Red Deer Advocate, August 27, 2015

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That sinking feeling

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Ra-chel Notley says continued oil-price volatility could be affecting the prov-ince’s bottom line even more than the former Tory government predicted.

The NDP premier isn’t sharing much about what might be in the 2015-16 budget when it comes down in Oc-tober.

But she does says keeping on top of oil prices remains a priority.

The price per barrel hovered around US$60 when Notley’s New Democrats were elected in May, but has since fallen to below US$40 a bar-rel.

The budget introduced but never passed by the Progressive Conserva-tives under Jim Prentice last March predicted a record $5-billion deficit for the current fiscal year.

Notley wouldn’t say after a byelec-tion rally on Tuesday night what Al-bertans will still see in the budget.

“Our revenues have gone down perhaps more than what the original Prentice budget projected,” explained Notley. “At the same time, we need to ... preserve those important public ser-vices for those Alberta families.”

Notley was at a rally for Calgary-Foothills candidate Bob Hawkesworth and said her government is focused on figuring out the final numbers.

“Those kinds of details will be com-ing out in the days and the months to come as we get together and introduce the budget,” she said. “I’m not going to announce the budget today, because we’re going to announce the budget at the end of October.”

Notley suggested the government remains responsible for carving itself out of any mess volatile crude prices create.

“We would not be doing our job if we did not look at where we could do that, while at the same time preserving and protecting frontline services,” she said.

“We’re seeing tremendous volatil-ity with the price of oil, so what we’re going to do is keep an eye on that and look at what the projects are, look at where our opportunities for savings are, and ... try to find the right bal-ance.”

Finance Minister Joe Ceci has been touring the province to gather input for his budget. He has warned that chal-lenges lie ahead as this will be the first full fiscal year with oil at drastically reduced prices.

Final numbers for last year showed the NDP took over Alberta’s finances with more than $1 billion in surplus cash — almost double than what the Conservatives had said. The extra rev-enue came from diverse sources, in-cluding more tax money and higher-than-expected investment income.

Ceci’s budget will have to tackle the reality of low oil prices while reflect-ing savings promises and priorities from the NDP campaign.

The Notley government has already announced $624 million in new spend-ing to cover larger class sizes and more money for health care and social pro-grams.

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REVENUES COULD BE DOWN MORE THAN PREDICTED: PREMIER

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF

Firefighters worked Tues-day night and early Wednesday to contain a strip mall fire in Riverside Drive Industrial area where part of the building’s roof collapsed.

At about 10 p.m., Red Deer Emergency Services personnel responded to the fire at Sadona Cabinets, at 4630 61st St., located in bay five and the back half of bay six in the six-bay strip mall.

During the fire, the roof col-lapsed over those two bays, mak-ing it unsafe for firefighters to enter.

The fire was contained by about 6:30 a.m.

Tim Kivell, fire prevention of-ficer, said firefighters were suc-cessful in limiting damage at the strip mall and were still on site on Wednesday morning to con-tinue to put out hot spots.

“Sadona Cabinets is a wood-working shop. They make cabi-nets and do some finishing on the cabinets as well. But we haven’t been able to get inside to look at any of the equipment,” Kivell said on Wednesday morn-ing.

A data management company occupies the front section of bay six.

The structural stability of the fire-damaged areas were being assessed on Wednesday morning

and in-vestiga-tors ex-pected to get inside by the af-ternoon.

“ W e ’ r e estimating damages in excess of $1 million.”

T w o firefight-ers were t a k e n to hos-p i t a l for as-s e s s -m e n t a n d were re-leased. N o o t h e r injuries were reported.

Kivell said bays four, five and six are off-limits to the public as the investigation continues and 61st Street was closed Wednesday morning.

Bay four is the only bay not occupied by a business.

“The other half of the build-ing, it’s business as usual,” Kiv-ell said.

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

City of Red Deer firefighter Tom Patrick hauls a hose after crews finished with a Riverside Industrial fire Wednesday morning. Red Deer Emergency Services were on scene throughout the night after a fire broke out Tuesday at 4630 - 61 St.

City stacks up well against competitors in home building survey

BY PAUL COWLEYADVOCATE STAFF

A study on home building red tape shows Red Deer is competitive with other communities, says the city’s plan-ning department.

Of the communities surveyed by the Fraser Institute, the number of months it typically takes to get a proj-ect approved at city hall ranged from 6.1 months in Strathmore up to 15.1 months in Rocky View County. Red Deer falls in the middle at 7.3 months.

This city fares the best of all com-munities in the amount of time it takes to have rezoning approved at 0.8 months — less than a month. Rocky View County was tops at 14.7 months.

Tara Lodewyk, director of planning services, said she’s pleased how the city stacks up in the study, which was released earlier in the week.

“Overall, we’re still very competi-tive,” said Lodewyk, referencing the 7.3-month timeline.

It is unclear exactly how that num-ber was determined, considering ap-proval times vary so much depending on the type of development and the nature of the land involved, she said.

“If it’s a single-family (housing) per-

mit, it’s not seven months, it’s a matter of weeks. But if it’s a complex urban development, it could be more than seven months.”

Lodewyk said the city routinely re-

views its planning processes and vari-ous charges, and it understands that time is money to builders.


Costain Hagen of High Peak Framing of Red Deer works on a single family home on Carrington Drive in the Clearview Ridge subdivision in Red Deer on Wednesday.

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“We’re always reviewing our processes. We don’t wait for a study to tell us to do that.”

In a ranking of how hard a community is to build in, Red Deer ranked sixth of nine communities, Strathmore on top and Rocky View County at the bot-tom.

Fraser Institute drew its conclusions after survey-ing 32 developers in the Calgary-to-Edmonton cor-

ridor last fall.Red Deer falls in the higher end of estimated

regulatory compliance costs and fees per dwelling at $24,438. The lowest was Strathmore at $12,600 and the highest was Rocky View at $33,333. Rocky View is a rural municipality outside Calgary with a large percentage of luxury homes.

“We’re always taking feedback from the home builders and the developers.”

Guy Pelletier, regional vice-president for Melcor, said he was not surprised to see that approval times are rising across the province.

“Red Deer is likely not much different than most,” says Pelletier in an email.

“As a smaller city, we are fortunate to have good relationships in the industry, which can help resolve issues when they arise.

“The city seems to be making a real effort to work

closely with the industry to focus on efficiency and compress timelines.”

The Fraser Institute concludes that there is a sig-nificant disparity in how home builders and devel-opers experience regulations across the corridor.

“We find that reported approval timelines, and how they are affected by the rezoning process, vary significantly across cities.”

The institute plans to continue its research and measure the experiences in communities nation-wide, with the goal of identifying where regulations put a burden on the housing market and where it ap-pears to more efficient.

“Continued measurement will help us understand the role of public policy in Canada’s urban land-scape.”

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After chattering away and scurrying around a squirrel looks out from it perch in a spruce tree in the cemetery overlooking 55th Street in Red Deer earlier this week.

Critics question herbicide use

pending reviewBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Opposition critics in New-foundland and Labrador are asking why the provin-cial government continues to aerial spray an herbi-cide flagged as a potential health risk to humans.

Health Canada is considering new risk reduction measures for glyphosate, a product the World Health Organization described earlier this year as “prob-ably carcinogenic to humans.”

Provincial officials confirmed the herbicide was sprayed this week over about 350 hectares of forest in northern Newfoundland near the town of Spring-dale and Plum Point.

They said Forza, containing glyphosate, was mixed with water and sprayed to kill weeds in areas plant-ed with conifer or evergreen seedlings. The goal is to reforest sites harvested for pulpwood and sawlogs to support the lumber industry in future.

Provincial spokesman Roger Scaplen said in an email that the herbicide is registered by Health Canada, and that the federal department has not in-dicated any public risk if it’s used as directed.

“Health Canada’s advice regarding any products whose active ingredients are undergoing re-evalua-tion is to continue to use them as per existing label directions unless otherwise advised by Health Cana-da — this applies to products using glyphosate.”

Scaplen also stressed that the provincial Environ-ment and Conservation Department issues licenses for herbicide programs. It’s an extra effort “to fur-ther mitigate against any potential non-target effects on both human health and the environment,” he said.

Former Centerra CEO detained again in Bulgaria over corruption allegations


Toronto-based miner Centerra Gold says former CEO Leonard Homeniuk has been rearrested on corruption charges in Bulgaria after first being de-tained by authorities last month.

Homeniuk was taken into custody in late July while on vacation with his family after the Kyrgyz-stan government issued an international arrest war-rant for him on corruption charges.

John Pearson, a spokesman for Centerra Gold (TSX:CG), said Homeniuk had been under house ar-rest in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia but has now been transferred to detention in Vidin.

Pearson said he didn’t know why Pearson has been rearrested but added that the company has been in contact with the Department of Foreign Af-fairs.

“We’re using all our efforts to assist Mr. Home-niuk in his review of the legality of his detainment so that he can return to his home in North America,” Pearson said.

The department says it is aware of Homeniuk’s detention but refused to provide details, citing confi-dentiality concerns.

The government of Kyrgyzstan has accused Home-

niuk of corruption in his dealings with Kyrgyz offi-cials in 2003 when Centerra Gold was spun off from Saskatchewan-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. to manage the massive Kumtor gold mine project.

Pearson said there is no evidence to support Homeniuk’s arrest.

“Despite repeated requests to Kyrgyz authorities, we’ve received no facts or information to support the charges,” Pearson said.

Homeniuk led Centerra Gold from its founding in 2004 until his retirement in 2008.

Kyrgyzstan and Centerra Gold have sparred over the ownership and revenue of the Kumtor mine for years as the mine has grown to become a key piece of the Kyrgyz economy, and negotiations are ongoing over the future of the project.

The country has seen two violent regime changes — in 2005 and 2010 — since the original deal was signed, and successive governments have tried to re-negotiate the terms of the deal to get more revenue from the Kumtor project flowing into government coffers.

The parties struck a new deal in 2009, yet the cur-rent government is still unhappy with the terms.

According to the Economist, the Kumtor mine accounts for as much as 12 per cent of the country’s GDP and half of its exports.

Shoplifter jailed for robbery, knifeA shoplifter who pulled a knife on a loss preven-

tion officer and an off-duty police officer while try-ing to flee was sentenced to six months in jail on Wednesday.

Robert S. Wilkinson pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a weapon and theft under $5,000 in Red Deer provincial court.

Wilkinson had stolen some items from the Park-land Mall Wal-Mart about 7 p.m. on July 16 when he fled with a loss prevention officer in pursuit. The thief jumped on a bicycle to make his getaway.

An off-duty police officer in civilian clothes hap-pened to be nearby and went to help nab the thief.

Wilkinson pulled out a hunting knife when they grabbed his bike, saying, “You wanna get it,” said Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard in Red Deer pro-vincial court on Wednesday.

Wilkinson took off running and was later found by police hiding in the brush and trees behind the mall.

Defence lawyer Patty MacNaughton said her 32-year-old client was intoxicated by a drug at the time of the crime.

Collard and MacNaughton made a joint sentenc-ing submission of six months to Judge Gordon Yake.

The Crown withdrew a charge of robbery and as-sault with a weapon.

Wilkinson was given credit for 64 days for time served in custody. He was also given a two-year weapons prohibition, must serve a year’s probation and provide a sample of his DNA to a national data-base.

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C E N T R A L A L B E R T A ’ SD A I L Y N E W S P A P E R

You may think you’ve heard it all before, but when you spend two weeks talking politics during an election cam-paign from British Columbia to Nova Scotia — as I have — it’s time to think again.

You can hear an immigrant from Trinidad grill Liberal candidate Raj Grewal in a b a c k y a r d o n Bayridge Drive in Brampton East; talk to community el-ders at an im-promptu seniors a s s o c i a t i o n meeting, a mela, in Brampton’s R e d W i l l o w Park; talk to the youngest elected official ever in Cana-dian history, Burnaby North-Seymour Liberal candidate Terry Beech; move over to Edmonton-Mill Woods to spend time with Amarjeet Sohi, the Liberal candidate who spent 18 months in soli-tary confinement on a false terrorism charge in India.

You can (partially) climb Burnaby Mountain with Green candidate Lynne Quarmby so she can show you where she was arrested protesting against Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipe-line; watch Davenport New Democrat

Andrew Cash take a selfie with a bus-ker on stilts at the Dufferin Farmer’s Market; listen to a remarkably well-informed rant against the Harper gov-ernment from Gord Kapasky as he sat with his pit bull on Bloor Street near Lansdowne.

But there’s one thing you can’t al-ways do: get a Conservative to talk.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harp-er is downright verbose on the cam-paign trail compared to some of his candidates.

I never met Mike Little, the Conser-vative candidate in the key riding of Burnaby North-Seymour. I met every other candidate, but Little had per-sonal considerations so he couldn’t meet me.

His campaign ignored my entreat-ies anyway until I was about to leave Vancouver, when I got a noncommittal statement on an environmental issue.

It got worse.In Edmonton-Mill Woods, the cam-

paign of Tim Uppal told me the min-ister of state for multiculturalism couldn’t meet me because he was too busy meeting voters.

That wouldn’t be so odd, except I had first requested time with him dat-ing back to June, before the election was even called. A request for his pub-lic appearances while I was in Edmon-ton was ignored.

But the highlight — lowlight? — had to be Brampton East.

After I called candidate Naval Bajaj

on his cellphone, he agreed readily to an interview, but when I arrived at the strip mall that housed his campaign of-fice a week later, it had been mysteri-ously cancelled.

Like Uppal, a campaign aide told me he was too busy meeting voters. So I offered to come back later that eve-ning. Meeting voters, I was told. The next day? Meeting voters. The next evening? Meeting voters.

Finally I was told he wasn’t doing media, even though I was standing in front of a board in his office listing his Tuesday 4 p.m. appointment as “me-dia.”

That’s just local media, I was told. “We’re just running a nice, little, local campaign,’’ the aide said.

Finally, by sitting there and refus-ing to leave, I was granted an interview with Bajaj, who I must report was ab-solutely engaging and totally conver-sant on the issues.

By the way, I am heartened to learn it’s not just me.

Globe and Mail writer-at-large John Ibbitson reported on the weekend that he could not get an interview with the Conservative candidate in Mississauga Centre, and Glen McGregor of the Ot-tawa Citizen was told by the office of Don Valley North Conservative candi-date Joe Daniel that he would not be doing any interviews until after the election.

Vancouver Island Conservative can-didate Mark MacDonald’s team has de-

cided he will “decline all invitations of debates, positions and questionnaires during the election campaign.’’

After he is elected, his office says, MacDonald — a journalist — would be happy to discuss issues. His campaign manager, Glen McPherson, says that is not a “blanket policy,” and that the candidate, in fact, has done media in-terviews.

This is what I’ve learned in a dis-tinctly unscientific, highly anecdotal tour, so far.

In chats with dozens of voters, the economy tops the list of voter concerns and many believe we are in recession, are unhappy and worried.

A surprising number of conversa-tions turn to the environment and peo-ple are talking about Harper’s anti-ter-ror bill; there is anxiety about a piece of legislation they believe goes too far.

It is difficult to go three or four con-versations without someone telling you they are going to the polls solely to get rid of Harper.

Yes, a lot of that comes in ridings that are distinctly anti-Conservative, but I also heard it in Alberta and Brit-ish Columbia in ridings that should be Harper-friendly.

And don’t let anyone tell you Cana-dians aren’t engaged. They’re talking.

Everyone, it seems, is talking, ex-cept some Conservative candidates.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Rimbey, Ponoka Countyspending raises questions

Why are the taxpayers of Rimbey and Ponoka County subsidizing a local developer to the tune of approximately $420,000? With lower oil prices and stressed tax revenues, spending tax dollars for the benefit of a local developer seems ill advised.

In 2011, the Rimoka Housing Board adopted a plan that proposed to purchase eight to 10 acres of land to build a new seniors lodge in Rimbey. Only four to five acres are needed for a lodge, but the plan was to purchase eight to 10 acres to accommodate future growth when the time came to build a second building.

Early this year, Ponoka County taxpayers pur-chased eight-plus acres in the SJC development (be-hind the Best Western) for the new Rimbey seniors lodge. The land purchased is located inside an ap-proved development plan that is governed by a de-velopment agreement. Technically these are called serviced lots, which means the developer is required to bear the cost to build the roads and add utilities (including water and sewer). Presumably the devel-oper allocates these costs proportionately among the lots for sale.

So why are the taxpayers of Rimbey and Ponoka County paying roughly $240,000 to the developer to build a road? (The town has agreed to pay $140,000 and according to our mayor, the county will kick in another $100,000). The written agreement does not explicitly outline the county’s contribution; however, it references a side deal in an undisclosed separate agreement.

The Rimbey Area Structure Plan explicitly states the developer is required to pay all costs to develop. The plan also states the town will not compromise on this policy.

In Rimbey, a developer must also set aside 10 per cent of a development for a municipal land reserve. Presumably the developer distributes the cost of this requirement into the price of the lots. So why did the reeve and mayor give roughly one-third (or three-plus acres), which was intended for a future seniors lodge, back to the developer for the his land reserve requirement? The value of this land is approximate-ly $100,000.

According to the mayor and reeve, the land was returned to the developer for storm water drainage and land reserve requirements. In addition, taxpay-ers will pay to construct a pond to collect the storm-water runoff at a cost that could save the developer as much $100,000. Why? The developer is supposed to pay these costs!

Taxpayers bought eight-plus acres for a new lodge, and gave back three-plus acres (at no cost) for the de-veloper’s benefit. Why didn’t the taxpayers just buy a five-acre lot in the first place? I suppose in the end the taxpayers did buy a five-acre lot at an eight-acre price.

Who would buy a lot in a housing development and then give back one-third of the lot to the de-veloper? No one would do this with his or her own money — so why did the mayor and reeve do this with taxpayers’ money?

The economy is precarious at best and tax dol-lars are being stressed. Using taxpayers’ dollars and secret undisclosed side-deals to subsidize a local developer needs to be investigated by the provincial government — this misapplication of tax dollars must stop!

Joe AnglinRimbey

Left on my own at age 84to cope with injured husband

My family thought I should submit this poem I penned on a low day.

My husband (81-years-old) fell in April, breaking his let hip in two places. He had surgery in Red Deer then was sent home to Innisfail Hospital for a spell, then he came home to the house.

No one came to check on whether there were ad-equate aids he would need. They sent him home to me — the only caregiver — of 84 years of age.

Someone from Occupational Health did come once a week for three weeks to help him shower, oth-erwise we were on our own.

One daughter lives near, but works, so life was rather stressful.

We did survive and are still together. I lost 25 pounds, which is great at my age.

I know I signed on...I know I signed on ’til death do us partBut the last few months literallyThings have been falling apart.

Every day seems programmedFrom sun up ’til dawnSome days I’m not sureWhat planet I’m on.

I quit driving “Miss Daisy”He makes my stress level go up!Any more complaints andHe’ll be ‘pushing them up!’

I’m lucky I still drive

So at least once a weekI just cruise aroundAnd check out different places to eat!

But despite all the complaints,The ranting and ravin’I have to admit, I guessHe’s worth savin’

With help from friends, neighbours, familyAnd our Hutterite clanWe’ll be back to semi-normal —Just gotta work out a plan!

Nina JacobsonInnisfail

This front-page storywasn’t worthy of placement

I am sending this letter regarding the full front page picture and story in the Saturday, Aug. 15, Ad-vocate (Love is love at first sight).

I am a longtime subscriber of the Advocate and there have been, over the years, a few front page ar-ticles that I did not think were worthy of being there. This one, I refer to though, took the cake!

It almost made me sick to my stomach.I can’t believe that you thought this story was that

exceptional as to be coloured, front page news.There are many couples who get married every

day.It might be a more newsworthy front page story if

it was about a happy wedding of a man and woman.Robert Gray

Ponoka

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MORLEY — Reserve residents are getting some support for charging a toll to drivers looking for a shortcut when RCMP rerouted traffic around a fatal crash in southern Alberta this week.

Ken Christensen, tribal administra-tor with the Stoney Nakoda First Na-tion along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary, says he’s OK with band members pocketing some cash.

He sees it as an understandable re-action to overall discontent with driv-ers trespassing on the reserve’s private property.

“I’m not going to condemn nation members because they put a few dol-lars in their pockets. They’re the ones putting up with the inconvenience of all this traffic,” Christensen said Wednesday.

“Members are really fed up with people cutting through the reserve il-legally.”

Paving work has created traffic backups on the highway since June, he said, and more motorists have been driving through the reserve.

“A lot of our roads are just gravel roads — they’re not up to Alberta stan-dards. They get damaged when there’s a lot of traffic.”

In addition to kicking up dust, the increase in traffic poses a danger to livestock and children, Christensen said.

And some drivers are spending more time on the reserve’s roads than planned. Many get lost because the reserve’s roads aren’t named and GPS systems don’t work there, said Chris-tensen.

He said the unwanted traffic was getting so bad that the band hired members to occasionally stand guard

at the reserve’s main entrance and wave off vehicles.

On Monday, an 86-year-old woman was killed and six people were injured when a semi truck slammed head-on into a mini van on the Trans-Canada Highway. Police shut down eastbound lanes for several hours and directed vehicles to Highway 1A, which is pub-lic but runs through the reserve.

Many vehicles still ended up on reserve roads, said Christensen, who heard that some members pocketed tolls of $10 or $20 from drivers that day. But he stressed that motorists weren’t forced to pay and could have taken the proper detour.

There has been criticism of the mon-ey-making venture in light of some-one’s death, but Christensen doesn’t see it that way.

“My concern is for the people who were in the accident, not people who are trying to cut 15 minutes off their travel time.”

The tolls are likely to be discussed at the band’s next council meeting and guards will continue to work at the main entrance, he said. The construc-tion work is to be finished by mid-Oc-tober.

If necessary, Christensen said, the First Nation could complain to the RC-MP and drivers could be charged with trespassing.

The band’s 5,000 members, most liv-ing on the reserve, are flexible, he add-ed. They can deal with one or two cars driving through once in awhile.

“But when you get a long line of traf-fic on the Trans-Canada trying to cut through during holiday season, you can see why people get concerned.

“Respect other people’s property, just as you would a farmer ... people wouldn’t drive through his property.”

Two people killed when car hits swather

FOREMOST — Two people have died in a southern Alberta highway collision involving a car and some heavy farming equipment.

RCMP from Bow Island say a 72-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman were killed when their car hit a swather that was protruding into the lane.

The driver of the swather was treat-ed for minor injuries.

Police continue to investigate.

Human Services minister says every foster child death

will be reviewedCALGARY — Alberta’s human ser-

vices minister says the province will review every death or serious injury to a child in provincial care or receiving protective services.

Irfan Sabir said Wednesday that the ministry will have an independent in-vestigation of every death and injury.

Right now, the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate only investigates a handful of deaths, based on specific criteria.

Sabir’s promise comes after five children have died in provincial care or receiving protective services in the past seven weeks.

In the past year, 33 children have died under provincial supervision and 11 were seriously injured; the average number of child deaths since 2008 is 23.

“When a child dies in our care, it’s a terrible tragedy,” Sabir said. “We will

make sure that we bring in indepen-dent oversight so that every death and injury can be investigated.”

An all-party legislative committee decides on funding for the child advo-cate, not the minister.

Sabir did not give details on how the government plans to review the deaths.

He did say the reviews will be inde-pendent, but the ministry hasn’t deter-mined whether the child advocate will perform them.

Province issues air quality advisory due to smoke

CALGARY — Alberta Health Ser-vices has issued air quality advisories for areas from the U.S. border north to the Edmonton region because of smoke from wildfires in Washington state.

The agency warns even healthy people may experience irritated eyes and throat and possibly shortness of breath.

AHS says people with respiratory conditions may notice a worsening of symptoms and that children and the elderly are at higher risk of smoke-related illness.

An air quality official says the smoke in the Calgary area is worse than cities with serious pollution prob-lems such as Beijing and New Delhi.

On Wednesday morning, levels in Calgary had shot past the upper end of the zero-to-10 scale used to measure air quality.

The City of Calgary has imposed a fire ban to help reduce the volume of smoke in the air.

“This is the first time in my career that we’ve actually issued a ban due to poor air quality, even though it’s in the bylaw that we have the power to do that,” said Calgary fire marshal Ed Kujat.

Smoke from the U.S. wildfires has been drifting over parts of Alberta since early in the week.

ALBERTABRIEFS


COMOX VALLEY, B.C. — Interna-tional police are searching for four Vancouver Island children allegedly abducted by their father overseas.

Alison Azer said in an online fund-raising campaign that her ex-husband, Dr. Saren Azer, is a Kurdish Canadian who took their kids to the Middle East.

The children were legally allowed to leave Canada with their father but police were contacted on Aug. 15 when they weren’t returned to their mother as scheduled, RCMP spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan said.

A Canada-wide arrest warrant for Azer — also known as Salahaddin Ma-humudi-Azer — was issued Monday for abduction in contravention of a custody order.

Canadian police have worked with their international counterparts to restrict Azer’s international travel, Lagan said.

Policing agency INTERPOL lists the children — girls Sharvahn, 11, and Rojevahn, 9, and boys Dersim, 7, and three-year-old Meitan — as missing on its website.

“We understand how difficult this situation is for the children’s mother and others in the community,” Lagan said Wednesday in a statement.

“The safety and security of Canadi-an children, both at home and abroad, is of the utmost importance to the RC-MP, and we will continue our efforts to locate and safely return these children to British Columbia.”

Azer is a well-known internist from the Comox Valley and has spoken pub-licly about volunteering medical care

to refugees in the Middle East.In February, he was part of a del-

egation that met with then-defence minister Jason Kenney to advocate for more humanitarian assistance in Syria.

Kenney tweeted a photo of the pair shaking hands in March, with a caption that said Azer was “doing tremendous

work” to get medical help for Iraqi refugees.

Alison Azer said on her fundraising page that she needed $25,000 to search for her children and bring them home. About $26,000 was raised by mid-day Wednesday, when the amount required was increased to $35,000.

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Duffy persona non grataBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — What to make of a se-nior member of Stephen Harper’s staff chatting with a witness in the courtroom corridors of the politically charged trial of Mike Duffy?

The Conservative campaign said Wednesday it couldn’t speculate on what current director of issues man-agement Nick Koolsbergen was saying to his predecessor Chris Woodcock, who was in the midst of testimony in the Ontario Court of Justice.

“Mr. Koolsbergen was there to take notes, just like everyone else,” wrote campaign spokesman Stephen Lecce, responding Wednesday to an email

sent to Koolsbergen.Still, the hallway tete-a-tete is con-

sistent with one element of the scandal — Mike Duffy remains the only true persona non grata in the Conservative party. Other Conservatives involved have been kept inside the fold, even receiving promotions, with only one staffer, Nigel Wright, ever repudiated for his role in the coverup.

Harper has repeatedly laid the blame for the coverup at the feet of Duffy and Wright, the “boss,” refus-ing to entertain the notion that others should bear any responsibility.

“(Duffy) should have repaid the money when I told him so. He did not do so, and when I found out he did not do so because Mr. Wright paid those

bills instead, we held the two of them responsible and accountable and that’s what’s happening,” Harper told report-ers Wednesday.

The Conservative leader has framed the scandal as one man secretly repay-ing the improper expenses of another. Other controversial actions of his staff and senators — efforts to curtail or glean information from a confidential audit, the whitewashing of a Senate report, the general misleading of the public — have never been directly crit-icized or addressed.

While Wright, Harper’s former chief of staff, absorbed the brunt of the blame and lost his job in the Prime Minister’s Office in May 2013, others didn’t miss a career beat inside the

Conservative government.Woodcock went on to become the

chief of staff to then Natural Resourc-es Minister Joe Oliver, before taking an executive job at the Canadian Mort-gage and Housing Corp.

Harper’s then-principal secretary Ray Novak moved into the chief of staff job, a position he has today in addition to being a senior campaign director.

Parliamentary affairs manager Pat-rick Rogers became director of policy for Heritage Minister Shelly Glover.

Meanwhile, top Conservative sena-tors involved in the scandal, who as parliamentarians are not subordinate to Wright, have never received any public criticism from Harper.

FEDERAL ELECTION


OTTAWA — Canada’s three main political leaders traded accusations of fiscal recklessness and promises of budget prudence Wednesday as the health of the economy dominated the federal election campaign for a third straight day.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, trying to carve out a place for his party on the mantle of economic management, promised that a New Democrat govern-ment would deliver a balanced budget next year, no matter what.

Easier said than done, countered Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who suggested — even as he billed his par-ty as a champion of fiscal responsibil-ity — that balancing the books would likely be a matter of years.

All of which left Conservative Lead-er Stephen Harper saying what he’s been saying all along: the budget is balanced now, but won’t be for long if either the NDP or the Liberals form the next federal government.

Asked during a campaign event in London, Ont., whether an NDP govern-ment would run a deficit, Mulcair was unequivocal: “We are not entertaining any thought of that,” he said.

However, doing away with the Con-servative income-splitting measure won’t produce enough extra revenue to cover his spending promises, Mulcair conceded.

He said he will soon detail how he will stay in the black while implement-ing new programs, including an ambi-tious promise of a million child-care spaces within eight years.

“We’re going to have a fully costed program,” Mulcair said. “Everybody will get to see what the NDP plan is every step of the way.”

His details will also have to cover a new promise of a $40-million tax credit for businesses investing in innovative research, which he promised Wednes-day.

He will also have to fend off accusa-tions that he’ll cut existing programs to pay for his campaign largesse — flames Andrew Thomson, a former Saskatchewan finance minister and a star NDP candidate running against Finance Minister Joe Oliver,fanned in a broadcast interview on Tuesday when he said spending cuts would be inevitable.

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HALIFAX — Canada’s doctors stopped short of advocating for manda-tory vaccinations for children Wednes-day, calling instead for parents to pro-vide proof to school officials that their children have been vaccinated.

A resolution passed at the Canadian Medical As-sociation’s annual gen-eral meeting in Halifax c a l l e d o n governments to authorize elementary and second-ary schools to require parents to declare their child’s im-munization status.

The resolution also called for pub-lic health officials to have discussions with parents if their children are inad-equately immunized.

“I want to stress that the proposal does not call for mandatory vaccina-tion, but rather an approach that al-lows appropriate public health mea-sures to protect vulnerable children in the event of an infectious disease out-break,” CMA president Cindy Forbes told a news conference.

Ontario and New Brunswick are the only provinces that currently require immunization records when a child is being registered for school.

Forbes said it’s critical that health officials reach out to educate the pub-lic on the importance of immunization, but she said the proposal does not call for mandatory vaccination because doctors realize people don’t want to be told what to do.

“It really kind of inflames the con-versation and we’re looking to have a very reasoned, rational conversation with our patients.”

When asked to clarify whether par-ents would have to provide proof to schools Forbes was clear.

“That is what we are asking that there’s some proof that they’ve been immunized,” she said.

Forbes said the CMA views its reso-lution as a “checkpoint” for gathering the information needed as health offi-cials try to boost vaccination rates.

She said with many provinces hav-ing different immunization schedules the CMA is looking for federal lead-ership, or at least an alliance of the provinces, in establishing a national registry of immunizations.

“In order to be successful in having this checkpoint a national registry of immunizations would be essential,” Forbes said.

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Xtratuf boots, meant to represent the southeast Alaska way of life, dot the steps of the Alaska state Capitol during a rally on Wednesday in Juneau, Alaska. The rally was held to draw attention to concerns about the potential impacts of mine developments across the border in British Columbia on waters that flow into southeast Alaska.

Alaskans demanding concrete assurances from B.C.


JUNEAU, Alaska — British Colum-bia’s mines minister has broken the ice with southeast Alaska’s fishing community over fears that upstream mining projects in the province could endanger their way of life.

But advocates said Wednesday that they still need a long-term strat-egy from Bill Bennett in the event of a Mount-Polley-type disaster that pol-luted waterways in B.C.’s Interior a year ago.

He spent three days conducting about 30 meetings with Alaskan gov-ernment officials, tribal associations, commercial fishermen and conserva-tionists.

It was the first time residents spoke directly with Bennett and gave him a tour along the Taku River, which they worry could become contaminated by a mining accident.

Many Alaskans became more op-posed to mining in B.C.’s northwest af-ter a tailings dam burst in August 2014. The Mount Polley breach spilled 24 million cubic metres of waste waters into rivers and streams.

Several groups agreed that meet-ing with Bennett on Wednesday led to some progress.

“He seemed to be a genuinely con-cerned guy,” said Chris Zimmer, of Rivers Without Borders. “It’s good that he himself hunts and fishes, because a lot of the concerns here are over the impact of mining on food, on water, on fish, on game and the things we feed our families and our businesses.”

But Zimmer said the face-to-face meetings were just the first step.

“The jury is still out on whether we are going to get something from him that is going to address our concerns, because we’re not down to that level of detail yet.”

The groups’ top request is for an international agreement under the Boundary Waters Treaty, which they say will provide assurances for com-pensation if a mining spill were to pol-lute their waterways.

“Fishermen want commitments ... to be backed up by the full force of the U.S. government and Crown, because that offers the greatest chance that

they will be binding and upheld over time,” Dale Kelley, executive direc-tor of the Alaska Trollers Association, said in a statement.

Following the meetings, Bennett said he didn’t realize how much the Alaskans wanted financial guarantees to protect their businesses.

“I think there is a hopeful but, un-fortunately, misplaced faith in the ca-pacity of the Boundary Waters Treaty to resolve that particular issue,” he said.

“If there was an easy and quick way to structure how compensation is paid out in an international, transbound-ary situation, it would have been done years and years ago.”

The treaty would obligate B.C. and Alaska to ensure that neither jurisdic-tion contaminates each other’s land and water, he said.

Bennett said he told the groups that the province and the state must dem-onstrate there’s no possible way to deal with the issue on their own before the treaty could be activated.

“That came, I think, as a bit of a shock to the groups we met with,” he said. “I think they believe it’s a ques-tion of you just ask.”

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Chairman of UBC board to leave post temporarilyBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The chairman of the board of governors at the Univer-sity of British Columbia has temporar-ily stepped down amid an escalating dispute over academic freedom and transparency.

The board of governors said it has accepted John Montalbano’s request to step aside during an investigation into whether he tried to silence a profes-sor.

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ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR

If time truly flies when you’re hav-ing fun, then Rylan Toth’s off-season must have been an outright hoot.

“It feels like I never left, actually,” the Red Deer Rebels goaltender said Wednesday, after registering for this year’s training camp at the Centrium.

“I was back in town yesterday and I’m back with the same billets. I feel right at home. It’s all good.”

Toth was all smiles as he looked around the Centrium, which is brighter than ever with new lighting and also fea-tures new rink boards. The im-provements are timely — and necessary — considering the Rebels will host the 2016 Me-morial Cup tournament in May.

“There’s a lot of exciting things happening right now,” said the 19-year-old Saskatoon native. “The team looks really good with most of the players back and a few new guys, and the rink looks amazing. We’re all really excited to get going.”

The highlight of Toth’s off-season was his involvement — as one of four netminders — as an undrafted free agent in the five-day Calgary Flames development camp at WinSport in Ju-ly.

“It was good, I really enjoyed it,” he said. “I was really hoping to go back (for the Flames rookie camp in Sep-tember), but that’s all right, I took from it what I could.

“I think I learned a lot. The pace was really fast, especially with it being in the summer when you’re not used to being on the ice.”

The development camp featured roughly a half dozen pros, including the heralded and highly-talented Sam Bennett, and Toth took note of their habits.

“It was beneficial to me to see how those guys carried themselves on and off the ice,” he said. “There was also a ton of fans at the games and lots of media around. The guys were all really good and it was a cool experience, for sure.”

Toth hasn’t heard back from the Flames, but nothing gained, nothing lost.

“They just said that I did well, but they wanted to take a longer look at another guy,” he said. “But I’m really

glad I went to the camp. Going into the (NHL entry) draft I was just hoping I could be invited to a camp somewhere.”

Toth was passed over in the draft, but he has at least one more season of major junior hockey to show the scouts that he has definite pro potential. After posting a 2.84 goals-against average and .904 save percentage as a Western Hock-ey League rookie last season

and putting up even superior numbers — 2.34 and .934 — in a five-game play-off loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers, he expects to be markedly better this season.

He will also get plenty of exposure with his season extending into late May.

“I guess my play will dictate that, but it’s certainly something to be ex-cited about,” he said of his prospects of being the Rebels’ No. 1 stopper through the entire season.

Toth is clearly confident that he can carry the bulk of the goaltending du-ties through the winter and beyond. Trevor Martin, 19, Solomon Burk, 17, and 16-year-old Dawson Weatherill of Red Deer, the team’s second-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft, are the other goalies registered for main camp.

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Red Deer Rebel Austin Strand does a standing long jump during fitness testing at the Can-Pro Training Centre in Red Deer Wednesday. Please see REBELS on Page B3

Stampeders find themselves back

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Don’t look now but the de-fending Grey Cup champions are all alone atop the West Divi-sion standings.

The Calgary Stampeders as-sumed sole possession of first with a 34-31 win over the Sas-katchewan Roughriders last week while the Edmonton Eski-mos (5-3) were on the losing end of a 49-20 home decision to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Calgary (6-2) faces the Winni-peg Blue Bombers on Saturday night and heads into weekend action tied with Hamilton and Toronto for the best record in the CFL.

Bo Levi Mitchell, the MVP of last year’s Grey Cup game, threw three touchdown passes against Saskatchewan to lead Calgary to a third straight vic-tory. His 32-yard strike to To-ry Harrison early in the fourth quarter broke a 24-24 tie.

Calgary receiver Eric Rogers is on a roll, having registered a TD in six straight contests. He also has 39 catches for a league-best 660 yards and seven touch-downs overall.

Calgary has shown a pen-chant for winning close games. Five of their victories have come by a combined 13 points, including one-point decisions over Hamilton (24-23 to open the season) and Winnipeg (26-25 on July 18).

Offensively, Calgary stands third overall in scoring (27.4 points per game).

Not surprising, the Stamped-ers are a stellar 5-0 at McMahon Stadium but also 2-0 within the West Division. However, Calgary is just 1-2 on the road so far this season.

Defensive end Charleston Hughes has also regained his status as an elite pass rusher. He stands tied for the league lead in sacks (six) and forced fumbles (two).

Robert Marve will make his second straight start at quarter-back for Winnipeg (3-5), which comes off the bye tied for third in the West Division standings with B.C. Marve was 18-of-29 passing for 203 yards with a TD and interception in his CFL debut, a 27-20 home loss to To-ronto that it won by outscoring the Bombers 13-3 in the final quarter.

Marve also ran four times for 37 yards.

Points have been at a premi-um this season for Winnipeg, which is ranked second-last in scoring with a 20-point average. Defensively, the Bombers are eighth overall in points allowed (29.6) but did a nice job hold-ing Toronto quarterback Trevor Harris to just 168 yards passing.

Pick — Calgary.

Montreal Alouettes versus Hamilton Tiger-Cats,

Thursday nightHamilton (6-2) has won 10

straight at Tim Hortons Field, including a 40-24 victory over Montreal (3-5) in the ’14 East Division final. The Ticats have won five straight overall and are excelling in all three phases of the game, having outscored their last three visiting oppo-nents 124-48. Alouettes GM Jim Popp makes his first appearance on the sidelines this season af-ter head coach Tom Higgins was fired following last weekend’s 23-13 road win over B.C.

Pick — Hamilton.

Toronto Argonauts versus Edmonton Eskimos, Friday

nightToronto (6-2) heads west on

a short week — it beat Ottawa 30-24 at home Sunday — and should expect to face an ornery Edmonton (5-3) squad coming off a lopsided 49-20 home loss to Hamilton. The Argos beat the Eskimos 26-11 at Fort McMur-ray. Alta., in the season opener for both teams. Rookie James Franklin starts at quarterback for the home team despite suf-fering a lung contusion versus the Ticats.

Pick — Edmonton.

Saskatchewan Roughriders versus

Ottawa Redblacks, Sunday af-ternoon

It Saskatchewan (0-8) didn’t have back luck, it wouldn’t have any luck at all. Six of its losses have been by four or less points. Combined, those six defeats have been by 19 points. Ottawa (4-4) has dropped two straight but quarterback Henry Bur-ris was 32-of-36 passing for 428 yards Sunday in Toronto. Ear-nest Jackson had six catches for 114 yards while James Ellingson finished with four receptions for 110 yards, but Ottawa took 20 penalties for 228 yards.

Pick — Saskatchewan.Last week: 4-0.Overall: 21-15.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Edwin Encarnacion follows through on a grand slam as Texas Rangers’ Chris Gimenez watches during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Wednesday, in Arlington, Texas.

Blue Jays roll past RangersBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Blue Jays 10 Rangers 4ARLINGTON, Texas — Edwin Encarna-

cion turned David Price’s 30th birthday into a party — and a win for Toronto’s new ace.

Encarnacion hit a grand slam to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, boosting Price when he was pitching on his birthday for the first time in the majors and helping the Blue Jays to a 12-4 victory against the Texas Rang-ers on Wednesday night.

The right-handed slugger pulled a pitch into the Toronto bullpen in left-centre for his 26th homer after Kevin Pillar opened a six-run sixth inning with a long ball that chased Texas starter Colby Lewis (14-6).

Lewis issued four of a season-high 11 walks by Rangers pitchers.

Price (13-4) threw five scoreless innings af-ter allowing Adrian Beltre’s two-run homer in the first. While he was still struggling in the third, he got help on a spectacular, leaping catch at the wall in left field by Ben Revere that saved a run.

“After we got out of that inning, I told him that’s hands down the best birthday gift that I had ever received,” Price said. “It’s a coin flip between that and 12 runs.”

The AL East-leading Blue Jays won their fifth straight, while the Rangers dropped a half-game behind Minnesota in the race for the second AL wild card.

Jose Bautista walked four times and scored twice as Toronto went two games up in the division on the New York Yankees, who lost 6-2 to Houston. The Astros moved 5 ½ games ahead of Texas atop the AL West.

Lewis threw two of three wild pitches by the Rangers — both during a 10-pitch at-bat that ended with former Texas player Justin Smoak’s two-run homer to break a 2-all tie in the fifth inning.

Smoak’s 13th long ball hit off the facade of the upper deck in right field and extended Toronto’s franchise record to 16 straight road

games with a homer.Encarnacion’s second grand slam of the

season — both against the Rangers — and the eighth of his career ended a stretch of six straight batters reaching to start the sixth. Pillar’s eighth homer was one of his three hits.

“We’ve been waiting for Eddie to break out in a big way,” manager John Gibbons said. “I’m seeing it now. I think he’s feeling it like the rest of the guys.”

After Texas reliever Spencer Patton walked two and didn’t retire any of the five batters he faced, Sam Freeman walked four more.

Anthony Bass had a wild pitch that scored Troy Tulowitzki for a 12-2 lead in the seventh as Toronto set a club record with its 20th game of at least 10 runs.

“We helped them out tonight with 11 walks,” Texas manager Jeff Banister said. “I know they hit the three home runs. But the reality is, we can’t walk 11. That’s unaccept-able.”

Price retired the last nine hitters he faced after the Rangers started the fourth with a single by Mike Napoli and a walk to Elvis An-drus, who was celebrating his 27th birthday. The left-hander is 4-0 in five starts since the Blue Jays acquired him from Detroit the day before the July 31 trade deadline.

It was Price’s second straight win in Texas, where he had a 7.36 ERA in five starts com-ing in. He allowed five hits and two runs with eight strikeouts in his first appearance at the Rangers since a complete game in Tampa Bay’s 5-2 victory in an AL wild-card tiebreak-er in 2013.

Beltre put Texas ahead 2-0 with his 407th homer, tying Duke Snider at No. 51 on the ca-reer list. Shin-Soo Choo had a two-run single among his three hits.

Lewis, going for a career high in wins, al-lowed six hits and five runs — four earned — in five innings.

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HAMILTON — It’s a thankless job, but one Ted Laurent does so very well.

The spotlight rarely shines on the burly defensive tackle as he patrols the middle of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ rugged defence. That’s not surprising given the six-foot-one, 305-pound fire hydrant’s assignment is hardly a sexy one — hold his ground against two hulking offensive lineman to free up others to make stops.

“It’s one of the toughest positions on the field because you constantly get double-teamed and don’t get the glory,” Laurent said. “From a fan’s perspective, my job probably doesn’t look like I get any rewards or attention but I have to buckle up my chinstrap when I come to work because if I don’t, I could let my team down.”

Laurent, 27, has rarely let the Ticats down since joining the squad as a free agent last year. The Montreal native had a career-best nine sacks in 2014 and was named the East Division’s top Canadian.

The five-year CFL veteran has three sacks this season heading into Hamil-ton’s home date Thursday night against the Montreal Alouettes. The Ticats (6-2) look to not only improve to 11-0 at Tim Hortons Field but earn their sixth straight win overall.

Hamilton’s defence has helped pro-pel the Ticats (6-2) into a first-place tie with arch-rival Toronto in the East Di-vision. The unit has scored eight TDs this season, three off the league’s sin-gle-season record.

The Ticats have also returned six interceptions for touchdowns, one be-hind the league mark. And defensive co-ordinator Orlondo Steinauer says it all starts up front.

“It’s a vital part of any defence,” he said. “It (defensive tackle) is a thank-less position because we basically say you shorten your neck on every play.

“They’ve got to be able to read of-fensive linemen and hold their point of attack and in this league, of course, also be able to pass rush . . . so if you find that rare skill where a guy can consistently do that over time, then I think you’ve got a special player.”

Laurent’s ability makes him special but his passport makes him invaluable. He starts at a position usually reserved for Americans, allowing Hamilton to use an International player elsewhere.

“We think all of our guys are foot-ball players but this game says you need to start seven Canadians,” Stein-auer said. “It’s important you have ones who are great and he’s a great one.”

Given the demands of the job, Ham-ilton rotates players through to keep them fresh. But the other three — Haz-ime Hazan, Bryan Hall and Michael Atkinson —are all Americans with Ca-nadians Brian Bulke and Linden Gay-

dosh both injured.Quality defensive tackles are not

only strong enough to effectively en-gage but also have the quickness to get upfield while reading a situation on the fly and reacting accordingly. All the while, they patiently wait for a much-anticipated 1-on-1 matchup.

“Every now and then, depending on our defensive co-ordinator, sometimes he might set it up for you to have a 1-on-1 matchup,” Laurent said. “That’s your reward for all the sacrifices you make.

“But when you get it, you have to

win it.”Another reward is receiving kudos

from teammates who understand and appreciate the sacrifices being made up front so they can shine.

“When you get double-teamed all the glory goes to the linebackers,” Lau-rent said. “But that’s why I really ap-preciate (Ticats linebackers) Simoni Lawrence and Taylor Reed because anytime they make a play they always say, ’I appreciate you taking a double-team for me.’ It’s a sacrifice we’re tak-ing for the team but it’s a good reward at the end.”

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Stamps Rogers at ease in the airBY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Watching Calgary Stampeders receiver Eric Rogers in full turf-chewing stride towards the end zone, you might guess his college track and field specialty was the 400 metres.

But Rogers was actually a triple-jumper as well as a football player at California Lutheran. His muscle recoil and comfort when airborne was evi-dent in a spectacular touchdown catch late in the first half of Saturday’s 34-31 win over the Saskatchewan Roughrid-ers.

With time expiring in the half and quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell airmail-ing from midfield, Rogers rose above a swarm of leaping green jerseys in the end zone to haul in a 46-yard touch-down catch for an 18-9 halftime lead.

The CFL’s current leader in receiv-ing yards (660) and touchdowns (sev-en) says practising the art of track’s hop, step and jump, which has been an Olympic event since the Games began

in 1896, cultivated some of the tools to make that catch.

“Triple jump, definitely a lot of body control,” Rogers explained Wednesday after Stampeder practice at McMahon Stadium. “You’re on one foot for three consecutive jumps so there’s a lot of body control in the air.

“That definitely translated over to the field, to be able to go up and torque your body into any position you need to get that catch. I saw the ball thrown, tracked it very well, got underneath it.

“You’re a much stronger jumper off of two feet than one. I went up off two and was able to secure the ball and

make a play.”A speedy six-foot-three, 210-pound

slotback with a vertical of about 90 centimetres poses a headache for op-posing defensive backs.

“He creates a lot of mismatch prob-lems for a lot of smaller DB’s out there,” Mitchell said. “He has the body position and the ability to go up and hold guys off and as guys are swatting at him, hold onto the football and bring it down.”

The Stampeders (6-2) sit atop the CFL’s West Division and head to Win-nipeg on Saturday to face the Blue Bombers (3-5).

Rogers, 24, is the first player with touchdown catches in six consecutive games since Saskatchewan’s Weston Dressler in 2012.

The Ottawa Redblacks were the first CFL team to show interest in the Glen-dora, Calif., native, but released him prior to their 2014 training camp.

Rogers was added to Calgary’s practice roster in July of last year. He didn’t play until the penultimate game of the regular season Oct. 24 against Saskatchewan.

He had two touchdown catches in Calgary’s regular-season finale against B.C., and another two in the West Divi-sion final win versus Edmonton. Rog-ers was Calgary’s leading receiver in the Grey Cup victory with five catches for 108 yards.

“Definitely a quick study,” Stam-peders receivers coach Pete Costanza said. “For Eric last year, it was kind of learning the offence on the fly. It’s hard.

“The one thing that helped last year towards this year was he had a feel for the speed of the game and what the CFL game was all about.”

Costanza compares Rogers to a for-mer Stampeder receiver who also wore No. 80. Jeremaine Copeland, now Sas-katchewan’s receivers coach, led the CFL in TD receptions with 12 in 2009.

“Just from their body control and how they can contort themselves to make a catch and really, really good hands, Eric is very similar to Cope,” Costanza said. “When I saw Cope in the pre-season I said ’hey, I got a young guy wearing your number that reminds me a lot of you.”’

New 400 metre star emerges at Worlds

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIJING — Long after two of the all-time greats at 400 metres had left the track in second and third place, the winner was sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath and getting his pulse checked by a medic.

This is how 23-year-old Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa made a name for himself at the world championships Wednesday night, while also inserting that name on the “People to Watch” list for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

A muggy evening at the Bird’s Nest started with Usain Bolt laughing as he cruised into the finish of his winning 200-meter semifinal heat to set up an-other gold-medal showdown with Jus-tin Gatlin. It ended with van Niekerk topping two Olympic and world cham-pions, LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James, before being carted off the track on a stretcher, then loaded into an ambulance.

Van Niekerk was taken to the hos-pital for precautionary measures, then released later in the evening.

“He told us he was going to make mincemeat out of them,” said the chairman of the South African track team, Pieter Lourens.

He did.In many ways, the 400 is the most

brutal race of them all — basically a sprint, but one in which the sprinter has to also focus on tactics and con-serving energy during a 40-some-sec-ond trip around the track.

Van Niekerk didn’t worry much about that last part.

Running out of Lane 6, he had al-ready made up the lag to the runner on his right, Luguelin Santos, after the first 50 metres. And by the time van Niekerk hit the straightaway, there was a bathtub-sized chunk of daylight between himself and Merritt.

Front-runners like that often fade late, but this one didn’t. Van Niekerk finished in 43.48 seconds, the sixth-best performance of all time. He won by .17 over Merritt, the 29-year-old, two-time world and 2008 Olympic champion,

who himself posted a personal best.Wouldn’t he expect to win the gold

medal with that sort of time?“If you’d said I’d run 43.6, I’d say,

‘Yeah,”’ the American said. “To go un-der what I got under, it’s a great race. He came out and ran well. We’re ani-mals. We’re warriors.”

Merritt raised two fingers after the race, happy to have finished second to top off what he called a “rough” sea-son.

On yet another disappointing night for the Americans, second was the best they could manage.

Shamier Little and Cassandra Tate finished 2-3 in the 400-meter hurdles to round out the U.S. haul and bring the total to nine medals over the first five days of the championships.

There’s only one gold in that mix, which leaves the United States a sur-prising five wins behind the leader, Kenya.

The day actually started off with bad news for Kenya, when a hurdler and a 400-meter runner from the country were suspended for doping. It ended much better thanks to wins by Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi in the women’s stee-plechase and Julius Yego in the jav-elin. Yego’s throw of 92.72 metres was the longest in 14 years and gave the country known for great long-distance running its first victory in a field event at worlds or the Olympics.

“I’m sure, as we continue, we will have many Kenyans coming up in the field events and the sprints,” Yego said. “We have talent there.”

Other gold medallists included Cu-ba’s Yarisley Silva in the pole vault and Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Re-public in the 400 hurdles.

Meanwhile, a few more U.S. medal hopefuls walked away empty-handed.

They included four-time national champion Emma Coburn in the stee-plechase and two-time Olympic medal-list Jenn Suhr in the pole vault. Suhr pulled her groin during warmups and couldn’t clear 4.80 metres.

“There’s more physio tape going around right now than I’ve seen,” Suhr said of the U.S. training room. “It’s been a hard world championships. It looks like people are tired.”

Not among the fatigued was Gatlin. The American sprinter enjoyed anoth-er easy run in the 200-meter semifinals to set up another showdown with Bolt on Thursday night.

Gatlin ran his semifinal heat in 19.87, the second-fastest semifinal ever run at worlds.

BOLT SETS UP ANOTHER FINAL AGAINST GATLIN

IN 200M


South Africa’s Wayde Van Niekerk, center, crosses the line to take the gold medal in the men’s 400m final during the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, Wednesday. Left is Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos, right, is Grenada’s Kirani James.

Veteran Laurent thrives playing in middle of Hamilton’s defence

CFL

Wiggins leads Canada past Puerto Rico to win Tuto

Marchand Continental CupAndrew Wiggins scored 20 points as

Canada beat Puerto Rico 78-72 to win its first Tuto Marchand Continental Cup on Wednesday.

The Canadians finished the FIBA Americas tune-up tournament with a perfect 4-0 record.

Andrew Nicholson added 16 points, including four three-pointers, for Canada while Melvin Ejim chipped in with 11 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.

“I thought it was a hard-fought game — very, very scrappy,” Canadian head coach Jay Triano said. “I thought Puer-to Rico played extremely well, won a lot of the battles, the 50-50 balls and caused problems for us with their size and speed.”

J.J. Barea led Puerto Rico with 17 points and nine assists.

REBELS: World of difference

“I think I proved I could do it last season and I want to build off of that and have a good year,” said Toth.

Just the fact that he has a season of WHL experience under his belt is a confidence-boost.

“From the start of last season to the end to now . . . it’s a world of differ-ence coming back for a second year,” he noted. “It’s awesome being able to come back and being familiar with ev-erything.

“And as far as the (2016 NHL entry) draft goes, I’m not too worried about that. Lots of guys who were never draft-ed go on to play pro hockey and even make the NHL. If I’m drafted, good, but I’m not concerned about it.”

Toth and his main camp mates will be put through their paces during on-ice fitness testing today and will re-turn to the ice — for the official start of

camp — at 9:30 a.m. Friday.Training camp will conclude

Wednesday with the Black and White intrasquad game at 7 p.m.

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JAYS: Kind of a forgotten play

WHAT A CATCHRevere’s inning-ending catch in the

third came against Texas leadoff hitter Delino DeShields, who stared in dis-belief toward left after the play. After making the grab at the top of his jump, Revere was perched briefly on a ledge of padding that surrounds the video board on the wall. “Kind of a forgotten play,” Gibbons said.

UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (11-

7, 3.27 ERA) makes his second career start against Texas. He beat the Rang-ers 5-1 in Texas two years ago.

Rangers: RHP Yovani Gallardo (10-9, 3.25) goes for his 100th career win. The first 89 came during his eight sea-sons with Milwaukee.

Ex-NHLer Sergei Gusev hit with doping ban in RussiaMOSCOW — A veteran forward who

played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Dallas Stars has been banned for breaking doping rules in the latest doping case to hit Russian hockey.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement Wednesday that Sergei Gusev received a six-month ban from the Russian Hockey Federation for an unspecified “breach of anti-dop-

ing rules.”Gusev’s ban is backdated to March

23, the same month as he played in the first round of the KHL playoffs for Av-tomobilist Yekaterinburg.

The 40-year-old Gusev started his professional career in 1992. He spent four seasons in the NHL between 1997 and 2001, first in Dallas and then in Tampa Bay, playing 89 games and scor-ing four goals and 10 assists.

In 2012, Gusev played on a KHL team, Avangard Omsk, which was hit by doping scandal when during the Ga-garin Cup final.

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EDISON, N.J. — Recent history is what gives Hunter Mahan a level of op-timism he would not ordinarily have at The Barclays.

For the first time in 10 years, he is at risk of ending a PGA Tour season with-out once finishing in the top three. For the first time in more than six years, Mahan is out of the top 50 in the world ranking. He starts the FedEx Cup play-offs at No. 71, his lowest position since this series began in 2007.

Mahan is the only player to have never missed a playoff event. That streak is in jeopardy.

He also knows how quickly it can turn around.

“Takes one good week to propel you up the board,” Mahan said. “And you can change the schematic of the whole thing.”

A year ago, Mahan was No. 62 in the FedEx Cup when he closed with a 65 and won The Barclays. That moved him to No. 1 in the standings, assured him a spot in the Tour Championship and impressed Tom Watson enough that he used a captain’s pick on Mahan for the Ryder Cup.

“You can have an OK season and all of a sudden you play good at the right time and be a FedEx Cup cham-pion,” Mahan said. “It does feel like a late-season push here. You can kind of forget where you’ve been and you can really be right here because you know good play right now means a lot.”

One good week.That’s what motivates players like

Davis Love III and Jason Gore, who on-ly qualified for the playoffs last week in North Carolina.

It’s not so much an issue for Mas-ters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth, for PGA champion Jason Day and others who have played so well all year that they are virtually a lock for the Tour Championship at East Lake. Because the points are reset for the final event, whoever wins at East Lake stands the best chance at capturing the $10 million bonus.

Only the top 125 in the FedEx Cup are eligible for the playoffs, and there are some big names missing. Tiger Woods failed to qualify for the third time in the last five years. Ernie Els and Geoff Ogilvy didn’t make it for the first time. Neither did Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell.

The Barclays features only a 120-man field because five players chose not to play.

Rory McIlroy wanted to give his ankle another week off to make sure there are no issues. He can afford to miss it at No. 9 in the Fed Ex Cup. Also missing are Sergio Garcia, Louis Oost-huizen, Francesco Molinari and Retief Goosen. Molinari, whose wife just had a baby, is No. 99 and so his season is over. Goosen is out of the top 100 and is done for the season.

Only the top 100 advance to Deutsche Bank Championship next week, and the top 70 move on to the BMW Championship. The top 30 go to the Tour Championship, a golden goose for some because it puts them in the majors for next year.

The change in the points system this year meant a little less volatility.

Points used to be worth five times as much as the regular season. Now they’re worth four times as much. What hasn’t changed is the need to play good golf, and the urgency depends on what kind of season a player has had.

Day and Dustin Johnson got off to a rough start on Wednesday. Day tweaked his back moving an item un-der his motor home, and the Austra-lian chose to sit out the pro-am as a precautious so he would be ready to go at The Barclays.

Johnson has been battling a chest infection for the last week and with-drew from the pro-am after seven holes. He won The Barclays the last time it was held at Plainfield in 2011, when it was shortened to 54 holes be-cause of an approaching hurricane. That week started with an earthquake.

So far, it has been nothing but sun-shine on a course that is likely to play firm and features a reachable par 4 for the closing hole.

Among the surprise guests this week is the 51-year-old Love, who won the Wyndham Championship to qualify for the playoffs. That put him at No. 76, meaning he is assured of playing the next two weeks, and a good perfor-mance will get him to Chicago for the third one.

As far as Love is concerned, the playoffs began last week. He faced the end of his season, and that’s what is on the line for 25 players this week.

“The huge jump I made last week, like Billy Horschel last year coming from the middle of the pack all the way to the winner, it’s very, very exciting,” Love said. “I’m excited to have gotten in this tournament. Guys have really focused on, ’If I can just get in them, I can win it. I can win the whole thing.’ I think it’s really evolved, and I think it’s very exciting now.”


PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Stacy Lewis is ready to finish one spot better.

Lewis has been racking up second-place finishes with some regularity since her last win in June 2014. Start-ing Thursday, she’ll revisit the Yoko-hama Tire LPGA Classic where she won in 2012 and finished second to a record-setting Mi Jung Hur last year.

Lewis is ready for a breakthrough on The Senator Course at Capitol Hill, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, especially with the Evian Cham-pionship in France in two weeks as the year’s last major.

“The win has definitely been on the mind,” Lewis, a 19-time runner-up, said. “I’ve been close a lot this year and doing it here would be really nice, especially leading into Evian and Sol-heim just to get that momentum. If I keep building off what I worked on last week and the good things I did last week, I think I’ll be just fine.”

She was runner-up last week, too, when Lydia Ko won the Canadian Pa-cific Women’s Open with a par on the first hole of a playoff. It was her sixth second-place finish since winning the NW Arkansas Championship.

Lewis is happy to be playing a course where she’s had success instead of sitting on the couch after a tough fin-

ish.“I felt like last week every day I got

a little bit closer with my game,” she said. “You know, the good thing is I’m playing this week. If I were sitting at home, I think that would make Sun-day’s finish a little bit tougher, but the fact that I’m teeing it up again right away is really a good thing. My game’s really close to playing some really good golf.”

Hur, who is from South Korea, used the course in suburban Montgomery to end her own victory drought last year. With her father carrying her bag, she set a tournament-record with 21 under for a four-stroke victory. Hur closed with a 66 to end a five-year win-less streak and earn her second career Tour win.

Her best finish this season is a tie for 11th place at the Kingsmill Cham-pionship.

“Everything was working for me that time,” Hur said of last year’s trip to Prattville. “Every tee shot I hit the fair-way, every iron shot I hit the greens, and every putt I made. It was so easy to play. I hope I can play like that this year, too.”

Past champions Lewis, Hur, Lexi Thompson and Katherine Kirk are all in the field. Thompson was just 16 when she won in 2011, becoming the youngest LPGA Tour winner at the time. Lewis and Thompson will both compete in the Solheim Cup from Sept. 18-20 in Germany.

First, they’ll try for another win in

Alabama.“I like the layout and I like it when

this golf course plays firm and fast, and I think we’ve had that quite a few times the past few years,” said Lewis, a for-mer Arkansas star. “You can just kind of bomb it and go find it. I think you’ve

seen that in the winners, they all seem to hit it pretty far, and it comes down to hitting the right spots on the greens and making putts.

“It’s just a fun course to play and I think just being back in the South is just really relaxing for me.”

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Stacy Lewis looks on after missing a birdie putt on the 18th hole of regulation play during the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at the Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam, B.C., August 23, 2015. Another second place finish has Lewis looking for her first win since June 2014.

Players have optimism going into the PGA Tour playoffs

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SCOREBOARD B4THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 2015

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Transactions

Friday● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; main practice 9:30-11 a.m., pro skate 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., main practice 1:30-3 p.m.

Saturday● Men’s third division rugby: Airdrie Highlanders at Red Deer Titans, noon, Titans Park.● Men’s second division rugby: Airdrie Highlanders at Red Deer Titans, 1:45 p.m., Titans Park.● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; main practice 9:30-11 a.m., pro skate 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., main practice 1:30-3 p.m.

Sunday● WHL: Red Deer Rebels training camp at the Centrium; rookie scrimmage 10-11:30 a.m., pro skate noon-1:30 p.m., main scrimmage 2-3:30 p.m., rookie scrimmage 4-5:30 p.m.

Major League BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBToronto 71 55 .563 —New York 69 57 .548 2Baltimore 63 63 .500 8Tampa Bay 62 64 .492 9Boston 58 69 .457 13 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 77 49 .611 —Minnesota 65 61 .516 12Cleveland 60 66 .476 17Detroit 60 66 .476 17Chicago 59 66 .472 17 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBHouston 71 57 .555 —Texas 64 61 .512 5 1/2Los Angeles 64 62 .508 6Seattle 59 68 .465 11 1/2Oakland 55 73 .430 16

Tuesday’s GamesHouston 15, N.Y. Yankees 1L.A. Angels 8, Detroit 7Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6Minnesota 11, Tampa Bay 7Toronto 6, Texas 5Kansas City 3, Baltimore 2Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 4Seattle 6, Oakland 5

Wednesday’s GamesHouston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2Seattle 8, Oakland 2Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 0Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 3Toronto 12, Texas 4Baltimore 8, Kansas City 5Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 0

Thursday’s GamesL.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-9) at Detroit (Wolf 0-1), 11:08 a.m.Toronto (Estrada 11-7) at Texas (Gallardo 10-9), 12:05 p.m.Baltimore (Tillman 9-8) at Kansas City (Ventura 8-7), 12:10 p.m.Minnesota (Milone 6-3) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 1-2), 5:10 p.m.Seattle (Elias 4-6) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 5-5), 6:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesDetroit at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.Baltimore at Texas, 6:05 p.m.Houston at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m.Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.Oakland at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Kipnis Cle 110 437 72 142 .325NCruz Sea 124 480 76 154 .321Brantley Cle 113 438 55 140 .320Fielder Tex 121 471 58 149 .316Bogaerts Bos 122 473 58 149 .315LCain KC 112 440 78 137 .311Hosmer KC 123 470 77 146 .311Altuve Hou 120 489 64 151 .309Kinsler Det 124 501 82 154 .307JIglesias Det 113 394 41 120 .305Home RunsNCruz, Seattle, 39; CDavis, Baltimore, 35; Donald-son, Toronto, 34; JMartinez, Detroit, 34; Pujols, Los Angeles, 34; Trout, Los Angeles, 33; Teixeira, New York, 31.Runs Batted InDonaldson, Toronto, 101; CDavis, Baltimore, 91; Bautista, Toronto, 87; JMartinez, Detroit, 87; KMo-rales, Kansas City, 87; NCruz, Seattle, 82; Encarna-cion, Toronto, 79; Teixeira, New York, 79.DoublesBrantley, Cleveland, 38; Kipnis, Cleveland, 35; Donaldson, Toronto, 34; KMorales, Kansas City, 34;

Kinsler, Detroit, 32; Dozier, Minnesota, 31; Cano, Seattle, 30.TriplesKiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12; ERosario, Minnesota, 10; Gattis, Houston, 9; Burns, Oakland, 8; RDavis, Detroit, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Betts, Boston, 7; DeShields, Texas, 7; Infante, Kansas City, 7; Kin-sler, Detroit, 7.Stolen BasesAltuve, Houston, 33; Burns, Oakland, 25; LCain, Kansas City, 24; JDyson, Kansas City, 23; DeShields, Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 19; RDavis, Detroit, 18; Gardner, New York, 18.PitchingKeuchel, Houston, 15-6; FHernandez, Seattle, 15-8; Lewis, Texas, 14-6; McHugh, Houston, 14-7; Eoval-di, New York, 13-2; Price, Toronto, 13-4; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-6.ERASGray, Oakland, 2.10; Keuchel, Houston, 2.28; Ka-zmir, Houston, 2.39; Kazmir, Houston, 2.39; Price, Toronto, 2.42; Price, Toronto, 2.42; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.88.StrikeoutsSale, Chicago, 229; Archer, Tampa Bay, 217; Klu-ber, Cleveland, 213; Price, Toronto, 179; Carrasco, Cleveland, 173; Keuchel, Houston, 165; Salazar, Cleveland, 162.SavesPerkins, Minnesota, 31; Street, Los Angeles, 30; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 30; Britton, Baltimore, 30; GHolland, Kansas City, 28; AMiller, New York, 27; Allen, Cleveland, 26; DavRobertson, Chicago, 26.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 70 56 .556 —Washington 63 62 .504 6 1/2Atlanta 54 73 .425 16 1/2Miami 51 76 .402 19 1/2Philadelphia 50 77 .394 20 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 81 45 .646 —Pittsburgh 76 49 .608 4 1/2Chicago 73 51 .589 6 Milwaukee 53 74 .417 28 1/2Cincinnati 52 73 .416 28 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 69 56 .552 —San Francisco 66 59 .528 3Arizona 62 64 .492 7 1/2San Diego 62 64 .492 7 1/2Colorado 51 74 .408 18

Tuesday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5Washington 8, San Diego 3Colorado 5, Atlanta 1L.A. Dodgers 5, Cincinnati 1Cleveland 11, Milwaukee 6Miami 5, Pittsburgh 2St. Louis 9, Arizona 1Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 5

Wednesday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4San Diego 6, Washington 5Colorado 6, Atlanta 3L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 4Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2Pittsburgh 7, Miami 2St. Louis 3, Arizona 1Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, late

Thursday’s GamesL.A. Dodgers (Greinke 13-3) at Cincinnati (DeScla-fani 7-9), 10:35 a.m.Chicago Cubs (Haren 8-8) at San Francisco (Bum-garner 15-6), 1:45 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 8-9) at Philadelphia (Harang 5-14), 5:05 p.m.San Diego (Cashner 5-12) at Washington (J.Ross 4-5), 5:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (G.Cole 14-7) at Miami (Nicolino 2-1), 5:10 p.m.St. Louis (C.Martinez 12-6) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 11-5), 7:40 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.Miami at Washington, 5:05 p.m.San Diego at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta, 5:35 p.m.Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.Oakland at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct.DGordon Mia 110 468 62 156 .333Harper Was 118 407 89 135 .332Goldschmidt Ari 124 446 80 147 .330Pollock Ari 120 472 89 153 .324Posey SF 117 433 58 136 .314LeMahieu Col 120 450 69 140 .311Panik SF 97 375 56 116 .309MDuffy SF 112 418 57 129 .309YEscobar Was 111 426 59 131 .308Votto Cin 123 431 75 132 .306Home RunsHarper, Washington, 31; Arenado, Colorado, 30; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Rizzo, Chicago, 25; Gold-schmidt, Arizona, 24; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 24; Votto, Cincinnati, 24.Runs Batted InGoldschmidt, Arizona, 93; Arenado, Colorado, 92; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 85; Posey, San Francisco, 79; Kemp, San Diego, 78; Rizzo, Chicago, 77; Harper, Washington, 76.DoublesFrazier, Cincinnati, 38; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 32; Arenado, Colorado, 31; Pollock, Arizona, 31; Harper, Washington, 30; Markakis, Atlanta, 30; Rizzo, Chicago, 30.TriplesDGordon, Miami, 8; DPeralta, Arizona, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; Blackmon, Colora-do, 6; Hechavarria, Miami, 6; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 6; Realmuto, Miami, 6; Revere, Philadelphia, 6; ISuzuki, Miami, 6.Stolen BasesBHamilton, Cincinnati, 54; DGordon, Miami, 45; Blackmon, Colorado, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 25; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Maybin, Atlanta, 21; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 21.PitchingArrieta, Chicago, 16-6; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 15-6; GCole, Pittsburgh, 14-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 13-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 12-6; deGrom, New York, 12-6.ERAGreinke, Los Angeles, 1.67; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.22; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.29; deGrom, New York, 2.29; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.49; Harvey, New York, 2.57; SMiller, Atlanta, 2.62; Cueto, Cincinnati, 2.62; Cueto, Cincinnati, 2.62.StrikeoutsKershaw, Los Angeles, 222; Scherzer, Washington, 201; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 180; Arrieta, Chi-cago, 178; Shields, San Diego, 176; TRoss, San Diego, 169; GCole, Pittsburgh, 162.SavesMelancon, Pittsburgh, 40; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 39; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; Familia, New York, 34; Casilla, San Francisco, 30; FrRodriguez, Milwau-kee, 30; Storen, Washington, 29.

Wednesday’s Major League Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUEHouston 010 040 010 — 6 10 0New York 000 000 200 — 2 5 0McHugh, Sipp (7), Neshek (8), W.Harris (9) and J.Castro; Pineda, Shreve (5), Pinder (6), Warren (8), Goody (9) and B.McCann. W—McHugh 14-7. L—Pineda 9-8. HRs—Houston, Gattis 2 (22). New York, Gregorius (6).

Oakland 100 000 100 — 2 4 2Seattle 400 001 12x — 8 12 0Bassitt, Mujica (5), Venditte (6), Doolittle (7), Abad (8), Scribner (8) and Vogt; F.Hernandez, Nuno (9) and Sucre. W—F.Hernandez 15-8. L—Bassitt 1-6. HRs—Oakland, Burns (3), Lawrie (12). Seattle, Seager (18), N.Cruz (39).

Los Ang. 000 000 000 — 0 1 1Detroit 010 040 00x — 5 7 0Santiago, Bedrosian (5), Rucinski (7) and Iannet-ta; Verlander and J.McCann. W—Verlander 2-6.

L—Santiago 7-8. HRs—Detroit, Castellanos (15), Mi.Cabrera (17), J.Martinez (34).

Minnesota 000 011 210 — 5 13 1Tampa Bay 000 110 100 — 3 9 1Duffey, Duensing (6), Boyer (7), Jepsen (9) and Her-rmann; Archer, Cedeno (7), Colome (7), B.Gomes (8), Romero (9) and Rivera, Arencibia. W—Duen-sing 4-0. L—Archer 11-10. Sv—Jepsen (8). HRs—Minnesota, Edu.Escobar 2 (7). Tampa Bay, Nava (1), Longoria (14).

Toronto 011 026 200 — 12 10 0Texas 200 000 200 — 4 10 1Price, Lowe (7), Schultz (8) and Ru.Martin; Lewis, Patton (6), S.Freeman (6), Bass (7) and Gime-nez. W—Price 13-4. L—Lewis 14-6. HRs—Toronto, Smoak (13), Pillar (8), Encarnacion (26). Texas, Beltre (12).

Boston 000 000 021 — 3 7 0Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 6 0Porcello, Ross Jr. (8), Tazawa (9) and Swihart; Sale, N.Jones (8), Putnam (9) and Flowers. W—Porcello 6-11. L—N.Jones 1-1. Sv—Tazawa (3). HRs—Boston, T.Shaw (7).

Baltimore 002 220 011 — 8 13 0Kan. City 020 001 020 — 5 11 0W.Chen, Brach (7), Matusz (8), O’Day (8), Britton (9) and Wieters; Cueto, Guthrie (6) and S.Perez. W—W.Chen 8-6. L—Cueto 2-3. Sv—Britton (30). HRs—Baltimore, M.Machado (26), Schoop (10), C.Davis (35), Pearce (8), Flaherty (5). Kansas City, Moustakas (15).

INTERLEAGUEMilwaukee 010 010 000 — 2 7 1Cleveland 031 100 01x — 6 11 1Nelson, Thornburg (4), Knebel (6), W.Smith (8) and Lucroy; Co.Anderson, Crockett (5), Manship (5), McAllister (7), B.Shaw (8), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes. W—Manship 1-0. L—Nelson 10-10. HRs—Milwau-kee, K.Davis (17). Cleveland, Kipnis (7).

NATIONAL LEAGUENew York 300 001 023 — 9 12 1Phila. 000 000 040 — 4 9 3B.Colon, O’Flaherty (8), C.Torres (8), Clippard (8) and Recker; Eickhoff, J.Gomez (7), Neris (8), Araujo (9), Lu.Garcia (9), De Fratus (9) and Rupp. W—B.Colon 11-11. L—Eickhoff 1-1. Sv—Clippard (2). HRs—New York, Cuddyer (10).

San Diego 004 100 100 — 6 10 1Wash. 000 101 300 — 5 7 1T.Ross, Kelley (7), Rzepczynski (7), Benoit (8), Kim-brel (9) and Hedges; G.Gonzalez, Fister (5), Storen (8), Papelbon (9) and W.Ramos. W—T.Ross 9-9. L—G.Gonzalez 9-7. Sv—Kimbrel (36). HRs—San Diego, Upton 2 (22).

Colorado 000 000 420 — 6 11 0Atlanta 010 002 000 — 3 10 0Flande, Si.Castro (6), Friedrich (7), Ja.Diaz (7), Oberg (8), Axford (9) and Hundley; S.Miller, Moylan (7), E.Jackson (8), McKirahan (9) and Bethancourt, Pierzynski. W—Si.Castro 1-0. L—S.Miller 5-11. Sv—Axford (18). HRs—Colorado, B.Barnes (2). Atlanta, J.Gomes (7), Ad.Garcia (6).

Los Ang. 010 500 001 — 7 10 1Cincinnati 000 000 310 — 4 8 1B.Anderson, Ji.Johnson (7), Howell (8), Nicasio (8), Avilan (8), Jansen (9) and Ellis; Holmberg, Villarreal (4), Ju.Diaz (8), Badenhop (9) and B.Pena. W—B.Anderson 8-8. L—Holmberg 1-4. Sv—Jansen (25). HRs—Los Angeles, Van Slyke (5), Ellis (4), Puig (11).

Pittsburgh 160 000 000 — 7 9 0Miami 110 000 000 — 2 5 0Locke, Blanton (8) and Stewart; Narveson, Cordier (4), McGough (8) and Realmuto. W—Locke 7-8. L—Narveson 1-1. HRs—Pittsburgh, McCutchen (20). Miami, Prado (6).

St. Louis 000 010 200 — 3 6 0Arizona 100 000 000 — 1 7 1Lackey, Siegrist (8), Rosenthal (9) and Molina; Corbin, D.Hernandez (7), Chafin (7), Collmenter (9) and Saltalamacchia. W—Lackey 11-8. L—D.Her-nandez 1-4. Sv—Rosenthal (40). HRs—St. Louis, Mar.Reynolds (11). Arizona, Goldschmidt (25).

CFLEast Division

GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 8 6 2 0 292 156 12Toronto 8 6 2 0 223 207 12Ottawa 8 4 4 0 158 228 8Montreal 8 3 5 0 165 148 6

West Division GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 8 6 2 0 219 182 12Edmonton 8 5 3 0 200 150 10Winnipeg 8 3 5 0 160 237 6B.C. 8 3 5 0 179 234 6Saskatchewan 8 0 8 0 205 259 0

WEEK 10Bye: B.C.Thursday’s gameMontreal at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.Friday’s gameToronto at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 29Calgary at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 30Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

WEEK 11Bye: OttawaThursday, Sept. 3B.C. at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 6Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.Monday, Sept. 7Toronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

Canadian Football League Scoring Leaders

TD C FG S PtMedlock, Ham 0 31 16 4 83Shaw, Edm 0 15 18 7 76Bede, Mtl 0 9 19 5 71Leone, BC 0 12 15 6 63Paredes, Cgy 0 10 16 4 62McCallum, Sask 0 10 16 1 59Hajrullahu, Wpg 0 9 14 5 56Pfeffer, Tor 0 11 12 2 49x-E.Rogers, Cgy 7 2 0 0 44Alvarado, Ott 0 4 11 0 37Gurley, Tor 6 0 0 0 36A.Harris, BC 6 0 0 0 36Banks, Ham 5 0 0 0 30Stafford, Edm 5 0 0 0 30x-Marshall, Wpg 4 4 0 0 28x-Collie, BC 4 2 0 0 26x-Elliott, Tor 4 2 0 0 26x-Getzlaf, Sask 4 2 0 0 26x-B.Grant, Ham 4 2 0 0 26Hazleton, Tor 4 0 0 0 24.Lawrence, Edm 4 0 0 0 24E.Jackson, Ott 4 0 0 0 24Toliver, Ham 4 0 0 0 24Milo, Ott 0 8 4 1 21x-Cornish, Cgy 3 2 0 0 20x-Dressler, Sask 3 2 0 0 20x-Je.Johnson, Ott 3 2 0 0 20x.Sutton, Mtl 3 2 0 0 20x-McDaniel, Cgy 2 8 0 0 20Arceneaux, BC 3 0 0 0 18Bowman, Edm 3 0 0 0 18E.Davis, Ham 3 0 0 0 18

National Football LeagueAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 35 35New England 1 1 0 .500 37 46N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 33 45Miami 0 2 0 .000 40 58

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 1 1 0 .500 33 24Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 35 43Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 51 45Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 21 59

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 1 1 0 .500 47 67Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 34 35Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 48 56Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 27 31

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 2 0 0 1.000 36 30Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 48 32San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 39 26Oakland 1 1 0 .500 30 23

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAPhiladelphia 2 0 0 1.000 76 27Washington 2 0 0 1.000 41 34N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 32 35Dallas 0 2 0 .000 13 40

South W L T Pct PF PACarolina 2 0 0 1.000 56 54Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 53 54

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 37New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 51 56

North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 3 0 0 1.000 60 31Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 50 21Detroit 1 1 0 .500 40 24Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 35

West W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 1 1 0 .500 33 29Arizona 0 2 0 .000 38 56Seattle 0 2 0 .000 33 36St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 17 45

Friday, Aug. 28New England at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.Tennessee at Kansas City, 6 p.m.Detroit at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 2 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m.Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 5 p.m.N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m.Chicago at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 5:30 p.m.Seattle at San Diego, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Green Bay, 6 p.m.Indianapolis at St. Louis, 6 p.m.San Francisco at Denver, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30Houston at New Orleans, 2 p.m.Arizona at Oakland, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican LeagueBOSTON RED SOX — Activated RHP Rick Por-cello from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jonathan Aro to Pawtucket (IL).MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP J.R. Graham on the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Blaine Boyer from the 15-day DL.NEW YORK YANKEES — Activated RHP Michael Pineda from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Nick Goody from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated LHP Chris Capuano for assignment. Optioned RHP Nick Rumbelow to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed C Curt Casali on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C-1B J.P. Arencibia from Durham (IL).TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed LHP Chris Rearick off waivers from San Diego and optioned him to Round Rock (PCL).American AssociationJOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed C Mason Morioka.SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Signed LHP Chris Anderson and INF Tyler Shannon.ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released RHP Mikey Me-hlich. Signed RHP Reyes Dorado.Can-Am LeagueNEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released INF Norberto Susini.ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Signed INF Ray Frias.QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released INF Tim Smith.SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed RHP Scott Nickerson.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueATLANTA FALCONS — Signed QB Rex Grossman. Waived/injured RB Evan Royster.DENVER BRONCOS — Released PK Connor Barth.DETOIT LIONS — Signed OL Joe Madsen. Placed LB Kevin Snyder on injured reserve.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Acquired OT Mi-chael Williams from Detroit for an undisclosed future draft pick. Released DB Jimmy Jean.NEW YORK JETS — Signed LB Bryan Johnson. Waived TE Steve Maneri. Announced DL Davon Walls cleared waivers and was placed on injured reserve.NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE Osi Umenyiora to a one-day contract and announced the retirement of Umenyiora.OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed S Taylor Mays.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released QB Jake Wa-ters. Signed WR Deontay Greenberry,TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed P Jacob Schum. Waived S Derrick Wells.Canadian Football LeagueCFL — Fined Saskatchewan OL Randy Richards the maximum for an illegal and dangerous tackle of Calgary KR Tim Brown in a game on Aug. 22. Fined Ottawa OL Nolan MacMillan for an unnecessary hit in a game against Toronto on Aug. 23. Fined B.C. Richie Leone for an illegal cut block on a kickoff re-turn in a game against Montreal on Aug. 20.HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueNEW JERSEY DEVILS — Named Andy Schneider amateur scout and Patrick Rissmiller development coach.VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed F Adam Cracknell.American Hockey LeagueHARTFORD WOLF PACK — Signed F Chad Nehring.MOTORSPORTSINDYCAR — Fined driver Tristan Vautier $10,000 and deducted three points in the drivers point stand-ings for violating Rule 9.3.3 (avoidable contact) during the Aug. 23 ABC Supply 500. Fined driver Juan Pablo Montoya $3,000 for a pit safety violation. Fined driver Jack Hawksworth $2,500 for a hazard-ous condition and causing a yellow flag. Fined driver Carlos Munoz $500 for a pit safety violation. De-ducted 20 manufacturer championship points from Honda for an engine (No. 98 Bryan Herta Autosport entry) that did not attain its life cycle during the ABC Supply 500 race weekend.SOCCERMajor League SoccerLA GALAXY — Announced the retirement of D Todd Dunivant, effective after the season.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — Tim Boston’s appearance in the Canadian Men’s Mid Ama-teur Golf Championship was brief.

The Ponoka golfer carded a second-round 83 Wednesday and failed to make the 36-hole cut. He opened with an 86 Tuesday and finished with a 29-over total of 169.

Garret Rank of Elmira, Ont., held the 36-hole lead with a two-under sum of 138 (65-73).

GOLF

Top pick in fantasy draft not an easy choiceBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Your fantasy football draft draws near, and you’re stoked because you’ve got the top overall pick. Visions of grabbing the hands-down best player and watching him carry you to a title has you giddy.

Then you take a closer look at the can-didates, and reality sets in: there just isn’t a clear-cut No. 1 this year.

No LaDainian Tomlinson coming off a 31-touchdown season in 2006. No return-ing 2,000-yard rusher or 20-touchdown back.

Instead, there are five top-flight run-ning backs set to go off the board early, all with championship-winning upside but none evoking the reassuring, “guaran-teed best player” feeling.

No matter, that feeling’s a myth any-way. None of the players picked first on average in fantasy drafts each of the past six seasons ended up as the top-scoring back in standard leagues when the year ended, according to draft data from Fan-tasyFootballCalculator.com.

The good news? You’ll end up with a great running back to build around, even if it isn’t a no-brainer selection. And if you don’t have first pick but are in the top half of your draft, you have a shot to grab a back who could make his own legitimate case to be No. 1, too.

The top candidates:

LE’VEON BELLThe focus of the Pittsburgh Steelers

offence should’ve been the perfect choice for No. 1 after running for 1,361 yards and eight touchdowns to go with 83 catches for 854 yards and three scores. But Bell fac-es a two-game suspension. Throw in his Week 11 bye, and Bell drafters in 14-week leagues won’t have him for 21 per cent of the regular season — and that’s assuming

he stays healthy.

JAMAAL CHARLESCharles has long been one of fantasy’s

safest bets. Aside from his injury-short-ened 2011 season, the Kansas City back routinely racks up at least 1,300 yards of offence and grabs around 40 catches. He’s also scored 33 touchdowns over the past two seasons. But his workload has fallen for three straight seasons, down to 206 carries last year. And he had 15 or fewer touches in each of his last five games last season. That downward trend might keep Charles healthy, but it also caps his upside.

EDDIE LACYThe Green Bay Packers runner shook

off a slow start last year to run for 1,100 yards for the second straight season. He’s run for 20 touchdowns over the past two seasons with 77 catches to stay on the field in passing situations.

With Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, Green Bay will never struggle to move the ball, meaning a lot of touches for Lacy.

And after the season-ending knee inju-ry to top wideout Jordy Nelson, will Lacy get even more chances in a reshaped at-tack?

MARSHAWN LYNCHLike Charles, “Beast Mode” is a line-

up rock. Lynch has run for at least 1,200 yards with double-digit touchdowns in each of his four seasons in Seattle.

But he’s had 1,060 carries in the reg-ular season and playoffs over the past three seasons, so there’s always the risk that the 29-year-old Lynch will begin to slow or wear down. And new superstar tight end Jimmy Graham could cut into

Lynch’s goal-line carries by giving quar-terback Russell Wilson a big end-zone target.

ADRIAN PETERSONMinnesota’s star is perhaps the big-

gest wild card. Before the suspension-shortened 2014 season, Peterson had run for double-digit touchdowns every year and his 2,097-yard season in 2012 after a serious knee injury ranks as the No. 2 sin-gle-season rushing total in NFL history. But Peterson turned 30 in March, the age at which many running backs fade. And he hasn’t taken a carry since last year’s opener.

ONE OPINION: Really, you’re splitting hairs a bit to choose between these elite guys at No. 1. Still, your first-round pick is as much about minimizing risk as finding the top-scoring player.

Bell is a game-changer, especially in points-per-reception leagues. But draft-ing him will probably force you to draft another running back early to navigate his suspension, and that could cost you a shot at an upper-tier receiver. And with-out your best player, you could start in an 0-2 hole.

If you can stomach all that, maybe he’s your guy.

Otherwise, why not pick the proven performer with the heavy workload in the best offence? That’s Lacy.

No matter who you choose, trust your gut. Your decision might not go as well as you hoped, but it’s better than watch-ing someone else win with a player you talked yourself out of picking. Take it from a guy who trusted Montee Ball over DeMarco Murray in one league last year. Oops.

FANTASY FOOTBALL

VANCOUVER — Octavio Rivero and Tim Parker scored as the Vancouver Whitecaps won their first Voyageurs Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact in the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship on Wednesday.

Vancouver took the two-game series 4-2 on aggregate against the Impact, who had won the Canadian champion-ship the past two years. The two teams played to a 2-2 first-leg draw on Aug. 12 in Mon-treal.

Rivero opened the scoring in the 39th minute — booting the ball home a split second before Christian Techera’s shot would have crossed the goal-line anyway. The goal spoiled a sensational effort by Montreal goalkeeper Eric Kronberg after he stopped Techera from point-blank range and then got back into position to stop the Whitecap speedster’s second attempt.

AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP


GREEN BAY, Wis. — The task of finding receivers who will fill the void left by Jordy Nelson’s season-ending injury has started in earnest in Green Bay.

Coach Mike McCarthy said no one man can pick up the slack.

Randall Cobb caught 91 passes last year from MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, second on the team to Nelson’s 98. Now Cobb is clearly the top op-tion with Nelson out with a right knee injury.

But that doesn’t necessarily change Cobb’s role.“I think it’s very important for everybody — Ran-

dall, the coaches — just to stay focused on what we need to do,” McCarthy said Wednesday before prac-tice, “and that’s not try to ask or put pressure on any individual to try to do more.”

Not that Cobb would necessarily slide into Nel-son’s exact role anyway. They were used differently last season.

The 6-foot-3 Nelson excelled especially at catch-ing deep balls from Rodgers and making tough catch-es along the sideline as if he was walking a tightrope. The 5-foot-10 Cobb did much of his damage over the middle and became a go-to option for Rodgers on third downs.

“Every player on offence has a distinct role,” Mc-Carthy said. “We all understand the type of player Jordy is, but we’re not asking any of our receivers or any of our offensive players now to go out and try to replace Jordy Nelson. That’s not the plan.”

On Twitter this week, Cobb wrote that Nelson was one of the most influential teammates that he has had on and off the field, and that he was dedicating this season to Nelson.

“They better not have a bad one,” Nelson joked Tuesday in the locker room, a pair of crutches sitting behind him on a table.

Cobb will miss that ca-maraderie on the field on Sundays.

“First off, you can’t re-place Jordy Nelson,” Cobb said. “He’s an unbeliev-

able player ... it’s going to be really a challenge for us as a group to try to make up where ends meet.”

Cobb celebrated his 25th birthday on Saturday. Entering his fifth year in the league, he’s already the most tenured player on the receiving corps with Nel-son out; Nelson called that “weird.”

Cobb appears to be setting a high standard on the practice field. While teammates were running through one special teams drill on Tuesday, Cobb was off to the sideline lying on his back but with his head bent upward and arms out, to catch footballs from a machine.

Cobb repeated this drill for several minutes, turn-ing his body and head every so often to catch passes from the ground at different angles.

After Cobb, second-year player Davante Adams would by the next most-experienced player with 38 receptions during his promising 2014 rookie season.

Ty Montgomery, a third-round pick this year out of Stanford, has impressed so far in camp. Myles White has the speed to go deep, while the 6-foot-3 Jeff Janis has size, but both young players have seen very lim-ited action.

“You lose players in this game sometimes, and you have to go on,” general manager Ted Thomp-son said Wednesday. “But you have extraordinary players, someone like Jordy. With an extraordinary player you don’t expect to replace the person ... one for one or anything like that.”

The typically guarded Thompson gave no indica-tion as to whether he would look into veteran help specifically at receiver as teams start making more cuts over the next few weeks. He said the Packers are always studying rosters across the league at ev-ery position.

“I think it will command the work of the entire of-fence and the entire team to make up for that loss,”

Thompson added. “But that’s our goal going forward is to be able to win games, be successful in spite of the very disappointing injury. It’s as simple as that. It’s as difficult as that.”


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PITTSBURGH — The crowd around the backup quarterback’s locker was three or four deep. Some-where in the middle, underneath the bright lights that never seem to go away, Michael Vick spent 13 minutes answering the same questions that never seem to go away.

Six years removed from the end of a federal pris-on sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring that changed his football career — and more importantly the arc of his life — Vick understands his mere pres-ence in the NFL remains difficult for some.

As the newest member of the Pittsburgh Steelers spoke Wednesday less than 24 hours after agreeing to a one-year deal, a handful of protesters armed with homemade signs gathered outside the team’s training complex to remind Vick of personal mis-steps he understands will follow him forever. One sign read: “Jail time is not enough.”

“There still are some people who feel the same way about what happened,” Vick said. “But I think you’ve got to look at the bottom line. You can’t look to the past, because everybody’s different from when they’re 20 to when they’re 35.”

And the man in the white No. 2 jersey who spent Wednesday jogging and getting his left arm loose is decidedly different from the football supernova that once appeared to be a video game brought to life.

He’s not a starter anymore. He’s not young any-more. He’s not the franchise anymore. He’s not even a redemption case anymore. The Steelers don’t need Vick to save them. Really, they kind of hope they don’t need him at all. Ben Roethlisberger got a $100 million contract last spring and isn’t looking over his shoulder.

Vick is simply Plan B, or maybe even Plan C. And he gets it, even if it took some getting used to last season while playing overqualified understudy to Geno Smith with the New York Jets.

“I admit that I didn’t do it as well as I wanted to, because in my mind the position I was in was sup-posed to be different,” Vick said. “But I think you’ve got to accept it first. I think I’ve been able to do that and come to grips with it, and my role is clear.”

The role comes with its own unique circumstanc-es. This is the duality of Vick in the twilight. He will forever be a pariah to some — his first day with the Steelers ironically coincided with National Dog Day — and yet for many players he remains as much myth as man.

Pro Bowl running back Le’Veon Bell was “star-struck” when he ran into Vick before the crisp infor-mal workout that led to Vick’s signing. Rookie quar-terback/wide receiver Tyler Murphy idolized Vick when the now 23-year-old Murphy was in elementary school. The nod of respect is a reminder of how far Vick is from his prime, when he was spectacularly making it up as he went along in Atlanta and giving Steelers coach Mike Tomlin sleepless nights when he was running the secondary in Tampa Bay.

Part of Vick believes a shred of that player still exists. It’s what made sitting by the phone this sum-mer after his largely lifeless year with the Jets so frustrating.

“I felt like I didn’t lose a step, especially with my arm strength and my speed, and I just didn’t under-

stand why (I didn’t get called),” Vick said. “But I kept my faith and kept working hard, because I knew that at some point, eventually, I would get a shot.”

What that shot will eventually look like, how-ever, remains unclear. Tomlin didn’t rule out giving Vick an opportunity to get in the huddle on Satur-day against Buffalo, simply calling what he saw on Wednesday “a good start.”

“His talents are his talents,” Tomlin said. “He can throw the football. He can put it anywhere on the field.”

Vick is OK with that being enough for now. He’s become pretty capable of learning on the fly during a nomadic second act that brought him from Phila-delphia to New York to Pittsburgh. He’s also adept at defusing any lingering tension about his misdeeds.

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Michael Vick passes during practice for the NFL football team, Wednesday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers signed Vick to a 1-year deal to replace backup Bruce Gradkowski, out with a hand injury.

The load taken off Brandon McManus’s shoulders was replaced by a heavy heart.

The Broncos released kicker Connor Barth on Wednesday to make room for two-time Pro Bowl guard Evan Mathis, meaning McManus has regained his status as Denver’s kicker.

It was a reversal from last season, when Barth supplanted an inconsis-tent McManus, who was later re-signed as a kick-off specialist.

“He was on the team last year with me, so we do have a bond and a friendship with one an-other. It’s tough to see that,” McManus said. “But it was exciting for me to get that trust back and to win this job back.”

McManus wasn’t in a celebratory mood, so “it wasn’t an easy day to kick,” he said.

Still, he hit all 12 of his field goal attempts.

McManus made the roster last year while Matt Prater was serv-ing a suspension, and he kept the job when Prater was released.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING B6THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 2015

● Dickson Store Museum is holding a fall supper on Sept. 26 at the Spruce View Hall. The Danish meal includes pork loin, roasted vegetables, red cabbage and apple cake. Doors open at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. Call 403-728-3355.

● Red Deer College School of Creative Arts Showtime series presents Lisa Yui with a piano recital on Sept. 25, at the Main-stage, Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.rdc.ab.ca/showtime or to purchase tickets go to bkticketcentre.ca, phone 403-755-6626 or drop in to Black Knight Inn. Tickets are also available one hour before every performance at the box office at the Arts Centre & We-likoklad Event Centre.

● Life Chain invites the churches in each city and town across North America to stand on a designated local sidewalk and pray for 90 minutes, from 2 to 3 p.m., while holding a pro-life sign. Life Chains are scheduled for: Red Deer on Oct. 4, call 403-789-5973, Lacombe, Oct. 3, call 403-789-5973 and in Rocky Mountain House, Sept. 27, call 403-845-4703.

● Safe Harbour Annual General Meet-ing and Barbecue goes Sept. 17, 4:30 to 6:30 at Fort Normandeau. Save the date and please RSVP to 403-347-0181 or [email protected]. Membership cards will be available for $2.

● Find your stride program, offered by Alberta Health Services, supports active, healthy living, with group sessions held once a week. Each session includes walking, run-ning and stretching as well as discussions on topics for healthy living. The Red Deer program goes on Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Sept. 9 to Oct. 28 at the Bremner Ave. Community Health Centre. Call 1-855-943-6718.

● Olds Firefighters Association is orga-nizing a Terry Fox Run on Sept. 20. 10 a.m. at the Centennial Park. Pledge forms are available at the Town Office, Olds Fire De-partment or online at www.terryfox.org

● Open House and reunion for The Stettler Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in celebration of more than 50 years in service. On Sept. 5, a public open house goes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and a full weekend of events is sched-

uled for past and present members. Visit the Stettler Branch Reunion Facebook page or contact Guy at 403-742-0592.

● Art of Friendship is a program for those who feel lonely or isolated and need to brush up on their friendship skills. The course will be offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association for eight weeks starting Sept. 17 and runs weekly on Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Canadian Mental Health Office, 5017 50 Ave. The nigh time course runs on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. There is a $25 cost for materials; financial assistance may be available. For information see www.reddeer.cmha.ca Participants must speak with staff prior to enrollment at 403-342-2266.

● Scrabble Benefit, hosted by Gram-maLink-Africa and supported by the Golden Circle, will run Sept. 18, 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Golden Circle Seniors Centre. Event features best of two games, silent auction, prizes and refreshments. All proceeds do-nated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising their orphaned grandchildren. Register for pledge forms by contacting Merla at [email protected] or call 403-342-5670. For more information contact Faye by calling 403-343-1881 or email [email protected]

● Where Do We Go From Here? — a symposium in celebration of National Se-niors Day, will be held on Oct. 7, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre. Session one is on the importance of caregiv-ers and resources; session two is presented by a panel of representatives to discuss the process required to make supportive living arrangements in Central Alberta. Cost is $10 per session and $10 for supper. Register by Sept. 23 by calling Maryan at 403-887-5428.

● The Abbey Centre in Blackfalds needs your online vote to win the national title of Great Public Space in the Great Places in Canada Contest. Winner is eligible for up to $2500 in prizes to benefit the commu-nity. Vote once per day until Sept. 24 at http://greatplacesincanada.ca/contestants/abbey-centre/

Friday● Who’s Your Hero Movie Day presents

Big Hero 6 on Aug. 28, 1 to 3 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Children are invited to dress as their favourite movie character and watch this PG rated movie.

● Eckville Quilt Show and Sale will take place on Aug. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at Eckville Community Centre. There will be quilt items for sale, bake sale and silent auction also. To find out more, contact Janet at 403-746-5813.

● Widow and Widower Support Net-work meets on the first Friday of every month at Remington’s Grill in Black Knight Inn at 6 p.m. for food and fellowship. Call 403-755-0977 for information.

● Red Deer Legion presents Dew Carv-er on Sept. 4 and 5 from 8 p.m. to midnight for their weekend dance. Phone 403-342-0035. Legion members are required to show their valid membership card. Non-members cover charge is $5.

● Summer Cinema Series free outdoor movies on Fridays in Aug. and Sept. at Cen-tennial Park in Sylvan Lake. Movies start at dusk. Please bring a blanket or lawn chair. Movies and dates are as follows: Aug. 28, 8:30 p.m. — Jurassic World, Sept. 4, 8:15 p.m. — Tomorrow land. See www.freshaircin-ema.ca. or contact [email protected].

Saturday● The Alberta Dahlia and Gladiolus

Society will host their annual show Aug. 29 and 30 at Bower Place Shopping Centre. Judging will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. The show is open to the public during regular shopping mall hours. For more information contact Larry at 403-346-8401. Visit www.albertadahliaandgladsociety.com for show booklet and staging times.

● Lego Big Build, in support of the Cen-tral Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, needs volunteers on Aug. 28 and 29, to work with local children to create a giant Lego build at Bower Place Shopping Centre. To volun-teer, email Kim at [email protected] or call 403-350-1808.

● P & H Elevator Preservation Soci-ety Harvest Dinner goes on Aug. 29 from 2 to 6 p.m. Threshing demonstration, rope making and a demonstration using the Little Giant and the Beast! Enjoy a roast pork din-ner; donations accepted. RSVP for catering purposes to 403-740-3555, 403-742-4703 or 403-742-5847.

● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gal-lery in downtown Red Deer. The Aug. 29 session is called Sticker Savvy. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.

Sunday● Toonie Tea Fundraiser for St. Luke’s

presents tea and dessert for a toonie on Aug. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. with all proceeds to the church building fund. Your Steeped Tea host-ess is Erin Bollinger. Phone 403-346-3402.

● Living Faith Lutheran Church in-vites everyone to Sunday Worship at Beth-any CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403-347-9852. Coffee and fellowship fol-low service. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation. See www.livingfaithlcrd.org, contact Ralph at 403-347-9852 or John at 403-341-4022.

● Chocolate Chase, a three- or five-km walk or run, in support of Rotary Sunrise’s project, Access for All, a barrier-free play-scape, takes place on Aug. 30. Check in at Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut in Village Mall at 8 a.m. with race to start at 9. Registra-tion fee is $20 per person or $50 for a fam-ily. Event includes a group warm-up, games, face-painting, snacks, prizes, headbands and a swag bag for a participants. Register at www.CocoLady.ca or call 403-343-0181.

Monday● The Bower Community Association

will present an evening of instruction and di-rection on financially preparing for such goals as children’s education or retirement, on Aug. 31, 7 p.m. at the Bower Hall. A professional investment adviser will speak about tools and products such as RRSPs, TFSAs and RE-SPs, as well as risk tolerance and personal circumstances. Register for this free financial clinic by email, at [email protected] or call Jesse at 403-877-1436.

Tuesday● Heartland Cowboy Church will be held

the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Stettler Agriplex. Cowboy church will be held Sept. 1 and 15. Phone 403-742-4273.

● Kids Celebrate! travelling exhibit at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, continues to Sept. 27. Children ages five to 12 are invit-ed to learn about the many celebrations that are practiced in the community, enjoy hands-on activities, discover new games, make crafts and much more. Watch for special Cul-tural Creation Labs on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m., and Special Event Sundays. On Sept. 1 celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. See www.reddeermuseum.com or call 403-309-8405.

Wednesday● Travel Memories at Red Deer Public

Library Downtown Branch will be held Sept. 2 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room. Experience Japan from Yokohama to Tokyo with our presenter and share your own travel adventures over a coffee or tea. Contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.

● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Rural Roots is on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

CHOCOLATE CHASE

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: [email protected] by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

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Participants leave the starting gate from the Village Mall parking lot in the first Chocolate Chase three-km, five-km walk and run last year. The event, hosted by Chocolates by Bernard Callebaut, is a fundraiser for Access for All: Barrier-Free Playscape, a Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise project. The second annual run goes on Sunday. Sign-in is at 8 a.m. The race gets underway at 9 a.m. The routes start at the chocolate shop, move south on Gaetz Avenue, down to the river trails and loop back to Chocolates by Bernard Callebaut. Pre-registration is required with a $20 admission fee and a cap of 250 participants. Donations are welcome. For more information, email [email protected].

Phone 403-342-0035.● Parkinson Alberta Education and

Support Groups are available for persons with Parkinson Disease, family members, and caregivers in Red Deer, Lacombe, Innisfail, Three Hills, Olds and Castor. See www.par-kinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463.

● Sylvan Lake Legion potluck and jam session is held the first Wednesday of each month from noon to 4 p.m. Come to play, sing, dance or listen. Admission is $2, includ-ing coffee and lunch at 2:30 p.m. Potluck be-gins at noon followed by the jam session at 1 p.m. Contact Margie at 403-746-3153.

Thursday● First Thursdays in the Snell are free

chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1 p.m.

at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month. Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café. The Sept. 3 event features Sharon Braun and Cheryl Cooney as musical guests. Phone 403-342-9122. Free will donation at the door.

● Free family movie night, featuring the movie Home, will be offered on Sept. 3, at Bower Ponds. This event is sponsored by Petland and Team Toby as part of their Kind-ness Tour. Event begins at 7 p.m. with movie to follow at 8. Pets on leashes are welcome.

● Red Deer Area Hikers meet on Sept. 3 at the Golden Circle west side parking lot at 8:45 a.m. to depart at 9 a.m. for an 8 km hike at Mount Butte. Hike will be cancelled if weather unsuitable. Bring lunch. Phone Mavis at 403-343-0091, or Sharon at 403-340-2497.

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● Rock and Roll Dance Party sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary, will take over the Red Deer Legion on Sept. 18, 8:00 p.m. Cost is $15 and includes food and fun. Wear your best rock and roll clothes and dance to Triple Nickel. Tickets avail-able in advance only at Legion reception.

● Scholarship applications are being accepted until Sept. 14 for various Red Deer Regional Heath Foundation scholarships. Applications and further information can be found online at www.rdrhfoundation.com or the Foundation of-fice at 403-343-44773.

● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) registration is open now for the fall session. Classes run Sept. 6 to Dec. 20 Yard offers a variety of classes and styles for all levels. Visit www.reddeeryoga.ca, phone 403-350-5830 or email [email protected].

● Albertans are invited to go online or attend public session to share their ideas on how the province can do its part to address the global issue of climate change. Get involved by going to http://alberta.ca/climate-leadership.cfm for links to the survey and public sessions.

● Modern Western Square Dance lessons run on Mon-days and Wednesday, Sept. 14 to Dec. 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Clearview Community Centre. First lesson is free; cost for 10 weeks is $120 per person. Call Connie at 403-396-1523 to find out more.

● The Red Deer and Dis-trict Labour Council will host a barbecue on Sept. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 51 Street between 49 and 50 Avenues. The free event of-fers hamburgers and hotdogs as well as face painting and entertainment. Event will move indoors to the Soup Kitchen if poor weather. Call 403-341-4868 for more details.

● Singer/songwriter Kat Danser is set to perform at the Golden Circle Sept. 26. Tick-ets, $20 each, are available at the front desk. For more infor-mation call 403-343-6074.

● Eckville Country Gos-pel Weekend is set to go on Sept. 11 to 13 at the Eckville Community Centre. Friday night concerts run from 5:30 to 9:15 p.m., Saturday from 1 to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday worship starts at 9 a.m. with music at 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. More than 18 gospel groups are sched-uled to perform. Admission is $20 per day, $30 for full week-end and free for children 15 and under. For more informa-tion call Jim at 403-391-1397.

● Canadian Mental Health

Association Central Alberta Division will host an 8 week course to provide participants opportunities to explore person-al recovery goals and increase their wellbeing. The program is suitable for a wide variety of people facing various life chal-lenges. Sessions run on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, Oct. 7 through Nov. 25, at the CMHA office. A $25 materials fee is required, though bursaries may be available. For more information or to register, call 403-342-2266.

● Fall Friday Family Dance will take place at Festival Hall on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. Evening features live music with Two Bit Bandits, dance lesson, games and family fun. Tickets, $20 per family or $10 per person are available at the door or online at www.countrypridedanceclub.ca

● Earl’s MS Golf Classic takes place Sept. 14 at the Red Deer Golf and Country Club. Check in at 8 a.m., tee off at 9:30 a.m. Registration $250 per golfer or register for free with a minimum of $250 in fundraising. Both events accepting participants and volunteers. See www.msgolf.ca. For each contact [email protected].

● Reel Movie Mondays Fall Series at Carnival Cinemas tickets packages are now available. See more details at www.reelmoviemondays.ca. Packages of five tickets are $35 for members or $45 for non-members. Single tickets are $8 for members or $10 for non-members. If available, single tickets are $10 cash only, at the door one hour before viewing. Memberships and tickets can be purchased in advance from Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery by calling 403-309-8405.

● Minister of Hope scholarships offered to Alberta stu-dents by Servus Credit Union. Students, aged 17-33, enrolled in a Alberta post-secondary institution are eligible to apply by producing a three minute video on any social issue about which they feel passionate. Application video must be emailed before Sept. 23 to [email protected] When you apply you will be entered into Viewer’s Choice contest which runs Oct. 1 to 16. Applicant whose video gets the most votes will win a DSLR camera. Winner os both scholarships and contest will be announced on Nov. 1.


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TV crew killed live on-airBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONETA, Va. — A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death during a live television interview Wednesday by a gunman who recorded himself car-rying out the killings and posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene.

Authorities identified the suspect as a journalist who had been fired from the station earlier this year. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, he crashed a vehicle and troopers found him suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died at a hospital later Wednesday, authorities said.

The shots rang out on-air as reporter Alison Park-er and cameraman Adam Ward were presenting a local tourism story at an outdoor shopping mall. Viewers saw her scream and run, and she could be heard saying “Oh my God,” as she fell. Ward fell, too, and the camera he had been holding on his shoulder captured a fleeting image of the suspect holding a handgun.

WDBJ quickly switched back to the anchor at the station, her eyes large and jaw dropping as she said, “OK, not sure what happened there.” The station later went live again, reporting on their own station and staff as the story developed.

Parker and Ward were killed as the gunman fired about 15 shots. Their interview subject, Vicki Gard-ner, was in stable condition later Wednesday after surgery for her wounds.

The suspect was identified as Vester Lee Flana-gan II, 41, of Roanoke, by the Augusta County Sher-iff’s Office. Flanagan appeared on WDBJ as Bryce Williams.

Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ’s president and general manager, said Flanagan had to be escorted by po-lice out of the station when he was fired. Marks described him as “an unhappy man” and “difficult to work with,” always “looking out for people to say things he could take offence to.”

“Eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. He did not take that well,” Marks explained.

Video posted hours after the shooting on Bryce Williams’ Twitter account and Facebook page showed an outstretched arm holding the handgun and firing repeatedly at Parker as she tried to run away.

The shooter appeared to walk up to the victims and stand a few feet away from them while hold-ing the weapon. The three, in the midst of a live TV interview, do not seem to notice the gunman, who doesn’t start shooting until Ward points the camera at Parker.

Ward was engaged to a producer at the station, Melissa Ott, who was celebrating her last day on the job and was in the control room, watching it live, as the shooting unfolded, Marks said.

Tweets posted on Williams’ Twitter account Wednesday described workplace conflicts with both victims. They say Williams filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Parker, and that Ward had reported Williams to hu-man resources.

Marks said Williams alleged that other employees made racially tinged comments to him, but said his EEOC claim was dismissed and none of his allega-tions could be corroborated.

“We think they were fabricated,” Marks said.ABC News reported on its website that the net-

work received a 23-page fax from someone claiming to be Williams. The network said the fax was turned over to authorities, and did not elaborate on its con-tents.

Both the victims were romantically involved with other employees at the station, according to Parker’s boyfriend, WDBJ anchor Chris Hurst. He wrote on-line that they hadn’t shared their relationship pub-licly but “were very much in love.” He said they had just moved in together and wanted to get married. “I am numb,” he said.

The shooting happened around 6:45 a.m. at Bridge-water Plaza in Franklin County, as Parker inter-viewed Gardner about the upcoming 50th anniver-sary festivities for Smith Mountain Lake, a local tourism destination.

Ward, 27, graduated from Virginia Tech and was engaged to a producer at the station, Melissa Ott, said WDBJ spokesman Mike Morgan.

“Adam was our go-to guy. He pretty much was available to do anything that we asked,” Morgan said. “He did live shots during our morning show for several years.”

Parker had just turned 24 and had joined the station as an intern after attending James Madison University, where she was the editor of the school’s newspaper, The Breeze.

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In this framegrab from video posted on Bryce Williams’s Twitter account and Facebook page, Williams, whose real name is Vester Lee Flanagan II, aims a gun at television reporter Alison Parker as she conducts a live on-air interview Wednesday. Moments later, Flanagan fatally shot Parker and WDBJ-TV cameraman Adam Ward and injured Vicki Gardner, who was being interviewed. The station said Flanagan was also an employee at WDBJ and appeared on air as Bryce Williams.

Hungary’s razor-wire fence proves futile in stemming torrent of migrants

ROSZKE, Hungary — Clambering over the razor-wire fence or crawling under it, migrants surged Wednesday across the Serbian border into Hungary. Then they jostled to formally enter the country so they could quickly leave it, heading toward more prosperous European Union nations on a desperate quest to escape war and poverty.

In Roszke, a Hungarian border town, police used tear gas to break up a brief scuffle involving about 200 migrants requesting asylum, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Police said the migrants were growing impatient with registration delays.

So far the Hungarian border fence — which is being hastily built to keep the migrants out — con-sists of three layers of razor wire along the country’s 174-kilometre (109-mile) border with Serbia. But it’s hardly a formidable barrier.

One group of migrants, including women and chil-dren, crawled under it Wednesday, using blankets, sleeping bags, jackets and a stick to raise the wire. As a police car approached, they dashed through a field.

“(It’s been) very, very difficult,” Odei, a Syrian migrant from Daraa, said once he reached Hungary. “We were here from yesterday. We are very hungry. There’s no food, there’s no medicine for the chil-dren, there’s nothing. We are so tired.”

These migrants are following the Balkans route, from Turkey to Greece by sea, up north to Macedo-nia by bus or foot, by train through Serbia and then walking the last few miles into EU member Hungary. That avoids the more dangerous Mediterranean Sea route from North Africa to Italy, where dozens of bodies were found Wednesday in the hull of a smug-glers’ boat that was rescued off Libya’s northern coast.

Once inside the 28-nation EU, most migrants seek to reach richer nations such as Germany, The Neth-erlands or Sweden.

Iraqi Kurdish forces attack IS positions near oil city of Kirkuk

BAGHDAD — The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq says its peshmerga forces have killed 25 Islamic State militants and cleared nine villages south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk in a new offensive.

A statement by the Kurdistan Regional Security Council says Wednesday’s offensive began at dawn, involved 2,000 soldiers and enjoyed air support from a U.S.-led coalition.

The Kurdish region in northern Iraq has enjoyed self-rule since the end of the 1991 Gulf War. The regional government’s peshmerga forces have been

battling IS militants since the extremist group swept across much of the area as well as western Iraq in the summer of 2014.

The statement did not say whether there were peshmerga casualties.

Judge sentences Colorado theatre shooter to life in prison

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The man who unleashed a murderous attack on a packed Colorado movie the-atre was ordered Wednesday to serve life in prison without parole plus 3,318 years — the maximum al-lowed by law — before the judge told deputies, “Get the defendant out of my courtroom, please.”

The gallery applauded the remark by Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. as he gaveled the hearing to a close, ending a grueling three-year wait to see the gunman brought to justice. Survivors, relatives and a handful of jurors who were in the courtroom cheered and then hugged prosecutors and law en-forcement officers. Some wiped away tears.

Samour ordered 28-year-old James Holmes to serve 12 consecutive life sentences without the possi-bility of parole, one for each of the people he killed in the July 20, 2012, attack on a movie theatre.

He then added another 3,312 years for 70 convic-tions of attempted murder, and six years for an ex-plosives charge.

“The defendant does not deserve any sympathy,” the judge said. “And for that reason, the court im-poses the maximum sentence it can impose under the law.”

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Thursday, Aug. 27CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mike

Smith, 42; Alex Lifeson, 61; Cesar Millan, 45 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Expect excitement,

thrills and spills plus last-minute delays and disrup-tions.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of Social Ideals, people seek out your charming company and admire your caring nature. It’s important to incor-porate regular relax-ation into your hectic routine.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): With Venus revers ing through your ro-mance, friendship and leisure zone, expect some she-nanigans involving relationships, sport or hobbies. Life cer-tainly won’t be boring today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Home is where the heart is, as

you tackle domestic chores or nurture neglected family members. Keep on your toes, as you may have to produce a quick and tasty meal for unex-pected guests.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re at your gre-garious Gemini best, as you cheer up those around you. But your affections are changeable and erratic, as you tackle too many things and catch up with too many people.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Think outside the box! Applying an old solution to a current problem won’t work at the moment. Use your imagination and creativity to come up with a novel and adven-turous new approach.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Sun joins up with prosperity planet Jupiter, so good fortune is on your side. But Venus is still reversing through your sign so lucky opportunities may take a while to manifest. Be patient!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgos are full of vim and vigour today! Jupiter joins up with the Sun in your sign, so there’s much to look forward to as you attract good luck; acknowledge a success or celebrate a milestone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Librans love to help. The Sun/Jupiter conjunction increases your enthu-siasm for assisting those who are sick or in need. The more you lend a hand to others, the better you’ll feel!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Positive changes are coming that see you take on an exciting leader-ship role within a group situation. But make sure you do all the behind-the-scenes research that is

required first. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Sun/

Jupiter connection increases your Sagittarian opti-mism, and decreases your attention span. So aim to be generous rather than garrulous; and sponta-neous rather than slap-dash.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When it comes to your aspirations, you’re feeling unusu-ally restless and contrary Capricorn. The Sun and Jupiter boost your confidence, and encourage you to set ambitious goals for the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today’s stars

shine a serious spotlight on your career or job pros-pects. Don’t sell yourself short Aquarius; it’s time to show others that you can handle stress and extra responsibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll feel par-ticularly supportive towards a loved one who is going through tough times Pisces. Surprises and adventure are in store, as you share a fun activity that you both enjoy.

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

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Dear Annie: I am a 27-year-old wom-an and have been verbally invited to a few weddings this year. For one, we were told to “save the date” a year in ad-vance.

I never re-ceived an ac-tual invitation and their wed-ding was last weekend. The pictures are popping up on Facebook.

T h e s e c -ond wedding, the bride and I were close, then had a fall-ing out, then sort of made up and she expressed verbally that she wanted me to attend her wedding.

I have dinner with her every few

months, but neither of us has made a big effort to spend more time together. Her wedding is coming up soon. Last month, I saw her “save the date” pho-tos pop up on Facebook, but I did not receive one personally, nor have I re-ceived an invitation.

Am I required to attend? I honestly don’t want to.

The third invitation is for a couple that I am good friends with.

The groom recently texted that he expects me to be at their wedding in September, but I have not received any “save the date” or invitation yet.

The bride made a Facebook page last year and said if people wanted to come, we should send her our address-es. Should I send her my address now or is it too late? I originally thought it was just for her family.

Is everything done on Facebook now? Does no one send out paper in-vitations or keep a guest list? What is my responsibility when a person ver-bally expresses that I should attend, or

posts something on Facebook saying I should “come to the wedding”? — Invi-tationally Challenged

Dear Challenged: We can under-stand your confusion. Paper invitations are still appropriate. A “save the date” notice is not an invitation. A verbal ex-pression is not an invitation. Facebook notices are unreliable and informal, but if the bridal couple considers this an invitation, you may, also. And some-one who says, “Send me your address if you want to be invited,” is too lazy to acquire your address and send a personal invitation. She expects her guests to do all of the work. But if you want to send her your address, even at this late date, that is entirely up to you. And of course, if you don’t wish to attend a wedding, it’s perfectly OK to RSVP with your regrets.

Dear Annie: This is regarding the letter from “Outraged Mother,” whose birthmother was reposting pictures of her children on Facebook without permission. The one suggestion you

didn’t mention is to drop social media and share photos via text with close friends only.

I assure you my life became much better after I did exactly that. Social media was fun for a short time, but then it seemed to become a competi-tion about who had the better lives, then a way to communicate passively, and then I watched marriages get de-stroyed. Some things are meant to be private. (Love your column.) — J.

Dear J.: Not too many people are willing to disconnect from social me-dia once they have learned to depend on it for updates about friends and family. We commend your self-disci-pline. (And thank you so much.)

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edi-tors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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The dapper spotted sandpiper makes a great ambassador for the notoriously difficult-to-identify shorebirds. They occur all across North America, they are distinctive in both looks and actions, and they’re handsome. They also have intriguing social lives in which females take the lead and males raise the young. This one was spotted near Abraham Lake.

Dispute between Ohio,high school over mascot goes down to the wire

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A high school football team that has featured a tiger cub at games for decades might kick off the season without its beloved mascot because of rules implemented after a suicidal man released dozens of dangerous animals in 2011.

Boosters typically lease a cub called Obie each year to play the mascot of Massillon’s Washington High School Tigers, whose rich football tradition includes helping launch the career of Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Ben-gals founder Paul Brown.

Ohio began requiring owners to register exotic animals after authori-ties, out of fear for the public’s safety, killed nearly 50 of the bears, lions, tigers and other animals that were released by their owner. The law in-cludes one limited exemption — the Massillon school.

The boosters have been asked to prove that the school’s tigers will live at an accredited facility when they’ve outgrown their job as mascots and that the school ensures they’ll be cared for throughout their lives. The state Agri-culture Department, which oversees permits for exotic animals, hadn’t re-ceived such documentation as of Tues-day, spokeswoman Erica Hawkins said. The team’s season starts Thursday.

Boosters have been trying vigor-ously to find a way to legally meet requirements, district Superintendent Richard Goodright said.

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Eckville man faces chargesafter stolen goods recovered

An Eckville man has been charged in connection with numerous break-and-enters throughout Central Alber-ta.

Following a four-month investiga-tion by the Southern Alberta auto theft team and Rocky Mountain House RC-MP, two warrants were executed at a property in Clearwater County belong-ing to Ryan Gomes, 29.

Police recovered a stolen travel trailer, stolen Ford pickup truck, two stolen motorcycles, stolen vehicle parts and licence plates, stolen ciga-rettes and 10 firearms.

It is alleged that Gomes was sell-ing the stolen vehicles to unsuspecting customers.

The warrants were carried out by RCMP members from Calgary, Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake de-tachments, with assistance of the emer-gency response team.

Prior to the warrant execution, Mounties say they attempted to stop Gomes in a vehicle. He allegedly fled officers but was found and detained a short time later by Rimbey RCMP.

Gomes has been charged with flight from a police officer, dangerous opera-tion of a motor vehicle, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of methamphetamine, traf-ficking property obtained by crime, four counts of possession of proper-ty obtained by crime over $5,000, five counts of possession of property ob-tained by crime under $5,000, and fail-ing to comply with conditions.

Gomes has been released with con-ditions to appear in Rocky Mountain House provincial court on Sept. 9.

Red Deer RCMP seek ownerof women’s ruby ring

Can’t find your ruby ring? You may want to check in with the Red Deer RCMP.

On Aug. 14, a Red Deerian turned in a women’s ruby ring (or similar stone) to the RCMP. He found the ring near the Real Canadian Superstore at 5016 51st Ave.

Anyone who has lost such a ring is asked to call the exhibits staff at Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2574 from Monday to Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Proof of ownership will be re-quired to claim the ring. That may in-clude a photo or detailed description.

Blackfalds growthat 12% in the last year

Blackfalds’ population made a big jump in the past year, growing by 12 per cent, according to the results of the 2015 municipal census.

The census was presented to and approved by council on Tuesday.

The Town of Blackfalds’ population now sits at 8,793 residents in 3,917 resi-dential dwelling units.

The census was conducted from May 1 to June 30, using both an online sys-tem and door-to-door enumerators.

The census helps the community attain important information that will assist with economic development ini-tiatives, educational requirements, planning and development of both im-mediate and long term trends, munici-pal infrastructure requirements, and government grants and other popula-tion-based initiatives.

A detailed version of the census re-

port will soon be available at www.blackfalds.com/administration/admin-istration-department/census.

Drunk driving suspectfaces preliminary hearingA two-day preliminary hearing will

be held for a man accused of driving drunk and causing an accident that killed a motorcyclist last May.

Chad Ryan Connatty has pleaded not guilty to impaired driving causing death, operation of a motor vehicle over 0.08 causing death, impaired op-eration of a motor vehicle, blood alco-hol level exceeding 0.08 and driving while disqualified.

A preliminary hearing will be held on the first four charges. A trial will be held the same day on the driving while disqualified charge.

Connatty is accused of driving a pickup truck while impaired and caus-ing a collision that killed a 44-year-old Springbrook man near 30th Avenue and 19th Street about 6:30 p.m. on May 20. Police say Connatty was north-bound on 30th Avenue and turned left on to 19th Street into the path of the southbound motorcycle. The next court date was not available on Wednesday.

Lacombe vandalisminvestigated by police

Police are looking for information regarding the vandalizing of two La-combe schools and the arena between Aug. 24 and 25.

The buildings were defaced with red graffiti in several areas.

Defacing property with graffiti is a crime under the Criminal Code (Public Mischief) and an offence under La-combe’s Community Standards Bylaw.

Anyone with information on the person(s) responsible for these acts of

vandalism is asked to contact the La-combe Police Service at 403-782-3279 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

School year starting late for Lochearn Elementary School

Lochearn Elementary School in Rocky Mountain House will be closed until Sept. 8 to clean trace amounts of asbestos exposed in the gymnasium.

The pre-kindergarten to Grade 5 school was previously scheduled to open for the school year on Sept. 1.

Wild Rose School Division said asbestos was discovered on Tuesday in a lower layer of the gym flooring, which is something common in older buildings, when the floor was being replaced.

Intense summer storms caused rain water to leak through temporary pro-tective measures which caused some damage mostly in the gym area and mainly to the gym floor.

While not harmful when buried in the floor, once exposed, asbestos fi-bres can become airborne and special precautions are required.

Work started on Wednesday to re-move the floor layer containing asbes-tos, and should be complete by Sept. 5.

Once all the asbestos has been re-moved, industry standard processes will be followed to ensure the air is clear and safe.

As an extra precaution, the school division decided to keep the school closed until Sept. 8.

Registration for new students will be held on Friday and Monday at Wild Rose School Division Education Cen-tre, located at 4912 43rd St.

Families who ordered school sup-plies can also pick them up at the edu-cation centre on Friday and Monday, or throughout the week starting Aug. 31.

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKIADVOCATE STAFF

Foundation work is underway on Red Deer’s newest Catholic high school — St. Joseph High School.

Ken Jaeger, supervisor of support services with Red Deer Catholic Re-gional Schools, said roughly one-third of foundation work is complete on the Grade 10 to 12 school that includes a field house for the Red Deer Royals marching band.

He said at times rain did hamper $37-million construction project over the summer at the site near where the 67th Street and 30th Avenue round-about is also being built.

“Likely we’re going to see the gym and field house walls on site proba-bly by the end of September, and then shortly after that we’ll see some steel going up. Things are progressing,” Jae-ger said on Wednesday.

He said the hope is to get the major-ity of the parking lot and school en-trance area paved soon.

Construction started in late spring and the school should be ready to wel-come students in September 2017.

The new high school will open with the capacity for 900 students, but will include infrastructure to expand to 1,200 students by adding more class-rooms.

Red Deer Royals are contributing funds to build the field house.

“During the day, the school will be able to make use of that field house. In the evenings when the Royals aren’t using it, it’ll likely be available for rent to the community.”

The City of Red Deer also provided funds to add a few change rooms to enhance the area for community sports teams.

St. Joseph is designed to promote collaborative learning with pod-style spaces instead of traditional class-rooms. Groups of classrooms will be clustered together with common spac-es where students can spill out.

“There’s going to be very fluid and open and flexible spaces that can transform to open spaces, to smaller

group spaces, to individual learning spaces, depending on the students’ needs and projects they may be work-ing on.”

Jaeger said traditionally-built schools can be awkward when it comes to allowing students to be creative and work collaboratively because the building gets in the way.

“The building shouldn’t be a barrier to having different learning opportuni-ties.”

He said construction of St. Joseph is also unique because the general con-tractor and sub-trades have all been at the table from the beginning to help design the building to incorporate in-novative ways to both enhance the

building and reduce costs.Other construction projects for Red

Deer Catholic Regional Schools in-clude:

● Four modular classrooms will be ready for students Sept. 1 at St. Teresa of Avila School.

● Tenders just closed for a project to add nine permanent classrooms to St. Francis of Assisi Middle School. Work is expected to begin soon on the roughly $3-million project. Some of the rooms may be ready for occupancy next September.

● Two modular classrooms will be in place for students at Father Henri Voisin School in mid-September.

● Four modular classrooms will be

ready for students Sept. 1 at Holy Trin-ity Catholic School in Olds.

● Site work will begin this fall for the construction of St. Gregory the Great Catholic School in Blackfalds. The $16-million school will have a ca-pacity for 500 kindergarten to Grade 9 students and is expected to open in September 2017.

● Tenders will go out in Septem-ber for a major modernization of both Red Deer Catholic’s St. Marguerite Bourgeoys School in Innisfail and John Wilson School, operated by Chi-nook’s Edge School Division, which are housed in the same building.

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Work has begun on St. Joseph High School in Red Deer, just to the northeast of Clearview Market Square. Work in the foreground is on the parking lot, while in the background city crews are continuing to build a new traffic circle at the intersection of 30th Avenue and 67 Street.

Video of a terrifying convenience store robbery by machete-wielding thugs was played in court on Wednes-day.

The soundless but high-quality colour video clearly shows two masked robbers threatening, roughing up and bear spraying the male clerk during the April 27 robbery at the Express 24 Foodmart on Erickson Drive.

Early in the four-to-five-minute vid-eo, Erin Bull of Red Deer appears to slam what was described as both a ma-chete and a saw against the top of the cash register as the robbers demanded

cash around 4:40 a.m.Moments later, the other robber, a

youth who can’t be named, sprays the store clerk in the face with bear spray.

The two robbers push the clerk and demand he open his till, but he was blinded and can’t see the buttons, infu-riating the robbers. The clerk eventu-ally manages to open a till while hold-ing his eyelids open with a hand so he can see, said Crown prosecutor Mau-rice Collard during a sentencing hear-ing for Bull.

“We have seen this before, sir, and it is terror,” Collard told Judge Gordon

Yake. “This type of crime terrorizes a community.”

A second clerk, not spotted by the crooks, was in a back room and called police. The video shows a police of-ficer arrive, followed by a second, and both men are arrested at gunpoint.

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty in June to armed robbery, masking his face while committing an offence and possession of bear spray for a danger-ous purpose.

Collard called for a sentence of four to five years, pointing out the violence of the robbery.

“He did not just have the saw in his hand. He utilized it as a weapon.”

Bull has a criminal record, includ-ing convictions for assault causing bodily harm and aggravated assault.

Defence lawyer Michael Scrase asked to be given more time to review a Gladue report and additional case law before making his sentencing sub-missions. A Gladue report is devel-oped for Aboriginal offenders and take special consideration of the circum-stances, culture and challenges facing Aboriginal offenders. The next court date was not available on Wednesday.

Robber terrorized clerk, hearing told


CHICAGO — A pediatricians’ group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts before they turn 1.

The interim guidance is in response to a major allergy study published ear-lier this year that found that exposure to peanuts in infancy seemed to help build tolerance — contrary to conven-tional thinking.

Baby-suitable foods used in the study included smooth peanut butter, peanut soup and finely ground peanuts mixed into yogurt and other foods.

The advice comes in a consensus statement that the American Academy of Pediatrics helped prepare and en-dorsed in June along with the Ameri-can Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. The academy is releasing the statement online Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Allergy tests are recommended be-fore exposing at-risk infants to peanut-containing foods between 4 months and 11 months of age. These are young-sters who’ve had skin reactions to eat-ing eggs or a severe eczema skin rash, which suggests a possible food allergy.

With an obesity epidemic continual-ly on the rise, many people look to dif-ferent ways to try to cut down on their sugar intake. Canadians in general eat about 88 pounds of sugar each year. That is nearly 20 of the stan-dard-size bags of white sugar!

It is no secret that refined sug-ar is bad for us — contributing to not only obe-sity, but diabetes and heart dis-ease as well. But are the artifi-cial and natural sweeteners that have come in to the market any better than ac-tual sugar itself? Below is a short summary of the most common sweeten-ers to help you navigate and find out which is the best option for you.

Artificial sweetenersArtificial sweeteners include aspar-

tame, acesulfame potassium, saccharin and sucralose.

Currently, there is no consensus on whether artificial sweeteners are safe, though multiple studies have started to link their use with harmful side-effects.

Scientific research has linked as-partame to headaches, higher insulin levels, nerve toxicity, mood changes and even cancer. For those who think the zero-calorie sweetener, aspartame, is a good option for weight loss, think again. Anything that causes higher in-sulin levels will not be helpful for los-ing weight in the long run, even if it is zero calories.

Sucralose, another artificial sweet-ener, has been shown in studies to re-duce the beneficial bacteria in our in-testines, which can impair our immune system and cause digestive upset.

Sugar alcoholsSugar alcohols are relatively new on

the market and can be found in bever-ages, chewing gum and health foods. You will recognize them by ingredi-ents ending in “ol,” including xylitol, sorbitol and erythritol.

Sugar alcohols are considered a type of ‘natural’ sweetener because they come from plants and fruit, but little do most people know that they have been altered in a chemical pro-cess.

They still contain some calories but far less than regular sugar.

While sugar alcohols are generally regarded as safe, they are known to be an irritant to the intestines. As a result, they can contribute to irritable bowel syndrome and digestive com-plaints in some people.

Agave nectarAgave nectar is a relatively new nat-

ural sweetener. It is a syrup that is ex-tracted from a large cactus-like plant that grows in Mexico. Agave is actually five times sweeter than regular sugar, so a little goes a long way.

This syrup has a low glycemic in-dex, which means it is absorbed more slowly into the body and does not spike blood sugar the same way that white refined sugar does.

Coconut sugarCoconut sugar is less processed

than white sugar and also has a lower glycemic index. This makes it a better option than white sugar for keeping blood sugar and insulin more stable.

However, moderation is still key as it still contains the same number of calories and grams of sugar by weight as the standard white sugar. But, if you do a lot of baking, coconut sugar is a much better option than refined white sugar.

SteviaStevia is a natural sweetener de-

rived straight from a plant, and has been used for centuries in South America. It does not have the same impact on insulin as coconut sugar, white sugar or artificial sweeteners, and studies have not found the same health risks associated with artificial sweeteners.

One drawback is that it can have a bit of an after-taste, but overall it is a much better option than any artificial sweetener.

Stevia is marketed as Truvia, Pre-Via, or can be purchased in raw leaf form.

Overall, a good rule of thumb for ar-tificial sweeteners is to tread cautious-ly and try to avoid them altogether.

Stevia seems to be the best option for most people as far as sweeteners go because it is natural, safe and does not contain any sugar.

If you must use some form of sugar, a lower glycemic sweetener like agave nectar and coconut sugar are also good options.

For more information on how to re-duce your sugar intake, talk to your naturopathic doctor and start getting that sweet tooth under control.

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of As-pire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at Bastyr University, and is among only a hand-ful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residen-cy in family medicine. For more detailed information on naturopathic medicine visit www.aspiremedicine.ca.

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Beware of the toxic workout clothesBeware! Your favourite antimicrobial workout

shirt or water-repellent hiking jacket may contain some surprising and potentially toxic chemicals. A recent Swedish report found that 10 per cent of the 2,400 chemicals found in an analysis of fabrics could pose a risk to human health.

While a single piece of clothing may contain tiny amounts, exposure could add up, researchers note. Workout gear poses a special risk, because sweat and movement may release more bad-acting substances. Troubling compounds found in activewear include phthalates, perfluorinated compounds, triclosan and silver nanoparticles. In many cases, these chemicals also might pose a risk for wildlife as they’re laun-dered out of clothes and wind up in streams, rivers and lakes. One 2012 European report even found cancer-causing chemicals and lead in soccer jerseys!

Perfluorinated compounds. PFCs repel water, oil and dirt, and are used in some waterproof jackets, pants and shoes. But they’re also associated with health problems like low birth weight and prostate cancer. Many companies have stopped using them, including H&M, Levis and Puma. Others are phasing them out.

● Phthalates. These plasticizing chemicals are found in vinyl clothing and some printed fabrics. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reproductive problems have been found in lab animals exposed to these chemicals. And in a 2011 review, University of Pennsylvania scientists noted that phthalates act as endocrine disruptors, interfering with hormonal systems in the body.

● Alkylphenol ethoxylates. APEs are sometimes found in detergents used by textile manufacturers to wash fabrics. They don’t break down easily, and in-stead hang around for long periods of time. Some get

washed out at home and go into local waterways. Ac-cording to the Environmental Working Group, they accumulate in the bodies of fish and people. Some research links these chemicals with reproductive problems in fish.

● Triclosan. Used in some antibacterial and an-timicrobial fabrics, triclosan is better known as an ingredient in antibacterial soaps and body washes, kitchenware and even toys. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is conducting a review of the chemi-cal, shown to affect hormone regulation in animals. It may be a hormone disruptor for humans as well, and it doesn’t remove any more germs than washing with regular soap. And once it’s washed down the drain, triclosan can morph into the chemical dioxin, which is showing up in the mud at the bottom of American lakes.

● Silver nanoparticles. These tiny, bacteria-bat-

tling orbs are used to make workout clothes and even hospital gowns resistant to smelly or infec-tious germs. They can be absorbed into your skin when you sweat, recent research shows. It’s unclear whether silver nanoparticles pose a threat to people, but the little metal balls do break down when cloth-ing is washed with strong detergents containing bleach or bleach alternatives. That releases silver nanoparticles into water, where they may be toxic to aquatic organisms and beneficial bacteria living in soil. (Microparticles are OK, though. They’re too big to be absorbed.)

Three ways to reduce your exposure:● Wear clothes from companies that are phasing

out toxins. According to Greenpeace, some compa-nies — including Adidas and Puma — are taking significant steps to eliminate 11 toxic chemicals from clothing, including APEs, phthalates and PFCs. Others, the group says, have eliminated some but not all. Get the current lineup of Greenpeace’s Detox Leaders, Greenwashers and Detox Losers at www.greepeace.org.

● Slip an old cotton T-shirt under your work-out shirt. Not sure what’s in your favourite athletic wear? Add a barrier. A nontoxic layer between your skin and your workout shirt will help protect you.

● Wash before you wear. It’s a good rule to follow with all new clothing. New fabrics may contain dyes and formaldehyde resins, which prevent wrinkling and discourage mildew but also can trigger a rash, even at safe levels. Sometimes, levels exceed safe limits.

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NEW YORK — It’s an exciting new fall season ahead on broadcast TV. We await the charming rom-com Manhattan Love Story ... the heart-tugging youth drama, Red Band Society ... and don’t forget Mulaney, an autobiographical sitcom about a promising young standup.

Hold on! All that was LAST fall! Those now-forgot-ten flare-outs (along with other quick flops like A to Z and Selfie) are long dead and buried.

Now it’s time to welcome the latest round to the five major broadcast networks. And if 60 years of TV history is any hint, it will again repeat itself with a fair number of these two dozen rookies gone by Christmas and many more cancelled by Memorial Day.

But what’s different — very different — in the current TV universe: Broadcast TV’s fall crop is only a portion of the seamless 12-month harvest of programming that vies for the viewer’s attention and approval. Once upon a time, the fall season was a cage match between just three content providers — ABC, CBS and NBC. Today, those legacy networks not only do battle with Fox and CW, but also with scores of cable and streaming outlets. And they do it year-round.

Even so, some things never change.Like the reliance on medical shows. This fall will

see the arrival of three more: Code Black (CBS, pre-miering Sept. 30), a latter-day ER that’s even busier and bloodier; Chicago Med (NBC, Nov. 20), the third dose of producer Dick Wolf’s latest trilogy that also includes Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.; and Rosewood (Fox, Sept. 23), which, starring Morris Chestnut as a beefcake Miami pathologist, doubles as a crime drama with Dr. Rosewood using his medical wiles to bust bad guys while charming every woman in his path.

NEW CROP OF COMEDIESComedies again will be arriving in force, with

“selfie-coms” — an autobiographical subset reaching back to the based-on-real-life I Love Lucy at the dawn of TV — duly (but drearily) represented.

Dr. Ken (ABC, Oct. 2) stars South Korean doctor-co-median Ken Jeong (Community) as a doctor flustered by the challenges of his practice and his home life. This show’s absence of laughs could expose him to viewers’ malpractice suits.

Little better is Truth Be Told (NBC, Oct. 16), whose creator, D.J. Nash, decided that, when packaged as a sitcom, his life wed to a Korean woman and with an African-American couple as their best friends would fuel witty observational banter and spark “a national conversation,” as Nash recently told reporters with inflated self-regard. Nash may find viewers’ conver-sation about Truth is limited to “this isn’t funny” and “let’s change the channel.”

Other upcoming comedies are more promising.● Angel From Hell (CBS, Nov. 5) finds Jane Lynch

as a riotously unguarded guardian angel.● Life in Pieces (CBS, Sept. 21) is a comedy with a

sprawling ensemble whose half-hour episodes are splintered into four related mini-stories.

● And Fox’s back-to-back comedies Grandfathered and The Grinder (both premiering Sept. 29) star, re-spectively, 50-ish dreamboats John Stamos and Rob Lowe as 50-ish fellows whose dreamboat status re-mains undiminished, as do the comic chops of the actors who play them.

More unconventional humour-based shows also are on deck.

● The Muppets (ABC, Sept. 22) goes behind the scenes in mockumentary fashion for a “real-life” group portrait of these show-biz veterans as they produce a TV series.

● Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW, Oct. 12) stars rising actress-writer-comedian Rachel Bloom in a magical comedy-with-music about a quirky young woman seeking romance a little too hard.

● Maybe the fall’s riskiest new show, with TV’s bravest star presiding: Best Time Ever, NBC’s live comedy-variety hour (premiering Sept. 15), hosted by the incomparable Neil Patrick Harris.

● And horror blended with comedy is the for-mula for Scream Queens (Fox, Sept. 22), an anthology co-created by Ryan Murphy centred on homicide and hijinks at a college sorority house.

● Blood & Oil (ABC, Sept. 27) is a brawny melo-drama set in the North Dakota oil boom, with Don Johnson as its reigning oil baron.

CRIME AND SUPERHEROESAs usual in recent years, superheroes will be sum-

moned in an effort to win viewers.Supergirl (CBS, Oct. 26) is a good bet to soar thanks

to winsome Melissa Benoist as Superman’s cousin who works as an assistant to a media mogul while she comes to terms with her super-humanness.

And Heroes Reborn (NBC, Sept. 24) revives Heroes from a decade ago as a 13-episode limited series whose heroes are ordinary people who possess ex-traordinary powers — and now are going public with them.

On television, as elsewhere throughout the arts, one enduring genre surpasses them all: mystery-and-crime. This fall, the net-works are plotting a range of mayhem and intrigue:

● Quantico (ABC, Sept. 27) is a lavish, twisted and deliciously outrageous look at domestic terror-ism and the select group of CIA recruits (sexy and skilled) who are tasked with preventing it — even as one of them is secretly a terrorist infiltrating the team.

● Wicked City (ABC, Oct. 27) gets moody and violent with a murder case in the 1980s party-and-druggy world of L.A.’s Sunset Strip.

● The Player (NBC, Sept. 24) plays a hyperac-

tive, high-stakes game with a swashbuckling security expert who must try to prevent major crimes from happening while a band of high-rollers gambles on whether or not he can pull it off.

● Limitless (CBS, Sept. 22), based on the 2011 film, focuses on a chronic slacker who discovers the brain-boosting power of a miracle drug but then is coerced by the FBI into using his mind-blowing abilities to solve cases for them.

● Minority Report (Fox, Sept. 21), based on the Tom Cruise hit, is set in 2065 where a man who can see the future, including crime, forms an alliance with a cop to stop the murders he predicts.

● And, finally, there’s Blindspot” (NBC, Sept. 21), a tatty tattoo whodunit that dwells somewhere be-tween soft-core porn and a cruelty joke.

Judging from the pilot, it’s a mashup between two dramas from years ago: John Doe (which began with a mysterious man found naked, with no memory of who he is) and the tattooed hero of Prison Break, self-inked with the info he needs to gain escape.

In Blindspot, an attractive young woman is discov-ered with no memory but with unexplained tattoos covering her body. The FBI discovers that each tat-too contains a clue to a crime they will have to solve.

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A quaint TV ritualVIEWERS PREPARING TO

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Meagan Good, right, and Stark Sands appear in a scene from ‘Minority Report,’ premiering Monday, Sept. 21 on Fox.

NEW YORK — Every new TV series is a leap of faith — for everyone involved.

For network bosses, who buy and schedule the show based only on a pilot episode and a fuzzy notion of what will follow.

For each show’s creative team, who make it up as they go along. For its actors, who typically sign on for as much as seven seasons after reading no more than the first script.

And, of course, for its viewers, who, week to week, can only trust that the show will keep holding their interest.

Unlike movies or almost any other art form, a TV series isn’t a self-contained thing (at least, not until the final epi-sode has aired). Until then, it exists as a work-in-progress, an unfolding relationship between the people who make it and the people who watch.

All this comes to mind for a TV critic who’s expected to recommend which new series the audience should watch, or avoid, on the basis of having only seen the debut epi-sode.

Let’s face it: The first episode provides only a first dose of clues (whether encouraging or cautionary) for how the series might emerge.

The things you like about a new show, you can only hope are part of its DNA.

The things you don’t like, you can hope will be corrected — that is, if you decide the show is worth a second chance at winning your love.

Maybe the safest way to express one’s gut reaction to a new TV show is with a simple “if-then” statement.

For instance, ABC’s Quantico: IF this conspiracy thriller can maintain the twisted, rambunctious (and sexy) story-telling of its terrific pilot, THEN I’ll never miss an episode.

Conversely, I could say that, IF episodes beyond the premiere of NBC’s Blindspot can convince me there’s a story here that’s more than skin-deep, THEN I might con-sider overlooking the exploitative, peek-a-boo premise of displaying the clues to the prevailing mystery as tattoos covering a naked woman’s birthday suit.

NBC is taking a big swing with Best Time Ever, its comedy-music-and-lots-of-other-stuff hour to be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Since the show will air live, NBC has offered little more than promises. But IF just half of those ambitious, even brave, aspirations come true, THEN Best

Time Ever will be a welcome change of pace.As for the CW’s rom-com-with-music Crazy Ex-Girl-

friend, can lightning continue to strike week after week? IF this series can sustain the infectious abandon of its pilot, and IF it can continue to do justice to the rapturous Rachel Bloom (its star and executive producer), THEN Crazy will be the fall’s big crazy breakout hit.

Regarding ABC’s sitcom Dr. Ken: IF the second epi-sode can make me do what I never did throughout the premiere (even crack a smile), THEN I might revise my prognosis that, from the get-go, it’s terminal.

What about Don Johnson’s return to series TV in ABC’s Blood & Oil? IF this melodrama set in boomtown North Dakota can stay true to the epic sweep and larger-than-life characters of its pilot episode, THEN it should bring in a gusher of viewers.

IF you like campy horror and pretty girls, THEN you can count on creator Ryan Murphy to deliver with Fox’s Scream Queens.

But IF you’re willing to buy into any part of Fox’s car-toonish medical-actioner Rosewood (especially the idea that, beneath his swagger and Adonis physique, its hero is a borderline invalid) THEN there’s a bridge in New York City someone’s eager to sell you.

CBS’ comedy Life in Pieces is taking a large-ensemble, entwined look at an extended modern family, but in an un-usual format: four freestanding tales per half-hour episode. IF viewers warm to this piecemeal style, THEN Pieces could prove a fresh alternative to the well-worn Modern Family.

IF CBS’ Limitless can sustain the dark yet endearingly quirky tone of its premiere, THEN this sci-fi romp could prove as addictive to viewers as the mind-expanding pills its hero is hooked on.

IF NBC’s The Player can preserve the dark gamesman-ship that underpins its hero’s manic derring-do, THEN it could certify its status as more than a guilty pleasure, but a brainy puzzler.

For these and the rest of the fall crop, one big rule ap-plies in sizing up each new series: No single episode tells its full story. So be a little patient when sampling the new slate, and, when in doubt, stick with it. Hold out a little hope. You won’t be so quick to click the channel-changer if your fingers are crossed.

HOW TO JUDGE THESE ROOKIE SERIES

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(4) CBXT6:30 Murdoch Mysteries

Coronation Street (N)

The Nature of Things “Jellyfish Rule!” Å

Doc Zone Rights of transgender citizens. Å

The National (N) Å CBC News Edmonton

Coronation Street

(5) CITVET Canada Entertainment

TonightUnder the Dome Christine shares information with Joe.

Food Fighters A father from Virginia competes. (N) Å

10:01 Big Brother A vote deter-mines who is evicted. Å

News Hour Final (N) Å

(6) SRCSquelettes-plac. Toi & moi (N)

(SC)Les Boys “Ma-cho libre”

Le grand rire de... (SC)

Pénélope McQuade Alex Perron. (N) (SC)

Le Téléjournal (N) (SC) Le Téléjournal Alberta

11:25 Par ici l’été (SC)

(7) CKEMModern Family Å

Modern Family Å

2 Broke Girls Å

Mom Å Hannibal Will hopes to slay Francis Dolarhyde.

The Middle Å 2 Broke Girls Å

EP Daily (N) Å Reviews on the Run Å

(8) CFRNetalk (N) Å The Big Bang

Theory ÅSaving Hope Charlie must explain his actions.

The Big Bang Theory

The Odd Couple Å

Mistresses Joss considers taking the plea deal. (N) Å

News-Lisa CTV News--11:30

(9) CTV2Degrassi Å (DVS)

etalk (N) Å The Big Bang Theory Å

Anger Manage-ment Å

The Mentalist “Strawberries and Cream, Part II” Å

Mike & Molly Å

Hot in Cleve-land Å

Alberta Primetime Å

(11) KAYUTwo and a Half Men

Modern Family Å

The Big Bang Theory Å

The Big Bang Theory Å

BOOM! Teams answer trivia questions. (N) Å

Bones The death of a high school student. Å (DVS)

FOX 28 News First at 10 (N)

11:36 Modern Family Å

(12) SN360World Poker Tour Legends of Poker - Part 3. Å

Highlights of the Night Å Highlights of the Night Å Highlights of the Night Å The Final Score Å

(13) NW The National (N) Å CBC News The National (N) Å The National (N) Å CBC News (14) TREE Trucktown Cat in the Caillou Å Mike-Knight Big Friend Max & Ruby Backyard Bubble Team Umiz. Fresh Beat (15) YTV Thundermans Assembly Nicky, Ricky Stanley Dyn. Just Kidding Just Kidding Laughs: Gags Laughs: Gags Haunting Haunting (16) KSPS PBS NewsHour (N) Å Remember When Nat Park New Tricks Å Foyle’s War “Trespass” Å PBS Previews (18) KHQ News Millionaire Jeopardy! Wheel Food Fighters (N) Å Dateline NBC (N) Å (19) KREM KREM 2 News at 6 (N) Inside Edition Hollywood Big Bang 9:31 Mom Å 10:01 Big Brother Å Under the Dome (N) Å (20) KXLY 4 News at 6 News at 6:30 Ent The Insider Beyond the Tank Å Mistresses (N) Å Rookie Blue (N) Å (21) MUCH Tosh.0 Å South Park Jack Review (N) Community Simpsons At Midnight Conan (N) Community (22) TSN CFL Football: Alouettes at Tiger-Cats Games SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å SportsCentre (N) (Live) Å (23) SNW MLB Baseball Sportsnet Central (N) Å Blue Jays MLB’s Best World Poker Tour Sportsnet Central (N) Å (24) CMT } ›› The Last Song (’10) Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear. Laughs: Gags } ›› The Last Song (’10) Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear. (25) HGTV Income Prop. Income Prop. Flipping Out (N) Å Hunters Int’l Hunters Income Prop. Income Prop. Flipping Out Å (27) CNN The Seventies CNN Tonight w/ Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Å The Seventies CNN Newsroom Live (N)

(28) A&EBeyond Scared Straight (N) Å 8:01 Behind Bars: Rookie Year A

career criminal cons Mangin.9:02 Behind Bars: Rookie Year “Respect” Å

10:01 Beyond Scared Straight: Extreme Teens Å

11:01 Beyond Scared Straight Å

(29) TLC Love, Lust or Run (N) Å What Not to Wear Å Love, Lust or Run Å What Not to Wear Å Love; Lust Love; Lust (30) W Property Brothers Masters of Flip Cedar Cove “Civil War” (N) Good Witch (N) Å (DVS) Love It or List It Å

(31) SHOW6:00 } The Killing Game (’11) Laura Prepon. Å

} The Unauthorized Full House Story (’15) Garrett Brawith, Justin Mader, Justin Gaston. Å

NCIS A member of the team reminisces. Å

Hawaii Five-0 A physically altered body is discovered.

(32) DISC Naked and Afraid Å Tanked “Fish-a-Palooza” (N) How/Made How/Made Dual Survival Å Naked and Afraid Å (33) SLICE Emergency Emergency Emergency Emergency A Stranger in My Home Å Law & Order: SVU Emergency Emergency

(34) BRAVOCriminal Minds Å (DVS) Graceland (N) Å The Listener Becker’s actions

spark an investigation.Criminal Minds “The Return” Å (DVS)

Complications

(36) EA25:30 American Graffiti (’73)

7:25 } Cake (’05) Heather Graham, David Sutcliffe, Taye Diggs. Å

} ›› Midnight’s Children (’12) Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor. Children grow up in a country that is vastly different. Å (DVS)

The Electric Horseman

(37) SPIKELip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle Bar Rescue A failing dive bar in

Orange, Calif.Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle

(38) TOON Clarence (N) Clarence Uncle Gra. Uncle Gra. Uncle Gra. Uncle Gra. Family Guy Awesomes Archer Å Chicken (39) FAM Gaming Show Next Step The X Factor Å } ›› Space Buddies (’09) Å Wingin’ It Life Derek Warthogs! (40) PEACH Lost House/Payne Mod Fam Seinfeld Å Family Guy Family Guy Paid Program Amer. Dad Jeffersons Gimme Break

(41) COMMatch Game Å Corner Gas

“Fun Run”Laughs: All Access

Just for Laughs: Gags

Just for Laughs: Gags

The Simpsons Å

Just for Laughs Derek Edwards; Greg Behrend.

The Big Bang Theory

Key & Peele (N) Å

(42) TCM6:00 } ››› Holy Matrimony

7:45 } ››› Molly and Me (’45) Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley. An out-of-work actress takes a housekeeping job.

9:45 } ››› The Man Who Came to Dinner (’41) Monty Wool-ley. An injured man takes advantage of a hospitable family.

11:45 } ››› The Bishop’s Wife

(43) FOOD My. Diners My. Diners Restaurant: Impossible Å Gotta Eat Gotta Eat Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Restaurant: Impossible Å (44) OLN Storage Can Liquidator Storage Can Storage I Shouldn’t Be Alive Å Storage Can Liquidator Storage Can Storage

(45) HISTCurse of the Frozen Gold “Wak-ing the Curse” Å

Yukon Gold Chris and Nika move to Stowe Creek. Å

Curse of the Frozen Gold “Wak-ing the Curse” Å

American Pickers A motorcycle legend; a rare item.

American Pickers Mike tackles projects in Iowa. Å

(46) SPACE The Last Ship “Valkyrie” Killjoys Tensions boil over. InnerSPACE Scare Tactics Castle “After Hours” Å The Last Ship “Valkyrie”

(47) AMC6:00 } ››› Erin Brockovich (’00) Julia Roberts. A woman probes a power company cover-up over poisoned water.

} ››› The Green Mile (’99) Tom Hanks, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan. A guard thinks an inmate has a supernatural power to heal. Å

(48) FS1 6:00 UFC Fight Night UFC: Holloway vs. Oliveira. Å FOX Sports Live (N) Å FOX Sports Live FOX Sports Live (N) Å (49) DTOUR Time Trav. Time Trav. Booze Traveler (N) Å Ghost Adventures Å Border Border Time Trav. Time Trav.

(55) MC17:10 } ››› Captain America: The Winter Soldier (’14) Chris Evans. Capt. America and the Black Widow face an unexpected enemy. Å (DVS)

} Outcast (’14) Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen, Yifei Liu. Crusaders come to the aid of a fugitive Chinese prince and his sister. Å (DVS)

(56) MC26:55 } ›› Into the Storm (’14) Richard Armit-age, Sarah Wayne Callies. Å (DVS)

8:25 } ››› Whitewash (’13) Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labrèche. Å (DVS)

} ››› Fury (’14) Brad Pitt. A sergeant takes his men on a mis-sion behind enemy lines. Å (DVS)

(59) WSBK The Mentalist “Red Badge” WBZ News (N) Å Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å How I Met How I Met Friends Å Engagement (60) KTLA News at 6 KTLA News Two Men Two Men Beauty and the Beast (N) Arrow “Suicidal Tendencies” KTLA 5 News at 10 (N) Å

(61) WGN-AHow I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother



Rules of En-gagement

Rules of En-gagement

Parks and Recreation



Raising Hope Å

(62) WPIX Arrow “Suicidal Tendencies” PIX11 News PIX11 Sports Seinfeld Å Seinfeld Å Friends Å Friends Å Raymond Family Guy

(63) EA16:00 } ›› The Assignment (’97) Aidan Quinn.

} ›› Patch Adams (’99) Robin Williams. A doctor truly believes that laughter is the best medicine. Å

} ›› Multiplicity (’96) Michael Keaton. Scientifically created duplicates complicate a man’s life. Å (DVS)

(70) VIS McMillan and Wife “The Face of Murder” Minister Higher Ground Å EastEnders 10:40 EastEnders Å 11:20 EastEnders

(71) CBRT6:30 Murdoch Mysteries

Coronation Street (N)

The Nature of Things “Jellyfish Rule!” Å

Doc Zone Rights of transgender citizens. Å

The National (N) Å CBC News Calgary at 11

Coronation Street

(72) CFCNetalk (N) Å The Big Bang

Theory ÅSaving Hope Charlie must explain his actions.

The Big Bang Theory

The Odd Couple Å

Mistresses Joss considers taking the plea deal. (N) Å

News-Lisa CTV News Calgary

(81) WTVS Doc Martin Å Death in Paradise Å The Doctor Blake Mysteries Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) Å Michigan Out (82) WUHF Bones (PA) Å (DVS) 13WHAM News at 10 Seinfeld Å Cleveland Lost Cougar Town Anger Can’t Sleep? (83) WDIV Dateline NBC (N) Å News Tonight Show-J. Fallon Late Night-Seth Meyers News

(84) WXYZMistresses Joss considers taking the plea deal. (N) Å

Rookie Blue Andy considers leaving town. (N) Å

7 Action News 9:35 Jimmy Kimmel Live Å 10:37 Nightline (N) Å

11:07 RightThis-Minute (N) Å

11:37 The Dr. Oz Show Å

(85) WWJ 7:01 Big Brother (N) (Live) Å Under the Dome (N) Å Two Men 9:35 Madam Secretary Å James Corden Comics (101) OWN 20/20 on OWN Å 20/20 on OWN Å The Devil You Know Å 20/20 on OWN Å 20/20 on OWN Å (115) APTN The Nature of Things With Nature Chaos- Co. Playing- Fire EXPOSED Back in Day Fish Out of The Hook Up APTN News (116) MTV Breaker High Student Bod. Teen Mom 2 (N) Å One Bad Choice (N) Å Teen Mom 2 Å One Bad Choice Å (118) GBL ET Canada Ent Under the Dome (N) Å Food Fighters (N) Å 10:01 Big Brother Å News Hour Final (N)

_ E! 6:00 } ›› Lethal Weapon 4 (’98) Mel Gibson. The Watchlist Evening News at 11 (N) Å Square Off Sportsline The Watchlist The Watchlist 6 CITY 7:01 The Middle 2 Broke Girls Hannibal CityNewsTonight (N) Å EP Daily (N) Reviews on Extra (N) Å Glenn Martin > GBLBC 6:59 News Hour (N) Å Ent ET Canada Food Fighters (N) Å 10:01 Big Brother Å Under the Dome (N) Å

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OWN Undercover Boss

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MTV Breaker High

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After nine months of work, The Crestomere Store on Hwy 53 reopened under new owner Greg Nielson on Wednesday. The store includes a Fas Gas station, a Subway, a convenience store and a liquor store. Nielson has previously owned Subway restaurants in Rimbey and Ponoka and continues to own one in Bentley. The Crestomere Store is open seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.


MILLARVILLE — Bob Seaman isn’t apologizing for the high cost of hay because of the drought that has withered crops in many parts of the West.

“We hadn’t raised our price for five years and our costs have continued to rise,” said the president and CEO of Valley Hay and Cattle Ltd., a sprawling op-eration along the foothills just south of Calgary.

“It’s payback time for us. We appreciate the op-portunity to have this kind of a year.”

At a time when oil prices have hit rock bottom and rainfall levels are below average in many parts of the Prairies, hay has become a bit of a gusher for anyone who has it.

In the Calgary area, where rainfall has been close to normal, there are patches of green that can be

turned into pure gold.“It’s been as good as it ever has been,” said Sea-

man at his home near Millarville on Wednesday.Seaman said the cost of a small, rectangle bale

of hay at his operation has risen to $10 from $7. He anticipates the company will have sold about 140,000 bales by the end of the year — 90,000 of that in guar-anteed contracts with stables and ranches.

“We probably had calls starting to come in June and probably have 300 people on a waiting list,” he said.

“We’ve gone through most of them and tried to satisfy what we could, but there’s a lot of demand from north of Edmonton, some from Saskatchewan and B.C.”

Other producers sell hay by weight and an official with the Canfax division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said prices have more than doubled

from a year ago.“We hear reports of over $200 a tonne and, de-

pending on quality, up to $260 for a tonne of hay,” said Brian Perillat, the manager and senior analyst.

Perillat hopes things may have peaked as late-season rainfall is starting to create more pasture.

And while high feed costs will hit producers in the pocketbook, near- record beef prices will help soften the blow. he suggested.

“If you look at the price of calves being so high right now, we’re expecting cow-calf producers to have a very profitable year.”

That means anyone hoping to pick up some steaks for cheap may be out of luck. Statistics Canada re-ported last week that the price of fresh or frozen beef was up 17.2 per cent from a year ago

“As a consumer I wouldn’t be looking for big price breaks by any means,” Perillat said.

Drought drives feed prices up


The chief executive of Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) says he’s confident RBC can weather tough economic conditions, even as its loan books have be-gun to feel the impact of lower oil prices.

“What gives me confidence during this period of market and economic uncertainty is that RBC is diversified across different businesses, client seg-ments and geographies, has strict risk and cost dis-cipline, and is backed by a strong capital position,” David McKay told analysts during a conference call Wednesday after the bank announced its third-quar-ter results. RBC boosted its dividend as it reported a profit of $2.475 billion, up four per cent from a year ago. That amounted to $1.66 per share of net income.

On an adjusted basis, RBC’s cash earnings were $1.68 per share, one cent above analyst estimates.

The bank says its quarterly dividend will be in-creased to 79 cents per share, up two cents per share.

However, the bank said it is beginning to be af-fected by the decline in the price of crude, which is now worth less than half of what it was in the sum-mer of 2014 and recently traded at the lowest levels in years.

“As we expected, low oil prices are challenging for some of our clients,” McKay said.

“This quarter, we saw an uptick in impairments (impaired loans).”

The bank said total gross impaired loans rose more than 10 per cent over a three-month period to $2.38 billion as of July 31 — a $234-million increase from the previous quarter, including $137 million linked to the oilpatch. Impaired loans to the oilpatch soared to $183 million in the third quarter — almost four times the $46 million recorded in the previous quarter. RBC is the second bank to report an in-crease in impaired loans in the May to July quarter.

On Tuesday, the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) re-ported the oil and gas sector’s impaired loans grew $80 million from the previous quarter to $106 mil-lion.

Analysts say impaired loans to the oilpatch are manageable for Canada’s biggest lenders. The real trouble could come if consumer loans, such as resi-dential mortgages, begin to suffer due to a rise in un-employment — an impact that would take some time to materialize. Mark Hughes, RBC’s chief risk officer, said the bank’s consumer loan book isn’t showing any signs of stress.

Edward Jones analyst Jim Shanahan said it takes longer for consumer loans to be impacted because companies tend to trim other expenses before they cut payroll.

“They don’t want to lay people off and then real-ize that the weakness that they’re observing in their business is just temporary,” Shanahan said.

Once mass layoffs do occur, it will take several months before households begin defaulting on their mortgage payments, Shanahan said. Although RBC raised its dividend and beat consensus expecta-tions on adjusted earnings, the stock closed lower Wednesday, down 26 cents at $72.10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Barclays analyst John Aiken says RBC’s domestic retail banking and international banking businesses posted solid results.

RBC boosts Q3 profit

BUT REPORTS HIGHER IMPAIRED LOANS TO THE OILPATCH

First Nation asserts right to northern B.C. island slated for LNG plant

LELU ISLAND, B.C. — Some members of a north coast First Nation are gathering on a small island near Prince Rupert, B.C., to protest plans for a lique-fied natural gas project.

Members of the Lax Kw’alaams band are prepar-ing to set up tents and carry out other activities on Lelu Island, which they claim as traditional Tsim-shian territory.

They urge other members of the band to join them, in a protest that coincides with Pacific North-west’s launch of investigative work on an LNG plant proposed for the island.

Prince Rupert Port Authority spokesman Michael Gurney confirms Pacific Northwest wants to check geotechnical conditions, and expects work to con-tinue until November.

The First Nation and SkeenaWild, a conservation initiative devoted to protecting the Skeena River, oppose any development on Lelu Island because of concern for eelgrass beds, which are vital for healthy marine environments.

SkeenaWild spokesman Greg Knox says Lelu is the worst place for an LNG plant, adding 18 LNG projects are proposed for the north coast but the Lelu Island site is the only one opposed by the envi-ronmental group.

Canadians get better at making consumer debt payments on time:

TransUnionTORONTO — Credit monitoring agency Tran-

sUnion says Canadians appear to be getting better at handling consumer debt.

In its latest report, TransUnion says a shrinking percentage of debt payments are overdue by 90 days or more — even though the average balance owing continues to rise.

It says there was an overall delinquency rate of 2.58 per cent on non-mortgage consumer debts in the second quarter.

That was down from a delinquency rate of 2.78 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 and 2.69 per cent in 2014. TransUnion’s average consumer debt num-ber rose to $21,028 in the three months ended June 30, about $148 higher than in the second quarter of 2014.

Lines of credit accounted for 35 per cent of all non-mortgage consumer debt, which also includes credit cards and car loans.

TransUnion’s director of research and analysis,

Jason Wang, says the trends show Canadians are increasingly aware of the importance of making pay-ments on time and that they have the capacity to do so.

“The recent interest rate cuts may have, in part, made it easier to manage lines of credit, which typi-cally carry variable rates,” Wang said in a statement.

The Bank of Canada has cut a key rate twice this year — to 0.75 per cent in January and to 0.50 per cent in July — and commercial lenders followed the central bank’s lead by dropping their variable rates.

National Bank’s Q3 profit rises 3% three main units see growth

MONTREAL — National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA) says its third-quarter profit was up three per cent from last year, rising to $453 million or $1.28 per diluted share. The Montreal-based bank — the sixth-largest in Canada — says all three of its main businesses performed well during the quarter.

National’s personal and commercial banking op-erations had $197 million in net income, up six per cent from last year — with growth coming from con-sumer loans and mortgages.

Its financial markets arm generated $202 million in net income, an eight per cent increase from last year, due to higher trading activity and service reve-nue. National Bank’s wealth management operations had $78 million of net income, up 20 per cent from last year.

INBRIEF


CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — A court case on whether a man from New Brunswick can legally buy cheaper cases of beer in Quebec delved into Canadian history Wednesday, hearing from a constitutional expert on the intention of the Fathers of Confederation regard-ing free trade between the provinces.

“The law that bans people from bringing beer across the border from Quebec to New Brunswick is a travesty of what the Fathers of Confederation wanted,” said Andrew Smith, a professor of political history at the University of Liverpool in England.

“The Fathers of Confederation wanted a compre-hensive economic union. They wanted unfettered trade between the provinces.”

Smith is considered the key defence witness in the case of a New Brunswick man charged with ille-gally importing alcohol from Quebec.

Gerard Comeau of Tracadie is fighting the charge on constitutional grounds.

An agreed statement of facts says he was caught in October 2012 with 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor that he had bought in nearby Pointe-a-la-Croix.

The New Brunswick Liquor Control Act limits anyone from having more than 12 pints of beer not sold by a provincially licensed liquor outlet.

The defence argues that a section of the Liquor Control Act is unconstitutional because Section 121 of the Constitution Act says all goods from a prov-ince are to be admitted free into each of the other provinces.

“Admitted free means of all impediments,” Smith told the court Wednesday.

Smith said his study of history shows the Fathers of Confederation wanted free trade within the prov-inces.

“There was general acceptance of the need for free trade and a consensus for economic union,” he said.

Defence lawyer Mikael Bernard said it was im-portant to have Smith explain to the court what the Fathers of Confederation intended.

“Let’s go back to 1864, 1863, 1865, 1866 and 1867 to find out what were their intentions, not just read the piece of paper as it stands today. Let’s put everything into context,” Bernard said.

The Crown has begun questioning a political sci-ence professor on how the Constitution has evolved since it was enacted in 1867.

Tom Bateman, from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, said there have been many events that have impacted how the federal government and the provinces work together such as the introduction of the War Measures Act, Quebec referendums and the failed Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords.

He said regardless of Section 121 of the Constitu-tion Act, there are policies in place that limit free trade between provinces.

“It makes perfect sense to me that a province with a certain tax structure may be an impediment to trade,” he said.

He also pointed out that marketing boards set up to protect prices and avoid overproduction of certain agricultural products restrict farmers from sending and selling their products freely.

Bateman will continue his testimony Thursday.

Trial told Fathers of Confederation wanted free trade among provinces

BEER BATTLE


CALGARY — Another wave of ugly news is looming for oil producers al-ready battered by weak oil prices.

Every year, companies hire outside evaluators to tally up their reserves — a calculation of how much resource in the ground can be recovered techni-cally and economically.

With U.S. benchmark crude dipping below US$40 a barrel for the first time since early 2009, the economics are looking especially dicey these days.

Oil that might have been viable to produce at stronger prices may not be anymore.

Reserve reductions have tangible fi-nancial consequences. A company may have to take a charge against its finan-

cial results. And for many producers, it makes borrowing money from banks problematic.

“It all sort of feeds itself in an ugly vicious cycle,” said Sonny Mottahed, CEO of Black Spruce Merchant Capi-tal.

Keith Braaten, president and CEO of GLJ Petroleum Consultants in Cal-gary, said his firm is going to be busy doing up annual reserve evaluations for clients throughout the fall, wrap-ping up preliminary reports around the end of the year.

Companies normally disclose the reserve figures along with their annual reports early the following year.

“I think a lot of companies took a

bit of a haircut last year-end because prices were low then,” said Braaten. In late 2014, crude had already begun its precipitous decline to around the US$60 a barrel mark from mid-year highs above US$107 a barrel.

“I am expecting to see more of a haircut this year because we are see-ing prices weakening further than they were and staying low for longer than we expected.”

The oilsands are expected to feel the brunt of it because one single proj-ect represents a large amount of oil, he said.

“So when they become uneconomic and they’re cancelled indefinitely and those reserves fall off the books, they are massive volumes.”

By contrast, a producer may have dozens of wells in an oil deposit like Alberta’s Cardium play, for instance.

Depending on their location, some of those wells might be susceptible to a reserve writedown, while others may remain in good shape economically. Therefore, the impact to those pro-ducers wouldn’t be as severe as in the oilsands.

Black Spruce’s Mottahed said there’s a question as to whether com-panies’ share prices are reflecting the possibility of reserve cuts.

“Is it priced in? Or is it really going to be a light-bulb moment?”

Mottahed said he suspects it’s the former, though there may be some sur-prises.

“I think most people already are anticipating what that’s going to look like and that it’s going to be relatively ugly.”

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ConsumerCanadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.75Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.55Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 71.57

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.79Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.31Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.83WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.84

MiningBarrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 8.72Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.07First Quantum Minerals . . 6.02Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 17.46Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.73Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.16Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.03Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.98Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 7.36

EnergyBadger Daylighting Ltd. . 19.33Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.20Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 16.79Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 26.00Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.12Canyon Services Group. . 4.74Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.14CWC Well Services . . . . 0.180Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 8.34Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.700Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 72.50

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 34.43High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.60Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 21.63Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.36Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.49Penn West Energy . . . . . . 0.80Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.52Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.52Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.47Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 40.98Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.230

FinancialsBank of Montreal . . . . . . 71.05Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.50CIBC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.31Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 23.67Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.85IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.36Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.91Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.97National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.76Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.10Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.39TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.80

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MARKETS CLOSETORONTO — The Toronto

Stock Exchange was solidly higher Wednesday while indexes in New York soared as buyers flocked back to end a six-day slide, the longest on Wall Street in more than three years.

The turnaround at least tem-porarily ended the bleeding that has driven investors from the market and wiped out trillions of dollars in asset values, but there was no guarantee it would put an end to the recent volatility.

Still, there is no reason for most investors to be overly con-cerned, said Craig Jerusalim, a portfolio manager with CIBC Asset Management, who added that much of the volatility has to do with investor psychology.

“When greed is taking hold and the market is high, that is when investors want to be buy-ing and when the market is low and fear sets in, that’s when they want to be selling,” said Jeru-salim.

“So investors essentially want to do the exact wrong thing at the wrong time.”

He said people should stay invested in companies with strong balance sheets and sus-tainable business models since statistics show that in most years, being out of the market on just the 10 best trading days can wipe out all or most of the year’s gains.

“I choose to look through this noise because the time in the market tops timing the market.”

But for a day, at least, there was relief on the markets as the Dow Jones industrial average shot up 619.07 points or almost four per cent to 16,285.51. The gain, the biggest on the index in seven years, more than matched its worst one-day drop since the recent sell-off began — 588.4 points on Monday — but leaving the index still down more than 700 points over the period.

The S&P 500 rose 72.90 points to 1,940.51 and the Nas-daq jumped 191.05 points to 4,697.54 after also having suf-fered heavy losses prompted by

concerns over the health of Chi-na’s economy and a devaluation of its currency, the yuan.

In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite also soared, up 230.66 points, or 1.75 per cent, to 13,381.591 after seeing an earlier triple-digit advance evap-orate into a slight loss before ramping up again in the late af-ternoon.

On commodity markets, benchmark October oil con-tract settled down 71 cents at US$38.60 a barrel, while Octo-ber natural gas was unchanged at US$2.70 per thousand cubic feet. September copper fell sev-en cents to US$2.25 a pound while December gold lost $13.70 to US$1,124.60 an ounce.

The Canadian dollar, which hit 11-year lows on Tuesday, was up 0.13 of a cent at 75.06 cents U.S.

Stock markets around the world have been in flux for more than a week amid deep plunges on China’s main market and a decision by its central bank to devaluate the yuan in a move to stimulate its slowing economy.

Jerusalim said changes in China’s economy are bound to have ripple effects globally. But he added they were not going to derail “the most stable economy in the world, which is the United States.”

While oil in recent days has hovered below US$40 a bar-rel, dealing a blow to Canada’s economy, a stronger U.S. could boost prospects north of the bor-der, he said.

“Now it is a slight negative for countries like Canada, but ... Canada will at least partially ben-efit from the strength in their larg-est trading partner to the south.”

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTSHighlights at the close

Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks:S&P/TSX Composite Index

— 13,381.59, up 230.66 pointsDow — 16,285.51, up 619.07

pointsS&P 500 — 1,940.51, up

72.90 pointsNasdaq — 4,697.54, up

191.05 points

Currencies:Cdn — 75.06 cents US, up

0.13 of a centPound — C$2.0615, down

3.28 centsEuro — C$1.5104, down

2.31 centsEuro — US$1.1338, down

1.52 cents

Oil futures:US$38.60 per barrel, down

71 cents(October contract)

Gold futures:US$1,124.60 per oz., down

$13.70(December contract)

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

$19.506 oz., down 66.1 cents$627.12 kg., down $21.25

ICE FUTURES CANADAWINNIPEG — ICE Futures

Canada closing prices:Canola: Nov ’15 $7.70 lower

$469.70; Jan. ’16 $6.50 lower $474.20; March ’16 $5.70 lower $476.50; May ’16 $5.10 lower $477.00; July ’16 $4.40 lower $475.80; Nov. ’16 $3.30 lower $457.80; Jan. ’17 $3.30 lower $459.00; March ’17 $3.30 lower $460.70; May ’17 $3.30 lower $460.70; July ’17 $3.30 lower $460.70; Nov. ’17 $3.30 lower $460.70.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’15 $8.70 lower $191.90; Dec. ’15 $8.70 lower $191.90; March ’16 $8.70 lower $193.90; May ’16 $8.70 lower $194.90; July ’16 $8.70 lower $194.90; Oct. ’16 $8.70 lower $194.90; Dec. ’16 $8.70 lower $194.90; March ’17 $8.70 lower $194.90; May ’17 $8.70 lower $194.90; July ’17 $8.70 lower $194.90; Oct. ’17 $8.70 lower $194.90.

Wednesday’s estimated vol-ume of trade: 535,940 tonnes of canola; 1000 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 536,940.


BEIJING — Employees of one of China’s biggest securities firms and one current and one former employee of its market regulator are under in-vestigation on suspicion of illegal stock trading, state media reported Wednes-day, amid the collapse of a stock price boom.

Three other brokerages announced they are under investigation for pos-sible violations of rules on confirming the identities of customers.

China’s main stock market index has fallen more than 40 per cent since early June. On Wednesday, it fell an-other 1.2 per cent, following declines of 8.5 per cent on Monday and 7.6 per cent on Tuesday.

Authorities have accused securities firms of manipulating prices, suggest-ing the ruling Communist Party might be trying to deflect blame for the col-lapse, which angered small investors.

Eight employees of state-owned Cit-ic Securities Ltd., including one sur-named Xu, are suspected of “illegal securities trading,” the Xinhua News Agency said. It gave no other details, but a leading Chinese business maga-zine, Caixin, reported on its website that Xu was the firm’s managing direc-tor, Xu Gang.

The police ministry announced July 12 investigators had found “evidence to suspect that individual trading compa-nies are illegally manipulating securi-ties and futures exchanges.” It gave no details of which firms were targeted.

The market benchmark soared more than 150 per cent beginning late last

year before hitting a June 12 peak and plunging. The downturn triggered com-plaints politically favoured insiders profited at the expense of small in-vestors. Beijing responded by barring large shareholders from selling and ordering executives to buy back any recently sold stock in their own com-panies.

In a statement through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Citic Securities said it had received no notice of an investigation.

Phone calls to Citic Securities’ head-quarters in Beijing weren’t answered.

The firm is part of Citic Group, the Cabinet’s main holding company. It is best known abroad for its 2012 pur-chase of Hong Kong-based broker-age CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets from France’s Credit Agricole for $1.25 bil-lion in the first major foreign acquisi-tion by a Chinese broker.

Meanwhile, a staff member from the China Securities Regulatory Com-mission surnamed Liu and a former staff member are suspected of “insider trading and forging official documents and seals,” Xinhua said. It gave no oth-er details.

A journalist surnamed Wang and several other people also are suspect-ed of fabricating and spreading fake securities and futures trading informa-tion, the agency said.

It gave no indication whether the cases were connected. Separately, three brokerages said they were under investigation for possible violation of “know your customer” rules. GF Secu-rities, Haitong Securities and HTSC made their announcements through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China probing securities regulator for possible stock market offences


An elderly woman stands near the Citic Securities in Beijing on Wednesday, Employees of state-owned Citic Securities Ltd, one of China’s biggest securities firms and one current and one former employee of its market regulator are under investigation on suspicion of illegal stock trading, state media reported Wednesday, amid the collapse of a stock price boom.

Reserve writedowns likely in store for oilpatchOIL PLUNGE

WHAT’S HAPPENINGCLASSIFICATIONS

50-70

ComingEvents 52

EAST 40TH PUBTHURSDAY NIGHT’SBBQ NIGHT 6-9 p.m.

Steak, Potato, Salad, Bun & Choice of Drink

for $13.50.

LABOUR DAYCLASSIFIED

Hours & Deadlines

Phones & Offices CLOSED Sept.7

Red Deer Advocate For Tues. Sept.8

Deadline is Fri.. Sept. 4at 5 p.m.

Lost 54LOST SAPPHIRE

diamond earring on Aug. 22 in Red Deer. Reward

offered. James 403-348-1080

LOST small medium haired white cat with orange patches on back in Mountview. 403-346-3856

Found 56KEYS found on the corner of Rogers & Ramsay Ave.

Has 4 keys with fob. Call 403-346-9156

must identify.

Personals 60ALCOHOLICS

ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650

COCAINE ANONYMOUS403-396-8298

CLASSIFICATIONS700-920

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Caregivers/Aides 710

60 YR Old lady with MS seeking F/T live-in nurse maid in country. Drivers

licence would be an asset. Wages $15.75/hr. per 44

hr. week. 403-722-2182 or email:

[email protected]

NANNY for 2 children in Red Deer. Email:

[email protected]

Clerical 720P/T friendly receptionist, good with details. Fax resume 403-314-5307

HairStylists 760SYLVAN LAKE BARBER req’s P/T Stylist/Barber, Drop resume off or contact Sherry at 403-887-4022

Oilfield 800

COLTER ENERGY LPIS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors

Night OperatorsOperators

• Have current Safety certifi cates including H2S

• Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time

• Must be physically fi t• Competitive wages, benefi ts

and RRSP offeredPlease email resume with current driver’s abstract to:[email protected]

Restaurant/Hotel 820JJAM Management (1987)

Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’sRequires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations:

5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

Food Service Supervisor Req’d permanent shift

weekend day and evening both full and part time.

4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. +medical, dental, life and vi-sion benefi ts. Start ASAP.

Job description www.timhortons.com

Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs.

Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303



5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift

weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. +benefi ts. Start ASAP.

Job description www.timhortons.com

Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or faxresume to: 403-314-1303

Professionals 810

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5111 22 St.37444 HWY 2 S37543 HWY 2N700 3020 22 St.

Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift. Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr. 40 hrs/week, + benefi ts ,

8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in

person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job

description visit www.timhortons.com

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Restaurant/Hotel 820

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Attendant opportunities available in multiple

convenient locations over a variety of day/night shifts.

Employees receive competitive industry wages

and full time healthcare benefi ts. Enjoy being

rewarded with bonuses, free shift meals and

potential for advancement. Start your career today

and apply at www.mysubwaycareer.com

apply in store, email your resume to

[email protected] or call 403-342-0203.

Sales &Distributors 830GANZ seeks experienced

SALES REPRESENTATION

for Red Deer (Central Alberta).

Independent Agents are welcome to apply.

Visit www.ganz.com for information about the

company and our everyday and seasonal lines.Email resumes to

Larry Neary, National Sales Manager,

[email protected].

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Trades 850GOODMEN

ROOFING LTD.Requires

SLOPED ROOFERSLABOURERS

& FLAT ROOFERS

Valid Driver’s Licencepreferred. Fax or email

info@goodmenroofi ng.ca or (403)341-6722

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

SMALL RURAL MEAT SHOP in central AB looking for F/T meat

cutter. 8 - 4:30, no week-ends. Knowledge of cutting

hanging carcasses needed. Rental house

avail. within walking dis-tance of meat shop at a

very reasonable rate with paid utils. $21 to start with skill & exp. 403-843-4383

[email protected]

Truckers/Drivers 860

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company

looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators.

We offer lots of home time,benefi ts and a bonus

program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and

comm. abstract to 403-337-3758 or

[email protected]

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TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, USA, and Norway.If you are a motivated, service-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills, we invite you to apply for the following positions:

Fracturing Operators, Frac Sand B-Train Drivers

Responsibilities:• Ensure that Trican’s safety program, Target Zero, is followed and is promoted to employees,

customers partners and the public at all times.• Operate various large duty trucks over outdoor terrain and through all weather conditions.• Perform pre and post trip inspections and accurately ll out all required forms.• Perform rig-in and rig-out of all equipment, for travel• Operate all equipment in safe and responsible manner• Attend pre-job safety meeting on location• Perform maintenance on units and auxiliary equipment• Complete required paperwork• Establish and maintain effective communication with colleagues• Consult with supervisor and crew regarding any operational de ciencies

Experience & Skills:• Valid Class 1 Driver’s licence is required, safe driving skills – current driver’s abstract required• Pressure pumping experience is preferred• High school diploma is an asset• Heavy lifting required, must be physically t• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

What Makes Us Attractive:• Values-driven organization• Full coverage bene ts program, Health spending account, RRSP matching program• Global technical leader within our industry• Focus on safety, training and development• Career advancement opportunities

Working Conditions:• 15 days on/6 days off• On call 24-hours per day during days on• Willing to live near base of employment• Pre-employment medical testing required• Working in all weather conditions

Please forward your resume and a copy of a current driver’s abstract (in confi dence)Fax: (403) 314-3332, Online: https://trican.hgcareers.com

Please visit our website at www.trican.ca for additional information about our company

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

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Reporter/PhotographerThe Red Deer Express, one of Alberta’s leading community newspapers, has an immediate opening for a reporter/photographer.

This is a shared position between the Red Deer Express and the Lacombe Express. Both papers are publications within the Black Press group which publishes more than 150 other publications.

This position is full time with approximately three days per week spent in the Red Deer offi ce and two days per week assisting our Lacombe Express editor in the Lacombe offi ce.

Primary Focus:Covering community news for both cities. Providing a range of feature/human interest stories as well as some sports writing.There is some weekend and evening work required.

The successful applicant will have exceptional writing and communication skills and a strong understanding of grammar and Canadian Press style.

A reliable vehicle and your own camera equipment is a must.

Black Press offers competitive compensation, a team environment, benefi ts and opportunity for career advancement.

Interested candidates should forward their resume to:Tracey Scheveers, PublisherRed Deer Express,Email: [email protected] No phone calls please.

We thank everyone for their application however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com

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announcementsObituaries

PUZEYAnita Margaret (nee Nixon)Anita Margaret Puzey of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Friday, August 14, 2015 at the age of 80 years. Anita was born on March 14, 1935 at Manchester, England. She is survived by her husband, Vernon, son, Matthew, daughter-in-law, Annelise, and numerous nieces and nephews. Anita was predeceased by her father, Frank, mother, Lucy, and brother, John. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Leonard’s On-The-Hill Anglican Church, 4241 44 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted toEVENTIDE FUNERAL

CHAPEL4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

SAUDERDavid1940 - 2015David passed away June 8, 2015 at the age of 75 after a long illness in the Palliative Care Unit in Red Deer, Alberta. David was born March 9, 1940 in Chilliwack, B.C. to Eva and Roy Sauder. David spent most of his years working in the Red Deer area. He served in several occupations including the R.C.M.P. as did his brother Leroy who passed away August 7, 2014. Both served the R.C.M.P in Alberta and Manitoba. David’s last occupation was Mainland Rope Company in Red Deer, Ab. David is survived by his sister-in-law Anna Sauder and nieces Bonnie and Nicki of Vancouver; Aunt Helen Sauder of Innisfail, Ab; cousins, Corey and Barb Sauder of Innisfail, Sherry (Sauder) and Graham Phillips of Sundre, Ab., Joan and Ron Owens of Ponoka, Dan McMillan of Alaska, his ex-wife Patricia Newman of Red Deer, and a special friend Walter Glubish who spent many hours visiting David while he was in the hospital. David will be laid to rest with his brother Leroy’s ashes in the family plot, along with his mother and father at the Chilliwack Cemetery in British Columbia. At the family’s request there will not be a service. There will be a special star in Heaven for David.

Funeral Directors & Services

Anniversaries

HAPPY 50th Wedding Anniversary

to Neill and Leona Levinsmarried August 27, 1965.

Congratulations from your family and friends

Births

ARE YOU EXPECTING A BABY SOON?

Welcome Wagon has a

special package just for you & your little one!

For more information, Call Lori, 403-348-5556

Fairview - Upper

12 & 16 FOREST CLOSE Thur. and Fri. Aug. 27 and

Aug, 28, 10-7, and Sat., Aug. 29, 10-3. Sale w/per-ennials and house plants.

Oriole Park

FRI. Aug. 28, 5-8 Sat. 9-3.

88 Oliver St. Assortment of misc. items.

Great bargains!

Rosedale

44 ROOT CLOSE, Aug. 27, & Aug. 28, 4-8, Aug. 29, 9-3. Dressers, queen headboard, queen size

bed & frame, books, many household goods.

Sunnybrook

6 SAVOY CRES.Aug. 27 & 28

Thurs. & Fri. 3 - 7HOUSEHOLD MISC.

GOOD QUALITY

West Park

17 WOODSWORTH CLOSE, Thurs. Aug. 27, 10-7, and Fri. and Sat.

Aug. 28 and 29, 9-7. Tonka toys, lots and lots of

antiques and collectibles. All new items from last sale.

38 WISHART ST.SAT. AUG. 22 TO

SUN. AUG 3011 a.m. - 6 p.m.

NO SALE - MON. AUG 24Tools, garden, housewares,

ladders, toys, bikes, old magazines, golf clubs.

Too much more to list. Weather permitting.

You can sell your guitar for a song...

or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Offi ce/Phone Hours:8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mon - Fri

Fax: 403-341-4772

2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Circulation403-314-4300

DEADLINE IS 5 P.M. FOR NEXT DAY’S PAPER

TO PLACE AN AD

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D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015

Truckers/Drivers 860

CLASS 3 DRIVERSw/airbrake endorsement

needed immed. for waste & recycling automated & roll off trucks. Email resume

with a min. of 2 referencesto: [email protected]

F/T TOW TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

Misc.Help 880F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer

and area is essential.Verbal and written

communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax

to 403-346-0295

RETIRED professional person req’d to be person-al assistant for a blind lady. Ref’s req’d. 403-309-4554

Celebrate your lifewith a Classified

ANNOUNCEMENT

Something for EveryoneEveryday in Classifieds

Misc.Help 880ACADEMIC Express

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START

GED Preparation

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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8950

A5

D&C

(across from Rona North)

Misc.Help 880


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Antiques& Art 1520

1906 TREDDLE sewing machine, oak cabinet,

very good cond. First $100 takes it. 403-877-0825

Auctions 1530BUD HAYNES & WARD’S

REMINDER

Firearms AuctionSat. Aug. 29 @ 10 A.M.

11802-145 St. EdmontonLinda Baggaley 403-597-1095

Brad Ward 780-940-8378www.budhaynesauctions.comwww.wardsauctions.com

Bicycles 1540TREK 7000 ONYX series, Alpha custom aluminum

frame, gear shaft on each side of handlebar, 9

sprocket rear wheel, 3 sprocket pedal, Superstack

hubs & rims, American Bicycle technology, largest

bike company in USA. $200. 403-505-6597

Central Alberta’s LargestCar Lot in Classifieds

Children'sItems 1580ED HARDY shirts, 3 long

sleeve, 1 short sleeve, Child’s size L and XL. $20

for all 4. 403-314-9603

Equipment-Heavy 1630TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, offi ce, well site or

storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Tools 1640SKIL electric drill, $10; Black & Decker jig saw, $10; heat gun, $10; and

new in box 30 wall mounted storage bins,

$30. 403-358-5568

VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. 403-885-5020

Firewood 1660AFFORDABLE

Homestead FirewoodSpruce, Pine - Split. Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

GardenSupplies 1680CRAFTSMAN lawnmower Kohler 7.0 HP rear bagger,

like new $125 403-347-5873403-350-1077

HouseholdAppliances 1710

DANBY apartment size dishwasher, 19”Wx36”H on wheels, connects to standard kitchen faucet

$200. 403-342-4774

HouseholdFurnishings1720

NEW sofa bed, $125. 403-358-5568

SOFA and loveseat, exc. con., $200. 403-347-6706

WANTEDAntiques, furniture and

estates. 342-2514

Misc. forSale 1760

100 VHS movies, $75. 403-885-5020

BBQ grill on wheels Electric Patio Caddy brand 30” high. Like New. $60.

403-340-8199

BLACK leather furniture; SONY 36” TV and Pana-sonic stand; SONY 31” TV and stand and SONY DVD player; very large desk, sits 6 (brown); nice offi ce chair; Kenmore range; mir-rors; new punching bag; black desk - offi ce chair and fi le roller. 403-347-0939

COLLECTION of over 1,000 old buttons, $100.

403-885-5020

DOUBLE MATTRESS top-per, 2” foam style with zipper cloth cover, like

new, seldom used. Was $129. new, asking $40.

403-346-2192

RUBBERMAID storage tubs, assorted larger sizes, clean, $5/ea, or all 6/$25; bakers rack, like new 31”Wx17”Dx75”H, 5 glass shelves $90 403-755-2760

SAW BLADE WALL CLOCK. Brand new/still in original packaging. Wall clock made from a 10.5 inch circular saw blade.

Has hammer & saw hour/minute hands.

Perfect for a workshop/garage area. $12.

Call (403) 342-7908.

TWO high back beige bar stools, $20 each.

403-358-5568

Cats 18302 Siamese, 1 Balinese, 1 Burman kittens $50/ea;

403-887-3649

KITTENS, (2) 3 mos. old, 1 Male, 1 Female.

FREE to a good home. 403-885-2104

SportingGoods 18602 MAN tent in a bag, Sears $30; classic Coleman stove w/stand, 2 burner, windblock, well used, $50 ; Coleman single burner $40 403-227-2976

Collectors'Items 1870KISS Collectibles, includes special order watch, play-ing cards, pictures, Archie

Kiss Book. All for $45. 403-314-9603

TravelPackages 1900

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rentals

Houses/Duplexes 30201/2 DUPLEX, 2 bdrm. c/w stove/fridge, no pets, n/’s, 40+, $900 rent + utils., $900 s.d., 403-348-0241

3 BDRM, 3 fl r, 3 bath house at 7316-59 Ave. to rent to over 35 yr. old couple. Five appliances, fenced yard., deck and 3 car parking. Rent/DD

$1650. Ph: 403-341-4627.

ACREAGE home 30 min. E of Red Deer, Rent/DD $1300. 3 bdrms, utils incld’d. Must be working & have ref’s. 403-896-0127

AVAIL. Sept. 1, 3 bdrm. house for rent in Parkvale. RENTED No pets. Apply in person or call RENTED

SENIOR condo Legacy Estates 403-350-5054

Condos/Townhouses3030

1 BDRM. condo on Pine Lake, fully furn., $950 utils. incl. except cable & phone Avail. now 403-862-2796

SEIBEL PROPERTY6 locations in Red Deer, 3 bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls,

starting at $1100. For more info 403-347-7545 or

403-304-7576

SOUTHWOOD PARK3110-47TH Avenue,

2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses,generously sized, 1 1/2

baths, fenced yards,full bsmts. 403-347-7473,

Sorry no pets.www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/6 Plexes 30502 BDRM. bi-level in 4 plex rent $895 403-314-0209

NORMANDEAU2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/SQuiet adults. 403-350-1717

SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appl., rent/$980, dd/$980, adults with ref.,

n/s, no pets. 403-358-8586

Suites 30601 BDRM. suite across from hospital. Own washer & dryer,

N/S. No pets. $900 utils. incl’d. Avail. immed.

403-347-5206

2 BDRM. bsmt suite. $950 DD same 403-348-1304

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. Sept.1 $900/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d. 1 BDRM.

N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d. 403-346-1458

2 bdrm. suite downtown area, above store,

at 5115 Gaetz Ave. Quiet person preferred

$950/mo., $950 d.d. all utils., except electricity.

Avail. Sept. 1. 347-3149

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water

incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown

Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

BRAND NEW RENTAL

COMMUNITYNow leasing for Sept. 1!

1 & 2 BDRMs from $1170. In-suite laundry. Dishwash-er. Storage. Balcony. Pet friendly. Elevator. Parking avail. Gym. Community garden. Non-smoking. On-site mgmt. 39 Van Slyke Way, Red Deer.

403-392-6751SkylineLiving.ca

FEMALE TENANT wanted, A.I.S.H. welcome, incld’s furnished bdrm., kitchen facilities, washer/dryer & utils. $500. rent & S.D.

Phone Mike 403-346-8581 or 403-304-8472

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

LARGE 2 bdrm. suite w/balcony, $895/mo.

inclds. most utils. 403-314-0209

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROEMANOR1 & 2 bdrm.,

Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

NOW RENTING1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S.

2936 50th AVE. Red DeerNewer bldg. secure entry

w/onsite manager,3 appls., incl. heat & hot

water, washer/dryer hookup, infl oor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

Rent starting at $949/month 1 & 2 bedroom suites available in central loca-tion. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leas-ing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031

SYLVAN: Furn. Private suite. + Cable, fridge, etc. $650/mo. 403-880-0210

SYLVAN: 4 fully furn. units avail. OCT 1. $1100. to $1400. 403-880-0210.

Suites 3060THE

NORDIC 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building,

N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

RoommatesWanted 3080OVER 200 CHANNELS, TV SUPPLIED, MUST LOVE DOGS, MUST BE WORKING M., RENT $600., N/S, 587-272-1952

RoomsFor Rent 3090

Avail Immed: 1 Lrg fully furn bdrm c/w gas fi re-

place - $300 dd $600/mth. Call 403-396-2468

S.E. House, working M. $475./mo. 403-341-4664

WarehouseSpace 3140

FOR LEASERIVERSIDE LIGHT

INDUSTRIAL2400 sq. ft.

large 55 x 85 compound403-350-1777

Pasture 31801/2 SECTION, 12 km south and east of Red

Deer, avail. imm. 403-347-1253

Tenders 6020

Looking for a new pet?Check out Classifieds to

find the purrfect pet.

MobileLot 3190

PADS $450/mo.Brand new park in Lacombe.

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Firefighters battle smoke as well as flames in Washington state

Eastern Caribbean prepares for Tropical Storm Erika


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Government leaders ordered schools, airports and even casinos to close and they prepared shelters as Tropical Storm Erika approached the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday.

The storm was located about 250 kilome-tres east of Antigua and was moving west at 28 kph with maximum sustained of 75 kph. The storm was not expected to strengthen over the next two days.

Erika was forecast to pass near Antigua and Barbuda overnight, with authorities in the twin-island nation warning of flash floods given the extremely dry conditions caused by the worst drought to hit the Caribbean in recent years.

Boats at Shell Beach Marina on Antigua’s north coast have been out of the water since Saturday, with people not taking chances as Erika approaches, said Caroline Davy, a ma-rina employee.

She said many people were caught off-guard when Tropical Storm Gonzalo battered Antigua last October.

“Too many times we’ve seen things happen that were not predicted,” she said.

Authorities in the nearby Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten said schools and gov-ernment offices would close Thursday. They also asked that casinos, restaurants and other businesses close by midnight Wednesday. Officials warned they might temporarily sus-pend power and water service as the storm approaches.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Erika would move over or near parts of the Leeward Islands late Wednesday and then near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Thursday.

All airports in the U.S. Virgin Islands would be closed to incoming flights until Fri-day, and government offices would close as well, said Gov. Kenneth Mapp.

“This is a fast-moving storm, and so we expect conditions to deteriorate rapidly,” he said.

Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Is-lands, the Leeward Islands, the Dominican Republic, the Turks & Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas. Erika was expected

to dump between 8 to 13 centimetres of rain, and up to 20 centimetres in some areas.

The storm is expected to be near South Florida by Monday, according to James Franklin, chief hurricane forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. But its intensity is still uncertain.

“We don’t know how much of the storm will be left,” he said, adding that it faces strong upper-level westerly winds in the next two to three days.

Antigua-based regional airline LIAT and Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines have cancelled more than two dozen flights through Friday because of the storm, and officials in Puerto Rico said they would sus-

pend ferry transportation between the main island and the popular sister islands of Cule-bra and Vieques starting Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard said it would close all ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday. Universities across Puerto Rico also announced they would not hold classes on Thursday.

Meanwhile in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Ignacio gained some strength. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to 100 kph, and it was expected to strengthen to a hurricane by Thursday.

Ignacio was centred about 2,195 kilometres east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and was mov-ing west at 19 kph.


SPOKANE, Wash. — Smoke from big wild-fires burning east of the Cascade Range hurt air quality Wednesday and hampered efforts by crews battling the flames in Washington state.

Smoky conditions grounded helicopters and airplanes that had been fighting the fires, and air quality was rated as unhealthy for some people in Spokane County, which has nearly 500,000 residents.

Crews battling a 262-square mile blaze near the town of Republic were also battling smoke as well as flames, fire spokesman Don-nie Davis said.

“Everybody up here is rubbing their eyes,” Davis said. “It’s brutal.”

Davis said the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

A wildfire in Okanogan — the largest blaze ever recorded in the state — grew to near-ly 438 square miles and heavy smoke also grounded air resources, fire spokesman Rick Isaacson said.

“We’re still socked in,” Isaacson said. “There’s maybe one mile of visibility.”

So far, officials have counted 40 homes and 40 outbuildings destroyed by the blaze, Oka-nogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said. The fire is about 17 per cent contained by more than 1,300 firefighters.

Rogers said a forecast calling for highs in the 70s and rain in the next few days was good news.

“It is looking better for us,” he said.The U.S. is in the middle of a severe

fire season with some 11,600 square miles scorched so far.

“You can imagine how stretched thin ev-erybody is,” said Dan Dallas, deputy incident commander of the Okanogan fire.

“We’re all working without the resources that in a normal year — which I don’t think there is such a thing anymore — that we might have.”

So many fires are burning in Washington

state that officials summoned help from fire managers in Australia and New Zealand. They also got 200 U.S. troops from a base in Tacoma in the first such use of active-duty soldiers in nine years.

The Oregon Military Department said sol-diers also were ready to help battle a wildfire that has destroyed more than three dozen homes near John Day, about 150 miles east of Portland.

Fires also were burning in California, Mon-tana and Idaho.

Schools reopened in a Southern California mountain community where crews were bat-

tling a small fire burning through timber near a popular ski resort.

Firefighters have held the blaze in the San Bernardino Mountains to 100 acres.

Residents in Riggins and along U.S. High-way 95 in west-central Idaho have been told to be ready to evacuate. Fire managers said the fire grew to 29 square miles with extreme fire behaviour that included sustained runs through tree crowns.

A wildfire that started in the Benchmark area about 30 miles west of Augusta, Montana, led to the evacuation of recreational cabins in the Lewis and Clark National Forest.


James Franklin, chief hurricane forecaster, looks at an image of Tropical Storm Erika as it moves westward towards islands in the eastern Caribbean, at the National Hurricane Center, Wednesday, in Miami. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, and the Leeward islands.


Firefighter Jay Flora sprays a hot spot on a downed tree along the Trail of Cedars across the river from Newhalem, Wash., Wednesday. Smoky conditions grounded helicopters and airplanes Wednesday that had been fighting the fires.

Venezuela, Colombia pledge more co-operation after talks to cool tensions over border crackdown


CARTAGENA, Colombia — The foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela prom-ised to increase co-operation Wednesday following talks to ease heightened tensions caused by the closure of a major border cross-ing and a weeklong crackdown on Colombian migrants and smugglers.

Diplomats left the meeting in this Carib-bean coastal resort without announcing a de-cision to re-open the border crossing or end the deportations from Venezuela, only saying that defence officials from the two countries would talk in the coming days to form a joint plan for border security.

Meanwhile, in the Colombian city of Cucu-ta, residents complained of long gas lines as Venezuela’s security offensive cuts off trade, legal and otherwise, between the two nations.

Across the border, scores of Colombians packed their belongings into suitcases and prepared for an army escort out of Venezu-ela, joining the estimated 1,000 of their com-

patriots who have already been deported.Donamaris Ramirez, the mayor of Cucuta,

says he plans to order gas stations to remain open 24 hours to attend to demand normally met by curbside smugglers who purchase gas-oline in Venezuela at less than a penny a gal-lon and resell it for huge profits in Colombia.

With two main border crossings closed, the underground economy has come to a halt, satisfying Venezuelan officials who have long blamed transnational mafias for widespread shortages but also jeopardizing the livelihood of tens of thousands of poor Colombians.

On Tuesday, a group of 100 Colombians fled the border town of San Antonio del Tachira by wading across a knee-deep river with their possession, everything from TVs to doors, slung across their backs.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered to help returning Colombians find work during a visit Wednesday to an emer-gency shelter in Cucuta overrun with deport-ees, and promised deported citizens a subsidy of about $80 to help them land on their feet.

Earlier, in a speech in Bogota, he ran through a series of economic and crime sta-

tistics, everything from projections Venezu-ela’s economy will shrink 7 per cent this year to widespread shortages comparable to those found in war zones like Syria, in a sharp re-tort to the rhetoric coming from Caracas.

“Venezuela’s problems are made in Ven-ezuela, they’re not made in Colombia or other parts of the world,” Santos told a forum of for-mer presidents from around the world.

While some 5 million Colombians live in Venezuela, the security offensive has focused on a few towns near the border where Vene-zuelan President Nicolas Maduro blames mi-grant gangs for rampant crime and smuggling that has caused widespread shortages.

The crisis was triggered a week ago when gunmen Maduro claimed were paramilitaries linked to former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe shot and wounded three army officers on an anti-smuggling patrol.

The socialist leader has vowed to keep two normally busy international bridges closed, and possibly extend restrictions to other tran-sit crossings until Colombian authorities help bring order to the porous, 2,200 kilometre border.


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spacecraft flies past Venus. It’s the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.1928 — Canada joins 61 other nations in signing the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact, con-demning the use of war as an instrument of national unity.1921 —The owner of Acme Packing Compa-ny buys a football team for Green Bay, Wis. J.E. Clair pays tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Packers.1912 — Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney start first cross-Canada motor trip in an REO Spe-cial. Their trip takes 52 days to Victoria, B.C.

TODAY IN HISTORY

OUTDOORS D5THURSDAY, AUG. 27, 2015

Good news about Alberta sport fish-ing, the fishery or the waters they de-pend on has been scarce lately.

Then, suddenly, some good news arrives at almost the right time and place for it about one of those rare and almost-acciden-tal “new” fisher-ies created over time, ironically, from very little money and man-power.

Recently my g o o d f r i e n d s D o n H a y d e n and Wayne Nor-strom ran into Chris Dawson of Slocan, B.C., in a Pincher Creek coffee shop.

Chris was at the Calgary Herald when I was its outdoors columnist and asked them to say hello to me.

Dawson, also the author of Due North of Montana, A Guide to Fly Fishing in Alberta, has obviously got the word and was here a tad early and in condi-tions too hot and bright for the great late summer and fall fishing in the Wa-terton River.

Not 10 days later, fishing friend, Myles Radford, of Edmonton was tell-

ing me about his recent adventures with very large brown trout on the Wa-terton, but more of that later.

Few Alberta anglers have ever heard of, let alone seen, the Waterton; in fact, there is just one mention of it in Dawson’s book.

Some of that obscurity lifted on July 22, 2010, when Lindsay Paterson of Pincher Creek caught the new Al-berta record brown trout, 21 pounds 14 ounces, and 35 inches long, while fish-ing for pike with a Rapala plug in the Waterton.

Back in the days before there were even brown trout in the river, in the mid-to-late-1960s, the only other an-glers my late brother-in-law Morgan Johnson and I ever saw on the Water-ton were each other.

Our late mother-in-law Corrine Boy-den would arrange permission with rancher friends for us to fish the river between where it flows out of Maski-nonge Lake in Waterton Park, down to where it flows into the Waterton Dam reservoir.

In very late August when the wa-ter was starting to cool down, through September, especially on days with a “grasshopper wind,” we’d take large rainbows on grasshopper patterns and frequently get cleaned out by polaris monsters that launched high, just once, then cruised steadily downstream to the dam and the end of the line. Near dark, heading back to the rig, we’d find

long runs with hundreds of rising rain-bows heliographing rosy flashes to the setting sun as they ate something we never figured out.

As this was going on, in the late ’60’s, nearly half a million brown trout fin-gerlings were planted in the Crowsnest River below Lundbreck Falls to mit-igate fisheries damage done by the Three Rivers Dam and, to quote myself in my first book, The Outside Story, “to establish the tough, tolerant brown in the Crowsnest-Castle-Oldman River system before pollution extirpates the resident bull, rainbow and cutthroat trout.”

At about the same time, leftover fin-gerlings were dribbled and drabbed into tiny tributaries in an attempt to introduce brown trout to the Waterton and Belly River systems.

As more of us are learning now, those modest plantings have become a great fishery success, while, ironi-cally, the hundreds of thousands of brown trout fry dumped into the lower Crowsnest have largely disappeared, with only the occasional rumour of a huge brown taken as far down the Old-man as Monarch.

On one of our last torture tests to-gether, son John asked me to show him the Waterton on our way back from a trip to Montana.

It was hotter than Hades along the river with smoke in the air from fires in Idaho and Wyoming. John, stripped

to fishing vest, shorts and wading boots, surprised me by taking a half dozen brown trout to 14 inches.

From various high points along the river, including bridges, we spotted huge browns rolling lazily down deep in the middle of the river where a wad-ing fly caster couldn’t reach them.

At that time I was still enjoying a lifelong passion for night fishing and it seemed to me the combination of too-hot and bright days, with brown trout in a big river cried out for night fishing.

I won’t night fish alone and tried without luck to find a buddy for a Wa-terton soiree.

Some vindication of my dark view has come from Myles Radford stay-ing late recently on a blistering early August day on the Waterton. The river came to life as the light waned and, just before full dark, Myles landed a hook-jawed male brown of around 26 inches on a streamer fly.

Now Myles is expressing an interest in the “mystery wrapped in an enigma” of the Waterton tailwater from the dam down to where it joins the Belly 25 km south of Fort Macleod.

While he’s at it, he might try solv-ing the many riddles of the nearby St. Mary River dam tailwater.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at [email protected].

Most people look at yards, gar-dens flowers and farmsteads with the thought are they pleasing to the eye.

The people who judge such things do so with a list of criteria giv-en to them by the contest or-ganizers. Judg-ing yards for an urban competi-tion or a rural beautification awards is about who has the best property on a given day.

Evaluating for Communi-ties in Bloom takes into con-s i d e r a t i o n work involved as much as the outcome on a given day. Both are al-ways fun and interesting but it is rare-ly easy. Judging is work.

Gardens are as individual as their owners. Each garden is a reflection of

the owner’s taste and commitment of time and money. A number of yards might be in the same category, in age and or size, but that is where the simi-larities end. One garden can contain a multitude of shrubs, trees and a soft green lawn, while the next is filled with flower baskets, vegetables and fruit.

The only way to decide which yard is best is to rate all yards on the scor-ing card and add them up at the end of the tour.

Judging for Communities in Bloom is somewhat different. The score sheet is filled out as with the beautification awards, but that is the only similarity.

The purpose with Community in Bloom is to look at all aspects of the community: businesses, municipality; residential and community involve-ment, and what they contribute in each of the following categories: tidiness, environmental action, heritage con-servation, urban forest, landscape and floral displays. More valuable than the scores are the judges’ comments, ob-servations and recommendations.

Each town or municipality is judged

against what they can accomplish tak-ing into account the money available. At the end of the summer, scores are compared and the highest scores are announced at a banquet in September.

Judging is always a learning experi-ence as one sees what plants others grow, as well other unique features are incorporated into an area.

In Clearwater County, often the raspberry of choice is yellow. The va-riety Honey Queen was developed by Bob Erskine, who lived north of Les-lieville.

Bob gave his plants to friends, fam-ily and anyone who was interested in gardening. As a result, many of his plants flourish, especially in yards north of Leslieville. His rose Prairie Peace is the centre piece of Olds Col-lege’s rose garden.

Another notable plant was the al-pine clematis that covered trellises, hiding arbours and other decorations. This clematis is as dense as the yellow clematis that is on the noxious plant list. It would make a great replacement plant as it still has attractive fuzzy seed pods but these seeds do not germinate

as easily.A totally white monkshood was a

treat to see as the more common heri-tage ones are either purple or white with a fringe of blue at the flower’s mouth or hood.

Full-grown tobacco plants look very similar to the more decorative plant nicotiana but the tobacco plant is much taller with fewer flowers. The person growing them uses the plants to make an organic herbicide.

Flower shows are for people who love competition. Contributors spend hours growing the flowers, choosing the best and displaying them to their best advantage. This year, an interna-tional glad show, along with a dahlia show, will be held at Center Mall in Red Deer on Saturday and Sunday, with gladiolas and dahlias arriving on Friday.

The flowers on display will be some of the best in the world. It will defi-nitely be worth a visit.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at [email protected].

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How yards are judged for competitions

Photo by BOB SCAMMELL/freelance

Myles Radford’s 26-inch brown trout taken near dark recently in the Waterton River.

Memories of Waterton fishing


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