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Worst downturn in decades AND ONE OF THE LONGEST: TD BANK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ALBERTA ECONOMY

CALGARY — A new report says Alberta’s current recession is expected to shrink the economy by more than double the average of the past four recessions. The TD Bank report released Monday said it estimates Alberta’s economy will contract 6.5 per cent over 2015 and 2016, which would widely exceed the 2.7 per cent average retreat of previous economic downturns going back to the early 1980s.

A WEEK-LONG CANOE TRIP TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE FOR A RED DEER MAN AFTER CONDITIONS CHANGED RAPIDLY BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF “It could have been a lot worse.” Mark Waters is recounting the story that unfolded over the weekend that saw his son Richard Water’s planned one-week canoe trip from Dickson Dam to Drumheller turn into a near-disaster. Rainfall and the fast rising of the Red Deer River brought the trip to a sudden and dramatic end for the Red Deer man. Richard, 32, had left Dickson Dam on Wednesday, his father Mark, also from Red Deer, said Monday. On Friday afternoon, Alberta Environment did issue a high-stream advisory for the river but that was upstream of Dickson Dam. Stream levels were rising but no major flooding was expected. That afternoon, as Richard got closer to Red Deer, he called his father at 5 p.m. and asked him to meet him with more ice at the canoe launch in Red Deer, located in Great West Adventure Park near the BMX track. Richard had recently become unemployed and just wanted to take a bit of a hiatus by taking the solo trip on the river. Mark met him at about 5:30 p.m. at the canoe launch and they visited for a bit before Richard jumped back in his canoe, loaded with gear. The canoe also had a nice new $550 trolling motor and battery that Mark had bought for his son a month ago. The next time Mark heard from Richard, at 5 a.m. Saturday, he was calling on his cellphone, scared, as his

The estimate came after TD tripled this year’s expected GDP decline to three per cent, after factoring in the Fort McMurray fires and a higher than expected drop in industry activity. “Based on our revised forecasts, the 2015-16 recession is likely to go down in history as one of the most severe using the GDP benchmark,” TD wrote. The 2008-09 downturn approached the current recession in severity with

a 5.5 per cent decline in GDP, but commodity prices quickly bounced back in early 2009, setting the stage for a renewed five-year period of prosperity, TD said. That isn’t expected to happen this time, though. The bank says it’s expecting a weaker rebound than normal when Alberta finally starts growing again next year, as oil and gas prices aren’t expected to climb high enough

to justify new projects. While the current downturn is leading to the worst hit on GDP, TD still says that overall the early- to mid1980s recessions were worse. “While offering cold comfort to the many residents that are struggling this year, several of the key measures (notably within the job market) are pointing to a relatively less-severe outcome than that suffered through the back-toback recessionary period in the 1980s,” TD wrote. Please see ECONOMY on Page A8

NARROW ESCAPE Photos by MARK WATERS

ABOVE: Richard Waters arrives at the BMX trail area on Friday where his father, Mark, delivered some fresh ice so Richard could continue his trip on to Drumheller. LEFT: Richard Waters went out Sunday to try and retrieve his tent and new boat motor and the 60-lb battery . . . but only the tent remained when he returned to the area. tent was being overrun by rising river water, and much of his gear, his life jacket and the canoe had been swept away. Neither knew that water was beginning to be released from Dickson Dam.

On Friday, the Red Deer River was flowing at a relatively quiet 20.3 cubic metres per second (cm/s) within the Red Deer city limits. Overnight, by early Saturday morning, things changed dramatically, and it was flowing at

103.3 cm/s. By Sunday it had nearly doubled at what was now a roaring river at 196.2 cm/s. Please see CANOE on Page A8

Parade will kick off 125th Westerner Days BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF The 125th Westerner Days parade on Wednesday morning will fittingly feature just over 125 entries. The parade marks the annual kickoff of the five-day fair, which runs through to Sunday.

One of the popular entries, a rare black-and-white team of draught horses known as the Express Employment Professionals Clydesdales, will be featured, as will 125 years of transportation and agriculture by Sunnybrook Farm Museum presentations. The Westerner Days 125th anniversary float, which has already won five

first place ribbons in Central Alberta parades, will also be on parade before an audience of about 30,000 people. Curtis Debogorski, who owns the local Express Employment franchise, said the world champion horses will help raise funds for Kid Sport Red Deer, which helps disadvantaged children participate in organized sports.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

‘Complete sadness’ AVIATION COMMUNITY MOURNS DEATH OF FELLOW PILOT IN WEEKEND AIRSHOW CRASH BY THE CANADIAN PRESS COLD LAKE — A pilot killed during an airshow in Alberta on Sunday is being remembered a someone who loved sharing his passion for Canada’s aviation history. Pilot and geologist Bruce Evans died when his vintage Trojan T-28 aircraft crashed in front of thousands of spectators at the Cold Lake Airshow. The crash came as a shock to his friend Dave O’Malley who said he and others in the aviation community have been left with a feeling of “complete sadness.” “He was just a really positive, forward-thinking, always moving, lovely man and I think that’s why it hits everybody so hard,” O’Malley said. O’Malley met Evans many years ago when they were flying with young cadets as part of a training program to teach youth about the role of Canada’s air force in the Second World War. The program, run by the organization Vintage Wings of Canada, allowed young cadets to fly with professionals in restored aircrafts that were originally used as training planes during the war. Evans’ propeller-driven T-28 that he purchased in 2007 is one of these types of restored planes. “He was always taking people up for rides,” O’Malley said. “He said to me, ‘Why own a warbird if you can’t share it with someone?”’ O’Malley is among those who had a chance to fly with Evans.

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Bruce Evens checks the oil in the engine of his T-28 Trojan. A pilot killed during an airshow in Alberta on Sunday is being remembered as someone who had a passion for planes.

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The pair went on a “phenomenal” two-day cross-country trip from Calgary to Ottawa to take part in an airshow in 2012. “He’s a geologist, a self-professed ‘rock jock’ as he calls himself, so every mine that we passed over from potash mines in Saskatchewan to the Hemlo (gold) mines in Ontario, he would circle over top of them and explain the geology to me,” O’Malley said. Evans was drawn to aviation at a young age, with his father working as an aircraft maintenance engineer for the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He combined his training as a geologist with his passion for planes and started the airborne geophysical survey business Firefly Airbone Surveys — a career that allowed him to travel the globe. Evans had accumulated over 4,100 hours of flying time over his career. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters. The Transportation Safety Board said the cause of the crash is still unknown and an investigation at the Canadian Forces Base is underway.

property, possession of break-in tools, gasoline theft and mischief. Further, they believe that he is also involved with similar offences in Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House. The suspect remains in custody pending an appearance in Stettler provincial court on July 28.

near 47th Street. Police allege that the suspect tried to run off, using his skateboard to ward them off, but found himself cornered. Police allege that he then produced a handgun, but dropped it during the high-risk arrest that followed. His weapons were seized and he was taken into custody on a variety of charges:Four counts of breaching release conditions, two counts of assaulting police, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possessing a stolen weapon, careless use of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, unauthorized possession of a loaded, restricted firearm, uttering threats, possession of stolen property worth less than $5,000. The suspect made his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Suspect pulls hand gun during high-risk arrest

A Red Deer man wanted on a number of outstanding warrants has been arrested in Stettler. RCMP there were called on Friday by witnesses who reported that two men were trying to steal a pickup truck. Police obtained descriptions and later located one of the suspects, who was arrested on seven outstanding warrants. Police allege that, upon further investigation, they were able to connect their suspect with a variety of property offences including possession of stolen

A suspect armed with a skateboard and a handgun has been returned to custody after a tussle with police in downtown Red Deer on Thursday. Red Deer City RCMP allege that the 38-year-old Red Deer man had been wanted on outstanding warrants when he was seen walking along 50th Avenue,

Lozynsky jailed nine months for role in police chase BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

highway, reaching speeds of 140 kilometres per hour. He made a sudden U-turn and headed back the other way when he saw the lights from emergency vehicles attending a collision on the road ahead. The Advocate has confirmed that the truck had been heading east on Hwy 585 at about 3 a.m. The emergency vehicles on the road ahead were attending the scene of a fatal collision that had occurred a few hours earlier on a gravel road just south of the Hwy 808 intersection. Heading back toward the city, the driver of the fleeing pickup found police had again deployed a spike belt and tried to swerve around it. The truck went out of control and rolled in the ditch. The driver tried to escape on foot, but was tracked down by a canine unit, said Ritter. Held in custody since his arrest and represented by defence counsel Kevin Schollie, Lozynsky pleaded guilty to one count each of vehicle theft, dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, driving while disqualified and breaching release conditions. A second count of evading police and older

A young man with a “horrendous” criminal record has been ordered to serve nine months minus 25 days for trying to outrun police in the early hours of July 2. Derek Wesley Lozynsky, 24, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Monday to five of six charges laid against him by Red Deer City RCMP called to reports of a pickup truck stolen from a residence. In an agreed statement of facts read for the court, Crown prosecutor Bruce Ritter said police had been following the stolen truck inside the city and at one point attempted to disable it with a spike belt. The driver was able to swerve around the spike belt and fled into the rural area, hitting a police vehicle at one point as he sped down a gravel road in his bid to escape arrest. Ritter said the driver then headed down a paved

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Ukrainian embassy confirms death in Nice attack NO WORD ON MISSING STUDENT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa says one of its citizens died in a deadly truck attack in France last week but won’t confirm whether the victim is a missing student studying in Canada. Mykhaylo (Misha) Bazelevskyy, who was 22, has permanent resident status in Canada, but was travelling on a Ukrainian passport. Bazelevskyy is a fourth-year bachelor of commerce student at MacEwan University in Edmonton who was in Nice participating in a summer program. Spokesperson Kostiantyn Kostenko says the embassy is still waiting for an official list of victims from French authorities. “(When) the French authorities present an official list of victims, we’ll know if this person is recognized dead

or not,” he said. There are still dozens of people who haven’t regained consciousness from the attack, he added. The embassy will not confirm anything as long as there is the smallest chance that Bazelevskyy is alive, he said. “We (are) just protecting the MYKHAYLO family,” Kosten- BAZELEVSKYY ko said. Bazelevskyy was one of five students and one faculty member in Nice participating in a summer program at the European Innovation Academy. University of-

ficials say they were heading to the Promenade des Anglais to enjoy the fireworks, but inclement weather convinced three of them to turn back. Bazelevskyy and another student were on the promenade when a truck full of weapons plowed into the crowd celebrating Bastille Day last Thursday. More than 80 people were killed in the attack. The student who was with Bazelevskyy at the time told university provost John Corlett “he was fortunate that he survived.” Students said Bazelevskyy is wellknown on campus and is “the nicest guy.” He has run for student council, is a member of the varsity golf team and has volunteered for college athletics programs. Bazelevskyy’s parents are in Ukraine. He also has a brother, sisterin-law and extended family in Edmonton.

Accused’s son testifies he never saw his mother pregnant BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker never appeared to be pregnant, her adult son testified Monday. The son, who cannot be identified under a court-ordered publication ban, also said many women visited the family’s Winnipeg home over the years — a statement under cross-examination that could cast doubt on a key piece of DNA evidence in the Crown’s case against Andrea Giesbrecht. Giesbrecht, 42, was arrested in October 2014 after the remains were found in plastic pails, bins and other containers in a U-Haul locker she had rented. The judge-only trial has already heard it is unclear how long the remains had been there, but some were very decomposed. Medical experts have testified that the infants were at or near full term and were likely to have been born alive. The Crown has also put forward evidence from an RCMP forensic biologist, who testified that DNA from the remains matched that of Giesbrecht’s husband and a soiled sanitary napkin seized from a bathroom in the Giesbrecht home. Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky asked the son questions about other women who had been in the home where the Giesbrechts lived for more than a decade. “There have been women, girls in the house?” Brodsky asked. “Yes,” the son replied.

SASKATOON — The Crown says it will seek an adult sentence if a teenage girl accused in the death of a sixweek-old Saskatoon infant is convicted. Nikosis Jace Cantre was found injured at his home earlier this month and died in hospital.

EDMONTON — Alberta health officials are notifying 270 patients to get tested for hepatitis B and C after being treated at a north Edmonton clinic. The patients had invasive skin procedures done at the Northtown Medical Clinic from the fall of 2013 to November 2015. The clinic does minor procedures such as mole removals and skin biopsies. Dr. Trevor Theman of the College of Physicians and Surgeons said Monday that staff was not properly trained to clean and sterilize the tools. “What they weren’t doing was ensuring that the sterilizer was meeting the temperatures that were necessary in order to kill any potential pathogens,” Theman told reporters at a news conference Monday. He said clinic staff are now using disposable instruments until they can prove proper procedures are in place. Dr. Joanna Oda, Alberta’s medical officer of health, said the risk of infection is low and there are no confirmed illnesses as a result of the sterilization problems. The clinic opened in September 2013 but the sterilizing equipment was not audited for two years. Theman said they have pushed the government to notify the college earlier when such clinics open so that they can be inspected sooner.

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STORAGE LOCKER INFANTS “You’ve had parties? Like Thanksgiving dinner?” Brodsky followed up. “Yes,” the son replied again. There were two bathrooms in the home, and guests frequently used the master bedroom ensuite because the main floor washroom had plumbing problems, the son testified.

When asked by the Crown, and later Brodsky, whether he had ever seen his mother pregnant, the son replied “no.” In April, a former friend and co-worker of Giesbrecht testified that Giesbrecht hid a 1997 pregnancy from friends and family by wearing baggy clothing and frequently talked about self-aborting. Court was also told Giesbrecht had 10 legal abortions between 1994 and 2011.

Crown seeking adult sentence if teen convicted in death BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of her age, is charged with second-degree murder and escaping lawful custody. The Crown made the request when the girl appeared in court where she was ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment. The maximum sentence for a youth convicted of second-degree murder is seven years in custody and supervi-

sion. The boy’s maternal grandfather has said his daughter met the accused downtown, realized that she had nowhere to go and brought her home. The teen was sentenced last December to 10 months in open custody for break and enter, arson, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon and robbery with a weapon.

OTTAWA — The trial of a suspended Mountie accused of chaining his 11-year-old son naked in the basement of the family home and starving him has taken a sudden turn towards wrapping up. Closing arguments in the case were scheduled to begin Monday in an Ottawa courtroom. Instead, after a behind-the-scenes meeting with Crown prosecutors and lawyers for the Mountie and the boy’s stepmother, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger agreed to accept written submissions from all parties. Crown lawyer Mike Boyce said it’s not an unusual move, but one that could result in the judge reaching a verdict sooner, possibly by early fall. The one-time officer with an RCMP anti-terrorism unit, now 44, as well as the boy’s stepmother, were charged in February 2013 in what Ottawa police described as one of the worst cases of abuse they had seen. The couple, who cannot be named publicly under a court order to protect the boy’s identity, face charges of aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life. The woman is also charged with assaulting the boy with a weapon, while the man, who has been on leave from the police force since 2011, faces other charges of sexual assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. Both denied the allegations. The case goes back to court on Thursday, when the judge could decide on a date for releasing his verdict.

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Nice attack shows an evolving ISIS JOSEPH MICALLEF OPINION

or the first time since the Islamic State announced its worldwide caliphate on June 30, 2014, it appears that the tide is finally starting to turn against it. Already, however, there are growing signs of how the Islamic State will adapt should it lose control of all, or a significant portion, of its core territory. First, it has been steadily expanding its footprint in Europe. European intelligence agencies believe that there may be between 1,000 and 2,000 jihadists in Europe with battlefield experience under ISIS. The Islamic State claims that it has infiltrated over 5,000 militants into Europe, and that it has “dozens of cells” spread throughout the continent. One intelligence agency estimate puts Islamic State’s European strength at about 20,000 jihadists and committed supporters. Secondly, it is expanding its involvement in criminal activities in Europe. There have been consistent

reports, for example, that the Islamic State is becoming heavily involved in the smuggling of marijuana from the Balkans into Western Europe. The skill set required to run a subversive organization is not that different than the one needed to run a criminal enterprise. The smuggling networks that are used to bring in armaments and militants can just as easily be used to traffic in drugs and illegal immigrants. Thirdly, it is steadily switching from offensive military operations where it was directly attacking Iraqi and Syrian military forces, as it did in 2014 and 2015, in favour of a combination of a scorched earth defensive posture and aggressive insurgency tactics. The result is that, in defeat, it is leaving behind an urban wasteland that is laying the groundwork for more Sunni-Shia confrontation in Iraq, and creating an environment where it will continue to find support within Iraq’s Sunni community. Finally, the Islamic State has returned to the campaign of indiscriminate urban violence that characterized its strategy from 2003 to 2007, and it is steadily expanding a semblance of that campaign into Europe. The attack in Nice is symptomatic of how the Islamic State is adapting and it offers some important lessons.

First, the attacker was a lone wolf. It does not appear that he had any direct links to the Islamic State. He was not a former jihadist militant. Nor was he recruited or aided by ISIS. Encouraging such attacks is a key aspect of ISIS’s social media campaigns. In these situations, intelligence is almost non-existent. There is little planning, travel or chatter to tip off security personnel of a possible attack. Secondly, it does not seem that the attacker was a particularly devout Muslim, or one who was particularly committed to jihadism. Rather, it seems he was a maladjusted, dysfunctional, petty criminal who found in radical jihadism a justification for his actions. In other words, this is not a case of a Muslim who was radicalized, as much as a case of a radical that was Islamized. Just as in Nice, the backgrounds of many of the jihadists implicated in the half dozen terrorist attacks that have occurred in Europe in the last 18 months also suggest that we are dealing not with radicalized Muslims but with criminals and malcontents who have been Islamized. As the Islamic State expands its criminal activities and penetrates deeper into Europe’s criminal underworld it will find itself with ready access to precisely this

kind of person. Thirdly, terrorism is not just about guns. A truck in the hands of one man killed almost as many people in Nice as nine heavily armed gunmen did in Paris. Nor was this the first time that a vehicle was used as a weapon. In late 2015, ISIS called on its followers to use vehicles in precisely this way. Nice was at least the fourth such incidence in the last six months. There is no shortage of modern conveniences that can be used as a weapon of violence. What happened in Nice, Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, Orlando, or in San Bernardino is a growing indication of how the Islamic State and other jihadist organizations will fight their war with Western society in the years to come. The good news is that Islamic State is steadily being rolled back and that in the next several years it may be completely shorn of its territorial holdings. The bad news is that, shorn of those holdings, the Islamic State may be an even more formidable opponent, one against which the offensive arsenal of modern nations will be far less applicable, while their ability to kill the innocent will be no less diminished. Troy Media columnist Joseph Micallef is a historian, best-selling author and, at times, sardonic commentator on world politics.

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Turkey’s failed coup gives Erdogan more power GWYNNE DYER OPINION

urkey’s democracy is dead. It was dying anyway, as President Recep Tayyib Erdogan took over media outlets, arrested political opponents and journalists, and even re-started a war with the Kurds last autumn in order to win an election. But once part of the army launched a coup attempt on Friday night, it was dead no matter which way the crisis ended. It wasn’t a very competent coup attempt. The first rule of coup-making is: arrest or kill the person you are trying to overthrow. The coup leaders should have been able to grab Erdogan, who was on holiday at the seaside resort of Marmaris, but they didn’t. They didn’t shut down the internet and social media either, so Erdogan was able to use his cellphone to get a message out on FaceTime, calling on his supporters to defy the soldiers on the streets of Istanbul and Ankara. They didn’t even shut down the broadcast media that sent Erdogan’s call out to the public. It was three hours before they occupied the offices of TRT, the state broadcaster, and they were chased out RED DEER

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again by Erdogan less than an hour later. They didn’t ever try to shut down the private television networks, which have a much bigger audience. The second rule of coup-making is: act as if you mean it. This usually means that you have to be willing to kill people — but the colonels behind the coup (the generals were all vetted by Erdogan’s people) were largely reluctant to use lethal force. This is laudable, in human terms, but if you are trying to overthrow the rule of a ruthless man who aspires to absolute control, it is a very bad mistake. They took control of Istanbul airport, but they were chased out again by Erdogan’s supporters because they were not willing to shoot them — and Erdogan flew back into the city. Maybe the coup-makers were just too short of troops to grab control of everything they needed to make the coup work. Maybe, also, they were afraid to order their troops to carry out a massacre because Turkey’s is a conscript army, and many of its young soldiers — basically civilians in uniform for one year — might simply refuse to kill their fellow citizens. At any rate, they didn’t use massive violence in Istanbul (42 people were reportedly killed in Ankara), and so they were soon in retreat. But there can be no happy ending to this episode. Democracy would obviously have been dead if the rebels won. Almost News News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports reporter 403-314-4338 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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exactly half of Turkey’s voters backed Erdogan in the last election, so a military regime would have had to stay in power for a long time. It would not have dared to hold a free election and risk Erdogan returning to power. It would have been equally dead if the coup had partially succeeded and the army had really split, for that would have meant civil war. Mercifully that possibility has now disappeared, but democracy will be dead in Turkey even if the coup is utterly defeated. A triumphant Erdogan will seize this opportunity to complete his takeover of all the major state organizations and the media, and become (as his followers often call him) the “Sultan” of Turkey. That is a tragedy, because five or 10 years ago Turkey seemed well on the way to being the sort of democracy, with free media and the rule of law, where a coup like this was simply inconceivable. When Erdogan won his first election in 2002, promising to remove all the restrictions that pious Muslims suffered under the rigidly secular constitution, it seemed a reasonable step forward in the democratization process. He kept his promises about that, but gradually he went further, trying to Islamize the country against the strong opposition of the half of the population that favours a secular state. Luckily for Erdogan the Turkish economy was booming, so he went on

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winning elections — and he worked steadily to concentrate all power in his own office. He removed any officials who were not his avid supporters, attacked the freedom of the media, and committed Turkey to unconditional support for the Islamist rebels in neighbouring Syria. The rebel army officers may have been trying to stop all that, but it was a terrible mistake for which they will suffer severe punishment. So will anybody who is even suspected of having sympathized with them, and Erdogan will emerge as the all-powerful “Sultan” of a post-democratic Turkey. The coup leaders made the same mistake as the Egyptian liberals made when they asked the army to overthrow the elected president there in 2013. Egypt had a president whom they feared and hated, but they also had a democracy which provided a peaceful means of ousting him. Erdogan’s popularity would have dwindled with time. The Turkish economy is stagnant, his Syrian policy is a disaster, and the flagrant corruption of the people around him is getting hard to ignore. Sooner or later he would have lost an election. But like the Egyptian liberals, the officers who led the Turkish coup didn’t trust democracy enough to wait. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Mental disorder blamed for shooting BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The accused in Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting has dismissed the notion the attack was motivated against the Parti Quebecois. Richard Henry Bain testified at his first-degree murder trial Monday he doesn’t remember anything about that night’s events, which left one man dead and another injured as Pauline Marois was celebrating the PQ’s election victory. Much of Bain’s testimony centred on the use of an anti-depressant he suggested fuelled his actions. Testifying after his lawyer told jurors he will argue his client was not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder, Bain said he took as many as nine pills the day of the shooting. Bain denied allegations the PQ victory that evening and his inability to vote earlier in the day due to a number of bureaucratic snafus played any part in what happened. “That’s hogwash, they won the election fair and square, we live in a democratic society,” he told the jury. “Whatever else people say is not true.” The charges against Bain are connected to events outside the Metropolis nightclub as Marois was inside giving her victory speech. They include first-degree murder in the shooting death of lighting technician Denis Blanchette and attempted

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Police and fireman work at the rear of an auditorium where a gunman shot and killed one person during the PQ victory rally in Montreal. The trial of Richard Henry Bain, charged in connection with Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting, is set to resume Monday with the defence expected to begin presenting evidence. murder after the same bullet hit another stagehand, David Courage. He has pleaded not guilty to all six charges, including three of attempted murder and two that are arson-related. Shown television footage of his arrest and the aftermath, Bain testified he couldn’t remember any of it: a fire set at the back of the nightclub, be-

ing pinned down by Montreal police officers or being dragged away wearing a blue bathrobe and balaclava as he yelled in French, ‘The English Are Waking Up.’ “It’s not the person that I know,” Bain said, admitting, however, “it’s me.” Asked about his attitude to Marois,

Bain called her a “smart lady to be elected the first woman premier in Quebec,” adding “she won in a man’s game.” On the issue of language, Bain noted that despite being from an anglophone family, his life was primarily in French. “All my friends are French,” he said. Bain told the jury he remembered visiting his sister-in-law at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital the day of the shooting and was hit by a wave of depression following the visit, taking as many as nine anti-depressant pills in total. He remembered driving around the Metropolis, but told the jury he didn’t have a cache of weapons and ammunition in his vehicle and doesn’t remember going home to retrieve them or changing into the clothes he was wearing when he was arrested shortly after midnight. “For me, it was the medications,” Bain said, denying he was trying to block out the memories. Bain testified he’d struggled with depression much of his life and he frequently blamed much of his impulsive behaviour on an anti-depressant — Cymbalta — he started taking after a major depression in 2009. “Cymbalta takes away all your worries,” Bain testified. “It gives you the energy to do what you want to do, right or wrong.”

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Eight CF-18s sent on monthlong training exercise OTTAWA — Eight Canadian fighter jets have been deployed on a training exercise in the Pacific, despite Liberal government warnings the country does not have enough such aircraft to defend North America and fulfil its obligations to NATO. The government says the monthlong exercise is critical for training Canadian fighter pilots to work alongside allies — and the planes will return to Canada if they are needed. But the Conservatives say their involvement proves Liberal claims of a fighter-jet shortage aren’t true. The eight CF-18s arrived in Hawaii at the beginning of July as part of Canada’s contribution to the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, which has been billed as one of the largest military exercises in the world. Canada is among 27 countries participating in the U.S.-led exercise. The fighter jets are expected to remain in the region until July 29. Canada also has four naval ships, six helicopters, two refuelling aircraft, a surveillance plane and more than 1,500 military personnel participating in RIMPAC.

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Guests gather at the grand opening of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights in Winnipeg. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a place of reverence and inspiration, a sombre examination of past atrocities, and a touching tribute to humanity’s capacity to persevere. It’s also a place to catch those cute, candy-coloured pocket monsters from Pokémon Go, boasts Maureen Fitzhenry, a spokeswoman for the Winnipeg museum that’s welcoming eager Pokémon hunters to visit and explore — as long as they remain respectful of sometimes sensitive surroundings.

Tories seek more help for Yazidi refugees fleeing militants AUDIT SUGGESTS THEIR PAST HELP WAS MINIMAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As the Conservatives push for more help for Yazidis fleeing persecution at the hands of Islamic militants, new information suggests their efforts to do so while in government were minimal. Data from a controversial audit of Syrian refugee cases ordered by former prime minister Stephen Harper late last spring reveals of 546 people reviewed, three identified as Yazidi, a Kurdish minority group which practices an ancient faith. Immigration officials also told a House of Commons committee Monday that Yazidis were never highlighted specifically by the Conservatives as a group that should be prioritized for resettlement, even with their targeted approach to resettlement. The data and the testimony Monday give both the Liberal and the Conservative arguments over Canada’s refugee policy some new energy after the file was a political flashpoint for most of 2015. The Conservatives’ areas-of-focus policy drew heavy criticism, with many arguing it flew in the face of international obligations that see the UN choose who is resettled. The Tories argued that they were using the UN criteria, but were drilling down within them to ensure the most vulnerable were helped. The Tories put religious minorities in that category, but the data obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information laws suggest the vast majority of landed Syrians whose files were audited were Sunni Muslim, as is the refugee population at large. About three dozen were Christian. That few Yazidis arrived under their watch is a fact the Tories haven’t dwelled on as they have been pushing the Liberals for more action. Since 2014, the Yazidis have been subject to forced conversions, murder, rape and enslavement at the hands of Islamic militants — actions recently declared a genocide by the UN. The Tories now say that declaration

should put them at the front of the line for resettlement to Canada. There are, however, numerous policy roadblocks, especially the fact that most are in their home country of Iraq and as such aren’t eligible for resettlement. Another challenge is that while a

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HALIFAX — A study showing a dearth of minority judges in Canada has advocates suggesting the country must seize a unique opportunity to increase racial diversity in a “judiciary of whiteness.” “After many years of saying this is an important issue, it’s very disappointing to see how low the numbers are,” said Naiomi Metallic, a 35-yearold Mi’kmaq woman who is the chair of aboriginal law and NAIOMI METALLIC policy at Dalhousie University. A May report in the online version of Policy Options magazine estimates just one per cent of Canada’s 2,160 judges in the provincial superior and lower courts are aboriginal, while three per cent are racial minorities. Andrew Griffith, a former director general of Citizenship and Multiculturalism and author of the article, says he’s hopeful the Liberal government will follow up on promises of reforms, but he adds, “at the current level, there’s an obvious gap.” His study was a laborious task of poring through hundreds of biographies to create a “reasonable picture” of judicial diversity, as neither the federal Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs nor most provinces keep statistics. “It’s a judiciary of whiteness,” said Metallic, who is also a member of a Nova Scotia Bar Society committee trying to address racial issues in the profession, in an interview. “Powerful institutions ought to reflect the societies they serve.” Last month, the Trudeau government included an aboriginal judge and an Asian Canadian among federal 15 appointments, and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has made a general commitment to increase diversity in the judiciary.

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Turkey presses on with purge BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with U.S. and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insisted that Washington extradite an exile accused of orchestrating the plot. Authorities have fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others, while detaining thousands more alleged to have been involved in Friday night’s attempted coup, the staterun Anadolu news agency reported. Former air force commander Akin Ozturk, alleged to be the ringleader of the uprising, was put under arrest following questioning by a magistrate along with 25 other suspects, the news agency said. Ozturk, who has denied involvement and insisted he had tried to suppress the rebellion, appeared in video from Turkish TV looking bruised with a bandage over his ear. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to rule out bringing back the death penalty, telling the U.S. cable TV station CNN in an interview via a government translator, “There is a clear crime of treason.” He added that it would be up to parliament to decide. “if they accept to discuss it then I as president will approve any decision that comes out of the parliament,” he said. He said Turks have been calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty because of the increased terror attacks and demand for swift justice. Anadolu said 8,777 employees attached to the Interior Ministry were dismissed, including 30 governors, 52 civil service inspectors and 16 legal advisers. Other media reports said police, military police and members of the coast guard also were removed from duty. During the uprising by a faction of the military, warplanes fired on government buildings and tanks rolled into the streets of major cities before the rebellion was put down by forces loyal to the government and pro-Erdogan civilians who took to the streets. The top brass did not support the coup. Erdogan told CNN that he escaped death by only a few minutes before coup plotters stormed the resort in southwest Turkey where he was vacationing last weekend when the coup unfolded. He said soldiers supporting the coup killed two of his bodyguards when they stormed the resort early Saturday. “Had I stayed 10, 15 additional minutes, I would have been killed or I would have been taken,” he told CNN. Revealing new details of the night of the coup, Erdogan said the renegade soldiers were in control of the command and control towers at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport for hours before forces loyal to the president were able to regain control. He said that about 10,000 supporters were at the airport to greet him when his plane landed. He also said that power was shut off at all military bases, including the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey used

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People wave Turkish flags as the gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul, protesting against the attempted coup, early Tuesday. The Turkish government accelerated its crackdown on alleged plotters of the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The rebellion, which saw warplanes firing on key government installations and tanks rolling into major cities, was quashed by loyal government forces and masses of civilians who took to the streets.

Turkey engaging in ‘witch hunt’: analysts BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian experts say the Turkish government is engaged in a witch hunt because it has arrested or fired thousands of judges and prosecutors following the weekend’s failed coup. They accuse President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of falsely blaming the failed uprising on Turkey’s socalled Gulen movement, led by U.S.by the U.S.-led coalition jets fighting the Islamic State group, because the military didn’t want to risk having the conspirators use them. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said 232 people — 208 government supporters he called “martyrs,” as well as 24 coup plotters — died in the unrest. His voice cracked and he wept as he spoke with reporters after a Cabinet meeting and repeated a question his grandson had put to him: “Why are they killing people?” He said he had no answer, but that Turkey would make the coup plotters answer “in such a way that the whole world will see.” As Western officials expressed

based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally that the Turkish president has branded a terrorist group. That view comes amid warnings from the European Union and the United States to Turkey not to backslide on human rights and democracy as it tries to restore order. The Turkish government said Monday it detained 755 judges and prosecutors and 650 civilians as well as more than 6,100 members of security forces. alarm at the rapid roundup of so many by their key NATO ally, Turkish government officials explained that the plotters in the military had been under investigation and launched their ill-planned operation out of panic. The swift move against so many reflected the prior investigation, the government said. It alleged the coup conspirators were loyal to moderate cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former Erdogan ally who lives in exile in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, and espouses a philosophy that blends a mystical form of Islam with democracy. Erdogan has often accused Gulen of trying to overthrow the government, and Turkey has demanded his extradi-

Bessma Momani, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, says the arrests likely number in the thousands and amount to a “witch hunt” aimed at Erdogan’s political enemies. Errol Mendes, a University of Ottawa international law expert, uses the same term to describe the crackdown and says there is much at stake for Western countries because Turkey is a key ally in the fight against Islamic militants in the Middle East. tion, labeling his movement a terrorist organization and putting him on trial in absentia. Gulen strongly denies the government’s charges and has suggested that Friday’s attempted coup could have been staged, as a pretext for the Erdogan government to seize even more power. U.S. officials have said that the U.S. will consider extraditing Gulen, if the Turkish government offers evidence that he was involved in the plot or committed crimes. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the U.S. would follow procedures in a decades-old extradition treaty and called Turkish charges that the U.S. was harbouring Gulen “factually incorrect.”

officer Doom and gloom at home, Third acquitted in clamour for Trump black man’s death

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — Painting a bleak picture of America’s future, Republicans promised a new era of security with Donald Trump as president as they opened a four-day convention against the backdrop of an unsettling summer and deep party divisions. The doom-and-gloom message of the night was offset by a warm and personal address by the candidate’s wife, Melania Trump, who made a rare turn in the political spotlight to show a kinder, gentler side of her brash husband. “If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he is the guy,” Mrs. Trump said in her highest profile appearance of the presidential campaign. Her husband made a brief, but showy entrance, into the convention call to introduce her, emerging from shadows and declaring to cheers, “We’re going to win, we’re going to win so big.” Mrs. Trump was the first of several family members and friends who will take the stage in Cleveland during the convention that officially kicks of the businessman’s general election battle with Democrat Hillary Clinton. But many of the party’s past and future stars are glaringly missing from the lineup, underscoring the concerns GOP leaders have with closely aligning themselves with Trump. Republican divisions erupted briefly on the convention floor Monday afternoon after party officials adopted rules by a shouted voice vote. Anti-Trump forces seeking to derail his nomination responded with loud and angry chants, though they were quickly quieted and there were no lingering signs of the protests as delegates returned to the cavernous convention hall for the evening program. Trump hoped the chaos would be little more than a footnote. Despite persistent party divisions, his campaign is confident Republicans will

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Melania Trump, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, waves after addressing the delegate as her husband Donald Trump applauds during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday.

GOP CONVENTION come together behind their shared disdain for Clinton. The theme of the opening night was “Make America Safe Again” and a parade of speakers told emotional stories about loved ones killed while serving in the military or at the hands of people in the United States illegally. Republicans also highlighted at length the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, while Clinton was serving as secretary of state. The mother of one of the victims choked back tears as she personally blamed Clinton for her son’s death and accused her of giving a false explanation for the attack. “If Hilary Clinton can’t give us the truth, why should we give her the presidency,” Pat Smith said. The convention comes amid a wrenching period of violence and

unrest, both in the United States and around the world. In a matter of weeks, Americans have seen deadly police shootings, a shocking ambush of police in Texas and escalating racial tensions, not to mention a failed coup in Turkey and gruesome Bastille Day attack in Nice, France. Three police officers were killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the eve of the convention’s opening day. In one of the night’s most impassioned speeches, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani bemoaned racial divisions that he said have only gotten worse. “What happened to ‘there’s no black America, there’s no white America, there is just America?”’ he said. A longtime friend of Trump’s, Giuliani also vigorously defended the candidate’s character, saying he was “sick and tired of the defamation of Donald Trump by the media and the Clinton campaign.”

BALTIMORE — A judge further hollowed out the case against six police officers charged in the death of a young black man, delivering a third consecutive acquittal and ruling once again that prosecutors failed to prove officers intentionally hurt Freddie Gray. In acquitting Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer charged, Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams was unequivocal in his ruling Monday. He told prosecutors they failed to establish that Rice was aware of his duty to buckle Gray into a seat belt, and more importantly, that he deliberately breached his duty in order to put Gray in danger. “There are a number of possibilities this court could entertain, some that are innocent and some that are not,” Williams said. “However, the burden of proof rests with the state, and the court’s imaginings do not serve as a substitute for evidence.” Grey was arrested in April 2015 when he ran from police in a highcrime area. He was handcuffed and shackled but left unbuckled in the back of a police van and suffered a critical neck injury. Gray’s name became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement, fueling outrage nationwide over the treatment of black people by the criminal justice system and prompting the worst rioting in the city in decades. The U.S. Justice Department launched a patterns and practice investigation into allegations of widespread abuse and unlawful arrests by the Baltimore Police Department. Rice was cleared of manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Killer a man of mixed messages BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BATON ROUGE, La. — Gavin Long was a man of mixed messages. He peddled self-published books with abstract themes about self-empowerment and spiritual enlightenment, but also posted rambling Internet videos calling for violent action in response to what he considered oppression. In the last message sent from his Twitter account early Sunday, he wrote: “Just bc you wake up every morning doesn’t mean that you’re living. And just bc you shed your physical body doesn’t mean t h a t y o u ’ r e GAVIN LONG dead.” Nine hours later, he ambushed law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, fatally shooting two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy and injuring three others before being shot dead himself. It was his 29th birthday. The black military veteran, whose last known address was in Kansas City, Miss., had spent five years in the Marine Corps, serving one tour in Iraq before being honourably discharged and taking a series of college classes. Then, according to his website, he had a spiritual awakening, sold all his possessions and moved to Africa for a time. By May 2015, back in the U.S., Long sought to legally change his name to Cosmo Ausar Setepenra in a non-binding document filed in Jackson County, Miss., though he never followed through with an official request, county spokeswoman Brenda Hill said. In the document, he said he belonged to the Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah, also known as the Washitaw Nation, a black anti-government group whose members believe they are indigenous to the United States and beyond the federal government’s reach, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “Under common law, an adult or

World BRIEFS Midwest braces for storms ahead of sweltering heat wave CHICAGO — Weekend thunderstorms and at least two tornadoes that rolled through the Midwest are expected to give way to a blistering hot and sticky week. “It’s going to feel the most uncomfortable it’s felt all summer,” Kevin Donofrio, a National Weather Service meteorologist in suburban Chicago, said of the expected heat wave. Temperatures in Chicago and stretching into Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and up into Wisconsin are expected to reach 90 degrees by Thursday or Friday, with the same story — though perhaps a bit warmer — anticipated in Minnesota. And in all these areas, the humidity is going to make the temperatures feel like they have reached and even passed the 37-degree mark. “Anybody that’s out and about running around is going to have to limit their exercise because of the heat,” said Tony Zaleski, a weather service meteorologist in Chanhassen, Minnesota, explaining that the expected tem-

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Landon Babin attends a candlelight vigil for the fallen Baton Rouge police officers at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, La., Monday. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge. emancipated person has the right to change his or her name without legal formality or permission of court to any name he or she lawfully chooses,” Long wrote in the document. He also said: “I AM restored to my own aboriginal-indigenous appellation … without colorable law (legal) contract from GAVIN EUGENE LONG to Cosmo Ausar Setepenra in accord with the laws, customs, religious practices, traditions, distinct identities, characteristics and divine principles and language(s) of my Ancestors …” In a video posted July 10, Long, as Setepenra, said he was speaking from Dallas after another black man had

killed five police officers there. He said he had already decided to travel to the city before the shooting, and guessed that “the spiritual was just telling me it was the right place to come.” Long also discussed protests in Baton Rouge, which broke out after police fatally shot a black man in a confrontation in a convenience store parking lot July 5. He urged viewers to question their “mindsets” and fight back, insisting that protests alone don’t work. “You see, that’s what separates me from the 7 billion. And that’s why I’m so powerful because I stand on my

peratures in the upper 30s would be a above normal for this time of year. On Sunday, thunderstorms with winds greater than 60 km/h rolled through Chicago, Iowa and other parts of the Midwest, the most violent of which apparently hit eastern Iowa.

Judge rejects plea deal of ex-Los Angeles County sheriff

Taco Bell employee fired after denying service to deputies A Taco Bell employee in eastern Alabama has been fired after she refused to serve two uniformed sheriff’s deputies and then told them to leave the restaurant, officials said. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said the deputies initially thought the cashier was joking when she wouldn’t serve them late Saturday night at Taco Bell in Phenix City, near the Alabama-Georgia border. “They even asked her if she was kidding,” Jones said, according to the Opelika Auburn News. “Her response was, ‘No, I’m not. We don’t serve law enforcement, and you need to leave.’ “ On Monday, Jones told The Washington Post that “in light of the controversy around the country, I was very disappointed in the treatment of the two deputies. We work very hard to treat people with basic respect and all we ask in return is that they reciprocate.” Following an investigation, Taco Bell said the employee had been terminated — and the restaurant chain issued an apology to the Alabama deputies.

LOS ANGELES — Minutes after former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca acknowledged failing the public by lying to federal authorities investigating jail beatings, a judge overseeing his corruption case shocked a packed courtroom Monday by rejecting the ex-lawman’s plea agreement as too lenient. Judge Percy Anderson’s surprise rejection came at the end of what was supposed to be Baca’s sentencing. Under the agreement reached earlier this year with prosecutors, Baca faced a maximum of six months in prison and was eligible for probation. Such a light sentence would “trivialize” the rule of law and would fail to address Baca’s “gross abuse of the public’s trust,” Anderson said. “It’s one thing to lie,” Anderson said. “It’s another thing entirely … when the chief law enforcement officer of the county of Los Angeles is involved in a wide-ranging conspiracy to cover up abuse and corruption.” In his plea agreement, the 74-yearold Baca acknowledged ordering deputies to intimidate an FBI agent investigating his department and “do everything but put handcuffs on her.”

rights,” he said. He claimed no affiliations. In one video, Long declared: “Oh, and this is very important, I just wanted to let you all know — because if anything happens with me . I just wanted to let you all know: don’t affiliate me with nothing . yeah, I was also a Nation of Islam member, I’m not affiliated with it . They try to put you with ISIS or some other terrorist group . I’m affiliated with the spirit of Justice, nothing else.” In the months leading up his fatal encounter with police, Long had used videos to promote his three-volume book series The Cosmo Way, self-published last year under the name Cosmo Setepenra. He called himself a “Freedom Strategist, Mental Game Coach, Nutritionist, Author and Spiritual Advisor” who wrote books he described as lessons about nutrition, self-awareness and empowerment. “My advice is to question everything and everyone,” he wrote in The Laws of the Cosmos, the first volume. “Your parents, what they taught you growing up, your schooling, your society, your history, your beliefs, and everything you’ve been taught regarding what and who you really are.” In more recent videos, Long portrayed himself as a sort of spiritual leader and revolutionary, a man willing to take action while others focused on protests. “You’ve got to fight back. That’s the only way a bully knows to quit,” he said. In his rambling videos and written posts, Long discussed topics ranging from what he considered the extermination of Native Americans to the United States’ fight for independence. He said that it is celebrated when “Europeans” fight oppression, “but when an African fights back, he’s wrong.” Military records show Long was a Marine from 2005 to 2010, attaining the rank of sergeant. He served in Iraq from June 2008 to January 2009, and records show he received several medals during his military career, including one for good conduct. He was listed as a “data network specialist.” The investigation uncovered inmate beatings and found that deputies tried to stifle the probe by hiding an inmate who was an FBI informant.

Memorial marks anniversary of TWA Flight 800 crash SHIRLEY, N.Y. — Family members of the 230 victims of the TWA Flight 800 crash gathered with those who tried to rescue their loved ones on a Long Island beach to mark the 20th anniversary of the disaster. “It’s been a difficult 20 years,” John Seaman, head of the TWA Flight 800 Families Association, told several hundred people gathered Sunday for an hour-long service at a permanent memorial laden with colorful wildflowers, sea grass and a lighted row of flags representing each of the countries which had citizens on the Paris-bound flight. “We’ve all suffered. We have persevered. Together and apart, we have persevered,” Seaman said. The midair explosion of Flight 800 spawned a yearlong FBI probe. The National Transportation Safety Board eventually concluded that the probable cause was faulty wiring sparking an explosion of overheated vapours.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Canada BRIEFS Suspect in deaths had ‘criminally entrenched lifestyle:’ parole board CALGARY — Parole board documents say a man accused of killing a Calgary mother and daughter had a 20-year criminal history but didn’t pose a threat to society when he was granted full parole in 2010. Edward Delten Downey is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter Taliyah Marsman. The 34-year-old waitress was found dead in her home on July 11 and an Amber Alert was issued for the little girl. Police found Taliyah’s body late Thursday in a rural area just east of Calgary. Downey had not retained a lawyer when he was charged and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. None of the charges against him has been proven in court. Documents from the Parole Board of Canada granting Downey full parole in 2010 say the 46-yearold’s criminal history began in 1990 with a series of convictions including possession of a credit card obtained by crime and possession of a restricted weapon. “It is evident that you have been involved in criminal activity over the years however, it has been sporadic at times,” said the parole board report dated May 2010. “Overall, you have relied on the use of prostitution and drug trafficking to support yourself have been found in possession of loaded firearms and knives and sizable quantities of illicit drugs suggesting entrenched involvement in the illicit drug business on a commercial scale.” At the time, Downey had been serving four years for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm.

Calgary woman charged with seconddegree murder in fatal attack on man CALGARY — A 34-year-old Calgary woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in the fatal assault of a man in May. When police were called to the scene, they found Tyler Sanderson, 24, suffering from serious injuries. He was transported to hospital, where he died. Police say they believe that Sanderson met a woman in connection to drug activity and that the two got into a fight. Lori Ann Heavenfire is charged with seconddegree murder and she is expected to appear in court on Wednesday. Police say they are not releasing the cause of death for investigative reasons.

Calgary man, 21, identified after fatal fall in B.C. national park FIELD, B.C. — The coroner’s service in British Columbia has identified a 21-year-old Calgary man who died after a fall in Yoho National Park. It says Ryan James McIntosh was one of a group of four who set up camp on Thursday to hike up the nearby Secretary-Treasurer Peak, about 20 kilometres east of Golden. The coroner’s service says McIntosh and one other person reached the summit, but on the descent at about 4 p.m. he lost his footing and fell more 200 metres down a steep embankment. A Canadian Forces search and rescue helicopter, which was flying through the area, responded when one of the man’s companions activated an emergency locator beacon.

No deaths, serious injuries to animals at Calgary Stampede rodeo this year CALGARY — No animals died or were seriously injured during the Calgary Stampede this year. Stampede spokeswoman Kristina Barnes says changes made to the track and to barrel positions for the chuckwagon races made the difference. Barnes says there were no injuries in other rodeo events either and the animals left with a clean bill of health. The last time no animals died or were seriously injured was in 2003. The rain made the infield sloppy on the last weekend of the stampede. Kirk Sutherland won the chuckwagon championship and his son Mitch finished in second place. “I think anyone watching the finals yesterday could see there were no slips, a couple of the barrel horses with little ones, but the bucking stock did well as well,” Barnes said. “It was a success despite the rain, and the fans hung in there as well.”

Woman caught in Lake Erie rip current rescued by kite boarder WAINFLEET, Ont. — A 40-year-old Toronto man used his kite board Monday afternoon to help rescue a New York state woman from a rip current in Lake Erie. Niagara Region police say the 37-year-old woman and her family were swimming off Augustine Beach south of Wainfleet, Ont., when they were swept away from shore. Police say the strong currents are not uncommon in the area due to the unique layout of the beach and lake bed. The woman’s family made it back to shore but she could not fight the current and continued to be pulled deeper into the lake. Witnesses told police she was about 150 metres from shore when one of several kite boarders in the area noticed the woman’s husband frantically calling for help.

Two people charged in kitten abuse after complaint at music festival CRAVEN, Sask. — RCMP in Saskatchewan have laid animal cruelty charges against two people after a kitten was burned at a country music festival. Mounties received a complaint on the weekend about an animal being abused at a campsite at the Craven Country Jamboree. The kitten was taken to a veterinary clinic which posted an update on Sunday saying the little cat had burns on its body, but was doing well. A man and a male youth have been charged under the Animal Protection Act of causing distress and injury to an animal.

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The Westerner Days Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. and will follow the same route in the downtown as in the past. The weather forecast as of Monday afternoon was for sunshine with a high of 22C on Wednesday. The parade route is about 3.4 km long ,and the parade takes about an hour to watch.

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CANOE: Water rushing over his camping spot Richard had made his way down the river and through the city on Friday evening, and ended up pulling in and camping on the north side of the river, about 30 feet away from the river’s edge. He was about one km downstream from the boat launch at River Bend Golf Club. With a last name like Waters, it seems apt that Mark has been canoeing all his life and Richard has been canoeing for about 20 years. They have done numerous canoeing camping trips from Dickson down to Content Bridge at Hwy 21. “He called me at 5:30 in the morning (Saturday) telling me that he was in his tent. He had kept his cell phone, thank God. … with the clothes on his back he opened up his tent to find that the river had risen two to three feet and the water was rushing over his entire spot and the only thing that was keeping him from sliding into the river was that he had a trolling motor battery that was wedged in with his camping chair against a tree.” “Everything was gone … He’s totally bewildered by this and scared.” Mark told his son to pull everything up off the water right away, get it at least 20 feet away from water, and to gather his thoughts and call him back in half an hour. “I’m getting ready to come and get you.” When Richard called back, he said he would make his way across the river. He walked west, about a kilometre upstream, and then swam the river back downstream to the launch at Riverbend. “At 7 in the morning when I finally got there, all I saw was this completely drenched wet kid walking up the hill with the rain pouring and all he had was his tackle box.” And his cell phone. He was cold and exhausted. On Sunday morning they took Mark’s canoe and headed across the fast-moving river to where the tent and boat motor and battery were left. But when they got there, the river was even higher, and although the tent was further back from the river, the trolling motor was gone. Mark said that it seemed as though someone had moved the tent further from the river after Richard left and may have taken the motor, although the RCMP have no report of anyone turning it in. They gathered up the tent and the few items still in it. Coming back across the river to the Riverbend launch was a very quick trip. “It took 30 seconds to go across … It was like holy smoley, we came barrelling in and, like wham!” He said his son was more “freaked out” by the whole thing than anything. “The river was very good for him when I met him on Friday.” Mark thinks it may have risen about five feet since. He hopes they will eventually retrieve the lost gear, including the red canoe with white interior, and blue cooler and black trolling motor. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

ECONOMY: Low Canadian dollar helps The hit of the 1982-83 and 1986 recessions in quick succession — combined with high interest rates at the time — led to much higher unemployment and much more severe housing price corrections, TD

said. Meanwhile, the impact of the current recession has been somewhat reduced thanks to the low Canadian dollar, the longer-term nature of oilsands projects, the strengthening American economy and low interest rates. But those factors haven’t led to a quick rebound, with TD estimating that this recession will last about two years, matching the 1982-83 downturn as the longest since the Second World War.

PARADE: ‘Let’s Make History’ Usually Clydesdales are brown and white. Only three to five per cent of them are black and white, Debogorski said. The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. and will follow the same route in the downtown as in the past. The weather forecast as of Monday afternoon was for sunshine with a high of 22C on Wednesday. The parade route is about 3.4 kms long and the parade takes about an hour to watch. Marching bands, floats, collector vehicles, other horses and livestock entries, as well as dignitaries, will be also be part of the event. Judges will be dealing with a special additional category this year — the 125th anniversary theme “Let’s Make history.” There are 25 entries in this category, said Meghan Gustum, marketing manager for the Westerner. The success of the parade is in a large part due to the hard work and dedication of the over 60 volunteers of the Westerner Park parade, judging committee and Westerner Park staff, she said.

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Housing market dips BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Inventory is up and prices are down, creating a strong market for homebuyers in Red Deer and the surrounding area. In a report released on Monday, the Central Alberta Realtors Association put some hard figures on the first six months of 2016, showing a decrease in sales over the same period in 2015. While the number of new listings is down slightly, there are now 15.9 per cent more homes for sale in total, and the value of those homes has fallen. That’s a dramatic change from 2005 to 2007, when houses were selling almost as quickly as they hit the market

and often at prices well above the asking, said Larry Westergard, executive director of the association. A depressed real estate market is not a surprise, however, considering the ongoing depression in Alberta’s oil and gas industry, Westergard said on Monday. Central Alberta’s real estate market is performing better than some other areas of the province, including Calgary, and the downhill momentum has slowed, he said. In general, prices continue to increase over the long-range, while there have been some short-term peaks and valleys. Citing his own home as an example, Westergard said he purchased it new in 2005 for $200,000 and saw its value

peak shortly afterward at $425,000 before dropping to $360,000 in reaction to economic conditions in the United States during 2009 and 2010. He said the property is now valued at about $325,000, which is still a marked improvement over the last 11 years. Location is still the most important factor to consider whether purchasing or selling a home, with good potential for sales of homes that are priced in tune with the local market, said Westergard. CARA released the following key points in its latest report: •Home sales for the year to date are at 1,978, a decrease of 15.3 per cent over 2015. •New listings are down by 3.8 per cent from last year, while the total

number of listings is 3,398, an increase of 15.9 per cent over this period last year. •The inventory is now estimated at 7.3 months, compared to 5.4 months at this time last year. The number of months in inventory is based on the length of time it would take to sell the inventory at the current rate of sales. •The total value of homes for sale is $142.5 million, a decrease of 15.3 per cent. Across the province, the total value has declined by 10.5 per cent from last year. •Home sales averaged $307,745, which is 3.8 per cent less than this time last year, but 62.2 above 10 years ago. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

$8.4 million Calgary condo sale bucks trend, sets three-year price record CALGARY — A riverfront development in Calgary has bucked the recent downward trend in luxury condominium sales in the city, after selling a unit for $8.4 million. Sotheby’s International Realty Canada said Monday that the sale of the 5,000-square-foot condo, along with the $5.2-million sale of a 3,000-square-foot condo in the same building, are the highest prices paid for units in the city for three years. The two condos are part of The River, an upscale real estate development in the city’s Mission neighbourhood, where the penthouse suite set an all-time record price for a condo in Calgary after selling for $8.99 million in 2012. The high-end sales are something of an outlier in the city. Condo sales over $700,000 having dropped by more than half so far this year compared with last year, totalling 17 as of the end of June. Of those 17 sales, none had sold for more than $2.5 million, compared with four units that exceeded that sale price by the end of June last year. But overall sales for homes in excess of one-million dollars, including condos and semi-detached and detached houses, have climbed 8.6 per cent this year compared with last year when 317 sold by the end of June.

Nav Canada to drop fees for airlines, aircraft operators by$150 million Airlines and other aircraft operators are in line for $150 million of fee reductions over two years from Nav Canada, which operates Canada’s air navigation system. Ottawa-based Nav Canada says the cuts in the service charges, which are levied on airlines and other owners and operators of aircraft to recoup the costs of providing air navigation services, will begin Sept. 1. Nav Canada says the reduced fees are possible because of strong growth in air traffic, investments in its air navigation system and cost controls. It estimates that its customers will save about $100 million in the 2016-17 fiscal year, followed by another $50 in savings the next year.

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Casey Martin, from Sulphur, Louisiana, wrestles a steer in the mud during rodeo semifinal action at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Sunday.

Calgary Stampede attendance hits 22-year low as rain thins crowds BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Calgary Stampede recorded its lowest attendance in 22 years, organizers of the event said Monday, dealing yet another blow for businesses that were hoping for an economic shot in the arm from the annual shindig. “A lot of small businesses count on having a good Stampede as a high point in their overall year,” said Scott Crockatt, a spokesman for the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve heard from businesses already that this was a weak spending Stampede in terms of meals and entertainment, so we’re particularly concerned about an impact on many of the hospitality businesses in Calgary.” Persistent rains are being blamed for cumulative attendance of just 1,088,000 at the 10-day show that ended Sunday, the lowest it has been since 1994, when 1,082,000 came through the turnstiles. This year’s total is down about seven per cent from last year and off 13 per cent from the five-year

average of 1.23 million. “The weather was pretty atrocious for Stampede,” said public relations manager Jennifer Booth. “I mean, we’ve seen some rain during Stampede before, but the full duration of 10 days, I don’t think anybody has seen it in their history with the Stampede. It affects people’s attitudes.” Still, she said organizers are satisfied with achieving more than one million visitors, pointing out they had aimed only to match last year’s attendance given the state of the provincial economy, which has slowed dramatically because of low oil and gas prices. She said some of the Stampede’s major sponsors dropped out this year but the exhibition was able to replace them. The attendance figures were released the same day that TD Economics came out with a report saying Alberta’s current economic downturn will likely be more severe than any of its past four recessions. Stampede attendance was in line with previous years for the first few days of the show but fell off as rain re-

peatedly pelted the grounds last week, prompting officials to cut its $18 general admission price to $5 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. On Sunday, 65,000 guests took advantage of a special offer of free admission in the morning and half-price tickets were available for the evening rodeo and Grandstand Show. Marketing manager Jenna MacMillan of Lammle’s Western Wear and Tack said overall sales revenue was on par with previous years at its nine temporary stores on the Stampede grounds, but the product mix this year was different. She said the dreary weather resulted drove higher sales of sweater and hoodies as well as thousands of plastic rain ponchos. “We saw more movement in pieces for people to layer up,” she said. “A lot of the Calgary Stampede merchandise is sweaters and stuff like that and we definitely saw some of that move a little bit more.” Lammle’s hired about 200 temporary staff for the event, MacMillan said.

Walmart kicks off Visa credit card ban in Thunder Bay BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Three Walmart stores in Thunder Bay, Ont., are no longer accepting Visa, the payment company said Monday as it encouraged its customers to take their business elsewhere. After months of negotiations, Walmart said last month it would eliminate Visa as a payment option at those stores because it believes it pays the retail giant too much in merchant fees. The company has promised to extend the ban on Visa cards to its 400 locations across Canada, though it has not said when that will happen. Visa, Canada’s largest credit card firm, shot back Monday with a message for Walmart customers. “Until an agreement can be reached in this commercial dispute, we encourage shoppers to use their cards at the more than 5,200 stores in Thunder Bay that accept Visa,” the

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corporation said in a statement. Walmart says it pays more than $100 million in fees annually for customers using credit cards like Visa, MasterCard and Discover. “The issue is that credit card fees are too high in Canada. We believe Visa’s fees should be lower for everyone, whether they are a large retailer, small retailer or a charity,” said Alex Roberton, a Walmart Canada spokesman in an email. “Canadians deserve better than paying a hidden fee that is four-times higher than consumers pay in other countries. We are taking a stand for our customers because high credit-card fees can result in increased prices.” Visa says it offered Walmart one of the lowest rates for any merchant in the country but the retailer wanted more. If it had given in, Visa said, Walmart’s merchant fees would have been lower than those charged to local grocery markets, pharmacies, conve-

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nience stores, charities and schools. The Retail Council of Canada has called on the federal government to intervene to mandate lower fees for all merchants. A spokesman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he’s waiting to receive a report on a 2014 voluntary 10 per cent fee reduction by Visa and MasterCard before deciding “how we can ensure this market stays competitive in the future.” A recent poll suggested Walmart was winning the public relations battle with Visa, but with a potential cost. Nearly 60 per cent of respondents to a self-commissioned survey by the Angus Reid Institute said they sided with Walmart, but nearly half of shoppers who used Visa at Walmart in the past year said they would be less likely to shop there if the card was no longer accepted. Almost two-thirds of respondents to the online poll of 1,527 Canadians conducted earlier this month also said they believe any savings from a cut in

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“UNTIL AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED IN THIS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE, WE ENCOURAGE SHOPPERS TO USE THEIR CARDS AT THE MORE THAN 5,200 STORES IN THUNDER BAY THAT ACCEPT VISA.” —WALMART STATEMENT Visa fees would mostly line Walmart’s pockets rather than being passed onto customers. The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.

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Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 124.99 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.72 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.35 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.71 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.06 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.72 Cdn. National Railway . . 81.19 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 186.10 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.47 Capital Power Corp . . . . 19.01 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.50 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.60 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 54.31 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.76 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.29 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.87 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.09 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.64 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 55.43 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.64 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.96 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.40 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.38 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 138.53 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.36

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock market registered a moderate gain Monday, on a relatively quiet day, as traders took a break from the record-breaking advances seen last week. “It’s a catch-your-breath kind of day,” said Craig Fehr, a Canadian market strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis. “There’s been a lot of movement in equities, there was a lot of data last week. Traders are shifting sights a bit this week to focus on corporate earnings announcements.” The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index added 49.98 points at 14,532.40, supported by the consumer discretion and materials sectors. The loonie was unchanged at 77.30 cents US amid a decline in oil prices. The August crude contract was down 71 cents at US$45.24 a barrel, while the September contract — which is currently trading at a larger volume — also fell 71 cents to $43.94 a barrel. Wall Street saw small gains, even though the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 index both hit record closes. The Dow gained 16.50 points at 18,533.05, while the broader S&P jumped 5.15 to 2,166.89. The Nasdaq composite was ahead 26.19 points at 5,055.78. Fehr said the latest earnings have shown that the weakness seen in past quarters was really due to the declining energy industry and not resulting from failures in the core businesses of these companies. “We are starting to see a stable foundation for markets to move higher from here on corporate earnings,” he said. “We’re off to a good start.” Bank stocks rose after Bank of America turned in earnings that were better than analysts were expect-

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.90 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 29.06 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.84 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.68 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 27.97 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.94 First Quantum Minerals . 10.41 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.14 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 7.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 7.03 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.90 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.60 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.910 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.59 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.03 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 21.14 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 46.86 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.98 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 41.52 Canyon Services Group. . 5.39 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 18.54 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2100 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.24 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.690 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.82

ing. The big news this week that has the potential to move global stock markets will be the meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday. The bank was not expected to announce any major policy changes, but traders will be watching to see if they comment on Britain’s surprising Brexit vote last month. Fehr said it’s interesting to see the markets take Friday night’s failed coup in Turkey as a non-event. Over the weekend, Turkey responded to the coup attempt by rounding up some 6,000 people, including hundreds of judges and prosecutors. It has since fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others, while detaining thousands more alleged to have been involved the action, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. “The fact that we saw the rise and demise of that coup very quickly helped east investors’ fears,” Fehr said. “We saw a slight pullback on Friday, and there was some hesitation over what the weekend may bring. But we are seeing markets behave more rationally and taking some of these headline risks in stride. There’s no longer just a knee-jerk reaction.” Meanwhile, commodities were mixed as the August gold contract rose $1.90 to US$1,329.30 an ounce and August natural gas fell three cents at US$2.72 per mmBTU. September copper contracts were unchanged at US$2.24 a pound. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,532.40, up 49.98 points Dow — 18,533.05, up 16.50 points (record high)

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 45.61 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.80 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.27 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 41.92 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.19 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.830 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.44 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.19 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.37 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.61 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 42.27 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1700 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.84 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.45 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.47 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.72 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.28 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.75 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.28 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.86 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.03 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.570 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.01 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.74 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.57

S&P 500 — 2,166.89, up 5.15 points (record high) Nasdaq — 5,055.78, up 26.19 points Currencies: Cdn — 77.30 cents US, unchanged Pound — C$1.7143, up 0.41 of a cent Euro — C$1.4324, up 0.03 of a cent Euro — US$1.1072, up 0.02 of a cent Oil futures: US$45.24 per barrel, down 71 cents (August contract) Gold futures: US$1,329.30 per oz., up $1.90 (August contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $27.045 oz., up 0.6 of a cent $869.50 kg., up 20 cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $0.70 higher $470.70 Jan. ‘17 $0.50 higher $478.40 March ‘17 $0.90 higher $485.50 May ‘17 $0.60 higher $489.40 July ‘17 $0.60 higher $493.60 Nov. ‘17 $1.20 higher $496.30 Jan. ‘18 $1.20 higher $496.40 March ‘18 $1.20 higher $496.40 May ‘18 $1.20 higher $496.40 July ‘18 $1.20 higher $496.40 Nov. ‘18 $1.20 higher $496.40. Barley (Western): Oct. ‘16 $5.00 lower $150.00 Dec. ‘16 $5.00 lower $150.00 March ‘17 $5.00 lower $152.00 May ‘17 $5.00 lower $153.00 July ‘17 $5.00 lower $153.00 Oct. ‘17 $5.00 lower $153.00 Dec. ‘17 $5.00 lower $153.00 March ‘18 $5.00 lower $153.00 May ‘18 $5.00 lower $153.00 July ‘18 $5.00 lower $153.00 Oct. ‘18 $5.00 lower $153.00. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 390,900 tonnes of canola 2,000 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 392,900.

ADB says developing Asian economies to grow 5.6 % in 2016 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank said Monday it had cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 per cent, down from its earlier forecast of 5.7 per cent, but added that the economies’ performance will remain solid and help offset softness from the U.S. economy and near-term market shocks from Britain’s vote to exit from the European Union. The Manila-based lender’s report said the growth forecast for 2017 of 5.7 per cent made in March remains unchanged. “Although the Brexit vote has affected developing Asia’s currency and stock markets, its impact on the real economy in the short term is expected to be small,” said Shang-Jin Wei, the ADB’s chief economist. “However, in light of the tepid growth prospects in the major industrial economies, policy makers should remain vigilant and be prepared to respond to external shocks to ensure growth in the region remains robust.” China, the world’s second-biggest economy, is on track to meet earlier growth projections of 6.5 per cent in 2016 and 6.3 per cent in 2017, with the government expected to continue fiscal and monetary stimulus measures to support its targets . For East Asia as a whole, growth

Business BRIEFS Prosecutors probe Fiat Chrysler over alleged false sales reports DETROIT — Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that Fiat Chrysler violated securities laws by getting dealers to falsely report sales in order to inflate the company’s num-

forecasts are unchanged at 5.7 per cent in 2016 and 5.6 per cent in 2017 despite muted activity in Hong Kong and South Korea, the report said. But growth this year and next will be led by South Asia, which is expected to be the fastest growing sub-region, with India likely to meet projected growth target of 7.4 per cent this year and 7.8 per cent next year, supported by brisk consumer spending and growth in the rural economy. In Southeast Asia, growth projections for 2016 and 2017 remain unchanged at 4.5 per cent and 4.8 per cent. Solid performance of most economies in the sub-region for the first half of this year was driven by private consumption, except for Vietnam where a worsening drought caused a contraction in the agricultural sector. In Central Asia, 2016 growth forecast was trimmed to 1.7 per cent from 2.1 per cent, and for 2017 it was cut to 2.7 per cent from 2.8 per cent due to a slump in revenues from hydrocarbon exports of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and the recession in Russia. Growth this year in the Pacific is expected to slow to 3.9 per cent from 7.1 per cent in 2015, with the Fijian economy reeling from Cycline Winston. But stronger-than-expected tourism receipts are boosting the economies of Cook Islands and Samoa while post-cyclone reconstruction is helping Vanuatu’s economy. bers. The company says in a statement that it’s co-operating with an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and that it has received similar inquiries from the Justice Department. The probe apparently stems from a lawsuit filed in January by the Illinois-based Napleton dealership group alleging that competing dealers were given thousands of dollars to report false sales. The group alleges that an FCA executive offered Napleton $20,000 to falsely report sales of 40 new vehicles. The lawsuit also alleges that the false sales give the appearance that FCA’s performance is better than it actually is.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo’s latest earnings report leaves no doubt the internet company is stuck in a downward spiral. The company managed to beat Wall Street’s limited expectations for revenue in the April-June quarter. But after subtracting commissions paid to its partners, Yahoo said its revenue fell 19 per cent from a year earlier, while its loss widened to $440 million. Yahoo also reported Monday that it’s writing down $482 million in charges related to the declining value of Tumblr, the social-blogging service that Yahoo acquired for $1.1 billion in 2013. Combined with an earlier writedown of $230 million, that indicates Tumblr’s value has plunged by almost two-thirds. What remains unclear is whether Yahoo will abort its long-running turnaround attempts and sell its operations in a move that would likely end the four-year reign of CEO Marissa Mayer. Mayer had little to say about a possible sale on Monday, as she released the latest in a succession of dismal earnings reports. She told investors the company is carefully evaluating bids but added, “We have no announcement today.” The Sunnyvale, California, company began soliciting bids five months ago. A decision may come soon, though. Monday was the deadline for final offers. The list of prospective buyers includes two telecommunications providers, Verizon Communications and

AT&T Inc., which are hoping to broaden their array of digital services. Also in the running is a group led by Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert with the backing of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Several private equity firms that specialize in buying troubled companies are also believed to be in the running. Investors have been betting a deal will get done, partly because Yahoo recently added a sale proponent, Jeffrey Smith, and three of his allies to its 11-member board. It’s the main reason that Yahoo’s stock has climbed 14 per cent so far this year, even as the company’s fortunes have faltered. Yahoo shares rose 22 cents, or half of one per cent, in after-hours trading Monday after closing at $37.95. Analysts have estimated Yahoo will fetch $4 billion to $8 billion for a lineup that includes its email service and popular sections devoted to news, sports and finance. Most analysts expect the offers to come in the middle of the projected range. Yahoo’s recent financial performance is unlikely to drive the bidding upward. In the most telling sign of the company’s deterioration, Yahoo’s net revenue — after subtracting ad commissions — fell from slightly from more than $1 billion a year ago to $842 million in the latest quarter. That’s the steepest decline yet under Mayer. Mayer has cut spending and staff at the company, which now has about 8,800 employees. But Yahoo’s loss widened to $440 million and amounted to 46 cents a share, compared with a loss of $22 million, or 2 cents a share, a year ago.

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Innisfail set to host Alberta Men’s Am GOLF BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF INNISFAIL — Among a field of 120 of Alberta’s best golfers is a 16-year-old Hunting Hills student who is aiming for a top-10 finish in the Sun Life Financial Alberta Men’s Amateur Championship. Over the next four days, Chandler McDowell will square off against a large, skilled and competitive field including the 2015 winner Brett Hogan. McDowell, who’s home course is the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, said he will rely on his ability to accurately hit with his irons. “I’m really aggressive and hit the ball pretty long,” said McDowell. “I think this course sets up well so I can hit 2-irons while most of these guys will need their 3-woods.” Just before teeing off on Monday for a round with tournament sponsors and media, McDowell worked on his putting on the practice green at the Innisfail Golf Club — the tournament host. He earned his way into the field by making team Alberta, which gave him an exemption into the tournament. A field of 341 golfers competed to enter into the tournament. After the first two rounds, the field

will be cut to the top 60 golfers plus ties for the final two rounds. This season he placed second in the CN Future Links Western Championship and tied for fifth in the CN Future Links Pacific Championship. The high school student from Springbrook has his sights set on pursuing golf after he graduates and wants to go play for a U.S. College team to further his goal. “It’s the first time I’ve made it into this tournament, so being here is pretty exciting,” said McDowell. “You always hope for the win, but getting a top-5 or top-10 I’d be pretty pleased with.” It’s been about four years since McDowell played the course, but he remembers it as a short and really narrow course. For the tournament the Innisfail Golf Club will play at 6,605 yards for a par 72. The first place finisher will join the Pacific Coast Amateur team for the 2017 tournament in Washington State. The top three make Team Alberta heading to the Canadian Amateur Championship in Ottawa this year and the top 24 can earn a Golf Canada membership card. The tournament tees off this morning and concludes with the final round on Friday. Other Central Albertans in the field include: Carter Graf of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Ron Harder of the Innisfail Golf and Country Club; Colby Massignan of the Innisfail Golf and Country Club; Michael McAdam of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Tom Mckinlay Jr. of the Lacombe Golf and

‘IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’VE MADE IT INTO THIS TOURNAMENT, SO BEING HERE IS PRETTY EXCITING . . . . YOU ALWAYS HOPE FOR THE WIN, BUT GETTING A TOP-5 OR TOP-10 I’D BE PRETTY PLEASED WITH.’ — RED DEER’S CHANDLER MCDOWELL, ONE OF 120 GOLFERS TO TEE IT UP AT THE ALBERTA MEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP STARTING TODAY

Country Club; Kyle Morrison of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Kyle Neilson of the Innisfail Golf and Country Club; Jared Nicolls of the Wolf Creek Golf Course; Grant Numrich of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Brett Pasula of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Cash Reumkens of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club; Garrett Scott of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club and Robert Weseen of the Olds Golf Club Association. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

WADA report damns Russian athletics ANTI-DOPING OFFICIALS CALL FOR RUSSIAN BAN IN RIO DUE TO SCATHING DOPING REPORT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A scathing report detailing a complex system of widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russia — a scheme that included government officials tampering with hundreds of positive samples — has led the World Anti-Doping Association to call for the country’s outright ban at next month’s Rio Olympics. An independent inquiry headed by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren alleges a plan to make positive tests in some 30 sports “disappear” was in force in Russia at least from late 2011 to August 2015. While Monday’s report makes no recommendations for any discipline against Russia, saying that is not its mandate, the WADA executive board called on the International Olympic Committee to ban all Russian teams from Rio. WADA also wants Russian government officials to be denied access to international competitions, including the upcoming Games. The IOC executive is to meet via conference call Tuesday to make that decision, which president Thomas Bach said could include “provisional measures and sanctions with regard to the Olympic Games Rio 2016.” He said in a statement that the report showed “a shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of sport,” and that it “will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organization implicated.” The Russian athletics team is already provisionally banned from the Rio Games based on an earlier WADA investigation, although Russia has launched an appeal. How the revelations may affect the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is to be held in Russia, remains to be seen. The report backed up the findings of reports from the New York Times and CBS news in the past year on government-aided doping in Russia, based mainly on interviews with the former head of the Moscow lab Grigory Rodchenkov, who is now living in the U.S. It placed the now-decertified Moscow drug-testing lab at the centre of a system it called Disappearing Positive Methodology, in which lab employees were required to participate.

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People walk in front of the Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow. On Monday, WADA investigator Richard McLaren confirmed claims of state-run doping in Russia. Urine samples taken at sports events would be referred to the Russian sports ministry where they would be labelled either “save” or “quarantine.” The quarantined samples would go through normal testing and be registered with WADA. The saved ones, most of them showing positive results for banned substances, would be substituted with clean samples. Of 577 samples, 312 were marked “save.” The 2014 Winter Games took it to another level. With doping officials from other countries also working in the Sochi lab, Russia involved its security service, the replacement of the Soviet KGB. The report said athletes pre-selected to take

part in a doping program had their samples passed through a hole in a lab wall to agents, who found a way to open the tamper-proof bottles, pour in clean urine taken previously from the same athletes, and pass them back into the lab. Tampered-with bottles could only be detected with microscopic examination, but McLaren said the same type of bottle could safely be used at the 2016 Games now that doping officials are aware of the tactic. The report found evidence of doping in 30 sports, led by track and field and weightlifting. See DOPING on Page B2

Jackson taking advantage of opportunity with Redblacks CFL TRENDS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Last month, Tristan Jackson seriously wondered if he was done with football. Released in December by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Jackson spent six months patiently waiting for another CFL club to call. He even took matters into his own hands, giving Ottawa Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell a shout but no contract was forthcoming. That is until last month, when Ottawa added the five-foot-eight, 185-pound defensive back to its practice roster. On Wednesday night, Jackson thanked the Redblacks for the new lease on his football life with a 75-yard punt return that broke a 20-20 tie and led them to a 30-20 road win over the Toronto Argonauts. “Scoring touchdowns and helping this team win, I need to do that,” Jackson said. “They brought me here, they believed in me. “I was sitting at home three weeks ago, nobody wanted to give me a chance. I have to show every team in the CFL they should’ve given me a chance.” Jackson was appearing in just his second game with Ottawa when he scored the third-year franchise’s first-ever special-teams TD. “That will be good for my kids when they get older,” Jackson said. “They’ll know their dad had that first return.” Playing football certainly beats Jackson’s off-season gig of working in the Alberta oil fields. But it still means being away from his six-year-old daughter, Kailyah, and one-year-old son, Caleb. “That’s hard, that’s very hard,” Jackson said. Ottawa not only has a proven returner in Jackson but a nine-year defender who appeared in 115 career games with Edmonton (2008-10) and Saskatchewan (2011-15). Jackson registered a club-record 1,167 kickoff return yards with the Eskimos in ‘09 and helped

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Ottawa Redblacks’ Tristan Jackson evades a tackle on his way to a touchdown during the CFL game in Toronto on July 13. Jackson spent six months patiently waiting for another CFL club to call until Ottawa added the five-foot-eight, 185-pound defensive back to its practice roster. On Wednesday night, Jackson thanked the Redblacks for the new lease on his football life with a 75-yard punt return that broke a 20-20 tie and led them to a 30-20 road win over the Toronto Argonauts. the Riders win the 2013 Grey Cup. This season Jackson has 10 punt returns for 142 yards, his longest being 85 yards. Jackson said he felt obligated to come up big after allowing Lirim

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Hajrullahu’s punt to bounce on the BMO Field grass before picking it up. “I should’ve caught the ball in the air so I told myself I had to make a play,” he said. “The guys were telling me they (Argos defenders) were over-committing to the middle. “When I looked up I tried to get to the corner but they were pursuing real hard. I cut back and my guys gave me a couple of great blocks. I broke a tackle and it was off to the races from there.” Jackson actually broke four tackles as no less than six Argos all had a shot at bringing him down. “I can’t take it all myself, the guys up front gave me great blocks,” said Jackson. “I have the easy part, I catch the ball and run.” The Redblacks (3-0-1) remain the CFL’s only unbeaten squad with all three victories coming on the road. The last time an Ottawa franchise began the season with three straight wins away from home was 1976 when the then Rough Riders went on to capture the city’s last Grey Cup title. After reaching last year’s Grey Cup game — losing 26-20 to Edmonton — this year’s goal, naturally, is to win the CFL crown. “When you play football, regardless of the goals and accolades, you just want to win,” Jackson said. “The ultimate goal is to win the Grey Cup and we’re just one step closer. “We still have a long season ahead of us. The win feels good but we just have to get back to work and get ready for the next game.” And that will be a big one for Jackson as Ottawa visits Saskatchewan on Friday night. It will be Jackson’s first trip to Regina since being released by the Riders. “I am looking forward to playing those guys but I’m not mad at (Riders’ coach/GM Chris) Jones,” Jackson said. “That’s just the business part of it. “It’s like if you have a house and you want new walls, you paint them and that’s what he did … I’m still playing football so let’s go have fun.” See TRENDS on Page B2

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Senators acquire Brassard from Rangers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are so convinced Derick Brassard will make an immediate impact in their lineup that they gave up a piece of their future to get him. The Senators traded Mika Zibanejad and a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL draft to the New York Rangers for Brassard and a seventh-round pick in 2018 in a trade announced Monday. Senators general manager Pierre Dorion admitted trading the 23-yearold Zibanejad was a difficult decision, but feels the addition of Brassard, 28, will benefit the Senators immediately. “Mika has great potential down the road, but we felt with Derick we were getting someone who was more proven, a better hockey player at this point in time,” said Dorion. “Our ultimate goal is to make the playoffs again and we feel that Derick’s going to help us make the playoffs and there’s also more there. We feel that Derick provides great talent, brings leadership into our room.” Last season Brassard, a native of nearby Gatineau, Que., led the Rangers with a career-high 27 goals and was second on the team with 58 points. Brassard, drafted sixth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2006, has 127 goals and 343 points through 563 games. Zibanejad, drafted sixth overall in 2011, leaves the Senators with 64 goals and 151 points through 281 games. Zibanejad posted back-to-back 20-goal seasons, putting up 21 goals and 30 assists last season. He established career highs in games played, goals, assists, points, game-winning goals (seven), and faceoff win rate (50.5 per cent). “I think the potential is there for more upside,” Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton said of Zibanejad. “He is just scratching the surface at age 23. There are not a lot of guys who have done what he has done as far as scored 20 before that age.” In Brassard, the Senators feel they have a player who will help get them back to the post-season. “He’s definitely someone who

brings a lot more than just what the numbers show,” said Dorion. “It’s someone who plays a complete game, a guy who loves the game of hockey, someone who plays with a passion that isn’t always easy to find in every player. He’s in the prime of his career.” In addition the Senators feel they’ve found the left-handed centre they’ve been coveting. Zibanejad will be a restricted free agent after the 2016-17 season and will earn US$2.62 million. Brassard is under contract through 2018-19, earning $5 million annually. Brassard said he was a little surprised by the news. He was informed of the trade by text after the Rangers were unable to reach him. Brassard will be joining a number of familiar faces. He and Marc Methot were teammates in Columbus and are good friends. He recently played at the World Championships with Cody Ceci and Mark Stone and is acquaintances with Jean-Gabriel Pageau. In addition he played for Guy Boucher in Drummondville in the QMJHL. “I’m really happy to be joining the Sens and playing at home. I really like their team.” Brassard sees himself as a top-six forward and expects to have a big role with the team. “I’ve really like the way the team has played the last two seasons and now with the arrival of Guy I think it will give them another edge and more energy,” said Brassard. “I’m really happy to be joining them and I’m excited for the start of the season.” Having grown up just outside of Ottawa, Brassard will have numerous friends and family in attendance and the Senators are hoping playing for his hometown team will be added incentive. “There’s pressure everywhere you play in the league,” said Brassard. “I want to be a big part of the team and I’m going to do everything that I can to play well every night. “I’m not going to put any more pressure on myself than I did anywhere else since I got into the league. The fact I’m 28 and I’ve been in the league seven, eight years will probably help. I’m more mature now.”

ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES

Central Alberta athletes bring home 115 medals LEDUC — Central Alberta athletes had a strong showing at the Alberta Summer Games in Leduc, winning 41 golds and a combined 115 medals at the event. Zone 4, Central Alberta, medal count was good enough for them to

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DOPING: A win-atall-costs mandate Hockey and Paralympic sports were included, although no athletes were named. It said Russia adopted a win-at-allcosts mandate after a weak performance at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, where it finished 11th with 15 medals, only three gold. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko has scoffed at the allegations, saying they are part of an “information” attack on his country. Some in Russia feel they are being unfairly singled out while other countries, including Kenya, are also under suspicion of organized doping. McLaren, an expert on sports law from Western University, said he was confident that his information was valid even if he would have liked more time to examine evidence and interview witnesses. The report found Rodchenko, whose motives have been questioned by some, to be “a credible and truthful person.” And he brushed aside a claim from

finish in fourth place of the eight provincial zones at the event. On top of the 41 gold medals, the zone registered 38 silvers and 36 bronze medals. Local athletes had medaled in numerous events including swimming, athletics, cycling, lacrosse, basketball, beach volleyball and softball. More than 1,800 athletes competed in in 20 different sports over the four days of competition. Pat Hickey, head of European Olympic Committees, that the report was compromised because it had been leaked in advance to anti-doping advocates, including Canadian former skier Beckie Scott, who heads WADA’s athletes committee. Hickey said Scott has used information in the report to lead a movement to ban Russia from the Rio Games. The report says Scott and fellow WADA athletes representative Claudia Bokel of Germany sat in on its interview with Rodchenkov. “My concern is that there seems to have been an attempt to agree on an outcome before any evidence has been presented,” Hickey said in a statement released Sunday. “Such interference and calls ahead of the McLaren Report publication are totally against internationally recognized fair legal process and may have completely undermined the integrity and therefore the credibility of this important report.” Scott denied seeing the report in advance on a conference call Monday. She said she received a draft statement prepared by doping agencies that she circulated to members of her committee in preparation for a response to the McLaren report. “To imply somehow that I breached process or confidentiality or anything else is false and actually quite outra-

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Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides in the pack with his Sky teammates during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The 209-km stage began in Moirans-en-Montagne and finished in Bern, Switzerland, Monday.

Sagan’s timely sprint paves way for stage win at Tour BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERN, Switzerland — Peter Sagan can win practically any way he chooses: Breakaways, sprints, fearless downhill attacks, and now a bike throw at the line. The world champion from Slovakia showed off his all-around qualities by perfectly timing a sprint to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish on Monday. Sagan edged Alexander Kristoff of Norway at the line after the race crossed into Switzerland. Kristoff thought he won and pumped his fist in celebration, only to learn seconds later he hadn’t. “I was lucky I threw my bike,” Sagan said. “I was certain I would finish second. … Alexander made his jump very late on the line.” Chris Froome held on to the yellow jersey after a relatively calm day for the overall leader before the race’s second and final rest day. Froome got animated when he was asked about Sagan. “Phenomenal rider,” Froome said of the long-haired rider with the Tinkoff team. “Most people in the peloton are scared of him, just his abilities. He can do everything. He chooses when he wants to go in the breakaway, how he wants to ride the finish.” Froome profited from Sagan’s abilities by following him into a breakaway geous,” she said. WADA does not normally make recommendations for discipline when its rules are broken, but prefers to present evidence to the IOC and sports federations for them to decide what should be done. However, after the report was read out, it issued a seven-point list of requests. It also wants world governing bodies of sports implicated in the inquiry report to consider action against Russian national bodies.

TRENDS: Record performance against former team NO PASSING FAD: Quarterback Trevor Harris enjoyed a record performance against his former team. The Ottawa quarterback completed 28-of-31 passes for 392 yards in the Redblacks 30-20 road win over Toronto on Wednesday. It was Harris’s first game against the Argonauts, who he spent four seasons with before signing with Ottawa as a free agent. Harris’s completion percentage of 90.3 was a CFL record with a minimum of 30 pass attempts. And through four

games, Harris has completed 104-of-126 passes (82.5 per cent) for 1,475 yards and nine TDs with a passer rating of 143.3. Harris had a CFL-high 33 TD strikes last season with Toronto, compiling a 9-7 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray recovered from off-season shoulder surgery. Ray holds the league single-season records for completion percentage (77.2) and passer rating (126.4). But last week’s top passing performance belonged to Edmonton’s Mike Reilly, who threw for 465 yards and two TDs in the Eskimos’ 20-16 road victory over Winnipeg. HOME WOES: Home field continues to be anything but an advantage in the CFL so far this season. Last week, all four road teams won their games, boosting the visiting squads’ record to 12-3-1 this season. Ottawa (3-0-1) is the CFL’s lone unbeaten team with all three of its wins coming on the road. That includes a 30-20 decision Wednesday versus the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto, Hamilton and B.C. are all 2-0 on the road. However, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers , Argos and Ticats are all 0-2 at home. B.C., Calgary and Edmonton are the lone teams to win home games this season.

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in Stage 11 to gain time on all of the other overall contenders. “I was just surprised he didn’t attack on that last climb and ride away today but he still managed to win the stage,” Froome added. The rolling 209-kilometre stage from Moirans-en-Montagne to the Swiss capital of Bern resembled the route of a single-day classic, with a section on cobblestones before an uphill finish. Sagan is a specialist at stages like this, which exalt his unique blend of characteristics: He’s a punchy rider able to ride strong over short climbs, leave rivals behind on daredevil descents, and a top sprinter. It was Sagan’s third stage win in this Tour and the seventh of his career. Sagan was greeted at the finish by a large contingent of fans waving Slovakia flags. Sondre Enger, another Norwegian, crossed third. “For two years I did not win anything at the Tour, and now I’m winning again,” Sagan said. “That’s life.” Sagan also won Stage 2, which followed a similar course, in a sprint. And he took the world title with a late breakaway in the U.S. last year. Froome kept his 1-minute, 47-second lead over Dutch rider Bauke Mollema, with Britain’s Adam Yates in third, 2:45 back. The race resumes on Wednesday with four punishing stages of climbing in the Alps before Sunday’s mostly ceremonial finish in Paris.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Earnhardt putting health first IN THE PITS BY JENNA FRYER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was a time when drivers raced injured, when nothing could get them to climb out of their seat. The rules didn’t allow racers to be hurt, sitting out a week would be catastrophic in the point standings, and, ultimately, the payout. Not being able to drive with broken bones, blisters, burns, illness, any ailment at all, could derail a season. Even worse, it could cost a driver his job. So it’s a testament to NASCAR that Dale Earnhardt Jr. felt strong enough last week to take himself out of his car because he couldn’t shake symptoms that could be concussion-related. NASCAR’s most popular driver benched himself for Sunday’s race at New Hampshire and he will await further tests to see if he’s able to drive this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Earnhardt said he’s battling balance issues and nausea and is uncertain when he will be back in a race car. “My mind feels real sharp,” he said in a podcast recorded Sunday night. “I’ve struggled with my balance over the last four, five days and I definitely wouldn’t be able to drive a race car (last weekend). Making the right decision was out of the question, I made the decision I had to make. It’s just going to take a lot of patience.” Tales of drivers racing hurt date back to the beginning of nearly every series. On the same day Earnhardt was watching someone else drive his car in New Hampshire, IndyCar ace Josef Newgarden was powering through on the street course at Toronto with a broken hand. When he wrecked late in the race, his in-car camera caught Newgarden in serious pain and favouring his broken hand. Don’t forget when Ricky Rudd raced with his swollen eyes taped open in the Daytona 500 or Richard Petty driving for weeks with a severe neck injury or the late Dale Earnhardt winning the pole at Watkins Glen with a bro-

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. waits by his car before a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, July 2, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Concussion symptoms have sidelined Earnhardt Jr. but he is one of the few that has decided not to fight through injuries from behind the wheel. ken collarbone. More recently, Denny Hamlin twice raced immediately after tearing the ACL in one of his knees and Brad Keselowski won at Pocono a week after breaking his foot. About 15 years ago, Earnhardt Jr. revealed in an interview that he thought he’d driven with concussion symptoms several times in 2001. His admission led to a tightened medical review policy in which Earnhardt had to be seen by a doctor before he could race after he was briefly knocked unconscious in a 2002 crash at Dover. As the years went on, Earnhardt became smarter about his health. He missed two races during the 2012 Chase because of a pair of concussions suffered in a six-race stretch, and sitting out those events immediately ended any title shot. Dashed championship hopes would still be the case for any driver injured during NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs, but the sanctioning body has made it eas-

ier for drivers to admit they are hurt. By allowing teams to apply for a waiver so the driver will still be eligible to make the playoffs, NASCAR made it possible for Earnhardt to take himself out of the car. Granted, playoff hopes shouldn’t trump health issues — especially concussions, something that could cause long-term damage — but this very small step has given flexibility in a system that previously had none. Team owner Rick Hendrick made it clear he doesn’t want a driver to sacrifice his health to stay in the race car. “Our guys know that the most important thing is their health, and if they’re in an accident and they feel like they’ve had a concussion, there’s a protocol and they need to go through it,” Hendrick said before Sunday’s race. “It’s hard to get out of the car, but we want (Earnhardt) for the long haul. He wants to race for a long time, so we are going to let the doctors make those

Twins send long-time GM packing BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad’s reverence for Terry Ryan has been evident for almost two decades, steadfastly supporting his general manager with a commitment uncommon in today’s game. As the struggles on the field piled up over the last five years, even that enduring respect wasn’t enough to keep Ryan with the Twins. Ryan was fired on Monday with the team holding the worst record in the American League and on pace to lose 100 games. The Twins entered the day 33-58, 21 games out of first place in the AL Central. Only Atlanta had a worse record in the majors. “Sometimes you may have to do things that are hard,” Pohlad said. “I never try to shy away from hard decisions. I own this decision. We like to bring people from within up the organization. If we have to go outside we go outside. There’s new ways of thinking. They’re not tied into old organizational ways of thinking.” Ryan said he is leaving with “immense pride in being part of the Twins organization for the better part of three decades.” Rob Antony, in his 29th season with the organization and ninth as the team’s assistant general manager, will take over on an interim basis. Pohlad said he would be considered for the permanent job. Pohlad said he informed Ryan about a month ago that he would not be coming back in 2017. After some contemplation, Ryan told Pohlad on Friday after the AllStar break that they should make the move now. “I believe we need to look at the way we’re doing things and we came to

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Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan smiles during a press conference at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins fired general manager Terry Ryan Monday. the conclusion the best way to do that is through a change in leadership,” Pohlad said. Whoever leads the baseball operations will have the team’s full support to make whatever changes are deemed necessary — except one. Pohlad said manager Paul Molitor will return in 2017, provided he wants to. “I have faith and confidence in Paul,” he said. “I was all-in on the decision, along with Terry. … I was all-in with it as was everybody here. I stand by that and he will be the manager in 2017.” Pohlad said the Twins might bring in a search firm to help identify GM candidates outside the organization as well, with the goal of hiring someone

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before the season ends. For now, Antony has full power to make trades and moves up through the trade deadline in two weeks. One of the most respected figures in baseball, Ryan spent two stints as general manager of the Twins, taking over in September 1994 and helping the franchise emerge from a decade worth of futility to become one of the models for small-market success in the early 2000s. He helped build one of baseball’s strongest farm systems and made several shrewd trades that turned the Twins into a team that won four AL Central tiles in five seasons. “I’m grateful for the leadership opportunities provided by the Pohlad family,” he said. “The collaboration and talents of my colleagues in the front office the hard work and dedication of our manager, coaches and clubhouse personnel the commitment and professionalism of our players the passion and attention to detail of our minor league staff and scouts and most importantly, the incredible support of our fans.” Ryan stepped down after the 2007 season but returned in November 2011 after hand-picked successor Bill Smith could not continue the team’s success. The Twins are in the middle of their fifth losing season in the last six years, and a 2015 season that saw them return to contention in the division proved not to be enough when the team sank to the bottom of the AL this summer. “We’ve hurt our brand by playing the way we have on the field,” Pohlad said. Ryan handed out big money to pitchers Ervin Santana, Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes in an effort to address the team’s biggest weakness in the starting rotation, but all have been disappointments.

decisions. “It’s really hard at first, and then the more you think about it, it’s the right thing to do for him and it’s the right thing to do for the team. We will just take it day-by-day.” It’s not clear when Earnhardt was injured — he was in crashes at Michigan on June 12 and Daytona on July 2 — and his symptoms originally led Earnhardt to believe his problem was allergy or sinus related. So he raced at Kentucky two weeks ago not feeling well, and when it didn’t improve, he saw a neurological specialist who diagnosed “concussion-like symptoms.” It could be argued that based on Earnhardt’s concussion history, NASCAR should have had him tested after one or both of his accidents. But, NASCAR has made it easier than ever for a driver to lessen the stakes of seeking treatment and the participant should take some responsibility for their own health. That doesn’t make any easier for drivers, particularly those who grew up watching a generation that drove hurt. “It’s probably one of the toughest things to do — if I was in that position, it would be very tough for me, I would think,” said Ryan Newman. Carl Edwards noted that Earnhardt’s issue “must be serious” if he didn’t race and said he respected Earnhardt’s decision. “I can’t imagine how tough that decision would be,” he said. “Right now with the format, you do have the opportunity to take care of yourself, do what you think is right and still have a shot at the championship.” In the end, Earnhardt did the very best thing he could to help himself. He may also end up being the example for all drivers to put their health above everything else in racing. Earnhardt, who noted in his podcast that his most recent ImPACT test matched his preseason baseline test, will now follow a treatment laid out by his doctors that includes exercises to retrain his brain. “I put my health and quality of life as a top priority,” he said. “I always do that, so I am going to take this slow and follow the advice of my doctors.” Jenna Fryer covers NASCAR for the Associated Press

Wimbledon champ Murray withdraws from Rogers Cup BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup tennis tournament beacuse of fatigue. The world No. 2 men’s tennis player and defending Rogers Cup champion made the announcement Monday, saying he needs time to rest after going deep in several recent tournaments. Murray is coming off his second career Wimbledon victory, beating Canada’s Milos Raonic in three sets in the final on July 10. He also beat Raonic in the final of the Aegon International tournament leading up to the season’s third Grand Slam. Wimbledon was the fifth straight time Murray advanced to a tournament final. Prior to the Aegon tournament, the Briton was defeated in three consecutive finals by top-ranked Novak Djokovic, including the French Open. “I always look forward to coming to Canada and it’s the first time I’ve missed the tournament, the guys there do a great job and always look after the players,” said Murray, a three-time Rogers Cup champion. “My body needs some recovery time after reaching the latter stages of tournaments over the past few months. I’m sorry to my fans in Toronto but I look forward to being back in Canada next year.” Djokovic, as well as highly ranked players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Raonic, remain part of the Rogers Cup field. The tournament begins with the start of qualifying on Saturday.

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Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 53 38 .582 Boston 51 39 .567 Toronto 52 42 .553 New York 46 46 .500 Tampa Bay 35 57 .380 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 54 38 .587 Detroit 49 44 .527 Kansas City 47 45 .511 Chicago 45 47 .489 Minnesota 33 59 .359 West Division W L Pct Texas 55 38 .591 Houston 50 42 .543 Seattle 47 46 .505 Los Angeles 40 52 .435 Oakland 40 52 .435

GB — 1 2 7 18

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Local Sports Washington Miami New York Philadelphia Atlanta

GB — 5 1/2 7 9 21

Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati

GB — 4 1/2 8 14 1/2 14 1/2

San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

Sunday’s Games Detroit 4, Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 1 Texas 4, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Angels 8, Chicago White Sox 1 Toronto 5, Oakland 3 Houston 8, Seattle 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Baltimore 1 Detroit 1, Minnesota 0 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 3 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4 Houston at Oakland, late Texas at L.A. Angels, late Seattle 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (Worley 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 7-6), 5:05 p.m. Minnesota (Milone 2-2) at Detroit (Sanchez 5-10), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 5-7) at Boston (Porcello 112), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 10-3) at Kansas City (Flynn 1-0), 6:15 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 1-4) at Colorado (Chatwood 8-5), 6:40 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 9-1) at Arizona (Godley 2-0), 7:40 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 6-9) at Oakland (Overton 1-1), 8:05 p.m. Texas (Lohse 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Lincecum 1-3), 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-8) at Seattle (Miley 6-6), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 11:10 a.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 1:40 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 1:40 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

National League East Division W L Pct 56 37 .602 50 42 .543 49 43 .533 43 51 .457 32 61 .344 Central Division W L Pct 56 36 .609 48 44 .522 47 45 .511 39 51 .433 35 58 .376 West Division W L Pct 57 36 .613 52 42 .553 43 49 .467 41 52 .441 40 53 .430

GB — 5 6 13 24 GB — 8 9 16 21 GB — 5 13 16 17

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 000 000000—0 3 0 Detroit 010 00000x—1 3 0 Nolasco, Rogers (7) and K.Suzuki Boyd, Wilson (7), Greene (8), F.Rodriguez (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Boyd 1-2. L—Nolasco 4-8. Sv—F.Rodriguez (26). HRs—Detroit, Upton (10).

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Baltimore 001 000000—1 5 0 New York 011 00000x—2 7 1 Gausman, Hart (7), Roe (8) and Wieters Nova, Betances (7), A.Miller (8), Chapman (9) and McCann. W—Nova 7-5. L—Gausman 1-7. Sv—Chapman (19). HRs—Baltimore, Schoop (16). New York, Rodriguez (9).

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Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 1, Milwaukee 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1, 18 innings Atlanta 1, Colorado 0 Miami 6, St. Louis 3 Texas 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Diego 5, San Francisco 3

Cleveland 100 100001—3 7 0 Kansas City000 00007x—7 10 0 Kluber, Shaw (8), Manship (8) and R.Perez Volquez, Hochevar (8), Young (9), Davis (9) and S.Perez. W—Hochevar 2-2. L—Shaw 1-4. Sv—Davis (20). HRs—Cleveland, Lindor (11). Kansas City, Dyson (1). Chicago 100 200000—3 11 0 Seattle 000 000004—4 4 1 Sale, Dav.Robertson (9) and Navarro LeBlanc, Nuno (8), Rollins (9) and Iannetta. W—Rollins 1-0. L—Dav.Robertson 0-2. HRs—Chicago, Frazier (26), Anderson (5). Seattle, Lind (14). INTERLEAGUE Tampa Bay 100 000300—4 6 1 Colorado 100 22002x—7 12 0 Smyly, Romero (6), Floro (7) and Maile Ty.Anderson, Ottavino (7), Motte (8), Estevez (9) and Hundley. W—Ty.Anderson 2-3. L—Smyly 2-11. Sv—Estevez (6). HRs—Colorado, Story (22).

Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2, 11 innings Cincinnati 8, Atlanta 2 St. Louis 10, San Diego 2 Colorado 7, Tampa Bay 4 Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 7-3) at Washington (Lopez 0-0), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Urena 1-1) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-2), 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Guerra 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 2-1), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-4) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-4), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Jenkins 0-1) at Cincinnati (Reed 0-4), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 5-7) at Boston (Porcello 112), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Rea 5-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 8-6), 6:15 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 1-4) at Colorado (Chatwood 8-5), 6:40 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 9-1) at Arizona (Godley 2-0), 7:40 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Cincinnati, 10:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 1:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. San Francisco at Boston, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 000 000100—1 6 1 Chicago 003 00101x—5 10 0 Matz, Lugo (6), Goeddel (8) and d’Arnaud Lester, Strop (8), Edwards (9), Rondon (9) and Ross. W— Lester 10-4. L—Matz 7-6. Sv—Rondon (16). HRs— New York, Flores (9). Chicago, Rizzo (22). Miami 000 000 00201—3 6 0 Phila. 100 000 10000—2 4 0 (11 innings) Fernandez, Phelps (7), Wittgren (8), Rodney (9), Barraclough (10), A.Ramos (11) and Realmuto Nola, E.Ramos (7), Neris (8), Gomez (9), D.Hernandez (10), Oberholtzer (11) and Rupp. W—Barraclough 6-2. L—Oberholtzer 2-2. Sv—A.Ramos (30). HRs— Miami, Prado (3). Philadelphia, Joseph (12). Atlanta 000 101000—2 9 1 Cincinnati 000 50120x—8 12 0 Wisler, De La Cruz (6), O’Flaherty (7), Ma.Cabrera (8) and Recker Finnegan, Wood (6), R.Iglesias (7), Ohlendorf (9) and Barnhart. W—Finnegan 5-7. L— Wisler 4-9. HRs—Atlanta, Garcia (6). Cincinnati, Suarez (16), Cozart (15), Votto (15). San Diego 000 100 100— 2 7 1 St. Louis 000 024 31x— 10 13 2 Friedrich, Villanueva (6), Dominguez (7), Thornton (8) and Norris Leake, Bowman (7), Maness (8), Rosenthal (9) and Molina, A.Rosario. W—Leake 7-7. L—Friedrich 4-6. HRs—San Diego, Kemp (19). St. Louis, Grichuk (12), Piscotty (13), Gyorko (8).

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Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent C Alex Avila to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed C Yan Gomes on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Cody Anderson to Columbus (IL). Reinstated C Roberto Perez from the 60-day DL. Recalled LHP Kyle Crockett from Columbus. DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated RHP Warwick Saupold from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Toledo (IL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Claimed RHP Nick Tepesch off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Omaha (PCL). Transferred RHP Kris Medlen to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent OF Craig Gentry to Salt Lake (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Selected the contract of C Juan Graterol from Salt Lake (PCL). Placed C Geovany Soto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Transferred INF Cliff Pennington to 60-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS — Fired general manager Terry Ryan. Promoted assistant general manager Rob Antony to interim general manager. NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated OF Mason Williams from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned LHP Edwin Escobar to Reno (PCL). NEW YORK METS — Optioned OF Brandon

Nimmo to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled OF Michael Conforto from Las Vegas. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed INF Brett Wallace on paternity leave. Reinstated OF Melvin Upton Jr. from the bereavement list. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent 2B Joe Panik to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP Zach Staniewicz. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released C Jack Wietlispach. LAREDO LEMURS — Released RHP Scott Garner. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed INF Trever Adams. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed RHP Ray Hanson. Can-Am League QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Nate Roe. BASKETBALL National Basketball League MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Re-signed C Miles Plumlee to a four-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — CB Charles Tillman announced his retirement. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LB Justin Durant to a one-year contract. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB Adian Foster to a one-year contract. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed WR Dez Stewart.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Brian Sandy president of Tucson (AHL). BOSTON BRUINS — Named Kevin Dean coach of Providence (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed D Reece Scarlett to a one-year, two-way contract. NEW YORK RANGERS — Traded C Derick Brassard and a 2018 seventh-round draft pick to Ottawa for F Mika Zibanejad and a 2018 second-round draft pick. Agreed to terms with F Robin Kovacs on an entry-level contract. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F Matt Nieto to a one-year contract. American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed Gs Kent Simpson and Nathan Lieuwen to one-year contracts. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Columbus D Harrison Afful one game for the red card issued to for serious foul play in the July 16 match against D.C. United. PORTLAND TIMBERS — Transferred G Adam Kwarasey to Rosenborg BK (Tippeligaen-Norway). COLLEGE ALABAMA — Suspended football G Alphonse Taylor indefinitely after he was arrested on DUI. OHIO STATE — Dismissed RB Bri’onte Dunn from the football team for a violation of team rules.

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● Alberta Golf Association: Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship, 7 a.m., Innisfail Golf and Country Club ● Senior mens baseball: Lacombe Stone and Granite at Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Sunburst Baseball League: Parkland White Sox at Red Deer Riggers, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park

● Alberta Golf Association: Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship, 7 a.m., Innisfail Golf and Country Club ● Pony Chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner Grounds

Wednesday ● Alberta Golf Association: Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship, 7 a.m., Innisfail Golf and Country Club ● Pony Chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner Grounds

Thursday ● Alberta Golf Association: Sun Life Financial Men’s Amateur Championship, 7 a.m., Innisfail Golf and Country Club ● Pony Chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner Grounds ● Senior mens baseball: Play It Again Sports Athletics at Phantoms, 6:30 p.m.; North Star Sports at Canadian Brewhouse Ballers, 7 p.m.; and Gophers at Play It Again Sports Athletics, 8:30 p.m., Great Chief Park

Saturday ● Midget baseball: Red Deer Braves vs. Edmonton Cardinals, 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Calgary Foothills WFC at Red Deer Renegades, 2 p.m., Edgar Park ● Alberta Football League: Airdrie Irish at Central Alberta Buccaneers, 6 p.m., M.E. Global Field Lacombe ● Pony Chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship, 6:30 p.m., Westerner Grounds

Sunday ● Midget baseball: Red Deer Braves vs. Edmonton Cardinals, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park ● Alberta Major Soccer League: Calgary Callies at Red Deer Renegades, 12 p.m., Edgar Park ● Pony Chuckwagons: Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship, 2 p.m., Westerner Grounds

Football CFL East Division W L T Ottawa 3 0 1 Hamilton 2 2 0 Toronto 2 2 0 Montreal 1 2 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 4 3 1 0 Edmonton 3 2 1 0 Calgary 3 1 1 1 Winnipeg 4 1 3 0 Saskatchewan 3 0 3 0 GP 4 4 4 3

PF 129 100 95 42

PA 96 83 103 73

Pt 7 4 4 2

PF 102 96 80 80 80

PA 73 97 68 102 109

Pt 6 4 3 2 0

MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF New York City 21 9 6 6 34 Philadelphia 20 8 6 6 34 New York 21 8 9 4 32 Montreal 19 6 5 8 30 Toronto 19 6 7 6 21 New England 20 5 7 8 26 D.C. 19 5 7 7 18 Orlando 19 4 5 10 30 Columbus 19 3 7 9 24 Chicago 18 4 9 5 17

GA 35 28 27 29 22 33 21 33 30 24

Pt 33 30 28 26 24 23 22 22 18 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF Dallas 22 12 6 4 34 Colorado 19 10 2 7 22 Los Angeles 19 8 3 8 32 Salt Lake 20 8 6 6 29 Vancouver 21 8 8 5 33 Portland 21 7 6 8 32 Kansas City 22 8 10 4 24 San Jose 19 6 6 7 21

GA 30 13 18 30 35 31 25 22

Pt 40 37 32 30 29 29 28 25

WEEK FOUR Bye: Calgary Saturday’s result B.C. 40 Saskatchewan 27 Friday’s result Hamilton 31 Montreal 7 Thursday’s result Edmonton 20 Winnipeg 16 Wednesday’s result Ottawa 30 Toronto 20 WEEK FIVE Bye: B.C. Thursday’s game Calgary at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. Friday’s game Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23 Hamilton at Edmonton, 5 p.m. 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, 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31 Toronto at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. CFL SCORING LEADERS (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Milo, Ott 0 8 11 3 Maher, Ham 0 9 10 3 Hajrullahu, Tor 0 8 11 0 Crapigna, Sask 0 6 10 2 C.Williams, Ott 6 0 0 0 Whyte, Edm 0 8 9 0 Medlock, Wpg 0 6 8 4 Paredes, Cgy 0 4 8 4 Leone, BC 0 4 6 6 Bede, Mtl 0 3 5 4 Banks, Ham 3 0 0 0 Bowman, Edm 3 0 0 0 Hazelton, Tor 3 0 0 0 J.White, Edm 3 0 0 0 x-Rainey, BC 2 2 0 0 D.Adams, Wpg 2 0 0 0 Allen, BC 2 0 0 0 Bagg, Sask 2 0 0 0 Chiles, Sask 2 0 0 0 Fantuz, Ham 2 0 0 0 Jennings, BC 2 0 0 0 McDaniel, Cgy 2 0 0 0

Pt 44 42 41 38 36 35 34 32 28 22 18 18 18 18 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Soccer Seattle 19 6 11 2 20 24 20 Houston 19 4 9 6 23 26 18 Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie. Sunday’s results New York 2 Philadelphia 2 New York City 3 Montreal 1 Portland 3 Seattle 1 Friday, July 22 San Jose at Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Saturday, July 23 Los Angeles at Portland, 1:30 p.m. Chicago at New England, 5:30 p.m. D.C. at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 24 New York City at New York, 11 a.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

JUNIOR GOLF PONOKA — After coming in second twice on the McLennan Ross Junior Golf Tour, Jordan Williamson broke through with a win at the Ponoka Golf Club. The Balmoral Golf Club member shot a 78 to take top spot overall in the tournament on Monday as well as top spot for junior boys born between 1997 and 1999. Jordan Biollo, of Pheasentback near Stettler, and Brady McKinlay, of the Lacombe Golf and Country Club, tied for second one stroke back of Williamson with 79s. Biollo now qualifies for the tour championship on Aug. 29 at Wolf Creek Golf Course as McKinlay and Williamson have already qualified. Rylan Plante-Crough, of the Innisfail Golf Course, tied for fifth place with a score of 80 and had previously qualified for the tour championship. Rounding out the Central Alberta representation was Layne Bensmiller. of the Pine Hills Golf Course near Rocky Mountain House, who shot an 85 and came in sixth in the junior boys born between 1997 and 1999.

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Scott Gresham, head coach of the Red Deer Destroyers lacrosse team, gives players some sage advice at the Destroyers’ fifth annual camp this past weekend at the Kinex arena. The team worked with players from the Tyke to Midget levels.

RED DEER RIGGERS Riggers 13 Cubs 5 EDMONTON — The Red Deer Riggers got off to a solid start as they run a gauntlet of three games in three nights. The first of those three games took place Monday night in Edmonton against the Confederation Park Cubs. After a slow start to the game, the Riggers offence took off and drove in

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Russia replaces Voynov with Nesterov on World Cup roster BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Nikita Nesterov has been added to Russia’s World Cup of Hockey roster in place of Slava Voynov, who is ineligible to compete because he is sus-

13 runs to the Cubs five. Dustin Northcott picked up the win for the Riggers, as he started the game. The Riggers improve their season record to 13-1, with their lone loss coming to the Sherwood Park Athletics. The Riggers sit atop the Sunburst Baseball League standings. The Riggers now return home for a game against the Parkland White Sox tonight at 7 :30 p.m. at Great Chief Park. They close out the three games in three nights on Wednesday against the Athletics in Sherwood Park. pended indefinitely by the NHL. In announcing the move Monday, the Russian Hockey Federation said it ran out of time in its bid to have the league lift Voynov’s suspension stemming from his arrest on felony domestic violence charges in October 2014. The former Los Angeles Kings defenceman pleaded no contest to a reduced misdemeanour and returned to play in Russia after facing deportation from the United States. The NHL questioned Voynov’s status when he was among the final players selected to Russia’s roster in May. The 23-year-old Nesterov had three goals and six assists in 57 games last season.

Local athlete participating in his first CrossFit Games CARSON, CA. — A versatile athlete, the ground work for Patrick Vellner’s trip to the CrossFit Games was laid years ago playing hockey, rugby, lacrosse and gymnastics in Red Deer. The 25-year-old left Red Deer to pursue post secondary education at McGill University in Montreal. There he is studying kinesiology. A rookie at the games, Vellner finished third in the East Regional qualifier, held in Albany, New York from May 27 to 29. The top five finish qualified him for the Games. The Games start on today and wrap up on Sunday in Carson, California, which is part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Vellner, who is competing in the individual competition, will start on Wednesday and finish up on the last day. Earlier in the year, Vellner finished eighth at the CrossFit Open held from February to March.

Derek Drouin rounding into Olympic form, with season’s best high jump in Germany DARMSTADT, Germany — Reigning world champion Derek Drouin had a season’s best performance in winning the high jump at Eberstadt on Sunday. The 26-year-old from Corunna, Ont., cleared 2.38 metres, the third highest jump in the world this year, and the second best of Drouin’s career. The performance comes less than a month before the Aug. 5-21 Rio Olympics. Drouin’s Canadian record is 2.40 metres set in 2014. He cleared 2.34 metres to win last summer’s world championships in Beijing.

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Attendees at BronyCon included Adonis Robles, aka “Anonymous Tree Hugger,” of Kissimmee, Fla.; Michael Nance, aka “Zecora,” of Newport News, Virg., and Liam Schneidel, aka “Shadow Dust,” of Harrisburg, Penn.

A crash course on Bronies THE GROWN MEN WHO LOVE ‘MY LITTLE PONY’ AREN’T WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE BY WESLEY YIIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES More than half a decade into the Brony phenomenon, the grown men who love My Little Pony understand that the world remains curious about them. So they kicked off their recent Bronycon gathering in Baltimore with a crash course on dealing with the media, from which a couple helpful pointers emerged: ● Don’t use jargon like “OC” or even “original character.” Simply explain that the Pony-inspired name you go by in Brony circles is, for example, “Champ Romanhoof,” the persona claimed by Chaim Freedman, a 17-year-old Brony from New Jersey. ● Do ask for their credentials. Certain publications of a conservative bent have been quick to smear Bronies. You’ll never be able to convince these kind of journalists that Bronyism is an not a weird sex fetish, nor a sad childhood hang-up, but just another earnest, all-American fan community. ● Do talk up the narratives you’d like reporters to work into their stories, such as the money Bronies raise for charity. “The media,” emphasizes Jake, the leader of this seminar, “is not the enemy.” Jake is a communications specialist for the Army with a stuffed Pinkie Pie toy perched on his shoulder, which perfectly complements his camo-toned biker vest. Like many people in this room, Jake has gotten his fair share of flak for loving a kids’ cartoon inspired by a cheesy plastic toy marketed to little girls during the Reagan administration. (Once, he says, he was quoted in a story that complained of Bronies’ body odor.) But no one’s in a defensive crouch here. A Bronycon is the ultimate safe space: When you’re in a rainbow wonderland of fellow travelers wearing unicorn horns and technicolor manes, randomly hollering catchphrases like “Fun! Fun! Fun!” and singing fan-written songs with titles like Mane Squeeze, you can stop worrying about what’s normal and what’s weird or where you fit in. Unless it’s a point of pride. “We are the weird kids!” one audience member shouted out during Jake’s seminar. “It’s our job to tell the Brony story,” says Jake, “and I think the Brony story is worth telling.” There are a couple Brony stories, actually.

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Jasmine Hudson, aka “Granny Smith”, helps her son, Judson Hudson, aka “The Great and Powerful Trixie,” arrange his costume for a photo. The Hudsons drove up from Huntsville, Ala. for BronyCon. Forget your 1980s flashbacks. Yes, it’s true that indirectly, this all started when the U.S. toy behemoth Hasbro birthed a new trinket — a hard-plastic equine with doe eyes and brushable nylon mane and tail — that became a birthday party sensation and inspired a saccharine Saturday morning cartoon. Bronyism is not about that My Little Pony. Bronyism is specifically about My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, a cartoon reboot that emerged in 2010, with vague similarities to the classic but an entirely new sensibility. It was launched by Lauren Faust, an animator with solid feminist-hipster credentials, who had grown up loving the original, but clearly wanted to propel it into the new century. She introduced new characters like Rarity, a prima-donna unicorn with busybody tendencies; wry story lines, such as the one in which a male pony dresses as a female to get more attention; and celebrity cameos (“Weird Al” Yankovic voiced a character named Cheese Sandwich). Even outside the fandom, grown-up critics warmed to the show. Writing for the A.V. Club in 2011, Todd VanDerWerff called it “legitimately entertaining and lots of fun,” citing the stylish animation, fresh humor, surprisingly complex story lines and relentlessly cheery vibe. Still, it was solidly marketed as a kid’s cartoon, even if one peppered with more than a few gags for mom, dad and the older siblings. We may never know who, exactly, was the first Bro to discover the Pony. But early in the show’s run, pictures of the show’s star, Twilight Sparkle, with her squad, the Mane Sis, started materializing on the message board 4chan.

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Soon, the images became so plentiful that a separate message board was created for them, according to Jose Castillo, Bronycon’s head of social media and press. Nathan Hall, a 29-year-old Brony from Rockville, Maryland, saw these posts and didn’t know what to make of them. But one night, he gave it a shot. By the early morning, he had galloped through all 10 episodes that had aired thus far. Later, he forced a friend to watch one episode. As the credits rolled, “the man turns to me and asks, ‘Where’s the next episode?’ ” Hall recalls. It’s pretty much the archetypal Brony origin story, which consists of five steps: Skepticism: When a Brony-to-be first hears of the show, he can’t comprehend how it could possibly be worth his time. Still, he’s curious to know what the fuss is about. Exposure: Boredom, drunkenness, a dare or the loss of a bet spurs the preBrony to watch an episode or two. Addiction: Before he knows it, he has watched the entire series. It’s something about the writing, the humor, the sophisticated themes. He can’t get enough. Evangelism: He tells his incredulous friends, who pass through the first three stages. Bronyhood: Next thing he knows, he’s calling himself “Boogie Hooves” and wearing fake ears or hooves or a pony onesie (or all of the above) at Brony gatherings all over the world. To the uninitiated, sure, Bronies can seem a little out there. Please see BRONIES on Page B7

GARDEN CLUB PRESENTS HIDDEN TREASURES TOUR Lacombe and District Garden Club presents the annual Hidden Treasures Yard Tour on July 19. This self-guided tour will showcase seven unique and outstanding yards in Lacombe and surrounding areas. Tickets are $20 and are only available at Hannas Seeds. Contact lacombegardenclub@gmail.com.

NEW YORK — Maybe it’s time to forgive Trevor Noah for not being Jon Stewart. The new Daily Show host is finding his footing after a rough start replacing the man who made the broadcast essential. His comedy has grown sharper, he’s becoming more comfortable with his TREVOR NOAH adopted country and he’s finding an audience of his own, even if smaller than his predecessor’s. “Some people are still going, ‘you’re not Jon Stewart,”’ Noah said. “Some people are still grading me accordingly … They’re doing the wrong thing. They’re grading me on something I’m not trying to do. Many of them have caught on, some faster than others. All I can do is make the show for the people who wish to watch it.” In recent weeks, Noah mixed comedy and forceful opinion by advocating for restrictions on gun access following the Orlando massacre, and said it’s possible to both support police and activists fighting against institutional racism. Praising House Democrats who used C-SPAN and the Internet to spread news about their sit-in to support gun legislation, he said, “I haven’t seen the young and old work that well together since the first Karate Kid.” Following a story about criticism directed at Justin Timberlake for appropriating black culture, correspondent Roy Wood Jr. tried to “outblack” Noah by noting he’d been born in Alabama, attended a black university and worked in urban radio. “I’m from South Africa,” Noah replied, ending the argument. A “black Trump” rap video used the candidate’s own words for comedy. That and last fall’s comparison of Donald Trump to African dictators, probably his first breakthrough segment, are examples of Daily Show” humour you couldn’t imagine in Stewart’s hands. Comedy Central had installed Noah last September only five weeks after Stewart left, giving him a show with Stewart’s writers, staff and format. “You almost got the sense he was mouthing Jon Stewart’s words,” said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University’s Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. “And, actually, he was.” That invited comparisons and, inevitably, Noah was found wanting. In Slate, critic Willa Paskin wrote of a Daily Show-shaped hole in culture, despite a lesser version airing each weeknight. She wrote that Noah was too cautious, backing away from tough issues. “You may still laugh, but an inessential Daily Show is a real loss,” Paskin wrote. Noah couldn’t ignore the criticism, or the tweets urging him to shut up about Africa and wondering about his funny accent. Sometimes he’d disarm the haters by tweeting back but, yes, there were adjustment issues. “I was deferring to the old style of show, because you’re so afraid to tarnish an institution,” he said. “You’re afraid to be the person who destroyed the Daily Show. Once you get that monkey off your back — you realize the Daily Show with Jon Stewart is over. “As Jon said to me, the show died when he left. The slot exists, the name exists, but the show has to start anew.” Besides incorporating new forms of comedy into the mix, Noah said he’s making the show less about media coverage of events than the events themselves. He can’t match Stewart’s passion for politics, so he’s tried to broaden the subject matter. The political conventions — Noah will be in both Cleveland and Philadelphia this month — will give viewers a new chance to see how he’s adapted. Please see NOAH on Page B7

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LUND Veronica 1950 - 2016 Ms. Veronica Theresa Lund (nee Briére), passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at the age of 66 years. Veronica was born on February 22, 1950 at North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She grew up in Cold Lake, Alberta and settled in Red Deer, Alberta. Veronica lived for her family and friends, always there for whoever showed up on her doorstep. She had a love for building puzzles, doing word searches, playing bingo, sewing, knitting and crocheting. Veronica was known for her impeccable organization which showed in the love she had for her home. She was the biggest fan with her cowbell; whether she was cheering for her Oilers, or at her grandson’s hockey games. She enjoyed browsing the aisles at Value village; which contributed to her huge collection of elephants. (More than six hundred!) Veronica will be forever cherished for being a beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and a dear friend to so many. Veronica will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Angela Robinson; son, Ward (Sherry) Lund; grandchildren, Chelsie (Zoulton), Brody (Melisa), Braedon (Nicole), Chalene, Anthony (Athena), Chyrese and Logan; and great grandchildren, Brooklyn, Owen and Kaleb. She will also be sadly missed by her siblings, Harvey, Bernie, Marie, Peter, Shirley (Leo) and Christina. Veronica was predeceased by her parents, Angus and Marjorie, stepfather, Henry; sisters, Margie and Marion; a brother, Frank; and her fiancé, Lyle Thomas. A Celebration of Veronica’s Life will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski officiating. Cremation entrusted to the Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, Red Deer, Alberta. The family would like to thank all the kind, caring, and compassionate healthcare professionals at the Palliative Care Unit of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and also, the Red Deer Hospice. If desired, Memorial Donations in Veronica’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society at www.reddeerhospice.ca or to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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BAMBER (nee Dahms) Bertha Louise A Life Well Lived Bertha exemplified kindness, love, grace, patience and determination. She saw the best in others and gave the best of herself. She was a dedicated and respected teacher of 35 years, a beloved wife for 58 years, an exceptional mother, a precious nana, an attentive daughter, a special sister, a favorite aunt, a dear friend and an enthusiastic volunteer. Bertha was cherished by many. She will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband, Lee; grateful daughters Lori Bamber (Randy Ewanik) and Shelley (Robert) Bailie; adored grandson, Christopher Ewanik; siblings Gerald (Marg), Fredric, and Joan; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; and innumerable friends. Bertha was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta on September 27, 1934 to Josephine and Ernest Dahms and passed on July 13, 2016. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 19, 2016 at St. Andrew’s United Church, Spruce Grove with arrangements entrusted to Westlock Funeral Home. In memory of Bertha, donations may be forwarded to The War Amps, 1 Maybrook Drive, Scarborough, Ontario, M1V 5K9 or U of A Scholarships & Awards, Office of Advancement, University of Alberta, 3rd Floor Enterprise Square, 3 501, 10230 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4P6. WESTLOCK FUNERAL HOME

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Eighteen years ago, in one of the most anticipated moments in American television history, fans of Seinfeld obsessed over the series ending its nine-season run and struggled with saying goodbye to one of the most influential, hilarious and successful comedies of all time. In a sense, though, the farewell wasn’t entirely necessary. The show has lived on in perpetuity, with reruns broadcast daily in nearly every corner of the U.S. And, in fits and spurts, we’ve been satiated with both extensions of the show and glimpses into the making of it. Jerry Seinfeld resumed his stand-up life, regularly giving audiences a chance to ask questions about the show, and started Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which has included appearances by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David and costars Michael Richards and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. David gave birth to a series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, made of pure Seinfeld DNA, and even built a season around a reunion of the earlier show. Interviews, panel discussions and outtakes have been abundant, and easy to view via YouTube. And perhaps most insightful of all, the series went to DVD with all sorts of insight and commentary etched into its discs. Even though the show has never really gone away, we still crave more — more on the Low Talker and Bob Sacamano, on coffee-table books and mastering your domain and achieving “Serenity Now.” The proliferation of so much material likely complicates an author’s abili-

ty to add something new to the conversation, though, and despite her noble efforts in Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong does little to broaden perspective on the show for its most ardent fans. Though Armstrong spoke to numerous writers and others involved in Seinfeld, the new light they shed is limited. The book did not include fresh conversations with the main characters or David, relying instead on other published comments and the aforementioned litany of easily available sources. Without key players, we’re brought discussions on the periphery: with the real-life Kramer, the theme song’s composer, the woman whose face adorned a movie poster for the in-show movie “Rochelle, Rochelle.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But it leaves you wondering why we couldn’t come away with juicier morsels from more of the many hundreds involved in the show. Couldn’t the author even track down more members of the fascinating parade of ancillary characters who might offer some new stories? Not Jerry Stiller, who played George Costanza’s father? Not Wayne Knight, of Newman fame? Not the actors behind David Puddy or J. Peterman or Susan Ross? It’s not that interesting threads are completely missing from Seinfeldia. We learn of a scrapped episode in which Elaine weighed buying a handgun, of Richards’ aloofness on the set and of a York Peppermint Pattie standing in as the famed airborne Junior Mint to make sure the camera could easily track it. Those glimpses are few. Deep into the book, in a chapter examining whether a “Seinfeld” curse doomed the cast from replicating their success, you’ll find a telling quote from Jason Alexander. The presence of a curse has easily been dispelled by the successes of Veep, Curb and Comedians in Cars, but Alexander’s words could easily apply to Armstrong’s attempt. “The problem with Seinfeld,” he says, “is that measuring up is no easy standard.”

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Police look into Playboy model’s post of naked woman at gym BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles police were investigating after a Playboy model took a photo of a naked woman in a gym locker room and posted it to social media with insulting comments about the woman’s body, authorities said. Dani Mathers faced widespread criticism after she shared the photo on Snapchat with the caption: “If I can’t unsee this then you can’t either.” She later apologized, saying the post was meant to be a private message, and deleted her

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BRONIES: Subculture like any other But ultimately, they’re a subculture like any other — no weirder than your average Trekkie. Bronycon, with its costumes and games and meet-and-greets with MLP luminaries, simply fills a tighter niche than Comic Con, the San Diego geek gathering that long ago went mainstream. And yes, Bronies are a bit nerdier. And perhaps a little sweeter. “These pony characters are more like real people than some real people I know,” says Bret Mix. He’s a 45-year-old man who has come to Bronycon with his 39-year-old wife, Amy, a first-timer, and their 11-year-old daughter, Autumn, who is dressed as Luna, the dark-blue reformed antagonist of Season 1. Autumn says watching My Little Pony and attending Bronycons have taught her to embrace diversity and make friends with all kinds of people. In fact, the fratty overtones of the “bro” prefix are misleading. Roughly 20 per cent of Bronycon attendees identify as women — they’re often called “Pegasisters.” The founder of Bronycon is a transwoman, Jessica Blank, who goes by “Purple Tinker” in these circles; the convention offered all-gender restrooms. And most attendees seemed sincerely devoted to a very deep reading of the conflicts and dynamics lurking within these two-dimensional horses. Ask a fan what My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is really about, and you’ll get a slew of theories — gender identity, social norms, queerness, mental illness. Ask Cadejo Jones about the character of Luna. He’ll tell you that she is an all-too-compelling metaphor for addiction. And she saved his life. It was an episode from Season 5, Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? A giant smoke monster called the Tantabus has invaded the ponies’ dreams, merging them into one mass nightmare. But as the Tantabus prepares to breach the waking world, a teary-eyed Luna confesses to the Mane Six that she herself created this monster to punish herself for all the harm she previously inflicted upon the land of Equestria. Twilight Sparkle tells Luna to forgive herself - and when she does, the Tantabus disintegrates. Jones needs a moment to compose himself after showing this clip to a solemn and respectful Bronycon audience. He explains that the episode crystallized everything he needed to realize about getting sober; it pulled him back from the brink of suicide. But it wasn’t just the show that pulled him out of darkness. His fellow Bronies did, too. “Bronies care,” he says. In another session, sociologist Brian Newby listened with interest as one Brony after another lined up to explain how My Little Pony has helped them express their own identities. One says it helped her come to terms with her gender fluidity; another says it helped her accept her own disability. “How many people feel that in this fandom, you’ve found your people?” Newby asks. Almost everyone in the room raises their hands.

social media accounts. Detectives were investigating after the LAPD received a report of “illegal distribution” of the image, police Capt. Andrew Neiman told the Los Angeles Times on Sunday The gym, LA Fitness, reported the posting to police and has revoked Mathers’ membership. “Her behaviour is appalling and puts every member at risk of losing their privacy,” said Jill Greuling, the company’s executive vice-president of operations. The company would not say at which gym the incident occurred. The woman in the photo was not identified and it was not clear if she knew she was being photographed. Mathers said she accidentally posted the photo publicly. “That was absolutely wrong and not what I meant to do,” she said in an online video. “I know that body-shaming is wrong. That is not the type of person I am.” Mathers, 29, was Playboy’s Miss May in 2014. Information from: Los Angeles Times, http:// www.latimes.com/ To wrap up, panelist and blogger Taylor Ramage asks if it’s okay to lead the group in song. Music is omnipresent at Bronycon, with songs from the show plus fan-made music playing around every corner. This song is a little different. She asks the audience if they know the song This Little Light of Mine. They nod enthusiastically. Ramage explains that their song simply replaces “little light” with the words “cutie mark.” In MLP, the ponies receive cutie marks — symbolic representations of the pony’s personality — on their flanks in adolescence. They sing: This cutie mark of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This cutie mark of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This cutie mark of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

NOAH: Viewership is down 35 per cent Comedy Central had no choice but to give Noah the existing show since there wasn’t enough time to create something new from scratch, said Kent Alterman, network president. “We didn’t hire him for his experience,” Alterman said. “We hired him for his talent. We always knew it would be a long game, and it would take him awhile to find his way, find his voice, find his rhythm. If we take a step back and look at how he’s growing, we’re very happy.” Alterman points out that it took time for Stewart to mould the show in his image after replacing Craig Kilborn, and said it’s unfair to compare Noah to Stewart in his 16th year. The Emmy Awards nominations last week spoke to the show’s diminished presence. The Daily Show wasn’t nominated for best variety show, a category that Stewart had dominated. The show was nominated every year between 2002 and 2015, winning 11 times. The recently announced departure of Jessica Williams, who predated Noah and was the show’s best-known correspondent, leaves a significant hole. Stewart took a good chunk of the audience with him Daily Show nightly viewership is down 35 per cent since Noah took over, according to the Nielsen company. Comedy Central says measuring Noah’s show strictly on how many people watch each night is outdated, and claims that Noah has increased the show’s visibility online, among coveted younger male viewers and internationally. The network said the show reaches 7.9 million people each week through multiple platforms, although it didn’t have a similar figure for Stewart’s last year. “It’s hard,” Alterman said, “to change a rocket ship while you’re flying it.” Paskin said she hasn’t seen enough of the show lately to update her assessment on Slate. Syracuse’s Thompson said the passage of time has helped Noah. Memories of Stewart’s “Daily Show” are fading, the comparison less relevant. “In the past couple of weeks, he seems to really have begun to do what I hoped and expected he would — and that is to find his own voice while still relying on the behemoth that is the ‘Daily Show’s’ system,” Thompson said.

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That’s not fair! EXTREME ESTEEM

“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist and poet “It wasn’t fair,” said Penny. “And no one can tell me otherwise.” “Define fair,” I replied, looking for perspective. “Tell me what fair means.” “I’ll tell you what it’s not,” she declared. “It’s not having your drunken father come home after a night of drinking and deciding that you’d make a good punching bag.” I was about to learn how unfair Penny’s upbringing had been and the stories were heartbreaking: thrown against the wall and knocked unconscious at age five when she stepped between her parents to break up a fight, a broken jaw at age 11 when she spoke back to her father, and in the hospital at age 13 with eight broken ribs and a punctured lung when her father kicked her for not moving away from the TV set. “And how about a husband who abandons his wife and two small children?” she asked. “Is it right or fair to become a single parent overnight with no form of support?” I was shocked by Penny’s admissions, but they did explain a great many things: her short temper, her rebellious nature and her tendency to keep people at arm’s length. Penny seemed defined by the inequity and unfairness of her upbringing. Inequities exist everywhere. There are events and situations that are simply unfair. Sit down and watch the evening news. Racism, poverty, social exclusion, wars and children forced into labour are compelling testimonies to the existence of injustice. Our estimation of what is unfair is influenced by our culture, family background, up-bringing, beliefs,

Hanging out with friends in summer creates perfect moments TREENA MIELKE FAMILY Fireworks! Parades! Rodeos and backyard birthday parties. Music that makes you want to dance and just be happy and warm nights wrapped in velvet and star studded skies that stretch onto forever. It must be summer. I was so excited about summer. In celebration of the season, and with a little help from my friends, I transformed my winter white deck into a flower-coated wonder. When we were finished, tons of flowers peeked out here, there and everywhere, almost hiding the less than attractive chipped white paint. I planted scarlet geraniums because I love them and petunias, pansies and some other little yellow sunshiny things because I knew I could grow to love them, also. I planted strawberry plants and a whole lot of herbs, vowing to learn which dishes the herbs should be used in, instead of simply throwing handfuls into everything I cooked and hoping for the best like I did last year. I scrubbed the barbecue shiny clean. I fed the birds. Lastly, I bought this great, huge, fire engine red umbrella that promised not only to shield people on the deck from the sun and rain, it was guaranteed to make the deck look all uptown and spiffy like, maybe, we were rich or something. I sat it up carefully, proudly. And there it floated; all majestic and amazing for about two and a half seconds, before a huge gust of wind caught it, sending it sailing over the railing like a somewhat inebriated Mary Poppins. As the great Scottish poet Robbie Burns so aptly said, ‘the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. I cried, but briefly, because I had to go to work and, anyway, stuff happens. My husband said it would probably only take an half hour or so and he could fix it, using parts of the old frayed umbrella that we had inherited from his mother when we were young and used to inherit stuff from her. Well, I said nothing, but to my knowledge, half hour jobs do not exist. But, due to perserverance and many unprintable words on my husband’s part, the thing finally did fly again and all was good. And now here we are on a summer’s night with only a 60 per cent chance of rain and we are about to have a party. I have it all planned. Well, I don’t actually. But, it was a day in summer and I was sitting outside, in the back behind my office, letting the sun seep into my very soul, when I decided tonight was the night for a party. So I sent out invitations to all my friends who are contacts on my phone before my phone finally died from so much activity. And, guess what? Surprise! They are all coming! And once again, I’m excited. Here it is summer and we have this red umbrella that promises to shield us all from sun and rain, whatever happens (according to the radio, it will mostly likely be rain). And we have flowers and there will be food and there will be music. But, mostly there will be friends. And, really, in the long run, that is what is most important, anyway. For me, for you and for all of us. And in summer, the definition of perfection might not be hanging out with friends on a wooden deck where flowers, in all their glory, are showing their lovely faces, and the night is soft and warm like velvet around us, but it’s very close. It’s magic, really! Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

One of the greatest opportunities in looking back over hurtful events of our childhood and early adult life is answering the question, “What can these experiences teach me?” Some people believe everything in life happens for a reason, and though I don’t necessarily agree with the assertion, I do think we can find a lesson in the tough stuff if we’re willing to look. I think we need to ask the question, “How can I use this experience to help me become a stronger, more aware, more loving and heart-centered person?” Dwelling on the past and playing the victim of sad or regrettable circumstances is a sure-fire way to damage our self-esteem and become stuck in an unrelenting “victim” state-of-mind. All events, whether viewed as fair or unfair, bring us awareness. With awareness comes understanding and, with time and persistence, wisdom. I am reminded of the story of a woman who went to India to have an audience with the Dali Lama. While waiting in a café, she saw a man beating a dog. The more the dog yelped and cried out, the harder the man beat it. When she met the Dali Lama, she related the story and asked, “How do you reconcile this in your belief system?” To which the Dali Lama replied, “I feel just as sorry for the man as I do for the dog.” American author and religious leader, Marvin J. Ashton wrote, “Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.” The world can be an unfair place, and it takes courage to acknowledge it and address the unfairness. We can make a difference by striving – every day – to bring a degree of fairness into our words, actions and motivations. When reflecting back, we can free our-selves from its grip of an unfair past by moving deliberately in the direction of awareness, acceptance, integration and transcendence. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

The lure of “Pokémon Go”: Respite from a summer of violence BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — It’s easy to see the appeal of “Pokémon Go.” Coming out of nowhere in what’s been an otherwise soul-crushing summer filled with endless shootings and other horrors, the smartphone game offers an escape, without removing us completely from the real world. I started playing it for the same reason I devoured the Harry Potter books, tended virtual cows on “FarmVille” and suffered through all three “50 Shades of Grey” books, plus a movie. It was pure, objective intellectual curiosity about a popular cultural phenomenon that involves traipsing to real-life places to pick up virtual red-andwhite balls to throw at on-screen monsters. Put another way, everyone else was doing it. It hasn’t gone smoothly, yet I can’t stop. I’m not one for tutorials or how-to guides . Give me a gadget or app, and have it work. Someone had to explain that you get transported to a virtual Pokeworld only when there are digital monsters called Pokemon nearby. Until then, you see the world through a digital map, similar to Google’s or Apple’s. You walk around collecting “Poké Balls” from “PokéStops,” which are based on real-life landmarks — or often like pseudo-landmarks, such as an old church doorway no one else cares about. The game turns into a virtual tour guide, as it forces me to notice little sights along my daily route, ones I’ve been too preoccupied to see until now — probably because my eyes were glued to my phone. For instance, our midtown Manhattan office has a lot of weird little plaques and markers nearby, such as “Gold Leaf on Printing Cards Building,” whatever that is. There’s also a community garden called Alice’s Garden just blocks away. Without “Pokémon,” I probably wouldn’t have noticed a mural near home dedicated to Wu-Tang Clan founding member Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who died 12 years ago. The game gets intense when Pokemon — these cute, sometimes-angry monsters with magical powers — appear in the vicinity. Time freezes, and I’m transported inside the Poké-world, ignoring everything around me as I try to capture Pokémon by flicking Poké Balls. I’ve bumped into people. Others have twisted ankles or gotten into car accidents. On the flip side, “Pokémon Go” has sparked spontaneous conversations with fellow players and others curious about the phenomenon. These are folks I might have otherwise ignored while texting or playing the far-more-solitary “Candy Crush.” Because it’s based on real-world surroundings, “Pokémon” boosts interactions rather than shuts people out. Having reached Level 5, I am now part of a team. I chose Instinct over Mystic and Valor. Instinct seems not to overthink stuff, though my best friend joined Mystic and declared our friendship over. I can now visit “gyms” to train creatures and fight Pokemon captured by other players. I haven’t gathered up the courage yet to enter a Poké-world gym, much like in real life as of late.

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Associated Press reporter Barbara Ortutay plays “Pokemon Go” while walking through New York’s Times Square. My boyfriend assures me that I need to go to the gym to train. Um … OK. From what I hear, Poké-world gyms can also be social as strangers converge around real-life locations. Sometimes, too real. The Auschwitz memorial has banned the game on its grounds, for good reason. The game seems to get more complex as you move along, and I’m not sure how long I will keep playing if it does. As a busy working mother, I like that I don’t have to take time out from my day to play it. I can look for Poké Balls during my commute. I can chase Pokémon while strolling around my neighbourhood with the baby, grocery shopping with the baby or going to the park with the baby. I don’t particularly want to battle with others. I don’t want my cute pocket-monsters to evolve into scary giant monsters, much in the same way I’m apprehensive about my baby evolving into a teenager. For now, though, I am having a great time collecting a growing array of strange creatures, along with 185 Poké Balls, three sets of incense to lure Pokémon, and some potions and medicines I don’t quite understand yet — I’m sure they’ll be useful at some point. I welcome the ability to take my mind off police shootings, the gay nightclub massacre in Florida, horrific attacks on civilians in France, a coup attempt Turkey, a mosquito-borne Zika virus causing brain damage in the womb and a fraught, divisive U.S. election season. Plus, the death of my cousin at 42, three weeks after he found out he had cancer. I’ll stop before I’ll make us all depressed. “Pokémon Go” is a surprise hit for many of us not versed in this massive Japanese gaming, cartoon, toy and comic book franchise. The characters are meant for children, yet adults are using them to lighten our world for a little bit.

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values, religious convictions, our experiences and expectations. All of these factors and probably a dozen more shape our perceptions. Every judgment in life – whether we deem it as fair or unfair, just or unjust – is just a comparison to something else. We compare, we judge, and we suffer or celebrate, we fight or we flee in fear. These value judgments tend to correspond to what we believe we deserve. As a global community, we can unanimously agree that certain external conditions place us at a disadvantage and are truly unwarranted and undesired. For the sake of this column, I want to focus on the ways real or perceived unfairness or injustice impacts our self-esteem. When our concept of what is fair or unfair about our past bogs us down, we get stuck in an ongoing pattern of anger, frustration, guilt and resentment. Moreover, we tend to rehash the unfairness as justification for our viewpoint. Unlike Penny, I know other people with a similar background who are quick to acknowledge that many of the events of their early life were unfair, but they’re not interested in getting even, grinding an axe or wearing their abuse like a badge of honour. These people have worked hard to integrate these traumatic experiences into their lives. By that I mean they have moved into a place of acceptance. They freely acknowledge that the experiences were damaging and that they wouldn’t wish them upon anyone, but they accept them as a part of their personal history. From a place of acceptance, we’re able to turn traumatic experiences over and around in our mind and view them from different vantage points. We’re able to ponder what suffering could perpetrate such negative acts. It’s like finding a missing piece of the forgiveness puzzle. It doesn’t mean we condone acts of violence, but we approach them from a place of compassion and understanding. It becomes easier to let them go rather than hang onto them. Understandably, it can take much effort and many years to reach a point where we could even consider meeting these experiences with forgiveness.

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Where’s the beef? DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I’m a self-proclaimed meatatarian. I suppose I eat vegetables from time to time, such as the lettuce and tomato on a hamburger. But for the most part, if it didn’t have a central nervous system, I’m not interested. You can’t fault me for it; I grew up in the Midwest, where we treated sausage like a food group. I feel manly when I eat chicken wings, ripping flesh off the carcass of an animal with my teeth. Beef, chicken, duck, lamb, rabbit, bison, fish — love ‘em all. However, I also love my new vegan (gasp) girlfriend. Vegan Girlfriend is the best, and I’ve never felt this way before. She seems to really accept and love all of

my personality. She’s even fine with the meatatarian thing, never making any comments about it and saying it doesn’t bother her. My family really likes her, although it’s always a process trying to explain her diet to Grandma, God bless her. (“No steak for her, Grandma. … No, ‘those people’ don’t eat chicken, either.”) I’m really starting to believe that Vegan Girlfriend is the one. But it keeps nagging at my mind that she’s a vegan for a reason. Part of me thinks that underneath all her I-don’t-minds, she is saying to herself, “How could you stuff another defenseless animal down your gullet when there is perfectly good kale in the fridge?” I love this woman, but I also love meat. Am I doomed to a life of guilty animal consumption? — Meaty Mike Dear Meaty: What’s eating you? Your girlfriend doesn’t care that you’re an omnivore. She has said — and I quote — “I don’t mind.” You’re projecting. On some level, you must feel bad about eating meat.

Maybe that’s your conscience nagging at you, or maybe it’s just your cholesterol. Either way, figure it out and get right with it. And it wouldn’t kill you to eat some of that perfectly good kale in the fridge. Dear Annie: My younger sister is a 59-year-old woman who has never been married. She’s fun, creative and full of life, and she still has her looks. I also know she’s really lonely. After a string of bad boyfriends in her 20s and 30s, she gave up on dating and has since devoted almost all her energy to her work and her pets. She’s gone on a few dates here and there over the years, but she refuses to do any kind of online dating because she thinks that it’s “desperate” and that “only freaks are out online.” She refuses to hear me when I say otherwise. Every time I try to approach the subject of dating, she tells me that I have no idea what I’m talking about and that we’re too different to understand each other. And that’s true.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Scott Dry faked his way through his first French braid and learned that the trick to a perfect bun is using more “whatever they’re called” — bobby pins. By the end of class, his smiling sixyear-old daughter was itching to race home and show Mom that Daddy did her hairdo. “I wouldn’t say I’m an expert,” says Dry, a 43-year-old married father of two. “I’ll never be as good as Mom. I’m OK with that.” Dry was one of 15 fathers who recently took part in a father-daughter hair workshop at the Luna salon in Chestermere, a bedroom community east of Calgary. It’s one of several such classes that have popped up in Canada in the last few months, part of a global trend that started last year. “Dads are getting a little bit more involved with their daughters and doing their hair,” says Luna manager, Reyse Van Gelder. A Facebook post about the fad caught her eye, so she put together the salon’s first free class last October. Another followed in March and another is anticipated for this summer. And when some moms also in need of hairstyling skills asked to join this year, Van Gelder started a mother-daughter class too. It was held separately from the fathers’ class so the men wouldn’t feel overwhelmed. The dads were given lessons on everything from how to brush hair without the squealing and tears to creating fancy French and fish-tail braids. And not all of them had clumsy fingers. “I also met a dad who knew how to French braid better than I could, so it was like, ‘Why are you even here?”’ For some of the men, Van Gelder says, it was simply a fun way to bond with their daughters. All the girls left with goody bags filled with elastics, brushes, bows and barrettes. The father-daughter hair craze — spawning classes as far away as Australia and Europe — even made waves in a heartwarming Super Bowl commercial in February. A hair care product company showed three players in the National Football League attempting to do their young daughters’ hair with their rookie fingers. “I don’t know why they make these

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barrettes so complicated for guys,” Pittsburgh Steeler Deangelo Williams says in the ad, as he struggles to wrap a pink bobbled elastic around the end of a braid. The scene is likely to be typical in many father-daughter hair classes, some of which have morphed into fundraising events with names like “Beer and Braids.” The best hairstyling dad usually takes home a six-pack. In a February class at the Coiffure D salon in Trois-Rivieres, Que., one father reportedly confessed to using a vacuum cleaner at home to suck his

daughter’s hair into a ponytail. He promised to never do it again. “There’s so much that’s targeted towards moms,” says Eva Shortt, an event planner who organized a “Hair 101: Dad & Daughter Hairstyling” class at Whipper Snipperz Cuts for Kids in Guelph, Ont., last winter. She says many of the dads in the class were big and tough guys, some with tattoos. “They were just so sweet with their daughters. It was amazing to see,” Shortt says. “I definitely want to do it again.”

PEARL CITY, Hawaii — For decades, Lisa Wond visited the aboveground gravesites of relatives in Hawaii. But her tradition of honouring her ancestors at the sites known as “haka” changed when thieves stole urns holding the ashes of two grandparents, an aunt and uncle. Wond later learned that someone pried open the heavy stone door of the “haka,” took the urns and sold them for $31 to a recycling centre. “I can’t tell you how many nights of sleep I lost, my mother lost,” Wond said. “You think this is their final resting place, but it’s not.” In response to the crime against Wond and other Hawaii families, the state Legislature in May made it a felony to steal an urn containing human remains. The new law requires scrap dealers to get receipts and identification from people attempting to sell such urns, a requirement that was already on the books for people selling beer kegs or copper. “I think many of us find it hard to believe that people would take an urn,” Gov. David Ige said as he signed the bill last week. “It sets in motion a process to ensure there is no market for the material of an urn.” In Japanese burial tradition, cremated remains of family members are often placed in urns and interred in above-ground gravesites that sometimes have a door and roof, evoking an image of a little house. In the case involving Wond’s family, whoever took the urns had to use special equipment to pry open the stone door, Wond said. Among the items they left behind were wooden “ihai,” a Japanese word for a tablet used to memorialize the spirit of ancestors. At least 11 states include cemetery or memorial items in metal theft laws that make the first theft a felony, said Mark Carpenter, spokesman for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, a lobbying and research association.ence of State Legislatures.

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desire to help others, as your compassionate side swings into action. Group activities and artistic pursuits are also favoured, as you tap into the sociable and

creative Piscean within. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Scott Dry brushes his daughter Reese’s hair at their home in Chestermere, Wednesday. Dry was one of 15 fathers who recently took part in a fatherdaughter hair workshop at the Luna salon in Chestermere, a bedroom community east of Calgary.

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