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District 68 axes print shop to save $60,000 Facility was used by officials and individual schools for a variety of jobs for decades prior to shutdown. A3
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Water bombers sit idle as wildfires increase
Pope holds first public blic service on historic trip to South America
Criticism of government refusal to launch famous Martin Mars water bombers continues. A5
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The newspaper of record for Nanaimo and region since 1874 || Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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Council defers lower dam decision
As smoke settles on city, officials issue fire warning
SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
With a provincial order looming, Nanaimo city council voted Monday to defer a decision on construction on the lower Colliery dam until later this month amid concerns of inadequate technical information on the structure. City legislators voted 5-4 in favour of a motion from Coun. Gord Fuller moved to delay making a decision until council had time to review a staff report that recommends an alternate spillway be constructed to handle excess water flows in an extreme flood. Not making a decision Monday night means the city will likely miss a July 24 deadline from the B.C. water comptroller to choose an option for work on the lower dam and prepare designs for construction, city manager Ted Swabey said. The session Monday was heated and sometimes acrimonious. Near the outset, one man stood up and began shouting as Mayor Bill McKay was talking. Some residents who came to the podium to speak to the Colliery dams issue urged council members to ignore the province’s order and deadline. “Let’s defy this order and stand up for what’s right,” one speaker said. McKay, who has implored his council to choose from one of several remediation options for the lower dam, was the target of much criticism from the public gallery Monday night, with some accusing him of changing his position from when he was running for mayor last year. But McKay said with a provincial order on the table, the city risks seeing enforcement action from the order from the province, a view echoed by Coun. Diane Brennan. “What if the comptroller says ‘I’m going to take it all out of your hands,’” said McKay. The engineering firm hired by the city has concluded there is inadequate spillway capacity on the lower dam that could threaten the structure in a major flood.
Brian Potentier stands at the Seair dock alongside a seaplane as smoke partially obscures the horizon. Seaplane carriers were grounded briefly by the smoke but resumed service by Monday afternoon. [DARRELL BELLAART/DAILY NEWS]
Flights held up; some seek hospital treatment DARRELL BELLAART AND SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
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anaimo was under an air quality advisory on Monday as wildfire smoke drove up hospital visits and temporarily sidelined float plane service. Dry and hot conditions also prompted city officials to issue a plea for greater attention to fire prevention. While the persistent heat and high winds continue to pose a high fire risk in the region, Nanaimo’s fire chief Craig Richardson is worried messages on fire prevention are not getting through to the public. “We’ve had 13 brush fires in the last 72 hours and they were all human caused,” Richardson said. He added that fires investigators “highly suspect” that smoking was the cause of all of them. Remnants of smoking
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“This inversion is like having a campfire with a tarp on top. Smoke can’t rise up, it just spreads out and the south coast is stuck under this virtual tarp.” Lisa Coldwells, climatologist
materials have been found in almost all of the locations. Nanaimo Regional General Hospital staff could not say how many admissions they’d booked since adverse air quality started on Sunday, but at 1 p.m. Monday seven patients were being teated at NRGH due to smoke. “The information is anecdotal, but the manager of emergency said: ‘Yes, we were seeing quite a few, (patients),’” said Suzanne Germain, Island Health spokeswoman.
Those most susceptible to the fine particulate matter contained in wood smoke include people with asthma or other lung conditions. Smoke from wildfires in Pemberton and the Sunshine Coast is being felt across the south Island and on the mainland. A lack of wind and the same high pressure system responsible for hot summer weather is keeping smoke close to the ground, said Environment Canada climatologist Lisa Coldwells. “This inversion is like having a campfire with a tarp on top,” Coldwells said. “Smoke can’t rise up, it just spreads out and the south coast is stuck under this virtual tarp.” Cooler marine air is expected to bring winds from the south tip of the Island today, which should arrive in Nanaimo by evening, Coldwells said: “That’s all we need, is some wind.” A thick grey blanket smothered the city Sunday morning, as
residents awoke to a sky turned yellow-orange by sunlight filtered through wood smoke. On Monday it grew thick enough to obscure visibility for float plane pilots, preventing flights between the Island and the mainland. Planes were grounded for much of the morning, leaving travellers to scramble to find an alternative. “Some took ferries, some went by HeliJet,” said Brian Potentier, Nanaimo manager of Seair. Seair flights were grounded until about 11 a.m. “It’s very unusual,” Potentier said. “In all my years on the coast, I have never seen anything like it.” See WEATHER, 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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Protection ferry may take on Newcastle run
Study tests if insulin in pills is effective
Ferry service looking to permanently take over seasonal run between Newcastle Island Provincial Marine Park and Maffeo-Sutton Park. » Nanaimo Region, A3
Scientists ask question on whether diabetes-saving medicine in pills would be able to prevent the disease as researchers commence big study. » Health, B1
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8 p.m. Tango Nights — Extempore Danse followed by Milonga on stage. The Port Theatre, tickets: performance only: $20, performance and Milonga: $30.
A show about gender, identity and community. At the Port Theatre, tickets: $15 early birds, $20 after July 9.
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11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Art Bomb in Bowen Park. Wander around the artist’s booths and for a snack by the pond. Twenty city artists are showing their works.
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7:30 p.m. Opening night of the 2015 InFrinGinG Dance Festival. V.I. Conference Centre, tickets: performance only $15; performance & dance: $25 (includes performance and Hot Salsa Party with beginner and intermediate Salsa Lesson).
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cedar Farmers Market. Next to the fields of the Crow and Gate pub field. A new parking lot has just been added. 2313 Yellow Point Rd, Cedar. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gabriola Sunday Market every Sunday at Silva Bay.
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1:30 to 4 p.m. Lantzville Farmers Market. St. Phillips Church parking lot, 7113 Lantzville Rd. 2 p.m. Prox:Imity Re:Mix, Gender, Identity and Community, Where do you stand?
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Morrell Nature Sanctuary Summer Day Camp; 787 Nanaimo Lakes Road. Contact Mark Tardif morrell@shawbiz.ca, 250-753-5811. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Minor Hockey Registration. Nanaimo Ice Centre 741 Third St, Nanaimo. Vicky Long nanaimomha@ shaw.ca 250-754-5010.
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THURSDAY, JULY 16 7-9 p.m. Nanaimo Theatre Group seeks actors/singers aged 17+ for The Emperor’s New Clothes. Auditions at 2373 Rosstown Road, Bailey Studio, Information: 250-758-7246. 8 p.m. Theo Massop, Brian Hazelbower live at The Longwood Brew Pub.
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District axes print shop to save $60,000 Facility was used by officials and individual schools for variety of jobs; one CUPE staffer out of work ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
The print shop in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district was shut down permanently last week after decades of service. The print shop was used by school district personnel and individual schools for a variety of jobs that included basic photocopying, bindery, printing books for courses, certificates, yearbooks and photo IDs. The decision to close the print shop, which will see one CUPE worker out of a job and save the district approximately $60,000 in
“There are a number of options now available, including . . . the opportunity to have access to Vancouver Island University’s print shop.” Dale Burgos, District 68 spokesman
costs and labour, was made in the spring as part of the budget process for 2015-16 as it struggled with budget issues.
The district had to cut approximately $4.5 million from its operating expenses to balance its budget for next year. But the decision was not just a cost-saving measure. District spokesman Dale Burgos said a lot of the district’s schools have begun doing much of their own printing over the past few years, making the print shop less busy. He said many of the more complicated printing jobs, like booklets and year books, can be done outside the district with no extra expense, and even less in some cases.
“There are a number of options now available, including the fact that we now have the opportunity to have access to Vancouver Island University’s print shop for some of the bigger projects as part of the partnership that the district has with VIU,” Burgos said. “Much of the equipment in our print shop is at least 40 years old and VIU’s shop has more up-to-date equipment and is a lot bigger. “They can also match our costs so it’s a pretty good option for us, on top of other opportunities in the community that have come
up to do this type of work.” The district considered closing the print shop in 2013 to save costs, but it was determined that the costs of having the work done by the private sector at the time would be higher than what the district was spending on its shop. Burgos said the move to close the print shop also reflects the district’s desire to use less paper in an era of growing online communications. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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Protection ferry may take over Newcastle run ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
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he Protection Island ferry service is looking to permanently take over the seasonal ferry run between Newcastle Island Provincial Marine Park and Maffeo-Sutton Park. Owner John Logan said he handed a contract proposal to the Snuneymuxw First Nation to take over the service last week. The Protection Island ferry service took over the Newcastle Island ferry service on a day-today basis since June 19, after the Victoria-based Nanaimo Harbour Ferry Tours and Charters shut down their operation when negotiations broke down to renew their contract with the SFN. Nanaimo Harbour Ferry Tours and the company’s little green “pickle boats” ferrying passengers had been operating each summer in Nanaimo harbour for almost a decade. Company officials said they had no intention of returning to Nanaimo when contacted by the Daily News on June 25. Officials from the SFN couldn’t be reached for comment. “We’re hoping to hear something back (regarding our contract proposal) from the SFN soon,” said Logan, who also runs a ferry service to adjacent Protection Island and its Dinghy Dock Pub, which he also operates. “Until then, we’ll continue to offer the service between Newcastle and downtown until we’re told otherwise.” The SFN co-manages the 336-hectare island park located in the Nanaimo harbour along
The Protection Island ferry service has been running the Newcastle Island ferry service on a day-to-day basis since June 19 after the Victoria-based Nanaimo Harbour Ferry Tours and Charters shut down their operation. [DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO]
with the province and the City of Nanaimo, and is responsible for contracting out the ferry service. Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay said he can’t speak for the SFN, but he believes the Protection Island ferry service’s contract proposal requires approval from the band council before it can be accepted, and that may take some time. But, McKay said when the
Protection Island ferry service quickly agreed to take over the run within hours of the Nanaimo Harbour Ferry Tours’ sudden decision to stop its service, it “seemed like a perfect fit.” “The Protection Island ferry service was there in a time of need and the company was delighted to be given the opportunity to step in and help out, so I’m sure its proposal will be
given every consideration by the SFN,” McKay said. Logan said he has yet to determine just how economically viable taking over the Newcastle Island ferry service would be. He said his staff have been noticing that some days are busy on the ferry run, “and some days it’s not.” “All I can say so far is that the Protection Island ferry has been
much busier for us over the last few weeks,” he said. “We’ve only been operating the Newcastle Island ferry for just a little while so it’s still too early to determine just how busy it will be. But we have to be given the contract first.” Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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Province, feds kick in $6M for water treatment plant DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
The funding is now in place for a new water system for Parksville and Nanoose residents. Senior government representatives unveiled $6 million in funding earmarked for a treatment plant, new intake and water supply lines for both communities. The federal and provincial government each kicked in $3 million toward the project. The funding was announced jointly by Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan and Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell last week. “We’re very grateful,” said
Parksville Mayor Marc Lefebvre. “We’re looking forward to it, because it’s got to be done.” The money comes from the federal Build Canada Fund and the provincial Small Communities Fund. No work can proceed until after a referendum on the project, likely in the late fall, but even if the referendum fails, the city must move to water treatment. New provincial standards now require it for all surface water. Parksville’s water comes from the Englishman River near the river estuary, downstream of the orange Highway 19A bridge. In anticipation of senior gov-
ernment funding, Parksville set a $36-million budget for a new intake upstream of Highway 19, safe from road spills, and a treatment plant with capacity to meet decades of future demand from population growth. But after city council learned Build Canada funding was “oversubscribed,” Lefebvre said the project was scaled back to $24 million. The city already has some money in reserves, but not enough for the entire project. “In order to borrow $5 million, we needed $6 million,” Lefebvre said. Joe Stanhope, chairman of the
Regional District of Nanaimo and regional director for nearby Area G, French Creek, welcomes the announcement. “This intake and treatment plant project will allow us to protect and enhance our water, while improving fish habitat and domestic water supply,” Stanhope said. Duncan, a sitting MP first elected in 1993, has said he will run for re-election in the newly redrawn federal riding in October. He said the money “will benefit our community by improving much-needed infrastructure.” Critics have said an upstream
intake will threaten fish stocks, but Stilwell said it will “provide a safe and adequate supply of water and ensure a high quality of life and economic growth, while sustaining a healthy river system.” Lefebvre said the entire project would likely take 18 months to complete, but he doesn’t anticipate work to start until next summer. “We’ve got to get ready for the referendum and develop a referendum strategy,” Lefebvre said. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
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» Our View
Vigilance needed by us all as fire risk rises
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e usually don’t trot out the cliche about a ‘long, hot summer’ until we’re at least through what, on the Island, we cheekily refer to as “Junuary,” when clouds, cool temperatures and rain make it feel more like January than the beginning of summer. Not this year. Summer has descended upon us in early July with heat and dry conditions exacerbated by winds, in addition to very real concerns all over the south coast and the Island about a water shortages. To boot, Nanaimo residents woke up Sunday to golden skies brought about by smoke from wildfires. It was a real light show — until we smelled the smoke and saw the ash on our decks and vehicle windshields.
Put all this together and it amounts to a warning about fire safety and water conservation. A strong message has to go out to all the smokers. Last month — another indication of an early onset of the hot, dry weather — Nanaimo Fire Rescue have now repeated an earlier than usual warning about the number of brushfires they were seeing. A large fire in Yellow Point last week was close enough to home to also be a stark reminder. And right now a large fire is burning above Sproat Lake outside Port Alberni. While many wildfires are sparked by lightning, the risk of discarded cigarettes can neither be minimized nor ignored. It is likely we will soon get to the point, as has happened in past
years, that smokers seen casting away butts may get a visit from police as a reminder of the ongoing risk. Of course, not only smokers present a fire risk; it’s just that due to their number and the habit by some of unthinkingly discarding butts they need strong warnings. There remain those who may think a beach fire, or backyard cookout, is a good idea. You might contain the fire and even have a hose and bucket of sand at the ready, but that’s not the main issue. It’s the embers. In dry and windy conditions, it just takes one ember to float off and set alight dry grass, bark mulch or other debris. The smoke hanging in the air is a reminder that these risks have increased significantly this year.
It’s only early July and we need to be prepared — unless the weather returns to being wet and cool — for this to continue into September if past weather patterns are an indication. We need to start thinking and acting now in a way that takes fire prevention seriously. The stakes are just too high in terms of potential loss of property and risk to life to be complacent. In a similar vein, water conservation is also emerging as a significant issue — not a critical issue yet — but something to be mindful of in a way that Islanders haven’t had to consider in past years. There was no snowpack and efforts began early to fill reservoirs. But that doesn’t give us a licence to waste water.
Conservation now will prevent this becoming a critical issue later. That said, numbers show Nanaimo residents have taken water conservation seriously so we need just to continue as is. We can blame climate change, we can argue about whether it’s man-made global warming or not and given the current conditions such debates are no longer helpful. We are seeing a very hot, and very dry start to summer. We all need to be part of making sure Nanaimo and surrounding areas are safe from fire. The Island is one of the best places in the world to live and we want to keep it that way. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Discussion around sign issue at council needed Re ‘Sign flap has yet to be resolved’ (Daily News, June 30) I am glad that the issue of behaviour at Nanaimo city council meetings has come up for public scrutiny. I have repeatedly voiced my concern on aspects of this, to council and staff, with no response. Now Mayor Bill McKay is in my position — something bugs him about the whole setup. Good! Let us take this opportunity to have a discussion: At present citizens must speak at the mic, while others behind him or her are chatting, fiddling, walking back and forth, and holding up signs. This is very distracting for TV viewers of the meetings. Picture for a moment what it would look like if citizens were walking back and forth behind the backs of the city councillors, chatting together, scratching themselves and holding up signs. It would be utterly disrespectful to the city councillors, and be dis-
tracting to the business at hand, for TV viewers, and the audience in Shaw auditorium. I notice that on her TV show Judge Judy does not allow people before her to fidget and toe-tap, because it distracts her. She tells them to stop it. It would make both Mayor McKay and myself happy if there was a wall behind the citizens at the mic who are making presentations. If that does not happen, we may both be unhappy for a long, long time. Madeline Bruce Nanaimo
Discarded cigarettes are a big risk in dry weather In the past week, I have twice been behind a car/truck where the driver threw his cigarette butt out the window and onto the road. Twice! In this tinder dry environment! The second time, I made a note of his license plate so if I heard of a fire happening in that vicinity later in the day, I
could submit his license plate to the authorities. I urge everyone who sees anyone throw a cigarette butt out the window to take down the license plate and report it to the authorities if there is a fire in that vicinity later. Then, I think the perpetrator should be charged for full cost of battling that fire and for any loss of homes, lives, or livestock. What are these people thinking? And just in case you think this is an attack on smokers, it’s not. I’m a smoker, too. However, I use my ashtray in my car to put out my cigarettes. And if your car doesn’t have an ashtray, you can easily purchase a portable ashtray to put in your vehicle.
peratures are record setting, water restrictions are in effect, we have had a wildfire just south of the city limits, July has barely begun and yet our city continues to blithely water the baseball park at Campbell and Kennedy Streets. I would like to see the city and parks workers turn off these sprinklers. It is only grass for god’s sake, it will grow back. These parks, little jewels that they are, are drinking up in one day water we cannot afford to use this year. Lay off the watering, save it for, god forbid, a fire or a water shortage more severe than the one we currently have. Rod Macdonald Nanaimo
Petra Tschauner Nanoose Bay
City should end watering in parks to save resource The Millstream water level is low, the Nanaimo River can in spots be walked across, the tem-
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Martin Mars sit idle as wildfires increase Criticism of the government’s refusal to launch the famous water bombers continues this summer ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
As a forest fire rapidly spreads across Dog Mountain, thickening the Alberni Valley’s air with smoke, one question continues to burn away with many members of the public: Why are the Martin Mars water bombers sitting idle on the shore of Sproat Lake? The Hawaii and Philippine Mars bombers have not seen firefighting action in years, but this could change as early as the middle of this week with a deployment order from the province for one of the aircraft, said Wayne Coulson, CEO of the Coulson Group of Companies and owner of the two planes. When a severe fire season was expected this summer B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations contracted the Hawaii Mars in case its 27,200-litre drop capacity was needed. “We have a contract with the government for the Mars and all we are waiting for is for them to order us up,” said Coulson in an email adding that the air tanker could be serviceable by Wednesday or Thursday. “The Mars has been offered to the government starting three months ago when the government agency fire predictive models were indicating the B.C. coast was going to experience a bad wildfire season.” Last year was bad for wildfires as well; 369,169 hectares of forest were affected across the province over the warm months. After years of service the province’s contract with the Hawaii Mars was not continued in 2014 when the Ministry of Forests opted to rely on smaller planes provided by Abbotsford-based Conair. These planes are less cumbersome, cost-effective and more versatile than the Hawaii Mars, stated the ministry. But with fires spreading across the province frustrations grew that the Hawaii Mars, which is the world’s largest water bomber,
A Martin Mars water bomber at its base on Sproat Lake as the Dog Mountain fire burns further down the lake. People in Port Alberni are asking why the planes are not being used as the forest fire season sees a dramatic early start. [CHRIS BOAR OF CB PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE DAILY NEWS]
was not added to B.C.’s firefighting arsenal. Criticism of the government’s refusal to launch the Hawaii Mars has continued this summer — especially from Sproat Lake residents, who are watching the Dog Mountain forest fire grow seemingly unhindered by the province’s suppression efforts. “I witnessed first-hand today
five small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake,” wrote Bob Cole in an open letter directed to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson. “Your ministry called the
Martin Mars water bombers old, obsolete and not as effective as your other fire-fighting aircraft. I strenuously beg to differ. The Martin Mars could have put this fire out effectively and easily in much less than the two-and-ahalf-hour response time of your ‘elite’ fire-fighting planes.” Any decisions on handling the Dog Mountain fire rest with the
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province, as the Mars cannot be deployed without an order from Victoria. “It would be illegal for us to take the Mars onto a fire without the approval from the government,” said Coulson. “We are as frustrated as many people in the province about the lack of support the government is giving the firefighters and the public.”
FROM THE FRONT
Worsening drought bans freshwater angling; Smoke a may put spawning in jeopardy on Island rivers reminder fire risk in city is still high ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Both salmon heading up Vancouver Island’s rivers and waterways to spawn this year and freshwater fish could be in jeopardy as a result of the worsening drought in the region. B.C.’s Ministry of Forests announced a Level 4 drought rating for southern Vancouver Island, the highest ranking on the drought monitor scale, last week. That means all fishing has now been suspended in streams and rivers in the region, which includes Nanaimo, because of low river levels and high water temperatures. The ministry says it is also watching 75 other key angling streams across B.C., and that the
“Due to ongoing development next to a lot of rivers and streams, many of these deep pools are gone so if these conditions continue, there could be a very high mortality rate.”
Dr. Brian Riddell, President Pacific Salmon Foundation
fishing ban could be extended if conditions warrant. Dr. Brian Riddell, president of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, said if water temperatures in the rivers and streams in the region
climb above 20 degrees Celsius, fish can quickly die. He said the impacts on many freshwater species, including steelhead and rainbow trout, as well as juvenile salmon still in freshwater systems, could be severe. “We’re already above 18 degrees Celsius in many of these waterways, so a lot of the fish are now under stress,” Riddell said. “Some fish might find relief in deep pools where the water is cooler at lower levels and there’s more oxygen. But due to ongoing development next to a lot of rivers and streams, many of these deep pools are gone so if these conditions continue, there could be a very high mortality rate.” He said the next large salmon spawning runs into local streams
and rivers are usually the sockeye, and that would typically begin in three to four weeks, but they may be jeopardized by the drought as well. “We’ll undoubtedly see a lot of mortality among the adult salmon as well if there’s no change in the weather conditions,” he said. “It’s still too early to determine if the major salmon spawning runs in the area will be impacted by the drought, but we’re seeing conditions that we have not seen for a long time. This could impact not only recreational fisheries, but commercial and First Nation fisheries as well.”
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Scrabbling in the hay Janel van Dongen celebrates the completion of her unique word art made of hay bales. The eight-year-old came up with the idea to spell out ‘Springford Farm’ using hay bales as a way to promote the on-farm store owned and operated by her grandparents Colin and Diane Springford and uncle Ross Springford. She later shortened it to simply ‘Farm’ after realizing just how many bales it would take to spell the full name. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
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At Harbour Air, “we cancelled 16 flights to Nanaimo,” said Randy Wright, Harbour Air executive vice-president. “As of noon we started flying again. The wind is blowing the smoke into the east, so we’re up and rolling again.” The fire chief said his crews are dealing with conditions that are “the worst we’ve seen in decades.” He once again urged residents not to flick their cigarette butts out of their car window or anywhere the butts could ignite a blaze. He suggested dousing them in water instead. He said the locations of recent fires within Nanaimo range from the 1400-block of Jingle Pot Road to the 1700-block of Bowen Road. One brush fire spread on Howard Avenue spread to a vacant home. Another fire took place behind a large retail store near Woodgrove Mall. “I’m fearful we’re going to have some building fires as a result of this,” Richardson said. “And with the wind and high temperatures, the fires are growing rapidly.” “The potential’s high,” he said. Nanaimo’s water resources manager Bill Sims said the city’s reservoir at Jump Creek dam is holding well at approximately 88 per cent capacity. But he said he has seen water levels decrease more quickly. “Part of the reason for that is the resources it take to douse fires,” he said. “A major structure fire is equivalent to five to 10 per cent of daily (water) use” city-wide, Sims said. Sims said the city will be asking residents to help conserve water by voluntarily ceasing lawn watering.
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ECONOMICS
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Accused bomber in divorce battle STEVE LAMBERT AND CHINTA PUXLEY THE CANADIAN PRESS
Outgoing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, left, speaks as the new Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos listens to him during a hand over ceremony in Athens on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
Greece attempts to reopen bailout talks Country wants to strike a deal before the banks collapse ELENA BECATOROS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Greece — Greece and its membership in Europe’s joint currency faced an uncertain future Monday, with the country under pressure to restart bailout talks with creditors as soon as possible after Greeks resoundingly rejected the notion of more austerity in exchange for aid. With Greek banks running out of cash and facing the danger of collapse within days without new aid, the government in Athens is racing against the clock. In an effort to facilitate negotiations on a new aid program, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who had clashed with European officials in the bailout talks, announced his resignation Monday. But Greece and its creditors, who will meet again Tuesday to discuss how to keep the country in the euro, remain far apart on key issues, particularly the notion of debt relief. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone Monday ahead of the Tuesday summit, though no details were disclosed of what they discussed. New negotiations will be complicated for the European creditors by Tsipras’ triumph in Sunday’s referendum. More than 61 per cent of Greeks backed his call to vote “no” to budget cuts the creditors had proposed in return for rescue loans the country needs — even though those proposals were no longer on the table. The vote was painted by opposition parties and many European officials as one on whether Greece should remain in Europe’s joint currency. In the after-
“I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride.” Yanis Varoufakis, ex finance minister
math, many European leaders softened their tone and said talks would resume, though Greece’s chance of staying in the euro was looking increasingly shaky. The country’s banks remained shut on Monday for a sixth working day and the government kept tight limits on cash withdrawals at ATMs and money transfers to limit the drain on deposits. All eyes now turn to whether the European Central Bank will increase the amount of credit the banks can draw on to make up for the cash drain. Analysts expect the ECB to not provide more emergency assistance on Monday. That means the banks would not be able to reopen and Greece might have to tighten its limits on cash withdrawals and transfers from the current 60 euros ($67) per day. Some banks may even face the risk of collapse in coming days as they continue to be drained of banknotes. Greece’s economy minister, Giorgos Stathakis, told the BBC that if the ECB keeps its support unchanged, the current cash withdrawals limits can stay in place until Friday without any banks collapsing. Facing such urgency, the Greek government has vowed to quickly restart negotiations with creditors in other eurozone countries and with the institutions that oversaw the country’s bail-
out: the ECB, European Commission and International Monetary Fund. Varoufakis appeared to be the first casualty of the Greek government’s attempt to reach a deal with creditors. With his brash style and fondness for frequent media appearances, Varoufakis had visibly annoyed many of the eurozone’s finance ministers during the past months’ debt negotiations. Varoufakis said in a statement he was told shortly after the referendum result that some other eurozone finance ministers and the country’s other creditors would appreciate his not attending the ministers’ meetings. The idea was one “that the Prime Minister judged to be potentially helpful to him in reaching an agreement. For this reason I am leaving the Ministry of Finance today,” he said. As for his European negotiating colleagues, he said of them: “I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride.” A replacement was to be announced later Monday. With his high-stakes gamble to call a referendum with just a week’s notice, Tsipras aimed to show creditors that Greeks, whose economy has been shattered and who face spiraling unemployment and poverty, have had enough and that the austerity prescribed isn’t working. But everything hinges on European reaction. European officials appear to be split on a key demand by Greece to have the burden of its bailout loans be made more manageable. Germany, however, remains reluctant to discuss debt forgiveness.
WINNIPEG — Court documents show a man accused of sending letter bombs to Winnipeg lawyers and his ex-wife has been in a decade-long battle with his former spouse that includes accusations of theft, impersonation and a wedding ring being flushed down a toilet. Police allege Guido Amsel, 49, became so enraged over perceived mistreatment at the hands of his former wife and lawyers who had been involved in the dispute, he sent explosive devices to their offices though Canada Post. A lawyer was seriously injured when one of the bombs blew up at a firm on Friday. Police detonated two more devices over the weekend and warned justice officials that more could be found in the next day or so. The situation has unnerved many city residents and prompted dozens of reports of suspicious packages. City hall and a nearby Canada Post office were briefly evacuated Monday. Court documents show Guido Amsel and his wife, Iris Amsel, separated in 2004. They have a son, who was nine at the time. Documents from the divorce proceedings show no unusual acrimony at first. Amsel and his wife owned a numbered company involved in automotive repair. The couple initially split shares in the company — Amsel later bought out his ex-wife — and Amsel was ordered to pay $500 a month in child support. The divorce became bitter in 2010. Guido Amsel accused his ex-wife of siphoning more than $3 million from the company into hidden bank accounts prior to the divorce being finalized. “It is my belief at the present time that during our cohabitation, the respondent secreted money to these accounts,” reads
an affidavit from Guido Amsel dated July 9, 2010. “I am fearful that the respondent will transfer funds from these and any other accounts she may have to Germany and thereafter relocate there with the intention of keeping our son there as well.” Guido Amsel also accused his ex-wife in the affidavit of flushing his wedding ring down a toilet and trying to break up his second marriage by calling and pretending to be a boyfriend of the new wife. Iris Amsel has denied all the accusations. Iris Amsel’s lawyer was Maria Mitousis, who suffered severe injuries when the first letter bomb went off last Friday. The 38-year-old was taken to hospital in critical condition, but has since been upgraded to stable. A source in the legal community said Mitousis had surgery and lost one of her hands. Guido Amsel’s son, Kyle, wrote in a 2013 affidavit that he did not have a good relationship with his father, in part because “he has been threatening towards me when I do not agree with him that my mother stole several million dollars from their company.” By August 2013, Guido Amsel was expressing doubt that Kyle was his biological son. He wrote a letter to Mitousis demanding a paternity test. The court agreed to order one on the condition Amsel pay for it. There is no record of a result on the court file. At the same time, Guido Amsel had his wages garnished on at least one occasion and she launched a lawsuit in 2010 against him and others in connection with the numbered company she once shared with him. That matter is due to return to court in December. One of the bombs detonated by police was found at another law firm involved with the case and the second was at a small automotive business north of downtown with ties to Iris Amsel.
Ottawa poised to defend rights record on aboriginals THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Critics of the Harper government’s policies on murdered or missing aboriginal women and terrorism are getting an international podium at the United Nations this week to air their grievances. The government will formally respond Tuesday to complaints at what is a regularly scheduled examination of Canada’s record by the UN Human Rights Committee — a review that just happens to be taking place 100 days
before the federal election. The panel of experts conducts reviews of UN member’s adherence to a core international treaty, the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights. It’s the first time Canada has been examined by the panel since 2005, which makes this the first such examination of the Conservatives’ rights record. But as it comes in the run-up to the fall federal election, the UN panel’s findings could provide fodder for the government’s domestic political opponents.
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NATION&WORLD NATIONAL NEWS The Canadian Press ◆ OTTAWA
Ethnic groups tell of stigmatization fear A new law allowing the government to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of certain serious crimes is prompting fears among some ethnic communities that they’ll be unfairly stigmatized. Those from countries that don’t allow dual citizenship told government focus groups last year they had no issue with the law stripping of Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism, treason or spying offences. But other participants said while they agreed people convicted of such offences should be punished, they were alarmed by the potential longer-term implications of the measures.
◆ OTTAWA
Government drops its appeal on CSIS spying
The federal government has abandoned its high-profile appeal to the Supreme Court on overseas spying by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The court agreed to take the case after federal lawyers argued for guidance on whether CSIS needed a warrant to seek allied help in spying on Canadians abroad. They said the spy service was left in the dark as to when a judge’s approval was required to monitor suspected Canadian extremists in other countries. In a recent letter to the Supreme Court, federal lawyer Robert Frater notes Parliament has since enacted changes to the judicial warrant scheme governing CSIS.
◆ EDMONTON
Man wins $12.5 million in Lotto-Max draw
An Ottawa man got lucky in Edmonton, winning $12.5 million in a Lotto-Max draw. Eddy Mushibuka had been working in Alberta and bought his ticket at a Safeway Gas Bar in west Edmonton in June. When he recently went to a store to check it, the retailer told him he won $12,500. But Mushibuka looked at the screen, and saw more zeros. The retailer then told him he actually won $12.5 million. When it comes to ideas for his windfall, Mushibuka has a few ideas, including buying a car. “The first thing I have to do is come back to earth,” he said, laughing. “After that I’ll probably buy a new home and maybe a car. Other than that I think I’ll just take a couple vacations and that will be great!”
◆ EDMONTON
Cleanup may not be adequate: auditor general Alberta’s auditor general says the province may not be requiring oilsands companies to save enough money to ensure their gigantic mines are cleaned up at the end of their life. “If there isn’t an adequate program in place to ensure that financial security is provided by mine operators . . . mine sites may either not be reclaimed as intended or Albertans could be forced to pay the reclamation costs,” says a report released Monday by Merwan Saher. Saher says current rules allow companies to overestimate the value of their resources. That allows them to delay increases to the amount of money they sock away to fund cleanup.
◆ MONTREAL
Infant boy slain in suspected murder suicide Investigators spent much of Monday gathering evidence after a 10-month-old boy and his father died in what Montreal police believe is a murder-suicide. The bodies of the infant and the 39-year-old man were found late Sunday behind a home in the northeastern part of the city. Montreal police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux says the boy’s mother contacted police in the evening after the father failed to return with him as planned Sunday afternoon. “When police officers got there, they searched the area and the man and the child were found in the shed at the back of the house,” she said Monday. The mother was taken to hospital to be treated for nervous shock.
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Lac-Megantic marks sombre anniversary of 2013 rail disaster Church bells ring 47 times in honour of every victim that died in the acciedent THE CANADIAN PRESS
LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — Church bells rang 47 times in Lac-Megantic on Monday as locals gathered to honour the victims of a rail disaster two years ago that forever changed the Quebec town. Forty-seven people were killed and a large swath of downtown was destroyed on July 6, 2013, when an unmanned 72-car train jumped the track, spilling and igniting some six million litres of volatile crude oil. At noon, people gathered outside Lac-Megantic’s St-Agnes Church for a moment of silence and a ringing of the bells. Ongoing decontamination work was also halted briefly to mark the tragedy. A low-key mass was held Sunday night. Politicians of all stripes marked the anniversary, vowing to continue to support the community. Premier Philippe Couillard hailed the resolve of locals and said in a statement the province would keep helping the town of 6,000. “Our thoughts are with the families and relatives of the victims and to all citizens of Lac-Megantic,” Couillard said. “The Meganticois are a good example of solidarity and resilience for all of Quebec.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper also praised residents as the town rebuilds and heals. “It takes people of extraordinary strength to overcome such a disaster, and I was privileged to witness first-hand during my visits to Lac-Megantic the remarkable resilience, pride and spirit of those in the community,” Harper said. He added that those found guilty of breaking the law will be held to account.
Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac-Megantic, Que., on July 6, 2013. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
In late June, several people and the defunct rail company at the heart of the disaster were hit with new federal charges. Among the accused were Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the insolvent company’s former president, and train driver Thomas Harding. All those charged will appear in court in Lac-Megantic on Nov. 12. Previously, Harding, two fellow railway employees and the company were charged by the Crown in Quebec with 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death. A trial date is expected to be set Sept. 8. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also marked the anniversary and both said not enough has been done. “Every possible precaution
Soldiers arrive to fight fires in Saskatchewan
must be taken to ensure such an incident is never repeated,” Trudeau said. “Unfortunately, two years have passed and too little has been done by this government to bring about the necessary changes.” Mulcair said the NDP called in January for an independent investigation into transportation of dangerous goods by rail. He said he’d grant a costly solution being sought by the city. “An NDP government would build a railway bypassing Lac-Megantic, which has already paid a high price in human lives,” Mulcair vowed. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt defended the government’s actions, including stricter rules and lower speed limits for trains carrying dangerous cargo through urban areas. In March, the government announced proposed new feder-
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al regulations that would give companies until 2025 to upgrade rail tank cars to a higher safety standard. “Safety is Transport Canada’s top priority,” Raitt said. “And in the wake of the accident, we took immediate, concrete action to further protect Canadians and maintain the safety and integrity of the Canadian rail system.” Lac-Megantic residents are also waiting to hear the fate of a court settlement, where about 25 companies accused of responsibility have put up a fund of $431.5 million. The settlement is being opposed by the only firm that hasn’t signed on: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. If the legal challenge fails, lawyers representing victims and creditors hope money can start being disbursed later this year.
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Soldiers started rolling into Saskatchewan on Monday to double firefighting efforts in the north, where about 9,000 people have been forced out of their homes — many for more than a week. Colin King, with Saskatchewan’s Emergency Management department, said 1,000 military personnel were arriving from bases in Shilo, Man., and Edmonton. About 600 are to receive basic wildfire training and will likely be on the ground Wednesday alongside another 600 firefighters. The remaining soldiers are to work in support roles such as helping with equipment and getting food and water to fire crews. King described the fire situation as “critical” and said people evacuated from more than 50 communities wouldn’t be returning soon. “The threat has not been reduced in any of those communities. We are advising all community leadership to remain out until it is safe,” he said. As of Monday morning, the most significant of 112 fires burning in the province was about three kilometres north of La Ronge, one of the largest communities in north. Residents were evacuated on the weekend from the town, as well as Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Fires and thick smoke forced others in the north to start leaving their homes 11 days earlier. Flames have destroyed about a dozen homes, remote cabins and other buildings in Montreal Lake, Weyakwin and Wadin Bay. One building also burned north of La Ronge. About 300 square kilometres are burning in what officials are calling high-priority fire zones, about 10 times the yearly average. Scott Wasylenchuk with the Provincial Fire Centre had some good news, however. An area near La Ronge burned in an old forest fire is acting as a natural barrier and wind was expected to shift flames away from the town. “Which means some of the fire lines closest to the community won’t be as hot and we’ll be able to get on them and make good progress,” he said. Premier Brad Wall, who visited La Ronge last week, said he’s glad soldiers are on hand to help and he’s not worried fire will spread into the town. “Right now we’re in a pretty good spot . . . We’re feeling cautiously optimistic after a difficult weekend.” Nearly 700 evacuees from La Ronge were being housed in Cold Lake, Alta. The Alberta government had said it was preparing to receive up to 5,000 after centres in Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert and North Battleford were filling up. “We always have problems with fires here and there but never in my lifetime can I remember it being this bad,” Darlene Studer told radio station CJME.
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he rides aboard the Popemobile in the streets of Quito in Ecuador on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
Pope Francis holds first public Mass in Ecuador GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Hundreds of thousands of people filled a park in Ecuador’s main port city Monday for Pope Francis’ first big event of his three-nation South American tour, hoping for a glimpse of Latin America’s first pope returning to his home soil for a Mass dedicated to the family. Many pilgrims spent the night outdoors, and some walked for miles to reach the park on Guayaquil’s northern outskirts where the crowd sang hymns and sought pockets of shade to keep cool amid the scorching sun and high humidity. Firefighters sprayed them with water hoses to provide relief. “I’m tired. I’m hungry, I haven’t slept but I’m also full of emotion and joy in my heart,” said Vicente Huilcatoma, a 47-yearold retired police officer who
walked 40 kilometres to reach Samanes Park. The Vatican had originally estimated more than 1 million people would turn out for the Mass, and government organizers put the crowd at above one million people in the hour before the service began. But Gabriel Almeida, the government spokesman at the scene, rolled back the estimate to several hundred thousand after officials viewed aerial images of the area. Across the park, Ecuadoran national flags and papal banners waved above the enormous sea of people, who were divided into quadrants that Francis looped around slowly on his popemobile to cheers of “Francisco! Francisco!” In his homily, Francis praised families as the bedrock of society — “the nearest hospital, the first school for the young, the best home for the elderly” — and said
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An Ontario couple rescued after spending six days lost in the British Columbia wilderness say they’ve been through a humbling experience and want to thank the searchers who looked for them. Rick Moynan and Lynne Carmody say that since they returned home to North Bay, they’ve heard stories about the large number of volunteers and search teams who dedicated their time. The pair say in a letter released by the RCMP that they arrived at Cathedral Lakes Lodge in Penticton, on June 21 and set off on a short hike the next day. Moynan and Carmody say that within hours, they were lost in a thick wooded area and decided to make a shelter for the night. The couple say they’ve learned some lessons about being properly prepared and wish they could hug or shake hands with every person involved in the search.
Securities regulators in British Columbia have ordered $42 million in penalties against two former Burnaby residents it accused of numerous securities-related infractions, including fraud. Yan Zhu, also known as Rachel Zhu, and Guan Qiang Zhang, have also been permanently banned from public markets as a result of the offences, which also included illegally distributing securities, withholding information from regulators and instructing their employees and investors to do the same. In its decision announced Monday, the British Columbia Securities Commission also fined and permanently cease-traded Bossteam E-Commerce, the company co-founded by Zhu and Zhang. Bossteam described itself on its websites, in documents and in presentations as an online advertising business.
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One of Canada’s most protected industries — British Columbia timber — has been targeted by Japan in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, The Canadian Press has learned. Japan is pushing Canada to eliminate or modify the controls it imposes on B.C. log exports — a practice that is heavily restricted by the federal and provincial governments, and which drives up their cost to foreign buyers. Details of the forestry impasse with Japan are contained in documents from Canada’s Foreign Affairs department that are marked “secret” and that have been obtained by The Canadian Press. The revelation comes as Canada continues to face pressure from another TPP country — the United States — which has taken aim at the coveted supply management system that protects the country’s dairy and poultry farmers.
miracles are performed every day inside a family out of love. But he said sometimes the love and happiness runs out. “How many women, sad and lonely, wonder when love left, when it slipped away from their lives?” he asked. “How many elderly people feel left out of family celebrations, cast aside and longing each day for a little love?” Francis has dedicated the first two years of his pontificate to family issues, giving weekly catechism lessons on different aspects of family life and inviting the entire church to study ways to provide better pastoral care for Catholic families, people who are divorced, gays and families in “nontraditional” situations. “I ask you to pray fervently for this intention, so that Christ can take even what might seem to us impure, scandalous or threatening, and turn it ... into a miracle.”
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DIABETES
Study tests if insulin in pills can prevent disease
Participants attain blood test results showing high risk of getting diabetes CHICAGO — For nearly a century, insulin has been a life-saving diabetes treatment Now scientists are testing a tantalizing question: What if pills containing the same medicine patients inject every day could also prevent the disease? Thirteen-year-old Hayden Murphy of Plainfield, Ill., is helping researchers determine if the strategy works for Type 1 diabetes, the kind that is usually diagnosed in childhood. If it does, he might be able to avoid the lifetime burdens facing his five-year-old brother, Weston. They includes countless finger pricks and blood sugar checks, and avoiding playing too hard or eating too little, which both can cause dangerous blood sugar fluctuations. Hayden Murphy is among more than 400 children and adults participating in U.S. government-funded international research investigating whether experimental insulin capsules can prevent or at least delay Type 1 diabetes. Hospitals in the United States and eight other countries are involved and recruitment is ongoing. To enrol, participants must first get bad news: results of a blood test showing their chances for developing the disease are high. “When I got the news, I was devastated,” Hayden said. He knows it means his life could change in an instant. “He has the daily reminders. He sees
what his brother goes through,” said the boys’ mom, Myra Murphy. So now Hayden Murphy swallows a small white capsule daily and has his blood checked periodically for signs of diabetes. “I hope it doesn’t come to me, and I really didn’t want it to come to him,” Hayden said. A small, preliminary study by different researchers, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests the approach might work. Children who took insulin pills showed immune system changes that the researchers said might help prevent diabetes. The study was too small and didn’t last long enough to know for sure. The ongoing larger study is more rigorous, randomly assigning participants to get experimental insulin capsules or dummy pills, and should provide a clearer answer. “Does it prevent indefinitely? Does it slow it down, does it delay diabetes? That also would be a pretty big win,” said Dr. Louis Philipson, a University of Chicago diabetes specialist involved in the study. About 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. Type 2 disease is more common, affecting nearly 30 million nationwide and most of the more than 300 million worldwide with diabetes. Besides short-term complications from poorly controlled blood sugar, both types raise long-term risks for damage to the kidneys, heart and eyes.
Both types are increasing and for Type 2, experts think that’s because of rising obesity and inactivity. But the upward trend in Type 1 diabetes, increasing worldwide by at least three per cent each year, is more perplexing. “We know so very little about the exact mechanisms that cause Type 1 diabetes,” which complicates efforts to prevent it, said Dr. Desmond Schatz, the study’s chair and medical director of the University of Florida Diabetes Center. “For the most part, it’s really shooting an arrow into a field and hoping one of the arrows hits a target,” Schatz said. In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas stops making insulin, a blood sugar-regulating hormone that helps the body convert sugar in food into energy. Treatment is lifetime replacement insulin, usually via injections or a small pump. In Type 2, the body can’t make proper use of insulin. It can sometimes be treated with a healthy diet and exercise. Genes are thought to increase risks for Type 1 diabetes. Viruses and other infections are among factors suggested as possible triggers the disease, which causes the body’s immune system to attack insulin-producing cells. Dr. Wendy Brickman, a diabetes specialist at Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital who’s involved in the study, explained that researchers think taking insulin by mouth so that it’s digested like food might somehow trick the faulty immune system into not attacking insulin-making cells.
CANCER
Study suggests which glioblastoma patients may benefit most from drug treatment MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clinicians testing the drug dasatinib, approved for several blood cancers, had hoped it would slow the aggressive growth of the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma. While clinical trials to date have not found any benefit, researchers at Mayo Clinic, who conducted one of those clinical trials, believe they know why dasatinib failed — and what to do about it. In the online issue of Molecular Oncology, investigators report finding that dasatinib inhibits proteins that promote cancer growth as expected but also suppresses proteins that protect against cancer. The findings suggest that pretesting patient glioblastoma biopsies will help identify who may respond well to dasatinib and who should avoid using the drug, says the study’s senior author, Panos Z. Anastasiadis, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dasatinib is a general Src-family kinase inhibitor. It shuts down all members of the Src family of protein kinases, which are believed to activate proteins that
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Hayden Murphy, 13, sits for a photo with his medicine at his home in Plainfield, Ill. Hayden is among more than 400 children and adults participating in U.S. government-funded research investigating whether experimental insulin capsules can prevent or at least delay Type 1 diabetes. [AP PHOTO]
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“These findings were very surprising to us for two reasons. One is the difference between lab findings and animal findings. The other is that, together with the bad, dasatinib inhibited the good, as well.” Panos Anastasiadis, Department of Cancer Biology at Mayo Clinic
essentially give tumours “legs” upon which to crawl through tissue to seek blood nutrients. In the study, the investigators teased apart dasatinib’s effect on individual Src family members — Src, Fyn, Yes and Lyn — using laboratory glioblastoma cell lines and mouse models of the brain cancer. In the cell lines, inhibiting Src, Fyn and Yes generally reduced growth and migration. So did Lyn, but to a lesser degree. But there were significant differences in mice, depending on which Src family
member was experimentally inhibited. Mice with glioblastoma tumors lacking functioning Src or Fyn showed no difference in survival, compared to untreated mice. In contrast, inhibiting Yes in mice increased survival, while inhibiting Lyn resulted in shorter survival and accelerated tumor growth. “These findings were very surprising to us for two reasons,” Dr. Anastasiadis says. “One is the difference between lab and animal findings. The other is that, together with the bad, dasatinib inhibited the good, as well.” “Yes promotes cancer growth, so it should be inhibited,” he says. “Unexpectedly though, Lyn protects against cancer growth, and so it should not be deactivated by use of dasatinib.” Researchers found that not all human tumors express all members of the Src family, and that expression of Yes and Lyn differed among tumours. The research team is examining tumour biopsies from the patients who participated in Mayo Clinic’s clinical trial testing the use of dasatinib combined with bevacizumab (Avastin), an agent that restricts blood flow to tumours.
Mitral valve surgery can best be described by comparison to the swinging saloon door in old western movies. It demonstrates what can go wrong with the heart’s valves. And what surgical procedure is needed to correct mitral valve prolapse (MVP). To get a first-hand view of this procedure, I watched Dr. Tirone David, one the world’s great cardiac surgeons, perform the operation at Toronto General Hospital. The mitral valve separates the two left chambers of the heart. Each time the heart beats the valves swing open, like the doors of a western saloon. But after opening they close firmly again while the heart pumps blood to the body. The problem is that swinging doors of saloons often develop loose rusty hinges that don’t close well. The mitral valve has the same trouble when the tough parachute-like cords that attach the valves to the heart’s muscle become too loose. When this happens some ejected blood falls back into the heart’s chamber following every beat. This places extra burden on the heart’s muscle. If you’re diagnosed with this condition, don’t panic. You’re far from the end of the road. Prior to the use of echocardiograms (ultrasound of the heart), doctors believed MVP was present in 17 per cent of women and 5 percent of men. Now we know it’s less common, affecting about 2.4 per cent of both sexes. But, according to a report from Johns Hopkins University, about 25 per cent of Americans older than age 55 have some degree of MVP. It’s now believed that, in addition to aging, genetics also plays a role in who develops this condition. How mitral valve prolapse is treated depends on several factors. The great majority of patients with MVP have no idea it is present and normally do not need surgery. Some patients complain of shortness of breath, palpitations and fatigue. But people without MVP can experience similar symptoms. What often happens is these symptoms occur after the diagnosis, triggering anxiety. Dr. David says that several factors must be considered before deciding mitral surgery is needed. One of the most important is the severity of the prolapse and what affect it’s having on the heart’s muscle. There’s an old saying that, “A stitch in time saves nine”. In mild cases of MVP, there’s no point in exposing patients prematurely to the risk of surgery. But it also makes no sense to wait until either the patient’s symptoms are severe or the muscles of the heart are failing from extra stress. Mitral valve surgery is not just for incompetent valves. It’s also performed when the mitral valve becomes thickened and rigid from aging and the opening becomes as small as a pencil. The extra work of pushing blood through such a tiny opening can also cause heart failure. Patients with these conditions often have heart murmurs that can be detected by a stethoscope. But an echocardiogram of the heart will determine their severity and help to gauge whether the condition is worsening. In recent years there’s been tremendous advancements in surgical technique for the treatment of MVP or stenosis. The morning I watched Dr. David operate, the patient’s chest was opened in the same way as a bypass operation. This patient suffered from severe mitral stenosis and required a totally new valve. The majority of cases performed today try to save the old valve. For instance, it is often possible to shorten the parachute-like cords which restore the valves to their normal position. The advantage to using the patient’s own tissue is that there is no chance of its rejection by the body. In other cases, minimal invasive surgery can be done by working through the femoral artery, the blood vessel at the top of the leg. A new valve is guided through the artery using a special catheter tube until it reaches the mitral valve location and is inserted. Dr. David says there’s no age limit for mitral valve surgery as long as the patient has no other problems that would increase the risk. His oldest mitral valve patient was 95 years of age.
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SOCCER
WIMBLEDON
Canada’s Pospisil on court for six hours, advances to quarter-finals
Vancouver native to face No. 3 seed and 2013 champion Murray on Wednesday THE CANADIAN PRESS
LONDON — After 10 sets of tennis, a pair of marathon rallies from two sets down and a spirited rant against an opponent, Vasek Pospisil is looking forward to a day off. The Vancouver player was on the court for almost six hours Monday as he continued his impressive run at Wimbledon. Hours after coming back from two sets down to beat Viktor Troicki in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Pospisil and doubles teammate Jack Sock staged another two-set comeback before ultimately falling to Australia’s John Peers and Britain’s Jamie Murray. “It was a long day, for sure,” Pospisil offered as an understatement to kick off his press conference after the doubles loss. “Pretty tired right now, but I have a day off tomorrow, so that’s good.” He will need all the rest he can get, as his quarter-final opponent on Wednesday is No. 3 seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray. The Scotsman is bound to have a loud cheering section at the All England Club. “Obviously I played a lot of tennis, but one day recovery is a lot,” Pospisil said. “So I can sleep well tonight. Just have a full day of rest tomorrow. Do a lot of recovery . . . then come out strong on Wednesday and take it to him.” The unseeded Canadian advanced to the men’s quarter-finals after a 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Troicki, the No. 22 seed from Serbia. The match took two hours 39 minutes, and that wasn’t even his longest of the day. “It was tough. I didn’t have the start I wanted to have, and then ... I got unlucky a little bit in the (second set) tiebreaker there,” Pospisil said. “I made a couple of good adjustments on my return games. “And even being down two sets, it didn’t faze me. I feel I’m pretty tough that way. Even if I’m down, I’m always finding ways to come back.” Murray has beaten Pospisil in hard-surface tournaments at
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Vasek Pospisil of Canada returns a ball to Viktor Troicki of Serbia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
Rotterdam and Indian Wells this season, but said he is expecting a tougher challenge from Pospisil on grass. Murray said he hopes Pospisil’s fatigue comes into play. “After today maybe he’s a bit tired. But he will be confident after coming form two sets down and feeling good about his game,” said Murray, a 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 winner over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic. “He has a game which suits grass and he likes to come to the net.” Pospisil, the world No. 56, had never previously been past the second round in singles play at the All England Club. His previous best singles showing at a Grand Slam event was a third-round appearance at the Australian Open (2014, 2015).
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He’s hoping to become just the third Canadian to reach the men’s singles semifinals at Wimbledon. The others are Robert Powell (1908) and Milos Raonic (2014). It’s almost the reverse story for Pospisil in doubles. The Canadian partnered with Sock to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title last year, but the duo was ousted in the third round 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7(5), 3-6, 8-6 by Peers and Jamie Murray in a match that lasted three hours 19 minutes. Pospisil and Sock appeared to lack energy early in the match, but were energized by a controversial call that went against them in the third set. With the tiebreaker tied 1-1, a Pospisil volley appeared to go off
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Peers’ racket and out of play. But the umpire ruled that Pospisil hit the ball out of bounds. Pospisil and Sock argued with the referee before turning their ire toward Peers. “You want to take the point? Keep your mouth shut,” Pospisil said to Peers before adding an expletive. When a heckler yelled at the duo to get back to playing tennis, the pair had words with the crowd. “Yeah, it fired us up. But the ball hit the racket of Peers, and it’s not that he didn’t say anything, but he said he wasn’t sure if he hit it,” Pospisil said. “He said he didn’t feel it, but it was clearly not the case. So that got us really fired up.” Pospisil, who reached a career-
The Mid Isle Mariners have had their eye on the Pacific Soccer League championship for some time now. With just three games left in the regular season, the Mariners sit third in the table, four points behind leaders the Victoria Highlanders with two games in hand. But last weekend was a missed opportunity to close that gap as Chris Merriman’s team came out on the wrong side of a 2-1 scoreline against the Highlanders at Merle Logan Field on Sunday, despite winning by the same scoreline the day before against the Vancouver Thunderbirds. But the good news is that of those three games left, the Mariners still have to play the Highlanders in what could be a ‘winner-takes-all’ matchup on the final weekend of the season. Prior to that, the Mariners have to face basement team FC Tigers Vancouver and second bottom Abbotsford Magnuson Ford and Merriman’s aim is nothing less than six points to take it to that final round against the Highlanders. The Mariners play the Tigers at Merle Logan this Saturday, with a 4 p.m. kickoff. “We’ll be preparing for that game just like we would do for any other team and won’t be taking them lightly,” said coach Merriman. “It’s simple — we drop points and we’re out of the title race.” The Mariners will train tonight and again on Thursday and Merriman says he’ll focus on the mental side of things. “That’s what we’ll be working on more than anything. All of our games have been tight.” The Mariners currently have 26 points on the season. The Highlanders have 30. After Saturday’s game, the Mariners will also be hosting a pub night fundraiser at the Wheatsheaf Inn in Cedar from 7 p.m. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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McIlroy sprains ankle at soccer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LONDON — Rory McIlroy was on crutches Monday with an ankle injury from playing soccer, leaving in doubt the prospects of golf’s No. 1 player defending his British Open title next week at St. Andrews. Just as excitement was building toward a potential clash at the Old Course between McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, McIlroy posted
a jarring photo on Instagram showing him on crutches with a walking boot on this left ankle. The 26-year-old from Northern Ireland said it was a “total rupture” of an ankle ligament and the joint capsule that happened while he was playing soccer with friends. Sean O’Flaherty, his chief spokesman, said McIlroy has withdrawn from the Scottish Open this week at Gullane.
O’Flaherty said they would not know until later in the week the extent of the injury and whether McIlroy would be able to tee it up July 16 at St. Andrews. Ben Hogan in 1954 was the last British Open champion who did not play the following year. McIlroy had been the joint favourite along with Spieth. McIlroy referred to his ATFL, which is the anterior talofibular ligament.
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SOCCER
Challenge of growing women’s game arises after the World Cup
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Serena beats sister Venus at Wimbledon
Canadian goalkeeper recalls days of very little spectators and interest from afar NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Karina LeBlanc remembers playing in front of empty stands, so the well-attended stadium love-ins that embraced the Canadian team at the Women’s World Cup were something special. “When I first started, it used to be I could count on my hand how many people were are the game and it was usually friends and family,” the veteran goalkeeper recalled. “Now to have screaming kids — just the other day I had a 40-year-old man walk up to me and he was in tears. He said ’You guys just make me so proud to be Canadian.”’ With the World Cup over, the job now is to build on the success of the tournament and grow women’s soccer. Dan Levy, a North Carolina-based player agent with Wasserman Media Group, had high hopes for this World Cup. As he expected, the U.S. rallied behind its team while Canada embraced the home side. But he said the depth of interest in the entire tournament took him by surprise. He believes the Canadian competition, from its fine play to good sportsmanship, won over many people. “I do think that the level of play, sophistication in tactics, obviously their technical abilities, is stronger than ever. And that bodes well for the future, it really does.” Matthew Buck, director of player management for the Professional Footballers’ Association that represents the English team collectively and about half the World Cup roster individually, said England’s trip deep into the tournament was reflected back home by the increase in media requests for female pros who weren’t part of the England team. And with the Olympics only a year away, women’s soccer can look forward to another high-profile tournament around the corner. “Big events do provide a unique platform that others can’t . . . Fans gravitate towards great games, great players. “They want to be inspired,” said Levy, whose company has deep soccer roots. South of the border, Fox smashed records with its coverage of the U.S.-Japan final (25.4 million viewers), erasing the previous U.S. soccer mark of 18.22 million for the U.S.-Portugal matchup at last year’s men’s
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Canada’s goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc makes a save during a practice session in Edmonton on Friday. Veteran goalkeeper LeBlanc remembers playing in front of empty stands. [CP PHOTO]
World Cup. And the Fox numbers were positive across the board. “They’re really pleased with how things have gone and I think that’s a testament to people caring about the event,” said Levy. “I think it’s still hard, whether it’s this country or abroad, to sustain it week in and week out, certainly at the level we’re used to on the men’s side. “But it does show that countries and fans will rally round big events. And that’s exciting because that hasn’t always been the case for the women.” The women’s game has a lot going for it. Simulation, which is a plague on the men’s side, is far less prevalent among the women who just seem to get on with the game. And fans love them. Levy points to the ground-breaking 1999 World Cup in the U.S. The victorious American team, whose star-studded roster included Mia Hamm, Christie Rampone, Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Michelle Akers, and Brandi Chastain to name a few, understood the importance of being role models and to inspire
young kids. “They set a great example and many many women have followed in their footsteps, not just Americans,” he said. Certainly the outpouring of affection from spectators for all the teams at the World Cup was remarkable. “I think the players feel more real to them, they’re more approachable,” Levy said. “When was the last time you saw players from the EPL (English Premier League) sign autographs after a game?” Women still don’t get rich playing soccer. Canadians do better than most, however. The lucky ones got carding money from Sport Canada, a contract from the Canadian Soccer Association to play in the National Women’s Soccer League and undisclosed World Cup compensation from their national governing body. The federal government said 50 women soccer athletes shared $645,790.11 in 2014—15 through its Athletes Assistance Program. In terms of the World Cup team, that ranged from $3,600 for Allysha Chapman to $24,000 for Emily Zurrer. The even luckier ones, like cap-
tain Christine Sinclair (who got $18,000 from Sport Canada), can also draw on endorsements. Like their U.S. and Mexican counterparts, Canadian players whose pay is provided by their national federations do not count against the NWSL’s US$265,000 salary cap per team and there is no maximum on such pay. “They do OK in comparison to some of the other players,” said Canadian coach John Herdman. “But we know we’ve got some highly talented highly educated women here. That if they chose a career, they could be earning double, triple what they’re earning now. “But we know this group are in it for something completely different. And they’re prepared to sacrifice because of the love of what they do, and this team and playing for their country surpasses any of those (other) motivations.” For the rest of the NWSL, the minimum salary this year is US$6,842, with the maximum at $37,800. NWSL clubs also have a separate budget, a so-called Permitted Team Assistance program that allows them to help players with housing. cars and moving.
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Women’s World Cup embraced across globe ers on Twitter were all from the U.S. team: Julie Johnston, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach. A Canadian Twitter breakdown was not immediately available. Facebook says its data shows nearly nine million people had 20 million interactions about the Women’s World Cup on Facebook. The U.S. topped the Facebook table in terms of engagement by country, followed by Mexico, Britain, Canada and Brazil. TSN says Sunday’s final, won 5-2 by the U.S., averaged 2.1 million viewers according to preliminary figures — making
it the most-watched Women’s World Cup final for a Canadian audience. Some 7.7 million viewers tuned in at some point, with the average audience peaking at 2.8 million for the final minute of the game. TSN says Canada’s five tournament matches averaged 2.3 million viewers. That rose to 3.2 million for the final quarter-final loss to England, which set a record for the country’s mostwatched Women’s World Cup match ever. Like the final, it was the most-watched program on Canadian TV that weekend. The network calls it Canada’s most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup ever. The audience
was nearly four times that of the 2011 tournament in Germany. Fox says the final was also the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history, according to Nielsen. The telecast averaged 25.4 million viewers and peaked at 30.9 million. That breaks the previous U.S. soccer mark of 18.22 million set by the U.S.-Portugal match at last year’s men’s World Cup. It also shattered the previous record for a women’s soccer match (1999 Women’s World Cup final, 17.975 million) and the 2011 Women’s World Cup final (13.5 million). FIFA said other countries also enjoyed record TV numbers.
World Cup bids inspector banned
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NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — The numbers show the Women’ World Cup was embraced at home and around the globe. TV records were set on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Twitter says tweets about the soccer tournament were viewed nine billion times, with the U.S. dominating the conversation. Sunday’s final between the U.S. and Japan led the Twitter buzz with other U.S. games as well as tight knockout-round contests between Japan and England and Germany and France also drawing significant traffic. The top six tournament play-
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GRAHAM DUNBAR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA — The official chosen by FIFA to inspect 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting candidates was banned from soccer for seven years on Monday for breaking ethics rules. FIFA’s ethics committee gave no reason for its decision to suspend Harold Mayne-Nicholls, a former president of Chile’s football federation who is disputing the sanction. “I will appeal to higher courts established in FIFA statutes and
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TAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport),” Mayne-Nicholls said. “I wonder why FIFA publishes a sanction that has outstanding resources, as this may be modified by higher courts.” Mayne-Nicholls said the ethics committee prohibited him from speaking about the details of the case in public. He has previously spoken to some media about conversations he had in 2010 with officials in Qatar about possible work placements for relatives at the Aspire youth academy. Details of that case were also
published by a website last year, which obtained a leaked email sent to Mayne-Nicholls by Cornel Borbely, who heads the investigation chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee. Mayne-Nicholls was considering standing in the FIFA presidential election when his ethics case was reported last year. Instead, he is barred “from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of seven years,” the ethics panel said in a brief statement.
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LONDON — When Venus and Serena Williams played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Monday, the match fell way short of the buildup. Which is just the way they like it. Serena won in one hour eight minutes. Before you could wash down your strawberries and cream with some warm tea, it was over. She hit 10 aces and 36 winners and broke Venus’ serve at love in the last game to win, 6-4, 6-3. It was how it was supposed to happen, how the form-sheet seedings said it would. Serena is No. 1 in the world and obviously top-seeded here. Venus was No. 16. When Serena is playing well, as she is right now — she carries her run at No. 1 into its 248th week — she is pretty much untouchable (although Britain’s Heather Watson gave her a big scare in the previous round). This marked Serena’s 25th consecutive victory in a major tournament, and it kept her going toward two goals — a fourth straight Grand Slam tournament victory, which would be the second “Serena Slam” in her career; and a much sought-after calendar year Grand Slam. She already has won the Australian and French Opens this year. It was the 26th time Serena, who will be 34 on Sept. 26, and Venus, who turned 35 on June 17, have faced each other on the tour. Serena extended her lead to 15-11. More interesting than all those statistics is the story of two sisters, originally from Compton, Calif., rising to the top of the tennis world and staying there for so long. Serena has won 20 Grand Slam titles, third on the all-time list; Venus has seven. Each has won here, in the Grandest of the Slams, five times. That sister story drives headlines and broadcast chatter well beyond the norm. With it, somehow, comes expectation of drama or soap operas. For example, one oft-repeated story in the local papers is how their father, Richard, taught them the game on Compton’s public courts. True. And that those courts were pockmarked with bullet holes from gang shootings. Probably not true. Venus’ default to Serena and Serena’s long boycott of Indian Wells is always revisited, as are the frequent commitments to and pull-outs from tournaments. This was the third straight major in which the sisters pulled out of the doubles after entering. Also used for fodder is last year’s strange departure by Serena in the doubles, when she couldn’t even pitty-pat a serve into the court and left in a convoy of medical people. But mostly, the fascination is driven by how good they are after all these years, and, also after all these years, how little we really know about them. In today’s celebrity-conscious world, just being good at something doesn’t satisfy that public appetite anymore. Both sisters were pressed after the match, with little success, to reveal little tidbits about their relationship.
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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015
SCOREBOARD BASEBALL
MLB All-Star Game
MLB - Results and standings American League East W L NY Yankees 44 38 Baltimore 43 40 Tampa Bay 43 41 Toronto 43 42 Boston 39 45 Central W L Kansas City 46 33 Minnesota 44 39 Detroit 42 40 Cleveland 38 44 Chicago Sox 37 43 West W L Houston 49 36 LA Angels 44 38 Texas 41 42 Seattle 38 45 Oakland 38 47 National League East W L Washington 46 37 NY Mets 42 41 Atlanta 41 42 Miami 35 48 Philadelphia 28 56 Central W L St. Louis 54 28 Pittsburgh 48 34 Chicago Cubs 44 37 Cincinnati 37 44 Milwaukee 36 49 West W L LA Dodgers 46 37 San Francisco 42 41 Arizona 40 42 San Diego 39 46 Colorado 35 47
PCT .537 .518 .512 .506 .464 PCT .582 .530 .510 .463 .463 PCT .576 .537 .494 .463 .447
GB Strk - L1 1.5 L1 2.0 W1 2.5 L1 6.0 W2 GB Strk - W1 4.0 W1 5.5 W1 9.5 L3 9.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 3.5 W3 7.0 L3 10 L1 11.0 L1
PCT .554 .506 .494 .422 .333 PCT .659 .585 .543 .457 .424 PCT .554 .506 .488 .459 .427
GB Strk - L1 4.0 W1 5.0 W1 11.0 L2 18.5 W1 GB Strk - W3 6.0 W3 9.5 L1 16.5 W1 19.5 L1 GB Strk - L1 4.0 L6 5.5 L1 8.0 L3 10.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 Houston 9, Cleveland 4 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2 Chicago Sox 4, Toronto 2 NY Mets 3, San Francisco 0 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, postponed Detroit 12, Seattle 5 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers Today’s schedule with probable starters St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m. Lackey (6-4) vs. Arrieta (7-5) Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Hahn (5-6) vs. Sabathia (3-7) Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cueto (4-5) vs. Scherzer (9-5) San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Ross (5-7) vs. Liriano (4-6) Miami at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Latos (2-5) vs. Porcello (4-8) Houston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Velasquez (0-0) vs. Kluber (3-9) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Wacha (10-3) vs. Wada (1-1) Arizona at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Ray (2-3) vs. Martinez (5-4) Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Andriese (3-2) vs. Young (7-3) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Perez (4-0) vs. Garza (4-10) Toronto at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Hutchison (7-1) vs. Quintana (3-7) Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Chen (3-4) vs. Gibson (5-6) L.A. Angels at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Heaney (0-0) vs. Bettis (4-2) Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Morgan (1-0) vs. Anderson (4-4) Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Sanchez (6-7) vs. Walker (6-6) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Colon (9-6) vs. Hudson (5-7) Wednesday, July 8 (early games) Baltimore at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Jimenez (7-4) vs. May (4-7) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Teheran (6-4) vs. Fiers (4-7) Detroit at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. Sanchez (7-7) vs. Happ (4-5) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. deGrom (8-6) vs. Peavy (0-3) San Diego at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Cashner (3-9) vs. Morton (6-2) Cincinnati at Washington, 3:05 p.m. Lorenzen (3-3) vs. Gonzalez (6-4)
Wednesday, July 15, 4 p.m. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio Starters, elected by fan vote American League Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals First baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured and can’t play) Second baseman: Jose Altuve, Astros Third baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (leading AL vote-getter) Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Royals Outfielders: Mike Trout, Angels; Lorenzo Cain, Royals; Alex Gordon, Royals Designated hitter: Nelson Cruz, Mariners AL manager Ned Yost will name the necessary replacement(s). National League Catcher: Buster Posey, Giants First Baseman: Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks Second Baseman: Dee Gordon, Marlins Third baseman: Todd Frazier, Reds Shortstop: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals Outfielders: Bryce Harper, Nationals (leading vote-getter and highest vote-getter in NL history); Matt Holliday, Cardinals (injured, participation questionable); Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins (injured, won’t be able to play and will be replaced) The DH and all changes will be chosen by NL manager Bruce Bochy.
White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2 Toronto
Chicago Sox
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 4 0 1 0 Eaton CF 4120 Donaldson 3B3 1 2 1 Abreu 1B 4 1 1 1 Bautista RF 4 0 0 0 Cabrera LF 4 1 2 2 Enc’acion DH 4 0 2 0 Garcia RF 4 0 1 0 Valencia LF 4 0 0 0 LaRoche DH 3 0 0 0 Martin C 3 0 0 0 Ramirez SS 3 0 2 0 Colabello 1B 3 1 1 1 Beckham 3B 3 1 0 0 Pillar CF 3 0 0 0 Flowers C 3 0 1 0 Travis 2B 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2B 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 31 4 9 3
Toronto 001 001 000 2 Chicago Sox 000 100 03x 4 2B: CWS Ramirez, Al (15, Buehrle), Cabrera, Me (12, Buehrle). GIDP: TOR Donaldson, Valencia; CWS Abreu, Eaton. HR: TOR Colabello (8, 3rd inning off Sale, 0 on, 0 out), Donaldson (20, 6th inning off Sale, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 3; CWS 3. DP: TOR 3 (DonaldsonTravis-Colabello, Colabello-ReyesColabello, Colabello); CWS 2 (Ramirez, Al-Sanchez, C-Abreu 2). E: TOR Bautista (1, throw), Reyes (7, fielding). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Buehrle (L, 9-5) 8.0 9 4 0 0 2 Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO C Sale (W, 7-4) 9.0 6 2 2 0 6 HBP: Donaldson (by Sale). Time: 1:54. Att: 24,593.
Reds 3, Nationals 2 Cincinnati
Washington
ab r h bi ab r h bi Phillips 2B 5 0 1 0 Span CF 1000 Votto 1B 5 0 2 0 d’Dekker LF 4 1 1 0 Frazier 3B 5 0 1 0 Escobar 3B 2 0 1 0 Bruce RF 3 0 1 0 Uggla PH-2B 1 0 0 0 Byrd LF 4 1 1 0 Harper RF 3 0 0 0 Pena C 4 1 0 0 Ramos C 4000 Suarez SS 4 1 3 2 Robinson 1B 3 0 0 0 DeSclafani P 1 0 1 1 Espinosa2-3B4 1 2 1 De Jesus PH 1 0 0 0 Desmond SS 4 0 1 0 Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 Taylor LF-CF 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 10 3 Fister P 2000 Moore PH 1 0 0 0 Lobaton PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 1
Cincinnati 010 001 010 3 Washington 001 001 000 2 SB: WSH Desmond (3, 2nd base off DeSclafani/Pena, B). 2B: CIN DeSclafani (1, Fister), Bruce (17, Fister), Byrd (7, Fister); WSH Espinosa (15, DeSclafani). GIDP: CIN Frazier. HR: CIN Suarez (3, 8th inning off Janssen, 0 on, 1 out); WSH Espinosa (9, 6th inning off DeSclafani, 0 on, 2 out). S: CIN DeSclafani. Team Lob: CIN 9; WSH 8. DP: WSH (Espinosa-DesmondRobinson, C). E: WSH Fister (3, throw), Desmond (19, throw). PICKOFFS: WSH Ramos, W (Suarez at 1st base). Continued next column
Toronto Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle delivers a pitch during the first inning. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Blue Jays suffer 4-2 loss in Chicago JOHN JACKSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Monday night in the fastest major league game in almost four years. Sale (7-4) had struck out at least 10 batters in eight straight starts, matching the major league mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999. Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs for Toronto. Sale began the game pitching more like Buehrle, getting five outs on groundballs in the first two innings. In fact, Sale allowed a homer — a solo shot to Colabello leading off the third inning — before recording his first strikeout when he got Devon Travis looking for the second out in the third. The Blue Jays, the top-scoring team in the majors, were aggressive at the plate and didn’t work many deep counts, opting to put the ball in play before getting two strikes. Chicago tied the score at 1 in the fourth inning with an assist from the Toronto defence. Melky Cabrera singled with one out and advanced to third base when Avisail Garcia followed with another single. Right fielder Jose Bautista decided to throw to first base behind Garcia, who didn’t take a particularly wide turn around the bag. The ball bounced away from Colabello at first base and rolled far enough away to allow Cabrera to score on Bautista’s first error of the season. Donaldson hit his 20th homer in the sixth. Buehrle had retired nine straight batters before Reyes committed an error on Gordon Beckham’s routine grounder to start the eighth. Buehrle retired the next two batters, but then the White Sox put together three straight hits. Jose Abreu tied it with an RBI single and Cabrera followed with a two-run double.
Reds 3, Nationals 2 (Cont’d) Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO A DeSclafani 5.2 5 2 2 4 6 R Mattheus 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 M Parra (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 J Hoover 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 A Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Washington IP H R ER BB SO D Fister 6.0 8 2 1 1 2 B Treinen 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 R Janssen (L, 0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 F Rivero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:43 (:29 delay). Att: 23,673.
Astros 9, Indians 4 Houston
Cleveland
ab r h bi Altuve 2B 4 1 2 1 Kipnis 2B Tucker RF 5 2 4 2 Lindor SS Correa SS 4 2 0 0 Brantley CF Gattis DH 4 1 2 1 Raburn DH S’ingletonDH 1 0 0 0 Santana 1B Rasmus LF 5 1 3 2 Gomes C Carter 1B 3 0 0 1 Moss RF Gonzalez 3B 5 1 3 2 Urshela 3B Castro C 5 1 1 0 Aviles LF Marisnick CF 3 0 1 0 Totals Totals 39 9 16 9
ab r h bi 4011 5020 3000 3000 4110 4120 4022 3110 3110 33 4 10 3
Houston 400 103 100 9 Cleveland 001 101 100 4 2B: HOU Rasmus (15, Carrasco), Tucker (14, Carrasco), Altuve (16, Adams, A); CLE Gomes, Y 2 (6, Keuchel, Keuchel), Urshela (1, Keuchel). 3B: CLE Moss (1, Keuchel). GIDP: HOU Altuve; CLE Aviles, Lindor. HR: HOU Tucker (5, 4th inning off Carrasco, 0 on, 2 out), Gonzalez, M (6, 7th inning off Manship, 0 on, 0 out). S: HOU Marisnick. Team Lob: HOU 8; CLE 7. DP: HOU 2 (Correa-Carter, AltuveCorrea-Carter); CLE (Urshela-KipnisSantana, C). Houston IP H R ER BB SO D Keuchel(W, 11-3) 6.0 9 3 3 1 8 J Thatcher 0.1 1 1 1 2 1 P Neshek 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Fields 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Carrasco (L, 10-7) 4.010 5 5 1 5 N Hagadone 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 A Adams 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 J Manship 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 Z McAllister 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:15. Att: 13,516.
Pirates 2, Padres 1 San Diego
Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi Norris C 4 0 1 0 Polanco RF 4 0 1 0 Solarte 3B 4 0 1 0 Walker 2B 4 0 0 0 Kemp RF 4 0 0 0 McCutchen CF2 2 1 0 Upton LF 4 0 1 0 Kang 3B 4010 Alonso 1B 3 1 2 0 Cervelli C 3 0 0 0 Gyorko 2B 4 0 2 0 Alvarez 1B 4 0 1 1 Venable CF-RF2 0 0 0 Mercer SS 3 0 1 0 Amarista SS 2 0 0 1 Rodriguez LF 3 0 0 0 Shields P 2 0 0 0 Burnett P 2 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 7 1 Totals 29 2 5 1
San Diego 010 000 000 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 101 2 2B: PIT McCutchen (23, Shields). GIDP: SD Gyorko; PIT Burnett. Team Lob: SD 5; PIT 5. DP: SD (Amarista-Gyorko-Alonso); PIT 2 (Walker, N-Alvarez, P-MercerKang, Mercer-Walker, N-Alvarez, P). E: SD Solarte (6, throw). PICKOFFS: PIT Burnett (Upton Jr. at 1st base). San Diego IP H R ER BB SO J Shields 7.0 2 1 0 1 3 J Benoit 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 B Maurer (L, 5-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO A Burnett 7.2 5 1 1 3 4 A Watson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 W Hughes (W, 2-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 HBP: Cervelli (by Shields). Time: 2:53 (:28 delay). Att: 23,182. Twins 4, Orioles 2 (10 innings) Baltimore 000 010 000 2 10 0 Minnesota 100 000 002 4 6 0 W: T. May (5-7) L: T. Hunter (2-2) HR: BAL- M. Machado (18), A. Jones (11) MIN- T. Hunter (13), A. Hicks (3), B. Dozier (17) Cardinals 6, Cubs 0 St Louis 000 000 204 6 6 0 Chi. Cubs 000 000 000 0 6 1 W: Lackey (7-5, 3.09) L: Lester (4-7, 3.48) Home runs: None Braves 5, Brewers 3 Atlanta 220 001 000 5 15 0 Milwaukee 100 011 000 3 8 0 W: Wisler (3-1, 3.13) L: Lohse (5-10, 6.29) SV: Grilli(23) HR: ATL- Johnson, K(7) MIL- Parra, G(8)
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Cowlitz Kitsap Victoria
W 17 17 13 11 W 23 6 7 3 W 19 10 10 9
L 8 11 15 14 L 5 9 14 12 L 9 15 15 16
PCT .680 .593 .481 .458 PCT .815 .400 .333 .200 PCT .667 .400 .400 .360
GB 2 5 5.5 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 7.5 7.5 8.5
Strk W2 W2 L2 L1 Strk W5 L1 L1 L1 Strk W6 L2 L5 W1
Yesterday’s results Medford 4, Corvallis 2 Victoria 10, Kitsap 0 Kelowna 7, Klamath Falls 6 Bend 7, Wenatchee 2 Bellingham 5, Cowlitz 2 Yakima Valley 12, Walla Walla 8 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. Wednesday, July 8 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. Thursday, July 9 Kitsap at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
HarbourCats 10, BlueJackets 0 Kitsap
Junior Clardy Dunlap Nobach Bautista Scudder Valenti Galindo Peabody Siegel Ping Beck Sommer Totals
Victoria
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 0 0 0 Degoti 4111 3 0 1 0 Gretler 4122 1 0 0 0 Alcantara 4 1 3 2 4 0 1 0 Collard 5000 3 0 0 0 Meyer 3000 4 0 1 0 Pries 4120 3 0 0 0 Polshuk 3220 1 0 0 0 Goldstein 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 Jarvis 4214 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1012 9 3010 1010 4020 33 0 7 0
Kitsap 000 000 000 0 7 3 Victoria 046 000 00x 10 12 2 2B: A.Ping (3), A.Degoti (3), B.Polshuk (1). HR: A.Alcantara (1). RBI: A.Degoti (6), M.Gretler 2 (5), A.Alcantara 2 (6), S.Jarvis 4 (6). HP: J.Peabody (1), A.Alcantara (2), T.Goldstein (1). SF: M.Gretler (1). SB: J.Beck (1), A.Degoti (5). CS: C.Clardy (3), M.Gretler (2), J.Pries (2). E: C.Clardy 2 (4), L.Valenti (6), A.Degoti (5), J.Pries (2). LOB: Kitsap 10, Victoria 6. DP: S. Jarvis(2B) - M. Gretler(3B) - T. Goldstein(1B), L. Valenti(SS), S. Jarvis(2B) - A. Degoti(SS) - T. Goldstein(1B). Kitsap IP H R ER BB SO C Weinberg 2.210 9 3 1 4 T Omlid 5.1 2 1 0 2 2 Victoria IP H R ER BB SO A Dondanville 6.0 5 0 0 1 3 J Walker 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 Att: 1,034. Time: 2:49
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
Sunday’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 Today’s schedule Vic Eagles at Vic Mariners, 6 p.m. Coquitlam at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. Thursday July 9 North Delta at Whalley, 7 p.m.
GOLF Results and winnings 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, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Danny Lee -13 $1,206,000 Lee won 2-hole playoff T2 David Hearn Brantford, Ont. -13 $500,267 T2 Kevin Kisner -13 $500,267 T2 Robert Streb -13 $500,267 5 Russell Henley -12 $268,000 T6 Chad Collins -11 $195,736 T6 James Hahn -11 $195,736 T6 David Lingmerth -11 $195,736 T6 Bryce Molder -11 $195,736 T6 Greg Owen -11 $195,736 T6 Andres Romero -11 $195,736 T6 Brendon Todd -11 $195,736 T13 Jason Bohn -10 $107,944 T13 Steven Bowditch -10 $107,944 Also from Canada T37 Graham DeLaet -6 $22,851
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, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Michael Letzig -16 $31,500 Won 2-hole playoff T2 Clark Klaasen -16 T2 JJ Spaun -16 Tournament purse: CAD $175,000. Individual winnings not available.
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, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Abraham Ancer -13 $117,000 Won 1-hole playoff 2 Bronson Burgoon -13 $70,200 T3 Jason Allred -12 $33,800 T3 Travis Bertoni -12 $33,800 T3 D.H. Lee -12 $33,800 T6 Andy Pope -11 $21,044 T6 Mark Walker -11 $21,044 T6 Oliver Goss -11 $21,044 T6 Harold Varner III -11 $21,044 T10 Bubba Dickerson -10 $14,408 T10 Brady Schnell -10 $14,408 T10 Zack Fischer -10 $14,408 T10 Brian Campbell -10 $14,408 T10 Hunter Hamrick -10 $14,408 T10 Jamie Lovemark -10 $14,408 T16 Ryan Yip, Calgary -9 $8,537 T16 Dominic Bozzelli -9 $8,537 T16 Henrik Norlander -9 $8,537 T16 Tag Ridings -9 $8,537 T16 Peter Malnati -9 $8,537 T16 Seamus Power -9 $8,537 T16 Hao-Tong Li -9 $8,537 T16 Chris Wilson -9 $8,537 T16 Andrew Landry -9 $8,537 Other Canadians T25 Adam Svensson -8 $5,165 T57 Eugene Wong -4 $1,710
European Tour Alstom Open de France, July 2-5 Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell Final leaderboard, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings NOTE: €1 = CAD$1.40 2 James Morrison -10 €333,330 3 Jaco Van Zyl -8 €187,800 4 Martin Kaymer -7 €150,000 5 Rafael Cabrera-Bello -5 €127,200 T6 M. Lorenzo-Vera -4 €84,300 T6 Francesco Molinari -4 €84,300 T6 Brendan Steele -4 €84,300 T6 Andy Sullivan -4 €84,300 T10 Thongchai Jaidee -3 €57,600 T10 Maximilian Kieffer -3 €57,600 T12 Kristoffer Broberg -2 €48,600 T12 Victor Dubuisson -2 €48,600 T12 Tyrrell Hatton -2 €48,600 T15 Richard Bland -1 €40,560 T15 Jorge Campillo -1 €40,560 T15 Marcus Fraser -1 €40,560 T15 Soren Kjeldsen -1 €40,560 T15 Jake Roos -1 €40,560 T20 Byeong-Hun An E €34,425 T20 Daniel Brooks E €34,425 T20 Jamie Donaldson E €34,425 T20 Fabrizio Zanotti E €34,425 This week’s tournaments
PGA John Deere Classic, July 9-12 TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois. Par 71, 7,256 yards. Purse: $4,700,000. 2014 champion: Brian Harman
Canada (MacKenzie Tour) The Players Cup, July 9-12 Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Par 72, 6,636 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Timothy Madigan.
LPGA No events last 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 last 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 Albertsons Boise Open, July 9-12 Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho. Par 71, 6,825 yards. Purse: $800,000. 2014 champion: Steve Wheatcroft
FOOTBALL
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
Today’s schedule Victoria vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m. Langley vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 Nanaimo vs. Langley, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Maple Ridge vs. New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Final 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 Sunday’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 Complete playoff schedule Series are best-of-5 *=if necessary Wednesday, July 8 New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11 Coquitlam at New Westminster, 2:30 p.m. Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m. Sunday, July 12 Victoria at Delta, 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18 Coquitlam at New Westminster*, 2:30 p.m. Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19 Victoria at Delta*, 5 p.m. Monday, July 20 Delta at Victoria*, 5 p.m. New Westminster at Coquitlam*, 7:30 p.m.
SOCCER World Rankings (women) (after Women’s World Cup) Team Points 1 United States 1851 2 France 1702 3 England 1687 4 Japan 1684 5 Germany 1665 6 Australia 1642 7 North Korea 1640 8 New Zealand 1635 9 China 1630 10 Norway 1627 11 Brazil 1626 12 Sweden 1625 13 Italy 1617 14 Scotland 1616 15 Netherlands 1604 16 Canada 1596 17 Colombia 1594 18 Iceland 1583 19 Denmark 1581 20 Switzerland 1575 21 South Korea 1573 22 Austria 1568 23 Belgium 1552 24 Costa Rica 1541 25 Ukraine 1541
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
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 Toronto 42, Saskatchewan 40 (2OT) This week’s schedule (Week 3) Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m. Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.
CYCLING 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’s schedule Stage 4: Seraing-Cambrsai, 223.5 km Yesterday’s results Stage 3, Anvers-Huy, 159.5 km, some hills (category 3, 4) 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha, 3:26:54 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 3 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:04 4 Daniel Martin (Irl) CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:05 5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:08 6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:11 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:18 13 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing, 0:00:19 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo, 0:00:22 15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:24 17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team GiantAlpecin 18 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits, 0:00:28 19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:00:34 20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar, 0:00:36 Canadian riders 24 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:40 180 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:11:09
This week’s race
NASCAR Quaker State 400 Saturday, July 11, 4:30 p.m. Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky Qualifying Friday, July 10, 2:45 p.m.
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 Portland 31 19 9 6 Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 Dallas 29 18 8 5 Sporting KC 27 16 7 3 San Jose 25 17 7 6 Salt Lake 23 19 5 6 Houston 21 18 5 7 Colorado 18 18 3 6 Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 8 p.m.
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 4 7 5 6 4 8 6 9
GF GA 25 18 23 19 22 20 31 23 24 23 25 17 19 17 18 23 22 24 14 18
Current drivers’ standings Pts Money 1 Jimmie Johnson 589 $3,881,277 2 Kevin Harvick 656 $5,023,381 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 593 $3,294,950 4 Kurt Busch 508 $2,164,000 5 Joey Logano 581 $4,182,458 6 Martin Truex Jr. 569 $2,756,953 7 Brad Keselowski 520 $2,928,196 8 Matt Kenseth 501 $2,965,351 9 Denny Hamlin 480 $3,538,022 10 Carl Edwards 408 $2,112,723 11 Jamie McMurray 526 $2,561,191 12 Jeff Gordon 500 $2,975,026 13 Kasey Kahne 496 $2,294,144 14 Paul Menard 480 $2,068,610 15 Ryan Newman 472 $2,615,593 16 Clint Bowyer 465 $2,653,738 — Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off —
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. Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League DL 23 51 23 15 54 15 19 47 3 11
W 1 1 0 0 0 W 2 2 1 1
AUTO RACING
MLS
W 9 8 8 7 5 6 3 2 0
West Winnipeg Calgary BC Lions Edmonton Saskatchewan East Ottawa Toronto Hamilton Montreal
General Classification, after Stage 3 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky, 7:11:37 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:01 3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:13 4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:26 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:28 6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:31 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:00:34 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:36 9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, 0:01:03 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:01:04 49 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin, 0:06:15 161 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:16:14
Men’s rankings (after Copa America) Team Points 1 Chile 1793 2 Argentina 1781 3 Germany 1758 4 Peru 1740 5 England 1740 6 USA 1737 7 Wales 1726 8 Colombia 1726 9 Scotland 1713 10 Austria 1709 11 Belgium 1705 12 Spain 1705 13 Poland 1703 14 Ecuador 1703 15 Netherlands 1702 16 Brazil 1699 17 Portugal 1698 18 Uruguay 1698 19 Australia 1697 20 Ivory Coast 1696 79 Canada 1585
Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Tim Hortons Abbotsford FC Tigers
TENNIS
CFL
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
Today’s schedule Van United at FC Tigers, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Van Tbirds at Khalsa, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, July 11 Abbotsford at Kamloops, 2:30 p.m.
17 Kyle Busch 18 Aric Almirola 19 Kyle Larson 20 Greg Biffle
152 $983,655 441 $2,483,956 395 $2,216,195 392 $2,616,642
Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m. Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary. Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turns Qualifying Saturday, July 25, 5 a.m. F1 drivers’ standings (After 9 of 19 races) Driver, Team, Points 1 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 194 2 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 177 3 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 135 4 Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 77 5 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 76 6 Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 74 7 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 36 8 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 27 9 Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 24 10 Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 17 11 Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 16 12 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 15 13 Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 12 14 Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 10 15 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 9 16 Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 5 17 Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 4 18 Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 1
The Championships, Wimbledon, Today-July 12 (Major) Wimbledon, London, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women) 2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova Yesterday’s complete results NOTE: Canadians in boldface Men’s Singles - Round 4 Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. David Goffin (16), Belgium, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-4. Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Nick Kyrgios (26), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6).. Women’s Singles WTA Rankings Points Winnings 1 Serena Williams, USA 11291 $6,175,649 2 Petra Kvitova, CZE 6870 $1,420,858 3 Simona Halep, ROM 6200 $2,237,326 4 Maria Sharapova, RUS 5950 $2,536,132 5 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN 5000 $632,308 6 Lucie Safarova, CZE 4055 $2,089,443 7 Ana Ivanovic, SRB 3895 $881,626 8 Ekaterina Makarova, RUS 3575 $1,255,243 9 Carla Suarez Navarro, ESP 3345 $1,419,068 10 Angelique Kerber, GER 3285 $697,651 11 Karolina Pliskova, CZE 3210 $899,611 12 Eugenie Bouchard, CAN 3172 $471,352 13 Agnieszka Radwanska, POL 3020 $484,906 14 Andrea Petkovic, GER 2705 $662,288 15 Timea Bacsinszky, SUI 2605 $1,012,518 16 Venus Williams, USA 2586 $577,562 17 Elina Svitolina, UKR 2405 $672,615 18 Sabine Lisicki, GER 2320 $621,815 19 Sara Errani, ITA 2140 $667,557 20 Garbine Muguruza, ESP 2075 $861,677 Round 4 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Venus Williams (16), United States, 6-4, 6-3. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4. Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, 6-4, 6-4. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4). Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4. Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, def. Belinda Bencic (30), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3. DOUBLES Men’s Doubles - Round 3 Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-1. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (3), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 3-6, 8-6. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (1). Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (10), France, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (8), Brazil, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (11), India, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (9), Romania, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8). Women’s Doubles - Round 3 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (16), Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 7-5, 6-2. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Strycova (14), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (5), United States, def. Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-2, 6-4. Hsieh Su-Wei, Taiwan, and Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 3-6, 6-0, 9-7. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (9), Kazakhstan, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Lisa Raymond, USA, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11), Russia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Mixed Doubles - Round 2 Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Kristina Mladenovic (8), France, def. Ken Skupski, Britain, and Johanna Konta, Britain, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and Cara Black (9), Zimbabwe, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Florin Mergea, Romania, and Michaella Krajicek (13), Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and Zheng Jie (15), China, 6-4, 6-2. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Andrea Hlavackova (16), Czech Republic, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Madison Keys, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-8. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. David Marrero, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (17), Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
B5
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
A Trap Dealer: East Both vulnerable NORTH ♠KJ5 ♥A3 ♦KQ984 ♣972 WEST EAST ♠1072 ♠Q3 ♥J874 ♥Q109652 ♦1065 ♦2 ♣KJ653 ♣108 SOUTH ♠A9864 ♥K ♦AJ73 ♣AQ4 W N E S Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ Pass 3♦ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥* Pass 6♠ * ♠K and ♥A Opening Lead: ♦2
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
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SOLUTION: A GREAT CITY
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
outh won in hand to follow with ace and another trump. West contributed the ten but declarer put up the king dropping the queen. The last trump was extracted and thirteentrickswerehome,N-S +1460. It was obvious that the opening lead was a singleton and declarer was acutely aware that a losing spade finesse might result in defeat. The layout that he feared existed. If he takes a second round finesse, East returns a diamond where West’s ruff sets the slam. West would certainly not begin with a singleton when he held queenten fourth of spades. North’s two-level response was game-forcing but the subsequent leap to four spades revealed a minimum. South launched into Blackwood and settled into a small slam when partner’s response promised the ace of hearts and the king of spades but denied the trump queen. South should have ventured 6NT because he holds the ace and queen of clubs. West cannot profitably lead a club and South will have time to establish the spade suit. Even if he loses a spade, twelve tricks will roll home as long as partner displays a fifth diamond. The irony is that East will score the spade queen restricting declarer to twelve tricks. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
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Backed by a 12-piece band, the duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen will play 21 dates on its Rockabye Gollie Angel Tour with Elvis Costello and the Imposters, beginning Monday.
down a proposed tour when musicians in the backing band discovered some of them were being paid more than others. “These were master musicians, because they were the only guys that we knew of who could play it properly,� Fagen says. “We were paying them quite a bit of money to do this, but we weren’t paying them all the same money.� Becker says he and Fagen knew they had to cancel once the difference in the paychecks became known: “Rather than live through the entire disaster in slow motion in front of
the eyes of the world, we decided to cut our losses and go back to the drawing board.� Lone Star magic. Steely Dan played no shows between 1975 and 1992, though the duo released four albums during that time. The new, more tour-friendly Steely Dan era began Oct. 25, 1991, during an unannounced Fagen set at New York’s Lone Star Roadhouse. Becker attended the show, and the pair wound up performing three Steely Dan songs — “Black Friday,� “Josie� and “Hey Nineteen.� Becker swears he went to Fagen’s show
with no intention of performing with him: “I wouldn’t have worn a sweater if I had known I was going to be on stage.� During a 2011 Australian tour, Steve Winwood regularly joined Steely Dan to play the title track from the 1974 album Pretzel Logic. Fagen and Becker say they haven’t discussed doing a similar collaboration with Costello. “When we start doing shows, we’ll probably talk about if we want to do something like that,� Fagen says. Costello, however, has been known to cover the duo’s Show Biz Kids, and he included 1973’s Countdown to Ecstasy on a list of “500 albums you need� for Vanity Fair in 2000. An extended residency at New York’s Beacon Theater has become a regular part of a Steely Dan tour, with each show highlighting a different album or theme. The duo is set to play eight nights there in October — no matter how they feel. “The last time we played the Beacon, I got sick,� Becker says. The fever came on during the first night and had gotten worse by the second. “All the lights seemed way too bright. I wasn’t exactly hallucinating, but it was very strange. It seemed like there was a big, starry firmament above the audience and the stage that we were gazing into that I hadn’t noticed before.�
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There’s nothing rude about telling neighbours their kids are annoying Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: How do I tell my neighbours that it’s annoying and frustrating to listen to their teenaged daughters shrieking and screaming as they’re having fun outside? Often, I want to go out and play with my dog, but I can’t because these girls are behaving like five-year-olds, screaming their heads off. There are things I need to do outside, but the noise makes it impossible. And it’s horrible to have to listen to it inside as well. The mother says she doesn’t like to interfere with the girls when they’re having a good time. Well, they may be enjoying themselves, but the rest of the neighborhood is not. People are just too polite to say anything. I don’t want to be offensive, rude or hurt my neighbours’
feelings. These parents and their girls are sweet, good-hearted people, but it seems that the discipline and consideration for others is simply not there. I don’t want the girls to stop having fun. I’d just like them to keep other people in mind, too. But trying to tell someone else how to discipline their kids is a very delicate subject. This has been going on since the weather has warmed up. I can’t even entertain outside because of the shrieking. Please help, Annie. — A Frustrated Neighbour Dear Frustrated: You say your neighbors are sweet and goodhearted. Surely they would not want people to think their children are so annoying and disruptive. There is nothing rude or hurtful about saying to your neighbors, “We’re happy the girls are having such a great time outside, but we would deeply appreciate it if they could tone it down a bit. I’m sure they don’t realize how loud they are.” Unless they are breaking some local noise ordinances, there isn’t much more you can do. But you can repeat to yourself that “this, too, shall pass.” Soon enough, those shrieking teenagers will be
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Dear Annie: Two of us work with a woman in our office who sleeps propped up at her desk. She snores lightly and wakes herself up numerous times. We have spoken to her about this, to no avail. We don’t want to tell the boss and get her into trouble. But as you can imagine, it is both irritating and distracting. How should we handle it? — Very Frustrated Dear Frustrated: Your co-worker is not getting enough restful sleep at night. She may be burning the candle at both ends, or she may have a sleep disorder. Suggest to her that she see a doctor immediately because you are worried about her. And please don’t feel guilty about reporting her to the boss. She is sleeping on the job, which affects your ability to work and your boss’ bottom line. But more importantly, she may have a serious health issue that should be addressed, and that is how you should approach it — with genuine concern.
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BOGOTA — The reigning Miss Universe has refused to relinquish her crown despite a tide of condemnation following pageant owner Donald Trump’s remarks on Mexican immigrants. Paulina Vega on Monday said she would continue doing the organization’s social work and dismissed Trump’s accusation that she is a hypocrite for condemning his recent comments but declining to step down as Miss Universe. “The fact that I am not giving up my crown doesn’t mean that I am changing my stance about everything I said,” the Colombian beauty said in her native country during an interview with radio station La W.
“It doesn’t make any sense that Donald Trump calls me a hypocrite because I’m not giving up my crown.” In his June presidential campaign announcement, Trump said that some Mexican immigrants to the U.S. bring drugs and crime, and some are rapists. On Sunday, a few days after Vega called his remarks “unjust and hurtful,” Trump tweeted: “Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, criticized me for telling the truth about illegal immigration, but then said she would keep the crown — Hypocrite.” “As a Colombian and as Miss Universe, I want to show my support and validate the sentiments of the Latin community,” Vega had said on her Instagram account last week.
Vega, 22, won the 2014 Miss Universe pageant last January in Miami. Pressure on her to quit has increased over the past several days, with Colombia retiring its bid to host the event and Mexico announcing that it won’t be sending any candidate to the competition. Univision also cut its ties with Trump and all of his enterprises, and Colombian superstar Shakira, in reference to the tycoon’s comments, tweeted that “no one living in this century should stand behind so much ignorance.” Vega stressed to the radio station that the Miss Universe pageant existed long before Trump acquired it and that “it will continue to exist if he stops being its owner someday.”
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