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ABOVE: With the tarp getting caught on edges of the memorial, one soldier jumped up on the tank to help fully unveil it on Saturday in Lacombe. RIGHT: Retired sniper Maury Gratrix, of Ponoka, lays a wreath at the base of the Lacombe Afghanistan Memorial Saturday during the unveiling ceremony.

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PAGE 6 band. “That he was a husband, and a father, and we miss him so much.” There were 158 Canadian Forces personnel and four civilians killed during the Afghan conflict. The plaque attached to the decommissioned LAV 3

armoured vehicle read: “In recognition and memory of the efforts of approximately 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served and the 162 Canadians who died in the cause of bringing peace and freedom to the people of Afghanistan.”

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amily and friends of Master Cpl. Byron Greff don’t want the 28-yearold to be remembered as a footnote to Canada’s mission to Afghanistan. On Oct. 29, 2011, Greff, who was serving with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, was riding in an armoured bus as part of a military convoy in Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the bus – killing 17 people, including Greff.

He became Canada’s final casualty in Afghanistan — and the only Canadian soldier killed after Canada had completed its military mission several months before. “Remembrance Day is every day for us and that’s my motto. Doing something like this brings everyone together, and it’s just a reminder of the sacrifice,” said his wife, Lindsay. “It does not get easier with time.” Greff, who was accompanied by her daughter Brielle, 5, broke into tears when asked what she wanted Canadians to know about her hus-

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Sunrise Toastmasters Toastmasters International (TI) is a non-profit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. Sunrise Toastmasters meets Tuesday, Aug. 1, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Red Deer. Contact Jock Mackenzie at 403-357-4895.

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Mini Job Fair Participating employers are: Primerica, Stingray Well Solutions, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools-Transportation, Continental Cartage Inc. and Golderado Contracting. This event is on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Alberta Works Centre. This event is free.

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AUGUST 1 1534 — Jacques Cartier sights the mountains on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence; he had left St-Malo on April 20, 1534, with two ships and 61 men, arriving off Newfoundland 20 days later; before heading back to France on Aug. 15, 1534, he will claim Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the lands adjacent for France. 1834 — Emancipation Act goes into effect; outlaws slavery in Empire, frees an estimated 770,280 slaves. 1926 — Herd of escaped circus elephants stampedes down Jasper Avenue in Edmonton. 1928 — Canada’s Percy Williams wins the gold medal in the 200-metre race at

the Amsterdam Olympics. 1941 — Wartime rationing forces the Prince Albert Restaurant Association to raise coffee prices from 5¢ cents/cup to 6¢ cents/cup. 1959 — Georges Vanier appointed Governor General of Canada; First French Canadian to hold the post. 1971 — Government ends censorship of letters to and from prisoners in federal institutions. 1975 — Canada signs the Treaty of Helsinki with the US, Russia and 32 other countries; Helsinki Accords ratify Europe’s post war boundaries and guarantee human rights. 1995 — Ottawa TV sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH-TV by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg.

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Air quality health index peaks at four SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES CAUSES HAZY CENTRAL ALBERTA SKIES BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Former Cpl. Maury Gratrix, a retired sniper who came up through the ranks with Greff and went to Afghanistan together in 2007, said Greff was typical of the soldiers who signed up to the dangers in the wartorn country. “He knew the risks going over there, and it’s unfortunate that happened, but in the big scheme of things, it was a pretty honourable way to go, and I think we’re all very proud of him.” Gratrix describes Greff as friendly and intensive, and a soldier who took his job very seriously. “He was a C-9 gunner for a lot of his time there, and he was that go to guy if you needed that extra firepower,” said Gratrix who was thinking of Greff and the other soldiers who died overseas. “It’s long overdue and not just for Byron, but for all Afghan veterans. You don’t see a lot of Afghan memorials around, and the fact that it’s starting here is a great way to kick it off for sure.” Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie was a close friend of the Greff family.

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Smoke from wildfires fills the air and burnt trees are seen in this aerial view from a Canadian Forces Chinook helicopter near Williams Lake, B.C., Monday. of rainfall in Red Deer. That is well below the 30-year average of 96.6 mm of rain for the city. Kneehill County, southeast of Red Deer, and the town of Trochu are under fire bans because of the wet weather. Meanwhile, the Verdant Creek wildfire in Banff National Park has again closed Sunshine Village ski resort. It had reopened, but hot, dry and windy weather made the fire more active and has forced it to close again. The fire has not spread across the border to Alberta yet. “Byron was always in the neighbourhood – a little terror and not scared of anything,” said Christie, who was mayor when Greff was killed. “To have a memorial to honour what he has given, the sacrifices that he gave – not only for Lacombe, for Alberta but his country. It’s an honour to be part of it, and it’s an honour to have it right here in his hometown.” Christie said it was a “sobering moment” when he heard Byron had died. “He was one of ours, and we miss him dearly and to have something that recognizes the sacrifices that he gave is important,” he said. Red Deer MP Blaine Calkins said nothing can bring Byron Greff back. “The words that we say here today will not bring back that father or husband or son to us,” Calkins said. “This monument will not bring back any of the 162 Canadians lost in Afghanistan, but it does stand as a reminder for a family and their connection to a father, a husband and a son.” Greff had been on his second deployment to Afghanistan.

Parks Canada said warmer temperatures are forecast throughout the week and will continue to produce increased fire activity. “Smoke columns will build in the

afternoon and settle into valley bottoms in the evening,” reads the press release. “This pattern is expected to continue while hot and dry conditions persist.”

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moke from still burning B.C. wildfires has turned Central Alberta skies into a hazy grey. Environment Canada’s air quality health index in Red Deer peaked at four, or moderate risk, on Monday morning, before dropping down to two as the day progressed. Tuesday’s air quality forecast is three, or moderate risk. Wildfires continue to rage throughout B.C., with about 150 still burning across the province. On top of the smoky skies, the Canadian Crop Hail Association said it has been a hot and dry summer across the Prairies, with intermittent extreme heat. According to the association, crops in Central Alberta have declined to 74 per cent rated good to excellent, which is still above the five-year average of 68 per cent. “Lack of moisture and prolonged heat have started to affect both the quality and yield of crops in the central regions,” a release from the association reads. According to Environment Canada, Red Deer has not seen significant rain since July 10 when 25 mm of rain fell. Since then, only 189.6 mm of rain has fallen, with the biggest rainfall occurring on July 20 when 4.6 mm of rain fell. For the month of July, Environment Canada has recorded 53.8 mm

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OLDS COLLEGE

Mexican students improve their English BY SEAN MCINTOSH ADVOCATE STAFF

nowing little about Alberta, a group from Mexico packed their bags to spend a month in our

province. Olds College hosted 30 people — a mix of undergraduate students, researchers and teachers — as part of the Proyecta 10,000 program, to help them improve their English language skills and learn more about Canada in July. “It went by very fast,” said student Maria del Socorro Escobar-Chavez. “One month is almost not enough. We had the opportunity to practise our English in all types of situations.” However, she said, there were some worries for the students as they made the trip to Canada at the start of the month. The students were concerned that they would not be understood by Albertans. “We’d get anxious and stressed because of that,” she said. The classes and other activities such as writing and reading poetry on topics such as love and human rights helped the students overcome their fears. “It was quite easy actually,” she said. “We thought it’d be hard because we’re not used to poetry, but we could express our emotions easily through the poetry. I enjoyed it a lot.” One of the biggest surprises for the group was that it wasn’t cold every day, Escobar-Chavez said. “That was something that surprised all of us because it’s not too different from the weather we have in Mexico. We were surprised by your kindness and hospitality, too,” she said. Originally from near Mexico City, Escobar-Chavez didn’t know anything about the Town of Olds when she was

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Ricardo García-Galindo and María del Socorro Escobar-Chavez participate in the poetry reading activity as a part of the Proyecta 10,000 program at Olds College during July. offered the chance to visit. Now, one month after first stepping on Canadian soil, she envisions herself visiting Canada again.

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Tuesday. On Aug. 8, The Boss Baby will be shown at 9:15 p.m.; on Aug. 15 it will be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales at 9 p.m.; on Aug. 22, at 8:45 p.m., the movie will be decided by vote on Facebook; and on Aug. 29 at 8:30 p.m. it will be a mystery movie. The mystery movie will be announced on Aug. 22. For more information visit www. facebook.com/outdoormoviesalberta At the park there are barbecue pits with picnic tables, a playground area, a water sprinkler and washrooms. All of which will be accessible during the movies. People are advised to bring a chair or blanket to sit in comfort, arrive early because of limited parking and use the garbage cans on site.

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“All of us have learned a lot … Nobody regrets coming here. It was that good. We’re really grateful for this opportunity.” It wasn’t knowledge of English that was the biggest hurdle for the students to overcome, said Pablo Ortiz from Olds College. “They came to the college with an intermediate proficiency in English,

Get some fresh air while watching a movie in August as Fresh Air Cinemas has five films lined up for Kin Kanyon in Red Deer. Starting Tuesday evening, five free showings are scheduled for every Tuesday in August. It starts with Lego Batman at 9:30 p.m. On top of the movies this summer, a popcorn concession tent, Stache mini donut truck and Miranjos food truck will be on site. The movies start at sunset every

confident when it came to oral skills and in four weeks that changed a lot.” Ortiz said he’d like to see the program return next year. sean.mcintosh@reddeeradvocate.com

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Show band returns home with gold BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

ed Deer’s renowned show band is coming home from Europe with their heads held high. Competing against bands from Europe, Thailand, Colombia and Japan, the Red Deer Royals showed they could hold their own with a gold medal performance. The group has spend more than a week in the Netherlands for the World Music Competition. The event, held in Kerkrade (Located near the country’s border with Germany), was expected to draw 350,000 to the city. Speaking on the phone from Amsterdam on Sunday, band director Michael Mann said he was very proud of what the Royals had accomplished. “It was a wonderful experience to perform on an international stage,” said Mann. “For us, with the gold win, you have to earn it, they don’t give it away for free. “We we’re going in knowing we had a good show based on our results from a competition in Calgary. But you never know until you get here, and see what the judges are going to think. We were pleased.” For their performance on July 23, they performed a piece called Elements, one they have worked on since January. “It has four sections, each for earth, wind, water and fire,” said Mann. “We started in January with both the music and the drill show. We’ve been working pretty steady at it and today was our last performance,

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Members of the Red Deer Royals Marching Band, which recently won a gold medal at the World Music Competition in the Netherlands, perform during the annual Westerner Days Parade. in Amsterdam.” The judges gave the Red Deer Royals a score of 80.83. Mann said they didn’t have much time to watch the other bands, but they did get to see the Nishihara High School Marching Band, out of Nishihara, Japan, and he praised their dedication and precision. “Those things that band had are

something to strive for,” said Mann. The Nishihara team took the top spot in the Royals’ category with a score of 95.08. At the end of the competition, the Royals’ score put them in 22nd overall. “I’m very proud of this organization and what they accomplished and achieved on the world stage,” said Mann.

On top of their performance for the World Music Competition, the band performed in Amsterdam; Bruges, Belgium; Ypres, Belgium; and The Hague. Central Alberta’s only marching show band has 120 members from the region. They are between the ages of 11 and 21. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Two volunteers hold up Sharon from Canada as she juggles flaming batons during one of her performances at CentreFest Saturday afternoon.

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Grandfather jailed for sexual touching BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

grandfather, who offered money to his granddaughter to watch or commit in sexual acts, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and another 18 months of probation. The victim can’t be identified because of a court-ordered publication ban protecting the identity of a youth sexual assault victim. The same order prevents identifying the grandfather as it could identify the victim. Red Deer provincial court judge Gordon Yake’s decision coming out of the June 16 sentencing was recently released to the public. According to the agreed statement of facts presented in court, between

January 2015 and April 2016, the 63-year-old grandfather offered his granddaughter money to watch him masturbate, touch his penis or perform oral sex no less than 20 times. The victim was 11 and 12 years old at the time of the incidents. However, the grandfather contradicted the agreed statement of facts in both the pre-sentence report and the forensic assessment and outpatient services report. In those reports, he said the offence was committed over a three-month period, he denies ever requesting oral sex, he denies that he ever approached her for sexual contact and it was the granddaughter who approached him to “gain a financial reward.” In court, the grandfather admitted to the facts outlined in the agreed

statement of facts. The grandfather regularly stayed at the victim’s home, sleeping over every other weekend and on occasion during the week. More than 20 times, he offered the victim $5 to watch him masturbate, $10 to touch his penis with her hands or $20 to perform oral sex on him. On three times, he gave her $5 after removing his pants and rubbing his penis. Although the victim agreed to watch, she would do her best to avoid looking directly at him. In one instance, when the victim’s grandmother was not in the home, the grandfather and granddaughter were both naked in his bed. He told her to put his penis in her mouth. She refused to do so and got up and went to the bathroom. The grandfather fol-

lowed. When the grandmother arrived at home, the grandfather said he was teaching his granddaughter how to brush her teeth. The victim did not tell anyone about the incidents at first, because she cared about her grandfather. But, on June 13, 2016, her mother confronted her daughter about her negative attitude towards her grandfather. Then she told her mother about the offences. The grandfather pleaded guilty to inviting sexual touching. Yake sentenced the man to 18 months in prison followed by 18 months probation, as well as an order to provide a sample of his DNA and be put on the sex offender information registry for 20 years. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Kenney announces UCP leadership bid BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

DMONTON — Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney has officially launched his bid for the leadership of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party by promising to stand up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It’s Kenney’s second entry into a leadership contest in a year, he won the leadership of Alberta Progressive Conservatives on a campaign of merging the party with the opposition Wildrose. Kenney told supporters in Calgary Saturday that he would take a different approach to leadership than Trudeau. “He seems to think that Canada 150 is all about apologizing for our past. Well, he could not be more wrong,” Kenney began his speech in Calgary. “I believe — I know — that we have a proud identity rooted in our history. “Canada 150 should be about gratitude for those who have gone before us, for those who have built this great country.” Kenney joins former Wildrose leader Brian Jean, who is the only other candidate to officially launch his campaign. Conservative strategist Doug Schweitzer has expressed an intention to run. The vote is to be held Oct. 28. Kenney told the Calgary audience that he should “get his head examined” for running for leader twice

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Emergency crews investigating chlorine-related incident Red Deer Emergency crews continue to investigate a chlorine-related incident at the Radisson hotel that sent 19 people to hospital on Saturday night. John Gelinas, Red Deer Emergency Services deputy fire chief, said Monday crews responded to the Radisson hotel, 6500 67th Street just before 11 p.m. The incident was initially reported as a chlorine leak. Further investigation will determine the root cause of the exposure to the excessive chlorine. All 19 people were taken to hospital for assessment. No serious injuries were reported. “The complaint came in for some of the patrons that had signs and symptoms of possible exposure to chlorine,” said Gelinas. “At that point in time, through information we had from the 911 office, was that it was a chlorine leak in the pool area.” On scene, crews confirmed some people at the hotel showed symptoms

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Jason Kenney, former leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative party, announces his run for leadership of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party in Calgary on Saturday. in a year, but said the process was necessary. He said a leader is needed who has “consistent conservative convictions,” who also has the political skills to unite the new party while reaching out to broaden its support. He noted that during his time as a federal Conservative, the party douof chlorine exposure. “That would include running eyes and coughing,” said Gelinas. “There were 19 people were assessed by fire paramedics.” A hazardous material team arrived on scene and tested the area. It showed higher chlorine levels in the pool area, but those were diminished over time due to the ventilation fire crews employed. The rest of the hotel was inspected and found there were no concerns about chlorine in the rest of the hotel and no evacuation was required. “There were several causes that were investigated,” said Gelinas. “One way or the other there was a higher level of chlorine than normal. How it was released into the pool area, we don’t know, but we treated it as a possible leak and dispatched our Haz Mat folks.” After further inspection by the fire marshal, the pool area was closed down, until the cause could be identified and addressed. According to Alberta Health Services, a public health inspector was on scene on Monday inspecting the area further. According to a Red Deer Emergency Services press release, the pool was closed after the incident and will remain closed until the necessary repairs can be made.

bled its support among new Canadians and that he would do the same as leader of the new provincial party. Kenney began his mission to unite the Alberta PCs and Opposition Wildrose last July, with a tour of the province in a pickup truck to gauge support and promote the idea. He

Suspicious vehicle stopped at drive-thru Using a spike belt at the end of a fast food drive-thru, Innisfail police arrested a 39-year-old man in a stolen vehicle. At 1 p.m. on July 28, Innisfail RCMP on foot observed a suspicious vehicle in a drive-thru. Police determined the vehicle was stolen and consequently told the male driver he was under arrest. The driver continued through the drive-thru and drove over the tire deflation device. The vehicle proceeded a short distance until it collided with a fence and a power box. The driver left the vehicle and fled on foot. About 30 minutes later, he was arrested without further incident not far from the drive-thru. Police confirmed the vehicle was reported stolen out of Red Deer, they said it contained other property believed to be stolen and break-in instruments. A 39-year-old male of Red Deer County faces 10 charges including possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, dangerous operation of

later secured the PC leadership on a pledge to merge with Wildrose, and the idea was endorsed by the memberships of both parties in separate votes last weekend. Jean launched his own campaign Monday and has called for Albertans to get a vote on photo radar. He has also promised to give voters the power to recall members of the legislature. Kenney, meanwhile, quoted Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan on the pitfalls of socialism. He also criticized the province’s changes to the school curriculum, pointing out a new social studies program outline is “predictably riddled with politically correct themes like colonialism and oppression and climate change.” “Not to say that we shouldn’t teach some of those things but how about some balance?” Kenney asked the audience in Calgary. “For me, here is the greatest scandal of this NDP government — their draft K-12 social studies curriculum does not include a single word about Canadian military history.” The United Conservative Party was recognized Tuesday as the official Opposition by the Speaker of the legislature, with interim leader Nathan Cooper at its helm. Kenney held up a letter during the announcement from Alberta chief electoral officer, which he said was signed on Thursday and recognizes UCP as an official party in Alberta. “Hope is on the horizon,” Kenney said. a motor vehicle and obstruction. He is in custody and is scheduled to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday.

St. Patrick’s students return to school next week For many students school is still a month away, but the bell will ring at St. Patrick’s next week as they return to classes. St. Patrick’s Community School offers a year-round schooling program. It’s school year starts on Thursday, Aug. 10. While students may be in session in early August, they also have breaks throughout the year including a week off in October and February, two weeks off in March and April for spring break and three weeks off for Christmas holidays. The Red Deer Catholic Regional School district is asking the public to adhere to speed limits in school zones, especially in the Highland Green neighbourhood, where the school is located. New student registration starts on Wednesday. For more information visit www.stpatsschool.ca.

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Problem grizzly bear Wildfire closes moved to remote area resort BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ANFF — A feisty female grizzly that came too close to people too often has been moved far away from her stomping grounds in Banff National Park and the Canmore area to protect public safety. Paul Frame, a provincial carnivore export, said Bear 148 was tranquilized and relocated from her home range to the remote Kakwa Wildland Park in northwestern Alberta. Frame said despite the best efforts of Alberta and Parks Canada staff to condition her to avoid humans, Bear 148 was approaching people daily, including a close call with a man near Canmore Thursday. “She did come within a metre of a jogger,” Frame said Monday. “At the point we decided any closer would result in contact. “We are trying to prevent a tragedy from happening here.” Bear 148 has gotten near people dozens of times since she was born in the Banff area 6 1/2 years ago. This summer the bear strayed onto a rugby field during a practice, charged a person walking with a stroller and chased dogs out for a walk with their owners. No one was ever hurt, but the threat was always there. Officials were hoping the bear would learn to stay away from humans in the busy, scenic Bow Valley. But the hungry bruin, which has bred twice this year, has a mind of her own. “We tried to condition her out of high-use areas where we don’t want bears to be — residential areas, offleash dog parks,” he said. “I would prefer to never be a metre from a bear coming towards me.” Grizzlies are a threatened species

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Charges laid in police dog stabbing CALGARY — A teenager has been charged with maiming a police animal after a Calgary police dog was stabbed multiple times in the head over the weekend. A six-year-old German Shepherd named Jester was hurt early Sunday trying to catch the youth outside a Calgary school where officers were responding to a break-in. The 14-year-old is also charged with break-and-enter and possessing

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Bear 148, seen in an undated handout photo, is a grizzly in the Banff area whose repeated human contacts are threatening its future. The feisty female grizzly has been moved far away from the popular Bow Valley area, west of Calgary, to protect public safety. in Alberta and experts estimate there are about 65 of the bears in all of Banff National Park. Frame said they hope Bear 148 will have cubs and thrive in her new home 700 kilometres away in the wilderness. He said in a recent research project involving relocating grizzlies, four of the six female bears survived. “We wanted to move that bear as far away as we could get her from human habitation to give her the best chance.” Parks Canada said it supports Al-

berta’s decision. “Parks Canada values the conservation work of the Province of Alberta and respects the province’s jurisdiction and wildlife management practices in the recent decision to relocate Bear 148,” Christina Tricomi, a Parks Canada spokeswoman, wrote in an email. “All government land and resource managers must make difficult decisions to balance the safety of residents with the needs of wildlife. The Province of Alberta made such a decision in relocating Bear 148.”

a weapon dangerous to the public. It’s the first time the Calgary Police Service has laid charges under a new section of the criminal code that protects law enforcement animals. That youth, along with a 15-yearold who has been charged with breakand-enter, cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Jester’s condition has been upgraded from life-threatening to serious and the six-year-old dog is now recovering at home with his handler. Jester has been a canine officer for five years and it’s not clear if he will be able to return to duty. The 14-year-old is being charged under the Justice for Animals in

Service Act, known as Quanto’s Law, which came into force in 2015. The law was named after an Edmonton police dog named Quanto who was stabbed in the RCMP headquarters parking lot while helping to catch a fleeing suspect in 2013. Anyone convicted of intentionally killing or maiming a police dog or service animal under the law faces a maximum of five years in prison. If the animal dies, the minimum sentence is six months. Edmonton police were the first to lay a charge under Quanto’s Law last year when one of their dogs suffered non-life-threatening injuries while helping police catch a driver.

ANFF — A resort in Banff National Park will be closed indefinitely as a wildfire burns in the wilderness close to the Alberta-B.C. boundary. Sunshine Village, a popular ski hill that has summer hiking trails, says it’s moving lodge guests and staff to the town of Banff. Firefighting equipment is being brought to the property as a precautionary measure. Parks Canada ordered the resort to clear out guests 10 days ago to make room for firefighting crews and heavy machinery to fight the Verdant Creek wildfire a couple of kilometres away. The resort reopened to guests three days later, but now Sunshine says hot, dry and windy weather has made the fire more active in British Columbia’s Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. Parks Canada says the fire, covering an estimated 51 square kilometres, is not threatening any communities and has not spread past the Continental Divide into Alberta. In addition to the Sunshine Village shutdown, Park Canada said some trail and campground closures have been brought back into effect in Banff as the fire flared up along its northern boundary late Sunday afternoon. Parks Canada had been planning Monday to burn off unconsumed fuel as a means to manage the fire. But the operation in B.C.’s Kootenay National Park was cancelled due to changing weather conditions. “Warmer temperatures are forecast through the week and will continue to produce increased fire activity. Smoke columns will likely build in the afternoon, followed by settling into valley bottoms in the evening,” Parks Canada said in a release. “This pattern is expected to continue while hot, dry conditions persist.” It warned smoke may reduce visibility along highways in and near Banff and Kootenay national parks.

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PM thanks crews for efforts fighting B.C. fires BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a helicopter tour of British Columbia’s charred landscape Monday left him awed by the destructive force of wildfires burning across the province and impressed by the extraordinary determination of firefighters battling the flames. Trudeau said he saw ranches in the Cariboo region surrounded by scorched earth and evidence of flames stopping just short of a runway. “The speed at which it can flare up, the way it could cut across roads, really impressed upon me the extraordinary work being done by our wildfire professionals,” he said. “I really saw the extent of the scale of the devastation and the damage.” Fire crews on the edge of exhaustion have pushed through to keep people and buildings safe, the prime minister added. Trudeau, accompanied by several federal politicians and B.C. Premier John Horgan, spent an hour above a fire zone in a Canadian Forces’ Chinook helicopter watching spot fires and billowing smoke. At times, the dense smoke blurred out the land below. Wildfires burning in the Cariboo have forced thousands from their homes, including 10,000 residents of Williams Lake who had to leave on July 15 when a fast-moving fire encroached on their community. People were allowed to return last weekend, but the city remains under evacuation alert and residents must be ready to leave again at a moment’s notice. Most businesses in Williams Lake had re-opened Monday, but it was a staggered start as many employees were still returning to the community. The local Boston Pizza restaurant was open Sunday evening, but ran out of

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, views areas affected by wildfire with Tony Falcao, Deputy Manager of the Northwest Fire Centre, during an aerial tour in a Canadian Forces Chinook helicopter near Williams Lake, B.C., Monday. pizza. About 6,000 people remained displaced by the nearly 150 fires that were still burning across B.C. on Monday. Dozens of homes have been lost as more than 800 fires have burned around the province, scorching about 4,200 square kilometres. Trudeau said he recognizes how difficult the aggressive fire season has been for residents, businesses and local economies. He pledged that Ottawa will help with recovery efforts. “There will be challenges in the months to come that we will also be there for,” he said. ”This is what Canadians do, we stand up for each other in times of difficulty,” he said. People in the Cariboo have been hit especially hard by wildfires this year, Horgan said, echoing Trudeau’s promise. “We’re going to make sure people

B.C. braces for record-setting heat wave BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ANCOUVER — Environment Canada is encouraging people to keep cool and drink lots of water as British Columbia’s south coast braces for a heat wave, while smoke from wildfires has prompted a separate air-quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. A massive ridge of high pressure over the area is expected to push temperatures in many communities into the mid- to high 30s. Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and south and eastern Vancouver Island are all forecast to feel the burn

until at least the middle of the week. Environment Canada recommends young children, pregnant women, older people and anyone working or exercising in the heat be especially cautious. The agency is also warning pet owners not to leave their animals inside parked vehicles. The heat doesn’t bode well for the province’s wildfire situation, with danger ratings to remain high to extreme across much of southern B.C. An air-quality advisory has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley starting Tuesday morning, as smoke from wildfires drifts into the region, bringing high concentrations of fine particulate matter that are expected to last for several days.

are whole when this is all over,” Horgan said. “The province is going to be there to help rebuild.” Trudeau thanked those on the front lines of firefighting efforts for ”stepping up,” saying it is reassuring for people to see everybody pulling together. Several hundred Williams Lake

residents cheered as Trudeau and Horgan emerged from a recreation centre where they met first responders. The cheering grew louder as fire service personnel left the building. The prime minister also sat down for lunch and a chat with some BC Wildfire Service personnel, many wearing the red coveralls of the firefighters. “What do you do in the winter?” Trudeau was heard asking some of the crew. He and Horgan then took a tour of the fire operations centre at the Williams Lake Airport. Kevin Skrepnek, chief fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said the visit means “a great deal” to fire crews who have been affected both personally and professionally by the aggressive fire season. Many staff were among those evacuated from Williams Lake and had to sleep in tents or in their offices while responding to fires around the community, he said. “I would say it’s a morale booster in terms of having those kinds of visits,” Skrepnek said. The political visit comes as the forecast calls for another week of hot, dry weather. Environment Canada has issued a special warning about a heat wave for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound and several parts of Vancouver Island.

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he troubled National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has long been an idea at war with itself. On the one hand and like most royal commissions, it is trying to focus on broad structural questions. Why are Indigenous women and girls more at risk of violence than their non-Indigenous counterparts? What can be done to improve the situation? What role does systemic racism play? On the other, it is supposed to provide some form of comfort to real, individual Indigenous families who have lost female relatives and want to know what happened to them. When Canada’s Liberal government set up the inquiry last year, it hoped the commissioners it appointed would somehow be able to do both. The events of the past few weeks demonstrate how difficult that task is. The inquiry is in chaos. Five senior officials, including one commissioner, have quit. The remaining four commissioners narrowly escaped a motion of censure last week from the influential Assembly of First Nations, which wants the inquiry’s terms of reference rewritten. The inquiry has barely begun to hear oral evidence. It will be hardpressed to meet its November 2018

deadline for issuing a final report. It will almost certainly exceed its $53.8-million budget. At root is the fundamental confusion over the inquiry’s purpose. Its terms of reference specify that it is to report on “systemic causes of all forms of violence – including sexual violence – against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, including underlying social, economic, cultural, institutional and historical causes.” But they also specify that the inquiry is to recommend “ways to honour and commemorate” the missing and murdered females. Many of the families of the missing and murdered argue - understandably – that the best way to honour their relatives is to find out what happened to them. A significant number say they are not satisfied with police explanations. But as the inquiry notes on its website, under its terms of reference it cannot reopen police investigations. It can refer what it considers questionable police practices to the “appropriate authorities,” but it can’t investigate on its own. As Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett explained last year, this limitation was part of a deliberate effort to prevent the inquiry from deteriorating into a standoff between relatives and police with both sides “lawyering up.” The government’s main aim, she said then, was to get to “the root cause of systemic violence.” The relatives can be forgiven for

thinking that this is not enough. The root causes of systemic violence against Indigenous women are already well-documented. The 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples blamed a cycle of despair rooted in a history of broken treaties and cultural demoralization. British Columbia’s 2012 Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry singled out “the legacy of colonialism in Canada.” Other reports, both government and non-government, have come up with similar conclusions. And the Liberals expect this one to do the same. As Patty Hajdu, then status of women minister, put it last year, this inquiry “must also examine how racism and sexism are embedded in the very institutions that are supposed to help and protect women and girls.” All of this may be very well. But what so many of the relatives really want to know, it seems, is what happened to their specific mothers, daughters and aunts - and why police didn’t put more effort into trying to answer these questions. The inquiry does have the authority to look, in general, at how police treat cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women. On Thursday it issued a statement reconfirming its intention to do so. Will that be enough to satisfy the relatives and keep this shaky, dual-purpose inquiry on an even keel? I’m not sure it will. Thomas Walkom is a national affairs writer.

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n t h o n y Z u r c h e r, the BBC’s N o r t h America correspondent, nailed it in a report on July 27. “Where Abraham Lincoln had his famous ‘team of rivals’ in his administration, this is something Gwynne different,” Zurcher wrote. “Trump White Dyer House seems more akin to the final scene in (Quentin Tarantino’s film) Reservoir Dogs, where everyone is yelling and pointing a gun at someone else, and there’s a good chance no one is going to come out unscathed.” Several walking wounded have limped out of the White House since the shooting started — Sean Spicer, Michael Short, Reince Priebus — but nobody would call them unscathed. The latest to take a bullet is Anthony Scaramucci, the new communications director, who was appointed only 10 days ago. Things are falling apart in the White House much faster than even the keenest observers of Donald Trump’s behaviour would have predicted, and the important part is not

the dysfunction. The United States would work just fine – in fact, rather better – if Trump never managed to turn his tweets into reality. What matters is that he is cutting his links with the Republican Party. Trump was never a real Republican. As a genuine populist, he is ideology-free. If Barack Obama had fallen under a bus and Trump had chosen to run for the presidency in 2008, he could just as easily have sought the Democratic nomination. Senior Republicans knew this, and they tried quite hard to stop him from winning the Republican nomination last year. After that they were stuck with him, and he did win the White House for them, so they have been in an uncomfortable partnership ever since. That is now coming to an end. Part of the unwritten deal was that establishment Republicans get senior roles in the Trump White House. Reince Priebus, dismissed last Friday, was the most important of those people. He followed deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh, communications director Mike Dubke, press secretary Sean Spicer and press aide Michael Short, all of whom had already been pushed out. What’s left are alt-right white nationalists like Steve Bannon and Ste-

phen Miller, New Yorkers with Democratic leanings like Jared Kushner, Dina Powell and Gary Cohn, Trump family members (Donald Jr and Ivanka), ex-businessmen like foreign secretary Rex Tillerson (who may be about to quit), and a triumvirate of generals in high civilian office. Republicans who think long-term are well aware that the changing demography of the U.S. population is eating away at their core vote. This may be their last chance, with control of both Houses of Congress and (at least in theory) of the presidency, to reshape their image and their policies in ways that will appeal to at least some of the emerging minorities. They can’t do that if they don’t control the White House, and the only way they could regain control there is for Trump to go and Vice-President Mike Pence (a real Republican) to take over. A successful impeachment could accomplish that. It would be very hard to engineer such a thing without splitting the Republican Party, even if the current FBI investigation comes up with damning evidence of Trump’s ties with Russia. Nevertheless, the likelihood of an impeachment is rising from almost zero to something quite a bit higher. It would be a big gamble. The Re-

publicans in Congress couldn’t really get Trump out before November 2018, and the turbulence of an impeachment might cost them their control of Congress in the mid-term elections. In an ideal outcome, however, it would give the Republicans time to go into the 2020 election with President Pence in charge at the White House and some solid legislative achievements under their belts. What would Trump do if he faced impeachment? Maybe he would do a kind of plea bargain and resign, but that would be quite out of character. His instinct would be to fight, and he fights mainly by creating diversions. The best diversion is a war, but against whom? Even Trump would have trouble selling a war against Iran to the American public. Despite all the propaganda, they don’t really feel threatened by Iran. Whereas North Korea says and does things provocative enough to let Trump make a (flimsy) case for attacking it. If he thought his presidency was at stake, he certainly would. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

POLITICS

‘I am done with public life’ BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ANCOUVER — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says a disappointing finish on election night had her feeling like she should leave politics, but her head didn’t catch up with her heart until shortly before she told her caucus of her decision. Clark, 51, looked relaxed and relieved as she gave her last news conference Monday with her teenage son Hamish at her side, calling her 6-1/2 years as premier “an incredible journey.” She announced Friday that she would be resigning as leader of the Liberal party. “I took a long walk along the lakeshore on Friday morning and I knew it was time to leave,” she said of the decision that had been percolating since the May 9 election, when the Liberal party finished one seat shy of a majority. “I didn’t want to leave in the midst of chaos so I stuck around,” Clark said, adding thoughts about resigning grew last month when Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon asked NDP Leader John Horgan to govern. Clark said she had the full sup-

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Former B.C. premier Christy Clark speaks to media next to her son Hamish for the first time since announcing she will be stepping down as B.C. Liberal leader, and MLA, in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday. port of “every single person” in her caucus the day before she made her announcement, but felt her departure would give the Liberal party a chance to renew itself and prepare for the Opposition benches after 16 years in power. She said the timing of her exit is good for both her and the party be-

cause she doesn’t believe there will be an election in the fall. She will also be giving up her seat in the legislature, triggering a byelection in Kelowna West within six months. “I am done with public life,” Clark said. “There is nothing worse than a politician hanging on because they

think they’re irreplaceable.” Clark said she’s proud of her party’s accomplishments, including five consecutive balanced budgets and the creation of the Great Bear Rainforest. However, she was widely criticized last month for abandoning long-time Liberal ideals with a throne speech that adapted promises from the NDP and Greens, including a commitment to a poverty-reduction plan and adding $1 billion over four years for child care and early childhood development. Her party was ultimately defeated in a non-confidence vote following an NDP-Green deal. That alliance will have a two-seat majority when Clark vacates her seat. Clark said she has no immediate career plans but will do some gardening and “get Hamish to do his homework because Grade 11’s a busy year.” Mom and son said they’re looking forward to going to the theatre and Clark said she’ll likely be a “stage mom” to Hamish, who she said is a talented actor. Clark was elected to the B.C. legislature in 1996 but left politics in 2004 to spend time with her son.

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Lac-Megantic report released BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ONTREAL — The population of Lac-Megantic and its neighbouring towns are heavily divided on what to do with the railway that runs through the heart of the town, Quebec’s environmental review agency said Monday. The agency, known as the BAPE, favoured one of three possible rail bypass options on the table in a 77-page report. But the BAPE also said leaving the current rail track untouched merits a fuller treatment — a position Lac-Megantic has excluded. The debate over a rail bypass has raged since a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in July 2013, killing 47 people and wiping out much of Lac-Megantic’s downtown core. Pierre Mercier, Lac-Megantic’s deputy mayor, said in an interview the status quo is being excluded by the town because “it is so obvious” it isn’t an option. “We need a bypass, it is the only option,” Mercier said. “Maybe we’re being rapped on the knuckles a bit (by the BAPE), but for us it is obvious that we need a bypass.” The city said it was pleased the agency came out in favour of one of the bypass options. The agency called the 11.7-kilometre option, which would cost an estimated $115 million and include the dismantling of the current track, the best option from an environmental, social and economic standpoint and should be considered. It made its recommendations after hearing from some residents and participants in public consultation hearings between May and July. Some citizens believe the bypass will do nothing except move the problem elsewhere while others are firm the bypass solution is essential. Of those who participated, the agency noted that 59 Lac-Megantic residents were in favour of the sta-

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In this July 6, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que. Quebec’s environmental review agency says the majority of Lac-Megantic residents appear to favour keeping the railway track in the town. tus quo, while 43 favoured a bypass. In nearby Frontenac, 30 opted for the status quo and four preferred a bypass. The BAPE concluded a lot of work still needs to be done before finding

an adequate solution for the municipality. The agency says residents need to be better informed about the possible consequences of keeping the current railway track as is.

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Custody battle for boy born addicted to drugs HALIFAX — A new court ruling has revealed details of a heartbreaking custody battle over a Nova Scotia toddler born addicted to drugs. The boy was “born an addict” early in January 2016 because his mother had used drugs while pregnant, a Cape Breton judge said in a ruling released Monday. Justice Theresa Forgeron ruled that the 18-month-old boy wouldn’t be safe with his grandmother — his

“None of the rail bypass proposals seem to adequately and satisfactorily to their expectations,” the agency noted. “primary attachment figure” — because she is unable to protect him from his drug-addicted mother. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge refused to allow the grandmother standing, as the province seeks to have the boy permanently removed from his mother’s care. “The grandmother dearly loves the child and desperately wants the chance to provide a home for him,” Forgeron wrote. “The grandmother and the child have a strong attachment. Attachment, however, is not the sole factor that must be considered.” The judge said the boy’s mother has struggled with IV drugs for 25 years.

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Court martial begins for alleged slur, assault BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ENTVILLE, N.S. — A Nova Scotia court martial heard contrasting views from witnesses Monday on whether a white reservist’s use of the word “nappy” to describe a black co-worker’s hair was intended as a racial slur. Cpl. Garett Rollman pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of striking his superior officer on the hand and two charges of “conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline.” Prosecutors said Rollman made an inappropriate comment to civilian worker Cheryl Richard about black hair styles in a kitchen at the military base in Aldershot, N.S., in late February 2016. Richard said Monday her co-worker told her about a video that he’d viewed where a black woman was sponging her hair due to it being “nappy.” “I said, ‘Excuse me,’ and he said, ‘Nappy hair, you know like yours,’” she said, adding she immediately left the area, upset by the comment. Richard testified the term is ”a racial slur they used a long time ago saying that black people have knotty hair because they didn’t have the means of working with their hair. It’s a racial slur that white people use.” However, Sgt. Christopher Jones, the senior non-commissioned officer in the unit, testified that as a black man and a supervisor of the two workers, he didn’t believe that Rollman was using the term as a slur. Jones said he believed Rollman had been explaining in a pleasant way that he and his black girlfriend had been watching a program about

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Cpl. Garett Rollman, a Canadian Armed Forces reservist, arrives at a military court in Kentville, N.S., Monday. Rollman, a reservist who allegedly made a racial slur towards a civilian kitchen worker and struck his superior officer, pleaded not guilty during his court martial. hair styles, and Rollman may not have understood Richard was offended by his description of what he saw. “He was trying to explain something nice … because nappy hair means style,” Jones testified, adding the term can have various meanings in different contexts. He said that Richard had a

IMPAIRED DRIVING

Cop assault a ‘very serious breach’: judge BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ORONTO — An Ontario judge has cleared a man on a drunk driving charge after finding that he was assaulted by a Toronto police officer while waiting to take a breathalyzer test after his arrest. In a decision released earlier this month, Ontario Court Judge Joseph Bovard says the assault on Jong-Won Jung constituted a “very serious breach” of his rights and as a result, the test results cannot be admitted as evidence. Bovard also said he could not believe the testimony of the two officers who carried out the arrest, calling it vague and evasive and suggesting they were “not forthright with the court.” He further noted that one of the officers, Const. Amanpreet Gill,

“demonstrated a belligerent and demeaning attitude” towards Jung at times — for example, telling him to urinate in the back seat of the police cruiser when he expressed an urgent need for a bathroom. Jung was arrested last year after he failed a late-night roadside breath test and both he and his girlfriend were taken to the police station. The court decision says Jung took a first breath test at the station and was struck by Gill while waiting, handcuffed to a bench, to take a second test. Jung’s girlfriend had become agitated in the lobby and Gill was urging him to talk to her on a landline phone that was in the room, but Jung refused, saying he wanted to speak to a lawyer again instead, the document reads.

long-standing conflict with Rollman, to the point where the two were assigned to work on separate shifts for several years, and he testified Richard had taken the opportunity to “go after him (Rollman).” The prosecution alleged that the following day Rollman was standing

near Richard when he pushed a garbage container across the kitchen and shouted insults and profanities at her. Richard testified she went from the kitchen area to a room where Sgt. Earl Smith — the second in command of the area — was sitting and told him about the incident.

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Animal cruelty investigation underway BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ntario’s animal welfare organization says a hoarding issue may have contributed to a situation at an abandoned rural property where local rescue groups say they’ve found dozens of cats, both dead and alive. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it is in the midst of an animal cruelty probe, which began in December, involving a home and a barn in Beamsville, Ont., in the Niagara Region. No charges have been laid in the case but the OSPCA said it has been working with a woman who they said used to rent the home on the property. “It did appear to be a hoarding situation,” spokeswoman Alison Cross said Monday. “We were there, feeding animals, going back daily, addressing any concerns of animals that might have been appearing — they are roaming outside, so it’s not easy to find them all.” The woman who lived on the property may also have been collecting dead animals “from roadkill and other things,” and putting them in barrels that have been found at the site, Cross said. Local animal rescue organizations recently became involved in efforts to care for cats found alive on the property. Pam Huson, who runs the Beamsville 4Paw Rescue, said the animal control organization in the area asked her and several other rescue groups on July 19 for help dealing with the situation. “It was a nightmare,” she said, noting that cats had overrun the property. Huson said her organization saved about 70 cats from the site and another group, Project Save A Cat’s Life, said it rescued about 30 cats. The groups also found dozens of dead felines, Huson said. The dead cats were found inside the home near windows and doors, which were riddled with scratch marks, Huson said. “The stench was so awful that we were throwing up,” Huson said. The groups also found the bodies of dead cats inside rain barrels on the property, Huson said. “We followed the flies and the maggots and the birds and the stench and that led us to the barrels,” she said. “It was shocking.” In all, Huson said rescue groups have counted 153 dead cats and four dead dogs found on the property so far.

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In this July 29 photo provided by Rainbow Air INC., black-colored wastewater treatment discharge is released into water below Niagara Falls, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The water near the base of the falls that border the U.S. and Canada turned an alarming shade of black before tourists’ eyes following a foul-smelling discharge from a nearby wastewater treatment plant. The water board for the city says Saturday’s discharge was part of routine maintenance of one of its basins, that the discharge was within permitted limits and had dissipated by Sunday.

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Ex-Ontario minister won’t criticize pipelines BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TTAWA — Ontario’s outgoing environment minister says Canada must transform its energy sources if it’s going to meet promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But Glen Murray won’t speak out against specific projects to build new oil or gas pipelines and plants. Murray is stepping down from Premier Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet and will take over as executive director of the environmental think-tank Pembina Institute in September. He says he intends to spend the remainder of his career fighting climate change with smart, evidence-based policies. Murray refuses to say whether he agrees with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that pipelines can be built and expanded while meeting Canada’s international commitments on climate change. He says Pembina’s role — before and after he takes over — is about big-picture planning rather than campaigns for or against particular proj-

ects. “Pipelines and energy infrastructure in Canada, there is an architecture in there that has to be transformed,” he said Monday in an interview. “To pull out pipelines as a separate discussion from nuclear plants or from other types of infrastructure that are carbon intensive gets you into a conversation that I think is often a no-win conversation.” As Ontario’s environment minister for the last three years Murray was responsible for implementing the province’s cap-and-trade system, and was part of the negotiations for the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. He also was part of discussions regarding at least one major new pipeline, the Energy East project to double the capacity to carry crude oil across the country from Alberta to the East Coast. The Ontario government initially insisted projects like Energy East had to be environmentally sustainable and viewed in terms of their greenhouse gas emissions. Murray later clarified Ontario’s focus would be on the emissions the pipeline would cre-

ate within Ontario, leaving it to other provinces to figure out the impact in their jurisdictions. Murray has cleared his new position with the Ontario integrity commissioner in “multiple conversations” according to a Pembina Institute spokesman. As well any lobbying activities in Ontario will be handled by the Toronto team. Murray said he sees the Pembina Institute as a chance to do the kind of work the former National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy used to do, taking a “deep dive” into research to produce evidence-based advice for governments of all levels. Murray was chair of the roundtable for three years between 2005 and 2008. “It’s really an opportunity for me to double down on a single commitment for the rest of my life which is working towards a clean, sustainable energy system in Canada and to fighting climate change, and that’s what Pembina does.”

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington during his swearing-in ceremony this past spring. The United States wants to maintain and even expand the Buy America provisions that restrict government procurement to companies using materials from within its borders, while making it easier for U.S. firms to get those contracts in Canada and Mexico.

TTAWA — The United States wants to maintain — and even expand — the Buy America provisions that restrict government procurement to companies using materials from within its borders, while making it easier for U.S. firms to get those contracts in Canada and Mexico. The contradictory goal was among the objectives for the revamped North American Trade Agreement that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released earlier this month, suggesting the Americans want to have their cake and eat it too. “I think it’s rather outrageous,” said Lawrence Herman, an international trade lawyer who has represented Canada at the World Trade Organization. Step aside, dairy cows. Government procurement — meaning the process of who gets to bid to build bridges, highways and all sorts of public infrastructure projects — is likely to become one of the toughest issues the Liberal government will have to deal with during the NAFTA talks that start next month. There are two main kinds of protectionist policies when it comes to government procurement below the border and confusingly, they have similar names: the Buy American Act,

which has been around since 1933, and various Buy America provisions, which take on different shapes depending on the type of project and level of government involved. Under the former, the WTO and the current NAFTA exempt Canada from the requirements, as long as the contract is being offered by a U.S. federal department or agency and the amount is above certain thresholds. Expanding the other kind — the one without an ‘N,’ — is what appears to be the focus of the new NAFTA negotiating objectives for the U.S. It currently applies to procurement done by state and local governments (also known as the sub-federal level), but also to transportation services and any state and local projects that receive federal funding, which makes up the majority of infrastructure spending. It comes with no special exemption for Canada. This became a big problem when the previous administration of former president Barack Obama rolled out a major stimulus program to help the economy recover from the financial collapse in 2009, with the requirement that only iron, steel and manufactured goods produced within the U.S. could be used for its projects.

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Stores snub cash in favour of digital payments BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ANCOUVER — Over the next year and a half, Alan Bekerman plans to grow his healthy fast-food chain Iq Food Co. from five to up to 11 locations and not a single one will accept cash. “It was one less thing that we had to think about, which is a huge benefit,” says Bekerman, who tested the idea at two locations when he first opened in February 2016 before expanding the pilot to all five of his Toronto eateries earlier this year. He’s one of a growing number of retailers who believe shunning cash helps customers as it speeds up service and frees up staff to focus on less mundane tasks. It’s a choice some in the industry say is likely to become more commonplace as tap-and-pay cards and digital wallets increasingly replace bills and coins, saving merchants and customers precious time by not having to fumble with cash at the queue. It’s something DavidsTea co-founder David Se-

NAFTA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 That strained the relationship between the two countries, but they reached a one-year deal in 2010 that allowed Canadian materials to be used in some of these projects in 37 states, in exchange for Canada opening up most of its own sub-federal infrastructure projects. Since Trump promised a $1-trillion national infrastructure program on the campaign trail, maintaining or expanding the Buy America provisions could cause Canadian suppliers a lot of grief. A group of deputy ministers raised this as a concern when they gathered to discuss intergovernmental relations this February, according to a document Infrastructure Canada released to The Canadian Press under

gal is banking on, after recently opening the doors to his Mad Radish restaurant venture where he has a no-cash policy in place at both Ottawa locations. “I just feel like the benefits are enormous and so why not try it?” says Segal, who aligns faster service with better customer experience. He says it’s too soon in his new endeavour to know just how much expediency will be gained, but he believes tap-and-pay methods will always be more efficient than cash exchanges. For Bekerman, the switch to cashless transactions has freed up his restaurant managers from doing archaic tasks such as counting paper throughout the day to more productive undertakings like coaching team members. “The highest paid folks in the restaurants can actually spend that time doing things that we thought were a lot more meaningful,” he says. For both Mad Radish and Iq Food, the reception to their cashless payment systems has been mostly positive so far. The stereotype may be that older generations

the Access to Information Act. “Buy American provisions may have adverse impacts on the Canadian construction sector — and opportunities may be lost with respect to the (Trump) administration’s trillion dollars infrastructure plan,” said the minutes of the meeting. Canada does have some leverage. The Liberal government has a major infrastructure program of its own, one that calls for $81.2 billion in spending over the next decade, while the plan Trump promised on the campaign trail does not appear to be rolling out any time soon. Andrew Leslie, the parliamentary secretary for Canada-U.S. relations, suggested last week that the White House might want to keep this in mind. “I think our friends and allies would do well to watch what we are about to build in Canada and they may

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are technology laggards, but Segal says the tween demographic — where kids may only receive spending money from parents as opposed to their own bank accounts — presents the only challenge. But Mad Radish is currently working on a solution, like a reloadable gift card, he says. Bekerman says he has only heard of a few instances of consumer grumblings when his company first made the switch to digital payments. The complainants included an executive assistant whose boss handed over cash to pay for lunch and a few folks who solely used cash or Bitcoin due to privacy concerns. Consumers, in part, may be driving the trend toward digital-only payments. “Cash is significantly down as a preferred payment device,” says Angela Brown, CEO of Moneris Solutions. In the second quarter of 2017, 39.5 per cent of payment transactions used tap-and-pay methods, according to data from the debit and credit payment processor. That’s up from 30.86 per cent the year before. Moneris predicts that figure will jump to 50 per cent by the end of the year.

want to take part in that,” he said. John Boscariol, a trade lawyer with McCarthy Tetrault, said this becomes a stronger argument when one considers the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) opens up Canadian government procurement to European suppliers at the sub-federal level, including municipalities, which is where most of those projects are taking place. “Those U.S. suppliers will see this spending going forward and if they feel they’re not getting access to it, or more specifically, the Europeans are getting preferential access to it, I think they will be putting pressure on the Trump government to do something about that,” Boscariol said. The Canadian public procurement market is worth over $200 billion and the U.S. public procurement market is valued at $1.7 trillion. So, as Boscariol and his colleagues pointed out in a recent note to clients on the NAFTA objectives, opening up access means large new markets in both countries. But there is only so much Canada can offer. “We’re a lot smaller and the advantages that we can provide to procurement are certainly not as great as the advantages that having access to the U.S. procurement market entails,” said Herman. “That’s a problem, but it’s an issue we’ve always faced.” Joseph Galimberti, president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, said the highly integrated steel market means Canada can argue that opening things up could benefit both economies. The Trump administration has argued Buy America provisions for steel preserve domestic supply chains, but Galimberti noted Canadian steel producers get some $1.5 billion (U.S.) in raw material from below the border. “Canadian participation in the North American market does not

undermine American value chains,” he said. Galimberti said one way to improve the current situation would be for the new NAFTA to have the U.S. embrace a “Buy North America” policy that would help all three countries better compete in a globalized trade environment. Herman said the give-and-take aspect of negotiating a trade deal is not as straightforward as tit for tat. “It’s a complex, intertwined package,” he said, “and so what we may give on procurement and what the U.S. may do on procurement will be balanced off against a whole range of other things and they aren’t necessarily in the same sector.”

BOGGS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 If you are thinking of quitting work, you need to decide what you’re going to do with all your new spare time. What do you want to do that is going to give your life a sense of purpose? And then there can be a myriad of financial decisions to make. Although your inheritance money and/or lottery winnings might be tax free, once you invest or save it and start earning on it, you pay tax on it. “You may also want to change the risk tolerance of your investments,” Phillips says. “Capital preservation may be a more prudent approach – ‘I have so much money why do I need to invest to get more and worry about market fluctuations and risk.’” “The key is not to act in haste but to take time and decide what is going to give you a sense of purpose and whether you are going to be a reaper or a steward of that wealth,” Phillips adds. Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Innisfail Pontiacs alumni launch fund to honour late coach BY BYRON HACKETT ADVOCATE STAFF

ore than half a century after he coached them, the Innisfail Pontiacs alumni still remember the wise words of their late coach Larry Reid. On Monday, the 1962-63 Central Alberta midget provincial champions alumni helped launch the Larry Reid Memorial Coaching Development Fund at the Innisfail Golf Club. They remembered Reid in a way that goes far beyond the relationship between coach and player. Several alumni talked about their coach’s philosophies of teamwork, hard work and giving back. Al Scott, who has coached across Canada, said Reid was one of three individuals that had a significant impact in the direction his life took. Instead of the victories and X’s and O’s, the alumni spoke of life lessons they still carry with them today that were passed on from their late coach. “It was a pretty common message that Larry was very special to everyone who spoke and the people that went out of there way to come to the fund launch,” said Scott. “Great person, great family; we’re very honoured to be able to do this.” In partnership with the Innisfail Minor Hockey Association and Hockey Alberta, the new fund is designed to help coaches in the organization get all the training they need to be better coaches and mentors. “This is just something that we can expand so if there is something out there that is not a requirement but we feel is going to help our coaches, go out and find it,” said Steve Bates, president of the IMHA. “Let’s get our coaches to these clinics and make them better; it’ll make our kids better. It’s a win-win for everyone.” Reid died in December 2016, which was when Scott and Vern Fox kick started the campaign to get the alumni together for a project to honour their old coach. Four months later, the fund holds close to $30,000. The first allocation from the fund will be in this fall. Scott said the initial benchmark for the fund has

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Red Deer Rampage win RMLL North Division title Rampage 13 Titans 5 The Red Deer Rampage were crowned champions Saturday as they clinched the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Junior B tier 1 North Division title. Red Deer closed out the best-ofthree series in Sherwood Park with a 13-5 win in Game 2 over the Titans. Elijah Johanson and Jordon Waddell opened the scoring for Red Deer in the first period before Dustin Bell notched a hat trick in the second along with goals from Dawson Reykdal and Sheridan Cook.

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Six members of the Innisfail Pontiacs 1962-63 midget provincial championship team were on hand Monday to officially launch the Larry Reid Memorial Coaching Development Fund at the Innisfail Golf Club. already been blown out of the water. “Hopefully they’ll be enough money that this can go on for a long, long time,” he said. “I think Larry would be thrilled.” Reid was one of the first level five coaches in Canada accredited by the National Coaching Certification Program. He taught hockey to junior-age players in Harbin, China. He was recognized in 2007 as one of the top 100 contributors by Hockey Alberta for his work in growing the game. In his earlier years, Reid suited up for the Innisfail Eagles senior hockey team, and he also coached the group. Many former members of the Eagles were also on hand at the announcement. The team plans to honour Reid as well for its 70th season this year. Larry’s son, David, said his dad would have been proud of his former players because he loved seeing them succeed. “I think what dad enjoyed most was quietly

watching the successes of the people he coached. Seeing where they went and how they grew up in whatever they did,” David noted. “There’s so many years watching him do what he did well. He was very humble about what he did and he just sat back and watched. He would tell stories long into the night about those successes.” David said to see his father memorialized in such a way means a great deal not just to the family, but the community of Innisfail, as well as the coaches and players that will benefit from it. “The goal here is to create something that continues that legacy so they’ll be more guys,” said David. “We can create another Larry in terms of the next generation of coaches.” byron.hackett@reddeeradvocate.com

ELIJAH JOHANSON AND JORDON WADDELL OPENED THE SCORING FOR RED DEER IN THE FIRST PERIOD BEFORE DUSTIN BELL NOTCHED A HAT TRICK IN THE SECOND ALONG WITH GOALS FROM DAWSON REYKDAL AND SHERIDAN COOK. The Rampage clicked on four straight goals to extend their lead in the third period, with Cook scoring twice and Johanson also adding his second of the game. Waddell and Landon Willoughby also had goals in the six-goal third period. With the win, Red Deer advanced to the RMLL Championship tournament that takes place in Edmonton from Aug. 4-7.

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The Red Deer Rampage won the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Junior B Tier 1 North Division on Saturday against the Sherwood Park Titans.

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Golfers battle it out at Canadian Junior Boys Championships A trio of Central Alberta golfers are on the links this week in Kingston, Ont. competing for the Canadian Junior Boys Championship. Chandler McDowell of Springbrook leads the local pack after day one at Cataraqui Golf and Country

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Club with an even-par round of 70. He’s tied for ninth and four strokes back of Marcus Khaw for the lead. Brady McKinlay of Lacombe sits tied for 28th after the opening round, he shot a plus-two 72. Sylvan Lake’s Carter Graf, who plays out of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club fired a first round score of 76 and is in a tie for 82nd. The four-day event features 156 of Canada’s best young golfers and after the second round the top 70 golfers plus ties will make the cut and play on the final two days.

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Lynn Kuehn of Lacombe Golf and Country Club is set to defend her title at the 2017 Guardian Capital Alberta Senior Ladies Championship in Edmonton this week.

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Golfers set to tee it up at Alberta Senior Ladies Championship Female golfers from around the province are set to tee it up this week at the Guardian Capital Alberta Senior Ladies Championship. Action gets underway Tuesday at the Edmonton Petroleum Golf and Country Club with several Central Alberta ladies in the mix to contend at the tournament. Lynn Kuehn of Lacombe Golf and Country Club, Cathy Spicer of Olds Golf Club and Stephania Duffee of Ponoka Community Golf Course are the three representatives in the field at the three-day event. Kuehn is the defending champion

Regional motocross race set for long weekend in Alix It has been almost a decade since Greg Martens has been taken part in a motocross race, but this weekend he’ll finally be back with his racing family. The near 40-year veteran of the sport is the president of the Alix Motocross Association and after battling with some Kidney problems over the last few years his club is set to host a unique event at Xtreme Raceways near Alix. “I’m just looking forward to the people. It’s just a big family that I haven’t been involved with since 2008. So it’s good to be back,” Martens said. The inaugural North/South shootout will be held on the long weekend between Aug. 5 and 6th, with members of the Alberta Dirt

from last year’s event where she finished with a three-day total of 221 to win by nine strokes over Holly Horwood. Kuehn shot 74-72-75 to earn the victory last year at Olds Golf Club. Seventy-one competitors 50-yearold and over are set to play at the event, including other notables like eight-time Alberta Senior Ladies’ Champion Diane Williams, threetime Alberta Senior Ladies’ Champion Jackie Little and 2015 Alberta Senior Ladies’ Champion Kim Carrington. Also in the field is the defending Super Senior Champion (65 and over), Alison Murdoch. The three finalists at the championship will represent Alberta at the 2017 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship as part of the 2017 Alberta Senior Ladies’ Interprovincial Team. That tournament runs from August 22-24 at the Humber Valley Resort, in Little Rapids, Nfld. Riders Association (north) and the Alberta Motosports Association (south) competing in the event. The track has hosted Canadian Motocross Racing Corporation races in the past, but the shootout is the first of its kind. The plan has been in the works since last fall. Martens isn’t exactly sure of the numbers for the weekend, but wouldn’t be surprised to see over 200 riders at the track over the course of the event. “We’re going to invite them both (north and south riders) to our facility and have a great weekend,” Martens said. “I’m going to anticipate we’re going to see about 280 to 300 racers.” He said at one time, the track played host to over 550 racers for an event. Saturday and Sunday morning practice starts at 9 a.m. and racing will start at around 10:30 a.m. each day. The track is located just outside Alix off Township Road 392.

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Carter Graf is one of three Central Alberta golfers competing at the Canadian Junior Boys Championship in Kingston, Ont.

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Sixth week of CFL season featured the good, bad and ugly BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back Mercer Timmis (27) and defensive back Dominique Ellis, right, chase Calgary Stampeders running back Roy Finch (14) during first-half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday.

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ecuted an onside kick. Erick Dargan recovered Tyler Crapigna’s 12-yard kick after the Riders went ahead 27-24 on Glenn’s 14-yard TD strike to Carter. Fortunately for the Argos, the home team punted five plays later. THE UGLY Hamilton was simply awful in Calgary. The Stampeders scored six offensive touchdowns and added one each on defence and special teams in handing the Ticats their worst defeat since an 82-14 loss to Montreal in 1956. All Hamilton (0-5) could muster was Sergio Castillo’s 53-yard punt single in the second quarter that cut Calgary’s lead to 32-1. The Ticats face Edmonton (5-0) on Friday night but did play the Eskimos tough in a 31-28 loss at Tim Hortons Field on July 20. Hamilton’s precarious state puts plenty of pressure on Kent Austin, in his fifth season as head coach/ vice-president of football operations. But since guiding the Ticats to consecutive Grey Cup appearances (201314), Austin is 17-24. To be fair, Hamilton’s injured list features all-star linebacker Simoni Lawrence and six defensive backs, including CFL veterans Emmanuel Davis and Craig Butler and Demond Washington. Also hurt are 1,000-yard receivers Andy Fantuz and Terrance Toliver. The last time the Ticats began 0-5 was ’07 when they finished 3-15. East clubs are a dismal 2-12-1 versus West Division rivals.

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t was a good, bad and ugly week in CFL The sixth week of the CFL regular season featured its share of the good, bad and ugly. A sparkling one-handed grab by Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Duron Carter highlighted the good while a couple of missed tackles topped the bad. And the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ lopsided 60-1 road loss to the Calgary Stampeders was certainly ugly. Here’s a look at the week that was: THE GOOD ● Duron Carter’s back-handed circus catch in Saskatchewan’s 38-27 home win over Toronto on Saturday was amazing. Despite close coverage from Argos’ defender Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Carter went airborne then fully extended his right arm to snag Kevin Glenn’s TD pass with just one hand. Carter finished with nine catches for 131 yards and two TDs. He had just one touchdown reception coming in. Predictably, Carter’s catch set social media ablaze with his father — Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter — tweeting “#catchoftheyear.” Afterwards, Carter gave the ball to Paige Hansen, a 12-year-old cancer survivor. ● On Saturday, Saskatchewan honoured former running back Joe McKnight, who was fatally shot in the off-season. McKnight’s family attended the game and participated in the ceremonial coin toss. They saw Cameron Marshall rush for 110 yards on 18 carries versus Toronto. ● Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray threw for 386 yards and three TDs versus Saskatchewan for a career-best sixth straight 300-yard game. Ray, 37, also became the Argos all-time passing leader with 16,634 yards, surpassing Condredge Holloway (16,619). ● Mike Reilly had 412 yards passing and two TDs in leading Edmonton (5-0) past B.C. 37-26 to remain the CFL’s only unbeaten squad. Reilly found Vidal Hazelton on an 108-yard touchdown pass in the first half, the longest in Eskimos history and in the CFL since 2002. THE BAD ● It wasn’t why Toronto lost in Regina, but Johnny Sears Jr.’s lapse certainly contributed. With 3:20 remaining, Saskatchewan faced second-and-10 from its 35-yard line nursing a 30-27 lead. Grant made a diving catch that was short of a first down, seemingly forcing the Riders to punt. Sears was close enough to contact Grant and down the receiver but Grant was allowed to get back up. He broke Sears’ attempted tackle for a 29-yard completion and first down. Five plays later, Glenn found Caleb Holley for a 14-yard TD strike that gave the Riders their winning margin. ● Earlier in the quarter, Toronto’s kickoff team was caught napping when Saskatchewan effectively ex-

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Calgary Stampeders running back Ante Milanovic-Litre, right, celebrates his touchdown during second-half CFL football action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Calgary, Saturday.

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Stampeders’ blow out of Ticats one for the ages BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Stampeders 60 Tiger-Cats 1 ALGARY — After the first three-touchdown game of his career, Jerome Messam had a lot of people to thank. Right at the top of that list was receiver Marken Michel, who hauled in a pair of long passes from quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell to set up a pair of short TD runs by Messam. “Marken put me down there twice within five yards,” said Messam, who finished with 91 yards on 11 carries to lead the Calgary Stampeders to a convincing 60-1 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday. “A shout out to him, he played out of his mind tonight. He got the game ball. I’m not going to complain. He got us down there and I just punched it in.” Michel definitely deserved the praise as he finished with 190 yards on six catches, including a 35-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell late in the second quarter to give the Stampeders (4-1-1) a 39-1 lead. “It felt great, but when you’ve got a running back like Messam in the backfield, getting down to the one-yard line is not a bad thing, because you know you’re going to get a touchdown,” Michel said. “You always want that touchdown, but to catch that ball in the end zone felt great.” Calgary coach Dave Dickenson praised all of his players for their efforts to lead the Stamps to the largest margin of victory in franchise history, surpassing the previous record of 50 points that was set in 1963 and equalled in 1995. “I don’t really care who scores and who doesn’t as long as the team scores,” Dickenson said. “I thought we actually blocked pretty well tonight too. I saw some pretty big holes in there. Usu-

ally when your run game’s going like that obviously the big guys are doing a good job. That’s big for us. If we can be balanced, we’re a good team.” The Stamps also came close to setting a new mark for most points scored in a game (62), a record that was set in 1994 and matched two years later. Roy Finch returned a punt 97 yards into the end zone for the Stamps, who extended their winning streak at McMahon Stadium to 13 straight games. Rookie running back Ante Milanovic-Litre ran for his first-career CFL touchdown, while Shaquille Richardson had an interception return for a TD. Anthony Parker caught a touchdown pass from backup quarterback Andrew Buckley in the fourth quarter, while Rene Paredes kicked a field goal and Rob Maver booted a single. Buckley is the first Canadian quarterback to throw a touchdown pass since Brandon Bridge on Nov. 8, 2015. All the Tiger-Cats (0-5) could muster was a single by Sergio Castillo in the first half. “It snowballed on us,” said Hamilton coach Kent Austin. “It just got out of control. They had five big plays on us in the first half. We talked all week long about not giving up the big play. “It’s a humiliating loss. They played great. They’re a good football team and we’ve got to find answers.” It was Hamilton’s second largest margin of defeat in club history. The worst loss (68 points) was back in 1956 when Hamilton dropped an 82-14 decision to Montreal. Afterwards Austin said he told his players to put the loss behind them heading into their next tough road test against the Edmonton Eskimos (5-0) next Friday night. “It was about how to handle situations like this and the type of men that we’re going to be and what we’re going to demonstrate,” Austin said. “And

what life does to you does not matter. It’s how you respond to diversity. It’s going to be an indication of the quality of men that we have.” Paredes booting a 43-yard field goal to cap off Calgary’s second drive of the game at 12:05 of the first quarter. Calgary receiver Kamar Jorden went down with a leg injury on the drive and didn’t return. After the Ticats went two-and-out, Finch picked up Castillo’s punt at his own 13-yard line and ran it back into the Hamilton end zone. Early in the second quarter, Michel hauled in a 40-yard pass from Mitchell to get the Stamps to Hamilton’s one-yard line. On the next play, Messam scored his first TD of the game before Mitchell tossed a short pass to offensive lineman Spencer Wilson for a two-point convert. Richardson then picked off an errant pass by Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros and ran it back for a 47-yard score before Maver kicked a 54yard single to put the Stamps up 25-0. Michel continued his strong game as he hauled in a 60-yard pass to get the Stamps to the three-yard line to set up another TD by Messam. After Castillo kicked a 53-yard single to get the Ticats on the board, Michel finally hauled in a touchdown pass of his own when he out-battled Hamilton defensive back Justin Rogers to come down with the ball in the end zone. “It was just a great ball,” Michel said. “It was just one of those things where you’ve got to go up and squeeze and I squeezed and the ball was in my arms and I came down with the touchdown.” The Stamps started off the second half with an eight-play, 69-yard drive that was capped off by another one-yard touchdown run by Messam. Milanovic-Litre then got in on the action as he ran for an eight-yard score at 9:17 of the third quarter before Parker caught a 10-yard TD pass from Buckley early in the final quarter.

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White Sox’s Moncada carted off field in walk-off win over Blue Jays BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

White Sox 7 Blue Jays 6 HICAGO — After White Sox rookie second baseman Yoan Moncada was carted off the field in the sixth inning Monday night, a groan rang out at Guaranteed Rate Field as the crowd viewed a replay of his ugly outfield collision with right fielder Willy Garcia. During a 7-6 walk-off victory over the Blue Jays, Darwin Barney doubled to short right field, and Moncada and Garcia both charged the ball. As Garcia slid to try to make the catch, Moncada hit Garcia in the side of the head with his right knee and tumbled to the ground. Both Garcia and Moncada stayed on the ground for several minutes as Sox staff checked on them. Moncada didn’t put any weight on his right leg as teammate Jose Abreu helped him climb on the cart. Garcia walked off the field himself. The Sox announced Moncada was diagnosed with a bruised right knee after X-rays were negative, and they designated him as day to day. Garcia was diagnosed with a bruised head and will be re-evaluated Tuesday. If Moncada’s injury isn’t any more serious than the initial diagnosis, it will be a relief for the Sox. Ranked the top prospect in baseball this year, Moncada is one of the centerpieces of the rebuilding project that is well underway on the South Side. One of the return players in the Chris Sale trade, he was called up from Triple-A Charlotte for his Sox debut July 19, and Monday was his 12th game with the team. He is 4-for-38 with a double, a triple, a homer, six RBIs, six walks and 16 strikeouts. The Sox trailed the Blue Jays 3-0 at the time of the collision, and the bases were loaded when Barney hit James Shields’ fastball. Three runs scored before play stopped and the Sox rushed to check on their teammates.

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Chicago White Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada, top, and right fielder Willy Garcia, bottom, collide on a double hit by Toronto Blue Jays’ Darwin Barney during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, in Chicago. Both players had to leave the game. Shields gave up three solo home runs in the first four innings as the Blue Jays took the lead. Josh Donaldson hit the first solo shot to right-center field in the first. Russell Martin homered to open the fourth and Justin Smoak hit one with one out in the fourth. The Sox came back from a six-run deficit to win it. Abreu’s RBI double and back-to-back homers

from Matt Davidson and Yolmer Sanchez cut the Blue Jays’ lead to 6-5 in the eighth. In the ninth, Adam Engel beat out the throw to first for a one-out infield single, and Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna hit Leury Garcia with a pitch. Abreu then hit a two-out RBI single to tie it at 6, and Davidson hit a walk-off single to center field, his second straight walk-off hit.

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Jays trade pitchers Liriano, Smith at deadline BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ORONTO — Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins went into Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline looking for young, controllable talent that could help Toronto both immediately and in the future. What the Blue Jays received — a major league outfielder, a triple-A talent that’s well on his way to permanent major league status and a couple of lower-level prospects, for good measure — pretty much summed up exactly what Atkins had planned. And it only took two trades to get there. Toronto dealt left-hander Francisco Liriano and cash considerations to the Houston Astros for outfielder Nori Aoki and minor-league outfield prospect Teoscar Hernandez, then traded right-handed reliever Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians for a pair of minor-league prospects, second baseman Samad Taylor and left-handed pitcher Thomas Pannone. “Francisco Liriano and Joe Smith were great members of the organization who made significant impacts and now we have four players with different years of control, with different upsides at different positions we didn’t have yesterday,” Atkins said on a conference call. “So we feel good about the process, we feel good

about the work that went into the trade deadline.” Aoki, a 35-year old native of Hyuga, Japan who batted .272 in 71 appearances with Houston this season, will immediately slide into Toronto’s roster. But from the Blue Jays perspective, Hernandez is considered the central piece of that trade. The 24-year-old batted .279 with 12 home runs and 44 runs batted in over 79 games with triple-A Fresno this season. He has made 42 career appearances with the Astros over the last two seasons, batting .230 with four homers and 11 RBIs. Atkins said the Jays had their eyes on Hernandez “for a while.” He’ll report to triple-A Buffalo with a promotion in September likely, though Atkins also said Hernandez could play regularly for Toronto’s major league team before that if needed. “He’s a well-rounded player who runs well, throws well, gets on base, has some power, can play all three outfield positions,” Atkins said. “It’s extremely difficult to acquire talent that you can say all those things about that you will have five-plus years of control of and can potentially be someone you can count on year in and year out.” The return on the Smith deal is less obvious as of now with neither prospect ranking high on the Indians top lists. But Atkins, who worked in Cleveland’s organization for 15 years before joining Toronto, was excited about their upside.

“In regards to where they’re ranked, that certainly is a factor that I wouldn’t dismiss but it’s more about acquiring the talent you think can make an impact,” Atkins said. Taylor batted .300 with four homers and 19 RBIs this season with Mahoning Valley of the short-season single-A New York-Penn League, while Pannone was 6-1 with a 2.62 ERA with double-A Akron. The Blue Jays acquired Liriano from Pittsburgh at last season’s trade deadline. He had a 2-2 record in eight starts in Toronto’s 2016 playoff drive with a 2.92 earned run average and 52 strikeouts. He came out of the bullpen to pick up the win in Toronto’s 5-2, 11-inning victory over Baltimore in the 2016 American League wild-card game. He made just one appearance after that in the post-season, allowing two earned runs over a third of an inning in the Blue Jays’ 5-3 win over Texas in the AL Division Series. He had an up-and-down 2017 for the Blue Jays, posting a 6-5 record with a 5.88 ERA over 18 starts. Liriano will add pitching depth to an Astros team that had the best record in the American League (68-36) before Monday’s games. Smith, an Ohio native returns to Cleveland, where he was a big part of the team’s bullpen from 2009-13. He signed as a free agent with Toronto in February and had a 3-0 record with a 3.28 ERA in 38 relief appearances with the Jays.

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

GOLF

DeLaet and Hughes fall short at Canadian Open OAKVILLE, Ont. — Graham DeLaet joked about the “Curse of Pat Fletcher” after he and Mackenzie Hughes were the only two Canadians to make the cut at the RBC Canadian Open on Friday. Two days later and the 63-year drought for Canadians at the national men’s golf championship continued. Hughes, from nearby Dundas, Ont., fired a 4-under 68 to tie for 32nd at 10 under at the Canadian Open on Sunday as the low Canadian. DeLaet, from Weyburn, Sask., shot 1-under 71 for the fourth round to place 48th at 8 under. Fletcher, from Victoria, was the last Canadian to win the national championship in 1954, finishing at 8 under with a four-stroke lead at Vancouver’s Point Grey Golf Club. Since then, not only has no Canadian won, but only Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., has been a runner-up. Every year at the tournament Canadian golfers are asked about replacing Fletcher in the history books. “You know, I don’t know if the curse is real but I just know it’s really hard to win a golf tournament, especially on the PGA Tour,” said Hughes shortly before being handed the Rivermead Cup as low Canadian. “That’s what I attribute it to and the fact that we’re trying to win this one and only one in Canada every year, there’s a lot of things that have to go your way. “I don’t want to call it a curse yet but once I play in about 15, I’ll let you know.” Fletcher moved to Montreal after his playing career to become the head professional at Royal Montreal Golf Club. His sons Allan and Ted Fletcher were in attendance at this year’s Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club for the first few days of the tournament. Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum spoke Saturday morning about wanting to fly them back to Oakville to hand the RBC Canadian Open Trophy over to either Hughes or DeLaet, while both were four shots back of second-round leader Martin Flores. But by the end of play Saturday there was no need for airfare. DeLaet shot a 73 and Hughes a 74 in the third round, taking them out of contention. “You can’t get much done out here shooting par on the weekend,” said DeLaet on Sunday. ”It was pretty mediocre golf to say the least on Saturday, Sunday. But it was fun. We’ll be back again next year and hopefully somebody can get it done.” Weir fell to Fiji’s Vijay Singh in a playoff in 2004. There have been other close calls recently, though. In 2015, David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., had a two-stroke lead to start the fourth round, but Australia’s Jason Day sank three straight birdies to overtake him. In 2016, amateur Jared Du Toit of Kimberley, B.C., was in the final group and just a stroke behind the lead before Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas rallied to win. Vegas struck again on Sunday, beating American Charley Hoffman with a birdie in a sudden death playoff after they tied for the lead at 21 under. There were 17 Canadians in the field this year, including Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., who had a strong start to the season and was No. 13 in the FedExCup standings at the start of the week. But he was at even par after two rounds with the cutline set at 4 under. “I think any time you play a home game, it can be — it’s great, and it can also be tough,” said Hughes, who had dozens of family and friends in the galleries each day. “That expectation and that hope to play well for everybody, and you want to get those crowds going. “I let them down yesterday. I let myself down yesterday.”

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Jhonattan Vegas holds the winner’s trophy as he tries on a Mountie stetson following his win at the final round of the 2017 Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., on Sunday.

GOLF

Vegas wins back-to-back at Canadian Open BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

AKVILLE, Ont. — This year there were no video calls to be made when Jhonattan Vegas won the RBC Canadian Open. He’d brought his wife and daughter with him so they could see him win the PGA Tour event — again — in person. Vegas made birdie on the 524-yard par-5 No. 18 to win a playoff with Charley Hoffman on Sunday and capture back-to-back Canadian Opens. As soon as he’d shaken hands with Hoffman, hugged his caddy and waved to the crowd, Vegas beelined for his wife Hildegard and hugged and kissed her between the bunkers that sit behind the green. “It’s hard to put it in words,” said Vegas. ”But it’s just really fun, watching them really enjoy it in person and seeing how nervous they are when I’m on the course playing. Every time you get a chance to share these moments with your family, it’s just really important.” Vegas was in Canada alone when he won last year — even his caddy couldn’t make it because of visa issues — so he spent his entire news conference on his phone FaceTiming his family. The Venezuelan shot a 7-under 65 in the fourth round to finish the tournament at 21 under. Hoffman, who entered Sunday atop the leaderboard with a one-stroke lead, had a 68 to force the playoff. Vegas could have sealed his win in regulation and prevent a playoff at Glen Abbey Golf Club, but came up four inches short on his birdie putt. That opened the door for Hoffman, who was in the day’s final group, three pairings back. While he waited for Hoffman to make his way through Nos. 17 and 18, Vegas retreated to the clubhouse to watch on TV with a PGA Tour official. It was the same position he was in last year watching the final pairings complete their rounds.

“I had to sit down pretty much in the same chair, same TV and just wait to see what was going to happen,” said Vegas. ”I was feeling a little bit angry with myself that I didn’t birdie 18 in regulation, because I knew that would have given me a better chance to win.” Both players put their drives into bunkers on the playoff hole. Hoffman landed to the left of the fairway and Vegas went to the right, into a sandtrap nicknamed “Tiger’s Bunker” after Tiger Woods put the ball in it during the final round of his Canadian Open championship in 2000. “Just hit really probably the worst drive of the week for me down there and Jhonny caught a break by having a shot at the green,” said Hoffman. “Hats off to him the way he played. I played great. Just didn’t get the putts to the hole, which is probably going to be what I lose a little sleep over.” Jim Furyk was the last golfer to win back-to-back Canadian Opens. He did it at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in 2006 and then at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ont., in 2007. Mackenzie Hughes (68) of Dundas, Ont., was the low Canadian at 10 under and in a tie for 32nd. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., fired a 71 to finish 8 under. Vegas’s win came as deadly clashes between protesters and police marred voting that allowed President Nicolas Maduro to replace Venezuela’s current legislative body — the National Assembly — with a new institution called the Constituent Assembly that will have the power to rewrite the constitution. “It’s always on my mind,” said Vegas, who was born in Maturin, Venezuela. “It hurts a lot, seeing the country the way it is. Seeing a government that treats people that way when they don’t deserve it just to remain in power, and all the suffering that even my family and friends that are having right now, it’s just not fair.”

THE SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP At Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Bridgend, Wales Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 7,010; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Bernhard Langer, $304,869 69-74-65-72—280 Corey Pavin, $203,276 73-74-65-71—283 Billy Andrade, $94,450 71-76-69-68—284 Fred Couples, $94,450 75-75-66-68—284 Peter Lonard, $94,450 71-75-67-71—284 Magnus P. Atlevi, $54,853 77-73-65-70—285 Miguel Angel Martin, $54,853 72-76-68-69—285 Phillip Price, $54,853 74-73-68-70—285 Billy Mayfair, $38,750 71-72-71-72—286 David McKenzie, $38,750 73-73-71-69—286 Steve Flesch, $32,491 72-71-71-73—287 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $32,491 76-73-65-73—287 David Frost, $29,291 81-74-65-68—288 Brad Faxon, $28,088 78-71-67-73—289 Woody Austin, $23,518 75-77-70-68—290 Paul Broadhurst, $23,518 75-75-67-73—290 Scott Dunlap, $23,518 76-73-66-75—290 Peter Fowler, $23,518 71-76-73-70—290 Mike Goodes, $23,518 74-72-72-72—290 Santiago Luna, $23,518 77-70-68-75—290 Tom Pernice Jr., $23,518 71-76-70-73—290 Jeff Sluman, $23,518 74-76-69-71—290 Joe Daley, $18,470 78-73-68-72—291 Tom Lehman, $18,470 71-72-73-75—291 Scott McCarron, $18,470 75-74-72-70—291 Colin Montgomerie, $18,470 71-76-70-74—291 Gene Sauers, $18,470 75-75-70-71—291 Greg Turner, $18,470 73-78-69-71—291 Tom Watson, $18,470 72-77-67-75—291 Mark McNulty, $16,100 75-80-67-70—292 Andre Bossert, $14,190 77-76-69-71—293 Russ Cochran, $14,190 77-73-69-74—293 Clark Dennis, $14,190 72-72-72-77—293 Jeff Maggert, $14,190 78-76-68-71—293 Mark Mouland, $14,190 73-76-70-74—293 Duffy Waldorf, $14,190 73-77-71-72—293 Willie Wood, $14,190 75-77-70-71—293 John Daly, $11,897 72-80-68-74—294 David Gilford, $11,897 73-77-72-72—294 Prayad Marksaeng, $11,897 73-76-72-73—294 Larry Mize, $11,897 76-77-69-72—294 Mauricio Molina, $11,897 70-73-77-74—294 Roger Chapman, $10,675 75-72-72-76—295 Carlos Franco, $10,675 74-78-68-75—295

BASEBALL

GOLF RBC CANADIAN OPEN At Glen Abbey Golf Club Oakville, Ontario Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,253; Par 72 Final x-Won on first playoff hole x-Jhonattan Vegas (500), $1,080,000 66-69-6765—267 Charley Hoffman (300), $648,000 68-66-65-68—267 Ian Poulter (190), $408,000 67-69-68-64—268 Gary Woodland (135), $288,000 70-63-68-68—269 Tony Finau (100), $219,000 69-67-66-68—270 Robert Garrigus (100), $219,000 70-69-62-69—270 Brandon Hagy (100), $219,000 65-68-69-68—270 Kevin Chappell (83), $180,000 65-69-66-71—271 Dustin Johnson (83), $180,000 67-69-68-67—271 Andres Gonzales (68), $144,000 67-69-66-70—272 James Hahn (68), $144,000 66-73-67-66—272 Sean O’Hair (68), $144,000 69-68-70-65—272 Seamus Power (68), $144,000 68-70-68-66—272 Keegan Bradley (53), $102,000 67-69-72-65—273 Matt Every (53), $102,000 65-68-70-70—273 J.B. Holmes (53), $102,000 67-70-68-68—273 C.T. Pan (53), $102,000 72-66-67-68—273 Vijay Singh (53), $102,000 66-68-71-68—273 Martin Flores (44), $75,300 66-66-72-70—274 Kramer Hickok, $75,300 67-71-67-69—274 Sam Saunders (44), $75,300 68-67-67-72—274 Tyrone Van Aswegen (44), $75,300 66-70-67-71— 274 Seung-Yul Noh (36), $55,200 69-67-71-68—275 Chez Reavie (36), $55,200 67-69-69-70—275 Rory Sabbatini (36), $55,200 70-66-67-72—275 Harold Varner III (36), $55,200 69-65-69-72—275 Smylie Kaufman (31), $44,400 66-71-68-71—276 David Lingmerth (31), $44,400 67-70-68-71—276 Nick Watney (31), $44,400 68-69-68-71—276 Blayne Barber (27), $39,900 69-68-72-68—277 Luke List (27), $39,900 72-68-67-70—277 Chad Campbell (20), $30,480 66-69-68-75—278 Jim Herman (20), $30,480 66-73-71-68—278 Tom Hoge (20), $30,480 71-68-70-69—278 Mackenzie Hughes (20), $30,480 67-69-74-68—278 Matt Kuchar (20), $30,480 71-68-70-69—278 Danny Lee (20), $30,480 72-68-70-68—278 Sebastián Muñoz (20), $30,480 69-69-71-69—278 Tag Ridings (20), $30,480 67-69-73-69—278 Ryan Ruffels, $30,480 67-67-68-76—278 Hudson Swafford (20), $30,480 65-72-71-70—278 Ricky Barnes (12), $20,400 70-70-71-68—279 Lee McCoy, $20,400 68-71-67-73—279 J.T. Poston (12), $20,400 69-71-69-70—279 Daniel Summerhays (12), $20,400 67-70-72-70—279 Bubba Watson (12), $20,400 66-73-71-69—279 Richy Werenski (12), $20,400 67-71-70-71—279 Steven Alker (8), $15,080 70-70-69-71—280 Patrick Cantlay (8), $15,080 68-72-69-71—280 Chad Collins (8), $15,080 70-69-73-68—280 Graham DeLaet (8), $15,080 68-68-73-71—280 Sam Horsfield, $15,080 68-70-69-73—280 Kevin Tway (8), $15,080 67-71-72-70—280 Ben Crane (6), $13,740 68-70-69-74—281 Ollie Schniederjans (6), $13,740 65-71-70-75—281 Camilo Villegas (6), $13,740 71-69-74-67—281 Steve Wheatcroft (6), $13,740 72-68-69-72—281 Ryan Armour (5), $13,260 71-69-70-72—282 Ryan Blaum (5), $13,260 70-70-72-70—282 K.J. Choi (5), $13,260 66-73-69-74—282 Peter Malnati (5), $13,260 66-74-73-69—282 Stewart Cink (4), $12,720 69-69-71-74—283 Mark Hubbard (4), $12,720 67-73-71-72—283 Andrew Loupe (4), $12,720 70-70-71-72—283 Bryce Molder (4), $12,720 71-69-70-73—283 Scott Stallings (4), $12,720 71-69-67-76—283 Ken Duke (3), $12,240 68-68-74-74—284 Morgan Hoffmann (3), $12,240 68-67-74-75—284 Robby Shelton, $12,240 70-70-73-71—284 Miguel Angel Carballo (3), $11,760 70-69-72-74—285 Chris Kirk (3), $11,760 70-69-70-76—285 Cameron Percy (3), $11,760 68-71-73-73—285 Carl Pettersson (3), $11,760 68-70-72-75—285 Andres Romero (3), $11,760 70-70-70-75—285 Jim Furyk (3), $11,400 68-72-71-75—286 Brett Drewitt (2), $11,280 68-72-72-77—289

SCOREBOARD

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 57 47 .548 58 49 .542 54 53 .505 51 54 .486 49 57 .462 Central Division W L Pct 57 47 .548 55 49 .529 50 53 .485 47 57 .452 41 62 .398 West Division W L Pct 69 36 .657 54 53 .505 51 55 .481 50 55 .476 46 59 .438

GB — 1/2 4 1/2 6 1/2 9 GB — 2 6 1/2 10 15 1/2 GB — 16 18 1/2 19 23

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 11, L.A. Angels 10 Detroit 13, Houston 1 Kansas City 5, Boston 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 1 Baltimore 10, Texas 6 Oakland 6, Minnesota 5, 12 innings Seattle 9, N.Y. Mets 1 Monday’s Games Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Detroit 3 Boston 6, Cleveland 2 Seattle 6, Texas 4 Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto 6 Houston 14, Tampa Bay 7 San Francisco at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Detroit (Sanchez 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-3), 5:05 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 4-6) at Baltimore (Bundy 9-8), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 10-4) at Boston (Sale 13-4), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Ramirez 4-3) at Texas (Martinez 3-3), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 7-6) at Houston (Fiers 7-5), 6:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 9-5) at Chicago White Sox (Pelfrey 3-8), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 5-11) at Oakland (TBD),

8:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco 4-12), 8:07 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 9-4) at San Diego (Chacin 10-7), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 5:05 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 6:10 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE TOP 10 G AB R H Pct. Altuve Hou 101 398 74 146 .367 Hosmer KC 104 399 64 129 .323 Segura Sea 77 326 48 105 .322 Correa Hou 84 325 64 104 .320 JoRamirez Cle103 397 71 127 .320 Gamel Sea 83 327 56 104 .318 Springer Hou 93 368 82 114 .310 StCastro NYY 79 316 52 97 .307 Schoop Bal 103 388 65 119 .307 Pedroia Bos 85 336 36 103 .307 Home Runs Judge, New York, 34; Moustakas, Kansas City, 30; Smoak, Toronto, 30; KDavis, Oakland, 28; Springer, Houston, 27; Morrison, Tampa Bay, 26; Gallo, Texas, 25; Sano, Minnesota, 24; Schoop, Baltimore, 24; Odour, Texas, 23. Runs Batted In Cruz, Seattle, 79; Schoop, Baltimore, 77; Judge, New York, 75; Smoak, Toronto, 71; KDavis, Oakland, 70; Cano, Seattle, 70; Sano, Minnesota, 70; Moustakas, Kansas City, 69; Abreu, Chicago, 68; 2 tied at 67. Pitching Sale, Boston, 13-4; JVargas, Kansas City, 13-4; Paxton, Seattle, 11-3; ESantana, Minnesota, 11-7; Pomeranz, Boston, 10-4; Carrasco, Cleveland, 10-4; Fulmer, Detroit, 10-9; Keuchel, Houston, 9-0; Peacock, Houston, 9-1; Sabathia, New York, 9-3.

Washington Miami New York Atlanta Philadelphia

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 63 41 .606 49 55 .471 48 55 .466 48 56 .462 39 64 .379

GB — 14 14 1/2 15 23 1/2

Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco

Central Division W L Pct 56 48 .538 55 52 .514 52 53 .495 51 54 .486 42 63 .400 West Division W L Pct 74 31 .705 60 45 .571 60 46 .566 47 58 .448 40 66 .377

Pt 43 38 37 35 34 32 30 26 26 24 18 Pt 36 34 33 31 31 30 29 25 23

GB — 14 14 1/2 27 34 1/2

Sunday’s Games Cincinnati 6, Miami 4 Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1 Colorado 10, Washington 6, 1st game Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 3, Arizona 2 Seattle 9, N.Y. Mets 1 Pittsburgh 7, San Diego 1 Washington 3, Colorado 1, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 3, San Francisco 2, 11 innings Monday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 6 Washington 1, Miami 0 San Francisco at Oakland, 8:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati (Bailey 2-5) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 6-4), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 12-5) at Miami (O’Grady 2-1), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 9-4) at Atlanta (Sims 0-0), 5:35 p.m. St. Louis (Martinez 7-8) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-5), 5:40 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 8-9) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-6), 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 2-4) at Colorado (Hoffman 6-3), 6:40 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 5-11) at Oakland (TBD), 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco 4-12), 8:07 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 9-4) at San Diego (Chacin 10-7), 8:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Minnesota at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Washington at Miami, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m. Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE TOP 10 G AB R H Pct. JuTurner LAD 79 278 45 99 .356 DMurphy Was 96 373 67 124 .332 Harper Was 95 362 86 119 .329 Blackmon Col104 430 93 141 .328 Posey SF 93 328 44 107 .326 Zimmerman Was93347 61 111 .320 Rendon Was 96 335 56 106 .316 Goldschmidt Ari104370 82 117 .316 LeMahieu Col100 390 64 123 .315 Arenado Col 103 410 69 129 .315 Home Runs Stanton, Miami, 33; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 28; Harper, Washington, 27; Bruce, New York, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27; 6 tied at 24. Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 91; Ozuna, Miami, 81; Lamb, Arizona, 80; Harper, Washington, 79; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 78; Zimmerman, Washington, 76; Shaw, Milwaukee, 74; DMurphy, Washington, 73; Stanton, Miami, 73; 2 tied at 72. Pitching Kershaw, Los Angeles, 15-2; Greinke, Arizona, 13-4; AWood, Los Angeles, 12-1; deGrom, New York, 12-4; Davies, Milwaukee, 12-5; Scherzer, Washington, 125; Wainwright, St. Louis, 11-5; Freeland, Colorado, 11-7; Strasburg, Washington, 10-3 MONDAY’S MAJOR LEAGUE LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 100 000000—1 5 0 Baltimore 000 010001—2 10 1 Duffy, Moylan (8), Soria (9) and Perez; Jimenez, Givens (8), Britton (9) and C.Joseph. W_Britton 1-0. L_Soria 4-3. Cleveland 000 000020—2 7 1 Boston 030 20010x—6 13 0 Clevinger, McAllister (4), Armstrong (7), Olson (8) and Gomes; Fister, Workman (8) and Vazquez. W_ Fister 1-5. L_Clevinger 5-4. HRs_Cleveland, Zimmer. Toronto 100 203000—6 9 1 Chicago 000 000142—7 10 0 Estrada, Biagini (8), Tepera (8), Osuna (9) and Martin; Shields, Goldberg (7), Beck (9) and K.Smith. W_ Beck 2-1. L_Osuna 3-2. HRs_Toronto, Donaldson, Martin, Smoak. Chicago, Sanchez, Davidson.

FOOTBALL

SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Toronto 22 12 3 7 41 22 Chicago 21 11 5 5 40 24 New York City 22 11 7 4 40 31 New York 21 11 8 2 32 26 Atlanta 21 10 7 4 41 28 Columbus 23 10 11 2 33 37 Orlando 22 8 8 6 23 31 New England 21 7 9 5 36 34 Philadelphia 22 7 10 5 29 27 Montreal 20 6 8 6 30 36 D.C. 22 5 14 3 18 42 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Kansas City 22 9 4 9 28 17 Dallas 20 9 4 7 32 23 Houston 22 9 7 6 39 32 Seattle 22 8 7 7 32 31 Portland 23 8 8 7 39 38 Vancouver 20 9 8 3 30 29 San Jose 22 8 9 5 24 34 Salt Lake 23 7 12 4 30 44 Los Angeles 21 6 10 5 31 37

GB — 2 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 14 1/2

Minnesota 22 6 12 4 29 45 22 Colorado 20 6 12 2 20 29 20 Note: Three points awarded for a win; one for a tie. Sunday’s result Toronto 4 New York City 0 Wednesday’s game 2017 MLS All-Star Game MLS All-Stars vs. Real Madrid (Spain) (at Chicago), 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 Dallas at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Toronto at D.C., 5 p.m. Orlando at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 6 p.m. New England at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Houston at Salt Lake, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 Los Angeles at Portland, 2 p.m. New York at New York City, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Kansas City, 6 p.m.

2017 CFL Standings East Division W L T PF PA Pt Toronto 3 3 0 152 163 6 Montreal 2 4 0 141 150 4 Ottawa 1 4 1 164 169 3 Hamilton 0 5 0 90 201 0 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt Edmonton 5 5 0 0 144 121 10 Calgary 6 4 1 1 213 121 9 B.C. 6 4 2 0 190 166 8 Winnipeg 5 3 2 0 169 179 6 Saskatchewan 5 2 3 0 141 134 4 Note: Two points for a win, one for a tie. GP 6 6 6 5

WEEK SIX Bye: Ottawa Saturday’s results Saskatchewan 38 Toronto 27 Calgary 60 Hamilton 1 Friday’s result Edmonton 37 B.C. 26 Thursday’s result Winnipeg 41 Montreal 40

WEEK SEVEN Bye: Montreal Thursday, Aug. 3 Calgary at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Hamilton at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 Saskatchewan at B.C., 5 p.m. 2017 CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE UNOFFICIAL TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Unofficial 2017 CFL touchdown leaders following Week Six: SEVEN Je.Johnson, B.C. FIVE Jorden, Calgary; Messam, Calgary; Lulay, B.C. FOUR A.Harris, Winnipeg. THREE D.Adams, Winnipeg; Arceneaux, B.C.; D.Carter, Saskatchewan; Cunningham, Montreal; Ellingson, Ottawa; B.Grant, Saskatchewan and three others.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed OF Mark Trumbo on the 10-day DL, retroactive to July 30. Optioned RHP Yefry Ramirez to Bowie (EL). Transferred INF J.J. Hardy to the 60-day DL. BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned LHP Robby Scott to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Austin Maddox from Pawtucket. Transferred 3B Josh Rutledge to the 60-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent RHP Dylan Covey to the AZL White Sox for a rehab assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP Josh Tomlin on the 10-day DL. Designated RHP Perci Garner for assignment. DETROIT TIGERS — Traded C Alex Avila and LHP Justin Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for INFs Isaac Paredes and Jeimer Candelario and a player to be named. Recalled C John Hicks and RHP Joe Jimenez from Toledo (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Lance McCullers on the 10-day DL. Recalled 1B AJ Reed and RHP Michael Feliz from Fresno (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Jumbo Diaz on a minor league contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated RHP Andrew Edwards for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Traded RHP David Hernandez to Arizona for RHP Luis Madero. Assigned OF Nick Franklin outright to Salt Lake (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Traded RHP Brandon Kintzler to Washington for LHP Tyler Watson and international bonus pool allocation money. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Luis Cessa and 1B Garrett Cooper to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Jonathan Holder from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre and optioned him back after Monday’s game.. Traded RHP Yefry Ramirez to Baltimore for international signing bonus pool money. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded RHP Sonny Gray to the N.Y. Yankees for OF Dustin Fowler, RHP James Kaprielian and INF/OF Jorge Mateo. Traded INF Adam Rosales to Arizona for RHP Jeferson Mejia. Released RHP John Axford. Reinstated INF/ OF Chad Pinder from the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP

Michael Brady from Nashville (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron West on a minor league contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Traded INF Tim Beckham to Baltimore for RHP Tobias Myers. Assigned OF Shane Peterson outright to Durham (IL). Recalled INF Taylor Featherston from Durham. TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Yu Darvish to the L.A. Dodgers for 2B/OF Willie Calhoun, RHP A.J. Alexy and INF Brendon Davis. Traded RHP Jeremy Jeffress to Milwaukee for RHP Tayler Scott. Recalled OF Ryan Rua and RHPs Clayton Blackburn and Nick Martinez from Round Rock (PCL). Sent RHP Tyson Ross on rehab assignment to Frisco (TL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded LHP Francisco Liriano to Houston for OFs Norichika Aoki and Teoscar Hernandez. Traded RHP Joe Smith to Cleveland for LHP Thomas Pannone and INF Samad Taylor. Agreed to terms with RHP Brennan Price on a minor league contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed SS Ketel Marte on the bereavement list and SS Chris Owings on the 60-day DL. ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent RHP Jason Motte to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO CUBS — Designated RHP Dylan Floro for assignment. CINCINNATI REDS — Acquired OF Scott Van Slyke and C Hendrik Clementina from the Los Angeles Dodgers for LHP Tony Cingrani and assigned Van Slyke to Louisville (IL) and Clementina to Billings (Pioneer). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated OF Peter O’Brien and INF-OF Mike Freeman for assignment. Sent 3B Rob Segedin to the AZL Dodgers for a rehab assignment. NEW YORK METS — Traded RHP Addison Reed to Boston for RHPs Stephen Nogosek, Jamie Callahan and Gerson Bautista. Recalled SS Ahmed Rosario from Las Vegas (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded RHP Joaquin Benoit and cash to Pittsburgh for RHP Seth McGarry. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded LHP Tony Wat-

son to the L.A. Dodgers for INF Oneil Cruz and RHP Angel German. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent RHP Mark Melancon to Sacramento (PCL) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent OF Michael Taylor to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. American Association CLEBURNE RAILROADERS — Released RHPs Harrison Lee and Jorge Martinez. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released C Tony Caldwell. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Nigel Nootbaar. ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed INF Taylor Beene and C Tanner Lubach. Atlantic League NEW BRITAIN BEES — Traded INF Jake McGuiggan to Long Island for a player to be named. Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Released RHP Jean-Francois Dionne. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Waived C Diamond Stone. BOSTON CELTICS — Signed G Shane Larkin. MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Re-signed G Tony Snell. Women’s National Basketball Association CHICAGO SKY — Traded C Imani Boyette, F Tamera Young and a 2018 second-round draft pick to Atlanta for F Jordan Hooper and a 2018 first-round draft pick. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived/injured LB Alani Fua and CB Ronald Zamort. Signed CB Jarell Carter. DETROIT LIONS — Placed OT Tony Hills on the reserve/retired list. Signed OT Nick Becton. Removed S Rolan Milligan from the PUP list. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Named Grey Ruegamer director of player engagement. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — OT Branden Albert announced his retirement. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Waived/injured WR BJ Johnson III and LB Jimmie Gilbert. Claimed WR Tim

Patrick off waivers from Baltimore. Signed WR Louis Murphy to a one-year contract. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived/injured RB Keith Marshall. Signed RB Kenny Hilliard. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed a one-year affiliation agreement with Fort Wayne (ECHL). BOSTON BRUINS — Named Jay Leach coach and Spencer Carbery assistant coach of Providence (AHL). BUFFALO SABRES — Signed D Nathan Beaulieu to a two-year contract. American Hockey League SAN DIEGO GULLS — Signed D James Melindy and RW Stu Bickel to one-year contracts. SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Recalled M Harrison Heath from Sacramento (USL). North American Soccer League JACKSONVILLE ARMADA — Signed F Ciaran Kilduff. COLLEGE BARTON — Named Lee Underwood men’s and women’s tennis coach. FORDHAM — Named Sahel Anwar squash coach. LOUISVILLE — Dismissed senior DL Chris Williams for violating unspecified team rules. MOUNT OLIVE — Named Alysse Maynard assistant director of athletic communications. PRESBYTERIAN — Named Matthew Cureton men’s assistant soccer coach, Evan Rogers men’s volunteer assistant soccer coach and McKenzi Corn assistant softball coach. TEMPLE — Promoted video production co-ordinator Scott Hartkorn to video production manager. Named Richie Raspa video production co-ordinator. WASHINGTON (MD.) — Named Jaclyn Oskam women’s assistant basketball coach. WESTERN KENTUCKY — Suspended men’s basketball C MitchellRobinson indefinitely.

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BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

Ceremony an emotional time for inductees BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — “Pudge” Rodriguez stared out at his father, wiping away tears as he spoke. “I love you with all of my heart,” Rodriguez said. “If I’m a Hall of Famer, you’re a Hall of Famer — double.” Those words punctuated Rodriguez’s speech as he was inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines, along with former commissioner Bud Selig and front-office guru John Schuerholz also were enshrined on a picture-perfect summer day in front of over 27,000 fans. “It’s always emotional when you see the fans cheering for you, and my whole family in front of me,” Bagwell said. “I’m an emotional person. It’s a dream just to be part of this beautiful group. Now I have that plaque forever. It’s unbelievable.” Before he started, Rodriguez received a standing ovation from hundreds of fans, many wearing redand-white jerseys with Puerto Rico emblazoned on the front, and proceeded to give half his speech in Spanish. “This is such an incredible honour for me,” Rodriguez said. “A little kid from Puerto Rico with a big dream. Never let them take your dream away from you.” The 45-year-old Rodriguez holds major league records for games caught (2,427) and putouts by a catcher (12,376). He hit 311 homers and batted .296 in his career. He’s also only the second catcher elected on the first ballot, following in the footsteps of his childhood idol, Cincinnati Reds star Johnny Bench, who was seated on the dais behind him. After speaking in Spanish, Rodriguez went back and repeated in English, concentrating on a message to youth. “You have the right to dream,” he said. “Everything in life is possible. I speak from experience.”

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Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson, left, presents National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Tim Raines Sr. with his Hall of Fame plaque during an induction ceremony at the Clark Sports Center, Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Raines was greeted by scores of fans from Canada, many of whom came aboard several buses. He thanked his mom and dad, who were seated in the front row and later focused on Hall of Famer Andre Dawson, his teammate with the Montreal Expos when he first broke into the major leagues in the early 1980s. “Without Andre Dawson there’s no telling where I’d be,” said Raines,

who fought cocaine problems early in his career. “I wanted to kind of be like you and he finally accepted and I followed. Thank you so much for making me the player I became.” The 57-year-old Raines, a switch-hitter, batted .294 and had a .385 on-base percentage in his 23-year career, finishing with 2,605 hits, 1,571 runs and 808 stolen bases. His stolen base total is the fifth-highest in ma-

jor league history and included 70 or more steals in each season from 198186, a streak that stands alone in baseball history. And his 84.7 per cent success rate tops the list among players with at least 400 steal attempts. Raines also cited former Kansas City Royals star George Brett and base-stealing king Rickey Henderson, both Hall of Famers who were seated behind him on the stage.

BASKETBALL

Canadian star to jump a year ahead to join Class of 2018 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

hether it was starring for Canada, or at the prestigious Nike Hoop Summit and the Basketball Without Borders game at the NBA’s all-star weekend, R.J. Barrett has proven he can more than hold his own against players years older. Now, the 17-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., is leaping ahead a year to join the Class of 2018. Barrett, who was the top-ranked player for 2019, announced Monday

that he was reclassifying on his blog — “RJ’s World” — on USA Today, making for both an intriguing 2019 NBA draft, and a busy couple of months of university visits for the young player. “I’ve been thinking about it for some time now, just talking to my family about it, just came to this decision,” Barrett said in a phone interview from Las Vegas. “The World Cup helped, I played well and the team did well, but (reclassifying) has been an idea. The World Cup was a confidence booster, but it was just one of the things that led to this decision.”

Barrett is academically on pace to graduate next May, and reclassifying makes him eligible for the 2019 draft where he could become the third Canadian after Anthony Bennett (2013) and Andrew Wiggins (‘14) to go No. 1 overall. Barrett, who is in Vegas to work with Pure Sweat Basketball trainer and founder Drew Hanlen, said he’s ”very excited” about choosing a college, and listed Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, Texas and UCLA as the schools showing the most interest.

The news comes three weeks after Barrett led Canada to gold at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo, the country’s first basketball world title at any age level. The six-foot-six wing was outstanding in wins over France and the United States, averaging 21.6 points and 8.3 rebounds to earn MVP honours, despite being one of the tournament’s youngest players. He’s starred countless times alongside older players. As a 14-year-old, he led Canada’s U16 team to a silver medal at the FIBA Americas tournament.

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ENERGY MEGAPROJECT

Interest swiftly building in planned N.S. LNG facility H BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ALIFAX — A Nova Scotia company looking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Canada’s East Coast says it’s seeing an uptick in interest since an LNG megaproject slated for the West Coast was scrapped last week. Paul MacLean with Bear Head LNG Corp., a subsidiary of Australia-based Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., says after more than a year of wooing western Canadian shale gas producers, the Nova Scotia project is getting attention. “We’ve been working with western basin producers over the last year-and-a-half presenting Bear Head as a complimentary option to what was proposed for the B.C. LNG project,” MacLean, strategic and regulatory affairs adviser, said in an interview. “It was sort of a plan B.” But with Petronas and its partners pulling out of the $36-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for British Columbia, Bear Head is hoping to become the top choice for producers looking to get landlocked natural gas to markets. “We’re not really relishing the fact that Petronas has decided to withdraw their project by any means, but we are experiencing an increase in interest as a consequence of that decision for sure,” MacLean said. In a fiercely competitive energy market grappling with a global oversupply of natural gas and a prolonged period of depressed prices, the cancellation of the West Coast megaproject appears to give the East Coast terminal an edge. The proposed $5-billion LNG export facility in Cape Breton already has construction and environmental permits as well as federal approval for a licence to export LNG and import natural gas from the United States. “We’re the only fully permitted LNG project in Atlantic Canada,” MacLean said, noting that the construction phase would require 1,500 workers while the terminal would create 150 permanent jobs. “We’re shovel-ready.” Bear Head’s sister company, Bear Paw Pipeline Corp., also has approval to building a 62.5-kilome-

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Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert, B.C., is seen here in 2013. A Nova Scotia company looking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Canada’s East Coast says it’s seeing an uptick in interest since an LNG megaproject slated for the West Coast was scrapped last week. tre pipeline that would run between Goldboro, N.S., to the export facility planned for Point Tupper. The $235-million pipeline would connect to the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline, which runs from Goldboro to Massachusetts. The company’s ambitious proposal would see producers in Alberta ship natural gas through TransCanada Corp. pipeline to North Bay, Ont., which MacLean said is currently underutilized and has sufficient capacity. From there, Bear Head would build a new pipeline to Goldboro, a distance of more than 1,700 kilometres. Building the so-called greenfield pipeline from Ontario to Nova Scotia would require deals from producers up front, something MacLean said he’s optimistic Bear Head can obtain within the next year or so. The company plans to get pipe laid and the terminal up and running by 2022 or 2023. While western Canadian producers would be able to deliver natural gas to domestic markets from Alberta to Nova Scotia along the way, the final destination would be overseas. “Nova Scotia geographically is positioned extremely well for accessing global markets,” MacLean said. The natural gas, shipped through pipeline in a

gaseous state, would be liquefied at the Point Tupper terminal, loaded onto tankers and exported to northwestern Europe or other international markets, he said. Yet Toronto-based independent energy consultant Tom Adams, a self-professed watcher of Atlantic Canada’s “energy adventures,” called the proposed Nova Scotia facility “silly talk.” “I’m a long-time skeptic of all the Atlantic Canada LNG proposals,” he said. “But this is the longest of the long shots.” While Adams called the planned Bear Head project a ”theoretical possibility,” he said it’s not practical. He said western Canadian producers would be better off shipping natural gas south of the border, to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal on the border between Texas and Louisiana, for example. Adams said if the market is not attractive enough to get British Columbia — positioned close to energy-hungry Asian markets — into the LNG business, then “Nova Scotia is just not even worth talking about.” Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. bought the site in Point Tupper from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. in an $11 million deal that closed in August 2014.

CALIFORNIA LAW

State considers lower bar for its tough lawyer exam BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AN FRANCISCO — The State Bar of California on Monday proposed lowering the minimum score on the most recent licensing exam for attorneys amid an alarming decline in people passing the test, considered one of the toughest in the U.S. Staff at the state bar presented the option to the agency’s Committee of Bar Examiners, which voted to gather public comment until Aug. 25. A final decision on the score would be up to the California Supreme Court. The proposal would lower the minimum score only for the July exam from 144 to a little over 141 — a seemingly minor reduction, but one that could significantly boost the pass rate. The number was based on a study that determined a range of scores showing the minimum level of competence needed to practice law in California. Most states have a minimum passing score of 135 or lower, bar staffers say. The committee also voted

to seek public comment on leaving the score as it is. The passage rate on California’s July bar exam fell from nearly 62 per cent in 2008 to 43 per cent in 2016, mirroring a national trend. Modeling forecasts suggest the lower score would have boosted California’s July 2016 pass rate by 8 per cent, state bar officials said. “When you look at the decline, what that means is you have fewer lawyers in California over time,” said Leah Wilson, the state bar’s chief operating officer. “We know that we have significant numbers of people in this state that have inadequate access to counsel or no access to counsel.” Some observers have blamed the falling success rate on a dip in law school applications that has forced institutions to accept applicants who have not done as well academically. The state bar is studying the calibre and preparation of students in the state’s law schools. The passing score proposal was limited to the 2017 July exam in part to see what that study reveals, Wilson said. She said the state Supreme Court may not want to lower the passing score permanently if the con-

clusion is that the decline in the pass rate is the result solely of a drop in qualified students. California had the lowest pass rate in the country by far last year, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The state, however, also had among the highest passing score requirements in the country, and some law school deans say that unfairly penalizes students who would have become lawyers in other states. More than a dozen law school deans in California urged the state Supreme Court in February to temporarily reduce the bar exam passing score to between 133 and 136 while the state bar studies the issue. They said there was no evidence that the state’s higher minimum score produced better lawyers. David Faigman, dean of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, said the study on which state bar staff relied was so flawed that its score recommendation was “basically useless.” Faigman said he stood by the 133-136 range he and other deans had recommended, saying there was no indication the states that used it were “overrun by malpracticing attorneys.”

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 124.76 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.41

BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.52 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.69 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.51

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index closed higher Monday on the strength of the base metals, financials and materials sectors as well as oil, which settled above the US$50 mark for the first time in more than two months. The S&P/TSX composite index squeezed out a gain of 15.22 points to 15,143.87. However, it marked the third consecutive monthly decline for the market, which remains below what it was at the beginning of the year. Oil was a bright spot, with the September crude contract gaining 46 cents to US$50.17 per barrel. It last settled above the US$50 mark May 24 at US$51.36 a barrel.

The price jump comes as global stockpiles have started to get drawn down, said Craig Fehr, a Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 60.81 points to 21,891.12 — its fourth consecutive day of hitting a record high. The Nasdaq composite index declined 26.56 points to 6,348.12, dragged down by recent underwhelming results from some technology firms, and the S&P 500 index shed 1.80 points to 2,470.30. Fehr said traders are in somewhat of a wait-and-see mode ahead of economic data releases later this week on both sides of the border, including the July employ-

BUSINESS BRIEFS

HBC investor renews calls for property sales TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) is facing heightened calls from a U.S. investor to sell off or otherwise unlock the value from its real estate holdings. In a letter to the retailer’s board, Connecticut-based Land & Build-

Cdn. National Railway . . 98.52 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 195.19 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.57 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.61 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.23 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 64.24 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.68 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.09 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.46 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.98 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 26.75 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.49 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 54.91 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.72 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.03 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.13 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 63.70

Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.28 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.04 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.90 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 34.46 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.99 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 24.85

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 142.31

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 17.19

ment figures to be released Friday. The Canadian dollar remained above the 80-cent US mark, trading at an average price of 80.10 cents US, though that was down 0.24 of a cent. The loonie has enjoyed some lift since the Bank of Canada rose its key benchmark interest rate nearly three weeks ago, its first hike in close to seven years. Elsewhere in commodities, the December gold contract fell US$1.90 to US$1,273.40 an ounce, the September copper contract climbed about 1.7 cents to US$2.89 a pound and the September natural gas contract lost 14.7 cents to US$2.79 per mmBTU.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index _ 15,143.87, up 15.22 points Dow _ 21,891.12, up 60.81 points (record high) S&P 500_ 2,470.30, down 1.80 points Nasdaq _ 6,348.12, down 26.56 points Currencies: Cdn _ 80.10 cents US, down 0.24 of a cent Pound _ C$1.6438, up 1.10 cents Euro _ C$1.4719, up one cent Euro _ US$1.1789, up 0.44 of a cent Oil futures: US$50.17, up 46 cents

ings Investment Management said it’s concerned the company has not heeded its call in June to maximize shareholder returns by tapping into its property portfolio. The investment firm says HBC’s property holdings are worth $35 a share — with the company’s Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York alone worth $16 per share — compared with HBC’s closing price of $10.60 Friday. Land & Buildings, which owns close to five per cent of HBC stock,

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Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 21.08 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 12.77 First Quantum Minerals . 13.78 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.37 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.68 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.14 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.22 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.30 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.860

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.48 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 26.89 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 16.80 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.13 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 10.47 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 12.55 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.600 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 80.04 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.44 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 14.43 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 35.78 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 0.940 Obsidian Energy . . . . . . . . 1.47 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 3.62 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.67 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.79

Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 40.06

(September contract) Gold futures: US$1,273.40 per oz., down $1.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.886 per oz., up 21.2 cents $693.76 per kg., up $6.81

May ‘19 $1.80 lower $495.00; July ‘19 $1.80 lower $495.00; Nov. ‘19 $1.80 lower $495.00. Barley (Western): Oct. ‘17 unchanged $140.00; Dec. ‘17 unchanged $140.00; March ‘18 unchanged $140.00; May ‘18 unchanged $140.00; July ‘18 unchanged $140.00; Oct. ‘18 unchanged $140.00; Dec. ‘18 unchanged $140.00; March ‘19 unchanged $140.00; May ‘19 unchanged $140.00; July ‘19 unchanged $140.00; Oct. ‘19 unchanged $140.00. Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 167,980 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 167,980.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘17 $1.70 lower $508.60; Jan. ‘18 $1.50 lower $513.70; March ‘18 $1.30 lower $517.70; May ‘18 $0.70 lower $519.80; July ‘18 $1.20 lower $521.70; Nov. ’18 $1.80 lower $491.50; Jan. ‘19 $1.80 lower $492.30; March ‘19 $1.80 lower $495.00;

said it was unsatisfied after a recent meeting with management and threatened to call a special meeting of shareholders to remove board members if action isn’t taken on the property front. The investment firm has suggested HBC redevelop its properties in Canada, Europe and the United States, or go private, and urged the company not to invest more in additional retail brands like Neiman Marcus or Macy’s. HBC said in a statement that it welcomes feedback from all shareholders and is committed to improving its retail operations and creatively unlocking the value of its real estate holdings.

Cable company Charter says no interest in buying Sprint Charter, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., says it’s not

D I L B E R T

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 94.56 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 77.67 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.22 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.00 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.58 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 41.96 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 96.85 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 25.68 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 56.15 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.650 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 93.01 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 47.78 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.27

interested in buying wireless carrier Sprint. Sprint, the fourth-largest carrier in the U.S., is unprofitable and has a lot of debt. According to published reports , Sprint had proposed an acquisition by Charter. Sprint didn’t answer a request for comment Monday. Sprint’s CEO has also talked this year about the benefits of combining with T-Mobile, the No. 3 mobile carrier. The two walked away from doing a deal during the Obama administration because of regulatory opposition. Telecom companies are eying one another as consumers are increasingly drawn to watching video on their phones. Combining forces could help companies sell packages of cellphone, home internet and video service. Companies could also save money as they invest in higher-speed networks.

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U.S. POLITICS

Scaramucci out of White House job BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASHINGTON — Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job — and just hours after former Gen. John Kelly took over as President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff. Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, Trump had insisted earlier Monday that there was “no chaos” in his White House as he swore in the retired Marine general as his second chief of staff. Not long after, Scaramucci, who shocked many with a profane outburst last week against then-chief of staff Reince Priebus, was gone. In the words of the White House announcement, he was leaving because he “felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.” The three-sentence release concluded, “We wish him all the best.” The statement about Scaramucci’s departure used the same “clean slate” language that departing press secretary Sean Spicer used to describe his reason for resigning on July 21 — the day Trump brought Scaramucci aboard. Spicer was at the White House on Monday, saying he was assisting with the communications transitions. As the Scaramucci news spread, Kelly was in the East Room smiling and taking pictures with guests who were gathering for a Medal of Honor presentation.

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Incoming White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci points as he answers questions from members of the media during the press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump felt that Scaramucci’s profanity-laced comments against Priebus “were inappropriate for a person in that position” of White House communications director. The president had not publicly expressed disapproval of those comments in the days after they became public. Sanders added that Kelly has “the full authority to operate within the White House and that all staff will report to him,” a change from Priebus’ tenure. Earlier, in an Oval Office ceremo-

ny, Trump predicted Kelly, who previously served as Homeland Security chief, would do a “spectacular job.” And the president chose to highlight the rising stock market and positive jobs outlook rather than talk about how things might need to change in his White House under Kelly. Trump on Friday ousted Priebus as chief of staff and turned to Kelly, who he hopes will bring military discipline to an administration weighed down by a stalled legislative agenda, infighting among West Wing aides and a stack of investigations. Scaramucci’s brief tenure shoved

internal White House disputes into the open. In media interviews, he trashed Priebus as a “leaker” and senior White House aide Steve Bannon as a self-promoter. One of Scaramucci’s first — and it turns out only — acts was to force out a communications aide seen as loyal to Priebus. Spicer, Priebus and Bannon had all objected to Trump’s decision to hire Scaramucci, who would have reported directly to the president. While Trump is looking for a reset, he pushed back against criticism of his administration with this tweet: “Highest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, S.C.: No WH chaos!” In fact, economic growth averaged 2 per cent in the first half of this year, a pace Trump railed against as a candidate and promised to lift to 3 per cent. The stock market first hit a record under President Barack Obama and has kept growing. The unemployment rate, too, started to decline on Obama’s watch. And wage gains have been weak. Trump on Monday convened his first Cabinet meeting with Kelly at his side, telling his team it is “doing incredibly well” and “starting from a really good base.” On how he would deal with rising tensions with North Korea, Trump said only: “It will be handled.” Seated across from Trump was Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has stayed on the job while Trump has publicly savaged him in interviews and on social media.

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SEXUAL ASSAULT

Venezuela defiant as U.S. moves to sanction president

Woman says she had teen relationship with Pete Rose

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ARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s socialist government on Monday claimed a popular mandate to dramatically recast the country’s political system even as condemnations of the process poured in from governments around the world and the opposition at home. The United States added President Nicolas Maduro to a steadily growing list of high-ranking Venezuelan officials targeted by financial sanctions, escalating a tactic that has so far failed to alter the Venezuelan government’s behaviour. The Trump administration backed away from earlier threats to sanction Venezuela’s oil industry — a move that could undermine Maduro’s government but raise U.S. gas prices and deepen Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis. Electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted Sunday to create a constitutional assembly endowing Maduro’s ruling party with virtually unlimited powers — a figure widely disputed by independent analysts. The official result would mean the ruling party won more support than it had in any national election since 2013, despite a cratering economy, spiraling inflation, shortages of medicine and malnutrition. Opinion polls showed 85 per cent of Venezuelans disapproved of the constitutional assembly and similar numbers disapprove of Maduro’s overall performance. Independent analysts and opposition leaders estimated the real turnout at less than half the government’s claim in a vote watched by government-allied observers but no internationally recognized poll monitors. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, the governor of the central

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An anti-government demonstrator rests behind a barricade in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday. state of Miranda, urged Venezuelans to protest Monday against an assembly that critics fear will effectively create a single-party state. Maduro has said the new assembly will begin to govern within a week. He said he would use the assembly’s powers to bar opposition candidates from running in gubernatorial elections in December unless they sit with his party to negotiate an end to hostilities that have generated four months of protests that have killed at least 120 and wounded nearly 2,000. Venezuela’s chief prosecutor’s office reported 10 deaths in new rounds of clashes Sunday between protest-

ers and police. Seven police officers were wounded when a fiery explosion went off as they drove past piles of trash that had been used to blockade a street in an opposition stronghold in eastern Caracas. Maduro says a new constitution is the only way to end such conflicts. “The people have delivered the constitutional assembly,” Maduro said on national television. “More than 8 million in the middle of threats … it’s when imperialism challenges us that we prove ourselves worthy of the blood of the liberators that runs through the veins of men, women, children and young people.”

IMMIGRATION

Arpaio convicted after refusing to end patrols BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOENIX — Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was convicted of a criminal charge Monday for refusing to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants, marking a final rebuke for a politician who once drew strong popularity from such crackdowns but was ultimately booted from office as voters became frustrated over his headline-grabbing tactics and deepening legal troubles.

The federal judge’s verdict represents a victory for critics who voiced anger over Arpaio’s unusual efforts to get tough on crime, including jailing inmates in tents during triple-digit heat, forcing them to wear pink underwear and making hundreds of arrests in crackdowns that divided immigrant families. Arpaio is vowing to appeal. Arpaio, who spent 24 years as the sheriff of metro Phoenix, skirted two earlier criminal investigations of his

office. But he wasn’t able to avoid legal problems when he prolonged his signature immigration patrols for nearly a year and a half after a different judge ordered him to stop. That judge later ruled they racially profiled Latinos. The lawman who made defiance a hallmark of his tenure was found guilty of misdemeanour contempt-ofcourt for ignoring the 2011 court order to stop the patrols.

HILADELPHIA — A woman said she had a sexual relationship with Pete Rose in the 1970s, starting when she was 14 or 15 years old, according to her sworn testimony submitted to a court Monday. The testimony was presented by the defence as part of a federal lawsuit Rose filed last year in Philadelphia against a lawyer whose investigation got baseball’s all-time hits leader kicked out of Major League Baseball for gambling. Rose contends John Dowd defamed him in 2015 by saying on the radio that the former baseball great had raped young teen girls during spring training. Rose’s lawyer Ray Genco said the woman’s claims are unverified. “At this point it’s just a big distraction,” Genco said. “It tips me off that (Dowd) really can’t defend himself.” The attorney also accused Dowd of dragging “Pete’s name through the mud.” Rose alleges in the lawsuit that Dowd damaged his reputation and endorsement deals during a July 2015 interview on WCHE-AM radio in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Dowd investigated Rose in 1989, leading him to be declared ineligible for the Hall of Fame. Dowd said during the radio appearance that Rose associate Michael Bertolini told investigators he “ran young girls” to Rose during spring training, which Dowd called “statutory rape every time,” according to Rose’s lawsuit. Bertolini’s lawyers have denied that. The woman, identified as “Jane Doe” in Monday’s filing, said Rose called her in 1973, when she was 14 or 15, and they began a sexual relationship in Cincinnati that lasted several years. She also alleges Rose met her in locations outside of Ohio for sex. Rose, 76, acknowledged in a statement accompanying Monday’s filing that he did have a relationship with the woman, but he said it started when she was 16, the age of consent in Ohio. He also states they never had sex outside the state of Ohio. At the time, Rose was in his mid30s and was married with two kids. Dowd’s lawyer David Tobin said he couldn’t comment on the latest filing. Rose, who lives in Las Vegas, had applied for reinstatement to the game in 2015. Not long after, Dowd was asked on WCHE-AM whether he found Rose to be a likable person.

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NORTH KOREA

China says U.S., North Korea key to peace BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

he United States and North Korea hold “the primary responsibility” for de-escalating tensions and negotiating peace on the Korean Peninsula — not China, Beijing’s UN ambassador said Monday. Liu Jieyi said that if Washington and Pyongyang refuse to reduce tensions and hold new talks as called for in UN Security Council resolutions, “then no matter how capable China is, China’s efforts will not yield practical results — because it depends on the two principal parties.” The Trump administration has accused China of failing to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and warned of possible economic reprisals on Beijing, which is responsible for 90 per cent of trade with the northeast Asian nation. In comments clearly directed at the U.S. and North Korea, Liu said instead of complying with Security Council calls to de-escalate tensions and re-launch six-party negotiations, tensions have heightened as a result of new missile tests, statements that “all options are on the table,” and deployment of the U.S. THAAD anti-missile system. And in criticism aimed specifically at the United States, the Chinese ambassador said implementation of Security Council resolutions is also being hampered by unilateral sanctions and “preconditions put to starting the dialogue” with Pyongyang. The Trump administration has declared that all options, including a targeted military strike, are on the table to block North Korea from carrying out threats against the United States and its allies in the region. But a pre-emptive attack isn’t likely, U.S. officials have said, and the administration has been pursuing a strategy

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People watch a TV news program showing an image of North Korea’s latest test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. of pressuring Pyongyang through new unilateral sanctions and appealing to China to use its influence. Pyongyang’s two recent successful tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles have created even more urgency as the U.S. administration seeks to stop its efforts to master the complex process of mounting a nuclear warhead capable of hitting the United States. As for resuming talks, which stalled in 2009, the United States has said it won’t enter negotiations with North Korea until the country proves it will move toward abandoning its nuclear weapons program. Trump tweeted Sunday: “We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!” And U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley joined in the

TROPICAL STORM EMILY

Power outages, rain, fishermen rescued BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

T. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tropical Storm Emily weakened to a tropical depression Monday afternoon as it slogged eastward across the Florida peninsula, spreading drenching rains, causing power outages and leaving two fishermen to be rescued from Tampa Bay. The National Hurricane Center said Emily made landfall late Monday on Florida’s Gulf Coast south of Tampa Bay and then began moving east toward the Atlantic coast. Emily spent only a few hours as a tropical storm, losing strength as it marched inland across the central Florida peninsula

toward the Atlantic coast. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said at an afternoon news briefing in the state capital of Tallahassee that about 18,000 homes and businesses lost power, mostly in hard-hit Manatee County. Scott, who was on vacation in Maine and returned to the state when the advisory changed, said the storm was a reminder that severe weather can strike the state at any time. State emergency management officials also said that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, which was closed for a few hours y because of high winds, had since reopened. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h as it crawled ashore but was down to top winds of 55 km/h hours later.

criticism, saying China “must decide whether it is finally willing to take this vital step” of getting tough on the North. Liu, at a news conference marking the end of China’s presidency of the Security Council in July, tried to shift the responsibility for engaging North Korea from Beijing to Washington and Pyongyang. “They hold the primary responsibility … to start moving in the right direction, not China,” he said. “China has been implementing the (UN) resolutions in good faith, in the comprehensive way,” Liu said, “and we urge other countries to do so. The fact that the resolutions are not so far implemented in the comprehensive and precise way says a lot about the kind of difficulties that we face at the moment.”

He said the international community should move together on several fronts — “make sure that the political will to resolve the issue of denuclearization is translated into actual moves, negotiations, dialogue, reducing tension on the ground,” and ensure that there is no international support for North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Liu said China will keep working with other countries to achieve denuclearization and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and “we believe that each relevant party should … shoulder the responsibility, and uphold the obligations provided for in the relevant Security Council resolutions.” He said China is still seeking support for its proposal in which North Korea would suspend nuclear and missile tests in exchange for the U.S. and South Korea halting their joint military exercises. The package proposed by China and backed by Russia also includes denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and “a peace and security mechanism” in place for both North Korea and South Korea, Liu said. The Security Council has already imposed six rounds of progressively tougher sanctions against North Korea, and the United States is discussing a new sanctions resolution with China. Liu said he is in contact with ambassador Haley “on a daily basis” and the new resolution is “under discussion.” Following the two recent missile tests, he said, it’s important to look at how to eliminate nuclear weapons and ensure peace on the Korea Peninsula and “what measures should be put in place to prevent further testing, and at least to make sure that the nonproliferation regime works better to stop the nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”

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YouTube shines spotlight on Canadian creators BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ORONTO — YouTube is putting a bigger bet on its most successful Canadian creators with a channel dedicated to promoting local talent. The video streaming platform unveiled “Spotlight Canada” on Monday, a curated page that highlights some of the nation’s standout videos. It’s the first time a country has been singled out with its own curated content section. The debut of the page features a selection of past viral hits, including astronaut Chris Hadfield’s collaboration with the Barenaked Ladies from space, the Tragically Hip performing “Bobcaygeon” in Kingston, Ont., last summer, and a selection of trending music videos from Canadian artists. There’s also a section highlighting indigenous musicians and one for “Canada’s favourite YouTube creators.” Another feature called “Creator on the Rise,” which debuts Wednesday, unearths the hottest Canadian clips on YouTube each week. The selection is chosen by algorithms that factor in view count and subscriber growth. YouTube says the entire page will be refreshed each month with a new slate of videos.

It’s a pilot project, but Marie Josee Lamothe, a managing director at YouTube’s owner Google, says it makes sense to select Canada as the testing ground for championing homegrown content. Some of the world’s biggest YouTube stars, including breakout creators Lilly Singh, AsapScience and Gigi Gorgeous, transcended the country’s borders and racked up millions of views on their viral clips. “The objective is to showcase Canada’s top stars, but also to help discover emerging Canadian talent,” said Lamothe. “What we want to do is bring a focus to the diverse Canadian voices that create this content.” YouTube says recent data has shown a notable increase in viewership for Canada. In the first half of this year, the amount of time Canadians spent watching YouTube videos jumped by 30 per cent compared to the same period last year. Within that same window, watch time for Canadian channels soared 230 per cent in India, 70 per cent in the U.S. and 60 per cent in Australia. Lamothe says for those reasons alone it makes sense for YouTube to invest more in content from Canada. Google has already opened a 3,500

Comedy legend Jim Carrey honoured during Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival When Jim Carrey was 17 years old, one of his first out-of-town standup gigs was in Montreal. Decades later, the Canadian comedy legend was back in the city receiving the Generation Award presented by the Just For Laughs comedy festival. “Montreal has a special place in my heart,” Carrey said on the red carpet outside the Just For Laughs Awards show on Friday. “I just think people here are very loose and fun and they like to show you a good time.” The actor and comedian is currently a co-executive producer on the Showtime series I’m Dying Up Here. “I feel like I tripped into something really wonderful in my life,” Carrey said. “I have energy somehow that people want to be with and I feel lucky about that. I think when you strip it all way either people want to hang with you or they don’t.” The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, who received the Comedy Person of the Year Award, was excited about the festival’s looming expansion next year to the South African coastal city of Durban. Noah, who is from South Africa, said its comedy scene has been blowing up in the past few years, and believes Just For Laughs will be hugely beneficial for the country’s standup comedy industry. “We are a country that has only experienced democracy since 1994, so free speech is something that only became part of our lives relatively recently,” he said. “So, to have a scene that is exploding and to be recognized like this at such a tender age I think will be great for the industry in South Africa.”

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Gigi Gorgeous speaks on stage at the 2015 Respect Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. YouTube is putting a bigger bet on its most successful Canadian creators with a channel dedicated to promoting local talent. square-foot facility at the downtown Toronto campus of George Brown College aimed at giving creators the tools they need to make their videos better, like green screens and other high-end

‘I HAVE ENERGY SOMEHOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITH AND I FEEL LUCKY ABOUT THAT. I THINK WHEN YOU STRIP IT ALL WAY EITHER PEOPLE WANT TO HANG WITH YOU OR THEY DON’T.’ — COMEDIAN/ACTOR JIM CARREY

Noah also discussed the importance of satire on The Daily Show at a time when the Donald Trump administration has caused many Americans to feel threatened. He said people can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time, and comedy is often used as a way to cope with fear. “As someone who came from a country where people were oppressed, to someone who lives in a country where many people feel oppressed, I think that’s what makes comedy one of the best tools.” Scottish-American TV personality Craig Ferguson of Celebrity Name Game and The Late Late Show fame received the alumni tribute at the awards gala. The Sirius XM show started his career in Montreal in 1987. “I was waking up this morning at the hotel and thinking, ‘Wow, it’s been 30 years,’” Ferguson said. “I remember the first time I came here — well, I remember it vaguely, I didn’t get sober until I was 29.” Joining Carrey, Noah and Ferguson among the Just For Laughs Awards honourees were Kenya Barris, co-creator of the hit ABC family sitcom Black-ish, and American standup comedians Mike Birbiglia and Ali Wong. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Actor Jim Carrey poses as he arrives for the Just for Laughs awards show at the annual comedy festival in Montreal, Friday.

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Award-winning French actress Jeanne Moreau dies at 89 French actress Jeanne Moreau, a smoky-voiced femme fatale who starred in Francois Truffaut’s love triangle film Jules and Jim and whose award-winning, seven-decade career included work with some of the world’s most acclaimed directors, has died. She was 89. The French president’s office announced her death in a statement Monday without providing a cause. An assistant to her agent confirmed the death but would not provide details. President Emmanuel Macron said Moreau epitomized her art like few others, and praised her for going beyond her earlier roles as a screen siren to embrace other genres, starring in comedies and action films. “That was her freedom … always rebellious against the established order,” Macron said in a statement. Outspoken and politically active, Moreau starred in more than 100 films, recorded albums and worked well into her 80s. She won an honorary Oscar in 1998 for lifetime achievement and French cinema and theatre awards, and presided over the jury at the Cannes Film Festival twice. She was perhaps best known for her performance as Catherine in Truffaut’s 1962 Jules and Jim, where two friends vied for her love. Moreau also performed in films by Orson Welles, Peter Brooks, Wim Wenders and other international directors. She starred in her last feature film in 2015, a French comedy called My Friends’ Talent. She had a brief marriage with William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of film classics The French Connection and The Exorcist, and had a high-profile, five-year relationship with designer Pierre Cardin, described by both as a “true love” though they were never married. Macron celebrated a “spark in her eye that defied reverence and was an invitation to insolence, to liberty, to this whirlpool of life that she loved so much, and that she made us love.” Information about funeral arrangements and survivors was not immediately available.

CELEBRITY DEATH

Pulitzer winner Sam Shepard dies BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EW YORK — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. He was 73. Family spokesman Chris Boneau said Monday that Shepard died Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications related to Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The taciturn Shepard, who grew up on a California ranch, was a man of few words who nevertheless produced 44 plays and numerous books, memoirs and short stories. He was one of the most influential playwrights of his generation: a plain-spoken poet of the modern frontier, both lyrical and rugged. In his 1971 one-act Cowboy Mouth, which he wrote with his then-girlfriend, musician and poet Patti Smith, one character says, “People want a street angel. They want a saint but with a cowboy mouth” — a role the tall and handsome Shepard fulfilled for many. But in soul-searching plays, his portrait of the West was a disillusioned one, peopled by broken characters whose realities fell far short of the American Dream. “I was writing basically for actors,” Shepard told The Associated Press in a 2011 interview. “And actors immediately seemed to have a handle on it, on the rhythm of it, the sound of it, the characters. I started to understand there was this possibility of conversation between actors and that’s how it all started.” Shepard’s Western drawl and laconic presence made him a reluctant movie star, too. He appeared in dozens of films — many of them Westerns — including Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, Steel Magnolias, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and 2012’s Mud. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as pilot Chuck Yeager in 1983’s The Right Stuff. Among his most recent roles was the Florida Keys patriarch of the Netflix series Bloodline.

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Actor Sam Shepard poses for a portrait in New York. Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscarnominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, died of complications from ALS, Thursday. He was 73. But Shepard was best remembered for his influential plays and his prominent role in the Off-OffBroadway movement. His 1979 play Buried Child, about the breaking down of an Illinois family, won the Pulitzer for drama. Two other plays — True West, about two warring brothers, and Fool for Love, about a man who fears he’s turning into his father — were nominated for the Pulitzers as well. All are frequently revived. “I always felt like playwriting was the thread through all of it,” Shepard said in 2011. “Theater really when you think about it contains everything. It can contain film. Film can’t contain theatre. Music. Dance. Painting. Acting. It’s the whole deal. And it’s the most ancient. It goes back to the Druids. It was way preChrist. It’s the form that I feel most at home in, because of that, because of its ability to usurp everything.”

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EXTREME ESTEEM

What you can learn about guilt WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH IT: LET GO, ACCEPT AND FORGIVE “Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it.” — Robert South, English churchman and poet

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I love this song,” he said. “But it always makes Murray me a little sad.” Fuhrer When my friend climbed into my vehicle, Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin was playing on the radio. It’s an oldie about a father who doesn’t realize he’s neglecting his son until it’s too late, and the son is no longer interested in spending time with him. My friend paused, listening as he buckled up. As we pulled away, I reached over to turn down the volume. He held out his hand and shook his head, reaching over and cranking up the tune. As I drove, we both sang along and then laughed at our off-key rendering. “Why does the song make you sad?” I asked. “The part about the little boy?” “Reminds me of my dad,” he replied. “Always working – too busy for anything.”

Like the boy in the song, my friend never received much attention from his father, and they grew apart. Despite efforts by his mother to mend fences and help the two to reconnect, it never happened. My buddy resented his father and did his best to avoid contact. “He felt guilty. And after he was gone, so did I.” Erma Bombeck, the American humorist and author, called guilt “the gift that keeps on giving.” Guilt can become all-consuming and have a devastating effect on one’s self-esteem. Prolonged guilt can also produce mental, emotional and physical ailments. We all feel guilty from time to time, but some people seem more prone to guilt than others – in particular, those with poor self-esteem. Already lacking in confidence and self-efficacy – a belief in one’s ability to succeed – the individual with low self-esteem may replay a mistake over and over, further eroding a diminished sense of personal value. This tendency may lead to further issues including anxiety, depression, an excessive need to control others and the inability to forgive or let go of anger. To make matters worse, all of this serves to feed the guilt and exacer-

WE ALL FEEL GUILTY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT SOME PEOPLE SEEM MORE PRONE TO GUILT THAN OTHERS – IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WITH POOR SELF-ESTEEM. ALREADY LACKING IN CONFIDENCE AND SELF-EFFICACY – A BELIEF IN ONE’S ABILITY TO SUCCEED – THE INDIVIDUAL WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM MAY REPLAY A MISTAKE OVER AND OVER, FURTHER ERODING A DIMINISHED SENSE OF PERSONAL VALUE. bate the situation. Guilt can produce a never-ending and self-perpetuating cycle. The only way to resolve guilt is through forgiveness. Likely, you’ll need to break the cycle before you can forgive yourself and that can prove challenging. If your self-esteem is low, you may believe yourself unworthy of forgiveness. Here are a couple of things to consider. Are you having trouble forgiving yourself be-cause you expect yourself to be perfect? If someone else made the same mistake, what might you say to him or her? Approaches to dealing with guilt are as numerous as those who suffer

from it. You may want to speak to a friend about your concerns. If the guilt is deep-rooted, you may need the help of a therapist to find your way through the maze. Either way, discussing your feelings openly and honestly is an important step toward self-forgiveness. An open airing of your wrongdoing may bring the realization that it was not as terrible as you imagined. You may discover the event was the result of fear and a lack of awareness. A technique I have found useful is journalling. Putting the words on paper can give you the opportunity to explore your feelings. It may even lead you to discover why forgiveness has been such a challenge. You might also want to consider secondary gain. Is there a benefit to feeling guilty? Does feeling poorly serve a purpose for you? “Peace visits not the guilty mind,” wrote Nemo Malus Felix, the Roman poet. Mistakes are tools for learning. When you think about the “big” mistake – the cause of your guilt – ask yourself what you’ve learned from it. Imagine your life without guilt. Imagine how you’d feel if you could let go, accept and forgive. It is possible. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem columnist.

FAMILY

Family reunion allows one to explore roots

hat do you call an event when babies and moms and dads and grandpas and grandmas and aunts and uncles and cousins and a few shirt tale relations all wearing name tags get together in one room?

You call it a family reunion. Summer, when the days are gentle and full of promise and the air Treena smells clean like freshly mowed Mielke green grass and laundry hanging on the line, is a time for such reunions. Reunions can be a time of uncertainty and it’s difficult to trust enough to ‘plan it and they will come’ and leave it at that. My sisters and myself and our families were all invited to this reunion. And so we all nodded in the affirmative, noting reunions are positive, happy events. We certainly all knew enough about funerals. And so here we were! I mentally chastised myself for arriving late, later than my siblings, but already someone was coming across the wooden floor of the old hall to greet me and I was grateful.

And then before I knew it, I was surrounded by a group of friendly people whom I knew in my head I was related to, (otherwise why would they be here?) Name tags. Thank goodness for name tags. There were cousins and cousin in-laws and cousins’ kids and then more cousins’ kids. That branch of the family tree seemed to be very prolific, I think to myself. Lots of these people seem to know me and they seemed to want to know how I was doing. I know this to be true because people kept saying to me, “Treena, how are you doing?” I looked at the faces of these friendly people and suddenly, without warning, I could think of nothing much to say. I looked around for my chatty sister, but she was busy chatting somewhere else. “Good. I’m good,” I reply, desperately hoping that one word would make me sound intelligent and mature. One of my cousins, bless his heart, told me I looked so much like mother. “It’s like seeing Rosie come alive again,” he said with a gentle smile on his lips and a faraway look in his eyes. His words brought a gentle tug to the region of my body where my heart is located. I had only

known my mom for the first six years of my life and the idea of looking like her pleased me. We smile somewhat awkwardly at each other before we discover we had not much more to say. But his words made me happy. He had just confirmed it. I had a mom once. I look like her. And so the reunion proceeded like reunions do. There was laughter and, no doubt, a few tears. There was lots of really delicious food. There were babies crawling on the floor and dads lounging against the door of the hall watching them so they didn’t escape. There were siblings. There were cousins. In short, there were lots of people who were bonded by a common bloodline. I liked it. The reunion. And for a few short hours, I felt like the family tree that I belong to was watered and nurtured by just the right people for the job. And once again I was reminded that although we all grow in different directions our roots remain as one. And that is good! Treena Mielke is the editor of the Rimbey Review

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Study finds aardvarks suffering as African climate heats up BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ittle is known about Africa’s elusive aardvarks, but new research says they are vulnerable to climate change like many other species. Hotter temperatures are taking their toll on the aardvark, whose diet of ants and termites is becoming scarcer in some areas because of reduced rainfall, according to a study released Monday. Drought in the Kalahari desert killed five out of six aardvarks that were being monitored for a year, as well as 11 others in the area, said researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. The aardvarks’ body temperatures plummeted during the night because they were not getting enough energy from diminished food sources, said physiology professor Andrea Fuller. She said they tried to conserve energy by looking for insects during the warmer daytime, but their efforts to adapt could not save them. The body temperatures of the ones that died had dropped to as low as 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), com-

pared to a normal temperature of a little below 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit). Researchers, who monitored the aardvarks with tiny sensors attached to implanted computer chips, said some birds, reptiles and other animals use aardvark burrows to escape extreme temperatures, reproduce and hide from predators. They could have fewer refuges available if aardvark populations shrink because of rising temperatures, they said. The aardvark, which lives in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, is identified as an animal of “least concern” on an international “red list” of threatened species. The list, compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, said there are no indications that the population is changing significantly in southern Africa, though it speculated that numbers may be declining elsewhere because of habitat destruction, the bushmeat trade and other factors. Estimating aardvark populations is guesswork, Fuller said. “Very little is known about them because people hardly ever see them,” she said.

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Little is known elusive African aardvarks, pictured here, but new research says they are vulnerable to climate change like many other species.

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HICAGO — A popular TV series that showed a teen ending her life may have triggered a surge in online searches for suicide, including how to do it. That’s according to a new study about the show 13 Reasons Why. Netflix released all 13 episodes on March 31. Researchers found that for almost three weeks afterward, there were at least 900,000 more than expected Google searches including the word “suicide.” That’s a 19-per cent increase based on forecasts using Google Trends and historical search trends. Searches included suicide methods, suicide hotlines and suicide prevention. The study doesn’t prove a link and didn’t examine any connection with actual suicides or attempts. It was published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. A journal editorial said it’s not clear if the searches “were made out of idle curiosity or by suicidal individuals contemplating an attempt.” But it argues that the producers could have done more to emphasize suicide prevention, including listing resources for where to find help before and

after each episode. Some mental health advocates say the show glamorized suicide, and many U.S. schools sent parents warning letters about the show. The series is about a high school girl who left behind 13 audiotapes where she revealed sexual assault, substance abuse and bullying that led to her decision to take her own life. The finale shows her suicide. Episodes with the most explicit material included warnings and a website Netflix created with crisis hotlines and other resources for the more than 30 countries where the series was available. It has been renewed for a second season. John Ayers, a San Diego State University researcher who led the research, said the series could trigger troubled teens and that the producers should remove and edit the episodes to focus on suicide prevention before reposting. “Far more people go to the brink and come back and have satisfaction with that decision,” he said. In a written statement, Netflix said, “We always believed this show would increase discussion around this tough subject matter. This is an interesting quasi experimental study that confirms this. We are looking forward to more research and taking everything we learn to heart as we prepare for season 2.”

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Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker is shown in a scene from the series, ‘13 Reasons Why.’ The popular TV series about Baker’s suicide that showed her ending her life may have prompted a surge in online searches for suicide, including how to do it, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Madelyn Gould, a Columbia University suicide prevention researcher, noted the study design was less rigorous than some research methods, but said the results “should be taken seriously.” “My main concern was that suicide

was portrayed sort of as the inevitable consequence of life’s adversities rather than depicting what would be an actually more appropriate message, which is that there’s help when you’re feeling suicidal rather than resorting to killing yourself,” Gould said.

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announcements Obituaries MATTSON, Jeannette June 21, 1933 - July 27, 2017 Jeannette Mattson passed away, with family at her side, at the Red Deer Hospice on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the age of 84 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Jeannette was a lifelong resident of Red Deer and is survived by her children, Brian Mattson (Donna), Susan Odegard (Jim Deegan) and Janice Ropchan (Rob), six grandchildren, Shane Mattson, Lisa Bolin (Nick), Breanna Williams (Mike), Meaghan Odegard, Laine MacDonald and Randi Ropchan. Jeannette is also survived by her sisters, Audrey McArthur, Joyce Gillespie and Beth Connochie, her sister-in-law, Viola Reese and many loving relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Mattson and her son, Garth. A Celebration of her life will be held on Friday, August 4, 2017 at 11:00 am at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer, AB. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6, where mom was able to complete her journey with dignity and respect. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to 4820 45st Red Deer, Alberta

LYTLE Georgina Alice (Nina) (nee Laville) Sept. 3, 1928 - July 26, 2017 Georgina Nina Lytle passed away at the Michener Extenicare on July 26, 2017 at the age of 88 years old. She was the loving mother of Timothy (Lil) Cossins of Middlesborough, England; and her stepchildren: Marylin of Medicine Hat, AB, Judy (Dan) of Devon, AB, Gayle (Don) of Wimborne, AB, Byron (Brenda) of Lacombe, AB, and Brenda of Stoney Plain, AB. She will also be dearly missed by her nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Nina will be lovingly missed by her good friends Eugene Hanson and Al Elliott. She was predeceased by parents Gladys and Albert Laville, 1st husband Donald Cossins, husband Deane Lytle and granddaughter Shannon. Nina was born in Middlesbrough, England in September 1928 to Albert and Gladys Laville. She came to Canada at the beginning of WWII as a young girl. She stayed with relatives in Saskatchewan until the end of the war. Nina then returned to England for a short time until she came back to Canada when she married Deane Lytle in 1991. They lived in Red Deer until her passing. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to 4820 45st Red Deer, Alberta

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LADONIA, VALENTINA (nee Platonow) It is with great sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Valentina Ladonia on July 27, 2017, at the age of 87 years. She is survived by her children; Jeannie (Barry) Wenger, George Platonow, Annie (Tony) Whyte, Vera (Jim) Gibson, and Lydia Platonow; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A Funeral Service will be held at Leyden’s Funeral Home, 304-18 Avenue S.W. Calgary, on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 10:00 A.M. with Archpriest Phillip Eriksson presiding. Reception to follow, and then final interment at Eden Brook Memorial Gardens. Thank you to the staff at the Red Deer Hospital and Red Deer Hospice for the wonderful care and compassion shown to Valentina. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6 (403)-309-4344. Funeral Service and arrangements in care of Leyden’s Funeral Home 403-228-4422 leydens@arbormemorial.com

BALE, William Richard “Bill” 1922 - 2017 Longtime resident of Lacombe, William “Bill” Bale, passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on July 24th, 2017 at the age of 94 years. Bill was born December 27th, 1922, in Taunton, Somerset, England. During WWII, he was a navigator in a Lancaster bomber for the RAF. Passionate about libraries, Bill’s career began in the Taunton Public Library in 1939 and continued after the war. He emigrated to Canada in 1959; working first in the Lethbridge Public Library, then setting up the Medicine Hat College Library. He moved to Lacombe with his new bride in 1966 to become Director of the Parkland Regional Library until his retirement in 1988. Bill was the former secretary and president of the Alberta Library Association and was involved with Friends of the (public) Library until his passing. He was a 50-year member of the Lacombe Rotary Club and involved with the Lacombe Legion. He loved building model railways, reading, watching hockey and British soccer. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Beryl; daughters, Hazel Chastell (John), Susan Bale (Tom), and Alison Bale (Ron); son, Richard Bale (Shirley); grandson, Philip Chastell; four great grandchildren; sister, Margaret Roberts; as well as extended family and many good friends. He was predeceased by his father, Richard, in 1964; mother, Daisy, 1969; brother, Kenneth, 2001; and grand-daughter, Angela, 2008. A Funeral Service will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe, AB on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, where he received wonderful end-of-life care: 99 Arnot Ave Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6 www.reddeerhospice.com. 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. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

In Loving Memory of JIM W. DAINES 1935 - 2017 Mr. Jim Daines passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Innisfail Health Care Centre on July 29, 2017 at the age of 82 years. Jim was born to Ethel and Snowdon Daines on January 25, 1935 in Innisfail, Alberta. He was the eldest of seven boys. They resided at the Spruces, which is now located at the Innisfail Historical Village. They then moved into a home on the 2a north of Niobe where Jim took his schooling. Jim attended Olds College taking agriculture and went on to use this valued information for managing the family farm. It was soon after that he started pursuing Marilyn Lewis. She realized what a gem she had and they were married on February 19, 1960 at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Innisfail. The Innisfail Auction Market was formed and Jim spent countless hours performing many duties around the Market. He continued managing the family farm until his retirement. He was very interested in politics at a young age and was active in developing the Progressive Conservative Party in Alberta and the Peter Lougheed movement. Jim was also instrumental in numerous provincial and federal campaigns. Jim was an original founding member of the Innisfail Seed Cleaning Plant, Rural Farm Fire Association as well as an Anglicans rectors warden. Jim’s family was so important to him along with watching his family and his crops grow. Jim was a very caring, special and respected man. He will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by his loving wife of 57 years Marilyn and four sons: Grant, Mark (Shannon), Michael (Tannis) and Jason (Jocelyn), Bonnie and by grandchildren: Jocelyn (Kyle) O’Neill, Wyatt (Kristi), Justin(Calene), Logan (Laryn) Whitney, Brooklyn (Jordan), Rayel, Elle and Cooper and 2 great grandchildren: Emslie and Brigham. He is also survived by five brothers: Jack, Norman, Ivan, Franklin and Danny and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Jim was predeceased by his brother Glen. A Funeral Service for the late Jim W. Daines will be held at St. Marks Anglican Church on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Innisfail Health Care Centre. HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., Innisfail entrusted with arrangements. 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Billions down the drain as nuclear plants scrapped BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OLUMBIA, S.C. — Billions of dollars spent on two new nuclear reactors in South Carolina went up in smoke Monday when the owners nixed plans to finish them after years of delays and cost overruns, dealing a severe blow to the industry’s future. The reactors were set to be among the first built in the U.S. in decades. While the decision will save customers billions in additional costs, customers of the two utilities — Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas — may get little to nothing refunded of the billions they’ve already paid for the now-abandoned project. “I’m disappointed today not just for Santee Cooper and its customers but for our country and the industry as a whole,” said Santee Cooper CEO Lonnie Carter. “If you really believe we need to reduce carbon, this was the way to do it.” Energy demands are far less than the utility’s pre-Great Recession projections that factored into the initial decision to build. But Monday’s decision may eventually result in the utility putting a coalfired unit idled earlier this year back in operation. Another option for supplying power needs in the decades to come include building a natural gas unit. “Absolutely, this pushes us back to more carbon, whether it’s natural gas or coal,” Carter said. Santee Cooper’s board said the decision to end construction will save customers an estimated $7 billion.

The utility had already spent about $5 billion for its 45 per cent share of the project, and completing it would have cost an additional $8 billion, plus $3.4 billion in interest. “I’m not celebrating,” said Tom Clements of Friends of the Earth, which has questioned the project from the outset. “This is a sad day for South Carolina. So much money has been wasted. Ratepayers are losers any way you take it.” He said the group will work to “get to the bottom line of how this happened, who’s responsible” and what that means for customers. Gov. Henry McMaster called for legislators to hold hearings to get customers’ questions answered. The project has been shrouded in doubt since earlier this year, when primary contractor Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy protection. The utilities have since determined the project likely wouldn’t have been finished until 2024. Under a timeline adopted in 2012, the first reactor was supposed to be operational earlier this year. Westinghouse hasn’t been forthright since, according to Santee Cooper. South Carolina Electric & Gas, which owns 55 per cent, announced its plans shortly after Santee Cooper’s unanimous vote. SCANA, SCE&G’s parent company, will seek approval from regulators Tuesday about their abandonment plans. Under the approved Santee Cooper resolution, all work will end within six months. How quickly within that timeframe workers at the site will lose their jobs is uncertain.

JAILBREAK

Inmates used peanut butter to fool guard BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ONTGOMERY, Ala. — A dozen inmates escaped from an Alabama jail by using peanut butter to change the numbers above a door and trick a new employee into opening another door that led outside, a sheriff said Monday. The inmates changed the number above a cell to the number that identified the door leading outside the jail. So when an inmate asked a young, inexperienced jailer to let him into his cell, the jailer was fooled into opening the outside door instead. The group then fled, throwing off their orange uniforms and using blankets to climb over a fence topped with razor wire on Sunday evening. “It may sound crazy, but these people are crazy like a fox,” Walker County Sheriff James Underwood said at a

news conference in Jasper. Inmates “scheme all the time to con us and our employees at the jail,” Underwood added. “You have to stay on your toes. This is one time we slipped up. I’m not going to make any excuses.” The sheriff said the inmates “went off in every direction,” but all but one were captured within eight hours, and the sheriff said he hoped the last prisoner would be back in custody by the end of the day Monday. The 11 were arrested without violence, and the only person seriously hurt was an inmate who sliced his thumb climbing over the fence, the sheriff said. The fugitives were between 18 and 30, facing charges ranging from disorderly conduct to attempted murder. A manhunt continued for the last fugitive, Bradley Andrew Kilpatrick, 24, of Cordova.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Mediocre talented celebrity still deserves coverage

ear Annie: I’m a writer and photographer for a regional magazine. In my town, there’s a local celebrity whom I think has gotten a big career on not-so-big talent. He gets press coverage everywhere for almost everything he does — except in my little corner of culture writing. I have not pitched any articles about Annie him and instead cover lesser-known people. In my mind, I’m lending creLane dence to the those who have actually worked hard and don’t just market themselves well, but I worry that my pettiness is apparent and will limit me career-wise. Which way should I go? — Rolling My Eyes Dear Rolling My Eyes: If almost every other publication is covering this man, then surely no one misses him when he’s not in your magazine. Still, I’d encourage you to drop your angle and consider, as objectively as possible, whether whatever he

is doing is newsworthy and would be of interest to your readers. If deep down you know the answer is yes, put aside your own feelings and feature him. If the answer really is no, then stop worrying about being perceived as petty. By the way, these days, people with mediocre talent can exceed if they’re savvy at self-promotion, and that’s really not your local celebrity’s fault; it’s simply the times we’re living in, for better or worse. Dear Annie: There are renters who recently moved into our neighbourhood. They have two children around the age of eight who help with chores and seem very well-mannered. Lately, a neighbourhood boy around the same age has become a frequent visitor at the house and constant playmate. The boy, whom I’ll call “Johnny,” is well-known … and not for good reasons. He has vandalized property, purposely walks out in front of cars, uses bad language and defies authority. Johnny used to hang out at another house in the neighbourhood but is no longer welcome there because the father decided he was “a bad influence.” I

feel for Johnny. He is being raised by elderly grandparents who are in bad health and offer little oversight. However, I also wonder if I should warn the neighbour’s parents about Johnny’s history. What do you think? — Concerned in Georgia Dear Concerned: Your intentions are good, but you know what they say about good intentions. Keep your thoughts to yourself for now. Your new neighbour’s children sound wonderful, and it’s two well-behaved children with one not-so-well-behaved child. They might end up influencing Johnny for the better, setting him on the straight-and-narrow. Regardless, with whom your neighbour children spend time is completely up to their parents. If their parents should come to you with questions about Johnny, then offer up your two cents. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

HEALTH

prop the artery open. The sooner blood flow is restored, the less chance of permanent damage. “It’s one of the few things in medicine where time, literally seconds, is of the essence. It’s where the phrase ‘time is muscle’ comes from,” said Dr. Ajay Kirtane, director of the lab that performs angioplasties at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. The risk of dying goes up 42 per cent if care is delayed even half an hour beyond the 90 minutes that U.S. guidelines say patients should be treated after arrival. In 2005, this “door-to-balloon” time averaged a dismal 96 minutes, and the American College of Cardiology led a drive to get hospitals to improve. The report shows it plunged to 59 minutes in 2014. It was only 24 minutes for George Smith at UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Connecticut. The 82-year-old woke up on March 31 with intense jaw pain, the same kind he had during a heart attack two years ago. His wife called 911. An ambulance whisked him to the emergency room, and “they were all waiting for me” at the door, he said. An hour later he was sitting up in bed with a new stent. “I was amazed,” he said.

“Such a blessing.” One reason UConn is so fast — its median doorto-balloon time was 56 minutes last year, and only 39 minutes during one recent quarter — is the work it has done to make its emergency responders part of the cardiac care team, said the hospital’s EMS co-ordinator, Peter Canning. “We used our paramedics to extend our hospital into the patient’s home,” where they do an extensive electrocardiogram of the heartbeat and call results ahead to the hospital to get the angioplasty room ready, he said. “Calling from 25 minutes out instead of 5 minutes out can be a savings of 20 minutes of heart muscle.” But all that speed by the hospital won’t do much good unless patients act fast, too, and call 911 if they think they might be having a heart attack. The warning signs: ● Discomfort in the centre of the chest lasting more than a few minutes, or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. ● Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. ● Shortness of breath, which might include breaking out in a cold sweat, or feelings of nausea or lightheadedness.

zone, which is usually lucky financially. Don’t be extravagant though! You’ll find the more you respect and conserve money, the more cash will come your way. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your Crab magnetism and powers of persuasion are firing. So it’s a wonderful time to pitch an idea or ask for a favour, as Venus helps you intuitively know the right thing to say to the right person. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Sun and Mars are currently both moving through your sign. So you’re the quintessential Leo at the moment as your creativity and dynamic nature are on display for all the world to see. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Networking, in person and via social media, is a wonderful way to get your message across. When it comes to money matters, don’t rush. Make sure you read all the fine print carefully. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your ruling planet Venus shifts into Cancer, until August 26. Which will help you approach professional tasks with more creativity, and also lead to improved relationships with work colleagues. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Smart Scorpio, fabulous professional opportunities are around, but you have to work

out the perfect time to strike. Plus look to a friend from foreign shores for some astute business advice. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With Venus in one of your cash zones, beware the tendency to be extravagant and over-spend. An enjoyable shopping spree now could end up being a serious problem further down the track. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Have you been arguing with a loved one or business partner? Venus encourages you to be more diplomatic and consultative. Sometimes you need to lose a minor battle in order to win the war. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): From now until August 26, pleasure-planet Venus blesses your health; daily routine; relations with work colleagues; and your relationship with your favourite four-legged friend. So enjoy! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pleasure-planet Venus shits into your entertainment zone. So it’s time to enjoy the good things in life like good food, fine wine, socializing, shopping, plus hair and beauty treatments. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

U.S. hospitals set record for fast heart attack care There’s never been a better time to be treated for a heart attack. U.S. hospitals have set a record for how quickly they open blocked arteries, averaging under one hour for the first time since these results have been tracked. More than 93 per cent of patients now have their arteries opened within the recommended 90 minutes of arrival. “Things have definitely improved” from a decade ago, when less than half of heart attack patients were treated that fast, said Dr. Fred Masoudi, a University of Colorado cardiologist who led a recent report examining response times. It’s based on records from about 85 per cent of U.S. hospitals that do the artery procedure, angioplasty. Through a blood vessel in the groin or an arm, doctors guide a tube to the blockage causing the heart attack. They inflate a tiny balloon to flatten the clog, and leave behind a mesh tube called a stent to

HOROSCOPES Tuesday August 1, 2017 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Austin Rivers, 25; Van McCann, 25; Jason Momoa, 38 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Enjoy connecting with family members today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are an original and visionary soul but resist the urge to isolate yourself. 2017 is also the year to look twice before you leap into new adventures! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Restless Joanne Rams aren’t particularly house proud. But, Madeline with Venus visiting your home zone, it’s a Moore terrific time to spruce up your domestic abode and entertain in style. Fresh flowers and music are a must! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you behaving like a Bull on steroids? Aim to be smart and sexy, rather than self-indulgent and extravagant. Venus gives social media a welcome boost, as you connect with family and friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Venus shifts into your cash

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