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SPECIAL REPORT: RURAL CRIME

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Rural response times alarming DISTANCE, WEATHER AMONG FACTORS AFFECTING TRAVEL TIME FOR POLICE

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Sgt. Bruce Holliday, from the Bashaw RCMP, says depending on where officers are located when a call comes in, it could take almost an hour to reach a destination within the detachment’s jurisdiction. BY SEAN MCINTOSH ADVOCATE STAFF

imes have changed for people who live in rural areas, says Sgt. Bruce Holliday of the Bashaw RCMP detachment. “Our good, rural folks for decades, have left keys in vehicles, left their shops un-

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hard for. “Unfortunately in 2019, criminals are aware of this and come out into the rural areas and prey on good rural, trusting folks,” he said. The Bashaw detachment stretches as far north as New Norway, below Highway 11 to the south, west to Tees Road and east past Donalda. Holliday said depending

on where officers are located when a call comes in, it could take almost an hour to reach a destination within the detachment’s jurisdiction. “There can be significant travel time, and then when you throw in weather and other factors that would impede our travel, response time would be affected,” he said.

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APRIL 11 1617 — Louis Hébert departs Honfleur aboard the Saint-Etienne with his wife and their three children, Guillaume (three years old), Guillaumette (nine years old), and Anne (14 years old); invited by Champlain to settle in Quebec for at least three years. 1713 — France cedes Acadia and Newfoundland to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht. 1768 — Fire destroys onethird of the town of Montréal. 1785 — Sir John Johnson petitions for separate Loyalist province in Upper Canada. 1914 — Margaret C. MacDonald appointed Matronin-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service; first wom-

an in the British Empire to reach the rank of major. 1967 — Halifax folk singer Denny Doherty and The Mamas & The Papas No. 1 hit Dedicated to the One I Love. 1983 — Statistics Canada reports Canada’s unemployment rate in March of 13.6 per cent or 1,658,000 unemployed; a new record. 1989 — Philadelphia Flyers’ goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net in an 8-5 victory over Washington Capitals; first NHL goalie to score a playoff goal. In 1987, he was the first goalie to score a regular season goal. 1991 — Ottawa to give $15 million in compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster.

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Turnout steady at advance polling stations BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

ed Deer voters are among the Albertans taking advantage of the opportunity to mark their ballots early at advance polling stations. This year is the first time voters can cast a ballot for a candidate running in their home riding at any advance polling station in the province. Tuesday, 140,000 people voted across the province, including 107,000 who voted in their electoral riding and 33,000 who voted outside their riding. At advance polling stations for the 2015 provincial election, 235,000 people voted over fours days. This week, election advance polls will be open for five days. Jim Taylor, Red Deer-South returning officer, said at the riding’s returning office, 1,060 ballots were cast by Red Deer-South voters and 232 by voters from outside the riding Tuesday. “The first day is usually the busiest, but it’s been steady,” Taylor said Wednesday afternoon. He said the new computerized system that scans voter information from the Where to Vote cards people received in the mail is working well. “People really like the new system. It just makes the issuing of ballots that much faster.” He said the ability to vote anywhere in the province is also much appreciated by people from other ridings.

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Voters were regularly stopping by to vote at the advance polling station at Parkland Mall Wednesday afternoon. Catharine and Raul Morales, who live in Red Deer-South, decided to vote in the Red Deer-North advance poll in Parkland Mall Tuesday. Catharine said she voted early because she has to attend an all-day course on election day.

She also wanted to accompany Raul, who just became a Canadian citizen and was voting in his first provincial election. “We also have other shopping to do here. It’s convenient,” Catharine said. Raul said it felt pretty good to mark a ballot, and the advance poll makes voting convenient. Emily Simon, also a Red Deer-South resident, said she picked the Parkland Mall polling station because she knew exactly where it was located. “This is my first time voting. It’s easier than I thought it was going to be. I thought it would be a little confusing, but it wasn’t too bad,” Simon said. Voters who want to vote prior to election day have four advance polling stations to choose from in Red Deer at the following locations: l Red Deer-North – Parkland Mall, at 458-4747 67th St., from Wednesday to Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. l Red Deer-North – Knox Presbyterian Church, at 4718 Ross St., from Wednesday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. l Red Deer-South – The Forum at Red Deer College, at 100 College Boulevard, on Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. l Red Deer-South – Returning Office, at F-3617 50th Ave., from Wednesday to Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. On election day, people must vote at their assigned polling location.

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Artist to create world’s biggest caricature BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

n Innisfail-area artist who fled South African violence is set to create the world’s biggest caricature on a hectare of pasture land in order to win a $25,000 radio contest. Dean Foster said he needs to win this money to help cover the $30,000 in legal bills he’s accrued during his seven-year effort to seek asylum and remain in Canada. Foster is preparing to create a 130-metre high by 100-metre wide cartoonish image of CJay 92 Rocks! deejays Jesse and JD to promote their morning show. Whoever advertises the radio show the most effectively stands to win a $25,000 prize — which is why Foster has also been driving around with his vehicle painted as a radio station ad. He needs to beat a previous caricature size record of 91-metres by 60-metres to become the reigning Guinness champion. Foster hopes the media attention this brings will enable him to win the contest. In preparation for his gargantuan art project, he’s purchased dozens of cans of water-soluble white paint and has staked out private land off Range Road 271. While he won’t be able to see the full image as he paints, the artist will be guided by a grid system and expects to finish the work in a day. His official Guinness World Record attempt will start Thursday or Friday, depending on whether rain is in the forecast, said Foster. Saturday, he plans to send a drone up with a camera to photograph it. Foster was a graphic artist who

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Dean Foster, with his sketched caricature of the Calgary deejays. INSET: A superimposed image of what Dean Foster’s record-breaking caricature should look like when painted on the field east of Innisfail. lived on 22 acres in South Africa. He said he became fearful after hearing of weekly killings of white farmers by black mobs who blame English and Dutch people for taking over their land. He recalled feeling personally targeted while driving home one election day. Foster recounted becoming surrounded by an inflamed crowd who shouted “Go back to England!” Some people were gesturing threats at him by drawing their fingers across their throats. Foster added he kept his car doors locked and managed to drive away.

But after hearing 54 white farmers were killed in a 12-month period, Foster, a third-generation South African, said he became concerned enough for his children’s future to look at various immigration options. He discovered graphic artist ranks very low on the list of desirable occupations allowed entry into this country — certainly well below South African physicians, who are regularly recruited by Canada and other developed nations. Foster said he became desperate enough to sell whatever he could and arrive as a visitor to Canada, where

his father and stepmother had been living as landed immigrants (his dad was accepted as a business owner). Since then, he has attended three asylum hearings, and he still only has temporary immigration status. Meanwhile, Foster’s been working as a truck driver and part-time artist. Regardless of what happens with the contest, his career or status, Foster said he’s grateful this country has provided him with a sense of safety and stability since 2011.

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Council defers decision on lake access for dogs IT’S JUST ONE IDEA OF MANY BEING CONSIDERED TO IMPROVE THE LAKEFRONT EXPERIENCE BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

ylvan Lake dog lovers panting for a lakeside spot to take their pets for a swim will likely have to wait until fall for a town council decision. There was strong support in a recent survey for setting aside a spot on the lake where dogs could go for a dip, with 80 per cent in favour. However, it looks like a summer swim is not going to happen after council voted to defer a decision until consultants have completed their work on developing an overall vision for the lakefront area. That is not expected to happen until the fall. Town communications officer Joanne Gaudet said dog lake access is just one of many ideas being considered to improve the lakefront experience. If it goes ahead, council must decide where to allow dog access and whether it should be an off- or onleash area and fenced or not. Building large firepits that people could gather around in the winter months, and that could be used as charcoal-dumping stations for barbecues in the summer, has also been proposed. The town is also looking at what sorts of barbecue amenities could be installed and how tents — which are proving popular with lakefront visitors, including large groups — should be handled. Sylvan Lake, which draws more than a million visitors a year, has been embarking on a major effort to take full advantage of the community’s recreational and visitor potential. Council approved the purchase of a $206,000 portable stage and up to

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 If a rural resident is home when someone tries to break into their house, they should immediately call 911, said Holliday. “That is a priority call for us,” he said. “Then they need to do anything they can to safeguard themselves in their residence. Lock doors, turn lights on. “You may shout to an individual that the police have been called – anything to let that person know the police are on their way.” Rural residents need to help officers by protecting themselves when possible, he added. “People are very interested in working with rural crime watch

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$94,000 on all of the stage, audio and lighting equipment needed. The cost will be offset by $100,000 turned over to the town years ago by the now-defunct Heart of Town Association, a local business booster group. The money was earmarked for a band shell, however, a mobile stage is seen as a better option. “The stage is a big deal for us,” said Gaudet. “We’ll be working on a fee schedule and a bylaw, and it inevitably will become something the public can rent from us for events.” The custom-made stage from Edmonton’s Stageline Mobile Inc. and FM Systems is expected to arrive in September. Gaudet said the town has lots of projects in the works. “We’ve got a really cool summer planned with a series of events,” she said. “We’re going to be having regular Centennial Street artisan markets (on Saturdays). “This will expand our ability to do a better job at some of those outdoor events and, hopefully, attract new

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groups, and the RCMP, and they are changing their thoughts and perspectives on safeguarding the property. “Part of the solution is securing your property, looking out for each other and reporting suspicious activity to the RCMP. If we don’t know about it, we can’t do anything.” Holliday says the Bashaw detachment has seen an increase in reports of suspicious activities or suspicious vehicles. “It’s extremely satisfying to see people work with us in efforts to address rural crime,” he said. “We have a fantastic relationship with our rural crime watches and all of our rural crime folks that are interested in working with the RCMP by looking out for their neighbours and family.”

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Teachers wait for wage arbitration

Red Deer man helps Alberta woman scammed in Vietnam

terms of their work-life balance and other items.” BY LANA MICHELIN He said teachers realize the provADVOCATE STAFF lberta teachers will have ince doesn’t have a large pot of money to wait a few more months and that strides were made in the past n Alberta woman who was to find out if they will re- four years in other areas of teaching scammed out of $2,000 ceive a bump in salary af- conditions through a classroom fund. in Vietnam launched a Provincial ATA president Greg Jefter a six-year wage freeze. Facebook search for the fery said teachers have had a zero per Provincial issues, except for waghero who helped her out — and found es, were recently settled and ratified cent wage increase in six of the past him in Red Deer. by the Teachers’ Employment Bar- seven years, so there’s some optimism Violet Reid was travelling in Vietgaining Association, with represen- members will receive a raise. nam in March when she met two seem“Teachers believe that there tatives from government and school ingly nice women in a Saigon park. should be a recognition that we have boards, and the Alberta Teachers’ Association, which represents teachers already done our part, and there is One of the women told her she has a some catching up to be done here,” sister who’s moving to Vancouver, and across the province. asked if Reid would talk to her about A mediator recommended arbi- Jeffery said. life in Canada. The collective agreement, for more tration to settle wages, and the arbiShe agreed — but didn’t count on trator’s report is to be completed by than 40,000 public, Catholic and francophone teachers that has been un- being taken on a cab ride to the far Sept. 30. Stephen Merredew, local ATA pres- der negotiation, will run from Sept. 1, side of town. After meeting the “sister,” Reid ident for Red Deer Catholic Regional 2018, to Aug. 31, 2020. Jeffery said teachers continue to was coerced into playing a poker Schools, said 78 per cent of teachers across Alberta who voted were in fa- have the best interests of students at game against the women’s “uncle” — even though she had never played heart. vour of the deal. “Teachers are still working hard poker before. “That indicates, pretty strongly, A large “friend” showed up to the will of the membership,” Merre- with their students to make sure their kids get the best education possible. make sure she paid the $2,000 that dew said. “Virtually every ATA local in the This collective agreement will not af- was supposedly owed to the uncle. He province had something to gain from fect that situation.” also took her cellphone. He said now that provincial nethe deal that was offered from the meAfter being intimidated into paygotiations are almost complete, lo- ing the scammers through a credit diator. “I would characterize it as raising cal negotiations can begin between card transaction, Reid was left alone the floor. It brought up some locals teachers and their local school in a strange part of Saigon, feeling Hi, My name is Candace Richter. I live with my husband. I boards to address whatever local is- rattled and afraid. that had some significant disadvanlost 58 pounds total with hypnotism. 40 pounds in five sues remain. tages in their local agreements in She didn’t know how to return to short months. I went from a bulky size 16 to a size 4 her hotel, since the address had been and it feels great. in her phone. Here’s how hypnosis She entered a small cafe on an MY CHOICE BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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High school teacher named Citizen of the Year BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Ponoka high school teacher has been named A Better World Canada’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. Julie Lapointe, who has taught Grade 11 and 12 biology and chemistry at Ponoka Secondary Campus for the past five years, has been a budding humanitarian since growing up in Sylvan Lake. In 2006, Lapointe travelled with A Better World to Kenya with her mother. Two years later, she started a fundraising campaign for the central Alberta-based international develop-

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Former Westpark teacher facing more child pornography charges A former Westpark Middle School teacher is facing 26 new charges, including seven sexual assault counts and numerous child pornography-related offences. The new charges, which are in addition to five child sexual exploitation charges laid against the teacher last December, came to light in Red Deer provincial court Wednesday morning. The new charges include: seven counts of sexual contact with a minor, three charges each of sexual counselling of a minor and making sexually explicit material available to someone under 16. Other charges include: possessing, accessing and making, printing or publishing child pornography; sexual exploitation, making sexually explicit material available to someone under 18 and extortion. The 61-year-old former teacher was earlier accused of five sexual offences that allegedly occurred during the school Christmas break last year. He was charged with invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation of a child, sexual exploitation, luring a child, making, printing or publishing child pornography, and sexual contact with a child. The accused was not present in court Wednesday morning. His case was adjourned until May 1. He was released previously on $3,000 bail, including conditions that he not be allowed in the presence of children or youth under the age of 16, except with the written permission of his bail supervisor or in the presence of a responsible adult who is aware of the charges. Red Deer Public Schools fired the teacher when the allegations came to light. A special prosecutor from Calgary has been appointed to oversee the case.

ment organization. While attending H.J. Cody School, she helped raise money for a new school project, as well as the surrounding community, in Kenya. In 2009, Lapointe led a trip with classmates, teachers, the school’s principal and family members to take part in the grand opening of Kiprengwe Primary School. Now 27 years old, Lapointe continues her humanitarian efforts. This past Friday, she and her students raised $3,700 for water projects for a school. She also organizes an annual project with her family – the latest project

was to raise money for 87 new pairs of shoes for people in Kenya. Recipients included a mentally challenged boy and a 100-year-old woman; neither had owned shoes before. Students at the Ponoka school have raised an estimated $9,000 for A Better World projects under the direction of Lapointe. “My involvement has never been a solo adventure,” Lapointe said. “My family has been consistently involved with A Better World in one way or another and has been a support throughout.” Lapointe said she was “super humbled” to be named the citizen of the

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ity rental revenues coming in higher than projected. “Economic development continues as a strategic priority for us,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre in a statement. “As a council, we understand the challenges that our business community is facing, given the economy in recent years. “With an adjustment to our 2019 non-residential tax rate, we are reinforcing our commitment to local business retention and attraction.” Overall residential tax rate increases will average 1.7 per cent when separate transportation and recreation levies — both of which are going down in 2019 — are factored in. Tax rates were reduced by using $140,000 of the surplus. Another $100,000 is going into an information technology sustainability fund. Council also voted to allocate $237,000 toward the Sylvan Lake Spray Park project.

A Quebec author, comic book artist and transgender rights activist will be stopping at Red Deer Public Library as part of her 40-stop tour. Sophie Labelle has used her humorous approach to sensitive transgender issues to defend gender equality and acceptance in a light and easy-to-understand way. Labelle has written and illustrated 15 publications for children, youth and adults, including comic books, web comics, colouring books and a novel. She has a huge social media following with 10,000 Twitter followers and 55,000 Facebook friends. “Meeting my readers is of utmost importance to me,” says Labelle. “Being a highly visible trans person on the internet is sometimes difficult, since I can’t really see the impact the work that I do has.” Her cross-Canada tours allow her during her intimate presentations to see how her work impacts LGTBQ communities. Labelle will be at Red Deer Public Library’s downtown branch April 23 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Following her free presentation, Labelle will be available to answer questions and sign books.

Olds College launches agriculture-techgronomy diploma Olds College is launching a diploma program to help future producers adopt new technology. The precision agriculture-techgronomy diploma focuses on technol-

year, adding supporters of the charity don’t do it for the recognition. “We do it because it’s the right thing to do, and we can make a difference on this planet.” A Better World co-founder Eric Rajah presented Lapointe with the 2019 honour at the organization’s 29th anniversary celebration in Lacombe Sunday. “Julie is never finished with making the world a better place,” said Rajah. ogy and agronomy, which is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of crops and the soils in which they grow. “We know that through the use and integration of technology, the ag sector is better able to use data to make informed decisions on the farm for enhanced production and profitability,” said college president Stuart Cullum. “Our new program will provide students with an understanding of the value proposition of new technologies and solutions as farming practices continue to change and evolve in today’s high-tech environment.” Colin Cameron, a local producer and precision agronomist and technology adviser with Point Forward Solutions, said “this type of program is sorely needed in the precision ag industry.” “Educating students on the growing number of sensors, data platforms and application systems, combined with hands-on learning field work and troubleshooting, will give graduates a leg up when seeking employment in the industry,” said Cameron. Applications for the new diploma open Oct. 1, with the first intake of students on campus slated for a September 2020 start date. For more information, visit www. oldscollege.ca.

Sylvan Lake lowers proposed property tax hike Sylvan Lakers are getting some good property tax news. Thanks to a 2018 budget surplus that hit $750,000, the town is reducing a proposed tax rate increase to 1.9 per cent from the 2.74 per cent projected in the three-year financial plan. The non-residential rate will drop to zero per cent from the 2.74 per cent that was anticipated. The good financial news was a result of fines and penalties, investment income and user fees and facil-

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Trudeau defends changes to asylum laws BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending controversial changes to asylum laws included in an omnibus budget bill tabled this week, saying his government wants to ensure Canada’s refugee system is fair for everyone. The changes would prevent asylum-seekers from making refugee claims in Canada if they have made similar claims in certain other countries, including the United States, a move Border Security Minister Bill Blair says is aimed at preventing “asylum-shopping.” Lawyers and advocates who work with refugees are sounding the alarm about the legal changes, saying they would strip human-rights protections from vulnerable asylum-seekers. Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada has been seeing larger numbers of refugee claims because of global instability. Sustaining Canadians’ confidence in the country’s asylum system means ensuring those who enter Canada do so according to the law, he said. “That’s why we’re putting more resources in, and we’re also ensuring the system is fair for everyone,” he told reporters on Parliament Hill. More than 41,000 asylum-seekers have crossed into Canada ”irregularly” through unofficial paths across the Canada-U.S. border since early 2017. By doing so, they take advantage of a loophole in Canada’s “Safe Third Country Agreement” with the United States that allows refugees who find a way into Canada by avoiding official border checkpoints to make refugee claims. The agreement would otherwise see them turned back to the U.S. — a country Canada considers safe for them. The influx of irregular migrants began after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would end a program that offers temporary protected status to migrants from several countries, serving notice he would seek to return them to homelands the United

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Report on missing, murdered Indigenous women out in June OTTAWA — A much-anticipated report on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is set to be released to the public in June.

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Changes to asylum laws would prevent asylum-seekers from making refugee claims in Canada if they have made similar claims in certain other countries, including the United States. States had previously considered too dangerous. It has become a difficult political issue for the Trudeau government as hundreds of migrants continue to arrive in Canada through one particular unofficial crossing in Quebec each month. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer blames Canada’s border woes on Trudeau, based on a tweet he issued in 2017 in which he welcomed refugees to Canada. Given the timing, it appeared to be a response to Trump’s changes to the U.S. rules on temporary protected status there. But Scheer on Wednesday sidestepped questions about the changes to refugee eligibility proposed by the Liberals, focusing instead on his own party’s belief in an immigration system that is “fair, orderly and compassionate.” “We have to have a system that prioritizes those fleeing danger, fleeing civil war and natural disasters and that has to be based on our borders having integrity,” he said. That’s the plan, said Blair’s spokeswoman Marie-Emanuelle Cadieux.

“Our proposed changes include measures to deter irregular migration and maintain the integrity of our asylum system by preventing access to those who make repeated claims in different countries,” she said. “This encourages those who truly need protection to seek asylum at the first possible opportunity, while those who do not need to follow the rules.” Government figures show that since April 1, 2017, roughly 3,150 asylum-claimants in Canada had previously applied for asylum in the United States. Three-quarters of them were irregular migrants — fewer than six per cent of the total number of irregular asylum-seekers to arrive in Canada since 2017. The vast majority of them had made their claims to the U.S. between one and five years ago, according to government data. The Liberals signalled their intent to get tougher on the border in the 2019 budget, which included a plan to spend $1.18 billion over five years to beef up security and law enforcement and speed up the processing of asylum claims.

The four-person commission asked to examine the causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls announced today it will hold a closing ceremony in Gatineau, Que. on June 3. It says the commissioners have completed their report but the federal government has agreed to delay its release to ensure “the highest quality of translation.” The final report is to include stories from more than 1,400 family

members and survivors of violence, as well as experts and officials who delivered testimony at 24 hearings and statement-gathering events in 2017 and 2018. The commission says more than 800 people also shared stories through art. The inquiry has been scrutinized throughout its work due to the rate of staff turnover and the 2017 resignation of a Métis commissioner from Saskatchewan.

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City offers to help find new homes for carriage horses BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ONTREAL — The City of Montreal plans to work with the owners of retiring caleche horses to offer the animals a chance to live out their days in the country once the industry is shut down at the end of this year. The city announced Wednesday it will offer to buy the animals for $1,000 each and give them to the SPCA, which will work with a refuge to find them new homes. Coun. Sterling Downey said the voluntary program will ensure owners have options other than sending their horses to slaughter when the caleches are taken off the roads. “A lot of the owners of horses started to talk about how they would send their animals to a slaughterhouse and different things, or would be forced to, because they wouldn’t be able to afford to maintain the animals,” Downey told reporters at City Hall. He said a slaughterhouse would only pay between $500 and $800 per horse. The administration announced last year that it would phase out the caleches by 2020 after accidents involving the horses raised concerns about their welfare. In June 2018, the city said there had been four accidents since 2014, as well as hundreds of citizens complaints. There are currently about 50 horses and 47 drivers working in an industry that caters largely to tourists. When asked if $1,000 was enough to compensate owners for the loss of their livelihood, Downey pointed out that the program was voluntary. He said the city expects about 30 horses to be sold into the program, while the rest of the owners will sell or keep their horses privately, or set up shop in a city where caleches are still allowed. Owners and drivers have been given ample time to prepare for the industry’s end, Downey added. “We’ve given this over a year, and the industry is well aware that this is what we were working towards,” he said, “so they’ve had time to look into other options.” He said the city will also work with the drivers to help them find new employment, noting that many have valuable expertise as tour guides. Jean-Francois Parenteau, a member of the city’s executive committee, said the city does not plan to hire the drivers directly. A spokeswoman for the Montreal SPCA welcomed the announcement, saying the animal-welfare organization has worried about the well-being of working horses in the city since it was founded 150 years ago.

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Overdoses killed 3,286 in first nine months of 2018 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has released new data showing that 3,286 Canadians died after apparent opioid-related overdoses between January and September last year. The data also indicates that fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances continue to be a “major driver” of Canada’s opioid crisis, with 73 per cent of accidental apparent opioid-related deaths in the nine-month span involving the potent painkilling drugs. In comparison, the agency says there were 3,017 apparent opioid-related deaths in 2016 and 4,034 in 2017. If the rate of deaths in first nine months of 2018 continued for the full year, the total would have been nearly 4,400. The health agency said Wednesday the opioid crisis continues to affect the entire country but certain regions, including B.C., Alberta and Ontario, have been hit harder than others. Apparent opioid-related deaths are counted through data provided by the provinces and territories from offices of chief coroners or medical examiners. Opioids can be hard to disentangle from other factors in a death, including different drugs and underlying illnesses, so the numbers take a long time to crunch and come with qualifiers. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public-health officer, said Wednesday that the newly released figures serve as a “stark reminder” of the importance of maintaining and ramping up efforts to stop the epidemic.

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New data suggests fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances continue to be a ‘major driver’ of Canada’s opioid crisis, with 73 per cent of accidental apparent opioid-related deaths in the nine-month span involving the potent painkilling drugs. “As we take the pain of these losses and the deeply concerning data to heart we must continue to strengthen our collaborative public-health response,” she said in a statement. The federal government recognizes there is no simple solution, said Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor.

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“I’m extremely concerned with the amount of deaths,” she said. “To me, these aren’t just simple numbers. These are mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters and as a government we have to work collectively with our partners on the ground to make sure that we do all that we can to reverse the tide here.”

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Oil is McDonald’s overlooked ally M

cDonald’s Canada has cleverly coddled up to our nation’s food producers. The fast-food giant has been sharing a series of advertisements that carry the slogan, “Not without Canadian farmers.” Each piece in the David campaign features an Marsden empty container or an incomplete item from its popular menu, whether it’s a Big Mac or the lowly Egg McMuffin. The message being conveyed is McDonald’s attributes its success to Canadian farmers, and without them, the multinational corporation wouldn’t be able to feed the appetites of its legions of customers. Understood, of course, is the relationship works both ways: McDonald’s is a huge buyer of Canadian farm products, and therefore, it deserves the support of consumers. “We spend almost a billion dollars on food ingredients every year in Canada alone,” a company spokeswoman said a few years back. “Over 85 per cent of those purchases come from Canadian suppliers … so a large majority of our expense for

food is domestic.” In fact, McDonald’s can take credit for being the largest purchaser of ground beef in the Canadian restaurant industry. These advertisements aren’t limited to television. Motorists who travel on highways, such as the QEII, encounter semis pulling trailers emblazoned with the feel-good, buy-local message. Which leads one to wonder: As important as farmers are to McDonald’s business model, what does the company count on to get products from the farm to the warehouse to its restaurants? What does McDonald’s depend on to get the majority of its customers to its food outlets, in the first place, where they can shell out their money for beef that has been sustainably slaughtered? What does McDonald’s rely on after patrons have enjoyed their meal to get the waste to the garbage dump or the recycling centre? That would be Alberta oil, of course. No modern farm can operate without fossil fuels, and it’s equally true that today’s fast-food conglomerates can’t do business without energy either. Without Alberta oil, there’d be glum-looking farmers standing around wondering how they were going to keep their herds alive, and if by some miracle they were successful,

how they were going to get their products to market. Virtually every vehicle on a farm runs on gasoline or diesel. Farmers rely on fuel to till their fields, plant their seeds, bring in the harvest, and take their product — whether it’s eggs or cows — to somewhere where it can be sold. Without energy, McDonald’s would be even worse off. It wouldn’t be able to construct its restaurants, never mind get its food delivered. Now just as it’s true that McDonald’s doesn’t source all of its food in Canada, it’s a fact not all fuel consumed in our country is Alberta oil. Some people prefer to get their oil from dodgy regimes, such as those in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Venezuela. But if McDonald’s is committed to supporting sustainable practices, it should create an advertising campaign that provides long overdue acknowledgment of the importance of Alberta oil. No other energy producer demonstrates such deep regard for the environment as Alberta does. Alberta oil is a key ingredient to the provision of many of the great things we enjoy in Canada, even McDonald’s food. A Big Mac? Not without Alberta oil. David Marsden is managing editor of the Red Deer Advocate.

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Canada likely has little to fear from foreign election meddling

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BY THOMAS WALKOM ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

re foreign “adversaries” trying to use social media to interfere in Canadian

elections? The Communications Security Establishment says it’s “very likely” they are. But in a report released this week, the electronic spy agency fails to adequately answer key questions, including: l Who these adversaries are? l Why they would bother targeting Canadian elections? l What, if any, difference such targeting might make? Since Donald Trump bested Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, the idea of foreign meddling has been used to explain all kinds of unpalatable election results. The Russians were blamed for Trump’s win. They’ve also been blamed for Britain’s 2016 referendum decision to quit the European Union, and the 2018 Italian election that put right-wing populists in power. So perhaps it’s no wonder Canada would want to get in on the game. If Australia is important enough for foreign “state actors” to target (as they reportedly did this year), then surely Canada must be as well. The problem is the CSE presents little evidence. It says 50 per cent of the countries belonging to the Organiza-

tion for Economic Co-operation and Development that held national elections last year faced cybersecurity threats. But it doesn’t say where this information comes from. Nor does it say how many countries in the 34-member OECD held elections last year. Two? Twenty? For Canada, the evidence presented is anecdotal and unrelated to elections. The CSE cites a 2017 newspaper report that quotes a Latvian colonel who says a Russian-controlled website made much of the fact that Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan wears a turban. The motive, it seems, was to appeal to “latent xenophobia in Eastern Europe.” The CSE also cites a 2018 magazine report detailing how “pro-Russian websites” had spread false news about the behaviour of Canadian troops in Ukraine. And it cites an unattributed report that a Russian agency disseminated the falsehood that Canadian Football League players had refused to stand for Canada’s national anthem. All of this is fascinating and quite possibly true. It is in Russia’s interest to get NATO troops out of Ukraine and the Baltic states. An appeal to latent xenophobia here might help. But why is it in the interest of Russia — or indeed, any foreign state — to try and upend a Canadian election? The CSE report cites the fact that Canada

is a member of both the G7 and NATO. But this is a description, rather than an explanation. According to the report, foreign meddling lets unnamed adversaries try to “sway the ideas and decisions of voters by concentrating on polarizing social and political issues, promoting the popularity of one party over another, or trying to shape the public statements and policy choices of a candidate.” Which pretty much describes the motives and actions of Canada’s existing political parties. Who needs the Russians to interfere when we already have Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer labelling Justin Trudeau as “corrupt,” while the Liberal prime minister dismisses his rival as someone who plays footsie with anti-immigrant extremists? The short-term effect of foreign meddling, the report says, is to distract voters “from important election issues.” But in Canada, such distractions are already tried and true political tactics. Buck-a-beer anyone? The long-term effect of meddling, the CSE says, is to “weaken confidence” in the country’s political leadership. Maybe. But if that’s the result the Russians want, they need not stir themselves. As they batter each others’ reputations to smithereens, Canada’s leaders are already accomplishing that aim. Thomas Walkom is a columnist with Torstar Syndication Services.

LETTER

Voters should choose to move forward, not backward Please, fellow Albertans, be well informed before voting. This election is a major turning point. Do you want to move forward or move back? Currently, Alberta’s economy is one of the best in Canada. Alberta is also the most transparent. The NDP is still on track to balance the budget by 2023 with no cuts, as Rachel Notley promised in 2015. Please read all the platforms offered and crunch some numbers to determine what will actually work. Unfortunately, the Peter Lougheed Conservatives no longer exist.

Transferring the carbon tax to Ottawa is not the best idea. We will still be paying it, however, funds will be controlled by the federal government. Suing the federal government? Really, is that how you want our resources to be used? Do you really want to send our children back to the Dark Ages with the old curriculum, when more than 100,000 Albertans were involved in drafting the new one? The NDP government has done everything possible to get our oil to markets. If there is a magic wand, I am sure Notley would have found it. She has

worked tirelessly in this regard. Remember, Notley’s team had four years, while the Conservatives had 44 years to get the job done. The NDP had a huge learning curve and took the reins at the worst possible time in Alberta history. They did not cause the decline of the oil and gas industry, but were left to clean up the mess. The NDP have a great record with a very green caucus; regular Albertans who are committed for the love of Alberta. Who do you trust? Margaret Caddy, Eckville

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THINK GREEN 2019

Green Deer

April 15–June 9, 2019

Leave it better than you found it! Green Deer is about more than just picking up litter; it’s about caring for our community and protecting our parks and green spaces. Stop by for a free community BBQ and register your team:

Community Registration BBQ Monday, May 13, 2019 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Parkland Mall, GoodLife parking lot For more information or to register at any time:  Visit www.waskasoopark.ca/whats-new  Email reddeergreendeer@gmail.com  Phone 403-346-2010

GREEN DEER Starts April 15! When the snow melts away, grass isn’t the only thing revealed. Trash and litter also become visible and unless we do something, our garbage is here to stay. Green Deer is Red Deer’s annual city-wide spring cleanup. The Green Deer campaign runs from April 15 to June 9, 2019. During this time, volunteers from across the city team up to clean our streets, parking lots, neighbourhoods, parks, green spaces, and the river valley to help keep Red Deer litter-free. Green Deer was first organized by The City of Red Deer in 2003, and has been growing ever since. In 2018, over 6500 participants from every part of the city and every walk of life picked up litter as part of Green Deer. In 2019, the Kerry Wood Nature Centre is taking over responsibility for this vital program. “The Green Deer campaign is about coming together as a city to keep our communities and green spaces clean, safe, and healthy,” said Alice Koning, Community & Outreach Programmer at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. “We’re looking for volunteers from all areas of the city to register to help clean up. This includes individual residents, families, community associations, schools, sports teams, churches, and businesses. Participating can be as simple as picking up trash while out for your evening walk, or taking 15 minutes with your family to tidy your own yard and surrounding alley.” To make an even bigger difference, try organizing a litter pick up challenge where neighbours, clubs, church groups or sports teams challenge each other to clean up the most trash.

Why register? Register your cleanup for a chance to win a new barbecue and a BBQ party! By registering, you will help track the areas that are cleaned and the number of participants. You can also receive free supplies to help with your cleanup. Registration is free, fast, and easy. Here’s how: In person at the Green Deer Registration BBQ: Monday, May 13 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the Parkland Mall GoodLife parking lot In person at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Recreation Centre, Collicutt Centre, or G.H. Dawe Centre any time from April 15 through June 9 Online: www.waskasoopark.ca/whats-new Phone: 403-346-2010 Please put your Green Deer garbage bags with your household garbage on your regular collection day. If large amounts of litter are collected, place them near a city garbage can then email reddeergreendeer@gmail.com with the number of bags and their location so they can be collected (we need to pick up the bags as soon as possible so wildlife doesn’t get into them and undo all your hard work!). Green Deer is made possible through partnerships with Save-On-Foods, Tim Hortons, Canadian Tire, Real Country 95.5 & Zed 98.9, and The City of Red Deer. For more information on Green Deer, please visit www.waskasoopark.ca/whats-new, or email reddeergreendeer@gmail.com.

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THINK GREEN 2019

They’re here Meet the all new Blue and Black Carts, Red Deer

Blue and Black Carts are rolling out to Red Deerians now, with cart collection beginning the week of May 6, on your regular collection day. The City of Red Deer’s full cart system includes a Blue Cart that replaces blue box collection and a Black Cart that replaces garbage collection. Blue and Black Carts will be collected every other week on alternating weeks and Green Carts will continue to be collected weekly. Jill Hanes and her family moved into a Cart Pilot Program home a little over a year ago, and has been working with the fully integrated three cart system ever since. With two small children in diapers, it can sometimes be a challenge, but overall they are very happy with the system and the amount they are able to divert.

Fill your Black Cart with the things that don’t belong in the Green or Blue Cart. Remember that electronic waste and household hazardous waste must be taken to the Waste Management Facility for proper disposal. Garbage set beside, or on top of the Black Cart will not be picked up. You can always drop off extra garbage at the Waste Management Facility for a small fee, or if possible, you can hold onto it until the next Black Cart collection day. Green Cart collection continues exactly the same way you are doing it now, every week, and won’t change with the roll out of the new Blue and Black Carts. All the nitty gritty about carts can be found online at www.reddeer.ca/carts, or call 403.340.BLUE (2583) for more information.

“It’s awesome. It really made me realize what we can divert from the landfill, and are learning more everyday about what we can put into the Green and Blue Cart. It has just completely reduced our garbage,” Jill said. Jill encourages residents to give it a try, and not to worry about the change. She says the carts are easy to use, store and hold so much more than you think. “They are easy to roll out, easier than my old garbage cans and blue boxes,” she said. While residents may have some reservations about garbage being collected every two weeks, Jill says this has never been an issue for her family of four. “Try to look at your waste, and really figure out what can go where. If you use the Green Cart the way it is supposed to be used, it will seriously reduce the amount of garbage you produce – and the Green Cart goes to the curb every week,” she added. “All my stinky food waste, leftovers, paper towel and dog poop goes in there and not in my Black Cart.” “I would say about 30 or 40 per cent of our Black Cart contents are diapers. We keep it outside, and I have not noticed a smell, even on the hottest of days,” she says. “Once both kids are out of diapers, I look forward to changing to a smaller size Black Cart, and seeing a reduction on my utility rate.” As for the Blue Cart, beginning the week of May 6, The City will collect your household recycling in the Blue Cart instead of the blue box. Carts come with a customized collection calendar to highlight what carts to start with the week of May 6, or sign up for alerts at reddeer.ca/notifyreddeer. Everything that used to go in your blue box can go in the Blue Cart – except glass. Glass bottles and jars can be taken to a community recycling depot. Locations can be found at reddeer.ca/recycling. Recycling set beside, or on top of the Blue Cart will not be picked up. You can drop off extra recycling at a community recycling depot at no cost or hold onto extra recyclables until the next Blue Cart collection day. For the Black Cart, beginning the week of May 6, The City will collect all your household garbage in a Black Cart.

Roll out in style Cart collection begins the week of May 6, 2019

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Experts say no government can bring back bitumen boom BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

DMONTON — Getting Alberta’s economy running on all its fossil-fuel-powered cylinders is at the heart of the province’s election campaign. But some of Canada’s top energy thinkers — as well as international experts — warn there’s no pedal any premier can stomp to make that engine rev like it used to. “No policy of any Alberta government can change things,” said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at B.C.’s Simon Fraser University, who has advised governments on climate policy and helps write reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “If Albertans are unwilling to accept a steady oilsands output, with the resulting employment, I fear for them.” The University of Manitoba’s Vaclav Smil, one of Canada’s most widely quoted energy analysts, said any move to renewable energy will take decades, not years. The transition, however, may be felt sooner. “All energy transitions are slow,” he said. “Oil will be with us for decades to come — but not necessarily with high annual growth rates.”

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Some of Canada’s top energy thinkers – as well as international experts – warn there’s no pedal any premier can stomp to make Alberta’s economic engine rev like it used to. The world has changed, said Andrew Grant of the London-based research group Carbon Tracker. “Companies (are) much more reluctant to invest capital in projects that require very, very high capital outlay and take years and years to pay back. That encapsulates the oilsands.” Grant’s group has recently pub-

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lished research suggesting that while renewables are still small, they play a big role in meeting new demand. Solar and wind power provide three per cent of global energy demand, the report said. But between them they account for a quarter of all new generation. It said that by early next decade, power from solar and wind is expect-

ed to be as cheap or cheaper than fossil fuels anywhere in the world. Since 2012, more new power generation has come from renewables than fossil fuels. High-cost fossil fuels will become less attractive investments, Grant said. Even without carbon pricing, his group expects fossil fuel demand to peak early next decade. “It’s not necessarily that the change to renewables will be quick,” he said. ”But it’s quick enough to make up all of the growth in future energy demand fairly soon.” The same logic applies to transportation. A tiny fraction of the world’s cars are electric, but they make up 22 per cent of growth in sales. Jaccard has run the numbers. In a paper published last year, he concluded that if the world honours its pledge to keep global warming under two degrees Celsius, there’s less than a five per cent chance that new oilsands investment — including pipelines — will be profitable over the next 30 years. “When the global demand for oil stabilizes and starts to fall, Alberta will be hit first,” he said. ”It’s (oilsands) among the highest emissions per barrel with the highest production costs.”

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WIRELESS COMPANIES

Rogers spends nearly half the $3.47 billion raised by wireless spectrum auction TORONTO — Rogers Communications will spend $1.72 billion to acquire spectrum licences from the federal government, making it by far the biggest spender in a hard-fought auction that pitted Canada’s wireless companies against each other. The Canadian treasury will get a total of nearly $3.47 billion from auctioning 104 licences to Canada’s wireless networks, which are racing to get ready for fifth-generation technology that will roll out over a decade or so. This year’s auction was for the 600 megahertz band of frequencies, which can cover large areas and easily penetrating buildings. Next year’s auction will be for 3,500 MHz licences, which are even more valuable because they’re more widely used in fifth-generation networks around the world. Canada’s three national carriers were only allowed to bid on 64 of the available licences in this year’s auction because of restrictions imposed by the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. ISED Minister Navdeep Bains said some of the licences were set aside for smaller carriers in order to stimulate competition which, he said, will bring down consumer prices. “I’m confident this strategy — in the short, medium and long-term — will benefit consumers.” He said the money from the auction will be added to the federal government’s general revenue incrementally over the life of the licences — generally 20 years. Rogers won 52 of the licences it was eligible to bid on, covering territorial blocks in southern and northern Ontario, northern Quebec, Atlantic Canada, Manitoba and the three territories. “This spectrum is vital to the deployment of 5G in Canada and we are well-positioned to bring the very best of 5G to Canadians,” Rogers chief executive Joe Natale said in a statement. “We went into this auction with a clear, disciplined plan and seized this opportunity for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.” Telus Corp. spent $931.2 million for 12 licences, making it the second-biggest spender in the 600 megahertz auction. Freedom Mobile — which operates networks in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia — spent nearly $492 million for 11 licences in its territories, making it the third-highest spender overall. The CEO of Shaw Communications, which owns Freedom, said it’s becoming a true alternative to the incumbents. “The addition of this 600 MHz low band spectrum will not only vastly improve our current LTE service but will also serve as a foundational element of our 5G strategy providing innovative and affordable wireless services to Canadians for years to come,” Brad Shaw said in a statement. Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron — which operates in Quebec — spent $255.8 million. The rest of the licences went to a number of smaller companies, including Bragg (Eastlink), TBayTel, SaskTel, and Xplornet. BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada — owner of one of the three national wireless businesses — walked away without any licences.

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The cost of a legal gram of cannabis appears to be rising as illegal pot prices drop, reads a new report from Statistics Canada released Wednesday.

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Pot prices up 17.3% post-legalization BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ORONTO — The average cost of dried cannabis has gone up by more than 17 per cent since legalization, with consumers in New Brunswick and Manitoba seeing the biggest jumps, according to an analysis compiled by Statistics Canada. As well, the cost of a legal gram of weed appears to be rising as illegal cannabis prices drop. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the unweighted average price per gram of dried cannabis from both legal and illegal sources combined post-legalization was $8.04. That legal price, which includes online and in-store purchases, amounts to approximately 17.3 per cent more than the pre-legalization price of $6.85. Buyers from legal sources since Oct. 17 last year have paid an average of $9.99 per gram, about 56.8 per cent higher than the average illicit market price of just $6.37 per gram. Those who prefer shopping in legal brick-and-mortar shops say they are paying even more, the government agency said. “Consumers purchasing from an in-store government-licensed retailer paid $10.73 per gram, making this source of purchase the most expensive,” Statistics Canada said in a report. The agency based the conclusions on price quotes gathered using the StatsCannabis crowdsourcing application between Oct. 17, 2018, when Canada legalized pot for recreational use, and March 31. However, the agency urged caution when interpreting the data because the sample is self-selected and the responses are limited in number, particularly in smaller provinces and in the terri-

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tories. During that period, StatsCannabis received 1,129 new submissions, 936 of which passed the editing and screening process, the agency said. The latest data appeared to signal that the price of illegal pot is slipping. In the government agency’s previous report — based on 385 “plausible” price quotes gathered via StatsCannabis between Oct. 17 and Dec. 31 last year — the average price paid for a gram of dried cannabis from legal and illegal suppliers was $9.70 and $6.51, respectively. By comparison, the latest StatsCannabis data gathered post-legalization until March 31 showed that the average price of legal and illegal cannabis was $9.99 and $6.37 per gram, respectively. Price movements varied widely between provinces and territories as well. New Brunswick’s pre-legalization cannabis prices were among the lowest in Canada, but the province has seen the biggest post-legalization price surge with an increase of 30.5 per cent to an average of $8.27 per gram. Manitoba saw the second-largest post-legalization price hike, with an increase of 27.7 per cent to an average of $9.14 per gram. “Respondents in British Columbia reported a 3.7 per cent increase in price since legalization, the lowest increase among the provinces,” Statistics Canada said. The highest average post-legalization price per gram was in the Northwest Territories at roughly $14.45 per gram, marking a 13.7 per cent increase since legalization. Quebecers had the lowest average price per gram at $6.75, up 15.9 per cent post-legalization.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

Big Tech feels the heat as U.S. moves to protect consumer data BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASHINGTON — Momentum is gaining in Washington for a privacy law that could sharply rein in the ability of the largest technology companies to collect and make money off people’s personal data. A national law, the first of its kind in the U.S., could allow people to see or prohibit the use of their data. Companies would need permission to release such information. If it takes effect, a law would also likely shrink Big Tech’s profits from its lucrative business of making personal data available to advertisers so they can pinpoint specific consumers to target. Behind the drive for a law is rising concern over the compromise of private data held by Facebook, Google and other tech giants that have earned riches by aggregating consumer information. The industry traditionally has been lightly regulated and has resisted closer oversight as a threat to its culture of free-wheeling innovation. Support for a privacy law is part of a broader effort by regulators and lawmakers to lessen the domination of companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Some, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic presidential candidate, have called for the tech giants to be split up. The Trump White House has said in the past that it could endorse a broad data privacy law. The big tech companies have been nervously eyeing a tough privacy law taking effect next year in California. That measure will allow Californians to see the personal data being collected on them and where it’s being distributed and to forbid the sale of it. With some exceptions, consumers could also request that their personal information be deleted entirely. Whatever federal privacy law eventually emerges is expected to be less stringent than the California measure and to supersede it. As a result, the tech industry is trying to help shape any national restrictions.

AIRLINE EARNINGS

Delta profit surges and releases strong outlook DALLAS — A new credit card deal and rising corporate travel boosted profits for Delta Air Lines in the first quarter, a trend it predicts will continue this spring. Delta executives said Wednesday that corporate-account revenue is up 10% from this time last year, helping offset choppy demand from vacation travellers. That was one of several factors that pushed Delta’s first-quarter profit up by 31%, to $730 million. Atlanta-based Delta has been leading its closest U.S. rivals — American Airlines and United Airlines — in financial measurements such as profit margin and operational ones like on-time flights and fewer cancellations. Delta executives say it helps them win corporate travellers. On top of that, Delta cut a revamped credit card deal with American Express that Delta says will

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A national law, the first of its kind in the U.S., could allow people to see or prohibit the use of their data. Companies, like Google, would need permission to release such information. “This is the first time ever that the industry wants legislation,” said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a privacy advocacy group. “The industry is terrified.” On Tuesday, a House committee will press Google and Facebook executives about another urgent concern involving Big Tech: Whether they’re doing enough to curb the spread of hate crimes and white nationalism through online platforms. The Judiciary Committee hearing follows a series of violent incidents fueled in part by online communication. Facebook, used by 2-billion-plus people including over 200 million in the U.S., has been a particular lightning rod for industry critics. Having had its reputation tarnished over data privacy lapses, a tide of hate speech and a spread of disinformation that allowed Russian agents to target propaganda campaigns, Facebook appears ready to embrace a national privacy law. Facebook’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, published a column last month in the Washington Post calling for tighter regulations to protect consumer data, control harmful content and ensure election integrity and data portability. “The internet,” Zuckerberg wrote, “needs new

produce $500 million in additional revenue this year and even more in the future. AmEx will pay Delta up to $7 billion a year by 2023, compared with $3.4 billion last year — a better deal for the airline than analysts were expecting. Delta gets an increasing share of revenue, now 55%, from premium fares and non-ticket sources such as the credit card deal and a growing aircraft-maintenance operation, which might partly insulate it from an economic slowdown. Additionally, American, United and Southwest Airlines will cancel thousands of flights through early summer because regulators grounded their Boeing 737 Max planes after deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Delta doesn’t own any Max jets and hasn’t ordered any. Its shares have gained more than the others since the second crash last month. Those cancelled flights will cut into revenue at airlines that have the Max and will inconvenience passengers, but analysts think that by reducing flights they could unintentionally push fares higher.

rules.” Amazon says it has built its business on protecting people’s information, “and we have been working with policymakers on how best to do that.” “There is real momentum to develop baseline rules of the road for data protection,” Google’s chief privacy officer, Keith Enright, has said in a policy paper. “Google welcomes this and supports comprehensive, baseline privacy regulation.” A sweeping “privacy shield” law in the European Union, covering how tech companies handle personal data in the 28-country bloc, should be a model, Zuckerberg wrote. EU regulators recently fined Google $1.7 billion for freezing out rivals in the online ad business — their third penalty against the search giant in two years. The EU watchdogs have also ordered Apple and Amazon to pay back taxes and fined Facebook for providing misleading information in its acquisition of WhatsApp. On Monday, Britain unveiled plans to vastly increase government oversight of social media companies, with a watchdog that could fine executives or even ban companies that fail to block such content as terrorist propaganda and images of child abuse. The entire debate cuts to the heart of Big Tech’s hugely profitable commerce in online users’ personal data. The companies gather vast data on what users read and like and leverage it to help advertisers target their messages to the individuals they want to reach. Facebook drew 99% of its revenue from advertising last year. For Google’s parent Alphabet, it was 85%, according to Scott Kessler of the research firm CFRA. Amazon, too, doesn’t just sell products online; it provides ad space, too. The company doesn’t say how much but has said that the “other” revenue in its financial reports is mainly from ads. Its “other” revenue topped $10 billion last year, more than double what it was in 2017. The tech giants’ problematic relationship with advertisers was spotlighted by action regulators took last month.

TV CONTROVERSY

CRTC directs Quebecor to maintain TVA Sports signal for Bell subscribers BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ONTREAL — Canada’s telecom regulator has directed Quebecor to continue providing its TVA Sports signal to Bell TV subscribers. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission also warned Wednesday that it is “ready to use the means at its disposal to enforce its regulations,” which means that it could attach an order under Section 12 of the Broadcasting Act. Quebecor, which has called for higher rates from Bell for specialty channels, has threatened to scramble

the signal of its French-language TVA Sports to Bell TV subscribers starting with Wednesday’s opening of the National Hockey League’s playoffs. In a binding decision, the CRTC reiterated that the regulations provide that in the event of a dispute, programming must continue to be distributed at the same rates and terms. In a letter sent to the parties, CRTC secretary general Claude Doucet urged the two companies to resolve their dispute as quickly as possible, pointing out that the CRTC could decide the matter at the request of one of the parties. Bell filed a request for arbitration with the CRTC on Wednesday morning.

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2019 ALLAN CUP

Stoney Creek Generals win again, earn bye to semis

HAUT-MADAWASKA PANTHERS BEAT SOUTH EAST PRAIRIE THUNDER BY BYRON HACKETT ADVOCATE STAFF

Stoney Creek 6 Rosetown 3 Haut-Madawaska 4 South East Prairie 1 day off proved to be a valuable commodity at the 2019 Allan Cup. The defending champion Stoney Creek Generals earned the extra rest with a strong 6-3 win over the Rosetown Red Wings Wednesday. With the win, the Generals earned first in the group and a bye to the semifinal. Stoney Creek knows all too well how valuable the day off can be, as no team in the last quarter century has played five-straight games and won the Senior AAA national title. “It’s huge, if we didn’t (win) we’d have to go five-in-five to win. Really important in this tournament. “Last year we had to go four-in-four and it was not easy. “For sure nice to get a day of rest,” said Rob Hisey, who had a goal and two assists in the victory. “Guys were pretty sore it was pretty important to get the day off, refresh and regroup and get ready for Friday.” Wednesday’s tilt was close until the final five minutes when Rosetown captain Jordan Johnston buried the puck to get his side within a goal. On a two-on-one with 2:57 to go, Hisey ripped a shot high blocker to restore a two-goal lead and essentially sink the Red Wings. “I thought our second period was good. They took the game back in the third but we were fortunate to get a lucky bounce for an odd-man there and we were up by two again, then we iced it,” said Hisey. Rosetown will end up second in their group and

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Justin Fox of the Rosetown Red Wings tips a shot past Stoney Creek Generals Ryan DeMelo in the first period of the 2019 Allan Cup Wednesday. play in the quarter-final crossover on Thursday afternoon. “Kinda the game we were expecting. We know they’re really skilled so if we make some mistakes, which we did, their team is going to capitalize and they did,” said Johnston, who had two goals and a

helper in the loss. “The good thing is we are right there. Just make a few less mistakes and that game could have easily gone the other way.”

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Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club U15 team wins gold in Grande Prairie

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The Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club U15 boys won gold at the Premier 3 even in Grande Prairie this past weekend. The team hosts the Volleyball Alberta Provincials May 4 and 5 in Red Deer.

The Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club U15 boys are on a roll heading into provincials next month. They brought home gold last weekend from the Premier 3 event in Grande Prairie, edging Canada West to capture the tournament title. After finished 1-2 in round robin play, the Kings knocked off the ACVC Steel, Northern Alberta Volleyball Club and FOG Black en route to the gold medal match. CAKVC team members are Boris Berbic, Coen Good, Ben House, Tate Howell, Ethan LeMessurier, Kolton Rawlusyk, Justin Rix, Cole Saunders, Wade Stauffer, Justin Theriault, Jax Wasylowich and Luke Weddell. They will host the Volleyball Alberta Provincials from May 4-5 at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre and Notre Dame High School.

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RED DEER COLLEGE

Best, Klassen win RDC Student-Athlete Leadership Awards BY SEAN MCINTOSH ADVOCATE STAFF

wo Red Deer College athletes are being celebrated for their leadership. Shae Best, from Queens Basketball, and Spencer Klassen, from Kings Volleyball, won the Nexus Energy Technologies Student-Athlete Leadership Awards at the 16th annual Kings and Queens Scholarship Breakfast at the Pidherney Centre on Tuesday night. This season Best, an Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistant Diploma student, connected on 44.4 per cent of her shots from the field, 50 per cent from beyond the three-point line and 100 per cent from the free throw line. But she made an ever larger impact off the court, said Queens coach Ken King. “Shae is one of the most community-minded people who has played for Queens Basketball during my tenure here,” said King. “She is constantly volunteering in the community through coaching and other activities. Shae is always putting others first and has continued to build the Queens Basketball legacy of community being at the centre of what we do.” Best volunteered at the Polyclinic on RDC’s main campus during the 2019 Canada Winter Games — some of her duties included answering the phone, directing athletes or coaches to the appropriate service and booking appointments. She was also a head basketball coach, volunteered at Bethany CollegeSide and was a student representative for the OPTA program. Klassen, a fourth-year Bachelor of Education Elementary student, led the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference is scoring and was a South All-Conference First Team selection. After the playoffs he was selected as an ACAC Men’s Basketball Championship Second Team All-Star. Clayton Pottinger, Kings head coach, said the RDC guard exemplified leadership skills on and off the court.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 The power play was key in the opening frame, with three of the first five goals coming on the man advantage. Off the rush, Johnston hit Justin Fox for the first goal of the game 67 seconds in. With their second shot of the contest also on the power play, Generals’ Jarrett Konkle buried low blocker on Red Wings goalie Brody Hoffman. Johnston earned his second point of the game when he ripped a point shot home on the power play, but the Generals again responded just 61 seconds later. Erick Lizon had the tally for Stoney Creek. They pulled ahead off the rush with only 17 seconds left in the period on a nice feed from Hisey to Nathan Pageau. “They’re probably the most skilled team in the tournament and we know that, so we don’t really want to go chance-for-chance with them. We’d like to play our game and I think we did that as well as can be expected against a good team like that,” added Johnston. Midway through the second, the Generals started to pull away, at one point more than doubling Rosetown

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Red Deer College student-athletes Spencer Klassen and Shae Best, middle, smile for a photo with Olympic silver medal winning curling Cheryl Bernard at the 16th annual Kings and Queens Scholarship Breakfast Tuesday. “Spencer spearheaded all of Kings Basketball’s community efforts again this year. He led his teammates out in the community to run clinics with local basketball children,” Pottinger said. “Spencer is in his third year as a coach for the

Central Alberta Basketball Club and he volunteered for the RDC Children’s Christmas Party in December. His roots in the community and his progressive outlook made Spencer a future leader in our region.”

‘THEY’RE PROBABLY THE MOST SKILLED TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT AND WE KNOW THAT, SO WE DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO CHANCE-FOR-CHANCE WITH THEM. WE’D LIKE TO PLAY OUR GAME AND I THINK WE DID THAT AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAINST A GOOD TEAM LIKE THAT.’ — ROSETOWN CAPTAIN JORDAN JOHNSTON

on the shot clock. Martin Lee pushed Stoney Creek ahead 4-2 at 11:17 of the period and they were dominant until late in the third when the Red Wings climbed within a goal. Ryan DeMelo finished the night with 27 saves and Brody Hoffman stopped 25 for Rosetown. In the final round robin game, the Haut-Madawaska Panthers knocked off the South East Prairie Thunder 4-1. With the win by the Panthers, the Lacombe Generals won their group and got a bye into the semifinal Friday night. The Innisfail Eagles play at 8 p.m. Thursday.

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Red Deer curlers – skip Hollie Vincent, along with Hannah Phillips, Sydney McMurray and Sasha Tran – won gold at a Nordic Junior Curling Tour event in Stockholm, Sweden, this past weekend.

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Local curlers win on Nordic Junior Tour in Sweden A foursome of curlers from Red Deer were victorious on a unique stage last weekend. Skip Hollie Vincent, along with

Hannah Phillips, Sydney McMurray and Sasha Tran, won gold on the Nordic Junior Curling Tour in Stockholm, Sweden. The U21 group from Red Deer went 5-0 on the way to gold at the event, competing against teams from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Canada. They knocked off a team from Harnosand, Sweden, to win the title.

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Bozak scores winner against Jets

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Blues 2 Jets 1 INNIPEG — Tyler Bozak scored with 2:05 left in the third period to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday in Game 1 of their Western Conference opening-round playoff series. Blues forward Pat Maroon sent a backhand pass from behind the net out to Bozak in the slot, whose quick shot went by Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck. “I had a lot of chances tonight so I knew the puck was kind of following me around a bit,” said Bozak. ”It’s always fun when that happens so after the few I missed it was definitely nice to get one in there.” David Perron also had a goal for St. Louis early in the third and Jordan Binnington made 24 saves. Patrik Laine scored late in the first period and Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots for the Jets, who host Game 2 on Friday. “I think this was just a hard, fighting, grinding game,” said Hellebuyck. ”Everyone was fighting for every inch. They were looking for openings everywhere and they just happened to get (the last) one.” The netminders played a big role in keeping the game a tight affair, even though Binnington took an early tumble to the ice. Jets centre Mark Scheifele was sent to the penalty box 34 seconds into the first period for interference. As he was skating to the back of the St. Louis net, he banged into Binnington, who was behind the net and returning to his crease. Blues forward Brayden Schenn shoved Scheifele hard in retaliation, but only drew boos from fans and not a penalty.

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Winnipeg Jets right wing Patrik Laine (29) celebrates scoring against the St. Louis Blues during first period NHL playoff action in Winnipeg Wednesday.

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Blue Jackets rally from three-goal deficit to beat Lightning Blue Jackets 4 Lightning 3 TAMPA, Fla. — Seth Jones scored the go-ahead goal on the power play to cap Columbus’ three-goal third period, and the Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in Game 1 of the teams’ first-round Eastern Conference playoff series Wednesday night. Jones made it 4-3 from the slot with 5:55 to play as the Blues Jackets erased a 3-0 deficit after the Lightning scored three times in the opening period. With Columbus trailing 3-1 in the third, David Savard deked around Lightning defenceman Victor Hedman and scored 7:56 into the period to make it a one-goal game. Josh Anderson picked up a short-handed goal that tied it at 3 at 11:54. Nick Foligno had the other goal for Columbus, and Sergei Bobrovsky ended up with 26 saves after struggling in the first period. The Lightning, who matched the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings for the most wins in a regular season with 62, got first-period goals from Alex

Killorn, Anthony Cirelli and Yanni Gourde. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots. Hedman returned after missing the final four regular-season game with an upper-body injury. The Norris Trophy winner took a helmet to the face during a collision with Washington’s Carl Hagelin on March 30. Killorn stole the puck from Jones at the blue line during a power play for Columbus and put a backhander past Bobrovsky to open the scoring 4:12 into the game. Tampa Bay was tied for third in short-handed goals during the regular season with 12. After Cirelli had a rebound goal at 11:01, Gourde’s waist-high deflection of Mikhail Sergachev’s shot made it 3-0 with 2:10 left in the first. Foligno cut the deficit to 3-1 at 9:15 of the second on a breakaway goal after Tampa Bay’s Ryan McDonagh made an errant pass in the offensive zone. Vasilevskiy made a strong save on Matt Duchene during a 2-on-1 two minutes after Foligno’s goal. Alexandre Texier, Columbus’ 19-year-old rookie who played in the Blue Jackets’ final two regular-season games, skated in alone on Vasilevskiy but missed the net on a shot with 4 minutes to go in the first. Bobrovsky stopped four shots over the final 40 seconds of the second, including a nifty glove save on Steven Stamkos.

Laine sent a blast from the high slot past Binnington at 13:38. The Finnish forward only had one goal in his last 19 games of the regular season. St. Louis outshot the Jets 8-7 in the opening frame, with Laine having two shots. On the eve of the series, Laine said his confidence wasn’t high and he planned to shoot every puck he could at Binnington to try to make the rookie nervous. The 20-year-old also said the Jets “have better players in this locker-room than they have” and when they’re on their game “we’re just a better team.” Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien helped divert a St. Louis goal early in the second period. Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko fired a shot at Hellebuyck and the puck trickled out from under him toward the goal line, but Byfuglien swooped in and slapped it out of the crease. Winnipeg’s penalty kill worked twice more in the second period. Binnington then came up big on a backhand breakaway shot by Par Lindholm and a quick shot from Andrew Copp. The Jets got their first power play of the game with 3:09 left in the middle frame. Byfuglien had his team’s two shots with the man advantage. One was stopped and the other hit the post. Winnipeg had the 11-8 edge in shots in the second period. Laine rang a shot off the post just over one minute into the third, followed by Perron’s point shot through traffic that went by Hellebuyck to tie it up at 4:05. The Winnipeg netminder blocked a Bozak shot late in the period and then couldn’t stop the winner. Hellebuyck was pulled right away for the extra attacker, but Binnington slid across his crease to make an impressive pad save on a Scheifele one-timer with under 15 seconds left.

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Matt Wallace wins par-3 contest in Masters lead up

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Matt Wallace, seen here at the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament, won the par-3 contest at Augusta National by acing the eighth hole and winning a three-hole playoff with 61-year-old Sandy Lyle. In all, there were four aces on the day, including Shane Lowry at No.

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UGUSTA, Ga. — Matt Wallace won the par-3 contest at Augusta National by acing the eighth hole and winning a three-hole playoff with 61-year-old Sandy Lyle. Wallace’s hole-in-one was one of four in Wednesday’s family-friendly event that precedes the Masters, leaving him tied with Lyle at 5-under 22. The playoff rotated between Nos. 8 and 9, with both players making par on the first two holes. That took them back to the eighth, where Wallace nearly made another hole-it-one, plopping his tee shot less than a foot from the cup. Lyle knocked his shot in the water, handing the victory to the 28-year-old Englishman playing in his first Masters. He is the ninth player — and the first since 2013 — to win the par-3 contest on his initial try. But also worth noting: No winner of the par-3 has gone on to capture the green jacket. Lyle, the 1988 champion, is playing in his 38th Masters. It was initially thought he had won the par-3 tournament, but officials discovered a scoring error that forced the playoff.

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2, Mark O’Meara on No. 5 and Devon Bling at No. 7. Wallace’s hole-in-one was the 100th since the contest began in 1960. CELLPHONES Don’t expect Augusta National to allow cellphones anytime soon. Masters chairman Fred Ridley said Wednesday that fans and players appreciate the fact cellphones are banned at the Masters, and there are no plans to change the policy. “I know that we have now become an outlier, if not the only outlier in golf, as well, at allowing cellphones,” Ridley said. “But I think it’s part of the ambience of the Masters.” Ridley cited comments made earlier in the week by Rory McIlroy about it being nice to see people actually watch shots instead of trying to take videos or pictures. “I don’t believe that’s a policy that anyone should expect is going to change in the near future, if ever,” Ridley said. “I can’t speak for future chairmen, but speaking for myself, I think we got that right.” RAHM’S TEMPER Jon Rahm says he’s a work in progress when trying to control his emotions on the golf course. That applies to the interview room, too, at least when he’s asked about his tempermental outbursts. “I’m going to try to think a different way to answer that question for the 10,000th time,” Rahm said. “I really, really don’t know what to say.” Actually, Rahm had a lot to say. “It’s just the way I am. I’m a very passionate person in everything I do, for the good and the bad,” he said. “It’s very enjoyable when I win, and I really don’t like it when I lose.”

Rahm said he learned something at the Player’s Championship about controlling his temper, after ignoring his caddie’s advice and hitting it into the water in the final round while in contention. Rahm angrily hit his club on the ground and shouted an expletive. Still, the Spaniard said, having some emotion on the golf course isn’t always such a bad thing. “There’s something about people like me where things get difficult and the pressure’s on, those emotions help,” he said. “This is much more in mind to remember than what was going on, so having those emotions helped.” NEW STUFF Augusta National is building a golf club which Bobby Jones might not recognize. This year players found the tee on the fifth hole pushed back 40 yards, the fairway regraded and the green flattened out. Fans may not notice the difference, but players say they are hitting hybrids at times to the green when the wind is blowing against them. Next up? Well, how about a tunnel under the main road that fronts the golf course? Masters chairman Fred Ridley said the tunnel is under consideration, and can be constructed without closing down Washington Road, which is lined by restaurants and other businesses. On the other side, he said, would be a large broadcasting compound and possibly more. The move is just the latest in a series of revisions to the club over recent years, including a new driving range, press centre and merchandise area.

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Canada to face Mexico, Martinique and Cuba at Gold Cup BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

anada’s soccer credentials under coach John Herdman will be tested by the best CONCACAF has to offer at this summer’s Gold Cup. The Canadian men, currently ranked 78th in the world, have been placed in Group A with six-time champion Mexico (No. 18) along with Martinique (unranked because it is not a FIFA member) and Cuba (No. 174). “We all knew this was going to be a tough draw, no matter what group you ended up in,” Herdman said in an interview from Los Angeles where he learned his team’s fate. “As a group, we were hoping to get some tough matches and to get tested and there’s no bigger test than Mexico,” he added. Canada will kick off the CONCACAF championship on June 15 against Martinique at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., before facing Mexico on June 19 at Broncos Stadium at Mile High in Denver and Cuba on June 23 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Each of those matchdays will feature Group A doubleheaders. The tournament, won by Canada in 2000, wraps up July 7 at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The four groups were announced Wednesday at the Banc of California Stadium, 100 days from the 15th edition of the CONCACAF championship which has been expanded to 16 teams. It was already known that Mexico, No. 38 Costa Rica, No. 61 Honduras and the No. 24 Americans would head up the groups. CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, filled in the rest of the groups from the competing teams. The seeded nations were the four highest-ranked teams in the region based on the CONCACAF ranking index for September 2018: Mexico (No. 1), U.S. (2), Costa Rica (3) and Honduras (4). Canada was No. 6 after Panama. Group B features Costa Rica, Haiti, Nicaragua and Bermuda with games in San Jose, Costa Rica, Frisco, Texas, and Harrison, N.J. Group C is made up of Honduras, Jamaica, El Salvador and Curacao with games in Kingston, Jamaica, Houston and Los Angeles. Group D consists of the U.S., Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana with games in Saint Paul, Minn., Cleveland and Kansas City. The top two in each pool will advance to the knockout quarterfinals. Asked about his team’s chances against Martinique and Cuba, Herdman replied: “Anything can happen in tournaments.” “We’ve seen that in World Cups, in big tournaments. You know there aren’t any easy games. These are all do-or-die-type matches. Teams, now

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Team Canada competes against France during a CONCACAF Nations League qualifying soccer match last month in Vancouver. Canada will play in a group with Mexico, Martinique and Cuba at this summer’s Gold Cup. matter where they’re ranked in CONCACAF, they’re able to raise their game.” The top two in Group A will cross over to play the top two in Group B in the June 29 quarterfinals at NRG Stadium, Houston. The winners will then meet in the July 2 semifinal at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Canada is 3-18-7 against Mexico and winless in the last seven meetings (0-5-2) since the Canadian men posted a 2-1 win in the quarterfinals of the 2000 Gold Cup when Richard Hastings scored in second-half stoppage time. Canada is 1-2-1 against Martinique, losing the last meeting 1-0 at the 2013 Gold Cup, and 6-2-3 against Cuba. Canada is 5-0-0 under Herdman, outscoring its opposition 19-1. But the average world ranking for the first four of those opponents — French Guiana, the fifth team, is not a member of FIFA so is unranked — has been 158. “We keep saying we’ve been making steps and I think we all believe that we have,” Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio said Wednesday prior to the group announcement. “Especially with the players we have coming in and everything. “But you can’t really prove that until you play the best. So we’re excited for that. We’ve been waiting for this. These other games have been tough in their own way but the games coming up are the ones that we’ve really been looking forward to. “We want to prove ourselves. We feel like we haven’t yet, maybe. But we’re ready to do that now.”

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R.J. Barrett to enter NBA draft BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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R.J. Barrett is moving on after only one year with Duke. He’s entering the NBA Draft.

anada’s R.J. Barrett has officially closed a remarkable chapter on his college career and will enter the NBA draft. After one record-breaking season at Duke University, the six-foot-seven forward from Mississauga, Ont., joins a parade of talented Canadians into this year’s draft class. He made the announcement on a video posted on Twitter, saying: ”It was a dream of mine to play at Duke ever since i was a young kid, it is also a dream of mine to play in the NBA and have great success there. After discussing with my family and coaches, I’ve decided I’ll be declaring for the 2019 NBA draft.” The decision came as no surprise, with Barrett projected to be a No. 1 or 2 pick in the June draft. “From start to finish, R.J. was there every second,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He played the most minutes, broke scoring records and was consistently excellent. “He became one of our best defensive rebounders, and was close to triple-doubles quite a bit because of his scoring, rebounding and assists. “Having reclassified to come to Duke early, he’s just so advanced for this stage of his career … he’s a winner in every sense, and it was so special to have R.J. in our program.” Barrett was a first-team all-ACC selection, a consensus first-team all-American, and the USA Today national player of the year. The 18-year-old tied for the ACC lead in scoring

with classmate Zion Williamson (22.6 points per game), and he broke both the Duke and ACC freshman scoring records with 860 points, and finished with the second most points by a Duke player in a single season, trailing only the 941 points by J.J. Redick in his 2006 senior campaign. School spokesman Mike DeGeorge says Barrett plans to hire an agent but has not yet chosen one. Barrett was the only Blue Devil to start all 38 games, leading the team to a 32-6 record, the final AP No. 1 ranking, an ACC Championship and the Elite Eight. The freshman averaged 7.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and recorded just the program’s fourth triple double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against NC State on Feb. 16. School spokesman Mike DeGeorge says Barrett plans to hire an agent but has not yet chosen one. Barrett helped the Blue Devils earn a No. 1 ranking in the final AP Top 25 and claim the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Duke was knocked out by Michigan State in the East Regional final. Barrett was Duke’s most consistent scorer, scoring at least 13 points in every game with six 30-point performances. He had 33 twice — first in his college debut against Kentucky, and then in a home loss to North Carolina after Williamson left in the opening minute with a blown-out left sneaker and a right knee sprain. Williamson and classmate Cam Reddish have not yet announced their plans for next season. Point guard Tre Jones said earlier this week that he would return for his sophomore year.

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Former coach Herb Page thrilled with Corey Conners’ first PGA Tour win Herb Page and Jon Mills were sitting at an airport bar in Houston, wondering if the rain that had cancelled Kent State University’s golf tournament over the weekend would affect their flights back to Ohio when they looked up and saw former student Corey Conners on TV. Page, the longtime head coach of Kent State’s golf team, loved what he saw on Sunday. Not just that the affable Conners was atop the leaderboard at the Valero Texas Open, but that he hadn’t changed his unique swing since graduating in 2014. “Corey Conners owns his swing,” Page proudly said of the fellow Canadian on Tuesday. “He stays within himself. He doesn’t hit a golf shot that he can’t hit. Those are traits that some guys don’t have. He’s ultra confident. “He’s not afraid. The moment won’t get to him.” That poise paid off for Conners, as he went on to win the Texas Open by two strokes over Charley Hoffman. The impact on Page, his assistant coach Mills, also a Canadian, and the players on Kent State’s golf team was immediate as they started to

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Corey Conners poses with the trophy after winning the Valero Texas Open golf tournament, April 7, in San Antonio. It was the first PGA Tour win for the Canadian. get excited texts, emails, and phone calls about Conners’s win. It certainly made it easier to get over the disappointment of their tournament at Texas A&M being rained out and their flight home being delayed. “Everybody’s excited, I mean, it’s unbelievable,” said Page, who will retire at the end of this season and hand the Kent State head-coaching reins to Mills. “‘He was just (on the team). I think that makes it even more special. People know him. They know everybody, it’s a small college town. People know him.”

One of the benefits of Conners’s win is that he will be in the field of the Masters on Thursday. The Listowel, Ont., native and Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., are the only two Canadians playing in the first major of the men’s golf season. Page, from Markham, Ont., will be inducted into Canada’s Golf Half of Fame this June for his achievements as a coach, including helping to shape the careers of Conners, fellow PGA Tour member Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and Ben Curtis, who won the British Open in 2003. According to Page, one of the

things that has set Conners apart is his ability to improve his game at every level he plays. “I’m not surprised, Corey’s a great player. He was a great player for Kent State,” said Page. “I sent a little text to Corey after the win ‘hey, you’re a champion, you’ve been a champion at every level.’ “He just kind of gets to every level, he gets comfortable and then he says ‘OK, I can do this,’ and moves a notch up the ladder.” Part of that comes from Conners’s analytical mind. He was a two-time All-American and a two-time Academic All-American, a feat that Page is especially impressed with since Conners majored in actuarial science. “Coaching him was a dream,” said Page. “Here’s what happened to Corey Conners when he got here: he just got better and better and better. And I’m very proud of that.” All of the other North American professional tours have the week off to put the spotlight squarely on the Masters. DRIVE, CHIP, PUTT — Nicole Gal of Oakville, Ont., won the girls’ 14-15 age division at the national Drive, Chip, Putt championship at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Gal won by a one-point margin, finishing with 23 points to top the competition. This is the third straight year a Canadian has won a Drive, Chip and Putt title. Toronto’s Vanessa Borovilos won her division in 2018 and Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., captured Canada’s first title in 2017.

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AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB Masters Tournament Site: Augusta, Ga. Course: Augusta National GC. Yardage: 7,475. Par: 72. Purse: TBA. Last year: $11 million ($1,980,000 to the winner). Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7:30 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday, 3-7 p.m. (CBS Sports); Sunday, 2-7 p.m. (CBS Sports). Defending champion: Patrick Reed. Last year: Reed closed with a 71 for a one-shot victory over Rickie Fowler for his first major. Notes: Justin Rose goes into a major for the first time ranked No. 1. … Tiger Woods has gone 14 years since winning the Masters in 2005. Two chairmen at Augusta National have retired since he last won the green jacket. … The fifth hole has been lengthened by 30 yards, the only significant change to the course since last year’s tournament. … Patrick Reed will try to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Woods as the only back-to-back champions. … Rory McIlroy needs only to win the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam. This is his fifth try at it. … The last seven Masters champions were among the top 25 in the world when they won. … Eight of the top 10 players in the world already have won on the PGA Tour this season. …. Jordan Spieth has never finished worse than a tie for 11th in his five previous appearances. PGA TOUR Last week: Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open. Next week: RBC Heritage. FedEx Cup leader: Matt Kuchar. Online: www.pgatour.com LPGA TOUR Last week: Jin Young Ko won the ANA Inspiration. Next week: LOTTE Championship. Race to CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko. Online: www.lpga.com EUROPEAN TOUR Last tournament: Stephen Gallacher won the Hero Indian Open. Next tournament: Trophee Hassan II on April 25-28. Race to Dubai leader: Shane Lowry. Online: www.europeantour.com PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS Last tournament: Kevin Sutherland won the Rapiscan Systems Classic Next week: Mitsubishi Electric Classic on April 19-21. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Bernhard Langer. Online: www.pgatour.com/champions WEB.COM TOUR Last tournament: Dan McCarthy won the Savannah Golf Championship. Next week: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship. Points leader: Rafael Campos. Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom OTHER TOURS PGA Tour Latinoamerica: Molino Canuelas Championship, Canuelas GC, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Defending champion: Thomas Baik. Online: www. pgatour.com/la/en PGA Tour China: Haikou Championship, Sunac Haikou 3KM GC, Haikou, China. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: www.pgatour.com/china Korean LPGA: Celltrion Queens Masters, Bora GC, Ulsan, South Korea. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: www.klpga.co.kr LPGA of Japan: Studio Alice Women’s Open, Hanayashiki GC (Yokawa), Hyogo, Japan. Defending champion: Ai Suzuki. Online: www.lpga.or.jp WORLD GOLF RANKINGS Through April 7 1. Justin Rose ENG 2. Dustin Johnson USA 3. Rory McIlroy NIR 4. Brooks Koepka USA 5. Justin Thomas USA 6. Bryson DeChambeau USA 7. Francesco Molinari ITA 8. Jon Rahm ESP 9. Rickie Fowler USA 10. Xander Schauffele USA 11. Paul Casey ENG 12. Tiger Woods USA 13. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 14. Jason Day AUS 15. Tony Finau USA 16. Matt Kuchar USA 17. Bubba Watson USA 18. Patrick Reed USA 19. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 20. Marc Leishman AUS 21. Patrick Cantlay USA 22. Phil Mickelson USA 23. Webb Simpson USA 24. Gary Woodland USA 25. Kevin Kisner USA 26. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 27. Sergio Garcia ESP 28. Cameron Smith AUS 29. Adam Scott AUS 30. Alex Noren SWE 31. Rafa Cabrera Bello ESP 32. Ian Poulter ENG 33. Jordan Spieth USA 34. Keegan Bradley USA 35. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 36. Matt Wallace ENG 37. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 38. Henrik Stenson SWE 39. Li Haotong CHN 40. Eddie Pepperrell ENG 41. Billy Horschel USA 42. Kiradech Aphibarnrat THA 43. Lucas Bjerregaard DEN 44. Branden Grace RSA 45. J.B. Holmes USA 46. Charles Howell III USA 47. Brandt Snedeker USA 48. Kyle Stanley USA 49. Justin Harding RSA 50. Shane Lowry IRL

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WHL PLAYOFFS Second Round DIVISION FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division Prince Albert (1) vs. Saskatoon (2) (Series tied 2-2) Wednesday’s result Saskatoon 4 Prince Albert 1 Tuesday’s result Saskatoon 1 Prince Albert 0 Friday’s game Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. (MDT) Sunday’s game Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 4 p.m. (MDT) Tuesday, Apr. 16 x-Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. (MDT) Central Division Edmonton (1) vs. Calgary (3) (Edmonton wins series 4-0) Wednesday’s result Edmonton 6 Calgary 0 Tuesday’s result Edmonton 2 Calgary 1 (OT) WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division Vancouver (1) vs. Victoria (2) (Vancouver leads series 3-0) Tuesday’s result Vancouver 5 Victoria 4 (OT) Saturday’s result Vancouver 2 Victoria 1 (OT) Thursday’s game Vancouver at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Saturday’s game x-Victoria at Vancouver, 7 p.m. (PDT) Monday, Apr. 15 x-Vancouver at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Wednesday, Apr. 17 x-Victoria at Vancouver, 7 p.m. (PDT) U.S. Division Everett (1) vs. Spokane (2) (Spokane leads series 2-0) Wednesday’s result Everett at Spokane Sunday’s result Spokane 3 Everett 1 Friday’s game Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Saturday’s game x-Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Monday, Apr. 15 x-Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) Wednesday, Apr. 17 x-Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m. (PDT) x _ played only if necessary. WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARIES Blades 4, Raiders 1 First Period 1. Prince Albert, Hannoun 4 (Kelly) 11:15 (sh). Penalties — Schuldhaus Sas (tripping, unsportsmanlike cnd.) 16:38; McKay Sas (high sticking) 5:45; Guhle Pa (hooking) 10:39; Leason Pa (charging) 12:22; Florchuk Sas (boarding) 14:45. Second Period 2. Saskatoon, Gerlach 6 (Hughes, Davidson) 12:02 (pp). 3. Saskatoon, Robins 2 (Gerlach, McKay) 13:13. Penalties — Nachbaur Pa (high sticking) 10:08. Third Period 4. Saskatoon, Crnkovic 2 (Gerlach, Davidson) 16:18. 5. Saskatoon, Florchuk 2 (Wouters, Davidson) 17:53 (en). Penalties — Kelly Pa (inter. on goaltender) 7:08; Martin Pa (boarding) 10:25; Gregor Pa (10-minute misconduct) 17:53. Shots on goal by Prince Albert 22 13 9 _ 44 Saskatoon 12 16 10 _ 38 Goal — Prince Albert: Scott (L, ). Saskatoon: Maier (W, ). Oil Kings 6, Hitmen 0 First Period 1. Edmonton, Atkinson 2 (Alistrov, Pavlenko) 4:56. 2. Edmonton, Benjafield 4 (Gavlas) 17:59. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Edmonton, Neighbours 3 (Fyten, Cap) 7:40. 4. Edmonton, Loschiavo 5 (Benjafield, McDonald) 9:15 (pp). 5. Edmonton, McLeod 3 (Williams, Russell) 17:38. Penalties — Yeryomenko Cgy (tripping) 8:28; Fyten Edm (interference) 13:17. Third Period 6. Edmonton, Fyten 3 (Kope, Neighbours) 5:53. Penalties — McLeod Edm (delay of game) 10:14. Shots on goal by Edmonton 12 17 8 _ 37 Calgary 8 2 8 _ 18 Goal — Edmonton: Myskiw (W, ). Calgary: McNaughton (L, ), Stankowski (0:00 third, 8 shots, 7 saves). WHL SCORING LEADERS G A Pts D. Koch, VAN 2 11 13 B. Byram, VAN 3 9 12 J. Leschyshyn, LET 6 4 10 R. Woods, SPO 5 5 10 M. Kastelic, CGY 6 3 9 B. Kindopp, EVT 5 4 9 C. Focht, CGY 5 4 9 M. Fasko-Rudas, EVT4 5 9 V. Loschiavo, EDM 4 5 9 D. Plouffe, VAN 4 5 9

E. Zummack, SPO 3 T. Nielsen, VAN 3 C. Addison, LET 2 P. Schultz, VIC 2 D. Cozens, LET 4 T. Fix-Wolansky, EDM3 J. Anderson-Dolan, SPO J. Bellerive, LET 2 J. Christiansen, EVT 1 J. Joseph, VAN 6 J. Hamblin, MH 5 Z. Andrusiak, EVT 5 K. Dach, SAS 5 D. Kambeitz, VIC 5 A. Kukuca, SEA 4 L. Coleman, CGY 4 R. Chyzowski, MH 3 C. Dewar, EVT 3 B. Leason, PA 3 D. Hannoun, PA 3 Q. Benjafield, EDM 3 N. Gregor, PA 2 J. Neighbours, EDM 2 L. Svejkovsky, VAN 2 J. Finley, SPO 1 D. Krebs, CGY 1 R. Stotts, CGY 1 S. Walford, VIC 0 E. Zamula, CGY 0 L. Toporowski, SPO 5 S. Montgomery, PA 5 B. Hagel, RD 4 J. Paterson, POR 4 N. Henry, LET 4 E. McIndoe, SPO 4 J. Loewen, KAM 3 M. Wedman, SEA 3 A. Beckman, SPO 3 J. Dmytriw, VAN 3 M. Patterson, EVT 2 O. Hardy, VAN 2 D. Holt, VAN 2 A. Kannok Leipert, VAN J. Malm, CGY 2 C. Zimmerman, CGY 2 N. Volcan, SEA 1 J. Elmer, LET 1 M. Gerlach, SAS 5 C. Miller, VIC 5 L. Nassen, MH 3 P. Kelly, PA 3 J. Prokop, CGY 3 G. Goncalves, EVT 2 A. Protas, PA 2 S. Sapego, PA 2 A. Fyten, EDM 2 I. Martynov, VIC 2 W. McLeod, EDM 2 K. Elder, CGY 2 R. Korczak, CGY 2 V. Yeryomenko, CGY 2 J. Freadrich, POR 1 J. McGrew, SPO 1 M. Prowse, VIC 1 R. Holmes, EVT 1

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N.Y. Islanders (2) vs. Pittsburgh (3) (N.Y. Islanders lead series 1-0) Wednesday’s result N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT) Friday’s game Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders (Uniondale), 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s game N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Apr. 16 N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 18 x-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders (Uniondale), TBA Saturday, Apr. 20 x-N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, TBA Monday, Apr. 22 x-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders (Uniondale), TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville (1) vs. Dallas (WC1) Wednesday’s result Dallas at Nashville Saturday’s game Dallas at Nashville, 4 p.m. Monday, Apr. 15 Nashville at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 17 Nashville at Dallas, 6 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 20 x-Dallas at Nashville, TBA Monday, Apr. 22 x-Nashville at Dallas, TBA Wednesday, Apr. 24 x-Dallas at Nashville, TBA

Winnipeg (2) vs. St. Louis (3) (St. Louis leads series 1-0) Wednesday’s result St. Louis 2 Winnipeg 1 Friday’s game St. Louis at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game Winnipeg at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 16 Winnipeg at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 18 x-St. Louis at Winnipeg, TBA Saturday, Apr. 20 x-Winnipeg at St. Louis, TBA Monday, Apr. 22 x-St. Louis at Winnipeg, TBA Pacific Division Calgary (1) vs. Colorado (WC2) Thursday’s game Colorado at Calgary, 8 p.m. Saturday’s game Colorado at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Apr. 15 Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 17 Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. Friday, Apr. 19 x-Colorado at Calgary, TBA Sunday, Apr. 21 x-Calgary at Colorado, TBA Tuesday, Apr. 23 x-Colorado at Calgary, TBA

2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) DIVISION SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Tampa Bay (1) vs. Columbus (WC2) (Columbus leads series 1-0) Wednesday’s result Columbus 4 Tampa Bay 3 Friday’s game Columbus at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Sunday’s game Tampa Bay at Columbus, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 16 Tampa Bay at Columbus, 5 p.m. Friday, Apr. 19 x-Columbus at Tampa Bay, TBA Sunday, Apr. 21 x-Tampa Bay at Columbus, TBA Tuesday, Apr. 23 x-Columbus at Tampa Bay, TBA

San Jose (2) vs. Vegas (3) Wednesday’s result Vegas at San Jose Friday’s game Vegas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s game San Jose at Vegas, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 16 San Jose at Vegas, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 18 x-Vegas at San Jose, TBA Sunday, Apr. 21 x-San Jose at Vegas, TBA Tuesday, Apr. 23 x-Vegas at San Jose, TBA x _ played only if necessary. WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARIES NY Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3 (1st OT) First Period 1. NY Islanders, Eberle 1 (Lee, Pelech) 1:40. 2. Pittsburgh, Kessel 1 (Simon, Dumoulin) 5:42. 3. NY Islanders, Nelson 1 (Eberle, Toews) 15:46 (pp). Penalties — Pettersson Pgh (tripping) 15:21. Second Period 4. Pittsburgh, Malkin 1 (Schultz, Kessel) 13:41 (pp). Penalties — Kessel Pgh (tripping) 5:43; Komarov NYI (holding) 8:32; Malkin Pgh, Mayfield NYI (roughing) 10:43; Pulock NYI (interference) 12:30. Third Period 5. NY Islanders, Leddy 1 (Filppula, Komarov) 12:35. 6. Pittsburgh, Schultz 1 (Letang, Malkin) 18:31. Penalties — Lee NYI (boarding) 8:34; Letang Pgh (roughing) 13:42; Nelson NYI (slashing) 13:42. First Overtime 7. NY Islanders, Bailey 1 (Barzal) 4:39. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Pittsburgh 17 13 11 3 _ 44 New York 12 10 9 2 _ 33 Goal — Pittsburgh: Murray (L, 0-1-0). NY Islanders: Lehner (W, 1-0-0).

Boston (2) vs. Toronto (3) Thursday’s game Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m. Saturday’s game Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m. Monday, Apr. 15 Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 17 Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m. Friday, Apr. 19 x-Toronto at Boston, TBA Sunday, Apr. 21 x-Boston at Toronto, TBA Tuesday, Apr. 23 x-Toronto at Boston, TBA Metropolitan Division Washington (1) vs. Carolina (WC1) Thursday’s game Carolina at Washington, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s game Carolina at Washington, 1 p.m. Monday, Apr. 15 Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 18 Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 20 x-Carolina at Washington, TBA Monday, Apr. 22 x-Washington at Carolina, TBA Wednesday, Apr. 24 x-Carolina at Washington, TBA

St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Laine 1 (Little, Byfuglien) 13:28. Penalties — Scheifele Wpg (goaltender interference) 0:34. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Perreault Wpg (hooking) 5:53; Kulikov

Wpg (high-sticking) 9:55; Bozak StL (cross-checking) 16:51. Third Period 2. St. Louis, Perron 1 (Parayko, Sundqvist) 4:05. 3. St. Louis, Bozak 1 (Maroon, Pietrangelo) 17:55. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by St. Louis 8 8 10 _ 26 Winnipeg 7 11 7 _ 25 Goal — St. Louis: Binnington (W, 1-0-0). Winnipeg: Hellebuyck (L, 0-1-0). Columbus 4, Tampa Bay 3 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Killorn 1 (unassisted) 4:12. 2. Tampa Bay, Cirelli 1 (Cernak, Miller) 11:01. 3. Tampa Bay, Gourde 1 (Sergachev, Rutta) 17:50. Penalties — Girardi TB (illegal check to the head minor) 2:55; Dubinsky Clb, Girardi TB (roughing) 2:55; Savard Clb (interference) 19:27. Second Period 4. Columbus, Foligno 1 (Anderson) 9:15. Penalties — None. Third Period 5. Columbus, Savard 1 (unassisted) 7:56. 6. Columbus, Anderson 1 (Jenner) 11:54 (sh). 7. Columbus, Jones 1 (Panarin, Werenski) 14:05 (pp). Penalties — Dubinsky Clb (double high-sticking) 9:23; Killorn TB (high-sticking) 12:16. Shots on goal by Columbus 6 11 9 _ 26 Tampa Bay 13 11 5 _ 29 Goal — Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 1-0-0). Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (L, 0-1-0). AHL Eastern Conference North Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts x-Syracuse 73 45 21 4 3 252 179 97 x-Rochester 73 45 22 4 2 244 208 96 x-Toronto 74 39 23 8 4 245 235 90 Cleveland 73 36 28 7 2 223 227 81 Belleville 74 36 30 3 5 223 222 80 Utica 73 32 33 6 2 211 249 72 Laval 74 29 33 6 6 190 223 70 Binghamton 73 27 40 6 0 192 266 60 Atlantic Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts xy-Charlotte 74 49 17 7 1 249 185 106 x-Bridgeport 74 42 23 6 3 226 219 93 x-Hershey 73 40 25 4 4 198 210 88 Providence 73 37 25 8 3 219 199 85 Lehigh Valley 74 37 30 4 3 233 239 81 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 73 35 28 7 3224 213 80 Springfield 73 31 28 9 5 234 233 76 Hartford 73 29 34 7 3 203 254 68 Western Conference Pacific Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts x-Bakersfield 65 39 21 3 2 233 177 83 x-San Jose 65 37 21 3 4 221 191 81 San Diego 65 35 23 4 3 230 213 77 Colorado 66 35 26 4 1 187 200 75 Tucson 65 33 24 5 3 199 195 74 Stockton 65 30 29 4 2 229 243 66 Ontario 65 24 31 6 4 204 264 58 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts xy-Chicago 73 43 21 5 4 243 189 95 Grand Rapids 74 38 25 7 4 216 213 87 Milwaukee 74 34 24 14 2 209 205 84 Iowa 74 35 26 8 5 237 229 83 Manitoba 73 37 29 5 2 185 212 81 Texas 74 36 30 4 4 233 225 80 Rockford 74 35 29 4 6 182 208 80 San Antonio 74 30 37 6 1 190 239 67 Note: x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Sunday’s results Charlotte 5 Springfield 0 Hartford 6 Binghamton 2 Stockton 6 Manitoba 2 Lehigh Valley 10 W-B/Scranton 6 Providence 3 Utica 1 Colorado 3 Chicago 2 (SO) Ontario 4 Tucson 2 Monday’s results Rochester 2 Cleveland 1 Tuesday’s results Lehigh Valley 3 Hershey 2 (OT) Rockford 4 Milwaukee 3 (OT) Wednesday’s results Iowa 7 Grand Rapids 3 Bridgeport 2 Laval 1 Toronto 3 Belleville 2 San Antonio 5 Texas 3 Tucson at Bakersfield, 7:30 p.m. Ontario at Stockton, 8 p.m. San Jose at San Diego, 8 p.m. Thursday’s results Charlotte at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Friday’s games Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 5 p.m. W-B/Scranton at Utica, 5 p.m. Laval at Syracuse, 5 p.m. Binghamton at Rochester, 5:05 p.m. Lehigh Valley at Providence, 5:05 p.m. Bridgeport at Springfield, 5:05 p.m. Hershey at Hartford, 5:15 p.m. Chicago at Iowa, 6 p.m. Texas at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 7:05 p.m. Stockton at Ontario, 8 p.m. San Diego at Tucson, 8:05 p.m.

LACROSSE NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE East Division GP W L Pct GF GA 16 12 4 .750 203 177 16 12 4 .750 214 173 16 10 6 .625 185 186 15 8 7 .533 181 186 15 4 11 .267 172 197 15 3 12 .200 176 197

Team x-Georgia x-Buffalo x-Toronto New England Rochester Philadelphia

GB — — 2 3½ 7½ 8½

West Division Team GP W L Pct GF GA x-San Diego 15 9 6 .600 181 178 x-Saskatchewan14 8 6 .571 171 157 x-Calgary 16 8 8 .500 180 180 Colorado 15 6 9 .400 157 158 Vancouver 15 4 11 .267 145 176 x _ clinched playoff berth. Saturday’s results

GB — ½ 1½ 3 5

Calgary 18 Philadelphia 13 New England 17 San Diego 14 Rochester 12 Toronto 10 Saskatchewan 9 Colorado 7 Friday’s results Georgia 17 San Diego 10 Toronto 12 Buffalo 11 (OT) Friday, Apr. 12

New England at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Rochester at Colorado, 7 p.m. Saskatchewan at San Diego, 8 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 13 Georgia at Calgary, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Saskatchewan, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 14 Philadelphia at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

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SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Team GP W L T GF GA Columbus 6 4 1 1 7 4 D.C. 6 3 1 2 9 5 Toronto 4 3 0 1 12 5 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 9 7 Cincinnati 6 2 2 2 8 8 Orlando 6 2 2 2 10 11 Montreal 6 2 2 2 7 11 Chicago 5 1 2 2 7 9 NY Red Bulls 5 1 3 1 6 6 New England 6 1 4 1 5 10 New York City 5 0 1 4 4 8 Atlanta 4 0 2 2 2 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE

Pts 13 11 10 10 8 8 8 5 4 4 4 2

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts Los Angeles FC 6 5 0 1 19 5 16 Seattle 5 4 0 1 11 3 13 LA Galaxy 5 4 1 0 9 6 12 Houston 4 3 0 1 10 5 10 Dallas 6 3 2 1 10 7 10 Minnesota 5 3 2 0 11 8 9 Kansas City 5 2 1 2 12 5 8 Salt Lake 6 1 4 1 5 13 4 San Jose 5 1 4 0 5 14 3 Colorado 6 0 4 2 9 16 2 Vancouver 5 0 4 1 4 9 1 Portland 5 0 4 1 5 15 1 Note: Three points awarded for a win, one for a tie. Wednesday’s result Seattle at Colorado (ppd., snow)

Friday’s game Vancouver at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Columbus at Montreal, 11 a.m. San Jose at Houston, 1 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 2 p.m. New York City at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Atlanta at New England, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 6 p.m. Orlando at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. D.C. at Colorado, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Galaxy, 8:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Los Angeles F.C., 8:30 p.m. Sunday’s game N.Y. Red Bulls at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Liverpool 33 25 7 1 75 20 Man City 32 26 2 4 83 21 Chelsea 33 20 6 7 57 34 Tottenham 32 21 1 10 60 34 Arsenal 32 19 6 7 65 40 Man United 32 18 7 7 61 43 Leicester 33 14 5 14 46 44 Wolverhampton32 13 8 11 40 39 Everton 33 13 7 13 46 42 Watford 32 13 7 12 47 47 West Ham 33 12 6 15 41 50 Crystal Palace 33 11 6 16 39 43 Bournemouth 33 11 5 17 44 61

Pts 82 80 66 64 63 61 47 47 46 46 42 39 38

Burnley Newcastle Brighton Southampton Cardiff Fulham Huddersfield

33 33 31 32 32 33 33

10 6 17 40 60 36 9 8 16 31 43 35 9 6 16 32 46 33 8 9 15 36 53 33 8 4 20 28 61 28 4 5 24 30 76 17 3 5 25 19 63 14 Friday, April 12 Leicester vs. Newcastle 1900 GMT Saturday, April 13 Tottenham vs. Huddersfield 1130 GMT Fulham vs. Everton 1400 GMT Burnley vs. Cardiff 1400 GMT Southampton vs. Wolverhampton 1400 GMT Brighton vs. Bournemouth 1400 GMT Man United vs. West Ham 1630 GMT

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

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 10 3 .769 5 7 .417 5 7 .417 4 8 .333 3 9 .250 Central Division W L Pct 8 4 .667 7 4 .636 6 4 .600 3 8 .273 2 9 .182 West Division W L Pct 12 2 .857 8 5 .615 6 6 .500 8 8 .500 5 6 .455

GB — 4 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 6 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 4 1/2 5 1/2 GB — 3 1/2 5 5 5 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 8, Detroit 2 Toronto 7, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland 13, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Seattle 6, Kansas City 3 Arizona 5, Texas 4 L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 Wednesday’s Games Detroit 4, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Oakland 10, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6 Houston 8, N.Y. Yankees 6 Seattle 6, Kansas City 5 Texas at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m. Thursday’s Games Oakland (Brooks 1-1) at Baltimore (Bundy 0-0), 10:35 a.m. Cleveland (Bieber 0-0) at Detroit (Turnbull 0-1), 11:10 a.m. Seattle (Leake 2-0) at Kansas City (Lopez 0-1), 11:15 a.m. Toronto (Sanchez 1-1) at Boston (Eovaldi 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Friday’s Games L.A. Angels at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING — TAnderson, Chicago, .514; LeMahieu, New York, .410; Trout, Los Angeles, .406; Beckham,

Seattle, .386; CSantana, Cleveland, .378; Andrus, Texas, .378; Polanco, Minnesota, .375; Mancini, Baltimore, .362; DSantana, Seattle, .345; Bregman, Houston, .341. RUNS — Beckham, Seattle, 13; Bruce, Seattle, 12; Haniger, Seattle, 12; Healy, Seattle, 12; Mancini, Baltimore, 12; Moncada, Chicago, 12; Encarnacion, Seattle, 11; Merrifield, Kansas City, 11; DSantana, Seattle, 11; Semien, Oakland, 11. RBI — DSantana, Seattle, 19; Davis, Oakland, 14; Bruce, Seattle, 13; Meadows, Tampa Bay, 13; Moncada, Chicago, 13; Healy, Seattle, 12; Mancini, Baltimore, 12; Trout, Los Angeles, 12; Voit, New York, 12; 4 tied at 11. HITS — DSantana, Seattle, 20; TAnderson, Chicago, 19; Semien, Oakland, 19; Chapman, Oakland, 18; Andrus, Texas, 17; Beckham, Seattle, 17; Mancini, Baltimore, 17; 6 tied at 16. DOUBLES — Healy, Seattle, 8; Goodrum, Detroit, 6; Beckham, Seattle, 5; Buxton, Minnesota, 5; Choo, Texas, 5; Gurriel, Houston, 5; Haniger, Seattle, 5; LeMahieu, New York, 5; Moncada, Chicago, 5; 12 tied at 4. TRIPLES — Mondesi, Kansas City, 3; Polanco, Minnesota, 3; Merrifield, Kansas City, 2; Mullins, Baltimore, 2; 16 tied at 1. HOME RUNS — Bruce, Seattle, 7; Davis, Oakland, 7; Mancini, Baltimore, 6; Sanchez, New York, 6; Altuve, Houston, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; Vogelbach, Seattle, 5; 8 tied at 4. STOLEN BASES — Gordon, Seattle, 6; Pham, Tampa Bay, 5; Smith, Seattle, 5; TAnderson, Chicago, 4; Merrifield, Kansas City, 4; 6 tied at 3. PITCHING — Gonzales, Seattle, 4-0; BAnderson, Oakland, 3-0; Glasnow, Tampa Bay, 3-0; Shoemaker, Toronto, 3-0; 15 tied at 2. ERA — Clevinger, Cleveland, 0.00; Glasnow, Tampa Bay, 0.53; Chirinos, Tampa Bay, 0.75; Shoemaker, Toronto, 0.92; Tanaka, New York, 1.47; German, New York, 1.64; Pineda, Minnesota, 2.00; Berrios, Minnesota, 2.18; Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.25; Ross, Detroit, 2.25. STRIKEOUTS — Boyd, Detroit, 29; Snell, Tampa Bay, 27; Cole, Houston, 25; Bauer, Cleveland, 24; Rodon, Chicago, 24; Clevinger, Cleveland, 22; McHugh, Houston, 22; Berrios, Minnesota, 21; Glasnow, Tampa Bay, 21; Morton, Tampa Bay, 21.

Atlanta New York Philadelphia Washington Miami Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct 7 4 .636 7 4 .636 7 4 .636 6 5 .545 3 9 .250 Central Division W L Pct 8 4 .667 6 4 .600 7 5 .583 3 8 .273 3 8 .273

GB — — — 1 4 1/2 GB — 1 1 4 1/2 4 1/2

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

West Division W L 8 5 8 5 6 5 4 9 3 9

Pct .615 .615 .545 .308 .250

GB — — 1 4 4 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 14, Miami 0 Washington 10, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8 St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 Atlanta 7, Colorado 1 Arizona 5, Texas 4 San Francisco 7, San Diego 2 L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Colorado, ppd. San Diego 3, San Francisco 1 Cincinnati 2, Miami 1 Washington 15, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Minnesota 6 St. Louis 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Texas at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Angels, 8:07 p.m. Thursday’s Games Miami (Lopez 1-1) at Cincinnati (Gray 0-2), 10:35 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 1-0) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 11:15 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-0) at Atlanta (Wright 0-1), 5:20 p.m. Pittsburgh (Musgrove 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 0-1), 6:05 p.m. San Diego (Paddack 0-0) at Arizona (Godley 1-1), 7:40 p.m. Colorado (Gray 0-2) at San Francisco (Samardzija 0-0), 7:45 p.m. Friday’s Games L.A. Angels at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING — Rendon, Washington, .429; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .426; Freeman, Atlanta, .400; DPeralta, Arizona, .380; Conforto, New York, .372; Heyward, Chicago, .371; Ramos, New York, .371; McNeil, New York, .367; Alonso, New York, .366; Albies, Atlanta, .364. RUNS — Bellinger, Los Angeles, 18; Rendon, Washington, 15; Conforto, New York, 12; Ahmed, Arizona, 11; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 11; Robles, Washington, 11; Yelich, Milwaukee, 11; 9 tied at 10. RBI — Bellinger, Los Angeles, 19; Alonso, New York, 15; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 15; Swanson, Atlanta, 15; Rendon, Washington, 14; Yelich, Milwaukee, 13; Braun, Milwaukee, 12; Franco, Philadelphia, 12;

KMarte, Arizona, 11; Muncy, Los Angeles, 11. HITS — Bellinger, Los Angeles, 23; DPeralta, Arizona, 19; Rendon, Washington, 18; Jones, Arizona, 17; Albies, Atlanta, 16; Cain, Milwaukee, 16; Conforto, New York, 16; DeJong, St. Louis, 16; Freeman, Atlanta, 16; Yelich, Milwaukee, 16. DOUBLES — DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Rendon, Washington, 7; Alonso, New York, 6; Ahmed, Arizona, 5; Cain, Milwaukee, 5; DeJong, St. Louis, 5; 13 tied at 4. TRIPLES — Arenado, Colorado, 1; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 1; Blackmon, Colorado, 1; Dahl, Colorado, 1; DeJong, St. Louis, 1; Gonzalez, Pittsburgh, 1; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 1; Inciarte, Atlanta, 1; KMarte, Arizona, 1; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 1; McNeil, New York, 1; Muncy, Los Angeles, 1; Renfroe, San Diego, 1; Robles, Washington, 1; Rosario, New York, 1; Segura, Philadelphia, 1; Swanson, Atlanta, 1; Tapia, Colorado, 1; Verdugo, Los Angeles, 1; Wong, St. Louis, 1. HOME RUNS — Bellinger, Los Angeles, 7; Goldschmidt, St. Louis, 6; Alonso, New York, 5; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 5; Yelich, Milwaukee, 5; 13 tied at 4. STOLEN BASES — Turner, Washington, 4; Cain, Milwaukee, 3; Herrera, Miami, 3; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 3; 15 tied at 2. PITCHING — Doolittle, Washington, 3-0; 11 tied at 2. ERA — Fried, Atlanta, 0.00; Musgrove, Pittsburgh, 0.00; Eflin, Philadelphia, 0.75; Lyles, Pittsburgh, 0.82; Mahle, Cincinnati, 0.82; Matz, New York, 0.87; Castillo, Cincinnati, 0.92; Alcantara, Miami, 1.50; Wacha, St. Louis, 1.54; Newcomb, Atlanta, 1.64. STRIKEOUTS — Scherzer, Washington, 28; deGrom, New York, 27; Castillo, Cincinnati, 25; Greinke, Arizona, 22; Holland, San Francisco, 21; Strasburg, Washington, 20; Syndergaard, New York, 20; FPeralta, Milwaukee, 19; 4 tied at 18.

Paxton, Kahnle (5), Harvey (5), Tarpley (7), Britton (8) and Romine; McHugh, Devenski (7), James (8), Rondon (8), Pressly (8) and Stassi. W_McHugh 2-1. L_Paxton 1-2. Sv_Pressly (1). HRs_New York, Voit (4), Gardner (2). Houston, Altuve 2 (5), Correa (2). Seattle 102 200001—6 11 1 Kansas City 111 000200—5 10 0 Kikuchi, Festa (7), Rosscup (7), Swarzak (8), Elias (9) and Narvaez; Fillmyer, Barlow (4), Kennedy (6), Diekman (8), Boxberger (9) and Gallagher. W_Swarzak 1-0. L_Boxberger 0-2. Sv_Elias (2). HRs_Seattle, Haniger (3). Kansas City, Soler (2), Dozier (2). INTERLEAGUE Minnesota 001 000041—6 9 0 New York 000 06030x—9 5 0 Odorizzi, Vasquez (5), Hildenberger (5), M.Perez (6), May (8) and Garver; Syndergaard, Familia (8), E.Diaz (9) and W.Ramos. W_Syndergaard 1-1. L_Odorizzi 0-2. HRs_Minnesota, Garver (3). NATIONAL LEAGUE San Diego 001 001001—3 6 0 San Francisco 000 100000—1 7 1 Margevicius, Wingenter (7), Wieck (7), Stammen (8), Yates (9) and Mejia; D.Rodriguez, Moronta (8), W.Smith (9) and Kratz, Posey. W_Margevicius 1-1. L_D.Rodriguez 1-2. Sv_Yates (7). HRs_San Diego, Machado (3). San Francisco, Pillar (2). Miami 001 000000—1 3 0 Cincinnati 000 00002x—2 3 0 Richards, Conley (7), Steckenrider (8) and Alfaro; Mahle, Hughes (6), Garrett (7), R.Iglesias (9) and Barnhart. W_Garrett 1-0. L_Steckenrider 0-2. Sv_R. Iglesias (1). HRs_Miami, Walker (2). Cincinnati, Iglesias (1), Winker (2).

WEDNESDAY’S LINESCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 000 001000—1 5 0 Detroit 200 00200x—4 12 0 Bauer, Wittgren (6), Ramirez (8) and R.Perez, Plawecki; Boyd, Alcantara (7), Stumpf (7), J.Jimenez (8), B.Farmer (8), Greene (9) and Hicks. W_Boyd 1-1. L_Bauer 1-1. Sv_Greene (8). HRs_Detroit, Goodrum (1), Hicks (1).

Los Angeles 000 001100—2 5 0 St. Louis 010 10302x—7 10 0 Maeda, Alexander (6), D.Santana (7), Chargois (8) and Barnes; Flaherty, Webb (7), Mayers (7), Brebbia (8), Leone (9) and Molina. W_Flaherty 1-0. L_Maeda 2-1. HRs_Los Angeles, Pederson (4), Muncy (4). St. Louis, Ozuna (3), Molina (1).

Tampa Bay 300 320001—9 14 0 Chicago 000 000001—1 6 1 Glasnow, Beeks (7) and Zunino; Lopez, Burr (5), Jones (7), K.Herrera (8), Colome (9) and Castillo. W_Glasnow 3-0. L_Lopez 0-2. Sv_Beeks (1). HRs_Tampa Bay, Pham 2 (2), Meadows (4).

Washington 300 420501—1517 0 Philadelphia 000 000001— 1 3 2 Hellickson, Sipp (7), Suero (7), Rosenthal (9) and Gomes; Pivetta, Nicasio (4), E.Ramos (6), Alvarez (7), Altherr (9) and Realmuto, Knapp. W_Hellickson 1-0. L_Pivetta 1-1.

Oakland 012 220300—1013 0 Baltimore 000 030000— 3 4 0 Montas, Wendelken (7), Buchter (8), Petit (9) and Hundley; Straily, Rogers (4), Wright (8) and Sucre. W_Montas 2-1. L_Straily 0-1. HRs_Oakland, Pinder (3), Chapman (4), Profar (2), Davis 2 (7). Baltimore, Ruiz (1), Mancini (6).

Pittsburgh 102 002000—5 9 2 Chicago 000 010010—2 6 2 Lyles, R.Rodriguez (7), Kela (8), Vazquez (8) and Cervelli, Stallings; Darvish, Ryan (6), Webster (7), Chatwood (8), Collins (9) and Contreras. W_Lyles 1-0. L_Darvish 0-2. Sv_Vazquez (3). HRs_Pittsburgh, Marte (1), Cervelli (1). Chicago, Heyward (4).

New York Houston

100 100040—6 10 201 04001x—8 16

1 0

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct y-Toronto 58 24 .707 x-Philadelphia 51 31 .622 x-Boston 49 33 .598 x-Brooklyn 42 40 .512 New York 17 65 .207 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Orlando 42 40 .512 Charlotte 39 43 .476 Miami 39 43 .476 Washington 32 50 .390

Atlanta GB — 7 9 16 41 GB — 3 3 10

z-Milwaukee x-Indiana x-Detroit Chicago Cleveland

29 53 .354 Central Division W L Pct 60 22 .732 48 34 .585 41 41 .500 22 60 .268 19 63 .232

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct y-Houston 53 29 .646 x-San Antonio 48 34 .585 Memphis 33 49 .402

13 GB — 12 19 38 41

GB — 5 20

New Orleans Dallas

33 49 .402 33 49 .402 Northwest Division W L Pct y-Denver 53 28 .654 x-Portland 52 29 .642 x-Utah 50 31 .617 x-Oklahoma City 49 33 .598 Minnesota 36 45 .444 Pacific Division W L Pct z-Golden State 57 25 .695 x-L.A. Clippers 47 34 .580 Sacramento 39 42 .481 L.A. Lakers 37 45 .451

20 20 GB — 1 3 4 1/2 17 GB — 9 1/2 17 1/2 20

Phoenix 19 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

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Tuesday’s Games Boston 116, Washington 110 Charlotte 124, Cleveland 97 Detroit 100, Memphis 93 Miami 122, Philadelphia 99 Golden State 112, New Orleans 103 New York 96, Chicago 86 Toronto 120, Minnesota 100 Dallas 120, Phoenix 109 Utah 118, Denver 108

Oklahoma City 112, Houston 111 Portland 104, L.A. Lakers 101 Wednesday’s Games Brooklyn 113, Miami 94 Detroit 115, New York 89 Indiana 135, Atlanta 134 Memphis 132, Golden State 117 Oklahoma City 127, Milwaukee 116 Orlando 122, Charlotte 114 Philadelphia 125, Chicago 109 San Antonio 105, Dallas 94 Minnesota at Denver, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 8:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Josh Rogers to Norfolk (IL). Returned Rule 5 INF Drew Jackson to the L.A. Dodgers. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Caleb Frare to Charlotte (IL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned LHP Tim Hill and RHP Kevin McCarthy to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Heath Fillmyer from Omaha. Selected the contract of LHP Richard Lovelady from Omaha. Returned RHP Chris Ellis to St. Louis. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Jaime Barria from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned RHP Luke Bard to Salt Lake. MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Chase De Jong to Rochester (IL). Recalled LHP Andrew Vasquez from Rochester. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Jonathan Loaisiga to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Joe Harvey from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. National League

CHICAGO CUBS — Placed LHP Jon Lester on 10day IL. Recalled LHP Timj Collins from Iowa (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled C Rocky Gale from Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed C Russell Martin on the 10-day IL. NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHP Tim Peterson to Syracuse (IL). Recalled RHP Corey Oswalt from Syracuse. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with INF Matt Carpenter on a two-year contract for 2020-21. American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP Brad Schaenzer. MILWAUKEE MILKMEN — Traded LHP Jared Koenig to Lake Erie (Frontier) for a player to be named. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed RHPs Tyler Fallwell and Eric Karch. TEXAS AIRHOGS — Signed RHP Travis Ballew. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed INF Dominic Ficociello and RHP Parker French. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed LHP Jon Niese.

Frontier League LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Received LHP Jared Koenig from the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association. Signed 1B Jake Vieth. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed OF Brett Siddal. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Announced the resignation of president of basketball operations Magic Johnson. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Eli Harold to a oneyear contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Re-signed G Alex Redmond to a one-year contract. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DB Jordan Martin and LB Greer Martini. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed K Stephen Gostkowski. Signed TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins. NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Brandon Silvers.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Re-signed RB Jalen Richard. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DB Orion Stewart. HOCKEY American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled Fs Ryan Hitchcock and Yanick Turcotte, D Mike Cornell and David Quenneville and G Mitch Gillam from Worcester (ECHL). HERSHEY BEARS — Signed F Chris McCarthy to a professional tryout. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed D Adam Smith to a two-year contract. SOCCER USL Championship USL — Suspended North Carolina M Austin da Luz, Bethlehem D Matt Real, Fresno M Seth Moses and Austin F Kleber one game. COLLEGE ALABAMA — Retained assistant men’s basketball coach Antoine Pettway. Named Bryan Hodgson and

Charlie Henry assistant men’s basketball coaches, Mike Snowden men’s basketball strength and conditioning coach and Adam Bauman director of men’s basketball operations. ARIZONA STATE — Freshman G Luguentz Dort will enter the NBA draft. BELMONT — Named Casey Alexander men’s basketball coach. BYU — Named Mark Pope men’s basketball coach. DUKE — Freshman G RJ Barrett declared for the NBA draft. KANSAS — Junior G Quentin Grimes will enter the NBA draft. KENTUCKY — Freshman G Keldon Johnson declared for the NBA draft. SAINT JOSEPH’S — John Griffin III men’s assistant basketball coach. TEMPLE — Named Brady Welsh director of men’s basketball sports performance.

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Amazon’s growing ties to oil industry irks some staffers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EW YORK — Amazon is getting cozy with the oil industry — and some employees aren’t happy

about it. The online shopping giant, which already works with BP and Shell, has been trying to woo more oil and gas companies to use its technology to help them find drillable oil faster, angering workers who have been pushing Amazon to do more to combat climate change. The employees say the company should drop its work with the industry entirely, arguing that it shouldn’t contribute to hurting the environment. Workers at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters have been meeting regularly, spreading the word and encouraging more involvement to put pressure on the company. The issue came to a boil on Wednesday, when workers publicly published a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos that was signed by more than 4,000 Amazon employees. “Amazon absolutely should not be helping oil and gas companies extract oil from the ground,” said Emily Cunningham, a user experience designer at the company who is part of a group of employees who have pushed Amazon to reduce its carbon emissions. The company is courting oil producers to Amazon Web Services, which offers cloud computing services to government agencies and major companies, such as video-streaming service Netflix and digital scrapbooking site Pinterest. AWS is one of Amazon’s biggest money makers, accounting for more than 70% of Amazon’s total profit last year. It’s unclear how big of a business oil and gas companies are for AWS BP and Shell have been clients for several years. But it seems Amazon has stepped up its courting of the industry recently. Andy Jassy, who runs AWS, spoke at last month’s oil and gas conference CERAWeek in Houston for the first time. Amazon was also one of the sponsors of the event, which brings together executives from some of the top oil and gas producers around the world. At one of Jassy’s discussions, he explained how Shell was using

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Amazon, which already works with BP and Shell, has been trying to woo more oil and gas companies to use its technology to help them find drillable oil faster, angering workers who have been pushing the online shopping giant to do more to combat climate change. Amazon’s machine learning technology to figure out which wells would produce the most oil before drilling. “That’s a real game-changer,” he said at the conference. Questions sent to Amazon about its ties to the oil industry were not answered. Instead, AWS spokesman Jason Kello sent a link to its sustainability website, which said the company uses solar and wind power to some of its data centres. Employees at big tech companies have been emboldened to advocate for issues they care about. At Google, for example, high-paid employees walked out of their offices last year to protest the tech company’s mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. Amazon employees say they already got the company to budge somewhat on climate change. About 30 Amazon employees, including Cunningham, filed a shareholder resolution late last year asking the company to cut its use of fossil fuels to power Amazon’s data centres and the trucks and jets used to deliver Amazon’s packages. In February, Amazon announced

that it would release its carbon footprint for the first time later this year and said it would make half of its shipments carbon neutral by 2030, but provided no details on how it will do that. But employees say the announcement wasn’t enough. In the letter released Wednesday, Amazon employees list a number of grievances, including that the company doesn’t have any detailed climate change plans and that it’s seeking the business of fossil fuel companies. “Amazon has the resources and scale to spark the world’s imagination and redefine what is possible and necessary to address the climate crisis,” the letter said. More young workers are demanding that their employers do more to combat climate change, said Sue Reid, a vice-president of climate and energy at Ceres, a non-profit that works with large investors and companies to make sustainability changes. She said that ignoring worker demands could hurt worker morale and bring more negative attention to the company. Often, making the changes benefits the companies since reducing energy use

can mean cutting costs. “It’s kind of baffling companies don’t line up to do this,” Reid said. Erik Gordon, a professor who follows Amazon at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, said ditching an entire industry as a client would seem unlikely, and could lead to more employees trying to tell Amazon which companies it can or can’t work with. “I’ll be surprised if Amazon gives into the demands,” he said. Nonetheless, workers like Rajit Iftikhar, a software engineer at Amazon, are still making a push. Iftikhar said climate change is a personal issue for him: He’s of Bangladeshi decent, a country that has been hurt by flooding and other natural disasters that have been linked to global warming. He said large companies like Amazon that are contributing to climate change should be doing more to reduce their impact. “This is extremely concerning to me,” he said. “The people who are least responsible for climate change will bear some of its worst consequences.”

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Diversified and Industrials Nutrien Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 70.65

ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.37 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.83

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Arc Resources . . . . . . . . . 9.37 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 42.64 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 26.87 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.19 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . . 7.79 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 39.52 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 13.36 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1900 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 9.64 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.345 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.56 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 31.04 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.92 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 14.21 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 38.66 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 0.540 Obsidian Energy . . . . . . . 0.390 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 3.68 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 44.02

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index resumed its upward trajectory, setting a 2019 trading high, following tame U.S. inflation data and increased crude oil prices. After falling Tuesday on lower economic growth forecasts by the International Monetary Fund, the TSX rose as data showed that underlying inflation remained in check even though consumer prices increased by the most in 14 months in March. “We’re definitely seeing a relief rally on the equity front and a lot of that is on the heels of that softer inflation report this morning out of the U.S. which has essentially reinforced the cautious approach from central banks,” says Candice Bangsund, portfolio manager for Fiera Capital. The inflation data supports the Federal

Reserve’s decision in March to pause its interest rate hikes. “Essentially what we’re seeing in the data as of late is that the economic results have been strong enough to defy those fears of a pronounced slowdown but not strong enough to force central banks to reconsider their patient and cautious approach and this is obviously a very constructive backdrop for equity markets in general,” she said in an interview. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 59.84 points to 16,396.29 after setting a 2019 high of 16,409.77 in earlier trading. The index was helped by a broad-based rally, with all of its 11 major sectors rising except materials, which fell on lower copper prices. Energy was the best performer, gaining 1.7 per cent followed by health care. Crescent

Point Energy Corp. led the key energy sector, rising 6.57 per cent, with Cenovus Energy Inc. and Encana Corp. up 4.78 per cent and 4.10 per cent respectively. The sector’s performance was helped by crude oil prices rising to a new five-month high on a report that U.S. crude stockpiles rose last week to their highest level since November 2017 while gasoline inventories fell beyond expectations. In addition, OPEC is adhering to production cuts while supply is being disrupted by sanctions on Venezuela and Iran. The May crude contract was up 63 cents at US$64.61 per barrel and the May natural gas contract was up 0.1 of a cent at US$2.70 per mmBTU. “That’s why we’re seeing the TSX outperform the U.S. today. It’s largely a story about en-

ergy shares outperforming the rest of the market,” added Bangsund. The Canadian dollar traded at an average of 75.04 cents US compared with an average of 75.10 cents US on

Tuesday. The June gold contract was up US$5.60 at US$1,313.90 an ounce and the May copper contract was down 0.85 of a cent at US$2.93 a pound. In New York, the Dow

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Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.13 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.82 First Quantum Minerals . 15.65 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.45 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.71 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.72 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.410

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NEWSPAPERS DRIVE PURCHASES OF MOBILE DEVICES Print and online newspapers are a top resource for people making mobile phone and tablet purchase decisions. Newspapers and their sites outperform all other media in engaging Canadians. This is true across all demographics,

Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 145.91 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.70 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.00 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.67 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.69 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.60 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.28

BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.41 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.72 Cdn. National Railway . 120.31 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 280.59 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.93 Capital Power Corp . . . . 31.49 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.44 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 49.03 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.94 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.78 General Motors Co. . . . . 39.25 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 40.18 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 34.25 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.15 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.79 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 9.89 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.64

TOY GIANT

Ghost of Toys R Us still haunts toy makers NEW YORK — Just last year, a kid in the market for an Uncle Milton ant farm could choose from a half dozen versions, including glow-in-the dark or an ant village. Now there are only three. Last year, there were 60 kinds of K’Nex construction sets on the market. This year there are 20. A year after Toys R Us imploded, toy makers are still readjusting to the big loss of shelf space. That means slashing the number of styles they carry, re-evaluating how they sell large toys like playhouses and cars, and changing their packaging to squeeze into smaller retail spaces. It’s a jolt for toy companies. They had already been trying to reinvent themselves amid an onslaught of changes, including kids’ evolving tastes toward gadgets, as well as the rise of Amazon and online shopping. They never expected the iconic chain to liquidate its 800 U.S. stores six months after it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in 2017. Some companies depended on the chain for as much as 40 per cent of overall sales. A slew of retailers like Walmart, Target and Party City rushed to expand their toy aisles to capitalize on Toys R Us’s demise, but toy companies say they aren’t able to fill the void. The stores devoted big sections to toys year round and served as incuba-

including high-income Canadians, boomers, moms and even young adults. If you’re looking for better ROI from your advertising, perhaps more of your “I” should be in newspapers.

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Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.52 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 33.99 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . 102.06 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.35 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.15 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.18 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.04 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.64 Intact Financial Corp. . . 110.59 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.70 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 61.94 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.950 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . 103.50 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 52.66 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.76

Jones industrial average was up 6.58 points at 26,157.16. The S&P 500 index was up 10.01 points at 2,888.21, while the Nasdaq composite was up 54.97 points at 7,964.24.

tors of new trends. They also say that Toys R Us’ massive orders of tens of thousands of units offset the cost of production. All this has led to fewer options for kids. “Maybe the world only needs one kind of ant farm, but in the day, you had a choice,” said Jay Foreman, president and CEO of Basic Fun. The Boca Raton, Florida-based company purchased the assets of Uncle Milton, which makes ant farms, along with K’Nex and Playhut, over the past year. He is now evaluating his overall lineup. Many parents have taken note of the more limited options. Stephen Desch of Keyport, N.J., said when his now 3-year-old daughter wanted a crab-shaped sandbox, he found it at Toys R Us. But he can’t find certain items now, like a plush toy inspired by the Jay character from the Netflix show “Beat Bugs.” “It’s definitely annoying,” Desch said. Vanessa Myers of Bristol, Virginia, cites too many choices in some categories, like light up toys for the tub. But she does worry about the dwindling selection of dolls and bikes. “I really want dolls that are diverse,” in hair colour and ethnicity, she said. Toys R Us collapsed after racking up nearly $3 billion in revenue last year, or 12 per cent of the U.S. toy market, according to market research group NPD Group Inc. Jim Silver, editor-in-chief of TTPM, an online toy review site, estimates that 40 per cent of Toys R Us business wasn’t scooped up.

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BILL C-69

Chiefs to support federal environmental bill BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ORT MCMURRAY — Northern Alberta Indigenous leaders warn that watering down the federal government’s proposed environmental assessment law would only doom energy projects to more years of court wrangling. Four Athabasca-area chiefs are to speak to a Senate committee Wednesday in Fort McMurray, Alta., about Bill C-69. They say criticism of the bill from Alberta and the energy industry is “riddled with errors.” The chiefs, who represent bands in the oilsands region, say the current approach is rigged against them and has clogged the courts with constitutional lawsuits. “Our intent with Bill C-69 is to ensure that it is robust enough to allow First Nations across Canada to have their rights considered without having to resort to courts,” said Chief Archie Waquan of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. If the bill is weakened, “Alberta should expect a flood of litigation in the coming years,” he said. The Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources is holding meetings across the Prairies on the bill. It proposes to repeal the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and retire the National Energy Board. The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Energy Regulator would be the authorities responsible for assessing the environmental, health, social and economic impacts of designated projects. Industry representatives and the Alberta government say such legislation would hurt development through unending consultation and regulatory challenges. The Senate committee

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Chief Archie Waquan speaks at a press conference in Edmonton. Northern Alberta Indigenous leaders warn watering down the federal government’s proposed environmental assessment law will only doom energy projects to more years of court wrangling. was met in Calgary on Tuesday by crowds chanting “kill the bill.” The northern chiefs say watering down the federal draft would only create more legal delays. “If C-69 is softened, there’ll be more court cases coming in for sure,” said Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Both bands have done millions of dollars of business with energy companies. Neither chief opposes development. But they have a long list of grievances with the way assessment are done now. They say current legislation, which dates to the previous Conservative government, has driven them to the courts in nearly a dozen cases. Some have resulted in overturning development approvals.

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Regulations define who has the right to speak at public hearings so narrowly that First Nations are shut out, they say. An Indigenous community must be within one kilometre of a development to be considered affected by it. Traditional use, protected under the Constitution, must be documented by First Nations much more strictly than by any other landowner. As well, they say, the Alberta Energy Regulator doesn’t consider crucial issues such as endangered species, greenhouse gases and treaty rights. Waquan said First Nations have little confidence in the office. “They have a bad record,” he said. The chiefs also criticize Alberta’s efforts to keep Ottawa out of examining smaller in-situ oilsands projects. They say companies are splitting projects up to keep them under the federal threshold. Waquan noted that chiefs in southern Alberta have voiced concerns over the legislation that he and his colleagues support. He said energy impacts on southern reserves are much less than those experienced by his people.

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Man charged in violent road rage case denies lashing out BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

DMONTON — The trial of an Edmonton man who is accused of breaking a woman’s arms with a crowbar in a fit of road rage has heard that he insisted during a police interview that he was innocent. Jared Eliasson, who is 34, opened the trial this week by pleading not guilty to charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and possession of an offensive weapon dangerous to the public. An interview involving Eliasson and Edmonton police Det. Ian Brooks recorded a day after the alleged March 2017 assault was played in court on Tuesday. Eliasson tells the detective he did not strike the woman, who testified earlier this week that she was attacked after she honked her horn at him. Eliasson later admits he was honked at, but he didn’t follow or attack anyone. Brooks was to testify Wednesday at the judge-alone trial, which is expected to last one week. Chelsea Schendzierlorz previously told court that she honked at Eliasson for blocking an intersection with his vehicle. She said she was followed home and that the accused struck her while yelling “Die bitch die.” Schendzierlorz was treated in hospital for two broken arms that required multiple surgeries. In the interview, Brooks asks Eliasson about his personal life, his men-

tal-health struggles and his strained relationship with his father. The detective suggests suppressed emotions boiled to the surface and made Eliasson snap after Schendzierlorz honked at him. “Did you do it?” Brooks asks him. “Did I do what?” Eliasson responds. “Did you hit that woman with a crowbar?” Brooks presses. “No,” Eliasson says. The detective then asks Eliasson if anyone honked at him the day before. Eliasson replies “possibly” and that he didn’t really see who it might have been, although he later admits to being honked at. When Brooks suggests the honking made him mad, Eliasson answers: “I was like, ‘That person’s a jerk’ and I didn’t know where they went.” Brooks continues to press for a confession by telling Eliasson he could have killed Schendzierlorz. After more denials, Eliasson says: “I’m not going to go around randomly beating people. I was looking for a house.” At one point Eliasson suggests Schendzierlorz may be committing fraud and that she injured herself. “And broke her own arms?” asks Brooks. “Probably,” replies Eliasson.

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Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley said it’s clear from the policies and comments from some UCP candidates that a Kenney government wouldn’t protect some religions and LGBTQ groups.

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Notley woos small-c conservatives, says UCP would attack minorities BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ALGARY — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is urging small-c conservatives to come on board because they share core values with her party and not Jason Kenney’s United Conservatives. Notley said Wednesday that it’s clear from the policies and comments from some UCP candidates that a Kenney government wouldn’t protect some religions and LGBTQ groups. She also urged voters to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s election for the NDP instead of for the Liberals or Alberta Party — so as to join forces to beat the UCP. “If you have voted Progressive Conservative in the past, but you just don’t feel quite right voting for Jason Kenney because of his risky economic plan and his deep ties to extreme

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UCP’s Kenney takes pro-pipeline message to Fort McMurray FORT MCMURRAY — United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney took his pro-pipeline message to the heart of Alberta’s oilpatch Wednesday and promised to push back on policies he said are hollowing out Canada’s core industry. Kenney told supporters at a rally in Fort McMurray that a UCP government would fight B.C. and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government if they continued to impede the oil sector. Kenney has promised he would go to court to fight proposed federal leg-

fringes, then my message to you is: ‘Join us,’” said Notley. “You may not agree with everything I’ve done, but we share core values. And we won’t attack minorities.” Asked how Kenney’s UCP would attack minorities, she said it was clear from comments made by some of Kenney’s candidates. “There has been a systematic problem with the UCP in terms of many of the attitudes that have been articulated by their candidates,” she said. “There are many, many people within the UCP that have troubling views and I don’t believe ought to be invited into our government in Edmonton.” The UCP has rejected or seen a number of candidates or potential candidates step down over Islamophobic or homophobic remarks. islation on how projects are assessed as both unconstitutional and as a major deterrent to future megaprojects. He has also said he would proclaim legislation giving Alberta the power to reduce oil shipments to B.C. if that province continued to delay the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from Alberta to the west coast. Premier Rachel Notley has criticized Kenney’s approach as needlessly antagonistic and has said his plans could see Trans Mountain derailed just as shovels are ready to turn the ground on the pipeline. Kenney says Notley’s failure to push back harder on Trans Mountain is the reason it remains in limbo. “The NDP sold Alberta out to the Trudeau Liberals — and we won’t let that happen again,” Kenney said Wednesday to the cheers of supporters.

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SNC-LAVALIN AFFAIR

Scheer repeats alleged libel, goads Trudeau ‘WE PUT (SCHEER) ON NOTICE BECAUSE HE AND HIS PARTY HAVE A HISTORY OF MAKING FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS. WE WON’T STAND BY WHILE HE CONTINUES TO MISLEAD CANADIANS.’

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TTAWA — Andrew Scheer did his level best Wednesday to provoke Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into following through on his threat to sue him over allegedly libellous criticism of the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Conservative leader repeated, word for word, the March 29 statement that prompted Trudeau’s lawyer, Julian Porter, to send him notice of a potential libel suit. For good measure, Scheer did it outside the House of Commons — making the point that he’s not trying to hide behind parliamentary privilege that protects anything said in the chamber from lawsuits. “I’m not withdrawing my remarks. In fact, I’m standing by them and I repeated them outside of the House of Commons,” Scheer told Trudeau during question period a short time later. “Will he have the backbone to stand by his threats and show up in court to fight this case?” Trudeau did not respond directly to Scheer’s repeated taunts but he didn’t withdraw the threat either. “We put (Scheer) on notice because he and his party have a history of making false and defamatory statements,” the prime minister said. “We won’t stand by while he continues to mislead Canadians.” Trudeau then accused Scheer of flogging the SNC-Lavalin issue to deflect attention from his own failure to distance himself from white supremacists or to produce plans for the economy and the environment. He referred to Scheer’s repeated refusal to denounce “by name” Faith Goldy, a white nationalist political commentator who was banned by Facebook this week. She was one of the speakers at a pro-pipeline pro-

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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer repeated, word for word, the March 29 statement that prompted Trudeau’s lawyer, Julian Porter, to send him notice of a potential libel suit. test on Parliament Hill in February that included some anti-immigrant, white nationalist extremists. Scheer also spoke to the protesters, showing his support of the oil and gas industry, but he did not denounce the extremists at the time. Trudeau also demanded Scheer denounce Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, “a member of his own caucus,” for saying Tuesday there is no politician in this country “who believes that white supremacy is a threat to our way of life in Canada.” Scheer dismissed the ploy as “typical Liberal smear tactics.” “They know that I have always 100 per cent denounced white supremacy and racism and anyone who promotes those hateful ideologies … This is what is disgusting about this. They are using the very real threat of hatred and racism in this country to cover up their corruption scandal.” Scheer also maintained that Housakos “withdrew and clarified”

his comments. In a series of tweets Wednesday, Housakos explained that he meant “extremism in ALL forms is a threat to our way of life, not just one or the other.” He was challenging Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Free-

land’s assertion that white supremacists and their ilk represent one of the most serious terrorist threats to western democracies. In the March 29 statement that triggered the lawsuit threat, Scheer accused Trudeau of leading a campaign to interfere with the criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and directing Canada’s former attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to break the law. Scheer said he stands by “every single word” in that statement, whereas Trudeau’s “falsehoods” in the SNC-Lavalin affair “would be perjury in a court of law.”

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ONTREAL — The rising number of children being taken to hospital for suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts is being described as a crisis, but Canadian data is too incomplete to measure the scope of the problem, a Montreal researcher who has studied the issue says. Dr. Brett Burstein, a pediatric emergency room physician, co-authored a study published this week that found the number of children who have been hospitalized in the United States for contemplating or attempting suicide doubled between 2007 and 2015 — to 1.12 million from 580,000. Suicide attempts or thoughts also increased as a proportion of all pediatric emergency room visits, from 2.17 per cent to 3.5 per cent. The findings come from public health data maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and analyzed by Burstein and two Montreal Children’s Hospital colleagues, Holly Agostino and Brian Greenfield. Burstein says comparable national data isn’t available in Canada, but evidence suggests a similar trend is oc-

curring. He notes that in his hospital, emergency room visits for suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts have increased by 55 per cent rise since 2015 and now account for approximately two per cent of all visits. “Certainly what we’re seeing (in Montreal) models the experience we’re seeing (in the study), as has the tendency for that patient population to be younger and younger,” said Burstein, who is also an associate investigator with the McGill University Health Centre’s child health and human development program. “It’s reasonable to call this a pediatric mental health crisis,” he said. Burstein says one of the most disturbing findings to emerge from the American data was the fact that 43 per cent of the children taken to the emergency department were between the ages of five and 12. He said that number is particularly worrying because a first suicide attempt is “the strongest predictor of a lifelong risk of completed suicide.” He says the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows a clear need for more training for emergency personnel to ensure children get the help they need quickly. “This is our port of entry and our opportunity to identify

people at risk,” he said. He also called on Canadian public health officials to develop national health data comparable to what exists in the United States. “We think of American trends as a problem that’s south of the border only,” he said. ”It’s not that it’s an American problem only. It’s that we don’t even know if it’s a Canadian problem, very often.” Fardous Hosseiny, the national director of research and public policy for the Canadian Mental Health Association, agrees that Canada needs better data. He says that would allow officials to direct funding more effectively to treat what he describes as an “epidemic” of suicidal thoughts among Canadian youth. He said the rise in suicidal behaviour can be explained by a combination of factors, including a lack of mental health services, youth feeling increasingly pressured to succeed, and social isolation and bullying brought on by social media use. “This is really a transition period for children, both neurobiologically and socially,” he said in a phone interview. “They have to navigate different social settings and peer groups while discovering who they are, and

juggling greater responsibility and how to live more independently.” Hosseiny says effectively tackling the problem will require much larger investments in mental health services, so that people no longer have to wait months for treatment. Ultimately, he believes mental health should be placed on a par with physical health, including being taught in schools just like gym class. “Are we teaching social and emotional learning in schools, where kids can navigate through their feelings and understand what a tough day is when they’re struggling?” he asked. “We’re not doing that.” He said that while the reasons for suicidal behaviour are multiple and complex, there are also “protective factors” that loved ones can put in place to help young people who are struggling. These include family connectedness, self-esteem, a positive school environment and peer support, as well as better early intervention and treatment. “We don’t wait until Stage 4 to treat cancer, so why do we do it with mental illness?” Hosseiny asked.

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ohn Wort Hannam will perform roots-rock music on Friday at Red Deer’s Elk’s Lodge with his band. The show’s opener is Red Deer group Off the Rails. Hannam quit teaching 17 years ago and released his first recording, Pocket Full Of Holes. Since then, the Alberta musician has recorded six more albums and been nominated for a Juno, a Canadian Folk Music Award and a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award. He’s also won multiple Western Canada Music Awards. Becoming a dad, turning 50, moving to the “big city” of Lethbridge, and suffering some vocal issues and a bout of depression have challenged Hannam. But he “has emerged a better songwriter, a better singer, and a better player.” On his album Acres Of Elbow Room, he has further crafted his songwriting and penned some of his most personal songs. The local band Off the Rails features siblings and cousins April Irwin, Brent Cheek, Melanie Cheek, and Judy and Lloyd Jackson. The group members’ instrumentation and rich harmonies are enhanced by years of singing together around the piano and guitar. Off the Rails will perform songs from the past and the present — cover tunes and originals. For more information about the show, please visit www.centralmusicfest.com.

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suffer from mental illness in silence, have been developing the series for several months. It appears to be the project Winfrey first mentioned when Apple trotted her out along with several industry heavyweights at the launch of its new streaming service, Apple TV+ last month. The multi-part documentary series “will focus on both mental illness and mental wellness, inspiring viewers to have an honest conversation about the challenges each of us faces, and how to equip ourselves with the tools to not simply survive, but to thrive,” said a Wednesday post on Harry’s new Instagram account, Sussex Royal. “I truly believe that good mental health —mental fitness —is the key to powerful leadership, productive communities and a purpose-driven self,” Harry said in the post. “It is a huge responsibility to get this right as we bring you the facts, the

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A sign prohibiting the use of cellphones, unless approved by a teacher for educational purposes, hangs in the media center at Wireglass Ranch High School, in Wesley Chapel, Fla. Teachers at the school are using cellphones, iPods, and computers as instructional tools. – File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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n Friday, March 29, St. Francis School in Harbour Grace, N.L., announced a ban on cellphones and other personal electronics for its students, who range from kindergarten through Grade 8. “These devices continue to cause major attention and behavioural problems for our students and they are interfering with student learning,” the school reportedly said on its Facebook page in a now-deleted post. By Monday, though, the school was walking back the decision. It said Grade 7 and 8 students could still bring devices to school, as the administration conducted “a further review of our decision.” The post’s comment section quickly filled up with speculation, criticism and praise — with some suggesting the school caved to pressure from parents, and others saying a middle ground policy is necessary. The quick flip-flop — and the reaction — illustrates the complicated factors at play when setting rules around device usage in schools. It comes on the heels of an Ontario government initiative announced in March to ban cellphone use in classrooms “except for educational purposes” starting next fall. The move kicked off a nationwide discussion on the role of cellphones in kids’ lives, and the role of schools in managing the distractions in Canadian kids’ pockets. A 2014 survey of 5,000 Canadian students by non-profit organization MediaSmarts found 24 per cent of Grade 4 students had their own cellphone and 85 per cent of Grade 11 students had one. Another MediaSmarts survey last year said 53 per cent of children surveyed had their own smartphone,

and parents reported more than one-third of children use their devices for schoolwork. There’s no easy answer to the question of how schools can deal with students’ expanding digital life. The government of France banned the use of personal devices on school grounds starting last fall. But the Toronto District School Board reversed its own cellphone ban after four years to let teachers decide the rules for their classrooms. Newfoundland and Labrador’s English school district said the Harbour Grace school’s quick decision to reverse the ban for older grades was in line with board policy: phones are not allowed up to Grade 6, but can be used in upper grades for educational purposes at the discretion of the school’s administration. A spokesperson for the school board said St. Francis decided to review its policy to keep it aligned with the board’s. “The real intent here, as always, is to keep students focused on learning in the classroom and during the instructional day,” said Cheryl Gullage, the board’s communications manager. Richard Lachman, a professor specializing in digital culture at Ryerson University in Toronto, said the changing nature of digital life should be watched cautiously, but knee-jerk bans on phones in schools do a disservice to students by ignoring the role of the devices in their lives. “The decision-maker generation, I would say the people (Ontario Premier) Doug Ford’s age who are in positions of power, don’t necessarily have the healthiest understanding of the role of technology in lives,” Lachman said. “We’re going to say, ‘When you walk in the door to a classroom, pretend it’s the 18th century, and we’re going to write with chalk on chalkboards, and

you take notes and pen and paper, and I’m not going to prepare you for the way you really are going to work out there in the world.”’ The effects of digital devices on human behaviour is still being studied. University of Chicago researchers published a study in 2017 that found the mere presence of a mobile phone adversely affected participants’ available cognitive capacity, even when they did not look at their phones and focused on another task. A widely cited 2015 paper from the London School of Economics and Political Science found “student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases” if mobile phones are banned. But the same paper said the findings don’t rule out productive uses for phones in classrooms. “These findings do not discount the possibility that mobile phones could be a useful learning tool if their use is properly structured,” the paper read. Also ambiguous is the effect of what Lachman called the “body cam of the teenager.” Students’ smartphones can document and instantly broadcast almost anything they see. That can bring abuses to light, like the alleged sexual assault at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto last year, but it can also amplify bad behaviour and cyber-bullying. Lachman said a top-down approach that makes a cellphone something to be feared is not the most effective educational model. Schools should prepare students for real life, he said. “I would say the goal is, ‘Let’s teach how to be realistic about the world we live in, let’s teach you the skills to manage the distraction that you are going to face,’ rather than pretending, you know, we can legislate it, because the second they leave (the) classroom and they have to do their homework, the distraction is right there again,” he said.

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1939 – 2019 It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to our husband, father and grandfather, Mr. Gordon ‘Dale’ Simpson of Red Deer, Alberta, who left us in the early morning of Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the age of 80 years. Dale graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSC in Pharmacy in 1962. After working in Calgary for a short time, he had the opportunity to purchase a business in Hanna; where he owned and operated Simpson’s Pharmacy for twentysix years. He was also active in the community as a Kinsman, served on Town Council and the Board of the First United Church. After selling the business, he worked for Safeway, where he was Pharmacy Manager of the new Port O’Call Safeway in Red Deer. His great passions were flying and restoring old cars, specifically a 1926 Model T. He owned a 1946 Fairchild, and also built and flew many radio-controlled model airplanes. The family would like to thank the Staff of Unit 31 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, and the Balmoral Unit at the New Hamlets, Red Deer for their great care and compassion. Dale will be lovingly remembered by his loving wife, Joan, his sons, Jay (Lisa) and Cameron (Jill), his daughter, Jodi (Kim) and grandchildren, Jeffery, Victoria, Laura, Cody, Erin, Logan, Breanne and Shallen. Dale was predeceased by his parents, Gordon and Alberta Simpson and a brother, Ross Simpson. Keeping with Dale’s wishes, there will be no formal funeral and the family will hold a Celebration of Dale’s Life at a later date. If desired, Memorial Donations in Dale’s honor may be made directly to the Ronald McDonald House at www.rmhcsca.org, or to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre at www.rdrhfoundation.com. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 – 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040 or 1.800.481.7421.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu poised for fifth term JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival conceded defeat Wednesday, promising to wage a robust battle from the opposition after the ruling Likud party and its nationalist allies won a solid majority in elections. Netanyahu appeared poised for a historic fifth term as prime minister with nearly all the ballots counted from Tuesday’s vote. Official final results were expected Thursday. With 97.4% of the vote counted,

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This image released by Event Horizon Telescope shows a black hole. Scientists revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the world. nal Letters and announced around the world in several news conferences, adds light to that sound. Outside scientists suggested the achievement could be worthy of a Nobel Prize, just like the gravitational wave discovery. While much around a black hole falls into a death spiral and is never to be seen again, the new image captures “lucky gas and dust” circling at just far enough to be safe and seen millions of years later on Earth, Dempsey said. Taken over four days when astronomers had “to have the perfect weather all across the world and literally all the stars had to align,” the image helps confirm Einstein’s general relativity theory, Dempsey said. Einstein a century ago even predicted the symmetrical shape that scientists just found, she said. “It’s circular, but on one side the

light is brighter,” Dempsey said. That’s because that light is approaching Earth. The measurements are taken at a wavelength the human eye cannot see, so the astronomers added colour to the image. They chose “exquisite gold because this light is so hot,” Dempsey said. “Making it these warm gold and oranges makes sense.” What the image shows is gas heated to millions of degrees by the friction of ever-stronger gravity, scientists said. And that gravity creates a funhouse effect where you see light from both behind the black hole and behind you as the light curves and circles around the black hole itself, said astronomer Avi Loeb, director of the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard. (The lead scientists in the discovery are from Harvard, but Loeb was not involved.)

Netanyahu’s Likud and the rival Blue and White were deadlocked with a projected 35 seats apiece in the 120seat parliament. But Likud and its traditional political allies were in command of a 65-55 majority in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. A couple of small parties were still teetering on the electoral threshold and fighting for survival, so the final makeup of the next parliament could still change slightly. Blue and White, led by former military chief of staff Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, a former Netanyahu Cabinet minister, got about 26% of the vote — a shade less than Netanyahu’s Likud. Lapid, the party’s No. 2 leader,

said Blue and White would “show the people of Israel what a real alternative looks like.” “We did not win in this round. I respect the voters, and I respect their decision, but I look around and see the ultimate tool for victory in the next round,” Lapid said at a news conference alongside Gantz and two other former military chiefs who led Blue and White. The outcome affirmed Israel’s continued tilt to the right and further dimmed hopes of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also will give Netanyahu an important boost as he braces for the possibility of criminal charges in a series of corruption scandals.

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ASHINGTON — Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect. Assembling data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers created the picture showing the violent neighbourhood around a supermassive black hole, the light-sucking monsters of the universe theorized by Einstein more than a century ago and confirmed by observations for decades. It looked like a flaming orange, yellow and black ring. “We have seen what we thought was unseeable. We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole. Here it is,” said Sheperd Doeleman of Harvard. Jessica Dempsey, a co-discoverer and deputy director of the East Asian Observatory in Hawaii, said it reminded her of the powerful flaming Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Unlike smaller black holes that come from collapsed stars, supermassive black holes are mysterious in origin. Situated at the centre of most galaxies, including ours, they are so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape their gravitational pull. This one’s “event horizon” — the point of no return around it, where light and matter begin to fall inexorably into the abyss — is as big as our entire solar system. Three years ago, scientists using an extraordinarily sensitive observing system heard the sound of two much smaller black holes merging to create a gravitational wave, as Albert Einstein predicted. The new image, published in the Astrophysical Jour-

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ONTREAL — When Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques exited the International Space Station this week for his first spacewalk, it was dark out and he couldn’t really see Earth. “But the sun was about to rise,” he told reporters Wednesday through a live video link from the space station, two days after he became the fourth Canadian to complete a spacewalk. Saint-Jacques was second out of the station, behind NASA astronaut Anne McClain. He said he began to see the line of the sunrise emerge, turning blue, red and orange. He saw the curvature of Earth. “And then I saw Anne’s big smile, and she winked at me,” he said. “And I understood I had arrived. We were in space.” Saint-Jacques is on his first posting to the space station, which began Dec. 3. He said Wednesday it will likely take him years to fully appreciate the experience of walking outside the spacecraft. Astronauts are busy during a spacewalk, he said, adding each moment outside the ship is choreographed in advance. “There are no blocks of time for philosophizing,” he said. ”But we take the time to look around, and we try and absorb it.” He called the entire experience “pure joy.” Astronauts train for years to walk in space. And Saint-Jacques’ first venture outside the station lasted about six-and-a-half hours. He and McClain, whom he called a veteran because she had one prior spacewalk, conducted a series of tasks outside the space station. Those included upgrading the spacecraft’s wireless communication system and connecting jumper cables to give the Canadarm2 an alternative power source. Canadarm2 is a type of robotic hand attached to the space station that was created by Canadian engineers. It is used for a variety of maintenance tasks and to catch unpiloted cargo ships launched from Earth. As of last March 26, Canadarm2 had helped catch a total of 33 cargo ships containing food, supplies and scientific experiments. One of Saint-Jacques’ next tasks will be to operate the Canadarm2 on April 25 to catch a Dragon supply spacecraft that will be launched by the company SpaceX with a Falcon 9 rocket. He said it’s the dream of every Canadian astronaut to operate the Canadarm2.

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TTAWA — Romania’s top diplomat in Ottawa says his country is moving as fast as it can to minimize a gap in the provision of lifesaving medical evacuations for injured UN peacekeepers after Canada ends its mission in Mali. The problem, says Bogdan Manoiu, is the helicopters the Romanian government plans to send are undergoing significant upgrades and the aircrews who will fly them need to be trained — neither of which can be rushed. “Those helicopters will be deemed as having new capabilities. So it’s an extensive, major upgrading. It’s not something superficial,” Manoiu told The Canadian Press in an interview. “And the other side of the coin is that the troops have to be prepared in order to use those capabilities. And then the UN itself has to certify the new capabilities. So this is why it is taking that long.” Manoiu’s comments follow the Trudeau government’s most recent refusal to extend Canada’s mission in Mali past the end of July, when the eight helicopters and 250 military personnel there will cease operations. Romania agreed last year to take over from Canada by sending its own helicopters and peacekeepers to provide medical evacuations as well as logistical support to the UN mission in northern Mali, which aims to stabilize the country following a rebellion and a military coup. But the Romanians have said they won’t be ready to start operations until mid-October, which has created the threat of a months-long gap that the UN says will hurt its efforts in the sprawling West African nation. With the Liberals having repeatedly rebuffed the UN’s requests to keep the Canadians in Mali longer, some — including the House of Commons defence committee — have turned their attention to getting Romania there

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The Trudeau government recent refused to extend Canada’s mission in Mali past the end of July, when the eight helicopters and 250 military personnel there will cease operations. faster. The committee recently recommended Canada offer transport aircraft to help Romania ferry its troops and helicopters to Mali, while sources say Canadian military experts have been in touch with Romanian counterparts. That included a visit to Bucharest by the previous commander of Canada’s peacekeeping force in Mali, Col. Chris McKenna, in March. While he welcomed any assistance that Canada or any other country is willing to offer to speed the arrival of Romanian peacekeepers in Mali, Manoiu said it is too early to say whether transport aircraft would help. And while he admitted the gap was “an element of concern,” Manoiu said Romania respects Canada’s decision to leave at the end of July and has not asked it to stay longer. “We do not ask the Canadians to extend the mission,” he said. “We respect that. They say (they will leave)

July 31, fine. We said we would replace them, excellent. Now it’s about the joint endeavour to minimize the gap.” The UN formally asked Canada at the end of the February to stay in Mali until mid-October, but Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland rejected that request following a peacekeeping summit in New York last month. UN officials told the Commons’ defence committee during a recent visit to Mali that without the Canadians or Romanians, they would be forced to “scale down operations.” The government has offered little explanation for its decision not to extend the mission. The committee’s report did suggest military officials are worried about the helicopters’ mechanical condition and want them ready for crises back home, though others have linked the decision to this fall’s federal election.

of Appeal — slated to take effect Friday — to be put on hold pending the proposed challenge. In this week’s notice of application for leave to appeal, the government maintains the lower court did not appear to take into account the potential danger of imposing a hard cap on administrative segregation. “The judgment will have the effect of creating a legislative void in respect of circumstances where the safety and security of a penitentiary continues to be in jeopardy beyond 15 days, or the investigation of a possible criminal charge has not been completed within 15 days,” the government argues in its leave-toappeal notice. “There is currently no

alternative recourse to address these situations, placing the safety and security of all federal institutions, the inmates and the staff at high risk.” Late last month, Ontario’s Appeal Court struck down parts of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, which allows authorities to keep inmates in solitary confinement when they are deemed to pose a risk to themselves or others and there is no reasonable alternative. The court found segregation longer than 15 consecutive days violates the charter because it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. It gave Ottawa until April 12 to change the practice.

TTAWA — A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia’s military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country’s Arctic sovereignty. That was the top recommendation of a report tabled Wednesday by the Commons foreign-affairs committee based on a study it began last June. It arrived one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined an ambitious plan to increase Russia’s Arctic presence, including expanding its fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers and building new ports and other infrastructure. With Arctic sea ice melting, Putin said he plans to dramatically increase Russian cargo-ship traffic in northern shipping lanes. Russia, the U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway are trying to settle jurisdictions in the vast territory as disappearing polar ice opens new and lucrative possibilities for oil and gas exploration as well as shipping. The Russian leader invited foreign companies to invest in projects at both ends of the Arctic shipping route, from Murmansk in Russia’s northwest to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east. In contrast, Wednesday’s report says that the “Canadian Arctic continues to suffer from an infrastructure deficit” and that “vigilant foreign and defence policies are not, on their own, enough.” “There is also the national imperative of ensuring vibrant communities,” the report says. It says a “direct line” can be drawn “between Northern and Indigenous empowerment and the assertion of Arctic sovereignty.” The report urges Canada to work with its partners in NATO’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council, to better understand Russia’s military intentions in the Arctic and to consider the most appropriate and “measured response.” It makes clear this is about “deterring and defending against any threat to the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” “Russia has been rebuilding and modernizing its military capabilities and has demonstrated a willingness to challenge the international rulesbased order. Perhaps most alarming, with new missile technology, Russian aircraft and submarines can now strike targets at great distances, including from launch points well outside of North American airspace and waters,” the report says. “There is a need for deterrence through the collective will of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.”

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ear Annie: I enjoy my job, but I’m not satisfied. I’m not sure what I’m missing, though. I think I’m just daydreaming about an ideal job that probably doesn’t exist. But I don’t know how to reconcile that. I don’t want to be at my current job Annie longer than another year or two. But that time is time I could be spending Lane being happier, more fulfilled in my daily life. People say we should “live every day like it’s our last,” but that seems unrealistic – and financially unsound. If I knew I’d be dead in a year, I’d quit my job today. But that would be an irresponsible decision in the long term. What should I do? I hate feeling resentful of my job – a good job, with nice co-workers and bosses – because it isn’t what I really want to do. I would hate to realize too late that I should have been chasing what I really want instead of settling for what’s conventional and “smart.” I want to live. – Restless Representative Dear Restless Representative: The grass is always greener. We are accustomed to only hearing or filtering out the positives of others’ lives. The danger is that you’re not listening to or thinking about how

mundane other careers might be and undermining yourself in a job that you enjoy. That said, I do think it’s important for you to sit down and write out a list of your skills, your interests and your needs. This will help you understand what types of careers would fit your abilities and desires while balancing what you would like to achieve, both financially and personally. As you understand this, begin to network in these fields and really to listen to people as they describe their professional lives. Evaluate this against your current job, and determine whether you truly want to shift careers. You simultaneously should be thinking about what it is that is not satisfying you in your job. Spend time understanding what is creating this sense of missing out, and think about whether there is some way you could find this in your current job. If there is, speak with your manager and create a plan to achieve it. He or she should be excited to work with you on this, as it would make you more productive. In addition, create games to keep yourself motivated at work currently. Set targets each day for goals to achieve, and give yourself a sense of accomplishment each day. This will help you stay focused at work while you go on a path of discovery.

How you do one thing is how you do everything. Dear Annie: I don’t know whether “Witness” was the teacher of the class or just visiting or an aide or what, but as a retired teacher, I can tell you that bullying cannot be tolerated even once in the classroom by any employee of the school. When I noticed a bullying situation, I immediately removed the bullier from the classroom and took him or her out into the hallway, where I gave the kid a warning and explained why it is unacceptable. If it occurred again, the bully was expelled from the classroom and met the next day with his or her parents, an administrator and me. The bully was given consequences that required a written apology to the bullied student, as well as a public apology in the classroom to the bullied student and the rest of the students. By not doing anything when the bullying was observed, the teacher/employee subjected the school to a lawsuit and financial culpability and created heartache for the student and parents. All schools should require anti-bullying training for all employees. – Retired Teacher Dear Retired Teacher: Thank you very much for your letter. I love hearing from educators. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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Three-year-old locks brainy owner out of his iPad until 2067 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

very smart journalist was locked out of his iPad for nearly a half-century by his 3-year-old kid. “Uh, this looks fake but, alas, it’s our iPad today after 3-year-old tried (repeatedly) to unlock. Ideas?” New Yorker magazine staff writer Evan Osnos posted on Twitter over the weekend, along with a plea for “Ideas?” That caption accompanied a screenshot of his iPad, which showed an onscreen notice that the personal tablet had been disabled for security reasons.

The prompt advised Osnos to try again in 25,536,442 minutes. That comes out to 48.59 years, which would indicate Osnos may try and access his iPad again by late 2067. “We’re still locked out,” Osnos said by email Monday, April 8. “It’s down a few hundred minutes from yesterday, but it looks like we’ve still got 25 million minutes to go. “On Twitter, people have suggested various fixes but the consensus seems to be that we’re using an old operating system that won’t let us restart fresh from iTunes. When I get home from work tonight, I’ll give it a try and see what happens.” Canada’s CTV News asked a Toronto-based com-

puter fixer how to solve Osnos’ problem. According to Tom Wolanczyk of Fixt Wireless Repair, this sort of lock-out issue with Apple products happens from time-to-time. He said that the computer giant’s security systems ask users trying to log in with the wrong password to try again in a given amount of time that increases exponentially with each failed attempt. He recommends going through Apple’s website to completely reset the unit, which could erase data stored in the unit. Osnos won a National Book Prize and was in the running for a Pulitzer for his 2014 book Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your motto is from fellow Gemini, Clint Eastwood. “Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): A close relationship could gradually deepen and move to the next level. You’ll also feel like zooming ahead with a work or volunteer project. But there may be delays so you’ll have to be patient. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are there too many cooks and not enough bottle washers in your world? You love to call the shots. But co-operation and compromise are the keys to successful communication with loved ones at the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your ruler Mercury connects with powerful Pluto. So use your clever mind to solve a problem, tackle a puzzle or uncover a complex mystery. All types of education and study are also favoured. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you been stuck for words? It’s time to get up-close-and-personal with a loved one today Libra, as you scrutinize the relationship and examine new ways to get communication flowing again. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s time to enjoy the sim-

ple pleasures of life Scorpio, whether it’s a kiss from a child, a relaxing bath or a walk in the park. Let non-essentials go, and focus on what’s really important to you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Speedy Sagittarians can have trouble concentrating on tasks. Today Mercury and Pluto steady your mind and help you get back on track again. So don’t waste the opportunity to get things done. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When it comes to a personal matter or a community issue, don’t accept things at face value today. Take the time to look a lot deeper. You’ll find there’s much more going on than meets the eye. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is money on your mind? Have you got cash flow problems? Be discriminating and whittle down your shopping list so you concentrate on buying practical essentials, rather than expensive trifles. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re keen to work hard on a relationship that stimulates your mind and stirs your emotions. You’re also in the mood to talk about your feelings. But strive to do so in a tactful and perceptive way. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

HOROSCOPES Thursday April 11, 2019 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jeremy Clarkson, 59; Joss Stone, 32; Michelle Phan, 32 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars favour rigorous research and clever communication. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are decisive and diplomatic but you can be resistant to change. The next 12 months is the time to turn a big dream into a practical reality. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rams love Joanne to rush at life with reckless abandon. But toMadeline day will work best if you can slow down, be Moore strategic and whip smart. Plus think things through carefully before you speak and act! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to a group situation, a legal matter or an international connection, make sure you do your research thoroughly today. Expect some intense and powerful conversations as well.

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