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The Fraser Institute has concluded that Aspengrove School is the top elementary school for academics in the Nanaimo region in 2014. Above, Aspengrove’s admissions director Elisabeth Reay. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
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spengrove School was again the top academic elementary school in the Nanaimo region in 2014, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual report card for the year, released Monday. The independent school based in Lantzville received a grade of 9.6 out of 10 in 2014, a jump from the 9.2 the school received in the previous year, ranking Aspengrove 24th out of the 978 public and independent elementary B.C. schools assessed in the controversial annual report. Aspengrove has been at the top of the local rankings for elementary schools by the Fraser Institute for years. Only three of the top 21 elementary schools on this year’s rankings report are public schools. Peter Cowley, one of the
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report’s authors, said that’s because public schools are not financially motivated to ensure every student does well. “Private schools are going to do everything they need to do to make sure that happens,” he said. “Because if they don’t, they’ll lose their customers.” Hammond Bay Elementary School came in second in the Nanaimo region with an 8.1 grade, compared to the 7.6 grade it received in 2013, while the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district’s Learn@Home program came in third with a score of 7.9. The independent Nanaimo Christian School took fourth place with a grade of 7.3, and Departure Bay Elementary School came fifth with a score of 6.8.
Fraser Institute Elementary School Rankings The rankings of elementary schools in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual report card for 2013-14 that was released on Monday School
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The Nanaimo Clippers are up for sale after 10 years with the current Alberta-based owner group. Part-owner and B.C. Hockey League team governor Ken Wagner confirmed on Monday that the team is for sale, adding “it’s time” for a new owner to take the reins. Wagner said the owners are “hoping someone local comes up to the table and wants to be the owners of the club.” The ownership group includes former NHL star Kelly Hrudey, Bill Gallacher and Paul Colborne, said Wagner. “It’s just time for someone else to own the club. We’re all busy, we live in Alberta, it’s run its course. We also don’t want to send the message that (we’re) abandoning the club. That’s not what we’re doing.” The ownership group would prefer a local buyer and are willing to hold on to their shares for the right offer, said Wagner. He said they are not considering relocating the Clippers to another city. “The Nanaimo Clippers actually belong to the city and the people of Nanaimo,” he said. He also said the decision to put the club up for sale was not a financial one. “It’s a lifestyle choice,” he said. “You know, owning a hockey club, you never do it to get rich. You do it for the lifestyle, and like I said, the competitive spirit and the lifestyle of the kids. And that’s the one part that I’ll miss, is the development of the young men that have run through the program. But like I said, it just takes a lot of time, a lot of energy . . . we’ve got other interests that have come up.” The group has a price in mind, but “that will be privy to people who are serious about buying the club,” Wagner said. “We want to find the right buyers,” he said. “We’re not going to sell to the first guy that comes along with the price that’s asked . . . it’s really about picking the next partner of the community.”
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7-8:30 p.m. Planning Your Final Wishes, final instalment of a free four-part series for end-of-life planning. At Brechin United Church, 1998 Estevan Rd. Darren Colyn, spiritual health practitioner, chaplain at NRGH.
7 p.m. Learn how to bring solar and other clean energy to greater Nanaimo. Free event. Sponsored by the City of Nanaimo, Energy Solutions for V.I., with supported from Regional District of Nanaimo. Beban Park, 2300 Bowen Rd.
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7:30 p.m. Malaspina Choir, Opera Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra dream of summer, at St. Andrew’s United Church, 311 Fitzwilliam St. Tickets $20, students $10, eyeGO $5 at Port Theatre Box Office, www.porttheatre.com, 250-754-8550, or at the door.
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Casino expansion waits on hotel Potential to link facility to new project, as well as the existing conference centre and theatre, appeals SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
The intersection of Gordon Street and Museum Way in downtown Nanaimo offers a view of the Port Theatre, the Vancouver Island Conference Centre and Casino Nanaimo standing apart from one another along the two streets. But it’s the hotel proposal for the empty lot in the centre that may draw the three together in a “campus” style gaming and entertainment centre that will draw visitors into the city, Mayor Bill McKay says. Great Canadian Casinos, which owns the Casino Nanaimo, has its eye on expanding its casino in the downtown in light of the proposed hotel development as well as potentially linking up the facility to a new hotel, as well as the existing conference centre and theatre. McKay met with representatives from the gaming company in Vancouver last week to discuss ideas for the area. “They know about the symbiotic relationships between all of those and how they feed each other,” said McKay, referring to the conference centre, theatre and proposed hotel. “They’re really excited about this,” McKay said, motioning towards the hotel site. The firm behind the hotel is SSS Manhao, a mainland China tourism and travel company that is proposing to build the 21-storey hotel and bring 70,000 tourists a year through the facility. “(For) the local market, I don’t think you would see an expansion for the casino,” but that will change when a new a hotel is built, McKay said. Some have expressed concerns that delays in construction mean the project, which was approved in 2013, is floundering. McKay said he does not share those con-
Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay says the prospect for a new conference centre hotel has stirred up interest for a potential casino expansion. [SPENCER ANDERSON/DAILY NEWS]
cerns, adding work on the hotel is progressing. “This hotel is far from dead in my view,” said McKay. “And I certainly hope we don’t take any actions that would put in jeopardy.” “We’re struggling with the whole thing, the hotel and the conference centre. And (Great Canadian Casinos) are basically saying: ‘Don’t get too hasty. Because we know what’s possible, we’ve been there; we’re excited about Nanaimo.’”
Great Canadian Casinos spokesman Chuck Keeling confirmed the company’s interest in that area of the downtown, particularly in the new hotel development. “We think that’s a pretty important piece of it for sure,” he said. Keeling said the prospect of expanding casino operations in Nanaimo is still in the “concept” stage, stressing no commitments have been made. But he said if a casino expansion goes ahead,
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it would likely focus on adding non-gaming features, like restaurants and live entertainment that wouldn’t directly compete with either the Port Theatre or the conference centre. “If we get to that point with Nanaimo, it’s probably going to be more about improvements in that regard, rather than (a) fullfledged expansion of the gaming floor,” he said. The company was poised to invest millions of dollars in a casino expansion prior to 2008.
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More heads in beds for operators Homes sell quickly as city has solid March numbers in Nanaimo market DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo tourism operators enjoyed a sizable uptick in trade in March. Several sporting events and a shutdown at Harmac pulp mill came together to give Nanaimo’s tourism industry its best March in years. Sprinkle in a healthy dose of sunny spring weather and it all helped put more heads on beds for local operators of hotels, motels and campgrounds. Hotel occupancy rates jumped 15 percent to 67 per cent, which is the kind of jump operators dream of in spring. Room rates were up too, to $110.35, a $7 increase, for a total revenue increase of nearly $20 per room, among those properties that participate in the monthly tourism industry report prepared by Victoria-based Chemistry Consulting. For those properties “these increases represent an estimated increase in monthly revenue of almost $428,000,” said Chemistry principal Frank Bourree in notes accompanying the report. Part of the boost in hotel occupancy rates was sporting
“The same increase in occupancy also reflects true for the campground operators that I spoke with.” Dan Brady, NHA president
events, said Dan Brady, Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation’s appointee to the Tourism Leadership Committee, and Nanaimo Hospitality Association president. “We had the Aboriginal Junior Youth Basketball Championships,” said Brady, who manages the Howard Johnson hotel. “Twenty-four teams came in.” That same month, Vancouver Island University hosted the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association women’s national basketball championships. The B.C. Hockey League playoffs brought teams from Powell River and Penticton. The Nanaimo Curling Club put on a major bonspiel and the arts community launched its first Festival Nanaimo, all of
which helped drive overnight stays. “The same increase in occupancy also reflects true for the campground operators that I spoke with,” Brady said. Living Forest Campground on Maki Road had a substantial jump in visitors, said Rob Littlejohn, general manager. While the campground has seen increases almost every year in March, this year the month was “15 to 20 per cent” better, said Littlejohn. He said some of it was campers, but the campground also saw a surge in visitors during the Harmac mill shutdown, which attracts large numbers of tradesman to the city for temporary contract work. “It was our best March ever.” After several years of decline, BC Ferries saw traffic rise five per cent overall in March. Mike Corrigan, BC Ferries president called the numbers “encouraging,” and said a weaker Canadian dollar means a good summer is on its way. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Nanaimo homes are selling quickly, which means prices are rising and buyers have to move quickly to find the right property. “I don’t think it’s been this busy since pre-2008,” said Nanaimo property agent Tom Stomar, a reference to when the real estate market started to dip. “Particularly single family homes, if priced in the market, are selling extremely quickly — some even the same day.” A total of 148 units sold in April, up from the 94 units in same month last year, based on Vancouver Island Real Estate Association data. Kay Broens, an agent and VIREB zone director for Area 4, Greater Nanaimo. has been selling homes since the mid-2000s, and agreed that it “feels like” the hot pre-recession market. She said once a listing pops up for family home located in a favoured neighbourhood, close to schools and amenities buyers want to see it immediately. “We can’t go tomorrow, because it might be gone tomorrow,” Broens said.
“We’re seeing above-average sales throughout British Columbia for the first time in many years,” said BC Real Estate Association chief economist Cameron Muir. “Home buyers are taking advantage of low interest rates and returning to the housing market, which is excellent news for the provincial economy.” Muir said housing sales are up throughout the province., but most notably in southern B.C. A tighter inventory means fewer options for buyers, said VIREB president Jason Finlayson. He said an influx of buyers from outside B.C. is eating up supply, putting upward pressure on demand and driving prices up. The average property sold for $387,469 in Nanaimo, a big jump from $356,000 last year. “We’re also starting to see multiple offers again, which of course is great if you’re a seller, because you’ll get a bit of a better price,” Broens said. “But there is a sense of urgency right now.” Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Rankings must be taken with a grain of salt
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enerally, people love lists. A list of things such as “top 10 rock musicians of all-time” will stimulate discussion. As a group of hockey fans to jot down their list of the greatest goalie in history and you’ll get a spirited debate. One list, however, that generally doesn’t get as much love is the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of schools. Every year, the think tank churns out its assessment of the province’s schools. And every year, the rankings cause controversy. This week, it was the annual elementary school list that was released. For the most part, the rankings need to be taken with a grain of salt. As we’ve mentioned before, the
institute’s primary aim seems to be what it does best, and that it to promote the Fraser Institute. It should come as no real shock that Aspengrove School in Lantzville continued its run atop the local rankings. Private schools consistently do better than public schools when it comes to the institute’s rankings. We (and many others) have continually pointed out that foundation skills assessment tests (for students in Grades 4 and 7), a large part of the annual rankings, provide nothing more than a snapshot of a student’s abilities. The best they can do is give parents a rudimentary indication of how their child’s school is performing compared to other schools throughout B.C. When you see the numbers
yo-yo for certain schools, you can tell they aren’t taking the FSAs seriously. Now, there’s nothing too wrong with FSA tests, provided they are simply viewed as what they are – a small part of an overall equation. Teachers and administrators correctly point out they are not a realistic assessment of schools and their academic capabilities. Using the tests to rank entire schools is folly. It makes it look like a competition seemingly designed to trumpet the advantages of private schools compared to their public counterparts. Parents at Aspengrove generally have an above-average income, while the area surrounding the lowest-ranking Nanaimo schools are nowhere near as affluent.
As always, it’s absurd to suggest the teachers at any of the lower-ranking schools are somehow less committed to educating their students. The provincial government primarily dictates the curriculum that all students are taught in B.C. The government also sets maximum class sizes public schools cannot always adjust to — but private schools can. Once again, teaching a small group of students in a private school classroom will undoubtedly result in higher FSA results than teaching potentially hungry students in an overflowing public school classroom. Elisabeth Reay, a spokeswoman for Aspengrove, had a tremendous take on the situation. She is pleased that the school’s
students fared well in the FSA testing, but said “it’s just one of the many assessments that we use to help us with our educational plans for our students,” she said. “We don’t agree with using the results to rank individual schools because there are so many different reasons for the rankings to vary. There are some fantastic things going on in the public schools and we partner and collaborate with them all the time.” When even an official with the top-ranked school isn’t exactly gushing over the rankings, that speaks volumes about their actual overall value. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Christianity continues to grow despite adversity I would like to respond to the letter submitted by Ed Collins that James Lunney is among a small minority of Christians who don’t believe in evolution. I was wondering if Ed had ever heard of the Apostles’ Creed that most churches adhere to. Also, the Christian church has survived more than 2,000 years since Christ was on Earth. Evolution is a more recent idea considered a theory and fails to prove the origins of man. Despite the attacks on Christians worldwide, the Christian church keeps growing and the opposition to it. The Bible is still the world’s best seller, widely available and changes people’s lives. I hope Ed would consider reading it with an open heart. Glenn Stevens Nanaimo
Answer from Lunney needed to be mea culpa It seems that this paper was quite generous with space allowing MP James Lunney to mend fences. Yet again, instead of something
cogent Lunney offered the same old, lame old. Lunney claims his two offices are open and he has access to cabinet ministers. Lunney is not my MP but when I approached his office because Foreign Affairs didn’t have the decency or guts to answer my letters, I was treated even worse. The media did their job but Lunney took every opportunity to dig himself out and kept losing ground. Blunders like that need to be recognized, in a mea culpa. Grant Maxwell Nanaimo
Georgia Park has always been important to city I was so pleased that lnsight Holdings Ltd. has tweaked its plans for the use of Georgia Park for their development. l want to thank those who came to the public hearing on Sept. 4, 2014 in the Shaw Auditorium in front of city council to voice their opposition to the original request by the developer. As well, those who took the time to write editorials in opposition to what they were going to do to their park. The Concerned Citizens Committee of 1970 worked hard to make sure this became a park. We have
done them proud to continue to protect this “crown jewel” of a park for the City of Nanaimo. Grant Shaw Nanaimo
Judges get the last say on ‘unconstitutional’ Re: ‘Court sides with B.C. government; Teachers’ federation ‘likely’ to appeal ruling in ongoing dispute over class size and composition’ (Daily News, May 1) Many people were disappointed with the Supreme Court’s findings in favour of the B.C. government. It’s amazing that this trial took three court sittings over a 13-year period and who knows how many multi-millions from taxpayers to come up with what I feel was a biased opinion. How could two Supreme Court decisions arrive at the conclusion that the B.C. government was unconstitutional, and the judges of the third trial could arrive at the decision that they were not unconstitutional? Why would we even allow judges (who differ so far in their interpretation of what constitutes “unconstitutional”) to even try such a case? Do they not have any cut and
dried guidelines as to what “unconstitutional” really means, or is it just left up to the presiding judges’ discretion or opinion? If it’s just an opinion, then many of us are of the opinion that most of this government’s actions are unconstitutional. How could any judge openly attack a previous judge and say they were wrong in their judgment? Again, are there no cut and dried rules as to what is right or wrong. If not, then they are only guessing. I have always hoped that the rulings of a Supreme Court judge would always be based on what is just and right, and on the whims or opinions of the presiding judge. Premier Christy Clark said we now must put our differences behind us and work together. I wondered (but not much), why she didn’t say that after her first two losses in court? John A. Martin Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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Nanaimo Mountie honoured for work with B.C. Crime Stoppers SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien has been named ‘Co-ordinator of the Year’ for the B.C. Crime Stoppers program, which runs 38 local groups throughout the province. This is the second time O’Brien has received the award, the first being in 2011. O’Brien, who also serves as a media spokesman for the RCMP, said his role as co-ordinator for the program and well as with the RCMP has enabled him to connect the media, general public and law enforcement together. “I’m in a position where I can have a direct impact on how people can help solve crime,” he said, adding he was “fortunate” to receive the nomination.
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“It’s been very successful,” he said of Crime Stoppers, which has been in Nanaimo in 1990. It allows ordinary residents to anonymously give tips to police about a crime or potential crime without fear of reprisal. The program, also a registered charity, doles out awards for suc-
cessful outcomes if a tip pays off. The Nanaimo organization allocated between $3,000 and $5,000 for awards each year. However, O’Brien said, “Only about 30 per cent of that is picked up.” “People are not in it for the money,” he said. O’Brien has received credit for introducing text messaging as a way to collect tips, a measure that has allowed Crime Stoppers to reach younger informants. “We realized that’s how kids want to get tips out.” Rick Ekkel, president of B.C. Crime Stoppers, called O’Brien “an asset to the Crime Stoppers community.” Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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Rogers looking for new location for cell tower Rogers Telecommunications is searching for a new location for a cellphone tower to serve south Nanaimo. The company applied last year to locate a tower on Plecas Road. The application led to anger among residents, many of whom say it negatively impact the area’s bucolic rural setting. To meet its obligations to Industry Canada, the agency responsible the telecommunications, Rogers asked for public input on its application, which produced numerous responses. Some South Wellington residents urged Rogers to look at other locations. The company has heard that message. “Based on the feedback we received from the community regarding the proposed site on Plecas Road, we’re in the process
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◆ EDUCATION
Dry Grad society needs more volunteers The Nanaimo Dry Grad Society is looking for volunteers. Dave Brown, chairman of the non-profit organization, said at least 250 volunteers are needed to be successful, but just about 40 have volunteered so far. “Unless we get more people, we may even have to consider cancelling the event this year,” he said. Dry Grad, to held this year at Beban Park on June 26, provides graduating students with the opportunity to celebrate their success at an alcohol and drugfree event. To volunteer, call Christine Leigh at 250-755-5127 or go to www.nanaimodrygrad.ca.
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EDUCATION
Rankings always controversial
Layoffs expected as district deals with ongoing deficit
RANKINGS, From Page A1 At the other end of the spectrum is Bayview Elementary School, which came last in the 30 elementary schools graded and ranked in the Nanaimo area with a score of 1.0 out of 10 and a rank of 970th of the 978 schools in the report. Georgia Avenue Elementary School came in second-tolast with a score of 2.5. Each school’s grades are based on the results of foundation skills assessment tests that are given annually to Grade 4 and Grade 7 students across the province to test their proficiency in math, reading and writing skills. The B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils has spoken out in support of the FSA tests, saying they provide important information about the effectiveness a school’s programs. But B.C.’s teachers have been campaigning to boycott FSA
testing for years, claiming that the mandatory tests intrude on teaching time and are unfairly used to rank schools. Officials in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district share some of their concerns and members of the old school board decided last year to send a letter to the Ministry of Education reiterating their opposition to many aspects of the testing. Specifically, the board indicated it was concerned about the “misuse” of the testing’s data to rank schools and its belief that the FSA results also serve to discount the quality teaching and learning that occurs in classrooms. The Fraser Institute has long maintained that the rankings, which are quickly available on its website, help parents and teachers compare schools by showing which schools have shown improvement, and which
schools have fallen behind. Elisabeth Reay, a spokeswoman for Aspengrove, said she’s pleased that the school’s students fared well in the FSA testing once again, but insisted that the testing is “one snapshot” of how well the students at her school, and others in the report, are doing. “It’s just one of the many assessments that we use to help us with our educational plans for our students,” she said. “But we don’t agree with using the results to rank individual schools because there are so many different reasons for the rankings to vary. There are some fantastic things going on in the public schools and we partner and collaborate with them all the time.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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Staff layoffs, particularly support workers, are among the proposals to deal with the ongoing financial shortfall as NanaimoLadysmith school district prepares its annual budget for next year. With declining enrolment and a $4.5-million shortfall for 201516, superintendent John Blain recently presented the school board with a number of options to consider as it prepares to balance its annual budget. They include decreasing the number of support workers in the maintenance and operations departments by 22 positions. Blain also proposed an 8.3 per cent cut in administration costs, which include cutting one deputy-superintendent position, the budget manager, five vice-prin-
cipal positions and the assistant operations supervisor. The district’s teachers would see the loss of up to four positions, according to the report. Blain also proposed closing four schools in June 2016, although none have been identified at this time for possible closure. Steve Rae, chairman of the school board, said trustees will review all the information provided and staff are expected to present budget information updates to the board later this week. “None of this is easy and even having to lay one person off is gut-wrenching for me,” he said. “But our goal is for the district to be financially sustainable and live within its means.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailymews.com 250-729-4234
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B.C. NEWS The Canadian Press ◆ VANCOUVER
Alleged terrorist toured B.C. legislature, trial told A B.C. Supreme Court jury has watched shaky camera footage of a provincial legislature tour taken by a man accused of trying to set off bombs outside those same buildings less than a week later. John Nuttall made a series of short videos in the leadup to Canada Day 2013, when he and his wife Amanda Korody allegedly dropped off three homemade pressure-cooker explosives in flower planters on the legislature lawn in Victoria. In one of the videos, Nuttall pointed out various symbols inside the building, including a Star of David in stained glass he described disparagingly as a “Jewish symbol.”
◆ VICTORIA
B.C. and Alaska talk about Mt. Polley breach Mines Minister Bill Bennett says political leaders from Alaska are welcome to visit the site of the Mount Polley environmental disaster in central British Columbia and also tour other mines in the province. Alaska’s Lt.-Gov. Byron Mallott and a second delegation of First Nations leaders, commercial and sports fishing groups and conservation organizations from the state will visit Mount Polley later this week. The Red Chris gold and copper mine in the northwest is located near a watershed that flows downstream to Alaska, and there are concerns a similar catastrophe could threaten the state’s salmon-fishing industry.
◆ VICTORIA
B.C. buys mine rights in First Nations sacred area The province is using a Crown corporation to buy disputed coal licences located in an area considered sacred by First Nations in the province’s northwest. The Ministry of Energy and Mines says BC Rail will buy the licences in the Klappan area from Fortune Minerals and POSCO Canada for $18.3 million. The Tahltan Central Council claims the Klappan as part of its traditional territory and calls it Sacred Headwaters, where the salmon-bearing Skeena, Stikine and Nass rivers meet. The ministry says the sale will allow discussions to continue on responsible management, and the firms still hold a 10-year option to buy the licences back .
◆ SURREY
Health warning issued about unlicensed dentist A health authority is warning about an unlicensed Surrey dentist whose patients may be in danger of contracting diseases such as HIV or hepatitis B and C. Fraser Health says patients of Valentyn Uvarov may be at risk of blood-borne infections from exposure to unsterilized equipment. It says an investigation found Uvarov was potentially reusing anesthetic containers. The College of Dental Surgeons of BC also says Uvarov was treating patients without a license. Anyone who received treatment from him is being advised to see a doctor or call Health Link at 811 about any concerns.
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Violent confrontation before death, say cops A 55-year-old man has been arrested after what police are calling a suspicious death in a West Vancouver home. Several charges are being considered, and the victim is a 42-year-old man. Police say they received information that a violent confrontation had occurred at a residence in the tony British Properties. The suspect was taken into custody early Sunday with the help of the Vancouver Police Department, as part of an agreement to investigate suspicious deaths in West Vancouver. Police say the home was secured for a forensic examination and that the investigation is at an early stage.
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POLITICS
Economic agenda released by Trudeau
Liberals in P.E.I. win third straight majority
Will impose 33% tax on those who make more than $200K JOAN BRYDEN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is attempting to steal electoral ground from the left and the right with an economic agenda that promises to take more from the rich to give to the middle class. The Liberal leader unveiled Monday his alternative to the Harper government’s economic plan: hike taxes on the wealthiest one per cent to pay for more generous child benefits and an across-the-board income tax cut for middle-income earners. His promise to impose a new 33 per cent tax rate on Canadians who earn more than $200,000 per year took aim at the NDP, which has traditionally championed efforts to reduce income inequality. At the same time, his pledge to provide broad-based tax relief and enriched child benefits for middle-income earners attempts to mow what has traditionally been Conservative turf. The proposals will form a central pillar of the eventual Liberal platform for the federal election in the fall. But Canadians got a taste Monday of the debate that will ensue as all three main parties compete for the support of middle-class Canadians. Conservatives cast Trudeau’s plan as a tax hike in disguise. New Democrats argued that Liberals created the income gap between rich and poor and can’t now be trusted to narrow it. Under Trudeau’s proposals: — The 22-per-cent tax rate for anyone with a taxable annual income between $44,701 and
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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau takes questions from the media following his policy announcement in Aylmer, Que., on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
$89,401 would be cut to 20.5 per cent. • A new tax bracket of 33 per cent would be imposed on those with taxable incomes over $200,000 a year. The current top bracket of 29 per cent would continue to apply to those earning between $138,586 and $200,000. • Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s newly enriched universal child care benefit would be scrapped and two other existing child benefits would be rolled into a single, more generous, monthly, tax-free “Canada child benefit.” “We can do more for the people who need it, by doing less for the people who don’t,” Trudeau said at a campaign-style event at a
family restaurant in nearby Aylmer, Que. Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre cast the entire announcement as “the Trudeau tax.” “The Liberals . . . would replace the family tax cut with a Liberal family tax hike,” Poilievre said. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who has ruled out increasing personal income taxes for anyone, including the wealthy, blamed income inequality on past Liberal governments which slashed the corporate tax rate. “The only Canadians not paying their fair share are the large Canadian corporations,” he said, reiterating that only the NDP would hike corporate taxes.
CHARLOTTETOWN — The Liberals won a third straight majority government in Prince Edward Island on Monday night in an election that produced a surprise win for the Green Party leader and a failure by the leader of the island’s Progressive Conservatives to gain a seat in the legislature. The Liberals led by Premier Wade MacLauchlan saw their majority slightly reduced from the 20 seats they held before the election, taking 18 seats to eight for the Tories and one for the Greens. Peter Bevan-Baker’s win for the Greens in Kellys Cross-Cumberland was a first for the party in P.E.I. Tory Leader Rob Lantz increased his party’s seat count by five seats but lost in the riding of Charlottetown-Brighton by 24 votes, leaving questions about his political future. It was the first provincial campaign as leader for the NDP’s Mike Redmond, who failed to win a seat. Bevan-Baker, 52, a dentist, led the Greens for the first time as well after a number of attempts to get elected both provincially and federally. When the 27-seat legislature was dissolved for the election four weeks ago, the Liberals held 20 seats, the Tories had three seats, there was one Independent and three seats were vacant.
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OTTAWA — The Defence Department is refusing to release the text of a ministerial directive that sets out how the Canadian Forces can seek and share information from foreign partners even when it may put someone at risk of torture. The Canadian Press requested the 2013 directive one year ago under the Access to Information Act and just this month received a draft copy of the document — marked unclassified — with key elements censored. However, a classified April 2013 covering letter says the planned directive was based on a government-wide framework that guides Canadian security agencies when seeking or sharing information puts someone in foreign custody at serious risk of being abused. The framework for addressing risks in foreign information-sharing applies to Defence, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency and the Communications Security Establishment, the electronic spy service. The federal policy has drawn sharp criticism from human rights advocates and opposition MPs, who say it effectively condones torture, contrary to international law and Canada’s United Nations commitments. Defence is the only one of the five that has not disclosed most or all of the respective ministerial directive tailored for its use. The refusal coincides with fresh allegations published by Montreal newspaper La Presse that Canadian military police mistreated Afghan detainees being held in Kandahar in late 2010 and early 2011.
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NUTRITION
Sleepwalking appears to be an inherited condition
A sucker born every minute Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
Research estimated sleep terrors and nightmare activity among children
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f you have a history of sleepwalking, chances are your children will be somnambulists too. A new study from Montreal researchers adds support to the growing belief that behaviours like sleepwalking and sleep terrors run in families. The findings were published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. The offspring of parents who are or were sleepwalkers are between three and seven times more likely to sleepwalk than other children, report the researchers, from the Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine at Sacre Coeur Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Montreal. The likelihood rises if both parents have a history of sleepwalking. Researchers found that in families with two parents who are or were sleepwalkers, nearly two-thirds of the children experienced sleepwalking incidences. Among the children studied, about 47 per cent of the sleepwalkers had one parent with a history of sleepwalking. Nearly 23 per cent of the children who were sleepwalkers had parents with no history of somnambulism.
ot all sleepwalking is problematic,” “N noted first author Dominique Petit, a research assistant at the centre. “Very often you don’t need to do anything with sleepwalking. (But) in some rare cases there’s potential for injury.” Sleepwalkers can navigate around their households with relative ease — for instance, they can climb or descend stairs. They may even perform tasks like preparing and eating a snack. They do not remember the incident later. Petit said sleepwalkers can get hurt on occasion. She noted there have been reports of children dying of hypothermia after leaving their homes in winter and falling back into a deeper sleep in the snow. Petit said it’s recommended that parents consider an alarm for doors if children who sleepwalk tend to leave the house. Sleepwalking is more common among children than adults. The research was designed to estimate how common sleep terrors and sleepwalking are among children, to look for links between the two behaviours and to see if they ran in families. The researchers followed 1,940 children in Quebec from the ages of 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 to 13. Parents were asked annually whether their children experienced sleep terrors
A new study adds support to the growing belief that behaviours like sleep walking and sleep terrors run in families. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
and sleepwalking, and whether they had a history of sleepwalking. Sleep terrors were common, with about 56 per cent of children experiencing this sleep disturbance at some point during the study period. They are most common at younger ages; 34 per cent of 18-monthold kids were reported to have sleep terrors. But the number drops as children get older, with 13 per cent experiencing night terrors at age five and only five per cent at age 13. etit said she believes these figures P may be too high, noting some parents may confuse nightmares with sleep terrors. The confusion is understandable. Both may cause a sleeper to cry out, scream or thrash about in bed. But a child having a nightmare will want to be cuddled and reassured when awakened from the dream. A child experiencing sleep terrors may not fully awaken and will become
more agitated if hugged; he or she may interpret the touch as being part of the frightening scenario playing out in their brain. Nightmares typically happen during the middle or late portion of the night. Sleep terrors often happen early in the sleeping period, generally during the first third of the night. The pattern of sleepwalking rises through childhood; it is uncommon in young children but increases with age. In the study, the peak time for sleepwalking was between the ages of 10 and 13, with just over 13 per cent of children reported as occasionally sleepwalking. The behaviours appear to be linked. At least a third of the children who had sleep terrors went on to be sleepwalkers. “More and more it’s the accepted idea that they’re part of the same condition,” Petit said. These sleep disturbances are known to be triggered by fatigue, sleep deprivation and fevers.
NUTRITION
Risk factors for colon cancer show up fast in food swap between U.S., South Africa DAVID TEMPLETON PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
When African-Americans and rural South Africans swapped diets for two weeks, they also swapped risk factors for colon cancer. And the surprise is that it happened so quickly. The swap involved 20 African-Americans who ate South African fare including cornmeal and beans for two weeks, while 20 South Africans consumed an American diet full of meat protein and fats, including fast-food burgers and chicken. The South African diet consisted of one-sixth the meat of the American diet. A University of Pittsburgh-based study published online in Nature Communications found that the South African cornmeal-bean diet reduced risk factors for colon cancer, including changes in gut flora and reductions in inflammation in colon’s mucosa in the American group, while the American diet notably increased the Africans’ risk factors for colon cancer. The study, involving an international research team, confirms that dietary fiber alone reduces inflammation and blocks secondary bile in the colon, cutting the cancer risk. The South African diet reduced levels of secondary bile in the colon by 70 percent. But that same carcinogenic bile increased in South Africans on the American diet by 400 percent, the study found. The plant-based, high-fiber African diet also elevated levels of butyrate, a molecule that reduces inflammation levels and cancer biomarkers.
The Doctor Game
“I think the message here is that this is further evidence that food is information and food speaks directly to genes about the risks of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity, and it doesn’t take long to do this.” Joel Kahn, Wayne State University professor of medicine
“If you can increase the amount of (butyrate), you can override the carcinogenic effects of fat and meat,” said lead author Stephen J.D. O’Keefe, a physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in Pitt’s School of Medicine. The plant-based South African diet is considered a factor in that nation’s coloncancer rate of only five people per 100,000 population, as compared with the African-American colon cancer rate of 65 per 100,000 — a rate 13 times greater among African-Americans. All 40 participants were provided food in measured quantities and received biopsies of colon mucosa before and after the study. Each of the 40 participants also underwent colonoscopies, with regular testing for healthful and colon-cancer biomarkers in the urine and feces. “These findings are really very good
news,” Dr. O’Keefe said. “In just two weeks, a change in diet from a Westernized composition to a traditional African high-fiber, low-fat diet reduced these biomarkers of cancer risk, indicating that it is likely never too late to modify the risk of colon cancer.” The study didn’t last long enough to produce changes in cholesterol and blood pressure, he said. While such studies won’t likely change eating habits, “our best hope is that it will open eyes to other possibilities, and point to the fact that a high-fiber diet is not difficult to follow and is well tolerated,” Dr. O’Keefe said. “It is enjoyable to eat good food.” Michael Greger of NutritionFacts.org said “studies like this show that diet can trump genes when it comes to some of our most common cancers.” Joel Kahn, a clinical professor of medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, said the study represents “sophisticated science.” “We have learned that changes in dietary patterns have profound influences that occur very quickly,” he said, citing two other studies that used plant-based diets to reduce angina within two weeks and lead to prostate-cancer suppression in three months. “I think the message here is that this is further evidence that food is information and food speaks directly to genes about the risks of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity, and it doesn’t take long to do this,” Dr. Kahn said.
t’s been said that “there’s a sucker born every minute.” I often think of this remark while watching TV medical commercials, the ones that promote drugs to treat common ailments, then show pictures of someone riding a horse, climbing a hill or hugging their partner. But then the commercial adds “See your doctor if you notice a rash, skin sores, sudden pain, dizziness, abdominal bloating, fever, chills or coughing up blood. Drug X can be associated with changes in blood pressure, nausea, visual problems, numbness of legs, an increased risk of blood clots and cancer.” The list of hazards continues as long as your arm. My question? Why would any reasonable human consider taking the risks of this medication unless they’re taking their final breath and have nothing to lose? But it’s obvious what has triggered this paranoia. We are bombarded daily with health data by the media. There’s a staggering list of over-the-counter pills and an expanding list of prescription drugs. Hence, we are all warned we ignore this medication at our peril. Madison Avenue learned long ago it’s easy to seduce people when corporations have millions of dollars to spend and a perfect sales pitch. It’s been said facetiously that people have become so obsessed with health that if the U.S. Declaration of Independence were written today, it would declare the pursuit of health, rather than happiness, as the third inalienable right of Americans. The end result is that North Americans have been programmed for illness. Today, a well person is someone who hasn’t seen enough T.V. ads, been examined by enough doctors and had enough tests done. Another problem is that nothing seems to be normal these days. For instance, a recent medical report says that even “normal” blood pressure may be too high. And doctors are being told to reduce their patients’ blood cholesterol levels lower and lower. Sir William Osler, Professor of Medicine at McGill, Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities was an astute commonsense doctor. He remarked that, “One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicines.” Osler, if he were alive today, would point out that every year 100,000 North Americans die from prescription drugs and another 700,000 are admitted to emergency due to their complications. I’m sure he would also stress that natural remedies have not produced dead bodies. Voltaire, the French philosopher and writer, would also add sound advice. He had a risky habit of criticizing the government during the French revolution, and was tossed into the Bastille for it, not a five star hotel. During that time he wrote “The art of medicine is to amuse the patient while nature cures.” He also philosophized, “It’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong!” I’d like to end this column on an optimistic note. But in spite of such sage advice, history continues to show that a sucker is still born every minute. Every year huge amounts of minor painkillers are sold. Some are effective but many are consumed because few people today will tolerate the slightest ache or pain. It means that year after year 22,000 North Americans die from gastrointestinal bleeding due to minor painkillers. Billions of dollars are spent every year “taming” the stomach’s acid or stopping its production by proton-pump inhibitors such as Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec. But these drugs have been associated with pneumonia, life-threatening diarrhea, osteoporosis and bone fractures. Unfortunately, the majority of patients, when given a prescription by their family physician, have no idea of the many sideeffects associated with the drug. After all, why would a physician suggest a drug that was going to be harmful? But one common drug used for treating anxiety and depression has a list of 85 possible side-effects. Admittedly, some of these complications are rare. But when a rare one strikes, it’s a 100 per cent hit. So how can you escape being one of the suckers born every minute? It’s quite easy. I’d suggest adopting a sound lifestyle. Moreover, good sense should tell us all that Madison Avenue is more interested in your pocketbook than your health. Unfortunately, common sense is an uncommon commodity. See the web site www.docgiff.com. For comments info@docgiff.com.
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LACROSSE ROUNDUP
Junior T-Men rally to pick up split Nanaimo drubs Salmonbellies after loss to Delta; Senior B squad cruises to pair of weekend victories DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Timbermen bounced back in style on Sunday. A day after suffering a tough 14-6 loss at home to the Delta Islanders, the T-Men thumped the host New Westminster Salmonbellies 13-7 in B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League action at Queens Park Arena. Connor Leies led the locals, who broke open a tight game with five unanswered thirdperiod goals, with seven points, including a pair of goals. Brett Hawrys, Cole Kryworuchka, Alec Molander and Brody Glemnitz added two goals for the winners, with Monty Chisholm, Darrin Wilson and Tarrin Davies netting singles.
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Davies added four assists, while Hawrys helped on three goals, giving both five-point nights. Carter Dickson had four goals for the Salmonbellies. Matt Zeller picked up the goaltending win.
On Saturday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre, the T-Men fell behind 5-2 after one period, and never recovered. Hawrys (2), Leies, Molander, Kryworuchka and Chase Anderson tallied for the locals. Leies, Anderson, Chisholm and Glemnitz all recorded their first BCJALL tallies over the weekend. Nanaimo hosts the Burnaby Lakers on Saturday (5 p.m.), in a Mother’s Day celebration contest. SENIOR B T-MEN ROLL In West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association action, the Nanaimo Timbermen continued their fine early-season play with a pair of road wins, drubbing the
North Shore Indians 18-6 on Friday and following with a 12-9 win Saturday over the Langley Warriors. Against North Shore, Cody Boon led the winners with six goals and two assists, while Jonny Diplock added four goals and four assists. Travis Mickelson had two goals and five assists for a seven-point outing, with Devon Casey (2), Ryan Dietterle, Ryan Hanna, Drew Miles and Steve MacFarlane also finding net. Mike Berti got his first start of the year in goal and made 29 saves to pick up the win. Diplock was named the Red Truck Brewing offensive player of the game, with Nick Agius earning top defensive honours.
Against Langley, Diplock scored three times and helped on three more, with Boon adding a hat trick and two helpers. Miles (3), Steve Higgs (2), Casey and Chris O’Hara rounded out the scoring. Mickelson had three assists, with Nick Patterson and James Spence each dishing out a pair of helpers. Nick Patterson earned the win in goal, makings 36 saves. Diplock was the offensive player of the game, with Spence the top defender. Nanaimo returns to action on Saturday when they visit the Port Moody Thunder. On Sunday, the T-Men host the Tri-City Bandits in a 5 p.m. clash at the NIC.
CFL
Transition from NFL to CFL a challenge for Austin Collie THE CANADIAN PRESS
Coastal A Cup champs The Upper Island Storm U18 girls soccer team, made up of players from Parksville, Nanaimo and Ladysmith, captured the Coast A Cup title on Sunday, beating the North Vancouver Renegades 1-0 in the final. Katelyn Horsley scored for the winners. Pictured above, back row from left, coach Iain Baird, Nicole Foglietta, Sophie Palmer, Claudia Ritzker, Amelia Kazanowski, Katelyn Horsley, Aliya Griffin, coach Geoff Whiting. Front, from left, Victoria Pallard, Megan Dial, Rachel Baird, Emily Robertson, Bronwyn Kirk, Olivia Friesen and Deryn Davies. Louise Kirk is the manager of the team, which will aim for a provincial title in July.
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SURREY — Austin Collie recognizes the situation is a little strange. Despite having never suited up for a down of Canadian football, the former NFL receiver counts as a national player for the B.C. Lions. Born in Hamilton while his father was playing in the CFL with the Tiger-Cats, Collie took up football after the family relocated to California. Collie was drafted by the
Indianapolis Colts in 2009 out of Brigham Young University and caught passes from Peyton Manning for four seasons, but a series of injuries — including three concussions — meant that the phone eventually stopped ringing with NFL teams interested in his services. That’s when he decided to give three-down football a try in the country of his birth despite having never stepped on the longer, wider field with an extra player until the Lions held
a three-day offensive minicamp last week. “It’s a little bit different,” Collie said after one the workouts. “But football’s football.” Collie registered 179 catches for 1,908 yards and 16 touchdowns in 49 games over his five NFL seasons, but he really made a name for himself over his first three years before the injuries hit. He had just seven catches in six games for the New England Patriots in 2013 and sat out all of 2014.
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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |
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HOCKEY
Buccaneers tab Lemmon as new head coach for 2015-16 AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Buccaneers have named Dan Lemmon as their head coach for the 2015-16 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season. Lemmon played minor hockey in Winnipeg and various levels of junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers, Oceanside Generals, and the Cowichan Valley Capitals, where he won top defensive defenceman honours for two consecutive seasons. He was granted a college scholarship in Edmonton but instead pursued a physical education degree at VIU.
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After graduating, he spent three years coaching major midget with the North Island Silvertips and led the team to a second-place finish at the Rich-
mond international tournament. “I’m thrilled, it’s nice to be coaching in Nanaimo again,” Lemmon said. Buccaneers owner Brenda Levesque said Buccaneers managers changed their philosophy on hiring coaches. Instead of hiring one or two individuals, the Bucs basically hired an entire team. “The coaches all played together and have been friends. There’s definitely an energy there that we haven’t had in the past. They’re fairly local so they know about the team and are excited to be there, that’s good for us,” Levesque said.
Lemmon was given the power to select his own coaching staff and he picked Jesse Shiels, Ross Walker, and Cam McCarrick as his assistant coaches. “The opportunity to pick my own coaching staff is very important to me. The guys that I’ve picked I’ve known for the better part of 10 years. We’re a close group, a couple of them are my best friends. It’s going to be really fun. I think the kids are going to see how tight the coaching staff is and that’s going to hopefully turn the team into a tight knit group.” The Buccaneers spring prospects camp runs May 22-24 at
Cliff McNabb Arena, and three of the four new coaching staff will be in attendance. After that, the focus will be on the main camp, Aug. 14-16 at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. “We’re looking to put together a team that can come off the Island win the whole thing this year,” Lemmon said. “This is a team that didn’t do as well as they thought they should last year, so with that being said there’s going to be some changes.” Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 729-4242
NHL PLAYOFFS
NHL PLAYOFFS
Capitals blank Rangers on goal from Beagle to take series lead
Habs look to tighten play as they head to Tampa
Holtby at his glove-catching best, including stopping Martin St. Louis on a 1-on-1 HOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby made 30 saves Monday night for his second career playoff shutout and Jay Beagle scored his first goal of this post-season, giving the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers. Washington has a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Alex Ovechkin was held without a goal for the first time in the series. It was one of the Capitals’ less-heralded players, Beagle, who put the puck past Henrik Lundqvist on a second-effort, deflected shot 7 1/2 minutes into the second period. Holtby was at his glove-catching best, including stopping Martin St. Louis on a 1-on-1 six minutes after Beagle scored, and the crowd chanted the goalie’s last name at the final buzzer. Game 4 is at Washington on Wednesday night. This was the type of nail-biter the Rangers play: They have participated in 10 consecutive playoff games decided by one goal, an NHL record. And in seven of its eight games in this year’s playoffs, New York has allowed two goals or fewer. But under first-year coach Barry Trotz, and with Holtby matching Lundqvist save for save, the Capitals are proving just as adept at this sort of tight, low-scoring hockey. Despite getting outshot 30-22, the Capitals did manage stretches of sustained pressure in the Rangers’ zone, including leading up to the only goal. And
STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
Washington Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen (2) steals the puck from New York Rangers left wing Chris Kreider (20) during the second period of Game 3 in their series on Monday in Washington. [AP PHOTO]
the score came from a surprising source: the line of Beagle, Troy Brouwer and Andre Burakovsky. They had zero goals through Washington’s first nine games of this post-season. Off passes from Brouwer and Burakovsky, Beagle sent a shot on net that Lundqvist swept aside. But Beagle kept at it, going to the boards to collect the rebound, then swooping
around the back of the net for a backhand shove of the puck. It appeared to ricochet off defenceman Keith Yandle, then Lundqvist’s left skate on its way in. That gave Beagle three goals in 33 playoff games following a regular season in which he scored 10 times. Not too long afterward, the Rangers had a great opportunity to tie it. Capitals defenceman
John Carlson’s shot from inside the blue line was blocked by St. Louis, who raced the other way all alone. But Holtby made the save with a flick of his glove, drawing roars from the crowd. Rangers forward Rick Nash took seven shots and levelled Capitals defenceman Brooks Orpik early in the third period, but remains without a goal in the series.
WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Canada doubles up on host Czech team 6-3 THE CANADIAN PRESS
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — After two games of “annoying” missed chances, Tyler Seguin finally got on the scoresheet. The slick winger picked up his first point at the world hockey championship with what turned out to be the game-winning goal Monday as Canada downed the Czech Republic 6-3. Seguin had a number of chan-
ces through Canada’s first two victories — a 6-1 thrashing of Latvia and a 10-0 demolition of Germany — but they had yet to pay off. With his team leading 3-2 early in the third on Monday, Seguin wheeled off the sideboards on the power play and ripped a shot past Ondrej Pavelec to finally register his first of the tournament. “It was getting a little annoying
‘Real Sports’ host in court to defend show LARRY NEUMEISTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The host of HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on Monday defended his monthly sports magazine against claims by a British soccer ball maker that it delivered a “pack of lies” with a 2008 segment about child labour in India. Gumbel told a federal court jury that “Children of Industry” was the kind of hard-hitting journalism he had in mind when he created a monthly sports magazine that would go way beyond fawning sportscasters whose idea of an interview is: “What kind of pitch did you hit, Bob?” Gumbel was called to the witness stand by HBO in the latter stages of a trial in which Mitre Sports International is saying it was libeled when it was the only company identified in a 21-minute segment that showed children stitching soccer balls in Jalandhar, India, for a nickel an hour. “My role was extremely limited,” Gumbel said of his work on a segment that was created in part by a man he described as his best producer.
with all the chances and nothing to show for it, but I feel like I took some of my own pressure off myself with getting that goal,” said Seguin. “I’m happy about it, it was a big win and now we move on.” Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall and Tyler Toffoli each added a goal and an assist for Canada (3-0-0), while Sean Couturier and Sidney Crosby also scored. Mike Smith made 22 saves to
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TAMPA, Fla. — To get back into their series against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Montreal Canadiens hope to duplicate their hot start from Game 2, stay out of the penalty box and forget about the past. That’s a tall order, and history is not on their side. Of the 100 teams that have fallen behind two games to none on home ice in NHL history, just 27 came back to win the series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Canadiens face those long odds going into Game 3 Wednesday night at Amalie Arena. “To be down two games obviously, you’ve kind of dug yourself a little bit of a hole, but we still have a lot of belief in our locker-room and our guys that we have,” defenceman Tom Gilbert said on a conference call Monday. The Lightning have won all seven meetings with the Habs so far in 2014-15, counting five in the regular season. It’s a major difference from a year ago, when Montreal swept Tampa Bay in the first round of the playoffs. Lightning coach Jon Cooper couldn’t explain his team’s dominance this season against the Habs and pointed out that five of the seven games were close. “I think sometimes teams have certain teams’ number,” Cooper said on a conference call. “Some teams match up well against other teams and vice-versa. So far our matchup with Montreal this season has worked in our favour, whether it’s been the timing of playing them or just our personnel. Fortunately for us it’s continued into the playoffs.” Coach Michel Therrien said his team’s five-on-five play has been “really sharp.” Payers said the key to maintaining that kind of start is avoiding penalty trouble. “We seemed like we were carrying the play and then all of a sudden we got into some penalty trouble and then the momentum switched,” forward Torrey Mitchell said. “There’s so many momentum switches in the game, so if we feel like we’re carrying the play, we can’t be taking stupid penalties.”
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SPORTS
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
Sunday’s game summaries
Ducks 3, Flames 0
NHL Playoffs - Round 2 (Stanley Cup quarterfinals) All series best-of- seven Yesterday’s result Washington 1, NY Rangers 0 (Washington leads series 2-1) Sunday’s results Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 2 (Tampa Bay leads series 2-0) Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 (Chicago leads series 2-0) Anaheim 3, Calgary 0 (Anaheim leads series 2-0) Today’s schedule Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. NY Rangers at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
Capitals 1 Rangers 0 First Period No scoring Penalties: Yandle Nyr (Tripping Nicklas Backstrom) 8:37, Brassard Nyr (Holding Brooks Orpik) 13:00 Second Period 1. Washington, Beagle (1) (Burakovsky, Brouwer) 7:31 Penalties: Alzner Wsh (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 0:13 Third Period No scoring Penalties: Wilson Wsh (Boarding James Sheppard) 1:21 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T New York 11 9 10 30 Washington 7 8 7 22 Goaltending summary: New York: Lundqvist (21/22), Washington: Holtby (30/30) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): New York: , Washington: Att: 18,506
Playoff leaders Points 1 Corey Perry, ANA 2 Zach Parise, MIN 2 Duncan Keith, CHI 4 Tyler Johnson, TB 4 Alex Ovechkin, WSH 4 Jonathan Toews, CHI 4 Patrick Kane, CHI 4 Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 4 Kevin Shattenkirk, STL Goals 1 Tyler Johnson, TB 2 Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 3 Corey Perry, ANA 3 Colin Wilson, NSH 5 Zach Parise, MIN 5 Alex Ovechkin, WSH 5 Filip Forsberg, NSH 5 Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH 5 Derick Brassard, NYR 5 James Neal, NSH
GP 5 7 7 8 9 7 7 5 6 GP 8 6 5 6 7 9 6 9 7 6
G A Pts 5 6 11 45 9 27 9 71 8 44 8 35 8 35 8 26 8 08 8 G 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
W 2 5 5 4 4 5 3 1 2 3
L 2 2 3 4 3 0 4 4 4 1
Lightning 6, Canadiens 2 First Period 1. Montreal, Petry (1) (Prust, Mitchell) 7:20 2. Tampa Bay, Filppula (2) (Killorn, Hedman) 19:36 (PP) Penalties: Carle Tb (Roughing) 1:13, Prust Mtl (Unsportsmanlike) 13:45, Subban Mtl (Cross checking) 18:04 Second Period 3. Tampa Bay, Stamkos (1) (Coburn, Garrison) 8:06 4. Tampa Bay, Kucherov (2) (Stamkos, Johnson) 12:29 (PP) 5. Tampa Bay, Hedman (1) (Killorn, Filppula) 19:46 (PP) Penalties: Killorn Tb (Holding) 1:30, Morrow Tb (Illegal check to the head) 4:35, Emelin Mtl (Interference) 10:49, Namestnikov Tb (Embellishment) 10:49, Gilbert Mtl (Cross checking) 12:15, Petry Mtl (Interference) 18:57 Third Period 6. Tampa Bay, Kucherov (3) (Stamkos, Johnson) 6:37 (PP) 7. Montreal, Gilbert (2) (Emelin, SmithPelly) 11:06 8. Tampa Bay, Brown (1) (Boyle, Filppula) 16:05 Penalties: Mitchell Mtl (Goalkeeper Interference) 6:10, Mitchell Mtl (Delaying Game-Face-off Violation) 11:06, Prust Mtl (Fighting) 18:07, Coburn Tb (Fighting) 18:07 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Tampa Bay 9 9 6 24 Montreal 14 5 10 29 Goaltending summary: Tampa Bay: Bishop (27/29), Montreal: Price (18/24) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Tampa Bay: 4 of 8, Montreal: 0 of 3 Att: 21,287
Blackhawks 4, Wild 1
Plus/Minus GP Pts +/1 Nikita Kucherov, TB 8 5 7 1 Andrej Sustr, TB 8 2 7 3 Victor Hedman, TB 8 3 6 4 Jakob Silfverberg, ANA 5 6 5 4 Sami Vatanen, ANA 5 6 5 4 Ryan Callahan, TB 8 3 5 4 Lubomir Visnovsky, NYI 4 2 5 4 Thomas Hickey, NYI 7 1 5 9 Chris Tanev, VAN 6 3 4 15 more tied at 4 Goals Against Average (4 game min) 1 Craig Anderson, OTT 2 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 3 Ben Bishop, TB 4 Braden Holtby, WSH 5 Carey Price, MTL 6 Frederik Andersen, ANA 7 Petr Mrazek, DET 8 Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 9 Jake Allen, STL 10 Scott Darling, CHI
First Period 1. Anaheim, Beleskey (2) (Silfverberg, Kesler) 7:27 Penalties: Engelland Cgy (Roughing) 8:39, Hudler Cgy (Holding) 15:30, Lindholm Ana (Tripping) 16:20 Second Period No scoring Penalties: Lindholm Ana (Interference) 0:39, Monahan Cgy (Holding) 8:12, Beleskey Ana (Tripping) 19:21 Third Period 2. Anaheim, Lindholm (1) (Perry, Getzlaf) 11:15 3. Anaheim, Thompson (1) (Perry, Getzlaf) 17:44 (PP) Penalties: Rakell Ana, Colborne Cgy (Unsportsmanlike) 19:15, Backlund Cgy (Roughing) 19:15 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Calgary 9 12 9 30 Anaheim 20 9 5 34 Goaltending summary: Calgary: Ramo (31/33), Anaheim: Andersen (30/30) Att: 17,299
GAA 0.97 1.67 1.68 1.73 1.85 1.97 2.11 2.12 2.20 2.22
First Period No scoring Penalties: Vanek Min (Goalkeeper Interference) 9:22 Second Period 1. Chicago, Toews (4) (Hossa) 12:28 (PP) 2. Chicago, Kane (4) (Keith) 19:40 Penalties: Shaw Chi (Cross checking) 10:45, Rozsival Chi (Interference) 19:58 Third Period 3. Minnesota, Dumba (2) (Dubnyk, Suter) 1:20 (PP) 4. Chicago, Sharp (4) (Teravainen) 7:39 5. Chicago, Kane (5) (Hjalmarsson, Sharp) 17:53 (PP) Penalties: Koivu Min (Tripping) 4:45 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Minnesota 6 10 15 31 Chicago 9 12 10 31 Goaltending summary: Minnesota: Dubnyk (27/30), Chicago: Crawford (30/31) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Minnesota: 1 of 2, Chicago: 0 of 2 Att: 21,934
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, right, is presented with the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award by Tim Chaney. [AP PHOTO]
Stephen Curry wins NBA’s MVP honour DIAMOND LEUNG SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
OAKLAND, Calif. — Warriors guard Stephen Curry is the winner of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award, the league announced Monday. Curry, 27, became the second player in franchise history to win the award, joining Wilt Chamberlain, who won it in 1960 while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors. Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes after leading the Warriors to a league-best 67-15 record. The Houston Rockets’ James Harden finished second and earned 25 first-place votes after the MVP race for months centered on the two players. “Everybody was saying that because I had a good team and good teammates that that might hurt my MVP case,” Curry said. “If that were the case, then I wouldn’t want the award because it’s about winning. It’s a team game.” In the end, Curry won in a landslide. He was the only player to appear on every ballot while receiving 26 second-place votes, three third-place votes and a fifth-place vote. The runner-up Harden collected 87 second-place votes. Curry’s speech lasted nearly an hour long as he thanked everyone from family members to the team’s equipment manager and public relations assistants. He choked up while talking about his father, Dell, who played 16 NBA seasons. “To be able to follow in your footsteps,” said Curry, failing to hold back tears, “it means a lot to me.” Curry then addressed and thanked each teammate individually. Harden was second in the league in scoring at 27.4 points per game, leading the Rockets while perennial All-Star center Dwight Howard missed 41 games mostly because of a knee injury. The shooting guard tied for eighth in the league averaging 7.0 assists per game. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers was third in the voting.
Western Hockey League Playoffs Eastern Conference Final Brandon def. Calgary 4-1 Western Conference Final Kelowna def. Portland 4-2 Sunday’s result Kelowna 8, Portland 4
WHL Championship Final (Best-of-seven) Friday, May 8 Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9 Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.
May 1-17, at Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic The Top Division Championship has 16 teams in two groups. Round robin standings Group A GP W L OTL GF GA Pts Canada 3 3 0 0 22 4 9 Sweden 3 3 0 0 20 7 9 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 6 5 4 Czech Rep 3 1 2 0 12 14 3 Germany 2 1 1 0 2 11 3 Austria 2 0 1 0 5 9 2 France 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 Latvia 3 0 3 0 4 18 0 GP W 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0
UEFA Champions League
NBA Playoffs
Semifinals All games at 11:45 a.m. Today’s schedule Juventus vs. Real Madrid Wednesday, May 6 Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich
(All series best-of-seven) Yesterday’s result Round 2, Games 1 Chicago 99, Cleveland 92 LA Clippers 117, Houston 101 Sunday’s results, (Games 1) Washington 104, Atlanta 98 Golden State 101, Memphis 86
Return legs Tuesday, May 12 Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona
Today’s schedule Washington at Atlanta, (Game 2) 5 p.m. (Washington leads series 1-0) Memphis at Golden State, (G2) 7:30 (Golden State leads series 1-0)
Wednesday, May 13 Real Madrid vs. Juventus
IIHF World Championships
Group B USA Russia Slovakia Belarus Finland Denmark Slovenia Norway
BASKETBALL
Soccer (cont’d)
L OTL GF GA Pts 1 0 13 9 6 1 0 13 9 6 0 0 6 4 4 0 1 5 4 4 1 0 4 5 3 1 1 3 7 1 2 0 5 9 0 2 0 3 8 0
Yesterday’s results Sweden 8, Latvia 1 United States 4, Russia 2 Canada 6, Czech Republic 3 Finland 5, Norway 0
Final Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin
Wednesday, May 6 Chicago at Cleveland, (Game 2) 4 p.m. LA Clippers at Houston, (Game 2) 6:30 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 West Ham 10 Stoke City 11 Everton 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Aston Villa 15 Newcastle 16 Hull City 17 Leicester 18 Sunderland 19 Q.P. Rangers 20 Burnley
W D L GF GA 25 8 2 69 27 21 7 7 71 36 21 7 6 66 33 19 8 8 59 35 18 7 10 49 38 17 7 11 55 50 17 6 12 48 28 15 8 12 43 44 12 11 12 43 42 13 8 14 39 44 11 11 13 46 46 11 9 15 42 48 10 10 15 33 46 9 8 18 29 50 9 8 18 36 60 8 10 17 33 48 9 7 19 39 54 6 15 13 28 50 7 6 22 39 61 5 11 19 26 53
Pts 83 70 70 65 61 58 57 53 47 47 44 42 40 35 35 34 34 33 27 26
Yesterday’s results Hull 1, Arsenal 3 Sunday’s results Chelsea 1, Crystal Palace 0 Spurs 0, Manchester City 1 Saturday, May 9 Everton vs. Sunderland, 4:45 a.m. Aston Villa vs. West Ham, 7 a.m. Hull vs. Burnley, 7 a.m. Leicester vs. Southampton, 7 a.m. Newcastle vs. West Brom, 7 a.m. Stoke vs. Spurs, 7 a.m. Crystal Palace vs. Man United, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday’s results Sweden 6, Austria 1 Russia 5, Slovenia 3 Canada 10, Germany 0 Slovakia 2, Belarus 1 Switzerland 3, France 1 Finland 3, Denmark 0 Today’s schedule Germany vs. Switzerland, 7:15 a.m. Belarus vs. Denmark, 7:15 a.m. France vs. Austria, 11:15 a.m. Slovenia vs. Slovakia, 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 6 Latvia vs. Switzerland, 7:15 a.m. Denmark vs. Russia, 7:15 a.m. Canada vs. Sweden, 11:15 a.m. Norway vs. Slovakia, 11:15 a.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Victoria Vancouver Tbirds Mid Isle Tim Hortons Kamloops Khalsa Vancouver Utd Abbotsford FC Tigers
W 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
L 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
GF GA Pts 4 3 4 3 0 3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0
Remaining Canada games Saturday, May 9 vs. France, 3:15 a.m. Sun, May 10 vs. Switzerland, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 12 vs. Austria, 3:15 a.m. Quarterfinals: Thursday, May 14
Sunday’s results Victoria 2, Abbotsford 1 Mid Isle 2, Kamloops 1 Vancouver Tbirds 3, Tim Hortons 0
Yesterday at O2 Arena, Prague
Saturday, May 9 Victoria Highlanders FC vs. Tim Hortons Pinnacles, 4 p.m.
Canada 6, Czech Republic 3 First Period 1. Canada, Jordan Eberle (Matt Duchene, Aaron Ekblad) 4:18 2. Canada, Taylor Hall (Jake Muzzin, Jordan Eberle) 19:02 3. Czech Republic, Martin Erat (Jan Kovar, Jaromir Jagr) 19:22 Penalties: Hejda Cze (High-Sticking) 12:44; Savard Can (Slashing) 19:42; Kovar Cze (Interference) 19:45 Second Period 4. Czech Republic, Martin Zatovic (Dominik Simon, Jan Kolar) 15:45 5. Canada. Sean Couturier (Tyler Toffoli) 17:40 Penalties: Smolenak Cze (Slashing) 2:28; Voracek Cze (Roughing) 7:57; Hamhuis Can (Roughing) 7:57; Muzzin Can (Holding) 10:19 Third Period 6. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Taylor Hall, Tyson Barrie ) 2:02 (PP) 7. Canada, Sidney Crosby (Claude Giroux) 10:07 (PP) 8. Czech Republic, Vladimir Sobotka (Jakub Voracek) 17:36 9. Canada, Tyler Toffoli (Ryan O’Reilly, Nathan MacKinnon) 18:31 Penalties: Erat Cze (Interference) 1:32; Hamhuis Can (Tripping) 5:13; Simon Cze (High-Sticking) 9:03; Erat Cze (Slashing) 11:04; Ekblad Can (Holding) 14:41 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Czech Republic 7 10 8 25 Canadaz 12 16 10 38 Goaltending summary: Czech Republic: Ondrej Pavelec (32/38); Canada: Mike Smith (22/25) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Germany: 0 of 4, Canada: 2 of 6
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 1 All series best-of-five Sunday’s result Game 5 (Final Round 1 game) Grand Rapids 3, Toronto1 (Grand Rapids wins series 3-2) Round 2 - Conference Semifinals All games best-of-seven Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 4-WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins 2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons 2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs Wednesday, May 6 Hartford at Hershey (Game 1), 4 p.m. W-B/Scranton at Manchester (Game 1), 4 p.m. Rockford at Grand Rapids (Game 1), 4 p.m. Thursday, May 7 W-B/Scranton at Manchester (G2), 4 pm Oklahoma City at Utica (Game 1), 4 p.m.
SOCCER MLS
Eastern League Club PTS GP W N. England 17 9 5 DC United 17 8 5 NY Red Bulls 13 8 3 Columbus 11 8 3 Toronto 9 7 3 Chicago 9 7 3 Orlando 8 8 2 NY City FC 6 9 1 Philadelphia 6 10 1 Montreal 2 4 0 Western League Club PTS GP W Dallas 17 9 5 Vancouver 17 10 5 Seattle 16 8 5 Los Angeles 13 9 3 Sporting KC 13 9 3 San Jose 10 8 3 Houston 10 9 2 Portland 10 9 2 Salt Lake 10 8 2 Colorado 9 9 1 Sunday’s results Sporting KC 1, Chicago 0 Seattle 3, NY City FC 1
L 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 6 2
T 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 3 2
GF GA 12 8 10 6 12 8 12 8 11 11 6 8 6 10 6 10 10 18 2 6
L 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 2
T 2 2 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 6
GF GA 15 12 11 9 13 6 10 9 12 12 8 10 11 12 7 8 7 10 8 8
Sunday, May 10 Mid Isle vs. Tim Hortons Pinnacles, noon Victoria vs. FC Tigers Vancouver, 2 p.m.
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 3 2 0 0 6 Victoria 2 2 0 0 4 Coquitlam 2 1 1 0 2 Nanaimo 4 1 3 0 2 Burnaby 2 1 1 0 0 Langley 2 1 1 0 2 New Westminster 1 0 1 0 0 Port Coquitlam 2 0 2 0 0 Sunday’s results Victoria 8, Coquitlam 6 (OT) Nanaimo 13 New Westminster 7 Today’s schedule Delta at New Westminster, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 7 Port Coquitlam at Langley, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 9 Langley at Victoria, 5 p.m. Burnaby at. Nanaimo, 5 p.m. Port Coquitlam at Delta, 7:30 p.m.
National Lacrosse League Playoff seeding 1 Toronto Rock (14-4) 2 Edmonton Rush (13-5) 3 Rochester Knighthawks (12-6) 4 Buffalo Bandits (11-7) 5 Colorado Mammoth (9-9) 6 Calgary Roughnecks (7-11) Division semifinals Friday, May 8 Buffalo at Rochester Saturday, May 9 Calgary at Colorado Division finals Friday, May 15 Toronto at Buffalo/Rochester Edmonton at Colorado/Calgary Saturday, May 23 Buffalo/Rochester at Toronto Colorado/Calgary at Edmonton
AUTO RACING NASCAR Geico 500 (Aaron’s 499) Yesterday at Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama. Tri-oval, 2.66 miles per lap. Final results, with winnings. (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, $306,065 2. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chev, $256,121 3. (7) P Menard, Chev, 188, $190,060 4. (3) Ryan Blaney, Ford, $148,385 5. (36) Martin Truex Jr., Chev, $159,600 6. (12) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, $156,715 7. (18) Ryan Newman, Chev, $151,670 8. (24) Kevin Harvick, Chev, $168,570 9. (17) D Hamlin, Toyota, $127,645 10. (34) Josh Wise, Ford, $111,070 11. (27) J McMurray, Chev, $138,701 12. (19) Kurt Busch, Chev, $127,435 13. (41) Cole Whitt, Ford, $125,618 14. (42) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, $121,993 15. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, $142,146 16. (37) Alex Bowman, Chev, $117,918 17. (31) Allmendinger, Chev, $128,518 18. (43) DiBenedetto, Toyota, $109,157 19. (6) Tony Stewart, Chev, $128,724 20. (39) David Gilliland, Ford, $108,710 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 159.487 mph Time of Race: 3 hours, 8:08 Margin of Victory: 0.158 seconds Caution Flags: 6 for 23 laps Lead Changes: 27 among 15 drivers This week’s auto racing schedule
NASCAR SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (STP 400) Saturday, May 9, 4:46 p.m., Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas. Tri-oval, 1.5 miles per lap.
Today’s schedule San Jose at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Formula One
Wednesday, May 6 Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m.
Spanish Grand Prix Sunday, May 10, 5 p.m., Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
TENNIS ATP Last week’s tournament finals Millennium Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405 (NOTE: 1 euro=CDN$1.33) Singles - Final Richard Gasquet (5), France, def. Nick Kyrgios (7), Australia, 6-3, 6-2. BMW Open by FWU AG Munich, Germany. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405 Singles - Final Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (5), Germany, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 7-6 (7/4) Paribas Istanbul Open Istanbul, Turkey. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405 Singles - Final Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Pablo Cuevas (3), Uruguay, 6-3, 7-6 (11). This week’s schedule ATP and WTA Mutua Madrid Open, May 4-10 Madrid, Spain. Surface: Clay. Purse: €4,185,405. No. 6 seed, men: Milos Raonic Men - Round 1 Feliciano Lopez (11), Spain, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. John Isner (16), United States, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Steve Johnson, United States, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 7-5. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-4, 7-5. Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-2, 6-3. Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, 6-4, 6-3. Women - Round 2 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-4, 6-0. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-5, 6-0. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-2, 6-1. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Andrea Petkovic (11), Germany, walkover. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-1. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 6-2. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-4, 7-5. Round 1 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-0, 6-1. Alize Cornet, France, def. Simona Halep (2), Romania, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-3, 6-0. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Eugenie Bouchard (6), Montreal, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3.
BASEBALL MLB American League East W L NY Yankees 16 10 Tampa Bay 14 12 Baltimore 12 11 Toronto 13 14 Boston 12 14 Central W L Detroit 17 9 Kansas City 16 9 Minnesota 14 12 Cleveland 9 15 Chicago Sox 8 14 West W L Houston 18 8 LA Angels 11 15 Seattle 11 15 Oakland 11 16 Texas 9 16 National League East W L NY Mets 16 10 Washington 13 14 Atlanta 12 14 Miami 12 14 Philadelphia 10 17 Central W L St. Louis 19 6 Chicago Cubs 13 11 Cincinnati 12 13 Pittsburgh 12 13 Milwaukee 8 18 West W L LA Dodgers 16 9 San Diego 14 13 San Francisco 13 13 Colorado 11 13 Arizona 10 14
PCT .615 .538 .522 .481 .462 PCT .654 .640 .538 .375 .364 PCT .692 .423 .423 .407 .360
GB 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 GB 0.5 3.0 7.0 7.0 GB 7 7 7.5 8.5
Strk L1 W1 W2 W1 L4 Strk W2 L2 W5 W1 L5 Strk L1 L4 W1 L1 W1
PCT .615 .481 .462 .462 .370 PCT .760 .542 .480 .480 .308 PCT .640 .519 .500 .458 .417
GB Strk - L2 3.5 W3 4.0 L1 4.0 L2 6.5 W2 GB Strk - W7 5.5 L3 7.0 L1 7.0 L3 11.5 W3 GB Strk - L1 3 L1 3.5 W4 4.5 L5 5.5 L3
Yesterday’s results Washington 6, Miami 4 Toronto 3, NY Yankees 1 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1 Milwaukee 4, LA Dodgers 3 St. Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 9 Minnesota 8, Oakland 7 Texas 2, Houston 1 Arizona at Colorado (postponed) Seattle 3, LA Angels 2 San Francisco 2, San Diego 0 Sunday’s results Philadelphia 6, Miami 2 Cleveland 10, Toronto 7 Washington 1, NY Mets 0 Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 0 Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 13, Chicago Sox 3 Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Houston 7, Seattle 6 St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 (14 innings) Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Oakland 7, Texas 1 San Fran 5, LA Angels 0 LA Dodgers 1, Arizona 0 San Diego 8, Colorado 6 N.Y. Yankees 8. Boston 5
Today’s schedule Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Lorenzen (0-1) vs. Locke (2-1) Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Latos (0-3) vs. Strasburg (2-2) N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Pineda (3-0) vs. Norris (1-1) Baltimore at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Norris (1-2) vs. Colon (4-1) Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Buchanan (0-5) vs. Miller (3-1) Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Smyly (0-0) vs. Porcello (2-2) Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Rodriguez (0-1) vs. Feldman (2-2) L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Greinke (4-0) vs. Garza (2-3) Cleveland at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Salazar (3-0) vs. Guthrie (1-1) Oakland at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Chavez (0-2) vs. May (2-1) Detroit at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Greene (3-1) vs. Samardzija (1-2) Chi. Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Hendricks (0-1) vs. Wainwright (2-1) Arizona at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Collmenter (2-3) vs. Lyles (2-2) Seattle at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Paxton (0-2) vs. Richards (2-1) San Diego at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Cashner (1-4) vs. Vogelsong (0-2)
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1 NY Yankees
Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi Ellsbury CF 4 0 1 0 Travis 2B 4 0 1 0 Gardner LF 2 0 0 0 Donaldson 3B4 1 2 0 Rodriguez DH 4 0 0 0 Bautista DH 4 1 1 0 Beltran RF 3 1 1 0 Enc’nacion 1B4 1 1 1 Young RF 1 0 0 0 Pillar CF 4010 Drew 2B 3 0 0 0 Thole C 3010 Petit PH 1 0 0 0 Martin PH-C 1 0 1 1 Headley 3B 2 0 1 0 Valencia LF 4 0 0 0 Jones 1B 3 0 0 1 Goins SS-RF 3 0 1 0 Murphy C 3 0 0 0 Carrera RF 2 0 1 0 Gregorius SS 3 0 0 0 Smoak PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 3 1 Diaz SS 0000 Totals 34 3 10 2
NY Yankees 000 000 100 1 Toronto 000 000 03x 3 SB: TOR Pillar (5, 2nd base off Whitley/ Murphy, J), Martin, R (2, 2nd base off Betances/Murphy, J). 2B: NYY Ellsbury (3, Dickey), Beltran (8, Dickey); TOR Donaldson (7, Whitley), Encarnacion (4, Betances). GIDP: NYY Rodriguez, A. Team Lob: NYY 4; TOR 7. DP: TOR (Goins-Encarnacion). E: NYY Whitley (1, throw), Headley (7, throw). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO C Whitley 7.0 6 0 0 0 6 C Martin (L, 0-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 D Betances 0.2 2 1 0 0 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey (W, 1-3) 8.0 3 1 1 3 0 B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:18. Att: 19,217.
Rays 5, Red Sox 1 Tampa Bay
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kiermaier CF 5 0 0 0 Betts CF 4010 Souza Jr. RF 3 1 2 0 Pedroia 2B 3 0 1 0 Loney 1B 5 1 1 0 Ortiz DH 4010 Longoria 3B 4 1 1 1 Ramirez LF 0 0 0 0 DeJesus LF 4 0 2 2 Craig LF 4010 Guyer PH-LF 1 0 0 0 Sandoval 3B 4 0 0 0 Forsythe 2B 4 0 2 0 Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 Cabrera SS 4 1 2 0 Holt RF 4120 Butler DH 3 1 1 2 Bogaerts SS 3 0 1 1 Rivera C 4 0 0 0 Leon C 3000 Totals 37 5 11 5 Totals 33 1 7 1
Tampa Bay 220 000 100 5 Boston 010 000 000 1 2B: TB Loney (3, Buchholz), Longoria (9, Buchholz), Forsythe (8, Buchholz), Souza Jr. (4, Breslow); BOS Pedroia (5, Odorizzi), Betts (7, Odorizzi), Holt, B (3, Odorizzi). 3B: BOS Holt, B (1, Odorizzi), Bogaerts (2, Odorizzi). GIDP: BOS Sandoval. HR: TB Butler, Jy (1, 2nd inning off Buchholz, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: TB 10; BOS 6. DP: TB (Forsythe-Cabrera, A-Loney). Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO J Odorizzi (W, 3-2) 7.0 7 1 1 0 6 E Frieri 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 E Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO C Buchholz (L, 1-4) 6.1 9 5 5 2 7 J Tazawa 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 C Breslow 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 HBP: Souza Jr. (by Buchholz). Time: 3:10. Att: 34,541.
Brewers 4, Dodgers 3 LA Dodgers
Milwaukee
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson CF 4 1 1 1 Gomez CF 4 1 1 1 Rollins SS 5 0 0 0 Rogers 1B 4 0 0 0 Kendrick 2B 5 0 0 0 Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1B 0 1 0 0 Braun RF 4 0 1 1 Van Slyke LF 4 0 0 0 Ramirez 3B 4 0 0 0 Ethier RF 4 1 1 0 Davis LF 3000 Grandal C 4 0 3 1 Schafer LF 0 0 0 0 Uribe 3B 2 0 1 1 Maldonado C 3 0 0 0 Kershaw P 4 0 0 0 Herrera 2B 3 0 0 0 Hatcher P 0 0 0 0 Gomez SS 3 2 2 1 Totals 32 3 6 3 Lohse P 1010 Cotts P 0000 Parra PH 1011 Blazek P 0000 Lind PH-1B 1 1 1 0 Totals 31 4 7 4
LA Dodgers 100 200 000 3 Milwaukee 000 001 03x 4 2B: LAD Grandal (4, Lohse); MIL Lind (9, Kershaw), Gomez, C (5, Hatcher). 3B: MIL Gomez, H (1, Kershaw), Parra, G (2, Kershaw). HR: LAD Pederson (7, 1st inning off Lohse, 0 on, 0 out); MIL Gomez, H (1, 8th inning off Kershaw, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: LAD 9; MIL 3. E: LAD Kershaw (1, pickoff). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO C Kershaw 7.1 5 3 3 0 8 D Hatcher (L, 0-3) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO K Lohse 5.0 4 3 3 3 4 N Cotts 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 M Blazek (W, 2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 F Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 HBP: Gonzalez, A (by Lohse). Time: 2:51. Att: 23,374. Seattle 000 000 210 3 4 0 Los Angeles 000 000 101 2 8 0 W: F. Hernandez (5-0) L: M. Shoemaker (2-2) S: F. Rodney (8) HR:SEA-N. Cruz (14), L. Morrison(4), S. Smith (2) LAA-M. Joyce (1), D. Freese (5) Texas 000 000 011 2 7 0 Houston 100 000 000 1 4 0 W: K. Kela (2-1) L: C. Qualls (0-2) S: N. Feliz (3) HR: None Miami 100 000 120 4 9 0 Washington 100 000 14x 6 12 1 W: M. Grace (1-0) L: B. Morris (3-1)
W 8 12 9 6 10 8 5 5 3 3 2 2
L 2 4 3 2 4 6 6 9 8 9 8 12
World Golf Classic WGC-Cadillac Match Play TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California. Par 71, 7,127 yards. Purse: $9,250,000. Sunday’s results Quarterfinals - Single Elimination Continued match from Saturday (1) Rory McIlroy def. (37) Paul Casey, 22 holes Semifinals (1) Rory McIlroy def. (5) Jim Furyk, 1 Up (52) Gary Woodland def. (49) Danny Willett, 3 and 2 Third place match (49) Danny Willett def. (5) Jim Furyk, 3 and 2 Championship match (1) Rory McIlroy def. (52) Gary Woodland, 4 and 2 Rory McIlroy wins Championship Other results Saturday (5) Jim Furyk def. (30) Louis Oosthuizen, 4 and 2 (52) Gary Woodland def. (65) John Senden, 5 and 3 (49) Danny Willett def. (57) Tommy Fleetwood, 4 and 3 Round of 16 - Single Elimination (1) Rory McIlroy def. (16) Hideki Matsuyama, 6 and 5 (37) Paul Casey def. (38) Charl Schwartzel, 3 and 1 (5) Jim Furyk def. (12) J.B. Holmes, 5 and 3 (30) Louis Oosthuizen def. (13) Rickie Fowler, 1 Up (65) John Senden def. (32) Hunter Mahan, 2 and 1 (52) Gary Woodland def. (60) Marc Leishman, 2 and 1 (49) Danny Willett def. (27) Lee Westwood, 3 and 2 (57) Tommy Fleetwood def. (39) Branden Grace, 2 and 1
LPGA Tour Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, April 30-May 3 Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas. Par 71, 6,809 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Stacy Lewis. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Inbee Park -15 $195,000 T2 Cristie Kerr -12 $104,626 T2 Hee Young Park -12 $104,626 T4 Maria McBride -11 $61,418 T4 Lexi Thompson -11 $61,418 6 Angela Stanford -10 $44,818 T7 Juli Inkster -9 $33,310 T7 Stacy Lewis -9 $33,310 T7 Karrie Webb -9 $33,310 10 Ilhee Lee -8 $26,891 T11 Danielle Kang -7 $24,068 T11 Hyo-Joo Kim -7 $24,068 T13 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -6 $19,919 T13 Morgan Pressel -6 $19,919 T13 Sandra Gal -6 $19,919 T13 Ha Na Jang -6 $19,919 T17 Alena Sharp Hamilton, Ont. -5 $16,511 T17 Amy Yang -5 $16,511 T17 Karine Icher -5 $16,511
Web.com Tour United Leasing Championship, April 30-May 3 Victoria National Golf Club, Newburgh, Indiana. Par 72, 7,239 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Greg Owen. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Smylie Kaufman -10 $108,000 T2 Jonathan Randolph-5 $44,800 T2 Adam Long -5 $44,800 T2 Ryan Spears -5 $44,800 T5 Patton Kizzire -4 $21,900 T5 Tim Herron -4 $21,900 T5 Michael Hebert -4 $21,900 8 Steven Alker -3 $18,600 T9 Sam Love -2 $15,000 T9 Cody Gribble -2 $15,000 T9 Travis Bertoni -2 $15,000 T9 Tag Ridings -2 $15,000 T9 Tommy Gainey -2 $15,000 T14 Aaron Watkins -1 $10,500 T14 Steve Marino -1 $10,500 T14 Peter Malnati -1 $10,500 T14 Julian Etulain -1 $10,500 T18 Michael Kim E $8,700 T18 Bronson Burgoon E $8,700 Canadian golfers T26 Roger Sloan +2 $4,182 T47 Albin Choi +6 $1,730 T75 Brad Fritsch +14 $1,374
Champions Tour Insperity Invitational, May 1-3 (54 holes) The Woodlands Country Club, The Woodlands, Texas. Par 72, 7078 yards. Purse: $2,050,000. 2014 champion: Bernhard Langer. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Ian Woosnam -11 $307,500 T2 Kenny Perry -11 $164,000 T2 Tom Lehman -11 $164,000 T4 Michael Allen -10 $109,675 T4 Joe Durant -10 $109,675 T6 Duffy Waldorf -9 $77,900 T6 Mark McNulty -9 $77,900 8 Jeff Maggert -8 $65,600 T9 Stephen Ames -7 $49,200 T9 Wes Short Jr. -7 $49,200 T9 Russ Cochran -7 $49,200 T9 Woody Austin -7 $49,200 T9 Scott Dunlap -7 $49,200 T14 Colin Montgomerie -6 $35,875 T14 Tom Pernice Jr -6 $35,875 T14 Marco Dawson -6 $35,875 T14 Olin Browne -6 $35,875 T18 Esteban Toledo -5 $28,768 T18 Scott Hoch -5 $28,768 T18 Kirk Triplett -5 $28,768
Upcoming tournaments PGA The Players Championship, May 7-10 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Par 72, 7215 yards. Purse: $10,000,000. 2014 champion: Martin Kaymer.
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Sunday’s results Okanagan 16, Abbotsford 3 Okanagan 7, Abbotsford 1 Nanaimo 4, White Rock 1 Nanaimo 8, White Rock 5 Victoria Mariners 8, Coquitlam 7 Victoria Mariners 5, Coquitlam 3 Today’s schedule Langley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. North Delta at White Rock, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 7 Coquitlam at Whalley, 7 p.m. Friday, May 8 Langley at Abbotsford, 7 p.m.
No events this week. Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17 Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia. Par 71, 6,379 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Lizette Salas.
European Tour AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, May 7-10 Heritage Golf Course, Bel Ombre, Mauritius, Par 72, 7,106 yards. Purse: $1,000,000. Inaugural event.
Champions Tour No events this week. Regions Tradition, May 14-17 Shoal Creek, Alabama. Purse: $2,300,000. 2014 champion: Kenny Perry
Web.com Tour No events this week BMW Charity Pro-Am, May 14-17 Played on three courses: Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina; Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina and The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, South Carolina. Purse: $675,000.
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outh won the ace and rode the jack of spades to the queen. West attempted to cash the king of hearts but declarer ruffed and tested clubs by playing off the ace and king. The ace of diamonds was followed by a diamond ruff and the remaining trump were extracted to record two overtricks, N-S +480. Slam was a good proposition dependent upon reasonable breaks in the black suits. North’s two spade rebid intimated slam interest since he did not jump to the major suit game. South signed off at four spades since his hand was minimum, although he held prime cards. Partner’s sequence had revealed only three-card spade support. South might have made a move towards slam by continuing with a five diamond cue bid disclosing the ace. North would react positively to this action by leaping to a small slam. A diamond lead would not alter the outcome. South could win, play off the top trumps and switch to clubs relying on that suit to divide 3-2. When both defenders follow to two rounds of spades and clubs run, he loses only the trump queen. It is not easy to reach slam with a combined 25 HCP but the fit was magical without any wasted HCP. . 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.
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The road to royalty has been a bit of a bumpy ride for Queen Latifah After an honest chat as a teen with her mother, her life began to turn around LUAINE LEE TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
LOS ANGELES — Before she became royalty Queen Latifah was a troubled teen far from the kingdom she dreamed of. At 17 she found herself stranded one night in New York, with no money to get home to New Jersey. “I hopped the turnstile and went to my mom’s cousin’s house in the Bronx. I knocked on the door at 5 o’clock in the morning and asked her can I stay? I was broke and didn’t have a way to get home,” she says, seated on the rooftop of a noisy film studio in Hollywood. “I remember it was in the summertime. I came in, and the room was so peaceful and quiet, and I just slept. Then she gave me train fare and bus fare to get back to Jersey the next day.” At the time Latifah (whose real name is Dana Owens) was making poor choices, she says. “Like running in the streets, hanging out too much, being in places I didn’t need to be, doing things I didn’t need to be doing. My mom knew. She was like, ‘Where were you? What’s going on?’” When Dana arrived home her brother pulled her aside. “He said, ‘Dee, what’s the matter with you, you’re making mommy cry.’ I was like, ‘I made mommy cry?’ I had no idea my behaviour was affecting my mom like that. I was mortified.” At her mother’s insistence, they sat down for a talk. “That was the first adult, adult conversation. I was completely honest with my mother about everything that was going on in my life, everything that I was going through, things I was trying to figure out, what I was dealing with. And we made an agreement from that day on: ‘If you insist on going out, wherever it is, you call me and let me know you’re OK.’
Queen Latifah plays blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO’s ‘Bessie,’ which premieres on May 16. [TNS]
“We made that deal and it totally changed our relationship, totally changed the way the household was running, changed my level of responsibility. I realized I could make things easier for myself and my family, and it changed everything.” To this day she calls her mother. “She’s at the house right now,” she said. It wasn’t long after that talk that she began to meld her fascination with music and acting into an art form that elevated her to the ranks of hip-hop pioneers and an actress to reckon with. “I was always a little bit different because I always liked to sing,” says Latifah, who’s wearing a white V-necked Lacoste T-shirt and jeans. “And I liked jazz, and I liked reggae, and I liked rock and gospel, and I wanted to infuse all of this music
into my hip-hop rather than just rhyme over a beat. I needed to sing and rhyme so I had to constantly figure out ways to do that because a lot of people weren’t doing that at the time. . . I just found ways to make them part of the music.” She proves that talent twice over in her latest project, the biography of blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO’s Bessie, premiering May 16. The project’s been in the works for 23 years. At first it was intended to be an ambitious studio movie, she says, but it never came to fruition. Latifah hung in there, rooted out the definitive script, and collaborated with HBO. At 45, she’s built a head-spinning resume from talk-show host to Academy Award nominee. Her burgeoning singing career began in the basement of friends, and by the time she was 20, her status was escalating. But two years
later tragedy struck when her brother was killed in a motorcycle accident. “We were very close, my older brother, Lance. I was probably on my second album and I’d had some pretty good success, but people would walk up to me and say, ‘Oh, I’m sorry about your brother, may I have an autograph?’ I felt disillusioned. I felt like people don’t really care about me, all they want is an autograph. They don’t care that I’m broken right now. I can barely function, but they want their autograph,” she says. “I remember as clear as day, one day I was in one of those moods where I was just SO unhappy. I just heard — it was like God’s voice spoke to me — as if He was sitting right next to me. He said, ‘Dana, don’t throw it all away. You’re going to get through this.’ “Because I was drinking a lot. I was driving myself crazy. I would wake up, go to my mom’s house, go to my friends in the neighbourhood. We’d go to the basketball court. I’d play basketball every day just as hard as I could play, then we’d drink or smoke weed. I was numbing myself, but at the same time, I couldn’t sit still. I had to be near my mom, make sure she was OK, but I couldn’t sit still.” That voice resuscitated her. She forced herself to move on. “Life to me is not like one thing happens, and it just stays that way,” she nods. “To me self-confidence requires maintenance. You’re not just confident constantly, you have to do things to lift yourself up and build your spirit up and receive positive vibes. I don’t know anyone who’s constantly confident. Sometimes giving and doing for other people makes you feel more positive inside, getting out of your own head, and worrying about someone else.”
LITERATURE
Mark Twain letters date to his newspaper work JANIE HAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco. In the letters, the man who would write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel,
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, likened the city’s police chief to a dog chasing its tail and accused city government of rascality. Some of the letters carried his flair for embellishment and may not be entirely true. “This is a very special period in his life, when he’s out here in San Francisco,” said Bob Hirst, general editor of the Mark Twain Project on the Berkeley campus.
“He’s utterly free, he’s not encumbered by a marriage or much of anything else, and he can speak his mind and does speak his mind. These things are wonderful to read, the ones that survived.” Twain was likely 29 years old when he started filing neardaily columns for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1865.
Many of the letters were in back issues lost to fires, but Twain scholars picked through archives of other Western U.S. newspapers for copies. They have found about 110 columns written in 1865 and 1866. In one letter, Twain gives detailed dialogue between two gold speculators trapped in a shaft, clinging to rope tied to an old horse named Cotton.
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‘Dances with Wolves’ author dies at 69 ASTRID GALVAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUCSON, Ariz. — Michael Blake, the writer whose novel Dances With Wolves became a major hit movie and earned him an Academy Award for the screenplay, has died. Blake, 69, died Saturday in Tucson, Ariz., of cancer, his business partner, Daniel Ostroff, said. Blake, who wrote several novels, is best known for Dances With Wolves, which he wrote while broke at the urging of his longtime friend, the actor Kevin Costner. Dances With Wolves, a Civil War epic about Army lieutenant who befriends a Native American tribe, won seven Academy Awards, including one for Blake for best adapted screenplay. Despite his success, Blake was a humble man who passionately advocated for many causes, including literacy, Native American history and the disappearing of wild horses in the West, said his wife, Marianne Mortensen Blake. “Well, he was probably one of the most generous people I’ve ever met. He was definitely one of the toughest guys I’ve ever met,” Mortensen Blake said. Blake was born in North Carolina and lived with his family in Texas before settling in southern California. He attended the University of New Mexico, but he left before graduating. The university now has an archive of his work at the student newspaper and other writings, Ostroff said. Dances With Wolves came at the urging of Costner, whom Blake befriended when he was a relatively unknown actor. Blake spent the next several years living out his car and on friends’ couches while he wrote the novel that would become one of the most successful and well-received movies of the decade.
DIVERSIONS/ENTERTAINMENT HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) One-on-one relating will help you develop a new way of thinking. Your insight might give you a few minutes of pause, but then you probably will decide to test it and act on it. A well-meaning person in your life will express openness to your ideas. Tonight: Take in a movie. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Defer to others, listen to what is being shared. Be open to what is happening to a loved one. This person might share an experience with a great amount of detail. Expenses could run high if you are not careful about your choices. Tonight: Togetherness works. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Defer to others, and know full well what needs to happen. Your ability to understand what is happening within your immediate circle makes you popular. As much as you enjoy socializing, you
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still will have to accomplish a certain task. Tonight: Go along with a request. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your creativity has an opportunity for a tune-up, especially revolving around a day-to-day matter. Given some time, you will be able to solve the issue. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll teach others indirectly that there is no such word as â&#x20AC;&#x153;impossible.â&#x20AC;? Tonight: Work till the wee hours. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) No matter what you do, you cannot escape an obligation. Handle this responsibility, and you will feel more upbeat than you have in a while. Nevertheless, be aware that someone you respect might be observing you closely, and for good reason. Tonight: At home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You can make only a certain amount of change without having a discussion with a key family member. Note that you are capable of changing your mind at the last minute. Honor what is happening within you, and have a
discussion with a trusted friend. Tonight: Out late. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be concerned with your finances and stability, but right now you need to act quickly in a separate matter. Look to making a change in the near future regarding your perspective. Your mood starts becoming more upbeat. Tonight: Wherever you want to be. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Evaluate a money matter more carefully than you have in the past. Your knowledge of what needs to happen could change after a discussion with a close friend who understands money issues better than you do. Oneon-one relating points to the right path. Tonight: Say â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes.â&#x20AC;? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You wake up feeling better than you have felt in a while. You could be quite serious, as you have a lot to handle. Someone who cares a lot about you, and who normally is easygoing, could cause some dis-
ruption. Tonight: Take charge and act on a personal matter. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You seem to be past the point of no return with a personal matter. Why not go straight to the source of the issue? You could be extremely tired and withdrawn. How you handle a personal matter might vary considerably. Think before you act. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be taken aback by an opportunity to change direction and create more of what you want. Your nerves seem to directly reflect the anxiety of breaking a pattern that you generally donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a problem with. Remain secure in your choices. Tonight: Be whimsical. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) How you deal with a personal matter could change substantially if you just relax and work with the moment. You tend to make a lot of judgments ahead of time that do not hold. Be more direct with
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Talk to a lawyer to determine options as you consider what to leave your daughter in your will Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox Dear Annie: I am an 83-year-old widow in good health. My daughter lives about two hours away. She is 50 and well educated and has been in a long-term relationship with an older retired man. She does a lot of care-giving for him and his family members. Three years ago, my daughter lost her job during an economic downturn and has made no attempt to find other employment. I have been giving her money every month and paid for a course in massage therapy, but she has not attempted to find a job in that field.
She received insurance money to repair her home when it flooded over the winter, but she hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done the repairs. Instead, she camps out at her boyfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartment. When I ask, she will come help me with certain things. She is my only child, and there are no other close relatives. I am not wealthy, but am comfortable. My daughter will inherit trust money and my house when I die, and this bothers me. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want what my husband and I worked and planned for to eventually go to her boyfriend and his family. I am thinking of changing the trust, leaving her a fixed amount and giving the rest to a charity. Are there other alternatives? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A. Dear A.: There are always alternatives. You could leave your daughter the house and trust only under certain conditions, in order to exclude the boyfriend and his family, although that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily change
how your daughter chooses to live her life. But there is also nothing wrong with giving some (or all) of your money to a charity that would appreciate it. Please talk to an estate attorney, who will help you figure out the various possibilities and put them in writing. Dear Annie: I need to know whether I was out of line. My husband and I have been friends with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nancyâ&#x20AC;? for years. Last Christmas, she sent us pajamas as a gift. I called her and left a message saying we have never worn pajamas, and not only that, but I am not a size 3x. I wrote her a note and told her I returned the pajamas for something I like better. We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard from her or her husband since. Was I improper? Is this a reason to end a long friendship? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C. Dear C.: When someone gives you a gift, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell them
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you dislike it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the wrong size, you never wear such things or that you had to return it. It sounds rude and ungrateful, and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe you intended to come across that way. Instead, you simply say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you for your thoughtfulness. It was kind of you to remember us.â&#x20AC;? And then you get to do whatever you like with the gift. If you value this friendship and want to mend fences, call or write Nancy. Say that you are terribly sorry to have been so ill mannered when thanking them for their gift, and you hope they will forgive you. We hope they will, too. Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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a higher-up or an older associate. Tonight: Be in the moment. YOUR BIRTHDAY (May 5) This year you open up to a multitude of possibilities. Taking risks happens more naturally for you than it has in the past. Your sense of humor emerges more often than not, allowing you to gain a unique perspective. Others are drawn to you. If you are single, a relationship could make a big difference in what goes on. A special person might enter your life as soon as September or as late as mid-2016. If you are attached, the two of you open up to a more dynamic bond. Often there are serious moments and discussions involved. Be sensitive and caring with each other. SAGITTARIUS has a way of bottom-lining issues. BORN TODAY Singer/songwriter Adele (1988), actor Henry Cavill (1983), philosopher Karl Marx (1818)
Charlotte is new princess THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a name that immediately evokes royal history: Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, on Monday announced the name they picked for the newborn princess, a choice seen as a tribute to both Prince Williamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents and grandmother, the Queen, as well as a link to Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family. The princess, the second child of William and Kate, will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, royal officials said. Her birth marks a new chapter for William and Kate, widely seen as the monarchyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most modern, popular couple, but the names they picked are firmly rooted in royal tradition. Charlotte, the feminine form of Charles, appears to be a nod to the newbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather, Prince Charles. The babyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s middle names honour the Queen, the infantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 89-year-old great-grandmother, and Diana, the late Princess of Wales.
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LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Folk singer Joni Mitchell may be released from the hospital soon but still cannot confer with doctors about her medical care or long-term treatment, an attorney told a judge on Monday. The assessment by attorney Alan Watenmaker compelled a judge to place the singer-songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime friend in charge of health care decisions for Mitchell. Superior Court Judge David S. Cunningham III appointed Leslie Morris, Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend for more than 40 years, as the singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conservator during a brief hearing Monday. Morris will now be
able to confer with doctors and make decisions about Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treatment and lifestyle when she leaves a Los Angeles hospital. An attorney appointed to represent Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests agreed that Morris should receive emergency conservatorship authority. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe that it is very necessary,â&#x20AC;? Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court-appointed attorney Rebecca Thyne told Cunningham. Mitchell, 71, has been hospitalized since March 31 for undisclosed reasons. No further information about Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health or prognosis was discussed during Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearing, and Watenmaker declined comment after the proceedings. The eight-time Grammy winner has no relatives
who can serve as her conservator, which led to Morris filing a petition last week stating that her friend was unconscious and unable to make decisions about her care. A message posted on Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official website, however, stated that the singer was alert and is expected to make a full recovery. The conflicting information was not addressed at Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court hearing. Morris will not have any control over Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances. In addition to Grammy Awards, Mitchell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Her 1970 album, Ladies of the Canyon, featured the hit single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Yellow Taxiâ&#x20AC;? and the era-defining song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woodstock.â&#x20AC;?
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