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Personal tale Nanaimo artist Alejandra Gomez Cano is working on a project to create visual representations of those who ‘disappeared’ in Argentina
Fate of hotel may be decided tonight SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo artist Alejandra Gomez Cano, with one of her pieces at The Vault Cafe in Nanaimo. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Thousands of citizens abducted during dictatorship
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orma Cano was just 17 years old when the Argentinian military came for her. A coworker had seen them coming and advised her to leave, but feeling she had done nothing wrong, Cano opted to face them. They surrounded the block around the bridal shop where she worked and kicked in the door. Handcuffed and with her eyes covered, she was forced into a car and driven away. It was the spring of 1975 and Operativo Indepencia had begun in Cano’s home province of Tucumán, in the northeast of Argentina. The operation, ordered by the Argentinian government, was intended to annihilate left-wing guerillas, “subversive elements” and anyone thought to be their sympathizers.
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Little did the teenage Norma or who didn’t make it. any those around her realize that She works in collaboration Tucumán was to be the testing with an archaeological colground for what would grow into lective currently excavating a nationwide, state-orthe remains of train dered campaign of workers, teachers, kidnapping, torture, discarpenters, student appearance and murder activists and dissidents of suspected dissidents discovered in a deep throughout Argentina. well some 20 kilometres By the end of the miloutside the capital cenitary dictatorship in tre of Tucumán. 1983, an estimated 11,000 Alejandra met and to 30,000 Argentinian citmarried a Canadian and izens had been abducted, now lives and works in Julie most of whom were Nanaimo. At the end of Chadwick never seen again. the summer, She will Reporting It was into this tumultravel back to Argentina tuous political environto display her commemment that her daughter orative paintings in the Alejandra Gomez Cano museum not far from was born. where their bodies were found. Thirty-six years later, Alejan“For me, when I work with the dra is now in the midst of a proportraits it’s really hard, because ject to create visual representait’s part of my story,” said tions of those who “disappeared” Alejandra. — both the survivors and those Her mother had been kid-
napped because of her activities with the high school student’s union and because her boyfriend had a high-ranking position within the Montoneros, an urban guerilla group. After she was abducted from the bridal shop, Norma was taken to a police station. She was tortured, and could hear the same thing happening to others through the walls, though it was hard to estimate how many of them were imprisoned there. Though not permitted to speak, they managed to whisper encouragements to one another and share their names in the hope their families could be notified if they never got out alive. After six days, Norma was contacted by a man who had once been helped out by her father. He felt obligated to return the favour. See ARTIST, Page A6
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The fate of a 21-storey hotel development in downtown Nanaimo could hang in the balance at tonight’s city council meeting. Council is set to vote on whether to grant a request from Chinese developer SSS Manhao International Tourism Group to extend the timeframe for an option to purchase agreement by one year until next May. The agreement, one of several negotiated between the city and SSS Manhao, gives the city the right to buy back the 0.42-acre site of the proposed hotel site for the original $565,000 price the developer had paid the city when it acquired the land in late 2013. The agreement came into effect after SSS Manhao did not attain a foundation permit and construct the foundations for the hotel by May 30 of this year. With no building activity yet on the site, the city has until Nov. 30 to exercise its option to buy back the land. The project and the extension request has Mayor Bill McKay’s support, but he noted that a number of council members have voiced impatience with the project. A vote last month to delay a decision on the issue and seek further information passed narrowly by a 5-4 margin. “As it stands right now, I would sense that it’s going to go down,” McKay said of the extension request. “It’s a crapshoot,” he later added. SSS Manhao’s Vancouver lawyer Perry Ehrlich will speak on behalf of the company tonight, as will Brent Oland from Urban One Builders, the project’s general contractor. Ehrlich said his client wants to complete work on the project and has invested more than $4 million already into various engineering and other preparatory costs. Ehrlich said SSS Manhao is still able to complete construction of the hotel by July 2017 under an existing agreement with the city.
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The Islands Trust council is asking the province to invest up to $14 million annually for four years to reduce fares on all BC Ferries minor routes. Peter Luckham, chairman of the Islands Trust, said ferry-dependent communities on the province’s coast are struggling under the weight of ferry fares
that have increased at a pace well above the rate of inflation. “We have a constructive proposal,” he said. “By strategically investing an additional $11 million to $14 million annually, the province can lower fares on BC Ferries’ minor routes by 25 per cent. Affordable fares would attract more customers into the ferry system, bolster B.C.’s economy and result
in increased provincial tax revenues that would be a win-win for everyone.” In May, the Islands Trust hired Perrin Thorau & Associates, a public policy consulting firm with expertise in BC Ferries’ markets, to calculate the cost of lowering fares on all minor ferry routes. The consultants built a model using recent BC Ferries operating results and fare infor-
mation, allowing examination of how ridership will rebound in response to lower fares. The consultants calculated that up to $14 million is needed annually to reduce fares by 25 per cent on all minor routes on B.C.’s coast. Luckham said since the enactment of the Coastal Ferries Act in 2003, fare increases on some minor routes have increased four
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WHY NANAIMO? A look at why people choose to make the Harbour City home
Nanaimo vacation led to a permanent move Aaron Hinks Reporting
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fter selling his dairy farm, AJ Hustins, his wife, Christine, and two daughters packed their bags in the early ‘90s and took a road trip from Halifax to the west coast. What was initially a sixmonth vacation turned into a permanent move. Not long after arriving Hustins found a job as a salesman at Nanaimo Concrete Ltd., he has worked his way up to president of Nanaimo Precast Ltd. What drew you to Nanaimo? We didn’t have any destination in mind. My wife, Christine, was born in Port Alberni and had family in Nanaimo. We thought we would visit with them and then head back to Nova Scotia. We thought we would just spend the fall and winter here and see how it goes and then that was it. There was a multitude of things that kept us here. We spent 10 years on my side of the country with my family, so there was a bit of a family draw here that was of interest. Our first love is plant science and horticulture, we have an amazing garden and have a great growing climate so that was attractive to us. I think the other part of it is that it’s culturally different than Nova Scotia. We like the idea of a multicultural community. Those are the three factors; family, climate for plants and a great place to raise a family. What challenges have you faced? The biggest challenge was I didn’t know one person when I came. That was an interesting challenge for me. When I started
AJ Hustins pictured outside Nanaimo Precast Friday morning. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
with Nanaimo Concrete in 1996 my job was based in sales; go out and get residential clients. My goal was to meet 15 new people a day, I just drove from worksite to worksite to introduce myself. How are you integrating into the community and what do you bring to Nanaimo? When we came here I was 31 in 1996. I had 10 years of agricultural entrepreneurial experience. It wasn’t just dairy farms, we had hogs and beef. We marketed and sold food products. I think one thing that we
brought here was an entrepreneurial spirit to create a business, any business or help grow businesses. What is your favourite thing in/about Nanaimo? I would say a combination of parks and the marine corridor. I don’t know if this stat holds true today, there were more parks per capital one time than anywhere else.We were hikers so we would take our kids every week and do a different park. Even though we aren’t boaters or ocean people, we have always lived by the ocean.
If you could make one change to Nanaimo, what would it be? I want to say political collaboration and I mean that on all levels; municipal, school district, business community, the chamber. I was on the chamber for six years, I’m a past chairman of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation and I’ve been pretty integrated into the city’s fabric to make Nanaimo a more attractive place to live and do business. I would like to see all levels collaborate more and pull together as a group with a common goal. I think the long-term benefit is a
healthy community both financially and culturally. I know this is the catch word of the last 10 years but I’m also a huge believer in economic sustainability. What I love about Nanaimo is you’re sandwiched between ocean and a little mountain. To a degree, given that it’s an Island, there’s only so much growth potential. For me that’s attractive, I don’t want to live in Vancouver or Seattle or San Francisco. Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242
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Board considers reducing number of school trustees ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Reducing the number of trustees from in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district and converting to a ward system to elect trustees are on the table again. Board chairman Steve Rae said trustees are considering lowering their numbers from nine to seven in upcoming elections as a cost-saving measure.
He said the savings in dropping two trustees from the board, which is estimated to be approximately $45,000 per year, wouldn’t be much. But Rae said after the board’s decision last month to cut jobs in the district as part of its efforts to balance its budget for next year, the move would be meant to show the board is willing to take cuts as well.
As for switching to a ward from the current at-large system for electing trustees in the district, Rae said the issue came up as a means to better ensure all parts of the district are represented. Rae said the board will consider asking staff to prepare a report on the issues at the next meeting. “If we do decide to pursue this after the report is tabled, we would go to the Ministry of Edu-
cation to see if we would have permission to move forward,” he said. “We would then begin a discussion that would include public consultations before final decisons are made.” The previous board had considered lowering the number of trustees as well, but after receiving very little feedback from the public over a month-long consul-
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CBC scandal: A breach of policy and ethics
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dd to the list another blemish on the CBC. This one, while mild compared to Ghomeshi-gate, has been loud enough to get someone fired and has the nation looking to the Crown corporation with another critical eye. Evan Soloman, host of television’s Power and Politics and radio’s The House, was fired this week following allegations he collected about $300,000 in commissions for helping sell high-priced art to people he dealt with as a journalist. Some believe the penalty is too harsh and he should have only received a sterned talking to — a slap on the wrist — rather than a firing. Others feel he should have been dismissed in April when the
CBC?first discovered Solomon and his wife were operating this “side business.” Given his reputation as a well-respected member of Canada’s media elite, many are running to Solomon’s side — including some high-profile politicians he’s interviewed over the years. Others are questioning his past work as a journalist and now looking to puncture a hole in the solid work he’s done. The union which represents the vast majority of CBC journalists decided to raise a few concerns: “As a union, we are concerned that there may have been a rush to judgment here and a disproportionate response to what at worst may have been an unintentional breach of corporate policy that had no impact whatsoever on
how Evan conducted himself as a host and journalist,” said the Canadian Media Guild. The argument over appropriate response will play out over the coming days, sure. But let’s be clear about one major point here: This is not just a breach of corporate policy. This is a serious slap in the face of ethics, which are unfortunately vastly misunderstood by the public, and evidently misunderstood by the union representing the journalists who breathe those ethics each and every day. The CBC’s policy puts it simply and emphatically, stating the employees of the corporation are prohibited from using their positions to “further their personal interests.” The Canadian Association
of Journalists says something similar:?“We do not report about subjects in which we have financial or other interests, and we do not use our positions to obtain business or other advantages not available to the general public.” What Solomon did was break this cardinal rule and, if it was left under the rug of disregard, the corporation would, in effect, be throwing its journalistic reputation out the window. Sure, the swift response likely had something to do with the PR?disaster called Jian Ghomeshi. The allegations surrounding Amanda Lang altering coverage also kept CBC on its toes, as did the policy it had to implement when more media elite — among them Peter Mansbridge and Rex Murphy — were said to be in eth-
ical breach for accepting speaking engagement money. The CBC?doesn’t need this type of attention as it struggles with budgets and federal funding. But this is not about the CBC in its entirety. It’s about some high-profile members of the corporation that likely got caught up in “host culture.” It’s important to separate the two. And it’s even more vital to deal with the problem areas, such as Solomon, before the whole corporation is flushed down with the bath water. CP (CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR)
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com New downtown project garners early support Re: ‘Proposal includes new arena, hotel, residences for downtown Nanaimo’ (Daily News, June 13) This is exciting news! I have two boys that have been playing hockey with the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association for five years. I would be a proud supporter of this project and would be very excited to see this go through! Barbara Ward Nanaimo
Flying of one flag draws ire from Nanaimo reader I noticed in recent article regarding the national flags downtown that it mentioned that one of the was Iran’s. I think it’s inappropriate to have that country’s flag flying in Nanaimo. Iran is quickly developing its
nuclear program and has made threats against Israel. Iran promotes and finances terrorism and is a threat to Western civilization. I think it would be more appropriate to put up an Israel flag in its place. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and the government of Canada fully supports them being a nation that has a right to exist. Even Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are now on friendlier terms with Israel trying to stop these terrorists that have no regard for life. Glenn Stevens Nanaimo
MLA correct regarding his comments about ICF MLA Doug Routley is exactly correct regarding the Island Corridor Foundation. They need to be more transparent and accountable to the stakeholders (taxpayers).
For Judith Sayers to come out and state that the ICF is “an independent corporate body” that tries to stay away from “politics” is laughable. Neither she or Graham Bruce seem to want to face the taxpayers with the facts regarding the economic reality of this proposed rail line upgrade. If they are an independent corporate body, proceed with corporate funds and leave taxpayers out of it. If not, level with the taxpayers about what the real total cost will be from start to finish as opposed Bruce’s “incremental approach.” If the ICF’s AGM is truly happy as Judith Sayers says, then the taxpayers must surely hope that the Ministry of Transportation will nix this silly plan and economic lunacy being foisted on the taxpayers now. We need someone other than the ICF to estimate the real costs. RG Burnett Nanaimo
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Cue the networkers, back-slappers and the selfish who want everyone to pay for their obsessions. It is far past monotonous, like nails on a chalkboard, to read those writing to your paper endorsing the continuous flow of tax money to the city theatre or the conference centre or the symphony and so forth. If taxes were spent on only the necessary items under provincial legislation taxes would drop like a rock and those prospend people could then pay for their activities they adore so deeply with all their own donations. Ursula C. Knight 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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Monday Morning Pictorial Snapshots of the mid-Island
Daryl Major receives the Community Volunteer Achievement Award for his on-going support of the event.
Memorials to those lost to cancer illuminate the side of the track at Rotary Bowl.
Norm Smith receives a community volunteer leadership award for his work in the Vancouver Island region.
The Canadian Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life took place at Rotary Bowl on Friday. Participants started the relay at 7 p.m. and finished at 7 a.m. Saturday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS PHOTOS]
From left, cancer survivors Stephanie Hannah, Carol Pearce and Debra Corsaro are high-fived by children during the survivor lap.
A Relay for Life participant walks past a memorial that says, ‘We miss you, Great Grama.’
Cancer survivors kick off the event with a survivors lap on Friday.
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Tears were followed by cheers as cancer survivors and research supporters participated in the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life Friday evening. The NDSS Rotary Bowl track was lined with 291 illuminated memorials to remember loved ones who have lost their battle with cancer. More cancer survivors than ever before walked the track. The survivors were joined by
caregivers, family, friends and everyone else who had their life impacted one way or another by the disease. Themed laps, games and dances went on for 12 consecutive hours until the event ended at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. Participants had to struggle, fight and push themselves to make it through the evening, a task that is pale in comparison to what individuals and families have to go through when fighting the disease.
Tracy Berg, CCS community giving co-ordinator, said there was more variety in terms of participants than previous years. “Typically in the past we have had a lot more corporate teams and this year we saw a lot more family teams, some business teams and definitely a lot more kids were involved this year,” Berg said. Berg, similar to everyone at the event, has witnessed the damage cancer can cause. Her daughter, at the age of one, was diagnosed
and is now a 24-year-old survivor. Berg also has a 12-year-old stepdaughter who lost her mother to the disease. “The point of the event is to balance three key things. One is to celebrate the survivors, another is we have a remembrance ceremony to remember those that we have lost and we also want to fight back against cancer,” she said. The participants were able to raise $33,973. The top team was the Wavengers from Island Radio
that raised $5,991 out of 23 teams. David Morrison was the top individual fundraiser as he managed to collect $3,235. All the funds raised support local cancer services such as the driver program, free wigs and prostheses, sending local kids to Camp Goodtimes, financial aid for patients and general research taking place across Canada. Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242
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ENVIRONMENT
Nanaimo artist working with families in homeland of Argentina
Region’s fire danger remains high
Collaboration will help piece together stories of those lost during dictatorship ARTIST, From Page A1 “He told her that in a couple of days they were going to take her to a little school in the countryside and if she was taken there, there was nothing he could do. He was going to try his best but he couldn’t guarantee she would get out. And if she got out, he couldn’t guarantee that they wouldn’t go after her again,” said Alejandra. “She was terrified. But at midnight they came and called for her and they let her go. They dropped her off somewhere and she walked home.” It is a story her mother has always been reluctant to tell, and until recently, Alejandra had only heard snippets of it over the course of her childhood. However her current artistic work with the archaeological collective has helped her mother begin to deal with what she experienced. Though she now lives in Buenos Aires, on Thursday she travelled to Tucumán to reconnect with other survivors. The idea for the artistic project started last April, when Alejandra visited her hometown and learned that a house a block away from her grandmother’s had been bombed and the family killed because they were associated with the Montoneros. There was no record of what had happened, so she began to think about creating commemorative artwork for all the other people in her neighbourhood who had disappeared or survived. “It was a safe way of learning my story through others and through art. A safe way for me to learn what happened,” she said. Information was hard to come by. After countless interviews, meetings and requests for help, after three weeks she returned to Nanaimo, after which she was contacted by the Colectivo Arqueología Memoria Identidad
Nanaimo artist Alejandra Gomez Cano with some of her work. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Tucumán and invited to collaborate with them. For the last 15 years they have worked at what was a secret burial site, located in the town of Tafi Viejo, where bodies were secretly dumped by right-wing death squads into a well located spot on an old farm during the 1970s. So far they have uncovered the remains of 76 people, 40 of whom they have managed to identify through forensic testing. Since then Alejandra has been working with the families of those who have been identified to
piece together their stories. One woman entombed in the well was Marta Azucena Castillo, a 29-year-old professor and sociologist who worked for a housing institution. Another was Segundo Arias, a carpenter and father of five children. He was one of seven workers from the nearby train station who were killed and whom Alejandra will commemorate at the museum at the end of the summer. Part of her work is symbolic, she says, a way of bringing light back into the dark places where
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so many perished. “We want to honour them, and reclaim their values and their work as beautiful human beings,” she said. “At this stage, as a country, we need to move into the light.” Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238 » 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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The Nanaimo region has been see-sawing in an out of the highest fire danger rating in the province, following a recent spate of warm temperatures and lack of rain. Last week, the province’s wildfire management branch had declared an ‘extreme’ fire danger rating for Nanaimo and an area stretching from the city to Lake Cowichan and mid-way to Duncan. On Friday, the danger rating for the mid-Island region had dipped to a ‘high’ risk. The risk rating was still high as of Sunday afternoon. Fire danger ratings are based on an algorithm that takes into account the dry level of forests and other data collected through fire centres in the province. “We haven’t seen any substantial precipitation,” said Marg Drysdale, fire information officer. Winds have also dried up long grasses and other flammable natural features. Peak fire conditions take place in July and August. During that time, lightning trails can spark fires. However, Drysdale said the primary cause of fires in the province is human activity. Examples of causes include industrial equipment malfunctioning in forested areas, firecrackers and campfires. On Wednesday, the Coastal Fire Centre expanded its open fire ban to include category two and category three fires. These include open burning piles or grass fires. Campfires less than half a metre tall and half a metre wide are still allowed, but campers are being urged to use caution and make sure all fires are properly put out. Fireworks, firecrackers, sky lanterns, burning barrels or burning cages of any size and binary exploding targets are outright prohibited. Spencer.Anderson@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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have the same extension request. “There’s an old expression: it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” he said. “And if my client is able to deliver to Nanaimo a hotel within the time periods that it agreed to deliver the hotel, then locking on just to this one situation with respect to the foundation seems in my opinion so incredibly unfair.” McKay said his fellow council members should keep an open mind on the project.
Coun. Gord Fuller said he wants to see the land out back onto the open market and voiced skepticism. “We’ve played this game before with Millenium,” he said, referencing a previous development deal that fell through at the site. “It was promise after promise after promise, variance after variance after variance.” “And nothing ever happened,” Fuller said. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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RCMP
PRISON BREAK
Search for killers drags on in N.Y. JOHN KEKIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ali Omar Ader is shown in court in an artist’s sketch. The Somalian national faces charges in connection with the overseas hostage-taking of former journalist Amanda Lindhout. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Somalian kidnapper arrested Thursday Lindhout crumpled to the floor as RCMP broke the news TERRY PEDWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Amanda Lindhout crumpled to the floor, crying, as RCMP investigators broke the news to her on Thursday about the arrest of her alleged Somalian kidnapper. One officer who had stuck with the case over the past five years asked her “Are you sitting down?,” Lindhout recalled Sunday on social media. “There were several RCMP officials on the line as he delivered the news. I was stunned that they’d made the arrest. I was even more stunned that the accused kidnapper was in my home country.” “I had forgotten to sit down, and my knees gave out. I lay on the floor crying, saying the words, ”Thank you, thank you, thank you so much,“ again and again,” said Lindhout in a statement that was posted on her Facebook page and was also released by her publicist. The RCMP announced Friday that they had arrested Ali Omar Ader in Ottawa. Authorities are saying little about how the Somalian national made his way to Canada, where he now faces a criminal charge of hostage-taking.
But seeing Ader in news coverage of the arrest sparked a range of emotions for Lindhout. “I find it difficult to describe what it felt like to see his face again,” she said. “It brought up anger, fear, confusion, and also — knowing that he no longer poses a threat to me or to anyone else — a sense of relief.” Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were seized by young gunmen near strife-torn Mogadishu, Somalia, in August 2008. Both were released on Nov. 25, 2009. Defence Minister Jason Kenney has also commended the RCMP and other international police services involved in getting Ader to Canada. “There’s been some absolutely brilliant and complex policing work done here,” Kenney told CTV’s Question Period. “The fact that the RCMP, with other international police agencies, have stayed on the case and brought this investigation to a successful conclusion is a great credit to them.” Ader was arrested Thursday in Ottawa. The RCMP say the 37-year-old had been in town for a few days but the national police force would not reveal how he arrived in Canada.
Ader’s case will be back in court June 19th. His lawyer Samir Adam said Friday he didn’t have enough information on the allegations against his client to comment. Successfully prosecuting such a case “depends on a certain level of discretion,” RCMP assistant commissioner James Malizia told a news conference Friday. The RCMP’s Ottawa Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, supporting RCMP units and partner agencies have been working on the case ever since the abduction seven years ago, Malizia said. Details of the lengthy investigation — which involved undercover operations, surveillance and wiretaps — would come out in court, he said. For now, all that matters is that charges have been laid, said Lindhout. “I’m grateful that this man has been arrested,” she said. “I am happy that he will be called upon in court to answer for his role in the kidnapping.”
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where 24 hours earlier a contingent of 40 officers had marched into the adjacent woods on yet another grid search. While many local residents remained locked in their homes at the advice of authorities, the outpouring of appreciation for the search effort continued. A restaurant was urging people to tie blue ribbons around trees and mailboxes. “The locals have been awesome,” said Sgt. Barry Cartier of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, part of a crew from a neighbouring county working 12-hour shifts. “They come around with food all the time. We’ve got too much to eat.” But residents were very much on edge, with some saying they were keeping firearms handy just in case. Both men are considered extremely dangerous. Sweat was serving a life sentence for killing a sheriff’s deputy. Matt was serving 25 years to life for the 1997 kidnap, torture and hacksaw dismemberment of his 76-year-old former boss. The men used power tools to cut through the back of their cells, shimmied down a six-story catwalk, broke through a brick wall then cut into a steam pipe they used to reach a manhole outside the prison walls. Mitchell, 51, was arraigned Friday on a felony charge of promoting prison contraband and a misdemeanour count of criminal facilitation. She is accused of befriending the 34-year-old Sweat and 48-year-old Matt and smuggling in hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit to help the men escape.
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Japanese artifacts of atomic bombings 70 years ago exhibited
Officials struggle to explain North Bay birth trend
American University Museum also showcasing art from the Second World War MATTHEW PENNINGTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — A pocket watch that stopped at 8:15 a.m. when the first atomic bomb dropped. A sprawling picture of twisted bodies and screaming faces engulfed by the flames. The school lunch box of a girl who disappeared without a trace. As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, American University Museum in Washington is showcasing artifacts and art recalling the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At a time of intensifying focus on Japan’s reluctance face up to its militaristic past, the exhibition provides a different perspective on the end of the conflict — one in which Japanese were the victims. That has the potential to upset American veterans. Defenders of the use of the atomic bomb say it alleviated the need for a land invasion of Japan that would have cost many American lives. The precise death tolls from the bombings are unknown, but it is believed about 200,000 people were killed. On the 50th anniversary of the bombings in 1995, a fierce controversy surrounded an exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution of the Enola Gay — the B-29 plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, Aug. 6, 1945. The exhibit was dramatically scaled back because of veterans’ protests that it portrayed the Japanese as victims rather than as aggressors. That year, Peter Kuznick, director of the university’s Nuclear Studies Institute, responded to the controversy by staging an exhibition of artifacts the Smithsonian wouldn’t. Doing so at a private institution, and not a government-funded one, made it less contentious. He’s reprising that effort, 20 years on, with a display that opens Saturday and runs until Aug. 16. It includes six pictures on folding screens by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki, a husbandand-wife couple whose powerful depictions of nuclear horrors, known as the Hiroshima Panels, are being shown in the U.S. capital for the first time. In an adjacent room are 25 artifacts collected from the debris, among them a rosary, a glass fragment removed from the flesh of a casualty, container of sake rice wine, a student’s cap and a student’s shoe. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum have also provided an explanatory account of the bombings with graphic photos, such as panoramas of the two levelled cityscapes, and wrenching images of the victims. Kuznick said the primary aim of the exhibition is to portray the human suffering caused by the atomic bombings that ushered in an era in which absolute destruction of the planet became possible and “nobody’s future is guaranteed anymore.” He lamented that Americans — including undergraduates he teaches — have become less aware since the end of the
KEITH LESLIE THE CANADIAN PRESS
A 1972 paper and Indian ink artwork called ‘Crows’ is displayed at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, in northwest Washington, Wednesday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. [AP PHOTO]
A 1955 paper and Indian ink artwork called ‘Petition’ is displayed at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in northwest Washington. [AP PHOTO]
Cold War about the devastating impact a nuclear conflict would have, although the rivalry between India and Pakistan, and the stand-off between the United States and Russia over Ukraine, mean the risk persists. “Part of why we doing this is because the danger has not really passed, and it’s important that people focus on it again,” he said. The exhibition shows not only Japanese suffering. Two of the Hiroshima Panels on display portray the death of American prisoners of war and Korean forced labourers in the bombings. Most haunting is “Crows,” a picture in black ink which depicts birds picking at the corpses of Koreans, reflecting the discrimination they faced even in death. The picture’s caption, a
verse penned by the artists, says the Korean bodies “were left on the streets to the very last.” “Not only are we portraying the Japanese as victims, we’re also portraying the Japanese as victimizers. That in no way mitigates the American responsibility for using atomic bombs but it does complicate the narrative a little bit,” said Kuznick. Jan Thompson, president of the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor Memorial Society, which advocates for American former prisoners of war of the Japanese, said atomic bombs were a tragedy that no one should celebrate. She said she has not seen the exhibition yet but was concerned it would promote the view that that use of the bombs was not justified.
“Virtually all of our former POWs believe they would have been executed, and that Japan and the United States would have suffered even greater catastrophes, if the war had not been shortened by the use of atomic weapons,” said Thompson. “Weapons and war can only be understood in their political and historical contexts.” Kuznick said he’s faced no opposition so far to this year’s exhibition. The opening will be attended by two Japanese survivors of the bombings. But a June 23 seminar associated with the exhibition that will discuss President Harry Truman’s decision to use the bomb and its historical implications could raise hackles. Panelists include prominent historians, including Kuznick, who question whether the United States needed to do so to end the war with Japan, and whether it was intended as a warning to the Soviet Union, a wartime ally that would emerge as a rival superpower. Yoshiko Hayakawa, who has brought the Hiroshima Panels from the Maruki Gallery outside Tokyo, said it had been difficult to find a gallery or museum willing or able to display them in the United States. They were last shown here in 1995, in Minnesota, and she had spent more than four years trying to bring them again to America. “I really want the American people to see the panels. They go right to the heart of people who wish for long-lasting peace and for a ban on nuclear weapons,” she said. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
TORONTO — Community service workers in North Bay say they are dealing with an alarming increase in the number of babies born to mothers addicted to drugs. There were 22 babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in the city of 64,000 in 2012-13, 31 the next year, and 48 in 2014-15, with 10 in January alone. The big jump in numbers prompted the Nipissing Children’s Aid Society to “issue a call to action” to community members because it couldn’t keep up with demand, said executive director Gisele Hebert. “The bulk of those babies seem to be in our district,” said Hebert. “I’m not sure why, but the figure has grown close to 500 per cent since 2003 in the northeast.” The main question at a meeting of social service agencies, community leaders and the public this week couldn’t be answered. “The question from the audience was: ’Why is this happening in our community?”’ said Hebert. “We are considered in the north, but there are much more remote northern communities than North Bay, and for example in Timmins, Sudbury, in Kapuskasing, they’re not seeing these numbers.” However, Corrine Wilde, manager of addiction services with the Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing, said the problem of babies born to addicted mothers is worse in other parts of northern Ontario. “Northeastern Ontario is the second highest number of (addicted) births, but northwestern Ontario is skyrocketing higher than we are,” said Wilde. “If you look at the population numbers, the north is disproportionately higher than the south,” said Alan MacQuarrie, executive director of the Community Counselling Centre. The North West Local Health Integration Unit did not respond to a request for comment. The Ministry of Health said 896 babies across Ontario had been born to mothers addicted to drugs in 2013-14. That was up from 654 babies with NAS born in the province in 2010-11. During their pregnancies, the addicted mothers used drugs such as methadone, other opiates including heroin, oxycontin and percocets, cocaine and marijuana. “Crack in our community became very evident last year,” said Hebert. There are five methadone clinics in North Bay, which offer the synthetic opioid to reduce heroin withdrawal symptoms. The number of babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome put such a strain on resources in North Bay, the Children’s Aid Society exhausted all available foster parents within a two-hour drive — including expensive paid foster care homes outside the district — and even rented a cottage for some babies and their caregivers.
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People clean a flooded area in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
Floods leave a dozen dead MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TBILISI, Georgia — Severe flooding in the Georgian capital left at least 12 people dead Sunday and triggered a big-game hunt across the city for lions, tigers, a hippopotamus and other dangerous animals that escaped from Tbilisi’s ravaged zoo. Residents were warned to stay indoors as police conducted the hunt, but fear deepened as night fell on the city of 1.1 million with some of the animals still on the loose. “The daytime wasn’t bad,” said resident Khariton Gabashvili, “but tonight everyone has to be very careful because all the beasts haven’t been captured. They haven’t been fed, and in their hungry state they might attack people.” Heavy rain turned a normally pleasant city stream into a fierce torrent that destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in the former Soviet republic. Officials said 12 people were known to have died and about two dozen
others were missing. There were no immediate reports that any of the dead were killed by the animals, which ran off after the floodwaters destroyed their enclosures. Among the beasts that escaped were bears, wolves and monkeys. A hippopotamus — an extremely aggressive animal with the ability to run faster than humans in short bursts — was spotted lumbering through a flooded square not far from the zoo and was shot with a tranquilizer dart. Other animals were hunted down and killed. The carcasses of at least a lion, a boar and a tiger were seen, and zoo authorities said six wolves were also dead. Authorities said the animals may have fled to just about any corner of Tbilisi, including the forests on the steep hills in the city’s heart. “I feel frenzied. The youngsters can’t go out and walk around. I sat on the balcony with them and played games, so they could breathe some fresh air,” said 25-year-old Khatuna Bolkvadze,
a mother of two who lives near the zoo. Zoo spokeswoman Mzia Sharashidze said a count of the escaped animals was not immediately possible because so many of the zoo’s enclosures were under water. But she said five lions were unaccounted for and many monkeys had escaped. Three zoo workers were found dead on its grounds, including a woman who less than a month ago lost an arm in a tiger attack. Her husband was also reported dead. The floodwaters gouged huge chunks out of roads and swamped numerous homes. Helicopters circled the city, and volunteers and rescue workers laboured to help residents despite the danger from the escaped animals. “On this small street there are five dead, three houses completely washed out and everyone is affected,” said Lamara Zumburidze, a resident of the hardest-hit section of the city. “I don’t know where to sit, where to lie, what to do.”
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Human Rights Watch raises concerns with trial GEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — A terrorism trial underway in British Columbia runs disturbingly parallel with an emerging trend in U.S. anti-terror efforts targeting some of society’s most vulnerable people, says an international human rights group. Human Rights Watch members have been observing the case of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody, two Vancouver-area residents found guilty earlier this month of plotting to decimate the provincial legislature with pressure-cooker bombs.
Andrea Prasow, the organization’s deputy Washington director, says the case resembles U.S. authorities’ post-9/11 undercover operations to thwart terror attacks before they happen. “What we’ve seen allegations of (in B.C.) are at least similar practices to what we’ve seen in the U.S.,” said Prasow. “Federal law enforcement authorities targeting in sting operations people who are particularly vulnerable.” A B.C. Supreme Court jury convicted the pair of conspiring to commit murder and possessing explosives for the benefit
or on behalf of a terrorist organization. The attack was planned for Canada Day in 2013. Defence lawyers want the verdict thrown out when they return to court on June 29. They argue the couple was entrapped by police and induced to commit terrorist crimes. During a lengthy trial, jury members heard Nuttall and Korody were recovering drug addicts living on welfare and were radicalized by extremist material online. Police briefing notes presented in court described Nuttall as possibly “developmentally delayed.”
VANCOUVER — A freelance journalist who alleges former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong publicly portrayed her as unethical, heartless and cruel is set to have her day in court. Laura Robinson accuses Furlong of defaming her in public comments after she published an article in 2012 that included allegations from former students that he physically abused them some 40 years ago. The civil trial in her case is set to begin Monday in B.C. Supreme Court and is expected to last two weeks. Shortly after the controversial story that was published in the Vancouver weekly newspaper Georgia Straight, Furlong filed a defamation suit against Robinson and the publication, denying the abuse allegations and accusing her of a vendetta. He dropped his lawsuit earlier this year after the dismissal of the last of three lawsuits against him alleging sexual abuse, telling reporters that “truth and innocence” had prevailed. Furlong alleged in court documents that Robinson prompted three complainants to launch the legal actions — her original article contained no sexual abuse allegations. But Robinson pressed forward with her suit, in which she alleged that Furlong implied in statements to media that she had fabricated the story out of personal animosity. “The defamatory expression . . . continues to cause injury, loss and damage to the plaintiff, and was deliberately calculated by (Furlong) to expose the plaintiff to contempt, ridicule and hatred,” she said in court documents. Robinson’s article contained allegations from students that Furlong had physically and psychologically abused them while working as a physical education teacher at Immaculata School in Burns Lake, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In documents filed in court,
“The defamatory expression . . . continues to cause injury, loss and damage to the plaintiff.“ Laura Robinson, freelance journalist
Furlong says he maintains that Robinson’s techniques were “highly unorthodox, prejudicial and skewed to creating innuendo, journalistic imbalance and errors in fact.” Furlong says he was entitled to respond to Robinson’s “attacks” and that his public comments were true in substance and fact. None of the allegations have been tested in court. Robinson is seeking general, special, aggravated and punitive damages. Robinson also denies an allegation that she says Furlong made in 2013 that she filed a complaint with the RCMP that prompted an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against him. Furlong said that the Mounties found no evidence to support the claims. Three people — Beverly Abraham, Grace Jessie West and a man — filed suits against Furlong in 2013 alleging inappropriate sexual touching that were later dropped or dismissed. A judge dismissed West’s case in February after finding she did not attend Immaculata School at the time of the alleged abuse. In March, a judge dismissed the man’s case and ordered him to pay special costs to Furlong after he failed to show up in court on the day of the trial. Justice Elliott Myers called the man’s behaviour “egregious, reprehensible and worthy of rebuke.” Abraham dropped her lawsuit last year. The Canadian Press does not name complainants when sexual abuse allegations are involved, but Abraham and West consented to be named. The man did not.
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Coquitlam Adanacs lead entire game, win and send Nanaimo into last place SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
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fter a 10-7 loss to the Coquitlam Adanacs Sunday night, their fifth in a row, the Nanaimo Timbermen are searching for two things, their head coach says — effort and intelligence. “These guys, they know how to win,” head coach Kaleb Toth said of the Timbermen, now 2-5 after starting the season 2-0 with backto-back wins over the Victoria Shamrocks. “They know when they put in a real hard effort that they have a chance to win, but putting in a hard effort and being a stupid lacrosse player is probably the worst thing, because you’re basically running around doing nothing. “We need guys to work hard and we need intelligence.” The Timbermen went into Sunday’s Western Lacrosse Association game at Frank Crane Arena in a five-way tie for third place in the seven-team league. The Adanacs, however, broke their way out of that tie by scoring the first goal of the game and never relinquishing that lead. Timbermen rookie Eli McLaughlin, their second overall pick in February’s draft, had his first breakout game of the season with a goal and five assists, while sophomore Brody Eastwood, their current scoring leader, had two goals and three assists. But those performances weren’t enough to get by the Adanacs, and with the loss the Timbermen have slipped into last place. Small mistakes, such as lost loose balls and dropped passes, were an issue for the Timbermen, Toth said. “Until we get better and eliminate those little mistakes and (improve on fundamentals), it’s
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Cody Bremner of the Nanaimo Timbermen takes a shot at the Coquitlam Adanacs goal Sunday night during a Western Lacrosse Association game at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
going to be tough to get out of this hole,” Toth said. The third period was a killer for Nanaimo, as it has been in each of their five losses as they have struggled to gain any offensive traction. Toth, a relentless scorer in his playing career, is struggling himself to figure out why the Timbermen are having such a hard time putting the ball in the net. “It frustrates me” he said. “And as an offence player, I can’t
understand why they don’t get it. . . . I wasn’t the most intelligent person in school, but I understood lacrosse . . . I don’t understand why other people can’t get that, especially athletes that play at this level, that have scored 50 goals in junior, that are great players. “I don’t understand how they just don’ get it. It’s baffling, it’s a mystery. “We’ve got to solve it, and we’ve got to solve it quick.” Although they now enter a
bye week, the schedule for the Timbermen doesn’t get any easier as their next game, on June 27 at 7 p.m. in Nanaimo, is against the first-place, undefeated New Westminster Salmonbellies. The Salmonbellies have already handed the Timbermen back-toback losses this season and were responsible for beginning the Nanaimo losing streak. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Warriors take 3-2 lead over Cavaliers ANTONIO GONZALEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry came off a screen, dribbled behind his back and crossed over Matthew Dellavedova. He stepped back and swished a 3-pointer, then pounded his chest and pointed to the roof, seemingly controlling the sellout crowd of 19,596 on his fingertips. One more win, and the MVP will really have a moment to celebrate. Curry made seven 3-pointers and scored 37 points, and the Warriors withstood another brilliant performance from LeBron James to outlast the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-91 on Sunday night for a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. “It was a fun moment, but it will only mean something — and I’ll probably have a better for that question after we win that championship — but signature moments only come for players who are holding the trophy,” said Curry, who added seven rebounds and four assists. With a sellout crowd rocking and roaring in their golden-yellow shirts, Curry and his teammates took control of the game — and possibly the series — in
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry reacts after scoring against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game 5 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
the final minutes. Curry connected inside and out — sometimes way out — to help the Warriors pull away and in a position the franchise hasn’t been in 40 years. The Warriors will try to win their first title since 1975 on Tuesday night in Cleveland, which hasn’t won a major sports chapionship in 51 years. Game 7, if necessary, would be in Oakland on Friday night. James carried Cleveland as far
as he could. The four-time MVP had 40 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, slowing down the pace the way only he can. James made 15 of 34 shots in 44 minutes. It was James’ second triple-double of this series. But the depleted Cavs, without injured starters Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, tired again late with a rotation that has gone just seven or eight deep.
“He has the ball in his hands a lot. Stick with the program. Don’t get discouraged if he makes shots. He’s going to,” Curry said of James. “Over the course of 48 minutes, we hope we wear him down to make it very tough on him.” Draymond Green had 16 points and nine rebounds, Andre Iguodala added 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Leandro Barbosa scored 13 points in reserve for the deep and talented Warriors. Tristan Thompson tallied 19 points and 10 rebounds, and J.R. Smith scored all 14 of his points in the first half for Cleveland, which shot 39.5 per cent and had no answer for Curry late. “Not a lot you can do, honestly. He made some terrific shots,” Cavs coach David Blatt said. Under the current 2-2-1-1-1 schedule format, the winner of Game 5 in a 2-2 series has won the title 12 of 14 times. But nobody can feel too comfortable after this one. There were 20 lead changes and 10 ties in a game that featured nearly as many bruises as baskets — but few big men — and the league’s two biggest attractions trading thrilling scores.
CHICAGO — As Jon Cooper watched Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on the flight to Chicago, he saw the little things that added up to a loss and put his Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink of elimination. What he also saw was a team that continued to grind through injuries to key contributors. Forward Nikita Kucherov left after slamming into the post, goaltender Ben Bishop gutted through another start and Tyler Johnson stayed in the lineup and played almost 18 minutes. The Lightning are down 3-2 going into Game 6 against the Chicago Blackhawks, but don’t tell them they’re out. “I can never sit here and say our guys are not gaming it out,” Cooper said Sunday. “Sure, we’ve had injuries. I’m sure they’ve had injuries. But our will’s been unreal. “Somehow we’re going to have to find a way to scratch a little bit more out. No doubt they will.” On the injury front, Kucherov travelled with the team, and Cooper deemed him “in considerably better shape” than he was Saturday night when he went shoulder first into the post. Cooper wondered if Kucherov would return, but the Lightning’s second-leading scorer, is no safe bet one way or the other for Game 6 Monday night. Bishop, according to Cooper, was feeling much better after his return to the net. It didn’t sound like Bishop was in any danger of missing another start. While the Blackhawks have been remarkably healthy, the Lightning, especially lately, have had to battle through. “I don’t think any team is 100 per cent,” defenceman Jason Garrison said. “I think it’s just guys are obviously competitors, willing to pay the price. They don’t want to take themselves out of the lineup.” Injuries not withstanding, the Lightning have faced elimination on the road twice before in the playoffs and beat the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers. Inexperienced two months ago, Tampa Bay now has plenty to draw from going into its toughest challenge yet. “Each series in this playoffs so far, we’ve been challenged,” defenceman Anton Stralman said. “We had to go into New York with the odds against us. Not a lot of people thought we could pull that off. I think there’s a strong belief in our team, within the group we have.” There’s also more recent memories to consider. Cooper said his players were disappointed with “a little rage” mixed in after losing 2-1 to Chicago at home Saturday night. If the Lightning’s coach could bottle that for this elimination game, he would. “Our group was the angry group,” Cooper said. “If they’re going to be angry birds tomorrow night, that’s that I want. “Usually they’re rock solid when they come out with that mentality.”
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Nanaimo Timbermen runner Dane Sorensen, right, rushes and scores to open up the scoring Saturday in the Frank Crane Arena in a B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League game against the Coquitlam Adanacs. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
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The surging first-place Coquitlam Adanacs were simply too much for the Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen in two B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League home games over the weekend. With a chance to jump the New Westminster Salmonbellies for the league’s fourth and final playoff spot, the Timbermen came up flat against the Adanacs losing 18-8 on Saturday and again 16-3 on Sunday. Now at 4-8-1 on the season, the Timbermen are tied with the Port Coquitlam Saints for fifth place in the eight-team league, five points behind the Salmonbellies with eight games to play in the season. On Saturday, Dane Sorensen scored the first game’s opening goal to put Nanaimo up 1-0, but
the Adanacs were able to get the next nine. The two teams traded goals in the second period before the Timbermen scored three in a row with Cody Clark, Nick Kapusty and Monty Chisolm finding the back of the net in the middle frame, along with Sorensen burying his second of the day. However, the hole was simply too deep for the Timbermen to get out of as they were still down six goals at the end of 40 minutes. Sorensen got his hat trick in the third period, while Cole Kryworuchka scored Nanaimo’s eighth and final goal. Six Adanacs had multi-goal games, led by Brett Kujala with four. The gap was even wider on Sunday with Coquitlam breaking out to a 5-1 lead after the first period
as Brett Hawrys, Nanaimo’s leading scorer who was held off the scoresheet on Saturday, assisted a goal from Kryworuchka. Coquitlam proceeded to take an 11-2 lead after the second period with Clark getting Nanaimo’s lone goal. Kryworuchka added his second in the third period before the Adanacs cruised to a 13-goal victory, their 12th straight win. The Timbermen are back at home Saturday as they try to end their three-game winless streak with a game at Frank Crane Arena against the Langley Thunder at 5 p.m. It will be their second-to-last home game of the season as they are then slated to hit the road for six of their final seven games. Sports@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
ith word that a Western Hockey League-quality arena, and with it potentially a team in the works, is being proposed for downtown Nanaimo, the easiest thing to do is compare the situation here to the one that went down in Chilliwack five years ago. Don’t do it. I’ll give you a few reasons why. First, a little history. Playing at the grand ol’ Chilliwack Coliseum, the Chiefs of the B.C. Hockey League had always been the envy of the league when it came to attendance. In fact, they still are. In 2004, the Chiefs were averaging a BCHL-best 2,551 per home game, with the Nanaimo Clippers right behind them at 2,467. As a result of their success, Chilliwack was awarded a team in the WHL, and along with it came a fantastic multiplex with a capacity for 5,000 fans. Future NHL players like Mark Santorelli and Oscar Moller became stars in Chilliwack, and of course hockey fans in that growing city got to see stars come through on the road. Jordan Eberle, Brendan Gallagher, Ryan Johansen, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, to name a few. All future household names, all coming to Chilliwack. The newly minted Bruins had to be a hockey gold mine. But the fans didn’t show up. And in a city that had always shown up for the Chiefs, the love just wasn’t there for the Bruins, despite the new building and the higher-quality players. Annual attendance slowly dropped, from 4,529 to 4,073 to 3,260, before rising in the team’s final year to 3,357. The team’s poor attendance played into the decline, of course, as fans these days will only come out to see a winner in a good atmosphere. If that’s not there, there’s other stuff to watch at home and on TV. Victoria was the big winner in all of this, as the Bruins were later sold to become the Royals down Vancouver Island. Chilliwack was returned the beloved Chiefs, although
Scott McKenzie Scott’s Thoughts attendance was at 2,581 — a very good number in today’s BCHL. Back to Nanaimo. This is not, like Chilliwack was in 2004, a city that’s hockey interest is peaking. It’s not declining, either, because after a few downward years of attendance a good Clippers team pulled in 1,296 fans per game last season, the best on the Island, but nowhere near what it used to be and could be today. The difference between the hockey markets of Nanaimo and Chilliwack is the two city’s proximity to Vancouver, and the almighty Canucks. As we’ve grown to find out, the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley are not hockey-town regions, they are Canucks regions. Abbotsford couldn’t support and keep an American Hockey League team not affiliated with the Canucks, and the region’s three BCHL teams garner terrible attendance. The city’s that do draw big crowds are those cut off from Vancouver. The closest comparison to Nanaimo would be Kelowna, with its size, surrounding population and difficulty of getting to Vancouver.A very good Kelowna Rockets team last year drew more fans than Nanaimo’s proposed new arena could fit, and they did it nearly every game, and they’ve been doing it for quite some time. Nanaimo is a city that is asking for hockey life to be injected into its core, and a new arena with a WHL team downtown is the answer. Hopefully no one needs to be reminded this isn’t Chilliwack. » Scott McKenzie is the sports editor at the Nanaimo Daily News. To offer comments on this column or to submit a story idea, send an email to: scott.mckenzie@nanaimodailynews.com.
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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
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SOCCER
Sinclair confident goals will come Canadian Women’s World Cup team has scored just one goal in its opening two group-stage matches KELSEY PATTERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Christine Sinclair is confident the goals are coming. Canada’s women’s soccer team has scored just once in its first two group-stage matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Canada will look to find its scoring touch in their third and final group-stage game versus the Netherlands on Monday at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. “As a forward, you get worried when you’re not creating chances and chances aren’t falling for you,” said Sinclair after practice on Saturday in Montreal. “Myself, but also the rest of the front line, we’ve created chances. Sooner or later they’re going to go in. “People have to realize it’s the World Cup — we’re playing against the best teams in the world. There are no slouches.” Sinclair scored from the penalty spot in stoppage time as Canada opened with a 1-0 victory over China. Against New Zealand, the teams played to a scoreless draw. John Herdman’s team, however, have had their opportunities in open play. Canada has 10 shots on target, and only the Ivory Coast have hit more posts (3) than Canada (2). “If we score one, the confidence will just come flooding in, even more so than it’s already there,” said midfielder Sophie Schmidt. “We’re just saving it for the perfect moment.” Leading its group with four points from two games, Canada
Canada’s Christine Sinclair vies for the ball as New Zealand’s Betsy Hassett defends during second half action at the FIFA World Cup in Edmonton on Thursday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
(1-0-1) could clinch top spot in Group A with a victory over the Netherlands (1-1-0). The Canadians would also reach the round-of-16 elimination games with a draw.
Even a narrow loss, with favourable results elsewhere, could send Canada through to the knockout stages. But the Canadians have no intention of sitting back. They
want all three points against the Dutch on Monday. “That’s our goal and that’s our game plan,” said forward Melissa Tancredi. “Coming up against any of these teams, we’re not
looking for a tie. We’re going in there for a win, going in there very prepared and hopefully with the mindset of putting in some goals early.” While Canada may not be scoring at will, the team is looking strong at the back. Canada is one of only two teams, along with Brazil, that has not conceded a goal in this tournament. “Championships are won with defence,” said Schmidt. “You can’t lose a game if they don’t score on you. Our defence has been phenomenal.” Keeping a clean sheet against the Netherlands, Canada’s toughest Group-A opposition, may prove to be a difficult task. Though they’ve yet to display their attacking prowess with one goal from their first two games, the Dutch have a dangerous front three in Manon Melis, Vivianne Miedema and Lieke Martens. “They’ll punish mistakes you make,” said Sinclair. “They’re very fast and technical players. We have to clean some things up in the back and be smart with the way we play.” “They’re a very confident team,” added Schmidt. “They like to play out, build out of the back. I think that plays into our hands in how we defend. I think we’re going to be able to go at them on the counter attack.” » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
OPINION
GOLF
U.S. female athletes are treated differently
Eight players to watch at the U.S. Open
Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times
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he Women’s World Cup has only been kicking around for a week, yet it seems all the requirements for a major American female sports competition have already been fulfilled. Sexist comment by a national sports commentator? Check. Athletes negatively impacted by playing in substandard conditions that would never be forced upon men? Check. Pandering television coverage? Check. Double standards involving offfield behavior? Check. The U.S. women’s national soccer team is one of the most powerful and enduring athletic operations in this country. It has brought home two World Cup championships, four Olympic gold medals, and was ranked No. 1 in the world for nearly seven consecutive years. It has created national celebrities such as Mia Hamm, media stars such as Julie Foudy, and empowered millions of young women to punch through ceilings and break down barriers. Yet its biggest victory still awaits, that being the day it can compete on a worldwide stage and be viewed with the same respect — and scrutiny — as the men. “We live in such a patriarchal sports culture, it continually diminishes the talents and accomplishments of women while highlighting their objectification,” said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University. “You look at the Women’s World Cup, it’s there at the forefront once again.” It started before the tournament started, when FIFA, soccer’s loathsome governing body, decided for the first time to allow a World Cup to be played on artificial turf. The six Canadian host cities made the request because of the difficulty in growing the proper grass in their climate. FIFA agreed even though, for soccer games in the summer, such turf is hot, slippery and dangerous. Several high-profile players sued FIFA over the decision based on gender equity — the men have never played on artificial turf — but that suit was dropped. Still, the effects have already been seen in games
Costa Rica’s Karla Villalobos celebrates her goal against Korea Republic during the Women’s World Cup soccer Saturday in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
played on fields as hot as 120 degrees. There have been numerous slips and muscle cramping among players struggling after nearly two hours of running on what is essentially concrete. “The players won’t say it, but I will: The field situation is terrible, it’s crazy,” said Foudy, a television analyst and former national team co-captain. “FIFA calls themselves guardians of the game, but there’s no way the guardian of the game for both men and women would hold a World Cup on turf.” The foolishness continued when the tournament began with Hope Solo in goal for the U.S. team despite the uncovering of documents indicating she was the aggressor in an alleged domestic violence incident last spring. Although the case had been dropped for procedural reasons, police records, depositions and interviews obtained by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” allege Solo slammed her teenage nephew’s head into the floor during the altercation. Unlike players involved in recent domestic violence cases in the NFL, Solo was not punished for the incident, and U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati shamefully acknowledged Saturday the federation never fully investigated it. If this were a men’s sport, the appropriateness of Solo playing under these circumstances would have been loudly questioned until public pressure forced her from the team. But sadly, women are still viewed differently, more like a cute sideshow than a group of serious athletes whose representation of the U.S. is vital and whose national impact is real. A low point took place on the
Women’s World Cup’s home TV network, Fox, when Solo’s troubles were showered with nauseating indifference. “Save it for Judge Judy,” Eric Wynalda, a former U.S. men’s star, said during a televised discussion. “I don’t really need to know what is going on the outside of the field right now.” Save it for Judge Judy? Can you imagine if someone said that about Ray Rice? Then the tournament began and, of course, somebody with a giant microphone just had to make a sexist remark. This time it was ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who commented on German players turning their heads away from the ball during a brilliant free-kick goal by Norway, saying, “They might not have wanted to mess their hair.” Smith later apologized on Twitter, but the notion of these players as AYSO Barbies remains strong in the minds even among those who should know better. “That is a prominent example of the framework through which most people look at female sports,” said Lebowitz. “The play in this Women’s World Cup rivals anything you will see anywhere in sports — the speed of the game, the incredible athleticism of the game, yet it’s obscured by the idiocy of some of the ideas of female athletes.” America’s Title IX-inspired female athletes are the greatest in the world, and should be held to the highest standard. Yet even now, in the tournament’s televised discussions and written accounts, there are few hard criticisms of a group that has a scary win against 10th-ranked Australia and a dispirited tie against fifth-ranked Sweden. There has been very little ques-
tioning about the benching of veteran Abby Wambach, who is third in career World Cup goals. Yet remember the outrage last summer when the U.S. men’s team cut veteran Landon Donovan? Several U.S. players have clearly underachieved, particularly the front line and midfielders — except for irrepressible Megan Rapinoe — yet many concerns are muted or couched. Sometimes the difference on television can be found in what the Fox announcers don’t say. In the 64th minute against Sweden on Friday, Carli Lloyd collided heads so hard with Sweden’s Jessica Samuelsson that Lloyd was sprawled out in pain while Samuelson was briefly taken from the field for treatment of a huge gash on her head. Both players finished the game, and not once did anyone mention the idea they should have been pulled out to undergo a concussion examination. If this were a men’s sport — remember Stephen Curry against Memphis early in the NBA playoffs? — there would have been outrage. Michael Messner, professor of sociology and gender studies at USC and coauthor of a recently released study of how TV news media covers women’s sports, said his research shows women are constantly discussed in softer tones. “The excitement level we see in the coverage of women’s sports is mostly bland,” he said. “Women athletes are framed in safe sorts of ways, as mothers, girls next door, girlfriends, categories we can be comfortable with.” There’s at least one area in which this dynamic is thankfully changing, that being Twitter, where Foudy said the increased public questioning is welcome after years in which, after a bad game, she would get angry that nobody seemed to care enough to rip. “While the criticism is obviously not to the level of the men’s game, it’s still light-years ahead of when I played,” said Foudy. “It’s a sign of respect that we are talking about what the U.S should do to get better, poking holes in our strategy. That’s a good thing.” One step forward, one step back into the manhole. At the end of Friday’s telecast, Fox showed a Women’s World Cup promo featuring fans in a bar — apparently watching women’s soccer on television. The most distinct fan is a bald guy raising his right fist in triumph. The guy is proudly wearing a U.S. national team souvenir: a Cobi Jones jersey.
GERRY DULAC PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
1. Rory McIlroy: The world’s No. 1 player has won two of his past three starts on the PGA Tour after finishing fourth at the Masters. But he followed that by missing back-to-back cuts at the BMW PGA Championship and Irish Open in Europe. Which McIlroy will show up? 2. Jordan Spieth: The Masters champion is the No. 2 player in the world and leads the PGA Tour money list and FedEx Cup standings. In his past 10 starts, he has two victories, three second-place finishes and a third. At 21, he is America’s best player. 3. Justin Rose: The 2013 U.S. Open champion is back in form after an early-season injury and has a victory and two runner-up finishes (including the Masters) in his past five starts on the PGA Tour. He has the one ingredient necessary at Chambers Bay — strong iron play. 4. Dustin Johnson: Length will be an advantage at Chambers Bay because long hitters such as Johnson can carry the bunkers in the fairway. Johnson has fared well in major championships, finishing fourth, sixth and eighth in three of the past four majors he has played. 5. Phil Mickelson: Lefty might be a surprise choice because he is having one of his worst seasons since joining the PGA Tour. But in his past two major appearances, he finished second in the 2014 PGA and second at the Masters. He has been second a record six times at the U.S. Open. 6. Henrik Stenson: He appears to be fully recovered from a lengthy bout with the flu that slowed him after a torrid start to his season. And, in his past seven starts in a major, the world’s fifth-ranked player has a second, two thirdplace finishes and a fourth. 7. Sergio Garcia: The Spaniard once admitted he doesn’t have the game to win a major championship, and his 0-for 66 record in majors would seem to back that assertion. But he has 19 top-10 finishes in majors, including four second-place finishes. Which means he has a chance. 8. Danny Willett: The Englishman is second on the European Order of Merit, behind only McIlroy, and has not missed a cut in 10 starts. He began the season with a victory and was third in the WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco.
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SPORTS
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Stanley Cup Finals Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Best of seven series) Saturday’s result (Game 5) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 (Chicago leads series 3-2) Game summary below
FOOTBALL CFL
Pre-season schedule Saturday’s results Montreal 26, Ottawa 9, at Stade TELUSUniversite Laval, Quebec City Edmonton 31, Saskatchewan 24 at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray
Today’s schedule (Game 6) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Friday’s result Calgary 20, BC Lions 6 (at McMahon Stadium, Calgary)
Wednesday, June 17 (Game 7*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
Thursday, June 18 Toronto at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Previous results Game 1, Wednesday June 3 Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
Friday, June 19 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Calgaryat Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton vs. BC Lions, 7 p.m., at David Sidoo Field, Thunderbird Stadium, UBC
Game 2, Saturday, June 6 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3 Game 3, Monday, June 8 Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 10 (Game 4) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
Monday, June 8 Hamilton 37, Ottawa 10 (at Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ont.) Tuesday, June 9 Winnipeg 34, Toronto 27 (at Varsity Stadium)
Saturday at Tampa, Florida
Blackhawks 2 Lightning 1 First Period 1. Chicago, Sharp (5) (Toews, Teravainen) 6:11 Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Filppula (4) (Stralman, Garrison) 10:53 Penalties: Paquette Tb (Hooking) 0:47, Saad Chi (Slashing) 11:25 Third Period 3. Chicago, Vermette (4) (Versteeg) 2:00 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Chicago 14 8 7 29 Tampa Bay 5 12 15 32 Goaltending summary: Chicago: Crawford (31/32), Tampa Bay: Bishop (27/29) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Chicago: 0 of 2, Tampa Bay: 0 of 1
American Hockey League Calder Cup Final Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica Comets Saturday’s result (Game 4) Manchester 2, Utica 1 (Manchester wins Calder Cup 4-1) Saturday at Utica, New York
Regular season Week 1 Thursday, June 25 Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 26 Hamilton at Calgary, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Edmonton at Toronto, 2 p.m., at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Week 2 Thursday, July 2 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4 BC Lions at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 12:30 p.m.
SOCCER CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers Canada vs. Dominica, 4:30 p.m. at BMO Field, Toronto
Monarchs 2, Comets 1
Open Cup, Round Four
First Period 1. Monarchs, Kempe (8) (Shore, O’Brien) 10:02 2. Monarchs, LoVerde (2) (Bodnarchuk, Dowd) 13:09 (PP) Second Period No scoring Third Period 3. Comets, O’Reilly (2) (Sanguinetti, Conacher) 19:45 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Monarchs 7 5 7 0 19 Comets 9 13 10 0 32 Goaltending summary: Monarchs: Bartosak (31/32), Comets: Markstrom (17/19) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Monarchs: 1 of 2, Comets: 0 of 3
All teams MLS unless noted Tuesday, June 16 Philadelphia Union vs. Rochester Rhinos (USL), 4:30 p.m. New York Red Bulls vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL), 4:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City vs. Saint Louis FC (USL), 5:30 p.m. Chicago Fire vs. Louisville City (USL), 5:30 p.m. FC Dallas vs. OKC Energy (USL), 6 p.m. Colorado Rapids vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL), 6 p.m. Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders 2 (USL), 7 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sacramento Republic (USL), 7:30 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers, 7:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL NBA Championship final (Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Yesterday’s result (Game 5) Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 (Golden State leads series 3-2) Tuesday, June 16 (Game 6) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 17 Richmond Kickers (USL) vs. Columbus Crew SC, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) vs. D.C. United, 4 p.m. New York Cosmos (NASL) vs. New York City FC, 4:30 p.m. Charleston Battery (USL) vs. Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. New England Revolution vs. Charlotte Independence (USL), 4:30 p.m. Houston Dynamo vs. Austin Aztex (USL), 6 p.m. LA Galaxy vs. PSA Elite (USASA Reg. IV), 7:30 p.m.
Toronto Blue Jay Ryan Goins runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run at Fenway Park on Sunday
Jays tie team record with 11th straight win KEN POWTAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — The way the Toronto Blue Jays are playing these days, even the last hitter in their lineup is plenty dangerous. The Blue Jays won their 11th straight game to tie the team record, routing the Boston Red Sox 13-5 Sunday as ninth-place batter Ryan Goins homered, doubled and drove in five runs. “Honestly, I think everybody’s coming here every day knowing we’re going to win,” Goins. “You put that with probably having the best one-through-six in the whole league and it makes it easier for seven, eight, nine.” Danny Valencia, batting seventh, also homered as the highest-scoring club in the majors completed a sweep at Fenway Park and sent Boston to its season-worst sixth straight loss. This is the fourth time Toronto has won 11 in a row, most recently in 2013. The Blue Jays can set the team mark Monday night when star shortstop Jose Reyes returns to Citi Field to play the New York Mets. “The one word that describes it is ’fun,”’ Goins said. The Blue Jays have scored 88 runs in their streak, including 31 this weekend in Boston. Goins’ three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning as the Blue Jays roughed up rookie Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1). According to research provided by the Red Sox, Rodriguez was the first pitcher in major league history to go six or more innings and not allow more than one run or three hits in each of his first three starts. “He’s been great and you can tell why and he’s going to be great, but we’re some kind of hot right now,” manager John Gibbons said. Marco Estrada (4-3) gave up five runs in five innings. David Ortiz hit a three-run homer for Boston, which fell 10 games under .500. “We’re not in a good place right now as a team, but it’s not because we’re not giving effort,” Boston manager John Farrell said.
SOCCER
TENNIS
GOLF
BASEBALL
FIFA Women’s World Cup
ATP
Current tournaments
MLB - Results and standings
Topshelf Open, June 8-14 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Surface: Grass. Purse: €537,050 (CDN$742,700) Men’s Singles - Final Nicolas Mahut, France, def. David Goffin (2), Belgium, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Men’s Doubles - Final (Saturday) Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-2, 7-6 (9).
PGA
American League East W L NY Yankees 34 28 Tampa Bay 35 29 Toronto 34 30 Baltimore 31 31 Boston 27 37 Central W L Kansas City 34 25 Minnesota 34 28 Detroit 33 30 Cleveland 29 33 Chicago Sox 28 33 West W L Houston 36 28 Texas 33 30 LA Angels 32 31 Seattle 28 35 Oakland 26 39 National League East W L NY Mets 34 30 Washington 33 30 Atlanta 30 33 Miami 27 37 Philadelphia 22 42 Central W L St. Louis 41 21 Pittsburgh 35 27 Chicago Cubs 34 27 Cincinnati 28 34 Milwaukee 24 40 West W L LA Dodgers 37 26 San Fran 34 30 San Diego 32 33 Arizona 30 32 Colorado 28 34
June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Today’s schedule No games scheduled, rest day Today’s schedule (Final group games) (Groups A, B) Thailand vs. Germany, 1 p.m., at Winnipeg Ivory Coast vs. Norway, 1 p.m., at Moncton Netherlands vs. Canada, 4:30 p.m. at Montreal China vs. New Zealand, 4:30 p.m. at Winnipeg Saturday’s results (Groups E, F) Colombia 2, France 0, at Moncton Scoring: Andrade 19’, Usme 90+3 England 2, Mexico 1, at Moncton Scoring: England Kirby 71’, Carney 82’; Mexico Ibarra 90+1’ Brazil 1, Spain 0 at Montreal Scoring: A. Alves 43’ South Korea 2, Costa Rica 2, at Montreal Scoring: Korea Ji So-Yun 21’ (pen), Jeon Ga-Eul 25’; Costa Rica Herrera 17’, Villalobos 89’ Group standings, rules 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. Group A W D L GF GA Pts 1 Canada (H) 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 Netherlands 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 China 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 New Zealand 0 1 1 0 1 1 Thursday, June 11 at Edmonton China 1, Netherlands 0 Canada 0, New Zealand 0 Saturday, June 6 at Edmonton Canada 1, China 0 Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 Group B W D L GF GA Pts 1 Germany 1 1 0 11 1 4 2 Norway 1 1 0 5 1 4 3 Thailand 1 0 1 3 6 3 4 Ivory Coast 0 0 2 2 13 0 Thursday, June 11 at Ottawa Germany 1, Norway 1 Thailand 3, Ivory Coast 2 Sunday, June 7 at Ottawa Norway 4, Thailand 0 Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0 Group C W D L GF GA Pts 1 Japan 2 0 0 3 1 6 2 Switzerland 1 0 1 10 2 3 3 Cameroon 1 0 1 7 2 3 4 Ecuador 0 0 2 0 16 0 Friday, June 12 at Vancouver Switzerland 10, Ecuador 1 Japan 2, Cameroon 1 Monday, June 8 at Vancouver Cameroon 6, Ecuador 0 Japan 1, Switzerland 0 Group D W D L GF GA Pts 1 United States 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 Australia 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 Sweden 0 2 0 3 3 2 4 Nigeria 0 1 1 3 5 1 Friday, June 12 at Winnipeg Australia 2, Nigeria 0 United States 0, Sweden 0 Monday, June 8 at Winnipeg Sweden 3, Nigeria 3 United States 3, Australia 1 Group E W D L GF GA Pts 1 Brazil 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 Spain 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 Costa Rica 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 South Korea 0 0 1 0 2 0 Saturday, June 13 at Montreal Brazil 1, Spain 0 South Korea 2, Costa Rica 2 Tuesday, June 9 at Montreal Spain 1, Costa Rica 1 Brazil 2, South Korea 0 Group F W D L GF GA Pts 1 France 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 Colombia 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 Mexico 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 England 0 0 1 0 1 0 Saturday, June 13 at Moncton Colombia 2, France 0 England 2, Mexico 1 Tuesday, June 9 at Moncton France 1, England 0 Colombia 1, Mexico,1 Upcoming games (final group matches) Tuesday, June 16 (Groups C, D) Ecuador vs. Japan, 2 p.m. at Winnipeg Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 2 p.m. at Edmonton Nigeria vs. USA, 5 p.m. at Vancouver Australia vs. Sweden, 5 p.m. Edmonton Wednesday, June 17 (Groups E, F) Mexico vs. France, 1 p.m. at Ottawa England vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. Montreal Costa Rica vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. at Moncton South Korea vs. Spain, 4 p.m. at Ottawa Saturday, June 20 Round of 16 begins
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 28 17 8 5 N. England 24 16 6 4 Orlando 20 15 5 5 Toronto 19 12 6 5 NY Red Bulls 17 13 4 4 Columbus 17 15 4 6 Philadelphia 15 16 4 9 Montreal 14 11 4 5 Chicago 14 14 4 8 NY City FC 14 15 3 7 Western League Club PTS GP W L Seattle 29 15 9 4 Vancouver 26 16 8 6 Sporting KC 24 14 6 2 Portland 22 15 6 5 Dallas 22 15 6 5 Los Angeles 22 17 5 5 Houston 20 15 5 5 San Jose 19 14 5 5 Salt Lake 18 15 4 5 Colorado 14 14 2 4 Yesterday’s results Orlando City 1, DC United 0
T 4 6 5 1 5 5 3 2 2 5
GF GA 20 16 22 20 20 19 19 16 17 17 21 22 18 25 14 18 17 22 15 19
T 2 2 6 4 4 7 5 4 6 8
GF GA 23 11 18 15 22 15 15 14 18 22 16 19 21 19 14 15 13 18 11 12
Mercedes Cup, June 8-14 Stuttgart, Germany. Surface: Grass. Purse: €574,965 (CDN$795,150) Singles - Final Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Viktor Troicki (8), Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Doubles - Final Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (4), Romania, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, 5-7, 6-2, 10-7.
WTA Topshelf Open, June 8-14 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Surface: Grass. Purse: $226,750 Women’s Singles - Final Camila Giorgi (5), Italy, def. Belinda Bencic (4), Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles - Final (Saturday) Asia Muhammed, United States, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3), Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Aegon Open Nottingham, June 8-14 Nottingham, England. Surface: Grass. Purse: $226,750 All Saturday play postponed, rain. All results from Sunday. Singles - Semifinals Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Alison Riske (5), United States, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles- Semifinals Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (1), United States, def. Chin-Wei Chan, Taiwan, and Yi-Fan Xu, China, 6-1, 6-3. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, def. Yung-Jan Chan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie (2), China, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. Final Kops-Jones and Spears def Rae and Smith, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.
AUTO RACING NASCAR Quicken Loans 400 Sunday, June 14, 10:16 a.m. Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan. 2-mile oval Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (24) Kurt Busch, Chevy, $186,125 2. (14) Dale Jr., Chevy, $141,435, 3. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy, $137,580 4. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $148,471 5. (11) Joey Logano, Ford, $140,508 6. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $141,031 7. (25) J McMurray, Chevy, $126,331 8. (17) Paul Menard, Chevy, $108,515 9. (20) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $132,940 10. (32) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $126,523 11. (13) Den Hamlin, Toyota, $106,015 12. (4) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $107,140 13. (27) Casey Mears, Chevy, $116,448 14. (22) Ty Dillon, Chevy, $105,823 15. (1) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, $110,215 16. (19) Danica Patrick, Chevy, $97,065 17. (16) Kyle Larson, Chevy, $116,073 18. (23) R Newman, Chevy, $119,840 19. (8) Jim. Johnson, Chevy, $131,801 20. (7) Austin Dillon, Chevy, $124,471 21. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, $131,771 22. (26) Aric Almirola, Ford, $123,346 23. (31) AJ All’dinger, Chevy, $114,918, 24. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, $82,560 25. (33) R Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $93,635, 26. (30) Sam Hornish., Ford, $111,630, 27. (36) J Allgaier, Chevy, $104,618, 28. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevy, $111,924 29. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, $141,035 30. (35) Mic. Annett, Chevy, $85,935 31. (29) Landon Cassill, Chevy, $83,785 32. (40) Cole Whitt, Ford, $90,732 33. (37) Brett Moffitt, Ford, $82,610 34. (39) Josh Wise, Ford, $81,010 35. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, $108,059 36. (21) Greg Biffle, Ford, $111,823 37. (38) Jeb Burton, Toyota, $80,731 38. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, $76,142 39. (43) M DiBen’detto, Toyota, $72,070, 40. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, $68,070 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 116.688 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 21:55 Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 5 for 38 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers. Next race Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m. Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Spielberg, June 21, 5 a.m. Qualifying Saturday, June 20, 5 a.m. Track Length: 4.326 Km 2014 winner: Nico Rosberg
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP New Westminster 6 Victoria 6 Coquitlam 5 Nanaimo 7 Maple Ridge 6 Burnaby 6 Langley 6
W 6 4 3 2 2 2 2
L 0 2 2 5 4 4 4
T Pts 0 12 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
Yesterday’s result New Westminster 7, Maple Ridge 6 Coquitlam 10, Nanaimo 6
Saturday’s results NY City 3, Montreal 1 Columbus 1, LA Galaxy 1 New England 2, Chicago 0 Seattle 3, Dallas 0
Saturday’s result Coquitlam 7, Burnaby 3
Friday, June 19 Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16 Maple Ridge at Burnaby, 7:45 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
Victoria Victoria Vancouver Utd Mid Isle Vancouver Tbirds Khalsa Kamloops Tim Hortons Abbotsford FC Tigers
5 6 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 0
4 5 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 2
1 1 0 1 1 4 4 5 5 8
19 10 25 13 16 3 15 7 17 12 12 13 12 16 12 23 10 16 13 29
19 23 20 19 13 10 7 7 6 2
Yesterday’s schedule Vancouver Utd vs. Tim Hortons, noon Victoria 2, Vancouver Tbirds 2 Mid Isle 1, Khalsa 0 Saturday’s schedule Abbotsford 3, Tim Hortons 0 Mid Isle vs. Vancouver Tbirds Victoria 4, Khalsa 1 FC Tigers 0, Vancouver United 3
Standings GP W L T Coquitlam 14 13 1 0 Delta 14 11 4 0 Victoria 14 9 5 0 New Westminster 13 8 5 0 Langley 15 4 9 2 Nanaimo 13 4 8 1 Port Coquitlam 15 4 10 1 Burnaby 15 2 13 0 Yesterday’s result Coquitlam 16, Nanaimo 3 New Westminster 14, Victoria 11 Langley 13, Burnaby 12
Pts 26 22 18 16 10 9 9 4
Saturday’s result Coquitlam 18, Nanaimo 8 Delta 22, Burnaby 8 Tuesday, June 16 Coquitlam at New Westminster, 8 p.m.
FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 11-14 TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee. Par 70, 7,244 yards. Purse: $6,000,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Fabian Gomez -13 66 68 67 66 2 Greg Owen -9 64 70 67 70 T3 Phil Mickelson -8 68 69 70 65 T3 Seung-yul Noh -8 69 72 66 65 T3 Michael Thompson -8 69 69 68 66 T3 Matt Jones -8 69 67 68 68 T3 Brooks Koepka -8 64 67 71 70 T8 Boo Weekley -7 67 70 71 65 T8 Billy Horschel -7 71 67 70 65 T8 Russell Knox -7 70 64 73 66 T8 Chad Campbell -7 69 66 70 68 T12 Will Wilcox -6 68 72 69 65 T12 Colt Knost -6 72 64 72 66 T12 Chez Reavie -6 70 70 66 68 T12 Chris Smith -6 67 67 71 69 T12 Tom Hoge -6 69 65 71 69 T12 Scott Brown -6 65 69 68 72 T18 Cameron Percy -5 69 69 71 66 T18 Vaughn Taylor -5 67 74 68 66 T18 Billy Hurley III -5 72 66 70 67 Canadian result T45 David Hearn E 71 68 71 70
Canadian PGA Tour No tournament this week
LPGA KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, June 11-14 Westchester West Course, Harrison, New York. Par 73, 6,980 yards. Purse: $3,500,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Inbee Park -19 71 68 66 68 2 Sei Young Kim -14 70 68 69 71 3 Lexi Thompson -12 70 72 72 66 4 Brittany Lincicome -11 70 74 69 68 T5 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -10 67 73 71 71 T5 Morgan Pressel -10 73 70 69 70 T7 Karrie Webb -9 68 71 72 72 T7 Suzann Pettersen -9 74 66 71 72 T9 Gerina Piller -8 72 70 73 69 T9 Anna Nordqvist -8 71 73 70 70 T9 Hyo Joo Kim -8 70 74 69 71 12 Sandra Gal -7 70 74 75 66 T13 Minjee Lee -6 72 74 73 67 T13 Karine Icher -6 69 75 72 70 T13 So Yeon Ryu -6 72 72 71 71 T13 Stacy Lewis -6 70 71 73 72 T13 Sakura Yokomine -6 74 71 69 72 T13 Shanshan Feng -6 73 72 68 73 T19 Lizette Salas -5 74 71 73 69 T19 Cristie Kerr -5 70 72 73 72 Also from Canada T65 Alena Sharp 5 72 74 75 76
Champions Tour Constellation Senior Players Championship, June 11-14 Belmont Country Club, Ashburn, Virginia. Par 72, 7,212 yards. Purse: $2,700,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Bernhard Langer -19 65 65 67 68 2 Kirk Triplett -13 70 68 69 64 T3 Joe Durant -10 70 68 69 67 T3 Colin Montgomerie-10 68 71 67 68 T3 Russ Cochran -10 69 65 71 69 6 Lee Janzen -9 67 69 71 68 T7 Marco Dawson -8 69 69 70 68 T7 Billy Andrade -8 70 71 66 69 T7 Jeff Hart -8 70 69 67 70 T10 Willie Wood -7 71 70 69 67 T10 Kevin Sutherland -7 71 66 71 69 T12 Jeff Maggert -6 71 68 71 68 T12 Paul Goydos -6 73 67 69 69 T12 Scott Dunlap -6 73 66 70 69 T12 Gene Sauers -6 68 71 69 70 T12 Olin Browne -6 69 70 68 71 T17 Jesper Parnevik -5 70 66 72 71 T17 Esteban Toledo -5 69 71 67 72 T17 Scott Verplank -5 69 71 66 73 T20 Tom Pernice Jr -4 70 75 70 65 Canadian results T20 Rick Gibson -4 70 70 70 70 T47 Rod Spittle 2 73 71 72 70 74 Jim Rutledge 13 78 70 74 75
Web.com Tour Rust-Oleum Championship, June 11-14 Lakewood Country Club, Westlake, Ohio. Par 71,6,824 yards. Purse: $600,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Shane Bertsch -18 67 65 68 66 2 Lucas Lee -17 71 68 63 65 T3 Patton Kizzire -16 70 63 68 67 T3 Michael Kim -16 68 66 66 68 T5 Brian Richey -14 64 69 68 69 T5 Peter Malnati -14 64 67 67 72 7 Si Woo Kim -13 67 71 62 71 T8 James Nitties -12 67 70 69 66 T8 Jamie Lovemark -12 67 72 66 67 T8 Tyler Aldridge -12 70 64 69 69 T11 Adam Svensson Surrey, B.C. -11 68 71 69 65 T11 Hao-Tong Li -11 66 70 69 68 T13 Taylor Pendrith -10 68 66 70 70 Richmond Hills, Ont. T13 Bronson Burgoon -10 72 67 68 67 T13 Roland Thatcher -10 68 68 70 68 T13 Nathan Tyler -10 69 67 70 68 T13 Brett Stegmaier -10 67 71 67 69 T18 Luke List -9 69 69 70 67 T18 Seb. Cappelen -9 70 69 69 67 T18 Greg Eason -9 68 67 72 68 Other Canadians T32 Brad Fritsch -7 69 70 67 71 T68 Ryan Yip -1 70 69 72 72
European Tour Lyoness Open, June 11-14 Diamond Country Club, Atzenbrugg, Austria. Par 72, 7,386 yards. Purse: $1,000,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Chris Wood -15 67 69 70 67 2 Rafael Cabrera Bello -13 69 68 66 72 T3 Robert Rock -10 71 70 71 66 T3 Robert Dinwiddie -10 67 73 70 68 T3 Matthew Fitzpatrick-1069 69 69 71 T6 Kristoffer Broberg -9 70 72 69 68 T6 John Hahn -9 71 69 68 71 T6 Gregory Bourdy -9 65 67 69 78 T9 Mikko Korhonen -8 69 69 70 72 T9 Gary Stal -8 68 68 73 71 T11 Dave Coupland -7 71 70 73 67 T11 Pedro Oriol -7 70 70 73 68 T11 M. Lorenzo-Vera -7 70 72 69 70 T11 Richie Ramsay -7 74 69 68 70 T11 Scott Jamieson -7 72 70 65 74 T16 Carlos Del Moral -6 67 76 73 66 T16 Roope Kakko -6 73 70 71 68 T16 Edouard Espana -6 75 69 68 70 T16 Simon Griffiths -6 73 71 66 72 T20 Michael Hoey -5 73 69 72 69
Upcoming tournaments PGA This week: U.S. Open Championship, June 18-21 Chambers Bay Golf Club, University Place, Washington. Par 72, 7,585 yards. Purse: $9,000,000. 2014 champion: Martin Kaymer
Canadian PGA Tour No tournament this week The Syncrude Boreal Open, June 25-28 Fort McMurray Golf Club, Fort McMurray, Alta. Par 72, 6,912 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Joel Dahmen
LPGA No tournament this week Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, June 26-28
Athletics 8, Angels 1
PCT .548 .547 .531 .500 .422 PCT .576 .548 .524 .468 .459 PCT .563 .524 .508 .444 .400
GB Strk - W1 - W3 1.0 W11 3.0 L1 8.0 L6 GB Strk - L2 1.5 W1 3.0 W1 6.5 L1 7.0 L3 GB Strk - W1 2.5 L1 3.5 L1 7.5 L1 10.5 W1
PCT .531 .524 .476 .422 .344 PCT .661 .565 .557 .452 .375 PCT .587 .531 .492 .484 .452
GB Strk - W1 0.5 W2 3.5 L1 7.0 L1 12.0 L6 GB Strk - W3 6.0 W4 6.5 W2 13.0 L2 18.0 L2 GB Strk - W1 3.5 L4 6.0 L1 6.5 W3 8.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Detroit 8, Cleveland 1 NY Mets 10, Atlanta 8 Tampa Bay 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Colorado 4, Miami 1 NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 3 Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0 (11 inn) Toronto 13, Boston 5 Houston 13, Seattle 0 Washington 4, Milwaukee 0 Minnesota 4, Texas 3 Oakland 8, LA Angels 1 Arizona 4, San Francisco 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 (12 inn) Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1 (11 inn) Kansas City at St. Louis, postponed Saturday’s results Toronto 5, Boston 4 (11 innings) Texas 11, Minnesota 7 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 5, Detroit 4 Atlanta 5, NY Mets 3 (11 innings) Tampa Bay 5, Chicago Sox 4 Miami 4, Colorado 1 St. Louis 3, Kansas City 2 Seattle 8, Houston 1 Washington 7, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 4, San Fran 2 Baltimore 9, NY Yankees 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Angels 1, Oakland 0 San Diego 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Today’s schedule with probable starters Chi. White Sox at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm Rodon (2-0) vs. Liriano (3-5) Philadelphia at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Harang (4-7) vs. Chen (1-4) Cincinnati at Detroit, 4:08 pm Moscot (0-1) vs. Sanchez (4-7) N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 4:10 pm Tanaka (4-1) vs. Koehler (4-3) Toronto at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Buehrle (7-4) vs. Harvey (6-3) Atlanta at Boston, 4:10 pm Perez (1-0) vs. Porcello (4-5) Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:10 pm Gonzalez (4-3) vs. Ramirez (4-2) L.A. Dodgers at Texas, 5:05 pm Frias (4-3) vs. Gallardo (5-6) Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 pm Bauer (5-2) vs. Arrieta (5-4) Kansas City at Milwaukee, 5:10 pm Young (5-2) vs. Lohse (3-6) Colorado at Houston, 5:10 pm Bettis (2-0) vs. Keuchel (7-2) Minnesota at St. Louis, 5:15 pm May (4-4) vs. Wacha (8-2) Arizona at L.A. Angels, 7:05 pm Ray (1-1) vs. Weaver (4-5) Oakland at San Diego, 7:10 pm Hahn (3-5) vs. Ross (3-5) Seattle at San Francisco, 7:15 pm Walker (2-6) vs. Hudson (3-5) Tuesday, June 16 (Early games) Minnesota at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Gibson (4-3) vs. Martinez (6-2) Colorado at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Butler (3-6) vs. Velasquez (0-0)
Blue Jays 13, Red Sox 5 Toronto
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 5 0 2 1 Pedroia 2B 4 1 2 1 Donaldson 3B4 1 1 0 Shaw 1B 1 0 0 0 Bautista RF 5 1 1 0 Holt 1B-2B 4 0 1 0 Enc’acion DH 4 1 1 1 Ramirez LF 4 1 1 1 Colabello 1B 5 3 2 1 Ortiz DH 2113 Martin C 4 3 3 2 Leon PH-DH 1 0 0 0 Valencia LF 4 1 2 2 Bogaerts SS 4 0 0 0 Pillar CF 5 1 2 1 Sandoval 3B 4 0 2 0 Goins 2B 5 2 2 5 Castillo CF 3 1 0 0 Totals 41131613 Swihart C 3 1 1 0 Totals 30 5 8 5
Toronto 000 640 300 13 Boston 000 050 000 5 SB: TOR Pillar (9, 2nd base off Rodriguez, E/Swihart). 2B: TOR Martin, R (12, Rodriguez, E), Goins (8, Layne), Reyes (9, Layne). 3B: BOS Sandoval (1, Estrada). GIDP: TOR Bautista, Goins. HR: TOR Goins (2, 4th inning off Rodriguez, E, 2 on, 2 out), Valencia (2, 5th inning off Wright, S, 1 on, 2 out); BOS Ortiz, D (9, 5th inning off Estrada, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 5; BOS 8. DP: TOR (Donaldson-Goins); BOS 2 (Pedroia-Holt, B, Holt, B-Bianchi-Shaw, T). E: BOS Castillo, R (2, fielding). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Estrada ( W, 4-3 ) 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 D Tepera 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO E Rodriguez ( L, 2-1 ) 4.2 8 9 9 3 1 S Wright 2.0 4 3 3 1 3 T Layne 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 R Hembree 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:12. Att: 36,296.
Astros 13, Mariners 0 Seattle
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Smith RF 4 0 0 0 Springer RF 4 2 1 0 Jackson CF 3 0 1 0 Tucker LF 1 0 1 1 Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 Correa SS 6 1 1 0 B’quist 2B 1 0 0 0 Gattis DH 5 3 4 0 Cruz DH 3 0 0 0 Carter 1B 2 1 0 0 Seager 3B 3 0 1 0 Rasmus LF-RF4 2 2 3 Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0 Conger C 4 1 1 3 Ackley LF 3 0 0 0 Marisnick CF 5 0 1 1 Miller SS 1 0 0 0 Valbuena 3B 4 2 2 2 Sucre C 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez 2B 4 1 1 2 Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 391314 12
Seattle 000 000 000 0 Houston 302 511 01x 13 2B: SEA Jackson, A (8, Sipp); HOU Marisnick (8, Elias), Conger (4, Farquhar), Tucker (9, Smith, Ca). GIDP: SEA Smith, S. HR: HOU Valbuena (14, 4th inning off Farquhar, 1 on, 2 out), Gonzalez, M (3, 6th inning off Furbush, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 6; HOU 10. DP: HOU (Gonzalez, M-Correa-Carter). E: SEA Seager (7, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO R Elias ( L, 3-4 ) 3.1 7 8 7 4 2 D Farquhar 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 M Lowe 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 C Furbush 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 F Rodney 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 C Smith 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 Houston IP H R ER BB SO L McCullers ( W, 3-1 ) 5.0 0 0 0 4 4 T Sipp 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 J Thatcher 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 W Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Fields 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 HBP: Carter (by Elias). Time: 3:26. Att: 29,153.
Oakland
LA Angels
ab r h bi ab r h bi Burns CF 5 1 2 1 Aybar SS 3 1 0 0 Semien SS 5 0 0 0 Feath’ston SS 1 0 0 0 Reddick RF 5 1 2 1 Trout CF 3000 Zobrist DH 5 3 3 0 Joyce LF 1010 Vogt C 4 1 0 0 Pujols 1B 3 0 2 1 Lawrie 3B 4 0 1 0 Perez 1B 1000 Parrino PH-3B1 0 0 0 Calhoun RF 3 0 1 0 Muncy 1B 5 1 1 1 Robertson CF 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2B 5 1 2 3 Freese DH 3 0 1 0 Fuld LF 3 0 1 0 Giavotella 2B 4 0 0 0 Totals 42 8 12 6 Navarro LF-RF4 0 0 0 Iannetta C 3 0 0 0 Kubitza 3B 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 5 1
Oakland 011 003 300 8 LA Angels 000 100 000 1 SB: OAK Burns (12, 2nd base off Shoemaker/Iannetta), Lawrie (3, 2nd base off Shoemaker/Iannetta). 2B: OAK Zobrist 2 (10, Shoemaker, Bedrosian), Muncy (5, Shoemaker), Sogard (6, Ramos, C). Team Lob: OAK 9; LAA 8. E: OAK Semien 2 (22, fielding, missed catch); LAA Giavotella (6, fielding), Iannetta (2, fielding), Aybar (7, fielding). Oakland IP H R ER BB SO S Gray ( W, 8-3 ) 7.2 5 1 0 0 9 F Rodriguez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 T Clippard 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO M Shoemaker ( L, 4-5 ) 5.2 6 4 3 0 5 J Alvarez 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 C Bedrosian 0.1 2 3 2 1 1 C Ramos 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 T Gott 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Freese (by Clippard). Time: 3:16. Att: 35,143.
Tigers 8, Indians 1 Cleveland
Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2B 3 0 2 0 Gose CF 3100 Santana 1B 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2B 3 1 1 1 Brantley LF 4 0 0 0 Cabrera 1B 4 3 3 1 Moss RF 4 1 2 1 Cespedes LF 4 1 1 0 Murphy DH 2 0 0 0 Martinez RF 4 1 2 3 Lindor PH-DH 2 0 1 0 Collins DH 4 1 0 1 Gomes C 4 0 0 0 Holaday C 4 0 2 2 Urshela 3B 3 0 1 0 Romine 3B 4 0 0 0 Walters PH 1 0 1 0 Iglesias SS 3 0 1 0 Bourn CF 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 8 10 8 Aviles SS 4010 Totals 34 1 8 1
Cleveland 000 000 001 1 Detroit 100 103 03x 8 SB: DET Gose (9, 2nd base off Kluber/ Gomes, Y). 2B: DET Holaday (3, Webb, R). GIDP: CLE Murphy, Dv. HR: CLE Moss (11, 9th inning off Soria, 0 on, 1 out); DET Cabrera, M (14, 4th inning off Kluber, 0 on, 1 out), Martinez, J (12, 6th inning off Atchison, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: CLE 8; DET 3. DP: CLE (Gomes, Y-Kipnis); DET (Iglesias, J-Kinsler-Cabrera, M). E: DET Cabrera, M (2, throw), Wilson, A (1, fielding). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Kluber ( L, 3-8 ) 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 S Atchison 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 N Hagadone 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 R Webb 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO A Simon ( W, 7-3 ) 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 B Hardy 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 W Wilson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 J Soria 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 T Gorzelanny 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP: Raburn (by Gorzelanny). Time: 2:46 (1:51 delay). Att: 36,994.
West Coast League East Yakima Valley Kelowna Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Kitsap Victoria Cowlitz
W 6 6 4 1 W 7 5 4 1 W 6 4 4 1
L 2 3 4 4 L 2 4 4 8 L 3 5 5 5
PCT 0.750 0.667 0.500 0.200 PCT 0.778 0.556 0.500 0.111 PCT 0.667 0.444 0.444 0.167
GB .5 2 3.5 GB 2 2.5 6 GB 2 2 3.5
Strk W1 W4 L1 L3 Strk L1 L3 W3 L1 Strk W1 W2 W1 L2
Yesterday’s results Victoria 4, Bend 3 Kitsap 8, Cowlitz 1 Yakima Valley 6, Walla Walla 4 Kelowna 9, Medford 4 Corvallis at Wenatchee Bellingham at Klamath Saturday’s results Kitsap 6, Cowlitz 5 Bend 5, Victoria 1 Walla Walla 4, Yakima Valley 3 Kelowna 4, Medford 2 Bellingham 8, Klamath 0 Corvallis 7, Wenatchee 4 Today’s schedule Victoria at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Medford at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday June 16 Bend at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Medford at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Walla Walla at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
HarbourCats 4, Elks 3 Victoria
Bend
ab r h bi Rogers 5 0 0 0 Cavaness Amezquita 4 0 0 0 Haberle Collard 4 0 0 0 Teague Clark 4 1 1 1 Davis Thoreson 3 1 2 0 Hummel Guibor 3 2 1 0 Hurd Rankin 3 0 0 1 Tunnell Floyd 3 0 1 2 Lane Goldstein 4 0 0 0 Gonzales Totals 33 4 5 4 Cherry Grenier Totals
ab r h bi 3110 2120 2000 3110 4000 3021 3011 4010 4020 0000 4000 32 3 10 2
Victoria 000 202 000 4 Bend 003 000 000 3 2B: HAR A Guibor (2). HR: HAR G Clark (1). SF: ELK W Tunnell (1). E: HAR Guibor (1); ELK Tunnell (8). Victoria IP H R ER BB SO S OToole (W) 5.0 8 3 2 2 2 A Rogers 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 J Mitchell 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 Bend IP H R ER BB SO E Lex (L) 3.1 2 2 1 3 2 J Albrecht 2.0 1 2 2 1 0 R Gomez 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 Att: 532. Time: 2:45
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Langley Vic Eagles Nanaimo North Delta Okanagan Whalley Coquitlam Abbotsford Vic Mariners White Rock Parksville
W 20 22 23 18 13 18 16 12 9 8 9 5
L 6 9 10 11 9 14 17 20 19 17 21 20
Pct GB .769 .710 .5 .697 .5 .621 3.5 .591 5 .563 5 .485 7.5 .375 11 .321 12 .320 11.5 .300 13 .200 14.5
Yesterday’s results Langley 5, Okanagan 3 North Shore 5, Victoria Eagles 3 Coquitlam 2, Parksville 0 Whalley 8, Abbotsford 3 Langley 7, Okanagan 1 Victoria Eagles 2, North Shore 1 Coquitlam 9, Parksville 4 Abbotsford 5, Whalley 4 Saturday’s results Okanagan 2, Langley 1 Victoria Eagles 7, Coquitlam 3 Victoria Mariners 6, Abbotsford 3 Parksville 6, North Delta 3 North Delta 6, Parksville 4 Coquitlam 5, Victoria Eagles 4 Victoria Mariners 7, Abbotsford 5 Langley 8, Okanagan 3 Tuesday June 16 Langley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. White Rock at Whalley, 7 p.m.
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Surrender Dealer: West N-S vulnerable NORTH ♠74 ♥K76 ♦AJ763 ♣AK4 WEST EAST ♠AJ9863 ♠K102 ♥ ♥1092 ♦K9 ♦10854 ♣QJ1097 ♣863 SOUTH ♠Q5 ♥AQJ8543 ♦Q2 ♣52 W N E S 1♠ dbl Pass 4♥ All Pass Opening Lead: ♣Q
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
S
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: IT’S HARD WORK
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
outh won in dummy, led a hearttohandandadvancedthe queen of diamonds for the king and ace. He cashed the jack and ruffed a diamond on which West showed out. A trump to the king was followed by a second diamond ruff establishing the fifth one. South extracted the last trump and disposed of a spade on the long diamond to score twelve tricks, N-S +680. The defense would earn two tricks when West selected the ace of spades as an opening lead. However, the club queen would be a popular choice on this auction. Some Easts might raise spades after the double despite the ugly pattern. West would certainly venture four spades when South leaps to the heart game. South will then continue to five hearts even if North doubles four spades because of the ten-card fit and the fact that his hand will contribute little on defense. Would West take another shot by bidding five spades over five hearts? He will be sorely tempted by the 6-5 distribution and the favorable vulnerability. N-S should corral a three- trick set as long as South receives a club ruff. However, aresultof+500fordoubling five spades will be inadequate and saddle N-S with a poor matchpoint award — in all likelihood, a zero. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
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HI AND LOIS
BLONDIE
BC
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Blackhawks staying level-headed The Hawks say they aren’t about to break character on the cusp of another Cup SHANNON RYAN CHICAGO TRIBUNE
While Chicago is abuzz preparing for a potential Stanley Cup celebration Monday night, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville is not jotting down notes for a Knute Rockne-inspired speech, and captain Jonathan Toews laughs at his family members’ jitters. The Hawks, out to win their third Stanley Cup in six seasons, aren’t about to break character now. “Obviously there’s a lot of buzz, a lot of excitement, a lot of things going on,� Toews said Sunday. “I think we’re just going to do our best as individuals to focus on our job and focus on the game and nothing more. None of that stuff is really going to help us achieve what we want to achieve.� The Blackhawks have an opportunity in Game 6 against the Lightning to hoist the Cup at home for the first time since 1938. They won their last two championships in Philadelphia in 2010 and in Boston in 2013. Of course, an opportunity doesn’t mean a guarantee.
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Chicago Blackhawks centre Jonathan Toews talks during a news conference on Sunday in Chicago. [AP PHOTO]
The team that has won Game 5 after a split in the opening four games — as the Hawks did Saturday night in Tampa, Fla. — has gone on to win the Stanley Cup 16 of 23 times. According to Elias Sports Bureau, of the six road teams that won Game 5, only two ultimately won the Stanley Cup in Game 6. The
Rangers did it in 1940 in Toronto, and the Maple Leafs did it against the Canadiens in 1967. The other four lost the series in seven games. The Lightning, who lost Game 5 at home in 2004, rebounded with victories in Games 6 and 7 to beat the Flames. “It’s a huge game,� defenseman Brent Seabrook said, anticipating
the hoopla. “There’s going to be a lot of things going on throughout the day, morning, afternoon and night. Lots of things going on throughout the game, too, different battles and things like that. We’ve got to be prepared for the game, the task at hand.� The Hawks are 17-1 in Games 5-7 after starting a series tied 2-2 since the start of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs. The only loss came in Game 5 in this season’s Western Conference finals to the Ducks on the road. They credit their experience for keeping level heads in clinching scenarios. “The core group has all done it together,� Brad Richards said. “You don’t have to worry about as much because you just know everybody’s got their head in the right place. They’re just used to doing it.� The experience of big-stage moments doesn’t make it easier on players’ families, however. “I don’t think their experience helps them at all,� Toews said. “They’re probably more nervous than they were the first time around.�
DIVERSONS/ENTERTAINMENT HOROSCOPE by Holiday Mathis ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ll speak your mind and share your ideas, some of which have been on the back burner for a while. With a slight adjustment, you could transform an OK idea into a great one. Your positive attitude toward a loved one will shine through, no matter what. Tonight: Talk up a storm. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Use caution with your finances, no matter how great an idea might seem. You will see a change in your choices and in what occurs as a result. Pace yourself. Know what you want and where you are heading. Tonight: Decide if you really want to treat someone to dinner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ll be close to unstoppable with your nearly limitless collection of ideas. Your way of handling a matter could surprise many people, including yourself.
You might be left wondering where you got so much nerve in the first place. Tonight: All smiles. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your ability to move past an important situation will be enhanced if you can just slow down. Ask a trusted friend to play devil’s advocate. Listen to others people’s ideas, and then weigh the pros and cons. A more successful path will emerge. Tonight: Get some R and R. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Zero in on what you want, even if others are distracting. What you find to be true might not be true for others. Be more aware of what people want from you. A meeting could provide even more information. Tonight: Where the action is. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might want to understand a different point of view, especially if it is coming from someone you need to answer to. The more you understand this person, the better you will feel.
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A sense of well-being is likely to emerge at the same time. Tonight: A must appearance. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Reach out for more information. You’ll need to step back from someone who has a great deal of influence on you. Once you understand the dynamic between you, you will be able to make a decision. Friendship plays a role in what goes on. Tonight: Read between the lines. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Make a list of your priorities. Listen to news more openly than you have in the past. The person who delivers this information is someone whom you might not fully trust. However, don’t automatically discount what this person is saying. Tonight: With a favorite loved one. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Deal with others directly. You might not believe some information that suddenly gets dropped on you. Understand what needs to happen between you and another person. Decide wheth-
er you should make a change. Tonight: Be receptive to an invitation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Pace yourself. You have a lot to do, and a wave of confusion seems to wind its way through a conversation and/or plans. Oneon-one relating will take you to a new level of understanding with a key associate. You’ll realize the power of two. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Observing and listening well will give you the answers you have been seeking. Use good sense with your finances; make sure that you don’t make any errors. A dear friend is likely to provide some interesting gossip. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You often don’t see the correlation between your actions and your words; you just accept what you see rather than analyze it. Focus on day-to-day matters. You will be more centered and upbeat
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Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: I have two daughters-in-law who seem disrespectful to me. The first one only visits on Christmas day. Yet she has no problem calling when she wants me to take her kids to a doctor’s appointment or pick them up from school. The other one does the same, but her excuse is that they are too busy to see me because they are spending time with her side of the family or they are having friends over. I don’t want to waste any more of my time on people who have no other use for me, and this upsets my husband no end. But, Annie, it’s simply not fair. I am entitled to some respect. Why do these women think I owe them everything, but they never reciprocate? -- Mother-in-Law from Hell Dear Mother-in-Law: Respect has to be earned, no matter who you are. A relationship with an in-law takes time and effort from both sides. Apparently, you get to see the grandchildren. Some parents would be thrilled to have that much. Do you see your sons without their wives? If not, you should speak directly to them about it. Never denigrate or criticize their wives. Instead, we urge you to do what you can to warm up these relationships. Let your daughters-in-law know how much you appreciate them for being supportive wives to your sons and good parents to the children (we hope they are). Find something to like about them if it kills you. Invite all of them over for dinner or bring dinner to them. Have a “girls’ day out” and take the daughters-in-law for brunch and bonding. If you can keep your side positive and friendly, they
Dear Annie: Every year, my four closest friends and I host birthday parties for one another. We call ourselves “soul sisters.” Because we are all settled with homes and families, we decided that it would be fun to create an individual wish list prior to our birthday party. It makes it easier to shop, and we won’t receive unneeded items. One of our “soul sisters” creates an extensive and very detailed wish list. However, when it comes to gifts for others, she disregards our lists entirely, ignoring our suggestions and buying things we can’t use, don’t want and often cannot return. I end up donating these items to our local thrift store. I know that these are gifts and we should be grateful, but this has really begun to bother me. Her birthday is coming up, and I would like to buy her something that isn’t on her list to see how she responds. What do you think? – Soulless Dear Soulless: We understand your frustration, and you certainly could try turning the tables to see whether it makes a difference. You also can ask her directly why she never gets things on the list. She may, in fact, resent having to purchase things that you are asking for. These are your “soul sisters” and such a conversation should not be that difficult. Your group of friends could also decide not to buy each other gifts altogether. And, of course, you can simply consider these gifts to be unexpected bonuses (instead of expected obligations) and keep donating them to worthy causes. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Actor John Stamos was home Saturday after being arrested and cited with driving under the influence in Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills police said they received calls around 7:45 p.m. Friday reporting a possible drunken driver. Officers later stopped Stamos, who was the only person in the vehicle. Stamos, 51, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because of a possible medical condition, police said. At the hospital it was determined by police that Stamos had been driving under influence, and he was arrested. Police cited him for DUI and released him to the care of the hospital. Matt Polk, a publicist for Stamos, declined to comment, but he referred The Associated Press to the actor’s Twitter feed.
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“Thanks to everyone for their love & support. I’m home & well,” Stamos tweeted late Saturday morning. “Very appreciative of the BHPD & Cedars for their care.” Stamos starred in Full House, which aired on ABC from 1987 to 1995. He will produce and appear in a 13-episode reboot of the sitcom for Netflix scheduled to debut next year.
From left, Bryce Dallas Howard, as Claire, Chris Pratt as Owen, Nick Robinson as Zach, and Ty Simpkins as Gray, in a scene from the film, ‘Jurassic World.’ [AP PHOTO]
‘Jurassic World’ sets a global record with $511M Universal’s dino-sized debut builds off ‘Fifty Shades’, ‘Furious 7’ LINDSEY BAHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Dinosaurs are anything but extinct at the box office. Jurassic World, the fourth film in the series, became the highest global opener of all time with a staggering $511.8 million in its first days in theatres. It also devoured a number of domestic box office records with a $204.6 million take, according to Rentrak estimated on Sunday. In addition to setting a record for 2015, Jurassic World is now the second-highest domestic opening of all time, right behind Marvel’s The Avengers which took in $207.4 million in 2012. By the time Monday actuals roll in, there is a chance the film could dethrone Avengers. It’s been 14 years since there has been a new Jurassic film in theatres, and the combination of cinematic grandeur, nostalgia and awareness helped Jurassic World far surpass analyst predictions going into the weekend, which had the film on track for a $125 million opening. “This over performed in a way that I’ve never seen,” Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. “It broke the box office sound barrier.” Universal Pictures and Legendary co-financed the $150 million, PG-13 rated film. Audiences in every quadrant turned out to see the film in theatres. According to
exit polls, 39 per cent were under the age of 25, signifying the massive interest of both a new generation and the continued enthusiasm of those who saw Jurassic Park in 1993. Also, audiences shelled out the extra money to see the film in the biggest format possible. Approximately 48 per cent of domestic audiences opted for 3D. “It is extraordinary. The film has resonated with audiences around the world,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution. Directed by Colin Trevorrow and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Jurassic World is the third in a series of blockbusters for star Chris Pratt, who also starred in the 2014 box office hits Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie. “He’s like Jimmy Stewart with a leather vest and muscles,” Dergarbedian said. “He’s a great modern-day action hero.” This is also likely not the last Jurassic film audiences will see. Pratt has stated in interviews that he has signed on for future installments, but right now, Universal is focusing on what’s in theatres. Jurassic World is just the latest hit for Universal in 2015, following Fifty Shades of Grey and Furious 7. No studio even tried to compete with the unbeatable dinosaurs this weekend, and thus holdovers populated
the rest of the top five. Melissa McCarthy’s Spy earned $16 million in its second weekend in theatres, bringing its domestic total to $56.9 million. San Andreas added another $11 million, and Insidious Chapter 3 and Pitch Perfect 2 took the fourth and fifth spots, with $7.3 million and $6 million, respectively. The dino-sized debut of Jurassic World is of utmost importance to the industry, too, which has seen three consecutive down weekends in what was supposed to be a record-setting summer. “We got the wind back in the summer sails,” said Dergarabedian citing upcoming films like Inside Out, Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation, and Ted 2 as some of the big films on the way. “This gets the summer back on track.“ Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. Jurassic World, $204.6 million. 2. Spy, $16 million. 3. San Andreas, $11 million. 4. Insidious Chapter 3, $7.3 million. 5. Pitch Perfect 2, $6 million. 6. Entourage, $4.3 million. 7. Mad Max: Fury Road, $4.1 million. 8. Avengers: Age of Ultron, $3.6 million. 9. Tomorrowland, $3.4 million. 10. Love & Mercy, $1.8 million.
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