

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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WARKE (Klepper) Teresa 1957 - 1996

1640

Firewood

700-920

Central Alberta Since 1997 (403) 341-5181 & (888) 216 - 5111

RICHARD ANDREW WARREN 1928 - 2015 Always Remembered FOREVER LOVED The Warren Family

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Personals

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

Tools

1530

Auctions

1630

EquipmentHeavy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

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Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777

Plumbing & Heating

1330

JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Geary 403-588-2619

Roofing 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 Looking for a place to live?

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Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 TUSCANY PAINTING 403-598-2434

1370

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

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

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

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Yard Care

1430

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

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LOCATED in Red Deer, 3 bdrm., townhouse, 1 1/2 bath, full bsmt., stove, fridge, microwave, washer, dryer. 403-887-4670, or 403-350-6194

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

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $900/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Aug. 1. 403-304-5337 CLEARVIEW: TWO WEEKS FREE + $150. move-in, 4 plex, 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), $975.mo. n/s, no pets. 403-391-1780

ORIOLE PARK 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 $900/mo. d.d. $650.

Available now or Aug. 1 403-304-5337

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Suites

1 BDRM. large WALK-OUT suite, new subdivision, single adults or mature couple, N/S, or pets, 5 all new appls., 50” T.V., leather recliners, queen bed, furnished. $1000. & shared utils. 403-340-3370 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or 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

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Acreages

4050

7 PARK-LIKE Acres, Families looking for a PRIVATE weekend retreat year round? Set up & leave your holiday trailers.

Share initial cost w/family or friends. Guest cabin & bunkhouse, power, well, lots of spruce & native trees, garden trout pond, fences, awesome waterfoul & white tail area.

403-340-3370

4100

Income Property

RARE OPPORTUNITY 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS 4 plexes, side by side, $616,000. ea. 403-391-1780

Industrial Property

4120

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

4160

Lots For Sale

SANDY POINT RV Resort, Gull Lake, Lot #25, lot size 45’ x 94’, close to marina, beach, golf course, and walking trails. Fully serviced, $88,900. NO GST. ~SOLD~

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson sits on a rowing machine at an event promoting public health, at Britain’s Conservative Party Conference, Manchester, England. Britain’s new top diplomat is shaggy-haired, Latin-spouting Boris Johnson, who in recent months has made insulting and vulgar comments about the presidents of the United States and Turkey.

Britain’s top envoy rarely diplomatic

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5030

Cars

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

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2005 CROWN Vic LX, full load, leather, 96,000 kms. $6300. 403-358-3721

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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Rental incentives avail.

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

403-596-2444

1997 OLDS 88 LS, good cond., 4 new tires. $1,200. 403-342-5844

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

403-596-6000

$5800.

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

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

Call 403-343-7955

For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK PENHOLD 1 bdrm., 4 ANDERS appls., inclds. heat & water, no pets, $760/mo. 348-6594 BOWER PENHOLD, deluxe 3 bdrm., HIGHLAND hrdwd. Árs., inclds. heat and GREEN water, $1100. 403-348-6594 INGLEWOOD THE JOHNSTONE NORDIC KENTWOOD Rental incentives avail.

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

MEADOWS 403-596-2444 PINES SUNNYBROOK Rooms SOUTHBROOKE For Rent WEST LAKE $425. MO/D.D. incld’s everything. 403-342-1834 WEST PARK or 587-877-1883 after 2:30

2006 Buick Lucerne, 4 dr. full load, luue tooth, remote start, Harold 403-350-6800

5050

Trucks

2000 FORD XL, remote start, a/c, 235,000 kms., $800 obo 403-550-3230

5060

Heavy Trucks

BUSES: 2000 & 2001 (3) 66 seat, (3) 54 seat, V8, 5 spd. on propane, $2000 $2500. 403-877-0825

Motorcycles

5080

RIDING Mower, 30” TROY $850. obo . 403-348-8171

3090

Call Tammy at 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED

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Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

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

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

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED INNISFAIL HERE TO HELP ECKVILLE & HERE TO SERVE WASKASOO Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate ESTATES central alberta 403-341-9995 MORRISROE 6 DAYS A WEEK Houses For Sale BY 6:30 AM

4020

3 BDRM., 2 baths, 2,400 sq. ft., $230,000.

403-505-8310

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2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC LOADED, 44,600 KMS.

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Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

2012 BURGMAN 650, heated seat/handles, 6000 kms. $8500. 403-348-8171

LONDON — He’s insulted everyone from the president of the United States to the people of Papua New Guinea. Now the remarkably undiplomatic Boris Johnson, his political career miraculously revived, has become Britain’s top diplomat.

The reaction to his surprise appointment as foreign secretary in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s new Conservative Cabinet has been swift and blunt: his French counterpart called him a liar, the Germans say he’s irresponsible, and a British legislator believes it’s the worst political appointment since Roman emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.

And those are Britain’s allies talking.

May came to power with a reputation for acting with careful calculation, but with her choice of the voluble, publicity-craving Johnson as Britain’s representative on the world stage, she appears to have thrown her customary caution to the winds.

Instead of choosing a team player, May chose a politician who prides himself on being different.

So different he insulted President Barack Obama by making fun of his ancestry. So tone deaf he also wrote an extremely vulgar limerick about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, using debasing sexual imagery to mock the leader of a mostly Muslim country.

Johnson, 52, was a prominent leader of the successful “leave” campaign to take Britain out of the European Union who harboured his own leadership hopes, making him a factor for May to deal with as the new prime minister tries to unify the sharply divided Conservative Party.

But her decision to put Johnson on the world stage dealing with foreign leaders is raising questions, largely because of Johnson’s propensity for saying exactly wrong thing at the wrong time, sometimes in the most provocative way.

In France, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc

MINT CONDITION $7600. o.b.o.

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Fifth Wheels

5110

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Ayrault Thursday branded his British counterpart a liar.

“Did you all see what his style was like through the campaign? He lied a lot to the British. Now, it’s him with his back against the wall to defend his country and to clarify his relationship with Europe,” Ayrault said.

The French minister said he needs a negotiating partner who is “clear, credible and reliable” for the upcoming negotiations on Britain’s stated desire to leave the 28-nation EU. Others took a more conciliatory view with the belief that Johnson as foreign secretary would be more temperate than his previous incarnations as Johnson the journalist, Johnson the legislator or Johnson the London mayor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed inclined to let bygones be bygones even though Johnson had described him as a “ruthless and manipulative tyrant” and suggested he looked like a Harry Potter character, the wizened elf Dobby.

“The burden of his current position will undoubtedly, certainly, lead him to use a bit different rhetoric, of a more diplomatic nature,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

When it comes to U.S. Democrats and Republicans, Johnson seems an equal opportunity offender.

There was no word from Hillary Clinton’s camp on whether she had forgiven his 2007 description of her as resembling “a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.” And Donald Trump didn’t indicate his feelings about Johnson’s statement that he would avoid certain parts of New York City because of the “real risk of meeting Donald Trump.”

After Obama in April said he hoped that Britons would vote to stay in the EU, Johnson described America’s first black president as a “part-Kenyan” with an “ancestral dislike of the British empire.”

Many British commentators questioned the wisdom of insulting the leader of Britain’s most important ally.

LAHORE, Pakistan — The United States has put a $10 million bounty on his head, labeling him a terrorist. He is one of the most wanted men in India. Yet, Hafiz Saeed walks free in his home country of Pakistan, denouncing Washington and New Delhi in public speeches.

Now the man identified by the U.S. as a founding member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group is weighing in on the flare-up of violence in Kashmir, the mountainous region divided between Pakistani and Indian control, where dozens have died in clashes with protesters after Indian security forces killed a top rebel leader.

HAFIZ SAEED Saeed accused the U.S. of giving India a free hand to crush the anti-India protests in its Himalayan territory, warning that will only lead to an escalation of violence.

“America is supporting this oppression by India by saying it is an internal matter,” the 66-year-old Saeed said in the interview, which took place Wednesday at his two-story home behind a steel barrier separating it from the narrow streets of the eastern city of Lahore.

“This has given India encouragement, and

because of this, the killings and violence” will continue, he said.

Washington has said it will not intervene.

But U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau, speaking to reporters Thursday, disagreed with the suggestion by Saeed and others that the U.S. is aloof and therefore partly responsible for the crackdown. She said the U.S. has had discussions with both India and Pakistan about the violence in Kashmir.

“We are very concerned about the deaths of the protesters,” Trudeau said. “That’s of grave concern to us. We continue to be in touch with the government of India. We’ve been in discussions with the government of Pakistan as well.”

Saeed said he will lead nationwide demonstrations in Pakistan to force its government to sever ties with the U.S. if it cannot convince Washington to intervene in the decades-old Kashmir dispute. The two countries, which also possess nuclear weapons, have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir.

Militants demand that Kashmir be united either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country. At least 31 people have been killed in Kashmir in street protests after Indian troops last week killed Burhan Wani, a charismatic Kashmiri insurgent.

India declared the death of the 22-year-old Wani to be a major victory over the insurgency. But his killing has galvanized young Indian Kashmiris to stage daily protests. It has also sparked massive demonstrations in Pakistan and forced Pakistan’s government and military to make daily statements in support of demonstrating Kashmiris.

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Mail thief DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I live in a large apartment building in a very safe part of town. It’s an older building, and all of the mail for the complex is in one room. Large packages are placed by the mailbox in that room rather than brought up the four flights of stairs.

A few weeks ago, I purchased a couple of expensive kitchen gadgets online and was waiting excitedly for them to arrive. As the order said five to seven business days, the more than two weeks I’d been waiting seemed wrong. I work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., so I knew that the package would arrive while I was at work.

However, I checked for it every day before and after work, just in case. Nothing.

After tracking the package online, I saw that my order had arrived three days earlier. But it had gone missing. I told the apartment manager, and he said there wasn’t any video surveillance. The best I could do would be to put up signs asking for info or saying that the package had been mistakenly picked up and to have it delivered to me or the apartment manager.

I can be refunded for the kitchenware through the online retailer, but, Annie, how do I deal with neighbors stealing my stuff? I don’t feel as safe in this apartment now, even though I’ve been living here for more than four years. — Signed, Sealed, Delivered … and Stolen Dear Stolen: If you want to feel safer around your neighbors, get to know them. It’s harder to steal a Ginsu knife from someone you know — and who may be in your kitchen one day — than from a stranger who is merely a name on a packing slip.

Consider planning a barbecue or movie night for

the complex. Y ou’ll make friends, and the other people in your building will recognize you as an active member in your community. In the meantime, to ease your mind, have your packages delivered to the post office for you to pick up or delivered to your work.

Dear Annie: I had my first child when I was still a teenager, and we’ve always been exceptionally close as mother and daughter. When my daughter had her own children in her mid-20s, I was still young enough to be mistaken for their mom. I’ve enjoyed fun and close relationships with my grandsons and my granddaughter.

However, I just found out that my 14-year-old granddaughter, Emma, has been in therapy for the past few months because she was cutting herself.

She’s been acting out since my daughter and her husband got divorced last year.

I heard one of my grandsons talking about Emma’s “sessions” and asked my daughter what was going on. I’ve done some research online about cutting, and I know that Emma’s health should be our main focus.

But I’m hurt that no one told me about this sooner. I have always been there for my family and would think my family members would turn to me when things get hard. — Confused Nana Dear Nana: Your daughter is acting purely on instinct, a mama bear in survival mode. She hasn’t been thinking about anyone but her little cub.

The most important thing is getting your granddaughter help. It sounds as if she is on that path.

Your family didn’t mean to hurt you by leaving you out.

Try to remember what it’s like to be in the trenches of parenthood with a young daughter. It’s easy to get tunnel vision when in such a crisis.

Set your emotions aside, and just be there for your family — as you’re already doing.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com

Shooting 360 videos: Ditch all you learned with cameras

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — As cameras that shoot 360-degree photos and videos become affordable, curious users will face a new challenge: Figuring out how to take meaningful and compelling shots in what’s effectively a new medium.

With 360, it’s tough to stay out of the shot, as there’s no hiding behind the lens. And old video habits — like following subjects as they move — will die hard. Whoever holds the camera no longer controls the field of vision. With 360, viewers do that in virtual-reality headsets, phones or computers.

Some phone apps can create 360-degree photos by stitching together images, similar to a panoramic shot, but a 360-degree camera is required for video.

Ricoh’s 360-degree Theta S camera sells for $350 and LG’s 360 Cam costs $200. Samsung is also coming out with one this year. Diving into 360 video means ditching traditional techniques that work well with smartphones and other cameras doing otherwise means lots of dull 360 photos and videos. This is a new way of capturing the physical world, and it’s as distinct from normal photography as television was from radio. It takes trial and error to create immersive clips that will make viewers feel as though they are there.

VIDEOS BECOME SELFIES

360-degree cameras work by stitching together images from two or more lenses. It’s hard to stay out of the shot, even with the camera turned sideways, because the ultra-wide lenses are designed to capture everything, from top to bottom.

It’s possible to minimize unintended selfies by holding the camera well overhead, although any viewer who looks down during playback will see a hand. A tripod helps — as long as strangers don’t run off with the camera. There may be times the shooter wants to be part of the shot. A 360-degree camera works well then. It can capture the shooter’s reaction as a kid lodges water balloons . Roller coaster videos are also popular for seeing — not just hearing — riders screaming.

FORGET FRAMING, AVOID PANNING

With ordinary video, people are conditioned to move the camera to follow the subject. Do this in 360, and it’ll make viewers dizzy. Folks watching the video will be moving their heads when using a virtual-reality headset or moving the phone with an app like YouTube. While shooting, it’s OK to walk forward or backward slowly if necessary — just avoid panning to the left or right.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES

Friday, July 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Linda Ronstadt, 70; Arianna Huffington, 66; Diane Kruger, 40 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Strive to be proactive and creative in an organized way.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Influential and dynamic, you thrive on a challenge but must strive to be more diplomatic. October is the prime month for passion and romance, so plan accordingly.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being bored is particularly bad for restless Rams. Today’s stars encourage you to initiate an important conversation with a child, have a chat with a friend or take up a creative new hobby.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bulls are domestic creatures so you’ll enjoy playing Domestic Diva or DIY King as Venus and Mercury both visit your home zone. It’s also time to be extra diplomatic with family members.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Conversation planet Mercury joins vivacious Venus in your communication zone.

So you’re in the mood to mix and mingle; socialize and circulate; network like a pro and discover wonderful new contacts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): With Mercury moving through your money zone, it’s the perfect time to sit down for a long chat with your accountant or financial planner.

Don’t have one? Now’s the time to employ one!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): With mischievous Mercury and vivacious Venus sashaying through your sign, you’re

BE JUDICIOUS

Sometimes, a traditional camera works better. At Vatican City, for instance, St. Peter’s Basilica is the highlight, not the buildings to the side or the cars in the back. With 360, that boring stuff stays in the shot.

(Panning the 360 camera in such a shot commits a double sin .) Instead, reserve 360 for situations that call for that full perspective. It could give prospective home buyers a better sense of each room, for instance. Or with a shot of Rome’s Pantheon, viewers can look up to see the dome that inspired Michelangelo and other artists.

EDITING OPTIONS ARE LIMITED

An app built for Theta cameras offers Instagram-like filters and allows trims to the beginning and end of videos. But there’s no cropping to enlarge the subject or straighten the horizon, as some apps offer with traditional video or photos. The shooter needs to get it right on location, something that’s tough to do because these cameras lack viewfinders.

A smartphone app can act as a virtual viewfinder, but that’s cumbersome, too no one wants to see the shooter fiddling with a phone in the shot.

Although some apps offer zooming while watching, the camera itself doesn’t offer this capability.

The Statue of Liberty feels tiny when captured from a nearby ferry. Videos work best when what’s being captured is close, such as the feeling of being part of a crowd . Otherwise, stick with a regular camera with a good zoom lens.

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

A tool is good only if it gets used. Sit near the stage at an outdoor philharmonic concert in New York, and a 360-degree camera would show off how close it was to the stage, with the rest of the audience in the back. Pull out a regular camera instead, and it’s just a missed opportunity to brag. It takes practice to figure out not just how to take good images, but when. Location also matters. For a play, a shot from the audience isn’t as satisfying as one from the stage with the performers — though getting permission to shoot that way could take some arranging.

Online: 360-degree videos on YouTube, best viewed on YouTube’s app or Google’s Chrome browsers. Some 360 videos take longer to load.

Kid lodges water balloons: https://youtu.be/knFHHFxCGIw Vatican City, with unintended panning: https://youtu. be/yCmR8KXCzZo Look up for Rome’s Pantheon: https://youtu.be/ g1ho8l8VMbw

at your lively best as you charm the cynics and flirt up a storm. Some singles will find lasting love online.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I want to be alone,” is your mantra today, as you withdraw from the busyness around you, and look for guidance and inspiration from within. Plus pay attention to the rich symbolism in your dreams.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): With Mercury now moving through your networking zone, it’s the perfect time to participate in group activities, plus communicate your ideas to the world in person and via social media.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Just because things aren’t happening as quickly as you’d like doesn’t mean you’re not making progress. Slow and steady wins the race at the moment Scorpio — especially when it comes to money matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The current stars are wonderful for all forms of travel, adventure, education and international connections. So take a closer look at what’s happening in the big wide world outside your door.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): All types of study and research are favoured over the next two weeks. You’ll be able to work at a faster pace than usual so don’t waste the chance to roll up your sleeves, jump in, and get heaps done.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Over the next two weeks the secret to successful relationships is communication, as you listen carefully and respond appropriately.

If others ask for your opinion, the more diplomatic you are, the better.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mercury and Venus encourage you to add comfort, conversation and beauty to your usual daily routine. Delicious food, fresh flowers and stimulating company are a good place to start.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

Cutting mosquito numbers in the garden

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mid-summer is shirt-sleeve weather, an enjoyable time of year to be out and about with family and friends. But it also is the heart of mosquito season, so beware the escalating health risks caused by their bites.

The No. 1 prevention practice is eliminating any standing water that could serve as a mosquito-breeding site.

“Still water is a great environment” for the insects, said Scott Zide, founder of Mosquito Squad, a mosquito and tick control service with 200 locations around the nation. “One-hundred-plus mosquitoes can be hatched from a single bottle cap full of water.”

Things like tire swings, buckets, fire pits, rain barrels, plant saucers, empty pots, clogged downspouts, ornamental fountains, birdbaths, wheelbarrows, animal dishes and kids’ toys, including wading pools and upside-down Frisbees, can collect enough water for mosquitoes to breed.

“These are the kinds of things you have to turn over,” Zide said.

Some mosquitoes drop eggs that cling like glue to the sides of water-filled containers, he said. “These you have to sanitize, making sure they’re cleaned and scraped off and with no water left behind.”

The life cycle of a mosquito is broken into four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. All need water to survive, with temperature and species determining how long each stage lasts. Female mosquitoes generally live less than two weeks.

Most mosquito bites only cause itching or skin irritation, but a few of the 200-plus mosquito species in North America carry viruses acquired from birds and animals that can cause debilitating diseases in humans, even death. Among them: malaria, dengue, equine encephalitis, heartworms, West Nile and Zika viruses.

“Only a handful of mosquito types feed on humans,” said Laura Harrington, an entomology professor at Cornell University. “Some are generalists, and some mosquitoes are very specific in their bloodhost preferences. “Mosquitoes vary in the time of day that they feed as well,” she said. Carriers of Zika, she said, “tend to feed during daylight hours, in contrast to many West Nile vectors (carriers) that feed at dusk, dawn or night.”

Some additional tips about reducing mosquito numbers in the yard: — Covers and screens. Place tight lids on containers used for water storage so mosquitoes can’t get inside to lay eggs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Use mesh with holes smaller than an adult mosquito to cover containers without lids.

— Irrigation. “Water right over the plant. Don’t overspray. That can produce standing water,” said Ryan Larsen, a civil engineer with NDS Inc., a water management company in Woodland Hills, California. “Install an efficient irrigation system to reduce that.”

— Ponds and water fixtures. Install a pump to keep the water moving. “Small pumps work great in small ponds, but they’re not effective as ponds get larger,” Larsen said.

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