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STREET LIGHTS How things work while you’re waiting for green
A vehicle waits for an advanced green light at the provincially controlled Terminal Avenue and Comox Road intersection in Nanaimo.
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Timing plans help avoid traffic jams
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ave you ever waited at a red traffic light for so long that you thought it might be broken? To better understand how traffic signal timing works, first you need to understand the mechanism that detects if a vehicle is present. A few feet before the stop line at nearly every traffic light in the city, there is a wire loop embedded in the pavement. In most intersections you can actually see where the pavement was cut to create room for the wire. Nanaimo transportation engineer Gordon Foy explains that there is a little bit of electricity flowing through the wire that creates a magnetic field. When you put something metal over the magnetic field, such as a vehicle, it disrupts the magnetic field and triggers the sensor. The system is so sensitive that it can actually detect bicycles. The painted bicycle emblem on
the road is there to let cyclists it easier to get downtown, and know where the most sensitive in the afternoon the lights are part of the system is located. timed to help people leave the When the traffic signal receives downtown area. information that there is a “We have different ‘time of vehicle waiting, it will day’ plans. We know put the motorist in a that traffic patterns queue and change the change throughout the lights when there’s an day. There’s a morning opportunity. peak and an afternoon “It is true that somepeak, sometimes there’s times you come up to a midday rush and more the signal and it will travel on the weekends turn for you right away depending on where you and sometimes you have are. We take that into to wait for awhile,” Foy consideration and come Aaron said. up with different timing The reason motorists plans accordingly,” said Hinks have to wait is because Janelle Erwin, Ministry Reporting there are often minof Transportation and imum amounts of Infrastructure district time allowed for each manager. direction. Timing plans are created The minimum times can vary to prevent a traffic jam from depending on the time of day sensors rapidly advancing differand amount of vehicles driving ent directions. through the adjacent direction. “You might have to wait there In the morning the city and prov- for 20, 30 seconds until it goes ince times the lights to make back to you. If you’re by yourself
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and nobody has gone for awhile it might give you a green right away,” Foy said. The city only controls and monitors its own lights. The province owns all the lights on the Nanaimo Parkway and almost all the lights on the Island Highway. The only lights the city owns on the Island Highway are between Brechin Road and the Terminal and Trans-Canada Highway intersection. Advance Greens Advance left turns usually have a minimum amount of time they will advance cars. The minimum amount of time will extend every time a car passes over the loop. Once there are no more cars the light will turn back to red. There’s a maximum amount of time the light will advance cars before continuing with the light cycle. Pedestrian Crosswalks At one time or another we have
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Three students show spirit of generosity
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After raising $504 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, three youngsters were awarded a bicycle for their efforts, which they gave to a friend in need. » Nanaimo Region, A6
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all repeatedly pressed the crosswalk button in hopes for a quicker signal change. In actuality, it doesn’t matter how many times you press the button, one or 100. One press and you’re checked in and the lights will switch at the next opportunity. “Often where people get frustrated is the controller is counting how many seconds are left on the clock if it’s a green. If there’s not enough time it won’t let you go, then you have to wait for a full cycle,” Foy said. The city has received complaints about the amount of time given to pedestrians to cross the road. Foy says there’s sometimes a misunderstanding of how the crosswalk lights work. The problem people tend to have is that the walking man symbol is only shown for a few seconds, making people believe that they’re running out of time.
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12:30-5 p.m. Acrylic Painting: Florals and Still Life Art Lab workshops are at 150 Commercial St. through the City of Nanaimo. Register at ireg.nanaimo.ca or call 250-756-5200, quote registration code 135938. $80 plus GST: All supplies included Instructor: Patricia Banks.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 7 3-6 p.m. Fish Fry at Nanoose Library Centre, 2489 Nanoose Rd. A fundraiser for the library centre and the Shriners’ Hillbilly Clan. Barbecued salmon and more. Adults: $10, children $5. Phone 250-468-9977. SATURDAY, JUNE 20 2 and 7 p.m. Defying Gravity, an Innovate Dance Arts presentation. A year-end show involving a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop and musical theatre. Tickets $18. Port Theatre, 125 Front St.
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1:30-4 p.m. Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party, Grand Hotel. Fundraiser for Crimson Coast Dance initiatives. Silent auction, raffle, cake walk, wacky wonderland games and more. Tickets: $45 Adults, under 11, $25 Children at www.crimsoncoastdance.org, or 250-716-3230.
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Voters warned to register early Those new to the riding since the last election or not on the Elections Canada list need to act soon SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo residents are being encouraged to make sure they are registered early with Elections Canada in advance of this year’s federal election to avoid confusion at the polling station. When residents head to the polls in what is expected to be a fall election, they will be voting for a new MP. However, they will be doing so in a new federal riding called Nanaimo-Ladys-
mith, which includes both Nanaimo and Ladysmith. The new riding will combine parts of what is two separate ridings now: Nanaimo-Alberni, held by independent MP James Lunney, and Nanaimo-Cowichan, held by the NDP’s Jean Crowder. The change is federal riding boundaries will likely not have much impact on voters who are already registered with Elections Canada, said spokeswoman Diane Benson, adding registra-
tions will automatically transfer over to the new riding. But for new voters or for people who are not on Elections Canada’s list, the non-partisan agency has a simple message. “It’s important that people register ahead of time,” Benson said. The riding changeover and other factors could prove confusing to some on election day. For example, the location of a polling station may be different this
year than in past elections due to venue availability and other factors, Benson said. Some residents may also be unclear which riding they are voting in due to the shift in boundaries, she said. Another group that should be aware of the changes this election cycle is Nanaimo’s estimated 16,000 post-secondary student population. Under law, a voter must prove not only his or her identity, but
also his or her address. Under the Fair Elections Act introduced last year, voters also cannot use their voter information card they received in the mail as I.D. Students should decide in advance which riding they are going to vote in to ensure they have the proper pieces of I.D. required to vote, Benson said. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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Getting ‘bums out of car seats and on to saddles’ remains a challenge
Business owner calls for Improved high-speed access
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ike to Work Week kicked off on Monday, with than 24,919 riders registered throughout the province. With a total of 25,115 riders for the entire week in 2014, participation is already set to break last year’s record, said Penny Noble, executive director of the Bike to Work B.C. Society. Locally, numbers are also up with 662 riders registered by the end of the day Monday over last year’s tally of 481. This year, the city of Nanaimo has also engaged in a friendly competition with Fraser Valley over who can get more riders registered, with Fraser Valley up slightly over Nanaimo with 703 riders registered so far. As part of the event each city have established a variety of Celebration Stations with refreshments and prize draws on popular bike routes throughout the week. “The biggest impact of it is really just to encourage people to try it,” said Jude Wilhelmsen, a bike mechanic with Hub City Cycles Community Co-Op, which provided repairs at Monday afternoon’s Celebration Station outside their shop in the China Steps. “Really, the hardest part is getting bums out of car seats and on to saddles. That’s always going to be the hardest goal. It’s the whole SMART goal setting thing — specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. And Bike to Work Week fits into that perfectly.” Part of the week’s goal is to get
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enough funding to support base service levels in the first year of the RDN’s service hours and budget plan for public transportation. “However, BC Transit budgets are to remain at the 2015-16 AOA level for the remaining two years of the three-year plan as provincial funding levels are forecast to remain flat over the three-year term,” the report states.
A Nanaimo tech firm owner says improved access to high-speed Internet is needed to keep businesses like his interested in the Harbour City. The Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation says it is looking at the issue and has met with groups like Innovation Island and Vancouver Island University to discuss ways to boost broadband, or the amount of data that can simultaneously be transmitted through fibre-optic cables or other infrastructure. Christopher Davis, a city resident who founded information security firm HYAS, said Nanaimo’s current array of fibre-optic cables currently offer his and other users a relatively low transmission rate for data. This means that as an online business, his ability to deliver online products to customers is limited by a top transmission rate of about 120 megabits per second, which is provided through one of the local Internet service providers. For scale, it takes approximately eight megabits to download one megabyte of material. High-speed Internet providers can provide broadband of beyond 1,000 megabits per second and are readily available in cities like Vancouver or Seattle. However, connecting to that higher speed Internet from Nanaimo is an expensive proposition, said Davis. “The infrastructure isn’t here for me to be able to do that.” Sasha Angus, CEO of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation, said high-speed Internet is fast becoming a priority in the business market, “particularly for employers who are doing more and more business overseas.” Angus said he wants to explore a co-operative model among local businesses, including looking at a business case for the venture.
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Bike to Work Week kicked off on Monday with Celebration Stations throughout the city, including at Hub City Cycles, where bike mechanic Jude Wilhelmsen works on the brakes of a cycle. [JULIE CHADWICK/DAILY NEWS]
new riders out who have never commuted by bike before, said Noble. “We’re always trying to attract new riders,” she said. “Most people who do try riding to work during Bike to Work Week find they enjoy it and continue it on, at least in some way, after the year.” The event also helps to engage people in thinking more about the car-oriented culture in which they live, said Wilhelmsen.
“The whole mindset of car supremacy is killing the planet, period. There’s no two ways about it,” he said. “It’s a pace question. So having a week where we’re encouraging people to slow themselves down to bike pace and make it work for them, and incentivizing that change, we can — if not change everyone’s mindset — start to at least plant the seeds.” Throughout B.C., 44 communities are participating in the
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A new annual operating agreement between the Regional District of Nanaimo and BC Transit has passed the committee stage and will head to the RDN board of directors next month for approval. The agreement — called an AOA for short — includes an additional 5,000 hours of expanded transit service within Nanaimo and the region for 2015 and 2015, scheduled to come into effect in September.
The total budget for transit service in the region has reached $15.4 million, which is costshared between the RDN and BC Transit. That amount contains an increase of two per cent ($18,637) on overhead an administrative costs, while bus drivers’ wages and benefits are set to increase four per cent ($242,781) from the previous annual operating agreement. As a result of the increased service hours, bus fleet maintenance costs are also set to
increase by 12 per cent, or $13,529. However, total fuel costs have remained stagnant thanks to lower diesel and compressed natural gas prices, a report from the RDN says. The RDN splits the cost of conventional transit services with BC Transit on a 53.31 per cent to 46.69 per cent basis, meaning local transit services are heavily reliant on funding from the provincial transportation agency. An RDN staff report says B.C. Transit has said there is
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arlier this year, an RCMP report leaked to the public warned that anti-energy and anti-resource development activists are increasingly well-funded and well-organized and might be showing more violent tendencies. Funny how the idea of foreign money coming in to support the activities of Canadian environmentalists is shocking and horrifying, the acts of agent provocateurs violating national sovereignty with their influence peddling, yet federal and provincial governments cutting deals worth billions with massive multinational corporations is fair play. Turn the lens around and now the view is of noble underdog Canadians fighting to protect our pristine wilder-
ness from billionaire developers and the evil politicians they’ve bought off with blood money. In between you’ve got law enforcement and spy agencies justifying their existence to their political masters by pointing to the darkness under the bed and saying there might be a bogeyman there and, even if there isn’t, we’d better be watchful in case one materializes. This is not to say that multinational companies don’t manipulate governments around the world to further their corporate interests, nor that environmentalists don’t use shady tactics to further their agendas nor that police officers and spies don’t poke their noses where they don’t belong. It is to say a cigar is usually a cigar and
the likelihood that it’s actually a cleverly-disguised pipe bomb from a James Bond movie is rare. Put another way, when Premier Christy Clark signs a memorandum of understanding with an international LNG consortium led by Petronas of Malaysia, like she did Wednesday, it’s more a publicity stunt than a nefarious plot. Clark gets to show that she’s serious about the LNG file and that she does have suitors with deep pockets at the table while the suitors, the Pacific NorthWest LNG group, show their global competitors that they’ve got the inside track in B.C. The real binding documents will be hundreds or even thousands of pages long and analyzed word for word and line by line by high-priced lawyers before signa-
tures are applied. Clark hasn’t sold the farm and Petronas and their partners aren’t on the hook to buy it or anything else. The memorandum does include some details on what the two sides are willing to put on the table to manage risk and maximize profit but nothing is locked in. Nothing mobilizes action and response like fear, that’s why the stories from both sides demonizing each other sound so scary and dramatic. Yet the record clearly shows that neither side is omnipotent, both sides exchange wins and the radicals in either camp are few. In fact, neither side can accommodate radicals. On the business side, radical hard-nosed stances get in the way of pragmatism
and cutting a deal. Spying, intimidation, bribery and other shenanigans are costly risks that backfire more often than not. On the activist side, threats of violence violate deeply-held moral principles. Peaceful protests attract converts and public sympathy, not bombings, shootings and riots. Scrutiny is always good for government, business and activism. It’s the quiet ones in their midst, brimming with anger and resentment, that we all have to watch out for.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Term dictatorial can be used on both left, right Re: ‘Poll question should have been ‘rephrased’ (Your Letters, Daily News, May 25) I’m not sure I agree with Jim Corder questioning the question, although it’s his right. However the term ‘dictatorial’ in reference to the press, is as much a diversion as ‘left wing.’ I would suggest that if quizzed most Canadians would find the term dictatorial, used inside our borders, uniquely and accurately describes Harper. Having read the editorial, ‘Ottawa appears obsessed with control,’ I rest my case. Grant Maxwell Nanaimo
Hotel tower project may not be best for the city I was distressed to see the article in the paper saying that Mayor McKay is in favour of an extension to the hotel development company. This is our opportunity to do
something more forward-looking. When the cobblestone street next to the conference centre went in, I thought “great, finally foot traffic can go easily between Port Place Mall and Commercial Street.” Then, when the renovations on Port Place began, I thought “Great, now they can orient the mall more towards Commercial Street and we’ll really see some shoppers going back and forth.” As you can guess, I’ve been sorely disappointed. Please do not carry on with this hotel tower. It will ruin the statuesque view of the rock where the military museum sits, and will kill any possibility of actually connecting our two downtown shopping areas. Helen Godolphin Nanaimo
Letters to editor only outlet for the taxpayer Three of your papers last week contained letters showing increasing unrest with our governance, as well they might. Pamela Mar’s letter re: the
invisible hotel to supplement the ghost conference centre shows the unreliability of the current supposed developers. Why can’t the city say enough is enough? It would seem to me that to build a hotel for world travellers in the uninteresting back streets of Nanaimo would be as successful as the conference centre itself and the equally busy cruise ship terminal. A more appropriate use for the site would be as a tiered parking structure for when the downtown does become a more-frequented shopping area. Remember that Port Place has two further developments for their surrounding parking area which could decimate the existing free parking. Why the obsession to revitalize the downtown when we can all see that the area is way off the track for most of Nanaimo’s residents and holds little or no interest for most of us? We don’t even have a decent shopping mall for clothing/ shoes/fabrics and thread at the south end of town, so everyone has to burn gas to reach the malls in the north end. June Ross writes to exhort us all to vote in the next federal election, a valiant attempt but what hap-
pens with whatever party is elected? Everything of importance is hidden from us by hidden decree. Truthful pertinent weekly reporting of proposals and achievements in our daily paper (as we had in the seventies ) and televised news would be good instead of the blackout as at present. Keith Wyndlow and Al Munro each separately knock the utter wastefulness of city spending with good cause, but what more can we do? We did select a fresh new slate of councillors last November, but now they have nearly all acquired some of the same spending diseases as before. So taxpayers are effectively gagged and robbed with no recourse except for the “Your Letters” in NDN. Paulene Stacey Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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The walking man symbol means start walking, blinking hand means don’t start walking and the solid hand means you’re running out of time. Crosswalk times have been extended in areas where seniors reside, as well as near the hospital.
Emergency Vehicles Busy intersections usually have a sensor near the lights that is listening for sirens, whether it’s the fire department, RCMP or ambulance. The system can detect which direction the vehicle is coming from and will set up the lights in favour of the emergence response vehicle. “They’re quite good at detecting sirens, there’s certain frequencies and patterns. They’re also listening for direction, they’re not perfect at that, but most of the time the computer is smart enough to figure
out what direction the siren is coming from,” Foy said. One problem with the system is that once in a while the siren sound will bounce off nearby buildings and trick the light system into advancing the wrong direction. Evaluation City engineers are always evaluating traffic patterns and finding ways to adjust the system for the better. One of the busiest and most bogged-down intersection controlled by the city is Bowen Road and Northfield Road. The challenge at that
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intersection is many motorists are heading north on Bowen and want to turn left on Northfield, and at the same time more drivers are coming off the parkway and want to turn left on to Bowen. “You have a lot of turning going on there and it’s a busy intersection. Chronically, every afternoon it gets bogged down,” Foy said, adding that 16,000 to 20,000 cars go through that intersection daily. The systems are fairly dynamic in the sense that they know when a car is waiting and it acts accordingly based on signal
timing. The light can only do so much when there’s a certain amount of traffic. “It gets tougher and tougher as intersections get busier and busier. The signal is trying its best but at some point the signal gets close to its capacity,” Foy said. Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Bill Merilees is this year’s winner of the Ian McTaggart-Cowan outstanding naturalist award. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
Nanaimo man earns prestigious honour for work as a naturalist ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Bill Merilees is this year’s winner of the prestigious Ian McTaggart-Cowan outstanding naturalist award. The award is the main annual honour by BC Nature, a federation of natural history groups that represents more than 50 local nature clubs in the province. The recognition is given to a member who has made an outstanding contribution to the knowledge, understanding and natural history in B.C. Merilees was honoured with the award at BC Nature’s recent AGM on Saltspring Island, for his 62 years of conservation and natural historic work around the province and beyond. Over the years, he wrote several
books and pamphlets on nature and worked for the preservation of Nanaimo’s Buttertubs Marsh and Newcastle Island through numerous groups and committees. He was also instrumental in the creation of Jedediah Marine Park, located near Lasqueti Island, the Castlegar Outdoor Recreation Area and Merilees Nature Park on Cobble Hill, which was named after an uncle. Merilees was also noted for his “science citizen” records that he has kept over the decades on birding, molluscs and flowering plants. As well, he led nature tours at various locations around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Borneo and India. Merilees said at his Nanaimo
home Monday that it’s the first time that he has received the award. He said he’s “excited” to be recognized by BC Nature for his lifetime of accomplishments. “But I’m not stopping just because I’ve received this award,” said Merilees, who moved to Nanaimo from Alberta in 1978 as an interpretation officer for BC Parks. “It just makes me more stimulated to work harder and do more. I’m writing my autobiography ‘A Tortoise on the Road of Life’ which has a subtitle called ‘Keep on Plodding’ so I’ll plod just a little harder with this award under my belt.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
Beer-guzzling, redneck Albertans will be proudly representing their rural roots at the Globe tonight (Tuesday) in Nanaimo. Puttin’ on the Foil, based out of Okotoks, will be touring across Alberta and British Columbia with their unique sound of punk ‘n’ roll. “I was always influenced by the Ramones and later in life I heard Hank Williams and became a fan, like, ‘wow.’ It’s a mix of Ramones/Hank Williams/ Motörhead. That’s kind of where it came from, I’m a bit of a buffoon too so there’s a bit of tongue-incheek stuff and I like drinking beer,” said Kevin Rowland, who goes by the stage name of Trayne Rekk. The three-piece band got its start four years ago and has released two albums; the most recent was released earlier this year. Rowland can still recall how he recruited drummer Jordan Stubbs. “We got him out of Kijiji. He was just a young guy looking for a band and I remember the conversation over the phone. He
calls me and I said ‘before we do anything, are you an idiot?’ He says ‘I sure am,’ and then I said ‘you’re in.’ It was something like that, it was fun,” Rowland said. Keeping it light and having a good time has helped and hindered the band. “That’s the thing; it’s good and bad. It has hurt us a bit because we’re trying to get bigger shows but people don’t know how to take us. But we know what we’re doing; we take it seriously musicwise. But we still try to have a good time, life is short, let’s have a good time,” Rowland said. It will be the first time the band has played on the Island and lately the group has been noticing a growth in audiences. “People come out and sing every word, it’s great. We’ve got a great response especially in the Calgary area,” Rowland said. “It’s overwhelming playing a show when you get people singing along every word. There’s times where I forget what the next verse starts with and somebody in the crowd will sing it,” Rowland said. Aaron.Hinks@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242
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Students at Uplands Park Elementary School were taught a lesson in commitment and the true meaning of friendship by three of their peers on Monday. Grade 6 students Colin Guenard, Noah Horst and James Kosty had been friends for many years and decided to combine forces to help in the school’s annual fundraising activities for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The three youngsters spent a number of afternoons after school going door-to-door in their neighbourhoods asking for donations for the HSF in their efforts to raise more than $500 for the cause. Students who raise more than $500, either individually or in teams, are given new bikes from the HSF for their efforts, and with $504 raised by the deadline, Colin, Noah and James were informed that they had earned a bike. Noah said the three liked to ride bikes together, but James’ bike had been having tire troubles lately so the three made a
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From right, students James Kosty, Noah Horst, Colin Guenard and Heart and Stroke Foundation representative Regan Grill. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
pledge that if they won a new bike, it would be given to James so they could ride together again. “I think it was awesome for Colin and Noah to do this,” said James, who was handed a promissory note for the bike from HSF officials at a school gathering Monday.
“We’ve been friends for awhile and we can’t wait to ride together again.” Regan Grill, the school program co-ordinator for the HSF, said the boys’ act really put the “heart” in HSF. “When (Uplands principal Lisa Robinson) told me about this, it
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A Lantzville council meeting was cut short Monday night after the resignation of a fourth councillor in a matter of weeks, leaving the district with just three elected officials and one less than the minimum required for quorum. Graham Savage announced his resignation during his councillor update at the meeting, saying council has been on a “continual decline” for the past six months. Mayor Colin Haime was forced to call an immediate adjournment despite numerous items left on the agenda, including the appointment of a chief election officer for a byelection. “I have been in the workforce for 50 years, worked on a number of different committees, and the last six months I’ve spent on this council has been the most negative experience of my life,” said Savage. “Trust is at the root of the problems for this council and we’ve chosen to deal with internal problems over the function of the community.” Savage admitted he “struggled” with the decision on whether resign but said he believes it’s the “right time for the provincial powers to get involved.” The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development has said that the Community Charter provided two options: either order the remaining councillors to constitute a quorum until further elections, or appoint someone to fill the vacancies until further people are elected and take office. Savage also spoke of his “significant regret” that another former councillor, Dave Scott, chose to resign last week. He said Scott went “above and beyond” to address the issues at the district. “The community has to decide where it wants Lantzville to go, whether it wants it to process or stagnate. I hope it changes for the better,” said Savage. Former councillors Jennifer Millbank and Rod Negrave also resigned at the end of April. Only Mayor Colin Haime, Coun. Denise Haime and Coun. John Coulson now remain. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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The Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild was the top winner at Vancouver Island’s Social Enterprise Catalyst’s Mannual gala,on May 20 at the Port Theatre. The SEC, also known as seCatalyst, provides the means to accelerate and celebrate the Island’s growing social enterprise economy. The culinary guild, the top of the three main winners at the gala, was awarded $15,000, tuition to Hollyhock Social Ventures and other perks to help achieve success. The organization works to assist residents, restaurants and grocery stores on the Island’s West Coast in accessing healthy and affordable food from independent producers. The guild was seeking business and marketing support to continue to create a reliable food chain for quality and healthy food, coaching on how to address succession planning with the aging farmer workforce and funding to support a larger, community-driven distribution network. The Nanaimo Science Sustainability Society and the Pacific Centre Family Service Association’s Skookum Food and Coffee service were also each awarded $5,000 at the gala and business and marketing consulting services from a number of providers. “Once again. Vancouver Islanders proved their commitment to creating businesses with a bigger social impact and we can’t thank our experts, participants, sponsors, finalists and judges enough for helping us stage another successful social enterprise catalyst event for the Island,” said Kristi Rivait, seCatalyst’s project manager.
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Wildfire forces about 2,000 from homes A wildfire has forced about 2,000 people from their homes in northern Alberta. Cyndi Taron, director of emergency management with the Municipal District of Opportunity, said a state of emergency was put in place Sunday night for the area, 330 kilometres north of Edmonton. About 1,000 residents of the hamlet of Wabasca and another 1,000 people from the surrounding Bigstone Cree Nation checked into reception centres in Calling Lake and Athabasca, she said. Mounties were going door-todoor in the communities and talked with some people who didn’t want to leave, she added.
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Province to face trial in lawsuit over tot’s death A judge says the Ontario government must face trial in a lawsuit filed by the family of a two-year-old girl who died in an unlicensed daycare. Eva Ravikovich’s parents launched a $3.5-million lawsuit against the Ministry of Education and the owners and operators of the Toronto-area daycare. They allege that the ministry took no steps to ensure Eva’s safety despite having received four complaints that claimed the daycare was overcrowded. Court documents show the ministry asked to be removed as a defendant, arguing it had no duty of care toward Eva’s family.
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Pipeline would threaten drinking water: Report A new report says a pipeline that would carry one million barrels of oil daily from Alberta to the East Coast would threaten the drinking water of more than 60 per cent of Manitoba residents. The report by the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition said a rupture on the proposed Energy East pipeline would seep into any number of waterways which feed into Winnipeg’s water supply. The pipeline transporting oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries and port terminals on the East Coast would partly run underneath an aqueduct carrying Winnipeg’s drinking water from Shoal Lake near the Ontario boundary.
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Ottawa operations centre lacking on day of shooting Details in newly released documents show lack of technicians, senior officers JIM BRONSKILL AND JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — On the day of the Parliament Hill shooting, the federal Government Operations Centre did not have computer technicians on site, food was limited and senior emergency officials weren’t in the building. Those are some of the details revealed in newly released documents on the government’s emergency response. Officials at Public Safety Canada convened meetings soon after the Oct. 22 attack by gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, to see what they could learn. The operations centre helps co-ordinate the emergency response for the entire federal government Senior executives who were part of the emergency response plan weren’t in the centre the day of the shooting, which “created inefficient and ineffective communication with the decision-makers,” a preliminary observation report said. No names were listed, but the deputy minister of Public Safety is the co-ordinating officer for the emergency response plan. Meanwhile, some of those responsible for business continuity and emergency plans in the larger Public Safety Canada building wound up in the operations centre, leaving a leadership vacuum behind. The heavily redacted documents were obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. Another key finding was that
On the day of the Parliament Hill shooting, the federal Government Operations Centre did not have computer technicians on site, food was limited and senior emergency officials weren’t in the building. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
technical help wasn’t available in the centre. “The support was not available to the GOC. . . . It was apparent that on-site support would have been useful to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the response.” Some employees who were in the locked-down building which houses the centre also apparently found themselves without food. “Comments received indicated the food supply to sustain the GOC operational needs should be addressed,” the report said. “Given the circumstances of the event (proximity to the event, building lockdown, critical ser-
vice provided by the GOC), a food supply should be stocked accordingly.” Another problem was that government employees were variously told to go into “lockdown” or “shelter-in-place,” during the crisis. The two terms are used for different situations. Shelter-inplace refers to incidents where there is a hazardous chemical in the air outside. Minutes from a November meeting with various government departments indicated that the Treasury Board Secretariat was “looking at medical issues in the event of lock-down or shelterin-place,” but that “employees need to take some responsibility
to have sufficient meds for such events.” Public Safety Canada did not immediately respond Monday to questions about the findings. In another shooting-related development on Monday, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told a Senate committee that the remaining 18 seconds of the video which Zehaf-Bibeau recorded before his rampage will be released either this week or next. Most of the video was made public March 6. Paulson said at the time he had “reasonable and sound operational reasons” for not releasing 13 seconds at the start of the video and five seconds at the end.
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OTTAWA — There is no consensus about the extent to which sexual misconduct and harassment are occurring among Canada’s soldiers, says the commander in charge of the military’s response to a scathing report on the problem. Maj.-Gen. Christine Whitecross, who is spearheading the Canadian Forces effort to address the situation, said Monday there’s no agreement among leaders, despite the report’s harsh depiction of the military’s highly sexualized culture. “While there is a collective will to move the organization forward, there is little consensus as to the gravity of the existing problem,” Whitecross told a House of Commons committee. In a report released earlier this month, former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps documented a sexualized culture so pervasive that soldiers eventually become desensitized, while victims encountered a chain of command that seemed to turn a blind eye to real problems within its ranks. Whitecross has so far held 16 briefing sessions on half a dozen Canadian Forces bases and said she’s heard from soldiers all through the ranks, some coming forward with personal stories, others admitting that they’ve been responsible for creating the culture Deschamps slammed. Commanders are committed to action, Whitecross said.
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Facebook agrees to distribute Amber Alerts Facebook Canada will start sending Amber Alerts to users near the location where a missing child is believed to have vanished. The alerts will provide all available details of the missing child and can be easily shared, to help spread the word. The social media network says it will work with police in major centres across the country to get the alerts out. Facebook started a similar system in the United States in January. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney made the announcement today at Ottawa police headquarters. Blaney says the project will mobilize the online community in the event of an abduction.
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OTTAWA — Think of it as the Wild West of political advertising. Federal political parties and third-party interest groups are taking advantage of the unregulated pre-election writ period to spend untold millions on radio and television ads. Once the election — scheduled for Oct. 19 — is formally called, all parties and interest groups will face strict spending caps. But for now, they can spend what they please without having to disclose the amount to Elections Canada or anyone else. The Conservatives, NDP and Liberals have all released new television ads, but no one will say how much they’re paying to saturate the airwaves with political messages before voters tune out for the summer.
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Firefighters and workers clean up after a flash flood in Cache Creek on Saturday. The Cache Creek mayor had declared a state of emergency and ordered dozens of residents to leave their homes. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Flood-hit Cache Creek residents to see disaster aid from the province THE CANADIAN PRESS
CACHE CREEK — With shovels and wheelbarrows, backhoes and dump trucks, residents of Cache Creek spent Monday scooping up and hauling away mud and debris deposited across their community by a devastating weekend flood. The violent storm that dumped more than 26 millimetres of rain on the Interior town in less than an hour Saturday could cost the community millions of dollars, a hefty toll lightened only by an announcement that financial aid from the province is on its way, said Mayor John Ranta. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton announced in Victoria that residents will be able to apply for disaster financial assistance, meaning the government will pay 80 per cent of damages exceeding $1,000 to a
maximum $300,000 to accepted claimants. “Oh, that’s fantastic,” said Ranta in an interview on Monday. “There was no guarantee that the disaster financial assistance would kick in.” Anton also said Premier Christy Clark will visit the village, located about 80 kilometres west of Kamloops, on Tuesday. The village declared a state of emergency after the storm. Ranta said he signed an evacuation order for 23 homes, an evacuation alert for about 40 other homes, and about 100 people sought shelter at a local community centre. He expects the storm will cost the village at least $400,000 and local property owners millions more. Ranta said one home was knocked off its foundation, with
mud and debris filling its basement, and about six others could be condemned because of the damage they suffered. Lawns and gardens were replaced by river channels, the waters of which also eroded soil around curbs and gutters, said Ranta. “There are piles of debris everywhere in the community.” A local park was flooded, as was the fire hall, where volunteers spent about an hour clearing away debris that caved in a door, so they could move the emergency vehicles, he said. Ranta said the water and debris even swept away some of the firefighters’ gear and damaged equipment that allowed members to fill their self-contained breathing apparatus. “It was unbelievable. It was horrendous. It was like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” he said.
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ALZHEIMER’S
Bran scans of seniors in good health aid research
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Goal is to check up to 500 people three times over the three-year study
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WASHINGTON — Sticky plaque gets the most attention, but now healthy seniors at risk of Alzheimer’s are letting scientists peek into their brains to see if another culprit is lurking. No one knows what actually causes Alzheimer’s, but the suspects are its two hallmarks — the gunky amyloid in those brain plaques or tangles of a protein named tau that clog dying brain cells. New imaging can spot those tangles in living brains, providing a chance to finally better understand what triggers dementia. Now researchers are adding tau brain scans to an ambitious study that’s testing if an experimental drug might help healthy but at-risk people stave off Alzheimer’s. Whether that medication works or not, it’s the first drug study where scientists can track how both of Alzheimer’s signature markers begin building up in older adults before memory ever slips. “The combination of amyloid and tau is really the toxic duo,” predicted Dr. Reisa Sperling of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, who is leading the so-called A4 study. “To see it in life is really striking.” The A4 study — it stands for Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s — aims to enrol 1,000 healthy seniors like Judith Chase Gilbert, 77, of Arlington, Virginia. The recently retired government worker is mentally sharp but learned through the study that her brain harbours amyloid buildup that might increase her risk. Last week, researchers slid Gilbert into a doughnut-shaped PET scanner as she became one of the first study participants to also have their brains scanned for tau. “We know that tau starts entering the picture at some point, and we do not know when. We do not know how that interaction happens. We should know,” said chief science officer Maria Carrillo of the Alzheimer’s Association, which is pushing to add tau scans to other dementia research, too. More than 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s or similar dementias, including about 5 million in the U.S. Those numbers are expected to rise rapidly as the baby boomers get older. There is no good treatment. Today’s medications only temporarily ease symptoms and attempts at new drugs, mostly targeted at sticky amyloid, have failed in recent years. Maybe that’s because treatment didn’t start early enough. Scientists now think Alzheimer’s begins quietly ravaging the
Judith Chase Gilbert, of Arlington, Va., is loaded into a PET scanner by Nuclear Medicine Technologist J.R. Aguilar at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
brain more than a decade before symptoms appear, much like heart disease is triggered by gradual cholesterol buildup. Brain scans show many healthy older adults quietly harbour those sticky amyloid plaques, not a guarantee that they’ll eventually get Alzheimer’s but an increased risk. Yet more recent research, including a large autopsy study from the Mayo Clinic, suggests that Alzheimer’s other bad actor — that tangle-forming tau protein — also plays a big role. The newest theory: Amyloid sparks a smouldering risk, but later spread of toxic tau speeds the brain destruction. Normal tau acts sort of like railroad tracks to help nerve cells transport food and other molecules. But in Alzheimer’s, the protein’s strands collapse into tangles and eventually the cell dies. Most healthy people have a small amount of dysfunctional tau in one part of the brain by their 70s, Sperling said. But amyloid plaques somehow encourage this bad tau to spread toward the brain’s memory centre, she explained. The A4 study, which is enrolling participants in the U.S., Australia and Canada, may give some clues. The goal is to check up to 500 people for tau three times over the three-year study, as researchers tease out when and how it forms in those who are still healthy. They won’t be told the results — scientists don’t
know enough yet about what the scans portend. At the same time, study participants will receive either an experimental anti-amyloid drug — Eli Lilly & Co.’s solanezumab — or a placebo as researchers track their memory. The $140 million study is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Lilly and others; the Alzheimer’s Association helped fund the addition of the tau scans. The idea: If the drug proves to be helpful, it might be tamping down amyloid formation that in turn reins in toxic tau. In previous studies, solanezumab failed to help full-blown Alzheimer’s but appeared to slow mental decline in patients with mild disease, raising interest in testing the still healthy. “We’re trying to remove amyloid’s downstream effects on tau formation,” said Dr. R. Scott Turner of Georgetown University Medical Center, where Gilbert enrolled in the study. Seeing how amyloid and tau interact in living brains “is opening a whole new chapter into possible therapies,” Turner added. For Gilbert, learning she had amyloid buildup “was distressing,” but it has prompted her to take extra steps, in addition to the study, to protect her brain. On her doctor’s advice, she’s exercising more, and exercising her brain in a new way by buying a keyboard to start piano lessons.
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Hard-to-match patients waiting for kidneys will benefit from new program HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — A new national program has been set up to help hard-to-match people waiting for kidney transplants to get the organs they need. The program is designed to assist people who are “highly sensitized,” meaning they already have high levels of antibodies to foreign tissues. These patients are very likely to reject donor kidneys unless there is a close match between them and the donor tissue, but making that match has proved to be a tough thing to do. Highly sensitized patients make up about 20 per cent of the people waiting for kidney transplants, but historically they have received less than one per cent of the kidneys transplanted in this country.
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The new program, operated by Canadian Blood Services, has created a national system for highly sensitized patients. In the past, these people would need to wait for well-matched kidney from within their own province; now they will be eligible to get donor organs from any part of the country, if the organ is a good match. That has required adopting a standardized laboratory testing method for tissue matching across the country as well as computer systems that can share information across provinces. “Until this program we were really not shipping kidneys anywhere — because we couldn’t identify the need,” says Dr. Peter Nickerson, who is the medical director for Transplant Manitoba and also serves as medical adviser for donation and transplantation for Canadian Blood Services.
“So now we’re basically saying instead of an individual in Manitoba who only has access to the Manitoba donor pool, they now have access to the entire Canadian donor pool. Because they’re so difficult to get transplanted.” The Highly Sensitized Patients program was rolled out Friday at a press conference in Winnipeg. But while this was the public launch, the system has been gradually coming online for some time. The first provinces joined in October 2013 and all provinces were enrolled by November 2014. To date, 111 hard-to-match people have received kidney transplants through the program. While the program currently only operates for kidneys, there are plans to expand it to other solid organ transplants in future.
hat’s the worst fear for some people? It’s not standing before a crowd and giving a major speech. Nor is it the apprehension of being crushed in a crowded elevator, or flying. It’s the terror of having no control of what’s in food. Now, British researchers report there is a way for parents to prevent children from becoming picky eaters. So how picky can you get? The next time you’re at a dinner party do a little detective work and see if you can spot which guest suffers from this phobia. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to spot picky eaters. One clue is to keep your eye on the guest’s dinner plate. For instance, some picky eaters cannot stand mixing foods together. Rather, they will eat peas first, then the meat, the potatoes and so on. And some refuse to eat anything with their hands even if it’s a sandwich, peanuts or pizza. You may discover that some diners will not eat carrots if they have touched the beans. One picky eater explained, “I don’t think of it as a disorder, just kind of curious.” Maybe so, but the rest of us would consider it more than just a bit odd. There’s another picky eater you can’t miss detecting out of the corner of your eye. The one who is offered a chicken pie as the main course. Just watch that person pick out the peas or the onions, trying to be discreet while doing so. Other picky eaters face a nightmare when it’s impossible to pick out what they don’t like. A person I know hates olives with a passion. He has the option of picking olives out of a salad. But I recently saw horror in his eyes at a party. The olives were ground up in the salad! Even a CIA agent might find it hard to know why some people avoid certain foods. Picky eaters will tell friends they avoid oysters because of the smell. But the real reason is that they are too slimy. The ultimate nightmare for a picky eater is to be invited to dinner at a friend’s home where there is no control over the food. The anguish starts early when the host passes finger food and they wonder, “what’s in it?” Then fear sets in of what the host will serve for the main meal. How many people are picky eaters? Experts say their numbers are increasing due to public awareness of Obsessive Compulsory Disease. They claim that picky eating is normally not considered a disease, such as the compulsive symptom of having to wash hands one hundred times a day. But some picky eaters can become depressed when this disorder affects their quality of life. So can parents save children from dinner nightmares later on in life? Helen Coulthard, a psychology researcher at De Montford University in Leicester, England, reports an experiment that may cure picky eaters. 70 children, age two to five, were asked to play with slimy, mushy food and to find a buried toy at the bottom of mashed potatoes or jelly. Children were then rated on a score of one to five on how they reacted to getting their hands dirty. Researchers concluded that those children who were happy to get their hands dirty were less likely to suffer from food neophobia, a fear of tasting new food. So the moral is, don’t force children to eat foods they don’t like. Rather, design games or fun with different foods and there will be fewer adult picky eaters. I wondered while researching this column how I would rate on the picky scale. My wife would say, “Not very good.” I admit I’m a rare meat and mashed potatoes guy. I too hate olives, and onions that appear in everything! But I never refuse dinner at a friend’s home. For others who feel depressed about their pickiness, there’s a web site to share their problems, www.pickyeatingadults. com. See website www.docgiff.com. For comment go to info@docgiff.com.
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‘Rumble at the Rink’ promoter hoping to bring another fight night to Nanaimo SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
After scheduling changes, cancelled fights and the legendary Gordy Racette being forced to pull out 25 minutes before his much-anticipated bout, the ‘Rumble at the Rink’ boxing card still delivered Saturday night at Frank Crane Arena. Promoter Terry Strawson of Gloved Up Promotions said between 1,000 and 1,100 people attended the three-fight card on Saturday night that ended with Qualicum Beach’s Aubrey “Bam Bam” Morrow knocking out Saskatoon’s Paul Bzdel in the seventh round of a blood-soaked main event. And with the fanfare that showed up to Frank Crane on Saturday, Strawson is hoping to bring another fight night to Nanaimo as early as October or November. “I believe, given enough time, we’ll do that because I think once people come in the door and see what kind of fighter we can bring to Nanaimo, then people will always be excited by the end of it,” Strawson said. Racette, a former Canadian champion and Nanaimo native, was pulled prior to the opening fight of the night due to his blood pressure being too high to compete. Strawson said there was some negative feedback from people hoping to see Racette make history by fighting in his fifth consecutive decade, “but that was sort of out of our control.” Strawson and Gloved Up Promotions also held a fight card in July 2014 at the Port Theatre and felt it could be done in a bigger venue. Racette also recommended it be in Frank Crane. Strawson also said there needed to be more bouts on the night, as it was originally scheduled
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Dashon ‘Flyboy’ Johnson throws a punch at opponent Chris Aucoin during the ‘Rumble at the Rink’ boxing card on Saturday night at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
“These shows cost anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 to put on.“ Terry Strawson, promoter
to host eight. In the future, he believes he can bring in more. Finances are also an ongoing issue when it comes to putting on a major event in Nanaimo. “We’ve had some fantastic sponsors, but we just need more and more,” Strawson said.
“These shows cost anywhere between $30,000 and $50,000 to put on between commission fees, venue fees, ambulance, security and paying fighters what they deserve. “I’ve got friends that hosted a seven-a-side soccer tournament in Nanaimo and make a killing, but at the end of the day, this is not about making money for us. “But we do want it to be sustainable.” The appetite for boxing, however, can be found in ticket sales and Strawson is hoping that with more of both, bigger and better
events can come to Nanaimo. “If everybody can come out and buy a $20 ticket, in a sense they become a shareholder and an investor in boxing in Nanaimo,” he said. “I’ve got plenty of contacts up and down the west coast and the things we can bring here, we’re just not ready for yet.” Scott.McKenzie@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone
A three-goal, three-assist night from Jon Diplock led the Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen to a 8-5 road win on Friday night against the North Shore Indians. The win moved the Timbermen to 7-1 on the season, good for first place in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association with the still-undefeated Ladner Pioneers nipping at their heels. The Timbermen led all the way through in North Shore Friday, taking a 5-2 lead after the first period before going up 7-2 in the second. The third period saw the Indians mount a small comeback but it was not enough to catch the Timbermen, who won by three. Nanaimo goalie Nick Patterson stopped 37 of the 42 North Shore shots in the win, while Ryan Forslund buried two goals and added an assist. Rookie Travis Mickelson, the league-leader in points with 27, had a goal and an assist in the win. Cody Boon, the league’s second-leading scorer, had a single goal in the win, as did James Spence. The Timbermen now await their next opponent, a surprising Langley Warriors team that comes to Nanaimo on Saturday. The opening faceoff for that game between the first-place Timbermen and fourth-place Warriors is at 6 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. Sports@nanaimodailynews.com
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MEMORIAL CUP
NHL PLAYOFFS
Canucks prospect Cassels is on top of his game
Blackhawks score two goals late, Ducks win Game 5 to lead 3-2
BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS
QUEBEC — Cole Cassels has been the man in the spotlight for the Oshawa Generals. The versatile centre took most of the important faceoffs as the Generals beat the Quebec-champion Rimouski Oceanic and host Quebec Remparts in their opening two games at the Mastercard Memorial Cup. Perhaps the biggest so far came late in overtime against the Remparts. Cassels’ draw back to defenceman Stephen Desrocher for the winning goal gave Oshawa a 5-4 win in a game it dominated but was in danger of losing thanks to Zach Fucale’s brilliance in the Quebec net. The two had combined on a similar goal in a 4-3 win over Rimouski. “We knew Steve has a great shot and he gets it off quick,” Cassels said Monday. “It worked out twice for us.” The 20-year-old Cassels, a Vancouver Canucks prospect whose father, Andrew, is a former NHL centre, is playing his best at the right time for the Generals. Linemates Bradley Latour and hulking Calgary Flames prospect Hunter Smith, as well as top defence pair of Josh Brown and Dakota Mermis, got much of the credit for limiting the damage from projected first overall draft pick Connor McDavid and the Erie Otters in the Ontario Hockey League final. Coach D.J. Smith has the luxury of having two faceoff aces, Cassels and Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Michael McCarron, and decides before each game which one to match against the opponent’s top centre. “A lot of winning faceoffs is digging in and battling, and he battles all the way through the draw,” Smith said of the six-footone 190-pound Cassels. His offensive numbers have climbed in each of his four OHL seasons, all with Oshawa. This year he had 30 goals and 81 points in 54 games. Smith’s strong defensive game as well as being a right-hand shot has Smith seeing Cassels as a secondline NHL centre, third-line at worst. Cassels isn’t looking that far ahead just yet. “It’s a process to get to the NHL,” he said. “It’s a big step, but right now I’m just focused on the Memorial Cup.” Cassels said his father gave him many pointers on faceoffs, but mostly he picked up the skill by working with former Generals players Boone Jenner and Scott Laughton. He is not the only General with a hockey father. Back-up goalie Jeremy Brodeur’s father, Martin, is a three-time Stanley Cup champion and the NHL’s all-time leader in wins. Defenceman Stephen Templeton is the grandson of legendary OHL coach Bert Templeton. Andrew Cassels, an OHL most valuable player with the Ottawa 67s, was first round pick by Montreal in 1987 and also played in Hartford, where Cole was born, Calgary, Vancouver, Columbus and Washington. In 16 NHL seasons, he had 204 goals and 732 points. Cole Cassels was picked 85th overall by Vancouver in 2013. He would do well to match his father, but for now just wants to finish his junior career with a bang.
Matt Beleskey scores game-winner after Jonathan Toews’ late-game heroics GREG BEACHAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Matt Beleskey scored 45 seconds into overtime, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Monday night in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews scored two stunning goals in 72 seconds late in regulation to force overtime, but Beleskey barrelled into the crease and scored on a rebound of Ryan Kesler’s shot, flying through the air in celebration. Kesler and Sami Vatanen had a goal and an assist apiece for the Ducks, who moved to the brink of their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals since 2007. Corey Crawford made 23 saves for the Blackhawks, who had won four overtime games already in this post-season, including two in this series. They had all the momentum heading to OT after Toews silenced Honda Center — until Beleskey swooped in. Game 6 is Wednesday in Chicago. Cam Fowler and Kesler scored 32 seconds apart in a three-goal first period for the Ducks. Patrick Maroon scored with 5:15 to play before Toews’ heroics. Teuvo Teravainen and Brent Seabrook scored in the second period for Chicago, which lost a Game 5 in a tied series for the first time in its last eight tries. The Blackhawks must win two straight to reach their third Stanley Cup finals in six seasons. These teams combined for a six-goal third period in Game 4, and they put together another memorable finish in a high-level playoff series already featuring two multi-overtime games, both
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Anaheim Ducks left wing Patrick Maroon, left, scores past Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford during the third period in Game 5 of the Western Conference final in Anaheim, Calif., on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
won by Chicago. After Maroon appeared to wrap it up for Anaheim, Toews scored with 1:50 left with Crawford pulled, and he did it again with 37.2 seconds left on an impossibly sharp-angled shot that somehow got through Frederik Andersen, who made 24 saves. The Ducks’ Danish goalie had been mostly superb in the post-season until allowing two awful goals in Game 5, including that tying howler. But the Ducks came out of the dressing room with fire and swiftly made the decisive rush at Crawford, who put a rebound straight onto Beleskey’s
stick for his seventh goal of the post-season. Anaheim started Game 5 with a bang on back-to-back goals by Fowler and Kesler, even if they didn’t quite match their three goals in 37 seconds in Game 4. Chicago opened with more than 16 minutes without a shot on goal, but responded by scoring early and late in a dominant second period to set the stage for another remarkable finish in a series full of them. NOTES: Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau shuffled his forwards to start Game 5, scratching Emerson Etem and activating
Tomas Fleischmann. Boudreau changed three line combinations to start, putting Fleischmann on the second line with Kesler and Jakob Silfverberg. He changed the combinations again in the third period. ... The Blackhawks allowed three goals in a period for the seventh time in this post-season. ... Actor Emilio Estevez tweeted his support to the Ducks before and during the game. Estevez played coach Gordon Bombay in the Mighty Ducks film series that originally gave the nickname to this expansion NHL franchise formerly owned by Disney.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Rockets stay alive with Game 4 win KRISTIE RIEKEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — James Harden scored a playoff career-high 45 points and the Houston Rockets led from start to finish to avoid elimination in the Western Conference finals with a 128-115 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Monday night. The Rockets used a playoff record-tying, 45-point first quarter to build a big lead. They were up by 22 in the second quarter when Stephen Curry landed on his head in a nasty spill and missed about 12 minutes before returning. His first field goal after returning came on a three-pointer that got Golden State within six points with less than 8 1/2 minutes remaining. But Harden, who had 17 points in the fourth quarter, scored the next seven points as part of 10 straight by Houston to push the lead to 11498. Klay Thompson had 24 points and Curry added 23 for Golden State, which moved a win away from its first trip to the NBA Finals since 1975 after routing Houston 115-80 on Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in the series. But the Warriors couldn’t put the Rockets away and will try again at home in Game 5 on Wednesday night. Houston bounced back from a 3-1 deficit to the Clippers in the conference semifinals. But they face a much bigger challenge in this series, as no team in NBA history has won a playoff series
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Houston Rockets centre Clint Capela, right, dunks over Golden State Warriors forward David Lee during Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference finals Monday in Houston. [AP PHOTO]
after trailing 3-0. Dwight Howard had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and received a flagrant 1 foul early in the third quarter after throwing an elbow at Andrew Bogut’s head. He would be suspended by accumulation of flagrant foul points if the NBA upgrades it to a Flagrant 2 after review. The Warriors made 20 three-pointers and Houston had 17 to set an NBA record for most three-pointers combined in a playoff game. The Warriors used the Hack-A-
Shaq technique on Josh Smith and got two three-pointers from Curry to go on a 10-2 run to get within 10 with 4 minutes remaining. A dunk by Andre Iguodala got them within eight with about 2 minutes left, but Harden answered with a three-pointer to shut the door. Houston led by 23 after one and a basket by Howard
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to start the second made it 47-22. Four quick points by Thompson got Golden State within 55-36 when Curry was injured after he jumped in the air as Trevor Ariza was about to go up for a shot. Ariza saw him and stopped abruptly, causing Curry to be upended in midair when he crashed into Ariza’s shoulder. His head hit the court and it propelled him up and back onto the floor where he remained for several minutes. Curry looked dazed as he was attended to before slowly getting up and walking off the court. He was called for a foul on the play and Ariza made both shots to extend Houston’s lead to 57-36 with about six minutes until halftime. Thompson picked up the slack with Curry out, hitting four three-pointers in a 23-9 run that get the Warriors within 66-59 with about 30 seconds left in the first half. But Terry hit a 3 as the shot clock expired to put Houston up 69-59 at halftime. A putback dunk by Terrence Jones at the buzzer gave Houston a 15-point lead entering the fourth quarter. The Warriors opened the final period with an 11-3 run, capped by two three-pointers by Thompson, to cut it to 102-95.
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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Playoffs - Round 3 (Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals West - Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks East - Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers Yesterday’s result (Game 5) Anaheim 5, Chicago 4 (OT) (Anaheim leads series 3-2) Sunday’s result (Game 5) Tampa Bay 2, NY Rangers 0 (Tampa Bay leads series 3-2)
Memorial Cup Canadian Hockey League (CHL) championship, Quebec City, May 22-31 at Colisee Pepsi. Teams GP W LGF-A Oshawa Generals (OHL) 2 2 0 9-7 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 2 1 1 10-7 Quebec Remparts (Host) 2 1 1 8-8 Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 1 0 1 3-4 Yesterday’s result Kelowna 7, Rimouski 3 Sunday’s result Oshawa 5, Quebec 4 (OT)
Friday, May 29 (Game 7*) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.
Schedule (all times PDT) Today’s game Oshawa vs. Kelowna, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 Quebec vs. Rimouski, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28 - Playoff round Tiebreaker, If necessary, Time TBA Friday, May 29 - Semifinal Third Place vs. Second, , 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31 - Final Semifinal Winner vs. First Place, TBA
Ducks 5, Blackhawks 4 (OT)
American Hockey League
First Period 1. Anaheim, Fowler (2) (Cogliano, Thompson) 5:10 2. Anaheim, Kesler (6) (Beauchemin, Silfverberg) 5:42 3. Anaheim, Vatanen (3) (Getzlaf) 14:37 Penalties: Seabrook Chi (Cross checking Jiri Sekac) 10:18 Second Period 4. Chicago, Teravainen (2) (Vermette, Sharp) 1:11 5. Chicago, Seabrook (5) (Sharp, Teravainen) 19:35 Penalties: Beauchemin Ana (Tripping Patrick Kane) 5:46 Third Period 6. Anaheim, Maroon (6) (Getzlaf, Vatanen) 14:45 7. Chicago, Toews (6) (Keith, Hossa) 18:10 8. Chicago, Toews (7) (Shaw, Seabrook) 19:22 Penalties: Stoner Ana (Hooking Patrick Sharp) 1:43 First Overtime 9. Anaheim, Beleskey (7) (Silfverberg, Kesler) 0:45 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Chicago 3 13 12 0 28 Anaheim 11 5 8 4 28 Goaltending summary: Chicago: Crawford (23/28), Anaheim: Andersen (24/28) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Chicago: 0 of 2, Anaheim: 0 of 2 Att: 17,286
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
Sunday at New York
CYCLING
Today’s schedule (Game 6) New York Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 (Game 6) Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Lightning 2, Rangers 0 First Period No scoring Penalties: Staal Nyr (Interference) 7:23, Johnson Tb (Slashing) 15:01 Second Period 1. Tampa Bay, Filppula (3) (Stralman, Stamkos) 13:29 2. Tampa Bay, Stamkos (7) (Kucherov, Palat) 18:22 (PP) Penalties: Garrison Tb (High-sticking) 7:19, Sustr Tb (Tripping) 9:51, Staal Nyr (Tripping) 17:04 Third Period No scoring Penalties: Kreider Nyr (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 2:51, Palat Tb (Slashing) 18:21, Brassard Nyr (Slashing) 18:21 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Tampa Bay 4 11 7 22 New York 6 10 10 26 Goaltending summary: Tampa Bay: Bishop (26/26), New York: Lundqvist (20/22) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Tampa Bay: 1 of 3, New York: 0 of 4 Att: 18,006
Yesterday’s result (Game2) Grand Rapids 4, Utica 2 (Series tied 1-1) Sunday’s result (Game 1) Utica 2, Grand Rapids 1 Today’s schedule (Game3) Manchester at Hartford, 4 p.m. (Manchester leads series 2-0)
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 4) Houston 128, Golden State115 (Golden State leads series 3-1) Sunday’s result (Game 3) Cleveland 114 Atlanta 111 (OT) (Cleveland leads series 3-0) Today’s schedule (Game 4) Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.
Road racing Giro d’Italia
Yesterday was a rest day. Sunday’s results and standings: Stage 15 - 165 km, Marostica Madonna Di Campiglio. (Final ascent).. Weather: Dry 1. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 4:22:35 2. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:00:02 3. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:05 12. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:03:11 General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 60:01:34 2. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:02:35 3. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 0:04:19 13. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:11:17
Seattle Mariner Brad Miller, right, high fives Kyle Seager after scoring on an RBI single by Nelson Cruz during an MLB game Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla. [AP PHOTO]
Mariners get back on track, beat Rays
SOCCER
TENNIS
MLS
French Open - Men, Women
Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T DC United 22 12 6 2 4 N. England 20 13 5 3 5 NY Red Bulls 17 11 4 2 5 Columbus 15 11 4 4 3 Toronto 13 10 4 5 1 Orlando 13 12 3 5 4 Philadelphia 12 13 3 7 3 Chicago 11 10 3 5 2 Montreal 8 7 2 3 2 NY City FC 7 12 1 7 4 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Dallas 21 12 6 3 3 Seattle 20 11 6 3 2 Vancouver 20 13 6 5 2 San Jose 18 12 5 4 3 Sporting KC 18 12 4 2 6 Los Angeles 17 13 4 4 5 Salt Lake 17 12 4 3 5 Houston 16 13 4 5 4 Portland 13 12 3 5 4 Colorado 13 11 2 2 7 Sunday’s results NY Red Bulls 0, Philadelphia 2 San Jose 1, Orlando 1
GF GA 14 10 18 16 14 11 17 14 14 14 14 15 13 21 11 14 9 10 9 16
Grand Slam event: Roland Garros, May 24-June 7 Paris, France Surface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000 Competitors: 128 singles, 64 doubles Today’s schedule Women’s Singles - Round 1 Eugenie Bouchard (6), (Montreal) vs. Kristina Mladenovic (France), 10 a.m. P.D.T. (time approximate)
GF GA 18 15 17 9 14 12 13 12 17 15 12 15 12 15 16 16 10 13 10 9
Earlier results Men’s singles - Round 1 Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Facundo Arguello, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-0, 7-5, 6-3. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1. Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Feliciano Lopez (11), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3. Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Christian Lindell, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. David Goffin (17), Belgium, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Tommy Robredo (18), Spain, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (19), Spain, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Pablo Cuevas (21), Uruguay, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber (22), Germany, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-1, 6-0, 6-2. Ernests Gulbis (24), Latvia, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4. Steve Johnson, United States, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (26), Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 3-6, 6-3. Bernard Tomic (27), Australia, def. Luca Vanni, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Fabio Fognini (28), Italy, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Nick Kyrgios (29), Australia, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Adrian Mannarino (30), France, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4). Viktor Troicki (31), Serbia, def. JanLennard Struff, Germany, 6-2, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Fernando Verdasco (32), Spain, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
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.
UEFA Champions League Final Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin, 11:45 a.m. Juventus vs. Barcelona
English FA Cup Final, Saturday May 30 Wembley Stadium, 9:30 a.m. Arsenal v Aston Villa
English Premier League Final standings Position/Club W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea 26 9 3 73 32 87 2 Man City 24 7 7 83 38 79 3 Arsenal 22 9 7 71 36 75 4 Man United 20 10 8 62 37 70 5 Tot Hotspur 19 7 12 58 53 64 6 Liverpool 18 8 12 52 48 62 7 Southampton 18 6 14 54 33 60 8 Swansea 16 8 14 46 49 56 9 Stoke City 15 9 14 48 45 54 10 Crystal Pal 13 9 16 47 51 48 11 Everton 12 11 15 48 50 47 12 West Ham 12 11 15 44 47 47 13 West Brom 11 11 16 38 51 44 14 Leicester 11 8 19 46 55 41 15 Newcastle 10 9 19 40 63 39 16 Sunderland 7 17 14 31 53 38 17 Aston Villa 10 8 20 31 57 38 18-R Hull City 8 11 19 33 51 35 19-R Burnley 7 12 19 28 53 33 20-R Q.P. Rangers 8 6 24 42 73 30 -R=Relegated to Championship Promoted: Bournemouth, Watford, Norwich City Sunday’s results Arsenal 4, West Brom 1 Aston Villa 0, Burnley 1 Chelsea 3, Sunderland 1 Crystal Palace 1, Swansea 0 Everton 0, Spurs 1 Hull 0, Manchester United 0 Leicester 5, Q.P. Rangers, 1 Manchester City 2, Southampton 0 Newcastle 2, West Ham 0 Stoke 6, Liverpool 1
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Mid Isle Victoria Vancouver Utd Vancouver Tbirds Tim Hortons Khalsa Kamloops Abbotsford FC Tigers
W 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0
D 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2
L 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 4
GF GA Pts 10 7 10 12 10 10 7 2 8 7 2 7 11 19 6 3 0 4 7 10 4 3 4 2 11 17 2
Sunday’s schedule Abbotsford 1, Vancouver United 1 Khalsa SC 0, Mid Isle 0 Van Tbirds 1, Victoria 1 Tigers Vancouver 3, Kamloops 4 Today’s schedule Vancouver Thunderbirds vs. Abbotsford, 7:15 p.m.
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP W L Nanaimo 2 2 0 Burnaby 1 1 0 Coquitlam 0 0 0 Langley 0 0 0 New Westminster 0 0 0 Maple Ridge 1 0 1 Victoria 2 0 2 Sunday’s results Nanaimo 12, Victoria 9 (OT) Burnaby 9, Maple Ridge 8
T Pts 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday, May 27 New Westminster at Langley, 7:45 p.m. Thursday, May 28 Coquitlam at N.Westminster, 7:45 p.m. Friday, May 29 Burnaby at Victoria, 7:45 p.m.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The prevailing sentiment when it came to Robinson Cano and his recent struggles has been: “He’ll be fine,” or some variation of it. It doesn’t matter if it’s manager Lloyd McClendon doing the talking, hitting coach Howard Johnson, teammate Nelson Cruz or the kid chosen as batboy for that day’s game. They all say and believe pretty much the same thing — Cano will hit. While there has been fretting and growing frustration in the Mariners’ fan base with the all-star second baseman’s slumping start to the season. Those close to him had no such concerns. Cano helped quell the doubters, if only for a game. Driving in a pair of runs with RBI singles in Seattle’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Monday. Cano drove in the first run of the game and plated a key insurance run in the top of the eighth inning. And since it is Fernando Rodney and the experience that comes with a save situation, Mike Zunino added another “just-in-case” run, falling behind 0-2 in a count, coming back and working it full and then crushing his sixth homer into the upper deck in left field in the ninth. Rodney provided no drama in the ninth. In fact, it was a little boring, as he retired the side in order to pick up his 13th save in 14 chances. Roenis Elias was credited with his second straight win to improve to 2-1. He wasn’t as dominant as his previous outing in Baltimore. Runners reached base in every inning except for the first inning, but the only run he allowed came in the sixth inning when he left a 1-0 fastball down the middle of the plate to Logan Forsythe, who redirected the cookie of a pitch deep into left field onto the tarp that hid some of the many empty seats before a crowd of 10,401. He finished with six innings pitched, giving up the one run on six hits with three walks and six strikeouts.
Standings GP W L Coquitlam 8 7 1 Delta 8 7 1 Victoria 9 6 3 Nanaimo 7 3 4 New Westminster 6 3 3 Langley 8 2 5 Port Coquitlam 9 2 6 Burnaby 9 1 8 Sunday’s results Coquitlam 10, Victoria 6 Port Coquitlam 9, Nanaimo 5
T 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Pts 14 14 12 6 6 5 5 2
Today’s schedule New Westminster at Langley, 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 Delta at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 29 Burnaby at Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 30 New Westminster at Victoria, 5 p.m. Langley at Delta, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31 Delta at Nanaimo, 4 p.m. Victoria at Burnaby, 5 p.m.
National Lacrosse League Division finals Home-and home series Return leg games Saturday’s results Toronto 11, Rochester 8 Toronto 8, Rochester 2 (Toronto wins series 2-1) Calgary 12, Edmonton 9 Edmonton 4, Calgary 1 (Edmonton wins series 2-1) Champion’s Cup Finals Game 1: Saturday, May 30, 4 p.m., Air Canada Centre Edmonton Rush (15-6) at Toronto Rock (16-5) Game 2 Friday, June 5, 6:30 p.m., Rexall Place Toronto at Edmonton Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday, June 13, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto
Women’s Singles - Round 1 Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-2, 6-4. Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia, def. Louisa Chirico, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-0, 6-1. Karolina Pliskova (12), Czech Republic, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (9). Annika Beck, Germany, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Venus Williams (15), United States, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Sara Errani (17), Italy, def. Alison Riske, United States, 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-0. Elina Svitolina (19), Ukraine, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-2. Sabine Lisicki (20), Germany, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-3, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-2, 7-5. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Barbora Strycova (22), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Peng Shuai (24), China, 6-0, 2-0, retired. Samantha Stosur (26), Australia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-1, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka (27), Belarus, def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 6-2, 6-1. Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.
GOLF Results and schedules
PGA This week’s tournament AT&T Byron Nelson, May 28-31 TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. Par 70, 7,166 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: Brendon Todd Last week: Crowne Plaza Invitational, Colonial Country Club Course, Fort Worth, Texas. Par 70, 7,204 yards. Purse: $6,500,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Chris Kirk -12 $1,170,000 T2 Jason Bohn -11 $485,333 T2 Jordan Spieth -11 $485,333 T2 Brandt Snedeker -11 $485,333 T5 Adam Hadwin -10 $220,350 T5 Abbotsford, B.C. -10 $220,350 T5 Pat Perez -10 $220,350 T5 Kevin Kisner -10 $220,350 T5 George McNeill -10 $220,350 T5 Ian Poulter -10 $220,350 T10 Danny Lee -9 $134,875 T10 Ben Martin -9 $134,875 T10 Colt Knost -9 $134,875 T10 Jerry Kelly -9 $134,875 T10 Brian Harman -9 $134,875 T10 Rory Sabbatini -9 $134,875 T10 Kevin Na -9 $134,875 T10 Charley Hoffman -9 $134,875 18 John Huh -8 $97,500 T19 Robert Streb -7 $78,780 T19 Kevin Chappell -7 $78,780 T19 Zach Johnson -7 $78,780 T19 Shawn Stefani -7 $78,780 T19 Tony Finau -7 $78,780 Other Canadians T27 Nick Taylor -5 $45,175 T33 David Hearn -4 $31,525 T53 Graham DeLaet -1 $14,976
LPGA No tournament last week. This week’s schedule: 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
Champions Tour No tournament this week Last week: Senior PGA Championship, French Lick, Indiana, The Pete Dye Course. Par 72, 8,102 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Colin Montgomerie -8 $495,000 2 Esteban Toledo -4 $297,000 3 Woody Austin -3 $187,000 T4 Brian Henninger -2 $117,500 T4 Scott Verplank -2 $117,500 6 Bernhard Langer E $90,000 T7 Tom Pernice, Jr. +1 $77,500 T7 Jeff Sluman +1 $77,500 T9 Marco Dawson +2 $65,000 Continued next column
GOLF - Champions Tour (Cont’d) T9 Steve Jones +2 $65,000 T9 Sandy Lyle +2 $65,000 T9 Mark McNulty +2 $65,000 T13 Roger Chapman +3 $49,750 T13 Joe Durant +3 $49,750 T13 Kevin Sutherland +3 $49,750 T13 Kirk Triplett +3 $49,750 T17 Olin Browne +5 $37,000 T17 Russ Cochran +5 $37,000 T17 Paul Goydos +5 $37,000 T17 Jerry Haas +5 $37,000 T17 Peter Senior +5 $37,000 From Canada T34 Rod Spittle +8 $12,000
Web.com Tour No tournament last week. This week’s schedule: 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 This week’s tournament Irish Open, May 28 - 31 Royal County Down Golf Course, Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Par 71, 7,204 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Mikko Ilonen. Last week: BMW European PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, West Course, Surrey, England. Par 73, 7,281 yards. Purse: $4,750,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Byeong-Hun An -21 $1,083,329 T2 Miguel Jimenez -15 $564,558 T2 Thongchai Jaidee -15 $564,558 4 Chris Wood -13 $325,000 5 Francesco Molinari -12 $275,600 T6 Shane Lowry -11 $211,250 T6 Tommy Fleetwood -11 $211,250 T8 Julien Quesne -10 $154,050 T8 Alexander Noren -10 $154,050 10 Alejandro Canizares -9 $130,000 T11 Joost Luiten -8 $103,783 T11 James Morrison -8 $103,783 T11 Thomas Bjorn -8 $103,783 T11 Branden Grace -8 $103,783 T11 Gregory Havret -8 $103,783 T11 Felipe Aguilar -8 $103,783 17 Andrew Sullivan -7 $87,750 T18 Soren Kjeldsen -6 $79,463 T18 Marc Warren -6 $79,463 T18 Martin Kaymer -6 $79,463 T18 Jamie Donaldson -6 $79,463
AUTO RACING 99th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana. Rectangular oval, 4 turns, 2.5 miles per lap. Results (Start position in parentheses) 1 (15) Juan Pablo Montoya, DallaraChevrolet, 200 laps, $2,449,055 2 (2) Will Power, Dallara-Chev, 200, $792,555 3 (14) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chev, 200, $564,055 4 (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chev, 200, $615,805 5 (17) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, $439,555 6 (8) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, $412,055 7 (5) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chev, 200, $482,555 8 (10) J.R. Hildebrand, Dallara-Chev, 200, $246,805 9 (9) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chev, 200, $382,055 10 (3) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Chev, 200, $307,805 11 (7) Sebastien Bourdais, DallaraChev, 200, $378,555 12 (31) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, $368,805 13 (24) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 200, $364,055 14 (23) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Chev, 200, $218,555 15 (16) Ryan Hunter-Reay, DallaraHonda, 200, $355,555 16 (26) Gabby Chaves, Dallara-Honda, 200, $399,055 17 (20) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, $203,305 18 (19) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 200, $347,555 19 (18) Simona de Silvestro, DallaraHonda, 200, $200,305 20 (11) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 200, $345,555 21 (6) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 199, $211,305 22 (25) Pippa Mann, Dallara-Honda, 197, $206,805 23 (27) Sebastian Saavedra, DallaraChev, 175, (Contact) $200,305 24 (28) Jack Hawksworth, DallaraHonda, 175, (Contact) $205,055 25 (29) Stefano Coletti, Dallara-Chev, 175, (Contact) $344,555 Race Statistics Winner’s average speed: 161341 Time of Race: 3:05:56.5286 Margin of Victory: 0.1046 seconds Cautions: 6 for 47 laps Lead Changes: 37 among 10 drivers
NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap. Results: (Start position in parentheses) 1 (3) Carl Edwards, Toyota $363,390 2 (4) Greg Biffle, Ford $277,263 3 (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chev$217,255 4 (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota $258,316 5 (10) Martin Truex Jr., Chev $182,350 6 (19) Ryan Newman, Chev $166,570 7 (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford $172,911 8 (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota $143,720 9 (8) Kevin Harvick, Chev $174,045 10 (14) Kurt Busch, Chev $140,045 11 (17) Kyle Busch, Toyota $157,301 12 (33) Kasey Kahne, Chev $128,685 13 (2) Joey Logano, Ford $161,793 14 (23) Paul Menard, Chev $120,735 15 (18) Jeff Gordon, Chev $156,371 16 (11) Austin Dillon, Chev $147,271 17 (21) Aric Almirola, Ford $146,046 18 (28) Chase Elliott, Chev $103,910 19 (22) Jamie McMurray, Chev$136,826 20 (24) Clint Bowyer, Toyota $140,368 21 (12) Tony Stewart, Chev $132,399 22 (20) Danica Patrick, Chev $111,760 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 147.803 mph Time of Race: 4 hours, 3:34 Margin of Victory: 4.785 seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 39 laps. Lead Changes: 22 among 9 drivers.
Formula One Grand Prix Of Monaco Circuit De Monaco, Street circuit. Lap length: 2.07 miles Results, with driver’s country, constructor and finishing time. 1 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 78 laps, 88.778 mph 2 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari 1:49:22.906 3 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes 1:49:24.473 4 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull 1:49:30.385 5 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull 1:49:32.028 6 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari 1:49:32.765 7 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India 1:49:33.433 8 Jenson Button, England, McLaren 1:49:34.483 9 Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber 1:49:42.046 10 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso 1:49:43.476
BASEBALL
Mariners 4, Rays 1
MLB
ab r h bi ab r h bi Smith RF 5 2 2 0 Guyer RF 5 0 1 0 Miller LF 4 1 0 0 Butler DH 5 0 1 0 Cano 2B 4 0 2 2 Longoria 3B 5 0 1 0 Cruz DH 4 0 1 1 Forsythe 1B 3 1 1 1 Seager 3B 3 0 1 0 Beckham SS 3 0 1 0 Ruggiano CF 2 0 0 0 Elmore LF 2 0 2 0 Ackley CF 1 0 0 0 DeJesus LF 1 0 0 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 2 0 Kiermaier CF 4 0 0 0 Taylor SS 4 0 0 0 Franklin 2B 3 0 0 0 Zunino C 4 1 1 1 Rivera C 4010 Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 35 1 8 1
American League East W L Tampa Bay 24 22 NY Yankees 23 22 Baltimore 20 22 Boston 21 24 Toronto 21 26 Central W L Kansas City 28 16 Minnesota 26 18 Detroit 26 20 Cleveland 20 24 Chicago Sox 19 23 West W L Houston 29 17 LA Angels 23 22 Texas 22 23 Seattle 21 23 Oakland 17 30 National League East W L Washington 27 18 NY Mets 25 21 Atlanta 22 22 Philadelphia 19 28 Miami 18 28 Central W L St. Louis 29 16 Chicago Cubs 24 20 Pittsburgh 22 22 Cincinnati 18 26 Milwaukee 16 30 West W L LA Dodgers 27 17 San Francisco 26 20 Arizona 21 23 San Diego 21 25 Colorado 18 25
Seattle
PCT .522 .511 .476 .467 .447 PCT .636 .591 .565 .455 .452 PCT .630 .511 .489 .477 .362
GB Strk - L3 0.5 W1 2.0 W1 2.5 L1 3.5 W2 GB Strk - L2 2.0 W3 3.0 L3 8.0 L1 8.0 L3 GB Strk - L1 5.5 W1 6.5 W6 7.0 W1 12.5 W3
PCT .600 .543 .500 .404 .391 PCT .644 .545 .500 .409 .348 PCT .614 .565 .477 .457 .419
GB Strk - W2 2.5 W1 4.5 L1 9.0 L2 9.5 L1 GB Strk - W2 4.5 L2 6.5 W4 10.5 L9 13.5 L3 GB Strk - W1 2.0 W1 6.0 L1 7.0 L1 8.5 W3
Yesterday’s results Seattle 4, Tampa Bay 1 NY Yankees 14, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 4, Houston 3 Oakland 4, Detroit 0 Toronto 6, Chicago White Sox 0 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 4 NY Mets 6, Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 7, Boston 2 San Francisco 8, Milwaukee 4 Washington 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Texas 10, Cleveland 8 St. Louis 3, Arizona 2 (10 innings) Pittsburgh 4, Miami 2 LA Dodgers 6, Atlanta 3 L.A. Angels 4, San Diego 3 Sunday’s results Toronto 8, Seattle 2 Houston 10, Detroit 8 Miami 5, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 2 Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 6, LA Angels 1 Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 1 Pittsburgh 9, NY Mets 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 1 Minnesota 8, Chicago Sox 1 St. Louis 6, Kansas City 1 Arizona 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 11, LA Dodgers 3 Colorado 11, San Francisco 2 Texas 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Miami at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Latos (1-4) vs. Locke (2-2) Houston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Feldman (3-4) vs. Tillman (2-5) Washington at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m. Roark (0-2) vs. Hendricks (1-1) Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Duffy (2-3) vs. Warren (2-3) Chi. White Sox at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Danks (2-4) vs. Dickey (2-5) Texas at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Rodriguez (2-2) vs. Salazar (5-1) Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Williams (3-4) vs. deGrom (5-4) Seattle at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Happ (3-1) vs. Colome (3-1) Colorado at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. De La Rosa (1-2) vs. Lorenzen (1-1) Boston at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Buchholz (2-5) vs. Pelfrey (3-1) San Francisco at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Bumgarner (5-2) vs. Garza (2-6) Arizona at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Bradley (2-1) vs. Garcia (0-1) San Diego at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Despaigne (2-3) vs. Shoemaker (3-4) Detroit at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Price (3-1) vs. Chavez (1-4) Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Teheran (4-1) vs. Kershaw (2-3)
Cardinals 3, D-backs 2 (10 innings) Arizona
St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi Inciarte CF 5 1 2 0 Wong 2B 5 1 3 0 Trumbo RF 5 1 1 2 Carpenter 3B 5 0 2 0 G’schmidt 1B 4 0 2 0 Holliday LF 5 0 2 0 Peralta LF 2 0 0 0 Adams 1B 4 1 1 1 Tomas 3B 5 0 3 0 Peralta SS 4 1 2 1 Owings 2B 4 0 1 0 Molina C 4 0 0 0 Gosewisch C 4 0 0 0 Heyward RF 4 0 1 1 Ahmed SS 4 0 0 0 Bourjos CF 4 0 2 0 Anderson P 2 0 0 0 Martinez P 3 0 1 0 Hill PH 1 0 0 0 Grichuk CF 1 0 1 0 Pollock PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 3 15 3 Totals 37 2 9 2
Arizona 000 000 020 0 2 St. Louis 100 100 000 1 3 2B: STL Wong (9, Anderson, C). GIDP: ARI Owings; STL Molina. HR: ARI Trumbo (7, 8th inning off Siegrist, 1 on, 0 out); STL Peralta (7, 10th inning off Ramirez, J.C., 0 on, 0 out). S: ARI Owings. Team Lob: ARI 11; STL 11. DP: ARI (Goldschmidt-AhmedAnderson, C); STL (Wong-PeraltaAdams, M). Arizona IP H R ER BB SO R Anderson 6.010 2 2 1 4 O Perez 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 R Delgado 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 E Burgos 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 J Ramirez (L, (L, 1-1)) 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO C Martinez 7.0 5 0 0 2 8 K Siegrist 0.0 2 2 2 2 0 M Maness 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 T Rosenthal (W, (W, 1-0)) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 Time: 3:24. Att: 42,853.
Rockies 5, Reds 4 Colorado
Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi Blackmon CF 3 2 1 0 Phillips 2B 5 0 0 0 LeMahieu 2B 5 0 2 2 Votto 1B 5110 Arenado 3B 4 1 3 3 Frazier 3B 4 1 1 2 Paulsen LF-1B5 0 2 0 Bruce RF 5030 Rosario 1B 4 0 0 0 Pena C 3010 Tulowitzki PH 1 0 0 0 Byrd LF 4221 Barnes RF 4 0 1 0 Cozart SS 3 0 0 0 Hundley C 4 1 1 0 Marquis P 2 0 1 0 Descalso SS 3 1 1 0 Boesch PH 1 0 1 0 Butler P 2 0 0 0 S’umaker PH 1 0 0 0 Ynoa LF 1 0 0 0 Hamilton CF 4 0 1 1 Totals 36 5 11 5 Totals 37 4 11 4
Colorado 120 100 001 5 Cincinnati 200 101 000 4 SB: COL Blackmon 3 (10, 2nd base off Marquis/Pena, B, 2nd base off Marquis/ Pena, B, 3rd base off Mattheus/Pena, B), LeMahieu (4, 2nd base off Marquis/ Pena, B). 2B: COL Barnes, B (4, Marquis); CIN Votto (8, Butler, E), Marquis (1, Butler, E), Byrd (5, Butler, E). HR: COL Arenado (9, 4th inning off Marquis, 0 on, 2 out); CIN Frazier (13, 1st inning off Butler, E, 1 on, 1 out), Byrd (10, 6th inning off Butler, E, 0 on, 0 out). S: COL Butler, E. Team Lob: COL 9; CIN 9. E: CIN Frazier (5, throw). Colorado IP H R ER BB SO T Butler 6.0 9 4 4 2 1 C Friedrich 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 R Betancourt (W, (W, 2-1)) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Axford 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO J Marquis 5.210 4 2 2 4 R Mattheus 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Diaz 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 A Cingrani 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 A Chapman (L, (L, 2-3)) 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 Time: 2:59. Att: 20,516.
Tampa Bay
Seattle 200 000 011 4 Tampa Bay 000 001 000 1 2B: SEA Seager (9, Odorizzi), Smith, S 2 (9, Geltz, Gomes, B); TB Elmore 2 (3, Elias, Elias), Rivera, R (5, Elias). HR: SEA Zunino (6, 9th inning off Gomes, B, 0 on, 2 out); TB Forsythe (5, 6th inning off Elias, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: SEA 7; TB 11. DP: TB (LongoriaFranklin). E: TB Beckham, T (2, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO R Elias (W, (W, 2-1)) 6.0 6 1 1 3 6 M Lowe 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 C Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 F Rodney 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO J Odorizzi (L, (L, 3-5)) 7.0 5 2 1 2 7 S Geltz 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 B Gomes 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Time: 2:51. Att: 10,401.
Yankees 14, Royals 1 Kansas City
NY Yankees
ab r h bi ab r h bi Escobar SS 5 1 1 0 Gardner LF 4 3 2 3 Moustakas 3B3 0 0 0 Headley 3B 4 1 3 3 Cain CF 2 0 1 0 Rodriguez DH4 1 2 0 Dyson CF 2 0 2 1 Teixeira 1B 3 1 0 0 Hosmer 1B-RF3 0 1 0 Young RF-LF 1 0 0 0 Morales DH 3 0 1 0 McCann C-1B 3 2 1 3 Gordon LF 3 0 1 0 Jones OF-1B 5 1 2 0 Perez 1B 1 0 0 0 Drew 2B-3B 5 1 1 3 Infante 2B 3 0 1 0 Gregorius SS 3 2 1 0 Orlando RF-LF4 0 0 0 Heathcott CF 5 2 2 2 Butera C 4 0 0 0 Totals 3714 1414 Totals 33 1 8 1
Kansas City 000 010 000 1 NY Yankees 830 010 20x 14 2B: KC Escobar, A (8, Eovaldi); NYY Gardner (8, Guthrie), Headley (6, Morales, F). GIDP: KC Hosmer; NYY Drew. HR: NYY Headley (6, 1st inning off Guthrie, 1 on, 0 out), McCann, B (5, 1st inning off Guthrie, 2 on, 0 out), Gardner (4, 1st inning off Guthrie, 2 on, 2 out), Drew (5, 2nd inning off Guthrie, 2 on, 0 out), Heathcott (1, 7th inning off Holland, G, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: KC 9; NYY 7. DP: KC (Colon, C-Escobar, APerez, S); NYY (Pirela-Gregorius-Jones, G). E: KC Orlando (2, fielding). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO J Guthrie (L, (L, 4-3)) 1.0 9 11 11 3 1 B Finnegan 3.0 0 0 0 1 2 F Morales 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 G Holland 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 J Frasor 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO N Eovaldi (W, (W, 4-1)) 7.0 8 1 1 1 4 J Lindgren 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 HBP: Moustakas (by Eovaldi), Gregorius (by Guthrie). Time: 3:12. Att: 36,031.
Dodgers 6, Braves 3 Atlanta
LA Dodgers
ab r h bi ab r h bi Peterson 2B 4 0 1 0 Pederson CF 5 1 3 0 Maybin CF 3 1 0 0 Rollins SS 5 2 1 1 Freeman 1B 4 0 2 1 Kendrick 2B 3 0 1 0 Markakis RF 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1B 5 0 2 1 Gomes LF 4 2 2 0 Turner 3B 3 0 1 0 Simmons SS 4 0 1 0 Ethier RF 3 1 2 2 Ciriaco 3B 4 0 2 1 Van Slyke LF 4 0 0 0 Bethancourt C3 0 1 1 Ellis C 3100 Perez P 2 0 0 0 Anderson P 2 0 0 0 Young Jr. PH 1 0 0 0 Guerrero PH 1 1 1 2 Cun’ham PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 11 6 Totals 34 3 9 3
Atlanta 000 110 001 3 LA Dodgers 100 000 14x 6 2B: ATL Gomes, J (3, Hatcher); LAD Pederson (8, Perez, W). GIDP: ATL Markakis; LAD Van Slyke. HR: LAD Ethier (6, 8th inning off Masset, 0 on, 0 out), Guerrero, A (8, 8th inning off Masset, 1 on, 1 out), Rollins (5, 8th inning off Masset, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: ATL 6; LAD 10. DP: ATL (Simmons, A-Freeman); LAD (Rollins-Kendrick, H-Gonzalez, A). PICKOFFS: LAD Anderson, B (Peterson, J at 1st base). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO W Perez 6.0 7 1 1 1 7 L Avilan 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 N Masset (L, (L, 0-1)) 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 T Cahill 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO B Anderson 7.0 7 2 2 2 3 A Liberatore (W, (W, 1-1)) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 D Hatcher 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 K Jansen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:49. Att: 44,680.
Giants 8, Brewers 4 San Francisco
Milwaukee
ab r h bi ab r h bi Aoki LF 4 2 4 2 Gomez CF 4 0 0 0 Panik 2B 4 0 0 0 Davis LF 3332 Pagan CF 3 0 0 0 Braun RF 3 1 1 2 Strickland P 1 0 0 0 Lind 1B 4000 Pence RF 4 1 3 2 Ramirez 3B 2 0 0 0 Belt 1B 4 1 0 0 Parra PH 1000 Crawford SS 5 1 1 0 Gomez 2B 4 0 1 0 Duffy 3B 5 1 2 1 Maldonado C 2 0 0 0 Susac C 4 1 2 1 Centeno PH 1 0 0 0 Lincecum P 2 0 0 0 Lohse P 2000 Blanco PH-CF 2 1 1 1 Herrera 3B 2 0 0 0 Totals 38 8 13 7 Sardinas SS 4 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 5 4
San Francisco 001 007 000 8 Milwaukee 101 020 000 4 SB: SF Aoki (11, 2nd base off Smith, W/ Maldonado), Pence (1, 2nd base off Rodriguez, F/Maldonado); MIL Braun (5, 2nd base off Lincecum/Susac). 2B: SF Pence (3, Smith, W); MIL Gomez, H (9, Lincecum). GIDP: SF Blanco, G, Panik. HR: SF Aoki (2, 3rd inning off Lohse, 0 on, 1 out); MIL Davis, K 2 (5, 1st inning off Lincecum, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd inning off Lincecum, 0 on, 2 out), Braun (12, 5th inning off Lincecum, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SF 8; MIL 5. DP: MIL 2 (Gomez, H-Sardinas-Lind, Sardinas-Gomez, H-Lind). E: MIL Gomez, C 2 (3, fielding, throw). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO T Lincecum (W, (W, 5-2)) 5.0 5 4 4 3 4 J Affeldt 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 H Strickland 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO K Lohse (L, (L, 3-5)) 5.1 6 5 5 3 7 J Jeffress 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 W Smith 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 N Cotts 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 B Kintzler 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 F Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Time: 3:15. Att: 41,969.
B.C. Premier League Team North Delta North Shore Vic Eagles Langley Okanagan Nanaimo Whalley Abbotsford Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock
W 11 14 17 15 16 15 10 8 7 5 4 5
L 2 3 7 7 8 11 13 15 17 13 12 19
Pct GB .846 .824 1 .708 .5 .682 .5 .667 .5 .577 2.5 .435 6 .348 8 .292 9.5 .278 8.5 .250 8.5 .208 11.5
Sunday’s results Nanaimo 5, Victoria Eagles 4 Victoria Mariners 4, Abbotsford 3 North Delta 4, Coquitlam 3 Okanagan 9, Parksville 2 Victoria Eagles 10, Nanaimo 3 Abbotsford 11, Victoria Mariners 6 North Delta 10, Coquitlam 0 Okanagan 5, Parksville 0
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Questions Dealer: North None vulnerable NORTH ♠Q8 ♥AKQ103 ♦10654 ♣43 WEST EAST ♠5 ♠764 ♥8542 ♥J96 ♦QJ93 ♦K87 ♣A1075 ♣KJ86 SOUTH ♠AKJ10932 ♥7 ♦A2 ♣Q92 W N E S Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 4♠ All Pass Opening Lead: ♦Q
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
D
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: IN THE NAME OF FITNESS
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
BABY BLUES
eclarer won the diamond ace, drew trump and played off the top hearts dropping the jack. He could now claim thirteen tricks, N-S +510. The lead of the ace of clubs would earn the defense two tricks but we can surmise that virtually no defender would select a club versus the major suit game. A more interesting question is what West would lead when the opponents reached slam. He would certainly then have more reason to consider the selection of the ace of clubs. A heart lead kills the link to the heart suit where South must play off the top hearts, draw one round of trump and continue with a heart winner to score twelve tricks. An alternative line of play would be to play the heart ace and ruff a heart on the assumption that the jack of hearts will not drop in three rounds. Declarer would then attempt to draw trump by playing two rounds of spades ending in dummy. This line would be successful when hearts broke 4-2 and spades divided 2-2. The bad news is that declarer has given up any chance of bringing home thirteen tricks which is always an important consideration at matchpoints. South assumed control by jumping to the major suit game after partner’s two-level response. This action ensured that game would be reached in the right strain.
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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
HI AND LOIS
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HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Confusion and disruption could mar the early morning. By the afternoon, however, a certain area of your life simply seems to flow. Your efforts will pay off, and you’ll have reason to smile. Curb being impulsive, if possible. Tonight: Get as much R and R as you can. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your ingenuity comes into play as you try to bring different facets of your life together. You might want to proceed in a new direction once you realize that you have gained as much as you can on your present path. Discussions will prove to be enlightening. Tonight: Be playful. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might opt for a slow day, especially after this past weekend. You will want to have a long-overdue conversation with someone who cares a lot about you. Your views are often different, but you work well together. A friend might shock you. Tonight: Happiest at home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You will tell it like it is. Someone who cares about you just might let it go, even if he or she doesn’t agree with you. A relative could surprise you with an unexpected visit. You might need to adjust a lot more than you realize. Tonight: Catch up with a friend. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Curb a need to take over a situation. You could be jolted by an assertive friend who unleashes his or her anger on you. Know that this display has nothing to do with you; it is just the result
of suppressed anger. Communicate rather than react. Tonight: Make it your treat. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You beam and others respond. Some of you will experience jealousy today, whereas others will feel upbeat. Your perspective about a project might have changed recently. Let others know how different your view has become. Tonight: Make the most of every moment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be in a situation that feels awkward or difficult. Say little and observe a lot. Your perspective about a personal matter involving your home life could change as a result. You probably will need to be more flexible than in the recent past. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A meeting could prove to be far more important than you initially had thought. A partner might be difficult and accusatory. Use care when dealing with this person, and attempt to be nonreactive. Take an overview, and you will know what to do. Tonight: Where the crowds are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You must deal with someone who is a powerhouse or who is in a position of authority. Your finances could be subject to change, which might force you to review your budget. Tonight: Put in an extra hour or two when dealing with a parent or older friend. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be in a period of profound change and not yet realize it. Others might react differently to you because of this slow metamorphosis. You also might find your domestic life subject
to more changes than you had anticipated. Tonight: You can’t complain of boredom. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A partner might make an offer that you will need to consider. You might have a strong reaction at first, but your creativity will help even you out. You will find a way to incorporate a compromise. Others find you to be unpredictable. Tonight: Use care with spending. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Others will come forward with a slew of ideas and suggestions. Nevertheless, you must deal with a volatile situation in your personal life. Discussions might have a sarcastic tone to them. You’ll pull the wild card financially. Tonight: Go along with someone’s suggestion. YOUR BIRTHDAY (May 26) This year you deal with a variety of situations that could push you in different directions. When you discover that you are losing your temper, you’ll need to call a halt to all the activity and detach. You are successful in any matter involving communication. An investment in real estate is likely after summer. If you are single, you are in a period where you could meet someone who makes a difference in your life. You also will smile much more. If you are attached, you seem to become even closer to your sweetie than in the past. You might decide to renew your commitment to each other. VIRGO can be a stick in the mud. BORN TODAY Actor John Wayne (1907), singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks (1948), musician Lenny Kravitz (1964)
CELEBRITY
B.B. King daughters allege aides poisoned him; investigation starts KEN RITTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Two B.B. King heirs who’ve been most outspoken about the blues legend’s care in his final days are accusing King’s two closest aides of poisoning him. Las Vegas police homicide detectives are investigating, Lt. Ray Steiber said Monday. He declined to provide details. Daughters Karen Williams and Patty King allege that family members were prevented from visiting while King’s business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, hastened their father’s death. “I believe my father was poisoned and that he was administered foreign substances,” Patty King and Williams say in identically worded sections of affidavits provided to The Associated Press by their lawyer, Larissa Drohobyczer. “I believe my father was murdered,” they say.
KING
Toney and Johnson each declined to comment. “They’ve been making allegations all along. What’s new?” said Toney, who worked for King for 39 years and had power-of-attorney over his affairs. Toney is named in King’s will as executor of an estate that according to court documents filed by lawyers for some of King’s heirs could total tens of millions of dollars. Johnson was at B.B. King’s bedside when he died May 14 in hospice care at
home in Las Vegas at age 89. No family members were present. The allegations come days after a public viewing in Las Vegas drew more than 1,000 fans and mourners and a weekend familyand-friends memorial drew 350. A Beale Street procession and memorial are scheduled Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee, followed by a Friday viewing and Saturday burial in King’s hometown of Indianola, Mississippi. Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said Monday the investigation shouldn’t delay King’s final trip home to the Mississippi Delta. An affidavit from Patty King, who used to live at King’s home, says she saw Johnson administer to King two drops of an unknown substance on his tongue during evenings for several months before his death, and that Toney never told her what the substance was. Attorney Brent Bryson, representing King’s estate, called Drohobyczer’s claims ridiculous.
Don’t eat with gross relatives Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My husband and I meet up with a group of family and close friends every week for lunch. One couple in this group (a close family member and her spouse) constantly blow their noses during our get-togethers. They use cloth handkerchiefs, which are then reused multiple times, and her husband picks his nose, as well. It is nauseating to all of us, not to mention to other diners nearby. A few of the couples have told us they will not attend any more lunches unless absolutely necessary. We do not want a family feud, but I think we need to do something before our social gatherings fall apart. The one with the most appalling manners is a college graduate with an excellent job. You would think he would know better, but it’s difficult to tell him anything. How do we fix this without alienating them altogether? — Sickened and Frustrated Dear Sickened: People who believe they are entitled to nauseate others because they have sinus issues are not likely to listen to anyone. Some friends and family tolerate these unpleasant encounters because they value the person enough to put up with the constant nose blowing, no matter how unappetizing. Yet these tolerated friends do not seem to give the same value to their companions’ sensitivities. (There is no excuse for picking one’s nose.)
While we understand and sympathize with folks who have terrible allergies and need to dab at their noses frequently, that is not the same as major nose and throat clearing where mucus exits the system. For those moments, a trip to the restroom is called for, even if that means absenting yourself from the table more often than you’d like. The other alternative, of course, is to meet at a place where you will not be eating. It’s the combination of food and snot that makes this so unpleasant.
Dear Annie: This is for “Hopeless,” who likes a boy who asked for her phone number, and now she is waiting for him to call, which he hasn’t. I could have written that letter. I, too, liked a guy, and after six months, he asked a mutual friend for my phone number. But he never called. Another six months went by while I waited. Finally, I asked him out. It turns out, he was so shy he couldn’t make the call. Even after we began dating, it took him three years to ask me to marry him because he was so afraid I’d turn him down -- even though we were only seeing each other and I loved him. So, I’d like to tell her to hang in there. Her guy may be terribly shy and inexperienced, so be patient and take it slow. If he’s anything like my guy, he’ll be worth the wait. We’ve been married for 30 years now and are still going strong. — Been There Dear Been: A lot of young women don’t realize that guys can be shy, no matter how sure of themselves they may seem on the surface. It takes courage to ask a girl out, and rejection can be hard to take. Women have lived with this for centuries, but we don’t always consider that guys may have the same insecurities.
Actor Omar Sharif said to be suffering from Alzheimer’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Legendary Lawrence of Arabia actor Omar Sharif is battling Alzheimer’s disease, his agent Steve Kenis confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. No additional details were provided about the 83-year-old or his care. His son, Tarek Sharif, revealed the diagnosis in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo on May 23. The Egyptian-born Sharif rose to international stardom with
his role in the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia— Sharif’s first English-language film. He earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s iconic film opposite Peter O’Toole. Sharif followed the breakthrough performance with the title role in Lean’s Doctor Zhivago, co-starring Julie Christie. He then played Fanny Brice’s husband, Nicky Arnstein, in Funny Girl alongside Barbara Streisand. His last completed feature film credits were in 2013.
SPORTS
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
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NHL PLAYOFFS
SOCCER
Lightning must make most of opportunity, finish job: Stamkos
Canada survives pre-World Cup match
Tampa star was held out of the Standley Cup finals in 2011, can get there tonight FRED GOODALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos knows what it’s like to come close to getting to the Stanley Cup finals and wind up not playing on the NHL’s biggest stage. It happened to the Tampa Bay Lightning four years ago, and the three-time All-Star is determined to not let another opportunity slip away. After a slow start to the playoffs, the high-scoring team captain helped the speedy Lightning push the New York Rangers to the brink of elimination from the Eastern Conference finals. Game 6 is Tuesday night at Amalie Arena. A Lightning victory will send Tampa Bay to the Cup finals for the second time in franchise history. And the Rangers are looking to extend the series to a seventh game, which would be played Friday night in New York. “You kind of have to realize where you are and kind of use that as a little bit of motivation,” Stamkos said. “The harsh reality is, some guys in this room may never get the chance to get this far again. Hopefully everybody does, but you never know in this sport.” Stamkos knows first-hand. He and defenceman Victor Hedman are the only players remaining from the Tampa Bay team that came within one victory of playing in the Cup finals in 2011. The Lightning lost Game 7 to Boston 1-0 and didn’t win another playoff game until this year. The two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner was a young, rising star on that team. Now, he’s one of the league’s most prolific scorers, leading a club that’s flourished in the playoffs even when Stamkos has struggled to score. After failing to find the back of the net in Tampa Bay’s first eight games this post-season, Stamkos
NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos is anxious for an opportunity tonight to get a chance to play for the Stanley Cup. [AP PHOTO]
has scored in seven of the past 10 to help the Lightning eliminate Montreal in the second round and take a 3-2 series lead over the Rangers. New York overcame a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Washington Capitals in the second round. They’ve been a resilient team in reaching the conference finals three of the past four years, and say they believe they’re capable of taking the series back to Madison Square Garden. “We’ve obviously been in a few of these situations in the past and are very confident that our group is going to enjoy the opportunity and enjoy the challenge, get ready for it and come up with a good game,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “We know the situation we’re in,” New York centre Derek Stepan added. “We have to stay confident.” Stamkos had a goal for the fourth straight game, added an
assist on Sunday night, to key Tampa Bay’s 2-0 victory in Game 5. The 25-year-old had 43 goals during the regular season and has been overshadowed for much of the playoff run by the Lightning’s young, high-scoring “Triplets” line of Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov, who’ve combined for 25 of 44 goals in 18 games. But coach Jon Cooper and Stamkos’ teammates insist he’s played well throughout, making important contributions in areas other than scoring. “I think it’s funny how it works, because the spotlight is on you so often that everybody just expects greatness all the time. To become great, you do fail sometimes. And he’s great. But you don’t get there by just success. It’s the guys that fight through failure that rise to the top,” Cooper said. “Not that he’s failed, but he
gets criticized when he doesn’t score a goal,” Cooper added. “You have to look at what the other team’s trying to do, too. It’s not like they’re putting their eighth pairing defencemen against Stammer. He gets the top guys. . . . As this playoff has gone on, Stammer just continues to rise to the occasion.” And that’s what the Rangers have to do to keep their season alive. Henrik Lundqvist rebounded from allowing 12 combined goals in Games 2 and 3 to shut down the Lightning in Game 4. He didn’t play poorly in Game 5, and his reputation for excellence in crucial situations is well known. The Rangers are 3-0 in elimination games this post-season. “Obviously it’s a little different stage than the one we were on before. But a lot of the same things need to be done in order to get ourselves back into it,” Stepan said.
TORONTO — High winds and a physical Nigerian opponent made for a tough afternoon for Canada as the two teams played to a hardnosed 0-0 tie in a pre-World Cup training match Monday. Captain Christine Sinclair went down hard twice as the Africans showed no mercy on an artificial pitch at Toronto FC’s training centre. The resilient Sinclair had the best scoring chance late in the game but could not get a rebound off an Adriana Leon shot past the Nigerian goalie. Canada’s Sophie Schmidt hit the post in the first half. Canadian coach John Herdman, who spent most of the match yelling instructions from high above on a mobile crane, charitably called it a good learning experience. “It wasn’t the best game, they know that,” said Herdman, who was not happy with what he saw. “A couple of players probably didn’t stand up the way they should have in this match. They’ll be asking themselves questions, because they’re honest like that.” “We had a good 15 minutes and that’s about it really,” he added. Nigeria, the African champions ranked 33rd in the world, are in Group D — the so-called group of death with the No. 2 Americans, No. 5 Sweden and No. 10 Australia. Herdman wasn’t impressed by any of his players on the day but, after some consideration, cited fullback Alyssa Chapman as doing well. He also said teenager Jessie Fleming, a wisp of a midfielder, contested well. She took her lumps doing so. At one point, Fleming threw her hands up appealing for help from somewhere after one physical challenge left her lying face down. “It was a little stressful,” Fleming said later of the game.
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