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The Red Deer Rebels crowd around their net as they celebrate their Game 5 win over the Calgary Hitmen at the Enmax Centrium Saturday night. The Rebels won the series 4-1. Please see related story on page B1.

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Brian Heide presents Missy, an Irish Wolfhound he bred, during conformation showing at the Red Deer and District Kennel Club’s Spring Dog Show this past weekend at the UFA Agricentre.

Dog breeding requires plenty of time, money and passion

Equestrians like to say that the best way to become a millionaire in the horse business is to start as a billion-aire.

Similar ideas may be circulating in the world of breeding purebred dogs.

Sylvan Lake veterinarian Brian Heide, attending the Red Deer Kennel Club’s spring dog show during the past weekend, said he decided to make the leap from ownership to breeding be-cause he has a passion for Irish Wolf-

hounds.The rewards are deeply personal

while the costs can be prohibitive, said Heide, whose sentiments were echoed by fellow dog breeders Suzan Hum-phreys of Delburne and Jan Bergeron of Sylvan Lake.

“You’re never going to get rich from this,” said Heide.

Attending dog shows and network-ing with fellow breeders is essential, not just to promote your own dogs, but to see what others have.

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Please see DOGS on Page A8

LACOMBE — The executive direc-tor for Habitat for Humanity Red Deer proudly inspects a two-storey half du-plex that, within the next few weeks, will become home to a single mother and her three daughters.

This unit is especially nice, Brian Brake said on Saturday morning, be-cause it has an extra window and will have some stonework on its east side to match the development plan for the new subdivision, located in the south-east corner of the city.

Construction is nearing completion on this new duplex and its nearly-iden-tical twin across the street and down a bit — the first Habitat project in La-combe and a template for things to come.

“I think we’ve now confirmed that the style of home that we’re building here will be comfortable for a family of three children and their parents,” said Brake.

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Unite-the-right groups to hold public forumBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — Veterans from the glory days of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party are organizing a public forum on how best to unite the right to defeat the New Democrats in the next provincial election.

Rick Orman, one of the organizers, said many Albertans fear that vote splitting between the PCs and the Wil-

drose party in 2019 could result in an-other NDP victory.

The forum is meant to give people a chance to speak their mind, as well as to discuss the possibility of forming a new small-c conservative party that would bring PC and Wildrose support-ers who share the same values togeth-er, he said.

“Do we believe that either one of these two parties is capable of forming the next government?” said Orman, a

former cabinet minister and one-time Tory leadership candidate.

“If the answer is ‘yes,’ I think people will go away and support their respec-tive parties. If the answer is ‘no,’ then we have to start planning for an event that could possibly lead to a new par-ty.”

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Jaxon Arseniuk, 4, chases after some bubbles during a bubble blowing and information fair event promoting World Autism Day at the Parkland School Accessibility Park Saturday afternoon. Another autism awareness event will take place April 8, 12:30-1:10 p.m., at G.W. Smith School.

Money no guarantee of

success in2015 election

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Money can’t buy you votes.Or so it would seem, according to campaign finan-

cial reports filed with Elections Canada by the men and women who were seeking a House of Commons seat in last fall’s federal election.

More often than not, the biggest spenders did not win on Oct. 19, an analysis by The Canadian Press indicates.

And while spending big bucks didn’t necessarily guarantee victory, not spending enough to at least stay competitive with rival candidates was an almost certain path to defeat, the analysis shows.

Of the top 100 spenders in the election, 57 failed in their election bids, with 12 of those losing to a competitor who also cracked the top 100.

The results among the top 50 spenders were even worse, with about three-fifths of them — 31 candi-dates in all — running unsuccessfully. Of those, six lost to another candidate in the top 50.

The analysis is based on expenses reported by candidates that counted as part of their legal spend-ing limits. It did not include personal and other expenses — like gas and mileage for a personal ve-hicle, child care or thank-you receptions for volun-teers — which must be reported to Elections Canada but don’t count against the spending cap.

The analysis may help explain why the marathon 11-week campaign came down to a battle between the better-resourced Liberals and Conservatives, with the NDP and Greens squeezed out.

On average, Conservative candidates spent $90,665, outpacing the average $71,660 spent by Lib-erals. The average New Democrat candidate spent just $54,404 while the average Green spent a measly $12,642.

University of Manitoba political scientist Royce Koop said there’s no doubt money can help a candi-date win, particularly in a close-fought riding.

NDP MP Kennedy Stewart, for instance, spent almost $180,600 on his campaign in Burnaby South, while his Liberal opponent, Adam Pankratz, spent $33,902. Pankratz lost by a margin of just one per-centage point, a result Koop suggests might have been different had the Liberal been more competi-tive financially.

“Most Canadians vote with the party in mind, so local spending and local volunteers are going to have a much more substantial influence in closer races,” said Koop, who studied the spending habits of local campaigns in the last election.

“If you run a good campaign, well-funded cam-paign, well-staffed, you’re going to be able to get just ahead of your opponent and it turns out Canadian elections are getting more competitive. We’re seeing more of these competitive races, so the importance of local campaigns and local spending and local campaign workers has become more important.”

Candidate spending limits for the 2015 campaign varied from riding to riding, based on geographic size and population — from a high of $279,227 in Kootenay-Columbia to a low of $169,928 in Egmont. Under new election rules imposed by the previous Conservative government, the spending caps for the lengthy campaign were more than twice what they would have been for a more typical five-week feder-al contest.

That was widely seen as benefiting the Conserva-tives, whose riding associations across the country had amassed much deeper war chests. A previous analysis of electoral district associations’ 2014 fi-nancial returns found Tory associations ended the year with net assets totalling more than $19 million — more than the riding associations of the Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and Bloc Quebecois com-bined.

Yet the analysis of the more than 1,500 candidate spending reports filed thus far suggests few took ad-vantage of the increased limits.

Trudeau promotes wide-open Liberal partyBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is pushing a proposed new constitution for the Liberal Party of Canada aimed at transforming the federal party from an ex-clusive club into a wide-open political movement.

The proposal, adopted Saturday by the party’s national board during a three-hour meeting with the prime minister in Halifax, would do away entirely with the long-held principle that only dues-paying, card-carrying members are entitled to take part in party activities.

Indeed, there would no longer be any party mem-bers. Instead, anyone willing to register with the party — for free — would be eligible to participate in policy development, nomination of candidates, party conventions and the selection of future leaders.

The proposal builds on a change adopted by Lib-erals four years ago, when they agreed to let anyone willing to sign up for free as a party supporter vote in leadership contests.

Trudeau was the first leader elected under the new process, which saw some 300,000 people sign up as supporters.

“We’ve tried the supporter system and it was a huge success,” party president Anna Gainey said in an interview.

“I believe that as we continue to open up and modernize and have more of a movement than a tra-ditional political party, that this is a natural progres-sion of that.”

Liberals will be asked to approve the proposed new constitution at the party’s national convention in May.

While the Liberals look to further open up their party to all comers, the Conservatives are going in the opposite direction. For the current Tory leader-ship contest, only those who’ve been party members for six months will be eligible to vote, and the mem-bership fee has been hiked to $25. Each member must pay by cheque or credit card in a bid to prevent leadership campaigns from paying for mass sign-ups of new members.

“That is a sharp contrast,” Gainey said.Without going into details of the proposed chang-

es, Trudeau championed the need for a constitution-al overhaul during a speech Saturday to the Nova Scotia wing of the Liberal party.

“We need to be courageous and we need to show, once again, that the Liberal party is not afraid to challenge the status quo, even if it means breaking with our own traditions,” he said.

“Canadians are counting on us to keep building, modernizing and opening up our movement. We can’t let them down.”

Sudden influx of refugees sparks call for fundingBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

HALIFAX — In a bustling classroom filled with streams of Arabic and English, two brothers are studies in concentration as they write out the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

Ahmad, 10, and Mohamad Al Marrach, 9, are among 41 Syrian children who arrived at Joseph Howe Elementary School in February, suddenly ex-panding the small, inner-city school’s population by a third from its existing 146 students.

The bright, colourful classroom — its name was recently added in Arabic on the door — is the end of a long journey for the brothers. They recall moving quickly with their parents when bombs started fall-ing on their town, and prefer their new school to one that occasionally lost power in Lebanon.

Now, they and their fellow refugees face a fresh set of challenges, including complete and sudden immersion in an unknown language. It has created demands on the school system that teachers’ unions and school boards say should draw added funding from provincial and federal governments.

Julie Jebailey, the school’s only Arabic-speaking teacher, translates as Mohamad talks about his new life. “Sometimes English is hard,” he says.

Like most of the Syrian children in this class, which has gone from 17 to 24 kids in a few weeks, he’s still at the stage of using smiles, gestures and a single word to communicate his needs.

Across the country, schools are accepting thou-sands of refugee children who are grappling with a new language and, in some instances, attending school for the first time after leaving camps in the Middle East.

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LANGFORD, B.C. — Brendon Williams freely ad-mits his paunchy belly and bushy-black chest don’t qualify him as typical chiselled male-model materi-al.

But the man from Langford, B.C., has gained in-ternational exposure after a daring series of boudoir birthday poses landed him a starring role in an an-ti-image advertising campaign with American Eagle.

It started as a husband’s private birthday gag for his wife Amanda, and resulted in him playing a feature role in an advertising campaign supporting underwear for regular people, Williams says.

It has also been a huge confidence boost for the 29-year-old father, who says he hasn’t always had the strongest body image but is completely comfortable lounging at home in his briefs.

“This has actually improved my self esteem,” says Williams in a bedroom interview at his suburban Victoria home, wearing only his underpants. “Not so much that I think I look better on the whole, but I think it’s more that I don’t have to be concerned about my flaws as much. I don’t think I have the greatest body in the world, obviously, but this has made me go a little bit easier on myself.”

The would-be professional golfer who earns a living playing online poker says he flew to Los Ange-les last month for a photo shoot with the U.S.-based clothing chain for the launch of its (fictitious) Aerie line of comfortable underwear for men and women.

Williams, who says he’s a practical joker and not an actor, played a character named Doug in the ad, which runs almost two minutes.

“Oh yeah, I’ve always liked being in my under-wear,” Williams says in the ad while sitting on a couch in nothing but underwear. “It makes me feel more free.”

While the line of underwear was a hoax, the brand says the ad’s message is all too real — that men should accept their bodies as they are.

Williams knew from the beginning the ad was a gag but it was clear to him American Eagle was sin-cere about the faux campaign’s body-positive mes-sage, he says.

There are three other underwear-clad men and a woman in the ad. Each character talks about being comfortable with themselves while doing house and yard chores. Just one man appears to have the ste-reotypical model looks.

Williams bends to touch his toes in one scene and the word Flexy is written on the rear of his white briefs.

“Healthy body image to me is loving who you are,” he says in the ad. “The real you is sexy.”

He auditioned for the ad over Skype.“I told them I’m not an actor, I don’t know what

I’m doing,” Williams says. “I was really uncomfort-able, but I got the job done. And now to be in an ac-tual underwear commercial and see that it’s been in Times Square, it seems fake really. It doesn’t seem real.”

His underwear adventure started with a joke for his wife’s birthday, giving her a set of campy boudoir photos.

The pictures show him relaxing on a bed, stretch-ing in a bubble bath and gazing into the distance out of a window.

But it backfired because his wife loved the gift and the photos created a sensation online.

Williams, who weighs about 220 pounds and is six feet two inches tall, says he still can’t believe the ad-venture since the photos were posted on Facebook and viewed and shared by thousands.

“I saw some boudoir photography done by a friend and I thought it would be a funny idea if I had some photography of myself done in that same way as a birthday gift,” he says. “I thought (my wife) was going to laugh, but she truly, genuinely enjoyed it.”

At one point, Facebook removed the photos after complaints about nudity, but the photographer sim-ply cropped the photos and reposted them.

Williams said he’s also noticed people appreciat-ed his willingness to celebrate himself.

“I’ve seen a lot of people comment that it’s nice not to see a hairless guy with a six-pack for once,” he said. “Obviously people do enjoy that, but that’s maybe not reality for everyone. I’m a pretty normal looking guy and I think that’s what people enjoy.”

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Brendon Williams, the everyday guy whose underwear modelling has made him a star, poses for photos at home in Victoria, B.C.

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Re: Plan to chop trees pannedThis letter is one of support for Mrs.

Manyluk in her attempt to stop the heritage tree destruction.

This particular section or RR 282 has for years been one of beauty that provides a relatively rare ride through a country canopy of natural indigenous trees. This elegance of nature’s beauty blending with man’s need for transportation is special and could be considered as a historical sight of our relationship with the environment. Once it is destroyed it will never be recovered. There would be no going back.

In addition, it is of my opinion that the trees along the roadway have forever provided a natural habitat for a multitude of species of both the floral and fauna worlds of life. This is valuable as it encourages awareness of our environment through the beauty it provides. The trees act as a natural wind break for surrounding fields as well as protection from drifting snow during winter storms. When I have driven this road the natural foliage of the trees encourages moderate speeds

and safe driving habits.Further to this, I understand there

may be a safety consideration, such as falling branches, driving sight lines and damp or wet roads. I respect this and understand the county’s concern, however, I firmly believe that there is a more moderate answer and solution that can be implemented. One that satisfies the county’s perspective but also respects the desire and concerns of the population that cares for environmental and aesthetic factors in Red Deer County’s decisions and actions.

A possible consideration could be a simple compromise where there is a partial paring back of trees close to the roadway, a wider paring at public and private intersections to increase driving sight lines and perhaps even a special designation of this portion of the road as an Alberta natural canopy road, (akin to the covered bridges of the maritimes) with a reduced speed limit and tourism recognition.

I implore the county to fully consider all options and take action that is truly representative of the needs, wants and desires of all county residents and visitors.

Marty KlipperRed Deer

Suicide should never be normalized in society

Suicide is acceptable. Suicide is becoming normalized. Suicide will become expected. Instead of calling it suicide or euthanasia, we hide this reality behind more palatable terms such as “physician-assisted death” or “medical assistance in dying.”

By definition, suicide is the killing of one’s self. In most circumstances, we as a society are opposed to suicide and help those contemplating it. We recog-nize suicide as the “wrong answer” to life’s pain, as something that should be avoided.

However, this June, the federal government will present legislation that says sometimes killing yourself is the “right answer,” that suicide is an acceptable behaviour if you are in enough pain. More than that, the gov-ernment will pay someone to kill you if you so desire. It will make suicide a government-funded public service.

This is a fundamental shift to soci-ety’s moral compass. Beyond simply new legislation, it is the normalization of suicide. We are becoming a society in which suicide is routine. We are becoming a society in which suicide is simply another medical “treatment.”

What becomes normal, subtly but significantly becomes expected. Be-fore long, suicide will be the expected response to pain or disability. Killing yourself when life is considered value-less will become reasonable.

At that point, suicide will be the acceptable, normal, and expected choice. Society will see suicide as a ra-tional and respectable decision. This is the destination of the road we are travelling. Fortunately, there is always time to make a u-turn.

Suicide does not need to be accept-ed. Suicide does not need to be nor-malized or expected. We, as a society and as individuals, need to see the in-herent dignity of every human life. The pain of others should encourage us to support them, not to assist in killing them. That is a compassionate society.

Brian ConstantinePenhold

If Thomas Mulcair were the leader of the Conservatives or Liberals, he would have cleaned out his office

long ago.But he leads the federal NDP. No

pushing, please. We have a process.Mulcair’s fate as leader will be de-

termined over the next two weekends, unofficially here at the Broadbent In-stitute summit of progressives, then officially in Edmonton, where party delegates will vote on his leadership in a mandatory review.

The news is grim for the leader. The party, according to EKOS, is barely in double digits, at levels not seen for 13 years.

An election post-mortem released Thursday is logically critical of party strategy.

Mulcair is making news for the wrong reasons: foolishly challenging Justin Trudeau to follow his lead and label Donald Trump a “fascist,” and being taken to task by Marie Henein — lawyer for Jian Ghomeshi — for us-ing the #Ibelievesurvivors hashtag in a tweet before seeing a court judgment.

Perhaps the Edmonton podium could be wrapped in black crepe.

We live in a leadership-driven polit-ical environment, so it seems Mulcair, as the captain, must walk the plank.

Except there is a case for Thomas Mulcair.

Unloved, without deep roots in the party, overly defensive, slow to listen to advice, arrogant - we’ve seen and heard it all - but also lightning quick on his feet, passionate, intellectual and a fiercely meticulous interrogator.

We know who Mulcair is.What is the NDP in 2016?Elections can be about catching

lightning in a bottle.It is a fair question to ask how Mul-

cair might have fared had he been fac-ing Michael Ignatieff as Liberal lead-er, not Justin Trudeau. It is also fair to ask how Jack Layton would have fared facing Trudeau.

Yes, the NDP and Mulcair are guilty of running a tone-deaf, strategically inept campaign that now has them in a box, but that box does not change with a change in leadership.

New Democrats have ridden to power provincially by staking the centre, but in a three-party federal race, they perform best against weak-ened Liberal leaders. Ed Broadbent set a high-water mark for seats in 1988 against John Turner, while Lay-ton built the Orange Wave against Ig-

natieff.Liberal sweeps have inflicted much

deeper damage on New Democrats than last October, but the box remains because there is little prospect of Trudeau and the Liberal brand being so gravely weakened by the time of the 2019 election.

New Democrats could not have won by promising to run deficits, but they would have denied Trudeau the “real change” mantle. Voters didn’t believe they could balance the budget, anyway.

Can they win by chasing votes in the centre? If the party heads in that di-rection, it will be forever chasing and will be courting its own demise.

Most galling for New Democrats must be how the party managed to be outflanked on the left by the Liberals at the federal level, a year after the Liberals did the same to them in On-tario.

They have lost the progressive man-tle to the Trudeau Liberals, but to sur-vive, they have to wrest it back.

If they want to be a more progres-sive alternative to the Liberals, party members will have to ask themselves whether Mulcair can comfortably sell that alternative or, whether he is a centrist at heart.

Mulcair must ask himself the same question.

If the party were to embark on a journey to re-establish itself as the

country’s true progressive party, a leadership race would be only a dis-traction, a search for a shiny, young leader to take the helm of a conflicted party.

New Democrats have one more chance to visit the leadership question before the 2019 vote.

If, two years hence, they are still spinning their wheels, Mulcair will know it is time to depart with dignity. If not, party elders will let him know.

They could hold a spring 2018 lead-ership convention in advance of an autumn 2019 election - an 18-month window to introduce and sell a new leader.

This is not a call for New Democrats to put Mulcair on probation.

If they put the leadership uncer-tainty behind them, allow Mulcair to do his job of holding the Trudeau gov-ernment to account, and realize they should stay true to their progressive roots instead of chasing voters in the mushy middle, they will bring New Democrats back into the fold and away from a government bound to disap-point by 2019.

That electoral lightning will be found only if they stay consistent and woo voters to their vision instead of becoming unmoored and chasing votes away from their comfort zone.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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ABOVE: Handler Rhonda Bailey grooms Tibetan terrier Cowboy during conformation showing.BELOW: Joseph Goosney shows off Buster, his miniature wire-haired dachshund, during conformation showing.

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It was all about good looks, excellent be-haviour, and perhaps a little bit of charm at the largest indoor dog show in the country this past weekend.

The Red Deer and District Kennel Club held their annual Spring Dog Show, attracting hun-dreds of immaculate, well-groomed pooches to Westerner Park’s UFA Agricentre.

Dogs of all breeds, colours, and sizes strutted their stuff for judges as the set of their tail, their structure, and overall appearance were evaluat-ed in conformation showing. Training, even-tem-perament, and listening skills were tested by others in both Rally-O and Obedience trials.

Individual breeds were judged together, be-fore the top dogs moved on to group judging. Awards given out for Best in Show, Best Puppy in Show, Best Baby Puppy in Show and Best Brace in Show.

The Cal K9 Obedience Club and D-Tails Ca-nine Centre participated in fun obedience and rally matches, and there was a scent hurdle rac-ing competition. Echocardiogram and ausculta-tion clinics were held throughout the show.

The Red Deer and District Kennel Club’s 2016 Fall Dog Show will take place Nov. 4-6.

Handlers adjust the stance of their dogs during conformation.

ABOVE: Handler Terry Bernier lets judge Barbara Alderman take a look at shetland sheepdog Risky during conformation. Risky is the No. 1 shetland sheepdog in the country.

LEFT: Mae Macatangay shares a moment with her 14-month-old Shih Tzu, Sherrie, following conformation at the Red Deer and District Kennel Club’s Spring Dog Show at the UFA Agricentre at Westerner Park on Saturday afternoon.

Nibs, a two-year-old Corgi, left, and six-month-old Bryn wait to b e g r o o m e d by breeder Jan Bergeron at the Red Deer and District Kennel Club’s Spring Dog Show this past weekend a t t h e U F A Agricentre.

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A man looks at solidarity messages written at the temporary check in terminal at Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, Belgium, Sunday. Under extra security, three Brussels Airlines flights, the first for Faro in Portugal, departed Sunday from an airport that used to handle about 600 flights a day.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS — It was an emotional send-off on Sunday for a Brussels Air-lines plane heading to the Portuguese city of Faro — the first passenger flight to take off from Brussels Airport since suicide bombings on March 22 ripped through its check-in counters and killed 16 people.

Airport officials suggested the first flight out was a symbolic victory over those who sowed death and hate, but said it would be months until full ser-vice is back.

Security at the airport was tight with new check-in procedures for pas-sengers in temporary structures.

Two other planes were leaving Sun-day — Brussels Airlines flights to Ath-ens and Turin, Italy. The three flights were a test run for a European avia-tion hub that used to handle 600 flights a day and plans to slowly climb back to normal capacity.

Arnaud Feist, the CEO of Brussels Airport Co., said at a Saturday news conference that the three flights were a “sign of hope” following “the darkest days in the history of aviation in Bel-gium.”

On Sunday, he thanked employees for their courage, solidarity and the “impressive work carried out in so lit-tle time.”

“We are more than an airport … We are a family more bound together than

ever,” he said at a ceremony at the airport.

“It will take time to accept what happened and more time to get over the pain,” Feist said as the flight for Faro took off. “But we will never for-get.”

Damage was extensive when dou-ble suicide bombs exploded near its crowded check-in counters 12 days ago, killing 16 and maiming people from around the world. Another bomb-ing that day on a Brussels subway train killed 16 other people. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group.

Feist said Belgium’s biggest airport would gradually climb to 20 per cent of capacity in the coming days, able to process 800 passengers an hour — maximum capacity for the temporary structures. He said Saturday that he hoped full service at the airport could be restored by the end of June or be-ginning of July, in time for the summer vacation season.

However, traffic may take time to return to its previous pace. Delta Air-lines said on Saturday that it was sus-pending service between Atlanta and Brussels until March 2017.

“This is a very symbolic, also a very emotional moment for the airport com-munity,” airport president Marc De-scheemaecker said at the ceremony. “We are turning a page, a page full of blood, but we have to rebuild this air-port and we will do so.”

Amtrak train hits equipment on track, two workers die


CHESTER, Pa. — An Amtrak train struck a piece of heavy equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday, caus-ing a derailment that killed two Am-trak workers and sent more than 30 passengers to hospitals, authorities said.

Train 89 was heading from New York to Savannah, Georgia, at about 8 a.m. when it hit the equipment that was on the track in Chester, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia, officials said. The impact derailed the lead engine of the train that was carrying more than 300 passengers and seven crew members.

Chester Fire Commissioner Travis Thomas said two people were killed. A National Transportation Safety Board official confirmed that one was the operator of the equipment. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Amtrak board Chairman Anthony Coscia told him the other person killed was a su-pervisor and both were Amtrak em-

ployees.The Delaware County medical ex-

aminer’s office said no information would be released until after autop-sies Monday.

NTSB investigator Ryan Frigo said at an evening news conference that the event data recorder and forward-fac-ing and inward-facing video from the locomotive have been recovered.

He said the locomotive engineer was among those taken to hospitals. Officials said earlier that none of the injuries was deemed life-threatening.

Schumer said it’s unclear wheth-er the equipment was being used for regular maintenance, which usually is scheduled on Sunday mornings be-cause there are fewer trains on the tracks, or whether it was clearing debris from high winds in the area overnight. But he said Amtrak has “a 20-step protocol” for having such equipment, described by Amtrak as a backhoe, on the track, and no trains are supposed to go on a track when equipment is present.


WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of Poles took part in street demonstra-tions on Sunday to protest a possible tightening of the country’s abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe.

The rallies in Warsaw and other cit-ies were held under the slogan “No to the torture of women” and came as the influential Roman Catholic Church launched a campaign for a total ban on abortion, something supported by Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and rul-ing party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

Abortion is currently illegal in Po-land in most cases but there are excep-tions if the pregnancy poses a threat to the woman’s health or life, if it results from a crime like incest or rape or if the fetus is damaged.

Protesters say a total ban would lead to women dying or force them to travel to other countries for abortions. In Warsaw they strung up coat hang-ers, a symbol of primitive underground abortions.

The current abortion law dates to 1993 and was a compromise between the country’s liberal and Catholic cir-cles.

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Brake is confident that, by the time the four families have moved into these two duplexes, his group will have a commitment to build more, pos-sibly in Lacombe. In a departure from Habitat’s normal practices, the next homes may have single-car garages — a requirement in the area where the next build is planned, he said.

Names of the families chosen for the new homes will not be released un-til they have completed the 500 hours of volunteer work that is one of the re-quirements to be accepted for a Habi-tat home. Applicants must meet other criteria as well, including an annual income of $37,000 to $51,000.

The idea behind Habitat’s proj-ects is to create affordable housing for working families, who are rigidly screened to be considered for one of the homes. Whenever a family moves on, their home is returned to Habitat, which then performs any necessary re-pairs, and then seeks out a new family to move in.

The previous owners are given back the principle they have paid on their home, minus the costs of repairs.

Habitat now has a presence in five counties, including Red Deer, La-combe, Stettler, Ponoka and Clearwa-ter. Since its inception in 1994, it has put together 22 homes in Red Deer, two in Delburne and one in Three Hills besides the new duplexes in Lacombe. Eleven of those homes have been assigned to new families in the past 12 months, sand the group is striv-ing to build more homes within the next year, said Brake.

In the current economy, the need for affordable housing is rising while the money available to help fund the projects has dwindled, he said. His group is pressuring provincial and fed-eral governments to help make up the difference.

The Government of Alberta had provided assistance previously, said Brake. From 2007 through 2012, the province gave Habitat groups a total of $58 million, which put between $60,000 and $90,000 into each of the homes built during that period.

While funding is crucial, volunteer labour also helps keep costs down. By Saturday morning, the Lacombe proj-ect had attracted 137 volunteers who committed 2,701 hours of their time to helping with the build.

“We could not do it if we had to pay those people,” he said.

More people are needed to finish the project.

While special skills are welcome, they are not required. Volunteers will get all the training they need on site from construction manager Todd Lamoureux. Anyone who would like to spend a few hours working on the homes is asked to contact volunteer co-ordinator Megan Oshust, 403-309-6080, ext. 2.

Further information is available on-line at www.habitatreddeer.ca

From a medical perspective, rais-ing puppies requires a tremendous amount of research, primarily to avoid passing on or worsening genetic dis-orders that be stronger in some blood-lines than in others, said both Heide and Humphreys, who also breeds Irish Wolfhounds.

“They really have to be students of the breed and know the ins and outs of everything that’s in that breed,” said Heide.

He chose to start breeding with a goal of improving the health and lon-gevity of the Irish Wolfhound, which has an average life expectancy of only 6.5 years. Heide says he knows of lines that have longer lives and he hopes to work up that trait.

“I’ve had my heartbreak with a few dogs that died early from heart dis-ease. I’m trying to breed for health and longevity. That’s my primary goal.”

Breeding dogs is a tremendous time commitment, especially when the puppies are about to be born and in the eight to 10 weeks afterward, said Humphreys.

Orman said members of the legis-lature from both parties have been invited to the April 30 meeting at Red Deer College.

The forum is a joint effort by groups that formed after the Conservative election defeat last May such as Fu-ture of Alberta, Alberta Can’t Wait and the February 19 committee.

Organizers and supporters include people who helped the PCs win suc-cessive majority governments over a period spanning two decades.

They include former PC party presi-dent Eric Young, former cabinet

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Brian Brake, executive director for Habitat for Humanity, stands in front of the ReStore home being built in Lacombe on Saturday morning.

ministers Arno Doerksen and Greg Melchin, campaign strategist Hal Dan-chilla and Thompson MacDonald, for-mer premier Ralph Klein’s one-time media strategist.

The Wildrose and the Tories said they are aware of the forum but do not plan to officially take part.

Troy Wason, executive director of the PCs, said the meeting would be nothing but a distraction as the party works to rebuild after its stunning election defeat last May.

Wason said Conservatives share the concern about vote splitting, but have been busy reconnecting with voters.

There doesn’t appear to be any ap-petite for a merger with the Wildrose or for forming a new party, he said.

“We have been asking this for seven months. Is it renewal? Is it rebrand or is it merge? Overwhelmingly from our members it has been to renew.”

Jason Nixon, the Wildrose whip in the legislature, said caucus members are free to attend and party officials may go — but only to listen.

Wildrose supporters are wary of political elites getting back into power, Nixon said.

And having another right-of-centre party would make vote splitting in the next election even worse, he suggest-ed.

“The biggest concern is that we don’t end up with three options, which would end up compounding the prob-lem that these very groups are trying to solve.”

The breeder must have a good understanding of the differences be-tween a healthy birth and any abnor-malities that may arise, and must be willing to spend 24 hours a day with the mom and her new puppies for the first seven days after they’re born, she said. After that, it is possible to take a few breaks, but the vigil continues and a new workload crops up when the puppies are to be weaned.

“It’s a lot of sleepless nights, it’s a lot of worry and it’s a lot of expense, if you’re doing it properly,” said Bergeron, gently restraining a bright-eyed corgi puppy that she bred and was showing on behalf of its new own-er.

Too many people have discovered corgis in recent years, largely because of the movie, The Queen, said Bergeron.

As with other movies where a par-ticular breed is featured, the stocky little cattle dogs suddenly become popular and puppy mills and backyard breeders started putting them out as quickly as they could. Far too many of those puppies end up in shelters be-cause buyers find the dogs don’t match their lifestyles and the sellers won’t take them back, said Bergeron.

Responsible breeders screen po-tential buyers very carefully and are always willing to take the dog back if needed, said Humphreys. She and Bergeron both have waiting lists of buyers for the puppies their dogs will

produce.All three breeders bridle at the

trend toward crossing one breed with another to create what is known as the designer dog. The trend started with the creation of the Labra-doodle, a crossbreed that had some of the desir-able traits of the Labrador retriever along with the hypo-allergenic coat of the poodle. The original creator of the cross now says he regrets ever getting it started, said Humphreys.

The biggest problem with cross-breeding, she said, is that it can actual-ly worsen genetic disorders that pure-bred breeders have tried to correct. Alongside that, responsible b breeders cannot ethically support the willy-nilly crossing of various breeds just to see what will happen.

When people purchase purebred dogs from Canadian Kennel Club breeders, they get the full genetic his-tory of the animals and the benefit of knowing that the breeders have staked their reputation on producing the healthiest possible dogs, said all three.

People who want to take that step and start a breeding program of their own should consider whether or not they have the time, money and passion for the animals they will raise, they said.

Bergeron said she has been breed-ing corgis for 32 years — because she loves them.

Poles protest potential abortion ban


A woman hangs a hanger, symbolizing an illegal abortion, on a tree branch in front of the Polish parliament after a demonstration against a possible tightening of the country’s abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday.

Rain, floods kill 45 in northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains Sunday killed at least 45 people in northwest Pakistan, officials said.

Rains started overnight Saturday and caused flash flooding in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov-ince, said a Pakistani national disaster management official, Latif ur Rehman.

Another 34 people were admitted to hospitals with injuries, he said.

Flash floods are commonly trig-gered during South Asia’s summer monsoon season. Pre-monsoon rains like the current downpour frequently cause damage in Pakistan — partic-ularly in rural villages with minimal infrastructure.

Residents of scores of villages close to rivers were given warnings to vacate and leave for safer places, Rehman said.

“We’re left on our own. Nobody from the government is coming to help us,” said Habib Khan, a resident of the northern Swat valley.

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TORONTO — Canadian Netflix sub-scribers are the only ones who can’t peek into the halls of Degrassi: Next Class. Viewers in Africa and Turkey can’t see how the prisoners at Litch-field penitentiary are faring in Orange is the New Black.

It’s not only Netflix’s original con-tent that is region-specific. Not all Net-flix libraries were created equal due to international copyright and content licensing restrictions.

Some web-savvy folks have over-come those obstacles by streaming pi-rated content for free or using a virtual private network (VPN) service to trick Netflix into streaming the shows and movies available in another country, like the United States, which has the widest selection.

But it seems Netflix is tired of cus-tomers hopping over virtual borders to access content available to people in other countries and scofflaws stream-ing its original content free of charge.

The company is cracking down on piracy and digital border hopping amid a global expansion that only omits China, Syria and Crimea from accessing the streaming service.

Netflix has reportedly hired Vobile Inc., a company that helps firms pro-tect their original content on the web, to tackle its piracy woes.

Over roughly the past four months, Vobile filed more than 350 takedown notices to Google, according to Lumen, a Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society project study-ing online content takedown requests. The notices ask Google to remove the suspected URLs from its search re-sults.

These requests pinpointed more

than 96,000 URLs, according to Goo-gle’s transparency report, many of which host streams to Netflix’s origi-nal shows and movies, like House of Cards and Making a Murderer. The requests mostly target content on the sites Uploaded and Vodlocker.

Vobile did not respond to request for comment. But both Lumen and Google connect Vobile to the copyright owner Netflix2.

The company also seems to have stepped up its efforts to prevent cus-tomers from using VPN services to hop across virtual borders.

In mid-January, Netflix said its practices against VPNs are evolving.

“That means in coming weeks, those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are,” said David Fullagar, the company’s vice-president of content delivery ar-chitecture, in a blog post about a week after Netflix announced it would be available in 130 more countries.

A Netflix spokesman said the com-pany did not have any comment be-yond Fullagar’s post.

Netflix found an ally for this crack-down in PayPal, a digital payment company, when it recently decided to discontinue service to some of these VPN providers.

“PayPal does not permit the use of its service for transactions that in-fringe copyrights or other proprietary rights,” according to a company state-ment. It continues to support VPN pro-viders that do not market their ser-vices for unlawful purposes.

Since its announcement, it appears Netflix has thwarted the tactics of ma-ny VPN service providers, which have been scrambling to provide solutions to frustrated clients.

Unblock-us, for example, has been

tweeting customers that its support team is “a few days behind” in trou-bleshooting Netflix errors since mid-March as users complain Netflix is blocking them from viewing content until they disable the proxy service.

Unblock-us did not respond to a re-quest for comment.

Netflix has outsmarted most of these services, say frustrated former geo-blocking subverters on a subred-dit dedicated to accessing Netflix by proxy.

The moderators for another Netflix subreddit have since banned discus-

sion about VPN use after users raised concerns Netflix may peruse the threads to determine which services to target.

Some customers say they’ve can-celled their Netflix subscriptions if they can’t use these services, while others are threatening to do so.

But the company appears commit-ted to its cause while it works toward making the same TV shows and movies available to all its customers, regard-less of their physical location.

“That’s the goal we’re pushing to-wards,” Fullagar said.

Netflix cracks down on border hopping


A movie selected from among Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” titles begins to download on a home computer screen. It’s not only Netflix’s original content that is region-specific. Not all Netflix libraries were created equal due to international copyright and content licensing restrictions.

Investors, hold on to your hats — 2016 could be a roller coaster ride as market instability likely will continue for the foreseeable future, internation-al asset management firm, Unigestion, predicts in a recent report.

During the first few days of the year stock markets plunged. The MSCI AC-WI (US dollar) index, which represents large and mid-capitalization compa-nies in 23 developed and emerging markets, and the S&P 500 index lost six per cent, primarily due to a weak-ening of the Chinese economy and de-valuation of the Chinese currency and the continuing drop in the price of oil.

“While one week of market activity does not enable one to draw any form of accurate conclusions for the full year ahead we believe that what has happened since the beginning of the year highlights interesting patterns worth analysing and keeping note of,” says Florian Ielpo, head of macroeco-nomic research in Unigestion’s cross asset solutions team.

The world economy has three main risks that will have implications for investors in the weeks and months ahead. First and foremost is the fall in the price of oil and North America’s exposure to it, followed by economic performance in China and the United States.

“Global growth is not the issue for the moment because in every cycle there are going to be sources of eco-nomic weakness,” Ielpo says. “This time it is the emerging world, the U.S. industry and commodity producers.”

The number one risk to global eco-nomic stability is the price of oil. Com-modity prices have been declining since the European economic crisis in 2011 and have not rebounded. A large part of the production of commodi-ties takes place in emerging countries, which explains in part some of the eco-nomic headwinds those economies are facing, and an oil price of $34 a barrel or less, which causes difficulties for the U.S. mining industry.

“If the situation in commodities —and oil in particular — does not sta-bilize, uncertainty will not disappear and markets will remain nervous,” Iel-po says. “If the situation lasts for an extended period this could deteriorate the fundamentals in the global econ-omy. The turbulences could become

regular for 2016 for as long as markets remain sensitive to these long-term risks.”

The Chinese economy is not doing well and the People’s Bank of Chi-na decision to devalue the renminbi, while necessary to make the country price competitive with the rest of Asia, could be taken as sign that China is do-ing worse economically than expected.

In the U.S., a decline in the ISM manufacturing index, other indus-try-related indicators which show ac-tivity in the sector is slowing down, low oil prices and a decline in U.S. competitiveness arising from the rise of the U.S dollar all suggest that a re-cession is brewing.

To adjust their portfolios to the increased level of risk and volatility Ielpo suggests investors reduce equi-ties, particularly in emerging markets, increase cash, underweight positions in government bonds and overweight holdings in European and Japanese equities.

Many investors already may be re-acting to the current volatility as a recent study by CIBC Global Markets shows that Canadians already are sit-ting on a record $75 billion of excess cash which they typically would have invested. Canada and emerging mar-kets both have been adversely affected

by the fall in commodity prices.“Many Canadian firms are geared

toward the oil industry and there cur-rently is a lower level of investment in that sector,” Ielpo said in an interview from Geneva. ”It’s difficult to know ex-actly how much Canadian companies will suffer but in the current situation it’s hard to see that there will be much growth in the Canadian market.”

The only solid area in the fore-seeable future is consumer durables — products that don’t have to be pur-chased frequently such as appliances, home and office furnishings, lawn and garden equipment, consumer electron-ics, toy makers, small tool manufac-turers, sporting goods, photographic equipment and jewelry.

“We have not yet witnessed an in-crease in spending by North American consumers but we expect to start see-ing that emerge in the next couple of quarters,” Ielpo says. “Durables are about the only positive side to the drop in oil prices and should outperform other sectors.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based busi-ness communications professional who has worked with national news organiza-tions, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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VANCOUVER — As online commu-nities come under the attack of cyber-bullies, racist speech and spam, a Brit-ish Columbia tech firm has developed technology to keep the trolls under the bridge.

Community Sift, based in Kelowna, has built digital armour for social me-dia and gaming companies trying to protect their virtual worlds. The chat filter and moderation tool examines real-time website commentary, chat room conversations and banter be-tween game players.

“We’re not just talking about four-letter words,” said CEO Chris Priebe, a senior programmer and se-curity specialist. “We want to get rid of bullying across the entire Internet.”

The firm’s technology advances a global campaign against digital abuse in part spurred by the 2012 suicide of Amanda Todd, a teenager from Port Coquitlam, B.C., who was victimized by online sexual exploitation.

“The Amanda Todds of the world, we want to prevent that,” said Karen Olsson, the firm’s chief operating of-ficer. “We want to be part of the solu-tion.”

Based on the firm’s analysis of four billion messages sorted daily, less than one per cent of social users behave badly yet they’re causing the bulk of harm. Offensive material is classified into categories such as bullying, sex-ting, racism and bomb threats.

The firm has catalogued more than one million phrases used frequently by trolls, for example, “u r so ugly,” Priebe said.

The technology takes context into account when identifying toxic be-haviour. It combines machine learning and human verification by employing

artificial intelligence and 30 language specialists. Priebe said online users are shielded from cyberbullies like anti-virus software protects computers.

“We’re looking for social viruses that are causing social destruction of social products and social lives.”

About 30 global clients are already using Community Sift. The flexible technology is tailored to client spec-ifications, such as modifying content filters to be age appropriate.

An internal database query by the firm estimated it has protected at least 34 million users over a recent two-week period in its U.S. data centre alone. Online cruelty inflicted on a Kelowna teenager was also part of the impetus for Community Sift, Priebe said. The teenager was goaded into uploading a selfie that trolls turned against her, generating pages of com-ments urging her to kill herself.

The technology sifts the posts to em-phasize positive comments from the 40 per cent of online users who are normally well-behaved to derail the attacks.

“They’re going to say, ‘You’re beau-tiful, you’re wonderful, you’re help-ful,”’ Priebe said. “Now she’ll have two voices inside her head and she can build the ability to handle all this bullying.”

The firm builds reputations for us-ers participating online, and detects when someone crosses into a high-risk threshold. Consequences may include limiting identified trolls to certain queues where a moderator can decide if the content is inflammatory, silenc-ing them automatically or banning them outright.

“We always joke you can put them in the basement with all the other trolls and let them harass themselves,” Olsson said.

Others have also taken up the cause.

A 13-year-old Illinois girl designed software that detects hurtful language as a Google Global Science Fair proj-ect. Trisha Prabhu’s program ReThink prompts posters to think twice before hitting send. She found more than 93 per cent of teens alter their posts.

Programmers with the National Youth Mental Health Foundation in Australia have also developed a Goo-gle extension called “reword” that flags potential insults by crossing them out with a red line. Community Sift identifies the tone of online communi-ties rather than policing the Internet, Priebe said. It gives users options to choose settings for avoiding unwanted

content, in the same way moviegoers can select films based on ratings. An emerging social world, called Medium.com, has deployed Community Sift to protect its users as they interact and post personal stories.

“We want to provide the best place for people to freely and openly ex-press themselves,” said Greg Gueld-ner, who implements the startup’s trust and safety protocol.

Priebe has boosted online safety before by co-founding Club Penguin, a virtual world where it’s safe for chil-dren to play games and interact. The company partnered with Disney in 2007 and has a user base of 300 million.

B.C. firm guards from cyberbullies


CEO Chris Priebe and COO Karen Olsson of the Kelowna, B.C. tech firm Community Sift are shown in this handout image. As online communities come under the attack of cyberbullies, racist hate speech and spam, a British Columbia tech firm is crusading to keep the trolls under the bridge.

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WASHINGTON — Americans are flooding back into the job market at the fastest pace since before the Great Recession, encouraged by steady hir-ing and some signs of higher pay.

The flow has halted, at least tempo-rarily, one of the economy’s more dis-couraging trends: the sharp decline in the percentage of people either work-ing or looking for work. That figure fell last year to a four-decade low.

The pickup since then suggests that nearly seven years after the recession ended, Americans are finally more confident that they can find jobs.

In March, nearly 400,000 people be-gan job hunts, though not all found work. Their searching lifted the un-employment rate to 5 per cent from 4.9 per cent. Employers added 215,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Fri-day, a solid figure but not enough to keep up with the new job-seekers.

Since last September, 2.4 million people have either found jobs or start-ed looking. The proportion of Amer-icans working or looking for work, known as the “participation rate,” has increased to 63 per cent during that time, from 62.4 per cent, a 38-year low.

“The rise … over the past six months has been truly astounding, suggesting that the job market is fi-nally pulling discouraged workers off the sidelines,” said James Marple, an economist at TD Bank.

Still, the participation rate was 66 per cent before the recession began. The drop has fueled concerns that the recession rendered millions of Amer-icans essentially unemployable, held back by deteriorating skills or a lack of available jobs nearby. The increase in the past few months provides hope that’s not the case.

Martin Nyholt, 61, of Apex, North Carolina, recently began looking for work again after retiring from IBM last May. He is looking for a part-time po-sition, but would take a “simple job” that pays $10 to $15 an hour if it is full-time. He wants less pressure than ex-isted in his former project-manager position.

“I’ve kind of run out of TV shows that I want to watch,” Nyholt said, out-side an employment centre. “Every additional month I go is money that’s going to be coming out of (savings) and that’s a negative there.”

Economists estimate that at least half of the decline in the participation rate is a result of ongoing retirements by the vast baby boom generation. That demographic trend could over-whelm the return of younger workers, keeping the participation rate flat or pushing it lower in the coming months.

The extra job-seekers also give the Federal Reserve additional flexibility in the timing of future interest rate in-

creases, economists said. If employers have more potential workers to choose from, they won’t be forced to raise wag-es as quickly, a step that can push up inflation.

The Fed raised rates for the first time in nine years in December. Most economists don’t expect Fed policy-makers to move again until June.

Average hourly wages rose 2.3 per cent in March compared with a year earlier, a faster pace than the first few years after the recession. But that is still about a percentage point below the rate that is typical for a healthy economy.

The percentage of Americans with-out high school degrees who are work-ing or seeking jobs has jumped sharp-ly since last fall. That could be a re-sponse to big increases in low-paying jobs in industries such as retail, which added 48,000 jobs in March, and hotels and restaurants, which gained 26,000.

Older Americans are also more like-ly to work or look for work than they were a year ago.

Tara Sinclair, chief economist at the online job site Indeed, says that many companies are frustrated that they cannot find the workers they need. So they are trying to keep older workers on board by offering perks such as flexible hours or part-time work.

Last month’s healthy hiring comes even as growth has showed signs of slowing. That suggests employers see the tepid growth figures as temporary.

Sluggish consumer spending in January and February caused many economists to lower their estimates for growth in the first quarter to 1 per cent or below. That would follow an anemic 1.4 per cent pace at the end of last year.

Yet many analysts think the GDP figures will likely be revised higher in the coming months. Consumers may also spend more of their savings from lower gas prices, boosting the econo-my.

Kevin Wilson, CEO of Buzz Fran-chise Brands, said the growing econ-omy is helping him expand. He plans to add eight more employees to his headquarters staff of 22 by the end of this year.

The company operates Mosquito Joe, a pest-control provider, and Pool Scouts, which provides pool-cleaning services. Wilson expects to hire more workers at the existing 113 Mosquito Joe franchises and open 58 new ones. Those steps should create about 450 new jobs.

Yet he hasn’t had to offer much higher pay to attract workers. “We get a ton of responses to our job ads,” he said.

Job-seekers return at fastest pace since before

recession BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business:

Women: Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and Carolyn Wilkins, senior deputy governor of the central bank, speak to students in Ottawa on Monday about the public consultations to select a Canadian woman to be fea-tured on a bank note.

Bar association: Also on Monday, the Canadian Bar Association’s Cana-dian Corporate Counsel Association holds its national convention in Cal-gary. Speakers include Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Cote and Uber legal director Jeremy Millard.

Wind: The Canadian Wind Ener-gy Association hosts a conference in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday to discuss the future of wind energy. Provincial energy ministers are among those scheduled to attend.

Snowden: Noted NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will speak via web-link in Vancouver on Tuesday about the power, promise and peril of big data.

Morneau: Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks at an event hosted by the Canadian Club of Toronto in partnership with the Empire Club of Canada on Friday. He’ll talk about the federal budget and the government’s efforts to jump-start the economy.

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5 things to watch for in business this week

$2.6 million fine against Exxon over oil spill is upheld

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has upheld its $2.6 million fine against Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. over an oil spill in central Arkansas.

The agency on Friday notified Exxon Mobil of its decision. The noti-fication comes just days after the third anniversary of the March 29, 2013, oil spill.

Exxon Mobil spokeswoman Ashley Smith Alemayehu told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1Y-6cl1Q ) that the company is evaluating it options, including a possible court appeal. Tens of thousands of gallons of heavy crude oil spilled into a neigh-bourhood in Mayflower, drainage ditches and a Lake Conway cove when

the Pegasus Pipeline cracked.The federal agency levied the fine

after finding Exxon Mobil had commit-ted nine violations of federal safety regulations in connection with the spill.

Iraq says oil revenues rise despite low global prices

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s monthly oil revenue has risen by more than 30 per cent to $2.9 billion despite low global prices that have placed a major strain on the country’s economy.

Oil Ministry spokesman Assem Ji-had said in a statement Friday that exports inched up to 3.286 million bar-rels per day in March from 3.225 mil-lion the previous month. Last month’s total revenue was just $2.2 billion.

The plunge in oil prices has bat-tered Iraq’s economy at a time when Baghdad is struggling to combat the Islamic State group. Iraq holds the world’s fourth largest oil reserves, and oil revenues make up nearly 95 per cent of its budget. Jihad says last month’s average price was $28 per bar-rel. Iraq’s 2016 budget is based on an expected price of $45 per barrel.

B R I E F

BY DANNY RODESPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Rebels 5 Hitmen 3The Red Deer Rebels went into

Game 5 of their best-of-seven Western Hockey League Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Cal-gary Hitmen with all the momentum.

After winning both games on the road the Rebels held a 3-1 edge and it appeared as if it was only a matter of time before they wrapped up the se-ries and moved on to meet the Regina Pats.

But Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t about to take anything for granted. He knew one slip-up and things could change in a hurry.

“Winning those two on the road and we were in control of the series, but we didn’t want to go back either,” he said. “Give either team some momen-tum and things could change pretty quickly. We lose this game and go back there and something happens and then you’re in Game 7. So tonight was signif-icant.”

And the Rebels played that way as they grabbed a 2-0 first-period lead and went on to down the Hitmen 5-3 before 5,525 boisterous fans at the Cen-trium Saturday.

“It was one of those games where you were on the edge of your seat all night,” said Sutter.

Adam Musil, at 10:01, and Adam Helewka, with the first of his two pow-er play goals at 17:04, gave the Rebels their 2-0 first-period lead.

“I thought our first period was very good,” said Sutter. “But they got some momentum on that short handed goal.”

Jackson Houck teamed with Tra-vis Sanheim to score on a two-on-one

while short handed at 5:22 of the mid-dle stanza. However, Helewka one-timed a Luke Philp feed at 11:26 and it appeared as if the Rebels would get out of the second period still ahead by two.

But Pavel Karnaukhov grabbed a rebound off the back boards and was able to direct a shot in off Red Deer netminder Trevor Martin, who dove back to his left in an effort to make the save. The officials originally waved off

the goal, but after a discussion, and a video review that lasted close to five minutes, the goal stood.

Murray Crawford, Sports Reporter, 403-314-4338 E-mail [email protected] SEE MORE ONLINE AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM>>>>


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Red Deer Viper Conner Veroba breaks through the defence of Killam Wheat Kings Nick Dunn, left, and Dylan Cloutier to take a shot on netminder Luke Grassl at the Red Deer Arena Saturday afternoon. The Vipers defeated the Wheat Kings 3-2 in their final round robin game of the Junior B Provincial Tournament.

MOVING ON UPREBELS DOWN HITMEN TO ADVANCE TO SECOND ROUND


Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson, left, tags out Tampa Bay Rays’ Kevin Kiermaier who was attempting to steal third base during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday.

Jays open season with win over Rays


Blue Jays 5 Rays 3ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Marcus

Stroman outpitched Chris Archer in his first opening day start, helping the Toronto Blue Jays begin defence of their first AL East title in 22 years with a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Stroman allowed three runs and six hits over eight-plus innings for the Blue Jays, who won 93 games in 2015 before making a run to the AL Cham-pionship Series in their first playoff appearance since 1993.

Troy Tulowitzki hit the first home run of the 2016 MLB season, a two-run shot for Toronto. Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and drove in two runs after not having an at-bat in a major league exhibition all spring training because of injuries.

The Blue Jays, the highest-scoring team in the majors last year, struck quickly on Encarnacion’s two-run sin-gle in the first.

Archer struck out a Rays open-ing-day record 12 in five innings. But Encarnacion got him early and Kev-in Pillar added an RBI single in the fourth. The right-hander limited the Blue Jays to five hits, but walked three during a 107-pitch outing.

Evan Longoria had two hits and drove in Tampa Bay’s first run with a third-inning single. Offseason acquisi-tion Corey Dickerson added a solo ho-mer off Stroman leading off the ninth and Kevin Kiermaier drove in the final run charged to the starter with a bloop single off Roberto Osuna.

Osuna got the last three outs for the save.

At 24 years, 338 days old, Stroman became the third-youngest pitcher to make an opening day start for the Blue Jays. He earned the assignment after making just four starts, going 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA, in 2015, when he missed most of the season after undergoing surgery on his left knee during spring training.

Archer, who set a club record with 252 strikeouts last season, fanned the most batters on opening day since Se-attle’s Felix Hernandez struck out 12 against Oakland on April 2, 2007.

TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: Encarnacion was in the

lineup as the designated hitter. He was slowed early in spring training by an abscessed tooth and limited to minor league games the final week of camp with a strained oblique muscle. Man-ager John Gibbons expects Encarna-cion play some at first base this sea-son. “Does him some good to get him out there occasionally,” Gibbons said.

Rays: With the exception of losing closer Brad Boxberger for at least the opening month of the season follow-ing groin surgery, Tampa Bay emerged from spring training fairly healthy. Boxberger was an All-Star and the AL saves leader a year ago. Several reliev-ers, including Alex Colome, will get an opportunity to finish games while Box-berger is out.

HE’S IN, HE’S OUTReliever Franklin Morales, signed

to a one-year contract Saturday night, joined the Blue Jays for the season opener. He opted out of his contract and was released by Milwaukee last week. The left-hander was with Kansas City last season.

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Vipers edged in bronze medal game

BY DANNY RODESPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Icemen 3 Vipers 2 (2OT)The Red Deer Vipers dressing

room was silent following their 3-2 double overtime loss to the Wetask-iwin Icemen in the bronze medal game of the provincial junior B hock-ey championship at the Arena Sun-day afternoon.

The only voice was that of head coach JD Morrical who was telling his troops not to hang their heads, they could be proud of themselves.

“It wasn’t what we wanted, but it was still a good showing,” said Morri-cal after leaving the room. “We were in every game. The first game (a 2-0 loss to the North Peace Navigators) we used to shake off some rust and the semifinal (a 3-1 loss to the Wain-wright Bisons Saturday evening) with a little puck luck we could have won that game. We hit a couple of posts and missed a couple of breakaways, but that’s the way it goes.”

The Vipers could have easily struck bronze Sunday, but ran into a hot netminder in Red Deer native and former Leduc midget Joey Des-rosiers, who finished with 49 saves. The Vipers had a pair of power plays in the second overtime and peppered Desrosiers with 10 shots, several of the close-in variety, but he didn’t break.

“Their goalie played very well,” said Morrical, who also praised his

netminder Cole Sears.Sears finished with 55 saves, be-

fore Telsen Luc snapped a shot from the left circle past him at 13:17 of the second extra session.

“The way Sears played all week-end it had to be a good shot to beat him,” added Morrical.

Neither team looked that sharp early on, and rightly so after getting off the ice after the semifinals after 10 p.m. Saturday.

“It’s tough going when you get off the ice at 10:30 and have to be back by 10:30 the next morning,” agreed Morrical. “As well the first two peri-ods looked like teams with the bronze medal blues. But once we tied it it was on. Despite being tired the boys wanted to win this. There were no goons out there.”

The Vipers grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first period Sunday on a goal by Dustin Spearing at 1:22. Tristan Lind-berg tied it at 16:10 of the second pe-riod and Luc gave the Icemen a 2-1 lead at 19:25.

However, Nick Glackin tied the game with a power play marker at 4:52 of the third period.

The Icemen took 11 of the 16 minor penalties.

On Saturday the Vipers edged the Killam Wheat Kings 3-2 to advance to the semifinal with a 2-1-0 record.

Spearing, who led the tournament with five goals, scored twice, includ-ing the game winner at 2:36 of the third period.

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The Rays officially released 1B James Loney on Sunday.

He had been told last week that he would not be on the opening day ros-ter.

Loney batted .280 with four homers and 32 RBIs in 104 games in 2015.

In three seasons with Tampa Bay, he hit .291 with 26 homers and 176 RBIs in 414 games.

The 31-year-old became expendable after the Rays acquired both Logan Morrison and Steve Pearce during the off-season.

“It’s a difficult decision,” Rays man-ager Kevin Cash said. “He was a lead-er for us, had some good seasons.”

CHEERSGeorge Wendt III, best known for

playing Norm in the hit television se-ries “Cheers” from 1982-93, threw out the ceremonial first pitch, bouncing a toss to the plate from in front of the mound.

UP NEXTBlue Jays: Knuckleballer R.A. Dick-

ey starts the second game of a four-game series Monday.

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Rays: Lefty Drew Smyly, 5-2 with, 3.11 ERA in 12 starts last season, starts Monday.

He’s 1-0 with a 1.10 ERA in five career appearances, including two starts, against Toronto.


BOSTON — Canada heads home from the world figure skating cham-pionships with just one medal for the first time in nine years.

But two years out from Pyeong-chang, the event at TD Garden was as much about early manoeuvring for Olympic positions. And in that regard, Mike Slipchuk said the Canadian team did fine.

“Even though we didn’t have as many medals, we probably had our best showing as a team at a worlds in a while, given the top 10 placements,” said Slipchuk, Skate Canada’s high performance director. “Three in pairs, one in ladies, one in men, and two in dance.

“We always stress a lot about depth, and we leave here feeling good about that. And we’re going to need that go-ing into next year and the Olympic qualifier.”

These world championships deter-mined how many spots each country will have at next year’s worlds, which in turn determine how many spots a country will have in Pyeongchang.

Canada earned three spots in both pairs and ice dance, and two each in men’s and women’s singles.

In 2007, ice dancers Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon made Canada’s lone march to the medal po-dium, winning silver.

In Boston, it was Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford who raised the Ma-ple Leaf, roaring to their second con-secutive world pairs title, and leading

a trio of Canadian pairs teams to top-eight finishes. Lubov Iliushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch were seventh while Kirsten Moore-Towers and Mi-chael Marinaro were eighth.

Two other highlights for Canada: an eighth-place finish by ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, and Ga-brielle Daleman’s ninth in women’s singles.

“We had a few that really brought it this week,” Slipchuk said.

But the week saw some setbacks as

well.Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje

arrived in Boston on a string of victo-ries over the past two seasons, with only two losses. But undone by sloppy twizzles — side-by-side travelling spins — in their free dance, they wound up fifth, their worst world result in three years.

And while Patrick Chan insisted a world medal would be a bonus in his comeback season, he was disap-pointed after an error-filled free skate

dropped the three-time world champi-on to fifth.

“This is the world championships, so even on practices you can see there’s a different feel and a different vibe out there,” Slipchuk said. “Going through this whole season, he now has a good perception of what’s out there.”

Nam Nguyen, who was fifth last year, didn’t qualify for the free skate, while Alaine Chartrand, who was so strong in winning the Canadian cham-pionships, was 17th, six places worse than her debut last season.

Next season will be interesting with Olympic ice dance champions Tes-sa Virtue and Scott Moir launching a comeback.

“It’s going to be good to have them. They’ve been such a key part of our team for so long,” Slipchuk said. “I think in a lot of ways it’s been good going through this year with Patrick, we kind of saw what the trials and trib-ulations are for coming back. It’s not easy.”

Virtue and Moir will move to Mon-treal to work with Dubreuil and Lau-zon, rather than return to Canton, Mich., and their former coach Marina Zoueva.

“Being with Marie-France and Patrice, it’s like a fresh start for them, and it’s going to be exciting to see what they do and the development and pro-gramming of what they do moving for-ward,” Slipchuk said. “That’s what’s going to be exciting, not only for us seeing it, but for them training, it’s all new and that’s a good thing.”

Next year’s world championships are in Helsinki, Finland.

Canada wins just one medal at worlds


Pairs gold medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, of Canada, skate during the exhibition program at the World Figure Skating Championships, Sunday.

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Tye Munro had the other marker as the Vipers led 2-0 after the first period and were tied at 2-2 after 40 minutes. Sears finished with 22 saves.

In the semifinal the Bisons led 1-0 after the first period on a goal by Zach MacKay with Spearing tying it at 9:53 of the second.

However, Tiaan Anderson broke the tie at 13:26 of the second frame and Colby Schacher scored into an empty net in the third.

Sears finished with 30 saves while his mates had 28 shots.

Meanwhile, the Navigators, who are from Peace River, edged the Bisons 3-2 to win gold and advance to the West-ern Canadian championship, April 14-17 in Regina.

It was a back-and-forth affair.Dustin Long gave the Navigators

a 1-0 lead in the first period and they held it until a wild third period. The Bisons tied it on a goal by Taylor Schubada at 7:37, Joseph Sylvain made it 2-1 for the Navs at 8:58 and MacKay tied it at 12:40 before Lowen Lambert got the winner at 13:13.

Riley Medves, who led the tourna-ment with a 1.33 goals-against-average, finished with 32 saves for the winners while Cade Spencer made 34.

“Our goaltender was big for us,” said Navigators head coach Craig Fox. “He was our back up last year but without him this year we wouldn’t be where we are.”

Fox said the team was confident coming into the tournament.

“We had a good season and felt we had a good chance.”

He indicated defence was the key to victory.

“When you play strong defence and have a goaltender like we do we felt if we scored a couple of goals we could win any game.”

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

VIPERS: Tied 2-2

JAYS: Opening day roster


RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Lydia Ko took advantage of Ariya Jutanu-garn’s late collapse to win the ANA Inspiration on Sunday for her second straight major victory and second LP-GA Tour win a row. The top-ranked Ko hit an 88-yard wedge shot to a foot on the par-5 18th to set up her winning birdie — and an unlikely victory leap into Poppie’s Pond. She closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 12 under.

“This is an unbelievable moment,” Ko said before jumping into the pond.

Jutanugarn had a two-stroke lead at 13 under with three holes to play. The 20-year-old Thai player bogeyed all three holes, three-putting the par-4 16th, failing to get up-and-down from a bunker on the par-3 17th and hooking her drive into the water on 18.

“I really get nervous, especially be-ing my first time leading,” Jutanugarn said. “Next time, it’s going to be so much fun to be there.”

Charley Hull and In Gee Chun fin-ished a stroke behind Ko, and Jutanu-garn ended up fourth at 10 under. Ko won the final major last season, the Evian Championship in September in France, and took the LPGA Tour event last week in Carlsbad. The 18-year-old New Zealander has 12 LPGA Tour vic-tories, five last year when she was the tour’s player of the year.

“It has always been my dream to play on the LPGA Tour,” Ko said. “For these amazing things to be happening it is unbelievable, but it also motivates me to work harder.”

Ko had a bogey-free round, also hol-

ing a 22-foot birdie putt on the par-3 fifth and a 40-footer on the par-3 eighth. She made three key par saves on the back nine, the first with a 15-foot putt after crisscrossing the par-5 11th. She ran in an 18-footer on the par-4 13th, and a 10-footer on 17.

“Obviously, making those putts on 11 and 13 was crucial, too, but just not knowing anything, I wanted to focus on my game and just what I could con-trol,” Ko said. “But on 17, I knew what I needed to do. Something like a miracle needed to happen, so I think 17 was probably the most crucial putt.”

Until Sunday, best known for blow-ing a two-stroke lead with a closing tri-ple bogey at age 17 in the 2013 LPGA Thailand, Jutanugarn made four bird-ies in a five-hole stretch in the middle of the round to move into position for a breakthrough victory that slipped away. She finished with a 71.

“I got a lot of experience from this week,” Jutanugarn said.

Hull birdied the 18th for a 69 and her best finish in a major.

“I know I can play well under pres-sure now when I have to get it going,” the 20-year-old English player said. “I’m happy I holed that putt on the last, and I’m proud of myself. It feels great. Lydia hit a great shot into the last, and she should be proud of herself.”

Chun also closed with a birdie in a 70. The U.S. Women’s Open champion was making her first start after sitting out a month because of a back injury. She was hurt when she was struck by a hard-case suitcase that rival South Korean player Ha Na Jang’s father dropped down an escalator at the Sin-gapore airport.

Ko wins ANA, taking advantage of Jutanugarn’s late collapse

“We lost that second period, but credit to the Hitmen they came out hard in the second too,” said Sutter. “Then in the third we got a couple of breaks and capitalized on them for a couple of quick goals, which I think took some of the weight off our shoul-ders and we seemed to play better after that.”

Grayson Pawlenchuk scored a sim-ilar goal to Karnaukhov’s. Helewka missed the net but his shot deflected off the boards over to Pawlenchuk, who slammed it home before netminder Cody Porter could react.

Pawlenchuk’s marker came at 3:44 and 27 seconds later Jeff de Wit cut in on Porter, who stopped his first shot, but the rebound deflected back in off his skate.

Once again the goal was reviewed and it stood. Bruce Platt made the score 5-3 at 5:00 of the third period, but Sutter was still confident.

“I thought we were still in control somewhat and we did a good job of de-fending,” he said. “It’s tough in a game where you can move on. You have ten-dency to want to protect a lead, espe-cially in the third period. In some ways you allow them to get the momentum.

“But I though Marty (Martin) made some key saves. In fact he was import-ant for us the whole series … he played extremely well.”

The Rebels also got a break when it appeared as if Houck scored at 16:39 of the third period. Both teams seemed to believe the goal would count, but once again the officials went upstairs and it was waved off. Only the view from above showed the Calgary player knocking the puck in with his hand be-fore he got a stick on it.

Martin finished with 26 saves — 12 in the third period. The Rebels were also two-for-four on the power play.

“We talked before the game that our power play percentage was just over six percent and that’s not good enough,” said Sutter. “When we get opportuni-ties like that we have to make the most of them and tonight we got those two goals. Unfortunately we gave up a short handed goal, but overall our power play was pretty good.”

Sutter felt the team played better each game as the series went along, as did de Wit, who had a goal and a helper and was named the game’s second star back of Helewka.

“I thought this was the hardest series I’ve ever played in in terms of my hock-ey career,” said de Wit. “There wasn’t an easy game, but it was a lot of fun and I thought we got better each game as we went along.”

De Wit deserved his star rating and gave credit to Sutter.

“Brent talked to me about being hard on the puck and moving my feet and if I do that I think I put myself in a good spot, especially playing with Evan (Polei) and Adam (Musil). They’re two heavy players and we work well togeth-er.”

“We did play better each and every game,” added Sutter. “Our emotional level and intensity level improved. The guys are figuring it out, getting through one game and onto the next knowing our game had to get better. I thought we did a good job of that. Hopefully this will be a huge confidence boost for the kids as well.”

The Rebels finished with 30 shots on Porter.

The best-of-seven semifinals series against the Pats begins Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Centrium with Game 2 Sun-day at 5 p.m. before switching to Regina for games Tuesday and Wednesday. The other semifinal series sees Moose Jaw against either Brandon or Edmon-ton. Brandon leads the best-of-seven quarter-final 3-2 heading to Brandon.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate re-porter who can be reached at [email protected]. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

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Flames 5 Oilers 0EDMONTON — The Calgary Flames

had one last chance to rain on Edmon-ton’s parade and were more than hap-py to do so.

Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Back-lund each scored twice and goalie Joni Ortio made 28 saves for the shutout as the Flames snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-0 victory over the Edmon-ton Oilers on Saturday.

“I think our third period was one of the best we’ve played in a while, may-be all year,” Ortio said.

“When we had our chances to put them away we did, that was a great effort.”

Joe Colborne also scored for the Flames (33-40-6), who played their final ever game against their Alberta rivals at Rexall Place in Edmonton, with the Oilers moving into a new downtown arena next season.

“There have been some big rivalry games here,” Backlund said.

“They may not have been playoff games here, but still, we want to beat them every time no matter what’s at stake and it was a big win for us.

The Oilers (30-43-7) have lost three straight and five of their last six and were shut out for the third time in their last eight home games with just one more game remaining in their old building.

“We have to be better as a team,” said Oilers forward Taylor Hall. “You want to play well in that final Battle of Alberta and have a good last home game at Rexall. We are going to have to be better next game.”

Edmonton head coach Todd McLel-lan doesn’t think they can be much worse.

“That’s the exact crap we’re trying to eradicate from this group,” he said. “You work hard, you try to get some foundation and you give it all back in one night. We were outshot, we were out-hit, we were out-scored, out-face-offed, out-power played, out-penalty killed.

“Forget about the wins and the loss-es, it’s just the effort. Because that’s freaking embarrassing.”

Josh Jooris sent a pass through the legs of a defender to Backlund, who beat Oilers starter Cam Talbot with a backhand shot to give Calgary a 1-0

lead with the short-handed goal.The Flames looked to have added to

their lead late in the first, but a pow-er-play goal was called back on goal-tender interference by Colborne.

Calgary made it 2-0 with five min-utes to play, scoring shortly after Oil-ers rookie sensation Connor McDavid rang a shot off the post behind Ortio, as Colborne deflected a Backlund pass into the net.

Gaudreau tucked in a rebound at the side of the net to give the visitors a three-goal lead early in the third and

then made it 30 goals on the season seven minutes into the third, deking out Talbot on the power play to make it 4-0.

The beating continued with eight minutes remaining as Backlund got away on a shorthanded breakaway, scoring just as time expired for an even strength goal.

The Flames return home to face the L.A. Kings on Tuesday.

The Oilers play their final home game in Rexall on Wednesday against Vancouver.

Notes: The Oilers came into the game with an all-time regular-season record of 54-43-9-6 at home against Cal-gary… A pair of Oilers returned to the lineup in forward Ryan Nugent-Hop-kins and defenceman Adam Pardy. Re-maining out were Oscar Klefbom (foot), Andrew Ference (hip), Brandon David-son (knee), Benoit Pouliot (shoulder) and Eric Gryba (knee)… Out injured for Calgary were Karri Ramo (ACL), Ladislav Smid (upper body), Michael Frolik (lower body) and Dennis Wide-man (arm).

Flames win at Rexall for the last time


Calgary Flames’ Mikael Backlund (11) scores on Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot (33) during third-period NHL action in Edmonton, on Saturday


HUMBLE, Texas — Jim Herman de-livered a masterful performance at just the right time Sunday in the Shell Houston Open.

Herman, winless in 105 previous starts on the PGA Tour, chipped in for birdie on the par-3 16th and finished with two solid pars for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory that sends him to the Masters for the first time in his career.

Herman tapped in for par and thrust both fists in the air after his one-shot victory over Henrik Stenson.

“Sorry for the tears, but I’m pret-ty happy,” Herman said in his TV interview. “We really did a good job keeping our game plan. We wanted to give ourselves as many birdie chanc-es as we could and keep it low stress. And geez, look what happened. Never thought it was possible.”

The Houston Open was the final op-portunity for players to get into the Masters, and Herman seemed like a long shot at No. 191 in the world whose only professional victory was six years ago at the Moonah Classic in Australia.

Stenson missed an 18-foot birdie putt on the last hole for a 68 to finish one shot behind. It was the Swede’s eighth runner-up finish since his last victory in Dubai at the end of 2014.

Dustin Johnson tried to overcome a double bogey on the 11th hole. He made three birdies coming in, but had to settle for a 69 and was two shots back.

Jordan Spieth made four straight birdies early in his round, but two shots into the water led to double bo-geys and a 70. He was seven back in a tie for 13th.

It was the third time since 2008 that a player won the Houston Open to get into the Masters, and Herman might be the most unlikely candidate.

Ten years ago, Herman was working

as an assistant pro at Trump Bedmin-ster in New Jersey when he played one day with course owner and GOP front-runner Donald Trump, who wanted to know why he was folding shirts instead of competing against the best. Trump encouraged him to give it another shot, and Herman eventually made it out to the PGA Tour.

This is his fifth full season in the big leagues, and he still wears “Trump” on his golf shirts. Within the past month, Herman has changed from block let-ters of “Trump” to a logo from Trump’s course.

He was artful in closing the deal at the Golf Club of Houston.

Herman and Jamie Lovemark were tied for the lead going into the final round.

Lovemark was 4 over through six holes and was never a factor. Herman hung around during Spieth’s early charge, and even after Stenson took the lead.

Stenson fell back with a bogey from the bunker on the 14th hole, only to get that stroke back on the par-5 15th.

Herman, however, never flinched. Tied for the lead, he missed the green to the left on the 16th and was in thick grass near the bunker. His chip came out perfectly and dropped for a sur-prising birdie and a one-shot lead, and he held it.

He faced a long wait at the 18th to hit his tee shot, with a bunker to the right and water down the left.

Herman drilled it 316 yards down the middle, hit a safe shot to the mid-dle of the green, and two putts later he was on his way to Augusta National.

The victory gets Herman into the PGA Championship for the first time.

Graham DeLaet was the top Cana-dian, finishing tied for 27th. The Wey-burn, Sask., native shot a 5-under 283 for the tournament. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., and David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., tied for 46th at 2 un-der.

Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant win Canadian mixed doubles

championshipSASKATOON — The duo of Jocelyn Peterman and

Brett Gallant are the 2016 Canadian mixed doubles champions.

Peterman and Gallant downed the team of Lau-ra Crocker and Geoff Walker 12-8 on Sunday in the championship draw and will now represent Canada at the upcoming world championship.

Peterman — who is from Red Deer — and Gallant trailed 8-6 after six ends, but scored a four in the sev-enth and two in the eighth to come out on top of the 32-pairing field that began play Thursday at Nutana Curling Club.

The champions earned their spot in the final by beating Emma Miskew and Ryan Fry 10-7 in the semifinal earlier Sunday.

They went 9-1 overall, with their only loss happen-ing against Jessie Kaufman and Brock Virtue in the round-robin portion of the tournament.

Crocker and Walker were a perfect 9-0 heading into the final, with a 10-6 semifinal victory over Mar-liese Kasner and Dustin Kalthoff earlier in the day.

Mixed doubles has been added to the Olympic program for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. As a result, many top curlers from the traditional four-player game have added the disci-pline to their repertoire.

The mixed doubles world championship takes place from April 16-23 in Karlstad, Sweden.

It will serve as the first qualifying event to deter-mine the seven countries that will join host South Korea at the 2018 Games.

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TransactionsTransactionsSunday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP Brian Matusz and INF Jimmy Pare-des on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Re-assigned OF Xavier Avery to minor league camp.BOSTON RED SOX — Placed RHPs Brandon Workman and Carson Smith, C Christian Vazquez and LHP Eduardo Rodriguez on the 15-day DL Vazquez and Smith retroactive to March 25.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reassigned RHP Phil-lippe Aumont, INF Travis Ishikawa, OF Jacob May and C Hector Sanchez to minor league camp.CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed SS Lonnie Chi-senhall and OF Michael Brantley on the 15-day DL Brantley retroactive to March 25 and Chisenhall to March 28. Designated LHP Giovanni Soto and INF Zach Walters for assignment. Assigned RHPs Craig Stammen and Jarrett Grube, LHP Tom Gorzelanny, C Guillermo Quiroz and INFs Todd Hankins and Mi-chael Martinez to minor league camp. Selected the contracts of LHP Ross Detwiler and OF Marlon Byrd from Columbus (IL).DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Cameron Maybin, LHPs Daniel Norris and Blaine Hardy and RHPs Alex Wilson, Jeff Ferrell and Angel Nesbitt on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Selected the contract of RHP Logan Kensing from Toledo (IL).KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed OF Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25, and LHP Tim Collins on the 60-day DL. Reassigned LHPs David Huff and John Lannan and INFs Cody Decker and Whit Merrifield to minor league camp. Selected the contract of RHP Chien-Ming Wang from Omaha.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned LHP Tyler Skaggs, 3B Jefry Marte, 2B Rey Navarro and OF Rafael Ortega to Salt Lake (PCL). Assigned OF Todd Cunningham outright to Salt Lake. Placed LHP C.J. Wilson on the 15-day DL.MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contract of LHP Fernando Abad from Rochester (IL).NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed INF Greg Bird, OF Mason Williams and RHP Bryan Mitchell on the 15-day DL Bird and Williams retroactive to March 25 and Mitchell to March 31.SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated C Rob Brantly for assignment. Placed LHP Charlie Furbush and RHP Evan Scribner on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Reassigned INF Efren Navarro and OF Daniel Robertson to minor league camp. Selected the contract of RHP Joel Peralta from Tacoma.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Released 1B James Loney.TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHPs Yu Darvish and Luke Jackson, C Chris Gimenez and OF Josh Hamilton on the 15-day DL Darvish, Jackson and Hamilton retroactive to March 25 and Gimenez to March 27.TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Ryan Tepera to Buffalo (IL). Placed RHPs Marco Estrada and Bo Schultz, LHP Aaron Loup and 2B Devon

Travis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Agreed to terms with LHP Franklin Morales on a one-year contract.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed RHP Josh Collmenter and OF A.J. Pollock on the 15-day DL Collmenter retroactive to March 28. Optioned RHP Enrique Burgos and OFs Evan Marshall and Peter O’Brien to Reno (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Rickie Weeks Jr. from Reno.CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHPs Dallas Beeler and Aaron Brooks and INFs Javy Baez and Chris-tian Villanueva on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25.CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned C Ramon Cabrera and INF/OF Jose Peraza to Louisville (IL). Reas-signed RHPs Dayan Diaz and Tim Melville to Lou-isville. Placed OF Juan Duran on the restricted list. Designated OF Jake Cave for assignment. Placed OF Yorman Rodriguez, C Kyle Skipworth, LHP John Lamb and RHPs Anthony DeSclafani, Michael Lorenzen and Jon Moscot on the 15-day DL DeS-clafani, Lamb, Lorenzen and Moscot retroactive to March 25 Rodriguez to March 27 and Skipworth to March 31. Agreed to terms with RHP Steve Delabar on a minor league contract. Recalled OF Tyler Holt from Louisville. Selected the contract of C/INF Jor-dan Pacheco from Louisville.COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHPs Jon Gray and Jason Motte, LHPs Tyler Anderson and Tyler Matzek and INF Daniel Descalso on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25, and RHP Jairo Diaz on the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Scott Oberg to Albuquer-que (PCL). Reassigned LHP Yohan Flande to minor league camp. Selected the contract of OF Jason Gurka from Albuquerque.LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu, OF Andre Ethier, INFs Alex Guerrero and Howie Kendrick, C Yasmani Grandal and RHPs Mike Bolsinger and Josh Ravin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25, and LHP Brett Anderson on the 60-day DL. Optioned LHP Luis Avilan and RHP Carlos Frias to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reas-signed INF Rob Segedin to minor league camp. Selected the contract of INF Charlie Culberson from Oklahoma City. Recalled RHP Ross Stripling from Oklahoma City.MIAMI MARLINS — Designated LHP Brad Hand and OF Cole Gillespie for assignment. Placed LHPs Raudel Lazo and Mike Dunn on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25, and RHP Carter Capps on the 60-day DL. Selected the contracts of LHPs Chris Narveson and Craig Breslow and RHP Dustin McGowan from New Orleans (PCL).MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Tyler Cravy to Colorado Springs (PCL). Placed LHP Will Smith and RHP Corey Knebel on the 15-day DL, Smith retroactive to March 25 and Knebel to April 1. Placed RHP Yhonathan Barrios on the 60-day DL. Transferred LHP Sean Nolin from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Selected the contracts of RHP Blaine Boyer and LHP Chris Capuano from Colorado Springs.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Jared Hughes, 3B Jung Ho Kang and C Elias Diaz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Designated RHP John Holdzkom, 1B Jake Goebbert and SS Pedro Florimon for assignment. Optioned 1B Jason Rogers to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contracts of LHP Cory Luebke, OF Matt Joyce and 2B Cole Figueroa from Indianapolis.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Designated LHP Jayson Aquino for assignment. Placed SS Jhonny Peralta and Ruben Tejada, RHPs Mitch Harris and Jordan Walden and C Brayan Pena on the 15-day DL Peralta and Harris retroactive to March 25, Walden to March 31 and Tejana and Pena to April 1. Placed RHP Lance Lynn on the 60-day DL. Selected the contracts of OF Jeremy Hazelbaker and C Eric Fry-er from Memphis (PCL).SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned LHP Robbie Erlin, OF Jose Pirela, INF Alexi Amarista and C Austin Hedges to El Paso (PCL). Placed RHP Jon Edwards and LHP Buddy Baumann on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Designated RHP Josh Martin for assignment. Selected the contract of LHP Matt Thornton and INF/OF Adam Rosales from El Paso.WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Released OF Reed Johnson and LHP Sean Burnett. Reassigned INF Brendan Ryan to minor league camp. Selected the contract of OF Chris Heisey from Syracuse (IL).

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Emile Porter to Stockton (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned D Richard Nedom-lel from Chicago (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).

American Hockey LeagueAHL — Suspended Stockton D Dustin Stevenson three games.BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Assigned F Daultan Leveille to Evansville (AHL).CHICAGO WOLVES — Returned F Mike Embach to Fort Wayne (ECHL).MANITOBA MOOSE — Returned F Darik Angeli to Manchester (ECHL) and D Jordon Southorn to Fort Wayne (ECHL).ST. JOHN’S ICECAPS — Returned F Shane Bak-ker to Wheeling (ECHL).SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed F Tyler Currier to a professional tryout agreement.UTICA COMETS — Returned F Mike Pereira to Reading (ECHL).

ECHLEVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Released D Scott Mo-rongell.FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Released F Mason Baptista.KALAMAZOO WINGS — Claimed D Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel off waivers from Rapid City.READING ROYALS — Released F Matt Hatch.UTAH GRIZZLIES — Released F C.J. Eick from an amateur tryout agreement. Released G Justin Mas-terman as emergency backup.

Local SportsLocal SportsTuesday

● Central Alberta Men’s Basket-ball Association: Division II and III semifinals at 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., all games at Lindsay Thurber

Thursday● Central Alberta Men’s Basket-

ball Association: Division II first game best-of-three final, 7:15 p.m.; Division I first game best-of-three final, 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber

Saturday● WHL: Regina Pats at Red Deer

Rebels, first game, best-of-seven, Eastern Conference semifinal, 7 p.m., Centrium

Sunday● WHL: Regina Pats at Red Deer

Rebels, second game, best-of-seven, Eastern Conference semifinal, 7 p.m., Centrium

● Central Alberta Men’s Basket-ball Association: Division I and II sec-ond game best-of-three final, 4:15 p.m.; Division III first game best-of-three final, 5:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber

HockeyHockey

National Lacrosse League

East Division GP W L Pct GF GA GBBuffalo 13 9 4 .692 187 162 —New England 12 7 5 .583 156 140 1.5Rochester 13 6 7 .462 145 148 3Georgia 13 4 9 .308 163 183 5Toronto 13 4 9 .308 138 159 5

West Division GP W L Pct GF GA GBx-Sask. 13 10 3 .769 173 140 —x-Colorado 13 10 3 .769 159 148 —Calgary 15 6 9 .400 170 174 5Vancouver 13 3 10 .231 143 180 7x — clinched playoff berth.

WEEK 14Saturday’s resultsColorado 12 New England 10Buffalo 18 Georgia 14Saskatchewan 11 Calgary 9Toronto 13 Vancouver 11WEEK 15Friday, Apr. 8Saskatchewan at New England, 5 p.m.Saturday, Apr. 9New England at Toronto, 5 p.m.Rochester at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.Vancouver at Calgary, 7p.m.Sunday, Apr. 10Colorado at Georgia, 1 2:05 p.m.

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BasketballBasketball

BaseballBaseball

GolfGolfShell Houston Open

At Golf Club of HoustonHumble, Texas

Purse: $6.8 millionYardage: 7,441 Par 72

FinalJim Herman, $1,224,000 69-69-67-68—273Henrik Stenson, $734,400 69-71-66-68—274Dustin Johnson, $462,400 65-71-70-69—275Rafa Cabrera Bello, $326,400 71-72-68-65—276Daniel Berger, $258,400 67-74-70-66—277Russell Henley, $258,400 70-68-68-71—277Charles Howell III, $211,933 69-69-72-68—278Chez Reavie, $211,933 66-70-72-70—278Kyle Reifers, $211,933 70-70-68-70—278Rickie Fowler, $170,000 69-70-70-70—279Sean O’Hair, $170,000 68-73-69-69—279Patrick Reed, $170,000 69-71-72-67—279Si Woo Kim, $123,760 69-71-69-71—280Phil Mickelson, $123,760 69-71-71-69—280Charl Schwartzel, $123,760 69-72-70-69—280Jordan Spieth, $123,760 67-73-70-70—280Johnson Wagner, $123,760 66-76-69-69—280Jamie Lovemark, $102,000 67-68-70-76—281Jamie Donaldson, $73,950 69-68-74-71—282Mark Hubbard, $73,950 70-72-71-69—282Will MacKenzie, $73,950 69-68-73-72—282Scott Piercy, $73,950 68-74-71-69—282Cameron Smith, $73,950 69-72-72-69—282Kyle Stanley, $73,950 69-72-68-73—282Jhonattan Vegas, $73,950 69-73-71-69—282Jimmy Walker, $73,950 70-73-69-70—282Roberto Castro, $47,260 65-72-70-76—283Graham DeLaet, $47,260 67-72-72-72—283Michael Kim, $47,260 68-74-71-70—283Luke List, $47,260 68-72-71-72—283Chris Stroud, $47,260 70-73-71-69—283Bernd Wiesberger, $47,260 68-71-74-70—283Stewart Cink, $36,720 69-73-75-67—284Charley Hoffman, $36,720 64-70-74-76—284Thongchai Jaidee, $36,720 71-72-70-71—284David Toms, $36,720 70-70-70-74—284Gary Woodland, $36,720 69-72-71-72—284Stuart Appleby, $27,200 69-71-74-71—285Zac Blair, $27,200 69-73-71-72—285Rafael Campos, $27,200 69-71-73-72—285Ernie Els, $27,200 72-69-72-72—285Chesson Hadley, $27,200 71-71-69-74—285Colt Knost, $27,200 71-72-74-68—285Ryan Palmer, $27,200 69-74-73-69—285Scott Pinckney, $27,200 66-73-73-73—285David Hearn, $18,496 70-70-72-74—286Andrew Loupe, $18,496 67-72-78-69—286Bryce Molder, $18,496 71-72-72-71—286Geoff Ogilvy, $18,496 70-72-72-72—286John Senden, $18,496 69-74-69-74—286Nick Taylor, $18,496 68-73-71-74—286Rhein Gibson, $15,858 73-70-72-72—287Brian Harman, $15,858 67-74-74-72—287Ben Martin, $15,858 68-75-70-74—287Tyrone Van Aswegen, $15,858 71-70-70-76—287Steve Wheatcroft, $15,858 69-74-71-73—287Erik Compton, $14,960 72-70-71-75—288Harris English, $14,960 68-70-74-76—288Lucas Glover, $14,960 71-68-76-73—288Justin Hicks, $14,960 66-74-76-72—288Davis Love III, $14,960 67-75-75-71—288Cameron Tringale, $14,960 72-71-72-73—288Boo Weekley, $14,960 69-72-73-74—288Andres Gonzales, $14,348 69-73-74-73—289Whee Kim, $14,348 67-73-69-80—289Retief Goosen, $14,076 71-71-71-77—290Martin Laird, $14,076 68-71-75-76—290Jason Kokrak, $13,872 69-72-76-74—291Sung Kang, $13,736 72-71-72-78—293Jon Curran, $13,600 67-74-75-78—294Scott Brown, $13,464 65-74-77-79—295Made cut did not finishDerek Fathauer, $13,056 73-70-75—218Sergio Garcia, $13,056 71-72-75—218Steve Marino, $13,056 67-73-78—218Seung-Yul Noh, $13,056 70-73-75—218

D.A. Points, $13,056 71-72-75—218J.J. Henry, $12,648 70-72-78—220Matt Dobyns, $12,512 69-74-78—221Angel Cabrera, $12,376 69-73-80—222Matt Every, $12,240 72-70-82—224Jonas Blixt, $12,104 67-75-83—225

ANA Inspiration Par ScoresAt Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore

Tournament CourseRancho Mirage, Calif.

Purse: $2.6 millionYardage: 6,769 Par: 72

Finala-amateurLydia Ko, $390,000 70-68-69-69—276 -12Charley Hull, $208,182 70-69-69-69—277 -11In Gee Chun, $208,182 69-69-69-70—277 -11Ariya Jutanugarn, $135,417 69-71-67-71—278 -10Lexi Thompson, $108,996 69-68-69-73—279 -9Inbee Park, $72,004 70-73-69-68—280 -8Gerina Piller, $72,004 69-71-70-70—280 -8Caroline Masson, $72,004 70-71-68-71—280 -8Sung Hyun Park, $72,004 71-67-71-71—280 -8Brooke Henderson, $48,155 73-69-72-67—281 -7So Yeon Ryu, $48,155 72-69-71-69—281 -7Bo-Mee Lee, $48,155 73-66-72-70—281 -7Suzann Pettersen, $48,155 71-67-71-72—281 -7Mo Martin, $37,388 73-71-71-67—282 -6Amy Yang, $37,388 69-71-74-68—282 -6Mi Jung Hur, $37,388 73-72-66-71—282 -6Lee-Anne Pace, $37,388 68-70-71-73—282 -6Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $28,851 72-68-75-68—283 -5Na Yeon Choi, $28,851 70-73-69-71—283 -5Sun Young Yoo, $28,851 72-70-70-71—283 -5Paula Reto, $28,851 71-71-70-71—283 -5Stacy Lewis, $28,851 72-68-71-72—283 -5Pernilla Lindberg, $28,851 71-73-66-73—283 -5Hyo Joo Kim, $28,851 71-70-69-73—283 -5Ai Miyazato, $28,851 67-70-71-75—283 -5Haru Nomura, $22,063 76-69-71-68—284 -4Kelly W Shon, $22,063 74-70-71-69—284 -4Anna Nordqvist, $22,063 72-70-73-69—284 -4Danielle Kang, $22,063 72-70-71-71—284 -4Minjee Lee, $22,063 71-68-74-71—284 -4Lizette Salas, $22,063 71-67-75-71—284 -4Eun-Hee Ji, $18,000 75-71-68-71—285 -3Austin Ernst, $18,000 72-72-70-71—285 -3Karine Icher, $18,000 71-71-70-73—285 -3Catriona Matthew , $18,000 68-72-70-75—285 -3Shiho Oyama, $13,828 68-77-71-70—286 -2Juli Inkster, $13,828 71-73-71-71—286 -2Paula Creamer, $13,828 72-71-71-72—286 -2Ha Na Jang, $13,828 69-70-75-72—286 -2Kris Tamuli, $13,828s 71-71-71-73—286 -2Mi Hyang Lee, $13,828 69-73-71-73—286 -2Brittany Lincicome, $13,828 72-69-71-74—286 -2Jennifer Song, $13,828 70-71-70-75—286 -2Michelle Wie, $13,828 70-69-70-77—286 -2Cristie Kerr, $10,635 75-70-75-67—287 -1Chella Choi, $10,635 74-72-72-69—287 -1Xi Yu Lin, $10,635 71-75-70-71—287 -1Hee Young Park, $10,635 72-73-71-71—287 -1I.K. Kim, $9,644 70-74-71-73—288 EShanshan Feng, $8,587 71-72-77-70—290 +2Ryann O’Toole, $8,587 69-76-72-73—290 +2Q Baek, $8,587 73-70-74-73—290 +2Jenny Shin, $8,587 72-74-70-74—290 +2Beatriz Recari, $8,587 73-72-71-74—290 +2Kelly Tan, $8,587 70-76-69-75—290 +2Annie Park, $6,753 73-73-73-72—291 +3Carlota Ciganda, $6,753 72-73-74-72—291 +3Azahara Munoz, $6,753 67-78-74-72—291 +3Marina Alex, $6,753 75-70-73-73—291 +3Wei-Ling Hsu, $6,753 73-72-73-73—291 +3Karrie Webb, $6,753 72-73-73-73—291 +3Mika Miyazato, $6,753 71-71-74-75—291 +3Ayako Uehara, $6,753 71-72-71-77—291 +3Alena Sharp, $6,753 70-74-69-78—291 +3Mariajo Uribe, $5,813 77-69-76-71—293 +5Candie Kung, $5,813 71-74-75-73—293 +5a-Albane Valenzuela 73-73-71-76—293 +5

WHL 2016 PlayoffsAll Times Local

First RoundDIVISION SEMIFINALS

(Best-of-7)EASTERN CONFERENCE

East DivisionBrandon (1) vs. Edmonton (WC2)(Brandon leads series 3-2)Sunday’s resultBrandon 5 Edmonton 2Thursday’s resultBrandon 5 Edmonton 0Tuesday’s gameEdmonton at Brandon, 7 p.m.Wednesday’s gamex-Edmonton at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert (2) vs. Moose Jaw (3)(Moose Jaw wins series 4-1)Friday’s resultMoose Jaw 5 Prince Albert 0

Central DivisionLethbridge (1) vs. Regina (WC1)(Regina wins series 4-1)Friday’s resultRegina 7 Lethbridge 2

Red Deer (2) vs. Calgary (3)(Red Deer wins series 4-1)Saturday’s resultRed Deer 5 Calgary 3Friday’s resultRed Deer 2 Calgary 0

WESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DivisionVictoria (1) vs. Spokane (WC2)(Victoria wins series 4-2)Sunday’s resultVictoria 6 Spokane 2Friday’s resultSpokane 4 Victoria 1

Kelowna (2) vs. Kamloops (3)(Series tied 3-3)Saturday’s resultKamloops 4 Kelowna 0Friday’s resultKelowna 4 Kamloops 0Monday’s gameKamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

U.S. DivisionSeattle (1) vs. Prince George (WC1)(Seattle wins series 4-0)

Everett (2) vs. Portland (3)(Everett wins series 4-0)x — played only if necessary.

Rebels 5, Hitmen 3First Period

1. Red Deer, Musil 1 (Polei, de Wit) 10:01.2. Red Deer, Helewka 4 (Spacek, Bobyk) 17:04 (pp).Penalties — Kanzig Cgy (tripping) Ta. Sanheim Cgy (roughing) Hagel RD (double roughing) 2:58 Houck Cgy (roughing) 3:53 Polei RD (tripping) 4:40 Platt Cgy Shmoorkoff RD (roughing) 12:36 LaPointe Cgy (tripping) 15:38 Nogier RD (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period3. Calgary, Houck 1 (Tr. Sanheim) 5:22 (sh).4. Red Deer, Helewka 5 (Philp, Spacek) 11:26 (pp).5. Calgary, Karnaukhov 2 (Stukel) 19:20.Penalties — Zipp Cgy (charging) 4:23 Malenstyn Cgy (boarding) 10:49 DeBrusk RD (tripping) 13:04.

Third Period6. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 1 (Helewka, Doetzel) 3:44.7. Red Deer, de Wit 2 (Musil) 4:11.8. Calgary, Platt 1 (Kastelic, Mrkonjic) 5:00.Penalties — None.

Shots on goal byCalgary 7 9 13 — 29Red Deer 11 8 11 — 30Goal — Calgary: Porter (L, 1-4) Red Deer: Martin (W, 4-1).Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-3 Red Deer: 2-4.Attendance — 5,525 at Red Deer.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Florida 78 44 25 9 97 225 194Tampa Bay 78 45 28 5 95 217 186Detroit 79 40 28 11 91 204 216Boston 79 41 30 8 90 233 220Ottawa 79 36 34 9 81 224 240Montreal 79 36 37 6 78 211 228Buffalo 79 33 35 11 77 193 214Toronto 78 28 39 11 67 189 229

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAz-Washington 78 55 17 6 116 241 182x-Pittsburgh 79 46 25 8 100 235 194N.Y. Rangers 78 43 26 9 95 225 207N.Y. Islanders 77 42 26 9 93 214 201Philadelphia 78 39 26 13 91 203 208Carolina 79 34 29 16 84 192 216New Jersey 79 37 34 8 82 176 200Columbus 78 31 39 8 70 203 242

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 260 226

x-St. Louis 79 47 23 9 103 216 193x-Chicago 79 46 26 7 99 224 200x-Nashville 79 39 26 14 92 219 207Minnesota 80 38 31 11 87 215 201Colorado 79 39 36 4 82 208 227Winnipeg 79 32 39 8 72 204 231

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Anaheim 78 44 24 10 98 209 185x-Los Ange-les

78 46 27 5 97 213 183

x-San Jose 79 44 29 6 94 233 205Arizona 78 35 36 7 77 203 230Calgary 79 33 40 6 72 218 251Vancouver 78 29 36 13 71 179 225Edmonton 80 30 43 7 67 194 239NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.x-clinched playoff spotz-clinched conference

Saturday’s GamesSan Jose 3, Nashville 2, SOPittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 0Philadelphia 3, Ottawa 2Dallas 3, Los Angeles 2Detroit 3, Toronto 2Tampa Bay 3, New Jersey 1Florida 4, Montreal 3Buffalo 4, N.Y. Rangers 3Columbus 5, Carolina 1Calgary 5, Edmonton 0Arizona 3, Washington 0

Sunday’s GamesChicago 6, Boston 4Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 2Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 1St. Louis 5, Colorado 1Anaheim 3, Dallas 1

Monday’s GamesTampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m.Florida at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 6p.m.Los Angeles at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesCarolina at Boston, 5 p.m.Buffalo at New Jersey, 5 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 5 p.m.Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 5:30 p.m.Florida at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.Colorado at Nashville, 6 p.m.San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m.Arizona at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Calgary, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBy-Toronto 51 25 .671 —Boston 45 32 .584 6 1/2New York 31 47 .397 21Brooklyn 21 56 .273 30 1/2Philadelphia 9 68 .117 42 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBx-Atlanta 45 32 .584 —x-Miami 44 32 .579 1/2x-Charlotte 44 32 .579 1/2Washington 37 40 .481 8Orlando 33 44 .429 12

Central Division W L Pct GBy-Cleveland 55 22 .714 —Indiana 41 36 .532 14Detroit 41 36 .532 14Chicago 39 38 .506 16Milwaukee 32 45 .416 23

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBy-San Antonio 64 12 .842 —Memphis 41 36 .532 23 1/2Dallas 39 38 .506 25 1/2Houston 38 39 .494 26 1/2New Orleans 29 47 .382 35

Northwest Division W L Pct GBy-Oklahoma City 53 24 .688 —Portland 41 37 .526 12 1/2Utah 39 38 .506 14Denver 32 46 .410 21 1/2Minnesota 25 52 .325 28

Pacific Division

W L Pct GBy-Golden State 69 8 .896 —x-L.A. Clippers 48 28 .632 20 1/2Sacramento 31 46 .403 38Phoenix 20 57 .260 49L.A. Lakers 16 60 .211 52 1/2x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Saturday’s GamesIndiana 115, Philadelphia 102Detroit 94, Chicago 90San Antonio 102, Toronto 95Sacramento 115, Denver 106Portland 110, Miami 93

Sunday’s GamesNew Orleans 106, Brooklyn 87L.A. Clippers 114, Washington 109Dallas 88, Minnesota 78Houston 118, Oklahoma City 110Cleveland 112, Charlotte 103Utah 101, Phoenix 86Orlando 119, Memphis 107Chicago 102, Milwaukee 98Indiana 92, New York 87Golden State 136, Portland 111Boston 107, L.A. Lakers 100

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Tuesday’s GamesNew Orleans at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.Charlotte at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.Cleveland at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.Chicago at Memphis, 6 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 6 p.m.Phoenix at Atlanta, 6 p.m.Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Utah ,7 p.m.Portland at Sacramento, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers 8:30 p.m.

Major League BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBToronto 1 0 1.000 —Baltimore 0 0 .000 1/2Boston 0 0 .000 1/2New York 0 0 .000 1/2Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 1

Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 1 0 1.000 —Chicago 0 0 .000 1/2Cleveland 0 0 .000 1/2Detroit 0 0 .000 1/2Minnesota 0 0 .000 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBHouston 0 0 .000 —Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —Oakland 0 0 .000 —Seattle 0 0 .000 —Texas 0 0 .000 —

Sunday’s GamesToronto 5, Tampa Bay 3Kansas City 4, N.Y. Mets 3

Monday’s GamesHouston (Keuchel 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0), 11:05 a.m.Minnesota (Santana 0-0) at Baltimore (Tillman

0-0), 1:05 p.m.Seattle (Hernandez 0-0) at Texas (Hamels 0-0), 2:05 p.m.Boston (Price 0-0) at Cleveland ( Kluber 0-0), 2:10 p.m.Toronto (Dickey 0-0) at Tampa Bay ( Smyly 0-0), 510 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Sale 0-0) at Oakland ( Gray 0-0), 8:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 5:10 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay , 5:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas ,6:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 0 0 .000 —Miami 0 0 .000 —Philadelphia 0 0 .000 —Washington 0 0 .000 —New York 0 1 .000 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBPittsburgh 1 0 1.000 —Chicago 0 0 .000 1/2Cincinnati 0 0 .000 1/2Milwaukee 0 0 .000 1/2

St. Louis 0 1 .000 1West Division W L Pct GBArizona 0 0 .000 —Colorado 0 0 .000 —Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —San Diego 0 0 .000 —San Francisco 0 0 .000 —

Sunday’s GamesPittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1Kansas City 4, N.Y. Mets 3

Monday’s GamesSan Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at Milwaukee (Peralta 0-0), 12:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Hellickson 0-0) at Cincinnati (Iglesias 0-0), 2:10 p.m.Washington (Scherzer 0-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 0-0), 2:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0) at San Diego (Ross 0-0), 5:05 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke 0-0), 7:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.Detroit at Miami, 5:10 p.m.San Francisco at Milwaukee , 6:10 p.m.Colorado at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m.

Kings finish fifth at Premier tourney

The Central Alberta Kings Volleyball Club U18 Black team finished fifth in the third Al-

berta Volleyball Premier tournament of the season in Calgary during the weekend.

The Kings downed the Calgary Canada West U17 team in the fifth-place game.

The Kings will compete in the provincials, April 23-24 in Edmonton.

CENTRAL ALBERTA KINGS VOLLEYBALL CLUB


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Discover the joys of intergenerational travel, one grandchild at a time on Wednesday at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library from 2-3:30 P.M.. And then, encounter the wonders of the Galapagos Islands. If you plan to bring a group or want more information please contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100

The Red Deer Ramblers Hiking Club is holding their annual meeting as they prepare for their 19th year. The meeting will be held at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Wednesday at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. to buy memberships for $10 a person or $20 a family. For more information email [email protected] or phone Bertha at 403-343-8126.

TRAVEL MEMORIES AT THE RED DEER PUBLIC LIBRARY

RED DEER RAMBLERS HIKING CLUB ANNUAL MEETING

THINGSHAPPENINGWEDNESDAY

1Living Life to the Full is a fun and engaging course that provides people from all walks of life with effective tools to maximize their ability to manage life’s challenges. Each 90-minute session focuses on a topic and our schedule is two sessions each Wednesday evening and is run by the Canadian Mental Health Association and runs April 6-27 from 6-9 p.m. Cost is $185.

LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL AT THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN OUR EVENT CALENDAR AT WWW.REDDEERADVOCATE.COM/CALENDAR.

BY ATCO BLUE FLAME KITCHENSPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

No matter how many times your mom and dad told you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you somehow still have trouble grab-bing a bite before you head out on the daily morning commute.

Denver Breakfast Muffins combine two breakfast favourites – muffins and the classic Denver omelette – into a single item. It’s both efficient (two dishes in one!) and delicious.

These muffins are a great thing to serve at a brunch. They are also a nice change from a sandwich in your bagged lunch.

DENVER BREAKFAST MUFFINS

1 ¼ cups (300 mL) flour¼ cup (50 mL) cornmeal2 ½ tsp (12 mL) baking powder½ tsp (2 mL) baking soda1 tsp (5 mL) dry mustard1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) cayenne pepper1 cup (250 mL) milk2 tbsp (25 mL) butter, melted

1 egg¾ cup (175 mL) finely chopped ham½ cup (125 mL) shredded cheddar

cheese¼ cup (50 mL) thinly sliced green

onionCombine first 6 ingredients (flour

through cayenne pepper) in a bowl. Whisk together milk, melted butter and egg until blended. Pour milk mix-ture into flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Gently fold in ham, cheese and green onion. Spoon mix-ture into greased or paper-lined muf-fin cups, filling cups three-quarters full. Bake at 375ºF (190ºC) for 25 min-utes or until a cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan for 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature. May be refriger-ated for up to 2 days. Makes 10 - 12.

ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen’s column on healthy eating for busy families runs Fridays in the Red Deer Advocate. For tips on energy safety, food or household matters, call 1-877-420-9090 toll-free, email [email protected] or live chat with us online at atcoblueflame-kitchen.com. Connect with us on Twitter at @ATCOBlueFlame, on YouTube at youtube.com/TheBlueFlameKitchen and on Pinterest at pinterest.com/ATCOBlue-Flame.

Breakfast worth waking up for

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Denver Breakfast Muffins combine two breakfast favourites — muffins and the classic Denver omelette


I have wanted to make this soup for-ever, and I have no idea what’s been stopping me.

Avgolemono is the chicken soup of Greece, and as we know, pretty much every country has its own version of a comforting chicken soup. In Greek, avgolemono means “egg lemon” — which is appropriate because the soup is built on a broth that is rich with eggs and deliciously bright and tangy with lemon juice.

While cooking the raw chicken in the simmering broth adds extra richness to the soup, you also could make the broth and simply add left-over cooked and shredded or chopped chicken.

Just add about 6 cups shredded or diced cooked chicken along with the cooked rice.

When you gradually add the hot broth to the egg mixture, you are tem-pering the eggs.

If you were to add the egg mix-ture to the pot all at once, even if you whisked very fast, you would end up with cooked strands of eggs punctuat-ing the soup.

In some soups, this is desirable

— think egg drop soup at a Chinese restaurant — but not in this one. Add-ing the hot liquid in a slow steady stream to the eggs, while whisking all the while, thickens the eggs but keeps them from scrambling.

Once the mixture has become thick, smooth and warm, you can whisk it in-to the soup and it will simply thicken the whole pot of avgolemono. And de-liciously so.

AVGOLEMONOStart to finish: 40 minutesServings: 81 tablespoon olive oil1 medium yellow onion, chopped8 cups (2 quarts) low-sodium chick-

en broth or stock4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

(about 2 pounds), cut into very small chunks

2 ½ cups cooked white rice4 large eggs½ cup fresh lemon juice¼ cup minced fresh parsley¾ cup frozen peas, thawedKosher salt and ground black pep-

perIn a large soup pot or Dutch oven

over medium, heat the oil. Add the

onion and saute for 5 minutes, or until slightly golden. Add the broth, then increase the heat to high and bring to a simmer.

Reduce the heat to medium and, keeping the broth at a simmer, add the chicken.

Cook for 5 minutes, or until the chicken is mostly cooked through. Add the cooked rice and stir well. Return to a gentle simmer.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until smooth, then beat in the lemon juice.

Working quickly, whisk the egg mix-ture while you drizzle in a ladleful of the hot broth from the pot.

Drizzle in another ladleful, whisk-ing all the while, then transfer the hot egg-lemon mixture back to the pot, whisking as you add it. Bring to a sim-mer over medium heat.

Stir in the parsley and peas, then return to a simmer.

Season with salt and pepper, then serve hot.

Nutrition information per serving: 290 calories 60 calories from fat (21 per cent of total calories) 7 g fat (1.5 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 195 mg cholesterol 760 mg sodium 20 g carbohydrate 1 g fiber 3 g sugar 33 g protein.


TORONTO — Forget that complicated coffee order.

Soon, a Starbucks barista may be taking down your name for a glass of Pinot Grigio or a pint of craft beer.

After six years in the U.S., coffee gi-ant Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) will be rolling out its Evenings menu in Canada for the first time next week.

The program, which will kick off on Tuesday, will offer customers wine, beer and shareable small plates be-ginning at 2 p.m. at three locations in Toronto.

Starbucks Canada CEO Rossann Williams said serving alcohol in their cafes makes sense because coffee drinkers are also likely discerning beer and wine drinkers too.

“What we’ve heard from our cus-tomers is that it’s great to just have an option,” she said in an interview Wednesday at one of the cafes in west Toronto.

“They can stop and hang out with their friends. It’s a great place to go, something very familiar and something very friendly. It’s just a natural exten-sion of what we already do.”

The menu will feature 10 wines ranging from a Californian Cabernet Sauvignon to a Niagara Riesling, with prices from $9 to $13 a glass. There will also be seven varieties of beer and one cider, including Muskoka Brewery’s Mad Tom IPA and Amsterdam’s Big Wheel Amber Ale for $5 to $6.

Like in the U.S., the beer and wine menu will feature some local brewer-ies and wineries, specific to the region where the cafe is located.

The new food menu items are priced under $8 and was curated to complement the alcohol offerings. It includes tapas-style plates like arti-choke and goat cheese flatbread, and truffle macaroni and cheese.

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee company, first launched its Evenings menu at one of its Seattle cafes in 2010. It is now available at more than 300 lo-cations in the U.S. from Chicago to Los Angeles.

It also serves alcohol at one location in Japan and one in the U.K.

Williams said it took a while for the idea to come north of the border be-cause the company wanted to make sure it chose the correct test locations. It picked the Toronto market because it’s where its Canadian head office is based.

Starbucks wanted to introduce the concept in renovated locations that were in busy neighbourhoods, with the intention that it would appeal to both the soccer mom looking for a glass of wine while their child is at a game and the group of friends meeting up for a beer after work, Williams said.

The three Evenings locations in To-ronto are at 3079 Bloor Street W., 446 Spadina Rd. and 1740 Avenue Rd.

Starbucks launches wine and beer menu

in Canada


This photo shows avgolemono in Concord, N.H. This Greek chicken and rice soup gets a rich thickness from eggs that are tempered, then whisked into the hot broth, creating a delicious counterpoint to the fresh flavor of the lemon juice.

The chicken soup you need now — Greek avgolemono with rice

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MINNINGSBrian1955 - 2016Mr. Brian Henry Minnings of Sylvan Lake, Alberta, passed away suddenly, surrounded by his family on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the age of 60 years. Brian’s passion was music; he had a love of playing the guitar, entertaining friends, family and anyone else who wanted to join in. He had a habit of having a different radio station playing in every room of the house. Brian excelled at being a grandparent to his granddaughters; they couldn’t have asked for better. We have all lost a core part of our lives. Red sweaters and Sunday dinners will never be the same. Brian will be missed by all that knew him.

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ATHENS, Greece — An agree-ment between the European Union and Turkey to deport migrants currently on Greek is-lands back to the Turkish main-land is to take effect Monday morning, but the operation is threatened by a shortage of per-sonnel.

Frontex, the EU’s border management agency, is respon-sible for the implementation of the deal, but has less than one tenth of the 2,300 officers that it needs to do the job. The agency relies on the EU’s 28 member states to provide translators and other officials to process asylum seekers, but these have not been forthcoming, even as the conti-nent faces its worst refugee cri-sis since World War II.

The EU-Turkey deal aims to control the mass influx of people into Europe, many of whom have crossed the dangerous Aegean Sea with the help of smugglers. Under the deal, migrants arriv-ing illegally in Greece will be returned to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if they make an asylum claim that is rejected.

For every person sent back, EU countries would take in one person confirmed to have made a legitimate asylum request.

The deal was originally sup-posed to take effect immediately, on March 20, but has faced de-lays due to the shortage of per-sonnel and other problems.

The looming implementation of the deal and the closure of European borders have slowed the flow of people into Greece but not stopped it altogether. In the 24 hours leading to 7:30 a.m. Sunday, 514 arrived, according to authorities. There are now over

6,100 migrants in the Aegean is-lands, more than half in Lesbos.

Giorgos Kyritsis, a spokesman for the Greek government’s ref-ugee crisis committee, told The Associated Press that Frontex only has 200 officers in place to accompany the deported mi-grants, but almost none of the other personnel that would facil-itate screening those who apply for asylum.

Other agencies, such as UN-

HCR, the United Nations’ ref-ugee agency, are trying to help migrants go through the asylum application process. Many avoid even applying, certain they will be deported anyway.

Frontex has secured three vessels that will make the short trip from the island of Lesbos to the Turkish coast starting Monday morning. It aims to de-port about 750 migrants, mostly from Pakistan and Afghanistan,

who either did not apply for asy-lum or whose applications have been rejected, in the first three days. To safeguard against un-rest, the number of deported mi-grants will be matched by the same number of Frontex border guards on each ship.

“We do not know how this op-eration will proceed…This is be-ing done for the first time and it raises unprecedented legal is-sues as well,” Kyritsis said.


Migrants and refugees are seen inside Moria camp in the Greek island of Lesbos, Sunday. More than 3,000 people stay in the camp as the plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey is set to be implemented starting Monday.

Azerbaijan says 12 of its soldiers killed in fighting


BAKU, Azerbaijan — At least 30 soldiers and a boy were re-ported killed as heavy fighting erupted Saturday between Ar-menian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Na-gorno-Karabakh.

The fighting was the worst outbreak since a full-scale war over the region ended in 1994. Since then, mountainous Na-gorno-Karabakh — officially part of Azerbaijan — has been under the control of local ethnic Arme-nian forces and the Armenian military.

Armenian forces also occu-py several areas outside Na-gorno-Karabakh proper. The sides are separated by a demil-itarized buffer zone, but small clashes have broken out fre-quently.

Each side blamed the other for Saturday’s escalation.

In a statement, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said 12 of its soldiers “became shahids” — Muslim martyrs — and said one of its helicopters was shot down.

The statement also claimed that more than 100 Armenian forces were killed or wounded and that six tanks and 15 artil-lery positions were destroyed.

Armenian President Ser-zh Sargsyan told his national security council that 18 Arme-nian soldiers were killed and 35 wounded.

Armenia earlier claimed to have inflicted heavy dam-age on Azerbaijani forces, but did not immediately give fig-ures. A statement from the Na-gorno-Karabakh defence minis-try claimed more than 200 Azer-baijani soldiers were killed, but there was no corroboration for that figure.

“This is the most wide-scale military action that Azerbaijan has tried to carry out since the establishment of the 1994 cease-fire regime,” Sargsyan said.

David Babayan, a spokesman for Nagorno-Karabakh’s separat-ist president, said a boy of about 12 was killed and two other chil-dren were wounded in a Grad missile barrage by Azerbaijani forces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged all sides to cease firing and “show restraint,” Russian news agencies quot-ed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. Russia’s for-eign and defence ministers con-tacted their Azerbaijani and Ar-menian counterparts in hopes of stabilizing the situation, the ministries said.

“The situation along the en-tire length of the line of oppo-sition between Karabakhi and Azerbaijani armed forces con-tinues to be extremely difficult,” Armenian defence ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhanni-syan told The Associated Press.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement say-

ing that the United States “con-demns in the strongest terms the large scale ceasefire violations” along the Nagorno-Karabakh buffer zone.

“We urge the sides to show re-straint, avoid further escalation, and strictly adhere to the cease-fire,” Kerry said. He called on both sides to enter into “imme-diate negotiations” on a compre-hensive settlement of the conflict under the auspices of the Organi-zation for Security and Coopera-tion in Europe.

Years of negotiations under the OSCE have brought little progress in resolving the territo-rial dispute.

The negotiation efforts are led by a troika of envoys from the United States, Russia and France. On Saturday, the envoys jointly issued a statement call-ing on the sides “to stop shoot-ing and take all necessary means to stabilize the situation on the ground.”

Trump works to right campaign


MILWAUKEE — A frustrated Donald Trump worked to right his campaign on Sunday after a rough week and found himself on the defensive just two days be-fore the closely watched primary in Wisconsin where he faces the prospect of a loss that could stem his momentum toward securing the Republican presidential nomination.

Trump trails Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the polls in Wisconsin. A loss in Tuesday’s primary will raise doubts that the billion-aire real estate mogul can net the needed delegates to win the nomination outright, making it far easier for his party to oust him in a floor fight at the nation-al convention in July.

Cruz, Trump’s closest chal-lenger, has only a small chance to overtake him in the delegate hunt before the convention. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has none.

Trump called for Kasich to drop out of the Republican race, arguing that the Ohio governor who’s only won his home state so far shouldn’t be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of being the nominee.

Working to recover his edge after a difficult week, Trump said Kasich could ask to be con-sidered at the Republican con-vention in Cleveland even with-out competing in the remaining nominating contests. Trump told reporters at a Milwaukee diner that he had relayed his concerns to Republican National Com-mittee officials at a meeting in Washington this past week.

“He’s taking my votes,” Trump said about Kasich.

Kasich’s campaign tried to flip the script, contending that nei-ther Trump nor Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would have enough dele-gates to win the nomination out-right going into the convention.

“Since he thinks it’s such a good idea, we look forward to Trump dropping out before the convention,” said Kasich spokes-man Chris Schrimpf.


An Armenian volunteer is in a state of readiness in the town of Askeran in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. Officials in Azerbaijan and the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh say fighting is persisting a day after the worst outburst of hostilities in nearly 20 years killed 30 soldiers.

Iraqi forces take edge of IS-held town

HIT, Iraq — Iraqi forces took the northern edge of the Islamic State-held town of Hit, west of Baghdad, on Sunday in an operation led by the country’s elite counterterrorism forces, military officials said.

The operation to recapture Hit was relaunched last week, but the troops’ progress has been slowed by hundreds of roadside bombs and efforts to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped inside the town.

“We’ve never had a delay like this on one of our targets,” said Gen. Husham al-Jabri of Iraq’s counterterrorism forces. Al-Jabri carefully plotted progress towards Hit on a map in a temporary operations centre just south of the city.

The initial push to take Hit was launched last month, but was quickly put on hold when Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pulled forces back to Baghdad after anti-government protests threatened instability in the Iraqi capital.

After the operation resumed, Iraqi forces had to deal with hundreds of roadside bombs laid by IS fighters along the main roads leading in and out of Hit, forcing convoys to veer off into the surrounding desert terrain. Even there, the forces’ advance was repeatedly brought to a standstill by booby-trapped explosives. Progress was further complicated by muddy conditions after days of rainfall.

Crow Tribe elder, historian dead at 102BILLINGS, Mont. — Joseph

Medicine Crow, an acclaimed Native American historian and last surviving war chief of Mon-tana’s Crow Tribe, has died. He was 102.

Medicine Crow died Sunday, Bullis Mortuary funeral home di-rector Terry Bullis said. Services will be announced Monday, he said.

A member of the Crow Tribe’s Whistling Water clan, Medicine Crow was raised by his grandpar-ents in a log house in a rural ar-ea of the Crow Reservation near Lodge Grass, Montana.

His Crow name was “High Bird,” and he recalled listening as a child to stories about the Battle of Little Bighorn from those who were there, including his grandmother’s brother, White Man Runs Him, a scout for Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.

His grandfather, Yellowtail, raised Medicine Crow to be a warrior. The training began when Medicine Crow was just 6 or 7, with a punishing physical regimen that included running barefoot in the snow to toughen the boy’s feet and spirit.

Medicine Crow in 1939 be-came the first of his tribe to receive a master’s degree, in anthropology. He served for decades as a Crow historian, cataloging his people’s nomadic history by collecting firsthand accounts of pre-reservation life from fellow tribal members.

“I always told people, when you meet Joe Medicine Crow, you’re shaking hands with the 19th century,” said Herman Vio-la, curator emeritus at the Smith-sonian Institution’s National Mu-seum of American Indians.

During the Second World War, Medicine Crow earned the title of war chief after performing a series of daring deeds.

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Monday, April 4CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE:

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars fa-vour channelling energy into creative projects.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of Initiative, you love being the protag-onist. July and August are the best months to fall in love, propose, get married or renew your wedding vows.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be very clear about what you’re doing today Aries, other-wise power struggles or angry exchanges are likely. You’ll find that creative collaboration will get you a lot further than fiery confronta-tion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today’s frantic energy won’t sit well with many Bulls, as family or friends try to hurry you up and rush your responses. So aim to be patient and practical — rather than stubborn and slow-moving.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Love and work are a complicated mix today so pace yourself Gemini. And avoid spreading unsub-stantiated gossip or blurting out things that

you’ll later regret. Check the facts thoroughly first.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re on an emotional rollercoaster today Crabs, as you cope with oscillating moods. Creative networking will take you far, as you connect with like-minded souls from near and far via social media.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Travel, adventure and education are all favoured as you expand your knowledge in exciting ways. But don’t be all talk and no action. Make sure you back up your creative ideas with productive projects.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The focus is off you and onto those around you. So it’s the perfect time to do something special for someone you admire — whether it’s a lover, family member, close friend or work colleague.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ve got a lot on your mind, but don’t skip over import-ant details in the process — especially when communicating via social media. Take the time to think things through before you tweet, post or send.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you come on too strong with a friend or family member, then you’ll just drive them away. Instead, focus on the things you have in common, as you build the relationship through shared interests.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Mighty Mars is charging through your sign. Which increases your independent nature and it also boosts your impulsive streak. So do your best to combine being spontaneous with being

smart.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expect

some challenges today, especially involving a complicated matter from the past. With a flexible approach — and a diplomatic demea-nour — you’ll manage a sensitive situation just fine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Being cre-ative and sensitive will take you far today. Whereas, if you are too hasty about a half-baked money matter, then you could end up with a confusing financial situation on your hands.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today’s stars highlight your kind and compassionate nature. So channel your energy into helping others and being of service to someone in need. Otherwise you’ll just feel restless and confused.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internation-ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Dear Annie: I am a 12-year-old boy, and I hate my life. I am the youngest of five, but there is a huge age difference. My siblings are aged 29 to 35. My par-ents are in their mid-50s.

My parents didn’t plan me and I’m tired of being constantly told that I am the family “mistake.” It’s like a big joke to them. People always think I am my parent’s grandson. My mom seems happy to tell them, “No, he’s our son and obviously he was a mistake.” It makes me feel small and embarrassed.

I think I’m a good kid. I get straight A’s and I always help around the house. I have told my parents that it hurts my feelings, but they laugh it off and say it’s just an expression and I am too sensitive. Most of my siblings

are worse. They like to bully and make fun of me.

My oldest sister blames me when-ever Mom or Dad have a health issue, saying it’s hard on them to deal with a young child at their age.

The only sibling I have who likes me is my single 29-year-old brother. He always defends me and likes spending time with me.

I have this fantasy that he will adopt me and let me move in with him, but I know that’s unrealistic.

How I can get my family to stop be-ing so mean to me? They don’t seem to hear anything I say. — The Family Mistake

Dear Family: No one likes to be con-stantly teased. But your parents were undoubtedly teased about the age gap of their children, and they responded by turning it into a joke.

You believe it reflects poorly on you, when it’s really about them. Sure-ly your parents know that lots of peo-ple in their 50s have kids your age and they do just fine.

Your parents and siblings have fall-en into a pattern of treating you poor-ly. If your brother cannot get your par-ents to rethink their behavior, please talk to your school counselor, favorite teacher or coach, your grandparents, aunts, uncles or a sympathetic family friend.

You need an adult to advocate for you and talk to your parents on your behalf.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Stymied Husband” who wants to go for counseling with his wife in order to regain intimacy. She thinks it means he wants a divorce.

Counselors have gotten a bad rap. As with any professional, you should interview them and get references. It saddens me that society has made counseling a shameful thing, when re-ally, it is just there to help you.

To what degree depends on your willingness to accept your responsibil-ity and do your part.

My husband and I have been mar-ried 30 years and have been to coun-

seling off and on for 25 of them. We consider it a tuneup.

Hopefully “Stymied” can get his wife to see a counselor as a “life coach” rather than a “divorce coach.” — Thankful for Our Life Coach

Dear Thankful: You are absolutely right.

Readers often take us to task for recommending counseling, believing that we should be able to give a line or two of pithy advice to solve all prob-lems.

That may work for which way to hang the toilet paper, but it doesn’t work for complicated issues involving intimacy and trust.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime ed-itors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mail-box, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Face-book.com/AskAnnies.

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall


LOS ANGELES — Word of mouth might be kryptonite for Batman v Su-perman: Dawn of Justice, which fell a steep 68 per cent in its second week-end in theatres according to comScore estimates Sunday. The superhero pic earned an estimated $52.4 million over the weekend, easily besting the modest new openers like God’s Not Dead 2 and Meet the Blacks.

The Zack Snyder movie cost a re-ported $250 million to produce and around $150 million to market, and has earned an estimated $261.5 million to date.

It’s a critical launching point for a series of interconnected movies in the DC Comics Universe from War-ner Bros. that will include this year’s Suicide Squad and next year’s Wonder Woman and two Justice League movies, which is why its early performance — and hold — are being so intensely scrutinized.

Superhero movies tend to be front-loaded with fans, and a near 60 per cent fall is not uncommon for major blockbusters in weekend two.

“Sometimes the bigger they are the harder they fall,” said Paul Dergarabe-dian, comScore’s senior media analyst. “This is often what happens when you have films that rank in the top 10 de-buts of all time.”

Snyder’s Man of Steel, for instance, fell 64.6 per cent in its second week-end, and even The Dark Knight Rises dropped a hefty 61.4 per cent. Things aren’t terribly different in the Mar-vel universe either. Disney’s Avengers: Age of Ultron tumbled 59.4 per cent and Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past plunged 64.2 per cent.

Also, the first week Batman v Super-man haul included the $27.7 million from Thursday night preview show-ings, whereas the second weekend sum does not account for those. The Friday of Easter weekend is also a holiday for many, making a straight comparison not entirely equitable.

Still, 68 per cent is on the steep-er side for a second week fall. Last year’s much derided Fantastic Four re-boot fell 68.2 per cent and the divisive X-Men Origins: Wolverine dropped 69 per cent in 2009.

In weekend one, many wondered whether the poor reviews would kill

the film out of the gates, but it ended up earning $166 million regardless.

“This has been a poster child in illustrating the disconnect between critics and audience,” Dergarabedian said.

The second weekend, however, is where word of mouth starts to come into play, and on the fence audiences must decide whether or not it’s worth

their time and money.But, the near future still looks

promising for Batman v Superman, which has the skies to itself for the next week until Disney’s The Jungle Book opens on April 15. It’s still do-ing major business internationally too, with $85.1 million in earnings this weekend, bringing its global total to $687.9 million.

‘BATMAN V SUPERMAN’ FALLS 68 PER CENT IN SECOND WEEKEND

The Weeknd big winner at JunosBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — International super-star the Weeknd is going to need a big-ger trophy shelf.

The Toronto-born hitmaker took home five Juno awards this weekend, three at a gala event held in Calgary on Saturday night and another two handed out during Sunday’s televised show. The album of the year trophy for “Beauty Behind the Madness” and sin-gle of the year award for “Can’t Feel My Face” took his career total to nine Junos.

Among the other big winners of the night was Justin Bieber, who was voted in by viewers for the fan choice award.

Pop newcomer Alessia Cara won breakthrough artist of the year after opening the show with her hit “Here” and new single “Wild Things.”

Dean Brody’s “Gypsy Road” won country album of the year and Walk off the Earth collected the group of the year award.

Burton Cummings received a rous-ing standing ovation as he was hon-oured with an induction into the Cana-dian Hall of Fame for his solo work.

The former Guess Who frontman dedicated the award to Winnipeg — his hometown.

“I will always try and honour the music,” he said, shortly before return-ing to the stage as part of a tribute per-

formance that also featured Arden and the Tenors.

The fast-paced show featured per-formances from a number of estab-lished and rising Canadian performers who have had success on Canadian radio over the past few months. The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes and Bryan

Adams were among the marquee per-formers.

The show began with a feisty mono-logue from co-hosts Jann Arden and Jon Montgomery. The singer and Olym-pic gold medallist fired jokes back and forth about their memories of Calgary, where Arden was born.

Montgomery told the audience he too has a solid connection to the city because it’s where he trained for the 2010 Winter Olympics and also where he met his wife.

Arden countered with her own tongue-in-cheek memory of the city: “I may or may have not have peed in a garbage can here in the ’80s.”

The second-time Juno host also took a moment to draw links between the Olympics and the Junos, highlighting at least one thing they don’t have in common.

“Thankfully in music there is no drug testing, or there wouldn’t be a single soul here tonight,” she said to cheers from the audience.

Before the show began, Juno nomi-nee Chad Kroeger caused quite a stir when he walked the red carpet with Avril Lavigne.

The couple, who announced last year that they were separating, also at-tended a pre-Grammys event together in February.

Kroeger also joined his Nickelback bandmates — who were up for the best rock album Juno on Saturday night — on the red carpet and gave a shout out to Calgary, which has been hit hard by the downturn of oil prices.

“I think the province needs some-thing like this — it’ll boost the mo-rale,” he said.

“It’s nice to have another excuse to come back to Alberta.”


The Weeknd holds five Juno trophies at the Juno Awards Gala in Calgary, Sunday.

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