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Thanks in large part to soccer historian Robert Janning the tale of Snuneymuxw soccer legend Harry Manson is gaining international acclaim
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Soccer historian Robert Janning, right, and relatives of Nanaimo soccer pioneer Harry Manson inspect the Grand Challenge Cup in December of 2013. [DAILY NEWS]
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he story of Harry Manson is gaining new traction as international media have begun to pick up on the epic tale of the Snuneymuxw soccer star. On Saturday, BBC World Service Sportshour aired a piece on Manson, who broke barriers in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a First Nations soccer captain. He rose to fame as the captain of the indigenous Nanaimo Wanderers soccer team, a dominant club that posted numerous wins from 1897-1904, including a city championship. This new international attention comes on the heels of Manson’s recent induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame on June 17 at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. It’s been a long road to recognition for the sports star, who was run over by a train in 1912 while on a trip into town to get medi-
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cine for his infant son, and whose who was working as a cab driver, history was unknown even to his Janning found new purpose in descendants until recently. his quest and began to research Much of his newfound obsessively, piecing the fame can be traced to the story together painstaktireless efforts of Vaningly through what he couver-based soccer hiscould find in the library’s torian Robert Janning, microfiche. who stumbled across “I feel this story was Manson’s story while laid in my path for a researching the history reason,” said Janning. “It of soccer in B.C. filled that void that was Already a soccer fan created when I stopped when he moved to Canusing. I bottomed out on ada from Europe in the a crack pipe. I started Julie late 1960s, he decided to with beer and moved to Chadwick research the local histhard liquor and pot. I hit Reporting ory of the sport and was my bottom when I felt mystified when he found my sanity was slipping no information in the and recognized that if I Vancouver public library. was going to carry on the way I “I realized if I wanted answers was I probably didn’t have a lot of to the questions I had, it would be time left.” up to me to launch an investigaJanning enrolled in a creative tion,” said Janning. writing class and the result of A self-described recovering his six years of research was the alcoholic and drug addict in Vanbook Westcoast Reign: The Britcouver’s Downtown East Side ish Columbia Soccer Champion-
ships 1892-1905. Throughout his search, in which he realized Nanaimo had been the central hub of soccer in B.C. during this era, he noticed a name that kept surfacing — that of Harry Manson, also known as Xul-si-malt. Uncertain of how to proceed, Janning got a nudge when his mother, hoping her son would move to where she was located on Vancouver Island, sent him a job posting from a local Snuneymuxw wellness centre. “The contact person’s name was listed as Emmy Manson, and I thought ‘What are the chances of her being related to Harry Manson?’” said Janning. See JANNING, Page A5 » 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 staff members have put forward a recommendation for city council to endorse a new auxiliary spillway for the lower Colliery dam, expected to come before council tonight. The recommendation comes after the province’s Environmental Appeal Board quashed the city’s bid for a stay on the B.C. Water Comptroller’s order on the city to upgrade the dam to address safety concerns. The dam currently does not meet provincial regulations; in particular, engineers have determined the spillway of the dam is undersized, which could cause the dam to overtop with water in an extreme flood. With its legal avenues seemingly closed and more than $2.5 million spent so far, council is now faced with a new deadline of July 24 to select a construction option to bring the structures into line with the regulatory standards. Two main options have been identified out of reports by the city’s contracted engineer, Golder Associates. The first would involve building a new labyrinth spillway, an option that would involve removing much of the original structure at a cost of $8.1 million. The Snuneymuxw First Nation, which has treaty rights in the area, has stated its support for this option already. City staff are recommending the city construct an additional, auxiliary spillway to handle excess water flows, in particular a box culvert, open channel design at an estimated cost of $2.8 million to $4.6 million. However, this will require a 15 to 20-metre-wide construction corridor and will see a loss of trees in the area. Alternate designs range in costs from $3.3 million to $5.5 million. Mayor Bill McKay has urged council to choose a construction option from the dams, but there is still considerable opposition in parts of the community, as well as on council, to the proposed modifications to the dam and park.
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Ownership had made previous RDN-approved plans for a $2.3-billion development on the property
The Fairwinds development in Nanoose Bay has been sold. But who bought the large property and how much was paid for it are still unknown. Fairwinds general manager Jim Olsen acknowledged earlier this week that the property had been sold, but declined further comment other than to say that details of the sale would be
available “in days.” Fairwinds went up for sale by its owner, the Victoria-based B.C. Investment Management Corporation, in October, less than three months after plans for a $2.3-billion development on the property received final approval from the Regional District of Nanaimo. The resort property includes the Fairwinds Golf Club, Schooner Cove Marina, a fitness centre, more than 750 homes and
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Six people were arrested and a variety of drugs, money and an SKS rifle were seized after RCMP executed search warrants on a pair of Nanaimo homes on Thursday. Police reported that, as a result of an investigation into a number of suspects believed to be involved in the sale and distribution of illegal drugs, Nanaimo officers with the street crimes and projects units obtained and executed search warrants for a residence in the 600 block of Nova Street and another in the 500 block of Ninth Street. The search resulted in the arrest of six adults and the seizure of 10 grams of cocaine, 5.5 grams of heroin, 66 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, an SKS rifle, and Canadian currency. RCMP officers also searched a vehicle related to the investigation. During the search of the vehicle, nine grams of heroin suspected to be laced with fentanyl, three grams of heroin and Canadian currency were seized. The mixing of fentanyl with cocaine and/or heroin is of particular concern to investigators and health care providers alike. This combination can be extremely dangerous, resulting in serious health issues or death. Fentanyl, on its own, without a physician’s supervision, can also lead to serious medical issues or death. A 24-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man were released from custody and will appear in Nanaimo provincial court on Nov. 10. A 47-year-old woman was released from custody and will appear in court July 28. A 28-year-old man was remanded into custody to appear in court on Monday. Another 28-year-old man is presently in police custody. A warrant will be requested for a 23-year-old woman police believe to be involved with the sale and distribution of illegal drugs. The Nanaimo RCMP is committed to arresting and charging people trafficking drugs, said spokeswoman Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong. “We know that many of the property crimes such as breakand-enters, thefts from cars, shoplifting and car thefts, investigated by police, are committed by people in an effort to feed their addictions.”
approved plans to construct up to 2,000 more in phases. Previous estimates have predicted that the development plans could bring more than 10,000 people to Nanoose Bay, which had a 2011 population of approximately 5,674. Bob Rogers, the RDN’s director for the area, said he’s still waiting for word on who the new owners of Fairwinds are, but he hopes they are planning to continue
with the development plans. “All the approvals for the expansion of the development were given last year, so I think it’s time to move ahead with the development at a moderate and steady rate, and it would be good if that actually comes to fruition,” he said. “But it all depends on the economic opportunities that are available for the new owners.” The Fairwinds Community
Association wrote an email to its members this week informing them of the sale. “Although details aren’t being released until the formal confirmation of sale, we anticipate these coming soon and we will get them out to everyone as soon as they are available,” the email said. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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Thirteen people have declared to run in the Lantzville byelection on Aug. 8 after deadline to file nomination papers passed on Friday. The list sees three more people in the race for council compared to last November’s municipal election at the district. Jennifer Bielewski, Bob Colclough, Mike Donald, John English, Richard Finnegan, John Garenkooper, Will Geselbracht, Warren Griffey, Joan Moody, Dot Neary, Doug Parkhurst, Peter Popperl and Mark Swain will all run. Those 13 will vie for four councillor seats vacated by Jennifer Millbank, Rod Negrave, Dave Scott and Graham Savage in April and May. The new four will then join Mayor Colin Haime, Coun. Denise Haime and Coun. John Coulson on council. “It shows there’s a great interest in people looking to represent the residents of Lantzville,” said the mayor. “It’s a very diverse group of individuals with regards to their experience who are stepping up to do good stuff in Lantzville. The residents of Lantzville have a great variety of individuals to choose from.” Of the 13 running, only Griffey and Parkhurst have previous experience on council but Haime doesn’t see that being an asset necessarily. “Moving forward, it will be the issues of the day that are more important rather than whether or not they’ve been on council before,” said the mayor. Neary and English both have experience on the
A total of 13 people have declared to run in the Lantzville byelection on Aug. 8. [DAILY NEWS]
Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district board. Garenkooper and Swain both currently sit on Lantzville’s Parks and Recreation Commission. After the new councillors are in place, they will be joined at the district on Aug. 31 by the new full-time chief administrative officer Brad McRae. McRae will leave the same role at the District of Lillooet to come to Lantzville and will replace current interim CAO Jim Dias. Both Haimes, Coulson and Dias
were involved in the interview process which saw more than 30 applicants for the position. “It’s a great opportunity for the community and Brad as well and he’s got great enthusiasm for small communities,” said the mayor. “Being in Lillooet, he knows what it’s like but in addition to that, he’s also been in a number of management positions at larger municipalities as well so managing larger groups is not new to him.” McRae was previously the manager of bylaw services with
the City of North Vancouver and was also the senior bylaw officer for the City of Williams Lake. Haime also said McRae is highly energetic and well respected by his colleagues. 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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Friends rally in support of injured Nanaimo man DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
The family of a man reports say was injured in a machete attack are keeping a vigil at his bedside in a Victoria hospital. Rickie Sugars has been kept in an induced coma since he underwent emergency brain surgery following a blow to the head by a stranger, in a machete attack Wednesday at about 1 a.m. “He won’t be the same guy everyone remembers,” said his wife, Carly.
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The couple live with their two children next door to his business, Sugars Tattoo on Fifth Street. “We were ready for bed,” Carly said. “It was something he heard outside, he went out with no shoes on. Something drew him outside and it happened a block from the tattoo shop, on Lambert Street.” The family is doing its best to cope with the event, which has sidelined the family’s main
income earner. Tattoo clients want to know why the shop is closed, and the bills keep coming for rent and utilities at home and for their shop. Friends are rallying to help the artist and his family. Cori Hammond, who has known the Sugars several years, said she was in “a lot of shock” when she heard the news. “He’s a wonderful man and has a very good heart,” Hammond said.
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Carly was surprised when Andrea Alexander, an old friend of Rickie’s launched “Sugar for the Sugars,” on the fundraising website Youcaring.com. “I didn’t even know until (Thursday). I was blown away, she said. To donate, visit http://www.youcaring.com/carly-sugars-383543#. VZXYBdyfd9d.facebook. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Monday, July 6, 2015
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Carrey’s vaccination views are dangerous
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im Carrey is one of Canada’s finest exports to Hollywood, an amazingly talented actor and a truly funny guy. Unfortunately, his views on childhood vaccinations are not funny, they’re dangerous. In the wake of Tuesday’s move by California governor Jerry Brown to sign a law making vaccinations mandatory for all school-aged children, Carrey took to Twitter to vent to his 14.7 million followers. “California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory vaccines. This corporate fascist must be stopped,” he wrote. He followed that up with four more texts Tuesday, including the endorsement of a documentary that has been discredited by virtually the entire medical community. He fired off five more tweets Wednesday, mostly repeating the following: “A trillion dollars buys a lot of expert opinions. Will it buy you? TOXIN FREE VACCINES, A REASONABLE REQUEST!”
Never mind that the California law enjoyed bipartisan political support, as well as the blessing of doctors, hospitals and public health officials. Never mind that immunizations have saved millions of lives around the world for decades with only a handful of rare problem cases. Never mind that the supposed link between vaccinations and autism has been discredited by numerous studies. Carrey doesn’t care. Instead, he sees a vast conspiracy. “We need a vaccine for corporate greed government corruption and the media sponsored terror that is generated by big pharma profitiers?,” he tweeted in April. California joins Mississippi and West Virginia as states where vaccinations are required for children to enter the school system, public or private, as well as licensed day cares, barring a medical exemption only. The California law removes the “personal belief exemption” loophole an increasing amount of parents were exploiting. Parents wanting to opt
out for personal reasons still can but they then have to home school their kids. In Canada, three provinces Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba - have laws requiring kids to be vaccinated before entering school, according to an online article by Karen Born, Verna Yiu & Terrence Sullivan, three Canadian public health experts. The laws, however, are toothless. Manitoba’s law only applies to measles. Although the other two provinces require the full slate of immunizations for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis (better known as whooping cough), measles, rubella, mumps, varicella (chicken pox) and meningococcal disease, they write, parents can opt out for “medical, religious or ideological reasons.” That would be the same “personal belief” exemption California just removed. Meanwhile, B.C. and the other provinces and territories have nothing on the books at all. In B.C., the provincial government
and the public health officer talk out of both sides of their mouth at once. “Children are not required to have immunizations prior to entering school,” states the ImmunizeBC website. “However, it is highly recommended that children are up to date with their immunizations prior to entering school to protect both themselves and their classmates from the serious diseases vaccines prevent. “We recommend that you discuss this further with your health care provider. “If parents choose not to immunize their child, the child may be told they must stay home from school if there is an outbreak of disease. This rule is designed to keep unimmunized children from getting sick and to keep the outbreak from spreading.” George Orwell couldn’t have written a better example of government doublespeak - vaccines are good and doctors are trustworthy but we’ll take action only after an outbreak caused by negligent parents who don’t trust their
doctor and think vaccines are bad for their kids. Basically, that policy is an admission that kids without their vaccinations pose an increased risk of acquiring dangerous and highly contagious diseases and then spreading them among their classmates. But don’t worry. After an outbreak has happened, the problem kids might be sent home for a little while. Maybe. That’s unacceptable. Vaccinations work when the vast majority of the population is vaccinated, protecting not only the recipients but the small group of vulnerable kids who can’t be immunized due to compromised immune systems and other medical conditions. B.C. and all the provinces and territories should follow the California example regarding childhood vaccinations. They should listen to doctors, not a guy who played one in a movie. THE CANADIAN PRESS (PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN)
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Signs shouldn’t be intimidating our officials I find it unbelievable that people who are intimidated by a sign saying ‘Professional trough feeder’ or ‘Stop the Madness’ would run for office. Not only that but being so intimidated it “forced” that person to call in the RCMP! If signs intimidated them that much, how can we expect that person to stand up for the taxpayers against 20 or 30 people wanting millions of tax dollars for their special interests? Or how will that person be able to stand tall when dealing with international companies or senior government or even our own city staff? If the fear of intimidation is that great the person should resign and allow someone who is not easily intimidated take their place. Guiding the future of Nanaimo is too important to be left in the hands of person or persons that admit that signs intimidated them so much they cannot do their job for which they were elected. Terrence Wagstaff Nanaimo
Right wing comments on Pope are unsurprising As we’ve come to expect, a local
right winger didn’t like the Pope’s comments on climate change and was criticized for that. Paraphrasing the great Jon Stewart, the Pope just decided to endorse traditional sea level values. ‘Nuff said. Grant Maxwell Nanaimo
Important to remember history on dams issues The Colliery Dams Park issue has been bedeviling the city for several years. It is important to remember history. The dams were originally rated as the most at risk in the province, triggering a plan to remove and replace them at a cost of at least $30 million and forever altering a park cherished by residents. Over 600 people attended the initial public meeting, organized by residents opposed to the plan to remove them and convinced they were not such a risk. They were right. Subsequent study showed the dams were not a seismic risk. Had the city rushed ahead, based on faulty and meager information, taxpayers would have paid unnecessarily and the park would have been impacted.
Now, a new assumption of risk, based equally on faulty and meager information, has been put forward. Flood risk, even though in their over 100 years of existence the dams have never “over topped,” has been identified as potentially creating $2 million in damages. For this, the city is ordered to spend $8-10 million to mitigate a $2 million risk that is not even proven to exist. Surely, the lesson learned should be that due diligence is required and surely, those who were so right in the first place deserve a chance to be heard. The urgency and the severity seem to be downgraded. Where is MLA Michelle Stillwell? Why is she not being heard defending taxpayers against such potential waste? I am calling on the B.C. government and its agencies to get out of the way of a reasonable solution. While residents may be impatient and government may be insistent, charging ahead to spend millions unnecessarily remains a fool hardy enterprise. Take the time needed to arrive at the lowest cost, least intrusive resolution. Remember history, avoid repetition. MLA Doug Routley Ladysmith
People have the right to excercise their voices Although I often do not agree with the signs held by Mr. Stearman and in this case, Tim McGrath, I do think people have the right to exercise their voice. I find it incredibly ironic that Mayor McKay used to work for a sign-making company. If McKay would like to see a policy in place regarding signs, I would suggest he bring a motion forward that is reasonable, such as people with signs have to be in the back row to ensure they are not blocking people’s view and no derogatory comments on the signs. It seems that this is simply another subject our city’s mayor has changed his mind on after getting into his newly elected role. Freedom of speech shouldn’t be only for when it’s convenient. Louise Gilfoy 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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Soccer historian made many connections
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JANNING, From Page A1 “So I gave her a phone call and told her what I was up to, and she was the great-granddaughter of Harry.” Janning ended up in the living room of Harry’s grandson Gary Manson at the Nanaimo reserve with about 20 of Harry’s descendants. “They didn’t know anything about his soccer exploits. All they had was a coroner’s inquest into his death. But what had happened was that one day Harry Manson’s infant son Adam had gotten sick and Gary had gone into Nanaimo to fetch some medicine for the child and on the way back he tried to jump a moving coal train and mis-timed his approach,” said Janning. Harry, who was only 32, was crushed under the wheels of the moving train. “So the family didn’t know anything about Harry because his son was only six months old, and that has flowered into more than 50 descendants . . . so all they had was this coroner’s inquest where Harry was portrayed as a ‘drunken Indian’ and referred to as ‘It.’ So it was very painful for them. This was the
Snuneymuxw First Nation soccer star Harry Manson, bottom middle, is pictured here with members of Nanaimo AFC in 1903.
only identification they had to their ancestor until I happened to knock on the door with a picture of him as a provincial soccer star.” This summer Janning traveled with the family to Calgary for the Hall of Fame induction, a road trip he describes as an emotional experience. At the time, Harry’s 62-year-old
grandson Dean told the Daily News it was a proud moment. “This is his third one and to see his picture up there with all the other athletes was so overwhelming. It took 100 years but he’s finally there and it’s such an awesome feeling for all of the family — bigger than awesome. He just loved to play soccer.” Bolstered by their success in
having Harry recognized for his contributions to Canadian soccer history, Janning is now at work on the second volume of his book, which picks up the history from 1905 onward. So far it appears the role of Snuneymuxw soccer teams and players was in fact pivotal to the game and played a role in reviving the sport after it languished
in Nanaimo for several years in the early 1900s. “All I’m trying to do — and I think the time is right with the Truth and Reconciliation process, is trying to connect people,” said Janning. “I believe we all need heroes in life.” Julie.Chadwick@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238
WILDFIRES
Nanaimo shot above from Turner Collins; below from Ken in Port Alberni.
Above, a shot from Linda, below a truck lightly covered in ash, and bottom, a pic from Sarah.
Nanaimo wakes up to orange sky after reverse in weather system ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo region woke up to an orange sky filled with smoke and ash on Sunday morning after what the Coastal Fire Centre described as a reverse in the weather system. Regular moist air from the Pacific Ocean failed to arrive after winds blew in the ash from fires across the province, amid the warm and dry temperatures, which settled in the low-lying areas of Vancouver Island. “There’s a few intense fires happening in northern and central B.C. right now so courtesy of
them we got all the smoke and ash,” said Ellie Dupont from the Coastal Fire Centre in Parksville. Dupont says the centre’s resources are being stretched thin after large wildfires also occurred in Port Hardy and Sproat Lake. The former caused the evacuation of more than 100 residences. Specific causes of each have yet to be identified but Dupont predicted that they were likely “human caused as people are just not used to these dry conditions.” At this time of year, the region
normally sees humidity levels between 20 and 30 per cent. This year, that has dipped to the low teens prompting the wildfire risk to be as high as the centre can remember. Dupont says due to a lack of precipitation, soil and ultimately the roots of trees sink deeper into the ground. Once a tree catches fire, that then travels down to the roots which makes it more difficult for firefighters to get to. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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ECONOMICS
Greece votes ‘no’ in referendum Results show that 61 per cent voted against demands from international creditors for more austerity ELENA BECATOROS AND DEMETRIS NELLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS — Greece lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain future in Europe’s common currency Sunday after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy. Results showed 61 per cent voted “no,” compared with 38 per cent for “yes,” with 93 per cent of the vote counted. The referendum — Greece’s first in more than four decades — came amid severe restrictions on financial transactions in the country, imposed last week to stem a bank run that accelerated after the vote was called. Thousands of jubilant government supporters celebrated in Syntagma Square in front of Parliament, waving Greek flags and chanting “No, no, no!” It was a decisive victory for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who had gambled the future of his fivemonth-old leftist government — and his country — in an all-or-nothing game of brinkmanship with Greece’s creditors from other European countries that use the euro currency, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. “Today we celebrate the victory of democracy,” Tsipras said in a televised address from his office, describing Sunday as “a
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives to meet Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos after the results of the referendum at the Presidential Palace in Athens, early Monday. [AP PHOTO]
bright day in the history of Europe.” “We proved even in the most difficult circumstances that democracy won’t be blackmailed,” he said. Tsipras called the referendum last weekend, saying a “no” vote would strengthen his hand to negotiate a better deal for his country. His government has said it believes it would be possible to conclude a deal with creditors within 48 hours.
But European officials and most of Greece’s opposition parties painted the referendum as one of whether country kept using the euro currency — even though that was not the convoluted question asked on the ballot. Opinion polls Friday showed that 74 per cent or more want their country to remain in the euro. “Given the unfavourable conditions last week, you have made a very brave choice,” Tsipras told
Greeks in his address. “But I am aware that the mandate you gave me is not a mandate for rupture.” He said he would seek to negotiate a viable solution with the country’s creditors. How European officials react to the referendum result will be critical for the country, and a eurozone summit was called for Tuesday evening to discuss the situation. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French
President Francois Hollande spoke to each other Sunday night and agreed “that the vote of the Greek people must be respected,” Merkel’s office said. Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s vice chancellor and economic minister, told a German newspaper that the Greek government was leading its people “onto a path of bitter austerity and hopelessness.” Tsipras has “torn down the last bridges, across which Europe and Greece
could move toward a compromise,” Gabriel told the daily Tagesspiegel. “By saying ‘no’ to the eurozone’s rules, as is reflected in the majority ’no’ vote, it’s difficult to imagine negotiations over an aid package for billions.” Belgian Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt said a “no” result “complicates matters,” but he insisted the door remained open to resume talks within hours. “What we certainly don’t want to do is to take decisions that will threaten the monetary union,” he told Belgium’s VRT. “Within that framework we can start talks again with the Greek government, literally, within hours.” Time has run out for Greece, which is dealing with an economy in a protracted recession, with high unemployment and banks dangerously low on capital. The international bailout — under which it received nearly 240 billion euros in rescue loans — expired last week, on the same day Greece defaulted on an IMF repayment, becoming the first developed nation to do so. Of critical importance will be whether the European Central Bank decides to maintain its current lifeline to Greece in the form of emergency liquidity assistance, or ELA. The assistance, currently at around 90 billion euros, has been maintained but not increased in past days, leaving the country’s financial system in a stranglehold.
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OTTAWA — The first fixeddate election in Canadian history is just around the corner, but some observers are raising concerns about overspending because of a law they say is flawed. When the Conservatives introduced a fixed election date nine years ago, political financing rules were not adjusted accordingly, says Elections Canada boss Marc Mayrand. “We must not be blind,” said Mayrand. “As much as it is easier for Elections Canada to plan for the election, it’s just as easy for political parties and third parties” to plan their spending before the election. Those expenses generally go “beyond the rules outlined in the electoral law,” he added. The Harper government had a chance to close some of those loopholes when
it examined the electoral law but opted to leave a “gaping hole,” says Thierry Giasson, a political science professor at Universite Laval. “The issue of pre-election spending was raised but the government consciously decided not to dwell on it,” said Giasson. Election campaigns are organized 12 to 18 months in advance, but only expenses incurred during the official campaign period are capped, Giasson said. A fixed-date election extends that period considerably — meaning weeks and months of unofficial campaigning not subject to rules, opposition MPs say. “Pre-election spending is subject to quite significant abuse, with taxpayers’ money that is used for government announcements,” said Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc. The NDP’s Peter Julian
said using public funds to “constantly finance a sort of partisan campaign in favour of the Conservative party” is a Harper government “trademark.” The Conservatives were criticized in the spring for trumpeting tax measures not yet approved by Parliament: the Universal Child Care Benefit. Cheques are going out to four million families in the days to come and have been the subject of recent Conservative photo-ops featuring cabinet ministers Pierre Poilievre and Steven Blaney. Conservative MP Maxime Bernier dismissed the notion that events like those are part of a strategy to seduce voters with electoral goodies. “People are smart,” Bernier said. “I think the public knows the difference between pre-election ads to . . . try to buy votes and ads that are part of a broader government plan.”
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Suicide bomber kills five ADAMU ADAMU THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POTISKUM, Nigeria — A woman suicide bomber blew up in the midst of a crowded evangelical Christian church service in northeast Nigeria on Sunday and killed at least five people, witnesses said. It is the latest bombing in a string of attacks blamed on Islamic extremist group Boko Haram that’s killed some 200 people in the past week. Nearly 100 men and boys
praying in mosques were gunned down on Wednesday, and a local official said Sunday that 21 more bodies have been recovered from burnt-out houses since then. On Friday, the military said six women suicide bombers caused explosions that killed scores of people including a soldier at Zabamari Muna village outside Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria and the birthplace of Boko Haram. Police Sunday rushed to
the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Potiskum, the largest city in northeastern Yobe state. Wailing women and stunned men wandered around the wreckage of smashed bricks and twisted zinc sheets blown off the church roof. One congregant said the blast came from a woman in the congregation. She was too scared to give her name. At least 13,000 people have died in the six-yearold Islamic uprising.
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Better personal-security training urged after Nairobi attack: Report Canadian federal internal review also called for re-examination of response plan JIM BRONSKILL THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — A federal review recommended better security and awareness training for personnel posted abroad after an employee at Canada’s High Commission in Nairobi was killed during a terrorist attack on a shopping mall, newly released documents show. The internal review also called for re-examination of the overall plan for responding to critical incidents overseas involving federal personnel, says a summary of the findings. The summary, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, flowed from a February 2014 meeting of interdepartmental task force members who had grappled with the horrors that unfolded in Kenya five months earlier. On Sept. 21, 2013, al-Shabab gunmen attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. Among those murdered in the assault was Annemarie Desloges, a Citizenship and Immigration Canada foreign service officer on assignment with the Canada Border Services Agency at the high commission. Vancouver businessman Naguib Damji was also killed in the attack. Upon learning a federal employee may have been a casualty in the Saturday attack, the Security and Emergency Management Bureau of Foreign Affairs convened an interdepartmental task force meeting at noon eastern time, just under five hours after headquarters was alerted. A number of things worked well during the emergency response, despite the fact the incident was “quickly evolving” and there was “a lack of clarity surrounding the nature and scale of the event,” the review summary says. For instance, the appointment of a liaison officer from Citizenship and Immigration as the single point of contact for Desloges’ family was “absolutely vital.”
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However, the fact that Desloges was on assignment with the border services agency “caused a delay in CBSA becoming involved in the response,” the summary says. For missions such as Nairobi, where the high hardship level is largely a reflection of the security situation, personnel “are being made aware of the risks associated with working in difficult operating environments through the training they receive and the overall preparations they conduct prior to departing for the post,” it adds. Still, the review recommended enhancing Foreign Affairs’ training and awareness program in relation to personal security
while abroad. The review also found: — Even though Foreign Affairs headquarters called for suspension of all non-essential requests to the Nairobi mission, multiple requests for the same information from various people poured in; — It can take months to return to a normal state of operations following a crisis, and options for maintaining activity “need to be explored”; — Counsellors who met with high commission staff from Canada as well as local hires were “hugely appreciated,” although some Kenyan employees preferred to talk with someone from a similar cultural background.
“Consideration should be given to identifying this additional resource earlier in the process for events of a similar nature in the future,” the summary says. Foreign Affairs had little to say about the status of the recommendations one year later. “The Canadian government takes the safety of personnel at our missions abroad very seriously and reviews its security measures on an ongoing basis for all its missions,” spokeswoman Amy Mills said in an emailed statement. “We carefully monitor situations abroad on a case-by-case basis to implement appropriate measures to protect our personnel.”
Internal report flags challenges responding to oil spills in Arctic as well as deep water ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill in the Arctic or in deep water offshore. The document “An Emergency Response Biomonitoring Plan for Accidental Spills” dated May 23, 2014, was prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It was written by consulting firm SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd. of Ottawa, and released under Access to Information laws. “To date, there have not been any major spills related to offshore oil exploration in Canada’s Arctic, but should they occur they could pose some challenges for monitoring,” it says. Knowledge of key marine species found in the region’s unique habitat, such as Arctic cod, is limited, says the report.
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Marine research in the area is ongoing and should be regularly gathered and assessed to offer a baseline against which any potential oil exposure could be measured, it recommends. The report also raises concerns about the oil industry’s increasing tendency to drill in 1,000 metres of water or more. Major spills at such depths create unpredictable plumes that can take days to surface. “From a monitoring perspective, subsea dispersant injection into these deep, subsea blowouts poses a significant challenge as evidenced by the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010,” it says. “The behaviour of these subsea plumes is still poorly understood and will require extensive monitoring.” The Deepwater Horizon explosion April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 rig workers. An estimated 3.19 million barrels of oil spewed into the water before
engineers could cap the blownout well 87 days later. Newfoundland and Labrador relies on offshore oil for about one-third of government revenues. Deepwater prospects in the Flemish Pass more than 1,200 metres down and 500 kilometres offshore are touted as the next frontier for the province, along with a role in Arctic exploration. Carole Saindon, a spokeswoman for the federal Fisheries department, said government is working to address some of the gaps in response readiness identified in the report. She said funding at Universite du Quebec is helping researchers study the effects of crude oil on blue mussels under ice cover. Federal scientists are also identifying ecologically and biologically significant areas in the Arctic, “an important step in assessing the state of Arctic marine ecosystems,” she said.
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DH Corp reinvents itself in light of decline in cheque use ALEXANDRA POSADZKI THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Ten years ago, Toronto-based DH Corp. made virtually all of its money by printing cheques. But over the past decade, the company once known as Davis + Henderson Corp. (TSX:DH) has transformed itself into technology business serving financial institutions, with cheques now comprising only 20 per cent of its revenue. “It’s long been predicted that cheque usage will decline,” Duncan Hannay, president of the company’s Canadian division, said in an interview. “I think that was the thing that really prompted the company to look at its future and assess how it could better position itself with
The Canadian Coast Guard has trained oil spill managers across Canada, Saindon said. There are more than 80 equipment depots in total, including 22 in the Arctic with oil spill recovery containment and storage capacity. “Equipment can be cascaded from any depot across the country to respond to an incident.” Farrah Khan, Arctic campaigner for Greenpeace Canada, said such assurances ring hollow. “Not a single oil company or government in the world has the expertise to drill in the Arctic safely,” she said from Toronto. “We just have no proven track record that it can be done, and we have every indication that drilling in the Arctic is extremely risky, it’s extremely dangerous, not least because of the unpredictability of ice floes but also because you’re dealing with months of perpetual darkness in the winter.”
its banking clients — both in Canada and potentially globally, to diversify its revenue.” With the emergence of new digital forms of payment such as email money transfers, use of paper cheques has been steadily on the decline, shrinking by roughly five per cent a year, according the Canadian Bankers Association. While personal cheques have been losing their popularity by high single digit percentages annually, business cheques have fared somewhat better, with usage slipping by low single digits. “Canadian business still depends on cheques to a great extent,” Hannay said. “It’s highly integrated into their workflow.”
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U.S.-led coalition carries out series of deadly strikes in Syria
Storm causes oods, knocks out power in northern Philippines
Militants targeted in Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in country’s east ZEINA KARAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BEIRUT — U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a wave of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria in what the coalition said Sunday was one of its most sustained aerial operations carried out in Syria to date. IS said at least 10 people were killed and many others wounded in the attacks which activists said triggered successive explosions that shook the city and created panic among residents. The U.S.-led coalition often targets IS-held towns and cities in Syria, but the overnight strikes on Raqqa were rare in their intensity. In a statement, the coalition said it carried out 18 airstrikes throughout Raqqa province, destroying a number of IS vehicles and 16 bridges. An earlier statement said the attacks also destroyed vital IS-controlled structures and transit routes in Syria. “The significant airstrikes tonight were executed to deny Daesh the ability to move military capabilities throughout Syria and into Iraq,� said coalition spokesman Lt. Col. Thomas Gilleran, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group. “This was one of the largest deliberate engagements we have conducted to date in Syria, and it will have debilitating effects on Daesh’s ability to move� from Raqqa, he said. Raqqa is the de facto capital of the so-called Islamic caliphate declared a year ago by the Islamic State group in territories it controls in Iraq and Syria. The sustained airstrikes add pressure on the militants in Raqqa, still reeling from last month’s loss of the border town of Tal Abyad to Kurdish fighters. The town on the Turkish
MANILA, Philippines — A tropical storm blew across the northern Philippines on Sunday, causing floods and power outages in several towns and prompting rescue teams to scramble to evacuate villagers in low-lying communities. There were no immediate reports of casualties from slow-moving Tropical Storm Linfa, which set off minor landslides in at least two mountainous provinces, officials said. The storm, which had sustained winds of 85 kilometres (53 miles) per hour and gusts of 100 kph (62 mph), was expected to start blowing away from the country on Monday, according to government forecasters. Melchito Castro, a regional disaster-response agency chief, said the hardest-hit area was La Union province, where 11 towns were swamped in floodwaters that stranded villagers. The entire province lost power as the storm lashed, he said. “There’s massive flooding here in La Union,� Castro said, adding that the pounding rain caused about three rivers to swell. Rainwater also cascaded down from a mountain range and swamped La Union, a coastal province of about 800,000 people, officials said. Police said a private helicopter plunged into a mountainous area in Batangas province south of Manila in bad weather from the storm, killing at least two people and injuring six others. It was not immediately clear if the crash was caused by the weather, and an investigation was underway. “There was zero visibility when the crash happened,� police Senior Inspector Joel Laraya said by phone. Linfa was the fifth storm to batter the Philippines this year.
This photo from Saturday shows people inspecting a car purportedly damaged by U.S.-led airstrikes on Raqqa in eastern Syria. [AP PHOTO]
border was a major avenue for commerce and smuggling for the group. A militant website said 10 people were killed and dozens of others wounded. An IS-affiliated Facebook page said one civilian was among those killed and 10 were wounded including women and children. It also said the bombing destroyed several bridges. The IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency released a video of what it said was the effects of shelling Saturday by a U.S. drone on Raqqa. It showed several wounded men on a stretcher and at least three young boys being treated for
wounds at what appeared to be a hospital. A Raqqa-based anti-IS activist network reported eight civilians were killed by the coalition airstrikes, including a 10-year-old child. The casualty figures could not be independently confirmed. The network, called Raqqa is Being Silently Slaughtered, said at least one airstrike targeted a group of IS members in the city centre. Another targeted an IS checkpoint while a third destroyed large parts of an IS-held brick factory in the city. It said seven bridges used by civilians inside the city were also destroyed.
In the remote northeastern city of Hassakeh, IS suicide bombers detonated an explosives-laden truck near a main power plant Sunday. State-run news agency SANA reported casualties and damage in the plant on the southern edge of the city. Fighting has raged in Hassakeh since the IS group attacked several southern neighbourhoods held by government troops earlier this month. The violence has forced tens of thousands of residents to flee. The predominantly Kurdish city was split between government forces and Kurdish fighters, who have been fighting the IS group separately.
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SPORTSMONDAY Monday, July 6, 2015 || Sports Editor: Scott McKenzie Scott.McKenzie@nanaimodailynews.com || SECTION B
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Americans win World Cup
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United States club blows out Japanese 5-2 in championship game in Vancouver KEVIN BAXTER LOS ANGELES TIMES
VANCOUVER — For a time when she was younger, Carli Lloyd wasn’t sure she belonged on the U.S. national team. And just two weeks ago she wasn’t sure where she fit into the U.S. attack in this Women’s World Cup. But on Sunday she finally found her place — in the record books — after scoring three goals in the first 16 minutes of the championship game, leading the U.S. to a convincing 5-2 win over Japan before an overwhemingly pro-American crowd of 53,341 at BC Place. The five goals are the most scored by one team in a Women’s World Cup final while for Lloyd the hat trick, the quickest ever by an American in a World Cup, gave her a tournament-best six goals — including game-winners in the last three games. Almost as important, the performance chased away the stubborn ghosts of 1999, which have haunted the U.S. women since they last won a World Cup. “It’s been a lot of years in between ’99 and now. And I think it’s time,” said defender Christie Rampone, the only woman to play for both teams. “I hope it’s not compared to ’99 anymore. I hope it’s leading on to the next team that wins the World Cup,” said Rampone, who made her 19th World Cup appearance in the closing minutes Sunday. “That’s the standard.” Lloyd might have set a new standard Sunday. Her first two goals came on similar set pieces — the first on a corner kick by Megan Rapinoe and the second on a free kick by Lauren Holiday. On both plays Lloyd started at the edge of the penalty area then charged into the box unmarked to recover loose balls on the edge of the goal, redirecting them into the net. But her third goal was clearly the best of the tournament. As
United States player Carli Lloyd celebrates her goal with Meghan Klingenberg during the first half of the final of the FIFA World Cup against Japan in Vancouver on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
“I hope it’s not compared to ‘99 anymore. I hope it’s leading on to the next team that wins the World Cup.“ Christie Rampone, Team USA
she dribbled toward midfield, Lloyd looked up to see Japanese keeper Ayumi Kaihori had strayed dangerously far from the goal line. So Lloyd fired a right-footed shot from 50 yards
out. Kaihori, backpedaling furiously, got the fingers of her right hand on the ball but that wasn’t enough to stop it, with the ball hitting the turf, then kissing the left post before going in to give the U.S. a 4-0 lead. Japan offered a murmur of protest in the 27th minute when Yuki Ogimi scored after defender Julie Johnston tumbled to the turf as they battled for possession of the ball. But even that was newsworthy since it was just the second goal the U.S. had given up in this World Cup. Japan’s second score, in the opening minutes of the second
half, again came courtesy of Johnston, who headed the ball into her own goal. But midfielder Tobin Heath quickly got that back in the 54th minute, accounting for the final score. That goal also brought an early end to the largest and longest Women’s World Cup ever, one that saw 24 teams play 52 matches across a continent-sized country in the course of a month. And for the first time in a World Cup, every game was played on artificial turf. It was a tournament that brought Abby Wambach her elusive World Cup title, the only thing that was missing from a resume that includes two Olympic crowns, a world player of the year award and the most international goals — 183 — in history. And it was fitting that Lloyd was the one to bring her that trophy. In this World Cup the 35-yearold Wambach has been a parttime player, starting just three of the seven U.S. games while Lloyd has assumed the mantle of team leader and star. Lloyd now wears the captain’s armband as well. And to complete the changing of the guard, Wambach entered the field first for warmups on Sunday — with Lloyd following a few yards behind. Much of the rest of the team waited in the tunnel. When Wambach finally entered the game in the 79th minute, one of the first players to greet her was Homare Sawa, Japan’s alltime leader in games and goals who, at 36, has also been a bench player in her final World Cup. Minutes later, Sawa tripped Wambach, earning a yellow card. Sunday’s victory also provided a measure of redemption for troubled goalkeeper Hope Solo, who was suspended from the team last winter and this month faces an appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss two domestic assault charges against her.
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T-Men continue slide, lose eighth in a row SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Timbermen came closer to picking up their third win of the season than they have throughout their current losing streak Saturday night when they were handed a 7-6 defeat at the hands of the Langley Thunder. Up 3-0 in the first period at Frank Crane Arena, the Timbermen were outscored 7-3 the rest of the way. It moves the Nanaimo record to 2-8 and in the Western Lacrosse Association basement despite winning the first two games of the season against the now firstplace Victoria Shamrocks, who have rattled off 10 straight wins since the league’s opening weekend. The Thunder win stretched the Timbermen losing streak to eight games, although the one-goal loss was as close as the Timbermen had come to winning since blowing a 6-0 lead and losing on the road to the Burnaby Lakers in early June, 9-8. Local product Pete Dubenski got the start in goal for the Timbermen in the loss, and although the first-round WLA
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Kyle Hofer of the Nanaimo Timbermen shoots and scores on Langley Thunder goalie Brodie MacDonald Saturday night during a Western Lacrosse Association game at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
draft choice has yet to pick up a win, he put in his best performance of the season stopping 41 of the Thunder’s 48 shots. Former Timbermen star Lewis
Ratcliff scored two goals for the Thunder while his brother, Nanaimo captain Cayle Ratcliff, did the same and added an assist. Mitch Parker, another Nanaimo
Minor Lacrosse Association product in his rookie season with the Timbermen, also finished the game with three points with a goal and two assists to take over the team-lead in scoring with 27 points in nine games. Brody Eastwood, Nanaimo’s leading scorer going into the game, was held to a single assist. Jake Emms also had two goals for the Timbermen while former 10th round draft pick Mac Johnston had two assists. The Timbermen were playing without the services of top lefthanders Cody Bremner and Eli McLaughlin in the loss. The Timbermen are now eight points out of the league’s fourth and final playoff spot with less than half the season to play, looking more and more like a post-season appearance will need to wait another year. They next play the Thunder again on Wednesday in Langley before hosting the Coquitlam Adanacs Saturday night at 7 p.m. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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ike Vandekamp always has high expectations for the Nanaimo Clippers. Before we learned last week’s news about star players returning, supporters of the Nanaimo B.C. Hockey League club might not have been on the same page, however. But with the originally unexpected return of Sheldon Rempal, Devin Brosseau and Yanni Kaldis to Frank Crane Arena, expectations have just gotten a whole lot higher for a team that was two wins away from a league championship in April. The Clippers, by most accounts, were in for a down year by their own standards before last week’s move. Not a down year by BCHL standards, let’s be clear. They lost their starting goaltender — who was runner up for the league’s top goalie award — their captain and two-year leading point-getter in Brendan Taylor, along with high-end players like Cole Maier and Jake Jackson to the U.S. college system, not to mention a future considerations deeal that sent 21-goal scorer Nic Carrier to the rival Cowichan Valley Capitals. With Rempal, Brosseau and Kaldis originally also expected to be off to the NCAA, the Clippers were set to lose their six top scorers from their Island championship team, and eight of their top nine. The three aforementioned returning players, though, are the real deal. Rempal will be expected to be an elite point-producer in the BCHL this season, while Brosseau has another chance to blossom as a power forward after missing the bulk of last season with a broken collarbone. He’ll also be a year older, bigger and more mature. Kaldis will be the early favourite to win the league’s top defenceman award, too, and he will lead a defence core that as of now only loses one player to graduation — Nic Gushue. Of course, there are still causes for concern. With that top trio returning, the logjam of 20-yearolds needs to be broken up, and Vandekamp alluded to bringing as many as 10 of them (the limit is six) to camp next month. That would create an interesting tryout for spots on a club between veteran players who have already proved their worth. Of the 10 20-year-olds the Clippers carry, Vandekamp will need to pick the top six of forwards Brosseau, Renpal, Ryan Forves, Jacob Hanlon, Corey Renwick and Anthony Rinaldi, and defencemen Kaldis, Ryan Coghlan, Kale Bennett and Edwin Hookenson. It might just be the most intense camp this team has had in years, with teammates battling for jobs they thought they had already earned. And that’s never a bad thing.
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Wilson’s pursuit of big money comes at a cost For the ďŹ rst time, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback’s image is taking a hit in contract negotiations
Larry Stone Seattle Times
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ussell Wilson always has been the Unassailable One, presented as the total package of athletic greatness, impeccable decorum and a never-ending reservoir of charm. The personal narrative is compelling — deemed too small to play quarterback yet persevering through adversity and skepticism by dint of self-confidence and a legendary work ethic (first to arrive, last to leave). He backed it up not only with unparalleled success on the field, but also with admirable, highly visible community involvement. How can you not love a guy with the highest NFL winning percentage ever after three seasons who also visits sick kids every Tuesday? That too-good-to-be-true aura was nicked somewhat in April 2014 when Wilson divorced his wife. But in many ways, that merely made him seem more human. By every measuring stick, Wilson was regarded almost universally among Seahawks fans as a humble overachiever, imbued with an overriding team-first sensibility. The phrase, “Go Hawks!� resonated a clear and distinct image. It’s no wonder that in a survey announced in mid-May by Public Policy Polling, Wilson received a nearly perfect favorability rating
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has seen his public image take a hit during contract negotiations. [AP PHOTO]
from Washington state residents. He got just one unfavourable response, making him, to paraphrase Mary Poppins (which may never have been done before in a sports column), practically perfect in every way. Now, however, for the first time, the Wilson image is absorbing some serious puncture wounds. That’s what happens when money and contract negotiations rear their ugly headlines. I’ve heard and read more Wilson backlash in the past three weeks than in the previous three years combined. When it came to throwing an interception on the decisive play of the Super Bowl, Wilson largely got away blame
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free. But when a story leaked last week that he wanted to become the highest-paid player in the NFL, well, the notion of a greedy Wilson began to be put forth on talk shows and comments threads. I’ve even begun to hear some comparisons with Alex Rodriguez, which in the Seattle area is the unkindest cut of all. A-Rod also started out with a too-goodto-be-true reputation in his very early Mariners days, only to slowly be revealed as a fraud in almost every way — most dramatically, in the estimation of Seattle fans, when he took the Rangers’ money and ran. As these Wilson negotiations
drag out, some people seem to be wondering if Wilson is not just a slick, well-packaged mercenary in his own right. Sure, there also is a contingent of people — perhaps even a majority — who blame the Seahawks for the roadblock: Just pay the man. But when you begin with a positivity rating roughly equal to Mother Teresa, as Wilson did less than two months ago, any erosion of support is noteworthy. Seems to me much of the criticism is unfair. First of all, none of this talk about his salary demands has come from his own lips (though in some cases his silence has spoken volumes). The media has filled the void with endless debates about Wilson’s contract, fueling heated debates about Wilson’s motivation and worthiness. That’s not to say Wilson doesn’t believe he should be the highest-paid player. But other than a series of cryptic tweets and ambiguous comments, his true intentions remain hazy. This negotiation seems to be heavy on trying to establish leverage; there’s still time, however, for an amicable, mutually satisfying conclusion that will make all the teeth-gnashing and fretting seem unnecessary, in retrospect. But there’s also the possibility that this all blows up, or that an impasse carries into the season, and that can’t be just dismissed. In such a case, the increasing deterioration of Wilson’s carefully crafted image would be collateral damage. The biggest issue is that Wilson has been set up to an impossible standard — some
of it by his own doing. His goodytwo-shoes reputation might have been unassailable, but it also was unsustainable. Not when real life is sure to intercede. It had to happen eventually. Wilson is merely doing what the vast majority of athletes do — trying to maximize his earning potential. But for someone who has been portrayed as such a staunch team-first guy, that can seem almost like a betrayal. And particularly in a league with a salary cap, where every financial decision has ramifications far beyond just that transaction. That is ramped up exponentially when you’re talking about an elite quarterback who commands a disproportionate share of the payroll. So these negotiations will continue to have a cost for Wilson, in terms of image and public perception. But I predict the hits will be merely temporary for most people, as long as the contract is resolved before the season starts and Wilson keeps performing to the same standard as he has been. The months of unpleasant, messy negotiations eventually will fade in our brains. You know how it is in this age of the 24-hour news cycle. We’ll move on to the next “hot take,� and Wilson will go right back to being what he was before: A great quarterback with a giving heart. But if these contracts talks get acrimonious, and the impasse rages on? Well, those Wilson favorability ratings inevitably would take a plunge. It’s the cost of doing business.
Jr. Timbermen win ďŹ nal regular season game DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen won’t be in the playoffs this season, but they did go out on a winning note Sunday night with an 11-7 overtime victory on the road against the Langley Thunder. They had previously been defeated 12-9 by the Burnaby Lakers in Nanaimo on Saturday in what was their final
home game of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League season. Tied 7-7 after 60 minutes in Langley Sunday, the Timbermen scored four times in the extra frame — Cody Short, Tyson Black, Nick Kapusty and Cody Clark had the goals — to return home with a win. Clark led the team with four goals and an assist in a winning effort. The Timbermen finish the sea-
son in seventh place in the eightteam league ahead of only the Lakers with a record of 5-14-1, seven wins out of a playoff spot in head coach Kyle Couling’s first year on the job. Two Rookies led the team in scoring as Connor Leies, of Victoria, had 24 gals and 36 assists for 60 points in 20 games while Comox’s Alec Molander finished with 27 goals and 27 assists for 54 points in 18 games.
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Josh Donaldson is headed to MLB’s all-star game. The Toronto Blue Jays third baseman will be starting for the American League on July 14 in Cincinnati, the league announced on Sunday. Donaldson set a new all-time single season allstar voting record with 14,090,188 total votes. He surpasses the previous record set by Josh Hamilton in 2012. “I feel honored to represent the AL All Star team!! Thank you to all the fans who voted!� said Donaldson from his verified Twitter account, adding the hashtags #blessed #teammatesarestuds #truenorth. Donaldson will be making his second consecutive appearance at the all-star game after representing the Oakland Athletics last season. He was acquired by Toronto in an off-season trade with Oakland for Canadian third baseman Brett Lawrie and a handful of prospects. The 29-year-old Donaldson has excelled for the Jays — hitting 19 home runs and 56 runs-batted in over 83 games.
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Williams sisters set to meet today at Wimbledon
Lakers are in denial of their shrinking status
Serena, Venus have faced each other six times in London CHRIS LEHOURITES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — One five-time Wimbledon champion is guaranteed to reach the quarterfinals. Another is assured of elimination. That’s what will happen Monday when Serena Williams plays older sister Venus Williams for the sixth time at the grasscourt Grand Slam in southwest London. “They’ve been unbelievable for the sport. I’ve said that many times,” said Roger Federer, a seven-time Wimbledon champion who will also be playing on Manic Monday. “Their head-toheads, I don’t know how much that has to do with it. I think it’s more their individual play.” Individually and together, the Williams sisters have become two of the greatest champions at the All England Club. They have each won five singles titles, and have teamed up to win five more in doubles. Against each other on the grass at Wimbledon, Serena leads 3-2, with all three of her wins coming in finals. Venus won one final, and also won a semifinal match against her younger sibling in 2000 — the first time they met on court at the tournament. Although Serena is still at the top of her game and going for a true Grand Slam this season, Venus has been struggling for the past few years and was diagnosed with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease in 2011, three years after her last Wimbledon title. It was the previous year, in 2010, when she last reached the quarterfinals at
Venus Williams returns a ball to Aleksandra Krunic during their match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday. [AP PHOTO]
Wimbledon. But this year, Venus has been nearing her past high standards, winning all three of her matches in straight sets. “She’s playing so well,” Serena said. “I’m practicing next to her every day and I’m in awe of how she’s doing. It’s a little frustrating because I know I have to play her.” The Williams matchup is just one of the 16 fourth-round matches on the schedule for Monday — eight for the men and eight for the women. ROGER’S RECORD Roger Federer is the only current player with more Wimbledon singles titles than a Williams, and the seven-time
champion is one away from a record-setting eighth. Federer has had a relatively straightforward first week, winning his first two matches in straight sets and his third in four. His next opponent is 20th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, a Spaniard who is playing at Wimbledon for the third time and has never reached the fourth round. But for Federer, the pursuit of No. 8 and breaking the tie with Pete Sampras and 1880s player Willie Renshaw doesn’t seem to be the only thing spurring him on. “This is more something like you talk about for a couple weeks,” he said.
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Lee wins Greenbrier in playoff JOHN RABY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Danny Lee parred the second hole of a four-man playoff to win The Greenbrier Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory. The South Korean-born New Zealander earned $1.2 million and became the ninth first-time winner on the tour this season. Lee, Canadian David Hearn, Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb were tied at 13 under after four rounds on the Old White TPC course in West Virginia. Streb shot a 5-under 65 in the final round by making five birdie putts on the back nine with a 56-degree wedge after breaking
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his putter on the ninth hole. The putter broke when Streb tossed it at his bag next to the green. He was allowed a replacement putter for the playoff, but he never got to use it after missing
the green at the par-3 No. 18. Lee and Hearn made birdie putts on the first playoff hole, also eliminating Kisner. Hearn, from Brantford, Ont., then drove behind a tree on the par-5 17th and made bogey. Lee reached the green in three shots and two-putted from across the green for par. It marked the third playoff in the tournament’s six-year history. A week ago, Bubba Watson won the Travelers Championship in a playoff. Tiger Woods started the day seven shots behind the leaders, shot a bogey-free 67 and said he made some “nice strides” heading into next week’s British Open.
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he Lakers are no longer the Lakers. The basketball world knows it, their front office needs to own it, and the Buss children need to start acting like it if they have any chance of becoming the Lakers again. The Lakers are no longer the Lakers, and have not been since their last championship in 2010 coincided with the beginning of the physical decline of owner Jerry Buss. When Buss died in February 2013, an aura of invincibility died with him, and the family’s ensuing efforts to imitate his giant footsteps, instead of forging their own path in basketball’s new era, have resulted only in embarrassment and defeat. Buss was a charismatic visionary whose genius gave the team a golden credibility that resonated throughout the league. People paid attention. People felt lucky to be in his presence. When Buss was running things, it seemed that whoever the Lakers wanted, the Lakers got, from the coin flip draft of Magic Johnson, to the signing of Shaquille O’Neal, to the trades for Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. Now, when the Lakers talk, those same people just shrug and turn away, witness the case of LaMarcus Aldridge, the former Portland Trail Blazers power forward who was the freeagent centrepiece to the Lakers reloading efforts this summer. When the news broke Saturday that Aldridge was going to sign with San Antonio, it marked the third consecutive off-season that the Lakers failed to convince an All-Star to wear their uniform. First there was the billboard-size failure to retain Dwight Howard, and, while that failure was applauded in this space, the Lakers really did want him. Then last season they failed to sell not only a guy from across the country named Carmelo Anthony, but also a guy in their own locker room named Gasol. Now, they lose out on Aldridge, the most compelling of the humiliations, not only because they were one of two favourites to win his services, and not even because he turned them down after two pitch meetings because the first one went so badly. The scariest part of this failure is that they blew it with Aldridge by trying to sell a brand that no longer exists. It was as if the Lakers officially became the last people on Earth to realize they are no longer the Lakers. They tried to sell Showtime, a marketing and entertainment phenomenon that is available today in all sizes of NBA markets, just ask Kevin Durant. They tried to sell Hollywood, which in today’s NBA can happen in Oakland, just ask Steph Curry.
Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times They tried to sell Bryant, who attended the first pitch meeting even though he will probably be an active Laker for only another 10 months, and even though his presence insinuates a team power structure that his retirement would make irrelevant. Only in the end did the Lakers try to sell Aldridge on the future of their basketball. But because they have been bereft of talent since the Buss children handcuffed their roster by giving Bryant a two-year, $48.5-million appreciation contract in December 2013 — once again, living in the age of Jerry Buss — their basketball future is muddled. And if you don’t want to believe some silly sportswriter, check out the credentials of all those players who turned them down this summer even after being personally pitched. Aldridge lives in Southern California and has viewed the Lakers closely for nine years in the same conference, and still wouldn’t sign here. Greg Monroe, a Detroit Pistons free agent who has never been on a team that has won more than 32 games, didn’t consider the Lakers winners and ended up Milwaukee. DeAndre Jordan has watched them from across the hall for seven years, didn’t like what he saw, and is now in Dallas. The courting of Aldridge was as ill-conceived as the master plan that included him. Once again, that plan was based on the Lakers still thinking they were the Lakers. Flash back to this summer’s NBA draft, when the Lakers stunned the basketball world by passing up big man Jahlil Okafor to select guard D’Angelo Russell. When the gold dust settled, the word out of Lakers camp was that they passed on the traditional franchise-changing giant because they were confident they could fill that spot with Aldridge in free agency. In other words, the Russell pick carried an undercurrent of the old Lakers entitlement that they can have whoever they want. Not anymore. The basketball populace doesn’t view them as royalty anymore. The players rarely stop to chat with Jack Nicholson anymore. The Laker Girls are in every NBA city. O’Neal is a TV personality, Magic owns a baseball team, Bryant will soon be 37, Jerry West works in Oakland and Phil Jackson is probably still waiting for Jim Buss to call him back.
OPINION
NHL expansion comes at the wrong time for Kansas City hockey fans
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s soon as Monday, the official bids will start popping in at the NHL’s office in New York. Sports have a strong hold on us, as both a business and an escape, and groups with big dreams and bigger money will make their case for an expansion team. The Sprint Center, even approaching its eighth birthday, is one of the country’s best and biggest arenas without an NHL or NBA team. It was built in large part because the sports and entertainment management company AEG promised to do everything it could to bring a pro team to Kansas City. AEG is now heavily involved in landing a NHL expansion team — for Las Vegas, in a new building the company owns and manages. The NHL has vaguely mentioned Kansas City as a possible expansion market, and the Sprint Center’s lack of an anchor tenant makes this a natural question. But, as best I can tell, no one from or representing Kansas City will be among those submitting bids for a team to play here. Lamar Hunt Jr., who owns the ECHL’s Missouri Mavericks, a minor-league hockey team that plays in Independence, called the NHL’s $500 million price tag for an expansion franchise “a ridiculously big fee,” and said that he is not aware of anyone in Kansas City who will make a push for a
Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star team. “No, it’s not on my radar,” he said. “It’s not on this team’s radar, and it’s not on my radar.” Cliff Illig, a billionaire and part of the ownership group of Sporting Kansas City, is also not involved with a bid for Kansas City, and does not know of anyone who is. “You could say that,” he said. “That’s certainly the truth.” Conversations with a few others around town indicate a consensus, that there is no real momentum from local groups to woo the NHL for an expansion franchise. As much as some would like a team in Kansas City, this is smart. The reasons are strong and varied and fundamental. Eight years ago, when the Sprint Center opened, the biggest challenge seemed to be finding an owner or ownership group with the money and motivation. Now, particularly when talking about the NHL, the obstacles are bigger in both number and scope. One of those is timing. In a parallel universe, Kansas City might already have a team. The NBA’s Thunder could be in Kansas City, if things lined up better. Same with the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets,
formerly the Atlanta Thrashers. If the Coyotes move from Arizona, it will be after the Sprint Center’s peak as an attractive landing spot. The NHL’s economic model also works against Kansas City. The league’s revenue is tightly centred around local TV contracts, even more than Major League Baseball, and it takes a lot of imagination to see the nation’s No. 31 market producing enough local TV money to make it work. That’s particularly true in a place without much hockey culture. “The money just is not there,” says Todd Jewell, chair of Texas State’s economics department, who has done extensive research in sports economics. “I just don’t think it’s a big enough market. If one of these teams is going to move, which it could, it’s going to a bigger TV market. The NHL has to generate more TV exposure and get more money from TV contracts.” To hear Jewell and many of the would-be principals in Kansas City, talk of an NHL team here is a bit like an illiterate man deciding he wants to write a novel. It’s not impossible, but a thousand steps must be completed first. With the Royals, Chiefs, Sporting KC, NASCAR and major interest in college sports, Kansas City is already an overextended sports market. In the Business Journals’ 2015 report, Kansas City’s total personal income was calculated as $86 billion short
of what’s generally required to support its existing sports franchises. Specific to the NHL, Kansas City scored a zero on a scale up to 100 that ranked potential markets. Here, a closer look at Hunt Jr.’s Mavericks is worthwhile. The Mavericks averaged 5,317 fans over 36 home dates last year, while NHL teams averaged 17,587 over 41. The ECHL operates with a $350,000 salary cap; the NHL’s is $69 million. Depending on how you do the math, the metro area has a thousand youth skaters and four sheets of ice, two of which are open year-round. Generally speaking, to develop a culture that would support an NHL team, those numbers would need to double, at least. The Mavericks are, by all accounts, in a good place. Even while finishing 23rd out of 28 teams in points, they finished sixth in attendance. They recently signed an agreement as the New York Islanders’ lower affiliate, and are working toward strengthening hockey’s following in Kansas City. That includes more sheets of ice, more sponsorship, and another indoor facility that could attract major youth tournaments to the area. This week, the Mavericks will hold a formal announcement of the consolidation of the area’s youth hockey groups. When teams from what will be known as the Kansas City Youth Hockey Association com-
pete out of town, they will do so with Mavericks jerseys. There are encouraging signs. Not just the attendance. During one game of the Stanley Cup Final, more people watched in Kansas City than St. Louis — which has an NHL team and much more of a hockey culture. The Mavericks are making a particular push for millennials. In Hunt Jr.’s words, the goal is to “let them know this is a very cool thing to do, no pun intended.” The club is working on ways to do this, including with merchandise, a phone app, and perhaps something around the beards that hockey players have always fancied. Similarities exist between what the Mavericks are trying to do, and what Sporting has been doing for years. But Sporting’s leadership group — for all of its success — has always been open about its investment benefiting from years and even decades of previous work in building Kansas City’s soccer culture. On an NHL scale, that work is still in the beginning stages, and faces obstacles that soccer didn’t — unfortunate timing, and an economic model that’s a bad fit, just to name two of the more prominent. It used to be that the biggest challenge was finding an available team and a willing owner. Today, the NHL is openly courting new markets, but anyone with the money and interest has plenty of reasons to stay away.
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SPORTS
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015
SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL
Saturday at TD Place Stadium
CFL
West Winnipeg Calgary BC Lions Edmonton Saskatchewan East Ottawa Toronto Hamilton Montreal
W 1 1 0 0 0 W 2 2 1 1
L 1 1 1 1 2 L 0 0 1 1
T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
Pts 2 2 0 0 0 Pts 4 4 2 2
Redblacks 27, Lions 16 PF 56 35 16 11 60 PF 47 66 75 45
PA 78 52 27 26 70 PA 32 45 50 31
Week 2, full results Thursday’s result Hamilton 52, Winnipeg 26 Montreal 29, Calgary 11 Ottawa 27, BC Lions 16 Yesterday’s result Toronto 42, Saskatchewan 40 (2OT) Week 3 schedule 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. Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m. Yesterday at Regina
Argos 42, Riders 40 (2OT) 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 Tot Toronto 3 7 1 17 6 8 42 Sask 3 14 4 7 6 6 40 First Quarter Tor FG Ronnie Pfeffer 50, 4:40 Sask FG Paul McCallum 9, 10:46 Second Quarter Tor TD Kevin Elliott 2 pass from Trevor Harris (Pfeffer convert) 0:49 Sask FG McCallum 30, 8:37 Sask FG McCallum 49,10:36 Sask TD Ryan Smith 28 pass from Kevin Glenn (2 pt convert Jerome Messam rush) 14:52 Third Quarter Sask FG McCallum 22, 6:10 Tor Single Pfeffer 39 missed FG 10:03 Sask Single Ray Early punt 82, 12:00 Fourth Quarter Tor TD A.J. Jefferson interception 100 (Pfeffer convert) 5:10 Sask FG Pfeffer 39, 12:14 Tor TD Brett Smith 1 rush (McCallum convert) 13:43 Tor TD Chad Owens 16 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 14:54 Overtime 1 Sask TD Rob Bagg 1 run (2 pt convert rush Jerome Messam failed) Tor TD Brandon Whitaker 9 yard pass from Harris (2pt convert rush Harris failed) Overtime 2 Tor TD Tori Gurley 11 pass from Harris (2 pt conversion Anthony Coombs pass from Harris) Sask TD Chris Getzlaf 25 pass from Glenn (2 pt conversion failed, Getzlaf pass from Glenn) Team Statistics Tor Sask First downs 24 31 Rushing 5 11 Passing 15 17 Penalty 4 3 Rushes-Yards 15-100 29-110 Passing Yards 267 477 Return Yards 88 133 Sacks 4 1 Punts-Average 3-41.7 3-59 Fumbles Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties - Yards 13-71 14-131 Individual Stat Leaders PASSING—Tor: T. Harris 30-38, 267 yards, 4 TD, 1 Int Sask: K. Glenn 33-40, 477 yards, 2 TD, 1 Int RUSHING—Tor: B.Whitaker 8-69 Sask: J.Messam 19-84 RECEIVING—Tor: C.Owens 8-88; V.Hazelton 5-60; B.Whitaker 6-47 Sask: R.Smith 8-174; W.Dressler 5-82; C.Getzlaf 6-79; J.Messam 6-72 Attendance: 31,907
BC Lions 3 4 9 0 16 Ottawa 0 10 3 14 27 First Quarter BC FG Richie Leone 11, 8:06 Second Quarter BC FG Leone 12, 7:33 Ott TD Brad Sinopoli 7 pass from Henry Burris (Delbert Alvarado convert) 10:59 BC Single Leone punt 53, 13:24 Ott FG Alvarado 46, 15:00 Third Quarter BC Safety Fumble recovered in end zone by Burris 1:38 Ott FG Alvarado 28, 9:04 BC TC Travis Lulay 26 pass from Austin Collie. (Leone convert) 11:39 Fourth Quarter Ott TD Greg Ellingson 30 pass from Burris (Alvarado convert) 0:13 Ott TD Ernest Jackson 11 pass from Burris (Alvarado convert) 6:48 Team Statistics BC Ott First downs 17 26 Rushing 4 10 Passing 10 16 Penalty 3 0 Rushes-Yards 15-59 31-141 Yards, avg. rush 3.9 4.5 Passing Yards 254 296 Avg. pass gain 7.5 9.5 Return Yards 122 108 Comp-Att-Int 18-32-1 23-29-1 Sacks 2 2 Punts-Average 7-40.9 5-39.6 Punt Returns-yards 4-31 4-29 Kickoff Returns-yds 5-91 3-79 Fumbles Lost 1-0 2-0 Penalties - Yards 15-95 11-118 Time of Possession 25:36 34:24 Individual Statistics PASSING—BC: T.Lulay 18-32, 254 yards, 1 TD 1 Int Ott: H.Burris 23-29, 296 yards, 3 TD, 1 Int RUSHING—BC: A.Harris 13-48; T.Lulay 2-11 Ott: C.Walker 24-103; H.Burris 6-30; C.Williams 1-8 RECEIVING—BC: E.Arceneaux 7-112; A.Collie 5-65; A.Harris 3-26; S.Gore 1-29; B.Burnham 1-12; C.Morrah 1-10 Ott: B.Sinopoli 9-99; M.Price 5-43; C.Williams 4-82; E.Jackson 2-19; G.Ellingson 1-30; J.Verdone 1-15; C.Walker 1-8 Attendance: 24,376 Friday at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium
Alouettes 29, Stampeders 11
BASEBALL MLB - Results and standings American League East W L NY Yankees 44 38 Baltimore 43 39 Tampa Bay 43 41 Toronto 43 41 Boston 39 45 Central W L Kansas City 46 33 Minnesota 43 39 Detroit 41 40 Cleveland 38 43 Chicago Sox 36 43 West W L Houston 48 36 LA Angels 44 38 Texas 41 42 Seattle 38 44 Oakland 38 47 National League East W L Washington 45 36 NY Mets 42 41 Atlanta 40 42 Miami 35 48 Philadelphia 28 56 Central W L St. Louis 53 28 Pittsburgh 47 34 Chicago Cubs 44 36 Cincinnati 36 44 Milwaukee 36 48 West W L LA Dodgers 46 37 San Francisco 42 40 Arizona 40 42 San Diego 39 45 Colorado 35 47
PCT .537 .524 .512 .512 .464 PCT .582 .524 .506 .469 .456 PCT .571 .537 .494 .463 .447
GB Strk - L1 1.0 W1 2.0 W1 2.0 W1 6.0 W2 GB Strk - W1 4.5 L1 6.0 L1 9.0 L2 10.0 L1 GB Strk - L2 3.0 W3 6.5 L3 9.0 W1 10.5 L1
PCT .556 .506 .488 .422 .333 PCT .654 .580 .550 .450 .429 PCT .554 .512 .488 .464 .427
GB Strk - W2 4.0 W1 5.5 L1 11.0 L2 18.5 W1 GB Strk - W2 6.0 W2 8.5 W2 16.5 L3 18.5 W8 GB Strk - L1 3.5 L5 5.5 L1 7.5 L2 10.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Tampa Bay 8, NY Yankees 1 Toronto 10, Detroit 5 Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Boston 5, Houston 4 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0 Baltimore 9, Chicago Sox 1 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 3, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Miami 0 Seattle 2, Oakland 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 NY Mets 8, LA Dodgers 0 L.A. Angels 12, Texas 6 Washington 3, San Francisco 1 Saturday’s results Washington 9, San Fran 3 NY Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 8, Toronto 3 Boston 6, Houston 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Baltimore 2 St. Louis 2, San Diego 1 Pittsburgh 1, Cleveland 0 Oakland 2, Seattle 0 Chicago Cubs 7, Miami 2 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 3 Minnesota 5, Kansas City 3 LA Dodgers 4, NY Mets 3 Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 5 LA Angels 13, Texas 0 Arizona 7, Colorado 3
Calgary 0 0 3 8 11 Montreal 7 9 6 7 29 First Quarter Mtl TD Samuel Giguere 6 pass from Rakeem Cato (Boris Bede convert) 10:30 Second Quarter Mtl FG Bede 23, 5:09 Mtl TD Nik Lewis 6 pass from Cato (2-pt rush conversion failed) 12:58 Third Quarter Mtl TD Cody Hoffman 15 pass from Cato (Bede convert missed) 7:45 Cgy FG Rene Paredes 28, 11:41 Fourth Quarter Mtl FG Bede 49, 0:15 Cgy TD Jon Cornish 1 run (Convert 2pt Marquay McDaniel pass from Bo Levi Mitchell) 4:25 Mtl FG Bede 17, 12:06 Mtl Single Bede punt 58, 13:24 Team Statistics Ham Wpg First downs 19 22 Rushes-Yards 15-68 32-156 Passing Yards 263 241 Return Yards 124 156 Comp-Att-Int 21-34-1 20-25-0 Sacks 3 0 Punts 5 4 Punt Average 44.6 46.8 Fumbles Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties - Yards 11-80 14-117 Time of Possession 27:12 32:48
Today’s schedule with probable starters San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Shields (7-2) vs. Burnett (6-3) Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. DeSclafani (5-5) vs. Fister (3-3) Houston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Keuchel (9-3) vs. Carrasco (9-6) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Lynn (5-4) vs. Lester (4-6) Toronto at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Buehrle (8-4) vs. Sale (6-4) Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Colome (3-3) vs. Volquez (8-4) Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Gonzalez (6-4) vs. May (4-6) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Wisler (1-1) vs. Lohse (4-9) Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Simon (7-4) vs. Elias (4-5) Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Harang (4-10) vs. Frias (5-5) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Niese (3-7) vs. Heston (8-5) Saturday at Detroit
Attendance: 19,111
Tigers 8, Blue Jays 3
Toronto Argonauts QB Trevor Harris looks to pass against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Harris, Argos beat Saskatchewan in OT JONATHAN HAMELIN THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA — The legend of Trevor Harris continues to grow. The Argonauts QB led his team on a lastminute touchdown drive to send the game into overtime and then threw two touchdown passes in extra time to lead Toronto to a 42-40 double-overtime victory over the host Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday. Harris, in his third game as starter for the injured Ricky Ray, led Toronto (2-0) to a 26-11 upset over the Edmonton Eskimos in Week 1. “I just want to be the best possible back-up I can be,” said Harris, who went 30 for 38 with 267 yards and four touchdowns and one interception in the game. “Ricky Ray is one of the best quarterbacks ever in the CFL. My job is to steer the ship in the right direction when he’s not available.” Playing in front of 31,907 fans at Mosaic Stadium, Saskatchewan led the game 28-21 with just over a minute left in the game. Scrimmaging from the Toronto 25, Harris led the Argonauts on a last-minute touchdown drive, capped off with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Chad Owens, to send the game into overtime. In a crazy overtime session filled with penalties and a few reviewed plays, Saskatchewan opened up the scoring on its first possession when Rob Bagg took the ball one yard into the end zone on an end around. Running back Jerome Messam was tackled in the backfield on the ensuing two-point conversion. The Argos stormed back with a nine-yard receiving touchdown by running back Brandon Whitaker in their first overtime period. They, too, failed their two-point conversion attempt when Harris was sacked by Rider defensive back Macho Harris. In the second overtime, Harris threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tori Gurley and then hooked up with running back Anthony Coombs on a three-yard strike for the two-point conversion.
Toronto
Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 5 0 2 0 Kinsler 2B 4 1 3 2 Donaldson 3B4 0 0 0 Cespedes LF 5 1 3 1 Bautista RF 3 0 1 0 Martinez DH 5 0 1 1 Enc’acion DH 4 0 1 0 Martinez RF 3 1 1 2 Valencia LF 4 1 1 0 Avila 1B 3010 Martin C 4 0 0 0 Cas’lanos 3B 3 1 1 0 Colabello 1B 4 1 2 2 McCann C 4 0 1 1 Pillar CF 4 1 1 1 Wilson SS-3B 2 1 1 0 Travis 2B 4 0 2 0 Gose CF 4210 Totals 36 3 10 3 Totals 33 7 13 7
Toronto 000 010 002 3 Detroit 400 100 03x 8 SB: DET Gose (13, 2nd base off Dickey/ Martin, R). 2B: TOR Reyes (13, Price), Bautista (15, Price); DET Cespedes (24, Dickey), Castellanos (11, Dickey). 3B: DET McCann, J (3, Dickey). GIDP: TOR Valencia; DET McCann, J 2, Martinez, V. HR: TOR Pillar (7, 5th inning off Price, 0 on, 1 out), Colabello (7, 9th inning off Ferrell, 1 on, 1 out); DET Martinez, J (22, 1st inning off Dickey, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 7; DET 7. DP: TOR 3 (Reyes-Colabello, Donaldson-TravisColabello, Reyes-Travis-Colabello); DET (Castellanos-Kinsler-Avila). E: TOR Colabello (3, fielding); DET Wilson, Jo 2 (2, fielding, throw). PICKOFFS: TOR Dickey (Kinsler at 1st base); DET McCann, J (Travis at 1st base). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey (L, 3-9) 5.211 5 5 2 1 D Tepera 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 S Delabar 0.1 2 3 2 1 1 B Cecil 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO D Price (W, 8-2) 7.0 8 1 1 1 7 A Alburquerque 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Kinsler (by Dickey). Time: 3:10. Att: 37,214. Saturday at Seattle
Athletics 2, Mariners 0 Seattle
Oakland
ab r h bi Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0 Burns CF Jackson CF 4 0 1 0 Vogt C Cano 2B 3 0 1 0 Zobrist LF Cruz RF 4 0 1 0 Reddick RF Seager 3B 3 0 0 0 Butler DH Smith LF 4 0 1 0 Davis 1B Miller SS 3 0 1 0 Lawrie 3B Sucre C 2 0 0 0 Sogard 2B Totals 27 0 5 0 Semien SS Totals
ab r h bi 4220 3020 3012 4000 4000 3010 3020 4010 3010 31 2 10 2
Seattle 000 000 000 0 Oakland 100 000 10x 2 SB: OAK Burns (17, 2nd base off Hernandez, F/Sucre). 2B: SEA Jackson, A (10, Graveman); OAK Vogt (12, Hernandez, F). GIDP: SEA Trumbo. S: OAK Lawrie. Team Lob: SEA 6; OAK 9. DP: OAK (Semien-Sogard-Davis, I). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO F Hernandez (L, 10-5) 7.010 2 2 2 6 D Rollins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO K Graveman (W, 6-4) 7.0 5 0 0 1 1 T Pomeranz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 T Clippard 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Time: 2:36. Att: 18,915. Sunday’s game
Mariners 2, Athletics 1 Seattle
Oakland
ab r h bi ab r h bi Jones CF-RF 4 0 0 0 Burns CF 4010 Seager 3B 4 0 1 0 Vogt 1B-C 4 0 0 0 Cano 2B 3 1 0 0 Zobrist 2B 4 0 2 0 Cruz DH 4 1 1 0 Butler DH 3 0 0 0 Smith RF 2 0 1 2 Phegley C 2 0 0 0 Jackson PH-CF1 0 0 0 Reddick RF 2 0 1 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0 Lawrie 3B 3 0 1 0 Ackley LF 3 0 2 0 Canha LF-1B 4 0 1 0 Miller SS 3 0 0 0 Semien SS 3 0 1 0 Zunino C 3 0 0 0 Fuld RF-LF 3 1 1 1 Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 32 1 8 1
Seattle Oakland
000 002 000 2 001 000 000 1 Continued next column
Mariners 2, Athletics 1 (Cont’d) 2B: SEA Cruz, N (11, Bassitt); OAK Zobrist (16, Montgomery). GIDP: OAK Fuld, Vogt, Canha. HR: OAK Fuld (1, 3rd inning off Montgomery, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 4; OAK 6. DP: SEA 3, OAK 1. Seattle IP H R ER BB SO M Montgomery (W, 4-2) 5.2 6 1 1 1 2 M Lowe 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 J Beimel 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 F Rodney 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO C Bassitt (L, 0-2) 5.2 5 2 2 1 3 T Pomeranz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 F Rodriguez 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 E O’Flaherty 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 HBP: Cano (by Bassitt). Time: 2:47. Att: 22,163.
WCL - Longest game of the year Friday night/Saturday morning at Goss Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon
Blue Jays 10, Tigers 5
Victoria 003 000 000 000 000 00 3 5 Corvallis200 100 000 000 000 01 4 11 2B: M.Farris (3). 3B: J.Staples (1). HR: K.Collard (3). RBI: K.Collard 3 (16), E.Alcantar (11), M.Farris (10), R.Matranga (9), N.Madrigal (7). HP: C.Lambert (1), P.Floyd (2). SH: J.Staples (0), C.Fisher (0). SB: C.Lambert (1), J.Staples (7), E.Alcantar 2 (15), R.Matranga (2), C.Fisher (4), N.Madrigal 2 (13). CS: C.Lambert (1). E: J.Thoreson (2), P.Floyd 2 (8). LOB: Victoria 5, Corvallis 14. DP: C. Donahue(2B) - N. Madrigal(SS) - M. Farris(1B), C. Lambert(2B) - A. Degoti(SS) - P. Floyd(1B) Victoria IP H R ER BB SO A.Rogers 7.0 7 3 3 1 3 N.Wojtysiak 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 K.Francis 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 J.Mitchell 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 A.Dondanville 3.1 0 0 0 0 2 M.Blais (L,0-2) 3.0 3 1 1 3 2 0 Corvallis IP H R ER BB SO S.Lee 8.0 5 3 3 2 9 C.Clements 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 M.Martin 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Cutsforth(W,1-0) 4.0 0 0 0 1 4 A. Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Att: 3,241. Time: 5 hours,14 minutes
Toronto
Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 6 1 2 1 Kinsler 2B 5 0 1 2 Donaldson 3B5 1 2 2 Cespedes LF 5 0 1 0 Bautista RF 3 2 1 2 Martinez DH 5 0 1 0 Enc’acion DH 3 0 0 0 Martinez RF 3 2 1 1 Smoak 1B 4 2 1 1 Avila 1B 3010 Martin C 5 0 1 1 Marte PH-1B 1 0 0 0 Valencia LF 4 2 1 0 Cas’lanos 3B 4 0 1 0 Pillar CF 5 1 2 0 McCann C 3 1 2 1 Travis 2B 3 1 2 3 Gose CF 3111 Totals 38 1012 10 Davis PH-CF 1 0 0 0 Iglesias SS 4 1 2 0 Totals 37 5 11 5
Toronto 100 060 201 10 Detroit 000 021 110 5 2B: TOR Reyes (14, Verlander), Travis (13, Verlander), Valencia (12, Ferrell); DET Cespedes (25, Estrada). 3B: DET Kinsler (3, Estrada). GIDP: TOR Donaldson; DET Castellanos. HR: TOR Bautista (17, 5th inning off Verlander, 1 on, 1 out), Smoak (8, 5th inning off Verlander, 0 on, 2 out); DET Martinez, J (23, 6th inning off Schultz, 0 on, 0 out), Gose (2, 7th inning off Schultz, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: TOR 9; DET 7. DP: TOR (Smoak-Reyes-Smoak); DET (Kinsler-Iglesias, J-Avila). E: DET Verlander (1, pickoff), Iglesias, J (7, throw). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Estrada (W, 6-4) 5.0 5 2 2 1 3 P Schultz 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 A Loup 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 R Osuna 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO J Verlander (L, 0-2) 5.0 7 7 7 2 5 D VerHagen 1.0 1 2 2 4 0 W Wilson 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 B Hardy 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Time: 3:17. Att: 35,102.
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Vic Eagles Langley Nanaimo Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford White Rock Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville
W 26 28 25 25 21 19 15 13 14 14 13 9
L 8 12 13 13 15 18 18 22 24 24 26 29
Pct GB .765 .700 1 .658 3 .658 3 .583 6 .514 8.5 .455 1.5 .371 13.5 .368 14 .368 14 .333 15.5 .237 19
Yesterday’s results Victoria Eagles 9, White Rock 7 North Shore 6, Parksville 0 Okanagan 11, Coquitlam 10 North Delta 4, Nanaimo 1 Victoria Mariners 6, Langley 3 Coquitlam 10, Okanagan 9 North Delta at Nanaimo n/a North Shore 8, Parksville 1 Victoria Eagles 11, White Rock 6 Langley 13, Victoria Mariners 2
Tuesday July 7 Vic Eagles at Vic Mariners, 6 p.m. Coquitlam at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.
West Coast League W 16 16 13 11 W 22 6 7 3 W 18 10 10 8
L PCT 8 0.667 11 0.577 14 0.481 13 0.458 L PCT 5 0.815 9 0.400 14 0.333 12 0.200 L PCT 9 0.667 14 0.417 14 0.417 16 0.333
GB 2 4.5 5 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 6 6.5 8.5
Strk W1 W1 L1 W3 Strk W4 L1 L1 L1 Strk W5 L1 L4 L3
Yesterday’s results Bend 9, Medford 4 Bellingham 4, Kitsap 2 Corvallis 4, Victoria 2 Wenatchee 4, Klamath Falls 0 Yakima Valley 8, Walla Walla 1 Saturday’s results Walla Walla 7, Yakima Valley 1 Kelowna 12, Cowlitz 5 Corvallis 4, Victoria 2 Wenatchee 4, Klamath Falls 0 Bend 8, Medford 4 Bellingham 3, Kitsap 2 Today’s schedule Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday at Corvallis
Knights 4, HarbourCats 2 Victoria
Degoti Guibor Andreychuk Meyer Francis Gretler Alcantara Amezquita Jarvis Fougner Totals
(17 innings) Victoria
Corvallis
ab r h bi ab r h bi Lambert 2B 6 1 2 0 Staples LF 6 1 1 0 Guibor CF 7 1 1 0 Alcantar CF 6 0 1 1 Collard LF 5 1 1 3 Farris 1B 7121 Fougner RF 2 0 0 0 Bishop DH 4 0 1 0 Thoreson C 6 0 1 0 CosgrovePR 2 0 0 0 Meyer C 0 0 0 0 MatrangaC 7 0 2 1 Gretler 3B 6 0 0 0 Fisher 3B 4 0 0 0 Pries DH 4 0 0 0 McAdoo Jr RF3 1 1 0 Polshuk PH 2 0 0 0 Kreuter PH 1 0 0 0 Alcantara OF 5 0 0 0 George RF 3 0 0 0 Floyd 1B 5 0 0 0 Donahue 2B 6 0 0 0 Degoti SS 6 0 0 0 Madrigal SS 7 1 3 1 Totals 35 2 9 1 Totals 32 1 10 1
SOCCER FIFA Women’s World Cup June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Bronze Medal match Saturday, July 4 England 1, Germany 0 (extra time) at Edmonton Scoring: Fara Williams 108’ (Pen) Championship match Yesterday, at Vancouver United States 5, Japan 2 Scoring: USA: Carli Lloyd 3’, 5’, 16’, Lauren Holiday 14’, Tobin Heath 54’; Japan Yuki Ogimi 27’, Julie Johnston 52’ (og) Tournament stats Goals per match: 2.7 Average cards per match: Red 0.1; yellow 2.1 Average shots per team: 26.5 Actual playing time: 52.1 minutes
MLS
Saturday’s results North Shore 10, Nanaimo 3 Parksville 5, North Delta 4 White Rock 4, Victoria Mariners 0 Okanagan 7, Coquitlam 6 Nanaimo 10, North Shore 8 Parksville 6, North Delta 2 White Rock 5, Victoria Mariners 2 Okanagan 6, Coquitlam 4
East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Cowlitz Kitsap Victoria
Knights 4, HarbourCats 3
Corvallis
ab r h bi ab r h bi 2 0 0 0 Madrigal 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Staples 4110 3 0 0 0 Farris 3000 4 0 0 0 Bishop 3020 4 0 1 0 Donahue 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 Fisher 4111 3 0 1 0 Soto 3010 4 1 2 0 Alcantar 1011 2 0 1 1 Matranga 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 Kreuter 4011 30 2 7 2 Cosgrove 3 0 1 0 George 1000 Totals 28 4 8 3
Victoria 010 000 100 2 Corvallis 000 000 13x 4 2B: S.Jarvis (1), C.Bishop 2 (3), J.Soto (4). RBI: S.Jarvis (2), C.Fougner (4), C.Fisher (4), E.Alcantar (12), .Kreuter (3). HP: A.Degoti (1). SF: S.Jarvis (2). SH: G.Andreychuk (0), .Jarvis (0), N.Madrigal (0), M.Farris (0). SB: M.Gretler (2), A.Alcantara (1), N.Madrigal 2 (15), C.Fisher (5), A.Cosgrove (2). CS: K.Amezquita (1), C.Fougner (3). E: A.Degoti (4), C.Kreuter (3). LOB: Victoria 8, Corvallis 6. DP: K. Francis(1B) - S. Jarvis(SS) - D. Topoozian(P). Victoria IP H R ER BB SO D Topoozian (L) 7.1 7 4 3 4 3 J Mitchell 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Corvallis IP H R ER BB SO C Nelson 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 A Nesbitt (W) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 R Walker 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Att: 1,218. Time: 2:35
Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 35 21 10 6 Columbus 24 18 6 6 Orlando 24 18 6 6 N. England 24 20 6 8 Toronto 23 16 7 7 NY Red Bulls 23 17 6 6 NY City FC 20 18 5 8 Philadelphia 19 19 5 10 Montreal 18 15 5 7 Chicago 15 16 4 9 Western League Club PTS GP W L Seattle 32 19 10 7 Vancouver 32 19 10 7 Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 Dallas 29 18 8 5 Portland 28 18 8 6 Sporting KC 27 16 7 3 San Jose 25 16 7 5 Salt Lake 23 19 5 6 Houston 21 18 5 7 Colorado 18 18 3 6 Yesterday’s late game San Jose at Portland
T 5 6 6 6 2 5 5 4 3 3
GF GA 23 18 27 26 23 22 25 29 22 23 23 22 20 23 22 32 20 25 18 24
T 2 2 7 5 4 6 4 8 6 9
GF GA 25 18 23 19 31 23 24 23 21 20 25 17 19 16 18 23 22 24 14 18
Saturday’s results Columbus 2, NY Red Bulls 1 NY City FC 2, Montreal 1 Dallas 3, N. England 0 Colorado 2, Vancouver 1 Orlando 1, Salt Lake 1 Los Angeles 4, Toronto 0 Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 11 New England at NY Red Bulls, 4 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Dallas at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 5 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Tim Hortons Abbotsford FC Tigers
W 9 8 8 7 5 6 3 2 0
DL 23 51 23 15 54 15 19 47 3 11
GF GA Pts 30 16 29 31 15 29 22 14 26 28 19 22 29 22 20 20 21 19 23 40 10 15 22 10 15 44 3
Yesterday’s schedule Kamloops 2, Abbotsford 1 Khalsa at Victoria Saturday’s results Tim Hortons 1, Victoria 4 Van Tbirds 1, Vancouver Utd 2 Kamloops 2, FC Tigers 0
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 12 New Westminster 12 Burnaby 11 Langley 12 Coquitlam 10 Maple Ridge 11 Nanaimo 10
W 10 7 6 6 4 4 2
L 2 5 5 6 6 7 8
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 20 14 12 12 8 8 4
Saturday’s results Langley 7, Nanaimo 6 Maple Ridge 15, Coquitlam 14 (OT) Tuesday, July 7 Victoria vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m. Langley vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Coquitlam 21 20 1 0 40 Victoria 21 14 6 1 29 Delta 21 13 7 1 27 New Westminster 21 13 7 1 27 Nanaimo 21 6 14 1 13 Langley 21 5 13 3 13 Port Coquitlam 21 5 15 1 11 Burnaby 21 4 17 0 8 Yesterday’s results (Final regular season games) Victoria 9, Port Coquitlam 5 Nanaimo 11, Langley 8 (OT) New Westminster 17, Burnaby 5 Coquitlam 26, Delta 6 Saturday’s results Burnaby 12, Nanaimo 9 Victoria 11, Port Coquitlam 7
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CYCLING
The Championships, Wimbledon,
102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages. Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge) Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team)
Today-July 12 (Major) Wimbledon, London, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women) 2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova NOTE: Canadians in boldface Note: All results Saturday, no matches Sunday Men’s Singles - Round 3 Saturday’s results Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. James Ward, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 8-6. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. John Isner (17), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 12-10. Gilles Simon (12), France, leads Gael Monfils (18), France, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 1-2, Suspended. Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, def. JoWilfried Tsonga (13), France, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (9). Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 6-1. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3. Women’s Singles - Round 3 Saturday’s results Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, def. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Camila Giorgi (31), Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Angelique Kerber (10), Germany, 7-6 (12), 1-6, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-1, 6-4. Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def. Sabine Lisicki (18), Germany, 6-3, 6-2. Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-4, 6-4. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5. DOUBLES Men’s Doubles - Round 3 Saturday’s results Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Round 2 Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (11), India, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, and Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-5. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Edouard RogerVasselin, France, 6-7 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (10), France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Women’s Doubles - Round 3 Saturday’s results Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-3, 6-0. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-4. Karin Knapp, Italy, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Lucie Hradecka (8), Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (9), Kazakhstan, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-3, 6-0. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (10), Slovenia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11), Russia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (16), Spain, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Heather Watson, Britain, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-0. Mixed Doubles - Round 3 Saturday’s results Mike Bryan, United States, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands (1), United States, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Madison Brengle, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Sania Mirza (2), India, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Elena Vesnina (3), Russia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Katarina Srebotnik (6), Slovenia, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. Leander Paes, India, and Martina Hingis (7), Switzerland, def. Edouard RogerVasselin, France, and Alize Cornet, France, 6-4, 6-2. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Raquel Kops-Jones (10), United States, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, walkover.
AUTO RACING This week’s race
Formula One British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. Track length 5.891 km (3.661 miles), 18 turns. Yesterday’s race results 1 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 52 laps, 1:31:27.729, 124.814 mph 2 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 52, 1:31:38.685 3 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 52, 1:31:53.172 4 Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 52, 1:32:04.568 5 Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 52, 1:32:30.923 6 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 52, 1:32:31.684 7 Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 52, 1:32:46.473 8 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 51, +1 lap 9 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 51, +1 lap 10 Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 51, +1 lap 11 Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 51, +1 lap 12 Roberto Merhi, Spain, Marussia, 49, +3 laps 13 Will Stevens, England, Marussia, 49, +3 laps
Today’s schedule Stage 3, Anvers-Huy, 159.5 km, some hills (category 3, 4) Saturday’s results Stage 1 - Utrecht/Utrecht, 13.8 km, flat, individual time trial. 1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team, 0:14:56 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:05 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing, 0:00:06 4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team GiantAlpecin, 0:00:08 5 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo, 0:00:15 25 Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C.) Orica GreenEdge, 0:00:45 87 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:15 Yesterday’s results Stage 2 - Utrecht/Zelande, 166 km, flat 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal, 3:29:03 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - QuickStep 5 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 168 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:05:04 179 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
GOLF B.C. Women’s Amateur and Mid-Amateur Tuesday, June 30-Friday, July 3, Duncan Meadows Golf Course. Par 72, 6,052 yards (Women’s White tees) Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2R3 R4 1 Michelle Kim -3 72 72 70 71 2 Taylor Kim -2 74 73 71 68 T3 Gloria Choi +2 73 75 71 71 T3 Alisha Lau +2 73 76 68 73 5 Naomi Ko +8 76 74 75 71 6 Annie Lee +9 74 77 70 76 T7 Shirin Anjarwalla Namaimo +10 79 76 70 73 T7 Marie Donnici +10 75 73 75 75 T7 Jaclyn Lee +10 77 74 73 74 T7 Christina Proteau +10 76 74 73 75 T7 Hannah Lee +10 73 75 70 80 12 Madison Kapchinsky +11 74 76 76 73
Professional Tours PGA The Greenbrier Classic, July 2-5 The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Par 70, 7,287 yards. Purse: $6,700,000. 2014 champion: Angel Cabrera Final leaderboard Golfer ParR1 R2R3 R4 1 Danny Lee -13 63 69 68 67 Won two-hole playoff T2 David Hearn Brantford, Ont. -13 68 64 68 67 T2 Robert Streb -13 68 67 67 65 T2 Kevin Kisner -13 67 69 67 64 5 Russell Henley -12 70 66 69 63 T6 James Hahn -11 66 67 70 66 T6 Greg Owen -11 65 67 70 67 T6 Andres Romero -11 67 67 68 67 T6 Brendon Todd -11 65 69 67 68 T6 David Lingmerth -11 67 70 64 68 T6 Chad Collins -11 65 67 68 69 T6 Bryce Molder -11 68 64 67 70 T13 Scott Langley -10 62 69 74 65 T13 Morgan Hoffmann -10 68 67 69 66 T13 J.J. Henry -10 68 66 69 67 T13 Bubba Watson -10 67 68 68 67 T13 Tony Finau -10 68 67 68 67 T13 Shawn Stefani -10 69 67 67 67 T13 Steven Bowditch -10 68 68 67 67 T13 Jason Bohn -10 69 69 61 71 T13 Sean O’Hair -10 66 67 66 71 Also from Canada T37 Graham DeLaet -6 68 70 67 69
Canadian PGA Tour Dakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5 Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon Sask. Par 72, 7301 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Matt Harmon Final leaderboard Golfer ParR1 R2R3 R4 (* = Canadian) 1 Michael Letzig -16 67 66 70 69 Won two-hole playoff T2 Clark Klaasen -16 69 68 66 69 T2 JJ Spaun -16 69 69 67 67 T4 Charlie Bull -15 69 69 68 67 T4 John Catlin -15 69 67 67 70 T4 *Ben Silverman -15 71 65 66 71 T4 Eric Onesi -15 64 66 67 76 T8 Zack Byrd -14 69 68 68 69 T8 Philip Pettitt Jr. -14 68 69 68 69 T8 Drew Weaver -14 72 65 66 71 T11 Jack Wilson -13 68 67 71 69 T11 Doug Letson -13 64 69 72 70 T11 Ben Briscoe -13 66 69 70 70 T11 Vaita Guillaume -13 66 65 73 71 T11 *Mackenzie Hughes-1369 67 68 71 T11 David Skinns -13 64 71 69 71 T11 Julien Brun -13 68 68 68 71 T11 Sam Ryder -13 68 68 67 72 T19 Wade Binfield -12 67 66 76 67 T19 Justin Snelling -12 65 72 71 68 T19 *Max Gilbert -12 70 68 69 69 T19 Yi Cao -12 69 66 70 71 T19 Logan McCracken -12 71 67 67 71 T19 Mike Van Sickle -12 66 68 69 73 T19 Ryan Brehm -12 68 66 68 74
LPGA No events this week U.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12 Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie
Champions Tour No events this week Encompass Championship, July 10-12 North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman
Web.com Tour Nova Scotia Open, July 2-5 Ashburn Golf Club - New Course, Halifax, N.S. Par 72, 7,014 yards. Purse: $650,000. 2014 champion: Roger Sloan Final leaderboard Golfer ParR1 R2R3 R4 1 Abraham Ancer -13 69 70 64 68 Won one-hole playoff 2 Bronson Burgoon -13 70 70 63 68 T3 Jason Allred -12 69 67 72 64 T3 Travis Bertoni -12 68 69 67 68 T3 D.H. Lee -12 66 66 71 69 T6 Andy Pope -11 69 69 69 66 T6 Mark Walker -11 70 65 69 69 T6 Oliver Goss -11 69 67 68 69 T6 Harold Varner III -11 69 67 67 70 Canadian golfers T16 Ryan Yip -9 71 65 68 71 T25 Adam Svensson -8 70 69 66 71 T57 Eugene Wong -4 70 70 72 68
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Errors Dealer: East N-S vulnerable NORTH ♠AKJ9 ♥874 ♦104 ♣KJ42 WEST EAST ♠Q532 ♠10874 ♥KQ2 ♥9653 ♦J9 ♦K632 ♣Q1083 ♣9 SOUTH ♠6 ♥AJ10 ♦AQ875 ♣A765 W N E S Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥* Pass 3NT All Pass * 4th suit forcing Opening Lead: ♣3
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
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ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: A BIG SHIOPPING TRIP
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
eclarer inserted the jack to continue with the ten of diamondsfortheking,aceand nine. Dummy was re-entered with the king of clubs on which East discarded the deuce of diamonds. South played a diamond to the queen dropping the jack and ran the suit, pitching two hearts and a spade from the table. West parted with a spade and a heart but what could he throw on the last one? He elected to discard a heart honor but declarer continued with the ace of hearts promoting the jack and ten to master! Thirteen tricks were home, N-S +720. If West pitches a spade, the play of the club ace followed by the ace, king and jack of spades will squeeze him in hearts and clubs. South will follow with ace and a fourth club if he lets go of a club, squeezing him in the majors. East should not cover the ten of diamonds or discard one on the king of clubs. South may well go wrong in diamonds to record only ten tricks. North’s two heart rebid functioned as Fourth Suit Forcing (to game) but said nothing about his heart holding. It was his intention to raise clubs but he quit when South leaped to the nine-trick game. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks are a different team with a different attitude in 2015. For the first time in their short franchise history, the Redblacks have won twostraight games after a 27-16 victory against the B.C. Lions on Saturday night. Last year, it took Ottawa (2-0) 13 games before it won two games and that’s all they managed for the season. “We don’t even remember what happened last year,� said Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris. “We’ve added some great pieces in the right places. We all believe in each other in this locker room and now we’re making the plays that help stack on top of that and the potential and the belief in here is sky high and the confidence is sky high.� Burris was a big part of the victory — throwing three touchdowns and
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finishing the game completing 23-of-29 pass attempts for 290 yards and one interception. A strong second half was the difference for the Redblacks as they outscored the
Lions (0-1) 17-9 in the final two quarters in front of 24,376 fans at TD Place. An 11-yard TD pass to Ernest Jackson and a 30-yard touchdown pass to Greg Ellingson helped
sparked the offence. Delbert Alvarado also connected on a 28-yard field goal. “We talked at half time that belief was a big part of this thing and that you believe that we’re going to
find a way to get it done and that the guys are going to step up and make the plays,� said Ottawa coach Rick Campbell. “Our guys have bought into that.� Receiver Brad Sinopoli stepped up for the Redblacks with nine carries for 99 yards. Sinopoli was a quarterback at the University of Ottawa during his university football career and Saturday’s win was a special return. Sinopoli scored the first touchdown of the game on a seven-yard pass late in the second quarter and was instrumental in getting the Redblacks into field goal range in the dying seconds of the first half to take a 10-7 lead into the locker room. “It was incredible,� said Sinopoli. “The crowd, the atmosphere, it was awesome.� The Lions, playing their first game of the season, had their opportunities, but were unable to take advantage.
DIVERSIONS/ENTERTAINMENT HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take your time when making decisions; some confusion seems to surround a situation. Events involving your personal life might enter your mind at inopportune moments. Though you might want to be direct and take on the matter, is that the best way? Tonight: Read between the lines. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Others might misread a statement. However, you see the same message in the best possible light. Any attempt to rein in a friend who seems to be wearing rose-colored glasses will most likely fail. Go where your efforts count. Tonight: Avoid a conflict that is not yours. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Allow more creativity into the moment. A financial matter could be beyond your ability to handle. Go to someone in the know and
get some feedback. A boss might be a visionary, but does his or her vision really work? Keep your thoughts to yourself for now. Tonight: All smiles. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You’ll be able to see where someone is coming from by looking at his or her actions. In fact, you will like this person’s way of handling a personal matter. You see life from a different perspective. Your vision of what is possible could be challenged. Tonight: Avoid a skirmish. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A partner will have a lot to share. You expect some far-out ideas from this person, but what you hear could surprise you. You might experience some difficulty with your schedule or with a health matter. Is it time for a checkup? Tonight: Listen to someone else’s story. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Defer to someone else, and you might be taken aback by how different his or her approach is.
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Mother is accustomed to Dad, avoids confrontation Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox
Dear Annie: My father has always been especially unkind to my sister, “Portia.� She always has had behavioural problems, not to mention she is a bit paranoid and has a ferocious temper. Portia also drinks too much and continues to contact her abusive ex-boyfriend. My older sister and I try to show Portia lots of love, but Dad usually deals with her problems with anger, insults and general vitriol. Though he has occasionally shown her support over the years, he usually singles her out as the “problem� child. There have been times when he has screamed and even intervened physically when my sisters have fought, always pinning the blame on Portia. Recently, Dad’s anger has grown and he reacts testily to every comment or question Portia makes. He even reacts poorly to my mother, and is now talking about moving in with his sister
in another state until his depression and anxiety subside. Dad’s behaviour seems really disturbing to me and borders on abuse. Yet my mother submits over and over to his anger. What should we do? —Afraid of Escalation Dear Afraid: There’s not much you can do for your mother, who doesn’t see this as a serious problem. She is accustomed to Dad’s moods and prefers to avoid confrontation. Would your father see a doctor about his depression and anxiety instead of waiting for them to “subside� on their own? Portia’s issues may be genetically linked to her father’s, and she also is likely to benefit from both medical intervention and therapy. If your father wishes to move in with his sister for a while, then that will provide an opportunity for everyone to calm down. Dad obviously recognizes that he has a problem and that a little distance can help. Perhaps his sister will convince him to talk to his doctor. Dear Annie: I’m responding to “Feeling Unloved,� the divorced dad whose teenaged kids don’t seem to want to spend time with him: First and foremost, if your kids are angry or resentful, encourage
them to talk about it and simply listen without being defensive or blaming the other parent. It hurts, and it’s hard to hear, but it’s what they need. They are kids navigating a difficult situation they feel powerless to change. Second, remember that they are teenagers. Most teenagers can be a bit self-centered and focused on friends rather than family. Finally, don’t expect them to call you. Invite them places, even if it’s out for pizza. And if they decline, then ask them when would be a good time. And don’t give up. It will get better. — G. Dear G.: Thank you for your sage advice. Navigating parenthood with teenagers is already complicated, and divorce adds to the difficulty. If the parents were living together, they could see the situation more clearly, but separated, they aren’t certain what’s going on. They sometimes blame the child or the other parent for a change in the relationship, but often it is simply growing pains. Teenagers require a revised playbook. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com.
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NEW YORK — Queen Latifah started with ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ and ended with a rap classic, Amy Schumer told raunchy jokes despite some children in the crowd and country singer Sara Evans was a vocal powerhouse when she covered Sam Smith. The performers headlined the inaugural Fourth of July Freedom Festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which organizers plan to hold on an annual basis. Latifah closed the event benefiting the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, which began Saturday night and went into Sunday morning. She was versatile, going from jazz standards to Broadway tunes to rap — mirroring her adaptable career. “Shout-out to all of our men and women in uniform. Shoutout to my father, Vietnam veteran. “Thank you so much daddy,� she said. She ended with her hip-hop anthem “U.N.I.T.Y.� and thanked the crowd for allowing her to move from music to Broadway to TV and film. Schumer was also a crowd favourite, and she warned parents with little ones early on: “Take a lap.� The comedian — who had a breakthrough this year thanks to her popular Comedy Central series, hosting gig at the MTV Movie Awards and upcoming film that she wrote — told jokes about sex, dating and Hollywood, which earned her numerous laughs from the audience. Though most comedians go the stage with water, Schumer
brought a bottle of wine, which she chugged throughout her set. She performed longer than planned. “I’m supposed to get off stage, but I’m not going anywhere. “This (ended) up being fun. I thought this was going to suck,� she said. Evans, who has multiple hits on the country chart, impressed with a cover of Smith’s ‘Lay Me Down’ that quieted the audience — in a good way. She ended by
singing Walk the Moon’s current Top 5 hit, the upbeat and colourful ‘Shut Up and Dance.’ Other performers included country singer Will Hoge, rock band the Alternate Routes and rising pop singer Rachel Platten, who sang her anthemic hit, “Fight Song.� Schumer’s film, Trainwreck, is in theatres July 17. She will open for three New York dates on Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour this fall.
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You might be able to bypass a hassle today, but is it possible that this issue could emerge again later on? Your imagination will allow you to do the impossible when working with an idea. Others enjoy your ingenuity and how it helps in various situations. Tonight: Just be you. YOUR BIRTHDAY (July 6) This year you find that others express their discontentment more often. Avoid getting into power plays by simply not playing. You have a vision that others cannot grasp. Trying to communicate sometimes might be difficult. If you are single, you seem to know when you meet the right person. After August, someone of interest is likely to walk through the door. If you are attached, the two of you find much of this year to be very special, particularly once summer passes. You and your sweetie will want to create situations where you can be alone with each other!
BOX OFFICE
Jurassic World still at the top on July 4 JAKE COYLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — July 4th went off like a dud at the box office. Anticipated new releases Magic Mike XXL and Terminator Genisys fizzled, leaving the popular holdovers Jurassic World and Inside Out to top the holiday weekend. Despite the brawny enticements of Channing Tatum and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the four-week rule of Universal’s dinosaur sensation Jurassic World continued with an estimated $30.9 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Pixar’s acclaimed Inside Out nearly caught up to the runaway dinos, taking in $30.1 million in its third weekend of release. The strength of those June hits and the unfortunate timing of July 4th this year coming on a Saturday (rather than stretching out a long weekend) meant the sequels Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL both failed to match previous installments. Paramount’s Terminator Genisys, the fifth film in the series which also marks Schwarzenegger’s return to his most iconic character, took in $28.7 million over the weekend and $44.2 million since opening Wednesday. Warner Bros. also tried to expand the weekend, opening Tatum’s male-stripper romp Magic Mike XXL on Wednesday. But after a strong start, the film managed just $12 million over the weekend. Over five days it made $27.1 million. The openings were disappointing for the new releases, but each has a different makeup. Terminator Genisys, an attempted reboot in the 31-year-old, James Cameron-created franchise, was made for $155 million. Magic Mike XXL, a road-trip sequel to Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 hit original, was made for just under $15 million. Megan Colligan, head of worldwide distribution for Paramount, said the weekend simply didn’t play like a holiday weekend. “The weekend got off to a very sluggish start because people didn’t have off until Friday,� said Colligan. “Our start was just not where it needed to be. Some of that
does have to do with it is pretty severe competition. Jurassic is still such a powerhouse in the marketplace and it was hard to anticipate that that wouldn’t have burned off a little more by now.� Genisys failed to come close to the previous Terminator film, the Schwarzenegger-less Salvation, which had a five-day debut of $65.3 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2009. Genisys, which critics have slammed, is finding better business abroad. It made $74 million international over the weekend. Magic Mike XXL, however, had the benefit of largely positive reviews and tracking numbers that suggested a possible No.1 opening of more than $40 million. The original debuted with $39.1 million. But Magic Mike XXL failed to expand its audience. Whereas moviegoers for the first film were 73 per cent female, Magic Mike XXL was a staggering 96 per cent female, Warner Bros. said. Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., said the film performed worse than expected in the South, Midwest and in Canada. Such a “girls-night-out� release, he said, didn’t materialize over the holiday weekend. “Our audience wasn’t available to us,� said Fellman. “We might be down but we’re not out. I’m in the wait and see mode.� Hollywood’s summer has been inching close to equaling its record 2013 season, thanks partly to the unexpected success of Jurassic World. (Now with $558.2 million domestically, it’s already the fourth-best showing of all time in North America.) The biggest potholes this summer have been holiday weekends, noted Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office firm Rentrak. Those weekends usually are the tent poles to Hollywood’s summer spectacle, but the lagging Independence Day weekend follows a lacklustre Memorial Day, when Disney’s Tomorrowland flopped. “These are the weekends everyone’s going, ’Wow, what happened?�’ said Dergarabedian.
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