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uch of Robert “Lucky” Budd’s career as an author can be traced back to one event — the discovery of an audio archive that, to him, was like uncovering buried treasure. Hired by the CBC in 2000 to be their audio preservationist, Budd was asked to digitize an oral history collection of interviews gathered by one of their journalists, Imbert Orchard. As he began to wade through the material, he was struck by its significance. One of the largest oral history collections in the world, Orchard had travelled throughout British Columbia in the early 1960s and interviewed almost a thousand of the province’s earliest first-generation pioneers and First Nations people.
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“They’re basically talking the Orchard archive into a book, about their experiences as BritVoices of British Columbia. ish Columbia went from a place When that book became a with literally 200 nonnational bestseller, native people in 1858 Budd’s career as an to 400,000 by the First author and historian World War,” said Budd. was born. It took Budd four These days are a whirlyears to listen to the wind of activity for entire archive, and as he Budd, who has released did, it became clear that five books in the last what lay before him was year, including Echoes of enormous importof British Columbia, ance, something much which also utilizes the larger than simply an Orchard interviews, and Julie archival project. Orca Chief, the third Chadwick “I thought to myself, in a four-part series Reporting ‘I can’t leave this as a of stunning children’s finding aid for the CBC, books he has authored I have to turn this into in collaboration with something,’” said Budd. prominent Canadian artist Roy From there, he decided to purHenry Vickers. sue a master’s degree in oral Next week he will visit a history at the University of Vicvariety of local elementary toria and by 2010, he had turned schools to read from the series in
advance of the Vancouver Island Children’s Bookfest, which takes place in and around Diana Krall Plaza on May 2. As a student at Oak Bay high school, Vickers would go down to the museum to conduct research and ended up listening to the tapes in the Orchard collection. “Fast forward 35, 40 years later, I get a phone call one day saying ‘Hi I’m Roy Henry Vickers and I’m looking for some of these recordings I listened to 40 years ago, I hear you’re the guy to help me find them, they’ve had a huge influence on my art,” said Budd. The two became fast friends, and through an ongoing collaboration to write Vickers’ memoir, the idea for the children’s books was born.
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A Nanaimo dentist is safe but stranded in Nepal after Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 2,500 people. Sanjivan Mahara, who is a native of Nepal, was staying at a hotel in Dhangadhi at the time of the earthquake and has been reporting the situation from his Facebook account. “We are safe but all flights are cancelled, so we are stuck here in Dhangadhi,” Mahara said. Mahara continued to feel powerful aftershocks on Sunday. “Oh my god, I felt another jolt and we all ran outside from (the) second floor. Water in an aquarium in (the) hallway shook like a tsunami, he posted on Sunday.” Mahara expects to stay in Dhangadhi for at least one more day. He enlisted the help of a local friend who managed to book a flight Monday evening. “It is not advisable to travel by road. There is a risk of landslide and traffic jam on highways.” Former Nanaimo city councillor Merv Unger Merv Unger, who has been in direct contact with Mahara, said Mahara and others he’s with are sleeping outside in fear of another major quake. Witnessing how courageously the Nepalese people are handling the earthquake has made Mahara proud of his roots. “It is amazing to see such strong social connections here, everybody is helping each other and families and friends are coming together,” he said. “They all stayed connected, even friends of our friends whom I have never met come to check up on us and are ready to extend help in this town of far western Nepal. The Foreign Affairs Department said there are 388 Canadians registered as being in Nepal, but cautioned that is only an estimate as registration is voluntary.
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10 a.m. 3 p.m. Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival downtown. Renowned authors and illustrators present their work. Festival: Diana Krall Plaza, Commercial Street. Tickets: $10 child, $25 family, through Port Theatre 250754-8550, www.porttheatre.com, More info: www.bookfest.ca.
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Ryan O’Hara, a Grade 12 student at Parksville’s Ballenas Secondary School, beat out competitors from across the province and took home gold in the web design category at the Skills Canada Regional competition, held in Abbotsford on April 15. O’Hara is now preparing to represent B.C. at Skills Canada’s national competition, to be held in Saskatoon on May 27-29. It was the third time in three years that the computer whiz kid participated in the Skills Canada regional competition, but it’s the first time he won the top prize in his category. O’Hara took third place in 2013, second place in 2014 and finally took gold in his last year of high school. “We went into the competition not knowing what sort of web design we were required
to create, and then we had just six hours to complete it from scratch,” he said Friday at his Parksville school. “It took the whole six hours for me to finish my project and I could have used more time, but it was enough to win. I’m really excited about it.” Skills Canada is a non-profit organization that works with employers, educators, labour groups, and government to reposition trade and technology careers as first-choice options for youth. It holds annual competitions across the country to encourage youth to be the best in their particular skill specialties. O’Hara said his task in the competition was to design a web page for a fictional online company called “Make Data Talk.” He said the most important aspect of his design was to create
a web page that had no distractions to take away the attention of the viewer. “My aim is always to provide a good layout and keep the viewer focused on the content of the page and the message that it is trying to convey,” O’Hara said. “A very simple background and a clear logo, which we were also required to create, are also important.” O’Hara said if he wins in Saskatoon, he will represent Canada in the World Skills Competition that will be held in Saudi Arabia in 2017. “Computers have been a hobby of mine my whole life and I plan on studying computer science and the University of Victoria starting this September,” he said. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
WHY NANAIMO? A look at why people make Nanaimo home
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evin Colak moved to the west coast five years ago from Ottawa. She first settled in Vancouver but eventually moved to Nanaimo three weeks ago for its vibrant arts community balanced with its small town feel. What drew you to Nanaimo? The community, I have a great group of friends here who are all artists and I like the slower pace. I feel like I can focus more on my art. I met this girl, Katie Gilway, from Nanaimo in Guatemala when I was travelling and I ended up coming to Nanaimo to visit. I ended up doing a show with her and I got along really well with all of her friends and became a part of this family that we’ve got going. I knew I kind of wanted to live here, I didn’t know when. What challenges have you faced? Everything has been lining up really nicely, as for challenges; I don’t really have any, I don’t think. How are you integrating into the community and what do you bring to Nanaimo? An opportunity popped up last week, my friend Shayd Johnson, owner of the Elephant Room, is moving to Vancouver and wanted somebody to take over his space and use it in a way that would bring more life to the community. I’ve been looking for a space like that for a while so my friend and I are taking over the space and we will be holding different types
New Nanaimo resident Nevin Colak, pictured in the garden behind her house. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
of workshops for young people. There’s nothing set in stone right now but we were talking about having an open studio, art shows, art workshops, cheap yoga, stuff like that. I think I’m in a place in my life where I’m ready for things like that. I want to inspire people and show them that they can do things with confidence and if you have a good attitude. I think having an open space for people to come and see what we’re doing and how we live and
inspire the community. What’s the most underrated thing in/about Nanaimo, from your point of view? I think just the fact that we’re surrounded by nature and you can go to different islands and explore so much and learn about cultures. I think the Vault Café is a great place and all of the shops and bookstores downtown. You see the same kind of people all the time and you build stronger relationships with people. Where in a big city everyone
seems busy all the time. If you could make one change to Nanaimo, what would it be? That people would rent out all the empty spaces and use them for great things. I think there are too many empty spaces, places up for rent. I haven’t been here that long so I don’t know if it’s because rent is too high and that’s why people can’t keep their business open, I’m not sure. Some of my friends in Vancouver asked if I was really moving to Nanaimo, then asked me
what’s in Nanaimo. They haven’t had the experience that I’ve had. I think it’s the people that make it special and the art community. People are more involved I find. Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242 » 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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The Nanaimo Daily News picked up a pair of top honours at the weekend’s Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards. Daily News photographer Aaron Hinks was the winner in
the Feature Photo Award category (over 25,000) for his picture ‘Super Moon.’ Hinks was also part of the team that captured the Special Publications Award (over 25,000) category for the Daily News production of ‘Indulge 2014.’
That publication was spearheaded by then- pubisher Hugh Nicholson and sales manager Andrea Rosato-Taylor. Winners were announced on Saturday at a gala event, staged by the B.C. Yukon Community Newspaper Association at the
River Rock Casino. “Aaron is a remarkable talent,” said Daily News managing editor Philip Wolf. “He has brought so much to our editorial team with his keen eye for photography, as well as his ability to produce videos.
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ome eight million Canadians, a quarter of the population, are engaged in regular caregiving for family members or friends with a grave illness, chronic condition or disability. Two million of them are estimated to spend more than 20 hours a week providing care that is sustaining lives, improving the quality of life for those who need this help and saving the healthcare system billions of dollars. A 2009 report in Healthcare Quarterly put the value to Canada’s health system of this unpaid caregiving at $25 billion annually. And this related to the care of seniors only. About a quarter of Canada’s informal caregivers are caring for someone who isn’t elderly.
So the Harper government is doing the right thing — humanely, medically and financially — by providing more support in Tuesday’s budget for some caregivers who are in the extreme circumstances of dealing with a family health crisis in which the necessary caregiving can’t be managed along with continuing in a full-time job. Starting Jan. 1, Ottawa will budget an additional $37 million annually to improve the Employment Insurance program’s compassionate care benefits. These are paid to people who need to be away from work temporarily to care for a terminally ill family member. Compassionate care benefits are currently available for up to six weeks in cases where a family member is likely to die
within six months. The budget extends the benefit period to six months. And eligibility will be expanded to include caregiving for family members who have a diagnosis of a year to live. Both changes partly respond to calls from advocates like the Health Charities Coalition of Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP). They are a welcome recognition that EI rules did not realistically address the hardships of people temporarily thrust into caregiving responsibilities that force them to stop work or to drastically reduce their work hours. CARP says the requirement for a six-month terminal diagnosis “has been a major hurdle for access to this benefit.” On Tues-
day, it welcomed the relaxation of that rule. “But to make it better,” said CARP vice-president Susan Eng, “they should just remove the requirement (of a terminal diagnosis) altogether.” She is right. Grave health crises in which family caregivers need a temporary leave from work are not restricted to cases of palliative care, to no hope of recovery or to care of the elderly at the end of life. So the compassionate care benefit should not be strictly tied to terminal illness. There are compelling cases where people need a work leave to care for a gravely ill spouse, child or relative who is at risk of dying but who has a chance of recovery or of a longer life if he or she receives the best care and support. In such cases, people put heart,
soul and everything they have into caregiving because they are trying to sustain and extend the life of a loved one who has a chance of recovering — and probably a better one with their support in coping with treatment ordeals. Unquestionably, palliative caregiving also demands great compassion and dedication and devotion. But the EI caregiver benefit should not favour one type of crisis caregiving over the other. It should not make giving up hope of saving a life a condition for compassionate care benefits. CANADIAN PRESS (HALIFAX CHRONICLE-HERALD)
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com MP Lunney hasn’t been attacked excessively Re: ‘When it comes to faith and fact, we might turn to tolerance as we seek out answers’ (Opinion, Daily News, April 21) The Daily News and Mr. Lunney say he has been the target of ‘excessive and vitriolic’ attacks. I have yet to see any examples of this. Even if it is true, which I doubt – so what? He has been criticized and laughed at for being an incredible hypocrite – strange his ‘free speech’ suddenly emerges now that he is no longer seeking re-election. If he truly had the courage of his convictions he would have been up front with the voters long before he qualified for his generous pension. Your writer seems to think that we should pander to the delusions of the faithful, even though he seems to agree that ‘Creationism’ is not a valid concept in the 21st century. He does not want to see ‘science’ as the ‘master’ of our lives. Would he rather be governed by people who take the advice of an imaginary lord and ruler? A good quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson is “the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are
telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.” Edward Collins Nanaimo
Newcastle Island’s history not reassuring Re: ‘Plan for Newcastle unveiled on Saturday; Idea for a permanent bridge gains mixed reviews (Daily News, April 20) Joy Vikstrom makes a good point in that very little has been done in the previous years to maintain Newcastle therefore making the idea that future development will be successful based on a poor past record is not reassuring. I am in favour of the First Nations placing totems and perhaps a small visitor centre to tell the stories of the bands and the history of the island. I am vehemently opposed to the building of a bridge to Newcastle. Yes, it allows for easy access and encourages tourism. However it will adversly effect wildlife and the existing ecosystem with human pollution (increased garbage for one thing),
there will be increased park maintenance, noise pollution and may effect the community living on Protection Island to name a few things. If there is an increase of people visiting there will also need to be an increase in services, i.e. food kiosks, washrooms, etc. Newcastle should be a protected ecosystem, not a commercial venture. Lin Neufeld Nanaimo
Decisions of lawyers, judges are ‘baffling’ Madame Chiang Ki Shek of China once said “that which is morally wrong can never be politically correct.” She had an opulent reputation reflecting that people with power can develop a distain and disrespect for their fellow man. I was incredulous when Senator Duffy’s legal counsel remarked to the media that the Senator’s fraud trial was not about common sense but rather about rules. The question is whether Senate rules are ambiguous and therefore decidedly not broken by Duffy. This mess will submerge behind courtroom doors to become a quandary of bafflegab verbiage to fog up truth before judges and to
stultify the government. None of us out here in the real world could hope to comprehend the baffling workings of court lawyers and judges. We will be entertained by it and ultimately disgusted by it. Duffy himself even jogged ahead of the media cameras one day, making them chase after him like the marionette. Few of us will trouble Canada for the wheelbarrow loads of money that this trial will cost the public purse. There will be appeals, and probably litigation for even more money. I feel those people with privilege show disrespect for the rest of us and yes, they are damaging democracy! They damage common sense, and human sense for respect. What happened to accountability for the correct moral and political expectations we the taxpayers have of our leadership? Bruce E Hornidge Port Alberni 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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Michael Peakman, of Shimano, helps youngster Brynn Hawes, 6, catch a fish.
More than 225 steelhead were donated to the fishing derby by Little Cedar Falls.
Ava Martiniuk, 8, watches in shock as a fish gets cleaned in front of her at the Canadian Tire Kids Fishing Derby.
Steelhead fishing in a parking lot
Children lined up for a chance to catch a steelhead at the Canadian Tire Kids Fishing Derby. [AARON HINKS PHOTOS/DAILY NEWS]
From left, Marc Telosky of Canadian Tire, holds a fish for Abby King, 8, and is accompanied by Sean Simmons, president and publisher of Angler’s Atlas, and Steve Atkinson, of steelhead salmon farm, Little Cedar Falls.
Henry Clifton, 7, was a proud fisher after making his catch on Saturday.
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“I came to a couple of his storytelling sessions at the gallery and I said to him after one of them, I had total goosebumps on my arms and I said, ‘Roy, there’s a whole series of books here, besides you memoir, there’s a whole series of kids books we can do,’” said Budd. Part of the affinity was born through a mutual love for the art
of oral history and storytelling, which Budd says forms the basis of the ongoing inspiration for his work. “I really believe that people learn so much more from stories than they do just from random facts because facts are usually embedded in the narrative of the story so if I can help attach a story to something than it will help people really understand the meaning of what it is
we’re talking about, and they’ll remember it, years down the road,” he said. This theme is immediately apparent in the series, which both recount Northwest Coast First Nations stories with a dreamy vividness and also explore some of the pressing issues presently faced by indigenous people in Canada. Budd will be reading and signing books at the Vancouver
Island Children’s Book Festival on May 2, at Diana Krall Plaza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features a variety of renowned authors and illustrators from across Canada, including fourtime B.C. Book Prize finalist John Wilson, Vikki VanSickle, Catherine Austen, Mike Deas, Wallace Edwards, Bill Helin and Terri Mack, Gary Kent and Kim LaFave, and Sarah Turner. There will also be free pre-
schooler sessions in the library for children five and under. Tickets are $10 per child, $25 family pass, available through The Port Theatre 250-754-8550, www.porttheatre.com. For more information on presenters and to see the schedule go to www.bookfest.ca. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238
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he Upper Island BC Hydro Power Pioneers brought their uplifting energy to the paediatrics unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital last week. They also delivered an $800 donation, hand crafted finger puppets, and homemade knit blankets and slippers for sick children visiting hospital. The volunteer group of BC Hydro retirees hosts a variety of annual fundraisers and contributes membership dues in order to support local charities. Since 2010 the group has given almost $2,500 toward the purchase of equipment and comfort items for children receiving medical care at NRGH. Vancouver Island children visit the NRGH Paediatric Ambulatory Clinic for a variety of health issues, including: chemotherapy, juvenile diabetes, cardiology, orthopedics, juvenile arthritis, and surgical visits. Power Pioneer Lois Earle explains “It is inspiring for us to see our donations helping children.”
BC Hydro Power Pioneers delivered $800 and homemade treasures to the NRGH paediatrics unit. PIctured, from left, Lori Skelcher; Mark Durban (clinical co-ordinator NRGH paediatrics); Sharon Bickle; Vickie Gardner; Lois Earle; Kelly Raymond (Child Life specialist, paediatrics at NRGH); Al Akins; Janet Harms; Chris Hanna; Alice Akins.
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Legion Branch 256 assists local hospital The Royal Canadian Legion Mount Benson Branch No. 256 works hard during the poppy fundraising season in honour of veterans across the country. The local support shown to Legion members is then returned to the community throughout the year. Members Ken Young and Betty Briand recently presented $3,500 to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation in support of the new Cardiac Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Young explains, “This is such a worthwhile cause because we are all getting older and our veterans use the hospital. The
Cabela’s Nanaimo, Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre and MidIsland Metis Nation are joining forces to build a float entry for the first Nanaimo Heritage Days parade. Organizers hope for more than 65 floats in the parade for Nanaimo’s first Nanaimo Heritage Days on the May long weekend. Plans for other festival activities are already in gear. Highlights include entertainment at Diana Krall Place May 16, 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and a festival on Commercial Street, from 11 a.m. on. The parade route will be along Commercial and Front Streets, starting at 1 p.m. May 17, the Sunday. Along with floats, organizers want participants to take part on bikes, with babies, walking and driving. All entries are encouraged from community groups and businesses. To find out how, contact Brett Merriman, brett.merriman@ cabelas.ca, Chris Beaton, cbeaton@nanaimoaboriginalcentre. ca, or Ron Poitras, poitrasr@ gvsu.edu.
From left, Ken Young, Legion No. 256 Service Office; Betty Briand, Poppy Fund Treasurer; Amber Adams, Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation.
Legion works within, and for, the community so this is a perfect beneficiary of our donation; it will help many people.”
Nanaimo Family Life hopes to help local youth Nanaimo Family Life Association wants to do something positive for the mental health of
Nanaimo youth. Child and Youth Mental Health Day will be marked by an event in the Nanaimo District Secondary School cafeteria May 6, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Students will have the opportunity to explore tools to improve mental wellness in a fun, interactive and holistic environment. There will be food, music,
sports, art, yoga and meditation. The organization is looking for other partners and has space available for organizations to set up tabletop booths to share information about their services. Tables 1.5 metres long will be available for $50 from Nanaimo Family Life Association. For more information, contact Deborah Hollins, NFLA execu-
Noodle Box is having a birthday and the fast oriental food outlet invites customers to join in the celebration. On Sunday, the store marks one year of operation at its Port Place location.To mark the occasion, owners are holding a fundraises for Nanaimo Boys and Girls Club. Customers can help raise money for the cause, while enjoying a delicious meal. On May 3, from noon to 4 p.m. all proceeds from every $5 box sold goes to the Nanaimo Boys and Girls Clubs. Last year the store raised more than $3,000 at its grand opening event. Owners hope to match or even top that amount this year.
CONTESTING A WILL If you feel you haven’t been treated fairly under your spouse or parent’s Will, you may be able to increase your share of the estate by taking legal action. In BC, a person who makes a Will (a “testator”) is generally free to leave their property to whomever they choose. But the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA) allows the court to change a Will if it doesn’t adequately provide for the proper maintenance and support of the deceased person’s wife, husband or children. Courts usually expect spouses to get at least as much from the estate as they would have received upon a divorce. Courts also don’t like to see children (even self-supporting adults) being disinherited, unless there are good reasons. An example where good reasons were found is the case involving Lillian’s estate. She left her house (worth $390,000) to her adult disabled son who lived with her, and in her Will, named him the sole beneficiary of the balance of her estate (worth $10,000). Her disinherited daughter, who owned her own home and earned between $24,000 and $30,000 a year, lost her bid to get the BC Supreme Court to reallocate a portion of the estate to her. The Court said that Lillian’s decision to leave her estate to her dependent son was well within the range of what a reasonable testator might do. In that case, the estate was relatively modest. With larger estates, courts often find room to reallocate some portion to less compelling claims. A Will or estate can also be challenged if the testator lacked “testamentary capacity” when making their Will. This argument helps if an earlier Will is more beneficial to the claimant, or if the claimant would receive more under an “intestacy” (when there’s no valid Will). A testator should generally be able to remember how much property they own (e.g., bank accounts, house value) and the family members expected to benefit. But even a testator who is ill or confused may have sufficient legal capacity to make a valid Will or estate plan. For example, Al signed a new Will and property transfer documents a few hours before dying of cancer. He left his whole estate to his friends whose house had burned down and nothing to his four adult children. One son claimed his father lacked testamentary capacity – partly because his father’s Will said it excluded the children because they hadn’t repaid loans to him and didn’t “correspond” with or “comfort” him in his later years, which wasn’t true. The BC Supreme Court nevertheless decided Al had sufficient capacity to make a Will. An important piece of evidence was that after being told his children could challenge his Will in court, Al transferred his two properties (worth $300,000) to his friends, so the properties would pass outside of his estate and couldn’t be given to anyone else. Still, the Court found that Al had no valid reason for disinheriting his children, and therefore increased their share of the estate passing under his Will (worth $460,000) to about 60%. There are other grounds too for contesting a Will or estate, including “undue influence” on the testator. Consult your lawyer for advice.
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Nepal earthquake kills thousands At least 2,500 confirmed dead from Saturday’s Himalayan shaker, and numbers of deceased rising BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AND KATY DAIGLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Shellshocked and sleeping in the streets, tens of thousands of Nepalese braced against terrifying aftershocks Sunday while digging for survivors in the devastation wrought a day earlier by a massive earthquake that ripped across this Himalayan nation and killed more than 2,500 people. Acrid, white smoke rose above the nation’s most revered Hindu temple, where dozens of bodies were being cremated at any given time. Aid groups received the first word from remote mountain vil-
“We don’t feel safe at all. There have been so many aftershocks. It doesn’t stop.“ Rajendra Dhungana, resident
lages — reports that suggested many communities perched on mountainsides were devastated or struggling to cope. Landslides hindered rescue teams that tried to use mountain trails to reach those in need, said Prakash Subedi, chief district official in the Gorkha region, where the quake was centred. “Villages like this are routinely affected by landslides, and it’s
not uncommon for entire villages of 200, 300, up to 1,000 people to be completely buried by rock falls,” said Matt Darvas, a member of the aid group World Vision. “It will likely be helicopter access only.” Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake spread horror from Kathmandu to small villages and to the slopes of Mount Everest, triggering an avalanche that buried part of the base camp packed with foreign climbers preparing to make their summit attempts. At least 18 people died there and 61 were injured. With people fearing more quakes, tens of thousands spent the day crowding in the streets and the night sleeping in parks
or on a golf course. Others camped in open squares lined by cracked buildings and piles of rubble. Helicopter blades thudded periodically overhead. Crows screeched as the ground shook with the worst of the aftershocks — magnitude 6.7. Panicked residents raced outdoors. “We don’t feel safe at all. There have been so many aftershocks. It doesn’t stop,” said Rajendra Dhungana, 34, who spent the day with his niece’s family for her cremation at the Pashuputi Nath Temple in Kathmandu. “I’ve watched hundreds of bodies burn. I never thought I’d see so many ... Nepal should learn a lesson from this. They should realize proper buildings should
be built. There should be open spaces people can run to.” By late Sunday, the aftershocks appeared be weakening. A magnitude 5.3 quake shook an area about 30 miles east of Kathmandu. Nepal authorities said Sunday that at least 2,430 people died in that country alone, not including the 18 dead in the avalanche. Another 61 people died from the quake in India and a few in other neighbouring countries. At least 1,152 people died in Kathmandu, and the number of injured nationwide was upward of 5,900. With search-and-rescue efforts far from over, it was unclear how much the death toll would rise.
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Toronto-born Joe Sallai, 45, panhandles on a corner of Toronto on Friday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Homeless face street violence MICHAEL TUTTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tyler Dunlop says his moment of terror came after he passed out in the back parking lot of a building in Edson, Alta. The 30-year-old homeless man says he awoke to the sound of taunts as he was being punched and kicked by four intoxicated youths. “They ganged up on me and beat me within an inch of my life,” he said of the beating in 2011, which he didn’t report to police. Dunlop’s brush with violence offers a glimpse of the dangers faced by people living on the streets. On Tuesday, two men in Nova Scotia will be sentenced after they pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the slaying of Harley Lawrence, a 62year-old homeless man set on fire as he slept in a bus shelter in Berwick northwest of Halifax. Daniel Wayne Surette, 27, and Kyle David James Fredericks, 26, admitted in an agreed statement of facts that they doused Lawrence in $10 worth of gas before setting him on fire in October 2013. Ian Burton says he almost experienced something similar when he was living on the streets in Halifax in the fall of that same year. Burton, 30, says a youth came at him one night with a bottle of hair spray, flicking a lighter in an attempt to set him alight as he stood on a wharf downtown. He managed to flee but he says the episode served as a reminder of how dangerous it can be to live on the streets. “The streets have a territory-like feel to it,” Burton says. Statistics Canada does not track murders, assaults and sexual assaults committed against homeless people. But people who live on the street and their advocates say they happen frequently. “We have a lot of work to do in protecting vulnerable Canadians,” says Tim Richter, the president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, which estimates about 235,000 people lived without shelter last year. In downtown Toronto, Joe Sallai says he’s lived on the streets since he was 16 and has been kicked, hit and spat on. He has seen people hurl bricks at other panhandlers. “I’ve seen them get pulled by their hair and stuff just because they were panning,” he says.
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OTTAWA — A Jordanian newspaper is reporting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will host King Abdullah II, one of his key allies in the fight on terrorism, in Ottawa in the coming days. The tiny Middle Eastern desert kingdom has been punching above its weight internationally as one of Canada’s top allies in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Jordan has also borne a heavy load from Syria’s civil war, now in its fifth year, because its hosts an estimated 625,000 refugees. Jordan is also one of the five countries joining Canada in conducting bombing missions against ISIL targets inside Syria, along with the United States, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar.
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VANCOUVER — A prosecutor’s rare tactics to block a British Columbia man who murdered his three children from gaining some freedom is laying the groundwork for a possible test of the Conservative government’s tough-on-crime agenda. The Crown will be gathering an update on the mental state of Allan Schoenborn at the same time as she opposes his limited release being sought by doctors when his annual review resumes on Wednesday. Schoenborn’s horrific crime was pushed back into the national spotlight when Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the case in 2013 to bolster amendments to the Criminal Code. Harper promised his legislation would ensure that people too dangerous to be released would no longer be a threat to their victims. The bill passed last year. Those watching the case believe prosecutors are man-
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oeuvring to seek the bill’s new high-risk designation for Schoenborn, which would be a first for the province and the most high-profile use of the new laws to date. “It certainly seems like a much more aggressive approach has been taken,” said Scott Hicks, Schoenborn’s lawyer, referring to the Crown’s strategy. “My guess is that they’re considering it.” Schoenborn was declared not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder, or
NCRMD, for stabbing his daughter and smothering his two sons in their Merritt, B.C., home in April 2008. A B.C. Supreme Court judge found he was likely suffering from a psychotic state. He has been held in custody at a psychiatric hospital in suburban Vancouver ever since. The B.C. Review Board is now considering whether supervised outings would aid his rehabilitation. The hearings began in February and are scheduled for up to three more days this week. Most hearings take about half a day. In an unusual step, an expert critical of international guidelines used to assess the degree of Schoenborn’s threat is expected to testify. Any high-risk application made later to B.C. Supreme Court would rely on data about the person’s current mental condition, his past and expected course of treatment, and opinions of examining experts, said Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie.
The Criminal Justice Branch has decided the new law can be applied retroactively. “The branch intends to complete the annual process and then we’ll determine what the appropriate next step may be,” he said. Representatives of the children’s mother have openly decried the tribunal’s process, arguing the hearings, which Schoenborn attends, rip open their healing wounds every year. A cousin and spokesman joined mother Darcie Clarke in successfully petitioning the federal government to beef up victims’ rights with Bill C-14, which since July has allowed the Crown to apply for the high-risk status. The family has pushed for the board to impose a newly scripted three-year period before Schoenborn’s next review. But the legislation is widely misunderstood and has little practical effect when put to practise, say several closely familiar professionals.
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Tim Hortons co-founder dealing with civil lawsuit The billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons is on the receiving end of a civil suit alleging he sexually assaulted his sometime lover four years ago, The Canadian Press has learned. The action against Ron Joyce, who claims he’s the victim of a “blatant” extortion attempt, predates an unrelated but similar lawsuit filed earlier this year by another woman, who alleges his son, Steven Joyce, assaulted her aboard his megayacht in Florida in an incident he says was consensual. The claim filed in May 2013, which seeks $7.5 million in damages, alleges the incident left her suffering anxiety attacks and with severe emotional loss.
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PREMIER BASEBALL LEAGUE
JUNIOR A LACROSSE
Pirates split the weekend 2-2 against the Athletics
T-Men drop first game in Coquitlam SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
pers. Forbes played the entirety of the Clippers 2012-13 season, scoring nine goals with 11 assists in 37 games. He also picked up a goal and an assist in five games as the Clippers hosted the Western Canadian Championship that season. His performance was enough to earn him a spot the next season on the roster of the SAIT Trojans, where he had six goals and 11 assists in his freshman year. This past season, Forbes had a breakout campaign as a sophomore with 15 goals and 14 assists before a monster four-game, seven-point performance in the playoffs.
Up 3-2 after the first period on the road, the Nanaimo Timbermen decided to test the powerplay of the defending champion Coquitlam Adanacs. Lacrosse history isn’t on the side of teams who do that against the Adanacs — the Timbermen dropped their first game of the 2015 B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League season on Sunday in the Lower Mainland, 10-5. “It was the start of the decline,” Timbermen head coach Kyle Couling said of his team’s second period penalty troubles. “We made an effort to come back in the third, but some misplaced penalties and some selfish decisions led to eliminating the possibility of coming back.” The Timbermen outshot the Adanacs 19-18 in the first period and led by one after 20 minutes. They had goals from Alex Molander, a rookie who scored 35 goals last season in Intermediate A, and veterans Tarrin Davies and Cody Short. Leading against that team on their own floor isn’t easy, but Couling said it was a glimpse of what this Nanaimo team can be capable of. “Really, we were in that game,” he said. “Had we played a five-on-five, straight up game, we would have been with that team all the way through. “It was things like throwing balls away, taking quick shot son possessions and mental errors that were basically our downfall. “If we clean up those things . . . then we’ll be in any game.” The Timbermen took four penalties in the second period, and the Adanacs scored four powerplay goals, outshooting Nanaimo 26-5 in the frame. Davies scored shorthanded in the second period for his second goal of the game, and Short added his second later in the third period. Coquitlam, though, scored three more in the third. “I know Coquitlam was missing some of their better players, but so were we,” Couling said. “I liked our outing, but it was generally some selfish play and some bad decisions by a small number of players that cost us that game.” In his first game in a Nanaimo jersey, goalie Jerryd Jensen stopped 50 shots as his team was outshot 60-34. “He played really well,” Couling said of his goalie. “A lot of that was due to oddman rushes, and of course the penalties, but he was amazing. It could have been ugly without him in there.” The Timbermen now have six days to make improvements before they host the Delta Islanders in their own home opener Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. Brett Hawrys, Nanaimo’s leading goal scorer from last season, is expected to be back in the lineup that game, according to Couling.
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Nanaimo Pirates pitcher Sam Baker throws in the third inning of his team’s B.C. Premier Baseball League game against the Okanagan Athletics on Sunday at Searuxmen Stadium. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
Matt Skingle drives in five runs Sunday afternoon to keep team’s record at .500 SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
Parity is alive and well in the B.C. Premier Baseball League, at least for the Nanaimo Pirates. After splitting their first four series of the season, and dropping two of three games earlier in the weekend, a five-RBI game from Matt Skingle Sunday afternoon led the Pirates to yet another 2-2 series tie. Skingle hit two two-run doubles in the Pirates’ fourth game of the weekend to lead Nanaimo to a 12-9 win over the Okanagan Athletics, and more importantly keep their record at .500 three weeks into the 2015 PBL season. The Pir-
ates now have a 5-5 record, good for seventh place in the 12-team league. Each of their games, however, have been played against teams above them in the standings. The Pirates started the weekend with a narrow 2-1 loss to the A’s, giving up one run in the third and fourth inning. They cut the lead in half in the seventh and final inning as Skingle hit a home run, but were un able to tie it. Nanaimo pitcher North Rainey took the loss in five innungs of work despite giving up just three hits and striking out five. Both teams’ bats came alive in Game 2 Saturday afternoon, and this time the Pirates came out
with a one-run victory, winning 76. Sean Arabsky led the Nanaimo offence with two hits and three RBI in the win, while pitcher Aaron Page was credited with a win after throwing three shutout innings in relief of starter Garrett Goodall. On Sunday morning, the Athletics again took the series lead with an 8-4 extra-inning win. The game was tied 3-3 after seven innings but the A’s poured in five runs in the eighth to take the win. Bryce Stromquist pitched the complete game for the Pirates, striking out six and giving up eight runs, two of the earned. The Pirates, though, returned
to .500 baseball with their threerun win in the fourth game of the weekend. Down 6-1 through three innings, the Pirates combined for 10 runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth to come away with the win. Jayden Hamm picked up the win on the mound in relief of Sam Baker. After seven straight home games, the Pirates will attempt to move to 6-5 on Wednesday evening as they host the 1-7 Parksville Royals at 6 p.m. at Serauxmen Stadium to wrap up their homestand. Scott.McKenzie@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Nanaimo’s Brenden Forbes takes top award for SAIT Trojans athletics SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
Former Nanaimo Clipper and local hockey product Brenden Forbes has been named as the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Male Athlete of the Year. The award recognizes a student athlete’s attention to athletic excellence, academic success and community citizenship, according to a SAIT Trojans media release. “I didn’t really expect to get nominated, let alone win,” Forbes said in the release. “I was pretty shocked.” Forbes, a second-year civil engineering technology student went about his business on the ice quietly.
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His second season with the Trojans resulted in head coach Dan Olsen calling him his team’s most consistent centre. He finished third in team scoring, while shining in the defensive areas of the game such as blocked shots, faceoffs and kill-
ing penalties. He helped lead his team to the Alberta Collegiate Athletics Conference championship final, where they came away with the silver medal. “I felt pretty good at the end of last year, and I tried to carry that over to this season,” Forbes said. “I worked hard in the off-season to get better, and I think it paid off alright.” Forbes, 22, spent two seasons with the major midget North Island Silvertips in Nanaimo, breaking out in 2008-09 with 17 goals and 11 assists in 36 fames. He then moved on to play two full seasons in the B.C. Hockey League with the Powell River Kings, before eventually being traded midway through the 201112 season to his hometown Clip-
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However you want to describe the latest defining moment in Kurt Busch’s NASCAR career — which has been replete with many — it comes at a place where Busch has always seemed the most comfortable, in Victory Lane. Busch, who began the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season under NASCAR suspension, dominated Sunday’s rain-delayed Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway, leading 291 of the 400 laps.
Alex Rodriguez drew one step closer. A step closer to fourth on the all-time home run list and a step closer to a possible showdown with the Yankees in front of an arbitrator. Rodriguez, who entered Sunday night in his worst slump of the season, hit career homer No. 659 in the first inning of the Yankees’ 6-4 victory, driving a curveball from Mets left-hander Jonathon Niese off the top of the right-center field wall into the Yankees’ bullpen.
Whatever derailed Justin Rose’s game appears long gone now. Sensing he needed to birdie the final two holes to keep the lead, Rose pulled it off with aggressive swings and clutch putts for a one-stroke victory over Cameron Tringale on Sunday in the Zurich Classic. “Earlier this year it looked impossible to win,” Rose said, referring to his three missed cuts and failure to finish better than 37th in his first five starts of 2015.
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SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015
NHL
Canadiens eliminate Senators in Game 6 Carey Price, Habs shut out Ottawa in 2-0 win and advance to play the winner of Detroit-Tampa series BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS
Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, right, and Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson shake hands following Game 6 of their playoff series Sunday in Ottawa. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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OTTAWA — There was as much relief as jubilation when the Montreal Canadiens finally finished off the Ottawa Senators. It took a shutout from Carey Price and goals from Brendan Gallagher and Max Pacioretty for the Canadiens to post a 2-0 victory over Ottawa in Game 6 on Sunday and advance to the second round of NHL playoffs. Montreal won the best-of-seven series 4-2 and will next face the winner of the Detroit-Tampa Bay series, which the Red Wings lead 3-2. The Senators outshot Montreal 43-20 and dominated most of the final two periods. Price, however, showed why he is a nominee for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goalie and a likely candidate for most valuable player honours as well with a few sizzling saves and a lot of solid, mistake-free play. It was the first time this season the Senators were shut out. “Price stepped up and he was the difference,” said Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban. After taking a 3-0 series lead, it took the Canadiens three attempts to put away a never-say-die Ottawa side that had only made the playoffs on the final weekend of the regular season after a frantic final push. “This team has been a real treat,” said Ottawa coach Dave Cameron. “We got beat by a pretty good hockey club and, when we get over it, we’ll feel pretty good about what we accomplished here.” Montreal, which reached the Eastern Conference final last spring, is in the second round for a second year in a row for the first time since 1992 and 1993. “I know some people thought it would be pretty easy for us to get the fourth win, but we knew they were a capable team that battled hard all season to get into the playoffs,” said Subban. “I like the way we had to win this series. “We deserved it. We worked for it. I thought we had some bounces early in the series. “We didn’t get them as the series went
on but today we stuck to the plan regardless of what happened. And when you have Carey Price back there, it makes everything a lot easier.” Pacioretty sealed the win with an empty-net goal with less than one second remaining. “Advancing is such a great feeling but we have to be honest, we got some bounces tonight,” said Pacioretty. “They poured it on us pretty good and Carey was a wall back there.” After controlling the early going, the Canadiens got the first goal for the first time in the series when Gallagher took a high Greg Pateryn shot off his body and batted it past Craig Anderson at 13:26. “It hit my arm and I felt it go that way so I spun around, found the puck and was fortunate to put it in,” said Gallagher. “You don’t plan on whacking them out of the air all the time but I was able to catch the goalie out of his position.” Montreal had the first six shots of the game but the Senators outshot them 16-3 in a dominant second in which they did everything but score. The 20,500 fans at the Canadian Tire Centre were screaming for a too many men on the ice call against Montreal when perhaps a worse omission occurred as referee Chris Lee blew a quick whistle just before Jean-Gabriel Pageau put a puck in at 6:55 that had fallen past Price. “It was just bad puck luck,” Cameron said about the disallowed goal. With Senators legend Daniel Alfredsson cheering from a luxury box, Ottawa went all out in the third for the equalizer but Montreal finished with strong checking and two or three more solid saves from Price. A late tripping call on rookie Jacob de la Rose gave Ottawa a last chance on the power play, and near the end of it pulled Anderson for a two-skater advantage. Late-season pickup Torrey Mitchell tied up two faceoffs in the Montreal end, Price made some stops and Pacioretty finally put it away. “That’s what it’s all about,” Price said about the hairy final minute. “That’s what makes it fun. “Since you’re a little kid you dream about being in those situations.”
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Flames will need to find a way to win in Anaheim to beat Ducks Both clubs earned 24 points in the regular season when trailing after two periods DONNA SPENCER THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — For the Calgary Flames to extend their Cinderella run in the NHL playoffs, they’ll need to conquer the hostile Honda Centre. The Flames open their best-ofseven Western Conference semifinal series on the road this week against the Anaheim Ducks. The NHL has yet to announce the schedule as other first-round series are still in progress. Calgary hasn’t won a regularseason game in Anaheim since Jan. 19, 2004, for a 20-game losing streak. The Flames did earn a single playoff win there April 25, 2006, in the one previous playoff round between the two clubs. The Ducks won the other two at home and Game 7 in Calgary to advance to the second round that year. The Flames face a Ducks team as resilient as they and more rested. Both clubs earned 24 points in the regular season when trailing after two periods which was second only to Detroit’s 25. Calgary twice came from behind to beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-4 in Saturday’s Game 6 and get beyond the first round for the first time since 2004. In their four-game sweep of the Winnipeg Jets in the first round,
Calgary Flames goalie Karri Ramo, right, and Kris Russell celebrate their win against the Vancouver Canucks in Calgary on Saturday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
the Ducks became the first team in playoff history to win three games when trailing after two periods. “They beat out a very good team in Winnipeg,” Flames assistant captain Kris Russell said. “They swept them so we’ve got to make sure we’re ready.” Anaheim will have had about a week between their first and second series to top up their
tanks. Calgary is riding their top three defencemen — T.J. Brodie, Russell and Dennis Wideman — hard. Defenceman Deryk Engelland also played a series-high 22 minutes 56 minutes Saturday because he had one shift where he couldn’t get off the ice for three minutes 22 seconds. “We’ve just got to get a couple days in here of rest,” Flames
forward Michael Ferland said. “Anaheim is a big, tough physical team and we’ve got to be ready to hit them back.” Anaheim (51-24-7) topped the Western Conference with 109 points. Calgary (45-30-7) was eighth with 97 points. The Flames earned third in the Pacific Division, however, to gain a divisional matchup with the Canucks instead of a first-round meeting with the Ducks. Anaheim posted a 3-2 record in the regular season against Calgary, but the Flames doubled them 6-3 in their most recent meeting March 11 at the Saddledome. Calgary matched a franchise record for road wins with 22 this season, but Anaheim’s away record of 25-12-4 topped the Western Conference. The prominent storyline of this series is Calgary goaltender Jonas Hiller is Anaheim’s former No. 1. Hiller was demoted from starter just over a year ago in Anaheim and appeared in six of their 13 playoff games in 2014. The Ducks didn’t offer the 33year-old a contract extension and went with Frederik Andersen and John Gibson instead for this season. Hiller signed with Calgary as a free agent last July. The Swiss goaltender was solid to conclude the regular season and in the first five games of the Vancouver series.
Wild take Game 6 4-1, sending Blues packing DAVE CAMPBELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota was killing an early penalty when Zach Parise snagged a loose puck in the neutral zone, raced away from St. Louis and triggered a huge roar from the home crowd with his highlightreel goal off a bad-angle shot. That was a bad sign for the Blues. Game 6 belonged to Parise and the Wild. Parise scored twice, including that short-handed goal to get the Wild going in the first period on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Blues in Game 6 of the series on
Sunday for a spot in the Western Conference semifinals. “He’s tenacious. He’s an all-world player for a reason, because he works his butt off and he’s able to find opportunities like that,” Blues captain David Backes said, praising Parise after the third straight first-round ouster by the Blues. Justin Fontaine also scored, Nino Niederreiter added an empty-net goal and the Wild set up a rematch with Chicago. The Blackhawks, who beat Nashville in six games to move on, knocked the Wild out in six games in the second round last year and in
five games in the first round the year before that. “I think we’re all ready for them,” Fontaine said. Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves, giving him 66 over the last two games after the 6-1 defeat here that allowed the Blues to tie the series. The Wild outscored the Blues 8-2 after that. This was the 10th straight post-season loss for the Blues when facing elimination. “It’s hard to win when you’re chasing games all the time,” coach Ken Hitchcock said. Hitchcock pulled goalie Jake Allen for Brian Elliott after Fon-
taine scored with 8:41 left in the second period, and T.J. Oshie’s first goal of the series came with 4 seconds left before the second intermission to give the Blues some life. They outshot the Wild 27-11 over the last two periods, too. Parise’s next goal came on a rebound of Jason Pominville’s attempt early in the third, though, and Dubnyk and the Wild were in lockdown mode after that. Only one of the six games in the series was decided by less than three goals, a 4-2 win by the Wild in Game 1, and the average margin was 3.2.
◆ NBA
Clippers even series with Spurs after 114-105 win Chris Paul had 34 points and seven assists, Blake Griffin added 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-105 on Sunday to even their first-round series at two games apiece. J.J. Redick scored 17 points for the Clippers and Austin Rivers provided an unexpected boost off the bench with a post-season career-high 16 points. The Clippers, who bounced back from a 100-73 loss in Game 3, host Game 5 on Tuesday. This is the only series that is tied after four games.
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Cavs’ Kevin Love calls injury play ‘bush-league’ Kevin Love dislocated his left shoulder Sunday on what he said was a “bush-league” play. Cleveland’s power forward was injured in the first quarter of the Cavaliers’ 101-93 victory that completed a four-game sweep when he and Boston’s Kelly Olynyk chased a loose ball into the left corner after Jae Crowder of the Celtics missed a 3-pointer. Olynyk’s right arm became entangled with Love’s left arm. Love then grabbed his arm and kept running toward the Cleveland bench before going to the locker room, where he iced his shoulder. Olynyk was charged with a non-shooting foul.
◆ UNDER-18 HOCKEY
Canada wins bronze at world championships Glenn Gawdin scored twice as Canada won bronze for the second straight year at the world under18 hockey championship with a 5-2 win over host Switzerland on Sunday. Gawdin opened the scoring and had Canada’s key fourth goal to help the Canadians salvage the tournament after a 7-2 semifinal loss to the United States on Saturday. The Americans beat Finland 2-1 in overtime later Sunday to win their second title in a row and ninth overall. Jansen Harkins, Deven Sideroff and Brett Howden also scored for Canada, which came to the tournament hoping for its fourth gold medal overall and first since 2013. Damien Riat and Marco Miranda scored for Switzerland, which was looking for its first medal since winning silver in 2001.
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SPORTS
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
Canadiens 2, Senators 0
Monday, April 27 (Games 7) NY Islanders at Washington
First Period 1. Montreal, Gallagher (1) (Pateryn, Plekanec) 13:26 Penalties: Markov Mtl (High-sticking Clarke MacArthur) 2:34, Mitchell Mtl (Holding Kyle Turris) 9:41 Second Period No scoring Penalties: Markov Mtl (Tripping Milan Michalek) 15:52 Third Period 2. Montreal, Pacioretty (2) 19:59 Penalties: MacArthur Ott (Highsticking Alexei Emelin) 3:42, De La Rose Mtl (Tripping Jean-Gabriel Pageau) 16:46 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Montreal 13 3 3 19 Ottawa 13 16 12 41 Goaltending summary: Montreal: Price (38/38), Ottawa: Anderson (18/19) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Montreal: 0 of 1, Ottawa: 0 of 4 Att: 20,500 (110.8% of Canadian Tire Centre capacity))
Wednesday, April 29 (Games 7) Detroit at Tampa Bay
Wild 4, Blues 1
NHL Playoffs - Round 1 All series best-of-seven Yesterday’s results Minnesota 4, St. Louis 1 (Minnesota wins series 4-2) Montreal 2, Ottawa 0 (Montreal wins series 4-2) Saturday’s result (Game 5) Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 0 (Detroit leads series 3-2) Also Saturday (Games 6) NY Islanders 3, Washington 1 (Series tied 3-3) Chicago 4, Nashville 3 (Chicago wins series 4-2) Calgary 7, Vancouver 4 (Calgary wins series 4-2) Monday, April 27 (Game 6) Tampa Bay at Detroit
Saturday at the Saddledome
Flames 7, Canucks 4 1 2 3 T Vancouver 3 1 0 4 Calgary 1 2 4 7 * M. Stajan (Flames): Goals: 1, Assists: 2 ** J. Hudler (Flames): Goals: 2, Assists: 2 *** M. Ferland (Flames): Goals: 2, Assists: 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, McMillan (1) (Higgins, Horvat) 2:36 2. Vancouver, Hansen (2) (Matthias, Tanev) 7:32 (SH) 3. Vancouver, Vrbata (2) (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 9:42 (PP) 4. Calgary, Ferland (1) (Stajan, Jones) 17:02 Penalties: Edler Van (High-sticking Jones) 5:32; Bennett Cgy (Slashing Hamhuis) 9:18; Jooris Cgy (Intererence with Higgins) 10:19 Second Period 5. Calgary, Sean Monahan (2) (Hudler, Wideman) 1:02 6. Calgary, Gaudreau (2) (Hudler, T.J. Brodie) 5:35 7. Vancouver, Sbisa (1) (Hansen) 10:36 Penalties: Bonino Van (Closing Hand on Puck) 15:43 Third Period 8. Jiri Hudler (2) (Monahan, Gaudreau) 6:14 (PP) 9. Calgary, Matt Stajan (1) (Ferland, Jones) 15:43 10. Calgary, Jiri Hudler (3) (unassisted) 19:31 (EN) 11. Calgary, Michael Ferland (2) (Jones, Stajan) 19:57 (EN) Penalties: McMillan Van (Interference of Wideman) 5:25
First Period 1. Minnesota, Parise (2) (Cooke) 7:14 (PP) Penalties: Stastny Stl (Interference) 3:41, Fontaine Min (Tripping) 6:31, Niederreiter Min (Hooking) 11:14 Second Period 2. Minnesota, Fontaine (1) (Scandella) 11:19 3. St. Louis, Oshie (1) (Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk) 19:56 Penalties: Cooke Min (Embellishment) 5:29, Jackman Stl (Hooking) 5:29 Third Period 4. Minnesota, Parise (3) (Pominville, Granlund) 1:01 5. Minnesota, Niederreiter (3) (Koivu) 18:08 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T St. Louis 4 15 12 31 Minnesota 10 7 4 21 Goaltending summary: St. Louis: Elliott (6/7), Allen (11/13), Minnesota: Dubnyk (30/31) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): St. Louis: 0 of 2, Minnesota: 0 of 1 Att: 19,318 ((106.9% of capacity) Playoff stats Points GP 1 Jonathan Toews, CHI 6 2 Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 5 2 Corey Perry, ANA 4 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 6 2 Duncan Keith, CHI 6 2 Kevin Shattenkirk, STL 5 7 Jiri Hudler, CGY 6 7 Johnny Gaudreau, CGY 6 (4 others with 6)
G 3 6 3 2 2 0 3 2
A Pts 5 8 1 7 4 7 5 7 5 7 7 7 3 6 4 6
Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Vancouver 7 9 6 22 Calgary 9 11 13 33 Goaltending summary: Vancouver: Ryan Miller (26/31); Calgary: Jonas Hiller (1/3); Karri Ramo (17/19) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Vancouver: 1 of 2, Calgary: 1 of 3 Att: 19,289 (100% of capacity)
Goal Against Avg (Two game min.) GP W 1 Craig Anderson, OTT 3 2 2 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR5 4 3 Braden Holtby, WSH 5 2 4 Petr Mrazek, DET 5 3 5 Jake Allen, STL 5 2 6 Karri Ramo, CGY 2 1 7 M-Andre Fleury, PIT 5 1 8 Jonas Hiller, CGY 6 3 9 F’rick Andersen, ANA 4 4 10 Ben Bishop, TB 5 2 11 Scott Darling, CHI 5 3 12 Ryan Miller, VAN 3 1
Canucks post-season team leaders Final statistics Points: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Radim Vrbata, Jannik Hansen, Bo Horvat, all with 4 Goals: Daniel Sedin, Radim Vrbata, Jannik Hansen, RW, all with 2 Assists: Henrik Sedin, Bo Horvat, Chris Tanev, Alexander Edler, all with 3 Penalty Min: Alex Burrows, 21 Plus-Minus: Chris Tanev, 4
Save Percentage (Two game min.) GP W L SVPct 1 Craig Anderson, OTT 3 2 1 .976 2 Braden Holtby, WSH 5 2 3 .945 3 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 5 4 1 .939 4 Petr Mrazek, DET 5 3 2 .937 5 Scott Darling, CHI 5 3 1 .936 6 Jonas Hiller, CGY 6 3 2 .931 7 Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 5 1 4 .927 8 Jaroslav Halak, NYI 6 3 3 .926 9 Frederik Andersen, ANA4 4 0 .924 10 Carey Price, MTL 5 3 2 .923
L 1 1 3 2 3 0 4 2 0 3 1 1
GAA 0.95 1.54 1.75 1.92 2.02 2.09 2.12 2.20 2.20 2.22 2.22 2.31
GOLF
Western Hockey League Playoffs
Last week’s Tour events
All series best-of- seven *=if necessary Eastern Conference Final Calgary vs. Brandon (Brandon leads series 2-0) Western Conference Final Kelowna vs. Portland (Series tied 1-1)
PGA Tour
Saturday’s results (Games 2) Brandon 3, Calgary 2 (OT) Portland 3, Kelowna 2 Tuesday, April 28 (Games 3) Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m. Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 (Games 4) Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m. Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.
IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship April 16-26, Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland Saturday’s semifinals USA 7, Canada 2 Finland 5, Switzerland 4 Yesterday’s final day Relegation game Latvia 5, Germany 3 Bronze medal game Canada 5, Switzerland 2 Gold medal game USA 2, Finland 1 (OT)
LPGA Tour
Western Canada Cup Junior A championship Casman Centre, Fort McMurray, Alberta Teams BCHL, Penticton Vees Saskatchewan JHL: Melfort Mustangs Manitoba JHL: Portage Terriers Alberta JHL: Spruce Grove Saints Hosts: Fort McMurray Oil Barons Round Robin standings Team GP W L T Pts GF-A Penticton 2 2 0 0 4 17-3 Portage 2 1 1 0 2 7-6 Fort McMurray 2 1 1 0 2 3-7 Melfort 1 0 1 0 0 3-6 Spruce Grove 1 0 1 0 0 3-11 Yesterday’s results Portage 6, Melfort 3 Penticton 6, Fort McMurray 0 Saturday’s opening games Penticton 11, Spruce Grove 3 Fort McMurray 3, Portage 1 Today’s schedule Spruce Grove vs. Melfort, 6:30 p.m.
Also from Canada T59 Sui Kim +2 72 74 77 74
Wednesday, April 29 Melfort vs. Penticton, 6:30 p.m.
Champions Tour
Thursday, April 30 Portage vs. Spruce Grove, 1:30 p.m. Fort McMurray vs. Melfort, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Semifinals, 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3 Finals, 3 p.m.
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 1 All series best-of-five Yesterday’s results Toronto 5, Grand Rapids 2 (Toronto leads series 2-0) Portland 3, Manchester 2 (Series tied 1-1) Providence 2, Hartford 1 (3OT) (Providence leads series 2-1) Saturday’s results Toronto 7, Grand Rapids 4 Manchester 6, Portland 2 Providence 2, Hartford 1 Hershey 3, Worcester 1 (Hershey leads series 2-0) W-B/Scranton 4, Syracuse 0 (W-B/Scranton leads series 2-0) Oklahoma City 4, San Antonio 3 (OT) (Oklahoma City leads series 1-0) Rockford 4, Texas 1 (Rockford leads series 2-0)
Wizards win 125-94, sweep past Raptors
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Langley 1 1 0 0 2 Delta 1 1 0 0 2 Coquitlam 1 1 0 0 2 Victoria 0 0 0 0 0 New Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 Nanaimo 1 0 1 0 0 Burnaby 1 0 1 0 0 Port Coquitlam 1 0 1 0 0 Yesterday’s results Coquitlam 10, Nanaimo 9 Port Coquitlam 10, Burnaby 7 New Westminster at Victoria postponed Saturday’s result Delta 12, Burnaby 6
Sunday May 3 Victoria at Coquitlam, 2 p.m. Nanaimo at New Westminster, 5 p.m.
National Lacrosse League Pct .706 .529 .353 .294 Pct .765 .706 .562 .294 .267
Web.com Tour Last week’s tournament WNB Golf Classic, April 23-26 This tournament was canceled.
Last week’s tournament Volvo China Open, April 22-25 Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club, Shanghai, China. Par 72, 7,300 yards. Purse: $2,135,580. 2014 champion: Alexander Levy. Final Leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 A-Shun Wu -9 73 66 69 71 2 David Howell -8 68 72 68 72 T3 Alexander Levy -7 69 68 71 73 T3 Prom Meesawat -7 72 70 68 71 T3 Emiliano Grillo -7 73 70 69 69 6 Hao-tong Li -6 71 68 69 74 7 Richie Ramsay -5 72 68 70 73 T8 Magnus Carlsson -4 73 72 65 74 T8 Julien Quesne -4 69 67 76 72 T8 Peter Uihlein -4 70 67 76 71 T8 Romain Wattel -4 72 67 74 71 T8 Tyrrell Hatton -4 75 69 69 71 T8 Byeong-Hun An -4 72 68 76 68 T14 Seve Benson -3 75 69 66 75 T14 Bradley Dredge -3 68 74 72 71 T14 Lucas Bjerregaard-3 75 70 70 70 T14 Mark Foster -3 72 71 74 68 T18 Thomas Pieters -2 70 71 70 75 T18 M. Manassero -2 71 68 73 74 T18 James Morrison -2 73 70 70 73 T18 Richard Green -2 73 71 69 73 T18 Benjamim Hebert-2 70 76 67 73 T18 Mikko Ilonen -2 73 71 70 72
ATP
Saturday May 2 Delta at Nanaimo, 4:30 p.m. Port Coquitlam at Victoria, 5 p.m.
West W L GB y-Edmonton 12 5 x-Colorado 9 8 2.5 Calgary 6 11 5.5 Vancouver 5 12 6.5 East W L GB x-Toronto 13 4 x-Rochester 12 5 1 Buffalo 9 7 3.5 Minnesota 5 12 8 New England 4 11 8
Last week’s tournament Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, April 24-26 (54 holes). Top of the Rock Golf Course, Ridgedale, Missouri. Par 71, 7,036 yards. Purse: $2,800,000. Final Leaderboard Teams Par R1 R2 R3 1 Andrade\Durant -19 63 51 45 2 Woosnam, Lyle -16 47 64 51 T3 Calcavecchia\Lowery -15 51 65 47 T3 Roberts\Wiebe -15 48 67 48 T5 Chapman\Cochran -14 50 66 48 T5 Gilder\Wadkins -14 50 66 48 T5 Lehman\Sluman -14 65 49 50 T5 Pavin\Waldorf -14 62 51 51 T5 Sindelar/Cook -14 60 53 51 T10 Armour III\Parnevik -13 54 63 48 T10 Forsman\Reid -13 49 65 51 T10 Janzen\Mediate -13 64 53 48 T10 Morgan/Kite -13 53 64 48 14 Pernice Jr\Tway -12 62 55 49 T15 Brooks\Huston -11 61 53 53 T15 M’gomerie\O’Meara -11 66 51 50 T15 Sutton/Mize -11 48 69 50 T18 Blake\Frost -10 61 57 50 T18 Goydos\Sutherland -10 65 52 51 T18 Jenkins\Daley -10 48 70 50 T18 North\Watson -10 51 66 51
TENNIS
Friday May 1 Langley at Burnaby, 8 p.m.
GF 228 202 198 198 GF 220 193 196 172 160
Saturday’s results Buffalo 17, Vancouver 9 Rochester 14, New England 6 Edmonton 16, Minnesota 12 Remaining schedule Today’s game Buffalo at New England, 3 p.m. Friday, May 1 Toronto at New England, 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Edmonton at Colorado, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. New England at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Rochester at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
GA 167 205 204 251 GA 178 160 189 214 199
Rangers 5, Angels 4 (Cont’d) Texas LA Angels
MLB
American League East W L NY Yankees 11 8 Tampa Bay 11 8 Boston 10 9 Baltimore 9 10 Toronto 9 10 Central W L Detroit 13 6 Kansas City 12 6 Chicago Sox 8 9 Minnesota 8 10 Cleveland 6 11 West W L Houston 11 7 LA Angels 9 10 Oakland 8 12 Seattle 7 11 Texas 7 11 National League East W L NY Mets 14 5 Atlanta 9 9 Miami 8 11 Philadelphia 7 12 Washington 7 12 Central W L St. Louis 12 5 Chicago Cubs 10 7 Pittsburgh 11 8 Cincinnati 8 10 Milwaukee 4 15 West W L LA Dodgers 11 7 Colorado 10 8 San Diego 11 9 Arizona 8 10 San Franisco 8 11
PCT .579 .579 .526 .474 .474 PCT .684 .667 .471 .444 .353 PCT .611 .474 .400 .389 .389
GB 1.0 2.0 2.0 GB 0.5 4.0 4.5 6.0 GB 2.5 4.0 4.0 4.0
Strk W1 W5 L2 W2 L3 Strk W2 L2 W2 W2 L2 Strk W3 L1 L4 L2 W1
PCT .737 .500 .421 .368 .368 PCT .706 .588 .579 .444 .211 PCT .611 .556 .550 .444 .421
GB 4.5 6.0 7.0 7.0 GB 2.0 2.0 4.5 9.0 GB 1.0 1.0 3.0 3.5
Strk L1 L1 W5 W1 L5 Strk L1 W2 W5 L3 W1 Strk L1 L1 W1 L3 W1
Yesterday’s results Detroit 8, Cleveland 6 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2 Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 1 Miami 6, Washington 2 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Baltimore 18, Boston 7 Chicago Sox 5, Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 3 Texas 5, LA Angels 4 Houston 7, Oakland 6 San Diego 3, LA Dodgers 1 Minnesota 4, Seattle 2 Pittsburgh 8, Arizona 0 San Francisco at Colorado, postponed N.Y. Yankees 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Saturday’s results Detroit 4, Cleveland 1 Houston 9, Oakland 3 NY Mets 8, NY Yankees 2 Miami 8, Washington 0 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2 Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 2 Baltimore 5, Boston 4 St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2, Arizona 1 San Fran 5, Colorado 4 LA Dodgers 11, San Diego 8 LA Angels 4, Texas 1 Minnesota 8, Seattle 5 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, postponed Kansas City at Chicago Sox, postponed
* Won playoff in 2 holes
European Tour
Tuesday, April 28 (Game 4) Hartford at Providence, 4 p.m.
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry sits on the bench during a timeout in the second half of Game 4 as the Raptors were eliminated from the playoffs. [AP PHOTO]
WASHINGTON — It didn’t take very long for Kyle Lowry to show his built-up frustration on Sunday against Washington. Lowry and his Toronto Raptors were swept from the post-season after a 125-94 loss in Game 4 against the Wizards. The guard’s emotion from throughout the series boiled over in the first quarter. He protested an early foul on Paul Pierce by firing the basketball to a referee as he walked off the court after a time out. Lowry earned a technical foul and moments later was on the bench with a third personal foul just six minutes 54 seconds into the game. The meltdown encapsulated the series for Lowry and Toronto, which dropped the first-round matchup 4-0. “It was very unsatisfactory, to be honest,” said Lowry. “At the end of the day, I’ve got to continue to get better and I will get better.” It was a miserable week for Lowry, who battled back spasms, an illness and a leg injury, but refused to concede he was hurt. His shot was off. Foul trouble was a constant problem. The Raptors’ most dynamic player, who started at guard for the Eastern Conference in this year’s All-Star game, was a shell of himself in the series. Lowry scored a team-high 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting on Sunday. But the Raptors’ defence was inconsistent, their offence sputtered and they couldn’t rebound the shots they did miss. “I’ve got no answers. It’s a tough end for us,” said guard Greivis Vasquez. “But as a team we’ve got to stay together. We’ll see what happens this summer. We all, as individuals, have to get better. That really wasn’t us the whole series.” The Wizards led 20-10 just 6:18 into the contest when Lowry was forced to the bench with that third foul. The lead grew to 20 midway through the second quarter and the game was never competitive in the second half as one Washington starter after another was pulled from the game to a standing ovation.
Last week’s tournament Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, April 23-26 Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California, par 72, 6,925 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 winner: Lydia Ko Final Leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Lydia Ko* -8 67 72 71 70 2 Morgan Pressel -8 69 72 67 72 3 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont -7 70 65 72 74 4 Min Seo Kwak -6 72 67 69 74 5 Shanshan Feng -5 70 70 71 72 T6 Ha Na Jang -4 68 71 77 68 T6 Amy Yang -4 72 68 75 69 T6 Stacy Lewis -4 69 71 71 73 T9 Mirim Lee -3 74 68 73 70 T9 Sei-Young Kim -3 74 69 70 72 T11 Na Yeon Choi -2 69 68 78 71 T11 Sakura Yokomine -2 71 67 77 71 T13 P.K. Kongkraphan-1 68 76 71 72 T13 Sandra Gal -1 74 67 72 74 T15 Gerina Piller E 72 73 73 70 T15 Juli Inkster E 68 74 75 71 T15 Moriya Jut’ugarn E 70 72 72 74 T18 Cristie Kerr +1 71 74 75 69 T18 Q Baek +1 73 72 74 70 T18 Hyo-Joo Kim +1 71 73 74 71 T18 Minjee Lee +1 71 72 74 72 T18 Inbee Park +1 73 71 73 72 T18 Yueer Cindy Feng+1 70 68 76 75 T18 Julieta Granada +1 70 69 75 75 T18 Tiffany Joh +1 70 70 74 75
Tuesday, April 28 Penticton vs. Portage, 1:30 p.m. Spruce Grove vs. Ft McMurray, 6:30pm
Wednesday, April 29 (Games 3) Worcester at Hershey, 4 p.m. Chicago at Utica, 4 p.m. Toronto at Grand Rapids, 4 p.m. W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Texas at Rockford, 5 p.m.
BRIAN MCNALLY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last week’s tournament Zurich Classic of New Orleans, April 23-26 TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana. Par 72, 7,520 yards. Purse:: $6,900,000. 2014 winner: Seung-yul Noh. Final Leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Justin Rose -22 69 66 65 66 2 Cameron Tringale -21 69 65 68 65 3 Boo Weekley -20 64 70 69 65 T4 Jim Herman -19 69 68 67 65 T4 Jason Day -19 67 65 68 69 T6 David Hearn Brampton, Ont. -18 65 70 67 68 T6 Daniel Berger -18 66 67 68 69 T8 Blayne Barber -17 67 70 64 70 T8 Chesson Hadley -17 67 72 66 66 T8 Chad Campbell -17 67 68 68 68 T8 Meen Whee Kim -17 68 71 68 64 T12 Steve Wheatcroft-16 72 66 69 65 T12 Jason Gore -16 70 68 66 68 T12 George McNeill -16 74 64 66 68 T12 Sean O’Hair -16 65 71 68 68 T12 Erik Compton -16 66 69 68 69 T12 Steven Bowditch-16 68 67 71 66 T12 Justin Thomas -16 68 66 72 66 T12 Scott Pinckney -16 69 70 65 68 T12 D.A. Points -16 70 69 68 65 T12 Hudson Swafford-16 67 66 70 69
BASEBALL
Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain. Surface: Clay Purse: €1,993,230 (1 euro=CDN$1.33) Singles - Final Kei Nishikori (1), Japan, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles-Final Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen, Finland, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 11-9. BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy Bucharest, Romania. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405. Singles - Final Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (5), Spain, def. Jiri Vesely (7), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (11) Doubles - Final Marius Copil, Romania, and Adrian Ungur, Romania, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 3-6, 7-5, 17-15
WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart, Germany. Surface: Clay. Purse: $731,000 Singles - Final Angelique Kerber, Germany, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Doubles - Final Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Kata
Today’s schedule Toronto at Boston, 3:10 p.m. Sanchez (1-2) vs Kelly (1-0) Kansas City at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m. Guthrie (1-1) vs Kluber (0-2) Chi. White Sox at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Samardzija (1-1) vs Jimenez (1-1) Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Karns (1-1) vs Warren (1-1) Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Nelson (1-1) vs Cueto (1-2) N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Gee (0-1) vs Cosart (1-1) Washington at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Fister (1-0) vs Stults (0-1) Seattle at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Walker (0-2) vs Gallardo (2-2) Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Worley (2-1) vs Hammel (1-1) Detroit at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Price (1-1) vs Milone (2-0) Philadelphia at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Hamels (0-2) vs Lackey (1-0) Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Kendrick (1-2) vs Anderson (0-0) Houston at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. McHugh (3-0) vs Shields (2-0) San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Bumgarner (1-1) vs Kershaw (1-1)
Twins 4, Mariners 2 (11 inn) Minnesota
Seattle
ab r h bi ab r h bi Dozier 2B 4 1 0 0 Jackson CF 5 0 0 0 Robinson OF 5 2 1 0 Smith DH 3 1 2 1 Mauer 1B 5 0 3 3 Ruggiano DH 1 0 0 0 Plouffe 3B 6 0 1 1 Cano 2B 4100 Nunez DH 5 0 2 0 Cruz RF 3000 Escobar LF 5 0 0 0 Seager 3B 5 0 2 0 Arcia RF 4 0 1 0 Morrison 1B 5 0 0 1 Schafer CF 0 0 0 0 Ackley LF 4 0 1 0 Herrmann C 3 1 0 0 B’quist PH 1 0 0 0 Santana SS 3 0 1 0 Miller SS 3 0 1 0 Totals 40 4 9 4 Sucre C 2000 Weeks PH 1 0 0 0 Zunino C 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 2 6 2
Minnesota 101 000 000 02 4 Seattle 000 200 000 00 2 SB: SEA Cruz, N (1, 2nd base off Thompson, A/Herrmann, C). 2B: MIN Mauer (3, Elias), Nunez (4, Farquhar); SEA Miller, B (3, Gibson), Seager (5, Gibson), Smith, S (4, Gibson). 3B: MIN Mauer (1, Olson). GIDP: SEA Morrison. HR: SEA Smith, S (1, 4th inning off Gibson, 0 on, 0 out). S: MIN Santana, D; SEA Sucre; Miller, B. Team Lob: MIN 12; SEA 8. DP: MIN (Santana, D-Mauer); SEA (Sucre-Cano). E: MIN Santana, D (5, throw). Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO K Gibson 7.0 5 2 2 3 3 A Thompson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 C Fien (W, 1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 G Perkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO R Elias 5.2 6 2 2 3 6 C Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 C Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 D Farquhar 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 F Rodney 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 T Olson (L, 1-1) 2.0 1 2 2 2 0 HBP: Santana, D (by Elias). Time: 3:40. Att: 35,242.
Rays 5, Blue Jays 1 Toronto
Tampa Bay
ab r h bi ab r h bi Travis 2B 4 0 0 0 Guyer LF 4124 Martin C 4 1 1 0 Souza Jr. RF 4 0 1 0 Donaldson 3B4 0 1 0 Cabrera DH 4 0 0 0 Enc’acion DH 3 0 0 0 Longoria 3B 3 1 3 0 Smoak 1B 4 0 1 1 Forsythe 2B 4 0 1 1 Saunders RF 4 0 0 0 Loney 1B 4 0 1 0 Pompey LF 4 0 1 0 Beckham SS 3 2 2 0 Pillar CF 3 0 0 0 Kiermaier CF 4 1 2 0 Goins SS 3 0 1 0 Rivera C 4010 Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 34 5 13 5
Toronto 000 000 001 1 Tampa Bay 200 102 00x 5 HR: None 2B: TOR Pompey (6, Archer); TB Forsythe (4, Buehrle). GIDP: TB Souza Jr., Rivera, Re. HR: TB Guyer (1, 1st inning off Buehrle, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: TOR 6; TB 9. DP: TOR 2 (Donaldson-TravisSmoak, Donaldson-Martin, R-Smoak). E: TOR Pompey (2, fielding); TB Longoria (2, throw). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Buehrle (L, 3-1) 5.213 5 5 1 3 M Estrada 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 A Loup 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO C Archer (W, 3-2) 7.0 2 0 0 1 7 M Andriese 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 Time: 2:23. Att: 21,107.
Rangers 5, Angels 4 Texas
ab r Martin CF 6 1 Smolinski LF 3 1 Peguero LF 2 0 Fielder DH 5 0 DeShields DH 1 1 Beltre 3B 5 0 Rosales 3B 0 1 Moreland 1B 5 0
LA Angels
h bi ab r h bi 2 1 Calhoun RF 6 0 3 0 0 0 Trout CF 4112 0 0 Pujols DH 5 1 2 0 1 0 Freese 3B 6 0 0 0 0 0 Aybar SS 6 0 2 1 2 0 Cron 1B 4040 0 0 Green PR-1B 2 1 0 0 3 2 Joyce LF 4010 Continued next column
ab r h bi ab r h bi Andrus SS 4 1 1 0 Cowgill LF 1 0 0 0 Choo RF 4 0 0 0 Iannetta C 3 0 0 0 Corporan C 4 0 0 0 Giavotella 2B 5 1 2 1 Odor 2B 3 0 0 1 Totals 46 4 15 4 Totals 42 5 9 4
Texas 011 000 001 02 5 LA Angels 000 000 210 01 4 SB: TEX Martin, L (5, 2nd base off Santiago, H/Iannetta). 2B: TEX Beltre, A (3, Santiago, H); LAA Cron (4, Martinez, N), Giavotella (3, Bass), Pujols (3, Feliz). HR: TEX Martin, L (1, 11th inning off Alvarez, Jo, 0 on, 0 out); LAA Trout (4, 7th inning off Bass, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TEX 14; LAA 14. DP: TEX (Beltre, A-Moreland). E: TEX Choo (1, fielding); LAA Aybar 2 (2, fielding, fielding). PICKOFFS: TEX Corporan (Cron at 3rd base). Texas IP H R ER BB SO N Martinez 6.0 7 0 0 2 2 A Bass 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 S Tolleson 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 K Kela 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 N Feliz (W, 1-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO H Santiago 5.1 4 2 1 6 5 C Ramos 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 M Morin 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Smith 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 J Alvarez (L, 0-1) 2.0 2 2 1 1 2 HBP: Odor (by Santiago, H), Pujols (by Martinez, N). Time: 4:13. Att: 35,053.
Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts CF 5 1 0 0 Cabrera SS 6 2 2 0 Pedroia 2B 4 0 3 0 Machado 3B 4 2 0 0 Nava PR-LF 1 1 0 0 Garcia P 0000 Sandoval 3B 2 2 1 3 Jones CF 4212 Ramirez DH 5 2 2 4 Lough CF 1 0 1 0 Napoli 1B 5 0 0 0 Young RF 6 3 3 5 Holt LF-2B 2 0 2 0 Davis 1B 5333 Craig RF 5 0 0 0 Pearce LF 3 2 2 3 Bogaerts SS 4 0 0 0 Paredes 3B 5 1 3 3 Leon C 4 1 1 0 Lavarnway C 5 1 2 0 Totals 37 7 9 7 Navarro 2B 5 2 3 1 Totals 441820 17
Boston 000 000 403 7 Baltimore 016 212 60x 18 2B: BOS Pedroia (4, Norris); BAL Davis, C (5, Miley), Navarro, R (2, Hembree), Young, D (2, Hembree), Paredes (4, Breslow). 3B: BAL Paredes (1, Hembree). HR: BOS Sandoval (1, 7th inning off Norris, 2 on, 2 out), Ramirez, H 2 (8, 7th inning off Garcia, Ja, 0 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Garcia, Ja, 2 on, 1 out); BAL Davis, C (4, 6th inning off Hembree, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: BOS 9; BAL 7. E: BOS Betts (1, fielding); BAL Paredes (1, throw). Boston IP H R ER BB SO W Miley (L, 1-2) 2.1 5 7 6 2 0 A Varvaro 1.2 2 2 2 1 0 R Ross 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 R Hembree 1.1 6 6 6 1 3 C Breslow 0.2 3 2 1 0 1 E Mujica 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO D Norris (W, 1-2) 6.2 7 3 3 3 2 J Garcia 2.1 2 4 3 3 1 Time: 3:13. Att: 43,802. Kansas City 001 010 000 2 8 2 Chicago Sox 000 100 101 3 8 1 W: D. Robertson (2-0) L: K. Herrera (0-1). HR: None St. Louis 000 110 010 3 13 0 Milwaukee 003 030 00x 6 10 1 W: M. Blazek (1-0) L: L. Lynn (1-2) S: F. Rodriguez (3) HR: STL- M. Reynolds (1) MIL- A. Lind (3) LA Dodgers 000 010 000 1 5 0 San Diego 001 100 10x 3 5 0 W: B. Morrow (1-0) L: S. Baker (0-1) S: C. Kimbrel (6) HR: LAD- A. Guerrero (5) SD- A. Amarista (1),D. Norris (1) Houston 003 200 002 7 10 0 Oakland 020 300 100 6 7 1 W: T. Sipp (2-0) L: T. Clippard (0-2) S: L. Gregerson (4) HR: HOU- J. Marisnick (2) OAK- None
B.C. Premier League Team Langley Abbotsford North Shore Okanagan Vic Eagles North Delta Nanaimo Coquitlam Whalley Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock
W 9 5 5 8 8 4 5 2 3 2 1 1
L 1 2 2 4 4 2 5 4 8 6 7 8
Pct .900 .714 .714 .667 .667 .667 .500 .333 .273 .250 .125 .111
NBA Playoff schedule Note: 16 teams, all series best-of-seven Yesterday’s results (Games 4) Cleveland 101 Boston 93 (Cleveland wins series 4-0) L.A. Clippers 114, San Antonio 105 (Series tied 2-2) Washington 125, Toronto 94 (Washington wins series 4-0) Dallas 121, Houston 109 (Houston leads series 3-1) Today’s schedule Game 4 Atlanta at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 2-1) Game 5 Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m. (Chicago leads series 3-1) Game 4 Memphis at Portland, 7:30 p.m. (Memphis leads series 3-0) Tuesday, April 28 Game 5 * Dallas at Houston Game 5 * San Antonio at L.A. Clippers Wednesday, April 29 Game 5 * Brooklyn at Atlanta Game 5 * Portland at Memphis Thursday, April 30 Game 6 * Chicago at Milwaukee
SOCCER MLS
Orioles 18, Red Sox 7 Boston
BASKETBALL
GB 2.5 2.5 2 2 3 4 5 6.5 6 7 7.5
Yesterday’s results Nanaimo 12, Okanagan 9 Victoria Eagles 5, North Delta 4 Whalley 8, Victoria Mariners 3 Langley 4, Parksville 1 North Shore 12, White Rock 5 Okanagan 8, Nanaimo 4 Victoria Eagles 11, North Delta 1 Langley 8, Parksville 2 Victoria Mariners 7, Whalley 2 North Shore 7, White Rock 1 Saturday’s results Abbotsford 10, Coquitlam 5 Victoria Eagles 3, Whalley 0 Whalley 8, Victoria Eagles 6 Okanagan 2, Nanaimo 1 North Delta 5, Victoria Mariners 3 North Delta 8, Victoria Mariners 1 Coquitlam 7, Abbotsford 5 Nanaimo 7, Okanagan 6 Tuesday, April 28 North Shore at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 Parkville at Nanaimo, 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30 White Rock at Whalley, 7 p.m.
HORSE RACING Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, Post time 3:24 p.m. Horse: trainer; jockey odds American Pharoah: Bob Baffert; Victor Espinoza 2-1 Dortmund: Bob Baffert; Martin Garcia 9-2 Carpe Diem: Todd Pletcher; John Velazquez 7-1 Mubtaahij: Mike de Kock; Christophe Soumillon 12-1 Materiality: Todd Pletcher; Javier Castellano 14-1 Firing Line: Simon Callaghan; Gary Stevens 16-1 Frosted: Kiaran McLaughlin; Joel Rosario 16-1 Upstart: Rick Violette Jr.; Jose Ortiz20-1 International Star: Mike Maker; Miguel Mena 25-1 El Kabeir: Trainer; John Terranova II; Calvin Borel 33-1 Far Right: Ron Moquett; Mike Smith 33-1 Ocean Knight: Kiaran McLaughlin; Irad Ortiz, Jr. 40-1 Itsaknockout: Todd Pletcher; Luis Saez 40-1 Bolo: Carla Gaines; Rafael Bejarano40-1 Danzig Moon: Mark Casse; Julien Leparoux 40-1 Madefromlucky: Todd Pletcher; undecided 30-1 Tencendur: George Weaver; Manny Franco 40-1 Mr. Z: D. Wayne Lukas; Ramon Vazquez 50-1 Ocho Ocho Ocho: Jim Cassidy; Elvis Trujillo 50-1 Current odds, Bovada.lv
Eastern League Club PTS GP N. England 14 8 DC United 14 7 NY Red Bulls 12 6 Columbus 11 7 Chicago 9 6 Orlando 8 8 Toronto 6 6 NY City FC 6 8 Philadelphia 6 9 Montreal 2 4 Western League Club PTS GP Vancouver 16 9 Dallas 14 8 Seattle 13 7 Los Angeles 12 8 Houston 10 8 Sporting KC 10 8 San Jose 9 7 Portland 9 8 Salt Lake 9 7 Colorado 7 7
W 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0
L 2 1 0 2 3 4 4 4 5 2
T 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2
GF GA 10 7 8 6 10 5 12 6 6 7 6 10 10 11 5 7 10 17 2 6
W 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 1
L 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2
T 1 2 1 3 4 4 0 3 3 4
GF GA 11 9 11 11 10 5 9 8 10 8 11 12 7 9 7 8 6 9 6 6
Yesterday’s results Toronto 2, Orlando 0 Portland 0, Seattle 1 NY Red Bulls 1,LA Galaxy 1 Saturday’s results Montreal at San Jose (postponed) Columbus 4, Philadelphia 1 New England 4, Salt Lake 0 Sporting KC 4, Houston 4 DC United 2, Vancouver 1 Friday, May 1 Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m. San Jose at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Toronto at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Columbus at DC United, 4 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Tot Hotspur 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 Stoke City 10 Everton 11 West Ham 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Newcastle 15 Aston Villa 16 Hull City 17 Leicester 18 Sunderland 19 Q.P. Rangers 20 Burnley
W D L GF GA 23 8 2 65 26 20 7 7 70 36 20 7 6 63 32 19 8 7 59 34 17 7 9 47 36 17 7 10 55 49 17 6 11 47 26 14 8 12 41 44 13 8 13 39 42 11 11 12 44 43 11 11 12 42 42 11 9 14 42 47 9 10 15 32 46 9 8 17 36 57 8 8 18 26 48 7 10 16 31 45 8 7 18 35 51 5 15 13 26 49 7 6 21 38 59 5 11 18 26 52
Pts 77 67 67 65 58 58 57 50 47 44 44 42 37 35 32 31 31 30 27 26
Yesterday’s results Everton 3, Manchester United 0 Arsenal 0, Chelsea 0 Saturrday’s results Southampton 2, Spurs 2 Burnley 0, Leicester 1 Crystal Palace 0, Hull 2 Newcastle 2, Swansea 3 Q.P. Rangers 0, West Ham 0 Stoke 1, Sunderland 1 West Brom 0, Liverpool 0 Manchester City 3,. Aston Villa 2 Tuesday, April 28 Hull vs. Liverpool, 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 Leicester vs. Chelsea, 11:45 a.m. Saturday, May 2 Leicester vs. Newcastle, 4:45 a.m. Aston Villa vs. Everton, 7 a.m. Liverpool vs. Q.P. Rangers, 7 a.m. Sunderland vs. Southampton, 7 a.m. Swansea vs. Stoke, 7 a.m.
AUTO RACING NASCAR Toyota Owners 400 Today, 4 p.m. Richmond International Raceway, Virginia. 400 laps, 300 miles Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 97.157 mph Time of Race: 3 hours, 5:16 Margin of Victory: 0.754 seconds Caution Flags: 8 for 53 laps Lead Changes: 12 among 5 drivers Final results (Start position in parentheses) 1 (3) Kurt Busch, Chev, $221,240 2 (5) Kevin Harvick, Chev, $211,050 3 (36) Jimmie Johnson, Chev, $176,961 4 (9) Jamie McMurray, Chev, $154,491 5 (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, $163,233 6 (40) Kasey Kahne, Chev, $115,840 7 (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $132,501 8 (11) Jeff Gordon, Chev, $135,026 9 (17) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $123,923 10 (6) Martin Truex Jr., Chev, $114,710 11 (23) Ryan Newman, Chev, $125,490 12 (12) Kyle Larson, Chev, $114,433 13 (4) AJ Allmendinger, Chev, $122,908 14 (26) Dale Jr., Chev, $99,525 15 (15) Paul Menard, Chev, $91,750 16 (16) Chase Elliott, Chev, $78,800 17 (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $127,166 18 (22) Justin Allgaier, Chev, $106,608 19 (18) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $77,825 20 (27) Aric Almirola, Ford, $118,936 21 (32) Greg Biffle, Ford, $112,258 22 (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, $95,350 23 (10) David Ragan, Toyota, $122,141 24 (34) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $121,575 25 (21) Danica Patrick, Chev, $88,450 26 (19) Landon Cassill, Chev, $80,225 27 (20) Austin Dillon, Chev, $116,886 28 (24) Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $87,725 29 (14) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, $108,214 30 (25) Casey Mears, Chev, $102,883 31 (30) David Gilliland, Ford, $98,658 32 (41) Alex Bowman, Chev, $88,397 33 (38) Michael Annett, Chev, $75,725 34 (43) Reed Sorenson, Ford, $75,600 35 (29) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, $104,245 36 (31) Cole Whitt, Ford, $75,215 37 (37) M DiBenedetto, Toyota, $75,074 38 (39) Jeb Burton, Toyota, $70,112 39 (42) Alex Kennedy, Chev, $66,040 40 (33) Jeff Green, Chev, $62,040 Did not finish 41 (13) Tony Stewart, Chev, accident 42 (28) Josh Wise, Ford, engine 43 (35) Joey Gase, Ford, accident
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
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WORD FIND
B5
BRIDGE
Another Lead Dealer: South Both vulnerable NORTH ♠K832 ♥A2 ♦K9 ♣K10873 WEST EAST ♠94 ♠75 ♥109653 ♥J84 ♦A1086 ♦QJ543 ♣94 ♣AQ5 SOUTH ♠AQJ106 ♥KQ7 ♦72 ♣J62 W N E S 1♠ Pass 2NT* Pass 4♠ All Pass
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
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SOLUTION: A FINE DAY’S TRIP
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
est selected the nine of clubs to receive a third round ruff. He then ashed the ace of diamonds to defeat the contract, N-S -100. Declarer was certainly a tad unlucky that West had found the killing opening lead. West’s other choice would be to select a heart versus the major suit game. A trump or the ace of diamonds is not suggested. The game would still be defeated when West begins with the ace of diamonds as long as he switches to a club at trick two. The auction revealed that North held a balanced forcing raise of spades. South’s subsequent leap to game promised a minimum without any shortness. North could also have elected to respond two clubs with a spade raise in reserve. The clubsuit is emaciated and, therefore, the Jacoby 2NT response is a better choice. The irony is that West is likely to choose a heart as an opening shot if North elects to respond two clubs. Declarer will swiftly draw trump and discard a diamond from dummy on the third heart winner. He will then switch to clubs, losing only two clubs and a diamond to score +620. West’s selection of a club as an opening lead guaranteed his side an excellent matchpoint award. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
BABY BLUES
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
HI AND LOIS
BLONDIE
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CROSSWORD ON YOUR SHIRT ACROSS 1 Flat-topped hill 5 Frighten 10 IRS-form experts 14 Teheran’s nation 15 Centers of apples 16 Make angry 17 __ Star State (Texas) 18 Mystical glows 19 Computer-screen image 20 Pooch’s neckband 22 Inquired 23 Mommy’s mate 24 Lose one’s footing 25 Detests 28 Makes out all right 30 Congeals 31 Makes watertight 33 Corn on the __ 35 Detest 36 Oregon or Oklahoma 37 Gumbo veggie 38 Recede 39 Mindful (of) 40 Bird’s chirp 41 Underground train line 43 December temps in red suits 44 Child not quite 20 45 Bananas’ coverings 47 Breads with pockets 49 Wrist-restraining manacles 53 Aroma 54 Spaghetti or rigatoni 55 “Not guilty,” for one 56 Provide temporarily 57 Selling point 58 Tips of shoes 59 Young girl 60 “Are we __ yet?” 61 Supposedly wise birds DOWN 1 Not very spicy 2 Slangy suffix for switch 3 Performed in a choir 4 Cute oral story 5 Burns with water 6 Was able to 7 Impressive grouping 8 Raise, as a child 9 Letter before tee 10 Dire situation 11 Wallet-grabbing thief
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
12 Lotion additive 13 Mail away 21 Rowboat blades 22 Pub beverages 24 Boot bottom 25 Feel sore 26 Spills the beans 27 Emotionally charged topics 28 Partner at a prom 29 Seoul, South __ 31 Remain 32 Lend an __ (listen) 34 Flying mammals 36 Graceful bird
37 Admits openly 39 Amazes 40 After-shower powder 42 Goatees, for example 43 Serene 45 Out of style 46 Walk inside 47 Opinion survey 48 Notion 49 __-brown potatoes 50 Move smoothly 51 Have the opinion 52 Talk back to 54 Portion of butter
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Don’t stress about living situation Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: Two years ago, I made a big mistake. I married a widower and agreed to move into his house in a large city that is a 30-minute drive from the small town I love living in. I now realize that I absolutely hate living in the city and, more importantly, living in the home that he and his late wife picked out and decorated together. Initially, he said I could make changes to the house, but the only changes he is willing to make involve replacing worn-out things with newer versions of the exact same style and color. I thought I could redecorate using some of his things and some of mine to make a home of our own. Instead, I feel like a permanent houseguest. I love my husband, and our relationship is wonderful except for this issue. Here’s the real problem: I recently learned that I have metastatic breast cancer. I
HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might need to cocoon a bit in order to figure out what the current confusion is all about. The issue could be related to communication, or perhaps your finances are involved. Your perspective will change later in the day. Still, use care. Tonight: Let your guard down. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Allow security and domestic matters to play out. You might not be sure about what would be the best way to proceed. A friend’s reaction could seem a bit off-the-wall. Perhaps this person has misinterpreted the implications of your words. Tonight: Hang close to home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might want to have a long-overdue chat that could point you down a new path. Your sense of direction seems to revolve around the quality of
cannot bear the thought of living what’s left of my life in his house and in this city. Three years ago, he said he’d move into a condo in five years. Last month, he said the same thing. I know he’s not ready. But he is 81, and I am 70, and it’s time to downsize. He knows how I feel, because we’ve had quite a few discussions about it. But because he’s most likely going to outlive me, I don’t feel it’s fair to ask him to move to another place when he doesn’t want to. He owns a condo in my hometown that he rents out. I own a house that is rented out, although mine still has a small mortgage on it. I’m thinking of asking him not to renew the rental on his condo so we can stay there some of the time and in his home the rest of the time. What do you think? — T. Dear T.: We think you have suggested an excellent compromise — live in the condo part of the time, and in his house for the rest. You also could stop renting your house and live there part of the time. Should your husband outlive you, he can move wherever he chooses. Right now, you should not be stressed about your living situation, and we
your communication. Listen to what is being said by all parties involved. Then ask questions. Tonight: A conversation is easy. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might not understand where someone else is coming from. Finances likely will be involved, and a misunderstanding could be brewing. Communication will point you toward a different solution. Money could be at the heart of this confusion. Tonight: Visit with a friend. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You could be at your wits’ end and wondering what is going on. Be more flexible and upbeat. If someone else shares something that doesn’t make sense to you, ask nonintrusive questions. Be aware of the costs of providing as you have been. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could be a bit out of sorts right now. You might want to rethink a decision you have made. What is important is
hope your husband cares enough to make you as comfortable as possible. We think he will want to do whatever he can. Dear Annie: You printed a letter from “M.W.,” who doesn’t like to travel because she suffers from motion sickness. When I lost the sight in one eye, my ophthalmologist said I’d no longer get airsick or carsick. He said a NASA astronaut discovered that by closing one eye, the dizziness from the effects of being weightless went away. He was right. I can now fly and look out the plane window or read while riding in a car and suffer no ill effects. I have told several people who suffer from carsickness to close one eye or wear an eye patch, and they have reported back that it worked for them. Maybe this will help others. — One Advantage Dear Advantage: We hadn’t heard of this before, and we hope our readers who have this problem will try your solution.
MOVIES
‘Furious 7’ remains on top of box office
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NEW YORK — Furious 7 enjoyed a victory lap over the weekend, becoming only the third film ever to make $1 billion internationally and leading the domestic box office for the fourth straight week. But the movie that’s poised to topple the Universal juggernaut, Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, revved up overseas with a massive $201.2 million debut. In North American theatres, Furious 7 had enough left in the tank to top all films with an estimated $18.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. While the film has been a huge domestic hit, it’s been even bigger abroad — particularly in China, where it’s set a record with $323 million. Furious 7, a film whose fate was once in doubt after the death of star Paul Walker midway through shooting, has now made $1.3 billion globally. Only two other films, both by James Cameron — Avatar and Titanic — have made more money internationally than Furious 7.
Furious 7 has had little competition to challenge it throughout April. This weekend, the only new wide release was the Blake Lively fantasy romance The Age of Adaline. The Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment release came in third with $13.4 million. The Sony comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 held up stronger than expected to take second place with $15.5 million in its second week. But the reign of Furious 7 is effectively over now that the highly anticipated Avengers sequel is on the way. Though it doesn’t open in North America until Thursday night, it debuted in 44 countries and territories this weekend. That represents about half of its international rollout. Disney said the film is exceeding the pace of 2012’s The Avengers by 44 per cent in the places it has opened. Joss Whedon’s first installment of the superhero team-up franchise, starring Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and many others, made $1.5 billion worldwide.
figuring out how you came to that decision in the first place. Have a long-overdue discussion with a friend later in the day. Tonight: Open up to the moment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Emphasize the pluses rather than the minuses. You need to be more trusting of your own thought process and also of those around you. Understand what is happening between you and someone else. Think before you act. Tonight: You need some downtime. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Tension builds during the day. You might question your choices and the reasons behind them. Slow down and listen to feedback, because the results will be much better if you do. The late afternoon will lead to an important discussion. Tonight: Zero in on what you want. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Reach out for more informa-
tion and greet a loved one’s feedback positively. You might not agree, but more insight always helps to solidify your ideas or plans. Tension is likely to build later in the day; perhaps, you feel as if you have not done enough. Tonight: Out late. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A one-on-one conversation will lead you down a different path. How you deal with someone’s responses could change after this talk. You might not agree with this person, but you will understand him or her better as a result. Detach if possible. Tonight: Relax to music. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You don’t have trouble making the first move, but others might want to step up first. They could get difficult if you try to bypass them. You seem to be reviewing a matter in your head that revolves around your personal life. Tonight: Sort through invitations, then choose.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be overwhelmed by everything that is happening around you. Your words, though well-intended, might fall flat. Verbalize the same statement in different ways until you make some headway. Clear out as much as you can. Tonight: Return calls, then decide. YOUR BIRTHDAY (April 27) This year you open up to different ideas. Others often challenge you. Be willing to look at where you are coming from. Understand that everyone comes from a different perspective. As a result, you will be less judgmental. If you are single, you will meet someone after this summer. This person could play a remarkable role in your life. If you are attached, the two of you might enjoy staying home together more. You value your relationship, and you’ll make sure it gets some needed private time. VIRGO can be very picky.
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Crosby will join Team Canada at worlds Pittsburgh Penguins superstar added to Canadian roster for upcoming men’s World Championship THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby has been added to Canada’s roster for the upcoming world hockey championship, giving the Canadian team a huge boost as it seeks to win its first gold medal since 2007. Crosby became available after the New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh in five games in their first-round NHL playoff series. “Any time you can represent Canada, it’s an honour,” Crosby said. “I looked at the roster Hockey Canada has put together and I’m excited about the opportunity we have to win gold.” The native of Cole Harbour, N.S., led the Penguins with 84
points (28 goals, 56 assists) in 77 games this season. He added two goals and two assists in five playoff games. The Penguins forward has played for 10 seasons in the NHL, scoring 302 goals and adding 551 assists in 627 games. He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player in 2007 and 2014 and led the Penguins to the 2009 Stanley Cup title. With the addition of Crosby, Canada’s roster now stands at 21 players: two goaltenders, five defenceman and 14 forwards. Former San Jose coach Todd McLellan will lead a young team that also includes forwards Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Claude Giroux and Nathan MacKinnon and defenceman Aaron Ekblad.
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