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Suit aims at Tories over gun registry data Investigator files documents claiming the speedy effort to destroy records in 2012 was illegal. A8
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Hotel extension bid turned down The 5-4 vote Monday night came despite pleas from hotel developer’s lawyer for an additional year SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo council has narrowly rejected an extension, giving the city the right to buy back the land where a proposed, 21-storey hotel would be located. The 5-4 vote Monday night came despite pleas from hotel developer SSS Manhao’s lawyer for an additional year’s assurance that the city would not exercise its right to buy back the parcel of land for the ori-
ginal purchase price of $565,000 between now and Nov. 30. The decision casts into doubt the future of the $50-million project and also highlighted skepticism from several council members about whether a hotel would actually be built. “Dark day,” Mayor Bill McKay uttered following the vote, which saw councillors Jerry Hong, Jim Kipp, Bill Yoachim, Gord Fuller and Bill Bestwick band together to defeat a motion from
Coun. Diane Brennan to give the developer a one-year extension. McKay, Brennan and councillors Wendy Pratt and Ian Thorpe voted in favour of the motion. Lawyer Perry Ehrlich, representing China-based SSS Manhao, told council that his client intends to follow through on its agreement with the city. Ehrlich also said his client has already invested close to $5 million in total costs for the project, including hundreds of thousands
in local costs to contractors. At one point, he held up a stack of invoices on the project. “Do you not value that my money has put into this property?” The project missed a May 30 deadline to build a foundation for the property, triggering the city’s option to buy back the land. Council unanimously supported a separate motion to get a staff report back on giving a shorter extension of six months,
as well as requiring the company to give away its right of first negotiation to operate the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255 » 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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Nanaimo woman is injured after being attacked by aggressive crows DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
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Nanaimo woman is now nursing a sore arm after trying to escape aggressive crows on Newcastle Avenue. Eleanor Thompson was walking along Nanaimo’s seawall Sunday. Roughly three times a week, Thompson walks to the marina area on Newcastle Channel, along the seawall. Sometimes she walks back along Newcastle Avenue. On Sunday at about noon two adult crows and a smaller one started swooping at her repeatedly, in a highly aggressive manner. “It (was) pretty frightening, actually,” said Thompson. When she broke into a run she lost her footing and took a tumble on the pavement, skinning her elbow. The birds didn’t let up, and Thompson took shelter under a garage overhang near Dawes Street. Thompson suspects nesting triggered the unusually aggressive behaviour. Formerly of Seattle, Thompson recalls research done at the University of Washington that shows the sharp intelligence of the birds. Studies show they recognize human faces, and can hold grudges for years. In May, media reported cases of pedestrians cowering from attacking crows outside the Cloverdale shopping centre in Surrey. The birds, stated reports, used their beaks and talons against frightened mall customers and employees.
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One victim reportedly said the birds “draw blood.” Some people labelled the dive-bombing birds “vicious,” and ornithologists and other experts responded with words to defend the birds, saying they are simply doing what comes naturally — trying to defend themselves in a hard world, and protect their young from what they consider the perceived threat of humans, along with other real threats such as raccoons, dogs and cats. A five-year study of crows found the birds are exceptionally skilled at identifying foes. Crows trapped by humans wearing masks quickly learned to recognize the facial features of the trappers’ masks, which was proven months later when people donned the same masks and the birds angrily “scolded” the threatening humans. Crows seem able to communicate the information to other birds. Fifteen months later, 30 per cent of crows, including those not trapped, scolded people wearing the masks. That figure rose to more than 60 per cent three years after the initial trapping. Thompson remembers the studies from when she lived in Seattle, and wonders why the birds treated her harshly. Neighbourhood residents noticed nothing unusual in the birds’ behaviour recently. Neighbour Margaret Daley said a family of crows lives on the power lines, and “stare in my condo all the time — they’re my friends.” Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Eleanor Thompson shows her bandaged elbow, evidence of her fall after running from a group of aggressive crows (one battling a snake, inset) on Newcastle Avenue on Sunday. [DARRELL BELLAART/DAILY NEWS]
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7 p.m. Doors open at Dinghy Dock Pub for On The Dock w/ Hart & Soul, Los Borrachos, David Bitonti, 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island, Nanaimo. Advance tickets $20 from the artists, the pub, or at ticketzone.com. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mid-week flea market at Brechin United Church. Every Wednesday all summer, outside parking lot, 1998 Estevan Road. 250-754-9212. THURSDAY, JUNE 18 4-8 p.m. Maffeo-Sutton Park Market. Unique gifts, crafts, baked goods, jewelry, hidden treasures, antiques, pre-loved
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19 5 p.m. Spaghetti Supper at Trinity United Church, 6234 Spartan Rd. Complete meal, $12. SATURDAY, JUNE 20 Noon: Meeting of the Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society at the Harewood Activity Centre, 2nd floor, 195 Fourth St. Roy from H&R Nurseries will speak about Dendroblums. Guests are welcome. 2 and 7 p.m. Defying Gravity, an Innovate Dance Arts presentation. A year-end show involving a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop and musical theatre. Tickets $18. Port Theatre, 125 Front St.
2 to 5 p.m. Cuban-born pianist Pablo Cardenas performs a repertoire of Afro-Cuban-infused jazz with bassist Peter Dowse and drummer Cyril Cyrus Lojda at the Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave. In Crofton on Sunday June 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission: $10. Information: 250-3242245 or www.croftonhotel.ca WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 7 p.m. Diane Bestwick speaking presentation on her new novel, And A Bird Sang, about China’s one-child law, St. Paul’s Anglican, 100 Chapel St. THURSDAY, JUNE 25 8 p.m. Nanaimo Theatre Group’s award-winning Bus Stop plays three encore performances June 25, 26, 27,
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WFP to upgrade Duke Point mill Firm has already begun to spend the $28 million it has committed to make the mill more efficient ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Major upgrades and renovations at Western Forest Products’ Duke Point mill announced last week are underway, according to Amy Spencer. Spencer, a spokeswoman for the forest company, said WFP has already begun to spend the $28 million it has committed to make the mill operate more efficiently, and the work should be completed sometime in 2016.
She said the company also plans to hire more workers on top of the 120 employed at the mill as the upgrades boost the mill’s productivity. But Spencer said the number of workers that will be hired, and when the hiring would be, has yet to be determined. “This is an ongoing project and we’ll be dealing with the unions involved once we decide that we need more workers at the mill,” Spencer said.
“We believe in the industry along the coast and we’re always looking for ways to upgrade and improve our mills. The Duke Point sawmill was earmarked for such a huge investment because we recognized the opportunities for more cost-effectiveness at the facility and because of its prime geographical location for operations.” Among the planned renovations at the mill is the upgrading of its planer mill and the instal-
lation of new automatic-grading technology that will also help to increase productivity and reduce its production costs. The company is also investing another $2 million in its Chemainus and Ladysmith sawmills, but Spencer said exactly what the money will be used for and how much each mill will receive has to be determined. As WFP’s mill in downtown Nanaimo, which closed permanently in December, 2014, Spen-
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Nanaimo RCMP officials say the defacement of signs along Hammond Bay Road over the weekend appears to be a racially motivated attack and is under investigation as a hate crime. Bus stop real estate signs were sprayed with black paint, with only Asian realtors targeted. Some signs were spray painted with slogans like “go away” and “not welcome,” as well as swastikas. “My family is a little concerned about my safety, because as a realtor sometimes you have to meet strangers,” said Coast Realty realtor Sophia Chen, whose sign was defaced. Chen has lived in Nanaimo for 10 years and said she received a hate email message once before. “It’s extremely disturbing, that individuals would go to this extent, targeting visible ethnic groups in our community. It is unacceptable,” said Const. Gary O’Brien, spokesman for the Nanaimo RCMP. “The RCMP is investigating each of these incidents.” They are considered hate crimes because a group is being targeted for their ethnicity, said O’Brien. At the end of May a controversial leaflet was mailed out in a north-end neighbourhood by an organization calling themselves Putting Canada First. The leaflet references the Vancouver property market and warns of an impending “property nightmare” and “international real estate speculation” coming to Nanaimo and encourages residents to take action before “Nanaimo is changed (for the worse) forever.” Paul Bentley, communications director of Putting Canada First, said that the graffiti is “abso-
Six bus stop signs along Hammond Bay Road were defaced over the weekend in what Nanaimo RCMP are investigating as a racially motivated hate crime. [JULIE CHADWICK/DAILY NEWS]
lutely not” associated with their organization, and not something they condone. “That’s obviously not the way to go,” said Bentley. “There is no link at this point to pamphlets distributed earlier in the community indicating
that people were upset with Asian commerce coming into our community,” said O’Brien. Creative Outdoors, with the contract for the bench ads, is in the process of cleaning the spray paint from each sign. They have reported the cost
to clean one bench could range from $200 to $1,000. RCMP encourage anyone who saw any suspicious people or vehicles around the benches, from Stephenson Point to Malaspina Crescent, to call Nanaimo Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-8477, text 274637, keyword Nanaimo, or report online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers. com. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238
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Cops, ICBC issue warning for youths behind the wheel ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
Celebration and organized parties are often a regular theme in the summer for local teenagers but ICBC and the RCMP have issued a warning of responsibility ahead of time. Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP has a simple message for those off to the lakes and beaches: be responsible and adhere to the regulations for new drivers. “The new requirements, they’re there for a reason and that’s to keep people alive,” he said.
“If somebody has a friend who’s impaired and they decide to drive them home, that person will then be responsible for a crash.” O’Brien admits he has seen an increase in the number of young drivers overloading their vehicles at this particular time of year. On average, 71 youth suffer injuries as a result of car crashes on Vancouver Island from June and August to coincide with 19 injured each day across the province in the same time period. The number of youth killed in car crashes also increases by 30 per cent in July and August,
with an average of 10 deaths happening in B.C. every year. ICBC say the main causes of these accidents include speeding, impaired driving and distracted driving. O’Brien says the rules need to be abided by in order to reduce the number of accidents involving young drivers. “It’s common in teenagers in that they openly admit to overloading their car. They know they’ll be hit financially by this.” New drivers are permitted to drive with one passenger only, unless they are immediate
family members where as many as your vehicle has seatbelts for are allowed to travel. Drivers may also drive with as many people they have seatbelts for if somebody 25 years or older, with a valid driver’s licence, is also in the vehicle. Parents are encouraged to know their child’s plan for the night and take a strong stand on how they’ll be getting home from parties specifically and who with, if they’re attending multiple parties and is there a safe ride placed ahead of time. Parents should also to talk
their child through a number of scenarios when a backup plan may be needed. This may include a taxi or transit. Designated drivers, who are not to drink at all, are also strongly encouraged. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230 » 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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t’s called the “protection paradox” and there’s evidence that it’s causing long-term harm to Canadian kids. Overly cautious parents are so intent on sheltering their offspring that they’re keeping children indoors and inactive when kids would be far better off outside, on their own, exploring and taking risks. “We may be so focused on trying to intervene in our children’s lifestyles to make sure they’re healthy, safe and happy, that we are having the opposite effect,” warn authors of a nationwide report released this past week. The solution is obvious, although undeniably hard for today’s over-protective parents to deliver. It consists of simply standing back, exposing children
to more outdoor play, and letting kids be kids. “We need to give kids the freedom to occasionally scrape a knee or twist an ankle,” write the authors. “Adults need to get out of the way and let kids play.” The 2015 Participaction Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth should be required reading for educators, politicians, public health authorities, academics and, of course, Canadian parents. The risks of engaging in a sedentary lifestyle — especially from an early age — include elevated odds of developing heart disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, and a variety of chronic conditions. These are wellknown hazards. Yet too many kids aren’t getting the daily exer-
cise they need. The report found that only 9 per cent of children, between the ages of 5 and 17, were doing a recommended 60 minutes of heart-pumping activity each day. Just 9 per cent! More than 60 per cent of parents with children that age say their kids are typically driven to school. It’s no wonder authors issued a D-minus report card grade in assessing Canadian kids’ sedentary behaviours. A series of eye-opening statistics in the report go a long way towards putting risks and activity in perspective. Outdoor play is obviously far superior to indoor fun. “When children are outside they move more, sit less and play longer.”
Preschoolers spend twice as much time being active when play is outdoors rather than inside. And kids 9 to 17 years of age get an extra 20 minutes of “heart-pumping activity” every day that they play outside after school. Youngsters allowed to explore unsupervised get even more benefit. It turns out that an element of risk makes activity more fun. Research shows that children 3 to 5 years old are less likely to be active on playgrounds designed to be “safe” because the absence of challenge fosters boredom. Some injuries do happen in “self-directed outdoor play,” but authors of the report write that major trauma, such as a broken bone or concussion, is uncommon.
“Most injuries associated with outdoor play are minor.” Giving children more freedom to take risks isn’t the same as exposing them to danger. It means a better balance between short-term safety and long-term health. That seems a sound prescription for Canadian society and for generations to come. Today’s much-written-about “helicopter parents” would better serve their children by hovering over them less, and by encouraging more adventure and activity.
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Trustees campaigned on improved transparency I attended the school board education committee on June 3 at which an excellent presentation was made by the newly formed Coalition of Senior Secondary School PACs. The board’s reaction was interesting and made me wonder: “Why are they trying to deflect the genuine questions raised by the coalition on behalf of secondary PACs across the district” by telling the coalition to bring their concerns through the DPAC? Our new trustees campaigned on wanting more transparency, to be more inclusive and to engage the community prior to decision making. On many occasions they publicly criticized the former trustees for not being transparent, inclusive or hearing the voices of the Cedar community or the Save Cedar Schools organization. So, why have they not stepped up as district leaders to be more transparent, inclusive and welcoming to diverse voices? Why would they not want to work with a group of parents who are advocating “to promote the interests of present and future secondary school students in SD68?” Maybe because they knew that the “updated facilities plan” that was unveiled at last Wednesday’s business committee meeting would show that the board’s re-opening of Cedar Secondary
clearly has some disastrous negative effects on the district’s existing secondary schools and the district as a whole. As I read the legislation, our trustees have the responsibility to make decisions that are in the best interest of students across the entire district, to be financially responsible for funds given to our district from the government and to be accountable for those decisions to their entire community, not just on election day but every day of their term. Guess it’s not as easy as they thought to be district leaders, to be transparent and inclusive. Or maybe because they see this coalition as a group with some very valid truth? Barb Humpherville Nanaimo
Let’s proceed with plans for Millstone Gateway The Saturday edition of the Daily News clearly stated what we have been waiting for — “Big Plans” about the Millstone Gateway. I for one have challenged our city council to make the right decision on the “Improbable Hotel” and cancel any dealings with that group and buy back the property. While we will expend money to buy back the property, we don’t give up future tax exemptions and other considerations including money that the Nanaimo Econom-
ic Development Commission has spent which we taxpayers ultimately provide. So you can imagine the breath of fresh air after reading the frontpage story. Here we have an owner who wants the support of the city but is not asking for any capital funding. I applaud the owners for putting a plan forward which will improve what we call downtown. The benefits of having a 5,000seat rink/multi-use building will be many, including its location to Maffeo-Sutton Park. Congratulations to the owners; let’s proceed. Brian Cornborough Nanaimo
Enforcement needed for pit bull-type dogs in city A pit bull terrier, an American pit bull terrier, a pit bull, a Staffordshire bull terrier or an American Staffordshire terrier or mix must be muzzled if they have not passed the absurdly non-indicative Canine Good Citizen process which proves nothing. No-kill advocates in the U.S. have been shipping thousands of pit bull type dogs from shelters in the U.S. to Canada with no background of the dog known yet adopting them out like candy, so much for it is all how you raise them. If you don’t know how it was raised how can you know an ani-
mal that was created to kill bulls, bears and large draft horses is safe? This has brought about an explosion of pit bull-type dogs in Nanaimo increasing by tenfold what was the case three years ago. Yet 99 per cent of the ones you see are not muzzled with 99 per cent of the ones unmuzzled requiring one by law. The police as well are it seems no longer enforcing it either which begs the question have they and AC gone rogue on their own or has the city council instructed them to do so even though the law is still on the books? Did the city councillor responsible for parks and recreation on the previous council extend a pro-dog bias to this issue as well dictating the law being ignored? If not, who did? Another dog just got its head almost torn off in Yaletown this weekend, we hear attack after attack on a regular basis, is Nanaimo going to wait until a child is killed and then enforce the law? Thomas McCartney 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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Trustees consider dropping membership ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
The board of trustees in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district is considering dropping its membership with the British Columbia School Trustees’ Association. School board chairman Steve Rae said trustees see the value of remaining in the association, which represents school boards across the province. But with so many ongoing job losses and program cuts in the district as the board tries to balance its annual budgets every year, Rae said trustees are looking at any and all avenues to save money. He said the $50,000 the district
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they must look at all the ways the board can take cuts along with the other employee groups. “There are a few things the board can do itself to save money, and that’s why we’re also looking at dropping the number of trustees from nine to seven (with potential savings of approximately $45,000 per year),” Rae said. “The issue of leaving the BCSTA is just up for discussion at this stage, and we’ll begin to dive in and determine what we want to do at the beginning of the next school year.” The BCSTA’s mandate is to serve and support local school boards in their key work of improving student achievement.
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At the local level, the BCSTA provides professional development, legal counsel and communications. Provincially, the association acts as the school boards’ voice in advocating to government, other education partners, and the public on matters effecting public education. Rae said a number of the other 62 public school boards in the province don’t currently have membership in the association, including Vancouver. But he believes the association is still effective. “(Trustee) Stephanie Higginson is currently our representative on the BCSTA, and with someone like her on the inside, we
could be instrumental in bringing some good changes in education provincially,” Rae said. “But there’s a cost involved and when we’re dealing with budget processes that are putting people out of their jobs, I think it shows good leadership if the board members found ways to save money in our group.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Study on early development in Drought conditions Ladysmith has groups in action raise concerns for fish ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
Worrying numbers out of the Early Development Instrument study on Kindergarten students in Ladysmith has prompted local groups to take action. The results show that 40 per cent of students in Ladysmith are ‘vulnerable’ and not performing as well as they should be in school compared to a provincial EDI average of 30 per cent. As a result, the Ladysmith Early Years Partnership will meet next week in order to determine courses of action that may help to improve the EDI numbers. One of the groups involved in the partnership is Ladysmith Family and Friends which provides parents of children aged between zero and six to come together for help and guidance from professional personnel, including a pathologist, dietician and health nurse, in order to ensure their child is ready for school. LAFF executive director Jacqueline Neligan said she found the numbers surprising
“We don’t really have the answer yet but we have a very dedicated group who will work hard out of the curiosity.” Jacqueline Neligan, executive director Ladysmith Family and Friends
considering the number of early learning programs on offered in the community. “You wouldn’t expect it,” she said. “We don’t really have the answer yet but we have a very dedicated group who will work hard out of the curiosity.” The Town of Ladysmith, Island Health and the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district are all part of the LEYP. “We’re going to look at the best steps to move forward and let the community determine what the areas of need are,” said Neligan. “It will be a community process to find the best first steps. We won’t be working in
isolation, everyone has a role to play to share their strengths and weaknesses.” Neligan agreed that alteration of local programs could be the solution and said “ongoing funding is always an issue.” Dr. Paul Hasselback, Island Health’s medical health officer for central Vancouver Island, says the number of vulnerable students has been on a steady incline over the last decade in “most but not all jurisdictions.” Hasselback also says there’s a strong correlation between low EDI and a community’s economic prosperity. “Communities have to look at how they can help each other in helping their children get ready for school,” he said. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230 » 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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A hot, dry summer has some conservationists worried about Island fish stock survival. A lack of rain has produced unusually warm downstream temperatures in French Creek, so Parksville Fish and Game Association volunteers had to release 17,000 coho fry further upstream. “We had to move them up to Coombs, above French Creek (community) because there’s not enough water,” said Doug Kits, a fish and game volunteer. A few weeks ago volunteers clipped fins for identification purposes, then released the fish last week, “and French Creek is a trickle now,” Kits said. “It’s dire if it doesn’t rain — and there’s water licences on that creek, so the draw-down is substantial.” While he and other conservationists worry about those fish, carefully nurtured from eggs collected in October, there is a greater worry about the impact on the larger Englishman River,
if the Englishman River Water Service board proceeds with plans for a domestic water intake in the lower Englishman. “I think the Englishman River is going to dry up to a trickle, same as the Cowichan River,” Kits said. Nanaimo conservationists agree with that concern. “Nanaimo is probably better off than most systems, because Harmac will release pulsing (water) to get Chinook up the system,” said Wayne Harling, Nanaimo & District Fish and Game Protective Association pollution committee chairman. “My argument has always been if any municipality wants to tap into the water supply on eastern Vancouver Island they should be obligated to, before they build a dam for domestic purposes, it should be large enough to provide for release for fish.” The province doesn’t require it, and Harling said it should. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Furlong lashed out in media, says lawyer
Freelance reporter sues ex-Olympic boss over comments LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver Olympics boss John Furlong’s accusations that freelance journalist Laura Robinson fabricated a story over a personal vendetta have ruined her career, says her lawyer. Robinson is suing Furlong for comments he made after she wrote a 2012 article carrying allegations from former aboriginal students that Furlong beat and racially taunted them while he was a teacher at a northern British Columbia school more than 40 years ago. The defamation trial began Monday with her lawyer Bryan Baynham telling a judge that Furlong “lashed out” at Robinson in the media after her story was published in the Georgia Straight newspaper. “Why did Mr. Furlong defame and attempt to discredit Ms. Robinson? He did it because she reported on aspects of his past that he did his best to keep hidden,” Baynham said. Baynham said Furlong accused Robinson of a lack of diligence and inaccurate reporting, despite repeatedly refusing her requests for comment. Furlong even implied that she had attempted to extort money from him in exchange for not publishing the story, Baynham said. The former Olympics boss portrayed Robinson as an activist, rather than a professional journalist, who held “open contempt” for Furlong and male authority figures in sports, Baynham said.
Freelance journalist Laura Robinson arrives at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Furlong has vehemently denied any allegations of abuse. His lawyer, John Hunter, told reporters outside the courthouse that his client had a right to respond publicly to Robinson’s “attacks.” “He’s entitled to do that and that’s what he did. I don’t know how there can be very much doubt he was attacked.” Furlong filed his own defamation suit against Robinson shortly after the article was published. He dropped it in March following the dismissal of the last of three sexual abuse lawsuits that had been launched against him. While Robinson’s original article did not contain allegations of sexual abuse, three people who claimed to be former students of Furlong’s later filed lawsuits alleging inappropriate touching. A judge dismissed a woman’s suit in February after finding
she attended a different school at the time, while a man’s suit was tossed the next month when he failed to show up in court. Another woman dropped her legal action last year. John Miller, former Ryerson University journalism chairman, testified as an expert witness. He said when journalists begin investigating a story they must be open to the possibility they could be wrong and take steps to avoid collusion between sources. Miller testified that he believed Robinson had put a note in a local Burns Lake newspaper that said she wanted to interview Furlong’s former students. “She didn’t say, ‘I want to interview former students about feeling they were abused by Mr. Furlong,”’ he said. “In my mind, she took an effort to be open without telegraphing her intention.”
◆ VANCOUVER
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Plans on way to respond to hazardous spills
Cops, coroner seek to identify found remains
Plans are in the works to create a quicker, more co-ordinated response to land-based hazardous spills in British Columbia. Provincial Environment Minister Mary Polak says the province is working on creating an organization that will be able to immediately respond to all landbased spills with trained workers and proper equipment. The minister says the provincially certified, industry-funded organization will be able to take action even before authorities have identified who’s responsible for the spill and its clean up. The goal, Polak says, is to fill any gaps in existing federal and provincial legislation, particularly when it comes to co-ordinating responses to spills. The new spill response regime is expected to be in place by 2017.
Victoria-area police say they are working with the coroner to identify human remains found on Thursday during a search for a missing 51-year-old father. Police say the search for any sign of Dana McKellar that began June 2 is now over and was one of the largest ever conducted on the island, focusing on three hectares in rural Saanich. More than 90 officers used ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic mapping technology, and thermal imaging in the search. Once the remains are identified, police say they will speak with next of kin, determine how the person died and who was responsible. McKellar was reported missing last September, and police say they learned that he had been assaulted in the previous July.
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Man banned from filing court documents in B.C.
Teen charged in stabbing death out of custody
A 74-year-old man who wrongfully acted as a lawyer and created legal documents has been banned from entering any courthouse in British Columbia. Charles Bryfogle has been found guilty on eight counts of being in contempt of court and is forbidden from filing legal documents on behalf of himself or others. The ruling in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops came after a legal action by the province’s regulator for lawyers. The B.C. Law Society wanted to see Bryfogle go to jail for 21 days, but Justice Victoria Gray handed him a three-year suspended sentence and said he will jailed if he breaches his probation terms. Brydogle has been declared a “vexatious litigant” in both B.C. and Arizona.
The oldest of four teenagers accused in the stabbing death of another young man in Whistler, B.C., has been granted bail. Eighteen-year-old Arvin Golic was released from custody after an appearance in provincial court Monday and is under house arrest. Golic was charged with manslaughter along with three other underage male suspects who can’t be named after 19-year-old Luka Gordic was killed in May. Two of the other suspects have also been released on bail, and the third is being kept in custody. There were some emotional outbursts as Golic left court on Monday, including yelling and crying from the victim’s family. Investigators have said the suspects all know each other from the Vancouver area.
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NDP give Albertans roadmap in throne speech
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CP puts Lac-Megantic settlement into question
LAUREN KRUGEL THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — Two of the biggest issues hanging over Alberta’s oilpatch got little ink in the new NDP government’s first throne speech. There were no new details on the approach to royalties or greenhouse gas regulations in the speech, read by new Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell in the chamber on Monday. However, a promise to increase corporate taxes to 12 per cent from 10 per cent did feature prominently. “We need to review how the people of Alberta — including our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, many years from now — will be rewarded for the development of their own energy resources,” was the sole reference in the speech to the NDP’s vow to examine Alberta’s oil and gas royalty take. The speech also highlighted the need to “demonstrate real leadership on the environment and on climate change” and urged stronger partnership with other provinces through a Canadian Energy Strategy. Alberta’s $15-a-tonne carbon levy is up for renewal at the end of the month, but the speech made no mention of where that’s going. That’s not to say greenhouse gas policy isn’t top of mind for Notley, especially with United Nations climate talks coming up later this year in Paris. Notley said business leaders have “barely raised” the corporate tax matter in their discussions with her. “They’ve not suggested that that is their concern and they’re more interested about ensuring that we can have a full dialogue in the climate change piece and the royalty piece.” Brian Jean, leader of the Opposition Wildrose party, called Monday’s throne speech “thin.”
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U2 frontman Bono signs the arm of a fan as he leaves Parliament Hill on Monday. Bono is in Ottawa for a meeting with political leaders including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and non-profit organizations. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
A lawyer for the defunct railroad at the centre of the Lac-Megantic train derailment said Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is acting deplorably and offensively by attempting to shut down proceedings to distribute over $430 million to victims and creditors of the 2013 tragedy. Most of the roughly 25 companies accused of responsibility in the July 6, 2013, derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que. that killed 47 people, have agreed to pay money into a settlement fund. Canadian Pacific is the only company accused in the tragedy that has refused to participate in the fund.
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U2’s Bono in Ottawa to meet with leaders Rock star strikes upbeat note arriving on Parliament Hill MIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — U2 frontman Bono held meetings in Ottawa on Monday with Stephen Harper, as well as the prime minister’s Liberal and NDP rivals. The Irish rock singer sparked another round in the political debate over the Conservative government’s development policy, which has focused on maternal and child health, while freezing overall development spending. Bono remained above the fray, striking an upbeat note as he arrived on Parliament Hill repeating his mantra of “the world needs more Canada.” “Development assistance, or foreign aid as you call it here, is a really good way of showing who you are to the rest of the world,” Bono said, surrounded by fans and well-wishers. Fresh off a show in Montreal, Bono arrived earlier in the day at the National Arts Centre in the city’s downtown to discuss foreign aid with several non-governmental organizations.
“It’s my hope that Bono’s visit will boost Canadian awareness and engagement on international development priorities,” said Michael Messenger, president of World Vision Canada. “Today’s discussions underscore that we cannot work alone — success and innovation happen when we’re all at the table, committed to improving the lives of children.” Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who greeted the singer upon his arrival, said Bono’s star power will help to focus political attention on some overlooked issues. Bono was to meet with Harper to talk about maternal and child health aid projects in Africa and elsewhere. The Prime Minister’s Office says the Irish singer and humanitarian activist requested the meeting with Harper. Bono was also to meet with NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Harper has committed $3.5 billion toward the maternal and child health cause, his signature foreign-aid initiative
aimed at reducing the number of deaths of newborns and their mothers in the developing world. But the NDP was critical of Canada’s overall aid spending, which has fallen to 0.24 per cent of GDP, well below 0.7 target set by the United Nations. The Harper government froze aid spending five years ago, and the most recent budget did not reverse that trend. The United Kingdom has committed to reaching the 0.7 per cent target, despite having a less robust economy than Canada’s, said NDP development critic Helene Laverdiere. She also said the government has also lapsed hundreds of millions of aid spending that could have gone towards worthy aid programming. “Those are cuts through the back door,” she said. Bono last met with former prime minister Paul Martin more than a decade ago, when the two discussed foreign aid priorities of that time, which included efforts to combat the spread of HIV-AIDS in Africa.
New charges for man who got girl, 11, pregnant A Quebec man facing sexual assault charges against a now 12-year-old girl who gave birth last month is now facing additional charges. Mathieu Roy is charged in the case of the first victim, who was allegedly assaulted while she was 11 and became pregnant. Authorities say the new victim is a girl under the age of 16. The new charges come as the 32-year-old man was due back in court Monday for a bail hearing after spending the weekend behind bars. He now faces two additional charges of sexual assault and sexual touching.
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Officials seize stash of meat found in luggage The Canadian Border Services Agency says 27 kilograms of undeclared raw meat have been seized at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. The agency says they were first alerted when a detector dog smelled something funny at a baggage carousel last Tuesday. When the luggage was brought into a secondary inspection area, border officers found a selection of products including partly frozen beef cuts, whole goose and smaller avian birds. A traveller from Egypt was counselled about the requirement to declare all food, plant, animals and related products.
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Court filing alleges Tory duplicity in handling of gun registry information BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Conservative government was pushing for the speedy — and illegal — destruction of long-gun registry records even as it was promising the information commissioner that it would preserve the data, a new court affidavit alleges. The duplicity alleged in the Federal Court filing by investigator Neil O’Brien goes right up to the Prime Minister’s Office, and helps sets the stage for a constitutional challenge. Federal information commissioner Suzanne Legault is seeking a court order to preserve any remaining records from the now-defunct long gun registry, part of a wider court challenge contesting the RCMP’s handling of records under the Access to Information Act. The dispute dates to April 2012 when the Conservatives had just passed a law ending the registry, leaving in Legault’s hands an unresolved complaint about access to registry records. On April 13, 2012, Legault informed then-public safety minister Vic Toews and the RCMP
“Between you and me, someone will owe us lots of drinks at PMO if they want this to happen by end of August.” Jacques Laporte, Gun registry program manager
that she was investigating, and that all documents had to be preserved pending the outcome. Toews agreed, in writing, on May 2, 2012, that the government and RCMP would respect the legally enforceable Access to Information Act rules. The very next day, according to O’Brien’s affidavit, emails between two senior officials at the Canadian Firearms Program, housed within the RCMP, discuss “pressure from senior RCMP to move up delete date.” “Between you and me, someone will owe us lots of drinks at PMO if they want this to happen by end of August,” responded Jacques Laporte, a program manager.
By May 29, Pierre Perron, the assistant commissioner of the Canadian Firearms Program, was emailing director Robert MacKinnon: “Just for the record, the minister’s office is putting a lot of pressure on me to destroy the records sooner.” The Mounties did destroy the records in late October 2012 — following further pressure from the Privy Council Office, the bureaucracy that supports the prime minister and cabinet. After a lengthy investigation, Legault ended up recommending this spring that charges be laid against members of the RCMP for the data destruction. The Conservatives responded by rewriting the law, backdating the changes to the day legislation proposing to end the gun registry was first tabled in Parliament in 2011, and burying the unannounced changes in a 167page budget bill that’s expected to pass Parliament this week. The bill also nullifies any “request, complaint, investigation, application, judicial review, appeal or other proceeding under the Access to Information Act or the Privacy Act” — effectively
sending the entire dispute into what Legault calls a history-erasing “black hole.” In the meantime, the Ontario Provincial Police are now investigating the RCMP’s actions. The latest court filing sparked angry words Monday in the House of Commons. Liberal deputy leader Ralph Goodale said the affidavit shows government pressure on the Mounties “to break the law and cover it up.” “Who in the minister’s office counselled that illegal behaviour?” Goodale demanded. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney responded that the retroactive law simply fixes a “loophole.” But trust in the government’s word appears low, which is why Legault is seeking an emergency court order. “Based on the speed at which the RCMP has destroyed the long-gun registry records, it is my belief that the record in issue in this application will be destroyed within minutes of sections 230-231 of Bill C-59 coming into force,” O’Brien states in his affidavit.
Mid-summer debates for election set THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The leaders of all four major national parties will go head to head in the first debate of the federal election season — in the depths of summer when voters aren’t likely to be paying close attention. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, Green party Leader Elizabeth May and — after some initial reservations — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will take part in an Aug. 6 debate sponsored by Maclean’s magazine. Liberals had wanted the debate to include a live audience or questions from ordinary Canadians, but multiple sources say that idea was shot down by the Conservatives and NDP. The Conservatives last month declared that Harper will participate in five debates and pre-emptively agreed to four — debates organized by Maclean’s, Quebec television network TVA, the Munk Debates and the Globe and Mail, working in concert with Google. The Tories ruled out Harper’s participation in the two televised debates (one French, one English) that are traditionally organized by a consortium of the country’s major broadcasters.
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As global markets slide, Greece declares it is ready for new round of talks to secure bailout DEREK GATOPOULOS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
can keep paying off loans. European officials urged Greece to swiftly resume negotiations with international creditors, which include its partners in the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund. “Greece must not wait ... there’s not a moment to lose,” French President Francois Hollande said. And European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi told EU lawmakers in Brussels that “the ball lies squarely in the camp” of the Greek government. Draghi underlined the ECB’s role in supporting Greek banks, allowing up to 83 billion euros ($93 billion) in emergency credit, but cautioned that such lending could only continue so long as Greek banks remain solvent. The lenders have been allowed to purchase short-term government bills within limits, helping the government with its day-to-day struggle to raise cash.
Draghi said that limit could only be raised — a move that could help ease some of the government’s financing concerns — if there was a clear prospect of an agreement that will lead to the release of more bailout money. Asked under what circumstances the ECB would end emergency support, Draghi said: “I don’t want to speculate” on what would happen if Greece misses its upcoming payments to its creditors. The ECB will review its support for Greek banks on Wednesday. Greek and EU officials also said that the two sides were still at odds over proposed sales tax hikes and how big a budget surplus the country should have when excluding debt interest payments. Hollande said he was likely to have the opportunity to speak soon with both Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
ATHENS — Greece insisted Monday it is ready to return to bailout talks “at any moment” after a breakdown in negotiations with creditors pushed the country closer toward bankruptcy and jolted international markets. As concern over Greece’s financial future swelled across financial markets and the two sides quarrelled over who’s to blame for the current standoff, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called an emergency meeting with his team of bailout negotiators. Without the release of the remaining money left in Greece’s bailout fund, the country faces the prospect of a debt default on June 30, putting up limits on money transfers and eventually dropping out of the euro. In recent days, hopes had emerged that the outlines of a deal could emerge at a meeting
of the 19 eurozone finance ministers in Luxembourg on Thursday, but those expectations are fading after the weekend breakdown. The meeting had been billed as a decisive moment in the protracted talks as the Greek bailout program runs out at the end of the month and Athens needs to pay some 1.6 billion euros to the IMF or risk a default. The negotiations centre on freeing up $8.1 billion to make sure Athens
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Minnesota top bishop exits over sex abuse scandal
Woman at centre of race controversy resigns post
NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY — The embattled archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis and his deputy resigned Monday after years of pressure, an indication Pope Francis is making good on his promise that no one is above the law when it comes to covering up for clergy who sexually abuse children. Archbishop John Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piche stepped down after Minnesota prosecutors charged their archdiocese with having failed to protect children from unspeakable harm by a pedophile priest who was later convicted of molesting two boys. Separately, the Vatican indicted Jozef Wesolowski, its own former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, on charges of sexually abusing minors in the Caribbean country and possessing child pornography. He will be the highest-ranking Vatican official ever to stand trial for a sex crime. The developments came days after Francis approved the creation of a new tribunal inside the Vatican to hear cases of bishops accused of failing to protect minors, answering years of criticism that top-ranked churchmen have long been immune to punishment for ignoring or covering up for priests who rape and molest children. It’s not clear if the tribunal — once it becomes functioning — would handle the cases of Nienstedt and Piche, since they are no longer in office.
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Rachel Dolezal accused of pretending to be a black person NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
◆ KHARTOUM, SUDAN
Sudan president avoids war crime charge arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Khartoum on Monday to cheers of supporters after leaving South Africa, where a court had ordered his arrest based on an international warrant for war crimes charges. A South African court ruled that al-Bashir, who was attending an African Union summit, should be arrested. The ruling came after al-Bashir left. The International Criminal Court’s charges against al-Bashir stem from reported atrocities in the conflict in Darfur in which 300,000 people were killed and two million displaced in the government’s campaign, according to U.N. figures.
◆ TBLISI, GEORGIA
Searchers seek people, zoo animals after flood Workers and volunteers laboured Monday in a flood-ravaged area of the Georgian capital to help victims while nervously watching for traces of dangerous animals that may have escaped the city zoo when it was inundated by the surging waters. Officials said 14 people were confirmed dead. The devastated zoo was still trying to determine what had happened to four lions, three tigers and one jaguar whose enclosures were flooded, zoo spokeswoman Khatia Basilashvili said. Up to 24 people were reported missing late Sunday. By Monday afternoon, all but 10 of them had been found, Georgian authorities said.
◆ MARS, PA. SPOKANE, Wash. — The president of a chapter of a major U.S. group advocating for the rights of African Americans resigned Monday, just days after her parents said she is a white woman posing as black — a dizzyingly swift fall for an activist credited with injecting remarkable new energy into the civil rights organization. The furor touched off fierce debate around the country over racial identity and divided the NAACP itself. “In the eye of this current storm, I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP,” Rachel Dolezal, who was elected the Spokane chapter’s president last fall, wrote on the group’s Facebook page. “Please know I will never stop fighting for human rights.” City officials, meanwhile, are investigating whether she lied about her ethnicity when she landed an appointment to Spokane’s police oversight board. On her application, she said her ethnic origins included white, black and American Indian. Dolezal, a 37-year-old woman with a light brown complexion and dark curly hair, graduated from historically black Howard University, teaches African studies at a local university and was married to a black man. For years, she publicly described herself as black and complained repeatedly of being the victim of racial hatred in the heavily white region. The uproar began last week after Dolezal’s parents told the news media that their daughter is white with a trace of Native
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In this July 2009 file photo, Rachel Dolezal stands in front of a mural she painted at the institute’s offices in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
American heritage. They produced photos of her as a girl with fair skin and straight blond hair. Her mother, Ruthanne Dolezal of Troy, Montana, told reporters she has had no contact with her daughter in several years. She said Rachel began to “disguise herself” as black after her parents adopted four black children more than a decade ago. Rachel Dolezal initially dismissed the controversy, saying it arose from a legal dispute that has divided the family, and repeatedly sidestepped questions about her race. “That question is not as easy as it seems,” she said. “There’s a lot of complexities.” Late last week, the national NAACP stood by her, saying “one’s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership.”
But Dolezal came under increasing pressure from local chapter members to resign. Kitara Johnson, an NAACP member in Spokane who has been calling on Dolezal to step down, welcomed the resignation as “the best thing that can happen right now.” Dolezal has not returned numerous calls to her home and offices from The Associated Press. Dolezal was also fired Monday as a weekly columnist for The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Spokane’s alternative weekly. City officials are investigating whether she lied about her ethnicity when she landed an appointment to Spokane’s police oversight board. On her application, she said her ethnic origins included white, black and American Indian.
Earth to Mars: Happy New Year! That’s the sentiment being offered this weekend in Mars, Pennsylvania, as NASA and other space enthusiasts gather to honour the red planet. The Martian New Year occurs about every two Earth-years. On Friday and Saturday, NASA will sponsor exhibits and activities in the borough of Mars, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. The agency hopes to encourage young people to study science and technology fields that will further NASA’s goal of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s. The next celebration is scheduled for May 5, 2017.
◆ BEIJING
South China Sea work nearly done, says China China will complete land reclamation projects on its disputed South China Sea territorial claims as planned within “upcoming days,” the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. However, in a sign that developments were far from over, a statement posted to the ministry’s website said China would follow up by building infrastructure to carry out functions ranging from maritime search and rescue to environmental conservation and scientific research. The work has sharply increased tensions with the United States, and Vietnam and other countries in the region.
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HEALTHTUESDAY Tuesday, June 16, 2015 || Managing Editor: Philip Wolf 250-729-4240, Philip.Wolf@nanaimodailynews.com || SECTION B
PEDIATRICS
More children presenting diet-related conditions
Caregivers will burn out fast Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
Heart disease, hypertension, fatty liver follow on obesity and poor diet
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nce seen only among an older population, adult diseases such as fatty liver disease, hypertension and osteoporosis are being diagnosed more and more in children. And you can add to that sleep apnea, Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol levels. The culprits? Unhealthy diets and growing waistlines, experts say. Recognizing obesity early and appreciating the cardiovascular decline it can pose for young children has become so important that the American Academy of Pediatrics established guidelines and recommendations for pediatricians, typically not accustomed to seeing the resulting cascade of health issues in their patients. “Several studies have shown that obesity is under recognized by parents as well as by physicians,” said Dr. Seema Kumar, pediatric endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. “Parents in general tend to think they will outgrow it. . . . It also depends on the ethnic group they’re coming from. In some cultures, being overweight is actually a sign of prosperity. So they may actually not even consider that as a problem.” Kumar’s observations ring true with a study by the New York University Langone Medical Center that was published online in April in the journal Childhood Obesity. While rates of childhood obesity have risen over the last several decades, the study showed, a vast majority of parents perceive their kids as “about the right weight.” Dr. James J. Maciejko, a lipidologist and director of the Adult and Pediatric Lipid Clinics at St. John Hospital in Detroit, is concerned by how few Americans in general understand the grave dangers of overeating. Maciejko sees kids eating 3,000 calories a day and reminds them and their parents that young bodies cannot handle that load. In general, he said, pre-pubescent children should be consuming about 2,000 calories per day; if
A new study suggests that adult diseases can strike children because of poor diet and obesity. [FOTOLIA/TNS]
they are quite active, maybe 200 to 300 calories more. After puberty, most boys should consume about 2,000 calories a day and girls about 1,500 to 1,600 daily. Why? Here’s a partial list: Heart disease: With obesity comes the risk of cardiovascular disease. Developing risk factors in childhood can greatly increase the likelihood of heart disease in adulthood. For that reason, guidelines sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, recommend that all children be screened for high cholesterol at least once at ages 9 to 11 and again at 17 to 21. These guidelines are meant to help health care practitioners prevent or identify those issues early to minimize more severe health issues later in life. Diabetes: Overweight children can develop “adult-onset” diabetes, or Type 2, as young as age 8, and the CDC points out that the loss of insulin
sensitivity can develop at any age, especially among overweight children. The complications from diabetes are many: cardiovascular problems, damage to the nerves, kidneys, eyes and feet, and it can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. Hypertension: “There are enough studies that have shown that . . . an overweight child is two to three times more likely to have high blood pressure compared to a child that is normal weight,” Kumar said. Hypertension can cause a range of health problems, from the heart to the brain to the kidneys. Fatty liver: Maciejko said he is noticing more children being diagnosed with hyperlipidemia, or high fat levels in the blood. Part of the reason simply may be that doctors now are testing children for this. The pediatrics association “now recommends all kids by the age of 9 have a lipid profile,” he noted. As a result, when kids come in for their
wellness visit when they’re 9, 10 or 11, the pediatrician orders a cholesterol profile. “And so, because of that, we’re starting to identify cholesterol issues in kids,” he said. So those health issues all link to the diet problem. What can parents do? Children’s diets should consist of healthy sources of protein such as low-fat dairy products, lean cuts of meat and eggs; fresh vegetables and fruit; and healthy beverages such as water and skim milk, according to Maciejko. He advises against excess starch such as pasta, potatoes and white bread, favouring wholegrain pasta, rye or wholegrain bread and vegetables as replacements. “Of course, the key to avoiding unhealthy weight gain is moderation in the consumption of food,” he noted, “even the healthiest food.” Helping children develop healthy eating habits now is the key, the experts say, because the dire consequences are coming fast.
IMMIGRATION
Refugee care issue may wait post-election THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The question of whether the federal government is obliged to pay all health care costs for anyone who seeks asylum in Canada is unlikely to be answered before this fall’s federal election. The Conservative government is currently appealing a Federal Court ruling that found the changes they had made to the health care system for refugee claimants were unconstitutional. Lawyers for refugee claimants say that case is not scheduled to be heard until after
The Doctor Game
the Oct. 19 vote, though in the meantime the government has been forced to reinstate some of the benefits in order to comply with the court ruling. But doctors and refugee advocates taking part in a cross-Canada protest Monday say the current system still doesn’t meet the requirements laid out by the Federal Court last year. The changes weren’t reversed for all refugee claimants, only children and pregnant women, they argue. Even they struggle with a system that’s so confusing, not even providers are certain what is and isn’t covered.
“The zeal in which this government is attacking refugees is not only shameful, but it is illogical,” said Dr. Doug Gruner, a spokesperson for Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care. “It is a policy and position borne out of ignorance and arrogance.” Prior to 2012, anyone awaiting a refugee status decision had their health care costs — including dental, eye care and medications — paid for by the federal government until their application was decided and provincial health coverage kicked in.
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But in June that year, the Conservative government drastically scaled back the available coverage. At the time, the government said costs from the program were spiralling out of control because people were coming to Canada to make false refugee claims specifically to get free health care. A group of doctors and refugee claimants took the government to court, arguing the move violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Federal Court Justice Anne Mctavish agreed, calling the changes “cruel and unusual.”
ere’s a possible Trivial Pursuit question, “What’s the fastest growing unpaid profession in North America?” I admit I wouldn’t have known the answer. But, according to the “Family Caregiver Alliance”, more than 65.7 million Americans, that’s 29 percent of the population, provide care to a family member, loved one or friend who is ill disabled or aged. But when does such labour of love trigger burnout anger in the caregiver? A report from Johns Hopkins University states, “The average unpaid, or informal, caregiver is a 46 year old female with a full or part-time job who spends about 20 hours a week catering for her mother.” But for those caring for a loved one older than 65 the average age is 63. Unfortunately, one-third of these caregivers are also in poor health. Another study carried out in Sweden revealed the shocking news that 18 percent of people older than 75 were involved in the care of others. For these elderly caregivers this isn’t what they expected to be doing in their golden years. I’m sure while they’re carrying out these arduous daily tasks they must share the thought of the German philosopher Nietzsche who remarked, “There is no greater misery than to remember happier times.” The problem with an aging population is that they suffer from a variety of problems. For instance, a Gallup survey revealed that 15 million North Americans are caring for someone incapacitated by some form of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Millions of others are helping family members suffering from cancer, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease or incapacitated by severe unrelenting arthritic pain. Sooner or later the demands of time and energy made on some caregivers triggers a reaction, similar to the last straw that finally breaks the camel’s back. This crisis occurs when they have neglected their own health for too long. Caring for others is also a dangerous job. For example, in one study caregivers, age 66 and over, had a 63 percent higher mortality rate than non- caregivers of the same age. The physical task facing caregivers can be overwhelming. But according to experts it’s the mental toll that is more likely to bring caregivers to their knees. They suffer from loneliness, anxiety, fear of the future, depression and at times anger at the person they’re caring for. It’s small wonder that they require more anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs than the general population. How can caregivers cope with physical and mental stress day after day? First, it’s vital that they don’t put their own health at the bottom of the list. This is a sure formula for Burnout 101. Family members must keep a wary eye on the caregiver and realize there’s a crisis in the making if they notice them reaching for alcohol, having difficulty concentrating, suffering from insomnia or having thoughts of suicide. This is a time when other family members must share the burden. Caregivers who remain silent and uncomplaining are quicker to suffer burnout. It’s important for them to “let it out” with a family member, friend, clergy or a counsellor. It’s also prudent for them to get some form of exercise daily. And to find time during the day for something they enjoy, whether it be reading a book or watching a movie. Caregivers must be ready for emergencies. This means trying to plan ahead for the dangers that could occur in the community. For example, you may live in an area that is prone to sudden snow storms. What will happen at subzero temperatures if electrical power shuts down for days? See the website www.docgiff.com. For comment, info@docgiff.com.
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2015 Nanaimo Amateur cancelled With employees locked out, golf tournament organizers were unable to predict if staff could be in place SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo’s most well-known golf tournament will not be held this summer due to a labour dispute. According to a letter posted online from Nanaimo Golf Club men’s captain and tournament committee chair Andy McDougall, the Nanaimo Men’s Amateur Tournament has been cancelled for 2015. More than 20 of the golf club’s unionized service staff and jani-
“Our goal is to reach a fair and reasonable settlement as soon as possible, but we just can’t predict when this will happen.“ Andy McDougall, Nanaimo Golf Club
tors have been on the picket line outside the clubhouse, locked out by management after a strike
notice was served, since April 24. “. . . We cannot predict whether a resolution will be reached before the tournament on August 6, 7 and 8,” McDougall’s letter states. “Our goal is to reach a fair and reasonable settlement as soon as possible, but we just can’t predict when this will happen.” McDougall’s letter was addressed to tournament participants and past sponsors of the event, which has been running in Nanaimo for more than 40 years. He wrote that the decision was
made by the club’s board of directors on the reccommendation of its tournament committee. “With this cloud of uncertainty over our heads, we cannot properly organize or prepare for an event of such magnitude, that could be even close to our usual standards,” McDougall wrote. “There are too many logistical and operational challenges — from organizing and serving the banquet dinners, getting volunteers to help, and obtaining sponsors for our fundraising, to
having many of our major suppliers not wanting to cross a picket line to make deliveries. “The decision to not host this traditional annual event was a difficult one, and we can assure you it involved a great deal of thoughtful and due consideration.” The three-rund tournament hosted 208 golfers in 2014. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Anjarwalla, 15, takes third at top tourney
Pacific Coast Soccer League premier division team undefeated in weekend play ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
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The Mid Isle Mariners kept up their push for the Pacific Coast Soccer League title with a draw and a win in back-to-back home games this past weekend. The Mariners tied 1-1 with the Vancouver Thunderbirds on Saturday at Merle Logan Field and followed that up with a 1-0 win over Khalsa Sporting Club on Sunday in Ladysmith. Blaze Roberts gave the home side the lead against the Thunderbirds with an excellent finish into the top corner just outside the box before Chris Merriman’s men were pegged back late in the game. Merriman said he was content with that result and described the fixture as an end-to-end encounter. “In the last few games we’ve really found our form, although we lost it a bit towards the end of the Thunderbirds game,” said Merriman. “But I was pleased with the way we battled back and have no complaints.” The coach’s positive spirit improved further the next day and he praised the resilience of midfielders Riley O’Neill and brother James who were able to control the midfield and help secure the three points. “We played better in that game,” he said. “Khalsa are a really experienced team so the likes of
Fifteen-year-old Nanaimo golfer Shirin Anjarwalla continued her torrid start to the 2015 season with a third place finish Sunday at the CN Future Links Prairie Championship in Prince Albert, Sask. With a three-day total of plussix, Anjarwalla also moved up to No. 10 among golfers up to 18 years old on the CN Future Links National Jr. Girls Order of Merit standings. She had her worst round on the opening day, shooting a 77, but rebound to shoot a one-over-par 73 in the second round before scratching the third. “It was just eliminating silly mistakes,” Anjarwalla said of her improvement. “I did really well on the Par 3s, but no so good on the Par 5s, and those were just short putts that I missed. It was just small things that, if I can eliminate those, I think I have a really good chance of winning.” Next up for the Dover Bay golfer is the B.C. Women’s Amateur Championship in Duncan, which she believes she has a shot at winning. “I am one of the best juniors in B.C. and I’m able to compete with lots of the women out there, too,” she said, “so I give myself a really good chance.”
Mid Isle Mariners attacker Jordan de Graaf, left, dances around the Vancouver Thunderbirds during a Pacific Coast Soccer League premier division game at Merle Logan Field on Saturday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Riley and James helped a lot.” Taylor Arbour scored the Mariners’ winning goal. The Mariners continue to sit in third place, three points behind second-place Victoria Highlanders with three games in hand. “We’ve still got to play Victoria twice and they’re going to be important games for us,” said Merriman, who wants his team to be more clinical in the weeks
ahead. “We’ve been creating chances, but haven’t been as clinical as I’d liked in finishing teams off. If we can get on top of that, then we’ll reach higher levels and be able to put games away early on. We also haven’t been playing through the midfield enough so we’ll be working on that. “We’ve got quality players in our midfield engine and we need to get them the ball more often.”
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NHL FINAL
Blackhawks are Stanley Cup champions Chicago wins Game 6 2-0 for third title in six years; defenceman Keith named Conn Smythe winner STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
CHICAGO — The margin of error was minuscule, the difference between the teams even less. After playing on a tightrope for two weeks, the dam finally broke and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in Game 6 on Monday night to win one of the tightest Stanley Cup final series in NHL history and capture their third title in the past six years. “It doesn’t feel real right now. It’s unbelievable,” captain Jonathan Toews said. “Feels like a dream. Every time we do it, it gets better and better. It’s an amazing feeling.” The Blackhawks lifted the Cup at United Center for the first time. They had to wait, however, as the trophy was delayed by weather and needed a police escort to the arena. It was the first time in franchise history they won on home ice since 1938. “They’re all grinds, this one maybe was a little bit more grindier,” said Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville to the CBC on ice while his team celebrated around him. “I’m the lucky guy that gets to work with this great character group here that’s been around here three different times.” Conn Smythe trophy winner Duncan Keith scored the clincher on one of the best individual efforts of the playoffs, and Patrick Kane provided the exclamation point with a third-period goal. They got help from goaltender Corey Crawford, who made 25 saves to pick up his first shutout of the final. In total he stopped 151 of the 161 shots he faced to outduel an injured Ben Bishop, who was struggling with a groin tear. “That’s three Cups, six seasons. I’d say you have a dynasty,” said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman before presenting the Cup to Toews. The Lightning’s starter again
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday in Chicago. [AP PHOTO]
fought through injury but couldn’t be perfect enough. With a banged-up team in front of him, Bishop made 30 saves as Tampa Bay couldn’t force a Game 7 back home Wednesday night. “Think it easily could have been us on the ice celebrating,” said Bishop. “It was such a close series.” A Game 7 is the only thing that could have made this series more historic. Each of the first five games was decided by one goal
for the first time since 1951. In the end the difference was not the stars. Toews had just one goal, while Kane didn’t get on the board until the final minutes of Game 6. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos was shut out. As the series turned into a battle of wills, the Lightning put forth their final burst of desperation facing elimination. But with several players dealing with noticeable injuries, they didn’t have enough to push back
against the playoff-tested and healthier Blackhawks. Veteran defenceman Kimmo Timonen went out on top, winning the Cup in his final season. With 22,424 screaming fans on their feet, the Blackhawks showed why they’re the team of the decade. Just like in 2010 and 2013, with the Cup on the line, they closed the deal like champions. “Chicago’s gonna be a hell of a city to win it in,” said Blackhawks defenceman Johnny
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Canadians draw 1-1 with Dutch, finish first in group BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — It wasn’t what Canada hoped to deliver to the 45,420 roaring fans at Olympic Stadium, but a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands was enough. Ashley Lawrence scored early, only to see Canada concede a goal to substitute Kirsten Van De Ven in the 87th minute as the teams closed out group stage play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Monday night. Canada finished first in Group A with a win and two draws and will begin single-game knockout play Sunday in Vancouver against an opponent still to be determined. China was a second in the group while the Netherlands, with a win, a loss and a draw, was third. “All in all, top of the group, five points, we’re off to the west coast, this was the plan,” said Canada coach John Herdman. “We’d love to have another three points in the bag but, job done, we’re happy.” By finishing first, the Canadians will play all their remaining games in either Vancouver or Edmonton, greatly reducing the travel they may have faced by finishing second or third. Canada, ranked eighth in the world, went for the win against the 12th-ranked Dutch by putting a mostly attack-oriented lineup on the field. It produced Canada’s first goal from open play in three group stage games, but they also conceded their first goal of the tournament. “Ultimately our goal was to win the group,” said Canada captain Christine Sinclair. “We did that and we’re proud of that, but you hope that, in the last 5-10 minutes of the game, up 1-0, you can close out the game. “Maybe a little naive on our part. There’s no excuse for them to get a 3 on 1 in the last couple of minutes of the game. We can learn from it.” Herdman made four lineup changes, looking for offence from a Canadian team whose only
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Canada forward Christine Sinclair and Netherlands defender Stefanie Van Der Gragt battle for the ball during Women’s World Cup soccer action Monday in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
goal in the opening two games was on a penalty. They got the early pressure and Lawrence scored 10 minutes in on a play that started with a throw-in deep in Dutch territory. The ball deflected to Sophie Schmidt, who slipped it to Lawrence for a shot that went in off goalkeeper Loes Geurts’ knee. Lawrence nearly added another a minute later but saw her low shot miss the left post. But it was after making substitutions in the second half, mostly to shore up the defence, that the Dutch caught the Canadian defence off guard and equalized. The visitors missed a glittering chance on a quick counter in the 83rd when Manon Melis broke in alone on the left side, but Erin McLeod kept it out with her best save of the night. Four minutes later, a turnover
allowed Melis to slip the ball to Van De Ven, who was all alone at the edge of the area to score. “The tough decision, if I could have it back, was the fullback,” Herdman said of his 81st minute substitution of midfielder Sophie Schmidt, who took a nasty knock along the sidelines, with Rhian Wilkinson. “With Wilkinson, we wanted to make sure we shored up that side and put (Josee) Belanger into the attack. “We just got caught out in the transition.” Schmidt was shaken up. Herdman said it will help that Canada has six days before it’s next game to help her recover. ESPN reports that at 20 years, four days, Lawrence became Canada’s third-youngest World Cup scorer behind Kara Lang (twice) and Schmidt.
Oduya. “Can’t wait for the parade.” After an anthem so loud the crowd drowned out Jim Cornelison, fans chanted, “We want the Cup” before the opening faceoff. Within the opening minutes they gasped as Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov got a breakaway and then again as Stamkos hit the cross-bar. Bishop thwarted the Blackhawks on a power play with a toe save on Teuvo Teravainen and then another on Brent Seabrook. His best came on a later power play when he stoned Toews on the doorstep. After Chicago put 13 shots on net to Tampa Bay’s four in the first period, Stamkos got another golden opportunity a minute into the second. Sprung on a breakaway, Stamkos stopped and deked but couldn’t beat Crawford. The Lightning got the first five shots of the period before Patrick Sharp ignited back-and-forth scoring chances around the midway mark. A save by Bishop that sent the puck into the stands brought a whistle and more noise to the sold-out arena. At the 13:13 mark, the place erupted when Keith put the puck on net, followed it for the rebound and fired it past Bishop. As “Chelsea Dagger” played, the Blackhawks moved one step closer to glory. In the dying seconds of the period, they thought they had a second goal. Instead, Brent Seabrook’s shot rang off the inside of the post to prevent the firsttwo goal lead of any kind in the series. With no breathing room for six games, the Blackhawks put the Lightning on their heels in the third period. The pushback brought out some nervous energy, but then Kane scored on a two-on-one rush with Richards with 5:14 left and the celebration began. “Chelsea Dagger” again played over the loud speakers after the final buzzer, followed by “Sweet Home Chicago.”
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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Stanley Cup Finals Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks
FOOTBALL CFL
Pre-season schedule
Yesterday’s result (Game 6) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 0 (Chicago wins Stanley Cup 4-2)
Last Saturday’s results Montreal 26, Ottawa 9, at Stade TELUSUniversite Laval, Quebec City Edmonton 31, Saskatchewan 24 at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray
Previous results Game 1, Wednesday June 3 Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
Last Friday’s result Calgary 20, BC Lions 6 (at McMahon Stadium, Calgary)
Game 2, Saturday, June 6 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3
Preseason C Thursday, June 18 Toronto at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Game 3, Monday, June 8 Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 10 (Game 4) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, June 13 (Game 5) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
Blackhawks 2, Lightning 0 First Period No scoring Penalties: Paquette Tb (Tripping) 8:35, Boyle Tb (Roughing) 13:53 Second Period 1. Chicago, Keith (3) (Richards, Kane) 17:13 Penalties: Palat Tb (Elbowing Johnny Oduya) 19:13 Third Period 2. Chicago, Kane (11) (Richards, Saad) 14:46 Penalties: Desjardins Chi (Tripping Anton Stralman) 16:21 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Tampa Bay 4 7 14 25 Chicago 13 10 9 32 Goaltending summary: Tampa Bay: Bishop (30/32), Chicago: Crawford (25/25) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Tampa Bay: 0 of 1, Chicago: 0 of 3 Att: 22,424
BASKETBALL NBA Championship final
Friday, June 19 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton vs. BC Lions, 7 p.m., at David Sidoo Field, Thunderbird Stadium, UBC 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. Week 3 Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m.
(Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Sunday’s result (Game 5) Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 (Golden State leads series 3-2)
SOCCER
Today’s schedule (Game 6) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Open Cup, Round Four
Friday, June 19 (Game 7*) Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Sunday at Cleveland
Warriors 104, Cavaliers 91 Golden StateMIN PT RB A ST B TO Iguodala 42:28 14 8 7 3 0 0 Barnes 29:16 8 10 2 2 1 1 Green 35:31 16 9 6 0 0 4 Thompson 40:05 12 3 2 0 0 1 Curry 42:07 37 7 4 2 0 5 Livingston 21:17 2 2 3 0 0 2 Barbosa 17:02 13 2 0 0 0 2 Lee 09:01 2 1 1 0 0 1 Ezeli 03:12 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 104 43 25 7 1 16 Cleveland MIN PT RB A ST B TO James 44:46 40 14 11 1 0 2 Thompson 39:49 19 10 0 2 2 1 Mozgov 09:19 0 0 0 1 0 2 Shumpert 37:18 10 5 2 1 0 1 Dellavedova 41:41 5 0 2 3 0 2 Smith 35:42 14 7 2 1 2 1 Jones 17:47 0 1 0 1 0 0 Miller 13:38 3 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 91 37 17 10 4 10 Golden State 22 29 22 31 Cleveland 22 28 17 24 3 FG: Golden State 12-26, Cleveland 1235. FT: Golden State 20-34, Cleveland 15-21. Fouled Out: None Att: 19,596
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers Today’s schedule Canada vs. Dominica, 4:30 p.m. at BMO Field, Toronto All teams MLS unless noted Today’s schedule 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, 7:30 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.
Tiger Woods, right, shakes hands with Jason Day after playing a practice round for the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay on Monday in University Place, Wash. [AP PHOTO]
Players begin crash course of U.S. Open DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Robert Streb walked off the third green at Chambers Bay, looked both directions and headed left down a dirt path toward Puget Sound. Wrong way. He walked back up the hill and stood in front of a large sign that showed a map of the course, arms crossed as he tried to figure out one of the many mysteries about this U.S. course. In this case, it was a simple question — where was No. 4? Streb wasn’t alone. “It was early on in the course, I think around the third or fourth hole,” Paul Casey said Monday. “My caddie walked the course the day before and knew the way. But I saw many caddies who were lost searching for the fourth tee.” There are more pertinent questions about Chambers Bay, the newest course in 45 years to host a U.S. Open. Never has a U.S. Open course featured so much elevation. One fairway is just over 100 yards wide. And it’s so difficult to determine where the fairway ends and the green starts that the USGA has marked each green with white dots about a yard apart to outline the putting surface. Morgan Hoffmann, one of 11 players who competed at Chambers Bay in 2010 for the U.S. Amateur, described it with words that could take on any meaning. Interesting. Different. About the only one he left out was exciting. “Oh, it will be exciting, absolutely,” Hoffmann said. “There’s going to be shots you see on TV that they’re going to replay and you’re going to say, ‘How did that happen?’ Because you can’t see anywhere near what the slopes are.” Monday was busier than usual for a U.S. Open as the courtship of Chambers Bay got started with the first official day of practice. Tiger Woods was among those who took a scouting trip within the past two weeks.
SOCCER
TENNIS
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June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Sunday’s results No games scheduled, rest day Yesterday’s results (Final group games) (Groups A, B) Germany 4, Thailand 0, at Winnipeg Scoring: Leupolz 24’, Petermann 56’, 58’, Dabritz 73’ Norway 3, Ivory Coast 1, at Moncton Scoring: Norway Hegerberg 6’, 62’, Gulbrandsen 67’; Ivory Coast Nguessan 71’. Netherlands 1, Canada 1, at Montreal Scoring: Canada Ashley Lawrence 10’; Netherlands van de Ven 87’. China 2, New Zealand 2, at Winnipeg Scoring: China Wang Lisi 41’ (pen); Wang Shanshan 60’; New Zealand Stott 28’, Wilkinson 64’. Today’s schedule (Final group games) (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 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 2 0 2 1 5 2 China 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 Netherlands 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 New Zealand 0 2 1 2 3 2 Monday, June 15 Netherlands 1, Canada 1, at Montreal China 2, New Zealand 2, at Winnipeg 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 2 1 0 15 1 7 2 Norway 2 1 0 8 2 7 3 Thailand 1 0 2 3 10 3 4 Ivory Coast 0 0 3 3 16 0 Monday, June 15 Norway 3, Ivory Coast 1, at Moncton Germany 4, Thailand 0, at Winnipeg 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 (final group matches) 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 Sunday’s result Orlando City 1, DC United 0
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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.
WTA Aegon Open Nottingham, June 8-14 Nottingham, England. Surface: Grass. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Final (Played yesterday) Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Current tournamaents ATP Gerry Weber Open, June 15-21 Halle, Germany Surface: Grass. Purse: €1,574,640 Qualifying - Round 2 (5)(Alt) Ricardas Berankis, Lithuanian, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., 6-3, 6-3 Singles - Round 1 Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5). Florian Mayer (96), Germany, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (4). Aegon Championships, June 15-21 Queen’s Club, London, England Surface: Grass. Purse: €1,574,640 Singles - Round 1 Milos Raonic (3), Toronto, def. James Ward, Britain, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Richard Gasquet, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-1, 6-2. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
WTA Aegon Classic Birmingham, June 15-21 Birmingham, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $665,900. Doubles - Round 1 Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Montreal, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-2, 6-3. Singles - Round 1 Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 6-3, 6-1. Christina McHale, United States, def. Alize Cornet (11), France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-3, 6-2.
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, 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 Maple Ridge 6 Burnaby 6 Langley 6 Nanaimo 7
W 6 4 3 2 2 2 2
L 0 2 2 4 4 4 5
T Pts 0 12 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
Sunday’s results New Westminster 7, Maple Ridge 6 Coquitlam 10, Nanaimo 6
Pacific Coast Soccer League W 7 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 0
ATP
GF GA Pts 19 5 23 25 13 23 16 8 20 18 13 14 12 13 10 12 16 7 14 26 7 10 16 6 13 29 2
Sunday’s results Vancouver United 3, Tim Hortons 2 Victoria 2, Vancouver Tbirds 2 Mid Isle 1, Khalsa 0 Saturday’s results Abbotsford 3, Tim Hortons 0 Mid Isle 1, Vancouver Tbirds 0 Victoria 4, Khalsa 1 FC Tigers 0, Vancouver United 3 Saturday, June 20 Kamloops at Mid Isle, 5 p.m. FC Tigers at Khalsa, 5 p.m. Van United at Vancouver Tbirds, 6 p.m. Tim Hortons at Abbotsford, 7 p.m.
Today’s schedule Maple Ridge at Burnaby, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 Burnaby at Langley, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Coquitlam 14 13 1 0 26 Delta 15 11 4 0 22 Victoria 14 9 5 0 18 New Westminster 13 8 5 0 16 Langley 15 4 9 2 10 Nanaimo 13 4 8 1 9 Port Coquitlam 15 4 10 1 9 Burnaby 15 2 13 0 4 Sunday’s results Coquitlam 16, Nanaimo 3 New Westminster 14, Victoria 11 Langley 13, Burnaby 12 Today’s schedule Coquitlam at New Westminster, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 18 Port Coquitlam at Langley, 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 Winnings 1 Fabian Gomez -13 $1,080,000 2 Greg Owen -9 $648,000 T3 Phil Mickelson -8 $270,600 T3 Seung-yul Noh -8 $270,600 T3 Michael Thompson -8 $270,600 T3 Matt Jones -8 $270,600 T3 Brooks Koepka -8 $270,600 T8 Boo Weekley -7 $168,000 T8 Billy Horschel -7 $168,000 T8 Russell Knox -7 $168,000 T8 Chad Campbell -7 $168,000 T12 Will Wilcox -6 $114,000 T12 Colt Knost -6 $114,000 T12 Chez Reavie -6 $114,000 T12 Chris Smith -6 $114,000 T12 Tom Hoge -6 $114,000 T12 Scott Brown -6 $114,000 T18 Cameron Percy -5 $81,000 T18 Vaughn Taylor -5 $81,000 T18 Billy Hurley III -5 $81,000 Canadian result T45 David Hearn E $16,817
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 Winnings 1 Fabian Gomez -13 $1,080,000 1 Inbee Park -19 $525,000 2 Sei Young Kim -14 $323,230 3 Lexi Thompson -12 $234,480 4 Brittany Lincicome -11 $181,389 T5 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -10 $132,725 T5 Morgan Pressel -10 $132,725 T7 Karrie Webb -9 $93,793 T7 Suzann Pettersen -9 $93,793 T9 Gerina Piller -8 $72,261 T9 Anna Nordqvist -8 $72,261 T9 Hyo Joo Kim -8 $72,261 12 Sandra Gal -7 $61,937 T13 Minjee Lee -6 $50,376 T13 Karine Icher -6 $50,376 T13 So Yeon Ryu -6 $50,376 T13 Stacy Lewis -6 $50,376 T13 Sakura Yokomine -6 $50,376 T13 Shanshan Feng -6 $50,376 T19 Lizette Salas -5 $41,410 T19 Cristie Kerr -5 $41,410 Also from Canada T65 Alena Sharp 5 $7,609
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 Winnings 1 Bernhard Langer -19 $405,000 2 Kirk Triplett -13 $237,600 T3 Joe Durant -10 $161,100 T3 Colin Montgomerie -10 $161,100 T3 Russ Cochran -10 $161,100 6 Lee Janzen -9 $108,000 T7 Marco Dawson -8 $86,400 T7 Billy Andrade -8 $86,400 T7 Jeff Hart -8 $86,400 T10 Willie Wood -7 $67,500 T10 Kevin Sutherland -7 $67,500 T12 Jeff Maggert -6 $51,840 T12 Paul Goydos -6 $51,840 T12 Scott Dunlap -6 $51,840 T12 Gene Sauers -6 $51,840 T12 Olin Browne -6 $51,840 T17 Jesper Parnevik -5 $40,500 T17 Esteban Toledo -5 $40,500 T17 Scott Verplank -5 $40,500 T20 Tom Pernice Jr -4 $30,825 Canadian results T20 Rick Gibson -4 $30,825 T47 Rod Spittle 2 $8,370 74 Jim Rutledge 13 $1,782
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 Winnings 1 Shane Bertsch -18 $108,000 2 Lucas Lee -17 $64,800 T3 Patton Kizzire -16 $34,800 T3 Michael Kim -16 $34,800 T5 Brian Richey -14 $22,800 T5 Peter Malnati -14 $22,800 7 Si Woo Kim -13 $20,100 T8 James Nitties -12 $17,400 T8 Jamie Lovemark -12 $17,400 T8 Tyler Aldridge -12 $17,400 T11 Adam Svensson Surrey, B.C. -11 $14,400 T11 Hao-Tong Li -11 $14,400 T13 Taylor Pendrith -10 $10,920 Richmond Hills, Ont. T13 Bronson Burgoon -10 $10,920 T13 Roland Thatcher -10 $10,920 T13 Nathan Tyler -10 $10,920 T13 Brett Stegmaier -10 $10,920 T18 Luke List -9 $7,560 T18 Seb. Cappelen -9 $7,560 T18 Greg Eason -9 $7,560 Other Canadians T32 Brad Fritsch -7 $3,585 T68 Ryan Yip -1 $1,452
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 Winnings 1 Chris Wood -15 €250,00 2 Rafael Cabrera Bello -13 €166,66 T3 Robert Rock -10 €77,500 T3 Robert Dinwiddie -10 €77,500 T3 Matthew Fitzpatrick-10 €77,500 T6 Kristoffer Broberg -9 €45,000 T6 John Hahn -9 €45,000 T6 Gregory Bourdy -9 €45,000 T9 Mikko Korhonen -8 €31,800 T9 Gary Stal -8 €31,800 T11 Dave Coupland -7 €24,510 T11 Pedro Oriol -7 €24,510 T11 M. Lorenzo-Vera -7 €24,510 T11 Richie Ramsay -7 €24,510 T11 Scott Jamieson -7 €24,510 T16 Carlos Del Moral -6 €19,838 T16 Roope Kakko -6 €19,838 T16 Edouard Espana -6 €19,838 T16 Simon Griffiths -6 €19,838 T20 Michael Hoey -5 €17,700
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
BASEBALL PCT .554 .540 .523 .508 .415 PCT .583 .540 .531 .468 .452 PCT .569 .531 .500 .453 .400
GB Strk - W4 1.0 L1 2.0 L1 3.0 W1 9.0 L7 GB Strk - W1 2.5 L1 3.0 W2 7.0 L1 8.0 L4 GB Strk - W2 2.5 W1 4.5 L2 7.5 W1 11.0 W1
PCT .538 .516 .484 .431 .338 PCT .667 .571 .557 .444 .369 PCT .578 .523 .492 .492 .444
GB Strk - W2 1.5 L1 3.5 W1 7.0 W1 13.0 L7 GB Strk - W4 6.0 W5 7.0 W2 14.0 L3 19.0 L3 GB Strk - L1 3.5 L5 5.5 L1 5.5 W4 8.5 L1
Yesterday’s results Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, postponed Pittsburgh 11, Chicago Sox 0 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 6, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Boston 2 Miami 2, NY Yankees 1 NY Mets 4, Toronto 3 (11 innings) Tampa Bay 6, Washington 1 Texas 4, LA Dodgers 1 Houston 6, Colorado 3 Kansas City 8, Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona 7, L.A. Angels 3 Oakland at San Diego Seattle 5, San Francisco 1 Sunday’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 Today’s schedule with probable starters 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) Oakland at San Diego, 12:40 p.m. Kazmir (2-4) vs. Cashner (2-8) Seattle at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Happ (3-1) vs. Lincecum (6-3) Atlanta at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Teheran (4-2) vs. Miley (5-5) Philadelphia at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Williams (3-5) vs. Tillman (3-7) Chi. White Sox at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Quintana (2-6) vs. Morton (3-0) Cincinnati at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Lorenzen (1-1) vs. Greene (4-5) Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Roark (2-2) vs. Colome (3-2) Toronto at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Sanchez (5-4) vs. Niese (3-6) N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Eovaldi (5-1) vs. Phelps (2-3) L.A. Dodgers at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Anderson (2-4) vs. Gonzalez (2-0) Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Marcum (2-1) vs. Wada (0-1) Kansas City at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Volquez (4-4) vs. Garza (4-7) Arizona at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Hellickson (4-3) vs. Richards (5-4) Wednesday, June 17 Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Jimenez (4-3) vs Correia (0-0) Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Archer (7-4) vs Zimmermann (5-4) Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Urena (1-2) vs Pineda (7-3) N.Y. Mets at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Niese (3-6) vs Hutchison (5-1) Chi. Cubs at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Hammel (5-2) vs Salazar (6-2)
Mets 4, Blue Jays 3 (11 innings) Toronto
NY Mets
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 5 0 0 0 Lagares CF 5 1 1 1 Donaldson 3B5 0 0 0 Tejada 3B 4 0 1 1 Bautista RF 4 2 2 2 Cuddyer LF 5 1 0 0 Encacion 1B 3 0 1 0 Duda 1B 5121 Co’bello LF-1B5 0 2 0 Flores SS 5 0 1 1 Navarro C 3 0 0 1 Mayberry RF 3 0 0 0 Pillar CF 5 0 0 0 Ceciliani PH 1 0 0 0 Goins 2B 2 0 0 0 Herrera 2B 4 0 1 0 Valencia 2B 2 0 0 0 Plawecki C 3 1 0 0 Buehrle P 2 0 0 0 Syn’gaard P 1 0 0 0 Martin PH 1 0 0 0 Gran’son RF 2 0 0 0 Totals 37 2 5 3 Totals 38 4 6 4
Toronto 100 000 001 01 3 NY Mets 000 002 000 02 4 2B: TOR Encarnacion (9, Familia); NYM Duda (20, Buehrle), Lagares (7, Buehrle), Tejada (9, Buehrle). HR: TOR Bautista 2 (13, 1st inning off Syndergaard, 0 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Familia, 0 on, 0 out). S: NYM Syndergaard. Team Lob: TOR 7; NYM 5. E: TOR Reyes (5, throw). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Buehrle 7.0 4 2 1 1 5 S Delabar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 R Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 A Loup 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 B Cecil (BS, 2)(L, 1-3) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 L Hendriks 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO N Syndergaard 6.0 2 1 1 2 11 C Torres 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Leathersich 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 J Familia 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 H Robles (W, 1-1) 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 Time: 3:26. Att: 22,172.
Braves 4, Red Sox 2 Atlanta
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Peterson 2B 4 0 1 1 Pedroia 2B 3 0 2 0 Maybin CF 4 0 0 0 Holt RF 3010 Freeman 1B 4 1 1 0 Ramirez LF 4 0 0 0 Markakis RF 4 1 2 1 Ortiz DH 4010 Johnson DH 4 1 1 0 Bogaerts SS 4 1 1 1 Pierzynski C 4 0 2 1 Sandoval 3B 4 1 2 0 Gomes LF 3 0 0 0 Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 Simmons SS 3 0 0 0 Betts CF 4031 Totals 30 3 7 3 Leon C 3000 Totals 33 2 10 2
Atlanta 000 300 100 4 Boston 000 000 101 2 SB: ATL Freeman (3, 2nd base off Porcello/Leon, S). 2B: BOS Sandoval 2 (9, Eveland, Grilli). GIDP: ATL Maybin, Simmons, A; BOS Holt, B, Bogaerts, Leon, S. HR: BOS Bogaerts (3, 7th inning off Eveland, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: ATL 5; BOS 7. DP: ATL 3 (Simmons, A-Freeman, Simmons, A-Peterson, J-Freeman, Freeman-Simmons, A-Freeman); BOS 2 (Pedroia-Bogaerts-Napoli, SandovalPedroia-Napoli). E: ATL Simmons, A (3, throw). PICKOFFS: ATL Perez, W (Betts at 1st base). Continued next column
Braves 4, Red Sox 2 (Cont’d) Atlanta Boston Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO W Perez (W, 3-0) 6.0 5 0 0 2 2 N Masset 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Johnson 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 J Grilli 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO F Porcello (L, 4-7) 6.1 6 4 4 1 5 R Ross 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 A Ogando 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:54. Att: 34,439.
Rangers 4, Dodgers 1 LA Dodgers
Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson CF 3 0 1 0 Choo RF 3110 Puig RF 4 0 0 0 Gallo LF-3B 3 1 0 0 Gonzalez DH 4 0 0 0 Fielder DH 4 1 1 1 Kendrick 2B 4 0 2 0 Moreland 1B 4 1 1 1 Turner 1B 4 0 2 0 Andrus SS 3 0 0 0 Ethier LF 4 0 0 0 Odor 2B 3032 Grandal C 3 1 1 1 Martin CF 3 0 0 0 Rollins SS 3 0 1 0 Chirinos C 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 7 1 Alberto 3-2B 2 0 0 0 Totals 28 4 6 4
LA Dodgers 000 000 010 1 Texas 000 004 00x 4 SB: TEX Martin, L (12, 2nd base off Frias/Grandal). 2B: LAD Turner, Ju (10, Gallardo). GIDP: LAD Ethier 2, Gonzalez, A; TEX Fielder. HR: LAD Grandal (8, 8th inning off Scheppers, 0 on, 0 out). S: TEX Andrus. Team Lob: LAD 6; TEX 4. DP: LAD (Kendrick, H-Callaspo-Turner, Ju); TEX 4 (Chirinos-Andrus, Andrus-Moreland, Odor-Andrus-Moreland, Andrus-OdorMoreland). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO C Frias (L, 4-4) 5.1 5 4 4 3 4 A Liberatore 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Y Garcia 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Y Gallardo (W, 6-6) 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 T Scheppers 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 S Tolleson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:44. Att: 32,248.
Mariners 5, Giants 1 Seattle
San Francisco
ab r h bi ab r h bi Morrison 1B 5 2 3 1 Aoki LF 4011 Jackson CF 5 0 2 2 Panik 2B 4000 Cano 2B 5 0 2 0 Pagan CF 4 0 2 0 Cruz RF 5 0 0 1 Posey C 4010 Seager 3B 4 1 2 1 Belt 1B 4000 Smith LF 3 0 1 0 Crawford SS 4 1 2 0 Miller SS 4 1 1 0 Duffy 3B 4010 Zunino C 4 1 1 0 Parker RF 3 0 0 0 Walker P 3 0 0 0 Hudson P 2 0 0 0 Jones PH-RF 1 0 0 0 McGehee PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 12 5 Totals 34 1 7 1
Seattle 100 020 011 5 San Francisco 010 000 000 1 SB: SEA Morrison (3, 2nd base off Strickland/Posey). 2B: SF Crawford, B (14, Walker, T). GIDP: SEA Miller, B. HR: SEA Seager (11, 8th inning off Affeldt, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 8; SF 6. DP: SF (Belt-Crawford, B-Hudson, T). E: SF Duffy, M (6, throw). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO T Walker (W, 4-6)) 7.0 7 1 1 0 6 M Lowe 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 C Furbush 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO T Hudson (L, 4-6)) 5.0 8 3 3 1 3 Y Petit 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 J Affeldt 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 H Strickland 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 Time: 2:52. Att: 42,099.
West Coast League East Yakima Valley Kelowna Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Kitsap Victoria Cowlitz
W 6 6 5 1 W 7 5 5 1 W 6 4 4 2
L 3 3 4 5 L 2 4 4 8 L 3 5 6 5
PCT .667 .667 .556 .167 PCT .778 .556 .556 .111 PCT .667 .444 .400 .286
GB 1.0 4 GB 2 2 6 GB 2 2.5 3
Strk L1 W4 W1 L4 Strk L1 L3 W4 L1 Strk W1 W2 L1 W1
Yesterday’s results Cowlitz 3, Victoria 2 Walla Walla 5, Yakima Valley 4 Medford at Wenatchee Sunday’s results Victoria 4, Bend 3 Kitsap 8, Cowlitz 1 Yakima Valley 6, Walla Walla 4 Kelowna 9, Medford 4 Corvallis 11, Wenatchee 10 (12 inn) Bellingham 9, Klamath 6 Today’s schedule 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. Wednesday June 17 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. Black Bears 3, HarbourCats 2 Victoria Cowlitz Rogers Degoti Collard Guibor Thoreson Meyer Fougner Bonneau Goldstein Rankin Totals
ab r h bi 4 0 0 0 Aguilar 4 0 1 0 Slate 3 0 0 0 Archibald 3 1 1 0 Ogata 4 0 0 0 Benard 3 1 0 0 Bevacqua 4 0 1 0 Henderson 4 0 0 0 Perrin 2 0 0 0 LoForte 1 0 0 0 Graffanino 32 2 3 0 Totals
ab r h bi 5122 4020 3001 4010 3000 2010 3110 4110 2000 1000 31 3 8 3
Victoria 000 010 100 2 Cowlitz 000 030 00x 3 2B: BLA R Aguilar (1); M Bevacqua (1). SF: BLA L Archibald (1). E: HAR Goldstein (1); BLA Henderson (1); LoForte 2 (11). Victoria IP H R ER BB SO D Topoozian (L) 5.2 6 3 3 1 4 N Wojtysiak 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 M Wright 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 K Francis 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 Cowlitz IP H R ER BB SO J Balfour (W) 7.0 2 2 1 1 2 J Hawken 0.2 1 0 0 2 1 L Rider 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 Att: 724. Time: 2:32
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
Sunday’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 Today’s schedule Langley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. White Rock at Whalley, 7 p.m.
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Silence Dealer: South Both vulnerable NORTH ♠K74 ♥3 ♦AKJ62 ♣AJ98 WEST EAST ♠Q ♠2 ♥AKJ42 ♥Q109876 ♦Q1054 ♦987 ♣Q65 ♣1032 SOUTH ♠AJ1098653 ♥5 ♦3 ♣K74 W N E S 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♣* Pass 6♠ All Pass * 1 control Opening Lead: ♥K
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
ZITS
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ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: GREAT TO TRAVEL IN
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
outh could win any return, draw trump and dispose of a club on the second diamond winner, N-S +1430. North launched into Blackwood to ensure that two aces were not missing. Partner would certainly open with a four-level preempt holding queen - jack - ten eighth of spades and the king-queen of clubs.Therewasalsoaremote chance that he could own two aces where a grand slam would be icy as long as South held two hearts. North would be able to count thirteen tricks via eight spades, three minor suit winners, the ace of hearts and a heart ruff. E-W own an eleven-card heart fit but West reasonably declined any action over the first seat pre-empt. N-S could corral seven defensive tricks versus a heart contract. Any notion to offer a sacrifice would result in a huge loss. Six hearts doubled would incur a loss of 1700 points which would exceed the value of the vulnerable small slam. If West elected to enter the waters, what call should he make? A double should be dismissed since he is under- strength and this action might end the auction. If he ventures 4NT for takeout, North will be unable to employ Blackwood. It is likely that North’s leap to six spades will end the auction. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
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BLONDIE
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May 2, 1952 ~ March 7, 2015 It is with indescribable sadness that I must inform Southern Vancouver Island that: Nancy Roberta Mills died at Cowichan District Hospital on March 7th, 2015 of an unsuspected, untreated cancer which she was unable to overcome with the resources she had available. She fought longer and harder than any of us knew or suspected and if we knew, we could have offered more and better support. Nancy hated to bother anybody even when she needed help. In school, Nancy was the shy, wimpy kid who the brats and bullies picked on, however it turns out she turned out better than all of them, because she grew up to be beautiful, intelligent, talented and KIND. It was my good fortune to share forty years of events, places and friends with her, especially music, musicians and other exceptionally talented artistic people. Nancy’s father, Clayton Mills was an marquetry perfectionist, an electronic technician and an appreciative organist. Nancy’s uncle, Don Kerr, was the local postmaster and a well-known musician and choir director. Nancy, Clayton, and Don, all possessed fine keyboard instruments, and in their honor it is proposed to present a free memorial keyboard concert which will be announced in the future. All will be welcome, especially people with a connection to the “older� music of their youth and loves. I would sincerely like to thank the many people who have offered me their condolences and support. We have all lost a lovely lady, supporter, inspiration and friend. Robert Paul Spleiter Duncan, BC 11 May 2015 Online obituaries may be offered at hwwallacecbc.com
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James Taylor returns with a solid, sublime effort JEFF KAROUB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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In more than four decades, James Taylor has seen fire and rain, showered the people with love and steamrolled his way into millions of hearts. That would be enough for many, but JT has more musical work to do. Taylor’s new album, Before This World, arrives 13 years after his last studio album of original songs. And it does nothing to threaten his legacy. The 67-year-old has retained his abilities to craft and deliver a song. His simple, elegant acoustic fret-
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work and supple tenor sound much as they did in his 1970s hit-making heyday. The new collection sounds familiar without being a retread. “Montana� evokes “Sweet Baby
James� in meter, mood and melody. And “SnowTime� will certainly raise comparisons to “Mexico,� though this one’s set in Toronto and he sings about decamping to
the United States’ neighbour to the north instead of the south. Was there an obscure, equal-time clause tucked into NAFTA that required Taylor to pen an ode to Canada after Mexico? Not everything’s a grand-slam: “Angels of Fenway,� a ballad for fans of his beloved Boston team, is by no means a strikeout but is unabashedly homer-ish and the nostalgia gets a bit thick in spots. Overall, Before This World is a Taylor-made collection from someone who has earned his keep. How sweet it is to hear such solid, smart and at times sublime songcraft from this journeyman.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Push important ideas, and schedule meetings early. You naturally will present a matter far more successfully in the morning. Use your high energy to clear out calls and emails as quickly as possible. Try to head home early, even if you take some work with you. Tonight: Snuggle in. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Seek out more information if you’re inclined to take a financial risk, as you might not have the whole story. Making an agreement now could be costly. Later in the day, have a long-overdue conversation with a partner or special loved one. Tonight: Just go with the flow. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You naturally land in the middle of whatever is going on. You play ringleader well, but by midafternoon you might choose to head in a different direction. A financial question needs more investigation in order for you to make a solid decision. Tonight: Make it your treat. CANCER (June 21-July 22) If you want, take the morning off. Some extra R and R might be helpful when your day takes off in the afternoon. Although your popularity is likely to soar, you might want to retreat and take some time for yourself. Be willing to screen your calls. Tonight: The world is your oyster. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Move quickly today, as you’ll want to accomplish any matter that is of prime importance. Your strong drive might surprise a friend who wants more time with you. Once you achieve your goals, make time for this person. Someone could share a secret. Tonight: Where the gang is. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might feel pressured by an older person. Worry less, and you will make your mark. Your interpersonal skills become clear by midafternoon. A meeting could prove to be exceptionally important. Listen to what is being shared. Tonight: Among the crowds. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A matter involving travel will pop up in the morning and continue throughout the next few days. You might want to rethink a decision you recently made, as it could be inappropriate. New beginnings become possible.
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Something needs to be done to put a stop to this abuse and hold these larcenous Lotharios accountable for their misdeeds. What can we do? — Angry Ann Dear Angry: The problem with online dating sites, even reputable ones, is that they cannot guarantee the honesty of all users. Josie should send all of the personal information she has on these men to the managers of the website and register a complaint, letting them know that the reputation of their site is at risk and that they need to do a better job of vetting their clientele and keeping these scam artists out. Women need to report these men or the managers won’t know, and some women are too embarrassed to complain. Of course, the bottom line is that people, male or female, must protect themselves by refusing to do any “favours” that involve money. Period. Dear Annie: My 85-year-old mother seems to be a loving, generous person. But I know her to be extremely self-centred. For example, I don’t dare mention that I might be sick or have a problem, because she will reply
with a long list of her own complaints. Everything she says, every story she tells, is turned around to make her look wonderful and important. We recently had a family gathering, and I made a toast to my sisters-in-law and our children because they all had made important advancements in their careers and education. Before the toast was over, my mom piped up and said, “What about me?” and proceeded to ramble on about herself. I am writing not to get advice, but rather to give it. I don’t care how old you are; don’t hog the spotlight. Listen to your children and grandchildren and be interested in their lives. Because of my mother’s narcissism, I have learned to be humble. Because of my mother’s self-centred attitude, I have learned to be sensitive to others. Because of my mother’s constant complaining, I have learned not to talk about my own aches and pains. I am sure that when she is gone, I will miss her. But the best thing she ever did for me was to teach me to be a better mother and grandmother by setting such a bad example. — The Good Daughter
k.d. lang talks about upcoming documentary NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — k.d. lang’s versatile career has spanned punky rockabilly, traditionalist country and elegant adult pop — and it’s safe to say she never foresaw any of it dressed in a tutu. Certainly, she admits she knew next to nothing about ballet when Alberta Ballet artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre initially approached her about putting together a production based on her catalogue. At the time, lang felt “quite vulnerable” about surrendering her body of work to someone she didn’t know for a medium she didn’t really understand.
He won her over. But her unease temporarily reemerged as she first witnessed GrandMaitre’s dance spectacle in action during a 2013 dress rehearsal. “I started off nervous and prickly and a little bit critical — because I was fearful,” lang said recently in Toronto. “And then I started melting. As I watched it, I started softening, melting and opening up, and by the time I saw the real production . . . I was super humbled by the effort and the discipline and the work and the offering of the other artists.” So impressed was lang that, two years after Balletlujah!
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