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Lantzville loses another councillor Dave Scott quit Tuesday citing ‘dysfunction’ and ‘disarray,’ leaving only four elected representatives DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

A third member of Lantzville municipal council has resigned, leaving four councillors, the minimum needed for a quorum.

Dave Scott quit Tuesday citing “dysfunction” and “disarray.”

Last month councillors Jennifer Millbank and Rod Negrave resigned, giving similar reasons.

If councillors are “not able to fulfill their mandate, there’s plenty of people who already contacted me and are ready and willing to step into those pos-

itions,” said Lantzville Mayor Colin Haime.

The question now is what would happen if another quit.

According to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, the Community Charter provides the minister two options: • Order that the remaining councillors constitute a quorum until persons are elected and take office to fill the vacancies; • Appoint someone to fill the vacancies until persons are elected and take office.

Appointing a chief election officer in order to hold a byelection is on Monday’s council agenda, and once that happens the district must hold a byelection within 80 days.

“I suspect it will be sooner, rather than later,” Haime said.

Legislation defines quorum as “the majority of members on a decision making body to make a decision,” according to a ministry statement.

“In the case of Lantzville, if a current council member is unable to attend a council meet-

ing, quorum will not be met and council will not be authorized to act,” the statement reads.

That means that unless the minister steps in if a councillor is sick or can’t attend, district business could be delayed.

But most items on the council agenda “aren’t critically time sensitive,” so if someone is sick “that won’t affect the community,” Haime said.

Another outstanding issue is to identify a “facilitator” to do an independent workplace review at town hall.

Five staff members earlier this year signed a letter of complaint about workplace conditions, including two senior employees who gave their notices of resignation.

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Art of the spinning wheel kept alive by group of committed enthusiasts JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS

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hen Liz Kaarremaa decided to pick up her old hobby of spinning wool again, she was determined to go all the way.

Now in her seventh year of the master spinner program at Olds College in Alberta, the Protection Island resident not only spins wool but silk, linen, alpaca and cotton.

“I thought it was kind of a pity that I had quit, because otherwise I would have been really good by now. So I decided I was going to take a very structured course to try and catch up,” she said.

“I’m sort of more on the extreme end of spinning, but you don’t have to take a course.

Some do it naturally and just seem to know what to do. I was not a natural spinner, so I needed lessons.”

Part of the course involves learning about different spinning techniques and wheels, as well as the wide variety of fibres that can be used for yarn, including dog hair.

“It has to have a bit of a wavy hair. If it’s too wiry it’s too slippery and it won’t spin very well,” said Kaarremaa.

Many materials for spinning, as well as finished products, will be on display and for sale at the 5th Annual Fleece and Fibre Fair in Coombs on May 31.

For spinners like Lynne Vander Linde, president of the MidIsland Weavers and Spinners Guild, fairs can be the go-to place

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to pick up materials like alpaca and silk, which is typically sourced from China or India.

With an allergy to commercial wool, Vander Linde prefers to buy her fibre from local farms and mills whenever possible.

“It’s meditation,” said Vander Linde, pulling a multicoloured tuft of mixed wool, alpaca and cotton from the bag at her feet and trundling it through her spinning wheel to produce a smooth curl of yarn onto the spool.

“I just love it. The dying of the fibre — I can’t do that any more,

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but the colours are fantastic, the feel is wonderful,” she said.

With a professional quality wheel, she can spin everything from chunky sweater yarn to fine, two- or three-ply lace-weight thread.

Vander Linde’s favourite combination of fibres is an alpacasilk blend which produces a light, soft yarn.

Another advantage of home-spun yarn is economic, said MIWSG treasurer Crystal Hanson. She said she keeps two alpacas on her property for their fibre.

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“The reason I got involved in spinning was because I had taken up knitting, and good yarn is fairly expensive, so I thought I would give it a try,” said Hanson.

“The alpacas have lovely fibre, it’s warmer than wool because it’s hollow,” she said.

The fair takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bradley Centre, 975 Shearme Rd. in Coombs. Admission is free and there will be a spinning circle.

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2-4 p.m. Green Party party fun event will include federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Nanaimo Green candidate Paul Manley, at Maffeo-Sutton Park. Free to the public.

2-5 p.m. Jon Miller Quartet plays mainly original jazz, including cuts from the new CD, Three Days in Winter, Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave., Crofton, Cover: $10. Information: 250-324-2245 or http://croftonhotel.ca.

7-8:30 p.m. Candlelight vigil for earthquake-stricken Nepal at Maffeo Sutton Park pavilion. T-shirts on sale for the cause. Free, public event.

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Safe Boating Sunday, Schooner Cove Marina. Free event.

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Bike to Work Week, Day 1. Nanaimo North Town Centre sponsors this Going Green event. Ride your bike to work and

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6-8 p.m. Free SepticSmart Workshop.

Please register at 250-248-3252. Jonanco Hobby Workshop Nanaimo River and White Rapids Rd.

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2-6 p.m. Waterfront Bastion Farmers Market. Artisans, produce, fine wines, woodworking, fresh baking and more.

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TUESDAY, MAY 26 5-6 p.m. Family Fun Day at Fairwinds Golf and Country Club. Also offered June 9 and 23, and certain Tuesdays in July and August. Valid for juniors aged 5-18 years. Family: $66.

7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;My Father and the Man in Black,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Fundraiser for the Vancouver Island Mental Health Society. Malaspina Theatre, VIU Building 310. Tickets $25, $30 after May 15, porttheatre.com SATURDAY, MAY 30

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 3-6 p.m. Island Roots Farmers Market.

Shoppers are encouraged to support local growers, producers and artisans year-round. Pleasant Valley Hall, 6100 Dumont Rd.

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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Charges in wild south end chase Suspect accused of ramming three police cruisers; arrest came with aid of RCMP police helicopter SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

A 31-year-old man faces nine charges, including five counts of assaulting a police officer, after what Mounties describe as an attempt to avoid arrest by ramming past three RCMP squad cars and jumping into the Nanaimo River.

The alleged incidents took place Thursday. Police say the suspect was wanted on a number of property and driving offences on Vancouver Island.

Police were alerted to the vehicle’s presence in the University Village Mall and closed in on the area.

As police approached to block the vehicle’s escape, the driver, said the RCMP, rammed the police cars with his own vehicle and sped off.

A police helicopter was deployed to track the vehicle as it headed south on the Nanaimo Parkway.

Police used a spike belt to blow out the vehicle’s tires, which

caused the driver to abandon the vehicle near the Duke Point overpass, RCMP said. The driver then tried to get several vehicles to stop and pick him up, but was unsuccessful.

As police approached his location, The man reportedly jumped into the Nanaimo River to avoid arrest. But the water was shallower than expected and he ended up injuring his ankle, according to police. He eventually swam to shore and was arrested without incident.

Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien said the suspect is known to police.

“This individual was well known to our officers for fleeing from police while showing no regard for the safety of the general public,” O’Brien said.

“For that reason, Air Services was requested which allowed the officers involved to safely monitor the suspect’s location, and throughout to minimize the risk to the general public.”

Tyler Fong also faces previous

charges from Duncan and Ladysmith, according to the police.

Fong also faces one charge each of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and evading police.

He was remanded in custody by consent Friday and is scheduled to appear in court June 16, according to the Nanaimo court registry.

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Departure Bay upgrade cost to exceed $700K Spencer Anderson Reporting

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ity officials are planning upgrades to Departure Bay’s beachfront, which are slated to be completed following an archaeological assessment of the area.

The approximately $714,000-project includes flattening the grade of the existing waterfront walkway, installing new pedestrian access ramps, adding street lights and walkway lights, as well as parking improvements and replacement of a storm drain.

But because the area has been provincially designated as having cultural and historical significance, the city is working with Snuneymuxw First Nation and an archaeology consultant to ensure the work does not disturb anything of significance beneath the surface. Kurtis Noble, a city technologist for engineering projects, said the city recently completed the drilling of test pits on site that will allow the consultant to carry out the work. Mayor Bill McKay said the upgrades are the result of suggestions from the Departure Bay Neighbourhood Association on how to improve the area.

“Once the project is complete, the Departure Bay beachfront will be an even better place to visit and enjoy,” said McKay. The work is set to be completed in the fall.

More information on the project can be found at nanaimo. ca/goto/DBSeawall.

Bike to Work Week begins Participation in this year’s Bike to Work Week is significantly up from last year, as more teams and individuals have signed up to log as many kilometres as possible by bicycle.

A total 580 riders have regis-

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tered for the week-long event, up from 481 last year and 238 the year before.

The number of teams entered in the competition has also increased to 53 from 46 last year.

The event aims to raise the profile of the bicycle as a valid alternative to the combustion engine as a means of getting around.

Improved word-of-mouth of the event may have played a role in increased turnout, but a recent

spate of sunny, warm weather is likely a big reason why more people are registering, and registering early, said Deborah Beck, a City of Nanaimo recreation coordinator and board member for the event.

It is not to late to register online to take part. Those who do will be eligible to compete for one of two new bicycles, said Beck.

She said the challenge isn’t just for people commuting to work

or school; kilometres racked up from running errands or moseying about town can also be counted, so those in retirement can take part too.

“Seniors can get on board, we’d love them to take part,” Beck said.

Beck said riders are also encouraged to visit different ‘celebration stations’ that have been set up in the city for the event.

A calendar and registration

information can be found at biketowork.ca/nanaimo.

City budget online The recently-approved 2015 city budget has been posted online.

Those who want to take a gander can find it at the following link: http://cnan.ca/1BexY44.

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Better Business Bureau warns of potential scams DAILY NEWS

Fraudsters are using scare tactics to try and extort money from local business owners.

The Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island has received

an influx of calls recently from people across the Island targeted by an automated dialer calling system claiming the Canadian Revenue Agency is filing a lawsuit against them for tax fraud.

In the instances reported to

BBB, the call appears to come from a 613 (Ottawa) area code.

A recorded message is left on people’s answering machines, with an aggressive sounding message and a phone number to call back to. The BBB is warning

people to be aware that this call is a common “phishing” scam that seems to circulate around North America each year around tax season.

Scammers posing as CRA officials call and say the contacted

person owes the government taxes. Victims are told to put the money on a prepaid debit card and tell them the number, or to wire the money, something that no government agency would ask a person to do.

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Middle class Canadians need political help

T

he middle class in Canada is very important.

So important, federal political parties are all vying to represent this demographic come election time in October.

At a rally in Saskatoon earlier this month, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said his party will help the middle class by hiking the minimum wage and creating daycare spaces.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau promised tax cuts that will benefit the middle class and provide more money for middle-class families to raise their kids.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has suggested his government is the best government for the middle class because it has cut taxes.

However, an internal government report indicated in Febru-

ary 2014 the wages of middleincome earners have stagnated.

The Canadian dream is a myth.

Canadian wages are not keeping up with inflation, and Canadians are falling further and further into debt.

This is not really astounding news, as it verifies previous studies that have long lamented the decline of the middle class in Canada and in other developed countries.

Simply put, a strong middle class means the economy can grow.

Economist John Maynard Keynes argued stable middleclass consumption means investment and good economic wealth.

A strong middle class means stability in a boom-and-bust economy.

It also means entrepreneurship and social mobility.

So what exactly are the political parties doing to improve and strengthen the middle class?

Well for one thing, they seem to conflate middle class with centrist ideology. The middle class in politics has increasingly come to mean brokerage politics rather than a social and income class.

And as a result, all manner of policy ideas are thrown out by political parties in the hopes of hooking the greatest number of voters.

Well, it’s time to get serious about issues far more difficult to solve than just by offering income-tax cuts, daycare openings and hiking the minimum wage.

First and foremost, political parties have to get serious about lowering youth unemployment, rising student-loan debt and in

turn provide meaningful job creation. If young people can’t get out of the gate into career employment after graduating from post-secondary institutions, they can’t move into a middleclass life.

Statistics indicate the typical 25- to 35-year-old is making 11 per cent less than a similar age cohort in 1976. They’re graduating with student-loan debt — if they manage to qualify for student loans through provincial programs or through commercial banks — that effectively shackles them for a decade or longer after graduation.

This is money that could be used to fuel the economy, to buy houses and cars, and instead is used to fatten bank profits.

As well, political parties have to get serious about wage stagnation.

Average wage increases went up only two per cent in 2014, barely ahead of the inflation rate, and have been stagnating since 2008. Yet corporate profits hit a 27-year high last year at 8.2 per cent. Political parties serious about the middle class will need to think of ways to comprehensively boost wages.

At the end of June, the House of Commons goes into recess and federal politicians will be returning to their home ridings, desperate to get your vote. Ask them exactly what they plan to do about preserving our middle class.

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Council must get tough with hotel developers Come on city council — where is your backbone?

Time and again there have been delays in getting the hotel on Gordon Street started.

Extensions for financial reasons; planning and construction put off; the ground getting so bad that it has to be hidden behind fencing.

It is time to tell potential investors and builders “no further delays, start or abandon the project.”

Maybe the city will have difficulty in finding a new investor while other, smaller, hotels and builders seem willing to fill the gaps in our tourist and residential accommodation.

But isn’t that what the NEDC are there to search out as part of promoting Nanaimo?

Yes, we need to develop downtown to help Nanaimo’s economy,

but I for one am tired of being patient while cruise ship terminals sit idle and undeveloped lands sit with no work happening.

We should be looking for opportunities to bring us prosperity, not poverty. We do not want to return to the feeling that grass will grow on Nanaimo’s streets.

Pamela Mar Nanaimo

Let terror sympathizers leave; but not come back Regarding homegrown terrorists, I cannot understand our government’s actions regarding these people.

If they wish to leave Canada and go to join ISIS do not take their passports to stop them leaving, but take them to stop them from returning and causing problems here.

Keeping them here only invites them to hurt innocent people here.

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Fire engine only blocked minor accident scene A short time ago I happened to witness a very minor motor vehicle accident.

It was at the intersection of the Island Highway and Bowen Road as a car heading north rear-ended a car stopping for the red light.

Apart from a dent and perhaps a broken light, no big deal.

The passengers were outside their cars talking and one was on her cellphone. It was inconceivable that either car was immobilized by the event.

This is the Island Highway and within minutes a mile of traffic is growing behind the scene. As

anyone knows, this creates an increased probability of a more serious collision as hundreds of cars must brake unexpectedly.

Apparently whoever took the cell call didn’t ask the question they are supposed to: Are you blocking traffic?

Instead they dispatched a fire engine. So now the scene is really blocked.

This scene didn’t require attendance by anyone much less a fire engine.

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A proposed grant from the City of Nanaimo would see $12,500 go to helping sex trade workers in the city through a small ‘Community Action Team’ that operates through the Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society.

The team is made up of three women, some of whom are former sex trade workers, who are able to use their own experiences to forge relationships with current sex trade workers and connect them to help and resources they might need, said John Horn, social planner for the city.

The CAT members currently do all of their work on a volunteer basis without funding, said Horn.

“We know that’s a tremendous strain for some of these women,” Horn said.

Most of the grant will be put towards helping the CAT team cover costs in their work, such as printing brochures or providing information to help women get out of the sex trade or stay safe.

Another local measure has been installing drop boxes throughout the city for sex workers to anonymously report clients who have assaulted them or were otherwise abusive. That information is also shared with the police.

Lesley Clarke, executive director for the Nanaimo Women’s Centre, said the CAT program allows the team members to act as a bridge between members of the sex trade, including youth who may be exploited, and services and help in the community.

“Isolation creates vulnerability and this is ultimately what we saw in the Downtown Eastside,” said Clarke, referencing the disappearance and murder of dozens of dozens of women from the Vancouver neighbourhood.

CAT member Aimee Chalifoux said the group is looking at using the grant funding for education purposes, and may even set up a website.

She said connecting and building trust with people in the sex trade is a key step to helping them — including possibly helping them leave the trade altogether.

“I think the most important message is we’re not here to rescue anybody, we’re here to keep people safe,” she said.

Horn said there are an estimated 20 to 30 “visible’ sex trade workers in the city.

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n entrepreneur from Ladysmith may be one step closer to fulfilling his big dream for his company.

Cory Paisley, owner of Garage Door Doctor Canada, pitched his idea for a corporate expansion of the business into franchises to the venture capitalists on the popular CBC program Dragons’ Den in Toronto last month.

He said his presentation to the dragons was “well received” but he’s under a legal obligation not to comment on any deals he may have made until after the episode airs during the program’s next season this fall.

Paisley said his business, which has been in operation since 1998, provides same-day garage door repair and rebuilding services from Victoria to Parksville.

He said most of the service is provided through one self-contained van that has all the equipment needed for the operator to do the required work on-site.

Paisley said there are countless garage doors in buildings in the nation and he wants to franchise similar services in communities across Canada.

“We’ve done the research during the 20 years we’ve been working on our business plan and concluded that there’s a big market for these services,” he said.

“Like many other Vancouver Island-based businesses, it can be a challenge to obtain the expertise and capital necessary to take

Cory Paisley, owner of Garage Door Doctor, on Friday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

a successful local enterprise to other Canadian markets, so we thought bringing the idea to the Dragons’ Den was a good step in the right direction. It was a great experience being chosen to be on the show.”

Paisley said what makes his business different from other similar companies is that most of the rest are looking to sell new products whereas he provides the option of repairing the existing garage door, which is a much more environmentally

sustainable alternative at a considerably cheaper price for the customer.

“It sometimes means the difference between a $500 repair bill or paying $2,000 for a new garage door,” he said.

“Fixing old doors also means that they are kept out of the landfills because most of them can’t be recycled.”

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Doug Squire said he hasn’t given Canada Post’s decision to begin eliminating its traditional door-to-door mail service much thought.

Squire, a Nanaimo senior, said it isn’t an election issue for him as Canada prepares for a federal election this fall.

The NDP announced this week it would terminate Canada Post’s phase-out plan for door-to-door mail service and restore service to those households that have already lost it.

Alexandre Boulerice, the NDP’s post office critic, said that with Canada Post making almost $200 million in net profits last year, the justification for incrementally switching to the community mailbox program is no longer valid.

She said hundreds of Canadian

With an expanded space and new staff at their downtown location, the Nanaimo Art Gallery has bid farewell to its initial home at Vancouver Island University. There has often been confusion between the two locations, and plans always existed to have all the staff under one roof, said Chris Kuderle, NAG’s administrative director.

Consolidating locations will allow for the gallery to focus their resources and programs downtown in the heart of Nanaimo’s arts district, she added.

The NAG was initially created as a project of faculty at VIU, and its original incarnation was as the Madrona Exposition Centre in September of 1977. The two institutions have enjoyed a 40-year partnership, and the gallery will continue to operate under new direction of VIU’s Art and Design department.

“They will still have the upper part as a gallery. Downstairs they’re doing a bunch of renovations so parts of it will go to interior design, the theatre and visual arts, there’s going to be a studio downstairs,” said Kuderle.

A new month-long exhibition of Mexican textiles will open on June 15 at the campus gallery.

Plans for the downtown location at 150 Commercial St. include development of the facility, an increased focus on innovative exhibitions by professional contemporary artists and a continuation of art-based educational programs for all ages.

mayors have complained about Canada Post’s decision.

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay said the issue hasn’t been raised at the council table, but he personally has no problems with community mailboxes.

“I lived in a ‘super box’ neighbourhood before and it really wasn’t much of a challenge for me to get my mail,” he said.

“But I’d like to see a policy that takes into account seniors and those with mobility problems.”

James Lunney, the independent MP for Nanaimo-Alberni, said Canada Post is a Crown corporation that must respond to consumer demand, and its a fact that fewer people are using the traditional mail service in the electronic age.

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Photo leads to suspension of NDP rookie DEAN BENNETT THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Incoming Alberta NDP premier Rachel Notley has suspended a rookie member of her caucus over a social media photo deemed homophobic by the party.

Notley said in a release that Deborah Drever will sit as an Independent when the legislature reconvenes next month for the first time since the May 5 election.

An Instagram photo of a news article featuring Tory Premier Jim Prentice and one of his cabinet ministers, Ric McIver, was circulating Friday on Twitter. Speech bubble doodles were added to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pictures and a comment below from user â&#x20AC;&#x153;drevfeverâ&#x20AC;? said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gay boyz.â&#x20AC;?

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Yosef was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on Friday, when he was handed a combined 12-year prison sentence for her death and a robbery at a bus stop two weeks earlier.

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His daughter Rhiannon, who

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Church Al Paskall, right, husband of the late Julie Paskall, arrives at provincial court with their daughter Rhiannon Paskall on Friday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

has cerebral palsy, said her mother helped her learn to walk, talk and believe in herself despite her disability. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom was truly my best friend in the entire world,â&#x20AC;? said the 29-year-old, the eldest of three children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would give anything to have a cup of tea with her and play a game of Scrabble while listening to Fleetwood Mac.â&#x20AC;?

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Court heard Gopaul has 29 criminal convictions going back to age 16 and that six of those were violent crimes.

His lawyer said Gopaul was traumatized at age seven when his mother jumped from an 11thstorey window to escape a rape by three men in an Ottawa apartment building.

He moved to Surrey from Ontario just eight weeks before attacking Paskall and was arrested in May last year.

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Irish go to polls on gay marriage Conservative Catholics face liberal social change SHAWN POGATCHNIK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DUBLIN — Voters determined to have their voice heard on gay marriage turned out in strength Friday for Ireland’s most hard-fought referendum in decades, a contest that pitted the liberal forces of social change against the nation’s conservative Catholic foundation.

Polls closed at 10 p.m. after 15 hours of voting that featured long-distance trips by Irish citizens, including thousands of emigrants who returned by aircraft or ferry to take part in the world’s first national vote on gay marriage.

Backers of gay marriage had hoped for high turnout, reflecting strong participation by young and first-time voters. Electoral officials said this appeared to have happened, particularly in Ireland’s major urban centres of Dublin and Cork, where many arriving at polling stations declared it was their first time voting.

Polling station officials said Ireland could top 60 per cent turnout nationally for the first time since the country narrowly voted to legalize divorce in 1995, but was unlikely to reach the 68 per cent achieved when the Irish voted to ease access to foreign abortions in 1992.

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Vancouver’s economy could suffer a $1.2-billion blow in the case of a major oil spill caused by Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, concludes a new report released by the city.

The report, conducted by the University of B.C.’s Fisheries Economics Research Unit, examined the potential economic costs of a 16-million litre spill in Burrard Inlet, the body of water bordering to the city that is busy with industrial use, cruise ships and float planes.

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moral authority started to be battered by two decades of scandals over sexual abuse and its systemic coverup in parishes and church-run institutions for children.

Underscoring the changed national mood, Prime Minister Enda Kenny assailed the Vatican’s role in the coverups after he took power in 2011 and closed Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See. Gay couples who hope to marry were keeping their fingers crossed. Many also expressed a sense of dread that the amendment might be rejected.

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ATTICA DISCLOSURE

Prison riot’s dark history revealed Newly released witness accounts lend credence about abuses alleged by prisoners and their families Attica, a group of prison employees who survived and relatives of those who died.

Three inmates and one guard died at the hands of prisoners in the riot and siege that ended Sept. 13, 1971. The 1,300 inmates who rioted over conditions and controlled part of the prison had clubs, knives and makeshift weapons and threatened to kill hostages. When state troopers and guards stormed the facility after negotiations stalled, they fatally shot 29 inmates and 10 hostages.

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ore than 40 years after the nation’s bloodiest prison rebellion, newly released documents contain accounts, some never before seen publicly, from National Guardsmen and a doctor who said they saw injured inmates beaten with clubs and others with wounds indicating they were tortured as state police and guards retook control of Attica.

The documents released Thursday, two years after state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sought the disclosure, say several witnesses to brutal crimes against prisoners weren’t contacted or interviewed by criminal investigators. They show apparent violent crimes by authorities, described by neutral witnesses, after police and guards fatally shot 29 inmates and 10 hostages and 1,300 inmates surrendered after their riot and five-day standoff at the maximum-security prison in western New York.

Such abuses have long been alleged by prisoners and their families, and the newly released witness accounts lend credence to their arguments. A 1975 report

by Judge Bernard Meyer concluded there was no intentional coverup, only serious errors in judgment and omissions in evidence gathered by troopers. He also noted an imbalance in the ensuing prosecution: More than five dozen prisoners and just one state trooper were indicted.

That conclusion, contained in the 570-page report’s first volume, has been public for 40 years. The 46 pages detailing some of the factual basis for Meyer’s findings were released Thursday. Another 350 pages remain sealed because they contained grand jury testimony, which by law is generally kept secret to protect the privacy of witnesses and investigation targets.

A judge refused last year to make an exception to release those pages for the public and historical Attica record.

“Today, we are shining a light on one of the darkest chapters of our history,” said Marty Mack, executive deputy state attorney general. “This release might bring families of the victims nearer to closure and help Americans learn from what happened,” he said.

Michael Smith, a corrections officer taken hostage in the riot and shot when the prison was stormed by police, said Thursday that so much was redacted there isn’t much new, and significant information is still being suppressed.

“The truth will all come out someday but I don’t know if anybody’s going to be alive who was involved in the event,” he said.

his report four years later, Meyer Ionnnoted that 62 inmates had been indicted various offences, but the first grand

In this Sept. 13, 1971, file photo, prison guards and New York State troopers gather outside Attica State Prison as they prepare to enter and retake it after inmates rioted and held the prison for five days. [AP PHOTO]

n the newly released details, Meyer Iinformation wrote that his own public request for led to contacts and interviews that were made available to the criminal investigators but apparently went unused. Meyer, who later sat for seven years on New York’s highest court, died in 2005.

“A National Guardsman who treated wounded inmates only to have bandages ripped off, saw stretchers deliberately tilted, saw guards beat inmates on medical carts with clubs, saw a prison doctor pull an inmate off a cart and kick him in the stomach, saw inmates beaten while running a gauntlet,” Meyer wrote. The criminal investigation files contained no record of the guardsman or any attempt to interview him, he noted.

A doctor from Genesee Memorial Hospital saw “an inmate with large wounds

around his rectum which were not from gunshot,” which the doctor later heard were caused by a broken bottle, Meyer wrote. The doctor also said he was refused permission to take a brain-damaged inmate to the hospital and a day later saw prisoners with untreated broken bones.

Another guardsman testified in a federal class-action suit by inmates that he saw “inmates beaten on stretchers, poked in the groin and rectum with nightsticks, beaten while running through gauntlets,” Meyer wrote. Other inmates and observers testified about cigarette burns on prisoners.

Schneiderman two years ago sought full disclosure of the report, offering to redact only names of grand jury witnesses, noting related prosecutions and lawsuits were done. Others seeking the complete records are the Forgotten Victims of

jury refused to indict in four cases brought against law enforcement personnel. One trooper was later indicted on a charge of reckless endangerment in 1975.

Former assistant special prosecutor Malcolm Bell, a whistleblower, prompted Gov. Hugh Carey to appoint Meyer to examine the investigations and prosecutions.

Bell had recounted building grand jury cases toward indicting a half-dozen state troopers for murder or manslaughter, 60 or 70 for reckless endangerment, and several ranking officers for what he believed was a coverup. He was reassigned and then suspended in what he now regards as an effort by Louis Lefkowitz, the attorney general at the time, to protect GOP Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who had ordered the prison retaken.

Bell wrote to Lefkowitz and later sent a 160-page report to Gov. Hugh Carey, describing in detail what he believed was a failure to pursue justice and a coverup.

That led Carey to appoint the commission headed by Meyer, whom Carey would later name to New York’s Court of Appeals, its highest court. he horror stories about what “T happened to various inmates are shocking, but it’s also very familiar stuff,”

Bell said Thursday, citing an earlier commission’s 1972 report, newspaper stories and many inmates’ federal testimony.

Important questions remain unanswered, like the discrepancy between records showing 10 minutes of shooting but only four minutes on the state police videotape, and fixing responsibility for all the failures, he said.

“The decision to conduct the investigation sequentially or chronologically rather than topically was a serious error of judgment,” Meyer concluded in the report’s 123-page already-public first volume. “Investigation in depth of the later occurring events was thus deferred, which skewed the investigation’s inadequate manpower away from possible retaking, rehousing and hindering of prosecution crimes by law enforcement personnel.”

CANNES

Italian director explores family issues in film JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CANNES, France — Director Nanni Moretti is pleased to hear that some audience members came out of Mia Madre, his new movie about a filmmaker whose mother is dying, and immediately called their own moms to say “I love you.”

“Every once in a while, movies do the right thing,” the director said during an interview in Cannes, where the film — My Mother in English — is competing for the Palme d’Or top prize.

The movie is a return to directly personal subject matter for the Italian Moretti after his last film, We Have a Pope, which focused

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on a pontiff-elect who gets cold feet about the job. Moretti began work on My Mother after his own mother died in 2010.

The film stars Italian actress Margherita Buy as a filmmaker

suffering professional and personal crises. On set, her socialrealist movie risks being derailed by a demanding American actor played by John Turturro, while at home, her elderly mother is growing increasingly ill.

Moretti is a Cannes mainstay who has brought more than half a dozen films to the festival. He won the Palme d’Or in 2001 for The Son’s Room, about a family devastated by the death of a teenage son.

My Mother offers his signature blend of pathos and humour in its depiction of two intense, complex relationships.

The bond between mother and child is a source of sadness, while that between a controlling

director and a prima donna actor provides much of the movie’s comedy.

Buy, who also appeared in We Have a Pope and Moretti’s Silvio Berlusconi satire The Cayman, said she enjoyed her time in the fictional director’s chair.

“I had great fun mistreating actors for a while,” she said.

Buy and Turturro are far too polite to point out any similarities between the character and Moretti, a famously focused filmmaker who writes, directs and stars in his movies. He plays the brother of Buy’s character in My Mother.

“He was really challenging, and demanding — in a good way,” Turturro said.

At its best, My Mother is deeply poignant, capturing the aching sense of loss that accompanies the death of a parent. Buy’s character learns that her mother had facets she never knew, when former students visit and talk about how much she meant to them. The same thing happened to Moretti after the death of his own mother — who, like the character in the film, was a Latin teacher.

“It was painful,” he said. “I discovered an essential part of her life that I really didn’t know anything about.”

“Sometimes you are so close to the people you love that you don’t get the whole picture,” he added.

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University obtains Orson Welles memoir

Vergara’s ex-boyfriend can file embryo suit

Venice officials close mosque at art show

The University of Michigan says a “very raw draft” of an unpublished Orson Welles memoir has joined its archives on the filmmaker. The typewritten memoir was in eight boxes of materials from Croatian filmmaker Oja Kodar that the Ann Arbor school purchased. Kodar was Welles’ collaborator for 24 years before his death in 1985. Welles directed the radio drama “The War of the Worlds” and the movie “Citizen Kane.”

A judge is allowing Sofia Vergara’s ex-boyfriend to file an amended lawsuit seeking custody of frozen embryos. Los Angeles Superior Court Lawrence Cho ruled Friday that attorneys for Nicholas Loeb can file an amended lawsuit against Vergara seeking access to the embryos so that they may be implanted in a surrogate. Vergara’s attorney, Fred Silberberg argued Friday that Loeb has not presented a viable legal claim.

Venice officials have ordered the closure of a working mosque in an ex-church, set up as Iceland’s exhibit for the 56th Venice Biennale contemporary art fair. The Icelandic pavilion was closed Friday after Venice city officials withdrew authorization for the installation citing violations of the initial agreement, including using the pavilion as a place of worship. The project envisioned a working mosque for the seven months of the Biennale.

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SOCCER

Club hopes contest will fund clubhouse ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS

Mid-Isle Soccer Club has entered into a video contest with hopes of attaining a $20,000 grand prize to build a clubhouse at Forrest Field in Ladysmith.

Mid-Isle’s video is part of Bell’s ‘Show Some Soccer Love Contest’ open to any club affiliated with BC Soccer.

Votes can be placed online and the top three are then judged by an independent panel to determine who wins the grand prize.

The video keeps with Mid-Isle’s Highlanders theme at the club and sees an enactment of a scene from the famous movie Braveheart starring Mel Gibson.

The video was filmed at Forrest Field and sees a number of MidIsle players charging towards a goal defended by highland dancers, equipped with swords, from teacher Diena Henry’s Brigadoon Dance Academy, which is based in Nanaimo.

Mid-Isle’s vice president Mike Rankin says it was Henry who notified the club of the contest.

“We had an evaluation session last week where we had about 60 players there and she brought her highland dancers,” said Rankin. “The kids had a blast.”

Henry’s son Stirling, 10, has just made the U13 rep team.

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The club also wants to build a memorial wall and establish an annual bursary, named after soccer mom Dawn Sparks, who recently lost her fight with cancer.

Bill Merriman coaches the Mid Isle Highlanders U21 team and believes the clubhouse will be a big asset.

“It’s a great opportunity and these days fundraising is not easy,” he said. “All the bigger clubs I know down south have a clubhouse and it’s a place to bring everyone together.”

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Tuck accepts offer to compete for Huskies Young Nanaimo athlete to study nursing in Saskatchewan ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS

With a trio of scholarship offers on the table, one of Nanaimo’s most successful wrestlers has decided where her post-secondary career lies.

Faye Tuck, 18, who will graduate from Dover Bay Secondary this summer, will attend the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon this fall.

Tuck also had offers on the table from Simon Fraser University and the University of Calgary.

Tuck will join the Saskatchewan Huskies wrestling team as she embarks on the next five years of her life to study in the university’s noted nursing program.

The scholarship is for $1,000 for the first year and includes a flight home at Christmas.

“The program fits my needs the best. They have a very good nursing program and the scholarship money may go up next year depending on my success,” she said.

Tuck’s illustrious high school career ended with a silver medal at the national championships in Fredericton in April.

The level-headed, five-time B.C. champion, coached by her father Andrew out of the Nanaimo Wrestling Club, says her primary

Nanaimo’s Faye Tuck, on top of her opponent, will wrestle for the University of Saskatchewan in the fall.

goal heading into post-secondary is just to keep improving her skills.

“I’ve never really been part of the whole university thing so that is all new to me. If success comes, then it comes. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.”

Tuck says being a wrestler was a scenario that never fazed her

from the beginning.

“It’s what I’ve always been. It is different as a lot of people view it as a male sport, but I fit in. It’s a lot more of a community than what people think.”

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“Michael Sam is a very good football player, and that’s the reason we signed him,” Popp said of Sam, who is openly gay. “He’s an outstanding pass-rusher.”

Sam, a free-agent, agreed to a two-year deal. The 25-year-old is to be introduced at a news conference in Montreal on Tuesday and report to training camp the following day.

“I am very excited and proud to join the Montreal Alouettes and want to thank team owner Robert Wetenhall, general manager Jim Popp and head coach Tom Higgins for this opportunity,” Sam said Friday in a statement. “I cannot wait to put on the pads, get back on the field and work hard each and every day with my teammates to bring a Grey Cup to the great fans here in Montreal.”

The Galveston, Texas, native became a sensation when he came out before last year’s NFL draft, and his NFL jerseys were an instant best-seller.

When he was picked in the seventh round by St. Louis, President Barack Obama publicly congratulated Sam and the Rams, who made him the first openly gay player to be drafted for their courage.

CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge did the same on Friday.

“Congratulations to the Montreal Alouettes on the signing of Michael Sam,” Orridge said in a statement.

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PARIS — If Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard can break out of her current slump, she has a good chance to make a deep run at the French Open.

The sixth seed has a favourable draw at Roland Garros, starting

with a first-round match against France’s Kristina Mladenovic.

The two have met only once in on the WTA circuit, with Bouchard defeating Mladenovic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Coupe Banque National in Quebec City. Bouchard wouldn’t face a seeded opponent until the

third round, where she could meet No. 32 Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.

It would be the second meeting between the two in as many tournaments. Bouchard beat Diyas 63, 6-4 in the second round of last week’s Italian Open. That victory ended a troubling six-match

losing streak for the native of Westmount, Que. Should Bouchard reach the quarter-final, she could face a daunting opponent in Perta Kvitova. The No. 4 Czech has won all three career matches against Bouchard, including a 6-3, 6-0 rout in last year’s Wimbledon

final. Bouchard advanced to the semifinals at Roland Garros last year. In the men’s draw, Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil plays his first-round match against Portugal’s Joao Sousa. Pospisil will be looking to advance to the second round in Paris for the first time after three first-round defeats.

NHL PLAYOFFS

BASEBALL

Nash lifts Rangers over Lightning with two goals

Late rally no help as Mariners edge Jays

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TORONTO — Chris Colabello almost redeemed himself in the ninth inning.

Colabello’s two-run homer sparked a late Toronto Blue Jays rally in a 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. His long ball came after missing a crucial catch earlier in the game.

Seattle took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Colabello misjudged a hit from Logan Morrison in right field, which bounced passed the sliding Blue Jays outfielder for a two-run triple.

“Obviously, when it got by me I was pretty sick about it,” said Colabello. “You get an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach, especially because Marco Estrada was pitching so well.

“But you’ve got to learn from it and not let it happen again.”

TAMPA, Fla. — Henrik Lundqvist and a couple of other old standbys picked a nice time to reassert themselves for the New York Rangers.

New York’s star goalie reverted to his reliable ways after two subpar performances, and Rick Nash and Martin St. Louis emerged from playoff scoring droughts Friday night to help the Rangers shut down the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Lundqvist stopped 38 shots after allowing 12 goals while losing the previous two games.

Nash had two goals and an assist, and St. Louis — the former Tampa Bay captain — contributed a third-period goal as New York evened the best-of-7 series 2-2 heading back home for Game 5 on Sunday night.

“The last 48 hours or so, it’s been pretty tough trying not to overanalyze or complicate things soul searching,” Lundqvist said. “I feel like the entire team stepped up. It feels so good when you’re feeling like you’re doing it together and not just one or two guys.”

Lundqvist redeemed himself by handling nearly everything the speedy and skilled Lightning threw at him.

Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos scored for the third straight game, briefly making it 1-1 before New York’s Chris Kreider and Keith Yandle struck within a two-minute span for a 3-1 Rangers lead.

With the Lightning’s Nikita Nesterov in the penalty box for high-sticking St. Louis, the star of Tampa Bay’s 2004 Stanley Cup

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Estrada (1-3) gave up four earned runs and struck out five over seven innings of work for Toronto (19-25). Ryan Tepera and Steve Delabar gave up no runs in an inning each of relief.

Colabello also had two singles to lead the Blue Jays offence and improve his batting average to .381. Edwin Encarnacion had a home run and a double.

Nelson Cruz had a double and a solo blast for Seattle (19-22), adding to his major-league leading 17 home runs. He is best in the American League with 34 runs batted in. Cruz made it 4-1 for the Mariners in the sixth inning, putting a 1-1 pitch from Estrada just over the right-field wall.

Mariners reliever Carson Smith held Toronto scoreless in the eighth inning before closer Fernando Rodney started to unravel in the ninth.

Tampa Bay Lightning centre Tyler Johnson (9) battles to move the puck along with Ondrej Palat (18) against New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal, left on Friday in Tampa, Fla. The Rangers won 5-1. [AP PHOTO]

RUGBY championship team delivered his first goal this post-season to make it 4-1 with just under 15 minutes remaining.

Nash, who had one goal over his previous 13 games, added another power-play goal at 11:33 of the third.

“It’s a funny game,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “People are going to wake up in the morning and look at the box score and say: ’Oh wow, Tampa got waxed.’ But if you’re in the building, you probably don’t see it that way.”

The Lightning outshot the Rangers 39-24 but couldn’t rattle Lundqvist, who rejected Stamkos from point-blank range and moments later stopped Alex Killorn on a breakaway during one sequence with Tampa Bay trying

to get back in the game in the second period.

Lundqvist stopped 18 of 19 shots in the period, and had 13 more saves in the third.

“I think there was a lot of talk about him and about his play, but there wasn’t any doubt from within our dressing room. Hank has done this so many times before,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said.

Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop stopped 19 of 24 shots, yielding five goals for the second straight game after not only more than three in Tampa Bay’s first 14 playoff games.

“From Bish on out, myself included, we have to be better next game,” Stamkos said.

“It’s 2-2. It’s a best two out of three now.”

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AMSTERDAM — John Tait’s women’s rugby sevens squad became the first Canadian team to qualify for the 2016 Olympics on Friday when it won all three matches on Day 1 of the final event of the Women’s Sevens Series season.

Australia, which also went 3-0, joined the Canadians in booking its ticket to Rio de Janeiro, where rugby sevens will make its Games debut.

The top four teams in the overall standings at the end of play Saturday automatically qualify.

Coming into Amsterdam with

96 points, Series leader New Zealand had already guaranteed its Olympic participation. Canada and Australia, tied for second with 76 points, joined the Kiwis thanks to Friday’s results.

France and the U.S. (both on 62 points) and sixth-place England (60 points) are fighting for the last Olympic berth available this weekend. Russia, in seventh spot with 54 points, was also mathematically still in the hunt.

The Americans, led by former Canadian coach Ric Suggitt, would seem in the driver’s seat after also going 3-0 Friday to secure a quarter-final matchup with Spain.

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

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

Teams GP W L GF-A Quebec Remparts (Host) 1 1 0 4-3 Oshawa Generals (OHL) 0 0 0 0-0 Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 0 0 0 0-0 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 1 0 1 3-4 Yesterday’s result Quebec 4, Kelowna 3

Yesterday’s result (Game 3) NY Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1 (Series tied 2-2) Today’s schedule (Game 4) Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m.

(Anaheim leads series 2-1) Sunday, May 24 (Game 5) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Monday, May 25 (Game 5) Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 (Game 6) New York Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Rangers 5, Lightning 1 First Period 1. New York, Nash (3) (Hagelin, Hayes) 17:18 Penalties: St. Louis Nyr (Interference) 8:01, Stralman Tb (Interference) 12:13 Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Stamkos (6) (Killorn, Filppula) 11:30 3. New York, Kreider (7) (Yandle, Klein) 15:16 4. New York, Yandle (1) (Klein, Nash) 17:04 Penalties: Staal Nyr (Holding) 0:28, Kreider Nyr (Tripping) 7:44 Third Period 5. New York, St. Louis (1) (Boyle, Brassard) 5:08 (PP) 6. New York, Nash (4) (Yandle, Hayes) 11:33 (PP) Penalties: Nesterov Tb (High-sticking) 4:40, Morrow Tb (Hooking) 10:02, Johnson Tb (Roughing) 17:31, Palat Tb (Roughing) 17:31, Stepan Nyr (Highsticking) 17:31, Hagelin Nyr (Roughing) 17:31, McDonagh Nyr (Roughing) 17:31, Morrow Tb (Goalkeeper Interference) 19:24, Klein Nyr (Unsportsmanlike Conduct) 19:24, Paquette Tb (Interference) 19:56, Glass Nyr (Cross checking) 19:56 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T New York 7 6 11 24 Tampa Bay 7 19 13 39 Goaltending summary: New York: Lundqvist (38/39), Tampa Bay: Bishop (19/24) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): New York: 2 of 4, Tampa Bay: 0 of 4 Att: 19,204

American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 3 Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 2-Grand Rapids Griffins Thursday’s result (Game 1) Manchester 3, Hartford 2 Today’s schedule (Game 2) Hartford at Manchester, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 (Game 1) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 25 (Game 2) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 (Game 3) Manchester at Hartford, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 (Game 4) Manchester at Hartford, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 (Game 3) Utica at Grand Rapids, 4 p.m.

Schedule (all times PDT) Today’s game 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.

Tuesday, May 26 Oshawa vs. Kelowna, 4:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs (All series best-of-seven) Eastern Conference final (Round 3) Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Western Conference finals Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets Yesterday’s result (Game 2) Cleveland 94, Atlanta 82 (Cleveland leads series 2-0) Today’s schedule (Game 3) Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

(Golden State leads series 2-0) Sunday, May 24 (Game 3) Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m., TNT Monday, May 25 (Game 4) Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 (Game 4) Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m., TNT Wednesday, May 27 (Game 5*) Houston at Golden State 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 (Game 5*) Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m., TNT Friday, May 29 (Game 6*) Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 30 (Game 6*) Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m., TNT Sunday, May 31 (Game 7*) Houston at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Cavaliers 94, Hawks 82 Atlanta MIN PT RB A ST B TO Carroll 33:46 6 3 0 0 0 0 Millsap 27:00 4 5 2 2 0 1 Horford 30:18 12 6 2 1 1 1 Korver 32:03 12 1 1 1 0 0 Teague 31:18 12 3 6 1 2 1 Antic 12:48 1 5 1 0 0 2 Bazemore 11:48 7 2 0 1 0 2 Schroder 12:17 13 3 1 0 0 1 Scott 25:54 6 7 1 1 0 3 Mack 13:01 7 3 1 0 0 0 Jenkins 04:53 0 1 0 0 0 0 Muscala 04:53 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 82 39 15 7 3 11 Cleveland MIN PT RB A ST B TO James 38:58 30 9 11 0 1 4 Thompson 41:08 7 16 0 0 2 2 Mozgov 25:09 10 7 0 0 0 2 Shumpert 34:18 16 4 0 1 0 1 Dellavedova 37:14 11 6 4 1 0 3 Smith 32:02 9 2 1 2 0 0 Jones 22:38 9 2 0 2 1 0 Marion 06:24 2 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 94 47 17 6 4 12 Atlanta 21 28 17 16 Cleveland 26 28 30 10 3 FG: Atlanta 6-26, Cleveland 12-30. FT: Atlanta 10-13, Cleveland 16-26. Fouled Out: None Att: 18,670 Time of game: 2:21

Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson (13) moves past Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. [AP PHOTO]

Short-handed Cavs down Hawks 94-82 AKRON BEACON JOURNAL

ATLANTA — The Cavaliers are down to one superstar and plenty of helping hands.

The Hawks might be down to their last rites.

LeBron James had 30 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists and the Cavaliers beat the Atlanta Hawks, 94-82, Friday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. And they did it without Kyrie Irving.

Irving was held out of Friday’s game because of tendinitis in his left knee, yet his absence was barely noticeable.

Matthew Dellavedova had 11 points, six rebounds and four assists in place of Irving, Iman Shumpert scored 16 points and the Cavs held the high-powered Hawks to 42 percent shooting while dismantling the best team in the East on their own floor.

Tristan Thompson grabbed 16 rebounds and Timofey Mozgov had 10 points and seven rebounds.

Now the series shifts back to Cleveland on Sunday and thoughts of a sweep become realistic — something unthinkable just a few days ago.

The Cavs buried the Hawks by outscoring them 30-17 in the third quarter and growing the lead to 20 while limiting the Hawks to 32-percent shooting (7-of-22). Shumpert and James Jones, meanwhile, continued the trend of terrific play out of the supporting characters.

Dellavedova’s glowing performance in Game 6 was enough to close out the Chicago Bulls. J.R. Smith’s franchise-record eight three-pointers were enough to beat the Hawks in Wednesday’s series opener and Friday it was Shumpert and Jones, who combined to shoot 7-of-11 on three-pointers.

Denis Schroder had 13 points off the bench and Jeff Teague had 12 points and six assists for the Hawks. Kyle Korver and Al Horford both scored 12 points before leaving with injuries, compounding the Hawks’ already-bleak outlook.

TENNIS

GOLF

ATP and WTA

Current tournaments

Open de Nice Cote d’Azur, May 17-23 Nice, France Surface: Clay Purse: €439,405 Singles - Semifinals Leonardo Mayer, Argentina def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 6-4, 6-3 Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. (2) John Isner, United States 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 Geneva Open, May 17-23 Geneva, Switzerland Surface: Clay Purse: $494,310 Singles - Semifinals Joao Sousa (6), Portugal, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles - Semifinals Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and Robert Farah (2), Colombia, def. Alexander Bury, Belarus, and Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.

WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, May 17-May 23 Strasbourg, France Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Semifinals Samantha Stosur (3), Australia, def.

Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 1-2, retired.

Doubles - Semifinals Nadiya Kichenok, Ukraine, and Zheng Saisai (2), China, def. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith (4), Britain, 6-1, 5-7, 10-3.

Nurnberger Versicherungscup, May 17-May 23 Nurnberg, Germany Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Semifinals Roberta Vinci (4), Italy, def. Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, walkover.

Karin Knapp (6), Italy, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles - Semifinals HLara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Raluca Olaru (4), Romania, def. Elena Bogdan, Romania, and Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

CYCLING Road racing Giro d’Italia

Yesterday’s results and standings Stage 13 - 147 km. Montecchio Maggiore-Jesolo. Flat course. Weather: Rain, heavy at times 1. Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida, 3:03:08 2. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 3. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 4. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 5. Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini 6. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) LampreMerida 7. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo 8. Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 9. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team GiantAlpecin 10. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 50. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:40 General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 54:20:35 2. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:19 3. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 0:01:14 4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:01:38 5. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:01:49 6. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:02:02 7. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team, 0:02:12 8. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 0:02:21 9. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team, 0:02:40 10. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:03:15 11. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal, 0:03:25 12. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini, 0:03:43 13. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal, 0:03:57 20. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:40 125. Hugo Houle (Ste-Perpetue, Que.) AG2R La Mondiale, 2:11:21

LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP W L Nanaimo 1 1 0 Burnaby 0 0 0 Coquitlam 0 0 0 Langley 0 0 0 Maple Ridge 0 0 0 New Westminster 0 0 0 Victoria 1 0 1 Yesterday’s season opener Nanaimo 8, Victoria 6

T Pts 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sunday, May 24 Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Burnaby at Maple Ridge, 6:45 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 New Westminster at Langley, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 Coquitlam at N.Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L Delta 6 6 0 Coquitlam 6 5 1 Victoria 6 4 2 New Westminster 6 3 3 Nanaimo 6 3 3 Langley 7 2 4 Port Coquitlam 8 1 6 Burnaby 7 1 6 Yesterday’s results Delta 14, Port Coquitlam 10

T Pts 0 12 0 10 0 8 0 6 0 6 1 5 1 3 0 2

Today’s schedule Burnaby at Victoria, 5 p.m.

Coquitlam at Delta, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Victoria at Coquitlam, 2 p.m.

Nanaimo at Port Coquitlam, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 New Westminster at Langley, 8 p.m.

National Lacrosse League Division finals Home-and home series Return leg games Today’s schedule Rochester at Toronto, 4 p.m.

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

(Edmonton leads 10-8)

SOCCER

PGA Crowne Plaza Invitational, May 21-24 Colonial Country Club Course, Fort Worth, Texas. Par 70, 7,204 yards.

Purse: $6,500,000. 2014 champion: Adam Scott Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 1 Kevin Na -10 64 66 2 Ian Poulter -8 65 67 3 Boo Weekley -7 64 69 T4 George McNeill -6 65 69 T4 Brian Harman -6 68 66 T6 Adam Hadwin Abbotsford B.C. -5 69 66 T6 Charley Hoffman -5 66 69 T6 Marc Leishman -5 66 69 T6 Danny Lee -5 66 69 T6 Vijay Singh -5 69 66 T11 Nick Taylor Abbotsford B.C. -4 68 68 T11 Brandt Snedeker -4 67 69 T11 Shawn Stefani -4 67 69 T11 Kevin Kisner -4 67 69 T15 Jerry Kelly -3 67 70 T15 Rory Sabbatini -3 67 70 T15 Steve Stricker -3 67 70 T15 Jordan Spieth -3 64 73 T15 Zac Blair -3 66 71 T15 Gunn Yang -3 67 70 T15 Chris Kirk -3 68 69 T15 Brendon Todd -3 70 67 T15 Martin Laird -3 69 68 T15 Ben Martin -3 66 71 Other Canadians T25 Graham DeLaet -2 70 68 T66 David Hearn +1 66 75 Failed to make cut (+1) T111 Mike Weir +7 75 72

MLS

Eastern League Club PTS GP DC United 21 11 N. England 19 12 NY Red Bulls 17 10 Columbus 15 11 Orlando 12 11 Chicago 11 10 Toronto 10 9 Philadelphia 9 12 NY City FC 7 11 Montreal 5 6 Western League Club PTS GP Dallas 21 11 Vancouver 20 12 Seattle 19 10 San Jose 17 11 Sporting KC 17 11 Los Angeles 17 13 Houston 16 13 Salt Lake 14 11 Portland 13 11 Colorado 10 10

W 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1

L 2 3 1 4 5 5 5 7 6 3

T 3 4 5 3 3 2 1 3 4 2

GF GA 13 9 17 15 14 9 17 14 13 14 11 14 13 14 11 21 9 14 7 9

W 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 1

L 2 4 3 4 2 4 5 3 4 2

T 3 2 1 2 5 5 4 5 4 7

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

Yesterday’s results Chicago 2, Columbus 2 Houston 0, Los Angeles 1 Today’s schedule Portland at Toronto, 2 p.m.

DC United at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m.

NY City FC at Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Sporting KC at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Orlando at San Jose, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27 Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.

DC United at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

LPGA

UEFA Champions League

Airbus LPGA Classic Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove, Mobile, Alabama. Par 72, 6,532 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Jessica Korda.

This tournament has been cancelled. Next event: ShopRite LPGA Classic, May 29-31.

Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, Bay Course, Galloway, New Jersey. Par 71, 6,247 yards. Purse: $1,500,000.

2014 champion: Stacy Lewis

Final Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin, 11:45 a.m.

Juventus vs. Barcelona

Champions Tour Senior PGA Championship, May 21-24 French Lick, Indiana, The Pete Dye Course. Par 72, 8,102 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Colin Montgomerie Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 1 Tom Lehman -4 73 67 T2 Colin Montgomerie -3 72 69 T2 Brian Henninger -3 74 67 4 Esteban Toledo -2 74 68 5 Massy Kuramoto -1 71 72 T6 Jean-F Remesy E 72 72 T6 Woody Austin E 73 71 T6 Peter Fowler E 77 67 T9 Scott Verplank +1 73 72 T9 Paul Goydos +1 75 70 T9 Bernhard Langer +1 73 72 T12 Bart Bryant +2 72 74 T12 Tom Pernice Jr. +2 73 73 T12 Sandy Lyle +2 75 71 T12 Joel Edwards +2 76 70 T12 David Frost +2 73 73 T12 Joe Durant +2 75 71 T12 Skip Kendall +2 74 72 T12 Chris G. Williams +2 75 71 T20 Jeff Sluman +3 74 73 T20 Duffy Waldorf +3 73 74 T20 Jerry Haas +3 73 74 T20 Kiyoshi Murota +3 73 74 T20 Jay Haas +3 76 71 Canadian results T67 Rod Spittle, +8 77 T83 Rick Gibson +10 78 76 T105 Jim Rutledge +12 79 77

Web.com Tour No tournament this week. Next event: Rex Hospital Open, May 28-31 TPC Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, North Carolina, Par 71, 7,257 yards.

Purse: $625,000. 2014 champion: Byron Smith

European Tour BMW European PGA Championship, May 21-24 Wentworth Club, West Course, Surrey, England. Par 73, 7,281 yards. Purse: $4,750,000. 2014 champion: Rory McIlroy Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R2 R2 1 Francesco Molinari -10 65 69 2 Byeong-Hun An -9 71 64 T3 Emiliano Grillo -8 71 65 T3 Thongchai Jaidee -8 70 66 5 James Morrison -7 71 66 T6 M Angel Jimenez -6 68 70 T6 Robert Karlsson -6 67 71 T8 Joost Luiten -5 72 67 T8 Alexander Noren -5 72 67 T8 Ignacio Garrido -5 71 68 T11 Thomas Bjorn -4 69 71 T11 Luke Donald -4 70 70 T11 Soren Kjeldsen -4 71 69 T11 M Lorenzo-Vera -4 74 66 T11 Victor Dubuisson -4 71 69 T11 Tommy Fleetwood -4 69 71 T17 Branden Grace -3 73 68 T17 Shane Lowry -3 74 67 T17 Alexander Levy -3 70 71 T17 David Lipsky -3 75 66 T17 Chris Wood -3 68 73 T17 Kiradech Aphibarnrat -3 72 69 T17 Gregory Havret -3 70 71 T17 Oliver Farr -3 72 69 Failed to make cut (+1) T106 Rory McIlroy +5 71 78

AUTO RACING NASCAR this week Coca-Cola 600 Sunday, May 24, 3:16 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap.

Qualifying: Today, 8:15 a.m.

Driver’s standings Driver Car Pts 1 Kevin Harvick (4) 437 2 Martin Truex Jr (78) 391 3 Jimmie Johnson (48) 389 4 Joey Logano (22) 375 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr (88) 360 6 Brad Keselowski (2) 343 7 Matt Kenseth (20) 331 8 Jamie McMurray (1) 328 9 Jeff Gordon (24) 317 10 Kasey Kahne (5) 313 Upcoming NASCAR races FedEx 400 Sunday, May 31, 10:15 a.m.

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

Circuit De Monaco Street circuit Qualifying: Today, 5 a.m.

Driver’s standings Driver 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Sebastian Vettel 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Valtteri Bottas 6 Felipe Massa 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Romain Grosjean 9 Felipe Nasr 10 Carlos Sainz

Car Pts Mercedes 111 Mercedes 91 Ferrari 80 Ferrari 52 Williams 42 Williams 39 Red Bull 25 Lotus 16 Sauber 14 Toro Rosso 8

English FA Cup

Seattle

English Premier League W D L GF GA 25 9 3 70 31 23 7 7 81 38 22 9 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 17 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 72 69 62 61 60 56 51 47 47 45 44 38 38 38 36 34 30 30

Remaining games, regular season 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 Tbirds Vancouver Utd FC Tigers Kamloops Abbotsford Khalsa

W 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0

D 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0

GF GA Pts 11 7 9 8 6 6 10 17 6 6 1 6 4 1 4 8 13 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0

Today’s schedule Khalsa Sporting vs. Kamloops, 2 p.m.

Vancouver United FC vs. Victoria, 4 p.m.

Tim Hortons vs. Mid Isle, 7 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Abbotsford vs. Vancouver United, 2 p.m.

Khalsa SC vs. Mid Isle, 2 p.m.

Van Tbirds vs. Victoria, 2 p.m.

Tigers Vancouver vs. Kamloops, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 26 Vancouver Thunderbirds vs. Abbotsford,

BASEBALL MLB American League East W L Tampa Bay 24 19 NY Yankees 22 20 Baltimore 19 20 Boston 19 23 Toronto 19 25 Central W L Kansas City 27 14 Detroit 26 17 Minnesota 23 18 Chicago Sox 19 20 Cleveland 18 23 West W L Houston 27 16 LA Angels 22 20 Seattle 19 22 Texas 19 23 Oakland 14 30 National League East W L Washington 25 17 NY Mets 24 19 Atlanta 20 21 Philadelphia 18 26 Miami 16 27 Central W L St. Louis 27 15 Chicago Cubs 23 17 Pittsburgh 19 22 Cincinnati 18 23 Milwaukee 16 27 West W L LA Dodgers 25 16 San Francisco 24 18 San Diego 20 23 Arizona 19 21 Colorado 15 24

Sunday, May 24 Seattle at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.

Walker (1-4) vs. Sanchez (3-4) Houston at Detroit, 10:08 a.m.

Hernandez (2-3) vs. Sanchez (3-5) Baltimore at Miami, 10:10 a.m.

Gonzalez (5-2) vs. Koehler (2-3) Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.

Cueto (3-4) vs. Bauer (3-1) Oakland at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m.

Gray (4-2) vs. Ramirez (2-1) Milwaukee at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m.

Nelson (2-4) vs. Foltynewicz (2-1) L.A. Angels at Boston, 10:35 a.m.

Santiago (3-2) vs. Miley (3-4) N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m.

Niese (3-4) vs. Liriano (1-4) Philadelphia at Washington, 10:35 a.m.

Harang (4-3) vs. Gonzalez (3-2) St. Louis at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m.

Wacha (6-0) vs. Volquez (3-3) Minnesota at Chi. White Sox, 11:10 a.m.

Gibson (3-3) vs. Quintana (2-4) Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 1:10 p.m.

Hammel (3-1) vs. Hellickson (1-3) San Francisco at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

Hudson (2-3) vs. Bettis (0-0) San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.

Shields (5-0) vs. Frias (3-1) Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m.

Gallardo (3-6) vs. Capuano (0-1)

Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3

Final, Saturday May 30 Wembley Stadium, 9:30 a.m.

Arsenal v Aston Villa

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

Baseball - Today’s schedule (Cont’d) Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

DeSclafani (2-4) vs. Kluber (1-5) Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1:10 p.m.

Fiers (1-4) vs. Miller (5-1) Oakland at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Pomeranz (2-3) vs. Karns (3-1) Minnesota at Chi. White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

May (2-3) vs. Sale (3-1) Baltimore at Miami, 4:15 p.m.

Jimenez (3-3) vs. Haren (4-2) L.A. Angels at Boston, 4:15 p.m.

Wilson (2-2) vs. Masterson (2-2) St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.

Lackey (2-2) vs. Duffy (2-3) San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m.

Kennedy (2-3) vs. Bolsinger (2-0) San Francisco at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.

Hudson (2-3) vs. Butler (2-4) Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.

Arrieta (4-4) vs. De La Rosa (4-2)

PCT .558 .524 .487 .452 .432 PCT .659 .605 .561 .487 .439 PCT .628 .524 .463 .452 .318

GB Strk - W2 1.5 L4 3.0 W2 4.5 L3 5.5 L1 GB Strk - W4 2.0 W3 4.0 L1 7.0 W1 9.0 W4 GB Strk - L2 4.5 W1 7.0 W1 7.5 W3 13.5 L4

PCT .595 .558 .488 .409 .372 PCT .643 .575 .463 .439 .372 PCT .610 .571 .465 .475 .385

GB Strk - W6 1.5 L1 4.5 L1 8.0 L2 9.5 L8 GB Strk - L2 3.0 W2 7.5 W1 8.5 L6 11.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 1.5 W7 6.0 L3 5.5 W4 9.0 L1

Yesterday’s results Pittsburgh 4, NY Mets 1 Washington 2, Philadelphia 1 Texas 10, NY Yankees 9 Seattle 4, Toronto 3 Detroit 6, Houston 2 Baltimore 8, Miami 5 Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 3 LA Angels 12, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 2 Milwaukee 11, Atlanta 0 Chicago Sox 3, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 5, St. Louis 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 San Francisco 11, Colorado 8 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m.

Martinez (3-0) vs. Sabathia (2-5) Seattle at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.

Paxton (2-2) vs. Buehrle (5-3) Philadelphia at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Hamels (4-3) vs. Strasburg (3-4) N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m.

Harvey (5-1) vs. Burnett (3-1) Houston at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Oberholtzer (0-0) vs. Lobstein (3-4) San Francisco at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.

Heston (3-3) vs. Lyles (2-4)

Toronto

ab r h bi ab r h bi Miller CF 4 0 0 0 Carrera LF 3 0 0 0 Smith LF 3 0 0 0 Bautista DH 3 0 0 0 Cano 2B 4 0 0 0 Enc’nacion 1B4 2 2 1 Cruz RF 4 1 2 1 Martin C 4000 Seager 3B 3 1 1 0 Colabello RF 4 1 3 2 Morrison 1B 4 1 1 2 Pillar CF 4000 Zunino C 3 0 1 1 Valencia 3B 3 0 1 0 Taylor SS 4 0 0 0 Don’son PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 5 4 Goins SS 2010 Kawasaki 2B 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 7 3

Seattle 000 301 000 4 Toronto 100 000 002 3 SB: SEA Morrison (2, 2nd base off Estrada/Martin, R); TOR Pillar (7, 2nd base off Hernandez, F/Zunino). 2B: SEA Cruz, N (6, Estrada), Zunino (6, Estrada); TOR Encarnacion (6, Rodney). 3B: SEA Morrison (2, Estrada). GIDP: TOR Goins, Kawasaki.

HR: SEA Cruz, N (17, 6th inning off Estrada, 0 on, 0 out); TOR Encarnacion (11, 1st inning off Hernandez, F, 0 on, 2 out), Colabello (2, 9th inning off Rodney, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 5; TOR 4. DP: SEA 3 (Seager-Morrison, Cano-Taylor, C-Morrison, Taylor, C-CanoMorrison).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO F Hernandez (W, 7-1) 7.0 4 1 1 2 8 C Smith 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 F Rodney 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Estrada (L, 1-3) 7.0 6 4 4 3 5 D Tepera 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 S Delabar 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Time: 2:30. Att: 21,195.

Angels 12, Red Sox 5 LA Angels

Boston

ab r h bi ab r h bi Aybar SS 4 2 1 2 Betts CF 5011 Trout CF 6 1 3 1 Pedroia 2B 5 0 3 1 Pujols 1B 6 2 2 1 Ortiz DH 5010 Calhoun RF 5 1 2 1 Ramirez LF 1 1 0 0 Freese 3B 4 2 1 2 Nava LF 2000 Joyce LF 3 1 2 0 Bogaerts SS 4 1 1 0 Iannetta C 3 1 1 3 Napoli 1B 3 1 1 1 Krauss DH 5 1 0 1 Holt 3B 3122 Giavotella 2B 2 1 0 0 Castillo RF 4 1 1 0 Totals 38 121211 Swihart C 4 0 1 0 Totals 36 5 11 5

LA Angels 000 290 010 12 Boston 010 200 200 5 SB: LAA Aybar (1, 2nd base off Porcello/ Swihart), Trout (8, 3rd base off Porcello/ Swihart). 2B: LAA Joyce (7, Porcello), Freese (8, Porcello), Pujols (6, Breslow); BOS Holt, B (6, Richards). GIDP: BOS Pedroia, Nava.

HR: LAA Pujols (8, 4th inning off Porcello, 0 on, 0 out), Iannetta (2, 5th inning off Barnes, M, 2 on, 1 out), Aybar (1, 5th inning off Barnes, M, 1 on, 2 out); BOS Napoli (5, 2nd inning off Richards, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: LAA 9; BOS 7. DP: LAA 2 (Aybar-GiavotellaPujols, Giavotella-Aybar-Pujols). E: LAA Calhoun (1, throw), Freese (4, fielding); BOS Bogaerts 2 (5, throw, throw), Castillo, R (1, fielding).

LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO G Richards (W, 4-2) 6.0 9 5 5 2 1 J Alvarez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 N Salas 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 M Morin 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO F Porcello (L, 4-3) 4.1 7 7 7 3 4 M Barnes 0.1 2 4 2 1 0 R Ross 2.1 1 0 0 2 2 C Breslow 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 HBP: Aybar (by Porcello).

Time: 3:35. Att: 36,150.

Tigers 6, Astros 2 Houston

Detroit

ab r h bi ab r h bi Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 Gose CF 4120 Valbuena 3B 4 1 0 0 Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 Springer RF 4 0 2 1 Cabrera 1B 3 1 2 0 Gattis DH 3 0 0 0 Martinez RF 3 1 2 3 Tucker LF 3 0 0 0 Cespedes LF 4 1 0 0 Villar PH 1 0 0 0 Cast’anos 3B 4 0 1 0 Rasmus CF 3 0 0 0 Davis DH 4 1 2 1 Marisnick PH 1 0 0 0 McCann C 4 0 2 2 Carter 1B 3 0 0 0 Iglesias SS 4 1 1 0 Castro C 3 1 2 0 Totals 34 6 12 6 Gonzalez SS 2 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 4 1

Houston 002 000 000 2 Detroit 003 000 03x 6 SB: DET Iglesias, J (7, 2nd base off McHugh/Castro, J), Davis, R (11, 2nd base off Qualls/Castro, J). 2B: HOU Castro, J (6, Simon), Springer (9, Simon); DET Cabrera, M (8, McHugh), Gose (8, McHugh). GIDP: DET McCann, J 2.

HR: DET Martinez, J (9, 3rd inning off McHugh, 2 on, 2 out). S: HOU Gonzalez, M. Team Lob: HOU 4; DET 6. DP: HOU 2 (Gonzalez, M-Altuve-Carter, ValbuenaAltuve-Carter). E: HOU Valbuena (2, fielding); DET Kinsler (2, fielding).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO C McHugh (L, (L, 5-2)) 7.0 9 3 3 1 2 C Qualls 1.0 3 3 0 0 3 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO A Simon (W, (W, 5-2)) 7.0 4 2 0 1 5 J Chamberlain 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 T Gorzelanny 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:47. Att: 37,276.

Rangers 10, Yankees 9 Texas

NY Yankees

ab r h bi ab r h bi DeShields LF 5 1 1 1 Gardner LF 4 0 1 0 Choo RF 5 1 1 1 Beltran RF 5 0 1 0 Fielder DH 5 2 2 4 Rodriguez DH5 1 2 1 Beltre 3B 5 0 0 0 Teixeira 1B 5 1 1 1 Moreland 1B 4 2 2 1 McCann C 5 1 1 1 Andrus SS 5 1 2 0 Headley 3B 3 2 1 0 Martin CF 3 1 2 0 Drew 2B-SS 5 1 1 0 Chirinos C 2 1 0 0 Gregorius SS 3 1 1 3 Field 2B 3 1 2 2 Jones PH-RF 1 1 1 3 Totals 37 10129 Heathcott CF 3 1 2 0 Totals 39 9 12 9

Rangers 10, Yankees 9 (Cont’d) Texas 007 000 120 10 NY Yankees 000 400 131 9 SB: TEX Martin, L (7, 2nd base off Pineda/McCann, B); NYY Gardner (11, 2nd base off Lewis/Chirinos). 2B: TEX Field (1, Carpenter, D); NYY Heathcott (1, Lewis), Rodriguez, A (9, Lewis), McCann, B (6, Lewis). GIDP: TEX Choo.

HR: TEX Fielder 2 (7, 3rd inning off Pineda, 2 on, 0 out; 7th inning off Shreve, 0 on, 2 out), Moreland (4, 3rd inning off Pineda, 0 on, 1 out); NYY Gregorius (1, 4th inning off Lewis, 2 on, 2 out), Jones, G (1, 8th inning off Scheppers, 2 on, 1 out), Teixeira (13, 9th inning off Ohlendorf, 0 on, 1 out).

S: TEX Field; Martin, L. Team Lob: TEX 5; NYY 7. DP: NYY (Drew-GregoriusTeixeira). E: TEX Chirinos (3, catcher interference); NYY Pineda (1, throw), Gregorius (5, fielding).

Texas IP H R ER BB SO C Lewis (W, 4-2) 6.2 8 5 5 0 3 S Freeman 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 T Scheppers 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 C Ohlendorf 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO M Pineda (L, 5-2) 6.0 8 7 4 1 4 C Shreve 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 D Carpenter 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 J Wilson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 HBP: Headley (by Lewis).

Time: 3:19. Att: 40,008.

Rays 5, Athletics 2 Oakland

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi Burns CF 4 0 0 0 Guyer CF 3 1 2 0 Sogard 2B 5 1 2 0 DeJesus LF 2 0 0 0 Reddick RF 4 0 1 0 Souza Jr. RF 2 2 1 1 Butler DH 4 0 2 1 Longoria 3B 3 1 2 3 Vogt C 5 1 2 1 Forsythe DH 3 0 0 0 Lawrie 3B 4 0 1 0 Butler LF 3 0 1 0 Muncy 1B 3 0 0 0 Kiermaier CF 1 0 1 0 Parrino SS 2 0 0 0 Loney 1B 4 0 1 0 Semien PH-SS1 0 0 0 Cabrera SS 4 0 1 0 Fuld LF 4 0 1 0 Beckham 2B 4 1 2 1 Totals 36 2 9 2 Rivera C 4010 Totals 33 5 12 5

Oakland 000 100 001 2 Tampa Bay 000 030 11x 5 SB: OAK Burns (5, 2nd base off Archer/ Rivera, R), Lawrie (2, 2nd base off Jepsen/Rivera, R); TB Souza Jr. (7, 3rd base off Kazmir/Vogt), Longoria (1, 2nd base off Kazmir/Vogt). 2B: TB Cabrera, A (8, Kazmir). 3B: TB Beckham, T (2, Kazmir). GIDP: TB Cabrera, A. HR: OAK Vogt (10, 4th inning off Archer, 0 on, 0 out); TB Longoria (5, 5th inning off Kazmir, 2 on, 0 out), Souza Jr. (7, 7th inning off Scribner, 0 on, 0 out), Beckham, T (5, 8th inning off Leon, A, 0 on, 1 out). S: TB Souza Jr.. Team Lob: OAK 12; TB 8. DP: OAK 2 (Lawrie-Muncy, Fuld-Vogt). E: OAK Muncy (2, missed catch).

Oakland IP H R ER BB SO S Kazmir (L, 2-3) 5.2 8 3 2 3 4 E Scribner 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 F Abad 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 A Leon 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO C Archer (W, 5-4) 5.1 6 1 1 4 8 B Gomes 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 X Cedeno 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E Frieri 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 B Boxberger 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:05. Att: 12,329.

Orioles 8, Marlins 5 Baltimore

Miami

ab r h bi Machado 3B 5 0 2 3 Gordon 2B Paredes 2B 5 0 3 1 Ozuna CF Jones CF 5 0 1 0 Stanton RF Davis 1B 3 1 0 0 Prado 3B Snider LF 3 1 0 0 Bour 1B Hardy SS 4 1 0 0 Realmuto C De Aza RF 3 2 1 0 Suzuki LF Joseph C 4 2 3 2 H’varria SS Jimenez P 1 0 0 0 Alvarez P Young PH 1 0 1 1 Morse PH Pearce PH-2B 2 1 0 0 Yelich PH Totals 36 8 11 7 Totals

ab r h bi 5120 5011 5011 5010 5121 5000 4120 5230 2011 1011 1000 43 5 14 5

Baltimore 000 024 020 8 Miami 120 001 001 5 SB: MIA Gordon, D 4 (16, 2nd base off Jimenez, U/Joseph, C, 3rd base off Jimenez, U/Joseph, C, 2nd base off Jimenez, U/Joseph, C, 2nd base off Hunter, T/Joseph, C). 2B: BAL Young, D (5, Alvarez, H), Machado, M (9, Dyson, S); MIA Morse (4, Wilson, T). GIDP: BAL Jones, A. HR: MIA Bour (2, 9th inning off Brach, 0 on, 1 out). S: BAL Hardy, J; Wilson, T. Team Lob: BAL 10; MIA 12. DP: MIA (Bour-Hechavarria). E: BAL Brach (1, throw); MIA Alvarez, H (1, throw).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO U Jimenez 4.0 7 3 3 1 4 P Wilson (W, 1-0) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 R Hunter 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 B Brach 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 Z Britton 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Miami IP H R ER BB SO H Alvarez (L, 0-4) 5.0 6 6 4 4 2 S Cishek 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 A Morris 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 B Hand 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 S Dyson 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 A Ramos 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Time: 3:22. Att: 19,977.

Nationals 2, Phillies 1 Philadelphia

Washington

ab r h bi ab r h bi Revere LF 4 0 1 0 Span CF 4000 Galvis SS 4 0 0 0 Desmond SS 3 0 1 1 Utley 2B 4 0 2 0 Escobar 3B 4 0 1 0 Howard 1B 4 0 1 0 Harper RF 2 1 1 1 Franco 3B 4 1 1 0 Zim’man 1B 3 0 1 0 Sizemore RF 4 0 0 0 Ramos C 3000 Herrera CF 3 0 1 1 Robinson LF 3 0 1 0 Ruiz C 3 0 0 0 Espinosa 2B 3 0 0 0 O’Sullivan P 2 0 0 0 Scherzer P 2 1 1 0 Hernandez PH1 0 0 0 Moore PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 Totals 28 2 6 2

Philadelphia 010 000 000 1 Washington 010 001 00x 2 2B: PHI Howard (9, Scherzer), Herrera, O (10, Scherzer), Utley (6, Scherzer); WSH Desmond (12, O’Sullivan). GIDP: WSH Harper.

HR: WSH Harper (16, 2nd inning off O’Sullivan, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: PHI 6; WSH 4. DP: PHI (Galvis-Howard).

PICKOFFS: PHI Garcia, Lu (Taylor, M at 1st base).

Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO S O’Sullivan (L, 1-3) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3 L Garcia 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 K Giles 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Washington IP H R ER BB SO M Scherzer (W, 5-3) 8.0 4 1 1 1 6 D Storen 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 Time: 2:35. Att: 35,893.

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 15 13 13 10 6 6 3 3 4

L 3 2 5 7 7 9 13 13 14 11 9 18

Pct GB .824 .818 2.0 .750 0.5 .682 2.5 .650 2.5 .590 3.5 .435 7.0 .316 9.0 .300 9.5 .214 9.5 .250 8.5 .182 12.5

Today’s schedule Okanagan at Parksville, 10 a.m.

Parksville at Okanagan, 10 a.m.

Abbotsford at Victoria Eagles, 2:30 p.m.

Coquitlam at White Rock, 2:30 p.m.

Nanaimo at Victoria Mariners, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24 Okanagan at Parksville, 10 a.m.

Parksville at Okanagan, 10 a.m.

Abbotsford at Vic Mariners, 1:30 p.m.

Coquitlam at North Delta, 1:30 p.m.

Victoria Eagles at Nanaimo, 2:30 p.m.

DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |

WORD FIND

B5

BRIDGE

Another Lead Dealer: North Both vulnerable NORTH ♠K874 ♥653 ♦AKQJ ♣AQ WEST EAST ♠A10 ♠J93 ♥K942 ♥1087 ♦752 ♦10964 ♣K1065 ♣743 SOUTH ♠Q652 ♥AQJ ♦83 ♣J982 W N E S 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass Opening Lead: ♣5

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

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ANDY CAPP

SOLUTION: HAPPY STAYS

CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT

outh finessed the queen to continue with a low spade for the three, queen and

ace.

West exited with the ten of spades for dummy’s king.

Declarer could discard two hearts on the diamond winners to lose only the master trump, N-S +650.

The club lead had been successful in an unusual manner. If West selects a heart, declarer will be in the “right” hand to begin trump. He will play a low spade to the king but take an obligatory finesse on the way back. West perforce wins the ace but, with the club king onside, South will record twelve tricks for a much improved result of +680.

North’s raise to the major suit game promised twenty dummy points with four-card support but denied any shortness since he did offer a splinter. South held a balanced 10 HCP with an emaciated trump suit and declined a further advance.

3NT declared by South would yield eleven tricks when West starts with a fourth best heart but likely only ten when a club is chosen.

Recent columns have focused on the importance of the selection of an opening lead.

Judgment, deduction and an analysis of the meaning of each call in the auction is necessary to make an informed choice.

The success or failure of many contracts is often determined by the opening lead.

BABY BLUES Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

CROSSWORD SATURDAY STUMPER

HI AND LOIS

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22 Ballet-suite conclusions 25 Joey’s parent, possibly 26 UN member, 1958-71 27 Extant 29 EU auto requirement since 2007 30 Wash, in Titus Andronicus 31 Fond of 33 “O Rei do Futebol” 34 Bun, for instance 35 Word of caution 37 CD rate 39 French hors d’oeuvre pastry 44 Parsimonious 45 Fostered 46 Two-sided, in a way 47 Class __ 48 Dig 50 Like many Currier and Ives scenes 51 Group at Sotheby’s 52 Goldfinger served as its treasurer 54 Cover with graffiti 55 Literally, “approaches” 57 Trace 60 Idylls of the King knight 61 One of a flying team 62 Bank president’s voice in Despicable Me 63 Promising locations DOWN 1 Ceiling in pro sports 2 Vanessa’s Oscar-nominated role for 1968 3 Its capital is Dijon 4 It typically has 3-5 mg of

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mercury 5 Directional prefix 6 Probe, with “into” 7 Data in record books 8 First British Best Musical Tony recipient 9 Prattle 10 Novel 11 Sanctuary of a sort 12 What “holo-” means 14 Expected to yield 15 Former college football allstar game

20 Laughingstock 23 What Libra heralds 24 Fragments 28 11 Down occupant 30 Get a rise out of 32 Hardly a hard-hitting interview 33 Model expressions 36 Isn’t missing 37 Salvage 38 Model expression 40 Pine-tar feature 41 Madonna album with a blue-toned cover 42 The Crystal Bible buyer 43 Designer tabbies 44 Costa del Sol city 45 Whip up 48 Blackout preventer 49 “Save the date” follow-up 53 Patron of the Argonauts 56 “I’ll be sad for __-body”: Burns 58 Agitador de __ (cantina container) 59 2015 NBA All-Star Game airer

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DIVERSIONS

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015

CENTRAL ZOO ACROSS 1 Separates by a boundary 9 Rues 16 “Mamma Mia!” group 20 Perennial Italian encore 21 Place to spend drams 22 James Brown’s style 23 Arriving where there’s no outlet 25 Kind of wrestling 26 Weak in the — 27 One more than bi28 Tight spot 29 Baggins of “The Hobbit” 30 “Calm down!”

36 Ga. hours 39 Any of les Antilles 40 Works in a gallery 41 Stem (from) 42 One the Blessed Virgin’s titles 47 “Gangnam Style” rapper 48 Sit-ups work them 50 River vessel 51 Unrefined metals 52 Like sports cars, briefly 54 Common lot sizes 56 Assertions 58 Instruction in force indefinitely 61 Web programming language 62 “— really help if ...”

64 Day to “beware” 65 Suffix with Benedict 66 Ford bombs 68 They’re hidden in the centers of this puzzle’s eight longest answers 71 Tabloid “monster” 75 Kilmer or Guest of film 76 Descartes of rationalism 77 Homeboys’ howdies 79 Moral lapses 80 Marked with a very cold iron, as cattle 86 Picnics, e.g.

88 In an unstrict way 89 Elongated fish 90 — Sea (Asian body) 92 Problematic plant swelling 93 Old Giants great Mel 94 Vase variety 95 Shout just before flying 97 Small monastery 100 During each 102 Bullfight yell

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104 Celebrity advocate for UNESCO 110 Torn apart 111 DiFranco of folk rock 112 Play scenery 113 Semicolon’s cousin 117 Out of port 118 Hiragana or katakana, in a sense 123 Injury, in law 124 Dessert style 125 Ticketmaster specification 126 Payment to play cards 127 Sorcerers 128 Exits DOWN 1 Taunt 2 “I love him like —” 3 “The Eternal City” 4 — light (filming lamp) 5 Touch, e.g.

6 Texter’s “Wow!” 7 Hissy 8 Boots, e.g.

9 Bike spokes, say 10 Before, in poetry 11 Key with one sharp 12 Stinging insect 13 Military foe 14 Baking pan 15 Unhappy 16 Home of St. Francis 17 Broad street 18 Stinging insect 19 Chilly 24 Airport landing: Abbr.

29 “It’s chilly!”

31 Avila aunt 32 Just about 33 “N’est ce —?”

34 Ingests too much of, informally 35 180-degree turn, informally 36 Break out of 37 Fended (off) 38 Voices below altos 43 Not at all advanced 44 Grazing spot 45 Hi- — screen 46 Suffix with 40- or 50-Across 47 Oh-so-prim 49 Latvia was one: Abbr.

52 All that — bag of chips 53 Biographer Leon 54 Top-rate

55 Toyota of the 1980s 57 Cotton thread type 59 Pointed a firearm 60 Knife in old infomercials 63 “Noah” director Aronofsky 67 Sluggish 69 “Hud” co-star Patricia 70 Rural hotels 72 Wiry 73 Film director Bergman 74 Elia pieces 78 “Fa-a-ancy!”

80 Mel’s brassy waitress 81 Rodent’s last meal, maybe

82 Gregarious sort 83 Gem mineral 84 “The Raven” poet’s initials 85 — Hill (R&B quartet) 87 Bill’s film bud 91 Faith forsaker 94 Geller of mentalism 95 City area, for short 96 Rorem of art songs 98 Form a thought 99 BYOB part 100 Neighbor of Colombia 101 Key with one sharp 104 Persona non —

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NORTH OF 49 ACROSS 1 Words from Wordsworth 5 Quarrel 9 Fluffy’s foot 12 Litigious one 16 Facts and figures 17 Musical finale 18 Beer 19 Large bay of N.S. and N.B. 20 City E of Montreal 23 Delhi’s country 24 Allowance 25 U.S. TV award 26 Teen in uniform 27 Be prone 28 Mardi ___ 29 Give private lessons 30 Bonfire leftover 33 Canadian wildcat 34 “It’s cold out!!!”

35 Shine 38 Praise 39 To laugh (Fr.) 40 Manitoba tribe 41 Wrath 42 100% 43 Fido’s treat 44 Weeps 45 Early Peruvian 46 Franco-Manitoban newspaper 48 Sole enclosure?

49 T-bone cut 50 It connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic (2 wds.)

54 Used a broom 57 Wreckage 58 N.W.T. gemstone 62 Minute 63 Sound of a partridge 65 Advanced (money) 66 Me for Monet 67 Spring mo.

68 Angelic instrument 69 Invitation word 70 Upon 71 Drummer’s forte 73 Visitor from another realm?

74 Toronto castle: ___ Loma 75 Double agents 76 Nfld. painter Mary 78 Poet Patrick 79 Pronoun for a ship 80 No longer fresh 81 Injure 82 Enough liquor to intoxicate

105 Bolivian city 106 Horse relatives 107 Witness 108 Earthy hue, to a Brit 109 Pothole sites 114 Suits’ degs.

115 Portion (out) 116 Comic actor Roscoe 118 Maxilla locale 119 Former boxing king 120 Reds great Roush 121 Sawmill item 122 Big name in water filters

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86 Thursday (Fr.) 87 Quebec city named after a British Queen 89 Stop (Fr.) 90 Startled cry 91 Be a tenant 92 Not one 93 Unwelcome plant 94 Twisty turn 95 Verge 96 Drive or reverse DOWN 1 Chances 2 Flit 3 Small case 4 Tried out 5 Teatime biscuit 6 Swimming site 7 Find the total 8 Where you can boire une biËre 9 You can have yours read 10 Partner you can rely on 11 Small in Scotland 12 Short rainbow on either side of the sun 13 Emphasize 14 Trim a text 15 Scandinavian rug 19 Italian car make 21 Woman P.M. of Israel 22 Giant-screen film technology, Canadian invention 26 Makes well 28 Circular ocean current 29 Arborist’s focus 30 Israeli carrier (2 wds.)

31 Country of W Africa 32 Tulip-to-be 33 Wrinkly fabric 34 Curling bonspiel 36 Whale 37 Over-diluted 39 Flatbread of 23A 40 Royal topper 43 Sitter’s headache 44 Committee head 45 Bit of news 47 Notice 48 Drink noisily 49 Bear droppings 51 N.S. town (“The Hub”) 52 Swelling 53 Baseball team 54 Knife 55 Pass the duster 56 Give intense joy to

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SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |

B7

B8 | DAILY NEWS |

DIVERSIONS

SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015

HOROSCOPE

by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your inclination to have fun will push you into the role of ring leader. Know that any fantasy of a quiet day has gone out the window.

You have the ability to bring many people together and have a great time. Tonight: Respond to the moment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You might be better off just relaxing at home. Invite friends over for a fun get-together. If there is a common game everyone likes to get into, make sure it is available.

You are likely to hear good news from someone at a distance. Tonight: Add lots of fun to the moment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Return calls, especially if you have any hesitancy regarding your plans. One-on-one relating adds to your comfort and allows greater give-and-take.

Your sense of humor might not

be received well by someone you care about. Find out what ails them. Tonight: Among friends.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Be more aware of what you have to offer. Others often can’t get close enough to you. Maintain your budget, even if you are out and about.

In the long run, you will feel better about yourself. Honor a need to head in a new direction.

Tonight: Having fun does not need to cost you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Be spontaneous with your decisions, especially with one suggestion that seems to tickle your fancy.

You will be delighted by what unravels as a result, as will those around you. Let go of concerns, and be a little more frivolous.

Tonight: Your wish is someone else’s command.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might be taken aback by what is happening around you.

Your sense of direction emerges when you let go and stop worrying.

Make this a personal day, and

make a point of enjoying yourself as well as others. Tonight: Keep it low-key.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Zero in on what is important.

Your friends will be the focus right now, and they will be determined to make the most out of the moment.

Let go of stress that is weighing you down. Deal with a loved one or family member directly.

Tonight: Where the crowds are.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Demands come in from a relative, boss or someone you don’t feel you can say no to.

Be aware of your boundaries when dealing with this person.

Try to limit the time you have to be with him or her. Reach out to a loved one.

Tonight: In the center of the energy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be considering taking off at the last minute. Refuse to follow the same old routine, and allow yourself to break precedent.

Ideas flourish once you put yourself in a different environ-

ment. Tonight: Read between the lines with someone who is flirting.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You will want to consider an alternative solution to a hassle that emerges with a loved one or dear friend.

You might want to push to have your way, but nearly immediately you will be dealing with heavy resistance. Ask a family member for some advice. Tonight: Make nice.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Defer to others. Be receptive to someone’s idea about staying within your budget but having a great time regardless. Y ou’ll find that the more people you are around, the better time you’ll have. A new friend could be very controlling.

Tonight: Make the most of the moment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Find out what is going on with a loved one. Once you get your work done, you will be able to relax more.

You could be happy with going to a late lunch or just catching

a movie. Get into the moment.

Tonight: Make the most of your company and your environment.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (May 23) This year you are so upbeat that some of your friends might not be able to relate to you the same way. Try to be more responsive to those in your immediate circle. In any case, you put the finishing touches on the fine art of having fun.

If you are single, you easily could meet someone who causes you to have a case of the butterflies.

Be selective, as the person you choose will be quite significant to your life’s history. If you are attached, you often want to share more of what is happening in each of your lives. Traveling enhances your relationship, as it helps you both relax more. LEO has a way of evoking passion and humor from you.

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Seniors’ Appreciation Week!

We are looking for a few good people to work with our circulation department. The positions offer full-time employment, a great salary package and benefits.

If you are interested, contact Andrea at 250-729-4248 or email: andrea.rosato-taylor@nanaimodailynews.com

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