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Dear Rouge takes home major Juno award winCity native, Danielle McTaggart, is half of the popular pop duo

BY ERIN FAWCETTRED DEER EXPRESS

Red Deer native Danielle McTaggart, part of the duo Dear Rouge, won Breakthrough Group of the Year at

last weekend’s Juno Awards.McTaggart, along with her husband Drew,

formed Dear Rouge in 2009 when they were touring across Canada, each pursuing their own music projects.

The awards, which took place in Calgary, were the fi rst awards show attended by Danielle and Drew.

“It was amazing. All of Canada gets to-gether and where you notice it the most is that you get to hang out with the Canadian music industry. We get to stay at the same hotel as other bands and it brings the community together,” said Drew. “Just the exposure of the Junos for us is so huge. People look at it as Canada’s top music awards and everyone gets excited. People from our hometowns are just going crazy.”

Danielle, who was born and raised in Red Deer, said local fans have showed their support and excitement as well.

“It feels like the timing was insane just being nominated and performing in my own province - the energy was just amaz-ing,” she said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity, better timing - just all of it. It feels like it was our time and the right time for Dear Rouge.”

Hearing their name called as the winners of Breakthough Group of the Year was surreal, Drew added.

“We were shocked. We obviously knew there was a small percentage of a chance we could win because we were in the category, but we weren’t really thinking about it because performing and being nominated was a huge win for us already. We were there in gratitude,” he said. “The award came up quick and it shocked us. We got up there and it was our fi rst time doing something like that, we thought we forgot a whole bunch of people. It’s weird because you don’t want to contain yourself, but you want to thank everyone.”

Danielle added there is no feeling like winning a Juno.

“I feel like I was stunned with happiness. I was shocked with joy - I don’t think I’ve ever experienced that kind of emotion,” she said.

The duo also performed at the Junos and Drew said that was an absolute rush.

“I don’t think I’ve ever felt a bigger weight off my shoulders after,” said Drew. “It’s a live performance and you watch some of the best artists in the world and sometimes there’s mix ups with sound - you could break a string, you could trip on a cord - anything can happen.

We were kind of getting riled up and we had our dress rehearsal and it made us a

little bit more nervous, but when it came to that moment, we just had this calmness over us. We were really excited and confi -dent. We came out and it felt really good to play.”

The Vancouver-based couple released their major label debut CD Black To Gold to critical acclaim last year.

“We were very happy with it, and that it happened naturally,” explains Drew of the recording process for Black to Gold. “It was re-ally organic. We didn’t really understand how big it would be, or how much exposure it would get. We hoped for big things, but you never really know so we didn’t really feel that much pressure.”

The disc was actually recorded in 2013, but the couple is thankful for the time they had to spend on it. The last couple of years have been exceptionally busy, so the release date wasn’t immediate as they took up a slate of opportunities that came along with their notable and rapid success.

Last fall the couple were named winners of

the 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for their hit single I Heard I Had – one of three singles including Best Look Lately and Black To Gold to soar to Top 3 at both alternative and modern

rock radio.Named one of the

15 most anticipated Canadian indie al-bums of 2015, Black To Gold was the real-ization of an artistic vision that spans more than two years in the making, helmed by Drew and pro-ducer/engineer Ryan Worseley, with input

and infl uence from Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother) and Gavin Brown (Metric, Billy Talent).

It was back in the spring of 2012 that Dear Rouge released their debut EP Heads Up! Watch Out! and the response was pretty much immediate. Only six months after their debut, they followed it up with the Kids Wanna Know EP in 2012.

Looking back further, a love for music was sparked early on in both. “I grew up in a home where my mom was very much

involved in singing and in competitions,” Danielle has observed. “I was always very encouraged by her to sing a lot. I also grew up in the church, so I sang a lot there as well. But I had no idea I could do it as a career until I started to get encouraging comments, like ‘You can really do this’.”

She helped launch Christian band Gaetz Avenue and the group landed considerable success. As time went on, she tried different ventures but things really picked up again when she met Drew. For Drew, he was surrounded by music from the get-go. His dad was a music teacher. His mom taught piano. His brother has a degree in music and his sister loves to sing.

Looking ahead, Drew said the duo is currently in the middle of writing. “We’re compiling songs and this weekend was an encouragement because everything is teed up for us. Some of the past winners of this award - it’s amazing as to what they have gone on to achieve. I think now we’re going to put our heads down and be creative as much as possible and when the time is right we’re going to do a record and that will be a very exciting but a nervous thing.”

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Mayor refl ects on societal changes during prayer breakfastFeatured guest speaker David Mainse shared ministry experiences

BY MARK WEBERRED DEER EXPRESS

Featuring guest speak-er David Mainse of the long-running Christian TV program 100 Huntley Street, the annual Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast was held Tuesday at Westerner Park’s Prairie Pavilion.

Mainse is also the founder of Crossroads Christian Communications, which

has not only featured the programming for decades but also has an array of ministries based out of their Burlington, Ontario location.

Mainse shared about his recent health issues, which include a cancer diagnosis several years ago.

“I’ve had people say how are you, because three years ago I cancelled being here and was going to send my son in my place,” he said.

According to the Crossroads360.com, upon receiving a cancer diagno-sis back in 2012, Mainse was given a two-year ‘life sentence’.

“They told him that he would probably not live past March 2014.”

But today he is still going strong, and attributes his healing to both prayer as well as medical treatment. “David is determined make

full use of his extension here on earth to preach the gospel of salvation to everyone.”

Mainse shared some of his experiences of ministry over the years, emphasizing the power of prayer to change circumstances.

“Often we don’t recognize these major turning points but I assure you that prayer has a great deal to do with those major turning points,”

he said. “I have never yet had a political leader refuse prayer.”

Mayor Tara Veer also spoke about the importance of prayer and faith in relation to the day-to-day operations of municipal government.

“As I look out on all who are present today, I am so reminded and grateful for the support, prayers, and thoughtful gestures and perseverance of countless people in this room. Many of you have proven your-selves many times over to be faithful friends, supporters and fellow citizens,” said Veer, adding that she was grateful for the support that is behind the planning for the prayer breakfast.

“Your strong presence today is a public demon-stration of the power of the community of faith to affect transformation with and for the people of Red Deer. Our City council is intent on establishing a local government and building a community that is citizen-focused, is wel-coming for all and that is strategically oriented in our leadership,” she said.

“Based on these three foundational principles, our emphasis continues to be about modernizing and building accessible local government, transforming our services to respond to the changing needs of our growing community and to meet the growing needs

of what is proving to be a changing society.”

Veer spoke about one of 2015’s highlights as well - the year that Red Deer passed the 100,000 mark in its population.

“It offi cially transitioned us from being a smaller city to being an emerging urban centre and regional hub,” she said. “We are at a transformative moment as a city like none ever before.

“Our council and admin-istration should not and cannot chart this course without you. Our objectives would be far less purposeful and and far less pragmatic without the participation of the community of faith as an integral part of our foundation for building community.”

Veer said one year ago she sought the audience’s spiritual support to make what seemed to be the impossible, “Possible.

“And the progress of the past year, in spite of chal-lenging times, tells me that you said yes to that request. This last year in the life of our community demonstrates not only that hope is possible but that transformation is possible.

“We also all need to be more engaged, more than ever, at a time when the challenges, pressures and adversities of life might otherwise compel us to shrink back, to give up, to forfeit, to resign ourselves and give way to compla-cency because there are too many challenges, pressures and adversities for us to make much of a mean-ingful difference. Our call to action, community of faith, is to stand fi rm,” she said, adding that residents should choose to respond to circumstances out of faith rather than fear.

After guest speaker Mainse shared some of his mem-ories of past ministry in Alberta and across Canada, several individuals also prayed for various aspects of society, from politics and education to health.

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Celebrating the volunteers in our communityNext week marks National Volunteer

Week and what better time to recognize the dedicated efforts of the people that keep our community thriving.

National Volunteer week runs April 10th-16th. This year’s theme is ‘Volunteers are the roots of strong communities’.

Oftentimes, we as Red Deerians attend numerous events or functions on small and large scales, but we rarely think about what goes into putting that particular event on. Whether it be a sporting event, a charity golf tournament or gala, most times vol-unteers are involved to not only plan the festivities, but to make sure the event runs without a hitch.

Next week will be all the more reason to recognize these outstanding citizens who help shape our community each and every day.

According to the Volunteer Canada web site, “Volunteers are the roots of strong communities. Just like roots are essential

for trees to bloom, volunteers are essen-tial for communities to boom. Thanks to volunteers, our communities grow strong and resilient. Even the tiniest volunteer effort leaves a profound and lasting trace in a community, much like tree rings that appear over time.”

Volunteers can be found throughout the City lending a helping hand in a variety of capacities from visiting seniors in nursing homes and lodges, to driving meals to those in need via Meals on Wheels, to others who make dinner for people at the homeless shelter and many more who sit on a variety of community boards, etc., just to name a few. Volunteers are embedded in every aspect of our society and it’s these selfl ess individuals that make Red Deer truly the community it is today.

Taking a look back at some major events that have been held in the City including the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, The Brier, and the Olympic torch relay events,

to the Tour of Alberta, volunteers have been heavily relied on to ensure the success of those events. Next month the City will host the 2016 MasterCard Memorial Cup where undoubtedly countless volunteers will help ensure the event runs smoothly and will be enjoyable and welcoming for visitors to our community.

And as Red Deer heads towards the 2019 Canada Winter Games, of course more volunteers will be needed to not only help plan those events but to help when the Games ultimately comes to the City as well. We know that when the time comes, Red Deerians will step up to the plate to help ensure this major sports event is a success for the community as a whole, just as they always do.

There are an estimated 12.7 million volunteers nation-wide and those are the people who are the pulse of any commu-nity and Red Deer is no exception. Without them many things wouldn’t be possible.

Imagine a nursing home or hospital with-out volunteers. They provide comfort and friendship to help brighten someone’s day. Or imagine a charity event without volunteers – we may not have those types of events without them.

Red Deer has always had a wonderful volunteer-base, but there is always room for more as the need continues to grow. There are numerous opportunities for individuals to get involved as a volunteer. Countless community organizations rely on the support of volunteers to help ensure their operations run smoothly.

Volunteering is an opportunity to give back. We encourage Red Deerians to fi nd an area of interest, look for a volunteer opportunity and help our community continue to thrive.

If you are interested in volunteering, check out www.volunteerreddeer.ca for a number of ways to get involved and help make this already great community even better.

Henein’s defence of Ghomeshi shows why due process is necessaryThere has been a lot of

buzz about Marie Henein’s superb legal defence of the odious Jian Ghomeshi. The buzz is less about her work in actual court than about her defence of the basic principles of Canadian law in the court of public opin-ion.

The main thing that stands out from the Justice 101 tutorial that Henein gave to CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge is this:

“It is pretty signifi cant, that in one of the high-est profi le cases, in one of the cases where everybody had an opinion, sitting on their couch tweeting it out in a 140 characters or less, where people ex-pressed opinions not hav-ing heard a word of evi-dence, that you knew you could walk into court, and there would be an impar-tial person that would de-cide on the evidence that

was heard.”She followed up by say-

ing that this, “Happens not just in this case, but each and every single day.”

All together now - “Amen!”

It is increasingly tempt-ing in our society to make the law do things it should not, or to supplant the law with a cultural ethos - the collective feeling that those people must be stopped in whatever way possible. Henein’s defence of the law is a remind-er that the rule of law is there to protect the com-mon good – to protect you

and me. Or, as St. Thomas More (via Robert Bolt) put it, “I’d give the devil ben-efi t of the law for my own safety’s sake.”

This doesn’t just apply to criminal cases, where one’s personal freedom of body and movement is at play. It applies in areas where we might be tempt-ed to sidestep the law to shut down things that we might not like. Why? Because without the rule of law, power gets con-centrated, and used, not for the common good but for private gain. And often this means that it gets concentrated in the hands of those who control the levers of the state.

It was barely noticed here in Canada but one week after the Ghomeshi verdict, South Africa’s con-stitutional court gave us a reminder that a society that ignores the law is

more likely to be marked by thuggery and corrup-tion than right-thinking and right-living. In a de-cision that should fi nd its way into textbooks around the world, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that the law applies to everyone equally, including those who hold the highest of-fi ce in the country. Ruling against South African President Jacob Zuma in a case of corruption and his fl outing of the law, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng did not hold back:

“One of the crucial el-ements of our constitu-tional vision is to make a decisive break from the unchecked abuse of State power and resources that was virtually institutional-ized during the apartheid era. To achieve this goal, we adopted accountabil-ity, the rule of law and

the supremacy of the Constitution as values of our constitutional democ-racy. For this reason, public offi ce-bearers ignore their constitutional obligations at their peril. This is so because constitutionalism, accountability and the rule of law constitute the sharp and mighty sword that stands ready to chop the ugly head of impunity off its stiffened neck.”

I’d ask for another “Amen,” but in this case, it makes more sense to heed the words of journal-ist Madala Thepa writing in the Independent and say “Preach!”

We in the west have a tendency to think we are as removed from this as South Sudan is from Canada. But, if you look at the big picture – that Henein even needed to make the case for the law, that law societies

across Canada are willing to limit the freedom of a school not because it is illegal, but because, as the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia puts it, the school has a “university policy to which the (law society) objects,” or that our own government has attempt-ed to limit what people can wear – we might want to think twice before get-ting too smug.

The rule of law is a jewel of great value. It is the means by which we do public and private justice, which is, as professor Paul Brink reminds us, the par-ticular way we love one another in political com-munities. And, like any-thing of great value, it’s worth defending.

Brian Dijkema is program director, work and econom-ics at Cardus. His column is distributed through Troy Media.

Brian

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Sinclair refl ects on Truth and Reconciliation CommissionBY KALISHA MENDONSARED DEER EXPRESS

Last week the community was privy to an emotional and enlightening presentation by Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), who shared in detail the lasting effects of residential schools in Canada.

Sinclair was brought to the City via the Perspectives Series, hosted by Red Deer College. This particular series brought Aboriginal drumming at the College entrance, prayers by local elders and attendance by dignitaries in-cluding the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett.

As the chair of the TRC, Sinclair has been dedicated to understanding what occurred in residential school systems and releasing that information - and the reper-cussions - to Canadians.

“Now, we are more aware than we’ve ever been with what Canadian society has done in the past - inten-tionally and otherwise - and now we are left with this legacy,” he said.

“We need to fi x this legacy that’s been inherited into our society. Building on the experiences of the past will require us to understand what went wrong and to not do it again.”

During his presentation, Sinclair acknowledged the treaty land where Red Deerians reside - Treaties 6 and 7 - and also asked survivors and family members of survivors of the residential school system to rise to be acknowledged. Approximately 40 people in the sold-out auditorium stood up as a testament to the legacy left in the community.

The work of the TRC has been in motion for six years. The commission travelled across Canada to interview survivors of the Residential Schools system, to speak with honourary witnesses including family members of survivors and to investigate government records of the schools and what occurred there.

The TRC put forth a list of 94 Calls to Action in May 2015. Sinclair explained that those calls to action were the result of speaking with over 6,000 witnesses and sur-vivors, investigative research and a new understanding of the lasting results of the residential school system.

“Simply, the calls to action are a means by which we move forward in the future. If we spin our wheels in anger, we won’t accomplish much. The important ques-tion we must ask ourselves now is, ‘Knowing what we now know about the past, how are we going to move forward in the future?’ That’s the key,” Sinclair said.

Sinclair added he is hopeful to see some signs of changing relationships between Aboriginal and non-Ab-original people.

“I think change is going to occur. We recommended a process of change that recognizes all of the things that we see as needing to be taken into account during that changing process,” he explained.

“Since the calls to action were released in 2015, even without governmental action, I noticed institutions in society are starting to do things differenty. Post-secondary institutions, educators generally and church-es began to change the way they operated. That’s the beginning of change,” he said.

Sinclair added with the work of the TRC complete and their fi ndings available to the public, he feels people can no longer declare they were unaware of the problem. He said this understanding will hopefully lead to better relationships in the future.

He shared videos of actual testimonies given by sur-vivors to help the attending crowd understand some of the horrible acts committed in Canada. He explained in great detail, and with the perspective of a well-learned lawyer, the way the Government of Canada created laws that allowed them to discriminate against Aboriginal

people, including the Indian Act of 1876.“I went to a public school that taught us the very same

thing that was taught in residential schools: we were told that Indigenous people were inferior, that we had no culture worth speaking of and were not worthy of re-spect. We were told we were heathens - a violent people. We were taught that we were lucky to have been saved by the Europeans,” he said.

“Whether you know it or not, that message was part of your educational system. You have been taught to believe in a situation and a relationship that is based on a mythology of Indigenous inferiority, and the myth of European superiority.”

Sinclair stated he is eager to continue the work of truth and reconciliation in Canada, and his recent appoint-ment to the Senate would not impede on this ability.

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The nerve damage won’t let YOU sleep, so you resort to dangerous drugs to knock yourself out for the night. You want to travel. See the world. Enjoy your garden and take your dog for a walk. You can’t because your feet and legs hurt too much. You’ve worked hard - for decades! You’ve looked forward to retirement – to do the things you enjoy. Travel. Now this!

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You feel confined. Limited. You can’t even enjoy a trip to the mall. Shopping is a burden. Your balance is poor. YOU are afraid of falling, especial-ly when you are on uneven ground or using the stairs. You start using a cane for security. Eventually a cane is not enough and you need a walker. Finally a walker won’t do it and you are in a wheelchair. You are miserable. Desperate. Without hope. Your doctor is desperate to help you too. And…you’ve tried more drugs. Gabapentin. Lyrica. Nothing has helped. If all this isn’t bad enough, the nerve damage spreads to your hands and arms.

The most common causes of neuropathy are: diabetes, chemotherapy for cancer treatment, kidney failure and dialysis, drugs to prevent organ rejection, alcohol or drug abuse, bad arthritis in your lower back and AIDS/HIV.

Here’s a couple of common causes I bet you haven’t considered…drugs to lower your cholesterol and blood pressure. These drugs are notorious for killing the delicate nerves in your feet and hands. How many people do you know who take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol and drugs to lower their blood pressure? Dozens!

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Neuropathy can progress to extreme levels. It can ruin your life! I can still remember the day, like it was yesterday. Bob, a patient of mine, looked up at me and cried: “Dr. Waddell, what did I do to deserve this?” My eyes welled up. I strained to hold the tears back. I also remember Mel. The day before I met him, a surgeon had to cut off one of his toes. An anesthetic wasn’t necessary. Mel didn’t feel a thing. Can you imagine? It’s as if he had leprosy!

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The rich history of the Red Deer ArenaIn December 1952, there

was a lot of excitement in Red Deer.

The community was fi nally going to get a modern, 3,200 seat arena on the south side of the downtown on the Red Deer Fairgrounds. It was a facility which most felt was badly needed.

In the years following the end of the Second World War, Red Deer experienced an explosion of growth. The City, which had roughly 2,800 residents for many years, was now doubling and redoubling in population. Moreover, most of the new-comers were young families who wanted more sports and recreational activities.

With the tough economic times of the 1920s and 1930s, and then the Second World War, Red Deer had seriously lagged in its provision of public facilities. There was

no public swimming pool. The only gymnasiums were located in schools.

There was an indoor hock-ey rink, but it had been con-structed in 1925 primarily with funds donated by the community. It had a large, hipped tin roof, but mois-ture often dripped from the ceiling, causing problems with the ice.

Heating was very limited. Fans often had to gather around a large, pot-bel-lied stove in the lobby to warm up.

Most importantly, the old tin arena on Ross Street only had seating for 1,000 people, far too few in the commu-nity that now had more than 7,000 residents, many of whom were school-aged.

The City had attempted to deal with the shortage of facilities.

In 1949, an outdoor swim-ming pool was constructed on 49 St. east of 48 Ave.

In 1951, an old army drill hall on 58 St. was converted into a public auditorium and gymnasium.

Finally, the push to build a new arena came to a head. The old site was sold to Canada Safeway for $38,000. The old building was sold

for scrap to Empire Metals for an additional $3,000.

However, where to build the new arena and how to pay for it remained major issues.

The Red Deer Fair Board offered $10,000 if the arena was built on the fairgrounds and the City accepted the offer. However, some people felt that this site was too far from the downtown core.

With the post-war con-struction boom that was being experienced across Canada, there was a signifi -cant shortage of steel. Hence, City council rather reluctant-ly agreed to use mainly wood in the construction.

Since the architects, Rule, Wynn and Rule, had esti-mated the cost of construc-tion at $160,000, City council set a project budget of $176,000 to cover potential contingencies.

Council also had the rate-payers authorize, in a pleb-iscite, the borrowing of the necessary funds above those on hand.

Unfortunately, once again the post-war construction boom caused big problems. The cost of the new arena soared to $250,000. Major cutbacks had to be imple-mented.

The building was made smaller. The number of seats was reduced. The installation of an artifi cial ice-making plant was post-poned to a future date.

With all of the delays, Red Deer was left without an in-door arena for the 1951-1952 season. Fortunately, Canada Safeway gave permission for the old arena site to be used as a temporary outdoor rink.

Finally, the grand opening ceremonies were set for Dec. 17th, 1952.

The Red Deer Elks Lodge agreed to be the sponsor of the evening’s festivities.

A contract was signed with the Canadian Ice Fantasy show as the main attrac-tion. The Ice Fantasy had just commenced a tour of Western Canada. It came equipped with its own snow plow, in case of bad roads, and portable heated dressing rooms.

Another problem struck on the weekend before the offi cial opening.

A major chinook hit. It became impossible to main-tain a proper sheet of ice in the building. Consequently, the opening had to be de-layed until Dec. 23rd.

Fortunately, the Ice Fantasy was able to adjust its schedule. Despite the fact that Christmas Eve was only a day away, more than 3,000 people turned out for the ceremonies and entertainment.

Red Deer fi nally had its wonderful new arena. Red Deer had a popular com-munity landmark which has continued to be actively used for more than 60 years.

On April 8th, the City of Red Deer will be holding special ‘farewell’ ceremonies for the old Arena which is to be demolished this summer.

END OF AN ERA - Pictured here is the Red Deer Arena, 1953. The 10 openings on the east side of the building were put in so that the Arena could also house concession booths during the annual Red Deer Fair, instead of relying on the 40-year-old booths on the lower west side of the grandstand. photo courtesy of Red Deer Archives P4552

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TRIAL DATE SET FOR MEN CHARGED WITH MURDER

A trial date has been set for two men ac-cused of murdering a Castor-area family.

Jason Gordon Klaus has been charged with three counts of fi rst-degree murder and one count of arson in relation to the deaths of his father Gordon Klaus, 61, his mother Sandra Klaus, 62 and his sister Monica Klaus, 40, in December 2013.

Joshua Gregory Frank has also been charged with three counts of fi rst-degree murder in rela-tion to the deaths as well as one count of arson and one count of injuring or endangering an animal in relation to the shooting death of the family dog.

A preliminary hearing was held in February where it was determined there was enough ev-idence to hold a trial.

Their trial will take place Oct. 10th, 2017-Nov. 24th, 2017 in Red Deer’s Court of Queen’s Bench.

The remains of Gordon and Monica were found in what was left of a burnt-out house in Castor on Dec. 8th, 2013. The body of San-dra has never been found and during a press conference in Calgary in 2014, RCMP Insp. Tony Hamori, operations offi cer for the Calgary RCMP Major Crimes Unit, said police believe her remains were consumed by the fi re.

Hamori added Jason was arrested in August 2014 at Monica’s residence in Stettler while Frank was arrested at his brother’s residence in Castor.

CROWN APPEALS ARENS’ DECISION

The crown has appealed the overturning of Rodney Arens’ convictions. Arens, who had his convictions which included impaired driving causing death overturned by the Alberta Court of Appeal earlier this year, appeared in Red Deer court via CCTV on Monday.

Arens’ lawyer, Donna Derie-Gillespie, asked for the matter to go over to the next arraign-ment date.

Justice Kirk Sisson sentenced Arens to fi ve years and six months in prison in June 2014. He was given credit for 185 days for time served before and during the trial. His sentence also included a driving prohibition for 10 years.

Arens was found guilty of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing death, dan-gerous driving causing bodily harm and breach of recognizance.

Those convictions were overturned earlier this year in the Alberta Court of Appeal. He was granted bail, but remains in custody.

Arens will return to the Court of Queen’s Bench in Red Deer on May 2nd.

MAN CHARGED WITH DETACHMENT INCIDENT IN COURT

A Red Deer man who has been charged after two windows in the Red Deer RCMP downtown detachment were shot at with a replica fi rearm earlier this month made his third appearance in Red Deer court.

Cory Daniel Picard, 21, of Red Deer was the sole back seat passenger and was in possession of the BB pistol; he has been charged with us-ing an imitation fi rearm in the commission of an offence, possession of weapon for danger-ous purpose, mischief/damage to property over $5,000 and uttering threats.

RCMP received the fi rst report at 3:15 p.m. on March 14th that a maroon coloured Ford truck was driving through the Normandeau area and that the occupants were shooting at street signs. That was followed by a second call at 3:30 p.m. locating the truck in the area of the downtown RCMP detachment.

Concurrently, two second-storey windows in the lobby of the detachment were struck by an

unknown type of fi rearm or replica fi rearm, re-sulting in the glass pebbling but not shattering, thanks to its protective coating.

Police soon identifi ed the driver of the truck; within minutes of the detachment windows be-ing struck, they located the suspect truck in the area of Boyce Street and Beatty Crescent and exe-cuted a high risk arrest of the occupants at 4 p.m.

Picard will return to court April 6th.

TALBOT AND LARSEN IN COURT

A man charged after the death of a Red Dee-rian who was reportedly trying to stop thieves from stealing his vehicle made his fi rst appear-ance in Red Deer Provincial Court last Friday.

Alexander Michael Talbot, 24, appeared via CCTV from the Red Deer Remand Centre. He has been charged in relation to the death of Daweson Wegner who was killed on March 16th in the Normandeau neighbourhood. In-vestigators believe Talbot was in the process of stealing Wegner’s white Ford F650 when he was confronted by Wegner.

Police have said Talbot drove the truck into Wegner which resulted in his death. The RCMP have charged Talbot with manslaughter and theft of Wegner’s vehicle.

Talbot has also been charged with posses-sion of property obtained from proceeds of crime, driving while disqualifi ed and failing to appear in court.

On March 24th, the RCMP also charged Amanda Jo-Lynn Larsen, 27, of no fi xed address in Red Deer, with possession of stolen property over $5,000 as a result of her involvement in the theft of Wegner’s vehicle.

She has also been charged with four counts of resisting a peace offi cer from incidents this past February as well as possession of stolen property over $5,000. She also faces one count of failing to appear from March 11th.

Talbot, who remains in custody, will return to court on April 15th.

Meanwhile, Larsen, who has been released on bail, made a second court appearance in Red Deer Court last Friday.

Her case has been held over and she will re-turn to court April 12th.

PRELIM SET FOR MAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERIES

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for this fall for a Sylvan Lake man charged with a number of robbery offenses.

Aaron Mays, 24, has been charged with sev-en counts of robbery, seven counts of wearing a disguise in the commission of an offence and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

He will have a preliminary hearing from Oct. 3rd-6th in Red Deer court. A preliminary hear-ing is held to determine whether or not there is enough evidence for a trial to be held.

The robberies commenced in Sylvan Lake on Dec. 13th at the Plaza Liquor Store; then again on Dec. 27th at the Plaza Liquor Store; Dec. 29th at the CIBC and on Jan. 4th at the Lakeway Liquor store. On Jan. 5th the Lakeway Liquor store was robbed again and 16 minutes later the Plaza Liquor was robbed. On Jan. 11th the Bayshore Market was also robbed.

MAN CHARGED IN 2006 MURDER MAKES COURT APPEARANCE

A Lacombe man charged in relation to a 2006 murder has made his second court ap-pearance in Red Deer last week.

Shayne Earl Gulka, 44, has been charged with fi rst degree murder and kidnapping af-ter Bradley Webber was murdered in his fi fth wheel trailer in Eckville on Oct. 24th, 2006.

Gulka, who was arrested in Lacombe last month, is one of two men charged with fi rst degree murder. The other, Kevin Edward Brown, 33, remains at large.

Gulka will return to court April 13th.

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April 11–13 Sunnybrook United Church

April 18–22 Red Deer College Arts Centre

Red Deer Festival of the PERFORMING

ARTS


Central Alberta Singles Club is

sponsoring a dance on April

23rd with Triple Nickel, May

28th with Randy Hillman

and Hot Spur. June 18th with

Flashback Freddie, July 9th with

Runaway Train, July 23rd with

Wise Choice, Aug. 27th with

Randy Hillman and Hot Spur,

Sept. 24th with Leo Dumont,

Oct. 29th with Randy Hillman,

Nov. 26th with Flashback

Freddie and Dec. 17th with

Randy Hillman. Everyone is

welcome. Dances take place

at the Innisfail Royal Canadian

Legion. Call Elaine at 403-341-

7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.

Sweet & Savory Bake Sale & Tea on

Saturday April 9th from 9 a.m.

-noon at St. Leonard’s Anglican

Church 4241-44 St. Admission

$4. All proceeds go directly back

to your community! Come enjoy

a coffee time with your friends!

Door prizes! http://www.stleon-

ardsonthehill.org/#!events/cahv.

Hard of Hearing Advocacy and

Support Group meeting Friday,

April 8th in Boardroom at

Glenn’s Restaurant from 10:30

am till noon. $5 drop-in fee.

RSVP to speakupcentralalber-

[email protected] or phone (403)

356-1598 and leave message.

Red Deer Writers Ink Presents: The

Spring Workshop April 16th at

Westpark Middle School from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring: author

Kimmy Beach & Self-Esteem

Expert, Murray Fuhrer. Tick-

ets: $45 for members; $60 for

non-members. Contact Judy,

for registration by email at

[email protected].

Cancer patients, survivors invited

to free symposium Albertans

whose lives have been touched

by cancer are invited to register

for a free, half-day provincial

symposium, Living Your Best

Life With and Beyond Cancer.

Cancer patients, survivors and

family members in Red Deer and

area are invited to the Central

Alberta Cancer Centre on April

8th from 1 to 4:30 p.m., when

video of guest speakers will be

live-streamed from the Tom

Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary.

There will also be local presen-

tations. Cancer survivors often

experience psychological distress,

such as fears the cancer will

return, and can have diffi culties

resuming work and family activ-

ities. This symposium provides

practical information to help

these individuals and their fam-

ilies transition back to everyday

life, and will address topics such

as the role of exercise in living

well with and beyond cance;

positive psychology and how it

can help you live and feel better;

potential long-term effects of

cancer treatment and what you

can do about them; how to talk

about cancer with friends, family

and acquaintances. Participants

will hear from a panel of cancer

survivors and have time to visit

displays from several supportive

services. There is no registration

cost. Refreshments provided.

To register, please contact

Renae Brooks at 403-406-8452

or [email protected].

Hunting Hills High School is hosting

our fourth annual 24 hour

Bike-a-Thon from April 14th to

April 15th. This year we have 64

teams of students, teachers and

community members that will

share riding a stationary bike for

24 hours. Our overall goal for

this event is to promote mental

health and wellbeing. We hope

to achieve this by continuing

the conversations about mental

health, by bringing programs to

our school that promote proac-

gay community. It is not narrated

but made up of interviews with

those who went through the

crisis combined with powerful

imagery, a unique and amazing

experience. Turning Point (Cen-

tral Alberta AIDS Network Soci-

ety) is partnering in this event

and after the fi lm will briefl y

have new and interesting devel-

opments in AIDS treatment and

prevention, inform on local ways

you can help in this area of social

justice and care, and lead in dis-

cussing the fi lm. It will take place

at St. Andrew’s United Church

(5226 51 Ave, Lacombe, AB) on

April 10th at 6 p.m. Call 403-763-

0587 for more information.

Red Deer College continues one

of its tastiest traditions with the

12th annual RDC Alumni Wine

Tasting Festival, where guests can

enjoy an evening of fi ne wines,

beverages and gourmet dining

selections. Tickets are now on

sale for this event which runs

April 14th with registration at 7

p.m. and the wine tasting from

7:30 – 10 p.m. It takes place in

the Cenovus Energy Learning

Common on the main campus.

Tickets are available at www.

rdc.ab.ca/winetasting. The RDC

Alumni Wine Tasting Festival

features gourmet hors d’ouevres

from some of Central Alberta’s

fi nest dining establishments,

paired with delicious wines

and beers from around the

world. The event also features a

variety of raffl e prizes, including

coolers of wine, cases of wine,

a one-year membership to the

Float Shack, valued at over

$500, and the grand prize of

a one-year subscription to the

Upper Bench Winery & Creamery

“Curds and Corks Club,” valued

at $850. For more information

or to purchase tickets for the

12th Annual RDC Alumni Wine

Tasting Festival, please visit

www.rdc.ab.ca/winetasting.

Red Deer Christmas Bureau is

holding a Volunteer Appreci-

ation Tea on April 17th from

1 to 3 p.m. at the Toy Depot

# 16 7428 49 Ave Red Deer .

Benalto & Area Rural Crime

Watch Society General Meet-

ing: Thursday, April 28, 2016 @

7pm, Benalto Leisure Centre,

Ag. Grounds. Guest Speaker

Red Deer RCMP Cst. William

Lewadniuk. Topic: FRAUD.

Membership should reside within

area patrolled by Sylvan Lake

RCMP. For more info, please call

Sue Banting at 403-896-7189 or

Dave Dale at 403-887-3937.

CMHA Now Accepting Applica-

tions for April WRAP For Life.

WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action

Planning) is an eight-week

course designed to identify what

individuals need for everyday

wellness. WRAP helps people

incorporate wellness tools and

strategies into their lives. Thou-

sands of people, world-wide,

have successfully used what they

learned at an eight-week WRAP

course to live happier and more

satisfying lives while improving

connections to their families,

their friends, and their commu-

nity. The April course meets for

eight Monday afternoons from

1-4 PM, beginning April 11th.

The fi nal class is on May 30th.

WRAP meets at the Canadian

Mental Health Association offi ce,

5017 50th Avenue (Little Gaetz)

in downtown Red Deer. People

interested in WRAP courses must

call Canadian Mental Health

Association at 403-342-2266 or

email us at education@reddeer.

cmha.ab.ca to arrange a meeting

with CMHA Education Pro-

gram staff prior to admission.

There is a $25 materials fee for

the course. Bursaries may be

available to offset this fee for

people with limited incomes.

More information is available on

our web site http://reddeer.cmha.

ca/programs_services/wrap/.

www.victmsupport.ca

tive approaches to mental health,

and by supporting programs

in our community that assist

students and families. We open

to businesses or companies that

would be interested in choosing

to s ponsor or donate this event,

via cash donations, prizes or food

items. The more sponsors that we

can get for this event, the greater

chance we have of achieving

our goal of spreading awareness

of the importance of healthy

mental well being. Finally, we

welcome community members

to ride our c ommunity bike or

alumni bike. We hope you take

this opportunity to contribute in

any way possible. If you require

more information or would like

to donate or ride a bike, please

contact Alicia Bryar (a licia.bryar@

rdpsd.ab.ca) at 403-342-6655 ext.

2236 or Krystina Clark (krystina.

[email protected]) at ext. 2241

or check our school website

for additional information.

The Red Deer Public Library presents

First Thursday in the Snell April

7th, 12:15 - 1 p.m. in the The

Snell Auditorium, featuring

pianist Alexandra Andrievsky and

violinist Andrea Neumann in ‘A

Bohemian Cafe’. No admission

charge. A free will donation will

be accepted at the door. Coffee

and Tea provided by Cafe Noir.

The Affi rm Group of St. Andrew’s

(Diversity ministry) invites you to

join them on the fi rst monthly

Affi rm movie night. April’s movie

is “We Were Here” a compelling

and moving documentary on the

response to the AIDS crisis of the

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Week of April 6 - 13, 2016

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Art of Friendship is an eight-week

course designed to help people

who feel lonely or isolated learn

and practice the skills that help

people make and keep friends.

The April course meets weekly

beginning April 28th from 6

p.m. to 8 p.m. and runs through

June 16th. The course takes

place at the Dawe Branch of

Red Deer Public Library at 56

Holt Street. Art of Friendship is

particularly helpful to people

who have lost friends because

diffi cult experiences or disability

have affected their confi dence

level and self-esteem. Empty

nesters, older people entering

retirement, and people new to

Red Deer also report that this

course has improved their social

lives. For more information, call

the Canadian Mental Health

Association at 403-342-2266.

The fee for the course is $25 and

bursaries may be available for

people with limited incomes.

More information is available on

the CMHA web site: www.red-

deer.cmha.ab. The Art of Friend-

ship is funded by Alberta Health

Services and The Life Long

Learning Council of Red Deer.

The Annual Dahlia Tuber and

Gladiolus Corm Sale hosted by

the Alberta Dahlia & Gladiolus

Society (ADGS) will take place

April 9th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

at Bower Place Shopping Centre.

There will be many varieties of

dahlia tubers and glad corms for

sale to beautify your gardens

this summer. The ADGS is a

non-profi t society promoting

the culture and development of

dahlias and glads. For further

information contact Lorne McAr-

thur at 403-346-4902 or marilyn.

[email protected] or visit

our website at www.alberta-

dahliaandgladsociety.com.

Let’s Talk About the Arts presents:

Why Poetry Matters. Meet

Rosemary Griebel, poet, service

design lead for readers, Calgary

Public Library and hear how she

views the importance of poetry

in today’s busy society. It runs

April 13th from 7 - 8:15 p.m. at

the Red Deer Public Library -

downtown branch (4818 49th

St.) The event takes place in the

Snell Auditorium. Tickets are $10

each and available at any Red

Deer Public Library Branch. For

more information about the pre-

sentation, check www.rdpl.org.

Hunting Hills High School is hosting

our fourth annual 24 hour Bike-

a-Thon from April 14th to April

15th. This year we have 64 teams

of students, teachers and com-

munity members that will share

riding a stationary bike for 24

hours. During the event students

will participate in a variety of en-

tertainment, interactive, and in-

formative events, such as student

performers, a magician, bouncy

castle, and much more. Our

overall goal for this event is to

promote mental health and well-

being. We hope to achieve this

by continuing the conversations

about mental health, by bringing

programs to our school that

promote proactive approaches to

mental health, and by supporting

programs in our community that

assist students and families. We

would love for our community

to get involved. We open to

businesses or companies that

would be interested in choosing

to s ponsor or donate this event,

via cash donations, prizes or food

items. The more sponsors that we

can get for this event, the greater

chance we have of achieving

our goal of spreading awareness

of the importance of healthy

mental well being. Finally, we

welcome community members

to ride our c ommunity bike or

alumni bike. We hope you take

this opportunity to contribute in

any way possible. If you require

more information or would like

to donate or ride a bike, please

contact Alicia Bryar (a licia.bryar@

rdpsd.ab.ca) at 403-342-6655 ext.

2236 or Krystina Clark (krystina.

[email protected]) at ext. 2241

or check our school web site

for additional information.

Red Deer Garden’s Next Meeting,

April 21st at Elna Edgar from

Edgar Farms in Innisfail with

presentation on asparagus,

rhubarb and other crops. Starts

at 7 p.m. On April 23rd, Glenda

Davies - Road trip to Tranquility

Nurseries, east of Lacombe, call

Glenda for details at 403-342-

4669. On May 23rd at Golden

Circle, enjoy speaker Kath Smyth.

Tickets at museum or our next

meeting on April 21st. Check

out our web site for details.

Central Alberta Historical Society

Program April 20th at 7 p.m.

at Red Deer Museum. Top-

ic - history of Michener Cen-

tre with speaker - Dr. Robert

Lampard. Everyone welcome.

For further information, con-

tact Lianne 403-347-1826.

Red Deer Arts Council and Red

Deer Public Library are pleased

to present ‘Out of the Cup-

board: A Red Deer Arts Council

Visual Arts Members Juried

Exhibition’, which runs in the

Kiwanis Gallery to April 24th.

The Red Deer Arts Council is seeking

enthusiastic board and committee

volunteers to lead our organi-

zation in making Red Deer a dy-

namic community that celebrates

the arts. The Arts Council pro-

motes and advocates for artists

and arts & culture organizations

in Red Deer, encouraging and fa-

cilitating new networks and pro-

fessional development to make

the arts community stronger and

more visible. Board Directors set

the course for the organization

and work with staff and the arts

and business communities to

achieve our goals. We are looking

for a variety of skilled individuals

to join the team! We are specif-

ically seeking individuals with

knowledge of or experience in

writing policy, communications,

fundraising, and committee or or-

ganizational leadership. An inter-

est in the arts and culture scene

in Red Deer is a decided asset.

For more information, contact

Diana at info@reddeerartscoun-

cil.ca or call 403-348-2787.

Garden Club meetings are held

on the third Thursday of every

month except December, July and

August. All meetings are held at

the Kerry Wood Nature Center

6300 – 45 Ave. March 17th – pot-

luck and elections – please feel

free to bring any favorite dish

you like! On April 21st, Elna Ed-

gar from Edgar Farms at Innisfail

– yet to be confi rmed, but provid-

ed she does come, her topic will

be related to vegetables! The Red

Deer Garden Club will be hosting

a special speaker again this year

on Tuesday May 3rd at the Gold-

en Circle at 7 p.m. Tickets will be

available at the March meeting

- Kath Smyth, Horticulturist from

Calgary, will be speaking. Her

topic - what is your garden style:

Is a makeover really for you?

She will be speaking about, and

showing slides on budget-friend-

ly front yard makeovers she has

designed in new and mature

areas of Calgary that focus on

water-wise gardening while pre-

serving existing trees and shrubs.

Volkssport is coming to Central

Alberta. Organizational meeting

is set for April 11th at the Gold-

en Circle, starting at 7:30 p.m.

Contact Connie Simmons at 403-

309-5589 or email connie_sim-

[email protected]. Volksport is an

international organization that

hosts walks throughout Alberta,

and over 40 countries world-

wide. Explore your neighbour-

hood or the world. For more,

check out www.walkalberta.ca.

Daytime Documentaries - April

13th, 2 p.m. at the Red Deer

Public Library, Downtown

Branch, Snell Auditorium. Blood

Brother: this fi lm documents

the story of Rocky Braat, a

young man who left his life

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to

live in India with HIV positive

orphans. This is an intimate

portrait of a young man who

longed to fi nd a family, leading

him to an AIDS hostel in India, a

place of unspeakable hardship,

where he would fi nd almost

more love and need than he

could bear. Join us for this

enlightening documentary and

enjoy light refreshments with

us. A discussion facilitated by

a staff member will follow the

fi lm. Everyone is welcome. If

you need more information, or

if you plan to bring a group,

please contact Donna Stewart

or Priscilla at 403-346-2100.

YARD Yoga Studio: Yoga in your

own back YARD! Registration

is NOW open for our SPRING

Session. Classes run through to

May 27th. A variety of classes

and styles for all levels… includ-

ing Hatha, Power, Yin, Kund-

alini, Yoga for BACKS, Nidra,

Therapeutic Yoga, and Gentle/

Modifi ed. Plus we are offer-

ing special Thursday evening

mini-workshops throughout

this session. Our classes are

smaller for a more personalized

approach. Call 403-550-9240,

email [email protected] or

visit www.reddeeryoga.ca.

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REPORT OF DOG POISONING

At 11 a.m. on April 4th, Red Deer RCMP received a re-port of a dog poisoning that occurred over the weekend and resulted in the dog being put down.

The dog owner suspects the incident occurred the af-

ternoon of April 2nd after a dog briefl y escaped its yard and then grew sick later that evening. The vet who treat-ed the dog confi rmed that it had ingested chicken and antifreeze; the dog had to be euthanized that evening. The veterinarian confi rmed with RCMP that this was the only

case her clinic had seen as of Monday morning.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

CHARGES LAID AFTER ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

The adult male and male youth who were arrested Feb. 25th after a road rage incident involving an imitation fi rearm have been formally charged.

Jeremy Wayne White, 26, of Innisfail has been charged with uttering threats, posses-sion of a weapon for danger-ous purpose and assault with a weapon.

The youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been charged with possession of weapons contrary to an order, uttering threats, possession of weapon for dangerous pur-pose and assault with a weap-on.

SHOTS FIRED NEAR JOFFRE

On March 25th at 8 p.m., Blackfalds RCMP received a complaint of shots fi red near Joffre.

A CN Railway crew was moving a train west of Jof-fre and heard numerous rifl e shots which were believed to

hit the train. CN Railway per-sonnel were working within close proximity of where the shots were believed to impact the train.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. Those wish-ing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or at www.tipsubmit.com.

RCMP SEARCH FOR ROBBERY SUSPECT

Red Deer RCMP are looking for public assistance to iden-tify the man who robbed the Fairview Food Mart with a ma-chete on March 21st.

The suspect entered the Fairview Food Mart on Fir Street at 8 p.m. on March 21st, brandishing a machete and demanding cigarettes and cash. He was seen heading eastbound on foot, crossing the walking bridge on Taylor Drive and then departing in a waiting vehicle, a dark-co-loured four door Chevrolet Impala with a spoiler on the back.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, between 18-25 years of age and about 5’8” – 5’9” tall. He was wear-ing a black hooded sweatshirt with bright red/orange letter-ing, black sunglasses, black ball cap. and black gloves. He was carrying a dark grey ma-chete.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575.

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This week, Red Deer College Students’ Association president Maryanne McGrath was excited to offi cially announce the stu-dents’ contribution of $500,000 towards the new Gary W. Harris Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport.

McGrath, along with various dignitaries of the community, previous Students’ Association (SA) members and RDC faculty celebrated the donation and rec-ognized the long-time dedica-tion of students to building the future of RDC.

“Today is a very exciting day in the 50 year history of the Students’ Association. We are celebrating two things - the stu-dents’ commitment and contri-bution to the College’s future, as well as the College’s apprecia-tion for our donation,” McGrath said.

The contributions will be put towards the construction of the new sports, wellness and health facility being built at the College. Offi cials said this facility will be crucial for the City to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games and is an iconic addition to the RDC campus.

Included in this new centre will be a dedicated facility for the Students’ Association coun-

cil chambers. Red Deer College will be the fi rst college in Alberta to provide such a space for their students’ association. McGrath explained this is common in polytechnic schools and univer-sities, but is unseen in the col-leges in the province.

“We’re receiving new council chambers and a meeting space for student groups, with storage spaces for those student groups. It’ll be a very collaborative space that students can access at any time they’d like,” she said.

“I think it’ll really foster more involvement in student leader-ship because students would potentially start leading more groups when they know they have a space to do so. It’ll be a permanent home for our stu-dent groups.”

She thanked the previous SA members who had dedicated their vision towards the project and was humbled by the chance to take part in the donation.

“This isn’t a legacy of my own - it’s a legacy of the Students’ Association and leaders of the past,” she said.

The SA began investing a por-tion of their student fees into the existing Building Trust Fund in 2001. This investment was made in order to secure the fu-ture of the College’s growth and was last accessed in 2000 for funding towards the renovation

of the Farside Bar and Grill on campus, as well as the current SA offi ces.

“This donation is an excellent opportunity to refl ect that vi-sion and to support an import-ant initiative that will directly benefi t current and future RDC students,” McGrath said.

She said she was very thank-ful for the school’s announce-ment of the new SA council

chambers and work space. RDC President Joel Ward was also pleased with the announce-ment, saying it serves as a rec-ognition of the valuable rela-tionship between students and faculty at RDC.

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this level of commitment that demonstrates just how import-ant the Harris Centre will be for our learners,” he said.

The Centre for Health, Wellness and Sport is expected to be com-pleted in 2018, with the facility being utilized that fall for stu-dent use, and then the follow-ing year during the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

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The G.H. Dawe Community Centre Water Park will be closed to April 17th for annual main-tenance. The pool will reopen on April 18th for regular aquatic programming and drop-in ac-tivities.

Although the pool area is closed, the rest of the G.H. Dawe Centre will remain open to the public. Regularly sched-uled drop in, dryland, and fi t-ness programming will not be affected.

Swimmers are reminded that the Collicutt Centre, Recreation Centre and Michener Aquatic Centre are open during this time. For more information and swim schedules, visit www.reddeer.ca/rpc or pick up a schedule at City recreation facilities.

NEW COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM

Agencies have been selected to deliver housing and supports under a new framework in Red Deer starting July 1st, aimed at a more coordinated and effi -cient system between the City, the Province, and community agencies to better support and provide stable housing to people experiencing homelessness.

The agencies are the success-ful proponents of a Request for Proposals (RFP) that asked for delivery of service based on Red Deer’s System Framework for Housing and Supports. City council approved the recommen-dations from the Community Housing Advisory Board (CHAB).

“We will work together with agencies and clients as we tran-sition to our new system,” said Roxana Nielsen Stewart, super-

visor, social planning. “We have excellent service providers who have clear expectations and out-come measures under the new system, so we are positioned for success in ending homelessness.”

The improved system of hous-ing and supports builds on Ev-eryone’s Home: Red Deer’s Five Year Plan to End Homelessness, and focuses on individuals who have been homeless the longest.

The system will include a single entry point for programs and an emphasis on matching the right person with the right program.

“We believe these changes will ultimately make the most positive impact for those expe-riencing homelessness and for the rest of our community,” said Roger Goodwin, CHAB Board Chair. “This fulfi lls our deliberate strategy of ending homelessness by the end of 2018.”

The City’s working defi nition of homelessness means the system can house an individual who has presented to the system within 28 days.

The City receives $3.44 million per year from the Province which is allocated to service providers. This funding agreement is for July 1st to June 30th, 2019. Visit reddeer.ca to view the agencies to receive funding.

MUNICIPAL CENSUS

Participating in the 2016 mu-nicipal census is easier than ever

with options to complete the census online, over the phone and in person when enumerators go door-to-door this month.

Completing the census online is easy, quick and secure. Each household will be delivered a Personal Identifi cation Number (PIN) which can be used to log on and access this year’s Census questions and submit answers.

This year’s census will collect information on the number of people living in each household as well as their sex and year of birth. By participating in the cen-sus online, residents can also en-ter to win a tablet.

Letters with instructions and PIN numbers are being hand delivered to every home in Red Deer. The PIN is specifi c to each address and is required to enter the census web site.

The site can be accessed at www.reddeer.ca/census.

Residents can complete the census online to April 14th.

“If online isn’t an option, res-idents can call the Census offi ce at 403-342-8317 or wait for an enumerator to visit between April 15th and May 9th.”

For more information, go to www.reddeer.ca/census.

NAME OUR SCHOOLS

As offi cials prepare for the 2017 opening of the new school located in Inglewood, the 2017

relocation of the Spanish Bilin-gual Program to Grandview, and establishing a name for the Alternative School currently locat-ed in downtown, they have the opportunity to select names that will become a statement about the values and aspirations the community holds for the school.

The School Naming Commit-tee invites suggestions from stu-dents, parents and the commu-nity, of potential names for these schools. This is an opportunity for residents to demonstrate cre-ativity, pay tribute to a particular individual, or highlight historical connections within each of the communities.

Criteria that will be used to bring a recommendation to the board of trustees may include the name of an individual, place or event of a local, provincial, national or international signifi -cance; an individual recognized as having made a signifi cant contribution to society; a mean-ingful connection to Red Deer Public Schools, public school ed-ucation and/or the community; refl ection of history, cultures and identity of the region and an opportunity for connection or inspiration to students attending the school.

They request submissions, including a background and rationale for the name, be for-warded by April 20th to Bruce Buruma, corporate secretary and director of community re-lations at 4747 – 53rd St.

The postal code is T4N 2E6. Email bruce.buruma@rdpsd.

ab.ca (subject line ‘School Naming’).

LET’S TALK 2016

Come have a chat with us on April 9th, when the City hosts Let’s Talk 2016 at Parkland Mall.

From 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., let’s talk about the City – its identity, its people and its future.

Chat with Mayor Veer and Red Deer City councillors as well as staff from over 30 City depart-ments and community agencies to fi nd out more about being green, being safe, being active and belonging in the City.

Veer will be at Let’s Talk from 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

This year, there will be plenty of activities for the whole family.

“We will be showcasing a number of new initiatives in-cluding MyCity our new 24/7 on-line service, the new reloadable MyRide transit cards and Red Deer’s identity narrative which tells the story of our communi-ty,” said Julia Harvie-Shemko, director of Communications & Strategic Planning.

“Let’s Talk is all about bringing The City to you.”

A number of agencies will also be set up at Let’s Talk including 211, Alberta Animal Services, the Red Deer & District SPCA, Tourism Red Deer, Waskasoo En-vironmental Education Society, the Red Deer Airport, the Red Deer Public Library, the Museum and Art Gallery and the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

Check out www.reddeer.ca/letstalk.

NOTICE is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on TUESDAY, April 12, 2016, the Council of Red Deer County will consider the following bylaw:

Bylaw No. 2016/7, a bylaw to amend Section 28 of the Land Use Bylaw No. 2006/6 in relation to reapplication timelines.

The purpose of this bylaw is to provide Council with the ability to consider waiving the 18 month waiting period for reapplication of a previously refused application and to provide the Development Authority with some discretion to receive a new or revised development permit application before 18 months has passed if the application has been sufficiently revised or corrected in relation to the reason for which it was originally denied.

A PUBLIC HEARING prior to further consideration of the proposed bylaw WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, April 12, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, County Office, 38106 Rge Rd 275, Red Deer County, Alberta (west of Hwy 2 on 32 Street / C&E Trail Overpass).

The hearing will be conducted under the chairmanship of the County Mayor for the purpose of hearing comments on the proposed bylaw.

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ENTERTAINMENTGord Bamford excited to return to Central Alberta

BY ZACHARY CORMIERRED DEER EXPRESS

CCMA award-winning country artist Gord Bamford is set to make his return to Central Alberta next week when he brings his Certifi ed Country Tour to the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer on April 8th.

The show, which Bamford is co-headlining with American country artist Joe Nichols, will be the Lacombe-raised musician’s fi rst concert in Central Alberta since moving to Nashville in August of last year.

“It’s exciting, you know? Obviously, growing up in Lacombe, it’s going to be great coming back home. I’ve been looking forward to it since it got booked,” said the 39-year-old about the show.

Next Friday’s tour stop won’t be Bamford’s fi rst performance at the Centrium, he opened there for Brooks and Dunn back in 2009, but it will be the fi rst time he has been a headliner at the Westerner.

And if that wasn’t enough, making things more exciting for the 2015 CCMA Male Artist of the Year is the fact that his newest album, Tin Roof, drops the same day as the show in Red Deer.

“It’ll defi ntely be a great atmosphere and a great way to kick off this new record and celebrate it.”

The record, his seventh, is Bamford’s fi rst album of original music since 2013’s Country Junkie.

“The album’s a little bit different,” he said, adding that the new music has a fresher sound than on previous albums, thanks to new producer Phil O’Donnell (Craig Morgan, Justin McBride, High Valley).

His past six records were produced by close friend Byron Hill (The Boom Chucka Boys, Hey Romeo).

“I’m kind of excited about it. It’s got a dif-ferent set of ears on it. It covers all sorts of different topics. There’s lots of great country stuff as well as some more of that main-stream radio stuff that’s happening right now,” said Bamford, adding that working with a new producer has been enlightening.

“It was really tough because I’ve been so lucky to have so much success with Byron and myself doing all our records. Some may think it was crazy to make the change, but at the same time having a new set of ears and a different vision on what the record should sound like is always a good thing. Change is never a bad thing.

“I believe I might have just made the best record of my career.”

One unique thing about Tin Roof is its length. The album features 15 new songs.

“It’s a different thought process nowadays with everybody doing EPs and no more than fi ve or six songs with iTunes. But I have such a great fan base of people who buy my re-cords I just wanted to give them value for it.”

According to Bamford, they orignally cut around 25 tracks before cutting it down to just 15.

“It was tough to narrow it down to 15, so I’m excited to get it out there.”

Two advance singles from the new re-cord — Don’t Let Her Be Gone and Heard You

in a Song — have already become hits on country radio around Canada.

In fact, Heard You in a Song reached number one on the Canadian country air play chart just last week while Don’t Let Her Be Gone went all the way to number one in Canada and peaked at number two on Billboard’s Hot Country list in the U.S.

“Just couldn’t get past that Thomas Rhett single,” Bamford laughed, adding he’s been extremely happy with how the two songs have done.

“As far as radio and singles go, the album’s off to a great start and I think we’re going to release quite a few singles off this album. Some of my favourite songs I’ve ever been a part of are on this record.”

Born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia in 1976, Bamford moved to Lacombe with his mother when he was fi ve-years-old.

“I went to school in Lacombe, Kindergarten through Grade 12 and in the early ’90s Garth Brooks was the biggest deal going and that’s kind of what got me into country music,” Bamford remembered, adding in high school he used to play in the auditorium with one of his friends at lunch time.

Now he’s playing the Centrium, one of the largest venues in Central Alberta, and that’s something that he said is pretty special.

“The Big Valley Jamboree, the Red Deer Centriums, the Rexall Places, I mean I practically grew up down the road. You watch concerts, you watch hockey games, I’ve played hockey games in those places. You always have goals and dreams and defi nitely being able to stand on stage and play music in those places as a headliner in front of people who listen to your music and enjoy your music. It’s something that feels really good and rewarding.”

And Bamford won’t be alone on this tour either. The billet also features MacKenzie Porter and the Washboard Union as opening acts and, of course, co-headliner Nichols.

“It’s going to be a great country show. Joe’s roots are very deeply planted in country music, as well as mine,” he said, adding touring as a co-headliner is quite a bit different than touring as an opening act.

“I think the fact that being able to be a headliner and a co-headliner makes it easier to do a lot more of what you typ-ically do in your own show, have a little bit more freedom on stage and be able to design a show the way you really want it for your fans.”

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HOMECOMING - Gord Bamford is set to make his return to Central Alberta when his Certifi ed Country Tour with Joe Nichols rolls into the ENMAX Centrium on April 8th. The show will be the Lacombe native’s fi rst major performance in the area since he moved to Nashville in August last year. photo submitted

20 RED DEER EXPRESS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016ENTERTAINMENT

Front Porch Roots Revue pays tribute to ‘The Band’BY MARK WEBERRED DEER EXPRESS

The Front Porch Roots Revue heads to Red Deer April 8th for a show fea-turing classic tunes from the songbook of The Band.

The show, entitled ‘Up On Cripple Creek’, begins at 7:30 p.m. and marks something of a key mile-stone as it’s been 40 years this fall since The Band’s legendary Last Waltz con-cert. It will be held at the Elks Lodge.

“It was a pretty big un-dertaking when it came to tackling this songbook, but we all love this music,” said bassist/singer Ron Rault - a cornerstone member of the Revue. “Pete (Peter North, Front Porch producer) and I had been talking about it for a long time because we so much loved the music of The Band - it had never real-ly gone out of our thoughts,” he said. “They were such an infl uence on all of us - and everybody in our group.” So Rault and North sat down with a bunch of The Band’s records and between the two of them, they pared down the list to about 25 tunes.

According to Wikipedia, The Band was a Canadian roots rock group originally consisting of Rick Danko (bass guitar, double bass, fi ddle, vocals), Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, gui-tar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophones, trumpet), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, percussion, vocals).

Because they were al-ways ‘the band’ to various frontmen, the name ‘The Band’ worked well when the group came into its own. They went on to re-lease 10 studio albums.

For capturing the sounds

of the legendary group, it took plenty of careful planning and consider-ation.

“We were also thinking about who could play these tunes with us,” said Rault. “We needed to have peo-ple who were well enough versed in this music and who were capable of play-ing this music. It wasn’t just three chord blues, but there’s some fairly intri-cate stuff in there, some very detailed stuff.”

It also wasn’t just about fi nding the best players for the tunes, but the right ‘mix’ of players as well.

“We took some time, and by 2012, we started it at the Ironwood in Calgary.” The response was terrifi c and the guys were delight-

ed with how things ulti-mately had come together.

“We’ve got four strong singers, Calgary’s J.R. Shore, plus Doug Andrew from Vancouver’s Circus In Flames. They join ‘Crawdad’ Cantera and myself on the vocal end of this project. Rounding out the troupe is longtime

Ian Tyson drummer Thom Moon and we’re thrilled to have the great Gord Matthews on guitar. Gord has proven that with his years recording and tour-ing with k.d lang and Ian Tyson,” said Rault. “It sur-prised all of us - we knew it was going to be good, we just didn’t know it was

going to be that good,” he said. “We also thought it was just going to be a one-off kind of thing.

“We thought we’ll do this, it will be fun, we’ll have a few laughs, we’ll be able to hang out for a week or so. Then all of a sudden, everyone wanted the show!

“We had wondered how many people out there even remembered or cared about this music.” Apparently, many did - many sold-out concerts and festival performances were to follow over the next couple of years.

And it wasn’t just the older, original fans coming to the shows - plenty of young people have been tuning in as well.

“The themes of the music are timeless,” said Rault. “They would talk about things that mat-tered. It wasn’t just, ‘I love you/you left me/ I hate you’ - it was more about some of the deeper things in our hearts and minds. It touched our souls.”

Meanwhile, for the cur-rent string of shows, the troupe is expanded with the addition of Colleen Brown singing the songs Joni Mitchell sang at the Last Waltz, while Ian Oscar of Alberta country-rock band One Horse Blues will be handling the Neil Young tunes from the Last Waltz as well as some Bob Dylan material.

Rounding out the en-semble is Calgary’s Kirby Sewell who will be sing-

ing the Van Morrison tunes heard at the Last Waltz.

For Rault, it’s a very meaningful show. “Once I met Richard Manuel’s brother, and he had tears in his eyes. He said, ‘Thank you for playing this music, and doing it this way’.

“Those songs are etched into our DNA.”

As to the guys who started it all, the original confi guration of The Band ended its touring career in 1976 with a live ball-room performance featur-ing many musical celebri-ties. This performance was immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s 1978 documen-tary The Last Waltz.

The group was even-tually inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2008 they received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

As mentioned, ‘The Last Waltz’ was advertised as The Band’s ‘farewell con-cert appearance’, and the concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen guests, including Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfi eld, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, Neil Diamond, Bobby Charles, The Staples and Eric Clapton.

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CLASSIC - The Front Porch Roots Revue will be performing a 40th anniversary tribute to The Band’s Last Waltz. The show runs at the Elks Lodge on April 8th. photo submitted

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Red Deer College presents Animal FarmBY MARK WEBERRED DEER EXPRESS

Red Deer College theatre students are gearing up for the fi nal show of the sea-son - George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm.

Directed by Lynda Adams, this presen-tation is adapted by Peter Hall with lyrics by Adrian Mitchell and music by Richard Peaslee. Based on Orwell’s revolutionary masterpiece, Hall’s adaptation envisions an ideal society where the animals can live without human oppression.

Performances run in Studio A from April 13th – 16th. Curtain is 7:30 p.m.

There is also a weekend matinee at 1 p.m.

Animal Farm has been described an allegorical and dystopian novella which was fi rst published in England in August of 1945.

Starting with the notion that all ani-

mals are equal – but some are more equal than others – and ending with a twist, this story will help us explore the politi-cal implications of this classic story, with stunning visuals and lively music.

“That was also one of the reasons we chose (this rendition) - because it has music, and we have a very musical class this year,” said Adams, adding that Morgan McKee has come on board to help with the musical aspect of the show.

“We are also having so much fun work-ing on it - it’s such a fantastic story,” she added. Hall’s rendition also proved to be the ideal one for her cast of 19 to tackle.

“When I was doing my master’s in London, I heard a lot about him. He’s a director, and very well-known in the U.K.

“When we were looking at our season this year, we defi nitely chatted about Animal Farm. It had come up a number of times over the past few years and we

went, ‘Yes, this is a really great piece of theatre and a nice ensemble show for our fi rst years,” she said. “It’s also very rich in content because of all of the political connotations.

“There are also lots of passages that are in the book which are also actu-ally in the play,” she said of Hall’s skill in adapting the famous book into an effective and accessible stage production. “You could probably do it any-time and it would be rele-vant, but it did seem very relevant now.”

As to the look of the play, Anton de Groot is han-dling the set and lighting design. “He’s a young de-signer who works contin-ually in Calgary. We are very lucky to have him - it’s fantastic to have him on board.

“He really likes to do experimental work as well, so we are exploring all of these different items that would be found in a barn and a barn yard which can be translated into other things.” It’s all about versatility. “Those parts of the set keep being created and re-created right before our eyes.”

Donna Jopp is overseeing costume de-sign. “Everyone kind of wears a basic grey, and then we have caps and jackets, vests and plaid shirts for the farmers.” Some of the cast revert between playing the parts of animals and people, which adds anoth-er acting challenge for the students.

“They have to keep changing their char-

acter voices and character movements in order to really establish whether they are an animal or a human, or what kind of animal they are,” she said. “They are all

researching body move-ment for animals so they can continue to embody (the characters) as truth-fully as possible.

“I think one of the best things is that we’ve had so many fantastic de-bates,” she added of the process of putting Animal Farm together.

“To me, it’s interesting to see where they’re com-ing from at their age, and they’re all pretty political-ly astute.”

For Adams, guiding young emerging actors along through process is a constant joy.

“I think every time you enter into a collaboration with a bunch of artists

and actors, it’s about the learning.“In theatre, we all contribute to the

creative process. It’s like going to school - every time I delve into a new play with others, I learn so much. It’s active, it’s practical and it’s applied. It’s being informed by so many different areas of research and other people’s contributions as well. That’s pretty exciting.

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A look at the ultimate success formulaOver the past 18 years as

a trainer, I’ve seen a lot of people try to make changes in their health and fi tness or reach goals and fail. I watch with great sadness when I see someone give up after a brief try, and thankfully on the fl ip side, I do get to celebrate when a far greater number succeed! There is a key element to success, whether your goal is to get fi t, run your fi rst 10 kms, or something bigger. I remem-ber being on a training run for Ultraman Canada and at 48 kms into a 60 kms run, with fi ve hours of running completed, my body was empty. I could have quit. That would have been the easiest thing, and I think most people would have understood. But quitting isn’t what I’m up to, and it certainly doesn’t get me to my goals.

Through the tough times, there is a success formula that I follow to get me through, and it’s something I learned in a course about 16 years ago:

A—>F—>C: NGU.A is for taking some Action

towards a goal. Maybe you sign up for a run, or a bike, or a gym membership be-cause you know you want to change to reach a goal. After taking action, like going for a workout, or a run, (no matter what hap-pens) you get the next part of the formula: Feedback. Maybe it’s good, rewarding and spurs you on! Maybe it’s pain and soreness from a tough session. Either way, it leads to the next piece of the formula: Correction or Continue depending on the Feedback. Here’s the KEY piece of the formula, the center piece, the place where most people fail: NGU (Never Give Up).

I see people join the gym, work out too hard, too fast, without the aid of a trainer or classes, then decide it’s too hard, and quit. Same goes for a 10k run. It’s all fi ne until week two, when muscles get tight, a knee gets sore, or it becomes inconvenient, and then in-stead of getting a massage or physio or new shoes, they quit.

For me, I knew I want-ed to enter Ultraman, so I took some action and started training for the large distance that would come in July of that year: a 10km swim, 420km bike and a double marathon of 84.4kms. Throughout my entire journey, I had a ton of feedback from my body, my nutrition, my sleep patterns, my family and friends, and of course, my coach. I made hundreds of corrections and then took new action, and along the way, the under-lying principal prevailed: Never Give Up.

It is the key element to all success. Back to that 60km run, I had been slowing down after throwing up at km 45 when heat and effort put me in a place where my body had rejected the last hour’s worth of water, electrolytes and sugar. So there I was, exhausted, 5 hours of run-ning done, and another 1 to 1.5 hours to go, empty, raw & sore. For the last 30kms of the run, my Wife had driven out to follow me with our truck to

serve as an aid station – stop-ping every 3-4kms so I could grab what I needed, and my buddy Steve had joined me to run the fi nal leg. So there I was, wondering how I could go on? My digestive system had shut off, and was not interested in anything, yet I clearly needed fuel. I sat in the truck for about 25 minutes and let my stom-ach calm down, and then I

drank a few sips of cola. The bubbles, caffeine and sugar helped to kick start my diges-tion again, and I got up, and started walking. After about half a km, I started running again, lumpy and stiff at fi rst, but running. Soon enough I was regaining my energy and my rhythm and was able to complete the 60kms in 6 hours, 31 minutes. Ultraman was less than 30 days away

at the time, and I still didn’t know for sure if I could fi nish within the daily time cut-offs, but with this formula, I knew I wouldn’t quit, and if it was at all possible, I would fi nish! My hope is that you take this formula that has served me so well, and apply it to one of your goals. Take some Action, you will get some Feedback, then make a Correction or Continue, and

take more Action. Above all: Never Give Up!!!

Oh…. And by the way, I fi nished in 27 hours, 32 minutes, was 6th overall and qualifi ed for the World Championships…. All be-cause a regular guy like me applied the formula. So what could YOU accomplish?

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Medical care a main cause of deathHippocrates, the father

of medicine, may be roll-ing over in his grave. Why? He preached, “First, do no harm.”

I recently read a report in the Journal of Molecular Medicine called ‘Death by Medicine’. It’s the most damning medical re-port card ever issued. It claims huge numbers of patients are being injured and killed by convention-al medicine. There’s also a big surprise there.

A huge, meticulous study concluded that every year in the U.S conventional medicine kills 800,000 pa-tients. Compare this fi gure to 700,000 that die of heart disease and 500,000 from cancer.

The report claims that 7.5 million medical and surgical procedures are unnecessary.

Another 8.9 million pa-tients are admitted need-lessly to hospital and 2.2 million patients suffer adverse reactions to pre-scription drugs. The cost of this treatment? $282 billion.

It’s appalling that every year 20 million people are treated with antibiotics for viral infections. But viral infections are not affected by antibiotics, only infec-tions caused by bacteria!

The survey authors say past studies have concen-trated on individual medi-cal care rather than the big picture. They show that, during a 10 year period, 50% of the U.S. population will receive unnecessary medical care. During this time medical care will kill 7.8 million people. This is

more than all the casu-alties from all the wars fought by the U.S. in its entire history!

The Journal of the American Medical Association adds that one million patients are injured annually in the U.S and that 280,000 die due to these injuries.

Compare this to 45,000 killed in car accidents.

Another prestigious pub-lication, The New England Journal of Medicine, states that one in four patients admitted to hospital suf-fers a medical error.

The majority of these mistakes involve drugs for depression, painkillers such as non-steroidal an-ti-infl ammatory and car-diovascular drugs.

At this point I wouldn’t blame readers asking, “What the hell is going on? Isn’t medicine supposed to save lives, not make it the number one killer?”

So why is it happening? Some problems are due to tired doctors and nurses. Or the failure to use only specially trained doctors in intensive care units.

Or because doctors and hospitals fail to report complications for fear of litigation. The list is as long as your arm.

The authors conclude with a shocking indict-ment that conventional

medical treatment is the main cause of death in the United States!

In fact, they believe most of the fi gures are under-re-ported and the death toll is equal to six jumbo jets crashing every day in the U.S.

The survey covers prob-lems that I’ve reported for years.

That young children taking Ritalin are being programmed for a life on drugs. That big phar-ma has spent $2.5 billion claiming it’s educating the public while increasing its own bottom line. That

the public is misled and programmed to illness by nightly TV diagnoses.

Dr. John Goffman, an ex-pert on radiation, warns that in the future 75% of cancers will be the result of excessive radiation from X-rays, CT scans, mammography and fl uo-roscopy. He reports that an X-ray of the chest results in 2MREM of radiation. But an angiogram to detect coronary disease results in 460 to 1580 MREM!

Since this report is dev-astating, what should medical consumers do to protect themselves?

Look on it as a big wake-up call, get smart and don’t become one of these statistics.

Never believe that even minor surgery is risk free. If hospitalized, under-stand that the sooner you leave, the safer you will be.

Be extremely cautious about radiation. Don’t take a painkiller for every ache and pain. There’s no free lunch with medication. ‘Pillitis’ is killing people.

Above all else, take the least number of prescrip-tion drugs as they all have unintended consequences.

Remember what I have

stressed so often in my columns. It’s prudent to try natural remedies fi rst before prescription med-ication. Why? Because there are no dead bodies due to natural remedies.

So what is the big sur-prise? The report was pub-lished in 2005! Today we have more drugs, great-er exposure to radiation, more invasive procedures, still questionable use of antibiotics, etc.

Will we ever learn from history?

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It wasn’t quite the storybook ending that the Red Deer Vipers had in mind.

The top four Junior B hockey teams in Alberta converged on the Red Deer Arena one last time as the Vipers hosted the 2016 Hockey Alberta ATB Provincial Championships at the old barn over the weekend.

“It was good. We didn’t get exactly what we wanted out of it but we battled hard,” said Vipers’ Head Coach JD Morrical.

The Vipers were denied a fairy tale ending to their 17-year tenure at the Arena after dropping a tough 3-1 decision to the Wainwright Bisons in Saturday’s semi fi nal before a heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss to the Wetaskiwin Icemen in the Bronze medal game on Sunday afternoon.

“We were super close. One bounce either way and we would have been in the fi nals, so we did good.

“You know, the bronze medal game’s tough to get up for. It’s not really why we came and I think Wetaskiwin kind of felt the same way, but I was happy with it. It didn’t go exactly the way we wanted it to but it was pretty good,” Morrical said.

The Vipers came into the Keystone Cup tournament, which featured the champions of each of Alberta’s Junior B leagues, as a dark horse team.

On one hand, they hadn’t played a game since being eliminated from the Heritage Junior Hockey League playoffs by the Airdrie Thunder back in late February.

On the other, the Vipers were one of the hottest teams in ju-nior hockey at the end of the regular season, posting a 9-1-0-0 record in January.

“The message that I defi nite-ly sent to the boys was that in January, I strongly believe we were the best team in the prov-ince. We didn’t lose a game, we

won 15 in a row and we were pretty much unbeatable for about a month and a half there,” Morrical said, also noting when the team played Airdrie in play-offs, they just didn’t have the desperation they needed to win the series.

“They just kind of wanted it a little more than we did, so I mean, we practiced for a month, so we were a little nervous com-ing in but I knew the guys were ready. I knew we had a good team all year.”

It’s diffi cult to return to game form after a month away, though, and the inevitable rust

was evident in the fi rst peri-od of their fi rst game against the North Peace Navigators, who eventually went on to win it all.

“The fi rst game we were really just kind of shaking the rust off. I knew it was going to be like that in the fi rst period and I knew that as long as we survived that we’d be fi ne,” said Morrical, adding his team only gave up one good scoring chance in the fi rst and were solid the rest of the game.

“We gave up one really good chance and they scored, and then they scored on a fi ve on three in the fi rst period. The

second and third period, we real-ly out-chanced them the whole game. If we had a little better puck luck we probably would have won the fi rst game as well.”

The Vipers bounced back, though, and managed to win their next two games in a row, including a 4-2 victory over the North Edmonton Red Wings and a crucial 3-2 win in a must-win game over the Killam Wheat Kings to make the semi-fi nal.

Unfortunately, that would be where the ride would end, as the Vipers fell 3-1 to the Wainwright Bisons in the semis, relegating them to the bronze fi nal.

“Even that game against Wainwright, they scored a short handed goal and the third period we were just pushing the whole time and we probably had fi ve grade-A scoring chances and our goalie played excellent. We just couldn’t fi nish,” Morrical said.

That came to a head when, with a minute and a half remain-ing and the Vipers’ net empty, a shot from a Vipers’ defenseman hit the post.

“It went post to post and out and they scored an empty netter. So it was a good game and, same thing, with a little better luck we probably would have won that game as well.”

While the fourth place fi nish was disappointing for the team, Morrical said the tournament was a good way to bid farewell to the Red Deer Arena, which is slated to come down at the end of the season.

“We wanted to win, you know? It was kind of the boys’ goal to win and have the last champi-onship ever at the Arena. But it was good.”

Still, it was an emotional fare-well to the old building, which has stood in that spot for 63 years and the Vipers have called the building home for 17.

“A lot of our players’ dads grew up playing here too. The whole season that was our goal was to win this thing. It’s tough being the host. You can be as good as you want but we’re under dif-ferent pressure than every other team that comes here, as well.”

The gold medal game between the North Peace Navigators and the Wainwright Bisons was the fi nal one played in those hallowed halls, with North Peace coming out on top of a close 3-2 game.

There will be special farewell celebrations held at the Arena this Friday evening, which will feature stories and fi nal tours through the old facilities as well as the unveiling of plans for a new building to replace it. Festivities kick off at 5 p.m.

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FAREWELL TOUR - From left, Luke Grassl of the Killam Wheat Kings, Matt Krusky of the Red Deer Vipers and Aston Cookson of the Wheat Kings watched as the puck sailed into the Killam net during one of the fi nal games at the Red Deer Arena during the 2016 Hockey Alberta Junior B Championships last weekend. The Vipers fi nished the tournament in fourth place with a 2-1-1 record. Zachary Cormier/Red Deer Express

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Rebels knock off Hitmen in fi ve, prepare for ReginaBY ZACHARY CORMIERRED DEER EXPRESS

“IT WAS ONE OF THOSE GAMES THAT YOU’RE

ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT ALL NIGHT.”

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RDC honours athletes at awards night

It was a night of cele-bration at the Red Deer College campus.

RDC Kings volleyball setter Luke Brisbane and Queens hockey forward Emily Swier took home the top honours as the Male and Female Athletes of the Year as the RDC Athletics department honoured its best and brightest during their an-nual Athletic Awards at the Arts Centre, Monday night.

“It was an awe-some season. The nominees I was with, I was not expecting that at all because they were awesome. But it was defi nite-ly icing on the cake,” said Swier, who scored 12 goals and 25 points to lead the Queens hockey team to their fi rst Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Championship in 14 years.

“I think everyone was just kind of on the same page this year. We had a great vibe in the dressing room and it was also really compet-itive,” the third year for-ward said.

Swier was chosen as the Female Athlete of the Year from an impressive list of nominees, which included Queens soccer goalkeeper Lauren Good, who went undefeated during the regular season, decorated golf whiz Kate Griffi ths, who took home a silver

medal from the Canadian Colleges Athletics Association (CCAA) fi nals earlier this season, and basketball forward Emily White, who was the ACAC South Division rookie of the year and an ACAC all star.

“It’s just crazy. I’ve had sisters in the past that have played at the college level they’ve been recog-nized for pretty awesome things in the volleyball program. So it’s nice. I’ll get put on the wall of fam-ily achievements,” Swier laughed.

Meanwhile, prolific Kings volleyball setter Brisbane took home his second consecutive Male Athlete of the Year award after leading the Kings all the way to a Canadian championship.

“It’s defi nitely nice to be recognized. I had a good opportunity this year to play with a lot of good players and there are multiple guys on my team that would be deserving

of this award, not to men-tion a lot of other great athletes on other teams as well, so it’s very hum-bling,” said Brisbane, who was named to the ACAC All-Conference team and was the MVP at both the CCAA and ACAC champi-onships.

“None of us really play for individual accolades or anything like that. It’s all about the team and achieving the ultimate success as a team this year is something that I’ll never forget,” said the sec-ond year player.

Also nominated for the Male Athlete of the Year award were all star curling skip Ryan Dahmer, who was the co-winner of the Male Curler of the Year award, and Kings hockey goal-tender Mike Salmon.

In addition to hon-ouring their stu-dent athletes, the RDC Athletics de-partment also took some time to recog-nize some of their outstanding coach-es, including long time cross-coun-

try running coach Brian Stackhouse, who is retir-ing after 41 years at the helm of the program. Stackhouse was named the recipient of the CCAA Coaching Excellence Award, which is presented to one coach in any sport in the CCAA and recogniz-es coaching contributions to a sport over a period of fi ve or more years.

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“IT WAS AN AWESOME SEASON. THE NOMINEES I WAS WITH, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT AT ALL

BECAUSE THEY WERE AWESOME. BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY ICING ON

THE CAKE.”

EMILY SWIER

The Red Deer Rebels handily booked their ticket to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs, last Saturday, after charging to a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Hitmen in Game 5 of the best of seven series to win the set 4-1.

“It was one of those games that you’re on the edge of your seat all night,” said Rebels’ Head Coach and General Manager Brent Sutter after his team’s decisive victory at the ENMAX Centrium last Saturday night.

After fi ghting their way to an early 2-1 lead in the series last week, the Rebels surged to two straight victories on the backs of some key players this past week-end to knock off the Hitmen.

A huge 2-0 victory at the historic Stampede Corral in Calgary during Game 4 on Friday night on the backs of some key players was what allowed the Rebs to take a stranglehold on the series heading back home.

“Obviously winning the two games in Calgary this series was huge,” Sutter said, noting his team responded well after squeaking out a 4-3 win at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Game 3.

“You go in there and you win a tight one 4-3 and then you go and you play Game 4 in a really neat place and yet totally new for both teams. So I thought we handled that extremely well and to get both wins there was huge.”

Rebels’ goaltender Trevor Martin stopped 30 shots on his way to his fi rst career WHL shutout while Rebels’ captain

Luke Philp notched his fi rst post season tally and red hot Rebels’ sniper Jake DeBrusk potted his third of the series on the way to the win.

Despite his team’s impressive showing on the road, though, Sutter wasn’t taking anything for granted heading back to Red Deer for Game 5.

“We didn’t want to go back (to Calgary), you know? You give the other team mo-mentum and all of the sudden, things can change pretty quickly. Then you go back there and something happens and you don’t win game six and now you’re into game seven.”

That didn’t happen, though, as the Rebels came away with the victory in a very physical fi nal game of the series.

Adam Helewka led the charge with a pair of goals and an assist while Jeff de Wit, Adam Musil and Grayson Pawlenchuck contributed markers of their own as the Rebs downed the Hitmen 5-3 to advance to the next round.

“It was probably the hardest series I’ve

ever played in in terms of my hockey career. They give their all every game. We didn’t have an easy game, not one, and it was fun,” de Wit said after the contest.

Helewka’s three points in Saturday’s game brought his post season total to seven while DeBrusk and power forward Evan Polei also chalked up assists in the contests to bring their post season tallies to fi ve.

“We got better each and every game as we went along. Our emotion level, our intensity level. Getting through one game and getting on to the next and knowing that your game has to get better, and I thought we did a really good job of that,” Sutter said.

Heading into round two, the Rebels will have to face another diffi cult challenge as they face off against the Regina Pats.

The wild card team is coming off of a huge series during which they upset the second place Lethbridge Hurricanes in fi ve games.

While Regina probably is a better sec-ond round matchup for the Rebels, who won just one of their six meetings with Lethbridge this season, the Pats will be a tough challenge.

The two clubs split the season series this year, each winning two games, with Regina slightly edging Red Deer 13-11 in total goals.

Round two gets underway this Saturday night at the ENMAX Centrium as the Rebels try to take advantage of home ice and pick up an early series lead. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.

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Local fi ghters take on the province this monthBY KALISHA MENDONSARED DEER EXPRESS

Six local mixed martial arts athletes (MMA) have landed fi ghts around the prov-ince this month, with all members of the team training hard in preparation.

All fi ghting out of Arashi-Do Red Deer, Ryan Machan kicks off the fi ght streak on April 10th, fi ghting in Medicine Hat. Rick Pfeifer follows up with a fi ght in Lethbridge on April 15th, and Chris Chapman, Mike Davis, Stephanie Essensa and Soloman Courtoreille all fi ght on April 22nd, with Chapman in Edmonton and the others in Calgary.

The various fi ghters all train together, based out of Arashi-Do Martial Arts. Gary Vig, coach to many at Arashi-Do, said the team has been working hard for months to prepare for their upcoming fi ghts.

“As soon as somebody has a fi ght in front of them, you can see a difference in the way they act,” Vig began.

“It’s the fi rst thing they think about in the

morning and the last thing they think about at night. There’s a lot of stress. We’ve got a lot of experienced fi ghters in our gym and they all cope with that stress differently.

“There’s a lot of humour and a lot of trying to keep things loose and fun, but there is always the undercurrent of knowing there is

a lot of hard work ahead in the gym.”

Each fi ghter has a dif-ferent training regimen, but most are in the gym or on mats practicing six days a week. Vig works with the fi ght-ers by developing the many aspects of MMA - Brazilian jiu jitsu, kick-boxing, wrestling, boxing and more.

In addition to the countless hours spent addressing the physical demand of fi ghting, Vig explained the mental composition of a fi ghter also takes a lot of work.

“They’re almost like warrior monks,” Vig laughed.

“They train, they eat, they sleep and maybe play video games if they can fi nd the time. Most of the guys immediately start looking at their diets and their lifestyle and

make some changes. You don’t see them out partying - they’re in the gym every single day putting in that work.”

Vig trains with the various fi ghters at Arashi-Do, but many seek supplemental training at Absolute Fitness as well. There, Will Quijada - an experienced Muay Thai athlete - works with fi ghters on their strik-ing and general fi tness.

“I ended up holding pads for a couple of the fi ghters from Arashi-Do and the next thing I knew I saw more and more fi ghters coming in. I ended up becoming a striking coach and the rest is history,” Quijada laughed.

He now works with many of the Arashi-Do team to work on strength conditioning, mobility and honing their striking skills. He said the athletes are always working to maintain their fi tness, but said there is a visible change when they are approach-ing a fi ght, as is the case for many local athletes right now.

“We usually start with strength and con-ditioning and as it gets closer to fi ght time, we work more on bio-metrics and power. As it gets to be about three or four weeks out, we’re working with power endurance and then getting more specifi c to the fi ghts. We do more pad rounds, and are using the bags and do a few more sparring rounds,”

he explained.“As far as the fi ghters’ mentality, you see

them move from seeing the workouts as something fun to becoming a little more tired and worn out but they’re still working just as hard.

“I see the dedication. They come in a little bit tired or calorie deprived or hurt - but they’re still coming in. It’s my job to make sure they don’t get beat down any more. It’s my job to help fi x them or help them recover as best as possible.”

Between the fi tness training and martial arts training, these MMA, Muay Thai and Jui Jitsu athletes are constantly working towards improvement. Quijada explained that for many of the fi ghters, it’s now simply part of their fi ght training to seek a little extra in terms of strength, conditioning and mobility to compliment their other practice.

“We’re taking everything we’ve learned from coaches around Red Deer and around the world and we’re putting that into a sys-tem. The fi ghters are seeing a difference and I’m seeing a difference for them. Everything keeps looking better and better,” he said.

Both Vig and Quijada expressed their pride in the athletes and are looking for-ward to hearing the results of their fi ghts later this month.

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