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Sewer wins Project of the Year Award

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF North America’s longest pressurized sewer system has earned the admiration of a Missouri-based construction group.

During its annual conference late in August, the Kansas City-based American Public Works Association will present a Project of the Year award to the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater System, which serves Mountain View County, Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Penhold and Red Deer County. The system had been nominated in the environmental category for small cities and rural communities of under 75,000 people.

The line runs 90 kilometres from Olds to Red Deer and was put into service last year, collecting wastewater from all six municipalities for treatment at the City of Red Deer’s wastewater plant.

Design and construction were contracted to Stantec Consulting and Pidherney’s Inc., at a total cost of $140 million, not including a $50-million upgrade to the plant.

In a statement released on Monday, the APWA said the system alleviates pressure facing member communities that were dealing with overloaded wastewater facilities.

“The length of the Red Deer River Regional Wastewater System posed a huge design challenge in a highly populated corridor and crossed several environmentally sensitive areas,” said the APWA. “Each government body — municipal, provincial and federal — had individual requirements that had to be met. The final product is a unique and sophisticated system.”

The primary incentive for the project was the need to protect the water supply by closing aging sewer systems that discharged effluent into the Red Deer River and its tributaries, said Penhold Mayor Dennis Cooper, who chaired the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission for six years and is now its vice-chair.

“We worked very hard over a number of years with Stantec,” Cooper said on Monday.

“It truly is a unique endeavour in the fact that it is the longest pressurized regional sewer in North America. It’s built to withstand 20 years of growth.

Photo by MARK BRETHERTON/Advocate staff

Somia Khan contemplates a bite of what she came for at the Jungle Farm’s Strawberry Festival on Saturday morning.

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County urges province to control weeds in ditches

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF County of Stettler wants the province to get busy weeding.

Good growing conditions have produced a bumper crop of weeds. The county has been spraying along its roadways to keep weeds at bay, but the stubborn plants are sprouting in force along provincial highways.

County farmers have raised concerns about noxious weeds spreading from the ditches next to the

province’s two- and three-digit highways. Council two weeks ago approved the motion to issue weed notices to the province.

That means Alberta Transportation now has until Aug. 2 to get its contract sprayers out to deal with the highways running through the county.

County spokesperson Niki Thorsteinsson said provincial weed spraying has become more of an issue in recent years.

“I think the government has had a lot of cutbacks.

So what didn’t use to be an issue, for the last two or three years it’s sort of been creeping into an issue,”

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“Our council just decided that something needs to be done now.”

If the province doesn’t deal with the weeds, the county will step in to spray and will bill the costs back to the government.

Provincial government belt-tightening is not only affecting weed control. The county isn’t seeing as much mowing in the ditches along secondary highways as well.

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BERGEN SCULPTURES

Kickstarter campaign ‘a wash out’

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF It’s kind of a good-news-bad-news scenario for Central Alberta sculpture park investor Morton Burke.

A Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign Burke launched in June to try to recoup his investment in 19 monumental stone carvings, so he could donate them to a community for a sculpture park, turned out to be “a wash out.”

“I got one percent of the total I was hoping for,” said Burke, who had a goal of raising $75,000 in mind

by July 9. This would have allowed him to turn the first five sculptures over to an interested municipality.

He estimates each massive sculpture made during four international stone carving symposiums held from 2008 to 2012 (three were on his Bergen property and was one at Red Deer College) cost him $15,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.

This includes honouraria given to the participating international sculptors, their accommodations, tools and raw materials.

Burke needs to recoup this money so he can host more sculpture symposiums.

It’s also been his long-held dream to turn the created sculptures, now on display on his remote rural property, over to a municipality that would commit to starting a public sculpture park.

He believes the crowd-funding campaign did bring him closer to this goal.

Burke said the campaign stirred interest from several municipalities in possibly starting a sculpture park as a tourist attraction. “They were inquiring if they could purchase (the sculptures).”

While nothing has yet been solidified, Burke hopes it will soon.

“I learned a lot from the (crowd-funding) experience,” he added.

This time, Burke had no way of tracking where the donations were coming from. In future, he believes it would work better to tie a Kickstarter campaign to a particular community, so that a municipality could then drum up interest in a local sculpture park fundraiser.

Meanwhile, the sculptures can be viewed on his property this summer. (Directions can be obtained from the Sundre Tourism office, or on-line from mortonsculpting.blogspot.com). lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Dylan Marineau, 17, of Calgary, shows no fear at the Central Alberta Freestyle Club’s Try Freestyle Ski event on Saturday morning at Three Mile Bend, Red Deer.

2016 iteration of Western Days. The record was set in 2012 at 102,665. Last year 99,614 people attended.

Meghan Gustum, marketing manager for the Westerner, said the downturn in the Alberta economy may have played a role in the numbers; however, they were still quite happy with the turnout. She said that the evening concerts help to increase attendance and Thursday’s performance by the hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa drew a large crowd.

On opening day Wednesday, there were 13,739 guests, 20,227 on Friday, 19,456 on Saturday and 15,724 on Sunday. The planning for next year’s Westerner Days begins right away, Gustum said.

Local BRIEFS Westerner happy with turnout for fair, despite missing 100,000 goal While the attendance at Westerner Days was strong and enhanced by almost perfect weather, it wasn’t enough to push the 125th anniversary of the fair over the 100,000 mark.

However, the one-day record for a Thursday was surpassed when 23,133 people attended. The previous record was set in 2009 at 22,373.

Overall, 92,729 attended during the five days of the

Rocky RCMP hope to speak to man seen near garage sale Rocky Mountain House RCMP want to speak with a man who may have been attending garage sales on Saturday in the neighbourhood of 53rd Street and 54th Avenue in Rocky.

The man is described as wearing a light-coloured

polo-style shirt, light-coloured shorts, and a darkercoloured ball cap.

RCMP want to speak with the man in an effort to gather more information regarding an interaction the man had with another individual shortly after attending the garage sale.

Call the Rocky RCMP at 403-845-2882.

City looking for people to show off their off-grid energy projects The City of Red Deer is searching for people and groups who are willing and able to show off their off-grid energy projects. In partnership with Alberta Green Energy Doors Open, set for the second weekend in September, the city is inviting producers of decentralized energy to open their doors and show what they’ve done. Eligible projects must minimize the environmental impact of energy production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more online at www.gedo.ca or call Nancy Hackett, the city’s Environmental Initiatives Supervisor, 403-342-8751.

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NDP challenge coal power buying rule GOVERNMENT SAYS CONSUMERS LEFT ON THE HOOK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta government is going to court to challenge a regulation it says will saddle consumers with billions of dollars in losses from coal-fired power agreements.

The NDP says last-minute changes to a regulation passed secretly by the Progressive Conservatives in 2000 allows power companies to hand back agreements to buy electricity from coal-fired plants if actions by the government make them more unprofitable.

Deputy premier Sarah Hoffman said the government estimates these power purchasing arrangements could end up costing consumers up to $2 billion by 2020.

“Today our government is taking legal action to protect everyday Albertans from having to pay for the business losses of Alberta’s biggest and most profitable power companies,” Hoffman said Monday.

“We think this is not only unfair to Albertans, it is also unlawful.”

Hoffman said U.S.-based Enron lobbied the Alberta Tories for the change as part of the government’s plan to deregulate the province’s electricity market. Enron declared bankruptcy in 2001 following an accounting fraud scandal.

Hoffman said the Tory government at the time told Albertans that the risks of a deregulated electricity system would be shared by power companies.

She said the “Enron clause” did the opposite — it

set up a system where consumers bear all the risk.

“Our government believes that regular Albertans should not be on the hook for secret backroom deals between companies and the previous PC government.”

Hoffman said the clause was not included in more than a year of public hearings and the government took steps to hide the clause by exempting it from standard public disclosure.

Enmax Corporation has used the regulation to terminate its power purchasing arrangement. Earlier this year Enmax said the government’s decision to charge companies a higher tax on carbon dioxide emissions this year and in 2017 made the agreement unprofitable.

The government contends the Tories had no legal right to create such a legal loophole and is seeking a court order declaring the regulation to be void.

The NDP also wants a judge to quash a decision by a government agency called the Balancing Pool to accept Enmax’s decision to hand back its agreement.

Other companies that have served notice they intend to terminate such arrangements include TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP), Capital Power PPA Management (TSX:CPX) and the ASTC Power Partnership.

On Monday, Enmax issued a news release saying they have concerns with the accuracy of information in the filing.

“These legal agreements with the government have been in place and relied upon for 16 years, and were intended to be respected for a 20-year period

by an industry that has invested billions of dollars in Alberta during this time,” said the release.

“We are very disappointed that the government is retroactively challenging fundamental aspects that have been in place in these agreements since their inception.”

Capital Power Corp. also issued a statement Monday.

“We will exercise every legal avenue at our disposal to ensure that the Government of Alberta honours the terms of the PPAs,” said Capital Power president and CEO Brian Vaasjo.

“We believe the legal claim is without merit, and we will look to the courts to ensure that the Government of Alberta cannot retroactively amend an arrangement for which Albertan companies paid and upon which they have been relying in good faith for 16 years.”

Capital Power also called into question some of the government’s assertions.

“Today’s announcement by the Government of Alberta claims that the PPA terminations will result in consumers bearing up to $2 billion in costs between now and 2020. This claim is misleading because it is incomplete. Based on available public information, the Balancing Pool can reduce its liability to an estimated $950-million by terminating the PPAs that were recently turned back to them, or to an estimated $635-million by terminating some PPAs, and retaining and managing others.”

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Senate to claw back portion of Duffy’s salary

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy is going to find his Senate paycheque will soon be a little lighter.

The Senate is going to start clawing back Duffy’s salary after the Prince Edward Island senator refused to repay almost $17,000 in disputed expense claims before Saturday’s deadline.

Duffy also opted against having an outside arbitrator hear arguments in the case.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Leo Housakos, chairman of the upper chamber’s internal economy committee, says the Senate must now garnishee Duffy’s salary under the dispute resolution policy set up in response to the auditor general’s audit.

Jacqui Delaney says the details of how much will be clawed back, and for how long, are still being worked out.

The Senate previously withheld a percentage of Sen. Patrick Brazeau’s salary until the upper chamber recouped about $49,000 in disputed housing expenses.

Duffy was not immediately available for comment Monday.

The Senate decided last month that it wanted the money back after taking a second look at seven claims totalling $16,995. Senate officials said the action came about because of new information that “had surfaced in the public domain” during Duffy’s criminal trial.

The claims range from $10,000 for a personal trainer to $8 for personal photos.

Duffy’s lawyer told the Senate that the one-time Conservative senator’s spending was given the allclear by an Ontario Court judge earlier this year when Duffy was acquitted of 31 criminal charges.

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NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert carries a trans flag following a press conference about the private members’ bill he brought forward in the legislative assembly following a press conference at the Legislature in Victoria, B.C., Monday. The bill, which helps to entrench protections for members of the trans community, was unanimously endorsed and passed in a single day on Monday. also transported to area hospitals by ground for treatment and the extent of their injuries is also unknown.

Traffic was rerouted around the scene after the highway was closed at about 2 p.m. for several hours.

Police continue to investigate.

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Crop Production Services Canada Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon provincial court last week to failing to provide enough safety measures in an area with moving machinery.

Court was told that a worker lost his left hand in April 2014 when it became entangled in a conveyor near Elstow.

Police in say nine-month-old baby died of blunt force trauma

BRIEFS Seven people injured in collision between Olds and Sundre Seven people were injured when two vehicles collided between Olds and Sundre on Sunday afternoon.

RCMP said two occupants in a car that was southbound were waiting at the Little Red Deer River Store approach, wanting to enter Hwy 27. Police said they may have been headed eastbound.

The car pulled out onto Hwy 27 in front of a westbound SUV with five occupants and was T-boned, RCMP said.

The driver of the SUV was subsequently airlifted to a Calgary hospital and was later released. The four other occupants were transported by ground to area hospitals for treatment and the extent of their injuries was unknown.

The driver and other occupant of the car were

LETHBRIDGE — Police in southern Alberta say a nine-month-old baby died from blunt force trauma.

EMS were called to a home in Lethbridge on April 28 and found Austin Wright in cardiac arrest and not breathing.

He was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

An autopsy found the baby died as a result of blunt force trauma that was not consistent with a fall.

Company fined after Saskatchewan worker loses hand in machinery accident SASKATOON — A Calgary company has been ordered to pay a fine and surcharge totalling $140,000 after a worker lost a hand in an accident at a Saskatchewan job site.

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Parks Canada scales back recovery operation for missing Calgary boy FIELD, B.C. — Parks Canada says it has scaled back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C. Two boys ended up in the river near the Takkakaw Falls on Friday evening while visiting Yoho National Park with their family.

One of them was quickly rescued, but the other was swept downstream, Parks Canada spokeswoman Tania Peters said.

Dwight Bordin, also of Parks Canada, said helicopters were continuing to monitor the area on Monday after an extensive search on the weekend.

He said a 20-kilometre stretch of river includes some challenging terrain.

“The water volumes are high and the water is milky. There’s about 4.5 kilometres of canyon with rock shelves that are very narrow, and downstream there’s lots of debris, boulders and log jams.”

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THE ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 26, 2016

America’s mysterious distaste for Clinton

BY THOMAS WALKOM SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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epublicans loathe her. Democrats suspect her. Polls show her to be one of the most unpopular presidential candidates in modern American history.

What is it about Hillary Clinton?

In theory, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the U.S. presidency should be golden. She is experienced. She is moderate.

A centre-right Democrat, she straddles the class divide — with support from organized labour as well as Wall Street.

On foreign affairs she is a liberal hawk in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson and John F. Kennedy.

When Barack Obama praised her as the most qualified presidential nominee ever, he wasn’t far off.

Still, she is struggling.

During the primaries, she had a hard time shaking off a challenge from Bernie Sanders, a self-declared socialist who had only recently joined the Democratic Party.

On the eve of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that will formally name her the party’s presidential nominee, polls have her neck and

neck with the even more unpopular Donald Trump, her Republican rival.

Clinton has long been controversial.

As first lady to former president Bill Clinton, she played an unusually visible role in government — in particular masterminding a health-care reform package that ultimately failed.

The Clintons’ time in the White House was marked by a series of socalled scandals with names like Whitewater and Travelgate that, for most people, have long vanished into the mists of time.

An independent prosecutor later concluded that Hillary Clinton had done nothing wrong in any of these.

Nonetheless, they damaged her.

Critics were unable to pierce Bill Clinton’s glad-handing popularity. But Hillary was easier prey. By the time the Clintons left the White House, a notion — not entirely without merit — had taken root in the public mind that she sometimes skirted the truth.

Today, the Republicans blame Hillary Clinton for every foreign policy mistake of the Obama administration.

And it is true that Clinton, as Obama’s secretary of state, bears some responsibility for the 2011 war against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi that left that country in chaos.

But it’s also true that those years

from 2009 to 2013 marked a high point for Clinton’s popularity. Indeed, it was only after the latest scandal — her use of a private server to host government emails — broke in 2015 that Clinton’s poll numbers began to collapse again.

On the face of it, the email scandal should have appealed only to IT aficionados. Her stated and very plausible motive for using a private cellphone on government business was that she didn’t want to carry two mobile devices.

However, this was Hillary Clinton. Once again, an investigation was launched. Once again, she was cleared of criminal wrongdoing (although not of bad judgment) — this time by the FBI. A House investigation into another soi-disant Clinton scandal — her role in the 2012 attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans — found no evidence of negligence on her part.

But both contretemps served to reawaken the old doubts. In May, one pollster interviewed Americans with a negative view of Clinton.

It found, to no one’s surprise, that 50 per cent of Republicans polled found her untrustworthy.

More alarmingly for the Democratic presidential candidate, it found that 39

per cent of Democrats polled held the same view.

Now she is in Trump’s crosshairs.

There are only two themes to his campaign. The first is that the U.S. is in dire trouble. The second is that Hillary Clinton is a criminal. The fact that “lock her up” became the defining chant of last week’s Republican convention was almost certainly no accident.

Does she deserve all the opprobrium? Probably not. On the truthfulness scale, Clinton may not score 100. But she does better than Trump who, at one point in the primaries suggested that the father of one of his rivals had been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

So what is it about Hillary? Michael Arnovitz, a blogger from Oregon, sifts through the evidence and concludes that, in large part, she is paying the political price of being a strong woman playing what is traditionally viewed as a man’s game.

It’s hard to imagine that this could be true in 2016, in a world that has lionized leaders like Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi. But I confess I can’t think of anything else.

Thomas Walkom is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Solar Impulse impressive, not ready for prime time GWYNNE DYER OPINION

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s I write this, Solar Impulse is already in the air on the last 48-hour leg of its remarkable journey: the first round-the world flight by an aircraft that uses no fuel except sunlight. By the time you read it, pilot Bertrand Piccard will probably have landed in Abu Dhabi, to global acclaim. And you can’t help wondering: is this the future of flight?

There are about 100,000 commercial flights per day, and the aviation industry burns just under 300 billion litres of fuel each year. Commercial aircraft are responsible for about two per cent of the human race’s carbon dioxide emissions.

So electric airplanes that burn no fossil fuel would be very helpful, and Bertrand Piccard thinks that this is indeed the future. “I make the bet that in 10 years we will have electric aeroplanes flying with 50 passengers for short- to medium-haul flights,” he said.

“You can fly with no pollution and no noise, and land in urban airports, making no disturbance for the neighbours. … And maybe sometime people will say this all started with a crazy RED DEER

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idea of flying around the world in a solar aeroplane, and the outcome was useful for everyone.”

But Solar Impulse, with the wingspan of a jumbo jet, can carry just one person. Photoelectric cells on the wings power it during the day, and recharge the batteries that take it through the night (barely) — but its average speed is only 75 km/hr, and it took 17 flights and 15 months to travel around the world, so we are still a long way from the Promised Land.

You can’t just scale Solar Impulse up and get an electric-powered commercial aircraft that carries 50 people, let alone the 500 passengers that they can jam into a long-haul 747 or A380.

The basic problem is coming up with light-weight, high-capacity “traction” batteries — ones designed to provide the main power for large vehicles for a period of hours — and progress on this front has been very slow.

Traction batteries are still nowhere near the weight-to-power ratio that would be needed for an airliner, and there are no signs of an imminent breakthrough. Solar Impulse may equal a Boeing 747 in size, but it weighs only two tonnes. (The empty weight of a 747 is 129 tonnes.) So we should not expect electric airliners any time soon, and people are not going to stop flying voluntarily. Is there any hope out there?

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no other energy source provides as much power for the same weight.

(There are no coal-fired aircraft.) But what the engines need is just a high-octane fuel; they don’t care where it comes from.

There are two other places it might come from. One way is by growing oilrich algae in giant vats (salt water or waste-water will do), and crushing it to separate the oil, which can then be refined in the usual way to extract an octane fuel. Exxon Mobil and Synthetic Genomics have spent $100 million on this project since 2009, but they still have much work to do in creating the fast-growing, high-oil-content algae that would make it commercially viable.

The other way is by taking carbon-dioxide directly out of the air, and using a catalyst to combine it with hydrogen to create an octane fuel. Several teams have working prototypes of machines that will extract the carbon dioxide from the air at a modest cost in energy, and the hydrogen can be obtained just by splitting water molecules.

In both cases burning the fuel will, of course, produce carbon dioxide, but it will be precisely the same carbon dioxide that was originally taken from the air to combine with hydrogen or grow the algae — so the process as a whole is carbon-neutral. Since this approach would not require replacing or even modifying the entire 25,000-strong

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fleet of commercial aircraft, it is certainly more promising for the short and medium term.

There is another potential environmental problem linked to fuel-burning aircraft, and that is the “contrails” (condensation trails) they often leave behind them. The contrails are formed by water vapour from the engine exhaust that freezes when the humidity is high and the air temperature is low, usually in the upper troposphere. They can last a long time and spread out until they turn into cirrus clouds covering large parts of the sky.

Such clouds let most sunlight pass through inbound, but reflect heat back to the surface in the night-time. How big an impact contrails have on global warming is still not settled, but it may be as big as the effect of carbon dioxide from aviation fuel. Conventional aircraft can only avoid contrails by flying lower, which means higher fuel consumption and much more turbulence — but electric aircraft would not leave contrails at any altitude.

So congratulations to Bertrand Piccard and Solar Impulse’s other pilot, Andre Borschberg. Maybe we will have electric airliners one of these days, if only somebody can come up with the right battery — but in the meantime we should be working hard on making carbon-neutral fuel.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Dion meets with Russian foreign minister

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberal government turned the page on two years of acrimony between Canada and Russia on Monday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion sat down for his first formal meeting with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

The 30-minute discussion took place in the tiny country of Laos, where Dion and Lavrov were attending an annual meeting of Southeast Asian nations.

Sources say the location was chosen because it represented neutral ground for the two sides.

The meeting was the first of its kind between Canada and Russia in years.

The previous Conservative government steadfastly refused to meet with anyone from the Kremlin until Russia

left Crimea, the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in March 2014.

As a result, contacts between the two countries had been largely limited to technical discussions between bureaucrats.

The Liberal government has said it remains committed to standing with Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. To that end, Dion spokesman Joseph Pickerill said the minister had “frank discussions” with Lavrov about Russian actions in Ukraine and other parts of eastern Europe, as well as in Syria.

But the ministers also talked about the potential for co-operation in the Arctic, space and counter-terrorism — areas the Russians have been keen to focus on as they have attempted to change the channel away from Ukraine.

Opposition parties want probe of Phoenix ‘debacle’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As the federal government was scrambling to make sure hundreds of civil servants get paid this week, the opposition parties joined forces Monday to call for emergency hearings into the government’s problem-plagued new payroll system.

Newly released documents from one of the government’s biggest departments show that questions about “critical defects” in the so-called Phoenix system were going unanswered just weeks before its scheduled launch.

Both the Conservatives and New Democrats demanded the government operations committee be recalled to talk about how Phoenix has resulted in tens of thousands of civil servants being improperly paid —or not paid at all.

“I would hope that Liberal committee members would welcome an opportunity to examine what lead to this fiasco, why it has taken so long to get clear answers, and why we have yet to receive clear timelines for resolution of numerous problems,” NDP public works critic Erin Weir said in a statement.

“In any workplace, we would expect the employer to pay its employees correctly and on time without compromising their personal information.

It’s embarrassing that the Canadian government is not meeting these basic obligations.”

Even though a Conservative MP heads the committee, the opposition parties were one member shy of forcing a meeting without the help of the Liberals.

House of Commons rules require at least four members to sign off on a written request for a meeting, and the committee has three opposition members, not including Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski, who sits as its chairman.

The Commons clerk had yet to receive a formal request Monday, let alone one with four signatories, said

Lukiwski.

“We are truly disappointed to see the Liberal members of this committee ignore our request to convene an emergency meeting,” said Conservative public services critic Steven Blaney.

“After reaching out to their offices, and receiving no response, it is clear that this issue is not a priority for them.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that the clerk of the Privy Council, which advises him and his cabinet on government operations, would head up efforts to fix the system, which has left more than 80,000 civil servants facing pay issues.

That figure includes 720 government employees who haven’t received paycheques at all, in some cases for months, forcing many to borrow money or max out credit cards to pay their bills.

The government has promised nearly 500 of those employees that they would receive paycheques by this Wednesday, but acknowledged fixing the pay problems for the others could take months.

Officials were expected to provide an update by Thursday on progress toward resolving the issues.

Public Services Minister Judy Foote said she believes the system’s failings are rooted in inadequate training. But the union representing nearly 600 employees at the government’s centralized pay centre in Miramichi, N.B., is disputing that.

Centre employees have complained of problems with the software the previous Conservative government purchased from IBM to manage its compensation system, said the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

A memo to the deputy minister at Employment and Social Development Canada in March — less than a month before Phoenix was to “go live” in April — revealed frustrations with the pay system, and an apparent lack of communications between the department and those responsible for the launch.

Witnesses say Bain never showed signs of disliking francophones

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

PQ SHOOTING

MONTREAL — Defence witnesses at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial portrayed him Monday as someone who never appeared at odds with francophones.

Bain is charged in the shooting death of lighting technician Denis Blanchette outside the Metropolis nightclub on Sept. 4, 2012, as Parti Quebecois premier-designate Pauline Marois was inside celebrating her party’s election victory.

During his arrest, Bain was caught on film shouting, in French, ‘The English Are Waking Up.” The Crown alleges he told psychiatrist Marie-Frederique Allard his plan that night was to kill as many Quebec separatists as possible, including Marois.

On Monday, however, the defence called witnesses who said they never saw any sign of tension between Bain, 65, and French-speaking Quebecers.

“To me, he was a normal employee,” said Hans Pearsson, a colleague of Bain’s at a copper factory before the accused retired in 2008. “He was never violent. He never talked about anglo rights.”

Alain Goyer, who worked under Bain, said his supervisor was very human, was concerned about the working conditions of employees, encouraged his colleagues and always had a kind word for them.

Goyer said he continued to have a good relationship with Bain after his supervisor’s retirement.

But he said he had noticed a dramatic change in Bain’s behaviour around the time of a three-week lockout in 2007. He testified the accused had become impatient, authoritarian,

nervous and less focused and that even his body language had changed.

Another witness, Roger David, said he has known Bain for 35 years because his parents had a chalet near Bain’s.

He testified he never witnessed any discord between Bain and his father or with any other francophones.

David did say he noticed a change in Bain’s behaviour when he retired, saying he joined a religious group and began talking about religion.

Bain’s elder brother, Robert, confirmed the change in attitude.

“You could no longer reason with him, to make him change his mind,” he testified.

“He’d be fine one minute, then excitable. Very emotional.”

Robert Bain said his brother visited him and his wife in hospital the day of the election and asked him if he knew where the Metropolis was.

“He was calm, normal,” he said, adding his sibling showed no sign of hostility at that moment toward francophones or Marois.

“He was friends with them. He grew up with them. He lived with them.”

Defence lawyer Alan Guttman has said he will try to show Bain should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder — an argument based largely on Bain’s consumption of antidepressants, which apparently caused him to lose contact with reality.

Bain also faces three charges of attempted murder and two arson-related counts. He has pleaded not guilty to all six.

The trial continues Tuesday.

While the Liberals promised during last year’s election campaign to re-engage with Russia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been facing calls to keep up the pressure.

The government agreed earlier this month to organize a 1,000-strong NATO battle group in Latvia whose mission is to dissuade neighbouring Russia from flexing its muscles in the Baltic state.

The U.S., United Kingdom and Germany are organizing similar forces in Poland, Estonia and Lithuania.

Earlier this month, during the NATO leaders’ summit in Warsaw, where the Latvia mission was unveiled, Dion told The Canadian Press that it was “terribly unfortunate” that Canada had to send military forces to Eastern Europe. But he also said it made sense to talk to the Russians.

“Canada will be strong on deter-

rence and strong on dialogue. We need to do both,” Dion said. “It’s important for our allies, including Ukraine. It’s important for our own interests. After all, Russia is our neighbour in the Arctic.”

The meeting between Dion and Lavrov has been welcomed by Russian officials, who are hoping for a fresh start in relations between the two countries.

But it generated mixed reactions from opposition parties.

Russia needs to be isolated for its annexation of Crimea and its ongoing support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, said Conservative defence critic James Bezan.

“As long as Russia is not de-escalating those activities and reducing tensions in the region, including in the Baltics, we shouldn’t be talking to them,” Bezan said.

Drinking water measures could be in place for months due to oil spill: official

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SASKATCHEWAN

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Communities affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River can expect precautionary drinking water measures to be in place for weeks or even months, says a Saskatchewan government official.

“It’s not going to be a short-term event,” Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency said Monday.

“It could go on for some time.”

Two cities downstream from the Husky Energy pipeline leak near Maidstone, Sask., have stopped drawing water from the river.

North Battleford shut down its intake on Friday and is relying on a limited supply from wells.

Officials say the oily plume reached Prince Albert, a city of 35,000 people, on Monday. Residents in the area are being urged to conserve water and not use that part of the river for recreation. Hospitals are looking at alternative water supplies.

Ferris estimates the water supplies of close to 70,000 people have been affected so far and that the slick has travelled about 370 kilometres.

About 200,000 to 250,000 litres are estimated to have spilled — the equivalent of two rail tank cars.

Lo Cheng with the federal department Environment and Climate Change Canada, said it’s investigating whether Husky broke any laws.

She also confirmed that some oil sunk below the surface of the river, complicating the cleanup job.

About 70,000 litres of an oil-soil mixture have been cleaned up around the source of the leak and another 118,000 litres of oily water has been skimmed from the river, but officials don’t know how much oil has been recovered.

Five booms have been placed on the river with “varied levels of success,” said Wes Kotyk with Saskatchewan’s Environment Ministry. He added that four birds, one frog and one fish have died as a result of the spill so far.

Calgary-based Husky, which is controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, has apologized.

“We realize this has been a very challenging time for everybody, with the spill impacting people, the environment and local businesses,” said Al Pate, the company vice-president overseeing the response.

“We’re deeply sorry this has happened. We accept full responsibility for the event and for the cleanup and we will make things right.”

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Blood on the ground AT LEAST 19 KILLED, ABOUT 20 INJURED IN KNIFING NEAR TOKYO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAGAMIHARA, Japan — At least 19 people were killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just outside Tokyo in the worst mass killing in generations in Japan.

Police said they responded to a call at about 2:30 a.m. from an employee saying something horrible was happening at the facility in the city of Sagamihara, 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Tokyo.

A man turned himself in at a police station about two hours later, police in Sagamihara said. He left the knife in his car when he entered the station. He has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and trespassing.

Officials in Kanagawa prefecture, which borders Tokyo, identified the suspect as Satoshi Uematsu, and said he had worked at the facility until February. Japanese media reports said he was 26 years old.

He entered the building about 2:10 a.m. by breaking a glass window on the first floor of a residential building at the facility, Shinya Sakuma, head of prefectural health and welfare division, said at a news conference.

Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa expressed his condolences to the victims.

The Sagamihara City fire department says that 19 people were confirmed dead in the attack. The fire department said doctors at the scene confirmed the deaths.

The death toll could make this the worst mass killing in Japan in the post-Second World War era.

A woman who lives across from the facility told Japanese broadcaster NHK that she saw police cars enter the facility around 3:30 a.m.

“I was told by a policeman to stay inside my house, as it could be dangerous,” she said. “Then ambulances began arriving, and blood-covered people were taken away.”

Japanese broadcaster NTV reported that Uematsu was upset because he had been fired, but that could not be independently confirmed.

The facility, called the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, is home to about 150 adult residents who have mental disabilities, Japan’s Kyodo News service said.

Television footage showed a number of ambulances parked outside, with medical and other rescue workers running in and out.

Mass killings are relatively rare in Japan, which

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police officers standing guard are reflected on a road mirror near the Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the handicapped, where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack in Sagamihara, outside of Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday. Police said they responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday from an employee saying something horrible was happening at the facility. A man turned himself in at a police station about two hours later, police said. has extremely strict gun-control laws. In 2008, seven people were killed by a man who slammed a truck into a crowd of people in central Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district and then stabbed passers-by.

In 2001, a man killed eight children and injured 13 others in a knife attack at an elementary school in the city of Osaka. The incident shocked Japan and led to increased security at schools.

More recently, 14 were injured in 2010 by an unemployed man who stabbed and beat up passengers on two public buses outside a Japanese train station

Mom of slain Florida teen warned son of nightclub shootings

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Iraq checkpoint 9 die in Baghdad

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Dave Allen, left, and Ryan Caviness, pray for the victims of a deadly shooting outside the Club Blu nightclub in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday. Police said the gunfire, which erupted at a swimsuit-themed party for teens, was not an act of terrorism. Caviness’ cousin was friends with Stef’an Strawder, who died in the shooting.

The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. Monday, just as the club was closing and parents were picking up their children.

Security guard Brandy Mclaughlin, who was hired for the event, said she saw someone with a semi-automatic rifle open fire, with the attack sounding like “firecrackers.” Her car was hit in the spray of bullets.

“The rapper was upset, someone not being able to perform,” she said. “It wasn’t targeted, terrorist or gays, or anything like that. It wasn’t a black or white situation. It was an idiot. An idiot with a firearm.”

Club owner Cheryl Filardi, who said she was in the back room when the shots rang out, said at least 10 security guards were hired for the party — two in the parking lot, one or two at the door and the rest floating inside.

She said the club has had four or five teen parties over the past half-dozen years, and this was the second one this summer. She said the parties are something positive for a rough and often-violent neighbourhood.

UN mission in Afghanistan finds children bear brunt of war

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL — The number of children killed or wounded in Afghanistan’s conflict surged in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period last year, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said on Monday.

The daunting figures came in a mid-year report

by UNAMA, released just days after the deadliest bombing to hit Kabul since the insurgency began in 2001, following the U.S. invasion to topple the Taliban’s brutal regime.

On Saturday, at least 80 people were killed and 231 wounded in a suicide attack on a peaceful demonstration of the Afghan minority Shiite Hazara community. Most of those killed were civilians.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, fueling concerns that the extremists, who have had a presence in the remote eastern bor-

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT MYERS, Fla. — With the Orlando massacre still fresh on everyone’s mind, the mother of a young man who was slain at a nightclub early Monday had warned her son about what to do if there were a shooting: “hit the floor, find a table.”

But when gunfire erupted at the Club Blu parking lot, 18-year-old Stef’an Strawder didn’t have anywhere to hide. He was killed along with a 14-year-old boy, and 17 other people ranging in age from 12 to 27 were wounded during a swimsuit-themed party for teens.

“I told him to look for all the exits if any kind of shooting would go off, to hit the floor, find a table and get out of the way … because I thought about the people in Orlando. That was a big thing,” Strawder’s mother, Stephanie White, told The Associated Press.

Since the shooting happened in the parking lot, “He didn’t have that chance,” she said.

Florida is again reeling from a mass shooting at a nightclub, but instead of being committed by an extremist spouting Islamist ideology, this rampage may have started with an argument over a rap performance. Police have not yet released a motive.

The shooting at a venue tucked in a strip mall also left 14-year-old Sean Archilles dead, and a state and its governor grappling with another tragedy. The massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub last month killed 49 and wounded dozens of others.

“The positive is we are at a 45-year low in our crime rate. The negatives - I can’t imagine this happening to any person in our state. I don’t want this to happen to anybody in my state. The 20 million people who live here, the probably 150 million people who visit here. We just want everybody to be safe,” Gov. Rick Scott told reporters at a news conference in Fort Myers.

He said gun laws are not to blame. “The Second Amendment has never shot anybody. The evil did this.”

Fort Myers interim Police Chief Dennis Eads said the shooting was not an act of terror. Police detained three people and were searching for others, he added. He declined to give a motive for the shooting or discuss details, saying the investigation is ongoing.

Hours after the shooting, police had marked more than two dozen shell casings in the parking lot outside the club.

in Ibaraki Prefecture, about 25 miles (40 kilometres) northeast of Tokyo.

A man who lives near the site of the latest attack said he was shocked such an attack happened in the quiet, semi-rural area near Mount Takao, a mountain popular with hikers.

“I never imagined such a horrible thing happening,” said Chikara Inabayashi, who was tending his watermelon patch. “I was astonished, that’s the only thing I can say.”

der regions near Pakistan for the past year, plan to raise their profile in Afghanistan as they rack up losses in their heartland in Iraq and Syria.

The figures from Saturday’s attack are not part of UNAMA’s report, which documents casualties between January 1 and June 30 this year.

The report says that one-third of the casualties during those six months were children, with 388 killed and 1,121 wounded. That’s 18 per cent more than during the first half of 2015.

Ahmad Shuja, Afghanistan researcher for New York-based Human Rights Watch, attributed the alarming rise in the number of deaths and injuries to children to a changing landscape of war.

Whereas the Taliban previously relied on hit-andrun tactics and the use of remotely-detonated explosives, now they engage in ground battles with government troops, and often deliberately target schools, community centres and civilian homes, Shuja told The Associated Press.

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi officials said, while a string of bombings in the Iraqi capital killed nine more people.

Monday’s checkpoint bombing took place at one of the busy entrances to the town of Khalis, about 80 kilometres north of the Iraqi capital, a police officer said. The town is a Shiite enclave surrounded by Sunni areas in the restive Diyala province.

Eight policemen and six civilians were killed and up to 41 people were wounded, the officers said, adding that the explosion also damaged nearly 20 cars lined up at the checkpoint.

In an online statement, IS group claimed responsibility for the attack. The Associated Press could not verify the authenticity of the statement, but it was posted on a militant website commonly used by the extremists.

In Baghdad, separate bomb explosions rocked three commercial areas — Ghazaliya, Bayaa and alAmeen — later on Monday, killing nine and wounding 26, police said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for these attacks, which bore the hallmarks of the extremist Islamic State group. Commercial areas and big gatherings of Shiite followers are among the most common targets for the extremist group.

Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures.

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Sanders’ backers divided on Clinton

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Sanders tried to calm tensions among his delegates Monday at the Democratic National Convention but some weren’t in a listening mood, seething over a lengthy primary campaign and a damaging email disclosure.

Sanders’ delegates chanted the Vermont senator’s name during the start of the convention and booed lustily at early mentions of rival Hillary Clinton.

When Sanders took the stage as the night’s final speaker, he acknowledged that many of his supporters were disappointed. “I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am,” he said.

Drawing loud cheers throughout, Sanders offered a detailed comparison of Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on an array of policy issues, portraying the election as a simple choice.

“Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here tonight,” he said.

Behind the scenes, Sanders and his campaign pleaded with his delegates not to disrupt the proceedings. In an email earlier in the day to delegates, he said the credibility of his movement would be “damaged by booing, turning of backs, walking out or other similar displays.”

Yet many die-hard backers of Sanders they weren’t ready to coalesce around Clinton’s presidential bid despite his pleas.

Their frustration was on display a day after Democratic party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced she would step down at the end of the convention. Sanders’ loyalists heckled her at a Florida delegation breakfast and many expressed dismay that Clinton had given the Florida congresswoman the position of honorary chair of the campaign’s “50-state program.” She did not appear at the convention podium and later watched the proceedings from a private suite.

“I’m really annoyed,” said Michigan delegate Bruce Fealk. “I want to support Bernie, but I also want to voice my displeasure with the Democratic Party.”

Fealk said he viewed the emergence of hacked DNC emails, which suggested favouritism of Clinton, as a revelation and evidence of the party’s disrespect for progressives. Others said they simply couldn’t support Clinton.

“No, never, not in a million years, no. I wouldn’t vote for her for dog catcher,” said Melissa Arab, of Shelby Township, Michigan.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday.

From the podium, however, some of Sanders’ allies noted their progress in influencing the party’s platform and moving to reduce the influence of superdelegates, party leaders and elected officials who help decide the nomination.

“I stand with my Democratic family in making sure we win this fall,” said Maine lawmaker Diane Russell, a Sanders supporter. “We are all in this together and we will all have a voice in the Clinton administration.”

Earlier, at a raucous meeting with his delegates,

Sanders implored them to get behind Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, and defeat Trump. But his appeals elicited a mix of boos and cheers, as delegates shouted, “We want Bernie!”

Sanders’ appeal was enough for Deborah Adams, of Cheraw, South Carolina, who served as a whip for the 14 Sanders delegates from her state’s delegation.

“I think every delegate should follow Senator Sanders’ request,” Adams said. “We’ve worked hard as a movement. It gives us a black eye if we don’t control our emotions.”

Turkey issues warrants for 42 journalists amid criticism

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Monday issued warrants for the detention of 42 journalists suspected of links to the alleged organizers of a failed military uprising, intensifying concerns that a sweeping crackdown on alleged coup plotters could target media for any news coverage critical of the government.

While the Turkish government said it is investigating the journalists for possible criminal conduct rather than their reporting, critics warned that a state of emergency imposed after the July 15 coup attempt poses a threat to freedom of expression.

“We fear there will be a witch hunt which would

include journalists known as ‘critical’ against the government. Because they are putting all journalists into one bag,” said Ahmet Abakay, president of the Progressive Journalists’ Association, a media group based in the Turkish capital Ankara. He said the situation was “very dangerous for every journalist” and that government warnings to reporters to be careful would lead to self-censorship.

“By rounding up journalists, the government is failing to make a distinction between criminal acts and legitimate criticism,” said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe.

More than 13,000 people in the military, judiciary and other institutions have been detained since the uprising, which killed about 290 people. In the latest

purge, Turkish Airlines, the national carrier, said it has terminated the contracts of 221 employees. It said the contracts were ended for problems including conduct contrary to the national interest, such as “sponsoring” the movement of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of fomenting the insurrection.

Those fired included seven people in managerial positions and 15 pilots, according to the private Turkish news agency Dogan.

Also Monday, security forces caught seven fugitive soldiers accused of raiding a hotel in the resort town of Marmaris shortly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan left it on the night of July 15, bringing the number of those detained for the attack to 25.

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PROJECT: Recognized by other organizations “It gives people a picture of what the future can be for places such as Blackfalds and Lacombe, who are going to be doing the same thing as we are. Also, eventually maybe Sylvan Lake. It shows how a regional sewer can be built and make it in such a matter that it works successfully, so we can treat the effluent and everybody lives well.”

With the provincial government continually raising standards for wastewater treatment systems, many of the communities in the region were reaching capacity in their existing systems and were under pressure to perform costly upgrades.

The Town of Olds had been forced to slow the pace of growth because it’s sewer system was nearing capacity, said Cooper.

Innisfail was also under pressure, so Bowden was dragged in by default, although its lagoon system had a life expectancy of 25 years, said Mayor Robb Stuart, who is now chair of the commission.

Although Bowden represents only five per cent of the system’s total capacity, the amount charged to ratepayers for waste treatment tripled to $1.95 per cubic metre to cover upgrades to its lifting station and its share of the line costs, said Stuart.

“In the big picture, on the Town of Bowden’s side, it was kind of a sticker shock,” said Stuart.

“We were glad to do our part for the environment, really, whether it costs us money or not.”

Cooper said changes in practices and regulations have made a remarkable difference along the river, which no longer carries the algae growth that could be seen downstream from wastewater treatment plants.

Along with the APWA award, the Red Deer South system has been recognized by a number of other organizations, including Project of the Year from the APWA’s Alberta chapter, the Summit Award for Project of the Year from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and an Award of Excellence from the Consulting Engineers of Alberta, said Chief Operating Officer Bob Jenkins, former Lacombe town manager.

Of course, cutting-edge projects of the Red Deer South’s scope do not come without their headaches, said Jenkins.

The system is built to a much larger capacity than what it currently carries, so the wastewater in the line moves very slowly and decomposes along the way, creating a foul odour that is gassed off at the four lift stations and at a site in the northeast corner of Red Deer.

People living near the site have complained of gas odours so strong, they have been made sick to their stomachs. One of the residents has been asked to keep a log of the incidents and engineers responsible for the system are working on ways to fix the problem and alleviate their distress, said Jenkins.

The Red Deer South System replaces municipal facilities for all six of the six communities involved.

The Waskasoo system, which had piped wastewater to the Red Deer plant from Penhold, continues to serve Springbrook and Gasoline Alley.

Plans are in the works for two more regional systems, serving municipalities north and west of Red Deer.

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TOP: Case boring under Hwy 2.

ABOVE: Penhold Lift Station Inlet Chamber and oversized pipe.

WEEDS: Province has cut back on work Quinton Beaumont, the county’s director of agricultural services, said the county was initially told earlier this year that because of government finances no weed spraying or mowing would be done in the municipality.

“The provincial government has really cut back on the amount of work they’re doing, especially in this part of the world.”

Later, the county was told one mowing pass would

be made and the county had to pick June or August dates.

Rural residents have also been phoning the county with concerns about the height of grass along provincial routes. Besides hindering visibility, drivers worry the grass hides wildlife that might pop out of the vegetation to cross the road.

Alberta Transportation has responded by encouraging farmers to take out permits for haying along the ditches. Information is available online at www. transportation.alberta.ca.

A number of weeds are classified as noxious in the county including: Canadian thistle, absinthe wormwood, perennial sow thistle, white cockle, oxeye daisy, scentless chamomile and yellow toadflax.

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B.C targets foreign buyers PROVINCE TO BRING IN A 15 PER CENT ADDITIONAL TAX

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

REAL ESTATE

VICTORIA — Foreign buyers in Vancouver’s scorching real estate market will soon pay a new tax that Premier Christy Clark says is aimed at making housing more affordable for British Columbia’s middle-class buyers.

The government took aim at foreign buyers Monday, highlighting housing data that indicates they spent more than $1 billion on B.C. property in a fiveweek period starting June 10, with 86 per cent of that spending recorded in the Lower Mainland area.

Clark’s Liberals have signalled for months that change was coming for the real estate industry, tackling unscrupulous sales practises and offering tax incentives to first-time home buyers, but it was previously lukewarm to calls to act on foreign investment.

Clark said recent housing data played a large part in the government’s decision to levy the additional

property transfer tax on foreign buyers.

“There is evidence now that suggests very wealthy foreign buyers have raised the overall price of housing for people in B.C.,” she said at a news held in front of a local commercial and residential construction project.

“If we are going to put British Columbians first, and that is what we are intending to do, we need to make sure we do everything we can to try and keep housing affordable,” said Clark. “Ultimately, the goal is to affect the demand by making sure it’s maybe a little tougher for foreign buyers to find their way into our market.”

Finance Minister Mike de Jong, who flanked Clark at the news conference, said recent housing data helped persuade the government to impose the

15-per-cent tax on property transfers.

“We have a better sense of the degree of that today than we did even a month-and-a-half or two months ago,” he said, adding that revenue from the tax would be used to fund housing, rental and support programs.

The additional tax for foreign buyers takes effect Aug. 2. It means a foreign buyer would pay an additional $300,000 in tax on a $2-million purchase.

All purchasers have to pay a one-per-cent tax on the first $200,000 of their purchase, two per cent on the remaining value up to $2 million, and three per cent on the portion above that.

Last month, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said its benchmark price for detached properties in Vancouver had risen above $1.5 million.

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Verizon faces challenges after Yahoo takeover

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Verizon’s deal for Yahoo could give the phone company a stronger foothold in digital advertising as it takes what it knows about its customers’ whereabouts and combines that with Yahoo’s popular destinations and AOL’s advertising expertise.

To boost traffic and revenue even more, Verizon could also ship some phones with Yahoo apps already installed.

Ultimately, Verizon could do what Yahoo alone could not: make money off its highly trafficked properties, such as Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance.

But Verizon also faces the same challenges a stand-alone Yahoo had: how to get better ad rates through personalization and targeting, when Google and Facebook are already adept at that.

Although the new Verizon would be No. 3 in the $60 billion U.S. market for digital advertising, “one shouldn’t delude themselves into thinking that it’s a close third place,” MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett said. “They’re third place in a two-player market. Ad dollars are going to Google and Facebook and they’re coming out of everyone else.”

According to eMarketer, Google and Facebook had a combined 55 per cent of the U.S. digital-ad market last year, while a combined Verizon and Yahoo would have had just 6 per cent.

Marketers could be drawn by Verizon’s ability to know where its phone users are, but that might apply only to Verizon’s customers — not to other Yahoo users around the world.

Meanwhile, Facebook and Google already have a lot of that data — Facebook through its social network, and Google through its Android phone system and popular services like maps, email and search.

Like many other major broadband providers, Verizon wants to be more than a “dumb pipe” that just provides internet access, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath said.

Verizon wants to build a business that can make money off the ever-growing amount of time people spend on their phones. To that end, it has invested in digital-ad businesses and mobile video, including the creation of go90, a video service aimed at millennials.

Peavey expands to Ontario

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer-based Peavey Industries LP is branching out to Ontario.

The company announced recently it has acquired a controlling interest in London, Ont.-based TSC Stores LP from Birch Hill Equity Partners.

TSC has 51 corporate stores in Ontario and Manitoba, billed as “The Incredible Country Hardware Store.” The Canadian-owned and operated company celebrated 50 years in business this year.

“While the two companies will continue to operate as separate entities and under separate banners, we are excited about the opportunity to work closely together to maximize the operations of both companies,” says Peavey CEO and president Doug Anderson in a statement.

Anderson will take the role of executive chairman of TSC. Its current president Darryl Jenkins will remain as president, overseeing day-to-day operations.

“We expect there to be many ways the two companies will work together, as we share the same target customers,” says Jenkins in a statement accompanying the acquisition announcement.

“Our goal will be to find ways to improve the businesses through scale and working with our external partners.”

The purchase will more than double Peavey’s stable to 89 stores. Peavey, which has been in business since 1967, has 34 Peavey Mart locations and two stores operating under the MainStreet Hardware banner in the four Western provinces.

More Peavey Mart and MainStreet stores will be opening this year.

Under the terms of the deal, the investment includes a transition period that will allow Peavey to acquire 100 per cent ownership of TSC. In the meantime, Birch Hill will remain a minority stakeholder.

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Master glazer Emma Heins of SuzyQ Doughnuts uses drumsticks to flip doughnuts as they cool at their store location in Ottawa.

Canadians embrace artisanal doughnuts shops

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When Rosanne Tripathy and her sister opened their specialty doughnut shop in Calgary more than five years ago, there weren’t many fried-dough slingers selling upscale confections with new-fangled flavours like creme brulee or s’mores.

“The market was void of anything similar,” said Tripathy, co-founder of Jelly Modern Doughnuts.

Since then, the company’s opened a second Calgary shop and operates a food truck, as well as two Toronto outlets — with eyes on Vancouver, Edmonton and Saskatoon for possible future expansion.

But what Tripathy claims on her site is “the country’s original gourmet doughnut bakery cafe” is now just one among myriad artisanal shops serving up the tasty pastries to Canadians in what has recently become an increasingly crowded field.

Last year, Canadians ate more than 521 million doughnuts, according to NPD Group Inc., a market information and advisory service that collects data daily from a panel of 130,000 Canadians on their restaurant eating habits.

That’s 10 per cent more than the previous year, said Robert Carter, the company’s executive director of food service.

Most of the growth comes from the country’s market leader in doughnuts, Tim Hortons, he said. But Carter suspects smaller players, like Jelly Modern Doughnuts, have also likely experienced double-digit growth.

He chalks up part of the food item’s rising pop-

Business BRIEFS WestJet adding dozens of domestic and international flights for winter season CALGARY — WestJet (TSE:WJA) has announced it will add dozens of new flights to its domestic and international networks as part of its 2016-2017 winter

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ularity to something fairly counter-intuitive: a widening consumer interest in healthy eating. As people are increasingly drawn to eating higher-quality foods with greater health benefits, he said, they’re allowing themselves more leeway for quality sinful snacks, including the doughnut.

Canadians have also scaled back on eating out, especially for full-course meals like dinner, Carter added. Instead, they’re choosing to spend their restaurant dollars on breakfast and snacks, he said, meaning more of their money is going toward sweet treats and baked goods.

Yet another boost for the doughnut is our love affair with caffeine. Canadians drink more than three billion cups of java a year, Carter said — and that’s not including home-brewed beans.

“Obviously, the best compliment to that is a baked good,” he said, adding that a strong coffee program is key to not losing market share to other eateries that serve both indulgences.

Susan Hamer, who opened SuzyQ Doughnuts in Ottawa back in February 2012, agrees that it’s a perfect match.

Serving up coffee with a doughnut, she said, is part of the country’s culture — although her shop offers a unique twist on the classic pairing by selling a Finnish-inspired doughnut. The hand-rolled and hand-cut goodies come in an irregular shape, with lots of cardamom spice and intensely flavoured glazes.

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Scheduled to start in late October, highlights from the airline’s new flight roster include additional domestic routes from Toronto to Vancouver, Ottawa and Moncton, N.B. New international destinations departing from Toronto include Myrtle Beach, S.C., Kingston, Jamaica, as well as cities in Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and St. Martin.

Out west, the company will add 41 new weekly domestic and international flights from Vancouver to Kelowna and Prince George, B.C., Toronto, Los Angeles, Honolulu and the Mexican cities of Cancun and Cabo San Lucas.

There will also be a new non-stop weekly service between Regina and Orlando, Fla. Service from Halifax will increase with seven additional weekly flights to Sydney, N.S.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 139.11 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.01 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.17 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.69 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Declining oil and gold prices weighed on Canada’s main stock market Monday, while traders also stayed cautious in anticipation of a scheduled meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve mid-week.

At the Toronto Stock Exchange, the S&P/TSX composite index pulled back 102.56 points at 14,498.10.

The biggest weights on the index were the energy and gold sectors, which lost 3.71 per cent and 2.97 per cent, respectively.

The materials sector, which contains precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, also gave back 1.9 per cent.

Lower oil impacted the loonie, which lost 0.43 of a U.S. cent to 75.64 cents US, as the September crude contract fell $1.06 at US$43.13 per barrel.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average also turned negative, falling 77.79 points at 18,493.06, while the broader S&P 500 composite index faded 6.55 points at 2,168.48.

The Nasdaq composite was down marginally, giving back 2.53 points at 5,097.63. Shares in Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) dipped 2.69 per cent after Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) announced it would buy most of the tech company’s Internet businesses for US$4.83 billion. Yahoo shares closed at US$38.32.

Craig Fehr, a Canadian markets strategist with Edward Jones, said traders are showing a little reservation ahead of the latest Fed meeting set to end on Wednesday. Many are taking a “wait-and-see” approach, although most economists don’t believe the U.S. central bank will make any moves towards interest rates.

“It’s a low likelihood that the Fed will change rates at this meeting,” said Fehr. “Much of the focus will be on any change in tone or commentary or rheto-

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The Fed had boosted the rate last December by a quarter-point to a range of 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. At the time, it also forecasted another four rate hikes this year.

But some weak economic data from the U.S., along with the uncertainty surrounding the surprising result of the recent Brexit referendum in Britain, has kept the Fed dovish on when its next move will be.

The million-dollar question remains if Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen will announce a rate hike by the end of the year, and if so, will it happen in September or December?

Fehr said the bank is now factoring in the “third goal post” of monetary policy — beyond inflation and employment — to see whether the global economic picture is certain enough for a rate change.

No doubt, policy-makers may also shy away from a September hike due to the uncertainty over the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November.

In other commodities, the September natural gas dipped three cents at US$2.71 per mmBTU. Meanwhile, the August gold contract dropped $3.90 to US$1,319.50 an ounce and September copper contracts lost two cents to US$2.22 a pound.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,498.10, down 102.56 points Dow — 18,493.06, down 77.79 points S&P 500 — 2,168.48, down 6.55 points Nasdaq — 5,097.63, down

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TAX: Province has role to play in market A financial report last week showed the province collected about $1.5 billion from the property transfer tax in the last fiscal year, up almost $450 million from the previous year.

The legislation introduced Monday also enables Vancouver to amend its community charter to levy a vacancy tax, satisfying a request from Mayor Gregor Robertson.

“Today’s legislation is a major acknowledgment by the province that they have an important role to play in the housing market and affordability is not simply an issue for municipalities to deal with,” he said in a statement.

Opposition NDP Leader John Horgan said the government has waited too long to act.

“A day late and a dollar short from premier Clark and her crew,” he said.

“Just months ago, they were telling us there was no problem.”

The president of the Greater Vancouver real estate board, meanwhile, accused the government of acting too quickly.

“Housing affordability concerns all of us who live in the region,” Dan Morrison said in a statement. “Implementing a new real estate tax, however, with just eight days’ notice and no consultation with the professionals who serve home buyers and sellers every day needlessly injects uncertainty into the market.”

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Barley (Western): Oct. ‘16 unchanged $150.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $150.00 March ‘17 unchanged $152.00 May ‘17 unchanged $153.00 July ‘17 unchanged $153.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $153.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $153.00 March ‘18 unchanged $153.00 May ‘18 unchanged $153.00 July ‘18 unchanged $153.00 Oct. ‘18 unchanged $153.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 453,880 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 453,880.

DOUGHUTS: ‘Nothing’s more classic’ That’s a smart move, according to Carter. Canadians are drawn to innovative products, he said, and successful doughnut bakers have managed to create interesting concoctions.

That’s why Vanessa Baudanza, co-founder of The Rolling Pin in Toronto, said she wasn’t worried about opening her speciality store in June 2014 as she felt confident customers would travel from all corners of the city to taste her unique products.

The upscale shop is best known for its small syringes filled with flavours like caramel or espresso that top some of its doughnuts, letting customers inject the rich fillings themselves.

Baudanza continues to dream up creations like the Cadbury-Creme-Eggstuffed doughnut (served only around Easter time).

“Nothing’s more classic than a doughnut,” said Baudanza. “So if you can spruce it up and jazz it up and make it really unique and wonderful, then — of course — everyone’s going to want to come and grab one.”

Keeping up the pace of innovation will be key to these stores’ survival and keeping millennials coming through their doors, Carter said.

“For these smaller players in particular, they’ll just need to have a constant message of innovation and excitement to attract the largest restaurant consumer in the Canadian market place right now.”

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A salesclerk shows high quality VHS videocassette recorders at a home and electrical appliance store in Osaka. Japanese electronics maker Funai Electric Co. says it’s yanking the plug on the world’s last video cassette recorder. A company spokesman, who requested anonymity citing company practice, confirmed Monday that production will end sometime this month, although he would not give a date.

Farewell to VCRs: Japanese maker to shelve once-hit product

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO — Japanese electronics maker Funai Electric Co. says it’s yanking the plug on the world’s last video cassette recorder.

A company spokesman, who requested anonymity citing company practice, confirmed Monday that production will end sometime this month, although he would not give a date.

He said the company would like to continue production to meet customer requests, but can’t because key component makers are pulling out due to shrinking demand for VCRs. Many families and libraries have content stored in the VHS format and want to convert the tapes to DVD or other digital disks.

They can do so using VHS/DVD converters, known as “combos” in Japan.

Funai will be rolling out such products later this month, the spokesman said.

Funai’s VCR factory, which is in China, is off-limits to media coverage for security reasons because other products are made at the same plant, he said.

Funai began making videotape players in 1983, and videotape recorders in 1985. The company says they were among its all-time hit products.

Last year, Funai made 750,000 VHS machines that played or recorded cassette tapes. In 2000, it made 15 million, 70 per cent for the U.S. market, according to the company, based in Osaka, central Japan.

Coffee chain relaxes employee dress code TORONTO — Got purple hair? Starbucks wants to hire you.

The world’s largest coffee chain is loosening its employee dress code to allow workers to don brightly-dyed hair and coloured, patterned clothing. Starbucks says employees now have more fashion choices to wear underneath the company’s signature green apron.

The revamped company attire rules now includes grey, navy, dark denim and brown tops along with shirts with small stripes, tone-ontone plaids and tight patterns. Employees can also wear pants, shorts, skirts or dresses in grey, navy, brown, khaki and black, as well as darkwashed blue jeans.

Along with vibrant-coloured hair, staffers are likewise permitted to put on knitted beanies, fedoras and other suitable hats in brown, grey or black. Scarves, neckties and colourful socks have also been given the OK.

Other products have also grown outdated with the advance of digital and other technology. That includes film cameras and floppy disks once used to store computer content, which were displaced by smaller memory devices with larger capacity and by cloud storage.

Owners of VCRs are not as emotionally attached to their machines as are owners of Sony Corp.’s discontinued robotic dog Aibo, or the Boombox, the portable cassette player, with its deeply resonating speakers and cool designs, said Nobuyuki Norimatsu, nicknamed “Aibo doctor,” of A-Fun, a company of engineers who do repairs for discontinued electronics goods.

Still, many VCR owners want to dub their videos on their own, rather than sending them to outside companies, because the content is so personal, he said.

“To give up on keeping such records is like denying the history of humankind,” said Norimatsu. “Production ending is going to present problems for some people.”

Panasonic Corp. withdrew from making VCRs several years ago, making Funai the only manufacturer.

Funai will continue selling VCRs through its subsidiary until inventory runs out and will provide maintenance services as long as it can, the company spokesman said.

Videotapes can still be converted using VHS-DVD recorder-players made by other, mostly Chinese, companies.

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THE ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Sanchez solid as Jays down Padres

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Jays 4 Padres 2 TORONTO — It is probably the biggest question surrounding the Toronto Blue Jays for the rest of this regular season: Will Aaron Sanchez, who has developed into the most dominant starter in a very good pitching staff, stay in the rotation or move to the bullpen?

Manager John Gibbons is done fielding that question.

“I’m not talking about that anymore,” Gibbons said after another Sanchez gem en route to a 4-2 Blue Jays win over the San Diego Padres. “If it happens, you’ll know about it. If not, quit asking. I’ve only answered that how many times?

“Ask somebody else.”

Right now, Sanchez’s performances are doing the loudest talking.

On Monday, Sanchez (11-1) was as good as he has been all year. He allowed just three hits, with only one — a double from Alex Dickerson in Sanchez’s seventh and final inning — leaving the infield.

Sanchez also struck out seven batters, four of whom were caught looking. It was the seventh-straight start that Sanchez had allowed two or fewer runs. He has accomplished that feat in nine of his previous 10 starts.

When the Padres made contact at all, it was weak. Harmless pop outs and grounders were the norm. Sanchez lowered his earned-run average to 2.72, the second-lowest mark in the American League, and became the first Blue Jays pitcher to win 10 straight since Roy Halladay won 15 decisions in a row in 2003.

“He’s got great life on his fastball,” Gibbons said. “It’s tough to square him up. He threw enough curveballs over to keep everybody honest, and even a couple of change-ups. He’s really coming into his own.”

Of course, that re-started the conversation about where Sanchez will finish the season — in the bullpen or the rotation. Sanchez badly wanted to start at the beginning of the year, but mentioned the injury issues of the New York Mets’ Matt Harvey, who recently had season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, when asked about his status.

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Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista, centre, reacts after safely sliding into third base off an RBI single from Josh Donaldson as San Diego Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte, right, and third base umpire Eric Cooper look on during fifth-inning Major League Baseball action in Toronto on Monday.

“My job is to pitch for the Toronto Blue Jays,” Sanchez said. “Wherever that may be, that’s where it’s going to be. Obviously, there’s been a lot of talk about that. I’ve said it time and time again: When the time comes, that’s when we’re going to worry about it. Right now, we’ll continue to work hard, work smart and I’ll take the ball every five days.

“I’m not just here to pitch in 2016.

I’m here to pitch five, six, seven (years), however long it is.”

Sanchez was the headliner in a game that was supposed to be about the Blue Jays’ lineup, which featured slugger Jose Bautista for the first time since mid-June.

The right-fielder missed 30 games because of turf toe in his right big toe, an injury he suffered on June 16 in

Philadelphia. He walked and singled in four plate appearances. Russell Martin also returned from his threegame absence caused by a knee injury.

“I thought he moved around pretty good in the outfield,” Gibbons said of Bautista. “That’s what we were looking for. You never know what’s going to happen with his timing (at the plate) and all of that. Eventually, that will click in and he’ll do his thing. I didn’t see him hobbling at all. I checked in with him during the game, and he said he felt great.”

Kevin Pillar had three hits, including a sixth-inning double that was his first extra-base hit in 41 plate appearances, and an RBI to lead the Blue Jays (56-44). Troy Tulowitzki also drove in a run, extending his hitting streak to 10 games with an eighth-inning double.

Josh Donaldson and Devon Travis drove in the other Toronto runs and Roberto Osuna recorded the final two outs for his 21st save of the year.

Alex Dickerson had three of the Padres’ (43-57) five hits, including a tworun home run off Bo Schultz in the ninth inning that reached the upper deck.

Michael Saunders tripled for Toronto’s first hit of the game off San Diego starter Colin Rea (5-5) in the fourth inning. Tulowitzki then hit a sacrifice fly to the warning track that Padres centre-fielder Travis Janowski had to leap to catch.

Pillar laced a double to the gap to lead off the fifth inning, and Travis doubled him home on a broken-bat drive. Donaldson singled home Travis two batters later.

ESKIMOS Ray throws three TDs to lead Argos LOOK TO GET to first victory at BMO Field

PAST HISTORIC COLLAPSE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Argonauts 30 Alouettes 17 TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts’ first regular-season win at BMO Field might’ve have come at a terrible price.

Quarterback Ricky Ray threw three TD passes to lead Toronto past the Montreal Alouettes 30-17 on Monday night. But dampening the Argos’ enthusiasm about the historic win was Ray leaving the game in the fourth quarter with a suspected sprained left medial collateral ligament.

Toronto will know for sure Tuesday and if that’s indeed the case, Logan Kilgore will start Sunday when the Argos visit the Ottawa Redblacks. Ray, 36, missed most of last season recovering from off-season shoulder surgery.

Ray left at 10:16 of the fourth quarter after Montreal defensive lineman Vaughn Martin rolled into his left knee. He finished the game 29-of-34 passing for 235 yards and the three TD strikes gave him 80 over his Toronto tenure, leaving him alone in second all-time to Condredge Holloway (97).

Ray felt Martin’s hit was a late one.

“It felt late,” Ray said. “It felt like I was standing there for about two seconds watching the play and I got rolled into.

“Hopefully, it’s not as bad as it felt out there.”

Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich is hoping for the best but said if Ray can’t play then Kilgore will be the next man up.

“That’s why Logan is here,” Milanovich said.

“It’s time for him to stand up and shine.”

Kilgore was 1-of-3 passing for 15 yards with an interception versus Montreal. But after watching the likes of Zach Collaros (now in Hamilton), Trevor Harris (Ottawa) and Mitchell Gale (Saskatchewan) all patiently wait for their chance to play in Toronto, Kilgore is anxious for his opportunity.

“All of those guys continually prepared themselves and that’s what I picked up from those guys,” he said.

“You never know when, or if, it’s going to happen.

“That’s what pro football players prepare for.”

Ray’s 13-yard touchdown strike to Phil Bates and two-point conversion to Kenny Shaw put Toronto ahead 30-16 just 15 seconds into the fourth. That allowed the BMO Field gathering of 16,048 to exhale after Montreal’s Kevin Glenn hit Duron Carter on a 61-yard touchdown pass at 3:33 of the third cut

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Toronto Argonauts’ Phil Bates, right, fumbles the ball as Montreal Alouettes’ Chip Cox, left, and Winston Venable dive for the pick-up during second-half CFL action, in Toronto on Monday. the Argos’ lead to 21-16.

Then after Montreal recovered Anthony Coombs’ fumble, Glenn drove the offence to the Toronto six-yard line before being intercepted by T.J. Heath, who returned it to the Alouettes’ 54-yard line at 7:15. But Lirim Hajrullahu missed from 49 yards out for the single at 10:18, giving the Argos a precarious 22-16 advantage.

“I’m not the first and won’t be the last to do something like that,” said Glenn, who left the game briefly in the second half before returning. “ You’ve just got to make sure you get it out of your system, get it out of your head.

“We can’t carry any of this mentally over into the next game (Friday night hosting Saskatchewan). We’ve got to get rid of it.”

Toronto (3-2) earned the victory after dropping its first two games at its new stadium. The Argos became the first East Division team to win at home this season and moved into a second-place tie with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-2).

Monday’s attendance was a dramatic improvement from the 12,373 fans who attended Toronto’s 30-20 home loss to Ottawa on July 13. Over 24,000 spectators watched the Argos drop a season-opening 42-20 loss to Hamilton in the first regular-season game at BMO Field.

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CFL road teams are still a dominant 14-5-1 this year.

Montreal (1-3) suffered its third straight loss and first in two road games.

But head coach/GM Jim Popp said the Alouettes were their own worst enemy with 13 penalties for 130 yards, three turnovers and four sacks allowed.

Glenn finished 24-of-28 passing for 285 yards with a TD and interception.

Carter had six catches for 124 yards.

“We shot ourselves in the foot,” he said. “You can’t squander opportunities when you have a chance, you can’t do that.

“It was the missed opportunities tonight. We thought we should’ve won that football game … but too many mistakes.”

Kicker Boris Bede didn’t help Montreal’s plight, missing all three field goals he tried (from 40, 36 and 43 yards out). Popp said the Als will have new kickers in camp this week.

“We’re going to bring some other people in,” Popp said. “Whether Boris continues kicking or not there’ll be some competition.”

Coombs, Shaw and Devon Wylie had Toronto’s other touchdowns. Hajrullahu booted the converts.

Brandon Rutley had Montreal’s other touchdown. Bede added two converts and three singles.

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EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos, coming off the worst collapse in their storied history, have a more modest goal this week: put it behind them and play 60 minutes of consistent football.

The Eskimos host the 1-4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Thursday, less than a week after blowing a 31-6 lead to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats en route to a crushing 37-31 defeat.

The defending Grey Cup champions sit 2-2, good for third in the CFL West.

After practice Monday, quarterback Mike Reilly said there’s no finger-pointing and no pity party.

“Guys came out excited and ready to practice today and couldn’t wait to get out on the field. That’s when I know we’re in good shape,” said Reilly.

“If guys were out here hanging their heads and still bummed out about things and didn’t want to come back to work we may have an issue.

“But that couldn’t be further from the case. Guys wanted to stay out here longer.”

The Eskimos entering Week 6 have come to resemble the weather of the city they represent: if you don’t like the conditions, wait 10 minutes.

In the first three games, the Eskimos came out of the gate with their feet in cement, trailing after the first quarter each time, scoring just one point in total.

It raised questions about their game readiness.

Against Hamilton last Saturday, they silenced those critics. Reilly and the offence torched the Tabbies for a 24-6 halftime lead, which they improved to 31-6 with 25 minutes to play.

That’s when they reversed themselves and let Hamilton back in. Ticat quarterback Jeremiah Masoli completed 23 consecutive passes, a CFL record, and four consecutive touchdown drives. Edmonton’s defence couldn’t stop and couldn’t tackle anyone and Reilly’s offence could only muster twoand-outs.

Defensive tackle Almondo Sewell said it’s now about putting it together for 60 minutes, and then some.

“We’re just not good right now, plain and simple,” said Sewell. “So we’ve got to play 60 minutes, plus.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

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Canadian pulls off opening-round upset MEN

YOUNG WILDCARD DENIS SHAPOVALOV UPSETS NICK KYRGIOS AT ROGERS CUP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Denis Shapovalov might still be on Cloud 9.

The 17-year-old Canadian upset Australia’s Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3 on Monday night in the first round of the Rogers Cup men’s tennis tournament.

Shapovalov said afterwards that he didn’t expect to win.

“On the on-court interview (after the match), this girl was interviewing me and she was asking me: ‘Do you want me to pinch you?’ and I said: ‘Yes, please,”’ Shapovalov said.

“Frankly, I actually didn’t feel the pinch so I might be dreaming still.”

Backed by a hometown crowd, the Richmond Hill, Ont., native took advantage of world No. 19 Kyrgios’s many unforced errors on a beautiful evening that featured a light breeze at Aviva Centre.

Shapovalov, who is a wild card in the tournament, was coming off a boys’ singles title win at Wimbledon earlier this month. The tournament’s youngest player will face Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the second round.

The Canadian requested to play on centre court in his main draw debut because he said he loves playing on a big stage and impressing people.

“I think the atmosphere really carried me forward today,” said Shapovalov, whose whole family was in attendance.

“It’s tough playing the first time on centre court but by the end of the match I felt like the crowd really liked it when I was getting pumped up.”

Kyrgios struggles started on the service line and the righty finished the match with 18 double faults.

“I just didn’t play great, he played well,” Kyrgios said. “Obviously he was excited, playing in front of his home crowd, I know what that feels like. To come off one of your biggest junior results and then play in one of your home tournaments, I know that feeling, it’s great.”

It was one of three victories on the day for Canadians at the Rogers Cup. Toronto’s Steven Diez downed Britain’s Kyle Edmund 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 while Peter Polansky, of Thornhill, Ont., advanced following a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over American qualifier Tim Smyczek.

Frank Dancevic, of Niagara Falls, Ont., fell 6-7 (5), 4-6 to American Sam Querrey in the late match.

Fourth-seeded Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., has a bye in the first round.

Shapovalov said he’s going to celebrate the first-round victory a bit, but his main focus is preparing for his next match.

“It’s not the first time I have been so happy about a win,” Shapovalov said.

“The semifinals of Wimbledon I was two points away from losing the match.

I was equally as happy. Tournament is not over. I could celebrate my win from Nick after the tournament but now I’m going to focus for Dimitrov.”

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Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, returns to Nick Kyrgios, of Australia, during men’s first-round Rogers Cup tennis action in Toronto on Monday.

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Kvitova beats Linette, Stosur tops Watson MONTREAL — Petra Kvitova is one step closer to another Rogers Cup championship.

The Czech native, who won the Canadian tournament back in 2012, cruised to a first-round win over Magda Linette of Poland 6-1, 6-2 on Monday night.

Kvitova overpowered her opponent, needing just 59 minutes to eliminate the 86th-seeded Linette.

Playing her first tournament since Wimbledon, Kvitova showed no signs of rust. The 26-year-old broke Linette four times — twice in each set — and ended the match with three aces.

Earlier in the day, Australia’s Samantha Stosur won a hard-fought opening-round match against Heather Watson.

Stosur avoided the upset, beating the 67th-ranked Watson in straight sets 7-5, 6-3.

The tournament’s 13th seed struggled in the first set but found her rhythm in the second, breaking Watson’s serve on three occasions.

“To get through in straight sets, I’m pretty happy,” said Stosur, who reached the Rogers Cup final in 2011.

“Overall I thought I served pretty well. There weren’t a lot of points off my serve where she could dictate off

the first shot.

“If I got a good strike, I was in good shape to win those points.”

Numerous rain delays lasting a combined four hours extended the afternoon session and forced organizers to rejig the schedule.

Canadian Francoise Abanda saw her first-round match postponed because of the weather. Abanda will face qualifier Saisai Zheng of China on Tuesday.

“We knew from the start it would be a difficult day,” said tournament director Eugene Lapierre.

“We were able to play all the matches minus one, so we’re satisfied with the day.

“I believe they (Abanda and Zheng) wanted to play tonight. But I spoke with their coaches, and they say it was better instead of waiting tonight, to have a good night’s sleep and play tomorrow morning.”

The only Canadian in action on Monday was Gabriela Dabrowski. The 24-year-old, along with teammate Alla Kudryavtseva, lost in doubles 6-3, 6-2 against Romanians Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu.

Qualifier Camila Giorgi of Italy upset American Sloane Stephens 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), with both sets going to a tiebreak. Giorgi will face countrymate Roberta Vinci in the second round.

Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina made quick work of qualifier Jennifer Brady, winning 6-2, 6-4.

In the afternoon session, Barbora Strycova overcame numerous rain delays to beat Caroline Garcia of France 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Strycova, ranked 22nd in the world, came from behind to defeat 22-year-old wild-card Garcia in a session plagued by five rain delays.

On two occasions, Strycova and Garcia returned to the court only to be ushered away just moments later when the rain restarted.

“It’s really difficult,” said Strycova of the constant interruption in play.

“These delays are tough because you always have to be ready. After the fourth delay, I went on the court and played a set and a half and I was tired.”

After losing the first set, Strycova battled back to win the next two. The Czech native will face sixth seed Venus Williams in the second round.

Following the last of the rain delays, Strycova held serve then broke her opponent to take a 5-3 lead in the third set.

On match point, Garcia, ranked 31st in the world, fired her forehand into the net.

“It was very close,” said Garcia. “I started that match very well. She had trouble adapting. But then there were many tight games. It was difficult for me to make a difference. I made mistakes.”

Also in the afternoon session, American Madison Brengle defeated Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 while Daria Gavrilova topped Annika Beck 6-4, 6-3.

The odds are stacked against the Austrian Gavrilova in the second round. Her next opponent is fifthseed Simona Halep.

Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Aleksandra Wozniak were not in action on Monday.

The 42nd-ranked Bouchard will meet Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in the first round on Tuesday, while Wozniak takes on Italy’s Sara Errani.

Instead of making history, Spieth trying to ignore it

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jordan Spieth walked with purpose down the long corridor toward his locker, not stopping to look at the photos and scorecards that cover more than a century of golf history at Baltusrol.

Maybe that was just as well.

History has proven to be his toughest opponent this year, and it was bound to be a losing battle.

Dating to 1934 when the Masters began, Spieth is among 14 players who have won two majors in one year. Only five of those players ever won a single major the following year, and it’s an elite group — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods.

Woods is the only player to win two majors in consecutive seasons.

Spieth is not trying to salvage his season at the PGA Championship. All but four players would love to have his year of two victories and a close call at the Masters. The exceptions are the three major champions and Jason Day, the only three-time winner on the PGA Tour this year.

It only seems like a struggle for Spieth because of endless comparisons with last year.

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Kimbo Slice’s son to make pro MMA debut with Bellator Baby Slice is ready to fight.

Kevin Ferguson Jr., the oldest son of late fighting star Kimbo Slice, will make his professional mixed martial arts debut next month for the Bellator promotion.

Ferguson had his first amateur MMA fight in March, stopping his opponent in 83 seconds. Less than three months after the death of his father, who also fought for Bellator,

That’s what led Spieth to try to reason with the media, and perhaps to remind himself, of the reality he is facing.

“I think it’s been a solid year, and I think had last year not happened I’d be having a lot of positive questions,” Spieth said after the British Open. “Instead, most of the questions I get are comparing to last year and, therefore, negative because it’s not to the same standard. So that’s almost tough to then convince myself that you’re having a good year … when the questions I get make me feel like it’s not.”

Trouble is, last year did happen.

Comparisons were inevitable.

Graeme McDowell recalls his magical season in 2010 when he won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and delivered the winning point from the final match at the Ryder Cup. He ended the year by taking down Woods at his own tournament in California. It was tough to back up a year like that.

“It feels like a disappointment, like a certain young American who’s having the same issue,” McDowell said, smiling because it was clear he was speaking about Spieth. “It’s the same way when you shoot 62. It’s very hard to come out on the golf course and back up a 62. That’s the micro version.

The macro version is coming off a year

like that trying to replicate it. Obviously, there’s a lot of traps.”

Are the expectations too high? Is the scrutiny too much?

“The kid is not having a bad year,” McDowell said.

“But he’s in a different stratosphere now. He’s in the Tiger stratosphere, where every shot he hits is going to be questioned, every move he makes is going to be questioned. It’s something he has to get used to.”

And there’s another sobering reality that Spieth will have to consider: History suggests he might never have another season like last year.

Spieth didn’t just win two majors.

He came as close as anyone to being the first to capture the calendar Grand Slam. He missed the British Open playoff by one shot and was runner-up to Jason Day in the PGA Championship.

Nicklaus had that chance one time in 1972, finishing one shot behind at the British Open. Palmer created the modern Grand Slam in 1960 when he won the Masters and U.S. Open. He never got shot the rest of his career.

Woods’ lone opportunity ended in the rain and wind of Muirfield in 2002.

“There are aspirations and goals and beliefs and knowledge that you can achieve such incredible things

that Jordan did,” Adam Scott said.

“But then there’s reality balanced in there. History shows it doesn’t repeat.

One guy (Woods) repeated it a few times. So what’s successful after that is what Jordan or any player having that kind of year will have to figure out. I don’t know the answer.”

Spieth doesn’t believe that last year was as good as it will get, nor should he. He doesn’t turn 23 until Wednesday. His career is just getting started, and the last thing any young player wants to hear is that his best — results, not necessarily performance — is behind him.

“If that’s a valley,” Spieth said of his season to date, “then that’s going to be a lot of fun when we get back up to a peak.”

Then again, he alluded to how special last year was even before the U.S. Open.

One swing on the 12th tee at Augusta National cost Spieth another green jacket, though he was able to step back and see the bigger picture. It was his fifth straight major that he had a serious chance to win.

“We’ve been spoiled the last five of them,” he said in June. “We recognize that’s not necessarily normal to have a chance of that many in a row. But why do what’s normal?”

the 24-year-old Ferguson will fight on the undercard of Bellator 160 in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 26.

“I was always around the fight business and everything, so I saw it and I understood what was going on,” Ferguson told the AP. “I just knew without a doubt that one day, this was what I wanted to do.”

against the salary through the 2019-20 season.

The 24-year-old had 26 goals and 33 assists for 59 points last season.

Schenn has 84 goals and 109 assists for 193 points in 354 regular-season games for the Los Angeles Kings and Flyers.

Acquired in the 2011 trade that sent Mike Richards to Los Angeles, Schenn blossomed into a top-six forward for the Flyers. He was a restricted free agent and had his arbitration hearing scheduled for Monday.

arbitration with Peter Holland and Frankie Corrado, signing each to oneyear contracts on Monday.

Coming off his most productive NHL season, one that saw him post a career-high 27 points in 65 games, Holland signed for US$1.3 million. The Caledon, Ont., native announced the news himself on Twitter.

Corrado’s deal was a one-way pact worth $600,000. The 22-year-old, from nearby Woodbridge, Ont., had a rough first season as a Leaf and was a frequent healthy scratch. Picked up off waivers from Vancouver, Corrado didn’t play his first game with the Leafs until mid-December.

He finished with six points and positive puck possession numbers in 39 games.

Flyers avoid arbitration, sign Schenn to 4-year deal The Philadelphia Flyers avoided arbitration with Brayden Schenn, signing the forward to a $20.5 million, four-year contract.

Schenn will count $5.125 million

Maple Leafs sign Holland, Corrado to one-year deals The Toronto Maple Leafs avoided

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

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Study shows lingering effects of concussions FINDS LESS BLOOD FLOW, SMALLER FRONTAL LOBES IN CONCUSSED YOUNG ATHLETES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Looking back now, volleyball player Julia Hamer admits she feels like an “idiot” for not recognizing signs of a concussion.

This was back when she was playing for the junior national team at age 19, and was smacked in the head by a volleyball.

It was the second blow in six weeks, the first coming from a dive into the bleachers that put her out of the game for three weeks.

After that first injury — in which she was diagnosed with a concussion — she suffered dizziness, confusion, chronic migraines and lost her sense of taste.

The second blow seemed mild by comparison, so she only took a few hours off before returning to the court, despite immediate nausea and dizziness.

“I was a little bit worried but at the same time I thought, ‘Oh, I’m probably fine. I couldn’t have got a concussion from that, it was just a hit in the head,”’ Hamer remembers telling herself.

Five years later, the migraines persist, her sense of smell hasn’t fully returned and she’s not entirely sure she’s regained her full visual acuity.

A new study published Thursday in the Journal of Neurotrauma suggests

concussions could be linked to long- cially the frontal lobes.

“This is the first time to our knowlterm physical changes in the brain.

Researchers from St. Michael’s edge that people have looked at changHospital in Toronto used advanced es in brain volume, in blood flow, in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) white matter all within a single group to examine the brains of 43 male and of athletes,” says lead author Nathan Churchill, a female univerpost-doctorsity athletes ‘THERE’S A DIFFERENT al fellow in — 21 with a St. Michael’s history of conPERCEPTION OF PAIN AND neuroscience cussion and 22 SYMPTOMS, I THINK, WHEN research prowithout.

The study YOU’RE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE gram.

“So we’re found marked ATHLETE. getting sort of differences in the brains of IT’S JUST a really comprehensive athletes with A ‘GET picture of prior concusIT DONE’ what’s going sions, includon after coning less blood MENTALITY.’ cussion.” flow to cerThe study tain areas and — JULIA HAMER smaller fronON THE PRESSURES OF BEING points to postal lobes — A YOUNG ATHLETE DEALING s i b l e l o n g WITH CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS t e r m h e a l t h the part of the consequences, brain responincluding the sible for decirisk of re-injusion-making ry, depression and impulse and cognitive control.

Athletes with a history of concus- impairments.

And while Churchill says most othsions had brain volume that was 10 to 20 per cent less than the athletes who er studies have focused on a single hadn’t suffered a concussion. The ath- high-risk sport, this one looked at both letes who had suffered a concussion contact and non-contact sports includalso had 25 to 35 per cent less blood ing basketball, soccer and volleyball, flow to some areas of the brain, espe- and found consistent brain differences

across the board.

About a year-and-a-half after her second injury, Hamer suffered a mild concussion when she banged her head again — this time by colliding with her volleyball partner.

She wonders now if she should have taken more time off after that first blow to the head. But she says that’s easier said than done when sponsors rely on you and a championship looms.

“You’re just so excited to play, you have adrenaline going through, there’s pressure from your teammates to go and play,” she says, noting she couldn’t rely on substitutes because she’s in a two-person team.

“There’s a different perception of pain and symptoms, I think, when you’re a high-performance athlete. It’s just a ‘get it done’ mentality.”

Nevertheless, the findings raise questions about how long a suitable recovery period should be.

Churchill says it’s clear that concussions are not a short-term injury, even if symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and headaches might only last about a week. He notes that the athletes studied had suffered injuries anywhere from six months to 10 years earlier.

“While I would emphasize this is just a snapshot, this is just a single picture of them in time, it does seem to tell us that whatever’s going on, it’s long-lasting. It doesn’t just vanish after a couple of months.”

NFL reinstates troubled receiver Josh Gordon

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon’s curious and complicated career has taken a new turn.

He’s getting yet another chance.

The talented but troubled wide receiver has been reinstated on a conditional basis by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who met face to face with Gordon last week and said he believes the 25-year-old can “make the right choices” going forward.

Gordon has been banned since February 2015 for multiple violations of the league’s drug policies. He will be suspended for the first four games of the 2016-17, but he’s allowed to join the team in its upcoming training camp and can participate in meetings and conditioning work. The league said once Gordon meets clinical requirements, he can take part in preseason activities, including practices and games. The Browns have their first practice of training camp Friday.

It’s a fresh start for Gordon, who emerged as one of the league’s rising

stars in 2013 before several missteps led to his banishment.

As long as he stays clean, Gordon, who met with Goodell in New York on July 19, is eligible to return to the team on Oct. 3 and play in the Oct. 9 home game against New England. That’s also the game in which Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will return following his suspension for Deflategate.

During his four-game suspension, Gordon may participate in team meetings and other activities but can’t practice or play in games.

The Browns said in a statement that would Gordon would be with the team for the start of training camp. “At that time, we will discuss directly with Josh the direction of our team, our expectations of our players and a plan to support him on and off the field,” the statement said.

Gordon was suspended 10 games in 2014 and the entire 2015 season for substance violations, a pattern that began during his college career at Baylor and Utah. He was denied reinstatement in April after failing a drug test because of samples that also tested

positive for marijuana.

In a letter to Gordon, Goodell made it clear the onus is on the former Pro Bowler to stay clean.

“As we discussed at our (July 19) meeting, as Commissioner, I want nothing more than to see you turn your circumstances around and succeed,” Goodell said. “Countless others including your agent, teammates and coaches, (owner) Jimmy Haslam and the leadership of the organization, the Program professionals and Jim Brown also have pledged to provide you with every resource at their disposal. But as you acknowledged, ultimately, your future is your responsibility. I have every belief that you can make the right choices, but it will be up to you to do so.”

First-year coach Hue Jackson has mostly steered clear of discussing Gordon or the player’s future during his first months with Cleveland.

Brown, the Hall of Fame running back and current team special advisor, had a prominent role in helping Gordon get back in good standing with the league.

Cubs get Chapman in trade with Yankees

Seven Russian swimmers to miss Rio Olympics over doping

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Seven Russian swimmers have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including three linked to recent allegations of a major doping coverup by Russian authorities, world swimming’s governing body FINA said Monday.

Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova is among four Russian swimmers withdrawn by the Russian swimming federation because they previously served doping bans, FINA said. The others are Natalya Lovtsova, Anastasia Krapivina and Mikhail Dovgalyuk.

The International Olympic Committee on Sunday said Russian athletes with previous doping bans would be banned from the Rio Games. That followed the IOC’s decision not to ban the entire Russian team over allegations of state-sponsored doping.

FINA said three more swimmers were identified by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren when he examined evidence that Russian government officials ordered the coverup of hundreds of doping tests.

They are 2008 Olympic silver and 2012 bronze medallist Nikita Lobintsev, bronze medallist Vladimir Morozov and world junior record holder Daria Ustinova.

Russia’s top Olympic official, Alexander Zhukov, told Russian agency R-Sport that he now believed a total of 13 Russians would be ineligible due to previous doping bans. They would be withdrawn from the team, he added.

The 13 are likely to include athletes in swimming, cycling, weightlifting, wrestling and rowing.

On Sunday, the IOC’s executive board asked individual global sports federations to decide on the entry of Russian athletes, and announced new eligibility criteria.

The rules prohibit Russia from

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Cleveland Browns’ Josh Gordon stretches before an NFL game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Troubled Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been reinstated to the NFL on a conditional basis. Commissioner Roger Goodell informed Gordon on Monday.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Russia’s Anastasia Krapivina competes at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia. World swimming’s governing body FINA said that seven Russian swimmers had been barred from the Rio Olympics, including three it says were linked to recent allegations of a major doping cover-up by Russian authorities. sending to the Rio Games any athletes who have previously served doping bans. Sports federations can also reject Russian entries if they have not undergone enough international drug testing. Results of Russian tests will not be accepted following allegations of routine coverups at Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory.

It remains unclear whether there could be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka Rule, which would have prohibited any athletes who had received doping bans from competing in the subsequent Olympics, was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Zhukov said the IOC’s latest criteria violated the “principle of equality” because they only applied to Russia, although he has previously ruled out legal action.

However, Russian Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov told the state Tass agency that the four

swimmers cut from its team “have the chance to appeal to CAS.” Efimova’s agent, Andrei Mitkov, told Russia’s Sportbox website that she intended to file an appeal if she was not allowed to compete.

Russia’s track and field athletes remain barred from the games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC. Now, with the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaching, it is up to the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an individual basis.

The International Weightlifting Federation said Monday it was seeking “further clarification” from the IOC and WADA before making a decision on which Russian athletes can be cleared to compete at Rio. The Budapest-based IWF said “some points might lead to confusion” regarding the IOC ruling giving individual sports federations the responsibility of deciding who can compete in Rio.

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CHICAGO — Before the Chicago Cubs completed a trade for Aroldis Chapman, owner Tom Ricketts and president of baseball operations Theo Epstein decided they had to hear from the closer himself about a domestic violence allegation in the off-season.

So Ricketts and Epstein asked Major League Baseball for a window to speak with the left-hander, and they got him on the phone Monday. When the conversation was over, the blockbuster deal was on.

Chasing their first World Series title since 1908, the Cubs addressed one of their few weaknesses by sending a pricey package of four players to the New York Yankees for Chapman, one of the most dominant relievers in the game.

“This is a game-changer. Aroldis Chapman is a game-changing-type pitcher in the post-season,” Epstein said. “As you sit around and game plan how you’re going to win a big game or how you’re going to win a post-season game, it makes it look a lot easier when you see him there on your lineup card.”

Chapman is expected to join the Cubs for Tuesday night’s game at the crosstown White Sox. For the Yankees, it was a rare July trade that saw the best player in the deal leaving New York. But Chapman is eligible for free agency after this season, New York also has All-Stars Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances in the bullpen, and its haul included top shortstop prospect Gleyber Torres, versatile pitcher Adam Warren and minor league outfielders Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford.

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Baseball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 58 40 .592 — Boston 55 42 .567 2 Toronto 56 44 .560 3 New York 51 48 .515 7 Tampa Bay 38 60 .388 20 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 56 41 .577 — Detroit 52 48 .520 5 Chicago 49 50 .495 8 Kansas City 48 50 .490 8 Minnesota 37 61 .378 19 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 58 42 .580 — Houston 54 45 .545 3 Seattle 50 48 .510 7 Oakland 45 55 .450 13 Los Angeles 44 55 .444 13

St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati 1/2 1/2

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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 Monday’s Games Baltimore 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings Toronto 4, San Diego 2 Detroit 4, Boston 2 Texas 7, Oakland 6 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Yankees 2, Houston 1 L.A. Angels 6, Kansas City 2 Tuesday’s Games Colorado (Bettis 8-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 14-2), 5:05 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 6-9), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 4-7) at Toronto (Stroman 8-4), 5:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-6) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 4-12), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (Pelfrey 3-9) at Boston (Wright 12-5), 5:10 p.m.

Washington (Gonzalez 6-8) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-3), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 4-9) at Texas (Lohse 0-2), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Harrell 1-2) at Minnesota (Santana 3-8), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-8) at Houston (Fister 10-6), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 0-0) at Kansas City (Gee 3-3), 6:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 5-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Norris 5-9), 8:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.

San Diego at Toronto, 10:37 a.m.

Detroit at Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

Colorado at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Seattle at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 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.

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Chicago

National League East Division W L Pct 58 41 .586 52 45 .536 53 46 .535 46 55 .455 33 66 .333 Central Division W L Pct 59 39 .602

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San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado San Diego Arizona

52 46 .531 51 47 .520 42 55 .433 38 60 .388 West Division W L Pct 58 40 .592 56 44 .560 47 52 .475 43 57 .430 41 58 .414

7 8 16 1/2 21 GB — 3 11 1/2 16 17 1/2

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 Baltimore 3, Colorado 2, 10 innings Toronto 4, San Diego 2 Philadelphia 4, Miami 0 St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, ppd.

Milwaukee 7, Arizona 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Cincinnati at San Francisco, late Tuesday’s Games St. Louis (Martinez 9-6) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-4), 2:10 p.m., 1st game Colorado (Bettis 8-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 14-2), 5:05 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 6-9), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 4-7) at Toronto (Stroman 8-4), 5:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-6) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 4-12), 5:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 6-11) at Miami (Koehler 7-8), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 8-5), 5:10 p.m., 2nd game Washington (Gonzalez 6-8) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-3), 5:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 4-9) at Milwaukee (Garza 1-4), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Harrell 1-2) at Minnesota (Santana 3-8), 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 5-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Norris 5-9), 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Reed 0-4) at San Francisco (Cain 1-6), 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 10:10 a.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.

San Diego at Toronto, 10:37 a.m.

Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 1:45 p.m.

Colorado at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Seattle at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.

MONDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 000 002 110—4 8 0 Boston 010 000 010—2 10 0 Verlander, Greene (7), J.Wilson (8), Rodriguez (8) and McCann Pomeranz, J.Kelly (7), Buchholz (8) and Leon. W—Verlander 10-6. L—Pomeranz 8-8.

Sv—Rodriguez (28). HRs—Detroit, Iglesias (4).

New York 000 010 010—2 7 1 Houston 100 000 000—1 6 0 Pineda, Betances (8), Miller (9) and Au.Romine Keuchel, Gregerson (8) and J.Castro. W—Pineda 5-9. L—Keuchel 6-10. Sv—Miller (8). HRs—Houston, Springer (22).

Oakland 203 000 100—6 12 0 Texas 100 120 102—7 11 2 Mengden, Rzepczynski (5), Hendriks (6), Axford (7), Dull (8), Madson (9) and McBride M.Perez, Bush (7), Diekman (9) and B.Wilson, Chirinos. W—Diek-

man 2-1. L—Madson 3-4. HRs—Oakland, Valencia (13). Texas, Beltre 2 (16), Desmond (19).

Los Ang. 400 000 101—6 9 1 Kan. City 000 200 000—2 5 1 Santiago, J.Ramirez (6), Salas (7), Bedrosian (8), Street (9) and C.Perez Kennedy, Moylan (6), Flynn (7), Wang (9) and S.Perez. W—Santiago 9-4. L— Kennedy 6-9. HRs—Kansas City, Perez (15).

INTERLEAGUE San Diego 000 000 002—2 5 0 Toronto 000 120 01x—4 9 0 Rea, Dominguez (7), Thornton (8) and Norris Sanchez, Grilli (8), Schultz (9), Osuna (9) and Martin.

W—Sanchez 11-1. L—Rea 5-5. Sv—Osuna (21).

HRs—San Diego, Dickerson (4).

Colorado 000 100 100 0—2 6 3 Baltimore 010 000 100 1—3 6 0 (10 innings) De La Rosa, Ottavino (7), Logan (8), Motte (9), Lyles (10) and Hundley Gallardo, Givens (7), Britton (9), Roe (10) and Wieters. W—Roe 1-0. L—Lyles 2-3. HRs—Colorado, Arenado (26).

Chicago 000 000 202—4 12 0 Chicago 001 003 001—5 8 2 Arrieta, Grimm (7), Edwards (8), Montgomery (9) and Montero M.Gonzalez, Duke (7), Albers (8), Jennings (9) and Navarro. W—Jennings 4-2. L—Montgomery 3-5. HRs—Chicago, Baez (10). Chicago, Frazier (29).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Phila.

000 000 013—4 7 1 Miami 000 000 000—0 2 2 Hellickson, D.Hernandez (7), Neris (8), J.Gomez (9) and Rupp Cosart, Phelps (6), Barraclough (7), Rodney (8), Ramos (9), McGowan (9) and Realmuto.

W—D.Hernandez 2-3. L—Rodney 1-3.

Arizona 001 100 000—2 9 0 Milwaukee 101 014 00x—7 12 0 Shipley, Leone (6), Collmenter (7) and Gosewisch C.Anderson, Knebel (6), Torres (7), Marinez (8), Barnes (9) and Maldonado. W—C.Anderson 5-10.

L—Shipley 0-1. HRs—Milwaukee, Villar (8), Maldonado (4), Wilkins (1), Gennett (9).

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—Altuve, Houston, .359 Bogaerts, Boston, .332 Ortiz, Boston, .330 Escobar, Anaheim, .316 Trout, Anaheim, .313 Machado, Baltimore, .312 Desmond, Texas, .310 Beltran, New York, .308 Pedroia, Boston, .305 Bradley Jr., Boston, .303 Lindor, Cleveland, .303 Betts, Boston, .303 Cabrera, Chicago, .303 Cano, Seattle, .303.

RBI—Encarnacion, Toronto, 87 Ortiz, Boston, 81 Pujols, Anaheim, 76 Trumbo, Baltimore, 73 Donaldson, Toronto, 71 Napoli, Cleveland, 68 Frazier, Chicago, 67 Seager, Seattle, 65 Cruz, Seattle, 65 Correa, Houston, 64 Davis, Oakland, 64.

DOUBLES—Ortiz, Boston, 35 Machado, Baltimore, 30 Schoop, Baltimore, 28 Shaw, Boston, 27 Seager, Seattle, 27 Altuve, Houston, 26 Betts, Boston, 26 Longoria, Tampa Bay, 26 Bradley Jr., Boston, 25 Saunders, Toronto, 25.

TRIPLES—Eaton, Chicago, 7 Bradley Jr., Boston, 6 Ellsbury, New York, 5 Andrus, Texas, 5 Naquin, Cleveland, 5 Donaldson, Toronto, 5 Burns, Oakland, 4 Cabrera, Chicago, 4 Buxton, Minnesota, 4 Calhoun, Anaheim, 4 Miller, Tampa Bay, 4 Betts, Boston, 4 Aoki, Seattle, 4 Castellanos, Detroit, 4 Kipnis, Cleveland, 4 Chisenhall, Cleveland, 4.

HOME RUNS—Trumbo, Baltimore, 30 Frazier, Chicago, 29 Encarnacion, Toronto, 27 Cruz, Seattle, 25 Ortiz, Boston, 24 Donaldson, Toronto, 24 Davis, Oakland, 23 Longoria, Tampa Bay, 22 Cano, Seattle, 22 Springer, Houston, 22 Davis, Baltimore, 22 Napoli, Cleveland, 22.

STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 25 Nunez, Minnesota, 24 Davis, Cleveland, 24 Trout, Anaheim, 17 Ellsbury, New York, 17 Desmond, Texas, 16 Betts, Boston, 16 Burns, Oakland, 14 Escobar, Kansas City, 14 Gardner, New York, 13 Lindor, Cleveland, 13 Andrus, Texas, 13 Dyson, Kansas City, 13.

PITCHING—Sale, Chicago, 14-3 Tillman, Baltimore, 14-2 Happ, Toronto, 13-3 Porcello, Boston, 13-2 Wright, Boston, 12-5 Hamels, Texas, 11-2 Salazar, Cleveland, 11-3 Iwakuma, Seattle, 11-6 Sanchez.

Hockey 2016 NHL free agent signings Players who signed contracts through July 24 during the National Hockey League’s 2016 free agency period (with position and 2015-16 team, if available): ANAHEIM Nate Guenin, D, Colorado; Jared Boll, RW, Columbus; Mason Raymond, LW, Calgary; Jeff Schultz, D, Los Angeles; Korbinian Holzer, D, re-signed.

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

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

BUFFALO Kyle Okposo, RW, N.Y. Islanders; Derek Grant, C, Calgary; Marcus Foligno, LW, re-signed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

N.Y. RANGERS Michael Grabner, RW, Toronto; Nathan Gerbe, C, Carolina; Adam Clendening, D, Edmonton; Michael Paliotta, D, Columbus; Nicklas Jensen, RW, resigned; Mat Bodie, D, re-signed; J.T. Miller, C, resigned; Dylan McIlrath, D, re-signed; Josh Jooris, C, Calgary; Chris Kreider, C, re-signed.

OTTAWA Michael Kostka, D, re-signed; Phil Varone, C, resigned; Casey Bailey, RW; Max McCormick, LW, re-signed; Michael Blunden, F, Tampa Bay; Chad Nehring, C, N.Y. Rangers; Ryan Dzingel, LW, resigned; Fredrik Claesson, D, re-signed; Chris Kelly, C, Boston.

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

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

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

DeMelo, D, re-signed.

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

TAMPA BAY Michael Bournival, LW, Montreal; Gabriel Dumont, C, Montreal; Jeremy Morin, LW, San Jose; PierreLuc Letourneau-Leblond, RW, New Jersey; Victor Hedman, D, re-signed; Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, re-signed; Kristers Gudlevskis, G, re-signed; Mike Halmo, LW, N.Y. Islanders; Cory Conacher, LW; Alex Killorn, C, re-signed.

TORONTO Matt Martin, LW, N.Y. Islanders; Roman Polak, D, San Jose; Garret Sparks, G, re-signed.

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

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

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

NHL remaining free agents list Players who have yet to sign a contract since the National Hockey League’s free agency period began on July 1 (note: players are listed until a new contract has been processed by the League office): Group Two — Subject to compensation and right to match contract Group Three: Unrestricted Free Agents Age 27 or older or with at least seven accrued seasons.

Group Six Unrestricted Players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.

Unrestricted Were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore uUnrestricted free agents and are not subject to a right-to-match or draft choice compensation.

Anaheim Group 2 FAs: Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell.

Group 3 UFAs: Shawn Horcoff, Brian McGrattan, Shane O’Brien, Joe Piskula, Mike Santorelli.

UFAs: Matt Bailey, Kevin Gagne, Martin Gernat, Brandon Pirri, Charlie Sarault.

Arizona Group 2 FAs: Connor Murphy, Tobias Rieder, Michael Stone.

Group 3 UFAs: Steve Downie, Maxim Goncharov, Alex Grant, Nicklas Grossmann, Anders Lindback, Brett MacLean, Eric Selleck, Derek Smith, Alex Tanguay.

Group 6 UFAs: Brendan Shinnimin, Jordan Szwarz.

UFAs: Niklas Treutle.

Boston Group 2 FAs: Chris Casto, Brian Ferlin, Alexander Khokhlachev.

Group 3 UFAs: Chris Breen, Brandon DeFazio, Joonas Kemppainen, Max Talbot.

UFAs: Ben Sexton.

Buffalo Group 2 FAs: Zemgus Girgensons, Rasmus Ristolainen.

Group 3 UFAs: Carlo Colaiacovo, David Legwand, Bobby Sanguinetti.

Group 6 UFAs: Jerry D’Amigo, Eric O’Dell, Tim Schaller, Michael Sdao.

UFAs: Alexander Guptill, Colin Jacobs, Andrey Makarov, Jack Nevins.

Calgary Group 2 FAs: Freddie Hamilton, Sean Monahan, Tyler Wotherspoon.

Group 3 UFAs: Jonas Hiller, Jakub Nakladal, Karri Ramo.

UFAs: Kenny Agostino, Bill Arnold, Joni Ortio, Kevin Poulin, Drew Shore, Bryce Van Brabant.

Carolina Group 3 UFAs: Evgeni Dadonov, T.J. Hensick.

UFAs: Danny Biega, Zach Boychuk, Anthony Camara, Dane Fox, Michal Jordan, Rasmus Rissanen, Carter Sandlak, Justin Shugg, Rasmus Tirronen.

Chicago Group 3 UFAs: Kyle Cumiskey, Christian Ehrhoff, Tomas Fleischmann, Jay Harrison, Tim Jackman, Michael Leighton, Drew MacIntyre, Brandon Mashinter, Michal Rozsival.

UFAs: Mathieu Brisebois, Matt Fraser, Ryan Haggerty.

Colorado Group 2 FAs: Tyson Barrie, Duncan Siemens.

Group 3 UFAs: Patrick Bordeleau, Maxim Noreau, Jesse Winchester.

Group 6 UFAs: Andrew Agozzino.

UFAs: Sami Aittokallio, Gabriel Beaupre, Trevor Cheek, Dennis Everberg, Brandon Gormley, Joey Hishon, Garrett Meurs, Roman Will.

Columbus Group 3 UFAs: Rene Bourque, Maksim Mayorov, Ilari Melart.

Dallas Group 3 UFAs: Travis Moen, Kris Russell.

UFAs: Emil Molin, Taylor Peters, Troy Vance.

Detroit Group 2 FAs: Louis-Marc Aubry, Colin Campbell, Danny DeKeyser, Alexei Marchenko, Petr Mrazek, Ryan Sproul.

Group 3 UFAs: Joakim Andersson, Daniel Cleary, Kyle Quincey.

Group 6 UFAs: Tom McCollum.

Edmonton Group 2 FAs: David Musil.

Group 3 UFAs: Eric Gryba, Ryan Hamilton, Brad Hunt, Rob Klinkhammer, Nikita Nikitin, Adam Pardy, Antti Tyrvainen.

UFAs: Kale Kessy, Niklas Lundstrom.

Florida Group 3 UFAs: Jiri Hudler, Willie Mitchell, Brett Olson, Michal Repik.

Group 6 UFAs: Sena Acolatse, Rob Flick, Corban Knight.

UFAs: John McFarland, Dylan Olsen.

Los Angeles Group 3 UFAs: Jhonas Enroth, Oscar Moller, Brett Sutter.

UFAs: Patrik Bartosak, Maxim Kitsyn, Alex Roach.

Minnesota Group 2 FAs: Matt Dumba.

Group 3 UFAs: Jonathon Blum, Ryan Carter, Ruslan Fedotenko, Justin Fontaine, David Jones, Chris Porter, Jarret Stoll, Tyson Strachan.

Group 6 UFAs: Conor Allen.

UFAs: Brett Bulmer, Raphael Bussieres, Brody Hoffman, Jared Knight, Scott Sabourin.

Montreal Group 3 UFAs: Bud Holloway, John Scott, Ben Scrivens (signed: KHL).

UFAs: Mac Bennett, Morgan Ellis, Lucas Lessio.

Nashville Group 2 FAs: Taylor Aronson, Stefan Elliott, Petter Granberg, Calle Jarnkrok.

Group 3 UFAs: Paul Gaustad, Joonas Jarvinen, Simon Moser, Patrick Mullen, Corey Potter.

Group 6 UFAs: Jamie Devane.

UFAs: Johan Alm, Gabriel Bourque, Cody Hodgson, Kristian Nakyva, Garrett Noonan, Max Reinhart.

New Jersey Group 2 FAs: Reid Boucher.

Group 3 UFAs: Yann Danis, Patrik Elias, Stephen Gionta, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Tyler Kennedy, Brian O’Neill, Harri Pesonen, Tuomo Ruutu, Jiri Tlusty.

Group 6 UFAs: Brandon Burlon.

UFAs: Raman Hrabarenka.

N.Y. Islanders Group 2 FAs: Christopher Gibson, Kirill Petrov, Ryan Strome.

Group 3 UFAs: Steve Bernier, Marc-Andre Cliche, Justin DiBenedetto, Mark Katic, Mikko Koskinen, David Ullstrom, Marek Zidlicky.

Group 6 UFAs: Kevin Czuczman, Justin Florek.

UFAs: Justin Vaive, James Wright.

N.Y. Rangers Group 2 FAs: Marek Hrivik.

Group 3 UFAs: Dan Boyle, Cedric Desjardins, Raphael Diaz, Brian Gibbons, Dominic Moore, Daniel Paille, Nick Tarnasky.

Group 6 UFAs: Matt Lindblad.

UFAs: Luke Adam, Michael Kantor, Chris McCarthy, Josh Nicholls, Samuel Noreau, Michael St. Croix.

Ottawa Group 2 FAs: Cody Ceci, Mike Hoffman.

Group 3 UFAs: Matt Frattin, Scott Gomez, Chris Phillips.

Group 6 UFAs: Jason Akeson, Dave Dziurzynski.

UFAs: Travis Ewanyk, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Michael Keranen, Troy Rutkowski.

Philadelphia Group 2 FAs: Brandon Manning.

Group 3 UFAs: Tim Brent, Davis Drewiske, Ray Emery, Sam Gagner, Erik Gustafsson.

Group 6 UFAs: Aaron Palushaj.

UFAs: Brandon Alderson, Maxim Lamarche, Derek Mathers.

Pittsburgh Group 2 FAs: Dominik Uher.

Group 3 UFAs: Niclas Andersen, Matt Cullen, Riley Holzapfel, Dustin Jeffrey, Kael Mouillierat, Steve Oleksy, Tom Sestito.

UFAs: Tyler Biggs, James Melindy, Daniel O’Donoghue, Matthias Plachta, Harrison Ruopp, Anton Zlobin.

San Jose Group 3 UFAs: Bryan Lerg, John McCarthy, Frazer McLaren, Nick Spaling, Dainius Zubrus.

Group 6 UFAs: Mark Cundari.

UFAs: Chris Crane, Petter Emanuelsson, Jeremy Langlois, Joel Rumpel.

St. Louis Group 3 UFAs: Andre Benoit, Chris Butler, Patrick Cannone, Peter Harrold, Jeremy Welsh.

Group 6 UFAs: Danny Kristo.

UFAs: Cody Beach, Richard Nedomlel, Zack Phillips, Ryan Tesink, Yannick Veilleux.

Tampa Bay Group 2 FAs: Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Nesterov.

Group 3 UFAs: Mike Angelidis, Dmitry Korobov, Mattias Ohlund, Jeff Tambellini.

UFAs: David Broll.

Toronto Group 2 FAs: Martin Marincin.

Group 3 UFAs: Brad Boyes, Rich Clune, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller, Ben Smith, Raffi Torres.

UFAs: Colin Smith.

Vancouver Group 3 UFAs: Matt Bartkowski, Blair Jones, Brandon Prust, Radim Vrbata.

Group 6 UFAs: Alex Friesen, Ronalds Kenins.

UFAs: Ludwig Blomstrand.

Washington Group 2 FAs: Dmitry Orlov.

Group 3 UFAs: Sean Collins, Dan Ellis, Mike Moore, Mike Richards, Mike Weber.

Group 6 UFAs: Ryan Bourque.

UFAs: Caleb Herbert.

Winnipeg Group 2 FAs: J.C. Lipon, Jacob Trouba.

Group 3 UFAs: Grant Clitsome, Matt Halischuk, Arturs Kulda.

Group 6 UFAs: Patrice Cormier.

UFAs: Austen Brassard.

Today

Wednesday ● Ladies fastball: Bandits at Badgers, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park

● Senior mens baseball: Breakaway Hotshot Nighthawks at Play It Again Sports Athletics, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park

Thursday

● Ladies fastball: Badgers at Bandits, 7

● Senior mens baseball: Gophers at Printing Place Padres, 6:30 p.m.; Lacombe Stone and Granite at Play It Again Sports Athletics

p.m., Great Chief Park

Football CFL Standings East Division W L T Ottawa 3 1 1 Hamilton 3 2 0 Toronto 3 2 0 Montreal 1 3 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 5 4

PF 158 137 125 59

PA 126 114 120 103

Pt 7 6 6 2

PF 102 113 127 110 98

PA 73 86 134 138 135

Pt 6 5 4 2 2

WEEK FIVE Bye: B.C. Monday’s result Toronto 30 Montreal 17 Saturday’s result Hamilton 37 Edmonton 31 Friday’s result Saskatchewan 30 Ottawa 29 Thursday’s result Calgary 33 Winnipeg 18 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.

Monday’s summary Argonauts 30, Alouettes 17 First Quarter Mtl — Single Bede 40 2:27 Mtl — TD Rutley 1 run (Bede convert) 6:22 Second Quarter Tor — TD Shaw 17 pass from Ray (Hajrullahu convert) 2:47 Mtl — Single Bede 37 6:13 Tor — TD Coombs 4 pass from Fajardo (Hajrullahu convert) 10:56 Tor — TD Wylie 5 pass from Ray (Hajrullahu convert) 14:52 Third Quarter Mtl — TD Carter 61 pass from Glenn (Bede convert) 3:33 Tor — Single Hajrullahu 49 10:54 Fourth Quarter Tor — TD Bates 16 pass from Ray (two-point convert: Shaw 3 pass from Ray) 0:15 Mtl — Single Bede 42 7:23 Montreal 8 1 7 1 — 17 Toronto 0 21 1 8 — 30

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 Dallas 23 12 6 5 35 Colorado 20 10 2 8 23 Los Angeles 20 9 3 8 34 Salt Lake 21 8 6 7 30 Kansas City 23 9 10 4 27 Vancouver 22 8 8 6 33

GA 31 14 19 31 25 35

Pt 41 38 35 31 31 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, 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.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with LHP Tom Gorzelanny on a minor league contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent LHP Carlos Rodon to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Buck Farmer to Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Designated INF Danny Worth for assignment. Selected the contract of INF Alex Bregman from Fresno (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Traded LHP Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for RHP Adam Warren, SS Gleyber Torres and OFs Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford. Assigned McKinney to Trenton (EL) and Torres and Crawford to Tampa (FSL). Recalled RHP Luis Severino from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP Jesse Hahn to Nashville (PCL). Recalled INF/OF Max Muncy from Nashville.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated OF Junior Lake for assignment. Assigned 1B Chris Colabello outright to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated OF Jose Bautista from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Winckowski on a minor league contract.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated OF Brandon Barnes for assignment. Selected the contract of OF David Dahl from Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent OF Enrique Hernandez to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Recalled RHP Jarred Cosart from New Orleans (PCL). Placed LHP Wei-Yin Chen on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 21.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed 3B Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Keon Broxton from Colorado Springs (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent OF Aaron Altherr to Lehigh Valley (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Mike Mayers to Memphis (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Jerome Williams from Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Jordan Walden to the 60-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Kevin Quackenbush to El Paso (PCL). Recalled LHP Keith Hessler from El Paso.

American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Dan Sattler.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released OF Tillman Pugh and INF Randy Santiesteban.

JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released LHP Roberto Castillo.

KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released RHP Aaron Baker. Signed LHP Tyler Ybarra.

TEXAS AIRHOGS — Traded RHP Roman Madrid

to Fargo-Moorhead for a player to be named.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released RHP Jose Cisnero.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed C Mike Tobey. Named Noel Gillespie coach of Greensboro (NBADL).

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Brandon Paul.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Reinstated Cleveland WR Josh Gordon conditionally and reduced his indefinite suspension to four games.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed DT Darnell Dockett, who announced his retirement.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — WR Greg Jennings announced his retirement. Released RB Don Jackson and DE B.J. McBryde. Placed WR Jordy Nelson, LB Sam Barrington, TE Jared Cook, WR Ty Montgomery, G T.J. Lang and C Corey Linsley on the PUP list.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Placed DE J.J. Watt, OTs Duane Brown and Jeff Adams, S Lonnie Ballentine and CB Cleveland Wallace III on the PUP list.

Waived WR Richard Mullaney. Signed WR Quenton Bundrage.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed OT Phil Loadholt on the reserve/retired list.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed G Vadal Alexander on the non-football injury list and RB Roy Helu Jr. and DE Greg Townsend Jr. on the PUP list.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Promoted senior personnel executive Tom Gamble to assistant general manager.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived-failed physical DB Kyshoen Jarrett.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Re-signed F Stefan Noesen to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD — Agreed to terms with C Jordan Schroeder on a one-year, two-way contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed F Brayden Schenn to a four-year contract.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Signed G Calvin Heeter.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Named David Leger coach.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with F Matt Berry.

OLYMPIC SPORTS USADA — Announced American karate athlete Gino Bough has accepted a one-year suspension for failure to properly file whereabouts information.

Ducks re-sign F Stefan Noesen to 2-way contract

has spent most of the past three seasons in the AHL with Anaheim’s affiliates in Norfolk and San Diego. He scored 32 points in 65 games for the Gulls last season.

The 23-year-old Texas native’s pro career has been hindered by two major injuries. He missed practically all of the 2013-14 season with torn ligaments in his left knee, and he missed four months of the 2014-15 season after an opponent’s skate blade nearly severed his right Achilles tendon.

Forward Stefan Noesen has agreed to a one-year contract to stay with the Anaheim Ducks.

Noesen (NAY-sun) appeared in one game in each of the past two seasons for the Ducks, who acquired him from Ottawa in 2013.

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ESKIMOS: The problem is not the offence “If we have to go to overtime it’s 60 minutes plus,” Sewell added.

The problem is not the offence.

Reilly is leading the league with 10 touchdown passes and 1,580 yards passing. Receivers Adarius Bowman and Derel Walker are shredding defences and sit second and third respectively in total receiving yards heading into CFL play Monday.

The problem lies mainly with co-ordinator Mike Benevides’ defence. It has struggled out of the gate after key members of last year’s shutdown squad — Aaron Grymes, Dexter McCoil and Willie Jefferson — left in the off-season.

Benevides said Hamilton made good adjustments. Masoli mostly got rid of the ball quickly, and when he didn’t he scrambled to safety or made tacklers miss. “(But) it’s not like the guys didn’t have opportunities,” said Benevides. “We saw what was happening on the field and as a defence we talked about it on the sideline. Go out and make a damn play.”

The secondary is getting lit up for almost 388 passing yards per game. Edmonton is allowing 33.5 points per game on average.

The Blue Bombers may be just what the doctor ordered for what ails Edmonton. The team has underperformed badly behind quarterback Drew Willy and head coach Mike O’Shea is on the hotseat with fans and critics.

They have their own troubles, averaging fewer than 20 points a game on offence.

O’Shea is shaking things up. Ex-Eskimo QB Matt Nichols has been named the starter for Thursday in place of Willy.

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a rather brilliant Con. The strategy of gradual reveals is so precise. Did any views or news coming out of Hall H increase your anticipation even more for Wonder Woman?

DB: The extended look at Wonder Woman’s time as Princess Diana on Themyscira, growing up with Amazon warriors, that was a sight. What really got me geeked up, aside from the shows of Wonder Woman’s superhuman strength, was her lasso of truth. It looked amazing. We got a peek of it in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, when Wonder Woman has Doomsday roped up for a bit. And then there is the chemistry with Chris Pine, who seems fit to be a love interest. But this is taking place almost 100 years before Justice League. So whatever she and Pine’s Steve Trevor have, it’s an emotion that will soon be a distant memory.

MC: We saw so little of a costumed Gal Gadot in BvS, since she was saved for the Doomsday climax. Did anything you saw over the weekend affirm or bolster your sense that Gal is up for the full requirements of the role — and can carry this as a solo film on her star-spangled back?

DB: I was convinced Gal is the right person to bring Wonder Woman to the screen after seeing her in Batman v Superman. The Wonder Woman trailer confirms those BvS feelings that she is the right person for the role.

MC: That naturally leads to the Captain Marvel news, with Brie Larson being cast in the title role. DC will deliver Wonder Woman to the world next summer, while Marvel is a couple of years behind. How big a splash, or not, was that Marvel news?

DB: Of course it’s big news because this is Marvel’s answer to Wonder Woman. Captain Marvel is a superstrong woman who can hold her own against any hero in the MCU. And she will be Marvel’s first female-superhero solo film. We just won’t see her in her own film until 2019, so DC stays ahead in terms of getting their biggest female hero to the screen first.

MC: What did you think of the news abou Black Panther casting — and that Lupita Nyong’o has officially been cast in a major role opposite the title character?

DB: That Black Panther cast is incredible. I’m so happy they not only cast Lupita, but that we’ll also actually

get to see her and she won’t be a CGI character, like in Star Wars.

MC: As opposed to those solo films, Justice League has the pressure of aiming to be an Avengers-level team-up upon which so much is counting. What’s your take on what we glimpsed of JL? DB: We got a lot of talking and not too much action in the Justice League trailer, which is to be expected, since the movie doesn’t come out until next fall. The mere presence of Justice League at Comic-Con confirms in all fanboy brains that this movie is indeed moving forward, despite the divisive, polarizing reaction of Batman v Superman. I thought this trailer was smartly put together. Zack Snyder could have given us a trailer of what we know he does best — visually incredible action.

What we still don’t know is if he’s the best storyteller. Showing Ben Affleck’s Batman going around the world — trying to recruit meta-humans to the Justice League, and having some funny interactions — lets us know this won’t be a moody, dark film like BvS. I’m on record as not hating BvS, but they’re obviously going lighter in tone, with much more humour — considering BvS had nearly no humour at all. It’s a step in the right direction. When Cyborg tells Batman he didn’t think the Bat was real, and Batfleck says, “I’m real when it’s useful,” that was great.

MC: So who won Hall H — DC or Marvel?

DB: Not to sound cheesy, but it’s really hard to say. I’m going to give the edge to Marvel Studios because at this point, they have nothing to prove — unlike DC, which has lots to prove still.

The Doctor Strange trailer comes off as Marvel at the top of their game, now knowing they can dive into characters the general public may not know and still be confident. Marvel strolled out top-notch talent for upcoming films.

That’s not to say DC didn’t blow me away. They came with three great trailers and are determined to get their connected movie universe running.

But in a close match that went to the wire, Marvel edged DC out. Just barely.

MC: I’m giving the slightest of edges to DC, because they face a higher bar in trying to convert skeptics than does Marvel, which can lean on its near-decade-long winning streak. So it meant more here that Wonder Woman and Justice League teases were so well-received.

NEW YORK — Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals as West Side Story, The King and I and My Fair Lady, has died. She was 86.

Michael Kirsten, senior vice-president of Nixon’s talent agency, Harden-Curtis Associates, said she died Sunday of cancer in New York. “She passed away peacefully with her family at her side,” he said.

Nixon, who was initially uncredited for her work, early on resented the dubbing work but later came to terms with it. “I realized now that this was something that would outlive me.

Something that would last,” she wrote in her 2006 memoir, I Could Have Sung All Night.

In the heyday of the Hollywood musical, studios often paid big money for film rights to hit Broadway shows, then cast them with popular non-singing actors and actresses.

Such was the case with the 1956 hit The King and I, in which filmmakers dubbed Deborah Kerr’s voice with Nixon’s.

“I was brought in and had to follow along with her, getting her diction and acting style,” Nixon recalled in 2004.

“She in turn would study how I looked when I hit the high notes.”

Nixon did the same for Natalie Wood in 1961’s West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in 1964’s My Fair Lady, which had starred Julie Andrews onstage. Earlier, she added a few notes to Marilyn Monroe’s Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

She went uncredited in the films and on their soundtrack albums and was warned by the filmmakers that if she ever let it be known that she was doing the singing, “they would run me out of town.”

Word began to leak out, however, and Kerr herself blew Nixon’s cover when she praised her work on The King and I. By the late 1960s, The Hollywood Reporter was joking that “they found out who was doing (talking horse) Mr. Ed’s voice on the television show it was Marni Nixon’s horse.”

Nixon also appeared before the cameras in 1965, in a small role as a nun in The Sound of Music, and provided the singing voice of Grandmother Fa in the 1998 animated film Mulan.

As the era of big, traditional movie musicals dried up, though, so did Nixon’s film career. But she kept busy with other work, including starring in her own children’s TV show, singing opera, soloing with symphony orchestras, appearing in a road tour of “Cabaret” and teaching at the California Institute of the Arts.

In her later years, she was also popular at nostalgia festivals, where she told audiences, “I allowed all these actresses to dub their bodies to my voice.”

She had landed her role in West Side Story after Wood’s voice proved inadequate for the challenging Leonard Bernstein score. She prepared for it by studying Wood singing the role of Maria before the cameras — and had to then face the exacting task of getting her singing to match Wood’s on-screen lip movements.

Hepburn, who had memorably sung Moon River in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, had campaigned to do her own singing as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

She was able to handle the film’s early cockney-accented songs like Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, but Nixon — again carefully matching Hepburn’s vocal style — had to be called in for such soaring melodies as I Could Have Danced All Night.

ways been a flamboyant showman. For the Tragically Hip’s latest tour, he’s wearing that style on his sleeve.

Downie has been sporting a collection of brightly coloured metallic leather suits during the band’s Man Machine Poem Tour, which kicked off in Victoria on Friday.

They include bold creations in hot pink, turquoise, silver and gold — an unusual colour palette for a rocker

more often seen in subdued tones, says Downie’s fashion co-conspirator, Izzy Camilleri.

“When you think of Gord Downie you think of a jeans-and-T-shirt kind of a guy,” says the Toronto-based clothing designer.

“You don’t think of hot pink metallic leather. Now we do.”

Camilleri says she and Downie started collaborating on the look last

September, before he learned he had terminal brain cancer.

Camilleri says Downie kept his wardrobe plans secret from his bandmates. He only revealed his wild look at the tour’s kickoff in Victoria, when he strode onto the stage in the hot pink suit.

“It’s really appropriate and something I never thought that he would be into,” Camilleri said Monday.

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The Justice League comes together.

Who won Comic-Con: Marvel or DC?

BY MICHAEL CAVNA AND DAVID BETANCOURT ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Marvel invited Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel and the Black Panther to the party. DC Entertainment, meanwhile, made sure that Wonder Woman and the Justice League, as well as the Suicide Squad, were on hand for this San Diego shindig.

Comic-Con concluded over the weekend, with the Hall H throngs being treated to the major Hollywood rollouts from the traditional big-two homes of superheroes.

As the dust and cosplay detritus clear, here’s how The Washington Post’s comic reporters size up the tale of the tape and the Hall H stage: MICHAEL CAVNA: So many trailers, so many teases, so many reveals.

So: What was the highlight for you from DC or Marvel out of this Con? DAVID BETANCOURT: I thought the Doctor Strange trailer was spectacular. The special effects. The music. The actors. That’s one of the best trailers Marvel Studios has ever put out. But DC came strong. I expected Wonder Woman, but didn’t think Justice League would show so much. Director Patty Jenkins should be proud of that Wonder Woman presentation. If I had to pick one trailer as the coolest, I’d have to go with Suicide Squad, which provided new footage and a listen to the soundtrack, which seems like it’s going to be major.

MC: That’s saying something considering how much Suicide Squad trailer footage we’d already seen. Although the anticipation is so high and the release date so near, how much of a bounce do you think Suicide can get out of the Con? Was that preaching to the converted, or will it make a difference?

DB: There’s been a buzz about Suicide Squad that won’t let up. Social media. Music. It’s everywhere. I didn’t think they’d have another Suicide Squad trailer at Comic-Con since we are so close to the release date, Aug. 5. But that trailer didn’t hurt. I think Suicide Squad is a bet for a $100 million-plus weekend. But trailers like the Comic-Con one — that’s the kind of trailer that can even get John Q. Public, who isn’t into comics, into the theater.

MC: Wonder Woman seemed to have

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ANDREWS 1938 - 2016 Larry Andrews of Pine Lake and Innsifail, Alberta passed away surrounded by his family on Friday, July 22, 2016 at the age of 78 years.

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At the age of 10, he moved with his family to the farm that would be called home for the next 47 years at Pine Lake Alberta. In 1958, Larry married Wanda Matthews. In 1962, after working on the road crew for a few years, he and Wanda settled down to farm and raise their family of three daughters. Larry and Wanda retired and moved to Innisfail in 1995. Larry will be deeply missed by his wife, Wanda; daughter Melodie (Dale) Cochrane with her children Angie Wood (Chris Chin) and family, Jonathon Wood, and Adrienne (John) Chin and family and step children Jamie Cochrane and family and Jason (Stefanie) Cochrane and family; daughter Lori Rich (Bob Duclos) with her children Darren and Jackie Rich, and daughter Bonny (Rob) Snihur with children Katey and Marissa Snihur. Larry is also survived by seven great grandchildren; three brothers Roger, David and Danny; two sisters Loretta and Joyce and in-laws and hundreds of nieces and nephews, family members and friends. Larry was predeceased by his parents, Howard and Ethel Andrews, brothers Bob and Harold Andrews, and sister Joan Stevenson. A service to celebrate Larry’s life will be held at the Pine Lake Hub Centre, Pine Lake AB on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the STARS Foundation, Box 570, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Calgary AB T2E 8M7. Condolences to Larry’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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MATHER Kevin Edward Nov. 17, 1956 - July 17, 2016 With great sadness, we announce the passing of Kevin Edward Mather on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the age of 59. Kevin dedicated his life’s work to ensuring the safety of his colleagues in the oilfield. He spent many years at Nova Chemicals, Joffrey as their safety specialist, with his final years as Safety Specialist for Statoil. Kevin loved to travel.

He enjoyed spending time at his property in San Carlos, 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 wife, Marilee Mather of Red Deer, AB; son, Luke Mather of Lacombe, AB; stepdaughters, Angela Sullivan of Deep River, ON and Amber Squire of Red Deer, AB; stepgranddaughter, Brooke; brother, Brian Mather of Cochrane, AB; sister, Sharon Orcutt of Rocky Mountain House, AB; and by his extended family and friends.

Kevin was predeceased by his parents, Raymond and Shirley Mather. A come-andgo Celebration of Kevin’s life will be held on Sunday, August 7, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at 21 Gordon Street, Red Deer, AB. RSVP your attendance to l.harris5@shaw.ca. If friends desire, in lieu of flowers, donations in honour of Kevin 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 http://www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

LOXAM Peggy Anne Sept. 16, 1951 - Oct. 3, 2015 A Celebration of Life will be held for Peggy, in conjunction with the Celebration for her son, Jason at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, AB on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm.

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DESJARLAIS Bernice Laverne June 7, 1946 - July 16, 2016 It is with great sadness that the family of Bernice Desjarlais announces that she went home to be with the Lord and family suddenly on July 16, 2016 . Bernice will be lovingly remembered by her sister Sylvia Desjarlais (Gerald Gillett) and brother Calvin Desjarlais of Red Deer, AB along with her children Richard Homan (Barb Morey) of Airdrie AB, Tammy Nooskey (Eugene), Billy Homan, Louis MacLeod all of Red Deer, AB. Her loving grand-children Dwayne, Lindsey, Keenan, Kiarah, and Khyler, plus numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. A celebration of life will be held July 29, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Viewing from 1:00-2:00 pm at Potters Hands Ministries 4935 51 St. Red Deer, AB

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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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

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Misc.

Help

AAA-1 OPPORTUNITY

Healthtek Inc is expanding in Red Deer area & needs 8 Full Time positions filled ASAP. Call for Red Deer interview

NO EXP NECESSARY Operators on duty Saturday 12pm-8pm Sunday 2pm-6pm Monday 10am-5pm Tuesday 10am-5pm 1 - (844) 207 - 7513

DO YOU WANT Sales & Distributors 830 YOUR AD Marketing reps TO BE needed READ BY $500+/week to start 8 Full time entry level

Business Opportunities

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

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ADVANCE NOTICE BUD HAYNES & WARD’S Firearms Auction 50th Anniversary Sat. & Sun. Aug. 13 & 14 @ 10 A.M. 11802-145 St. Edmonton Over 1000 Lots, Modern & Collectable Firearms.

On Line Pictured Catalogue & Bidding To Consign: Linda @ 403-597-1095 Brad Ward 780-940-8378 www.budhaynesauctions.com www.wardsauctions.com Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

100,000 Potential Buyers???

positions open in Red Deer this week! No experience necessary!

Must be available to start asap. Raise/promotion available in 30 days.

Call 1-(844)-207-7513 for an interview today!

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Central Alberta LIFE

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Build Shaklee Online.

Visit naturalfreedom.net

SERVING CENTRAL ALBERTA RURAL REGION

CALL 309-3300

UNRESERVED Real Estate Auction Sale Gary & Bonnie Muzylouski Land Located Near Rimbey, Alberta August 19, 2016 Time: 12:00 Noon

Selling a A Truly Fabulous, Executive Built, Stunning Home, Built in 2013 w/ Attached Garage, Trout Pond, Cabin, Finished Shop & A Beautifully Landscaped Yard.

Open Houses:

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Grandview 3817 46 St. BACK ALLEY TODAY ‘THRU SATURDAY 4 pm - 7 pm

EVERY DAY

Gorgeous 12 pc. bedroom suite, electric fireplace, etc.

Coming Events

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 CALL NOW TO FIND OUT MORE

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Sat., July 23 & Sun., July 31, from 1pm to 4 pm or by Appointment Contact Allen B. Olson at (403) 783-0556.

For More Info Visit our website at www.allenolsonauction.com Sale Conducted by:

Allen B. Olson Auction Service Ltd. (403) 843-2747 Sale Site 1-855-783-0556 Toll Free Rimbey, Alberta License No. 165690 Email: abolson@telusplanet.net

Clothing

1590

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

Electronics CLASSIFIEDS - HERITAGE DAY Hours & Deadlines Office & Phones CLOSED Monday, August 1, 2016 Non Publishing Day

RED DEER ADVOCATE Publishing Dates Saturday July 30, Tuesday August 2 Deadline: Friday July 29, 3 pm

PS2 with games, $60; Dreamcast with games, $50; and SONY DVD surround sound system, $40. 403-782-3847

EquipmentHeavy

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Misc.

Help

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

PLEASE NOTE:

our NEW Classified’s phone hours are now Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm Regular Deadline 4:30 pm

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Tools

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FRAMING Nailers, 3 in 1 KING Canada, 28 degree x34 degree, flipped head.

Performance Plus.

18 guage, $80.

403-309-7387, 392-6138

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Growing Service Company Seeking

LEAD HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC (TECHNICIAN)

Major Responsibilities: • Co-ordinate, train and assist in managing the fleet, employees and work flow for all service work areas • Ensure all maintenance is performed safely and efficiently, and all tracking is completed.

• Co-ordination and management of outside service vendors; management and accounting of ALL trucks and inventory; management of truck fleet heavy and light units; development and implementation of fleet maintenance programs.

• Assist with Management of fleet safety programs and fleet education programs • Management of all Fleet and Trailer warranty issues and concerns • Management of Fleet weights, assist fleet administration with registrations, fuel cards and IFTA reporting when needed • Manage and reduce repair and maintenance costs where possible • Assists other managers with related duties where required • Complete and must have up to date knowledge with Federal & Provincial Transportation Laws • Maintain accurate record keeping of fleet files, knowledge of Federal and Provincial fleet record keeping.

• Must be able to prioritize maintenance tasks and work with operations to make it happen • Must be willing to listen to drivers, office personal, management, and federal and provincial authorities and their concerns.

Preferred Qualifications: • Ability and desire to work in a positive, fast paced and high energy environment • Hold a valid journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Designation.

• 5 or more years fleet maintenance management experience preferred • Strong customer service, leadership and organizational skills required • Proficiency with computers including Microsoft Office and web based applications preferred • Must be able to travel with in Alberta Benefits: • Lucrative Safety Bonus Program • Excellent Benefit Plan • Paid expenses • Retirement plan

Submit resumes to:

Attention Human Resources: employee.management.hr@gmail.com

Farmers' Market

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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. closed for season

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 FREE - great for firewood free truck loads of black poplar logs. You pick up.

Very close to Red Deer.

403-392-8385.

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Houses/ Duplexes

GLENDALE, 1/2 duplex, 2 bdrm., $900. rent/s.d., incld’s utils. Mature adults only, n/s, no pets, recently reno’d. Avail. Aug. 1.

403-740-6253 RENO’D 2 bdrm farm house for rent, 6 km SE of Red Deer. $1100/mo., avail Aug. 1. Electricity, tv, and wi-fi incl. N/S, no pets.

Ph. 403 886-2922

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Condos/ Townhouses

2 BDRM., 1240 sq. ft., 1-1/2 baths, Blackfalds, fenced, $1100. Avail.

Sept. 1. 403-505-8310 Garden 3 BDRM. townhouse in Supplies Lacombe, 11/2 baths, single car garage, $1495/mo., Featherlite weed eater-gas powered. Very good cond. 403-782-7156 / 403-357-7465 65.00 INGLEWOOD 3 bdrm. ph 314-0804 condo, 1.5 bath, parking, undeveloped basement. $1400/month plus utilities.

Household No smoking. No Pets.

Appliances Call or text 403-324-4127 LOCATED in Red Deer, KENMORE fridge, white, 18 c.f., $50.; Range Hood, 3 bdrm., townhouse, 1 1/2 bath, full bsmt., stove, new, white, 220CFM, fridge, microwave, washer, $100. obo 403-746-5123 dryer. 403-887-4670, or 403-350-6194

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Household Furnishings

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6 DRAWER desk, 44” wide x 30” long, $15; and double bed headboard and end boards plus frames, no box spring or mattress, $20.

403-347-3849 OAK pedestal table w/4 chairs and 2 leafs, good cond. $125 firm 403-746-5123

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 DANBY air conditioner, new in box, 8000 btu, with remote, fits in window, $180. 403-358-5568 SHOES, ladies size 37, summer flat slingback, Rieker, anti-stress. Off white leather. Sides are open weave, worn once for a wedding. Regular $185.

Asking $80. 587-876-2914 SHOWER doors, set with frosted design. $50.obo; 100+ feet of eavestrough with fasteners, white. $40.; Whirley roof vent, galvanized. $40. obo. 403-746-5123 SUN Lightfoot Pedometer and flashlight, never used, $30. 587-876-2914 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 WATER HOSE REEL, $35. 403-885-5020 WINE MAKING equipment for sale. Call 403 346-8040 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

AUSTRALIAN Shepherds Pups, 1 Black Tri Male, 1 Blue Merle Male, 1 Black Bi Female.

ASCA & CKC registered.

Excellent Stock or Agility Prospects. highplains@harewaves.net

Sporting Goods

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18 speed Ladies bike soft saddle 100.00 obo Ph 314-0804 GOLF bag, Top Flite grasshopper, black/yellow, $10; (2) single flocked air mattresses, $5. ea.

403-348-0201 SLALOM SKI. Vintage (circa 1960’s) wooden “Ski Slipper” $40 (firm).

Call (403) 342-7908.

WILSON Staff and Labatt Lite golf bags used very little. 20.00 each Ph 346-4155

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Wanted To Buy

2 BEDROOM ground level suite in new home, 9 ft. ceilings, close to walking path, 5 appliances, in-floor heat, 2 parking stalls, Timberstone area, nonsmoking, no pets, mature tenants desired, $900 mnth + utilities.

403-307-0816 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 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 EASTVIEW, 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, fully furnished, n/s, no pets, $800/mo., for single $875 for dbl. Utils. incld.

Avail. immed.

403-782-9357 or 352-1964 GLENDALE, 2 bdrm., $850/mo., $850 D.D., and 1 bdrm. $765/mo, $765. DD. N/S, no pets, no partiers.

403-346-1458

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 1/2 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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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $900/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Aug. 1. 403-304-5337 CLEARVIEW: TWO WEEKS FREE + $150. move-in, 4 plex, 2 bdrm. + den (bdrm), $975.mo. n/s, no pets. 403-391-1780 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $900/mo. d.d. $650.

Available now or Aug. 1 403-304-5337

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Suites

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QUEEN’S BUSINESS PARK New industrial bay, 2000 sq. ft. footprint, $359,000. or for Rent. 403-391-1780

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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Cars

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1999 Chrysler Intrepid $2000 obo 196000 km Ph 403 346-1999

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

Motorcycles

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Acreages

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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WANTED 1200 + Sq.ft.

SUITES. 25+, adults only CONDO in one of the three n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Medican buildings downtown. Call Kim Argent @ RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-357-4525 Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Income only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444 Property

MORRISROE MANOR

2008 SUZUKI C109, 1800 CC LOADED, 44,600 KMS.

MINT CONDITION $7600. o.b.o.

(403)318-4653 Red Deer Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 RARE OPPORTUNITY bdrm. apartments, rent 2 CLEARVIEW MEADOWS $750, last month of lease 4 plexes, side by side, free, immed. occupancy. $616,000. ea. 403-391-1780 403-596-6000 PENHOLD 1 & 3 bdrm., Incld’s heat & water. $760$1100./mo. 403-348-6594

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

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Rooms For Rent

FULLY furn. bdrm. for rent, $500/mth - $250 DD. Call 403-396-2468 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very Mobile clean, quiet, Avail. now or Lot Aug. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 PADS $450/mo.

2 BDRM. townhouse w/5 Brand new park in Lacombe. appls, avail. immed.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 403-314-0209 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call CITY VIEW APTS. at anytime. 403-588-8820 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Looking for a place Rent $900 S.D. $700. to live?

Avail. immed. Near hospi- Take a tour through the tal. No pets. 403-318-3679 CLASSIFIEDS

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PUBLIC NOTICES

6010 SENTINEL SELF-STORAGE

Public Notices

NOTICE of SALE Goods will be sold by online Auction at ibid4storage.com on Tuesday August 2, 2016 for Sentinel Self-Storage, 543347 Street, Red Deer, Alberta to satisfy outstanding charges for storage rental incurred by the following:

Stephanie Larsen Jason Corbeil Jennifer Smith Bids will be accepted from Tuesday, August 2, 2016 to Thursday, August 4, 2016.

If interested in bidding, for more info and to view units, register at www.ibid4storage.com.

Dated in the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta this 15 day of July, 2016, Sentinel Self-Storage Corp., #1970, 10123 – 99 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3H1

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

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

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

1180

Flooring

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

1200

Handyman Services

BOOK NOW! For indoor/outdoor projects such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617

Clerical Computer Personnel Professionals

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 505-4777

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

Roofing

1370

QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

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Seniors’ Services

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Yard Care

1430

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

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WANTED TO BUY used 1/2 ton truck, in reasonable cond. Must have trailer hitch & electric brake. ~ FOUND ~ WANTED TO BUY, Red Currants.

Will pick my own if needed.

403-347-5648

Industrial Property

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Farms/Land SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH Wanted FREE RENT LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM.

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Dogs

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Suites

720 730 780 810

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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3 BDRM., 1 bath, ground level home, single garage, large yard, treed and flowers, 4 appl., n/s, nondrinker, no pets, avail.

Aug. 1. $1200/mo.

403-342-0091 / djhisservant@hotmail.com 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1495/mo. in Red Deer.

403-782-7156 403-357-7465 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, single car garage, 5 appls, $1495/mo. 403-782-7156 403-357-7465

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B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, July 26, 2016 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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July 26 1984 — Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos ties Ty Cobb’s all-time career singles mark of 3,052, with a base hit in the eighth inning in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1982 — Karen Baldwin of London, Ontario, chosen the 31st Miss Universe in Lima, Peru; the 18 year old is the First Canadian winner of the title.

1936 — King Edward VIII dedicates the

Canadian National Vimy Memorial, in the presence of over 3,000 Canadian veterans and families; the massive twin-tower monument designed by Toronto sculptor Walter Allward, commemorating those Canadians who took Vimy Ridge in 1917. It is inscribed with the names of the nearly 11,500 Canadians killed in France during World War I with no known grave.

1885 — Father Albert Lacombe welcomes five teaching sisters from the Sisters Faithful Companions of Jesus; that September, the sisters enroll 22 pupils in what will become Roman Catholic School District Number One.

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SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

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THE ADVOCATE B9

FAMILY TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016

After decades of ‘just doing my job’ a thank-you brings a career into focus TREENA MIELKE FAMILY When I was a kid, knee high to a grasshopper so to speak, never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would one day venture into the field of print media.

Actually, in those days I wasn’t really a dream catcher of any sort. I had no desire to make the world a better place or write a novel or otherwise make a name for myself.

In fact, I seldom finished my homework.

My father, being a dad and all, wanted me to excel at something.

He tried to make me into a fisherman because that’s what he excelled at. For his sake, I tried to be one, too. I honestly did.

But after a few hours of sitting with a fishing pole in hand, I would slip away and pick yellow buttercups or

wander among the Brown-Eyed Susans that grew in simple abundance on the banks of that old Horseguard River. Or I would just lose myself in a world of imagination and forget all about fishing.

My dad, much to my relief, finally gave up on his dream of me being as passionate about the sport as he was.

One day I came home from school after my teacher had told me I had some skill as a writer.

“My teacher said I was a good writer,” I said, all breathless and excited.

Did she mean your handwriting?” he replied.

“No,” I said, indignantly. “Writing stories.”

“That’s nice,” he replied, briefly raising his eyes from his paperback western. My dad loved paperback westerns and he read voraciously when he wasn’t fishing or hunting or watching a ball game.

My father may have eventually encouraged me to be more than a fisherman, but, sadly, he passed away when I was only 15. As a teenaged orphan, I found myself adrift in a sea of uncer-

tainty, with no clear direction to follow and certainly no compass to guide my way.

Anyway, as the years came and the years went, I finally ended up in a newsroom. I was greener than grass, miserably unsure of myself and painfully missing the comfort and security of my own kitchen.

That was more than three decades ago.

But, sometimes, in spite of the huge gap of years that has taken place between being inexperienced and having experience, I still feel miserably unsure of myself.

I was covering the silent and live auction which was part of the Gull Lake Junior Golf Foundation’s fundraiser last Friday. I slipped into the event unobtrusively, taking pictures, staying on the sidelines, jotting down a few notes, just being mostly invisible.

And then out of the blue when the auction was over, the owner of the golf course took the microphone and said he wanted to acknowledge me, the media, for all the work I had done, the stories I had written and the coverage

I had given the event.

Suddenly, I became painfully aware that all eyes from the crowd were on me.

All I could think of was that the last time I had brushed my hair was a really long time ago. I think it was before I left for work that morning, about the same time I attempted to put on a little makeup, but couldn’t find my lipstick.

I felt my cheeks burn. I got all shy. I looked down at my notebook.

It was like being in front of the camera instead of behind it.

I have mused over the incident in my mind this week and I have come to the realization that even when people are simply only doing their job as best they can, the words ‘thank you’ are an awesome, delightful bonus and, of course, merit a simple, but heartfelt reply.

“You’re welcome”!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

What every senior should know about flu vaccine PADMAJA GENESH SENIORS Flu has always been a major public health challenge in Canada, with people aged 65 and older having the highest risk of developing serious complications from the flu. Although 75 per cent of our seniors get immunized every year, they still account for up to 70 per cent of flu-related hospitalizations, and up to 90 per cent of flu-related deaths.

Why does the flu affect seniors more severely compared to the rest of the population? Could we develop a different vaccine for seniors that could offer greater protection against the disease?

Let us try to find answers to these questions.

Flu causes more serious and fatal complications in seniors because our immune system becomes weaker with age. Even if we take the standard flu vaccine, our body is less able to mount an effective defense against the virus, as we age.

Once we develop flu, the treatment is only supportive in nature to help with symptom control, and breathing.

It is also good to know that the antiviral drugs currently available have limited clinical effectiveness. Therefore, prevention is by far our best defense against the disease, a fact that we have known all along.

Flu vaccines are updated every year to include antigens that help build our immunity against the viruses that are most likely to cause flu that year, as indicated by research. But the flu virus is notorious for its ability to transform (mutate) and we could end up with a vaccine that cannot fight all the viruses that are active that season, like what happened last year.

The standard flu vaccine being less effective in seniors, we need to consider using an improved version of the vaccine that has higher antigen content. This can help older individuals develop a stronger immune response, and thus derive greater protection against the disease.

Based on the above consideration, a pharmaceutical company, Sanofi Pasteur has developed a high-dose formulation of the flu vaccine (Fluzone high-Dose), containing four times the amount of antigen present in the

standard one. It was tested in a large, randomized, double-blind, controlled study, with multi-centre participation.

The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that the high-dose vaccine was 24.2 per cent more effective than the standard vaccine in preventing flu in seniors.

The new vaccine was found to be associated with a few side effects similar to the standard vaccine, such as pain, redness at the injection site, headache, muscle aches — mostly mild and temporary. Most people had minimal or no adverse events after receiving the high-dose vaccine.

The good news is this high-dose vaccine was recently approved for use in Canada in February 2016, and will be available for seniors in 2016-2017 flu season, for a price.

The question that remains is whether our healthcare system will cover the cost of the high-dose formulation for seniors. A recent American study arrived at the conclusion that the highdose vaccine is a cost-effective alternative to standard formulations, and it is unlikely that the situation will be different in the Canadian setting. This is enough justification for making it free for seniors.

The Canadian Association of Re-

tired Persons (CARP) has made a recommendation to Canadian healthcare policy-makers to make this vaccine freely available to seniors for the upcoming flu season. According to CARP, since 75 per cent of our seniors regularly get flu vaccine, we can easily enhance the ‘herd immunity’ of seniors by making this new vaccine freely available to all seniors.

This in turn, would help minimize future healthcare costs associated with flu outbreaks among seniors, hospitalization and intensive care costs.

What can you do to make this vaccine freely available this fall? Seniors can speak or write to their local MLAs either directly or through organizations that work for seniors and demand universal access to the high-dose vaccine. The time to act is NOW. Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and working with health care agencies. A past resident of Red Deer, and a past board member of Red Deer Golden Circle, she is now a Learning Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary. Please send your comments to padmajaganeshy@yahoo.ca

The number one stop for all things number two LIVERPOOL, N.S. — The Outhouse Museum began as a request over an afternoon spot of tea.

In the 1970s, Isabel Macneill invited Sherman Hines to her old house in a village on Nova Scotia’s South Shore to commission the prolific photographer for a special project.

Macneill asked Hines to document a disappearing, once essential part of Maritime landscape — outhouses. In decades to come, the elderly woman insisted no one would know what an outhouse looked like, so Hines should photograph them before they were gone.

And so a joke was born. Over the next handful of years, Hines would send his friend a postcard with a photo of an outhouse every Christmas.

What began as potty humour eventually led to several books of photography selling about 135,000 copies, calendars, postcards, a newsletter and a museum in Liverpool, N.S., with more than 200 outhouses, by Hines’s estimation.

“It’s unbelievably popular,” he says. “People come right off the highway just to see the Outhouse Museum.”

The museum, which boasts to be the only in the world of its kind, consists of small, ramshackle structures with half-moon slits carved into latched wooden doors. Some are equipped with corn cobs for cleaning up after taking care of business, others with smaller seats to accommodate child-sized tushies.

There is a two-seated privy with a sign that says “No Dumping,” and an outdoor loo for Anglophiles warning patrons to “Give Way” 150 yards. One commode is shingled in multicoloured licence plates from Quebec.

Inside the museum, there is a wall of chamber pots — some authentic, (meaning once used) others newly commissioned as trophies for mobile outhouse races. The shelves are lined with outhouse birdhouses, lamps, Christmas ornaments, magazine racks, outhouses in a bottle, coin banks that crack at maximum capacity and a set of outhouse salt-andpepper shakers from Occupied Japan that retail for hundreds of dollars.

“It’s the humour of it all,” Hines says. “And of course, now young people, this whole generation, thinks it’s not funny — it’s hilarious.”

After years of exchanging postcards, Hines decided to take up Macneill’s suggestion to shoot outhouses upon discovering the industry to be strangely lucrative.

The idea for a book of photography came to him after reading The Specialist, a humorous book on the construction of outhouses that became an accidental hit, selling more than two million copies.

“My cash register’s not very loud, but it went off in my head,” says Hines. “Lo an behold, people were buying (the books) like hotcakes.”

Hines’s outhouse anthologies endeared him to the small but passionate community of latrine enthusiasts, including Connie Denault, a collector from Chicago.

None of Denault’s dozen children were interested in inheriting her outhouse memorabilia, according to Hines, so he purchased her collection. After adding some outhouse artifacts of his own, Hines flew Denault to Liverpool for the grand unveiling of the Outhouse Museum.

The museum is housed in a roughly

2,200-square-metre renovated middle school from which Hines graduated decades ago. He purchased the condemned building from the city for a dollar, and in 2002, opened the Rossignol Cultural Centre.

“I decided I should do (the restorations) because no one else knew what I had in my head. I didn’t have time to get it out of my head, as usual,” Hines says. “I wanted to do things as quickly and as efficiently as I could or it was going to lose its hobby status.”

The Rossignol is an eclectic archive of a life spent looking for the beauty in unusual things. In the early years, Hines guesses about 80 per cent of its exhibits were donated from his own stockpile of cultural oddities, the rest on loan from community members’ collections.

In the room where he once studied English, Hines installed English antiques he had stowed away in the attic above his garage. The dilapidated gym has been converted into a menagerie of taxidermied beasts, many of them mounted by Hines. A stuffed wolf lunges for a bird in mid-air, both predator and prey trapped in suspended animation, as animal chatter plays over the speakers on a loop.

In his former schoolyard, Hines built a village of buildings he had come across during his world travels: a Mongolian ger tent a lovingly painted replica of the house of Maud Lewis and a scattering of outhouses.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency invested about $630,000 in the Rossignol between 2001 and 2006, but other than that, the centre has largely been funded by a small group of donors, including Hines.

To keep the lights on, the Rossignol has had to shorten its season — which is usually from spring through September — to just July and August this year. Hines insists on waiving the five-dollar entrance fee through the end of the month, against the advice of a longtime colleague.

“I had all kinds of things I was dragging through my life, and I thought it’s better if other people enjoy it,” says Hines. “I would do anything to get more people into the town.”

Hines’s monument to disappearing architecture may find itself Alberta Beef soon disappearing. The Rossignol may have to auction off some of its collection, he says, in a bizarre yard sale.

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An outhouse made from the bow of a fishing boat can be seen at the Outhouse Museum in Liverpool, N.S. The display is located at the Rossignol Cultural Centre which houses a wildlife exhibit, an art gallery, a hunting and fishing museum featuring a replica of a trapper’s cabin, and a photography museum.

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Behaviour changes may hold clues that dementia is brewing

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Memory loss may not always be the first warning sign that dementia is brewing — changes in behaviour or personality might be an early clue.

Researchers on Sunday outlined a syndrome called “mild behavioural impairment” that may be a harbinger of Alzheimer’s or other dementias, and proposed a checklist of symptoms to alert doctors and families.

Losing interest in favourite activities? Getting unusually anxious, aggressive or suspicious? Suddenly making crude comments in public?

“Historically those symptoms have been written off as a psychiatric issue, or as just part of aging,” said Dr. Zahinoor Ismail of the University of Calgary, who presented the checklist at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto.

Now, “when it comes to early detection, memory symptoms don’t have the corner on the market anymore,” he said.

Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, affects more than 5 million people in the U.S., a number growing as the population ages. It gradually strips people of their memory and the ability to think and reason.

But it creeps up, quietly ravaging the brain a decade or two before the first symptoms become noticeable.

Early memory problems called “mild cognitive impairment,” or MCI, can raise the risk of later developing dementia, and worsening memory often is the trigger for potential patients or their loved ones to seek medical help.

It’s not uncommon for people with dementia to experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, too — problems such as depression or “sundowning,” agitation that occurs at the end of the day — as the degeneration spreads into brain regions responsible for more than memory. And previous studies have found that people with mild cognitive impairment are at greater risk of decline if they also suffer more subtle behavioural symptoms.

What’s new: The concept of pre-dementia “mild behavioural impairment,” or MBI, a term that describes

specific changes in someone’s prior behaviour that might signal degeneration is starting in brain regions not as crucial for memory, he said.

Ismail is part of an Alzheimer’s Association committee tapped to draft a checklist of the symptoms that qualify — new problems that linger at least six months, not temporary symptoms or ones explained by a clear mental health diagnosis or other issues such as bereavement, he stressed.

They include apathy, anxiety about once routine events, loss of impulse control, flaunting social norms, loss of interest in food. He even cites extreme cases, like a 68-year-old who started using cocaine before anyone noticed her memory trouble.

If validated, the checklist could help doctors better identify people at risk of brewing Alzheimer’s and study changes over time.

“It’s important for us to recognize that not everything’s forgetfulness,” said Dr. Ron Petersen, the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s research chief. He wasn’t involved in developing the behaviour checklist but said it could raise awareness of the neuropsychiat-

ric link with dementia.

Technology specialist Mike Belleville of Douglas, Massachusetts, thought stress was to blame when he found himself getting easily frustrated and angry. Normally patient, he began snapping at co-workers and rolling down his window to yell at other drivers, “things I’d never done before,” Belleville said.

The final red flag was a heated argument with his wife, Cheryl, who found herself wondering, “Who is this person?”

When Mike Belleville didn’t remember the strong words the next morning, the two headed straight for a doctor.

Physicians tested for depression and a list of other suspects. Eventually Belleville, now 55, was diagnosed with an early-onset form of dementia — and with medication no longer gets angry so easily, allowing him to volunteer his computer expertise.

“If you see changes, don’t take it lightly and assume it’s stress,” Cheryl Belleville advised.

You’re not forced to spend time with ‘political’ couple DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: My wife and I met this new couple at a function, and they seemed really nice, so we exchanged information in hopes of meeting up again. We like meeting new couples and thought we’d see whether we have more in common.

We have hung out with them a handful of times now but don’t see any connection or really have much in common. They are always bringing up politics and their strong beliefs in a particular party, followed by negative comments about what the state of our country would be if the other party were to win the presidential election and all the doom and gloom we would be in for.

My husband and I have never been very political and don’t find much in-

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Tuesday, July 26 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mick Jagger, 73; Helen Mirren, 71; Sandra Bullock, 52 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Expect some emotional highs and lows today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You set very high standards for yourself, and others. The next 12 months is the time to steer your career — or future direction — into exciting new territory.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you annoyed that people aren’t behaving the way you want them to? If you try to boss others around, then you’re in for a long and tiring day. Communication and compromise are the keys.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Steady Bulls prefer it when things proceed with no surprises or dramas along the way. Your motto for today Taurus? Put on your adaptability hat — and get ready to expect the unexpected!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you can balance your logical and emotional sides, then you’ll make satisfactory progress. But do you have a problem that’s bothering you? Let your intuition point you in the right direction.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you expect things to run smoothly today, then you’ll be jolted out of your Crab comfort zone. The planets — especially Uranus — encourage you to look at a current situation in a bold new way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your motto for moment is from birthday great, British actress

terest in discussing it. We have a decently fun time with them, but my wife and I often talk about what else we could’ve done that evening or that day.

The woman of the other couple texts my wife almost every Friday now to invite us out. We’ve said no a few times, but now we don’t wish to meet up with them anymore because these political conversations are such a drag.

It feels as if we are trying to break up with this couple but they don’t know it yet. We don’t know what to do.

— Politics-Free Household Dear Politics-Free: Although these days it seems to be more of a faux pas to discuss Game of Thrones spoilers at the dinner table than politics and religion, there’s a reason that those loaded topics have traditionally been off-limits. They’re deeply personal, and talking about them tends to create hostile territory where friendship might have grown.

Politely tell the couple you respect that they are passionate about their beliefs but you don’t feel comfortable talking politics. If they can’t respect

that, move on to new friends.

You’re under no obligation to spend time with this couple. After all, “doomed” or not, it’s still a free country.

Dear Annie: I just want to get married. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for three years, but he hasn’t warmed up to the idea of marriage.

He says things like, “It’s just a piece of paper. And besides, half of marriages end in divorce.”

I was ecstatic when he recently expressed interest in moving in together.

I think he sees this as the next step in determining whether we’re compatible before perhaps popping the question.

The only thing standing in the way right now is the fact that my parents disapprove.

I care about their opinion, of course, but it is my life and a decision I’ve made carefully. My mom has kind of gotten over it, but my dad refuses to acknowledge it and doesn’t seem to care about how we’re doing as a couple.

All he cares about is how I am do-

ing and how my job is. He also disapproves of my boyfriend’s unemployment. It really makes my boyfriend uncomfortable, especially because those two have never really gotten along.

What can I do to make my dad see that this man is my future husband? — Shacking Up Dear Shacking: Reverse the U-Haul.

Not because Dad disapproves but because moving in together wouldn’t change your boyfriend’s mind if he’s already said he’s indifferent about marriage. In fact, he’d have even less reason to take the next step.

Stay in your own places until the two of you make solid plans for your future. This will put the situation in the pressure cooker a bit, which it needs.

Maybe he’s your future husband.

Maybe not. All the better to find out sooner rather than later.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

Helen Mirren, “You write your life story by the choices you make.” So ensure you make conscious and clever choices today Cats!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): With Jupiter in your sign until September 9, make the most of the opportunities that are around. Be inspired by Virgo writer D. H. Lawrence, “I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You may feel pulled in different directions today Libra as home, family, love and work all compete for your limited time and energy. So make sure you pace yourself, prioritize, and learn to say no!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Being over-assertive could lead to problems with others, so cool down and tread carefully.

When it comes to professional matters, it’s a terrific time for joint ventures, as you broaden your knowledge base.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you are reckless with relationships, then you could find yourself with a fractious friend — or livid lover — on your hands. When it comes to money matters, strive to be less careless and more organized.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your mantra for the moment is from birthday great Carl Jung, “Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re at your wild and wonderful best, as you shake up relationships with your inventive ideas and adventurous attitude. When it comes to love, be prepared to experiment and explore.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to be more open with loved ones. If you’ve got a problem that’s bothering you, don’t bottle it up inside. If you’re emotionally mature, then

you’ll talk about what’s troubling you.

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ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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