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Speaking Out Former RCMP officer Alice Clark has written a book she hopes will help others who have experienced sexual harassment

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Long, hot summer on its way ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Alice Clark now lives in Nanaimo. She has authored a new book, ‘Blush of the Scarlet’ to help those dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace and elsewhere.

[JULIE CHADWICK/DAILY NEWS]

Author plans to offer workshops and other talks

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or years Alice Clark has struggled to take ownership of her story, but after meeting many other women with similar experiences over the years, she realized she had something to give back.

Throughout the 1980s, Clark experienced sexual harassment at the hands of her coworkers and supervisors while working as an RCMP officer in Red Deer, Alta. By 1993, she had sued the force and was awarded $93,000 in damages the following year in a landmark case that served to change the law around how sexual harassment cases are handled in Canada.

Now the Nanaimo resident has authored a book, Blush of the Scarlet, which she hopes can help people facing similar situations of harassment in the workplace and elsewhere.

“How it changed the law was that before, sexual harassment was not considered a tort, which » Use your smartphone to jump to our website for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.

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is a personal wrong, in civil they’d tell me what was going law. Back then in the late ’80s on and I would suggest things to and early ’90s it was racism and them, like ‘This is what you can human rights. Sexual harassdo to empower yourself in a situment hadn’t even come to the ation where you feel you have forefront yet,” said Clark. “So no power.’ Even though each what that did was make story is unique, there it a tort, a personal was a common thread wrong, where it never throughout them,” said existed before.”

Clark. “So I decided After she left the force ‘maybe I need to write a in 1987, Clark moved book.’” to Nanaimo and began Primarily a self-help work with the provinbook that offers a sercial government. She ies of seven tools on continued to encounter how to work through a numerous women with situation of harassment, Julie stories of workplace Clark will also provide bullying and harassment Chadwick some details of her own that were similar to hers. Reporting case.

Though the people From being sexually she spoke with had no propositioned, grabbed, idea what she had expericalled a ‘butch,’ told she enced, Clark realized she had a was a waste of a uniform to havlot of advice to offer on how to ing a pair of plastic breasts taped deal with the issue. to her work station, Clark said “As women over the years came even after she transferred to a to me, not knowing who I was, I station in Beaverlodge, the bullywould sit down with them and ing continued from Red Deer.

The motivation in writing the book is simply a desire to help others, said Clark, who until now has been reluctant to speak publicly about her case.

However in advance of the book’s August release, Clark said she now plans to approach educational institutes and women’s centres to offer workshops and talks on the issue of workplace and sexual harassment and bullying.

“I grew out of that situation to become a better person and I know other people can, too,” said Clark.

“They just need the tools and guidance to do that.”

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The Nanaimo area is in for a long, hot summer.

Environment Canada is calling for a hotter and drier summer than usual for British Columbians, due to warmer water in the Pacific Ocean.

It’s because of something called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, an El Niño-like pattern of oceanatmosphere climate variability in the Pacific Ocean.

Meteorologist Lisa Coldwells said as a result, there is a very high probability that local temperatures are going to be above normal for the next three months. She said all of B.C. is being affected by the PDO, with the highest probability of warmer temperatures along the coast and in the mid-to-southern interior of the province.

Forest fire-fighting crews across Vancouver Island are now preparing for the fire season and several teams were in Qualicum Beach Wednesday practising hover-exits from helicopters.

So far, the fire risk in the midIsland region is considered low and no fire bans have been enacted to date by the Coastal Fire Centre. Donna McPherson, a spokeswoman for the CFC, said the coastal region is different from other areas of the province in regards to fire risks after a snowless winter. She said in other areas that usually have a lot of snow during their winter season but don’t, like in many places in B.C. this year, the grass that is typically under the snow for much of the winter is drier and much more of a fire hazard in the warmer months.

But she said the rains over much of the Island this winter kept the coastal areas green and wet, meaning there’s no need to implement a fire ban at this time.

McPherson said the amount of fire activity in the coastal region each summer season depends on the amount of rain that occurs in June before the hot and dry period of summer begins.

“We’ll have to wait and see what this season brings,” she said. “Our advice to people with campfires at any time of the year is if they are not sitting right next to it, make sure that it is out and cold to the touch.”

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 3-6 p.m. Island Roots Farmers Market.

Support local growers, producers and artisans year-round. Pleasant Valley Hall, 6100 Dumont Rd. 7 p.m. Nanaimo Quilters’ Guild monthly meeting at Nanaimo Curling Club, 106 Wall Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Guests welcome. Elections for the coming year, and view and vote on this year’s challenge entries. See www. islandquilters.ca for information.

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FRIDAY, MAY 22 7:30 p.m. I am Woman, Hear Me Laff fundraiser for Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, at Cowichan Performing Arts Centre.

Tickets $27/$23 available at the Cowichan Ticket Centre, 2687 James St. Duncan or 250-748-7529 or cowichanpac.ca.

SATURDAY, MAY 23 10 a.m. to 3 p. m. Family Garden Days and Big Organic Plant Sale runs Saturday and Sunday with face painting, balloon animal’s kid’s crafts and live music, Saturday only. 271 Pine St. 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Nanoose Garden Club’s, annual plant sale, Nanoose Library Centre, Northwest Bay Road. Vegetables, Heritage Tomatoes and Perennials. Nanoose Library Fundraiser inside the hall. Info. Loraine 250-468-9749.

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2:30 p.m. Island Soul Choir and Vancouver’s Rhythm’n Roots jointly present Lift Up Your Voice at the Port Theatre.

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FRIDAY, MAY 29 7 p.m. My Father and the Man in Black, Fundraiser for the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society. Malaspina Theatre, VIU Building 310. Tickets $25, $30 after May 15, porttheatre.com SATURDAY, MAY 30

2 p.m. Howie James and the Howlettes perform at Country Club Centre.

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12:30-5 p.m. Acrylic Painting: Florals and Still Life Art Lab workshops are at 150 Commercial St. through the City of Nanaimo. Register at ireg.nanaimo.ca or call 250-756-5200, quote registration code 135938. $80 plus GST: All supplies included Instructor: Patricia Banks

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Young entrepreneurs offered aid Students with ‘great ideas’ can apply for no-cost co-op work spaces with provided extra support ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

The SquareOne incubator centre for new technology companies is offering a hand to young entrepreneurs from Vancouver Island University.

Kelsey Wolff, SquareOne’s community manager, said VIU students with “great ideas” for launching a business or starting a new enterprise can apply for no-cost co-op work spaces that have been made available through a new partnership between VIU and SquareOne. She said three work spaces will

be offered to students who successfully apply to SquareOne, located on Victoria Crescent, with details about their ideas.

Wolff said the successful applicants will be given a workspace at no charge that includes a desk, chair, filing cabinet, wireless and hardwired Internet service, as well as access to printing, scanning and fax machines.

She said students will also find a supportive environment, valuable business resources, and a great network of like-minded individuals working on ideas and sharing expertise.

“SquareOne is a great space to connect to community, grow your network, and collaborate with other out-of-the-box thinkers,” Wolff said. “VIU students who participate will really see their ideas transform. The students will have access to their work spaces until their objectives have been met or they are no longer students. It’s a pilot project at this stage and if it runs well, we plan to continue.”

SquareOne, a partnership between Innovation Island and the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation, typically

rents its work spaces for approximately $350 per month Dave Witty, the provost and vice-president of academics at VIU, said the university is committed to community partnerships and engagement, such as working with SquareOne. “This opportunity to collaborate with SquareOne provides access to students who have great business ideas, while removing financial barriers to student entrepreneurs,” he said.

The idea to pursue a partnership with VIU came about last fall when VIU and members of

the local business community held the first-ever VIU student business plan competition.

The competition attracted more than 30 student entries, and concluded with a spirited ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ pitchfest to determine winners.

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WHY NANAIMO? A look at why people choose to make the Harbour City home

Couple knew they would move to Nanaimo Aaron Hinks Reporting

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ver since Lisa and Ron Trites visited Nanaimo in 1997, they knew that one day they would call the Harbour City home. Lisa’s mother, Linda Dixon, recently retired from owning and operating Dixie’s Thrift Store, located at 499 Seventh St., and turned the keys over to Lisa and Ron. The couple and their son, Blake, moved to Nanaimo last month from Mississauga, Ont., and have been running the thrift store since the beginning of May. What drew you to Nanaimo?

It’s such a beautiful place, people are friendly, the laid-back atmosphere and just the scenery, it’s God’s country.

What challenges have you faced?

There haven’t been any. One challenge was finding a place to rent with two dogs.

How are you integrating into the community and what do you bring to Nanaimo?

My mom had Dixie’s Thrift Store established, we’re still keeping prices the same and we’re here to help the community, help each other.

I had a young lady in here last week and found a dress for her wedding.

She didn’t have enough for it; it was priced at $6. We said: ‘You know what? Just take it. Next time you’re passing just stop in.’

We’re not going to crush somebody for a $6 dress.

We have an easy-going nature, to be here with people that are the same; it just makes for an easy lifestyle.

Ron and Lisa Trites pictured at Dixie’s Thrift Store.

Everybody is donating his or her stuff to us. So you know what, we’re not going to jack up prices or anything, we’re trying to help the less fortunate.

What’s the most underrated thing in/about Nanaimo, from your point of view?

People take for granted that everywhere you look there is a beautiful view. You know what

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we’re finding as well; we’re discovering a place all the time. We live over on Brechin Hill and we walked across the street with the dogs and found a waterfall.

Lisa’s brother moved to the Island when he was little in 1997.

We’re telling him about these places and he had no idea. We took him to some spots and he was just caught off-guard. The scenery, wilderness, it’s endless.

Our son, Blake, is used to living in the city, but we went down to Rathtrevor Beach and he was like a little kid again.

If you could make one change to Nanaimo, what would it be?

I’m thinking about all the blind spots at stop signs.

We’ve noticed that there are stop signs where you need to pull out a bit to see the other side of

bushes. One bad intersection off the top of my head is Pine Street and Albert Street.

But for the most part, we haven’t been here long enough; we’re having a hard time thinking of something that we would want to change.

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Regional district move aimed at improving fire safety ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS

The Regional District of Nanaimo board has voted unanimously for an automatic response agreement involving three groups, designed to improve fire safety.

The agreement involves the Cranberry Fire Protection District, the North Cedar Improve-

ment District and the RDN for coverage in Cassidy-Waterloo, Cedar-Yellow Point, South Wellington and Cranberry. It means that once a structure fire occurs in any of those areas, both the CFPD and NCID will be required to attend the scene immediately.

The agreement overrules the mutual aid agreement that the two groups currently have in

place, which sees one group attend and then call for extra help if needed.

“The concept is ‘if I help you then you will help me’” said RDN director of finance Wendy Idema.

“The intent is for North Cedar and Cranberry to help each other as particularly with volunteer fire groups, they have people who are at work through the day

with their regular jobs so this way there is more there to help.”

The mutual aid agreement still remains in place and applies to all other fire cases aside from structure fires.

The RDN also has an agreement in place with the CFPD for providing manpower to the Cassidy-Waterloo area and the RDN-owned fire hall on

Hallberg Road.

RDN staff also said the agreement assists the incident commander at an event in the sense that it will mean “one less decision to make” in the response to a structure fire.

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Senate should pass Chong’s Reform Act

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anadians’ opinions of the Senate have been critical for some time, even before the expense scandal that has been dominating headlines.

The low esteem in which the Senate is now held certainly won’t be helped by the Upper House trying to stifle popular legislation — passed overwhelmingly in the Commons with allparty support — to re-balance the powers of MPs and party leaders.

Tory backbencher Ontario MP Michael Chong’s Reform Act cleared third reading in the Commons in February by a 270 to 16 vote and was sent to the Senate.

Chong explained his intent in late 2013 when he first introduced his private member’s bill.

Senators know if they kill this bill, odds are that another will not make its way to them again anytime soon. Chong has called on the Senate to quit stalling.

He wanted to give MPs, the people directly elected to represent their constituents, more relevance and clout, although he acknowledged party leaders would still wield enormous power.

The legislation has been wat-

ered down from its original version.

But it would still represent an improvement over the current situation in Parliament, where MPs, fearful of party discipline, largely bark on command.

For example, Chong’s bill would, among other changes, give caucuses the option of allowing 20 per cent of a party’s MPs to be able to trigger leadership reviews.

But opposition to the bill within the Senate is now threatening to stall progress on the Reform Act until the Upper House breaks for summer at the end of June.

That would effectively kill the legislation, as Parliament is not expected to reconvene before the fall election.

A number of senators say they’re worried the bill takes power away from grassroots party supporters.

They want senators included in any caucus vote triggering a leadership review.

By definition, however, a leadership review gets decided by the party’s grassroots.

And Chong’s bill concerns MPs, those directly elected, not senators, some of whom might have been appointed to their positions by a leader facing possible review.

Liberal senator Joan Fraser, her party’s critic on the bill, says she shares Chong’s concerns.

Her solution, however, would be for MPs and senators to simply do their jobs — considering the public interest and not bending

to party leaders’ demands.

With respect, Chong’s bill came forward precisely because — despite many calls over the years similar to the senator’s — that wasn’t happening.

Senators know if they kill this bill, odds are that another will not make its way to them again anytime soon.

Chong has called on the Senate to quit stalling.

“My view is that the Senate needs to do its job,” he told The Huffington Post last week.

“Respect the wishes of the House of Commons and pass the bill before the end of June.”

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Kind gesture from woman is appreciated Last Friday, my wife and I were walking swiftly from our residence on Cypress to catch the 12:30 ferry to Vancouver.

Unfortunately for me, I realized that I had forgotten my overnight kit and so hurried back to pack it while my wife continued hurrying down Stewart Avenue toward the ferry terminal, with suitcase in tow.

When I returned to the sidewalk I realized that I had less than 15 minutes to purchase tickets and broke into an awkward run with my suitcase on my shoulder.

Imagine my surprise and relief when a lady driving a light-coloured SUV with her two young grandchildren in car seats in the back pulled up beside me and asked if I was late for the ferry and whether I needed a lift.

I gratefully accepted and we drove off towards the ferry terminal.

Just when we got to the lights across from the terminal parking, we saw my wife waiting for the lights. As she couldn’t get in the back between the two grandchildren, the lady offered to get me to the terminal so I could buy the two

tickets, saying that we’d likely get there on time.

I thanked this wonderful lady profusely and went in to buy the tickets, and when I went to the entrance of the terminal to check on my wife’s progress, she appeared at the door and told me that this same person had circled around to pick her up after dropping me off. It seems rare that someone steps forward like this to help strangers in need.

Unfortunately, in our haste to get the ferry, we neglected to get her name or note her licence plate number. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to this kind lady. The world is a richer place with people like her.

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Absence of May Queen from parade was notable I saw the May parade on Saturday.

Just one question: Where was the May Queen and her party?

Don’t tell me that is another lengthy Nanaimo tradition that has been axed by the PC Police (aka city council)? Who did that

hurt? I can only imagine how disappointed the children were at the school whose turn it was this year.

Our Nanaimo Concert Band, the oldest of its kind in Canada, was also conspicuous by its absence. I wonder who they offended?

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Derelict vessels proposal is ‘unjust, irresponsible’ Re: ‘Mulcair speaks out on derelict vessels issue’ (Daily News, May 15) The federal NDP’s proposed Derelict Vessel Act is unnecessary, unjust and irresponsible.

The Act is unnecessary because other harbours, such as Nanaimo, successfully manage the derelict vessel problem without it.

It is unjust because it penalizes responsible citizens. If your neighbour abandons his junk car in front of your house, you are not responsible to pay to remove it.

Yet if your neighbour abandons his boat in Ladysmith Harbour, the NDP wants you to pay to clean up his mess.

The article reveals how the NDP

perpetuates irresponsibility: Retiring NPD MP Jean Crowder blames the Conservative Party for her own failure to solve the problem, but has a scheme to spend more taxpayers’ money.

National leader Thomas Mulcair claims the NDP legislation protects Canadians. It does protect irresponsible boaters, but at the expense of responsible working Canadians.

Candidate Sheila Malcolmson saw the loss of millions in assessed property values on Gabriola Island during four years as an Islands trustee. Now she wants to represent homeowners in Nanaimo-Ladysmith.

The recently combined Nanaimo -Ladysmith riding needs a responsible, practical MP working for us in the government, not someone floundering in the Opposition.

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ed-legged tree frogs and wandering salamanders, species that are considered “special concerns” in the province, were among the many varieties of frogs, toads, newts and other species being catalogued in an area known as the Lantzville forest.

Nanaimo amphibian biologist Elke Wind conducted the two-day study of the 244-hectare largely forested area in Upper Lantzville last week, on behalf of a group of concerned neighbours who want to save the area from logging.

The land, known as Lot 1475, is an area of public property that is designated as a wood lot by the province and is currently leased to a logging company.

But the land has a well-estab-

Nanaimo amphibian biologist Elke Wind, centre, shows critters found in the waterways of the Lantzville forest to a group of local children. The youngsters, from left, are Scarlet Schwarz, Nicole Saunders, Megan Saunders and Lucinda Gullison. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

lished trail system that is used by many in the community for recreational purposes, and is

located within the Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystem, one of the most endangered ecosystems in

the province.

And, as Wind’s study is discovering, it is also home to a wide variety of species of animals, amphibians and bugs.

Niels Schwarz and others in the community set up a website, savelantzvilleforest.com, in an effort to petition the government to have the land redesignated as a Wildlife Protection Area.

Schwarz said hundreds of people have signed on to support the cause on the website, and this week’s study by Wind comes after a similar study was recently completed on the trees in the forest.

“We’re sharing these studies with the government and attempting to set up a meeting with (Minister of Lands, Forests and Natural Resources) Steve Thomson to reconsider the current land designation,” he said.

“The Lantzville forest is located in a residential area with more than 100,000 people living within 20 kilometres so it is, and will increasingly be, visited by a lot of people.”

Schwarz said the group has no problems with the logging industry and recognizes its importance to the province, but the economic benefits from logging the lot would be “modest” compared to the loss of the property’s ecological and recreational values if logging continues there.

“We would like to see the loggers compensated for the loss of the property if we’re successful in having it redesignated as a Wildlife Protection Area,” Schwarz said.

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Pacific Coast Waste Management will be holding a drop-off day by donation on Saturday (May 23), with all proceeds going to the Haven Society of Nanaimo.

Gord Medves, a spokesman for PCWM, said wood waste, yard waste and brush will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at its wood waste recycle facility on Biggs Pit Road.

He said a fee is usually charged for the service, but the company chose to hold a fundraiser to assist the Haven Society, which provides a shelter for

women and children in the city. Medves said PCWM makes it a point to “give back” to the community whenever it can, and it was determined that the Haven Society was a worthy cause to support.

“PCWM also helped the Haven Society with site preparation when they were building their new facility on Labieux Road,” he said.

“Our support for the Haven Society is in recognition of the great work they do.”

Anne Taylor, executive director of the Haven Society, said such community fundraisers to help

support the work of her organization are “vital.”

“Our funding from government has not increased in years so it’s a constant challenge for us to meet the growing demands with our limited resources,” she said.

To find PCWM’s wood waste recycle facility, follow the signs that will be posted on May 23 at the junction of Biggs Pit and Jingle Pot roads, and past the Brannen Lake camp grounds. » We want to hear from you.

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Canada, Mexico win final round in battle versus U.S. Appeal over meat-labelling rule could pave the way for retaliatory sanctions THE CANADIAN PRESS

WASHINGTON — Canada and Mexico have defeated the United States’ meat-labelling rules at the World Trade Organization, winning a final appeal that could pave the way to retaliatory sanctions.

If the U.S. wants to avoid a broader trade war, Monday’s decision means it might have to drop its insistence on special grocery-store labels that identify meat by its country of origin.

Failure to fix the meat-labelling requirement could lead to tariffs on a wide range of U.S. products, including wine, chocolate, cereal and frozen orange juice.

“Today is an incredibly important and historic day for Canada’s cattle industry,” Dave Solverson, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said after

“Today is an incredibly important and historic day for Canada’s cattle industry.”

Dave Solverson, president, CCA

Monday’s decision.

The body upheld previous rulings that the U.S. has violated international trade law with a requirement that meat be identified by where it was raised and slaughtered. Proponents of those labels argued that customers have the right to know where their food comes from. Canada and Mexico countered, however, that it was actually a protectionist measure designed to keep foreign meat off the grocery shelves while offering no benefit for

food safety. Livestock producers also said the requirement created costly overhead, and logistical problems for an integrated industry where animals might cross the border multiple times.

The measure was blamed for a drastic decline in meat exports to the U.S. in recent years, and the other North American countries repeatedly threatened to retaliate if successful at the WTO. That moment has arrived.

The U.S. is now left with two options according to the Canadian and Mexican governments: Fix the law, or suffer punitive tariffs on a range of goods.

The Canadian government said it will now prepare an application to the WTO for punitive measures. The process involves setting a dollar value on the retaliation, and identifying targeted goods for tariffs.

The federal government estimates the U.S. legislation costs the Canadian pork and beef industries about $1 billion annually. The retaliatory measures, if imposed, could set tariffs at a similar amount.

Canada has already announced possible targets for a 100 per cent surtax. The choices were intended to single out states where lawmakers supported the meat-labelling requirements.

The preliminary list released

by Canada suggests a couple of main targets: California and Pennsylvania.

Wine, frozen orange juice, chocolate, ketchup, pasta, cereals — stats show Canadians import hundreds of millions of some of those products from the U.S. each year, and California or Pennsylvania are key producers of almost every single one.

INTERNATIONAL

Police on alert following biker gang shootout THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WACO, Texas — Police were on alert Monday for any retaliatory attacks after a chaotic shootout between rival biker gangs left nine people dead and at least 18 more wounded outside a Texas restaurant.

Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said authorities had received threats against law

enforcement “throughout the night” from biker groups and stood ready to confront any more violence resulting from Sunday’s gunfire.

“We have a contingency plan to deal with those individuals if they try to cause trouble here,” Swanton said at a news conference.

About 170 people were arrested on charges of engaging in organ-

ized crime. Earlier, Swanton said 192 people had been arrested but later revised that number downward.

The shootout erupted shortly after noon at a busy shopping where members of at least five rival gangs had gathered for a meeting, Swanton said.

Preliminary findings indicate a dispute broke out in a bathroom and escalated to include knives

and guns. The fight eventually spilled into the restaurant parking lot.

“I was amazed that we didn’t have innocent civilians killed or injured,” Swanton said.

The interior of the restaurant was littered with bullet casings, knives, bodies and pools of blood, he said.

Authorities were processing the evidence at the scene.

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Eager beaver walks into hardware store A beaver walked into an Alaska hardware store on Friday, but couldn’t find anything for his lodge.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the beaver triggered the automatic doors and walked into Lowe’s about 7 a.m. on Friday morning.

Employees trapped the beaver with a cardboard box in the plumbing department.

A state wildlife biologist was called.

Ton Hollis says he’s used to wake-up calls about “a bear in town or an ornery moose or something, but this was a little different.”

Hollis released the beaver into the Tanana River, far enough from town where it won’t be a nuisance.

Lowe’s assistant manager Adam Vanhoveln says the beaver didn’t cause too much of a commotion, and it didn’t reach the lumber department.

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Young man stabbed by ‘about 10’ suspects Toronto police say a man is his 20s is in serious condition after being stabbed by about 10 people in the northeast area of the city.

Police responded to the incident at about 8 p.m. Sunday (near Don Mills Rd. and St. Dennis Dr.) and found the injured victim on the street.

They say about 10 people were involved in the stabbing, but it is not known if the attack was random and police are not classifying it as a swarming.

The man is in hospital in serious but non-life-threatening condition and police say he is expected to survive.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ll swing from one position to another with obvious mood changes. Recognize that you are lucky, so it would be wise to pursue a major change. You’ll have a lot going for you as long as you don’t act erratically.

Tonight: Speak your mind, but be diplomatic.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your more possessive side emerges when having a discussion about funds and long-term financial directions. You will gain insight into your motives, as well as others’, by heading in a certain direction. You might have a lot to integrate. Tonight: Be reasonable with spending.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You seem to be easygoing despite a disruptive element that runs through your plans.

Honor your obligations. You can cover only so much ground.

The unexpected occurs when you least expect it. Be open to accepting an offer from a friend.

Tonight: Visit with a pal.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your instincts will guide you in a new direction. Take charge, and be as effective as possible.

If your emotions seem out of control, step back and handle an important matter that could help you calm down. You can’t count on others’ reactions. Tonight: Not to be found.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’ll be in your element when surrounded by friends who are asking what needs to be done.

You exude confidence, and as a result, a meeting will work out in your favor. News from a distance opens you up to new possibilities.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could feel as if you don’t have a choice, as you might be pressured by a boss. You will do what is needed. Your ingenuity is likely to emerge and help you accept disruption as part of the plan, which will keep your schedule intact. Tonight: A must appearance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Keep reaching out to someone at a distance. Though the conversation could be void of intense words of affection, the caring will be evident. You might be shocked by someone else’s response. Do some thinking about what you have heard.

Tonight: Daydream time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Deal with someone directly.

You could be tired of seeing

a situation in a certain light.

Laughter and caring are the natural outcomes of being more relaxed and detached. Your creativity will prove to be enormously healing. Tonight: Revise a decision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be in a position where you’ll have to make a decision that you would prefer not to make. Detach and talk to people who know more about the situation than you do. Try not to act impulsively, as someone else involved could be very reactive.

Tonight: Let go of problems.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Pace yourself. Be sure to make time for a loved one. You are easygoing and will be willing to make an adjustment. An unexpected twist could take you in a new direction. A personal matter is likely to steal center stage. Tonight: Head to the gym or walk the dog.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your perspective could be changing, even though it might not yet be outwardly expressed.

Unexpected news or an off-thewall comment could ground you and bring you back to the here and now. Use caution with financial dealings. Tonight: Time for fun and games.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You have been going through a lot lately. You might be feeling a bit off-kilter. Tension seems to be building around your personal life. Zero in on what is important to you. Don’t sell yourself short.

You have what it takes to deal with a problem. Tonight: Lie low.

MUSIC

Taylor Swift makes history at Billboard Music Awards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift had a historic night at the Billboard Music Awards: The pop star is the most decorated artist in the show’s history with 20 wins, beating Garth Brooks’ 19-win record.

She won eight awards Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, including top artist, and also opened the show with the premiere of her action-filled, star-studded music video for “Bad Blood.”

“It’s unbelievable that the fans went out and proved what they proved this year, and that’s the only reason I won eight awards,” Swift said in an interview with The Associated Press follow-

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top female artist and Billboard 200 album for “1989.” She sat in the audience with some of her “Bad Blood” co-stars as well as rumoured boyfriend Calvin Harris. Swift kissed the DJ-producersinger on the cheek and gave him a hug after winning her awards.

“I’m happy right now that it all was pulled off without a hitch,” an excited Swift said in the AP interview about her new video. “I can’t believe it didn’t leak. I can’t believe the Kendrick version of the song didn’t leak.

“Right now I am just taking the biggest sigh of relief that the fans got to experience it the way I wanted them to experience it, which was a full element of surprise.”

Don’t put up with verbal abuse nor will he believe anything he reads that contradicts his impressions. How do I keep my sanity and stop these fights?

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YOUR BIRTHDAY (May 19) This year your creativity emerges, but it often could cause you to go to extremes. Curbing impulsiveness might be difficult with friends cheering you on! Be aware of a tendency to be possessive or to feel as if others possess you; those feelings point to insecurity. If you are single, you will meet someone who could have a strong influence on your life.

This person will be very meaningful to your life’s history. If you are attached, the two of you might be quite involved with the quality of your domestic life. Romance builds after summer. GEMINI does not view life from your perspective, so getting along might be challenging.

ing her wins. “Is it eight? Did I win eight awards?” she asked excitedly.

“Yeah, sick.”

Swift’s video opened with her and Selena Gomez fighting men in an office and then fighting each other. It ended with Swift’s and Gomez’s armies going head to head. Other stars in the clip included Mariska Hargitay, Ellen Pompeo, Jessica Alba and Ellie Goulding, and Hayley Williams of Paramore.

Swift swapped her first two verses with new ones from rapper Kendrick Lamar for “Bad Blood,” a song rumoured to be about Swift’s friendship with Katy Perry.

Swift’s other wins included

Dear Annie: I have been with “Joe” since his wife died nine years ago. The problem is, we have different styles of communication.

At first, it wasn’t too bad. I have tried to analyze our fights to see what I could do differently or what we could do together to make it better. But I have settled on the fact that Joe can never be wrong, and it affects everything. He won’t do anything in a new way, cannot say he’s sorry for anything he has said or done, won’t admit to hurting my feelings, and often won’t believe what I say. Worse, when he gets an idea in his head, he won’t change it even when presented with new information that proves him wrong. And when I suggest he reconsider, he often makes comments that are below the belt and painful for me. It’s frustrating.

Joe is 75, and I am 66. We live together and don’t want to move.

I know he won’t go for counseling,

Dear Need: Let’s understand this. You are willing to put up with what sounds like frequent verbal abuse because you don’t want to move? Does Joe have any redeeming qualities that make up for his stubborn ignorance and disagreeable nature? We don’t see love here.

We see fear of being alone. You cannot make Joe become a better communicator unless he works at it, which he won’t. Only you can decide whether you are willing to tolerate this in order to stay with him. Some counseling for you alone might be helpful.

Dear Annie: Why do people pay so little attention to the proper pronunciation of certain words?

This morning, I received a telephone call from a salesclerk, who informed me that something I had ordered was no longer available, but she had “fount” a similar item if I cared to substitute. I’d like to substitute “found” for “fount.”

Also, I’ve heard several people say “ax” when they mean “ask.”

An “ax” is something you use to

chop wood. If the speaker had “axed her,” she wouldn’t be able to answer, now, would she? “Ask” should rhyme with “task.”

Last week, for the umpteenth time, I heard someone say, “We are having a sells event.” The word is “sales.” You are having a sale where you hope to sell things.

You are not having a “sell.” And why do people continue to say “I done this” or “I seen that” or “they come over yesterday.” These people have been to school and presumably learned the proper tense for verb usage.

Why are we so careless in our speech? OK, Annie. I feel better now.

– Shepherdsville, Ky. Dear Shepherdsville: Glad to help. Some kids don’t pay that much attention in school. And how your friends and family members speak can be a greater influence than what you learn in a short class. Rules of grammar, if not reinforced at home, often go by the wayside.

Standards have relaxed a great deal, but still, people who cannot correctly pronounce words are considered uneducated or worse, and it can affect the jobs they get and the people they attract, which shapes the rest of their lives.

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SPORTS Tuesday, May 19, 2015 || Sports Editor: Scott McKenzie Scott.McKenzie@nanaimodailynews.com || SECTION B

JUNIOR FOOTBALL

All-Star Raiders QB back for more Parksville’s Liam O’Brien posted gaudy numbers in his rookie year before being named an All-Canadian SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

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hen the Vancouver Island Raiders opened spring camp on Friday with questions abound, one was already answered.

Liam O’Brien will be the starting quarterback for the 2015 season for a Raiders team that expects to return to its elite status come summer.

O’Brien, though, already has an elite status — he will be the top returning quarterback in the country this season.

The Ballenas (Parksville) grad was named a Canadian Junior Football League All-Canadian last season after throwing for 2,842 yards, the fifth-most in the history of the league in 2014 — his rookie season.

His 171 completions were also fifth-best all-time, and his 20 touchdown passes were the most in the country.

After a full year in the league, O’Brien looked as confident as ever during his team’s spring scrimmage Sunday, hitting receivers with the deep ball and finding yards on the ground when he needed to.

“It’s always nice to get back onto the field after taking such a long time off,” O’Brien said after the scrimmage. “It felt pretty good seeing the guys again.

“It’s pretty cool growing with all the guys and getting to know them. But it’s a different atmosphere I guess, because I’m trying to step up and be a leader.”

After a dominant senior year at Ballenas three years ago, a six-foot-one, 229-pound O’Brien found a spot on the Simon Fraser University Clan football team in 2013. However, the SFU coaching staff placed him a tight-end rather than in his natural role

Vancouver Island Raiders quarterback Liam O’Brien warms up during spring training camp on Sunday at Merle Logan Field. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

“I think we can win every game this year.“ Liam O’Brien, V.I. Raiders quarterback

at quarterback. So he joined the Raiders last season, and posted some of the best numbers the team has seen outside of their years with Jordan Yantz under centre.

Raiders head coach Jerome Erdman ran his first spring camp this weekend in his position after being hired in the winter, officially taking over as head coach last month.

But he had seen O’Brien before, having coached him with a prov-

incial all-star team while he was still in high school.

“Liam’s in one of those great position where how great he’s going to be is up to him,” Erdman said.

“He’s got all the tools, he’s got a good work ethic, he’s smart, and he’s just going to keep getting better. He’s still a youngin’, so the sky’s the limit for him as far as I’m concerned.”

What O’Brien won’t have this season, however, is his top receiver and fellow All-Canadian, Marshall Cook, to throw to.

Cook graduated the Raiders program last season with some of the best numbers the league has ever seen, with 64 catches

for 1,084 yards, both sixth-best in CJFL history.

“It’ll be a big loss because Marshall is Marshall,” O’Brien said. “He’s insane. But we’ve got a lot of guys here that are good enough to step into his spot and pick up where he left off.”

And despite the absence of Cook, O’Brien said he feels more comfortable having been in the league for a year and knowing what he’s dealing with.

“It’ll be huge,” he said of the experience he gained last season, despite a disappointing 5-5 record. “I settled in pretty quick, but having a whole year under my belt will be good.”

While the numbers he posted were gaudy, O’Brien believes he can improve them. It’s another stat, however, that he hopes improved yardage, completions and touchdowns will lead to.

“I’m hoping to improve and hoping to get more wins, because that’s more what I care about,” he said.

“Honestly, if we go out and play like we can, I think we can win every game this year. I mean, everyone says that and you always think that you’re good enough to win every game, but if we play to our potential, I think we totally can.”

Virtanen makes an impact in first camp A player that Nanaimo football fans know well made an impact in his first spring camp with the Raiders, as Cole Virtanen intercepted a pass late in the team’s scrimmage on Sunday.

“Love him,” Erdman said of Virtanen, the B.C. Varsity AA high school football defensive player of the year last season.

Virtanen, who in his senior year in 2014 with the John

Barsby Bulldogs had 46 tackles in six conference games, was a defensive captain of a team that won its third provincial title in four years.

Erdman knew of him coming into camp, and Virtanen did what he needed to in order to live up to expectations.

“I saw toughness, and I think that’s the best word I can use to describe him, both mentally and physically,” Erdman said. “He doesn’t care how big of a guy he’s taking on. He comes in at 100 miles an hour, full speed and makes a darn good play.

“We win with players like that.”

Raiders off until July With three days worth of tape from the weekend spring training camp, the Raiders’ coaching staff now has its work cut out for itself when it comes to whittling down their roster and signing players to come to their main training camp in July.

Coming off a 5-5 season with a rookie head coach at the helm of one of the most successful junior football programs in Canada in recent years, these decisions may be as important as ever.

“Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll look at the film and we’ll evaluate it,” Erdman said.

“We can’t sign anybody until June 1, and then we’ll make a decision as to who we want to bring in to main camp from there.”

The Raiders open the 2015 season on July 25 against the defending conference champion Langley Rams at Caledonia Park in an attempt not to be the first V.I. squad to go two seasons without a Cullen Cup championship.

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T-Men host ‘Rocks tonight on a winning streak Nanaimo Timbermen Leading scorers

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Winners of three straight B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League games, the fourth-place Nanaimo Timbermen host the secondplace Victoria Shamrocks tonight looking to upset their Vancouver Island rivals.

After losing their first two games of the season to the 4-1 Coquitlam Adanacs and the first-place, undefeated Delta Islanders, the Timbermen have rattled off a trio of impressive wins, including a surprising one on the road against the New Westminster Salmonbellies and most recently a dominant 13-8 win Saturday against the Port Coquitlam Saints.

“We’re getting better every game and the guys are on board with what we’re trying to get across,” said Timbermen head coach Kyle Couling, five games into his career as head coach.

“They’re listening, they’re getting better, they’re using what we’re putting forth and that’s leading to wins.”

In their win over the Saints on Saturday, the Timbermen rookie duo of Connor Leies and Alec

1. Brett Hawrys (9G-11A-20Pts.) 2. Connor Leies (7G-12A-19Pts.) 3. Alec Molander (11G-4A-15Pts.) 4. Cole Kryworuchka (8G-6A-15 Pts.) 5. Tarrin Davies (3G-6A-9Pts.) SOURCE: BCJALL

Nanaimo Timbermen runner Dane Sorensen takes a shot on Port Coquitlam Saints goalie Andrew Gallant Saturday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

Molander was again impressive as they combined for six points including a Molander hat trick.

Also with a hat trick for Nanaimo was Cole Kryworuchka, who finished the game with four points, as did Darrin Wilson with two goals and two assists.

Molander now leads the team in goal-scoring with 11, surpassing sniper Brett Hawrys — the team’s points leader — on Saturday after Hawrys struggled to score, only finishing the game with a single goal that came on a late-game powerplay.

Couling, however, wasn’t con-

cerned about Hawrys’ game.

“We’re not a one-man team, by any means,” he said.

“Hawrys distributes the ball and he carries the ball so it wasn’t like he wasn’t doing anything. He might not have buried as many as he normally does, but he’s definitely a major piece of our offence.”

Dane Sorensen, the NCAA Div. II goals-per-game leader for 2015, made his 2015 Timbermen debut on Saturday and scored Nanaimo’s opening goal.

“It’s always fun and it’s always different to get used to,” Sorensen said of transitioning from

the U.S. field lacrosse game back to box lacrosse in B.C. “Sometimes it takes a while.”

Last season, Sorensen scored 29 goals with 18 assists for 47 points in 16 games, fourth-best on the team after being traded prior to 2014 from the Shamrocks. He returns to Nanaimo with a team that is surprising many BCJALL followers and one pushing for a playoff spot for the first time since 2011.

“The team played great and I was impressed how everyone played,” Sorensen said.

“I think we’ve got a good team this year.

“We have good depth, which is something we really didn’t have last year, and we’ve got good leadership. We’ve got some good young guys, too.”

Against the Shamrocks tonight, the Timbermen will attempt to move to 4-2 with a win, which would tie the Coquitlam Adanacs for third place in the eight-team league.

Game time is 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena.

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McIlroy is first to win PGA Wells Fargo twice

Preakness winner goes back to Churchill Downs

Tannehill signs $77.7M extension with Dolphins

Rory McIlroy had one word to his play on the back nine Sunday at the Wells Fargo Championship. “Boring,” the world’s top-ranked golfer said with a laugh. That’s sort of what it has come to when McIlroy is playing it at the top of his game. On Sunday, he became the first two-time winner at the Wells Fargo Championship with an impressive seven-shot victory over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers.

American Pharoah took a short walk to stretch his legs after his flight before getting a bath and retiring to his barn for some well-earned rest.

There was no sign of Jet lag as he returned to Churchill Downs following his dominant Preakness victory that put him on the cusp of capturing the Triple Crown. Pharoah assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes said “everything went well” during the trip and added, “He’s a very good shipper.”

Ryan Tannehill stopped the Miami Dolphins’ revolving door at quarterback, and on Monday they rewarded him. Tannehill signed a $77.7 million, four-year extension that keeps him under contract through 2020.

He’s the first quarterback to receive an extension from the 2012 draft class that also included the Colts’ Andrew Luck, the Redskins’ Robert Griffin III and the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson.

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Pirates split series with Langley Blaze

Oilers set to sign McLellan

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The Nanaimo Pirates continued their hot play Sunday, splitting doubleheader against the Langley Blaze â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perennial contenders in the B.C. Premier Baseball League.

The Pirates, now 8-2 in their last 10 games, dropped a nar-

row 3-2 loss on Sunday morning before bouncing back in the afternoon with a 12-7 win.

The split series puts the Pirates at 13-8 on the season and in sixth place, just three games back of the North Shore Twins for first place in the PBL. The Pirates return to the field tonight on the road for a game with the 11th-

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On Sunday in Nanaimo, the Pirates and Blaze were tied 2-2 and headed to extra innings before relief pitcher Bryce Stromquist gave up an unearned run in the top of the ninth, one the Pirates were unable to get back.

North Rainey pitched the opening six innings for Nanaimo, giving up three hits and two runs with five strikeouts and eight walks in the no-decision performance. Cole Warken batted in the only Nanaimo runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning when he hit a single that scored Shane Rogers and Chris Vlaj.

Zach Diewert, the Pirates leading batter this season, was held to a single hit in the loss.

In the second game of the day, however, Diewert hit his leagueleading 26th RBI in his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five-run win over the fourthplace Blaze.

Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garrett Goodall pitched the first four innings for the Pirates. He gave up five runs on eight hits, but was able to get ample run support from the rest of his team in the win.

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The Pirates scored in every inning but the first, led by a three-hit, three-RBI performance from Josh Carless-Jones, who also jacked his first home run of the season.

Rogers also had a three-hit game, while Rainey, Warken and Shawn Arabsky each had two hits in the win. The Pirates scored four runs in the second inning, and five in the fourth while also adding single runs in the third, sixth and seventh.

Pitcher Aaron Page closed out the Nanaimo win.

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Todd McLellan appears poised to become the next head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.

Multiple published reports say that while a deal has not yet been finalized, the Oilers are expected to announce the hiring sometime this week. McLellan coached the San Jose Sharks for the last seven seasons before parting ways with the team after missing the playoffs this April. The 47-year-old was 311-163-66 with the Sharks.

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NHL PLAYOFFS

Ducks third line looks to continue strong play in Game 2 GREG BEACHAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANAHEIM, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kyle Palmieri hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scored a goal in the Anaheim Ducksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; entire playoff run until he beat Corey Crawford in the Western Conference finals opener, sliding on his back in celebration of what turned out to be the game-winner.

With Palmieri and several lesser-known Ducks stepping up splendidly in the post-season, the Chicago Blackhawks realize theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to match that depth.

The Ducks have had two of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top scorers atop their roster for several years, but Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry never had the supporting cast necessary to truly contend for another Stanley Cup title until now.

In fact, complementary players

GETZLAF

from both teams had a major role in Game 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for Chicago, that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a good thing.

The Ducks host the Blackhawks in Game 2 on Tuesday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know, and the Blackhawks know, that you have to get scor-

ing from everywhere in your lineup to win at this level,â&#x20AC;?

Getzlaf said Monday after practice at Honda Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a bunch of it this year, and the guys came through in Game 1 when our line wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got players we trust all through this lineup.â&#x20AC;?

After just 60 minutes, depth already is a glaring factor in this conference final between two NHL powers with few obvious weaknesses.

Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perennial success over the past seven seasons was built on its remarkable top-end talent, but also on an enviable depth that has been a bit shallow this spring.

The Ducks have 11 players with at least six post-season points,

while the Blackhawks have only five. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some of our top guys playing really well, (but) I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still some guys who feel like their offence is yet to come,â&#x20AC;? Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who it is. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep pushing, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find ways, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re confident.â&#x20AC;?

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Johnson leads Lightning in 5-2 win STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Under the bright lights in the big city, the Tampa Bay Lightning got a gigantic performance from their smallest player.

Tyler Johnson continued his stellar Stanley Cup playoffs with a hat trick in Game 2 Monday night as the Lightning routed the New York Rangers 6-2 to even the Eastern Conference final at a game apiece.

The five-foot-eight dynamo scored short-handed, on the power play and at even strength for the first hat trick in franchise history. Johnson improved his playoff-leading goal total to 11 and became the first player in the NHL with four multi-goal playoff games in the same season since Jamie Langenbrunner in 2003. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, Tyler Johnson, the bigger the game, the better he plays,â&#x20AC;?

Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the greatest league in the world on the biggest stage, in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous arena, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty impressive. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any bigger than that.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson scored Tampa Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first three goals in the convincing victory, followed by two from Alex Killorn and one by Steven Stamkos. In a game that lacked flow thanks to 13 minor penalties and just 46 minutes of five-on-five play, Johnson was the catalyst in sending the Lightning home happy for Game 3 Wednes-

Tampa Bay Lightning center Tyler Johnson shoots to score his second goal of the game against New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final in New York. [AP PHOTO]

day night at Amalie Arena. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like he was leading the way tonight and we were kind of following,â&#x20AC;? said Killorn, who finished with three points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have a guy that can turn it up a notch like that, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge.â&#x20AC;?

Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game-winner was his fourth of the playoffs, and the Lightning know they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be into the third round without him and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tripletsâ&#x20AC;? linemates Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov.

Cooper made sure to credit Palat

for his strong game getting the puck into the offensive zone and in spots to score.

But Game 2 was another showcase for Johnson, the undrafted 24-year-old who went through the Western Hockey League with the Spokane Chiefs and then to the American Hockey League with the Norfolk Admirals without much fanfare.

Johnson was a Calder Trophy finalist last season as a rookie and broke out with 72 points this year. These playoffs have been a

chance for fans around the NHL to appreciate his journey and his play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think every morning Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just happy to be here and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living my dream,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driving me is to try to be the best I can and play for my family. They sacrificed so much for me to be here, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living my dream, so I want to keep living it as long as possible.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson and the Lightning will keep living it now knowing they can hang with the Presidentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trophy-winning Rangers. After a Game 1 performance that made Cooper â&#x20AC;&#x153;want to vomit,â&#x20AC;? his team responded to tie the series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The mind-set was a little different, for whatever reason,â&#x20AC;?

Stamkos said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there mentally, physically, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compete. When this group competes, we talk about it all year, we have the skill and the speed to do anything if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to compete.â&#x20AC;?

The Rangers competed early on and tried to make a game of it with goals by Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan.

But Johnson busted the dam open on the way to Henrik Lundqvistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first game allowing more than three goals against in these playoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embarrassing,â&#x20AC;? Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our guys better figure it out quickly here and realize that stupid, selfish penalties are going to cost us against this team.â&#x20AC;?

it for the rest of the series, or the third line or the fourth line, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to tell. To be successful, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually somebody different, some line different or some defence pairing different that makes you successful series to series, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually not the same guys.â&#x20AC;?

Palmieri hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scored a goal since late March, but kept his lineup spot with hard work and faith from Boudreau.

Jakob Silfverberg also went through several lengthy goal droughts during the regular season, but has exploded for 13 points in the post-season, tied for the second-most in the league behind Perry.

The Blackhawks also realize their apparent lack of depth on defence has been underlined.

Flyers hire UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hakstol as head coach DAN GELSTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Once the surprise news hit Philadelphia, Flyers die-hards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heck, NHL fans everywhere â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all sounded a bit like they should have been Jeopardy contestants.

Who is Dave Hakstol? Not even an easy clue have would clued anyone in on Flyers general manager Ron Hextallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top target to try and lead the franchise to their first Stanley Cup championship since 1975.

Hextall strayed so far off the grid with his choice, Marge Gunderson couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have cracked the case, especially as the usual candidates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mike Babcock â&#x20AC;&#x201D; swirled in the rumour mill as potential replacements. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to choose the coach that was the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice, the popular choice,â&#x20AC;? Hextall said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was going to pick the coach that I felt like for this franchise from today, next year, moving forward was the right coach.

Dave was the right coach for this franchise.â&#x20AC;?

The Flyers can only hope the Hextall-Hakstol tag team is a championship combination.

A stranger in NHL rinks, Hakstol did boast one of the top collegiate resumes at the University of North Dakota.

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SPORTS

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

SCOREBOARD NHL Playoffs - Round 3

BASKETBALL

GOLF

TENNIS

BASEBALL

NBA Playoffs

This week’s tournaments

ATP and WTA

MLB

Sunday’s championship schedule Bronze medal game United States 3, Czech Republic 0 Gold medal game Canada 6, Russia 1

(Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals West - Chicago Blackhawks vs.

Anaheim Ducks East - Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers

(All series best-of-seven) Round 2 Sunday’s result - Game 7 Houston 113, LA Clippers 100 (Houston wins series 4-3)

Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 10-17, Rome, Italy.

Surface: Clay. Purse: €3,288,530 (NOTE: €1 = CDN$1.35)

Saturday’s semifinals Canada 2, Czech Republic 0 Russia 4, United States 0

Yesterday’s result (Game 2) Tampa Bay 6, NY Rangers 2 (Series tied 1-1)

Eastern Conference final (Round 3) Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Western Conference finals Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets

Sunday’s result (Game 1) Anaheim 4, Chicago 1

Today’s schedule (Game 1) Houston at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Today’s schedule (Game 2) Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20 (Game 1) Cleveland at Atlanta (Game 1) 5:30 p.m.

American League East W L NY Yankees 22 17 Tampa Bay 21 18 Boston 18 20 Baltimore 16 19 Toronto 18 22 Central W L Kansas City 24 14 Detroit 23 16 Minnesota 21 17 Chicago Sox 18 17 Cleveland 14 23 West W L Houston 25 14 LA Angels 19 19 Seattle 17 20 Texas 16 22 Oakland 14 26 National League East W L NY Mets 23 16 Washington 22 17 Atlanta 18 19 Philadelphia 17 23 Miami 16 23 Central W L St. Louis 25 13 Chicago Cubs 21 16 Cincinnati 18 20 Pittsburgh 18 20 Milwaukee 14 25 West W L LA Dodgers 24 13 San Fran 20 18 San Diego 19 20 Arizona 16 21 Colorado 13 22

HOCKEY IIHF World Championships At Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic

Undefeated Canada’s record (10-0) Preliminary round Canada 6, Latvia 1 Canada 10, Germany 0 Canada 6, Czech Republic 3 Canada 6, Sweden 4 Canada 4, France 3 Canada 7, Switzerland 2 Canada 10, Austria 1 Quarterfinals Canada 9, Belarus 0 Semifinals Canada 2, Czech Republic 0 Championship game

Canada 6, Russia 1 First Period 1. Canada, Cody Eakin (Ennis, Muzzin) 18:09 Penalties: No penalties Second Period 2. Canada, Tyler Ennis (unassisted) 1:55 3. Canada, Sidney Crosby (Eberle, Hamhuis) 7:22 4. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Giroux, Barrie) 8:05 Penalties: Malkin Rus (Slashing) 9:02; Hall Can (Slashing) 12:02; Yakovlev Rus (Hooking) 12:34; Russia (Too Many Men) 17:23 Third Period 5. Canada, Nathan MacKinnon (Savard) 9:50 6. Canada, Claude Giroux (Crosby, O’Reilly) 8:58 (PP) 7. Russia, Yevgeni Malkin (Mozyakin, Kulikov) 12:47 Penalties: Couturier Can (High-Sticking) 3:00; Belov Rus (Hooking) 3:00; Tikhonov Rus (Delay of Game) 8:20 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Russia 5 1 6 12 Canada 15 14 8 37 Goaltending summary: Russia: Sergei Bobrovski (31/37); Canada: Mike Smith (11/12) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Russia 0 of 2; Canada: 1 of 5 Att: 17,383

Royal Bank Cup - RBC Canadian Junior A Championship PCU Centre, Portage la Prairie, Man.

Wednesday, May 20 (Game 3) NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Lightning 6, Rangers 2 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Johnson (9) (Killorn) 5:38 (PP) 2. New York, Kreider (6) (Boyle, St. Louis) 8:50 (PP) 3. Tampa Bay, Johnson (10) (Kucherov, Stamkos) 11:15 (PP) Penalties: Boyle Tb (Holding) 3:38, Garrison Tb (Puck over Glass) 4:31, Morrow Tb (High-sticking) 8:15, Kreider Nyr (Roughing) 10:00, Callahan Tb (Tripping) 10:31, Stepan Nyr (Tripping) 11:00, Brassard Nyr (High-stick) 15:14 Second Period 4. Tampa Bay, Johnson (11) (Kucherov, Palat) 8:17 5. New York, Stepan (5) (Boyle, St. Louis) 14:17 (PP) Penalties: Coburn Tb (Roughing) 0:36, Paquette Tb (Interference) 13:42 Third Period 6. Tampa Bay, Killorn (4) (Filppula, Hedman) 3:09 7. Tampa Bay, Stamkos (4) (Coburn, Kucherov) 6:28 (PP) 8. Tampa Bay, Killorn (5) (Garrison, Filppula) 17:58 (PP) Penalties: Stepan Nyr (Tripping) 1:02, Brassard Nyr (High-sticking) 4:40, Glass Nyr (Roughing) 17:10 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Tampa Bay 9 6 11 26 New York 11 11 15 37 Goaltending summary: Tampa Bay: Bishop (35/37), New York: Lundqvist (20/26) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Tampa Bay: 3 of 6, New York: 2 of 5 Att: 18,006

Major Junior finals Ontario - OHL Friday’s result Oshawa Generals 6, Erie Otters 2 (Oshawa wins championship 4-1)

Saturday’s results - Semifinals Carleton Place 2, Penticton 1 (OT) Portage 6, Melfort 1

Quebec MJHL Quebec City Remparts vs. Rimouski Oceanic Yesterday’s result (Game 7) Rimouski 2, Quebec 1 (2OT) (Rimouski wins championship 4-3)

American Hockey League

Memorial Cup

Calder Cup playoffs - Round 2 Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 4-WilkesBarre/Scranton (Won by Manchester) 2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack (Won by Hartford) Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons 2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs

Canadian Hockey League (CHL) championship, Quebec City, Friday, May 22-31 at Colisee Pepsi.

Sunday’s Championship final Portage 5, Carleton Place 2

Yesterday’s result Oklahoma City 2, Utica 1 (Series tied 3-3) Grand Rapids 5, Rockford 3 (Grand Rapids wins series 4-1) Wednesday, May 20 Oklahoma City at Utica (Game 7)

Teams GP W L GF-A Quebec Remparts (Host) 0 0 0 0-0 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 0 0 0 0-0 Oshawa Generals (OHL) 0 0 0 0-0 Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 0 0 0 0-0 Schedule (all times PDT) Friday, May 22 Kelowna vs. Quebec, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 23 Rimouski vs. Oshawa, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Quebec vs. Oshawa, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, May 25 Rimouski vs. Kelowna, 4:30 p.m.

CYCLING Road racing Giro d’Italia

Yesterday’s results and standings No racing - rest day Sunday’s results Stage 9 - 215 km, Benevento to San Giorgio Del Sannio Stage 9 results 1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro, 5:50:31 2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNLJumbo, 0:00:21 3 Simon Geschke (Ger) Giant-Alpecin, 0:00:23 4 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing 5 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar 6 Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) CannondaleGarmin 8 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin 0:00:27 10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro 0:00:56 General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 38hr 31min 35sec 2. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 3 3. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 0:22 4. Mikel Landa (ESP/AST) 0:46 5. Dario Cataldo (ITA/AST) 1:16 6. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) 1:46 7. Giovanni Visconti (ITA/MOV) 2:02 8. Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 2:10 9. Damiano Caruso (ITA/BMC) 2:20 10. Andrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 2:24 21. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin 0:06:16

HORSE RACING 140th Preakness Stakes

Saturday, Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland Results Horse W P S 1 American Pharoah $3.80 $3.40 $2.80 2 Tale of Verve $19.00 $8.80 3 Divining Rod $5.20 $2 Exacta (1-5): $124.40. $1 Trifecta (1-5-7): $492.50 $1 Superfecta (1-5-7-2): $1,906.90 Winning Time: 1:58.46 Track surface: dirt.

Track Condition: Sloppy Purse: US$1,500,000.

Weight: colt/gelding: 126 pounds (57 kg), filly: 121 pounds (55 kg).

Race length: 1-3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs, 1.911 km) Record: 1:53.00, Secretariat (1973) Jockeys American Pharoah Victor Espinoza Tale of Verve Joel Rosario Divining Rod Javier Castellano Trainers American Pharoah Bob Baffert Tale of Verve Dallas Stewart Divining Rod Arnaud Delacour Also ran: 4. Dortmund 5. Mr. Z 6. Danzig Moon 7. Firing Line 8. Bodhisattva Next in the Triple Crown: The Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6.

AUTO RACING NASCAR

Toronto Blue Jay Jose Bautista slams a two-run home run off Cesar Ramos during a game against the Los Angeles Angels in Toronto, Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Bautista homers, Jays end losing skid GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto manager John Gibbons started his post-game availability by joking around with reporters. A short distance away, techno music blared in his team’s clubhouse.

An ugly 1-6 road trip was in the past. Starting off a long homestand with a 10-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels had lifted the Blue Jays’ spirits Monday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Jose Bautista homered as Toronto ended a fivegame losing skid by reaching a double-digit run total and pumping out 17 hits.

“We really needed that game,” Gibbons said.

“We’d been scuffling big-time.”

Toronto had dropped seven of eight entering the Victoria Day matinee. The Blue Jays gave spot starter Todd Redmond an early four-run lead but the Angels chipped away with three runs in the fourth inning and took the lead in the sixth.Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom half of the frame and with most of the 29,306 fans in attendance on their feet, Canadian Russell Martin delivered a two-run single that put the Blue Jays up to stay.

“Russell has gotten big hit after big hit in those kind of situations,” Gibbons said. “Tight game where we really need something, two outs.

He’s been that guy who always seems to come through for us.”

Martin, a Toronto native who grew up in Chelsea, Que., had three hits and scored a run.

Bautista and Josh Donaldson also had three hits apiece while Steve Tolleson chipped in with two hits and two runs to help Toronto (18-22) take the opener of the four-game series.

“You have to turn the page,” Donaldson said of the team’s recent struggles.

“It obviously wasn’t a very good road trip for us. But we got things going on the right track right now and hopefully we continue to do this.”

Albert Pujols, David Freese and Chris Iannetta homered for Los Angeles (19-19).

Sunday’s results 3M 250 (250 laps, 218.75 miles) Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa. 7/8mile (1.4 km) oval.

Final results and winnings (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Chris Buescher, Ford, $91,509 2. (6) Chase Elliott, Chev, $70,020 3. (1) Erik Jones, Toyota, $57,688 4. (3) Brian Scott, Chev, $40,566 5. (13) Ryan Blaney, Ford, $36,811 6. (8) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, $33,637 7. (14) Ben Rhodes, Chev, $32,286 8. (5) Brandon Jones, Chev, $31,236 9. (10) Elliott Sadler, Ford, $30,106 10. (11) Brendan Gaughan, Chev, $30,123 11. (7) Regan Smith, Chev, $28,617 12. (16) Ryan Reed, Ford, $28,062 13. (18) John W Townley, Chev, $27,532 14. (9) Ty Dillon, Chev, $27,003 15. (19) Jeremy Clements, Chev, $26,873 16. (20) David Starr, Toyota, $26,321 17. (21) Ryan Sieg, Chev, $26,094 18. (2) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, $27,042 19. (24) Cale Conley, Toyota, $25,615 20. (25) Landon Cassill, Chev, $25,888 21. (15) Dak. Armstrong, Ford, $25,261 22. (23) Blake Koch, Toyota, $25,130 23. (40) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, $18,978 24. (29) Todd Bodine, Chev, $24,828 25. (30) Jamie Dick, Chev, $24,852 26. (22) Boris Said, Toyota, $24,575 27. (31) Joey Gase, Chev, $24,449 28. (33) Peyton Sellers, Chev, $18,298 29. (36) Derrike Cope, Chev, $18,171 30. (37) Mike Harmon, Dodge, $18,345 31. (39) John Jackson, Dodge, $17,889 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 94.242 mph Time of Race: 2 hours, 24:17 Margin of Victory: 0.523 seconds Caution Flags: 9 for 54 laps Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers Upcoming NASCAR schedule Coca-Cola 600 Sunday, May 24, 3:16 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap.

FedEx 400 Sunday, May 31, 10:15 a.m.

Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware. 400 laps, 1 mile per lap.

Pocono 400 Sunday, June 7, 10:18 a.m.

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania Quicken Loans 400 Sunday, June 14, 10:16 a.m.

Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m.

Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California

Formula One Grand Prix Of Monaco Sunday, May 24, 5 a.m.

Circuit De Monaco Street circuit Qualifying: Saturday, May 23, 5 a.m.

PGA Wells Fargo Championship, May 14-17 Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina. Par 71, 7,469 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: J.B. Holmes Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Rory McIlroy -21 $1,278,000 T2 Patrick Rodgers -14 $624,800 T2 Webb Simpson -14 $624,800 T4 Gary Woodland -12 $293,467 T4 Phil Mickelson -12 $293,467 T4 Robert Streb -12 $293,467 T7 Geoff Ogilvy -11 $228,975 T7 Justin Thomas -11 $228,975 T9 Kevin Streelman -10 $184,600 T9 Shawn Stefani -10 $184,600 T9 Jason Bohn -10 $184,600 T9 Brendan Steele -10 $184,600 T13 Danny Lee -9 $137,267 T13 Scott Brown -9 $137,267 T13 Jim Herman -9 $137,267 T16 Kevin Chappell -8 $113,600 T16 Tony Finau -8 $113,600 T16 Boo Weekley -8 $113,600 19 Carlos Ortiz -7 $99,400 T20 Chesson Hadley -6 $71,621 T20 Jon. Randolph -6 $71,621 T20 Pat Perez -6 $71,621 T20 Stewart Cink -6 $71,621 T20 John Peterson -6 $71,621 T20 Hideki Matsuyama-6 $71,621 T20 Sean O’Hair -6 $71,621 T20 Will MacKenzie -6 $71,621 No Canadians made the cut

LPGA Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17 Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia. Par 71, 6,379 yards.

Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Lizette Salas.

Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Minjee Lee -15 $195,000 2 So Yeon Ryu -13 $118,120 3 Alison Lee -12 $85,688 4 Perrine Delacour -11 $66,286 T5 Suzann Pettersen -10 $44,515 T5 Hyo-Joo Kim -10 $44,515 T5 Paula Creamer -10 $44,515 T8 Catriona Matthew -8 $28,994 T8 Candie Kung -8 $28,994 T8 Lexi Thompson -8 $28,994 T11 Anna Nordqvist -7 $22,699 T11 M.J. Hur -7 $22,699 T11 Jing Yan -7 $22,699 T14 Julieta Granada -6 $19,336 T14 Angela Stanford -6 $19,336 T16 Paula Reto -5 $16,491 T16 Eun-Hee Ji -5 $16,491 T16 Lydia Ko -5 $16,491 T16 Inbee Park -5 $16,491 T20 Jacqui Concolino -4 $13,839 T20 Ai Miyazato -4 $13,839 T20 Mariajo Uribe -4 $13,839 T20 Maria McBride -4 $13,839 T20 Kris Tamulis -4 $13,839 T25 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -3 $10,218 T25 P’anong Phatlum -3 $10,218 T25 Stacy Lewis -3 $10,218

Champions Tour No events this week.

Regions Tradition, May 14-17 Shoal Creek, Alabama. Purse: $2,300,000. 2014 champion: Kenny Perry Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Jeff Maggert -14 $345,000 2 Kevin Sutherland -14 $202,400 T3 Gene Sauers -11 $151,225 T3 Jeff Hart -11 $151,225 T5 Michael Allen -9 $89,412 T5 Bernhard Langer -9 $89,412 T5 Tom Lehman -9 $89,412 T5 Kenny Perry -9 $89,412 T9 Tom Pernice Jr -8 $62,100 T9 Fred Funk -8 $62,100 11 Jeff Sluman -7 $55,200 12 John Huston -6 $50,600 T13 Joe Durant -5 $42,550 T13 Tom Watson -5 $42,550 T13 Billy Andrade -5 $42,550 T13 Esteban Toledo -5 $42,550 T17 Brad Bryant -4 $34,500 T17 Paul Goydos -4 $34,500 T17 Chien Soon Lu -4 $34,500 T20 Rod Spittle St. Catherines, Ont. -3 $27,600 T20 Mike Goodes -3 $27,600 T20 Duffy Waldorf -3 $27,600 T20 Ian Woosnam -3 $27,600

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.

2014 champion: Max Homa Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Rod Pampling -25 $121,500 2 Kelly Kraft -23 $72,900 3 Roland Thatcher -21 $45,900 T4 M Angel Carballo -20 $29,700 T4 Bronson La’Cassie -20 $29,700 T6 Shane Bertsch -19 $22,612 T6 D.H. Lee -19 $22,612 T6 Tyler Aldridge -19 $22,612 9 Ryan Blaum -18 $19,575 T10 Rick Cochran -17 $16,200 T10 Aaron Watkins -17 $16,200 T10 Seamus Power -17 $16,200 T10 Patton Kizzire -17 $16,200 T14 Andrew Loupe -16 $12,488 T14 Alistair Presnell -16 $12,488 T16 Timothy Madigan -15 $9,469 T16 Garth Mulroy -15 $9,469 T16 Steve Marino -15 $9,469 T16 Rob Oppenheim -15 $9,469 T16 Lucas Lee -15 $9,469 T16 Will Wilcox -15 $9,469 T16 Jason Allred -15 $9,469 T23 Brandt Jobe -14 $6,480 T23 Trey Mullinax -14 $6,480 T23 Nicholas Lindheim-14 $6,480

Sunday’s results Men’s Singles - Final Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3.

Men’s Doubles - Final Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero, Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Marc Lopez (5), Spain, 6-4, 7-5.

Women’s Singles - Final Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def.

Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Women’s Doubles - Final Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, 6-4, 6-3.

This week’s tournaments: ATP Open de Nice Cote d’Azur, May 17-23 Nice, France Surface: Clay Purse: €439,405 Geneva Open, May 17-23 Geneva, Switzerland Surface: Clay Purse: $494,310 WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, May 17-May 23 Strasbourg, France Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Nurnberger Versicherungscup, May 17-May 23 Nurnberg, Germany Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750

SOCCER MLS

Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 21 11 6 2 N. England 19 11 5 2 NY Red Bulls 17 10 4 1 Columbus 14 10 4 4 Orlando 12 11 3 5 Toronto 10 9 3 5 Chicago 10 9 3 5 Philadelphia 9 12 2 7 NY City FC 7 11 1 6 Montreal 5 6 1 3 Western League Club PTS GP W L Dallas 21 11 6 2 Vancouver 20 12 6 4 Seattle 19 10 6 3 San Jose 17 11 5 4 Houston 16 12 4 4 Sporting KC 14 10 3 2 Los Angeles 14 12 3 4 Salt Lake 14 11 3 3 Portland 13 11 3 4 Colorado 10 10 1 2 Sunday’s results Los Angeles 0, Orlando 4 DC United 0, Philadelphia 1

T 3 4 5 2 3 1 1 3 4 2 T 3 2 1 2 4 5 5 5 4 7

GF GA 13 9 15 11 14 9 15 12 13 14 13 14 9 12 11 21 9 14 7 9 GF GA 17 13 14 11 17 9 12 11 16 15 13 13 11 15 10 15 10 12 9 9

Wednesday, May 20 New England at Sporting KC, 5 p.m.

English Premier League Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Spurs 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 Stoke 10 Everton 11 West Ham 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Leicester 15 Aston Villa 16 Sunderland 17 Newcastle 18 Hull 19 Burnley 20 Q.P. Rangers

W D L GF GA 25 9 3 70 31 23 7 7 81 38 21 8 7 67 35 20 9 8 62 37 18 8 11 51 42 18 7 12 57 53 18 6 13 54 31 16 8 13 46 48 14 9 14 42 44 12 11 14 48 49 12 11 14 44 45 12 9 16 46 51 11 11 15 37 47 10 8 19 41 54 10 8 19 31 56 7 16 13 30 50 9 9 19 38 63 8 10 19 33 51 6 12 19 27 53 8 6 23 41 68

Pts 84 76 71 69 62 61 60 56 51 47 47 45 44 38 38 37 36 34 30 30

Yesterday’s results West Brom 3, Chelsea 0 Sunday’s results Swansea 2, Manchester City 4 Manchester United 1, Arsenal 1 Remaining games, regular season Wednesday, May 20 Arsenal vs. Sunderland, 11:45 a.m.

Sunday, May 24 Arsenal vs. West Brom, 7 a.m.

Aston Villa vs. Burnley, 7 a.m.

Chelsea vs. Sunderland, 7 a.m.

Crystal Palace vs. Swansea, 7 a.m.

Everton vs. Spurs, 7 a.m.

Hull vs. Man United, 7 a.m.

Leicester vs. Q.P. Rangers, 7 a.m.

Man City vs. Southampton, 7 a.m.

Newcastle vs. West Ham, 7 a.m.

Stoke vs. Liverpool, 7 a.m.

Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Victoria Mid Isle Tim Hortons Vancouver Utd Vancouver Tbirds FC Tigers Abbotsford Kamloops Khalsa

W 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

D 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

L 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 0

GF GA Pts 11 7 9 8 6 6 10 17 6 4 1 4 5 2 4 4 7 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0

Yesterday’s schedule Mid Isle 0, Vancouver United FC 3 Sunday’s result Victoria Highlanders 1, Vancouver Utd 1 Saturday’s result Tim Hortons 4, FC Tigers 3 Wednesday, May 20 Tigers Vancouver vs. Vancouver Tbirds, 9 p.m.

European Tour Open de Espana (Spanish Open), May 14-17 Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. Par 72, 7,298 yars.

Purse: €1,500,000. 2014 champion: Miguel Angel Jimenez Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings (NOTE: 1 euro = CDN$1.38) 1 James Morrison -10 €250,000 T2 Miguel Jimenez -6 €99,790 T2 Edouard Espana -6 €99,790 T2 Francesco Molinari -6 €99,790 T2 David Howell -6 €99,790 6 Emiliano Grillo -5 €52,500 T7 Jose Manuel Lara -4 €41,250 T7 Jorge Campillo -4 €41,250 T9 Wade Ormsby -3 €27,350 T9 Maximilian Kieffer -3 €27,350 T9 Pelle Edberg -3 €27,350 T9 Eduardo De La Riva -3 €27,350 T9 Soren Kjeldsen -3 €27,350 T9 Darren Fichardt -3 €27,350 T15 Richie Ramsay -2 €19,543 T15 Johan Carlsson -2 €19,543 T15 Gregory Bourdy -2 €19,543 T15 Mikko Korhonen -2 €19,543 T15 Ben Evans -2 €19,543 T15 David Horsey -2 €19,543 T15 Byeong-Hun An -2 €19,543 T22 Thomas Aiken -1 €15,825 T22 Gregory Havret -1 €15,825 T22 Matt. Fitzpatrick -1 €15,825 T22 Trevor Fisher Jr -1 €15,825 T22 Ricardo Gonzalez -1 €15,825 T22 Sergio Garcia -1 €15,825

LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 5 5 0 0 10 Coquitlam 5 4 1 0 8 Victoria 5 3 2 0 6 Nanaimo 5 3 2 0 6 Langley 6 2 3 1 5 New Westminster 5 2 3 0 4 Port Coquitlam 7 1 5 1 3 Burnaby 6 1 5 0 2 Today’s schedule Victoria at Langley, 5 p.m.

Delta at Burnaby, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s result Nanaimo 13, Port Coquitlam 8 Today’s schedule Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Langley at New Westminster, 8 p.m.

National Lacrosse League Division finals Home-and home series Return leg games Saturday, May 23 Rochester at Toronto, 4 p.m.

(Rochester leads 10-9) Edmonton at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.

(Edmonton leads 10-8)

PCT .564 .538 .474 .457 .450 PCT .632 .590 .553 .514 .378 PCT .641 .500 .459 .421 .350

GB Strk - L1 1.0 W1 3.5 L1 4.0 W1 4.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 1.5 L2 3.0 L1 4.5 W6 9.5 L2 GB Strk - L1 5.5 L2 7.0 W1 8.5 W1 11.5 W1

PCT .590 .564 .486 .425 .410 PCT .658 .568 .474 .474 .359 PCT .649 .526 .487 .432 .371

GB Strk - W3 1.0 W3 4.0 W3 6.5 W6 7.0 L4 GB Strk - L1 3.5 L1 7.0 L3 7.0 W1 11.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W3 6.0 L3 8.0 W1 10.0 L2

Yesterday’s results Toronto 10, LA Angels 6 Milwaukee 3, Detroit 2 Arizona 3, Miami 2 (13 innings) NY Mets 2, St. Louis 1 Chicago Sox 2, Cleveland 1 (10 innings) Oakland 2, Houston 1 Philadelphia 4, Colorado 3 Sunday’s results Atlanta at Miami, 10:10 pm Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m.

Toronto at Houston, 11:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs, 11:20 a.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 12:05 pm Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 1:05 pm Boston at Seattle, 1:10 pm Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 pm Washington at San Diego, 1:10 pm Detroit at St. Louis, 5:05 pm Today’s schedule N.Y. Yankees at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Warren (2-2) vs. Gonzalez (3-2) Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Nolasco (3-1) vs. Liriano (1-3) Seattle at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Walker (1-4) vs. Tillman (2-5) L.A. Angels at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Santiago (2-2) vs. Hutchison (3-0) Milwaukee at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.

Nelson (1-4) vs. Sanchez (3-4) Arizona at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

Hellickson (1-3) vs. Cosart (1-3) St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Wacha (5-0) vs. Niese (3-3) Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

Karns (3-1) vs. Foltynewicz (2-0) Texas at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

Gallardo (3-5) vs. Miley (2-4) Cincinnati at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.

Cueto (3-3) vs. Ventura (2-3) Cleveland at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

Bauer (2-1) vs. Quintana (2-3) Oakland at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Gray (4-1) vs. Hernandez (1-3) Philadelphia at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

Harang (4-3) vs. Bettis (0-0) Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

Hammel (3-1) vs. Shields (5-0) L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

Frias (3-0) vs. Hudson (1-3) Sunday recap (at Safeco Field)

Mariners 5, Red Sox 0 Boston

Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts CF 4 0 0 0 Miller SS 4 1 1 1 Victorino RF 3 0 1 0 Ruggiano RF 3 0 2 0 Pedroia 2B 3 0 0 0 Cano 2B 4000 Ramirez DH 4 0 0 0 Cruz DH 3100 Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 Seager 3B 4 2 2 2 Sandoval 3B 4 0 0 0 Morrison 1B 3 1 1 0 Bogaerts SS 3 0 1 0 Weeks LF 3 0 1 0 Holt LF 3 0 2 0 B’quist PR-LF 1 0 0 0 Swihart C 3 0 1 0 Ackley CF 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 Zunino C 3 0 1 1 Totals 31 5 8 4

Boston 000 000 000 0 Seattle 020 010 02x 5 2B: BOS Holt, B (5, Paxton); SEA Ruggiano (3, Wright, S). GIDP: BOS Swihart.

HR: SEA Miller, B (5, 5th inning off Wright, S, 0 on, 1 out), Seager (5, 8th inning off Breslow, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: BOS 6; SEA 5. DP: SEA (Cano-Miller, B-Morrison).

Boston IP H R ER BB SO S Wright (L, 1-1) 5.0 5 3 2 1 4 M Barnes 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 A Ogando 1.1 1 1 1 1 2 C Breslow 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO J Paxton (W, 2-2) 8.0 5 0 0 2 2 C Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:31. Att: 39,936.

Blue Jays 10, Angels 6 LA Angels

Toronto

ab r h bi ab r h bi Aybar SS 5 0 1 0 Donaldson 3B5 1 3 1 Trout CF 5 0 0 0 Bautista DH 4 3 3 3 Pujols 1B 5 1 2 1 Enc’nacion 1B4 1 2 1 Calhoun RF 5 1 1 0 Smoak 1B 0 0 0 0 Freese 3B 4 2 2 1 Martin C 5132 Krauss DH 2 0 0 0 Valencia LF 5 0 1 2 Cron PH-DH 1 0 0 0 Colabello RF 2 1 0 0 Iannetta C 4 2 3 2 Carrera RF 0 0 0 0 Cowgill LF 4 0 1 0 Pillar CF 5010 Giavotella 2B 4 0 2 1 Tolleson 2B 5 2 2 0 Totals 39 6 12 5 Goins SS 3121 Totals 381017 10

LA Angels 000 302 010 6 Toronto 040 004 20x 10 SB: TOR Tolleson, St (1, 3rd base off Ramos, C/Iannetta). 2B: LAA Calhoun, Iannetta 2; TOR Tolleson, St, Bautista, Donaldson, Valencia, Martin, R. HR: LAA Pujols (7, 4th inning off Redmond, 0 on, 1 out), Freese (7, 6th inning off Tepera, 0 on, 0 out), Iannetta (1, 8th inning off Loup, 0 on, 2 out); TOR Bautista (7, 7th inning off Ramos, C, 1 on, 2 out). S: TOR Goins. Team Lob: LAA 7; TOR 10. PICKOFFS: LAA Wilson, C (Pillar at 1st base).

LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO C Wilson 5.010 4 4 2 3 M Morin (L, 1-1) 0.2 1 3 3 2 1 V Pestano 0.1 2 1 1 1 1 C Ramos 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 J Alvarez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO T Redmond 4.0 4 3 3 1 3 D Tepera 1.1 4 2 2 0 3 R Osuna (W, 1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 A Loup 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 S Delabar 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:28. Att: 29,306.

White Sox 2, Indians 1 Cleveland

Kipnis 2B Ramirez SS Brantley CF Raburn RF Murphy RF Swisher DH Aviles 3B Moss 1B Walters LF Perez C Totals

White Sox 2, Indians 1 (Cont’d) Cleveland 001 000 000 0 1 Chicago Sox 000 001 000 1 2 2B: CLE Perez, R (2, Sale). 3B: CWS Eaton (2, Kluber). GIDP: CWS Ramirez, Al, LaRoche. S: CLE Kipnis. Team Lob: CLE 5; CWS 5. DP: CLE 2 (Ramirez, JsKipnis-Moss, Moss-Aviles-Moss).

Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Kluber 9.0 5 1 1 1 12 Z McAllister (L, 0-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO C Sale 8.0 4 1 1 2 7 D Robertson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Z Duke (W, 2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:34. Att: 17,712.

Brewers 3 Tigers 2 Milwaukee

Detroit

ab r h bi ab r h bi Gomez CF 5 1 2 2 Gose CF 4110 Davis LF 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2B 3 0 1 1 Braun RF 3 0 1 0 Cabrera 1B 3 0 1 0 Ramirez DH 4 1 1 1 Martinez DH 4 0 0 0 Rogers 1B 3 0 0 0 Martinez RF 4 0 2 0 Lind PH-1B 0 0 0 0 Davis LF 4110 Herrera 3B 4 0 1 0 Cas’lanos 3B 4 0 1 0 Sardinas SS 4 1 1 0 Romine PR 0 0 0 0 Gomez 2B 4 0 1 0 McCann C 3 0 1 1 Maldonado C 4 0 1 0 Cespedes PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 8 3 Iglesias SS 3 0 1 0 Totals 33 2 9 2

Milwaukee 100 100 100 3 Detroit 110 000 000 2 SB: MIL Braun (4, 3rd base off Lobstein/ McCann, J); DET Gose (7, 2nd base off Fiers/Maldonado), Davis, R (9, 3rd base off Fiers/Maldonado), Iglesias, J (6, 2nd base off Jeffress/Maldonado). 2B: MIL Gomez, H (6, Lobstein); DET Davis, R (4, Fiers), Martinez, J (8, Fiers). 3B: DET Cabrera, M (1, Fiers). GIDP: MIL Davis, K; DET Castellanos, Martinez, V, Cespedes.

HR: MIL Gomez, C (4, 1st inning off Lobstein, 0 on, 0 out), Ramirez, Ar (4, 4th inning off Lobstein, 0 on, 0 out).

Team Lob: MIL 7; DET 6. DP: MIL 3 (Gomez, H-Sardinas-Rogers, J, Gomez, H-Sardinas-Lind, Sardinas-Gomez, H-Lind); DET (Kinsler-Cabrera, M). E: MIL Fiers (1, throw).

Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO M Fiers 5.2 6 2 2 1 3 J Jeffress (W, 1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 J Broxton 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 F Rodriguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO K Lobstein (L, 3-4) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 A Nesbitt 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 W Wilson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:13. Att: 26,016.

D-backs 3 Marlins 2 (10 inn) Arizona

Miami

ab r h bi Inciarte LF-RF5 1 1 0 Gordon 2B Pollock CF 6 0 0 0 Prado 3B G’schmidt 1B 5 1 1 0 Stanton RF Tomas 3B 5 0 3 2 Bour 1B Trumbo RF 4 0 1 0 Realmuto C Ahmed PR 0 0 0 0 Yelich LF Ziegler P 0 0 0 0 H’varria SS P’nington PH 1 0 0 0 Suzuki CF Reed P 0 0 0 0 Haren P Burgos P 0 0 0 0 Solano PH Hill 2B 5 0 0 0 Ramos P Owings SS 5 1 1 0 Dyson P Gosewisch C 5 0 1 0 Morse PH De La Rosa P 2 0 0 0 Cishek P Peralta LF 2 0 1 1 Baker PH Totals 45 3 9 3 Totals

ab r h bi 5000 5010 4000 5110 4112 5010 5000 4020 1000 1000 0000 0000 1000 0000 1000 41 2 6 2

Arizona 000 200 000 000 1 3 Miami 000 000 200 000 0 2 SB: ARI Owings (5, 2nd base off Cishek/ Realmuto). 2B: ARI Tomas (3, Haren), Gosewisch (5, Haren), Peralta, D (8, Cishek); MIA Yelich (2, De La Rosa, R).

GIDP: ARI Hill, A, Pennington; MIA Stanton.

HR: MIA Realmuto (1, 7th inning off De La Rosa, R, 1 on, 0 out). S: ARI De La Rosa, R; MIA Haren. Team Lob: ARI 5; MIA 4. DP: ARI (Tomas-Hill, A-Goldschmidt); MIA 2 (Gordon, DHechavarria-Bour 2).

Arizona IP H R ER BB SO R De La Rosa 9.0 6 2 2 0 5 B Ziegler 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 A Reed (W, 1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 E Burgos 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Miami IP H R ER BB SO D Haren 8.0 5 2 2 0 5 A Ramos 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 S Dyson 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 S Cishek (L, 1-4) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 Time: 3:11. Att: 17,526.

League leaders American League Batting AB R H Avg 1 Michael Brantley, CLE 115 20 40 .348 2 Avisail Garcia, CHW 130 20 45 .346 3 Prince Fielder, TEX 151 15 52 .344 4 Nelson Cruz, SEA 144 25 49 .340 5 Jason Kipnis, CLE 150 25 51 .340 6 Adam Jones, BAL 134 19 45 .336 7 Miguel Cabrera, DET 138 23 46 .333 8 Josh Reddick, OAK 119 19 39 .328 9 Stephen Vogt, OAK 107 19 35 .327 10 Jacoby Ellsbury, NYY 147 28 48 .327 Slugging 2B 3B HR Avg 1 Nelson Cruz, SEA 4 1 15 .694 2 Stephen Vogt, OAK 5 1 9 .645 3 Miguel Cabrera, DET 7 0 10 .601 4 Mark Teixeira, NYY 8 0 11 .576 5 Russell Martin, TOR 10 1 7 .570 6 Michael Brantley, CLE 13 0 4 .565 7 Josh Reddick, OAK 6 2 6 .563 8 Alex Rodriguez, NYY 8 1 10 .563 9 Eric Hosmer, KC 9 2 7 .554 Home runs 1 Nelson Cruz, SEA 2 Mark Teixeira, NYY 3 Miguel Cabrera, DET

AB 144 125 138

National League Batting AB R H Avg 1 Dee Gordon, MIA 150 21 63 .420 2 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 135 29 48 .356 3 Freddy Galvis, PHI 124 16 43 .347 4 Anthony Rizzo, CHC 131 26 45 .344 5 Bryce Harper, WSH 133 36 45 .338 6 Paul Goldschmidt, ARI132 29 44 .333 7 Matt Carpenter, STL 134 28 44 .328 8 Matt Holliday, STL 122 16 40 .328 9 Yunel Escobar, WSH 138 23 45 .326 10 Angel Pagan, SF 142 12 46 .324 Slugging 2B 3B HR Avg 1 Bryce Harper, WSH 8 1 14 .729 2 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 17 0 9 .681 3 P. Goldschmidt, ARI 9 1 10 .644 4 Matt Carpenter, STL 16 1 7 .619 5 Anthony Rizzo, CHC 8 1 8 .603 Home runs 1 Bryce Harper, WSH 2 Todd Frazier, CIN 3 Giancarlo Stanton, MIA

AB 133 140 140

Continued next column

HR 14 12 11

B.C. Premier League Team North Shore North Delta Vic Eagles Langley Okanagan Nanaimo Whalley Abbotsford Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock

W 14 9 15 14 13 13 10 6 6 3 2 3

L 3 2 5 7 7 8 13 12 13 11 9 18

Pct .824 .818 .750 .667 .650 .619 .435 .333 .316 .214 .182 .143

Chicago Sox

ab r h bi ab r h bi 3 0 0 0 Eaton CF 4110 3 0 2 1 Cabrera LF 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1B 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 LaRoche DH 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Garcia RF 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Shuck PR 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 Gillaspie 3B 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Flowers C 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 Bonifacio PR 0 0 0 0 32 1 4 1 Soto C 1000 Sanchez 2B 4 0 1 1 Totals 34 2 7 1

HR 15 11 10

Sunday’s results North Delta 3, Abbotsford 2 Nanaimo 12, Langley 7 Victoria Eagles 5, Whalley 2 North Delta 3, Abbotsford 0 Langley 3, Nanaimo 2 Victoria Eagles 7, Whalley 1 Today’s schedule Abbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m.

White Rock at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20 Nanaimo at Parksville, 6 p.m.

GB 2.0 0.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 7.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 9.0 13

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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |

WORD FIND

B5

BRIDGE

Agreements Dealer: South E-W vulnerable NORTH ♠3 ♥K98 ♦AKQ3 ♣87543 WEST EAST ♠J542 ♠AK1096 ♥J73 ♥642 ♦J98 ♦10765 ♣Q62 ♣10 SOUTH ♠Q87 ♥AQ105 ♦42 ♣AKJ9 W N E S 1NT Pass 3♠* dbl 4♥ All Pass * singleton Opening Lead: ♠2

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

E

ZITS

ANDY CAPP

SOLUTION: IMPORTANT DISCUSSION

CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT

ast won the king but witched to the ten of clubs. Declarer put up the ace, ruffed a spade and led a club from dummy. East discarded a spade as South scored the king and trumped his remaining spade.

The king of hearts was unblocked and followed by three top diamonds on which South pitched a club. East discarded again on the play of a third club but an overtrick was home, N-S +450.

East should ruff the third club and return the ten of diamonds promoting a trump winner for partner. North’s three spade response promised a singleton spade and, a 1,3,5,4 or a 1,3,4,5 pattern. This action promised game values and the singleton was not the ace or king of spades. South was asked to make an informed decision regarding the best contract.

Holding a chunky four-card heart suit, he opted to play in the Moysian major suit game.

Five clubs is also icy but yields a less satisfying result of +400.

3NT produces a somewhat miraculous ten tricks because East holds both top spades. Declarer will have no choice but to put up the queen when East wins the spade lead and continues with the ten. In this scenario, East must steadfastly refuse to discard a diamond on the run of the rounded suit winners.

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25 Fraternal group 26 Operatic solos 27 Fender bumps 28 __ Star State (Texas) 29 Music-score symbols 30 See 41 Across 31 Compete in a bee 32 Handbag 33 Strong point 35 Prune, previously 36 Racetrack shape 38 Big African beast 39 Jack-__-trades 44 Tried to lose weight 45 Artists’ caps 46 Don’t partake of 47 National bird 48 Puppies and parakeets 49 Leave a freeway 50 Casino number-picking game 51 Dull routines 52 A Great Lake 53 Feeling pleased 54 Colosseum’s city 55 __ so (nevertheless) 56 Strong longings

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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

HOCKEY

Canada thumps Russia for championship Sidney Crosby becomes eighth Canadian member of hockey’s ‘triple gold’ club after 6-1 victory ate to be a part of it and it’s a privilege that we could do this as a group.”

Crosby was quick to share the tournament win with his teammates.

“That was really the story for the whole tournament. Everyone contributed, every line, both offensively and defensively,” said Crosby. “We had some guys did a great job on the penalty kill.

Smitty (Mike Smith) was awesome in net. It was a total team effort.”

CAROL SCHRAM THE CANADIAN PRESS

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Team Canada was perfect in Prague, capping an outstanding run at the world hockey championship with a dominant win over its archrival.

After five straight years of quarter-final defeats, the Canadians are heading home with world championship gold medals for the first time since 2007 after a 6-1 thrashing of defending champion Russia on Sunday at O2 Arena.

Arguably the deepest team in a tournament rich with big-name stars, the Canadians ran the table in 2015 with a perfect 10-0 record.

“Our guys really wanted to win — they really did,” said coach Todd McLellan.

“I thought that we got a little extra motivation from the Russian team today,” said McLellan.

“Their staredown in the warmup was just exactly what our team needed. We talked about which staredown would be more important — the one before the game or the one after. We decided the one after would be more important so we appreciated the motivation.”

Sidney Crosby, Tyler Ennis,

Anthem snub may lead to sanctions for Russians

Canada’s Sidney Crosby lifts the trophy after his team defeated Russia in the Hockey World Championships gold medal game. [AP PHOTO]

Cody Eakin and Claude Giroux paced the Canadian attack with a goal and an assist each. Tyler Seguin and Nathan MacKinnon also scored.

Crosby finished the tournament with 11 points and became just the eighth Canadian player to join the Triple Gold Club, add-

ing his world championship win to Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2014 and his 2009 Stanley Cup. “It’s a great honour,” said Crosby of the achievement. “I’ve been fortunate to play for some great teams. You know sometimes you just need some luck. I feel fortun-

Russia’s hockey team may end up paying for its Canadian anthem snub.

Russian news agency TASS reported the Russian team is facing sanctions after players left the ice before O Canada. The Canadians crushed Russia 6-1 in Sunday’s gold-medal game, and most of the Russians quickly departed for the dressing room, a breach of the sport’s etiquette.

“Once we arrive back home after the world championships we will look into this question and we will get in touch with those in charge at the Russian

Ice Hockey Federation,” IIHF president Rene Fasel said in the statement to TASS. “The IIHF has its own protocol and some sort of punishment will be handed down.”

According to TASS, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, Viktor Tikhonov and Dmitry Kulikov were among the few players who remained on the ice for the anthem.

Russia’s general manager Andrey Safronov called the incident “a shame.”

“Nothing forced our team to leave the ice and it was simply an organizational mistake and it was our mistake and not the one of the organizers,” Safronov told TASS. “We are feeling very ashamed and uncomfortable now and on the behalf of the national team I bow to the Canadians,” Safronov said.

“I am lost for words and can say only that there was nothing of a premeditated nature in the incident.”

The incident reached governmental level, with Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko blaming tournament organizers for opening a gate in the boards. According to Mutko, the Russian team took this as an invitation to leave.

NBA PLAYOFFS

NBA

West final is about more than MVP talk

Draft lottery to create more hope, headlines

ANTONIO GONZALEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND, Calif. — The MVP race was decided weeks ago.

Newly crowned Stephen Curry and runner-up James Harden insist there’s a bigger prize they’ve wanted all along.

Now is their chance to compete for it. Curry and the top-seeded Golden State Warriors will meet Harden and the rejuvenated Houston Rockets in the Western Conference finals beginning Tuesday night.

The Baby-Faced Assassin starring opposite the Bearded One is a scintillating subplot to a series that should feature a frenetic pace and a ton of 3-point shots.

But when the ball is tossed amid a sea of screaming fans in golden-yellow shirts at Oracle Arena, only one thing will be on the minds of the leading men.

“We’re four wins away from getting to the Finals and one step closer to our dream,” Curry said.

“There’s one team in our way to get there. That’s it.”

The Warriors went 4-0 against the Rockets in the regular season, winning by an average of 15.3 points. But a lot has changed for Houston since the teams last played Jan. 21. Dwight Howard sat out two meetings and is playing as well as he has in years.

Josh Smith has found his groove and starters Patrick Beverley and Donatas Motiejunas are out with injuries.

BRIAN MAHONEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Phil Jackson remembers watching old teammate Dave DeBusschere pound his fist in triumph, when the Knicks and NBA were dual winners.

The first draft lottery in 1985 gave New York the No. 1 pick and the NBA all the publicity a league could want, plus a way to deter teams from losing on purpose.

Thirty years later, the lottery still creates hope and headlines — though it’s debatable if tanking has ever gone away.

“It’s unique,” Jackson said. “It’s a fascinating process.”

It returns Tuesday night with the Knicks, now run by Jackson, with the second-best odds of winning, perhaps for the right to choose between big men KarlAnthony Towns of Kentucky or Jahlil Okafor of national champion Duke.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have the best chance, though they’ve fallen backward eight times and never won even from the pole position. The team with the worst record rarely has, going winless since the Orlando Magic got the rights to Dwight Howard in 2004.

Howard is now playing in Houston, which is where this whole lottery story begins.

The Rockets nose-dived their way toward the bottom two years running, with longtime Orlando executive and four-time lottery winner Pat Williams once saying they “not so subtly basically packed it in for the last month”

Kansas’ Kelly Oubre participates in the NBA draft basketball combine Thursday in Chicago. [AP PHOTO]

on their way to getting Hakeem (then Akeem) Olajuwon in 1984.

The top pick then was determined by a coin flip between the teams with the worst records in each conference, with the remaining teams picking in inverse order of their won-lost records.

The lottery debuted in 1985 with the seven non-playoff teams having equal odds as they vied for Patrick Ewing, and conspiracy theories forever followed when Commissioner David Stern pulled the envelope of the big-market Knicks, triggering the celebration of DeBusschere, their general manager.

Envelopes have given way to pingpong balls and the format has been tweaked through the years, though it dodged significant change last fall.

Commissioner Adam Silver, concerned about the tanking per-

ception fueled largely by Philadelphia’s strategy of angling for high draft picks, favoured reform to the current system that gives the team with the worst record a 25 per cent chance of winning. It fell short of approval, and Silver now suggests the lottery will remain as is at least until after the league’s new TV contracts begin in 2016-17.

Perhaps by then the 76ers’ tactics will have worked, though Silver considers them rebuilding rather than tanking.

“What’s interesting in the discussion here, conventionally, when you think of tanking, you think of teams trying to lose,” he said. “Here in this case, even the greatest critics of a socalled rebuilding strategy would acknowledge that the team is trying to win. They are trying to win over a longer time period than that particular year.”

The 76ers are slotted in the third spot with a 15.6 per cent chance of moving up to No. 1 and could land another high pick if the Lakers fall outside the top five and have to give it up as terms of a previous trade.

So Los Angeles also ended up on the perceived tankers list while finishing with the NBA’s fourthworst record.

The Knicks and Lakers being so high brings added interest Tuesday, and usual contenders Miami and Oklahoma City being in the lottery has prospects envisioning a chance to play with a Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant or Russell Westbrook — who will represent the Thunder on stage.

“It’s crazy if you think about that type of stuff,” Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein said.

“Like, those are people that you watched, that’s the people that you grew up watching.

“And getting a chance to play with them, or get to, like, learn under them?

“That’s powerful.”

Indiana’s Larry Bird and Miami’s Alonzo Mourning are some of the other big names who will be on stage in a New York hotel ballroom.

Jackson declined, leaving the Knicks’ seat to be occupied by general manager Steve Mills.

Jackson also insisted that the Knicks earned their 17-65 mark, not aimed for it.

“There was no tanking involved in any of our expressions to the basketball team or to our coaching staff,” he said recently.

“The idea wasn’t even proposed or talked about.”

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