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Malley awaits appeal decision SENTENCED TO LIFE AFTER FIRST DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION IN INNISFAIL BOMBING DEATH

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta’s Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether an Innisfail man convicted of killing a woman with a bomb will get a new trial.

Brian Malley, 59, had his appeal heard by a threejudge panel in Calgary on Tuesday. As is usual, the panel gave no indication of when it would release its decision.

Malley was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in Red Deer provincial court on Feb. 14, 2014. He was automatically sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Victoria Shachtay, 23, was killed on Nov. 25, 2011 opening a gift left on her Innisfail doorstep. The paraplegic single mother opened the disguised bomb, it went off and killed her instantly.

A 2004 car collision left Shachtay confined to a wheelchair. In 2007, she received a large settle-

ment from the crash and invested $575,000 of the money and a $264,000 loan at Malley’s recommendation through the company Assante Wealth Management.

By the spring of 2011, the money had run out. To hide the losses, between April and November 2011, Malley made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to Shachtay from his own debit and credit card accounts, even going Brian Malley into overdraft.

Malley was arrested on May 27, 2012, following a six-month investigation

by the Innisfail RCMP, RCMP post blast national response team, explosive disposal and technology section, tech crimes, special tactical operations, criminal analysis section, special surveillance units and forensic labs.

Malley’s counsel maintained throughout the trial that investigators had tunnel vision and focused in on Malley without considering other alternatives.

After the conviction, defence counsel Bob Aloneissi, of Edmonton, said his client was wrongfully convicted and compared it to the convictions of Guy Paul Morin and David Milgaard. Milgaard was acquitted after serving 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit while Morin was exonerated

by DNA evidence.

Malley, who has remained in custody, was represented by Edmonton lawyer Nathan Whitling at Tuesday’s hearing. Whitling works with Aloneissi at Liberty Law.

Hiring freeze

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer employers are not in the hiring mood, says a new survey.

Only 10 per cent of employers surveyed for the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey expected to add to their payroll in the October-through-December quarter.

Twelve per cent of those surveyed anticipated cutbacks. The remaining 78 per cent hoped to maintain their current staffing levels.

“With seasonal variations removed from the data, Red Deer’s fourth-quarter net employment outlook of minus-two per cent is a two-percentage point decrease when compared to the previous quarterly outlook,” says Randy Upright, CEO of Manpower’s Alberta region in a statement.

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Rhyno takes the reins

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

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New Advocate managing editor Crystal Rhyno.

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Crystal Rhyno is the new managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate.

Rhyno, who joined the Advocate news team in 2011, is a familiar face in the community. Besides covering City Hall for five years as a reporter, she has a popular weekly running column that will now appear twice a month as Rhyno takes over her new managerial duties.

Publisher Mary Kemmis said, “Crystal has contributed greatly to the success of the Advocate since joining our team. Her skill set, dedication and passion will help move the Advocate to the next level, both in paper and online.”

While it’s a changing time for newspapers — “exciting changes are happening,” said Rhyno, who looks forward to leading a team of talented and experienced reporters and editors into a new era. The Red Deer Advocate turns 110 next year, and Rhyno said special-event celebrations will be held.

A new website is also coming on-stream this fall

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to help the Advocate tell local stories in more ways, including with video.

“There will be more emphasis on new platforms,” said Rhyno. But she pledged the same dedication will be applied to telling stories that most matter to the community. Since Advocate news staffers live and work in the area, they understand the issues that are important to their Central Alberta neighbours, she added.

Among Rhyno’s duties will be writing editorials on relevant issues, including the workings of City Hall. She believes her experience as municipal affairs reporter will inform her opinions and help keep council accountable to local residents.

The Nova Scotia native previously worked as a reporter at the Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune and taught English in South Korea. She also worked as a writer in various capacities since graduating from Ottawa’s Algonquin College with a journalism degree. She previously studied English and criminology at Acadia University.

Rhyno replaces former managing editor Josh Aldrich, who left for other pursuits.

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Quidditch takes the pitch LEARN ALL ABOUT THE GAME HARRY POTTER MADE FAMOUS

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Jillian Staniec of Central Alberta Quidditch rides her broom and holds the Snitch. Staniec and other club members will hold a demonstration session at XPlore Sport Day in Red Deer this Saturday at the Collicutt Centre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Along with Quidditch there will be dozens of demonstrations and opportunities to see and try new sports in Red Deer. Central Alberta Quidditch holds its Quidditch Fall Fest tournament and festival from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Sunday Sept. 18 at the Bower Community Centre at 85 Boyce St.

Brooms, quaffle and snitches are just some of the terms used to describe a sport that is quickly gaining popularity around the world and here in Central Alberta.

Familiar to Harry Potter fans, quidditch combines rugby, dodge ball and capture the flag.

Jillian Staniec, founder of Central Alberta Quidditch and current president of the Central Alberta Centaurs, said the growth in this area has been substantial from when she started three years ago. There are 38 members in the club.

This Sunday the Central Alberta Quidditch will host the Quidditch Fall Festival at the Bower Community Centre field at 85 Boyce Street in Red Deer.

“We have been able to start a youth a program and are currently in our fourth session, which we do in the spring and fall. Our adult program has also taken off this summer, so it’s been fantastic for us,” said Staniec.

Quidditch is a gender inclusive game, which is something Staniec believes is special to the sporting world.

“You play as you identify and I feel

it has really increased understanding and has challenged the assumptions that people have about gender in sports. It allows people to create friendships and connections with people all over the world,” said Staniec.

No matter what type of sporting background one has, Staniec said it’s a sport anybody can play and a great way to stay active.

“You get to build up your overall fitness along with learning basic skills of passing, catching and shooting. The types of things you need in a lot of other sports,” said Staniec.

Teams consist of 21 players with a main goal of scoring points by throwing the quaffle (ball) through one of the three hoops placed on the pitch.

The free fall festival includes a low-contact tournament between the Central Alberta Centaurs, Edmonton Aurors, Calgary Kelpies and the University of Calgary Mudbloods. There are two youth games, a try-it session along with a full-contact game between Northern and Southern Alberta which will be televised on Shaw TV Red Deer at 12:30 a.m. The fun starts at 10 a.m.

To learn more about quidditch visit: centralalbertaquidditch.com jguignard@reddeeradvocate.com

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Man faces arson, firearms charges A Sylvan Lake man accused of a residential arson now faces criminal charges.

On Monday at 10:25 p.m., local police and firefighters responded to a residential fire on the 50 block of Old Boomer Road.

The fire was contained and extinguished with minor damage to the building. No one was injured. All occupants were out of the residence.

A 44-year-old man is charged with arson and disregard for human life, arson to property, two counts of uttering a death threat, and failure to comply with a recognizance.

The man also faces several gun-related charges as a result of an investigation by Sylvan Lake RCMP who responded to a disturbance complaint at a Red Deer County residence on Sand Road on Sept. 7 and 8.

The man is charged with four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts of careless use of a firearm, three counts of possession of a prohibited weapon without holding a licence, two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon with ammunition, three counts of tampering with the serial number of a firearm, and four counts of failing to comply with a recognizance.

A bail hearing for the accused was held Tuesday and he was remanded into custody. He was to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday.

Nine impaired drivers nabbed by police Nine people were caught impaired driving including one motorist who was going almost 100 km/hour in a 60 km/hour zone last weekend.

Mike Zufferli of the Red Deer RCMP Traffic Unit said many of the drivers were identified through their driving patterns.

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Although days are getting shorter and frost is a daily possibility, City Hall Park in Red Deer still dishes out the summer colours through the thousands of blooms in the park. taken lightly.

“Impaired driving is a dangerous choice to make, and for those who continue to drive impaired, it’s going to catch up with you,” says Zufferli. “RCMP are always actively looking for impaired drivers on the roads through roving patrols, check stops and reports from concerned citizens.”

The Red Deer RCMP encourage citizens to report suspected impaired drivers by calling 911 when it is safe to do so, including a vehicle description, the licence place information, direction of travel and a description of the driver.

“Impaired drivers who think they’re okay to drive are fooling themselves, and these charges bear that out. Impaired drivers follow predictable and dangerous patterns, and police officers are trained to identify those patterns,” said Zufferli.

One driver attempted to flee the scene when police made a traffic stop. Blood alcohol tests revealed the motorist was well over the legal limit at .13.

Another driver was arrested whose blood alcohol content was three times over the legal limit at .24.

Zufferli wants to remind people that choosing to drive while impaired is something that shouldn’t be

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McCann family prepares for verdict

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Bret McCann hopes a verdict Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing his parents and hiding their bodies will end a six-yearlong nightmare for his family.

Travis Vader has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the July 2010 deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, a couple in their late-70s, who vanished on a camping trip.

“It has been a marathon of hope and anxiety and ups and downs,” McCann said Wednesday as he reflected on what the family has gone through since his parents disappeared.

“After seeing all of the evidence the police have and the Crown put forth, I am convinced that he is guilty.”

The McCanns were last seen fuelling up their motorhome in their hometown of St. Albert, Alta., just north of Edmonton, before heading to British Columbia for a family visit.

Their burning vehicle was found two days later in a remote area west of the city. Their bodies have not been found.

McCann said he can still recall what went through his mind when he first learned that his mom and dad were missing.

Were they hurt? Were they being held somewhere in the dense woods?

Then came the slow realization that his parents were dead. That was followed by long days watching the twists and turns of the police investigation and legal process.

The Crown has said Vader, 44, was a desperate drug user living in a makeshift camp when he came across the McCanns and killed them.

The defence has argued that without the bodies or a murder weapon, the Crown’s case is based on theories and circumstantial evidence.

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Timeline of the case EDMONTON — A judge is to release his verdict on Thursday for a man accused in the deaths of two Alberta seniors. Lyle and Marie McCann vanished six years ago after they headed out on a camping trip.

Travis Vader has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

Here is a timeline with some key events in the case: 2010 July 3: Lyle and Marie McCann are last seen fuelling up their motorhome in their hometown of St. Albert, north of Edmonton, for a trip to Abbotsford, B.C. July 5: The burned-out motorhome is discovered in the bush near Edson, about 200 kilometres west of St. Albert. Mounties phone the couple’s home and knock on the door. Officers later explain that they weren’t alarmed because vehicles are often found burning in the bush and it’s not unusual for people to be away from home during the summer.

July 10: Trudy Holder calls RCMP when her parents fail to show up in Abbotsford. Mounties start searching for the couple.

July 13: Two people go to the RCMP detachment in Prince George, B.C., and report having spotted a

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Travis Vader arrives at court in Edmonton on March 8, 2016. Bret McCann hopes a verdict Thursday, in the trial of a man accused of killing his parents and hiding their bodies, will end a six-year-long nightmare for his family.

Brian Beresh asked in his closing arguments in June.

“There is an absence of fundamental evidence in this case upon which you could ever convict Mr. Vader.”

McCann said his wife, Mary-Ann, daughter Nicole and son Brett will all be in court for Justice Denny Thomas’s verdict. The case was heard without a jury.

Other relatives and friends will also be there to lend support.

McCann said family members are fully prepared for either verdict. They just want the emotional roller-coaster they have been on for six years to finally stop.

“It will be a release just to hear what the verdict is — whichever way

green Hyundai Tucson like the one the McCanns were towing behind their motorhome, but they are rebuffed. Mounties later issue a public plea for the tipsters to return.

July 16: RCMP announce that the SUV the couple was towing has been found off a bush trail near Edson. Officers name Travis Vader as a person of interest in the case and release his photo.

July 19: Vader is arrested on outstanding warrants on unrelated charges.

2011 July 20: A judge declares the McCanns dead so their wills and estates can be processed.

Dec. 22: Vader is sentenced to 33 months in prison for arsons and break-ins in the Whitecourt, Mayerthorpe and Barrhead areas of Alberta in 2009. He gets credit for time served, but is kept in custody on other charges.

2012 April 18: Vader is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the McCanns.

May 1: Vader is convicted of drug trafficking, theft and weapons offences in the Barrhead area in June 2010.

Oct. 19: Before Vader can be sentenced, a judge declares a mistrial because evidence was not properly disclosed to the defence. Justice June

it goes,” he said. “It is a milestone and we can close that chapter of our life.”

McCann, 61 and retired, said he and his wife are thinking about moving to Australia to be closer to their daughter and grandchildren.

Despite problems during the initial RCMP investigation, he has nothing but admiration and respect for the RCMP and the Crown, he said.

McCann said whatever happens, he hopes that his family will get an explanation of what happened in July 2010.

“It is very important for us to find my parents’ remains. Other than some hunter tripping across them, he is our last hope for finding them.”

Vader’s father, Ed Vader, could not be reached for comment.

Ross cites the RCMP as “negligent” and orders a new trial.

2014 Feb. 7: Vader files a lawsuit against the RCMP and justice officials claiming they kept him behind bars on trumped-up charges until he could be charged with murdering the McCanns. He had faced charges related to passing off a forged employment letter in court, but they were dropped.

March 19: Crown prosecutor Michelle Doyle issues a stay on the murder charges, days before the trial is to begin, after discovering Mounties failed to disclose all evidence to lawyers. The RCMP later make changes to the way disclosure is handled in major investigations.

April 22: Vader files another lawsuit alleging misconduct by RCMP, malicious prosecution by the Crown and mistreatment by prison guards.

Oct. 8: Vader is found not guilty of the previous drug, theft and weapons charges after a second trial. He pleads guilty to failing to comply with a 2010 court order and is sentenced to one day of time served. He is released from custody for the first time in four years and tells reporters his treatment by the justice system has been a “witch hunt.”

Dec. 19: RCMP arrest Vader and charge him again with murder in the

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DNA and an SUV: A look at the case against murder suspect Travis Vader ● The McCanns were last seen fuelling up their motorhome in their hometown of St. Albert, north of Edmonton, on July 3, 2010. They were towing their SUV behind the motorhome. ● A friend testified Vader was broke but showed up with cash and driving an SUV that matched the one owned by the couple on July 3. ● That same day, several calls and text messages were sent to Vader’s former girlfriend from the McCanns’s cellphone. Phone records show the phone was used in the general area of Edson, where the couple’s burned-out motorhome was later found. ● The keys to the couple’s SUV were eventually discovered in the bed of a stolen, burned-out truck that a witness said Vader had been driving. ● DNA matching Vader’s was found in the couple’s SUV and his fingerprint was on a can of beer in the vehicle. The beer was the same brand Vader had been seen drinking earlier. ● Lyle McCann’s ball cap was found with a bullet hole and stained with his blood. DNA found on the hat matched Vader’s, although the match was less certain than that of the DNA found in the SUV. ● Vader did not testify, but his lawyer, Brian Beresh, argued there’s no real proof the McCanns are dead and no murder weapon has been found. ● Beresh also said there’s no proof it was Vader who used the couple’s cellphone and the DNA evidence is sketchy. ● The defence lawyer suggested that witnesses lied about seeing Vader driving the couple’s SUV and that the keys to the vehicle could have been planted in the burned truck by police, since the keys were found long after the truck was initially discovered.

deaths of the McCanns.

2016 Jan. 26: Justice Denny Thomas denies an application by defence lawyers to drop the murder case over alleged abuse of process and an unreasonable delay in getting to trial.

March 8: Vader’s first-degree murder trial begins. He tells the judge: “I am not guilty of that charge.”

May 30: Vader is denied bail on new charges laid during his murder trial. They include break and enter, possession of stolen property and breaching conditions of his release.

His bail had previously been reviewed when he showed up late four times during the trial.

June 22: Final arguments begin.

The Crown asks the judge to look at the “totality of the evidence.” The defence suggests there’s not enough evidence to prove the couple is dead and that police should have looked at other suspects.

Sept. 13: Justice Thomas rules that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom to broadcast his verdict. He says it will increase the public’s confidence in the judicial system. Several media outlets had argued for cameras as being in the public interest, because of the cost of the extensive police investigation and trial.

100 men still giving, despite feeling the pinch GROUP ANNOUNCED MORE THAN $5,000 FOR PARKLAND COMMUNITY LIVING AND SUPPORT SOCIETY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Members nominate charities that are then chosen at random to give presentations.

He said the two charities that don’t get picked at an event are still raising awareness for their charity and have the opportunity to talk to men in attendance. The men also get to meet other members.

“It’s a real great opportunity to grow your network personally, but also get involved with like-minded people,” Meckelberg said.

The money Parkland CLASS (Community Living and Support Society) received will go towards purchasing

Parkland Community Living and Support Society walked away with more than $5,000 from the 100 Men Red Deer meeting held on Monday.

More money will be coming Parkland’s way from other members of the local initiative that gives community groups the chance to raise money for projects and programs.

Lee Meckelberg, 100 Men treasurer, said it’s getting harder to get members to come out to the quarterly events where three charities give five-minute presentations and one is chosen to receive $100 from each man at the meeting.

“We have had some people that contact us to say they can’t continue with the initiative anymore because of the economy,” Meckelberg said.

He said if their budget doesn’t allow it, it doesn’t allow it. But charities are also feeling the pinch.

“Now more than ever if you have that ability, it’s more important to try and step forward and offer that assistance to the community.”

As of June, 100 Men had raised $55,000 from six events. The next meeting will be held If you can I.D. the person depicted in the Dec. 6.

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“They are mostly wheelchair dependent or have huge mobility issues so they can’t go on regular playground equipment or play like other kids so we wanted equipment that would answer that need,” said Katrina Silbernagel, co-ordinator of health and wellness with Parkland.

A support structure to hold up swings built to accommodate the children’s needs, a full body recline swing, and mats will be purchased, along with a bean bag bed that vibrates. The equipment will be set up in one of Parkland’s group homes.

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IMF’s love affair with Liberals’ policy PAUL WELLS OPINION Standing next to Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons foyer on Tuesday, International Monetary Fund boss Christine Lagarde delivered odes to big-ticket infrastructure spending and to the embattled Canada-EU trade deal before concluding, “I very much hope Canadian economic policies could go viral.”

Hardly had Lagarde left town before Ottawa politicians started arguing over whether Trudeau should get any credit for the policies Lagarde praised. CETA, after all, was the work of nearly a decade for Trudeau’s predecessor, Stephen Harper. And if Canada is spry enough to spend big on infrastructure, it has much to do with the zeal of five consecutive prime ministers, from Brian Mulroney to Harper, for reducing Canada’s debt-to-GDP ratio.

Be that as it may, Canada is turning into an international poster child for Lagarde’s favourite bundle of policies - borrowing at historically low interest rates to fund major new investments in physical infrastructure, which she says can improve productivity and quali-

ty of life while giving a much-needed boost to anemic economic growth.

As for her hope that these policies go viral, Trudeau’s government will devote much of its fall to spreading the news of Canada’s good fortune.

Circle Nov. 14 on your calendar.

That’s the day BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, with perhaps $5 trillion in assets under management, will convene a select group of major international investors in Toronto for a daylong summit.

On the speakers list: Trudeau, his finance minister, Bill Morneau, his infrastructure minister, Amarjeet Sohi and other federal officials.

The sessions will be private. The guests will be pension funds, portfolio managers and other large institutional investors with extraordinarily deep pockets - “Tens of trillions in investible assets,” one told me; “some of the deepest pools of capital that exist in the world,” another said.

The pitch, however, will not be far different from what Trudeau and his senior economic ministers have been saying for months: in a world where old values like the European Union are rocked by crisis, and the aggressive growth markets of the 1990s are no longer growing aggressively, Canada offers steady value for sober investors.

“What Canada offers to the world right now at a time when it is characterized by populism and anti-globalization,” Trudeau told reporters in

Saguenay, Que., last month, “is an approach that offers political, financial, economic, social stability, predictability and openness to globalization.”

That’s a “very different climate than what we see elsewhere around the world,” he added. “And that is one of the things that I don’t have to push very hard when I meet with potential international investors.”

He has been meeting those investors assiduously since he came to office. In Davos, Switzerland, he met BlackRock’s Larry Fink, who is sometimes named as a potential treasury secretary in a future Hillary Clinton cabinet. BlackRock has other Canadian connections: Mark Wiseman, former head of the CPP Investment Board, is now in charge of BlackRock’s global active equity business. His spouse, Marcia Moffatt, is the company’s managing director for Canada.

Big investors aren’t normally swayed by personal connections or a nice smile when deciding where to put their investments. But that’s exactly the point Trudeau was responding to when he said Canada’s social and fiscal assets these days are “things that I don’t have to push very hard.”

What he will offer the BlackRock investors in Toronto is an overview of the government’s policy priorities, including “a more innovative and cleaner” natural resource sector, and a growing list of “opportunities” for public-private partnerships in infra-

structure, one federal source said.

This, too, is consistent with a line of argument Trudeau has been making for what will seem a surprisingly long time. In an article he wrote in late 2012, at the height of public debate over the Chinese firm CNOOC’s takeover of Calgary energy firm Nexen, Trudeau said Canada has “perhaps more potential to capitalize” on Chinese outward-bound investment “than any other country.” And not only in energy markets. “What if we got our world-class financial institutions and pension funds together with our worldclass engineering and construction industries to secure a leadership role for Canada in Asia’s growth?”

Or the other way around? Trudeau’s mandate letters to Morneau and Sohi told them to develop a “Canada Infrastructure Bank.” International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland was tasked with providing “concierge services to promote business investment in Canada so that potential investors will have a one-window shop.”

Pending the creation of something more formal, Justin Trudeau will tell BlackRock’s guests that for now, the window opens into his office. You want to invest in Canada? Call the PMO. “That’s a signal that hasn’t been sent in a long time,” one official says.

Paul Wells is a national affairs writer.

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Private health insurance coverage needs a review

BY JOHN HAVE AND ROBERT L. BROWN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES A nine-year-old New Brunswick boy was recently denied private health coverage because of his weight (135 pounds at 5 foot 2 inches). The idea that a child could be denied coverage in Canada shocked many. But it’s entirely legal and may be a sign of things to come.

The boy’s father was laid off in January and the Doiron family lost the extended health insurance provided by his employer. So they wanted to buy private coverage to top up what is not covered by Canada’s publicly-funded health system.

Canadians tend to think that we have completely publicly-funded health care. This is true for medically-necessary care, such as hospital, diagnostic and physician services. But most Canadians must fund dental, vision and pharmaceutical drug costs privately. They must also fund healthcare services such as chiropractic or physiotherapy that are not deemed essential under the Canada Health Act. Canadians must insure or pay outof-pocket a whopping 30 per cent of RED DEER

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Private health-care costs in Canada have grown dramatically over the last 40 years. Adjusting for population growth and inflation, they have increased by over 220 per cent on average since 1975. That’s around $1,800 per person - no small figure.

Some of the increase is due to overall aging of the population. But most is due to increased costs for health services, as well as expanded use and availability of services. Canada is one of few countries in the world with a universal health system that doesn’t include prescription drug coverage as a medically-necessary benefit. Some health policy experts have called on the federal government to increase publicly-funded coverage by establishing a national pharmacare program.

This is now being discussed at federal and provincial levels.

Many Canadians rely on private insurance to help with health needs not covered by our public system.

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time. Some insurers offer limited coverage to those who recently lost their jobs (within the last 60 days) without having to provide medical evidence.

For those unemployed, under-employed or self-employed, purchasing individual private health plans for their families is the only option. But to be eligible, medical evidence of good health must be provided to the insurer. Anyone with a pre-existing medical condition may be offered only limited coverage or even denied coverage.

The alternative is for Canadians to pay out-of-pocket for private expenses or forgo some health services because they can’t afford them.

So what about all those Canadians who want private coverage and can’t get it or can’t afford it? This is a question our provincial and federal governments need to address.

The loss of health coverage through loss of job may actually have a simple insurance solution.

Existing group life insurance regulations and guidelines could offer a path forward. In stark contrast to group health insurance, when someone is laid off work, group life contracts in Canada must allow the em-

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ployee to convert their group life insurance to individual life insurance plans up to a maximum of $200,000 (for those under age 65).

The key component? They don’t have to provide any evidence of insurability. So they are guaranteed the possibility of purchasing a reasonably-priced life insurance plan with without having to pass any health tests.

Isn’t it time to use the group life insurance conversion model for group health insurance when someone in Canada is laid off? This would allow families access to adequate private health coverage without punishing their finances or making them go without.

This simple solution won’t address all the concerns around private health costs in Canada, but it is something governments and insurers could work together to implement without too much difficulty.

It would’ve helped the Doiron family and the many others like them.

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Business owners warn wage JOBS: Numbers surprise to hike could drive up prices Red Deer & District Story from A1

DOLLAR INCREASE STARTS NEXT MONTH, $15 PER HOUR BY 2018

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Some Red Deer business owners are still not convinced the timing is right to increase the province’s minimum wage.

Next month the wage will increase to $12.20 from $11.20 before landing on a mandatory $15 per hour

by Oct. 1, 2018.

“The longer this recession has been going on and the already increased costs local businesses are facing I think for some this is going to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back,” said Reg Warkentin, policy and advocacy manager for the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce.

Warkentin is concerned about the businesses with tight budgets. He said anybody in the hospitality industry such as restaurants or food processors will have problems.

“Generally, these are businesses that weren’t paying minimum wage. They were paying above minimum wage. By adding this cost, they’ll have no choice but to respond, which may mean fewer hours for employees, cut backs and the number of staff,” said Warkentin.

Kathryn Harris, a manager of Sunworks, agrees

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there may be that possibility, but she is confident the wage increase will be a positive thing.

“Personally, I think it’s great. A lot of people at minimum wage are struggling for the bare essentials which is really too bad. As a manager it’s something we are conscious of and we make sure all of our staff are taken care of,” said Harris.

Owners across the city are a little less convinced.

“It’s a good idea, but how can we increase the wage and not increase the price of food. People are suffering because there is no work and no money. It’s frustrating,” said Alex Charafeddine, owner of Red City Donair.

For Pardeep Takher, owner of Extreme Pita, the increase doesn’t make a lot of sense.

“The wage is going up, but everything else is going up as well. For people who are making minimum wage, it’s not really going to help them,” said Takher.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Tuesday that she doesn’t believe the hike in wage will create potential job losses or cut backs.

Warkentin just doesn’t buy it.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense, it’s a one size fits all solution that just doesn’t work. I don’t get it,” said Warkentin. time.

“It is a two-day family-friendly event and its based on everything outdoors.” she said.

The family-friendly event that features an indoor trade-show, monster trucks rides, outdoor games, an archery competition and a Saturday evening Jeff Foxworthy impersonator. An archery competition will put competitors up against a professional archer. People can purchase their tickets at the Recreation Office (4926 50 Avenue) in Sylvan Lake or by calling (403) 887-2199.

Trucks ’n’ Bucks – a celebration and showcase of everything outdoors – will motor into the Sylvan Lake Community Centre on October 7 and 8.

The two-day outdoor entertainment festival acts as a fundraiser for the Nexsource Centre.

Monique Pummin, Sylvan Lake Recreation representative and organizer of Trucks ’n’ Bucks, is excited to bring this event to Sylvan Lake for the first

Chamber of Commerce

It is also down two points from the same time last year “indicating a slow hiring pace for the upcoming months.”

The Manpower numbers did not come as a surprise to Reg Warkentin, policy and advocacy manager for Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce.

“Generally speaking, what we’re hearing is reflected in the results of the Manpower survey,” says Warkentin in an email.

As the recession drags on the effects are reverberating throughout the economy and being felt among businesses unrelated to the oil and gas sector, the most obvious early victim of low oil prices.

“Employers are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with the slowed economy and the increased costs in the form of the minimum wage increase, higher corporate taxes (for those still turning a profit), and the impending carbon levy,” says Warkentin.

“There are only so many levers a business can pull to reduce costs, and labor costs are the big one.”

The Chamber has heard of a number of oilfield equipment manufacturers which have had to slash their payroll up to 90 per cent to “keep the lights on.

“With an at-best tepid recovery projected in the oil & gas sector, Central Alberta businesses unable to diversify their revenue stream will have to keep their operations as lean as possible.”

Not all of the employment news is bad.

“Certain aspects of the hospitality and retail industry as well as agriculture are the sectors we hear are still hiring,” he says.

The Chamber has also formed a partnership with Talent Pool, an employers’ resource and information hub. Six workshops are planned with the first set for Monday at the chamber offices at 3017 Gaetz Ave. For more information go to www.reddeerchamber. com. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sakowich has plenty to prove SUTTER SAYS TALENTED PLAYER DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT SO FAR

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Heading into this season Ethan Sakowich felt he had a good chance to make the Red Deer Rebels full time.

But the 17-year-old native of Athabasca wasn’t taking anything for granted.

“Not at all. I wanted to come here and show I still had a hard work ethic, could do the little things well and work hard every day.”

So far he’s done everything head coach/GM Brent Sutter has expected of him.

“Sak is where we thought he’d be,” said Sutter.

“There’s been no surprises. He has got to work hard, compete hard and be a responsible player, plus bringing an edge and he’s done all that.”

Sakowich, who played major midget hockey in Fort Saskatchewan for two seasons, came to camp knowing what to expect after playing four games with the Rebels at the end of last season.

“That was good for me,” he said. “I came here with a lot more confidence. I knew what to expect, which helped a lot.”

He also was with the team during the Memorial Cup, although he trained but didn’t play.

“The Memorial Cup was a great experience. I didn’t expect to play, but just watching I learned a lot,” he said. “As well the intensity at practice was higher and it helped me training that hard.”

Sakowich, who was drafted in the third round (46th overall) in the 2014 WHL bantam draft, has played in all four Rebels preseason games this year and has chipped in with three assists and is a plusthree.

“It’s been good so far, I’m definitely enjoying it,” he said. “As for the three assists I’ve been a bit lucky. It’s not something I’m focusing on. I think I can be a two-way player, but my main responsibility is my defensive end.”

Sakowich is listed at six-foot-one and 177 pounds.

“I’m a little slighter than some of the guys and I need to put on a couple of pounds,” he said.

Sutter isn’t worried about that.

“He’s a tall, rangy kid who plays with some bite to his game. He’s good in his end and moves the puck well.

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Red Deer Rebels defenceman Ethan Sakowich is set to be a part of a rebuilding blueline that lost a lot of veterans this offseason.

“I like his fire. He’s a fierce competitor who will only continue to get better. He put some weight on this summer, which is good for him. He’s a bit stronger now.”

Both Sakowich and Sutter realize he’s still young and has to be patient.

“We will have to be patient. There will be some mistakes, but I like Sak, (Carson) Sass and (Alexander) Alexeyev. They’re all 17 and understand the game. They’re smart players and will continue to improve.”

The Rebels have a young defence with 16-yearold Jacob Herauf also in camp. All four youngsters will be counted on this weekend as the Rebels face the Medicine Hat Tigers in a home-and-home set to finish their exhibition season. They meet Friday in Ralston and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Centrium.

“All three 17 year-olds are slightly ahead of Her-

auf as they’re a year older,” said Sutter. “I’m a bit leery of keeping a 16-year-old if he’s not in your top six. But we’ll continue to monitor him and see how it goes.”

The Rebels will be even younger this weekend as they lost seven players to NHL rookie camps and Evan Polei is out with an upper-body injury.

Forward Jeff de Wit (Detroit), Grayson Pawlenchuk (Dallas), Brandon Hagel (Buffalo), Michael Spacek (Winnipeg) and Adam Musel (St. Louis) and defencemen Colton Bobyk (New York Rangers) and Josh Mahura (Anaheim) left for camp Wednesday.

The Rebels hope the majority of the seven will be back for the home opener, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. against the Edmonton Oil Kings at the Centrium.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca

Blue Jays need to stop the bleeding MORALE IS HIGH BUT LOSS KICKS TORONTO TO THIRD PLACE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Rays 8 Jays 1 TORONTO — Marco Estrada’s words were confident and optimistic, but the soft tone of the Toronto right-hander’s voice and glum look on his face told a different story as he tried to explain the Blue Jays’ recent skid that continued Wednesday with a demoralizing 8-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

“Our team morale is still high, guys are picking everybody else up every inning,” Estrada said following the loss that knocked Toronto down to third place in the American League East.

“It’s just hard to explain this,” Estrada said, his gaze often finding the floor as TV cameras flashed brightly on his face. “I guess when things are going bad they stay there for a bit. But the good thing is we can only go up from here. I know things are going to change. I know time is running out but things are going to change. We’re too good for it not to.”

The loss capped a 2-6 stint at Rogers Centre that included a crucial series loss to the Boston Red Sox. September has been a disaster for the Jays, who opened the month with four series losses for the first time this season. They have won just three of their last 12 games and were 2 ½ games behind Boston for first place in the AL East after Wednesday’s matinee. The Red Sox were to play the second-place Orioles on Wednesday night.

Toronto had held sole possession of the division lead as recently as Sept. 5.

“I’ve got to believe we’re rock bottom,” manager John Gibbons said. “I don’t see how much lower it can go. So I’m optimistic that this will turn and turn

in a hurry.”

The Blue Jays will need it to if they hope to make a second straight post-season appearance.

Toronto begins what could be a tough seven-game West Coast road trip Thursday in Los Angeles followed by a three-game stop in Seattle.

The lowly Angels, behind the power of Mike Trout and Albert Pujols, won two of three games against the Jays at Rogers Centre in August. The Mariners, meanwhile, are not far removed from an AL wildcard spot and took two of three at Toronto in July.

Estrada (8-9) dominated the first three innings Wednesday, retiring the first nine Rays he faced and setting a franchise record by opening the game with five straight strikeouts. But as the game wore on, the Blue Jays’ struggles began peeking through.

They managed just two hits on the day — matching a season-low — while giving up 13. They failed to score more than three runs for the 21st time in their last 41 games.

Estrada maintained that despite the Blue Jays’ current state, no one in the clubhouse has given up — not yet, anyway.

“We’re fighting. We’re fighting for sure,” he said.

“I don’t think anybody’s down. Not yet. But we need to turn this around before anybody does get down.”

Estrada argued it’s part of the game.

“But it seems worse because we’re all struggling right now,” he said. “It’s kind of been a snowball effect, we just have to stop it. We have to find a way to do it. Nothing’s been working out lately.”

Asked if his team was pressing at the plate in light of their recent struggles, Gibbons replied: “naturally, yeah.”

“That’s the way the game works. It’s human nature,” he continued. “They’re all trying to do good, trying to come through, get the big hit, the big out, things like that and it starts snowballing.”

Also concerning for the Blue Jays is the recent absence of Josh Donaldson. The reigning AL MVP sat out Wednesday’s game, his third straight, with a hip injury.

He had an MRI Wednesday and will travel with the team to L.A. Describing the injury as a gradual thing that suddenly intensified, Donaldson couldn’t say when or how it happened.

The all-star third baseman said it’s been tough to sit out while the team is scuffling. But he also insisted he didn’t feel a sense of panic.

“We have a lot of players in this locker-room that are very good and we believe in each other and we believe we’re going to right the ship,” Donaldson said. “We have 18 games left and hopefully we’ll finish strong in those 18.”

NOTES: Estrada allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and seven strikeouts through 5 1/3 innings. … Alex Cobb (1-0), in his third start since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed one run on just two his through 6 2/3 innings and Corey Dickerson drove in four runs for the Rays (62-83). …

Edwin Encarnacion had a sac fly for the Blue Jays (79-66), while Devon Travis extended his hit streak to 11 games, matching a career high. … The Blue Jays announced during the game that they had hired former Red Sox executive Ben Cherington as their new vice president of baseball operations.

Ken King is the man with a plan for Queens basketball

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Like any coach Ken King would love to see the RDC basketball Queens challenge for an ACAC championship right away.

But since taking over the program in the 2014-15 season he’s put together a plan that will take the Queens to the top and allow them to stay there.

“It was never a plan to create a winning now system,” he said. “We wanted to commit to a plan that was sustainable and would create a core and a continuity in the program. We started the club program this year and we want to move our strongest core players forward year by year, to use in mentorship and leadership roles.

“We don’t want to necessarily recruit players for a year and then have them leave. We want to recruit players who will develop and grow here. It may take an extra year or two but that’s been our commitment since the beginning.”

This year’s edition of the Queens has a solid base of veterans with six players back from last season, three transfers from Olds College and Hanna Foley of Conroe, Tex., who played two years at Dallas Christian College.

“This is the most veterans I’ve had in the last two years,” said King. “The girls will make an instant impact as far as experience and leadership goes.

“We have a real solid base to start with and the standard is being set by those players and enforced by those players.”

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mark and fifth-year guard Dedra Janvier lead the returnees.

Six-foot-two White is coming off a solid rookie season that saw her named to the South Division Second All-Conference team and she was the South Division’s rookie of the year. She scored 12.7 points per game and had a record 46 blocked shots.

“When I first talked with Emily she made a commitment to stay here for at least two years and despite interest from across Canada she is committed to our program. She wants to help build it in the positive direction she sees it going.

“Eva and Dedra also play a big part in the program. They bring a good level of maturity and basketball experience.”

Bonde averaged 7.2 points per game, while Janvier was one of the top three-point shooters in the conference, averaging 40.8 per cent. She finished with 12.9 points per game.

Guards Lauren Bailey, Keitlyn Williams and Kaylee Kuba also return. Maya Parker of Calgary, Kiana Mintz of Medicine Hat and Mary Krause of Wetaskiwin transferred in from Olds.

“We really liked Kiana coming out of high school, but she decided to go to Olds last year, so we’re excited to have her here this year,” said King. “As for Maya I’ve liked the way she played from the first time I saw her two years ago.

“And Mary is one of the hardest workers we have.

She will out-work you and elbow you all with a smile on her face. All three will make serious contributions for us.”

Foley is a shooting guard and averaged 18.5 points per game with Dallas Christian.

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“She brings a good balance of offence and defence to the guard spot,” said King. “She’s athletic and bring experience after playing two years at college.”

King also has six first-year players on the roster, including Kirsten Loney and Madi Nimmo from Hunting Hills and Jennifer Huseby from Eckville.

“All three played with our U18 club team,” said King. “We’re excited to have players from this area who are legitimate players.”

Kayla Guillett of Medicine Hat, Riley Baquie of Didsbury, who played at Olds Koinonia, and Brooke Kirkpatrick of Archbishop Jordan in Sherwood Park round out the roster.

“Kayla’s game is similar to Emily’s, while Brooke is one of the nicest recruits I’ve spoken to,” explained King. “The first time I talked with Brooke I knew I wanted her to be part of our program. She has a real positive attitude and comes out of a very, very competitive league, the Edmonton 4A league.”

As for Baquie, the six-foot-six forward could possibly red shirt this season.

“All our first-year players have shown improvement in the short time we’ve been together,” said King. “They’re making for some tough decisions.”

The Queens open their preseason Oct. 29-31 at the SAIT tournament. They face NAIT, The Kings University and Keyano. They host their own tournament Oct. 6-9 and meet Grant MacEwan in a homeand-home series, Oct. 19 in Edmonton and the 21st at RDC. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathloetics.ca

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Drew Willy lines up against former teammates

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS T.J. Heath and Drew Willy won’t have to wait long to see their former teammates.

Heath and Willy were key figures in the trade Sunday night between Toronto and Winnipeg. The Argos acquired Willy from the Bombers for Heath, a 2017 first-round draft pick and 2018 third-round selection.

The Argos (5-6) visit the Blue Bombers (7-4) on Saturday afternoon.

Unfortunately for Heath, he learned of the deal shortly after helping Toronto beat Hamilton 33-21 at BMO Field. He had two interceptions in that game to move into a tie with Winnipeg’s Maurice Leggett for the CFL lead with five.

The Bombers’ decision to move Willy wasn’t nearly as surprising. He’d been relegated to backup quarterback behind Matt Nichols, who has helped the Blue Bombers win six straight.

While Heath and Willy will be in uniform for their new teams, just how much they’ll play isn’t clear.

Winnipeg’s defence has been nothing short of sensational in anchoring the club’s current win streak.

On Aug. 12, the Bombers forced six turnovers — including five interceptions — in a 34-17 road win over Toronto. That was Winnipeg’s third straight victory with Nichols under centre.

Nichols has thrown for 1,604 yards in his six starts — an average of 267 per game — but has surrendered just one interception. He’s also completed 137-of-192 passes (71.4 per cent).

While Winnipeg sent Willy to Toronto, it also acquired veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn from Montreal.

Dan LeFevour will make a second straight start for Toronto in place of injured incumbent Ricky Ray (rib). LeFevour was 27-of-36 passing for 329 yards with a TD and two interceptions against Hamilton to snap the Argos’ four-game losing streak.

Toronto also moved into a second-place tie with Hamilton in the East Division. However, the Ticats have won the season series 2-1 and therefore own the tie-breaker if the two clubs end the season tied.

While LeFevour will start, there’s a chance Willy could face his former team. LeFevour started against Hamilton with just two practices under his belt while Willy will at least have the benefit of a full week studying Toronto’s offence.

While the timing of the trade was brutal for Heath, he’s overcome a lot worse in his life.

In 2010 while at Jacksonville State, Heath fell asleep briefly at the wheel and lost control of his vehicle. It flipped nine times.

While he suffered a broken jaw, doctors also initially thought Heath had broken his spine. Thankfully, he was later diagnosed with whiplash.

Pick — Winnipeg.

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Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback, who was traded to the Toronto Argonauts, won’t have to wait too long to see his old teammates. The Blue Bombers and Argos tangle Saturday afternoon.

Montreal Alouettes versus Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Friday Night) Montreal (3-8) made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons when tempers flared between quarterback Rakeem Cato and receivers Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford during practice. It’s certainly been a frustrating season for the Alouettes, who’ve lose three straight, allowed a league-high 35 sacks and are second-last in scoring (232 points). Hamilton (5-6) is coming off a disappointing road loss in Toronto. Quarterback Zach Collaros has thrown for 1,810 yards and 15 TDs since returning to the Ticats’ lineup but was sacked three times and intercepted twice against the Argos.

Pick — Hamilton.

Ottawa Redblacks versus Calgary Stampeders (Saturday night) Calgary (9-1-1) is riding a 10-game unbeaten streak. Its tie, though, was a 26-26 decision in Ottawa on July 8. But the Stampeders are 5-0 at McMahon Stadium and are the league’s lone unbeaten squad at home. They not only boast one of the league’s top quarterbacks in Bo Levi Mitchell (3,575 yards,

league-high 20 TDs) but also its leading rusher in Jerome Messam (704 yards). Linebacker Taylor Reed, released this week by Calgary, is expected to be in the lineup for Ottawa (5-4-1), which hasn’t played since a 19-14 win over Montreal on Sept. 1.

Pick — Calgary.

Edmonton Eskimos versus Saskatchewan Roughriders (Sunday afternoon) The Eskimos (5-6) are a tough team to figure out.

They boast the CFL’s leading passer in Mike Reilly (3,747 yards) and its top two receivers in Adarius Bowman (1,127 yards) and Derel Walker (1,124) yet they’ve lost two straight and stand fourth in the West Division. An Edmonton defence that anchored last year’s Grey Cup run stands eighth in the nine-team CFL in points allowed (29.6). But Saskatchewan (110) is not only last overall in points allowed (33.1 per game) but also in points scored (18.6). The Riders have lost seven straight, are 0-7 within the West Division and just 1-4 at home.

Pick — Edmonton.

Last week: 3-1 Overall: 29-19-1.

Canada beats Russian but needed overtime to do so

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Team Canada’s Ryan Getzlaf scores in overtime past Team Russia goalie Sergei Bobrovsky during a World Cup of Hockey exhibition game in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Canada won 3-2. dle portion of the game on its heels a bit before collecting itself late.

“I think we’ve gotten more and more comfortable,” Crosby said. “Special teams is going to be big … It’s a process but I thought we definitely got better with every game and generated a lot.”

Crosby and Malkin both joked about facing against each other on the same sheet of ice they’ve shared for a decade, with Crosby good naturedly saying he may take a friendly shot at Malkin if the moment called for it. The moment ended up coming in the first period, when the two briefly met in the corner before Malkin skated away with both players unharmed.

Canada controlled the first period and took the lead when Crosby fed a streaking Bergeron , who

slipped it by Bobrovsky to put the Canadians in front during a 20-minute stretch in which they outshot the Russians 14-5 and tilted the ice heavily to once side.

Russia slowly found its footing and finally converted when Malkin won a faceoff and dropped it to Panarin, who slipped it across the ice to Ovechkin.

The Washington Capitals star drilled a one-time from his familiar spot in the left circle to tie it 3:40 into the third. Panarin put Russia up less than four minutes later when he jumped on a rebound to give the Russians the lead.

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Emotional Zanardi claims gold at the Paralympics

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 15 years to the day he lost his legs in an auto racing crash in Germany, Italian athlete Alex Zanardi captured a gold medal Wednesday at the Rio Paralympics.

Competing in the men’s road hand-cycling time trial, Zanardi won in a time of 28 minutes, 36.81 seconds, ahead of Stuart Tripp of Australia and Oscar Sanchez of the United States.

On Sept. 15, 2001, Zanardi was nearing the end of the American Memorial 500, a CART race, when his car was struck hard by another as he tried to merge back onto the track from pit row. Both of his legs were amputated above the knee.

“At the time, I was asked if I would ever step back in a race car, but what was very important for me

was to go into the bathroom and pee on my own, but I could not do that. I had to be helped. That was my No. 1 priority,” Zanardi told reporters after his race Wednesday. “Day by day I managed to regain control and strength, regain some confidence and concentrate on different things and here I am now.”

Eventually, Zanardi did return to sports, taking up hand cycling. He won two golds and a silver at the 2012 Paralympics in London.

Racing at the Olympic Stadium in Rio held a special meaning for the 49-year-old Zanardi. Rio is where he secured his first pole position in 1996.

“When it was announced that the Olympic Stadium was going to be built there I thought, ‘Wow, I’ve always loved that place and been super fast there,”’ Zanardi said. “But for some reason or another I never managed to win a race, so maybe it is time to go back to Rio and win something and put that right.”

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Canada 3 Russia 2 (OT) PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin fought to a draw on their home ice.

Canada, however, remains a bit ahead of Russia.

At least for now.

Ryan Getzlaf beat Sergei Bobrovsky on a breakaway at 3:29 of overtime to give Team Canada to a 3-2 victory over Team Russia in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition Wednesday night.

Bobrovsky made 45 stops, some of them spectacular, but couldn’t wrangle the puck when Getzlaf slipped it between his pads during the 3-on-3 extra session.

John Tavares and Patrice Bergeron scored for Canada. Crosby assisted on Bergeron’s score while playing under Bergeron’s score while playing underneath the familiar banners at Consol Energy Center.

Carey Price had 24 saves for Canada , which finished 2-1 in exhibitions before the eight-team tournament begins in Toronto this weekend.

“I think the whole thing with a short tournament event is to keep getting better, keep improving and keep building off each game,” said Crosby, who had two assists in the three exhibitions. “I think we’re able to do that. I think there’s still another level but I’m sure that’s the case for a lot of teams. We need to get to that level gradually.”

Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist for the Russians. Alexander Ovechkin also scored. Evgeni Malkin assisted on Ovechkin’s goal to match longtime Pittsburgh teammate Crosby.

“We go up against each other a lot,” Malkin said.

“He’s tough on the boards protecting puck every time. It’s a hard battle against him. I like how I play too.”

The Canadians open the tournament Saturday against the Czech Republic. Russia, which went 1-1-1 in three tuneups, begins on Sunday against Sweden.

“We didn’t lose the game right away,” Ovechkin said. “We battled and got the lead. The boys feel much better now and for the future.”

Canada is a heavy favourite to continue its run atop international play, a surge that started with a triumph at the 2010 Olympics and continued two years ago in Sochi when they grabbed gold again while the host Russians missed the medal stand completely.

Anything less than hearing O Canada play after the finals at the end of the month would be a disappointment, particularly at home.

It’s a role Crosby and his countrymen thrive in though they’ve been a bit uneven during their three exhibitions, following up a 5-2 romp over the US last weekend with an up-and-down performance against Russia. Canada dominated early then spent the mid-

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SCOREBOARD THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 2016

Local Sports Friday ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Medicine Hat Tigers, exhibition, Ralston. ● High school football: Ponoka at Stettler, H.J. Cody at Camrose, West Central at Wetaskiwin.

Saturday

● College soccer: RDC vs. Lethbridge at RDC, women at 2 p.m., men to follow ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Medicine Hat Tigers, exhibition, 7 p.m..

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Baseball

● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings vs. Trinity Western University Spartans, 7:30 p.m. Penhold. ● College womens hockey: RDC Queens vs. University of Regina, 8 p.m., Leduc Rec Centre.

Sunday

● College soccer: RDC vs. Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 2 p.m., men to follow. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings vs. Trinity Western University Spartans, 2 p.m., Penhold.

Hockey Final rosters for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, to be held Sept. 17-Oct. 1 in Toronto (i—injured and will not participate r—replacement): CANADA Goaltenders Corey Crawford, Chicago Braden Holtby, Washington Carey Price, Montreal.

Defencemen r-Jay Bouwmeester, St. Louis Brent Burns, San Jose Drew Doughty, Los Angeles i-Duncan Keith, Chicago Jake Muzzin, Los Angeles Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Shea Weber, Nashville.

Forwards i-Jamie Benn, Dallas Patrice Bergeron, Boston i-Jeff Carter, Los Angeles r-Logan Couture, San Jose Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Matt Duchene, Colorado Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Brad Marchand, Boston r-Ryan O’Reilly, Buffalo. r-Corey Perry, Anaheim i-Tyler Seguin, Dallas Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay John Tavares, N.Y. Islanders Joe Thornton, San Jose Jonathan Toews, Chicago.

CZECH REPUBLIC Goaltenders Petr Mrazek, Detroit Michal Neuvirth, Philadelphia Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg.

Defencemen i-Radko Gudas, Philadelphia Michal Jordan, Carolina Michal Kempny, Chicago r-Tomas Kundratek, Slovan Bratislava (KHL) Zbynek Michalek, Arizona Jakub Nakladal, Calgary Roman Polak, San Jose Andrej Sustr, Tampa Bay. Forwards r-Michal Birner, Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) r-Roman Cervenka, HC Fribourg-Gotteron (Switzerland) Radek Faksa, Dallas Michael Frolik, Calgary Martin Hanzal, Arizona Ales Hemsky, Dallas i-Tomas Hertl, San Jose Dmitrij Jaskin, St. Louis i-David Krejci, Boston Milan Michalek, Toronto.

Ondrej Palat, Tampa Bay David Pastrnak, Boston Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Vladimir Sobotka, Avangard Omsk (KHL) Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia.

FINLAND Goaltenders Mikko Koskinen, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Tuukka Rask, Boston Pekka Rinne, Nashville.

Defencemen Jyrki Jokipakka, Calgary Sami Lepisto, Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL) Esa Lindell, Dallas Olli Maatta, Pittsburgh Ville Pokka, Rockford IceHogs (AHL) Rasmus Ristolainen, Buffalo Sami Vatanen, Anaheim.

Forwards Sebastian Aho, Karpat Oulu (Liiga) Aleksander Barkov, Florida Joonas Donskoi, San Jose Valtteri Filppula, Tampa Bay Mikael Granlund, Minnesota Erik Haula, Minnesota Jussi Jokinen, Florida Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Leo Komarov, Toronto Lauri Korpikoski, Edmonton.

Patrik Laine, Tappara Tampere (Liiga) Jori Lehtera, St. Louis Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago.

RUSSIA Goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay. Defencemen Alexei Emelin, Montreal Dmitry Kulikov, Florida Alexey Marchenko, Detroit Andrei Markov, Montreal Dmitry Orlov, Washington Slava Voynov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Nikita Zaitsev, Toronto.

Forwards Artem Anisimov, Chicago Evgenii Dadonov, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Nikolay Kulemin, N.Y. Islanders Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Alex Ovechkin, Washington Artemi Panarin, Chicago.

Vadim Shipachev, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Ivan Telegin, CSKA Moscow (KHL).

SWEDEN Goaltenders i-Robin Lehner, Buffalo r-Jhonas Enroth, Toronto Henrik Lundqvist, N.Y. Rangers Jacob Markstrom, Vancouver.

Defencemen Mattias Ekholm, Nashville Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Niklas Hjalmarsson, Chicago Erik Karlsson, Ottawa i-Niklas Kronwall, Detroit r-Hampus Lindholm, Anaheim Anton Stralman, Tampa Bay. Forwards r-Mikael Backlund, Calgary Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Loui Eriksson, Boston Filip Forsberg, Nashville Carl Hagelin, Pittsburgh Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh Marcus Kruger, Chicago Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Henrik Sedin, Vancouver.

Jakob Silfverberg, Anaheim Carl Soderberg, Colorado Alexander Steen, St. Louis i-Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit.

UNITED STATES Goaltenders Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Cory Schneider, New Jersey.

Defencemen Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg John Carlson, Washington Erik Johnson, Colorado Jack Johnson, Columbus Ryan McDonagh, N.Y. Rangers Matt Niskanen, Washington Ryan Suter, Minnesota.

Forwards Justin Abdelkader, Detroit David Backes, St. Louis Ryan Callahan, Tampa Bay Brandon Dubinsky, Columbus Patrick Kane, Chicago Ryan Kesler, Anaheim T.J. Oshie, Washington Max Pacioretty, Montreal Kyle Palmieri, New Jersey Zach Parise, Minnesota.

Joe Pavelski, San Jose Derek Stepan, N.Y. Rangers James van Riemsdyk, Toronto Blake Wheeler, Winnipeg.

EUROPE (Country in parentheses) Goaltenders i-Frederik Andersen, Toronto (Denmark) Thomas Greiss, N.Y. Islanders (Germany) r-Philipp Grubauer, Washington (Germany) Jaroslav Halak, N.Y. Islanders (Slovakia).

Defencemen Zdeno Chara, Boston (Slovakia) Christian Ehrhoff, Chicago (Germany) Roman Josi, Nashville (Switzerland) Luca Sbisa, Vancouver (Switzerland) Dennis Seidenberg, Boston (Germany) Andrej Sekera, Edmonton (Slovakia) Mark Streit, Philadelphia (Switzerland).

Forwards Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Philadelphia (France) Mikkel Boedker, Colorado (Denmark) Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton (Germany) Marian Gaborik, Los Angeles (Slovakia) Jannik Hansen, Vancouver (Denmark) Marian Hossa, Chicago (Slovakia) Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles (Slovenia) Nino Niederreiter, Minnesota (Switzerland) Frans Nielsen, N.Y. Islanders (Denmark) Tobias Rieder, Arizona (Germany).

Tomas Tatar, Detroit (Slovakia) Thomas Vanek, Minnesota (Austria) Mats Zuccarello, N.Y. Rangers (Norway) NORTH AMERICA (Country in parentheses note: all players 23 years old or younger) Goaltenders John Gibson, Anaheim (U.S.) Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg (U.S.) Matt Murray, Pittsburgh (Canada).

Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida (Canada) Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia (U.S.) Seth Jones, Columbus (U.S.) Ryan Murray, Columbus (Canada) Colton Parayko, St. Louis (Canada) Morgan Rielly, Toronto (Canada) Jacob Trouba, Winnipeg (U.S.).

Forwards Sean Couturier, Philadelphia (Canada) Jonathan Drouin, Tampa Bay (Canada) Jack Eichel, Buffalo (U.S.) Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary (U.S.) Dylan Larkin, Detroit (U.S.) Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado (Canada) Auston Matthews, Zurich SC Lions (Switzerland) (U.S.) Connor McDavid, Edmonton (Canada) J.T. Miller, N.Y. Rangers (U.S.) i-Sean Monahan, Calgary (Canada).

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton (Canada) Brandon Saad, Columbus (U.S.) Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg (Canada) r-Vincent Trocheck, Florida (U.S.).

Paralympics Country China Britain Ukraine United States Australia Brazil Netherlands Germany Uzbekistan Italy Poland South Korea Canada New Zealand Spain Iran France Japan

Medal Standings G S B 75 58 39 43 24 28 31 23 27 26 30 24 10 21 20 10 24 14 8 12 17 9 13 8 7 6 17 7 9 9 5 12 7 4 8 11 6 9 5 8 5 4 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 3 9 0 7 9

Tot 172 95 81 80 51 48 37 30 30 25 24 23 20 17 17 16 16 16

RIO DE JANEIRO — What Canada Did on Wednesday at the Rio Paralympic Summer Games (distances in metres): ARCHERY Men’s individual compound — Kevin Evans, Jaffray, B.C. lost to Gianpaolo Cancelli, Italy, 146-128 in the round-of-32.

Men’s individual compound — Kevin Evans, Jaffray, B.C., lost in the round-of-32 to Gianpaolo Cancelli of Italy, 146-128.

ATHLETICS Women’s 200 (T44) — Marissa Papaconstantinou, Toronto, was disqualified and did not advance.

Women’s 5,000 (T54) — Diane Roy, Sherbrooke, Que., was sixth overall in qualifying (11:58.04) and advanced to Thursday’s final.

Men’s 800 (T34) — Austin Smeenk, Oakville, Ont., was disqualified in the final.

Men’s 800 (T53) — Brent Lakatos, Dorval, Que., was fifth in heats (1:43.37) to advance to Thursday’s final Jean-Philippe Maranda, Ste-Aurelie, Que., was 13th in heats (1:44.98) and did not advance.

Men’s 800 (T54) — Josh Cassidy, Port Elgin, Ont. (1:39.86), and Alexandre Dupont, St-Remi, Que. (1:40.37), placed 20th and 21st, respectively, on qualifying — neither advanced.

BOCCIA Mixed (BC3) — Eric Bussiere, Vercheres, Que., lost his preliminary-round match to Han Soo Kim, South Korea, 4-1 Mixed (BC4) — Marco Dispaltro, St-Jerome,Que., lost both of his games, 4-1 to Ximei Li, China, then to Yuansen Zheng, China, 9-0 Alison Levine, Montreal, lost 5-2 to Yuansen Zheng, China, and defeated Ximei Lin, China, 6-1.

CANOE (SPRINT) Women’s (KL2) — Christine Gauthier, Dorval, Que., was fifth in qualifying (59.077) and earned a berth in the Thursday’s medal race after posting the fastest time in the semifinals (59.482).

Women’s (KL3) — Erica Scarff, Mississauga, Ont., will race in Thursday’s final after placing fifth in heats (54.904) and third in the semifinals (55.525).

CYCLING (ROAD) Men’s time trial (B) — Daniel Chalifour, SteTherese, Que., and Jean-Michel Lachance (guide), Quebec City, finished 15th overall (37:09.53).

Men’s time trial (C1) — Ross Wilson, Sherwood Park, Alta., won the silver medal (28:47.34).

Men’s time trial (C2) — Tristan Chernove, Powell River, B.C., won the gold medal (27:43.16).

Men’s time trial (C3) — Michel Sametz, Calgary, won the bronze medal (39:41.28).

Men’s time trial (H3) — Charles Moreau, Victoriaville, Que., won the bronze medal (29:26.91).

Women’s time trial (B) — Robbi Weldon, Thunder Bay, Ont., and Shawna Ryan (guide), Saskatoon, were seventh (41:38.98).

Women’s time trial (C4) — Marie-Claude Molnar, Lemoyne, Que., was fifth (30:54.75).

Women’s time trial (C5) — Nicole Clermont, Laval, Que., finished eighth overall (30:32.52).

Women’s time trial (T1-2) — Shelley Gautier, Toronto, won the bronze medal (26:50.87) Marie-Eve Croteau, Quebec City, placed sixth (29:43.47).

EQUESTRIAN Individual championship test (Grade 1B) — Ashley Gowanlock, Surrey, B.C., and her horse, Di Scansano, finished ninth (65.103).

GOALBALL Men — Doug Ripley, New Westminster, B.C., scored twice as Canada lost their quarter-final to Lithuania, 5-4 in double overtime.

Women — Canada lost in the quarter-final round to the United States, 2-0.

SAILING Sonar (three-person keelboat) — Paul Tingley, Halifax Logan Campbell, Saskatoon and Scott Lutes, Montreal, were fifth, ninth and ninth. They are ninth overall after six of 11 races.

Skud 18 (two-person keelboat) — John McRoberts and Jackie Gay, both Victoria, finished third, fourth and disqualified in the day’s races to stand third overall after six of the 11 stages.

2.4-metre R (single-person keelboat) — Bruce Millar, Victoria, did not finish, eighth and incurred a black flag disqualification, to rank 11th overall after five races.

SWIMMING Women’s 50 breaststroke (SB3) — Tammy Cunnington, Red Deer, Alta., was 13th in the qualifying heats (1:19.78) and did not advance.

Women’s 100 breaststroke (SB8) — Katarina Roxon, Corner Brook, N.L., was first in qualifying (1:21.27), then won the gold medal (1:19.44).

Men’s 50 breaststroke (SB3) — Jonathan Dieleman, Smithers, B.C., was fifth overall in heats (50.39) and had the same position in the final (50.21).

Men’s 50 freestyle (S13) — Nicolas-Guy Turbide, Quebec City, was eighth in heats (25.54) and placed eighth in the final (25.52) Devin Gotell, Antigonish, N.S., was 19th in heats (27.24) — did not advance.

Men’s 100 breaststroke (SB14) — Gord Michie, St. Thomas, Ont., was 11th in heats (1:12.01) and did not advance.

Men’s 4x100 freestyle relay (34 pts) — Canada (Alec Elliot, Kitchener, Ont. Nathan Clement, West Vancouver Zack McAllister, Lethbridge, Alta. and Nathan Stein, Surrey, B.C.) finished seventh in the final (4:12.60).

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Men — Nik Goncin, Regina, led with 19 points as Canada won the 11th-place game over Algeria, 70-51.

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY Men — Zak Madell, Okotoks, Alta., led with 38 goals as Canada (1-0) opened the preliminary round with a 62-48 victory over Brazil.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Toronto 28 13 8 7 41 29 New York 29 12 9 8 49 37 New York City 29 12 9 8 49 50 Philadelphia 29 11 10 8 48 45 Montreal 28 9 8 11 42 43 Orlando 28 7 8 13 47 49 New England 29 8 12 9 34 48 D.C. 29 7 9 12 37 38 Chicago 27 6 13 8 33 42 Columbus 27 5 11 11 36 45 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Dallas 29 15 8 6 45 37 Los Angeles 29 11 4 14 49 32 Colorado 27 12 5 10 29 24 Salt Lake 28 12 8 8 42 40

Pt 46 44 44 41 38 34 33 33 26 26 Pt 51 47 46 44

Kansas City 29 11 12 6 35 35 39 Portland 28 9 11 8 42 44 35 Vancouver 29 9 13 7 37 45 34 San Jose 27 7 8 12 27 30 33 Seattle 27 9 13 5 33 37 32 Houston 27 5 11 11 32 37 26 Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Saturday, Sept. 17 Vancouver at Seattle, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 6 p.m.

Dallas at New York City, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Orlando, 5:30 p.m.

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

San Jose at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Houston at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18 Los Angeles at Kansas City, 2 p.m.

New York at Toronto, 5 p.m.

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

American League East Division W L Pct 81 64 .559 80 65 .552 79 66 .545 77 68 .531 62 83 .428 Central Division W L Pct 84 61 .579 78 67 .538 74 71 .510 70 75 .483 54 92 .370 West Division W L Pct 87 59 .596 77 68 .531 76 70 .521 63 81 .438 63 82 .434

Arizona GB — 1 2 4 19 GB — 6 10 14 30 1/2 GB — 9 1/2 11 23 23 1/2

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 2 Baltimore 6, Boston 3 Minnesota 8, Detroit 1 Oakland 5, Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 1 Texas 3, Houston 2 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 0 Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 1, Boston 0 Detroit 9, Minnesota 6 Oakland 8, Kansas City 0 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 8, Texas 4 Seattle at L.A. Angels, late.

Thursday’s Games Minnesota (Santiago 11-8) at Detroit (Pelfrey 4-9), 11:10 a.m.

Cleveland (Clevinger 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-17), 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Snell 5-8) at Baltimore (Gallardo 5-7), 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 13-4) at Boston (Rodriguez 2-7), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (Mengden 1-7) at Kansas City (Volquez 10-10), 5:15 p.m.

Toronto (Happ 18-4) at L.A. Angels (Wright 0-2), 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

Toronto at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado San Diego

National League East Division W L Pct 87 59 .596 77 69 .527 73 73 .500 65 81 .445 56 89 .386 Central Division W L Pct 93 52 .641 76 69 .524 70 74 .486 65 81 .445 62 83 .428 West Division W L Pct 82 63 .566 77 68 .531 69 76 .476 62 84 .425

GB — 10 14 22 30 1/2 GB — 17 22 1/2 28 1/2 31 GB — 5 13 20 1/2

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Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 4 Miami 7, Atlanta 5 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Arizona 11, Colorado 4 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4 Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 0 San Diego 3, San Francisco 1 L.A. Dodgers 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Washington 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 7, Atlanta 5 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 0 Colorado at Arizona, late Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-3) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1013), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 7-14) at Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Hill 12-3) at Arizona (Bradley 6-9), 7:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 11-8) at San Francisco (Cueto 15-5), 8:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

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

St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 000 303 002—8 13 1 Toronto 100 000 000—1 2 0 Cobb, Garton (7), Geltz (9) and B.Wilson Estrada, Dermody (6), Barnes (6), Loup (7), Schultz (7), Tepera (9) and Navarro. W—Cobb 1-0. L—Estrada 8-9. HRs—Tampa Bay, Dickerson (20), Kiermaier (12).

Baltimore 010 000 000—1 5 1 Boston 000 000 000—0 4 0 Gausman, Britton (9) and Wieters Porcello, Uehara (9) and Leon. W—Gausman 8-10. L—Porcello 204. Sv—Britton (43). HRs—Baltimore, Trumbo (42).

Minnesota 000 510 000—6 6 0 Detroit 110 400 12x—9 13 0 Duffey, Chargois (4), Light (6), Pressly (7), Tonkin (8) and K.Suzuki, J.Murphy A.Sanchez, A.Wilson (5), Greene (7), B.Rondon (8), F.Rodriguez (9) and J.McCann. W—Greene 5-4. L—Pressly 6-7. Sv—F. Rodriguez (42). HRs—Minnesota, Dozier (41), Suzuki (8). Detroit, Cabrera (33).

Oakland 203 000 030—8 13 0 Kansas City 000 000 000—0 4 1 Manaea, Axford (6), Hendriks (7), C.Smith (8) and Maxwell Ventura, Flynn (5), McCarthy (7), Alexander (8) and Perez. W—Manaea 6-9. L—Ventura 10-11.

Cleveland 000 303 000—6 10 1 Chicago 001 000 000—1 6 0 Tomlin, Otero (6), B.Shaw (6), A.Miller (8), Allen (9) and Gimenez Rodon, B.Smith (6), Ynoa (7), Minaya (9) and Narvaez. W—Tomlin 12-8. L—Rodon 7-9.

HRs—Cleveland, Crisp (1).

Texas 100 000 210—4 8 0 Houston 120 002 03x—8 12 1 Holland, Leclerc (6), Claudio (7), Scheppers (8), Diekman (8) and Lucroy Musgrove, Neshek (7), Harris (8), Devenski (9) and Gattis. W—Musgrove 3-4. L—Holland 7-8. HRs—Texas, Mazara (18).

Houston, Hernandez (4), Springer (27).

INTERLEAGUE Los Angeles 000 000 002—2 4 1 New York 000 000 000—0 3 3 Kershaw, Dayton (6), P.Baez (7), Avilan (7), Jansen (9) and Grandal Pineda, Layne (5), Severino (6), Clippard (8), Betances (9) and G.Sanchez. W— Avilan 2-0. L—Betances 3-5. Sv—Jansen (44).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 001 021 003—7 12 0 St. Louis 000 000 000—0 3 0 Lester, H.Rondon (9) and Ross C.Martinez, J.Broxton (7), Duke (8), Wacha (9) and Molina. W—Lester 17-4. L—C.Martinez 14-8. HRs—Chicago, Rizzo 2 (31), Ross (9).

New York 000 000 000—0 3 0 Washington 000 000 10x—1 6 0 Gsellman, Smoker (6), Salas (7) and R.Rivera Roark, Treinen (8), Melancon (9) and W.Ramos.

W—Roark 15-8. L—Salas 3-7. Sv—Melancon (42).

HRs—Washington, Ramos (21).

San Diego 100 001 100—3 8 0 San Francisco 010 000 000—1 4 0 Perdomo, Hand (7), Buchter (8), Maurer (9) and Norris Bumgarner, Gearrin (7), Nathan (8), J.Lopez (8), Osich (9), Law (9) and Posey. W—Perdomo 8-9. L—Bumgarner 14-9. Sv—Maurer (10).

Pittsburgh 000 200 000—2 9 2 Philadelphia 022 101 00x—6 15 0 Brault, Phillips (4), Hutchison (5), LeBlanc (7) and Fryer Thompson, Mariot (7), J.Rodriguez (7), E.Ramos (7), L.Garcia (9), J.Gomez (9) and Rupp, Ellis.

W—Thompson 2-5. L—Brault 0-3. Sv—J.Gomez (37). HRs—Pittsburgh, McCutchen (21). Philadelphia, Joseph (19), Galvis (19).

Milwaukee 022 000 030—7 6 1 Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 6 1 Guerra, Knebel (7), Marinez (8), Jungmann (9) and Pina Adleman, De Los Santos (6), J.Diaz (7), Ohlendorf (8), W.Peralta (9) and Barnhart, R.Lopez.

W—Guerra 9-3. L—Adleman 2-4. HRs—Milwaukee, Gennett (12), Santana (8).

Miami 100 004 011—7 8 0 Atlanta 040 000 010—5 9 1 Fernandez, Dunn (8), Phelps (8), A.Ramos (9) and Realmuto Teheran, J.Ramirez (6), Krol (7), Ma. Cabrera (8), De La Cruz (9) and Flowers. W—Fernandez 15-8. L—Teheran 5-10. Sv—A.Ramos (36).

HRs—Miami, Ozuna (23). Atlanta, Markakis (12).

AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. Altuve Hou 145 575 99 196 .341 Pedroia Bos 139 565 96 186 .329 Trout LAA 141 492 110 157 .319 YEscobar LAA 117 460 60 146 .317 Lindor Cle 144 567 92 178 .314 Ortiz Bos 134 478 71 150 .314 JoRamirez Cle 137 510 78 159 .312 Betts Bos 142 611 108 190 .311 MiCabrera Det 142 535 79 166 .310 MMachado Bal 140 574 99 175 .305 Home Runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 42 BDozier, Minnesota, 41 Encarnacion, Toronto, 39 KDavis, Oakland, 37 CDavis, Baltimore, 37 NCruz, Seattle, 36 Frazier, Chicago, 36 MMachado, Baltimore, 35 Donaldson, Toronto, 34 4 tied at 33.

Runs Batted In Encarnacion, Toronto, 116 Ortiz, Boston, 111 Pujols, Los Angeles, 110 Betts, Boston, 104 Trumbo, Baltimore, 100 Beltre, Texas, 97 HRamirez, Boston, 97 BDozier, Minnesota, 96 3 tied at 94.

Pitching Porcello, Boston, 20-4 Happ, Toronto, 18-4 Tillman, Baltimore, 16-5 Price, Boston, 16-8 Kluber, Cleveland, 16-9 Sale, Chicago, 15-8 Iwakuma, Seattle, 15-11 Hamels, Texas, 14-5 Verlander, Detroit, 14-8 AaSanchez, Toronto, 13-2.

Football Canadian Football League Standings CFL Standings East Division GP W L T PF PA Pt Ottawa 10 5 4 1 262 255 11 Hamilton 11 5 6 0 333 302 10 Toronto 11 5 6 0 270 306 10 Montreal 11 3 8 0 232 275 6 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt Calgary 11 9 1 1 357 237 19 B.C. 11 8 3 0 318 273 16 Winnipeg 11 7 4 0 276 239 14 Edmonton 11 5 6 0 324 326 10 Saskatchewan 11 1 10 0 205 364 2 WEEK 12 Sunday’s result Toronto 33 Hamilton 21 Saturday’s results Winnipeg 17 Saskatchewan 10 Calgary 34 Edmonton 28 (OT) Friday’s result B.C. 38 Montreal 27 WEEK 13 Friday’s game Montreal at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17 Toronto at Winnipeg, 12 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18 Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.

WEEK 14 Friday, Sept. 23 Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

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

Saturday, Sept. 24 Winnipeg at Calgary, 2 p.m.

Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay Carolina New Orleans Atlanta

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE

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Thursday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Francisco at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Washington, 11 a.m.

Miami at New England, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

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

Jacksonville at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Requested unconditional waivers on OF Rey Fuentes.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled OF Mason Williams from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Assigned RHP Tyler Sturdevant outright to Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Ben Cherington vice-president of baseball operations.

National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reinstated RHP Michael Wacha from the 15-day DL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reinstated RHP Derek Law from the 15-day DL. American Association SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Released C Cameron Garfield.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G Lance Stephenson.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G Jordan Farmar.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived/injured LB Lamar Louis. Claimed CB Tharold Simon off waivers from Seattle.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DL Jimmy Staten to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Josh Boyce to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released RB Jhurell Pressley.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released CB KeiVarae Russell. Signed LB Dezman Moses.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived QB Brandon Doughty. Re-signed DT Chris Jones.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DB Mike Hilton from the practice squad. Signed WR DeAndrew White to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed DL Cullen Jenkins.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Justin Warden to the practice roster.

HOCKEY

ECHL READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with D Florian Iberer and F Alexander Gogolev.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Named Matthew Blair Davis strength and conditioning coach and Cameron Parker equipment manager.

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed C Josh Harris and D Nick Neville to professional tryout contracts.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Real Salt Lake M Sunny Stephen one game for serious foul play.

COLLEGE CASTLETON — Named Jason Behenna director of athletic marketing and communications.

MINNESOTA — Named Bethany Brausen women’s assistant hockey coach.

ST. ANDREWS — Announced the resignation of men’s lacrosse coach Joe Wilson to join the staff at Mount St. Mary’s.

UTAH — Announced RB Joe Williams will no longer play football. Reinstated WR Cory Butler-Byrd to the football team.

Ryan in no mood to reflect on Jets past

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The New York Jets are coming to town for an AFC East showdown Thursday night, and Rex Ryan was in no mood to reflect on old grudges.

Whatever raw emotions the Bills coach felt toward his former team during his first season in Buffalo last year have dissipated with time.

“Last year, I thought it was different because I was going back to New York, it seemed like bigger,” said Ryan, who memorably punched the air in delight and yelled a profanity following Buffalo’s 22-17 win in his first return to the Meadowlands in November. “This is just a football game now, and I think that’s kind of how everybody views it.”

Aside from a few offhand remarks regarding the success of his fantasy baseball team, and a shoutout to his son, Seth, to earn more playing time at Clemson, Ryan was all business this week, and for good reason.

He has far more pressing concerns facing a short week of practice and questions about an offence that sputtered in a season-opening 13-7 loss at Baltimore, and could be missing two key starters to injury.

Receiver Sammy Watkins is questionable because of soreness is his surgically repaired left foot, and starting left tackle Cordy Glenn (ankle) is out.

That’s worrisome for a Tyrod Taylor-led attack that managed just 160 yards offence on Sunday.

There’s also the added weight of pressure Ryan is bearing following a year in which the Bills played below expectations, finishing 8-8 and missing the playoffs for a 16th consecutive year.

In seven previous seasons as a head coach, Ryan has never opened a season 0-2.

“Gosh,” he said, when reminded of that statistic, “I hope that trend continues.”

There’s a similar sense of urgency for the Jets, who gave up a go-ahead field goal in the final minute of a 23-22 loss to Cincinnati. Now the Jets make the trip to where their playoff hopes ended with a season-ending 22-17 loss to the Bills in January.

The memory stings especially for quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who closed the game by throwing three consecutive interceptions.

“That was a tough one for me to get over,” said Fitzpatrick, who went 20-33 as a Bills starter from 2009-2012. “But you tend to find a way to move on, and this is a new year.”

The Jets return mostly intact on offence and improved their ground attack with the off-season addition of running back Matt Forte. New York’s defensive line is one of the NFL’s most disruptive, and was in on six of seven sacks last weekend.

REVIS ISLAND EXPOSED?: Concerns were raised whether Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has lost a step after Bengals receiver A.J. Green had 12 catches for 180 yards and a touchdown last weekend. Coach Todd Bowles said he’s not lost any sleep over it, and Revis says he has a short memory.

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Trudeau to host Chinese Premier

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Free trade may be a long way off, but next week’s visit of China’s premier is being viewed as a strong sign that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is succeeding in deepening Canada’s relations with the Asian giant.

Premier Li Keqiang is to visit Canada next week, less than a month after Trudeau completed his first formal trip to China. Trudeau spent a week in China in late August and early September, making both a bilateral visit and attending the G20 leaders’ summit.

It will also mark the first visit to Canada by a Chinese leader since 2010, when then President Hu Jintao came for a Canadian-hosted G20.

Wenran Jiang, a University of Alberta China expert, said that is an unprecedented gap in personal political contact for Beijing with a G7 country.

Trudeau deserves credit for reinvigorating relations after the on-again, off-again years under the previous Conservative government — a decade that started with Stephen Harper waiting three years to visit China, said Jiang, who is also the director of the Canada-China Energy and Environment Forum.

But that doesn’t mean the table is set for the pursuit of a free trade agreement between the two countries, something China has said is a priority, he added.

After Trudeau’s August meeting with Li in Beijing, the Chinese premier said the two countries would launch a feasibility study on an eventual freetrade deal. Canadian officials stressed that while the two countries were having technical discussions, actual free-trade talks were not happening.

“It’s a question that Canadians need to discuss themselves, whether it is good for us. We need to weigh that,” Jiang said.

Paul Evans, of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia, said both sides may want “some kind of comprehensive economic partnership agreement” but there’s still a lot of groundwork to be done.

That includes learning lessons from the free-trade deals Australia and New Zealand have with China, as well as “extensive consultations on the Canadian side with key stakeholders as well as a still-skeptical

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following a joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. Li Keqiang is to visit Canada later this month. The Sept. 21-24 tour comes just after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau completed his first formal trip to China.

Canadian public.”

While in Ottawa, Premier Li will meet Trudeau and other senior officials to pursue a stronger, more stable relationship between Canada and China, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Topics of discussion include trade and investment, environmental co-operation, legal and judicial collaboration and cultural exchanges.

Li will also travel to Montreal for meetings with senior political leaders, leading business people and

members of the Chinese-Canadian community.

“Together, we will build on the progress made during my visit to China, deepening understanding between our two countries and working on growing our economies and strengthening the middle class,” Trudeau said in a statement.

China is Canada’s second-largest single-country trading partner and two-way merchandise trade between the two countries reached nearly $85.8 billion in 2015, up 10.1 per cent over 2014.

Mother will receive dead soldier’s silver cross

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Denise Stark, mother of Cpl. Justin Stark, will finally see her son honoured with a Silver Cross this weekend, ending a long battle to have the military recognize his death as service related.

TORONTO — The mother of a Canadian soldier who killed himself after serving in Afghanistan will finally be honoured with a Memorial Cross this weekend, ending a long battle to have the military recognize his death as service related.

In an interview ahead of the ceremony, Denise Stark said she was both stunned and overjoyed when told the family’s fight over the death of her son, Cpl. Justin Stark, was over.

“I just sat there and cried — tears of joy and what not, a whole mix of emotions,” Stark said of the call that came earlier this year. “The next day, I went down to the cemetery, so I could tell Justin the good news.”

Stark, 22, a reservist with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, served a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan. In October 2011, 10 months after his return to Canada, he killed himself at the John Weir Foote Armouries in Hamilton.

A board of inquiry concluded more than two years ago that his tour in Afghanistan did not cause post-traumatic stress disorder — PTSD — which contributed to his suicide and his mother and family would not be honoured with the Memorial Cross — frequently called the Silver Cross.

Stark said she had no doubt her son’s suicide was related to his military deployment, although he didn’t talk much about what was bothering him. He was, she said, a “suck it up, be strong, carry on” type of person.

“Justin had never had a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress, was never being treated, but we saw the changes over time that were happening,” Stark said.

The government had already sparked outrage after it sent Stark a cheque for one cent in “release pay” for

her dead son in February 2014 — prompting then-defence minister Rob Nicholson to apologize for what he called “insensitive bureaucratic screw-up.”

The board’s finding, which devastated the family, spawned a protest petition to then-prime minister Stephen Harper and helped fuel criticism of how his Conservative government was treating veterans.

Nicholson promised to have the board of inquiry’s findings reviewed, resulting in a new decision from the Department of National Defence to honour the family as it does families of other members of the armed forced killed in the line of duty.

The Defence Department did not explain the about-face, saying only that the government had now determined Stark’s death was related to his military service.

“His name will be recorded in the Book of Remembrance and his family will receive the various memorials to which they are entitled,” said department spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier. “We look forward to honouring Cpl. Justin Stark’s memory the right way, and invite the general public to commemorate this very important event.”

The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place Saturday in Hamilton. Members of Stark’s regiment will parade from the armoury to the downtown church where his funeral was held. Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell will present the Memorial Cross and Sacrifice Medal to the family, her spokesman confirmed.

While Stark and her husband, Wayne, stressed there was no financial gain in the service-related designation, the welcome recognition was long overdue, she said.

“I feel some sense of peace as the right decision has been made,” Stark said. “I wouldn’t call it closure, as closure for me will be the day I am reunited with my son, gone too soon.”

Man charged in connection to death of Mountie killed in B.C. crash

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VICTORIA — Criminal charges have been laid against a man six months after a Vancouver Island Mountie was killed when her police cruiser was hit broadside by a pickup truck.

British Columbia’s Criminal Justice Branch said Wednesday that Kenneth Fenton, 28, faces five charges after the death of Const. Sarah Beckett. She died while working an overnight shift April 5 for the West Shore RCMP in Langford, B.C. Charges against Fenton include impaired driving causing death and flight from police causing death.

The Criminal Justice Branch statement also said

Fenton faces charges of dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving and refusing to provide a blood sample.

Fenton is scheduled to appear in provincial court in nearby Colwood, B.C., at a later date.

Beckett, an 11-year veteran of the RCMP, was mourned by thousands of people who lined local streets during her funeral procession.

Police officers and first-responders from across Canada and the United States attended the public service at a hockey arena.

Beckett, 32, left behind a husband and two sons, aged five and two.

Island District Commander, Chief Supt. Ray Ber-

noties said in a statement Wednesday that because the case was before the court it would be inappropriate for him to comment, “other than to say thank you, once again, to the community for the overwhelming support that we have received.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson attended Beckett’s service.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Opposition New Democrat Leader John Horgan also attended the public service.

The West Shore RCMP serves Horgan’s provincial riding and the NDP leader was clearly shaken by the death of the Mountie, struggling to compose himself in public appearances shortly after Beckett’s death.

Mulcair tries to face leadership questions head on NDP FEDERAL LEADER SAYS HE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT TO STAY ON IN THE ROLE UNTIL 2017

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Tom Mulcair tried Wednesday to put an end to nagging questions about his leadership of the NDP, emerging from a caucus meeting to say he has unanimous support to stay on.

Mulcair, who intends to step down in fall 2017 when a successor is named, said he plans to work with his parliamentary team to take on the Liberal government when the House of Commons resumes sitting next week.

“I couldn’t be more honoured and humbled by the support of our caucus today,” Mulcair said.

The leader — flatly rejected as the party’s longterm chief during a spring vote by rank-and-file members — has recently been fending off an internal push to oust him.

Before the Montreal meeting, multiple current and former MPs — who spoke to The Canadian Press on condition on anonymity for fear of openly criticizing the leader — said they wanted him out immediately.

No formal vote took place Wednesday on Mulcair’s leadership, said NDP caucus chair Charlie Angus, who acknowledged the party’s base has been frustrated following a disastrous October election.

He insisted changes will be made.

“WE’VE BEEN A LITTLE LOST … WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUR SEA LEGS. WE KNOW THAT. SO, FOR US, THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT KICKING OUR BUTTS AND SAYING ‘COME ON, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO ARE WAITING FOR US.”’ CHARLIES ANGUS, NDP CAUCUS CHAIR “We’ve been a little lost … we’ve been trying to find our sea legs,” Angus said. “We know that. So, for us, this meeting was about kicking our butts and saying ‘Come on, there are a lot of people who are out there who are waiting for us.”’

The party has been plagued by sliding poll numbers, shrinking fundraising figures and low morale.

So far, there are no official candidates to replace Mulcair.

It is important for the party to be united and give Mulcair a unanimous show of support as the party prepares to return to the House, said B.C. New Democrat MP Don Davies.

“It is a challenging time,” Davies said. “It is a year after the election and I don’t think we are where we

would like to be … when you’re lower in the polls, there’s naturally people who are agitating for some change and those are important people to listen to.”

The NDP’s real job is to focus on holding the Liberals to account for the many promises they made in the last election, Davies added.

During the fall sitting of Parliament, the NDP plans to challenge the Liberal government on issues including climate change, health-care funding and indigenous affairs.

It intends to push for the repeal of Bill C-51, a controversial piece of anti-terrorism legislation passed by the previous government.

The Liberals have promised to amend the law, but New Democrats accuse the Trudeau government of moving too slowly on planned reforms.

“They promised that they were going to take out the most offensive parts of Bill C-51, they haven’t done it and we are the only ones who are going to be holding them to account,” Mulcair said.

It is challenging to pounce on the Trudeau Liberals during the first year of their mandate because Canadians want to give the benefit of the doubt to a fresh face, Mulcair said.

“We’ve been through this before,” Mulcair said during a morning speech to caucus. “But we have to believe that Canadians are going to start to take notice a little more this time.

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Officers run down by motorist

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Three Phoenix police officers, including a rookie on his first night on patrol, were taking a break in front of a convenience store when they became the target of an attack.

A car barrelled across the parking lot toward the officers, slamming into two of them and smashing into the front of the store. An officer who escaped getting hit ran up to the car and pulled out the driver. A struggle ensued.

The rookie officer, reeling from a head injury after the careening car sent him flying through the air, managed to deploy a stun gun to disable the man.

The attack Tuesday left authorities searching for answers about the driver’s motivations and decrying it as an unprovoked assault on both police and public safety.

“I’ve never seen anything like that before,” Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Wednesday. “When someone targets a police officer, it places the entire community at risk.”

Two officers suffered serious injuries, but both have been released from the hospital.

A judge has ordered Marc LaQuon Payne to stay behind bars on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal damage and resisting arrest.

Payne, whom police said seemed impaired by drugs or alcohol, could face more charges when the results of a blood analysis come back, Sgt. Jonathan Howard said.

Payne didn’t have an attorney who could comment on the allegations when he appeared in court Tuesday night after being treated at a hospital.

Court documents describe Payne as a transient.

He has not provided investigators with a motive, Howard said.

The attack comes during an especially violent year for police officers nationwide, including separate deadly attacks in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Dallas over the summer.

Phoenix Police Chief Joseph Yahner denounced the crash as a “violent, intentional act” in which officers were targeted.

Authorities released a store surveillance video

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Construction workers continue cleaning up in front of a QuickTrip store hours after a driver plowed into two police officers Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Phoenix. Police said Marc LaQuon Payne, 44, apparently drove his vehicle at the officers before hitting a patrol car and crashing into the front of the store around 2 a.m. Tuesday. that shows a vehicle backing out of a parking space, circling the parking lot and then speeding toward the officers. The rookie officer is thrown several feet in the air and hits the front windshield of the car.

Deputy County Attorney April Sponsel said during Tuesday’s brief court hearing that Payne should be jailed without bond because he attacked officers and posed a threat. She said the public and police needed to be protected “from individuals such as this, individuals who coldly attack officers.”

Payne did not speak in court other than giving his name in a tired-sounding voice when asked by the judge.

He slouched forward during the beginning of the hearing, resting his head on his left forearm. At one point, the judge asked him to “stand up, please,” and he did.

MARC LAQUON PAYNE Court records indicate that Payne was placed on probation after pleading guilty in 1998 to aggravated assault in a 1992 incident.

A former public defender who represented Payne in that case said she didn’t recall him or the case.

U.S. politics must improve: Carter BUT FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT SAYS CONDITIONS ARE BOUND TO GET BETTER concerned we are at, maybe, one of the alltime lows in our history,” Carter said. “Maybe just with the exception of the Civil War ATLANTA — America’s political enera when Americans were divided deeply in vironment is at a low point comparable combat.” to the Civil War but “is bound to get betCarter responded to more than a dozen ter” following the November elections, questions submitted on paper or via Twitformer U.S. President Jimmy Carter said ter, including queries on immigrants’ role Wednesday. in America, the presidential election and The 91-year-old fielded questions from how much he slept while president. Stufreshmen students for about an hour at dents also asked what advice he’d give himEmory University in Atlanta, at the 35th self at 18 (stay out of politics, he responded annual town hall he’s led. cheekily) and the best advice he’s ever reJIMMY CARTER Carter is a distinguished professor at ceived (tell the truth). the university, and the human rights orWhen a student asked what advice he can ganization he founded after leaving the give to first-time voters this fall, Carter jokWhite House is an affiliate of the school.

Asked how the November election will shape ingly said he considered responding “abstain.” But American politics, Carter responded: “I think it’s ultimately, he advised those who “want to be like me” to vote for Democrats. bound to get better.”

“And if you want to be different from me, vote Re“I think as far as political affairs in America are

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I THINK AS FAR AS POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN AMERICA ARE CONCERNED WE ARE AT, MAYBE, ONE OF THE ALL-TIME LOWS IN OUR HISTORY.” – FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER publican,” he said, prompting applause.

Carter said he remains worried about the influence of wealthy political donors on campaigns and government and repeated his frequent criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision permitting unlimited spending by corporations.

He also expressed concern about deep divisions in the country but said history shows those can be healed.

“We just have to remember that our country is resilient,” Carter said.

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Syrian cease-fire continues to hold BEIRUT — Russia said Wednesday that separating Syrian rebels from ‘terrorists’ is a “key task” to ensure that the Russia-U.S.-brokered ceasefire continues to hold in Syria, where a relative calm has prevailed since the truce went into effect two days ago.

Russian Lt. Gen. Victor Poznikhir said rebels had violated the truce 60 times since it came into force sunset Monday.

For their part, opposition forces said they had recorded some 28 various violations by government troops on Tuesday.

The cease-fire deal was reached over the weekend after marathon negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Underscoring the complexity of the new arrangement, the deal was not made public in its entirety even as it came into effect.

Colin Powell calls Trump ‘a national disgrace’ WASHINGTON — In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and suggests his own Republican Party is “crashing and burning.”

Powell also laments Hillary Clinton’s attempt to equate her use of private email at the State Department with his.

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Photos by MYRNA PEARMAN

Burrowing owls, found in eastern and southern Alberta, have benefited from the use of artificial underground burrows. Sewer pipe, shown here, is sometimes used for the entrance tunnel. Plastic entrance tunnels and wooden underground boxes protect these owls — which are in serious decline — from such predators as foxes and badgers.

There are many species of Alberta birds that will be readily attracted to nestboxes. The diminutive and oh-so-cute saw-whet owl, found throughout Central Alberta, will readily accept nestboxes placed in poplar-dominated woodlots.

MYRNA PEARMAN OUTDOORS For millennia, caring humans have devised creative ways to help wildlife by setting out artificial structures.

Nesting boxes, nesting platforms, floating platforms, nesting baskets, cylinders, upturned buckets, holes drilled into wood, rock piles, artificial burrows and culverts have all been used to provide additional nesting, resting, basking or denning sites for a wide variety of insects, amphibians, birds and mammals.

Artificial nesting structures can increase reproductive success, especially in areas where natural nesting sites have been removed or are in short supply. While they cannot replace native habitat, artificial structures — if properly designed, built and placed — can help support local wildlife populations.

One of my goals over the next few years is to photograph and write about the approximately 55 species of Alberta wildlife that will use artificial nesting structures. While I have photographed many of the common benefactors (e.g., mountain bluebirds), I expect that it will be a challenge to capture some of the rarely encountered tenants (e.g., bushy-tailed wood rat).

Here are a few examples of artificial nesting structures. I will write about additional ones in future columns.

Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca.

Above: Several species of ducks, including mallards, will readily use nesting tunnels or “hen houses.”

These structures, placed over water, significantly increase nesting success because they protect the eggs and young from both aerial and terrestrial predators.

Below: House finches have been recently documented using artificial nesting structure

Residents of The Sierras of Taylor Drive (including Reg Schultz shown here) have pioneered the use of finch nests constructed from small wicker baskets lined with foam and silk flowers.

Yes, we are getting ready for spring LINDA TOMLINSON GARDENING Spring bulbs: daffodils, tulips, crocuses, squill, and grape hyacinths are common ones found in Central Alberta. They cheerful reminders that spring is just around the corner. Bulbs need to be purchased and planted now to provide color to spring. Bulbs that have a chance to put down roots before the ground freezes are more likely to bloom in the spring than ones that were planed late.

Bulbs are available for purchase in catalogues, on-line, grocery, hardware and big box stores as well as garden centers. Selection and quality will vary between outlets.

Catalogues and on-line have a larger customer base and can offer more varieties than what can be found locally. Before making a purchase from a catalogue or on-line ask for a guaranteed delivery date before October 1st.

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warmer locations they do not always understand that winter comes earlier on the prairies than some other locations in Canada.

Not all bulbs are of equal value.

They should be firm without any cuts or mould. Look for bulbs that are large for their variety. The larger the bulb, the more food stored which equals larger or more flowers. Small bulbs and ones in poor condition are more likely to succumb to the harsh winter climate.

Size of bulb is determined by the circumference of the bulb at its largest part. Size information is always included in catalogues, paper or online but is often absent from packaging. It is then up to the customer to visually compare sizes.

Bulb blooming times are broken into 3 categories, early, middle and late spring. Early bulbs will start appearing when the snow is melting. The late bulbs often bloom when the bedding plants are being planted. Mid-season bulbs will overlap the other two blooming times. Time of bloom and length of bloom time is dependent on the weather. The blooms last longer in cool weather.

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Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary are hosting this annual dance party on Friday, Sept. 16 with the fun starting at 8 p.m. The event features live music by Triple Nickel. Advance tickets are $15 and include hot dog, popcorn.

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Tulips come in an amazing variety of sizes and colors. Species Tulips are smaller but bloom for many years. Hybrid tulips are the ones that come in so many colors and styles. Their bulbs tend to diminish in size and need to be replaced every few years. Tulips are often the first fresh food deer and moose find in the spring. Protect the plants.

The size of daffodils range from petite to about 18 inches (44 cm). They are available in a range and combination of yellows, whites and oranges. Foliage and flowers are poisonous which means they are not considered an early spring meal. Daffodils need to be planted as early as possible in the fall. Clumps of these beauties will bloom for years.

Squill are dainty blue flowers that bloom as the snow disappears. Given full sun these tiny plants quickly fill in an area. The foliage is small and dies down quickly.

Grape Hyacinths bloom with the tulips and daffodils. They multiply quickly forming hills of bulbs. They are rarely bothered by wildlife as the bulbs produce foliage in the fall not spring. Expect to find Grape Hyacinths

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Kerry Wood Nature Centre invites all ages to participate in Harvest Moon Walk Friday, Sept.

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Adult must accompany children. Phone 403346-2010.

in blue, white, pink and variegated colors.

Bulbs do best in full sun to partial shade but the ones in shade will grow slower and bloom later than the ones in full sun. Plant bulbs in soil that has good drainage as bulbs that are constantly wet, rot.

Before planting, read the planting chart on the back of the package. If that is not helpful the rule of thumb for planting is to dig a hole 2 to 3 times deeper than the height of the bulb.

The bigger bulbs such as daffodils and hybrid tulips go into holes that are between 5 - 8 inches (15-20 cm) deep.

Once the hole is dug, place the bulb at the bottom of the hole, pointy side up and backfill with soil. Press firmly on the soil and keep adding until the soil on the hole is level with the surrounding area. Once the bed is planted, water until moisture has leached into the layer below the bulb.

Periodically check the soil for moisture until the ground freezes watering when needed.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com

SCHOOL’S OUT MOVIE DAYS Youth ages eight and up are invited to Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Friday, Sept. 16, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. to see the movie The Good Dinosaur in the Snell Auditorium. Under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Come for a movie, crafts and activities!

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Facebook chooses New Mexico NEW DATA CENTRE WILL CREATE 50 PERMANENT JOBS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Facebook has chosen a village on the edge of New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area as the location for its new data center, an announcement that spread quickly Wednesday as elected officials celebrated a hardsought win that could have ripple effects for the state’s struggling economy.

News of the social media giant’s decision to build in Los Lunas, just south of Albuquerque, comes after a roller-coaster contest between New Mexico and Utah to attract the facility.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich broke the news on social media, and the rest of the congressional delegation followed minutes later. Gov. Susana Martinez in a statement welcomed what she described as a stellar, cutting-edge company. In Los Lunas, village officials were rejoicing.

“This is huge for the state of New Mexico, for the region, for the whole Southwest. This is a big win,” said Ralph Mims, the village’s economic development director.

The courting of Facebook began more than a year ago with a meeting between the Republican governor and Facebook executives. During a visit to California, Martinez and her economic development team pitched the sparsely populated state as a good place to do business.

New Mexico wasn’t on the radar before that August 2015 meeting.

“With the improvements we’ve made over the past several years, New Mexico is finally competing again, and in this case, it’s a big win for the people of our state and our economic future,” the governor said.

While the project has enjoyed broad political support in New Mexico, local leaders in Utah pushed back against a tax-incentive plan they saw as too generous.

Utah supporters said the project would bring a high-tech cachet that could draw other companies to West Jordan, but critics said the cost was too high for land that could attract other development.

The village of Los Lunas, meanwhile, agreed to give up all property taxes for 30 years in exchange for annual payments from Facebook that start at $50,000 and top out at less than $500,000. The complex economic development agreement also involves tax breaks on billions of dollars in computer equipment over time.

In Utah, an initial $240 million tax-break plan publicly fell apart one night in August after several leaders said the lure was too rich. Talks were revived the next morning, but two weeks later, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said the deal looked dormant, if not dead.

West Jordan Mayor Kim Rolfe said he’s disap-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chuck Goolsbee, site director for Facebook’s Prineville data centres, shows the computer servers that store users’ photos and other data, at the Facebook site in Prineville, Ore. Facebook has chosen a village on the edge of New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area as the location for its new data centre, an announcement that spread quickly Wednesday, as elected officials celebrated a hard-sought win that could have ripple effects for the state’s struggling economy. News of the social media giant’s decision to build in Los Lunas, just south of Albuquerque, comes after a roller-coaster contest between New Mexico and Utah to attract the facility. pointed that his city wasn’t chosen and the tax-break package was unfairly maligned. The billion-dollar project would have been an economic boon, bringing construction jobs as well as tax revenue after the breaks, he said.

A critic of the Utah plan, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, said the cost to taxpayers was too steep.

“We will walk away from a bad deal. We’re not so desperate that we’re willing to give everything away,” he said.

The cost-benefit analysis is different for New Mexico, he said.

Data centers are key to the booming cloud-computing economy, but they typically bring few local jobs.

Los Lunas officials have said the center would be a $1.8 billion construction project creating 300 direct temporary jobs and just 50 permanent jobs. That’s far fewer than the steady employment at the local Walmart distribution center.

New Mexico officials have appeared eager to

please Facebook after the state was hit hard by a downturn in the oil and natural gas sectors. Computer chip maker Intel, meanwhile, has been steadily unwinding a major manufacturing plant that was an early beneficiary of similar property tax breaks using industrial revenue bonds.

Officials hope Facebook construction will spill over into other parts of the economy, including three industrial-scale solar power plants that would be built to offset electricity consumed by the data center.

Mims dismissed criticism of the package created to woo Facebook.

“If you want to bring business in, you have to offer incentives,” he said. “This is the biggest thing since Intel and you have to look at the economic development spillover. It’s not just about the data center.”

State officials say Facebook has committed to buying local materials and hiring local employees to the greatest extent possible.

Construction is expected to start next month, with the center coming online in late 2018.

Lawsuit launched over app-based vibrator

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An American woman has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian-owned maker of a smartphone-enabled vibrator, alleging the company sells products that secretly collect and transmit “highly sensitive” information.

The Chicago-area woman, identified in a statement of claim only as N.P., has made her complaints against Standard Innovation (US) Corp., which is owned by the Ottawa-based Standard Innovation Corp, over a “high-end” vibrator called the We-Vibe.

The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in an Illinois court, explains that to fully operate the device, users download the We-Connect app

on a smartphone, allowing them and their partners remote control over the Bluetooth-equipped vibrator’s settings.

In particular, the app’s “connect lover” feature — which promises a secure connection — allows partners to exchange text messages, conduct video chats and control a paired We-Vibe device, the woman’s statement of claim said.

The woman at the centre of the suit bought her vibrator in May for US$130, downloaded the app that connects to it and used it on several occasions. “(N.P.) would never have purchased a We-Vibe had she known that in order to use its full functionality, (Standard Innovation) would monitor, collect and transmit her usage information through We-Connect,” the statement of claim said.

Producer launches app to order medical marijuana SAME-DAY DELIVERY AVAILABLE IN PARTS OF ALBERTA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Need some medical marijuana? There’s an app for that.

An Alberta-based pot producer has launched a mobile app to make it easier for patients with a prescription to purchase federally-regulated medicinal weed.

Cam Battley, of Aurora Cannabis, said the idea was to give customers the same service as giant online retailers such as Amazon.

“As far as we know, it is the first legal app for Android and Apple for federally-approved legal medical cannabis,” Battley said.

“The fact is that people live on their phones and tablets. They use them to shop for everything from consumer products and health products to medicine. It is an acknowledgment of the reality of how people operate today.”

Battley said the app allows patients registered with Aurora to access their own files and select the type of medical marijuana they want to buy.

The app lists different strains of pot such as “Blue Dream Ambition” or “LSD Baker” and shows their THC and other medicinal content. There’s also a picture, a product description and the price per gram.

A simple click on the “add-to-cart” button and customers are ready to check out just as if they were ordering a consumer product from any other online store.

Same-day delivery is available in parts of Alberta and there is free delivery for orders of five grams or more.

“It is all about customer service,” Battley said. “It should be fast, it should be easy and it should be convenient.”

Aurora Cannabis is one of 35 producers that has been licensed by Health Canada to produce medical marijuana.

Cannabis Canada Association, the regulated industry’s trade organization, estimates that between 80,000 and 90,000 people in the country have prescriptions for medical pot, and the number is increasing every month.

Aurora, which has 7,700 registered patients, announced plans last month to expand its operation in Mountain View County north of Calgary to keep up with demand.

Other companies are also ramping up production.

Health Canada does not allow licensed medical marijuana producers to advertise, but companies are permitted to communicate basic information about their pot products on their websites.

Eric Morrissette, a Health Canada spokesman, said the department has no problem with the Aurora Cannabis app.

“As this mobile application currently appears to respect the established parameters, Health Canada does not have any concerns at this time,” Morrissette said in an email.

Battley, who is also a member of Cannabis Canada’s board of directors, said attitudes about marijuana are changing quickly.

“There is much greater comfort across the country and across age groups and demographics with respect to the use of medical cannabis,” he said.

“Part of that comes from the fact that lots of people now know somebody who has used it successfully for the management of things like pain or sleep disorders.”

of our customers’ data has been compromised.

However, given the intimate nature of our products, the privacy and security of our customers’ data is of utmost importance to our company,” the company said in a statement. “We take concerns about customer privacy and our data practices seriously.”

The company noted, however, that it had taken steps to “further enhance” its data security and privacy measures in the last few weeks.

“As part of this effort, we have engaged external security and privacy experts to conduct a thorough review of our data practices with a view to further strengthening data protection and privacy for our customers,” it said.

“We are also committed to better communicating our data practices.”

The suit alleges that unbeknownst to its customers, Standard Innovation designed the We-Connect app to collect and record intimate and sensitive data on use of the vibrator, including the date and time of each use as well as vibration settings.

It also alleges the usage data and the user’s personal email address was transmitted to the company’s servers in Canada.

The statement of claim alleges the company’s conduct demonstrates “a wholesale disregard” for consumer privacy rights and violated a number of state and federal laws.

Standard Innovation said Wednesday that it had not been served the suit yet and could not comment on “rumour or speculation.”

“There’s been no allegation that any

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Airline emissions are flying too high DAVID SUZUKI SCIENCE MATTERS In July, Solar Impulse 2 became the first airplane to fly around the world without using fuel. At the same time, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been working on electric planes. These developments mean air travel and transport could become more environmentally friendly, with less pollution and fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and planes would be quieter.

As promising as solar and electric planes may be, these technologies still have a way to go and won’t likely usher in a new era of airline travel soon.

That’s unfortunate, because aircraft are major sources of pollution and climate-altering greenhouse gases, contributing the same amount of emissions as Germany, about two per cent of the global total. As air transport becomes increasingly popular, experts project aircraft emissions could triple by 2050.

Analysis by U.K.-based Carbon Brief found that, under business as usual, a growing commercial aviation industry could contribute 27 per cent

of allowable emissions between 2015 and 2050 if the world is to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement’s aspirational 1.5 C target for global average temperature increase — and that other factors, such as nitrogen oxide and water vapour emissions and contrails, could exacerbate climate impacts.

Air travel is also an area where there’s a huge discrepancy between those who benefit and those who suffer. The wealthiest three to five per cent of the world’s population are the biggest users of international aviation, while the impacts of climate change fall disproportionately on the world’s poorest.

Despite their emissions, airplanes haven’t been included in climate change accords like the Paris Agreement. That’s changing: A new deal to impose limits on aircraft emissions will be considered for approval at the UN International Civil Aviation Organization assembly in Montreal from September 27 to October 7. Many fear the proposed agreement doesn’t go far enough.

Earlier this year, ICAO’s technical committee agreed on efficiency standards for new aircraft. Although improving each new plane’s efficiency will help slow growth in aviation’s carbon pollution, the numbers of new planes taking to the skies means overall emissions will skyrocket without

other measures. In 2013, ICAO committed to agree, by the time of the upcoming 2016 assembly, on a market-based measure to keep net emissions from international flights from rising above 2020 levels.

This pledge means all but the least emitting countries would require their airlines to stabilize emissions at 2020 levels. Airlines that exceed the cap would have to buy offsetting emission reductions from companies that cut their carbon pollution below it. That framework is on the table for the assembly, but it’s been watered down significantly. Any country can opt in or out of the system until 2027, and targets until then are voluntary. That creates uncertainty over whether countries like China will join.

If ICAO’s 191 member nations fail to reach a strong aviation agreement in Montreal, it could undermine the world’s ability to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate goals. In the absence of a robust international agreement on aviation carbon pollution, ICAO member nations would be left to implement their own policies, which could result in an ineffective, piecemeal approach.

The non-profit civil society member organizations of the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation are urging ICAO to enact a “climate deal which meets the 2020 goal, has the widest possible participation, has environ-

mental and social safeguards for the offsets and alternative fuel used and increases ambition in line with the requirements of the Paris Agreement.”

Although the greater stability international agreements would provide over scattered domestic policies and regulations means the aviation industry is mostly on-board, governments have been reluctant to sign on to strong measures.

It’s time for industry and governments to take much-needed steps to bring this major emissions source under control, especially as air traffic continues to increase. We can hope that new technologies such as solar-powered and electric planes will develop quickly enough to make a difference, and we can try to limit our personal use of air travel, and buy high-quality carbon offsets when we do fly, but international agreements are crucial.

Let’s urge government representatives to come up with a strong, enforceable agreement that helps meet the Paris Agreement objectives. If that speeds up development of planes that produce no emissions or far fewer than current aircraft, even better.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

Pluto ‘spray-painting’ poles of its big moon Charon

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new study finds that Pluto is “spray-painting” the red poles of its big moon Charon.

The paint is actually Pluto’s continually escaping atmosphere. Methane and other gases from Pluto end up coating Charon’s frozen poles, which are so cold and where winters are so long that this buildup remains for decades.

A chemical transformation, via solar radiation, turns the polar caps a dark red.

Planetary scientist Will Grundy of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, bases his findings on observations last year by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.

The study was reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday, 14 months to the day after New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto.

Grundy, lead author of the paper, called it a new phenomenon for scientists.

“It’s almost like Pluto is a graffiti artist, spray-painting Charon’s poles with its escaping atmosphere, leaving planet-scale colored spots,” Grundy said in an email. “This sort of thing might not be unusual among double planets, but we never had a close look at such a sys-

tem until New Horizons flew through the Pluto system last year.”

He and other scientists — including New Horizons’ principal scientist Alan Stern — were curious as to how such a large surface feature became such a conspicuous colour.

“This study solves one of the greatest mysteries we found on Charon,” Stern, a co-author on the paper, said in a statement. It opens up the possibility that other small bodies in this faraway twilight zone known as the Kuiper Belt may be undergoing the same thing, he noted.

Pluto’s little moon Nix, for example, has a reddish spot. But it orbits farther from Pluto and is so small that the so-called spray-painting wouldn’t be nearly as efficient, according to the study.

Meanwhile, a second study finds Pluto is emitting X-rays.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory detected the low-energy rays last year. Until then, the most distant body in the solar system with detected X-ray emission was the ringed Saturn system, according to scientists. The source of Pluto’s X-rays is still a mystery.

The X-ray findings were announced Wednesday.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pluto’s moon, Charon, in a mosaic of photographs acquired by the New Horizons spacecraft during its approach to the system.

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White night festival takes over downtown Red Deer

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Mel Brooks addresses the audience during the American Film Institute’s 41st Lifetime Achievement Award Gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. President Barack Obama plans to honor actors Mel Brooks and Morgan Freeman with the 2015 National Medal of Arts.

Brooks, Freeman get National Medal of Arts

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will honor actors Mel Brooks and Morgan Freeman with the 2015 National Medal of Arts, the White House said Wednesday.

The artists and other leading creative figures have been invited to receive the medal at a White House ceremony on Sept. 22. First lady Michelle Obama also planned to attend.

The White House said Brooks was being honored for “a lifetime of making the world laugh.” The actor, director, writer and musician is one of the few artists to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy.

Freeman will be honored for his work as an actor, director and narrator.

“His iconic stage and screen performances have brought to life characters from the whole spectrum of the human experience, moving audiences around the world, and influencing countless young artists,” the White House said in a statement.

Other winners this year include composer Philip

Glass, actress and singer Audra McDonald, author Sandra Cisneros and painter Jack Whitten. Musician Santiago Jimenez Jr. and playwright Moises Kaufman are also on the list.

The White House also announced that celebrity chef Jose Andres is among the 2015 recipients of the National Humanities Medal. So are jazz legend Wynton Marsalis, public radio host Terry Gross and author James McBride.

Others receiving the National Medal of Arts: ● Record producer and songwriter Berry Gordy ● Dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon ● The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center ● Playwright and actor Luis Valdez Others receiving the National Humanities Medal: ● Author Rudolfo Anaya ● Author Louis Menand ● Author Ron Chernow ● Prison University Project, Higher Education Program ● Physician and author Abraham Verghese ● Historian and author Elaine Pagels ● Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson ● Poet Louise Gluck

Red Deer’s annual light-up-the-night arts and culture festival, Nuit Blanche, is happening on Saturday.

Everyone is invited to come downtown and enjoy the free, family-friendly event that includes art demonstrations, live musical performances and kids’ activities.

There’s also an artisan vendors’ village, food trucks and a craft beer garden at Nuit Blanche, which runs from 7 p.m. to midnight.

The main hub will be in the parking lot at 49th Street and 49th Avenue (across from City Hall Park). But there will also be more than a dozen sites around the downtown — including the Nature Nuts Kid Zone, provided by the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society.

One of the interactive installments will be the Locks of Love fabricated steel heart that visitors can attach padlocks to, signifying a couple’s devotion.

The project was inspired by the famous Pont des Arts bridge in Paris. (Visitors can bring their own locks, although a limited number will be sold at the site).

Paris was the location of the first Nuit Blanche celebration in 2002. The festival has now spread to 120 cities across the world, including Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Montreal and Toronto.

This fourth local celebration is the first one hosted by the Red Deer Downtown Business Association. More information can be found at www.downtownreddeer.com/about/nuit-blanche.

Corb Lund and Hurtn’ Albertans set to take Memorial Centre stage Corb Lund will perform in Red Deer this fall with his band The Hurtin’ Albertans.

The award-winning alt-country singer is slated to play on Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Memorial Centre. The artist behind numerous gold-record-selling albums, and the chart-topping singles Five Dollar Bill, Roughest Neck Around, Truck Got Stuck, and I Wanna Be In the Cavalry, received a Juno Award and multiple honours from the Canadian Country Music Association.

His ninth and latest recording is Things That Can’t Be Undone.

Tickets go on sale Friday from the Black Knight Ticket Centre.

Biel brings organ sound to Lacombe church Central Alberta organist Jason Biel will perform in Lacombe this weekend.

The Blackfalds musician is featured in the Organ Concert Series at Burman University.

Biel is a 2014 graduate of Burman University, who is now completing his master’s degree in organ performance at McGill University in Montreal.

He will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at the College Heights Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Tickets can be purchased at the door. For more information, please call 403-782-3381.

Emmy predictions ahead of Sunday’s show

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Please excuse the excuses, but my Emmy predictions are resting uneasily on shifting ground.

I’d like to say I’m confident that Game of Thrones and Veep will repeat as best drama and comedy series.

And that I’m equally but regrettably sure there will be no The Americans or black-ish upsets.

And I am. Sort of.

The reason for the caginess: This year, the TV academy ditched a consensus approach in which nominees in each category were ranked on points to determine the winner. Instead, voters now check off their top choice and the one with the most votes wins. That change comes atop a 2015 decision to increase the voting pool beyond small blue-ribbon panels to include more academy members.

Here are my best guesses and wish

list for victors in the glamour categories.

DRAMA SERIES: Should win: Game of Thrones. The battles, the bravery, the betrayal — it’s all there and grippingly cinematic as GOT winds its way through George R.R. Martin’s astounding kingdom.

Will win: Game of Thrones. Last year, it (bloodlessly!) wrested the top drama award from Emmy voters typically reluctant to reward fantasy shows. Expect it to conquer again.

COMEDY SERIES: Should win: black-ish. Old-school sitcom excellence meets new-school awareness.

Can punchlines mesh effectively with troubling social issues? No sweat for creator Kenya Barris and the cast.

Will win: Veep. The viciously funny series was crowned in the category last year and, in a rollicking real-world election season that barely exceeds the show’s satire, voters will give it a

second term.

ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Should win: Matthew Rhys, The Americans. He exemplifies the British acting craft in a moving, nuanced performance that commands our attention.

Will win: Buzzed-about star Rami Malek of Mr. Robot could benefit from the expanded voting. But our ballot is marked for Kevin Spacey of House of Cards — the fourth Emmy bid’s the charm for this Oscar winner’s supremely villainous politico.

ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES: Should win: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder. She lets it rip every which way as a brilliant, sexy, flawed law professor. This stellar actress is always magnetic.

Will win: Davis. She made history last year as the first African-American winner in the category and voters will reinforce their admiration with a second trophy.

SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Should win: Kit Harington, Game of Thrones. His valiant Jon Snow has been a consistent standout in a sprawling cast, but he escaped Emmy notice until Snow died and then rose to fight again. That deserves a trophy, at least.

Will win: Harington. Voters will bow down before the King in the North.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES: Should win: Lena Headey.

Her wrenching portrayal of Cersei Lannister stumbling through her debasing “walk of shame” in season five inexplicably failed to bring her a trophy, so it’s past time for voters to redeem themselves.

Will win: Headey. Her third GOT nomination comes with Cersei back on top and Headey continuing to deepen her portrayal of the most darkly complex female character on TV. Voters will see the light — or else.

Actresses push back on media red carpet shenanigans MILEY CYRUS VOWS TO NOT WALK ONE AGAIN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — If a celebrity doesn’t walk a red carpet, are they still a celebrity?

In the next phase of her career, that’s the bold question Miley Cyrus will face after her unprecedented vow to “never do a red carpet again.”

With Hollywood’s awards season kicking off at Sunday’s Primetime Emmys, will other celebs sidestep the frenzy and follow Cyrus off the carpet? In show business, such a daring declaration could have implications beyond what’s beneath those designer heels.

In recent years, media shenanigans on red carpets have prompted push-back from such A-listers as Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.

Last awards season, they opted against sticking their well-manicured and bejeweled hands in front of E!’s “mani-cam,” while younger actresses like Jena Malone and Elizabeth Moss publicly mocked the paw parade.

“I couldn’t care less, to be honest,” said Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel after ceremoniously unrolling the red carpet Wednesday morning outside the Microsoft Theater. “I’ll be up in my dressing room staring at people on the red carpet while it’s happening.”

Cyrus’ last appearance on a red carpet was back in December at the premiere of the Netflix film A Very Murray Christmas. Cyrus ominously captioned an Instagram photo of herself posing on it: “(hashtag) mylastredcarpet4eva.” Apparently, she meant it.

“I had to do the premiere, and I will never do a red carpet again,” the singer-actress said in the Oc-

tober issue of Elle magazine, out Wednesday. “Why, when people are starving, am I on a carpet that’s red? Because I’m ‘important’? Because I’m ‘famous’?

That’s not how I roll. It’s like a skit — it’s like Zoolander.”

Stacy Jones, president of entertainment marketing agency Hollywood Branded , said stars who shun the red carpet lose fame and fortune. She expects Cyrus, who is appearing as a coach on the latest season of the NBC singing competition The Voice and starring in the upcoming Amazon series “Crisis in Six Scenes,” will likely miss out on future roles and deals because of her decision.

“It’s part of the job,” said Jones. “In today’s world, when you sign up to be a celebrity, you’re singing up to be in the limelight. You’re going to be in gossip columns and have paparazzi follow you. You will have fans idolize you. It’s damaging to your career and people you work with to say you won’t be part of the glitz and glamour that comes along with the job.”

Over the past nine decades, the red carpet has transformed from simply serving as an elegant entrance to Hollywood premieres and ceremonies into a publicity-generating business where celebrities are expected — and often paid — to pose in front of logos and be probed by the media.

Now, it’s not just about flashing smiles for photographers and answering the cliched question, “Who are you wearing?” On today’s red carpets, awareness is raised and brands are built.

Jones said she once worked with a company that sponsored a premiere party at the Toronto International Film Festival where the film’s star refused to walk down or pose on the red carpet. The company decided that night to pass him over for a seven-figure deal to support his music project.

“Miley has worked so hard to get where she is in celebritydom,” said Jones. “It doesn’t make sense that she would give up any chance in the spotlight to at least support the projects and causes she cares about in her life.”

While many celebs control when they’ll appear,

how they’ll look and who they’ll talk to on red carpets, it’s virtually unheard of for a star to publicly announce a complete boycott of the long-established practice, according to Bonnie Fuller, editor-in-chief of celebrity site HollywoodLife.com .

“I don’t think this is going to set off a trend,” said Fuller. “It’s integral to the promotional aspect of being a celebrity to do red carpets. It’s usually part of a contract.”

Fuller noted the anti-carpet stance is in itself part of building Cyrus’ brand. The performer has spent the past five years shedding her wholesome “Hannah Montana” reputation in favour of a wild child image.

“At the end of the day, Miley is still 23,” said Fuller. “She’s got a long career ahead of her. She could have a change of heart. In the meantime, we’ll respect the choices she’s making right now.”

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Early Grey lemon teacakes offer dessert without much guilt

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I love dessert. I also love being healthy. My four kiddos also love sweets. So over the years, I’ve created some great strategies for getting some dessert in our lives while also honouring our bodies, which frankly do not need as much sugar as our palates seem to crave.

If you (or your family) loves baked goods too, go ahead and preheat that oven and listen in — I’ve got some tips for keeping dessert alive while staying reasonable. First: Make your own.

I have a lot more leeway with homemade treats than for the packaged and processed versions from the store. Not only can I manage what is going in them (so I reduce sugar, skip preservatives and artificial stuff), but making my own baked treats puts a minimum half-hour buffer between me and a pan of brownies, which means we all will eat treats mindfully, instead of grabbing a box of cookies and nibbling my way through them unnoticed while watching an episode of The Goldbergs.

Second healthy dessert tip: Cut up small portions of treats and serve them on a tray alongside a healthier “open quantity” option. For instance, I may place a large bowl of clementines or lowfat Greek yogurt on the table next to a plate of homemade banana bread cut into small squares. Diluting the baked goodie with a protein or fiber-filled option is a lowstress way to make dessert healthier for the whole family.

Third tip: invest in a confectioners’ sugar duster and fill it up with organic powdered sugar. Even a tiny dusting of powdered sugar fools our palates into thinking something is sweeter than it is, simply because it’s visible. I can sprinkle a bran muffin with the lightest coating of powdered sugar and my kids think they’ve scored a cupcake.

Finally, a tip just for the adults: Drink espresso with a chunk of dark chocolate or a small finger of homemade cake (like this week’s Early Grey lemon teacakes) for dunking — the deep roasted flavour of espresso coupled with just a little sweet makes a surprisingly satisfying, and sophisticated, dessert.

EARL GREY LEMON TEACAKES Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 14 ¼ cup coconut oil, soft, but not melted (pop in freezer for a few minutes if needed) 1 tablespoon Earl Grey tea leaves, pounded to a coarse powder (use a small plastic bag and mallet or heavy spoon) 1 tablespoon lemon zest ¼ cup light agave syrup (or 1/3 cup sugar)

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This Sept. 7 photo shows lemon and Earl Grey teacakes in Coronado, Calif. This dish is from a recipe by Melissa d’Arabian.

2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup all-purpose flour ¾ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt Confectioners’ sugar for decoration, optional Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.

In a medium bowl, whip coconut oil, Early Grey leaves, lemon zest and agave syrup using a hand mixer until well-blended and light. Add the eggs one at time and mix well with mixer in between. Add the vanilla and lemon juice and mix well.

In a small bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Then pour in half the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix very briefly.

Add the second half of the flour and mix just until blended. Do not overmix.

Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake until cake springs back after pressing lightly with your finger, about 25-30 minutes. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan, and then remove to let cool completely on a rack.

Cut into 14 fingers and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar (optional) and serve.

Nutrition information per serving: 96 calories 40 calories from fat 5 g fat (4 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 31 mg cholesterol 103 mg sodium 12 g carbohydrate 0 g fiber 5 g sugar 2 g protein.

It’s time to eliminate treats in schools: health experts

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Birthday cupcakes for the class pizza and sub days Halloween and Valentine’s Day and treats to mark the end of term or even the completion of the first 100 days of school. The party never ends for kids at many schools, it seems, and at the core of most celebrations is junk food.

The practice of providing sugary and fat-laden goodies at school to “reward” children or to raise funds has become a “toxic new normal” that has crept in over several decades, says Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, a multidisciplinary nutrition and weight management centre.

“We’ve done some weird thing where we’ve decided that food is the answer to everything kid-related and … that has led to some strange and unhealthy practices — and unfortunately likely has contributed to chronic disease,” he says.

Carol Harrison, a Toronto-based registered dietitian, is concerned that filling up on junk leaves less room for the nutritious food children need to grow, stay healthy and feel good all day.

“Treats are not the occasional indulgence that they once were,” she says. “Kids today get about a quarter of their calories from things that offer little to no nutritional value, like pop, chocolate, fruit drinks.”

And the goodies are not only handed out at school.

“When I used to bend blades of grass on sports fields maybe I’d get water, maybe I’d get orange slices, but I certainly wouldn’t get rushed at with an ice cream sandwich, but yet that’s what my kids face,” says Freedhoff, author of The Diet Fix and father of three daughters. “Any time they do anything outside of school suddenly somebody’s thrusting food at them.”

A defence Freedhoff often hears is “but it’s just one.”

“If it was just one I think that would be a fair argument, but it is constant. Any parent of young children knows it’s not just one.”

And while others point out a child can refuse to eat the cookies or chips, Harrison says: “It’s really hard for the kid to say, ‘Well, thank you, but at recess I’ve got my hummus and carrots. I’m going to wait to eat it then.’

Harrison suggests schools offer guidelines on how to handle celebrations healthfully to support lessons being taught about eating well. Birthday celebrations could be reduced to once a month, says Freedhoff.

But both agree the best idea is to downplay food and give children a chance to be more active with extra recess time, games or crafts.

Cedarvale Community School in Toronto launched Books for Birthdays about five years ago.

In lieu of birthday treats, a parent can donate $20 toward the program and a book is purchased for the library in their child’s honour.

“The librarian comes to the classroom and reads the story or if it’s an older kid they’re the first one who gets to take it home and the book is forever in the library,” explains Esther Grossman, a parent on the school’s advisory council. The initiative raises about $4,000 a year.

“People used to go to the dollar store and buy little trinkets and stuff. Instead, there’s a book in the library with their name on it and they’re thrilled about it.”

Many treats in schools are tied to fundraising, such as pizza or hotdog days and sales of chocolate-covered almonds.

“We’re selling our kids’ health for peanuts and not only are we selling their health for peanuts, we’re teaching them it’s OK, that it’s normal to have junk food, that you should support causes by selling chocolate bars or that it is normal to have pizza every Thursday simply because it’s Thursday and that’s what happens on Thursdays,” says Freedhoff.

“These aren’t healthy messages in a society where chronic diet and weight-related diseases are definitely on the rapid rise among our kids — and yet we do it.”

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Volunteers work to set a Guinness world record for the world’s largest cupcake tower in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on July 20, 2013. Birthdays, pizza days concerts, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, end of term and even a celebration to mark the first 100 days of school – the party never ends, it seems, and at the core of most celebrations is food.

At his children’s school, they’ve sold spring bulbs and used a fundraising program called Fundscrip, in which students sell gift cards for food, gas, clothing and hardware retailers where people are already shopping.

“There has also been a saturation of traditional fundraisers, where kids are sent door-to-door hawking goods. Parents are rightly concerned about health issues, donors feel besieged and participants feel like salespeople,” says David Nixon, Fundscrip director of marketing.

In the Ontario program Fresh from the Farm, kids raise funds by selling vegetables and fruit. Over the past three years, 300 schools have raised more than $273,000, says Cathy O’Connor, co-ordinator of the program for Dietitians of Canada, which collaborates with the province’s agriculture and education ministries along with the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.

“The farmers are getting access to a market, kids are learning about agrifood and education, and seeing that you don’t have to sell chocolate-covered almonds to raise money for schools,” says Harrison.

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Alberta electrifies renewable power OFFERS $10.5B IN FINANCIAL AID TO HELP REACH ITS 2030 GOAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta will offer financial aid to renewable power projects worth $10.5 billion to achieve its goal of having 30 per cent of its power come from renewable sources by 2030, Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced Wednesday.

She said the province must add 5,000 megawatts of electricity generating capacity from wind, solar and hydro projects to fill the gap as coal-fired generation is eliminated.

However the cost isn’t known yet, she said, nor are details of how new projects will be selected. The province intends to screen requests for support from private developers through an auction, but Phillips said the details won’t be announced until November.

“Its goal is to provide the most certainty in terms of the support from the people of Alberta and at the lowest cost,” she said.

About half of Alberta’s power came from coalfired plants in 2015. Alberta Energy estimates that as of June, about 39 per cent of the provincial capacity of 16,300 MW came from coal and 44 per cent from natural gas. Phillips said Alberta expects about 70 per cent in 2030 will be generated by natural gas.

Sara Hastings-Simons of the Pembina Institute environmental group said Alberta has chosen the right path to achieve a cleaner supply of electricity in the future.

“I think the clear commitment to the 30 per cent renewables is going to send a clear signal to investors and provide the kind of certainty you need to see these billions of dollars of investment coming into the province,” she said.

In an updated report Wednesday, Pembina estimated that an accelerated phase-out of coal generation in Alberta could result in 600 fewer premature deaths, 500 fewer emergency room visits and save nearly $3 billion in socio-economic value of avoided health outcomes linked to coal pollution between 2015 and 2035.

Phillips said she expects plenty of interest from the private sector to fuel a renewable energy building boom, judging from preliminary filings with the Alberta Electric System Operator.

An AESO spokeswoman said Wednesday it had received grid connection requests as of Sept. 1 for 21

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Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips says Alberta is prepared to financially support renewable power projects worth $10.5 billion to achieve its goal of having 30 per cent of the province’s power come from renewable sources by 2030. proposed solar projects generating a total of 681 MW and for 28 wind power projects producing 4,646 MW. Phillips said the government won’t guarantee power prices but support could come in the form of its purchase of renewable energy credits from builders or through “contract-for-differences” agreements which would top-up developer revenues when prices fall.

She added money to pay for the program may come from the province’s carbon levy, which takes effect Jan. 1 and is expected to bring in $3 billion in fiscal 2017-18.

Pat Bateman, a researcher with the Canadian Solar Industries Association, said current low power

prices in Alberta make power plant construction unlikely without incentives.

“I expect that for any new generation, we’re going to need to see the new policy certainty that the minister’s been describing today,” he said.

He said the competitive auction format proposed by the government will rein in developer expectations to “very low cost” levels for taxpayers.

Evan Wilson, Prairies director of the Canadian Wind Energy Association, says wind power capacity in Alberta is currently about 1,500 MW or nine per cent of the total.

He said the industry has the capacity to quickly grow output if profitability is ensured.

Oilsands carbon capture hits one million tonnes SHELL CANADA’S $1.35B PROJECT – QUEST – DEEMED A SUCCESS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Shell Canada says the first carbon capture project in the oilsands has successfully stored one million tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground after a year of operation.

The company, which developed the $1.35-billion Quest project with the help of $745 million from the Alberta government and $120 million from Ottawa, says the project is operating ahead of schedule and under budget.

“There isn’t a metric that hasn’t finished very strongly in green. I don’t think we can say that about many projects,” said Zoe Yujnovich, executive vice president for heavy oil at Shell.

“THERE ISN’T A METRIC THAT HASN’T FINISHED VERY STRONGLY IN GREEN. I DON’T THINK WE CAN SAY THAT ABOUT MANY PROJECTS.” ZOE YUJNOVICH, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR HEAVY OIL AT SHELL CANADA

The Quest project is designed to capture about a third of the emission from Shell’s Scotford Upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., turn it into a near-liquid, and then pump it over two kilometres underground into porous rock formations.

But the project, and carbon capture operations in general, have faced significant criticism as high cost, stop-gap measures that rely heavily on government funding, but Yujnovich says the technology provides an important bridge as part of a long-term transition toward renewable.

“The question for all of us is to say in the meantime, with the demand that still exists for oil products, how do we go about being as efficient as possible at extracting the oil from the ground?” she said.

“I think the use of something like carbon sequestration, and the ongoing operational improvements that we’re constantly committed to, are a part of us navigating across that bridge.”

As to building carbon capture projects without government support, she says it largely reliant on higher carbon prices and more options on selling the

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Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan Alta, on November 6, 2015. Shell Canada says the first carbon capture project in the oilsands has successfully stored one million tonnes of carbon dioxide deep underground after a year of operation. carbon captured.

Tim Wiwchar, who helped lead the Quest project, says that thanks to operational and cost improvements, carbon capture projects could be self-sustaining with a carbon price of less than $100 a tonne of carbon.

He said if the Quest project were to be built again today, he expects it would cost 20 to 30 per cent less to construct and operate.

As part of the government funding requirements,

Shell and its partners have made the designs and learnings from the project publicly available, which could save $100 million on engineering.

Shell is also working to improve the environmental process of the sequestration itself, which Wiwchar said emitted somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 tonnes of CO2 while capturing the million tonnes.

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Vancouver looks at two per cent vacant home tax

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver is proposing to tax homeowners by as much as two per cent of assessed value for units they declare vacant, with the hope of freeing up more supply in the city’s crunched rental market.

Mayor Gregor Robertson announced new details of the proposed tax on Wednesday ahead of a report going to council next week. The aim is for the levy to be in place for the 2017 tax year, with the first payments in 2018.

The tax is meant to encourage owners to rent out their empty homes in order to improve Vancouver’s vacancy rate, which has hovered near zero for years, Robertson said.

“This empty homes tax is not a silver bullet solution. This will not solve Vancouver’s rental home crisis or vacancy rates alone. But we expect this will be an important tool to start the shift to get more rental housing available to people who desperately need

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According to the report to city council, the tax would be administered using an annual self-declaration, audit and complaint process.

Each year, every residential property owner in Vancouver would receive notice from the city requiring them to declare the status of the unit.

If the property is an owner’s principal residence, rented to a long-term tenant or occupied by a friend or family member, the tax would not apply, the report said.

There would also be defined exemptions from the tax, including properties that are in probate, going through renovations or changing owners. Tenants or owners in care would also be exempt.

The question of how long homes must be vacant in order to be taxed still needs to be settled through public consultation, Robertson said.

He has previously said that only homes that were vacant year-round would be taxed. However, the report to city council says the public will be asked

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whether leaving homes empty for six months, or nine months, should warrant the levy.

The city will enforce the tax through random and targeted audits, as well as acting on and accepting information about suspected empty homes. The report said the city can compel owners to provide substantiating evidence.

Penalties are still being decided but must be strong enough to persuade owners to pay, said Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas, the city’s general manager of community services.

She said the tax rate being considered is between 0.5 and 2 per cent of assessed value.

Robertson said the most conservative estimate of what the tax could generate is $2 million, which would go toward cost recovery and affordable housing initiatives.

He said the success of the tax will be measured by the rental vacancy rate.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 116.65 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.63 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.13 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.52 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.89 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.96 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.92 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 193.97 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.49 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.72 Cervus Equipment Corp 11.69 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.38 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 57.53 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.36 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.82 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.71 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 30.26 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.72 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.80 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.24 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.70 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.01 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.98

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.46 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 28.47 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.52 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.58 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.66 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 11.44 First Quantum Minerals . 10.42 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.78 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 4.99 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.34 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.09 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.13 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.810 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 22.77

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.77 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.89 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.20

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.07 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.93 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 48.42 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.86 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 23.73 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.36 Canyon Services Group. . 4.48 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.77 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1750 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.43 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.670

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — A sense of calm returned to stock markets Wednesday, with major North American indices ending the day relatively unchanged.

The S&P/TSX composite index in Toronto climbed 17.36 points to 14,366.46, supported by strength in the consumer staples and materials sectors.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average slid 31.98 points to 18,034.77, while the Nasdaq gained 18.51 points to 5,173.77. The S&P 500 dipped 1.25 points to 2,125.77.

U.S. indices are at their lowest levels in two months after big losses on Friday and Tuesday.

Stock markets have been turbulent for the past few sessions as traders interpret signs of a weakening global economy amid growing speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve, at a meeting next week, may raise interest rates from record lows.

Allan Small, a senior adviser at Holliswealth, said the recent flip-flopping in stock markets has investors trying to second-guess comments from a number of Fed presidents. Since no other board members are set to speak for the rest of this week, he predicts movements will stay tepid pending any major economic releases.

“On days without a lot of data out there, you’re going to see a type of market without a lot of big gains or losses,” Small said.

He added there seems to be a sense of “nervousness” hanging over stock markets, which will likely stay until next week’s Fed meeting scheduled for Sept.

20-21.

“We’ve been playing this Fed waiting game for quite some time

now. I think it’s getting a little long in the tooth,” he said.

“In my opinion, the market could easily digest a Fed rate hike. You might see some bumpiness or a knee-jerk reaction initially but most people will look at it as a sign that the U.S. economy is in a stronger position and I think that’s a good thing.”

Overall, he noted that a rate hike may buoy stock markets because higher interest rates means good news for banks and insurance companies.

In commodities, oil prices continued their slide following concerns that demand for crude will slow down this year.

The October contract for a barrel of West Texas Intermediate was down $1.32 at US$43.53.

Elsewhere in commodities, October natural gas contracts lost two cents to US$2.89 per mmBtu, December gold was up $2.40 to US$1,326.10 an ounce and December copper advanced five cents to US$2.15 a pound.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.16 of a cent to trade at 75.77 cents US. — With a file from The Associated Press FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,366.46, up 17.36 points Dow — 18,034.77, down 31.98 points S&P 500 — 2,125.77, down 1.25 points Nasdaq — 5,173.77, up 18.51 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.77 cents US, down 0.16 of a cent

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.60 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 41.26 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.34 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.20 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.93 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.13 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.97 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.24 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.12 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.50 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 45.96 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1300 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 84.96 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 68.88 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.40 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.01 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.70 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.89 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.58 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.76 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.95 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.850 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.11 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.62 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.99

Pound — C$1.7471, up 0.95 of a cent Euro — C$1.4847, up 0.78 of a cent Euro — US$1.1250, up 0.36 of a cent Oil futures: US$43.58 per barrel, down $1.32 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,326.10 per oz., up $2.40 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $26.174 oz., up 25 cents $841.49 kg., up $8.03 CANADA ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $1.10 higher $457.60 Jan. ‘17 $1.60 higher $464.10 March ‘17 $1.60 higher $468.60 May ‘17 $1.50 higher $472.80 July ‘17 $1.50 higher $475.40 Nov. ‘17 $0.60 higher $479.20 Jan. ‘18 $0.60 higher $480.00 March ‘18 $0.60 higher $480.00 May ‘18 $0.60 higher $480.00 July ‘18 $0.60 higher $480.00 Nov. ‘18 $0.60 higher $480.00.

Barley (Western): Oct. ‘16 unchanged $138.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $138.00 March ‘17 unchanged $140.00 May ‘17 unchanged $141.00 July ‘17 unchanged $141.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $141.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $141.00 March ‘18 unchanged $141.00 May ‘18 unchanged $141.00 July ‘18 unchanged $141.00 Oct. ‘18 unchanged $141.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 294,580 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 294,580.

Women executives underrepresented

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s securities regulator — at the urging of the province — is revisiting a previously rejected plan to publicize the number of women who hold top jobs in publicly traded companies.

Stephanie McLean, Alberta’s minister for the status of women, says she is not prejudging the outcome, but added she will “not be thrilled” if the Alberta Securities Commission rejects the plan a second time.

Only nine per cent of women make up the boards of directors in Alberta, and McLean says it’s an issue that

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needs to be put in the spotlight.

The commission is now debating passing new rules requiring Alberta-based companies, including those listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, to disclose the number of women in senior positions along with company game plans for recruiting more women.

If not, those companies would have to explain why they are not recruiting women and all that information would be available to shareholders.

Commission CEO Stan Magidson says a similar idea was rejected in 2014 because it wasn’t believed to be within its mandate, but he says views have shifted since then. for the next 25 years just to fill up that zone, and this Basal Cambrian Sands goes all the way from northwest Alberta into Saskatchewan and even touch-

OILSANDS: Will honour funding deals VACANT: Study into Airbnb impact Improving the metrics of carbon capturing is important because government appetite to fund the projects is waning. The Alberta NDP says it will honour funding commitments on the two major projects in the province, but has no plans to fund any future ones.

Saskatchewan’s government has also faced criticism for the provincial utility’s $1.5-billion Boundary Dam carbon capture project at a coal-fired power plant, as reliability issues had it capturing far less CO2 than planned in early operations, and helped lead to increases in power prices.

The U.K. also cut funding to a billion pound carbon capture bidding process last year, though a government-appointed advisory group recently recommended that the government revisit carbon capture to save consumers billions in future costs associated with meeting climate change targets.

If the economics of the projects can be improved, Wiwchar says there’s no lack of space to sequester the carbon in Western Canada thanks to the size of the porous rock formation that underlies the Prairies.

He said Shell only expects to fill about five to seven per cent of its allotted 3,600 square kilometres over 25 years of operations.

“You could do another 20 Quests

ing Manitoba,” Wiwchar said.

If the city sees the rate rise to a healthy 3 to 5 per cent, it will review the tax and potentially remove it, he said.

City staff are also conducting a study of the impact of Airbnb and other short-term rental services and will report to council in the fall.

Public consultation on the empty homes tax will take place this fall, with a refined policy and approved by-law going to council this winter. Homeowners would receive notice that the vacancy period has begun in early 2017, with self-declaration forms mailed out at the end of the year and payments beginning in 2018.

In July, the British Columbia government gave the city the authority to create the tax, which is separate from the province’s 15-per-cent tax on foreign buyers purchasing Metro Vancouver real estate.

A study commissioned by the city earlier this year found that as many as 10,800 homes were sitting empty in Vancouver, most of them condominiums.-

Newspapers get cagey with advertising

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Newspapers crippled by declining advertising are increasingly turning to less traditional sources of revenue, such as hosting coffee and wine clubs, in an effort to boost profits.

The latest twist was unveiled this week, when the Toronto Star announced the launch of Headline Coffee, which delivers a new bag of ethically sourced coffee beans from different countries. The coffee delivery service costs $20 a month and is not limited to Star subscribers.

“The newspaper business is going through a pretty turbulent time and people are throwing a lot of jelly at the wall, trying to see what sticks,” said Paul Knox, a professor emeritus at Ryerson University’s school of journalism in Toronto.

The Canadian newspaper industry has had one of its most bruising years in recent memory.

Last week, the Globe and Mail asked for about 40 of its employees to volunteer for buyouts. About a month prior to that, Torstar announced it was lay-

Business BRIEFS Calorie counting now at Canadian Starbucks TORONTO — Do you know how many calories are in that venti Caramel Frappuccino?

You may not now, but soon those numbers will be staring you in the face when you place an order at Starbucks.

The world’s largest coffee chain is adding calorie counts to its menu boards for all beverages and food items sold in Canada.

The changes will come into effect for drinks on Sept. 29 and food items on Nov. 2.

The Seattle-based company says the new menu board labelling is part of its effort to be transparent with customers.

The calorie counts will only apply to standard orders, as any revisions, such as substituting a type of milk or the addition of whipped cream, will change the calories on an item.

For the last ten years, Starbucks Canada has already provided nutritional information — including caffeine, saturated fat, trans fat, carbohydrates and sugar amounts — on its website, and more recently through its mobile app since it was launched last October.

The first Starbucks Canada location opened in Vancouver in 1987. The company now has more than 1,200 locations across the country.

UPS hiring 95,000 staffers for upcoming holiday season DALLAS — The calendar says it’s not even fall yet, but delivery companies and retailers are making their hiring lists for the holiday season.

It looks like short-term employment in stores may be flat with last year, but more people will be needed to deliver gifts bought online.

UPS said Wednesday it will add about 95,000 seasonal workers, mostly package handlers and drivers. That’s close to last year’s pace, when United Parcel Service Inc. hired 93,000

ing off more than 50 people, most of whom from the Toronto Star newsroom.

In January, Postmedia cut 90 jobs and merged newsrooms in four cities.

Julie Murtha, the Toronto Star’s director of audience development and innovation, said it’s premature to say how much Headline Coffee will contribute to TorStar’s profits, but it is expected to do so.

“We thought it’s an interesting way to extend the products and services that we can offer to consumers,” said Murtha.

Several publications operate similar subscription services. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both host wine clubs that ship curated bottles of vino to customers as frequently as once a month.

The Times also partnered with Chef’d this summer to sell meal kits filled with ingredients to make recipes from its cooking section. Customers can, for example, pay US$59 for a kit to make four servings of beef bourguignon by lead Times Magazine food writer Mark Bittman.

Other Canadian publications are testing different ways to find extra revenue. workers for a busy stretch that starts in late November and runs through the gift-return season in early January.

Delivery rival FedEx Corp. has not yet announced its plans.

Toys R Us also said Wednesday it has begun taking applications for part-time seasonal jobs in stores and distribution centres. A spokeswoman declined to give a nationwide figure but said the retailer expects to add at least 10,900 workers in five of its biggest markets: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Oprah’s midas touch in investment waning?

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey’s big investment in Weight Watchers has paid off so far, but her Midas touch could be in question given the company’s recent struggles.

Winfrey bought a 10 per cent stake in Weight Watchers for $43.2 million in October and joined the company’s board. The company’s stock more than doubled the day the purchase was announced, and by November, Winfrey’s stake was worth nearly $180 million.

Weight Watchers shares have been in a bit of a freefall since, losing more than two-thirds of their value in less than a year. The value of Winfrey’s shares is down by more than $116 million.

War over pop tax brewing in the Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA — The American Beverage Association and others filed a lawsuit Wednesday to try to block a soda tax set to take effect in Philadelphia in January.

The beverage industry had spent more than $10 million fighting the plan before the Philadelphia City Council approved it in June.

The 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax amounts to 18 cents on a 12-ounce can of soda or $1.44 on a six-pack of 16-ounce bottles.

Berkeley, California, has a similar soda tax while Chicago taxes retail soft drink sales and fountain drinks. But soda tax proposals have failed in more than 30 cities and states.

The beverage industry groups, restaurants and consumers who sued complain that the tax duplicates the state sales tax already imposed on soda.

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MANTEI Kenneth 1964 - 2016 Mr. Kenneth “Kenny” Brian Mantei of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at the age of 52 years. With his passing, we lost one of the most gentle of souls. Ken was born to Al and Martha Mantei on July 5, 1964.

While outwardly quiet, Ken was a determined man who exuded kindness and found great joy in tending to those around him. Ken spent many of his years living and enjoying life in the community of Red Deer. A Red Deer College graduate from the School of Business, he worked and excelled in the field of customer service. The second half of Ken’s career was spent in the Hospitality Industry.

This enabled him to use his natural abilities in serving, management and organization.

A large part of Ken’s focus was his family. He spent his time connecting and helping in any way he could. There was not a day he wasn’t out shopping or buying gifts for those he loved. He was always looking out for the people and pets in his life. Ken will be lovingly remembered by his mother, Martha; brother, Ron; and three sisters, Sharon (Stan) Dennis, Karen (Brad) Oliver and Sandra (Pride) Davis. He will also be sadly missed by his nieces and nephews, Cara (Samuel) Howlett, Michael (Faith) Dennis, Jonathan (Alexandra) Dennis, Cassidy Mantei, Jesse Davis, Nyah Oliver, and Jordan Davis; greatnephew, Oliver Howlett; his treasured cat, Razor; and his many dear friends and colleagues.

He was predeceased by his father, Al. “Never forget or neglect anyone because who knows what is coming tomorrow.

You will know their value when you can’t meet them once again in this lifetime.” ~ Saint Mother Teresa A Celebration of Ken’s Life will be held at Unity Baptist Church, 139 Northey Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. A Private Family Interment will take place. If desired, Memorial Donations in Ken’s honour may be made directly to The Mustard Seed, Red Deer Branch at www.theseed.ca.

The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the First Responders and the Medical Team at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre who provided medical support to Ken when he most needed it. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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TALSMA Jantien (Jennie) Talsma passed peacefully to her heavenly home on September 12, 2016 in Lacombe, Alberta at the age of 87. Jennie was the first born to Geert and Grietje Salomons on October 26,1928 in Shackleton, Saskatchewan. She married John Talsma, and together they spent most of their married life in Bentley. She continued to reside in Bentley until she moved into the Lacombe Lodge and later to Lacombe Extended Care.

Memories of Mother include a kind and content heart. She was wholeheartedly dedicated to her faith, her family and her community. She will be lovingly remembered by her six children - Gerald (Jyl) Talsma, Albert (Shirley) Talsma, Doug Talsma, Sid (Ardi) Talsma, Marg (Ed) Scherger, Thelma (Bill) Weizenbach - 14 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren.

Jennie is survived by two sisters and three brothers, Willie (Neil) Reitema, Sam Salomons, Harry (Ruth) Salomons, Herman (Leida) Salomons, Cathy Plantinga, and sisterin-law Janny Talsma (Netherlands) along with numerous nieces and nephews. Jennie was predeceased by her parents, her husband John in 1983, and grandson Jared in 1994.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 16, 2016 at the Woodynook Christian Reformed Church (RR #1, Blackfalds, AB). Memorial donations may be made to World Renew (formerly CRWRC) c/o Woodynook CRC (RR #1, Blackfalds, AB T0M 0J0). The family of Jennie Talsma wish to extend a heartfelt thank you for the love and care she received from the staff at Lacombe Extended Care.

Also sincere gratitude to the members of the Woodynook congregation for their many, many acts of kindness and support over the past several years. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

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Kaitlyn Ann July 30, 1991 - Sept. 9, 2016 Kaitlyn Ann passed away suddenly at her home in Bonnyville, Alberta at the age of 25 with her loving fiancé Andrew by her side. Kaitlyn leaves to mourn, her mother, Lisa Repas, step dad, Wayne Repas, sister, Kourtney Repas, step sister, Rebecca Repas and her son, Giovonni Bertolotti, fiancé, Andrew Krieger, dad, Robert Reber and sister Ashley Reber. grandparents Bill and Sandy Reed, Sheila Reber and Marion Repas and great grandma Jeanie Campbell; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Kaitlyn is predeceased by great grandparents Larry Reed, Lorne Campbell, Terry Reed and Gwen Hobson and cousin Dean Wilson. Kaitlyn was raised in Red Deer and met Andrew in 2013. Kaitlyn loved spending time with her family and friends. One of Kaitlyn’s passions and favorite places was Disneyland. We all remember her love for reality T.V. and sitcoms.

A celebration of Kaitlyn’s Life will be held on Sunday September 18, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Poplar Ridge Community Centre, Range Rd 283, Red Deer County, AB, T4S 2B6. Donations can be made to the Stollery Children’s Hospital, or flowers sent to 106 Dubois Crescent, Red Deer, AB. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Dr. David Warner On September 12, 2016, Dr. David “Doc” Francis Warner of Red Deer passed away at the age of 78 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Ida; children Debbie (Stan) Bell of Sylvan Lake, Diane (Randall) Reiman of Peoria, Dennis Warner of Wanham, and David (Dorothy) Warner of St. Albert; 14 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; his brother Art Warner; sisters Virginia Gonthier and Chris Johnson; as well as many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held at the Sylvan Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 16th with the Interment Service following at the Kuusamo Cemetery.

Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Sylvan Meadows Adventist School.

To express condolences to Dr. Warner’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Sept. 20, @ Crime Prevention Centre, #3 5015 48 Street Red Deer. @ 6:30 Election for executive positions will be held.

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BOWER 1/2 DUPLEX, Oct. 1. 403-347-0163 NEWLY reno’d house, main floor near Red Deer College, 3 bdrm., 1 bath, $900/mo. 403-651-6090 SYLVAN, 5 fully furn. rentals incld’s all utils. & cable. $550 - $1600./mo. neg. details call 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

AVAIL. Oct. 1, 3 bdrm. townhouse close to schools and all amenities, 4 appls, rent $1100 + utils. + DD. 403-506-0054

Out of Town 28131 TWP RD 352 Friday, Sept.16, 2-6; Saturday, Sept. 17 10-6; Sunday, Sept. 18, 10-4.

Huge 2 family sale. Snow blower, antiques, vintage windows. Second overpass at Innisfail (Truck Route), go east on 352, 4.2 km. 403-340-9783.

GIGANTIC Multi-Family, show home decor, furniture, tools, fans, household. Thurs. and Fri., Sept. 15 and 16, 3-7, and Sat., Sept. 17, 9-3. Behind Leon’s on McKenzie Drive.

Follow signs.

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See Help Wanted Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

2000-2290

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Oct. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

BACHELOR, 1, & 2 Bedroom Suites Starting at $849/month!

One Month Rent FREE! One FREE year of Telus cable & internet.

Cat friendly.

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2003 MAZDA MX5, exc. cond. 78,000 kms., hardtop & roll bar incl’d. loaded. $11,400. ***SOLD***

Tires, Parts Acces.

2 BDRM. 4 plex, fireplace, incld’s water, sewer, garbage. $925. rent, $650. sd. Avail. now or Oct. 1.

403-304-5337 2 BDRM. suite in 4-plex, 4 appls., Rent $875. DD. $650. incld’s water sewer, & garbage 403-346-7917, 403-877-5070.

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $875./mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Oct. 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Available Oct. 1.

403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Available now or Oct. 1.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $875/mo. d.d. $650.

Available now or Oct. 1 403-304-5337

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

$425. MO/D.D. incld’s everything. 403-342-1834 or 587-877-1883 after 2:30

EQUALIZER Hitch kit, 750 lbs. (shank, head, arm, ball) $75.

403-346-7825

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

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3150

Heated garages, Red Deer, $150/mo. 403-348-6594

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Open House Tour These Fine Homes Out Of Red Deer

4310

Innisfail, CA0091138 $525,000, 5 Beds/3 Baths Backs on to Dodd Lake GREAT VIEW! OPEN HOUSE Sat., Sept. 17, 1 pm - 3 pm Call Mitzi Billard, REMAX, 403-396-4005.

Lots For Sale

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PUBLIC NOTICES

SERGE’S HOMES Lots Available in Lacombe, Blackfalds, Springbrook Custom build your dream home on your lot or ours.

For more info. call Office - 403-343-6360 Bob - 403-505-8050

Public Notices

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5030

Cars

A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP and Recycling avail. weekly or occasional basis.

(403) 505-4777.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

2003 Pontiac Sunfire, 2 dr., good cond. 403-352-6995

Public Notices

Directory

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

4040

BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

Garage Space

5180

4 WINTER tires 225 60 R-16, $150 (403) 342-0392

CITY VIEW APTS.

THE NORDIC

5030

Cars

homes

MORRISROE MANOR

6432 CEDAR WAY

AGRICULTURAL

3060

Call GORD ING at 6 locations in Red Deer, tal. No pets. 403-358-8335 RE/MAX real estate well-maintained central alberta 403-341-9995 townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. 1/2 1 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

SUITES. 25+, adults only Westpark, Kentwood, n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Condos/ Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at Townhouses $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 Legacy Estates Seniors Rental incentives avail. or 403-347-7545 Complex, 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. $199,900, 2 bdrm, 2.5 SOUTHWOOD PARK only, N/S, No pets. bath, all appliances. For 3110-47TH Avenue, 403-596-2444 sale by owner, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, (403) 318-1839.

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 generously sized, 1 1/2 bdrm. apartments, rent baths, fenced yards, CELEBRATIONS $750, last month of lease full bsmts. 403-347-7473, HAPPEN EVERY DAY free, immed. occupancy.

Sorry no pets.

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RED crab apples or large green apples to give away. Call 403-346-3142

CLASSIFICATIONS

Suites

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, SEIBEL PROPERTY newly reno’d adult building.

ONE MONTH Rent $900 S.D. $700.

FREE RENT Avail. immed. Near hospi-

Out of Town

West Park

Deer Park

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 4 LAWN Chairs, 1 patio table & 2 steel chairs. $40.

403-342-4949, 780-717-6206 COLEMAN Camp stove, 2 burner Propane, older, with stand. $30. 587-876-2914 POTTED geranium, 4’ in diameter, blooms all winter in sunroom/commercial showroom, spectacular coral blooms, $200.

587-876-2914 WEDDING dress, size 10, fits small, $200. NEW 403-309-4518 WOODEN shelving, $75.

403-885-5020

Items To Give Away

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

1730

SONY CASSETTE / CD player, (mini hi-fi component system) $125.

403-346-7825

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1720

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

TRAINING CENTRE

Farmers' Market

CENTRAL LINE LOCATING INC. requires an

900

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Household Furnishings

CD WALL Cabinet, $40.

403-309-4518 COFFEE table and 2 matching end tables, $90.

403-309-4518 RECLINER, Luxury lift chair, heated/power, brown. $200.

403-347-4520

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Restaurant/ Hotel

BEATRIX GRACE PETERS, also known as BETTY PETERS who died on August 21, 2016 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by

October 24, 2016 with

Warren Sinclair LLP Attention: Chris Warren at 600, 4911 - 51 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 6V4 Fax: 403-343-6069 If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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NOTICE TO: BENJAMIN BJARNASON: TAKE NOTICE that ZHIVOV LAW, at 240, 550-71st Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, T2H 0S6, has issued a Statement of Claim and Notice to Defendant in the Court of Queen’s Bench in the Judicial District of Calgary, Action Number 1501-13579, with respect to personal injuries suffered by Viktor Mamonov, Vira Mamonova, and Maksym Mamonov, by his litigation representative Viktor Mamonov, in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on or about March 8, 2015, near the Town of Sylvan Lake, in the Province of Alberta. The aforementioned Plaintiffs are each seeking general damages for pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and other non-pecuniary losses, past, present, and future, in the sum of $100,000.00, special and pecuniary damages, past, present, and future, in the sum to be determined at trial, and other such damages in the sum to be determined at trial. The grounds alleged are stated in the Statement of Claim, a copy of which will be mailed to you upon the request directed to the Clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, Court House, 601 – 5th Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta. Your whereabouts being unknown, the Court has ordered Substitutional Service upon you by this advertisement.

Should you wish to oppose the claim, or seek other relief, you must promptly take steps in accordance with the Notice to you endorsed on the Statement of Claim, or instruct your lawyer to do so. If within 25 days after this publication, you fail to file with the said Clerk and serve upon Zhivov Law, a Statement of Defense or Demand of Notice, the Plaintiffs may proceed according to the practice of the Court of Queen’s Bench to note you in default, and you will not thereafter be entitled to notice of any further proceedings and the relief sought by the Plaintiffs may be given in your absence.

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32 avail. - 1300 lb. bales of good cow hay. ~SOLD~

Blackfalds MOVING! Garage Sale Blackfalds, 45 Coachill St. Sat, Sept 17, 9 to 2.

Household decorating items, power tools, portable a/c unit, 2 portable heaters, 2 portable DVD players, garden tools, sports equipment, men’s bike, exercise bike, kitchenware and much more No Early Birds Please.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM. 3 bath, house in Inglewood. 1250 sq.ft., dbl. garage. Avail. Oct. 1.

403-406-4735

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Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542

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

Value Home Repair Call 403-598-7499 R.D. Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For indoor/outdoor projects such as reno’s, painting small tree cutting, sidewalk blocks & landscaping Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP and Recycling avail. weekly or occasional basis.

(403) 505-4777.

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869 QUALITY work at an affordable price. Joe’s Roofing. Re-roofing specialist. Fully insured.

Insurance claims welcome.

10 yr. warranty on all work.

403-350-7602

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Yard Care

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CURTIS STUMP GRINDING & CONCRETE CUTTING (403) 347-0014; cell (403) 350-0061 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

YARD CARE Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

Found

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Friendly Golden Retriever found in the Kentwood area. Very gentle and calm.

Please call 405-555-0234

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ADVICE

Thursday, Sept. 15 2016

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Boxes filled with little critters show up at animal rescue centre after storm

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Baby squirrels fell from trees in Virginia during the high winds of tropical storm Hermine and rescue groups are working to rehabilitate them.

Officials with rescue groups said more than 220 baby squirrels were blown from their nests in the Virginia Beach area during the storm that hit the area over Labor Day weekend.

The Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VBSPCA) took in about 78 and two other local rescue groups took in about 100.

“I was like a drug dealer,” said Evelyn Flengas, who runs a wildlife refuge in the Virginia Beach area. “There was a steady stream of cars coming down the driveway with boxes filled with little critters.”

She said her group took in about 50 squirrels, plus seven baby raccoons and a handful of rabbits.

Flengas said the baby squirrels were brought in by area residents who found them under leaves or in shrubs. Strong winds from storms often blow them out of the nest. The mother squirrels may try to find them and take them back to the nest but if they don’t, they’re alone.

Baby squirrels generally are birthed two times a year – in the fall around late August or early September and in the early spring. That’s why so many were found around this time, squirrel rehab experts said.

Rescuers said it is not uncommon for small animals in the wild to be displaced in storms. But with Hermine, more animals were displaced than usual.

“When we hear of a nor’easter or hurricane coming, I dread it,” said Flangas. She said Hermine was “far worse” than previous storms in terms of displacing wildlife.

Some of the squirrels fell from nests as high as 40 feet, rescuers said. The squirrels are only a few days to a few weeks old and they’re fragile, and tiny - weighing about as much as a metal teaspoon. Because their skulls are the heaviest part of their body, they are prone to head injuries in falls, experts said.

Some landed on their heads, but they’re resilient, Flengas said. A local veterinarian put a splint on the broken femur of one of the rescued squirrels, according to Flengas, who helps rehab them with her husband, Jim, and volunteers.

The rescued squirrels at the five-acre property Flengas runs are fed a powder formula, similar to their mother’s milk, through a syringe.

It can take, in some cases, as long as 12 to 14 weeks to rehab the squirrels before they are let go into the wild.

“There’s a lot to it,” she said. “It is not just taking in an animal and feeding it.”

In their rehab process they are given antibiotics, put in incubators and given a mix of food, including trail mix, peanuts and “rodent chew” – a mix of vitamins and minerals.

Flangas said sometimes they don’t like it, so she coats it with peanut butter.

She’s nicknamed one of the rescued raccoons Ozzy after singer Ozzy Osbourne.

“He screams just like Ozzy when he wants formula,” she said. “He knows that if he screams, he gets attention.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Barbara Gipson, Wildlife & Special Projects director holds a baby squirrel that is about five days old at the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sept. 12. Almost 80 baby squirrels have been brought to the VBSPCA, from the effects of Hermine over the Labor Day weekend.

Store lineups bring out best and worst in people DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE

Dear Annie: I have an etiquette question for you.

My co-worker and I are disagreeing on this, and we have decided to accept your answer as the proper way to behave in this situation.

At most larger grocery chains, there are now express lines or self-checkout lines for those individuals who either are in a hurry or want to process their checkout themselves.

More times than not, I have a full grocery cart and I stand in line and wait for the next cashier to check me out. More times than I can count, an individual comes behind me with a few items and begins to pace and sometimes makes verbal huffing noises in an effort to go ahead of me.

My feeling on this situation can vary. If I am not in a big hurry and I see someone with one or two items, I absolutely offer to let him or her go ahead of me.

However, there are times when I am also in a hurry, and it’s then that I think that these people should go to the express checkout line and not expect me to let them go ahead of me.

My co-worker disagrees with me and says I am being selfish and I should always let someone with fewer items go ahead of me. I should mention that if I have a few items and I get behind someone with a lot of items, I never expect to be let ahead of the person.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Thursday, Sept. 15 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Oliver Stone, 70; Tommy Lee Jones, 70; Prince Harry, 32 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars signal a creative and confusing day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are very motivated and relish getting things done. Watch your stress levels in 2017, and don’t isolate yourself from family and friends.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are delightful company — when you’re in the mood. With jovial Jupiter in your relationship zone, it’s time to charm others with your convivial conversation and adventurous approach.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Spending time with children, teenagers, colleagues or friends is highlighted today Taurus. But expect some confusing misunderstandings along the way. Focus on the things you have in common.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you expect projects to proceed at a cracking pace today then you’ll be mildly disappointed. Everything will take longer than expected — with plenty of distracting detours along the way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When it comes to current work or education issues, the more creative your approach, the better. But communicating with others will be confusing today Crabs so try to speak clearly and concisely.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s time to be a creative Cat, as you look to international friends or faraway places for extra inspiration today. But avoid making

I either suck it up and wait or look for a shorter line.

Am I wrong? What is the correct behavior in this situation? — Waiting for Everyone Dear Waiting: I’m with you on this one. I don’t agree with your co-worker that you should always let someone with fewer items go ahead of you in the grocery checkout line. Think of it this way: What if there are multiple people behind you in line who only have a few items? If you were to let every person go in front of you, you would leave the store looking like Father Time. Stand your ground and don’t feel bad.

They can huff and puff on over to the express lane.

Dear Annie: I am a man who is 5 feet tall. I get a lot of grief for it in stores, bars and even the workplace. I’ve even been denied employment because of it. It affects my life and total self-esteem. I’m tired of the short remarks. It is painful. I can’t count the times I’ve been rejected and harassed by strangers.

I want people to realize how mean they are being. It makes me feel worthless. Please publish this letter so other short men can write in. — Sick and Tired Dear Sick: Great things come in all-sized packages. Also cliched but true: It’s what’s inside that counts. You are not your height, your weight, your face or even your age. You’re not defined by any physical attribute. What matters is your heart — your compassion and love — something these asinine bullies are seriously short on.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can only hurt you if you let them. So don’t. Refuse to give them that power. Remember this, which Eleanor Roosevelt said: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists

and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

important financial decisions until you’re thinking more clearly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): All is not as it appears today, and you may feel vague or confused. If someone tells you something that doesn’t sound right, then make sure you do all the checks required before you respond.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Attached Libra — it’s time to do something unexpected with your partner.

So dazzle them with a wonderful surprise. For some singles — true love is waiting where you least expect it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’ll quickly become bored with your usual routine so spice up the day with some exciting breaks along the way. But a friend or family member may disappoint you with their lack of commitment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re keen to race in and fix up a frustrating family problem but is that the smart way to go? Think things through and make sure you don’t rush in and make a sensitive situation worse!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A spontaneous approach works well with a family member but, when communicating online, you’ll have to be much more subtle. A current situation may not be as straight-forward as it appears.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Avoid making important money moves today, as Neptune and retrograde Mercury scramble your financial antennae.

If you’re involved with a group project, then you’ll have to be extra patient.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s a fabulous day for creative pursuits but it’s not so good for dealing with cold hard facts in a sensible way. So indulge your imaginative side Pisces, but leave practical projects for another time.

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

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