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WILD LIFE Encounters with cougars on the rise in Nanaimo region
Conservation officer Sgt. Ben York stands beside a stuffed cougar at the Nanaimo BC Environment office. The number of local cougar sightings is noticeably higher this year.
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eports of close encounters with cougars are up, leading wildlife officials to speculate whether it’s related to weather or food availability. The increase in cougar reports across the province this spring has also been noticed by mid-Island wildlife officers. “We have increased reports of cougars this year in residential areas,” said Troy Sterling, who had to destroy a cougar in Upper Lantzville Saturday that showed no fear of humans and attacked and killed a small family dog. “We’re not sure why. It could be deer, it could be weather. I don’t know.” Sgt. Ben York, conservation officer in charge in the Central Island region, is also looking into what has changed with wildlife populations.
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“There is no doubt of an said it’s hard to know why increase in sightings of cougars,” human-cougar interactions are York said. “Anecdotally, without on the rise. a doubt we’re getting more cou“We can speculate on the reagar conflict calls.” sons — we’ve got nothOther than the Phaning concrete, or scientiftom Road dog attack ic but the first thing is, in Lantzville, cougars we have a healthy popuhave been reported lation of cougars on stalking dangerously Vancouver Island — it’s close to Departure Bay not in danger or at risk Elementary and several in any shape or form.“ other schools near the At the same time, forested Linley Valley an unusually warm, area, which forms a dry spring has caused Darrell large swath of forest underbrush to dry up, Bellaart surrounded by urban and dry brush crackles neighbourhoods. under foot, which could Reporting Earlier this year in prove difficult even for Ucluelet a young coustealthy cats. gar followed prey into a “They rely on getting home, frightening its owner. close to their prey quietly,” “That’s extreme,” York said. York said. It’s just a theory, While some incidents involve but “when you get a lot of dry, younger male cats that are crunchy undergrowth, it makes inexperienced hunters, York it harder.”
Across B.C. cougar complaints are way up this spring. In April B.C. Environment logged 242 calls, almost double the 153 in April 2014, and the highest since 2011, when the number was at a low of 119. May was similar, with 389, versus 222 the previous year and 136 five years earlier. Some people think heat drives cougars and other mammals down from higher elevations for food and water, but the theory is discounted by biologists. Drought attracts wildlife to higher elevations where cooler conditions encourage green growth. And deer, cougars’ preferred prey, “move to wherever there’s green vegetation,” said Michael Clinchy adjunct assistant professor, University of Victoria Biology Department. Clinchy said typically an increase in activity by a par-
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ticular species can usually be connected to weather factors the previous year, and its impact on population. But last year’s weather was normal, Clinchy said. He said more deer is more likely the reason for the increase. “I don’t think there’s any change in cougar behaviour in relationship to them being more aggressive,” he said. “I think there’s just good reasons for there to be more cougar around, because there are more deer around.” Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Lack of quorum quashes meeting Parks and environment commission meeting had been cancelled to make way for dams discussion SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
A special Nanaimo council meeting on the Colliery dams was cancelled on Wednesday after 7 p.m. after only four council members were in attendance. Quorum for a city council meeting is five. The four council members who did show up — Mayor Bill McKay, Ian Thorpe, Diane Brennan and Wendy Pratt — expressed disappointment and criticized their colleagues for their absences.
Several staff and members of the public also attended. McKay said he set the meeting on Friday and said Coun. Bill Bestwick had provided notice last week he would be unable to attend. McKay said he had received “various bits of communication” earlier in the day Wednesday from councillors Jim Kipp, Bill Yoachim and Gord Fuller that they would not attend. McKay declined comment on the specific reasons offered by each council member.
Hong “did not advise he would not attend the meeting,” McKay said. He later added: “The only statement he made was that he felt it would be better to have tonight’s subject matter dealt with an entire meeting of council.” Kipp, Yoachim, Fuller and Hong could not be reached for comment by press time. McKay said he had noticed posts on social media earlier in the day from residents saying there was no longer going to be a meeting. One post on Facebook
made several hours prior said there would not be quorum at the meeting. Thorpe said a parks and environment commission meeting had been cancelled to make way for the council meeting. “So I’m extremely disappointed because a lot of people have changed their plans . . .” he said. “. . . We have been thwarted in being able to conduct the business of the city,” Brennan said. “I feel that we’ve been obstructed,” Thorpe said. Council was to hear legal
advice relating to the city’s application for a stay and appeal on a provincial order to complete safety upgrades on the lower Colliery dam as well as discuss next steps if a stay or appeal is denied. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Tod Gilbert said the secret to success at Nanaimo’s internationally renowned VMAC is its people. Gilbert is the vice-president of engineering and production at VMAC, which designs, manufactures and sells vehicle-mounted air compressors across the globe. He said it’s “critical” that the award-winning company continually invest in the education and upgrading of its staff to remain competitive in challenging markets. On Wednesday, Gilbert thanked both the federal and provincial governments for contributing $34,000 toward that goal to help upgrade the training of 23 VMAC employees as part of a “retooled” job training program, offered jointly by both senior levels of government. Pierre Poilievre, the federal Minister of Employment and Social Development, Shirley Bond, B.C.’s Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, and Michelle Stilwell, B.C.’s Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation, were on hand Wednesday to announce the revamped program. The three signed a Memorandum of Understanding to change the program to better align training with job opportunities to help unemployed people find available jobs sooner, and to allow employers the opportunity for greater input on training
Representatives from the province and Ottawa were on hand at Nanaimo’s VMAC to sign a memorandum of understanding that will see significant changes to job training programs in B.C. and across the country. From left are Pierre Poilievre, federal Minister of Employment and Social Development, Shirley Bond, B.C.’s Minister of Jobs and Michelle Stilwell, MLA for Parksville-Qualicum. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
to meet their needs. The new program also has an amended accountability framework that will help ensure EI premium payers are getting the maximum value for premiums paid. Ottawa transfers more than $2 billion annually to the provinces and territories to provide
skills training to active and former Employment Insurance clients, while B.C. invests approximately $331 million each year on employment programs. Bond said, to date, more than 1,400 employers have been approved for funding to train their workers in B.C. under the
revised program, including the 23 at VMAC who will receive training in sales, manufacturing, leadership development and supply-chain technology. Poilievre credited Bond for providing much of the initiative to change the program. “Minister Bond recognized
there was a problem with the job training programs across the country and convinced the other provinces and Ottawa that these changes were needed,” he said. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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Deer caught in tomato basket tranquilized, freed by officers DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
Conservation officers had to use tranquilizers to control a deer that had become entangled in a tomato basket Tuesday. The animal, spotted near Linley Valley in the Rock City Road area became agitated when the contraption got stuck around its neck. Nanaimo veterinarian Ken Langelier was called out earlier to help remove the device, but he left once it became clear the animal could move freely. “Initially one leg was through and it was having trouble walking,” Langelier said. By the time he got there, the animal had freed its leg and Langelier was unable to get
close enough to entirely remove the object from its neck without drugs, which can be fatal for deer. Wildlife officers “tried to get it off by grabbing it with a catch pole, but it didn’t work,” said Sgt. Ben York, conservation officer in charge for the Central Island. “With the help of the wildlife biologist they tranquilized her and the conservation officer stayed with her until she came too. It was OK.” When wildlife is in distress or in conflict in urban areas, witnesses are asked to call 1-877-952-7277. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
A deer caught in a tomato basket near Rock City Road in Nanaimo had to be tranquilized by conservation officers and the cage was removed.
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Refusal to hate in Charleston a key lesson
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he amazing grace shown by the families of the nine people gunned down last week in a church in South Carolina has done more than shame their killer. It has finally shocked the politicians — at least some of them — into confronting symbols of the racist past. Who could fail to be humbled by the forgiveness offered by the loved ones of the slain to the young white racist accused of murdering them last week at a Bible study group in a historic black church in the “holy city” of Charleston? It’s worth dwelling on the words offered at a court hearing to the accused shooter by Nadine Collier, whose mother
Ethel Lance was among the nine black worshippers killed at Emanuel AME Church: “I will never talk to her again. I will never be able to hold her again. But I forgive you. You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people, but God forgives you and I forgive you.” Or the words of Alana Simmons, granddaughter of Daniel Simmons, who was also killed: “Although my grandfather and the other victims died at the hands of hate, this is proof, everyone’s plea for your soul is proof, that they lived in love and their legacies will live in love, so hate won’t win.” These are powerful words, and the sentiment has been widespread in South Carolina in the
“I will never talk to her again. I will never be able to hold her again. But I forgive you. You hurt me. You hurt a lot of people, but God forgives you and I forgive you.” Nadine Collier, Daughter of victim
wake of the shooting, with black and white alike vowing that they will not be divided by violence. The shooter won’t win, they have said as one. President Barack Obama has seized the moment as well. After downplaying the issue of race for most of his presidency, he
is finally speaking some hard truths to Americans, reminding them that the legacy of slavery lives on and is “still part of our DNA.” Many Americans still don’t want to hear this — especially from a black man, no matter how august his office. Among the most encouraging signs is the willingness of more politicians to face some of the most visible symbols of the legacy Obama described. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, most notably, called this week for the Confederate flag to be removed from the grounds of the state Capitol. It is, inescapably, a symbol of white dominance, and should be consigned to a museum. Shamefully, though, some pol-
iticians are still hemming and hawing. Some of the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination won’t come out clearly on the flag issue for fear of alienating conservative white voters. They are doing their party no favours by being on the wrong side of this debate. They should listen carefully to the memorable words of those most grievously hurt by the Charleston shooter, and to those determined to turn their backs on hate, and do the right thing.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com There remains room for handwriting in the world Re: ‘Utilization of cursive continues to decline’ (Daily News, June 12) How timely was this article. I returned in April from England where my pen pal Maureen Johnson and I celebrated 65 years of friendship. It started in Grade 4 (1949-1950) and I used a straight red wooden pen holder with a nib at the bottom and used an ink well and a blotter to dry and avoid smearing the ink. We used “The McLean’s Method” in learning to write and felt very proud if our penmanship was posted on the bulletin board. In the higher grades, it revolved into using a fountain pen with a nib, where the ink was drawn up through the pen. In high school we could use ballpoint pens but because we had to write information from the blackboard and do assignments, my writing became messier as I had to scribble things down fast before it was erased for the next class.
In the 1950s we were both working in offices so now used typewriters. I had an Underwood and a Royal. It wasn’t until the 1990s that I finally broke down and started using a computer. Maureen tried to use one but gave up but several years ago she got an iPad so now we email back and forth every day, sending photos, videos, etc. Modern technology is wonderful even for old folks like us. One thing though is that for birthdays, Christmas and other occasions we always still handwrite on the cards or notes as we feel this is personal and very special. Theresa Kowall Ladysmith
Climate change science in place for many years Re ‘Papal claims on climate seem to be disingenuous’ (Your Letters, Daily News, June 23) Jim Corder states that the “Papal claims on climate seem to
be disingenuous.” His comments are not disingenuous and he has the right to free speech as does anyone in the free world. Corder believes only those who agrees with him have the right to free speech but the pope may voice his opinion as well. Climate change has been demonstrated scientifically for years and it is time Corder began to study science and realize what it is about. Drew Chisholm Ladysmith
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iticians (fearful of invoking the ire of corporate industry) had enough nerve to speak out about the obvious damage corporate industry is doing to our once beautiful planet. There are far to many people walking around with their heads stuck up some orifice where it doesn’t belong. A little research into the subject of pollution would do wonders to enlighten these people who are obviously fearful of learning the truth or prefer to be uninformed and left in the dark. What these people are doing, is tantamount to Nero fiddling while Rome burned. John A. Martin Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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anaimo’s Chamber of Commerce has been developing plans to aid new Chinese immigrants in achieving more success in their new business ventures in Vancouver Island. Many of these investors have purchased businesses from people who wished to sell the ‘family shop’ they’ve built over decades in a desire to retire and move on. Some of the challenges for
these new investors include a lack of support systems helping them understand the cultural differences between business in their native land and here. Specifically, marketing and promotions, human resources, customer service and good neighbourly relations can present challenges when you are new to a language and culture. Working with our local Multicultural Society and groups representing the Chinese community, we are establishing tools — like workshops, seminars and mentoring — to help welcome our new investors and contribute to their success. We know there are many ways we can contribute to the benefit
of our economy and the community at large. But . . . in early June we began to see some hints of intolerance. Some of us received what can only be described as ‘hate mail’ at our homes in an unaddressed letter from a previously unheard of group. Many expressed outrage at this display of ignorance and racism, reported this to authorities and discussed it widely on social media and around the water cooler. This was just the preface to an ugly weekend that saw bus bench posters featuring Asian realtors marketing their services in their own language to potential buyers (target marketing
in its simplest form) defaced with messages of hate, ethnic slurs and . . . swastikas (for some weird, irrational reason). People offered to organize clean up crews, police opened a file, the city sent crews to remove the graffiti and hands reached out to the individual realtors and the Asian community to assure them that these acts did not reflect the feelings of the average Nanaimoite. The Chamber of Commerce and other community leaders sought ways to assure local Chinese in our community that they were safe and most welcome. The Chamber will continue its efforts to ensure each and every new arrival feels secure about
their decision to place their dreams and hopes in our fine community. We will work to remind each other we are a welcoming and inclusive community. And we underscore that those ignorant thoughts and actions expressed are those of a very few people who need to rethink what they’re saying and doing to their neighbours lest it happen to them sometime. Feel free to let us know where you stand on this issue: ceo@nanaimochamber.bc.ca — and have a happy Canada Day. » Kim Smythe is the chief executive officer for the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce.
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Military Museum has new Wall of Honour ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
The Vancouver Island Military Museum has completed phase one of its new Veterans Wall of Honour. The museum, located in Piper Park, began mounting 132 granite plaques, with each bearing the name of a veteran, the unit or organization he or she served in and the dates served, on the front of the museum Tuesday morning. Brian McFadden, vice president of the museum, said the organization is a non-profit that relies on donations to pay for its exhibits and day-to-day operations. He said members came up with the idea to establish a Veterans Wall of Honour last year as a fundraiser for the museum and to honour those who served Canada and allies in various overseas commitments from the First World War to the present day. McFadden said the plaques sellfor $195 each and the museum is well on the way to selling enough
“We’ve already sold about 25 per cent of the plaques for phase two and we’re receiving fresh orders every day.” Brian McFadden, vice-president
plaques, another 132, to complete phase two of the project, which is expected by the new year. “We’ve already sold about 25 per cent of the plaques for phase two and we’re receiving fresh orders every day,” he said. “We’re also planning for phase three and four of the project, but that will be down the road. They will look spectacular in front of the building when were finished this project.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
The Vancouver Island Military Museum has completed the first phase of its Veterans Wall of Honour project. Museum vice-president Brian McFadden holds one of the 132 plaques mounted in front of the museum Tuesday by Jim Tucker, right, the owner of Inside Edge Tiling. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
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It was an emotional day for the father and brother of Jason Burns, a 42-year-old man who has been missing since May 4. In a press conference hosted on Wednesday afternoon by the Nanaimo RCMP, both Sidney Burns, Jason’s father, and Dr. Stephen Burns, Jason’s brother, asked the public for help in the ongoing search for Jason. Almost two months ago, Jason left his assisted-living facility on Rosstown Road and has not been seen since. A two-week search focused on a large wooded area near his
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last-known location at the end of May did not turn up any information or clues, said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Gary O’Brien. A subsequent aerial search by
helicopter on June 11 was also fruitless, he added. “We need somebody to come forward and further the investigation,” said O’Brien. “We’ve done the ground search, we’ve had our chopper out for an aerial view. We’ve done what we can do investigatively.” Jason was known to be solitary and was often isolated, said his brother Stephen. He was also diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He has gone missing for short periods twice previously. “Once for one to two days and the other time for three to four days. The first time he returned of his own accord and the second
time he was just found walking on the street,” said Stephen. Aside from the length of time he has now been missing, this disappearance is also unusual in that his brother did not take any possessions with him. “First and foremost he didn’t take his cigarettes — he had a carton or more in his room. The only thing he had with him was his wallet. He had a bank card with him with access to money in a bank account and that has not been used,” said Stephen. Foul play is not suspected in Jason’s disappearance. Jason is a heavy smoker, is six foot three and 240 pounds with
blond hair and blue eyes. He has limited finances and no friends or acquaintances in town. Nanaimo RCMP are urging anyone with information on the disappearance of Jason Burns to call Const. Jean Gelderblom of the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Tax breaks for the independent Aspengrove School in Lantzville will likely be back on the table after legislation was introduced last week to ensure private schools in B.C. receive them from their municipalities. The proposed legislation, introduced on the last day of the spring session, would forbid municipal governments from removing tax exemptions on auxiliary private school lands. The land directly underneath private school buildings has been tax exempt since 1957, but surrounding property, including fields, tracks, athletic centres, drop-off areas, parking lots and maintenance facilities, are currently only exempt from municipal taxation if the schools receive a “permissive exemption” from local councils. Last year, Lantzville’s council denied Aspengrove that tax exemption for 2015, arguing the school isn’t in dire straits and residents shouldn’t subsidize a private school. As a result, Aspengrove was on the hook to pay an approximately $17,000 municipal tax bill on
“It appears the government is looking to close some loopholes in the rules around tax exemptions for private schools, so it is what it is.” John Coulson, Lantzville councillor
all its property, much higher than it would have been had a permissive tax exemption been allowed. At the time, officials at Aspengrove said the decision will have a “huge impact” on the school’s ability to provide programming to its students. John Coulson, a council member in Lantzville, said the community is small and while $6,000, the total amount the school could have retained with a permissive tax exemption this year, seems like a trivial amount, it’s not trivial for council. “It’s not an earth-shattering amount, but it’s still revenue for us,” Coulson said. “It appears the government is
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looking to close some loopholes in the rules around tax exemptions for private schools, so it is what it is.” Officials at Aspengrove deferred comment to the Federation of Independent School Associations B.C., which had taken up the cause last year on behalf of Aspengrove and other independent schools in the province facing the same issues. Peter Froese, executive director of the federation, said independent schools are “delighted” with the proposed legislation. “We believe that any certified school in B.C., be they public or independent, offering B.C. certified curriculum, should be property-tax exempt,” he said. “If the almost 300 private schools in B.C. had all their auxiliary lands taxed, it could cost them up to $5 million a year.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
A Chemainus man is being credited with saving the life of a neighbour during a house fire last Sunday morning. Bailey Misiurka ran to the aid of his neighbours after their Chemainus Road house caught fire, and managed to pull one man through a window to safety. “I was actually lying in bed when I heard someone screaming,” Misiurka recalled. “I jumped out of bed. There are a lot of hay fields around here, and when I saw the smoke, I though the hay field was on fire.” When they realized where the smoke was coming from, Misiurka and another neighbour ran to the scene. Initially they believed a tree was on fire, but they soon figured out that it was actually a house, which was quickly succumbing to the flames. The first person they encountered was a woman who lived in the house. “It looked like she had a little bit of singed hair,” Misiurka said. “We thought she was the only one there, but then she said her husband was still inside.” Misiurka used to have friends living in the house, he explained, so he was familiar with the layout. He ran to a door that went into an enclosed space below
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the deck and was able to break through that one. While he could see the man inside through another door, staggering around, he couldn’t manage to get through it, so he kicked out the window and pulled the man, who he believes was suffering from smoke inhalation, to safety. “The deck above me was burning,” Misiurka said. “But I got him out.” Once the couple was out, Misiurka left the yard to make room for the Chemainus Volunteer Fire Department. He said he has no idea how the fire started. Misiurka said adrenaline took over and he didn’t hesitate to do what he could to get the man out. “I just ran up and went into the building,” he said. “It was just go, go, go. I didn’t even hesitate to go in the back door.” This wasn’t the first time Misiurka has helped rescue someone. A year ago, a friend was involved in a car accident on Henry Road, and he was one of three or four guys who helped pull him from the wreckage.
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Boston bomber says sorry for lives taken Dzhokhar Tsarnaev breaks more than two years of silence DENISE LAVOIE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moments before a judge sentenced him to death, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke more than two years of silence Wednesday and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first time. “I pray for your relief, for your healing,” he said. “I am sorry for the lives that I’ve taken, for the suffering that I’ve caused you, for the damage that I’ve done — irreparable damage,” the 21-year-old former college student, speaking haltingly in his Russian accent, said after rising to his feet in the hushed federal courtroom. After Tsarnaev said his piece, U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. quoted Shakespeare’s line “The evil that men do lives after them. The good is often interred with their bones.” “So it will be for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,” the judge said, telling Tsarnaev that no one will remember that his teachers were fond of him, that his friends found him fun to be with or that he showed compassion to disabled people. “What will be remembered is that you murdered and maimed innocent people and that you did it wilfully and intentionally,” O’Toole said. Tsarnaev looked down and rubbed his hands together as the judge pronounced his fate: execution, the punishment decided on by the jury last month. The apology came after Tsarnaev listened impassively for about three hours as a proces-
MBTA Transit Police officer Richard Donohue, who was wounded in a shootout during the arrest of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, talks with reporters as he leaves the courthouse on Wednesday. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
sion of 24 victims and survivors lashed out at him for his “cowardly” and “disgusting” acts and urged him to show some remorse at long last. Tsarnaev assured the victims he was paying attention. “All those who got up on that witness stand and that podium relayed to us, to me — I was listening — the suffering that was and the hardship that still is, with strength, with patience, with dignity,” he said. The outcome of the proceedings was never in doubt: The judge was required under law to impose the jury’s death sentence for the April 15, 2013, attack that authorities said was retaliation for U.S. wars in Muslim lands. Three people were killed and
more than 260 were wounded, 18 of them losing legs. The only real suspense was whether Tsarnaev would say anything when offered the chance to speak. And if so, would he show remorse? Or would he make a political statement and seek to justify the attack? Outside court, some bombing survivors said they doubted Tsarnaev’s sincerity. “It really does not change anything for me,” Scott Weisberg said. But another survivor, Henry Borgard, said: “I was actually really happy that he made the statement. I have forgiven him. I have come to a place of peace and I genuinely hope that he does as well.”
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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the province will formally apologize for decades-old policies that saw aboriginal adoptees taken from their homes and placed with non-native families. But Wall says Saskatchewan will not offer cash to the victims of the so-called ’60s Scoop because the province feels it is not a “compensatory issue.” “I am telling you, the government is not entering into this with the idea of compensating with cash — some sort of a cash payment — for those in this issue,” Wall said Wednesday during a break in a cabinet meeting. An estimated 20,000 aboriginal children across Canada were taken by child-welfare agents starting in the 1960s and placed with non-aboriginal families.
A trucking company says one of its tractor-trailers was hit hard from behind by a double-decker bus in a collison in eastern Ontario that injured nearly two dozen people. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kristine Rae says the collision between a Megabus and a tractor-trailer Tuesday afternoon on Highway 401 remains under investigation and police “haven’t made any determination on what caused the crash yet.” Jeff Boyle, a spokesman with Caravan Group of Companies that owns the truck involved in the collision with a double-decker bus, says the driver of the truck is shaken up, but otherwise healthy. Megabus.com North America said it had no comment on the trucking company’s allegation.
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Montreal’s downtown was filled Wednesday afternoon with Quebecers waving blue-and-white flags and walking in the city’s annual Fete Nationale parade. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe all attended the celebration. The parade route along St-Denis street was lined with Montrealers enjoying the blue skies and cheering on the floats and costumed dancers, many dressed in blue and white and celebrating this year’s theme: “Quebec, a land where life is good.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper was also in Quebec. He participated in a photo op and delivered a speech in the Beauce region near Quebec City.
An Ontario cabinet minister is asking for an apology from federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay for appearing to suggest he is under active investigation by Canada’s spy agency. Michael Chan has also called for an apology and retraction from the Globe and Mail, which published stories this month that he says have caused significant damage to his reputation. The newspaper reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warned the Ontario government in 2010 that Chan may have been susceptible to Chinese influence and had “unusually close ties to Chinese officials” — allegations Chan calls unfounded. MacKay said he wouldn’t discuss Chan’s specific case because it is an “ongoing investigation.”
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Court grants Rogers OK to move on Mobilicity takeover DAVID FRIEND THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Whether a deal struck by Rogers Communications to purchase smaller wireless operator Mobilicity actually stokes competition in Canada’s concentrated wireless industry remains to be seen, but some outsiders say it marks a step in the right direction. Rogers received court approval Wednesday to buy Mobilicity for about $465 million in an agreement expected to trigger a series of transactions that affects wireless customers in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Under the plan, Rogers will sell spectrum to Wind Mobile, which has emerged as one of the leading challengers to Canada’s three biggest wireless companies. Rogers spokesman Kevin Spafford said late Wednesday that the deal has received approval from the federal Competition Bureau. Rogers will also complete a previously announced purchase of spectrum from Shaw Communications.
Wireless spectrum, which is essentially a radio frequency, is a prized asset for any wireless carrier because it’s one of the crucial pieces of the service it provides customers. Rogers chief executive Guy Laurence said in a statement that the company “got the spectrum we needed” in the Mobilicity deal while working with the federal government to put unused spectrum to work. But consumer advocacy group OpenMedia said the acquisition of Mobilicity by Rogers shows the government has fallen short on its promise to boost competition in the wireless industry. “The spectrum that was allocated to independent providers should not be ending up back in the hands of the Big Three under any circumstances,” said David Christopher, OpenMedia’s communications manager. Industry Canada had already approved the takeover of Mobilicity after blocking previous bids by Telus to buy the company.
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Health minister strongly opposes regulatory scheme of city LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS
Vancouver has become the first city in Canada to regulate illegal marijuana dispensaries in what the mayor calls a common-sense approach after the federal government’s failure to provide proper policies “We’re faced with a tough situation, a complicated situation,” Gregor Robertson said Wednesday after councillors voted 8-3 to impose new regulations. “We have this proliferation of dispensaries that must be dealt with,” he said. The city has blamed Ottawa’s restrictive medical marijuana laws for the rise of pot dispensaries in Vancouver — to 94 from fewer than 20 just three years ago. Health Minister Rona Ambrose had sent strongly-worded letters to the city and police warning against the plan. She said Wednesday she was “deeply disappointed” with the decision. “Marijuana is neither an approved drug nor medicine in Canada and Health Canada does not endorse its use,” she said in an emailed statement. “Storefronts selling marijuana are illegal and under this Conservative government will remain illegal. We expect the police to enforce the law.” The new rules mean dispensaries must now pay a $30,000 licensing fee, be located at least 300 metres away from schools, community centres and each other, and some shops will be banned from certain areas. But in an unexpected move, the city voted to create a two-tiered
A freelance journalist suing former Vancouver Olympics’ CEO John Furlong for defamation penned a hand-written letter claiming he had abused more than 40 First Nations’ students at a northern British Columbia school, the trial has heard. Former 2010 Games spokeswoman Renee Smith-Valade told B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday she was “stunned” when Laura Robinson handed her a long note during a chance encounter in Toronto in April 2013. The note alleged Furlong’s actions had resulted in at least one suicide. “She invites me to be an off-the-record interview for her,” said Smith-Valade, reading from the message. “She said, ’I’m hoping you will consider this option to go off the record as a way of being a member of the human race.”’
Health researchers who were wrongly fired by the British Columbia government are calling for an independent public inquiry into how a painstakingly built program could be undone so quickly. In a letter to Health Minister Terry Lake, the seven workers and the sister of a man who killed himself shortly after being dismissed said the inquiry must have the power and authority to subpoena people and get statements under oath. Health Minister Terry Lake had said in an earlier interview that he’s not ruling out an inquiry. Lake said the government is getting legal advice on how it can release information to the public but still protect privacy while abiding by the confidentiality agreements that have been made.
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Vancouver has become the first city in Canada to regulate illegal marijuana dispensaries, despite strong warnings from the federal government. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
licensing system, allowing compassion clubs to pay a fee of just $1,000. To qualify as a compassion club, one must be a registered non-profit, serve members and provide a minimum level of other health services such as massage therapy or acupuncture, as well as be a member of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries. Coun. Kerry Jang said the clubs provide other services such as nutritional and psychological counselling and help people transition from marijuana to other medicine if possible. He suggested the clubs could funnel the money saved from paying a lower fee towards the creation of addiction programs.
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Jang said he was disappointed that some councillors opposed the regulations without putting forward amendments, saying they “stuck their heads in the sand.” Coun. Geoff Meggs told council that medical marijuana was not an issue that the city wanted to take up, but one they were forced to handle because of Ottawa’s “backwards” policies. The councillor had strong words for Ambrose. “Wake up. You are completely out of touch with the realities on the ground,” Meggs said. Jamie Shaw of B.C. Compassion Club Society, Vancouver’s oldest dispensary — which would be forced to move — called the new regulations a “historic move.”
An eight-year-old boy with Down syndrome is fighting for his life after he was hit and dragged by a van while playing outside his home in Kelowna. Jonah Loring was with his younger brother on Monday afternoon when the van struck him and pulled him for at least one metre. Vicki Pevach, Loring’s grandmother, said the boy is now on life support and has two collapsed lungs, broken ribs and a possible neck injury. He was flown to B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver with serious injuries and was in critical condition. Steve Pevach, Loring’s father, said he watched the collision and alleges that the van was speeding. RCMP Cpl. Joe Duncan said he hasn’t seen anything in the police file about speeding.
A teenage girl has been sentenced to a further 100 days in jail for her role in a beating that left a teenage boy unconscious in a Prince George snowbank. Provincial court Judge Michael Brecknell rejected a joint submission from Crown and defence lawyers for 21 months probation and no further jail time, saying it would be a “demonstrably unfit sentence given the nature of the offences” in January 2013. Brecknell said in a decision posted online Tuesday that the then-15-year-old girl, who cannot be named, was attending a party at an apartment where she had been smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol. The girl pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and unlawful confinement as well as aggravated assault of another boy.
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Mike Williams, adjutant for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the state of Alabama, carries a confederate flag past the Confederate memorial in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday. [THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER]
Soul searching continues in U.S. south over flag Alabama governor orders removal of Confederate banners SEANNA ADCOX, JEFFREY COLLINS AND JONATHAN DREW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Confederate flag flew high Wednesday outside the South Carolina Statehouse, but a large drape kept mourners from seeing it as they filed past the open casket of a veteran black lawmaker and pastor. The slayings of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney and eight others inside their historic black church is prompting national soul-searching over historic but divisive symbols. The makeshift drape obscuring the secessionist battle flag only emphasized how quickly this symbol of Southern pride has fallen into official disrepute. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley became the first southern governor to use his executive power to remove Confederate banners, as four flags with secessionist symbols were taken down Wednesday from a large monument
to rebel soldiers outside that state’s capitol. “It has become a distraction all over the country right now,” Bentley said. The iconic Confederate battle flag in particular “is offensive to some people because unfortunately, it’s like the swastika; some people have adopted that as part of their hate-filled groups.” In South Carolina, making any changes to “heritage” symbols requires a two-thirds supermajority of both houses of the state legislature, and while lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for a debate later this summer, few wanted to risk ugly words during a week of funerals. Prodded by Gov. Nikki Haley’s call to move the flag to a museum, South Carolina’s lawmakers overwhelmingly agreed to revisit an uneasy compromise that has held for 15 years, since mass protests succeeded in moving the flag from atop the dome to its current spot out front.
Other conservative Republicans then spoke up, and by Wednesday, both of Mississippi’s U.S. senators endorsed removing the Confederate symbol from the flag the state has flown since Reconstruction, even though the state’s voters decided to keep it back in 2001. A growing number of the Confederate symbols that appear all over the South have been defaced by graffiti. The words “Black Lives Matter” were spray-painted Wednesday on a century-old Confederate memorial in St. Louis, not far from Ferguson, Miss., where the phrase took root after a white officer killed an unarmed black man last August. The few lawmakers openly defending the flag include Republican Jonathon Hill, a freshman South Carolina representative who said it should remain above the monument to fallen Confederate soldiers, and that addressing it now disrespects the victims’ families.
OTTAWA — Decades of work to remove the influence of big money from Canadian federal political campaigns is going down the drain with the advent of political action committees, a former chief electoral officer says. Jean-Pierre Kingsley says Canada is headed down the road well trodden in the United States, where political action committees, or PACs, raise and spend staggering amounts of money to influence elections, without the same restrictions that apply to political parties. In Canada, such groups have been known as third parties and their activities are severely restricted during campaigns. However, with the introduction of fixed dates for elections, third parties have been popping up like mushrooms months ahead of the actual election call, spending untold amounts on ads during a period when their activities are completely unregulated. One of the newest groups on the block is HarperPAC — a name Kingsley described as “revealing” as its source of inspiration the big-money PAC phenomenon south of the border. “We are in, effectively, a freefor-all zone,” Kingsley said in an interview. “It took us 40 years of scandal, sweat to come to a regime where we had the best in the world for control of money in politics . . . now we are back in the jungle.” Stephen Taylor, a longtime Conservative and former director of the National Citizens Coalition who’s now a HarperPAC adviser and spokesman, denied that the group is taking a page from the American political playbook. The acronym simply offers a useful recognition factor, Taylor said. “It is really branding to let someone know, within the half second it takes to hear the word, what we are up to,” he said. “The name HarperPAC, I think you pretty much . . . know, what kind
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of things that we’ll be up to.” Kingsley, for one, isn’t buying it. “It is insulting to Canadian intelligence to say this is not American-inspired.” What’s more, thanks to the fixed Oct. 19 election date, Canadians should brace for a barrage of pre-writ advertising this summer, he warned. There is no limit on how much third-party groups can raise and spend prior to an election being called. Nor are they required to disclose their donors or how much they have raised. That means pre-writ financial contributions can come from anyone, anywhere, said Kingsley, including corporations and unions, which are banned from contributing to political parties, and people who live outside of Canada. The federal New Democrats used HarperPAC as an excuse to launch a fundraising campaign of its own Wednesday, calling on supporters to pony up $5 donations before the end of June in order to gird the party for battle. “This week, we learned that Stephen Harper’s friends have set up a U.S.-style group called the HarperPAC to spend an obscene amount of money on Harper’s re-election,” the fundraising email states. “It’s the kind of money we’ve never seen before in Canadian politics, and it’s up to us to fight back right now.” Taylor said HarperPAC intends to raise money by appealing to Canadians who support Conservative principles.
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Feature gives 30 seconds to recall emails that are ill-conceived or sent hastily SHERYL UBELACKER THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — It might be called “send regret,” that panic that sets in after firing off an email or text that you suddenly realize was inappropriate, addressed to the wrong person, or just plain wrong. Google is trying to save Gmail users from their own misguided missives by granting them a window of sober second thought. Gmail users can now add the “undo send” feature to their accounts and give themselves up to 30 seconds to recall an ill-conceived email. “’Undo’ has saved my bacon professionally and personally more than once,” Google Canada spokesman Aaron Brindle enthused Wednesday. “I’ve been known to press send a little too quickly. Sometimes, it’s as simple as fixing a typo or making sure you’re not replying-all, which can be awkward.” The feature has been available to beta-testers of Gmail since 2009 and proved so popular that Google decided to roll it out this week for all its 900 million-plus users worldwide. It has also been an option for users of “Inbox,” an enhanced Gmail application. “I think everybody is kind of vulnerable to this,” Brindle said of fretting after a fast-fingered click on the send button. “Anything we can do to alleviate those sudden moments of panic when you’re using one of our products is a good thing.” Aimee Morrison, an English professor who specializes in new media studies at the University of Waterloo, said other email providers will likely have to follow Google’s lead and add the undo feature to their programs. Users will demand it, she predicted. “I think we’ve all had that experience of clicking send, then repenting the decision,”
MICHAEL TUTTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
A Google logo at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google is releasing a feature with Gmail that will allows users to recall emails they regret sending. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
said Morrison, recalling how an acquaintance once sent a business email intending to sign off with “Best regards.” The sender accidentally typed a “t” instead of a “g” in regards, but realized the mistake too late. “There’s nothing you can do, it’s gone. It’s like dropping it into the mailbox on the corner and hearing the lid slam.” Brindle said activating Gmail’s undo-send feature is simple. — In the web-based version of Gmail, tap on the “settings” icon that looks like a gear. — Select “settings” from the drop-down menu. — Under the “general” settings tab, click on “enable undo send.” Users can choose a delay of five, 10, 20 or 30 seconds before a message is sent out and cannot be retracted. — Click the “save changes” button at the bottom of the page. “For me personally, I’m a 30-seconds guy,” said Brindle. “I need to reflect on it sometimes.
Five seconds can be a little bit tight.” Once “send” is pressed on an email, a yellow bar appears at the top of the screen, saying the message has been sent and offering the option to undo that transmission. “Undo send” is a welcome Gmail addition for Murray Rowe of Toronto, who enabled the feature Wednesday after hearing about it on TV. When Rowe wished he could have recaptured delivered emails in the past, it wasn’t because of the content of the communication, but how he’d phrased it. “I’d just press send and then reconsider the tone,” said Rowe, 40, who left the community services sector to pursue social work studies at George Brown College. “On a professional level, I would say there were times where I’d think: ’This is going into a file. Could that tone be misinterpreted?”’ And like Brindle, Rowe also
opted for a half-minute window to linger over second thoughts about the email being sent. “Five seconds is not a lot of time.” In some cases, even half a minute won’t be enough, suggested Morrison. “Most of these emails that we regret sending, we don’t regret within the first 30 seconds,” she said. “What this won’t help with is waking up the next morning having sent an ill-advised email telling your parents what you really think about their religious beliefs. “This won’t save us from emails composed in haste . . . . The only cure is to compose a little more at leisure and not make use of that instantaneous nature of the medium.” Her advice: when formulating an important email, write a draft, walk away and do something else, then come back and reread it before hitting send.
HALIFAX — A man who was the subject of a manhunt from Halifax to Ottawa over an alleged chemical threat against police walked free Wednesday after a judge said a reasonable person wouldn’t see menace in a rambling email he wrote that the Crown based its case on. Christopher Phillips was arrested on Jan. 21 by heavily armed police who evacuated an Ottawa hotel while squads of officers also asked residents to leave their homes in two Nova Scotia neighbourhoods where he had stored chemicals. He was found not guilty by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge of uttering threats against police and possessing a dangerous weapon. Phillips was interrogated in Ottawa by two RCMP officers who raised the shootings of soldiers in Ottawa and Quebec, telling him attitudes have changed since the 9-11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Judge David MacAdam said while he accepts police have to take precautions, he couldn’t accept Crown arguments there was evidence the U.S. citizen planned to do anything with the osmium tetroxide - a rare and potentially dangerous chemical other than conduct experiments in his home lab. Defence lawyer Mike Taylor criticized the decision to prosecute, saying after the verdict his client has suffered needlessly. “It’s really concerning when a person can spend five months in jail for an offence that a reasonable person would conclude simply didn’t happen,” he said.
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France wants answers from U.S. on spy claims American ambassador called in to respond to revelations LORI HINNANT AND ANGELA CHARLTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — Embarrassed by leaked conversations of three successive French presidents and angered by new evidence of uninhibited American spying, France demanded answers Wednesday and called for an intelligence “code of conduct” between allies. France’s foreign minister summoned the U.S. ambassador to respond to the WikiLeaks revelations, while President Barack Obama spoke by phone with his French counterpart. And all eyes were fixed on the top floor of the U.S. Embassy after reports that a nest of NSA surveillance equipment was concealed there, just down the block from the presidential Elysee Palace. “Commitments were made by our American allies. They must be firmly recalled and strictly respected,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said. “Being loyal doesn’t mean falling into line.” Obama told Hollande in the phone conversation Wednesday that the U.S. wasn’t targeting his communications, the White House said. Obama said the U.S. was abiding by a commitment that he made in 2013 not to spy on the French leader after Edward Snowden disclosed the extent of NSA surveillance. That pledge came a year after the last of the revelations in the new WikiLeaks trove, which date from 2006 to 2012 and appear to capture top French officials talking candidly about relations with Germany, Greece’s economy and American spying on allies. The White House said Obama also pledged to continue close co-operation with France on matters of intelligence and security. If not a surprise, the latest revelations put both countries in something of a quandary. France’s counter-espionage capabilities were called into question at the highest level. The
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French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Elysee Palace in Paris. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
United States, meanwhile, was shown not only to be eavesdropping on private conversations of its closest allies but also to be unable to keep its own secrets. “The rule in espionage — even between allies — is that everything is allowed, as long as it’s not discovered,” Arnaud Danjean, a former analyst for France’s spy agency and currently a lawmaker in the European Parliament, told France-Info radio. “The Americans have been caught with their hand in the jam jar a little too often, and this discredits them.” Still, the French weren’t denying the need for good intelligence — they have long relied on U.S. intel co-operation to fight terrorism and are trying to beef up their own capabilities. The release of the spying revelations appeared timed to coincide with a final vote Wednesday in the French Parliament on a controversial bill allowing
broad new surveillance powers, in particular to counter threats of French extremists linked to foreign jihad. The law, which would give intelligence services authority to monitor Internet use and phone calls in France, passed in a show-of-hands vote, despite a last round of criticism from privacy advocates concerned about massive U.S.-style data sweeps. It won’t take effect, however, until a high court rules on whether it is constitutional. Hours before the vote, the Socialist-led government again denied accusations that it wants massive NSA-style powers. “I will not let it be said that this law could call into question our liberties and that our practices will be those that we condemn today,” Valls said. Hollande, calling the U.S. spying an “unacceptable” security breach, convened two emergency meetings as a result of the spying disclosures.
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Large billows of pollution-filled foam are once again choking part of the Tiete river that cuts through a small city in southeastern Brazil. Just about every year, white foam cover part of the river and many of the streets of Pirapora do Bom Jesus, some 60 kilometres northwest of Sao Paulo. The foam is caused by household detergents dumped into the river as well as untreated water and sewage that flow into the Tiete during the Southern Hemisphere’s dry winter. With less water the concentration of pollutants grows.
A Mexican pet store has been temporarily closed and two employees are under investigation by prosecutors after a video surfaced of them slapping Chihuahua dogs repeatedly to “welcome” them to the store. The Maskota pet store chain said Wednesday that it had identified the two employees from the video and filed criminal complaints against them. It said their behaviour violated the chain’s commitment to animal welfare. In the video, the two take turns holding up dogs by the scruffs of their necks and repeatedly slapping, shaking and kneeing them.
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Ebola cases reported in Guinea as people travel
EU meeting breaks up with no deal for Greece
Despite hopes that the deadly Ebola outbreak could soon be contained in West Africa, it shows no signs of abating in Guinea and may be flaring up once more in Sierra Leone as people are flouting rules limiting travel meant to stop it. The deadly virus, which has killed over 11,100 people mostly in West Africa in its worst outbreak ever, has been stamped out in neighbouring Liberia, but is hanging on stubbornly in Guinea, where the Ebola outbreak was first reported in March 2014.
With major differences remaining between Greece and its creditors, eurozone finance ministers cut short a meeting on Greece’s proposals to avoid a default and planned to meet again Thursday. Before the finance ministers’ short meeting, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had held long talks with key creditors but apparently failed to reach a compromise over what kind of reforms the country should make in return for much-needed loans.
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NATO told it must beef up cyberdefense ability
Nuke aid offered to Iran as talks deadline nears
NATO must improve its ability to defend itself against cyberattacks before it tries to build its offensive cyberwarfare capabilities, Defence Secretary Ash Carter told alliance leaders Wednesday amid rising tensions with Russia, which has proven its willingness to launch computer-based attacks against other nations. Carter’s message runs counter to some experts and leaders who believe NATO should begin to develop cyberweapons, in order to deter opponents in the 21st century.
Western powers are offering Tehran high-tech reactors under a proposed nuclear agreement, a confidential document says, but a defiant speech by Iran’s supreme leader less than a week before a negotiating deadline casts doubt on whether he’s willing to make the necessary concessions to seal a deal. The talks, which resumed Wednesday in Vienna on restraining any Iranian efforts to make atomic arms, appeared to be behind schedule judging by the draft document obtained by The Associated Press.
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‘Ted 2’ more of same bawdy bear Resolution does not come quickly enough in this nearly two-hour rumination on rights and stupidity Ted 2 STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth Director: Seth MacFarlane RATING: Restricted PLAYING AT: Avalon Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes LINDSEY BAHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ted 2 asks a question that we never needed, or particularly wanted, to know the answer to: Is Ted, the magical, foul-mouthed, pot-smoking teddy bear, a person in the eyes of the law? While it’s unfair to judge a comedy simply for a ridiculous premise, here, it also happens to be the unlikely killer of the overstuffed Ted 2. And resolution does not come quickly enough in this nearly two-hour rumination on civil rights and abject stupidity. Part of the charm of Ted, writer-director Seth MacFarlane’s better-than-it-should-have-been story of a grown man and his sentient stuffed animal, was how unaffectedly it treated its talking teddy. Ted just is. No one thinks too hard about the why of it. Combining that silly foundation with Mark Wahlberg’s endearingly dopey intensity was a stroke of brilliance. The movie was allowed to only be about their friendship, and it worked. Making a sequel to an original comedy is always a tough game, though. More often than not, the desire to please fans and recreate the magic of the first produces nothing more than an exaggerated rehash. In an admirable effort to go a different route, MacFarlane has instead done something hopelessly bizarre: He’s given his film too much sincerity and story, and it practically crushes whatever fun does exist. This time, we meet up with Ted (voiced again by MacFarlane) at his wedding to fellow grocery store clerk and gum-smacking bombshell Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth). Their newlywed bliss soon curdles and they decide to have a baby to save the marriage.
Mark Wahlberg , left, the character Ted, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, and Amanda Seyfried in a scene from ‘Ted 2,’ playing in Nanaimo at the Avalon Cinemas. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS]
In an admirable effort to go a different route, Seth MacFarlane has given his film too much sincerity and story, and it practically crushes whatever fun does exist.
Because the natural way of going about this business is not an option (for a few reasons), Tami-Lynn and Ted decide to try adoption. It’s then that a state authority asks whether or not a stuffed animal should be afforded the rights of a human.
And very quickly after that, Ted loses his job, his marriage is invalidated, and audiences are forced to endure a horrifying thing: a whiny, self-righteous Ted. So, best friend John (Wahlberg), now a sad-sack divorcee, and Ted
hook up with Samantha Jackson (Amanda Seyfried), a newbie law associate who’s willing to take their case pro bono, and a few montages later, they’re off fighting the good fight in excruciating detail. Seriously, there are almost interesting debates over Ted’s humanity and a few fairly earnest references to the 13th Amendment and Dred Scott. It’s a wonder Ted 2 didn’t venture into artificial intelligence territory. Still, it’s very rare for a MacFarlane venture to be completely unfunny. Even A Million Ways to Die in the West had moments. The highlights in Ted 2 are almost worth it. There’s a Busby Berkeley-style opening number, a fantastic Liam Neeson cameo, a riff on what the F stands for in F. Scott Fitzgerald, a Jurassic Park bit and a few others. There’s even an over-the-top fight at New York Comic-Con (with more than a few Transformers peppering in the back-
ground, though it’s unclear whether that’s poking fun at Wahlberg’s association with the franchise or promoting it).The sequence had some promise in spite of the vitriol fueling the joke, but it’s all too late. MacFarlane continues to be a unique and probably misunderstood artist in popular culture. His venomous humour, basic moral code, crass sensibilities and fondness for classic showmanship are, at the very least, an interesting combination for a modern entertainer. But they haven’t quite meshed yet, at least on film. The misadventures of a couple of crass knuckleheads should be simple fun, and it’s quite all right to try for a more substantive story in something so trivial. But the silliness of the first has ceded to something that’s also a little more hateful and bitter. Ted and John should’ve stayed on the couch and out of the courtroom.
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‘Max’ not mighty, but this film has some bark Max STARRING: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Lauren Graham, Mia Xitlali Director: Boaz Yakin RATING: PG PLAYING AT: Avalon Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes RICK BENTLEY THE FRESNO BEE
Director Boaz Yakin — along with his co-writer, Sheldon Lettich — were already halfway to a solid family film by making a boy and his dog the central theme of Max, which tells the story of a family that takes in a military dog traumatized after a tragedy. You have to be pretty coldhearted not to get pulled into the concept. What can make this idea better or worse is how well the director brings the story to life. In the case of Max, Yakin sniffs out many of the elements to win over viewers even more. But he also has some moments that feel like a walk through the backyard — in your bare feet — where a big dog lives. The first big key is the casting. It sounds weird, but the best actor in Max is the dog. The early moments have Max leading a group of soldiers into hostile situations. This isn’t a Hollywood gimmick as thousands of dogs have been used in war. Multiple Belgian Malinois were used during the filming and their combined efforts result in a
Josh Wiggins, left, as Justin Wincott, and Max, in the family drama ‘Max,’ playing in Nanaimo at the Avalon Cinemas. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
well-rounded performance. Max comes across as being rightfully mad when someone he loves is threatened. The dog can also get across the idea of loving and caring. The fact the dog is so good is a big bonus. It needs those points since Josh
Wiggins, who plays rebellious teen Justin, can’t make the emotion work. He’s fine in the scenes where he’s playing with and training Max. But, when he has to be a troublemaker the dog acts circles around him. Wiggins is lucky Thomas Haden Church was cast as his
father. His performance is just the right mix of tough and tender to elevate scenes where Wiggins flounders. The usually dependable Lauren Graham gives it her best shot, but her Texas accent is painful. Yakin does a good job with the direction, a task that’s never
easy when working with animals. His only problems come out of the script that he helped write with Lettich. The opening military sequences is rushed, especially when later the movie hits a mid-point bike-riding scenes that just keep going. Kids on bicycles aren’t that interesting unless they are competing or carrying an alien in the front basket. The other glitches in the script are Justin’s biking buddies. Carmen (Mia Xitali) has trouble pulling off the tough girl act and her cousin, Chuy (Dejon LaQuake) is forced to find life in a character filled with every negative stereotype. He’s written so poorly that even in a situation where he could die, the character doesn’t remember he has a cellphone. Yakin pulls out all the emotional big guns — from a hero’s funeral to a closing musical number that will make you want to leave the theater waving a huge flag. Neither is wrong, it’s just an easy way to play on emotions. That’s really the story of this film. The combination of the bond between a boy and his dog, the salute to the military, a grieving family and the emotional upheavals of a father and son are the cornerstones of this tearjerker. The director falls back on those basics too often and that leaves Max a good film that doesn’t strive for more. If you are looking for a film suitable for almost all ages, then sit, stay and watch Max.
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Scott McKenzie Scott’s Thoughts product isn’t, either. For whatever reason, people simply aren’t showing up. In Prince George, though, both the Junior A Spruce Kings and major junior Cougars seem to be sharing B.C.’s northern capital city fairly well. The BCHL team gets about 1,000 a night, while the WHL team pulls in 2,852 (not great, but a huge improvement last year from the previous ownership regime). So the question remains, what would work in Nanaimo? For the Clippers, a winning team brought in more fans last season than the one previous, but the long-standing team is still struggling to fill half of Frank Crane Arena most nights, likely one of the more important reasons its ownership group is ready to sell. A WHL team in Nanaimo, though, could be a game-changer. Imagine if Connor McDavid had been born out west, and played a road game five minutes from your house. It would be harder to find a ticket to that than it would be to get one for Leadercast. Of course, McDavid is being touted as a once-in-a-generation player, and you can’y bank on a player like him coming to town. What you can bank on is bigger and better players rolling into Nanaimo in a league that routinely boasts high NHL draft picks and future Hall of Fame hockey players. Whatever that’s worth, we would need to wait and find out. The BCHL, though, has history here, and there is pride behind the Clippers name. Winning Fred Page Cups and producing future diamond-in-the-rough pro hockey players will do that for a team and for a city. But if the WHL came in, and the Clippers left town (like what happened in Chilliwack five years ago), something could likely be worked out to keep the Clippers in Nanaimo. Yes, we’re likely years away from Nanaimo entering the WHL, if ever, and there are a lot of things that need to take place for that to happen. Questions about the future of hockey in Nanaimo, though, will remain abundant until something happens. » Scott McKenzie is the sports editor at the Nanaimo Daily News.
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B.C. Lions eager to push the pace with new coach
Price takes home the Hart
JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — Tempo and speed have been buzz words around the B.C. Lions since Jeff Tedford was hired as the team’s head coach. The only problem is someone forgot tell the CFL schedule makers. Among of the quirks in an unbalanced nine-team league is that one has to sit out each week. The Lions drew the short straw this time around and will start the 2015 season in neutral with a bye before finally hitting the field on July 4 in Ottawa against the Redblacks. Nearly a month of intense training camp battles in front of a new boss followed by this sort of lull is something players aren’t used to, but are embracing, at least on the outside. “It’s going to be a little bit weird because we’re amped up, right?” said quarterback Travis Lulay. “The whole thing ramps up to the regular season and now we have to sit for a week. The positive spin is we’ve got a few little nicks with some guys that are going to get a chance to be healthier and ready to play.” A coach who runs his practices with military-like precision, Tedford also said the time off will work to the Lions’ benefit. “We will utilize the off-week well,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do and the team knows it.” The break will also give Lulay, who is coming off two seasons marred by injuries to his throwing shoulder, and running back Andrew Harris (ankle surgery) a little extra time recover from camp and get even more comfortable in Tedford’s new offence. Both played the first half of B.C.’s 18-3 exhibition loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday and declared themselves ready for when the games matter. Lulay and Harris are key components in the fast-paced style that Tedford, the former head coach of the NCAA’s California Golden Bears, is trying to bring to the CFL. The Lions want to keep defences off balance with no-huddle packages — new substitution rules should help with that — and were encouraged by their opening series in that pre-season loss to Saskatchewan. “We were running play after play after play and by the time we got down there and scored that touchdown they were huffing and puffing,” said Harris. “We want to catch teams in those kinds of situations where we’re dictating what’s going on.” Tedford, who replaced the fired Mike Benevides after the Lions followed up a 9-9 regular season in 2014 with an embarrassing 50-17 playoff loss to the Montreal Alouettes, has brought in offensive co-ordinator George Cortez as his No. 2, the third man to hold the position in as many years. “It’s different and you’re dealing with a different personality, a different mind and a different play-calling style,” said Harris. “There’s a lot of things that factor in, but at the end of the day it’s all football. “It just comes down to understanding each other and trusting each other as far as the coach and the player.” One player who won’t be around for the first time in a long time is veteran kicker Paul McCallum, who was cut five days into camp. Richie Leone won the job over fellow American Anthony Fera and will handle both kicking and punting duties, something McCallum was unable to provide. On offence, the Lions added former NFL receivers Austin Collie, who counts as a Canadian because he was born in Hamilton, and Cameron Morrah, while the defence will again be led by linebackers Solomon Elimimian — the league’s most outstanding player last season — and Adam Bighill. That defence kept the Lions alive in many games last season and Lulay knows the offence will need to be better if there’s going to be a turnaround in 2015. But first, they will all have to sit and wait.
Montreal Canadiens’ B.C.-born goalie cleans up at NHL Awards night in Las Vegas STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Carey Price has plenty of shutouts in his hockey career. At the NHL awards, he picked up his first hat trick. The Montreal Canadiens star captured the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player, Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender and Ted Lindsay Award as the most outstanding player as voted by his peers. Price became the first goaltender since Dominik Hasek in 1998 to win all three. Counting the William H. Jennings Trophy for the best goalsagainst average, Price is the first goalie in NHL history to sweep all four awards. “Everything has just fallen into place for some reason,” Price said Wednesday night at the MGM Grand. “The team has been playing well. Things are just awesome at home. My family is doing great. It’s just been such a blessing.” Price won the Hart, as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association; the Lindsay, as voted by players and the Vezina, as voted by general managers. Allowing a league-low 189 goals earned him a share of the Jennings with Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks. Price won the Hart, Vezina and Lindsay in runaway fashion. Alex Ovechkin, John Tavares, Pekka Rinne, Devan Dubnyk and Jamie Benn were all competing for second. “I’m very humbled by it,” Price said Wednesday night at the MGM Grand. “It’s something that I’ll never forget, that’s for sure.” Price thanked his wife and teammates and offered a message of encouragement to First Nations children in his three
Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price poses after winning several awards at the NHL Awards show Wednesday in Las Vegas. [AP PHOTO]
“You try to prepare something to say and it never really comes out the way you had in mind.“ Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
acceptance speeches. By the end he ran out of things to say. “You try to prepare something to say and it never really comes out the way you had in mind,” said Price, whose 44 wins, 1.96 goals-against average and .933 save percentage led the NHL. “I’m just truly grateful to be here.” Price was the big winner on an impressive night for Canada’s teams and Canadian-born stars. Ottawa Senators captain Erik Karlsson won his second Norris Trophy as the league’s best
defenceman, finishing ahead of the Canadiens’ P.K. Subban and Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings. Karlsson credited the Senators’ run to the playoffs for the award, but his improved allaround play — even since winning in 2013 — was also a factor. “I think I’m a better player than the first time I won it,” Karlsson said. “I made improvements, but I think there is still a ways to go.” Teammate Mark Stone finished second to Florida Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad in Calder Trophy voting as rookie of the year. Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau was third. Calgary coach Bob Hartley was the easy choice by broadcasters for the Jack Adams Award by guiding the upstart Flames to the playoffs amid almost no pre-season expectations. Hartley said the coach of the year honour was a reflection
of his players’ success. “As a coach you just have to put the players on the ice, set a plan and go from there,” Hartley said. “They’re the performers. Apart from my wife, I don’t know anyone who comes to the Saddledome to watch me.” One of the players fans enjoyed watching this season, Jiri Hudler, won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with high performance. He had 14 penalty minutes while finishing eighth in points, becoming the first Czech-born player to get the Lady Byng. “I couldn’t believe it because (Jaromir Jagr) had a lot of points, but I talked to him today and he said he was always a fighter,” Hudler said. “Then, he said he was hooking a lot so he had a lot of penalty minutes. But, I’m happy, real happy.” Two-time Canadian Olympic gold medallist Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins won the Selke Trophy as the best defensive forward for the third time in four years. Bergeron is just one short of Habs Hall of Famer Bob Gainey, who won the award four times. The general manager of the 2010 and 2014 Canadian Olympic teams, Steve Yzerman, got his recognition Wednesday night for his work in building the Eastern Conference-champion Tampa Bay Lightning. But this was Price’s night. As he stood with replica trophies on the table in front of him, the 27-year-old who backstopped Canada to Olympic gold in Sochi and the Canadiens to first in the Atlantic Division had his mind on the big trophy he hasn’t won: the Stanley Cup. “That’s my ultimate goal,” Price said.
NHL set to open formal expansion process STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Four months after a private investor began a season-ticket drive that would help gauge the feasibility of the NHL in Las Vegas, the league’s board of governors has given the green light to opening a formal expansion process. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the decision at an afternoon news conference in Las Vegas, insisting it’s no guarantee that the NHL will add a 31st or 32nd team. Nevertheless, it’s an important step toward expanding the league. Interested parties will have from July 6 until August 10 to apply. “We will then go through a formal vetting process, and the board ultimately will determine whether or not there’s any interest in expanding,” Bettman said. “If the conclusion is there is interest from the league’s perspective, then there will be focus on what the terms would be and who the likely successful candidates might be.” Deputy commissioner Bill Daly added that the 2017-18 season would be the earliest an expansion team would debut in the NHL. Bettman said there’s no official timeline for how long the process of deciding would take.
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Bill Foley, who began the Hockey Vision Las Vegas campaign in February, is at the forefront of expansion talk. The city is considered the favourite to get a franchise, though Bettman insisted there’s no “list” that Las Vegas would theoretically be at the top of. “The board’s aware of the fact that Las Vegas stepped up in an obviously significant and positive way to show support for having a major league team in Las Vegas,” Bettman said. The Las Vegas season-ticket drive received 13,200 deposits for seats at a new arena that’s set to open next spring, according to Daly. Those deposits are technically refundable if a team is not in place for 2016-17, but Daly said he didn’t think Foley’s group was concerned by that.
T-Wolves will likely pick Towns at NBA Draft BRODERICK TURNER LOS ANGELES TIMES
The NBA draft is expected to deliver its typical plot twists, with enough surprise picks Thursday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to force players and general managers to stay alert. One of the few sure things seems to be the selection of Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns as the first overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Then the intrigue starts with the second overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers. Even as most Lakers fans clamor for Los Angeles to use that pick on Duke center Jahlil Okafor, it appears that Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell remains in play. And there also has been constant chatter about the Lakers’ quest to trade their pick, and some players, to the Sacramento Kings for All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins. After Okafor had the first of his two pre-draft workouts with the Lakers this month, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak didn’t hesitate to state how the team is approaching this draft. “Everything is on the table,” Kupchak said. The Philadelphia 76ers will be next in line, and when it comes to the 76ers’ front office, everything always appears to be in play.
“It was an impressive response the Las Vegas community showed for a potential franchise,” Daly said of the ticket drive. Seattle and Quebec City are other leading candidates for expansion, and Toronto is another possibility. Quebecor announced it will apply for an expansion franchise, with president and CEO Pierre Dion saying it had “all the ingredients” to bring back the Nordiques. “Quebec is an extraordinary market,” Dion said in French. “We know in the province of Quebec, hockey is a religion. We are all, as individuals, hockey maniacs.” Daly said other cities, such as Milwaukee, Portland, Ore., and Kansas City, have also expressed interest. Quebecor and the NHL have a relationship through a French-language television-rights deal with TVA, and the 18,259-seat Videotron Centre that is set to open in September. Videotron Centre will host a pre-season game between the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins. Seattle’s lack of an arena is the biggest stumbling block to that city getting a team, and there’s less certainty on a potential
ownership group. The city lost the SuperSonics, its NBA team, to Oklahoma City following the 2007-08 season because of issues surrounding an outdated KeyArena. “Perhaps the process will bring some certainty to the arena situation,” Bettman said. “Nobody has the arena act together yet in Seattle.” Bettman said the expansion fee will be at least US$500 million. Any applicants must also pay a fee, some of which is refundable, Daly said. The NHL has had 30 teams since its most recent expansion in 2000, when the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild joined. The expansion fee was $80 million for those teams, as well as for the Atlanta Thrashers and Nashville Predators, who joined in previous years. The Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers had to pay a $50 million fee when they joined the league in the early 1990s. “Franchises are more valuable than they’ve ever been,” Bettman said. The Eastern Conference currently has 16 teams, while there are 14 in the West, and that could play a role in what cities the league might choose to expand to.
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Toronto 000 000 000 001 1 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 000 0 SB: TOR Pillar 2 (12, 2nd base off Karns/ Casali, 3rd base off Karns/Casali), Reyes (10, 2nd base off Karns/Casali), Martin, R (4, 2nd base off Boxberger/Casali). 2B: TB Kiermaier (15, Estrada). HR: TOR Colabello (6, 12th inning off Gomes, B, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 8; TB 7. DP: TB (Kiermaier-Forsythe). E: TOR Schultz (1, throw). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Estrada 8.2 2 0 0 0 10 R Osuna 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 P Schultz 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 B Cecil (W, 2-4 ) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 S Delabar 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO N Karns 6.0 3 0 0 3 5 K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 J McGee 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 B Boxberger 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 S Geltz 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 B Gomes (L, 1-3 ) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 HBP: Encarnacion (by Boxberger). Time: 3:39. Att: 18,469.
St. Louis 002 000 310 6 Miami 010 000 000 1 SB: MIA Gordon, D (25, 2nd base off Garcia, J/Molina). HR: STL Wong (9, 3rd inning off Latos, 1 on, 2 out), Heyward (9, 7th inning off Latos, 2 on, 0 out); MIA Stanton (27, 2nd inning off Garcia, J, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: STL 1; MIA 6. DP: MIA (Dietrich-Bour). St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO J Garcia (W, 3-3 ) 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 R Choate 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 M Maness 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Miami IP H R ER BB SO M Latos (L, 2-5 ) 7.0 3 5 5 2 3 B Hand 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 V Mazzaro 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:31. Att: 18,492.
The 2015 NHL Awards were held last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The results: EA NHL 16 Cover Athletes Winner: Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, Chicago (raising Stanley Cup) Ted Lindsay Award (most outstanding player as voted by the players) Winner: Carey Price, Montreal Selke Trophy (forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game) Winner: Patrice Bergeron, Boston Norris Trophy (top defenseman) Winner: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Jack Adams Award (top head coach) Winner: Bob Hartley, Calgary General Manager of the Year Winner: Steve Yzerman, Tampa Bay Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy (goal-scoring leader) Winner: Alex Ovechkin, Washington King Clancy Memorial Trophy (for leadership on and off the ice and noteworthy humanitarian contribution to community) Winner: Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award Winner: Jonathan Toews, Chicago NHL Foundation Player Award (community service) Winner: Brent Burns, San Jose Art Ross Trophy (scoring champion) Winner: Jamie Benn, Dallas Calder Trophy (rookie of the season) Winner: Aaron Ekblad, Florida Vezina Trophy (top goaltender) Winner: Carey Price, Montreal William M. Jennings Trophy (goaltender who plays at least 25 games for the club allowing the fewest goals) Winner: Corey Crawford, Chicago Lady Byng Trophy (player best combining sportsmanship and ability) Winner: Jiri Hudler, Calgary Masterton Trophy (perseverance and dedication to hockey) Winner: Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota Hart Trophy (most valuable player to his team) Winner: Carey Price, Montreal Final stats - NHL leaders 2014-15 Points 1 Jamie Benn, DAL 87 2 John Tavares, NYI 86 3 Sidney Crosby, PIT 84 Goals 1 Alex Ovechkin, WSH 53 2 Steven Stamkos, TB 43 3 Rick Nash, NYR 42 Plus/Minus 1 Max Pacioretty, MTL 38 1 Nikita Kucherov, TB 38 3 Tyler Johnson, TB 33 Goals Against Average 1 Carey Price, MTL 1.96 2 Devan Dubnyk, ARI/MIN 2.07 3 Pekka Rinne, NSH 2.18
American League East W L Tampa Bay 41 33 NY Yankees 39 33 Toronto 39 35 Baltimore 37 34 Boston 32 41 Central W L Kansas City 41 28 Minnesota 39 33 Detroit 37 35 Cleveland 33 38 Chicago Sox 31 40 West W L Houston 42 32 Texas 37 35 LA Angels 37 36 Seattle 33 40 Oakland 33 41 National League East W L Washington 39 33 NY Mets 36 37 Atlanta 35 37 Miami 30 43 Philadelphia 26 48 Central W L St. Louis 47 24 Pittsburgh 40 31 Chicago Cubs 39 31 Cincinnati 33 37 Milwaukee 27 46 West W L LA Dodgers 40 33 San Francisco 39 34 Arizona 35 36 San Diego 35 39 Colorado 31 40
Toronto
PCT .554 .542 .527 .521 .438 PCT .594 .542 .514 .465 .437 PCT .568 .514 .507 .452 .446
GB Strk - L1 1.0 W1 2.0 W1 2.5 L1 8.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 3.5 W1 5.5 L1 9.0 W1 11.0 L1 GB Strk - L1 4.0 L4 4.5 W1 8.5 L1 9.0 W4
PCT .542 .493 .486 .411 .351 PCT .662 .563 .557 .471 .370 PCT .548 .534 .492 .473 .443
GB Strk - W5 3.5 L7 4.0 L2 9.5 L3 14.0 L1 GB Strk - W2 7.0 L1 7.5 L1 13.5 W1 21.0 W2 GB Strk - W1 1.0 W1 4.0 L1 5.5 L1 8.0 W3
Yesterday’s results Cleveland 8, Detroit 2 Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0 (12 innings) NY Yankees 10, Philadelphia 2 Minnesota 6, Chicago Sox 1 LA Angels 2, Houston 1 (13 innings) Washington 2, Atlanta 1 (11 innings) Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 Boston 5, Baltimore 1 St. Louis 6, Miami 1 Milwaukee 4, NY Mets 1 Oakland 8, Texas 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Arizona8, Colorado 7 Kansas City 8, Seattle 2 San Francisco 6, San Diego 0 Today’s schedule with probable starters Chicago. White Sox at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Rodon (3-1) vs. Simon (7-4) Baltimore at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Wright (2-3) vs. Rodriguez (3-1) Oakland at Texas, 11:05 a.m. Gray (8-3) vs. Lewis (7-3) New York Mets at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. deGrom (7-5) vs. Jungmann (2-1) L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Frias (4-5) vs. Lester (4-5) Arizona at Colorado, 12:10 pm De La Rosa (6-3) vs. De La Rosa (4-3) San Diego at San Francisco, 12:45 pm Shields (7-1) vs. Heston (7-5) Atlanta at Washington, 1:05 pm Foltynewicz (3-2) vs. Fister (2-3) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm DeSclafani (5-5) vs. Burnett (6-3) St. Louis at Miami, 4:10 pm Lyons (2-0) vs. Haren (6-4) New York Yankees at Houston, 5:10 pm Eovaldi (6-2) vs. Keuchel (8-3) Friday, June 26 (early games) Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm Perez (4-0) vs. Liriano (4-6) Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 pm Scherzer (8-5) vs. Harang (4-9) Cleveland at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Kluber (3-9) vs. Chen (3-4) Texas at Toronto, 4:07 pm Martinez (5-3) vs. Buehrle (7-4) Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 4:08 pm Quintana (3-7) vs. Sanchez (6-7) Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Lorenzen (3-2) vs. Syndergaard (2-4) L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 4:10 pm Anderson (3-4) vs. Koehler (5-4) Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 pm
Tampa Bay
Yankees 10, Phillies 2 Philadelphia
NY Yankees
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Philadelphia 000 000 002 2 NY Yankees 020 301 40x 10 2B: PHI Howard 2 (17, Nova, Moreno), Blanco, A (8, Moreno); NYY Gregorius (9, Hamels), Headley (10, Hamels), Pirela (3, De Fratus). Team Lob: PHI 8; NYY 13. E: PHI Blanco, A (3, throw); NYY Nova (1, fielding). Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO C Hamels (L, 5-6 ) 5.0 8 5 5 3 3 J Diekman 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 J De Fratus 2.0 4 4 4 3 3 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO I Nova (W, 1-0 ) 6.2 3 0 0 2 1 B Mitchell 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 D Moreno 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 Time: 3:10. Att: 45,877.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 1 Baltimore
Boston
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Baltimore 000 001 000 1 Boston 000 005 00x 5 2B: BAL Parmelee (2, Buchholz), Flaherty (5, Buchholz). GIDP: BAL Flaherty; BOS Bogaerts, Sandoval. HR: BOS Ortiz, D (11, 6th inning off Norris, B, 1 on, 1 out). S: BOS Leon, S. Team Lob: BAL 6; BOS 3. DP: BAL 2 (Flaherty-Davis, C, Flaherty-Hardy, J-Davis, C); BOS (Holt, B-Bogaerts). E: BAL Davis, C (2, fielding), Norris, B (2, fielding). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO D Norris (L, 2-6 ) 5.2 7 5 0 1 3 B Matusz 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 M Givens 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO C Buchholz (W, 5-6 ) 7.0 8 1 1 1 7 J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 K Uehara 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:38. Att: 37,762.
Angels 2, Astros 1 (13 inn) Houston
Toronto Blue Jay Chris Colabello watches his home run during an MLB game Wednesday, in St. Petersburg, Fla. [AP PHOTO]
Late homer lifts Jays over Rays 1-0 MARK DIDTLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Marco Estrada made a run at history for the second consecutive start and came up just short again. Estrada lost his bid for a perfect game on Logan Forsythe’s infield single with one out in the eighth inning, but Chris Colabello homered in the 12th to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on Wednesday. Estrada also carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning of his previous start Friday against Baltimore. This time, he struck out 10 and threw a career-high 129 pitches. “He’s been on some kind of roll,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Forsythe barely beat out a slow chopper to third that Josh Donaldson fielded barehanded. Donaldson’s throw to first was just a hair too late. “It was a little frustrating just because it wasn’t hit very hard,” Estrada said. “Donaldson made a great play. The guy can run a little bit, so he beat it out.” Toronto challenged the safe call by umpire Joe West, which was confirmed after a 40-second replay review. “It wasn’t a pretty hit, but it was a hit,” Forsythe said. “But hats off to him.” Tampa Bay’s only other hit off Estrada was Kevin Kiermaier’s two-out double in the ninth that chased the right-hander. “The ninth inning, I gave up a hard-hit ball to Kiermaier. That made it a little better,” Estrada said. “Easier to forget about.” Colabello connected for a one-out shot to centre off Brandon Gomes (1-3). It was the Blue Jays’ first homer in the 12th inning or later to break a scoreless tie since Jesse Barfield did it on Sept. 26, 1986, at Boston. “I’m proud of the guys, but that’s what they’re made of. This is a more character team than we’ve had in the past,” Gibbons said.
LA Angels
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Houston 000 001 00000001 LA Angels 000 100 00000012 SB: HOU Altuve (18, 2nd base off Heaney/Iannetta). 2B: HOU Correa (6, Heaney); LAA Calhoun (10, McCullers). GIDP: HOU Castro, J. S: LAA Robertson, Dn. Team Lob: HOU 6; LAA 14. DP: LAA (Giavotella-Aybar-Navarro, E). E: LAA Giavotella (7, fielding). PICKOFFS: LAA Smith, J (Springer at 1st base). Houston IP H R ER BB SO L McCullers 6.0 4 1 1 3 6 W Harris 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 T Sipp 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 P Neshek 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 J Fields 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 L Gregerson 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Thatcher (L, 1-2 ) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 C Qualls 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO A Heaney 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 T Gott 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Smith 1.2 2 0 0 1 0 H Street 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 N Salas 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 J Alvarez (W, 2-1 ) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 HBP: Trout (by McCullers). Time: 4:31. Att: 33,543.
Indians 8, Tigers 2 Detroit
Cleveland
ab r h bi Davis CF 4 0 1 0 Kipnis 2B Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 Lindor SS Martinez DH 4 0 0 0 Brantley LF Cespedes LF 4 1 1 0 Murphy DH Martinez RF 3 1 1 2 Raburn DH Castellanos 3B3 0 1 0 Santana 1B Romine 1B 3 0 1 0 Moss RF Holaday C 3 0 0 0 Gomes C Iglesias SS 2 0 0 0 Bourn CF Totals 30 2 5 2 Urshela 3B Totals
ab r h bi 3210 3122 4121 3110 1011 4122 5120 5112 3000 4010 35 8 13 8
Detroit 000 000 200 2 Cleveland 003 011 21x 8 SB: DET Romine (5, 3rd base off Carrasco/Gomes, Y). 2B: DET Romine (3, Carrasco), Cespedes (22, Carrasco); CLE Santana, C (12, Farmer), Brantley (22, Farmer), Moss (16, Ryan, K), Raburn (12, Hardy, B). GIDP: DET Davis, R, Romine. HR: DET Martinez, J (17, 7th inning off Carrasco, 1 on, 1 out); CLE Lindor (1, 5th inning off Farmer, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: DET 2; CLE 11. DP: DET (Alburquerque-Romine); CLE 2 (LindorKipnis-Santana, C 2). Detroit IP H R ER BB SO G Farmer (L, 0-2 ) 5.1 8 5 5 2 7 T Gorzelanny 0.1 1 0 0 2 1 K Ryan 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 A Alburquerque 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 B Hardy 0.2 1 1 1 3 1 J Chamberlain 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Carrasco (W, 9-6 ) 8.0 5 2 2 1 7 C Allen 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:06. Att: 20,780.
St. Louis
FOOTBALL
Miami
Washington
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Atlanta 000 000 001 00 1 Washington 000 000 100 01 2 2B: ATL Johnson, C (5, Rivero); WSH Taylor, M (7, Masset), Harper (15, Eveland). GIDP: ATL Perez, E; WSH Escobar, Y. S: WSH Taylor, M. Team Lob: ATL 8; WSH 9. DP: ATL (Simmons, A-Peterson, J-Terdoslavich); WSH 2 (RendonDesmond-Robinson, C, Span-Espinosa). E: WSH Desmond (16, fielding). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO S Miller 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 J Johnson 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 J Grilli 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 N Masset 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 L Avilan 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 D Eveland (L,0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 David Aardsma 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Washington IP H R ER BB SO J Zimmermann 8.0 6 0 0 0 3 D Storen 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 R Janssen 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 F Rivero (W, 1-0 ) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:10. Att: 36,141. Oakland 530 000 000 8 14 0 Texas 000 020 000 2 9 2 W: K. Graveman (4-4) L: W. Rodriguez (4-3) HR: OAK- B. Lawrie (7), J. Phegley (5) LA Dodgers 013 000 010 5 7 0 Chicago Cubs 000 020 000 2 9 0 W: J. Howell (3-1) L: K. Hendricks (2-4) S: K. Jansen (10) HR: LAD- A. Gonzalez (13), J. Turner (10)
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Cowlitz Kitsap Victoria
W 10 10 8 5 W 14 6 6 3 W 11 7 7 7
L 5 6 9 8 L 3 9 11 12 L 7 7 7 10
PCT .667 .625 .471 .385 PCT .824 .400 .353 .200 PCT .611 .500 .500 .412
GB .5 3 4 GB 7 8 10 GB 2 2 3.5
Strk W1 W1 L2 L1 Strk W6 L1 L4 L1 Strk L1 W2 W1 L1
Yesterday’s results Cowlitz 6, Walla Walla 5 Kitsap 6, Victoria 2 Kelowna 6, Bellingham 4 Bend 11, Corvallis 5 Yakima Valley at Wenatchee Today’s schedule Bellingham at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Friday, June 26 Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Cowlitz at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Klamath Falls, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Wenatchee at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.
BlueJackets 6, HarbourCats 2 Victoria
Degoti Gretler Collard Pries Guibor Thoreson Floyd Goldstein Winchester Meyer Jarvis Fougner Alcantara Rankin Totals
Kitsap
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ab r h bi 4110 5021 4130 0000 5220 5132 4030 5000 0000 4110 0000 4011 0000 40 6 16 4
Victoria 000 011 000 2 Kitsap 001 120 11x 6 2B: BLU J Scudder (5); J Beck (1). 3B: HAR A Guibor (1). E: HAR Francis (2); Thoreson (1); Floyd (6); BLU Scudder (4); Peabody (2). HarbourCats IP H R ER BB SO A Rogers (L) 4.010 4 4 0 4 K Francis 2.0 3 1 0 1 1 H Omana 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 N Wojtysiak 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 J Walker 0.1 3 1 0 0 1 BlueJackets IP H R ER BB SO J Brewer (W) 6.0 4 2 1 1 5 J Oltman 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 T Gartner 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 Att: 160.
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Langley Vic Eagles Nanaimo North Delta Okanagan Whalley Coquitlam Abbotsford Vic Mariners White Rock Parksville
W 22 22 24 20 14 18 17 13 10 9 9 6
Regular season schedule Week 1 Today’s Opening Day schedule Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 26 Hamilton at Calgary, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Edmonton at Toronto, 2 p.m., at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Week 2 Thursday, July 2 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4 BC Lions at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 12:30 p.m. Week 3 Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m.
Nationals 2, Braves 1 (11 innings) Atlanta
CFL
L Pct GB 7 0.759 10 0.688 1.5 11 0.686 1 12 0.625 3.5 10 0.583 5.5 14 0.563 5.5 17 0.500 7.5 21 0.382 11.5 20 0.333 12.5 18 0.333 12 22 0.290 14 22 0.214 15.5
Today’s schedule North Delta at Whalley, 7 p.m.
Mon July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.
TENNIS ATP Current world rankings, as of June 22 Player Points 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia 13,845 2 Roger Federer, Switzerland 9665 3 Andy Murray, Britain 7450 4 Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland 5790 5 Kei Nishikori, Japan 5660 6 Tomas Berdych, Czech Rep 5050 7 David Ferrer, Spain 4490 8 Milos Raonic, Toronto 4440 9 Marin Cilic, Croatia 3540 10 Rafael Nadal, Spain 3135 11 Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 2600 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France 2565 13 Gilles Simon, France 2435 14 Kevin Anderson, South Africa 2090 15 David Goffin, Belgium 2010 16 Feliciano Lopez, Spain 1935 17 John Isner, United States 1890 18 Gael Monfils, France 1885 19 Tommy Robredo, Spain 1710 20 Richard Gasquet, France 1610 54 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C.870 Aegon Open Nottingham, June 21-28 Nottingham, England Outdoor, surface: Grass. Purse €644,065 Singles, Round 3 Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Joao Sousa (14), Portugal, 6-4, 6-1. Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Feliciano Lopez (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Leonardo Mayer (4), Argentina, def. Jiri Vesely (16), Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5). Sam Querrey (12), United States, def. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3). Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Dominic Thiem (7), Austria, 6-3, 6-3. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Adrian Mannarino (8), France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4. Doubles - Quarterfinals Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (2), Spain, def. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-1, 1-6, 10-7. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. Ken Skupski, Britain, and Neal Skupski, Britain, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 10-7. Eric Butorac, United States, and Colin Fleming, Britain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, walkover. Doubles - Round 1 Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Leander Paes (1), India, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 11-9.
WTA Current world rankings, as of June 22 Player Points 1 Serena Williams, USA 11291 2 Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic 6870 3 Simona Halep, Romania 6200 4 Maria Sharapova, Russia 5950 5 Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 5000 6 Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic 4055 7 Ana Ivanovic, Serbia 3895 8 Ekaterina Makarova, Russia 3575 9 Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain 3345 10 Angelique Kerber, Germany 3285 11 Karolina Pliskova, Czech Rep 3210 12 Eugenie Bouchard Montreal 3118 Aegon International Eastbourne, June 22-27 Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $665,900 2014 champion: Madison Keys Singles - Round 3 Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Montreal, 6-4, 3-0, retired. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1. Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Sara Errani (13), Italy, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles - Quarterfinals Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-1, 0-0, retired. Doubles - Round 1 Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-4, 6-0. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Lisa Raymond, United States, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, and Arina Rodionova, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-1.
Friday, June 26 Abbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m.
Upcoming tournamaent
Saturday June 27 White Rock at North Delta, 11 a.m. Parksville at Abbotsford, 1 p.m. Vic Mariners at Whalley, 1 p.m. White Rock at North Delta, 1:30 p.m. Parksville at Abbotsford, 3:30 p.m. Vic Mariners at Whalley, 3:30 p.m.
ATP and WTA: The Championships, Wimbledon, June 29-July 12 (Major tournament) Wimbledon, London, England Great Britain Surface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women)
SOCCER
GOLF
FIFA Women’s World Cup
2015 player rankings and tournament schedule
June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Round of 16 (All games elimination) Full results Germany 4, Sweden 1, at Ottawa Scoring: Germany Mittag 24’; Sasic 36’ (pen), 78’; Marozsan 88’. Sweden: Sembrant 82’ China 1, Cameroon 0, at Edmonton Scoring: Wang Shanshan 12’ Australia 1, Brazil 0, at Moncton Scoring: Simon 80’ France 3, South Korea 0, at Montreal Scoring: Delie 4’, 48’, Thomis 8’ Canada 1, Switzerland 0 at Vancouver Scoring: Josee Belanger, 52’ England 2, Norway 1, at Ottawa Scoring: England Houghton 61’, Bronze 76’. Norway Gulbrandsen 54’ USA 2, Colombia 0, at Edmonton Scoring: Morgan 53’, Lloyd 66’ (pen) Japan 2, Netherlands 1, at Vancouver Scoring: Japan Ariyoshi 10’, Sakaguchi 78’; Netherlands Van de Ven 90+2’ Upcoming schedule Quarterfinals (Round of 8) Friday, June 26 Germany vs. France, at Montreal, 1 p.m. China vs. USA at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Australia vs. Japan, at Edmonton, 1 p.m. England vs. Canada, at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. Semifinals Tuesday, June 30 at Montreal, 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 at Edmonton, 4 p.m Saturday, July 4 Third place medal at Edmonton, 1 pm. Sunday, July 5 Championship final at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
This week: Travelers Championship, June 25-28 TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut. Par 70, 6,841 yards. Purse: $6,400,000. 2014 champion: Kevin Streelman Golfer Tour points 1 Rory McIlroy 625.97 2 Jordan Spieth 574.92 3 Dustin Johnson 285.78 4 Justin Rose 332.6 5 Bubba Watson 292.05 6 Jim Furyk 284.03 7 Henrik Stenson 335.06 8 Jason Day 235.83 9 Sergio Garcia 280.19 10 Rickie Fowler 296.56 11 Adam Scott 231.39 12 Jimmy Walker 268.94 13 J.B. Holmes 196.14 14 Hideki Matsuyama 234.93 15 Patrick Reed 222.91 16 Louis Oosthuizen 180.22 17 Matt Kuchar 212.13 18 Chris Kirk 208.92 19 Billy Horschel 206.04 20 Phil Mickelson 173.97 Canadian golfers 92 Graham DeLaet 81.5 170 Adam Hadwin 53.26 171 David Hearn 53.18 261 Richard Lee 27.57 282 Nick Taylor 33.27 439 Brad Fritsch 18.7 453 Mike Weir 16.83 593 Eugene Wong 9.43 595 Roger Sloan 10.57 676 Ryan Yip 7.11 703 Adam Svensson 6.66 750 Albin Choi 6 750 Justin Shin 6 774 Ryan Williams 5.62 848 Michael Gligic 4.44 900 Greg Machtaler 3.85 926 Taylor Pendrith 3.66 956 Peter Campbell 3.41 962 Cory Renfrew 3.38
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The Syncrude Boreal Open, June 25-28 Fort McMurray Golf Club, Ft. McMurray, Alta. Par 72, 6,857 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Joel Dahmen Golfers Avg Score T1 Jason Millard 67 T1 Eugene Wong 67 3 Kevin Spooner 67.75 T4 Albin Choi 68 T4 Adam Svensson 68 6 Drew Weaver 68.5 7 Vince Covello 68.63 8 James Love 68.75 9 Ryan Williams 68.88 10 Taylor Pendrith 69 T11 Charlie Bull 69.13 T11 Sam Ryder 69.13 T11 J.J. Spaun 69.13 14 John Ellis 69.25 15 Riley Wheeldon 69.33 16 Joshua Stone 69.5 T17 Brien Davis 69.63 T17 Bo Hoag 69.63 T17 Cory Renfrew 69.63 T17 Ethan Tracy 69.63
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AUTO RACING NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m. Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California Qualifying: Saturday, June 27, 11 a.m. Driver standings, year to date Driver Pts Winnings 1 Kevin Harvick 576 $4,840,151 2 Martin Truex Jr. 561 $2,668,758 3 Joey Logano 520 $4,015,820 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 508 $3,171,955 5 Jimmie Johnson 506 $3,718,871 6 Brad Keselowski 480 $2,790,295 7 Jamie McMurray 464 $2,431,215 8 Matt Kenseth 456 $2,835,930 9 Kasey Kahne 447 $2,175,249 10 Jeff Gordon 434 $2,835,180
Formula One British Grand Prix, Sunday, July 5, 5 a.m. Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. Track length 5.891 km (3.661 miles), 18 turns. Qualifying Saturday, July 4, 5 a.m. Hungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m. Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary.
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, June 25-29 Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas. Par 71, 7,001 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Stacy Lewis Golfers Average score 1 Inbee Park 69.451 2 Hyo Joo Kim 69.723 3 Stacy Lewis 69.878 4 Lydia Ko 69.913 5 Anna Nordqvist 70.098 6 Suzann Pettersen 70.162 7 Sei Young Kim 70.302 8 Shanshan Feng 70.513 9 Amy Yang 70.604 10 Lexi Thompson 70.619 11 Sandra Gal 70.818 12 So Yeon Ryu 70.833 13 Cristie Kerr 70.941 14 Mirim Lee 71 15 Morgan Pressel 71.02 16 Ha Na Jang 71.021 17 Jessica Korda 71.048 18 Jenny Shin 71.075 19 Ilhee Lee 71.094 20 Jacqui Concolino 71.105 Canadian golfers 90 Alena Sharp 72.814 130 Sue Kim 73.895 141 Rebecca Lee-Bentham 74.357
Champions Tour U.S. Senior Open Championship, June 25-28 Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, California. Par 70, 6,994 yards. Purse: $3,500,000. 2014 champion: Colin Montgomerie Golfers Points 1 Bernhard Langer 78 2 Michael Allen 82 3 Joe Durant 115 4 Jeff Maggert 126 5 Gene Sauers 146 6 Kenny Perry 155 7 Kevin Sutherland 172 8 Colin Montgomerie 173 9 Tom Pernice Jr. 174 10 Woody Austin 178 Canadian golfers 26 Rod Spittle 248 78 Jim Rutledge 523
Web.com Tour Air Capital Classic, June 25-28 Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas, North Course. Par 70, 6,925 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Sebastian Cappelen Golfers Points 1 Lucas Lee 236 2 Patton Kizzire 240 3 Adam Long 247 4 Smylie Kaufman 248 5 Steve Marino 285 6 Tommy Gainey 286 7 Troy Matteson 287 8 Brian Richey 298 9 Rick Cochran III 312 10 Tyler Aldridge 322 Canadian golfers T44 Brad Fritsch 475 134 Ted Brown 843
European Tour BMW International Open, June 25-28 Golfclub Munchen Eichenried, Munich, Germany. Par 72, 7,181 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Fabrizio Zanotti Race to Dubai 2015 (last week in parentheses) 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 2875645 2. (2) Danny Willett (Britain) 1827234 3. (7) L Oosthuizen (SAfrica) 1712114 4. (8) B Grace (South Africa) 1273809 5. (3) An B.-Hun (SKorea) 1152034 6. (4) Justin Rose (Britain) 1095073 7. (5) B Wiesberger (Austria) 1006917 8. (6) Thongchai J (Thailand) 942980 9. (9) M.Angel Jimenez (Spain) 890168 10. (10) Alex Noren (Sweden) 838830 11. (11) Ross Fisher (Britain) 834249 12. (14) T. Fleetwood (Britain) 833921 13. (12) Anirban Lahiri (India) 826967
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Leap of Faith Dealer: East None vulnerable NORTH ♠10742 ♥8653 ♦J1085 ♣8 WEST EAST ♠86 ♠A3 ♥1042 ♥K97 ♦7632 ♦AKQ94 ♣KQ52 ♣J64 SOUTH ♠KQJ95 ♥AQJ ♦ ♣A10973 W N E S 1NT 2♠* Pass Pass 3♦ 3♥ Pass 4♠ All Pass * spades and a minor Opening Lead: ♦2
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
D
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ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: THEY’RE HARD TO PREDICT
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
eclarer managed three club ruffs in dummy, the last with the ten of spades, returning to hand with two heart finesses. He then drew trump to emerge with twelve tricks, N-S +480. A trump lead and continuation would hold declarer to eleven tricks but the auction precluded this beginning. South’s overcall was Cappelletti revealing spades and a minor. He rejected a penalty double since he held a void and would not relish defending 1NT doubled. A double would indeed end the auction where East would have high hopes of success until he cashed a top diamond. He would switch to clubs but will be defeated because North owns a spade entry to play a heart through East. East should have passed two spades and the game would be missed. South’s three heart rebid disclosed a strong hand with the black suits and, by inference, a diamond void. South might catch partner with heart length to reach the other major suit game. North concluded that he held a goldmine with four-card support and a singleton club. The advance to four spades was certainly justified on this sequence. East declined to double since it was obvious that South owned a diamond void, reducing the ace-king-queen of diamonds to rubble. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
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RAINER-HENNIG KORSCH (born 20 Nov 1921 in Malbork) passed away on Jun 16, 2015 at his home. He lived his life to the fullest, and was a true family man. He enjoyed hunting and ďŹ shing with his kids and grand kids, as well as cooking and making video recordings. He will be missed.
Walsh, Robert Alexander April 23, 1938 - June 11, 2015
“Bob� passed away in the Palliative Care Unit of the Nanaimo Hospital on June 11, 2015 after a long courageous battle with cancer at the age of 77. Bob was born in New Brunswick and later moved to Alberta, then finally retiring in B.C. in 2001. He was a heavy equipment operator on the pipeline for 50 years. Bob will be lovingly remembered by his wife Linda of 34 years, son Martin, stepsons Darcy Landry (Penny), Kelsy Landry (Nicole), Kevin Landry (Meg), 9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Also he will be missed by his sisters Marion Walsh, Anne Langis, Mae Haywood, a niece and nephews in Riverview, New Brunswick.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Tension is high. You have the ability to embrace a change, or you might choose to stage a major power play. Others find you to be full of surprises. The smart move is to allow them to express their views while saying nothing. Tonight: Start the weekend early! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Today’s emphasis is on your day-to-day life and on indulging in more rewarding moments. Even if you are working, make time for more interpersonal experiences. Ask for what you desire when the moment is appropriate. Don’t miss out on an opportunity. Tonight: Stay present. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Be a wild thing, and tamper with your schedule. How you handle a personal matter could take an interesting turn. Be more forthright and direct; others will respond in kind. Allow your sense of humour to come out quickly, as it will help you relax. Tonight: In the game of life. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might feel as if you must balance different forces that seem contradictory. Attempt to change your mindset; instead of looking at the differences, look at what they have in common. Ask more questions, and be more aware. Tonight: You don’t need to go too far. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might need to get in sync with others. A situation could be challenging at first, but you will meet the demand with ease. Unexpected developments around legal matters are likely to have unexpected results. Loosen up, and get on top of a personal matter. Tonight: Hang out. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) One-on-one relating takes you down an interesting path, where you are likely to interact with unpredictable associates. Someone you meet today might not be who he or she claims to be. Get to know this person more completely before making any commitments. Tonight: Be nice. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your understanding of what someone wants from you could be different from what you originally had anticipated. Honor what is occurring, and be authentic about your thoughts
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and feelings. A meeting provokes interesting conversations. Tonight: Be impulsive. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Honor a need for fast changes between a close friend and someone whom you have put on a pedestal. Juggling these different perspectives could be problematic. Make sure that you express your caring in a way that can be heard. Tonight: Not to be found. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Be more direct and caring in the words you choose and the actions you take. You could see a situation develop where someone, maybe even you, will opt to use money for control and power. Think twice before you jump into such shenanigans. Tonight: The world is your oyster. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are on top of your game and unlikely to allow any interference at the present moment. The problem is that others might start challenging you now more than ever. Perhaps another choice is possible. Reach out to a friend for feedback. Tonight: Take a stand once and for all. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might want to rethink a personal matter and gain greater understanding. By distancing yourself and empathizing with those involved, you will get a sense of the true dynamics involved. Once you do this, you are likely to find a solution. Tonight: Listen to favourite music. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) To make your point and have the greatest impact, you would be well-advised to relate on a one-on-one level with others. Honor a change of pace. Observe what is happening between you and a loved one. Make plenty of time for this person. Tonight: Dinner for two. YOUR BIRTHDAY (June 25) This year you often might feel as if you are on an emotional roller coaster ride. As soon as you start to feel comfortable, a surprising event could throw you off. Many of you will feel the need to control these cycles, but understand that this is not a possibility. You can control only your responses. If you are single, your love life could contribute to the high excitement of this year. BORN TODAY Musician Chris Isaak (1956), author George Orwell (1903), singer/songwriter George Michael (1963)
that touch our lives. He said that he found celebrities interesting. I guess that means our lives are not important enough to matter. I don’t know what to make of this and sometimes feel as though I’ve been duped. Where is the guy I dated? How do I not take this personally? — What Happened? Dear What: You are not alone. This type of spouse-deafness happens in many marriages. While you were dating, your husband paid more attention to your conversation partly because he was still trying to woo you, and partly because your life was separate from his. You were his “celebrity.” Now the conversations likely revolve around more mundane matters. Please don’t take this too personally. It’s irritating, but common, and isn’t worth getting upset over. Discuss unimportant things with your family or girlfriends. Wait until your husband expresses an interest before offering information. You cannot force him to be more attentive, but do ask him to set aside 15 minutes a day for the two of you to look into each other’s eyes and listen to whatever the other person says. (And if you have
Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for nine years. When we were dating, we had the best conversations. He would remember events that happened in my life and would follow up with questions later. He talked about things going on in his life and would include me in the conversation, asking my opinion. After we married, he has either stopped listening to what I say or doesn’t really care anymore. He constantly asks me the same questions over and over, and can’t seem to remember the answers I give him. Yet he can quote you chapter and verse about any celebrity -- where they went to school, who they married, who their children are -- as though they are his best friends. I’ve asked him how he can remember all of that trivia, but can’t remember things I tell him
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Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Sickened and Frustrated” whose family member and her spouse constantly blow their noses and clear their throats at family gatherings in restaurants. I would like to know why the majority of well-mannered people are not entitled to tell the nauseatingly stubborn and selfish couple to please stay home? Why are people so afraid of offending the offenders who couldn’t care less? They need to learn they are not compatible with dining out. Your suggestion to remake the social occasion without food sounds like political correctness. — Not So Accommodating Dear Not So: It has nothing to do with “political correctness.” Most people include family members at family gatherings, so if dining out with them is the problem, it is simple enough to remedy. But if no one will tell them that their behaviour needs refinement, or if they refuse to stop nauseating everyone else, your suggestion to not invite them is one possible solution.
‘Seinfeld’ apartment recreated the Monk’s Cafe table and booth, the Festivus Pole and George Costanza’s photo shoot set from different episodes. There is also a canvas “brick wall” full of signatures from the show’s many stars, guests and crew. Larry Thomas, who played the memorable Soup Nazi, believes Seinfeld remains popular because of the show’s relationships and the crazy situations its main characters — Jerry, Kramer, Elaine and George — found themselves in. “What Seinfeld really was about was these people, the way they treat each other, the way they treat the world and, you know, the way the world treats
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NEW YORK — Seinfeld fans are getting an open invitation into Jerry’s apartment. Hulu has teamed up with production shop Magnetic Collaborative to remake Jerry Seinfeld’s TV apartment for the iconic show’s Wednesday release of all nine seasons on the streaming video service. Hulu created a free memorabilia museum with the worldfamous Upper West Side apartment relocated in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Seinfeld lovers can walk through a reallife model of the apartment and see different set items such as
them, and it had nothing to do with the ’90s or the technology or some of the other things,” Thomas said. Thomas appeared as a mean and very particular soup chef in season seven. His character would shout, “No soup for you!” to anyone who did not order correctly. He said the character became much bigger than he expected, and remains the role that gets him the most recognition from fans young and old. “Some people will go, ‘Oh, you are the Soup Nazi,’ and then they will proceed to tell me that they have never seen Seinfeld,” Thomas said.
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