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Experts say we can expect a hot summer. “The forecast for summer is warmer than normal,” Phillips said. Forecasting can be tricky, but he said current trends are so strong national climatologists’ “greatest confidence . . . is for our forecast for British Columbia, and that’s 95 per cent — it’s like a done deal. I don’t think we’ve ever been this confident as how this summer will unfold.” Showers today won’t likely give the ground a good soaking, Phillips said. The normal temperature this time of year is 18° C, but by Friday the thermometer is expected to reach 23° C, then 26° C on Saturday and 27° C Sunday. “It’s great for tourism, but B.C. needs water,” Phillips said.
Nearly 1,000 Vancouver Island University students will cross the stage this week to graduate at convocation. A string of ceremonies, which kicked off Monday, will run until Wednesday at the Port Theatre. Students from across all academic disciplines will receive masters’ and bachelor degrees, certificates and diplomas. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon is scheduled to address graduates today at 2:40 p.m. Several significant academic and teaching awards are also slated to be given out over the course of the three-day event. Jayson Sinnott, a graduate of the university’s bachelor of science in nursing program, also received the Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal Monday for achieving the highest marks in the school. The day was a sweet one for the former paramedic, who at age 40 was one of the older students in his program. Sinnott said he had originally intended to become a nurse, but it fell by the wayside for a few years due to family and other circumstances. He calls his graduation “a team effort.” Sinnott said the payoff was a gratifying four years of the hard work and long, “sleepless” nights of studying that he and his family went through. “It feels really rewarding and it kind of takes the edge off the pain we put up with over the last four years,” said the father of two. He encouraged other graduates and prospective students to “follow your passion.” Two VIU alumni and several faculty members are also being recognized this week. Vancouver Island First Nations artist Art Vickers received the 2015 Honorary Doctorate of Letters from VIU for his body of work. Fellow VIU graduate Dr. Skye Creba, an emergency room physician at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, is receiving the Early Achievement Award from the university on Wednesday.
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he third-driest May on record in Nanaimo ended on Sunday and climate experts say it’s a taste of what’s in store for summer. Just five millimetres of rain fell in Nanaimo in all of May. Only twice has less rain been recorded since record-keeping first started, back in the 1800s, said David Phillips, senior climatologist for Environment Canada. The average for May in Nanaimo is 55 millimetres of precipitation. In May 1947, 2.5 mm was recorded, while just 4.1 mm fell in 1914. “It’s also warmer than normal, by two degrees Celsius,” said Phillips. That much of an increase is enough to drive up the forest fire hazard ratings while reducing stream and river levels, which affects fish habitat.
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“It’s like a hot tub out there. And that seems to be feeding this high-pressure (system) sitting out there like an unwanted house guest.” David Phillips, climatologist
A large body of unusually warm water in the north Pacific is responsible. “It’s like a hot tub out there,” Phillips said. “And that seems to be feeding this high-pressure (system) sitting out there like an unwanted house guest.” It makes for pleasant weather, but rain is needed by farmers, to control forest fires and to fill streams and rivers.
It’s a continuation of a trend. Since January, just 401 mm of rainfall has fallen, much of that in February. That’s 75 per cent of normal for the period: 550 mm. “April and May have been clearly on the dry side and every month but one is warmer than normal,” Phillips said. Nanaimo public works staff started to prepare early, when the winter snowpack failed to materialize. “We were anticipating not having a late spring runoff, so we started filling up our reservoir early,” said Bill Sims, city manager of water services. “Now we’re starting to use that storage, about a month earlier than normal,” Sims said. If it gets worse, stage two watering restrictions — twice weekly — may be considered. City parks staff are watering some parks less, leaving some brown grass, said Al Britton, city parks manager.
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Trash pickup a steady job for tyke DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
Luca Finetti, 3, uses the toy ride-on tractor he got for his birthday to make his community a better place. Each day he uses his electric-powered machine to collect trash on a walking trail near his home. Like most little boys his age, Luca is fascinated by big machines of all kinds. For months before his third birthday, the tot was “obsessed” by tractors, and excited about the prospect of having his own toy tractor to ride, said his father, Vincent. That wish came true in March. He was thrilled to get on his new toy and ride it in the family’s Diver Lake neighbourhood. Soon he was riding it along on a trail that leads through an undeveloped area at the end of the street to the Northfield Road Esso station. But Vincent said they were “saddened to find so much litter on our morning walk.” His son began to collect litter in the trailer his tractor pulls. “Every day I go in the forest to pick up garbage with my daddy,” Luca said. Now, the father and son make it part of their morning walks to scout out what trash there is to pick up. They have filled several large garbage bags full of litter. “We even got a kitchen sink, a car wheel rim, a broken baseball bat, a signalization cone, a glass smoke pipe and many other random items,” Vincent said. It’s become a steady job. “It is so sad to see that there is always new litter to pickup. You clean it one day and find new litter the next day,” Vincent said. Darrell.Bellaart@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
Luca Finetti rides his tractor near his home. The trailer is loaded with trash he collects to beautify the neighbourhood walking trails.
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For the first time in history, the consumption of farm-raised seafood has surpassed that of captured wild seafood. And with demand for farmed seafood continuing to rise at approximately 10 per cent per year as commercial fisheries decline worldwide, it’s vitally important that the international aquaculture industry is prepared to meet the challenges, according to Kathy Brewer-Dalton. Brewer-Dalton, president of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, is one of the organizers of the 2015 Aquaculture Canada conference being held in Nanaimo this week. Approximately 350 delegates are attending from around the world. The annual conference, which is held in a different Canadian city each year, brings together researchers, producers, suppliers, First Nations and government agencies to discuss the latest research, policies, economics and current issues facing the aquaculture industry. “The demand for farmed seafood is expected to increase significantly within the next 15 to 20 years, and I think we’re doing the best we can to take advantage of the huge opportunities that are being presented to support a
“The demand for farmed seafood is expected to increase significantly within the next 15 to 20 years.” Kathy Brewer-Dalton, AAC president
sustainable farmed seafood industry,” Brewer-Dalton said between sessions at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre Monday. “Of course there’s some difference of opinion out there but, from my perspective, there’s a ton of incredible science going on right now to support sustainable practices in the industry, and the companies are using the best management practices to address the many issues they face.” The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association has said the province’s salmon farming industry currently contributes $800 million to the provincial economy and it could grow to $1.4 billion by 2020, resulting in 8,000 total jobs. By 2035, it could reach $3.5 billion and 20,000 jobs, according to the association. Brewer-Dalton said among the topics to be covered at the four-day conference, which ends
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Wednesday, are the latest findings in genomics research and their impacts on aquaculture, new developments in farmed-fish health and the ongoing research into land-based aquaculture operations. “Huge strides are being made in making land-based fish farming more commercially sustainable, but we’re not quite there yet because the costs of the finished product per pound are still too high,” she said. “There’s more work to do yet to make land-based fish farming more affordable.” A new addition to the conference this year is a new program “Aquaculture in the classroom - a day of discovery” in which 42 local high school students have been chosen to participate. Brewer-Dalton said the students’ day on Tuesday will start at Vancouver Island University’s aquaculture facilities and then they will meet many of the conference’s delegates to discuss issues and career options. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
Leonard Krog believes the private members’ bill he introduced in the legislature last week “doesn’t have a hope of passing.” But Nanaimo’s MLA, who is also the justice critic for the NDP, said even if the anti-SLAPP suit legislation doesn’t pass in the Liberal-dominated legislature, it’s still an opportunity to raise public awareness of the issue. SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuits against public participation” and is a lawsuit that is seen by many as intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defence until they abandon their criticism or opposition. But Krog and the NDP see them as baseless lawsuits which target people and organizations simply to force them into wasting time and money to defend themselves. Krog said SLAPP lawsuits can also have a chilling effect, intimidating people from speaking out at all. “British Columbians have a strong and wonderful tradition of expressing themselves regarding matters of public interest,” said Krog. “Sometimes this public expression is inconvenient and problematic for companies and governments too. But it is not acceptable that a wealthy party
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pushing a particular agenda can try to shut down that expression or intimidate the public.” Krog’s Anti-SLAPP Act would allow an individual or group targeted by a lawsuit to ask the court to quickly dismiss the action and award costs. Krog said people must be able to have their voices heard without the threat of expensive, intimidating legal action. “The rights of free speech and peaceful assembly are absolutely fundamental to any democratic society,” he said. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234 » 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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ust the name is often enough to spark controversy: pit bull. There really isn’t much in the way of middle ground when it comes to these particular pooches. There’s the “they are dangerous fighting beasts” side and then there’s the “they’re big mushbags and this is an ownership issue, not a breed issue” side. The controversy returned to Nanaimo last week. A city woman’s 13-year-old Maltese poodle cross ‘Rosie’ died following an unfortunate encounter with a pit bull. The woman was out in a residential neighbourhood, walking her two small dogs, which were not on a leash.
At the same time, area residents were warning parents to take their children off the street, because a dog (a pit bull) with a “reputation for aggression” toward other animals was on the loose. Witnesses said the big dog appeared and attacked. Despite the efforts of a neighbouring resident, Rosie could not be saved. The pit bull was taken to the city animal shelter. Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP said the investigation continues and no charges are being considered at this time. So is this a case of a bad breed? It it an ownership issue? Or in this case, is it simple bad luck?
Understandably, this is an emotional issue. Critics are quick to call for increased punitive measures and bans based on the breed of the dogs. “Breed shaming” as the defenders call it. But we’re not of the mind that stricter laws will make any difference. The overall issue is really about owners themselves — not the animals. It’s about responsible ownership and how to better encourage people to be more aware of the risks associated with owning a large and potentially aggressive dog. Leon Davis, Nanaimo SPCA shelter manager, said “there’s no evidence to show pit bulls are generally an unsafe breed.”
In the 1980s, Doberman Pinschers were associated with “tough guy image,” tarnishing that breed’s reputation, then in the 1990s “it shifted to Rottweilers, then into the 2000s it became pit bulls,” Davis said. He correctly added that any breed can be made aggressive through improper treatment. If you ban one breed, wouldn’t owners who want aggressive dogs just find another breed to parade around? Even small dogs are capable of biting, it’s just no one is cared of them. When you bring animals together, sometimes there are going to be fights. Breed bans are not the answer. Some pit bulls may indeed be dangerous, but most are not.
The focus should be on education for dog owners, and punishments better geared to ensuring those owners are more responsible. If dogs are judged to be dangerous, through their repeated actions (and regardless of breed), then the onus should be on the owners of those animals. Token fines or putting down the animals will not resonate with this particular group. It’s unfair to paint all pit bulls with the same brush and it is far too easy to criticize a particular breed without exploring the broader context of ownership. The controversy rages on. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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‘Realpolitik’ is required to assess global affairs Re: ‘Principles and foreign policy often clash’ (Canadian Press Editorial, Daily News, June 1) Any discussion of geo-political affairs must be tempered with what Germans call ‘realpolitik,’ which is based “primarily on power and practical and material factors rather than explicit ideological notions or moral or ethical premises.” In other words, seeing the world as it is rather than as we wish it to be. The condemnation of Prime Minister Harper in regards to Saudi Arabia seems more of a pre-election political shot than a realistic analysis of the danger faced by that country. Prime Minister Harper has been one of few world leaders to speak forcefully about the danger posed by fundamentalist Islam. Fair-minded Canadians will understand he includes Saudi Arabia as a primary source and exporter of the dangerous and repressive Wahhabi ideology. But two Shiite mosques within Saudi Arabia were attacked by ISIS suicide bombers in just the last two weeks and the House of Saud is at risk. The region is a powder keg and if Saudi Arabia falls, Iran would likely become ascendant and then all bets are off. Is the region better served by a horribly repressive Saudi regime, or by it becoming another lawless frontier like Libya, Syria, or Iraq?
Would you rather a stable tyranny or ISIS control in which mass shooting, beheadings and the raping of captured women is used to instill terror? Without the stability of Saudi Arabia the entire Middle East may explode. Stephen Harper has spoken forcefully in defence of western values and has been attacked by both the left and some Muslim communities for doing so. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. But he does understand international realpolitik — sometimes it’s better the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.” And one of Churchill’s when asked about having Joseph Stalin as an ally: ” I’d get in bed with the devil if it would defeat Hitler.” War is not the nice “pretty, pretty” exercise that too many from the left delude themselves it can be. Sometimes we have to “get in bed with the devil” to defeat an even larger evil, and at this moment in time the Islamic State group is that larger evil.
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More accountability for the NEDC a good idea
Getting in bed with the devil sometimes needed Re: ‘Principles and foreign policy often clash’ (Canadian Press Editorial, Daily News, June 1) And journalistic integrity gets short thrift when politics clash. Phrases such as “loves to demonize” and “he should at least make his views known privately to the Saudis” ( How do you know he hasn’t ?) when referring to the prime minister, show that, sadly, the Daily News has joined the, already, grossly overloaded number of “left wing biased” news media outlets in this country. A couple of famous quotes for you to remember before you run another such editorial.
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Why is there seemingly no accountability when it comes to the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation? It gets in the neighbourhood of $1.5-million in taxpayer money, 90 per cent of its operating budget, but as an arms-length corporation runs its own affairs and apparently does not have to answer to anyone. The last city council voted 9-0 to meet with the NEDC board and CEO to discuss what they’re up to but that has not happened, even seven months into the new council’s term. A month ago we heard the bombshell drop at council that the NEDC went $163,000 over budget (in the red to some) and had to use surplus funds, of ours, to mainly bail out Square One.
That’s the tech incubator on Victoria Crescent it set up over a year ago. And before Square One’s grand opening, NEDC honcho Sasha Angus stated in the Daily News that half the 29 desks were spoken for. Did he miscalculate? Can he count correctly? On most days when I look in the window only four or six desks are being used. I would have hoped the calculations would have been more accurate, especially since it was noted in your paper on Thursday that Mr. Angus gets a paycheque of almost $140,000 a year, not to mention all the benefits. So here we are, over a year since taxpayers were sold a bill of goods that Square One would more than amply pay for itself. Instead we’re bailing it out with more tax money. This is another reason why the NEDC should be folded and brought back in-house, where at least we can grill our politicians about what they’re doing with our money — instead of being blindfolded and gagged from getting answers and administering change. R.C. Stearman 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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communications at the school district, said the principals were “all on board” with the initiative. “Basically they’ll be treated the same way as cigarettes,” said Burgos. “It will result in confiscation and they will be taken away immediately and handed back to parents.” Ladysmith Secondary School principal Steve Thompson says the initiative should not be seen as a ban. “We have not “banned” them,
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A suspected arson is under investigation near Ladysmith after flames ripped through a Stz’uminus First Nation building early Sunday morning. The fire began shortly after the Coast Salish Development Corporation office’s intrusion alarm went off at 2:44 a.m. RCMP have confirmed “extensive damage” to the interior of the building but say there’s content inside thought to be salvageable. The building is located at 12605 Trans Canada Highway close to the Ivy Green Husky gas station. “We had members on-scene within a couple of minutes and the North Oyster Fire Department was already at the scene,” said Sgt. Dave Herman from the Ladysmith RCMP. Herman said that circumstances surrounding the fire have prompted the suspected arson. The Island District GIS unit has now been called in to assist the investigation. Coast Salish is a business company which oversees economic, environmental and community ongoings on behalf of Stz’uminus First Nation. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
but just asked that students not bring these devices with them, or have them at school,” he said. “We have started to see these devices with some of our students who smoke at the school. “We initially treated them like cigarettes, and students cannot smoke on school property. As a result, some of our senior students who smoke go off property before school, at lunch or after school. Some were using the devices at that time.
“We did not ‘ban’ them, but just discussed having a common understanding around how they may be used.” Thompson estimated that “maybe eight out of 850” students in the school district use e-cigarettes “as very few smoke any more.” He says fewer than five students use them at Ladysmith Secondary. “Recently we learned from the RCMP that these devices can be used to deliver a number of
substances, including nicotine, drug related products, and even alcohol,” said Thompson. “As a result, we cannot be certain what they are delivering, and have asked students to not bring them to school.” E-cigarettes are all powered by battery and create a vapour which when inhaled feels like you are smoking tobacco. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation is being recognized for its transparent and effective governance model. The NDHF, which raises money for the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and affiliated health organizations, is now one of the few charities from across the country that are recognized through Imagine Canada’s rigid accreditation standardization program for non-profit groups. Imagine Canada, the umbrella group for Canada’s non-profit agencies, announced last week the latest 25 organizations, including the NDHF, who have been accredited under its national standards program. To date, just 150 of the approximately 82,000 charities and non-profits in Canada have passed Imagine Canada’s stringent accreditation criteria since the organization implemented the program in 2012. The standards program awards accreditation to charities and non-profits that demonstrate compliance in five fundamental areas, which include board governance, financial accountability and transparency, fundraising, staff management and volunteer involvement.
Maeve O’Byrne, president of the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, is pleased that the foundation has met the national standards to be recognized by the Imagine Canada’s accreditation standardization program for non-profits. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
“It’s no small feat for an organization to earn standards program accreditation,” said Bruce McDonald, president and CEO of Imagine Canada. “It’s a rigorous, peer-reviewed process that is meant to build public trust and confidence in the charitable sector. The 150 accredited to date reflect a broad spectrum of organizations in size, scope and geog-
raphy. Each one takes accountability and operational transparency very seriously. We’re glad to have them on board.” Maeve O’Byrne, president of the NDHF, said it took the foundation nine months to develop and refine practices to meet the standards of Imagine Canada. “We’re always trying to be as open as possible to the public on
the transparent way that we do business, and this accreditation adds to our credibility and we hope will assist us with our fundraising projects,” O’Byrne said. “It’s very important in this day and age that we demonstrate that we can be trusted.” Robert.Barron@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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The British Columbia coroners service has identified three people who were killed on a highway near Whistler. Fifty-three-year-old Kelly Blunden and 50-year-old Ross Chafe were riding with a group along the Sea-to-Sky Highway when they were hit around noon on Sunday. The vehicle’s sole passenger was 52-year-old Paul Pierre Jr., was also killed in the collision. RCMP say the driver was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Vancouver. Mounties say the driver appears to have been impaired, based on observations from witnesses and officers at the scene. No charges have been laid, and police say the investigation is ongoing.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs alleges that a federal government bureaucrat ordered the destruction of legal opinions over the potential of B.C. First Nations to reach land-claim agreements. The allegations come days after a former B.C. government worker alleges he was told to delete emails connected to the Highway of Tears investigation into murdered and missing women. Union Grand Chief Stewart Phillip claims says the union has filed a formal complaint with the Office of the information Commissioner. Neither the Information Commissioner of Canada nor a spokesperson at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada were immediately available for comment.
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Veterans lawsuit delayed Chiefs want aboriginal to after federal election teen death investigated A long-running lawsuit launched by disabled Afghanistan war veterans against the federal government is off the docket until after the federal election, if not forever. The two sides met in a Vancouver court Monday and agreed to put proceedings on hold until May 2016 to gauge the impact of government reforms to benefits for veterans in recent months. If the changes satisfy the veterans who launched the suit in 2012, the case will be over, said their lawyer Don Sorochan. He wants to see what the political parties offer veterans during this fall’s election campaign. “We’ll have a nice competitive bidding (process) to see who’s going to do better,” he said outside court. A lawyer representing the federal attorney general said the government was amenable to standing down.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is demanding police investigate the government agencies whose alleged inaction led to the overdose death of an aboriginal teenager in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Union President Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says workers in health care, education, policing and community agencies may have broken the law by repeatedly failing to report that 19-yearold Paige needed protection. Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer says that an investigation into Paige’s death is necessary and that it should be conducted at arm’s length by the RCMP. A report released earlier this year by B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth slammed the province for what Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond called persistent indifference by front-line workers.
Former RCMP constables Janet Merlo, centre, of Nanaimo, and Marge Hudson, right, of Winnipeg, Man., arrive at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Lawyer says RCMP was toxic for women Suit started by ex-Nanaimo officer seeks class-action status GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — A lawyer arguing for a class-action lawsuit against the RCMP says the cases of hundreds of female employees alleging the force discriminated against them must be considered together. David Klein said the RCMP is toxic to women and has been for a number of years. “Day after day, week after week, year after year, they were subjected to degradation, humiliation, and demoralizing comments and behaviour. Comments and behaviour that were not adequately addressed by management,” he said Monday outside B.C. Supreme Court.
Klein is arguing this week that the complaints of 363 female RCMP employees should move forward collectively because that would provide a full picture of a systemic problem. “This is conduct that occurs over months or years, by multiple perpetrators, that’s ignored by management at multiple locations,” he said of the women. Two thirds of them still work for the force. No dollar figure has been attached to the case, but Klein said that with hundreds of cases involved, a judgment could be in the “many millions of dollars.” The RCMP has taken small steps to address harassment on the force since the suit was ori-
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Winnipeg girl to get liver transplant after plea A Winnipeg girl, whose family with public with its plea for a liver donor, was undergoing transplant surgery in Toronto on Monday after suddenly receiving word about a possible organ match. Eleven-year-old Allexis Siebrecht, who was born with a rare liver disease, was told late Saturday night that a liver was available from a deceased donor. An air ambulance then flew her to Toronto, at which point she was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children. Allexis was diagnosed when she was a baby with biliary atresia, which impedes bile transport from the liver to the small intestine.
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Federal law coming to compel vehicle recalls Car manufacturers can’t be trusted to recall vehicles voluntarily when they pose a safety concern, so the federal government is giving itself the power to force their hands, says Canada’s transport minister. Lisa Raitt said the government plans to introduce legislation that would, if passed, also give the government the power to impose limitless fines on companies that don’t comply with a recall order. “Leaving this decision making capability entirely to manufacturers and importers alone does not serve the best interest of the public,” Raitt told a news conference Monday outside the House of Commons.
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PM heads to Ukraine in advance of G7 summit Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his third visit to restive Ukraine later this week as part of a week-long trip to Europe that will also take him to the G7 leaders’ summit in Germany. Harper’s itinerary will also include Poland and Italy, where he will push for progress on Canada’s comprehensive free trade pact with the European Union — negotiated, but not yet ratified — and also meet with Pope Francis. Harper will meet with Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday before heading to the G7 in Germany. It will mark the second year in a row that Russia has been excluded from what used to be the G8.
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OTTAWA — The time for frank apologies for Canada’s treatment of its first peoples is over and must make way for a change in behaviour, the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said on the eve of his long-awaited report’s release. “Truth and apologies are achieved through words, important words, yes,” Justice Murray Sinclair said Monday. “But the next step, reconciliation, is achieved only by acting differently.” Five years and $60 million have gone into the six-volume study of Canada’s residential schools, which were established in the 1840s to “take the Indian out of the child” and lasted until the 1990s. Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the long reconciliation process with a moving apology from the government of Canada in the House of Commons in June 2008, with the commission getting off to a wobbly start the following year. The original cast of three commissioners all resigned before the project hit its stride, eventually visiting hundreds of communities and hearing testimony from 7,000 survivors. “Many survivors’ stories remain difficult to hear, or even to comprehend,” Sinclair said of the litany of physical, sexual and mental abuse that too often characterized residential schools. “But we cannot permit discomfort to prevent us from accepting the truth. Rather, it should set
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair Justice Murray Sinclair during the second day of closing events for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ottawa on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
the course towards our actions in future.” About 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were taken from their families and forced to attend residential schools, with some 80,000 still alive today. The report by Justice Sinclair and fellow commissioners Marie Wilson and Wilton Littlechild chronicles their stories and will provide a lengthy list of recommendations. Education — sharing the story of the country’s dark past — is expected to feature prominently. “There can be no reconciliation without education,” Jason Laf-
ferty, the education minister for the Northwest Territories, told a gathering at a downtown hotel that included hundreds of residential schools survivors. Imparting that message to the wider Canadian public is the next challenge for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Celebrated author Joseph Boyden was inducted as an honorary witness Monday, along with Sharon Johnston, the wife of the Governor General. Some 80 such honorary witnesses are charged with carrying the commission’s message out to the world. The prime minister will attend events Wednesday.
MONTREAL — In a ruling described as “historic” by one anti-tobacco group, a Quebec judge has ordered three major cigarette companies to pay $15 billion to smokers in what is believed to be the biggest class-action lawsuit ever seen in Canada. “These three companies lied to their customers for 50 years and hurt their right to life,” said Andre Lesperance, one of the lawyers involved in the case. “It’s a great victory for victims as well as for society in general.” Quebec Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan’s long-awaited 276-page decision was made public following years of testimony and another six months of deliberations. The three firms will split the $15.6 billion according to a responsibly set out by the court — 67 per cent falls to Imperial Tobacco ($10.5 billion), 20 per cent to Rothmans, Benson & Hedges ($3.1 billion) and 13 per cent to JTI-Macdonald ($2 billion). The initial $17.8-billion lawsuit was believed to be the biggest class-action ever seen in Canada. The industry argued people knew about the risks of smoking and that the products were sold legally and with federal government approval and strict regulation.
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Tories appeal decision in senate vacancy case The federal government isn’t giving up on its bid to thwart a court challenge aimed at compelling Prime Minister Stephen Harper to fill Senate vacancies. It is appealing a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Sean Harrington, who rejected a government motion to dismiss the case. The case was launched by Vancouver lawyer Aniz Alani, who is asking the court to declare that Senate vacancies must be filled within a reasonable time. Harper has not appointed a senator since March 2013 — when the scandal over senators’ allegedly improper expenses began to engulf his government.
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Outrage after police kill bear in north of Toronto Outrage erupted on social media Monday after police shot a black bear in a suburban backyard just north of Toronto. People took to Twitter and other platforms to decry the bear’s death as unnecessary and criticize police for not trying to subdue the animal first. But York Regional Police said they had no choice but to shoot the bear after it was cornered in a backyard in Newmarket, Ont., early Monday. Monday’s shooting came after police had received a call about a black bear in a backyard in Newmarket on Sunday morning. Ontario Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro said police are the first line of defence against nuisance animals.
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CHINA
Nation of smokers face tough new regulations
Are calcium pills killing us? Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
World Health Organization says an estimated 300 million Chinese smoke
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hina’s capital began imposing the country’s toughest ban on smoking in public places Monday in hopes of stemming a looming health crisis in a society where smoking remains a nearly ubiquitous part of dining, social events and life in general. Smoking in Beijing is now prohibited in all indoor public places, including offices, shopping malls and airports, as well as at outdoor stadiums, school grounds and public parks. Beijing’s main airport terminal will close its three smoking rooms. Fines for violators have been raised to 200 yuan ($32), up from the 10 yuan ($1.60) charged under the former partial ban, and for the first time owners of restaurants and other businesses are responsible for ensuring compliance and can face fines up to 10,000 yuan (about $1,600) if they fail to do so. While members of the public generally expressed support for the ban Monday, it remained to be seen how uniformly the new rules would be heeded and enforced. “Of course (smoking) influences our health because secondhand smoking is more damaging than smoking,” said Xu Jiawen, a housewife and the mother of a four-monthold baby. “I think it’s best for everyone to stop smoking in public places.” The World Health Organization says that 300 million Chinese smoke, including about half of all men, and that 740 million Chinese are exposed to secondhand smoke. The group says lung cancer kills more than 1.3 million people in the country each year — a third of the global total. Other cities have issued partial smoking bans and cigarette sales to minors are technically forbidden, although enforcement has been spotty at best. China had long been reluctant to fully crack down on smoking, partly because of the tax revenue that cigarette
Visitors walk by anti-smoking banners displayed on the Bird’s Nest National Stadium on World No Tobacco Day in Beijing on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
sales bring in. However, official attitudes have evolved along with the realization that the public health costs far outstrip tobacco’s contribution to the public purse. Amid worsening pollution and growing affluence, cancer is now the leading cause of death in China, with lung cancer at the head of the list. Beijing, meanwhile, has been seeking to promote civilized behaviour on a par with its aspirations to become a major world capital. Smoking in public places is seen by many as a drag on quality of life, alongside complaints over heavy traffic, line-jumping and the city’s notorious air pollution. While many restaurants appeared to be enforcing the new rules and more than the usual amount of people could be seen going outside of buildings to smoke Monday, enforcement seemed to be nonexistent at one downtown
coffee shop, where smokers continued to puff away. World Health Organization anti-smoking expert Angela Pratt said that, if properly enforced, the smoking ban could help change the general acceptance of smoking as routine. “That’s what we have seen all over the world when strong smoke-free laws are adopted and there is strong enforcement effort. The social norms changed,” Pratt said. Tobacco shop owner Sun Jinhua said he expected the ban would cut into his business and convince more smokers to quit. “Many of my old customers want to quit smoking because there is nowhere to smoke,” Sun said. However, along with the general tolerance of smoking, the habit is supported by low taxes that keep the price of cheaper brands at as little as $1 per pack. At around 43.4 per cent,
China’s cigarette tax is almost 20 per cent less than the rate in Japan and Singapore, two Asian countries with high rates of smoking. That helps keep China’s smoking rates on the rise, especially among the young, although women are far less likely to smoke than men. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, more than 50 million cartons of cigarettes were sold in China last year, an increase of 37 per cent over the previous year. Xinhua also cited a study by the disease control and prevention centre of Beijing’s Chaoyang District that found cigarettes for sale within 100 metres of two-thirds of Beijing’s 87 middle schools. Only 38 per cent of shops selling cigarettes displayed signs banning sales to minors, and inspectors who wore school uniforms while trying to buy cigarettes were blocked less than 20 per cent of the time.
ONCOLOGY
Cancer treatments get gentler and yet survival rates improve, study finds
MARILYNN MARCHIONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago, new research shows. Radiation and chemotherapy have saved countless children from leukemia and other types of cancer, but some of these treatments can damage the heart or other organs, problems that prove fatal years later. In the 1990s, a push began to try to prevent these “late effects” by giving smaller, more targeted doses of radiation, avoiding certain drugs and changing the way chemo is given. But doctors worried: Would gentler treatments hurt a child’s survival odds? The new study, which tracked more than 34,000 childhood cancer survivors over
The Doctor Game
“Fifty years ago less than 30 per cent of kids would survive childhood cancer but now we know that over 80 per cent will.” Dr. Greg Armstrong, Lead in Childhood Cancer Study
several decades, gives a happy answer: No. Survival continued to improve, even with scaledback treatments. And fewer kids died from second cancers or heart or lung problems 15 years after their initial treatment ended. “The field needs good news” and this study gives it, said Dr. Greg Armstrong of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He leads the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, funded by the National Cancer Institute. “We have actually reduced treatment, reduced therapy,”
and yet improved survival, he said. Results were discussed Sunday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. Treating childhood cancer is “one of the miracles of modern medicine,” Armstrong said. “Fifty years ago less than 30 per cent of kids would survive childhood cancer but now we know that over 80 per cent will.” That high success rate allowed doctors in the 1990s to scale back certain treatments for certain types of patients to try to spare them late effects. The study compared survival odds before and after that change. Researchers found that the death rate 15 years after treatment ended kept declining, from about 12 per cent for those treated from 1970-74 to six per cent for those treated from 1990-94. Deaths from late effects of cancer treatment, such as heart problems, also declined over that period, from 3.5 per cent to 2.1 per cent.
Garrett and Gatlin Stringer, brothers from Huntsville, Texas, benefited from the change, said their physician, Dr. Michael Rytting at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The boys had acute lymphocytic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer. When doctors first described their treatment, “we didn’t really ask long-term effects, to be honest, because at the time it was really just kind of day to day,” said their mother, Marsha Stringer. Garrett, now 20 was diagnosed at age seven and is now a 13-year survivor. Gatlin, now 14, was diagnosed at age three and is 11 years past his treatment. The boys got chemo but because scans showed the disease had not spread to their spinal cords, they were spared having to have radiation. Now, they are “amazing . . . no side effects at all that we know of,” their mother said. “They’re very athletic and active and have good grades.”
s there anything sacred anymore? For years researchers have stressed that people are not getting sufficient calcium to build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis (brittle bones). But now a research report claims that calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, a largely unknown vitamin can prevent this tragedy. Dr. Ian Reid and his colleagues at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, studied 14,000 women who were taking 1,000 mg (milligrams) of calcium daily. They report in the British Medical Journal that these women showed a 31 percent increased risk of coronary attack, stroke and death. This means 14 extra heart attacks, 10 more strokes and 13 more deaths over a two to five year period than women not taking calcium pills. Why does this happen? Dr. Reid says that people look on calcium supplements as a natural remedy. But that is not the case as the supplement has a different effect on the body than dietary calcium. His studies show that when people take calcium pills, their blood calcium level shoots up for four to six hours to the top end of the normal range. This may result in calcium being deposited in coronary arteries. It does not happen with dietary calcium since food is slowly absorbed. This is shocking news as, unlike some supplements, there’s never been a major controversy about taking calcium. So should North Americans stop popping calcium pills? Not so quick, says Dr. Dawson-Hughes, Director of Tuft’s University Bone Metabolism Laboratory, in Boston. She points out that there were 143 heart attacks in the calcium group and 111 in the placebo group not taking this supplement. Not a huge difference. Hughes adds that the most glowing error was not including studies where calcium was taken along with vitamin D. For instance, the Women’s Health Initiative, a major New England study, showed that taking calcium along with vitamin D had no effect on the risk of heart attack or stroke. According to Dr. Dawson-Hughes, on no occasion should calcium be taken without also taking vitamin D, as this vitamin is crucial to putting calcium into bone where it should be. But does taking vitamin D solve the problem? Not so fast again, says Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue, an expert on natural health remedies. In her book Vitamin K2 and The Calcium Paradox, she reports that calcium must remain in the bones just as gasoline belongs in the tanks of our cars. And that there is a safe way for both sexes to take calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis without succumbing to heart attack. Unlike most physicians, Rheaume-Bleue says it’s not saturated fat and cholesterol that cause heart attacks. Rather, the culprit is a lack of the little known vitamin K2. She agrees that Vitamin D is necessary for the intestinal absorption of calcium. But once in the circulation, D lets calcium, like a raging bull, run wild, allowing it to be deposited in the heart, thus causing an increase in coronary attack. She says vitamin K2 fights the nation’s number one killer by putting calcium into bones and teeth where it belongs and keeps it out of arteries. For instance, if calcium enters the wall of the aorta, the largest artery that carries blood to the rest of the body, this causes increased risk of rupture and sudden death. Most people get adequate amounts of vitamin K1 present in leafy vegetables, green tea and soy beans. But many lack K2 because its major source is steamed and fermented sticky soy, not an enticing breakfast meal. The second best source is cheese. All researchers believe it’s best to get calcium from dietary sources. But if a dietary deficiency exists, don’t stop calcium supplements as it’s now possible to protect bones from osteoporosis and your heart from calcium infiltration. Rather, make certain you take 3,000 milligrams of vitamin D along with 100 micrograms of vitamin K2. It’s available in most health food stores. If you have had a stroke or are using a blood thinner, you should check with your doctor before taking vitamin K2. See the web site www.docgiff.com For Comments info@docgiff.com
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HOCKEY
Wenatchee Wild set to join BCHL Former North American Hockey League team will be 17th squad in British Columbia Junior A league SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
The B.C. Hockey League has expanded to 17 teams for the 2015-16 season. After years of speculation, the central Washington-based Wenatchee Wild will join the league this fall. “We could not be more excited or humbled to be joining the BCHL,” Wenatchee head coach Bliss Littler said in a statement. “Knowing the history and reputation of the league, be it sending players to play NCAA Div. I hockey, NHL draft picks or the professionalism of the member
“We value the passion and professionalism they bring to our league.“ John Grisdale, BCHL commissioner
teams and league have, we look forward to being a good league member on and off the ice.” The Wild are the first American team to play in the BCHL since the Bellingham Ice Hawks, who played in the league from 1990 to 1995. As a U.S.-based team, Wenatchee will be allowed a
maximum of four Canadian players on its roster. All other BCHL teams can have a roster of 100 per cent Canadian players, and up to six non-Canadian players. The Wild have been a member of the Tier II Junior A North American Hockey League since the 2008-09 season and have had a winning record in all seven seasons with six players committed to NCAA Div. I programs from last year’s roster. “The BCHL is gaining a strong franchise in the Wenatchee Wild and we value the passion and professionalism they bring to our league,” BCHL commissioner
John Grisdale said. “The Wild will quickly develop rivalries with our existing franchises and I believe they will be a big draw in opposing buildings.” The Wild average close to 3,000 fans per game at the Toyota Town Centre, which would have been the highest average attendance in the BCHL last season — the Chilliwack Chiefs had the highest attendance with 2,418 fans per game and the Nanaimo Clippers topped the Island Division attendance leaders with 1,317 fans per game. According to BCHL communications director Brent Mutis, the
league has not decided which of the league’s three divisions the Wild will join. The five-team Mainland Division, however, seems most likely as the Interior Division already has six teams and travel would be too onerous for the Wild to join the five-team Island Division. The trip for the Clippers to get to Wenatchee is seven hours long, which will be the team’s second furthest road trip behind Prince George. Scott.McKenzie@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
LACROSSE
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
Sr. B Timbermen win ninth straight game
Virtanen leads 2015 crop of Raiders recruits
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An 11-point weekend from Travis Mickelson propelled the Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen to their eighth and ninth straight West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association wins Saturday and Sunday, moving the team to 9-1 on the season and keeping it in first place. On Saturday in Nanaimo, the Timbermen hosted the surprise Langley Warriors and handed the third-place team a 16-4 loss. Mickelson went into that game tied for the league lead in scoring with Langley’s Brian Poole, however Poole did not play in Nanaimo. Mickelson scored a goal and added five assists to tie for the team lead in scoring in the win with captain Jon Diplock, who had a hat trick and three helpers. Devon Casey also had a hat trick and two assists for the Timbermen, while Steve Higgs scored twice and set up two more. Nanaimo goaltender Nick Patterson, who made 33 saves on 29 Langley shots, was also an
offensive threat with four assists, including two in the first period. The Timbermen were in for a stiffer test on Sunday when they travelled to the Lower Mainland to take on the defending league champion Tri-City Bandits. But the Timbermen gutted out a 9-7 win for their ninth straight victory. Mickelson didn’t score in the win but posted another five assists. Diplock had a five-point game with a goal and four assists while Ryan Forslund posted a hat trick and a single assists. Cody Boon alsso had a two-goal game, and Patterson made 34 saves on 41 Tri-City shots. The Timbermen now prepare for a three-game home stand that starts on Saturday against the Royal City Capitals at 7 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre in the front half of a two-game set between the two teams, who also play at the NIC at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Scott.McKenzie@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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The Vancouver Island Raiders announced their 2015 recruiting class on Monday, one they hope will bring them back into Canadian junior football’s elite. And as is always important for the Raiders to do so, they kept John Barsby Bulldogs graduates in Nanaimo in what is new head coach Jerome Erdman’s first recruiting class. Cole Virtanen, the Varsity AA provincial defensive player of the year last season for the B.C. champion Bulldogs, leads the way in that class, and officially became a Raider on Monday evening. “I’m just really interested in staying at home and playing on a good football team,” Virtanen said. “They have all the same ideals that we did at Barsby, so winning’s the No. 1 attitude around here. “I had a few walk-on opportunities to a few CIS and NCAA schools, but I decided to stay home for a year and try to play well here first, and hopefully I’ll be able to move on in a few years.” Virtanen, along with high school teammates such as defensive lineman Matt Hill and linebacker/runningback Trentyn Anderson, will now join former Bulldogs-turned-Raiders such as Dexter Shea and Ryan Dekker. Erdman, having coached collegiately at UBC in the past, knew all about the Barsby program and what its players could do in the Canadian Junior Football League. “They’ve got a great program down there,” Erdman said. “They’re tough, they’re smart, they’ve got a great work ethic, and that’s something that we pride ourselves on being as Raiders, so it’s a natural transition.” On July 25, Erdman will lead the Raiders into a season where they will attempt not to be the
Former John Barsby Bulldogs star Cole Virtanen signs his Canadian Junior Football League letter of intent with the Vancouver Island Raiders on Tuesday at Comox Field. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
first V.I. team to go two seasons without winning a conference championship. Monday was the first day CJFL teams were allowed to sign players and Erdman’s recruiting class will need to be the basis of the Raiders’ efforts to get back to that level. “We’ve done a really good job of getting the really good local talent, so I’m very pleased with that,” he said. “We got some great kids from Winnipeg, some great kids from Regina, and even from up north, too, so we’re very happy.” The Raiders do have quality, veteran pieces already in place such as All-Canadian quarterback Liam O’Brien, Dustin Rodriguez, Quinton Bowles, and Shea, among others. And while Erdman said depth was key in signing this season’s crop of recruits, he said he would never expect any of them to walk into starting positions — although they will have the opportunity to. “There’s a few kids that are coming in that will have the opportunity to start and chal-
lenge for a starting position,” Erdman said. “I’ll never tell a rookie coming in that he’s going to start, because that’s unfair to the veterans that are here, and I think that’s the wrong way to recruit. “Obviously Cole Virtanen’s not very far away. He might be a starter. We’ll have to wait and see.” For the entire team, getting back to the level of winning championships is the only goal they have in mind. The senior class at Barsby had won three provincial titles in the past four years, and Hill, a key piece of that team’s defence said it was something they wanted to be a part of. “I’ve been coming to Raiders games ever since I was like 10 years old,” he said. “The feeling of home here is a big thing . . . “Our goal is a national championship, and that’s it. With the players on this roster, I think we can definitely achieve that.” Scott.McKenzie@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Memorial Cup Final
NHL Playoffs - Round 3 (Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals - Game 7 results West Chicago Blackhawks def. Anaheim Ducks 4-3 East Tampa Bay Lightning def. New York Rangers 4-3
Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Best of seven series) Wednesday, June 3 (Game 1) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
Monday, June 8 (Game 3) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 10 (Game 4) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13 (Game 5*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Monday, June 15 (Game 6*) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 (Game 7*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Recent Cup champions 2014: Los Angeles def. NY Rangers 2013: Chicago def Boston Bruins 2012: Los Angeles def. New Jersey 2011: Boston def. Vancouver 2010: Chicago def. Philadelphia 2009: Pittsburgh def. Detroit 2008: Detroit def. Pittsburgh 2007: Anaheim def. Ottawa 2006: Carolina def. Edmonton 2005: Season cancelled, lockout 2004: Tampa Bay def. Calgary 2003: New Jersey def. Anaheim 2002: Detroit def. Carolina 2001: Colorado def. New Jersey 2000: New Jersey def. Dallas
Playoff leaders Points 1 Tyler Johnson, TB 2 Nikita Kucherov, TB 2 Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 4 Corey Perry, ANA 4 Steven Stamkos, TB 6 Derick Brassard, NYR 6 Jonathan Toews, CHI 6 Jakob Silfverberg, ANA 9 Alex Killorn, TB 11 Ondrej Palat, TB 9 Patrick Kane, CHI 11 Rick Nash, NYR
G 12 9 2 9 7 9 7 4 7 7 9 5
Goals 1 Tyler Johnson, TB 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 3 Nikita Kucherov, TB 3 Corey Perry, ANA 3 Derick Brassard, NYR 6 Steven Stamkos, TB 6 Jonathan Toews, CHI 6 Patrick Maroon, ANA 6 Chris Kreider, NYR 6 Matt Beleskey, ANA 11 Alex Killorn TB 11 Ryan Kesler ANA
GP G 19 12 16 10 19 9 15 9 18 9 19 7 16 7 15 7 18 7 15 7 18 6 14 6
Plus/Minus 1 Ryan Getzlaf ANA 1 Corey Perry ANA 1 Victor Hedman TB 4 Andrew Cogliano ANA 5 Duncan Keith CHI 5 Patrick Maroon ANA 5 Cam Fowler ANA 8 Sami Vatanen ANA 8 Simon Despres ANA 10 Nikita Kucherov TB 10 Alex Killorn TB 10 Brent Seabrook CHI 10 Andrej Sustr TB
GP 14 14 18 14 15 14 14 14 14 18 18 15 18
G 2 9 1 3 2 6 2 3 1 7 6 5 1
Friday’s semifinal Kelowna 9, Quebec 3 Sunday’s Championship Final Oshawa 2, Kelowna 1 (OT) Sunday at Colisée Pepsi
Generals 2, Rockets 1 (OT)
Saturday, June 6 (Game 2) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m.
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Canadian Hockey League (CHL) championship, Quebec City, May 22-31 at Colisee Pepsi. Round robin - final standings Teams W L GF-A Oshawa Generals (OHL) 3 0 11-8 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 1 2 11-9 Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 1 2 10-11 Quebec Remparts (Host) 1 2 8-12
Pts 21 19 19 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 14
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First Period 1. 1. Kelowna, Tomas Soustal (Madison Bowey, Cole Linaker) 15:08 Penalties: Michael McCarron, Osh (Cross Checking) 19:31 Second Period 2. Oshawa, Anthony Cirelli (Dakota Mermis, Josh Brown) 13:50 Penalties: Joe Gatenby, Kel (Slashing) 8:35; Nick Merkley, Kel (High Sticking) 11:11 Third Period No scoring Penalties: None Overtime 3. 3. Oshawa, Anthony Cirelli (Chris Carlisle, Tobias Lindberg)1:28 Penalties: None Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Kelowna 9 14 15 0 38 Oshawa 4 11 8 2 25 Goaltending summary: Kelowna: Jackson Whistle (23/25); Oshawa: Ken Appleby (37/38) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Kelowna: 0 of 1, Oshawa: 0 of 2 Att: N/A
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 3 Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs def. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack 4-0 Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 2-Grand Rapids Griffins Friday’s result (Game 4) Grand Rapids 3, Utica 2 (OT) Sunday’s result (Game 5) Utica 3, Grand Rapids 2 (Utica leads series tied 3-2) Today’s schceuld (Game 6) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 (Game 7*) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m.
Calder Cup Final Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica/Grand Rapids. Schedule TBD
BASKETBALL NBA Championship final (Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Thursday, June 4 (Game 1) Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7 (Game 2) Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 9 (Game 3) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 11 (Game 4) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 14 (Game 5*) Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m.
Howard quarterback Greg McGhee runs for yardage as he breaks a tackle by Rutgers defensive lineman Darius Hamilton in a 2014 NCAA football game. [AP PHOTO]
B.C. Lions rookie takes different path JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Greg McGhee’s football path changed course after Jeff Tedford came calling. Following a four-year career at Howard University, the 22-year-old quarterback was training in hopes of getting a shot in the NFL. But when the head coach of the B.C. Lions paid McGhee a visit, he soon realized his immediate future lay north of the border. “(Tedford) came out to Virginia where I was working out,” said McGhee. “He basically told me that I bring something to the team that they don’t really have here and that I’d be a great asset.” After weighing his options, McGhee signed with the Lions in February, forgoing any chance to participate at the NFL combine, a move that showed he’s serious about the CFL and gave him the opportunity to take part in B.C.’s passing camp in April before his first professional training camp. “I think it just made sense to him,” Tedford said after a recent practice at Thompson Rivers University. “I laid out to him what his reality was in terms of his opportunity in the NFL or opportunity in the CFL.” A Pittsburgh native, McGhee is the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s all-time leader for total yards with 10,169, including 2,579 on the ground. Tedford coached a number of big-name quarterbacks during his time at the University of California, most notably former Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, and said McGhee has all the tools to be successful at this level. “He’s athletic, he’s smart, he’s got a strong arm,” said Tedford, in his first year with the Lions. “He can put the ball anywhere on the field. He’s got a lot of gifts.” Most players from the U.S. joining CFL teams don’t know much about the league before arriving, but McGhee had a strong connection in former Montreal Alouettes quarterback Ted White, who is now Howard’s offensive co-ordinator.
CYCLING
Road racing Giro d’Italia - Final results Victoria’s Hesjedal finishes 5th Stage 21 - Race finale, 178 km, TurinMilan. Weather: Mostly sunny. 1. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 4:18:37 2. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3. Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 0:09 4. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) TrekRacing 6. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team GiantAlpecin 7. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 8. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo 9. Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:18 Final General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 88:22:25 2. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:01:53 3. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 0:03:05 4. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 0:08:10 5. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling, 0:09:52 6. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky, 0:10:41 7. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo, 0:10:53 8. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team, 0:12:08 9. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr, 0:15:51 10. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:16:14
AUTO RACING Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Sunday, June 7, 11 a.m. Ile Notre Dame, Montreal (street circuit). 305.270 km, 70 laps, 4.361 km per lap. Qualifying Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.
NASCAR Pocono 400 Sunday, June 7, 10:18 a.m. Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania Last Sunday’s race- FedEx 400 Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware. 400 laps, 1 mile per lap. Final results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 405 laps, $305,826. 2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, 405, $256,330. 3. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevy, 405, $204,888. 4. (25) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, 405, $158,255. 5. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 405, $162,666. 6. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy, 405, $148,815. 7. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 405, $143,061. 8. (18) Paul Menard, Chevy, 405, $118,345. 9. (20) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 405, $141,753. 10. (22) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, 405, $149,881. 11. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 405, 95.3, $148,893. 12. (19) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 404, $148,701. 13. (15) David Ragan, Toyota, 404, $129,999. 14. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevy, 403, $117,210. 15. (33) Danica Patrick, Chevy, 403, $110,310. 16. (26) Tony Stewart, Chevy, 403, $127,999. 17. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 403, $131,018. 18. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevy, 402, $130,835. 19. (8) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 402, 81.2, 26, $98,035. 20. (30) Alex Bowman, Chevy, 402, $116,043. 21. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 402, $129,610. 22. (28) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 400, $122,505. Race Statistics Avg speed of winner: 119.547 mph Time of race: 3 hours, 23:16 Margin of victory: 0.435 seconds Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps Lead changes: 15 among 9 drivers
TENNIS French Open - Men, Women Grand Slam event: Stade Roland Garros, Final June 7 Paris, France Surface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000 Competitors: 128 singles, 64 doubles Men’s singles - Round 4 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Richard Gasquet (20), France, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Gael Monfils (13), France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Rafael Nadal (6), Spain, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Women’s singles - Round 4 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Timea Bacsinszky (23), Switzerland, def. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3. Sara Errani (17), Italy, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-2, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, def. Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, 6-1, 6-3. Men’s Doubles - Quarterfinals Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (8), Brazil, 6-3, 7-6 (8). Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, and Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Men’s Doubles - Round 3 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (2), United States, def. PierreHugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (14), France, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2). Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (10), India, 6-2, 6-4.
GOLF Results, winnings PGA 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 Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Steven Bowditch -18 $1,278,000 T2 Charley Hoffman -14 $530,133 T2 Jimmy Walker -14 $530,133 T2 Scott Pinckney -14 $530,133 5 Zach Johnson -13 $284,000 T6 Brandt Snedeker -12 $246,725 T6 Jon Curran -12 $246,725 T8 Jason Dufner -11 $213,000 T8 Dustin Johnson -11 $213,000 T10 Nick Watney -10 $157,383 T10 Daniel Berger -10 $157,383 T10 Tony Finau -10 $157,383 T10 Cameron Percy -10 $157,383 T10 Colt Knost -10 $157,383 T10 Ryan Palmer -10 $157,383 T16 John Merrick -9 $102,950 T16 Nicholas Thompson-9 $102,950 T16 Brooks Koepka -9 $102,950 T16 Kenny Perry -9 $102,950 T16 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano -9$102,950 Canadian results T22 Graham DeLaet -8$62,302 T71 Adam Hadwin 3$13,987
Canadian PGA Tour PC Financial Open, May 28-31 Point Grey Golf and Country Club, Vancouver. Par 72, 6,801 yards. Purse: $175,000 First tournament of 2015. Final leaderboard * Denotes Canadian golfer Golfer Par Winnings 1 x-Drew Weaver -12 $31,500 x-Won 3-hole playoff T2 *Adam Svensson -12 $11,550 T2 *Riley Wheeldon -12 $11,550 T2 Ross Beal -12 $11,550 T2 Taylor Pendrith -12 $11,550 6 Vince Covello -11 $6,300 T7 *Ryan Williams -10 $5,454 T7 Cody Martin -10 $5,454 T7 *S Harlingten -10 $5,454 T10 J. Erkenbeck -9 $4,375 T10 *Albin Choi -9 $4,375 T10 Jay Myers -9 $4,375 T13 Phillip Mollica -8 $3,383 T13 Charlie Bull -8 $3,383 T13 *Michael Gligic -8 $3,383 T16 Joshua Stone -7 $2,537 T16 *Chris. Ross -7 $2,537 T16 Bo Hoag -7 $2,537 T16 JJ Spaun -7 $2,537 T16 Logan McCracken -7 $2,537 T16 *Bryn Parry -7 $2,537
LPGA 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 Leaderboard - Round 3 Golfer Par Winnings 1 Anna Nordqvist -8 $225,000 2 Christel Boeljon -7 $135,995 T3 Morgan Pressel -5 $87,486 T3 Kelly Shon -5 $87,486 T5 Austin Ernst -4 $44,748 T5 Mirim Lee -4 $44,748 T5 Inbee Park -4 $44,748 T5 Gerina Piller -4 $44,748 T5 Karrie Webb -4 $44,748 T10 Shanshan Feng -3 $25,513 T10 Moriya Jutanugarn-3 $25,513 T10 Kim Kaufman -3 $25,513 T10 Mo Martin -3 $25,513 T10 Maria McBride -3 $25,513 T10 Hee Young Park -3 $25,513 T16 Paula Creamer -2 $17,933 T16 Sarah Kemp -2 $17,933 T16 Meena Lee -2 $17,933 T16 Catriona Matthew-2 $17,933 T16 Pornanong Phatlum -2 $17,933 Canadian results T23 Brooke Henderson-1 $12,970 T51 Alena Sharp +2 $4,204
Champions Tour No tournament this week
Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open, May 28-31 TPC Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, North Carolina, Par 71, 7,257 yards. Purse: $625,000. 2014 champion: Byron Smith Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings 1 Chris Kirk -12 $1,170,000 1 Kyle Thompson -17 $112,500 T2 M Angel Carballo -17 $55,000 T2 Patton Kizzire -17 $55,000 T4 Scott Parel -16 $27,500 T4 Drew Scott -16 $27,500 T6 Harold Varner III -15 $21,719 T6 Chase Wright -15 $21,719 T8 Brad Fritsch Manotick, Ont. -14 $18,125 T8 Brad Schneider -14 $18,125 T8 Todd Baek -14 $18,125 T11 Kyle Stanley -13 $14,375 T11 Darron Stiles -13 $14,375 T11 Richy Werenski -13 $14,375 T14 Tyler Aldridge -12 $10,625 T14 Travis Bertoni -12 $10,625 T14 Brian Richey -12 $10,625 T14 Garth Mulroy -12 $10,625 T14 Steve Marino -12 $10,625 T19 Brad Hopfinger -11 $7,054 T19 Alistair Presnell -11 $7,054
European Tour 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. Final leaderboard Golfer Par Winnings Note: €1=CDN$1.35 1 Soren Kjeldsen -2 € 416,660 T2 Bernd Wiesberger -2 € 217,135 T2 Eddie Pepperell -2 € 217,135 T4 Tyrrell Hatton -1 € 115,500 T4 Rafael Cabrera Bello-1 € 115,500 T6 Danny Willett E € 81,250 T6 Andy Sullivan E € 81,250 T8 Maximilian Kieffer+1 € 59,250 T8 Matthew Fitzpatrick+1 € 59,250 T10 Bradley Dredge +2 € 42,375 T10 Anthony Wall +2 € 42,375 T10 Niclas Fasth +2 € 42,375 T10 Richard Green +2 € 42,375 T10 Thongchai Jaidee+2 € 42,375 T10 Richie Ramsay +2 € 42,375 T16 Jaco Van Zyl +3 € 34,500 T16 Chris Wood +3 € 34,500 T18 Jbe’ Kruger +4 € 34,500 T18 Luke Donald +4 € 31,083 T18 Lucas Bjerregaard+4 € 31,083
Upcoming tournaments This week’s schedule Canadian PGA Tour Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist, June 4-7 Uplands Golf Club, Victoria. Par 70, 6,420 yards. Purse: CDN$175,000. 2014 champion: Josh Persons
Mixed Doubles - Round 2 Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Daniel Nestor (6), Toronto, 6-4, 6-3.
PGA: The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, June 4-7. Muirfield Village Golf Course Dublin, Ohio. Par 72, 6875 yards. Purse: $6,200,000
Women’s Doubles - Round 3 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, and Roberta Vinci (14), Italy, 6-1, 6-4.
LPGA: Manulife LPGA Classic, June 4-7. Grey Silo Golf Course, Waterloo, Ont. Par: 71, 6,532 yards. Purse: $1,500,000
BASEBALL
SOCCER MLS
Milwaukee
MLB - Results and standings
Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T DC United 25 14 7 3 4 N. England 21 14 5 3 6 NY Red Bulls 17 12 4 3 5 Toronto 16 11 5 5 1 Columbus 16 12 4 4 4 Chicago 14 11 4 5 2 Orlando 14 13 3 5 5 Philadelphia 12 14 3 8 3 Montreal 8 8 2 4 2 NY City FC 8 13 1 7 5 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Seattle 26 13 8 3 2 Vancouver 23 14 7 5 2 Dallas 21 13 6 4 3 Sporting KC 21 13 5 2 6 Los Angeles 21 15 5 4 6 Portland 19 14 5 5 4 San Jose 18 13 5 5 3 Houston 17 14 4 5 5 Salt Lake 17 14 4 5 5 Colorado 13 13 2 4 7 Sunday’s results Seattle 2, NY Red Bulls 1 Los Angeles 2, New England 2
GF GA 16 12 20 18 15 13 17 15 19 16 14 14 16 17 14 23 9 13 10 17 GF GA 20 10 16 13 18 19 21 15 15 17 13 14 14 15 17 17 13 18 11 12
Wednesday, June 3 Chicago at DC United, 4 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Montreal, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6 NY City FC at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Toronto at DC United, 4 p.m. Montreal at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. New England at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
UEFA Champions League Final - Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin, 11:45 a.m. Juventus vs. Barcelona
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Mid Isle Victoria Vancouver Utd Vancouver Tbirds Kamloops Tim Hortons Khalsa Abbotsford FC Tigers
Brewers 1, Cardinals 0
W 5 4 4 2 2 2 1 0 0
D 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2
L 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 3 5
GF GA Pts 14 7 16 15 10 16 11 3 14 11 8 8 11 13 7 11 19 6 4 4 4 5 10 3 11 19 2
Sunday’s results Kamloops 4, Vancouver Tbirds 2 Abbotsford 0, Victoria 2 FC Tigers Vancouver 0, Mid Isle 2 Vancouver United 1, Khalsa SC 2 Thursday, June 4 Khalsa vs. Abbotsford, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 6 FC Tigers vs. Victoria, 5 p.m.
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015, Canada, June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan 24 Teams, with current FIFA world rank 1 Germany 2 United States 3 France 4 Japan 5 Sweden 6 England 7 Brazil 8 Canada 10 Australia 11 Norway 12 Netherlands 14 Spain 16 China 17 New Zealand 18 South Korea 19 Switzerland 25 Mexico 28 Colombia 29 Thailand 33 Nigeria 37 Costa Rica 48 Ecuador 53 Cameroon 67 Ivory Coast Preliminary round Two top teams in each group plus the four best third-place teams advance to the tournament’s knock-out stage, the Group of 16. Saturday, June 6 Canada vs. China, 3 p.m. at Edmonton New Zealand vs. Netherlands, 6 p.m. at Edmonton Sunday, June 7 Norway vs. Thailand, 10 a.m. at Ottawa Germany vs. Ivory Coast, 1 p.m. at Ottawa Monday, June 8 Sweden vs. Nigeria, 1 p.m. at Winnipeg Cameroon vs. Ecuador, 4 p.m. at Vancouver USA vs. Australia, 4:30 p.m. at Winnipeg Japan vs. Switzerland, 7 p.m. at Vancouver Tuesday, June 9 France vs. England, 10 a.m. at Moncton Colombia vs. Mexico, 1 p.m. at Moncton Spain vs. Costa Rica, 1 p.m. at Montreal Brazil vs. S. Korea, 4 p.m. at Montreal
LACROSSE National Lacrosse League Champion’s Cup Finals (best-of-three) Saturday’s result (Game 1) At Air Canada Centre Edmonton Rush 15, Toronto Rock 9 (Edmonton leads series 1-0) 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
Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP W L T New Westminster 3 3 0 0 Nanaimo 3 2 1 0 Victoria 4 2 2 0 Burnaby 2 1 1 0 Langley 2 1 1 0 Maple Ridge 1 0 1 0 Coquitlam 2 0 2 0 Sunday’s results New Westminster 12, Nanaimo 7 Victoria 13, Maple Ridge 6
Pts 6 4 4 2 2 0 0
Wednesday, June 3 Langley at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4 Delta at Langley, 8 p.m. Friday, June 5 Coquitlam at Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 6 New Westminster at Nanaimo, 4 p.m. Victoria at Delta, 5 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP Delta 11 Coquitlam 9 Victoria 11 New Westminster 8 Port Coquitlam 10 Nanaimo 8 Langley 10 Burnaby 11 Sunday’s results Delta 15, Nanaimo 12 Victoria 16, Burnaby 9
WL 9 2 8 1 8 3 4 4 3 6 3 5 2 7 1 10
T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Pts 18 16 16 8 7 6 5 2
American League East W L NY Yankees 26 25 Tampa Bay 26 25 Baltimore 23 27 Toronto 23 29 Boston 22 29 Central W L Minnesota 30 19 Kansas City 29 19 Detroit 28 24 Cleveland 24 26 Chicago Sox 23 26 West W L Houston 32 20 LA Angels 27 24 Texas 26 25 Seattle 24 26 Oakland 20 33 National League East W L Washington 28 22 NY Mets 29 23 Atlanta 26 25 Miami 20 32 Philadelphia 19 33 Central W L St. Louis 33 18 Chicago Cubs 27 22 Pittsburgh 26 24 Cincinnati 22 27 Milwaukee 18 34 West W L LA Dodgers 30 20 San Fran 30 22 San Diego 25 28 Arizona 23 27 Colorado 22 27
PCT .510 .510 .460 .442 .431 PCT .612 .604 .538 .480 .469 PCT .615 .529 .510 .480 .377
GB Strk - L1 - W2 2.5 L3 3.5 L2 4.0 L3 GB Strk - W2 0.5 L1 3.5 L4 6.5 W2 7.0 W1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W4 5.5 W3 7.0 L2 12.5 W1
PCT .560 .558 .510 .385 .365 PCT .647 .551 .520 .449 .346 PCT .600 .577 .472 .460 .449
GB Strk - L3 - W2 2.5 W3 9.0 L2 10.0 L7 GB Strk - L1 5.0 W2 6.5 L1 10.0 W3 15.5 W2 GB Strk - W1 1.0 L2 6.5 L1 7.0 L2 7.5 L1
Yesterday’s results Toronto at Washington (postponed) Minnesota at Boston (postponed) Chicago Cubs 5, Miami 1 Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0 Houston 5, Baltimore 2 L.A. Dodgers 11, Colorado 4 Atlanta 8, Arizona 1 N.Y. Mets 7, San Diego 0 Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels N.Y. Yankees at Seattle Pittsburgh at San Francisco Sunday’s results NY Mets 4, Miami 3 Cincinnati 8, Washington 2 Colorado 4, Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 5 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 6 Chicago Sox 6, Houston 0 Minnesota 6, Toronto 5 St. Louis 3, LA Dodgers 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Kansas City 1 Texas 4, Boston 3 Atlanta 7, San Fran 5 Oakland 3, NY Yankees 0 Cleveland 6, Seattle 3 LA Angels 4, Detroit 2 San Diego 7, Pittsburgh 1 Today’s schedule with probable starters L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. Greinke (5-1) vs. Kendrick (1-6) Toronto at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Estrada (1-3) vs. Scherzer (5-3) Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Leake (2-3) vs. Williams (3-4) Oakland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Kazmir (2-3) vs. Simon (5-2) Minnesota at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Hughes (3-4) vs. Wright (2-1) Chicago Cubs at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Lester (4-2) vs. Alvarez (0-4) Chi. White Sox at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Samardzija (4-2) vs. Lewis (4-2) Cleveland at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Carrasco (5-4) vs. Vargas (3-1) Baltimore at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Wright (1-0) vs. McHugh (5-2) Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Peralta (1-5) vs. Lynn (3-4) L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Bolsinger (3-0) vs. Lyles (2-5) Atlanta at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Miller (5-1) vs. Collmenter (3-5) Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Archer (5-4) vs. Wilson (2-3) N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Gee (0-2) vs. Kennedy (2-4) N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Sabathia (2-6) vs. Paxton (3-2) Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Burnett (4-1) vs. Heston (4-3)
Braves 8, Diamondbacks 1 Atlanta
Arizona
ab r h bi ab r h bi Peterson 2B 4 1 1 1 Inciarte LF 3 0 1 1 Simmons SS 5 1 3 1 Pollock CF 4 0 1 0 Freeman 1B 5 2 3 3 G’schmidt 1B 4 0 1 0 Markakis RF 5 0 2 0 Trumbo RF 4 0 0 0 Pierzynski C 4 1 1 0 Hill 3B 4000 Gomes LF 5 1 1 0 Owings 2B 3 0 1 0 Cun’ham CF 3 2 0 0 Ahmed SS 3 0 1 0 Wood P 3 0 1 2 Bradley P 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 12 7 Tomas PH 1 0 0 0 Pacheco PH 1 0 1 0 Totals 28 0 6 1
Atlanta 030 022 001 8 Arizona 000 010 000 1 SB: ATL Cunningham (2, 3rd base off Perez, O/Saltalamacchia); ARI Pollock (13, 2nd base off Wood, A/Pierzynski). 2B: ATL Gomes, J (4, Bradley, A), Simmons, A (12, Bradley, A), Peterson, J (4, Perez, O); ARI Saltalamacchia (2, Wood, A), Owings (7, Wood, A). GIDP: ATL Freeman, Uribe; ARI Pollock. HR: ATL Freeman (8, 5th inning off Bradley, A, 1 on, 0 out). S: ATL Wood, A. Team Lob: ATL 9; ARI 5. DP: ATL 2 (Cunningham-Simmons, A-Peterson, J, Uribe-Freeman); ARI 2 (GoldschmidtAhmed-Goldschmidt, Ahmed-OwingsGoldschmidt). E: ARI Pollock (2, throw), Goldschmidt (1, fielding). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO R Wood (W, 4-2) 8.0 7 1 1 0 4 T Cahill 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO A Bradley (L, 2-3) 5.0 8 5 5 3 1 O Perez 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 R Delgado 1.0 2 1 0 0 2 Time: 2:45. Att: 18,258.
West Coast League Standings East Division W Kelowna Falcons 0 Yakima Valley Pippins 0 Wenatchee AppleSox 0 Walla Walla Sweets 0 West Division W Bellingham Bells 0 Victoria HarbourCats 0 Kitsap BlueJackets 0 Cowlitz Black Bears 0 South Division W Bend Elks 0 Medford Rogues 0 Klamath Falls Gems 0 Corvallis Knights 0
L 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0
Pct GB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pct GB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pct GB 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -
Schedule Friday, June 5 (Opening day) Kelowna at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Medford at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Klamath at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Saturday June 6 Corvallis at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Klamath at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Medford at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
Today’s schedule Burnaby at New Westminster, 8 p.m.
Sunday June 7 Kelowna at Victoria, 1:05 p.m. Corvallis at Bend, 1:05 p.m. Kitsap at Bellingham, 3:05 p.m. Klamath at Yakima Valley, 5:05 p.m. Medford at Walla Walla, 5:05 p.m.
Wednesday, June 3 Langley at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.
Monday June 8 Klamath at Medford, 6:35 p.m.
Segura SS Lucroy C Braun RF Gomez CF Ramirez 3B Lind PH Rogers 1B Parra LF Sardinas 2B Fiers P Herrera 3B Totals
St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 1 0 Wong 2B 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 Carpenter 3B 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Holliday LF 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 Peralta SS 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Molina C 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Heyward RF 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Reynolds 1B 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 Jay CF 4000 3 0 1 0 Garcia P 2000 2 0 0 0 Grichuk PH 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 34 0 8 0 33 1 6 1
Milwaukee 100 000 000 1 St. Louis 000 000 000 0 SB: STL Heyward (6, 2nd base off Rodriguez, F/Lucroy). GIDP: MIL Sardinas; STL Grichuk. Team Lob: MIL 5; STL 10. DP: MIL (Segura-Sardinas-Rogers, J); STL (Carpenter, M-Wong-Reynolds, Ma). E: STL Garcia, J (1, throw). Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO M Fiers (W, 2-5) 6.0 4 0 0 2 6 J Broxton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 N Cotts 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 J Jeffress 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 F Rodriguez 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO J Garcia (L, 1-2) 7.0 3 1 1 0 4 R Choate 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 M Belisle 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:05. Att: 40,689.
Astros 5, Orioles 2 Baltimore
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Machado 3B 4 0 0 0 Springer RF 3 1 1 1 Lough CF 4 0 1 0 Altuve 2B 3 0 1 1 Jones DH 3 1 0 0 Tucker LF 3 0 1 0 Young RF 4 0 2 0 Gattis DH 4 0 1 2 Davis 1B 4 0 1 1 Rasmus CF-LF4 0 1 0 Pearce LF 2 1 0 0 Carter 1B 2 0 1 0 Clevenger PH 1 0 0 0 Villar PR-SS 1 1 0 0 Joseph C 3 0 1 0 Valbuena 3B 3 2 2 1 Paredes PH 1 0 0 0 Castro C 1000 Flaherty 2B 3 0 2 1 Conger PH-C 2 1 1 0 Cabrera SS 3 0 0 0 G’zalez SS-1B3 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 29 5 9 5
Baltimore 000 011 000 2 Houston 000 010 40x 5 SB: HOU Gonzalez, M (1, 2nd base off Jimenez, U/Joseph, C). 2B: BAL Davis, C (11, Oberholtzer); HOU Tucker (8, Jimenez, U). 3B: BAL Flaherty (1, Oberholtzer). GIDP: BAL Machado, M. HR: HOU Valbuena (11, 5th inning off Jimenez, U, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: BAL 5; HOU 6. DP: HOU (Valbuena-AltuveCarter). PICKOFFS: HOU Oberholtzer (Lough at 1st base). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO U Jimenez 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 B Brach (BS, 1)(L, 3-1) 0.2 2 3 3 2 1 R Hunter 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Z Britton 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 Houston IP H R ER BB SO B Oberholtzer 5.1 7 2 2 2 3 W Harris (W, 2-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 P Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 L Gregerson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 2:45. Att: 17,259.
Cubs 5, Marlins 1 Chicago Cubs Fowler CF Bryant 3B Rizzo 1B Soler RF Montero C Castro SS Coghlan LF Hammel P Baxter PH Russell 2B Totals
Miami
ab r h bi 4 2 1 0 Gordon 2B 4 1 1 1 Prado 3B 4 0 1 1 Stanton RF 4 0 0 1 Bour 1B 4 0 0 0 Baker PH 4 1 1 1 Ozuna CF 3 1 1 0 Yelich LF 3 0 1 0 Realmuto C 1 0 1 0 Solano SS 3 0 1 1 Urena P 34 5 8 5 Suzuki PH Totals
ab r h bi 4000 4020 4110 3000 1000 4010 3010 4000 3010 2000 1000 33 1 6 0
Chicago Cubs 200 100 110 5 Miami 000 100 000 1 SB: MIA Stanton (4, 3rd base off Hammel/Montero, M). 2B: CHC Rizzo (14, Urena), Bryant (7, Mazzaro); MIA Prado (9, Hammel). GIDP: CHC Soler; MIA Stanton. HR: CHC Castro, S (4, 8th inning off Morris, B, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: CHC 7; MIA 6. DP: CHC (Bryant-Russell, A-Rizzo); MIA (Solano, D-Gordon, D-Bour). E: CHC Montero, M (4, throw), Castro, S (12, fielding). Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO J Hammel (W, 4-2) 6.2 5 1 1 0 11 J Russell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 P Strop 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 T Wood 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Miami IP H R ER BB SO J Urena (L, 0-2) 6.0 4 3 3 3 4 V Mazzaro 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 A Morris 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 Time: 2:45. Att: 20,964.
Dodgers 11, Rockies 4 LA Dodgers
Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson CF 6 1 1 3 Blackmon CF 4 1 1 0 Turner 3B-1B 5 2 1 0 LeMahieu 2B 3 0 1 0 Gonzalez 1B 4 1 4 0 Tulowitzki SS 4 2 2 1 Kendrick 2B 6 1 2 4 Arenado 3B 4 1 2 2 Ethier RF 5 2 2 1 Rosario 1B 4 0 1 1 Hernandez LF 4 0 1 1 Hundley C 4 0 0 0 Rollins SS 4 2 2 1 Barnes RF 4 0 2 0 Ellis C 5 1 1 0 Ynoa LF-SS 4 0 0 0 Kershaw P 4 1 3 1 Kendrick P 2 0 0 0 Totals 43 1117 11 McKenry PH 1 0 0 0 Descalso PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4
LA Dodgers 020 006 030 11 Colorado 000 200 020 4 2B: LAD Gonzalez, A 2 (19, Kendrick, K, Bergman), Kershaw (2, Kendrick, K). 3B: LAD Ethier (3, Kendrick, K). HR: LAD Ethier (7, 2nd inning off Kendrick, K, 0 on, 0 out), Rollins (6, 2nd inning off Kendrick, K, 0 on, 1 out), Pederson (14, 6th inning off Friedrich, 2 on, 1 out), Kendrick, H (5, 8th inning off Bergman, 2 on, 0 out); COL Arenado (13, 4th inning off Kershaw, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: LAD 11; COL 5. DP: COL (LeMahieu-Rosario, W). E: COL Arenado (5, throw). PICKOFFS: COL Kendrick, K (Hernandez, E at 2nd base). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO C Kershaw (W, 4-3) 7.0 5 2 2 1 7 D Huff 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 J Howell 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO K Kendrick (L, 2-7) 5.110 6 5 2 1 C Friedrich 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 T Kahnle 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 C Bergman 2.0 5 3 3 1 3 Time: 3:08. Att: 25,564.
B.C. Premier League Team North Delta North Shore Vic Eagles Langley Okanagan Nanaimo Whalley Abbotsford Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock
W 12 14 17 15 16 15 12 8 8 5 4 5
L 3 3 7 7 8 11 13 15 18 13 14 19
Pct GB .800 .824 1 .708 .5 .682 .5 .667 .5 .577 2.5 .480 5.0 .348 8 .308 9.5 .278 8.5 .222 9.5 .208 11.5
Sunday’s doubleheader North Delta 5, Coquitlam 4 Coquitlam 2, North Delta 0 Today’s schedule Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4 Victoria Eagles at Vic Mariners, 7 p.m. North Delta at White Rock, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 6 Whalley at Parksville, 12:15 p.m. Vic Mariners at White Rock, 1 p.m. North Shore at Langley, 2:30 p.m.
DIVERSIONS
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BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Touch and Go Dealer: South N-S vulnerable NORTH ♠K97 ♥Q83 ♦Q10987 ♣K2 WEST EAST ♠1083 ♠6542 ♥AJ42 ♥9 ♦J542 ♦AK6 ♣J6 ♣Q10954 SOUTH ♠AQJ ♥K10765 ♦3 ♣A873 W N E S 1♥ Pass 1NT* Pass 2♣ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass *forcing Opening Lead: ♠3
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
D
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: A LONG WAY FROM HELP
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
eclarer won in hand to play a diamond for the ten and king as East returned a spade. The last spade winner was cashed and followed by the king, ace and a third club. West threw a diamond but South trumped in dummy and ruffed a diamond to advance a fourth club. Dummy’s eight of hearts scored when West parted with another diamond. The queen of hearts drove out he ace and West was entitled to a second trump winner but ten tricks were home, N-S +620. It was necessary to cash the spade winners early before West could discard one on a third round of clubs. A trump switch will not defeat the game when West wins the ace and continues with another. Declarer will simply draw trump and work on diamonds to build a tenth trick. North’s sequence promised a three-card limit raise of hearts. South was full measure for the advance to game since he owned a solid 14 HCP with a singleton diamond. East will lead a spade versus 3NT where North will be hard pressed to find a ninth trick. He could pick up the heart suit by starting with the ten but would have no reason to play in this fashion.
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CROSSWORD HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACROSS 1 Corrosive liquids 6 Spill (over) 10 “Immediately!” in a hospital 14 Joke-telling performer 15 Clock readout 16 Cincinnati’s state 17 Bluish purple 18 Prayer’s ending 19 Ill-mannered 20 Computer’s add-on circuit board 23 Midmorning hour 24 Bitterly cold 25 Not as much 29 Foolish one 31 TV network with an eye logo 34 Figure skater’s jump 35 Software buyer 37 Self-mover’s rental 39 The GOP 42 Covered in soot 43 Single-handedly 44 Repetitive learning method 45 When a plane is expected: Abbr. 46 Impartial 48 Dark and gloomy 50 Light brown 51 Moral wrong 52 Now, but not permanently 59 __ in the neck (pest) 61 Broadcast as it happens 62 “This is wonderful!” 63 Circus stage 64 Tied, as a score 65 Stadium 66 Cheers at a bullfight 67 Take a break 68 Affirmative answers DOWN 1 Apex 2 Gently persuade 3 “It’s my turn” 4 Female opera star
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5 Aromas 6 Fabric discoloration 7 Chauffeured car, for short 8 Foreshadowing sign 9 Implement with an eraser 10 “I apologize” 11 Dull sound of impact 12 Assist 13 Tip of a sock 21 South Korea’s capital 22 Behave badly 25 Big
26 Put forth, as effort 27 Brown tone in old photos 28 Run-down neighborhood 29 Interior design 30 Word-of-mouth 31 Chocolate substitute 32 Flat-topped hill 33 More sneaky 36 Spanish affirmatives 38 Do damage to 40 Overwhelmingly 41 Polite refusal 47 Moose’s horn 49 Arrow-shaped street sign 50 Ice bucket tool 51 Paid 52 Speeder’s penalty 53 Bees’ home 54 Pre-holiday nights 55 Achy 56 Flock females 57 On cloud __ (elated) 58 Pekoe and Earl Grey 59 Quid __ quo (fair exchange) 60 Feel poorly
CLASSIFIEDS/DIVERSIONS/ENTERTAINMENT
HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take a risk, now that you can see the big picture. Clear up any confusion by having a brainstorming session. You easily could have a misunderstanding arise from out of the blue. Give some extra time and attention to a key person. Tonight: Respond to an inquiry. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Make an extra effort toward key people in your life. How you see a situation is likely to change as a result. You genuinely will feel more upbeat than you have in quite a while. Avoid overspending if possible. Tonight: Be with a favourite person. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Try to tame your challenging ways in order to get past a problem that keeps reappearing. You might want to let go of an interaction that is most uncomfortable. You could find yourself in a squabble before you realize it. Proceed with care. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Much is going on in your mind, and you could be going over the same scenario over and over again. Do whatever works in order to let go of this mental rehearsal that keeps replaying, and you will feel much better. Tonight: Put your feet up and relax. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’ll discover the pros and cons of a situation by tapping into your ingenuity. An argument could ensue from out of nowhere. Don’t let a misunderstanding develop into anything
more; the other party probably has been under a lot of pressure. Tonight: Keep the peace. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The instinct to stay close to home or to cocoon in some way might not be a bad thing. You have personal matters to handle, and you likely will have to deal with someone who has become quite difficult. Step back and get out of the line of fire. Tonight: Make it easy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Understand that you can say what you think, but you can’t control others’ reactions. Honour a change in upcoming plans, or perhaps you will want to take the time to make plans for a long desired getaway. Tonight: Keep a conversation as nonjudgmental SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might want to try a different approach or a new way of handling a problem. You could be quite exhausted by recent events. Remember that just because someone doesn’t agree with you, it doesn’t mean you are wrong. Tonight: Make it your treat. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Go after what you want, but expect to get some flak from a loved one. This person simply does not agree with you right now. Take an overview, and you might be able to present the issue in a way that this person can understand. Tonight: Stay on top of a problem. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A discussion will allow others to express their feelings and support. You might need to have a brainstorming session with someone who likes to play devil’s advocate. Understand what is
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going on in your immediate circle. Tonight: Take a night off from everything. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be dragged down by a situation that becomes difficult, as someone might want to express his or her views and get your approval. You’ll be able to prevent a volatile interaction if you choose to. Allow a sense of humour to come into play. Tonight: Hang with friends. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You’ll greet someone with a great deal of deference. You might be ready to move in a new direction, but someone is likely to disagree with your choice. You will hear about it in no uncertain terms. You both see the matter in a different light. Tonight: Go with the unexpected. YOUR BIRTHDAY (June 2) This year you often see both sides of an issue. You might find yourself caught in the middle of a debate. You don’t need to play devil’s advocate. You have a very easy time convincing the majority of people of the rightness of your ideas. If you are single, your popularity is undeniable. Few can say “no” to you. You’ll need to figure out what type of bond you want before you get involved with anyone. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company more and more. You allow yourselves to disagree by respecting a difference of opinion. SAGITTARIUS knows how to test your patience. BORN TODAY Marquis de Sade (1740), drummer Charlie Watts (1941), actor Dana Carvey (1955)
TV
New fall series headed to Global CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Buzzy new series heading to Global this fall include the DC Comics entrant Supergirl, the big-screen spinoffs Minority Report and Limitless, the reboot Heroes: Reborn and the new Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Shaw Media announced schedule details for its flagship channel and various specialty networks Monday, touting additions that also include the Jane Lynch comedy Angel From Hell, the Mark-Paul Gosselaar comedy People Are Talking, the medical drama Heartbreaker, and the midseason Jennifer Lopez cop drama Shades of Blue. Returning series include
The Blacklist, NCIS: New Orleans, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0 and The Good Wife. Global says it’s also greenlit three Canadian series: a fourth season of Big Brother Canada; the supernatural crime series Houdini and Doyle from House creator David Shore; and The Code (working title), starring Jason Priestley as an ex-pro hockey player who becomes a crime-solving private investigator. Shaw Media was expected to celebrate its upcoming schedule with a formal presentation Wednesday, traditionally accompanied by stars from its biggest series. Rogers Media was to reveal its TV lineup on Tuesday.
Bell Media announced buzzy U.S. additions to its CTV and CTV Two schedules last month, with more announcements set for a formal presentation Thursday. The various rollouts are lowkey compared to previous years, when the big broadcasters hosted splashy star-studded media events to coincide with similarly celeb-stacked stage shows and parties for advertisers. CBC announced its TV lineup last week with the help of comics Bruce McCulloch and Will Sasso in one of its downtown Toronto studios. On Monday, Shaw Media also touted the roster for its specialty stable, including Showcase, History, Food Network Canada, Slice and HGTV Canada.
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Shaming daughter by dad is a form of abuse Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter attends an all-girls school. Her stepfather initially encouraged it, but in the past two years, my daughter has made friends with a few classmates who say they are lesbian or bisexual. My husband is extremely conservative (borderline homophobic), and as a result, he is shaming my daughter regularly for her friendships. I have a good bond with my daughter and feel torn. I know my husband cares about her, but his comments are hurtful. He says he will keep it up to make sure she doesn’t “become” a lesbian. I’ve pleaded with him, tried to understand him and told him to stop, but it continues. What do I do? — Is This Abuse? Dear Abuse: Shaming your daughter is a form of abuse. Your husband sounds ignorant, homophobic and idiotic. Friendships with bisexual or homosexual girls will not make your daughter “become” a lesbian. But we guarantee that your husband’s bullying will push her toward rejecting everything he says, and his influence over her will diminish to nothing. You need to stand up for your daughter more strongly. Insist that you and your husband get
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Reconstructive hand surgery for Iglesias Enrique Iglesias is undergoing reconstructive hand surgery in Los Angeles after his fingers were sliced during a recent concert. His representative said in a statement to The Associated Press that surgery on the 40-yearold singer will be completed Monday. Iglesias sliced some of his fingers when he grabbed a drone during a concert in Tijuana, Mexico, on Saturday. He was “semi-treated” at the side of the stage to stop the bleeding.
counselling immediately to work on this. If he refuses and will not curtail this behaviour, we recommend you take your daughter and leave the house. Your husband needs to understand the consequences of his actions, and more importantly, your child should not be subjected to such emotional abuse. You are the only one who can protect her.
Dear Annie: I read the letter from “G,” whose mother died and the headstone uses only the surname of her second husband. “G” was concerned that her children’s descendants won’t be able to find their grandmother’s grave because they won’t necessarily recall the second husband’s surname. Please suggest to “G” that she check the websites www. findagrave.com and www.billiongraves.com to see whether Grandma has a memorial. If not, “G” could photograph her mother’s stone and create a memorial that mentions the surnames of both husbands, their dates of marriage, children from either marriage, etc. That will help descendants find Grandma when they wish to do so. — A Genealogist Dear Genealogist: Thank you for the helpful suggestion. Several readers mentioned findagrave. com, but you were the only one to list both sites. Of course, descendants need to know these online memorials exist in order to make use of them, and one never knows what the future holds when it comes to technology. But we are happy to mention both websites and appreciate being able to pass along the information to all of our readers.
“Thank you to all for your concern and good wishes. Enrique is currently undergoing reconstructive hand surgery today,” the statement read. “Enrique will resume his tour July 3rd in Mexico City. We appreciate all your wishes and prayers.” Iglesias performed an additional 30 minutes, though he was advised to end his show after the accident occurred at Plaza de Toros de Playas in front of 12,000 fans, who posted photos and video on social media of Iglesias with a bandaged hand and bloodied T-shirt.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPORTS
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NHL PLAYOFFS
OPINION
Duncan Keith is in elite company
Vigneault takes the losses harder than most
Blackhawks’ defenceman cruising toward minutes milestone as ice time piles up STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — Duncan Keith says he’s not tired. As much as he’s playing in the playoffs, it’s possible to get tired just watching him. The Chicago Blackhawks’ top defenceman has skated over an hour more than the next closest player for a total of 537 minutes through the first three rounds. If Keith keeps playing 31:36 a game, he’ll have the highest average ice time since the NHL and the Elias Sports Bureau began keeping track of in 1998. Keith is on pace to play more than 600 minutes this post-season, a feat that has only been accomplished 31 previous times since 1998 and twice already by him. A third would put him ahead of elite company that includes Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer. “He’s kind of a freak as far as his metabolism and conditioning level,” coach Joel Quenneville said during the Western Conference final. “Just certain guys genetically, aerobically, anaerobically, they can sustain it.” That’s a common theme for minute-munching defencemen who have taken on a heavy burden on the way to the Cup final. “I think that you get used to it,” said Derian Hatcher, who averaged almost 28 minutes a game for the Dallas Stars in 2000. “I think when you’re used to it and when you’re conditioned to it, it’s not a big deal at all. You kind of expect it.” Part of the expectation is on Keith, given the Blackhawks’ lack of reliable depth on defence. Quenneville leans heavily on the
Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith takes a bodycheck during the NHL’s Western Conference finals. [AP PHOTO]
NHL PLAYOFFS
NBA PLAYOFFS
31-year-old Norris Trophy winner, Niklas Hjalmarsson (26:34 a game), Brent Seabrook (26:21) and Johnny Oduya (25:23). After beating the Anaheim Ducks in Game 7 of the West final, Keith said he didn’t think any player was tired this time of year. The excitement of facing the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup final is enough energy for the Blackhawks’ Energizer Bunny. If Keith continues playing over 31 minutes a game, he’ll approach or surpass Nicklas Lidstrom’s average ice time of 31:10 from the Detroit Red Wings’ 2002 Cup run. If the series goes seven games and he keeps this up, he’ll pass Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty’s total ice
time of 747:33 from last year. “Keith is a guy who knows how to manage his minutes well,” said Lightning defenceman Matt Carle, who averaged 25 minutes a night for the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers. “You watch him play, he skates pretty effortlessly. But I’ve got to think it’s been taking a toll on his body. “He’s not the biggest guy in the world. It’s not like a Chris Pronger playing 30 minutes a night where he’s cruising around.” Pronger averaged 30:57 for the Edmonton Oilers in 2006, 29:03 as Carle’s partner in Philadelphia in 2010 and 30:11 during the Anaheim Ducks’ 2007 run. Keith is accustomed to this kind of workload, and Quenneville said the more he plays the
more efficient he is. Hatcher, now co-owner of the Ontario Hockey League’s Sarnia Sting, thinks some of that is psychological. “What happens sometimes, too, is when you do get used to it, maybe other people are getting tired and you’re not,” Hatcher said in a phone interview last week. “Everyone thinks you’re getting worn down but you’re really not. . . “The players that usually get that ice, they handle it just fine.” Keith is handling it better than fine with 18 points, tied for second on the Blackhawks and best among defencemen in the playoffs. An injury to Michal Rozsival pushed Quenneville to rotate Kyle Cumiskey, Kimmo Timonen and David Rundblad in his the third pairing. The 40-year-old Timonen seemed to wear down more as he got hit, something that Hatcher considers the biggest issue with playing major minutes. “The more you’re hit the more tiring it is,” Hatcher said. “Skating’s easy for hockey players because that’s what they do. But it’s when you’re stopped and started. “Just like when you’re running, someone stops you and you’ve got to start back up. That’s where it becomes tough.” Carle knows that’s the key to containing Keith in the Cup final. “When you’re competing and battling in your own end as a defenceman, that’s where it gets tiring,” he said Monday. “I’m sure we’re going to try to make him work as much as possible and try to tire him out as much as we can.”
Road to the Cup has Bolts prepared STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — This post-season has been a constant reminder of what the Tampa Bay Lightning hadn’t done. This version of the Lightning hadn’t won a playoff game, let alone a series, knew nothing about Game 7 pressure and ventured into uncharted territory in the conference final. Along the way, the young Lightning became the first team since 1998 to reach the Stanley Cup final after being swept the previous year and the first in NHL history to defeat three Original Six teams to get to this point. After already knocking off the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, they can add another if they beat the Chicago Blackhawks and raise the Cup. More than history, though, the Lightning picked up valuable lessons over the first three rounds that make them more prepared to take on Chicago, which Steven Stamkos called “the ultimate beast.” “This is the biggest challenge yet,” Stamkos said Monday after practice at Amalie Arena. “You grow as a team throughout each round, you learn a lot about this group, the adversities we’ve had to overcome, the great players that we’ve played along the way and have overcome.” Tampa Bay eliminated Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, Montreal’s Carey Price and P.K. Subban and New York’s Henrik Lundqvist and Rick Nash. Blackhawks stars Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith await. Stamkos and said Chicago’s skill level is “second to none,” but the mental hurdle of the Cup final for the Lightning is overcoming the experience gap. Having beaten three teams with more post-season experience helps. “I think it just gives us confidence and realize that we are a young team, but going against experienced teams that we have to give ourselves a chance,” winger Ryan Callahan said. “Our inexperience is OK sometimes. We’re learning as we go here.”
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James, right, drives to the lane against Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap in the second half of Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals May 26 in Cleveland. [AP PHOTO]
LeBron, Curry will be driving defences crazy BRODERICK TURNER LOS ANGELES TIMES
Both teams in the NBA Finals face a monumental challenge: how to prevent Golden State’s Stephen Curry or Cleveland’s LeBron James from taking control of the series. The early plans are for the Warriors and the Cavaliers to rotate several defenders to try to limit the damage of the two immense talents. A few day ago, James was asked for his assessment on how to slow down Curry. “The same way you slow me down,” James told reporters in Cleveland. “You can’t.” Curry was also asked about James. “We have to be locked in and focused,” Curry told reporters in Oakland. “All five guys on the floor.” Game 1 of the Finals is Thursday night in Oakland. During the regular season, Curry was the obvious target of opposing defenses most nights, but the MVP award winner has been even better in the playoffs, averaging 29.2 points per game. As for James, now in his 12th season, no defensive scheme seems to limit him for long. This postseason, James is averaging 27.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 8.3 assists. “I say this for both players: It’s easier said than done,” TNT analyst Reggie Miller said. “If
that was the case, one wouldn’t be a four-time MVP and the other one just wouldn’t have gotten the MVP award.” Miller and fellow Hall of Fame player Charles Barkley offered completely different ideas on how to defend the 6-foot-8, 250-pound James. “I would force LeBron left and force him to shoot jumpers,” said Barkley, a TNT studio analyst. “He loves to go left and step back,” Miller said. “So I would force him right.” Miller described Curry as a “magician” with the basketball who “outside of Kobe Bryant is probably the best bad shot-maker” in the game. Curry’s quick release drives defenders crazy. He can get his shot off the dribble, running off screens, with hands in his face and he can strike from anywhere on the court. “As much as it pains me, I think you have to make Steph a driver,” Miller said. “And, yes, he can make those crazy one-handed, Steve Nash-type shots. But what would you rather have? Would you rather him coming off screens and knocking down threes? Or taking short twos in the paint?” Miller may be on to something. In 15 playoff games, Curry leads the league in three-pointers attempted with 167, while making 73 of them (or 43.7 per-
cent). That means exactly half of Curry’s points this postseason have come from beyond the arc. The Cavaliers will use multiple defenders on Curry, from James to guards Iman Shumpert, Kyrie Irving and Matthew Dellavedova. “The thing with Steph is that you can never relax and you have to always be aware,” Cleveland associate head coach Tyronn Lue said. “You can’t never turn your head. You’ve got to be locked into Steph Curry, because one mistake and he’s going to make you pay. He’s a great player and he’s going to score points, but you can’t gift him points.” Most teams try to make James into a jump-shooter and limit his drives. His 280 two-point attempts in the playoffs this spring are the most of any player, and he made 48.9 percent of them. But James has taken only 68 three-pointers, making just 12 for a playoff career-low 17.6 percent. The Warriors will rely on forwards Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green, plus guards Andre Iguodala and Klay Thompson to defend James. “You’ve got a better chance of beating them with (James) getting 40 points than him getting 28 (points), 13 (rebounds) and 12 (assists),” Warriors associate head coach Alvin Gentry said. “But he is a player who is going to do the right thing and he’s going to make the right play.”
NEIL BEST NEWSDAY
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Alain Vigneault usually is the coolest cat in Rangers-land, a guy who reveals little to reporters — especially during the playoffs — and seems to operate above the emotional fray. That was what made his demeanor so striking Monday on the day the Rangers parted ways for the summer. With three days to digest what went wrong in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, most players seemed to have gotten over the worst of the disappointment. They struck hopeful, or at least philosophical, tones with reporters. But that is how professional athletes must be to survive and thrive. Short memories and positive vibes are essential. Coaches are more like you and me — prone to longer mourning periods over what might have been. “It’s been a very emotional and challenging last couple of days for our group, for myself,” Vigneault said after a day of debriefings with players before they began another relatively short offseason. “After Game 7, my youngest daughter was crying for hours and I couldn’t get her to stop. Everybody that was close to me, and myself, we all felt that we were going to move on, and it’s been hard to handle.But it’s life, and it’s the cards that we’ve been dealt, and now we need to pick up the pieces, pick up those cards and find a way to become a better team and give ourselves a better chance next year.” By the way, Vigneault’s youngest daughter, Janie, is 22. But that’s OK. Fans presumably would like to know the people closest to the team they follow feel their pain. The coach clearly did. Even his hair seemed less orderly than usual as he answered questions. “We’re still in the midst of trying to sort out exactly what happened and why it happened,” he said before alluding to the team’s original goal of reaching a second consecutive Stanley Cup Final. “We were one period away from achieving that goal and unfortunately we didn’t get it done. We had in that seventh game, I don’t want to say subpar performances, but we didn’t have the type of performances that permit you to win that game from our group.” Vigneault must share in the blame for that, considering his “group” failed to score at home after May 18 — a 145-minute, 43-second streak that now will continue into October — against an opponent that used an identical strategy to win Games 5 and 7 by 2-0 scores. But he also must be given credit for steering a talented ship through a long regular season as the best team in hockey and then on another run into deep spring. The challenge in 2015-16 will be convincing a team that busted its collective tush to win the Presidents’ Trophy that home-ice advantage matters, even though in the NHL, it mostly doesn’t. “Next year, it’s the restart button,” he said. Easier said than done. The good news is that the core of the team will return intact, with a mix of veteran leaders and rising talent, plus Henrik Lundqvist in goal in his late prime. But do the skillful, finesse-oriented Rangers have what it takes to win when it matters most? “I think our players have proven time and time again that in big games, they can step up and do it,” Vigneault said. He bent over backward not to criticize Rick Nash, by far the team’s leading scorer in the regular season, for another less-than-dynamic playoff performance, insisting he does other things well and has improved each year. Still, during a meeting with Nash on Monday, Vigneault emphasized how important postseason contributions from him are. As you would expect, players to a man expressed confidence that this era of Rangers has what it takes to go beyond consistently good to great.
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250-758-4287 www.strongnations.com
Things to
try Olive This and More taste buy #2 - 6332 Metral Drive, Nanaimo 250-933-1122 www.olivethisandmore.ca
Woodgrove Centre 6631 Island Highway N., Nanaimo 250-390-2721 www.woodgrovecentre.com
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The Soakhouse
2520 Bowen Road, Nanaimo nÈÈ {ää ÇxÈ£ÊUÊÓxä Çxn Ç£xx www.soakhouse.com
United Floors La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery
#104-2520 Bowen Road, Nanaimo 250-758-4664 www.unitedfloors.ca
3200 North Island Highway, Nanaimo Country Club Mall 250-756-4114 www.la-z-boy.com
Layzell Dreger Walton & Associates
201-5221 Dublin Way, Nanaimo 250-667-0223 223 www.islandhomegroup.com com m
McLaren Lighting
2520 Bowen Road, Nanaimo 250-758-0138 www.mclarenlighting.com
pick up your Indulge book at any one of these businesses
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