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Strong turnout for Westerner Days BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The milestone edition of Westerner Days Fair and Exposition did not disappoint. The five-day festival marked the 125th anniversary of the fair, which grew into one of the highly-anticipated events throughout Central Alberta. While the final tally was not available at press time, attendance was strong over the first three days. Organizers were hoping to surpass 100,000. Meghan Gustum, Westerner Park marketing manager, said organizers are pleased with the number of people flocking to the fair. “We are really happy with the turnout,” said Gustum. “Our attendance has been really strong this year. On Thursday we broke our daily record. On Friday we were at 20,227, up quite substantially from last year a bit but not a record.” Gustum said the concerts definitely help drive the attendance numbers. “That’s a part of it,” she said. “We had great weather. There’s so many different factors.” A total of 57,099 fair-goers attended the festival from Wednesday to Friday. Last year 99,614 people attended Westerner Days compared to 92,872 in 2014. The highest attendance for the entire festival was set in 2012 with 102,665. The first day of festival drew 13,739 fair-goers, just short of record attendance for the first day of 15,410, which was set in 2010. A new record was set on Thursday with 23,133 patrons streaming through the gates. Last year 21, 404 turned out on Thursday. Attendance was 20,227 (record
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The Westerner Days Fair provided a colourful skyline on Saturday afternoon. 24,302 in 2010) on Friday. Last year 14,360 crossed through the gates on the third day. The fair and exposition featured the usual attractions – the midway, the racetrack and livestock, shopping and grub hub.
New this year were the fireworks every evening. Eight artists took over the main stage at the Centrium including Chad Brownlee and The Washboard Union, Salt ‘n Pepa with DJ Spinderealla, Prism and Stampeders and Moist and
USS. The first local fair was held in 1892 on Ross Street downtown, organized by the then Red Deer Agricultural Society. About 150 people turned out, according to local historian Michael Dawe.
Centrefest shaping up to be one of the best BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Time to pass the hat. Central Alberta’s largest street performer festival is just days away from “wowing” the downtown crowds in Red Deer. Centrefest kicks off with a noon preview of the acts and a barbecue at City Hall Park on Friday. Janice Shimek, festival director, said every year is full of surprises and this year is shaping up to be one of the best. “There is no festival like this one unless you go to Edmonton,” said Shimek. “It’s there. It’s on the street. Other than putting money in a performer’s hat, it is a free festival. There is no admission to get in. There are things that you wouldn’t normally see anywhere else.” For the first time, there will be an adults only evening stage show on Saturday night. Shimek said the show will have a beer gardens-type atmosphere on the World Music Stage. Patrons must be over 18 to attend. The gates open at 8 p.m. and the show starts around 9 p.m. Tickets are $20. Purchase information is available on the festival’s website. It takes about 100 volunteers to put on the two-day show. Roughly another 30 volunteers are
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Brayden Williams high-fives one of the Carisa Hendrix Stilt Walkers during the 2015 CentreFest Street Performer Festival. The stilt walking group will be returning this year to join many more acts from around the world that will perform at this year’s event.
needed, specifically men to do the heavy lifting, said Shimek. The jobs range from anything from hanging signs, unloading tents and weights, to putting up flags. There is an application form the festival’s website. Rain or shine, the show will go on. Some of the acts this year include Zap Circus (Australia), The Puppet RED DEER WEATHER
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Oil spill threatens drinking water BOOMS NOT CONTAINING OIL SPILL IN NORTH SASKATCHEWAN RIVER, MORE STEPS NEEDED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Attempts to stop a pipeline oil spill from flowing down a major river in Saskatchewan failed Friday and new steps were being taken to try to contain the slick. A government official said booms placed on the North Saskatchewan River by Husky Energy to contain the spill were ineffective because high water levels lifted the oil over the barriers. The official, who did not want to be named, said Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) and the government were placing booms further downstream and increasing skimming to try to remove oil from the water. Between 200,000 and 250,000 litres of crude oil and other material leaked into the river on Thursday from a breach in Husky’s pipeline near Maidstone, Sask. The company shut down the line and put out the booms about 40 kilometres upstream from North Battleford. North Battleford saw signs of the spill as early as Friday morning and shut down its water intake plant. “Husky reported to water security that they … saw a sheen and so everything gets shut right down,” said Stewart Schafer, the city’s director of operations. “How much, how big, I couldn’t tell you.” Schafer said the city has a backup supply of water in its reservoirs and water tower. It also has a ground-water treatment plant. “We have about three days and then we have to start up the other plant. By that time we are hoping that whatever contaminants hit the river are flushed down.” The reservoirs and water tower had already been filled to capacity as a precautionary measure. North Battleford Mayor Ian Hamilton asked residents to slow the flow from their taps to help ensure an adequate supply. The city issued a news release telling people that car washes were being shut down, laundromats closed and citizens were being asked not to water their lawns or wash their cars. The city and Husky also were building a berm around the water intake at the water treatment plant to prevent
Canada BRIEFS RCMP say 3 safe, waving, after helicopter lands hard in Alberta mountains SUNDRE — A search for a helicopter that began when an emergency beacon began transmitting has ended well with all three people on board being found safe on an Alberta mountain. RCMP Sgt. Jack Poitras says the helicopter made a hard landing in a remote area above the tree line near
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Crews work to clean up an oil spill on the North Saskatchewan river near Maidstone, Sask on Friday. Husky Energy has said between 200,000 and 250,000 litres of crude oil and other material leaked into the river on Thursday from its pipeline. oily water from getting in. Prince Albert issued a statement late Friday afternoon urging its residents to fill bathtubs and water jugs with water over the next 24 hours. Oil from the Husky spill is expected to reach the city by Sunday, the city said, adding it will likely be shutting down its water treatment plant’s intake from the river. Rob Peabody, Husky’s chief operating officer, said some of the spilled oil was on land and was being recovered. “What we do know is the leak was not under the river, as far as we can see,” he said. “The leak was kind of in a location near the river.” The pipeline runs from Husky’s heavy oil operations to its facilities in Lloydminster and carries oil mixed with a lighter hydrocarbon, called a diluent, that’s added to ease the flow.
Wes Kotyk of the department’s environmental protection branch said the spill, which he said was equivalent to two rail cars, was of a “higher magnitude” than Saskatchewan is used to. “This is a rare event. We don’t have incidents of this magnitude very often,” said Kotyk, who added it’s been a number of years since there’s been an oil spill into water. Kotyk said fish and wildlife staff were developing a plan in case wildlife was affected. Peabody said it could be several weeks before a cause for the spill is known. He didn’t know the age of the pipeline, but said it would have been regularly inspected under Husky’s management plan. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said no one wants to see an oil spill occur, but the latest leak doesn’t change
his support for pipelines. “The facts remain that if we’re not moving by a pipeline, it’s going to move … (by rail). We know that rail is actually more susceptible to spills and spills are often more intense,” Wall said from Whitehorse, Yukon, where he was attending a premiers meeting. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who is pushing for a pipeline to get her province’s oil to ocean ports so it can get to international markets, echoed Wall’s assessment. “Even with this spill it remains the case that absolutely the safest way to transport oil and gas is by way of pipeline,” she said. “Had a spill occurred on rail there might well be injuries involved. In everything you do there are risks, but I would suggest overall the risks (of pipelines) are low.”
Ice Lake west of Sundre on Sunday afternoon. Poitras says a plane flying over the area after the beacon was activated spotted the helicopter and saw three people waving. He says the helicopter was privately owned. Efforts were underway to bring them down, but Poitras didn’t have details.
Two boys fell into the Yoho River on Friday evening while visiting Yoho National Park with their family, said Tania Peters, spokeswoman for Parks Canada. The family group was on the river bank near the Takkakaw Falls day use area at the time of the incident. It is unclear whether family members or passersby responded when the boys fell into the river, Peters said, but they were quick enough to rescue one of the two children. “They tried desperately to get the second boy out but were unsuccessful and he was swept downstream.” Parks Canada launched an aerial and ground search of the area with support of two helicopters, Golden Search and Rescue, RCMP and other local emergency services. The search was called off at
nightfall around 10:30 p.m. Friday and resumed before 7 a.m. on Saturday. Officials did not have an update about how the family is coping or their involvement in the search, but Peters said, “I imagine that it’s incredibly difficult.”
Calgary boy, 11, missing since Friday, fell in river at Yoho National Park FIELD, B.C. — Parks Canada is leading an extensive search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who has been missing since falling into a river in southeastern British Columbia.
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Calgary man detained in Turkey FAMILY SAYS HE IS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING FAILED COUP BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The family of a Canadian man they say is being held in Turkey on accusations he was a leader of the failed July 15 military coup is trying to get Davud Hanci’s wife and children out of the country. The family says Hanci was detained and his name has appeared in Turkish media in connection with the coup attempt. Selman Durmus, the brother of Hanci’s wife Rumeysa Hanci, says she called her family in Toronto as her husband was being arrested. Durmus last spoke to his sister Sunday morning and says she isn’t being held, but he and his family are concerned for her and her two young sons’ safety, and want to bring them back to Canada. Hanci, who lives in Calgary and works as an imam for Correctional Service Canada and Alberta correctional services, went to Turkey for a holiday with his wife and children on July 7. Durmus says the family travelled to the Turkish
city of Trabzon to visit Hanci’s ailing father. He says his sister is a dual Canadian-Turkish citizen, and the couple’s sons were born in Canada. “As far as we know, at the moment she is OK. But she does feel in danger,” he said. Turkish media reports claim Hanci — who a family friend says is a dual citizen of Canada and Turkey — is from Pennsylvania and was working for U.S.based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a critic and former ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Durmus said Sunday. Durmus said he watched Turkish media reports that called Hanci “the right-hand man” of Fethullah Gulen. “Media sources are saying ‘the mastermind of the coup attack.’ … This guy is just a regular guy. He just went to visit his father. None of the things that they’re claiming make any sense,” he said. Durmus said the family believes someone may have reported Hanci as being involved in the coup, and his sister told him Hanci’s cellphone and his Canadian passport were confiscated during the arrest. “We’re trying to sort things out because the lives
of the kids and the whole family is in danger right now,” he said. “Whoever reports the followers of Fethullah Gulen … they’re attacking innocent people.” A spokeswoman for Global Affairs said in an email Saturday night that the department is “aware of a Canadian dual-citizen detained in Turkey” and that Canadian consular officials are standing ready to assist if needed. Turkey has imposed a three-month state of emergency and detained or dismissed tens of thousands of people in the military, the judiciary, the education system and other institutions. Turkish leaders allege that supporters of Gulen infiltrated state agencies and groomed loyalists in a vast network of private schools as part of an elaborate, long-term plan to take over the country. Turkey announced Saturday it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claims pose a threat to national security. Gulen has denied any knowledge of the attempted coup.
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Paralympian has bikes stolen weeks before Rio BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A paralympic cyclist whose two racing bicycles were stolen in Quebec City just weeks before the Rio Olympics said on Sunday she’s overwhelmed by the support she’s received. Marie-Eve Croteau added that police believe they may have found one of the two bicycles, but she won’t be able to confirm it’s hers until Monday. The 37-year-old athlete said she thought her trip to Rio was in doubt after she discovered the theft on Friday. “The breath just went out of me,” she said. “Everything was going through my head: the games, my bike, financially how will I do it, how will I replace them?” she told the Canadian Press. One of the bikes is a red, white and blue model used for time trials and the other is a red, black and white road racing bike. Both have modified frames with two back wheels and are specially made for Croteau, who says she has a handicap that affects mostly her left side. Surveillance footage Croteau posted online showed two men entering the underground garage of her condo building Monday night. They could be seen leaving with the bicycles moments later. Croteau took to social media on Friday to ask for help retrieving her property, and the response was dramatic. She said she was overwhelmed by the flood of “unimaginable” messages of solidarity and offers of financial help she received from both businesses and the public. “I just want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart. I lack the words to describe it,” she said. The owner of the company that built her bicycles, Louis Garneau, has offered to replace them in time for the games, meaning she can make her paralympic debut in September as planned.
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Members of Lacombe Fire Department prove that fire can be a friend by hosting a BBQ and serving up burgers to the many that came out for Lacombe Days on Saturday.
Passengers home after flight delayed two days TORONTO — An Air Canada flight that saw passengers stranded in Manchester, England, for two days landed in Toronto on Sunday afternoon. The airline said it will be in touch with the affected customers for a full refund. The flight to Toronto was scheduled to leave Manchester on Friday, but Air Canada said as many as 197 passengers had to wait until Sunday before taking off. An Air Canada spokeswoman called it an “unfortunate situation” caused by mechanical problems and crew duty restrictions. Isabelle Arthur said in an email to The Canadian Press that the airline wanted to “apologize for the extended delay.” Arthur said the situation didn’t meet Air Canada’s standards and “we are sorry we’ve let our customers down.” Canada’s largest airline was taking heat from the stranded passengers over the weekend. One person tweeted “horrendous experience. Stuck in Manchester for 2 days and no one has been in contact to tell us what’s going on.” Another tweet to Air Canada said “A second night in Manchester … due to more flight delays. AirCanada this is not how to treat your passengers.” Manchester residents Melanie Best and her husband had booked the flight with plans to attend a wedding celebration in Toronto. In an email to The Canadian Press late Saturday night, a frustrated Best described their long and trying ordeal. She said they boarded the plane Friday after a
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It isn’t always greener in B.C. JOHN STEWART OPINION
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ome west, you disaffected Albertans,’ the signs seem to suggest. ‘Leave your troubles at the border.’ If only it were so easy. Or so true. The billboards leap out at you in community after community as you travel through British Columbia: a moving company trumpeting the fact that they specialize in moving Alberta residents to B.C. And while the billboards are new, the notion of Albertans migrating west to enjoy the fruits (literally and figuratively) of B.C. is nothing new at all. For generations, milder weather and — presumably — a more peaceful pace of life awaited on the other side of the Rockies. But is it really so? I have spent much of the last three weeks wandering B.C., from the Okanagan to the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island to Whistler and north, and finally to the Kamloops area, along rutted, meandering backroads and connectors that masquerade as speedways. It is nothing more than a snapshot, truly, but I spent a great deal of
time with friends and family, many of them former Albertans, and while they would not rush back to Alberta, nor have they found an idyll. The clusters of civilization around Vancouver, and now Kelowna and Victoria, are nothing but green-hued urban sprawl, replete with all the transportation, service and social ails that you would expect. In Victoria, housing is finally materializing for homeless people who created a tent city on the lawn of the courthouse. The province has committed to buying two buildings to provide alternative housing. In the meantime, the city has spent $500,000 coping with the encampment. Vancouver Island has a higher rate of depression and anxiety, at 23.9 per cent, than the rest of the province (21.3 per cent), according to the B.C. Ministry of Health. The Canadian Mental Health Association says that overall, 20 per cent of Canadians will experience mental illness in their lifetime. (It is worth noting, however, that Alberta suicide rates per 100,000 average around 13 people, while the B.C. rate is between 11 and 12 suicides per 100,000 people.) The incidence of depression seems odd given the pace of life on the island, where roads toss and turn and even the Trans-Canada Hwy is regularly interrupted by a staccato of traffic lights. Perhaps the cost of ferry service
to and from the island puts residents on edge before they ever arrive. Over the breadth of the province, newcomers and visitors pour in. In the Lower Mainland, as many as 30,000 new residents arrive every year. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver estimates that by 2041, an additional 1.2 million residents will have moved into the area. That kind of growth would require almost 575,000 new homes. That’s an astronomical pace of development, particularly because it also means new roads, schools, hospitals, libraries and a variety of other services. Never mind the ratcheting up of real estate prices in the Lower Mainland. I spoke to a retired professional in Kelowna whose career took him from Edmonton to Toronto for the last decade of his working life. When he retired, he and his wife wanted to move back west, but happily hop-scotched over Alberta and moved to B.C. Thirteen years later, he recognizes how lucky they were to move when they did. Because the next boom has arrived and it is pushing up prices for everything. “It’s no joke when people say B.C. means ‘bring cash’,” he told me. The price of virtually everything is higher, prodded along by higher taxation rates, including a seven per cent provincial sales tax. At Whistler, the housing market for
the young people who keep the resort rolling is squeezed beyond tight. A young friend who stopped waiting for a call from his Alberta oilfield employer to try his luck in construction in Whistler found a job right away. But he languished in a hostel for weeks, looking for a room. “I interviewed three times for the room I finally got, and they didn’t let me know until the day before I could move in,” he said. “It was way more stressful than finding a job.” At Sun Peaks, a scaled down version of Whistler near Kamloops, development has rebounded after several quiet years. And real estate sales figures have doubled in the first six months of 2016, year over year. Certainly, not all Albertans who leave the province are going west. Many are returning to other provinces where there is family support or the promise of steady income. But they are leaving. After years of unparalleled growth, for example, Red Deer’s spring census shows that almost 1,000 residents left in the last year. Where they have gone is a matter of conjecture. Let’s hope wherever they went, they did so with their eyes wide open. Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a born and bred Albertan who doesn’t drill for oil, ranch or drive a pickup truck — although all of those things have played a role in his past.
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Islamic State is a big business machine JOSEPH MICALLEF OPINION
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he Islamic State (IS) has been described as either one of the world’s richest terrorist organizations or one of its poorest countries. Neither is quite true. It is a hybrid — half destitute quasi-nation state and half wealthy jihadist organization. What it does have, however, are considerable financial assets. The assets are a combination of war booty from conquests in eastern Syria and western Iraq, and profits from its variety of legal and illegal enterprises. It is an extremely diversified enterprise, with multiple sources of revenue. At its peak in 2015, Islamic State had revenues estimated at anywhere from $4 million to $8 million a day. Since then, it’s estimated its revenues have dropped by half. Taxation and extortion are the organization’s biggest sources of revenue. IS charges a tax of 10 per cent on income, plus lots of other fees and taxRED DEER
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Kidnappings generate $30 million to $60 million a year for the Islamic State. The United States, Great Britain and Japan have publicly refused to ransom any of their nationals held hostage. Other countries, including France and Italy, however, have paid. IS has also generated revenues from holding hostage some of its own constituents, especially members of non-Muslim groups, like the Yazidis and the Assyrian Christians. Wealthy donors are another significant source of cash. Tracking the origin and the final disposition of the billions of dollars that have gone to the various Sunni rebel groups in Syria is difficult. It’s believed that Islamic State still receives $20 million to $40 million in contributions from wealthy supporters, but that the number could be much larger. Finally, loot is a significant source of funding. It’s believed that IS acquired $500 million to $800 million in U.S. currency from various banks in its domain. The Mosul branch of the Iraqi Central Bank alone had cash reserves of $400 million to $500 million. As of June, it’s estimated that Islamic State generates $50 million to $100 million a month in revenues. Roughly
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half of that comes from taxes, fees and expropriations, and the balance from illegal activities. Its military operations are believed to cost it $25 million to $40 million a month, although the exact number is difficult to fix. Likewise, it’s unclear what IS spends on administration and services. What is likely, however, is that Islamic State is not generating enough revenues to fund its operations. The pay of its militants has been cut in half — to about $200 a month. Services have also been cut, and prices on food and gasoline have been increased. Islamic State has a lot of assets. Many, however, can only be sold to its increasingly impoverished citizens. Outside of cash, their multibillion-dollar value is largely theoretical. The most effective way to shut down the Islamic State’s financing is to target those activities that generate cash, the smuggling of oil and antiquities, and the organization’s existing cash reserves. The U.S. and its allies are now finally focusing on precisely this objective. Pity it didn’t start sooner. Troy Media columnist Joseph Micallef is a historian, best-selling author and, at times, sardonic commentator on world politics.
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Clinton has strong ties to Canada BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Hillary Clinton was determined to go skating. The First Lady, as she was called when she came to Ottawa on a February 1995 state visit with then-U.S. president Bill Clinton, had often heard about the Rideau Canal, but never had the chance to glide along its surface like so many visitors and locals. Word had leaked out to the media, however, and the U.S. Secret Service wanted to shut it down. Gordon Giffin, who became the American ambassador to Canada two years later, still has a vivid memory of her reaction. “She just stood there with her ice skates that she’d personally brought with her on Air Force One,” Giffin told The Canadian Press in an interview. “She said, ‘I brought my skates. I’m going to skate. My security is your problem,”’ he said. “That may be a small thing to people, but how many people who’ve lived in the White House do you think have ever heard of the Rideau Canal and would recognize that you skate there? That’s an intensity of knowledge and affinity for Canada.” It is nothing new or extraordinary
for an American politician to speak fondly of Canada as a trading partner and friend on the other side of the long and peaceful border. But Clinton, who is hoping to return to the White House this fall — this time as president — has ties that run deeper than most. Her maternal grandmother, Della Martin, came from a large family that had French-Canadian roots, Clinton wrote in her 2003 memoir, Living History. The book does not go into any more detail about this particular branch of her ancestral tree, perhaps because, as she went on to write, Clinton’s mother was “essentially” abandoned by the woman when she was a small girl. That has not stopped others from following that thread, including Gail Moreau-Desharnais of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, who has traced Clinton’s genealogical roots to ancestors in common with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and his father too, of course. They go back, in fact, all the way to a woman named Jeanne Ducorp, sometimes known by the surname Leduc. She was one of the so-called King’s Daughters (or Filles du Roy) — hundreds of women who arrived in New France, sponsored by Louis XIV, to help strengthen the colony that was at
that time sparsely populated by single men — and married a man named Martin Masse around 1670 in Sorel, Que. There are other early connections Clinton has embraced warmly. “I have had a lot of great trips to Canada long before I was ever in public life and have always been so appreciative of the gracious hospitality,” Clinton said during a 2010 visit to Ottawa when she was U.S. secretary of state. One of those trips, she said, included a drive up the Alaska Highway before it was paved. In Living History, Clinton recalls travelling to Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., with Bill Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, who was then 11 years old, for a short vacation in the summer of 1991 to discuss whether her husband should run for president. She was also in Ottawa in 1999 — shortly after beginning her successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in New York — to dedicate a sculpture by artist Joel Shapiro in front of the new U.S. embassy building on Sussex Drive. And while she hosted many state dinners at the White House as First Lady, the first she attended was in 1977, when a newly inaugurated president Jimmy Carter feted guests of hon-
our Pierre Elliott Trudeau, then Canadian prime minister, and his wife, Margaret. Former U.S. ambassador David Jacobson, whose time in Ottawa overlapped with Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, concedes he was anxious about their relationship. That’s because, as deputy finance chairman for U.S. President Barack Obama’s Democratic primary campaign, he spent two years of his life doing what he could to make sure she would not become the presidential nominee. But any hard feelings that may have lingered were put aside, Jacobson said in an interview. “She could not have been nicer or kinder towards me,” he said. One kindness came when Clinton helped him out of a typically Canadian bind. He had gone back to his hometown of Chicago in December 2010, and a major blizzard prevented him from being able to fly back to Ottawa, where he was expecting to attend a meeting of North American foreign ministers in Wakefield, Que. Jacobson said Clinton asked him to get to Washington, where flights were still landing, and she gave him a lift on her U.S. Air Force plane.
Premiers wrap meeting by agreeing to internal trade deal ‘IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME WHEN CANADIANS NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE FREE TRADE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY, IT MUST BE NOW WHEN AMERICANS ARE MAKING NOISES LIKE THAT.’
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WHITEHORSE — Canada’s premiers and territorial leaders have agreed in principle on an internal trade deal they say will help create jobs and improve the economy. “This truly is a historic day,” said Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, speaking at the end of a two-day premiers meeting in Whitehorse. It’s not clear, however, what will immediately change under the agreement, which will replace an old agreement dating back 23 years. “The old agreement covered only specific sectors of the economy,” said Pasloski. “The new agreement covers virtually the entire Canadian economy and will have unprecedented transparency.” Provinces and territories will be able to keep exemptions and preferential programs they now have but creating new exemptions will become more difficult. “Yukon and the other two territories as well as other provinces have exemptions in place. We will be using those exemptions,” Pasloski said. The premiers also agreed to remove many of the barriers that now exist, although a list of those changes has not been made public yet. Pasloski said that will happen down the road. “There will be an opportunity to have that list provided.” He said there are still some technical issues to work out before the deal is submitted to the federal government and First Nations. Pasloski said the deal also establishes a working group to study how to improve trade in beer, wine and spirits across the country. Earlier in the day, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec agreed to allow online purchases of wine from each other’s provinces. “We haven’t freed the grapes entirely, but they’re a little bit freer,” said B.C. Premier Christy Clark in making the announcement. A deal to allow consumers to purchase wine online through each province’s government-controlled liquor monopoly may seem like a small step in the context of the overall agreement on free interprovincial trade the premiers were seeking at their Whitehorse meeting this week.
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But Quebec’s Philippe Couillard said it was just the start. “More will come,” he said. “We didn’t want to tie us down and wait until we work on the whole gamut of issues around our state-sponsored agencies.” Couillard said that could take another two or three years. He added Nova Scotia, another wine-producing province, is interested in signing on to the deal. The announcement was an indication of the difficulty of achieving a deal to allow Canadians to trade freely with their fellow citizens. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley acknowledged that several provinces, including hers, are seeking exemptions for economic development initiatives. “It’s really important that we open up trade across the country,” she said. “But it’s also important to ensure that, where there’s a need for provincial governments to engage intentionally in economic stimulus or regional development, that they’re able to do that.” Alberta is planning to spend billions on infrastructure to energize an economy damaged by low oil prices and the Fort McMurray wildfire. Earlier in the day, Clark emphasized the importance of internal free trade, especially after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement during his speech Thursday night. “If there was ever a time when Ca-
nadians need to come together and have free trade in our own country, it must be now when Americans are making noises like that,” she said. The premiers were also debating how many strings they’re willing to accept on new federal money for health
care. They have been asking the federal Liberals to increase their share of the funding to 25 per cent from an average of about 20 per cent. Ottawa has suggested it’s willing to provide more money, but wants much of it spent on federal priorities such as mental health. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said he’s willing to listen. “What the premiers are saying is let’s deal with the funding situation first,” he said. “Then we discuss federal government priorities. If their priorities are long-term care and seniors care, that will be the priority of almost every province and territory.” Couillard repeated his opposition to any strings at all. “We are totally opposed to targeted funding,” he said. “This is a concept we will never let go. We will decide how to use the funds.” At the end of the day, the premiers agreed that new federal health programs should allow for separate agreements between Ottawa and another province or territory. The next summer meeting of the premiers is scheduled for July 17, 2017, in Edmonton.
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A sunny close to a fun-filled Westerner Days
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Above: Khloe Grebinski, 4, of Regina SK, singlehandedly annihilates a bag of cotton candy at Saturday afternoon’s Westerner Days’ Fair. Far right inset: Robert Creighton, 11, of Innisfail, grimaces at the line, but still manages to haul a mighty 175lbs for a total of 23.5 feet at the Westerner Days’ Pedal Tractor Pull on Saturday afternoon. Right inset: A boy in a bubble walks on water at Westerner Days fair on Saturday afternoon.
The weather was as warm as good western hospitality and the 2016 edition of the Westerner wrapped up this weekend. The crowds that thronged to the fairgrounds were treated to the Westerner’s usual fare of great music, tempting treats, pony chuckwagon racing action, fireworks, thrilling midway rides —and all-around fun.
Leading horses to water, a team hand leads the way to a nice cool bath on a sultry Saturday afternoon.
Brom, 3 1/2, and his mom, Nathalie Burts, leave dad Leon and Lia, also 3 1/2, to eat their dust on the Euroslide at Westerner Days’ fair, Saturday afternoon.
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More than just fun and games SUMMER CAMP FOR YOUNG SYRIAN REFUGEES MIXES FUN, CRASH COURSE ON CANADIAN LIFE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It’s a familiar chant belted out at summer camps across the continent, but the call-and-response uttered at one Toronto day camp on a sticky July day is hesitant, even shy. “I don’t know what you’ve been told!” an eager counsellor bellows in sing-song fashion at a group of young Syrian refugees. “H.appi Campers cheers the most,” her wary charges mumble back in broken English. It takes a moment for the middle-schoolers to grasp this peculiar game, but three tries later, they gel into a more-or-less unified chorus. “Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Weeeeeeee’re great!” they holler, letting loose with exuberant cheers. The fun and games at this day camp are more than just a rite of passage for these new Canadians, they’re a key step in easing their transition into a strange country with unfamiliar customs. H.appi Camper founder Mazen El-Baba says he tried to design a getaway that would offer the staples of any typical North American summer camp: drama, arts and crafts, and sports. But it would also offer much-needed lessons tailored to the specific needs of young Syrian refugees: intensive literacy classes, a crash course in Canadian cultural norms, and self-esteem exercises. That last goal is possibly the most challenging, given the fact that most of these war-weary children — 75 in all, ranging in age from five to 15 — have been through horrific traumas. El-Baba says it’s hard to know exactly how these kids are suffering because they have not been formally diagnosed with behavioural or mental-health issues. But they clearly bear the scars. When confronted with something they’ve done wrong, it’s not uncommon to hear a frustrated camper say, “I should go kill myself” or “I should go stab myself or shoot myself,” says El-Baba. “I’m not sure if they actually understand it because you’re hearing that from an eight-year-old, you’re hearing that from a nine-year-old,” he adds. “An eight-year-old and nine-yearold saying that, ‘I want to stab myself,’ it’s really hard to hear that. It’s like, ‘Wow, OK, let’s talk more about it.’ That’s some of the things we see.” Activities were designed with the help of mental-health professionals, family doctors, social workers and crisis-intervention professionals. Every week, each counsellor meets with three mental-health experts to discuss behavioural problems they’ve observed. But this is not a counselling camp, stresses El-Baba. The biggest goal is to let these kids be kids, and have the opportunity to let loose and have fun. Soft-spoken 11-year-old Hanin Jaamour says she’s learning a lot, and that’s easing some of her anxiety about attending school in the fall. She and her family landed in Toronto in February, and she went to school for three months. But she didn’t like it at all. “Everything is different,” she says in Arabic, with El-Baba translating. She’s excited about entering Grade 6, but she’s also scared. “This year it’s going to be harder
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ABOVE; Camp Organizer Mazen El-Baba is mobbed by Syrian refugee children as they attend H.appi camp in Toronto on July 12. The day camp The camp is geared to Syrian refugee youth acclimate to Canadian life and get ready for school. RIGHT; Syrian refugee children play on a park bench while attending H.appi camp. for English because we’re going to be learning more things,” she frets. “Here it’s a very diverse culture, you have many people coming from various different countries and backgrounds and religions. Back home we don’t have the mixing of boys and girls and this is completely new, which is amazing.” Camp supervisor Windemere Jarvis, the only counsellor who doesn’t speak Arabic, says she’s impressed by how eager the kids are to learn new customs. They’ve opened their hearts and bared their souls every day, she says, pointing to painful anecdotes about bombings, destroyed homes, and grief that can send her home “crying all night.” “I was talking to a friend of mine and they said, ‘You know what, I think the most important thing is when you hear these stories is not to cry because that is their reality. Just let them talk and let them know that what happened to them was OK and that they’re here now and we want them to be super happy here and feel like this is safe,”’ says Jarvis. The athletic 21-year-old has taken a keen interest in boosting self-esteem among the girls, noting that a clear gender bias towards the boys “is very visible.” “The other day we lined them up and immediately all the boys went to the front of the line and the girls went behind them,” she notes. She worries about how the boys might be disciplined for such behaviour at a Toronto school unfamiliar with Syrian culture. “It’s not their fault,” she says, envisioning repeated trips to the principal’s office for something they don’t understand.
Jarvis says she tries to introduce new ideas by showing them girls can do anything and by recognizing and praising female achievements. “I think that’s something they’re a little hesitant toward but they’re not resistant,” she says. “And I think that they definitely — the girls especially — want to be empowered and they want to change. Because (after) coming here (to Canada), that’s what’s going to happen to them.” It hasn’t been easy. Teaching even basic classroom etiquette has been a challenge, admits El-Baba. Kids at this camp will simply slip out of the room if they need to use the bathroom. Or they’ll try to open the emergency exit while the school bus is moving. “It’s not like they don’t want to obey the rules, it’s because they just don’t quite understand it,” says El-Baba. “They haven’t had that same structure back home and now this is all new to them where they’re organized into groups and they have to follow a certain schedule, they have to go to the washroom at a certain time.” At H.appi Camp, there are classes on leadership, and how to speak confidently in a group. There are discussions about diversity and human rights, the environment, and volunteerism.
Other courses focus on how to resolve conflict, how to work in a team, and how to build friendships and trust. Admission is free and the waiting list is 200-kids long. El-Baba says the month-long program is largely funded through a $36,000 federal grant. Private donations help pay for buses and transportation, a couple of food banks have supplied drinks and snacks, and Canadian Tire has donated sporting equipment. But art supplies dwindled after just the first week, and El-Baba says they’re running out of cash. He hopes to generate more money to fund a followup program once school starts. That project would see counsellors visit each family weekly to check up on how the kids are faring academically, socially, and psychologically. El-Baba is optimistic about their futures. “I was shocked and amazed by how resilient they are,” he says, rattling off the stories he’s heard that end with death or violence. “Hopefully by the end of this month they’ll have an idea there’s other things in the world that they still haven’t learnt or experienced that are good.”
Thousands take to streets in protest ahead of democratic convention PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of demonstrators took to Philadelphia’s sweltering streets Sunday, cheering, chanting and beating drums in the first major protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, as the city wilted during a heat wave. Throngs of Bernie Sanders supporters marched down a main thoroughfare to show their support of him and disdain for Hillary Clinton ahead of the convention. Chanting “Hell No, DNC, we won’t vote for Hillary” and “This is what democracy looks like,” the marchers headed from City Hall down Broad Street, the main north-south artery that leads from the city centre to the convention site about 4 miles away. Though planned for months, Sunday’s marches came as fractures appeared in the party that had been trying to display a show of unity in recent weeks. Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned Sunday as Democratic Party chair over an email suggesting the DNC had played favourites for Clinton during the primary. It was a stunning leadership shakeup as officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Clinton. The Democrats had been trying to avoid the divide that was apparent in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention last week. But the hacked emails, published by Wikileaks, further fired up Sanders supporters, who long accused the party of favouring Clinton despite officially being neutral. Sanders had called for Wasserman Schultz’s resignation, and said Sunday night she made the right decision for
the party’s future by resigning. Darcy Samek, 54, travelled alone from Minneapolis to protest through the four-day convention. She said Wasserman Schultz has been a “miserable failure” who needed to be gone. “Everyone kind of knew (the Democratic party was against Bernie Sanders), but that doesn’t mean it will change now that it’s proven. It’s just more of the same,” she said. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other officers walked alongside Sanders protesters. Ross said he liked what he saw Sunday: a peaceful protest. The heat wave that descended on the city was showing no mercy, with temperatures reaching the high 90s and the city under an “excessive heat” warning by the National Weather Service. It’s expected to peak Monday, the convention’s first day, with temperatures possibly hitting 100 degrees, but feeling 108. Earlier Sunday, thousands of clean energy activists jammed a downtown street in their mile-long march from City Hall to Independence Hall, near the Liberty Bell. They held anti-fracking and anti-pipeline signs, some with illustrations like a train surrounded by a fireball and the words “No Exploding Trains.” Others held “Bernie or Bust” signs. Sam Miller, 82, travelled from Erie, Pennsylvania, to join the march that stretched several blocks and across a wide street as temperatures in the city soared into the mid-90s. He said he was inspired because “fracking is invading Mother Earth.” Like in Cleveland, police were using bicycles as barricades along the streets, and volunteers were handing
out water to marchers. Sunday night, more than 1,000 people joined Hollywood stars including Shailene Woodley, Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover in Philadelphia
for a climate rally. The vowed to keep fighting for climate and environmental justice issues even though Sanders would not be driving the party’s agenda.
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Afghans mourn victims of Kabul bombing BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL — Afghanistan marked a national day of mourning on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 80 people who were taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Kabul. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. Authorities say another 231 people were wounded, some seriously, in the bombing Saturday afternoon on a march by members of the ethnic Hazara community, who are predominantly Shiite Muslim. Most Afghans are Sunni, and the IS group regards Shiites as apostates. The attack was the first by IS on Kabul — and the capital’s worst since a vicious Taliban insurgency began 15 years ago — raising concerns about the group’s reach and capability in Afghanistan. Bereaved families collected their dead from hospitals and morgues across the capital, and began digging graves as the first funerals went ahead in the west of the capital. Many people chose to bury their dead together with others — rather than in traditional family plots — encouraged by organizers of the Saturday demonstration, who call themselves the Enlighten Movement. In a hilltop graveyard in the Surkh Abad suburb of south-western Kabul, hundreds of people, most of them men, braved high winds and swirling dust to conduct the Shiite funeral rites. Simple wooden coffins covered in the green Shiite flag were carried by men on their shoulders and lowered into graves that relatives had dug themselves with shovels. In the city’s west, in Omaid-a-Sabz, the grieving chose to bury their dead side by side in long rows. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Rasat said the Hazara people felt a deep sense of injustice and anger that the government had not kept its election promise to ensure that development was equal for all Afghan ethnic groups. “Our people only want justice and equal development for all,” he said. Hazaras account for up to 15 per cent of Afghanistan’s population, estimated at around 30 million, and say they face discrimination. During the Taliban’s 1996-2001 rule, the Hazaras were often brutally treated. The Taliban were quick to deny culpability for the Saturday attack, however, issuing a statement before IS claimed responsibility. The Saturday attack has raised con-
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Afghan men attend a burial for victims of a suicide attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday Afghanistan held a national day of mourning on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomber killed at least 80 people who were taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Kabul. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. cerns about sectarianism, and the Interior Ministry announced a ban on public gatherings and demonstrations in an apparent bid to avoid any inter-communal strife. A presidential spokesman pointed out that the ban on public gatherings would not apply to the funerals for Saturday’s victims. IS has had a presence in Afghanistan for the past year, mainly in the eastern province of Nangarhar along the Pakistani border. The Afghan military, backed by U.S. troops, is planning an offensive against IS positions in Nangarhar in coming days. Prior to the Saturday attack, thousands of Hazaras had marched through Kabul to demand the rerouting of a power line through their impoverished province of Bamiyan, in the central highlands. It was their second demonstration the first was in May with a much better turnout and attended by senior Hazara politicians, who were absent from Saturday’s march. The office of President Ashraf
Ghani said that march organizers had been warned to call off the demonstration after intelligence was received that an attack was likely. Daud Naji, an Enlighten Movement leader, said on Sunday that they had been told only that there was a “heightened risk” of attack and had subsequently cancelled nine of 10 planned routes. On Sunday, Ghani attended a memorial prayer service in a mosque on the grounds of the presidential palace, his spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said. The office of the United Nations assistance mission in Afghanistan issued a statement conveying its “deepest condolences and solidarity” and noting that people of all ethnicities across the country were still queueing at hospitals to donate blood for the wounded. Hazara demonstrators have continued to occupy Demazang Square, where the attack took place as the march was winding down and some
prepared to set up a camp, Naji said. They would stay until three conditions were met, he said. The Enlighten Movement wished to have its own representatives, as well as others from international human rights organizations, involved in a commission Ghani has established to investigate the IS attack. The movement also wanted the power line rerouted through Bamiyan, as originally demanded. The multi-million-dollar regional project was routed away from Bamiyan by the previous Afghan government for financial considerations, according to people involved in the planning, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue. Thirdly, Naji said, they wanted the name of Demazang Square changed to Shahada or Martyrs’ Square, “to honour the memories of those who were killed, along with a picture of everyone who died there.”
Munich shooter was bullied loner, planned attack for a year BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The head of the Australian delegation Kitty Chiller speaks during a press conference outside the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday. Chiller said that Australian athletes will not move into their rooms at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics until serious plumbing, electrical and cleaning problems are fixed, with the troubled South American games opening in under two weeks.
Australian team won’t move into ‘unfinished’ Athletes Village BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO — Australian athletes will not move into their rooms at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics until serious plumbing, electrical and cleaning problems are fixed, with the troubled South American games opening in under two weeks. Kitty Chiller, the head of the Australian delegation, said in a statement Sunday that team members “will not move into our allocated building” at the Athletes Village. She gave no hint of when they might. Teams from Britain and New Zealand were also reported to be having similar problems. This comes as the sprawling 31-building village, which will house 18,000 athletes and officials at the height of the games, opened officially on Sunday with some athletes expected to arrive. This is the latest problem for the troubled games, which have been hit by the Zika virus, security threats, water pollution, and severe budget cuts. “We’re having plumbing problems, we’ve got leaking pipes,” Mike Tancred, the spokesman for the Australian team, said in an interview with AP. “We’ve got electrical problems. We’ve got cleaning problems. We’ve got lighting problems in some of the stairwells.” He said more than 20 staff members have been unable to stay in the building, and said the first Australian athletes were to arrive Monday. “We did a stress test on Saturday, turned on the taps and flushed the toilets, and water came flooding down the
walls,” Tancred said. Chiller listed the same problems, and added more. “Water came down walls, there was a strong smell of gas in some apartments and there was ‘shorting’ in the electrical wiring,” she said. “We have been living in nearby hotels because the village is simply not safe or ready.” She said teams from Britain and New Zealand had similar problems, which have been going on for at least a week. Despite the concerns, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO Chris Overholt said in a statement that the Canadian team is “generally satisfied” with the accommodations. “While there have been some initial operational challenges in our section of the athletes’ village, we are addressing these and have managed to find good solutions, Overholt said, adding that as of now athletes should be able to move into the village “on time and … without interruption to our plan.” The United States Olympic Committee acknowledged there were small problems. “As is the case with every games, we’re working with the local organizers to address minor issues and make sure the village is ready for Team USA athletes,” spokesman Patrick Sandusky told AP. Britain said in a statement that it had found “some maintenance difficulties.” It said many team members would be preparing in a training camp in the city of Belo Horizonte and would not immediately need the village.
MUNICH — The teenager behind the deadly shooting rampage in Munich was a withdrawn loner obsessed with playing “killer” video games in his bedroom, a victim of bullying who suffered from panic attacks set off by contacts with other people, investigators said Sunday, adding that he had planned the attack for a year. Law enforcement officials piecing together a portrait of the 18-year-old shooter said he was seeing a doctor up to last month for treatment of depression and psychiatric problems that began in 2015 with inpatient hospital care followed by outpatient visits. They said medication for his problems had been found his room. But toxicological and autopsy results were still not available, so it’s not yet clear whether he was taking the medicine when he went on his shooting rampage Friday, killing nine people and leaving dozens wounded. The 18-year-old German-Iranian, identified only as David S. due to Germany privacy laws, had earlier been described by investigators as being bullied by schoolmates at least once four years ago and being fascinated by previous mass shootings. But none of those killed were known to him, investigators said. Late Sunday police said they had taken in for questioning a friend of the shooter who might have known of the attack plan. Further details were not immediately available, but Germany’s dpa news agency reported the 16-yearold boy had gone to police himself after the act. Some 1,500 people gathered at the scene of the shooting Sunday evening, lighting candles and placing flowers in tribute to the victims. In France, where scores have been killed in six extremist attacks since the beginning of 2015, the Eiffel Tower was lit in the German national colours of red, black and gold. The attack Friday took place on the fifth anniversary of the killing of 77 people by Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, whose victims included dozens of young people. Investigators said the Munich shooter had researched that slaughter online and had visited the site of a previous school shooting in the German town of Winnenden last year. “He had been planning this crime since last summer,” said Robert Heimberger, Bavaria’s top official, citing a “manifesto” linked to the shooting found in the gunman’s locked room in
the apartment he shared with his parents and brother. Heimberger said he could not reveal details of the document yet because there were “many more terabytes” of information to evaluate, but described the gunman as a “devoted player” of group internet “killer games” pitting virtual shooters against each other. Weapons are strictly controlled in Germany and police are still trying to determine exactly how the shooter obtained the Glock 17 used in the attack. Heimberger said it’s “very likely” the suspect purchased the weapon illegally online on the “darknet,” a restricted access computer network often used by criminals. He said the weapon had been rendered unusable and sold as a prop before being restored to its original function. The shooter’s father saw a video of the start of his son’s rampage on social media and went to police as it was taking place, Heimberger said, adding that the family was still emotionally not up to questioning by police. Witnesses say the gunman shouted slurs against foreigners, even though he himself was the German-born son of Iranian asylum-seekers Heimberger said the McDonald’s restaurant were most of the victims died was a hangout for youths of immigrant backgrounds, and the dead included victims of Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, and Kosovo Albanian backgrounds and a stateless person. The restaurant remained cordoned off Sunday, as people gathered for a second day to pay their respects. Across the street, at the shopping mall where the rampage spilled over, the pavement was covered by a long line of flowers, some with messages of condolences. One woman, dressed in black, knelt and cried before being escorted away by an acquaintance. “Today, I feel deep sadness,” said Veljo Raicevic, a resident. “Why can one person do something like this?” Fatu Sherrit Schmidt was among those visiting the site. “Some of the kids who died happened to be my son’s friends,” she said. As for the shooter, “his younger brother was at my son’s birthday two years ago.” In the aftermath of the attack, Bavaria’s top security official urged the government to allow the country’s military to be deployed in support of police during attacks. Because of the excesses of the Nazi era, Germany’s post-war constitution only allows the military, known as the Bundeswehr, to be deployed domestically in cases of national emergency.
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Britain still eager for Canada-EU deal despite Brexit, says UK envoy BY MIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Britain’s envoy to Canada says his country will push hard for the speedy approval of the Canada-EU free-trade agreement despite the Brexit referendum decision to leave the 28-country bloc. High Commissioner Howard Drake told The Canadian Press that Britain is bound by all European Union treaties until it formally negotiates and signs an agreement to leave — a process destined to take more than two years. In the meantime, Drake said, Britain fully backs the current Canada-EU plan that would see the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement be provisionally applied sometime early next year. “There is quite an ambitious timetable for that to happen, and we will be in there making it happen,” Drake said. “That’s the timetable that European members — of which we are one — have been discussing with Canada.” Drake’s comments are in line with those of Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who has said she
received broad assurances from across Europe that the deal can be signed this fall and provisionally applied next year, after the European Parliament ratifies it. Provisional application means that, by some estimates, as much as 90 per cent of the deal would come into force without the ratification of the EU’s 28 member parliaments because the vast majority of the pact would essentially fall under EU jurisdiction. The waters were muddied recently when Britain’s new trade minister, Liam Fox, reportedly told a British newspaper that “very fruitful” bilateral trade talks with Canada had begun. Drake had nothing to say about the remarks attributed to Fox, but said his country had not started free-trade talks with Canada. “I can’t comment on what’s in the press. All I can tell you is what the government’s position is.” Drake said Fox and Freeland had good discussions earlier this month when the Canadian minister was in London. But he said because Britain is still part of the EU, it can’t sign any new trade deals of its own. “We have had very, very good conversations with a number of our close friends around the world, some of
whom we have very important trading relationships with. Canada is one of those,” Drake said. “That’s as far as it goes.” Britain has always been a trading country, and that’s not about to change, he said. The first order of business for Britain will be to work out the details of its future trading arrangement with the EU, he said. Britain has no actual trade negotiators of its own because it ceded that responsibility to the EU when it joined 43 years ago, so it will likely have to build a team that is expected to number in the hundreds. Drake noted that Britain has not invoked Article 50 of the EU treaty, which would trigger the two-year clock towards negotiating Britain’s exit from the bloc. Some analysts have said it might take much longer than that to negotiate Britain’s departure because it has become so deeply intertwined with the EU. Drake dismissed any suggestion that Britain may eventually decide not leave, pointing to Prime Minister Theresa May’s remark that “Brexit means Brexit” as a result of the June referen-
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There is quite an ambitious timetable for (the Canada-EU deal) to happen and well will be in there making it happen.” -British High Commissioner Howard Drake
dum result. May has said that Britain won’t begin its exit talks with the EU this year because the country first needs clear objectives. “The detail of that is obviously a matter of negotiation between us and the EU,” Drake said. “The prime minister has said that the UK approach and objectives for that discussion need to be worked out.
China rolls out world’s largest amphibious aircraft BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In this Saturday photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Amphibious aircraft AG600 rolls off a production line in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province. The Xinhua News Agency China said China unveiled the world’s largest amphibious aircraft that Beijing plans to use for marine missions and fighting forest fires.
BEIJING — An official news agency says China has unveiled the world’s largest amphibious aircraft that Beijing plans to use for marine missions and fighting forest fires. The Xinhua News Agency said the AG600 rolled off a production line in Zhuhai in southern China on Saturday. It measures 37 metres (121 feet) in length with a wingspan of 39 metres (128 feet). The report cites Chinese state aircraft maker, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, as saying the plane is nearly as big as a Boeing 737. Last week, a Cessna 208B seaplane making its inaugural flight in China crashed into a highway bridge outside Shanghai, killing five people on board.
Auto union vows to press for more Canadian investment BY ALEXANDRA POSADZKI THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — As talks between the Detroit Three automakers and the workers’ union get underway, Unifor president Jerry Dias says he won’t back down from demands for new investment in Canadian assembly facilities. “The climate today is much different than it was four years ago,” said Dias, referring to the last round of bargaining. “Four years ago they had come out of the 2008-2009 recession, but there was still a lot of uncertainty. This round of bargaining is really about solidifying the footprint in Canada. There’s no question in my mind that it’s about the future of the industry.” With the current agreements set to expire on Sept. 19, both sides have entered into early explanatory discussions — what Dias refers to as “kicking the tires.” Once the deadline draws near, the union will choose a target company to try to hammer out a deal with that will set the tone for negotiations with the others, a process referred to as pattern bargaining. Unifor has some bargaining chips in its pocket. For one thing, the weak Canadian dollar relative to the greenback makes for lower labour costs. Furthermore, auto sales have been on fire, with recent data suggesting Canada is on track for another record year. And the automakers have been “making money hand-over-first,” said Dias. General Motors, for example, reported Thursday that its second-quarter profit more than doubled to $2.87 billion — the highest it’s been since the company emerged from bankruptcy seven years ago. “If we can’t negotiate a settlement that gives our members’ security while times are good, we would be naive to believe that we can negotiate stability when times are bad,” said Dias. “So the stars are aligned for us, candidly.” While raises and other employee
Canada’s auto sector is on track for a record year, with a low dollar greatly reducing labour costs. benefits would be welcome, Dias noted that securing investment in Canada from the Detroit Three is key during this round of negotiations. “I’m completely convinced that GM will close our assembly plant if we don’t nail down future product,” he said, referring to the company’s Oshawa, Ont., plant, which some fear may be shut down given the lack of new production announcements. Also in the spotlight is Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ont., and, to a lesser extent, the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles factory in Brampton,Ont., he added. “Negotiating wage increases and other things for our members is moot if we don’t have an assembly plant,” Dias said. Ford Canada also says labour costs and productivity are important issues in the upcoming talks. Canadian auto manufacturing is at an “inflection point,” the organization said, with much of the new investment heading south. “We’ve reached competitive agreements in the past and must do it again to win future production for Canada,” spokeswoman Lauren More said in an email. Industry analyst Mark Petro says there’s a risk that the auto companies could try to appease the union by promising work, but in lower volumes. “They really need to focus on getting some larger-volume products that will be stable in the long term,” said Petro. “A five-year fix or a 10-year fix on vehicles that can move around any time or to any place is not a good thing…. It’s got to be the right vehicle for the right length of time.”
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In this Nov. 2014, file photo, a person walks in front of a Yahoo sign at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports sourcing unnamed sources. The deal was expected to be announced formally on Monday, July 25, 2016, before markets open.
Verizon buys once-mighty Yahoo in $5B takeover BY KEN SWEET AND MICHAEL LIEDTKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports, each citing a single unnamed source. The deal is expected to be announced formally on Monday before markets open, the reports said. Verizon had emerged in recent days as the front-runner for the beleaguered internet company. Yahoo is expected to sell its email service and news, finance and sports websites in addition to its advertising tools under pressure from shareholders fed up with a downturn in the company’s revenue during the past eight years. The deal is likely to end the fouryear reign of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive who flopped in her attempts to turn around the Sunnyvale, California,
company. Yahoo has been in a long, deep slump even as advertisers have been pouring more money into what is now a $160 billion market for digital advertising, according to research firm eMarketer. Most of that money has been flowing to internet search leader Google and social networking giant Facebook. They are two of several companies that have eclipsed Yahoo, who slid from an online sensation once valued at $130 billion to a dysfunctional also-ran. Yahoo attempted to buy both companies while in their infancy. After the sale is completed, Yahoo will become a holding company for its two stakes in China’s e-commerce leader, Alibaba Group, and Yahoo Japan, which is where the majority of Yahoo’s market value comes from. Yahoo declined to comment on the reports. A spokesman for Verizon did not return requests for comment.
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Off-Earth real estate boom COMPANIES FLOOD EARTH’S ORBIT WITH SATELLITES TO PROVIDE BROADBAND COMMUNICATION BY CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE
exist 20 years ago.” OneWeb, in a joint venture with Airbus that is also backed by business magnate Richard Branson, plans to put Companies around the globe are up nearly 700 satellites, beginning in launching an increasing number of sat2018. The company is opening an $85 ellites, crowding Earth’s orbit in an efmillion manufacturing facility near fort to satisfy the ravenous on-demand NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that it desire for more broadband, satellite says will be able to build more television and communications. than 15 satellites a week. In the past five years, the “OneWeb’s mission is to bring number of operational satellites the entire world online to imhas jumped 40 per cent, and prove quality of life and spur nearly 1,400 now orbit the Earth. economic and national developIndustry officials say that ment where it’s needed most,” number could more than double Greg Wyler, the founder of Onein five years as a revolution in Web, has said. technology has made satellites Elon Musk’s SpaceX is best smaller and more affordable. known for launching rockets Entrepreneurs eye the ethereal that deliver commercial satelreal estate a couple of hundred lites to space and carry cargo to miles up as a potentially lucrathe International Space Station. tive new market. But Musk has discussed plans Companies such as OneWeb, to launch as many as 4,000 satelBoeing and SpaceX plan to put lites that would provide broadup constellations of small satelband service to all parts of the lites that could number in the globe. He said the effort “would hundreds, if not thousands, and be like rebuilding the Internet beam the Internet to the billions in space.” of people not yet connected. Last year, SpaceX asked the Just last month, Boeing filed federal government for permisan application with the Federsion to begin a test project and al Communications Commission said that if all goes as planned, that would allow it to send up the service could be running nearly 3,000 satellites for broadwithin five years. band services. But U.S. officials are conRaytheon, meanwhile, is cerned about all the traffic in building 50-pound “disposable space and the lack of oversight. satellites” for the Pentagon Although the Pentagon tracks that could stay aloft for 60 to 90 objects orbiting the globe and days and provide soldiers with warns of close approaches, it real-time imagery of the battledoes not have the power to orfield. An artist’s rendering of the approximately 1,400 of satellites orbiting Earth. In the past five der an operator to move a satIn its application to the FCC, years the number of operational satellites has increased by about 40 per cent and the current ellite out of the way to avoid a Boeing said that it was aware number could more than double in the next five years, as costs drop in the race to keep up with of OneWeb’s plans and that it collision. Some members of Congress humanity’s demand for more and faster broadband. would work with the firm “to dethink a civilian agency, such as velop an analysis of the potenthe Federal Aviation Administial risk of collision” and to pretration, should be made responsible favor only “light-touch” regulations, ing too close to other pieces of sensi- vent collisions from occurring. tive equipment. but some interested parties fear a new for managing satellite traffic. Rep. Jim Some observers were skeptical of The discussion comes as companies Bridenstine (R-Okla.), has led that ef- set of rules would impose a costly burleaving it to satellite companies to regfort, saying the Pentagon should focus den on U.S. satellite operators and put pursue plans to launch constellations ulate themselves. instead “on how do we fight and win them at a disadvantage with competi- of satellites that have become smaller “Do they pinky promise?” said Britors in other countries that would not and cheaper, much the way computers wars in space.” an Weeden, a technical adviser to the have gone from massive mainframes have to abide by them. He has introduced legislation that Tom Stroup, the president of the to smartphones. Satellites once were Secure World Foundation. “What if the would give the FAA authority to monitor objects in space and play the role Satellite Industry Association, said the as big as garbage trucks, costing hun- two can’t come to an agreement?” Bridenstine is also wary of self-regof traffic cop, warning operators when industry “wants to make sure that any dreds of millions of dollars. Now there satellites are dangerously close to one transition that takes place is carefully are versions as small as dishwashers, ulation. If a company knew, for example, that there was a 1-in-10,000 chance thought through.” The FAA, or any oth- or shoe boxes - or even smaller. another. The imagery of Earth that such de- of a collision, he said, he feared that it The FAA would have the power er government agency tasked with the to order operators to move satellites job, should have “sufficient resources vices provide could help weather fore- might decide to live with that level of casters, farmers and scientists study- risk and not perform a costly maneuwhen necessary, Bridenstine said, and to do it properly,” he said. Any regulation should be drafted so ing climate change; aid rescue workers ver. to require that satellites have propul“The problem is that analysis is sion systems to maneuver and tran- that it “doesn’t drive business away,” and guide soldiers on the ground. “There have been a lot of tech- what’s in the best interest for the botsponders for better tracking. It would he said. And the rules have to provide be up to the FAA, not Congress, to “an international solution,” he added, nological developments as well as a tom line of that company,” he said. And the consequences, if there come up with the exact regulations, he palatable to foreign governments and recognition that broadband access is businesses, much the way air traffic is the equivalent today to what electric- were a collision, could be severe, he said. ity was 100 years ago,” Stroup said. said: “It could create 5,000 pieces of “As space becomes more congested managed across international borders. Defense officials say such an ap- “There’s a feeling there’s a market op- debris that will be up there for 100 and contested and competitive, there needs to be an agency with unambig- proach would help them focus on the portunity and a cost-effective means years.” for providing that service that didn’t uous authority that can compel some- possibility of hostilities in space. Washington Post/Bloomberg News body to maneuver,” Bridenstine said. There is no guarantee the bill will pass anytime soon. And if it does, giving the FAA jurisdiction in space would require additional resources at a time of tight budgets. Creating rules of the road in space would also be an immense and complicated regulatory challenge. Bridenstine said he would
“It’s clear that we’re going to need a way to regulate that traffic just as we have a way to regulate air traffic,” said Douglas Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy. Establishing rules of the road would not only help military satellites avoid collisions, he said, but also head off conflicts over nations’ satellites com-
Airbnb sues its hometown over regulations BY JANIE HAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco wants people who rent out their homes through Airbnb and other online platforms to follow some rules, and it wants the platforms to advertise only those rule-abiding listings — or face steep fines. That means Airbnb and others must stick to advertising San Francisco hosts who have registered with the city and haven’t exceeded the number of nights they’re allowed to rent. The penalty? Platforms can be fined up to $1,000 a day per violation. Now, Airbnb is suing its hometown, arguing that it’s not responsible for making sure hosts follow city rules and that San Francisco, the place that birthed some of the world’s most innovative startups, is undermining a bedrock principle that allowed those companies to flourish in the first place. In its federal lawsuit filed in June, Airbnb states San Francisco’s ordinance violates a federal law that has long shielded websites such as Facebook and YouTube from responsibility for information posted by users. In this case, it’s the legality of vacation listings.
Experts say Airbnb has a good shot at prevailing in court, but that government also has a legitimate interest in regulating health and safety, which includes housing in a city that’s among the most expensive in the country. “This is going to be the first of many kinds of legal battles around the platform economy. I’m sure that other companies are going to mount similar kinds of defences when they’re in regulatory crosshairs,” said Vivek Krishnamurthy, assistant director of the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. “At some point,” he said, “governments are going to have to be able to regulate these things.” Airbnb faces challenges elsewhere, including New York where legislators last month approved a bill making it illegal to advertise online entire homes for less than 30 days. Last month, the Anaheim City Council voted to phase out and ban short-term rentals in the home of Disneyland. This month, the city council in Berkeley voted to penalize landlords who list multiple units for less than two weeks. Eric Goldman, co-director of the High Tech Law Institute and law professor at Santa Clara University, said
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Adamson wins third straight title NORTH AMERICAN PONY CHUCKWAGON CHAMPIONSHIPS BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Lee Adamson needs just one more victory in the chuckwagon races at Westerner Days. The 48-year-old won his third straight Red Deer Motors North American Pony Chuckwagon Championships Sunday afternoon at the Westener, capping off five days of racing. The win gives him as many wins at Westerner Days as his father, Ray Adamson. “My dad won this three times,” Lee said after the final race. “I have to get one more.” He credited his team with the win as he was more than one second ahead of his nearest competitor Neil Salmond, 6:26.25 to 6:27.66. “Red Deer is getting to be pretty good place for me,” said Adamson. “My outfit has done quite well all year. If they did their job I had to make sure I had to do mine.” Adamson said his team is all papered thoroughbred horses. Most come from the track and are smaller. He said it has worked for his team because they’ve already been running and all he has to do is make sure they’re the right size. Salmond, Adamson, Reed Rosencrans and Kevin Desjarlais sent the crowd home happy as the four in the final heat raced to a tight finish. Salmond and Adamons finished the heat on Sunday in a dead heat with equal
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Lee Adamson rounds the barrels in the final day of the Red Deer Motors North American Chuckwagon Championships. Adamson won the five day event that was part of the Westerner Days. It is the third straight year he has won. times of 1:16.92. Adamson was slow out of the barrels and was in last place heading into the first turn. By the time the teams came back to the grandstand, all four teams were jockeying for position in the final stretch. The two leaders crossed at the same time. “All four wagons were right there,”
said Adamson. “That’s a great way to end a long week.” Rosencrans came in third place over the weekend, his final heat time was 1:17.07 and his week total was 6:27.96. The fourth and fifth place riders were in the second to last heat of the night as Dale Young hung on to take fourth over the hard charging Brian
Miller, who took fifth. Wood had the fastest time of the day Sunday, coming in at 1:16.51 bringing his week total to 6:28.45. Miller was withing striking distance of a top five finish coming into the day. But his heat time of 1:16.68 wasn’t enough to close the gap. He finished the weekend with a time of 6:28.66. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
Buccaneers blow away visiting Irish BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Buccaneers 77 Irish 10 Recently named the best football team in the Canadian Major Football League, the Central Alberta Buccaneers steamrolled the Airdrie Irish 7710, improving to 7-0. With a grin, head coach Devon Hand said the team hasn’t played a complete game yet this season but has managed to manhandle their opponents. “Not once have we played four complete quarters of football,” said Hand. “As scary as that is, it can get a lot better.” Saturday in Lacombe at the M.E. Global Field the Bucs jumped out to a commanding lead, 39-0 after the first quarter and 63-3 after the first half of the Alberta Football League matchup. Big plays from slotbacks Jamal Henry and Jesse McPhail and wide reciever Josh Blanchard were key to the torching. Henry returned a punt 105 yards for a touchdown, McPahil had a 55-yard touchdown reception to open the third quarter and Blanchard caught an 85-yard touchdown pass. It wasn’t long before starting quarterback Brandon Leyh was pulled from the game as the blowout was evident early. It was also beneficial for Leyh, who wasn’t at 100 per cent after a tough game against the Calgary Gators a week prior.
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Central Alberta Buccaneers receiver Axsavier Lawrence is tackled by four Airdrie Irish defenders Saturday evening. The Bucs beat the Irish 77-10, continuing their perfect season. Their current record is 7-0. “I’m on the same page with the receivers and they’re making crazy plays week in and week out,” said Leyh.
“The offence is rolling along and the defence is starting to get back to where they were last year.”
The Mount Allison University Mounties grad said he has developed good rapport with Henry. “He’s pretty special to say the least,” said Leyh. “I can’t give him enough high praise, nobody can cover him in the league and it makes it easy for me.” On Defence, Steven Adu returned two interceptions for touchdowns as part of a strong effort that held the Irish off the board until the second quarter and out of the endzone until the fourth quarter. “The end goal is the national championships and until you get there and are crowned, that’s the focus,” said Hand. “The ranking lets you know you’ve arrived on the scene. That’s been the whole goal since I took over and it was nice to see. But until we win, it doesn’t matter.” The Bucs have a week off for the August long weekend and close out their season against the Edmonton Raiders. The Bucs have clinched top spot in the AFL and a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The Raiders have the potential to be the Bucs first playoff opponent if they win their first round game. “I think we’re going to get them twice in a row,” said Hand. “That makes it an important game. The Bucs and Raiders square off on Aug. 6 at the M.E. Global Field in Lacombe. The game starts at 6 p.m. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
Vegas overtakes field late to win Canadian Open BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OAKVILLE, Ont. — It was only fitting that Jared du Toit took the final shot of the RBC Canadian Open. Although the amateur from Kimberley, B.C., fell out of contention in the final round of the PGA Tour event, he still got the biggest ovation of the day at the awards ceremony on the 18th green at Glen Abbey Golf Club. Fans gave him a rousing standing ovation when he birdied on the final shot of the tournament and again as he was given the Gary Cowan medal as the Canadian Open’s lowest scoring amateur player. “It was awesome,” said du Toit of the hundreds of fans that followed him around on Sunday. “I probably could have shot a hundred out here and they would have been behind my back all day. Honestly unbelievable.” Du Toit started the day tied for second and was in the top pairing with leader Brandt Snedeker. The 21-yearold Arizona State University player struggled in the front nine with two bogeys and a birdie before rallying with three birdies and a bogey in the back. Du Toit finished the day a 1-under 71 and tied for ninth at 9 under. Although it was a solid performance for du Toit, he tumbled down the leaderboard as the PGA Tour’s professionals finally found their rhythm on a hard, firm course that had frustrated most players all week. Still, du Toit
finished the week two shots better than world No. 1 Jason Day. Jhonattan Vegas shot an 8-under 64, birdieing the final three holes, to rocket up the leaderboard and earn a onestroke victory. The 29-year-old Venezuelan began the day five strokes behind Snedeker, and four behind du Toit and U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson. Vegas earned US$1,062,000 and a spot in the PGA Championship next week at Baltusrol in New Jersey. He also received a two-year tour exemption and a spot in the Masters next year. Du Toit, who only had 15 fans following his trio in Thursday’s opening round, had nothing but praise for the Canadian fans who rallied to support him after 5-under 67 in the first round thrust him to the top of the standings. “Unbelievable. The atmosphere they were providing was unbelievable,” said du Toit, who added that he lost count of how many high fives he doled out on Sunday, but that there were enough to make his hands sore. “Every tee box, every green, everyone was clapping, hollering, ‘Go Canada!’ “It was truly unbelievable. I’m on cloud nine right now.” Making his breakout performance even more impressive, Du Toit learned on Saturday night that he had bronchitis after what he initially thought was a cold grew worse over the past seven days. Coach Derek Ingram drove du Toit to nearby Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and the young player
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Jhonattan Vegas, of Venezuela, holds up the trophy as he celebrates winning the Canadian open golf tournament along with two mounties at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario, on Sunday. only got five hours of sleep ahead of Sunday’s final round. “We’re going to take care of this bronchitis a little bit, probably hold off the celebration a little more,” said du Toit. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I haven’t thought that far ahead.” Ingram, who was named the head coach of Canada’s men’s golf team earlier in the month, wasn’t surprised by du Toit’s performance. “Jared’s been playing great, he’s
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been trending really well for the past six months,” said Ingram. “He’s been playing great, a bit of a surprise to be in the final group of the Canadian Open as an amateur, but not surprised that he played well at all.” Adam Hadwin (71) of Abbotsford, B.C., tied for 49th at 1 under, amateur Garrett Rank (76) of Elmira, Ont., was in a group tied at 77th 8 over and Corey Conners (78) of Listowel, Ont., finished at 12 over in 80th.
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Monday, July 25, 2016
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Masoli leads Ticats to big comeback win BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Tiger-Cats 37 Eskimos 31 EDMONTON — Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Kent Austin was at a loss for words after his club’s second-half performance. Andy Fantuz reeled in a pair of touchdown passes from Jeremiah Masoli as Hamilton came from behind to defeat the Edmonton Eskimos 37-31 on Saturday. Edmonton looked to be in full control of the game with a 31-6 lead early in the third, before the visiting Tiger-Cats found their offence. “I don’t think I have ever been a part of anything like that,” said Austin. “That is a really good football team we were playing, it just ending up going our way in the second half. There really isn’t a great explanation for it. I’m just proud of the guys for battling and not giving up. It just shows that in this league that you are never out of it.” It was the second win in a row for the Ticats, who improved to 3-2. Ham-
ilton’s 25-point comeback ranks as the sixth biggest in league history. Masoli went 31-of-38 passing for 391 yards and three touchdowns, but the really remarkable stat was completing 23 consecutive passes in the second half to eclipse the CFL record of 22 straight previously held by current Eskimos head coach Jason Maas. “I don’t think it has really set in. I’m not really focused on records or things like that. I just want to win and get back to the championship,” Masoli said. “I don’t thing I have ever seen anything like what happened tonight. It just feels awesome to come from behind the way that we did. I’m just so proud of this group of guys.” Edmonton (2-2), which suffered its worst collapse in team history, had a two-game winning streak snapped. “They started getting some pressure on us, but we just didn’t play football,” said Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly. “We played football for about 35 minutes today and that was it, and they played for 60. They deserved that win, they played the whole game and they
straight up whooped us in the second half.” Hamilton took an early lead on a 44-yard field goal by Brett Maher, before the Eskimos responded with a long drive capped off by a five-yard touchdown pass Reilly to Cory Watson — Edmonton’s first TD in the opening quarter this season. Reilly was 32-of-42 passing for 354 yards and three TDs. The Eskimos made it 10-3 late in the first quarter on a 42-yard field goal by Sean Whyte. Edmonton added to its lead midway through the second frame on a 22-yard TD pass from Reilly to Derel Walker. The Eskimos took a 24-6 lead into the half, adding a one-yard TD plunge by running back John White before the Ticats kicked another three-pointer right before the break. Edmonton continued to score at will to start the third as Reilly found Adarius Bowman for a 10-yard major. Reilly moved into a tie for eighth all-time for Eskimos TD passes alongside Maas. Hamilton finally put together a successful drive midway through the
third, finished off with a 26-yard TD pass from Masoli to Terrence Toliver. The Ticats followed that up quickly with a one-yard TD plunge by Jeff Mathews to cut Edmonton’s lead to 31-20. The Tiger-Cats comeback continued early in the fourth as Masoli completed a 23-yard pass into the end zone to Fantuz. The convert kick failed. Hamilton’s stunning second half saw the club surge into the lead with just under 10 minutes to play as Fantuz reeled in a six-yard TD pass and Chad Owens caught a two-point convert to put the Ticats ahead 34-31. Hamilton added a field goal with three minutes left. Edmonton got back into scoring range, but Hamilton was able to strip the ball from Reilly with linebacker Larry Dean recovering, allowing the Ticats to run out the clock and complete their comeback. The Eskimos are back in action on Thursday, when they host Winnipeg. The Tiger-Cats will also face the Blue Bombers, visiting Winnipeg on Aug. 3 after a bye week.
Riggers hold off Athletics for home tournament win BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Riggers 10 Athletics 9 (7 innings) One run up and one out from victory, Sherwood Park Athletics centrefielder Mark Kuzyk hit a deep fly ball to centrefield. It had been a back-and-forth tilt between the Athletics and the Red Deer Riggers, as those games usually are. And the championship game of the Riggers 36th annual tournament on Sunday was just the time to showcase it. Riggers Centrefielder Shayne Court thought the ball was over his head. “Halfway through I thought it was going to be over my head for sure,” he said. “It slowed up enough that it was in my range. I knew I could catch it and it worked out pretty well for us. “It was a heck of a battle and we always have crazy battles against the Athletics.” He made a sliding grab, coming up with the fly out to end the game. The Riggers won the game 10-9 and the tournament. Because it was a tournament game, it was only seven innings long. The game was tied up at 9-9 in the bottom of the sixth inning when, with one out and runners on first and second, Court grounded into a fielders choice. But Josh Edwards, who was on second at the start of the play, managed to score on the throw from second to first, an error was charged to A’s shortstop. The throw missed its mark leaving Court safe and Edwards scoring the winning run. Court was hit by two pitches on the day and went 0-for-2, but scored after
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Red Deer Riggers first baseman Jason Louis stretches to catch the throw, making the out Sunday against the Sherwood Park Athletics. The Riggers won 10-9, winning the team’s 36th annual tournament. he was hit by a pitch. Third baseman J.P. Wilner went 1-for-3 with a double that scored three runs in the fourth inning. Infield errors dogged both teams during the game as they combined for six errors, four for the Riggers and two for the A’s. Davin Gulbransen got the start for the Riggers, he pitched four innings and struck out two batters. Joel Peterman came in for two innings and held
the A’s in check. Drew Boyer picked up the save as he retired all three batters he faced in the seventh inning. “Any time you can win your own tournament is huge,” said Court. “It’s nice to get it at the end of the season to wrap it up on a high heading into the playoffs.” The Riggers got into the final thanks to an impressive pitching performance from Josh Edwards. He pitched a com-
plete game and had a no hitter through four and two-third innings before the St. Albert Tigers broke it up. The Riggers won the semifinal 6-2. The Riggers have one more game on their Sunburst Baseball League schedule on Friday, July 29 on the road against the Parkland White Sox. The Riggers sit atop the league standings at 16-1 and have clinched top spot heading into playoffs. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
Blue Jays stave off sweep with shutout win over Mariners Blue Jays 2 Mariners 0 TORONTO — J.A. Happ came close to unravelling early in Toronto’s 2-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. A key strikeout of Nelson Cruz in the fourth inning turned things around, and the Blue Jays left-hander went on to earn his seventh straight win. Happ began the fourth with a walk and a hit batsman before falling behind 2-0 to Cruz, who had racked up seven RBIs on a grand slam and threerun homer the previous day. Two straight four-seam fastballs evened the count 2-2, another four-seamer got Cruz swinging on 3-2 count, and Happ followed that with a second strikeout and pop up to end the inning. “That’s kind of my best pitch so I tried to use that and get ahead with that,” Happ said of the pivotal at-bat. “When you’re not hitting on your other stuff you have to rely on that. … I was just trying to really locate there and mix it up with the change-up and I think that helped.” Happ (13-3) notched a career-high in wins while walking four and striking out six through six innings of one-hit ball as the Blue Jays avoided a threegame sweep. He started the game with a 12-pitch first inning but started to show some trouble with command over the next three, walking the lead-off batter in each of the second, third and fourth innings before hitting Robinson Cano to set up the crucial Cruz at-bat. “A couple big strikeouts and I think that set the tone, especially for him,” said Josh Thole, who started his third straight game behind the plate in place of an injured Russell Martin.
LACROSSE Making quick work of the Sherwood Park Titans, the Red Deer Rampage have clinched a spot in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Jr. B Tier I provincials. The Rampage swept the Titans 2-0 in their best-of-three north division final, which ended on Saturday. The final started on Friday in Sher-
“I know his pitch count got up a little but that was the inning that got him right where he needed to be.” Edwin Encarnacion hit his 224th home run in a Blue Jays uniform in the fourth inning to pass Vernon Wells for third place on the franchise’s all-time list and Thole scored the other run for Toronto (55-44) on a double play in the sixth. Brett Cecil worked around a oneout walk for a scoreless seventh, Jason Grilli pitched a perfect eighth, and Roberto Osuna earned his 20th save with a clean ninth. The dominant pitching performance was needed following a 14-5 loss to Seattle on Saturday that saw the bullpen surrender eight runs. “It makes it easy on me,” Thole said. “We were in a really good rhythm the whole game. Up and down, the guys came in with a game plan ready to go and it was a big win, especially after yesterday.” “You look at what happened yesterday, that’s the beauty of baseball,” added manager John Gibbons. “You can turn around and throw a one-hit shutout.” Wade Miley (6-8) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four through six innings to shoulder the loss for the Mariners (5048), who had won the first two games of the three-game weekend series at Rogers Centre. “I felt like I wasn’t quite as sharp as in my last outing but I was able to make some pitches and get out of most of the jams,” Miley said. Thole led off the sixth inning with a double and advanced to third on a fielder’s choice, sliding under the tag of Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager. Seattle challenged the umpire’s safe call and it was upheld after a one minute 24 second review. Thole later scored from third to give Toronto a 2-0 lead when Josh Donaldwood Park as the Rampage topped the Titans 9-5. Back at home on Saturday, the Rampage held on to their momentum and scored nine goals again, to defeat the Titans 9-6 and win the north division. As north division champions, the Rampage are headed to Stu Peppard Arena in Calgary for the provincial championships. They will face the host Calgary Chill, the Manitoba Blizzard and the Calgary Shamrocks. Provincials take place from July 29 to Aug. 1.
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Busch finishes sweep with Brickyard win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Busch won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday to make it clean sweep at Indianapolis. He led a race-record 149 of the 170 laps and beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth to the finish line by 2.126 seconds. Jimmie Johnson was third, 2.638 seconds behind the defending Sprint Cup champ — thanks to the double overtime forced by three late crashes. “I guess, I didn’t expect it,” Busch said when asked about his dominance. “I guess, I hoped it would be this way. But this Toyota was awesome today. It was so fast, and we stayed out front.” Busch became the first NASCAR driver to sweep the Xfinity Series and Cup poles and races on the same weekend. He also joined Johnson as the only Cup drivers with back-to-back wins on Indy’ 2.5-mile oval. Johnson won in 2008 and 2009. Tony Stewart was 11th in his final Brickyard race after being assessed a late penalty for speeding on pit road. Five-time race winner Jeff Gordon finished 13th after coming out of retirement to replace Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt is fighting concussion-like symptoms. “It was better than last year,” Gordon joked. “It was a fight. Wow! And I got kicked on the restarts.”
Before teams arrived in Indy on Thursday night, all the talk was about Stewart’s farewell and Gordon’s comeback. Even during the drivers’ meeting, Gordon and Stewart were front and centre. Gordon delivered a moving speech in which he thanked Stewart for the impact he has made on the sport and ended with a standing ovation for the three-time Cup champ and two-time Brickyard winner. Afterward, the two drivers drove around the track together, likely for the final time on their home track. But Busch’s domination overshadowed everything and everyone. He surrendered the lead for 14 laps after his first pit stop, regained it when race leader Brad Keselowski pitted then gave it up again for only five laps when he made his second pit stop. Everyone else spent the day chasing Busch. The No. 18 car was so good that Roger Penske’s drivers started the day on a different strategy. The goal was to stretch out their runs long enough that they would have to make one fewer pit stop. It didn’t work. Logano finished seventh and Keselowski wound up 17th. The only real challenge for Busch came with the series of late crashes that delayed his fourth trip to victory lane. It started with Carl Edwards’ car wiggling in the first turn on a restart
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Kyle Busch (18) leads Joey Logano (22) into the first turn on the final restart of the Brickyard 400 NASCAR auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday. with seven laps to go. His car slid up the track, hitting Keselowski and catching Ryan Blaney, Ryan Newman and Danica Patrick. Though nobody appeared to be seriously hurt, the wreck brought out a red flag for almost eight minutes. On the ensuing restart, with three to go, Busch pulled away one more time
only to have a collision between Trevor Bayne and Clint Bowyer behind him extend the race again. It happened yet again when Jamie McMurray slid through the first turn and into the wall on the next restart, but Busch again pulled away to win the race that went 25 miles longer than scheduled.
Froome finishes off third Tour title in four years BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — After the beer and champagne celebrations, Chris Froome delivered a sobering and emotional message from the Tour de France winner’s podium on the Champs-Elysees. Ten days after the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that killed 84 people, Froome — a Kenyan-born British rider who often trains on the French Riviera — reminded everyone what the Tour stands for. “These events put sport into perspective but they also show why the values of sport are so important to free society,” Froome said on Sunday in a prepared speech. “We all love the Tour de France because it’s unpredictable but we love the Tour more for what stays the same — the passion of the fans for every nation, the beauty of the French countryside and the bonds of friendship created through sport. These things will never change. “Thanks for your kindness in these difficult times,” Froome added, switching to French as he addressed the local fans. “You have the most beautiful race in the world. Vive le Tour, Vive la France.” Cheered on by thousands of fans undeterred by the recent spate of violence across Europe, Froome celebrated his third Tour title in four years. He finished safely at the back of the main pack in the final stage, arm-in-arm with his teammates during the mostly ceremonial leg ending on the cobblestones below the Arc de Triomphe. Immediately afterward, Froome was greeted by his wife and infant son, who he took in his arms. “To Michelle my wife and my son Kellan, your love and support make
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2016 race winner Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, holds the trophy aloft from the podium after the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday. everything possible. Kellan, I dedicate this victory to you,” Froome said, also thanking his teammates and coaches. Andre Greipel of Germany won the 21st leg in a sprint finish. Antoine Duchesne of Saguenay, Que., finished his first Tour in 107th spot. At the start of the stage, Froome dropped back to his Team Sky car to collect bottles of beer and distributed them to each of his eight teammates for a celebratory round. Then it was time for the traditional flute of champagne. Froome rode a yellow bike to go
Bouchard confirms she will represent Canada in Rio BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Eugenie Bouchard has confirmed that she will represent Canada at the Rio Olympics, putting to rest any doubts about the participation of the country’s top-ranked women’s tennis player. The Montreal native announced she is heading to Rio when talking to reporters in advance of the Rogers Cup. Bouchard was named to the Olympic team by Tennis Canada, but was said she would wait until “the last minute” to decide whether she would accept the spot. She had expressed con-
cerns about the Zika virus and safety in Rio. Bouchard has seen fellow Canadian Milos Raonic and other high-profile tennis players and golfers pull out and conceded that has made her think. “I’m truly undecided, and you see more and more people pulling out as kind of the deadline gets closer,” Bouchard said Tuesday after being eliminated at the Citi Open. “It’s just unfortunate because it would be my first Games, and to have a problem like this kind of dampening the excitement of potentially your first Olympic Games, it really sucks, to be honest.” she said.
with his yellow jersey, helmet, gloves and shoes. His teammates had yellow stripes on their jerseys and yellow handlebars on their bikes. Froome also still had bandages on his right knee and elbow, the result of a downhill crash two days ago. Froome finished with an advantage of 4 minutes, 5 seconds ahead of Romain Bardet of France, while Nairo Quintana of Colombia placed third overall, 4:21 back. Only four men — five-time winners
Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain — now have more Tour victories than Froome. “I’ve definitely grown to appreciate this history of the sport a lot more,” Froome said. “Being in the position that I’m in now, I’m understanding how tough it is to win a race like the Tour de France. To win back-to-back editions and now to be a three-time winner is incredible. It’s beyond what I’ve ever dreamed.” While other big riders of his generation like Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali have all three Grand Tours — the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Spanish Vuelta — Froome plans to keep his focus on the Tour. “It would be my dream to keep coming back to the Tour de France for the next five, six years,” he said. “I’ve already won it three times and I wouldn’t say the novelty is wearing off. … It’s the biggest event we have on our calendar and to be here in the yellow jersey, it’s every cyclist’s dream.” Compared to his wins in 2013 and 2015, Froome has become more adept at handling speculation that he is doping. After facing constant accusations during last year’s race — including a spectator yelling ‘doper!’ and hurling a cup of urine at him — Froome released some of his training data at the end of last year. “I think I’ve put that to rest now,” he said. “I’ve really done a lot in terms of offering up my physiological data and trying to be open to people as much as I can while protecting a competitive advantage at the same time.”
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Red Deer senior mens baseball Canadian Brewhouse Ballers 16 Northstar Sports 7 Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct Baltimore 57 40 .588 Boston 55 41 .573 Toronto 55 44 .556 New York 50 48 .510 Tampa Bay 38 60 .388 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 56 41 .577 Detroit 51 48 .515 Kansas City 48 49 .495 Chicago 48 50 .490 Minnesota 37 61 .378 West Division W L Pct Texas 57 42 .576 Houston 54 44 .551 Seattle 50 48 .510 Oakland 45 54 .455 Los Angeles 43 55 .439
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Washington at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Altuve Hou 98 386 75 139 .360 Bogaerts Bos 94 396 74 132 .333 Ortiz Bos 89 322 48 107 .332 YEscobar LAA 87 349 43 111 .318 Trout LAA 98 350 75 110 .314 Machado Bal 92 373 67 117 .314 Desmond Tex 98 389 70 121 .311 Betts Bos 94 414 79 127 .307 Pedroia Bos 94 386 65 118 .306 Beltran NYY 93 334 48 102 .305 Home Runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 30 Frazier, Chicago, 28 Encarnacion, Toronto, 27 NCruz, Seattle, 25 Ortiz, Boston, 24 Donaldson, Toronto, 24 KDavis, Oakland, 23 4 tied at 22. Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 87 Ortiz, Boston, 81 Trumbo, Baltimore, 73 Pujols, Los Angeles, 72 Donaldson, Toronto, 70 Napoli, Cleveland, 68 Seager, Seattle, 65 NCruz, Seattle, 65 Correa, Houston, 64 Frazier, Chicago, 64. Pitching Tillman, Baltimore, 14-2 Sale, Chicago, 14-3 Porcello, Boston, 13-2 Happ, Toronto, 13-3 SWright, Boston, 12-5 Hamels, Texas, 11-2 Salazar, Cleveland, 11-3 Iwakuma, Seattle, 11-6 AaSanchez, Toronto, 10-1 Tomlin, Cleveland, 10-3.
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Saturday’s Games Seattle 14, Toronto 5 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 12 innings Baltimore 5, Cleveland 2 Minnesota 11, Boston 9 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, NA Houston 7, L.A. Angels 2 Texas 7, Kansas City 4 Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 3 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 2 Toronto 2, Seattle 0 Baltimore 5, Cleveland 3 Boston 8, Minnesota 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 3 Houston 13, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 2, Kansas City 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 4 Oakland 3, Tampa Bay 2
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National League East Division W L Pct 58 41 .586 53 45 .541 52 45 .536 45 55 .450 33 66 .333 Central Division W L Pct 59 38 .608 52 46 .531 51 47 .520 41 55 .427 38 60 .388 West Division W L Pct 58 40 .592 56 44 .560 47 51 .480 43 56 .434 41 57 .418
GB — 4 1/2 5 13 1/2 25 GB — 7 1/2 8 1/2 17 1/2 21 1/2 GB — 3 11 15 1/2 17
Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 12 innings Washington 3, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 6, Arizona 1 Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, St. Louis 2 Colorado 8, Atlanta 4
Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 2 Arizona 9, Cincinnati 8 N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 0 Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 10, Washington 6 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 5 Colorado 7, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 9, St. Louis 6 Monday’s Games Colorado (De La Rosa 6-7) at Baltimore (Gallardo 3-2), 5:05 p.m. San Diego (Rea 5-4) at Toronto (Sanchez 10-1), 5:07 p.m. Philadelphia (Hellickson 7-7) at Miami (Cosart 0-1), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Martinez 9-6) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-4), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Shipley 0-0) at Milwaukee (Anderson 4-10), 5:20 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-4) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 2-5), 6:10 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-0) at San Francisco (Peavy 5-8), 8:15 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Colorado at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. San Diego at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m. Arizona at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. Murphy Was 94 358 58 127 .355 WRamos Was 83 300 42 101 .337 LeMahieu Col 90 334 61 110 .329 Yelich Mia 93 345 51 112 .325 Prado Mia 92 366 41 118 .322 Braun Mil 82 317 47 101 .319 CGonzalez Col 94 368 65 117 .318 Segura Ari 93 386 58 122 .316 Marte Pit 91 345 54 109 .316 ADiaz StL 90 330 61 104 .315 Home Runs Story, Colorado, 27 Arenado, Colorado, 25 Bryant, Chicago, 25 Rizzo, Chicago, 24 Duvall, Cincinnati, 23 Kemp, San Diego, 22 Carter, Milwaukee, 22 4 tied at 21. Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 76 Rizzo, Chicago, 75 Murphy, Washington, 73 Bruce, Cincinnati, 73 Story, Colorado, 69 Kemp, San Diego, 67 Duvall, Cincinnati, 66 JaLamb, Arizona, 65 Bryant, Chicago, 65 2 tied at 63. Pitching Strasburg, Washington, 13-1 Cueto, San Francisco, 13-2 Arrieta, Chicago, 12-4 Fernandez, Miami, 12-4 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2 Greinke, Arizona, 10-3 Lester, Chicago, 10-4 Bumgarner, San Francisco, 10-5 Scherzer, Washington, 10-6 Kazmir, Los Angeles, 9-3.
Football CFL Standings East Division W L T Ottawa 3 1 1 Hamilton 3 2 0 Toronto 2 2 0 Montreal 1 2 0 West Division GP W L T B.C. 4 3 1 0 Calgary 4 2 1 1 Edmonton 4 2 2 0 Saskatchewan 4 1 3 0 Winnipeg 5 1 4 0 GP 5 5 4 3
PF 158 137 95 42
PA 126 114 103 73
Pt 7 6 4 2
PF 102 113 127 110 98
PA 73 86 134 138 135
Pt 6 5 4 2 2
WEEK FIVE Bye: B.C. Saturday’s result Hamilton 37 Edmonton 31 Friday’s result Saskatchewan 30 Ottawa 29 Thursday’s result Calgary 33 Winnipeg 18 Monday’s game 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. Saturday’s summary Tiger-Cats 37, Eskimos 31 First Quarter Ham — FG Maher 44 2:01 Edm — TD Watson 5 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 6:52 Edm — FG Whyte 42 11:55 Second Quarter Edm — TD Walker 22 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 8:09 Edm — TD White 1 run (Whyte convert) 13:08 Ham — FG Maher 17 14:56 Third Quarter Edm — TD Bowman 10 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 3:38 Ham — TD Toliver 26 pass from Masoli (Maher convert) 6:32 Ham — TD Mathews 1 run (Maher convert) 11:31 Fourth Quarter Ham — TD Fantuz 23 pass from Masoli (convert failed) 1:19 Ham — TD Fantuz 6 pass from Masoli (two-point convert: Owens 3 pass from Masoli) 5:11 Ham — FG Maher 21 11:34 Hamilton 3 3 14 17 — 37 Edmonton 10 14 7 0 — 31
CFL Scoring Leaders (x — scored two-point convert): TD C Milo, Ott 0 9 Crapigna, Sask 0 8 Maher, Ham 0 11 Medlock, Wpg 0 6 Whyte, Edm 0 12 Hajrullahu, Tor 0 8 Paredes, Cgy 0 6 Ch.Williams, Ott 6 0 Leone, BC 0 4 Bowman, Edm 4 0 Fantuz, Ham 4 0 J.White, Edm 4 0 Bede, Mtl 0 3 Banks, Ham 3 0 Hazelton, Tor 3 0 McDaniel, Cgy 3 0 Sinopoli, Ott 3 0 x-Owens, Ham 2 2 x-Rainey, BC 2 2 D.Adams, Wpg 2 0 Allen, BC 2 0 Bagg, Sask 2 0 Charb.-Camp. Cgy 2 0 Chiles, Sask 2 0 Jennings, BC 2 0 Messam, Cgy 2 0 D.Walker, Edm 2 0 Watson, Edm 2 0
FG 15 15 13 11 10 11 10 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S 4 2 3 5 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pt 58 55 53 44 42 41 40 36 28 24 24 24 22 18 18 18 18 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Donnie Hart to Bowie (SL). Reinstated RHP Darren O’Day from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Hyun Soo Kim to Bowie for a rehab assignment. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned RHP Heath Hembree to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Joe Kelly from Pawtucket. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Suspended LHP Chris Sale five days for destroying uniforms. Recalled RHP Anthony Ranaudo from Charlotte (IL). Recalled INF Carlos Sanchez from Charlotte as 26th player and returned him to Charlotte. DETROIT TIGERS — Recalled RHP Buck Farmer from Toledo (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned 2B Arismendy Alcantara to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Jesse Hahn from Nashville. TEXAS RANGERS — Signed LHP Craig Breslow to a minor league contract and assigned him to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned RHP Dustin Antolin outright to Buffalo (IL). Designated RHP Drew Storen for assignment. Recalled RHP Ryan Tepera from Buffalo. Transferred RHP Gavin Floyd to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Copeland on a minor league contract. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with C Michael McKenry on a minor league contract. CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned RHP Adam Warren to Iowa (PCL). Reinstated RHP Joe Nathan from the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned 3B Charlie Culberson to Oklahoma City (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS — Placed LHP Wei-Yin Chen on the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Tyler Glasnow on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP A.J. Schugel from Indianapolis (IL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Miguel Socolovich to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Mike Mayers from Memphis. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned RHP Koda Glover and OF Michael A. Taylor to Syracuse (IL). Assigned LHP Nick Lee outright to Harrisburg (EL). Recalled RHP Lucas Giolito from Syracuse and optioned him back to Syracuse. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed INF Mike Gilmartin. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed OF Chase Harris. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released OF Cie Arell. Signed LHP Luis E. Gonzalez. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released INF Nate Tenbrink. LAREDO LEMURS — Released LHP Josue Montanez.
Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Released LHP Jarret Martin. QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed RHP Matt Horan. Frontier League SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed OF Matt Petrone. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed LHP Jake Stolley. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Placed WR Corey Fuller, TE Brandon Pettigrew and OT Corey Robinson on the PUP list. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DB Vinnie Suneri and OL Kyler Kerbyson. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Chris Greenwood to the practice roster. Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM — Named Ozzie Smith to its board of directors. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF Joey Rickard on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Thursday. Recalled OF Dariel Alvarez from Norfolk (IL). Sent RHP Darren O’Day to Bowie (EL) for a rehab assignment. Recalled RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk. Placed RHP Ubaldo Jimenez on the paternity leave list. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Thatcher on a minor league contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with SS Anibal Sierra on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned C Juan Graterol to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled C Carlos Perez from Salt Lake. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed C Stephen Vogt on the family medical leave list. Selected the contract of C Bruce Maxwell from Nashville (PCL). Transferred RHP Fernando Rodriguez to the 60day DL. SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed SS Ketel Marte on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Recalled LHP David Rollins from Tacoma (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed 1B/3B Matt Duffy off waivers from Houston and optioned him to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated 1B Chris Colabello from the restricted list and designated him for assignment. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed INF Nick Ahmed on the 15-day DL. Reinstated INF Chris Owings from the 15-day DL. ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHP Shae Simmons to the GCL Braves for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO CUBS — Sent OF Chris Coghlan to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment.
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COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Chad Qualls on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Recalled RHP Scott Oberg from Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned LHP Grant Dayton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Ross Stripling from Oklahoma City. Sent OF Enrique Hernandez to the AZL Dodgers for a rehab assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent OF Domingo Santana to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Designated LHP Daniel Stumpf for assignment. Recalled RHP Severino Gonzalez from Lehigh Valley (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP A.J. Schugel to Indianapolis (IL). Placed C Eric Fryer on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Tyler Glasnow and C Elias Diaz from Indianapolis. Assigned C Erik Kratz outright to Indianapolis. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent SS Ehire Adrianza to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed RHP Brian Ernst. GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released OF Matt Petrone. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed INF Greyson Bogden. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Jimmy Mojica. TEXAS AIRHOGS — Released INF Austin Gallagher. Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed C T.J. Wharton. QUEBEC CAPTIALES — Released RHP Manuel Bouffard. TROIS-REVIERES AIGLES — Released INF Danny Richar and LHP Donovan Feenstra. Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Brennan Smith. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Released C/OF Chris Robinson. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed RHP Dustin Baston. Released 1B Vin Guglietti. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed G Alex Abrines. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed LBs Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil, WRs Steve Smith and Breshad Perriman, RB Trent Richardson and CB Jumal Rolle on the PUP list. CHICAGO BEARS — Placed DB Charles Tillman and OL Nate Chandler on the reserve/retired list. HOCKEY National Hockoey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed D Luke Schenn to a two-year contract.
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SURREY, B.C. — After a tough week at the Canadian Open Fastpitch Showcase International Championship, the Collins Barrow U16A Rage coaching staff have some time to fine tune the team before nationals at the end of August. They closed out the tournament with two losses, one to the second ranked Surrey Storm, 10-1, and then a tough loss against the Washington Storm from the U.S. After ending their round robin on Thursday with a 12-1 mercy victory over the Calgary Kaizen, the Rage found themselves in the championship side of the tournament. As the 15th ranked team in the championship side, they had their work cut out for them. The loss to the Surrey Storm made the mountain to climb even tougher. Against the Washington Storm, the Rage were up 5-3 going into the fourth inning, but they surrendered 10 runs from then on and lost 13-5. The loss ended their tournament. The Rage are now eyeing nationals, which will take place in Montreal form Aug. 17 to 21.
Shevchenko stuns Holm in Chicago CHICAGO — A traumatic start at Valentina Shevchenko’s training camp didn’t deter her from pulling off another shocking upset in the UFC women’s bantamweight division. Shevchenko, from Kyrgyzstan, stunned Holly Holm on Saturday night at UFC Chicago, unanimously outpointing the former UFC champion. Less than two months ago, Shevchenko was at a chicken restaurant in Lima, Peru, when it was raided by armed robbers. Her trainer, Pavel Fedotov, was shot in the abdomen during the robbery. He has recovered and was in Shevchenko’s corner Saturday. Fedotov pushed Shevchenko to continue to train for the fight. “It was a very different camp than I had to endure in all my life,” Shevchenko said. “After two days when he (Pavel) was in the hospital he said, you should take this fight and prepare. It doesn’t matter what happened.” Fighting for the first fight since losing the belt to Miesha Tate at UFC 196, Holm had losing scores of 49-46 from all of the judges.
● Senior mens baseball: Gophers at Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks, 6:3o p.m.; Lacombe Stone and Granite at Gary Moe Volkswagen Legends, 7 p.m.; and Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Phantoms, 8:30 p.m., Great Chief Park
Tuesday
● Senior mens baseball: Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Play It Again Sports Athletics, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park ● Ladies fastball: Badgers at Bandits,
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● Ladies fastball: Bandits at Badgers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park
Thursday
● Senior mens baseball: Gophers at Printing Place Padres, 6:30 p.m.; Lacombe Stone and Granite at Play It Again Sports Athletics, 7 p.m.; and Printing Place Padres at Phantoms, 8:30 p.m., Great Chief Park
Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF New York City 22 9 7 6 35 New York 22 9 9 4 36 Philadelphia 21 8 7 6 35 Montreal 20 7 5 8 35 Toronto 20 7 7 6 25 New England 21 6 7 8 27 Orlando 20 4 6 11 32 D.C. 20 5 8 7 19 Columbus 20 3 7 10 26 Chicago 19 4 10 5 17
GA 39 29 33 30 23 33 35 25 32 25
Pt 33 31 30 29 27 26 23 22 19 17
WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Pt Dallas 23 12 6 5 35 31 41 Colorado 20 10 2 8 23 14 38 Los Angeles 20 9 3 8 34 19 35 Salt Lake 21 8 6 7 30 31 31 Kansas City 23 9 10 4 27 25 31 Vancouver 22 8 8 6 33 35 30 Portland 22 7 7 8 33 33 29 San Jose 20 6 6 8 22 23 26 Seattle 20 6 12 2 20 27 20 Houston 20 4 9 7 23 26 19 Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.
Sunday’s results New York 4 New York City 1 Kansas City 3 Seattle 0 Saturday’s results Los Angeles 2 Portland 1 New England 1 Chicago 0 Toronto 4 D.C. 1 Orlando 2 Columbus 2 Montreal 5 Philadelphia 1 Dallas 1 Colorado 1 Vancouver 0 Houston 0 Saturday, July 30 Colorado at New York City, 1 p.m. Sunday, July 31 Portland at Kansas City, noon Los Angeles at Seattle, 2 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 4 p.m. Montreal at D.C., 4:30 p.m. New York at Chicago, 5 p.m. Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Columbus at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. New England at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.
Golf Canadian Open Sunday At Glen Abbey Golf Club Oakville, Ontario Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,253; Par: 72 Final a-amateur Jhonattan Vegas, $1,062,000 Jon Rahm, $440,533 Dustin Johnson, $440,533 Martin Laird, $440,533 Ricky Barnes, $207,238 Alex Cejka, $207,238 Brandt Snedeker, $207,238 Steve Wheatcroft, $207,238 Ben Crane, $159,300 Matt Kuchar, $159,300 Geoff Ogilvy, $159,300 a-Jared du Toit Jim Furyk, $135,700 Jason Day, $95,056 Chris Kirk, $95,056 Luke List, $95,056 Chez Reavie, $95,056 Jimmy Walker, $95,056 Spencer Levin, $95,056 Hudson Swafford, $95,056 Michael Thompson, $95,056 Cameron Tringale, $95,056 Brian Harman, $61,360 Si Woo Kim, $61,360 John Senden, $61,360 Jerry Kelly, $45,037 Kevin Kisner, $45,037 Kelly Kraft, $45,037 Cameron Percy, $45,037 Chad Campbell, $45,037 Brendon de Jonge, $45,037 George Coetzee, $34,220 Rhein Gibson, $34,220 Danny Lee, $34,220 Troy Merritt, $34,220 Patrick Rodgers, $34,220
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Robert Streb, $34,220 Tyler Aldridge, $26,550 Stuart Appleby, $26,550 K.J. Choi, $26,550 Whee Kim $26,550 Chris Stroud, $26,550 Derek Fathauer, $20,060 Emiliano Grillo, $20,060 Chesson Hadley, $20,060 Ryan Palmer, $20,060 Vaughn Taylor, $20,060 Johnson Wagner, $20,060 Thomas Aiken, $14,302 Bud Cauley, $14,302 Ken Duke, $14,302 Adam Hadwin, $14,302 Mark Hubbard, $14,302 Billy Hurley III, $14,302 Michael Kim, $14,302 Carlos Ortiz, $14,302 Brett Stegmaier, $14,302 Camilo Villegas, $14,302 William McGirt, $13,039 Seung-Yul Noh, $13,039 Henrik Norlander, $13,039 Vijay Singh, $13,039 Robert Allenby, $12,685 Blayne Barber, $12,685 Roberto Castro, $12,272 Ernie Els, $12,272 Hiroshi Iwata, $12,272 Rod Pampling $12,272 Scott Pinckney, $12,272 Greg Chalmers, $11,741 Tony Finau, $11,741 Patton Kizzire, $11,741 Steve Marino, $11,741 Tyrone Van Aswegen, $11,446 Sam Saunders, $11,328 Derek Ernst, $11,210 D.H. Lee, $11,092 a-Garrett Rank Miguel Angel Carballo, $10,974 Corey Conners, $10,856
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Griffey Jr. and Piazza inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Two players who began their careers at opposite ends of the spectrum nearly three decades ago ended up in the same place on Sunday — with their names etched on plaques at the Baseball Hall of Fame. For Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, the culmination of their long journeys was tinged with tears all around. “I stand up here humbled and overwhelmed,” Griffey said, staring out at his family and tens of thousands of fans. “I can’t describe how it feels.” The two became a piece of history on their special day. Griffey, the first pick of the 1987 amateur draft, became the highest pick ever inducted. Piazza, a 62nd-round pick the next year —No. 1,390 — is the lowest pick to enter the Hall of Fame. Griffey played 22 big-league seasons with the Mariners, Reds and White Sox and was selected on a record 99.32 per cent of ballots cast, an affirmation of sorts for his clean performance during baseball’s so-called Steroids Era. A 13-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove Award winner in centre field, Griffey hit 630 home runs, sixth alltime, and drove in 1,836 runs. He also was the American League MVP in 1997, drove in at least 100 runs in eight seasons, and won seven Silver Slugger Awards. Griffey, who fell just three votes shy of being the first unanimous selection, hit 417 of his 630 homers and won all 10 of his Gold Gloves with the Seattle Mariners. He played the first 11 seasons of his career with the Mariners and led them to the playoffs for the first two times in franchise history. “Thirteen years with the Seattle Mariners, from the day I got drafted, Seattle, Washington, has been a big part of my life,” Griffey said, punctuating the end of his speech by putting a baseball cap on backward as he did throughout his
career. “I’m going to leave you with one thing. In 22 years I learned that one team will treat you the best, and that’s your first team. I’m damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.” Dubbed “The Natural” for his effortless excellence at the plate and in centre field, Griffey avoided the Hall of Fame until his special weekend because he wanted his first walk through the front doors of the stately building on Main Street to be with his kids, whom he singled out one by one in his 20-minute speech. “There are two misconceptions about me — I didn’t work hard and everything I did I made look easy,” Griffey said. “Just because I made it look easy doesn’t mean that it was. You don’t become a Hall of Famer by not working, but working day in and day out.” Griffey’s mom, Birdie, and his father, former Cincinnati Reds star Ken Sr., both cancer survivors and integral to his rise to stardom, were front and centre in the first row. “To my dad, who taught me how to play this game and to my mom, the strongest woman I know,” Junior said. “To have to be mom and dad, she was our biggest fan and our biggest critic. She’s the only woman I know that lives in one house and runs five others.” Selected in the draft by the Dodgers after Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, a close friend of Piazza’a father, Vince, put in a good word, Piazza struggled. He briefly quit the game while in the minor leagues, returned and persevered despite a heavy workload as he switched from first base to catcher and teammates criticized his erratic play. Piazza played 16 years with the Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Padres and Athletics and hit 427 home runs, including a major league record 396 as a catcher. A 12-time All-Star, Piazza won 10 Silver Slugger Awards and finished in the top five of his league’s MVP voting four times.
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THE ADVOCATE Monday, July 25, 2016
Never out of style Food fashions come and go, but classic fondue has always been here BY KATIE WORKMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Food as fashion has never made a lot of sense to me. Kale is out (no, not really), jackfruit is in, and so on. But guess what? In Switzerland, the birthplace of fondue, this creamy cheese dish never went out of style, and once you make up a pot for your crew, you will realize why the Swiss never ever considered letting it go the way of the Jell-O mould. Emmenthal cheese (or, in Switzerland, Emmental) and Gruyere are the two most classic cheeses used in authentic Swiss fondue. Other traditional choices are Comte, Rachlette and Swiss Vacherin, which melts beautifully. If you want to add different cheeses, do you need cheeses with flavour, and cheeses with a smooth, creamy melting texture — classically, cow’s milk cheeses made in the Alpine style. Fontina and Jarlsberg are good thoughts too, and very accessible. Talk to your cheesemonger or at a European deli to see what else could serve as an option. Rubbing the pot with a garlic clove in this version adds a subtle touch of garlic some recipes call for actual minced garlic to be added to the pot. As for the kirsch, if you discuss “real” fondue with someone from Switzerland you will get a firm opinion on whether it should be included. Only a small amount of this cherry liqueur is used, so it doesn’t seem to be a deal breaker, at least to this
Something old, something fresh something nice SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Often you will find a day-old loaf of Italian bread at your local artisanal bakery. Don’t let it get tossed out, break it up into a delightful summer salad. Everything in this salad is fresh, except the bread. Prepare this salad by using a loaf of artisan bread or rosemary bread that is a touch stale. If your bread is too fresh, toast it until it is about half as dried and
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fondue neophyte. Some people like to keep the kirsch out of the fondue, but dip the bread lightly into a small dish of it before dipping the bread into the cheese. Other seasonings that might be added are dry mustard or nutmeg, but traditionalists would probably stab me with a fondue fork for suggesting such things. The classic item to dip into cheese fondue is bread cubes, but there is no reason to stop there. Crackers, vegetables, even meats or fruit — anything that goes well with cheese is fair game. Additional tips: Don’t overheat the cheese, and add it slowly. Melting cheese gradually over low temperature helps keep it smooth, not clumpy or stringy. If your fondue gets clumpy, add either a bit more wine or a couple of teaspoons of fresh lemon juice. If you don’t have a fondue pot, you can still make fondue and just serve it in the pot you cooked it in. Reheat it, stirring, as needed. Or just eat fast!
CLASSIC SWISS FONDUE Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8-10 Garlic clove 1 ½ cups dry white wine 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 pound grated Gruyere
Rub the inside of a heavy pot, such as an enameled cast-iron pot, with the garlic clove. Add the white wine, and heat over medium heat until hot. Toss the grated cheese in a bowl with the cornstarch. Add that mixture to the pot very gradually, stirring all the while, until the cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth. Season with pepper. Meanwhile, arrange the bread and other dipping items attractively on a serving platter. If you have a fondue pot, light the flame under it, and transfer the fondue to the fondue pot. Let everyone spear the food of their choice with fondue forks or other small forks, and dip away. Nutrition information per serving: 213 calories 108 calories from fat 12 g fat (8 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 40 mg cholesterol 63 mg sodium 3 g carbohydrate 0 g fiber 1 g sugar 12 g protein. Katie Workman has written two cookbooks focused on easy, family-friendly cooking, Dinner Solved! and The Mom 100 Cookbook. She blogs at http://www.themom100.com/about-katie-workman
crunchy as a crouton.
Mid Summer Bread Salad
2 cloves garlic (one whole, one minced) 1 pound loaf Italian bread 1 cup chopped tomatoes 1 cup cucumbers, peeled seeded and chopped 1 chopped red onion 2 cups chopped fresh basil 1/8 cup chopped fresh thyme ¼ cup olive oil 2 Tbs balsamic vinegar Rub a peeled clove of garlic around your salad bowl (preferably a wooden bowl) Pull of chop bread into bite-sized pieces In the prepared bowl, combine bread, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions plus the second garlic clove minced, basil and thyme. Add enough olive oil to lightly coat, toss and serve.
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½ pound grated Emmenthal (or Emmental) cheese Freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 teaspoons kirsch (optional) To serve: Cubes of firm, day-old bread Lightly steamed asparagus, broccoli and cauliflower florets, or carrots Cherry tomatoes Strips of bell pepper Apple or pear slices
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This year’s theme for Bethel Christian Reformed Church’s Vacation Bible School is Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace. It will be a week of fun and Bible learning for kids aged 4 to Grade 4 and runs from July 25-29 from 9-11:30 a.m. art the Bethekl Christian Reformed Church in Lacombe and is free to attend.
PENHOLD COMMUNITY MARKET EVERY TUESDAY The Penhold Community Market goes every Tuesday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex from 4-8 p.m. The market features local artists, producers and other vendors.
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HAYNES 1933 - 2016 Bud Haynes of Red Deer passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the age of 82 years. A more detailed obituary was published in the Saturday, July 23 edition of the Red Deer Advocate. A service to celebrate Bud’s life will be held at CrossRoads Church, (SW Corner of 32 Street and Highway 2), 38105 Range Road 275, Red Deer County, AB on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.. Memorial donations in Bud’s honor may be directed to the Salvation Army, 4837 - 54 St, Red Deer AB T4N 2G5 or to the Lending Cupboard Society, 5406 C - 43 St. Red Deer, AB T4N 1C9. Condolences to Bud’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca. MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944
LOXAM Jason Troy Sept. 2, 1972 - July 18, 2016 Jason was born and raised in Red Deer, AB, attending school at Mountview Elementary, Eastview Junior High and Lindsay Thurber Composite High. Jason is lovingly remembered by his dad, Ed; two aunts, Diane Jacobson and Sharon Jaeger; one uncle, Bob Loam; two close cousins, Rob Jacobson (and his daughter, Carly) and Jamie Jacobson; as well as many more cousins and second cousins in Edmonton, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Jason was predeceased by his mother, Peggy on October 3, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held for both Jason and his mom, Peggy at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, AB on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm. Donations may be made in Jason’s memory to the Whisker Rescue Society of Alberta, PO Box 27138, Red Deer, AB, T4N 6X8. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.
MATHER LOXAM Kevin Edward Peggy Anne Nov. 17, 1956 - July 17, 2016 Sept. 16, 1951 - Oct. 3, 2015 With great sadness, we A Celebration of Life will be announce the passing of held for Peggy, in conjunction Kevin Edward Mather on with the Celebration for her Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the son, Jason at the Royal age of 59. Kevin dedicated Canadian Legion, Branch his life’s work to ensuring the #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, safety of his colleagues in Red Deer, AB on Saturday, the oilfield. He spent many July 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm. years at Nova Chemicals, Donations may be made in Joffrey as their safety Peggy’s memory to the Red specialist, with his final years Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot as Safety Specialist for Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R Statoil. Kevin loved to travel. 3S6. Messages of condolence He enjoyed spending time at may be left for the family at his property in San Carlos, www.myalternatives.ca. Mexico and touring wineries in the summer with his wife, Marilee. His faithful companion, Zeus, accompanied them on many trips. Kevin will be lovingly remembered by his Serving Red Deer and wife, Marilee Mather of Red Central Alberta Since 1997 Deer, AB; son, Luke Mather (403) 341-5181 & of Lacombe, AB; stepdaughters, (888) 216 - 5111 Angela Sullivan of Deep River, ON and Amber Squire of Red Deer, AB; stepgranddaughter, Brooke; In Memoriam brother, Brian Mather of Cochrane, AB; sister, Sharon MOREAU, Bud Orcutt of Rocky Mountain Mar. 19, 1932 - July 25, 1979 House, AB; and by his It is while driving extended family and friends. any backroads, Kevin was predeceased by Admiring the crops and his parents, Raymond and well-groomed yards, Shirley Mather. A come-andWe think of you go Celebration of Kevin’s life with a warm heart. will be held on Sunday, We find ourselves August 7, 2016 from 1:00 reminiscing of things p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at 21 we used to do. Gordon Street, Red Deer, AB. RSVP your attendance Loved and remembered to l.harris5@shaw.ca. If friends every day, desire, in lieu of flowers, Moreau, Scott, and donations in honour of Kevin DeAeth families may be made to the Red Deer & District SPCA, 4505 77 St., Red Deer, AB T4P 2J1. Condolences may be forwarded to the family at Card Of Thanks http://www.reddeerfuneralhome.com. LEE We would like to thank everyone for all of the cards, messages, food, flowers and incredible caring we received during Dave’s illness and passing. To all the staff at Red Deer Hospice, we can never express our gratitude. Kim, Daniel, Dawn, Heather, Owen and our entire Lee/Sinclair family.
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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
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Wildfire consumed homes ‘like a freight train’ BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Flames raced down a steep hillside “like a freight train,” leaving smouldering remains of homes and forcing thousands to flee the wildfire churning through tinder-dry canyons in Southern California, authorities said Sunday. The fire that has destroyed at least 18 homes in northern Los Angeles County gained ferocious new power two days after it broke out, sending so much smoke in the air that planes making drops on it had to be grounded for part of the afternoon. “For this time of year, it’s the most extreme fire behaviour I’ve seen in my 32-year career,” County fire Chief Daryl Osby said. About 500 km up the coast, crews were battling another fire spanning more than 40 square km and forcing evacuations outside the scenic Big Sur region. The Southern California blaze has blackened more than 80 square km of brush on ridgelines near the city of Santa Clarita, and authorities found a burned body in a car. No new measurements were available, but officials said the fire might now be double that size. Planes were unable to make drops over the fire for a long stretch of the afternoon, but helicopters are releasing retardant around the perimeter. “The fire’s just doing what it wants right now,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Nathan Judy said. “We have to stick back, let it do what it wants to and attack it where we can.” Juliet Kinikin said Sunday there was panic as the sky became dark with smoke and flames moved closer to her
home a day earlier in the Sand Canyon area of Los Angeles County. Kinikin grabbed important documents and fled with her husband, two children, two dogs and three birds. They were back at home Sunday, “breathing a big sigh of relief,” she said. Residents of thousands of homes were evacuated, and a 60-km stretch of State Route 14, known as the Antelope Valley Freeway, was closed except for those evacuating. Shifting winds were pushing flames northeast through Angeles National Forest, where additional evacuations were ordered in the city of Acton and other residents were warned to prepare to leave, authorities said. The fire has ripped through brush withered by days of 40-degree temperatures and years of drought. “It started consuming houses that were non-defendable,” Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp said, describing the flames as charging through terrain “like a freight train.” More than 1,600 firefighters were battling the flames threatening homes and commercial buildings. The blaze, whose cause is under investigation, sent up a huge plume of smoke visible across the region. The body of a man was discovered Saturday in a burned sedan outside a home in the fire zone. Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials are investigating the death. The fire destroyed film sets at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, which has Old West-style buildings used for movie locations. It also forced a non-profit sanctuary for rescued exotic creatures to evacuate 340 of its more than 400 animals, including Bengal tigers and a mountain lion. Volunteers showed up with trucks
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A burned pirate sculpture stands at the end of Iron Canyon Road off of Sand Canyon in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Sunday. A massive wildfire destroyed at least 18 homes and threatened 1,500 more Sunday as flames churned through tinderdry canyons north of Los Angeles. and trailers and evacuated animals from early Friday to late Saturday, when fire officials felt the blaze was no longer a threat to Wildlife Waystation in Sylmar, spokesman Jerry Brown said. “The fire surprised everyone and seemingly came out of nowhere,” Brown said Sunday. “But things are looking up, and officials say that although they have some hotspots near
where we are, they don’t see any active fire.” North on the Central Coast, a blaze consuming brush in rugged mountains near Big Sur was threatening about 1,650 homes. It burned in inaccessible terrain 8 km south of Garrapata State Park and forced the communities of Palo Colorado and Carmel Highlands to evacuate, California’s forestry department said.
America swelters in ‘critical high temperatures’ BY CHRISTINA PACIOLLA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — The heat wave gripping parts of the country including Philadelphia, where tens of thousands are descending upon the city for the Democratic National Convention this week, is not going away anytime soon and will hit a peak Monday with temperatures in the city feeling like 42 degrees Celsius. Excessive heat warnings will continue Monday, the first day of the convention, in the Philadelphia area, most of the Midwest and regions out west. It’s due to a dome of high pressure, meteorologists say, that’s affecting most of the United States and contributing to drought conditions in the Northeast and continuing to fuel wildfires in California. “It’s fair to say that the vast majority of the nation has been experiencing above normal temperatures for the past week,” said David Robinson, New Jersey state climatologist at Rutgers University. The dome of high pressure traps hot air and is the
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LADIES size 10 deep purple swing coat, wool/viscose, $15; ladies waist length black dress jacket, size 10 petite, $10; and ladies grey sleeveless Ralph Lauren lined suit dress, knee length, new, size 10, $10. 403-348-0201 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!
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PS2 with games, $60; Dreamcast with games, $50; and SONY DVD surround sound system, $40. 403-782-3847
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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
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FRAMING Nailers, 3 in 1 KING Canada, 28 degree x34 degree, Áipped head. Performance Plus. 18 guage, $80. 403-309-7387, 392-6138
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SASKATOON BERRIES, east of 30th Ave on Hwy 11. Open week days 3 -9 Weekends 10 - 8 4L U-pick $15. 403-318-2074
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B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FREE - great for Àrewood free truck loads of black poplar logs. You pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.
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basis for the “critical high temperatures” the country has been experiencing the past week, Robinson said, even for being the warmest time of the year. Thunderstorms are common, as they were in parts of New England over the weekend, but don’t help much with drought conditions in the Northeast and out west. Particularly dry weather in areas like Massachusetts and New York have forced farmers to choose which crops they will water and which will just not survive the season. “The Northeast is a little bit of a mixed bag, but the bottom line is that the conditions have deteriorated over the past several weeks to a couple of months,” said Rich Tinker, a drought specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In southern California, where drought has persisted for years, 18 homes have been destroyed and more than 88 square km of brush have been blackened in a blaze that sparked Friday. Los Angeles Fire Chief John Tripp said the fire “started consuming houses” “like a freight train.” A main difference between the drought in the
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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20. 403-885-5020 COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 DANBY air conditioner, new in box, 8000 btu, with remote, Àts in window, $180. 403-358-5568 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
SHOWER doors, set with frosted design. $50.obo; 100+ feet of eavestrough with fasteners, white. $40.; Whirley roof vent, Household galvanized. $40. obo. 403-746-5123 Appliances Classifieds...costs so little KENMORE fridge, white, Saves you so much! 18 c.f., $50.; Range Hood, SUN Lightfoot Pedometer new, white, 220CFM, and Áashlight, never used, $100. obo 403-746-5123 $30. 587-876-2914
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OAK pedestal table w/4 chairs and 2 leafs, good cond. $125 Àrm 403-746-5123
THREE patio chairs, $5 each; wooden pink stool, $5; dresser with 4 drawers, $5; 2 shelf bookcase, $5; mukluks, size 8 - 8 1/2, $40; and chandelier from Venice, $100. 403-347-0325
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WROUGHT iron plant stand, 3 levels, $10; 38” upholstery fabric, textured beige, 2 yards, $5; misc. drapery rods, $5 each; and 2 canvas poppy pictures, 171/2” square, $10. 403-348-0201
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GOLF bag, Top Flite grasshopper, black/yellow, $10; (2) single Áocked air mattresses, $5. ea. 403-348-0201 SLALOM SKI. Vintage (circa 1960’s) wooden “Ski Slipper” $40 (Àrm). Call (403) 342-7908.
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Contractors
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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550
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Flooring
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5* JUNK REMOVAL
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JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER Exc. @ Reno’s, Plumb Pro Geary 403-588-2619
Roofing
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PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured. 403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s RooÀng. Re-rooÀng specialist. Fully insured. Insurance claims welcome. 10 yr. warranty on all work. 403-350-7602
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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777
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YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459
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CLEARVIEW: TWO WEEKS FREE + $150. move-in, 4 plex, 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), $975.mo. n/s, no pets. 403-391-1780 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls. Rent $900/mo. d.d. $650. Available now or Aug. 1 403-304-5337
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2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Aug. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337
GLENDALE, 1/2 duplex, 2 BDRM. townhouse w/5 avail. immed. 2 bdrm., $900. rent/s.d., appls, incld’s utils. Mature adults 403-314-0209 only, n/s, no pets, recently 2 BEDROOM ground level reno’d. Avail. Aug. 1. suite in new home, 9 ft. 403-740-6253 ceilings, close to walking path, 5 appliances, in-Áoor RENO’D 2 bdrm farm heat, 2 parking stalls, house for rent, 6 km SE of Timberstone area, nonRed Deer. $1100/mo., smoking, no pets, mature avail Aug. 1. Electricity, tv, tenants desired, $900 and wi-À incl. N/S, no pets. mnth + utilities. Ph. 403 886-2922 403-307-0816
2 BDRM. 1400 sq. ft. 2009 WANTED TO BUY, condo w/att. single garage, Red Currants. Antiques, furniture and WINE MAKING equipment Will pick my own if needed. Ironstone Way Ref’s req’d. No pets, utils. Rent neg. estates. 342-2514 for sale. Call 403 346-8040 403-347-5648 newly reno’d.403-728-3688 2 BDRM. townhouse/ condo, 5 appls., 2 blocks from Collicutt Centre. $1150/mo. + utils., inclds. condo fees. 403-616-3181 2 BDRM., 1240 sq. ft., 1-1/2 baths, Blackfalds, fenced, $1100. Avail. CLASSIFICATIONS Sept. 1. 403-505-8310 1000-1430 INGLEWOOD 3 bdrm. condo, 1.5 bath, parking, undeveloped basement. $1400/month plus utilities. No smoking. No Pets. Call or text 403-324-4127 LOCATED in Red Deer, 3 bdrm., townhouse, 1 1/2 bath, full bsmt., stove, fridge, microwave, washer, dryer. 403-887-4670, or 403-350-6194 Massage
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Northeast and out west is that the Northeast can pull out of those conditions at any time, Robinson said. “The good news is that there’s always a chance that the pattern can switch in several weeks at any time of the year,” he added. Temperatures in the Philadelphia area are predicted to reach their highest points Monday as 50,000 Democrats are expected there for the DNC. The heat index could hit 42 degrees C, said Mitchell Gaines, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Temperatures may reach into triple digits. Adding to that, the humidity is set to return. Thousands of protesters, many for climate change, on Sunday braved mid-30s temperatures as the city provided free water and “misting tents” to demonstrators, some of whom are walking several miles. When will the heat wave break? Not anytime soon, Robinson said. Higher than normal temperatures are still expected in the six to 10 day outlook. Two weeks out, the temperatures are still slated to be high. The good news is there’s a chance, Robinson added, of normal to above normal precipitation.
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6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls. Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca
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ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $900/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Aug. 1. 403-304-5337
ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889
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2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $700. Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679 DOWNTOWN well-managed, quiet adult bldg., avail. now, 1 & 2 bdrm. with balcony, $850 to $895/mo. Heat and water incld. 2 wks. free with 6 mo. lease. No pets Ph. 403 309-2368 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers. 403-346-1458
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Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875. 403-346-5885
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Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444
Rooms For Rent
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FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468
Offices
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Downtown OfÀce
Large waiting room, 2 ofÀces & storage room, 403-346-5885
Mobile Lot
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PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820
Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444
NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy. 403-596-6000
NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955 PENHOLD 1 & 3 bdrm., Incld’s heat & water. $760$1100./mo. 403-348-6594
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7.4 ACRES, 3 bdrm., 2 full bath, 2 m. south of Alix, large shop, only $295,000. Call 403-396-2076
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July 25 1989 — Canadian War Museum pays $79,000 at auction to acquire Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to Private William Milne of Saskatchewan. The medal is one of the five awarded to Canadians for the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. 1969 — Parliament amends Official Languages Act to declare English and French the official languages of Canada. the statute
arose from a Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism recommendation, and declared that federal institutions must provide services in English or French at the customer’s choice. 1917 — Finance Minister Sir Thomas White introduces the Income Tax War Bill; proposal to levy the first national tax on personal income on Canadians; 4 per cent on all income of single men over $2,000; for those Canadians with annual incomes of more than $6,000, the tax rate ranged from 2 to 25 per cent. Supposedly as a temporary wartime measure only.
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High energy finish to Westerner LANA MICHELIN REVIEW
ALT-ROCK GROUPS USS AND MOIST WRAP CONCERT SERIES Two generations of alt-rock fans partied in the Centrium Saturday night as Canadian groups USS and Moist wrapped up the Westerner Days concert series in energetic style. On the more hyper-kinetic side was USS, a young duo more cumbersomely known as Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker. “We’re from Toronto, Onterrible,” said DJ/hype man Jason “Human Kebab” Parsons — prompting a cheer from several hundred Central Alberta teenagers and young adults. Parsons and his singer/guitarist partner Ashley Buchholz (they were also backed by a boisterous drummer), leapt onto the stage like sprung coils. Their hit Yo Hello Hooray was deliv-
ered with such effusiveness, Buchholz looked like he would bust a gut — or a guitar string. The acrobatic Parsons stood on his hands behind his turntable for the song, Nepal. His feet kept time to the funky, slightly distorted beat. Soon Parsons was right-side up, urging: “Everybody on your feet! Jump, jump, jump!” in the intro to Laces Out. Fans in front of the stage bounced up and down with arms in the air. The DJ pulled off a perfect cartwheel during Shipwreck. Then he and Buchholz did something they hadn’t done before — they performed their new single, the catchy Work Shoes, live. Parsons called it a “unique experience,” premiering a song “in an arena in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada!” There were tongue-in-cheek moments — such as when the two borrowed melodies from ’80s group Wham!, and the Newfoundland ditty I’s the B’y. There was also a poignant segment when the gravelly voiced Buchholz covered Tragically Hip’s Something On as a tribute to terminally ill singer Gord Downie. But a spirited mood prevailed for N/A OK, This is the Best, Damini — as well as the strangely upbeat break-up tune, Freakquency.
“Red Deer, we came to party… Should we keep the party going, or what?” said Parsons — as if there was any doubt. Young alt-rock fans in the Centrium were replaced by middle-aged ones as Moist took the stage in Red Deer for the first time in — maybe forever. The 1990s Juno Award-winning band had been in hiatus for a more than a decade before starting to play again in 2013. Now the group is larger with three of the original members, singer David Usher, guitarist Mark Makoway and keyboardist Kevin Young, joining up with new bassist Louis Lalancette, drummer Frances Fillion and additional guitarist Jonathan Gallivan. Moist kicked off the second half of the concert with the infectious Silver, from its multi-platinum-selling 1994 debut album. This was followed with Broken, from the group’s critically praised 2014 CD, Glory Under Dangerous Skies — proving that 20 years hasn’t diminished the band’s way with a song. Extended guitar and keyboard solos were featured on Break Her Down, while synthesized strings (and was that a sampled Madame Butterfly aria?) were worked into Black, Black Heart —
a cool tune from Usher’s 2001 solo CD. Overlapping harmonies were heard on the pop-flavoured Underground, from 1999. What wasn’t heard was what Usher alluded to: “Did you guys notice that when Kevin and I sing verses, somehow Kevin always sings the wrong words?” he said, getting a laugh from fans. The black-clad singer stepped off the stage to sing Gasoline and take selfies for audience members. He was enveloped in theatre smoke for Tangerine, which was performed along with the torchy Believe Me, angsty Resurrection, Ophelia and Black Roses. The latter got a big reaction with its prolonged drum solo. The crowd had to wait for the encore to hear the anthemic Moist hits Breathe and Push. But it was Bayou, from the group’s last album, that best captured a sense of nostalgia with the lyrics: “When we were young and we were gold…” Like their fans, Moist musicians aren’t as young or golden as in their heyday. But they can still enthrall a crowd with undimmed enthusiasm and musicianship. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com
Mortenson brings heart and Habs to the set BY VICTORIA AHEARN THE CANADIAN PRESS
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To help prepare the cast for their roles in Captain Fantastic, Mortenson and the actors that played his family spent a couple of weeks on a camping-boot-camp experience to get the feel of a family living without modern conveniences.
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Sofia Boutella, left, plays Jaylah and Simon Pegg plays Scotty in Star Trek Beyond. Star Trek Beyond has landed atop the weekend box office.
Star Trek soars at box office BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Star Trek Beyond has landed atop the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday say Paramount’s latest outing with the Starship Enterprise soared to $59.6 million in North American ticket sales, knocking Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets from the No. 1 spot.
Pets was the second-most-popular film at theatres, adding an additional $29 million to its stellar $260 million earnings to date. Pets and Ghostbusters bested the weekend’s other new releases, Warner Bros.’ low-budget horror Lights Out and Fox’s animated Ice Age: Collision Course. Lights Out tied with Ghostbusters for third place with $21.6 million, while Ice Age debuted with $21 million.
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cles of society, to communication, to war, poverty. There’s a lot more that we can learn.”
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knew and appreciated each other’s strengths and weaknesses.” Mortensen said when he first read the script, he didn’t know what to make of the title. “And then I realized, I guess you could put a question mark after it, it’s sort of tongue-in-cheek. It asks more questions than it answers. It posits that perhaps this is the greatest father in the world and then the next minute you’re thinking, ‘This guy is a menace to society.”’ Still, he ascribes to some of Ben’s views, including his matter-of-fact approach to communication. Poor communication is a problem in many countries, said Mortensen. He also laments those who use new technologies not to learn more about the world but “to reinforce their pre-existing ideologies or points of view in shallow ways.” “There’s so much more that we could do and probably will, eventually,” he added. “One thing is to go play ‘Pokemon Go,’ and I guess there’s nothing wrong with that. Another is to find out exactly what’s going on in
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TORONTO — Viggo Mortensen is famously an Oscar-nominated actor — and a major Habs fan. The star of the moving new drama “Captain Fantastic,” which is getting rave reviews for its portrayal of a family living in isolation off the grid, has donned Montreal Canadiens garb at press conferences and on film sets, including for “The Lord of the Rings” and “A History of Violence.” Naturally, during a recent phone interview about “Captain Fantastic” (now in theatres), the topic shifted to the team’s recent trade of star player P.K. Subban. “I’m sick about it, I’m sad about it,” said the New York native, who got a best actor Oscar nomination for the David Cronenberg-directed “Eastern Promises.” “But it’s a team sport, it’s not just one guy that makes your team good or bad. So I’m optimistic that maybe it will be good in some way, for the collective…. There are still a lot of strong individuals on the team and some veterans who lead by example. So I don’t think it will be as bad as a lot of Canadiens’ fans are fearing.” Mortensen even brought a bit of Quebec to the set of “Captain Fantastic,” written and directed by Matt Ross. Mortensen plays a father raising his six children in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society with no cellphones or tech gadgets. When Ben’s wife dies, the family is determined to give her the funeral she wanted — rather than the service her wealthy parents plan for her in the city. Anti-capitalist Ben loves literature, as does Mortensen (the actor is the founder and editor of Perceval Press), and he used his own books as props. They included titles from Quebec poets as well as Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. He also brought his own canoe, bicycles, plants, clothing and kitchen items to the set, where he lived before shooting. Mortensen and the actors who play Ben’s children went through a physical and intellectual boot camp of sorts a couple of weeks before shooting. “We did rock climbing and martial arts and played a lot of music together and spent time together and did woodcraft, tracking, skinning, gutting animals,” said Mortensen. “You name it, we did everything, and by the time we got to the first day of shooting, we knew each other really well, we had a good shorthand, we
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Try to make best of young office slacker DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I run a small real estate development firm with only three employees. I research and bring in the deals. My partner manages the day-today operations, and we have one general administrative assistant. At the same time, we work with and have relationships with everyone involved, including general contractors, architects, designers, Realtors and subcontractors. At any given time, there are a lot of balls in the air, and attention to detail is critical, which brings me to my issue. One of our biggest investors has a nephew, and because he wants his nephew to get some experience, he asked whether his nephew could work as an intern for us. I talked to the kid, and he seemed nice enough, so we
hired him for the summer. Since then, he’s been a bit of a disaster. The kid comes in late and leaves early. He is sloppy with his work, horrible on the phones and borderline illiterate through email. He’s the winning combination of entitled and incompetent. I don’t want to upset the investor, but we’re a small, scrappy firm and this degenerate is sticking out like a sore thumb and creating more work than he is producing. I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds me, but I need to run my business. — Rock and Hard Place Dear Rock: You’re wise to be cautious. When it comes to family, objectivity tends to go out the window. If you complained to your investor, he might become defensive, even if his nephew has the work ethic of a trustafarian sloth. That said, he did want the boy to get work experience; surely, he can appreciate that constructive feedback is part of that. So offer the intern some specific pointers. His emails are terrible?
Share examples he can model his after. He’s bad on the phone? Spend a few minutes each day role-playing calls. If he doesn’t improve, give him tasks that aren’t customer-facing, such as scanning documents. In the meantime, work on a diplomatic response to have ready the next time an investor tries to get a relative a job at the firm so you’re not between a rock and a hard place again. Dear Annie: I work at a boutique consulting company with incredibly smart people who have different knowledge bases. The staff is truly diverse, ranging in age from 22 to 72, and everyone gets along, for the most part. We have a company dress code that says something like “no open-toed shoes, no jeans except on Fridays, collared shirts must be worn,” etc. It’s essentially business casual from 1997. I’ve noticed a change recently, especially from the younger people. They have no regard for the dress code. Don’t get me wrong. They all look very put-together and extremely fashionable. It’s not as if they’re showing up in hoodies and flip-flops. They
might wear a hoodie, but it’s a slim-fitting, hip hoodie over a button-down with dark jeans and Chuck Taylors. Straight out of a Levi’s commercial. Part of me wishes I could pull that off — I would love to come into work feeling comfortable — but I don’t want my supervisors to think I don’t care about the rules. These younger co-workers look OK, but they are technically breaking our dress code, and for some reason, that bothers me. It’s not about the clothes. It’s more about my perception that they’re getting a free pass. Am I being a fogey, or am I onto something? — Not Anna Wintour Dear Not Anna: A dress code is part of company culture, but sometimes the culture evolves and the rulebook becomes outdated. Talk to management and ask for clarification. Maybe management will decide to revise the policy to allow more casual attire. Regardless, try worrying less about other people’s jeans. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.
This life coach is a royal badass BY LEANNE ITALIE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — We’ve got a world of life coaches out there offering a world of inspirational and instructional ways to make our many and varied “journeys” meaningful through self help. And then there’s Jen Sincero, the sassiest of them all. She curses, she quotes Kurt Cobain and her friend Cynthia (“I’m okay, I’m not okay”) along with lofty authors and philosophers, and she titles chapters of her hilarious, bestselling book “You are a Badass” with things like, “Self-Perception is a Zoo.” With a following still strong since Running Press first published the book in 2013, the 50-year-old Sincero has sprouted You are a Badass calendars and a You Are a Badass Talking Button that dispenses nuggets of wisdom and encouragement in her own voice when you press it. The book now has 700,000 copies in print and e-book, the publisher said. Come April, fans of Her Badassness
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will be happy to know she’s out with a new book, You are a Bada$$ at Making Money, from Viking. A conversation with Jen Sincero: AP: Tell us about your journey from — in your words — Loserville to Awesome City. Sincero: My big journey was around money. I was a successful writer, I was a musician but I was just always broke. Into my 40s, I was scraping by. I finally just got so sick of it. That’s when I really put my nose to the grindstone and started learning everything I could about changing my life. One of the issues, which I’ll write about in my new book, is my dad. One of the ways that he showed me he loved me was giving me 20 bucks. Deep down in my heart I felt like if I made a lot of money my dad wouldn’t feel like he’d be able to show me he loved me because I wouldn’t need him anymore. The other side of that was, I wanted money. I was sick of living in a converted garage. AP: What has happened to this country where we feel the need for life coaching so intensely? You say your SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A friend or colleague may give you some information that helps you get out of a financial tight spot. But are you resisting change and holding onto a belief or attitude that’s passed its used-by date? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It may seem as if Saturn is holding you back, which can be very frustrating. But the Taskmaster planet is actually teaching you to be more patient and productive, which will serve you well in the future. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today’s terrific Moon/Saturn connection is fabulous for getting the balance right between being proactive and being patient. If you get the ratio right then youíll really kick some goals! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you are creative and original in the way you post on social media today, then you’ll receive a surprisingly positive response. It’s also time to get circulating within your local community. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you wish there were more hours in the day so you can tackle the myriad of jobs that need to be done? The planets shake you out of any complacency, but avoid being rash with cash. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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— inspirational quotes and all? Sincero: To be honest, I don’t think I’m saying anything all that brand new. I think I’m just saying it in a new way. You know, one of the motivations for me writing this book. I’ve read like 10,000 self-help books. There was nothing that was kind of funny and curse-y and irreverent, and I was like, man, that’s what this industry needs. You can read the same thing a hundred times but somebody can say it in a certain way and suddenly everything changes. That’s sort of what I wanted to do, was to not only make it entertaining but to give somebody who wasn’t quite getting it the opportunity to get it from a different voice. AP: How can I truly know that the universe is totally freaking out about how awesome I am, as you write? Sincero: For me, it’s through meditation. It’s one of the coolest damn things. When you really get into it, you start to connect with this feeling that you really are part of this energy. When I meditate, I can feel an energy that is much bigger than me but is also part of me, and it’s very powerful.
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